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GR&NiV SS 01 REK IN HONOUR OF T . S . DUNCOMBE , M . P . Oa Wednesday eTening a public tea party and soira was held at the Crown and Anchor , in the Strand , to do hononr ta the hon . member for Finsbury , for his unceasing advocacy of the ri ghts of labour , and for his services ia the ' people ' s cause . The large room was filled to overflowing . Even the platform had to be removed and converted into seats and t titles . At six o ' clock Thomas Wakley , M . l . entered the Hall , accompanied by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and were greeted with the . most heartv demonstrations of welcome . Shortly after , T . S . Dtmcombe , M . P ., entered , accompanied by W . D . Christie , ALP . for Weyuioutli , vauutlic whole nvdience rose and welcomed them by waving of hats and handkerchiefs . The chair was taken by Mr . Wakley , supported by the guest of the evening , and Mr . Christie .
The tea and coifee having beeu despatched , and the cloth removed , The CmiRMis stated that it led been the intention of the committee not to proceed to the special business of the evening till eight o ' clock ; but in consequence of the crowded state of the room , it had been resolved to begin it now . though it still wanted some time of that hour . He then stated thai tiie committee were disappointed in not having the presence of several gentlemen whohad been invited , anrt tbat letters of excuse for absence 1 ml been received from Mr . Charles Dickens , Mr . BwKta JerroM ,
and Mr . Joseph M azzini The special onject , lor which thev were n ow assembled wouhl be introduced to their notice formally in the course of a few minutea ; but the occasion of doin ? honour to Mr . Duucombe had been properly sxezed by the committee for the purpose of introducing to their consideration those principles which ought never to be forgotten by a people seeking for their rights . ( Cheers . ) On this occasion the committee had thrown their views into a scries of resolutions , or toasts , or sentiments , or whatever they might be called ; and the first of these which was as follows , would be spoken to by Mr . M'Grath : —
The People ! the onlj legitimate source of political power : inay the ; tptcdily attain to that position in th » State which would enable them to apply tlieir legislature functions to the welfare and protection of the irfioU community . Mr . M'Grath then spoke to the above sentiment . He was proud that the absurd custom of toasting first the well-being of Royalty had not been followed on the present occasion , because he believed , in accordance with the words of the resolution , that the people were the legitimate source of all politic-J power , and that , therefore , they should on all such occasions obtain the precedence . ( Cheers . ) He believed that the Queen was made for the people , and not the people for the Queen . ( Cheers . ) lie skouid iike ,
however , at the outset to ask what was the meaning of " the people ?"—what they understood by the various significations which were attached to the word ? There were some who would not admit that the great body of the working classes constituted the people . They heard only ef the aristocracy and the landed gentry forming the people . When her Majesty catted a Parliament together , she was said to appeal to the people ; but to whom did she in reality appeal ? To a mere fraction of the community—one seventh of the whole male adult population—while the other six-sevenths were not understood to come within the meaning of the word " people . " ( Cheers . ) Theywere merely the rabble , the canaille , the offscourings of the humanrace , the swinish multitude .
Now , he wished it to be clearly understood what that meeting meant by " the people . " He believed that the people composed the whole human family—persons of every condition , from the possessor of the gorgeous palace down to the tenant of the straw-thatched cottage , lie believed that from Queen Vicloriadown to that poor son of misfortune , the victim of injustice , who was last Sunday arrested at Marylebone for begging a few pence to get bread for his dying wife and five starving children , all came withinthe meaning of the word " people . " ( Applause . ) Sow , whether they reviewed the people in their political or social position , they found innumerable subjects calculated to excite sorrow and commiseration / lie would not particularise instances of distressbut would bring
, before them tiie testimony of Sir James Graham , wlio thought that it was a legitimate use to make of iiie seals of office to break open the seals of other people . Sir James Lad told them that one-teath of the people of Great Britain were steeped to the chin in poverty , and eating the bread of pauperism ; and as soon as Sir James Graham made the announcement , up jot the great Sir Robert Peel , and said that this was a necessary consequence of advanced civilisation ( hear ) , while ministers of religion were not siow to tell them that all this poverty was peimitted by Heaven as a punishment for their sins . ( Hear , hear . ) lie must especially direct the attention of the meeting to the state of poor , distressed , and persecuted Ireland . They had been assured bv a commission from the
House of Commons that 2 , 300 , 000 of the people oi Ireland were getting their living by begaing ; and they had now the testimony of tfhig " and Toiy papers , and of the Catholic as well as the Protestant clergy , that famine was at that moment threatening the people of that country ; and yet , while this fact was conveyed by all evidence , th 3 available produce was conveyed away fcy every tide to supply the luxurious table of tne absentee oligarchy , or to maintain the arrogate cf iue griping middlemen . Now , thev had read in the history of Ireland that St . Pairickhad exterminated all the obnoxious reptiles that infested the land of his adoption . Would to God that some St . Patrick would arise in the present day —( great cheeri'is)—morally to exterminate the noxious monstrosities still existing . He must also call the attention of the meeting to the political condition of the great body of the people of this country . Thev were allowed to
nave nothing to do with the laws but to obey them ; they had nothing to do with the taxes but to pay them ; they were nothing more than the Helots of Ureece ; they might go to an election , shout , and tes-s np their caps , but they must return to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for their tyrannical taskmasters . He ascribed this to that system of class misrule which was destroying the country . He was decidedly of opinion that the hope expressed in the sentiment would be realized , and that the working classes would be put in possession of what was their right , and what they ought to have by . the theory of the constitution ; without this there was not ' the slightest hope of effecting an amelioration of the people ' s condition . To obtain this every oi : e could , and should , assist . And if eTery man did what in him lay to accomplish the freedom of his country , down , would go tUis nwnstvoua injustice . ^ Cheers . ) The Chaibmas now came to the toast—the special toast of the evening . ( Cheers ) : —
Thomas Slingabj Buncombe , Esq ., the eloquent , untiriny , « ndincorruptible adToc » te of unirtreal justice nwy Ms life be long and happy , and his fame immortal . He must , in the first place , be allowed to return thanks for the distinguished honour conferred upon Mm by asking him to preside on that occasion , and for the manner in which the meeting had responded to the recommendations of the committee ; and he must also be allowed to state that hi § gratification did not arise from any feeling , or from any idle formality connected with any public spectacle or meeting , but because he presided in the performance of a solemn and imperious duty , due from ever } - public man , and which , when called upon , he ought to execute witk a glad and hilarious feeling , and because
He came to bear his personal testimony with refer ence to the conduct of Mr . Duncombe in Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Nothing could afford him greater gratification than to state to the meeting that , at . all events , they bad in the House one bold , sincere , faithful , and unflinching advocate . ( Loud cheers . ) They had adopted him in Parliament as the head of their cause . For himself he , as one member of the House , was a humble and willing follower in his colleague ' s footsteps —{ cheers)—and would most cordially and cheerfully second the choice they had made . They could speak from experience of the conduct of Mr . Duncombe ; ltwas not a matter of doubt . They had had specimens of what he would do ; he had beea tried anihad not been found wanting . ( "So have vou . " and
f aee « 0 It had been the misfortune of tiie people that they had not been united in reference to any specific object . He knew , however , that every cause must nave a head ; they ought to have sonje one in Parliament-whose mind would re&ect the image and the will of the people ; and if the people would but make known their views and determination , aud if those views were only enunciated bv one man of ability and faithfulness , like Mr . Duncombe , the cause of the people could not faiL ( Cheers . ) Uiiuerto the people of this country had only been , as it were a rope of saud , as untied sticks cast along the length and breadth of the land ; but , if they were united for one just and legitimate object , where was there a man who would dare to assert that their demands
should be refused ? ( Cheers . ) They had seeu Mr . Duncombe under trying circumstances neither blenchin g nor quailing under the attacks with which he was assailed , —they had seen him in every circumstance displaying greatenergy , and that energy rising \ rith the emergency of the occasion —( cheers );—the more he was opposed the more he fought—nay , lie was such a glutton that tky could not take the courage out of him . But bo . dness was only one oi the h % b . qualities of Mr . Duueorabe ' s miml , —he bad a Heart which was the home of tverv gouecous sympathy ; ho loved the people for their snlu ; aud it was from that love that he desired to do them
good . One meeting or two , nay ten , could not accomplish their object , but it must be a general movement . The committee who had done them the honour that night of getting up that 3 pleudid meeting , if they would only ramify their exertions and extend them over the face of the countrv , iui"ht aoon see their benevolent objects completely triumphant . Mr . Duncombe , throughout the whole of bi « Parliamentary career , so iar as he had the opportunity of witnessing it , had gone iu the right direction , and every additional step he Lad taken Lau been towards the people , and not from them ( Cheers . ) Now , would they be success ' . u 5 in their efforts under his auspic&j ? That was a . < Kies > iion
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which the people themselves must answer b y their own exertions , because those who were pronungo / the possession of exclusive privileges were bos tne persons to give them up . ( Cheers . ) That jm « not the thing they were to expect . They were easy and comfortable , because working with « ie "g hte and privileges o the people , and it w » the duty , othe people to make the foe uneasy and uncomfortable . They have shewn that they would have no difficulty in prang into their secrets , if they had any ; and why not make them feel uneasy too ? It was hoped in Z address before him that Mr , Duncombe would yet bo a Cabinet Minister . ( Cheers . Ay make him Postmaster-G eneral , to be sure . ( Laughter . ) Let him have the opportunity of opening Sir J- Graham s letters and discovering whether , when out of oflice , Sir James Gralunn entered into any treasonable corres pondence . ( Laughter . ) He ought to have that opportunity , and it was not unlikely that in a short period of time he might possess it . ( Great cheering . ) With these remarks he would conclude by introducing Mr . Dunning to their notice , after which he should have the extreme gratification of introducing Mr Duncombe . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Dos . mxg said he had the honour of presenting to Mr . Duncoml je an address from this Association , from the United Trades , and , indeed , from every uncompromising patriot present . That address would set forth the high virtues of Mr . Duncombe , but he was in a position to speak of his peculiar attention to the welfare of the working classes . As president of the Association for the Protection of Industry , and also in connexion with the Association for the Protection of Labour and Manufactures , Mr . Duncombe had manifested in a striking manner his desire to serve the people . All honour to him for his Parliamentary duties and for his public exertions
in behalt of the people ; but he had known bun sit in the above two committees for seven hours , attending to the details of the voluminous correspondence and general business of those committees ; and in this lay the great secret of success—that untiring perseverance which led a man forward in the prosecution of whatever duty he undertook . ( Cheers . ) It was this perseverance , this assiduous activity , that led him to discover the espionage of the Postoffice , to oppose and destroy the Masters and Servants' Bill , and to make known to the legislating class the claims of that class they were accustomed to regard as servile . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Duuning then read the following address : —
TO T . 8 . DUSCOMBK , ESQ ., M . P . Honourable Sir , —We take this opportunity of testifying our high approval of , and great thanks for , your manly and untiring exertions on behalf of the industrious of all classes ; while we pledge you am cordial support iu the future struggles which labour will assuredly be called upon to make for the assertion of its rightful privileges . Sir , while we have asked you to defend our rights , the rights of the unrepresented , and consequently uuprotected , we have never asked you to assail those rights and privileges of the other orders of society which do not operate destructively to the interests of the working classes , as well as to the interests of all other classes of society ; for , sir , we hold it to be au impossibility to preserve the rights of capital if the rights of labour and industry are broken down .
In you , sir , we recognise , England recognises , and the civilised world recognises a true and uncompromising advocate of all that is good , and that should remain of our institutions , as well as the bold exposer of wrong , the eloquent denouncer of injustice . While those who know us not , sir , and consequently cannot understand our motives , would characterise you as the proclaimed leader of vulgar opinions , as the champion of a mere mob , we beg to assure you and them , air , upon this , the eve of what promises to be an eventful session of Parliament , that we require at your bauds no more than the continuous struggle for those timely concessions which all men , save fools , admit must be sooner or later conceded to the improved miud of the age .
Sir , it is impossible to contemplate the great and mighty changes taking place throughout the civilised world , and especially in this our own country , without coming to the conclusion that the promoters oi that change will seek their fair share in the increased wealth whi'ih it produces ; and we know of no means by which this our rightful object can be achieved , and permanently secured , except by the possession and the unfettered right to use a vote which will transfer from the inconvenient multitude to honourable men like yourself the responsibility and honour of making Laws for the maintenance of the rights of all thatsliall not trench upon « he rights of any .
Sir , it is the glory ol Englishmen , and should be the pride of the electors of Finsbury , that you go to the Senate House unfettered and untrammelled , and that your free advocacy of the rights of labour , in consequence , entitles you to our gratitude , as flowing spontaneously fioni your own patriotism and love of justice . Sir , in the estimation of a large majority of your countrymen you stand p : e-eniinent ! y high . We honour you for your courage , we respect you for your talent , we admire you for your eloquence , and we love you for vour principles .
When tyrants hoped to chain the mind and entomb public opinion within the dungeon walls , you dared to arraign the unjust Judge , the tyrant justice , and the cruel gaoler ] And above all , sir , who of his class , , but Diiiu-ombe , so far sympathised with aud honour ed the captive bj visiting him in his lonely dungeon ? You , sir , were neither afraid nor ashamed to beard the oppressor , and to thunder the wrongs learned from th « captive lips into the tyrant ' s ears . Xo « only at Lome , sir , but also abroad throughout the nations of Europe , your hallowed name has been
wafted upon the vriugs of the press . When the sons of Italy were basely butchered through the treachery of our ruler * , your voice was heard thundering the fierce denunciations ot patriotism into the ears of the letter-opening spy . When Ireland ' s adopted chief was in the meshe 3 of the law , you rallied English sympathy around him . When ministerial aid was enlisted on behalf of capital , for the subjugation of labour , who but the assertor of labour ' s rights dared to attaek , defeat , and finally overthrow the united forces of capitalists and the Government ?
Sir , however the press may withhold from the ears of the great the knowledge of our affections and love for you , lest by its promulgation your power should become too great for resistance , believe us , sir , when we tell you that a large majority of the people of England would dis rather than desert you and the standard which , through disasters and fearful odd » , you have so nobly upheld as the rallying point lor free opinion . In conclusion , sir , we rejoice in rallying round our indomitable chief once more , upon the eve of the great battle ; and we also rejoice in being able to convey to you what monarclts would be proud to learn—renewed assurance of our affection for your person , and reverence tor your principles .
Mr . T , Doxcombe rose to return thanks , and was vehemently cheered . Upon ordinary occasions he could assure them that nothing gave him greater gratification than to stand before large bodies of his fellow-countrymen , whether it were for the purpose of sympathising with their sufferings or of co-operating with them in their endeavours to obtain redress for the many grievances of which they had to complain ; but when lie looked around and saw himself not only surrounded by so many men distinguished for the love of liberty and of their country , but when he saw that large room crowded with the honest sons ot industry and toil , who were collected there for the purpose of conferring honour upon so humble an individual as himself , he confessed that he felt overwhelmed with
anxiety aud fear , for he felt that he possessed no merits , and that he had net rendered such services to the cause as wou ; d justify them in eonfcriing so much honour upon him . ( "Yes , yes , " and cheers . ) He rejoiced that his hon . friend and colleague presided over them that evening . ( Cheers . ) He felt most grateful to him for the kind manner in which ha had expressed himself , and he was glad at his presence , because they had fought together for the maintenance of the same principles , they had struggled together in defence of the same rights , aud together , as he trusted , they would enjoy the honour of the triumph . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no compliment and no honour which could be paid to himself which must not be equally extended to him .
CCheera . ) lie thought , however , Uwt he might assume his hon . colleague would agree with him in saying that on the eye of the meeting of Parliament it would be better for the people to meet in a public assembly without reference to any individual , and not for the sole purpose of paying " unmerited compliments . ( Cheers . ) He thought tlieir purpose should rather be to discuss the state of the country and to agvee upon the measures which they required for their own protection . ( Cheers . ) Now , they knew well there was a strong impression abroad in the country that they would learn i : reat things from the Queen ' s speech to-morrow ; it ' any present participated in that expectation he believed they would be wofull y disappointed . ( Much laughter . ) His own
past experience would lead him to a very different conclusion . Queen ' s speeches and Ministerial explanations were generally mysterious rather than elucidatory ; they generally rendered confusion worse confounded , and the next few days would not prove any exception to the general rule . ( Cheers . ) Some individuals in town were : it that moment in possession of the speech ; but . as those present were not 'fork * , to be asked to the Ministerial dinners , and had not made tomfools of themselves , by putting on swords and bag-wi » for the purpose of hearing tiie Queen ' s speech road by the Ministrv who had already agreed to it , tlu-y r ' oulu not tell its contents ; but they mijrlit guess a little how it would be composed , k whs diinVult to prophecy , but , if J ) u might judge from his experience , —havim : lioar . l ,.
cn-at number of Royal speeches during the l'J years he had been in Parliament—in allprobability her Majvstv would begiu by Ming the Houses of Lords and Commons that her Majesty had passed a very a » rei > lil << autumn , that she hud taken a very agreebie con tmeutal trip , lh , u li . o continents Powers of Em-one were uncommonly civil ; but that America had < -io \ vu rather rude o : fci * ( Great laughter ami effcens . )
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Then , in all probability , her Majesty would . go en to say that the potatoe crop in Ireland had been destroyed ( laughter ) , and that the petatoe crop in England was a little better , though still indifferent . Her Majesty would also express her regnt , that the agricultural and manufacturing interests had gone to loggerheads , and that there had been a great deal of bad language passing between the Anti-Corn Law League and the Agricultural Protection Society ( laughter ); and then her Majesty would look with confidence to the wisdom of Parliament to adjust all these jdillercnces . ( Loud cheers . ) This would probably be the substance of the speech fitin the throne ; but persons might think that Sir It . Peel ought to make some
allusion to Ministerial chops and changes , aud the goings out and comings in that had taken place during the last few weeks ; but he thought that her Majesty would be of opinion , and so would her Ministers , that the least said of these absurdities the better , and her speech therefore would be perfectly silent on that subject . Explanations , however , there would be ; explanations would he called for from . Ministers , and explanations would be given by them in their places iu Parliament . He doubted much whether they would get the honest truth . He remembered two or three years ago that thore was an individual hit his country who entertained the laudable desire of learning what was going on in tho Palace—he alluded to the boy Jones . ( Cheers . )
That individual would not rely upon the public press ; he said he would see with his own eyes , and hear with his own cars what was going on in the Palace ; and if lie were present , lie would no doubt tell them that something of this sort had taken place . He would say that one morning Siv Robert Peol most unexpectedly called upon her Majesty , and informed her that there had been a sort of row in his Cabinet . Her Majesty would naturally say , "What about ? " to which Sir Robert would reply , " I tried to mako them believe that there was a famius in the country—1 tried to make them think the potatoe crop was so bad that something must be dono , and tbat all political consistency ought to be banished from their minds ; but I cannot bring the Cabinet to
take the same view of the subject as myself , so 1 advise your Majesty to send for Lord John Russell . " Of course her Maje-ty , having the greatest confidence in Sir Robert Peel —( laughter)—sent for Lord John Russell . Well , Lord John Russell , after a week or ten days , during which he had accepted the government , returned to her Majesty . Of course her Majesty expected tbat all things were satisfactorily arranged , and that he brought her the names ot a Cabinet who were to obtain the respect of England and Europe , and to make America tremble . Quite the contrary , for Lord John Russell says , " Mj > team is more awkward than Peel ' s ; I can't bring them together atall . " ( Great laughter . ) " Well , " says the Queen , " what am 1 to do ? " ' * Why , " replies Lord
John , " 1 advise you to send for Sir Robert ; » " « so Sir Robert , good Conservative as he is , returned to office , if not to power . ( Cheers . ) In the annals of the country there had never been such attempts at a change of government , or any which had displayed so much imbecility . He had been in the country during theseshiftings and changes , but he understood they had caused great excitement in the . metropolis , lie must be forgiven if ho was not imbued with that excitement which he understood had existed in tome of their breasts , but which he hoped had now subsided . Well , there was Sir Robert Peel buck again with no difference in his Cabinet , but that Mr . Gladstone had succeeded Lord Stanley—Mr . Gladstone , who relireu from the Cabinet this time last year , lie heard him on that occasion speak for two hours , and so did the hon . chairman and Mr . Christie ; but no one could tell , after all , whv he resigned . ( Laughter . )
it would not take him long to tell why he had conic in again . His explanation on that point would be very short , and , no doubt , very satisfactory to himself and Sir Robert Peel . ( Laughter . ) Ivor would it take much dilliculty to tell why he was not returned for Newark . ( Laughter . ) Did he tell-the truth , as a Cabinet Minister , he presumed , always did , he would simply say that the Duke of Newcastle would not allow him . ( Cheers . ) Now , was this not trifling with the interests of a great nation—was it not high time lor the people to step forward and take the power into their own hands , and sliow to the Government and the world that the English nation would no longer be trifled with ? ( Cheering . ) What would be tiie measures introduced by Sir It . Peel it was impossible to say . Great hopes were entertained by the Anti-Corn Law League that he was immediately going to abolish the Corn Laws , but lie did not believe he would : he believed that all he would du
would be to relax protection a little more , to make the screw a little loose , so loose that it would impercep tibly fall out —( cheers and laughter );—that is , the thing would be so managed as to let the country gentlemen fall down quietly , if they would let themselves fall quietly , for he must say that , of all the language he ever heard among those who were called the great unwashed , he never heard such language as had been passing between the agriculturists and the manufacturers . ( Hear . ) Worse Billingsgate than had been passing between the dukes and tho manufacturers he should be ashamed to hear any person in that room make use of . ( Cheers . ) lie wished that the Corn Laws should be instantly repealed . During the whole time he had been in Parliament , lie had
voted a « ainst that monopoly , as he had done against all ether monopolies , and he would continue to do so ; he shouhi , indeed , be delighted to give it one kick more . ( Cheers . ) That the Corn La \ vs would go , there could be no doubt . It was only a question of time , and therefore those gentlemen had bettor allow Sir R . Peel to let them down quietly . He did not believe that any of the evils they predicted would take place on the Repeal of the Corn Laws . On the other hand , he thought the advantages to be derived from their Repeal were greatly exaggerated . ( Hear . ) Depend upon it , the people would have mucL to do
so soon as those laws were abolished . There were two great questions shortly to be settled when the Corn Laws had been repealed , and he hoped they would seon be repealed , in order to make room for those two questions—he meant the question of the rights of labour , and the question of the franchise . ( Immense cheering . ) What was the great complaint among the working and labouring classes of this country , in all districts , agricultural or manufacturing ? Their complaint was this—that they did iu > t receive a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) They complaiued that they did not get their fair shave of that wealth which thev
creatednor did they participate sufficiently in those comforts which by the sweat of tlieir brow they dispensed to others . ( Cheers . ) These were the groat complaints ; these questions must be met , and there ought not to uc coutentmeut in tiie land till something was done for the toiling millions . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dunning had alluded to two associations over which he ( Mr . Duncombe ) had the honour to preside . The committees to which he referred were appointed at a conference of delegates sent from the different parts of England and Scotland during the last spring : Those dele gates represented the working classes . Cue association was for the protection of industry , and its great leading feature was—not , as had been represented , to create disputes between
master and man—but to create a gooil understanding between the employers and employed . ( Cheers . And as to the duties of that committee , which sat in London , those who subscribed to the association having always their council to refer to when any dispute between masters and men took place , in consequence of any oppression of which the latter had to complain , they would be prevented from rashly and heedlessly running into any strike , which could only end in mortification and defeat . On such occasions this cwnniittcc wouli give them their best advice , aud arbitrate , as it were , betwi-en the masters and men ; but if the former should not listen to reason but persevere in oppression , then , if it was the opinion of that committee that oppression was committed ,
they ot their own accord would recommend a strike , and that when the men were on strike they should be supported by the sympathy and purses of the working classes . An ;» ssociation , conducted by men elected by and emanating i ' rum the working classes , was one means of relying on themselves by combination . He believed it to bu a perfectly legal and proper combination , and he believed that if such a combination had existed in 1842 those scenes ot misery and persecution which then existed would Dot have taken place in the ' manufacturing districts a » regarded the working classes . 1 le believed that they would have been able to excite that sympathy in their behalf throughout England that would have put to shame , and prevented some of those wrongs which , to his own knowled ge , were perpetrated against the
honest and industrious on that occasion . ( Cheers ) It was tune for the working classes to begin to look on their improved condition and intelligence , and to see what tiiey could strike out for their own protection . The greatest of all the olyccts they ought to have iu view was the franchise . It was the onlv means of protecting themselves , and he and his hon . coJIc-igue had on every occasion when an opportunity presented itself expressed in the House of Commons the necessity of extending the franchise to the working millions . ( Cheer * . ) And when these questions that were now agitating the public mind were disposed of , he trusted that the intelligence ot the country would be exerted , not among the working classes only , bat that the middle classes wouid enter upon the imestion of the franchise with tho same spirit which thev now showed iu the cause ol
cheap bread . ( Cheers . ) hi the address which they had been kind enough to address to him , they asked him to continue in the . same course lie had ever pursned since he had been in Parliament ; aud he had just to s , ay , that if it was ^ o . -wiWu for a man to know himself , he would continue to follow that course during his whole political career . ( Great cheering . ) lie assured them , whether his career should be of long or short duration , the i-reat and only remuneration to which lie looked for his services was to bo able to carry with him to the close she same esteem and uoocl o iuion ol which they had given him that evening so flattering an assurance . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , allow him , at the commencement of a new year , to trust that it might not on ' y ho a year ot '\ wnUo \ ei \ prosperity ami happiness to all , but that at the elost they mi » tit be able to congratulate each
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other on ; the possession at least of an extension of those rights . which , as freemen , they knew .. it . wRs their duty to demand , and which as Englishmen , he maintained , it was their birthright to enjoy . —( The hon . gentleman resumed his seat amidst tumultuous cheering . ) The Chairman said that the next resolution was—The People ' s Charter : tiie leyer by which alone a prostrate nation can ba raised to prosperity and happiness , because alone it insures to all the liberty which must Ptoyo a security against wrong .
Mr . T . Clauk rose to speak to this sentiment . This was tho glorious charter for which many had suffered , and for which all were striving , and which , if carried , must be by the exertions of the working men , for he did not expect , after the Corn Law was repealed , that the working men would receive any assistance from those who met to subscribe their £ 60 , 000 . He recollected that Mr . Cobden , when that sum was raised in a room at Manchester , distinctly told the middle classes that the League had no ulterior object beyond the repeal of the Corn Laws . Ho did not mean that Mr . Cobden hirasdl would not vote for the people ' s franchise , but the object of the middle classes was the same as the aristocracy . Why did those classes wish for the
franchise ? Because it was ft good thing for them . Then why was it not a good thing for workmen , who were equally affected by taxation and legislation ? ic was not opposed to the repeal of the Corn Laws , lie wished them repealed , but let the working mun persevere by themselves iu obtaining the franchise for themselves . They ought not to be prevented from pressing this as well as the Corn Laws , for they all recollected how they were told , on the Reform Bill , not to press minor points , and they must all recollect how they had been deceived in any expectation of votes under that bi'l . Nor did he dispair ot obtaining votes in their favour even from those who
had hitherto opposed them . Lovd John lUisseil , Lord Morpeth , and Mr . Fox Maule , had all suddenly changed their opinions on the subject of free trade . Lord John , in ollice , had opposed the Ten Hours ' Bill , for which he voted in opposition , and he had a hope that , even in giving the people a right to vote , the noble lord would be found at last to vote for the objects of the charter , which would confer a vote on all but knaves and lunatics —( cheers)—and perhaps it was because they did exclude knaves and lunatics that they met with so little sympathy just now within the walls of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Rocson spoke to the next sentiment : —
The National United Trades Association for the Protection of Industry and the Employment of Labour : ma ; tbdir efforts to improve the condition of the operative be crowned with success . He complained of the evils endured by the workmen from the excess of labour in the market . Iu his own trade it was a known fact that there were thousands in this metropolis who were making ladies' shoes at Od . a-pair , and slippers at 5 d . ( "Shame , shame !") With such a surplus of labour strikes were useless , and the only mode of getting over the surplus of labour in the trades' labour-market was to remove the men to the unreclaimed lands of this country , giving them a iixity of tenure , and enabling them to provide food for themselves , and become good customers to the v . 'orkmeu who were left in trades . f Mr . T . M . Wheeler proposed the following resoluion : —
The Chartist Co-operative Land Society ; may the suceesi that lias hitherto attended it mark its future career . He stated that though scarcely six months had elapsed since the society commenced , it had now from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 members , possessing 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 shares , and had accumulated a fund of nearly £ 5 , 000 . Mr . J . Skklto . m proposed the following resolution : — Our Parliamentary guesta : may their sympathies lie in accordance with the aspirations of tlieir uurupresented brethren , their cftbru to serve the people in tiie Commons House of Parliament result in the destruction of class legislation , and may they long live to enjoy their reward in the gratitude and kindly feeling of millions whom their patriotism shall have contributed to emancipate .
I he speaker lamented that so few members of Parliament were present on so interesting an occasion , and passed an eulogium on Mr . Christie , M . P . for Wc-ymouth , for the honest and patriotic discharge ui his Parliamentary duties . He also referred to the literary labours of Dickens and Jerrold , whose writings had the effect of creating sympathy for the cause of the working classes , and laying the foundation , even though but in sympathy , for the common work which would fall to he done when the working classes resolved to trample in the dust that giant monopoly which now excluded them from their just rights . Cheers . )
Mr . CnmsTiE , M . P ., said he was sorry , also , there were not more members of the House " of Commons present , on whose behalf to return thanks , lit could assure them that it gave him great pleasure to receive the invitation to attend that meeting , and hifelt very grateful for having been honoured with that invitation . He came there to do honour to him whem in their invitation they had appropriate ] ) named the people ' s champion ; and perhaps thev would permit him , as well as their lion , chairman , t ! tell his experience of their guest . He had now foi four year * had the pportunity of observing Mr . l ) tincoiubu ' s conduct in Parliament , where he tried ti judge of . men and measures for himself ; and litalways found him foremost in defending the rights
of the people , and trying to extend the people ' s pown and privileges —( cheer *)—always ready to protect tin poor and friendless fiviu oppression ; always ready n assist any other member of the House of Commons ii , his endeavours to achieve any object which it wa > desirable to attain —( eheers)—giving always an example of energy to the apathetic , of courage totht timid , and single-miiidedness to the trimmers . Special allusion had been made to his recent memorable exertions against that power which , lit would not say was possessed , but which-was exercised by the Secretary of State , in examining theii correspondence . There was a letter read that night from an individual of whose great virtues lie coulu speak from personal knowledge . That imlividua
came to this country , driven by tyranny from hi .-native land , and he hoped to find refuge from the ouuvessovs . Kut he was mistaken . He found , to his surprise , that all his secrets were made known tv his oppressors iu his native lai , d through the powei exercised by the Secretary of State in opening his tetters , and detailing them to that foreign State . ( Shame !) When he found this , he went to the lion gentleman ( Mr . Duncombc ) , as any one who was oppressed would go ; aud they all remembered , his exertions in Parliament on that subject . ( Cheers ) He regretted that those exertions weie not attended with success . But the fault was not his , and tin disgrace lay with the government which retained the exercise of the power . ( Hear . ) There was anothei thing m which he sympathized wi ' . h the hon . member tor Finsbury , and in which he went along witl . him , —he meant his views as to amending the
statiot the representation . Ho agreed with the hon gentleman , who spoke very ably , that tho result of the Returni Ml was a mockery and a cheat ; and he hoped that the hon . member " for Finsbury would give an opportunity in the coming session fur at least attempting to obtain more power lor the people in the choice of their representatives . ( Cheers . ) He did not come there to give pledges , but he might say that he was prepared in the House of Commons to endeavour , in the words of the resolution , to destroy classlegislation ( great cheering)—tv destroy class-legislation by giving more power to the people and less to the dukes in the elections—by having larger constituencies , a much , wider di .-tiibution of the franchise , ami giving the poor voter , whoso circumstances might wake him dependent on the rich and the great , the protection of the ballot . ( Great cheering- )
Mr . C . Do \ le responded to the next sentiment : — A speedy restoration to John Frost , Zepliauiah Williams , William Jonea , William Ellis , and all other political exiles , to tlwiv country , tlieir families and frieiids . He complained tliat the working men had m > t done their duty with respect to these men . Even if thev had done wrong , humanity would dictate to the Government , to the Parliament , and to the people the necessity of restoring these men to thviv countrv ' llie Q , ueen had granted a ivee pardon to the rebe ' ls of Canada , the legal gentlemen had restored Mr . O Connell to liberty , anil he thought her Majesty would be equally justified in extending liberty to Frost and all other political offenders . He recommended that private memorials should be signed by the people , and be presented l . y the members present to the Government ; and Sir ivi . bert Peel , who was as fond of popularity as any other man , might be induced to listen to their demands .
Mr . T . Coorat responded to the next sentiment : — The men of intellect and heart—Charles Dickens * Douglas Jcrrold , Eugene Sue , Thomas Cooper , and other * who have given free utterance to the aspiration * and tlathought * that vibrate in the minds of the many who have , with the eloquence of truth , aroused attention to tluwrongs and the sufferings endured b y their fellow men , who have denounced clearly aud emphatically all who arc Uiiguud to do a people evil , and who have evoked in many a hitherto upatlietic breast , an earnest desire to promott the accoinpUshmont of justice , or to aid the advancement of knowledge and of truth .
lie ielt it an honour to have his name associated with the names of Jerrold , Dickens , and Sue ; but ncrhans his presence was more appropriate on the present , occasion than even those greater men , when he could return thanks to Mr . Duncombe as the friend of him , a prisoner , who obtained from the Speaker the important declaration that no one had the right to withhold any man s petition , not even a prisoner s . His presence was also perhaps more appropriate than that of others , because if he were the Chartist ' s poet , he was als-itho self-educated shoo , maker . ( Cheers . ) llo was proud that he had belonged to a class that did not live uselessiv ; he w-is proud to belong to the class of Shakspeare— eheersi-—and ii he were asked for the discretion , and euue-i tion , and good sense , to entitle him to the franchise he would ask , were other classes so very eminent ibi
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discretion and good sense' { There was now a literature that made the people think for themselves , and for the authors of that literature he thanked the meeting for tlieir cheers . It was time to speak out , it was the age of light , and of knowledge , though it was but ' its dawn ; it was not now the aong of war , or the aong of "See the conquering hero comes , " that was popular , but the preachment of every prose writer who was popular was to honour rather the Howards and the Bernard Gilpins . Despised Cliartist as he was when he came from prison , Douglas Jerrold and C . Dickens were the first to take him by die hand , and to them he ought to add the honoured name of William llowitt —( cheers ) , —who had j . roraised himself to write & petition for Frost and Williams . ( Loud cheers . ) The Cimiiiman next gave—Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the fearlcs 3 assertor of labour ' * rights , the uncompromising denouncer of its
wrongs . On Mr . O'Connor rising to respond , the audience started to their feet , ami made the welkin ring again with their loud acclaim . At least ten minutes elapsed before he could proceed , the cheers being again and again renewed . When it had somewhat subsided , he said : He knew it was customary at public meetings to aay the present was the proudest moment of his life , and he could very truly say he never knew a moment of greater importance . Sdvera \ speakers bad regretted there were not more members of Parliament present ; he was pleased to find so many . One speaker , lie believed Mr . Wheeler , had warned their opponents of the volcano . He much feared they would not learn this fact until too
late . ( Hear , hear . ) This was a good opportunity to make Parliament acquainted with our sentiments . The members of the honourable IIouho present , will have sosn the officers and goodly army of Chartists , but that army is not inclined to form a portion of the militia . We will not fight for Poor Law bastiles , nor for rattle-boxes , nor a cormorant church , or a bench of bishops , nor for national debts , nor for a landed aristocracy . Thus will they learn the cause of the under-growl . We have progressed in knowledge most wonderfully ; we have given up all our notions of physical force ; but they are now taken up by the government , as they are desirous of getting up a militia force , and he hoped the hitherto base , trashy , and venal press , would convey our
sentimfiiits to the world . He did not deal gently with those gentlemen , for lie was independent of them , being himself a national gazette . ( Loud cheering . ) If he could not give labour a holiday , he invariably gave the gentlemen of the press one , immediately he appeared . When the doors of his prison were closed , buncombe braved the prejudices of his order , and visited him ; he also visited poor Lenney , in the Penitentiary . ( Great cheering . ) The address said , they would die rather than desert Mr . Duncombe . lie was not fond of dying , but should he take the fit , and do it , then would he say he looked for a merciful verdict at the hands of their chairman . ( Loud laughter . ) However , he had occasionally been placed in trying circumstances , and he did
think he' could muster courage enough . It gave him great pleasure to see in the chair the able and successful advocate of ' tlio Dorchester labourers , likewise of his clients the Glasgow cottonspinncra . ( Loud cheers . ) He was at a meeting the other night , at which a man declared it would lie dangerous to put a musket in the hands of a working man . Our principle is " No vote , no musket ! " ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) If ever we fight , it must be for something for ourselves . Let us have the vote , and the musket to protect it , and then , should au invasion take place , none would Uy with greater alacrity to the cry of" the cottage in danger " than would the Chartists . We are frequently told we are not united ; 1 say we are . I ask , can it be ?
And a voice responds—Union and Liberty ! We are also told we lack knowledge , but if wo did , our enemies would grant us the franchise instantly , for ignorance is the tyrant ' s best protection . Attend a meeting of our opponents , and dulness and ini-ipidity prevail , but in ours the first of eloquence . Mr . Duncombe has given you an outline of the Queen ' s speech , but he forgot tho Estimates , which hu would be bound her Majesty would not forget . She would doubtless talk of foreign powers , but
would she mention America or Prussia , where they are making a demand for a constitution ? If he hall valued his own importance sufficiently ho should not have listened to the abuse of the landed aristocracy to-night , as ho had a visit from a special messenger of the Duke of Richmond , offering him terms to join the landed aristocracy against the League . ( Roars of laughter . ) But not all the money the landed aristocracy or the League , or botli combined , could raise , would induce him to say or write one word against the interest of the working classes . ( Tremendous cheering . )
_ Mr . Stallwood having moved and carried the motion that Air . Christie do take the dnir , proposed the last sentiment of tho evening . Thomas Wakley , Esq ., Finsbury ' s other able representative : long may he live tu witness tha people free from bone-cntslthiy Poor Law Unions , aud man } thanks to him for the efficient manner in which lie has presided over this meeting . The Chaibm&s briefly returned thanks . He complained that the franchise was not valued as it ought to be by the electors . There were complaints made of the House of Commons ; was it not a law-making manufactory ? Then why did the people send in such workmen ? The men they had heard speak that niuht were luminous compared with the dull pated
legislators sent to the lower house . ( Laughter . ) The fact was , property and interests alone were represented , and tne social condition of the people was entirel neglected . In 1 S 37 he had endeavoured to get a reform of the representation , by an amendment on the address , and if he had ever given a vote against the interests of the working man , he would not have had the impudence to appear there that evening . The source of all the evil was , that the working nie n were not represented , and they would never have their rights till they were represented in the Legislature by people of their own class . ( Cheers . ) The meeting , which had been most fully attended througnout , separated , after three cheers for the Charter , and three for Duncombe , Wakley , and Christie . '
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r / BS Houns Bill . —A deputation from the Cenlr . il Short-lime Committee of the West Ridin ^ h ad an interview on Wednesday , at Doncastev , wiilv Mr . E . u . Denison , M . P ., on the factory question , previ . us to , tlie hon . member ' s leaving Yorkshire for his Parliamentary duties . The Russian Nuns . —The Frankfort Journal having published a letter , dated Warsaw , the loth ult ., supposed to have been written by an old officer of j Napoleon s army , denying the existence of a Basilian nunnery at Minsk , and throwing doubt * upon the tortures inflicted upon its superior , Mieczyslaivska and her companions , M . Leonard Chodzko addressed the following letter to the Paris Globe : — " 1 was born in the dincese of Minsk , the spiritual eovernment of which was confided from 1796 to 1815 tn fne nu ™
, James Ignatius Dcderko , my grand undo . As such , I declare that the alleged correspondence of a pietended ofheev of Napoleon ' s army is apocrvplial in every point-that its contents are a tissue of absurtlit . es invented foraparticuar object-that tho Basilian convent ol Minsk has existed for the last three centunes . having been founded b y Prince Leo Sapiuhithat the superior , Mu */ . yslawska , is a native of the former palatinate of Froki , in Lithuania—tliafc lm martyrdom of the hol y ntn ' is of Sfc 23 is a S questioned and unquestionable fact-and that this ilccloration of mine will be confirmed by all the lolish exiles born or educated at Minsk or in tho neighbouring districts . "
1 'atal Accident at tiik Railway Terminus at Southampton on Friday Last . —A youth , about fifteen years of age , named Bull , employed as an cngme-cleaner , while cleaning the wheels of a tender upon a side rail , was unfortunately killed by tie want of caution in four men , who were pushing a waggon of coke en a cross rail , not giving the vsual signal of "look out . " Before the poor boy could <* et out of the way the buffer of the wa » son caught him upon the head , and literally smashed it to pieces Ihe body was immediately taken to Radley Railwav Hotel , ami a coroner ' s inquest summoned , which met on Saturday , when after a very searching investi » ation , a verdict of " Accidental ' Death" was returned and the tour men called into the room , when thev were strongly censured by George Coife , Esq ., coroner , tor their want of due caution in not lookhi " a-head before moving the waggon . P
Breaking up of a Gang of Murdereus and KoBBRBti—Conimitted to Nenagh gaol , bv John We Jones Lsq . It . M ., Phil . Maher , for the murder ot _ Uiomas Shanahan , Process-server , near Borrisn Icigh on the 21 st of October , 1834 ; Edmond liZ ' John Conway Thomas Dwycr , and John Kennedy ' o Bawn-thc latter a respectable farmer ' s son , ami the person who brought the party to llogan ' s hou o Ihw gang were connected with several other er " sons and were engaged to go in all directions in tiie -North Ruling ot Tippcrary , committing Outran lid murder . Since their surest several I ml I ,. „«„! have absconded . There is mo ^ t 1 J ,, I ^ Sce against the persons arwsud , ami the ftik £ xm of such a gang is looked on as one of the most in , nm ant events that could have occurred forSS couJrv " Oneo thcganghastuvnedapprove ^ atHl it L tC Si that tiie perpetrators of all the outrages in Vis Hiding will be shortly brought to justice
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DISASTROUS COLLIERY EXPLOS / ON . ( furiiiek particulars . ] This distressing and awful catastrophe occurred , about eight o ' clock on Wednesday , morning , but . a short time after the men had descended the pit to . work . The colliery , called the Black Vein Pit , j » situated abont three-quarters of a mile from Riscabridge , on the Macheti side , opposite Risca . On descending the shaft , which is 144 yards in depth , levels branch off in opposite direction ? , the one going under Maulun mountain , and known ai tha "Mountain Side , " and the other running under the river which flows down the valley between tiie two lines of hills , and known as the "River Side . " In each level , filty or sixty men were at work , and those on the river side were out of danger , as were also several who were between the bottom of the shaft
and the spot where the fearful explosion took place , on the mountain side . It appears that all those within the range of the scorching and withering blast—thirty-five in number—were killed ; one was burned to such an extent as almost to destroy the human lineaments ; and three or four others but slightly . The others were suffocated , except onea lad named John Crook , who was killed by a carriage descending on him , while the poor fellow was gasping for existence at the bottom oi' the shaft . Three horses were killed—one burned to ashes . The doors oV the stalls were Uown down , and much injury done to the works . About eight o ' clock , a noise as of an explosion was heard by the men on the side , and a dense sulphureous vapour ascending the shaft , scon disclosed that the destroying agent— tha collier ' s blightiut * ewse—bad betm doing the work of death ) b 1 ow .
Soon after the operations were commenced for taking out the bodies , no pen can depict , no language exaggerate , Hio appalling scene around the entrance of this cavern of horrors ' . and no one that has heard them can ever forget the wail of the widow , the soulgiven groan of the bereaved father , and the scream of frightened childhood , as it clung around its hopeless mother , whilst body after body , with diversified death tokens , " Plurinia mortis imago , " was revealed to the view of their distracted kindred . Eleven were found close together ; and it is supposed they must have ran to the spot from some distant part of the level , but that having fallen down in suffocation , they died where they were found .
Ihe eorpses were brought out , five and six at a time , and moved immediately from the fatal spot to the homes of their sorrowing relations—some on trams , others on hurdles and pieces of timber , borne on the shoulders of their late fellow-workmen . Death , in tact , was almost in every house , and in two or three instances as many as four bodies were bewailed by their bereft families . Here we may mention a few affecting episodes which have been dwelt upon to us with unpretending , though real pathos . An okl collier , who had been actively and usefully employed in forwarding the means of recovering the sufferers from the works , had the heart-rending trial of finding , after a short interval , his two sons , who had gone to their toil in the morning full of manly vigourand
, rejoicing in health , now victims of the explosion . The clay was put into a tram , into which the old man was assisted , sobbing out , " O Duw ! O Duw ! yr mechgin nnwyl ! " Another poor fellow , running from the > cene of death toward the bottom of the shaft , found a boy endeavouring to reach the same point of safety : he humanely laid hold of the struggling youth , and when he was enabled to identify the object of his kind solicitude he found that it was his own son ! and both , we are happy to say , were ultimately saved . Another , of a melancholy feature , may be marked . It was the case of an unfortunate vounz
man , named JohuDanks . a person of irreproachable character , who , . ve understand , on the day previous , had been engaged in the good work of soliciting contributions for erecting a house of worship to his Creator . This poor fellow was to have been married in a short time , the banns having been published in the parish church : he was found prostrated some distance up the heading , having his cap stuffed into his mouth , apparently with the intention of preventing the effect of the deadly gas . He must have made a great effort tn escape , but finding himself gradually overpowered by the noxious vapour , he sunk down in his last Struggle for existence . —ilonmoiUhshire Mirlin
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BANKRUPTS . fFrtm TuMtfaji ' j GasetU , January 20 , 1 S 4 SJ William Ward , Manchester , auctioneer — Thomas PrentisHawley , now or late of Brunswick-parade , Barnsbury-road , Islington , cheesemonger—William llaldwiu , >' orlam 1-roai 3 , Xotting-liill , victualler—Sir John Ross , Kut ., Yovk . road . L . Mnbtttli , banker—John Henry Batiks , Great Newport-street , engraver—Francis Glass . Dasinjhall-street , woollen-factor ¦ — Thomas Dean , Cheniesstruet , Tottenliain-court-roail , victualler — Victoire Susanne Ursule I . eiionnuml , Regent-street ,
milliner—John Kicketts , Oosport , grocer—Henry Fricker , Southampton , innkeeper—Christopher Blaekmore , Cork-street , tailor—David Marks , lloundsditcli , pen-manufacturer—William Griffin , Cornhill , jeweller — John Jarvie and James Rowlny , Manchester , silk . manufacturers—John Itmlbono , Alcesier , Warwickshire , broker and cordvfaiuer —Richard Paris , lUjlaud , Moumoutb , innkeeper—John Denbigh , Bradford , wool merchant — John Baiuton Gillct , Bradford , dyer—Robert Agars , Kingstou-upon . Hull , woollen-draper — Robert KirpatricK and Jamei Smith , Liverpool , rope manufacturer *—Daniel 'Wynne , Colwyn , Carnarvonshire , innkeeper , BANK&OPTCY ASSiaiXD . John Lewis , Tipton , Staffordshire , grocer . DIVIDENDS DECLARED . J . Ashbarry , Holm Lacy , Herefordshire , farmersecond and final div . of lid ., any Friday , at Mr . Whitmort ' s , Birmingham . T . Wright , jun ., New castle- upon-Tyne , shipownerfirst and final div . of Jd ., on Saturday Jan . -Ji , or any subsequent Saturday , uc Air . Waklev's , Neweastle-upon-Tyne . W . Turner , Manchester , cabinet-maker—first div . of 3 i . 7 d ., ou Tuesday , Feb . 3 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Pott ' s , Mauohestvr .
DITIDINDS . Feb . 13 , B . Ling , Fore-street , Limebouse , timber dealer —Feb . 13 , R . Wiiite , l'urismouth , surgeon—Feb . 10 , G . and W . Noel , Jennyn-strcet , bootmakers—Feb . 12 , G ' Payne , King-street , Coveiit-gnrden , tailor—Feb . 10 , G , Haywood , Luton , Bedfordshire , bricklajer—Feb . 13 , C . Nanuavi , Gumberlund-mevi * , Edgeware-road , coach builder—Feb . 17 , G . Snw . x i-r , Lewes , Susses , tailor—Feb . 24 , J . R . King , Bath , druggist—Feb . 17 , J . Dowle , Chepstow , Monmouthshire , wine merchant—Feb . 17 J . W . Braddick , Bristol and Sodbury , tanner—March 3 , J . Grainer , Stonehouse , Gkcestwrslrire , dyer—March 3 , T . F . Shillam , Dudbridge , Glocesttrslnre , woolbroker-Feb . 1 J , J . Hughes , Manchester , provision dealer—Feb . W , 11 . \ . 1 nee , Holywtll , Flintshire , linendraper—March 10 ( instead of Feb . 5 ; , E . Meredith , Liverpool , linendraper—1-eb . 10 , F . Sneade , Chester , timber merchant-kVb . 13 , It . fcieliolson , Stockton , Durham , bookseller—Feb . 13 , J . Jolpin , Bishops Wenruioutb , Durham , draper-Feb . 12 , \\ . J . Coop «; and J . Beattie , North Shields , drapers—Feb . l ( i , J . Driver , Slawston , Leicestershire , victualler .
Ckrtific » ts » to bo granted unless caui » be shown to the contrary on the day of mealing . Feb . 12 , G . Payne , ; King-street , Covent-garden , tailor —* eb . 12 , J . Wake , Silverutone , Northamptonshire , timber merchant-feb . 11 , T . Mortimer , East-Ume , Waiworth , victualler—F « b . 19 , J . Thomas , Bristol , marblemason-Feb . 13 , J . Jopliu , Bishops Wearmouthy Durli » m , drspcr-Feb . 12 , J . Hulnie , Manchester , paper aealiT—Fob . 12 , J . Buiienvorth , Manchester , plumber —i eb . H , II . Rose , Blackburn , drysalter . Ceutificatis to bo granted by- the Court of Renew unless enuso he shown to the contrary on or before I ebruarv 10 .
T . F . Piper , Cheapside , Bishopsgate-street-without , and elsewhere , wholesale s-. ay manufacturer—J . Harv-ivd Brook-straet , BomUtmt , lampmnker—J . Tunics Ken ' nngton , market gard « ier-J . Mortimer , Adelaide-street " West Strand , books . ller-T . 1 » . Yau han , PouUoueUn . Spittul , Cheshire , farmor—M . Barnes , NYoodbridire Si-f folk . el . jn . ist-F . W . Starlo , Adelaide-terrace Clwlsea cheesemonger . '
? AKTSEBS 1 UP 3 DISSOLVED WilLindCn' Jit " ! * . Ulhnm I U )! lrke ' 6 « Ws-0 . * £ T-S T etfLJ 35 SJS 3 ! s £ }^^ ! SiSSS £ i . SSS ^ ^ = ^ ^ m ^ m ^ » K . ? , "T ! Coupon , maltsters- / curSs r M JT JollI 1 - ' « t . St . Sepulchre ' s , tons hi . l ~ t ? a " J < L ° > ^ "h'Kton . Northan . p-Si" * "J" "Xrchunu-Buker and Davis , luu / 5-Cnet f Stl f r , dsllile - b «« y miners-Salmon ind Sot Ui dm . lord , lMulders-E . D . Murray , A . Smith , jun ., aud tv , ! " , ° ' , LlTerP °° J-W . Affleck and B . Frazer , High J > co , nbe . drapers-Tu , ^ ,- and Cooper , Leeds , stock-* ' " : : * ilml MalHiuon . MeikshMB , VUtstoei- dU \ alUe 1 ' Stokcupon . Trent china and earthen
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1351/page/6/
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