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      Weekly Review. Tlie Day For The Re-Assem...

      jjews _* ' orig inally told by the advocates of Chris « i . _«** S _£ _?^* _-3 . a _J"LS n . . 1 * Ktater that jalleth , 8 _^ the spirit that raaketh alrre . " _^ _iS feres _jBtop tuoasly not only en Christmas , but every other _^ while the Lazumses of society , in too many i nstances , die of _vrant , _e- _* en of the crambsi which £ _sll from his table . We hope and beh _' eve tbat u there s a good time coming" but "Poets" are not prophets , and , however , hopeful the future may _•^ _wemu st takefor comment the facts of the present _, jlerry Christmas . finds too many sad hearts and desolate hearths . May the fact incite our readers to ren ewed efforts to lessen the numbers of both !

      .Pbcekm-* 28. I ? I6. The Northern Star....

      _. _Pbcekm- * . i _i 6 _. THE NORTHERN STAR . v - S

      Grateful John Bull. (In Compliance With ...

      GRATEFUL JOHN BULL . ( In compliance with numerous applications from a parts of the kingdom , we have extended our reply * ° " _Pnncb " to a few more verses , and publish altogeth er this week , as _requestc-l . ] _flk-h ! John Ball my darlint , you ' re nothing bnt varmint , you ' re p laying on Paddy -. nd running your rigs , Ton gra nt and you growl , bad luck to your sowl . -jrjalt * _-, _« ia * re aiten our bread staffs , onr praties , onr P'S _** _- "f on big bellied divil , why can ' t you be civil * Wt a ** "' * yon S «' , _"eusa bit of our own , _^ _nfl yon cocked up your snou t , like a pig in the gout * , _jjid iustid ofthe bread stuffs , you give us a stone _, f on thrait ns with * _corning , while our monies adorning , You ' re streets and your parks , and you ' re palaces too , Tbe whole of the cation , is dead _, wid starvation , _. _jnd you txposing fat baicts to _yonr * e own pauper crew .

      So shout for Lord John , that ' s not very strong , While vcr buys utj the muskets , the pnwdher and shot , JUd when we ' ve the mains , you'll attind to onr claims . "Forbe prayers and petitions _therll nothing be got . _TjV _€ c _= n't ait onr own corn , though we work ni g ht and morn , Though we digs and we delves and puts out the manure , It all goes in rack tints , and comes hack in cowld flints To shoot the producers an J loll all the poor . So be the powers of Moll Kelly , as you have stinted my belly . ¦ fm ready for ruction , rebellion and fan ,

      & cd TO not put a stitch , in mvjbrogu . es the cawbeen , and owld _briteb _. Till J buys myself powdher and shot and a gun . Though yon calls ns Poltroons , we raciuit your _Dhraggoons , Ind wc powers out our blood on tbe battle ' s red plains ; Sore , we mans your war ships , and feed all their Lordships . " _rTl . ile ye calls us barbarians and horrible names , There ' s ihe "Bloody ould lime /* wid its threehapennj lines , And _yi'ur Parlimint House , wid its Saxon oppressors—Wid yer Bnurd of all Works , and yer _Ticeroy * s quirks , You ve strlpt us of pot-hooks , creepeens , and ould _d'essers .

      But , "be my sowl , we ' re the boys that ' ll soon make a noise , "Whin we all has a musket , the powdher and ball ; And it ' s then ye's II hear , wid a flay In your ear , And vou ' ll ax when we whispers , "Pat , agra ! did you call !" Take that , mother Bunch , you toady ould Punch , That sells uz in picters to plaize thv West Ind ; But ! e the Holy Saint Paul , we dispises y t ' s all , From Johnny Groat ' s house , to the very Land's Ind . F . O'C .

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      Jrbs Axkott Begs To Acknowledge The Rece...

      _JrBS Axkott begs to acknowledge the receipt of _¦*¦ _= . 6 d froai Mr , Thomas Henna and family , Soim rs Town per Mr . Thomas Laurie , for the O'Connor fund . 3 . _ii'Alssa , Criefi _* . —Send 10 postage stamps , and we will post you the plate . . TO THE F 0 _STDP _4 TE HvLDEBS OF _PdlZE SHAKES ON THE _Bedmaelet Estate , —We are requested to state , that if any person who holds a prize tickeijor either a two or three acre allotment on the Worcestershire estate , is disposed to sell the same , be may find a purchaser , by applying to Mr . E . Bobbins , 20 , King _, street , Kensington . The person desirous of getting on the land , is willing to give £ 40 for a three acre , or in proportion for a two acre allotment , and ti . e transfer of a fall payed up share , or share and a half . An Operative Block Pbisteb —Barrhead- —Next week Tbe Disseb at Hiohbms Bash . —Legal _proceedings having been taken against Messrs . T . H . Wheeler and

      Kufiy Ridley for the balance of money due for the dinner held at the Highbury Barn Tavern , September , 1645 , in commemoration of the French Revolution . All persons who held tickets and have not yet paid , are _requested to settle the same forthwith , in order that tbe debt , £ i . 7 s . 6 d _., may be liquidated , and the affair iround up . Empiotment of Laboux bt Lasd Compast _. — It would be wholly impossible to answer one half of the _letters applying for employment , while we beg it to be distinctly _understood , tbat the hiring of parties for the performance of all work must be left in the hands of those who are answerable for it , and nothing on earth shall induce us to show the least favouritism in this respect : while the principles of the Land Company should be to give tbe locality where operations are to performed tbe benefit of tbe God send . _WiLtiAstBEiiwicK . Belfast—We have not received the number of the " Northern Whig " to which his letter

      refers . William Cons , Jnn ., Pershore , mun bear in mind , that tht subject to which his letter refers was mere matter of conversation in the Conference , upon whieh no resolution was passed , but whieh will be scrupulously observed . 3 , Frost . —The article is in _Q'pe , bnt wfchheld till next week through want of room , _Stocspoet . —We have found it impossible to insert the report of tho - 'ImprovementBill *' meeting this week ; or it our friends wish , it shaU appear in our next .

      "The Feeehas ' _s _Jocbhai . ** —We must compliment Dr . Gray , the proprietor of the "Dublin Freeman ' s Journal , " for his honest and spirited conduct in publishing the correspondence which appears in our 8 th page , between P . O'Higgins , Esq , and Mr . T . D , M _* 6 ee . We advise the English Chartists to send this week's Star to their friends in Ireland . Those who may have no acq uaintances jc that country should address their papers to P . O'Higgins , Esq ., 14 , North Ann-street , Dublin . Etr _^ -We have not jet found time to read the " Heavy

      Canuonaae . T . Bobikson ak » W . H . Cotton No room this week . T . R . Sh AST . —Shall have early attention . The piece was hardly suitable to the present season .

      Bor Asd Ms* Soldiees.—A Youthful Volunte...

      _Bor asd Ms * _Soldiees . —A youthful volunteer tbe other day , out in Arkansas , was taunting a married gentleman , who bad a wife and three small ehil _dreu depending upon bim , for not rallying to the standard of his country , soon after the requisition upon the State arrived . "Tom , " said our _fr-end _, " you boys can whip the Mexicans , but should old Ens-land take a hand in the pie , PU join , for it will require men to whip the English . "—American Paper . Destitctios asd Death . —An inquest was held «> n Saturday last , in Rn--eniary-lane , on the body of a .

      vendor of lucifer matches , aged 77 . The room in which the decea-ed lived presented a deplorable appearance of destitution . On tbe previous Tuesday he called on a neighbour , and complained of his privations . The following day , as he had not been seen , his room was entered , when he was found upon thc floor , with his clothes on , and benumbed with cold . A surgeon was sent for , who was unable to restore fsnimation . Mr . _J-hnson , tbe medical man , said that death was the effect of cold and privation of the common necessaries of life . Verdict , "Natural

      ueat . _" . - ' Statisticai . SociEir . —The last meeting for the year was held on Monday evening , when the chair was taken by Colonel Sykes , F . R S- A paper was read by Dr . Guy , on tbe longevity of sovereigns and rulers in different parts ofthe world , which contained some _rerv interesting particulars . Amongst the most long-lived monarchs were tbe Emperors of China , of whom the average ofthe deaths of 64 was at 60 i vears . and next in succession to them were the emperors ef Rome , tbe caliphs of Aleppo , the dukes ot Brunswick , and tbe electors of _Wurtemburgn , a great predominance for longevity being seen W the ducal houses of Germany , whilst tbe short-lived sovereigns were the _fcinss of Fcoiland and Denmark , the sultans of Turkey , Ac . The kings of England Stood compavatiYely wed in the general average , Li an incidental discussion which followed , some cunous statements were m ade , from which it appeared that whilst at thirtv years of age a general estimate was

      formed from the members of benefit societies at Liverpool , tbat their lives were ef 30 years value ; the highest average of the lives of _» nch _pt-rsons who were not so provident was but 27 , whilst at Glasgow an indolent population would only represent 24 years as tbe average of life . AfARriEBo . vB _Vj-srfir —The Mar . _vlebone Vf * try had a meeting last Saturday , at which the right of the Poor Law _Commisaoners to interfere in the _jiffairs of ihe parish , was totally denied ; and the joint comlnitteeof the Vestry and Guardians who conducted the _oppositic-n to the District Asylums , was appointed for the purpose of resisting , to the utmost , tie encroachment of the Commissioners . The right of self-government , the charges ol Mr . Charles Cochrane against tbe management ofthe po _» r , were stig natiEed as false ; and a committee was appointed to draw up an epitome of the arrangements of the workhouse , with a view to show the absurdity of _thes--cbarges .

      Notioe To District Secret Akifc, --" Am;...

      _NOTIOE TO DISTRICT SECRET AKIfc , -- " AM ; TREASURERS . _niAlL-W _' _S «« r « t » t i *» tod _Treasurers to the Chartist Co-operatiTe . Land _. Company , ate hereby stnctly enjoined to attend _totheMowingregula-: _ions in all . transactions with the _Directors . No circumstances will he admitted as a reason for ' departing from these rules in any case where they apply .

      _ First , —A scrutineer shall be appointed by each _nrai-cn on the first meeting night or day in every month , whose duty shall be to attend the branch meetings , and receive tbe subscriptions . The Secretary shall , before the dissolving of each meeting sum up the receipts , when the scrutineer shall immediatelj hand them over to the Treasurer . He shall keep a check book against the Secretary and Trea-¦ " - "rer , and be present atthe audit of the Branch bookvand report to the shareholders as to their

      correctness . Second- —Every branch shall appoint two auditors , whose term of office shall be six months ; their duty shall be to examine the Branch books , and report thereon at the first meeting in every month . Third . —Letters enclosing money must distinctly set forth the respective funds to which the whole amount belongs . Fourth . —In all letters requiring certificates it must be stated whether ihey are for members of the first , second , or third section . And whether the certificate required be the first orsecond , and if the second , the number ofthe first must be given The _certificate-- will not be sent to the request of letters in which this rule is not observed .

      Fifth . —All communications , whether enclosing money or otherwise , must-be addressed as follows : — * " To the Directors of the CbarliBt Co-operative Land Company , 83 . Dean-street , Sobo , London . All monies must be remitted in Post Office 0 » tiers , or h y Bank Order payable on demand to Feargus O'Connor . All Post Office Orders must be made payable at the General Post Office , St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , London , as none other will be acknowled ged . Tbe person ' s name appl ying to tbe local post office for the order must be written at full

      length at the top of the order , and who must see tbe order properl y stamped , . and tbe order must be made payable io Feargus O'Connor .. All letters containing money must be addressed as follows , for " The Directors , Land Office , 83 , Dean Street . Soho . London . Phujp M'Grath , Corresponding Secretary .

      Regeu'ts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      _REGEU'TS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . 8 _BAKEI . £ a . d . Thomas Hoore .. .. .. 016 Westminster .. .. .. 0 4 ti Tiverton .. .. .. 500 Monmouth .. .. .. 056 Longton .. .. .. 006 Nuttinghats .. .. .. 626 Carlisle .. .. .. 150 Dewsbury r .. .. 2 12 0 Leicester , per Astill .. ' .. 100 . luttram , per Wild .. .. 012 0 Todmurden .. .. .. 4 15 0 IIolI .. .. .. 0 18 6 Leamington .. ... .. 050 _Ashtou-under-Ljna , per E . Hobson „ 2 14 2 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. 3 12 3 £ 23 8 -5

      SECTION No . 2 . SHAKES . Joseph Moody .. . < .. 546 Edinburgh .. n .. 4 4 10 James Uill » 0 7 0 Westminster •• .. 104 George Bishop .. - .. 010 Lambeth .. « .. 300 Kinghorn . .. .. 980 Stroudwater .. .. .. 170 _Cmpping Norton „ .. .. 0 8 0 Stephenson , Cnllen .. o 1 0 Miss Marv Clarkson , Addingbam .. 0 5 0 HenrvDavies .. .. .. 3 14 4

      Marylebone .. .. .. 100 John Bradford .. .. .. 0 lo 0 William Moore .. _•« 0 6 4 Littleburongh .. .. .. 020 KcnnilwurtU .. .. .. 164 Monmouth _.. .. 0 15 8 Charles Dunham .. .. .. 076 Thomas Barrett _~ .. 4 19 6 George Martin — .. — 0 1 0 Longton .. .. 0 5 b _Edinburgh .. .. .. 3 10 . 0 Tredegar .. .. 0 10 0 Nottingham .. •¦ 21 0 6 Devizes - .. •• 10 0 0 Carlisle .. •• 1 5 o Oldham » 1 10 9

      Lvnn .. ~ .. 100 Newton Abbott .. .. -. 10 0 0 Monckton Deveril .. 530 Joseph 1 'attison .. » .. 026 _Twgnmouth .. .. 5 18 6 Dewsbury .. «• .. 217 6 Easiogtou Lane _ .. ~ .. 010 0 Leicester , per Astill _.. .. 100 Mottram , per Wild .. 596 rershore .. •• 51 * 1 " Todmoiden » ,, 050 Hull - o il o Leamington .. •• 518 5 Shinej Row .. _«« 1 10 3 Barnsley ~ ?• .. 500 Darvel , per W . Young .. .. 0 19 o _EllandjperJ . Kinnersley ~ .. 754 A 6 hton _^ under-Lyue , per E . Hobson .. 2 11 4 Torquay , per J . Gill .. ... 491 Newton-on-Ayr , per S . Irvine .. .. 1 12 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. 16 4 l

      - _ £ 15119 l TOTAL LAND FUNS . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 23 8 5 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 151 19 1

      £ 175 7 6 The sum of £ 4 4 s . Cd ., perH . Todd , was accidentally omittted from tbe- ' Star" of December 5 th .

      RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . FES GENESAL _flECBETABI . Sheffield .. « .. 048 Halifax .. - -826 Lower Warley .. ... 0 1 11 Littletown .. ~ .. 040 Dewsbury .. .. .. 034 A _' va .. .. .. 836 Do ., do ., Cards and Rules .. .. 050 £ 1 4 11

      PES MB . O'CONNOR . VETEHAKS ' , WIDOWS ' , AND _OBPHAH's PONDS . Bilston , per T . _Haminersley .. 0 10 0 Mr . Dear , per Stallwood .. 0 " <> Nottingham , per Sweet .. <* 6 9 Edinburgh •• .. o 1 « FOB . _MliS . JONES . Monmouth , per J . Cloud .. ,, 010 Idle , ner J . Sugden .. .. 050 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. 0 15 0 Mr . T . C . Ingram , _Alergavenny ~ 0 1 c Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. « 0 5 0 Alva .. .. » 010 0 liarnsley _~ .. 0 10 0 FOB . JIB . FBOST . Hanley _.. •• 0 1 9 FOS HUB . ELLIS . Alva - ' .. .. 010 0

      REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUB BY DEFENCE FUND . Mr . E . Brooks .. .. .. 010 Mr . G . Fox .. .. ~ 0 1 0 Camberwell •• •• ? „ „ Leicester , per Astill _^ 1 0 o Mr . G . Allen , Dunrobin - .. 016 Two Working Men , Lon on .. .. 020 Stockport , per R . Wild , Mottram « 1 2 6 Monmouth , per J . Cloud .. p 16 0 Bilston , per J . Hammersley .. 0 10 o Westminster Chartist Assembly Rooms - 16 3 LamHey . perJ . Sweet - .. 080 Mr . J . Sweet , Nottingham .. .. 9 0 _i _" Devonport , per E . Morcombe .. 1 < J * Truro , perE . Tregenrer .. « " « Idle , per J . Sugden .. J , * S Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. 2 14 6 Mr . J . Fluyer , _Bradminch .. ** « f Mr . G . West , do - .. 026 Mr . T . Ingram , Abergavenny .- .. 020 Mr . J . Lloyd , do . .. .. o 1 0 Mr . J . Hancock , Tredegar .. .. 0 0 _e Mr . J . Jones , do . ~ - 0 0 °

      JS 10 4 1 Tbe £ 1 stated in our last as being sent from Nottingham , oug ht to have been from Northampton .

      Emtata—The Sum Announced In The ••Star" ...

      EMtATA—The sum announced in the Star" oflast week from " Manchester for the O'Connor Defence Fund , should have been" Hulme £ 2 . " . Jl 80 _, tte s « _mfrom Bir , _iningham should have been for the National Charter _Association , and not for the Execunve of the Land Company . Carlton , per J . lowry , £ 1 ; should have been not " _C-u : lton * 'but •• Carlisle . " TO THE SUB-TREASURERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Fbienbs , —Having been appointed by my brethren of the Executive to the office of General Secretary I deem itmy duty to inform you , that , in future , you wil please to make all Post-Office Orders payable to Mr . O Connor , at the _londou _Post-Office , St . _««^ ' « f 5 _^ f f . £ » hoped by the Executive that you will stactly attend to the above instruction . _JCHBWTOPHXBjDonE , Secretary . i

      T11h. Fitat^Knal Demojua -'S", On Monday...

      T 11 H . FitAT _^ KNAL _DEMOJUA _- _'S" , On Monday evening , „ December 21 st , the , usual meeting of the Fraternal Democrats totk place at the German Socie _t y ' s Uall of meeting , Drury Lane . Thomas Clarke ( of the Chartist Executive ) was called to the chair . ) The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed , the Secretary read the copy ofa letter be had addressed to Lord Palmerston , in accordance with the instructions of a previous meeting . The letter was ordered to be inserted in the minutes . A considerable number of members were elected , and several persons were nominated for admission . The secretary read the following communication : — w Monday , December 21 , 1846 . My Dear Harney ,

      You have doubtless seen the scandalous , and libellous attack made upon your political and private character by the renegade Dispatch of yesterday , and I am convinced you know how to treat the malignant _, effusion . You are aware how I am situated every Monday night , which precludes the possibility of my attending the meetings of my Brother Fraternal ( not _"infernxl" ) Democrats ; and as I am commissioned to propose my esteemed friend , Thos . Rayner Smart , of Leicester , as au honorary member , will you allow me the honor to nominate the old patriot , as

      one of us ; should his name be accepted ( as I doubt not it will be ) I feel confident it will reflect no dis . grace upon the noble band of democratic spirits , with whom 1 have the honor to be _associated , and I shall feel as much gratified , as I felt disgusted on reading the filthy Dispatch . With every desire for the pro-Kress of our society , and the welfare of each , and all of my Brother Democrats , I am , with the utmost contempt for tbe dirty rag alluded to above , Thine fraternally , , J . Shaw .

      Chbistophbb Dotle , who had attended the meeting for the purpose of delivering an address on the state and prospects of Democracy in Scotland , suggested that his address should be _postponed to allow the meeting to lake into consideration tbe _infamous article in the Dispatch , referred to in Mr . Shaw ' s letter . This suggestion was adopted , onthe understand in'j that friend Doyle was to deliver his address at the next _mteting of tho Society , on Monday , Janisary 4 h . The Secretary then read from the Dispatch of Sunday Ja ** , the article headed " TheFraternal Democrats . " The article excited the loudly expressed disgust of the entire _asse-obly . Julian Harnev , after a few preliminary remarks , read the following reply : —

      TO THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Brethren . —The Weekly Dispatch oflast Snndav , contains a foul aud villumou _.- - _.. .... e ., _-i . n . > . un : wbich I deem it necessary to reply to , not because 1 fear the abuse of the Dispatch blackguard , but because yoa , whom he denominates " infernal democrats , " are mixed up with myself by this libeller ; and because many of you being natives of other countries , and not well informed ofthe political events of the lust few years ia this country , are not in a position to know tbe truth or falsehood of the alleged facts on which my libeller grounds his accusations .

      At your meeting on the -7 th inst ., it became my duty to report to you tbat the resolutions on the seizure of Craeow , adopted by the " Democratic Committee for " oland ' s Regeneration , " had been published only in the Morning Advertiser , Sun , and Northern Star ; and that amongst the papers which had not even noticed tbe resolutions , was the Weeky Dispatch . After 1 had delivered the said report , you passed a vote of thanks to those journals which had published the resolutions . * " A report of this meeting ( on tbe 7 th inst . ) together with the " Addiess tothe Democracy of Europe , " subsequently appeared in the Morning Advertiser , Sun , and Northern Star .

      Your voce of thanks to the Sun , Advertiser , and Star , in connexion with the implied censure ofthe Dispatch , for its dishonest suppression ofthe anti-annexation of Cracow resolutions , is the real reason for the Dispatch ' s abuse of myself . To say nothing of the Northern Star , which circulates _amongst classes not to be astonished by any rascality on the part ofthe Dispatch , it is well known that the ilforaing Advertiser , aud Sun , have a larger circulation in coffee and public houses , and other places , where not units but hundreds read , than any other of the daily journals . The publication of your _proceedings in those journals , therefore , galled the Dispatch worthy , and fired him to attempt his revenge by _abusing me .

      The libeller commences with a falsehood ; he professes to ** know" that only " some half-dozen persons , " besides " Julian Harney , '' were present at the meeting on the 7 th inst . " He knew wben he wrote thi-=, he wrote a lit * . You who were present at the meeting on the 7 th . know so too . The Dispatch man acknowledges he did not publish the pro-Polish Committee ' s resolutions ; this was not , however , because he is _opposed to democracy ; hear him : — "We are not unfriendly to democracy : every body who _ha- > read the Dispatch for the last twenty years , must be _awatethat with us the democratic principle has been urged with a rigour of language that , if Castlereagh had lived , would havesubjeciedusto a criminal information and personal restraint .

      This will be news to the English democracy . What a pity tbat , until now , they have been ignorant of-the tremendous doings of their very " vigorous" friend of the Dispatch I Let me remind tbis lying boaster , that within the last twenty years men have been subjected to " criminal informations , " and men have been " subjected to personal restraint " for advocating democracy , though bo one connected with the bragging Dispatch has been amongst the persecuted . On the contrary , the Dispatch was , from the first , foremost amongst those false , hypocritical , pretended friends of democracy who , by their false statements and bloodthirsty denunciations , hounded on the Whig government to persecute the democratic party . The rancorous falsehoods of such papers as tbe Dispatch , did mure than even Whig hate , to crowd the dungeons with Chartist victims .

      The libeller next vaunts tiie efforts ofthe Dispatch in _far _* _'ur of Poland , aHd adds , — "have we not arraigned at the bar of public opinion the base conduet ofthe ' miscreant of the North ?' " Wrong again . The only " bar" where the Dispatch can arraign anybody , is the " gin shop bar ; " at no other -- bar" has the Dispatch any influence or authority . But I come to the charges against myself . Charge 1 . —That I was ( years ago ) " a violent Chartist ; a sword , Uunderbus , and bludgeon Chartist ; " making "outrageous speeches" in favour of

      " physical force , " as a means of effecting reform . Answer . —Quite true it is that , in 1839 , 1 believed in the right and necessity of the people obtaining their rights by physical force . I still believe in the right ; but I now question the necessity , and don't believe in the practicability of physical force—at least as regards the people of this country . He is but a knave or a fool who denies the right of the oppressed te release themselves from oppression , even by force . As to the necessity and practicability of " physical force "—I hare not lived and learned notbinu .

      Charge 2 . —That I " wore a red cap ; and that at a public meeting in Smithfield I said , " It was time to tuck up their sleeves and begin ; for they would have a bloody revolution , and no mistake . " Answer . —That I mounted le bonnet rouge at Smithfield is quite true ; and it is also true that I am not at all ashamed of acknowledging it . Unfortunately 1 can claim no originality in having mounted the red ca ; _i ; as , years before 1 appeared at Smithfield , Mr . I tethering ton had , at a public meeting , been formally crowned with a like hea ' -piece . But true itis , that " while one man may steal a horse , another may not look over a hcd « e . " As regards the " tucking up the sleeves , " " bloody revolution , " < _fcu-, it is a uk , manufactured by my enemies in the Convention . At the time I denied the accusation , and challenged my accusers to the proof , but no proof was ever attempted .

      Charge 3 . —Tbat I advised the people " to attend public ) meetings with arms in their hands , " alleging that " such an exhibition would make a deeper impression in favour of Universal Suffrage than any arguments they could employ . " _Asswbr . — -1 am here made accountable for the words of another man ; but I have no objection to be held responsible for the " advice , " which _f _tbittk would be very good but for this drawback , that it would be advice thrown away , as any such " exhibition" would be impracticable . _Charsk 4 . —That myself and two other delegates were ---ensured by a vote of the Convention , for having at a meeting ot the Democratic Association , proposed a resolution that " oppression and injustice should be met by resistance . "

      _Axswe * . —Very true ; and in spite of the Convention ' s vote- and the Dispatch man ' s abuse , I say still , that " _oppression and injustice should be met by resistance . " _Charg-e 5 is as follows : — " At a meeting in Ship-yard which this man regularly attended once a week , ou one particular night , it singularly enough happened that he was absent , and on that occasion , the police entered the place , and took all his associates into custody , he snly escaping !" ANSWER . —The entry of the police was not on the meeting night , which I " _regularly attended once a week , " but on the occasion of a- * : informal meeting

      late in the week . Although not bound to attend that meeting , I purposed to have done so , but was prevented by an accident , which , if necessary , I can prove by the evidence of witnesses , well known to the Chartist movement , in whose company I was on that evening . Instead of all my associates—who numbered some hundreds—there were only some half dozen arrested , the majority of whom were indeed not my _associates , for they were not members of the association . The police arrived only after the meeting had dissolved , and when there was only the treasurer and two or three other persons in the room . The _police seized two men who knew nothing about the association , whose only offence was , that they asked what was the matter , one of these was

      T11h. Fitat^Knal Demojua -'S", On Monday...

      a . r _^ " _V ofa beer-shop apposite the society ' s _^¦ r * _-I ff _^™^ and 2 tb 5 _B"s other was close to _Pitary-Jane _Thestrej at tbe ' time the police passed with thos _« previously captured . The factis that none ot the arrested were associates of mine , excepting the treasurer , who _isatthisvery time oneofmy _- _' _associates" in tbe Fraternal Democrat ie Sneifity . I _ahoul-l add that the arrested did not suffers very grievous martyrdom , being merely bound over to be of good behaviour for six months . So much for this cockand-bull story . My unanswerable reply to the calumnies of my enemies _^ now raked up by the unprincipled Dispatch is that , I am still in principle what I was in 1839 ; whiie as regards public _po-hion , I have attained one far higher than I then occupied ; on the other hand , my tben accusers are now recreants and

      renegades from their then avowed principles ; and are scouted by the people , in whose , presence they ( fare not show themselves .. Only a tew month- a oI was elected delegate to a Chartist Convention by the men of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , who formed thc principal body of my constituents in 1839 . This at any rate proves an undiminished confidence of seven years duration ! Now mark this , not one of my enemies in the first Convention , has been elected to any democratic delegation since the time of that Convention . Within the last two years I have taken prominent part in many large public meetings in thi _^ metropolis why did not my skulking enemies appear at those meetings ? The crawling wretches dared not .

      The remainder of the article in the Dispatch consists of laudations of moral force triumphs , to wit " the Reform Bill , " "Corn-Law Repeal , " Ac . , * denunciations of my "physical force" designs ; witless attempts at satire ; and cowardly , insinuations for the purpo-e of exciting the suspicions ofthe " ' _foreign democrats , " and consequently the dissolution -of . the society . As to my " physical force" _desdens in connexion with the ' Fraternal Democrats , " I have only to say that thus , far our acts have been in favour of peace instead of war , "" fitness our " Addresses" on the Oregon question which . were published both in this _c-inntry and America . From the -first ot these addresses I quo e the following : — - .

      " _Worlclng men of ' Britain and America , If you approve of the view we have taken of this question , lie up and doin £ , nnd act forthwith to preserve the pi'ace of the world . Gather in your public assemblies , memorirliie : yourParliament an' _ContSfflS , create and _flUl-lA an enlightened public opinion to this end , and influence your respective governments to act juBtly , honourably , and for the welfare , instead nf the misery , of the human race . Working t »« n of Britain , your interests are altogether <* n the side of ponce . War would distract publie attention from your grievances , wonld add to your burdens , might probably afford a pretext - for your government curtailing your scanty liberties , under the _pretence of " providing for ( he public safety , " and would indefinitely _pns ' pon" your political emancipation , - Exclusive institutions , bad laws , and a vicious social system , are jour only real "enemies , " and against these only you should raise the shoutof war , ¦

      Working men of America _. jou are , or should be , the pioneers of freedom ; such was the mission bequeathed to you by Washington _snd his great brother patriot * . That mission you will best fulfil by perfecting your institutions—by abolishing thc slavery of white and blackwages and the whip—by driving from your legislatures , the landlords , usurers , lawyers , soldiers , and other idlers and swindlers ; by making the veritable people , the wealth-producers , really " sovereign , " and thus establish ing a real , instead of a nominal , Republic . War will not aid , but will prevent you accomplishing these reforms . Achieve these reforms , and everywhere the people will demand yonr institutions , ' and your triumph will be complete .

      A war between the two nations would revive the barbarous national prejudices and hatreds , which happily arr now fast perishing before . the light of knowledge and the advance of national intercommunication . Our desire is to _oromota the fraternity , fr _^ tdom , and happiness of nations . In this spirit we hare addressed you ; in this spirit we salute you as brethren . i was one ofthe Committee appointed to draw up the above address , which most assuredly speaks my sentiments . In a second address adopted and published aft r the settlement ofthe Oregon question ; we said ( alluding to ihe first address ) - — In that ¦ * appeal" we protested against the then threa _. tened " war" b » tween thetwo countries , and endeavoured to show the _barharity , inhumanity , and folly of a physical contest , and the ruinous consequence to both nations , which could not fail to result from such a _strucgle .

      Happily our fears have been dispelled , and our best hopps _realised , by the amicable adjustment of the differences between t e two governments , It is our _pleasing taok to _congratulate you on the peaceful and honourable _settlement of "the Oregon Question "—a settlemen' which testifies to the progress of those principles of international justice and universal brotherhood , which it is the object of our organisation to promote and extend . To tbe above address my name was subscribed as one of tbe secretaries . I take from the same address the following extract wbich fully speaks my _senti men ' s on ihe question of international war . As regards >( war" we are not of those who cry " _piiace

      at any price . " We too _ardently admire the American heroes of ' 76 to adopt so inane a creed . We fea _. 'the time bas not yet arrived for" permanent and universal peace . " There are nations so tightly fettered that we can see no prospect o their chains being broken without the aid of the sword . Poland and Italy are striking examples of this state of things . Our doctrine is , that not ' only are nations justified in releasing themselves from slavery and misery " by anv means , " but also that it is the duty of a strong people to aid a weaker . Did not a eowardly , and -elfish , yet stupid policy guide the councils of the Courts of St . James and the Tuilleriesor [ was national right and national _justice enthroned in Great Britain and France , the tyrants of Eastern and Southen Europe would be made to comprehend this

      doctrine . While the friends of man set their taces against wars arising out of mere national disputes , not involving the existence and freedom of nations , let them be wary that they do not fall into the error of peacefully acquiescing in "things as _t' _-ey are" and thus strengthen the oppressor , and consigned the oppressed to despair . Similar Bentimentswere expressed inthe"Addres 8 to the Democracy of Europe , " which it is not' necessary to quote from having so recently b een published . I am _' proud that to that address my name is subscribed , in spite of the sneers an *! abuse of thc Dispatch .

      The Fraternal Democratic Society was formed for the purpose of promoting fraternity and mutual enlightenment amongst men of all nations . Thus far we have admirably progressed . Our society is known to , and respected by the most influential men of the European and American democracies . In Franoe , Germany , and the United States , our manifestoes are circulated with the best results , It will now be the game nf our enemies to divide and destroy us ; that they shall not do if I can help it . At the next regular meeting of the society ( on the 4 th of January ) I will resign into your hands my secretaryship for you to select another to fill that office if you think proper . As regards my Polish friends who are specially appealed to by the Dispatch to suspect and disown me ,

      I can only say that at the next meeting ofthe " Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration , " I will afford to that Committee the opportunity I have ahove proffered to the " Fraternal Democrats . " I willnot _, like tbe Dispatch , boast of what I bave done for Poland , I will merely remark that from my boyhood my heart has been devoted to the Polish cause . Even before the Chartist agitation commenced , before I made the "outrageous" " physical force " speeches of 1839 , 1 was a member of the Polish Democratic Society , elected therein by the Poles exclusively . From that time to the present , ! have allowed no opportunity to pass , when by voice or pen , I could advance the cause of our unfortunate brethren . I am content that the : Poles themselves should decide between me and my slanderer .

      ' * Personally , " says the Dispatch roan , " we know nothing of Julian Harney . We never , to our knowledge , saw him , and we never wish to come in contact with so dangerous a character . " He need not frighten himself . " Julian Harney" acain say ' s this libeller "is ubad , wicked man—a , dangerous man . " 1 will only say that I am quite content to leave the question of my private character with those who know me iu private life . As regards my public life , I am content to be judged by ray public acts . I do not profess to be infallible , but I am quite content to set my real acts against the lies of anonymous

      slanderers , and cowardly calumniators . In the cold-blooded columns or the Dispatch there is no _margin for generous , youthful aspirations _, and the hoary old sinners , who appear to have treasured up the remembrance of my youthful fervour , never having been earnest in anything bnt their efforsto keep afloat their sixpenny sham , of course cannot _undersrand what were my impulses when at twenty-one years of age , I served as a delegate in the Convention of ' 39 . It is now my proud position to be connected with a journal , which is fast driving their sham out of the field , hence the Dispatchers assail me I hurl at them scorn and defiance .

      GEO . JULIAN HARNEY . The reading of _theabove " reply " was interrupted by loud and repeated bursts of applause . Carl Schapper said although he had been denounced in connexion with Julian Harney , b y the Di' pakh _. he defied that blackguard and unprincipled journal and for hiajown part , had perfect confidence in Julian Harney . ( Applause . ) He had formerly read the Dispatch but had discovered its villalnny and threw it up , and had taken to the Northern -Star instead . ( Cheers . ) The " foreign democrats " were no mere hal _*' -dozen , nor were they to be frightened by the Dispatch from working with Julian Harney . The Fraternal Democrats would persevere in spite of all enemies . ( Loud cheers . )

      Tub Chaibuan said , I think friends that there can be no doubt upon your minds , as to the " vigour " of language which can be employed by the editor of thc Dispatch when it suits his convenience . In the

      T11h. Fitat^Knal Demojua -'S", On Monday...

      present instance , however , it must be admitted that his " vigour" has been exercised to little purpose , as 1 am convinced that no man , who has the least knowledge of Julian"Ilarney ' s public or private character _, will be found to , sympathise with the , infamous and calumnious statements which are contained in the paragraph in question . ( Loud cheers . ) For my own part I feel the utmost gratification in having the opportunity which my present position affords me , of expressing the high esteem in which I hold the patriotism and worth of my friend Julian Harney . ( Loud cheers . ) . I have known him for many years ns a public man , and during the last five or six years I have been honoured with his per _.-onal confidence , and from all that I have seen of him * I am fully . justified in asserting , tha ; a more pure or single

      minded patriot docs not exist . ( Hear , and cheers . ) And bear in mind friends , that the opinions which I have expressed of Julian Harney , are not peculiarly my own , but , to my personal knowledge , they are participated , in by the great _Di-mocratic party throughout the country . ( Cheers . ) I have but just _returnedfrom a toar through the principal towns of the provinces , and I can assure this meeting that no man stands higher in the estimation of the real movement party than the person against whom the scribe ot the Dispatch has shot his envenomed , but pointless darts . ( Cheers . ) Julian Harney enjoys mr . confidence ., ( Hear , and cheers . ) and _notwithstanding that we may subject ourselves to the fire ol the Dispatch battery , we will express that confidence . ( Hear , hear . ) The writer "do ., snot know Julian

      Harney , " " never saw Julian Harney , " but nevertheless I harbour an instinctive idea , that the' conductors of the Northern Star newspaper , are not altogether " unknown" to the author of this beastly libel . ( Hear , and cheers ) And as " dates" and circumstances are so faithfully (?) chronicled , by this "' friend , of Poland . " I labour under the impression that Julian Harney is indebted to the assiduity and industry of other " friends of Democracy" than die " We" of the Dispatch , for the "( acts , " which are chronicled in the disgusting and unmannlv article . But owing partly to the exertions of Julian _'arney himself , a MIND has been created in the country , which can distinguish between the fair and

      honourable criticism of an editor , and such scandalous , yet futile attacks , as that which has been made upon our esteemed and worthy _secretary .- Julian Harney strong in the conciousness of hu own integrity , can afford to despise this paltry attempt to injure him , in the estimation of the public , but itis our duty to notice it as abase perversion of the functions of a public writer , and as an act which merits our strongest condemnation , seeing that it corrupts the press which is the source from whence the public habitually receive their _iropreesions of men and things , and is therefore an abuse of one of i he noblest institutions of which the age can boast . ( Great applause . )

      Christopher Dovlb rose and said , Mr . Chairman , and brothers , I cannot Jet the present opportunity pass by , without expressing my unmitigated disapprobation , and I will add , just condemnation , ofthe ( _l « star < lly , slanderous , and uncalled for attack made upon my respected friend Harney , b y the vile scribe of the Dispatch , I have had the _pleasure , yea , the honour , of being personally acquainted with brother Harney during the Jast seven years , and I can safely say , without the fear of successful contradiction , that a more upri ght , honest , and purely disinterested democrat , I never knew . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Doyle then went into the history ot the Chartist agitation during the year 1839 , and stated amongst other things connected with that particlar period of excitement , and almost unbounded enthusiasm , thathe

      was chairman of a meeting held in Manchester , at which meeting Julian Harney was the principal speaker , and though he spoke warmly , and indeed lie ( Mr . Doyle ) would go so far as to say strongly , yet he could solemnly an truthfully aver , that in the years 1830 and 1831 , he heard the leaders of tho crawling , mean , truckling , deceiving , timeserving , and liberty destroying Whigs , in the very same town of Manchester , use language fer mure strong—more violent than that which emanated from friend Harney ' _s lips , on the occasion he alluded to . Butdid the Weekly Dispatch condemn the Whigs for the violent—realy violent , language they spouted forth ? Did the vile , and assassin-like scribe term them "dangerous men , " and advise honest and well in tentioned people to shun them ? No ! ( Hear , hear . ) He could bear his testimony t _<« the high esteem entertained for Julian Harney by

      the working classes of Scotladd , as well as those of England , he having but lately returned from the former country , after a sojourn of three months , and in each ofthe localities he visited , ( and taken in the ¦ igi _iregate he had visited some fifty . ) the invariable question asked was , "How is friend Harney ?" and when the question was satisfactorily answered , i he utmost pleasure was manifested on tbe part of the inquirers ; and strict charge was given to him ( Doyle ) to present Julian Harney with their kind _regards and sincere affection . ( Loud cheers . ) The coward of the Bispateh cannot boast of the like esteem and affection of the Democracy of Scotland and England . ( Hear and cheers . ) If the poltroon would make public his cognomeb , he ( Doyle ) was certain il would he universally execrated by every lover of that great principle . ( Applause . ) The speaker concluded by moving the following resolution :

      " First . —That Julian Harney ' s reply to the foul and calumnious article in the "Dispatch" be published in tbe "Northern Star , " and other public journals it possible . "Second . —That this meeting of "Fraternal Democrats , " comprising men trom several nations , tio hereby record their hearty thanks for the eminent services which Julian Harney has rendered to the sacred cause of Polish independence , and general fraternity and equality , and also their perfect confidence in his disinterested patriotism , sterling virtue , and undoubicd integrity ; " And third . —That this meeting do pass an unqualified vote of censure upon the anonymous writer uf the foul and slanderous charges contained in the "Dispatch" against the character of Julian Harney . "

      John Arnott in seconding the motion , said , that he would state one instance among thc many that might be adduced of the tergiversation of the " Weekly Dispatch . " On the 1 st of May , 1842 , a most violent tirade against the People ' s Charter , appeared in the columns of that base and truckling paper , on the 2 nd , tbat astounding demonstration , the presentation of the National Petition took place , when on the 8 th , this veracious journal raid , tbat un _ess a measure , nearly , or quite equal to the People ' s Charter , was speedily granted , resistance would

      be just , if not laudable . ( Hear , hear . ) Charles Keen ( one of the members of the Democratic Association of 1839 , ) supported the motion and denounced the lying insinuations of the Dispatch in reference to the Ship-yard meeting ; the circumstances connected with which he fully explained . The resolution was then put to the vote , and unani . mously adopted . The Secw'tary reported that the " Address to the Democracy of Europe , " had been published iu the ' Morning Advertiser , '' Sun , ' and ' Northern Star . ' ( Applause . )

      Caul Scuappeh reported that the address had also heen published in the 'National' and 'Reforme _, ' thb leading journals of the French democracy . ( Cheers ;) and also in the'Londoner Zeitung / 'u German paper . ( Loud cheers . ) A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the whole of the above journals . The meeting then adjourned .

      Ah Assistant Poor Law Co.Mmissioseb's Pr...

      Ah Assistant Poor Law Co . mmissioseb ' s PRoenEss . Mr . Mott , of Keighley Union notoriety , who , Sir James Graham says , was dismissed from his office ot Assistant Poor Law Commissioner for reasons with which Dr . Bowring , M . P . for Bolton , was acquainted , who afterwards started "The Poor Law Circular and Union Advertiser , " under the . patronage of the Poor Law Guardians and thc board ot guardians , of which Sir James Graham was chairman—who afterwards became _jiint proprietor , with the Poor Law Commissioners' Assistant-Secretary , and manager of the Haydock-lodge Lunatic Asylum—who afterwards pleaded the Statute of Limitations in an action brought against him by an union workhouse master from whom he had borrowed a large sum of

      _monerwho afterwards was appointed a New Poor Law district auditor under the sanction of tho Poor Law Commissioners—and who , lastly , figured along with Sir James Graham , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench as a witness for Mr . G . Lewis , the Poor Law Commissioner , in his criminal _information against Mr . Ferrand—is now a prisoner for debt in Lancaster Castle As Mr . Mott has on so many occasions been so very useful to Sir James Graham , the Right Hon . Baronet cannot do l « ss than perform his onerous duties of district auditor during his imprisonment ; and it would add grace to the dignity of the office it he were to hand over the whole of the salary to Mr . Mott , on " whose reports . " lie says , " he , tor one , speaking from experience , has been ever ready to rely with confidence . "

      Thk Proposed New Bridoe . —At a special general meeting of the Charing-cross Bridge Company , held at the Offices , Villiers-street , on Monday , William _Haives , Esq ., in the chair , to take into consideration the netice of an intended application to Parliament for powers to erect a bridge across tho Thames , from or near Whitehall-place to the opposite side of the Thames , with approaches thereto from York-road and elsewhere , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting has heard with extreme surprise of the intended application to

      Parliament for powers to erect a new bridge from _Charing-cross , ata distance at the latter place ot thirty yards only from the bridge so _recentl * * constructed by the company under the express sanction of Parliament . That the _projected measure , while it is altogether uncalled for _' by the public , would be most ruinous to the property of the companj . That the Directors be , and they are hereby , authorised , by every means in their power to oppose the intended application to Parliament , and to adopt such measures for the protection of the proprietor- * as they may deem expedient . "

      National Trades Association For The Prot...

      _NATIONAL TRADES _ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . ' ' . ' ¦ : " Dhum for the Million . " The usnal weekly meeting of the Central Commit tee . of the above association , was held at their office , 30 , Hyde Street , Blooinsbury , on Monday last , when an immense mass of correspondence waa read from all parts of the country , giving glorious proof of the progress of tho principles of the National Association for mutual protection , in preference to the exploded system of local strikes , requiring loans from all parts to support them , and , when over , whether successful or not , saddles the local union with a debt which ban gs round their neck like a millstone , cramping their energies for years after . All parties evinco an earnest desire to have the principles of

      the National Association explained to them , by Missionarie _**; from the Central Committee , and . _expressing their firm conviction that the trades of the three kingdoms are fully alive to the principle of National Combination only waiting an active agitation on our part , to ensure their rallying around the glorious standard raised by the hen . member lor Finsbury . A letter was read Irom Keighley , Yorkshire , giving the _adhesion of 541 woolcombers , and 805 Power Loom Weavers , and other smaller adhesions , amounting on the whole to near 2 . 000 members . A resolution was pa * sed appointing Mr . Lenegan of Wigan , agent of the association for that town , and twelve miles i ound .

      Messrs . Buekby and Winter , agents for Leicester , and twelve miles round , when not engaged in agitating , to be employed by the Sister Association at their respective trades . Those gentlemen therefore , hold themselves in readiness to attend any trade body witbin their respective districts , who may require their services . Mr . Peei . of Manchester , was appointed a missionary to explain the principles and objects of the two associations , his first tour is amongst the block printers ofthe following districts of Lancashire , on : — Monday evening 28 th Blackrod Tuesday , ... 29 th ... ... Chorley Wednesday ... 30 th _Holytroyd Thursday ; ... 31 st Aecrington Mr . Prhl is most desirous of meeting those who are particularly opposed to these growing associations , he has little doubt of being able t _« remove the prejudices of all , who , inthe true spirit of enquiry , will favour him with their attendance .

      Mr . Bvsb reported his musion to the carpenters of Rochdale , he sent a note to each of the employers desiring an interview , which induced them to call a meeting of their body , to which meeting Mr . Bush was invited , when considerable discussion took place with reference to the several points at issue , the employers agreeing to a concession made by the men , that two hours should constitute a quarter of a day , in fact all the points in dispute were amicably settled , except that ofthe two half hours per day for breakfast and tea in winter , and the one half hour in summer , upon which the masters declared they wished for time to ( _iousidei , the fact of the next week being Christmas holidays , had more to do with their decision than the merits of Ihe question ofthe half hours named above , thus affording another proof of the value of mediation , more especially , when such mediator is bucked by the powerful influence of at leaal 70 , 000 brave unionists .

      Mr . Allen reported his mission to the block printers of Mitcham , his object being to ascertain fromthc employer whether he turned the men off because they took an active part in trades union matters , showing him that trades unions being legal , it was untair and unreasonable to turn them off for taking an active part in such legal societies , and if employers thought proper to adopt snch a course , it would be resented by the whole body of unionists , and thc men supported;—the National Association _acting upon the principle of " all for each , and each

      for all . The employer denied having turned them off for the cause alleged , ( of coUr _« e with a view ef ilepriving them of assistance ) , referring him to the workmen for confirmation ot what he stated , all of whom , when _appealed to , declared tbey were discharged for the cause stated above . Mr . Allen then put the question , would he have any objection to take them back , one having worked for him nine years , and the other twelve years . The employer desired time to consider . In the meantime , the men will be supported by the Association . The Committee then adjourned .

      United Trades Association For The Employ...

      UNITED TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR . The Board Meeting of the above Association , was held in the office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Tuesdaylast . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . _Gimblet reported he had been to Duffield , and seen the frames , stock , dec , transferred to Mr . Rodgers , the newly appointed manager of the _glovemakers , _employed by the Association , and after ex * amininc the accounts , stock , material , < fcc „ and

      having _touiid the same perfectly correct , transferred them over to Mr . Rodgers . Mr . Gimblet further stated , that he also visited the nail-makers employed by the Association , at Cradley , and the stockingweavers of Nottingham , and was happy to be enabled to report thathe found every thing-going on satisfactorily at both places , and that he had authorized Mr . Clarke , the manager of the stocking-weavers , to take mure spacious premises , as he found those at present occupied , not sufficiently large . After making some arrangements respecting fitting up the house and shop , No . 11 , Tottenham Court-road , the lease of which' having been purchased by tbe Association _, the Board then adjourned .

      The Short Time Question. " Renewed Agita...

      THE SHORT TIME QUESTION . " RENEWED AGITATION FORI THE ADOPTION OF TIIE TEN HOURS' BILL IN FACTORIES .

      On Wednesday evening , last week , a public meeting of the inhabitants of Paisley was held in the Old Low Church , for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . Richard Oabtlcr , on the propriety and necessity of a Ten Hours' Bill , to regulate the labour of children and women in factories . On the platform , besides the committee , were Councillors Barr and Stirratt and Mr . Pitkeitbly of Huddersfield . On the motion of Mr . J . Flumiho _, Mr . Robert Kerr , was called to the chair amid loud cheering . Letters of apology for absence from the meeting were read from the Rey . Messrs . Brewster ana Thompson . Both approved of the olyect of the meeting . Mr . Oastler rose to address the meeting , and was loudly cheered . Mr- Oastler described as he had already done in his addresses on this subject , the condition of the children and women employed in factories previous to the enactment of the present law , and also the necessity of an alteration in tlieir present condition by a Ten Hours' Bill . He next noticed a number ol objections to the measure . It haU been said that the trade of England _required the present long hours . He did not believe it . With the Prime Minister of England he would say-- " Let the trade of England perish , if it is built on the groans and blood of women and children . ( Loud cheers . ) The trade of England enables merchants and manufacturers to live in splendour and retire

      from business with large fortunes . His motto was—Be just ; and , if they will , let the Heavens fall . Let his opponents , if they can , account for this fact , thaimany of those who have been millowners , have retired with fortunes ranging from £ 1 , 000 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling . lie would ask if they could have done so had they acted Justly towards their workers ? ( Hear . ) Was this Christianity , whieh requires that "the labourer must first be partaker of the fruits of his labour V But it was said that if two hours a day are taken off the labour , then the wages must also be reduced one-sixth , that the goods will be raised in price , and that our foreign tra'de will be revived . Now , the children's time had been reduced from twelve to six hours , and no reduction had taken p lace in their wages . He generally found that the longer hours any class wrought the lower the wages were , and he accounted for it on the

      principle that long hours threw too much labour in the market . Talk of the loss of foreign trade—why , what can the poor overwrought factory worker lose ? Death , in many cases , is to them a positive gain . ( Hear , hear . ) But what should be the foreign trade of a country ? Nothing more than the overplus left after the wants of all are supplied . He would ash , if all our wives have plenty of shawls that we are exporting them ? On tbe same principle he found lault with the manufacturers of Yorkshire broadcloths and blankets sending their produce out of the country when our own population were unsupplied . Thc whole of the present state of things _» as threadbare , and he dreaded that if the poor were not brought to love the rich and the rich the poor , an awlul crisis was at hand . Mr . Oastler then severely denounced the New Poor Law of England , and concluded his address amid great cheering .

      The Chairman having intimated Mr . Oastler ' a willingness to answer any questions that might be put to him , Mr . J . _Pikkerton asked , what the rate of -wages per week might be which were earned by young women employed in power-loom factories of whom they had heard 1 Mr . Oasiw . _! ' said , he believed their wages were from 9 s * to 13 s . per . week . Mr . Pinkkuton added , that he understood from a perior . on the platform that 6 s . was the average of the wages of a Paisley weaver . After votes of thanks had been passed to Lord Ashley , and to Messrs . Fielden , Ferrand , and Oast ler , for their labours in the Short Time movement and also to the Chairman of the meeting , the pro ceedings terminated , and the meeting , whieh I . well attended , broke up .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26121846/page/5/