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NATIONAL VINDICATOR . MR . BAILEY , of No . 7 , Edward-street , Oldham Road , Manchester , takes this Opportunity to inform the Chartists of South Lancashire , that ho has become Agent for the Sale of the Vindicator . Persons wishing that highly interesting Journal , edited by Philp and Vmcent , may be supplied by application to ihe place above stated .
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No . 1 , price 3 d . each , in Wrapper la . 4 d ., or with Boards , 2 d . AN Inquiry into the Nature of Responsibility , as deduced from Savage justice , Civil justice , and Sooial justice ; with some remarks upon the doctrine of Irresponsibility , as taught by Jesns Christ and Robert Owen ; also upon the Responsibility of Man to God . By T . Simmons Mackintosh , author of the " Electrical Theory of the UniveRsk . " "Id quod utile sit honestum esse , quod antum inutile sit turpe esse . " - . Plato db Rep . Birmingham : Printed and Published by James Guest , 93 , Steeihoose Lane ; London : Cleave , Shoe Lane ; and Watson , City Road ; Manchester : Heywood ; Leeds : Hobson ; Liverpool : Stewart , White Chapel : and all Vendors of Periodicals .
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JUST PUBLISHED , WAT TYLER , or the Poll-Tax Rebellion , an Historical Play in Five Acts . BY JOHN VfATKlNS . Written before the Author read Southey's , and dedicated to Sheridan Knowles . London : Printed for the Author , and Published by him at 9 , Bell Yard , Temple-Bar ; and may be had of all Booksellers . PBICE SIXPENCE .
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gbeap com would considerably increase the priee of jfTld and -would enable farmers to bear mueb . higher rests . As to manure , Sir , I beg to usore you that the best in the irorld is to be found in i man ' s arm and foot irith » ipade &t the end of it Hod . vai Rev . Six , m it i » a favourite practice of jniae to answer a man oat of bii own lips , ¦ w ill you harre the goodness to read the following pusage in uuwer to i ^ e Bos- aad Her . Mr . Biptist Noel ' s assurance , tint teats would be raised by % repeal of the Corn Lain . Hie author of the " Plea for the Poor" says : —
" But the proposed change -would be still more certainly bfWf ^^ to the labourers . A certain proportion of arable lasd being turned into pasture , would lessen the amount of agricultural employment ; but mean-while ta unlimited extension of our commerce , would so moeh odiige manufacturing and mereaatilfi employment , as to drain tbe country of all its superfluous labourers ; and this most increase the comforts of the poor . FOB AS THE KB 5 IS "WILL BE KEPT DOWN , not by the liberality of the landowners , but by the increased number of situations open to the children of the farmers , so wages will rise , not from the liberality of the farmer , but by the increased amount of employment for the
Is it not carious that this Rev . Gentleman assures us font " resit will be kept down , " while you tell us that "farmers will be able to pap a higher rexi . " And , again , that " they rdU be emitted to bear a still higher rent , " So , Rev . Sir , yon would "BT A 2 f EXTE > "SIOX OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES , DRAIN THE COUNTRY OF ITS SURPLUS LABOURERS . ' Now , Sir , if your boot : contained no other damning proof of the result contemplated by the " poor iu . t ' s FBiBMra , " I woEli ay horrible . ' shocking . ' Hionstrous !
Why , Sir , h » Te you not already sufficiently added to the numbers " living without God and without hope , " but are IOC , the advocate for the poor , for driring all the flock from the pasture into the loathsome and squalid pens which maa in his dirty avarice has prepared for them ? Ah ! Sir , this is the very fh '" g * £ *'"«* which I hare been cautioning the poor for whom I have pleaded for many year ? . Yes , m&ny is the time I haTe told them , that not sufficiently warned by the faOues in the last lottery , all the poor agriculturists would greedily purchase tickets Ja the next -. and thus add to the master ' s reserve for the saW oration of labour .
Si , if joni plan was fully earned ont , England , in less than two yean could eover Europe with a eerpet and the Atlantic with a tarpaulin ; while every p > n in the werld could be famished irith more manufactures from SlaTe-land than he could wear in the longest life ; and the " NATURAL PRODUCERS " engaged in the good work starring the while ! . ' EeT . Sir , I was struck , fortibly struck , with such an invitation as the following , coming from a shepherd to his flock . Ton say , speaking of emigration— " Let
those who haTe sessb and cotBAGE , BeeX nippier homes , if they will , under fairer skies and less crowded shores . " Sir , your definition of sense and courage must be very curious indeed -, but , pray , could yon have east a more catting reflection upon yourself and our mkrs , th » " a recommendation to all who had " sense" "courage" to abandon their country , and shorten their days " in tke land which the Lord their God has given them r' In truth , Sir , " sense and courage" are qualities now but little required , and less Talued , in a nation af smoke kitchen * .
Hon . and Rev . Sir , I hare reaerred the crowning feature ef your romance for the last . In page 25 you HT-» As we haTe now seen that the working classes woalfi be treat gainers by the change from an artificial to a natural state , which should leave them their right of baying corn in exchange for their labour , let us consider whether this change is , on other accounts , inconvenient or dangerous . " In God ' s -nn-m ^ Sir , 1 ask whose servant you are , that yon tins set np a G » d in each country of the nsiverse .
substituting art for nature here , and nature for art there ! What do yen mean , Sir , % y calling that labour " natural , " which is regulated by masters" conspiracy , in the exercise of which the Bexes are sometimes immorally thrown together , and always like Bwine , whereby the sick and the healthy , the halt and the lieht of limb , the young and the old , are constrained to rise at the same hour , to eat at the Bame hour , to work all the same hours , and tiros ot * y the artifice of man instead of following the dictates of nature , and yet none having controal oTer their own produce . Call you that natural ?
But , Sir , again I ask , how you committed the blnrder of calling manufactures the " natural state" in England , while you -would call it an " artificial state" in countries producing com for Britons ? Surely , Sir , if agriculture is an artificial state in England , it must be equally so in Poland , Russia , and Germany . But who can have patience to comment npon snch foliy . Men working i * i others for little remuneration ; women , in consequence thereof , producing cripples and carrying those cripples to the slaughter-house npon their ed
h »^>«; firing strangers to suckle them ; estrangfrom them in youth , unknown by them in manhood , aad separated from them in old age ; such , Sir , is what you call a " natural" state of society , while , cf course , Tt&n digging in his own field for the support of himself , his wife , acd his family , multiplying and replenishing the earth over which his God gave him dominion , is an " artificial" state . Hon . and Rev . Sir , belieTe me that those who naturally use your artificial blander * !«; < ' at yoni credulity .
My letter has now ran to a great length ; bat I thought it right to let the poor , on whose behalf 1 plead , see that I was ready and willing to meet all opponents who entered the magic field of political economy . I may be pissed over f jr a time in silence ; but jet others « fr » n not assault the garrison of natural labour while I bold the po ^ t of sentinel . Rev . Sir , I « fc » H not , like the lazy Ehepherds , ilaep spon my post , and then attribute the disaster * aased by my own neglect to the -vices , crimes , or follies of the neglected .
Hon . and Rev . Sir , it is not wonderful that Ministers of Christ's Goipel shoald become speculators in grain , when a whole body of shepherds lately assemblrd at M . anchester , haTe had tie msicbLiSS effrontery to pnblish "SCHEMES" and prospectuses , such as the following , in aid of money pron'J acd speculations . Reid the following table of proit and loss -. — ' WesLetas CektesaB / s Ftx » . —The General Conunittec i&et on Wednesday -week , the Kst . James Thxoa , the newly elected Prudent of the Conierrf-c * , in its cLtir .
" James Wood , Esq ., the General Treasurer , said the amounts he hid already received , made up a grand total of £ 155 , 010 and upwards . The amount received from the foreign stations was above i'S . &OO . He rtjoiced that these infant chnrcbes had acted bo nobly , and , in conclusion , expressed h' « thankfulness to G-- > d for the amount already realised . " In answer to ix . qairies made by the Rev . J . Fowler scd others , it appeared that there were considerable sums yet to be received , ¦ . the payment of -wliicii - was ertain , both from home and foreign circuits . " The committee continued a longtime in deliberation on the beat method of securing payment of any oaty foi-nm-ng balances , and also on the ultimate appropriation of the surplus .
" Tii- \ nts were vottd to the Treasurer , James Wood , Esq . ; and to the Secretaries , Messrs West , Loie&s , I . P . Bunting , J . D . Burton , and John WesLLea . u , after which the proceedings closed . '" On the following freeing , the Appropriation Com-Eittee met , according to the appointment of the General Committee , to make a final appropriation of the surplus ; wbai they unanimously agreed to the BcheiLe : — " 1 . To raise the Guarantee Fund , 'in
¦ ^ rder meet the current and incidental expenses of the fund and to Mature the full operation of the New Auxiliary Fund , from £ 10 , 000 to ... £ l 5 , 00 » " 2 . A dditiosii to tee Centenary Cbapti Relief Fund , to assist in meeting the claims upon that fund until the Ixca Pund basbeen worked eut 3 , 000 " 3 . To the Mission Fund for the snical repairs , < f cc of the Centenary Bill and Mi&Eion House 2 . 0 GO
20 , 000 " Amount cf former Appropriation .. . 170 , 000 ii&o . ooo " Being the present amount of the Centerary Fund . " It -B-Es then resoVreu tiE&ninsousIy , that the Ttmsir . iie Btrpins ihill be equally divided , as it is received , btfBbtn ihe Theological lEfetituiicn and the iJiisiotarr Society . " " Profit on medals , £ > 06 . '" Then , Sir , read ef ths shepherds agreeing upon a "SCHEME ; " and then , Sir , think of thanks being Toted to a Miss Birch , for a donation of £ 1 , 000 for the worersion of the Ashantees , while we have 500 , 000 iad » oar nose * " living with ut God and without
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hope ; " and think of the scut speculated cpoh bringing in a goodly return from the FOBBISS ICaBKKT . In God ' s name , Sir , what is all this but a " pioas fraud , " committed by a Joint Stock Company of jobbers in faith ? Hon . and ReT . Sir , I find also that a number of queries are to be submitted to the shepherds of ether flocks , about to meet at Manchester ; and among thers ,
I find the following : — " Hare yon pereeiTed any connection between high and low-prioed food and an increase or diminution of the funds of your religious and benevolent Societies ? " ReT . Sir , what think you of that ? and m 3 y not the answer be rentured upon , and the motive in patting the question guessed at ? If then had not been any diminution of ibe funds , believe me there would not haTe been any question about high or low wages !
Hon . and R « t . Sir , will yon allow me to add one query to those already proposed for solution . It shall be one easily answered , and decided on Tiew—do you PERCEIVE ANT STRIKING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE iPPEiBiSCE iSD COSDITIOTi OF THE SHEPHERDS AXD THErK FLOCKS ? 1 > 'D BO TOD OBSERVE ANT SIMILITUDE "WBATSTER BETWEEN THE SHEPHERDS OF THE KEYf JiATV'RAL STATE OF ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY OF THE PBESENT DAT DiD THOSE DESCRIBED BT OUR SATIOUR ? AND IF ANT ARE LEAN , DOES IT PROCEED FROM A WaNT OF FOOD , OR OTER-WORK ? Now , Sir , that is my question ; I should wish you to answer it .
Sir , when at Manchester , you will be within twenty minutes ( by tbe " XATCRAL" mode of traTelling ) of Bolton , Stockport , Stalybridge , Hyde , Dakinfield , and Oldham . Now all these towns , save Bolton , are within six and a half miles of Manchester , and Bolton is anly ten miles distant . Hon . and ReT . Sir , m y earnest request is that you will put yourself in some convenient thorougfare , at five o ' clock in the morning , without the master ' s knowledge , -and being there stationed , that jx > u -will look npon God ' s image going to what you call his " natural "
¦ work . Behold the swollen stomach , the emaciated limb , the splayed ancle , and splayed foot—see the grim features , made large by the flesh receding—look upon the crooked body—the tottering step—the lUUesa air , and the almost lifeless eye and blusbless cheek of infants who haTe not yet seen one hnndred months . See yonder father carrying his cripple to his natural work , while he himself is denied employment at the artificial land . See yonder female about to produce an artificial labourer—look at her and blush , and then ssy that you are , any of you , followers of Christ and supporters of the poor .
Sir , go again at eight at night and remain till ten , and see the Natural state in which they come from their satubal work . Ah I Sir , neTer again write down the condemnation of self and brothers , by publishing to the world that we have 500 , 000 of a flock " li-ring without God and without hope , " while the amount deToured by the shepherds , estimating the "flock" at fire to & family would allow- £ 100 per annum to each family ; or 500 , 000 acres
of church land would feed them , clothe them , fat them , give them hope , and make them bless God , Yes , Sir , one-fourth of the tithe , that is , one-fortieth part of the annual amount raised by the State shepherds alone , would pay 10 s . an acre for 580 , 000 acres , upon which all those now " living without God and without hope" would become happy , sober , and thrifty . Will the shepherds give a fortieth—one quarter , of the tenths ?
Pray , ReT . Sir , h&i it ever struck yon that there must be something Tery , Ttry , wrong in that natural state is which you see the splendid draft-horses of Sir Foslix Boothe , drawing gin to the palaces under the very nose of the head of onr church ? Have yon seen those horses , Sir , particularly ta » teams of Roan s ? Have you seen their protection against a shower , the fit ot their harness—I cannot vuJgarJy cal it tackling ? Have yon seen your face in the bright brasses and polished skins , and have you blushed to turn from the fat beasts to some of the lean tribe who pass you , bearing G ; xTs image , and from whom you turn in disgust while you feast your eyes upon the fat horse and his gorgeous trappings ?
Now , Sir , which is the artificial , and which is in the natural state—the man or tbe beast ? and in the eyes of God , which of the parties will be moBt guilty , Sit Fcelix who makes the poison , the poor heart-broken creatures -who taie the poison , or the monarch and her serTacts whe live upon the poison , and therefore allow Sir Fcelix to traffic in the poison ? Hon . and Rev . Sir , have you Been the stables of these horses and their curtained windows ? If not , pray go and Eee them , and then visit those hovels of wretchedness from which the means come , and then tell me that
Poland , . Russia , and Germany are to cure the evil ! Sis , do'nt you think Sir Feelix is a disinterested advocate for " cheap bread , " or cheap malt , tchich is all the same 1 I wish he -would treat us to his " Plea for the Poor . " Sir , in looking over your book again , I find one sentence marked for comment , which escaped my notice , it is this ; you say : — " For , whereas , now com rises in bad years to 66 or 70 shillings the quarter , and quantity under tbe fixed daty might be imported from foreign coantriea at the rate of 57 to SS shilllings , and would therefore keep the price down to that level . "
Now , Sir , here we have the whole thing for which the people are to contend . You have before told us , and yon now repeat it , that with a duty of Ss ., 58 s -wuuld be the lowest price at wh ' ch foreigners couid supply , our wants , while you designate 6 Ss ., that is the average of 6 £ s . and 70 s ., as a high and destructive pree . Well , then , suppose you required 4 , 000 , 000 quarters in aid of British -wheat ; or to pnt it more ad-TanLigeously for yon , suppose that yon required this foreign standard to regulate the price of the whole stock for consumption , -what would be the difference bet-ween the lowest imported price and the highest home price ' : Why just 10 s . the quarter , or five millions of money upon ten millions of quarters :
Sir , . 1 have taien your own calculations—not that I esttem them as correct , but to argue npon . I do not est « em them as correct ; because I feel convinced that many countries could send es vrhtat at 40 s . the quarter , after paying a duty of Ss . Pray Sir , bear in mind , that ten million quarters of wheat ¦ would furnish to twenty million persons , old and young , infants , delicate women , old persons , and the aristocracy , 280 pounds of household fluur per anmm ; and that , alter all , the difference between the highest hoine price and lowest continental price upon the -whule stock would be £ 5 , 000 , 000 . Two hundred pounds of flour would bake into more than three hundred and sixty-five pounds of bread , which would give an average of three and a half stone of bread wevkly to a family of seven .
In truth , Sir , yuu have put all former calculators to shame npon this subject , for they estimate the difference occasioned by restriction at millions npon millions pocketed by tbe landlords ; always losing sight of the fact that the millers' and bakers ' profits , the greatest profits , "would still remain ; and jast aa Sir i " ce " . bc Booth would make little or no reduction in the price of gin , -whatever may be the alteration made by a free trade in tbe price of the raw material , vre should find the loaf coming from the Russian oTen bearing evident marks ef grinding and baiing before the natural labourer could purchase it . Sir , -nhile at Manchester and among the flock , pray do as ail Hvod Ehepheids do ; gatbtr them , examine them and administer to their wants . I trust , Sir , that
with Mr . James Leech at their head , the neglected shet-p -will invite the negligent shepherds to a conference , Tiiis ocght to be done , and then you would learn from tbe ignorant people , that they believe those calling . themselves shepherds only keep wolves from the fold when the mutton is becoming too scarce ta be divided . Hon . and Rtv . Sir , I have just seen the conclusion of " Co ~ to > ' Twist ' s" elexenth production uponfre trade > an ^ l , lvke the preceding ones , it is headed— " Plestt to do , High Profits , Goop Wages , and Cheap Bread ;" and , Sir , how do you think "Cotton Twist " concludes ins Pita for ihe ignorant English people ? Why , Sir , myst characteristically with a Greek quotation from " book 2 of Tbucyd ., " and of which be gives what he calls a " free translation . Rev . Sir , if this is not free-trade with a Tenseance , I know not what is . But , Sir , I fear that
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the anticipations from free-trade in corn will be as unlike the literal thing as Mr . " Cotton Twist's" free translation is unlike the literal construction of the original . Sir , I hare now done ; and if any should consider my answer to your " Plea" too long for a newspaper , I hare only to say that in no other shape could the reduced operatives purchase it—and I belieTe it to be necessary , in some shape , as an antidote to the poison of your " Plea for ihe Poor . " However , Sir , I haTe now appealed from yourself and the four anti-monopolist Editors to the people . Oar respectire " Pleas " on their behalf will be before them ; and it will be for them , as an enlightened jury , to decide in favour of the one or the other .
I have the honour to remain , Rer . Sir , Your obedient and very respectful humble Servant , FfiARGCS O'CONNOR .
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Datid Cateb recommends , as a means of removing much of the prejudice arising from their igno ~ ranee of Chartist principles from the minds of the middle classes , the members of the National Charter Association resident in the various districts of the metropolis , to use their best influence to prevail on keepers of coffee-houses , < £ c , to accept the weekly loan of the Northern Star , National Vindicator , and other invaluable vehi ~ cles that advocate our cause { purchased by the individual members ) , and to impartially allow their customers the reading of the same . Secondly—for each said locality to form a loan
tract society of sound political Chartist principles , to be similarly conducted at those are in the religious bodies ; for each tract to be stitched in stiff paper covers , and on the outside of each to have a printed label posted , bearing an advertisement of all your local meetings , the place and time ) when and vhere the readers of them can become members of your association , and appoint a committee to select and purchase the tracts , and have the entire management of the same . The funds to carry those societies into effect to be raised by voluntary subscriptions , the profits of the tale of social festivals , concerts , and dancing admission , tickets .
J . G . tcould recommend every association to form a society for the reception and distribution of the Star , or any Chartist publication , among the middle classes ; that an active committee be chosen , and that its business be to receive informationfrom the different members where there are ignorant or prejudiced middle-class men , and that they endeavour to get papers and send them by post to such individuals before the papers get a week old . Le / cestkb . Chartists . —Their " address" has been sent to Mr . O'Connor , and will probably be published next week . T . R . N . Clover . —The enigma has been answered " Friend" must take the same answer .
P . P . Shelly . —We have no room . A Female Chartist . — We have at present a heavy stock of poetry on hand . A ClTI 2 £ N OF Cork , must excuse us : our space is full . J . P . —His " Lines to O'Connor" shall appear . A Real Democrat , Brighton . —Thanks for his kindly and very proper letter : it shall have our best attention : and if the evil exists any longer , it shall be the fault of the Brighton friends themselves . Will a "Real Democrat " send us his address ? J . R , Raw lings . —We have no room . "The O'Connor Welcome" shall appear . Robert Svicliffe . — Our space is full . Uobtjccltubal Show . —Robert Petty writes its to
complain of ill treatment , by the Star and Garter Committee , at the late show at Kirk . stall . He had paid his 5 s . for entrance tree days before the time of closing the list , and given in his name and residence , and was not objected to until the morning ef the exhibition ; when , after the trouble and expence of travelling , with his fruit , $ -c , a dis . lance of twenty-two miles , fie was refused admission and his money returned , on the plea of late payment and distant residence . He thinks he is ill used ; avd , if his statement be true , we think so too . Keighley New Church . — The Free Gardeners wish to state , that they did not walk in procession
at the laying of the foundation stone of this edifice . Gilling , . near Richmond . — We have received a letter frem this place , and cannot make out the S'gnature : will the author write us again , end write his name plainly ? The Secretary to the Tadmorden Association requests s letter frem Dr . M'Douall as soon as possible . J . J . L . —His verses will not do . A . M ., Bah . vsi . ey . — We have not room for "The Beauteous Isle . " W . Martin . — A letter on Thursday morning will suit us , or , if the news be very important , on Friday
morning . Mr . Joseph Macdonald , of Neicry , acknowledges the receipt of thirty-eight copies of the Northern Star , of the 31 st of July ; six copies of the Scottish Patriot ; tu-o of the National Vindicator ; and one copy of the People's Charter , during the past week . Mr . Macdonald ' s address is note 122 , High street , Neicry . The Boston Chartists are desirous of knowing to whom they are to address at Lincoln for Chartist information . It is desirable that this should be known as soon as possible . Address Wm . Fox , stone-mason , Boston , Lincolnshire . Henry Ross must excuse us : we are full . William Gbiggs must lake the same answer . A Dozen or two op Poets must take like answers . R . Cooke , Dvndee , received too late for notice this week .
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Charles Stem-art , St . Andrews . —Send \ s . &f . for the postage , fyc : will send by return . John Stein . —Firit : They must continue till the Plates are piven . Second : Yes . To Agents . —those Agents who have their Plates from A . Heyicojd , J . Cleave , or J . Guest , cannot have anything enclosed from the office , as the Plates are packed at the respective places , and not at the office in Leeds . £ . b . d . ¦ FOU MRS . FROST . Prom Mr . Jones , per Mr . Morgan , Bristol ... tie _ Mr . TredweU 0 2 6 _ Miss . M . A . Phillips , London 0 10 .. a few Shoemakers , per J . Blake ... » 4 «
CHARTIST CONTESTED SEATS . From M ., P ntonville 0 10 „ the Vale of Leven VniTeral Suffiage Association 1 0 F » R THE O ' BRIEN FUND AT NEWCASTLE . From Mr . T . Ireland , Dunferniline 0 10 FUND FOR PERSECUTED CHARTISTS . From Wm . Holliday , Moor-square , London 0 19 0 FOK J . B . O ' BRIEN . From Patrick Fox , Manchester ... ... 0 2 C _ John Osman 0 0 6
FOR PRESS FOR J . B . O ' BRIEK . From W . Livingston , Edinburgh © 20 FOR RICHARDSON , MANCHESTER . From Old Squinsy 0 C 0 FOR THE "WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATE !! CHARTISTS . From W . Holiday , Moor-square , London ... 0 10 « FOR DUFFY . From the Paddock Chartists 0 10 0
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Wednesday Evening , Aug . llw . City of London . —Mr . Watkins preached here on Sunday evening , taking for his text , " from falue brothers deliver us . " A discussion ensued between Messrs . Stallwood , Watson , and WatkinPt ON Tuesday Mr . Sankey -was entertained by his supporters und friends at a public supper at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , about 100 persons sat down to snpper , Mr . Brettingham -was called upon to preside . After the removal of the cloth , the Chairman after a few prefatory remarks , proposed " 'Ihe sovereignty of the people , the only source of legitimate power , " drank with three times three . The Chairman in introducing the next toast said , the company -wvuld , he was convinced , do honour to the toait he was about to propose ; for upon the acknowlfcgment of the principle , -which it contained , alone conld the stabiliity of all Institutions fee founded ,
the cuUe which it patronised must sooner or later become the la-vr . He proposed " The People ' s Charter , and may its principles speedily become the law of the land "—( cheering )—drank with all the honours . The Chairman then proposed " The return to the old law of Elizabeth , and the annihilation of the Poor Law Amendment Act . " " The health of Mr . Sankey" -was the next toast , -which was warmly responded to . Mr . Sankey rose amidst much cheering , and addressed the meeting , —he said he came forward at the last election to defend the people ' s cause , bo that it should not be said that the men of Marylebone were without a candidate on the true principles of democracy . ( Hear , hear . ) He found both the factions had their men , and he thought there onght to be a fair testing of principle . He had the honour of fighting the batttle in behalf of the people , and though in that district they had not won , yet the people at the hustings nearly throughout the United Kingdom had proved they were tired of both factions , » nd by their testifying of their
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principles , had left both parties , in many Instances , by a show of hands , in a minority . The orject of the people was , he felt convinced , to rid themselves of the thraldom of hereditary and legal wrong . He belieTed that until the people had good government no repose would be allowed . ( Hear and cheers ) Coat what it might , the factions were determined to govern the nation without granting that liberty which alone made the free citizen . In their career , the people bad profed they were determined not to be satisfied until their rights were conceded , and their wrongs redressed . I Cheers . ) Convinced , as he was , that the present system of legislation stood in need of reform , he came forward the advocate of the People ' s Charter , the abolition , nay , entire annihilation , of the * oor Law Amendment Act ( Hear , hear . ) Upon those principles he stood , and upon the avowal of those principles he aought their suffrages . Why should not the man , and not the bouse , bu represented ? Why not
intellect , and not material , be the test for admitting to the suffrage ? He would not detain them longer than by returning his warmest thanks to those around him , and declaring he was erer ready at their bidding to fight the battle of true reform , heedless of the worn-out cry of Whig against Tory . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Goodfellow proposed— " The electors who rated for Mr . Sankey » t the last election . " The toast was responded to by Mr . Nicholson . Mr . Wall proposed— " The upeedy restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the release of all political prisoners . " Drank with three times three , the company standing uncovered . Mr . Hibble proposed— " The health of the Ladies . " " The succes ^ of the Northern Star , the only truly people ' s paper , " wau given and received amidst great applause . Mr . Peat addressed the meeting at some length , and the company broke up at a late hour , well pleased with tbe entertainment provided by the worthy host .
The London Joukmeymen ' s Trades * Hall . — A lecture was delivered by Wm . Farren , jun ., before the Bermondsey Chartists , on Tuesday evening , at the Horns , Crucifix Lone , Bermondsey-street Subject—?' The Moral and Social Improvement of tbe Men of London , which can only be obtained by having a London Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall . " After a Tote of thanks to the worthy lecturer , Beveral persons who were present promised to become shareholders . The business of the evening concluded by giving three hearty cheera for Feargus O'Connor , and three groans , loud and deep , for hit oppressor ! .
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alAMCaESTES .. —Ancient Foresters . — Court No . 84 , of the above order , held their anniversary on Monday last , at the Dog pnblic-house , Greek-street , Cboriton-upon-Medlock , where a most splendid dinner was served np by the worthy hostess , Mrs . Buckley . Oh Tuesday evening , Mr . G . Wright , hat-manufacturer , of thi 8 town , gave his men , fifty-nine in number , an excellent supper at the Hat and Feathers , MasoD-Btreet , Shude-hill , after the termination of the strike of sixteen weeks , he having given the List price .
The Ancient Order op Foekstehs . —Th e mem bers of the No . 25 Court of this numerous and respectable order met on Monday evening , at the King ' s Arms , Spinning Fields , Deansgate , to celebrate their anniversary . Soon after six o ' clock " mine host" spread the table with an excellent and substantial dinner , which was Eerved in the greatest order and decorum . After the cloth had been drawn , a number of appropriate toasts were given , and some excellent songs were sung ; the females wen admitted , and the evening was spent with great conviviality .
STOCKPORT . —The Child Poisoning Case . — Tke four Sandys , who were indicted lor the wilful murder of two children , by poisoning them , for the purpose of defrauding a funeral society of the gratuities given in such cases , have undergone a very lengthy trial , at the present Chester Assizes , before Mr . Justice Ernkine , which after continuing two days , was concluded about six o ' clock on Tuesday evening—the jury returning a verdict of Not Guilty . The evidence was nearly the eame as that given in the Star at the committal of the
parties . On the following morning , Robert Sandys , and Ann , his wife , were placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Sandys , their daughter , an infant only six months old . The evidence occupied several hours , and the Jury , after an hour ' s consultation , found Robert Sandys guilty , and acauitted the other prisoner . The Judge oidored him to be retained in custody nntil thonext assiz 38 , in consequence of a motion for an arrest of judgment . The prisoner was removed from the bar ib » state of unconsciousness .
BOLTON . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Isaac Barrow delivered a lecture in the Association Room , Oxford-street , Bolton , the subjeot , " Sour Grapes the People ' s portion . " The lecture embraced the whole of the extravagant national expenditure ; the amount of the local taxation , and the enormous wealth swallowed up by the church . These extravagances , he took occasion to show , were opposed to the spirit of true Christianity , and were evils which came within the notice and the censure of the professed Christian teacher . Fifty-three millions , foar hundred and thirty thousand , two hundred and eighty seven pounds , he showed , was the government expenditure for the year 1840 . Thirty millions the supposed amount of local taxation . Twelve millions
consumed by the state churches , amounting in the whole to ninety Eve millions , four hundred and thirty thousand , two hundred and eighty-seven pounds , t iken from the productive classes and given to those who render them little or no service . This abominable robbery , he showed , would maintain no fewer than fourteen millions , six hundred and eighty one thousand five hundred and eighty-two individuals , at the ratetof half-a-crown a week , which is considered sufficient for a pauper , but at twenty shillings per week , whioh he contended every poor family ought to have , would maintain no fewer than one million eight hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and ninety-seven families . The lecturer took occasion , with strong and forcible language , to
show up the atrocities of the Poor Law Amendment Act , the system of a Centralized Police , and the Secret Servioe System . Boldly and fearlessly did he expose the corruptions of the government of this country , and , though professing to act on the principles of Christianity , he exhibited their doings as the most Anti-Christian that could be conceived , These were the moral force truths ho contended the people ought to put in operation , to remove the false assertions of their oppressors as to ignorance by gaining knowledge and information such as he brought before them , which he believed would be quite as much dreaded as physical force harangues . There was one point we should not omit to noticethe false and dastardly statement of Jelinger Symons , Esq ., a Hand-Loom Weaver ' s Commissioner , in his " popular Economy , " respecting the origin of Chartism , and the condition of the working classes
of this country generally . Justly did he hold up for censure a man who could say the working classes were not worse off than formerly , and himself a witness that an band-loom weaver could not earn more than tenpence half penny a day . The system of a second process of labour for a small portion of that which the labourer has already earued , a favourito notion of this Whig Commissioner , received an exposure we wish this gentleman (?) had heard . " Sour Grapes , the people's portion , " was the title of the lecture , and it was not mis-named . We wish that more had heard it ; though deemed improper for a Sunday lecture by sorae of the sanctified and hypocritical professors of religion , our opinion is , that the marrow of religion was contained in it , and until the principles of it are put in practice , religion will be neglected and mankind will be slaves , —Correspondent .
KEIGHLEV . —Mrs . Chapelsmith , Social Missionary , gave two lectures in the Working Man ' s Hall , en the evenings of Monday and Tuesday last , on Chartist Remedies and the Decline of Commerce in this country , and on the Corn Laws and National Debt . The Ilall was filled on both occasons . HUDDERSFXELD . —Inquest . —On Saturday last , a jury sat at the house of Mr . Richard Richardson , Star Inn , Almondbury , before G . Dyson , Esq , Coroner , upon the body of one of the unfortunate girls who died on Friday last , from the
injury sustained by the bursting of the steam-boiler of Messsrs . Douse ' s , silk-manufactory , when , after duly considering the whole of the circumstances connected with the explosion , they returned a verdict , with £ 10 deodand upon the boiler . Magistrates' Office . —On Tuesday , a man named Smith , was brought before the Magistrates , charged with having beaten his brother , and stolen from him the sum of £ 3 . In order to keep a portion of the money he had stolen , he actually swallowed a sovereign and a half . He was committed to York .
RICHMOND . —John Pattison , of Richmond , was summoned before the sitting magistrates , charged with assaulting John Stabler , and also of being drunk and disorderly . Fined 10 ? . for the assault , and 53 . for being drunk , with costs . George Peacock , alias Puke , was fined 10 s . and costs for being drunk and disorderly . Francis Earl , of Richmond , was fined 2 s . fed . and costs , for being disorderly in the streets . CharleB Watson , of Scruton , was convicted , on the evidence of Mr . J . Whiting , policeofficer , for furious driving . Fined Is . and costs . Martin Tweddle , of Whashton , butcher , was charged by the same officer , with furious driving , being his
second offence , was fined Its . and costs . John Taylor , a pauper in the workhouse , was committed for three days to hard labour , for disorderly conduct in ttiat house . George Jackson , mason , was fined 53 and costs for being drunk on the Sabbath day . Robt . Cunningham , labourer , George Harland , mason , and Richard Hauxwell , all of Richmond , were fined , 5 s each and costs , for being drunk and disorderly in tho Market-place , on Sunday morning last . Jane Jobling was fined 10 s . and costs , for using abusive language to Robert Dorchester . In default of payment , to be imprisoned fourteen days to hard labour .
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BORY . —Mr . Joseph Linney , of Manchester , gave a lecture to the Chartists of this town , ou Mouday evening , in the Working Men ' s Hall . Mr . Jno . Campbell will lecture at Bnry , on Monday next . Rochdale and Milnrow . —Mr . Linney will leetore tomorrow , ( Sunday , ) in the afternoon , at Roohdale at half-past two o ' clock , and at Milnrow at six o ' clock . MANCHESTER . —Ou Wednesday evening , the females assembled in the Chartists' Room , Tib-strett . Mr . Bailey , the Chairman , opened the meeting by reading the extract from Wakefield . Mr . Doyle moved , and Mr . Linney seconded , a resolution condemnatory of such proceedings , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Griffin addressed the meeting , and it was announced that Mr . Joseph Linney will lecture next Wednesday evening . Many new members were added to the Association .
Salter-STREEt . —On Tuesday eveninjr , this large room was pretty well filled to hear Mr . Doyle deliver an address . DROTLSDEN . —Mr . Doyle gave a lecture o » class legislation , on Sunday last , to the Chartists of this village . BOLTON . —Mr . C . Doyle , of Manchester , addressed the Chartists of this town on Monday evening , in the large room , showing the effects of class legislation upon the industrious millions . SALISBURY . —Mr . Potts , the political prisoner , was discharged from his prison-house on Thursday , after seventeen months'confinementsince his trial , and nearly three before . Mr . Potts left by coach for Bath ; he looked dreadfully ill , as well he might . Mr . P . will remain a few days in Bath , and shortly after will re-euter upon his medical studies , probably in Edinburgh , or Glasgow . Mr . Carrier still remains in prison .
PRESTON . —Oa Tuesday evening last , Mr . Campbell lectured in the Preston Charter Association-room , Avenbam-street , to a very numerous meeting . A very good impression was made . After the lecture seven new members were enrolled . HALIFAX .-The Ancient Order of the Golden Fleece , Bradford Unity , opened a lodge on Monday , the 9 th inst ., at the house of Mr . Benjamin Hirst , the Dog and Partridge Inn , Forest , in Stainland , near Halifax , when upwards of thirty members were initiated . BURY . —Odd Fellows . On Saturday last , August the 7 th , the members of the Unisn Victoria Lodge , No . 101 of the United Order of Odd Fellows , celebrated their seventeenth anniversary at the house of Mr . Richard Brierley , the Hand and Shears Inn , Bury , Lancashire , whon upwards of eighty of tho members , with their wives and sweethearts , sat down to an excellent dinner .
DENHOLME . —Mr . Harney , at the request of some friends , lectured here at mid-day on Tuesday , August 10 th . His audience was comparatively numerous and very attentive . We anticipate much good from Mr . Harney ' s viBit . HOWARTH . —This sink-hole of Whiggery was visited by Mr . Harney on Tuesday last , who , on the evening of that day delivered one of the most interesting and truth-telling discourses it was ever our good fortune to hear . The Whigs threatenad opposition , but deeming " discretion the better part of valour , " prudently remained quiet . The meeting was held in the open air , and a large muster we had . We have joined the National Charter Association . Let us have a few more lectures like nnto that we have been favoured with by Mr . Harney , and depend upon it Chartism in Howarth , in spite of Whig tyranny , will thrive and prosper .
BRADFORD . —Mr . Harney addressed the Chartists of Bradford , in the Social Institution , on Wednesday evening last . Mr . IbbetBou was called to the chair . A large number of the fair sex graced the platform with their presence . Mr . Harney gave us an address in his usual excellent style , and was rewarded by the repeated and hearty cheers of hie hearers . At the conclusion of his address , Mr . H . made aa appeal to his hearers in behalf of Mrs . Walker , wife of one of the victims of Whig despotism now in Wakefield Hell , where he is undergoing the sentence of two years'imprisonment , seven months of which he has yet to serve . Tho sum of nine shillings and eightpence was collected for his unfortunate partner . Mr . Martin moved the thanks of the assembly to Mr . Haroey , whioh being cordially given , the meeting adjourned .
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evenin § , August 12 . The Corn Law Agitators seem very willing to come to some arrangement with the Rads of this place , but up to tho present time their bid is not for Universal Suffrage ; bo that it 13 iio go . Distress in Spitalpield 3 . —On Friday , August 5 th , thirty-three families were turned into tho streets for Queen ' s taxes as has been stated , and finding that this was true and up to the present time they have no house to render their situation
more bearable , a committee consisting of Messrs . Arthur Samuels , John Cox , William Slater , Chas . Pearce , James Gardner , and William Shillings worth , havd been appoined to gather subscriptions ; Mr , Drake of No . 1 C 6 , Brick-lane , Coffee House Keeper , Treasurer , and Mr . R . Courtrill , Secretary . At the Meeting of the Tower Hamlets Chartists , on August 8 th , Mr . Mitchell in the chair , Mr . William Robson , shoemaker , was nominated a General Councilman , in lieu of Mr . Hart , resigned . The sum of thirteen shillings was voted to the ^ Executive at Manchester .
On Sunday next , August 15 th , the Regent ' s Park will be thrown open to the public , proving that if tho people are determined , aristocratic selection must give way before them . Tower Hamlets—At a general meeting of the members for getting up the demonstration to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , it was resolved— " That we invite all the admirers of this noble-minded patriot , in the Tower Hamlets , to come forward and assist us with their finances and otherwise to obtain thi = grand object efficiently . " The Committee sits every Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , to receive subscriptions , and to transact general business , at the National Charter Coffee House , 1 C 6 , Brick Lane , Spitalfields . -
State of the Poor . —At the Guildhall , on Wednesday , no less than four individuals were brought before Mr . Alderman Kelly , who committed offouceg for the mere purpose of gaining the temporary shelter of a BtatioB-house , and the chance of a crust of bread . Crime , therefore , is better off in England than poverty . To be entitled to protection , shelter , and food , a man must be a criminal . Such a fact , though there were only one in a year , instead of crowding upon us four in a day . would be an uuerring indication that legislation requires revision .
FXN 8 BURY . —Finabury has , during the past week been particularly active in aiding the demonstration for the " be" liberated patriots , as well as on account of the contested Election Seat Fund . Towards the latter , the Council have for tho present voted 53 ., and havo set on foot a subscription , for the purpose of further aiding tho contest for the disputed seats of J . B . O'Brien , Col . Thompson , Mr . Lowery , and Mr . Eagle , and hereby call on all the districts of London to aid Mr . O' Connor ' s efforts to the utmost in their power .
But for the call ot tho Executive , the County Delegate Fund &c , a much larger sum would have been immediately voted . We have established a branch at 26 , Plumber-street , City-road , which promises to become a powerful auxiliary , and Mr . Watts , the Finsbury sub-secretary attended , on Tuesday night last , the opening of a spacious Chartist room , at the Northern btar , 1 , Golden-lane , City , where a City Registration Committee was formed at once , many attending who had not known before what Chartism was .
ADDRESS , Passed unanimously at the last Council Meeting o f of the Finsbury and Hoxton Council , Wednesday , 11 th August , atLunt ' s Coffee House : — Men of London . —The time will shortly arrive when that noble of nature , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will be restored to us from the bastile of the base and brutal Whigs . We do , therefore , call upon all of you to be firm and united to enable you to give him that reception into London which will be worthy of the patriot and' the holy cause of freedom , iu which he has , for oursakes , engaged . We call uDon all those localities which
are not already at work , to be up and stirring ; to appoint demonstration committees , and to open subscriptions , that our enemies may see that the working men are determined to do honour to such patriots as , having espoused our cause , still adhere to it and its principles . Fellow Countrymen , let the forthcoming day be such an one as the sun of Heaven never shone upon—the eight of an innumerons people defying the persecution of tyrants—and convince our enemies that it would be as easy to stop the ebbing or flowing tide , as to put down the infantine but giant Chartism .
Our motto is still—Universal Suffrage , and No Surrender 1 Signed on behalf of the Finsbury and Hoxton Council , J . Watts , Sab-Secretary .
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Madame Laffarge . —This unhappy woman has been again prosecuted for the felonious abstraction of the diamonds of Madame Leotaud . She has been found guilty of the robbery ; but having been already sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for life , the Court could make no alteration in the punishment , but the restoration of the diamonds has been ordered , M . and Madame Leotaud being condemned in the expences . Gratuities for Chaetist Purpose * . —The ten pounds mentioned in a note of Mr . Cleave ' s , which we published last week , was tho contribution of John Peroival , Esq ., Camden Villa , Kensington . It has been sent to Mr . Hey wood , £ 7 for the Victim Fund , and £ 3 for the sufferers of the Stevenson ' s-square assault .
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IMPORTANT LE TTER . The following imp « rtant letter is from Samuel Wells , Esq ., Barrister and Ctemraoa Councilman of London , on the Chartist elections , more especially tt » Sunderland election : — Fire-Office , 8 th August , 1841 . Sear Sir , —I am much obliged by your letter , and shall bu most happy to hear from Mr . J . Williams , in the meantime I send you some cases * which havt been decided , and which appear to me , according t » your statement , to bear strongly npon Mr . Bisns ' s' case . If you determine to petition , / will find one counsel gratuitously . Mr . Bim $ would , I think , be returned ; at any rate there would be another election ; BuM thiak Mr . Binns would be sealed . In baste . Yours moat respectfully , Samuel Wells . Mr . Jas . Robinson .
P . S . I will also draw the petition . * CIRENCESTER CASE . There being no regular demand of poll , he in whose favour the number of voices was first declared on ths view , held duly elected . He who has the greatest number of voices on tb » view , elected ; unless a poll is demanded by bis competitor . If no poll is demanded , election by the view sufficient 1 Whltelock , Si& 3 . A meeting is intended to be held at Suuderland on Thursday evening to consider what steps should be taken in reference to this subject
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The Rjoht op a Soldier to his own "Kit . "At the Woolwich Police Court on Wednesday , there waa a strong muster of the military , relative to a ease to be decided by the presiding Magistrate , Mr . H . Grove , respecting the " kit" of a soldier , found in the possession of an unfortunate nymph of the pave , named Elizabeth Weeks . It appeared by the statement of Corporal Scott , of the Royal Artillery , stationed at Woolwich , that a gunner and driver , John Freer , of the regiment , had been absent since Sunday sight last , and had made away with his " necessaries . " He bad been subsequently taken , and acknowledged that he had deposited them with the prisoner at the bar ; she resided up Jacob ' s Ladder , High-Street , and on her lodgings being searched by police-constable Wheeler , 71 R , the
articles HOW produced , consisting of a pair of trousers , shirt , towel ,. &c , nearly a complete " kit , " were found concealed under her bed . Mr . Grove— " Are the articles produced the man ' s own property !" Corporal Scott— " After he has paid for them . " Mr . Grove—*• Then he has a right to dispose of his owa property , aud I cannot assist you . ' Mr . Nokeeu solicitor , and the Magistrates' Clerk here intimated that all soldiers , according to the articles of war , were compelled to produce their "kit" complete every month cm an examination of necessaries , and , if found deficient , were liable to be punished if they could not reasonably account for them . John Freer , the gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery , stated that he had been in the regiment about ten month ? , and that he bad taken the articles to the prisoner to take care of ; they were right , and just as he left them . The corporal mentioned to the worthy
Magistrate that the man had been punished for the military offence by having a ring placed on his arm , and confined to barracks . Mr . Grove could not ; recognize ihe military law as stated ; he must look to the man ' s civil rights . What a man had paid for could not be called military stores . He had acknowledged he had placed the articles in the possession of the prisoner , therefore she could not be charged with either stealing or having unlawful possession of them ; and , although she was one of an unfortunate class of individuals , she had an equal right to protection with any other person . There is ne charge against the prisoner ; the whole of the articles enumerated by the man are produced , consequently she is not even guilty of having made away wich any portion of them , and she is discharged . The decision excited the astonishment of the military present ; as the usual mode has been either to Sne the parties or commit them it : prison .
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TO THE IRISH LANDLORDS . Mt Lords and Gentlemen , —This week , my reply to the Hon . and Rev . Mr . Noel ' s letter occupies that space which should have been devoted to my sixth to you- ; and next week the space Will be devoted to a reply to an address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades Association ; so that my last letter must stand over till the 28 ih of August . ' Meantime allow me to correct a very silly error which appeara iu the following passage of my last . It runs thus : — " The straw of an acre of wheat , at five cwt . to the acre , and at 5 s . por cwt , will be worth £ ] 5 p . Od . "
The passage should run thus : —the straw of an acre of wheat at five hundred to the acre , and at 53 . per hundred . The hundred means a hundred sheaves , consisting of Six score to the hundred , and not five hundred weight .- By the error , the straw would be made appear , to be worth £ 5 a ton in Ireland , whereas , five hundred sheaveswouldonly fetch about £ 1 5 s ., and would weigh much over a ton . These errors would naturally lead to doubts , and therefore I hasten to correct them . I am , my Lords and Gentlemen , Your obedient humble servant , Feargus O'Connor
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