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      XO THS MUD MEMBERS IN PARTICUL _/ B , - ASD TO THE" "WORKING CLASSES GENERALLY . _MtFbiesds , — ¦ ... ! As much anxiety has be » _JotaraBy- ielt _vrith respect to the winding up of the Land Company , I beg to inform the members that ihe requisite steps are now , being taken . to affect that obiect , m which I have the greatest

      Iinterest Perhaps : the people will nave already learned tbe _difficultiesi against which I have had tb contend—not'legal difficulties or Parliamentary difficulties only , but class opposition , upon which those legal and . Parliamentary difficulties are based ; because the working classes must ' understand , that the term law is a mere farce as regardsi their class , and that the House of Commons is a mere ** Show Box" where tricksters perform to their own advantage , and not to the advantage of those whose interests they profess to serve .

      ' . Let me give you the clearest definition between the position of one who devotes his time to tiie service of thepoor , and of him who devotes his time to his own services . I have fried every legal means in my power to get a plan legalised that would have successfully developed the resources of the country , and wonld have successfully destroyed pauperism , iwvertv . antagonism , and crime . In the

      language ofthe Chaplain ofthe House ot Commons— "It would have united and knitted together the hearts of all within these realms . " - Bat the House does not follow that maxim . Well , I have done my utmost to _secure legal protection fer your funds , while _eveigr opposition—legal ; Tarliamentary , and party—has been thrown in my way . And now to prove tiie maxim that' « One man may steal a horse ¦ w hite another dares not look over tiie wall , ' _'*

      letmegiyeyouahinstance . . .. ¦/" . Last week 1 presented a petition to the House of Commons from a Mr . Hyatt , a most respectable person : it complained of gross aid fraudulent acts practised by Mr . _FoxiLAXQUE , a Commissioner of Bankrupts . On Tuesday I moved that the petition be printed , to enable me to move for a cornmittee to invesfigatethe matter ; and now , 1 pray you to mark tiie grounds upon which Mr . Thoenley , tiie chairman of the petition committee , opposed my motion ; ihey were two : —¦ ' _Krstiy- —That tiie charges against Mr . ~ FONBlakqce were most GBAVE and SERIOUS — 'and ,

      ' Secondly—That the printing of the petition would costthe country FIFTEEN POUNDS . 1 , suppose charges , not ofa very grave or serious nature , but of a silly and ridiculous nature , were hinted at against me , and suppose the printing of those charges , for the purpose of referring them to a committee , wonld cost the country ONE _HUNDBED THOUSAND POUNDS , does ihe reader suppose that it would be refused ? Not a bit of it . WeU , I was determined to divide upon the subject ; one voted with me , Mr . Barnard , the Member for Greenwich ; and , carious to

      say , two Irish Members , representing English constituencies , the independent Shabmas Cbawfobd ; and myself , were the two tellers , ahd one hundred and seven voted against me . Will not this give the reader a clear and unmistakeable definition ofthe fact , that there is one law for the rich aud another for the poor 3 I have now adopted the only coarse that is open to me to wind up the Land Company . On Friday last I had it advertised in the Gazette ; this week it will he advertised in one paper in each county where each Estate is situated : next week , according to the usual

      form , I will present the petition to the House of Commons , and then , as so much sympathy has heen expressed for the shareholders , I have every reason to hope and expect that I shall be allowed to WIND THE COMPANY UP ; while I must inform those who are most deeply interestedin the concern , that ihe parliamentary expenses alone will amount to between £ 300 aud £ 400 ; and , as it mast not be presumed that a man can do a nation ' s work ; I think it rig ht to inform the _shareholdera that I cannot proceed in this course unless " the m « ii » are IMMEDIATELY SUPPLIED :

      and when the operation is performed , I am resolved upon establishing another Company , based in confidence upon myself ; as , suffer wiat I may while living , I am determined that my memory shall live in the hearts of those who may survive me , and live after me . I trust that I do not make this appeal in vain ; and I aba trust , that , if itis net complied with , the shareholders will grumble at themselves , and not at me—as a few pence from each will supply the necessary means . As it is always my wish to do justice to the

      dead , as well as to keep the national mind fixed upon the great and important question of Labour and its profits , I will now offer a word or two by way of comment , npon the melancholy death of poor Sir Boberi Peel . I do this for two purposes : Firstly , —To define the antagonism against which he had to contend , for having abandoned the worn-out policy based upon exploded ignorance ; and Secondly , —To prove the means by which he became wealthy .

      And , though I love to see a man elevate himself from the ranks of the people to the dignified position of statesman , I do hot love the system which enables the speculator to jump from his clogs into Spanish leather boots , and from the dung-cart to the carriage —if his elevation is based upou the dependency , the , slavery } and non-representation of those out of whose sweat he . coins his gold , and becomes a millionaire as if by magic . "When Pjeel represented the black-slugs and _bigots of tbe University of Oxford , in defiance

      of their unchristian prejudice , he granted Emancipation to the Catholic people—a measure wbich , although of no benefit to that order , stigmatised bim as an infidel in the eyes of those who lived , revelled , luxuriated , and fattened upon the degradation of the Catholic people . "When he carried that measure , he lost the confidence of ithe bigotted slugs ; and subsequently , when he carried Free Trade—from which he anticipated greater benefit than accrued—he lost the _wmfidence of Protectionist landlords and

      clodpoles . Peel never attempted to elevate his family or his relations by Government patronage . His policy , whether right or wrong was based upon principle , and to carry it out he set all factious antagonism at defiance .

      " De mortals nil nisi bonum . " "Ofthe dead nothing but what ' s good , " is an old maxim , but one to which I have not adhered , while others do . The Times has been the most violent and brutal denouncer of . Sir Eobeet Peel while living , but now that he is dead , the same organ trumpets forth his praise , _tetis us that we ne ' er Bball look upon his like again , that he was the great statesman of the age , and asks who was" like unto him . Must _biotoachiV-vocrisy be wounding to all _gener ous _feelir . g , nnd must it not destroy all _confi-Sfienee in ibi > m » ' _j"o organs of faction ? _^ I I will " now turn to the consideration of my

      _sond topic , namely , the means by which men _itvaia themselves . ' ; _TheAIornkg Chroniclele organ of the PvXh party—tells ns that Sir _oaznT ' y . father employed fifteen thousand aads iu i » : 6 _f-a-toxy , and states the rapidity ! th which ho a . tti-umulated wealth , when _malinery came upmi us with a hop , step , and mp ; and , much _tis I regret the death of Sir obeux Feel , I cannot refrain from using ery _argument which is illustrative and con-¦ niaiory ef the principles that I have invari-> ly propounded : * . 7 hich are , that the rapid crease _gf machinery has intimidated the 6 o-Inment from legislating fairly for it—that it tereterded—nay , prevented—tiie proper culkticd ef our national resources , which should

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      be measured by state necessity and nationa requirement ; and now . to prove the fact , from the one instance furnished by the . _Chrbnicle _^ _-if Sir Robert Peel ' s father employed fifteen thousand hands ; and made a profit of onl y . one shilling a week , upon the labour of each i that would amount . to seven hundred arid fift y pounds a week , or thirty-nine thousand pounds a year , and I put the profit down at less than one third the real amount . Well , then , had it not been for this advantage . Sir Robert Peel may have been still living , and working at his loom , or on the land ; and what'does this prove ? Why , that there are thousands—nay , hundreds of thousands*—now in the same condition that he was when a child , and who , if

      their parents had the power of educating them as Sir Robert ' s father had , would be as well qualified to fiU the omce of Statesman or Prime Minister . . v .. The reader must on no account imagine that theso comments are intended to cast any reflection . excepttbat of greatness upon father or son , as I have , much greater- respect for the man who elevates himself by industry aud talent , than I have for the tinselled , brainless niacompoop , who is born an hereditary legislator with a golden spoon in his mouth ; but J use the argument , fo prove the state to . which unwilling paupers ' , now piningvin _^ bastiles , may be elevated , if our representative system and our Government was based upon industry aud Intellect , ' instead of upon idleness , luxury , and hereditary caprice .

      To turn from this subject , which is a very melancholy one , I beg to inform the members ofthe Land Company , that next week I will publish the petition presented to the House for winding np the Company ; and in every subsequent number , I will publish all that takes place with regard fo the proceedings of the parliamentary agent , and in the House of Commons , bat the MEANS I MUST HAVE , and that IMMEDIATELY . Your Faithful Friend , and Unpaid Bailiff Feargus O'Connor .

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      To The Chartists Of Glasgow And Paisley....

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW AND PAISLEY . _. Mr Dear Friends , The report of your meeting did not arrive in time for publication in last Saturday ' s " Star , " and I regret , although I thank you for your confidence and zeal , that yon should have considered the rubbish of this trinity in unity , Haule y , Adams , and _Cochrane , worth

      publishing , or even notice . I _~ weat to Glasgow and Paisley for the express purpose of meetin o my maligners face to face ; but , according tolfche old Irish practice , they would rather try me in my absence before a packed jury , which , however , thanks to my old and tried friend Duncan Sherrington , and to the confidence which the men of Glasgow and Paisley entertain towards their leader , they were not able to accomplish .

      There is one passage in the splendid and eloquent speech of the immaculate and immortal Adams which roused my _^ energy , strung my nerves , and inspired me with , enthusiastic aspiration . The immortal hero ofthe _fbioresays : — "Jfr . O'Connor may taunt , but a discerning public would see tbat they had no wish to plunder the people , and that their characters would yet shine forth in resplendent glory . "

      Oh ! do not I anticipate the day whenl shall see the initials of the names of this glorious and immortal _founty _* H _:--A . "CV _, flickering More me . What a pity they had not some backer , whose name commenced with K , to make "Hack" of it . I shall not occupy more npon this subject , tban again to thank the men of Glasgow and Paisley—not for their defence of me , as I require none—hut for their verdict of guilty against my hired and suborned accusers , whose principal and only charge against me is that I would not allow them to suck TEN THOUSAND POUNDS ont of their dupes , and to"die on the platform with their hearts in their hand .

      I have tbe honour to remain , Men of Glasgow and of Paisley , Tour Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate of your Principles , _Feabous O'Connor .

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      Plymouth.—At A Meeting Of Land Members, ...

      Plymouth . —At a meeting of Land members , held on Sunday evening last , the follow ing resolution was unanimously passed : — " The Directors ofthe Land Company having stated some time since the fact of their being elected hy a Conference , rendered a Conference necessary for their discharge , we are of opinion that a small Conference should be called for that purpose , and the winding up of the Company as speedily as possible . ' *

      ChaRTERVILLB . — A meeting was held m the Scnool-room on the 24 th ult ., when the following resolution was adopted : — " That the last Conference having heen adjourned until the decision ofthe Court of Queen ' s Bench , relative to the registration of the said Company , which decision has now been given , we are of opinion that it is expedient that the Conference should immediately re-assemble , in order to bring the affairs of tiie Company to an equitable adjustment . "

      Bradford . —A meeting of the members was held on Sunday , June 30 th , at the room , Hope-street * when the letter of the Ashton members of the Land Companv was read . The meeting was ofthe same opinion as the Ashton members , respecting Mr . O'Connor calling a Conference , to take into consideration the state of the Company . It is our wish that the Land Plan should be carried OUt , as we are sure that aa machinery has supplanted manual labour , and thrown a redundant population into the labour market , there is nothing for us but the land to fall back on , and we are resolved—with Mr . O'Connor to assist us —to get the land , which is our birthright .

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      The Executive Committee Met At The Ofiic...

      The Executive Committee met at the Ofiice , 14 Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , July 3 rd . Present—Messrs . ' 0 . J . Harney , Arnott , Brown , E . Mills , Stallwood , Davis , and Milne . —Mr . Milne was called to the chair . —Communications were read from Yarmouth and Todmorden , setting forth , in reply to the " address , " that those places wished the matter relative to the National Parliamentary Reform

      Association to be an open question from _Sutton-m-Ashfield , announcing the enrolment of fiftythree members , and appl ying for more cards , & c . ; from Exeter , announcing the formation of a locality , and their entire adhesion to the National Charter Association , from Glasgow , announcing tbat a delegate meeting , from shops and factories , had been held , and that such delegate meeting had given in its unanimous adhesion to the National Charter Association . —Tract Committee . —A further ' report was received , giving the assurance that tracts will be read y to be issued forthwith . —Ernest Janes' Soiree —The Secretary reported that

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      the necessary arrangements had . been made for this affair , which will take place on Thursday , July 21 th , at the John-street _Instigation , - ~ -The Weekly Meetings at John-street . — -It was resolved ' . —" That the Institution be taken for six weeks , commencing Tuesday eveningV . July I 6 th ; and'that no meeting be held on'Tuesday evening next , - in consequence of the'Ernest Jones ' : festival , f'on the succeeding Thursday

      evening , —Metropolitan Delegate Council .- — Mr . ; AntiH ,. attended to ascertain . it his fistj , '' compromising [ thirty members , would be permitted to return a member to the . Metropolitan _Delegare . 'Council , -which will hold its first sitting at the Cit y Chartist Hall , Golden-lane _^ on Sunday , afternoon ' nj _^^ _jiXilhr _ipoo ' oiock . — He was , answered iuftbe _^ affiifmative . The Committee-adjourned until We dhesd _^ y ; evening , July loth . , _f , . [' [ "Z . [ Z _. [> _r , \ ' _. '

      RL 00 M 6 BTJEV . —A meeting of . the'friends and supporters of the People ' s Charter _^ convened by Mr . Cottle , was held " at- 'the Glpba Coffee-house , Red Lion-street , Holborn , on Monday evening , July 1 st . Mr .-7 EIliot was cailetLto the chair , and briefly _opeheid ' the . pro _^ ceedings , by pointing to the gr _^ at extent of the Bloomsbury district ; , the v _^' quantitiest of _wealtb-prbducoijs _thai- ' , resided ? ih _* it _£ audthe am _0 uht ; ofwea 1 th \ thbse sons of _^ _toil must annually send forth —( loud cheers )—then , how necessary it was that they should , be up , and doing , in conjunction with the other portions of London . Messrs . . D . 'O'Connor , Lerio _^ and

      Harman having eloquently expatiated on the necessity of forming a locality of the National Charter Association , ori the motion of Messrs . Leno and Harman it was resolved , ' _* . * That a locality , to be called the Bloomsbury Locality of the National Charter Association , be now formed . " " That Messrs . Cottle , Lewis , Norman , Durant , Harman , Connor , Finlan , and Soley , be a Provisional Committee for conducting the same . " ' . 'That W . H . Cottle be sub-secretary and Mr . Lewis sub-treasurer . '' "That this meeting at its rising stand adjourned until Thursday evening next , atthe Temperance-hall , 41 ,. Tottenham-court Road . " " That the best thanks of this

      meeting be hereby givento Mr . Cottle for convening it ; and to Mr Elliot , for the admirable mode in which he has conducted its proceedings . " The meeting then broke up . This is the second locality that the - friends of " The Democratic Propagandist Society" have formed . Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . —A public meeting was held at the . above hall to take into consideration what step we ought to take in reference to the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . After much discussion the meeting was adjourned to Wednesday evening , the 10 th inst .

      Marh _, ebone . —The members ofthe Marylebone Locality of the National Charter Association , met in their room at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , on Sunday evening , 30 th June . Mr . Patteriden in the chair . The secretary read the rules of the National Charter Association . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . New members were enrolled , and took out cards . The meeting then adjourned till Sunday evening , July 7 th , at nine o ' clock .

      Sheffield . — The branch of the National Reform League , meeting at Mr . Grayson ' s Temperance House , Steelhouse-lane , assembled on Sunday evening last , when an-. interesting discussion took place on the universal right to the Land , in _whicHj . _Ljeuteriahtjf _the- _'Umted "States took ' _plilT _^ Leicester . —A meeting of the members of this locality ofthe National Charter

      Association , specially convened , was held on Monday eveningj July lst , when the following resolution was adopted : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that we should not countenance the National Parliamentary aud Finaucial Reformers ; that while we do not give them the sli g htest support , we should not , on the contrary , offer them opposition ; as by doing so ' we think we should attach an

      importance to them , which , to our opinion , they do not possess ; but that we employ our means , intelligence , and energies for the exclusive support of our own Association , our purpose being to spread a knowledge of political and social rights among the masses , and to elevate our own class mentall y , morally , and physically . " East Marylebone . —On Sunday evening , June 30 th , a meeting was held at the King and Queen , Foley-street , for the purpose of forming a locality of the National Charter Association for the district . Mr . Marsden was

      called , to the chair . Messrs . Arnott . and Milne attended from the Executive Committee . The necessary preliminary proceedings having been gone _. through , it was unanimously agreed that a locality to be called " The Washington Locality of Democratic and Social Reformers of the National Charter Association" be now formed . Most of tbe friends present enrolled their names as members ,, A Committee was elected . Four shillings and fourpence was received for cards , which was handed over to Mr . Arnott ; and the Chairman stated that he had no doubt tbat they would be , able to enrol fifty members within a month .

      Release Of Mr. Fussell From Tothill-Fields Prison.

      RELEASE OF MR . FUSSELL FROM TOTHILL-FIELDS PRISON .

      On Wednesday morning an order was dispatched from the Home-office to Lieut . Tracey , the governor ofthe House of Correction , Tothill-fieids , Westminster , intimating that her Majesty had been pleased to remit the unexpired term ( rather more than three months ) of the sentence pronounced at the Old Bailey in 1848 , upon Mr . Fusseil , who with others , was convicted of sedition . The term of imprisonment to which Ernest Jones was sentenced will expire on the 11 th inst . —Times . On Thursday morning bail was tendered and accepted , and Mi * . Fusseil liberated .

      The Ten Hours Bill. Babssley.—A Meeting ...

      THE TEN HOURS BILL . _Babssley . —A meeting of delegates from each factory iu this district was holden on Saturday night , June 29 th , at Mr . G . Utley ' s , to consider the best means of forwarding the cause of the factory workers . A letter from Lord Fever 8 ham , acknowledging the receiptof theBarnsiey Petition to the House of Lords , was read to the meeting . A very encouraging letter from the secretary to the West Riding Central Short-Time Committee was also read , which elicited a vote of thanks to Mr . M . ' Balm , and all the other gentlemen

      who have so benevolently laboured in London , aud elsewhere , to obtain for women and young people an efficient Ten Hours Bill . A vote of thanks was given to the Morning Herald , and tlie other portion of the newspaper press who have so kindly advocated the cause of young children and women who work ia Factories . A vote of thanks was also given to Richard Oastler , Esq ., and all friendp , both in and out of Parliament , who have exerted themselves in favour of the Ten Hours Act . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , Mr . Wm . Norton , the nieeting adjourned until next Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , July 6 th .

      ¦ • ' ...' Chartist Meeting At Limbhpuse...

      ¦ ' ... ' CHARTIST MEETING AT LIMBHpUSE . ' . A _cvoT ? _defl meeting . was held in the large" hall of _tUeiPhosnix . _iTavern , . Ratcliffe Cross , bh _Mbridtty _eveninglastifiLri-BaooKBsvhaving 1 been called to the chair , entreated a hearing . fbr those who might differ , in Opinion with them , and introduced Mr . 'John _Shiiw ,, lately / liberated from _Newgate : i ¦ ' •• - ¦ '• ¦ /¦ r : tMr . John jHAw—who was ; hailed with a triple round _ofrapplause-r-moved the followingresolufion _" "That tbis meeting is of opinion that the happiness and ; prosperity , of nations depend coiofl _^ _npon'tbe perfection oftheir social / as well as their'political institutions ;; it desires , therefore , deliberately ' and solemnly / to express its conviction of the _nselessiiess of merely : noliticalchanees or reforms _'Zexeetit in ; . _, , ,

      so . far as thesetend to sustain thb law of progress ? aiid to ameliorate and exalt the social condition ' of the people ! " -He said he rejoiced to' see' such large and enthusiastic Chartist meetings , as they _fav . e the lie to their insidious foeB . ' ( Loud Cheer ' s . ) ' he chaplain * magistrates , and others had united in telling him , during' his imprisonment , that Guartiara iW . a 8 _ dead-- ( laugriter ) --andstrenuously ad vised nijnio , stiok _. to _Jua business , and makenoattempt to resuscitate it ; then guess his _surprise at finding such-large and highly respectable meetings 1 a ' _s'that he vjitne 8 sedat John-street , and the one now before ¦ him ., It gave him- , the utmost pride and pleasure tpfrenew . _nisfeallyito the oause , and move that re- ' solution . _ofLoudfjieers . ) .: f < : ; ZV •' ¦ - _^ -Z Z '! t ::

      _-k ( Mr > _^ Uii _^ H _^ B _^ _ioN ' , alieensed victualler , _baihe rof _^ d , _^ idB _^ _uifoheers ) to-second the _Wsbltftibn , iand . expre 8 sed _^ _fpteasure jn so doing , as it wehtr'for something ; more that f mere 'polities ; it boldly ' alluded _4 o social rights _; and if these were broached and fairly discussed _^ by the time they got the Charter they would knoW how to use them . ; The people : had . discovered that if they wanted their work well done they must do it themselves . It was frequently asked , " What would they do with the Charter when they got it ? " The answer might be thus . summed up : put' - all the taxes on real property ,- —repeal the game laws — separate church and . state , and profitably employ and educate the . people ; and it was his firm _eonviotion ,

      that until the labour question was thoroughly'in vestigated , their social condition would never be effectually ameliorated . ( Hear , hear . ) What he now complained of was , that work was precarious , thousands being without employment , whilst immense tracts of land lay idle . ( Vehement cheering _;) He believed that six millions of acres were in this state ; and if only a moiety of the money spent in poor rates had been applied to the profitable employment ofthe people on the land , how many families might have been preserved from poverty , misery , crime , degradation , and death , and rendered contented and happy ? ( Loud cheers . ) He was delighted at the way in which Chartism was now advocated . Chartist meetings , to his humble tno si / _uuuis

      winking , wore _uue _, _iur me suns oi ion . ( Loud cheers . ) ' _Bronterre O'Brien , who : was much applauded , came forward and apologised for Mr . Reynolds , on the ground of indisposition , and said he felt deeply interested in the question before them . During the twenty-one years he had taken part in public affairs , he had inculcated the necessity of advocating social rights . He Itnew the impossibility of teaching social rights in all their details to myriads of people , gathered together . under the canopy of Heaven . Hence he said to theirf leaders , get them together in sections , , teach them , and the knowledge will spread like the waves , until the world becomes as it were a mighty , ocean of knowledge . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew there were some men in

      existence who opposed the advocacy of social ri g hts oa the ground that it would drive away and alienate the upper classes , but did they believe tyrants would ever be in favour of social rights , or did they imagine tyrants would ever Obtain their rights without knowing them ? Think yoa if the soldiers knew their social rights they would be found fighting for a shilling a day , with the prospect ofa retiring pension of fivepence per diem , and a timber toe ? No , no ; under such circumstances , the results of Waterloo would have been : very different ; they would have sent the commanders to " immortal elory , " and in extacy , English , French , and Prussian would have rushed into -each others arms , and proclaimed the true fraternity of nations , ( Much

      applause . ) Mr . O'Brien here gave a . touching recital of the . bloody scenes enaoted on . the plains of WaterJoo _^ and recounted 'f th e exceeding mercies vouchsafed ,, ' to _, M , ue glorious 28 th , " in the several campaigns ' on the scorching sands of Egypt- —the biting frost and bitter snows of Canada—the burning rays of India , and under the mighty roar ofthe thundering Artillery of Waterloo — the deaths of their Generals , Abercromhie , Wolf , Sir John Moore , and the wounding ofthe gallant Anglesey , and the continuous thinning oftheir : ranks by the " round shot" of the enemy , amidst ; the loudest applause . If the soldiers knew their social 1 'ightS , . Would they risk life and limb In fighting for that which did not concern them ? ( Loud cheers . ) Oh ! had the people

      but their social rights , not a single being would be found miserable , wretched and unhappy , but all within the British territories would he rendered comfortable , contented , and happy , and this , too , forthe very minimum amount of labour . He called upon them to form a good locality of the National Charter Association , to organise , and then they could instruct themselves , and have the aid of clever men to instruct them in a knowledge of their social rights . ( Cheers . ) The Times told them that in Ireland there were 500 persons to be found with only seven _shivts amongst them ; whilst in Manchester thero were mills that in one week could produce calico sufficient to find shirts for the whole of Ireland . . ( Loud cheers . ) The

      public were robbed of some three hundred millions per annum , by means of public and private indebtedness , insurance offices , & c , & c , to say nothing at present of docks , mines , railways , waterworks , gas works , ifcc , & c , and these things—the profits of which would have paid off the National Debt iong since—were . hnnded down from generation to generation , and that too to . a lot of fellows " who toil not , neither do they spin . " He had not time to toll them how the land became the property of the present holders . Hero Mr , O'Brien related how tbe land on which the town of

      Huddersfield stood was given by tho merry monarch ton fascinating lady , and which now produced a rental of seventy-six thousand pounds per annum ; such was _( _Jiie way in which much ofthe land become private property . Mr . O'Brien concluded a very argumentative speech by again enforcing them to form a locality of the National Charter Association , and discuss the question of social and . political rights . ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . T . E . Bowkett said a few words in support of the resolution , as did also Mr . D . Bhown , when the resolution was put , and carried unanimously , amidst loud cheers .

      Mr . Prbeck , a member of the Tower Hamlets branch of the Parliamentary and Heform Association , camo forward , amidst applause , to move the second resolution as follows : — " That with a view to secure to the people of these realms permanent and equitable social arrangements , this meeting emphatically' declares the enactment ofthe People ' s Charter , absolutely essential , as a perfectly legal and adequate means of obtaining so desirable an end , and further pledges , itself to uso every means in its power for the accomplishment of the same . " Mr . Preece said , that as a member of the Parliamentary Reform Association , he would not agree that they should stop at the point indicated by that Association , but that they should march onward until the whole peoplo were enfranchised , and he did not think , that any rational being could object to the bix points of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Preece said be had much pleasure in moving the resolution . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . David _Mobmson , lato of Swindon , eloquently seconded the resolution ,, maintaining the necessity of pressing to a speedy solution the labour question . Mr . Wiuusi Davis , who was greeted with loud cheers , said , whilst he was a great admirer of registration soeieties , & c , ho never could join or support any society having for its object anything short ofthe People's Charter ; and he was pleased to learn from good authority , that the council of the Parliamentary Reform Association stood a very good chance of becoming _HlOl'O Democratic , as the statu quo members of that body had resolved to resign—or rather had resigned—and amongst the seceding members , were to bo found Messrs .

      1 ' rout , Wilkinson , Gilpin , and Beggs —( loud cheers ) —but the only way to induce thafc Association to become more De mocratic ,, w . as fortho Chartists to adhere firmly to their principles . The peoplo had been kept in a state of alarm during the greater portion oi last wool ; ,, by the agitation of the ministerial question , but they need not bo alarmed , Lord John wonld never go out so long as a penny loaf could be got by stopping in . The Whigs bad dealt out nothing but persecution and prosecution tothe Chartists , and it could not be expected that they could sympathise with hem . Ho called on that meeting to join a locality , organise , and as there was a room and talent nt their disposal , a most profitable discussion might be _imweuiately raised ,

      ¦ • ' ...' Chartist Meeting At Limbhpuse...

      nd , with the aid of tracts , feffeet muoh " gopd for the Democratic cause ; ( Loud ' cheers . )• " ' ;¦' ¦ ' ¦ Z : ; _: Mr ; Matthias also ably and briefly supported the resolution _^ whichf was then put ; ' and _oarrled unanimously . . After the usual honours to the chairman , the meeting separated : ft -.. . . > _-.: ;' ¦ -- ¦

      Literalty ; And Scientific Ilfstittrtion...

      LITERAltY AND _SCIENTIFIC ilfsTITtrTION , _JOHlf-STEEET , T 0 TTMHAM-Cp . _CR _^ ROAD . On Tuesday evening a _^ crdwdedmeeting _^ was held inthe above institution / convened by _thevExecutivo Committee , of the National Charter Association . ' Mn T . Brown wa 8 . ca _| _Iedit _64 hevobairi [ and said the business of the evening would be to discuss the following resolution , which he had no doubt would meet with their entire . ' approbation : _—' _, '• That- _lookhYg ; to the recent debate ' - _ani'dmaion on the question of the foreign policy of ministers , this meeting is of opinion that ; a" change must speedily take place , and that it rests : with the mass of the people whetherj . t shall be one of progress or _. reaotion—this meetihg . pher ' _efdre calls , on > tbe . people of .. these realms fo'bo up and stirrin ' _irin the work of area ?

      _nisationj with a view to thefurtherance of political and Bocialrights ; as _. put _^ drwara by . the National Charter Association . " 'To give success to that re > solution , tbey . must attend . to the instructions it contained , and organise ; _andsupply the Executive with _fundsjjinorder that . they ' might inundate the country , with tracts . _^ Let i . _theyfpeoplo , but do -their duty , and then it _. would notmatterto _. thenxwhether the ministry went outor stopped in ... ( _gear . hear . ) As regarded theVmajority , _bti the division in _ques ; tion ; he conceived it perfectly insignificant , especially when'they remembered how many voted , not from principle , but expediency , to keep out a Protectionist ministry , < fco . He conceived that looking at , it ; in the . light of . principle , the proceedings at

      Malta _^ eve _^ uite enough to . sink Lord Palmerston * , and ' that ,-had the minister done , bis duty , the governor _wodld have been dismissed . In the matter of Hungary , he thought that Palmerston had neither acted with promptitude or . energy . ( Hear , hear . ) Had he been the friend of liberty , assome would wish to make him appear , he had it . in his power to have made his democratic tendencies quite perceptible , ( Cheers . ) . Mr . fW . J . fVEBNoN , in coming forward to move the resolution read by the chairman , was received with much cheering , and said , the vote recently taken in tfie House of Commons was ,, beyond question , a vote of confidence in ministers . He could not regard Palmerston . or any of the ministers , as

      friends of liberty ; and however ingenious some of the meohanics of England might be at cabinetmaking , he defied them to make a good " cabinet " out of the present parliamentary materials . He saw but very little difference : in the several _parties Aberdeen was no better than Palmerston , and vice versa . The resolution affirmed that it rested with the masses as to whether the change should be " oneof progress or reaction . " Of course , much depended on them as to the ratio of progress ; if the peoplo Were given to drunkenness and gluttony , muoh . progress could not bo made ; nevertheless , ' it was quite true that _nwn was a progressive being . The question of social rights appeared now to be generally admitted , and it was their dutr to see tbat

      those principles were widely diffused . They had plenty of talent amongst them for the purpose ; they had their Executive Committee , with Bronterre O'Brien , and they would now speedily have Ernest Jones ; and , with something definite before them , the people would know' what they were struggling for . Ue had plainly spoken his sentiments , which he deemed the best , mode of-advancing the cause ; was it not well known that many were existing at the present nioment on the miserable pittance of three _shihinffs per week , and these , too , the most useful members of society , . whilst . the idle and worthless revelled in all the luxuries this world could afford ? Let them'hot look to Bochdale _, Manchester , or Glasgow , to ' effect a _chanse for them .

      but let each man examine himself , and see what he , as an individual , could do to facilitate the advent bf freedom . They might do much in . the way of collecting funds , and " tracts' * would be such a mighty lever in the hands of tho Executive , that let tbem only-be supplied and they might bo careless afterwards as to -what policy Lord Palmerston pursued : : Th ' ey _^ would then speedily be enabled to proclaim the fraternity-of nations , and the advent of Liberty , Equality ,. and Fraternity . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Lewis said , as he listened to the speech just delivered he felt a glow of fire in his breast , and his heart beat , responsive as to himself . Tyrants may imprison the body , but they can

      never confine a sentiment or chain down a thought . In society , at the present moment , tbey had two extremes ; on the one hand they saw industry clothed : in . 'Poverty and rags , and indolence , in wealth and luxury , These things told him that there _muat be something wrong , and his conviction was , that . the wrong arose from class legislation . And with a view of remedying this great evil , he had joined the ' Democratic Propagandist Society , and trusted that every one in that meeting would become propagandists ,, and cause their principles to become known from the Land ' s End to John O'Groat ' s . ( Hear , hear . ) When he reflected on the present anomalous state of society it reminded him of Goldsmith ' s words : —

      Princes and lords way nourish or may fade , A breath can make them as a breath has made , But a bold seasantvy _, tbeir country ' s pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . ( Loud cheers . ) It was for them to say how much longer they were inclined to remain slaves—how much longer the green fields should exist , but not for them . Tlie holy doctrine of fraternity had been preached- by the few , from the days of Jesus down to tho _present time , and he trusted the time had arrived when they were determined that Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , should no longer be mere by-words , but that they would all unito in hastening on the advent of the Goddess Liberfcv . ( Great cheering . ) M . J . J . BEZER . amidst mneh _nlinnrinrr nnmn

      forward and said , as regards ministers and their foreign policy he thought tbey cared more for people that were far away than they did for those at home . He held in his hand The Young American , a Republican paper , which paper was the advocate of Social righ . ts . Mr . Bezer then read several extracts , showing that poverty and pauperism prevailed in the States—that even the Republican institutions were not completo if confined to mere politics , and shewed the necessity for social rights , such as the nationalization of land , Ac , quoting many great authors in favour of equality of rights . Mr . Bezer having appealed to them not to need mere names , but to stand by principles , sat down loudly applauded .

      Mr . John _odaw said , in . supporting that resolution , he was desirous of correcting a misconception that had gone abroad . When ho attended there last week , he had then said , " the Whigs had been graciously pleased to release him from prison three months beforo the expiration of his sentence , and had made him a present of £ 50 ; " now all be meant to convey by that was , that they had let him out that much before bis time expired , and simply remitted the fine the judge had imposed on him . When he had heard of the false impression abroad , he had felt a desire to correct it , for poor as he was , God forbid that be should e ver stain his fingers with a bribe from the Whigs . —No , no . — Pray lot it bo distinctly understood , that Chartism was much , very much dearer to him now , than when he went to prison . Oh , how gratfying was it to him then , by attending those weekly rc-unions , to find that Chartism was neither dead nor sleeping . ( Loud cheers

      . ) As regarded tho lato division on tho foreign policy question , the only regret ho had , was to find that ono member , who might be said to be tbo representative of the working classes , and who had again and again expressed his want of confidence in the , Whigs , should havo voted for tbem on that occasion . ( Hear , hear . ) But he firmly believed , that any beneficial change that might take place must bo made by the working classes themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . Jons _Arxott in making somo announcements of forthcoming meetings , intimated the discontinuance Of tho John-street meetings for a time , upon whicli . Mr . Staiiayood roso _, and took tho sense of the meeting on that subject , which was unanimous iu favour of their continuance , and the result was hailed by long continued cheering .

      A vote of thanks was given to tho Chairman , and the meeting dispersed . A voluntary subscription of £ 1 8 s . was collected at the doors .

      Poon Law Usioss. —A Parliamentary Return...

      Poon Law Usioss . —A Parliamentary return has been issued ( obtained by Sir George Peoheil , the member for Brighton , ) which shows that in 1849 tbe sum pf £ 78 , 424 16 s . 7 d . was expended in the salaries of medical officers ,. and ; £ 20 _, 529 in the salaries Of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses ; -making a total of £ d 3 , 953 I 6 _s , I Id . under the head of Poor Law Unions in England and Wales .

      The "Irishman " Newspapefl. A Public Mee...

      THE "IRISHMAN " NEWSPAPEfl . A public meeting was held on Monday evening , July 1 st , at the Farringdon Hall , Farringdon-street by the , friends ofthe " Irishman " newspaper , to consider , the best means of re-establishing it on a permanent footing , and to give stability to its circulation . The chair was taken at eight o ' clock , by G . Juliak Habnbv , who expressed his satisfaction at seeing Englishmen and Irishmen going hand-inhand together for the most glorious of all causesthat of fraternal liberty , by the march of intellect , whicb would ultimately break down every , barrier THE "IRISHMAN" NEWSPAPEfl .

      that retarded human progress . . The chairman con / eluded by calling on the meeting to support tbeir free and untrammeled journal , and not allow _sucha glorious organ of the people ' s rights to fall to the ground . The chairman called on Mr . Joyce , the secretary , to address the meeting . Mr . Jo y ce said , it was rather an unusual thing to see a man of his humble station in life presenting himself before a public meeting , on a platform , but , in the absence of a worthy friend to liberty—namely , Mr . Clancey ,. the responsibility fell on him , but the day had arrived when a man should not shrink from any responsibility that the cause of liberty , or his country , called on him to fulfil . He concluded by reading a letter of excuse from Mr . Or . W . M . Reynolds , for not being able to attend , and another from Mr . Fulham , the proprietor of the " Irishman' ? newspaper , intimating to them that tbe paper

      would appear early in July , which was enthusiastically received . Mr . Broom moved tbe . first resolution as foi lows : — " That Mr . B , Fulham ,. the proprietor of _ithe f "Irishman" newspaper , is entitled to the isympathy of the Irish people , and of . every true _jlovet of liberty , and that the friends of democracy : ( are , in duty bound , to do everything within their ) Spower to re-establish that powerful organ of : liberty . ''_ Mr . Broom said , as an Englishman , he ; ; never would shrink from vindicating right against ' wrong , and that the people were , in duty bound _,, tb support the liberty of the press . He dwelt at ; gr _^ at length on , the wrongs inflicted on Ireland , and : reminded the meeting of- thai ' glorious spirit , ) Emmet , whose epitaph would never be written '

      until his country was free . He concluded by reading the resolution , and sat down amidst great applause . Mr . Dwaine , in supporting the resolution , said that nothing gave him . more pleasure than to see his English brethren gather around them that _digit . It gave him to understand that 00 English government could get English soldiers to butcher their Irish brethren , and concluded by calling on the democrats of England to eupport tbat glorious organ , the " Irishman ' ' newspaper . He sat down amidst applause .. Mr . Lynch proposed the next resolution , as follows : — " That we look on the Democratic

      Association , now progressing in Ireland , as the only means of restoring our lost nationality ; and that we pledge ourselves to support it and its able advocate , the ' Irishman' newspaper . " Mr . Lynch said , a deal was said about those who were no more , but he contended there were as glorious spirits in Ireland yet as ever animated that country ; they had their _O'Grady'B , their _MofhVs , and their Segrave ' s , and other _gloriousspirits to animate tbem in tbeir on _» ward road to liberty .

      Mr . N . Flanagan , in seconding the resolution , said , tbe days of talk bad gone by , now they had something to do . They meant to call on their brother democrats to assist them in raising Ireland from her degraded state . Mr . Flanagan concluded by announcing that the committee sat every Sunday evening , at 26 , Golden-lane , lo receive subscriptions for the " Irishman" newspaper . The following resolution was also adopted ' . — " That , as history has proved that every government that ir _iint founded on the universal voice of the

      people is productive of poverty , vice , insurrection , bloodshed , with all their concommitant evils , and believing that the only mode of purifying society of these diseases is by enlightening the human mind ; ana knowing the' Irishman' newspaper to be the most powerful organ in Ireland towards attaining that object , we call upon all Irishmen to support that paper . " A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated . _N _~ .

      • South Staffordshire Miners. Eight Hour...

      • SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS . EIGHT HOURS BILL . The miners of this important district are again stirring inthe noble cause of union . Many meetings have recently heen held at Bilston , Wolverhatnpton , Green-lane , _Wednesfield-heath _, Portobello & c , which were addressed by Mr . "William Daniells one of the agents of the Miners' National Association , and a most excellent spirit seemed to prevail . A public , out-door , meeting was held on Monday last , in Pipe _' s-meadow , Bilston . Mr . E . Kinsey was called to the chair , when the following resolutions were unanimously . passed , being proposed and seconded by John Jones , Tnomas Draper , George Challener , and another friend , and were supported at great length by Mr . Daniells . —

      " That this meeting consider t _^ a ' > owing to the laborious and dangerous nature of the employment of miners , and also considering tbeir situation in the caverns of the earth , shut out from the light of day , that eight hours labour is amply sufficient for any man to work in mines . " _<* That a petition to the Houses of Parliament be drawn up by our agents , and generally signed by tbe miners , praying for the enactment of an Eight Hours Bill , for tbe working and regulating the mines and collieries of Great Britain . "

      " That tbis meeting is of opinion tbat tbe only safe and efficient way by wbich miners can protect their labour is by uniting with each other in one holy bond of _brotherhood for mutual protection ; therefore , this meeting pledges itself to cling to , and support , the Miners' National Association , and we will endeavour to persuade our fellow workmen to do likewise . " After the public meeting , a delegate meeting was held at the Golden Cup Inn , New-street , and important business transacted . The cause of union begins to look promising here ,

      Guard Or Trains In Transit.—A Lady Was B...

      Guard or Trains in Transit . —A lady was burnt to death on the Lyons line of railway lately , while the train was in transit , and her husband in vain shouting to the " guards" for help . The writer of a letter to the Gazette des Tribunaux , while pointing attention to , this fact , recommends that " a cord should be attached to an alarm bell , as in Germany , or some other means should be established to enable passengers to have the train stopped in case of accident . " now suoh a system _jorks in Germany we do not know , but the American mode of free access to guards through or along tho carriages is certainly far preferable , and the perpetual _occurreuces of accidents of a very varied description , in this country as well as abroad , most urgently

      demands the adoption of some suoh mode ot guarding against them . The office of a " guard " attached to a train is a cdropleto mockery . An accident of frequent occurrence happened near Montrose last week in the fall ofa child from a carriage door while the train was running at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour . " Tlie guard being far back among the carriages , the cry of the passengers was not heard for some minutes , during whicb time the train had proceeded to the Collision station . " So it is in hundreds of cases . The guard is one of the most useless appendages , and is almost sure to fail at the pinch ; whereas , were it his duty to traverse the train as a watchman , on a proper footboard , or other means of passing to and fro , provided for tho purpose , he

      would really merit the name ofa guard , and be or constant use as such in ways innumerable for the palliation and prevention of serious accidents . The Railway Commissioners recommended the adoption of such a precaution in preference to tho objectionable system of signals without any freedom of movement for the guards . Statistics of Russia . —The cultivation of th vine in tho southern provinces of Russia has been much encouraged by the government , but the quantity of wine produced is still very insignificant compared with what is imported frem foreign countries , and especially from Franco . In St . Petersburgh alone the consumption of champagne amounts to 090 , 500 bottles annually , alUiousu it is an expensive article . There is a kind ot sparkling wine

      imported from Austria , partly over _Radziwilow , partly through Odessa , to the extent of 17 , 000 bottles yearly . The consumption of beer is small ; there is but one brewery in St . _Petersburgh which produces English ale and Bavarian beer , the last of . _^ inferior quality , as there is a want of tho principal _^ _^/ _^ _"T _^ " _" _^ thing necessary for its preservation—good cellars . _*» _^ tu o _^ _-4 _^ _k _4 The importation of foreign beer is prohibited , vl _™ _- _£ ' _&§ _iS _\ _S <\ fi tho exception of porter , on which a high du _^ . _W _? / _#$ _•« - _^ >< c- _^« levied ; it is paid on about 90 , 000 bottles _annual * JyjM ) M The quantity of spirits consumed is _^ mS 0 _^ - M _^/ . _^ _MiMi { _iM Although much of the brandy drunk '" » "JS _^ jl _!® W _* distilled from the potato , still the quantity of € _fwm _§? _, J _^ , _J _? required for the distilleries during the P _» _' / WW / i . _'A- ' was 18 , 000 , 000 bushels ; yet the withdrawal ot _^ m _^ MM _^ _jm ? « quantity from tbe food markefc has had no f . _^^^ _tfT _^^^ effect on the price of grain . The expor of _horseJ X _£ _/^ fM from Russia has greatly deoreased in tho last twi _^— jm jm

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06071850/page/1/