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OLDBATff —On Snnday last , Mi . A . T- Taylor delivered his third Ificinxe en the life and character of TjlMre , in the Chutist Room , Greaves-street There ¦ was a rnmtjois and respectable audience , wbo listened Vith grtat attention . SOTJTHW 0 I . TOW , j DetoSj . —Mi . Boyle lectnied fit the R « d Xivn InD , in this town , on the 22 ad of Os * ' jbrrr , to s respectable audieace , who were well pleasrd -with his subject , and requested him to pay them another visit ins . fe-w ireeia . CABUSIiE . —^ rEETlSG OT TBE CorNCIL OT THE CBastist Association—On Monday last , the above
K * * ? held tfceir nsnsl -wetkiy rntenng , at their room , 2 ? o . 5 , John-street , C ± l . . ew ^ ate , "when , after some pecuniary matters "irere disposed of , Sir . James Hirst , gT- ^ cri , -was called to the ehsir . The secretary received insrriictiosa to correspond -jrifh Dr . SI'Djmll respecting bis intended visit to Carlisle . 5 Jr . JInir moTed , tnd M ? Lowry seconded . " That the members of the Association be respectfully requested to attend a meeting to be hrfd at the Asswiition Hoosa , Jobn-strebt , Caiie-sr ^ ate , on Saadsy freaJn ? , If oT . 3 rd , at BIX o ' cloei , lor lie purpose ol msmoriaJ-z-cjj her 233 jssty for tile iau&r-iiate release of Frost , TTiliiamB , Jones , and E-. is . " The council then adjourned .
HAMIIiTOIf . —A public meeting -was convened fcj placinia to h » sr a Icttare from Mr . ClaTk . of the Xxccnuve . aad to memorialise thB Qjsen on behalf of Frust , Williams , and Jones , the exiled pa ' riots . 'The icbjrct t-f the Jfctnre » as The injustice -of withholding the Franchise from the productive classes , being the prominent cause of so mueh misery existing among ti * sons of industry ; and the best means likely to KEicjy those evils . " 3 Ir . Jubn Park , Teacher of tbe Diin-crdtic Seminary , being xalled to tbe chair , iatrodati- } Mr . Ci-rk , -svho delivered a most eloquent and cc-BTiEKEg address of an boiir and a ha ) fa dnratioD . tsr-ist the nlauiits of an admiring audi . nce . The C 2 v . n 1 . a 3 tb-nread the ilemorial , and called on 2 Lr .
Arcbi ^ ili Walker , wio spoke at considerable length on &r xr&r *» jjy oJ tbs Chartis : b ^ dy using every lecal iBriji : i ^ r tte rsste-rution ef those "woTthy patriots \ o tLii- tvmca as-i faiiiHicB . Mr . John Stewart , of the Cia * it Cssirch , s £ c > Dderd the adoption of the memorial ii 3 -v- ^ ry ffctlia ? adc r -ss . A show of banns -wa s tat ^ n ty ' -b ; Ciiinoaa , when it "waa tirritd acanimoosiy . ' A t ., ^ of : bt ; ks -Cere giv = n to Mr . CHri , the Cbair-Han , it- nanagers of the chapel , & « , when ths raettir « t t « - > k& cp , Mr . Clark aion ? w : th th = comnr . ttre , rej-iirt-. J . ¦> -. is vestry cf tLe Cauieh , when hv disposed -cf a rvssiaera-la immbcr of card 3 of tte Xaii' ^ aal Cnirl . il ABruciition .
IiOKDCK- —">! £ TSO ? OLITaN DSLEGiTS TorNCIL C : j ¦ C ^ irtis :, Hall , 1 , Tcrr . E ^ ir- a-. r , Ori ^ bET , 27 * 13 , >' - - P . r . tE-lrTi in tte ct ^ -r . Messrs M'G-ratb asd Tu-: V . r » rp- « r : e-i frens the S- - OhTrf . Brsr Si . J-A ^' s Ijzi ^ . j . I 5 i : nkcndst-y The rtp rt haTlnsr be =-Ji rec-iv ^ d s v--. v of ti-ixks -55-es nnanimon-ly avsr- ^ eii lo th ^ -e s = iV . "B-: a I .-t the excellent nior ^ ' ? la ^ h : d . t : ey exet ^ -: "h » TT m ^^ ion- It "raj nV ~ ' > en vcnn ^ u'ly leaolTiid ti- : r . c ilve J . jcalify be r-qa ^' s i to soil de ' . ^ s . ies t > ¦ '•} -cstv in council tbe change tb ? y desire . > If--35 ra . 5 £ G > -t > i =-: "WifcJer rtp r--- ^ frt- m tr- frst-msl E 3 e ^ -t-5 : VI . WUiJsJ Jfc 5 . lin ^ from tb- i ? - '« o" the c ^ e of 7- ¦ * -h ? J h i-i S'lo -t ~ n , -srheD tbe r = ' . is-i ' -- - ^ zs rt \> n- ' - — "That r-2- frund attfs-j suc ' n Eirtvts in a > c rt . ice "^; tb th ir rcirs . " An tu .-vn-i " . ¦ w ; 3 p ; cf' •«• : it 1 Etc -cde i— *¦ Thst ilr . W * : " -i'i be t « qne » t -4 t t -iSiU-. ^ dte ¦ vri'l : tbe jeereiary . stiiing oi-r reasens fc ; T c-iiairg to deru-e a friecd to attend . " Tbe ^* i--: ' a nt -ws-- c ^ rrt'd .
JMii , "VV rLLiiXS , i > d Jo ' -rS- —Krr-rt £ ha-nn ? t ~ - * rce : v 5 i fr ^ ni 5 tTcra : ic&a ] itii 3 in favour of metnorii ' i :. ^ thi Qae- n for the reituTaticn of thtsi txp ^ tri-£ ^ c' pa * j l-ts , i : v ^ s r ; 2 j 3 ; iiiously rt 5 olve > l that a public E .= ung Li held in ifcs C : ty Ch . rtist Bail , on Monday fcTrs 5 . N ' 3 T . llth . for -h- aboTd purj . ese , aad that 2 £ c £ . n Tucktr , j _ ff . ilills , Simpiwn . and Stall wood be B CoTCui . ^ st : to grt Tip lie g—r .-, £ » li 3 thai the ExeeEti- » e bfe ^ iq ; .--s- . e'i vj aid and atsist in the Liudable oLjecL FiiijST , VTii . l 3 ajjs , iM > Jo > -es—A public meett ?* ii h&l-i on Mo .-. jay Evening , October the 28 vb , at t h = i-.- » rsn ? a- _ i . Hai 3 , Ilate the Mechanics 3 n 3 titation ) Cjf = w _>« , Marylsbone , to memorai ^ ze the Queen for a fret pii- ^ . -n fcr Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and net-^ iibs -a ^ air . » tbe cr ^ at cut tf dooTS alluremeEts , illu-E :: 2 ir < TO . i :. t ^ s inT ve hall trfs numerously and It » r . -c : i >> . y = - ^ - . :. ? , Tr . WiH . iim Clark -waa
UDini-.- * j . n c-i ' . ^ -i ? , > » hr- cbtirr , an-l opened tbe proceedings * i'h 3 . b- ; .-f zA . * .: % t 3 . Mi . George Lovett mo - r * d the Cl rtB-.-iatii-i : — -That this meeting of the inlnbi-*~ - ¦ " »• " tte boroai-h of JIaryleboae , having taken into p " - * -rio 33 cor .- -.-i « jtion the cruel persecution by tbe lile G TfTinrmt . oiT = cted against the assertors of the Jjitu sii . i isi *? : i « -3 . of the people , and more especially L ? c .- ^ us-t rie-i- ; resorted to to obtain the coarlction <•' ¦ J -Lc Fn s . 2 shsiiiab Williams , and William Janes , * yi iL-r -j- -. a . cUffcr . eiis in executing the Eantence after ^ - * J'cfrc 5 i . l opinion of the Judges of the iliecality £ ^ -i i ?^« ti * cr ..-y f the proceedings , deem it their im-SJii ««* .: n-y M asg eTery Bieana in . tiielr poi ? er to er . tiia - ; - .= Tetum cl those "unfortunate ts leto lLt : r r a . try , families , and friends" The b ^ se ^ rr ^ iLif - » ri < -n b *» r 1 Tn-cT £ » T » Tt « i .-n > a . l t >* - « o ttipti . nS-» "rr , ii . ^ ; , r .. i « tjd misrepressnted these
menaa-, fe ; rtin » tir >• -were EpoViaiwrs , murderers , &c ; but ^ " ^ F- ¦ * - ^^ held in ths greatest estimation by bis frilly t . ^ nsnisn o / Nttrport , * o much so , that they ^^ c ^ i . i . Iia tosn coEscill' jr , mayor , it , and at their * - ^ Kii ^ iiG he -SFas , "by Lord John Kussrll , made a * iS-.---r 3-.-. SIi . Frost , fetlicg that the -woiking classeB *^ ^ :- Tcz-c £ s , great grierances , to complain of , jxat- -j . ^ VTuriing Mau ' s Association of Viewport , *^< i ¦ ^ s by that body brought before the industrious n ^^ ^* - ^ port , - r ? no stdected Mm to xepiisint the i Iai 6 i- * t ; e the Convention . Arrived in Loadon , he Etlis-fi a msbtlng ' in tfce thtatre , Broadway , Westa ^ ai ' -= r , i- ^ 3 a few -words iavicg teen used on the 5 p- " - ' - that the Wings ^ vemed -violent , Lord John "Ws ^ ll ¦ vrruts ti > Mr . Frtst to know if he tras present *• iit icrtiin ? . Mr . Frost replied he was presfcnt , aEd
-= uis irgiit cf the Hciae Secretary to question his •" ** 5 lii 23 & Eiirs ; in coastijatuce of irhich my , Iiord « 'Jhn R ^ ssfcU took upon hinji * lf to dismiss Kr . Froii I' -tt the CcmmiEsion of the Peace , mnch to the mortif ^ Uoa of the men of Ke-wport -who held Mr . Frost to te & good tad j ^ ast man , and Trbcse decisiona as a f ^ Sis ' iate had always been tighly approved of , and 8 tt = n tb * greatest satisfaction . The men of Newport "itctd their dissatesftetion of his diBmiBEal by tbtii ¦ PPiictUja forbisna ^ iaiior . It irs l saiiHi . Fiost
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j hid a de « ire to destroy the town of Newport , and to » hed blood ; but -was it « o ? If it had , would thirty j soldiers have prevented it ? Nol He trusted the ] people would again exert themselves u they did for the Dorchester Labourers , and that their exertions ¦ would be blessed with equal success . Mr . Lovett retired loudly applauded . Mr . Scott came forward to j second the resolution , and epoke most eloquently in ; favour of the proposition . He hoped speedily to see Frost , WiiiiaTTB , and Jonea restored , and the principles , they advocated triumphant— { cheers ) . Mi . Webb ( an j elector ) S 3 i < 3 , be had the honour of being the chairman rof theflcBt nieetirgheld in the borough for the same | purpose . He did not eome forward to make a speech * ; but to record his vote in favour of those persecuted men
i Nine out of the fifteen Judges had declared in their ; favour—yet these men -were transported ! ButJDBj j look to the case of Mr . O'ConnelL In his case a majoj rity of the Judges , three ont of fonr in Irelaud , decided : the conviction was good—in England seven out of nine ; decided in favour of the conviction ; but OConnell had ^ fnnds , and appealed to the House of Lords . Well , j three out of five of the L ^ -w Lords decided that the eon-[ viction was bad , and O Connell was liberated . Therei fore Fiost , Williams , and Jones were not punished for : treason , but for their poverty . He called on working I men nd sail classes to come forth and vindicate the ; majesty of thB law in the persons of Frost , Williams , j * nd Jones . Mr . Webb retired amid ' great applause . ¦ The resolution was put and carried unanimously . Mr .
j T . Farrar then came forward to move the second reao-1 lution : —• ' That a memorial to her most gracious j Majesty , praying for a full and free pardon for Frost , 3 Williams , and Jonss be drawn up , signed by the Chair-¦ man on behalf of the meeting , and transmitted to T . S . Dancombe , Esq ., M . P ., and that he be it qutBted to place it in the hands of Sir James Graham for presentation ; tofeer Majesty . " Mr . Farm said be was most happy to . find that there -was yet something like humanity and , justice remaining in the breatt-j of the people of Maryj lebrae . He thought Freat , Williams , and Jones were , t qually entitled to their freedom as was O'ConnelL He
. tbonght if the people did their duty , Frost , Williams , ' and Jones wouJd be restored . He differed with a prej vions speaker , as he did not think it was the wealth : of O'Connell but the union of the Irish people that ; procured bis liberation . Tbey must not only me morislise the Queen , tut tbt-y must call in the aid of > Mr . Dancombe—timid cbeers > . Tbey must petition the j House of Commons—iheui , hear ) . Mi . Pittend « = n ; Becsnded tbe motion . After a few words from a gen-I \ Jeman in tbe body of the mcetin-, and a f ° w from Mr . ¦ Lovett in explanation , tbs jps ^ iutron was put and car-- . ried unanimously . Mr . J . Savsse then came forward * and moved the f blowing Memorial .-
—: The humble Memorial of the Parishioners of Sain * ' , Haryleb&it , in Public Heeling Assembled : ! May it pleoso ycur Majesty , j We , your Majesty's dutiful and loya' . subj-cts , most ' , Tfcspectfaily Tenter ^ to memorialise your Majesty , on 1 behalf of John Fxwst . 2 phiniah "VVilliauiB , End William Jona 3 , trLo ¦" tre tri . d anvl convicted at Mon-; mouth in the year lS 3 y ; and wbo are now under sen' tence of transportation for life in your Majesty ' s pe ^ a ! settlements in Australia . Tour Memorialists mo 3 t dutifully rsqusst your considcraticn of all tha circaurstasiws attending tha trial . ard conviction of tbe persons on wtose behalf your ! petitioners approach your Majesty , as it has in a rtcdnt ¦ coDTiction been decided by the highest tribunal , that . ¦ fcrrora in the proceedings ol thii courts of justice , ! render the sentence of non-effect .
: Tour memorialists , thertfure , fee , that John Frost , Z'phaniah V . "ilHams , and Wiliiaiu Jones , ought to be restored to 1 be ; ty , on account c > f the errors and irre'; gnlarities of i >^ e proceed ags sraiDBl them . , Tour memorialist 'Wuuld saost rt ? pt-ctfully tucgis "; a ¦ remtdbraDCa cf the many crievences and fiufftfiincs f urder which the people labourL-d at that psr ^ od , and which hsve been mide n > ani / e * t by ths special ec-. quires into tbe disturbances in Wai » j and other parts : of your Majesty ' s domini-cs . Tour memorialsts , while they view with satisfaction [ the desire of Jjut Majesty to promote peace with all nations , and to extend the bles&ings of commerce with I every part of the earth , fervently hope and pray that yonr Alajttfty trill be graciously pleased to tjrant a free i p&rQcn to the nnforlunate txiles—John Frost , Z -prmniah Williams , tnil WiUiam Jones , and thus give joy : and pleasure to Una of thousands of your loyal and in-. dnslrious ptcple .
Ar-d jour petitioners will ever pray . The committee bad called oti him to movt ; that Biemoii-ils and he appeare < l there as an inhabitant of Maryleboce , with much pleasure to perform that duty . Mr . Scott seconded it . Mr . Phillip M'Grath rose to support it . He rejoiced te find that phi-3 snltjropy and the love of justice still existed in the 1 > -eastB of tio working rato of Marylebone . He had great hop' -s of snecees ; first , frem the success attending th& efforts ma-ie for tbe Dorchester Labourers—* ecor . 3 , from tbe hiijfe lef ; al position now held by Sir F . Pollock , the then advocate for Frost , who raised such strong legal or jr-ctions in bis favour—third , from the division ib tbe H-juse of Coamon , the Speaker ' s vote constituting the only msjoritj against tbeui ; aud ho thought ¦ when brought before that assembly again it must be
successful—iiond cbe » rs )—Sfih , the Canadian J « - > ela had Weu -paTaoct-d on tie application and intercession of Mr . J . A , Roebuck , and were now at home with their fjimiii-s : those things gave him stroDg hope * . FrcEt , Williams , and Jones tod done much for tha ¦ R-oiking men , and the working men cngbt now to reciprocate the obligation and exert themselves to restore thtm from tbe land of their captivity to the Iacd of their nativity—( loud cheers ) . Mr . M'Gkath then made an iiapr&ssive aDd ri r qient appeal in favour of tbe P = oplu ' s Charter as tbe only means of preventing Each uijust persecution * and prosecutions for the fature , and sat down loudly applauded . After a few words from Mr . Whitchureh the memorial was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was pawed to the Chairman , who responded , and the meetiDg separated .
Manchester . —cjspenteks' h ^ ll . —a itctnre "wa ^ delivered in tbe abeve ball , on Sunday evecinz ls > t to a highly respectable audierce , by M ' .-Jofcn West , of Sheffield . At the close of tfce nirctiDg ti « thanks of tbe assembly tras given to 3 Ii . West , for his able services in the catBe of the oppressed against the oppressors K . OCHX'ALE . —Wm . D-xon , of Manchester , delivered two discourses in the Notional Charter Associatija Room , on the afternoon and evening of Sunday last , to oveifljwiiig au'lisnees . At the close cf each discourse a collection wis made , which amounted to £ i 43 ., which the council gave tv Senor Hu ! : B , one of tke SpaniEh Tefnsses , -who Ecc . n-. par .: ed Mr . D'xon . For this mark of their sympath ? and kindness , the coble Spaniard retur _ vd tht = ni his hearif ; .- ! : and sincere thanks .
OTARSI 3 EN—Oj Snndny , the 27 ' . h instant , the members of the Aeslc ^ uod bt . V » a general mee ting for the purpose of forming a unios with iba good men of Haytaie and Wbeatly-lr . ne , in order to be better enablen to support the Exscutive , and also to bring out lecturers . The men of Hay ^ ie and also the men of Wheatiy-lane are about to lo-low the example set them by the msn of >! ariJt = c , that is , to hare each an Ass- > dat \ on of thtir n « a I "sv = r > t from Colne . tu See how tbi-y trire gtt ' iPS on , and 1 : i ' . U 3 : nay to tbeir
credit , thut tht-y aTe an iai- Hictat &-t cf n : en , and tb » - ? s is every prc ? ptct cf their d ^ -ii ;? ¦ weJ 1 .. After they hu ' i arraiiaeri far another central meeting for next SnmJsy a young of tbs r . ame of TodJ , gave a short but valuable address en the necessity of peretvering in the good cause they had embaTkid in , and HkKwL-e on the necessity of union for the accomplishment of the Peop le ' s Charter . Mirsd-tn is a tmall village situate about two miles from C-ilae , end fonr from Burnley . Hor . « ji John West wa 3 the means of briuging tut these places ky his able a ii argumentative lbctures—J . M 00 > £ y . - STOCSPORT . —Mr . P . M . Brophy lectured here on Snnday nigbl .
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SONS OF CRISPIN . —ADJOURNED DISCUSSION . The D : scu-s : on on the question fi Is tbs Mutna ] assistaiise os ? oeiation , or the Philanthropic tociety of United Boot and Sbo = niafcerB best calculated to serve the trade in c ^ r . t nl / " -tras T . TOmed * & : ! concluded in ths C : ty Chartist Hail , 1 , Tarn 3 gaic- } are » , on Sunday evenirg ] 2 £ t- ¦ MeesiB . CaristopbeT and T . Williams having resumed their stations as Chairmen , and Mr . Parkes as moderator , _ . '
Mr . Shuts ( woman ' s man ) eald Mr . Chairman aun Shopmst ^ s—1 conceive that tbe Philanthropies did not speck the sentiments of the country , but tb-it the Mutuals did . I admit that evrry nook and corner did not send delegates to the Conference at Birmingham , but tha great majority werB there in the persons ef their retiresentaiivfcs—ihear . hear ) . I am aiked , " are nol the ' mtn in tbe disirict thB tost jndBes of the nece .-slty ol a Stiifcb ? ' 1 must conftgs they are ; hut 1 extend a committee of the whole body must be the beat judges of the resources of tbe trade , tbey must bs bb < , t judges whether or no the i ; e 3 'is existed of carrying out a Strike to a successful isBue—( hsar , hear ) . 1 contend , said Mr . Shute , tbat our code of m ! es is much more democratic than yonra , and that those drawn up
by the Birmingham Conference will bear contrast with those of any other democratic body . What is democracy but a Government by the tu » jority ; Well , then , our society is tbe admitted majority , and to that majority , yours , as the minority , shonld k-ow . In meeting here to night , 1 hope we do not come just to discuss this question and then let it drop . I hold it to b& tbe duty of those in office to pursue it to a successful issue . Stopping of the cards was perhaps a source of injustice . My idea is this : if the men ' s men weuld , we might call tbe two Conferences at one time in one town , and let them amalgamate acd draw up i » code that shall be binding 03 the whole , and let the cards pass until that time , ( next April ) and all would work harmoniously and lead to a permanent nuion— 'loud cheers ) .
Mr . ClaTk , man ' s man , said allusion bad been made to the threat held ont last week . He waa tfee person who -made it ; all that was meant by it was aimply teis , if yon continue to itop ear cards we must ttop yours . I maintain , mid Sir . Clark , that the laws of the Mutuala are not constituted to create union ; go to Jsewcastle-on Tyne or elsewhere , and is it jost that I » hcnld be itfured xelief from those -whom I have previously
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relieved ? The law that compelled towns to resort to Bnch a procedure was a bad law . I quite agree with the suggestion for the two Conferences . An immediate Conference baa also been suggested . My only objection to that is the expence . Bnt let the cards pass this winter , and in tbe spring they wonld , without deubt , be prepared to accept that code of roles that waa found to work beat—( cheers ) . I must still contend our code of rules ! ¦ mnch more democratic than yonrs ; younj i » what I call centraKzed democracy , Tis true we give
our committee power to execute the laws , but we do not place peenniary means in their bands , neither do I think it would be good policy to do so , nor can we agree to keep five or six men without work . I hold that the laws of the Philanthropies are well calculated to secure the whole trade of Great Britain , while the " Mutual" laws are founded on the principle that men are too ignorant to manage their own affairs—( hear , hear ) . I say let our cards pass for the winter , and then when the Conferences asssemble , they will accept the code deemed best—( cheers ) .
Mr . Skelton ( woman " 8 man )—I want to gain some new ideas ; I want to understand how tbe interest of the shoemakers shall be advanced ; I have read the rules of the Philanthropies attentively ; I will now proceed to show you their absurdity . Mr . S . then read the 4 th law , relative to the Executive and their duty . I should like to know how long tbey will remain in office before an advunce of wages will take place . Would they ever be in office long enough to see it ? Bnt we want to do some good ; we wish to effect an amalgamation—( cheers ) . Mr . S . then read rule 4 th . Now mark , by this the whole association muBt assent to a strike . I will now carry you back ; here is a rule which says the district secretary sbBlI call en tbe employer with the aggrieved party . I contend thiB is the
very means of defeating yourselves . You say the men must be tbe bent judges whether a strike will be successful or no ; but I take London tor an example , and ask , has that not furnished proofs to tbe contrary—( hear , hear ) ? Why men go from this Metropolis to other towns , and drive men ont ta become their opponents , and this same system is being carried on by all trades for the want of an effleient executive . Mr . Wilson ( man ' s man )—Our friend Shute , in referring to the Manchester movement , has not stated that the Oxford-road body were disunited before the time alluded to . As far as a practical nnion with tha -women ' s men is concerned , I have no objection Whatever —bear , hear ) . We had occasion to write to Dublin on the matter , and the answer received was , that rueD ' s men understood tbeir own business best ; and as respects
Manchester , let it be understood that waa a strike again » t an enormous reduction ef wages . Politics and trade are two different matters . Representation is good in the former , but is riot , so applicable to the latter—( hear , hear ) . Let the men and women ' s men assemble throughout ths country , and vote the p > wer to the hands of an Executive , and I shall then be satisfied ; but if they do , I shall be deceived . We have been rather reproached respecting the system , of tramping , We find DOthing has done nsore evil than the system of breaking up homes —( hear , hear ) . We are told it is pleasant to have 123 . 6 ^ . in trinttr . Our reply to that is , ' tia very unpleasant to be driven before froEt and Bnow in winter—( cheers ) . Our desire is to lift the most humble and helpless in our trade , confident that by so doing we elevate the whole—ichBers ) .
Mr' Harris iruan'a man ) addressed a few remarks of a general nature . Mr . Lidded ( man's man ) sa'd I object fo the Birmingham TuleB , as not being founded on democratic principles ; on the contrary , I think them aristocratic . We have been told the P > or Law , with its three DdVil Kings nt Somerset House , was tyrannic . Well , if the Mutuals have not three kings sitting at Scmerst-t H *> use , they have five elsewhere . The BirmiuRham Jaws say th 3 t their Exicitive shall have a fund under Lheir controul of not less than Sd . per head . Is this dtmocraiic ? Yon say the Poor Law , Corn Laws , and C iUrch are aristocratic aud abominable , and yet you found yours on tbe same basis , and call them democratic—ihear . hear ) .
Mr . HcsxiBEU ( woman ' s man )—Friends , I did not attend here to hear a lecture on tbe Poor Laws . Let us look at the principles of the two Societies . The Philanthropies say they give the power of BtrikinR to the dialiictg , and they will not allow aoy man to be worse for belonging to their Society . Well , suppose a large district strikes , you have no power to levy ; you send round a circular , and request each district to put on what th * y please : they diffjr ; some put on 2 d ., others Is , nn-i some perhaps none . Is this justice ? Are the men to sit at home and starve while the fuuds are being created ?—( hear , bear ) . Of what me is a
Committee without power ?—( hear , hear ) . Th-- power given by the Philanthropies is well calculated to break up the whsle Association . Our friend Clark talks of our being bought by the Government : only think of our being laid on the counter for sale ! I think the smnll coins recently issued , eight for a penny , were made t it tbe purpose—( loud laughter ) . Well , let us not split upon these things . What ia tl difference between the women acd men ' s men ? Are not their interests identical ? Unless you place confidence , and find good men to plica confidence in , you Beyer can succeed—( loud cheers ) .
Mr . I « a > 'G"with , ( man ' s man ) . —Tais mealing is Called lo tj quire -which society ia best for our interests —( hear , btar ) ; but I fear we must get political power before we can efficintly protect ourselves—( loud cheers ) . We must have tbe tame extent of political power as tbe capitalist : and I think we may as easily obtain tbe one as the other— ( loud cheers . ) Mr . M'Carthy . ( man ' s man )—addressed some observations in Teply to the precedina speakers ; he said article 4 » h gave the committee power to say they wanted funds to carry on a strike , and I have never known it to be refused when asked . In regard to the sick fund of the Mutuals , the forty-sixth article contradicted the
ninth . It has been Baid our rules were formed by a mere locality ; yet , I repeat ours were made by HOQ , while yours was formed by twenty men only . I believe we are at present the majority—( no , no ) Why , at the present in London we number 3 . , besides the country districts . I ask it it proper that an Executive should have the power of issuing a levy on 5 . 000 men , ¦ without the men having a voicu in the matte *—i ; ear , hear . ? Mr . Harris complains of a want of confidence ; but is it nut such msn as himself who opposed all societies except tho old rotten Bysttjm—( cheers ) . With respect to a Conference between the two bodies , it meets with uiy entire approbation—doud cheers ) .
After a few words from Mr . Sumwer in favour of XJaion , Mr . R 0 B 5 O >* iwomen ' s-man ) said , our friend M'Carthy waa apparently addressing himself to me . L = t us clearly nnderstj >» J our relative positions . Our friend M'Cartby fays the men ' s men are the majority . I think it much more in accordance with democracy that the majority c-f the cmatrj should ru ! e than a mere majority of tbe men ' s men of Lon'iou . Why filiuuld the men ' s mtn of London stand aloof ? I thick tho muu's men possess treat power for good ; and that a Conference cannot bu called too so-, n . A disagreement txists between too strong bodies , and the sooner it in adjusted the belter . A Conference should be held , and draw up a codo of laws , which should be binding on the whol ; - for t ^ t ^ ve months—( loud cheers ) . Mr . PeiiaR a'idrtassd a few words on the advantat , " of UTiwi ) .
Mr . Clauk sa'd be wished emphatically to deny that eitb . tr biuisu ' i ? " person ,. !;? , or tha society to whieh be belonged cV ^ r bid un / idea , or thought of st ikinij tbo men a into iff . ^ bo might belong to the MuluuL Assistance Association —( cneers ) . Mr . Wilson moved— "That this nuetins ; , at its rising , adjourn until Sunday evening ntxt , November 3 rd , al the Craven Hrad , Drury-lane , to discuss the following question—fba best means of effecting an amsJu' -wn of ihe t « o Bocietus '' Mr . SUITE iii i , to a proposition like that he had no objection . He thought the present question was fully diocasssd , and was glad to find it likely to hate a practical result—ic'ieers ) .
Mr . Williams moved a vote of thanks to the Reporter , E iitor , and Prop-ietor of the Northern Star for their gr « at atten ' . ion to the interest ; of the crafw , and said after the exceUsntand correct report that appeared in that day ' s journal of their last week ' s meeting , it required do words from him to induce thtm to carry it . To the Proprietor and to tbemselvfcs something more ¦ was due ; they Bhould use their efforts to cause the Star to be circulated as widely as possible— ( cheero ) . The mot . on wsb Etconded by four or five different persons , anil carried unaDimeusly . After a vote of thanks to the Chairmen ami Moderator , the meeting adjocr < ed . Similar good order existed throughout , as prevailed at tbe previous meet-
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other town la the empire , we despiae such an arroga . " and paltry watem of legislation . We are willing fc bold out the right hand of fellowship to » H out shopmates , whatever Association they may belong to , and by such means prove to the world that it ia Union we want ; and yet we are called the marplot of the present movement . We deny in the most emphatical terms that we ait , petnated by any rooh mopves . lt was the wia& of our hearts tbat the Union , when formed , should be based on principles as would not admit of such failnies as its antecedentsthat our policy should be to create and foster a mow kindly feeling than has hitherto been—and that , Instead of the system of hatred and acrimony which now frequently exists , we should make constant appeal * to the
hlgner reelings of human nature , aa the only means of raising the condition of our trade , and placing the happiness of man on a more lasting and permanent foundation . Shopmates of England , Ireland , and Scotland , to prove that we are not inimical to the advancement of the common cause , we have decided not to quarrel with , any Association , as long as it his for its object the bettering of our condition . Let there be no ill-fesling ; we should move on in parallel lines , following in the wake of our oppressors ; for whatever difference of opinion exists among them on certain Eubjecte , they all mriu to oppress the industrious millions , it -has been avertedthat we intended
, causing a division between the Wpmens' and ftlena ' - men , in small towns , where they now meet together that is decidedly untrue ; our determination was , that they should be treated in every manner as tbe rules guaranteed to the Men '» -men . Again , we say , union of action , and uo quarrelling : for we mean to do everything to destroy it . Bat should any town obstinately refuse to relieve our tramps , to the great injury of the common cause , we shall be compelled , in self-defence , to open counter societies in those towns under the London laws . —John Stewart and John Kelly , Secretaries —Cartwri ^ ht ' s Coffee House , 60 , KedcrossstTeet , October 16 , 1 R 44 .
Duncombe Testimonial—The Central Committee of Trades , &c . met at Saville House , Leicester Square , on Wednesday evening . October 23 rd , Mr . Qrassby in the chair . The following sums were banded in : —Per Mr . Malcolm , 8 * 6 d ; per Mr . John Williams , from No . 13 , First Society of Operative Carpenters , 14 s Id ; from Carpenters in the employ of Messrs . Howard and Son , Newington Causeway , per John Puncomoe , 7 fl ; Mr . J . Mooring , 13 ; pet Mr . T . M . Wheeler , from T . Lawner , on behalf of the Chartists of Tonbridge Wells , 10 s ; Mr . J . Barrett , Is ; per Edmund Stall wood , from T . Murphy , on behalf of the Local Committee of Qrahamston , near Falkirk , first subscription , £ 1 4 s ; from
the United Society of Brushmakers , Lynn , Norfolk , per W . Chapman , 10 s ; from the Carpenters employed in the firm of Baker and Son , Standgate , per Mesw- < . Syme and Hutcbings , £ 2 Is lid . A letter was read from Mr . | M at tin Crean , Corn Exchange , Dublin , enclosing the £ 25 from tbe Repeal Association , and also £ 6 on hehaif of Daniel O Connell , Eoq ., M . P . A letter was aiso read from Mr . T . Drury , on behalf of the Trades of Sheffield , stating that they had taken the matter up , and would go to business in earnest : also from T . Hewitt , Bromley , stating that a public meeting was about to by held in that town , aud requesting toe assistance of a deputation .
Balance sheet op the Miner ' s Committee , Standard ofLibekiy , Bbicklane , SPITALFIELDS . — Income—Trades delegates 18 s 6 . 1 ; Uowsaam and Moules £ 3 15 « ; Adams and Watnon £ 1 2 s CJ ; Burn and Smith 7 a ( SI ; Fcrdinando aud Smith £ 3 la 6 J ; Newly £ 2 ( 5 s 6 1 ; Craake £ 1 6 s j Cooper 11 s 6 i ; Delegate Couueil £ 1 9 a GJ ; Miners' Delegates lla 6 d ; Upholsterers 6 1 ; Slater £ 3 0 * 6 d ; City Women ' s Shoemakers 17 a ( SI ; City Men ' s Shoemakers £ 1 9 a ; Islington Shoemakers 2 s : Tailors at Blus Posts ,
Rupert-street , 2 s j Tailors at tUntn Hood , vvindmUlaireet . Us 0 ^; TuiJors , by Mr . Kiwg , 2 s ; Buck IQa ; Chiirmakers £ 2 IBs ; Silk Weavers , at Well and Bucket £ 7 lbs ; Drake 8 s 74 ; money received at Albert Saloon £ 16 4 0 ^ d ; Mr . Cluer ' s sermons ( worninij £ l 8 d Id ; afternoon 17 s » l ; evening 18 i £ } -l|—£ 3 4 s V ' ^ l ; Mr . Spe ncer ' s sermon 4 a lOd ; Mr Sherrard'a that sermon 8 s D . Vl ; ditto second ditto 6 < li 1 ; Air . Gftle ' a sermon 6 s (> vl ; subscription , Mr . Fa-wier Is ; received for one card in committee room ( id . Total £ 61 183 4-1 .
Expenditure , —Postage and paper 4 ^ 10 . jd ; for use of Albert Saloon , for benefit . £ 20 ; to printer for cards and bills , £ 2 10 a ; Saloon placards 7 s j bills of the play £ 1 5 s ; bills of public meeting 3 s ( id ; bills for the sermons £ l ; accou t books 2 s 3 d ; to secretary £ 1 10 a ; riding and expenses to Sobo by secretary Is 6 d ; refreshment for actors , Sec 7 s Cd ; band at Saloon £ 3 ; to Mr . Howsbam Is ; paid to Miners' delegates £ 20 . Expenses of the following members of the committee at the Albert Saloon ,-Messrs . Carey , Buck , Hillier , Finnett , Cooper , Howsh » m , Moults , Watson , King , Newby , Ciaske , 5 t 64 ; paid to Miners' Central Committee £ 2 Od 2 § A ; total £ 61 18 a 4 il . We , the appointed auditors , have ex-imine < t the above and find it , correct— - Wm . Hellier , Luke Kmg , B Nawby , M . J . Jouea , Secretary ; Win . Drake , Treasurer .
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FKANCE . A letter from Cetteo near Montpelier , gives an account of a dreadful fetorm and whirlwind , which v sit- , d that town on the 22 nd , and did a vast deal of damage . The Government establishment ; of engineers , a very large building , was Utterly destroyed , even the walls not being left standing . The zinc roof of the building waa carried into the air , and broken into thousands of pieces , which fell in different parts of the town , where they did a great deal of injury . Several other large buildings were also destroyed , and the place is described as reaembliug a town which had undergone the horrors of a
siege . At the same time a storm prevailed in the harbour which wrecked and sunk six or seven large merchant vessels , besides a great number of fishing and other boats . The number of persons who perishod is calculated at about thirty , but the exnet number was not known , and numbers were still mis-MDg whose iato was uncertain . A groat number besides are severely wounded from the falling houses , and even at th f ; timo whan tho accounts canjo away the people were afraid of a renewal of tho disasters , as ibe norm was not over . This unlooked for calamity had created tho utmost distress and alarm .
ALGIERS . Letters from Algiers states that a serious insurrection has broken out in Algeria , at about twelvo leagues from Dellys , in a part of the country which had not submitted to any oi tho threo ugalickn estabh-lnd by Marshal Bugraud before ho " * t » rt > d for Morocco . The . account given by the Alycrie ia as follows : — " At tho moou-nt when General Comraan was preparing to leave tha country , which ho believed to be tranquil , and to return to Dellys , and from thence to Algiers , ho was informed that tho Kabyles had united again , and that they wero already very numerous . After having assnri-d himself of the truth of the now * , ho ; formed a f mail army into three columns , which ha dirocteci iiuaio-( 1 lately towards the place of meeting . . The ono commanded by Ciiloufil St . Arnaud arrived fir ^ t , : m . i wa ^ obliged to sustain alone and for a vury long time ( it is said for six hours ) tin : attack oi a body
of Kubyles tii ' roo or four times his number . Uv defended himstlf vigorouily , aud had expended almo ^ i ail his ammunition , when tho t < vo other columns arrived . One of them , commanded by Colonel Forey , one of our most distinguished officers , haJ bii « -n retarded by the badness «>! tho roads and by the fire of another troop of Kubylcs , which had come to join the already numerous body of Kihyles that was first engageJ . It H said that twenty-nine m 9 n have bt en killed and 130 wounded on tho part of the French . Among tho wounded are twelve officers , of whom one has had his leg amputated . A steamboat arrived on the 19 th at Algiers , with 1 * G Of the wouuded . It was this steamer that brought the account of the affair . The Marshal immediately ordered two regiments from Algiers to the spof , and immediately embaiked himself with his staff , determined not to retum till he has put down the insurrection . " _ .
A » d el-Kader . —Correspondence from Algiers oi the 19 th inst . j slates , that , the position of Abd-el-Kader is not so desperate as it had betn represented by the Monilcur Algerien . Oar correspondent adds , that" the tribes of tho Kif and Angadd are ail in his favour , and that ho has nothing to fear either from the French or from the Emperor of Morocco . Wero the Emperor to send a force after him , it would certainly never return . Tho Kabyles would attack any force sent against Abd-el-Kader , but it is not probable that tho Emperor has any intention of molestiDg him .
UNITED STATES . PROGRESS OF THE ANTI-RENT WAR . —NEW DECLA .
BAT 10 N OF INDEPENDEKCE . The New York National Reformer of the 14 th of September , has tbe following : — The Anti-Rent War . —We have received two letters from the Helderberg . One of them informs ub that the farmers new paper , The Guardian of ( he Soil has juat made its appearance—that ihere is to be a large posse assembled at Kensselaerwille , twenty-four miles from Albany , to enforce a Sheriff ' s sale : that on tbe 8 tb , tbera was a turn-oat and review of aixty-fonr Indians , at Llvingstonville , i » Schoharie county : all of whom will fall in with tbe Indiana of other Countiea , and be present . at tho aale—not for the purpose of facilitating it . The writer assnres ua that be will be present , and inform us of all particulars . In all probability a collision will take place . There is one way of bringing permanent peace to those districts , and that is for the Legislature to extinguish the claims of the Rensselaers , on principles that will not violate natural law . The other letter says : —
" AcctEs ' ooa are constantly making to tbe ranks of the Anti RenterB . Onlhe 3 rd , there wan & laige and enthusiastic meeting held at Claika , on the Daleware Turnpike , 12 miles from Albany . Thompson , of Renaaelaer Co . ; Wataon , a lawyer from the City j Cranee , of GuUdtrland ; Chittenden , of Renaselaerville ; Van Daser , of our town , two from Scbohatie Go ., addressed the assemblage . You well recollect thai the last time you visited our county , the village of Renselaerville contained a number of aristocrats . Now I am informed but two Tories tkie to bo founi in tbe place . It was
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j reiolved unanimously , on the 2 nd , to bold a Cenvention j at tbe bouse of D . G Segar , for the purpose of nomi-1 nating snitablepersons to ) be supported at the coming Election , for county officers ] and representatives in Cong ress , by Anti-renters , exclusive of politics . And I th ink we shall give a good account of ourselves at tbe coming Election . I believe that niao-teatbs ol the Electors , residents of the country towns are prepi red not only for the step , bat ate determined to be ba wl tbrongh the Ballot Boxes , I was in tbe City ye aterday , uud Hnd there is a good deal of excitemeat ^ . nere , in relation to said ConventionSome
. dencanc a tbe cause in no measured terms . O : bers there one who . appland , and f think on the whole , matters look quit ? as favourable as could be expeoted . In rel&tica to your contemplated visit among us , we shatl be prepared to rece ' -re you at any time that will be the most eoaven . ifcnt to yoa . J can aafaly say that with one week's notic e we can get j up a big meeting . Tbe Sheriff is expected saine tjwo miles from here on tbe Ifttb , accompanied by an armed force for the power of the country , to make a anile . He goes right Into the matter , and tries to do ino dirty work of Van R * nsselaer with n vengeance . ' i
Anti-Keht Ticket . — "She anti-rent party assembled in convention on Saturday , and nominated a tisket for members for Assembly : Ir . v ; Htorr ? i of Albany , William Murphy of New Scotland , and Lawrence Tan Dusen of Bern . The two first named- are Whigs , the latter a democrat . We do not learn- tbat the convention presented a candidate for Congress- for Senator *— A'bany Atlas . i
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The following able , eloquent and Important document wbicb was read snd approved of at a meeting of tbe New York Reformers , appears in tbe Workingmarfs Advocate ol Sept . 28 th . ¦ DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , OF THE PR 0 DU& : ING FROM THE NON-PUODUOItSG CLASS . WheD , in tha course of human events , the producers of property have been reduced to the lowest statt : of degradation and misery by the almost universal usurpation of all property and power by a non-producing , tyrannical , and aristocratic plass , a daaent resptct for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which imp ; ol them to sease ultimately being tenants to land usurping and non-producing l < -r . lsj in being journeymen to masters , Bboppers , and manufacturers , t « ' produce fabrics to which they ars mostly entitled themselves , and in : being electors to elevate officers of parties and cliques instead of those of thtir own class . ;
We hold these truths to be self evident :: tbat as the natural wants and powers of ( production cf all wen are nearly equa ) , all should be producers as well as consumers . That , as nothing but labour bestowed upon the natural ulemeL % and products of tbe earth can produce property , nothing else ^ can give title to it ; aud hence every man ia equally entitled , with the same exertion , to an i-qual snare of the eoil , water , air , and light . That , to perpetuate aq equality of property , life , liberty , knowledge , and happiness , each man's power of accumulating should be limited to bis own manual and mental labour , and exchanged for that of another according to the time of production and value of material .
It is also self-evident , tbat all the sovereign power of government resides in th ^ whole people ; that they 3 ann « t be bound by a law which was not rece ved their cojBtnt : that they can at « lj times alter or . abolish any lsw , government or alliance which has becowe oppressive , and fub&titute others ; that the representative system of government doeH not seem to carry forwnrd that extent of intelligence ! and reform which ex' » t among thy people ; ami that to fcfi \ ei this purpose , whoever can produce an undoubted credential that he has invented or discovered something , should become a member o ( an Areopagus , who aHould propose ami digest all 1 iw . s deemed necessary , and discussed , adopted , or rt-jected by a direct vote of the people in townships , or tbat bd of district which will contain the proportionate number of agriculturists and mechanics needful to produce an assortment of the necessaries of life .
But when a long train of legislation upon erroneous J principles has no other effect than to increase that irregularity of property which ia principally prodaced by tbe monopoly of the earth , it ia the rsght , it is tha , ' duty , of the producing class to arouse themselves in ( tbe majesty and indignation ] of their sense of just'ee , } aad reclaim the rights to which the God of Nature ; entitles them . j The history of the aristocratic class , is nothing but a ' continued series of usurpations of tbe produce of tbe labourers through all ages , all having the direct tendency 1 of reducing them to the utmost degradation , want , and misery . To prove this let facts be submitted to a candid . WOTlli . i 1
The nou-producers have m ; all ages usurped nearly all the property of the earth , and by military and ' manor services , feuds , rents , tytheg , deodands , in-1 terest , dividends , profit , anil personal Blavery , com- ' pulled the producers to support them ia idleness and ' extravagance . ; ' Tbe non-producers in tbesivage and first stage of society , in the character of chiefs , compelled their ad- , herenta to engage in cm ) 1 warfare to plunder the camps ' and hunting grounds of other tribes . i TLby then , iu the next stage of society , compiled the labourer in the character of shepherd to herd their ; flocks . 1 { They then , in tbe beginning of the neJct sb > ge of ; civilimtion , reduced their depend&nts to the class of villains , compelled them to ' cultivate the earth which tbey had-monopolised , and t » build tbeir castles f-T a bare subsistence , and sold them along with the ¦ oil . i
They then , as the manufacturing stage of civU'zition came on , made them , through the power of money , build towns , which have reduced them to a more exten- i sive system of tenantry ; and destroyed their healths , ; lives , and means of intelligence with too great a number of hours of labour within the dusty walls of tbefautory , I the suffocating smoke of the furnace , and tin damp air ; of the coal pit . j > Thus have they ia the character of landlords and j usurers , reduced tbe great body of the people in pubeequent ages to a state of aVjfcc ; tenantry and vassalage . They have collected the mv . btjntorliiint rents , anil lived in idle aplendour , ¦ whils tho tenant baa eel loin bten able to raieo himself from his hovejl . They have , in the form of Government , levied another tax , and tbat upon consumption too , for the support of sinecures , that has only riv ^ ttad the fetters more strongly upon their necks .
Th * -y have , in tha shape of prieits , leviei another enormous tax upon the industry of the producers , w * thout giving ndi-quate instruction of ta « duty of mankind to each other . \ This non-producing aristocfaey are still monopolizing more of the property of the country , m .-ifciui ; the difference greater betwetu the laittKniely tidi and the mistral ) ! y pour . \ They have not only monopoFail the earth , but they have creatnd estates out ; of annuities and stocks ; thus furtiur taxing the people ¦ with the inure ^ t upon them . i Tney have also moropoliz-sd the proflc of Lbonrsaving machinery , winch nut only tukca a competence from the labourer , bu ' . tkrows him out of eiuploynit-nt . ;
Thair uurst tot specnbtion ia sn"ii , thit they are continually forming tbe « is < lifts into b . 'tr . kii'g asaocis-! i <> n 9 , ami becoming ltji : Uis »* d 1 to create mUh'ius of paper money mertly with tho libour of prut " *! ^ nd signing strips of paper ; and wbt-cever a revulsion of trade hikes placa by their t-xpansion of the currency , they mfuse to redeem them ; aud "nhteail of giving relief aie tbe first to cry out for relief , i Those aristocrats , having more leisure to acquire informaHon thdn th >; honest producer , have more pow r to form public opiuiun aud control legislation in their favour . I They have orecttxl themselves into what they consider a . higher class , and treat with contempt and insolence the 7 ery clas . 8 up m whom tbey depend for their existencs as well aa subsistence .
Th « y Lave at lei ^ tb , in some countries , reduced tbe pro-iuceva t » a poin- , beyond which they can no fnriher go—to a state of iniserable starvation , and to the infamy of the almehouse ; where they are still made to labour for the coarest fopd and clothing , so as to allow a revenue for Government ; and even tueir bodies sold at death to the anatomist for dissection . In every stafe of these oppressions , we , the producers , have endeavoured to Bhow them the evils to which th » y were reducing us . ! But our entreaties bave always been considered as aniattempt to array the poor against tLt rich ; when in truth it ia the rich who are alwiys oppressing the poor . ;
We faavo ever bden warning them against their repeated one-sided legislation , by constantly granting themuelves priviltges that 1 are makiig thauiaelves 11 richer and the poor poorer . " We have continu . lly reminded them thit it is the lower class , as they call ua , who aru the real honey producers &f the hive of society . Yet , unlike those working bees , wo have never destroyed those idle drones ; though they have beta deaf to the voice of juBtico and of common feiluw hip . We must , therefore , acquiesce in tha necetsty which impels us to act in eelf defence , by establishing that system cf economy in society whereby all can be placed in equal circuinstances to acquire the goods of life , and hold them , in the present bad economy of society , as our enemies , but in sbarirg in an tqaal portion of land and labour , friends .
We , therefore , producrrs acd would-be producers , of the City of New York , appealing to the eternal principles of equality and justice established by Nature ' s God for tbe rectitude of our intentions , do , in tbe name , and in behalf of the pauperised producers throughout the earth , solemnly publish and declare , tbat the producing class ska 11 no longer support , bj the " sweat of their brow , " a { haughty , unfeeling , and monopolising class of noniproducers . We further declare , that they should take measures to make all producers aa well as consuuurj ; that all division of society into high , middle , and lower classes cease ; and that tho most R&pubHcan party should assume the name flf ptoducar , and call the !« istoer&tie non-p * oducer . And for the support of this list of facts and declaration of our principles and independence , we mutually pledge to each other our lives , our fortunes , and our aacred honour . \
Chartism denounced b ? American Re ? bbli-Cans ( 1 )!—We are informe * that the Truth Teller ( a Repeal organ ) , has an attack ] on the National Reform Association , whose membtra it . denounces as Chartists , or under Chartist influence . We have before stated that
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it so happens that not half a d « z n Cbarttsts belong to tbe Association , or so fa' as we are informed , bave signed tbe pledge . Tfeo reason , we presume , is , that few of tbe Chartists in this country bave yet bad time to become citizens ; Iot the object of the Chartists , it is well known , is to establish democratic principles as fast ob they cm get the power to do bo ; snd it is one of the strongest evidences of the growing ii / fluence of aristocracy among ns tbat editors in this Republic can have the shameless effrontery to snter at or denounce Chartism . If the Truth Teller has been guilty of Jhis outrage on Republicanism , it is evidence only that tbe Irish as well as the English aristocracy have editorial representatives among us , and the Albion and Truth Teller may be considered birds of a feather . — N . Y . W if . Advocate .
Rhode Island Money again . —As we supposed , the appeal to the pockets of the Rhoile Island aristocrats bas set the siliy bretd or tyrants all in a flutter . Thousands upon thousands of dcliars have gone home to-day t » be . redeemed b ? the shinplaster concern of the "Nas ' . y Jittie State . " One bank , already , under the steady pull of the butchers and Ishermen of Massachusetts , bas wound np Its concerns , and issues no more rags . So it will shortly be with the whole of them . Tbe brokers sr » in a . panic , and are sending back the Rhode Island siinplaeters , to bo redeemed with specie or New York nj&oey , by every mail . When the Ai >> erineB find themselves without currency end without trade , they will liberate Dorr unconditionally . —Plebeian .
OttADUN AJTAIRS- — INDEPENDENCE OF THH CotfWJES— tr . Nios with the States . —We find the following sensible Tem ^ rka in the New York Sun : — The ci'solution of the Colonial Parliament and the election < if new members wll > be for some time a source of , con * fr : terable trouW « and essitement . Canada never has been gntitely tranquil ; tho seeds of division have long been-sown in the great differences existing between a French and Catholic people , Bad an English and Protestant governmenf . Nations and governments er quiring into ths cause of dissentionj and d . ff-reiices of opinion in » J&nada , will aot be able to trace them to any oppression exercised by Great Britain towards the Canadians ; Jor an untnxe-4 people , with full protection to their religions opinions and property and the
possession of all th-jir rights , Jj . ive no cause of complaint beyond the fast ttat they tissire to be separated from . 2 wcope < vii cuntToi ; r . n <\ these Yiews are seconded by a greafportion of the English , who , in tHe event of a revolution , hope to secure the leins of Government . There are , therefore , but twa parties in Canada ; the ob 8 thoroughly Stilish » r , d leeal ; the other in favour of s-paraiion , or a union w ^ ii the United States . We bave never been able , at ar-y per'ori . to satisfy ourselves that what are called the habitant , or the Canadians proper , have any desire to become citizens of the United States . We Rave them a fair « pportuui ; y during the last war with Great Britnin , wben independence » ml annexation wore fully in tb < -ir power , but they resolutely- opposed us in every batlle . In the recent
outbreaks in ripper Canacf-i , where the Americans who ventured to cros 3 the lines v / tre assured of aid frem the Canadians , they were nil disappointed . The organisation of an independent French & > vernment , 'which shall recognise the Catholic religion as an integral portion of tha State , would unite all the energieB of the C-inndians in n revolutionary effort ; but short of that they desire no cfavge , and would ba entirely satisfied and proi ^' ply are With the ample protection afforded by the Colsnial Government . There are some clever men among the native Canadians ; but the masses of the people have made very little progress in the march of civilizition for the last hundred years .
Tht-y have an heivditary hostility to reforms of any kind . With such views and opinions , our Northern and Eas ^ rn ci'iz . ns , who believe in tha formation of a Northern Confederacy by bringinv ; in Canada as an integral pa--, calculating upon the P .-ovince Nova Sjotia to follow , snouid be satisS-id that at present and for eome time to coma , there is no probability that snch an eveitcin be consummated . Those who burn Catholic churches and convents , cannot rely u , j .: n the confideffce and ^ ff-ction of the present t ; ent ,-ratiin of Canadians . We » 'I , therefore , should unite in keeping bright our chain of union without cast ins ; round for Northern anct Southern confederacies , Our own home is worth ? of all our regards .
- LATEST FROM THE STATES . Liverpool , Monday Evening . —The chip Patrick Henry , Captain Delano , arrived here this afternoon ftom New York . The Journal do Commercio contains an account of a rupture between the Commander of the British Brig of war Alert , Captain Bosarqiet , aud Captain Dumas , of the brig Cyrus , of N « w Orleans . It appears that wnen lying _ uff Calinda , oa tbe coast of Africa , the British captain came alongside ot the Cyrus , aid suspecting her to be a slaver , demanded to sea the brig ' s pupers . This the American Captain refused , aud at length Vhe box , or cht-st , coatainiDt ; them waa broken open , an < i tha documents were txamined by the Captain 6 f t * ie English vessel , h « of the susptoted brig protesting against tie procee-Iing la loud and indignant terms . It is adduil , that after tho British Captain had left the Cyrus she was sold to tfao Portuguese , and immediately filled with slaves .
During the altercation , and before the Eaio , tba Sntiaa Captain 18 reported to have aald to lUe American , " The reasou you cannot sLo v me the papers is , be * cause you have sold your vessel- I waa told so . " The American Captain ' s version of ths affair is evidently tx » ggenited , and contains a great deal of idle bombast , « uuh as tha " American flag trampled upon by the British ; " " our flig is inquired ; it will cost tbe E lglish nation dear , " &c ; nnd bo accuses the Ei ^ lisT Ciptain of being a coward , and turning pale ! His letter is published in the American papers , and duly penned with imposing capitals and notes of admiration . Tha writer olenrly calculated upon tha morbid j ^ lousy of hie countrymen respecting the ri ^ ht to search suspected slavers , carrying the American flig , and th" rhodomontade in which be iudul « i-: s , however ridiculous it may ;> ppesr on this side of the Atlantic , has rnide , and will continue to make , eome stir on the other aide .
The Presidency . —The preparations for the Presidential conteit continued with increasing violence The Whig , or Ciay party , hid carried thd elections in Maryland , bat as their majority iial fallen from about ttve thousand to Httla more th ? in five hun 4 red , since tbe last election , iriis vsaa regi ^ nhd f . s ^ a proof of weakcess rather vh > n of strength , and as an omsu of their defeat in N « w York , Pennsylvania , and other great States , in which thfi D rmoct itic party h " . ve generally succeeded . The Polk party , which some time ago fetmed doomed to total defeat , has greatiy increased in confiden-oo .
Irish Repeal Meetings tn New Yoiue . —We percetVe that the Irish R pealern here have announced their intention of holiUni ? a ma ; a meeting of " the fnnutla ef Ireland , "' at T . i ' nma . ' . y Hall , on Wednesday tv&iiing litx .. This ' . noy ^ m-v . : ha 3 or : t ; ina . cd in tha news of tho HMertt'ion of O'Conu ^ ll—a pkca of inteliig > n : > : rc-cfivi .-d by tho last Hteomtr . . It is the mitfor * tuna of-the Irii < h people here that they still persist in ket'pin ^ tihtuisolvej so isolated nv . \ peculiarly clinisa . If they diKCoveroa a proper spirit of love to ^ arila universul libertv , thi y would cn'l &n all those who are fritrmily to the elrvatisn of Uie papular masses not of Ireland nlonc but "f Sco : l .: ii ' . K feland , F . anca , and aiiiE'iropa . In . iU . i-, 1 of unfci'g their causo a purely In-h local cias *' , t ? : ey sLouui make it European and universal . By th i tdopt'on of this policy they would receive the sympathy of nstiv-. s of ah lan ^ o , whether
European or Au : er : can . The c ; aiy grouud of h <> p 9 for Ireland ia in a :. «! i-ral mov-.-muiit of tha tnaasua ia tha British em ] ire . Aa to she reform pureucd by Mr . O'Conntsil—which ia peculiarly Irish in its character , and , indeed , w « may say sectarian , for it 13 Roman Catholic as mujh as nnything else—it is on <; of tha greatest pharloms nnil delusions of the age . It never can * be realized . A separation of Ireland in any form from Enaiauil can nevur bo realised without the consent- of Scotland and England , which never cm be obtained . The ooiy hope of Ireland ' s salvatx-n is in a greit , united , general Hiovemtnt in favour cf iioerty . And , therefore , Die only proper policy of tfao > e who profcas to be the friends of Ireland is to unite wkh all in a similar condition throughout the E .-itiah ewptie and makts their cause not a local but a uQiveraal one . — -Ve » York Herald
The Yellow fever , wbich during the ' ast and Bonie preefding years , was so violent at New O .-Ieans , has" this year been unusually mild—bo much so , that it was comp'irative . y harmless . Pensacola , in tbe United States , lurl been the eeer . e of a destructive fire . Thirty-five built ! i .: es . compriairg half of one of the principal squares , had fefen destroyed . MEXICO , it would seun , is inesrr . t& - . nbowt ii . t invasion of Texas , An account from Vcra Cruz slates that General Anipudia had passed through ti a" city , to take the command of the troops ra » s « xi / or tne tspedition , and th < it the army was ready to march by wjy of San Luia Potosi .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . The Infernal Spirit of KiNGCiiiFT . —The following 13 the mode of putting criminals to death in Prussia convicted of any attempt on the lif' -j of tho King . This hellish senttneo wa . s pass ^ i upoa Tschesch , who lately fired a pis-toi at the Iv . ng of Prussia . Whether it will be carried ialo execution remains to bo seen . The criminal , on beiDg taken to the place of execution , is exposed for au hour in his shirt- ; one executioner then cuts off the ris ^ lit hand and another 6 ears the wrist with a red-hot iron , to prevent the too great effusion of blood . The criminal is tbea stretched upon hollow blocks of wood , and with a bar loaded with lead and cased with iron , his 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 vho cheat , and the unhappy wretch is left exposed for twentyfour hours . A criminal has been known to live twelvo hours alter what is called tho coup do grace .
The Presse states , tbat on Saturday , the l& . h ult ., a scene of desolation occurred near Dieppe , at a short distance from the coast . A fishing boat was wrecked , and out of a crew of tea men , eigh : perished , notwithstanding the almost superhuman efi ' . > i'Ss made to save them . Female Wabrioh .. —There is naw at Stettin , in Prussia , a female who , ia 1812 , assumed male attire , and entering the Prussian army . Went through thocampaigns of 1812 , 1813 , and 1814 , and rose to the ratik of sergeant-major . She left the army oa account of a wound , and her sex was discovered . Soon afterwards she married an English merchant captain , and bas accompanied him on his voyages .
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ing . address op the london mens-men to the Boot akd Shoe Makers of the United Kingdom . —TbiB body bave i sued an address from which wo cive the following extracts—all we can find room for . Tfee addressers dissent from the "Birmingham Union ;" the following a-a thfeir reasons : — " It is n fact borne out by past experience , ihut the wiBest laws ever concocted by the mind of man arc pexfeetly \ alueltBB , unless they are in strict accordanca with the wishes deaires and sentiments of the people for whom tbey are intended . Second—tbe powers given by the Birmingham Union to their Managing Committee , are at once »!< ingerous , despotic , bb 1 altogether impracticable , inasmuch as they bave tie power to lay on levies , to strike for advances , and to reject or accept reductions ; these are powers which , in oar opinion , ought never to be wielded bnt by tbe whole of the Association , and wbich , if perend in
sisted in by any committee , will be sure to confusion , dissatisfaction , and disappointment , because they are in direct opposition to the preconceived notions of social liberty entertained by the people of the United Kingdom , and of our own trade in particular . We would therefore implore the men of tha Birmingham Association to weigh well the consequences of giving too mnch power to their officers : the people , the legitimate source of all power , are the parties with whom it shonld always rest- "We have said tbrs much in relation to tie government , and naw a word or so in relation to the stopping of ou * caids . Our opinion of that piece of union philosophy , is , that stop them as you may , we shall stop no card ; and the cards from any town in the United Kingdom will be relieved in London ; and whatever difference of opinion exists between us and any other association of our trade , no member conil *^ into town with a card shall suffer through tbat difference ; and through we possess more power in stopping cards and doing mischief by tbat means , than any
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| ? HE NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FOND CO 11 MITTEE . TO THE CHABHSTS OV GREAT BBIIAIK . Ekother ChxrtistSj—We are again compelled to comrdsin of Ihe apathy and indifference of too many JocMkies in not fulfilling their duty as laia down in the rfeolntion adopted by tbe last ConTention . We ie ^ lo- refer yon to the 13 : hpage of the Hand-Booi , issued by ibe Executive , where job . will £ ad the followii'g , which we give entire . " The Convention decided on the propriety of forming a National Ticlim Fund , to be raised by each locality subscribing at least one penny par m onth for each of its pxyinj ; members . They fed asjurad that tb . e necessity for such a Fund mnst be admitted by every Chartist in the land . We
DS 5 t not stultify onrselTei . by saying ihas we do net expect persecution ; to sxy so would evince thv the experience of the last seven years ias been los : upon ns . An Association like onr 3 j existing aid orginiKd to wrench from tyranny ' s grasp ihe » Eights ol 3 Ian , " i 3 always in daijger of incurring ¦ the consequences of the enmity of an irresponsible Government . It is therefore msdom npon our parts to be prepared , bo that s&oold tbe enemy ponuee apon lbs champions of onr cause we shall haTe it in onr power to cheer them in the gloomy hour of sS-ctJpn by extending to them onr sympathy and Kippori . Let , therefore , ereiy sterling Democrat consider it his imperative dnty to contribute lonsrds the maintenance of the ' * Natioiui Vicmm i > n > Defescb Fr ^ D . "
¦ | Tuis , Bri . th . s-r Chartists , is tne language of yonr Issi ConTention . jet many are ihe localities who have 10-a . ^ y neglected the pledge made for them by their representatives . Brother Chartists , we implore of von to assist the General Fnnd . We are anxious fai each and every victim shall receiva from tbat fund the assistance he 13 entitled to without beiag tecessitated to appeal through the Star f or public sympathy . We must specially notice tho case of if isfcin Morgan , who was taken from his home and all ihal made home dear ; his beloved wife . and children were left husbandless and fatherless iloTjjan was tried by a jury of men opposed to Oisrlisza , and condemned to / oar yeaT 3 impri .= oajEfc :. Morgan ' s wife 10 snp ^ ort hers *}/ acd cLil-GT ? z . tad to live npon the small property ho had
acquired by hard and incessant toil . Kis landlord , an sniveling monster in nnman form , claimed rent to ibe smonnt -of £ 30 ; seized a tjnanriry of hay nxrth £ 90 , and never reiuracd a farthing . At list , Morgan was released from imprisonment , and yet this Committee has not been able to supply him with the trifling sum required to again place hiss in ihe way of procuring an independent livelitwxL Mor 2 in's case is onlv one ont of many . Tiiere is ? not been one Tictim that has received win he ought to have received . Why 1 Because we h-i'e ne * er ye = bsen able to rely npon a regular KDply to afford th ^ a a weekly allowance . I ; is in year povrer lo tripe away this stigma . Ail that we waul is for each and every locality to transmit their ED ^ ihly qaota regularly to our General Treasurer , Fracas O'Connor , Ei-q .
Briber Chartists , —Let not the the mareenary cre » of zsGziej-mozi % er 3 and msmznon worshippers iiiT ? ihe fiendLjh pleasure of kno- ^ rJDg that we neelec : onr brethrc-a . If you do , the blame shall not be u ? 02 us . B . a ' flj , then , to the rescae . Lei each Cr . 3 r : i 5 i y ; e with bis bro . cer Chartis ; in contributing acwrJing : o his means . Let joar contributions be girea freeiy : 3 nd conscieEce Tnll i = 12 you that you hare chij discharged "yaur dmy . Vn brhalf of ibe National Yicdm and Defence Coaiainee , Eowasd Cxabk , Secretary , 37 , Hearj-street , Oldham-Hoad , Manchester . P . S —AH applications must be post-paid , or tbey will eoi be aitendtd to .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1287/page/7/
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