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CITY OF LONDON POLITICAL AND SCIEN-• TIF1C INSTITUTION, 1, TURNAGAINLANE, SKINNER-STREET.
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ON Snnday morning , August 6 th , the following subject will befcgain discussed in the above Institation : — "Will the Repeal of tbe Union benefit the working class of Ireland , unconnected with the Charter V * To commence at elevea o ' clock . Admission free . —In the afternoon , at three o ' clock * the Metropolitan Delegates will meet for special business . In the evening , Mr ; Win . ftenbow will lecture on the following subject : — " England for the English , on the principle of Ireland for the Irish , &c , &c . " Several Chartist Hymns will be sang , Pianist , Miss F . Mile 3 . On Monday evening , the Monthly Ball will take place for the benefit of this institution ; it will be on a grand aud select principle , with an excellent Baud , and comprising the most fashionable Quadrilles , Waltzes , Cotillions . Country Dances , and Sets of the day . Tickets of Admission : Single Is . ; Doable ditto , to admit a Lady and Gentleman , Is . 6 'd . May be bad of the Secretary . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Hart will deliver a lecture on Mesmerism . The Lecturer will meet the prejudices and opinions currently expressed against this Science ; and will perform experiments on persons taken from the audience . To commence at eight o ' clock . Admission two-pence ; Platform fourpence . —A Singing Class every Wednesday ; and a Dancing Class every Thursday evening , commencing at eight and nine o ' clock ; for further particular * inquire at the Institution . —A Quadrille Party every Saturday evening at eight o ' clock . Gentlemen eixpence ; Ladies fourpence . —P . S . Shares in the above Institution are Five Shillings , payable at sixpence per week . —The above Hall , which is capable of holding upwards of 1 , 000 persons , may be hired on moderate terms , for Trade Societies , Publio Meetings , Balls , &c , &c . Inquire at the Institution .
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' DEFENCE OF MR . JOHN DUNCAN . rnHE COMMITTEE appointed to manage the . X FUND collected for the Defence of Mr . John Duncan , have to announce that the period during which he was held bound to appear to answer for charges preferred against him having expired on the 16 th current , a Meeting of said Committee was held in South Chapel , Lindsay Street , on the 17 th , when it was unanimously agreed to convene a General Meeting of the Subscribers , to be held in the same place , on Monday evening , 7 th of August , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of disposing of the surplus fund , which amounts to about one-third of the money subscribed . Subscribers at a distance , and those who cannot attend that meeting , are hereby requested to notify whether thpy wish their proportion of the money returned , or whether they will agree that the balance be appropriated as the General Meeting may decide . After the above Meeting , no claims will be attended to , as the functions of the Committee will then cease . N . B . —Communications on tha subject to be addressed to the Treasurer , Mr . Robert Kidd , No . 7 f Wellgate . JOHN GELLATLY , Chairmaa . . Dundee , July 17 , 1843 .
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THEATRE , LEEDS , UNDER THE LESSEESHIP OF MR . J . L . PHITCHARD , THE MANAGER has much pleasure in informthe Patrons of the Drama , and the Public in general , that ever anxious to obtain all the Novelty possible , he has entered into an Engagement with the celebrated AMERICAN SOUTHERN MINSTRELS ; ( From the principal Theatres in the United States , ) Who will have the Honour of making their first Appearance in Leeds , on Monday next , in a grand Ethiopian Entertainment , consisting of Songs and Refrains , ( many of them entirely new to this Country , ) illustrating and defining with peculiar fidelity , the Singing and Dancing as practised by the Slaves in the Southern Parts of America while at Labour , and at their Merry Meetings . The Aira possess the rare recommendation of being obtained from the Slaves themselves by the present Minstrels , and from their long residence among them are enabled to give an imitation of them at once striking and true . Assisted by Mr . Pritchard and his Corps Dramatiqoe , who will appear in each Evening in new and popular Vaudevilles , Farces . &O .
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51 b * G'Cokhob ' s JIoyehekis . —On Wednesday and Thursday Text * Mr . O'Connor will lecture in LeaK on " " The advantages of a Repeal of the Union to both Sngliahmen and Irishmen , " and on "The Grater wilh ihe Land . " On Friday ie iwli address tie good folks at HnB ; and on Saturday old commualon with the " weaver lads 11 of Barnsley . Loxbos—A public meeting of the city locality -mil Ba » n >; de& on Tnesday evening next , at lie Star € ojf . e HoHrej Golden-lane , on business of great imponanca . FEaRCGS O'GOSKOH will Jfictnra on ^ Honday erKLUiS , ai e ^ ght o ' clock , at Hemmingway ' s Saloon , MBe Entf Boad . Subject , " The Charter and a Bep »^ l of ihe Union . " Dr . Bowketi i 3 invited to jtrfc-His « n fee occasion .
A Lecture will be delivered on San dav evening mes :. 3 t the Working Man ' s Hall , 29 i , Mile End-road 3 Jh- Xsjght will Jectnre on Sunday evening , at iae F » ora Tea Gardens , York Place , Barnsbnry Park . T «; - web Baxlets . —The Chartists of the Tower Hain .-t 3 are requested to attend " ihe Funeral Ob ^ qnies of a Deceased Brother , at the Cambridge Boid £ nd _ Cemetry , on Sunday afternoon j the proc& ^ -ra wui start . from Mr . jjrake's , Standard of XaWriT , at half-past two o ' clock . An address will he deli <'' rdontba « ceas 3 on bya memher of the Conneil SiAKTLtSosE—Mr . Parry tnil leenrre on Snnday eres : sg , at iha Mechanics institution . Circns-street , 2 few road , at half-past seven o'clock . Subject—B T ?» e present state of Ireland . ' A meeting -of members -n-ijl iske place on Wednesday evening next , Aug . S-b , at eicht o ' clock .
Si-3 j £ E 3 Tows Xccautt . —On Sunday next at eijEii ¦ o'clock , Mr . Bolwell will lecture at Mr . Dnddndge ' s , Bricklayer ' s Arms , Tonbridge ^ sireet , New Soad . Ms . M'Ghaih -will lecture st the Black Horse anc WiQQinfli ^ Pieldgate-street , Whitechapel , on Sniniay evening sext , at ^ eight o ' clock . 3 oabtlebp 5 £ . —Second ammsil excursion to Watfor » i « u Mond&rnext , Angust 7 th , 1843 , to the Tea Gardens of lie Wheat Sheaf Inn . Vans "mil start in ibe morning from Circus-street , JJew Eoad , at eight " 'dock precisely .
CiHBERvmi . —The CambenrtJl Charasts met as usual at the Cock Inn , on Tnesd&y evening , to tran-ac ; easiness , and felly concurred in the steps tat « si ihe MetropoIitaB . Delegate Meeting . T-- * r £ R Juntas—The General Council of the Tow-.- Hamlets will meet on Snnday next , at the Black H&rs * sad Windmill , Fieldjgate-street , at £ ve o ' clrcs in ihe aftenKHJn . Bbsck Lass . —^ hemonthly meeting of ibis locality ¦ B ill is * e place atihe Standard of liberty , on Snnday { to-morrow } evening , at eight o ' clock . 2 >« ~ nnxG&& 3 U—Mr- G . Harrison -will preach in the MaTket-pIace osSiindjay evening next at 6 o'elock 3 lo ? xKa 3 i—A camp meeting will i > e holden on Wfcnescngh Green , on Snnday , August 13 th , at two o ' clotk in the afternoon and six in the « vening . JUr . Doyle and Mr . Qark will address the meeting .
__ iL&tsai-jr Moos—The Chartists of the nndermeaiiot-ti places £ » requested to send delegates to atttiid a delegate meeting , to be holdenai ihe White lior . Ins , Wesshonghton , on Sunday , Angnst 13 ih at * ce o ' clock in the afternoon , to consider the propri ? : v cf holding a Chartist camp meeting in some « OD caient place , tjz ^ Leigh , Bindley , Wig a ^ AHiT-y , Cbowbent , Sylasley , Borwich , Worsley , Wfesthenghuai . Bolton and Halshaw Moor . Hr Baibstow ' s Bocik rca mE ecsotxg tout-2 nGHT—Cnoriey , August 7 th . ; Blackburn , 8 ih . ;
Dai-• web , 5 rh ; Padinsm , lOih ; Bnrnlej , 11 th ; Colne , 32 ih . Mr . Bair 3 low will assist the Chartists of Colne . in that day's demonstration in honour of ihe ffi > eranon of Aeir respecied friend , Mr . Wm . Smith , from ihe horrors of prison discipline . - Mr . B . wiL alsole « nro in ihe Association Jioom , on Sunday afternoon , Ang . ISth ; Bamoldswick , 14 th ; Cli-&eroe 13 ai ; Sabdtn . LStQ ; Acciingion , 17 ih ; Baenp 18 ih ; HasDngton , 19 di . There : will ha a camp meetings Enfisld , on Snnday ABgnst 20 th , at one o'clock at coon . Mr . B , and oiher sp ^ kers will address the meeting .
Tbs Bobih LxsciSHiBE D-Elegaxb Meetetg will be hoiden in the Social Institution , Padiham , on SoBssy . Angnst 13 th , a ; twelve o ' clock at noon jfre caselj . each delegate is requested to bring credentials with him . Sheffield . —Mr . John "West of Bull , the talented acvocaia of Cfas 3 tisni ,-mll preach two political ser- I j nons in ihs Hayznaxke ^ oppost © ihe Corn Exchange , j on Sunday next , Angustthe Qthi in theafternoon , ' at haJf-paEt tWDj and in the evening at half-past j sx tf'doek . j 3 flr . West will ielfreT a lecture in the Figtreelane room , on Monday evening , Angcst 7 th , at half- ' past f « ven o ' clock . Admission one peony . ] * Cr&GA 3 ixiioH . ** —TiediBcnsaon on Organization -frill be continued on the evenings of "Wednesday , ThnRday , and Friday , Angnst Sih , lOib , and : Utb , coEiBaiciDgeaeir evening at half-past seven o ' eioik .
Leiissieb . —On Snnday next , Ife Parkr-s will prea ^ b in Russell-square , at ten o ' clock in the morning- as Wigstone , at two in tie afternoon ; and in the Mariet-plaeej Ldcester , again at half-past six in she * vsaiijg . A Dklegaxe Mzectc will be held in Mrs . Cctp-.-r ' sToom , on Snnday , Angust 13 lh . Delegates axe -cxpectedrfrom Wigstoue , Oadby , Blahy , SMIton . Conntesthorpe , and other villages in the vicinity of L-icester . Al 2 iO 2 iBBt j E . T . —TEKPEBiSCE FESTmi . —Mr D . Bos- will deirrer an address on " Temperance , ' in the centred tihBiown , on Snnday , { to-morrow ) at £ ve o'clock ; and also after tea , on Monday , ho will lectcreoDtheamesubjfcCiinthehall . Ticketsfortea EiDrcance each .
Siisxos . —M- J . xepper wiD preach on Old Bolky Bii :. next Snnday night , at six o ' clock . § "Wi 5 wiCK . ^ -Mr . 3 . Pepper will preach at Swan-Trick , on the 13 th of Angnst , ai half-past two o ' clock , and in alfreton Market-place , at six o ' clock at night . Oudsam . —On Sunday , ttomorrowO a lecture wfll be delivered , by a friend , in the Chartist room , QiFaves-Etree ^ at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . Disccssios .- —On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , a diECnBaon -will t ? ke place in the above room , on the planof Orgasizstion , and the propriety
4 if cotuieeting ihe Land question wiia the agitation for sbe Charier . Also , a discussion will be entered into , on flie propriety of establishing a general Tficnia Fund , in preference to a local one . A tall attendance of the members iB particularly xegne ^ ted . Staibt-Bbtdge . —A delegate meeting will be holden in the Charier Association Sioom ^ Angel Inn "Yard , Rossboftom-fireet , Staleybridge , on Snnday , ibe 13 di of Aogcst ^ ai two o ' clock in lie afternoon . It i ? expected that Ahhton , Mosley , * Motteam , Hjt ^ , and Hooiy Hill , will haTe delegates in attendance .
Hjoxpxs .. —A camp meeting will be holden on " Wariey Moor , near 3 > an Mande ? Pond , on Sunday , { to-m » m > v j sX two o ' clock in ihe afternoon . I ) iir = BiET . —A special delegate meeting for -this distrrci will be holden en Stncay , ( to-morrow , ) in the large ret / io , otst the Co ^ cperapve Su > res , at two o ' elc-f k in tbe anernoon , oh buane 3 s of great importance , relative to Mr . Dewbirsfs liberation irom : he Wakefield " heii , " tvhich -tvxti take place od ifc" - * 12 th of this month . BLiCssiosE Ebge . —A Camp Meeting wfll be ioV- ^ n on Blacksione Bdge , near ice White Honse , on Sunday , Angast 13 ih ; tocomrnenee at hair-past two |> r £ cistly ; £ peaker = mtm various places will be inas ' radance . 33 \ schsbxee . —Cabpetceb ' s Bail . —lax . James DeSs , late S * udeni hi Xonhalierton College , wfll leciure m the Carpenttr ' s Ball , on-Snnday evening nexiai - « 3 T o *< 3 dj ^ .
_ The MiSCHJSEEE Ma ^ acsb , asb firaT * a Masvxe > x—Mr . O ^ Connox will aitend a Tea Pally in iht- Carpenter ' s Ball , on Wednesday evenirig , Apcusi 16 ai , aad dehver an address xipon vh . e occasion . Tickets may be bad , one shilling each , of 31 r . James leach . The proceeds will be appropriated to the completion of the Afonnment to the memory t > f the laie Heairy Hunt . There will be a BsU on ihesaina evening , tt "wbiob-an entire new set of Q-iadrnies ¦ wils be introduced . The mosthlt xsKuse of the Carpenter ' s Bail Lo-iiity will take place in the above Hail , on Sunday next ; chsir to be taken at ten o ' clock in ihe forenon . Soveb Laxcashtbk . —Mr . Leach ' s route for ihe « DMmig week . Monday . August 7 th , Ilaylon ; Tn ^ da ? , Sik , Mos ^ ley ; WednESGaj , SUi , CoTraii ]; ThuridaT , Wtb , I \ ewt « n Beaibj Friday , Hih , Itatrvlsdcn ; Snnday , 13 ii , Oldham .
liBja ) roED . —On Sunday , a camp meeting will be holden as Caderelifie , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . Messrs . ^ Jderson , Hurley , Ibbetson , aad © there will address ^ ie meeting . laxnB Bobios . —The Chartists of little Horton -wiii meet in the School Boom , Park Place , on Snnday morning , ai ten o'clock . ^ owiasG . —The Gharfcls of Bowling Back Lant wDi-meet in fheir room on Sunday morning , at tec o ? cl . - * ck , asd as two o ' clock in tire afternoon . Ths question of » Conference , and national plan of Organization wfll bedisenssed . Thk Chibiisk of the Central locality will meei on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , in Bntterworth ' i Buildings , BiBT Hsix . —Th& Chartists of Daisy Hill wil meet on Sunday morning , at ten o'clock .
Isekds . —Mr . Shaw -wiQ deliver two lectures tc inorrow afternoon and evening , in the Charfo Boom , Cheapside ; to commence at half-past tw anibalf-past six o ' clock . Leeds Djsceici , —A district council meeting wi Leidd to-morrow morning , at -ten o ' clock , in ti t 3 iartiBl Boom , ICheapsida , when it is particular requested that Councillors irom Motley , Chnrwel Holbeck , Hnnslet , Axmley , and Woodhouse wi attend , asi business conEected with tbe fortficomiii Conference , and a iar more Tigorous agUafic throuehont the di 8 trict » -will be brought forward .
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Newtows bt Pei ? catki . ani > . —A public [ meeting of tbe Colliers of this place , Buntlaw , and P ^ instone , was held on Tuesday last , in the School-house * Air Mitchison in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Bammond and Paniells , delegates from the Miner ' s Association of Great Britain and Ireland . after -which it was unHnimously agreed by the meeting that they join the said society , j EDH 0 S 3 ST 0 WK , JTKAB M CSSELBOBGH . —A' publio meeting of the Colliers of this district was held on Wednesday last , in au empty building . Mr . Thos . Dunlop was called to the ehair . who after opening the meeting , introdneed Mr , Wm . Daniells , who addressed the meeting at great length on the injustice and oppression constantly practiced noon Colliers both in Esgland and Scotland . This he attributed to their being disunited , and urged them in a strain of -vivid eloquence to join their English brethren ,
who were nobly struggling to raise themselves from that state of Serfdom , io which the tyranny of the coal kings had forced titan . Be then took up the laws of the Miner ' s Association , and commented npon them consecutively as he read them ! to tbe meeting , and retired , having evidently made a great impression . Mr . Bammond next addressed the meeting , and delivered a beautifnl allegory ' , on tbe Tarions classes in the nation , and depicted in truthful colours the various tricks resorted to in order to keep working men in slavery . This had a very good effect . A many had come to this meeting filled with prejudice ; but these two addresses so far changed the appearance of things , that a resolution was put to the meeting pledging themselves to join the Miner ' s Association , which was carried without one dissentient . One hundred cards were taken out before the meeting broke up . Burra for union ! the gallant baik sails proudly on .
Edgskejld by D-iiHErTH . —A meeting of the Colliers of this locality was holden on Thursday last , in the room of the Paup Inn , which was filled to the door . Mr . Peter Brown was called to the chair ; The meeting was addressed at very great length by Mr . Wm . Darnells , on the objects and lews of the Miner's Association , the benefits of union , and tbe infamous nature of Collier bonds , &c . Be was loudly and repeatedly cheered . Mr . Wm . Bammond followed in a short speech , when a resolution was passed in favour of joining the Collier ' s Association .
Dalkieth . Colliers' Delegate Mbitikg . —A delegate meeting of the Colliers of Mid-Lothian was holden on Saturday last , Mr . James Burns in the cbair , Mr . Wm . Darnells secretary . A largejedger was purchased for tbe district , and contribution and enrolment books for the use of the different collieries , and things put in a fair train to conduct the business of the district in a proper manner . The following resolutions were then passed : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that sJl men who may take an active part in this union , and who shall be injured for so doing by the masters , ou ^ ht in that case to be stood bv and supported by the men : but this
shall not extend to any man who shall use insulting or abusive language to ha employer . " " That Mr . David Moffii be treasurer , pro . tern . " ** That the next delegate meeting be holden this da ; week ; and a general meeting of the Colliers of Mid and East Lothian on Saturday , August 12 th , but that the different coal works may fix npon any other day , should they see proper , and that Messrs . Daniells and Hammond be requested to attend . " After pajing off bilk for printing , books , stamps , &o ., there was left a balance in the treasurer ' s hand of 12 s . The meeting broke ap in the highest spirit ? , wishing prosperity to the cause in which they axe engaged .
Misees' Delegate Meeting . —The delegates of the Minera * . Association of Great Britain , who met at the Three Tuns , Manor Chare , Newcastle-npon-Tyne , on Monday , July 24 th , met again by adjournment on Tuesday morning , at nine o ' clock . ) Mr . Wakinahaw having taken the chair , the Secretary read the inmates of the previous day ' s proceedings , whick wsre confirmed . The correspondenca was then read . It commenced with a letter from Mr . Roberts , of Bath , in reply to one sent to him by order of the Society . After the subject of the letter had beep maturely considered , it was agreed that a Committee should be empowered to make the neces sary arrangements with Mr . Roberts , and that he be respectfully invited to be present at the next
meeting of delegates . The next letter was from ; Mr . Daniells , of Lasswade , in which he gave a very fiat-££ rizi £ account of the prospects of the Society in that qn&rter , notwithstanding the attempts of the masters to excite a spirit of jealousy in the minds of the men , so as to prevent them from joining in union ; yet most of the meetings he had attended lately had pledged themselves to become members forthwith . Another letter was read from the lame district of Scotland from Mr . Hammond ,- and one from Mr . Bropby , stating the snocess he had met with in expounding the prints pies of union amongst the coal-miners of Cumberland , which was highly gratifying . Letters were likewise read from the lecturers sent to Yorkshire , Lancashire ,
Siaffordfchirt , Derbyshire , 4 tc . & . C ., giving glorious accounts of tfctir success throughout their different routes ; and each requesting largo quantities of cards' and rules , as the men were very anxious to bo famished vnxh sfceir cards and copies of the rules . The letter from Staffordshire contradicted the report circulated throngs tbe newspapers that tbe miners in : that quarter had struck work . ( Query—May not ; this *• Report" be an attempt , on the part of the enemy , to excite the miners to a Phem * toke Sthikk 1 \ Beware , fellow-slaves , of the snares that are set to enxrap you !) . Amongst several other letters read , was one from Mr . Embleton , Berwick , stating the schemes which the masters and their tools there resort to . to prevent the men from entering ) the
Society . They get meetings of tbe mes . shew them tbe folly of forming a Union ; speak largely upon the evil tffectsof union amongst working men ; and latterly attempt to arouse the worst feelings of the unsuspecting miners against that which is their best interest . Mr . Embleton attended one of those meetings proved the necessity of union amongst the miners , showed what would be its ultimate effect , and f 6 far convinced the men of the fallacy of the position taken by the " minions" who had congregated them that they all joined the society before they parted . A delegate proposed a resolution respecting the law fnnd . After the subject was discussed , it Was agreed that it be held in abeyance , until the arrangements were made with a solicitor . A long discussion took place respecting some grievances which the men of the Auckland districts had io complain of . A resolution' was adopied that they should clear 33 . for each day they work . The Executive then entered the room
with a copy of the letter which they were instructed to send to Mr . Roberts , which was read and adopted . A delegate proposed— " That an opportunity be given to sueh off-handed men and others employed at tbe different collieries in Northumberland and Durham , as may be disposed to do so , to join the society , upon pacing the nsual amonnt of entrance money ; and that i = uch of them as wdl not embrace this opportunity on or before the 24 th of August -next , will not be admitted members without paying ten shillings entrance money each . "—Carried . And it was agreed that one thousand bills , announcing this resolution , be printed and posted in conspicuous places at each colliery . A delegate proposed that the Exeeotive be instructed to draw up a copy of a bond for tbe pitmen , to snbscribe for the ensuing year , and that the same be ready to bs submitted to delegates at their next meeting . The meeting then adjourned until Wednesday morning , at nine o ' clock .
Widsesdat MoBiciifo . —The delegates met this morning , at nine o ' clock , Mr . Wakinsbaw in tbe chair . The minutes of the previous day were read and confirmed , and the following resolutions agreed to , after being ably discussed , some of them &t very great length : —** That each lecturer be required to ^ ive an account of bis labours to the Secifctary . " 2 . " That the Executive be empowered to draw np a pian for the travelling kcturers . " 3 . " That only oiso lecturer be kept in Northumberland and one in Durham . " 4 . That each district be requested to s ? 3 eci j-nch persona in their locality as may be deemed competent to act as local lecturers . " " Thai John Anghtey of Yorkshire , Andrew
Fleming , £ ad Thomas Smithvbe engaged as lecturers for tfci « society . " " That the best thanks of the society h' - tendered to John Bunter for his past labours . " " That our lecturers are expected to devote eleven dara in each fortnight to the services of the Union ; and ibat thetenour of their conduct on all occasions = > aght to be for tbe fnrtnerance of our Association . " * " Thai none but ¦ nndereronnd miners bo henceforth ensaged as lecturers for this society . " " That : the fvLowing persons become members of the Executive ia iiea of those who hive been appoisted lecturers out of that committee : John Bunter , John Tfllip , John . Burbeck , and Christopher Baswell . " The delegates then adjourned for dinner . i
j Wednesday Aptebsoon Sittixg . —The delegates i me £ at two o ' clock . Mr . Wood in the chair . jThB j minute 3 of the morning ' s sitting were read and feon-\ firmed . The Secretary read some lettera from Scoti land and from Yorkshire , wherein they wiBhed to know whether they would be r * quired to remit their . funds to the General Treasurer in Newcastle , or they should be kept in tbe district in which they were collected . After the subject had been deliberated and discussed pro and con , it was agreed that they be required , to remit the price of the cards and riles only , the res * to be at their own disposal . It was also agreed thai each delegate be leanested to make
enquiry , aad report at next meeting of delegatea ! the number ofrmemberB that would become subscribers to a Miner ' s Journal in their district , in tbe event of one being published in Neweastle , under the superintendance of the Executive . The committeee selected to andit the society ' s books gave in their report . A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr . Ball , for the minute manner in which he had kept'his books . A delegate then proposed that the next delegate ineetog should be holden in the same room , on Fnday , 11 th August , at eleven o ' clock in the Woon . Camed , and the meeting adjourned until
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Gseat Meeting of Coal Mineis on Kebsai , Moob . —The coal miners . of this county held a meeting on Kersal Moor on Monday last , July 31 st 38 ^ , to receive a -deputation from the Coal Miner ' B Association of Great Britain . The attendance was very nnmerous , when we consider the shortness of the notice , and the disorganised state of Lancashire arising from the League plot of last year . There was also another } circumstance which prevented many from being present ? there are two moors in this district , the one called Kersal Moor and the other Kersley Mpor ; and great numbers went to the latter place , and were disappointed . At twelve o ^ clock , the time } appointed for the meeting , Mr . John Lamase , a veteran coal miner , a man universally beloved by his fellow workmen in the
neighbourhood m which he resides , was unanimously called to the ohair * He opened the business of the meeting by a neat and appropriate speech , in which he depicted in glowing colours the awful state of the miners of this ; district , and warned his fellow workmen against the subtle means that were now being resorted to by a certain party in order to try if they could not { make the coal miners tools in their hands , to produceanother " outbreak" in favour of their own petty measures . Be trusted that they would watch these lparties rand not allow themselves to be cajoled into a premature strike , or into any strike at all , until they wero able successfully to combat the mightyipower that whb arouBed against them by the great capital which had been wrung from their labour .
The mee : ing was . then addressed by Messrs . Swallow , Thompson , and Dayies , agents of the Association , who in a clear and simple manner laid down the plans and objects of the Association . A ¦ working miner , moved the following resolution , —** That in the opinion of the meeting the coal miners of Lancashire are not in receipt of sufficient wages for their labour to provide for their families the commonest necessaries- of life . " The resolution was seconded in a neat speech by another working miner , and carried unanimously . We omit the names of the working men for very obvious reasons . Another miner moved the following- — " That we , the miners of Lancashire , do immediately join the Miners' Association of Great Britain , and call upon our brethren who are not present to unite with us in adopting every legal means to redress our grievances and remove the present burdens which press so heavily apon ns . "
The Chairman put it to the meeting when it was carried without a dissentient . The thaDks of of the meeting were given to the chairman , who responded in a very humourous manner , in whi < -h the policemen , who were present in disguise , came in for their share . The meeting was then dissolved . Meeting op Delegates . —As soon as the out-door meeting was over , a meeting of delegates assembled in the large room , Brown-street , Manchester . There were about one hundred delegates present , representing the principal coal works in Lancashire , viz . from Dukinfield ; Ashton-nnder-Lyne ; Oldham , Bradford , nearManchcsterjBregment ; Little Lever ; Crompton Field ; Leiianshaw ; Danse ; Lever ; Atkin ; Kawe's Fagg , nearBolton ; Little Bolton ; Tongue Colliery , Little Bolton ; Bents ; Little Lever ; Peel Colliery ; Bilton ; New Bouse , Bolton ; Halshaw Moor , Little Bolton ; Jenny Colliery ; Ratciiffe Bridge ; Chorleyj Ratciiffe ; Lane Ends ; Aspul ; Wigan , &e . &c .
Mr . I ) . Thompson was called upon to preside . After the delegates had given in their credentials , the following resolutions were passed : — " That Mr . Wm , Dixon , of Manchester , be the treasurer until the next delegate meeting . " On this motion being carried , Mr . Dixon said that be hoped his friends would see the propriety of providing office-bearers out of their own association . He was not connected with the coal-mining business at present ; and he , therefore , hopes thatthey would chose a man from amongst themselves : at the next delegate meeting . As a miner by trade , he should ever consider it to be his duty to render them every assistance in his power to ameliorate their condition . It veas then agreed
" Thaj a pnblic meeting be held at Pendlebury , on Monday , August 14 , chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; and , after it a delegate meeting in the large room of the Wheat Sheaf Inn , in Pendle ^ bury . " "That Mr .. Swallow go into tbe Bolton District until the delojjate meeting . " " That Mr . Thompson go into the Wigan Distriot as soon as he has concluded his engagements at Dukinfield , < fcc . " That Mr . Dixon be authorised to pay Mr . Swallow and Mr . Thompson their wages for the past week , and also up to the next delegate meeting , with power to pay any bills that' may be brought against the association betwixt now and that time . " " That the resolutions be Bent to the Northern Star newspaper for insertion . "
Thethasks of the meeting was then given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
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paupers to fall back upon , whom they could compel to work at six shillings pei * week . They would then have an independent population . The man would sayi , " Well , I don ' t like farming ; but I earn ten shillings a-day at it j if you will give me that , I will work for you . " This was not the object those men had in view , who had jumped from clogs to boots ; from the cellar to the mansion ; from the mansion to the palace ; and who were now looking out for principalities ; and alt this , too , achieved under a ' ^ restricted trade ' I Suppose , and it was not improbable , that a manufacturer had realized £ 100 , 000 by the labour of one hundred hands in ten years , he would then retire , and leave hi 9 poor labourers to starve—( hear ) . Was
that a system of justice t Suppose , like the parson , he only retained l-10 th , he would then have the lion ' s share— £ 10 , 000 ; and the other £ 90 , 000 would enable those who had earned him his wealth , also to retire into honourable idleness . The manufacturers complained of trade when they did not make the enormous per cehtage they formerly did . If they did not gain so much this year as they did the former year , they asserted theirs to be a " losing trade . " Mr . O'Connor then clearly &hewed that the true interest of the shopkeeper was bound up in the prosperity of the working man . It was asserted that the Charter would unsettle everything ; that there would be no security for property . Those who raised t hat j pry meant there would be no security for
plunder . They did not want to divide the property of their oppressors ; they only wanted security for their labour . Tho Marquis of Westminster asserted that he was the worst used man in the Empire , because he had to pay £ 12 , 000 income tax . He did not wish that meeting any particular harm ; but he heartily wished that every one of them could make the same complaint . That was a specimen of the loyalty of fthe aristocrats . Take away from the Archbishop ! of Canterbury his revenue , and his loyalty would fly off in a balloon . Take away from the clergy iheir tithes ; leave them the churches , beautify them in every way , let them tread upon velvet and be ! attended by angels ,: but if the tithes were cone , awa y too would go their loyalty . It was
the same with the '" Free Traders "—refuse them cheap corn , and all their loyalty evaporated . They talked about" Free Trade , " but : they knew no more about it than an Irish pig knows about geometry . Every increase of trade had been followed by a reduction of wages , and if there was a demand for tea times the amount of goods now manufactured , in ten years time there would be a supply ten times exceeding the demand . He was the real corn law repealer . The League were but half repealers ; they only wanted labour subjected to their control , and to constitute corn as another medium of exchange . If they had ihe Charter thev would repeal the corn
laws on the morrow ; for they knew that the Land would supply with food three times the present population . The law of primogeniture now contracted the supply ; the whole land going to the eldest son . Thence arose the necessity for new churcheB , police commissions , poor law commissions , sinecures , places , and an Income Tax , to support the younger brothers . He was right glad of the Income Tax , and was sorry that it was not 10 per cent . Tho wotking man had to pay in indirect taxation , fifteen shillings out of every pound ; but no sooner had the middle class got three and half per cent , on i their surplus wealth , than the country was threatened with revolution . Peel had offered
the ironmasters a grant of £ 50 , 000 ; or to get up an Emigration Fund . They wero all a day after the fair ! Government bad Bent a , Commission into Wales , consisting of a Bow-street officer , to inquire into the griefancea of the people . It was like locking up the stable when the horse was stolen . If every sectional grievance was redressed , it would be the worse for the working man . If Peel had given £ 50 , 000 to the ironmasters , who would have had to pay itj but tbe working men ? If those who were now bidding for their support , were to buy
them to-morrow , they would reap no benefit . If Tom Attwood was to get his £ 1 notes , what would they avail th £ m ? They had been living in paper houses too long ! Every brcezj had shaken them into convulsions , and they wanted no more flimsies . It mattered not who was prime minister ; under the present system he could not do justice to the landlord without injuring the clergy ; he could not assist the manufacturer without destroying the agriculturist ; he could' do neither , unless he went to the source , to the bottom of the well at once . It was useless to
knock down one fortress ; they must storm the citadel . They were not advocates of physical force . They did uotiwant , as Baron Rolf © said , to " take the Tower with a rusty pistol . " Nothing woald give Sir . II . Pee ] , the landlords , or the League , so much joy as a Chartist outbreak ! Such an emeulc would soon caiise them to sink their sectional grievances , and have a pop at the Chartists . They would soon for git all minor diiferences in the endeavour to destroy tbe hydra of popular demand . But tho Chartists were too strong in moral strength to destroy themselves by any violent measures . They needed only union and perseverance ; and for all to work as be did . Mr . O'Connor then gave an account of his meetings m Wilts and Somerset , referring to
his accident ; and also commented upon the Marylebone meeting as triumphant evidence of their power . The Marylebpne meeting ibus proved that bis labour had not been m vain , fiiery exertion hud been used to set his countrymen a ^ anist biro , biit the attempt was vain . Ho had hvaped coals of fire upon the heads of his enemies , by n payin <; good tor evil . Ho knew the day would come when justice would be done hini . Through good and evil report ho had stuck to his country . Was it to be endured that private jealousies should injure their country : ;? He waa proud of the reception . Father j ^ iathew had met with . The English people did not stop to enquire whether he was au " Irish " Priest , or a "Saxon" Parson , but hastened to do
him honour . Mr . O'Connor then ably dwelt on tho subject of Irish Repeal , and showed tha * . if " a Parliament" was all they wanted , they might have the English' ; for nothing but Irish business was now transacted in it , unless it waa now and then a turnpike or a railroad bill . By-and-bye , he supposed , Rebecca would be stepping in for her share . When he was commissioned ten years ago by tho Marylebone Association to goon a tour through the country , he asserted at Stock port ( hat he would sell the people by auction . He asserted the same now ; but no one had bid fairly yet . Peel woald soon be bidding Household S \ iffrago ; Ruseell wevild bid Universal Suffrage , and the lot would be knocked down . Peel would say he had bid too ; and the lot would have
to be put up again . Peel would then give Annual Parliaments into the bargain ; Russell would throw in tbe Ballot ; Peel would give Payment of Members ; Russell no Property Qualification ; Peel would then throw in tho whole Charter , and the lot would be knocked down to him .-r ( great cheering ) . He would sell ! them all tomorrow , neck atvd crop , at that price ; but it was scarcely worth his while to sfcll them for £ 90 . ' ! Ho had refused all other offers ; he refused even tho escape Trom persecution and privationJ Ho had seen the League bidding high lor the people . He had also seen tha 6 Sturge ' s Reform would have much support among the electoral body ; and ho knew that if a political man watched : his opportunity , there were times
when he might take a section with him . But he had never allowed tha weakness of a moment to have any 'influence over him , but had remained firm to the Charter , well knowing that if they abandoned one portion they would soon be compelled to abandon tho whole ; and the agitation would become an object for scorn and derision . He was glad they : did not get tho Charter at the time of the Reform JJiU . They were then not politically educated enough to have fenced it well with the proper details . All nations were rushtajr forward into one great system-of brotherhood . Mind was pushing forward to combine with mind . Steam aad cheap postage bad done much in producing that result . They could now shake hands with America , and kiss Franco . Ihe whole political world was on the evo of a convulsion . The rumbling of the mental
earthquake rould be distinctly heard , and he trusted that out of chaos and confusion , peace , and prosperity would arise Mr . O'Connor then alluded to the cruelties inflicted by the manufacturers upon the children and others in their employ ; shewed the manner in which the preBS had houndad on the Government against him ; and concluded by iniorining them that he had entered an action against the Times lor libel , which would be fried by a Surrey jury on tho following Monday . He-also urged upon them the necessity of perseverance and Organization . A Conference would be soon holden at Birmingham , and he trusted they would commence from that period a new and a successful contest . It ) mattered not v / hetber they had a Whig or a Tory Government . They had only to be sufficiently powerful ac < l the Charter would be granted them .
Mr . O'Connor , during the whole of his address , waB loudly cheered ; and at its conclusion a lengthy resolution was moved by Mr . Shaw , and seconded by Dr . Bowkett , thanking him for his past services , and pledging the meeting to unite for the Charter , which waa carried by acclamation . Mr . O'Connor briefly replied i after which Dr . Bowkett addressed the audience on the subject of their power , by cooperation , to secure freehold property , and referred them to a , pamphlet he had written on that subject , which was published by Mr . Cleave . Mr . Sberrard moved , and Dr , Bowkatt seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who made a suitable reply , and ; the meeting dispersed . Many of the middle classes I were present , and appeared much interested with ithe lecture .
LECTURE ON REPEAL , AT THE "• BOTUNDA . " On Wednesday evening Mr . O'Connor lectured in the large Theatre belonging to these extensive premises , on the question of " Repeal . " The place was filled to overflowing ; and a more enthusiastic audience wero j never assembled , together . It was mainlyi composed of London Repealers ; an Irishman , a Repealer , occupied the chair ; and at the , Close ! of Mr . F . O'Connor ' s address , which lasted [ for two-and a-half-hours , one of the leading Repealers went front the body of the meeting to the platform , and , in a most eulogistic speech , proposed a rote of thanks to the " English
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Liberator , " which was carried with great acclamation : and then three cheer ? given for Mr . O'Connor , three for the Star , and three groans for the traduccra of O'Connor . We have [ a long report of these interestingand important proceedings , which , we regret , we cannot find room for !
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* I believe that this list contains all the propositions that has been niai-. ' e ; if others are sent previous to ita publication they can be aitded , or at any rate will be seen in the Star . j f Wherever this proposition , is supported , of course it settles the question , lot the present , as regards tbe others , * j X Suppose Nottingham to be sending ateport of the propositions supported there , it would only be necessary to state " we support propositions B 3 , G 4 , D 2 . "
BURY . —Odd Fellowship . —The members of the Sweet Consolaiiou Lod ^ e , No . 143 , of the Grand United Order of Odd-Fellows , held their fifteenth anniversary on Saturday last , when fifty-six of its members sat down to a most ] excellent dinner at the house of Mr . Samuel Uutierworth , sign of the Eagle and Child , Stanley-street , Bury . After the cloth was drawn , Mr . John Lord , district master , was unanimously called to the ( chair , and Mr . James Farrar to the vice-chair . The evening was Spent in the greatest harmony until a law hour .
MANCHESTER . —Repeal . —A meeting was holden in the Carpenter ' s l ^ all , on Monday evening last , for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a Repeal of the Union , j The hall was crowded , and the meeting was addressed by J . W . O'Connoll , Esq ., Inspector of the Repeal Wardens of England , and several other gentlecaen , whose observations upou the imbecility and worlhleBsness of the present Government elicited thunders of applause . The meeting separated in the most peaceable manner , after cheers had been given for Daniel O'Connell , and other leading characters in * the Repeal movement . It lasted nearly three hours !
A Mail Coach on Finjs . —Between three and four o ' clock on Friday morning , as the Yeovil mail coach waa proceeding at a rapid rate near Andover , on its way to the terminus of the Southampton railroad , great alarm was created among tho passengers by the sudden outcry of the coach being on fire . The coachman instantly stopped the borses , and on the guard alighting he discovered that the wheels of the vehicle had actually ignited , in coneequenca of their not having been property greased before starting , and tho velocity with which the coach was proceeding . The fire , however ; was extinguished , and the damage confined to the wheels . The guard was anxious for the coach to continue its journey on account of the mail bags , &c , but the coachman very properly said ho would not endanger the lives of the passengers by so doingJ The mail was ,
therefore , forwarded by another conveyance , but nearly an hour elapsed before the passengers were enabled to proceed towards their destination . Another Sacrifice of Collteb Lifb . —A correspondent at Longton , Staffordshire , writes that four Mobs lives have been , offered up and sacrificed in the Staffordshire Collieries , ! in the very next pit adjoining the one which devoured nine human beings only the other day ! The canso assigned ia this instance Sis the breaking of a cog ; we presume in the . wheels of the engine . The men when drawn up presented a most shocking spectacle , being broken into pieces . ' They were each married , ai / d have left families to be provided for . Who would not be a collier , to have the privilege of dying a moat horrible death , for eighteen-PBNCB a-day }
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesda y ^ August 1 st . — The suppl y of grain to this day ' s market is larger than las-t week . There has beeu a limited demand for Wheat , and priee 9 33 . to 4 a . per quarter lower ; in old very little doing . Oats has been Ad per stone , and Beans Is . per quarter lower . The weather has been showery ; to-day cloudy and cold . the average prices of wheat , for the week ending August 1 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats , Rye , Beans . Pean Qra . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 4743 16 870 0 201 0 its . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ B . d 3 2 If 1 15 Hi 1 3 11 J 0 0 0 113 7 0 08
Leeds WoolleiV Markets . —There is a decided improvement in the mercantile transactions of this town , and in the sales at both the Cloth Halls . The demand for broad cloths , in particular , has been very brisk , and some extensive sales have been effected in goods suitable for the Eastern markets . Much : more is doing in the warehouses , in consequence of the visits of numerous buyers . Wool . — The Wool trade is also better , there being considerable more demand for it than has been the case for
some time . Bradford Markets , Thursday , August 3 . — Wool—We have no change to report in this article since our last ; the supply is a full average , and prices about the same . Yarns—The demand for Yarns continues brisk both for export and home consumption . The advance requited by the Spinners has been very generally complied with . We believe the Spinners have not been so busy as at present for a long time past , and are principally working to order . Piece—There is no change calling for remark in this branoh of the trade , The Manufacturer 3 are generally busy , and the operatives well employed .
Mauton Cos * Market , July 29 . —At this day ' s market we had but little doing in the trade ; the . weather having set in i ? et and cold , increased the confidence of tho farmers , who would not submit to any . reduction in price , which caused the millers to keep aloof from making purchases . The prices rangedas follows—Wheat 68 s to 72 s . per qr . Bariey nominal . Oats 11 &d to 12 d . per stone . Richmond Corn Market , July 29 . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-day , but . there was an advance ou last week's prices . Wheat sold from 8 s . to 9 a . 3 i . ; Oats from 2 a , 9 i . to 3 > . 9 d . ; Barley from 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . ; Beans from 4 a , to 4 j . 6 d . per bushel .
Skipton Cattle Market , July 31 . —We had aa excelk-nt . supply of all descriptions of fat stock , and there being a good attendance of buyers , nearly the whole waa sold , at the following prices . —Beef from 4 jd . to 5 U ; Mutton , 5 d ; Lamb , 4 | d to 5 d per Ib . State of Trade . —There was very little change in the market yesterday . Owing , perhaps , in some degree to the non-arrival of the Hamburg mail due ; the yarn market was rather flatter than last week .
with ajight tendency to decline in the prices of one or rwo descriptions particularly adapted to tbe German market . In the goods market there was a pretty good demand for printing cloth , and a further but slight improvement in the price of good 27-inch , 72-reed cloth , which has been for a long time much depressed , and of which the manufacture has been greatly diminished . For other description of goods the demand was very moderate , and there was no change in prices . —Mane ester Guardian .
. WAKBFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday . Aug . 4 . —The weather has been in a very unsettled state during the week : a great deal of rain has fallen ; the crops have not made that progress / towards maturity which might hare been expected . To this day ' B market there is a large arrival of Wheat and Beans , but not much of othep grain . The Millers were not disposed to comply with the prices demanded for Wheat at the early part of the day , but after a reduction of Is . to 2 s . per quarter was submitted to , there tvas more disposition for business . All other articles of the trade partook of the same dullness at lower rates .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . IN THE TOWER HAMLETS . Mr . O'Connor lectured on Tuesday evening last , at HemmingwayV Saloon , Mile End Road . The charge for admission wa 9 2 d , in the body of the saloon , and Gd . on the platform . The attendance waB very respectable ,. aud would have been larger but for a mistake in the announcement in last week ' s Star , Bermondsey beiug substituted for Mile End . Shortly afttr eight o ' clock , Mr . FraZTER was called to tho « hair , and in a brief and humorous address introduced
Mr . O'Cosmor , who was received with rapturous applause . He commenced by apologising for the mistake in the Star ,. and for previous disappointments ; and pledged himself to be with them on the « nsuing Monday , and deliver a discourse upon the text he should that evening give them . The Chair * man nad alluded to persons who were very brave in his absence , and pretended to know more of his movements than he did himself . He had previously been accused of being " a spy in the pay of the Whigs , " and also of being " a tool in the pay of the Tor ies "; but now he had descended bo low in the market as to be " a tool in the bands of a single individual" : he was now , he underwood , accused of accepting a bribe of £ 90 from the Duke of
Buckingham ! \ He did not doubt but that £ 90 might be a consideration to " a needy adventurer ; " but he knew it would go but a very small way in settlisg bis political balance-sheet . He noticed this rumour , because the character of a political man was always open to suspicion ; and he challenged the party who asserted that calumny , and who also asserted that he had proofs to ^ ubstanriate it , to meet him before any public audience ; and he would defy him to shew that he had ever received Id . in any shape , as " pay" or ** bribe" for political Bervice in ** consideration , " from man , woman , or child . ? If the principles advocated by his opponents were good , they would stand without being built upon the ruins of his ( O ^ pnnor ' s ) fame . He did not assert that Mr . Gobden lived upon
the subscriptions of the \ people ; or that Mr . Bright purchased his election for Durham by bribing ihe electors with the people ' s money . His principles did not need such support . He had always asserted that if a man devoted ! his time to the service of the people , he deserved tojbe remunerated for it ; and ft was hard indeed , that because he Bpent hie own mon « y in the service of the people , that all the wrath should be poured out on him ; that O'Connor should be the noun adjective to support principles which would not Bland by themselves ! England waa on the eve of a great change ; a change which it had become impossible much longer to avert . His object was to render ihat change beaeficial to the people , by marshalling publio opinion , and bringing
it to bear on the source of all their grievances . Formerly their political leaders marshalled public opinion only upon sectional grievances ; and when they had raised an excitement , directed it upon that grievance which bore peculiarly upon themselves . The manufacturer endeavoured to marshall public opinion against the agriculturist ; the church of Scotland agitators , upon a new road to heaven ; the church of England upon destroying a few Bishops to make room for more Rectors ; in Wales , the sectional grievance was tho erection of toll-bars . . Now he endeavoured to prevent agitation for these sectional measures . The people had nothing to do with them ; but they had everything to do with the proper remuneration for labour . Labour was the
source from which all wealth sprung ; . Their eneinies were opposed to the rights of labour ; and by distracting and dividing tbe working men , they had driven them from the ; cottage to the coilar . They were now bidding high for the people ; and if they had not such fiery offers , and so much gasconade , as in the days uf Charles Fox or of Attwood , in 1831 , it was because the people now looked for the fulfilment of pledges made . Public opinion was now too sound to ignite with a single match . If , as was asserted , the present Government was the rtflex of public opinion , then it was the more necessary that public opinion should be marshalled to run in one great stream that all the shoals might be removed and destroyed . They * were told that the people
were not prepared for a change . la the opinion of these philosophers , whenever ihe people advanced , then "were they the mo = t ignorant . At the lime of the Reform Bill , they were " an intelligent people' *; but when they wished to advance further , they suddenly became " degraded" and "ignorant . " Mr . O'Connor then alluded : to Brighfs election for Durham , which the Leagne boasted was a great reaction in their favour . The Chartists cared but little about the electoral body . If they waited until the electoral body ensured them the Charter , it wenld not be in their lives , nor jet in the liveB of their grandchildren . The noa-electora had formerly a court of
appeal io the House of Commons . Their petitions constituted this appeal '; but now they had no longer that court . Their petitions of 1 , 500 , 000 , © f 2 , 500 , 00 ft , and of 3 , 500 , 000 had been disregarded ; and they looked for substantive ] representation as their . only remedy . Mr . O'Connor next dwelt on the question of " Free Trade , " and showed that the object of that agitation was to enable the manufactures to undersell ihe slaves ofthe wholeworld . Iftheyreally sought for a principle to benefit tbe working man , they would locate him upon the Land , and render him independent of the foreigner for his breakfast or his supper . They well knew that if they did that , they would n longer have ft starring , alounging army of
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THE FRQME ACCIDENT . We are happy to hear that the . number injured by the late accident was not so many as at first supposed . Mr . Bolwell jw ^ nt to Frome on Monday , for the purpose of procuring a correct account of the injuries sustained , and ascertaining the amount of damage done . The ( following he has found to be the injuries sustained ] : — Sarah Cabbie , aged 15 , broken thigh , and injury in the back . Her parents hava eleven children , and are without work . j One man severely injured in the head and face . Three other men , arid one woman , slightly injured . | The amount of damage is estimated at £ J .
The friends at Frome are naturally anxious to render the suffering parties some little assistance . It is a tremendous heavy visitation upon the poor unwillingly idle family bf elevsn children ! They wish to render all tho relief they can to the poor sufferers ; and thus soothe , in some measure , the misfortune tbat has fallen upon them . To effect this they need the aid of their Chartist brethren throughout the country . ' They are bat few , and poor , themselves : and , therefore , call for that as sistauce from others they would gladly render themselves had they the means . Mr . Bolwell , of Gallo-way-buildings , Bath , will receive subscriptions , and duly report the same .
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THE CONFERENCE . —ORGANIZATION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SrR , —As the general opinion appears to be ia favour of a Conference , as tbe first etep to re-organ zition , it ia necessary tbat some definite means should ba adopted to enable us to come to a decision , and also to fix the time and place of holding it , so tbat preparations may be made , and more undivided attention given to the various plans of Organiz % tion which bave been , or may be proposed . I do not see bow this can be ascertained without the genoral opinion being expressed ; nor do I see how tbe various opinions we bave bad upon the subject can be brought to a conclusion , so as to be acted upon , without the votes of the localities tjeirig taken ; to effect this , I suggested in the Star of the 15 th , ult that all propositions
should be sent to the Star , for publication on tbe 5 th inst . in order tbat the localities { might vote upon them ; aud to make this as simple and easy as possible , and thai we may arrive at some [ definite conclusion , I have arranged and placed , in a brief form , and classed under different beads , tbe various propositions which bave been made * j A I—That an Executive shall be first elected . ! B I—That a Conference shall be held Angust 21 sh B 2— . That a Conference shall be held August 31-st B 3—That a Conference shall be held Sept . 5 th . B 4—That a Conference shall be held Sept . 12 th . C 1—That the Conference shall be held in Birmingbam . j C 2—That the Conference shall be held in London .
C 2—That the Conference shall be held in Newcastleupon-TyDe . 1 C 4—That the Conference shall be held in Nottingham . | D I—That each town throughout the kingdom shall have the power of electing only one delegate , with the following exceptions : |— Birmingham , Liverpool , and Edinburgh , two delegates each . Manchester and Glasgow , three each , and London four . D 2—That each town , containing less than 50 , 000 inhabitants , shall be allowed to send one delegate ; if containing 50 , 000 , and less than 100 , 000 , two delegates ; and if 100 , 000 and upwards , four delegates , except London , which may send eix . Of course all delegates 'will be elected at public rneatinss in accordance with the usual forms and will havn to produce certificates signed by tbe Chairman of tbe meeting . Now if the different localities come to a conclusion
upou one of tbe propositions in each class , i . e . one of each marked A B and C . and send to tbe Slur office , Aug . 8 , for publication Aug . 12 , we shall see at a glance where at > d when the gentral will ! fixes tbe Conference ; by this means we should bave ] tbe same advantage over the course we ba $ hitherto pursued , as we have by submitting a regular motion j to a meeting , instead of carrying on a desultory conversation without ord » r—and that the votes may be arranged without difficulty , I would suggest that the localities when sending to tbe Star < fflce , should merely send the number of the propositions which they vote ] for ; J they may then be placed in tbe following form ;—Name of Place . ? No . of Proposition .
A I Bfli' 2 B 3 M 4 CiC 2 C 3 -4 C . ' d 3 ¦— —!— " ¦ ' —— i - , ~~ *™ - Nottingham j 1 | ' l 1 Sheffield .,... j 1 . 11 London ! ; ; ; ! i ! 1 ! 1 T « t . nl vntiin 1- ' O . 1 : O l o
j Of course these are merely supposed caaea for tbe sake of illustration . | I hope that as tbe questlou is ene of importance , our frieuds will see the necessity of giving it a careful attention . J do not see anyjotber means by which we can come to a conclusion , nor bave any other beui proposed , and those parties and localities who bave expressed an opinion upon it , bave agietd XteaX it would be fair and satisfactory . j With respect to Organization there are a few subjects which I bave not yet ! seen alluded to , and to which it may not be amiss to direct attention , so that they may be considered previous to tbe Conference being called . ; Tbat a general and simultaiieous demonstration should be heH once a year . ] That a general Tract Depository should be established for tbe purpose of supplyingjlocalkies with tracts , aad also to supply them for eale ;! tbe tracts to bo printed undet the direction of persons appointed for tbat purpose , who abould select tbe best pamphlets and extracts from political works . j That small prizes should be awarded for short essays apon subjects to be decided upon , in order to insure a supply of tracts upon questions of interest , aud to cause attraction . } That as far as possible Sunday Schools should be established in tbe various localities . I shall not occupy your ] space by remarks upon these , but leave them to the considerutisn of cur friends . j Remaining yours truly , R . T . Morrison . Nottingham , July 29 , 1843 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1224/page/8/
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