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THE NORTHERN STAR
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Moxdat. (Continued fro...
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The Northern Star
THE NORTHERN STAR
House Of Commons.—Moxdat. (Continued Fro...
HOUSE OF COMMONS . _—Moxdat . ( Continued from our Sixth Page , ) and c ruelty on the part of the Poor Law Commissioners exceedim ; anything that bad yet been heard of , and more fatal in its consequences ? Would he aid him ( Mr . Fielden ) in bringing to light the conduct of the commissioners , thsir assistants , and their _correspondpondents , with regard to the sending of labouring peop le from the _southern counties into the northern factories ? Would he make them produce their _corlespondt-nce , and would he make them render an account of the thousands ( there were upwards of ten thousand ) that were made the victims of the " migration" scheme ? He wanted the whole of the correspondence , not the commi ssioners' garbled extracts . He wanted to know where the remnant of their victims vera now to be fonnd _; bow many tbey bad sent down , bow many had died , how many they had sent back , and the condition of those that remained . If the Right Hon . Barenet would aid him in that , there was matter enongh to be brought to light , and he did not see how he could refuse hia aid in that matter , if he really thought the commissioners were of use in bringing to light the cruel treatment of the poor . But , until this aid were given to him , and the commissioners made to account to Parliament for these poor emigrants , he would not consent to pass a bill which proposed to conthine their existence one hour . ___ Mr . Lawson , who rose amid a loud call foT a division , defended those who opposed the bid from being actuated by any " vulgar" pandering to the popular feeling on the subject The House then divided , when there appeared , For Mr . Buncombe ' s motion 37 Against it 156 Majority for going into Committee en the BUI _1 W The House then went into Committee , and Mr . Wakxet moved the postponement of the first clause , which enac ts that the period of duration of the Poor Law Commission shall be for five years . His object in proposing the postponement was to get the provisions of the bill settled , and the power of the Commissioners defined , before the period of duration of the Commission was decided en . He supported bis _motion by a speech against the _JTew Poor Law , warning the House against the consequences which be dreaded from tbe passing of the hill . Sir Jajies _Ghahah protested against the language used by the opponents of the bill , and the harsh accusations which they indiscriminately dealt out to its supporters , who were of all parties , Tory , Whig , and Radical The workhouse test was by no means a novelty , as was contended ; it waa distinctly provided for in the 9 th Geo . I ., whose provisions had been relaxed in 1796 , in consequence of prevailing distressa relaxation wbich contributed mainly to the extension of those abuses , wbich it was the object of the New Poor law Act to remedy , and which , in remedying them , did so by a return to old principles . The maintenance of the Poor Law Commission was the keystone to the bilL Mr . Edwakd Bdlles showed that the primitive Poor Law Acts of Elizibeth were far from deserving the credit for humane consideration for the poor which was usually ascribed to them . Mr . Benett opposed the extreme powers given by the Bill to the Poor Law Commissioners . As a possessor of the soil , he felt that he had duties to perform towards those whose labours contributed to his wealth and comfort , and he did not wish to evade his share of responsibility . Though he conld not make np his mind as to the actual continuance cf the Commission , he would vote for the pestponement of the chmse . Mr . Rice was satisfied as to the wisdom and policy of having a central controlling power in the administration of the law . Mr . S . Wohxlet supported Mr . Wakley ' s amendment , as did also Captain Pechell . After some explanation from Sir James Graham , Mr . Cabdwell pleaded for the postponement of the clause , on the ground that it was unfair to ask them to come to a decision on the continuance of the Commission , until they saw what would be the character of the Bill . Mr . Darby thought that the entire subject of the Poor Laws should come from time to time under the revision of Parliament . Mr . _ThoMaS DdncOMbe quoted from tbe debates of last year , showing that on the Bill brought in by the late Government , Sir Edward Knatchbull had made a motion of a nature precisely similar to that of Mr . Wakley _' _s on the present occasion , and which the Paymaster of tha Forces . had supported on similar grounds . Admitting that Sir Edward might have good reasons &> r changing his opinions , he thought that Sir Robert Peel must have been actuated by a little sly malice in putting Sir Edward ' s name on the back of the present Bill , as one of those by whom it was bronght in . Sir Edward Knatchbull vindicated his consistency , on the ground that the present Bill was of a mere modified nature than the Bill of last session . Some further explanation passed between Mr . Thos . Buncombe and Sir Edward Knatchbull . Mr . Philip Howakd supported the New Poor Law . Fart of its unpopularity arose from the use of terms by the Commissioners which had the appearance of harshness . Mr . Waeley replied ; and on a division ids amendment was rejected by 206 to 74 . Mr . B . Wood proposed an amendment having for its object the abolition of the system of _assistantcommissionership . Sir James Graham contended that the _assistantcommissioners were the hands and eyes of the central board . Colonel Sibthorp supported the amendment , wishing te cut np the system root and branch . Mr . _Fehkaxd said , that as the question now under consideration related to the assistant commissioners as being necessary to carry out the bill , and as within the last few days two of these assistant commissioners had forwarded reports relative to the union to which he had the pleasure of being connected , and further , as one of these reports furnished by Mr . Mott , and containing a charge of a serious nature against the magistrates of the place , had been quoted by the Right Hon . Bart , the Secretaryfor the Home Department , he ( Mr . Ferrand ) trusted that the House would indulge him for a few moments . He now stated , as a Member of tbat House , that that part of Mr . Mott ' s report which charged the magistrates with interfering with the relief of the poor in the Keighley Union was a malicious falsehood . When an assistant-commissioner could go down at such a momtntous time as just when there was going to be a debate on the Poor Law , and make these scandalous charges against the magistrates , he did think that the House should take such steps as would prevent Mr . Mott from ever acting as an assistant commissioner again . Was the House aware who this Mr . Mott was who went down and made these scandalous charges ? Mr . Mott had accused him ( Mr . Ferrand ) another member of the House , and four other gentlemen in the commission of the peace with having , for the sake of gaining popularity to themselves , interfered with the relief of the poor ; and he had a right to show the Heuse who Mr . Mott was . He found , then , that Mr . Mott had been a contractor for the maintenance of the poor of Lambeth , and that he had undertaken to farm out the poor in different parts of the country , and among others the poor of the parish of Alverstoke _, in which Gospertis situate ; that , as appeared from his examination before the Commissioners of Poor Law Inquiry , he farmed the poor of Lambeth at 3 s . lid . a head , and those of Gosport at 2 s . 8 d . a head ; that he found that Ecowering the scales at the Lambeth workhouse made a difference of about half an ounce in the Ecales , or about _soib . of mtat a week . The Hon . Member went on to state , amidst cries of «« question" and " divide , " that Mr . Mott had proposed in this examination that the diet in workhouses should be reduced , both in quantity and quality , by a compulsory order . This was the man whose charges against the magistrates of Keighley he ( Mr . _Ferrand ) declared to be false , on the authority of a gentleman who had sat at the Beard of Guardians anceit was formed ; and also of the clerks of the magistrates , who assnred him , with the sanction of the magistrates , that there was not one word of truth in tbat part of the report . Then as to Sir J . Walsham _' s report , he ( Mr . Ferrand ) knew to fee false several of the extracts which had been read by the Right Hon . _BironetlSir J . _Qtaham ) from that report . The Board of _tiTr _^ _" _? 1 at that meming , and he had no doubt £ ~ L 7 _*~ rece 5 'e by to-morrow ' s post word from _moJ _^ _* S _* J- "Walsham ' s statements were grossly xr _^ _f _^ r - " _^^ convinced that Sir J . Walsham _ESS _^ S _^ ®* P _statement to meet SitLSif _^ House oi Commons ; _and he _tnownr % _wtwt ° v _^^^ n whether he did not _S _^* _A _^ _^'* ***** _** en _« ent down pre-« _Z _, _w debate ? As to _" » e statement of that g _^ _Uenian _. that a pauper in the Bingley workhouse had been obliged to lie in the same _bfdwSfd _^ _per son , he considered it a most monstrous statement Sir James Ghaham ehaiienged Mr . Ferrand to move for a committee of inquiry into the management of the _vfto _*^™ * _* 8 " mendBient _was _Kitted by _thJ _kXm _^ tt - _^ _lhe _^«* of M _* Mott and i _^ _rfatf _^^ . _^ hichproduced some further _re-Ctaes N , _tv _. Tt _? rahani * and a D 0 tice frMn Sir wS : \ l _$ Z , _^ _VV 01113 * " _*** tte <* a _« enge Tofl _comrSf r - ' dn * _^ posedtodo-moving ior a committee of mquiry . ™ _£ rf _S ¦ ' _** _** _ranaimng business posed oL of Captain was then _dis-
To The Editor Of The Northern Star. Sir,...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I am glad tbat our friends at Leamington have conveyed to yon an expression of the confidence which we feel in your political integrity , and cf the high estimation in which we hold your services in the cause of Chartism . When in conversation with parties whose prejudice against certain individuals is so invetarate as to exclude from their calculation all appreciation or acknowledgment of even the good qualities and services of the latter , ( for black indeed must be the character which has not one bright , one redeeming feature in its composition , ) I find that the most eligible proceeding is to submit to them one simple interrogatory , to this effect , namely , " In what condition would the Chartist agitation be at this moment , if Mr . O'Connor and the Northern Slar had not been in existence ? ' * Allow me , Sir , to propose this question te the speculation and conjecture of your readers . A candid response to it would convey a good deal of _wholesome admonition and instruction . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , Ryde , Isle of Wight , J . B . Smith . June 22 nd , 1832 .
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- - TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sin , —As a poor suffering coal miner , I must say I have very much admired the honest , faithful , and clear manner in which the Commissioners have set forth the enormous and diabolical evils connected with the coal mining system . Much has been said , very much , and I hope something will be done to remove those evils . Bnt , Sir , much as has been said , there is yet a point or two which seems to have escaped the notice of all , and to which I wish to call your serious attention , and through you , the attention of the country and Government . Sir , tbe first thing that I have to notice is tbe firedamp system . Yon frequently hear tell of explosions by fire-damp , and of very great sacrifice of human life by such explosions . S . mietimes upwards of a hundred human beings fall victims at once to the devouring element , while a few of their more fortunate companions are bronght out of the " blazing dungeon " alive . Now , Sir , did you ever know the reason of so many human beings falling a sacrifice at one time , and in this manner ? I dare say not . Then , Sir , I will tell you the secret It is the driving their works such a tremendous distance from the shaft—in some cases a mile or two , as I have been informed . But let the miners of Newcastle , and other places , answer as to tbe truth of this statement . I should be glad if any one would just give to the world true and correct information as to the general and utmost distance of their works from the shaft of the pit . Now , I can inform the public that there is a coal-pit very near where I live , where some of the works are just at this moment moie than a thousand yards from the shaft ; and they will be somewhere about a mile when they get to tbe utmost extent of their boundary . Now , suppose any serious explosion of fire-damp should take place with a number of men and boys while labouring so far from the pit-shaft , what would be the consequence ? Why , either all or most of them wonld perish . If they were not all actually burned to death they wonld be smothered by the pestiferous and noxious smell which always follows an explosion ; and the reason why so many perish at once is , because they are so far from the pitshaft ; they are at such a tremendous distance under-ground while it Is impossible for them to make their way home alive . Judge for yourself , Sir , when I tell yon , the moment that an explosion takes place , all the lights are blown out ; all are left in complete darkness . There are also hundreds of different places blown down by the blast which should convey the sweet , fresh , atmospheric air to the sufferers ; bnt now it is cut off . They are a mile , or perhaps more , under-ground , — an explosion takes place , —some are burned to death , some are dashed to pieces by the blast , others who have escaped these , have the calamity to be so far from home , without fresh air , and have nothing but pestiferous steam , something like brimstone , to breathe in , that escape is next to impossible . Then there are bricks , stones , planks , dead , or dying horses , c ., laid and blown in their way . They run for life far as they can , then they sink down and give up the ghost Sir , you will say this is a melancholy picture , but is there any remedy 1 Yes , Sir , there is a remedy . It is this . Let coal masters sink two or three pits where they only sink one , and if they will no t do it of them-
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, s _selves , ( which I am sure they will not , ) then the Government ought to make them . This very subject ought to form a part of Lord Ashley ' s Bill at this present time . It is for this very purpose that I write these lines . Sir , there is another point to which I wish to call the attention of the country and the Government . It is a custom at some places to run their ropes sadly too far . I myself have known several instances where ropes have been run while they have actually broken , and men aud boys have had to venture their lives up and down the pit on these very ropes . The whole concern , Sir , is a love of money , more than the lives , limbs , bodies , or souls of men !! In one word , it is all a traffic in human life , for the sake of gaining wealth , and will never be altered except by law ; and I am afraid it will never be done by law till the _People ' s Charter becomes law . However , the subject is fairly before them , so n'e shall see . Now , Sir , as to this thirteen years of age system , in Lord Ashley ' s Bill ; two things are indispensably neces-; sary before that Bill should pass into law . The first 1 is , they should make provision for all such children and families otherwise till they arrive at that age . The Eecond is , no hurrying-road ought to be allowed to be any less than thirty-six inches in height , let the coalbed be what it may , as it would be impossible for a boy thirteen years of age , to go on a hurrying-road under that height , if he had never been in a coal-pit before . Hoping those things will be duly weighed over , I remain , Sir , Yours , & . c , A Constant Reader of the Star . June 23 rd , 1842 .
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THE VICTIMISED PENSIONER . TO IHE £ DIT 6 K OP THE _NORTllEHN ST . iR . Sir , —I hereby transmit to you a post office order for the sum of three shillings and sixpence , iu the name of Mr . ArdUl , for John Hindes , who , as has _bwfore appeared in your paper , has been deprived of his hard earned pension because ef his stern advocacy of right against might . Sir , I am well acquainted with the individual in question , and I believe his only crime to be that of supporting , as far as laid in his power , the poor man against his oppressors , which has caused him to be a marked man by the _straightbackeA gentry cf Shoreham In 183-1 . he attacked the clergy and churchwardens of Shoreham , for the unhallowed design of levelling the graves of the poor in the churchyard , whose friend were not wealthy enough to erect a tombstone , to point out the plac 6 where their remains were kid ; and also pulling down a wall which they had thought proper to erect for the purpose of stopping an ancient footway across the churchyard . Having defeated them in this case , his next crime was that of standing up against joining the Stepney Union , on the atrocious New Poor Law , which I believe he would havo defeated had not bribery been in the camp , by making one of his partners in the struggle a relieving officer . His next step was to hinder some of the wealthy shopocraey from taking in ground belonging to the parish , to appropriate to their own use , without having obtained consent . And his battling the cause of the poor at every vestry , in which he was nearly always successful , holding the straighthacks of the place at arm ' s length , until he was defeated by the Custom House minions and others by taking the chair at the meeting of the 7 th of December , 1 S 38 , when he lost his hard earned pension . But at this he never repined until the hard times have helped the enemy to crush him , and he has been completely levelled by the vermin ; not only by their depriving him of his pension , but also by taki :: g every local advantage of injuring him that lay in their power thus has a life of danger and toil been wound up by a disgraceful clergy aud others . A man , Mr . Editor that has fought and bled for his country in the battle of Trafalgar , and with Sir Samuel Hood , off Bochfort ; likewise assisting at the taking of the Isles of France Java , and _Buones _Ajres ; and likewise the destroying and taking of upwards of one hundred and fifty-two ships and vessels of different descriptions , with other services for whieh this pension was granted ; and now in his old age to be deprived of it for standing np fer hia political rights as contained in that valuable document called the People ' s Charter . Should our brother democrats throughout the land be kind _enough to subscribe to him the required sum he may yet hold up his head again . He has a large family of a wife and nine children , and has , I believe lately suffeied some very severe privations ; and I am sure he would never have applied to the Chartists of Great Britain had it not been for the persuasions of myself and another friend to do so rather than die in bastile , as we considered him as great a victim in the cause as any . Hoping you will make his case as public as possible , I remain , Sir , yours in the cause , Francis Hards . Shoreham , June 20 , 1842 .
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NEW 5 FOR EMIGRANTS . TO THE EDITOE OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , 19 th June , 1842 . Sin , —The following is an extract of a letter from Sydney , dated the 28 th December , 1841 , which I hope you will find room for in your valuable paper , and can not be toe widely circulated in this country , when so many people are embarking daily for that colony . This colony is in a most deplorable state , since the Government hss declined sending any more _convicts here . Emigration has been carried on to a most alarm ing extent ; there are now four ships with emigrants on board ( about 1 , 060 ) , and about 1 , 000 more living in tents , supplied by Government . It is most dis tressing to see the poor creatures , with families of children , and not a penny in their pockets , wandering about the town in search of employment . The wealthy settlers will not engage them but upon the most ex treme low wages to proceed into the interior . Conse quently , they remain in Sydney , starving themselves and others by working for little or nothing ; and the amount here is from six to ten shillings per week . You wonld scarcely believe that there are upwards of 100 carpenters now out of employ in Sydney alone stonemasons bricklayers , & c , in proportion , owing principally to the influx of emigrants of this descrip tion arriving , and going in to work at reduced wages The printing business is getting very bad . The Monitor paper has lately been published three times a week but commences the New Year as a weekly paper ; the Temperance Advocate died last Monday , as the Editor observed , from actual starvation . There are a great many more in our trade out of employ , and several have gone into the interior as shepherds , & c . In fact , things never were in such a state as at preseut . Twelve er fourteen of our principal merchants and shipowners have lately become insolvent , some to the amount of from £ 80 , 000 to £ 100 , 000 ; and shopkeepers , and even publicans , are daily assigning over their effects to their creditors . The Governor does not know what to do for money to defray the expences of the emigrants who are daily arriving ; he has advertised for loans of £ 100 each to the amount of £ 200 , 000 for twelvemonths , at 8 per cent . This is . a pretty state of things , masters daily discharging hands for want of money to pay them . The office where I am employed have not paid a farthing wages these three last weeks , and we work hard and many hours , there being but six compositors to bring out the three times a week .
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: , , , , a - - - - ; . TO THE CHARTISTS IN GENERAL , AND THOSE _^ RESIDING IN THE AGRICULTURAL DIS ' _TRICTS IN PARTICULAR . Brethren and Friends , —Having recently visited a portion of the agricultural districts , being well acquainted with the difficulty of so doing , aud there hav ing seen the good effects of introducing our principles and also feeling with my _brethren of the late Conven tion the imperative necessity that exists for carrying the enlightening principles of democracy into those dark shades of Toryism , I beg to submit , with all due deference , the following as a means of carrying it out First , I premise there is not a county in England , nay scarcely a town or village , in which there does not reside two , three , or more individuals who have im bibed the principles of the Charter ; nay scarcely town , village , or hamlet but gets the Star weekly . Secondly , —I recommend those persons to consult with each other . To invoke the assistance of those who profess to be advocates of civil and religious liberty and having thus ascertained their strength , we have a Executive coming into office , who bave just been returned by the voice of the people , whose duty , in terest , and without doubt , inclination , it will be extend the principles as much as possible ; then let those individuals hi the various counties , towns , ham lets and villages , after having ascertained their strength immediately correspond with the general secretary requesting an advocate for their district . The Executivo being the only body paid from tLe general Chartist body I mean by the members of the Natienal Charter Asso ciation and their friends ; the _unagitated agricultural districts having no available means for the purpose standing most in need of that spirit that a Chartist agitation would impart , they must and will become the objects of the " Executive ' s" deepest solicitude , they are now that of the Chartist body at large . Well then some er the whole of the Executive committee would devote their time and attention to this most im portant object ; but te enable the " Executive" to per form this great service to the Chartists in particular and to the country in general , there is one thing very necessary for the members or the National Charter Association to bear in mind , via—that thi ypay theirown contributions as _menibersregulariy _. andthatthesubsecre tary forward monthly , one fourth of such contribution the General Secretary , and then your Executive will have ample means ; and should , as appearances indicate , and as I fervently hope maybe the case , tho districts be come too large , the work be too much to be accom plished by the Executive Committee of five , they will be enabled to send forth approved advocates te aid and assist in the great and good work . It has to me been very painful in corresponding with persons relative our Chartist movement , to continually have the follow ing iterated and reiterated : — " am surprised that our district should have been neglected , when it requires agitation as much or more as any other , and hope the dark region of will be blest with a ray Chartist light . My friends , from my recent visits to the agricul tural disiricts , from the correspondence I have had with some of my brother Chartists in those districts , and from my general experience , obtained by nearly four teen years' service _du the cause of democracy , I con clude , that the suggestions I have offered are at the present time best calculated to serve the cause . If you arrive at the sanie conclusion , if you are convinced the necessity of increasing our numbers—if you desire the sphere of our usefulness to be enlarged—if ( _nnd good demorats you must do ) you desire Chartist prin ciples to prevail from one em-: if the land to the other you will immediately go to work , reduce this theory to practice , and by increasing Chartism and Chartists destroy persecution , prevent prosecution , and ulti mately , yet shortly , break the bonds which bind you throw down at once the demon class legislation , causing the principles contained in the People ' s Charter to be the law of the land ; and thus by obtaining the great key , the elective franchise , open the door Jo free dom , prosperity , and happiness for yourselves and posterity . Faithfully yours , Edmund Stallwood 6 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road , June 22 , 1842 .
Address Of The Irish Universal Suf Frage...
ADDRESS OF THE IRISH UNIVERSAL SUF FRAGE ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND . Brothers in Bondage , —Deeply concerned in the result of your struggle against oppression , suffering from the same causes , and actuated by tho same hopes we address you with a twofold object . First , to chee you on in the peaceful but energetic warfare you are waging with corruption and injustice . Secondly , to enlist your sympathies on behalf of our poor coun trymen , who will shortly appear amongst you to labour in your fields for the means of paying a griping agent the pri _« e he sets for a non-resident , rack-renting landlord on the scanty acre from which they gather miserable vegetable existence . Brethren , we have said tbat we suffer from the same causes ; the same monster-monopolies grind us both to the earth . The land , transferred by feudal violence and blood-stained confiscations , from many-handed in dustry to the iron grasp of powerful pride and heredi tary idleness ; its possessors fenced round by prescrip tive privilege and statutory exemptions ; laws framed to ensure luxury to the few at the expence of privation even of famine , to the many ; parks , plantations lawns , preserves , enclosures , woods , game laws , royalties , wastelands , _reclaimable begs , cultivatable moun tains , unworked mines ; every restriction that could thwart the designs and bounty of nature , which has supplied sufficient for all , and dooms us , like Tan talus , to die of hunger surrounded by plenty , conspires to render our lot more intolerable as we _goza on tho involuntary unemployed labourer obliged to periodically expatriate himself in order to prevent his being forcibly thrust from the narrow atrip of ground on which he and a numerous family depend for their annual supply of potatoes . Such is the forlorn and cheerless state to which agricultural tyranny and misrule have reduced the Irish peasant Like you too we suffer under the reckless intruder Machinery . Whole trades have been annihilated , and others partially destroyed as _regards manual operation : and were our crowded workhouses searched and the history of the unfortunates there elicited , in nine cases out of ten their destitute condition could be traced to the introduction of self-acting machines into their respective trades . If like you , we have not to mourn the miseries and demoralization of the factory system which _dwaifs the physical growth , and dims the mental faculties of England ' s rising generation , it is because the bloated Moloch , Capital , has not yet acquired sufficient footing in our land to cause cm children to pass through tbe fireB of his infernal sacrifices kindled on the altar of Mammon ; and we are led to pray that our country may never enjoy the benefits , as they are called , of commerce , if they can only be procured at such a disastrous price , and by means so truly Satanic . But while to the various tyrannies under which we groan you can add , in a more particular manner , those heartless conquests achieved by Capital over Labour , think not that we are without our peculiar oppressions ; we ar 6 under the tyranny of Patriotism . We mean Irish mock patriotism , the love of country and kind being here supplied by a blind and unreasoning devotion to one man , to whose political vagaries he is accounted an "incomprehensible vagabond" ( by the Corn Exchange clique ) who does not implicitly subscribe . The servant and supporter of aristocracy and the middle classes , Mr . O'Connell , has never yet done anything for the poor ef Ireland , save extort from them their _uusnperfluous halfpence ; and finding those of late coming slowly in , he has now called for their farthings , which are not coming in at all . The generous but unthinking amongst our peor conntrymen by force of custom believe all his assertions , and hate whatever and whoever he bids them ¦ a few pecuniary parasites assist him in accumulating and sharing the profits derived from the simplicity , credulity , and despair of the people , and these it is generally believed make him more inconsistent , peevish , and unjust , than he otherwise would be . Amongst the many absurd and reprehensible things which the history of his sapience , the present Lord Mayor of Dublin , will exhibit , nothing will excite so much surprise as his zigzag course regarding the People ' s Charter . Now praising the document , and shaking hands with its supporters ; now abusing it , and then anon qualifying , aye eati g , his words ; and then csming out with new insinuations , and fresh denouncements . We have sometimes thought , in reference to this loverlike procedure , that he was , at
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- - , - - a — , u - to - , , least as regarded the Charter , doating . But there one threat of his to which it is our business here par ticularly to allude , because it is one which we believe notwithstanding all the bigotry it has been his object to preserve , all the inter-national hate which ho delighted to foster and to sow , found no echo in general bosom of Ireland , and which , had he broug forward a motion on the subject , not even his creatur Tom Reynolds , his clerk , O'Niel Daunt , or his body servant , Tom Steele , would be found to second . allude to the fact , that this brawler for freedom , advocate for civil and religious liberty all over globe , in public assembly , frequently , and very recently declared , that in the event of the Chartists of England being goaded by oppression , starvation , and despair into laying their hands forcibly on bread for their famishing families , he would march 500 , 000 Tipperary men to put them down . Brethren , you have not resorted to such justifiable violence we rejoice to say ; we admire your fortitude and forbearance , but in our own country hunger h arisen in its desperate strength , and has been pur chased at the the expence of blood . This drivelling braggadocio and most wanton insult uttered by this singular man , we beseech you to pass over with mag nanimous contempt : we implore you to hush the indig nation and repress tho natural resentment which might prompt you to avenge on the heads of our poor wan dering countrymen the outrage their deluder and plun derer has committed on you . Exhibit rather the con trast which Christianity would suggest ; render- them good for evil ; extend to them the kindness which lightens toil ; relieve , where you con , their physical distress , and above all , pour into their minds the noble and diguifled doctrines of the Charter ; raise them from their mental degradation and fatuity ; excite their rea soning faculties ; teaoh them to think and judge themselves—to shake off the dictator ' s stultifying yoke and send them back to praiae the generosity of English men , and scatter the good seeds of political enlighten ment amongst their less informed neighbours . Slowly and silently , but effectually , is Chartism rami Seating throughout our land . It is already powerful enough to command the silent respect even of patriots , and enforce their forbearance _; while , as they become acquainted with its sublime and elevating prin ciples , the working classes learn first to admire and next to embrace them . It will be for you , during the sojourn cf the p exiles of Erin amongst you , to do much to forward cause of true freedom and real humanity , and send them back—lowly as they are—apostles to effect the political regeneration of their country . Confident that _yeu will exert yourselves to do so , assuring you of our unalterable attachment to the national work—our sympathy for your sufferings—our admiration for your endurance—our pride in your successes , our certainty , by unity , persevennce , and energy , yet fully establishing the triumph of right over might of the people over the oligarchy , We remain , Your trusty auxiliaries in the cause of democracy Of truth and of humanity , Patrick Rafter , Chairman . Wm . h . Dyott , Secretary .
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, - — as - - , - to - - to - of - - - of as - , - ; by - . - , r a - - - THE WIDOW HOLBERRY . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . " Ye good distressed , ye generous few , Who here unbending stand Beneath life ' s pressure , yet bear up awhile , And what your bounties can , pray do bestow . " Brethren , —As one who feels deeply upon subject of this leter , I hope I may not be considered presumptuous in , calling your attention to its purport Many are the trials and troubles of a people struggling for freedom . Persecution , and prosecution , death the dungeon or on the scaffold , are the only _rewardB that tyrants award to sterling patriotism and virtue and so will it ever be until the people rise as one man to destroy the present system of misrule . Holberry , the patriotic and brave ! has fallen a victim to the heartless and coldblooded treatment or neglect of those in whose hands his life was placed . wife , for whom he breathed such fervent prayers , feft a widow to battle with the system that has mur dered him ; overcome with grief her mind has become affected , and dreadful may be the consequence unless provided with the means necessary to raise the droop ing spirits of a half broken heart . Fellow countrymen and countrywomen , to you the I . appeal in behalf of our sister in her troubles ; let suffering of her husband , bar loss , and present awful situation stimulate you to exertions . Has she already suffered enough ? can Chartists hear of present situation without feeling the deepest anguish and using every facility in their power to raise above want , nay , to place her in perfect independence Nothing would please our oppressors more than to us neglect those who suffer through our cause ; nothing will tend more to damp the energies of those who have wives and families to leave behind . Let us be men let us deceive the one , and give joy and hope to other , for as Pope says" How far the little candle throws his beams , So shines a good deed in a naughty world . " ' Brethren , much is in our power collectively , and drops of water running into one channel will create mighty flood , so may the united exertions of the people raise all that is required upon this occasion , without distressing the poorest of the poor . The plan that propose is as follows : —By the address of the General Secretary lately published , there appears to be towns and villages in the Association . Let each town raise 2 s . Gd ., or as some of the villages may not be able to do that , let those places which can give more do so 2 s . 6 d . from 400 places will raise £ 50 , and with that sum she may commence in some small way of business which no doubt would be supported by those friends whose cause her husband has perished . Brethren , let this be commenced immediately , there _bs no hanging back , no towns trusting to others doing their share of the work , but let each try to be first in so laudable a purpose . Let the General Ceuncil everywhere take it up ; the sum is small to each , surely none will have tho uncharitableness to say it cannot raised . And who will say that the paltry sum I appeal for is a sufficient atonement for the mighty loss she has sustained ? Men of the East and North Riding , to you let not my appeal be made in vain . Stretch out your bands upon this occasion , and assist in saving tbe sorrowing and afflicted widow from that doom to which her pre sent mental suffering must shortly consign her . " Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act wo ! l your part , there all the honour lies . " I remain , Brethren , In the cause of justice , Yours in union , Edw . Burley . York , June 28 th , 1842 . P . S . I hope Mr . Hobson will have no objection to the Treasurer for the above fund . E . B .
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, - - , to the women of england . Friends and fellow Countbywomen ,--That period has now arrived , when man , aroused to a full sense of his misery and degradation , and having suc ceeded in groping his way from darkness to light immerges from that ignorance in which superstition and fanaticism have hitherto fast bound his mind , and exerting his powers of reason in order to obtain for himself those rights and liberties wbich are now most unjustly denied him . And tbat period has also arrived , when woman awakening to a sense of the social miseries by which she is surrounded , and by which she is degraded and en slaved by her desolate home , by her deserted and tireless hearth , by her starving ehildren , and by her own hard toil and scanty fare , has taken her stand in the arena of politics , has raised her feeble voice in defence of her rights , and those of her injured country , and has em barked with her light boat upon the ocean of agitation to assist in steering tho shattered bark of liberty to smooth and sheltered haven . In consequence of physical superiority , man , while in a state of ignorance , always treats woman as an inferior creature , as one who was formed to be a slave to his pleasures and his will , and not as an equal and com panion ; for while in a state of ignorance , man being insensible to his own mental and intellectual qualities it very naturally follows that he cannot appreciate those of women , and he therefore regards the kind offers , the fond attentions , and the tender endearments of woman not as things which it is his duty to repay with kindness and protection , but as things which she has a right to give , and he only a right to expect and demand . As civilisation advances man gradually becomes more inclined to place woman on an equality with himself and though excluded from every thing connected with public life , her condition is considerably improved still she is regarded in an inferior light , her province being only to make a pudding , prepare a dinner , clean the house , tend to her children , if she have any , and such like . Now these are all necessary things , nay they are essential , our comtort and well-being in society demand that they should be done . But are we , because . we are women , to be excluded from the more rational enjoyments of life ? > If so , why then was woman gifted with a mind to which in point of delicacy of taste , depth of feeling , and devoted affection , even proud man himself must bow . Why then , if we are thus gifted , are we to be thus treated ? Shall we sit still and tamely submit to a slavery against which our cheeks glow with shame and our hearts burn with indignation ? No ! perish the thought in the bosom of its ignoble birth . Rouse yourselves to a sense of your merits . Assist those men who will , nay , who do , place women in ou equality with themselves in gaining their rights , and yours will be gained also . ; . _Qod is our guide in the great and glorious struggle in which we are engaged , and liberty is our birthright , which the Charter alone will give us . Join with us , then , for the Charter of eur freedom . Come forward and unite with us in our great struggle ior independence and for those rights which are ours by nature , but which a cruel , despotic , and tyrannical government have deprived us of . Do not say you have no business with politics , and that you leave such things for your husbands , fathers , and brothers , You have an interest in politics , a deeper
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- , has the ht e , We this the , , as - - - - - interest than you are aware ef . If the country is _inisgovtrned , and bad laws instituted , and good laws perverted , it is on you those laws fall heaviest ; witness those which regulatethepficeof food and the monopolies . If the country is well governed , and good laws acted upon , does it not naturally follow that we shall also feel the benefit of them ? Besides , if you have husbands , fathers , or brothers , who are Chartists , your participating in that which interests them most will please and urge them to further exertions . If you have husbands _, fathers , or brothers , who are not Chartists , your example will influence them , and induce them to become such . Tho principles of the Charter , if carried out , are such as will give man not only his political rights , but will enable him to get a more equitable remuneration for his labour , and that will enable you to live in more comfortable homes—to give your children as much food ns they require , and prevent your leading such wretched lives of poverty and unrequited toil . Unite with us , therefore , for in union only is strength . Let the Charter be the foundation-stone on which to rest all your hopes ; and remember , however much th « name of Chartist may be now despised , and made the butt for every witless fool to fling his jeat at—however much it may now be held up to ignominy and scorn , the time will come ( and will come sooner , too , if you will come forward and assist us ) when the poor , despised , and persecuted Chartist shall be honoured as the saviour of his country . Susanna Inge , Member ef the Female Charter Association of the City of London . 55 , Old Bailey , June 27 th . _^
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- for , - - - our - oer the and and of — , the in His is - - n the not her her ? see ; the as a I 400 ; , in let the be - be - , is , - . , a - , , , ; STOCKPORT . . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING TO ADOPT A PETITION TO PARLIAMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LATE SLAUGHTERS AT ENNIS , IN IRELAND . On Wednesday evening last , one of the largest public meetings held in Stockport for some time assembled in the Castle Yard . Mr . Henry Smith was unanimously called upon to preside . The Chairman opened the meeting by expressing his desire to see both Irish and English united to put down the present system , which the police were hired to maintain . Mr . Thomas Webb then rose and moved the first resolution , and in so doing , he could not help remarking that , as an Irishman , he felt confident that the English people were his best friends . The Irish police had slaughtered hia innocent countrymen , because they would not starve in a land of plenty . He concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That we view with abhorrence and disgust the late bloody and brutal outrage committed on the peaceable inhabitants of Ennis , Ireland , by a ruffianly and bigotted police force , and that we sympathise with them ; aud also that a petition , emanating from this meeting , be presented to the House of Commons , praying for an immediate inquiry into tho cause of the distress in Ireland , and to disarm tbe police force . " Mr . John Wright came forward to second the motion , wbich was put and carried . The Chairman th » n introduced to the meeting Mr . Thomas Clark to move the adoption of the petition . He knew there were some of his countrymen there who imagined that if they had a repeal of the Union , they would then be happy . ( Hear , hear . ) This he denied , for if they had a Repeal of the Union to-morrow , with the present franchise , they would be little or no better off . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) Supposing they bad a Parliament sitting in College Green , who are the persons who would make the laws ? Why , the landlords , to be sure . ( Hear . ) And ( said he ) I ask is there an Irishman here to-night so foolish as for one moment to imagine that londlords will ever make laws to benefit the labourer . ( No , no . ) No , for it is not their interests to give the labourer power , for if the did , the first use they would make of that power would be to break down that accursed monopoly upon which they feed and fatten . ( Cheers . ) This he defied any Irishman to gainsay . ( A voice , " I wish we had it , any way . " ) Yes , said Mr . Clark , I wish you may get it—( laughter )—for ( said he ) you cannot surely expect the present House of Commons to give it you , and you know well the base wretches who last ruled the destinies of the Empire would not give it you . Then how must you get it , for you kuow you must not take it ? No , that would be physical force , and he knew Irishmen were not physical force men . ( Laughter . ) You must evidently get a new House of Commons , based on the principles of the Charter . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) And let me ( said the speaker ) ask my friend if it be only a Parliament he wants ? If so , he had no hesitation whatever in saying that tbe people of this country would make them a present of their ' s _, Lords , Queen , and all ; and give them something handsome into the bargain . ( Cries of hear , and laughter . ) It is also a notorious fact that there are fewer Members in the House of Commons now who would vote for a Repeal of the _TJnion than there were when Feargus O'Connor brought forward hlB " premature" motion , or forced the Liberator to it ; how is this after wc have had ten years of reform , and how many times have we been made , to throw up our cawbeens and shillelahs and give three cheers for the Queen , and tho best ministry ever Ireland saw ? Whilst at the time we were giving those strong cheers from weak stomachs , Mr , O'Connell was proclaiming to the world that we had obtained a bloodless victory , and at the same time informing ns of the astounding fact , that there were three millions of Irish who rose every morning without knowing where to get their breakfast—( shamo _, shame)—and all this too after having tasted the sweets of Corporate Reform and Catholic Emancipation ; but as a poor Irish slave , he proclaimed that he was not emancipated ; and he contended that the poor Irish labourer who laboured with his spade at the back of a ditch for sixpence a day was not emancipated , and as a Irishman and an Roman Catholic said he , I ask you my _countrymen , what have the Irish Catholic members done for ua ? Nothing aye , or worse than nothing , for they have been the greatest enemies to the liberties of the people . Where , oh whew , were these Cathelic _memhers of improved Ireland , when his noble countryman , O'Connor , moved that the widow Ryan should have her name placed on the Pension List , in place of some idle plaeeman ? Would ye believe it , the motion fell to the ground for the want of a seconder . To such a height had patriotism risen under the benign influence of Catholio Emancipation . All he wanted to see was a unity of sentiment and action between the oppressed of both countries . He should thus draw to a close by moving the following petition : — To Hie Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Petition of the Inhabitants of Stockport in public meeting assembled , Humbly Shewetii , That it is with feclingB of pain and regret we call the attention of yout J _< jnourable House to tho cruel and inhuman treatment OTrcised by a party of the Irish police force towards the peaceable , unoffending , and unarmed inhabitants of Ennis in the county of Clare , Ireland . That , from evidence which appears in the public papers , the magistrates and police authorities deny having given the police orders to fire , but tbat the men fired of their own _accord , proving discipline to be little known amongst them ; and also that they are not the " efficient force" they have been represented by members of your Honourable House . That your petitioners respectfully direct your attention to the fact , that several of the unfortunate sufferers wero shot in the back , furnishing proof the most conclusive of the entire absence of the real necessity for firing . That your petitioners feel that a want of that which nature requires for its sustenance ( but of which the people aro deprived through the instrumentality of wicked laws , ) has been in a great measure the cause of bringing the people into collision with the law . That your petitioners cannot but deeply lament the existence of such a state ef things ns to call forth such favourable opportunities for the display of those fiendlike propensities which has ( unfortunately for the toiling millions of both England and Ireland , ) uniformly characterised the proceedings of that party whose spirit , in the opinion of your petitioners , actuated the " instigators" and perpetrators of so cruel and cold-blooded an act , as that of slaying those , on whose blood and vitals they feed and fatten . That iu the opinion of your petitioners , the working class of Ireland is fully entitled to tho same protection from your Honourable House , as the most wealthy and Influential class in the state , which protection we are sorry to say they do not at present receive . Nor is it the opinion of your petitioners they ever will until every man is fully and fairly represented in your Hon . House , through the adoption of the " People ' s Charter" as tbe law of the land . That your petitioners look upon an armed police as being not only tho very worst possible description of a force , but as unconstitutional in the extreme , and admirably calculated to assist plundering factions in depriving the people of that paltry remnant of liberty which the most unbearable despotism has left them . That your petitioners therefore call upon your Hon . House to cause immediate enquiry to be made into the cause of the distress , and also to disarm the Irish police force , not mere to prevent tbe occurrence of such acts , than on the ground of their being a disgrace to a nation calling itself civilised ; and also , as standing armies in time of peace are strictly unconstitutional . And this force is one of the most obnoxious nature . And your petitioners will as in duty bound , ever pray , & c . Signed , by order of and on behalf of the meeting . Henry Smith , Chairman . The speaker then again briefly spoke to the efficacy of union , and concluded thus " Onward , onward , your green banners rearing , Let every sword go ilesh to the hilt , j For on our side is virtue and Erin , On their ' s is the Parson and guilt . " ( Great applause . ) Mr . Thomas West seconded the adoption of the petition , which was carried with acclamation . The meeting then quietly dispersed .
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LONDON . —Mr . Fakren lectured on Sunday evening at the Goldbeaters' Arms , _Somerstown . Albion , Church-Street , Shoreditch . Mr . Wheoler lectured here on Sunday _evening , and gave satisfaction to his audience . Reports wero receivod from the delegates to the Monthly and the London Delegate Council . Monthly Delegate Meeting . —This body assembled on Sunday morning at the Star Coffeehouse , Golden-lane , to hear the report of the committee appointed to draw up rules , & c , Mr . Jago was called to the chair ; Mr . Naglo reported on behalf of the committee , and the Secretary read the rules adopted by the committee which were discussW seriatim , and ultimately adopted by the meeting ; Mr . Ridley moved that the Secretary be instructed to summons the whole of the members of the monthly , the Surrey , and the London Delegate Council to meet and decide upon the adoption of the rules on Sunday morninsc , at the Star Coffeehouse . On a suggestion of Mr . Wheeler , it was altered to Sunday afternoon , at 55 , Old Bailey , provided tho London Delegate Meeting , would grant the use of the room ; and in that shape carried unanimously . The meeting then adjourned . Sugar Loaf , Church-Street , Mile-End , Newtown . —A crowded audience assembled on Sunday , at this house , to hear a lecture from Mr . Balls , and an address from the newly-elected member of the Executivo , Mr . Bairstow , who was en route to Bristol . The sentiments uttered by Messrs . Balls and Bairstow wero highly applauded , and their recommendation of a subscription for poor Holberry was nobly responded to , 10 s . 4 d . being immediately collected . Mr . Tucker , who has greatly exerted himself in raising this new locality , moved a voto of thanks to the lecturers and the chairman , which was carried unanimously , and the meeting separated highly gratified with tho proceedings of tho evening , Mr . Duffield lectured on Sunday evening , with his usual ability at tho Carpenters' Arms , Bricklane . Stonemasons , Craven-Head , _Drury-Lane _. — The above association held their usual weekly _meeting on Saturday evening , and after the usual business of the association was gone through , and several minor subjects discussed , the meeting adjourned . Delegate Council . —This body met on Sunday , Mr . Morgan in the chair . Mr . Wheeler road an extract from a letter of the Rev . William Hill ' s , Editor of the Northern Star , averring that ho is a member of the National Charter Association , and commented upon the conduct of those who had so industriously propagated a contrary belief . Mr . Wheeler also reported that Mr . Cleave had kindly offered to present them with a quantity of unsold copies of the Northern Slar , and moved that a Committee be appointed to reoeivo them of Mr . Cleave . Mr . Blake seconded the motion . Messrs . Dowling and Humphries supported the motion , and Messrs . Wheeler , Ridley , and Salmon were appointed . Mr . Ridley moved , and Mr . Wheeler seconded , that the report of the Committee appointed to draw up rules for the complete organisation of London be heard and decided upon on the ensuing Sunday , and that the use of the Hall be given to the whole of the Councils on that occasion . Carried with one dissentient . Credentials were received from Mr . Knight , for Finsbury , and Mr . Bell , for Limchouse . A report was received regarding the Trades' Delegate Meeting . The sum of 10 s . was received from Limehouse , and 2 s . 6 d . from the hatters . Mr . Laugwith was appointed to inquire into certain affairs said to be going on in his locality . Tho Council then proceeded to the investigation of some matters of personal and local interest , which occupied the remainder of the time . Chelsea . —The Chartists of this place met as usual at the Stag Tavern , Fulhara Road , Mr . Nevett in the chair . Mr . J . Dowling delivered an able lecturo at its conclusion . A subscription was entered into for Mason ' s Defence Fund , and other business connected with the locality transacted . The deputation appointed to wait on Mr . Feargus O'Connor reported that he had left his residence for a tour in Yorkshire . They wore instructed to wait upon him on his return . _LASSWABE . —The people of this place havo been very inactive lately , consequently the Chartists ' resolved to call a public meeting , in order to rouso them from their apathy . The meeting took place on Wednesday evening week , and was well attended . Mr . John Stuart was called to tho chair , who , after a short speech , introduced to the meeting Mr . Robt . Lowery , who addressed the meeting for an hour and a half , in a strain of fervid _elcquence and clear logical reasoning , carrying the feelings of the meeting with him . ' Mr . L , stated to the meeting how the late Convention acted during its sittings . Ho gave great satisfaction . Meetings like this have a tendency to do much good . TONBBIHGE . —Kent . —A public meeting was held on _Weduesday evening _wtek , at the Chequers ' Inn , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . E . Stallwood of London . At tho conclusion , Mr . _Snelling moved a vote of thanks to the leolurer , and briefly supported his views , as did several others . On Friday evening , the club room of the Clif _quil' 3 was again filled , aud Mr . Stallwood delivered a second very able lecture , for which he received the thanks of the assembly . _Tonuridge Wells—On Thursday week , Mr . E . Stallwood of London , addressed a public meeting , at Arnold ' s Temperance rooms , Calvcrley-placo ; at the close of the lecture , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to tho lecturer . A locality of tho National Charter Association is about to bo formed here . STOCKPORT . —The youths of this town aro getting on rapidly ; they have succeeded iu getting a room to themselves capable of holding several hundred persons , which thoy have _cpenc- > i for the purpose of disseminating political' instruction to the rising generation . Wm . Hardwood , ono of tho members of their debating class , delivered a very instructive lecturo on Sunday afternoon last , on tho principles of tho People ' s Charter to a numerous audience for which lie received a unanimous voto of thauks . Lectures aro delivered every Sunday forenoon and afternoon , and Tuesday evening . Ashton-under-Lyne . —A delegate meeting was held in the Chartist Iioom , _Charlestown , on Sunday last . Delegates present . - —Ashton , Jame 3 Taylor ; James Wilcox , and William Aitken ; llooloy Hill , James Leech , JameB Lowe , and Llargrcave 3 Ashton ; Stalybridge , George Baxter and Thomas Wilson ; Droylsden , Samuel Clough ; Dukinfield , James Hague and Edmund Buttervvcrth ; Mottram _, Samuel Lees and Robert Wilde ; _Mossley , W . Bradbury . The following resolutions were adopted : — " That meetings be held in the localities that- have sent deputies here to-day , and that a correspondence be opened with Messrs . Leach , Bairstow , and some other Manchester friends to address tho meetings . " " That the delegates assembled , when they return to their localities , see how many men will volunteer to address public meetings or act as lecturers , and that they bring their names with them to the next delegate meeting . " ' That an addrtss bo got up by Mr . W . Aitken , shewing the people the necessity of joining the Association _^ and tiiat the saine be printed and circulated amongst the people . l That the delegates assembled impress upon tho momberB of their Associations the necessity of paying one penny each to the friends of all deceased members , and that as many as can conveniently attend tho funerals of all members do so . " " That another delegate meeting bo held in the Ashton-nnder-Lyne Room , on Sunday , the 10 th of at ' clock in the forenoon , to taken to organise our reply of Mr . Leach . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_02071842/page/7/
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