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Tc To The Working Classes
TC TO THE WORKING CLASSES
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7 My Friends , po y < po you ever bestow a thought upon the pre « _aeiit ste _# , t state of afiairs , and ao you refer to the ast as _tot as an omen ofthe future ? Do you recollect _ifcat in bat in 1839 , the very faction that is now strui ; - _Hing Hng * _» preserve a profitable existence by the H ) lerati 0 leration conceded to the dire necessity ofthe Smes , imes , was strong enough , bold enough , and iniMtlent _jolent enough / to incarcerate and torture 500 _s-orkiiVorking-meQ . / or acts _which thev are now i 1 ibli _^ bli {? ed to look upon as significant of forneararjearance , and for having predicted the very
uvils *» _-vils which weresure to result from the system _iifwhijf which they were the upholders ? Do you recol-( ect t \ ect the great power ofthe bad old man who now _sham _^ hams _iljness lest he mig ht not be held _uesponssible -ible for ministerial turpitude , which he has [ been been bribed to acquiesce in . and how he tendered Ithe sthe services of 500 , 000 fighting men to put _idowidown the English Chartists ? and how he lhourhounded . 3 blood-thirsty Attorney-General on Ito peto persecute us ? and how he hallooed his blood'hourhounds on the Chartist missionaries ? and how he trie insulted and sold the trades , and all who confidec fided in him ? _Yjes—you have reason to
remember ber the acts of wns assassin ofliberty , and you hav _< have reason to rejoice that liberty has outlived hist hispower . _Heneverrespectedthefeelingsofthe livi living nor the memory of the dead ; and , as his nan name is associated with the darkest acts of the dar darkest reign tyranny , I don ' t see any reason wh why we should respect his _^ infirmity . Believe me me , my friends , that _nothing can be more tieee . " cessary than the constant recital of the deeds of of bad men , it teaches others that calamity do does not entitle them "to forbearance . Well ; w « wehave outlived this man ' s power , and we ha have survived the treachery of the Whi gs—and
m must not a ? party be strong and resolute to I lu * have overcome two such enemies ? I write ib ihus to you , to show you that our power is ii incip ient ; that , although not confessed , it is a active ; and , though not acknowledged , it cont _trol _* _* - Behold what a wreck one year s famine I ha . * * made of an ancient aristocracy and old _« op inions . See how the young mind of every _< country in the world is waging incessant war Is against the prejudices of ages I How young . America contends against the scions from the root of corruption , which the revolution did not eradicate ! See how the young mind of Prussia
has undermined the irresponsible despotism , and how the northern tyrant has been compelled to purchase the co-operation of France , as a means o f resisting the marching _conqueror—DEMOCRACY ! And from whence « mesthe watchword ? Wh y from England . and CHARTISM ! On my return from the Continent last year , I told you that the despot of Prussia would be the first to bend to the march of mind ; and his constitution , meagre though it be , gives ample proof of his inability longer to _' resist . Monarchs never grant what tbev need not concede , as each concession is a
stepping-stone to pass the ford of KINGCRAFT , and therefore a timely yielding of a little by them is earnest of the demands they anticipate , and indicative of their knowled ge or apprehension of coming events . I have often directed your minds to the fact , that no country has a constitution now , and that the present struggle going on ail over the world is for th continuance of those means hy which the few may yet lord it over the many , hut , thanks tothe tyranny of the governments , the rule of the lew is _drawing to a close . Our government , for ages , has been as a young
married spendthrift , who was satisfied so long as he could secure enough from dissipation whereon to live , but who , upon the increase of family , finds himself gradually restricted in means , " and _^ gradually reconciles himself to comparative degrees of profligacy for their support ; this is called _patronnge ; until at length his necessities compel him to look upon robbery _' as a right , and murder to uphold it as a virtue , as patriotism , as loyalty . These are the necessities which govern the conduet of
reckless and desperate men , until at length they constitute the basis of the constitution . What a poor man would , not long since , have been hanged for , a needy tool has often heen honoured , distinguished , and rewarded for doing , as is well illustrated bv the Clow n at Bfttty _' s Theatre . He says , " If the Queen gets drunk she is animated ; if the Duke of ¦ Welli ngton gets drunk he is exhilarated ; if Sir Robert Peel gets drunk-lie iriffebfiSited ; if Mr Hatty gets drunk he is intoxicated ; but if I net tipsv I am drunk or a beast . ' '
Now there could not be a more happy or apt iliu _** tration of the degrees of guilt attached to the sins of the wealthy and powerful and to those ofthe poor and defenceless . The time rolls on when factions , now curbed by the dread of famine , will throw off a temporary restraint , to insure party ascendancy . When a general election takes place , Peel will forget his _allegiance to Russell , and Stanley will arow his opposition to Feel , his former leader . So , in fact , there never was a period * hen the dissensions of faction offereda fairer
prospect of reward to an united party . Out of Ihe seed of party dissension Chartist " strength sHouM grow . Aforetime we were told , that the advocates of mere Chartism would have no < hance in the House of Commons , because they had no practical ground to work upon . That charge has faded , however , before the Xand and Trades ' question , each of which are important branches of Chartism , while the - " access of one or both would materiall y _advance the cause of Democracy . Now observe those results wbich would be sure to spring from your union , and be prepared to bear vour
• "bains tamely and to bend your necks lowl y ind submissively , if you are not willing to struggle for them- I receive many letters _wliich move me to melancholy laughter . Thev « . >• , _- « COME AND ROUSE US . " Why , what a reflection ! I sorrow over your wrongs , but do not p articipate in your sufferings : * nd if those who think they suffer unjustly , _stid have the power of redress in their own lands , continue' to suffer , the act is their own
-and not their rulers . I tell you , candidly , that I look upon the haughty Whigs as the very toting rulers for so satisfied a people . There « " omething very _^ degradingin the fact of SIX _MILLION MALE ADULTS eternally _reminding a handful of old women , that they are _Oppressed , and PRAYING their _consideration . During the nights of this week , I lave written * a treatise upon the Land Man , which will occupy every page of the text number of the '• ' Labourer , " aud if vou do
Cut there see the miniature of the full-length picture which Chartism would present , you bave no brains . I have laid down princi ples * hich should be advocated in Parliament , and _t-ieir advocacy would be the advocacy o the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , as vou cannot possibl y separate social from political ri ghts , and I defy you ever to redeem your political rights until PRICKED OX BY THE SOCIAL SPUR . j don ' t want the vote to distinguish a member of one faction from another . Men want tlie vote to hel p themselves ; and 1 def y you , by any possible means , to hel yourselves
p otherwise than h y the possession of so much raw material as yon can manufacture with your own labour ; and I defy you to point out My other raw material than the LAND , out « f which you can manufacture that which will etchange for every article of production in tbe known world . Now , if 1 wrote a volume , I _c- 'iud hot give you a better definition of tbe ¦ H _« _-d Plan and Chartism , and yet it will go toto one ear and out at the other ; and you *¦ - go on "humbly praying' to others to do for y ti what , in twelve months , you could do for yourselves . Here would be my petition : — -
* ' _TfohumbkPetition of Feargus O'Connor Esq ., to the Industrious Classes . < f "Sheweth , _^ i'hat your honourable and useful order iVfc jt i n V 0 Iir p 0 werj w _* _j } , j n an y one year , <* r _« _lress all the grievances under which poor , " Sufit * r , as well as to reform all the abuses J » dw which rich men thrive . that b y union you may become too politi-•* y powerful for any combination of factiocs ;
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and by prudence you may ensure your own social redemption without the interference of those who have a fixed interest in perpetuating your inferiority . "That b y abstaining from all sorts of dissipation for one year you might become possessors of a sufficiency of land to insure your political equality and social happiness , while your abstinence would compel your rulers to substitute a moral instead of a vicious system of government .
** That yonr petitioner has just reason to complain of your cruelty and injustice , as he has suffered more than any one of his class from your want of prudence and self-respect . "That your petitioner requests your honourable order to seek such employment as will remunerate you from the free exercise of free labour ,. and enable you to educate your family , instead of allowing a system of slave-labour to cast many of your order upon the taxes wrung from the industrious , and submitting to that degradation which is justly attachable to a parent who neglects the education of his family .
"Your petitioner humbl y submits to your honourable order , that a very , very sli ght exertion upon your part would enable you to secure the return of twenty , members to the Commons' House of Parliament , who would so advocate your rights as to ensure , your social happiness and political equality . - 'Your petitioner , therefore , prays your honourable order to pray to be relieved from your own apathy and want of self-confidence , instead of praying to men who wouldn't listen to an angel from heaven , unless he was prepared to sell his labour cheap , and buy their goods dear .
** And your petitioner , * as __ in duty bound , will ever pray . "Feakgus O'Connor . "
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METROPOLITAN . Bbrmosdset . —At the weekly _meeting of members in this locality it was resolved that a subscription be opened for the veteran Chartist , Richards , to be continued weekly . Camberwell . — Messrs O'Connor , M'Grath , Clark , Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler , have received the hig hest number of votes for the executive . Si-mem Tows . —On Sunday evening last . Mr Philip M'Grath delivered a lecture on " Public Fasts and Royal Proclamations , " at tho Bricklayers * Arms , Tonbridge-street , New Road . The lecture was eloquent , spirited , and instructive , and elicited the applause ut a crowded and attentive audience .
Soiio . —The _Reg-stration Committee met at 83 , Dean-street , oa Tuesday evening , March 23 , Mr J . Simpson in the chair , when the secretary brought np tbe report of the sub-committee . The chairman reported tbat _th-j Camberwell and Walworth friends , a * - a portion ofthe borough of Lambeth , had resolved tn hold a publio meeting in support of Mr Duncombe ' s motion for a repeal of the rate-paying clauses in tht Retcrm Act . It was resolved tbat Lawrence Heyworth , Esq ., Charles Cochrane , Esq ., Col . _Thomp-S"U , Wm . Simpson , E-q .. and Charles Lushington , Esq ., be invited to attend the public meeting at the _Crejvtn and Anchor Tavern on the 14 th day of April next ; and that Thos . Wakley . MP ., be invited to resume the chair on the occasion ; the committee then adjourned until Tuesday evening next , March the 30 th .
Wfcrur . _vsTER . — Tbe Chartist and Temperance Debating Society held their usual weekly meeting in the Temperance Ilall , Broadway , on Saturday evening last . The large room of the Hall was crowded to excess . Mr Hughes was elected chairman , and opened the business of the evening by reading the subject for discussion , viz : — "The Influence of Machinery . " Mr Cathie introduced tbe subject , and endeavoured to-show that to the influence of machinery we owe nearly all the comforts we now enjoy ; tint so far from _throwing men out of employ it had created a demand for labour of all kinds ; and that the condition oi the working _classes generally had been much better _sincetiits introduetiorwM ' r Watford next spoke , and in a Beat _speechconlwded , ' that machinery had been exceedingly detrimental to
society . Mr Ashe _denied that the working manufacturers were benefited either ia circumstances or morals by the application uf machinery , lie did not ficd fault with the power itself , but with the manner in which it was applied . Mr Irving said that , in Preston , Manchester , Bolton , and other manufacturing towns in the north of England , th * upholders of machinery might find sufficient proofs of the direful effects of tbat inhaman destroyer ot infancy and female chastity . He had seen tbe town of Preston in a flourishing condition ; he had known tbe time when men working in some branches of tbe cotton manufacture could earn their £ 2 and £ 3 per week ; when every house in tbe town was inhabited , and when every inmate was happy—but what was the case now ? What had machinery done fur them ? Why , thia . The man who previously earned £ 2 or £ 3 _perweek could not now earn more than 6 s . or T-i . ' in the same time , and had to do twice
the amount of work for this miserable pittance . Mr Trumble replied , and contended that anything which produced more wealth by lessening physical labour was a blessing , and if it became a curse it was the result of other causes . It was the duty ofthe people to make machinery their servant , and not their tyrant , and he thought the best way to do s « was to get it into their own hands by means oi cooperation . Mr Bowler denounced machinery as a decided opponent to the best interests of the people . Mr Bater next addressed the meeting in a briet speech , after which Mr Cathie rose to wind up the debate , and in a clear and masterly speech refuted many of the arguments advanced by his opponents . Mr C . sat down amid much applause . The chairman tl . en announced the subject for discussion next Saturday evening , viz , — " 'the best means of appropriating the Land for the benefit of the People . " At tbe cb-. se of tbe meeting several new members were enrolled .
_WtsniissTKB . —At a meeting of the members of this locality on Sunday evening , March 21 , the following persons were placed in nomination for the executive for tbe ensuing year : —Feargus O'Connor , P . M'Grath , T . M . Wheeler , E . Jones , S . Kidd , T . Clark , and 0 . Doyle .
PROVINCIAL . _Bi ' _-ston . —At a meeting of members on Sunday last , the case of Mr Richards was brought before the meeting , when it was resolved , that he be invited to spend a few weeks in the neighbourhood , several friends having volunteered his maintenance . Eig ht shillings were collected towards his expenses . Mr Linney bas kindly consented to visit any place within twenty miles of Bilston , on receiving three days' notice , to get up a good benefit fer Mr Richards . _Crotdos . —At a meeting held at Mr Loveday _' s Temperance Hotel , _Surrer-street , on Monday evening , a numberof persons resolved to join the _National Charter Association Mr T . Frost was elected subtreasurer , and Air Wm . Ilodges , sub-secretary .
Manchester . —People ' s Institute , March 21 . —Mr Grocott opened the meeting by reading Mr O'Connor ' s letter . Mr Marsden , from Preston , tben commenced bis lecture , by observing tbat society in all ages bad been based upon an irrational foundation . Tbe selSsh ignorance ot mankind added to endless infractions of Nature ' s laws ; these infractions had caused the downfal of nations . Rulers and capitalists bad invariably combined against libeity , and when the people were wanting in virtue and intelligence , they became serfs and -slaves . The lecturer , after describing tbe abominations of Feudalism , and the evils of the presentsystemof Mammouism , concluded an argumentative and eloquent discourse , by showing _lhat Cooperation , was the grand lever for the elevation of the people . Mr Rankine and Mr Cooper followed with a few remarks . Tbe proceedings were altogether instructive and interesting .
Sheffield . —The West Testimonial Committee I met on Saturday evening , in the Democratic Temperance Room , Mr Thomas Peacock in the chair , when , on the motion of Mr Royston , seconded by Mr _lloinies , the f < jllow ng resolution was unanimously agreed to : — ' * It is with feelings of deepest regret , tbat this committee view the present apatby of the people , as shown towards one of their able , if not the very ablest advocates , viz ., Mr John West , a man who has been persecuted and prosecuted , both by his employers and the government , and has made sacrifices that have come to the _knowledge of this committee , which , in tbeit estimation , justify them in making an appeal on the behalf of Mr West ; and to endeavour , by subscription , to present him with a _testimonial of tbeir respect and gratitude . " After
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the _iaauingof collecting books , the meeting adjourned to Saturday , March the 27 tb , at 8 o clock . Tavistock . — The Chartists , and shareholders of the Land Company held , last week , their annual Tea-party in the Temperance Ilall , wbich was tastefully decorated for the occasion , Tho temperance band was in attendance and discoursed excellent music during the tea , a * also during tbe publio meeting . After the tea party , whioh was most numerously attended , and gave general satisfaction , the Eublic were admitted to the Hall , and Dr Sraealy , _eiDgealled to the chair , opened tbe proceedings by ablv illustrating thesis points of the Charter . Mr
R . Hole and others having addressed the meeting , in eloquent and forcible speeches , the chairman introduced Mr Ernest Jones , who < the audience _containing a large number of tho middle classes ) entered into a full and able exposition of the injustice they ( the middle classes ) were , conjointly with the upper classes , inflicting on the poor , and the remedy for the latter , contained in tha Charter and the Land . The address was hailed with frequent bursts of applause , and , after the usual votes , ol thanks , the meeting separated with three cheers for the Charter and the Land , highly delighted with tho evening ' s proceedings .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _Bbadfobd . —Members will meet to-morrow , Sunday afternoon , at the large room , _Butterworth-buildings , at 2 o ' clock . CAWtmBw . su>—A publio meeting will be held at tha _HatLj _& £ ast « treet , Walworth , in favourof a repeal of the _ratepavins ! clauses in tho Reform Act , on Wednesday April 7 , 184 ? . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock . Covkntby District . —A meeting will be held on Tuesday erening , March 30 th , at half-past 7 , at the infant school , _Greyfriars-lane , to adopt the National Petittm . Lieu * . —The Chartists will meet at the Ship-inn , Church-lane , to-morrow evening , at 6 o ' clock . _Manchester . *—Mr J . G . Clark will lecture in the People ' s Institute , _Heyrod-street , Ancoats , on Sunday March 28 th , Mr C . Doyle is invited to lecture ia the Peoples ' s Institute , on Good Friday , April 2 nd , at 10 a . m .
Mabtlsbonb . —Mr J . r . Linden will lecture at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , March 23 th . Subject : — " Natural and Political Economy . " To commence at half-past seven precisely . Norton Faloatk . —Mr Gathard will lecture at ihe Pewter Platter , _White-Lion-strect , on Tuesday next at 8 o clock . The committee for getting up Mitchell ' s late benefit , are requested to attend . Rochdale . —The Chartist Council will meet next Sunday _afttrnoon . at 2 o ' clock , in their room in Millstreet . A Tea Party and Ball will take place ou Easter Tuesday , in the Sooialist Room , Yorkshirestreet . Sheffield . —An address will be delivered on Sunday evening next , in the Democratic Temperance room . Subject : " Tbe Government Plan of Education . " Chair taken at 7 o ' clock .
_Sfitalfields . —A Concert will be held at tbe Weavers ' _-arras , _Pelham-street , on Easter Wednesday , at 8 o clock , in aid of the _lunds of tha Eastern Philanthropic Society . The "Sons of Freedom " will meet on Easter Monday , at 8 o clock , at the abovo house . The Silk Weavers' branch of the United Trades' Association will meet on Saturday , the 27 th instant , at 9 o clock , at the White-hart , Hare-street . Soho . —Mr John Skelton wiil lecture at 83 , Deanstreet , on Sunday evening next , March 28 th , at half-past seven o ' clock . Subject : " Progressive Civilization . "
South London * Hail . —Mr Ernest Jones will lectureas above on Sunday evenin ? ( to-morrow " , at 8 o ' clock precisely . _Suljject : " Chartism . " Thk Late Public Fabce . —Tbe committee apointed to get up the tea party at the White Couduit _ili-une-Tavem on the 21 th inst . will meet atthe office , 83 , Dean-street Soho , on Wednesday evening next , at 8 o ' clock , when all who have tickets or money relative thereto , are especially requested to attend .
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METROPOLITAN . Cambkrwkm . asb Walwobts . —A numerous meeting of this district ot the Land Company WAS held at Harrison' *) Assembly Rooms , _East-lano , Walworth , on Monday evening , March 22 . Mr C . Wild was called to _thfrftMr _, when a discussion arose on the merits of two , three , and four acres of land , during which Mr | O'Connor ' s letter to a Plymouth correspondent was read amid much applause . During the debate a Mrs Barton took out two shares ( two acres ) ,
declaring tbatfrom her knowledge , derived from following agricultural pursuits , that a man , his wife and family , could obtain an excellent living from two acres of land . The discussion on these points gave the greatest satisfaction . Tbis was followed by a _discussion on tbe merits oftlie National Co-operative Benefit Society , as an auxiliary to the National Land Company . Tbe society was greatly spproved _, and several persons immediately enrolled . _This thriving district holds its meetings every Monday erening , at the above rooms .
_FiNSBimr . —On Sunday lust a locality was formed , which will _meotevery Monday night at Mr Granger ' * , No . 1 , Prospect-place , Upper _Burnsbury-street , Liverpool-road . Mr Gilbert was elected _sub-secre tary , and Mr . Vumford , sub-treasurer . Lambeth _Distiiict . —The following resolution ba * beeu _passed : — " Resolved , tbat as a subscription ol 3 J . per week from the 12 , 000 members comprising the Land Company , would in one year amount to nearly £ 8 , 000 , we hereby call upon tbe directors to suggest io the members immediately to commence paying into the Bank any sum , even apenny a week .
and as much more as possible ; but that interest shall not begin until the sum amount to 20 s . paid by any person , and tbat tbe Company have the benefit ofthe money so paid until that time , and then inte . rest , at three and a half per cent ., be paid upon as many _poands as any person may have paid in , and , in the event of any member of the Land Company not being able to pay up bis share , and who shall have paid twenty shillings , tbe sum at which interest is proposed to bo paid , shall have the option either of taking the interest proposed , or in payment of bis unpaid share . "
PROVINCIAL . AsHro . v-r ;** _DBB-LrwK . —At tho last _meetint » of shareholders the following resolutions were passed : — "Thai the offer made to persons not shareholders in the company , with small capitals , will open a wide field for persons who have taken no interest in the welfare of the company , and draw very largely on Mr O'Connor ' s time and energy , tothe detriment of the working classes . "— "That we consider the Land Purchase Department of the Bank should be confined to those already shareholders , and who can find the money to purchase 20 , or any number of allotments , and thereby draw off the competition at the Ballot . "
Bibmlvcham —Afc a meeting of No . 3 Branch , Birmingham district , Mr Greaves in the chair , a resolution was passed repudiating and denouncing the article in Chambers' Journal , against the Land movement , which _mr-luium was ordered to be forwarded to the Messrs Chambers . A resolution was _alsi passed approving of tbe publication of a cheap periodical in connexion with the Land Company . Mr John Pare has teen appointed agent for tbe National Co-operative Benefit Society . Devu . npoet . —Messrs Boyle and Clark lectured in the Dockyard school room , on Thursday evening , on the Land and the Charter . A resolution was carried , approving uf the Laud Society , and _expres-ing confidence in the directors .
_Dokrijtg . —On Monday evening , a public meeting was held inthe Lecture Room , for tbe purpose ot considering the subject of the Land and its capabilities . Mr Russell was elected to the chair , who in a neat speech , fixed the attention ot the meeting on the subject for consideration . The assembly was subsequently addressed by Messrs M'Grath and IG . Wheeler , who ably dilated on the oLjeot _* - , principles , and _progressof the National Land Company . Many copies of tbe rules were taken , and upon the whole it maybe safely presumed that much good will be done by the meeting . Makchbstke . —A _correipondent says— " Tho land movement is g > dng a-bead here ; the general question is , What do you think of Mr O'Connor ' s land
scheme V If a stranger was to visit our Land-office , and see tbe numbers that come to take up share- * and seek information upon the subject , he would be astonished . For notwithstanding the present depressed state of trade in this town and neighbourhood , the third section bids fair to far outnumber the twp preceding sections . It now numbers something like 100 shareholders , who hold amongst them _ISOshares . Even this last week there have been upwards oi 30 shares Ukeu up . This , taken in connection with the fact tbat we bave 28 of our large cotton mills standing , and many of them bave been so for thirteen weeks , and upwards of seventy working from " 4 to 4 days a-week , it is , indeed , truly surprising . and is but another proof that the people are in advance of their rulera . ''
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RocH » AL * i . —Messrs Donovan and Dickenson lectured bere last Sunday . Shotlbt-Bbidob . —Dr M'Donall has lectured here to a large audience , who were mueh gratified by his able discourse . [ We cannot print reports written with black-lead pencil—Ed . N . S . ) Tilucoowry-A branch of the Land Company has been formed here with every prospect of _Buccess ' _twenty-two shares were taken at the first meeting ! The following officers were elected . G . _Glasgow , secretary ; A . Robertson , scrutineer ; W . McBeath treasurer ; and five of acommittee . '
Town _HA-urn-The shareholder , havo passed a resolution approving ofthe next Conference being held at Lowbands , on July 1 st . u _n _m ° _J' ly ir A" " _^ ° meeting was held at this place on Monday , the 22 nd inst ., for the purpose of forming a branch of tho National Land Company . The announcement put the quiet little village in some commotion , the _Bquires and farmers not much relishing their new visitors . By 7 o ' clock the p lace of meeting , a large barn , was filled to over ! flowing , as the labourers came thronging from the surrounding villages . The men of Daventryand Norton carae in a body with music , and Mr Smith , of Welton , having been called to the chair , opened the meeting by reading the bill , which stated , that
the meeting was called "for the Purpose ofthe Trial of TmoTrtr _Gbab-au , the Land-robber , on tbe capital Charge of Robbery and Murder . The witness will be tbe Labouring man working on the Parish Road , —from the Workhouse—from thc Transport under the Game Laws , Ac , etc . Should tbe Jury ( the People , ) findhim guilty , he will be called upon to show cause why _aentenceshould not be passed against him ; or , if be has anj friends to speak on his behalf , let tbem then speak , or henceforth hold their Peace ! God save the people ! " Tbe reading ofthe bill was bailed with shouts of applause , and the chairman then introduced Mr Ernest Jones , wbo , at _considerable length , exposed the causes and effects of Landlordism , the sufferings of the Poor and their Remedy , —and entered into a complete and able
exposition of the plan and working of the National Land Company . When the applause with whieh his address was hailed had subsided , the chairman announced Mr Wm . Munday , of Northampton , whose eloquent and forcible illustrations of the murders and robberies perpetrated by the Grab-alls , were received with loud cheers . Mr Parkes , of Buckley , then appeared for the defence , but admitted tbat his client ' s case was a very bad one , and bis humorous and powerful arguments having been replied to by Mr Jones , and those seemingly in favour of Grab-all refuted to the satisfactien of all , the meeting separated after the usual votes of thanks , with three hearty cheers , and one cheer more for the National Land Company . A branch was formed , eight meraberu joined , and ten more signified their intention of joining forthwith .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bermondsey . —A public meeting will be held on Tuesday evening , March 30 th , in the Dockhead Chapel , at half-past seven o ' clock , for the purpose of spreading the principles of Chartism , and the meansof carrying out the same , viz . — " by the working class becoming landholders . " Some of the directors will address the meeting . Buckburs—Mr W . Beesley will lecture in the Temperance-hotel , Whalley Bank , on Monday next , nt 8 o ' clock . Subject : "The Land and Banking Company . " _Biiadfobd . —Shareholders will , in future , meet in the Large Room , _Butterworth-buildings . Burt . — -To-morrow evening , at six o ' clock , Mr . S . Clark , of Manchester , will lecture in the room over the Waterworks' old office , in Clerk-street ; subject , - "The Charter and the Land . "
' Choblbx—A meeting of shareholders will be held at tho house of Mr W . Wilkinson , 9 , Princes-street , on the 2 dch inst ., at six o ' clock . Commbkciai . Road—iMr G . Harrisgon will lecture on Sunday evening , April 4 th , at 7 o ' clock , at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Subject : "Evils of a State Church . " Hammersmith . —The members who do not pay in accordance with the instructions of the _directors , on or before the first day of April next , will be struck off the list of shareholders . District-office , 2 , Little Vale-place . IIkxiiam . —A branch of the National Land Company has been formed here , and the following officers elected : —John Gibson , secretary : George Nidley , treasurer ; Robert Ren wick , scrutineer ; John Hedley and John Nidley , auditors :
J . irrtK Town . —A general _raeetintj of members of the Land Company and Charter Association will bs held in the Chartist room , on Sunday , March 28 th , at ten o ' clock . Lambeth . —A general meeting will take place on Sunday eveiiii _*!** , April 4 th . Manchester . —Shareholders will meet in the Ilall ofthe l'eople ' s Institute , to-morrow morning , at II o ' clock . Nottingham District . —Members will meet at the New-inn , Carrhifrton , to-morrow erening , at 5 to 6 o ' clock . Subject : "Budding , Grafting , and other management of Fruit Trees . " _OswALDiwisitE . —The shareholders have engaged a room in Duncan-square , Foxhill Bank . They will meet fortnightly , on Friday evenings . Souiiiampiox .- Shareholders meet every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the Blacksmiths' Arms , St Mary ' s _* 8 treet . ShoiiEditch . — -Mr G . \ V . Wheeler will lecture at
Mr Taylors , Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , on Wednesday next , at eight o ' clock , p . m , Subject : — " Spade Husbandry . " Mr T . M . Wheeler will lecture on _Wednesday evening , April 7 .
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Observances Of Tiie Fast Day. The Genera...
OBSERVANCES OF TIIE FAST DAY . The general fast and humiliation , appointed for Wednesday last , was very variousl _y observed in and around the metropolis . Divine service was performed at all the churches and chapels both morning and evenin- ;—and more numerous congregations wore present than is usual even ou Sundays . The Lord Mayor and other civic functionaries attended the service in St . Paul ' s Cathcdr . il in the afternoon . A good sprinkling of the aristocracy attended the Cbapel Royal in the morning . The shops were closed , and business of every sert suspended;—tho day being considered a-complete holiday by the industrious classes . Greenwich had quite an Easter Sunday look . The steamers poured out their hundreds , and
the railways its thousands , to increase the holiday throng . The park was thickly dotted over with gaily-dressed people . Blackhenth , with its donkeys were all alive ; the tea-shops were crowded , and , of course , the public-houses were not empty . The hospital too , bad hosts of admirers . The visitors were all from London , the good and loyal folks of Greenwich , < fcc , most religiously observing the _proclamation . The Chelsea and Putney steamers were crowded , and the boats for Gravesend and Richmond had a great many passengers on board . The streets of the metropolis were thronged throughout the day , the parks and other places of public resort receiving their full quota of visitors . We do not remember a more general cessation from business .
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GREAT METROPOLITAN MEETINGS ON THE FAST DAY . WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE , On Wednesday evoning last a Tea Party and Publio Meeting was held at White Conduit House , Pentonville , or the purpose of protestiug against the misgovernment of Ireland , and ( _according to the placard _ealling the meeting ) of expressing the opinion that "nationai cala . miiies are not to be prevented by public fasts , but by a system of government based upon justice and truth . " By eight o ' clock , the large room being filled with a numerous and _influsntial audience , Mr Savage was called to the uhair , in tbe absence of T . S . Duncombe , _Ejq ., M , P „ who was to have presided , but was prevented by indisposition from being present , _~
Mr _GoonwtN Barmby moved the first resolution , which was to the effect , that the Proclamation for a general fast , issued in the Queen's name , was a disgrace to its authors , an insult to the common sense of the nation , and a proceeding which , while it was a direct injury to the working classes , could not in the least benefit the starving population of Ireland . Ho believed that the suffering now endured in Ireland was not so much to ba _atttibut _* " 110 either a visitation of Providence or the want of food , but to mi « governmont and the want of good institutions . The government had made a mistakethc-y had left out au " e _*¦ we should , have had a . feast instead ofa fast . lie had great pleasure in proposing the _resolution .
Mr Ebnist Jones rose loudly applauded to second the resolution , and said the preceding speaker had justly described the Proclamation of a Central Fast as blasphemy to God . At that moment the churches were lighted up , and the parsons were praying—but what teit did they preach from 1 It was said ths devil could quo te scripture to suit his purpose;—so do the parsons —& nd so might a Chartist , for he believed there was more ofthe devil in a parson than in » Chart ' it . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He would then quote from Isaiah
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c . 58 , where such a feet as this government fast was- _denounced , and tt was sold to the rich : —• " Behold , ye fast for strife and debate , and to smite with the fist ot wished . nc » _s : Is not this the fast tbat I bave chosen ? to loosen the bands of wickedness , to undo tbe heavy burdens- aud to tet the oppressed go free , and that ye break erery yoke . * He would venture to say few parsons bad proached from that text . ( Loud cheers . ) He had just come from Welton , in _Northaroptonehirc , where he had left a rising branch ol the Land Conpany , ( cheers . ) The parson * talked of the Holy Trinity , but in our country villages he generally found nothing but a Devil ' s Trinity—vis . the lawyer , the parson , and the squire , ( much applause : ) , well , this trinity generally gave their labourers six shillings per week . No need for appointing a fust-day for
the poor after that . Mr Jones then described some cases of death by starvation , that had come under his knowledge in England , the recital of viliich excited a great sensation . Thc verdicts were , «¦ death by starvation ; " they should bave been , " murdered by their masters , " ( continued cheers . ) Mr Jones then adverted to the causes of thefam ' me , and the remedy in the bandsof the people , ( amid great applause , ) and said , he was glad to see meetings like tbe present—they were rallying points—bnt more was wanted than drinking tea and making speeches . He did not advocate violence , far frnm it—but if we showed we had the organized power as well as the will to enforce our claims , we should get them—not else , ( hear , hear . ) Two hundred thousand human beings had perished from ttarvatlon in Ireland ) The people in tbat country were known to be buying arms , ( hear , hear , ) and the consequences was , that tbe rich grew frightened , and began to subscribe . Had the
Irish never murmured they might have died by millions , ( hear , ) The aristocracy encouraged emigration—that was what the government wanted ; to thin tbe people by starvation , and decimate the remainder by emigration , Tbey would , then , be strong enough to have it alt their own way , ( hear , hear . ) It is true , they bad cautioned the people agaiust emigration to Texas , they said these were wild beasts there , and an unwholesome climate , Ay ! Ay ! Texas was a portion ot a great republic and though America _pssscssed only a shadow of liberty , even a shadow was dangerous to monopoly and monarchy , ( loud cheers . ) There were wild beasts- at home , and a very unwholesome political atmosphere ; and , therefore , if we were to fight " wild beasts , " we might as well fight against the wild beasts at home , ( great applause ;) and as to the bad atmosphere , a Jnw peals of moral tbunder , and we should soon dear it of the obnoxious elements of monopoly , ( continued cheering . )
Mr Llotd * foH £ _s supported the resolution . E » eama to that meeting t _« protest against the mockery oi ! a fast , whieh was put up as a substitute for just institutions and permanent arrangements for the benefit of tbe people . It was well known that at tbis very moment the _stavvtag and wretchedly distressed people of Ireland were sending wheat , barley , oats , sheep , bullocks , pigs , and every kind of farm produce , from all their ports—sending this food—far better than the ; ever lived upon at any time- " at the very time tbat , tbey were called upon to avow themselves sinners , and blame Providence , instead of
bad government , for their misery . This could be only justly described by tbe term blasphemy . If the government had called upon the rich to give up one- day's income , and the working classes one daj ' s wages , the result would have done more good to Ireland , and been more in accordance with common sense and religion , than such a ridiculous mockery . As an Irish-Bun , he expressed his thanks for tbe sympathy showed for bis suffering countrymen ; and begged to express bis admiration of the honesty with which tbey had come forward , at once to testify that sympathy , and repudiate the hypocrisy of statesmen and bishops . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was carried unanimously , amid loud cheering . Mr _M'Gbatu rose amid great applause to more the next resolution , which stated that the famine in Ire-land was not the visitation of God , but the direct consequence of man ' s misconduct—the misconduct of their governments , which , while they made laws for the benefit of the Irish landlords , at the same time reducec the people to the lowest possible diet . The _spenter sa d , tbat in meeting there , they met for the purpose of protesting against a long continuance of systematic misgovernment . They had met here this evening to vindicate Ai . uighty tiod from the calumnies and blasphemies heaped upon him . ( Immensecheering . ) What religious man was there present who would assert that it was the wish and will
of God to delight in the misery and wretchedness of Ireland" He could not reconcile any such atrocious thought with his religious notions . We are told that Ireland existed under a Christian and good government , and yet there was no people on tbe lace of the earth so wretched , so miserable , so down-trodden . ( Loud cheers . ) God is made the _scapegoat of man ' s delinquencies . A > k why is Ireland so wretched—ask the landlords the reason ; tbey will tell you the fault rests not with them . Go to the traders , submit the same question , and the response will be , " It is no fault of ours " Interrogate the clergv of all denominations , and they roar out with one accord , " We hare nothing to do with it ; it is a visitation of the wrath of Divine Provi . deuce for the manifold sins and wickednesses of the people . " Friends , depend on it if jou supinely allow God to be the scapecoat , that misery , wretchedness , and destitution , will ever continue . ( Loud cheers . ) The _injustice of men marred the blessings bestowed by Provi .
_dence . The speaker tben severely criticised tbe government measures for Ireland , which he contended were exclusively meant lo benefit tbe landlords , and would inevitably leave the people in tbe same wretched , dependent , and starving condition in which tbey now are . There were 5 000 , 000 acres of waste lands reclaimable in Ireland , Let the government make these millions nation tl property , divide them into one million of five-acre farms , and they would at once place a million families , or five millions of _peteons , in a situation by which they would be enabled to support themselves in comfort by honest industry . Surely the country which raised , a few years ago , the sum of £ ' . ' 0 . 000 , 000 to send to tho West Indian slaveholders , in lieu of their black bondsmen , could raise £ 20 , 000 , 000 for suit a purpose as this . And the lands so reclaimed would yield a rent to the State , thus _conrerting those whom an ignorant , short * sighted system made a burden , into a source of strength and revenue to the State * ( Much sheering , )
Mr _Jlooax seconded the resolution , and adroated a poor-law for Ireland , as a means of elevating the physical and social condition of the people of Ireland . Charles Cocubane , Esq ., supported the reselution . He cordially sympathised with the objects of the meet _, ing , and he entirely concurred in the sentiments ex . pressed in tbo resolution , by Which all the evils of Ireland were attributed to misgovernment . —( Hear . ) The greatest sinners in this matter in tbe country were tbe authorities in Church and State—( laughter)—wbo , in a country abounding with raw material , and skill and industry necessary to produce abundance for all , had suffered so much misery to be generated by bad institutions , —( Cheers . )
Mr W . 3 . Linton moved the last resolution , which declared that ' -the Irish people are justified in their endeavours to obtain such alterations iu their laws and institutions as seem expedient to them , and that tbe evils under which both Great Britain and Ire-land bave so long suffered , can sever be remedied until a Government exists chosen by the people , possessing the confidence of the people , and acting in accordance with tbeir wishes , " Mr Linton spoke iu support of the resolution at somo length . air _Wheeleb , seconded it , and having been put te the meeting , It was , like Ihe preceding resolutions , carried _unanimously , A rote of thanks to the chairman was then given , and acknowledged ; after which , the meeting ( a numerous one ) broke up at a late hour .
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VOL . X NO . 492 . LONDON , SATURDAY , MARCH 27 , 1847 . ' _ jet" * _*^ _zrz _. _ . _ . five _ShitHn g _* and sixpence P <) , _quarter
Finsbury, A Meeting Was Held On Wednesda...
FINSBURY , A meeting was held on Wednesday erening at the City Lecture Theatre , Milton-street , for the purpose of raising subscriptions for the relief ofof the destitute in Ireland . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ,, bring prevented by _illnets from attending the meeting , tVe chair was taken by tbe Kev Mr Jauch . The _CnAUMAN said he had to apologise for occupying the chair on that occasion . He was a German , but was not wanting in sympathy for the misfortunes of Ireland . He had been in Ireland twice , and , from what he had seen of that country and its people , he would even now bo proud to be a citizen of starving Ireland ,
Mr _O'Cavamaob , on proposing the first resolution , said that it was no more than a debt due to the Irish to assist thera in their present di & tms . It was not the fault of that people that they were now depres » ed . It was the result of English mismanagement . A great number of aristocratic names was announced to be pre . sent at this meeting , but when be looked round he found they were absent . ( Cheers . ) lie then proposed the following resolution : — "Tbat the unparalleled misery , pestilence , and torturous death , now enduring by our brethren in Ireland , having enlisted our deepest sympathy and heartfelt regret , and having- raised up in our pained hearts a warm desire to render them all the aid we can , we now pledge ourselves to subscribe to the utmost extent of our means for the purpose of ameliorating the fearful position of that unhappy people , and thuB by our influence and example induoe others to do the _savae . "
Mr _CtAtfcr seconded the resolution , which was unanimously Agreed to , Mr Dwanb said when the English peopio complained of the number of paupers who carae over to Liverpool , and talked of sending them back , they ought at the same time to send over the rich absentees to that country , aud compel them to spend thoir property there . Be then moved the following resolution : —• _;• That feeling deeply grateful to ft * generous , aud
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_bi gh . _mlndedpbilantbropists of this * . _-ntry , rThohave already contributed to render relief to those In need , without reference to creed or country , and who , 6 / their presence here this evening , give evidence of their determination still to _mpport the holy cause in which they have embarked , we hereby tender to them , our fellow citizens , our warmest thanks , and the lasting gratitude of those who are anxiously looking across the water for assistance . " Which being seconded by Mr _Caiuiuw , was agreed to _. The Rev . Mr Tidleb said ho regretted that a _greater number of Christian ministers were not present on such an occasion . He , however , hoped all those who wero present would do their duty , and would prove their sympathy for Inland by subscribing liberally to alleviate _* * _* 8 _b-mlndednhilanthi _* 0 Dlsts of this * . _. ntrv . _wtTwf
the distress in that country . He then moved the third resolution : — "Thatthe Committee of this Society shall not even , after this demonstration , dissolve ; but , on the contrary , having this evening explained its object , and placed be . fere tho public its reasons for appealing to thtm , still continue its periodical sittings and meetings , endeavouring , _Wthe best of its power and resources , to collect moneys , and transmit them to Ireland , at least until _some _plo * of permanent and efficient relief _Bhallbe adopted and acted upon by the Legislature . " Which , being seconded by Mr Jai , was agreed to . Mr _Bkhest Johis then came forward , loudly cheered , to propose the next resolution - . — " That overpowered with heartfelt gratitude at tha
| prompt , decisive , and energetic benevolence ofthe peopla [ 08 the _tTnited States of America , in their _spontaneous . and unsolicited aid to the poor peasantry of Ireland , we feel language inadequate to give names to sensations of 'gratitude to- _tbia noble and independent people J betohening , as it does , to tbe catiena ol the earth , whether _^ . afflicted with distress caused by providential cabmitiea | Or internal impolicy , that there ia a great and _magna-; nimeus people on our globe , ever-ready with hope , succour , and consolation in tha hour of need , calling iforth tbe overjoyed thanks of this meeting , the lasting ( gratitude of Ireland , and the admiration of the world . " i Ur E . J 0 M 8 hoped the objects- of the present _imeetlng would be realised—but he begRed to point their attention to tbe fact , that a republic had done more than 'any monarchies to aid the Irish . ( Cheers . ) He diaa' _greed * with those who called the English contributions i" charity . " It was not charity—it was _restitution .
( Loud cheers . ) Ireland had suffered grievously at tbe bands of England—not ofthe English people—but at the hands oi that accursed _class-legislaeiun , from which tha Knglisfc suffered as well . —( Great cheering ) Therefore , although he was glad to see money aontribu _' ed , us it was necessary to bay food for the starving—something mose was wanted besides money . ( Hear , hear . ) They mast recollect who the food wns bought from . For [ every bit of food that was put into the mouths of the star _, ' ring , masses of money went into the pockets of the _villaneous monopolists , who had calculated on this cr _' sis , and- created the famine by hoarding tbe very corn
these contributions bought , ( Loud cheers . ) He therefore hoped the working men of Ireland would sea that tbe best way of obtaining their rights was to join with tbe working men of England to _subvert their common tyrants , ( Great cheering . ) If the Irish cry "Ireland for _thelrisb , " wo too cry " England fur the English " —for the poor working men of this country are as much alien on their _o-Kn soil a * yo \ i ate on yours . ( Loud applause , ) Let the Irish working men be owners of the fertile soil of their emerald Isle , and they will need no help from England . Let us be freed from the _landrobbers who oppress u » , aud you will have to complain no more of England ' s tyranny , ( Immensecheering . )
The resolution was seconded by Mr Harral , and unanimously carried . A vote of tbanks wns then passed to the Northern Star , and liberal pies * , -nbieh Mr _"S , J < o _*** ss » cknov . ' ei _, < ea , anil the same compliment having been paid to the chairman , and to the proprietor oftho _estahlishmentfor thegra . tuitoususe of the theatre , and a very considerable collection having been made , the meeting separated _.
National Hall, H0lb0rn. On Wednesday Las...
NATIONAL HALL , H 0 LB 0 RN . On Wednesday last , a public meeting was bold , " to take into _consideration the- present unfortunate condition of Ireland , the causes which have led thereto , and to protest against the compulsory observance of a general fast . " Soon after the hour appointed for the meeting ( 2 o ' clock ) , Mr T . Cooper was called to the chair . The CnAinMAN addressed the meeting at considerable length on the subject , which had led ( o their assembling there tbat day .
Mr _Htde then carae forward , and concluded an addresa of some length , by moving a resolution to the following effect : — " That , in the opinion of tbis meeting , the present lamentable condition of the Irish people was to be attributed to tbe political and social misrule and injustice to which for many years they had been subjected , and which in their operations have caused the mass ofthe peoplo to he dependent on the lowest _description of hunan - _-ubsistence , the failure of wbich for the last two sensons has produced misery and wretchedness unparalleled in the history of that country . "
Mr Moore , at some length , seconded the resolution . Mr L . Jones coincided in statements put forth in the resolution which had just _lieen proposed to them , and contended that they were now witnessing the results which centuries- of _ir-j ustice had produced in Ireland , and that England was herself paying the penalty of giving her ¦ sanction to many of those iniquitous proceedings . —{ Hear , hear . ) As to what had been said of the bad couduct of the Irish landlords , he , for his part , did not think that they had been sufficiently blamed . —( Hear , hear . ) He would remind them that it was only now , when the Government had to come forward with money , in consequence of the misconduct of the landlords , thatthe latter had been subjected to blame .- ( Hear , hear . ) To tbe English people the people of Ireland owed a deep debt of gratitude .
J he resolution was then put and agreed to . Mr Linton , in moving the second resolution , said that food wos not so cheap , nor was work so easily obtained , that the labourers of England and of Ireland should be called upon at so calamitous a period _, to deprive _theiir families of the benefits ofa whole day ' s earnings . ( Hear , hear ) He could have understood the common ser . se of tbe thing if they had called upon them to work hareler , and to hand over their Surplus earnings for the benefit of the starving people . That was a thing he couId hare underatood , but to deprive the working man from earning food for himself and his family for a whole day , and upon such a pretence as was put forth , was , in bis opinion , not only foolish , but was mischievous . ( Cheers . ) He conclnded by moving tbe second resolution , to the effect— "That it was delusive to attribute the present distress of Ireland to the failure of the potato crop as a retribution of Divine _Pruvideuce . "
Mr _Basnbmdge seconded the resolution , which was then put and agreed to . Mr Abdiscombk moved the last resolution , and in doing so said that occasion would arise when it was necessary for the people to stand forward in opposition to tho government . ( Hear , hear . ) He concluded by a resolution to the effect that tho government ought to be called upon to rentier effectual justice to the people of England and Ireland , and not by suspension ol labour to add ta the general misery ofthe country . Mr Mitcham seconded the resolution , in a short address .
Mr R . Taylor ( Common Councilman , ) who spoke from tbe body of the meeting , said that he begged to express his perfect concurrence m the sentiments which had been expressed , and he had the pleasure of telling them thathe , for oae , had set the proclamation at defiance , and none of his men had , at all events , been cheated of one day ' s work , ( Loud cheering for several minutes . ) Mr _Watsos next . addressed the meeting , referring to the opinion which the late Mr Cobbett had many years ago expressed , of the mischief which would eventually result from a perseverance in the use of potatoes for human food , and said that dreadful as was tbe misery which at present afflicted Ireland , if the result ef it could be to put a better kind ot food in the plates oftlie Irish _pesple , it would at least be some benefit resulting out of their sad suffering . The resolution was then put , and like the two preceding oncis _, was unanimously agreed to . The tbanks of tbe meeting were then given to tht chairman , aud the meeting separated .
The Fast Day At Swindon. Roasting A Shee...
THE FAST DAY AT SWINDON . Roasting a Sheep . —The people of Swindon , Wilt _, shire , effected a very benevolent _ot-jett , on Wedntsday last , by _giiing the poor of Wroughton—a village two miles from Swindon—the benefits of pure , practical , philanthropy . It appears that a sum of money was subscribed to purchase u sheep , which was roasted whole , in a held granted for the purpose , where hundreds assembled to witness the operation . It was put to the tire at ten a . m . At lire o ' clock the dissection commenced , when it was distributed to the _rocipients above ) alluelsd
to . Ample quantities of bread nnd beer were duly served ; not a single subscriber participated in the good cheer , but revulttred everj assistance to contribute to the comfort of their humble friends . Upwards of 1 , 500 _persona assembled to view the proceedings , arid amused themselves Kith several old English sports . The greatest order prevailed throughout the day ; and much praise is due to the committee for their _admirnble arrangements , In the evening , a few speakers _adelrsssed the meeting on the ' * _propriety" of the ! fast ! ( "toast" )—and the _assevftbly then , _aff-r giving three _heirty cheers , quietly separated _.
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_ETnsa at Consiantinoplk .-A surgical < 'P ernt , t _2 ' the patient being under the influence of ether , waa performed at Constantinople on tlw 5 th _> m » m . a sailor ofa merchant ship had his hip « _J » lw » t « J fi _*?™ his hip bono fractured , and had receivetI somo intestine _imuvics t » Ihe lall of a heavy bale of merch _» . _tofL a Jane in which i . t w » . uapen dc 1 upoa htm _DrGlascott , oftlie British hospital at 1-era . pe _forincuthe operation with great "Ml . -The maa was utterly insensible during the very _diftoult an 4 but for the ether , most B » _intul _wttina YUUv joint . Mr _O'Coxxi _*! . _- _* ., acoompanied by oneot his _son 9 , haa arrived in _l'ari _** . tn route for Italy , Mr Disraeli , M . P ., has purchased , for , £ 86 , 000 , an e _* tato »« _Uuaandea , Bu _& _iMlunfttiire .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27031847/page/1/
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