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OLDHA 2 S . —Oa Sunday last , Mr . A . F . Taylor delivered bi » third lecture on the life and character of Yuiisire , in the Chartist Boom , Greaves-itreet . There vdjs nameHHis and respectable audience , "wholistened lnth great attention . SOTJTHMOJ . TON , fDETOSi . ^ Mr . Doyle lectured a * , the Rtd Lien Inn , in this town , on the 22 nd of Ostober , to a rwpsetable audience , who trere well pleased with his subject , and requested him to pay them another -visit in a few weeks .
CAEUS 1 S . —MEET 15 G OT THE CorSCIi 01 TBB Chastist Association—On Sunday last , the abovs boCj fceld ibeir usual "week !/ mtettng , at their room , Xo . 6 . Jciia-street , CalieTrgate , "when , after Borne psdmiary matters were disposed of , 2 dr . James Hirst , g rocer , - sraB called to the chair . The secretary received instructions to correspond with Dr . M'Donill respecting his inUndtd visit to Carlisle . Mr . Mnir moved , and Mr Lowry seconded . " That the members of the Association be refpectfnlly requested to attend a meet in ? to be held at the Assotiition Room , John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday evening , Nov . 3 rd , at six o'clock , for ths purpose of memorial z ' ng her Mxjatyfor the imiE ^ Jiite release of Frost , Williams , Jones , and E ^ iis . " The council then adjourned .
HAIYIILTOK . —A public ™ spring vas convened ty plic ^ uls to hear a lecture from Mr . Clark , of the Zs ^ cnuTe . ar . d to memorialise the Qaeen ob behalf of Fruit , "Williams , and Jones , the txilcd patriots . The subject of the leefcire was " Xae injustice of withholding the Frincliisa from tke productive clisits , being Ibe proHiinfcist cause of so nnscli misery existing amoog ihs tons of induetrr ; and the best means Ufcely to remedy those evils . " Mr . John Park , Te&chfer of the Dam-reratic Seminary , bein ^ called to the chair , intr © - dscfd Mr . Ciark , who delivered a most tlc-qoent and C-33 TinKng address of an boar and a half s duration . amidst the plaudits of an admiriBg audiknee . T&e
Cnvm an thtn read the Memorial , and called on Mr . Archibald Walker , who spoke at considerable lenzth on the nrc ^* si ; y of the Chaniat body using every legal mesas for the restoration of those worthy patriots to tbeir L- - -S 1 C 3 and families . Mr . John Stewart , of the Cni-trst Church , seconded the adoption of the memorial „ in a vdj fisHng adcrsss . A show of hands was taken by ilrf Chairman , -when it "was cirried unanimously . A t . . v _ uf iha : ts were given to Mr . Clark , the- Chair-Eia . : r . r 3 jiH 5 « ers cf the chapel , && , when the meeting broke up . ilr . Clark a'oag with the eomnntU-e , repaii « -j ia th = vsstry cf the Canrca , when he disposed cf i r-HiideraVle number of cirds of the l ^ tiional Cbartist As * oeis . ti <
raliDKIieK- —METEOrOLITiS DEXZGATE CCr > CTL . C : ; - C ^ -tU : Hall , l , Turcsgaic- ^ a-c , October ; 27 : h , Jlr . Pitt-nden in the chair . MesErs MG ^ th sr ? d - Tcckrr r-porte-1 from the St Olsves and S- dobn ' g ' I- * i-Ji Birn > ondEry . The report , having been received a -re'e of thicks was manimously Bwarde-d to th- - -e fiert-. f-aiin for the excellent manner in which t :. ey txe- I cote-i tct-r si' -sion . It was also -umnimonsly resolved liii t : - . ¦ - iboVc locality be reqatsted to send dritrg ^ lea ' to a -s- = s *_ e in council the change they desire . Messrs . . 2 i'G-yt and Wheeler rep . Tied from the frat-rna ] rae-t-: t-i ; V-t . Wheeler reading from the Star the cede of " isles th-y ha-3 adopted , "srien the I isolation ttes ssb- . Ei ' - - "— " Tta * . oiie fri- _ nd BtUnd snch meeting in a 3-zzT&zzzi irsii tosii rnl--s . " An a » tsai 2 =-it - ^ -as p-o- ' P' ¦ - » : i s d seconded— " Th 3 t llr . Wheeler he reqae- » fc-4 . U c .- sanicate with the secrttary . stating oet ressans lor i to
* Or li ^ -TriTt'Tl'T t /\ i ^ Ik ^ Tt * tl -i f ~ Z ± =-r * A in . ntfemv 4 " TKe - ^ Tdaing depn ; e a friend to attend . " The aEs ^ in at was carritd . Fe ^ -t . Wii . liaj ! S , a > d Jo ^ xs . —Reports h 3 v 5 n ? . ? . ^ Tfed iTCm eereral localiti . s in favour cf mtmonsliijtg the Qneoi for the restoration of these expatriated patriots , it was tinin ? nion 3 ly resolved that a pnblic iceeui . ^ be iiei a in tts City Ch atist Hall , on Monday ejfeiu ^ g , x . nth , for -h ; above pnrjoje , and that ¦ Messrs . Tccker , Tug ; > inis , Simpson , and Sail wood be a c ^ amitttc to get -up the sama , alss that the Executive K recited to aid and assist in the laudabls object .
Tp . ost , Williaxs , axd Josss —A public meetin g * ii held on Mnaday Evening , October the 28 : h , at thsla'r-sti gs ' a ., !! Hall , / late the Mechanics Institution ) Cireus-st-eet , Marylebone , to memoraliza the Qoeen for * ' -fi 6 ^ ard ?> E for Froit , Williaa * , and Jonea ; and n&b-WiJ ^ -sn-oin ? the great OHt * f doors allurements , illuicuiitio-, 4 i , tbe Isr ^ s hall was nnmerously and Tfcsi-eO-biy attsji&l . Mr . WiDiam Clark wm ncani-&oa « nr caHed \ o ihn ch-iir , and opened the proceedings J * a b-i&f jddi ^ s . ili . George ] Lovett mov * cl the r - ^ s ^ nrion : — -Tbat th » meeting of the inhabii ^^ r-f Ae bcrongh of > Ia ? 3 leboBe , having taken iato v-tn- s-Tioas consideration ths crnel persecution by the l ? - * Gj vernnjfiit directed sgainst the assertor *© . ' the ?? ^" libtrties Gf the people , and more especially to to the
vx ^ 'jaitmeacs rssoTted obtain conviction « - J-.-t-n Fr-rg ' , Z-= ihaDi » h Williams , and William Jones , *^ 3 - _? -.=-: Tind : cilvei . ess in executing the sentence after ^ s recorded cp cion of the Judges of the illegality a ^ a angularity of the proceedings , deem it their ira-? irauvc oBty to use every means in their power to oV > a ; a tLe return of those unfortunate ex ^ e , w th ~ . ii coa : ! ry , families , and friends . " The base ~?' * 3 v- ? £ t 3 had misrepiessntel these men , ss-*^ tni 2 thty w- ; re Ej > oliat « ra , murderers , ic ; bat Jtsr . mm -vr- ? htld in the greatest estimition by his iril-v to ^ rsrien or Newport , eo mnch eo , that they ti ^ ci-. j L-a towa councillor , mayor , it , and at their * fcK > 3 .= ii ^ -ia * ii-a he was , by Lord John Bnssrll . made a r f li : x 3 * - ' - 5 ii- Frost , feeling that the working classes 7
XT . '"f ^* * € « a- grievances , to complain of , Jhstra the Working 2 Isa ' a AsBociatioii of Newport , « id itis by that body brought before the indu 5 trious f- i ^ V * ^ - ^ P ^ " wl 10 selected him to reprea = ni their » r : ^ tilB Convention . Arrived in London , he - « 2 : e 3 a Electing in tht th&atre , Broadway , West-= Eau-j , -aa 3 [ e » -words esvisg been used on the ; ^^^ that the Whigs deemed violent , L .-rd John i •* j * . ** w * * a > 'j ^ w uwvMiwa i * vtt , u >) xi ' 'iu wV / UU
¦ ?^ ili ffro : e - ° 3 tIr - Frost to know if he was present j . ' . \ meeting . Mr . Frost replied he was present , ax-d ' a ° ^^ T - = ^ -S ^ t cl the Horns S ecre tary to question his : " t > . " "E'c * ** B aian » ^ consiqaenca of which my Lord ; Jt » -a li ^ ss&ii took upon tuosslf to dismiss Mi . Piort ; - 'tt xi ^ e Comn-ission of the Peace , much to the morti- ; ^ Jon of the men of Newport who held Mr . FroBt to L _" , * * ^ aiid jnst man , and whose decisions as a ' r eW U ' i * te ^^ always betn highly approved of , and i 1 ^ neatest Batisfaction . The men o ! Newport f ^" rf * - their aisiafiEfecUcm of his dismissal D > tOHr , I "fP ^ Bm for his ies .. sailor , It wi « saia Mr . Fwt ' I - - '
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^? at 8 iTe t 0 dMtr 0 y th 8 to » a «* Newport , * nd to ibrtbloofl ; but was it bo ? If it b » d , would thirty Eoldiera have prevented it ? No ! He trusted the people would afain exert themselves as they did for ¦^ i ? C « * Lab 0 Dre ™ . Md that thtir exertions i would be blessed with equal success . Mr . Lovett re-, ured londly applauded . Mr . Scott camo forward to second the resolution , and Bpoke most eloquently in ; £ ™ urof the proposition . He hoped speedily to see r i ^ roat , WniiaiBs , and Jones restored , and the principles tney advocated triumphant—tcheers ) . Mr . Webb ( an , elector ) saii , ho had the honour of being the chairman \ of the first meeting hrid in the borough for the Bame j purpose . He did not « ome forward to make a speech " ; but to record his vote in favour of those persecuted men ' Nine out of the
fifteen Judges had dwlarwJ in their fsTour—yet these men were transported ! Butinst look to the * ase of Mr . O'Connell . In his caw a majority of the Judge * , three ont of four la Ireland , decided the conviction was good—in England seven out of nine decided in f » vour of the convictira j but O'Connell had funds , and appealed to the House of Lords . Well , three ont of five of tbe L » w Lords decided that tbs eonviction wasb « d , and O'Connell was liberated . Therefore Fiost , Williams , and Jones were not punishtd for treason , but for their poverty . He called on working mea nd aall classes to come forth and vindicate the majesty of the law in the persons or Frott , Williams , and Jones . Mr . Webb retired a » id ' great applause The resolution was put and tarried unanimously . Mr . T . F * rrar then came forward to move the second reso lution : — » That a memorial to her most gracioHS
Majesty , praying Tor a full and free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jon » s be drawn up , signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting , and transmitted to T . S . Doncombe , E « q ., M P ., and that he be if qnested to place it in tbe bands of Sir James { Jraham for presentation tofeer Majesty . " Mr . Farrer said be was most happy to find that there Was yet something liie humanity and justice remaining in the brearti of tha p « " > ple of M »» ylebone . H * thought Frest , Williams , and Jones were tqaally en ' . itifcd to their freedom as was OConnell . He thongat if the p ? ople did their duty , Froat . Williams , &nd Jones wonld be restored . He differed with a previous speaker , as he did not think it was the wealth of O'ConneU but the union of the Irish people that procured bis liberation . Thpy must not only me moriali . se the Qaeen , but they mnst call in tbe aid of Mr . Doncnmbe—{ lond cheers ) . They muat petition tbe Hi . use of Commons— . bear . hear ) . Mi . Pattend ^ n
eec . nded tne motion . After a few words from & geHUeman in tbe body of the meeting , and a frw from Mr . Lovett in Mrphnation , the resolution was put and carried unsnim-jusly . Mr . J . . Savage then came forward and moved the following Memorial : The hwrible Memnria' of the Parishioners of Sain * Uar i / ' elrjnt , in Public Meeting Assembled : May it please your Majesty , We , your Majesty ' s dutiful and loyal subj -cts , most respectfully Venture to memorialise your Majesty , on behalf of Jokn Frost . 2 -phaniah Williams , and WiJiam Jonas , who were tried and convicted at Monmonth in the year 1 S 39 : and -wto are now nnder sentfcECO of tranipoTtaliun for life ic your M .-. jeaty ' s penal settlements in Australia .
_ Tour MemoHalista most dntifully request yoni consideration of all the circumstances attending tbe trial and conviction of the persons on wLo-. e behalf your petitioners approach your M » jesty , as it has in a recent conviction been decided by the highest tribunal , that errors in tbe proceedings of the courts of justice , render the sentence of non-effect . Your memorialists , therefore , feel that John Frost , 2 ^ phaniah Williams , and William Jones , ought to be restored to hberty , on account ef the errors and irregularities of the proceed-nga against them . Tour msmorialist would most respectfully suct ( ' a remembracca of the many crievances and s » ff = riucs m > der wjsich the people laboured at tfcst period , and whicb bs ^ e been made manifest by the Bpecial enquires into the disturbances inWalw and other puts of your Majesty ' s dominion * .
Your memorialists , while they view with satisfaction the desire of y mr Majesty to promote p *» ce with all nations , and to extend the blessings of commerce with every part of tbe earth , fervently hope and pray that your Msje » ry wDl be graciously pleased to grant a free pardon to the nnfortnnute exiles—John Frost , Zcphaniaa WillUms . and WDliam Jones , and thus give joy i End pleasure to tens of thousands of your loyal and in-1 dustrkus people . : And yonr petitioners will ever pray . The committee had called o : > kim to move that memoiials and ha appeared there as an inhabitant of i Maryieboce , with much pleasure to perform that I duty . Mr . Scott second it . Mr . Phillip M'Grath rose to support it . He rtjoiced % find that
philanthropy and the love cf justice still existed in the breasts of the working mm of Marylebone , He bad great hopes of success ; first , frem the nicceM atteniing the efforts maiie for the Dorchester Labourers—second , from the higB legal position now held by Sir F . Pollock , the then advocate for Frost , who raised » uch strong legal objections in his favour—third , from the division -in the House of Common , the Speaker ' s vote constituting the only majority against tbein ; and he thought when brought before that assembly again it mn » t be successful —[ lond cheers )—fifth , tbe Canadian rebels had been pardoned on tbe application and intercession of Mr . J . A , Rucbuck , and were now at home with
their f . nr . li-rs : those things gave him strong hoj ^ e * . Frost , Williams , and Jones had done mnch for the working men , and the working men ought now to reciprocate the obligation arid exert themselves to restore them f-om the land of their captivity to the land of their nativity—( lend cheers ) . Mr . M Gmh then made an imrnssive and eloquent appeal in favour -of the People ' s Charter as the only means of preventini such nLJnst p&rsftcntioni and prosecutions for the fnts : Te , and sat down londly applanded . After a few wurds from Mr . Whitchurch tie memorial was UEaninii . iisly adop " eJ . A vote of thanks wss passed to the Cavirniftn , who responded , and tbe meetirg separated .
MANCHESTER . —Carpenters' Hall . —A lec- > ture was delivered in the abaTe hall , on Sunday evening la ^ t . to a highly respectable audience , by M ' . John . West , of ShfffiJd . At the close of the meeting tbe ; think ? of the jwstemfely was given to Mr . West , fur his ! able services in the cause of the oppressed against the i oppressors j - ROCHDALE . —Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , deli- ' vered fs ? o discourses in the National Charter Assoeia-1 tiun R , » om , on the afternoon and evening of Sunday isst , to oveifl > wing audiences . At the close of each iiscourse a collection was made , which amounted to •' £ \ 4 » , which the council gave to Senor Hans , one of ' lie Spanish refugees , who accompanied Mr . Dtson . F- _ > r this mark of their sympathy and kindneis , the nobls Spaniird retaiaed ttem his heartfelt and Bincrre th » r > t » '
MARSDEK—On Sunday , the 27 th instaHt , the ; members of the Asaociati ; n heM a general meeting for ' the purpose of fvrming a union wuh the goo-1 men of Haji ^ te and Wheatly-lane , in order to be better enabled to snpport the Executive , and also to bring ont ' lecturers . The men of Haygate and also the men of Wfceatly-lane are about to follow the example set them by the men of Maraden , that is , to have each an Association of their own . I weut from Colne , to ; see how they were getting on , ' and I must say to tieir cf
credit , th = t they are an intelligent s ^ t K-: en , and there ia every prospect . cf their doing'veil . After they had arraneed for another general meeting for next Sunday . a young of the name o ! Todd , gave a short but valuable address on the necessity of persevering in the good cause they had emfeatktd in , and likewise on the necessity of union for the accomplishment of tbe People ' s Charter . Marsdtn is a small Tillage situate about two miles from Culne , and four from Burnley . HoLtit John West waa the mean * of bringing out these places ky his able and argtrmentatiTe lectures . —J . MOOSBT . STOCKPORT . —Mr . P . M . Bropby lectured here on Sana ay night .
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SONS OF CRISPIN . —ADJOURNED DISCUSSION .: I The Discussion on the qnestion " Ib tbs Mutual as-t s ^ stanee association , or the Philanthropic society of j Usited Boot and Shoemakers best calculated to ssrve ; tbe trade in gentral ?* ' was resumed and concluded in . tbe C : * y Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-laue , oa Sunday j evening last . ; Meisrs . Curistopber and T . WilliamB having resnmed their stations as Chairmen , and Mr . Parkfcs as moderator , Mr . Shute ( woman ' s man ) Eald Mr . Chairman and ; Sbopmstes—I conceive that the Philanthropies did s not epeik the sentiments of tbe country , but that the ' Mutuals did . I admit that every nook and corner did not send delegates to the Conference at Birmingham ,
but the great majority were there in the persons of tfeeir representatives —{ hear , hear ) . I am asked , " are no * the men in tbe district the best judges of the ne- ' cessity of a Strikd ? ' I must confess they are ; bnt ' I contend a committee of the whole body must be the best jndges of the resources of the trade , they must be best jn'iges whether or no the is ejiss tsi ^ ted of carrying ont a Strike to a enceesiful issue —( htar , bear ; , i I contend , said Mr . Shute , that our code of rules ismuch ' mere democratic than yours , and that those drawn up by the Birmingham Conference will bear c&ntrast with those of any other democratic body . What is democracy
bnt a GroVfcmmeEt by the mEjoriiy ; Well , then , our society is Ibe admitted majoiity , infi to that majority , yonis , as the minority , should how . In meeting here to night , 1 hope we do not come just to discuss this qnestion and then let it drop . I hold it to be tha duty of those in office to pursue it to a suceessf ul issue . Stopping of the cards was perhaps a source of injustice . My idea u this : if the men's aen would , we might call the two Conferences at one time in one town , and let them amalgamate and draw np a code that shall be Binding oa the whole , and let ' the cards pasa until that time , ( ntxt April ) and all would work harmoniously and lead to a perrainent union—floud cheers ) .
Mi . Cbik , tDan' 8 man , said a \ lngion had , bean m&de to the threat held out last week . He was tbe person who made it ; all that was meant by it was simply tkis , if you continue to * top ear cards we must i > top yours . I maintain , saij Mr . Clark , that the laws of the Mutnals are not constituted to create union ; go to Newcastle-on Tyne or elsewhere , and ia it Just that I should be rtfured relief ft \ i » teose woom I bave previously
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— jr — — - ~ mmm relieved 7 The law-that Compelled towns to resort to ! such a procedure vrae a bad law . I quite agree with the ; sufgestion for the two Conferences . An immediate ; Conference has also been suggested . My only objection ( that is the expence . Bat let tbe cards pass this winter , and in the spring they would , without doubt , ' be prepare d to accept that code of inks that was found , to work beat—( cheers ) . I must still contend our code v ls mucl 1 m re democratic than yours : yours ia . what 1 call centralized democracy . 'Tla true we rive
our committee power to execute the laws , but we do ?* « v ^ 8 P 6 """"? meanB » n their hands , neither do 1 think it would be good policy to do bo , not can we agree t » keep five or * ix men without worto . I hold that tb « lawa of the Philanthropies are well calculated to secure the whole trade of Great Britain , while the " Mutual" lawi are founded on the prinoiple that men are too Ignorant to manage their own affairs—( hear , heari . I » y let oar cards pass for tbe Wi&ter , and then -when the Conferences assaemble , they will accept tbe code deemed best—( cheers ) .
Mr . Skelton ( woman ' s man )—I want to gain some new ideas ; I want to understand how the interest of the Bhosmakers shall be advanced ; I have read the rules of the Philanthropies attentively ; I will now procte-i to show you their absurdity . Mr . S . then read the 4 ih law , relative to the Executive and their duty . I should like to know how long they will remain in office before an advunce of wages will take place . Would they ever be in office long enough to see it ? But we vr » nt to do some good ; we wish to effect an amalgamati * n— ( cheers ) . Mr . S . then read rale 4 th . Now mark , by this the whole UBsociation muBt assent to a strike . I will now carry you back ; here is a rule which says the district secretary shall call en the employer with the aggrieved party . I contend this is the
very means of defeating yourselves . You say the men must be the best judges whether a strike will be sue cessful or no ; but I take London for an example , and ask , has that not furnished proofs to the COutT&ry—( hear , hear / ? Why men go from tbiB Metropolis to other towns , and drive men out t » become their opponents , and this same system is being rarried on by all trades for tbe waut of an blSaient executive . Mr . Wilson ( man ' s mun)—Our friend Shute , in referring to the Manchester movement , has not BUted that the Oxford-road body were disunited before tha time alluded to . As far as a practical union with the women ' s men is concerned , I havenoohjectl n whatever —hear , hear ) . We had occasion to write to Dublin on the matter , and tbe answer received was , that men's men understood their own business btst ; aad as respects heter
Mancs , let it be . understood that was a strike against an enormous reduciion ef wetges . Politics an d trade are two different matters . Representation is good in the former , but is not , so applicable to thu latter—( hear , hear ) . Let the men and women ' s men aBr * mbIe throughout the country , and vote the power to tbe hande of an Executive , and I shill then be satisfied ; but if they do , I shall be deceived . We have bean rather reproached respecting the system of tramping , We find nothing has done more evil than the system of breaking up homes—( hear , hear ) . We are told it ia pleasant to have 12 l 6 < 1 . in winter . Out reply to that i » , ' tis Yery rnpleaiant to be driven before frost and Bnow in winter ( cheers ) . Oar desire is to lift the moat humble and helpless in our trade , confident that by bo doing wo elevate the whole —( ckeers ) , ¦
Mr" HAB . R 1 S yman ' s man ) addressed a few remarks of a general nature . Mr . Lidden ( man's man ) said I object to the Birmingham rules , as not being founded on democratic principles ; on the contrary , I think them aristocratic . We have been told the Poor Law , with its thrte Devil Kings at Somerset House , was tyrannic . Well , if the Mntuals have not three kings sitting at S » mersfct Hwuae , they havo five elsewhere . The Bhrningham laws say that their Exvcative Bhall have a fund under their controul of not lesi than &M . per head . Ib this democratic ? You say the Poor Law , Corn Laws , and Ciurch are aristocratic and abominable , and yet you found yours on the same basis , and call them democratic—( hear , hear ) .
Mr . Hunmbell ( woman ' s man)—Friends , I did not attend here to hsar a lecture on the Poor Laws . Let uj look at the principles of the two Societies . Tbe Philanthropies say they give the poweT of striking to the districts , and they will not allow any man to be worse for belonging to their Society . Well , suppose a larg € district strikes , you have no pewer to levy ; yon send round a circular ^ and request each district to put on what they please : ¦ they difiVr ; some put on 2 » ., others Is ., an * some perhaps none . Is this justice ? Are the men to sit at home and starve while the runds are being created ?—( hear , hear ) . Of what me is a
Committee without power ?—( hear , hear ) . The power given by the Philanthropies i 8 well calcalated to break up the whele Association . Our friend Clark talks of our being bought by the Government : only think of our being laid on tbe counter for Bale I I think the small coin * recently issued , t eight for a penny , were made f > r the purpose— ( loud laughter ) . Well , let « s not split upon these things . What is tb « diffcrer . ee between the women and men ' s men ? Are not their interests identical ? Uuless you place confidence , and find good men to place confidence in , you never can succeed —( loud cheers ) .
Mr . Langwith , ( man ' s man ) . —This meeting is called to ti- % aire which society is best for our interests —( hear , hear ) ; but I fear we niujt get political power before we can vfficinily protect ourselves—( loud cheerB ) . We must have the Bame extent of political power as the capitalist : and I thiuk we may as easily obtain the one as the other—( loud cheers . ) Mr . M ^ Cabtht , ( riian " B man )—addressed some obfisrvattona in reply to the preceding speakers ; ho said article 4 ih gave the conirmttee power to eay they wanted funds to carry on a strike , and 1 have never known it to be Trfu&fcd when asked . In regard to the sick fund of the MuVuals , the forty-sixth article contradicted the
nioth . It has been said our rules were formed by a mere locality ; yet , I repeat ours were made by 1100 , while yours was formed by twenty men only . 1 believe we are at present the majority—mo , no ) . Why , at the present in London we number 3 , 000 , besides the country districts . 1 a » k it it proper that an Executive sbuuid have the power of issuing a levy on 5 . 000 men , without the men kavinii a vuico in tho matter—( , ear , hear , ? ilr . Hirriacomplains of a want of confidence ; but is it nut such men as himself who opposed all societies fc . xc . ept the old rotten system —( cheers ) . With respect to a Conference between the two bodies , it meets with my entire approbUion—( loud cheers ) .
After a fetr words from Mr . Sumner in favour of Union , ' Mr . Robson" i wemen ' a-man ) said , our friend M'Carthy i was apparently addressing himself to me . Let us clearly underst »» i our relative positions . Our friend ' M'Carthy aaya the men ' s men are the majority . I ' think it much tiioie in accordance with democracy that the majority ul the country should rule than a mere majority of the men ' s men of Lua ' oa Why should the men ' s men of London stand aiouf ? I thii : k the men ' s men p » ssesa greit power for good ; and that a Conference caanot tu called too soar . A disagreement es'ats between too strong bodies , and tho sooner it is adjusted the better . A Conference should be held , and draw up a co : ie of lawa , which fhjuld be binding on tbe whol-- fur twelve months—iluud cheers ) . Mr . Peitar - addressed a few words on the advantago of ucion .
Mr . CLAUK sa : u he wishea emphatically to deny that tilher himself pcrRoni ly , or the society to wh ' uh be belonttd t-v . jr hsd tnj idea , or thought of staking ths nitn ' a men off , who might belong to the Mutuul Assistance A-sociation- —( cheers ) . Mr . Wilson moved— " TfV , this meeting , at its rising , adjourn until Smday evening next , November 3 rr ) , aV the Craven Htad , Drury-lane , to discuss the following question— fhe best means of affecting an amal ^ . a- on of the two societies '' llr . Shute 3 aivl , to a proposition like that he had no objection . He thought the present question 'was fully discussed , and was glad to find it likely to have a practical result—icheersU
Mr . Williams moved a vote of thanks to the Reporter , E litor , ami Proprietor of the Northern Star for their great attention to the interest ; of the crafu , and said after the excellent and correct report that appeared in that day's jonrnaliof their last week ' s meeting , it required no words from him to induce them to c » rry it . To the Proprietor and to themselves something- more was due ; they should use their efforts to cause the Star to be circulated as widely as po&aible —( cheer ?) . Tee mot : on was seconded by four or flvo different persons , and carreI unanimously . After a vote of thanks to tUe Chairmen and Moderator the ib fee tin ? aojourued- Similar good order existed throughout , na prevailed at the prtvious meeting .
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h V ° " em Plw , wV despise such an arrogant hM , S i ! y 8 tei 11 of fegWatfon .. We are willing to hold o « t the right band of fellowship to all our ! ° op ° f' whatever Association they may belong to , ana by snch means prove to the world that it is Union we want ; and yet we are called the marplot of ua present movement . We deny in the moBt emmotS T ""* ™ M <« ft * i fcy any «<* nninl k t - Tras the wiBh of on * heart " «» t the «! mw' ? 8 ^ f ?" ned , should be based on principles aa would not admit of such failnrea as its antecedents-< £ am PfUcy shoold be to create and foster a more kindly feeling than has hitherto been-and that , instead «« . fi By 8 t f ? of hRtr td and acrimony which now freqoenUy ex sts , we should make constant appeals to the higher feehngs of human nature , as the only mean , or rasing the condition of our trade , and placing the fn ^ Hnff * o "an on a more Ia 8 tin « and permanent L ™^*" ¦ Stopm . te . of BntfandIrelandand we to
: , , SSSSiv f ^ that sre Wtatatol the ad . J ^ T ^ i uu comnion cause , we have decided not £ oM f \ l Tl 8 ny ^ ocfofcon , w » ° ng " it h ts for lU object the bettering of ow condition . Let there be noUWe-jtogj we 8 hould mo , e Dn in , , SiK ^ I Wakeof ° « ° PP « saors ; for whatever « St \ k ° pinlon 8 XiBt 9 araon « * hem on « rt"to sBbjects , they all unit * to oppress the industrious I £ « i £ L I « f" been W 3 etted ' tbat we i ^ ° ded I causing a division between the Womens' and Mens ' - men , m small towns , where tbey now meet together : ' that is decidedly untrue ; our determination was , that ' vmLS ^ aP v eatea in every raaBner M the ™ t e * guaranteed to the Men ' M-men . Again , we say , union of action and .. no quarrelling ; for we mean to do everything to destroy it . Bnt should any town obstinately refuse to relieve our tramps , to the great injury of tbe common cause shall be compelled , in self-defence , to open connter societies in those towns under the London hwSL-JoiIN Stewaut and John Kelly .
beoietane > -JCartwri RbfB Canoe House , » o Redcrossstreet , October I 6 ,, 1844 . Duncombe Testimonial—The Central Committee of Trade * , &c . met at Sivillo House . Leicester Square , I on Wednesday evening , October 23 rd , Mr . Grassby in the chair . , The following suras were banded in : —Per Mr . Malcolm , , 8 s 6 d ; por Mr . John Williams , from No . 13 , First Society of Operative Carpenters , 14 a Id ; ' from Carpenters in the employ of MtBsrB . Howard and Son , Newington Causeway , per John Duncombe , 7 » ; Mr . J . Mooriog , Is ; ptr Mr . T . M . Wheeler , from T . \ Lawuer , on behalf of the Chsrtista of TonbridBe Wells , I 10 s ; Mr . J . Barrett , Is ; per Edmund Staliwood , from T . Murphy , on behalf of the Local Cornmittea of
Grahumaton , near Falkirk , first , subBoription , £ 1 4 *; from the Uuited Society of Bruahmakers , Lynn , Norfolk , per VV . Chapman , 10 a j from the Carpenters employed in tke firm » f Baker and Son , Standgate , per &les <*» . Syme ' and Hutchings , £ 2 lo 11 . 1 . A letter was read from I Mr . Martin Crean , Corn Exchange , Dublin , enclosing ! the £ 25 from the R 0 pe . 1 l Association , and also £ 5 on i behalf of Daniel O Counull , E » q , M . P . A letter was also read from Mr . T . Drury , ou hehalf of the Trades of Sheffield , otitting that they had taken the matter up , and would go to buaiuesH in earnest : also from T . ! Howitt . Bromley , stating that a public meeting was i about to be held in that town , and requesting the assistance of a deputation . j Balance sheet ov the Miner ' s Cohmittee , Stamdaud ok LiiiEiuT , brick-lane , Spitalkields - Income —Trades delegates 18 a 61 ; Howahaui and
Moulin £ 3 1 & § ; Adama and WaUon ^ 1 2 a 6 d ; Burn and Smith 7 m 61 ; Ferdinando and Smith £ 3 7 i Ci ; Newiy j { 2 6 s 6 d ; Craske £ 1 Bs ; Cooper ll » G . l ; Delegate Council £ 1 l >< 6 U ; Miners' Delegates 11 s Gl ; Upholsterers 61 I ; Stater £ 3 0 » 6 d ; City Women ' s Shoemakers 17 * 6 i ; City Men ' s Shoemakers £ 1 3 s ; Islington Shoemakers 2 s ; Tailors at B . utj P « jsts . Rupert-atre »> t , 2 t ; Tailors at R ? bin Hood , WiuiimiU-6 > rdet , 11 ^ 6 a ; Tailors , by Mr .. King , 23 ; Bucft 10 a ; Chairmakors £ 3 16 ^; Silk WeaVbTS , at Well and Buoket £ 7 ids ; Drafcf 83 7 d ; money received at Albert Saloen £ 16 4 O . ^ d ; Mr . Ciller ' s Bcmnous ( a'orning £ 1 83 Id ; afternoon 17 j & I ; evening 18 s f $ 1 ) £ 3 4 s 6 j { 1 ; Mr . Spencer's sermon 4 « lftd ; Mr Sherrard ' d ^ rst eerrnon 8 a S . ^ d ; ditto second ditto e * l ^ J ; Mr . Gale ' s sermon 5 » ( 5 d ; sub » cription , Mr . Fowler Is ; received for oue card in committee room Od . Total £ 61 18 a 4 . 1 .
Expenditure . —PoBtage and paper 4 s lOilj for use of Albert Saloon for benefit £ 20 ; to printer for cards and bills , £ 2 10 s ; Saloon placards 7 s ; bills of the play £ l 5 *; bills of public meeting 3 s Cil ; bills for the ser-HioBs £ 1 ; nccon t books 2 a s . l ; to secretary £ 1 10 a j riding and expenses to Soho by secretary la 6 . 1 ; refreshment for actors , ic . 7 a 6 il ; band at Saloon £ 3 ; to Mr . Howshatu Is ; , paid to Miners' delegates £ 28 . Expenses of tho following members of the coniinUtee at the Albert Saloon , Mss « ra . Carey . Buck , Hillisr , Finnett , Cooper , How » h » m , MouK-b , Watson , King , Newby , Craske , i & * t . i ; palii to Minera" Central Committee £ J Od ajd ; total £ 61 18 s 4 d . We , thrt appointed auditors , have exnmined tbe above and find i : correct . — Wm . Hellier , Lake Knig , B Nowby , M . J . Joaes , Secretary ; Wm . Drake , Treaaurer .
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FRANCE . A letter from Otteo near Montpelior , gives an accouDt of a dreadtul Btorm and whirlwind , which Visittd that town on tho 22 ad , and did a vast deal of damage . The Govenmient establi&hmout of engineers , a very largo building , was utterly destroyed , even the walls not being left standing . The zinc roof of the building was carried into the air , nnd broken into thousands of pieces , which fUl in different partB Of the towD , where they did a « rea . t deal ef injury . Several other large buildings were also destroyed , and tho place is described aH resembling a town which had undergone tho horrors of a
biege . At the gamo time -a storm prevailed in the harbour , which wrecked and sunk six or seven largo merchant vessels , bc .-ides a groat number of Killing and other boats . The number of persons who j « rished is calculated at about thirty , but the exact , number was not known , and numbers were still misting whose fato vva- ; uncertain . A great number besides are severely w , unded from th falling hou ^ . o , and even at the time when tho accounts camo away the people were afrai 1 of a renewal of the disasters , as the ptorni was rot over . This unlooked for calamity ; had created the utmost distress and alarm .
ALGIERS . Letters from Algiers stales that a serious insurrection has brokeu out in Algeria , at about twelve leagues from IDcllys , in a pare of the country which bad uot submitted to anv ot -he thruc- nqnlicks establi . -h' d by Marthii Mugrsud before he Fiari > . d for Morocco . The account givtn by th ^ Alycric is aa follows : — " At the moment whin Generdl Comman wa ? preparing to leave tho country , which ho 6 llievtdto be tranquil , and to return to Delly * , and from theuce to Algiers , ho wa .-. informod tbat tho Kabyies h'id , united again , and that they were alreaoy very nunifrou-j . Afier having assured himself of tho truth of the new ? , ho formed a , small army into three columns , which ho dincted inrnp . - diately towards tho plaoo of meeting . Thu one com-Tflanded by Colonel St . Aruaud arrived first , 'nd was oibliged to BUs'ain alone aud for a very lot ; tinjf ( it id said for six hour-.- ) the attack of u . body
of Kabylcs three or four timi-g his number . Me defeniled himself vigorju . sly , and had expended almost all his ammunition , when the two other columns arrived . One of them , commanded by Colonel Forey , one of our most disiingu ' iFrKd oificers , ha
A » d el-Kader . —Correspondence from Algiers cf the 19 th inst . ; , statos , that the position of Abd-el-Kader is not so depptrate as it had been represented by the Moniteur Algericn . Our correspondent aidrf , that" the tribes of tho-Kif and Angadd are all in his favour * and that ho has nothiug to fear either from the Fre&ch or from the Emperor of Morocco . Were the Etuperor to send a force after him , it would certainly never return . The Kabylea would attack any force sent against Abdel-Kader , but it ib not probable that the Emperor has any intention of molesting him .
UNITED STATES . PROGRESS OF TUE ANTl REM W ^ R . —NBW DECLARATION OF I . MJEPKiNDENCE . The New york National Rejormer of the 14 th ot September , has the following : — The Anti-Rent War . —We have recu ^ ed two letters from the Helderberg . Oue of them informs us tbat the farmers new paper , The Guardian of the Soii baa just mnde ita appearance—that theio is to bo a large poese assembled at Kenas » laerville , twenty-four miles from Albany , to enforce & Sheriff's aaie : that < , n
tbe 8 th , there was a turn-out and review of sixty-foui Indians , at iiivingstunvillo , in Stbobarie county : uli of whom will fall in with tbe ln ^ Lins of other CounUe * and be pretent at tbe sale—i . 'ot for tbe purpose of fa cilitating it . The writer assures us that he will be pie sent , and inform naof all particulars .: In all probabilit ] a collision will take place . There is one way of bringing permanent peace to those districts , and that iB foi tbe Legislature to exxinguisb the claims of the Kenaaelavia , on principles that v ? ill not violate natural law The otber letter says : —
" AccfcBSioDS are constantly making to the rar . ks of i tbe Anti Renters . Ou the S-d , there waa a lar « e and , cnthuBiaEtic uisetiug held at Claiks , On tho Delaware Turnpike , 12 jnilea from Albany . Thompson , of Reus- ] sela 8 rCo . ; Wateon , a lawyer from the City ; Cranae , of Gaildttland ; Cbittenden , of R-JusselaervUlt !; Van Daser , of our town ; two from Sctwharie Cv > ., addressed the assemblage . You well ttcollect that the lastiime you I visited ottr county , tbe vill » ge or ReaselaervillQ contiined a numbur of aristocrats . Mow I am informed but two Tories are to bo fcunl la tbe place . It was
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resolved unanimouslf , on tho 2 nd , to bold a . Canvention at the house of D . G Segar , for the purpose of nominating suitable persons to ! be supported at tbv coming Election , for county officers' end representatives t *» Congress , by Anti-renters , exclusive of politics . Aud I think v » e shall give a Rood account of ourselves at the coming Election . I believe that nine-tenths of the Electors , residents df the country towna artprepared not only for the step , but are determined to be heard through the Ballot Boxes . I was in the City yeaterday , nnd Ind there is a good deal of excitement there , in relation to said Convention . Some
denounce the cause in no measured terms . Others there are who applaud , and I think on the whole , matters look quite as favourable las could be expeoted . In relaiion to your contemplated visit among us , we shall be prepared to rete we you at any time tbat will bb the roost convenient to you . I can safely say that with one WB « k * 8 notice we can get ! up a big meeting . The Sheriff is expected some two miles from here on the 19 th , accompanied by an armed force for the power of the country , to make a siile . He goes right Into the matter , and tries to do the dirty work of Van R .-nsselaer with a vengeance . ' I
ASti-Reivb Ticket . —T > e anti-rent party assembled In convention oa Saturday . land nominated a ticket for members for Assembly . Ira Harris of Albany , William Murphy of New Scotland , and Lawrence Tan Dusen of Bern . The two first named a * e VVhi ^ s , the latter a democrat . We do not learn tbat the convention presented a candidate for Congress for Senators . — Albany Atlas . \
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it i > o happens thatnos half a dczin Chartfata beloug to tha Association , or 30 fa ra we are informed , have signed the pW . ilgs . Tlae reason , we presume , is . that few of the Chartists in this country have yet bad time to become citiz-ns ; tor the object of th <* Chartists , It is well known , is to establish rfemocrotio principles as fas . as they can get the power to do so ; aurt it is one of the strongest evidences of the g owing ipflaence of aristocracy among ns that editors in this Republic cm have tbe shameless effrontery to sneer at or denounce Cbartism . If the Truth Teller has been guilty of this outrage on Republicanism , it is evidence only that the Irish as well as the English aristocracy hava editorial representatives among m , and the Albion and Truth Teller may be considered birda of a feather — N . T . W it Advocate .
Rhode island mokey agmi ? . —As we supposed , the appeal to the pockats of the Hbode Island aristocrats has set the sWy breti of tyrants all in a flutter . Thoasands upon thousands or dollars have gone home to-day te be redeamed by the sfainplaster concern of the "Nasty little State . " One bank , already , ander the steady jrnll of the botchers and fishermen of Massachusetts , haa wound op its concerna , and issues no more ra ^ s . Sa it will ehorily be with the whole of them . The brokers are in a panic , and are seading bacfc tho Rhodo Island shlnplastero , to be redeemed with specie or New York money , by every mail . When the Algeria find themselv . a without currency and -without trade , they will liberate Dorr anconditionally . — P / e&eion .
Canadian Affairs—Independence of thb COiONIES— UrUON WITH THS STATFS —We find the following sensible remarks in tbe New York Sun : The diasolutiun of the Colonial Parliament and the election « f new Rvembers will be for some time aaource of considerable trouble and excitsment . Canada never has bean entirely tranquil ; tbe s ^ eds of division have lon « been sown in the i ; r « .-at liiff-rrTioea rxiatinc bctweea a French and Catholic people , and an English and Protestant govvrnmonr . Nations and governments ar . fjairing into tho cause c 4 riis ? tndons and d . ff re . cts of opinion ia Canute , wtll not he able to tracts them to any oppreasion ex ^ rc ^ fl by G-L-at Britain towards the Canadians ; for an untaxert pt'op ' . e , with full protection to their religions opnions and property and the
possession of all 1 h » ir rights , have no cause of c . mplaint beyond . tbe fact that tiie ? desire to be separated from European control ; and these views are seconded by a great portion of tho E-vli-h . who , in tl-. e event of a revolution , hope to secure the leins of Government There are . therefore , but two parties in Canada ; the on « thoroughly Eni ?; ish and lecal ; tha other in favour of a paration , or a unioa \ rvth tiic Uaittd Spates . We have never been able , at any ppriod . to satisfy ourselves that what are called tbe habilans , or the Canadians proper , have any doaire to become citizens of the United States . We Rave them a fair apportun'ty during the last war with Great Britain , when independence and annexation were fully in their power , but they resolutely opposed us in every battle . In the recent
outbreaks in Upper Canada , where the Americans -who ventured to cross the lines were assured of atf-from the Canadians , they were all disappointed . The organisation . of an independent Fn-nch Government , which shill recognise the Catholic religion as an integral portion of tho State , would unite all the energies of the Canadians in a , revolutionary iff > rt ; bnt short of that they desire no change , and would be entirely satisfied and probably are with the ample protection afforded by tbe Colonial Government . There are some clever men among the native Canadians ; but the masses ot tho pt-ople have made very little progress in the march of civil- ' xition for the last hundred years .
They have an hereditary hostility to reforms of any kind . With such Views and opinions , our Northern and Easr-ern citiz-ns , who believe in the formation of a Northern Confederacy by bringing in Cir . ftdft as an integral part ,, calculating upon the Pro 7 i ; iC 3 Nova Scut : a to follow , should be satisfied that , at present and for some time to come , there is no probability that such an- event can be consummated . Those who burn Catholic churches and convents , cannot rely n jon the confidence and inflection of the present generation of Canadians . We a'l , therefore , should unite in keeping bright our chain of union without casting round for Northern and fcoJthcrn confederacies . Our own home is worthy of all our reaards .
LATEST FROM THE STATES . Liverpool , Monday Evening The ^ i p Patrick Henry . Captain Delano , arrivod here this afternoon frem New York . The Journal do Commercio contains an account of a rupture between the Commander of the Bdtiah Brig of vsar Alert , Capt . in Bys ^ . r . qu-. t . and Captain Dumas , of the brig Cyrus , of N . > w Orleans . It appears that when lying off Calinda , on the coast of Africa , tfce British captain came alongside ot the Cyrus , and suspecting her to be a alaver , demanded ro 868 the brig ' s papers . This tbe American Cap ^ in refused , and at length the btx , or chest , containing thorn waa broken opt-n , and the documents were tximined by the Captain ef the English vessel , he of the suspected brig protesting against Vie proceeding ia lond and indignant terms . It is added , tha ; after the British Captain had left the Cyrus she was sold to tbe Portuguese , and immediately filled wah slaves .
During the altercation , and before the eale , tho British Captain is reported to have said to the American , "The reason you cannot s !« t ,- me the papTsis , becausu you have sold your vessel—I was told so . "' Tho American Captnin " s version of the aff ' . ir is ivMently exaggerated , and contains a great deal of idle bombast , euch a . 3 the " American fl ig trampled apon by the Brit ah ; " " our flig is in&ulted ; it will cou t' 5 * E islisb . uation dear , " &-.. ; and he accuses the Eu- !; s : Cvp ' ain of being a coward , and turning p .-ile ! His letter ia publi&htd in the American p .-ipi-rs . and duly penned with imposing capitals and notes of ndmiration . The writer clearly calculated upon the morbid jeilousy of ois countrymen respecting the right to stareti sust : ecttd dl . ivers , carrying tbe American fl . g , and the rhoi « omontade in which he i < . dulses , bowever ridiculous it may appeir on this sido of the Atlantic , his mule , " and will cuutiuue to m . ihe , some stir on the othur side .
The PiiESiDENCT . —The prepirafions for the Pfesldpntial come it cout . inued with increasing violence . The Whig , or Ciay party , had carried the et < cv . otia in Midland , but as their maj-jrity haii fullen from about five thousand to little more than five - hundred , since the last election , this was r . eg . irdtd is a pruof of weakness rather th > n of strength , and aa an omen of their defeat in New York , Pennsylvania , and other great S i . U-3 , in which tbo D ^ ni' -cr aio party h-. vs geperilly succeeded . Tlio P . ilk paity , which some * imu ago e
IkiTsh Repeal meetings in New York . We , perceive that the Iriab K- ^ -ealers hera have anilulinced their . Intention o £ boWin ^ & nja > . a snetiUr . R ot "the frienda of Ireland , '' at Tammany Hall , on V . ' ednesSay 1 evening ntxt . Tiiis nioviinent has oricina-tcJ in the I news of the liberaiiun of O'Cunneil—a pitc of intel-Hgtn w rtcyiV' -d by the last steamer . It ; is tht : niisfortuuu of Hip Irish people here thv r . they fciiil persist in , kt-t-pim ; tbrtus'l 7 ea so iso ^ utud and j .. - -uliwrsy eHniab . If thoy ( Itpcov ^ red a proper ep'rit of lovo townr ' a unlj Vtirsal liberty , th < -y would cail on all thuse who are friendly to the blyvaViii of Ihe popular ma-sea not of | Imland alone , lint of Sco : lin < l , E <; l . uni , Fmice , and
I all Europe . Instead of m > iki : g their cauao a purely , £ ri--h local cause , t ! ey bLouVi ! moke it E iropean Bad ; universal . By th v ' upliun of this policy th « y w ., ' !! d i rect-ive the syraualhy of uutiv ^ a of all lac . s ., whether E-jrope . n or Aro-ric-vn . Tbe only giound of ! : ¦ ps for , Ireland is in a general movement of the lnnsaea in the [ British enific ' . A 3 to tbe reform pursued by Mr . , O'Cunneil—which is peculiarly Irish in its character , , and , indeed , we insy & \ y sectarian , for it i » Roinaa Catholic as miuh sa anytbint } else—it in out- of the !; reateat phartonis and daia-ions of tho age . It never can ba real '' z ; d . A separation of Ireland in any far : n fr > m Entrlami can uuvrr be realiebtl without thu
confent Cf Scotland and Englund , which nesor c . m be obtaineJ . The only hopy of Ireland's a . ilvat -. 'n is in a g' 6 : t . united , general movement in favour of lib' -ity . And , tlisrt-fore , the only proper policy of thosu who profess to be the friends cf Ireland is to antte with all ia a eimilur condition throughout tho Bi itich ewipirt- and rmke thbir cause not a local but a universal one . —New York Herald The yellow fever , which during tbe ' ast and some preceding years , was so . violent at Nuw Oileoas , hw this year been unusually mild—so much so , that it was comparatively harmless .
PessacoLA , ' in the United States , hid beea the scer . a ot a ( iuslructive fire . Tfai-ty-flve buildi : r , s , cr .-i . pnshig half of > ne of the principal squj . rea , had feCCd < h si : oytd . MkXICO it would SetBl , i « iuenrnest r . hcnt trs icvasinn cf Ttxa 3 . Aa account from Vera Cixz .- ' . ntcs that G noral Anipudia had passed through t ! : a ; city , to t-. ke ttiu ccmnwnd of the troops raised for tho expedition , ftnd that the army was ready to march by w ^ v cf Sin Luis Potoai .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . The Infernal Spout cf Kingchaft—Tho following is the mode of putti :. ^ criminals 10 death in Prussia cotivicted of any attempt 011 the bio of tho King- This hellish scuteuco wa < pat . ^ c upon Tschesch , who lately fired a pistol at thu Kwig- of Pru » 3 ia . Whether it will be carried into eiocuiion remains to bo seen . The criminal , on being tcken to tho place of execution , is exposed for au hour in bis shirt ; one extouliouer thun cuts off tho right hand and another Bears the wrist with a red-hoi iroH , to prevent the too great effusion of blood . Tha criminal
is then stretched upon hollow blocks of wood , and with a bar loaded with lead and cased wuh iron , hia legs and arms are broken each in two places . This horrible torture lasts half an hour , after which the executioner gives a blow which breaks in iho chest , and tho unhappy wretch is left exposed for twtntyfour hour , ; . A criminal has been known to iiva twolvo hours alter what is oallod the coup de yrace . The Prcsse states , that on Saturday , tho l&Lh . ult ., a scene of desolation occurred near I ) ieppe , at a short distance from the coast . A fishing boat waa wrecked , and out of a p . rew of ten men , eight perished , nptwithstanding the almost superhuman eff / rio made
to save them . Female Warrior . —There is n « w at Stettin , in Prii 9 > ia , a female who , xu 1812 , assumed male attire , and entering the Prussian arm v , went through the campaigns of 1812 , 1813 , and 18 U , and roso to the ' rank of eerges . nt-major . She left the army oa account of a wound , and her sex wa ; disco ^ rcd . Suonafterwards the married an EiiKltah r \> rc ^ aat captain , and has accompanied him oa his voy » i < : a . y
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5 HE NATIONAL DEFENCE AND YICTIM FUND COMMITTEE ; ^ TO THE CHABT 1 STS OF GSEAT BBITAIS . Bkotheb Ceaktists , —We are again compelled to comwani of the apathy and indifference of too many lociiiries in noi fulSlling their duty as laid down in the resolution adopted by the last Convention We be * to refer jou t * the 13 ; h p ^ e of the Hand-Booi issued ty the Executive , vfhere jou vrill find the follovni-g , which vre give entire . " The Convention decided on the propriety of forming a KaiumaJ Victim Fiuid , to be raised by each locaaij subscribing at Jeast one penny per month for each of ite payinjj members .. They feel asrared th * t the necessity for such a Fond mast l > e admitted by every Chartist in the land . We
must eoi stultify ourselves bj sajinjj that we do not expect perseennen ; to s » j so would evince that tba expenencfl oT ths last seven years has been lost upon us . An Association like ours , existing and organized to wrench from tyranny's grasp the * Rij ; ir-s of Man , " is always in danger of incurring the GOBStqueEces of the enmity of an irresponsible Covernm * nt . It is therefore wisdom npon our parts to be prrpared . so that should the enemy pounce apon the champions of our cause we shall have it ib <; ur power to cheer them in the gloomy hour of sffl « u-n by extending to them out sympathy and sapport . Let , therefore , every sterling Democrat confer it his imperative dnty to contribute tor > zii > the maintenance of the " Natiosal Yicrnt »> -D DiJ £ 5 CB FCSD "
Im ^ . dr-thrr Chartists , is the language oT your ksi-CoaTention , jet many are the localities who have ' io-ai . y ae-lected the pledge made for them by their representatives . Brother Chartist ? , ire implore of joa to c-ast the General Fund . We are ans . ou 5 i-attach and every victim shall Teoive from ihafuad the asastance he is entitled 10 without b = ic « uecc-iraied to appeal through the Star for public Spwiay . We masi specially eoUcs the casa or Jesses yLoTgzn , who was taken from his home and i ill : hat made home df ar ; hi 3 belored wife and '• cbi . dr-n were lef ; husbandlers and fatherless- ] MoT ^ n was tried by a jury of men opposed to ] Csarniin , and condemned to four jrars iiapri 5 on- Cieii ; . -Mi-rgan ' s wife to support herself aad cbi'
dren . hsd to live upon the small property fcn had Brqnircd by hard and incessant toiL His landlord , i an nsf « h :: £ monster in human form , claimed rent to the smonni of £ S ©; seized a quantity of i hay w ^ rth £ 90 , and never returned a farthing .. Ai last , Morgan was released from imprisonment ^ > and y : t this Committee has not been able to supply : him with ihe triflag sum riquired to again place ' hits iu ihe way of procuring an independeni liveli- i hood . Morgan ' s caise is only one out of many . There has not been one victim that has received whthe ought to have received . Why ! Because ' we have never yet bsen able to rely upon a regular cupp'y ro afibrd ihea a wesiiy allowance , li is in I yonr power to wipe away this stigma . All that we -vraiit i ? for each and every locality to transmit their i
monhly quota regnlarly to our General Treasurer , 1 Feargu ? -O'Connor , E ? q . i Brother Chartiste , —Let not the the mercenary ! cre » of msney-mongers and mammon worshippers I is-re ihe fiendish pleasure of knowing that we ne- i gleet our brethren . If you do , the blame shall not b ? upon us . Rally , then , to tbe rescue . Lei each ! Charnst vie wiih his brother Chartist in contributicg according to his means . Let yoar contributions be '; giTen freely ; and conscience vrill tell jou that you ¦ have only discharged your cmy . j On behalf of ihe National Tictim and Defence * Coaisii : tce , i Ibwisd Glabk , Secretary , } S 7 , Hesrj-street , Oidham-Road , ' , Manchester . ? -S—All applicatioa 3 must be post-paid , or they wHl not be attended to .
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Address of the London Metis-Men to the Boot asd Shoe Makers of the United Kikgdom . —TbiB bodyhsvti sued an address from which we « ive the following extracts—all we can find room for . Tse addressers dissentfrora the "Birmingham Union ;' the following are their reasons : — " It is a fact boxne out by past experience , that the wisest laws ever concocted by the mind of man ste perfectly valueless , unless they are in strict accordance with tbe wishes desires and Bentimpnls e' tbe people for whom they are intended . Second—the powers given by tbe Birmingham Union to their Managing Csrnmittee , are at once dangerous , despotic , fH-l altogether impracticable , inasmuch as tbey have tbe power to lay on levies , to strike for advances , and tortject or accept reductions ; these are powers which , in our opinion , ought never to be wielded but by tbe -whole of the Association , and -which , if persisted in by any committee , will be sure t © eud in
confusion , dissatisfaction , nnd disappointment , because they are in direct opposition to the preconceived notions of social liberty entertirined by the people of the Uuited Kingdom , and of our own trade in particular . We would therefore implore the men of the Birmingham Association to weigb . well tbe consequfcnees of giving too TOuch power to their officers : tha people , the legitimate tourer of all power , are tho parties with whom it should alwajs rest . We have said thuB much in relation to the government : and nsw a word ov so in relation to tbe stopping of our caids . Our opinion of that pitce of union philosophy , is , that stop them as you may , we Bhall stop no card ; and tbe cards from any town in the TJ .. ited Kingdom will be relieved in London ; and whatever difference of opinion exists between us and ar . y other association of onr tiade , no member comia ^ into town with a card shall suffer throngh that differtrace ; and through , we - poMesa more power in stopping cards ana aoisg miscniel bs that means , than any
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The following abia , eloquent , asad Important document which waa read and approved of at n nwefeini ? of the Now York Reformers , appears in the Worfnngman ' s Advocate of Supt . 28 : h . : DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . « 5 P THE PRODUCING FROM TUE » ON-PHODUCS : iG CLASS .
WheD , in tha course of human events , the producers of property have been reduced to the lowest state or degradation and misery by the almost uaiversal usurpation of all property and power by a non-producing , tyrannical , ar . d aristocratic ; class , a decent respect for the opinions of mankind jrtqiires that they Bhould declare tbe causes which impel them to cease ultimsitely being tenants to'Und usurping and non-producing Urla ; in being journeymen to masters , shoppers , and manufactures , to produce fabrics to which tbey ars mostly entitled themselves , and in being electors to eievate officers of parties and cliqtiea instead of those of their own class . i
We hold these truths to be self evideat : that as the natural wants anl powers of production of all men are nearly equal , all should be ! producers as wtll as coneumers . f hat , as nothing i but labour bestowed upon the natural elemer . li and products of the earth ean produce property , nothing else : can give title to it ; and hence every man is equally entitled , with the samo exertion , to an tqual share of the soil , water , air , ana light . Thut , to perpetuate an equality of property , life , libtifty , kuowludgo . and tiappin . ss , esch man o powar of aceumu ' ating should be limited to his own manual aud mental labour , und exchanged for that of another according to tha time of production and value of material .
It is also self-evident , that all the sovereign power of government resides in tke whola people ; that they oann « t be bound by a law which was not rece ved their consent : that they can at all timea alter or abolish any law , government or alliance ; which has become oppressive , and » ubstitute others ; that the representative eystem of government does- not seem to carry forward that extent of intelligence and reform which uxist among the people ; ana that to effvct this purpose , whoever can produce an undou led credential that he hns invented or discovered something , should become a member of on Areopagus , who should propoae WlCl digest all laws deemed necessary , and diacuaaed , adopted , or rejected by a direct vote ] o { the people in townships , or that b si of district which will contain the prepor . tioiiate number of agriculturists and mechanics needful to produca an assortment of the necessaries of life .
But when a long train of legislation upon erroneous principles has no other effect than to increase that irregularity of property which is principally produced by the monopoly of the earth , it is the rsght , it is the duty , of the producing class to arouse themselves in the majesty and indignation of their sense of justice , and reclaim the rights to ' which the God of Nature entitles them . ¦ The history of the aristocratic class , is nothing but a continued series of usurpations of tbe produce of the labourers through all ages , all having the direct tendenoy of reducing them to the utmost degradation , wai . t , and misery . To prove this let facts be submitted to a candid world . ;
The non-producers have in all ages usurped nearly all the property of the earth , and by military an 1 manor services , fenda , rents , tytbea , deodands , interest , dividends , profit , and personal slavery , compelled tbe producers to support them in idleness and extravagance . I Toe non-producers in the savage and first stage of society , in the eh iraoter of chiefs , compelled their adherents to engage in c >« ; 1 warfare to plunder the camps and hunting grounds or other tribes . They then , in the next a | age of society , compellad the labourer iu the character of shepherd to herd tbeir flocks . ' They Vh-en , in the beginning ot the mx . st : geof civilisation , reduced their dependants to the ciaas of villains , compelled them to ; cultivate the earth which they had monopolised , and < t » build their castles fur a bare subsistence , and sold them along with the soil . ¦
They then , as the manufacturing stnge of cml ' ztion dune on , made them , through tho power of money , build towns , which have rtduc . d them to a more extrusive system of tenantry ; and destroyed their healths , lives , and means of intelligence with too great a nninVr nf hours of labour within tlio dusty walls of the factory , the suffocating smoke of the furnic ^ , and 'hj damp aisof the oal pit . : Thus have they in the character of land-fords atsii usurers , red need the great body of tha people in bubsequent ages to a state cf a ! j ct Un ititry nnd va ** iilas ; e . They hive collected tbeniost ; tx rWivint rents , nn-l liv ^ ii in irtio splendour , white tho ttuantiiaa seldom been ublu to raise himself from hia hovel . They hav « . in thu form of Government , levied another tax , and that upon consumption too , for the support of sinecures , that has only rivcf . ed the fet ' . ars more strongly upon their necks . >
rhty have , in the shape : of priusts , levied another enormous tax upon the iui ' . uf tj of the p , o . iucers , without giving arttquate instruction of the duty of mankind to each other . j This non-producing aristocraKy are still monopolizing more ot the property of the country , miking the i ! , iFor ence greater between the liurntneely rich aud tho miserably pour . j They have not only monopnlzi ' . the earth , but they have created esiati-s out of annuities and stick . " ; thus funlm taxing tbe pr . iple with tLy interest upoii them . : . Toey have also monopoly 1 ! the profit of 1 iboursaving machinery , wbioh ink only talits a cotujifcttnce from the labourer , but tkro / iV 3 him out of employment , i
Their thirst for speculation is such , that they are continually forming thenist ivt-8 into iMlillins- associations , an-1 becoming lo ^ atis ... ! to create . millions of paper vnonfey merely with the lab ' iir of prirtna ai . il signing strips of paper ; and whenever a Vbvulsinu of trade Ukes place by tbeir expansion of the curroucy , they refusu to redeem them ; and | u 3 tead of giving relief are the first to cry out for relief . ! These aristocrats , having moro leisure to acquire inforrai'iun than the hoaeet producer , have more pow r to form public opinion and control legislation in thoir favour . ; They have erected tljemselves into what they con . uider a higher class , and treat with conttrnpt and insolence the very class op > n whom tbey depend for ther exiptonce hb well an su ^ sihtence .
Th > y have at length , in sbnie countries , reduced the producers W r point b ^ yood which they can no further go—to a state of uiiserabi ; starvation , and to the infamy of the almshouse ; where tbey are still made to labour for the co&rcat food and clothing , so as to allow a revenue for G > varnuunt ; and even their bodies soM at death to the anatomist for dissection . In every stage of t <; se oppressions , we , the producers , h ; ive eruli-avourtd to show them the evils to vshich lh « y vitre rjd « ci : ig usi But our entreaU&s havo always bceu conaidertd u& an attempt to array the pool oaainst tbe rich ; wben in truth it is thu rit , U who are aiwij ' s ov-preasing the poor . '
We have tivat been winning them against theit repeated one-sided . legislation , by constantly granting themstlven priviltaes that ; are inukii g theiuiahxs " richer and tho poor poorer . " We have continually remin-. ied them that it ts tho lower class , as they ciil us , vho aro tbe real honey producers sf the hive of society . Ydt , unlike thoBe wo / king beea , we have never destro 3 «< l those iale drones , ttnu ? , h they lmvs been deaf to toe voice of justice aiid of common fe ' : K w . hip . We rau ^ t , thorefore , acquiesce in thy iiec ? . 8 . ty which impels na to act in self defence , by establishing that system of economy in eeciety whereby ail c » n be placed in iqaal oircuniBtunces to acquire tht > goods of life , and hold them , in the present bad economy of society , a » our enemies , but in sharing la an tqaul portion of land and labour , friend * . .
Wo , therefore , producfts ard would-be ptoduceia , of the City of New York , appealing to the etorn ^ l princlplea of equality and justice established ty Nature ' a GoA for the rectitude of our intentions , do , in the name , and in behalf of the pauperised produeetB throughout the earth , Boldmniy publish and declare , that the producing class skfll no lonc . er support , bj tbe " sweat of their brow , " a haughty-, unfeeling , and monopolising claaa of non-producers . We further j declare , that they should tako nif . surjs to make all produc 8 ? 8 as well as consunun ; that-all division of ' society into high , middle , anrt lowtr ilaesta cease ; and that th « moat Republican party should asautno the name of producer , and call tte aristocratic non-producur . And for the support of this list of facts and declaration of our principles and independence , we mutually pledge to each other our lives , oui fortunes , and our sacred hinjur .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1286/page/7/
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