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DUNGAH AND LOWAY ' S TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAXD . > ¦ ¦ ¦ ? F 0 RFA 5 SHIRE . The present state of tiiis county is troly distressing . To our coiiSiant standing po Meal . € > 2 s is now to be added tbevrani of vrork , - witi food oud-tlnrd luahtr in price thrtn it OTLgh . t to be . In this county tiere are 3000 idie ; 2060 of these are in Dundee ; and it is expected to these last Trill be adueit anotiier 20 CO . How this winter is to pass oTer demands the attention of the j nosi indifferent ; yet this state cf things does sot appear in the least to discompose oar political-visa men They bi&me the banks for no : giving thton not es for their TjUIb ; but anjlhing liie pity for the bt&te tity have "brought the owmtay to never seems to occur to their mind . r . Wbea Trorting men complain of . tiie misery to which bad ^ governnieiii nas brought tliem , DUSCAH A 2 O ) LO WAY'S TOUR THROUGH
their reply to them is— " See -what Chartism has done lor you and your famflips i •* - Tixe manufacturers are iowever , looking vrith . anxiety to "what the Bonk of England -will do . They hops that the Bank -will do soon "Hrhat she must do in the long run—issue One Pound Kotes ^ they tno-w thai it Ttili tleraage tiic n-JaSvc condition of debtor sud creditor ; and thai " It ia ths Jast card "which s , "sricted and despotic Government has to play to ss . ve them from being compelled to render up thsir . account to a kog-oppressed and insulted . people let them p ' oy it—it \ rill prouact tiie strngglu ; bui it cannot avtii tee catastrophe . The eLennaits cf a ureaCfnl revolution have been treatsu h ? the Whigs and Tories ; and it is evident , » o every man not asleep , t ^ st its explosion is at hand .
FOUFAH . Porfar is the county to-wii ; but the principal part o ! its population are ireaveis . The Istryers live here as they do in other yarts of the "world—by "what they can plunder of the fools "who possess property . Our present system of Government compels vroriing men to "R-ork fourteen hours , or more , each day ; six day 3 of scsh "work produces about seven shillings ; the amount of comfort maT be guessed , ¦ whi ch a "working man and Li 3 family enjoys . Chartists they are , aad ¦ Chartists they ¦ will remain , until this system of oppression is destroyed . As one means of mitigating the evils of tieir lot , tnsy had ten years . since adopted , un 1 ¦ v ery successfully carried ii » u > practice , the principles of exclusive uealini-. There sre at present four stores in Torfar ia active operation t and "we can ssore < rai
Ctaitist brethren in both England and Scuilsnd , that bnt for these stores -we should Lave very little influence over oar niidule-ci&ss gentry . We siuJl shortly notice one of these , as ilinstis&ivc of the "piirsciples and j > rj ^ s-Hces of xhe others . The number of members in tht TorkrSsst j oint Saving Association , a ; present , is 45 ^ H and their shares ar © i" 2 each- "When « hey begas at first they collected pence , until it amounted to to . Tien they begaa their store . Froih so small a beginning , they hzrre mtt a capital of a thocsand pounds . At 3 > r .-scnt say indiviilual msy become a sharchol ; er by depositing £ 5 , and afterwards aVoifing their * To £ ts upon their share to remain uatil they reach £ 2 , "when the shareholders receive the prc £ t at tlia end of each quarter . This t oeicty baa entered upon the manufacture of cloth .
~ r . T , n at present they have lifiy -weavers employed . Their pro 2 » cn manufactures is nothing liie what they have od provisions ; * but they have raised the vfages of the ¦ weaver Gd . upon the piece , and by this means forced the other li ' -ntwfactgreraiiO folloir their example . Tims-we Bee the fact dearly brought to the test / that wcrk ~ n . ; ¦ jn-m could , by Associations , exSsguisa middie-class men alw ? ether ; and tbe longer middle-class hi oppose the preseni moTemeat , they endanger their o ^ rn l > uancS 3 , aEd consequent ascendancy in society , ¦ wh ether as proHi-nionctis or tiie poscessors of polil-cal po"srer . Trom t , hes ,. - facts it Trill be seen tiiat the vorkingiasn oi Poriaraie a htad of ijt . imj of their chort-er trcdiTfcs , bat they tmst suon to see the same priudplta put in practice throughout the countrv .
PCblic Meetjxgs . —VThlle "we cave for ten years back beta attending to the practical par ; of Chartism , they have been among the foremost in the moTement . They have supported the Oonvtntion "with National Btntaiala delegae , and ^ re ready to enter u ronthe eame duties again t ± an hoar ' s notice . TLcyliave i . « oajunctloii with the other towns of the county tlected 3 Ir-K-L « wry , of Sewcas le , to be their lecturer , and ihey intend having a succession of lecturers aatil a Con-Tcatian Tje . call ^ togslhe r ; and the Booner lias is done thelvc-tter for the success oftLe movement . . Lovett jsd Coxxxss . —iovett and Collins are men Trb . 0 lisve ¦ vron for -themselves golden opiuious among the Qjsrtists ef Furiar . Their LLnntkss ' clnraetcr and steady cvn-iuctinspired tjie peopla -with confidtaice in their prade ^ ce and ¦ wisdom . Tbe llcgal and unconstitntioEil Etasrance passed 'upon them lilied every iaiad
"with grief ; au < l tie stSvrinj tLcj are called ti $ un to j ' * n (? ure for tbe cause =. f thei pr-ople has given them a ; . ; strong bold ever the people's best affsctioas . It ira 3-"with ^ . Isiiia-c they he ^ rd of & social msttiEj j lor their benefit , a ^ d the committee had no doobi bnv * ¦ fijat the people "wonld respond to tiie call ms . de upon J them , but they -wisLed to have uiL-inbers of the COn- > veauon pr ^ sgnt . - who could speui of their ptrs ^ nal ¦ anerits aiid tiitsi public conduct . Tiiey "Wers happy to ¦ be able to aiiaoiiiu ^ " that Messrs . Xo'vrry anil I > uiican \ ¦ wodd atttna ; and theae gentlemen li&d gr < st pleasure ] in being pnsent to do anything to assist th »; fuinilies of I their old'friends and fellow patriots . - Mr . Bnriii , our i deligare , ii ^ so -i tended . At cur SooLil muetis ^ s there Jis neitiier eating nor drinking ; our icroJ bdn ^ saand \ pditical icsi-crtion , and soags -which inspiix ; a I ^ Vw of liberty , music tc . . : ' . ' ¦ I j L | ) \ i ; . '
Jarr . es Fiaser , the diiinn-in , -was glad to see thst tiie < Ball -was too small , although it irts the largest in For- \ far . Although msny of them had uot standic ^ ' rouai , | -they -E- ^ uld submit "with pleasure , as it -was ' much beiarr } than Lcing iirprison , Trhtre ite brave and nutve-ininde < t ! Iiovett and Collins then "were . iLm ; aens 2 ciieerin ^ ., i Be "vroalu cow call npon their old friend Mr . Adams to ; address them . ( Cheers . ) j H . J . Adams / would not ha"re addressed them at this \ time , knowing -who had to fallow lam , lutasthertfj ¦ was some littla explanation repaired about tae " riad ' belonging to the towss an i the magistrat es , he feU i : ! access ry to aliude to the subject . It had bean stated I that the aiagisfcit « s "wished the band to be at anyj other place than at iMs m » 6 nz . Such report iras I
Jiot correct , as tbe band -sras befo-e them . > Cbesrs . > The chief magistrate had stated that be never \ rou ! d j interfere -with tbe Ghartists except they break the peace . 3 t is tree , iiowever , lhat a low character in public office had attempted to preTent the band playing to 1 fliem that evening-. < " ? f ame , naise . ") They knew who I lie meant ( " We do , -we do . "} He -would eo : keoj . j fbemlonger than torsmari ttit , altboa ^ h thty had liever the pleasure of hearing Mr . liOvett , they' kitew lit- j ¦ was a man cf great talents—ichees;—that \ he - « ras a | devoted friend of the people , and that he -was ETiS ^ risg i in a prison for their sake . ( Great chediag- } >! r . Collins they had heard -when on his tour through i-cotiiiid , aad . he might be called tie fatiier of the movement in the ; 3 f orth . ( Cheers . ) - '
iit : W . G . Burns "was happy again to meet them . It tras this diy twelve months Le liad first addressed them inForLEr , aad ance then many changes had taken place . Some-wereofsdiaagreeaWe kind , but they trcrs not to be Giaheartened at anything ¦ which had taken place , fCheers . j He irotild not detain them about Iiovett and Collins , as Messrs . Dnncsn and Lowry "wtK xuucb better acquainted * Tth these genUemsri than " ¦ was . He would now aUnde to public events . ( Cheers . ) " What had takes place In Wales Ti-as now ao secret—( hear , hear ] -, but he eiiu * ay tiiat a more bungled busir Bess he never beard of : it was neither moral Eor
pLy-« ical force . iHear , hesr . v He -was not going to teTl ihem tofgiit for their Tighter no , it -as moral fo : ce they must work -with . - tLoud chseis . ) Spesiia ? , h-: eoaiu ten them , tfoeH never get them their rights { Hear , hear , iiear , ani cheers . ) That they knew , as Trell as he coul i tell them—shear ); but still they irere not to firht—mind t ^» t ! Co mmerce had nourished ¦ well this last ¦ year , —' . great laughter )—money -was plenty , and -wages ¦ were good , and the people -were content < Checrs and laughter . ) It "was no langaiag matter be ccold assure them . T ^ Te "ivere a naUon or fools , ^ without credit or any x » ther thing ; but thin / s would Boon l ? ck better . The manufacturers of Dundee
" were gone to iiie-windward ; and they could change to nothing now but to Chartism . ( Great cheering . } When * hey did so they vronld find it for their benefit ; but . they had not iBielligeriee enough yet to take this -wise JStcp . The people had been fools . They had given their mon ^ -. to Savings' l ^ cks , and the / Go- » crnment Lad ¦ taken ii to pay policemen and soldiers to knock them upon the litad . : Be iopea , if the people again go : lheir njcm = y , they -rnvHd teep It to themselves . Their cause -sras good . V . 'hen Christ -was put to ^ eath Chnsfiacity took a deeperiold upon the puolic raiad than -vises , ha tught th = peopla ( Cheere . j Their ctu& .-could not be bad -trhsn every man vas resolved to do Mb duly . . Us couJd ia . t "U ? 5 jvt « the mm to be a Cfcarlast ttLo 3 r = nt -whiskey , thdnsi he admitted ' that long horns cf v ^ rk caused many to oo so . He -would now leave liifcia as they "Wvuld 3 rish toiear Mr . Doncan . { Cheers . )
Mr . A . Duncan said that the happy faces he saw aitrand iim ms » iugn that the people had Improved PTider the present agitation . From the many subjects Itrsught hthIpt fhenr wni-j ^ i , ail of & powerful interest , Hho people hai begun now to feel that they had an important part io play : n ths business of life , » 3 d their thoughts-is-ffle beginning tj rise above the labour of the passing livicz . This Belf-reepect -was the basis of « ure snd lasting Ubasiy . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) it ia said thai the evil oae vrould have been content-with J > ell , bci Car a chance cght bo csogbt of heaven ; a-. d « nrehe ira , that the WMiS and Toriet of Forfar , this * Jght"irer ^ likethe dev 2 . Ttrymihappyat the happi-31 SBS of the Chartists . { Bear , hear . ) They vrere not
tappy at the distress of their fello-sv-craaures like to "IVhigs ami Toiiss ,-wto-R-ere glad that liiey had got tTTO g » od and Tbtuocs men , Lovetfc and Collins , in a prison , and that Ihey had made their wives "widows and tiieirdiildreniatheriess . ( Hesr , hear , -with "Shame . "; 2 fo , 1 hey knew tbwr duty better i and , as men -who Talued liberty and loved justice , they had met that ni ^ it to befriend tiie poor and file fatherless— "those whom the law had deprived of a protector . - { Cheers . ) ¦^ ould the God of heaven look witn iaiiiFereiice upon TwnpTft . ^ ia ?}«> -giTig each - dutiis ? ( fnar , hccr . j iie Vtmldnot DidJie rich oppressors believs in the exiiteoce ofFoei ^ God they vadd tremble at trfcst they l » £ ' 4 « t& sga £ s& the poor ; bat at « ae « ould eoras vrUca KB . end weald iebroaait toliiE ^ sr-te . Ihey iad
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nothing to trust t * but the goodness of their cause and their own combined strength . ( Great cheering . ) They ¦ might feel honoured in being called upon to assist a THyn liie Air . Lovett , "who had he lent his povrtrful talents to a comspi Government mi ^ ht have been lolling apen aa easy chair , anil living upon the fruits " of tie people's industry;—{ hear , hear , hoar . )—but like an hones * , man , he took the path / of duty and that has led to a pris-ja . Proai -wijai he ( ill . Duncan ) kne ^ w of ' TVilliani Lovett , he was much happier in his prison than lie would have l > eca upon iis easy chair and Ms fellow- "working men in slavery , and he had no doubt , if his life \ 7 ere saved , he "would take a tour of the threo kingdoms and toll them the same himself . His -welcome asaong the people vrill be such as to nothing to trast t » hut tho goodness of their cause and
convince tne tyranW that their strurgle trith a people resolved to be free , is hopeless . Of John Collins he need not say much . To the people of Scotland he-was kno-wn and esteemed from N orth to South . When he arrived in Glasgow , he IMr . Duncan ) had met himand ¦ wss the first to go to a- public , meeting "with him . He had af terw&rds stood by bis side at meetings small and gTv-at ; and he-would say , from -what he bad witnessed , That there vras that about John Collins which fitted him foT the great task of arousing a whole kingdom totho ! adoption of the principles contained in the ^ National j Petition . £ Great cheering . ) The people of Forfar ! might tLcn feel proud of assisting such men . John ! Collins -was the first in Scotland-who procL-umed the . ; Xationjil Petition ;¦ ^\ iiliau Lovett was the man who
had dravm up the Charter , and moved its adoption at a greot public meetinz in liondon , at the very door of the Rotten House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) After noticing the other prisoners who were confined , for the good cause , lie concluded amidstgreat cheering . ilr . Lowry then came forward . Ho knew not of what materials ihe Whigs and Tories ¦ were composed ; if their hearts -were attuned to tbe same feelings as other men—if ennobling ambition "warnied their souls , anil they lcnged to live honoured-by those around them , and leave tbeirnames engraven on the tablets of timeif their hearts were susceptible , of love and kindness , and loved tbe praises of the just and Rood—they "Would regret their absence from a sctne like this , and their "want of fellowship in the holy cause wo are engaged in . around him
He saw faces beaming with intelligencehearts strong with integrity , yei warm and full of love and friendship , but bold , panting , and determined to be free , met after labour's Ions hours had pass-. nl , to sssuage the sua "« adng of the oppressed , by administering < bcir mite to relieve their wants , and to cheer them with tLeir praise . Who would exchange this fur the assemblage of the oppressors , for the plau its of iu > minions ? Is 'he interested praise of the hollow-heai-ted Lppoerite equal to this t O no . ' give mo tlia unbuught cheer cf tiie virtuous poor—this is indeed popularity , this if indeed fame , of which man may bo proud . The tyrants of the earth have sought for f % iae and n ? no- ? rn , but- their track has been" Knrtcd by murder and desolation ; th ? y are renjemLered only to b ; cursrd—tUtir monuments oT bronze and marble , where
* * - * * "Is seen , > ' ot vrhat ihey were , but what they should have been , " - will faJe a-v ^ ay , but tho patriots of the earth have Ggarec thrwselves a n = jiie on tie hmuan heart—( hear—aad -will b » reuitmLcrAl whilu the pulsations of Lniunniiy b&it , anj praised while its tongue can § iye nrteracco to its feelings . ( Loud -ch ^ ra . ) The martyrs oi freeuum never die , but bt-coaie a part of its e&itaice ua-i spirit , liring and moving tverywhere Eampdan and Syuaey . Tjlcr aa : Tell , WaJace and Bruce . Fitz ^ eKild an : liaiiact , Hofvr , ani a host of others are s : ; U alive : ihey arc cuinmuhed witii at everv cottage ^ Jtsi tio ; thc- ir voices sound in tv > jgr mountain , and arc hcardin every gicn . Tlio yoang men talk of them , maidens sing their praises . : « i , l children lisp t 1 i . .-r irit tha
"nnips - When-tie iaul » tude in ^ . t u i ^ their sp t moves them , s . nl their objixs that guides , und their Epeeches tliat ur ^ e tht-m . ( CLetrs . ; Then iet the tyrants learn that the spirii of liberty is ir-epressable , tiiat it rannot be confined . Collins and Lovttt aro- with us this ni ght . CChecrs . ) The injuries of the oppressor have bt « ind aa more Smily toother ; every fri ^; r . Ct yi tyraany only proves to us themcessity of greater cxer--Uoa—every cLampion that u immured in their dungeons becomes sacred in the eyes of the people ; private friendship is joined with pattiotism , and the people learn to \ trust not in tyrants—to remember in time that it will crush all to one fell kvd , that no law binds it , that ; man ' s rights sre trampled on by it , and the immutable | decrees of the omnipotml Jehovah scorned . ( Chears . i ¦ But the day of retribuUoa was approaching fast ; the | people had Tirevned unjust rulers in the balance , ' and j fouud them Wanting . Tyranny was roeling in its o * n
j . drunkeolifcES ; its minion * were looking aghast : hourb / j hour some sign was appearing of tbe approaching day . of judgmeni of the oppr ^ &sofs , and the u ? struc : ion of their -woria , -wlicn they williac « ive the rowarU of tlieir sins , and have to answer for their deeds . , Cheers . ] They cannot put on" the evil day ; they are now culling for the jnonntains X * ill ! on them—Ihey wish to hide their . guilty Iliads ; i : is in vain . In their fury and blind vengeaace , ihey may p-sa their rc-maimji j hoars in -wicked Hialicc , insWad of repentance ; but they cannot esrape their end . ( Cheers 1 Th-.-ir poirer ceases ior ever—they die the everlasting politics : death aad have no hope of the resurrection to life . ( Chters . ) ' Bo Srm—be nnited : nav-j ? had any aje sach a glorious work—never were men in a nobler positi-ML Our famili--s call—our country commands , and GoU points tlw Lway . Have coaiidecce ; be prepared for ev ^ ry uifficulty . 3 usfi 5 e ; Justice . ' —Preedoin : Fracdoai ' . be the -imtchTrard . and success is sure .
" Fear not the tyrants shill rule for ever , Or the priest * of the bloody faith ; They stand on the brink of aini- 'hty river , Whose wave * they have tainted with < idth : It is fed from tbe depths of a tVan-ir ! dells , Around them it foams , ami rages , and swells ; And their swords and their sceptres I floating see . Like wrecks on the surge of eternity , " ( CUoers . ) Labour and industry sliall yet have have its reward The teaiples of justice shall yet be opened—the home of ihe ^*> ar sUaU be ma < le comfo rtable ; vice shall-be pnaisbed , and virtue rewarded , and msrit wear its hououra . ( Load cbt . -er » . ) In the name of the pitrioU he thanked them for the marked kindness , and decided approbation they had given this night . It would cHeer the gloom of their dungeons -when they inevr tbe thus
£ were sympathised with , and that the sharpest arrow in auction ' s quiver , tbe fear-of want un . I ufcstitudon hanging over thuie -we love , would fall puiutk-is at their feet ; fur the keenest pang Vnobla mind can suffer is sorrowing for tho destitution of Ids wife and-fauiily- And those who liie you hare coiau forwird in" such a c od-lihe -cause to vkltthe prisoner in the dungeons of despotism , and protect thos < 2 whom tyiznay has jaade widows and fatlicrles 3 , show an txs-aple to those who are fallen asleep on the soft couch of sblf-inttrcs : and expediency , and nerve the hearts of those , that arc left in the field , assuring thum that ths ^ irit ol the people is indomitable , that coma v / tal or-wo ^ , loug or shori , ye will not g : ve up the strusgie for jusuco , ba » ring your cries in the ears of villany , until the uuited sbou'jng of curses loud an i deep from a wronged tjjd desperate peopl' . - cvase them to flee from thuir dtus of iniquity . ( Xond cheers . )
- J . HBnOATH . On Tuesday eveninr , Mr . Lowry delivered an addros 3 in flie Trades' Ball , on the princ-ples of ths Charttr , and ihe duty of its advocatss . Tho teetotal band was in attendance , having kindlj volunteered their scrricci The peetinz -was one of tha laTge ^ i held in the town for years back , and ctic-fly composed of working men , who have an interest in h » nest Government , thac will protect proptrty and reward industry . > Ir . Lowry , in s , long addr-. ss , during which ha was repw . t « lly cheered , jKjinted out the connection lawmaking had -with the happiness of the people , and shewed how the taxation of the country had b « -n put on the HbjuriEg men , . who had no riiht to bear it ; the pJnn-Jering- rulers of labouring men had sdzed on the ¦ 4 fc ¦ " ¦
— ^ — - — — Q —— --w > -- ¦^^ WVJIJVV 4 \ JA ± |\_' rights of the peer , then robbed thtm' of their property , ti ^ graded them , and abused them for the pove ty and degadation -sraich was the effects of their ill-nsasc . The speaker tU > -n shewed that labouring mon would never get justice from either of the factions that rule the state , urge i them to persevere in their efforts for the Charter , and tutored iully on the question as to the Witness of the ptjople for the Stiff-age , shewing they were more ^ St than uny other class ; and from the stats of the Lr- ' ied States of America proved impractical forkn ^ . lie asked the Whigs or Tories if they could dissditfrom the juitutss of the principles of the Charter ; why ha I they not assisted in forwarding it ! Th (? y couU t . oi < 3 ery the distrtes the country was in ; could they * li 2 ? r any plan te relieve it ? None . One was
looking ct asouicr quite aghast : day by day the -pjss . of tissjlatioa of our commercial and political fr . Vric appeared , yet they had no remedy to oser for vur eviia . The workmg men had trusted too . lonj ; so xiiem ; thsy Lad fouad theni false traitors , ever rei ij to sicrifice them f ^ their own cndi Mr . l ! tbvn touk up-j . be " subject of the Coxa Laws , and justified the condnct of the Ghartists on that question . The Corn Law repea ' . tr could show no other way to get their object except by feat operating on tha aristocracy , in fact by-brinsxag the coaatry to fixe verge of a revelation . If •* e had to do so , it ¦ would not be for a repeal or one bad la « r , but for our political rights , when they might rest assured that Tve would repeal every bad law that taxed the necessaries of life , and interfered ¦ with the operations « f industry . ( Caeers . )
ilr . Forbes toss and objected to some of lbs iafexences of Mr . Loiny . if he a « reed the Com Laws -were an « vu , and ytt nrged toe people tolBl them alone , he thought it isvonred « r Toryism . If M& landholdeis ^ J ^ !! fb ^ *** BPe ^ t their mon ^ y , and had mortgaged th « r es ^ teg , depending npon an unjust 14 w for support , the public were not to suffer forfeit -Where these .-was cheay provisions there would be Uth waaea , and the price of labour and mamrfacturen iau faUen owing to the Com L * - ^^^ g food ^^ aid not deny Uuivenul Suff ^ ge in the abstract bat the tfate of sadeW Lsd to t-e coiisidereI . Look ** the sgnoranee of the people in H trefordsbh-e ; many onld not read or wri » e- Look at them in Wales , where tbousaads hid tsscmLl&l to destroy the property of those they thought vpposai to them , and mada people join them -whether ti : e- » wished or not
^ . . Nip . Lowry replied , that cheapened corn-would bring iower Vases to the "V 7 i-aver ; U ^ t ii -vvas the intenti on of the manufaetarers . It -vras of no use to to nave ia" creaBel irork ii \ ra luid . no ' . incrcised benefite . Cheap provisioiis ani i-crexsinj txporis tiid not cive higher
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"wajea and increased employment to the people . Look at Ireland with her cheap provisions , and Spring Kice will prove he has increased her exporta greatly , but wages are at the lowest ebb . Her mercliahts have no trade , her people have no work and are Btarvin-: ; tiic home market was the best one . If the people "Were oppressed and kept degraded , their rolers were to blame , and must expect to reap the consequences . BRECHIM . . ; - ¦ 0 a Wednesday evening , Mr . Lowry addressed the people ofthis town , ; in one of our dissenting chapels , on the steps the working men should take to secure their Charter : notwithstanding the shortness of the notico , the meeting was -well attended , and the audiences imbibed the sentiments and determination . of the speaker . The high Kirk folk were acknowledgihj ; that the subject-was well-reasoned . irajes and increased employment to ^ tbe people . Look
K 1 KK INCH . On Friday evening , Messrs , Lowry and . Dnncan visited this village , and delivered discourses on the movement They expressod themselves astonished that Chartism would have found its way to the 1 one cotters of Str&thmore ; but "wa can assure them that Chartiani is deeply rooted in cur hearts , and that we wiUlend every assistance to forward Buch a -wiso and just nieasuro . .
KEBB . IMC 1 R . On Saturday evening , we had a goolly gathering of onr male and female Reformers , for even the school boys are eloquent of Cbartism here . Messrs . L . and D . delivered two splendid addresses . Mr . D . on the Com Laws , and Mr . L . on the Corn Law , ForeignTrade , Currency and the National Debt Such meetings open the eyes of the people more and more to all the ^^ ramifications of the infamous system . . . On Sunday -evening , Mr . Duncan preached a sermon here to & large and attentive audience .
T 0 H . FAR . On Snaday forenoon and afternoon , Mr . Duncan preached in NichoVs Hall , and at night Mr . Lowery in the same plwe . In despite of the denunciations of tho clergy these sermons am listened to with attention by the working men and their wives and families .
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LANARKSHIRE . —CALTON . A great meeting of the Walton -Universal Saff'age A . 3-sociaf ; oa wavhell in the Infant School , Mafrb-irongt-vtreet , on Wedne 3 day evening , when Mewn . Patti * on and GilUspie , " from thu Gential Committte , attecded . ' Mr . Lockerbie , P .-t-gident of the Association , having Wen called to the chair , The Secretary proceeded to read the minut » ' « of r previous meeticg , aud gome vacancies in offices connected wi : h the Association were filled up . It was-also-Mated that the very eoiaraodiou * School Rjom had Dean engaged for the Asscchtioa , for ne eight per . week , for the enduing iwelvy mo . utbj , an announcement which wr «> Kiudiy cbeered .
The rr ? olutina agn-ed to by the Central Comra !^ tea wa * tbtn read , and rhe meeting - proceeded io t-la . c their opinions thereon . Mr . Yniil would imve that the Association aasent to the proposition of the Central CoiflmiT'ee . Mr . Matthew Cullen observed that it mu ? t be evident to all that a division exiited upon this point , and this wis the less f > be wpridtrtd ar , seeing tbat th ^ ir former netitioLs hsd b ^ en treated with eucb want of-respect . " Yet , when there . was but ODe Way left which despotism a * yec had . not dared to inter-: ere with , he eor . sidered thai their better plan would be ro avail tbemstlves of that right , and to act cpon the 8 u ? ce . » tions of the : committee in the centre . 1 ' oat comibitree had been appointed cpoa the 14 ; il of August lair , and thtir Jh : act was- . : q pass a
resolution considered by maay to be ambigujts . Tbe ae ^ ispapers who took thia view of the matter called locdiy 3 ' or an explanation , wtiek was iinmed ' utely given , shewing that they wished every act of theirs to be legal acd toastituiionil , aad this explaBatioa ' was tran-mitt « rd to the country at ia ? g- ? , by means of circulating , extensively , copiei *» f newspaperi cotiiaining the r ^ soiutiocs of the Cnntral Gommittec . Tee country had responded to their call , agreeing with theaauin again laying their d-mam ** before tbe L-g : sla : arc " ; and be now bojed that tbe Calton Axsociation would fellow the exampK ( Cfceerif . ) Ye ; he wWbed no man to commit h : in- < eif , but to weigh well the matter ere he uecideJ upon wh * csurse be sboald pursde- ; and be wa- « coafidsnt that when all had properly considered tbe pwtion tbey were in , than tha aggregate amount o . ' sij ^ naturej ' o their : different . petition * would by U' oulnnmber the g 5 gna ; ure 3 to the National Petition . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Allan adverted to the made ^ of seiijng lieketn of-ad mission ,, apian jrhicb , however well it might « ac 2 e « jQ in Glasgow , ho was of opinion wouid not be attended with mach succjs in Cahon . In his opinioa the best way would be to let it benndersiood 'hat tbeir door was open to all , and by giving » n iadi . cr imina ' e adrnif »< ion to their di . ^ cu ^ 'fioiw , they aad a mnon better chance of gaining converts to their cau « e . Agreed to . Tt « Chairman tben introda ? ed
Mr . Gi : iespi-Sj who -i > as received with loud and long con auued clieeriiig . Mr . G . hoped that they would not expect . " anything of a novel or of & prepared character hom him , for it waa unly within ' ths last balf hour , and that was after tbeir meeting had commenced , that be racaliected tbat he had been appointed to attend . ( Hear , bear . ) It gladdened hi * h = Art to see so many Cbar-! i '* E * . ihen present—it was a confirmation of the adherence tbat prevailed in Calton to the principles of the charter , and he trusted tba : novr when" they had in i = ei earnest comnjem-ed the good work of endrarouring to clear t > . e con « tituuoaal garden of \ U wrefd . * , that they would , so soon as tfcey bad rid it of fvery noxicau plantand devouring insect
^ , guard every avenne and approach , so that if never again ir . jght be allowed ro defile it . To guard a ^ . iin ^ t tbe -entrance of erro r the strong wall of Universal Suffrage was the only sifegnard of prorection , and he trusted that every one there had it indelibly written upo :: tneir inmnst boiom , that it was impelatively necessary that they should never for a moment cease in tbeir endeavours to have thif wall erected b y tbe law of tbs land . ( Ck ^ m . ) Nb cbabt there were many in tbat meeting and el 8 s * -h * re who thought rhaf he and oth-w oarritd ma-tern in Btnctn e ?* rather far , but all tbeir efforts in tha * guarding aga : n * t tie creeping in of error , was for tbe gensnl good , and they had been convinced when thsy sawgro ^ serrora , cancer-like ^
gaining every day in gtrengih and size , that nothing nhort of a universal 8 abvewion could ever cure the body politic . Error would introduce itself into ths best regulated s-scietitg , for the human heart wac i-roaa -o err . All hi ^ torj proved how the gros-est errors hid been committed where the best intentions had been at heart , and he needed not to remind tbesn of the latent great example they bad -L > id-ix rheir osvn day of tbe raau wao , plantiag the tricolour of France , declared himself a republicau , a . r& was believed by a brave and enthiwiagac people—to be half a god ; when he had bleached the bone .- ! of the he t and bravest upon thehatd « field , and Kacrificed thousands * t tbesbriRe cf ambition . { H ^ ar , h ? ar . ) It wag to guard against Bnch error j
ih « he called npon there to watch every avenue , however small , tnd when thev hid once sgreed , to set thensfelves in earnest to work , to do so fearlessly aad cauaously . Nnvv tbat they had virtually agreed ajrain to petition the Co .-nmonn , they must ke * p up * constant fire npon them , for unless they did po they would , in place of do : Dg their cause a service , eo it manifes : harm . For his part ha never would peti-don thy House of Parliament more , but when tbc-y might have agreed to do so , he called upon them not be lax in tbeir endeavours , bat to ace with Foal and energy in tbs course which they had undertaken . ( Cheers ) A great portion ef the people of E'igiand and Spo . land ' . hai been led to bebeve that the great pivot of cbaDge reated upon
ejucation . In ibis view be in a great m ^ asuro coiacided , hut there was a wide difference between these people and him a-j to the manner in whioh the roawts weTe to be ednoatfd . There xrib a maxim thstfor aBaiion to have her freedom it was ' sufficient tbHtfbe willed it The Edueanonalww of the present day pretended ftat the people of these countrits not being educated wished for a liberty they conld ntrer get , as they did not know what it meant . ( H . fci . r ,. bear . ) Now , he could not tee that , for a man to nnderstand liberty , he Rhoald be canversant with Enciid ^ iaBgbter and cheers )—or that any mao , the most ignorant , would be easily led
to-bent ve that petting- twopence of tax upon his Joaf would better hi * crnjirion in life . ( Cheers . ) Yet ha was far from being an enemy to . Education—he was the reverse , hut ho long as these existed a moral tn-i a . * tientific education , be was for t \ e people to be miraily educated fir ^ t , and scientificall y afterward ? , bo tbat having acquired liberty j they night , by means of further education , be the better able to keep it . It would certainly have been more sieml y bad Vie Baronj at Eunny-j . ede , when precenting the Magna Char . a to King John been able to sigh their nsnw * , in place of exhibiting a cross to tho fignature wrote lor them , end ha much disagreed with Pope when he said— :
" A littleTearning is a dangerous thing . " ( Cheers . ) Oh , no I He trusted that CasSalia ' s fount would flow free ana unpolluted thrown tbeir workshops and tbeir factories - that the waters ol
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H * heon should no longer be coDfiued to monastic univeriitieg , but that all 8 hould drink felly and freely of nature ' s stream of knowledge , and then , doubtles ^ their greatobject would be not only speedily obtained hut itivicitably prei'eHjid . ( Gbeers , ) In alludiuj > to the anomaly of ' Hereditary LegisiatJon , ; ilr . Gr , took occasion to , iiru * trate [ ite abWurdity by thu in : troduetion of a faootious AHegory of an * economical commaairy , who had eagaged on ^ jaundred : taiiors to exectUe the whole of the ^ clothing department bt the society . In the course of '• t-ature . . and ' of >' .-tbj ' ngi » , however , the taiibrs were ; gradually dying out , and ' those wbb had sons ( although bred to ' very difivrt nc emplayment ) were immediately succeeded by them in the making of breaches . Where there iiadbteri n ? isBue ^ the President and Direotors were by the sillinegs of the « o , 'iety allowed , in the plenitude- of Hilieoh should ^ no longer he confined-to monastic
their power , to . put in any member : of the body a « a tailor , no matter whether he was a blacksmith , or a carpenter , or aajthirig eUe , so thfct th « number df tailors was kept up , and tbei conssquence was * that in a short time the people hegari to- ' -leel ' ' themselves most miserably mi ^ fi : ted . ( L , apghter . ) This was precisiily the ca « o . with their hRredi < aryla-y tailorspstitions to i hem could be of no me a . pd the only way to di . « pbse of-these rascals » ati to open tbu ^ Joor and chaltc out tha course by which they could . most qaierly Walk out . . ( Cheero ) Taking a view pi tiiinga in general , ' ax ' theyi at present : stood , it muf be eTidentto thi ) most casual observer , , that "they could , not long cpatitiue so . Never-had a pnei uttered a greater truth , ' or one more applicable to the present aspect of the tim ^ than did Goldsmith wbeB he
said—-. " Ill fares the land , to every ill a prey , Where wealth accomulates , and men " decay . " : ( Loud cheers . ) He csuld remember when at this sea-ioa of tbe year bis grandftither and hi . 4 . father would have been buiied in laying in . their mart . ( Hear , hear . ) He had s : en them often Vvith ir , latterly too frequently ; without it - ( hear ) - and b < himself was going down , down in the seal * of sjciety , and God knew where bis children / niight be afvehiai but he had 8 « orh by all that \ vas saered that the corruption whichcaused their griev . ahcesshbuid ceaye-- ( chi'erf !) -and he had Bet hfa whole a > u ] against the baud of tyrant oppressor ^ , for , ^ from the Kisg to the turnkey ia Brideweil . they wt-rii all io
, one link of tyramiy ¦ . ; .. . ' and tyrannv , in whatever * hspe it presented itself , be , was deiefmiued to ro-*\ st , and therefore it wns that he had ; at the onset warned theni to guard thei . avenues to 5 > r )« -erv for he had found those who- had fought Hide by ' side with him Tanaaay a virtuous struggle so soon as they hiid a . tiined the post ip power , turn out the yeriest -yranH . ( H = ; ar , hear , and cheers . ) He trusted that there wat no one amongst ihrm so chickenihearted as . < b flinch frutn the rankB when the great day of battle—of rr . brji ! battle—shonld arrive—or that nuy fhould he fuund wantiug in the discharge of their duty then . Nay , ' more ,, he : hoped that were the ifgislature to dare to meddle with those who had
b ? en trepanned by Government iriacliinition and intrigue , if they laid a finger upon John Frost—( bear , hear ) —that the country would ri * e in one slo t -au yell , and demand his iiberatiou . ( Treiiiendoun cheering . ) He had knowu much of Fr > st , and be could not hel p tbin-king that he had been misguided and goaded on by sosne secret machinery , for , not a forthi ^ bt ago , a tetter arrived in Glasgow « -nri ? ig that all tbo 33 in Erost ' s Heighbourhood ¦ sua - . e ? ted of bting Cnarcists ward paid off in dozeiin . ( Hi-ar , hear , antJ cries of " ghRrae . " ) Had sack a course been pursued with regard toGla'gow wbrkm ? ri , ho would not take it upan ' himself to say what
itufirhi have . been ' the cor . tequciices , although ho fondly hoped tbat they would have demanded redrtSK in some other Way thaD thu VVebhhad done ( HearT ) After a number of reinarkj ujoa the lafp rising iij Wa ^ ep , and its probable consequence * , Mr , G . coneluded hiai .-address by iiiciiiog tbe people to fresh energies ^ so that when they were taking leave of all sublunary things , they might have the pleasing re-Hecti « n that they had at ¦ l . cais done ^ omethiug towards the release cf their native ltnd from ignomiuioua thraldom . Mr . nGriltspie retired from the raised platform amidst : a burnt of loag-renewed cheerinu . /
Mr . W . C . Pattison wat received amid a warm round of cheers . He saii ) that the Chartists of this country had long sufferedthe sooru and contumely of ths middle cTussss and aristocracy , yet bearing all this , they ought > not in hi * opinion , tefevV at af ) disfurbed in tbeir Hiiqation , when they tvere aware hat all the chVinpionB of liberty in former ages h .-id beeid trrattrd in a similar inannor . When : th « war ofiudepeadenee in America was iu embryo , or as yet ; ia infancy , Waikingtou hid been heid up ss an object .-of contempt to the British ueople / to their
king , and to the thenB-itish pover .-inifiu ; but Vvheu he had Hcbieved the liberty and ^ independence of Linative lana , then tho people of the eouatry were constrained to hail him a-: a patriot . : ( Cheers . ) So would it he with all who followed in the | t " au » e track , and tho-iB who were no > r maligned and codtemued might live to he esteemed like Washinjrton , or have their nenra enrolled on the page of ^ 8 : 0 ^ beside thoge of a Wallace a Tell , or a Brace .: : ( Gbeer « . ) The same rale obtained with , regard to the fnoraliH
and th . " wbilf > HonbiT sVimilti rh » v hivi t ,,,,,. i-. n , J .. ^ and th . > pbilosophtT ehpuld ; they have happened to differ in opicioa with their cotempurary countrymen , and it sue unfreqienrly happened that punwhmsai succeeded ridicule , Therefore amidst the obloquy and scorn of the world , tb « ChartisN saould teel prond of their situation , and consider themselves honoured when they felt themselves abu-ei . ( Hvar . ) The opponents of Chartiyra opposed it not ou principles of jasriee—they acknowledge that the Char , tint dpcTine is good in the abstract , ' plead the
inexpediency of entertaining such a quesribh at the preuent . Tb > y a ^ eied to taint that the working classed wers not eapahl-j ! of legislating for theinnmch less for themselves , , Now : ' . k ho happened tha ; the Chariidts did not want te legislate for the aristocrac y , tbey wanted a fair Bbdie iu tbkt legislation which governed all ; and as for legislating , for themselves , they were surely the best j ud ^ es oi v » ha < would most bentfit themselves . ( H ? a : ,: and cheer .-.. ) It did not require a person to be deeply read in the sciences—to hire stadieH . ancit-nt Greek and Roman
lore -r-to he ¦ perfect in a ^ fonoray or ma * h'jmatictij to urideritand the true principles of eouiid legislatioa ; but the p ^ scs » ion of plain cpmnion aenfee , and a thorough knowledge of sound , moral lawi < . Tne fac-. : wks , it was not the dread » f the peoplo doing auy barm by gettir . g a sta : e in the legis-laiiori tba ailed these fellows ; 'but merely that having got the power they were determined to keep ir , and tnis was not to bs woadered at , for selfijline ^ wai so predominant in the human breasty that they them > elves might easily fall into the same error , i ! once plac-d in eireunistances where such error was lticely to creep in . The parties in powei' well knew ibat it wa ? not the men , but the measures—the nvBteih they wanted to overthrow ; that > yiitem which instituted *
and > rijich .. ' . continued to support , a Penaioa List , and the whole host of sint-ciVi e appointments . Fesv very few , of tho ^ e holding toe ? e lucra'iyeofficek had done anything for the ( iood of tho countryj but then they were the friends or depsudanW of tlis > se in pov * or , or seioo * of that claw who had mad * enact merits by whica their property was te be protected , while labour was not . 'f he prime eyiliJ in tsc . to enactmentswera the barbarom laws of " -pririiOjeniture and eitail ...- Now , - although it was a savaiye ab » nrdity that the fiwt-born should inherit all tie patrimony , it did not follow that younger brotheii were to be left to starve ^ ' On no ] There were
plenty of paces to b ? provided frr them . They could be commis'sioned as captaius , or colonels , or at a pinch , a bisbpprio might be resorted to ,. not to m 9 nti ; . n the lUiny : snug Colonial Governorships . ( Hear , hear . ) By the way , talking of Colonies , of what benefit were our Nortb American possegiions to us ? These Colonies cust Britain , annually £ 2 , 000 , 000 and odd , for Government and 8 u > port of soldiery , and all the appurteaanceii of state , and jetenue collection ; and ytit , last year the valui of importa thence to that country was oulv £ 1 , 000 , 000- ( hear , hear ) ^ the value , bu it luarkeJ , of . the profit upon which , at ten ^ per ceniv . ( a fair return ) was onlt £ 100 , 000 for an outiaV of
, £ 2 , 000 . 0 a 0 . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Would it not hav «; l , een a good thng ^ if thea $ fellowrhad been allowed to carry out their independencei then . in Ihe late outbreak ? < Cheer 8 ;> But , nerhapj , after all , it was . just as wtll , for our > apient colonization Legislature would bare thajt New Zjaland or some ochw place , required all the misnoy sayed by the iois of the Caaada * . ( Laophter . ) £ 1 , 900 , 000 Wai too much to be saved per annum , ahel epme place inagt hare ) t , to mak « room for hungry place-hunters , ( cheers . ) Again , alluding $ 0 the law of entail , they had an excellent case iu poiKt in the fdilure of the Marquis of Huntley , the other day . ( Hear j hear . ) Had not bis estates bwn entailed , then his cre ^
ditors could easily hare BatM . < i themsti ' ves : hut , as it was , he virtually could cot faih : ( Hear . while such a monstroui system prevailed , wag it to ba wendered at thit the working inan should caraplain when hai fouud hiinjelf anproteoted ; that hMlabour vras open to competitioH trom tbreign land-, with a protecting arm at home P Was it to be wondered at ibat Trades' Unions had been found , when the trudee were but following ihe cximpie of the Anstocracy ^ tbeir so call ? d 8 iip 2 ri 3 rg--in fprmiug a i owat ! oas tomBkelasvii for the prptectioQ ^ f th oir o ^ -n class P ( Cheers . ) In th « pristine ^ state oi thirgs , when man was but in a . - -. stat « of nature every man was at liberty-to ; roam unctfutrplied '
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but when in the ^ progression events , nien ^ commenced t 6 associate and to forih / society , then arose necessary' restriction to indiv-dnal property , whea oyery man had got his plot of gronndi To > uye thesedifferent plots ' -this cammunity at large set- to the niakirig of ¦ highway , so that tbe pba » everahy should not beinjur « di This system wrought very weli until sb ^ na cne of the community * got ajsbitioas , and by epnie under-hand work managed to jjet rid of his neighbour with whoni he had entefed into the civil contrait of eq > iality , and in a sbprc time found himselt the monarch of not only his oifrii allotted portioa bde that of his neighbpure . This must have been the origin of monarchy—the but when iii th > nroer « airin Ar ' - V ; ^ - ¦ -r - ^'
pure object of aanitioa not to be encompassed by iadividuale , hut when once entered into and backed b y aeryile ; satellites nothing more easily to be ac--pomplished . The Chartiacs had been sneered at , hut ,. never { : helc 8 i , their piihciples were founded upon justir-e 5 for the Charter based its laws upon the revelations of the Bible , which had declared that Grpd had - jaade a ) l niea tqual- and alike > . to ; dwtll upon the face of earth ; and tboughtheiropponents . 6 duld , :-. with-. t . hie -- -b . iise * t .-c ' . firpnte : ry , ' call their prinoipies iDfidel , yet he was proud to gay that he bad
never yei found a Chartist \ vho had not a better sense of moral propriety , than thoce who bad made louder preiensions . ( afar , hear . ) Yet- there were sntin to be found have enoiugh to charge the Chartists with burning " of property , and , with the perpetration of every outrage , and fee . had no doubt but tb . it the infamous rising in Wales would be Set down to tho account- of piea well wishing for their county . He had been led to thin belief from a perusal of Front ' s exarninaugu , and it had etiruck him ho forcibl y , that all was a machination of
Government , that he at once net down V * * illiaru « , Vtbe princijal evidence , a « a &r > verHmeht spy . ( Hear , hea-. ) , Yet the Chartuits were noc to be intimidated by such fiauds , impoiiiic as they were ; and all that ' was wanting waa a little , more energy npon the part' of the cperat : vts > o as to rousp the middle clasies , as the ! song say ^—
To a sonso of their situation . ( LaugUter and / cheer * , ' ); . ' ¦ The v / a . Vj the only certain way to obtain the Charier was to secure popular opi p ien ; and wonld the . operatives , who were the mainspr : ng of the nioveineur , . but be more energeticj there was - ' no- doubt but that vant numbers wouto rally round thtir Manddrd , It was / in vain to saj that the present moveuient was lookod open with any want of emotion . Win could read the narrlitinun . 8 of .-aiicient- jears and not fee ! hia . energib * drousec" Wh 9 ' could " lirten ' to the h ^ tory of the pa ^ .-t of Therrnopyiffi , where Leonidiw , with three nuudred Spartans , jlefeakd thu hose of Xerxes ; without the most tnrjlling > raotion ? ( Heir , hear . ) inoiern
In . day > , even the most auxious feeliugn bad Iveun exhioitea upon a « ca ! e , not fco imiBinent in th ? peri 1 p f rhnps , but equally grand in the sequence /; and vrhy . 8 honld it no * be said that the-- ' feetin " fi » of mankind war « dead tp their vital interest "? ( Hear , hear ) Th ? re was unquestionaVjly a delbwon of education , atid he - agreed with his friend Mr . Gil . k ' spie , that although tboje was little use of extending learning to abstruse ^ nd occult science , yet there was 4 "vrafu ! Want of insral fducation—a waut of p . ucU an fdiicatiou as wqu d bring theiutelligence of the working cR-sea to bear upon a given point for the express Jviniliorjtdon of tiiVir owu immediate class , ( Hvar , bear . ) Aluiiy m ^ theds had been ined . wiili the view of extending the beneiiis . ot
education to the working popularion , and perhaps iior , e so btneliciai ia thrir operation as the Chartht sermoDs . ( Load cries of hear ) Why there- ' were soriia feilo ^ sluxuriating on twenty and-tbirty and tiny t , iiousandpouT ) d 8 a rear for prfaching a 8 > rmon annually ! How different from the unpaid labours , of a Chartist preacher ? What would Paul , say were he to witb . s . s thtse fel . ows ? Would be not class tbt ; m with Silas who forsook Christ for the love of luore ? ( Applause ) The ChartiHt rfligiou wa ^ Simple , and original- their whole faith was founded upon a fuiniaihental principle—upon the great key-stoho of all morality , "Dp uu to others as re would that they should do ' unto you , " ( Cbeers . ) Ti had been predicted tbat-the day ihouldyet arrive whun every man should be enabled to sit unde : hii
own vine , and to . sit under bis own fig . tree , ko man making him afraid . And / id not this verj passage . of- Holy Writ shew plainly that nian ntust be first . ' improyedin his physical rtaatipn ere he could remove the primary cause of their ignorance —the blast of povertyi ( Hear , hear ) How many of thope who now heard him could recollect of the home of the weaier , where the sound of the ' incea-« an ; . iy tra 7 / eVhng sbattle . tsld of peace and plentv nd who there
« was now to stand up and boldl y say jhat thesarre soundd now betoken anything buc misery and wretchedness ; under these circutns' * nces it wsh ina . jft . eiis to hear a 8 ? ryi ) e pre * s talk / of hap piceus to tbe people in the'te < dVt of abject want aad poverty , and the only cure that could-hVbad for a ^ uffjriDgptdpie , w-as their great hope of the Charter becomiug the law ^ - ? v part and pd'ce ! bf-. tbe ' ttatu- - toryenaointrnt-. of the empire . ( Ldad . ' che ' ers , amid whi . 'h Mr . Pattmbn retired )
Mr . M'Culli-n , in a leugr . hened address , a < Jvised c « voperation with'ihe Central Committev , ' aud ' tpW them that aUhougb . th .- -y might bear sccrn and coptumely they were no ; to value it , except as suffering a cross for their own opinion . All whohad as ver takc'U a part in th « Gisariist movejrnent , had niade it a labour of love ; and for Ha pjrt , although he miRht rum his constitution , it should never be said that his humble exertions had ever put a farthing in hi < pocket . ( CkfeerK ) It was for this reason that he fclt-. p-jeasurein ; proposing a vote of tbanlc * to Meaors . Patttson and G llesp'e for their attendance , knowiite ih he ihdjth-it like him * elf , they feel amply rewarded by the thanks of tiuirbrorh ^ r Chartisk ( Uud cheer ? , ); ¦ 'ihauks were then voted by acclamation and the meeting separated . '
^ f ^; P (? TBifspo Sl ^ lp ^ y HKcK .- (^ piam Rallo , ot the Sicilian bn /; Filpniena , an ivod at New 4 ' ork reports hayirt | fallen , in with in latitude 3 a o 7 ougitutleibb 17 , pavtof the wreck of avossol . Took 1 roni it Captain -. Murray and five seamen . Captain Murrar reports thei ,. ibllowing :-ili 3 hrig ^ th c Cadwallader , b 6 lonj { od to St . Andrews ; ho sailed r ™ % - * l > ten * tot BarbaJ 639 , lumbor-loadea ; ou he Oth August . ¦ lii the « aleof the 13 th September , the yc 38 el was . knocked down , filled , andSvent to pieces , and William Brett and 'William RichardEort drowiied
wore . Captaiu Murray and livp- others clung to Uio keel , with part of the atern andS ' \ vhwli was-thft Wst part of the wreck left , where * ey remained live days , the ? ca making a Continual hreach over them , without any thing to cat or drinkwheu taken o « tlieyyero nearly exhausted and could not have lu ^ cd another day / some of them aS deiirumH and their clothes nearly all washed S their backs ;; bnV . fcy tlio kind attentionSipS K * lla who ^ uppl . ed them with clothes and overv tiling ho coud , to . makc thorn conifortable , they havo all recovered ^ Since they have been oh board the /»/ r ^ , i « , their skins havo all come off , from bcin « . 80 long washed by the sea . *
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Leeds Ci . oTiiJlAURErs .-Want of trade is the prnicipal ieaturo which characterises bur mirkcts at present j and what ^ must ho a natural : con ^ q . S want otnionoyw Dull as business has : been for 6 oto * timo . it waa . Btrn worso : oa Saturday aud Tneaday last ; on , nether of ; whioh days was there even a ^ Mow of ammation ; The xtoclcs in Iho 0 ot \ i italls are , nocegarUy . increasing notwithatandiiiK the Uocreasodquftn ^ y of work which i 3 giv ^ "S ; and we are aasiircd that eome con- try manafacturers have ceased xvorkiiiR ; altogether ^ '? * . Lwh ? Cons MAhMr . Nov . 20 , -Tlie Bunniins nf ai 3 ot 0
. K , ua gram . ( this day ' s market ari lari-or than last wek . Fn , o xlry ncV Wheat and ^ tK coud qualities have been 2 s , per qnarter lowerscarcely any demand for tho damp qualitiosV old has boon U per quarter lower . Tl ^ esi « urley Sal been 2 ^ . perq . iivr er lower ; other doecriptions still more . Oats , { sholhng , and l ^ cans , little alteration " HuBDEnsFiEi . n Ccoth MAhUCT . TuEsnAV .-Our market to-day Jiasbuen vcrv Hat . m ,,, 4 . >) d \» . V b d
lastweek nothing fecarccl ^ ^^^ 2 thTK ^ -I&'J ** : that where at ruin 6 U 9 priced "S little is doing mtho warohouseB ; sotoo little for tS pricey buBin ^ Srtr ' aSi ^ atl 0 I ^ 7 with late P ^ b yi . perload &S ^ a ^
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York CoRM Makkex . —Tho condition of the Grain offering to-day is maferially affected by the weathe * and with the exception of heavy mealing pats ; everr article is depressed in value > and we reduce our auatatipns / os both Wheat 4 nd Barley 21 to 3 a net ^ r ^ Vwith a / very dull sale ibr : the : * £ ¦ £ ^ BEDAtE ; FoRTMGilT FAIB , N 0 V ; 1 ^ -We had ; it this . day 8 market a most abun ( Jant supply of fat ?•?« ' iy tldtKo ¦ - ^ n pf ^ buyera was '' go . oa . 'Vety little Beef went out unsold , aud Mutton stood lonff , buyers not being willing to give tho prices askert ! wliiqh caused a / rather / dull Bale . Beef Mia 6 s . 6 d . Mutton 5 jd , to 6 d . per lb . v , HowDiK Corn Market , Noy . I 6 .-Thor ( 5 waa : a moderate snpply of Grain at oit market t , wlav « i 59 Od ? v «^^ r- " tlt w , - " - j .- - „ '
^" oSfdf' ^^— s ^ v ; Mey , ^ ^ A ^ estek : Corx Market ; Saturday , Nov . W . —We have ^ to notice , a languid trade fbr wheat at owvmarketthis morning , and avery limtteaamount pf business was transacted ; purchases of new might have been made at a decline of 3 d . to 4 d . per 70 los and ^ the best samples of old must be noted 2 d . lower . ' " ^ "I'plies of prime : English flour , although rather on tho Kicreaso , have cot uxceeded tho demand from consumer ? , ami sales of sucli descriptious ha . vo been maae pn arrival at the cn rroocy of ili is ffay so'n-i night ; soft . and inferior qualities are difficult to disposo -ot , cyeu by submitting to low rates . An ^ , nd ftnt sup . P ' y of oats and oatmeal ; caused a plentitul . show of samples , and on the former wo reduce our qnotations Id . to 2 d . per 4 Slbs .: on ' ih * lat . ^ r '
lully J . s .-per load .- Ih bcaus , malt , or other articles no variation cau be noted . , ; n ^^ : ^ ^^' ^^ » Nov . l 6 i-In consequeno of the declnip « t the Southern » nd Western inarketa m prices , the market hero thia day has ruled , ; both tor Wheat and Barley , at a decline of 2 s per qr . Uats are ^ at a sliade ] p < . vor . Prices as fol ! aw :-Old VWieat ^ frpm ^ Us to 84 s perqr of 40 stones ;¦ ¦ Wheat from . Ws , to 70 s per qr of . 40 stohes ; Barley froin 1 30 s to 40 s per qr of 32 stones ; Old Oats from 10 . ( 1 to 1 / hd per stone ; New Oats from 13 d . to 131 d perstone . ' '¦¦¦ . ' . -. - •¦ ¦ ¦
MILTON C . ATTiB AND PlQ MARKET , Nov . 16 —Tb * supply of Eutflish Cattle , principally short honis , at our market tins day , was not great ; they were , howoyerj of exccllont qualities , : ind fetehed ^ ood prices of ;~^ * 12 ^* -13 ^ ch : : V = Ttere-: > a « - - ouVa- » niaashow pf poll'd Qalway Scotch Beasta . which sold at fair prices , irom £ 7 10 * to £ li 10 s each , Of Irish Beasts . there was a « ood bho % y in numbers and qualities , both of large and : small sorts , consisting of rleiters , winch went at improv In " rates , the former fetchiiwabont £ . 10 , aad the latter from £ 5 to i' 6 10 s each . In-the Fi # market there was . not a laTL'e supply , consisting of Store and Pork Ti ^ and small ones , prices fo-which were much as usual .
Newcastle CoRNJI ^ nKEr , Nov . 15 . —We have had small arrives coastwise this week , but thera was a good supply of . fanners' wheat at pur market this morning , the condition of which was not improved . yyriie best dry : samples sold at sbout th « same price as last Saturday ; inferior and damp were 13 per quarter cheaper . The holders of old ? = heat would iiqtstibinit f 6 any reiluction iii price , and '" not much business was done in this article . Oats met a tree sale : at full . prices , The urrivals of Bailey be £ . considerable ., ratlier los- ' er terms were subnutted-to , and the iiialyters do . not appear to be-w . ilnug to buy any quautity at preseat ratoo . Pijaa and Kye without alteration .
. LITERPOOlWoOL MAKKET ; SAT » nDAY . ^ Alth 0 ll"'h the sales of Scotch were not extensive this week , Uicre was a de . tidcd improyenicnt in the deniaudi t ) J Tintc ^^ Wand met a good g . ilo at fail- rates 1 . 0 a .-Sd .- was paid for soii . e laid flighiaud / Cheviots Were in poor request .. :. Tho foreign- wool trade has been dull since our : last report , and all descriptipna liaveincta slow sale , A sniall amount of biisiness was , ^ however ,- -. effected- in Peruvian and / Russian ^ & ; -: ^^ t ^ w *?^ this ^
Liverpool Cqrx Maukkt , Mondav , Nov . 18—S ? inco ; this day ^ e'nni-ht , the supplies from Ireland , coastwise and ubroad , liavo been liberal , and havingbut ^ limited demand , price- ; have'iradtiaUv Riven way , . Wheat , both old and uevr , , is : 2 d uttt per busliel lower /; the bcstEnglislv a-d Dahaji wldte ^ M notic ed 12 s 3 d to 123 ^ tdl , red 11 s U ilown tolla per , 01 bsr Odossa soft lias sold at 10 h io lOs M , hard at 9 s to 9 s 3 d ; Irish new : has moved very slowly at prices ranging from 7 s to 8 a 9 d asr TOlba , accprchng yto quality . ' ¦;¦ Thev supplv of oats beinff the
oeypno . waritsof the trade , this article is full / 2 d per busliel chbaper , 4 s per 45 ltebcing ^ n extreme yaiue Jor the . h | st mealing qualities .: ' Oatmeathas SS ^ l ^ ? d Xa 6 d Per l 0 ^ m ay ho .- . co ^ . no hirther red . ictionin the-pricesof American ilour , fresh parcelsstillbeijigworth / 41 s ^ 6 42 s : per bai'irelnor is there _ any ; alteration in : the value of ehher SS ^ f iug barley , ^ the latter hai rnet a ^ ore frce alo . Beansaiid peas continue in fair request , at late prices , and the market is very lowin stock of the former article . ^ '
^ London \ Vcior . Mabket , Monday ;—Thero hava dSJ ^ f ^^ J je sale ^ of Combing Wools cffectel during . the . week , raf prices fully oqual to those noted ia oj , r last report ; but other-4 the tradfis in a very ^ depressed states at barely late rates . The asSwhT ^ Wjfocturingjdktrfcts ^ are quS ctcu ^^ wi * ? ¥ » W ^» id unde r existing k Z 7 $ ^ X ' f S ° arco 1 ^ Wth ., « : has been doing luiiiiy knid of foreign wool since this day se ' nriitfht auirok ^ T " S ^ V ™ '« prices , with a iSg WSckZSt ' : ^ 7 ^ P ° ^ e notesccedS
. Loxdo ^ Coun Exchange , Not . 18 .-Prom Essex Kent . and ^ un ^ k . thoBupplyof : Wheat wafS moderate , but there was an Incrcasad quantity If « ays market . A few vessels have come in frhm Ireland with Oats since Friday } how < S fronr W \ vL ^ n 1 ^^ c- Tho imports of foreign Wheat , Bar 9 y , and Oats , duriiiff the ^ pasf . weekhav . wet , gn ses the . condition , of the ^ new Wi [ oat " to hi Vbi / m «!?''• m } l ^ . consequence took it slowly ^ . s in prnin ^ and prices must I * considered about - « . por quarter / lower on the averajro Bales of Enalish | h j ^^ t l , i day . ae ' i , Dight , whil 8 tadforcigu SS ^ nccf was is . per qua rter cheaper , aUuPughaaks r ^ -ii * fien ? * * pfessda ' •* "" decline . aiidS aro ^ H purchases- making of the lower ^ &K
atthecl >^' Vn lr ^ gV , WtUratliormore bus ^ ess ?» in Mi ae of tJ i ° P » 'kp * :-f « r fine old , both to the ^ n millers and coimtry buyers . Fiour wa ^ witK a steady demand . Malting Barley was "Jd no- nr cheaper , and taken off alowfr , tut for o'd itSdiS mndS " HM ^ 6 ubniit ted ^ Rhe'mSSb ? El n Week * cuptt > m 5 y ;; othersortB were rather ^• ^^ s were mucK tho eame as J ^ t S and ^^ am plos in > feu- request . Whtte Pea * wo % fert ^ Z q ! J crReaper ; but maples aiul uol were qu 1 0 as dear , the proportion of the litter in thi 3 ycarrs supply being / ver ^ ma'l . Good o 1 $ wore in fair request at fnll as much money , but new ^ re not so ealeable ^ a lthouKh Only the twA Ktor ottenng 01 . rather lower terms , there was SE passing . worthy of notie ^ in rapeseed 0 ? Kcd * bot . articles wore , however , in little ilemah . i , cSv seedAvus 4 s . to ( is . per qr . dearer / ae in * ualiiv ^ mncli sought nften witX ^ carcely a- y " oS& ' -Al
Losnox SMiTHFiELO Market , RIbNDXr . Nbt 1 ft -Gamparatively speaking , the BupplV of bl » it- ' HHH 1 § av ¦'^" » , ? ood clearancd was reidily eiiWt Ms W ^^^^^ m K !^ i ? e ^ ? P »« wre being , were ™ M
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1084/page/8/
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