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TO THE OLD GUARDS . I " BIESD 5 ASD COMRADES , — -The season is changing—the summer is - „ and the mercury is beginning to rise _*? ° _j - _jehnman thermometer . The whole _coun-] is novf one busy hive—all the bees are buzz-• outside , and the drones are buzzing in the Vhnsc of Commons . Ministers base their wer not more upon the disunion ofthe Peel-
V J il ... _Prnt-wHfiniStS _th-LTl _TITinTI iht . A \ a-Y . and the Protectionists , than upon the disnion of the p eople ; a disunion whicli is now , T re-ret to think , becoming daily stronger , but hicb , however , I feel confident , will be T ofjiJily dispell et _-i and _f ° r this reason— -because S working classes now are thoughtful and 1 flecti ve , and can only be enlisted for the _ac-^ _J ' _pjjshnient of their own objects , although f I time they may be artfull y disunited . attended the :
My friends , I hare meetings of *] « _Parliamentary and Financial Eeform Conference on Tuesd _' ay and Wednesday , and I as happy ¦ _* _* _** _kcar man y ° _f tUe speeches delivered thVe , because the energy and _truthfebess ofthe speakers must lead the Conferve to understand that the Chartist party _twnot to be catered for by mere clap-trap . Mr _Tox- thc member for Oldham—Lawrekce Heiwoktii , the member for Derby—and the member for the
Geokge Thompson , Tower Hamlets—advocated veritable democratic and Chartist principles . The Hev . Mr . _IVORKAIX , Bap tistminister ofBethnal-greenan eloquent and engaging looking young man —unequivocally declared himself and the _malority of the men in Bethnal-green—to be Veritable Ch artists . Alderman Scholefield nTli Mr . Alcock , delegates from Sheffield , stated that the men of Sheffield had been deceived by the Reform Bill , that they were Cha rtists " and were determined to remain so .
, Ton may rest assured , OH Guards , that these announcements gave me no little pleasure , and the more especially as they were loudl y cheered by *» large majority of the Conference . 3 Ir . Bbight stated , that it would be foolish and impolitic to contend for a more "Democratic change than that sought by the Association , because , he said , it wonld alarm the timid . Now . if another man had made such an assertion he would have been laughed at And * ffhy ? because , if yon propose to reduce the franchise by ten shillings , the timid ,
as a matter of coarse , would be alarmed , as they dread any change , because they do not understand the meaning of it ; bnt are the _Toiave and energetic toiling millions to remain in shackles and letters , manufactured from the timidity of the idle aud luxurious ? The E eform B ill , Catholic Emancipation , and Free Trade were long deferred upon the same foolish grounds ; whereas , if a modicum of any of those measures had been seasonably conceded , the timid might have resisted the fall growth of all for a longer period . The Catholics and the _worlnns classes were then
¦ creditors , and satisfied to receive an instalment from the Government , who were their debtors ; the Government , however , refused the instalment , and the creditors looked for twenty shillings in the pound ; they sned for it , and they thought they had obtained it when they accomplished Emancipation and "Reform ; but , alas I they were woefully deceived , as neither Catholic or Protestant derived one particle of benefit from either Emancipation or "Reform ; and upon this fact the Eev . Mr . "Wo Eiuii , Alderman Scholefield , and "Mr . Alcock , truly based their argument .
Sir Joshua Walt-islet / ., and others , showed —aad I think satisfactorily—that the accomp lishment of their object would add at least four millions to the present electoral body . _Jsow , such an augmentation would afford me no small p leasure—nay , delight ; while I feel convinced that , with even that constituency aud Triennial Parliaments , without the Payment of Members , you would have as corrupt , if not a more _corrupi , Parliament than you have now—aud I will tell you why : because 70 a may rely npon it , that if Ifeat increased
constituency was bound to elect members for counties possessing £ 600 a year , and members for boroughs possessing £ 300 a year , and to hold office for three years , that those representatives—if not paid b y you for their honest labour—would take care dishonestly to pay themselves ; and , whatever the popular outcry might be against their injustice , they would hold the purse-strings of the nation during tlie whole three years , and would then snap their fingers at you when , within that tha ** , tliey Lad nestled themselves in snug oSces .
OH Guards , I thini I hear some enthusiastic lieformer exclaim , " At , but the people would , not let them . " Now , such was _theyery cry before the Eeform Bill ; while the very & _st act of the Eeform Ministry was to destroy tliat strife and control which carried the "R eft *™ Bill ; and you may rest assured that , "with Triennial Parliaments , no out-door power could ever effect a dissolution until the time had expired , and that all the butcherimr force of
the country wonld be put into operation to suppress any-antagonism to a system which enriched the most fortunate . Upon the other hand , if you had Payment of Members , even "• nth Triennial Parliaments , I have that confidence in tho sagacity and integrity of the _"forking _classess , to feel convinced that they "would elect honest and upri ght representatives from their own order , who would never deceive them .
Old Guards , if the selection of any portion of tae Charter was left fo me , I would prefer Annual Parliaments _eiud Payment of _Mem-^ s to all the other points ; for , rely upon it , that noble lords , Government hacks , officials , admirals , generals , colonels , and men selling _themselves for base lucre , will never consider " ¦ ay one single princi p le except that of selfishness . Old Guards , while I fearlessly express those 33 my sentiments , nevertheless , as the new associ ation has added "Xo property qualificat " on" to their little stock , I entertain a strong and fervent hope , that your steadfastness to Jour own p rinciles will induce themere long ,
p , _**» adopt the whole hog , kkistles _axd all . Mind , however , this must be done by argu" © ent aud not b y violence , as the voice . of _knowledge i 3 stronger than the cannon ' s roar _, -tcrhaps I mi ght tickle your fancy better , and secure for myself more popularity , were I to create a regular flare up against this new _jaoyement ; but as I see the advantage of allowing thejury class strictly to understand the Oojectsof the working class * and as I wish you to have the advantage of their meeting rooms , and as I wish them to have the advantage of jour knowledge and information , I should look ¦ _ipon myself as a hypocrite and a traitor , if I " * ere to throw any , the slig htest , obstacle in their
" _^ ay , because when your trade gets bad , and """" hen their taxes press upon themselves , and " -tot upou you , they'll go to bed _Eeformers and * - _** Chartists . , I must now be off to the Conference , I have not time to write more .
Your Faithful Friend and Advocate , Feakgus O'Coxxor . P . _S—1 omitted to state that every _Mem-**** of Parliament upon thc p latform—and _wey . rere uumerous—was invited to address _*¦/< - " meeting , with the sinjrle exception of _^" ' - 'i _* - - O'Coxxor . I wish it . however , to *? distinctl y understood , that I fully acquit Sir " j >" _-iii- A Walmsley , and the leading _gentlej X _^ ti tlie Conference , of any desire to prevent inf m "" -dressing that body , as I am credibly _J-fr'nned that the hostility to me proceeded _° -n tlie BusinesB Committee , to whom was _^ mniitted the power of deciding who was to _M-lress the Conference . F . _O'C .
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_isUUTH LOXDOX CHARTIST HALL . The first meetin g convened under the superinf endance ofthe Provisional Committee of the _National Charter Association , in this hall , was held on Monday evening , April 22 nd , and was more numerouslj attended than any meeting held on this side of the water for two years past . Mr . Pa ttixson was unanimously called to the chair , and said , that night tbey would not be called upon to support the Parliamentary Reformers , but to stand firml y by , and agitate for the People ' s Cliarter . He could not understand , for the life of lum , if they expended " all their strength" in
sup port of the Parliamentary and Financial "Reformers , what _^ use would it be " holding the Charter in view when their energies were entirely exhausted _, lhe resolutions to be proposed partook both ofa political and social character—they were open to discussion ; and should any one have objections to offer , or amendments to propose , let them come torward , and , as far as he ( the chairman ) was concerned , he would do his duty in getting them a full and fair hearing . ( Hear , hear . ) He had much pleasure in calling upon Mr . O . W . M . Revnolds to move the first resolution .
Mr . Rbtnolds , on rising , was greeted with prolonged cheering , and moved the following resolution : — " That , as the life , liberty , and property of every individual is , or may be , affected by the laws of the land ia which he lives ; and as every person is bound to pay obedience to the same ; and as no man is , or can be , actually represented who has not a vote in the election of a representative , cannot be said to be fairly protected by the laws he is bound to obey—this meeting is of opinion that _efery man in this realm hath a natural and equal right to vote in the choice ofa representative to parliament ; pledges itself not to give np agitating until the said right is granted to every man ( criminals , insane persons , and infants only excepted ) , together with the
remaining points of the People ' s Charter . This meeting is also of opinion , that any agitation wliich will not give to others the same rights they claim for themselves , cannot be based on true and just principles—so that , while we refrain from factious opposition to any snch agitation , we are , nevertheless , determined not to combine nor unite with any such party , conscientiously believing thesame would end in disappointment and dissatisfaction to the most needy , and most deserving of the working classes . " Mr . Reynolds said , it g ave hiin great pleasure to move that resolution , as he was for the " whole Charter , " and had but little sympathy for those who advocated anything short of that measure , ( near , hear . ) Mr . Reynolds here
reiterated his determination to move an amendment in the programme of the Parliamentary Reformers , at their Conference , which would commence to-morrow—namel y , for registration , in lieu of taxationwhich would , if adopted , bring them to Universal , or Manhood Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Ue intended , also , to add Payment of 3 fembers . He should do so , because he believed tliat any measure less than that embracing the six points of the Charter would prove injurious to the working classes . ( Cheers . ) [ At this moment Messrs . J . J . Bezer , Brvson , Martin , Snell , Young , and others of the liberated victims came on the platform , and were welcomed by hearty and prolonged cheering . ] Mr . Reynolds said , if any justification was Tequired for the step
he was about to take , they had it in the harsh treatment and the severity of the verdicts passed on those men who had just been liberated from prison —( loud cheers)—and he ( Mr . Reynolds ) believed that if a less measure of Parliamentary _Refiiai was obtained , tbe middle classes would turn round upon the working classes and say— " This is a final measure _, and if you attempt any further agitation you will be prosecuted ; we shall be the jury , and will convict you . " ( Loud cheers . ) The working classes now toiled almost day and night for a bare subsistence , and were scarcely thanked for their labour , and they were not unfrequently called' 'a mere mob " of " the canaille , " beings without either rights or privileges . ( Hear , hear . ) At a recent meeting ,
at the "National Hall , he had spoken of their social rights ; the Times had seized upon his speech , evidently with a view to hold him up to scorn as a spoliator ; representing him as having a desire " to sell the estates of the rich , " when he knew right well that he had said all changes must be made by Act of Parliament , and that as first stops undor the Charter , he had recommended the Repeal of the Laws of Mortmain , Primogeniture , and Entail ; and that he had then said that parliament did now interfere with private property in the matter of railroads , quays , or wharves , granting compensation for the private lands and property it took for the benefit of the public , and he hoped the time would come when a government , elected by the
people , would hold all the lands for the benefit cf the whole people . ( Tremendous cheering . ) There could be nothing wrong in this , always providing that the present holders were duly compensated ; hut if he or any one else were to advocate spoliation , he verily believed that he or they would be hissed from the platform . ( Loud cheers . ) He must confess tbat he held it to be a wrong and a robbery for one to have superfluities , whilst another lacked tho positive necessaries of life , and more especially so when thc possessor happened to be a useless , indolent aristocrat . ( Loud cheers . ) He maintained that preaching Socialism , as well as Chartism , was only acting in accordance with the dictates of Common Sense : it would be worse than useless to
occupy time and means in advocacy of the Charter , unless , the Charter led to the adoption of social rights . ( Hear , hear . ) Socialism meant finding employneht for the unemployed , food for the hun _" gry , and raiment for the naked . Socialism was horrified at the gross immorality and the mass of prostitution that prevailed in our streets ; and the numerous suicides that took p lace amongst those unfortunates , was a proof that such a mode of life was unnatural and most abhorrent to them . " ¦" There was the wisdom or patriotism of Parliament , when they looked on and saw gaunt famine prevail in Ireland—when they daily
witnessed scenes of wretchedness and misery whieh drove poor wretches to the poor-law bastile , and separated husbands from wives , and parents from their _offsprings ? ( Hear . ) Yet did these rulers onll themselves Christians , whilst they violated the fundamental rules of Christianity . ( Hear , hear . ) And here the genius of Socialism stepped in to perform ita great mission of humanity ; and he conceived that no man could be tiieir friend , who would attempt to stay its progress . ( Loud cheers . ) When they witnessed the enormous progress this principle was making- ia Prance he was sure that they could come to r . o other conclusion than that Socialism
was a compound of sublime facts . ( Loud cheering . ) Sure lie was , did Socialism prevail , rags and wretchedness would be chased out of existence . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds next reviewed the origin and progress of aristocracy , and asked was it wonderful that men so formed and trained , should be tbe deadly enemies of Chartism and Socialism , seeing that those measures would lay the axe to the root of tiieir tyrannicand oppressive privileges 1 Then , he said , let them discuss the social suhject , and when the Charter came—as come it
would—( tremendous cheering }—Socialism would be the legitimate question . Y IIenr hear , ) The upper and middle classes appeared to dread the increasing intelligence of tlieir working class brethren , and were apparently throwing a small modicum of reform by way of a sop to stay their progress . ( Hear , hear . ) The working classes had been deluded in 1882 , and again on the repeal of the Corn Laws . Hence , he said , stand staunch to principles , join the ranks of the Xational Charter Association , remember that everv one ofthe members of its Provisional
Committee are the advocates of political and social _rights . ( Loud clicers . ) Support their efforts , and g ive vitality to the veritable National Charter Association - . be firm and true , and political rigl ti and social privileges must soon be theirs . Mr . Reynolds resumed his seat amidst rapturous applause . Mr . D . W . llvvrr , in seconding the resolution , asked why he was there to-ni ght , seeing that he had retired from polities for some few years ? It was because the cries ol his suffering fellow-men were greater than he could bear . ( Hear , hear . ) They owed those brave fellows who had just _emerged from tbe bastile , and now stood on lhe platfornf , a deep debt of gratitude—( loud cheers)—and which he _thought they would best repny by convincin _* - thein that they were more determined _' than ever to
gain their rights and liberties , ( Loud cheers . ) Tho resolution he held in his hand contained tlie gems of great and glorious princi ples , principles which proved that when they came from ihcir Creator they were free , and that the earth and its fruits belonged of ri g ht to all . ( Great cheering . ) He trusted that the working classes would not be frightened at any bugbear their opponents might put forward . ( Hear , hear . ) Socialism meant co-operation , and when the working classes eould appreciate iis blessings , they would co-operative for themselves . ( Applause . ) When the workin" man had his pittance doled out to him on Saturday nights he had t » count it over and over again before he could tell how to spend it , so as to preserve an existence for the coming week , for himself , wife , and family . As regarded the sympathy of the middle classes , God help them ! he bad sew enough
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of that whilst performing the duties of Inspector of Weights and measures , for his district , ( near , hear . ) If they required veritable sympathy and support , they must look for it amongst their own order , and look neither to middle nor upper class , but band themselves together , determinedly bent on obtaining their full rights and privileges . In their agitation , let them remember that the comparative failure in France had resulted from the ignorance of her citizens of their social rights , which caused the provinces to act against the capital . Then let them make themsel ves acquainted with their social rights , and so long as they could use hand , tongue , or pen , let them never cease agitating until they were m full _possession of political rihts and
g social privileges . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . J . J . Bezer was now introduced by the chairman , and was greeted with great cheering . He said , he was a most grateful man , tho Whigs had been very very kind to him , and he exhibited his gratitude by attending the veryfirst Chartist meeting after his liberation . ( Laughter . ) His eighty-six weeks confinement had not reformed him , except it had changed his mind a little ; when he went to prison he thought his principles were ri ght , but now he was sure they were . ( Cheers . ) A brother radical had met him coming to that meeting , and shook him cordially by the hand , and asked him did he mean to cause the meeting to laugh ? He hoped the meeting would rememberthat , although eighty-six
weeks incarceration had not broken his heart , yet he could not conceive that Newgate's sombre walls were calculated to enliven liis spirits or make him gay —( hear , hear )—more especially when he remembered he had left their honest uncompromising friend ( John Shavr ) immured within its walls ; He had heard , too , ( what should he , as a loyal man , call them . ) wicked speeches . He was not a learned man , although he had been called to the bar—( laughter )—and when there , his learned brother , her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , had said , pointing to hira ( Mr . Bezer , ) " The prisoner has positively offered to sell Lord John Russell a pike—a pike , yes , gentlemen , a pike . " ( Roars of laughter . ) All , it was easy for them to laugh , but allow him to say it
put all the old ladies in court into a state of " Terroris extremis . " ( Increased laughter . ) Well , he had told them that he was not a learned man , hut he had searched Johnson , En tick , and others , and had there found that a pike was a fish , and of course , by a parity of reasoning , a fish was a pike . ( Laughter . ) Well , as they all knew he was a City merchant , he dealt in fish , and , of course , merchant-like , wished to have the patronage of the first Minister of the Crown ; but instead of giving him ( Mr . Bezer ) an order for the pike , he had given him an order for the " Stone Jug . " ( Laughter and applause . ) When there , he had been visited by the magistrates ; one in particular said : —• ' Oh , you are Bezer—you are a fool—I don ' t pity you—you not only get yourself
into trouble , but you endeavour to get others into trouble by your talk—ah , ' twas lucky for you that you did not attempt to march from Kennington Common , for I suppose you were there , or you would all have been annihilated , for I had command ofthe bridges ; one did come roaring out , I am a Chartist—brandishing his stick—I took it from him and threw it into the water ; can I do any thing for you ? " Yes , he wished to see his wife— " for what reason ? " Because he was- a husband and father . ( Loud cheers . ) " Oh ! that ' s no reason . " Four times had this " Commander of Bridges" visited him and repeated the same tale ; but he hoped
the meeting would not think the " Commander " was Mr . Alderman Farebrotber . ( Loud laughter . ) He trusted he was addressing thvee parties merged into one ; viz ., Chartists , Socialists , and Republicans ; and he conceived that any one who attempted to create disunion was a rascal . He knew he wns not speaking much to the resolution ; but since he had been out of prison he had not seen many papers , as he had been busily engaged looking after home and his family . ( Cheers . ) He knew they were called queer names sometimes , but some how or other , they possessed natural affections notwithstanding , but he trusted for the future to make amends . Mr . Bezer then called for tliree
cheers for John Shaw , which were heartily given , and resumed his seat greatly applauded . Mr . Sue said , he did not stand there to oppose the resolution ; he admired the Charter , and had been a member of the _National Union of the Working Classes , from whom some of them had sprung . The chairman had intimated that the Charter League was going for the little Charter , leaving the People ' s Charter in perspective ; but no one had ever said so . He and the Charter League contended , that Chartism would be facilitated by anything the Parliamentary Reformers might gain . ( Oh ! oh and laughter . ) Ho believed , that if the Parliamentarians gained what tliey were seeking that the
Charter would follow in six months . ( Oh ! oh ! Laughter , and derisive cheers . ) Why , those who were admitted to the franchise now must be ofthe poorer classes , as every person paying four shillings and sixpence per week rent now , could have the franchise if tbey liked . ( No , no . ) Working men might even improve their sanitory condition , by taking ± ' 50 houses conjointly—each apartment of the clear value of £ 10—giving the vote . Again , that portion of the middle classes called shopkeepers , were interested in the working men getting better wages . ( Shouts of derisive cheers and laughter ) Why , would not they have more money to spend with them ? ( Derisive cheers and laughter . )
Mr . _Ew . _ioi said he had been opposed to theParliamentarians from the first , believing as he did that the middle classes lived entirely on what they wrung from the industrial class . ( Cheers . ) Hence he called on all to join the Xation . il Charter Association . Let those who produced all be firm , and stand together ; and , whilst they support tailors , shoemakers , printers , <& e ., in tlieir associations , still keep pushing onwards , and , depend upon it , home colonics would follow . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously .
Mr . Stallwood rose to move the second resolution as follows : — " That this meeting is of opinion that a government fully possesses the means to carry out the organisation of productive labour , not only so far as regards the production of property , but also to guarantee to the producers a fair share of such production ; and this meeting pledges itself not to lose si g ht of so important a question , but to agitate and discuss thc same , so that in the event of a government being elected on the principles of pure democracy , the question may be fully understood , and speedily put into practice . " Mr . Stallwood said he was most happy to propose that resolution . The political one had preceded it , and was the " means : " the one he now proposed was !?
social one , which was the " end . " His friend- ( if he would permit him to call him so ) Mr . Side had said he had belonged to the National Union of the Working Classes . He ( Mr . Stallwood ) had also belonged to that body . This being so , Mr . Side had then been a political and social reformer , as the declaration of rights embodied in the rules of that defunct association would show ; and lie ( Mr . Stallwood ) hoped Mr . Side would soon retrace his steps , and be again a social as well as a political reformer . ( Cheers . ) It seemed somewhat extraordinary to him how Mr . Side could have fallen into so many errors . He had told them that « ' any occupier of a house , ofthe clear yearly value of-ElO , could have a vote if he liked . " Now , he ( Mr . Stallwood ) would
like to possess a vote ; yet , although he rented a house of the clear yearly value of £ 10 , hehad not , or eould not , under present circumstances , obtain thc vote . —( hear , )—and his was by no means a singular case ; no person who resided either in Fulham , Hammersmith , Kensington , or Chelsea , could have a vote , unless possessed of the county qualification . ( Hcav , hear . ) Again Mr . Side had said , houses of £ 50 a year rent , could be taken _conjoint _' v , and each " clear £ 10 wou'd g ive a vote . Now " it was known that with the exception ot places let out as chambers , landlords would not let houses in the way described , but simply to individuals , and if the landlord resided on the premises , why his residenceas had been decided over and
, over again , damnified the rights of all the lodg ers . ( Hear , hear . ) Then Mr . Side had asserted that thc middle class shopkeepers were interested in the workmen getting better wages , when it was a well known fact that the workman got as much as ho rould for his labour , and the employer gave as little as possible . ( Hear . ) Besides , did not common souse now say to the workman—you have worked Ion ** - enough for others , co-operate , and divide thc Kdiolc profits arising from labour amongst the producers ? ( Cheering . ) Mr . Stallwood then gave a " description of the reception of the working classes Kelorm
at a recent Parliamentary and Financial dinner ; shewed the difference between the little and great Charter ; illustrated the progress oi socialism as evinced in the progress of the tailors , shoemakers ' , printers ' , etc ., etc ., co-operative societies , and urged them onward in the good work . Mr . Stallwood resumed his scat amidst great applause . Mr . _Milmb , in seconding the resolution , said it contained the great nnd all-moving principle of social reform—( hear , hear)—and he believed , if tbey onco got a tasto of the blessings of co-operation , it would make them better Chartists , aB they would have the _yote to protect it , ( Uoar , hear . ) A gen *
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. - _£ an _--i _£# - atha _il » at * a ' P _? _eceding-meetinghad-said "'The _mtesrmd something more . " _WhaSmoro ? He _appr-ji-endedby this time the gentleman comprehended tho something more meant social . wants . ( Loud _cheerg . ) Forei gn politics had been deprecated ,-I )*** forei gn politics had taught him much ; he had _aeen how matters stood in France from a want of tbe _$ npwledge of social rights , and he had determined _tdTlo .. his best to prevent such a catastrophe here , ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously .
Messrs . Bishop , _BENj _tEr , and other friends fromthe city-iocaUty- came forward and sungthe " Ma ? - sellaise ; amidst rapturous applause . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the * Chairman ; three cheers were given for Ernest Jonesr and the other victims' now incarcerated ; three _cheers for the Charter , and our social rights . £ 1 bs . _10 d . was collected at the doors as the meeting broke-up , and we leamitfiatria " gentleman also presented 10 s . on the _platfcfei'Tbus peaceably , _though _. ioyousl y _^ ended thefirst _an'd & wfc . enthusiastic meeting convened- b y the Provisional Committe in South London .
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OVF _. RFLOWING MEETING AT THE JOHN STREET INSTITUTION , ON BEHALF OF THE INCARCERATED POLITICAL VICTIMS ,, CONVENED BY THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE : OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER . ASSOCIATION . -I ¦ _Mz ¦ ¦ _¦*¦ ¦ _" % _t _? '¦ " ¦ "• . ¦ _. ¦'•" fK'X ' _- ' _.-i i ¦ 5 >* " - "" _Tueso " _aF * _ewija _# _^ Apiil v 23 rd _, _having been , set apart for the _^ ictiroi / at m _' early tio % tne " Ha "'" wa 9 filled to _overflowing . Mr . J . Arnott was unanimously called to the chair , and briefl y opened the proceedings b y announcing tbat thirteen of their liberated brethren , who had passed the fiery ordeal , were restored to
them , and now stood on that platform . ( Immense cheering . ) H <* would call on Mr . Ruffy to move the following resolution : —•' That thia meeting is of opinion that imprisonment , or any other punishment , for the expression of political sentiments is a gross violation of thal freedom of speech , which is one othe recognised rights of tbe people ; and this meet ing is further of belief , that it is the duty , of the people to labour unceasingly for the liberation of their friends , and the abrogation of those unjust enactments under which they were imprisoned , with the view of preventing future outrages upon the right of public discussion , "
Mr . Ruffy said , they were there to-night to protest against a government illegally constituted . They were there to protest against the harshness with which their brethren had been treated . They were there to protest against the violation of justice that had been committed ; and they were there to bear witness to the heroic virtues of their liberated brethren . ( Great cheering . ) He believed there was not a friend to jus : ice or freedom hut would agree to that resolution * They met in that Hall , night after night , to discuss remedies , simply because they found their fellow men oppressed , and nearly destitute ofthe requirements of life . ( Hear , bear . ) Last night he was informed that a gentleman was
lecturing in that Hall on arts and sciences , connected with what was termed the great exposition of industry for 1851 . He thought the greatest of all science , was the science of government . Now , could he have his way , be would have a space in the building set apart , and call it the Ark of Government ; in the centre of which he would have placed a certain little lady ( of course he did not mean the Queen of these realms , ) surrounded by all the tinsel and gew-gaw of the Court , and place over the head of the wax figure a large label , inscribed with the cost per day , which , summed up . makes per annum the gross total of £ 385 , 000 . True , he should be at some loss to describe the figure represented by the model .
Perhaps it would not be appropriate to designate it " chief creator of sinners . " Immediately opposite , be would have the model of a prince , ( a foreign one of course . ) with his cost £ 30 , 000 per annum , labelled conspicuously , and his designation should be ' second chief , creator of sinners . " Facing these be would have placed a distressed needle woman , whose hard toil was _requited by 2 _§ d . per day . In another corner he would have the bench of Bishops , with their crosiers , mitres , and lawn , inscribed with " cost ten millions per annum . " ( Hear , hear . ) _Facing these he would have placsd some of the unfortunate creatures driven to prostitution , and over these be would have placed a label , " effect of State
Christianiiy . " ( Loud cheers . ) Again , facing these be would have a picture of _csntented workmen , following rational employment—wives and children in back grounds '—with school rooms , pleasure grounds _, libraries , & o _., and , as a companion picture , he would have men , women and children , free from care , witb pleasure and wisdom depicted in their _countenances , happiness reigning in their bosoms , revelling on the green sward in their leisure hours . Over these he would have inscribed , "Socialism as it shall be under the glorious rule of the People ' s Charter . '' ( Immense and long continued applause . ) It was now son-iethinc * like twenty vears since he
commenced in the movement , and he had seen little or no real _progress , and it was time that they commerced to do something practical * . this could only he effected by the discussion of their social rights . ( Hear , hear . ) Social rights would bring the land hack to those to whom it naturally belonged , viz ., the whole people . ( Loud cheers . ) How came it that _tht-se men , who were just liberated , had been confined ? Simply , because * they attempted to awaken the feeling of the people to a sense of their just rights . He had very great pleasure in submit _, ting that resolution to their consideration . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . T . Brown , in seconding the resolution said The principal purpose of their meeting to night was to memorialise the government for the release o ' those political prisoners still in confinement , and whose treatment was most scandalous , ami which was a clear judication that the Chartists had not done tbeir duty . ( Hear . ) Some of those man recentl y liberated , had , for the cause , _sacrificed home , friend ? , employment , etc ., and one or two of them were in that _mest unenviable _pesition of having no home to go to , —( hear)—whilst from 'be long absence of husbands and fathers , some of the homes of others were reduced to be nearly as desolate as the gloomy cells from which they had
just emerged . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought it their duty not onl y to send one but many memorials . ( Hear , hear . ) He had beard expressions fall from noble lords much stronger than any for which Bezer and others had been convicted , whicb clearly proved it to be a party affair . ( Hear , hear . ) The men had been treated most harshly in prison , and it was high time tbat they aroused themselves on behalf of their incarcerated suffering fellow men . ( Cheers . ) Beit remembered , that those men were not virtually criminals , theirs were only political crimes , and insucb cases what were denominated as great crimes and misdemeanours lo day , ware extolled as great and most heroic virtues to-morrow . ( Loud cheers . )
The Ci * aii * j'a \ now introduced Mr . J . J . Bezer , one of the liberated victims , who was greeted with a most rapturous welcome . IIo said : On tho 28 th of July , 1848 , he was on the platform of the Milton-street Institution , but at the samo date in 1819 , he found himself in quite a different place . And why ? because he had spoken freely , and he meant what he then said . ( Hear . ) IIo recollected one sentence he had uttered to the government reporters ; it was— " Thoy were there , not because ho feared the government , but because the government feared the uneducated costermonger , " —( great cheering)—and his saying had been verified . When brother Shaw got out he should have a talc to tell theni . ( Three cheers was called for , and heartily given , for Jolni Shaw . ) On tho occasion some of
his friends had advised him to go out of the way , and he had taken himself to Highnate ; only five persons knew where he was , and one of thom had proved a Judas , hy selling the secret for sixty pieces of copper—yes , for five shillings . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , he was arrested , tried , as it was called , " and convicted , of course ; and what was he charged witli ? Why , conspiring against Her Majesty , hor crown , and dignity . ( Laughter . ) Now , really , he had never mentioned the little lady ' s name ; but he had told the people , they—the producers of wealth—wero respectablo ; of course this was seditious—truth and sedition being synonimous terms . ( Loud cheers . ) "" Veil , he was now out of prison , in mind and principle a wiser man than when ho went in , —( cheers)—and to use a lady ' s expression— ' * He , was as well _aq could he
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e _^ cted / ' _^ iau- _^ ter )—and so fife ought to'be ' i considering that in eighty-six _wes _& s he had swallowed , upon a' itviy computation , . t / hree hogsheads of fllsiljy ., . ( Laughter . ) Well , it- appeared thai Popes-ran away ,, _JSttgs had ' their whiskers shaved off , — ( laughter)—and * stand ye f * n »> for the poet has written—' "Mitres- and Thrones from this world shall be hurfed ,. And Peace and _Bi-otfierhood through She universe prevail . " : _Bronte-mb-O'Bribw was next introduced amidst iapplause , and said , thef ? rst thing ho _hadsto do was jto congratulate them on ? having a bnke ?' 8 _'dozen of ¦ the liberated _' , viet ! ii | i' _' :. ; pi _* esent ~( _loud _cheeri _^ _M ¦ it was a great ; _pleasure-te- . knbw that they liad _' _cpmel
jout .. better men than they ' went in . It _TO _^ pJfMMK ling ; to know that _persecution '' and im ' p _> ii _§ hn « _ne had failed in damping thett * energies for _the-EeSple ' s ' Charter . ( _Cheeus . ) Their friend- Shaw , and their gallant young friend Ernest Jones , and- th e- * other ' . martyrs , were imprisoned , for their excess er _^ irtue . Free Traders had attended meetings—made speeches —and murder had ensued , ; , but those men h $ d hot been treated aa-Ernest Joaes was ; and . why ?" —because that patriot had been tried by . _vWbig government , and middle class- vamp ' ti'es . ( ehoevs . ) Ho-. (( Mr . O'Brien ) , was a main who could see" ! far _inio _> the future . Their friend Bezer had told fchem that kings had had them whiskers shaved o _^; ' . aiid he prophesied , their head *; would follow their _w-liis " - kers , ( Loud _^ cheer- * - . ) f tl © thought _tluvt violent
speeches ( attnough _he-drd-not anticipate any ) would injure , not benefit , their cause . It was not only hc _* 5 | _83 ary _^ thit _^ the twelve _hundred persona _present-BtiOBlfeBttfJW lions out of doors , and how ' to _gelatthelPf _^ n _^ as a subject worthy of consideration . He would ' most respectfully and deferentially call thb attention of Harney , Vernon , and their other friends , to the matter , with a view of . finding a remedy . Oh ! . he wished he could show them a letter from their friend Leyne in Paris , addressed to the Irishman , in which he-asked his countrymen not to confine themselves to Universal Suffrage , but to direct their
attention to their social rights . ( Cheers . ) And he wished he could induce his and their friend Harney to say what he meant by that " something more " than the Charter . The National Reform League had endeavoured to explain what it meant by social rights . Its members had issued seven resolutions , which resolutions would-be stereotyped in Manchester , Glasgow , and London . So much confidence did the friends of the Reform League placo in the principles contained in those resolutions , that they had resolved , if possible , to get thirty millions of them distributed in Europe —( loud cheers)—fifteen millions of them on the continent . His wish was that those resolutions should he discussed as a means to
obtain social rights . He wished his and their friend Harney would lend his assistance in inducing his continental friends to translate and circulate the principles of those resolutions , placing them in the hands of those who are now activel y engaged preparing the mighty future . ( Great cheering . ) Anybody might make a profession of Chartism or Republicanism . Even Louis Napoleon called himself a Republican * , and well he mieht , seeing thatthe Republic had given him six millions of votesthereby making him the first man in Prance , whereas nature had made him the last . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) Mr . O'Brien concluded by making an eloquent appeal to the meeting to give liberally to tho Victim Fund , seeing that the victims had sacrificed so largely for them , and resumed his seat much applauded . Mr . W . J . _Veunon said , he felt much pleasure in supporting that resolution , especially as ho found himself—right and left—surrounded by tliose who hnd recently been liberated from prison . ( Hear . )
He contended that punishment should never be inflicted unless it had a tendency to prevent a recurrence of the crime for which it was inflicted . Well , just suppose that in _18-1 S they had attempted to overthrow the government , tho only punishment justice and wisdom would havo inflicted , would have been an attempt to convince the insurgents of the error of their ways ; but nothing of the sort had ever been attempted , but recurrence to brute force had been freely indulged in . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Brien had said , all the men had come out better Chartists . Speaking from his own experience he said , tliey had all como out much more than Chartists , and this would ever be the case ; where brutality was practised it never could induce love , but must engender deep and deadly hate . ( Hear , hear . ) As the only piece of advice he was likely to offer Sir G . Grey , in a civil way , he said , try kindness , and if that failed give up the point . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Brien had asked , what was meant hy something more than thc Charter ? and had commended seven
resolutions issued by tho Reform League . He ( Mr . Vernon ) had not seen the seven resolutions , but would make it a point to do so , and consider them minutel y , and if he found them to contain a full measure of social rights , he would do all in his power to circulate them and insure their adoption in practice . ( Cheers . ) What ho meant by something more was , m plain terms , " that tho producer of wealth should enjoy the full measure of such produce . " ( Loud choers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously .
Julian _TJahnev , who , on coming forward was received with grant applause , said : lie should consider ifc out of place to say much on any other subject than the ono pointedly before them , viz ., that of the memorial he was ' about to propose on behalf of their incarcerated brethren . ( Hear . ) But , nevertheless ho would say , in reply to the observations of Mr . O'Brien ' , that his ( Mr . Harney ' s ) " somethingmore" included the seven excellent resolutions of Mr . O'Brien , and still something more . ( Great cheering . ) He then read thc following memorial—To tlie llight Hon . Sir George Grey , ITer Majesty ' s Secretary of State , this Memorial , adopted at a Public _Aieetinjr , held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-snuare ,
She'vetii that the memorialists have experienced great satisfaction from the exercise ofthe Government ' s clemency in liberating from prison some of the persons who , in the year 1813 , were convicted of sedition , aud other political offences . They deplore , however , that the Government has not extended the same humane consideration and mitigation of punishment to others , who still remain in penal confinement , in consequence of convictions on similar charges . The memorialists , therefore , earnestly and respectfully cntreat the Government , to enliirgo the sphere of their mercy , and to restore to liberty 1 ' niest Charles Jones , Joseph J . J . Fussell , John Sliaiv , Peter Murray _M'Douiill . Francis Looney , and the others now sulVeving imprisonment in various gaols in many parts of the kingdom , for the expression of their political opinions . Tlie memorialists beg leave to give the assurance that by restoring these men to their homes , tlie Government will secure to themselves the gratitude of their families and friends' the esteem ofthe humane , and the approbation of tlie great body of the _ivorising classes .
Signed on behalf of the meeting , , John _AitNorr _, Chairman . A gentleman in the body of the meeting asked why thc name of Mitchel was not included in the memorial ? Juliax Harney repliod that the memorial was founded on the liberation of their friends en the platform , but ho bejrged to sny that they had not forgotten the glorious patriot Mitchel , and ho and his colleagues would at any timo work with their Irish brethren to obtain the freedom of that heroic man , and the other noblo spirits who are suffering for ther devotion to long oppressed Ireland . ( Much applause . ) [ Press of matter compels the omission of Mr . Harney's speech . ]
Mr . Walter _Coor-nn , on being announced , was greeted with a most cordial welcome . He said he ' thought tho best thing he could do at that late hour was , simply to second the resolution and resume his scat . ( Loud cries of " No , no . " ) Well , then , he would say a few words . Their friend Harney had alluded to their late and respected fiioiul _, Henry Hetherington , who sometimes entertained them with an anecdote of a farmer , who called his poultry together , to ask them what sauce they would like to be eaten with , at which thoy clapped their wings , and cried " bravo , " with the exception ofa young cock , which Mr . Henry _Hcthciington called the Chartist cock , and he declined to bo eaten at all . "Ah , " said the farmer , " that ' s not tho question . " " Yes , " _sitid the cock , " that ' s the vital question to me . " ( Loud cheers . ) It waa too often the way with the people—that they _oftwi cheered before they at
knew wh , they were cheering for . TUo people sought justice , which all the privileged classes ol tyranny could never entirely eradicate from their minds . ( Loud cheers . ) Hehad often been amused by the cries of tlie party of " Order and Religion , " put forward to excite aud prejudice tho . minds of the people against progression . First they had " The Church in Danger , " but this had become sta > , » n _«' the people would no _lo'isrer rally to it . Tho second was , " The Throne in *" l ) anger _, " this had proved very powerful . Thojudgo who had tried Thomas Muir , had said— "TlioEnglish constitution was the best that ever was ov ever would he established . However , they did not think so . Well , another cry was " Familv , Property and Order ; " this was taken up in Fiance , and was finding its way hero : Family was quite right , everybody felt affection for the human family ; but he maintained , that none had »
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if _^ dald _^ _nabl _^ one . family _. _tcswpllpw up the blood : andrin'trro _¥ "'< _Jr otlier families" ;; "" Mr '~ Cooper here _t quoted .- ' n ' _- " _plragrttpfi . ' : 'froin one of Mr . James ' s novels—showing that there was but little difference _between ; tho' kings 1 bf the earth and those of merry : _Shefwoodj ; _exdept that the - "Robin Hooda ¦ were _. the best . _^ This : v ; ery ' . apposite _^ A ' i agrapli elicited the most ihearty _^ _appiiiuae . - -He did-not think it right , jn ofder ; to _keej rip . famil y _>' " that tho Duke of Bedford _. _shOuldholjl . _JapdfcglY . eh'him-for dubious services , b £ ' Henry Yfti ' : _^ _hibitf by-thc-b ' y , Henry had . no ' -cighfi'to _'^ _prppi _* _*^ and X $£ MhW _^ " jji _' _j-jy _' _T ' _i'ftf _^ _"**¦ ' - ' quoted .- ' n _^" _plragrttpfi . ' : froin one of Mr . James ' s _novelfi-T-showing that there was but little difference ha _^ _w < jnH _tk , vlrin « a : »\ f thi * eni'th and those "of " merrv
iP P :. * heW / fouM _^^ great talents _$ M _# _fc _« nal _"ted _^ gt e _*^ r _;^ s 8 eiJ ( ed _^ ( Hear , _hean ) : "Ems question of _^ property ;; mi _gto _^ w " i , a _£ _MW ; - _ato _^ _WW _& W _^ _y _& _3 _& ti _$ 2 _&' AH besides land-was {* e ; _M 8 ult , _^ n T ° _\ _^ _wwng _, . whe ' n ; _Ke- ' said , prop _«* ty was theft . Heheld that'the _Nairasine ; aiid his disciples were ¦ _q-ate right in d ' eelaring •« That he wfaj would nofc work neither should he eat . " ( Great applause , ) When he was-asked wli-vfrl _» o meant by " -the Charter and _Bomethiug more / - " he distinctly said—he ; meant God ' s earth for © sd ' s _creaturea—pro perty for thoso who produce * it , ( Great chesunur i Tfc _^ g
was * cant and humbug to tell tho people- they wera intelligent , when * they are not . He gloried ifi _Uronten-o O'Brien- telling _ths-m that much required I to- be done in tha- way or _insfcmction . A better _illuatmtioh of this could not be * given than the-know ? ledge ,, that a- body of boot andi shoemakers had'been _^^ the _; Btrik % _jJ _^ pvn _£ _theiKittten _^ out of WOrkvfbr & 'i _^^ ine _^' _aiS- _«* _$ _0 _'<» f' _^ _$$ H . . and ; now- they were * _fP _* "S _^ $ P _4 > ° ¦ _-, ' to * tbeir wbrk j , w . 8 rie ; _men . thaft when ( _W _^ _pW-aiffii / . Me _^ _-heai' . _^' - _Another b ' odV of the ' ¦ jain _» itraae " : _A- _* ff _*» 8 * . _jtwu-fc _... to , _^ their , example . " _^ iry _^ j _^ _pig _p _^ _gUir _tlius ? Why not work _fpV _tnemselyes _^ profits ? ' Why , with the snme hipMnt ' of capital , the tailors had
rescue * n- number or _fiheir lei lows-trom poverty ana wretehednoss , and ! seb an ; . example to the world . I ? Two branches of shoemakers Had done tho samethe needle-women _^ had followed ' 3 uit , and tha builders ) - _**? ere . _meeimgeve _^ _- y ni g _hjto see how they could effecf a _sjmilar object ; : ( Loiid cheers . ) Mr . _GfcRALttMASSira ' said , ; _T-8 (>"» _yeara ago the > Christ of Nazareth preached Eq . uality and Fraternity ,: _butthe-l'hftrisees-bf that day shouted out _^ _; _"'away with him- _^ _rucifi- * him . " KSenzi had found -men ignoaint enough to persecute him ; and even at this- day . Ernest ; Jones was being tortured out o . _VxisteniBe , _^ _iThis true _poefc-of labo-iu * -. had thought ,.
havebeen prepared . Ho had * hoped that the ' spirit ; of Leonidas still prevailed , but misery and degradation had done their work ; the peoplo in _by-lanea and kick alleys had fallen a prey to priests , who preached of gods of _wi-ath , and of hells of torture as though they were tlie devil ' s own salamanders but the day would come when thrones and _aristocracies would no-longer hang as millstones abouC their- necks . ( Loud cheers . ) The memorial was- then put , and adopted by acclamation .
Mr . Harney , in moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , passed a high eulogy io the-memories of Williams and Sharp ,. aud made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the VKiiUams and Sharp > Widow and Orphans' Fund . The- vote of thanks was carried by acclamation . Tliree cheers were-then given for _"Ei-nest Jones , ' * three for the " Chanter and Social Eights , " threo for _thecandiduturc-of _' '" Eugene _S ? ue , " and the meeting then quietly dispersed . Four pounds ten shillings vrerc collected at the door , and several members enrolled in . the Association .
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HUGH _STOWELL AXD MB . FOX'S BILL FOR A SYSTEM OF SECULAR _EDUCATION . TO THE _EDM & B OF THE _KORTnSSX STAR . Sib , —I am constrained to address this note to you in consequence of the disgraceful conduct of tnB Stowell party at the Free _" Trade Hall on Tuesday night , April the _ISth . For five days- the walla were placarded with an announcement that a public meeting would be held in the above-Hall to adopt a peiition against Mr . Fox ' s motion ,, calling on the government -to reject tbat motion ; admittance by ticket only . On seeing this , those opposed to Mr . Stowell ' s scriptural education , and . in favour of Mr . Fox ' s bill , commenced running for tickets . Before Saturday , at seven o ' cloek , upwards of ten thousand tickets were distributed , and the Stowell party had not any . loft for tlie supply of the Sunday schools and churches . So says the Stowell party , we roust
alter this or v ; e aro done ; we rc-asc have another set struck off , alter the type a little , and set up a cry that there are forged tickets abroad , as a pretence to exclude till but our own party . The meeting was announced for seven o ' clock , but before _lialf- _^ past six the streets round the Free Trade Hall were-30 crammed that it was a difficult matter for the coaches and other vehicles to pass , and the doors we ? e opened long before the stated time When the doors were opened out rushed a iiumbw of police , —I should say there could not be less that eight at every doorway , — -vho commenced examin ing the tickets of the parties as tliey went in so thas they could pack tiie meeting with their own sort ; and to a gteat many was put thequestion , " aro you favourable to our views or not ! " before thev
would admit them with any ticket , nnd this was to be called a public meeting of thc inhabitants of Manchester . I had a ticket of each sou , but they would not admit me with one or the other , so you see the rascality of the black slugs and their followers . I understand that the numbers inside were about six thousand : nnd when they came to the vote thc numbers were so near equal that the chairman , Canon Stowell , stated it was a difficult matter to decide , although he gave it as his opinion thac they had the majority . But there was also a great amount of cruelty displayed by the police of this city . When tlie persons addrcssin _* : the meetingstated things which wore not true , with _rejjard to Mr . J . Watts , M . de St . Hilare _, M . A ., and ether individuals , a number of men in tlio body of the Hall having sufficient courage to give vent to their feelings by shouting that tho statement was false ,
wero taken and beat by tho police to such an extent , that blood poured down their faces in all directions , and they were put out of the meeting .. One respectable young man ,, named Scholefield , living in Great Jackson-street , Ilulme , was beat to sucb an extent that he had to be taken ! ome i : i a cab . While tlio Stowell party , assisted Uy the police , were perpetrating those perfidious and unchristianliko acts inside the Hall , wc were not wasting time outside , much to the credit of ill " . J . Ii . Coopw , of Bridge-street , ( who procured a large cart ) , Dr . Watts , Dr . Story , and M . de St . Ililiiiro . _\"> ' e had two glorious meetings outside , not packed , but meetings in tlie open air . One was held in St . Peter ' s-square , and was addressed by Mr . Story , cf Salford , Dr . Watts , and Mr . J . tt . Cooper ; a petition was adopted in favour of Mr . Fox's _motion , and carried unanimously . There could not havo
been less than two or three thousand persons present at this meeting , and there was not the least opposition . Finding that _thej-o was a few thousand persons round the Free Trade Hall , we came to the conclusion of holding : i second mooting in _Korthstreet and that part of Peter-street that surrounds the Free Trade Hall ; there could not have been less than seven thousand indivithufts present . The numbers wore so great that it was a difficulty for the speakers to make _thcra . _- clves hoard at the moro distant parts of tho _mcoting . Tho _s-pcakers were
Dr . Story , Dr . J . Watts , Mr . J . H . Cooper , M . de St . Iiihliic _, and a young man who had been carried out ofthe meeting in thc Hall , whose mime I could not catch . A similar petition to that at the other meeting , in favour of W . J . Fox ' s _motu-n , was adopted , which was _endorsed , signed , and sent for presentation to tho Ilouse of Commons . I enclose you the two tickets for your inspection , and I think you will say with me that it was a most disgraceful affair . I am , Sir , Manchester . Leigh Cleave ,
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FRAME WORK-KNITTERS . For some time past the Framework-Knitters of Nottin ghamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire , have been _oi-ganisecl for tbe protection of their Inborn- , and ,, thanks to their union , they succeeded for a time in raising their wages , and putting an end to some of the rascally practices of the " middle men . " Of late , tho _manufaetuioi's have boon doing their utmost to destroy their union , by forcing the men into strikes . At'loast ] , G 0 't > _fi-amess have _" " boen stopped in the _liOtlisties of ISottinghani and Derby . This is in tlie glovss branch alone , and at least 2 , 500
work-people are out of employment . On Monday last , a meeting -of four thousand people was held in the _Markec-pi-ieo . fit "Xotiiueham , in support of thoso on striko . We understand that some of the men are liktlv to be out collecting subscriptions , and we advise t ' _as t thi v sheuld be provided with books , setting forth , on oificinl terms , their authority to receive mwaey . This _preoiation is necessary , to secure tho _tnida against _bein- Injured by the _fiaeris of impostor-. It is t » he _hocett that the trmlta , _sml working classes _yenerally i > f the Midland __ Counties , will _uive their ' _fratcvunl aid and pecuniary support to thoir brethren—tho sorelv-used _frismeworlv-kuitters .
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I ¦ ii | " ¦ " ¦ Hull ! - ' " — _LimsnTY ov Sr _« Ecii is Scotland . —Messrs . Sleigh and Kussell , who were lined ut Edinburgh lately because they had thought St to move an amendment to a _resolution put hy the Lrrd _Provsst at a meeting on the Affinity Bill , have had a grand soiree given them , in which several notable persons _spt-ke against the existing laws which fettv rlibevty of _spe-ici Messrs . Sleuh and Russell are _determined to obtain all _possible redress by law . The O pinion Publique states that the submarine olectric telegraph between Dover and Calais is tb be opened to the public on the 4 th of May , the anniversary at" tho proclamation ofthe Fremiti _BejuiWU b . v the . Constituent _AaBomVi . v .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 27, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27041850/page/1/
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