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officials—the officials , as we seei keep double _ggts of books , and , in other Words , carry on g igantic frauds for _^ years , without being db-Jovered by these vigilant trustees and managers—and thus , between the two ; tbe depositor is robbed , -without any chance of redress or _flsnpensation . If the Government is to continue in the enjoyment of the use of nearl y 30 , 000 , 000 ? , sterling , it is bound ; to take care that some _moresatisfactory security than thisis provided . f not , the people who have deposited the thirty millions , had better take care of the inoney themselves . . 11 in 11 ffiiliiln 1111 iT 11 inn li 1 i ' i
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Receipts Of The National Land Companyfob...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANYFob ths Wsbk Ehding _Thubsday _Jasuabt 2 i , 1850 . * - SHARES . . JS s . d . • £ _s . d . _jjnntrath .. 1 0 0 Brighton 1 . ' 12 0 Pr eston , Brown . 10 0 South Shields .. 2 0 0 _Skafcrd ... 010 XottiiKham .. 010 " _«« g _jjwihinch .. 0 2 0 _, _fe 16 ' EXPENSE FUND . jfottUKham .. 0 0 6 Markhinch .. 0 10 0 1 C TOTALS . land Fund - ... ... 5 16 0 Expense ditto . « .. ... ... ; o 1 C Bonus ditto ... ... , „ _\ g q £ 7 5 6 _** " _*" . Dixon , C . Dons , - . .. .-T . Cube , Cor . Sec . P . _M'Gkaih , Fin . Sec .
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FOB COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION Received ov W . RiDEB _^ -AInnick , per J . Young , _Ga . 3 d . ; J . Majrmae , Kamsgate , 2 s . Cd . ; Sarah _Mayman , Bam _3-jate , _^ . ; _Worcester , per J . _EanKng , 5 s . ; Monmonth . per E . Hias , 4 s . 6 d . ; Ipswich , per J . Cook , iii . Cd . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . 64 , ; a few Friends , "Warwick , per C . Tristram , as . ; a few Friends , Thwaites , near Keigblev . 4 s . 6 d . ; Bristol , per C . Clark , 2 s . 6 < L ; Mr . "Ward , Manchester , 5 s . - Jlrs . Bradshaw , 2 s . Received by T . _CiiaK . —Mr . E . Clark , Is . ; Friend , Manchester , Is . ; Mr . Burke , Is . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . _Beeeired by W . BntES . —Bristol , per G . Clark , 3 s , ; Ouster , per J . Boberts , 5 s .- —Beceived by T . Cubk . — Leeds , IL Is . 7 d . ; ilr . Borke , Is . ; 2 L John _dayman , Bamsgate , 2 s . ; M . Rider , as per Star , 12 s .
DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Beceived by W . Rideb . —Ipswich , per J . Cook , 5 s . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by T , Ciare . —Is , FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS WILLIAMS AND SHARP . _Becdredby T . Clabk . —2 s . FOR MRS . JONES . Beceivedby S . Kydd . —Hall of Science , a Friend , per Mr . Cooper , Cd . DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . Beceived at _Liso Office . —Leigh ( Heave , Rochdale , Cd . ; 3 . _TL GraSfham _, Is . ; E . W . B ., Warwick , Is .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by ~ W . Rides . —A few friends , Links , Kirkcaldy , per J . H .. 3 s . 9 d . ; Coventry , per J . Gilbert . 5 s . ; _Xottjng ham , per J . Sweet , Is . ; City Co-operative Cordwainers , per J . Land , Is . Received by Joss Assam , Secretary . —J . B . ST ., Is ., Mr . Scotter , Rising Snn , Calleuder-vard . Long-alley , 7 Us . ; "Mr . E . Clark , Is . ; Collected at Ur . Clark ' s Lecture , " Leeds , 5 s . 2 d . ; Collected at Public Meeting , Leeds , 2 L 9 s . 5 _Jd . ; Collected at Pnblic Meeting , Manchester , If . 7 s . 2 § d . ; Friend at Manchester , per T . Clark , 6 d . ; South London Pall , per Mr . Roberts . 3 s . 3 d . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 10 s . 9 d . __
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_MACSAMAHA'S ACTION . 10 THB EDITOR OF THE XOBTBEBK STAB . Deib Sm , —It appears by Mr . O'Connor ' s letter last week , that about the stun of £ 10 has been paid hy the whele of the country towards Macnamara ' s law expenses . The county of Nottingham alone , has paid £ 10 of that money , -which clearly proves that many of the large towns have been very neglectful and apathetic in the matter . " With respect to the various "Victim Punds , it reflects great disgrace upon the Chartist body , to know that those who have struggled for them , are in want ; In this case , _Nottingham and its neighbourhood , has done its share . TV ' s are continually sending money for that purpose , while it has fallen to onr lot to defend our own -rictims and support their families , as we have never received a shilling aid from any quarter , and we have had many victims , at various times , to defend . Hoping that this blot upon onr characters may be speedily removed , I remain , dear sir , yours respectfully , James Sweet .
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THE LATE CHARTIST TRIALS . TO THE CHARTISTS OF LEAMINGTON . Bbotheb _Chabtists , —The position that Jlr . O'Connor is placed in at the present time , owing to the heavy expenses he has been put to in the Chartist cause , has induced me to take this subject up . In last week's Star Mr . O'Connor says , " for Mr . Dacnamara ' s action my own expenses therein , and to save prisoners from oakum picking , I have paid nearly £ 500 , and to prove the honour ofthe millions I hare received hack about - £ 70 . " Again , at the foot of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter is one from Mr . rXixon , solicitor , with a hill for £ 180 , and threatening him with a dish of the same sauce as Macnamara's ,
-unless the money be soon paid . How I am not aware of any general collection being made in Leamington for the above object , but I know there are many good professing Chartists in Leamington lobe found , wbo , when they are made acquainted _irith the subject * ' will assist Mr . O' Connor . I have opened a subscription list at my own shop , where I shall be happy to receive the subscription of any one , be the sum ever so small . "We cannot expect "Mr . O'Connor to last for ever , and when he is gone where shall we find another like him ? We all " know that Mr . O'Connor , and those who have suffered , and are suffering in prison , weie not striving to gain all for themselves , we were included , and as such we should strive to assist them in their difficulties- We know it is little use for Mr . O'Connor
to appear in any court of law and ask for justice , particularly in a political case , for the juries are so managed that they always find him " guilty , " although it must be evident to every one who Watched the proceedings of Macnamara ' s action , that he had no mote right to pay than either you or me , but we know it is the maxim ofthe government to ruin him with expenses . Let us then show his enemies that we know how to appreciate the services of such a gentleman . There are many in this town in favour ofthe Charter , who dare not speak in public in favour of it , —their family ' s bread depends on their keeping their mouths shut , —but where there is a will there is a way . let the tailors subscribe in their workshops , —tbe shoemakers solicit their shopmates , —the bricklayers , the plasterers , _ic ., make it known to their fellow-workmen , —and "when you have got your subscriptions send them to me , and I will forward them to the iSrar office for
Mr . O ' Connor ; for what is done for the people must be done by the people . Mr . Xixon says , that "if Mr . O'Connor is not legally bound to pay , he is morally , because he is the recognised head of the Chartist body , " but this we ought not to allow . If Mr . O'Connor has the honesty to single himself out from his class to tight our battles , we , ' at least , ought to pay expenses . Ana now for the lasttime , notice what Mr . Ifixon says to Mr . O'Connor , "therefore I once more repeat , I am exceedingly loath to adopt legal proceedings against you , but I nave no alternative if I am not forthwith paid , and I trust that you will take such steps to prevent this most unpleasant proceeding to me , as you think the _«» gency ofthe case requires . " Now what step is "Jr . O ' Connor to take more than he has done ; he has appealed to us before , and it now remains to be Seen whether we will allow bim to be sacrificed in this case as well as all others .
_ _James Gbben , t > e - _^ _** ; . S ent » "Windsor-street , Leamington . . _* -o _£ -Let all towns who have not contributed towards this debt be up and doing ; let some single themselves out and take the lead ; do not - wait for others , for we all know that Mr . O'Connor lias spent ins whole fortune in our cause . J . G .
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MR . NIXON'S LAT ? CHARGES . TOSIH . W . _BIDEB . Sm , —I have just been reading the Northern Star , _a which I find a letter from J . E . Nixon , Esq ., the solicitor who defended Mr . Ternon , complaining thatthe debt due to him has not been paid , and well he may complain . Bat what in the name of justice and common sense has Mr . O'Connor to do with "toe debt , more than any other Chartist ? "Why "" -ate mention of putting him to trouble , if the debt w not paid forthwith ? : Mr . Ifixon publicly _acknowledges that the debt does not belong to Mr . 9 _'Connor . bnt to tiie Chartist body . Has not Mr .
v Connor done enough already ? : I do not hesitate «! lB"ononnce it a perfect disgrace to the Chartists , _™ at theypermit Mm for one moment to he placed -- such an unenviable position ; I say , shame and _dis-?** t be upon them who wonld allow their leaUer * ° J » e their taiget , and who will not subscribe a _U _^ ny or halfpenny each , to preserve themselves " * _mq dishonour , roralltnat , I do not like such _ex-™« oaj . « this _| n Mr . "Nixon ' sletter , "but it must f _^> patience is getting exhausted ;" - / as much as J ? - " ay he would have itfroin -Mr . O'Connor . Oh ! 9 _* t I had the means at my command , I . would pay Z _^ '> tat laving _a-wife and three small children to _^ _tak with wflr _eteTeaJsh _^ gj _-fr-er "tr « ek , Md
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TO THE DEMOCRATIC WORKING . MEN .. : My _^ Friends —You are aware that it is no new thing foi- the writer of this letter to he brutall y _denoohced hy the foal and filthy _conductors _, of the Weekly Dispaict I have become so used _, to the fish-wives" clatter of that precious organ ofthe f liberal * bourgeoisie , that . under ordinary circumstances , I should " waive my right of reply ;" hut in the present state of popular politics , it appears tome necessary to notice the Dispatch—which I shall do very briefly—and then proceed to other matters pretty closel y connected with the bully of Fleet Street ' s denunciations" ' "
. Here I must congratulate Mr . O' Connor on having again earned for himself the abuse of the Dispatch . "When latelythat paper appeared inclined to applaud Mr . O'Connor for his support of the Parliamentary Reformers , that gentleman ' s true friends began to tremble for his popularity . .. The threatened , danger would however appear to he over , as in that paper of Sunday last , Mr . O'Connor comes m for a full measure of vituperation , quite in the good old style . ' I dare say , the black guardism of " Caustic" will not much distress the honourable member for Nottingham . The praise of such writers being censure , and their censure praise . ' ;
As for myself , I am denounced as the " peculiar nuisance ; " and . Mr . . " Caustic " adds _^' It is a hitter disgrac e , not merely to Chartism , but to the English character , that this man was permitted to speak another word . " _Anothermasked bravo , the " gentle man" who "does' ' -the "History and Politics , " favours me with his _Billinsgate after the following
fashion—Mr . Julian Harney ' s scheme of a perfect government is simply to plundir the community in detail , that he may enrich his model commonwealth _intheinass . All theland is to be seized . Aw aristocracy is far better than a commercial middle class . The Tagabonds of the gutters of Pans are to he respectfully invited to condescend to conquer us to spread the glorious principles of Swing , the Jacquerie , and the Bed Cap ; universal destruction . is to produce perpetual order , and the reign of _"Xo-Nothinir !" is to commence .
In answer to all this l y ing and slandering , I need hut refer you to my speech as reported in last Saturday ' s Star .- I will merely observe on one sentence that "it is a bitter disgrace not merel y to the Dispatch , but to" the English character , " that any wretch should be fohnd so infamous as to dare to speak or write of the glorious Proletarians of -Paris as the " . Tagabonds of the gutters . " Such things in human form , are a disgrace to the very manhood they assume to wear . . After dilating on " secret plots" and " pickpocket mobs / ' this-precious public instructor
adds—_ Let us have no clubs of licentious liberty , -unequal equality , and _uafraternal fraternity . We need no lessons from the Communists of the arrondissements , or the Socialism ofthe departments .. We are Englishmen , and want no _foreign hand to help us to liberty , of which we are un . worthy if we cannot achieve it for ourselves . "We are honest men , and have no sympathy with the robbeTy ofthe fhndholder and a universal scramble forthe land ; by the cannibal expedient of tomahawking the . proprietors . We have our own "way of righting our wrongs—Taut it is neither Julian Harney ' s nor his condescending conquerors nor does this Saxon nation , proud of its functions of teacliing the nations how to live , " need to go to the plot-mongers of France , either to help us for want of power to help ourselves , to give ns a lesson in the art of achieving rational liberty , or for a model of a perfect state of societv .
It would he superfluous to -waste words in reply to snch scurrilous rant and brutal mendacity . I bid these bullies of Fleet' Street rage and rave on . They do me service they little desire . Their vituperative outpourings are the best certificates of my fidelity to your cause . - Should I ever incur the heavy misfortune of being the object vof their praise , it will be time for one of two . things to take place : either for me to bring an action for libel against the Dispatch , or tosubmitto a withdrawal of your confidence .
It has been truly said , that " a man ' s worst enemies are those of his own household ; " and the same may be said , when enemies take the guise of a man ' s " friends and fellow-labourers . " The Dispatch , while denouncing not merely myself and Mr . O'Connor , but also the Chartists iu general ,, and the attempt to revive the Chartist agitation in particular , takes care to favourably notice "the very judicious speech of Mr . Clark . " This brings me . to the . consideration of a
matter of more importance than the . stupid and ribald abuse indulged in hy the Dispatch . The " scene" at the London Tavern on the 14 th of January in which I was an involuntary , and Mr . Clark a voluntary actor , cannot have escaped your notice . To again direct your attention to the subject is far . from a pleasing duty ; but self-respect , and my regard for the good cause , of which I have been a humble hut zealous exponent from my youth upwards , leave me no alternative .
I feel hound to take this course in consequence of the manner in which Mr . Clark ' s admirers—the Whig and Sham-Itadical Pressgang—have thought fit to echo his sentiments . I have another reason for taking this course . This week Mr . Clark has been addressing public meetings in Yorkshire and Lancashire , and lam creditably informed that his peculiar mission to Manchester was to " set himself right with the Manchester men , " —I believe in relation to his patriotic conduct at Stepney ;
it is possible , however , that he may have been trying to " set himself right " —either publicly or privately—in matters with which I have connexion ; and as , unlike Mr . Clark , I have neither leisure nor money to travel about the country , I must address you through the only medium open to me—the public Press . For some time past Mr . Clark has been taking credit to himself for setting an example of political moderation , by his peculiar mode'of advocating Chartism . And it must be admitted he has been
moderate enough when treading the boards in company with his new and " highly respectable " friends . But for this moderation he has compensated himself by fiercely dictating to , or denouncing his old friends . Air . Clark has been foremost j in laying down the law that the moderate reformers are to be let alone ; at the same time totally repudiating the policy pursued by the Chartists in relation to the Anti-Corn-Law Agitation . In the teeth of his own policy Mr . Clark chose to move an amendment at the Trades meeting at Stepney ; and , if we
may judge by the reports in the papers , transformed that assembly into such a hear garden , that it may be doubted if the equal of it was ever known during the fiercest period ofthe contest between the Chartists and Free Traders . One fact should not be lost sight of ; Mr . Clark was favourably reported , and in several instances complimented by the very journals that not very long since were in the habit of vomiting the foulest vituperation on the heads of the Chartists for moving Charter amendments at the Anti-Corn-Law meetings .
I meddle not with the question at issue between Mr . Clark and Mr . Kydd ; but roust say that the treatment experienced by Richard _OaBtler , —the victorious champion of the Factory Children , and the life-long defender of the claims of Labour—was disgraceful to all concerned . The readers of this journal must have blushed to see the report of that meeting in the Northern Star ;¦ a journal in which Mr . Oastler advocated " Protection to Labour " years before Thomas Clark could have ima < wied he would ever become a " leader , " and the associate of respectable reformers ; " and when , probably , his ideas on the question of Labour ' s wants were widely different to wnat they seem to be now . ¦ ¦* - At the recent Metropolitan Conference _^ Mr . Clark strongly insisted on the Chartists pursuing- a
conciliatory policy . On the ground then of his own policy , I , as a Cliartut , protest against his conduct at the Stepney meeting . He could hardly have been so shortsighted , as to have seriously imagined that he was serving Chartism by that conduct . Whom did he please ? The Whigs , Free Traders , and Moderates . Will any of them join the Charter Association , and give their support to the Chartist movement ? Hot one . Whom did be anger ? . The trades who were represented at that meeting ,, and thousands of tborailfaetM'y . workers who all but worship _"aichardiOastier . Yet theseare the sections of the people whose aid is indispensable , if we are to have a ; Charti 3 t movement . The . late Metropolitan Conference _apfointpd a deputation to wait oa the tradea of , Ibe
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me _^^ h _^ , -mththe , view , rjf possible ,. of inducing theto to engage in the Chartist movement , v If that deputation ever , proceeds on its mission , it will no doubt _. _ascertom _, how-far that mission has : been aided ,. or _oAerwise ] -by Mr . Clark ' s Whig-lauded doings at Stepney ,-.. .. , _< _, , _, " , ; I Tracing- Mr . Clark ' s policy , of . " conciliation _i" I now eome-to his proceedings , at-the London . tavern . The meeting was crowded , the speakers were received with enthusiasm , and if it be hardly appropriate to say , _ithot-.- _'J all went merry as a marmgehell ; : it is certain _^ that up to the time of Mr ., Clark speaking , the meeting : gave promise of unauimity , and of being the worthy commencement ofra renewed _agitation-for the Charter . Certain differences of opinion , both as- regarded ; nolicv and
principle , had been manifested by certain speakers , but those- differences had been expressed without any _indulgence in personal inyective ; . ' . ; _¦'¦ . ' ¦ •<¦• Yourwill . have , read Mr . Clark ' s speech sin last Saturday ' s Star , and you will have' observed , that ; instead of elucidating : tbe resolution he-shad been appointed : to move , he devoted the entire of bis address to critical comments on other speakers .. It is true that in the . report , I only appear to > ' have been the subject of Mr : Clark ' s " conciliatory " criticism ;; but , in the speech , , " as spoken ;" -there were others .- who shared the benefit of that gentleman ' s comments and coun 9 eliv You will have read-for yourselves ; that I was arraigned on : thc
_twofold charge of being hostile to the middle-class reform movement , and of aiming at the creation of " a bloody democracy , " ; : . . ' ¦ I f I had praised the middle class movement—if I had lauded-the "patriotism ofthe " respectable " reformers ,. and called on the peopl e , to perform the impossible and ridiculous work of giving support both to the " great , " and the- " . little " Charter * at one and the same time , - of course I should have been "in order . " But thingshave come to a pretty pass if in the Chartist movement we are to be free to praise , but not to dissent from anything that Mr . Clark approves of . : It ' may-be -safely _predicted , that there will be more rebels than one against such a system of "free discussion . " - - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ _¦ > ' ¦ _- ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ' < - " ¦ ¦
The signal for ; the idiscussion" at the London Tavern was given not by _> myself _^ but by Mr . M'Gratb ; in his allusion to " punctiliousRadicals , " who refused to countenance the " little Charter ; ' * Was Mr . M'Grath to be free to invite discussion ; and those who dissented from him not to he-free to answer ? - In answering Mr . M'Grath I made no offensive allusion to that gentleman , nor an allusion of any kind to his - friend Clark—that gentleman ' s "intervention" was perfectly gratuitous . Mr . Clark ' s system of "conciliation" is very like the Whig policy of "non-intervention . " -The Whigs faithfully abided by that policy ; when tliey ought to have intervened in favour of the Poles ; the llomans , and the Hungarians ; but they broke through that policy when they intervened against the people , and iri'favour : of ; the she-tyrant of Portugal ; So Mr . Clark , while preaching to the Chartists the policy of "non-intervention" in the ' ease of the
Moderates , forgets that policy , when by abiding by it he might best serve the cause of which he is one of the professed exponents . Let me add , that if Mr ; Clark is hot misrepresented , he is more than favourable to ¦ tho : doctrines of the- Peaceiiaongers . Judging by the results of his displays at Stepney and the London Tavern , it must be acknowledged that the kind of " peace "he produces is something like .-tbat set forth in the prayer-book—as "the peace of God , whichpasseth ' all understanding . " As respects : the . Parliamentary Beform movement , it is only necessary for mo to referyouback to the report of my speech , in which iyou will see
for yourselves , . that I neither " aspersed tho middle _cla-ses , " nor expressed doubts of tho " integrity " of their leaders . My criticism amounted to this : — that the Parliamentary Reform movement was not intended to enfranchise or benefit the unhappy masses , whomost needed political power and social reform . ¦ This is no ' . 'aspersion , " it is the truth . So far from being hostile to the Moderate Reformers , I wish them success , for the reason that the sooner they arc successful , the sooner the misled portionof the people will find out their folly ; and then , perhaps , will scout their misleaders , and join their more advanced brethren in a struggle for Democratic and Social Reform .
I now come to Mr , Clark ' s " bloody democracv _, " —the phrase is his , not mine . By its help he has already made " political capital" in certain quarters ; and the full benefit to be derived therefrom he is heartily welcome to . This phrase , " bloody democracy , " has been made good use of by the " liberal" press . I am informed by letters , from the country , that , in many papers advocating " moderate reform , " while not one word , is given of my . remarks , Mr . Clark ' s protest against the * ' bloody democracy " is given in full . , Indeed , in one paper I have seen , the Derby Reporter , not one word is given of the speeches of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Reynolds , or any . other person , save , and except ; Mr Clark . This is significant ! . ; .
My sentiments , as reported in the Star , require neither apology nor explanation . I abide by them and am proud to be denounced and calumniated in such a cause . .. That , however , I desire a " bloody democracy , " is false . All I desire is , that when again the people win the power to right themselves they may take effectual means to prevent another reactionary triumph of " bloody "—( the phrase is offensive , but it is Mr . Clark ' s , ) —¦ _'monarchs , " bloody " aristocrats , and tlie rest of the crew of impenitent and irreclaimable oppressors , who have always abused the magnanimity of the pooplo . To be consistent , Mr . Clark should join the Times in
reciting elegies to the memories _' of those ' ' martyrs " , Lamberg , Latour , and Rossi . " "Never , " says Mr . Clark , " did a people show themselves so sublimely grand , or morally great , as did the French people , when they declared the abolition of death punishments for political offences . " " Very sublime But what about the founders of the Republic , pitilessly butchered by the ruffians whose own lives had -been' spared them by -the " magnanimous" decree of the ; people ? Let me re-print the written sentiments of one of those ruffians , " a man of property and education addressed to a gentleman in Liverpool , " who thus wrote about three weeks before the
insurrection of June : — " Fifty thousand meu surround Paris anxious to take their revenge . I trust there will be a battle ,, and I want it to be decisive—let twenty . thousand ofthe ruffians le thrown into the river , and ishallbe satisfied . " „ The battle came—a battle provoked by the wretches who had been so " magnanimously" spared in February—a few days after the battle this same blessed bourgeois wrote to his Liverpool friend as follows : — " I had half an hour of inbfpable bnjotment when the cannon thundered , the charge , beat , and- General Lebreton launched us forward . * * To talk seriously , we are in open reaction . * * You may __ depend that we shall be obliged to return to the rigours of the middle , ages . * * The bandits [ meaning by that term the proletarians ] , do not consider
themselves to be completely overthrown . I think it will be a good thing to give them another chance , that we may crush them once for all , and put an end for ever to these Socialist , Communist , and Democratic ideas . We must put down ' p hilanthropy , 'what we want just now is a dracoman regime . " These " hloody" sentiments , associated _; with bloodier "deeds , have inspired all really humane men with abhorrence of the spurious humanity preached by such politicians as Mr . Clark . A few weeks ago , the . Courier , de la Gironde—one of the principal organs of the reactionaires—was calling on the holders of power to dissolve the National Guard in I _* aris , and the principal towns ; revise the constitution by an executive ordinance , form
special juries for offences of the press , and suppress Socialism without discussioD , by decreeing transportation against all persons who might attack religion , property , and family . " Only within the last few days , the Times correspondent made the avowal that the wealthy classes have committed thc guardianship of society to an army trained to cruelty , by the most savage excesses in Algeria ; and a commander whose grand qualification is that his very name inspires terror . . The robbers of society cling to General Changarnier as tlieir saviour , because thev have trust in his pitiless energy , and believe that if he only had a chance , he would glory in waging a war of extermination against the republicans ,, and rejoice in dooming every
Socialist and Democrat to the horrors of a bt . Bartholomew . Here are partios well _, - deserving the epithetof " bloody . " How _. ' . then , comes it to pass that Mr . Clark has no " virtuous indignation' . to vent against such miscreants . ? How is it that he exercises his censorship only over those who hold up those enemies of humanity to execration ? ;¦ If Mr . Clark will denounce " bloody" systems , he need not wait for tho triumph of the democracy in this or any othbr country . He may find ample _, cause for his indignation , if he will but ' turn his eyes to the _gorerdyed fields of Baden , the desolated plains" of Hungary , and the ruined defences of fallen Rome . ' While Mr . Clark is silent on the atrocities of a Radetzki , a Haynau , " a Windischgratz _, and a Nicholas' it is something like cant—perhaps something worse—for hini to act asfugleman to
the Press-gang in raising a howl against a * ' bloody democracy . " Mr , Clark , in his speech " as spoken "—though not as reported in tho Star—declared that he desired "to stand out in bold relief from the writer of this letter . I desire he should do so , for I should be very sorry that friends or foes should imagine ma to be of the same school as . Thomas Clark . It is true that I am a Chartist , and Mr . Clark professes _. to be the same ; but there all concurrence of opinion and action both begins and ends . I am happy to be in the position to be able to add , that some , of the oldest and the ablest of the championb of Chartism , as ,-warmly agree with my views as they strongly dissent from those of Mr . ' Clark . . , If-Mr . Clark and his friends think proper to make their Chartism subservient t * the ends ' and " aims , of the middle class " reformers , " I cannot object ; but I ska !) * aaida _prottjj against any attempt ' .. to
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_mazle men who are faithful to the traditions ' of T 5 _« p : yfand have no faith in _boiwgeoisveform . ni , _mftftn' ¦ and - " - _"toenoB desire , under alV circumstances , to conserve the precious lives of the murderers and torturers of the human race , they are welcome to indul ge in their peculiar philanthropy ;' - ' _S _^ ffiy _WI shall protest against professing _~? ra , 8 " * g the ' howl of " bloody democracy _S _^ n who ' t 0 8 a > tne least _^ are as humane as _4 hemselves One word more- I am happy , in »» _nfi _! L V _t able t 0 thankMr . Clark _? or one _^ e o _^ _i _^ _speecl _,:- .. _^ people caMot be _SS _^ / _* _«* '' Most true , S 2 , W _« , _% _« " _•"• _fe «* lo to mislead you if _T _^ _- _^^ y _^ and ' _^ _termine- for yourselves ; That you may alwaysdo so , is theprayer of ; _i : ;; ¦ ' - i .: ii _* _k-- v < v _¦/ -.. One of your own order , ' ii ' " - - ¦ _-Tnn _^' _r _"'' !;; ; i ' " ° - ' Julian harney ; '¦ _^ London ; Jan . 24 ; 1850 i _^ - ¦ ; : ; :- '" rv ; '
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:: - v : „ _AT'LEEDS _.- _" ' _¦ _: r _^ _' _-y- _- . P ' , _'Mond _^/ ' 21 st inst ;;''; th _^ re-commen ' ceme _^ the Chartist Agitation , was inaugurated : under most favourable circumstances . A- tea party took place m the , afternoon , at . which about _SOO ' of the S . ° ? , f _, 1 !? ' _*} eand female , Chartists sat down ; , and in the evening the public were admitted to hear the speeches , ' ., "; . "' . - : 'X 777 ' '¦ . '' . " . 7 _; - Mr , ; Councillor . Biirkerj ' . late candidate for Bolton , an M' _prop _^ _'etor of ' . The People , was voted to the chair amid cheers . ; 'Messrs , ; "Shaw , Clark , " . Roynolds , _^ O'Connor , Ilams ; and ; Mr . Town Councillor Robson , were _^ spC n _.-J PPointed to speak to the resolutions . Mr . Councillor Barker commenced the business of , the meeting in an . ' admirable . speech , in the
course of which , ho took oeeasion to review the political institutions of . the United States of America , _fromlwhich ' _couhti-y he' _hasibutj . recently returned . Ho' lauded the _. Arnericaii ; character , aiid adduced the condition and independence " of the States ; as a proof of the superiority of a " democratic over every other , form of government . Mr . Barker concluded his able address amidst vociferous cheering . . ; ' ; .. '' ¦ ' "''' ' . _;' , " 7 ' Mr . ' John Shaw proposed , in an energetic and eloquent address , the first , resolution , which enunciated the sentiment , that the only legitimate source of power is '" . The People . " ! . The arguments of Mr . Shaw , seemed to be quite satisfactory to ' the meeting , as-he' was repeatedly cheered during the delivery of them , ' ;
_, Mr . Thomas CtAmc rose to second the resolution , and was loudly cheered . He entered into an exposition of the theory of government by the people , and contended that government . of any other kind is despotism and fraud . Tho resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . O'Consob moved ; the . second resolution as follows , in his usunl eloaueht and forcible manner _—" . That this meeting is of opinion that the present representative system is most defective in its
organisation , and , will so continue until such a reform' is effected as shall admit every sane and honest adult Briton to thei _exercjse of the franchise , protected by the . Ballot , * and accompanied with Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral' Districts , No Property Qualification ; and Payment of Members . " . _,, . ' ¦ ¦;" _.. 7 ' ¦ . . ; . " , ;"• ¦ _•" Mr . Retnoi . ps , i fi an enthusiastic speech , seconded the resolution , which was also ' carried . ' _i ' Oh the motion of Mr . ' J . IIarius , the thanks of the meeting we ' re given to Messrs . O'Connor , G . W . M . Reynolds , and T . Chirk .
In' order to animate the audience , the chairman sang a good ; sound democratic song , and sung it well , at the close pf each speech , the meeting joining in the chorus . The several speakers were received with' the greatest enthusiasm and we . never witnessed more perfect harmony at a public meetin *;; and , what is unusual in our town , wo had reporters from the two leading newspapers — the Mercury and the Times . Proceedings commenced at seven o ' clock , and terminated at ten o'clock , from which hour till six in the morning , the young
ladies and sweethearts enjoyed themselves most harmoniously ; the ball being kept up till that hour ; nnd , upon the whole ; wo may state that , for many years , we 'have not witnessed such a Chartist gathering in this town , one which has naturally inspired the people' with hope that the old animal has revided again . At the conclusion of the proceedings , and , at the request of Mr . O'Connor , a collection of nearly three pounds was made for thc wives and _fainiliesof the _Tictims ; Upon the whole , it was a glorious night , and has left a deep impression upon the people of Leeds .
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. -r—• . MANCHESTER , ' , A mectingof the Chartists of Manchester and Snlford , was hold on Tuesday evening , in the Carpenters' Hail , Garratt Road . The large room was crowded . Mr . Jons Sutton was called to the chair , and read the piacard calling the meeting , which declared its objects to ho " todevise the best means of extending the suffrage to the fullest extent possible . " _. After a few introductory remarks , the Chairman called upon Mr . James Leach , who proposed the first resolution as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the _nlrirming downward tendency of the labouring and general interests of the United Kingdom nnd thc colonies , is the result of the present unjust and unequal system of government ,
_promotinsr _, as it does ; , the interests of a small faction at tlie expense of the people at large ; and that this meeting expresses its deliberate conviction'that the only safe and effectual remedy for the colonists is responsible government , and for the United Kingdom , such a change in our representative system as will place the House of Commons under the direct control of the nation , by the admittal of the male adult population within the pale of the electoral franchise , and which would be accomplished most satisfactorily to this meeting by the enactment of . tho -People ' s Charter' - as the basis ofa future constitution . " Mr . M'Cormick seconded the resolution . Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , on rising to support the
resolution , was received with loud cheers and applause , which was renewed and continued for some time , in consequence ofthe entrance ihtothe meeting of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Mr . Reynolds said , that although it was the first time ho had visited Manchester personally , yet his sympathies had ~ always been with the working classes here , becauso he was well aware that there was a vast amount of . populat . ion in this city who well deserved those rights and privileges which , had been kept back from tbem by the unjust usurpation of an intolerant oligarchy . Those rights must have been taken away , because . there must , have been a period , in the beginning of all countries , when all tho peoplo must have had a voice in the framing of every law
which affected his life , his . liberty , . ind property . Mr ; Reynolds then proceeded at some length to find fault with the existence ofa property qualification , contending that all the sound sterling intelligence of the country was to be found among the working classes . The qualities of the aristocracy and the upper classes wore confined to outward frippery and oriinaient , associated with . pomp and ostentation ; and if it were . not so , we . shoulu not have such ridiculous spectacles as we had in connexion with the court nnd the lordmayor ' s show , & c . Itwasnot the ignorance of the working classes that was the real cause why they had not . the franchise , but it was because of the very intelligence which they wero , known to possess ; because : the aristocracy and tho _^ legislature know that if tho people had the
franchise tliey would to-morrow take things in their own hands and . manage them much better . , Mr . Reynolds next referred to the condition of Ireland ; and in connexion with this subject he denounced the aristocracy . as ' , ' arrogant , " " intolerant , " and •¦ despicable , " and thanked God that they were perishing before our eyes , on account of the suicidal policy which they were following , — because of tlieir pure inanition—and because they were a mass of corruption which could not outlive the progress of intelligence and civilisation . This aristocracy always attemptedto throw dirt upon and drag through the mud _. all systems which stood up to . oppose its own misrule . There ' _. yas not an aristocrat in the country who was worthy to lace up Kossuth ' s shoes , not ono , though he might bo
descended from a Norhian baron , who was fit to , become the menial of the glorious Mazzini ; not one that could bo . at all compared with the great and glorious Ledru Rollin . The aristocracy too employed the hirelings of tho press to misrepresent everything great . and . glorious ; and they endeavoured thus to writo ; down all revolutions , all progress , and all great men . ! Mr . Reynolds then dwelt upon the state of the nations of the continent , de _7 _daring _th-tt it was . written that . overy throne there must . fall , and every sceptre be _bi-okcn ,. before . the progress of republican institutions . : He concluded by calling upon the meeting , to come forward and agitato _' for the Charter , p romising them . that-they would be asked to do nothing that was not strictly constitutional and legal . The resolutien was carried unanimously . .
Mr . T . Clark , of London , moved , the noxt resolution : — " That , in order to make , effective the demand for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , itis necessary that the friends of that measure should forthwith form themselves into an association for that purpose ; this meeting , therefore , calls especially upon the , working classes to take the course hero directed , as the one , most essential , to , their moral , social , and political elevation . . this meeting expresses -IU , opinion that , in a . highly artificial statebf society like ours , a state of prolonged _agitatisnia injurious ; to all , more especially to the _workingclasses ,, and that this agitation , can _neverieensef until the demand _sfor the People a _Chixfcw J ) wvaw » the law of / tto toad , it wing
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futile _; td ' expect'that ' _thtfre _^ peoplo ' canr be obtained by any ' other , measure . " Mr .- Clark enforced the ' differont _^ clauses of'the ' resolution at some length , ' during . which he referred to the hostility of ; the landed , ' the _' _mdiiied , and other classes of the _goyernmeritl This'hostility ; he said , it was the duty of the . working olasscs to encourage and foster , if they hoped to obtain their own rights . He concluded by anhouncirig the reorganisation of the ' ¦ ' © hartist body aiid ' agitation , which , he . said , . would ; be conducted in such a way as to enable tlie - 'people to obtain what they flemanded , without g iving the government anything of which they could lay hold , to put down the movement . - ; ' ' : ; . _
' Mr . W . P . RORKRTSseconded theresolution ; contending thatthe agitation for the _. People ' s ' _. ' Charter was the successful agitation -of tlie'day—if ; . the people _choae to make it so . 'The great fact twelve months since ; was that the _Chai-ists . were determined hot to be bamboozled ; the _great'fact now was , that _Whatever Other raovoments or agitations wore offered , 'it , would he siiro to create discontent , and that the'people would riot be satisfied with anything less than the enactment of the'People ' s Charter . Within . two weeks , he had no ' doubt that a great deal of o . _-imboozlihg would be attempted ; what would be offered noboby knew ; but however the peoplemight'he urged to ' accept it ; they should reply that ' they would take it ; but they would continue to grumble , on unceasingly until they obtained the Charter . "' : - ' - ¦ - : ; ' ;' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' _4 ' '•' ¦ ' - '' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . _> Mr . _"" " EARcus ' O'CoKNon _, on rising to support the _l-esolutiori _. ' was received with loud cheers .. He said
lie was glad to findhimself again in ; the head-quarters of Chartism , ih order . tb ascertain the re _^ l will and opinion of the people , as tb _' _the moasure ! v / hieh would shortly he proposed to Parliament , ; and which would be framed according to the presumed contentment or otherwise of . tlie working classes . Heretofore the government . had , in every struggle , used the people for their own benefit , but this time they should not do so { although there could be ho doubt that they would endeavour to-use the people , if possible , in opposition merely to . , the landlords : The Charter and the Land must be the means by which the peo ' ple obtained their ' rights ; and until ; it was proved to , him , that upon a good , not a false system , tho land ofthe country was not able to maintain the sons ofthe land , he would never despair of those " objects ; ijeing attained . Mr . O'Connor next _preferred to his opposition to the financial reform measures , nnd to the manner in ; which he had been roviled by
the Times , as well as by the Manchester Guardian and Manchester Examiner , because ,, he . had been steadfast in his advocacy of the Charter . But he told the . reporters for that press who were near him , that he courted their reviling , because the censure of slaves was adulation , _i The serfdom of England was worsethan the serfdom of every other country , merely because the disunion among the working classes themselves . The speaker ' next condemned ¦ Mr . Sidney Herbert ' s proposed plan for sending needle-women out the . country , saying that the qualification of a candidate was that she should be of good character , and had had the small pox . ' It was a shameful system that virtuous . women should bs sent out of the country , . while base women should
be allowed to remain ; but the most shameful and vicious men or women might be made honest and virtuous under a good and proper system ; ! Ie next referred to the sufferings and . persecutions of himself and his family for so many years ; and then returning to the subjcctofthe . land , he pointed to Belgium , Holland , Switzerland ,. , and the Channel Islands where the . system of a division of the lands prevailed , as a . proof of ; the quietness . which r . suited , from , :. this fact , whlie revolutions were raging around . The Financial Reformers intended to have a . _Confeiirnce in March , andthe Chartists , would have a Conference , too , sitting in London ; in March . He w _^ s determined that if this financial conference was to be a fair one , —if it was
to be a fail-amalgamation of opinion , then the Chartist opinions should be heardin the trumpet as well as their own ; If the government attempted to use the people as'ithe tools for fighting the Protectionists he would , show them torch-light meetings agani , ' even although 1 he . were sent to York . Castle again , and he would raise suc _* h a light too throughout the country in daylight , as the government never saw before _^; Mr . O'Connor , next drew a vivid picture of the sort bf paradise he would make . ofthe country to-morrow , if he only had _pes'ssion of the eigtheen millions which were devoted to . the church and the poor-law . During the next session , he would sit with the speaker , and rise with the house ; he would not be absent from ' a single division , and he would
take good care , that in the coming struggle , the people should hot again bo juggled .. Assoon as the people were tired bf him , he . was ready to retire from public life _altogether ; but as long as he did tike an active part , he would take care that that action was solely , wholly , and entirely devoted to the interests ofthe _veritable working classes of the country . Suppose Lord . J . Russell proposed . a largo . extension of the suffrage , he would not do it because heJpvcd it upon principle , but because he felt thoroughly ' aware and convinced now that the tact of the lords would be to throw out some government measures in the House of Commons , which would compel the government to dissolve , parliamoht and go to a general election , iri the hope of getting , a large majority . ' , of Protectionists . But ; he . would be on the , watch-tower to see they , did not . db it ; aiid'if tliey did , hewould create such a flare-up ,
riot in England alone , but in Ireland and Scotland , as they never witnessed in any coiiritryjbefore . it was to the old feudal system that " the government wished to go back , but he would take / care that they did not . Mr . 0 ' Connor next' referred to the charge of the _JVmes ; that , he did not kuow how to spell ; and challehged any editorof , that paper tobe : exnmined with nim by any fellow .: from one of the colleges , in Greek , Latin , Hebrew , geometry , algebra , arithmetic , he . ; and if ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) did notheat him , he would consent to be banished from the country for life . Mr . 0 ' Connor concluded by repeating some' verses of his own composition , wliich he has before repeated in London and other places . ' " . ' ' A subscription was afterwards' made on behalf of the widows and orphans of the Chartist victims ; and the meeting'then terminated , about ten o ' clock . —( Abridged from the Manchester Guardian . )'
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• Stockport . — Mr . George Gandelet delivered a lecture here on Sunday night last , to ah attentive audience . He introduced himself by expressing his approval of the present constitution of the'Chartist Association . Tho revision ofthe rules'by tho late Conference was suitable to present circumstances , and adapted to the advancement of the public ' mind . There was one very important feature in the preamble of those rules , which deserved especial notice . It was an injunction he hoped would be attended to —viz ., thed ' iscontinuanceof inflammatory language ' , which hitherto had been attended with evil consequences , banishments and imprisonments . It
invariably had impeded , rather than accelerated the cause of Chartism . He trusted past experience had furnished us with wisdom for our futuro guidance . There was no permanent and lastinggood ever obtained by physical forco and whatever was achieved bv force ' must be held by it . He trusted that our object , in future , would bo the dissemination of sound political information , and the spread of _intelligence ,- as to the wise and discreet exercise of the vote . There was the question of our national monetary system—a subject of vast and extensive importance to the working classes of society . In the summer of 1848 he put into circulation upwards of , 15 , 000 copies ofa letter addressed to benefit societies upon thc stability of our different local bank 9 . The truths of that pamphlet were now beginning tb manifest themselves in Rochdale , and other
parts of tho country . He trusted the question of the responsibility of the government in . the case ofthe Rochdale d epositors , would be fully _,. investigated by some liberal member of Parliament , in the next session . It was a matter of importance to the public that a full inquiry should bo instituted , and if there was any delusive practices in operation , the _workingef tho lvholcsystemshould be developed , and its mysteries exposed . Thero was no . manner of reason why labour should not have its bank as well as its capital . The day was not far distant ivhen the working classos would recognise this great fact . Mr . Camlelct concluded his address by appealing to his audience on behalf of ; the late registered printer . of the Northern Stvr , to assist in discharging a debt owing to that gentleman , for goods obtained , by the National _^ . Convention and Assembly ., ' . ,,. ;¦ . ¦
Abrrdekn . —A preliminary Chartist . meeting , called by circular , wns held in tlie hall of the Calc- - donian Hotel , on Monday , January 7 th , to mako arrangements for the re-organisation ofthe Charter _Association , and a' visit from _'G . ' _i'V "' . M . Reynolds , who had generously agreeed to visit Aberdeen at his own expense . The national plan of organisation , as adopted at the late Metropolitan Chartist . Conference , was unanimously agreed on , and a list of names enrolled as members . It was also agreed to hold a public meeting on the occasion of : Mr . Rey-Chartism wid that
nolds ' s visit for therevival of , . a supper in honour of Mr . Reynolds should also _^ be held . A committee was appointed to complete the necessary arrangements . This _^ committee _^ ave since had several _roeetKigs , and it 13 now _ajranged thai Mr : "Reynolds _wliiha in _AbevdcfelV OR _Moildaj , _February 4 th , when a glorious revival of _ChartiBnl is expectedin the metropolis of tho ; nortii . , _. — ., \ . _^ " , Whiiting ' _tonahd CAT .-At a meeting of members on Sunday last , Mr . Dowling opened . the _dwamistv on the _bbvw _Q « e » _twn , ¦ and . * _ffas & _HoY ? ed
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bv other _members ''' whioh _^ _gavoCTeat satisfaction . Mr . W . Davis then . moved the adjournment of the meeting until ] : Sunday , ' 7 January 27 _thj . when he will open the . discussion . . Several persons . . took orit cardsof membership . , _V 'iii _; _- ;• . : _.--. _ic- _' _.-i-- : X Bkrmondset . —At the usual weekly , meeting « I members _. the _; article headed ,- _«> TheTugof . War , *' and "Caustic ' s ; '' letter , were read from the M * patch _^ newspaper ,-after which it was resolved unanimously , : t . That , iu the opinion of the members * B . this _. branch of tho Natibnal ' Chartei * Association , ihe _^ _frpattA newspaper deserves the hatred and scorn < f all honest and wel * meaning men , and is Utterly unworthy the support , of : the labouring classes of-this country . ' _,: _;•; _,- ;> _,.,., ..,,. .. 7 . 1 X ¦ ... ' _- .. , ¦ :
: ¦ Annual Dinner ' of thb Glasgow Chartist-Club . —Tho _^ annual dinner . ; of this club took placeon Thursday , 17 th inst ; , vat the . Eagle , Temperance Hotel ; Mr . David Sutherland , chairman ,: and Mc N . _' . C . Morrison , croupier . I On theiright nnd lpft _<* f the chair ; sat councillors ¦ James Moir , ; and _: D . Gilmom *; Deacon Cars ' s , Messrs . , N . S .: Brown , ; John Cameron , D . Paul , N . Taylor , and : James . 'Nnther . 'The croupier was supported by Messrs : James Lang , John _M'Adam , N . _^ Ryle , J . Meiklejohn _. N ; Reid , James : Taylor , S . Bennett and — Cumming . Tbe chairman read letters of :. apology for the unavoidable absence of Mi _' . AiPaton , Mr . G . Ross and Mr . . John Pinkerton , Ac .: The company having partaken ofa ; most substantial dinner : ; the chairman , after a
few appropriate remarks , gave " The People ; the only legitimate . . _^ source of all political power , winch was most heartily , responded to by all present . : iThe chairman next called upon Mr . ' Moir , who proposed , ¦¦ The People ' s Charter , and no Surrender . " Mr . Bennett then gave , "Frost , Williams ,, and- Jones , and the other exiled and imprisoned Chartists , and their speedy restoration-to ftvedom . " Mr . N . S . Brown then proposed , " Ledru Rollin , Joseph Mazzini , L . Kossuth , and the democrats of Europe . May the glorious struggle-of right . against might soon be renewed , and speedily terminate in the complete overthrow of despotism , and tho triumph of the sovereign people . " " /; 'The croupier next gave , f f , The memory of Robert _Bhua
and the other martyrs of the revolution of : ] _"M 8-8 /* Mr . John M 'Adam proposed , _?' T . S . _DuncomiHj Esq ., Sir J . ; _Walinsley _i P . O'Connor , Esq ., and the Other advpcates . of the people ' s cause in the House of . Commons , and' success to the ; National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . " After which Mr . John . Cameron proposed , " Mitchel , Meagher and O'Brien , and the other , victims in tbe cause of just nationality . " And Mr . N . Reidgavf ? " Patrick O'Higgin Esq ., and the democrats _rbf Ireland . ' ' Mi % : D . Paul proposed , _;' . ' The Democratic Press , of Europe . " The : chairman then gave " The Glasgow _. Chartist Club , ' , ' which was _followeS by-Mr . James , Lang , proposing " The memory « _ff the deceased member ofthe club . " ' Mr . MoirnesS proposed , . "Absent members , '' including the names
of Messrs ., Pitkettly , Pinkerton , of Paisley , Ur *} , of Falkirk , and Messrs . G . Ross , and A . Patan , _A 4 _X , & o . Mr . _Jamesftatban then . gave , " _Themomoij * of Bardie , Baird and Wilson , and oiher politic _* martyrs of Scotland . " The health bf the chairman and croupier was then proposed ,-and warmly tb cbived ; also the health of Deacon Carss , the oldest member of the club , and a vote of thanks to thfi worthy host of the , Eagle . The . cvening ' s entertmnments were greatly . enlivened by Mr . Ryle and others , who sung several Stirling Chartists songs . . Leeds . —Oh Sunday evening last Mr . T . Clark addressed an enthusiastic and crowded meeting ia the Bazaar , on the question ofthe Charter , andtbe most practical mode of obtaining its enactment Mr .. G . "Wliite also advanced : his opinions to the meeting , after which a collection was made forthe benefit of the Victim Fund .
National Charter Association . —The Provisional Committee held its usual weekly meeting at 14 _^ High Holborn , on Wednesday evening last , when there were present , ; Messrs . G ; W . M . _Reynolds , T . M'Grath , S . Kydd ,- W . Dixon , E . Stallwood , J . Arnott , T . Clark , and J . _Grassby . *» V . ; Dixon occupied . the chair . ' The secretary brought up the report of the financial position of the committee _^ from which it appeared that the late meeting at the London Tavern had exhausted tho whole of the funds ; but , . notwithstanding which it was unanimously resolved , " That if tho Freemasons' Tavern could be obtained for that purpose , that it should be taken for a public meeting , on Thursday , the 31 st instant , on _theoccasion of the opening of
Parliament . " It was further' resolved , " To hold weekly meetings in the most eentral and suitable p lace ; " and a deputation was appointed to apply forthe use of the Literary Institution , John-street . The mode of issuing cards was considered ; and it was decided that they should be issued to localities without cash in advance" where payment beforehand may be difficult . . A discussion oh local _organieation occurred , and a committee of three members was appointed to prepare a plan , and issue it to the countiyimthenext' number ef the Northern Star In order to organise the Chartists of London , the
secretary was instructed to write to the- different secretaries , offering the active co-operation of the members of the Provisional Committee ,, in further ing that end . The case of the political prisoners was considered , * and the secretary was authoiised to communicate with several distinguished _membera ofthe House of Commons , asking : their advice and opinions as to .-the ; best , manner of procedure , in order to procure the liberation of the _vietims . The committee then adjourned to . "Wednesday evening , 23 rd' inst .: -AIL' applications , for cards arc lo be addressed to the secretary , Thomas Clark , 145 , High Holborn , London . _, _, .
LOCAL RULES . OF THE NATIONAL V CHARTER ASSOCIATION . . _Istl— -That the uiemhers resident in every locality shall , have the p ower of nominating seven of their body , including a treasurer antS secretary , to act in the capacity of agents to the Association ; such _npminatioas to "be seui to . the Executive Committee -for . the time being , , as soon as possible , with whom rests the power of appointing them to office .. ; 2 nd . —That the agents of the Association 3 hall hold office for six months , from the tiros of their nomination . A list of the nominations to be sent as sobii as possible , for the approval and sanction of the Executive Committee .
.-. 3 rd . —That the duties ofthe agents ; shall he to take every possible legal step to organise and extend the National Charter Association —tliey shall attend to the circulation of . tracts containing sound political information—promote public meetings , discussions , reading rooms , libraries , ( where possible ) , and otherwise act as the Executive shall'direct . 4 th . —That the agents of each locality shall assemble at least once per week , to deliberate upon , and take the necessary measures for promoting the spread of democratic principles' * and wherever it is practicable , it is recommended that delegate meetings representing districts shall be periodically held ; thus bringing several localities into united and harmonious operation . 5 th . —That in all cases the amount of
weekly contributions for local purposes shaU bo determined by each locality for itself , anfl . all the receipts for . the general - or executive funds , to be forwarded monthly pei" postoffice-order , made payable to ' Mi * . Thomas Clark , atthe Post Office , Bloomsbuiy ; aiid . addressed to hini at 144 , High Holboni , London . 6 th .- _^ That the agents of each locality sliall forward once per month to the general secretary , the names of till who have received _cands of membership since his last report ' . 7 th . —Tbat one month previous to their election—of which public notice shall ho given- - every locality shall have the power e-f nominating five candidates , who shall -be _membereof the association , to fill the office of Executive Committee-nieh . AU nominations shall be
forwarded to . the general secretary as soon as possible _^* a com plete list of _wliicb shall appear in the Northern Star one week prior to the elections . Such elections shall he decided hy ballot , and each member shaHbe entitled te vote for five persons . . The agents to make a return to the general secretary of the ; iiame 8 _.-of the candidates elected , . witb the number of votes ' polled bv each . '" . ' ' n ' ¦ _ Thomas CLArxK , Provisional Secretarj .
Pmsos Hiscii'lisk.—On, "Monday' ., Eveni...
_Pmsos _Hiscii'LiSK . —On , "Monday ' _., evenis _^ last Mr . ' " tY . J . Vernon gave his . first lecture pn this subject at tho Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstrect , _Tottenh- 'm Co * # ; t-road ; _Janies , Grassbj presided . As in a brief sketch it would he impossible to do ; justice to . this important IcctiuHj , we refrain from giving a reeve outline' aad shall only add , that it must have been heard ta be duly appreciated ; that it consisted of one continuous stream of startling ; facts ,, which _blicited the rapturous ' applause of an attentive audiehoc . Mr ., M'CraiB , the deputy-governor , and three wardens of TotKS Fields Prison wero present during Mr . Veraon" ' * address . Mr . Vernon promised that , on Monday nextv at the close of Wa _navtatiYe , he wou ld propound such ' a system of _Trisba Discipline th » V » » dbpted , * fould be eftcctive in produoing the reft » _« _F «« alFthe naughty boys . in the human family _, _itad make them useful ornaments to society , . we trust the Hall wm be emM On ft » t WW »» _W
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26011850/page/5/
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