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THE ONLY TRUE WEATHER AJt » MAi \ CK . TT is a remarkable fact that SEED'S ^ ALMANACif JL has been proved correct with regard to weather up to the present period . It also states ! that Char * tism will make great advancement during the com * ing spring , all Chartists ; should have one of Seed ' s Almanacks in his possession . Published by J . Ibbetson , Bradford , and sold by all Agents of this paper . Price 8 d .
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A CHEAP WINTER BEVERAGE . fMPORTANT SAVING TO FAIML 1 ES . — 1 AGENTS WANTED .-EDWARDS'S BREAKFAST POWDER ( in packets , 6 d . per pound ; pr-oduces an excellent beverage , closely similar to Coffee in flavour and appearance . It is prepared from a grain of British growth , without any mixture whatever , and on analysation is declared to contain more real nutriment than either tea or coffee . A liberal discount will be allowed to agents , who are wanted throughout the kingdom . EDWARDS BROTHERS , groat manufacturers , &o ., 59 , Blaokfriar ' aroad , London . ;
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EUFFY RIDLEY ; informs his Chartist Fnehda of London and its Vicini-. y , that he has been appointed Agent to the East India Tea Company . He purposes appropriating One Penny in a ShiHing on the Agency towards the support of the Couvention and Executive . His Friends are requested to send their Orders . Postpaid , to 19 , D'Oyfey Street , Sloane Street , Chelsea . The Receipts of the East India Company and R . R . ' s Books to be audited by the Auditors of the General Council sitting in London .
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MORISONS PILLS . TTPWARDS of Three Hundred Thouaand Cases V of well-authenticated Cures , by Morison ' s Pills of the British College of Health , having , through the medium of the press , been laid before the Public , is surely sufficient proof for Hygeianism . W . Stubbs , Yorkshire , General Agent , Queen ' s Terrace , Roundhay Road ^ Leeds . Sold by Mr . Walker , Briggate , and Mr . Heaton , Briggate ; Mr . Badger , Shefiield ; Mr . Nichols , WakefieldjiMr Harrison ,-Barnsley ; Mis 3 Wilson , Rotherham ; Mr . Clayton , Doncaster ; Mr . Hartley , Halifax ; Mr , Stead , Bradford ; Mr . Dewhirst , Hudderefield ; Mr . Browa , Dewsbury ; Mr . Kidd , Poutefra . ct ; Mr . Bee , Tadoaster ; Mr . Wilkinson , Aberford Mr . Mountain , Sherburn ; Mr . Richardson , Soiby ; Mr . Walker , Otley ; Mr . Coilab , East Witton ; Mr . Langdale , Knaresbrd ' - and Harrogate ; Mr . Harrispn , Ripon ; Mr . Bowmrjj , Richmond ; Mr . Grasby , Bawury ; Mr ; Tasker , Skipton ; Mr . Sinclair , Wetherby ; Mr . Rush worth , Mytholmroyd .
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— - ' . itUl on sale at all the Pablishers , . Price Threepence dnlt . V THE POOR U&N'S COSIFMIONt A POLITICAL ALMANACK TOR 1842 , SETTING fortb , at one view , the enormous amount of Taxes wrung from tne industry of a starving people , and their extravagant and shaineful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all Bubjecta connected with general policy . OPINiONS OP THE PRESS . " Essentially a' Poor Man ' s Companion' and fully deserving the highest eulogium as fulfilling the promise of its title . In addition to the usual subjectmatter of an Almanack , we are presented with tables of ^^ the utmost importance , as affording the veryinfortnation thei working classes are muchJn need ^^ ofthe gross misappropriation of their property in / pensions and h'gb . oflicial salaries given for baa government . A chapter is also annexed on ' the ooudiuon pf the people , 'calling for nniversal perusal . W » would particularly commend the work to the attention of Chanist Lecturers , —they will find it an invaluabla text bookS ' - ^ English Chartist Circular . M This little compendium of useful information is entitled to our warm commendationi The stotistioal details bear ample evidence of haying been prepared with much care , and the tables relative to taxation , and the appropriation of the monies thereby derived ^ are not more curious titan useful , while the commentary appended to each division of the subject cannot ; fail by its tone to make the ' Poor Man ' a Com panion * highly jp bprii&S '—Weekly Dispatch . \ - \ " We are accustomed to speak of unequal laws and © f the enormous burdens that are laid upon the poor for the benefic of the rich , and we are accustomed to speak thus so often that the very iteration of the remark causes it to loose its force , and to pass harmless . Hence , the necessity for details ; and details , come from whatever quarter they inay , if well ^ ubstautfated , always come to us as acceptable visitors , and are welcomed as an effective force which we can wield against the strongholds of corruption . The details in this Almanack are clearly set forth , and really they tell a dark and fearful tale . Unhappily we have too good grounds tu believe them correct . Mr . Hobson refers to dates and state dpcumeiits—for it is a mercy that we have a precedent which forces the public plunderers to truiu pet forth their robberies . In a-word we may state that tho national taxation—who pay it—who devour it—are . Set forth in a lucid manner in this Poor Mau ' a Companion . ' "— -Leeds-Times < " This is verily a Poor Man ' s vade inecum : the cheapest and beat book of general reference ¦ -. ior '' . . almost all subjeota in which the people ' s interests are immediately involved that we have ever seen . In addition to all tke usual information of an Almanack , it contains a mass ot statistical information crammed into the smallest possible * space upon most important suhjects ^ We feel persuaded thai there is not a working man in the kin £ < iom , who will be without his ' Companion , ' ifhe can possibly procure one . " —Northern Star . " This isa Political Almanack for 1842 , shewing the amount aad applicaiion of the taxes raised from the industry of the working classes , and containing much information for them , and some also that may be useful to those born only to consume their productions . Among other statistical tables , it gives asummary of the mources of Great Britain , a comparison between . the productive and unproductive classes , and long aiiti instructive answers to the qu « ition , 'how are the taxes applied V * The Cost of the Church , ' and the 'BlackList , ' way also be perused with advantage . " -r-5 un " This is a threepenny Almanack , and worth twice the money at which ic can be purchased . The Alciauack is equal to auy other we have yet seen ; and the work contains ba ^ idea a great variety , a » well as condensaticri , of political informatiou with which it is important the 'Poor Man' shoula be acquainted . ' ^ i ^/ ri / i . ' * Queen and Statesman , " "A Chartist Almanack , in which much use is made of the now readily accessible Parliamcdtary Returns , whose totals are presented and commented upon in the style to be expected from a shreu'd and vigoroos mind . "—Spectator . "
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jJoils Taicxs cr the Plages . —A correspondent ttr i (« r- ,, There are mm . in tlris country who are rery symp * thysmz , and wno evince jMt zsal in soothing the Borrow of the afflicted . * flen t&c £ bearof fee 2 hip Susan being e « mpletely wrecked in the late beny .-gds * and every » onl on board having Tsrisoed they insfaxter endeavour to alleviate the iorrows of the widows and fatherless ; they get books , and a recommendation from mne . ablpin of
owner (!) and then traverse the countryquest the benevolent The boob , hare at the ontwt a l ^ t of donors and donations , aU fictitious , in order to indnce people to giTe . ' Now the whole affair £ got-nphr fte disinterested psrties who solicit fee m&criptions of the benevolent , and they alone pocket the money . The same imposition is pract £ S by inairidiito who assmne the garb of collien : particularly after an exp loaon i ° » nie of the jninavand , let me tell joa ,. Sir , that the like Ldes of d ^ eption , or rather swindling , is adopted
„ * SpS * rfSi . repeat In U « meiropelli , having ^ » f SStoSeat for collectors , and desiring to ftat *• a fit opportunity . He , conse-*^ S , n £ to ap plicati on to the -Board . ' Tfee sSSy '*« him ** collecti f « book 8 ' labelled 2 fo . 1 2 , S . » nd *• in eacQ ° ' which were a list of names ' with various sums attached thereto . ' Now , ' says the honourable secretary , these are fictitious names , in order to induce people to give . " This was enough for my friend : he took the books , but , instead of subserving the interests of the 'Board , ' he exposed the system of swindling adopted by the ' Beard , ' in order to induce people
to give . IBTZXTCBEEi I >* SCPPOST OF THE EXECUTIVE . — We are literally crowded with eonrannrieations from parties seeking " to catch customers , " by imitation of the generous and patriotic establishment of Mr Pinder . Very many < fr these are Becking to establish themselves in the same trade , which exposes theii " patriotism" to some suspicion . If tbe support of the good cause be their only object , they can attain it much better by becoming active agents on the principle of Mr . Lundy , ot Hull , and Sir . Wilkinson , of the Potteries , than by manufactoing for themselves . If their object be to make
this a mode of obtaining profit , it is quite a fair and legitimate proceeding ; but we cannot fill the Star with gratuitous advertisements for black ing makers and other tradesmen . We have already made to all paif . es desirous of thus getting custom by giving a portion of their profits to the cause , the offtr of inserting their advertisements to the extent of one column weekly for the duty , pro-Tiding that they afford some efficient mode of check to the public for knowing that their promises are realised ; and that tbe duty , la . 6 d ., be sent with each advertisement . We shall not hereafter notice any such communications which do not include an attention to these two particulars .
you C 3 . —Any Start , or other papers , sent to the Irish miversal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Danpsey , ^ o . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Brophy , who has resigned . It is p-iBncrLAHir requested that any Chartist Association having rules for their government will be kind enough to forward a copy of the same to John Woodcoc ^ shoemak er ^ Q , Cross-leech-street , Stawhridge . J , Rothwf . lu— Any communication idll reach either Mr . Williams or Mr . Binns , if addressed " Williams and Binns , booksellers , Bridge-street , Sunderland . " £ J . —The Mr . Jones trho tncved a rote of censure
en the Factory deputies , at the Leeds meeting tras not the talented Bast Riding Chartist lecterer : he teas a member of the Leeds for and Goose club—a society formed and continued in existence for the purpose of swamping the Chartist agitation * The Sheffield Political IssrmrrE . —We hare received a missive , signed by thirteen gentlemen , members of this new-born stale of independent Chartism , contending furiously for its identification Tcith the National Charter Association , and reflecting very bitterly upon eur very excellent Sheffield correspondent . We beg these gentlemen to moderate their temper , while we tell them that our Sheffield correspondent had nothing at all to
do with the Notice to Correspondents of which they complain . It is very possible that these thirteen gentlemen may be all members of the National Charter Association—nay more , it is possible that ail the members of the Sheffield Polities } Institute may be also members of the National Charter Association . Still that does not invalidate our statement . We know an Odd Fellow * lodge of which nearly all the members are -members of the National Charier Association ; we know a Baptist Church of which the minister and all the members are members of the National Charter Association ; still both the Odd Fellmes' lodge and the Baptist Church in question is a distinct and isolated body , governed by
its own laws and officers , independent of the National Charter Association ; Just as is the Sheffield Political Institute ; and though these gentlemen should rail and write of * falsehood *' — "misrepresentation "—** leadership "— " dictation" and ** fraud , " more scurrillously than they hare even tr / done , it wVl not alter the fact that the Sheffield PoRiieaJ Institute is , as a societ y , an isolated body , altogether distinct from the National Charter Association . A jfcAKBEB at York wishes us to write a comment " on the fad that the authorities of that city have put a stop to Sunday shaving . Me says it has lessened his income by f our or five shillings weekly ; and , with a family of six children , he feels it to be very serious . We do wish that our Sunday legislators would be consistent , at all
etents . If they must be sanctimonious , let it be in person , as well as by proxy . If Sunday shaving be sinful and scandalous when- practised by a poor fellow , for the maintenance of his children , in his own thop , it is surely not less so when a "respectable hair-dresser" waits upon a gentleman at home , or when said gentleman employs his servant upon that necsssary occupation But why do we find fault with inconsistency when , in fact , there is none ? The whole system is consistent with the whole spirit of class legislation . Sunday shaving , like Sunday travelling end Sunday trading , are only scandalous when practised by the poor . "Respectables" may do ill these things without any violation ofclasstnaie etiquette or morality THOKis Beow . ne , —His letter on the abuses of the
JJatichesier and Leeds railway nest week . The Saxfohd Chastists have appointed Mr . Rankin as agent for the sale of Mr . Finder ' s blacking . The members of the Association residing in Salford are requested to encourage the sale of this , blacking . May be had at Mr . Rankin ' s , Smith ' s Building , Ade phi ; Mr . Sumner , shoemaker , Ford street ; Mr . Garnett , Jioemaker , Rosamond street ; or Mr . Yate * , shoemaker , corner of Springfield-lane , Broughton road . Todmordes Chakiists should hive written to Mr . Beedey : we cannot make the Siar a general post bag . Hrru—Roger Finder ' s address , after this date , is Edward ' s Square , Edwards Place , Pottery , HuU .
Cashiers Besepit . — We have letters from James ¦ Ptat and R . W . Woodford in reference to the communication of Mr . Paiker , in our last , which ve canned insert . We do not see that thcyin-Taiidaie any of Mr . P . ' s statements , and cannot hare the Siar made the vehicle of per&nal or parly bickerings . A to . NSTAjiT Readeb—We have no room . A Real DEMOCRAT . —Thanks for the hints in his Inter . The first of them is not new to us . We purpose acting en it ourselves if the Secretary 4 do not . ° - Coxsia 5 t Header , CaKtehbubt , enquires if any one qj owr numerous readers can inform him oj
the mode of preparing the cement applied to the POita ge Uamp ' - **• M'Cclloch , of Polmont by Falkirk , will oblige us fjy pasting his news letter a day eartier . We aid not receive hu last week ' s letter til hnif past three on Thursday afternoon ; and &e Scotch papers are obliged to be posted shortly x " f . ter that hour . > iSTWica—T / i e report of Mr . Doy ' e ' s visit too late M this week . BESitT Lhj&well , BrKJiiSGHAiL — His notice is ¦ an advertisement . ^« I 05 al Chartists—We have no recoUedisn of wving received any such article as that which r * describes .
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? 02 ME 5 , FBOST—THE " "WHIG-MADE WIDOW . " £ . a . d . Fromj . G ., } Ianchester 0 0 6 ' s . d . From three masons , per F . W . Simeon , Bristol 1 6 From W . Jonts 0 6 0 2 0 Prom Mr . J . Hogarth , Mansfield ... * 0 From the Leeds Chartist Association , ptr ilr . Stonehonse * 1 7 0 " From a few Chartists of Pottsea , Hants _ .. ... 0 10 0
FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From Roger Pinder , Hull , ( two wetts ) , ... 0 19 9 From a few Friends at Grantham , perD . Sanby ... 0 6 2 FOB MBS JOSES . From John Tagg , London 0 10 ¥ 03 . UBS . WILLIAMS . From John Tagg , Xonaon 0 e 6 FOB HE O ' BBIES'S FBESS FCSD . From Jit ring , of Portsea ... 0 1 9
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John Mtllab has sent ns a post-office order . Will he be kind enough to say -what it is for , and tha amount of the order T V . G * eaies , Monaghan —Hia letter was not postpaid . ^^ J . SB . EVINGTON , LocGHBOBOUGH . —Same price *¦ all the large Portraits . J . Bddd . —The 2 s . 6 d . rent for the » Chartist Causewas inserted in the Star of the 15 th , " From J ! L " Mb . Simpson , Shslton —The Plates were Beat u deaired . wa .
^" . ^^ "OOTIL-Mr . CleaTe written to and desired to forward the Plates » nd Medals SOMB Pjosox has , this week , tent a Ten Pound Note to this Office , in a blank sheet of paper . Will the parties sending say what bank it was , what number , tod give a description of the note if possible bo that they may be credited with the amount ? H . T . B , . DalKkith—Firsi-Do not know : we haTe noi received any cash from him to the present time . Secojzd— Do not know the reason . GEOBGE Budge , Ross . —The publication is in existence . London publishers : Steill , Paternosterrow ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane . Fleet-street
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MANCHESTER— Loyalty at Discount . — There has been no illumination , no bonfires , no shootings , no emblems , no symptoms of rejoicing at the Bapiism of the young sprig of royal blood . The greatest specimen of manifestations of loyalty even by the High Tory Church , and Whig party , was the mere exhibition of fiats on the steeples of the churches , and the ringing of the bells , the sight and sound of which appeared only additional mockery of the starring millions , to remind them of the pomposity and extravagance of one party , and the distress , misery , privaiion , and want of the other .
LEEDS . —The Lost Child . —We inserted a paragraph last week headed " Child Lost , " which appears to have been noticed by a friend at Dewsbury , who informs us that a child answering the description was seen there , along with another boy . It is to be regretted our informant did not get them taken into custody , as no doubt the other boy jad also been slo ' en , for the purpose of being employed as a beggar , and would answer to the description of six years of age , very curly head , and altogether a very pretty boy , and answering to the name of James Pullen , or Greaves , from the Bank , Leeds . James Wallis , we repeat , is aged ten years , a fine chubby lad , light hair and grey eyes ; has a mark under his right eye , which he received by a fall when learning to walk , and by which he may be easily known . The parents of these children are very poor , and in great distress at their loss . Any information sent to this office will be most gladly handed to the parents .
Andbew Gabdneb , late of Leed 3 . —On Monday , the 17 th instant , the following resolution was passed at the Chartist meeting in Leeds : — " That the Char-Ubis of the kingdom are hereby warned against having asy transactions with a person of the name of Andrew Gardner ; he having defrauded the associatiod to a great amount , as well as other parties in town . He has left Leeds for elsewhere . " ST . PANCBAS . —On Thursday evening . Col . Thompson delivered one of his usual " Free Trade and Corn Law Repeal" lectures , at the Standard , Frederick-street , - Hatnpstead-row . Mr . Farrar asked a question or two , to which no satisfactory answers were given ; challenged the Colonel to discuss the questioB , giving him his own choice of place and chairman , and exempting him from any expence . The Gallant Colonel declined the meeting .
NEwTON HEATH . —Co-opebative Stobe . —The above society was established at Newton Heath , on Nov . 28 h , 1840 . About from seventy to eighty shares of the value of five shillings each , being entered from Nov . 28 th , 1840 , to Feb- 23 J , 1841 , at which latter date the first shop was opened at Newton Heath ; and on Oct . 13 th , 1841 , a second ^ hop was op ened at Openshaw , which shops , together , are now selling from £ 80 to £ 90 weekly of provisions . There are now 700 shares in , makiDg 3 capital of upwards of £ 200 . The above shares are held by eighty-seven shareholders , who hold various numbers of shares each , fluctuatin g from one to forty , forty being the highest number any one person is allowed to held . There was a dividend of Is . 8 d . per share paid over to the shareholders on Jan . 3 rd , 1 & 42 , being at the rate of 33 £ per cent , for the ten months , from the time of opening the first shop , or at the rate of 40 per oent . per annum .
ASHTON-UNDEK-liYITE — Fatal Acci-DFJtT . —On Friday , in last week , two little girls passing through the church yard , on their way to school , stopped to look at a fire , which was being used by some workmen in repairing the church . One of them set fire to her clothes , and was burned so much that'she -expired the next day .
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TO HAMER 3 TANSFELD , ESQ . " Taxes are -fixed moratory payments and do no / lower with the fall oj prices of produce . "—James Perms . " All classes will prey upon all other classes just as much as' they can and dar * . "—Hamer Stansfcld . SIB , —I have waited with considerable anxiety for the appearance of your organ , fully expecting that We should have your * pompously announced lecture of " compensation and not emigration , " dressed and served up as a dish * ' li : for the gods" in its columns of this week . Why has this change come o'er the spirit of its actions ? Time was , when we Ehould have had it headed in large capitals , and decked out in leaden ' type , for the purpose of drawing especial attention to the importance of the article . But now , alas ! we are compelled to- be content with the usual " stock"
epithets of compliments , and tsk « the editors word , expressed in a short paragraph , for proof of its value . Perhaps i : s " valaabJe * colmnns" were crowded with other , and more variable matter . Bnt , whatever has been the cause , we roust bear our disappointment as beat we may , and hope that at some other time we shall reap our full reward . In the absence , then , of this valuable lecture on the " odd sort of co . mptnsation , " I shall be under the necessity of taking tip somts other subject upon which to address you . I will therefore tike the tT 9 uble in this letter to direct the attention of the working men to the affected sympathy of you and your class , towards their unparalleled sufferings ; and on your so ofi « n expressed desire to better their condition by a repeal of tbe Com Laws , and by giving them " education" as a necestary preparation to their having a voice in the making the lairs by -which tbey are to bo governed .
Working men , when we see men begging and praying of another man who is dciug tbem injustice , to cease to do" them injustice , and begin to treat tbem as fellow-creatures ; and when we see the man who is , and has been , in the perpetration of wrong , or the withholding of some valuable right or property—when we see the man "who is doing these things , instead of ceasing to do them , offer the injured party some other thing in litn thereof , what is tbe conclusion which we naturally come to respecting the injuring party ? Simpiy that he is either fool or knave ; and such must be the conclusion which , you ought to come to respecting those who offer you " repeal of the Corn Laws' * oi education in a " Mechanics' Institute , " in consideration of your just share in the making of the laws by which jen are to be governed .
If the repeal of the Corn Laws weuld give us " cheap bread "—" if it would enable us t « take our labour to the best market "— if it would " enable us to stop the plundering of the grasping aristocracy "—if it would give us prosperity for ages" —if it would of itself ; a& one sage oracie says ) " reduce the national expenditure one-half ;" - if , in short , it would make the country « nch a paradise as they represent that it would ; and if , as they tell you ,- the Charter would do nothing for you—if it would cause none of these good things to eome , how is it thst thtir bowels are so movfd with compassion ? how is it that tUey are grown so full of the milk of human' kindness all at once , as to offer to do yen more good even than you desire ? How is it that they offer yon what they tell yon is the greater consideration , when you ask for what they tell you would !• the less ?
Working- men , reasoning upon the acknowledged principles of human nature , and taking the maxim put forward by Mr . Stansfeld , who is a great gun of the patty , that ' £ 11 classes will prey upon all other clases just as much &s they can and dare ; " tiking this as a truism , in what light are we to view the conduct of those men who offer you the repeal of the Corn Laws as a something which will be of more value to you than that Charter , which , tbey acknowledge , is your inalienable right ? Unless you suppose that a miracle has been wrought for tbe special purpose of changing the nature of these humanity-mongers , what can you think ean be the end these men can have in riew , after their declaration thai they " will prey upon you jost oj much as they can and sake V Have they ceastd to wish to prey ? or does not the cowardly tiger wish to crouch behind the bush of tbe Kepeal of the Corn Laws to enable Mm with with greater security to springs upon his " prey" and riot in its biood at his leisure ?
Working men , these parties tell you that the Charter would net do you any good ; they also acknowledge thst it will be impossible for them to carry out the measures they have in view without the working men can be bronght to act with them ; and they also tell us that when we cannot obtaiu our ends in an immediate and direct manner , ' we must make use of our best policy and take such inotalnieuts as we can get towards our ends . Xow if tuis doctrine be true , and if tbey have ceaied to thirst for " prey , " and if the Charier wouli do vou no good , and cer , sequenilf them no harm , why do they
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not come forward to aid you to obtain the Charter , eves if for no other purpose but to obtain your confidence , that you might assist them to realise those measures which they tell you would be so condusive to your and their benefit ? If they refuse to do this , do they not tacitly acknowledge that they have a wish to deceive you ? Do tbey not tacitly acknowledge that if you had the suffrage you would not only have the power of repealing the Corn Laws , but also of destroying every kind of monopoly which cripples the energies of this most industrious but starving people ? Most assuredly they do ; and completely prove ths truth of their own maxim , that " all classes will prey upon all other classes , just as much as they can and dabe ; " and that tbey themselves , as Mr . Stansfeld said of the aristocracy , wish to be "the power working underneath , and which will reap even more than all the advantages resulting from any such measure /*
But , working men , they will tell you that you are " uneducated , " that yon are too " ignorant" to be entrusted with the franchise , and that when you have acquired a sufficient fund of knowledge to enable you to clearly discriminate upon the bearings of great political questions , then , O ! then ! they will gladly give a voice in the making of those laws which nre to dispose of your labour and lives . Kind souls ] but let us teat them by their actions . When men have an end in view , and are sincere in their desire to attain that end , do they not , if men of the most common prudence , take the means which are
most likely for tbe attainment of such end . Therefore , if our middle-class mea ; if the " wealth and education" of the country were sincere in their desire that the " lower order * " should have that education which they tell you is so necessary to the exercise" of the fraucbiseTwhat would be the course they would pursue to enable you to obtain that knowledge ? Common sense says tbey would establish political libraries and reading rooms , and give , or cause to be given , lectures on all the great leading political subjects of the day , and couit discussion in every way which was likely te elicit truth .
But what is the course they take in this neighbourhood ? Why , in one or two instances , "Mechanics' Institutes" have been founded for the purpose , or at least , for the alleged purpose , of giving the " operative" that degree of knowledge which is necessary to hiB being considered an unit in society . And what do yon think , working men , is one of the leading principles upon which they are founded ? Why , that neither religion nor " politics" are , under any circumstances , to be introduced ! There , for you ; is there not here exhibited a desire to raise you in the scale of society ? Is there not here evidence , tbe most intense longings of tbe most exalted philanthropy , to give you that " education" which is to prepare you to exercise the franchise for your own benefit ? What ungrateful dogs you must be , if you do not go down on your knees to thank them for offering to teach you all ( kings * "«• but tbe only two which are immediately connected with your welfare—religion and politics 1 .
Working men , does this look as if they were in earnest to give you that " education" so often alluded to ? Instead of teaching you the nature of our system ol government , ot showing you that all oar present institutions have their bagis in feudalism , and tracing their influence in our forms of Parliament , in our courts of law , and in the tenures of our property ; instead of showing how that feudalism is continually throwing in obstacles to our improvement ; instead of these things , tbey will teach you that you oannot square the circle , or point out to youv " slender capacity" the beauties of some slip-slop fashionable novel 1
Instead of teaching you that each generation of men is independent of the other ; and that previous generations have no right to spend the produce of the generations which are to succeed tbem ; and , conse quently , that no generation can have the right to contract a debt for its own defence which ia to be paid by the labour of a succeeding one ; instead of teaching you these things , tbey will point you to the stars , tell you how long it will take for a ray of light to travel to this dingy orb , and very probably before they have done , they will teach you to doubt even whether light be a positive body or not ! Or , probably , they will advise you to speud " a month among tbe moons" to try to
reconcile confiding theories ; some having told you that our moon was a globe and inhabited by beings of " like frailties with eureelves , '' and others of the " moderns " having degraded her to the form of a " water-diBh "! But what " useful information" you get by tbe research 1 What good is it to you to know that Saturn has a ring , or that Japiter has moons , so long as they who tell you those things are diverting your attention from that system which is taking or has taken the " mea ) -kist " from your pantry , and the bacon from your homes ? " What's Jupiter to you , or you to Jupiter , " that you should talk about him , while " the thing" is reducing you to " eat your beds" J
Instead of teaching you the manner in which our indirect taxation , combined with our infamous system of paper money , strips you of your earnings , and reduces you to want , they will talk to you about positive and negative electricity ! Instead of tracing to its source the cause which has been at work to bring " our merchants and manufacturers to the gulf of bankruptcy and caused oar labourers to eat their beds , " they will amuse you with a tirade about the properties and powers of " caloric , " and then they will teach you to donbt whether there be such a thing as caloric , as a positive existence ? Instead of teaching how to ward off that state of things which Mr . Aldam has told you , will render it necessary to " starve down tae labourers to the requisite quantity" before you can obtain for your labour a fair equivalent , taey will most likely tell you a " cock and bull" story about " chemical equivalents , " and spout as long and as glibly as if they understood what they were saying 1
Working men , are you to be amused by these kind of things any longer ? Will you sit still , and tacitly support a system which takes from you nearly the whole of your earnings ; and will you at the same time " lick the hand" that returns you the crumbs in the 8 h * pe of charity ? Obtain your jusc share in the making of the laws ^ and consequently your just controul over the spending of your eaminfcs , and you will have do occasion to be insulted by being told that you are too ignorant to be represented , and then your own earnings doled out to you in the insolent shape of
infctruction , in a "Mechanic ' s Institute "! I am no enemy to your having knowledge . Get knowledge ; but with your knowledge get understanding ; and begin from this time to act upoB this principle that you have a right , ajd that your industry gives you the power , if that industry be righHy applied , to provide for your own education . Tell the party that you do not want charity but justice ; and doubt the men who offer you charity in lieu thereof . Your ' s , truly , James Pennt . Millsbridge , Jan . 25 th , 1842 .
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ANOTHER CHARTIST VICTORY I THE ANTI-COBN LAW LEAGUERS DEFEATED BY THE CHARTISTS AT HULL . A public meeting , convened by the Worshipful the Mayor , in compliance wich a requisition from the partisans of the anti-Corn Law League and the disciples of free trade , took place on Monday Jast , in the Town Hall , Hull , which was crowded to excess on the occasion , and the proceedings , which resulted as above stated , occupied the meeting from twelve o'clock at noon until half-past five in the evening . The resolutions announced to be proposed were eleven in number ; but , as will be seen in the sequel , not more than five of the original documents were brought forward .
On obtaining admission into the hall , we found the side galleries , and the space in front of the bench . * completely filled with persons who evidently had been favoured , the principal entrance having been opened about tleven o ' clock for about five minutes , and closed till within about five minutes to twelve , which was nearly half an hour after the time the meeting had been called for , the time being half-past eleven . Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed at this behaviour , and cries of " Open the door , " &c . &c , together with a little " punching , " caused the door to be opened , when a rush of Chartists and othtr parties completely filled tbe other parts of the
hall . The Town Clerk , having read , the requisition "for taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for the repeai of the Corn Laws , and other restrictions upon food , considered to be the chiei causes of the calamitous depression of commerce , manufactures , and every brinch of useful industry , " Tiie Mayor was requested to take the chair , with the unanimous approbation of the whole meeting , and doing so , bespoke a fair and impartial hearing for every one who might offer to speak on the important question .
Sir W . Lowthbop spoke at considerable length against the laws objected to by the requisitionists . He described them as a fundamental error in our commercial policy , which if persisted in must If ad . to that national decay invariably preceding the ruin of empires . Regarding tho landholders , and their support of the present laws , he regretted that there should exist so strong a delusion in the minds of a part of his fellow countrymen , but rent was the end , and , as had been said by some one , they would plough the very Heavens if they could get a rent for them . After some speculative remarks on the progress of manufactures on the continent , Sir William deprecated the probability of the meeting being divided by political movements ; and , beseeching union in all to obtain what was right and reasonable , concluded by moving the following resolution : —
" That in the opinion of this meeting , it is the duty of Government to protect the rights and the liberties and property of ail , and it necessarily follows that all legal privileges , bounties , restrictions , or monopolies of whatever kind ordained for the benefit of some , are acts of injustice to all the rest of the community ; to other cliasses of producers as producers , and to all as consumers . " Dr . Goriwn seconded the resolution , which was agreed to nem . con . C . Perbo . net Thompson , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , and son of the late candidate for Hull ( Colonel Thompson ) , on offering himself to the meeting , said some might ask what ho was doing at a meeting
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of the inhabitants of Hull ! Hia answer was , to speak the truth on a subject which was of no particular country or county ; and if further reason were required , he might appeal to his family and its connexion with the town . Ther Learned Gen > tlenwn , with whose speech , in common with the others delivered on this occasion , we are compelled to be brief , then went over the usual grounds of opposition to the Cora Laws , and expressed his belief that their repeal would not be injurious to the landholders -. far from that , he felt that it would be a benefit to them , or he would not , himself a landholder , be Btanding there as its advooate . He also
called upon Whige and Tories , and those of ultra op inions , to join in endeavours to' suppress this horrid tax ; and he appealed to those who cried out " Give education , " by desiring them to feed the people first , which they could not do by filling their mouths with spelling-books and grammars . He then entered into some statements to show that the landholder wonld be sufficiently protected by the distance of the foreign corn : ¦ grower , and , as was understood , a duty or eight shillings . The word protection , however , he held to be but a nickname for injustice—and concluded by moving the second resolution : — . - '• ¦ - . ¦ ' ' ¦ ' . ¦ - ¦¦>¦' - - ¦ ¦ . : : - ¦/¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦¦ ¦ '¦ , '
H That this meeting consider the legitimate * purpose of taxation to be , not the protection of favoured classes , but state revenue alone , and the articles least suitable for taxation at all to be those first necessaries of life , which , if not taxed , would be consumed moBt largely by the poorest classes ; we , therefore , protest against all merely protective duties whatever , as false in prinoiple , and injurious in practice , while we yet more earnestly reprobate the corn and provision taxesi as having the nature of a poll-tax , which exacts fi om poverty the same absolute amount as from wealth . " This resolution was seconded by G . Cookman , Esq , in a very brief speech .
Mr . James Geassbt , the Chartist Secretary , next rose , and contended that if the Corn Laws were repealed on the morrow by the House of Commons , they would be replaeed by others of a still more stringent character . He then read copious extracts froat Al'Culloch , as quoted in ' . Mr . Campbell'fl pamphlet , to show the inefficiency of repeal under such circumstances . This excited the disapprobation of the requisitionists , and commenced a career of disturbance which afterwards pervaded the meeting .
[ We may just remark here , that during this little disturbance several inquiries were made from the bench about Mr . Camp bell's pamphlet , as to where it could be had , and what price , &o . and the Town Clerk ordered one to be procured for him . ] As the noise subsided for the time , the speaker went on to deliver his sentiments , and concluded by asserting that if the Corn Laws were repealed , the suffrage would not be obtained , but that with Universal Suffrage the repeal of the Corn Laws would be irresistible .
Mr . Holdsworth was' the next to addresa the meeting in support of theresolution , and which he did at great length , referring to the three elements of mutt ' s expenditure , and illustrating his remarks by reference to a pamphlet on the condition of the town of Kendai . He next decried the unholy alliance of church and state for a temporal purpose , and urged the repeal of the Cora Laws , and thereby the destruction of the monopoly of landowners as a means by which other repeals would be obtained .
Mr . W . G . Burns next rose amid muoh disapprobation . He replied to the extracts which had been read , and made several remarks on the plans and prospects of obtaining the Charter and a repeal ef the Corn Laws . A change of some sort , he said , must soon pass over , or society would become a chaos , and in that case the landlords would be the first to look about them . He was glad to see so full a meeting , and hoped they would adopt the sentiments of a previous speaker , that all monopolies might be broken down .
Mr . Lundy rose and said , he was glad to see the present position of the working classes , for they were now three years a-head of the middle classes ; and remarked that the working classes in 1838 were alone in seeking for political power and a redress of their wrongs , and the WhigF , who condemned the ChartUts in 1839 , and imprisoned nearly five hundred of their best men , were now glad to seek to join them , for the purpose of carrying their darling measure—the repeal of the Corn Laws ; and the Whigs were right in doing so , for the Chartists were now the real steam power of the country , and in two years' time they would have the Whigs along with them . He believed the Chartists to TE > e right in thinking that the repeal of the provision laws ,
under the present system of exclusive class legislation , would not be of that benefit to the working classes which was anticipated , until they were put into possession of political power . He was / well aware that under the existing laws , the working classes would not be benefitted by a repeal of the Corn Laws ; without the Charter it would be of no use to them , and therefore the gentlemen requisitionists must £ 0 along with them who earned their bread by the sweat of their brow . For his . part , he thought every man who eat bread for which he did not sweat , was a thief and a robber . Mr . Mvtthew Tate now attempted to address the
meeting from the far side of the Hall , and read some excellent extracts from a pamphlet entitled , — " Labour's Wrongs and Labour's Remedy , " amidst muoh noise and confusion for some time , when the Chairman sugggested that as few present could hear what was said , and as much business remained to be done , the speaker ^ hould compress his observations as much a ? possible . This was received with renewed uproar , and a Chartist wa ? heard to ask , " Will Mr . Chairman put down one of his own party by such a request ?" Mr . Higginson rose to order , and on the impropriety of reading pamphlet after pamphlet .
The Mator said that was one reason why he had made the suggession . Mr . Tatb , however , kept on amidst much commotion , until he was put down by clamour . —We beg to state , however , in justice to Mr . Tate , that his remarks were altogether just and proper , and straight to the quettion befpre the meeting . : ¦ Mr . Perronet Thompson then replied , and after he had made a few observations , hia resolution was carried . Mr . Punt , of Leeds , came forward to move the third resolution , which was as follows : —
" That the Corn and Provision Laws of this king , dom have the further suicidal effect of limiting the commerce with other countries , and distressing our manu ! acture 8 , while the Corn Laws yet further exhibits the useless anomaly of . an enormous tax paid by the people , of which only & very small portion is received by the state—this anomaly resulting from a sliding scale of duties , such as is applied to no other taxed articles whatever . " The speaker delivered a long oration on the condition of the West-Biding , and an exposure of the master manufacturers' balance-sheets . His speech had little connection with the direct interests of Hull , and was a mere repetition of the stale sophisms of the League , of which our readers have from time to time bad quite sufficient . He was heard patiently for a considerable time ; but before finishing he received maay intimations that the meeting had heard " quite enough . " ¦ Mr . Foster brii fly seconded the resolution .
Mr . Samull Healet , in rising to reply to Mr . Piint , t-aia that when he came into that meeting he came merely a 3 a hearer , not intending to offer any remarks whatever ; but having heard from Mr . Plint what he thought to be very improper statements respecting machinery—of its being the greatest boon ever conferred upon man , and of its beneficial results in the West-Riding , he ( Mr . HealeyJ considered that he should not be doing his duty if he did not offer a few remarks in reply ,- as he thought it would be very unfair to hear counsel ou one side of the question only , and as he had been brought up in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury , the very heart and pith of this woollen district in the West-Riding , surely he would be able to know something of the practical working and nature of machinery ; but before he replied to that point he should just glance at some of the remarks which had fallen from the
mover of the second resolution , He ( Mr . H . ) agreed with him , that trush was of no country , town , or party , and whatever might be thought , or said , by the gentlemen who then occupied that bench , he believed he should be able to show that the Chartists with whom ho had the honour to be so numerously surrounded on that occasion , had founded their claims on the immutable principles of truth and justice . He would ask that gentleman if " no man committed crime" from innate weakness , ' why did the authorities in power then vindictivelv punish him for those crimes which the iniquitous laws of hia country have eventually compelled him to commit ? He differed from that gentleman , when he said " that if the people eotehtip
bread and were well fed , they could then discusss their grievances better , " because he ( Mr . H . ) believed with the late venerable Mr . Gobbott that " the only way to find an Englishman ' s brains was to go through his guts ; " and also if the people were in good employment , and still without political power , they would not be allowed by their tyrant masters to discuss their wrongs without the dread of losing their employment . He differed also from that gentleman in his remark , "' that the . Corn Laws if repealed would confer a greater benefit on the people than all other measures put together , ' as it must be evident to all reflecting minda that the only measure calculated to bring ' the people into a Jtate
ot prosperity and happiness was the people s Charter , because it would give them political power and prevent the legislature from enacting other evil laws , and would enable the people at once to deface all obnoxious laws from the statute book and prevent similar or worse being put in their places , which could not be doneander the present , corrupt system of legislation . He did not like the syBtem of taking off the branches one by one from a tree that brought forth corrupt fruit , but would rather act upon ^ the words of Jesus Christ , " Cut itdotvnand cast it into the fire . " He then remarked ^ on the presence of certain gentlemen presen-, who ulled long faces and wore wnite neckcloths , who 00 not see cause to
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attend the Chartist demonstration . He was glad to see that the people Were not now to be gulled by these faith preaching folks , as they would have the works of men at this day to jndge them by . The speaker then proceeded to show the workings of the factory system , in reply to Mr . Flint's statements about machinery . He gave one or two ^ horrid instances of the unrestricted nse of machinery . He wished tobe understood asbeingafriendtomachinery yes , to the utmost extent , but instead of seeing machinery a curse as it now was to the British nation , he Wished to see it made into man ' s blessing and
holiday . He then went on to show the evil effects that would be practiced by a repeal of the ^ Corn Laws without restricting the use of machinery , and said that if the Corn Laws were repealed without restriction on machinery , the foreign markets would soon be as much over-stocked with English goods as bur owa were at present ; he continued to condemn the unrestricted use of machinery , ia the manufactory distriotsj after which he sat down Joudly chewed . U ' . : V . ¦ - ¦ ¦ . - ' ' : . ¦ ' ¦ , ¦ : ' ¦ - .. - ' ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ;¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦' -. Mr . Plijit being about to leave by the railway train , was allowed to reply to the last speaker , but not without interruption \ and he retired , after complaining of the want of courtesy shewn by the meeting . . v * ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' : :. : ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . . ; .. ' ; ' ; " ¦ . . ; - '; ; ' , ¦• • : ; . ' . . :
Mr . Pjnder , who next stood up for some time , was understood to condemn the use of machinery more than the Ck > rn Laws , and to ridicule the idea that the repeal of the Corn Laws would induce the continental manufacturers to shut up their establishments ; but the commotion in the meeting , and a seeming desire on the part of many at that period , to render the proceedings farcical , prevented more being heard . A North Briton , whose name was said to be Beeg , next gave the meeting some curious information of
the manner i « which colonial sugar imported duty free in the Channel Islands , is afterwards smuggled into England as confections , and equally free of duty as coming from those islands . This seemed to bring the meeting into a better order , and the third resolution was then passed . The Rev . Mr . HidoiNsoN said three : resolutions having been passed , he would be brief , and after explaining why he , as one of the white neckcloth gentlemen , had not attended the Chartist meeting , or signed their petition , moved the fourth resolution : —
"That it is alarming to observe the progressive decline in the British export trade , as regards fully manufactured articles , and the substitution of those that are only in part manufactured , while the rapid increase of our population ( who continually flock to the manufacturing towns as their only chance of employment ) makes the opening of wider foreign markets for the produce of their industry a matter of regret and unceasing necessity . " The Rev . G . Lee , Jun . seconded the resolution , observing that all the points it embraced had been already fully discussed . The noise that prevailed prevented more from being heard . This resolution was
also agreed to . Mr . Healet then rose to propose a resolution , by observing that as many gentlemen had so much desired to have an union of the middle and working classes , though these same gentlemen had often given to the people stones when they cried for bread , yet the working classes , he believed , were still ready to co-operate with them , and offer them the right hand of fellowship , in order that they might go . on unitedly together for the advancement of human liberty ; and as he was desirous to see whether these gentlemen were in real good earnest or not , he would move the following resolution on behalf of the work * ing classes :-
—" That this meeting is fully convinced that the united efforts of the middle and working classes are very essential to the successful carrying of any great political measure , and that a repeal of the Corn Laws will never be effected until the document called the 'People ' s Charter' become the law of the land . Therefore this meeting is desirous that the middle and working classes ( or Chartists ) should co-operate to cause that document to be placed on the statutebook of these realms , in order that , through its operation , a total repeal of the Corn Laws may be effected . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Edward Webster .
Mr . Burns endeavoured to say something on the subject , but was compelled to sit down , amid the deafening cries of " Traitor , " " Renegade , " &o . : Mr . Higginson rose to order , observing that the resolution could not be put consistent with the requisition , and referring the Chairman to the Town Clerk on the matter . The Mayor , after conferring with the Town Clerk , said he saw no cause for refusing to put the resolution . It was accordingly put to a show of hands , wlien the Mayor said there was some difficulty in deciding , but he considered the resolution to be carried . ( Loud cheers . ) The Be ? . Mr . Sibree expressing extreme regret at the course taken by the Chartists , moved the following resolution : — v
That in seeking the repeal of all taxes upon the food of the bulk of the community , we feel we are only using the natural rights of every man to enjoy , as the natural recompense of his industry , his designed share of the bounties of that Heavenly Providence , who hath ' made of One blood all nations of men , ' and whose ' teader mercies are over all his works . '" Mr . Richardson seconded the resolution , which was then agreed to .
Mr . HoXDSwoRTfl , seconded by Mr . Lakabd , jun ., then moved the adoption of a petition founded on the requisition for a repeal of the Corn and Provisionlaws , on which Mr . Healet again rose to move an amendment as a rider to the petition , and , after a few remarks , proposed the following addition : —•' ¦ "That the benefits resulting from a repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws may bo secured to the working classes , we earnestly pray that the measure called the People's Charter may immediately become the law of the land . "
The amendment having been seconded—Mr . Higginson expressed his deep regret that fentleinen should attempt to sow discord ; and Mr . loldsworth took an opportunity , while lights were being procured ^ of delivering a furious tirade , which led to such disorder , that the Mayor threatened to dissolve the meeting . The gas being at length lighted up , the question was put , and the Mayor de olared the amendment to be carried , amidst tremendons cheering from the Chartists .
The remainder of the resolutions prepared by the requisitionists were then abandoned ; and the Mayor having declared the meeting dissolved , thanks were voted to his Worship , on the motion of Dr . Gordon , seconded by Mr . Healey , for his worthy conduct in the chair . The Chartists then proclaimed their victory by many lusty cheers for the Mayor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , Feargus O'Connor , the Chartist cause , &c , &c , and the meeting quietly separated . '
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THE "WIND UP" OF THE AFRICAN COLONIZATION SCHEME . The Niger Expedition is at an evd . ~ Sir Fowell Buxton has had his say ; his philanthropic scheme has been fairly tried ; Government has "led and felt the way , '' as Lord Brougham recommended , into the interior of Africa by its great natural highway ; £ 100 , 000 more have been expended by the British nation oh what is termed African civilization ; and the establishment of factories and the acquisition ot land have been attempted 1 the result is sad and mournful disappointment . Qn the 20 th of August last , the three fine steamers , tho Soudan , tno Wilberforce , and the Albert , built for the purpose , commenced the ascent of the Quorrat ere six days had elapsed they received warning of the fate which
impended over them ; death was already hovering about his victims . Before a month had closed , one vessel—the Soudan—was converted into an hospital for the 6 ick , and compelled to descend from the regions of disease to the open sea . f wo more days had not gone by until—the Wilberforce — -of the remaining ascending steatiers had likewise to turn its head down the stream with a dying cargo ; thirteen days longer did tha Albert persevere , bui in yain ; the "belt of malaria , "—the boulcvart of death is perhaps the more appropriate description— Lord Brougham's ingenious sugges ion—was not t ) be passed through ; and forty-six days of dreadful suffering from the commencement of the ascent , thc Albert was also compelled to return , and the expedition was baffled by disease and death . Tho three
steamers , with the Surviving commanders , ofiicers , and men—how small a minority of those who left England we do not stop to detail—are now gasping and inhaling the purer atmosphere of the Ascension Island and Clarence Cove . A model farm , some 300 miles from the coast , has been bought , stocked , and abandoned ; treaties have been made with the two negro Princes of Eboe and Iddah for the abolition of the slave trade and of human sacrifice , and then they have been lefc to their own practices . + : ''¦ .-Had-, it not been for the generous assistance afforded them voluntarily by the vessel of a private merchant—an assistance which the planners of the expedition had not provided , and on which they had no right to calculate—it is but too likely that we never should have seen again either the Albert or any part of its enterprising crew .
Such would have been—rather such has been- —the end of this unhappy affair , projected and announced with so much Exeter-hall enthusiasm , among speeches from tfrince Aibertj Sir Robert Peel , Lord Howick , and Sir Fowell Buxton ; letter ? of sympathy from illustrious and Bight Reverend personages ; promises of civilization , and trade , and agriculture , and alliances with native chiefs , and missionary success , and pride , and indignation . It has ended in nothing strange or unexpected—nothing but what might have been and was foretold , if its projectors would have listened to reasonnothing but the sacrifice of the lives of our countrymen .
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UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES COMMITTEE . THE Delegates and Subscribers to the Enumeration Fund are particularly requested to attend a Special General Meeting to be held at the Old , George Inn , Leeds , next TueSdat Evening , at Eight o'Clock precisely ; business of importance will be brought before the meeting . John Speed , Chairman . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Thomas Hetwood , Secretary .
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This gentleman , of whom some mention is made by Mr . O'Connor , in his letter to the Chartists of bcotland , has forwarded to us the following resolution , which " he says was passed by a public meeting ot the inhabitants of Bridgeton : — " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby tenderedj to Mr . John Rodgers , for the very prudent manner in which he has conducted himself as a member of the Convention . "
Mr. John P. Rodgers.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1146/page/5/
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