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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PER MS . O ' CONNOR . from a Friend , trio aj > f >? ocii of the Chartist policy .. .. .. .. „ .. lit 0 0 W . Davidson , Newton Ayr .. .. .. 0 0 'i J . Gregory , Ironville " .. .. .. .. 0 f > <> Chartist inectm ? , Ship Inn , Birmingham .. 0 1-3 8 Q . 0 ., ditto , per 1 ) . Pott 0 4 4 SowerbyLongroyd , per J . Wilson .. .. 055 Hebdan Bridge , per J . Sinitli .. .. .. 10 0 J . Vowell , Momnouth .. .. .. .. 0 1 0 J . Cloud , Monmouth .. .. .. .. 010 Collected at Manchester Rafter Mr . O'Connor ' s ? 5
lecture .. .. „ .. .. „ ¦ 8 lecture 3 8 3 A . Lonsdale .. .. % .. „ .. 0 5 a Shareholders of the Leicester Land Society .. o 2 Id Notice . —We have to request that the treasurer at Roth , dile will remit the £ 1 collected after Mr . O'Connor ' s lect' -ire for the Executive .
FER GEKEKAL SECRETARY . Bradford .. .. 460 Brighton .. .. *> 3 0 Dewsbury 0 -5 0 Mr . T . Salmon .. 006 Littfetown .. .. 030 Mr . W . Salmon -0-0 6 Ditto . J . Whiteuead 0 0 7 Maryleboiie .. .. 0 3 ( I Halifax .. .. 0 2 lyl Whittiugton & Cat Lower Warley .. 0 1 lt | eard $ ) .. -. 0 3 0 Di to . donation .. 0 5 . 0 Westminster .. ft 3 0 Carpenters' Hall , Do ., cards & rules V 2 « Manchester .. 1 10 0 K . Wells , London .. 0 1 0 Ditto , ditto .. -LIU 4
FOR THE CHARTIST COSVESTIOS . Oxford .. .. 0 2 0 Hull , I ' T 0 1 <> Ilr . Livesay , City .. 0 10 Iitsivicli , Mr . GarrodO 1 » Mr . Alluutt , West- Soiuets Town .. 070 minster „ .. 0 1 i ) Asliton , per ilr . Mr . Roberts , do . .. 010 ViDing .. .. 10 v Mr . Buckley , do . .. 010 Hevwood .. .. « 9 0 Mr . Whitfield .. 0 0 « Norwich .. :. 010 0 Mr . Ford .. .. 0 0 i Sudbury ,. .. 0 2 G Mr . Wheeler .. 0 0 « Heading .. .. 0 2 C Smaller sums , do .. 0 1 PJ
AGED PATSIOTS . Lower Warley « 0 5 0 Mr . George . Clewer Brighton _ .. 0 3 0
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'the Conference was , held . Persons who may . from this date take one . 'andahalf or " tw 6 shires , must" take two cards , as it will save much confusion in the accounts e * pecially in the transfer of shares . « " «» , es--As all are anxious to know how we are proceeding ir reference to the enrolment , I beg to state that the roles a » e mw before Tidd . Pratt , revising barrister . Coim « l harinj ; given an opinion that no obstacle can be offered to the enrolment , the newrules will be issued as soon ^ this is accomplished . I am to daily receipt of ^ ommunY cations from all parts of the country , with namesTn ^ ^ bers andako ofgreatnunibe ^ ho aje ^ iln / S shares . The work goes bravely on . P > S Ue Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary . « ie Conference was , held . Persons who may . from this ^ KKJSi&s ^ : ^*?™
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_ . LONDON . ' riSfrf e , "Swt to state that at the i ™^ Suuaay ev ? ninS » ^ announced that he ?^ f ' i ^ preseut > ^ continue his weekly addres ses . _ it appears that the effects of Mr . Cooper's guol discipline are now more severely felt than at any V " ? sv lus liberation ; andhia medicaladviser has declared he must either give up writing or talking , for a tune . " Of coarse , he cannot hesitate , for a moment , as to the proper step to be taken . Mr . Cooper confides that he shall be able to resume lecturing in spring ; in the meantime , he will heartily raider service at any occasional public meeting , and is also likely , if favoured with health , to have a new work , in pjose , ready by the latter end of April , or beginning of iky . MANCHESTER .
On Sunday last Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was read to the audience , after which the chairman , Mr . Sutton , called on Mr . John Shaw , of London , to address the meeting . Mr . Shaw briefly addressed the meeting , and was followed by Mr . John West , who commenced his lecture by saying , Ladies and gentlemen , I am glad in having the pleasure of addressing you , for it was in this town I received my political principles , and it delights me , knowing that Manchester men , aye and women too , are always at their posts . When last addressing you it was on the subject of the land . The land ought to be national property , and belong to the whole people ; pauperism ought not to exist , none being poor but the lame , blind , and maimed , and
they ought to be provided for ; God ' s blessing was g iven to all ; lie being no respecter of persons . In tueiBible it is stated , " Man shall live by the . sweat of his brow . " I will relate on anecdote : —A bishop in Chester calling at a poor cobbler ' s house told him to be contented , and not to growl , for if God had thought proper to give Mm ten children , that God never sent mouths without sending meat to fill them . Nay , nay , said the cobbler , the mouths are sent to my house , and all the meat to yours . { Great cheering . ) The lecturer next treated upon the wrongs ol the Irish people . The lecture occupied an hour and a half in the delivery . A vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman was given , and the meeting retired to their homes .
BRADFORD . The Forthcoming Elec tions . —A public nieetin " was held in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall on Mon ° day last , for the purpose of securing the election of Colonel Thompson as the Chartist candidate for this borough . Mr . Win . Clark was called to the chair and after explaining the object of the meeting and reading the placard , he introduced Mr . George White to propose the first resolution . Mr . While awelt at somb length on the necessity of the people havm- nothing to do with either Whigs or Tories except so far as they could secure the election of a man who would vote for the People ' s Charter . The Whigs were not able to elect a member without the assistance of the Chartists ; they had that day assembled to assist in returning Colonel Thompson and W . Busfield , Esq ., on condition that the friends of Mr . Busfield would split their votes feirlv with
Colonel ihompson . He concluded by proposing the following resolution : —Resolved— "That this meeting pledges itself to support the election of Colonel Thompson and W . Bus-field , Esq . as representatives for the borough of Bradford , and we call on the working classes throughout the country to exert themselves in returnuui a member who will vote for the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Thomas Wilcock seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . J . Smith moved— "That a committee be now formed to carry out the previous resolution . " Mr . Thomas Cole , Chartist treasurer , seconded the resolution . Seven persons were then elected , after which petitions for ihe return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis were unanimously adopted , and the meeting separated . Eight hundred electors have signed the requisition to Colonel Thompson , and there is no doubt of his return . Hurrah for the Charter !
BATH . On Sunday niaht last a meeting of the Chartists of Walcot was held at Mr . Cottle ' s , No . S , Chelseabuilding 3 , Mr . Phillips in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . G . Bolwell , who dwelt lar » elv upon the necessity of getting up a public meeting to petition Parliament for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones to their native land . A committee , with power to add to their number , were chosen to carry out the above purpose ; the Mowing are the names of the committee : —Charles Cottle , George Wmstow , Charles Bolwell , James Trotman , Mr . Mellet , William Vkkery , Henry Mallard , Robert Juunuig , Mr . Phillips , and Jehn A odd .
CARLISLE . Meetixc of the Council of the Chartist Association . —On Sunday last , the 4 th instant , the above body met at ten o ' clock , a . m . in their room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldergate , when , after pecuniary matters had been disposed of , Mr . Joseph Richardson was called to . the chair , and a resolution to the following effect was agreed to : — " That a reclassification of the members be made , with a view to obtain the subscriptions better for the future . " Mr . O'Connor s letter was then read from the Star , and it waa agreed to , that the council adjourn until five o ' clock , p . m . to take the contents of the letter into consideration . At five o ' clock the letter was again read to a good number of strangers who made their appearance
and it seemed to be the opinion of every one present , that a public meeting should be held immediately to petition Parliament for the restoration of the individuals spoken of in the letter . The town was then divided into districts , and persons appointed to collect them to obtain the necessary funds . A requisition was then drawn out , and signed by upwards of fifty iuhabitant householders of the borough , to be presented to the Mayor to grant the use of the Town Hall on the occasion , and we are happy to state that he has kindly granted them their request , and a public meeting will be held on Wednesday evening , the 14 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , which we are sure will be a bumper , A deputation , consisting of four
individuals , was then appointed to wait upon Messrs . Cohden and Bright , who will be here on the evening of Tuesday , the Cth inst ., to harangue our natives at a "ticketed meeting . " The deputation was instructed to present to these gentlemen the following resolution : — "That Richard Cobden , Esq ., M . P ., and John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., be respectfully requested by tiiis meeting to give their support to a petition about to be presented to Parliament for the restoration of John Frost , Zephauiah Williams , William Jones , and William Ella . " The committee appointed to get up the meeting then adjourned until Wednesday evening , the 7 thinst ., to make the necessary arrangements .
The Land SociEir . —We are happy to state this society is progressing rapidly in Carlisle , its members are now upwards of-ninety , and more joining weekly . The quarterly meeting was held on Sunday , and the following persons were appointed for the ensuing quarter : —Joseph Hall , Wm . MGill , James Graham , Daniel O'Neil , and John Gilbertson , secretary . A vf te of thanks was given to Mr . Gilbertson for his attending the conference , and also their approval of the re-election of the old Executive .
MERTUYR TYDVIL . The members of branch No . 1 , of the Land Society , met in their reading room on Sunday morning , the 4 th instant . After reading the Slirr , the case of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , was taken inte consideration , when it was resolved to get up a public meeting in a few days , to adopt a petition to the House of Common 3 for the restoration of the above patriots . We request the Executive to draw up rules fora National Benefit Society , to be enrolled with the rules of the Land Society .
BIRMINGHAM . At a meeting of the Chartists of Birmingham on Sunday evening , Mr . A . Russell in the chair , a long discussion took place respecting the best way to carry out the resolutions come to at the Chartist Convention , when it appeared to be the unanimous opinion that the obtainment of the sinews of war ought to be ttie first step . A resolution was passed that a subscription be now entered into , and £ 1 being subscribed , it was ordered to be sent forthwith to the Executive Committee . It was also agreed to hold a meeting for the restoration of all political exiles , and that this meeting stand adjourned to next Sunday evening . Chair to bs taken at seven o ' clock .
OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . A . F . Taylor lectured in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall . Subject , " Agrarianisni . " The lecturer commenced his first address with an inquiry into the present distribution of the land of this country . His discourses are listened to with great satisfaction . STOCKPORT . Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , gave a very interesting lecture on Sunday evcuing , on ' Ancient Greece , " to a respectable audience , for which they rendered him a vote of thanks .
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¦ MONDAY . - " " - '" ' - ' u-r . ' \ 'i CoNFKSsrox of Chartist Sirbnqth .-Iu another colniBnAuUte found 1 an article from tie Auasterg tiaxlu , tiititled , State of Parties in England , and which wdl be read with no smill exultation by ihe Chartist body , and with no small dismay by those who flattered themselves that Chartism was dead Rkpkalof the Corx LAW 8 . -Theprotectioni 8 ts , ' as we predicted , are coming out like good ' uns , and as > e assured our readers ,- are determined not to allow their properties to be divided amongst the Leaguers without a shy for it . 6
STATJtoFTBADE .-The promised buoyancy anticipated from a repeal of the Corn Laws has made the Manchester papera frightened at the imnienaitv of speculation , and actually recommend " short time " as the onl means of checking the overproduction which is likely to constitute a "drug" We are boldly told that the markets of India and China are already overstocked . The wool trade of Bradford and elsewhere is m a drooping condition and the holders are speculating npon the " great fact" as the meins of existence . The Leeds people are taSKtSKt Christmas which , together with the ££££ * £ a [ ttcTofe , ! S « 8 ^^ 8 a re *»* * 1 «« *»
Ihe Corn Trade .- ]) rom all parts of the country the ^ dn ^{ ntimat r , 0 f th " effect Produced bv the shadow of the repeal of the Corn taws , in the dechne of prices , and the p 80 r farmers are beginning m the eleventh hour to make up for lost time ! M . ^ « i A 1 - - ^ jobbcra are looking blue ; every thing ^ naving a tendency downward , and untafcrr l * rest T ? - the s l' « e market ? o Partntentt £ ifer IllneS * ta SUbuiiUed denSS 7 ° « atUl ? J ay last her Ma J ? «« eived ftS £ Ti n M- Coi : Poraf" > n 9 of the Cities of London and Dublin , praying for food for the poor . itaSWtT' WCre rece »' ed > grand style , arid mS ™ , ^ Vl ^ ompfetcd , the following mum-Tt ifCr ^ Tn- ' M ? we S » -e it precisely as we find nr « oS -f rt ° " ? ' aswecouldnotbVpoMibilitv present it in more ridiculous or laughable terms :- " it \ $ - ? f evwards he' < i ^ investiture of the Most Hon . Military Order of the Bath .
TheKwshtsCrand Crosses having been robed by Mr llunterandMr . Edeintheir mantles % nd wearin thS collars , passed into the Chapter-room . There were present , h 13 Royal Uiglmess Prince Albert , Acting Great Master of the Order , Field-Marshal the Duke of WrfHnjrton , Admiral Sir George Cockburn , Admiral Sir Edward Codnngton Aiimiral Sir Thomas B yam Martin , and General Lord Ajltner . Her Majesty wore the mantle and collar of the Order . The officers of the Order wore their mantles and carried their respective ^ badges . There were , present Algernon Greville , Esq Bath . King of Arms , and Albert William Woads . tsq . ( Lancaster Herald ) , Gentleman Usher . The Earl of Liverpool was introduced between Sir Thomas B . Martin and Lord Aylmer , the two Junior lvmghts Grand Crosses present , preceded by Bath Kin" of Arms and the Gentleman Usher , the former carrjiug ° the ensigns of tha Bath on a crimson velvet cushion . His Lordship was conducted to the Sovereign .
The tarl of Liverpool knelt near the Queen , and the Sword of State , borne by Sir William Martins , Gentleman Usher , being handed to her Majesty by the Vice-Chamlierlaiu , the Queen was most graciously pleased to confer the hoaour of knighthood upon the noble earl therewith . Bath King of Arms , on his knee , presented to the Queen the riband and bad ge of the order , and her Majesty , assbted by Trince Albert , Acting Great Master of the Order , were graciousl y pleased to place the same over the right shoulder of his lordship . The Queen also presented the noble earl with the Star of ft '( Civil ] Knight Grand Cross of the Bath . The Earl of Liverpool , rising , had the honour to kiss her Majesty's hand . The Knights Grand Crosses and Officers of the Order then retired from the presenceof the Sovereign . Previous to the Court , the Hon . Mr . Forbes was presented to the Queen by the Vice-Chamberlain , on his appointment as one of h « r Majesty ' s Pages of Honour .
The Court was attended by Lord Rivers , Lord in Waiting ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond , Groom in Waiting ; Major-General Wemyss , Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Bouverie , Equi-rry to Prince Albert ; the Groom of the Robes , and Mr . James Bunce Curling , Adjutant of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms . The Yeoman of the Guard in the Coronation costume lined the grand staircase-and ante-room . Sir Samuel Hancock , the Exon in Waiting , and ilr . Ellerthorp , tlie Adjutant , attended . A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards , with the hand of the regiment , was on duty in the Grand Quadrangle of the Castle .
After the Court the Duke of Wellington left the Castle in his travelling carriage . Sir Robert Peel , the Duke of Buccleugh , Sir James Graham , the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , Lord Granville Somerset , the Earl of Lincoln , the Rfcht Hon . Sidney Herbert , and the Earl of Dalhousie left the Castle at twenty minutes before four o ' clock for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway , and Jreturned to town by a spscial train , Mcrder . —This day two unfortunate creatures , a man and woman , were sacrificed to that system which makes thieves and murderers . An account of their melancholy exit will be read in our columns , and we hope that the ti « ne is not far distant when the chronicling of such barbarous exhibitions will cease to be matter of speculation to the newspaper press .
IRELAND . The only news from Ireland of importance is the fact that the Liberator has succeeded in having Patrick O'Higgins held to bail to stand his trial for sedition , and the Freeman ' s Journal , and the other liberal p apers refusing to publish the document upon which the charge i 3 grounded , for no earthly reason but its simplicity . If it was published , the whole sting would be taken out ot the charge , and nothing but the gall ol the Conciliation patriots would remain . Oh , Dan , Dan , Dan , you began your career as a apy and end it as an . informer . Don't you think the honest Irish people , who hate an informer as thev
hate the devil himself , will learn to hate you , and don't you think that the houest Irishmen , when you come to England , will holloa Paddy O'Uiggins instead of Paddy M'Cue in your ear . Ah , in sober sadness , Dan , and all bantering apart , it was a mean , rascally , paltry trick to accuse the detective force of the authorship of a placard , knowing in your heart that your object was to saddle it upon O'lliggins , first . having stamped it with an atrocious character . Dan ,-why . don't you indict the proprietor of the Northern Star , as it was published twice in that paper . Our friend , O'lliggins , need tear-nothing from the burking of the Irish Liberal press , as , if necessary , we will give a supplement or a double supplement with the Star , containing every tittle of the trial .
TUESDAY . ^ The Cokx Laws . —The Times atid the bull-frogs are nobly vieing for the fool ' s cap , the protectionists talking rabid nonsense , and the Times writing unmitigated rubbish ; in fact , since our friend ' s engagement with h ' 13 new master he reminds us" of all servants in the same situation , making up for want of knowledge by officiousness , over activity and splash . We could really wish to make a hash for our contemporary out of his own cold meat , but the stock in the larder is . so immense that we know not where to begin . Suffice it to say that the Times for the twentieth time , has been sold for a job , and is doing its work
With all the fervency of a renegade ; The manner in which Homer , Virgil , the gods > goddesses , angels , monsters , hell and vultures , are introduced into free trade " stuff , " is very amusing , while the wholesale dealing with the Quarterly , the ltichmonds , the Worsleys , and the whole stock of farmers , is chaste , classical , and refined ; in short , just such a grunt as we should expect from such a pig—and the adage says , " what can you expect from a pig but a grunt . " The IIevbsltj . —• The prosperous state of the revenue has had the effect of creating confidence on 'Change , securities arc looking up a bit , and money is expected to be more easy . WE HOPE to ( ind it so , tor we have'found it tarnation hard to catch it at all of late . We do not , however , see quite so much to congratulate the country upon , as the mere money scribblers do . la every department where sucli an increase appears as smothers the horror of the general
decrease , we see fiction , at the bottom of which is the bigfiction , railway gambling . We soe an increase of nearly two hundred thousand pounds in the stamp department alone , within the last quarter , and forty thousand in the Post-office department ; and if we could take stock of legal expenses , plunder of servants , and other railway pickings and dividings for the next quarter , we might estimate it lowly at five millions of money ; but Government only takes notice of its own share , leaving the POOlt lawyers , directors , engi neers , surveyors , and others to state their own grievances . The principal rise then for-the quarter is in the Excise , Stamps , Taxes , and Fost-ofiice , everyone , and all , fictions based uppn the great liction , railways . IJut the misfortune is , that if we had a windfall of ten millions in this or any other quarter , we should have the young birds from theiiiistocratic nest gaping and squalling for twelve millions , and insisting upon some means being devised for waking it permanent instead of casual .
The "Times' " Commissioseb and tub Liberator . —The mission of Mr . Foster to Ireland , from which we anticipated so much good , has resulted in what we now believe to have been the real object—a personal squabble between the Times newspaper and Mr . O'Connell . It is the misfortune of Ireland that every profession on her behalf ends in plunder one way or the other . Mr . Foster , an English special pleader , cares just as much about Ireland as the devil cares about holy water . However , with all that indifference he might have made his visit beneficial , had not the cloven foot of party , and the linger of personal animosity , peeped through the guise ofaft ' ection for Ireland . No doubt can now remain that the whole of Mr . Foster ' s tour till he arrived at Cahircivecn was a mere preparatory reconnoitre for the graud attack , and as just arbitrators and disinterested umpires between ihe k'llmcrcnts , and having read the
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long " and paltry stuff printed and' spokeni-on ;¦ both sides , we unhesitatingly give it as our judgment that poster has eternally damned himself « asa commissioner , and has healed where'he intended to wound ; When he generalized ' we'backed "him from our own knowledge , but as a special pleader , having failed in his proofs , he has really shaken the authority ' upon which we based o ' ur opiriions ; It is a very melancholy thing that the press cannot be virtuous—thafrit cannot even attempt a public service without descending to personal controversy . Foster has done more for the Liberator in a month , than the Liberator could have for himself in the whole of his life ; We think the sooner " our own commissioner" cuts his lucky , and returns to his fatherland the better , lie has tarnished the laurels he gained ; He went out a great man , and comes back a great fool . .
Murders . —The morning papers have a lengthy account of the two murders committed by Mr . Calcraft yesterday . We regret that the base fashion of tlie newspaper press compels us to chronicle them as matter interesting to tlfe . reader , and , therefore , they will be found at full length in another part of our paper . Court ' Circular . — His Royal Highness Prince Albert had capital sport yesterday on the Flemish farm , winch owes £ 230 to the landlord in fee-the poor of Windsor . By amistake , in one of the morning papers he is reported as having shot so many peasants , we presume it was a mistake for pheasants , but P ?™? Ps not , as the old adage says , "You may as well kill a man as friehten his life out . " and there
is no Ueticr way of fri ghtening his life out than starving him to death . The little dears took their accustomed airings yesterday , and we are credibly informed that her Majesty has given directions for the erection of a small cotton mill , under the superintendence ot the Poor Law Commissioners , where the royal mtants will , at the proper age of ten , be allowed to work six and a half hours a-day . We understand that the royal waiting-maids , grooms , and scullions had all their traps " packed up for a start , andweru thrown into ecstacies of delight when they heard that her Majesty had declared that little John , who had ' offered himself as steward to the household , was sot STRONG' ENOUGH FOR THE PLACE .
Pwfcii . —At the commencement of tlie New Year we have again to recommend our inestimablecotemporary and unrivalled artist to public favour . Every print in Punch is an essay which a word would spoil , a sentence damn . Every man , woman , and child should ske Punch , It is reading made easy , and the only alteration that we could possibly suggest to the conductors of this unrivalled journal 13 , tlie necessity of assuming a higher position in tlie menagerie than toady to the Times , echo of the Thunderer . It is really a pity that such a giant print should mar its greatness by fiddling to the Times . It has quite character and talent enough to . stand alone .
IRELAND . COBDEX AND THE BELFAST FllEE TRADERS . —It appears that Cobden is to be invited to a grand free-trade entertainmen t at Belfast . Quevc— the Northern Whig , that announces the intelligence , has omitted all mention of the fiddle . Won't Cobden take friend Bright with him ? Mop . Fu-v . —Thursday last the inauguration of the new Mayor of Limerick took place , and the old official , Dr . William Geary , went out , and the boys gave him a taste of their quality as described in the following pithy paragraph , which we transcribe at full length for the amusement of our readers : —
" On entering tlie council-chamber , " says the Limerick Chronicle , " the outgoing mayor was saluted with groans and lasses , while Alderman Ryan , his successor , was loudly cheered . The excited crowd kept yelling and shouting without cessation , applying tlie mostopprobrious epithets to the outgoing mayor , designating him a traitor , an Orange Catholic , a sleeveon , . a pill-box , a betrayer . We would not insult out readers . by , particularising some of the scandalous language indulged in by the rabble assembly that packed the room . There were loud cries of Turn out Geary ; take the chain off him and-giveitto the new mayor ; ' beside threatening expressions , which
were drowned in the uproar and confusion that prevailed . In this state of disgraceful disorder Mr . - Raleigh , townclerk , announced that the floor was giving way under the rioters , the rafters having nearly separated from the main wall . He requested that they would clear out , else the lives of all present were in danger ; but , regardless of the consequences , they remained , and positively refused to leave the apartment . Tlie llev . Air . Quin , having inspected the ceiling underneath , also represented the danger to which they were exposed , but in vain did he exhort them to withdraw . In this state of consternation , the outgoing mayor proclaimed an adjournment to the Court-house , upon which the rush down stairs was
trightful , several persons having been hurled from top to bottom . The outer gate of the court was forced open by the crowd , who took possession of every available position within . With great difficulty the old and new mayors , Mr . \ V . Roche , justice of tlie pence , the town-clerk , treasurer , and a fsw members of the council obtained a place on the bunch . Here the scene baffled description—both galleries being crowded to excess , there ¦ was a cry ol 'They are giving way , ' which warning was notunfounded , as they were really projecting from the walls . Some dung to the window frames , while others leaped over the gallery , and injured those in the body of the court beneath . Thus circumstanced , the towu-clerk produced the official declaration , which was signed by Alderman Uyan , and the oath of office was administered by Mr . lloche , when the old Mayor took the gold chain from his aeck , placed it around that of his successor , handed him
the wand , and shook him warmly by the hand amidst deafening applause . Mr . William ltouhe rose to make a few observations , but it was impossible to catch what he said . Th » new Mayor also addressed the assemblage , acknowledging tlie high honour conferred upon him , and promising to leare nothing undone ' to promote the happiness and comfort of his fellow-citizens . The ceremony having concluded , the court was soon cleared , but the mob , not content with their gross affronts to the old Mayor , again ats&iled him with shouts of disapprobation on paisiny on to the Exchange , whither he was followed , and they » ren attempted personal violence to him . Shortly after Alderman Geary , surrounded by a few friends , proceeded home , a mob yelling at him all the way in . tti * itreets . The new Mayor was escorted to his MJiJenee by the Temperance bunds and a crowd of Hepimleri . "
Chh Corporation of Dublin . —In our yesterday ' s summary we announced the fact of the Dublin Corporjition-having presented an address to the Q , ueen ok Saturday , but we were not then aware of the best of the joke . It appears that a grand eutertainment was provided in the Waterloo' Banqueting Room , for the two corporations , but the Londoners being rather late were summoned to the Throne Room just as thoy jot a glimpse of tlie " goodies . " Tha Paddies were a little late in consequence of the restiveness of one of the omnibus horses , on the box of which was seated the Lord Mayor of Dublin and his swordbearer Tom Arkins . The consequence was that the Dublin " coves" remained tucking in while the Londoners , after performing their loyalty , -we ' re ushered
out at another entrance . We have received various reports of this banquet , some informing us that Tom Arkins and Reynolds asked the servants in waiting » 'ljat those round things ( potatoes ) were ? and upon being told , replied that it was a damned shame to take theirjackets off this cold weather—the mayor said they were Jerusalem' artichokes . After the gorge our correspondent' says that he heard tlie Lord Jf'Iayov ' s chaplain asking one of the servants slyly , if lie had ' nt such a thing as some "putteen" and' hot water . Reynolds , to be more English , asked boldly for some POTTEEN , when , to the great amusement of the Paddies ; the servant , mistaking the order and not knowing what potteen meant , actually brought in a certain UTENSIL , asking , " Is this what you called
for , sir ? Our correspondent proceeds to say that tlie whole corporation walked any tiling but straightvokwaiid to the throne , her Majesty observing to Prince Albert , "What frisky fellows these Irish are !" The word potatoe appearing in several parts of the address ' there was a long discussion in the Banquet Room , as to whether it should be pronounced " Potatoe , " "Tato , " Tatie , " or "Pratie "—some expressing a wish that the word should be omitted altogether , and the words "Til AT ROOT UPON WHICH THE IRISH PRINCIPALLY LIVE" substituted . Report says that the Mayor of Dublin bit the Queen ' s hand when presented to him to kiss . FoKKiox . —There is little of interest from abroad beyond what we publish in the proper place , except
the demand of the French Minister of Marine for a grant of four millions sterling to be applied to the increase of the steam navy of France , and the great dcli « ht of the Ministerialists , in the hope of being aWe to preserve their places , through the session . Tiie Oregon , however , or , rather , the non-intervention declaration of President Polk , has acted like a bombshell in the camp of European crowned heads , and , after all , we expect that American affairs will constitute a more important item in the royal speecli than the state of " Kise Piiatib " himself . We are curious to learn' the terms in which her Majesty will announce the himUy assurances of that okbatest of ai-l MONARcns . If we were inclined for a spec , we would back his rotten majesty at long odds against all their majesties .
WEDNESDAY . Tub Cons Laws . —The Times is still doing the work of the new broom for its masters , although it is this morning obliged to descend from even tlie semblance of argument , to a bit of high-flown sympathy . Meetings of a handful of poor agricultural labourers are magnified into the gatherings of thousands . They are furnished with ' poetry , eloquence , and enthusiasm , but argument being a thing not at tho command of the Thunderer , there is a great lack of that commodity . A meeting which took place in Wiltshire
, of agricultural labourers , by moon anil torchlight , is honoured with a three-column notice , a portion of it is actually chronicled in leader type , and letters are fascinatingly fabricated in provincial dialect and sent to tho chah-tnan by the Liugue or the Times . One U signed "youraflictedand humbelscrvent , " another ' A Laborer . " Upon tliQ , -whole it is disgusting to reflect upon the mean rmd sordid use to which the Times newspaper wouiu now turn the agricultural labourers . It wo ' ald inako them mere machinery to earn its own b . * lSe hire from tho League ; but " the agricultural Kbuurcvs , like the J'riwuls of the Ten
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Hours' ; 'Bill , will : soon lose' th ' ecountenance of , the Thunderer , when the Times shall have discovered their intention to . have * .. little thunder on their own account . The Times would make all its agricultural /^ protegee ' s politicians and philosophers , . while the sayings of six hundred shrewd phi ! o * opliersi . mei at Manchester to advocate the Ten Hours' Bill IN THEIR OWN . - WAY , was , not . worthy of , passing comment . 1 When will the people cease ; being used as tools by vagabonds ? i Lord Monpum and thb Ten Hours' Bill . —On its being known that LordMorpeth was once more likely to constitute the 658 th part of tlie British Empire , w n ^ . ers of tUe Short Time Committees . of the West Riding of Yorkshire waited upon his lordship to , canvas 3 his support in Parliament , in . favour of their objects , and we ' . give his lordship ' s reply in full , as a political gem : ~ . LORD MOitPETn ' 3 REPLI . - Castle HowardJan . 31846 .
„ „ . , , Gentlemen—I have been favoured with the memorial of the delegates of the ; Short Time Committees of the \ Ve 3 t-Rid 1 ng of Yorkshire . ¦ n » iUinghpromise to Ihen the empathy ttey request with so muchpropnuty and forbearance of lauimage for the whole body which they represent , and for their condition in hfu . If I now re-enter Parliament , after the lontr intmal . ' of absenco from its deliberations , and without having had the many important questions connected with factory labour specially brought under my notice , I must reserve to myself entire freedom to deal with the proposi . tions which may bo submitted for adoption ; but I shall bring to their consideration akeun feeling . for . the wants and wishes of the working classes , and a resolute determination to do ray whole dutv towards them .
I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most faithful swyant , ' . _ . , „ MonpETH . The Delegates of the Short Time Committees of the West-Uidinj . Tins gracious tender of his lordship ' s sympathv coupled with his cautious resekve with respect to ms vote , reminds us of two Irish anecdotes which we will now relate . A poor Irish labourer who had been ejected by a tyrant landlord , resolved upon trying his fortune in America , and having soraped
together within one pound of the passage money , he made application to the priest of the parish to make up the deficiency . " Yur rev ' rence , I ' m going to cross the water , I ' m for Ainericy . " " Well , good luck to you , Faddy . " '' Well , but yur rev ' rence , I ' thirty years in your parish now , and I hope yur revrence will give me a- cracter . " "Oh , then indeed I'll do that , Paddy , for you were always an honest man . " " Then I thank yur rev ' rence , but I always expected that from you , but sure I ' m a pound short , and I hope yur rev ' rence will lind it to me ? " " Indeed then , Paddy , 1 haven't a pound . "
" WishV then , God bless us , the times is hard to be sure , but wJiafll I'do at all at all ? But may be yur rev ' rence will have tin ^ hillings to spare ?" "Indeed then I haven't , nor five , nor three , nor two . " , . . " Wisha , God be praised , but that ' s a hard thing , but I must try the neighbours , but may be yur rev ' - rence would give me a shilling to drink vour health on the road ? " ¦ " . " Paddy , I don't like drinking , its a bad thing . " "Oh ! wishu , God help us ; it ' s a bad world for the poor . May be your rev ' ronce would give me a penny for a smoke ?" " Indeed , then 1 haven't a penny . " " Wisha , but that ' s a queer thing entirely . Well , I'll be going , anyhow , aud may be your rev ' rence would give me your blessing ?" 41 , I'll do that for you , Paddv . "
" No , nor the devil a bit of it I'll have , now ; if it was worth a penny you wouldn ' t give it me , so you may keep that with the rest . " That ' s one story ; now for the next . The Honourable Oarew O'Grady , brother of the la'te Lord Gillamore , was very anxious to represent the County of Cork in Parliament , and just before the election ot 1834 , he called upon Mr . O'Connor , at the Imperial Hotel , aud said : '' O'Connor , I ' vo been thinking that the County of Cork is represented by a nightingale and a cuckoo ; and I think this great county should have two nightingales . You can take me in with you as you did little Barry . " Mr . O'Connor replied : "My dear fellow , nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hear your sweet notes in tlie big cage ; but really I never asked for a vote for myself , and you must excuse me exercising any
influence tor others ; but there ' s my friend , Mr . O'lteardon , the man of the people , the most popular orator in the county , sitting at the lire—I'll introduce you to him , and canvas him for yourself . " Upon be ' ing introduced , Mr . O'Grady said : "Well , Mr ; O'lteardon , I ' m delighted to make your acquaintance , f vp been just telling our friend O'Connor , that the County of Cork ought to have two nightingales , and if 1 can have your vote and interest at the next election , I'll stand for the County . " " I declare to God , Mr . O'Grady , " said the man of the people , " my heart and soul is with you , but I promised my vote to Mr . Barry . " '' Oh . ' D—n your heart and soul ; give them to Mr . Barry , and give me your vote . " Now we would recommend the Shore Time Committee , when' they next see his lordship , to say , " Oh ! D—11 your sympathy , keep that FOR THE POOPt , and - 'ive us YOUR VOTE . " .
Mosey Makket . —Notwithstanding the flattering prospect presented by the revenue the funds are looking down , and the share market is even flatter than it was , so that in point ol ' i ' act the hums looks buie on all hands . Pkince Aluekt and tiie Paupkrs of Windsor . — By a report which will be found elsewhere of a communication that has taken place between Prince Albert ' s secretary and the authorities of Windsor , it will be seen that Sir Frederick Thesiger , 'Prince Albert ' s Attorney-General , and Sir Thomas Wilde ,
Prince . Alburt ' s first cousin by maruiaoe , have given it as their opinion , that the paupers of Windsor have no claim upon Flemish Farm , held by . Royal Highness , because his Royal Highness holds it under tue CitowN , and has not a beneficial interest in it . Now we will back our opinion against Prince Albert ' s cousin and his Attorney-General , and we assert that the Crown holds tiie land under tiie paupers who are landlords in chief , and that Prince Albert holds it under the Crown as lessee of the paupers , and we warn his Royal Highness how he raises tho question of title , because we tell him that so
STATUTE OF LIMITATION THAT THE LAW CAN AFFIX will operate against the right of tho people . As to the beneficial interest , if his Royal Highness thinks proper to devote the farm to the feeding of game for his amusement , he has a beneficial interest in it , and if not , lie had better surrender it to the paupers , who will soon find a beneficial interest and a better tenant . The worst of the case is , that not only will the paupers lose their £ 230 , but the cormorauts of the law will swallow up the remaiuder of the rates in looking for it . Prince Albert had better go back to Germany if be is not satisfied with the tat of the
land , and about £ 50 , 000 a year in salaries and pickings . He really was a well-conditioned , unintcfering young gentleman , a kind of chip in porridge , and we regret that he should have lost this valuable negative distinction by relying upon dear law as a means of despoiling the poor of tl'cir rights . COUHT ClttCUUK . — NOBLB CANDLESTICK . — The Queen and Prince Albert inspected this moving , at the Castle , an clalorntoly executed candelabrum and plateau for Mr . Matthow Uzielli , of the Orleans and Vierzon Railway , which were submitted by Messrs . Mortimer and Hunt . Her Majesty- and tlie Prince were pleased to express their approbation .
IRKLANR . Mr . Duffy , proprietor of ih « Nation newspaper , is himself about to have a taste of ilie Attorney * General ' s quality for what is called a xiitious libel published in the Natiyu hcvspwur . Wo lnue political prosecutions of all sorta , and yet wt : m : not sorry that the press or' Ireland , Mint has lentitself to tho hunting down 01 O'liigjjins , should have its share of the 1 ' un . We are curious to seo whether the Liberator will denounce Duffy as he tk-uouivctiil O'JJimrins , and we are curijnis to learn whether thr
goose will cackle for himselt now that the Attorney-General has him by thk tail . The sileiicc ' of the Xation upon O'lliggins' case was more crimiu ; il than tho prosecution of it by the Attorney-General . Of course we shall have a grand flare-up among the worthies of tho Liberal press when one of their , own bundle of sticks is cracked , but when our Chartist cudgel was to be broken all cordially lent an ' ee . Go it , Smith , prosecute away , and at last you nuvy compel the Irish press to do from necessity what it has refused to just ice .
Conciliation Hall . —Dan spun a tarnation long yarn at the Just gathering of the patriots , aud he concluded by warning the English government that the connexion between the countries would never ho severed till his death . We believe you , Dan , as long as there is more profit in the basest connexion than in an honourable severance so long will you bfi the connecting link . Dan ' s speech was copiously interlarded with "Hurrahs for tlie repeal . ' and this , this , this , is positively to be the repeal year . Dan
regrets that that excellent gentleman , bir William Somerville , must be kicked out of the representation of Drogheda , aud this sorrowing over departed friends is looked upon by fools as patriotism , whereas tho fact lies here : —Dan sold the forty-three repeal members that were returned in 1832 , and now ho wants a new stock 01 ? bkasts for tho English market . Now this is Dan ' s whole dodge : —A pliant member oi Parliament is the best commodity a merchant can traih ' c in , and Dan is determined ti > have as largo a stock as possible .
THURSDAY . Free Tiude . —The Tims of this morning adds another laurel to the wreath in process of numul ' auturc for the agricultural labourers , llow stupid we have been hll our lives to have supposed that Clod .-poles were ignorant—why , they arts all philosophy in their own little tray , ami instead of rcquiriii" ., "„ ,. tuition it would appear that they arc fully / u ' le to instruct Mr . Cobden and all the free trade pr i they are , indeed , made to speak , aud v .- £ ,, 5 cheer , and sigh , and gronn , and laugli /^' tiJlJ philosophise , nn-. l economise in chorus . ^ 5 so we ! drilled , a band , and in conunr ,, , t lI ) 01 S
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% ? ? w ty de 8 ignntin g ' free trade an patriotism . All that we shall say is , " From such patriotism Good liord deliver us . " ' - ' ' ' : ; Lord St . Germans was inaugurated as chief soy to bir James Graham , under the title of Postmaster ' brenetal on Saturday last , and upon being ushered through the several offices ,, crannies , and pkivacibs , tne noble lord , on seeing a tremendous bundle of papers in a certain niche , started , exclaiming , " Good &SVS J tllose ! " ^ « P » n being told that KS ? r r ^ nwwpapfo ; he observed , " Does £ S « ffl v 7 know ol tllis ? and does ** allow SStfatfc ° ¦ w W medium of conveying sucli a japer ? H had scarcel y apoken the wo-cl when , as we learn from the Wornhlg p ^ a slmwer of Stars came flying through the - window and S buried the official . This fact may be reled l » ol as we have it from the Times . . p K . Most Hoemblk ! -Two infants / one fifteen and S ° ^ LeiS m T ° f a" 6 ' that is ninet - -six moiSS old-sixty months younger than even ' the « l « v «
drivers . tbinkliB blood fit for use , were vesterday ? Pmv r ° , ? EVEN YEARS TRANSPORT ? riOIS for stealing money and other things . The law that sanctions this should be burned by the common hangman and the ruin of the system that tolerates it would be cheaply purchased . by a national' earthquake that would swallow up altogether / arid'le ' svc ' no trace of such damnability behind . There is a qualification for tlie workhouse—it is utter destitution , and the sale or loss of every bit of the paupers ' property ; and there is also a qualification for Lord John Russell ' s Isle of Wight Seminary fur the reclamation of youth , unless a child is " sentenced ™
transportation he is not qualified for the WlnV refuge . It will scarcely be believed that those two infants have been before twice convicted of similar offences and 110 means resorted to for their reclamation . We wonder what one of our law makers would aay it one of their children of ninety-six months of s& ^^ ssr ^ 11011 «* anyofeuce w £ e 5 ter Bjr i : T lysi 3 that we B » 'e else-= ^ iSS « i ™ l ! Iieandh f hBMl » n » tf tl'e bullets , she should have her share oi representation ako . She furnishes more than half the militia , but has not a siS rf tS representation in the House of Commons . When Nelson ' s Ehip , the Victory , was upon one oecLS brought into action , a sailor knelt at one of Z . " „ £
ana Degan to pray most fervently . The first lieutenant gave him a kick , with a "D-n vour eveswhat are you praying about ? " when Jack answered , An- please ver honour , I ' m praying that the shots may be divided like the prize money to-day , ftnd that the oflicers may have their share of it " 1 msoK Albkrt Again !_ We learn , tin ' s ' morning , Kjfi I ' n - " t 0 th f . P ° n of Ws Attorney ! General , and his cozen , his Royal Highness has a ' so received the opinion of HIS Solicitor-General , Mr . ritzroy Kelly , stating that the noor hare ™ ri » im
upon His Koyal flj'luess ' s farm , but there is this curious fact connected with the case which we forgot to state yesterday . ni 3 Royal Highness * advism tarns refused to shew the c .. se submitted for counsel ' s opnnon to the authorities of Windsor , This looks suspicious ; as we would wilger a trifle to get aS opinion we wished from counsel learned in tlie law " , it « n " ? t 0 draw U 1 > ftn C ! C 2 > arte cas e- When Lord Mansfield ' s son was studying the law , he met his 'W pn TM niOrai K *? , he camc Ollt ofllis s *«^' - Well , John my boy , " says the learned lord , " what have you been doing this morning ? " " Wbv , father , iS ^ 'V ? . u ! lingt ? 'j ; "Slight , aid wrong ZZ "Ji ^ « ^ ° S tl ! - MPlyof his lordship , go back , and learn to make ri-ht wrong , and F \ "&E it » ' TIIEN Y 0 ULL Bi ™
liw Late Ewctiox at Winsdor— During the Christmas week , Col . Reid and Mr . Walter were vicing a 3 to the best means of securing the puritv of P ^ rff ' vmx ? *' 0011188 * ' bo ?! l HONOURABLE a * r N ?' er e en a Sed in clothing the naked and feeding the hungry , but our correspondent an"ouncfsthc curious fact , that NONE- BUT ELEClORh were thought worthy of charity . Who wouldn tbe an elector at Christmas ? This is the briber 1 Ode Setti " ° Vei < the strin S cut law 3 against Monky MARKET—Notwitlistanding the flattering state 01 the revenue , the jobbers find it impossible to keep the thing up , while there is woe in every house ; the answer to tradesmen ' s bills * invariably being , I have really been ? uch a sufferer from the lUiMVAY 1 anic that you must excuse me for the present .
lRADE .-Agamwe see that the twisters and spin , ncraamf cotton lords of all sorts are buiidin" upon a roaring free trade , and manufacturing upon ° specula . tion . As the poor , who are our clients , are sure to sutler most from the disappointment , we ive this early caution to the speculators . We tell them that birKobert Peel will no more propose the repeal of the . G « n Laws than he will propose to make " a man ot the Queen ; and that he will propose a fixed dutv that will astonish them , to be annually diminished until it comes to the most fascinating revenue point , and there to remain just as long as we please to allow , it , and not a minute longer . By the time Parliament meets we hope to be in a situation to send six of our very ablest lecturers into the agricultura l districts to recruit for the noble army of Chartists , and we ^ L ™* o ^ l'stoent against Protectionists and
A « Ti-wUiWULlSTS . What a funny name for fellows that have monopolised ev » rythiiiu- and can raise a quarter of a million to establish a monev canstituency ?
IRELAND . Molly MAOuiRE .-It appears tlu . t her ladyship has prolonged her visit to the Irish metropolis be ' vond her original intention , and we make no doubt that the government informer and his Conciliation detectiveforce will attempt to connect her ladyship with the placard to which wo this day affix our name . But all won t do , for we have no more doubt upon our nunds than we have of our existence , that the supposed Molly Magmre—that is the metropolitan lady —is one of the O'Connell gang , hired for the purpose of damnmg O'lliggins ; and Jet it be understood that \ r , r . ? TT ^ . offor the - insult to THE MOLLY AlAUUXttJi by connecting her in any way with the metropolitan rascals .
Foiikibs . —liver since M . Gnizot and the Morning Herald concocted a counter conspiracy against Lieutenant Waghorn . the Times , and the Trieste route , the 7 i » i « s is outrageous with France and every thin » l « rench , and we should not be at all astonished if the lhumlercr should meditate a little squabble between the two countries in revenge . The French budget , which appears highly satisfactory to us , is very distasteful to ouv contemporary . In fact , until Lieutenant Waghorn ' and the Times can beat M . Guizot and the Herald in the race for early news we shall have no peace in Eurone . ,
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DISTRESSED STATE OF THE OPERATIVES IN JS'OTTLXGIIAM . Nottingham , Tuesday Akteunoox . —A meeting was liuld this fore noon at the Guildhall in this town ( allowed to be used on this occasion by the mayor ) , to devise means to relieve the distress of tlie unemployed workmen , amounting to upwards of 1 , 000 , in the twin and wavu branches of trade , arising from the depression which now generally exists to an alarming extent . At a quarter past eleven o ' clock , the hall being crowded , Mr . Oiectliiim ( of the firm of Cliectlinni an . ! Li ghtfoot , lave manufacturers ) , was trailed to the chair , and having stated tlie object for wliiuli the meeting had been eonveiled , lie expressed as a manufacturer his deep regret to find the town in such a deplorable state , but he hoped , n tbe caseofthounoinployed being made known , that tho iv . iniiliv and influential » voiiM alleviate their sniieriiigs , H « wa .. qu ; ' . ft ready to hear any statements that parties mi ;; lit be willing : to niiil ;» , and he invited a fair hearing for « vcj > v sneaker .
A . ft a several persons hart ? p » ken generally upon the il \ a ' .: ii . -s extant , ami also « niuii ^ $ t upwards : •[ ? . ' ' !» " « 'oikmen in the above biruui' . cs . ' Ira ¦>« , ifs ' . SaiKiw * , u «' 'ii'k »; : iii , '• . id , - !; . tt iwiujri " ' ! ' - : •'• ¦ •«> wlwlu ' ! ' the town of NuUii !; . 'lu <» u r . wJy : 'ii : S ' - ' .-h < - " * an-. 'i factories aw sli 1 ;' . up . fl < : wf . i'k ? . i at ' •' . , \<> M : ¦ ¦¦ ¦' . < t < n Mansfield-roaii , : ' ¦ !; irj ; e faviory , ;> : i-f . vj ij / in" < «; t < tiohtf ; there . Sir . Hill ' s , oi'J -r . ' . iow , SU : •>• . ' : '¦ ¦ , \ J \ . ;'•• .. U > ii ' r . and , in short , he should liavu te ohi . i :., ;• :. ; ...-.. ,, , uv ;; .. s if he went through the list wheio iIlj i . w . \ > . v ;> sei : i ... employ . He cited two ov three cases of esi .-oui-j ilijnv . ^ s as a sample of the state of this clsiss of operatives , k was well known that many workmen had to jro wtckly 011
trust for their food , and on the shopkeeper bearing of the factory being stopped , when the workman ' s wife had paid all Ills earnings within one shilling for thepreviousweek's food , she was told she could have no more goods , as there was no prospect of her paying for them . . The result was , that the family ( a man , his wife , and four children , ) were literally starving for food ; lie knew for fact that one day they had only a few potatoes to subsist upon , and another day , a neighbour gave them a boiling of gveens , and tlie poor man earned a halfpenny by carrying a basket for a lady a short distance , with which he bought a halfpenny worth of suet , and after boiling the greens , they were fried in suet , and the wholefamily eked ont one whole day upon this miserable food , ( hear ) .
Mr . Wright related other instances , as did Mr . Baggely , and a poor man of the name of Henry Lowe ; the latter declared , that he ( himself ) had been " out of employ nine weeks , and that b . e had been as long as two days together without tasting Imman food , lie had applied to the parish , but no velief was to be given , except he would go into the worWiouse , a place he had no intention to enter alive . He had come , with hundreds around him , to tile meeting , doping something would be done , however small , to assist , them , and prevent tlie poor being starved to death , , ] ie coai , j Mt proctcd further lor tears flowing fi'onWiseyes . jNlr . IU 11 V , a town missionary , spoke of the very general ' itute of business in tlie town .
Mr . Sanders moved that a subscription be entered into to alleviate the distress of the workpeople . Th « resolution was carried unanimously . A letter , enclosing a subscription of X 5 , from the Kev . W . Brooke , vicar of St . Mary's , was then read . The Chairman presente d a dcmtlono * 10 ; whab . o * being announced , vrn . * "' W ^ " j . V . Bru ^ s , U » JTiS SSi S . - ^^*
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Oxford .- " Duscombe" and " O'Cossoa /'—Mr . Bridgewater , secretory to the Chartist body and the Laud Society , Oxford , has twice gained the first prize at the Oxfordshire Horticultural Society , for an auricula , named after the patriotic member for Fijjsbiiry Lust year he gained the first seedling prize , which he had christened " Feargus O'Connor , " much to the chagrin of some of his aristocratioal competitors . There is little doubt that "Duncombe" and "O'Connor" will again lead the van in the Horticultural Show this year . Beautiful dried specimens ol these flowers have beeu sent for our inspection .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Fbiekcs , —In accordance with resolutions passed atthe late Conference , it k now my duty to call ujion you to earn-into effect the decisions " 01 liia ! body in reference , firstly , to the monthly levy for the payment of salaries , until the whole of the members in the section shall lie located ; and , secondly , for the liquidation of the balancedue on account of tin ; Conference . The amount to be lined ibr the payment of salaries is ¦ one halfjienny per month on one shurej three farthings 0 : 1 a share and a half , and one penny on two shares . The sub-secretaries are particularly rt «) u = ste < l to set- that this money shall be duly raistd , and punctually forwarded on tlie first Monday in each month . All sums for this jmr-IHise to be sent to me by I ' ost-ufiice order , payiOAe to Mi-. 0 'Co . nnr . On Monday , Ffcb . "Jud , two montta' levy will be due .
The expense of ihe Com * erc-nci > , im-hiding xtasvs aud travelling exiienses of tbe uele ; a : « ami Board of Directors , stationery , rent of room , Ac , amounted to £ 72 lSs . id ., and tbe total sum received on account of the threepenny levy is £ t ! Js . 4 d ., leaving a balance due of £ SO 16 s ., which must be diithar ^ ed by its immediate payment on tlie part of such me ; r . K-is ; is liavc not already done so . £ il persons who may Urn-after become incinhi-rs will als ^ i lie re quired to )>; iy thrwinMsec each , so that tin .- I'tuthen iH » y l ' ali « 'iu ; iiJy u | kmi ai ! , for « Jifst benefit
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d Y ftoBQ&S . " 4 TtarsaayB , Mr . O'Connor is ^*^ r ± Ti ^ ^ ™* : ™ **<** days , Wednesdays ^ ana . Thursdays , Mr . O'Connor is obliged to work nime hours erery weel ^ and tMrteen hours ad » y some weeks ; nor do we think that men irho hate learned to do their own work , should impose sacb . a tax upon one who has never flinched from more than his share . - - ' Moma Moxgas , Lukdiloxs . — He can recover * in money all that has been paid in goods by his master , and the magistrate is bound to grant a summons . . H ., Bbingtos—We will answer his queries wh « n we bare time about the Field-garden Bill , He is not entitled to the vote . C C , Bith . — >* o , he is not . Jams Catkd . —A morning and evening man leaves London each day for the north . TfatiiM Sksseb , Shiptos . —We really cannot inter
fere between him and persons who advertise in our columns . We have no other notion than that his letters to Mr ; Wilson most hare failed . Wsst RiorSG of Yorkshire . —Resolved , "That it is of vital importance that the Chartists of the West Riding of Yorkshire should be prepared to put in nomination * Chartist candidate at tke forthcoming election , to advocate the principles contained in tiie People ' s Charter ; and we suggest the propriety of the secretary of the West Riding to call a delegate meeting as soon as convenient , to take into consideration the above object . " J . Owes . —We fear the charge for a spinning jenny does not come under ihe provisions of the Truck Act . " SHOBorrtE . —Correspondents who request answers should always sign their names ; however , we will
answer his question this time . He is liable to 1 « balloted , as all men are , but having two children is a ground of exemption sufficient to exonerate him from serving . TaoMAS Silvester must hava seenfaat the arguments in bis letter would go to enforcing the necessity of purchasing land in all cases in the southern districts , which would at once nullify the advantages to be derived from having divided the country into districts . Nor do we think the Birmingham people , to whom his letter is addressed , would be induced by his arguments to preferFalmomh to Warwickshire or Worcestershire . If the south has its advantage ? , it also has its drawbacks . " The country is to be divided into five districts , and in the equalisation and selection of those , the trustees and directors , with a proper solicitude for the interest of the shareholders , must he the best judges .
Fktekms PiTaiois * axd Exiles' Widows' asb Children's Fdsd . — = Atthe committee-meeting , last Mondaynight , £ 5153 . was disbursed among the snffering objects of these funds . I beg to acknowledge the receipt ( per Mr . Roger O'Connor ) of 7 s . 6 d ., collected by Mr . Robertson , of Plymouth ; of 3 s . 6 d . collected by Mr . Pearce , ; and of Is ., collected by Mr . Bradley , of Leicester . In answer to two inquiries , I can only reply that I have not received , from Mr . Thomas Martin Wheeler , any sum purporting to he from Brighton . I am also requested , by the committee , to desire all subscribers , in future , to state explicitly , to which of the two funds they wish their contributions to be applied . I trust that , in conclusion , I may be allowed most urgently to entreat all real Chartists to make an effort for the relief of the sufferers , who , at this season , especially , needtheir help . —Thohas Cooper , secretary . 134 . Blackfriars-road . KtLvnk . To the Editor of the Sor&ern Star—Sir—Think yom , if all the unenfranchised were to fill up their
schedules in the following mauner , there would be any occasion for militia clubs amongst that class 1 " Were their subjects wis « , War is a game Kings would not play at . " "Edmund Stallwood—age^—children—all on the antiwar establishment—all equally determined never to sited the " blood of their fellow-men—all determined sever to take up arms in defence of a nation , in the making of whose laws they have no voice . — Edjtoxd St * llwooJ > , 2 , Little Tale-place , Hammersmith-road . " X . B . —Would it not be judicious for the Chartists , at their meetings , to declare themselves anti-war men ?
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RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETY . SHAKES . PER H 3 . 0 ' CO > S 0 S . £ s . d . fiuddersfisld , perJ . Stead .. .. .. S 5 6 BoHon , perE . Hodgkmson 614 6 Pershore , per William Conn .. .. .. 11 4 8 Wallace Russell , Bitterne 5 4 0 J . Kendall , Bradford , Wilts .. " .. .. - . ' 12 fl Cuilompton , perC . Pannell 3 0 0 Leicester , per G . Soon .. .. ,. .. 2 0 0 Suaderland , per W . Dobbin 9 15 7 W . Raddiffe , Liverpool ~ 0 2 6 W . Wales , ditto . 0 2 6 W-ircester , per M . Griffith .. .. „ 5 0 ( Exeter , per F . Clarke 10 12 ( 1 Samuel Bradford and a Friend , from Melbourne .
Derbyshire , twoshares , per J . Sweet ,. .. 340 Nottingham , per ditto .. 4 3 !) Sowerby Longrojd , per J . Wilson .. .. 11-5 0 Xeeds , per W . Brook .. .. .. .. 5 0 o K-. cfcdsle , per J . Midgely .. .. ,. .. 500 Bradford , pwJ . Alderson .. .. .. ISIS 6 Idle , per J . Alderson 3 3 6 X Ponde , Monmouth 10 0 J . Griffith , Jfewton Town 10 0 Artroath , per J . Stephen .. .. .. " 2 0 0 SHARES . f £ X GESIS 1 L E £ C £ ETA 8 T . £ s . d . £ s . d . Sew Milns .. .. 0 6 S Mr . Clarke , Mary-Bacup 3 0 0 Icbon-- .. .. 0 1 4 Mr . George , Clewer Mr . Hutchins , do .. 0 14 Green , Windsor 16 4 Somers Town .. 6 o 0
Salford .. .. 117 1 Oxford .. .. 1 IS o Newark .. ,. 0 3 0 Todmorden .. 020 Bacup .. .. .. G 0 0 M . X 0 2 4 Fershore .. -200 ltachel Rowall .. 0 1 18 Carlisle - .. 414 0 Westminster .. 192 £ oaghborongh , Mr . Eldersiie .. .. 014 Cooper - .. 004 Charles Fox .. .. 2 12 4 Leicester .. « . 2 0 0 Citv of London , Dudley .. .. 310 6 ilr . G . Fox ..-2 2 0 Hull , Sec 15 , per Sudbury .. .. 3 o 0 Mr . Eastwood .. 117 « Lamberltead Green 4 8 8 Flat Head , Kip- Hull , per P . T . „ 210 0 ponden .. .. 400 Stratford , Essex .. ( ISO Hanley .. .. 500 Mr . Elliot , Cl : ipham 2 12 0 Wesanmster .. 300 Mr . Whitmore .. 048 Jjambeth .. .. 16 0 0 Macclesiield .. .. < : 10 0 Mtrthyr Tydvil .. 2 0 0 Birmingham .. .. 5 13 3
CARDS ASD RULES . Kottingham .. 104 Dudley .. .. 008 Bacup 0 3 8 HulK- „ ., 0 2 i ; Huddersfield .. 0 4 4 Ipsnich .. .. 004 LEVI FOR THE USD CONFERENCE . Hull , per Eastwood 0 2 6 Card , G . Fox .. 006 fiipponden , Flat LaniberheadGreen 0 0 (• Head .. .. 009 Hull , per V . T . .. 0 1 0 Jlcclidale .. .. 003 Sunderland .. „ fl . ' G Wu » eler " s list .. 053
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1349/page/5/
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