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THE CONDUCT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXAMINED . KECESSITY OF THE INSTITUTION BEING PLACED OS A FIRM JLSB EQUITABLE BASIS . Below -will be fonnd a letter from Mr . "Wm . Rai-Cijffb , the Corresponding Secretary of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows , in reply to some strictures Dn Ms conduct that hare appeared in the pages of this journal . .
That letter -we most fieelj insert . Had Mr . Ratcliffe written sooner , he would have found the same readiness . As sooa as Iris conduct W ? . s animadverted on in our pages , that moment were they open to both him and bis friends to set Wjnself right . We state this at the outset of these re . mark 3 ; because Mr . Ashdowx , in a letter of h . " i 3 vie inserted the other week , told a story of . ^ me paper charging three guineas for the insert ? . onof a letter from Mr . Raicuffb , denying certain , allegations it had circulated respecting him . Mj \ Ashdown did not state what paper it was that , had acted in so scoundrelly a manner ; and we ~« sh . it to be understood that such is not ourmo-de ^ f dealing mfch . tire
parties public duty brings as . in collision with . We also beg to assure Mr . R aWiiffb that , "to secure insertion for his letter , it \ cas not necessary for him to order "forty copies of the paper . " If -we had imagined that he did & * ^ ufo any such view , we should have decline ^ the letter altogether : but as Mr . R&xcLiFFEtrpjy states , " a great portion of the members of the Afaachester Unity are subscribers to the Star " : an-i as it is likely that he wishes his statement to have a more extended circulation than our usual one will give him , we send him the papers , ajecosapanying Ids statement with these observations : so that those ftiends he may send to wai not ^ fy leam ] & , i ews g , ^ ^^^ j , ut ^ j , also .
Of oar own knowledge we are able to say that for ye ars ft has been a matter of dissatisfaction , and cony « in the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows—the MONOPOLY qC power and influence and patronage "which the members of the Manchester District tfaimed , and which , by one means and another , they contrived to exercise . Ont of the members of that district alone were all the head officers of the society chosen . Ifone else could be appointed . All the patronage was also confined to Manchester ; and there is more than reason to believe that favouritism and even worse , in the giving and executing of
"orders for goods , " prevailed . "We know that there were several " set" attempts to break into this state of things , bv sending deputies in considerable numfois from other districts to the A . M . C . All this we are free to admit ; and to admit likewise that it is possible , nay even probable , that considerable soreness will be felt by those who were disturbed by the change which , opened tWDitectory to other districts > and if Mr . Ratcuffe was instrumental in bringing about that change , or in looking sharp after the " suppliers of goods , " who had before time been allowed to send in any sort of trash , there is little
donhthuttuatfiewouldbecomean objectof "friendship uovs , and truth , " to the parties removed from the honey-pot . All this we-freely grant to Mr . RatciiEEE ; bufstillitdoes not explain , nor meet , nor settle , the real questions at issue . It IS TTdJ well for Mr . Rpicliffe to show that he has given cause for mortal offence to corrupt tradesmen and intriguing officials ; it isaD well , too , for Mr . Ratcliffe to try to carry the tear into the enemy's camp , and pnt his supposed assailants on their defence for wlM THEY did when they had power ; this game is all very well in its way . and when adroitly managed by a clever man .
often diverts attention from the real matter of dispute , and sets inquiry on a false scent . "We say this sort of game is all very "well : hut it does not satisfy TJS ! We do not see in it any justification for the " suspensions" oftheHnddersfield , the Manchester , the Liverpool , and the Eccles districts . We do not see in it any justification of the alleged fact that £ 36 , 534 have gone into the yocfeets of men belonging the Orfer , during the last seven years , who have been at once DIRECTORS and tradesmen , nor do we see in it any justification of the principle that would allow of soch a proceeding in any society . We do not see
m it any justification of the present system of representaiion in the Order , which places it in the power of tlie Executive to pack the A . M . C . with its treatnres ; and thus secure the introduction and rejection of such measures as it may have pre-deteimined on , under the guise of popular consent and popular contron ] . We do not see , we say , in the course Mr . RATcuFFEhastakeuinhisletteranyiust * JMMwu for these things : and THESE are to our minds the matters that concern the Odd Fellows at large ; at all events more than whether Mr . Raicuefe lias been evilly-spoken of by parties whom he has offended . To those matters tee intend to devote a few observations .
lust as to the suspensions . This is a question of toiglrtyimport . If the Directors of the Odd Fellows ' Institution have the power , of their own will and accord , to " stwpeiu ? ' any member , or lodge , or district , from the benefits which they have purchased , it is a MONSTROUS TYRANNY—a tyranny which the law of the land ought at once to put down . What I a man enter a sack and burial Benefit Society , —and toe Odd-Yellows * confederation , notwithstanding its &gh sounding name , is little more than this ; a man enter such a society : pay to it for twenty or thirty ] ong yeare , in tbe hope that when sickness overtakes
him , he may have the means of sustenance without straitening his friends or laving to apply to the parish ; and in the lope that when death overtakes him , his children or his friends will hare the means of interring him decently , and providing suitable monrningior his neatest relatives : a man enter a society such as this , audpayregulariy to it for a long lifetime , often stinting himself of tie very necessaries of life "to pay his lodge , " as thousands have had to do ; a man to do all this for snch anobjeet i—and be subject to tj " suspended ?* from the benefits he has t * w tor , PURCHASED , TOth Li own iani earnings : " suspended" tooat
, ™ mere will and pleasure of a Board of Directors I Tal k o f injustice or tyranny in the land of the Mogals-let them match that if they can ! 2 fo jotter how your Directors are chosen : no roar-* » whether yonr choice he confined to the lfaT _ - ™* r district , or yon have the "high priiLv * - ' ° haT ™ £ one ft ° m Bristol : no matter all t" ' . if snch a power is given to your Directory , howf -if chosai , it is an tjhesdbbabee tthakny , and a i «* d oa those who have entrusted yon with their ponies . And then again : if the laws of tiie order con-« r no such power ; if the Directors are not entrusted ™ a it ,- if it be not "in the books " and they should
" **«»« it , and presume to use n , what name shall we ££ ? £ act t y If it would be an UNEN JTCRABLJl TYRA 3 HSY if conferred ly law , ^ hat would itbe if exercised without law ? Itwould *** lkdUUUti . DESPOTISM of the worst chaior ^ T ^ apP ^ to Mr . Ratcm-hs and Ms eoadju-Iium - ™ *** ^ W Mion in dilute ; and to this *<* Zi *• " *« = « ** fc * r apply himself , « aJf i \ L * S ? somewhat cleared his ground , by ^ ( not disprovingj on pereonalmatters .
AaLG ^ h ?* ^ ? eKfield «« . At the , last tte L , ^ Y ^ 'aTcsolation ^ passed empowering % JT ? . 5 B 8 efa » to caU on the different lodges tteSS M 6 nM *«» . In the course of the year « Brf ffl ttadeth « r " cair-fotf made it in other did ' I nore exta ^^ t » ais Humthe retohtiim itKlf , Hot spe ; - eml ) raced matters , which ihe resolution " call * tb v f eren * ° «> ntemplate . This frith . i i ^( Hersfield district declined to comply ^ Iftion ^ iJ this ° n S ^ tin * ' i ^ ae ^ wllawv Vas ® e % d , inasmuch as there is a ^ mofiojK i h Jror ides ttat * & " propositions " l ^ fifcntS fte A'M-C- sLa 11 •» « renlated in the N inaJ Y prior t 0 t&e assembling of the body ; t ^^ och as the resolution that passed was tor
^ PRin -I- ' a jar atgerent object Man ^ rC !* 1011 " on W ^ A i * ™» founded : and , ^ r ^ the " call" itself was notercnin ^ wiq the illegal resolution thus illegally Ni If * ™^» at att events , was tangible ^ % ft ? r earl yamatterof ^ - Eiitertie f * W DB ^ refieWmemberstookwas rigU r * SO * «** " ** eit orwron & . * is clfar I * Wg the stand they did . ftey were con-
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tendmg for the true interests of the Order : for he b a bad member of any society who does not resist eveiy illegality , by whomsoever attempted . The toleration , of a setting aside of law on one occasion is very soon made a PBKCEnENT—and the ' society focomes a mass of disorder and lawlessness . If wrong , itis as clear , that the Ruddersfieldmembers could have been set right . The facts would be a sufficient answer to them . It is also as clear that , with their conception of the matter , they could not comply with the " call , " nor act otherwise than as they did , until their scruples were satisfied ; and what did Mr . Ratcliffe and his confederates do to meet those scruples ? Did they reason with the- men who had shewn
such a desire to maintain the laws of the Order intact , and sustain the valued privileges of lodges and members ? No . They " sttspended" them ! They interdicted them from benefits ! They pfetced in abeyance the bights these ' members had frnid for . They denied those rights in every instance where they had power , "Belief on tramp " was one of the rights these men had bought . This was denied . A sentence of " suspension " . is equal to a sentence of excommunication , while It IS in existence . And this was the answer that Mr . Rvtcuffe gave to the Huddersfield members , because they declined compliance with what they conceived to be an illegal order , founded on an illegal resolution , illegally passed I :
Then take the Manchester case . The Board of Directors had arranged a new scale of payments , to coma into operation in January next . This step is one fiat deeply concerns the whole order . It is a change : and a material change too , in the mode of conducting their business . It moreover introduces a new priiiciple into the management of the institution . Hitherto many matters of detail have been left to the lodges themselves , it only being required of them that they conformed to the general laws , and paid their quota of general expenses . Amongst other things , the rate of lodge contributions and lodge benefits were left to 13 determined on by the parties
themselves—it being held that each lodge would best know its own requirements , and how to arrange to . meet them . The new scale breaks down this principle of independent action . It provides , that for such and such benefits you must pay after such and such rate 3 . There is in it the principle of centralisation , in opposition to the principle of independence of control . It was natural that such a step would excite remark , at the Very least . It did more ; and not to be wondered at . It excited discussion . Some parties contended that it was a step not at all needed , or at all warranted by tho facts of the case . Others contended that it would
prove to be highly advantageous ; that it would place the Order on a firmer basis than it had hitherto occupied ; that it would effectually prevent those lamentable failures of lodges from want of means to fulfil their engagements which they had often had to witness ; and others again contended tbat it was part of a deep laid scheme to get possessed of centralism ) power , and eventually a control over all the funds 6 £ the society . In this state of mind , a meeting of the members of the Manchester District was called , to consider the subject . We opine that such a course was perfectly fair . "We opine that Mr . Ratcxiffe and his coadjutors have not yet gone the length o * denying to the membere of the Order the right of
formingopinionsforthemselves , andofexpressui 5 tho 5 e opinions too , if they think fit . Surely we have not yet got the powers of the Inquisitors of Spain , as well as the despotic assumptions of the ( once ) Dey of Algiers " centralised" in tie Order of Odd Fellovre ! And yet it is difficult to account for the conduct of Mr . " V 7 . Ratcliffe on any other ground . . Because this meeting , to discuss a matter which concerned them , was held ; and because five certain individuals attended it , —( aH five did not take part —only attended it ); BECAUSE they did this , they were " suspended ? ' by Mr . Ratciiffb , in utter defiance of the laws of the Order , which provide certain modes of TRIAL after due notlee to the
accused I But we have not seen the whole of this most monstrous case yet . The five individuals were thus " suspended "—thus deprived of rights and benefits which they had purchased and paid for—sad that too without any act of forfeiture or defeasance on their part . In a few days after this most scandalous act , a meeting of the Manchester District Committee was held . On that committee there were two of the " suspended" members , who had been appointed before such alleged "suspension" had taken place . On the " G . M . "—( what high sounding names wehave —like children , " pleased with arattle , tickled with a
straw I" )—of the Order objecting to these two individuals retaining their seats , the rest of the committee desired to know 5 y what authority they had b : cn " suspended ; " and they also desired to have proof of the fact . On this a slip of paper wa 3 produced , being merely a note from Mr . Raicmftb to the Secretary of the District , intimating that such a " suspension" had taken place : but it not being an official document , containing the order of [ the Board of Directors , sealed with their seal , the committee properly refused to recognise the illegal and monstrous assumption of power on the part of
the Grand—( MONKEY we were going to write , but ) —MASTER we mean , and his colleagues . For this act ; for deciding to abide by law ; for setting their faceagainst usurped authority and flagrant injustice , nay , downright ROBBERY—( for these , five men were by the sentence of " suspension" without TRIAL , robbed of the benefits they had paid for !)—for thus acting , the whole of the Manchester district was " suspended" by William Ratcltpfe and his comrades , in the same illegel manner as the Huddersfield district and the five atteuders at a public meeting were " suspended" !
But we have not yet seen the worst of it . Bad enough in all conscience the case is already ; almost beyond the possibility of being added to in infamy and shame -. but as inthelowestdepths of wrong " there is a deeper still" , that deeper plunge the Board of Directors have contrived to take . A number of members in the Liverpool District , astounded at what was going on , alarmed for the existence of tbe Order , if its rights and privileges depended on such a slender thread , ventured to ask the "Grand MASTER" —( we thought there had been no meaning in the name—but it seems the office-bearer is determined to show that there is !); they ventured to ask the Board on what law they grounded their numerous " suspensions . " For SO ASKING THEY TOO WERE "SUSPENDED" !! J Now , match that out of Turkey if yon can 2 .
In our opinion Mr . Ratcliffe would have been quite as well employed in showing that the Board , of which he is the " busy spirit , " were justified ly law in acting in the strange manner just narrated , as in writing the letter which we publish below . Butthis point we observe the Board of Directors and their apologists invariably shirk . Never do we find them tackling it . We invite them to it . We invite them to show that they have Taw for what they have done . Let ns see the law ; and then we will express our opinion both of it and its makers , anddo our best to get it consigned to the place where all such laws should be sent —the Devil ' s kitchen fire . Again we ask them to
show ns this law ; and , failing that , we invite them to defend and justify this acts ! We offer ourcolumns to them , free of expense . We care not who the champion is ; the " Grand Mokkst , "—( whatever is it that we have seen that continually suggests that animal to the mind , when the title " Grand" is used ? 0 , we remember : " a most noble Grand , " dressed out in cap and red cloak , and furielowt , all like the dancing monkeys of the streets ); we say we care not whether the champion be the G . M . of the Order , Mr . Ratclifee , Mr . AshdowitJ or Mr . Any-bodyelse . Let anyone defend and jbsmft the acts we have narrated , and we will do our utmost to ' get him
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the situation of " operator with the bow-string" to the "grand" Turk ; for it is dear that England ' s air is not fit for him I / .- .,-. , ¦ This matter we shall return to on another occasion ; and show the Odd Fellows generally what tltey ovight to do to make their institution safe , stable , consistent , democratic , and efficient , throughout all its ramiucations , eachhaving his Bhareof properly derived power , and no one having more than his share , with every necessary check upon its exercise , that power may not degenerate into tyranny . We shall show
them that it will be their interest to unite all in one bond of true brotherhood ; to act in reference to the past , on the principle of bearing with , and forbearfog . with each other , and of letting "byegones be byegones . " To those who havo been . " suspended " we shall endeavour to show reasons why they should not form a » ew confederation to exist distinct from the old one : for they have bights and benefits paid for in the old One , which they : ought not to be deprived of either by the acts of others ' . or by ingonsir derateness of their own . We will shortly " return t «
the subject ; and Bliall have something more to say on the clap-trap of the following letter .
TO THE EWTOK OF THE NOETHEEK STAB . Sib , —I have of late been much amused with the remarks of several of your correspondents , but more particularly With those of an " Old Odd Fellow , " which have at different times . appeared in the columns of the Northern Star . I have , therefore , taken the liberty of addressing you upon the present occasion , and found my cla ;< n to your notice upon the fo ! lowing grounds : — That a great portion of the members of the Manchester Unity are subscribers to your paper , and as you have allowed the insertion of anonymous correspondence reflecting upon my private character , it is only justice to myself that you should afford me the privilege of answering and refuting the charges that have from time to time appeared in your paper , so
that front the tiro statements those who are disinterested will be able to arrive at a proper conclusion . I have now been officially connected , as secretary , with the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows nearly eight years , and , during the whole of that time , although pur society numbered upwards of 250 , 000 individuals , no complaint has ever yet been preferred against me , but invariably , when called upon to give an account of my stewardship to those who had appointed me to conduct their affairs , and watch over their interests , resolutions similav to the following have been recorded , and by gentlemen who were appointed upon the most democratic principles to represent tlie whole of the
members throughout England , Scotland , and Wales : — "Inconclusion , wehave to say that , during the arduous duties we have been here called upon to perform , in going through papers , documents , and accounts , amounting to a sum bordering close upon £ 20 , 000 , we were most ably , and in a gentleman-like manner , assisted through any apparent difficulties by C . S . Raccliffe , and that his urbanity of manner cal ' s for our unqualified praise and esteem ; and we respectfully beg leave to submit the same through you to the Order in general , with the assurance that the accounts are kept in his usual clear style , which has , at all times so materially lightened the duties of the auditorsf and for which the best limuks oi the Order are due to him . " ¦•¦ '•' "
Nowt > during tlie fkftt - that"T have iufiiiled the the duties of secretary to the society , no less a sum than £ 150 , 000 has passed through my hands , and I leave the members to draw their own conclusions , from the various reports of the auditors , as to the manner in which the trust reposed in me has been performed . I can here place myself in a position which very few individuals under similar circumstances can do , viz ., that after having paid to the different tradesmen connected with the Order during the last seven years upwards of £ 70 , 000 , I never in the whole of that time received , either directly or indirectly , in the shape of perquisites or otherwise , the value of one shi'ling . ; , : ! ' ' .: When the members of the Order at a distance read such statements as these , and find that the duties of secretary have been so ' satisfactorily per formed , no doubt they are at a loss why anonymous
correspondents should be found yiUifying my character , when they have had ( if they had the moral courage to have done so ) so many opportunities of bringing my conduct before those from whom I received my appointment . Now , there is a cause , which I shall endeavour to explain ; so thaWor the future our members may be able to put a proper construction upon the motives of parties . It is well known that , when I was first appointed to the office of corresponding secretary of the Manchester Unity , I was not a member of the Manchester district ; and , from the date of nay appointment up to the present day , a great portion of the men who were formerly members of the Manchester district , have resorted to the most despicable means to injure me in the estimation of those who have hitherto reposed in me their unbounded confidence , and warmly expressed their admiration at the manner in which I have invariably performed the duties imposed upon
me . Tbeir hatred to me has arisen from the circumstance of my having exerted myself to remove from the Order that monopoly , corruption , and systematic plundering which was carried on previous to my taking onice ; and because I hare been instrumental in , and , to a certain extent , the cause of the removal of the abuses that existed , thus trampling upon the privileges and immunities so long exclusively enjoyed by the members of the Manchester district , they are determined to wreak their vengeance upon me ; and have registered a vow that they will leave no stone unturned until they have accomplished their object ; , and destroyed that confidence which I have hitherto possessed . The length of time it will take them to accomplish this has yet to be ascertained .
Previous to the year 1840 At the present time any the members of the Man- member of the Ovder , where-Chester district enjoyed the ever he may reside , has the exclusive privilege of sup- privilege of sending in esp i jingtheOrdwmthgoods , timates for goods , and on reference to the quarterly repprts , it will be found that the estimates from members residing in Leeds , Oldham , North Shields , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Belfast , and other
places , have been accepted . That the privilege of dis- The estimates are now tributing tbe estimates was submitted to a disinterested rested in tbe directors , who tribunal , appointed from were self-elected from a- amongst the deputies who roongst the members of the attend the A . Mi C , and Manchester district . who decide jupon the same to the best ' of tbeir judgment , without any reference as to where the party es-^ timates may reside . . " . ,.. '
That , previous to tUeyear Since ihe year 1814 the 18 i-i , the whole of the direc- directors havo been elected tors were appointed from from the members in the amongst the members of different districts , and intheMancbestet district , and stead of Manchester bhm »> - if a party were a P . 6 . it polising the whole , they was considered sufficient , have been fairly distributed and he was at Once elected , throughout the unity , and without any reference to his talent and ability have been character or abilities . their passports to omce . Previous to the year 1844 The general funds of tbe the teftoleofthe funds of the Order are now invested in Order were vested in the trustees from Manchester , members of the Manchester Stockport , London , audBirdistrict , minguam ; and if this had not been the case , now that Manchester has seceded , what would hare become of those-funds !
For the above-named alterations I have incurred deadly hatred , but more particularly for my having detected twelve of the past officers and members oi the Manchester district in ' attempting to defraud the Order , by sending in- goods of an inferior description to those for which they contracted : and the consequence has been that those individuals have been for ever prevented from supplying the Order with any more goods , and , being defeated , baffled , and disgraced 5 n their attempts to plunder the Society , their rage knows no bounds . Hence their determined hostility to the humble individual who only performed the duty imposed upon him b y the members of the Order at large , and for which he has received their unanimous thanks :
I now come to a portion of your correspondent ' s letter , wherein he states that I " was at Newton races , with a roll o f notes , belling with every one cround me . " I would not have noticed such " an-unmitigated , lie , " had it not been that by my silence the veracity of Mr . Asbdown might have been impeached by those who have not the honour oi Ms acquaintance . I , therefore , place myself in Mr . Asbdown ' s position , and beg leave to inform the " Old Odd Fellow" that I was at Newton races ; but as for having at any time a roll of notes in my hand , or betting with everyone around me , I can only , say that it is another of those gtfoss falsehoods , which , in Ms ow neighbourhood , it is well known he is so perfect in . . T « s ,. th . a . ' / . Old , OddEelloj ( t-. V . iswell Jacown , and were he only to put his name to his cor-
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respondence , hiis ou / B personal acguointanceJiwcrald immediately declare thathe % as unworthy of belief ,. Now , relative to my being at Newton races—was it a crime ? ff so , I am afraid the .. . " Old Odd Fellow " is very often guilty of the same offence when his means will afford . I do not deny being at Newton races , and by the resolution of the BradfordfA ' . M . C . am not prevented from , attending such places if I think properv If betting on horse racing be a crime , it is ; most singular that the very individuals who condemn it , are those who practise it the most ; for it is well known that more than one half of those who were formerly members of the Manchester district are gamblers on boree racing . The "Old Odd Fellow " says I was at Liverpool , and appeals to Mr .
Dickinson . . / There is no occasion to appeal to Mr . Dickinson , ; iWhy not at once have referred to Mr . Roberts , the pseudo G . M . of those who have been suspended in . tlie Manchester district , who . was at LiverpoolTaces . By-the-bye , it is somewhat singular that the first bet I ever had on a . horse race was made at the instigation of Mr . Hardv , the pseudo Secretary to the "National Independent Odd Fellows" in Manchester- Now , these individuals can with impunity attend any race tbey like , and swagger and betas they , think proper , but if an humble indivWucl I-kc mysclfis only seen passing a place at the time t « s races are held , the , dogs are unloose *} , and nil the abusive language they . are master of is heaped upon him . . ¦ . ¦ -. ¦'¦ ' .:- ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ •—¦ - In conclusion , I have one werd for the " Old Odd Fellow "—rthose who live in glass houses should not
throw stones . Instead , lor the future , of attempting to traduce my character , it would be much better if he would explain to the Order the reason why the G . M . and Board of Directors ( who at tho time were appointed exclusively from the Manchester district ) unanimously passed a resolution that he should be kicked out of the directory ; and also the ' circumstances under which I detected him defrauding the Oi'der . These explanations would be information for the members , and might serve as a beacon and warning to aU , tbat" honesty is the best policy . " Trusting you will excuse this lengthy epistle , I remain your obedient servant , IYiuiIam Ratcliffe , Corresponding Secretary to the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd FeHowa . 8 , Aytoun-street , Manchester .
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w ^ ^ w ^ ^*^«^^* w ¦* ^» - ^ " « I — ' — ^ ¦ — — —— ^ ^ w ^ W ^ lf IF ^ Ii M ' . * *¦ MW M ^^^^^^^^^^^ GERMANY . Agitation is on the increase throughout Prussia , turn-outs and disturbances are now of almost daily oscurrence . "A letter from Berlin of the 30 th ult ., states that reports were iacivcft 5 at \ on of disturbances having taken place at Konigsberg . in which the townspeople had the advantage ; but it does not appear what was the cause of the disturbance . The Manheim Gazette states that , in the afternoon of August 29 , the public tranquillity was disturbed in a strange way at Heidelberg . Some individuals suddenly collected on tha LudwigB Platz , and , placing themselves near the Museum , fired several shots . They . then withdrew as quickly as they had come , and when the police sirrived every one had disappeared . The Universal German Gazette states that a meeting of the Protestant Friends was to have taken place on the premises of the German Resource , on the eveniD ? of August 21 , and some hundreds of
j / tfijC-iw / jM / Sifhiou uieuisciv «; , when dje . pojjee prevented their entuvin ; :, deckrine ; that tu ' -v > * iw&B of-the Friends oi' Light wero . iorbidden . Tlio pt- ^ , n ^ wjj , ) Irid assembled then repaired to n garden , ami gevb ^ speeches were delivered . A memlm * proposed the separation of the old Protestant Church , and . its accession to the German Catholic movement , but tui < proposal was not generally approved of . It was agreed to address the proposal to the King direct , with an open declaration . ' A committee of seven members was appointed * to draw up the declaration . The meeting broke up at eight o ' clock in perfect order . The Cologne Gdzttti contains a letter ^ rom Brunswick , of tlie 3 rd insfc ; , which states that , for the thvee preceding evenings serious quarrels had arisen between the soldiers of . the guard and some oi
the working classes of the town , paiiiculariy the journeymen shoemakers . Some -dispute having arisen , it appears , at first between a workman and a soldier , the latter drew his side-arms on his adversary . The crowd resented this attack , and tbequairel became general . A . number of persons were wounded on both sides , but only one case was known in which a mortal injury had been received . The police interfered but slightly the two first evenings ; but on tlie third , when the disturbances became serious , they obtained the assistance of a body of troops , and stopped all further quavrel . The town was in a state of great agitation when tho post left . From Leipsic we have information to the date of the 1 st inst . The town enjoys tranquillity in appearance , but there is considerable agitation in tbe
public mind , Some apprehensions exist that disturbances may break out on September 4 th , the anniversary of the festival of the constitution . The commission of inquiry is pursuing its researches , but it is not yet known who gave orders to the troois to fire on the people . Tjtte report of the commission is looked for with some impatience . The circular oi the Minister of the interior , on popular assemblies , has excited much discontent . It -was at Stolzenfels that the King of Prussia agreed with the German Princes on the representations of Prince Metternich , that energetic measures ought to be taken against innovators and political assemblies , as tolerating tbcra longer might be attended with dangerous consequences . '¦•' Thus far our information is derived from the London daily papers : very Questionable sources of
information in all that concerns the march of free principles , and the struggles of the proletarian order tor their social and political rights . The London daily papers inform this country something of the agitations on religious questions , and occasionally give publicity to the complaints of the Prussian middle class at their being choused out of the long promised constitution by their pious King ; but beyond this our daily papei 3 are " dumb doga . " They give us no information of thatmighty working men ' s movement , which having for its object the destruction of class tyranny and social mastership , as well as tbe overthrow of political privilege , inscribes on its banners— " Democracy , Communism . " Of this party growing in strength as fast as intelligence
advances , and destined to ultimately ( and soon we hope ) ehauge the entire existing order of things in Germany , wche&r nothing from our " best possible public instructors . " To supply , then , the information which so much concerns the class for whom tbe Northern Star exists , we have made arrangements with a trustworthy and zealous German patriot to provide for this paper a-faithful account of pr sing events , together with true and correct expositions of the principles and aims of the several political parties in Germany , more especially the party of the only true reformers—the Democratic Communists . The first of our correspondent ' s letters we here give ; our readers will find in it . much valuable information a 3 to the state of things in Saxony , Prussia , and Germany generally .
THE LATE BUTCHERY AT LEIPSIC—THE GERMAN WORKING MEN'S MOVEMENT . ( From our own ComsponflentJ Tbe massacre at Leipsic , which you commented on in your last number , and of which you gave a more detailed account some weeks ago , is continuing to occupy the attention of ^ the German papers . This massacre , — surpassed in infamy by that of Peterloo'only , —is by far tbe most villanous act of scoundrelism that military despotism ever devisedin this countiy . When the people were shouting , " Ronge for ever ! down with popery I " Prince John of Saxony , who , by-the-bre , is another of our many rhyming and book-writing princes , having publisbed a very bad translation of the Italian poet Dante ' s " Hell ; " this " hellish" translator tried to add military glory to his literary fame by planning a most dastardly
campaign against the unarmed masses . He ordered the battalion of rifles , callc-J in by the authorities , to divide into several detachments and to block up the passages to the hotel in which his literary " royal highness" had taken up his quarters . The soldiers obeyed , and pressed the people by enclosing them in a narrow circle , and advancing upon them into . the gateway of the hotel ; and from this una \ oiua \ Jie entering o £ the people into the sacred gateway of the royal residence , brought on by the military acting under Prince John's orders ; from this very circumstance the pretext was taken to fire upon the people ; by this very circumstance the firing has been tried to be justified by the Government papers ! Moris tfc ; n all ; the people were taken between the several detachments , and the plan of his royal highness was executed
by a cross fire upon the defenceless masses ; whetevo ; they turnea they met with a repeated volley from the rifles , and had not the soldiers , more humane than Prince John , fired mostly over the heads of the people , the slaughter would have been-terrible , The indignation created by this piece of scoundrelism is general ; the most loyal subjects , the warmest supportm oi the present order . of things share in it , and pronounce their utter disgust at such- proceedings . The affair will do a great deal of good in Saxony , a part of Germany that before all others / has always evinced an inclination for talkinj , and where rction was sadly wanted , The SBXOnS , with tbeir little- constitutional- government , their talking Kouees . of parliament , their liberal deputies , liberal and enlightened parsons , &c , were , in Northern Germany , the
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representatives of moderate Liberalism , of German TThiggery ; and yet , with all tW , greater slaves of the King of Prussia th ' an the Prussians themselves . Whatever the Prussian Government resolved , the Saxon ministry had to execute ; nay , of late , the Prussian Government did not even take the trouble to apply to thu Saxon ministry , but direct to the Saxon inferior authorities , as if they were not Saxou , but then- own employees . ' Saxony is governed in Berlin , not in Dresden ; audwitU all their talking and boasting , the Saxons know very well that the leaden hand of Prussia presses hard enough upon them . To all this talking and boasting , to all this self-conceit and contentment which would make tbe Saxons a peculiar nation opposed to the Prussian , &c , this Leipsic massacre will put an end , The Saxons must see , now , that they are under the same military rule as all other Germans , ana that , witli all their constitution , liberal law * , liberal censorship , and liberal king's speeches , martial law is the only one that has any practical exist .
encein their . little country . And there is another thing to aid this Leipsic affair in spreading the spirit of rebellion in Saxony ;• notwithstanding all the talking of the Saxon Liberals , the great majority of the Saxou people are only beginning to talk ; Saxony is a- ' manufacturing country , and . among ; , lier ilipen-weavers , 'frameworkknitters , cotton-spinnejs , ii ^ nb-w-lace " . makers , - coal and metal miners , there has bcDn , from time immemorial , an appalling amount of distress . The / proletarian movement , which , from . the , Siltsian . riots .. "' .. the weavers' battJri as it is eauea , va . May , iijii , has spread all over Germany , has not left Saxony untouched . There have been movementsat several places among the railway constructing workmen , and also among the calico-printers some time ago , and it is more than likejy , though positive evidence cannot now be given , that communism is making its progress there as well as everywhere else , among the working people ; and if the workers of Saxony enter tlie field , tbey are sure not to be satisfied with talking , like their employers , the liberal" lomwois . "
Let me direct your attention somewhat more to the working class movement iu Germany . In youv paper of last week , you predict a glorious revolution , —not such a one as that of 1 C 88 , —to this country . In this you are perfectly right—I only would beg to correct , or rather to more clearly define your expression , tl > at it is the youth of Germany that will bring about such a change . This youth is not to be looked for among the middle classes . It is from the very heart of our working people that revolutionary action in Germany will commence . It is true , there are among our middle classes a considerable number of Republicans and even Communists , and young men too , who , if a genera ! outbreak occurred now ; -would be very useful in tbe movement but these men are " bourgeois , " profit-mongers , manufacturers by profession ; and who will guarantee us that they will not he
demoralised by their trade , by their social position , which forces them to Jive upon the toil of other people , to grow fat by being the leeches , the U exploiters" of the working classes . And if they remain proletarians in mind , though bourgeois in profession . , their number wH be infinitely small in comparison nith the real number of the middle-class men , who stick to the existing order of things through interest , and care for nothing but the filling of their pulses . Fortunately , we do not count on the middle classes at all . The movement of the proleta . rians has developed itself uith such astonishing rapidity , that in- another year ov two we shall be able to muster a glorious array of workiug Democrats and Communists—fov iu this country Democracy and Communism are , as far as the working classes are concerned .
quite synonymous . The Silesian weavers , in 1814 , gave the signal ; the Bohemian and Saxon calico-printers and railway constructors ; the Berlin calico-piinterB ; and , indeed , the manufacturing classes of almost all parts ol' Germany , responded by turn-outs and partial riots ; the latter of which ware almost always produced \> y the t ! " * r' ?! r'i ? i . i&i ( iii 2 combinations . The movement is now almost gouU' « i throughout the country , and goes on quietly , but steaij ., .,. w | itist Um middle classes spend their tiino wiU » jyitiuii . ; - * , „ . » Constitutions » " Liberty of the press , " " Protccu - Pucies , " "Gorman Catholicity , " : and " 1 ' roiestaut Ciu ; -...-.. . itel - . " AH these middle-clflFS movements , iiltliougls v . v- yj | . >)() ,, | some merit , do not touch , the working classes « s < ur , iw , have it movement of their own—a knife-and-Cork move .
ment , In my next letter more on this suVject . SPAIN . Isabella andher abominable mother , with areturae of cow tiers ; including that po'islied savage , Narraez , ai'e starring it amongst ; the Navarese , where their loyal admirers are gratifying them with the brutal but appropriate amusement of bull lights . Tbe parlist organ , the Esperaiiza , and the Progvesista journal , the Espectador , intimate that the "holj alliance" of Isabella with the son of Don Carlos , is now certain . The Madrid journals , including , the Moderado papers , are making a dead set at the present Ministry , and seem bent on accomplishing its overthrow . The patriotism of these journalists is , however , vei / questionable ; or rather there is no question at all that in now opposing the Narvaez Ministry they are actuated by no better motives than are the blood-thirsty scoundrels they declaim against . The Captain-Gencral of Catalonia ,. Manuel Dc Breton , hss published a proclamation of a more tyrannical character than anything ever before
attempted by the agents of the present brutal Govern ment . In this proclamation tbe retention of every description of arms , including knives and walkingsticks , is strietJy forbidden under pain of " severe punishment . " All whose means of living arc unknown , are to be punished as " vagrants . " Smugglers are threatened with severe punishment . Even those who live by their daily labour arc to ko punished as vasrants if found frequenting low coffee-houses , taverns , wine-: ellar 3 , billiard-rcoms , and public housea . And lastly , all those who conspivo against the Government of her Majesty , the constitution of the State , and the existing laws , shall , ' on . th&full proof of their crime , be shot . But vain are these Draco-like enactments .. They will fail to stifle the spirit of freedom in Catalonia . On the 2 iid instant it was repoiied in Barcelona that Brigadier-General Ametller and some other Progresista chiefs bad escaped from the depot itt France , and \? ei'oexpected to present themselves in the mountain districts , raising the standard of revolt .
• • SWITZERLAND . The majority of the Council < sf State of Berne having displayed an anti-liberal policy which , has given alarm to theminovity , the latter have appealed to the Great Council , on the ground that tbe majority have deviated from the policy of 1831 . The Great Council has been convoked for the lOfcU instant , to take the question into consideration .
GREECE . Athbhs , August 19 . —ColettL having now all his own way , things assume in that country gradually the appearance of former days , that is to say , as they were under-the Turkish lale—despotism in the Government , and cowardly ferocity in the governed ; in fact , the old Janissary system of Constantinople , if you only cnange the name to that of Polieari . The robbers who exercise their trade on shore with impunity , trjr to do the same at sea , in consequence of which the Austrian man-of-war steamer Vulcano , the French Rubis , and two small Greek cutters , have been sent to the Piraous in purauit of them , CntCAsSlA . Letters from Taganrog , of August 10 th , announce that Prince Woronzoff , after his expedition on Dargo , had resolved to adopt a new kind of warfare—that of burning the forest which serves as a shelter to the Circassians . Upwards of fifty waggons , laden with turpentine , resin , and other inflammable HiatterSj had left Taganrog for Stavropol .
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THE TEN HOURS BILL . MANCnESTEB , WEDNESDit . Last night another meeting of the Lancashire Centra Short Time Committee was held at the Red Lion Inn L < Mid < ia-i : < ia 4 , ia thia tovna , Ihe chairman of tlie com mittee { Mr . P , Hargraves ) presided as usual . Then were twelve members of tlie committee present . The Chaibman in opening the proceedings ordered thi secretary to read the accounts to the committee , fron which it appeared that during the last six month ! £ 15314 s . Cd , had been collected from factor J workers alone £ 122 of which baa been expended , leaving a balance o £ 3114 s . fid . in the hands of the treasurers . Thewholco the expenses were incurred in propagating the opinions o the committee , not one shilling having been paid foi salaries to agents , « fcc . In the course of the present yeai the report stated that upwards of 50 , 000 tracts andcireulars had been distributed amongst members of Parliament , clergjmen , master manufacturers , &c . In th < same time about 1 , 100 petitions in favour of the Ten Hours Bill had been sent to members ' of Parliament foi
presentation . The whole of the accounts were unanimously adopted , after which ' the ordinary business of the committee was proceeded with . . . The Chaibhijt , amongst other matters , called the attention of the committee to a correspondence which had recently taken place between them and Mr . Henry Ashworth , of Turton , who , he said , was the recognised representative of the masters . For some time past ike committee had indulged a hope that a satisfactory settlement of the question could be effected in the next session of Parliament , without much opposition , believing that a very large number of millowncrs were now favourable to the principle of short" time . With this view , thesecretary was instructed to write to Mr . Asbworth , in accordance with a previous resolution , and on the 27 th of August the following note was gent off : —
: Sib , —I am requested l > y the Central Short Time Com mittee to ask you to convene a meeting of the maste : manufacturers of Lancashire to meet a deputation fron this and the district short tune committees , forfhe pur
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oseof agreeing , if posstMe / on the draught o . fi ; fc "' to educe the hours of working to teu hours a . day . *¦» t- 'iJa you consent to call sueh n meeting , the , committee _ wm - . r feel obliged by your giving them : it least ten Oays . iwt . ee ,. , , to enable them to communicate witl ) the dJ ? rr ; ets . . I om , Sir , your obedient servant , * If . GitEEN . Secretary . Sov , this letter the committee thought not only respectful but conciliatory , - and they were , and still are , pre- " ¦ ¦; pared to meet their employers to discuss , and it' possiblesettle , the whole question , and thereby put an -end to an agitation which is not only disagreeable to ¦ theiK 3 ulvc 8- and those whom they represent , but a ; tax upon their ¦ - energies-which might be devoted to Other purposes . Judgfe , then , of their surpriso on toe receip t of this i ' ollowing note from Mr . A 6 hworth : — .
Turton , 6 mo . 28 , IS-io . ; ; To B . Green , Secretary of the Central Short Time Committee . : I have thy note of yesterday requesting me to convene a meeting of the master , manufacturers of Lancashire to meet a deputation from the Short Time Coinniirtucs ; for the purpose of agreeing , if possible , upon the t ' . ranght of a bill to veduce the hours of working to ton hours a itoy . I suppose I may take it for granted that this nyvlica-. tion has proceeded from a meeting to consider the sub- - jeet . Should this be the case , mny I request that those will favourme with tlie names of those who- wvit present , and the localities which they had been called upm . tu re . ; - present ? I am , respectfully , ' * Hekbt ASJiv / iJiiTir . ¦ . ' The extraordinary character of that note v . 'aa sueh
asto cause the committee to close all further . corrosiiondence . with Mr . Ashwoi-th , because they believed thii : lie no longer represented the feelings or wishes of Uie manufacturers ; and , therefore , the secretary wrote to him asfollows : — ¦ " ;• . " Red Lion Inn , Sept . 1 , IS 15 . " Sir , —Tour letter of the 28 th ult . reached m < : in duecourse , and I am requested by the committee to acknowledge its receipt . The question you ask is of so extraordinary a Character that W 6 feel tlie correspondence between you and us must now be closed . The commitLw . thought thut the merits of the question were sufficient to warrant tliem ^' m soliciting such a meeting . They desira me to say , that notwithstanding your refusal to call tlie meet , ing , they will bo glad of your support in tlie UCXt SJ 5 S 1 OD : of Parliament . - - " I am , sir , your obedient servant , " II . Ghees . Secri ; K \ rv . "
. Hs'l . Mr . Ashworth been a strand tn Hir y !« t « .. . . 'V «» of the committee , possibly there might have been some grounds for asking such a question : but Mr . Aslnvorth ) was not ignorant either of the existence of the coinjiiittee , or of the members who composed if , their names having from time to time appeared in the Manchester and other newspapers ; moreover , he had during the lust svsston of Parliament been in correspondence with thum nml iheir representatives in London . These things considered , the committee paused before they handed a v ! S t of Oieir
names over to Jfr . Ashworth . They liad not forgotten the use that was made of tlie names of some pin-sons by Mr . John Bright last year , who never had been ^ Members of the central committee . It was well knowi- that onmany former occasions parties had been discillll'gcd frOJQ their situations foi- acting on the Short Time Committee , and also that Mr . Ashworth had frequently discharged his own men for taking part in such matters . Thechairman then named several persons who liad been discharged from Mr . Ashworth ' s mills for voting i .-i such matters , and amongst others the ease of five men who
were ( Uncharged m September , I 8 i 2 , for having sittou . Ud a meeting called by tlis spinners of Bolton . \ Viih those facts before the committee , he thought they wttt perfectly justified in closing the correspondence with Mr . Ashworth , lest some of its members should foi ! viciima to such men as Mr . Ashworth . He begged , however / W say , that taking the masters as a wlioJy , tliry * flad nothing to fear from tho publication of their names ; but inasmuch as there might still be a few such masters as Mr . Ashworth left , they refused to comply with such a request , which , if granted , he could not suJ v hut good purpose it would serve .
The Committee then entered on a consideration of tll 8 propriety of taking ftffices , and appointing . fi pei'mitucnfc secretary to conduct tiie agitation during the fdi-tlic-omingr . year . No resolution on the subject was adopted , and the question was adjourned for a week .
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CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .. Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members and transacting other business connected therewith ai « held every week on the following days and places : — SUNDAY EVENING . % ' - South London Chartist Fall , 115 , Blackfriavs-voud , at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist I / all , 1 , Turnagam-lane , at six o ' clock . —Westminster : « t tlie Partnenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Marfcm ' s-Iaue , at liaifaast seven . —Somen Town : atMr . Duddi-egc ' s , Brick-S e cts' Arms , Tonbridge-stvect , New-road , at half-past seven-. ZiMw Hamlets : at the Whittington ami Oat , ^• poli-row , Ilcl ' mwl-green , at six o ' clock precisely , . rnwrt ^ Jh ' i ' »¦¦ t"o Rock Tavern , Lissonboach l > aif ; o , S ' '' ^ . ' ^ Cciscly—Vavulei ) oHc : at the seven . " " : 0 iro « s-si « et , at half-past JipHllAX 1 lVMlVi < * . Camlenvell : « UtI ) i ? MontuelierTavca . ' - ,.- , .. . H at eight o ' clock precisely . . '•*> . « . « w--b ,
TUESDAY EVENING . . ' Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington' and Oat , Church Row , Bethnal-green , at eigbt o ' clock . — Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , 13 iac ! ui € -atb . « hill , at eight o ' clock , WEDNESDAY EYEMKG . MaryUbom ,: at tbe Painters' Arms , Circus-sfcreetat eight precisely . Ciiy Ciiaiitist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lauc . — Mr . Cooper ' s sixth lecture to commence at soven ncxt - Sunday evening : subject—Coronation and oath of William the Conqueror ; his vindictive tyranny , and : division of tlie land among his fcllotv-pliisides « i-. 'i : restless life and degraded death and burial : iUifus and Henry Eeauclerc , their violence , crueitv , and
tyrannies : wars of Stephen and Matilda : reign and power of Henry the Second : strength of Bt'Cket ' s ehavactei ; his murder , and penance of the king : chivalry of Richard Cceur de Lion : final struggles of . the Saxons , and independence of tbeir bands ' under Robin Hood , in the iovests of Sbevwood and Clmrawood : John , and the struggles of the Barons for Magna Charta : successive steps towards rai'liauiGUtavy power by the burgesses : wars of the Edwards , their legislation , and insiu rections of the people : Wat Tyler and Richard the Second—the wars of the Roses : Roger Bacon , tim War , andWs discoveries : poetry ,
songs , and miracle plays of the times ; Chaucer , C ; ixton , and the invention of printing : battle of Liosyrerth . Field , and accession of the Tutlors ; charautora .,- ; of Henry VII . and Henry VIII .: Wolseyj Anna Boleyn : the Reformation : plunder of the monasteries : insurrections of the people : Crainner , Lntimer , « fcc .: Edward the Sixth and Mary : reign of Elizabeth . The lecturer . entreats early aitcmlance , . ' ¦ ¦ '• • Ms subject hcing the iveighticst of t / ie coureo . — The . - ¦> ' public discussion will be resumed at half-past tea ;¦ •" - - ¦ o ' clock on Sunday next . —At thvee o ' clock the Metro- "' politan District Council will meet for the despatch of business . £
Souih London Chartist Hah , 115 , Bkcld ' riarsroad . —Mr . Farcer will deliver , a public lecture oa Sunday evening next , at seven O ' clock . * ¦ ¦ ' ! Gambsrwell and Wauyortii . —A nieeLb )} . ' -trill be held at the Montpelier Tavern , TValwot tli , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . .. Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held at tl-i ; Dim '¦ ' Cow , Brookgreen-lane , on Tuesday evenin" next , at eight o'clock . , , Harmonic Meeting . — An harmonic meeting wlJl beheld at the Feathers , Warren-street , ' L ' ottwhmucourt-i-oad , on Monday evening next , for the benefit of James Street .
Sfitalfjeid . — Mr . Lindon will lecture : ii the Brassfoundera' Arras , Brick-lane , on Sunday even * ing , at seven o ' clock . Lambeth . — The General Council of the Ltunlx'tli locality are requested to meet oh Sunday morning next , at the South London Chartist Hall , ' at eleven o ' clock , to adopt measures for furthering the t-ause in thatlocality . —Mr . Farrer willlecture in tlieovening in the above hall , at eight o ' clocki Bradford . —On Sunday a meeting of the Chavtisfc Council will be held in their ; room , at ten o ' clock in the morning . —On Monday evening a meetins of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held in the large room , Buttenvorth-buildings ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .
Stankisgley . —On Sunday a meeting of the Cc operative Chartist Farm Society will be held at the usual place of meeting , at two o'clockin the afternoon . A full attendance is requested . Messrs . C . Doyle , T . Clark , and P . M'Grath will address the people of Manchester on Sunday ; Hebden Bridge , Monday ; Halifax , Tuesday ; Koisllley , Wednesday ; Coliie , Thursday ; Todjnwd ' cn camp meeting , Sunday 21 st . IletwooD ;—Two lectures will be delivered iu the Chartist room , Hartley-street , on Sunday , the 21 st inst . ' , by Mr . Wm . Bell , when subscriptions will be made in aid of the fund for Mr . Wm . Dixon .
Wusr-RiDiss Delegate Meeting—This meeting will take place on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the lai-e " room , Bullclose-lane , to commence at twelve o'clock .. Halifax . —A public Tea Party will be given to - ¦ .- i ' i Messrs . M'Grath , Doyle , and Clark , of the Chavtisfc ' ^ Executive , and directors of the Co-operative Chartist "' Land Association , in the Working Man ' s Hail , on . ' " * Tuesday , the 16 th September . Tea on tho table at .. ^ five o clock . Addresses will be delivered by tho above ? j gentlemen in the Odd Fellows' Hall ; chair to bo ¦ ' $ taken at eight p . m . . s *
Dewsbuuy District . —Tbe members of the Land •' , ' - ?> , § i Society resident in this district will hold a meeting ¦ : % 'i in the Chartist-room , Dewsbury , on the Mthinst ., at - ' two o'clock in the afternoon . : TodmordeiV . —A camp meeting will be held on- ' ¦¦' ¦ ¦ ¦* Heyhead-green , near Todmorden , on Sunday , the ¦ 21 st inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when the / lV '; following gentlemen will address the meeting on the ^ impoitant subject ofthe Land and the Charter vi' : M ° : . P £ yle ' *?• % ' ? - itt'GSxa * . - A collection : ....,...-- ? . !• ¦ ecutive—Mr . M-Grath will deliver a lectui-e ihe . iO same evening , in the Odd Fellows' Hall , at balf-pust . ^ p six ; subject :- " Have we a well-founded hopeV ~ t man asocial and political regeneration ? " ^ ffljjnt ' idHni ^ HH ^^^ ftii 1 ¦ j ^ BBBmm
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