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3 _lT _FWEJfDS , . _"' :. . ; . ' v . . . . ¦ : According to 1117 promise I -went to _Avlc _^ bnrv on Wednesday 'right , expecting to _S _eOIr _/ _DxsBAELi-flie tader of _fto _Proleo _Srnist _party-ther _^ m the h _^ pe of _recemng or « _dvinf some instruction ; but I was disapoSted ° as he did notcome . Nevertheless , no _Lcumstance ever gave me greater pleasure , r inspired me vrith greater coufidence , than that _ranting ; and I'll tell you why . I never ¦ _rioted Aylesbury before , and 1 naturally concluded that the people would have formed tlieir o pinion of my character from the Press ; and to be - received with horror
therefore expected . However , to prove thegenerosity of the people , and their belief in theiriaxim , thatthe censure of slaves is adulation , I rejoice to tell you , that I never -was better received , or more _-enthuaast ically cheered , ia all my life . - \ o v it is such treatment that inspiresmewith ( if possible ) greater love for your order , and _Greater hope in your emancipation . The following is the resolution to -which I was ap _^ pointed to speak , and from it you will learn that even Tory-ridden Bucldnghamshire is he"inningto come to its senses , and determined no * longer to submit to the uncontrolled dominion of feudalism : —
That this _meefins denonnces the attempt tore-impose a tax man the bread of the people ; tbat the proper remedv f _' _lrtnediitiess ofwbichtbe farmers complain is to be found in the re-adjustment of terms between landlords and _test's and in the reduction of taxation ; and that to secure tie latter olgect , it isdearahle that the people should possess a comp lete control ever the choice of the members of parliament . I had also great pleasure in meeting Ifr . Cobdex there , because I look upon the
antagonism of the leaders of parties as the greatest injury to the j _^ v _^ j _^^ i _^^ now , _when-Hthe people ' s greatest enemies are about to establish an union , without any reference to politics , in the hope of preserving your Eerfdom by their power , and if their opponents had not adopted the above resolution , my _antagonism would have still continued . And in order to prove to you that this party with whom we have now associated is not likelv to
retrograde , but to proceed onward in the inarch of progress , let me submit to you the following statement of the objects—not of Chartists—but ofthe Aberdeen Parliamentary and Financial "Reform Association . Here it is : — , _. The Aberdeen' _Pasuamestast asd Fixaxcial Kefobm Assoaanos have agreed to the following statement ot tlieir ol' jects : —The objects of this association are to act in concert vdth the _National Parliamentary and Pinancial _lidbrni Association , in order to obtain a broad measure of
raorm in the Conunons House of Parliament 1 . Sueh an ejtenaon ofthe franchise as will confer the right to be registered as an elector npon every man of full age , not _subjectto any legal disability , who shall occupy any tenement orpordonof a tenement within tbe district for which he shall claim to be registered . 2 . The adoption of the system cf voting by ballot . 3 . The limitation of the duration of Tsrliament to three years . 4 . Such a change in the electoral districts as shall produce an equal apportionment of representatives to constituents . 5 . The abolition of the _pro-Ttertv qualification for members of parliament .
I submitted that resolution—not for adoption or rejection , but merely that they may understand it—to the great meeting whieh took p lace at the London Tavern on Monday last ; and I stated , that if the Association would adopt it , that I would pay 100 Z . out of my own pocket , to enable them to carry out the object , and I have not the slightest doubt that , ere long , they will adopt it However , it must be a satisfaction to you to know that they are progressing rather than retrograding .
The Star of this week will _fce so occupied with reports of those meetings , that I have not space to say more than that it was my intention to have been at the Manchester meeting on Monday night , but for the following circumstance over wliich I had no control . The Committee for the arrangement ofthe new organisation have decided upon holding a meeting at the London Tavern , previous to the meeting of Parliament ; and , finding that they could not have that place any other day for the next month , except Monday , ihey took it , and appointed me chairman to preside ' over that meeting I _^_^ fa _^^ 'to y g _^^^ t _^( _hiM _|^ " _^ _cneSer meeting will" add still more vigour to the new alliance , and that the working classes -will be at their post I remain , Tour "Faithful Friend and Representative , Feakgus O'Connor .
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Bsadfond,Yokkshire.—A Meeting Of Members...
BsADFonD , YoKKSHiRE . —A meeting of members was held in the room in liope-street , on Sunday last , -when it-was resolved : — " That the thanks of the mem _ba-sbegiven to the honest allottees on the Company ' s estates , and we hopa they will assist in driving the dishonest from the land of the Company . "—It was also resolved : — " That a meeting be held on Sunday next , to consider the business laid before the members by the committee concerning the books of this brancti . "
_woottos-ujider-Edge . — The paid-up members laving the greatest confidence in Mr . O'Connor , and his brother Directors , think they are justified in doing all they can to stop the proceedings of Hattey and Co ., and that ihey express their utmost _indignation at such proceedings . That their best thanks be given to Mr . "Willis and his brother allottees , for their good conduct and honesty to the company , and that they will do all in their power io protect them from the intimidation of Mr . "Battey and _hia fellow conspirators . The following lelier ' has been received by Mr . "William _BaraotC from his brother , T . Barnett , at Charterville : —
- "Dear Brother , —I received your kind letter and thank you for trying to get rid of my potatoes . As soon as the weather will permit me to open the pit lam to take four sacks to Cbipping-Xorton and one to Eurford . As I cannot get them brought to you under -3 s . per sack , I must decline bringing any . Ishall not have less thanSs . per sack—three bushel measure—at "Korton . I shall , I think , getrid of all -about here " as soon as the weather breaks . "When , 1 think I shall be able to sell enough to send my » nt . I expect to sell my four pigs directly . I * find thatRoihery is going to sell his allotment . He is expected to come up this week to sell . Mrs . "Rothery got tired ; he ought not to have left here . uati
¦ his carrots and mangel are vet in the ground . The address sent to Mr . O'Connor by Mr . "Willis , has given snch offence that they burned his effigy and his wife ' s , they put fire-arms , in about ten of the young hd 3 hands , who fired more than half an ionr before his house at the _effiav , andmarched Hmragh tbe estate , firing , and beating tbe drum _; they say they shall not have to pay any rent , but we _ttot signed , shall . They talked of burning the _eagles of all who signed . I hope the Land members _^ rough the Star , will acknowledge us and Mr . Hiuis a nd offer ns _protection . I shonld like to nave a letter from yon , to know your opinion on it . —ionr _auectionate brother , J . Brasm .
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_A _^ _-f _^ _S _^ Md on Sunday last , at _andadS \ _^ rew constitution was read StaffiS ; iP ? _y nnmb «* of new members _^^ f t _^ rsnl P -i _^ _Mdacollection so _? SI _^^ nnday eveniDS ' _*• " _m _^ _tinSle'Sdi _£ ? _Z iavui _S _Earned with consisting of _Mea _™ _^ depn _^ of gentlemen _Clart , andG w - _rL , _?^ O'Connor , Thomas _tbe 2 MinSt , _reioffitn 0 , lU _l - e inLeeds on feci , whereupon the _ou _^ _. _^^ g on the _subaumber of friends _« etSSS Cou . ncU and a o ' clock , in _thedenS _,. T Sday even 5 nS ' atei 2 ht _Wsireet . Mr _^ _SS _SRW _KJ _^ _SaS B £ 2 SJ * 16
_KSSSXtTSf _^^ in the to * " " , it _wasSdprL \ ° _J !* len would _^» t this motion of ¦ _£ 5 S . _Sia ? _¥ llls _meeting . On the V . Cavil ] the folh _, _lr Sgl _^ _t _> Seconded by Mr . _^ v _^ _rjfr B « _W _^ *» _ca _**« ed uuan-B _** _ftL _^ ed pWeof _« i _? - _^ ! ¥ S heard with gentlemen _Zn £ _S 7 _„ _fe _» ten _* 3 _^ _visit ofthe above _^ _"B t S ? ft ? _^ ? _H "omost respectfully ? _acmffiTwklHL _^ "ft . " _^ 23 rd inst ., and _*^ _-l- _41 _o _?! _5 _( _f _lnfio _, _1 ilr " _Cavillwas -S ortlBwa M _, _fJ _' . _^ , _respond with those _^ t a _teneS r » J * _*^ -1 * was f urther agreed on _Sanday _„ eSno _^ ?* Ch _*** _te should be ° held _***» . to _fartlT _"l * Januar ? 13 th > _^ e above 3 * ° » t ° mXd _^^ e best method of aiding J ""* _* rihenoL _^^ trahon .. The despatches « _' - aut _^ _y ; r ;? hi 8 m locality Inefc 0 Q Tuesday , h 6 e » . sS ? ii fl , B i Two Chairmen , Wardour » _coao . John Arnott in the chair : ten shil-
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lings was voted to the Provisional Committee , and ten shi llings was received for cards of membership _, ibe meeting then adjourned to Tuesday evening next . ¦ - . " Katioxai _Chahtbr Association . _—Provisional Committee . —This bodyroet at IU , High Ilolborn , onTuesdaylastwhenMr . Grasshy , Mr . M'Grath , Mr . Arnott , Mr . G . J . Harney , Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , and Mr . T . Clark were present . The important matter of local organisation , general agitation , and preparations for the forthcoming great meeting , were debated upon , and a determination arrived at to carry out nil , with the greatest snirifc andresolu _. «„„ ., „ , ; .. _ " - , _.,. - _.. ¦ .
tion . The secretary , Mr . T . dark , reported that the cards of membership were ready , and would be forwarded to individuals of localities wanting them . He farther _/ ntimated , that several localities had given their alliance to the Association ; and that the subscriptions from various quarters had been _, promised . Pobsev . —A Democratic tea party was held on Aew-Year s Eve . Four hundred tickets were di ' s _4 posed of Mr . Joseph Lawson was called to the ehair , and the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Barker , Brook , and Smith . Thanks having been voted to the chairman and speakers ( some : of whom , had come a great dUtance * _yJ _^ jn _^ tinjj
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THE NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Brother akd Sister Democrats ,, At the commencement of the New Tear we consider it to be our duty to place before you our present position . Since we last addressed you we have much pleasure ia stating , that several of our persecuted Brethren have been l iberated from the
horrible dungeons to which they were doomed , viz ., Messrs . Leach , West , White , Donovan , Poole , Irons , Herbert , Vernon Smith , and others ; and it is with equal regret that we have to deplore , that nearly thirty brave spirits are still suffering in damp and gloomy cells , and in exile , for their attachment to the cause of truth and justice ; consequently , we have now more than twenty law-made widows and fifty orphans looking to us for support .
While we tender our grateful and heart-felt thanks to those who have contributed , we call ox all to assist in this causa of benevolence and humanity , and thereby wipe out the foul blot , that when the Husbands and Fathers were _excited on and consigned to prison and banishment , for advocat ing your rights , you allow their wives and families to linger in misery and destitution .
A deputation from the Committee ofthe Fraternal Democrats having waited on thi 3 committee to request that we would for the future undertake the fund to exempt prisoners from picking oakum , we at once agreed thereto , and James _Gbassby was appointed Treasurer to the said fund . We rejoice to state that all arrears have heen paid , and our friends , Ernest Jones and Fussell , are exempt from that degradation till the 20 th instant .
In conclusion , we again call on you ( we trust it will be only for a brief period ) to exert your energies in this good work . Contributions for both funds will he thankfully received by Mr . William Eider , Northern Star Office ; and by the Secretary , Mr . John Arnott , 11 , Middlesex-place , _Somers Town . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , Secretary . I 4 i , Higli Holborn , ' - __ J _^
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THE _FHATERSAI , DEMOCRATS . In a recent number of the Northern Star , there appeared an advertisement from the Committee of the Fraternal Democrats , making an appeal to the metropolitan friends of Messrs . Ernest Jones , Fussell , and Vernon , to raise the necessary funds for the protection of those victims from oakum picking , or that terrible alternative the punishment under wliich "Williams and Sharp suffered death . In aid of our incarcerated brothers , the Fraternal Democrats voted Ten Shillings from their "
Fraternal fund . " Subsequently on the 23 rd of December , a deputation from the above named society attended a meeting ofthe "West End Chartist Shoemakers . That patriotic body of men immediately voted Ten Shillings ; they also collected Five Shillings . The Fraternal Democrat ' s deputation also collected among themselves another Ten Shillings , making a total of One Pound Fifteen Shillings . "Within a few days afterwards the sum of Thirty Shillings was paid to the officials of _TothiU Fields Prison , and the remaining Five Shillings handed to the Victim Committee .
Henceforth , the victim Committee will receive and pay the monies to exempt the Victims from oakum picking . Mr . Vernon having been liberated , the trifling sum of ten shillings weekly is all that is required to exempt our brothers from the degrading toil enforced by the prison rules . The Fraternal Democrats trust that that amount will he readily and regularly supplied by the thousands who cherish the principles for which Messrj . Ernest Jones and Fasfell are suffering tbe miseries of incarceration . G . Julian Harney , Secretary .
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TUE VICTIMS . 81 , Green-street Calton , Glasgow . January , 8 th , 1850 . Sir , —I feel much pleasure in forwarding to you the sum of £ 13 s . Od ., per Air . Demester , which is the product of a soiree held on the 1 st inst ., in the Democratic Hall . You are requested to divide both sums equally between the two funds , viz ., for reliev _* ing the Chartist prisoners from oakum picking , and the families of Messrs . Sharp and Williams . Yours respectfullv , ToMr . WilhamRider . H . Carrick . [ The list of names sent herewith is too long , —Ed A . S . _l
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TO FEARGUS OM 302 _JJJOR , ESQ ., M . P . Most "Noble Sir , —If I had the abilities I would give vent to my feelings ; I have seen you of late very much abused by those to whom you havebeen more than a father . Sir , those whom you have been so verjr good to , grumble and say tlieir rent is too high ; sir , my father had a piece of land , just one and a quarter acre , onthe border of Shirley Common , and facing Southampton Common ; and , sir , I have known two men to dig potatoes on that land and get but five bushels a day , for several days
together ; and my father built a little house on that piece of land , with two rooms only ; and no sooner was it completed , than a gardener came to him and bid him _£ 15 a year for it , and he left a constant birth and went to it ; arid he has always had a large family and nothing but this land to depend on , and he is worth £ 200 now ; and when he went there about twelve years ago ho had not as many pence . Trusting , my dear good friend , you will excuse my humble abilities and great liberties in addressing you . I remain , one of your admirers , [ The writer has forwarded his name and address , but does not wish it to be made public ]
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¦ ' _^ m SIR JOSHUA _WAtMSLEY AXD HIS CONSTITUENTS . BoLTOX , Jan . 11 . —Sir Joshua Walmslcy was last evening invited to a meeting of electors , given at the Temperance Hall , a large and elegant building in Little Bolton , where upwards of a thousand persons were congregated to welcome him . The meeting was preceded by a tea party , at which a number of ladies were present , and amongst the gentlemen were some of the leading merchants and . manufacturers The entrance of Sir Joshua was the signal for a most enthusiastic burst of applause , and his address to the meeting subsequently was frequently interrupted by bursts of hearty cheering . Mr . Joseph Bell , air . _Bridson , the Eev . Mr . Smith , Mr . . Stockdale , Mr . Parkinson , and other gentlemen addressed the meeting subsequently , and a vote of thanks to Sir Joshua Walmsley ; for his conduct in parliament , was carried by acclamation . This evening the honourable gentleman is to address a large meeting of non-electors .
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¦" . ' ... ' GREAT _MEETING . AT AYLESBURY . _V _; , Oh Wednesday evening , the "' County Hall in Aylesbury , one of the largest buildings devoted tc a similar purpose in England , was crowded with ' audience composed of farmers , labourers , and towns people ,-to hear from Mr . Cobden his opinions on the present important crisis in the national affairs _^ The platform was crowded with tenant farmers and tho respectable . tradesmen of the neighbourhood . Thame , Buckingham , Drayton , Beaucuamp ,- -and oven tlie distant Uxbridgoeach sent its quotaand -- ' ' _... . '
, , , generally speaking , there never was greater curiosity , excitement , and enthusiasm exhibited at any public meeting . Persons who are acquainted from experience with the capacitiesof the County Hall informed us that there were 3 , 000 persons present . Prom our own inspection we . can say that it was densely packed , the body of the hall being crowded to suffocation , and even the galleries to their outside rails crowded . with anxious . tenants , whose 3 moekfr 6 ck 3 and bronzed countenances indicated their connexion with the agricultural section of tlie community .
On thesmotion of Mr . John Gibbs ,, Mr . Watson ; of Aylesbury took the chair . : The secretary _reapVa _kljjiijljnjijjaj" _^^ ai _^ un _^ j _^ i _^ y * bereavement . - The secretary also . stated that . Mr ., Cobden . had nothing to do with the fixing the hour of meeting .. He stated this because Mr . Disraeli , at the Great Marlow meeting made a great fuss on that point . ( Hear , hear . ) " The Chairman _ooserved , ' with respect , to one of the members of the borough , Lord Nugent , that he believed his Lordship would have been happy to attend had he been at the present moment in thc country . ( Uear , hear .
Mr . Latiimobb ( whom the chairman introduced to the meeting as a tenant-farmer from the neighbourhood of St , . Albans ) said it was evident that if the proprietors did not pay their , full share of the taxation , the greater proportion must be thrown on the industry ' of the country , and the industrious classes , would acknowledge that they had as much as their fair share of taxation already . ( . Applause arid a cry of "Too much . " ) It was not the best tenant , but the highest bidder that obtained farms , and that had the effect of enhancing rents , while , at the same , time , real capital exempted itself from the legate and probate duty ; Mr . Spackman said , that the persons engaged in agriculture amounted to 3 , 344 , 207 . and that they
employed a capital of £ 250 , 000 , 000 , and he ( Mr . Lattiniore ) contended that this large amount of persons and capital possessed bona fide neither legal . nor political existence . There was . no such thing in law as tenant-farmers' capital . ;( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Disraeli talked of going back to protection , but there was no instance in this country of legislation _retrbgading . Looking at all the circumstances of the case , how could Mr . Diraeli talk' about the interests of the tenant-farmer and the landowner being identical ? The farmer had to pay rent , tithes , rates , and taxes . He heard to-day that there was about to be erected in that
county , a lunatic asylum . If so , who would be the fittest inmates for it ? ( " Hear , " and laughter . ) Those who wanted to go back to protection . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He ( Mr . Lattimore ) would conclude with applying the words which Mr . Jefferson used of the United States , when he said , thathe trembled for his country , remembering that God was just , and that His justice did not sleep for ever ; for if . the industry of the people were kopt subjected to injustice , and if a revolution should arise , there was no attribute ofthe Almi ghty that would side with the landowners upon this question . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Cobden , M . P ., who was then introduced to the meeting was received with loud cheers , ant a few hisses which were raised were met with loud laughter . He said : It gives me particular pleasure to follow a gentleman who has addressed you in the capacity of a tenant farmer , _* a man so well entitled to speak to you on the subject of the interests of the agriculturists of this country . I remember speaking to an audience in this hall six years ago , arid on that occasion maintaining the proposition that the corn law . had . not _^ _HgMJeDeycial . tojuiy -claas _^ oi tu _^ co * mriiminyj _*^ no : T ventured to say that the country would be the inore prosperous without the system of agricultural protectiou than it had heen with it . ( Hear . ) Well , I am here now to maintain
that , by every test which can proclaim the prosperity or adversity of a nation , we stand better now without the corn law than we did when we had it . What are the tests of a nation's prosperity ? A declining or an improving revenue is one test . Well , our revenue is better than it was under a corn law , ( Hear , hear . ) Our exports and our imports are better than they were under the corn law . ( Hear . ) Take the question of pauperism . 1 will not shrink even from the . test of pauperism in the agricultural districts ; I have the statistics of many of your unions in Bucks and Beds , and I warn the Protectionist orators that when Parliament meets and Mr . Baines is enabled to bring forward tho poor law sta r tistics up to the last week—I warn the
Protectionists that , with regard to the test of pauperism even in the agricultural districts , it will he seen that things are more favourable now with bread at a moderate price , than they were in 1847 when prices were to their hearts' content , and the loaf was nearly double the price it is now . ( Hear . ) Take the state of wages ; that is a test of the condition of . the people . What are the people earning now coriipared with 1847 , when the Protectionists were so well satisfied with their high prices ? Why , as a rule , throughout the country there is more money earned nOwthan there was then ; and they are getting tho comforts and necessaries of life in many cases at two-thirds , and in some cases at less than that , of the prices of
1847 . ( A Voice . — "It is not so . with the agricultural labourers . " ) I will come to them by and by . Mr . Cobden then proceeded to enumerate the rise of wages in several trades in the neighbourhood sincctherepealofthe . com laws . We find meetings called , purporting to he meetings of farmers , complaining of distress ; and what is their remedy for that distress ? Is it to go and talk like men of business to their landlords and ask them for fresh terms of agreement , fresh arrangements , that they may have the raw material of tbeir trade—tho land —at the natural price , and free from those absurd restrictions that prevent their g iving tho natural value to it ? No . Go to a meeting where there is a landlord in the chair , or a land agent—his better
half—( laughter )—and you find them talking , but never as landlords and land agents —( alaugh , )—but as farmers and for farmers . ( Hear , hear . ) And whatdo they say ? Why , they say , « ' We must go to parliament and get an act of p arliament to raise the price of corn , that you may be able to pay us your rents . " ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . ) I possess a small estate in West Sussex , of about 140 acres . in extent , and a considerable part of it in wood . In the course of the last year ; however , I received a letter from one of my tenants , saying , " When I took this land from your predecessors , it was upon the calculation of . wheat being at 50 a , a-quarter ; it " snowl " itlemorethan 40 s ., and I should . liko to have a new arrangement made . " I wrote in reply ,
_''The proposition you make is reasonable . Wo will have a new bargain . ( Hear . ) I am willing to enter upon an arrangement , estimating the future price of wheat at 40 s . —( hoar , hear;)—but whilst 1 am willing to take all the disadvantages of low prices , I must have the benefit of good cultivation , and _therefore we will estimate the produce ofthe land to he such as could he grown by good farmers upon the same quality of soil . " Now , . from the moment that this reasonable proposition was made , the farmers on this small property felt themselves no longer interested in the matter ef free trade and protection ; and the labourers felt that they had as good aprospect of employment as . they had beforo , and tbey had no interest in the . question of proteo
tion . We settled our terms . I have bargained for my rent . If it is any satisfaction to my Protectionist friends I will admit that lam I receiving a reduced rent —( hear , and cheers)—notwithstanding that I have drained the land , and given them the game , and removed the hedges , and cleared away every hedgerow tree . What , then , becomes of the argument that it is impossible to carry on agriculture in this country with wheat at 40 s . a-quarter ? ( Cheers . ) With regard to a lease , I said to both my tenants , " Either take the land from year to year , with an agreement binding each of us to submit to arbitration the valuation of unexhausted improvements when vou leave the land , or , if you like , take
rt lease , and I will bind you down to no covenant as to the way in whieh you are to cultivate the land while youpossess it . " This is simply and purely a rent question ., ( Hear , hear . ) And if the . farmers cannot carry on their business , it is because , tbey pay too high a rent in proportion _. to the amount 01 then-produce . ( App lause . ) I do not say that under a natural" state of things , . ill classes have not a common interest in the general prosperity of the country ; ' Let them only act towards each other with fairness , justice ; and with honesty , —( cheers ) - and they . would be promoting in tho end not only their own but tho general intorests of tho community . ( Cheers . ) We have come here , I believe , to talk about fiuancial and parliamentary reform , as wellas other matters , and as I havo been _suttcring
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from a _colon ' s ' youperhap ; s ' areawar (? , ' I will " leave " _together _^ speakers to deal witbtliosc g ' orieral _' topics , ' having preferred myself to touch " more particularly upon the _^ question concerning the tenant-farmers and the _landlord . " : ;( The hon / gentleman concluded amidst geriei'al , eh _* eers . _)"; ' ¦ _< .,, ; _, ;< , : . ;; _...-,, Mr . _HouGuio . _NS . oyed and , Mr :, John .. Gibbs seconded the '; .. following . resolution ' :.- "That , this meeting _denounceKtlie attempt" to , _rpimposo a tax upon the bread of ; the" people ; tliat 'the proper' remedy for _theyistressbf which tho farmers com plain is to be found in ibereadjustment of term ' s between landlords and tenants , and in the reduction of taxation ; and that _tcilsecure ; the latter object , ' it is desirable that the -people . should possess a complete control over , the choice , of _thei members of parliament , " . '" .. " . - .,
' Mr . _R . rO ' Connor , M _; , P .,- then came forward , and- was received with loud cheers . -Ho said , that-in presenting himself before them on , this occasion , he might perhaps be regarded as an _intruder but as he considered that all who . undertook ; to _; legislate for the ' people shpnldi _^ t _^ tr _^ ted iruthi rrtihd of the peo _^ plef '' airaf 'as hir- ha , d _Hinderstood that " _Mff Disraeli — the great political Mentor-- ( a laugh)—was' to have attended the meeting tonight ; he bad' coine to receive , instructions from that great . ' master .-. ;( Laughter . ) . He regretted "that ; Mi ; . Disraeli , had not appeared
amongst them ; and he also regretted : that any persons in that room should have been so foolish as . to offer the slightest opposition . to . a single sentence that had fallen from Mr . Cobden . ( Hear . ) In 1834 , when the question of free trade was brought forward in the House of Commons , ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) voted against it , because it was ; not accompanied by those prudent and timely concessions which Lord J . Russell mentioned in his celebrated Edinburgh missive ; and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) agreed that if they had free trade in corn , they must have
free trade in everything else . For that reason he gave his cordial support to this motion and to this movement . V : ( Cheers . )\ The free traders wero now prepared to make those prudent and timely concessions . Thoy wero prepared to enfranchise every man of full age in this country , therefore he - had joined this association ; because it sought to enfranchise the land , which was the raw material of labour , and to destroy that infernal- 'feudal system which gave the country over bound hand and foot into the hands of the landlords . ( Cheers . ) If < _tho landlords did not consent to the
arrangement now offered to them , they might depend upon it , it would soon be effected for them by rougher hands . ( Hear . ) What an absurdity it was for them to attempt to keep rents whichwerearranged when the price of corn was 56 s ., up to the same rate when it was only 40 . ( Hear , hear . ) But who did they blame for this ? The tenants and farmers tfiemselves , who , relying on the promises of their landlords , were lashed up to the poll like sheep to the shambles . These were the men who were responsible for every grievance of which they now complained . They had' been told that the land was raw material . Now , what would they think of a millowner who entered into an
agreement to take his raw material—his supply of cotton—from one person for thirtyone years , at the same price during the Avhole of that period ? Yet this , was done in the case of land . He had before proposed , and he thought it a '' _fqir ,.. proposition , that every _^ raan rent—that _hisremTBhould be in proportion to the price of corn , and should not be measured by the cupidity of his landlord . How was it that in Jersey tho people could pay £ 6 an acre for land , and still grow a surplus of produce for exportation ? ( " We cannot do that here . " ) No ; and the reason was , because the
landlords managed their land to suit their political interests , and not in accordance with the real requirements of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) In Ireland the landlords held out a premium to idleness , while they imposed a tax on industry ; for if the holder of a farm in that country , whether of twenty , of thirty , of fifty , or of five hundred acres , expended his capital and skill in the improvement of the soil , a tyrant landlord not unfrequently dispossessed him of his holding , and deprived him of the fruits of his care and industry . If there were a general election in Ireland to-morrow ,
there' would be an overwhelming majority ot bull-frog protectionists : coming , from that country to support Mr . Disraeli and his croakers . ( Laughter . ) That would , however , be no test of the real feelings of the nation , for there were only 36 , 000 voters in that country to represent eight millions of people . * ( Hear , hear . ) He had been delighted that day to shake hands with Mr . _Cobdeny after they had been for years at daggers-drawn on the question of free trade . ( Cheers . ) Why had he
been delighted ? Because that gentleman and his friends had now evinced their sincerity . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir "Robert Peel , after carrying free trade , had declared that he would expend 20 per cent , in draining his land , and making other improvements , of which he was himself to have the benefit ; he would make no reduction of rent . Such would be the conduct / not merely of Sir Robert-Peel , but of all the protectionists , until the franchise had been extended . . ( Hear , hear . ) Never had they seen such a breeze as there would be both in
the House of .. CommonB . and in the House of Lords in the next session . ( Hear , hear . ) Let not the meeting attach the slightest importance to flimsy words . ' He hadtold the gentlemen who sat behind hint in the house that if the tithes were taken away from the bishops ono day their loyalty would frizz away after them the next ; and they ' mi g ht depend upon it that the conduct of the protectionists would beofthe same kind . ( Laughter . ) Why had not Mr . ' Disraelicometo thatmeeting ? ( Hear . ) Because he knew that there would be more
sound knowledge tbere . than he found amongst farmers ; because the meeting would not have listened to his moonshine talk , and because if he had spoken , thirty or forty operatives would , if necessary , have come from the body of the room , to the platform to answer him and to put the people in their right senses again . ( Laughter . ) Although he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had been reviled for uniting with that association , he would rather break stories on the road in that severe Sveather than ! not assist a movement which was calculated to ameliorate the
condition of his fellow-meu . ( Great applause . ) He did hot live for vanity or ambition , but to leave the world , if possible , ' better than he found it . As regarded Mr , Disraeli's absence on that occasion , ho would ask what could have been more proper or honourable than for a man who represented the county in which he resided , to come thore to give information to his constituents ? ( "Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) He would not come , however , simply because he knew that his arguments would be met . As the reporters present would
have to leave by special train he would ' not proceed . ( Criesof " Go 6 n . "j -If he must . ' go onhewould tell them what w ; as his daily thought . He was always thinking , that ; ttie land of this country was locked up by feudal laws —( hear)—It . was his hope " -to bring land ho ' vrlocked lip by feudal laws into ' the retail market , so that ; overy man might have his own allotment ; and then in caso of foreign invasion ho would readily volunteer to defend his own homestead . ( Applause . ) Ho was no revolutionist , by revolutions tho people on the continent had always suffered in the end . The _lastshotwtoohwasfiveawasainieuattbem , ( Hoar ,
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hear " . ) He trusted that _^ the good sense and wisdon of . parliament—not tlja , t" ; hp placed : reliance in , it : wisdom—would prevent ! any . such tiling . as a _relapsi ¦ to . protection—( hear , _^ _lieai' , )~ anu . then the land lords would be oblirjedtd , ' make proper' reduction : in their rents . He hailed with satisfaction that pari of the resolution which referred ' to tho enfranchisement . of the people as the moans of _reducing-. _takation . - - Tho landlords-, would _not-.-support that-becauso they knew it . was the suppression of public opinion tliat enabled . tliem to : clevato . themselves . Let the farmers present , go ; homo .. and . reflect on nat
w-tiiey had-heard , and let them especially consider tho fact ; that' s' 6 long as they were dependent on protection the _landlords'Vould ' preservo their dominion overthem . ( Hear , hear ;)? 'Had heknown that the meeting was to be * held ' at GreatMarlow on the previous day , ho would , at the risk of . being mauled by some burly farmer ; _fftiye ! met Mr . Disraeli , and given the farmers his opinions _witli regard to their position . ( Hear-hear J ) f [ A _' voice-- " . Financial reform . " ! - On that _^ tfeatidn ho would observe , that ho had heen delighted tb _^ find that the measures of tho association _% d'rnot . _endnvith a _? r ' e i auction ot
_t _^ _'tp' °% pvj _^ _iffyjrj * f _^ _jfertp _^ _Mftwcr _^ _- theffSn 1 " _ra was on that ground that ho had given the association his coivial support . lie was glad to find that the resolution-was so acceptable to . the meeting / For himself , . he would -repeat that he / did not : now stand in antagonism to a gre . it popular party , and that lie could unite with the association without surrendering his own principles . He would never abandon any point of the People ' s . Charter —( hear , hear );—but he could not refuse to concur in anything which would confer ,, benefit on the people . ( Cheers . ) ' The Queen Dowager had . lately died ' —a good woman , and one whose conduct had been exceedingly philanthropic and humane . '' ( Hear , hear . )
Would any of themselves be one farthing the richer , under the present system , for the falling in of her allowance of £ 100 , 000 per annum ? ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing of the hind . was to , be expected . Mr . Cobden represented nearly 1 , 200 , 000 population _, and yet in _otherparts of tho country a population of 1 , 200 , 000 persons sent 240 members to parliament . ( Cries of . "Shame . " )' . ' The shame was . with themselves , for the fault lay iri their disunion . It was on slavery and subserviency that tyrants ever based their power . After some further observations , " he concluded , amid acclamations , by observing that ho should come again amongst them , he hoped as a harbinger of peace , to proclaim that the Charter had become the law of the land . , Mr . Gaskill supported the resolution . '
, Thc resolution was then read distinctly from the chaiiyand the Chairman asked if any one wished to speak in opposition to it ; and there being no . reply to the invitation , the resolution was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Taylor , of Birmingham ; next addressed the meeting in support of the freehold land movement , as the only means of carrying financial reform . He himself was a 40 s . freeholder in seven counties , and should soon make the number ten . ( Hear , hear . ) If they would begin a movement in Bucks he would get a vote for that county also ; George Dawson would head a number of men , who would help to
rescue the county from ' its present representatives . ( Cheers . ) That would bo the way to carry financial reform . They must win the counties , and if the working men acquire the 40 s . freehold franchise they could enter the polling booths and counteract tho votes ofthe tenant farmers . ' ( Cheers and laughter . ) _¦¦ :, - , ' Mr . G . Gibbs then proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman , for his impartial conduct ; to the High Sheriff lor his liberal grant of the US 8 of the County-hall ; and to the gentlemen who had . been present that night as a deputation and had addressed the meeting . : ' . ' . ' ' The _CinnuiAtr having returned thanks the meeting dispersed after giving three loud cheers for Mr . Cobden .
Protection To Native Industry ^ Ps'flnli...
_PROTECTION TO NATIVE INDUSTRY _^ _pS'flnli ' 3 ' i _^^ classes , convened by the National" "Association ' Trades' Delegates , was held at the Western Institution , Leicester-square , for tho purpose of adopting resolutions " in favour of legislative protection for native industry , against tho present unfair and ruinous system of competition . " The chair was taken at eight O ' clock by Mr . Leslie . ¦ Mr . _Tapbil ( an operative carpenter ) then rose , and proposed the following resolution : —" That the British Parliament do not consider tho labour question of sufficient importance for their deliberations , although there has been overbearing evidence produced bythemiserablecondition of our manufacturing
and agricultural population ; we therefore declare that the electivefranchise should beextended to every man twenty-one years of age , of sound mind , and uncontnminated by crime , for the protection of tho industrious classes from the baneful influence and monopoly of land and capital . " This resolution , they would observe , embraced the social and the political rights of the people . If they gained their political rights , their social privileges would follow . The legislature had not properly considered the labour question ; and therefore no provision was made upon thc subject so as to furnish a working man with the means of living when he had no employment . It was of no use for the aristocracy of the country to endeavour to benefit themselves , while the rights of the working classes wero disregarded . The aristocracy had neglected thoir duty
to the working men , and the day of retribution would one day come . ( Hear , hear . ) Some of the parties who opposed them had said "Look to France and you will see that tho principles yoii advocate , as to the suffrage question and the labour question , have failed . " But let them stay . The energies of Franco had not been fully developed ; but in a short time a change would take place , and Franco would advocate the great principle of the equalisation of labour and capital . He , with great pleasure , moved tho resolution . Mr . Young ( joiner ) in seconding tho resolution , said that he wished to disabuse the public mind as to the calling of that meeting . They were ' not leagued with either Protectionists or Free-traders ; they were , as trades delegates , Protectionists , but they did not seek the same kind of protection as that wliich was given before the introduction of free trade ; what they wanted was protection for their own labours .
Mr . Ktdd supported the resolution . He contended that the members of parliament instead of considering the state of tho labouring classes , had legislated for themselves . The peoplo had been neglected , but they wero now waking from their slumbers ; and both the manufacturing and the agricultural population felt that tbe evils of England were deeply rooted and organic ; and they felt that the labour question must bo better understood , or the greatness of England would fall into nothingness and decay . The flippant might say that they knew all about thelabourpostion , but it wasa matter of deep and real importance , which would force itself into public notice . ( Mr . Hansard hero entered the room , and being invited to take the chair ,
he complied with tho request , the thanks of the meeting being fir 3 t given to the chairman ,. Mr . Leslie . ) Mr . Kyddcontinued . —Thougli ho was ho prophet , he would say that tho day was coming when something would bo done for the labouring classes ; still he considered that thequestion as to lahour and capital was the great problem of the age ; and it required that they should . deeply weigh , and well consider tho question . He abjured every thing like party in tlie consideration of this question . It was the association of intelligence , and the power of mind which alono could save ; the country . He most cordially supported the " motion . Dr . Webb , of Marylebone , in speaking in advo-¦
cacy of the terms oi the resolution , said that , ' notwithstanding the cheapness of bread , taxes increased in Marylebone , and this was through tho great competition among all classes , which ruined many persons , and turned the amount to be paid upon those who had the means of paying it . The Chairman , who , in doing so , said , that as he had not the opportunity of being present at the opening of the meeting , ho would embrace that moment to say , that tho resolution , which had heen prepared hy the working classes , fully met with his approval . He was glad to see the spirit it evinced , and the benefits it bespoke _. The resolution was then carried , there being one dissentient only . '
Mr . Wilson ( shoemaker ) proposed the next resolution , which was as follows , and which was received with applause : — " That , for tho protection of industry , aiid the immediate amelioration of the present impov . erished . and starving condition ofthe working olasseg , caused by unprincipled home and foreign competition , we demand that her Majesty s Ministers introduce a 'bill to Parliament in the ensuing session ; for the establishment of homo colohios upon tho crown' and waste lands of this countrv . " ' He was quite sure from the experience he bad had as a trade delegate , that remedial , protective measures amongst tho working classes were absolutely necessary . Mr , Brisck , ( oigarmaker ) in seconding tbo mo-
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_£ _» _£ _77--7 / 7 :. _; _## _iis fe > _Y _^& _^^ ii _!^^^ i ! i 77 i / _*•» " _:- . _- .. _"f " i =. _/? i . - ? i" * 5 _^ i " fi _. •* 'I * - _^ _l- _^ _M-3 : . _^ _'h _^^^^ _ii _*!? . ' ~ i .: _^ _- ' | _p _* _. _P _^ . _^ lJ _^ _fh _^^ _i _^^^^^^^ ' i ' _^ i _^^^^^^^^ s _^^^ 7 li l _^^^? " mini ' _ons-of machinery in this country ; _' _bWnoY _^ _thay'had sO'incrcnsed the , producing power of '' fifteen millions as against , fifteen millions , to 700 , 000 , 0 . , as ,-against ., _twehtyrseven , millions of , 'cohsumers ' . _yso " . tliat the result ' waa _that _. the labourer : out of empipyni ' ent " cam ' e lnto _' contaet with : the employed labourei ahil low prices followed inevitably , The exports of the country had increased from se-. yenteen millions to eighty millions , and ' yet the wages paid were not half . -He was in favour-of home colonisation ,, considering , ag . he did , tbat the stop was judicious , and the resolution a wise , and valuable one ,, well fitted to carry , out the ohject sought for by the promoters of that _^ movement . ¦ . ! -Mr . "Richard Oastler , in rising to support the resolution , said that he ' appeared thero by an invi tation of the metropolitan trades ' delegates , to speak
upon what he considered to be one of the most important questions of the _present day . Ho stood there to advocate the rights of thousands of working men , and-though not delegated by them he knew ; he . . . was beloved by them . ; ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) Ic had been said out . of doors . that this question was settled . ' It was hot so ; and never should ; it he said that it ' was bcttled until the work * ingmch . di ' ad been heard . 'Ho ' did not understand tho meaning of ' ¦ ' free trade '' -nor that of " protection , ' / ' hut he did understand the divine law of order , whieh proved that the head could never say to the hand , " I have no . needpf tiice . " He could not bear'theiliought of the idea of one of the thankofferings of tlie Bi'itish . public , after a serious and alarming visitation , being a subscription to transport the sisters of England to' foreign shores . No '; he would say to ' all present , that " question should- '
riot be settled until the rulewas set aside _that-tliere was r 6 om ;; enough _fifoivi them _^^ _^« l _^ _fijp ! be _^> -stil ] he : _knevv' _tluit the " _tnen ' wli o _liissea _^ been deceived ; yet he loved the industrious ; . men , \ for _ he regarded the labourers of industry iis the aristocracy of Heaven . ( Loud cheers , f . . "He 'had : formed ' ari opinion upon the question before them upon that occasion ,, and he found that it ' was regulation they required for their labouring : ' classes , and not protection _, lie thought that no piece of machinery ought to have been introduced unless the parties whose labour . , was displaced should he provided with a position in society as good as he hold before , and
that . the provision for thiit man , or these men , should have been regulated by a jury of neighbours selected for the purpose . Had this been done when machinery was first introduced , machinery would have been a blessing and not a curse . ( Cheers . ) This was not a new doctrine , it was founded upon constitutional principles . Then , as to tbe regulation of trade ; let boards of management be instituted , and every one arranged upon the principles oi justice , and then each party would find it to be their interest to exchange the different pro . ducts of their industry , and if the supply was always regulated so as to be' subservient to the demand , each one would have a sufficiency both of labour ahd wages . When they had oaeh been thus
supplied , there would be a surplus to spare ; this might be sent to the colonics , and when they had got all they wantod _. and the colonies , let them go to trade with tho universal world . If they were so , he knew there would not be so many large lumps of money lying idle , but shoals of misery would , he was sure , be prevented . The capital ho would employ in foreign trade , they should remember , was surplus capital , and if they touched one shilling ' s worth of the stock before the wants of all were supplied , they would inflict an injury upon some one or other . ( Cheers . _T Mr . Benxett rose for the purpose of moving an addenda , to the effect , " That a large reduction oi taxation was necessary to the welfare ofthe working man . " ; The motion as to the addenda having been seconded , was put and carried , the " addenda " being rejected , four hands only being held up for the said addenda . Mr . Read then moved the following resolution : —
" That we look upon the party and faction fights of sectorial politicians as uninteresting , and unworthy of our attention and support ; and we arc further of opinion , that the working classes havo been too long used as the leverage necessary for the personal purposes of ambitious men ; and we , therefore , call upon the trades of England to asociate their influence , with a view to a full discussion of the important questions of labour , capital , and exchange , and such other relative influences as boar immediately upon their condition as producers . We further declare , that the security , comfort , prosperity , and independence of every member of the community is the object ' aimed at : by the organised trades _^ f _thei-motnQP _. olls , 3 MJ 8 1 _^ vnic . _-P _' P S " _^^^^ l _^^ d _^^ i _^ S _&^ _ticin , . of / their . ' fellowr ' cltizens ' ' ' irrespectivof ' of the . distinction of creed or party . " Mr . Delaforce having seconded the motion , it was adopted . Thanks were then -voted to tho Chairman , and the meeting separated shortly before twelve o ' clock .
Meetinc Of The Protectionists At Staffor...
MEETINC OF THE _PROTECTIONISTS AT STAFFORD . SCEXE OP TUMULT AND RIOT . On Thursday a meeting ofthe Protectionists was held at the Shire-hall , convened by Lord Talbot . The doors were opened at twelve o ' clock , but before that hour about 400 persons hid been admittea b y a sort of private _CBtrnnei-, these for the most part , appearing to bo of the class called " tenant farmers . " Immediately on tho great doors being opened , there rushed in some hundreds of the sturdy shoemakers of StaiiVvd , who set up a hearty cheer , and cried out most lustily but good-humourodly , for " Free trade , " and a "cheap loaf . " Lord St . Vi . vcext moved that Lord Talbot should take the chair . In upwards of a quarter of an hour the uproar was so great , that not a word of his lordship ' s speech could be heard , He- ( Lord St . Vincent ) thought Sir . Bobert Peel ,- before ho opened the floodgates of the country to the foreigner , should have taken care to adequately provide for the British farmer .
A cry of disapprobation , met hy cheers , at this sentiment , was the signal for a general uproar , which ended in a regular fig ht in the body of the hall . The Free Trade party , who appeared for the most part to be mechanics , and of course unarmed , were assailed by the farmers with heavy riding-whips and sticks . In a minute or two both parties waxed into a . perfect" fury ; blood was observed to be _streaming from the heads of half a dozen persons at once , and for upwards of ten minutes thc fight continued from one end of the hall to the other with _unmistakeable enmity and determination of purpose on both sides . At length the farmers betook themselves to the _galleries , the free traders setup a tremendous shout , and order was partially restored for
the moment . Lord NEwrom , M _. P ., next rose , and was proceeding to explain his views , when there ensued another and a most tremendous fight . Some of those who had heen most belaboured by tho farmers in the preceding melee had provided themselves with immense bludgeons , and both parties fought like demons , until at length the county police were railed in , and these , after laying about them with grea * violence for a few minutes succeeded in getting the upper hand of the free traders , and in a quarter of an hour the hall was declared to he cleared of the free trade party , when Lord Talbot ordered the doors to be closed , which was done , amidst the groans of thoso outside , and order was partially restored . Lord Talbot thereupon proceeded to address tlie assembly .
Mr . Turner , a tenant-farmer , moved , briefly , tho following resolution : — " That the present painful and distressed situation of the agricultural interest bears particularly on thc tenant-farmer , and all others employed ' in tho cultivation of the soil , aa well as all trades dependent on agriculture for support : the grievous injury inflicted on Ireland , our colonialompire , the shipping and all other indus _* trial , interests , is mainly attributable to the mistaken policy of free trade . " ' Mr . Thomas Hartsiiors _: a county magistrate , ossayod a , lengthened speech , amidst tho increasing clamours of those without the hall . The _sj eakevrcferrcd to various papers in the course of
hisspeech ; and his auditory impatiently urged _luax to "be quick . "' Mi * Hartshorn' rejoined , " D--d if I can see . "—Not another sentenco was heard : with a tremendous shout a volley of stones was poured upon tho hall windows ; many preset ) s lied in terror from tho building and _ordur was never again restored _; the county constabulary , not strong enough to cope with tho force of tio . eJtnspcrntca poo ' pfo outside the hall , had fled ; and , m this crisis Mr . Proctor , tho chief of the _constabulary brought word to Lord Talbot that tho Mayor declined to interfere : in fact , there was no call for us _worship ' s interference , for his townsBacn had behaved well until attacked . . .. : _¦¦ ¦ - ¦ . .
Mr . _Addkuley , M . P .. hastily _mcd'cd , and somo other gentleman seconded an address to the Queen , praying for a dissolution of parliament , and tho meeting hroko up . in great disorder , the chairman not having put either resolution to the meeting . His lordship said he should consider them as carried . ' . Astho _farmers . _-. lofV the ball , they encountered their antagonists in tho square , and for upwards of an hour a sharp fight wns kept up . Numbers escaped only with terrible bruises ; even Lord Talbot himself found himself engaged in one or two severe tussles before ho could _ctain tho shelter of his hotol . Tho town-was in a _liighly oxoiteii state ; the mob hunted the loaders in tho affray down ( O the railway pelting thorn with stonps and these only found safety witbln tue walls of the railway Station .
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