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December 16, 184& Me^Nort^Ilirun? ¦Rjs T...
_December 16 , 184 _& mE _^ _NORT _^ _iliRuN ? ¦ rJS _T'AiR _x _.. ' ! bL ..
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_IBECBECEfeTSQFTHS _NATIONAI . L AND .. . _CDKPAK-2 " , ] FOR THB WEEK ESDtSS THCRSOAY , _DECEHBEft M , 1618 . PESMRO'CONHOR . " KUEI . £ f _, d , i Coin Colne , _Tomlis- ' Dalston - 6 9 8 so ] sou- „ 3 0 6 _WolTerhampton 3 IT 0 ' . _IptVi Ipswich .. 4 4 9 Birmingham .. 0 -o ? : fan raningdon _M S 1710 Glasgow m _i ( _( Hot Mottram M S 5 0 8 Herriot H 0 5 a Per _Porttes - 4 7 8 WEaden . 0 5 8 Hat _Hantfieid , Wai- H Gooden M 0 4 0
to Ver „ _„ 4 0 0 _JTlgina „ 0 16 Lar Lambeth M 0 3 2 C Turk .. 0 * 8 Hai _Harylebone -. 1 8 4 H A Oram 6 4 0 Roc Rochdale . I 5 fi S Oram M 0 4 0 Bai _Bamdey _~ J 8 0 _WM'lew .. 0 « o » o 1 » ottinrham , _KPaies-ui « 0 1 e S Sweet . 16 4 WBaillie „ 0 1 3 Co * Coventry -. 2 0 0 S B Salmon .. 0 4 0 Hu HuHw m 2 0 0 6 Eunglut „ 0 2 0 Ex < Exeter M 3 0 0 J Cameron - IS o Ma _Manrterter m 1 0 0 . Bo Bolton m S 0 0 g > 218 2 Bo Boston _. 0 IS 6 li i
_KFKHBS FUBTD . Co Colne M 0 8 6 Dalston m 0 4 4 La Lambeth M 0 S fl _Wolrerhampton 0 2 0 Hi Marylebone - 0 16 Clai- ; oir „ 0 16 Bs Barnsley „ 0 2 0 6 Hammond M 0 2 6 Kc _Xotttsgbam . „ 0 3 10 . ¦ Co Coventry _. 0 3 0 £ l li i TOTALS . L Land Fund H » ... ... 5218 2 E Expense Fund ... ... — 1 11 2 B Brans ... ... ... ... - 1 7 8 L Loan Fund 0 5 9 T Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 6 9 £ 56 4 6
Wir . Dixon * . _CaBisxornEB Doiu , Tho * . Cum ; , ( _Correa . Seo . ) Paitfr _M-QaiTa _. _fFlB . See . ) FOR THB EXECUriTB . _xecetvxd bt a . _noB . ] Keighley _. ' per John _Jfottinghain _. per Garnet-. - 15 0 Sweet „ 0 2 0 ' Todmorden . per Hoxton , per Hr _IsaacPeel - UU BiuvreU « 0 5 0 Winchester , per Surges - 0 3 0 * ICItV £ D AT SAKS OFTICE . Byron Ward , Hot- Carrington , per tzsgham , per Sweet _ 0 4 2 Sweet _ 0 2 0 Birmingham , per HxH'Lean M 0 0 3 Goodwin m S 0 KCEIYID BT W ; XIOEK . Sheffield , per GCanll - - . Ml
FOB WIVES ASD FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . BECEIVED BT TV . XIDtt . Kent Boad , per Sheffield , Col . Osmond Mar- lected at Mrs tin „ o _« 0 Theobald ' 6 Lec . tare , _perQeo . Cavill M 0 5 4 DEFSHCB AND VICTIM FDKB MCKIYSD BT » . KTDD . WestBromwicb . Rorton , per B per W Turner 8 5 0 HortfeU _ 110 8 Hastings , per Bridgev * ater , per . Edwin loose .. 0 8 0 Wm Fackrell 0 16 Halifax , per J Sntclifie n 2 6 KCttYED « luro orwa . Beptford _ 0 10 0 SL .. 006 Wolverhampton 013 0 S C , City - 0 0 8 _SfrM'Leaa M 0 0 3 SColrer .. 8 10 Dalston _ 0 5 0 A O - - 010 Newport m 0 110 Hr Tucker , and Friends _. 0 S 0
DEFEXCB OF HAKCHBSTER CONSPIRATORS ; Colne - 1 0 0 D Ualoney „ 010 0 Old _finardf , Hull 0 16 6 _ifr Bungay M 0 8 5
DEFENCE FUND . . BECEIVO BT WIXU 1 K _XIDTB , £ a . d . Shilbohle _. perG . Ea _* tea ... ... 14 0 Hantfield , per T . G . Hibbird ... ... 0 2 8 Belper . p « r B . _Wheatley ... ... 0 15 0 W . S „ Bradford 0 18 H . Smith , Moiterton ... ... , „ 0 8 0 3 anlwitb , p-rT . D-aal-s — ... 0 5 0 A few Journeymen Tation , Leamington , p « T . A-k ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 HbWnghan * , per J . Sweet ... ... 0 18 10 _Prwton _, per W . LiddeU ... ... 0 5 0 Coventry , J . _Gilbert ... ... ... 0 0 10 Ditto , Gotford Street ... ... ... 0 210 § Ditto . 3 . Smith , ditto ... ... ... 0 10
Ditto , _Spon Street ... ... ... S I _f \ Ditto , pw W . Heal- * ... 0 S 7 _BuryStEdraundi _. P . Cook 0 10 Ditto , W . _DavWi en ... 0 10 Todmorden , pes R . Brook , „ ... 110 0 Prom Leieeiter _;—• Mra Hardy ... ... ... 0 19 M- « W * 5 ton ... ... ... 0 10 . _^• _" _Jmlih 0 0 6 Si ? 10 ?*! White ... 0 0 3 _TbCSias Osborne ... ,,, ... 0 0 6 Thomas Constantino ... ... 0 0 6 Samuel Culley ... ... ... 0 0 6 T _rTilliamSradswortb ... ... 0 2 3 L * nd Company , per Astill ... ... 0 3 0 Council National Charter _Anoclation 0 9 9 South _Shl-lda . per E . Purvis ... ... 110 Workmen at Effingham _Worka _,
Botherham , ptr J . Stantfield ... ... 0 18 9 Witham , perC . _Pith ... ... ... 0 6 10 Eleanor Job-too , Stepney .., ,,, 0 10 Collected by John _T *« ty , Stepney ... 0 S 0 Birmingham , Ship Inn , per J . _Newhouie ... 10 0 Sheffield , per G . Cavill ... ... ... 0 4 7 Birminghim , People ' s Hell , per W . H . Bndhall 0 110 Wigton , ter J . Toxnbnll ... ... 0 19 _Haidjtoa-, per T . Wells 0 7 1 Sewpert , Iile of Wight , g * r T . Self ( 2 a 4
_t-btaU-Uan ) ... ... ... 0 0 _Devonport , fewtrtendt _, per J . Sogers ... 0 12 0 Peterborough , per B . Scheie ; ... ... 0 11 2 John Hilton , Lees ... ... ... 0 16 Wakefield , per T . _Hesnell 0 14 0 Halifax , Ptr Ciiuett ... ... ... 0 10 0 Kattonal Land Company , _Bradford , per Hoore 8 0 0 £ _esea , per Sbaw ... ... ... 7 0 0 Huddersfield , per Hnrphj" ... ... 18 6 Hohnfirtb . per _Mllltr ... ... ... 12 1 _Birkenabaw , Woodhead ... ... 1 14 0 Hamber , Taylor ... ... ... 0 5 8 Sowerby , Mitchell ... ... ... 0 16 0 EUand National Land Company , Handen 0 19 0 L _' _-ttieiown , per Whitetow ... .... 0 9 6 High Town , per SchoUfieM ... ... _91 \ si
_Dtwsbury _, per Trowuten ... ... 0 18 8 HeckmoKdwike * terE !' am ,, ... 0 10 6 _K-igblejr , per Firth 0 10 0 Leeds , given to Hr O'Connor at tbe door ... 0 12 0 Emily , per J . Broadhead and Friends ... 0 2 6 _Dewsbsry , produce of meeting ... ... 5 12 6 Hancbeiter , ditto ... ... ... 2 15 Aahtea , per J . Taylor ... ... , „ 10 0 0 Agratlexsaaatltewtbury ... .. 10 0 _Preicot ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Wigan , per Thos . Sinclair ... ... 0 18 5 AfcwFriendabyHrlrwin ... ... 0 6 0 Liverpool , produce of meetin _* ... ... 3 16 3 Per Ht W . P . Roberta from Heaton ... 0 X 6 £ 6217 _6 _j
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NATIONAL VICT 1 H AND DEFENCE COHKITTEE . Received since last _aniooncer-ient . £ a . a . Diventry „ . ... ... .. 0 8 0 Hanley tnd Shelton Charter Association , per Mr Bevington ... 10 0 _Kewcastle _. _fhr Hr Martin Jade 1 12 0 Ernest Jones locality ... ... ... 9 13 7 | Mr Hawkins , per Mr PhDltpe _9 S _« Winner ofthe _Astd-Maoauar Shawl ... 0 3 0 Hr Rider , aa per Star ... ... 1 16 9
IIDitto ditto ... ... * FiuiDnry . per Mr Anffll « ™ Somen Town , per Mr Arnott 0 6 0 HortonLocaltty Ill Brunswick Hall in A Land Office , as per St" ... ... «* " * DiltO ditto II A Hr Kydd , aa per ditto i i i Ditto ditto ... - J * * Hr _Pattenen ... ! ., Dean Street locality _ _ _ Hr Clark n s 4 HrJ . Blcharde ... nan Crown and Ancher ( lone ; room ) ... 0 * o OJtve Branch , p tr Krgaar ... - » _» __
— eatsainater - 0 T 0 Mr W orkman n 6 0 HrJ . Xtndrlck « * _o C igar _Hakere . per Mr Brisk ... _••• ° ° « _•^ sP « ln ; Wty , perMr 6 re « ila 4 o Crown and Anchor , per Hr Cooper ... 0 18 o _£ « 9 8 1 ' The Committee earnertlf entreat , thatiu « ff ° rtbe J _£ dS « the ensuing W . to _ewble teem to « l « _wteVseme tittle extra _aasktance to the _tamilies _SSAS _^ _Ob _m-aalJj _featire season . The S « aS > « llow » ncea _^^&__ iftli neatly one-half , owing to the exhausted stateof the ft _^ _ir and there is _not at thiamoment , one shilling w _£££ A _toefit will td » _sheert the Stand /
_TbeitK . _oa _Thnwday next , when -Henry IVana _l _£ nVnd Vjibxu _' _will _betepreientol by % _mr _^ pwSw tickets ,, _« _r _^^ Jt _' S _?^*^
* Mtionat Land Co^Pany. - "' * . ¦ ¦'¦. ...
* _MTIONAt LAND CO _^ PANy . - "' _* . ¦ ¦'¦ . . NOTICE . _-- • - _*• The following branches are hereby informed , tbat their secretaries have been , repeatedly applied to daring tbe last nine months , to make returns to tbis office ofthe total sums said by eaob member to Land and Expense Funds froa the commencement , bnt without effect . ' So mnoh -S 0 , | ba $ very few of tbem have ever alleged an _excuse ' Tor this culpable neglect of duty . It is now hoped that this notiet will direct the attention ofthe members to their holiness , and that they , trill either compel their _Eecretariea to do tbeir duty , or appoint other perseni to that office . Officers henceforth not complying with this regulation , will net be permitted to act for the Company . Let the returns ia eseh of tbefollow ing cases Tae made out from the eofii & tnesmeDt of the branch to _Deeember , 2 d : b , 1848 By erder of the Directors ,
PHrm * _M'Gkatb , Fin . Sec . Arbroath Dover _Padlham _Allerton Dipton Path Head Alferton Edinburgh P _. nzaEee Bradford ( York . Greenock Redmarley shire ) _Gloiiop _Rojstou Bury St Ed-Gorbali Reeve-ley Abb-y ounda Gotham _Steepieclaydoa _BUhopawear- Great Tew Stlby tnoutb _Horncastle Bhotley Bridge Barrowa-h K ' ngcaple 8 _nlg ' - End B «' per _(* r 7 heatleyl _XOma ' M gmithy Brook .. Bridgnorth Kilwinning Shaftesbury _Btlawne L _««* ls Spalding Booth Tows Lochia St Helens _Broteley Louth Sherbontn Black PoU L-itb Stratford . on-Brandon Lanark Avon ( Ceomfew ) Burwell Minster Lovel Tow Law Iroa Barrow Hantfield Works
Barley How Hewton Abbott TJpton . _on-Stvtra _Crippltgate _TSotooghim Wigan ( Canal *)!) Cheltenham ( Wall ) Wiibeioh ( K _« _- Dedwortb Northampton _gliter ) _DoWltU ( P « ber . y ) Waibpotwd Benny Newtown ( Wales ) Wedseibury Dudley Hidd _Weltoa _Dulatttn Oswestry Dor chef ter Fud-ey
Tha following branohes _havestntfandi io tail from Jone 25 th to September 29 tb , _butjnoreturns . Itis hoped that the members will see that these are forwarded forthwith , as it is _impoasible to k _* wp the accounts of the _Caapany without thsm : — Alva _gaslngtoa Line 27 « wcMt * eon Iyn _» Aberdren Folesbill _Newark-on-Trtnt _Alexandria Falkirk . _Newsnt Abingdon Great Dawley Horthwleh ( Rowe ) Birmingham Greenwich Hewfield ( Goodwin ) _Glafgaw Pre *** ( Brawn ) Bradford ( _Wi- _' a _^) 6-ia-borengh Do ( _Liddeii ) _Bermondtey Hanley _Bershoxe Barnstaple Hebden Bridge _Portjea _Birkenhead Hamilton _Peterborough Bolton Kidderminster _Parkhead _Bridcewater Liverpool Rockdale
( _Spurr-ay ) Lepton Southampton . Barnsley ( Lowe ) Littletowa _Salisbury Brom « grove Lynn ( Scot *) Sunderland ( Heath ) Lcngton Stockton Belper , ( Lee ) Loughborough SbiffiJd Brsintree Leigh South Shields _Btandford _Harfcnfaca Stalfbridge Coventry _Merthjr ( Jonet ) _Telgnmonth Carlisle ; Harple Tbriilington Croydon Hella Worcester City of Lmdos Market Lavington Watringtoa Camber-tell Halssbury i ( Yoang ) Crieff _Moiiley Worabro' Common Cleaton New Bedford Wakefield Dewabury Newport ( Itle of Workup _Devits * Wight ) Thornley from D _^ rby So ( Mjcmoatb ) Dec . 1847 , np to Dundee Do ( _Pcgr-all ) Sep , 29 ih , 1818 Eceter
The following branches have made remittances from Maroh 25 th to September the 29 . b , but no returns . The members will see that it is done in eaob instance immediately : — Birmingham Devonport Hixenden Stones ( Gray ) Exeter Man-field ( Wood . Backfaitleigh Folesbill home ) BuTheed _Goiport Old Basford Bnrilem _Iptwi-h Pershore Bridlington _Qaay Linlithgow _Stow-on-the-Wold Cheddington Lambley Thrielingtoa Cookermoutb Ledbury Warwick Clackmannan Lichfield Wellingborough
The National Land Company.-Expulsion Of ...
THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .-EXPULSION OF MEMBERS . At a meeting of the Hawick branch of the National Land Company the following address waa adopted *—' IO THE DXLIGmS O ? IBS liTJ _COSFBBESCE ANB
_MEUBBRS OF TBS IttnOKAi LAND C 0 KPAKT . * Bbkhbxi * , —The beneficial result- ; tbat -conld _flow from the _gaccestfalissaa of the National Land Company made the oppressed artisan fly to it as a refuge and a home bom the false and iniqnitons competitive system in which necessity bad forced him to drag oat a precarious existence . When the infant institution was first ushered into being by its benevolent founder , its aspect waa comely and was admired by thousands ofthe dowa . trodden and emaciated sons of Labour , till it became a Hercules in statue , and threw into the shade all other companies . Let aot the anticipations of tbe industrious poor be disappointed . Taking a survey Of the paralysed state of oar manufacturing operations , and the thousands of unwilling idlers that roam our streets ,
and thousands _thathare been bat partially employed , and the privations that must have been felt by their families ia consequence , make u » , the members oi the Hawick branch of the National Land Company , feel ourselves plaeed in rather a _painiol position by the stringent role adopted by tbe late Conference relatire to the expulsion of members' by being a quarter in arrears . Now we hold that owing tothe precarious nature of our employment we feel it to be a severe blow towards our poorer brethren , who com pose the majority of the present Company : There weuld hare been fewer objections to the rule had there been an exception allowed in case of sickness or the want of employment , but In ita present aspect it will throw withont its pale many thousands who looked upon it as the anchor of their hopes , to
save them from the insults and contumely neaped upoa them by parochial boards in their declining years . We also hold the opinion that whatever amoant of money is paid in by members is a benefit to the Company . Unpaid-up members pay their share cf expense ** . No interest is allowed for tbt amount they may hate paid ; they oannot withdraw their money , neither is tbere any land purchased for them , consequently , by being allowed to remain members , the Company ate gainers by the amount they pay but never ean be _iosere , or be injured by them . According to the principle that the Company was formed noon , expulsion ofits members would be an aot of injustice towards the poor . ' By order of the general meeting , _Akihort _Haia , Seoretary .
Liverpool Assizes. (Before Mr Baron Alde...
LIVERPOOL ASSIZES . ( Before Mr Baron Alderson . ) Txx _Mranw at Hbho . i _Norsb , —James Kellji 2 i , was plaeed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder ef Elisabeth Faulkner , at Heaton Norris , on the 12 th ef September last . Tke murdered woman was the prisoner ' s sweetheart . When ealled npon to plead , the prisener , wkose countenance exhibited the deepest dejection , p leaded guilty to the charge _against him . His lordship , after a feeling address tc t _& e pr isoaer , _pas _« d the awfalseatence of death _npot aim is the new terms . Mtrsnis of _Bbigbt , ihr PoucBiuur . at Ash-kit . —This trial commenced on Friday morning , sBd mest probably will not be concluded until Satutday night , there being nearly fifty witaesres for the _proseontjon , besides evidence on behalf of the prisoners . The chief evidence has been giTen . that of two approvers , Tnomss Latimer and William _Macklia . Our next number will contains fall report of this trial .
Ammptw Hiohwat Robbkrt.—A Few Filghil Ag...
AmMPTW Hiohwat _Robbkrt . —A few _filghil ago . as Mr Wood , farmer , of Sproughton , wu on his read heme , he waa accosted by a powerful fellow , whe demanding Mt Wood ' s money , * t _*» cked _« - kwked him down . After a woffle . Mr Wood released himself , and ran across some fields to make his escape . His assailant , however , _overtook Mr Wood at a gate _, od commenced a second attack , in the course of which he again knocked Mr W ood down , rat his lip by the force of the blew , aui _rendered him for a few minutes insensible . Upon recovering consciousness , Mr Wood felt his usailant ' _s hands io one of hu pedratf . Tie fellow , however , fortnnately , did not succeed _infisding a large tram of money secreted in Mr Wood ' s inner pocket ; when being thus disappointed of his booty , asd bearing a noise at a distance , he ran off . The polioe have been apprised of
the facts , but have oot yet succeeded inapprehe & ding tbe author of the outrage . —Awry Herald . OuaiBDS _Acorn-M * . —On Tuesday evening , an aecident occurred in the Strand inoonuquenca of the driver of as omnibus whipping on his horses before the passengers had alighted on the ground from the omnibus . A lady and gentleman were getting out of the omnibus opposite St _Mary-le-Strand Church , Tot lady _rsacoeof the ground safely , but the gentlemanwasjost gaining thefootbeard , when theomnibua went on rapidly , flinging the gentleman on the pavement . In hu fall hia leg was doubled under him , and wu fractured . The refiner , who endured the mo * 4 exeru _*) UtiDgagosy , wu conveyed to the hospital » a eab . It is net long since a young lady was , from a similar eause _. pitched ont of aa omnibus oa ber back _iaR- _^ s Street .
Xq. The Working. Classes. - ' Words Are ...
XQ . THE WORKING . CLASSES . - ' Words are things , and a small drop of ink _Tauinf—like dew—npoa a thought , produces That whtoh makes thousands , perhaps muttons , t « ak , ' Bxaoir . CHARTIST ORGANISATION .
'MEMOIRS OF CITIZEN CAUSSIDIERE . ' Brothbr Proletarians , in nfy letter which appeared in the Star of the week _preceding the meeting of the late 'Land Con * _farenoe * at Birmingham , I throw out a suggestion to the effect ! tbat suck ofthe leading _Caartists , as might be elected to the said Conference woald do well to embrace that opportunity . to compare , notes on the state of the Chartist movement , and devise mean * to resuscitate the Chartist agitation . Not for a moment flattering myself that the subsequent ' _Confrwnee' of leading ; _Chartists at the Ship Inn , was the _resolt solely of my suggestion , I was , nevertheless , well pleased to observe that my views , as regard-d the necessity of Chartist re-organisation were shared by sa numerous a body of trustworthy and influential democrats .
Bad . I been present at that meeting . I . doubt , _thatlshosld have _suoported every resolution thereat adapted . ¦ { Certainly I could hot have supported many things ' said by some of the speakers . Still I was , on the whole , well satisfied with the work of that improvised ' Conference . ' I was particularly gratified by the evident zeal of ihe several speakers . If those whom I address shall exhibit anything like the same spirit , Chartist organisation—a far better organisation thaa has ever before existed—will be a matter of speedy _acoomplishmdnt . To the prinoiple of an Unpaid Executive Committee ( with the _exception ofthe seoretary , ) I have _alwaja been favourable , and , therefore . I rejoice that that principle was adopted at the Birmingham
_m-sting . It is not any parsimonious view of the question of £ s . d , which in _& ces my approval of an unpaid Executive . I approve of such an Executive , because I think a political oombinatien should have at its head the fewest _rossible number of paid officer * . I draw a distinction between the officers and the ter . eariU of a politioal organisation . I am of opinion tbat C & tttilt lecturers should be well paid—care being taken to ascertain the . mental qualifications and moral fitness of the' men aspiring to become the teachers and intellectual champions of the masses . . In thepast , the qualifications of . Chartist lecturers have been bat top little attended to ; whilst even the best of the lecturers hava sot been adequately remacerated . ' I coald a tale unfold' of the sufferings
of more than one of the brave and talented men who are at this moment , at the Liverpool Assizes , ' testitying to the truth' at the peril of their personal freedom . I speak of their ' sufferings' sinoe they have been in tha tervioe of the ' _pceple—sinoe they gave up all to follow the Charter . This should not have been . It is , to say the least , exceeding bad policy to treat such men as—something like mendicants . The bud of miad wbo will honestly work for the people are not too numerous , we cannot afford to lose One of them , we should therefore treat them accordingly . This is a subject I may return to at auotnor and more fittine . time . I have alluded to it on this occasion principally that I may be understood as regards my approval of an Unpaid Executive . My approval is
not based on considerations of cheapness . I abhor * the cheap and nasty' system . If the aots , of the new Executive have not yet been numerous or very striking . I can at any rate _teattfy that tha active members { those residing in the raetropoli ? , ) have not been idle . Clearly the first great need was the production of a scheme of organisation . That has beea accomplished . It is tree that tbe task was not one of great difficulty , seeing that the Birmingham meetinf * bad previously re-adopted the old plan of organisation , subject to any amendments the new Executive might _Revise . From the { sports which have appeared in this journal , the Chartist brotherhood will have seen that tho said amendments have been tbe subject of
anxious deliberation at the weekly meetings of the 1 Executive . The Stab of the 2 nd instant contained the amended 'plan . ' j It appears that that ' plan' has been generally approved of . Its formal adoption by all the localities ie , I presume , already an accomplished fact . If I am in error , —if in some places—few or manythe ' plan' has not yet been discussed and adopted , I earnestly urge tbe true democrats of those places to sea to their work without delay . Valuable time is _flyiag—time which should be devoted to the work of preparation . _Unless tbe working men of this oountry are willing slaves , 1849 must see the Chartist forces again in action . If in any place , where weekly meetings of Chartists are holden , the new plan of _organisation has not been adopted , let it be adopted at the very next meeting . Wherever—either from pnblio apathy , or tbe want of meeting accommodation—regular
meetings are not at present holden , let the best men of tbat place , —two or three _will suffice for a beginning , —come together , and resolve to lay the foundation of tha organisation in their town or distriot . To merely sanction the plan will , however , be of little service . Tbe rules must be at once pat into operation , and abided by . The 4 th and 5 th rules should be ever present to the minds of the active and leading members of the Association . The Executive mnst be powerless unless provided with the means ef action . Unless prepared and resolved to carry out the rules , do not adopt the plan . Do not deceive the men you have elected your chiefs and pioneer * . _Neither Gbsar nor Cromwell , neither H'SKiBM , nor _Wa-hikgtos , could have achieved their victories had their forces been unfaithful or apathetic . In the strife of popular agitatien , fidelity and energy are as indispensable as on the ' tented field * and in the 'deadly breach . ' Bear in mind , tbat in the war of words , aa well as in the war of swords , a determination to conquer is half the
viof shall resume this subject in my next letter . Brother Pro ' _etariaos , I return to the ' Memoirs of Citiien Caussidiere . * Early in April the reactionnaires reared their beads , and commenced their conspiracies against the Repnblio . Calumny—the coward ' s weapon—was of course first had recourse to , to excite the ignorant and timid againat the veritable Democrats , ' The Communists took the place of the tarn-culottes , and became the _bugbears of the day . ' Elsewhere , _Citissn _Cacshtjierb observes : The name of Communist was applied to every devoted republican , According to the reactionists , they were drinkers of blood , and onght ta be swept from society _; the- were accused ef culpable intentions , and yet the most ardent democrats hailed with enthusiasm the abolition of capital punishment ; and the respect shown for property is the best answer that can be given to tkeie Misapplied calumnies .
On the 16 th of April the courgeotn ' e came term in their true colours as the enemies of the Democratic _Republic The workmen had assembled . on the Champs do Mars to nominate fourteen officers of the staff of the National Guard . Tbeir _Btandsrds were flying with the mottoes of February : ' Abolition of the Subserviency of Labour to other men ' s profits /' ' Organisation cf Labour ! ' ' Equality ! ' and _othere . After making a collection aB an offering to the country , the assembly formed in procession to carry this tribute to ( he Government at the Hotel de Ville .
In the meantime , the bourgeoisie wero circulating the most absurd _rnmonrs throughout Paris- It was reported that the' Communists ( the _hurgeoitie thus designated the workmen ) had attacked the Hotel de Ville , set fire to the Hotel des _Invalides , were fig hting in tbe Faubourg St Antoine , and pillaging in the Faubourg St Germain . These perfidious reports had the intended effeot . The city was thrown into a state of panic , a panic which even reached the Ministry of the Interior . Lbdbu Roixin ordered the rappel to
be beaten in all the gmrtiers ot Paris . A fatal blunder . There is no donbt that the democratic Minister acted nnder the influence of wrong _impres-Bitns , derived from fake information ; but , though honest , he was guilty of an error , for which since then botk himself and his friends have smarted . I am no admirer of the maxim , that' a political blunder is worse than a politioal crime - 'nevertheless I must concede , that in politics tbe blunder of a good man may be as productive of evil as the crime oi a Tillaia ,
The _effect ofthe mistake of ordering the beating of the rappel , was to marshal the National Guards against the workmen . Battalion after battalion poured from all parts of Paris to the Hotel de Ville . The procession of workmen advancing from the Champs de Mars along the quays , found the _Otrde Nationale and Garde Mobile drawn np in hostile array , and filling all the approaches to the Hotel de Ville . This occasioned great dissatisfaction amongst the workmen , and a report tbat Louis Blahc had been assassinated excited the most intense agitation . Seeing , however , tkat the intentions of the unarmed workmen were evidently pore and peaceful , Generals CoBBiiis and _Dcvivns ordered the armed _for-ea to open a passage to allow the column which had arrived from the Champs de Mars to file off before the _memberB of the Provisional Government .
Some fifty individuals on the steps of the Hotel de Ville never ceased crying . 'VivelaRepublique !' 'Down with the Commmiett ! ' cries which were more or less repeated by the National Guard . This ma * _rojavre , attributed to Milord Marrast , split the people into tf o parties . Tbe workmen cried , ' Long live the Democratio Republio 1 ' 'Long live Louis Bunc ! " Long lite Ledbu Rouw !' Throughout toe evening the National Guard kept shooting , 'Dawn _with the Communists ! ' 'Death to Cabot ! ' and other persecuting and re-aetionary cries . * _Fv _txwacti , see p _* g « a .
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. The . 16 th of April is remembered a » the 'day of dupes ' ,: ' . The trite _Republicans , _jhe partisans pf . the _Democratic and Social Repubiie , perceived , that the revolution . was _betrayed , and that thedeitinies of the Republio were in danger ! ' '' _-. ' - ( _, Ths \ rappel was again beaten on the 18 ; h of April , though not by order of the Minister of the Interior . The , bourgeoisie became more insolent . ' The citi _* _einata blouses discovered that they had enemies in those that wore cloth coats . The fraternal compact , if not torn in half , was , at least , becoming more and more _dismgarded . ' .. ' , . . The 'Fete of Fraternity , ' on tbe 20 th of April , restored , for a moment , the unanimity and enthusiasm of the first days of the Revolution . On this oooasion , four hundred thousand armed men are said to have _astembied in the presence of the Provisional Government .
Colonel Barbs * on horseback , spurring forward , addressed the Provisional Gjvernment as follows : — ' It the Legion I have the honour to command Is the last number on the list , you may be sure tt will not be the last iu the defenoe of tha Republio . ' Thi * speech wai haii « 4 by the _rauitUude with the most unboundea _sntimtlast _* _. Alas I poor BabbksI A little month saw him once more the inmate of a dungeon—proscribed in the name of that Republio for whioh he would wit _lingly have laid down hia lite !
Barbes is made ofthe stuff of which heroes and martyrs are made . A man of rank and wealth , he , years mo _BMrifieed station and fortune te oast his lot with the people . Condemned to death fcr an attempt to overthrow the tyrant Louis PHiufpi , he was saved from the guillotine at the price ot condemnation to a terrible and almost hopeless captivity in the horrible dungeons of Mont St Michael . He bad been nearly nine years a sufferer in prison wben tke Revolution of February set hira at . liberty . He was once moro a free man , but with a constitution broken , and health' destroyed—the mere wreck of the once * handsome _Babuks . ' His hearthowever
, , was still bold , and his spirit quenchless in the pursuit of justice . Eleoted Colonel of the 12 th Legion ofthe National Guard , and a member ofthe National Assembly , he came forward a leading man of the Revolution . But Barbes was tbo honest for the Assembly , and , consequently , whenercr he appeared in the tribune , his voice was drowned by the _howlings ofthe ruffianly majority , who acted upon an arranged plan of refusing him a hearing 1 Carried away by his enthusiasm , he appears to have _cempromised himself in the _aff * ir of the 15 th of May . This afforded his enemies a pretext for flinging him again into a _dnneeon .
Barbes has now ben six monthB captive in the gloomy fortress of _Vincennrs . He awaits a trial whioh may sentence him to another period of captivity . Bat not dismayed , either by the gloomy recollections of the past , the misfortunes of the present , or the terrors of the future , _Babdeb is at this moment what he has erer been—the hopeful , ardent , undaunted , chivalrous champion of the people Vive Barbes ! Confusion to his enemies . Apologising for this digression , I return to Citis _* , n _CacteiDiEBi ' _s 'memoirs . ' The elections took place at the end of April . The _oounter-revolutioniBts whilst pretending to' accept ' the Republio , ceased not for a moment to exolaim against what they called' Communism and anarchy . ' Then was invented the famous new trinity ( designed to replace tke formula of 'Liberty . Equality . Fraternity , ') * V Ordre , la Fcmille , la Propriete V
Under the influence of the _panio thus created , 'the peasants voted for _thsir lords—the workmen for their employers—the poor for the rich—the email tradesmen for the bankers—and the small proprietors for the _UBureis . ' ' The list of the electors [ representative *] for the departments _. contained the names of all the members of the old monarchial chamber , with the addition of some millionaires and bishops . ' I a ree with _Citisen CaVBHWBK _** that the adjournment of the elections was , all things considered , a ' great mistake / - The adjournment , even beyond April , might have served the interests of the Republic , if the intriguers and reactionnaires had been kept down by the strong hand of force . If , on the 17 th of March , the proletarians of Paris had cashiored the inoapabl _* ( and to a great extent dishonest } Provisional Government , and appointed a Committee
of Pablio Safety—a Committee composed not of taHsers , butofmen » f action—men who wonld have oommenoed the Social Republio—that is , the Republic of Justice , in France , —and launched the Revolution 'Demooratiquo et Sooiale' upon tho _Burrcuad ' mg nations , then it might have been policy to bave delayed the elections . But seeing that the polioy of conciliation and compromise had been adopted , every day ' s delay afforded the intriguers the opportunity of plotting their owa return to-power . I believe , with Citizen Cauhibikbe , that 'if the elections had taken place on the 26 ch of March , a greater number of democratic candidates weuld have been returned to the Assembly . ' The delay of one month was not sufficient to enlighten the people , but was sufficient to enable the royalists to recover most of the ground they had lost by the events of February .
On the 29 ' . h of April the result of the Paris else tion was proclaimed at the Hotel de-Ville . Citizen _CAUssroiKRB found himself the twentieth on tbe list of tbe thirty-four representatives . The _oitiz-ns had recorded in his favour 183 , 776 votes . Congratulations and bouquets besieged and over _, whelmed the popular Prefect . The National Assembly opened on the i'h of May . _Oaussidixbk took his place on the seats of ' the Mountain . ' The Polish question now agitated Paris . On the 10 th of May , Wolowski , a member ef the Assembly , presented a petition to that body , from the Committees of Posnonia [ Posen ] , Cracow , and Galicia , soliciting the protection ofthe French _Ropublio . Citizen
Cawsidiere argues that France should have marched to the aid of Poland . ' It was we , ' says he ' who took the revolutionary initiative . It waa our task to _universale democratio principle ? . A million of armed _oitisens would have risen as one man to enfranchise the nations ; How muoh blood might tbU 9 have been spared V On Saturday , the 13 th of May , a demonstration of members of the olubs took place in favour of Poland . The procession _cons'sting of from five to six thousand persona , including the Polish deputation , the deputation of the workmen of the Luxembourg , delegates
from the club * , pupils of the Polytechnic Sohool . a considerable number of officers and privates of the National Guard , in uniform but unarmed , proceeded along the Boulevards shouting Vive la _Peloynt ! The procession halted at tho Place de la Concorde and sent forward ten delegates to the National Assembly , where they depesited their petition ( demanding arms d intervention in behalf of the Poles ) in the hands of Citiien Vavin for presentation . The petition was presented , but on a proposition to-discuss it , the Assembly _paesed to the order of the day . The _prooession , in the meantime , separated in perfect erder .
But a more important _manifestation was in preparation ior the ensuing Monday , the 15 th of May . No fears were , however , entertained that that manifestation wonld o 7 _erstep the bounds of order and legality . kftte entitled the' Tele of Concord' had been projected for Sunday the Uth of May . Suddenly there appeared en the walls of the city a notification of the adjournment of the festival to the 21 st . This postponement , announced only on tbe _13 : h , exoited , great dissatisfaction . The delegates from the Departments appointed to take part in the festival , had arrived in the capital and _MtWftlly gOT _6 veut to their displeasure at tke postponement of the fete . The Delegates of the Luxembourg , and the _ditenut politiguet ( . the political prisoners ] had refused to take part in the felt . The manifesto of tho delegates , published in all the journals , concluded as follows : — - *
The promises made upon the barricades not having been fulfilled , and tfae National Asiembl y , at its sitting on tbe 19 th of May , having refused to establish a Ministry of Labour arid Progress , the workmen , delegates of the Luxembourg , _r-iuse to attend the festival , denominated the'Festival of Concord . ' The declaration published by tbe detenus politiguet waa no less _significant : — As the people are _djlng of hunger , as the presence of the _delmuspolhlyves at the fete of the Uth , most be regarded as an act of appeal against what has been dene polltl . call ; and sociall y since the 24 th of February ; an extraordinary meeting of tbe detenus poliHques , convoked ex . pressly , having considered that Republicans oanRot abandon themselves to joy with sorrow in their hearts , have unanimously decided that _thry will net attend ths festUat of the Hth of May ,
We have now arrived at the eve of 'the 15 th of May . I muBt defer till my next letter a review of the events of that day . The fatal days of June , and the concluding matter of these ' memoirs , ' will also be disposed sf in ray next . BrotherProletarians ,-The ' new move' of the King of Prussia , and the eleotion of Mister . _* c € ct '« l Contleme Lows _Napoleok _Bcoi-APaRM to the Presidency ot the French Repnblio , are subjects on which I must ( through want of room ) defer comment . The enemies of democracy are rejoicing at the election ef the Special , but their exultation may yet be turned into mourning . ' Wait a little longer 1 ' The rejection of _Cavaigkao—the slaughterer of the workmen of _PsriB*—ia a great consolation .
The _tnimph of Ihe _Buompameb is not likely to be lasting . In the Timbs of thia day the P « _ris correspondent of that journal remarks , that ' it would appear the operatives had given their votes to Lews Napowok , through a hope that he would relieve the existing _distress , and not frota an ; political motive . ' Poor deluded men The Labour _Question will noon ' settle the hash * of these Buonapastbi . The ' Special' is very _popalat juat now , but will not tbe end of six months from this time find him' used up ?' _L'Ami du _Peu _pjle-WOMBPtt Uth , 1846 .
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_-Natiohah Chabtkb Association of ' GMAf . Bbi-T _^; T ? Ejffi ( _"i twe Gommittee me * ; at the rooms of the National Land _Oompaay , Ui , High Holborn , on _triday -evening , December 8 ft ; present , Messrs Stallwood , M'Grath , Clark _. 'Dixon , Robb . A letter ef apology was read from Mr G . J . Harney , who was unavoidably absent in consequence of domestic affliction . Mr Stallffood acted as secretary for Mr Kydd , who waa on a mission , to the West Riding of York .-Mr Dixon was called to the chair . An immense _inais of correspondence waB read , from all parts of the oountry , chiefly _oontainisg approval of tha new rules , and ofthe new Executive—Mr _Garrod , at the request of the men of Ipswich , was added to the
Executive Committee for that town and district . — Mr Alinut attended as a deputation from Finsbury , to request the Executive fo get up a memorial tothe Queen , in favour of the recently expatriated victims , and Baid , ' the men of the Finsbury locality had some idea of getting up a meeting at the _commeQcem _^ nt of the new year themselves , but would much rather that the Executive Committee took tbe matter up . ' —The Committee having expressed its opinion that it would ba better to defer _memerialising , umil the affair of Smith O'Br . ' _en shall be settled , —Mr _* ,: Clark moved , and Mr Stallwood seconded , ' That the Executive Committee request the deputation to convey to the body . that sent it , its views , namely , that it wonld be better to defer memorialising until after
the Writ of Error case , of the Queen v . Smith , shall have been decided ; after tbat period tbe Executive ! will be happy to render all the assistance in its power . * The resolution was unanimously adopted , and the denotation retired . —Mr Stallwood said , it had been his intention to have submitted a proposition relative to celebrating the birth , day of the immortal author of the 'Rights of Man—Thomas Paine—bnt having ascertained that the institution most suitable for that purpose , ( the Literary Institution , John Street , ) was already engaged for that purpose on the natal dsy of _Paiae—tbe 2 ° Ab . of January—he must withdraw his motion , and content himself with attending thi celebration got up by that other worthy party , which be trusted his Chartist brethren would likewise do , ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Mr Stallwood m _< ved , ' That the plan of organisation
recently published in the _Nobthern Star , haviig received the sanction of the local members of the Executive Oommittep , by a very large majority , be now adopted . ' Mr M'Grath seoonded tbe motion , which was carried unanimously—Mr M'Grath moved , ' That as means are indispensable to enable the Executive to give effect to the agitation for the Charter , the Democrats of Great Britain be hereby requested to take immediate steps during the forthcoming festive season , to raise funds , which shall be given as a new-year ' s gift , to promote the new organisation ; and tbat suoh funds shall be forwarded to , and be placed at tbedispoaaiof , ' tbe Executive Committee / ' Mr Clark _aeconded the motion , which waa adopted . —Mr Clark was authorised to draw up an address , in accordance with the foregoing resolution ; and the committee adjourned .
The National Dkfkkob abb Victim _Commitxeimot on Sunday morning , Dec . 3 rd . at Cartwright ' s Coffee House , Redcross Street . Mr M Grath having been called to the chair , the application from the Manchester Defence Committee was taken into consideration , and £ 5 voted to them . A letter was read from Mr Joha Smythe , late of Bradford , bv . ) now a prisoner in York Castle , wh ' ch staled that the prisoueis about to be tried for riot , conspiracy , sedition , dec , at the ensuing York _Assize , were witbout any legal advisers to conduct their defence ; the sum of £ 3 was voted towards securing that necessary assistance'the committee atthe same timo expressing their regret that after meeting their weekly
liabilities , ( which tbe ? have been compelled to reduce nearly one-half ) they had ne more funds at their dis poaal . Messrs Milne and Nicholson having been deputed to solicit from Mr Thomas Cooper a course of lectures in aid of the funds , Mr _Menimau stated that Mr Nicholson , being unavoidably absent , had authorised him to report that that gentleman most cheerfully offered to deliver a lecture weekly , io long as there was a viotim that needed assistance . Tho report was recftived . John Arnott moved , and Mr Clark seoonded , 'That the beat thanks of this committee be presented to Mr Thomas Qooper . ' Carried unanimously , Tho committee then ad journed .
Thb Wats and Mbass Committee met at tal 'Chairmen / WardourStreet , Soho , on Wednesday evening , Deo . 6 th , when tbo seoretary was authorised to take the Johh Street Institution , for a tea party , concert and ball , about tho commencement of the New Year . South Shield * . —The Chartists of this tovro opened a chapel on Sunday week , in which they in . tend holding their meetings . _Messrs Watson , Kane , aad DickenBon addressed the audience , and a good _subscription was made . The association in this town is in a _floarishing condition . Star ano Gartbr _Locautt , —A concert and ball was held in the Assembly Rooms , Kentish Town , on Monday , Dec . 4 th , when £ 13 < 8 J , profit was realised for the benefit of the National Viotim Fond .
Coventry * . * -The Chartists of this locality held a _donnoil meeting at Mr J . Gilbert ' s , Gosford Street , on Sunday , Dec . 10 th , when persons were nominated to form part of tbe Executive Commitfc ? e . They likewise c & ll on their Chartist friends to enrol their names on the Association book , and as : _iat in the good old cause . It was resolved' That members ' meetings shall fee held at the house of George Freeman , Coach and Horses Yard , Muoh Park Street , at eight O ' clock each Monday evening . _WusiMiNsiaR . —The members of the Nations ! Charter Association met on Su 3 day evening , the 10 th inst , atthe Partheninm _Coffee Houae , Saint Martin's Lane when the propriety of engaging a oommodious building for lectures etc ., was _discusBed , in whioh Messrs M'Grath and Dixon took a prominent part , and the Bub oommittee was instructed to continue their exertions for the above object . —It was then
resolved' Tbat this meeting do adjourn to this night week , to take into consideration the new plan of organisation , aud tbat the members ofthe Dean Street locality , ) be respectfully invited to attend . ' _FiNiBPRY . — -At a meeting ef the members of the National Charter Association in the _Brfsugh of Finsbury , held at Hudson ' s Academy , Cross Street , Hatton Garden , on Snnday , tbe 10 th Deo . it was moved by Mr Nobbs , seconded by Mr W . Salmon , 'That we recommend the Executive not to attend any meeting held at public houses or beer shops , it being our opinion that attending those places are the meanB of _supporting our enemies , which it Bhould be the object of all true demoorats to oppose . ' The following persons were nominated for the council . — Mr _Livesay , Mr J . Jordan , Mr Nobbs , Mr W . Salmon , Mr A . _Fuzzan , Mr A . Jordan , Mr Medlock , Mr Alinutt , treasurer , Mr R . _Fuzz-n , secretary .
Carlisib . —District Delegate Meeting . — On Sundsy _last , the 10 th inst ., a District Delegate meeting was held at tbe Council-room , 6 , Jehu Street , Caldergate . Delegates from Dalston , Kingstown , _Tarraby _, Upperby , Bellevue . Cumnersdale , and other places attended , and a warm spirit seemed to pervade tbem . Shortly after they assembled , Mr John _Gilbertson was appointed chairman , and Mr John Lowry secretary to the meeting . Tho chairman , in a few brief but pointed remarks , stated the object for which they were oalled _together , namely the resuscitation of Chartism in the district . He _considered it would be unbecoming on his part to state what they should do , as tbe ; would bave the beat idea _thetneeWeB _& 3 to the course of policy te be pursued . It was agreed
first to read the plan of organisation , and tben discuss ita provisions consecutively . This was done ; and when that clause relating to the weekly subscriptions was read , Mr William Young objeoted to it . He considered that by reducing the subscriptions to one halfpenny , icBtead of one penny , we should get more members to the association and more money to the funds He therefore moved , ' Tkat the weekly subscription be one halfpenny per week or two shillings per year / Mr T . Sowerby , of Dalston , seoonded the motion , and after newly every delegate nad expressed his opinion , the resolution was carried unanimously . On tba clause relating to the remission of cash to the executive being read , Mr Heaton moved , and Mr Stage seconded , ' That one-third of the local
subscriptions go towards defraying the expenses of the executive . ' Carried , On rule six being read , Mr Rocey moved , and Mr Jases Main seconded , ' That taking ont a card of membership and paying the sum of one penny , _censtitutea member , and entitle him to be put on the general register of the Association . ' Mr Young moved , and Mr Heaton seconded , ' That a man be entitled to be pnt on the general register when he pays the sura of sixpence / Mr Lowry moved , and Mr W . Ferguson _gecoaded , \ That no man be allowed to be put on the general register until he be a paying member for twelve weeks / Mr Young ' s amendment c arried . All the other clauses of the plan were agreed to . Mr Thomas Sowerby then moved , and Mr T . Rony seconded , » That nine oeraons be appointed to the general council of the
National Charter Association , and that any place numbering ten payin g members be empowered to fend one delegate to the general oouncil ; Buch delegates to meet at the first council m-eiing in each month , and at any other meeting they may think proper / Carried . Mr Lowry moved , and Mr _Sowerbj seconded , * That * county delegate meeting be held at Carlisle on the first Sunday in Maroh , 1849 . ' Carried . Arrangements were then made as to tho time the quarterly meeting shonld be bold- Other resolutions were passed and the meeting separated . Chartism has a better appearance here than in many places . A ceol _determinednees pervades the minds ofits professors , snd although poverty exists here to a very great extent , onr subscriptions to tho Defence and Viotim Fund , show that we lack neither spirit
nor energy . Shiffisij ) . —Mrs Theobald has beea engaged by the committee of the Working Man ' s Joint Stook Provision Company , to deliver two lectures on the advantage to be derived from co-operation . One of which she delivered on _Tnesda ; jvening , iu the North Church . Street School-room , to a numerous and rea-
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pflctab / e- ' audience ; - at" the _conolosion _/ _shemidoa powerful a"peal on behalf of the families of the viotirns , whioh resulted in * the collection 6 5 > . ii . She conjured the female Chartists throughout tho _oovinttyto exert themselves on behalf of the wives and families of those who have been thrown into prism for advocating the came of _nffenng humanity . .. ' .. Prestos . _—Rb-organisatiok . —A naeeting otJm members ofthe National Charter Assooiation took place on Monday evening , the llth , in Mr Frank land ' s room , Lune Street . Mr Duckett was called tothe ohair . Mr James Brown brought before the
meeting thenew plan bf organisation . After which , Mr Edward swindiehuTat movedi and Mr Peter _Eddlestone seconded : 'That this meeting do adopt the new plan of organisation /— Carried _unanii measly . The following officers of the Association were thea chosen : ¦ — James Duckett , _E-iward _Swiudlehurst - ' Joha _Bambor , William Boyd , Aaron _Craushaw , Nathaniel Fish , John Chew ; Peter _Eddlestonc , treasurer ; and James Brown , ' WO , Moor Lme , secretary . Mr Edward Swindle _, burst was eleoted delegate to the North Lancashire delegate meeting . Oae pound was voted for the defence of tbe Manchester victims ; after which ,: the meeting broke up .
_Briquoike— We have just had two . lectures ae * livered in our lecture room—one on the ' _Rightsof . Man , and the Duties of Women / and tbe other OB ' Temperance '—by Mrs Theobald , frem Manobester She is a very able and eloquent lecturer oa Chartism , Democraoy , Co-operation , Temperance , Ac , and from her natural abilities and praotioal knowledge _., is calculated to do muoh good amongst the working classes of this country . _Makchbsisb— -A . _large and enthusiastic meeting waa held at the People ' s Institute , Heyrod Street , on Sunday evening last . Mr Wm Grocott in tbe chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr John West , wbo entered into a defenoe of Mr George White's . character . Mr Feargus O'Connor then delivered a _lcoj
and animated address , daring whioh he was loudly cheered ; and at the conclusion Mr George White appeared on the platform , and waa loudly called for . He addressed the meeting in vindication of his po'itical consistently , and was loudly cheered . Ha oharged s me members of the council as being the originators ofthe calumnies circulated against him , which was denied by the chairman , and a considerable amount of uproar was created , during whioh Mr Feargus O'Connor again addressed the meeting , and moved , 'That thi * meeting has full confidence in tbe integrity of Mr George White , ' Mr Rankin
seoonded ths motion , supported by Mr W . P . Roberts- The chairman denied , oh tbe part of the council , all participation inthe calumny circulated _, against Mr White , and put the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amidst great applause . A collection was then made for the Defence Fund , andi tbe ' moeting separated after evincing the msec kindly , feelings on behalf of the victims of Whig _tyranny . During Mr O'Connor ' s address he had to take off hie ; coat , such was the crowded state of the hall . The Chartists of Manobester have proved themselves worthy of their high oharaoter , and it is to be hoped that other large towns will' go and d _« likewise . ' . .
HuDDER 8 _riiLD—At a meeting ef the Chartists of this looality , ior the purpose of examining the Plaa of Organisation recommended by the Executive , after a careful inBpeotion , we unanimously resolved t 0 8 . do . it it . We c & uld not pass over with silent contempt the dastardly _aitaoks , made on Mr O'Con * ¦ or by some of the Scotch delegates . After tracing the whole of that gentleman ' s political career , we , aa lovers of even-handed justice feel in duty brand to adopt the following resolution . Proposed by William Wallace _Es-an , seconded by Thomas Hirst , and carried unanimously : — ' That tbis meeting does not separate without once more recording their unabated ' confidence in F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his inde * : fatigable exertions in the cause of the working millions—and that this meeting urges npon that gentleman to continue in his straightforward course of right against might , until our common country is regenerated from the merciless fangs of despotic tjrants /
West Riding Eleotion. - Defeat Op Ihe Fr...
WEST RIDING ELEOTION . - DEFEAT OP IHE FREE TRADERS . _Normahion , Friday Evening . —At the final dose of the poll the numbers were , according to Mr Deni sen ' s committee : —• _Esrdley , 11 , 805 ; Denison , W 745 } Majority for _Denison , ' 2 MO ; Or , according to Sir Culling Eardley ' s committee : — Eardley , 11 . _480 ; Denison , 14 , 072 ; Majority for Denison , 2 583 .
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THB CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Feliow Countrymen , —The position of _trnst which we now hold in the Democratic movement by virtue of your confidence and respect , and the duties imposed upon us by the acceptance of that trust , require that we should , at the outset of our labours , have a distinct and clear understanding with you as to the amount o ( support which you are prepared to give us in our efforts to advance tbat political faith which we conjointly entertain , and to the adoption of which we look for the salvation of labour , and the establishment of laws agreeable to justice and humanity .
Recent as well as passing _evunfs on the continent of Europe , and also in America , strongly incline us to the belief tbat upon the English people will it yet devolve to carry into practice the actuality of Democracy ; that to the deep and thoughtful mind of England will the triumphant success of Universal Suffrage yet be owing . That to tbe peaceful , but sure growth of opinion in these islands , will truth and toleration yet owe their establishment . With these impressions strong upon our minds , we have determined to recommence the struggle for Right , with all the vigour and capacity we can . command _,, and to employ every proper and legitimate mode of operation in furtherance of that object . We are
prepared to do all that we can do , and we now require from you some earnest of your intentions . We have duties to perform , and those duties we will perform , but if we are to be at all successful , you must also take upon yourselves your own share of tbe good work . We will direct and pay , each of us according to bis ability ; and we require that each of you to whom we now address ourselves should forthwith , each one according to hi 3 means , put us in possession of funds , to enable us to commence a campaign of _agitation , so that eur _oppiCBaoiB may bB instantly awakened from the delusive sleep of security , into wbich unfortunate circumstances a nd our apathy have allowed them to repose .
We propose to you , Chartists , — ' Old Guards 'who bave never been found wanting—sentinels wbo have never slept at your posts—to rally again 1—to upraise once more , higher and prouder than ever , the banner which has Hever been sullied—the flag which has never yet been struck' — to renew your fealty to the' good old cause , ' and to march again as you were wont to do , with the cry of the' Charter , ' the great and sacred ' Charter , ' to the familiar tune of
' We'll rally areaad it , again and again / — to meet injustice and beard it , with the bearing of men , conscious of suffering wrong , and with the great purpose of beating down injustice—to act a part in the cunning times , worthy of the genius of Labour , and to raise up in this land of wrong a Temple , whose ample porch shall be open to all those children of our country , who know ' Old England' only as the place of their birth , and the grave of their hopes 1
HEW TEAR ' S CIFT . A more fitting time than the approaching new year could not , we think , Deselected for opening the intended campaign . By the expiration of this year , the law's terrors will havo done their worst Before the last day of 1848 , the dungeon ' s door will , we fear , have closed upon some of the best , truest , and bravest of our comrades . The trials at Chester and Liverpool , exhibit clearly what is tbe animus of those with whom we have to deal , and if we would show ourselves men , just at the time when the enemy imagines he has struck us down , such time is exactly tbe moment when we ought again to start into renewed life , and show such signs of
energy and determination , as will convince the miserable delinquent faction , who now persecute us , that we still live — that we still dare , and that < we will ultimately conquer . Let all , then , who rush us well , aid us with the most efficient of _weapougthe pence . We propose a New Year ' s Gift " for the Charter—what more needed ? We invite every sincere friend of freedom to contribute his mite . We call upon all councils , committees , and localities , to make preparations for the collection ofthe 1 « v Year ' s Gift / No man is so poor but that he
can give something . Me are aware that there are other funds , and other calls , but amidst those calls and funds , the Charter must not be forgotten . If we are to he an acting body , we must have support , and that support you can give , if you have the will to do so . A little from each will make & large aggregate , aud no matter how little each may offer all will be useful , aud all shall be well and honestly applied . To tbe work , then , and collect for the New Year ' s Gift , ' for the'Charter and bo Sur . render .
Thomas Cunx Paws M'Gbaw Wilud * _Dixoit EntuND _Stauwood Hmv . Ross tt . _Jduin Qab » it Samcbl Kydd .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16121848/page/5/
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