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TO THE PEOPLE . From the National . V . 'Tt of EftfrWnd . Heirs of Glory , Hf re-- * of unwritten * tory , . JfbrsUnjrg of < me mighty mother , Hopes of her , and one another . Rise , like feus after s l umber , In r . nr * a (}« r > h * We number ; ^ SiAke-yow thsin * tn earth , likt 3 ew Wiiicii ia -sleep had fall'n on you . VThitu f " r * edost ? Ye can tell Tu * i which si »«* Ty i » toe well , For iu verv » ak » e h * a grown To aji echo of four own . Tis to work , ijid hj . ve » aeh pay As just keeix life iruui d » y 10 day in vonr limb * , umtcell , For the tyrants' Me U dvreil :
So tint ye for & % & uc e ^ e , i ^ pffl . andplongt , aad sword , and npi&e ; Wit » or without ^ -ev o > rn will , bett To their delence *» d Beurishmeau Ti » to « ee yonr children wexi Vrtih tieir mothen pine ml peak , "When the wiowr wind * are Weak : They are dying wbilat I speak . Tia to hunjter for « ueh diet , As the rich man in hi * net Cast * to the fat does that lie Svieinng beneath hit eye . Tis t « let the Ghoat of Gold Take from lull & thousand fold Wore than e ' er its substance could In . the tyrannies of old : Pap * T cob »—that forjrerr Of the tide deeds , which ye B'jid to soaieihiug of the worth Of the inheritance of earth .
'Ti * to be a slave in Soul , Anl te hold no strong contronl Orer tout own will * , but be Ail that others make of ye . Aad at length when ve complain , Wiih > a manner weak sj » i vain , TU to see the tyrants cjvw Rule over your wives and yon : — Biood Li on the sfrass likedew . Let » great assembly be Of the 1 earless , of the free , On some spot of English emend , Vfhere the p > ain » strrtch wide around Let the Vue sky orp rhrad . The green eartn on which je tread , AH th » t tnr . st * t-n >» l be , Witness tlie solemnity .
From the corner * uttermost , Of Uw bounds of BsglLaa coast ; from erery hut , vClxge , and town , Where ihose who live and suffer , moas for others' misery and thgir own ; From tlxe wnrkhonv * a » 3 ttj # prison , ^ rt here , pa it ? a * corpses newly risen . Women , children , young , » nd oli , 6 roan for pain , bjiu weep for cold ; From the haciu * of daily life , "W here it wa ^ ej ih » daiiv atrife ^ ivti common warns a £ d common cares , Which sour iLe human heart with tarts ; Ye who mffer yr ^ st nnto ! 3 , Or to feel , ... r to behold Ynor lost country boujht acd aold " With a price « f bi ^ oi and gold ;
Let a vast as * emMy be , And with £ rv » t *< frmiiry Beelare with meagre , } w ^ ris , that ye Are , as God has nude ye , free ' . B » yocr ttroxjr aa-3 simple words K--en to ^ r . nni as sh ^ rpcn' 4 swords , And wiie as izr s--i i * J them be , ¦ Wit h their saad- to carer ye . Bi 5 f , like li-ns afier s ' ninb-T , In cnvjLaqQ is > i * V . e . NUMBER ! Srr » Ke vaut chains to tana , like dew W inch in & '» eep bai fall ' n on you . VK ABE UA . NV—THKY ARE FEW . P . B SHELLEY
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THE FACTORY CHILD . BY DOUGLAS JEREOLD . Yss , ocr liuie f&crory girl i * nine years old ; she is so longer a ebild ; xfce is a dwarfed woman . Her iiifaTicT vra * passed in pic ; = = r , puling vrani : from the first , a . lrn > vt an aa ^ cdeu thine , left days , and day * al ^ r . e , the imt ' ner Geuifrd the erjjayrnent of rsateraai > " > mpainies by sharpest peaurv ( : he fieci : thit , at the heinh * of tie peor , bow chiil . * , now blights , at ; d now makes ? tony hard tne humaD Searr , ) by keen nfc «? s > Ky of ot : t-door toil for to ^ infant mouth at home . God kuewa how the chilri learned to waik . ' A « bort time , and another babv
engro ?* es the : ew hoars ( nay , haif-ho-nr *) « tp ! rn from wors to lm < i on the isst-borr : ; arid ihen , another hrj 3 ! e . *< iqri ? . hd t ^ ing ; —an d then another ; a . 23 thec our little f * clory giri becomes a . nur > e , aad , at six years old , hags in her lean artns brr naif naked , tatterdtrffiihon brother . She has bo : srrtn . sth to carry him meagre as he is , bnt shuffle , * and stamVieas with him along the street ; and cow she Hts ia the door-ways ; and now in lane * and a'leys her infant mind reeeivrs the geed of future tainsrs ; if thing ? of eoodnps « , a blessed cnance ; if otherwise , the nntfainking Tirtnou . * throw up the ; r eye ? , and marvel at the wrong ! And thus the chili passes the first nine years nf infant life . "What an infancy ! Lean and withered , and
care-¦ wo-n , ( je « . care-worn ; fcer baby conn tec ante raade d ; li a » d co ] our : e )* s by the miserable aspects everywhere surrounding her . ) che seems a * if ghe had aever bten } oucger ; nay , more , that yeam could hardJy raaie her luok more old , there i « within her face of babyhood to dwp a stamp of sad matunrv . All the better yearnings of the heart—the peace , tfee sportJTeness born and abonndinir at : he hearths of competence—what ha * ? he knows of these ? Life to her ha * been a joyk « s , selfish , hnagry , peevish thisi . Her homp has been the home of grinding ¦ want ; at her fireside , man , the lord of creation , has been a serf to the lowest neee ? si : ies , and not ilwaj * a silent anfl nnrppining one . How often in the bratal husband and the reckless father the
horrid handywort of misery alone ! Of all the violence , the cruelty , infiiettd on each oifeer by the miserable poor , how much gf it is bet the -wild ontbur * t of intjlerable 8 elf-. « u 5 eriDg ! Acd our little factory girl has seen this ; and the shadow of the evil has fallen upon her face ? Let cs , however , accompany the child to the factory . "What a bitter season . ' How the wind howls—with what a dash the sleet is flnng against the windows ! The earth is frozen hard as iron , and the wind cuts blighticely ; snow ia on the proaDd . It is five o ' clock on aJann&rj morning . The child is up , a . oi with ii » scanty coTeriDg puiled about it descends shivering to the street . Poor littf e wench ! her blood i * frczen
Trader her rery finger nails . Her foot , too ( for the * cors have been patched past further patching , and yawa in half a dozen } laces , ) is galled with a n&yty chilblain , and she limps most painfully . Her father , boend to the same factory , lift . * her upon his back , and checking an . oath , gToaan from between his teeth . The girl ia nine yearn old ; and hatf-clad in a desol&tiEC January morning is carried—through cold asd darkness carried—to work . The girl is now iH the factory . From thw moment her childhood utterly ceases ; * be is a bondswoman to all the cares of niarsre life . Nine hours per day is her a lotted time for wort ; the remainder of the twentyfj-jr t 9 be passed—in what ? in the sports of youth ?
in the happy , aru . es .-i ret-readon of children , tewhora even the cenieionsness of existence i » at times a source of the keenest pleasure ? An hour and a half is given to breakfast and diDner ; and when ¦ we remember the waees earned by the factory girl , sometime * as mucb as four and sixpence per week , and the costliness of tbe luxury of bread , an hour und a half for two meals is surely time sufficient ; they mirht , we have no doubt , be eaten—ay , both —iii b . slf tie allotted time . There yet rwna > u casv hoars—hours for what ? F « r the merest rudiments of edncaden ? Afwr nine hours unceann ? labour in the cotton factory , how elastic tha mind ! haw apt for instruction ! how strong to
pore over a book ! how fitted to receive any impression that * haJl raise its possessor a degree above thf bfin slaughtered for the shamble ? . ' Tae factory girl returcubom " , and what can she do bnt sleep ? What should xhe do but seek oblivion from the nsise , the rac-kiDg noise of engines , the hell ^ of saand * , which . « he has all day suffered ? Who would k € «» p her # se kalf honr from her miserable bed ? Yfho would lessen the ble ? siHK 8 of sleep , since sleep may somenmes bring to ber * t \ ta . dreams of quiet visions of iappinegs ? What to her S » reading and writing?—let ber qnaff forgetfnlne « s . However , we must not yet retarn from
the- factory . The girl has entered the building ; ''he add * another to the crowd of pallid children already doomed . We may be aBSwered , tbat to work u the common sentence of mankind , and that it is worse than useless in ns to attempt to awaken symparhy for tbe sufferers . Be it so ; bat if ever angels weep , it must be when surveying the wicktsdne ** , the craft , the meanness , the hypocrisy , and tyranny of the earth below , they cast their regards upon tbe factory infants;—hapless ' little ° » es ; children without childhood ; poor , diminutive Adam « of nine years old , earning their corn law Wf in the sweat ' of their baby faces . * How . eT , to proceed mia tie desDQV of oar factory child ,
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no longer a imng of infancy . A very , verv few years pass over her head , and at sixteen , atinost , > he is probably a wife ( her husband , it may be , almost a year older than his spouse . Here is tbt ? history of her father and mother acted over again by her miserable helpmate and herself ; a generation of the same puny , stunted race ; the same supply of infant bones and sinews for the Moloch engine ; the same privation * ; the same weariness and hope' iessness of condirioa—again , the same early wedlock ; again , the same weak and pallid progeay . But things cannot be as thev are . Science
may not turn . Seven-dials into the garden of the Hwp » rides ; nor An we look that it should make Holy *¦ ell-street fiovr With milk and honey ; but the time is approaching when , by it * wi .-e and bounteous nature , the wrongs at this moment eating like uleer * in the social body , will be classed with the cruelties of by-gone ajres . Another generation , and they who insist on the necessity of the condition of the nine years' old factory child of our day , will take their places with the admirers of thumb-screws—the champions « f the social value of the steel boot .
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The Passexger-Pigeok . —Along the whole course o " ' the Mississippi and Su-k m-hirvine rivers we met witk small fljeks ef ihe columba Tni ^ ratoria , or paxsenger-pigeon . This b . rd attains the sixtysecond degree of Utitude in the warmer cemral districts . Tee passenger-pigtoa o ten appears in such vast numbers as can scarcely be credited . "Wilson the celebrated ornithologist , t-srimated a flock which continued to fly over hi * head in an equal stream for the greater part of a day , to have been a mile in breadth , and two hundred and forty miles in leHgth comprehending , at three pigeons to the square yard ' upwards of two thousiad two hundred and thirty millions . He further informs us that thev repair
every morning to eertam places in the we-tern forests in « uch countless multitudes , that tbe ground is covered with their manure to the depth of several inches , all the grass and underwood bein ? destroyed , and tbe trees themselves killed over thousands oi acres , as completely as if girdled by an axe , this devastation not bein ^ repaired unti l a lapse of mamyear * . These "pots are termed pigeon-roosts , and are probably fifty or sixty miles distant from the breeding place * , which are no less remarkable and stili _ more extensive . One which Mr . Wilson visited in Kentucky -was forty mile- lung and several miles wide ; every tree loaded with nes t * and the ground
strewed wi-. h e £ 2 s , broken branches , and squab pigeons , which had fallen fmm above , and on which latge herds of hogs were fattening . From twenty feet upwards to the top * of the trees , there was a perpetual tumult and flattering of croud- of pineons their wings roaring lise thunder , while the bud * of prey were ^ ailing over head in great numbers and seizio- tbe squab * at pleasure . The frequent ' fall * of large branches , broken down by the multitudes which clung to them , destroyed numbers of tbe hires , and rendered it rac-.-erous for any one to walk beneath them . — King ' s Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean .
Appalling Incident . —The following is extracted from a private journal kept on board the 1 i / tcennes . one of the ves » el . « attached to the exp ' oring expedition , aud published in tbu Bunker Hill Aurora : —'' Just before uooa , while taking in the main top-gallanr .--ail , one of the crew who was in the yard , b _ v the slutting of the sail , bad the iumliae thrown ovr-r hi . * hr-ad , and , before he could free himself , was jerked off , and forward of the yard , where he hung dangling by the n ^ ck , at the height of eighty feet . He struggled for a moment only , trying with both hands to reach the rope over bis bead , aud then they fell powerle-s by his side . He wa- first petn by me boatswain , who looked op en
seeing i . ha : fall overboard . I was b y his side and never shall I forget the face of horror , nor the unearthly aud feariul shriek chat broke fmm him after po ' . hbng aloft for a few seconds , incapable of ut : er-? ng .. sound . It was like that sometimes heard from person * suffering under the night-mare . It wax , indeed , a most < twful siiibt , to bennid a fellow-creature thus quivering iu the air , his arms dansjiing to and fro , and bis whole body swayed backward ^ a ! d ior « -ard * w ; tn evrry rail of tie ship , lifreea or twenty ftitt , and every imle while strung with violence against the &a « t . In a few ? ceunds a dozen h « d were aloft to his a « i ? tance , but it seemed as manv
nours . And here a new danger prr-eated it ** if ; one . of them , tcinkirtr only of freeing the sufferer ' s neck , caught ir . m wiih one h 3 Ld , leaning over the topsail-yard , as beswuntrin , and begun cutting the rope wua tnp otbtr . Providentially , tr . e attempt was s * -.-D aud arrested by the first lieutenant . Had be cut tbe rnpe , the jerk must h&ve thrown them off tojjetner . He was now soon liberated , but declarer ! to be dead . On bein ^ r lowered on deck in a nammock « ent up for the purpose , the means useu for th ? recovery of persons whose animation is suspended were successfully usf-d , and he is now doing well . Another minute and all would have been over with him . On « am ^ n < irion of tbe manner in
whica he was suspended , his preservation is little shor : of miraculous . There was onlv a single lurn round his neck Had it slipped ( and Heaven only can tell what prevented ir , ) he would have been dashed to piece * , or whirled overboard , where , with the heavy re > a that was running , he must have perished . Had it caught an inch nearer bis ear , be must have Wen saifocau-d ere relieved . And in view . of his escape , will you believe , ail he thinks « f is stopping bis grog to-day , lest it should induce fever ! JSot half an hour since , I went to -ee him , and be eaid ' It was hard a man maqt loose hin prop because he came near breaking his neck . ' Such i * the old man-of-war ' s man . "
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| DAXIEL WHITTLE HARVEY , M . P . AND I , THE CONVENTION . ¦ Th . e following letter hs . « b « en addressed , by Mr . ¦ . Harvey , to Mr . S . -Knighton , a member of the | National Convention : — 46 , Bridge-street , Westminster , April 6 th , 1839 . . Sir , —My attention has jnst been drawn to the i following paragraph in the Sun of last evening : —
. - D . WHITTLE HARVEY , ESQ ., M . P . "A resolution proposed by Mr . S . Knijjhton . and ? ecorj' ? ed by Mr . Pitkethly , proposing to receive the offered legal services of the above-nempd gentleman for the use of the Contention , was carried , after a protracted disenssion . " Not "having offered my legal services , to tbe Convention , yon . and the grntleman who seconded the above re * olnrion , have been led , I doubt not , inadvertently , into an error . You will do me great injustice if yon interpret this disclaimer as conveying any hostility , on my part , to the * general objects of the Convention , howeverinnc ' n I may deplore the feeble and -persnnaltone of iu deliberation * . But I feel the Tiuth orient
tr > be . a guiding object to all Reformers . Men who irnpnte . and . as I think , justly , so many grievous errors to tbe political cyutem of this country , and to those who direct it . are bound to be peculiar tenacious of this qualification , and 1 much regret that the reported proceedings of tbe Convention afford so many evidences of a lax spirit in this particular , and in none more than ia the principles and motives which the membrr * of the Convention firp represented as ) mput . ng to public men . To speak oi myself , and myself balv . I have been a constant advocate of Reform , and have struggled for ifc » advancement upwards of thirty years , and from tbe beginning I have been , as I bo » am , tbe advocate of a suffrage which shall embrace everv male adult who has been
located in one place for twelve months , whether he occupies a houce or a hovel—one room or many . Yei is this not Universal Suffrage . I decidedly prefer an indissoluble Triennial Parliament to an Annual Parliament , and 1 am Dot unfavourable to the Ballot , if no better security can he found against corruption and intimidation . And I own it would afford to me the highest satisfaction , it ' all the sincere friends of Reform could be induced to meet upon this broad and firm ground , leaving other points , of more or less importance , to work out their own pretension . * . For if the House of Commons , thns chosen , could not realise the jnst eippctation ^ ef the public , * e roust trace the causes of national discontent , and their remedies , to elements and ngenci" * which are
not discernable upon the surface of events passing around us . In disclaiming the offer of my legal services , let it not be imputed to me , that I would not render them to the best of my ability . wf > r" they sought . But arware of the jealousy -with" which the Convention is * regarded , and tbe contrivances ¦ which the Ifgal tyrants ef past times have framed , in ¦ which to entangle the friende of Reform , I shonld have regarded it as an act of inexcusable presumption on my part , to have sought a post of such fearful responsibility . I am , Sir , Your humble servant , D . W . Hahvey . To Mr . S . Knighton .
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Mubdek . — Toe Horrid murder of a young female , supposed to be perpetrated thirty years ago , has betsv disclosed by the discovery of her corps under the kiteben floor of her seducer ; erery means are in requNiiion to trace the foul' ctewl , and bring the murderers to justice , if they have not yet appeared at a higher judgment-seat . ^ The Wife of Captain S&uuwl Chase , of South Dennis , who was a soldier uad * r Laiayette in the revolution , and who is a pt ? nsiotwr now in his 80 th year , presented him vrith a fine-son arid daughter , twin * , about a fortnight ago—the nVsefnats of " their marriage : , whiek transpired last year .
Marriage Lottery . —It ba * often " keen said figuratively , that marriage is a lottery ; b * t we do not recollect to hare met with a praotie »} jliostralion of the truth of the simile before the foltewiig , which is a true translation of an advertisement ia the " Louisiana Gazette " . "— "A young mao of good figure and disposition , unable , though destroni , to procure a wife , without the preliminary tnrobte of amassing a fortune , proposes the following expedient to obtain the object of hia wishes ; he oSws btnuelf as the prize of a lottery to all widows and virgrw under thirty-two ; the number of tickets ta be gix hundred aud fifty dollars each ; but one nuwber to be drawn from the wheel , tha fortunare proprietor of which is to be entitled to himself and the 3 O , 00 t > dollar * "
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if STATE OF PO&XTiC&Zi FSBMWCI . Darlington—On Tuesday week , a public meeting of the . Darlington Working Men ' s Association was held in tbe Market-place , Mr . Miles Brown in the chair , who opened the proceedings in a spirited and manly address . He then introduced Mr . Kuox , tne county delegate , who was received with loud and repeated cheering . Mr . Knox , though . suffering from severe cold , delivered a lucid and brilliant speech . Next followed Mr . Reeves and Watson . The whole proceedings proved tout the spirit of democracy is fast spreading . We observed Mr . Maud and M . r . Allan , tvro of tbe magistrates , amongst thu crowd . Tbe greatest order and regularity prevailed . Messrs . Knox , Reeves and Watson proceeded to Bernard Castle ; thence would go to Aucklaad and Snildon .
Radical Shoemakers . —The shoemakers of Glasgow and the surrauDdmg suburbs held a meeting on Monday week , in the Mechanics' Hall , which wa .- * well attended . Resolutions in favour of the Charter , and for coatributious to its support , were unanimously passed . Public Meeting near Stroud . Tbe Chartisw held a most numeroas assembly on Friday week , ( Good Friday ) ea Redborough Hill , in the neighbourhood of Stroud . Thrre were at least ten taousmd persons assembled . The meeting was
addressed by Mr . Frost , the dismissed Newport ma ^ i .-trate , and Mr . Vincent , and bj many otber of the lo ' .-al mechanics and weavers . The meeting passed off without the least disturban ? e . Mr . Fro . t wnnouueed his intention of opposing Lord John Ru <« el' , at the next election for Stroud . Messrs . Vincent and Frost were exceedingly well received at Srroud , when / a Cbartist Association is being tbraird , which already promises to be a very numerous and iorluential body . Mr . Vincent delivered a lecture to the Association on Saturday evening which wi-t well attended .
Carlisle .- A most beautiful and affecting discourse *¦ & * preached in the Coffee House Assembly Room , on Wednesday evening week , by the Rev . Joseph For-yth , of . Newcastle , in bid of the mud for the defence of that persecuted Christian , ' J . R . Stephen" . The rev . gentleman relateJ an act of great cruelty under the New Poor Law , which had come under his own immediate observation . I was ( 'aid the rev . preacber ) requested to go to baptize a child of a poor man , named John Wilson , whom I found in a most wretched and destitute state , all the t ' urfciture in the house would not have suld for a sViilliDg ; he was lying on a wretched pallet of straw , with scarcely any thing to cover him , his child was Ivifig in another part of the miserable apartment , there was very little tire in the grate , and the
weather at the time was very severe . Tbe poor man had served his country as a soldier , and a pension of 3 s . 6 i . per week was all he and his family had to subsist upon , they had no other resource . I made the minutest inquiries about him in order to ascertain if he had brought on his horrible destitution by any misconduct of his own , bu : I could find nothing against him . I rendered him some a «* istaace through some kind friends , but this fund was too soon exhausted , and his pv . cr wife had applied to the Guardians , but was not regardedhow-ver , a second application was made and artence-J to ; but in what way do you suppose ? Wliy , they took away his papers for his pennon , which amounted , as I before stated , to 3 « . Gd ., and gave hioi aud his starving family , 4 s . per week , which was au addition of 6 d . per week .
London Working Men ' s Association . — At a special general meeting of the London Working Men's Association , held at their rooms on Wednesday week , it was resolved — " That the members be individually requeued to u .-e their exertions and influence in their representative localities to establish Charter Associatioas , and without interfering in any manner with their own Working Men ' a Association , to render every possible assistance towards carrying out the plan reeommeadeU by the General Convention for the better organization of London . " It was also resolved "That Mr . Lovett , the secretary , be requested to offer gratuitously the use of the Association Booing anyday of tbe week ( excepting Tuesday ) for accommodating the General Metropolitan Charter Association , till they need a more commodious room .
Two-waters , Hants . —The goad work is going on well in this place . A working Man ' s Association , to assist in carrying the Charter , ba » been formed ; and at a meeting held during the past week , resolutions were passed , pledging them to unite and labour for this purpose , and for the collection of the National Rent , and a committee was formed to superintend a . nd direct their operations . Kilmabnock . —On Saturday last , Delegates from twenty-one towns and villages in Ayrshire appointed at public meetings of the inhabitants ' , met in Mr . Paley's Hall , Kilmarnock . Mr . Craig addressed the meeting , and stated various measures which he conceived necessary before the presenting
of the National Petition . The meeting then proceeded to business , when the following resolutions werepassed : —1 . "Thatinstructions be given to tbe Delega ' -e to tbe General Convention of the industrious classes for Ayrshire , to write to tbe Cenvention , . « ugg * sting that a Petition from the females of Britain should be prepared and got signed . " 2 . " Tbat this meeting express their confidence in tbe Convention now sitting in London . " 3 . " That this meetng unanimously approve of Mr . Hugh Craig , as delegate for Ayrshire , and express their confidence in him . " 4 . " That this meeting recommend tbat the various delegate should urge upon their constituencies tbe necessity for using every exertion for getting raore names appended to tbe National Petition , and more Rent raised . " 5 . " That this
meeting agree that a canvass shall be made of the electors , clergymen , andother influential individuals , for the purpese of getting their support to the National Petition and Rent . " 6 . " That the meetings to be held before the presentment ef the Petition , if ordered by the Convention , shall be district meetings ; that they shall be simultaneous ; and that the following towns be the places where they shall be held , viz ., Girvon , Ayr , Mauc-. hline , Kilmarnock , Irvine , and Dairy ; and that collections be made at these meetings for the National Rent . 7 . " Tbat the delegate for tbe county should be asked to attend tbe meeting at Irvine—the said town having by ballot obtained the choice . " 8 . " That a
statistical account of the physical , moral , intellectual , and political condition of the working classes « f the county he made out , and the necessary questions be framed by the convener after named , and be printed and circulated to the rarious districts , and that they should be answered before the 14 th , and sent to tbe convener ; tbat two schedules of queries be sent to each place—one to be returned , and one to be retained . " 9 . " Tbat thi * 'meeting think it proper that a Chartist candidate should be started tor the county at the first election , in order that the electors who are really Liberal may have an opportunity of recording their votes . " 10 . " That the meeting , being convinced of the urgent necessity of immediate action , agree that the delegates now assembled form themselves into a permanent
committee , to be called the Ayrshire Charter Committee , and to meet as often as tbe convener shall thiBk proper , any three member * having power to ask him to call such meeting . " 11 . " That Mr . John M'Crae , delegate from Cumnock , be appointed convener and secretary oi the said committee , and that Mr . Hugh B&ird , Kilmarnock , be treasurer . " 12 . " That this meetiBg express their hope that the Convention will Bot , in any event , completely dissolve , and thus lose the concentrated power they now possess . " In the evening the friends of the delegates met them in the same place , aud spent some happy hours . Mr . Craig was in the chair . Mr . M'Neil , Saltcoats , croupier . Numerous toasts were drunk , and speeches delivered . Above 200 were present .
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MAUCHUNEi-On Monday week the inhabitants of sbjs village were convened to hear a statement from their delegate of the proceeiftngs of the county raeeSftnp of delegates at Kilmameck . The report was unanimousl y approved of , and a vote of thanks to thea-delegate , Mr . M'Ewan , wa * responded to tiein . nwi . A vote of contilence in tbe ' Ayrshire Charter Committee" was agreed to , and tbe meeting separated in hi gh spirits . —The male and femnle unions are increasing . Glasgow Female Badicaxs . —Oo Monday week , a general meeting of the Female Radicals of this city nod suburbs was convened in the Sfcfchod » t Chape * , Swreull ' s Court , ** the ouroose of «« Dff
support to the- People ' s Charter . Mr . ' John Cum " m » ng was- calfol ta the chahr , on the part of ft * Universal S . uftage Association , from which a dteputation were h » attendance to address the meetirm ,. which wa * nuaeramljr attended-tbe chapel beimr klled with elegantly dressed , good-looking , and in many instances beaaoful women , all glowing with tbe sacred fire ef patriotism . Excellent speeches were made , and th * following resohniem passed—4 That thin
meetraj , approve of the present movement f * Universal Suffrage , and are determined , by all the means in their power , to to as much as possible for the advancement of the cause , " A few collections of rent were banded in to -the treasurer by well-dressed girl * whose very appearance , as indeed the whole of the fair politicians , woald , in point of not only neatness but elegance , g » far to induce the most miserable- Whi gling to- open his pur ? e after all other mean * had failed .
Democratic Soiree . —On Monday evening week , the Radical Reformers of Newcastle gave a public tea in honour of Tnoraaa Doubleday , E < q . as a testimony of their sense of hii unflinching services in the cause of liberty . The festival was held > n the New Music Hall , Nelson-street , which was tastefully decorated with patriotic fligs and evergreens . Tne Winlaton band was in attendance , a company of excellent elee- « ingern was engaged for the occasion , the performance of which tended to heighten the enjoyment of the evening . About six hundred sat down to tea .
Northern Political Union . —On Wedcesday week , a meeting of the Council was held at Newcastle , Mr . Gallon , Vice-President , in the chair . Mr . Cockburn moved that a committee of five be uppointed for the purpose of drawing up a plan of local agitation similar to that adopted by the Durham Charter Association . Seconded by Mr . Hedley and carried unaniin msly . Rent and ' subscriptions were then hftuded in from various places . A letter was tbr-u read from Dr . Taylor , stating that be « ould not require , from the Council , any payment for bw service- . From Mr . Harney , the followimr letter was read ;— London , March 25 , 1839 . My Dear Sir , —In the exercise of my official duties I beg leave to submit , through you , to the Northern Union , the 1 ' ollpwing queries : ' —
1 st . The population of Newcastle and the surrounding districts ? 2 nd . The manufactures , the trades , and occupations of the inbabitRiits ? r 3 rd . The political feelings of the inhabitants ? 4 th . The gen-nil rate of wages of the different trades , occupations , &c . 5 th . Are the people , generally armed , according to their constitutional rights ?
fith . Is the Poor Law Amendment Act in full operatiou ; and if so , what is the effect upon wages , and the condition of the people generally ? 7 th . What measures will the iuhabicants of Northumberland adopt in the event ( and a . certain event it is , ) of the rejection of the People ' s Charter ? As I have written these queries hastily , I have not put them in the order I should dy , if they were re-written . Trussing these queries will be aUoWered as soon as circumstances permit , 1 have the honour to be ,
Fraternally yours , w _ , Geohoe Julian Harney . Mr . Blakey . A committee of nine was appointed to answer the foregoing queries , ; with instructions to request the assistance of the different trades in furnishing the answers . A committee was next appointed to assist iu carrying into ejfect a requisition to the Mayor , " anent" the general policy of her Mujeatv's hopeful advisers . Tbe following letter was then r « ad : — To the Chairman and Members of the Northern Political Union .
Gentlemen , —Perhaps you will not be aware that a secret meeting has taken place of the ministers of this town , cailmg themselves Dissenters ; men who profess to allow every man liberty of conscience , freedom of thought , and right of appeal ; and yet these men met for the purpose of being the pers > - ruiors of the Rev . Mr . Wyper , because he dared to preach in aid of Mr . Stephens , and to advocate tht principles of liberty , justice , and humanity . They have , in the first place , censured th" conduct of tbe
Rev . Mr . Stephens as brutal and nn-Christian ; thev have , in the second place , determined to have no correspondence with Mr ; Wyper on any other subject , howe \ er philanthropic or merciful . Such are the determinations of rneri who owe their political and religious privileges to the sword ot a Kno . x , or the claymore of Fin honest Covenanter ; Trusting you will wake this a * publis as possible , by meetings pr otherwise , 1 remain ,
A Seatholdeb of the Secession Church . The Secretary observed that , as the letter was anonymous , the Union could make no use of it upon which a respecta ' -le young man , wkose name we have , stepped forward and avowed its authorship—it was then ordered to be printed . The Chairsian naid , that very many of the hearers of the reverends concerned , had expressed strong displeasure at their conduct , in reference to this shameful proceeding . He , the Chairman , did not know how many clergymen were mixed up with the affair , but he knew that ministers of the Independent Baptist and Secession Churches were present on tbe occasion . A motion , of which notice
had b » en given last week , was brought forward , with a view to appoint deputations to await on the ministers of the gospel , requesting that each of them would preach a sermon in aid of Mr . Stephens in furtherance of the principles of the Northern Political Union . This motion was lost by the casting vote of the Chairman—twelve Councillors voting for , and twelve against it . Mr . Cockburn tlien moved , that the Council have the most unbounded confidence in the Rev . Mr . Wyper , and on behalf of the Union , pledges iuelf to support him against all persecution , by every means in their power—seconded by Mr . Kay , and carried unanimously . It was then moved by Mr . Moody , and seconded b
y Mr . Cockburn , that the thanks of the Council are eminently due , and hereby given , to the Rev . Mr . Forsyth , for the Christian and patriotic part he has recently taken in afd of the Rev . Joseph Rayner Stephens . Mr . Gill then stated that they had formed a Union in Morpeth , ia which seventy members were enrolled already . He also had much gratification in stating , that a news and reading room has been established ,, to which the Mayor , in the roost enlightened and liberal spirit , afforded seats , desks , &e ., the property of the Corporation . He recommended a deputation to Morpeth , Alnwick , Wooler , Berwick , and the intermediate villages . Mr . Elliott moved , — seconded by Mr . Dees
, that a deputation be Bent to those places . The £ 5 . allowed by tbe Convention to be appropriated to the expences of the deputation , the remainder of the expence to be defrayed out of the funds of tbe Union . A lengthened conversation arose , as to the best means of making the' deputation effective ; and , ultimately , a committee was appointed to correspond with the different towns of Northumberland , together with Hawick , Jedburgh , and other places on the Scottish side of the border . The committee to report to the Council at the next meeting . Mr . Home then « tated , that in accordance with instructions from the Council , he and Mr . Cbarlton had visited Stanhope-in-Weardale , on Good-Friday .
It wo * lamentable to see the distress that prevailed 5 h those extensive districts , and the coercion and intimidation tbat was perpetrated against the people , in order to keep them in perpetual slavery . AH the miners , who had joined the Union , in that place , were marked'men—they were threatened to be sacrificed as Mr . Hemsley had been sacrificed , and tbe natural consequence was , that many men , who were ready to take the field in favour of the principles of truth and justice , were compelled to withdraw their names from the union , lest they and their helpless families should be deprived of bread . The band , too , ' was told that it must not attesd , or every individual comprising if , would be deprived of his
employment . Notwithstanding these difficulties and discouragements , however ho was glad to say , that they had a meeting of upwards of six hundred men—tbat resolutions were unanimously passed in favour of Mr . Stephens , confidence in the Convention , and determination to have no Corn Law agitation—no petty agitation of any kind ; but the People ' s Charter , and no mistake . This statement was received with lond cheers . Deputations were then appointed to visit Spital Tongues on Friday , and Rowdwa Pans on Saturday afternoon , at five o ' clock , and some business , of a financial nature , having been transacted , the meeting adjourned . — Northern Lileratvr .
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Sanquhar . —On Saturday last , itWame jj . mitively knowff that Mr . Craig , missio ^ sfry from the Convention of . Delegates , iu London , woalU visit tbw place . Great enthusiasm , en the part of the working daises , way the consequence—seeing be was the first Chartist who had honoured bur aaeient burgh with his presence . Half-past nine was th « hour crl meeting ; and Song ere that period ,, large t » rouj » of men were seen collwrted near the Tow ' a Hall , Trtrieh the magistrates h ' ad kindly lent for that purpose . However , it wa » evident , that , large as the place- was , it would be onable to contain a fourth part of the assembly ,- when it was agreed to he held i » the open air . TW instrumental band , who
happetv to be all thorough going Reformer * , escorted Mr . CVaig to the front of the Town House , where he wasTfewgnised with loud entering . Silence being restored , . Bbilie Lamout , a present magistrate , feame forward and , amidst loud ch « e » proposed j that Mr . Georgr . O-iborne , one of the members of the Town Council ' ,, should take the chair . On the I chairman stepping' Ibrward to thank the meeting for the honour they had ' eooferred on him , humourously remarked , that he afl < J they had nearly fallen oat of political acquaintance ; , since the famous agitation during tbe passing of th » Reform Bill ; but , added be , your assembling hers-this cold morning , in such numbers-, evidently proctermed tfiat the sacred spirit of liberty ,, though for a Jwse latent , was not extinguished-ra their bosoms .- After making allusions
to what the people demanded , and the do-nothing policy of the Whigs , he introduced Mr . Craig to the meeting , who * received him witb every mark of respect , aud patiently listened nvbim during an entire hour and a half , while he pourtrayed the grievons burdens under which we , " the- admiration of the world , " groaai The speech of tbe member for Ayrshire will not soon be forgotten in this quarter . His most conclusive and eloquent reasoning told exceedingly well on the men and women of Sanquhar , who testified their approbation by cheering during the delivery . The Chairman read the National Petition - and a motion beiog put , that the meeting approve of it , was uaanimously carried , and an active committee was appointed , to take charge of it , and collect funds in aid of the
Convention . A vote of thaoks- was proposed to Mr . Craig , wha acknowledged it , amidst loud cheering . Three cheers were proposed by Mr . Craig to the " bonnie lasses " and thrifty wives of Sanquhar , which were heartily given ; and a vote- of thanks being given to the Chairman , which he acknowledged , he declared the m ^ etiBg dissolved . The band escorted Mr . Craig io the inn , when he . immediately drove off for Dumfries . — Correspondent oft / te Ayrshire Examiner . Public Meeting a . t Wandsworth . —On Tuesday week , tbe Wandsworth and Clapham
Working Men'u Association held a public meeting at the King ' s Head Tacern , Wandsworth . Mr . Hayter was called to the chair , and the meeting was addressed by Mesvrs . George Ackerley , Comley , and Charles Westerton . G . J . Harney arrive * at the close of the proceedings , and spoke in vindication of his character from the aspersiems of the press . The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in the meeting . A Femaie Radical Association has been formed in this town , and there is every probability of its becoming very num-roas and influential .
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PUBLIC MEETING—TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS-DEFEAT OF THE WHIGS . ( Abridged from the True Scotsman . ) On Monday a public meeting , called by the Lord Provost , in consequence of " having been requested by a large body of hw fellow-citizens , " was held in the Waterloo Room * , at three o'clock in tbe afternoon , " for the purpose of addressing her Majesty in support of the principles on which , her Minister ' s have hitherto conducted " the administration of Ireland . " The Council of the . Edinburgh Politic ai Union , on hearing of thi * meeting , met on Thursday night , and resolved to oppose the Whigg , firstby
, moving a chairman of their own ; and then by moving a want of confidence in the Ministry . On Friday they gave formal notice to the Whi & 8 that suck were the intentions of the Council . Long nefore the hour of meeting , the large room was crowded with a very enthusiastic assemblage , ineluding every grade of politicians , —Whig , Tory , Radical , and Ctiaxtist . ( t was evident , from the great influx of the working classes , and the strong muster they had effected , that there would he no plain sailing , but a very strenuous opposition . A considerable number of police officers were stationed in the room and iu the passages ; a goodly mustei of constables were also in attendance .
The Lord Provost and his friends were received with hisses , groans , and cheers . Amongst tho ^ e present , we observed the following : —Sir T . D Lauder , Bart . ; Sir James Gibson Crai g , Bart . Sir James Spittal ; Sir John Rohison ; General Mayne , C . B . ; Lieut .-Col . Kinnaird ; Mr . Miller , Ddtswinton ; Bailies Stark and Richardson ; Dean of Guild Thomson ; Councillors M'Laren , J . Ritchie , Anderson , and D . Wataon ; Thomas Maitland , James Ivory , Robert Thomson , J . Shaw Stewart , Patrick Shaw , James Crawford , James Wilson , James Monorief , J . T . Gordon , J . H . Burton , and Arthur Dingwall , Esqrs ., advocates
/ Eneas M'Bean , Wm . Waddell , J . B . Grade C J . F . Orr , P . Crooks , J . T . Gibson Graig , J . H . Burner , Alex . Donald , J . G . Darling , Aug . Maitland , Esqr ? ., writers to the signet ; Archd . Thonw Bon , Andrew Millar , Robert Thompson , Ralph Richardson , Alex . Clapperton , John Robertson , J . M'Donald , Wm . Johnston , J . Veitcb , Joseph Baird , John Lees , Esqrs ., merchants ; Dr . M'Lagan ; Commisaary-General Wemyss ; James Donaldson , Jos . M'Gregor , Francis Burke , David Cor mack , and Will . Lowe , Esqrs ., accountants ; Sutherland M'Kennie , Esq ., E M'Millan , James M * Andrew , John M'Andrew , and Hugh Critchon , Et-qrs , Boltcitors .
Sir James Gibson Ceatq moved that the Lord Provost do take the chair , which his Lordship proceeded accordingly to assume ; when Mr . Fraser , ' of ' the True Scotsman , presented himself to move as an amendment , that Mr . Robert Douglas do take the cbair . A scene of indescribable clamour and confusion ensued , amid which several distinct shows of bands were taken for the Lord Provost as chairman , and for . Mr . Douglas . Tbe show of hands being nearly equal , each party claimed the majority . Mr . Fraser proposed to adjust the difference by allowing the Lord Provost and Mr . Douglas to preside conjointly . This the Whigs refused to accede to ; and , after a great deal oi squabbling ,
JsiR James Spittal said—Unless the Lord Provost is allowed to preside , the meeting will he adjourned altogether . Mr . Fraser -Sir Jame * Spittal intimates , that unless you allow the Lord Provost to take the chair , the meeting will be dissolved . We are not to be juggled by these men . We have been twice juggled before , and we shall not be juggled a third time . We know what is due to ourselves and our principles ; and we will not adjourn . Mr . Douglas , after some more jangling proceeded towards the hustings . Mr . T . Gordon , on
observing tbi » movement , said something which was inaudible , gave an empbatio thump on the table , and looked as if on no " hospitable thought intent" to the approaching intruder . The Lord Provost tried to address the meeting , and was understood to call on his fellow-citizens te support him . Mr . Douglas , howe » er , advanced to the platform , where he took up a position on Sir T . D . Lauder * left hand , the Lord Provost being on the Hob . JJdfconet ' s right . Alter a brief pause , Sir Thomas being reduced to a pinch , took out his snuffbox , which he familiarly handed to Mr . Douglas , to the great amusement of the assemblage .
The Lord Provost attempted to epeak , bnt was assailed with yells , when Mr . Douglas exclaimed , u give the Provost a fair hearing . " His Lordship made some remarks , the only one we heard was , "I n * w dissolve this meeting , " and immediatel y left tbe room , accompanied by his friends and a small portion of the audience . Dr . Glover , Fellow of the Royal C » llege of Physicians ( St . Patrick Square ) , rose to move the first resolution . He said , though I decidedly anticipated a victory to-day , I never expected one so glorious and so decisive . ( Hear , ) I did not suppose for moment that the
one Whigs would have deserted tbeir posts ; but , like the Ministry they came to support , would have clung as long to the platform as they possibly could . I therefore did not expect to be called upon to move a substantial motion ; but I certainly came here with , the purpose of moving an amendment to any motion which they might brinn forward . ( Cheers and hisses . ) This meeting was called in a very peculiar manner . It was not called to consider the propriety of supporting the principles of her Majesty ' s present Ministers , nor even in support of their principles in-general , but it was called —( Immense clamour . ) -
The ^ Chairman interfered . He sat there to do his duty ; aad he would n » t allow any man to be put down . He claimed a fair hearing for every one though he should sit there till one o ' clock in the morning for that purpese . ( Cheers . ) Dr . Glover then proceeded , by saying , that be would at once move— " That it in the decided opinion of this meeting that her Majesty ' s present
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MtuMters have abandoned those liberal principles which fbey professed before they came into powerthat although they entered into office pledged to reform , economy , and peace , their conduct , as to Ireland and Britain , has been illiberal , despotic , and extravagant ; as to Canada , vacillating , bloody , and cruel ; aa to Russia and Poland , pusillanimous ; aa to America , warlike , which tbis meeting highly disapproves ; and that , therefore , this meeting neither has , nor can have , any confidence ia her Majesty ' s present Ministers . " ( Hear , tear . ) This notion the Doctor supported in a long and excellent speech .
Mr . Fraser seconded tbe resolution in a xpeech of considerable length , in which he stated the fair warning which had been given to the Whigs of the intention of the people to oppose their proceeding * He also justified the opposition of the people bj referring to the imbecile , base , and shuffling policy of the Ministry daring their whole career of power . On a show of hands , the resolution was carried by a large majority , very few bauds being held op agam » t it .. ^ r Mr . Pedbib said , the Wbigg are very w * J < Br wise peaple . They know , that " they who fightand run away may live to fi > ht another day . " ( Cheew . ) We have pushed them from tbeir stools here ; aa event
which is perhaps ominous of tbeir going oat somewhere else . ( A laugh . ) A piece of more unblushing effrontery—of more matchless impudence—I never knew , than that which has been perpetrated by the Wbigg to-day , at this meeting , ; for they had ; come to ask a vote of confidence within fourteen jdays of their treating with contempt the prayers and i wishes of the people . It is said of John Bull , that he ta a great-bull-calf } but I really think that he does not possess all the- assinine qualities attributed to hint ; and , though he i * & » ery grateful animal , yet I hardly think him . ' altogether so great a Woekbead aa to give a vote of confidence to people who-are torning a deaf ear to the petitions of the country , and
treating them with most marked insult . They have refused the prayer of the people of Edinburgh , for the repeal of the Corn Laws ; of the great man of tbe people , for the extension of tbe Suffrage . They hardly condescended to te present when Hsme brought on his late motion . And yet they ask & vote of confidence . Really , really , i : is said , when a man strikes you on this side , turn to him the otber also . We have hardly acquired that degree of Christian complaisance . They durst not allow tbe discussion of the general concuct of the Woigs - bat they ask a vote of confidence for their policy ia Ireland , where £ 13 , 390 has been offered within this last year for the discovery of mnrders alone I Surely
if the policy of the Whigs had been beneficial , thi » would not have been chc result . ( Dreadful . ) , We sympathise with Ireland and Irishmen ; but from them we have never derived advantage ; , for thej come to England and Scotland in thousands and ten * of thousands , and undersell the labourers in our own markets ^ 70 , 000 come over annually . This i » their misfortune-r-not their faulty but they who ask for a vote of confidence for a policy which ba » fostered the misery of Ireland , and increased tbat of England and Scotland by such importations have a larjie portion of impudence . But what is the general policy of the Whigi P Why , they give you the smallest possible modicum of Reform . ( Cries of
hear , bear , 'hear . ) Sir Thomas Dick Lauder t » ld you in the Km ^' s Park you would get " Tbe Bill , the whole Bill , and nothwg but the Bill . " They have kept their promise in this instance , though they have asjnany pledges as would furnish a very respectable pawnbroker ' s shop , " unredeemed . " Bat we tell them they must either march a little more quickly or turn to the rightabout . ( Hear , hear . ) At the time of the Reform Bill , it was said p y a gentleman—and I am sorry he has left the room—for I wished to remind him of what he formerly > aid—that there would be 60 , 000 eabre * unsheathed in Edinburgh if the Reform Bill were not carried . ( Crie * of " Name , name . " ) Sir Thomas Dick Lauder . Now
these gentlemen turn round , and when we see only a small portion of the good promised by the Reform Bill , they say ' to the poor Chartists , "Oh , no , you are physical force men ; " and they would put us down . (> ' They can't . " ) No . We have given them to-day a geod lesson which will teach them their real powers We can tell them the Reform Bill was carried by tbe apprehension of physical force ; and if they don ' t march about , we will give them a " pill" of their own making . ( Cheers . ) If there be any here so poor as do homage to the Whigs , I ask him to point his finger to a single act which intelligent and judicious men can approve ? I pause for a reply . (' - ' Slavery . ") The working-classes
have paid twenty millions for the slaves iu the West Indies ; and it' -the Whigs have merit for that measure , we have a great deal more for paying th « money . (» Pension List . " ) Thry have only added to the Pension List . They came into power pledged to economy . They have added fifty millions to the National Debt . They propose to increase the salaries of the Judges ; and it will be very convenient to allow some of them to retire on full salary , and very convenient for the Lord Advoeate to pop ' ihto asnug Judgeshi p of 413500 a-year . I beg to conclude by
moving— " That this meeting of the IuhaDitante of Edinburgh , reviewing the past conduct of her Majesty ' s present Ministers , find that they took office strictly pledged to alleviate the unhappy condition of Ireland , and generally pledged to the reforms ot corruption , home and colonial , peace economy , and retrenchment—instwid of these , we rind that Ireland is doubly distracted , distrust abroad , and useless places of every denomination multi plied " we therefore pray her Majesty to * dismiss them without delay . "
Mr . SMiTfl seconded the motion , and said it was time for the Whigs to " set their bouse ia order . " Mr . William Cowan moved— " That ererr man , whether Whig or Radical , who supports Lord Roden ' s motion , must either be a Tory in principle , or in lesgue with Tories ; and , therefore , has ju » right to the confidence of the Liberal inhabitants of Edinburgh . " ( Laughter . ) The counter-motion not being seconded , fell te the ground . . On a show of bands the resolution was carried by a large majority to four or five dissentients . Mr . Henry RaVken then moved— " Tbat it is the decided conviction of this meeting that equal rights cannot be enjoyed by all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , without Universal Suffrage . "
Mr . CuMMlNO seconded the resolution , which wa * carried almost unanimously . Mr . Halket proposed— "That the foregmn ^ resolutions be embodied in an address , to be presented to the Queen , and that Lord Brougham ( or Earl Stanhope ) be requested to present the same . " . Dr . Glover was afraid , if the address were trans * mitted to Earl Stanhope , who , though opposed to the Poor Laws ,, disagreed with thU meeting on other point ? , the Tories might think the meeting was giving them support . On the other hand , Lord Brougham had declared himself in favour of an extended suffrage -and Vote by-BaH « t ; and tbe' meeting did not know at that moment how far his Lordship would go . ¦• .- - .
It was then agreed that Lord Brougham be requested to preseut the address . The resolution having been seconded by Mr . Batters , was carried ; and it was suggested that the resolutions should be described as emanating from a meeting at which the Lord Provost had been invited to preside , Mr . Peddie said , if the Whigs bad succeeded in , this meeting , it would have been the precurwr of a series of othere' all over the country . Tne Chartists wanted the sinews of war ; and he moved that Mr . Mill take his hat in his hand at the door , and receive the contributions of the meeting . He i £ I d al 8 ° to move that the n » ° lotionM be published m certain newspapers , which he enumerated .
These motions , being seconded , were adopted or the meeting . Mr . James Grant said , the base conduct of toe Whigs in calling the meeting at three o ' clock , when the working classes , who were as interested m the subject as others , could not well attend , had met with its » wd reward . The trick had failed Whenever these political charlatans mounted to tb » top of the ladder , tbey found it convenient to kitk it away—io kick away tbe classes that had raised them ; but now righteous retributian had come d « w » upon their heads , and the workina clawi * h » rt » . *«
a position from which Whi gs and Tories combined cnuld not drive them . Were the wosking classes in alliance with the Tones ? No . They stood br the Charter ; and when the people got into power , they would legislate for themselves , because they would legislate through representatives cbosea by » ein 8 elves . In conclusion he begged to more—That this meeting declare it to be improper to call a public meeting of the inhabitants for apolitical purpose , in which * all are interested , at an hour which only accommodates a section of ioeietr , and not the whole ; and , there / ore , this meeting do bow censure the Lord Provost and Whig party for their conduct .
Mr . Wood seconded- tbe resolution , which waa unanimousl y carried . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , tie meeting separated about hajf . paat five o ' clock *
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^ Foreign Wheat . —According to the Martlane Express there have bees already received foreign wheat and fleur equal t » two-and-a-half millioBS of the former ; and there- are upwards of 5 , 000 quarters more on tke way from the port of Trieste alone .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1052/page/7/
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