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MM ^^ B - "V gentlemen , —1 was just about to reply to jOnr letf « ' addressed to me in last Saturday ' . Gloucester Journal / when I was suddenly ^ Hed from home . I trust , therefore , that the
jlday ti 11 next week ^ * ° e attributed to ^ y irant of courtesy . My answer shall be Relied in the same respectful terms as your letter , for which I . fed obliged , as my object las ever been to elicit the truth or falsehood 8 f comp laint . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Your very obedient Servant , F O'Connor
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TflE POOR LAW AND THE CHARTER . jUBllC MEETIKG AT THE CROWN A 5 D AKCHOR . On Tnwday evening a crowded public meeting , ( 0 B « n ed in opposition to the New Poor Law , was leld in *^ lai ? : e room of the Crown and Anchor javem . Strand ; Thomas Wakely , E > q ., M . P , in jj , e chair . On the platform we noticed W . B . Fervid , Esq ., M . P .: Charles Cochrane , Esq ., Mr R . ( juiler , Mr F . O'Connor . Cantata Clarke . Mr J . flillia nu , &c . Letters of apology wereread from Mr C Lushington , Sir B . Hall , M . P . ; Mr Hawes , 1 jP . ; I * Duncan , M . P . ; Mr T . S . Duncorobe . « f . ; and Lord Join Manners , M . P . ; stating their inability to attend . f me is to
1 UV w ~ - » m ~ - * . « u v ^ iwuiug | JEVUCCUW £ 9 . SAlUIlt ^ 33 not hbadness make a lone speech to them , ss there were several hon . gentlemen present who w 0 old address them . There was a email band . ariose hatred of , and whose opposition to , the poor jiff was unabated , and who would never cease batting for its repeal . ffis « wifhatredof H ? -wooW ffit is long as he lived , and should know the duties of parliament and the rights of the poor . . ( Hear , $ esr ) - In the reign pf Elizabeth a law was- enacted Khich acknowledged in the poor a right to relief when destitute , and no nobleman in the land held iisestate by a better title than that by which the poor held that right ( Hear . ) The rich man ought not to be secure in his possessions unless provision were made that the deititute be supplied when in
tait . Why were rights created but for the good of tho majority ( Cheers . ) What right , but the rightof force , decreed that a certain class of men should feke possession of the soil , and determine that those fflo had no land of their own should be doomed to itarvatioa ? ( Flear , hear ) . And that class could talk of educating the poor ; did the blockheads believe the people , when educated , would submit to jnchatrocity ? ( Hear , hear ) . Why , an intelligent jo pnlafaon would not submit to it for 24 hours . ( Cheers . ) The right of the poor to relief was ri olated and broken down in the Poor Law of 1834-andftom that hour there had been going on a separation between the poor and the rich , and that cordial sympathy which nsed to exist between them was
now , hewa 3 sorry to say , broken altogether ( Hear , hea r ) . Sorry , did he say ? Ha was glad of it ( hear , bear ); glad that the poor were discontented and dissatisfied when they were oppressed , and that there was a spirit arising in their minds which in the end must bring them justice ( Cheers ) . It was astonishing how very wise our senators could become when a feeliog of danger arose ( Cheers ) . A short time since there seemed a chance that the villanoos jet of 1 SJ 4 was about to cease to be law , but now a new device had been concocted for giving it perpetuity . Her Majesty ' s Ministers , jealous of the fame acquired in Somerset-house , were &btrat to become Poor Law Commissioners themselves ( laughter and groans ); and they were to have , in
fact , at their disposal the office of every workhouse master and mistress and matron , of every relieving andmedicalofficer , of every clerk to every board of guardians , —generally a solicitor , by-the-by , and therefore an electioneering agent . ( Hear , hear . ) It was plain enough that the government was not going to consult the wishes of the poor , bat of those who lent members to Parliament , and to give guardians an excuse for sparing their pockets if they chose and starving the destitute poor upon a miserable dietary . And this , after such cases as had been exposed in the House of Commons by that champion of the poor , Mr Walter ! ( Hear , hear . ) The destitute were entitled to relief , and to relief without its being accompaaied by any degrading condition or anvthine
of an annoying character . ( Hear , hear . ) Toe poor were entitled to sympathy , aj , and to respect ( Cheers . ) The rates for the poor had been pat into commission , and what was the meaning of that ! Property had toe benefit of the law , ba * poverty had no benefit except from the discretion of those who were put in commission over it . The law gave to those parties the exercise of the most unbounded discretion . ( HearO If they chose to be cruel , they could be cruel , and were not held responsible ; if they chase to be humane , no one thanked them for being so , because all felt that humanity to the poor was only an act of justice . They had a Lord Chancellor and Vice-Cbaneellor , and courts of Jaw , to protect property , but the rates for the poor were placed in
commission , and the ratepayers , who had to portion oat the * wealth , which not they themselves had made , but which had been made by the poor , —the ratepayers , through this abominable , this infernal and hellish device , had the opportunity or not , as it was thought bsst by others , of giving the poor a large amonnt of relief , or keeping them week after week in a state of starvation . ( Cheers . ) It was disgraceful to the kinedom that this state of things should be tolerated , and it was most disgraceful to the presshe spokeofthe press as a body—that it should submit so tamely to the new proposition which was made , because he was positive from what he had witnessed that the new scheme was intended to render
the Poor La « Amendment Act a perpetual measure . ( Cheers . ) Were they not a short time age in great hopes that the New Poor Law was at an end ( Hear , hear . } He ( Mr Wakley ) thought then that he would fc&ietohold aninquestenit ( eheers and laughter ) , tai ho was actually preparing the terms in which he was to address the jury upon it . ( Continued laughter . ) But the present odious and iniquitous law would not be rendered perpetual ; for the people were to be educated . ( Hear , hear . ) Education would teach the masses a knowledge of their righto , and when they knew them the taw would not last 24 hours . ( Cheers . ) Mr Chabi . es Cochrane , who was received with great appl&nse , moved the first resolution : —
That this meeting u of opinion that it is a gron calumny on the labouring classes to declare that they prefer living on charity to earning their bread by their own indnstrj . That each declarations are an insult to tht British nation , and - are calculated to bring oar laws and institutions into contempt , as such meanness , senility , and degrad »* 'on are much more in accordance with riareryoiid despotism than the glorious attributes of a great asd free people ; and that , aa the New Poor Law Act is founded on this false and pernicious error , it should be at once and entirely abrogated .
After expressing his pleasure at hearing the able ipeeehof the Chairman , Mr Cochrane said fie thought the period chosen for that demonstration was most timely , inasmuch as they were on the eve of a General Election , and tho duty of constituencies was to test the candidates who aspired to seats in the Legislature on this particular question . With reference to the resolution , he could only say that any one who had paid the slightest attention to the condition or feelings of the working man would acknowledge that the first paragraph needed no art-umeat to substantiate it . Rather than accept charity , the labouring classes continually submitted to a thousand losses , discomforts , and Bufferings , and it was a foul and unjust calumny to sav that
they preferred living on charity to earning an honest living . ( Cheers . ) It was quite clear that the New Poor Law had been framed altogether on a misconception of the feelings and condition of the working classes , who had as great , if not a greater feeling of iadependen . ee and honesty about them than suay of the members of the Legislature and of the landed aristocracy , who , it was notorious , were not over punctual in the payment of taeir debts . ( Cheers . ) la conclusion the hon . gentleman warmly urged upon the meeting the necessity of offering ike repeal of the New Poor Law as ateatof thefitness of candidates the forthcoming General Election , and retired amtdtt loud cheers .
Mr Samcel Eroo seconded the resolution , in aa argumentative and powerful address , which was loudly and deservedly cheered . We regret that we hive not room for a report of the speech . Mr Rkharb Oasoes was received with great applanse on cosing forward to support the resolution , which he did in a speech of great forceand « fcquence 2 e said the object of that meeting wes a solemn one . fie had not eome to joke , but to express bis solemn 5 ° nnctions an this important question , and he had to state that if , on this occasion , the House of Comjnoia re-affirmed the principle of the New Poor Law , * aey would' be traitors to the Constitution . ( Hear , near . ) The people bad been tricked before , but they were not to bs hoodwinked again . Lord Althorp , in
bringing forward the measure , induced the house to Agreed to it by stating it was not to be put in force ex-Wpt where the old law had led to the abuses which his wrdshi p described . If it had not been for that—he would not mince the matter , nor be deceived by soft words and hard acts —( cheers)—if it had not been for ™* t lie , he verily believed that law would never have Passed . Well , die law passed upon that pretence , * nd it was forced upon the people of the north , where te alleged abases did not exist , and in order to force lir oh the people of Huddersfield , they had sent down po . ueeand troops , in direct violation , not only of Lord JUtSorp ' s promise , but of the Constitution itself . tCheeis . ) If it tad not bsen for his own exertions in « tti dhtnct , tbe public peace would have been broken ae « Jives Jest in coasequonco of the strong feeling
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which existed aqainst its introduction . Mr Oastler pave a graphic account of the resistance made by the people in various portions of the manufacturing districts , and said that he had stated these facts in the hope that they would reach the ears of Lord John Russell , whom he designated a " right down good fellow . " ( Hisses . ) He repeated it . He leltgrateful to Lord John Russell because he had given them the Ten Ho urs' Bill ; and whatever might be his lordship ' s demerits in other respects , he could not but feel gratitude to him for that great measure , which he believed would not have been passed but for his tDhiAii A « rv ^( # «> l . — l ? x _ ¦ ¦* ' . m ___ . .
lordship ' s influence . ( Murmurs . ) Well , they might differ , but he must express his honest convictions , and he trusted that by showing his lordship that he appreciated his goods deeds , his lordship would be induced to pay the more attention to what he then silemnly assured him was the determination of the people not to submit to the continuance of this law . ( Cheers . } Mr Oastler concluded by calling upon the meeeting to pledge themselves with him that they never would yield till they had gained back again for Englishmen their constitutional righto . ( Great cheering . )
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr Fkrrahd , M . P ,, moved the second resolution : — .. _ . ¦ ¦ ; That , a « the public revenue ii chiefly derived from the h ^ eT ^ ty ' anainite ^ fef thrwlalth-prOddMnfclkiieg . this melting U cf opinion that any Poor r < aw that may be hereafter enacted should contain provisions as follows : — That the people shall have tight to relief whenever and wherever distressed . That out-door relief should be
administered to the necessitous . That all who are compelled to resort to the workhouse or union as a temporary abode , shall have fnll liberty to go out during the day in qneBt of employment . That the separation of man from rife , and parents from children , shall be expressly forbidden . That especial care shall be taken in all unions for the education of children and the training them to habits of industry , for which purpose suitable trades and field-garden husbandry should be provided . That great care should be taken in training the females in habits of industry , virtue , and intelligence . That , in order to the carrying . ontofsuchalair upon the principles of justice ind equity , a uniform poor rate should be levied throughout the kingdom . That a petition , embodying the above views , be now adopted by this meeting and presented to th « House of Commons .
_ Mr Ferrand said , that it was highly gratifying to him to address so vast an assemblage on a question of such importance to all classes in Her Majesty ' s dominions ; for he was thoroughly convinced that if she present Poor Law was much longer ia existence , no man ' s property would be safe , whatever his possessions might be . The hon . member having adverted to the assurances of Lord Althorp , that the New Poor Law would not be generally ' enforced , reviewed the manner in which it had been carried out in the country , and the conduct of the commissioners in that respect . That conduct had been backed up by WhisB and Conservatives in the house , and when England demanded with one voice that these
commissioners should be branded with infamy and dismissed with disgrace , Ministers had the audacity to stand up , and boldly and wickedly assert that they saw nothing wrong in their conduct . ( Cheers . ) And why did Government defend them ? It was because one of the commissioners happsned to be nearly related to two of the Ministers . Had it not been that Mr George Lewis was related by marriage to Lord J . Russell , and was brother-in-law to Lord Clarendon , they would have been dismissed and driven into exile . ( Hear , hear . ) - And these were the men to govern Christian England ! He would ask if Lord J . Russell would be allowed to represent the oity of London again ? ( Cries of " No , no . " )
They said " No , " but would they persist , would they go in thousands and tens of thousands , to confront him on the hustings , and demand whether the Poor Law Commissioners had done any wrong ? ( Lou > l cheers . ) The hon . gentleman then adverted to the dispute which had arisen between him , Lord J . Russell , aad Mr Villiers in the House of Commons in the recent Poor Law debate , and , having stated the circumstances , called upon the meeting to show , by holding up'their hands , th at the statements then made bj- him were correct , and the charges brought against him in regard to them by Lord J . Russell and Mr Villiers unfounded . ( The hands of ail present were held up to this appeal . ) A general election
was now at hand , and he ( Mr Ferrand ) trusted there would be such a demonstration of opinion , that the men who were returned would be compelled to blot out of the statute book this infamous Poor Law . ( Hear , hear ) It had been frequently attempted to enforce itin theNorthof England , but as frequently the attempt had failed . And , why ? . Because the people there were united ; because they were in dense masses , and , at the stamp of the foot of the opponents of this law , they could bring 10 , 000 supporters together upon one spot . ( Hear , hear . ) It was far different in the South of England , and where the opponents of this law were "few and far between " no language could describe the cruelties inflicted
upon the poor . ( Hear , hear . ) The poor were starved to death . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , the poor of England were murdered by act of Parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) Juries hvl repeatedly returned verdicts in language nearly as strong as he had used ; and England , at this moment , was branded with the crime of murdering her own unprotected poor . ( Hear , hear . ) Bat let the rich know , that unless they gave heed to their conduct the day of reckoning must come ; for a nation , oppressed and trampelled under toot , would rise up in the mightiness ot itB power , and burst its chains asunder , and lay the oppressors in the dust . ( Cheers . ) MrJ . Williams , of Regent-circus , seconded the resolution , in doing which he srongly condemned the centralising policy of the Whig government .
MrO'CoNKoaroie to move an amendment , and was received with deafening applause , followed by waving of hats , clapping of hands , and "Bravo Feargus ! " When the tumult subsided , he said , Mr Chairman and my Friends . I was spreading ashes upon poor men ' s estates ten miles beyond Gloucester at a quarter past twelve to-day , and , suspicioug of the damage that our cause may receive from the misdirection or misconception of this meeting , I left" my cold , quiet home" to save you from censure , and our principles from defeat . ( Cheers . ) If any living man has a right to take part in discussions upon the "Poor Law Amendment Act , " I have , because I
voted side by side with Mr Cobbett against every clause of the DAMNABLE ACT , ( loud cheers , ) and its working has not mitigated my hostility . ( Cheers . ) I repudiate this namby-pamby , this debasing , insulting , slavish resolution , ( cheers , ) and if I stand alone I will register my opinion of it , and if you are entrapped by it it shall be with your eyes open , —I will show you that every speaker , from the chairman to the mover and seconder , has repudiated this resolution . ' ( Cheers . ) The chairman said that you would be better without any Poor Law : so my amendment says . The chairman said that if you were educated you would require no Poor Law , therefore if you vote for this resolution vou will be
voting yourselves ignorant . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Oastler followed , and explained how the pledges of ministers , and the word of Lord Althorpe , had been violated in the administration of the law ; and what guarantee have you that this piece of patchwork jou now pray for will not be distorted and deformed by a ministry ^ in whose formation you have no voice , and over whose ministration you have no control ? ( Cheers . ) Mr Femmd , who moved the resolution , approved of so little of it , and dissented from so much of it , that you cannot suppose him very sanguine of its success . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And then Mr WiUiams , the seconder , aware of the awkwardness of Me position , saw prudence in brevity ;
thought that least said was soonest mended—( laughter)—and ventured upon a very short oration indeed . You have heard , then , how the poor have been deceived , deluded , and cheated , by the concoctors and supporters of tie present measure , and vou can see no better guarantee against the evil ind partial administration of any meesure you propose as a lubstitute , while the inventors of some new act of cruelty , er the donors of what you now ask for will turn upon you and say , " 0 ! this is what vou asted for . " ( Cheers . ) Let us see how often * we
have been eajoled by professing Liberals seeking power . They asked us to join for the Reform Bill ; assuring us that , that measure once carried , the road to perfect freedom would be open and unimpeded . ( Cheers . ) They said then as they do now , — - Let ui agree to differ . If you can't come all the journey with us , let us travel in company as far as we can agree . " ( Cheers . ) Well , we did travel with them , the Whig Reformer holding a DARK LANTERN j his short road was a bit of our journey , but he did not want to pass his own door to go on to the end
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of ours , so when hegofc to WHIG CROSS , heflashed the lantern in our face and then closed it , and said , " Good night to yon , Mr Radical , I am at home , you must grope the remainder of your way in the dark" ( Loud cheers , and "true" ) . So we were treated by Reformers—and then came FREE TRADE ; and the Anti-monopolists in their turn said , " How stupid you are ! Monopoly is the one grand obstacle in the way of the Charter ; remove it , and then we go for the Charter" ( Cheers ) . Well , when my countrymen were starving we resolved that hypocrites should not make Chartist opposition to FREE TRADE an Anti-Saxon howl ; so we abandoned our opposition , and from that moment the FAEE TRADERS have become
MONOPOLIZERS , FORESTALLERS , and REGRATERS , of the food they desired to emancipate ( Loud cheers ); and while they have the FREE TRADE store under LOCK and KEY , have they come for . ward to redeem their liberal pledges ? ( Cheers , and " No . " )—No , they are your bitterest enemies , plunderers , who , according to the good old laws of England , would have been punished as felons , but who , according to our present blessed Constitution , are the patrons of Ministers and fabricators of Cabinets . ( Gbjere ); - Well , then , in whom . ' -. can A . we confide but in ourselves , ' and our own principles ? ( Loud cheers . ) How can we nope for a just and impartial Administration
of any law until we have a shaie in the nomination of the law-makers—( tremendous cheering)—or who can we-iiuriie hi * »' . v . elrcs , when we have again bound o > . > Wives tigV ^ r in FBSK TRADE WHIG MANACLES ? ( Great a ^ hus ? . ) thv-T . ynnhc-arc this lcsohiiicni —( " v « -: s" )—aim we viv wsjiared to sanction THE liiQX [ N \ HY ? H-U' £ : ;•'?¦<' : » . ' ¦ ' } No ; a > u 5 if you > vere , ami iC 1 Rtooil akne . you sV . i !! not b :-. duped or ^ gsiti decewd . ( f " slave" : •; to h « brandiui on vovir fmuts , irsh ; , U be with your uv ., i consiiu . and rtvtwUjisy rancurreitce . ( Cheers . ) What ! pass this j ' siSM'jhiji- resdaliou , whiVlj ' ssts , —• " Fiehse , sir , let rae w «! k oat d the ''Jciob uTiotix for work'" suits " pit ; .,:,,, sir , allow me to cuttivat «
my little i > mhu \ " " ?! ease , sir , don ' t :. . . 'pai'at ' .: rue from n )) wife 3 ud eViMre . n ; " ''? i < : ssa , ;> ir , p-x an : some employment . " anii " PIca-e , sir . educate i . iy children ! " and " Please , sir , traiuour ' . females » p virtuously for us !"— - [ The speaker turned the whoie concern into such well-deserved ridicule , and in so ludicrous and humorous a manner , in a Buppliant , whining tone , that the meeting was literally convulsed with laughter , while the birdcatchers on the platform appeared regularly flabbergasted]—and I and you be parties to such a self-degrading proposition 1 No ( said Mr 0 'Connor in a voice of thunder , that made the building tremble ) , 1 have not grinned through my felon ' s bars—I have not bled in
Man-Chester , fought at Birmingham , and risked my life at Nottingham , and spent my life and property for such a result as this bit of insulting liberality . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Who has so miscalculated our views , our honour , our devotion , and our thoughts , as to make this the test of our support at the next General Election ? ( A voice from the platform "Only one of them . " ) Only one of them ! Bah ! Sir , you are not going to put salt on my tail . ( Cheers . ) Only one of them ! why , I tell you , if you , the men of London , adopt this , Faction will very soon reduce it to the ONLY ONE . ( Loud cheers . ) So you adopt a test upon which a Whig here , a Tory there , and aFree Trader
elsewhere may easily crimp Chartist support , and say , " It is the WESTMINSTER TEST ! " You may adopt it if you will —( " No , no , " )—but if you do , it shall goto Manches er , to Glasgow , to Newcastle and the North as your child , not as mine . It Bhall go to Bath , Bristol , Plymouth , to Cheltenhm , and Reading , yea , it shall go north , south , east , and west , with the brand of my opposition and displeasure upon its front . ( Loud cheers . ) Perhaps it may find favour at Birmingham , but nowhere else in this Chartist-growing land . Pass this , and he prepared for Saturday week ' s hot vengeance and bitter denunciation of London imbecility from Manchester and the manufacturing districts , and from
the agricultural districtB , where I am daily and hourly sowing Chartist seed in a fresh and genial soil . When I went to Hertfordshire there was not a Chartist in the county ; they were all Church and Queen men . ( Laughter . ) Ask them now what they are , and they will tell you- " A CHARTERER , IF YOU PLEASE " - ( cheers , and laughter ) -and when asked the meaning of Charterer , they reply— " Why , a house and land to be sure : " ( Great cheering . ) So in Worcestershire ; and only be true to yourselves , and honest to your cause , and so it shall be to the LAND'S END . ( Loud cheers . ) He would travel a thousand miles on foot , rather , than allow this resolution to go to the Chartist outposts as the
metropolitan test of Chartist principles . ( Cheers . ) Tbe Whigs attempted a similar dodge in 1837 , when they filled this Hall with their minions , to propose statues to the memory of Muir , Palmer , Margarot Skirving , and Gerald—( cheers , and " ay" )—but he ( Mr O'Connor ) posted day and night from Plymouth , and , in spite of threats and denunciations , and of thirty-seven M . P . 8 on the platform , carried his amendment for the principles of thoie patriots against the cold statues to commemorate their sufferings . ( LoHd cheers . ) We have loit much in
respect by a temporising policy ; we have outlived that degradation ; and having spent the best days of my We , and most of my means , in opposing tyranny , I am not now going to be its abettor in any shape or form , or to gratify any personal feeling . ( Loud cheers . ) I don't ask for charity or sympathy for you . I am opposed to ALL P 00 RILAWS , ( cheers , ) and I am for enabling every , working man , by labouring for himself in his youth , to support himself and his wife in old age , ( loud cheers , ) and if we have cripples and those who want help , let them be the children and not the
paupers or the pensioners of the State . ( Cheering . ) I am working all day and every day for this , and my sweat shall produce something more wholesome than Labour ' s degradation . ( Renewed cheering . ) On Saturday last I gave £ 12 , 000 for a magnificent estate in Worcestershire for you , ( uproarious ap . plause and waving of hats , ) that ' s a POOR LAW . ( Cheers . ) It shall not go to Ireland that an Irishman supported a pauper law , which of all other laws is most destructive of social and family endearments . ( Cheers . ) I have no objection personally to Mi Cochrane , I like his professions of humanity , ( laughter , ) I have a personal regard for him , I like his open and generous face , but 1 like my child better ,
I love the Charter more . ( Loud cheers . ) I hope one day to sit in [ parliament between Ferrand and Oastler , as representatives of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Where are the two men , call themselves what they may , who have evinced a more real , a more tender , a more honest and useful solicitude for the poor man ? ( Loud cheers . ) Thousands come weekly to see my new system of Poor Laws . A man came last week and took a share . I asked him why he was so anxious ; and his reply was , that his wife kept pinching him at nights and said he should have no peace , or sleep , or rest , till be purchased his freedom . ( Great laughter and cheers . ) Now 1 implore of every wife to do the same : pinch your
husbands and bite them , till they take you out of the house of bondage , and place you on the land of Freedom . ( Cheers . ) I have often given you the definition of a true patriot : he should " live usefully , and die a pauper . " I know not whether I have lived usefully —( Cheers , and " you have" )—but lam quite sure I shall die a pauper , because if I had ten millions of money , it should every fraction be spent in Labour ' s cause . ( Loud cheers . ) I now conclude , asking you . to reflect and not to be led astray by the excitement of the moment , or allow your mind to be confined to this narrow Hall , but to expand it to Manchester and the North , and think what your
feelings will be if you pass this slavish , self-destroying resolution , when the national indignation is the universal response . 1 will now submit my amendment , leaving its adoption or rejection to the judgment and good sense of the meeting . I hope the blood may cease to flow in my veins , and that my tongue may cease to wag , before I consent to such a stab fts this new aimed at the principles of Democracy . ( Tremendoui and continued applause . ) Mr O'Connor then read the following amendment , which wai . recei '^ d with repeated cheers , followed by waving of . ^* * nd handkerchi efs , and clapping of hands , and t . ^ own amidst a perfect tumult of Chartist exultai ^ " ' -
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Resolved— " That this meeting repudiates the notion of the industrious classes being madedepengeat upon , any system of Poor Laws for their support , and , in order to secure to every workingman , a , fair remuneration for his free labour , we recommend , the : Chartist electors of the Kingdom to vota-for no candidate at the next General Election whotghall not pled ge himself to the whole principles "M People ' s Charter , and , in case a Chartist candidatesballnot offer , that this meeting recommend * the . Chartwt electors to abstain from voting , as we beliwe the time has come when the working classes must stand up for themselves , and assert their own righ&for themielvei . This meeting further remind , the - -labouring claasei that ; the , system . heretofore
adopted of preferring * choice of evils has gone far to e $ it odium upon ' the ¦ movement party ; and , thewjore ,. anxioug tb get an example to the provjnett , we , the . people . of Westrainster , now place thelfgPeoplc ' s . Charter' and' No ' Surrender' upon our ban j ^ rs ,: ai the rallying cry oi Liberty at the next Genial Election . " ' . . ; ' ] | | ^ * * Jonhs said : I rise with heartfelt ploagurejro second the amendment on the miserable and g taJpa'i ^ IutiWjrpu have heard . / Wh . a ' t , air . 'You P ^ . Over ty | B no orimej tad yet you " w . ould put a resolution to this meeting , treating the poor man as a criminal ? What , sir Us this the liberalism we haveto hope for—that men may be housed in a bastile , in order that they may have permission t » come out and ask again for chains and slavery ? What
after you have beggared them by bad laws , are they to crawl forth i& their old age ? and pray of you to give yourselves the opportunity ol beggaring them apain ? What ! Are we to entrust our wives and skiers U- the moral teaching of a workhouse . over-Kfr'r ? Arc wb to defcay ! he ^ of them to reaped 1 heir rirtue ? Do \ v > l iml . vorsr dew ( mos under their control--itud ymi will > ' u >> . r . t : J unuk Uiow for forli ! 'fi :-ance ! VV'liat , sir i Are we , wfcn set our fact-n Mt . iinj ! , # ntr » stin uif ; U ; }\ wnii tl' . ora wet to g , fofi ? . { , ««¦ tfrsnt ? Forbid it , e&mr / josi afiiiso ; ; T . !( 1 ch ; ji 5 r . v ) How m \ t \ ii hoy oik : submit iliis t& 30-' utipn to the luwtins ? Why . Mv ( jb-tirman ! jov i-. iuslfeaw fM on thorns ! You couid jwver
Wi' Ml so u « :: ! offlrto , bk' in your iifo , Lhiiikifti ; jou w « ai < f | j ; .-. ? f & > put i ) m rescJcioa ! { hrni ^ ntoy , ) Vi ' lut , sir' A f ' tcr ;*! i , wa » % \ i < & pow tivui lo have sir : li a ireonwci : *" : Jwiria ( oil ? Why , Wig soldier getou . pensioniarfluttiriB Uiroats , —the ¦ placsrcan fm * eatting-purses ; the lawyer find physician rolu'ns ct ; affluence , for living on the miseries of wen ; even women can get pensions of twelve hundred per annum for having condescended to bo the wives oi royal . sensualists—( I don't say they condescended to anything before they were their wives )—( Laughter ) and you would offer the man who produces wealth , the raanwho benefits' his fellows , the man who ennobles his country—the working-man !~ you would offer him a Union , with the privilege of coins out to
crinee before h ' ra tyrants ! You want to get rid of one Poor Law . Small good will you do , by supplying its place with another just as bad ! 1 say we want to get rid , not alone of the Poor Law—but of the Rich Law too . ( Cheers . ) There is , indeed , one law for the rich , and another for the poor . My friends ! you dare not complain of your grievances--that's sedition ! you dare not consort measures to remove them—that ' s conspiracy ' . —you dare not expose the villany of your masters—that ' slibel!—you davenot take that which is your own—that ' s theft!—you dar « not tread on your own land—that's trespass!—you dare not even ask for charity—that ' s vagrancy ! ThiB is Poor Law , my friends . ( Lou'l cheers . ) But there is another law for another race of Englishmen .
The peer may obtain goods , and not pay—that ' i privilege ! The soldier may cut throats and outrage women—that ' s glory ! The sportraan may tread your corn and crush your harvest—that's right of property ! The parson may eat tithes and sell livings—that ' s religion ! The landlord may starve labourers and fatten game—that ' s protection ! The manufacturer may raise prices and lower wagesthat's Free Trade ! The Queenjmay hare children , and you may pay for them—that ' s loyalty J This is Rich Law , my friends ! ( Continued applause . ) And in the lace of this , sir , do you think the English people are going to let themselves be mevred up in bastiles any longer ? Do you think they will bo satisfied with your teat for candidates for Parliament—to vote
for a new bastile law—but for bastiles still ? Sir ! it is not s new Poor Law that we want , but a new Law altogether ! Ah ! not only their Poor Law , but every law they have made is a very poor law , indeed ! God has written the proper Poor Law on the broad land he has given us . Its statutes are inscribed on many million acres of rich corn and pasture , that say to the hungry : come and bo fed!—to tho naked : come , and be clothed ! Some short clauses of this Poor Law we have already written at O'Connorville and Lowbands , at RedMarleyand Matlion ! ( Loud cheers . ) Sir ! We want for a Poor Law in England . a law which should restrain the rich—not tbe poor . Imprison idleness—not industry ! Suck law would would soon banish the last vestigo of poverty . My
Poor Law is : give the people their own ! Landlord ! return what you have taken ! Church ! return what you have stolen ! Crown ! disgorge what you have absorded ! ( Vehement applause . ) My Poor Law is : Millocratsl give a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ! -and , if not , we'll do better still , we'll work for ourselves ! My Poor Law is : Prevent the dishonest man from robbing the honest one ! My Poor Law is : Give us THE CHARTER ! and we shall not need a bastile through the breadth of England . ( Prolonged cheering ) Sir , no man has a rieht to waste , while another wants . That is the true Poor Law ! No man has a right to a superfluous room , while his brother has not where to lay his head . That is the just Poor
Law ! Iso man has a right to a superfluous diBh , while his brother is starving . No man has a right to a palace , while there stands a Bastilo . 1 hat is the Christian Poor Law ! I dare say some honourable gentlemen may sit on thorns . I like to make them sit on thorns ! They have made the poor sit on thorns long enough . Nowwe retaliate They may tell you—that I go to far ! Or they . may indulge in some of . tneir delicious sophistry , andsay , this proposed new Poor Law , though bad in principle , may be good in practice . I will not believe it , till they carry tho practice a little further ! Till they apply the " practice" to their hunters and their fox-hounds . Till Prince Albert fattens his prize pigs on the French cook ' s Boup for Englishmen , and the Queen gives a
taBteot it to the Grand-Duke Constantino ! ( Cheers . ) We have been tricked long enough by their scanty measures and their plenteous promises . Why , this Poor Law is one of the hobbies of Young England . Young England they call themselves ! It is Old England got into its second childhood . Why , whenever a party wants to sneak into popularity , tney begin to cry—Ten Hours' Bill ! or , Education ! or , Sanitary Reform ! or , Poor Law ! or , Church ! Thijso are the despicable hobbies on which they think to ride velvet-shod over the people . I tell them , think not with these miserable narcotics to stupify the Unglish people . It ' s not the Charter , sir ! We must have whole measures from you now . No more cheating . No more playing with words . Young
England 1 you must come out for the Charter , or else you may stay at home and teach your Grandmother Church to suck eggs . The resolution that was to come after this was , actually , that voting for this Poor-Law measure was to test a man ' s fitness for a seat in parliament ! A word , then , to those gentlemen who are about to return to the constituencies , or to present themselves for the first time before them , I gee some of either class upnn this platform . Now that you are abroad again on the sea of politics , gentlemen , it behoves you to look round you for two things : loaders , and a popular ory . Think not that yonr old leaders can martial their rotten phalanxes against the charge of freedom . ( Cheers . ) No ! From your Centaur * , Bentinck , to your political
Tom Thumb , Lord John Russell . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) Are these the men to guide the destinies of a mighty people ? Have they the prudence of statesmen ? If so , would they let misery get ahead of them ? Have they the honesty of statesmen ? If so , would they vote against measures they formerly supported , and break pledges they solemnly gave ? Have they the courage of an English statesman ? If go , would they keep truckling to faction ? Now tied to the tail of O'Connell ; now kissing the Pope ' s toe it Maynooth ; now protending justice to the Dissenters ; now worshipping the Churoh with new bishop * neks ; now laid prostrate before a Cohden ; now paying golden tribute to the landlords ; now butchering the Portugues e people ; now cringing to the Russian tyrant ! ( Loud cheers . ) No , gentlemen ! if you
wans to represent the people , you must look to the People for your strength , and to Progaession for your leader ! Tell this to your expiring parliament—We ' re Chartists here—we ' re Chartists from the hills of Lancashire to the rocks of Devon—and , despite you all , the people shall rule you , and scatter your miserable trioks to the four winds of heaven . ( Great applause . And , gentlemen , you'll want a " ory " to go before the country with . Believe mo , all your party-cries are stale . We don't care for Whigs or Tories now . We care for ourselves . You see ; gentlemen ! we ' ve taken a leaf out oP ' your own , book . The Factory Bill «* -itwas afajrery f but 4 i 6 t ) enough . Education—it is a sounding cry ; but not ' euough . Church . HnparAtion- 'iti * a holy cry ; but not enough .
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The Poor Law—it is a humane cry ; but not enoueh Now , then , I'll give you a word to take with you to the hustings . You'l ] be very much obliged to me no doubt , for I'll give you a cry that is ringing through the breadth of England . The only battlecry to cheer you into victory .- 'Now , then—and you shall hear this mcetingecho it—it is , —THE CHAfo TER , AND NO SURRENDER ? ( Prolonged an . plause . ) \ ' The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman , for his impartial conduct in the chair which Mr WakJey briefly acknowledged , and the meeting separated .
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Banbuby . —A numerous and well attended meeting of the shareholders was Held at Mr E . Spiers , Butchers' Arms , on Monday evening last . After the aocounts had been passed , thB . necesBary officers appointed , and other incidental matters connected with the society transacted , a member . of the branch spoke on the objects of , the Land Company , and thenecer-Bityof one i-r . two lectures beinji delivered on the subject . It was agreed unanimously that Mr Clark be requested to lecture * here on Wednesday and Thursday evening , the 15 th ,-and-16 th instant . A provincial committee was then appointed to make the ¦ ¦
necessary preparations . ' "' ' Bouon , —X&e quarterly meeting of this branch was held on Sunday last , when the Land and Local accounts were read and pasBed ; and the following officers appointed : —James Vose , treasurer ; W . W . Pickvance . Land secretary ; G . Lindsay , secretary for the local levy ; G . T . Ransden , scrutineer ; Themas Coop and Solomon Rayner , auditors ;' and four others were appointed to act with the officers as a committee . After a vote of thanks had been given to to the past officers , and about 30 subscribers for the O'Connorville Tea-tray , the meeting separated . Tho subscription for the tea-tray will be open at Bolton onlit ihti Slat of this month . — " Every man it expf . ' .-l'id to i 3 o iris duty . '
I- >« jit Sr i . osicKf > 3 , ~ -A oranuh ov ike National Lanu wmy " > : ' h « . ft bewi 1 ' ormud here . Vf ' eluTe held three ti « e « MTie . « , to ., i ..-. ¦¦<¦ « n Toiifld 2 i ratobors , 'W « intttid Jiv . 'v . iiiig eT . ' ! ry hltmh . } : " the iia-:-, t , tinea wonlii's , kr ( . !) & ea-. Uirji ; 4 members , . ' ..: ¦ r <>(> ivi > i < z subf'cripiio ; . ' * , On ; - ruMiiug vvas hM lit ilr Vil Miu-fifiditch , White H&tsu , ButUirmurk ' . ;' ,. Mr Thos . Powell has ham eMscn ireiisunir , My Robert Dylile , Bi . TiJUM'Jsr ; and . Mr TWam U ggett , soerottwy . Cassop , Ju < y > . S , —A rapctiA ; 4 ims convened at My John l \\< : h ' diik ( iii % ( o hew ft lecture too ; Dv M'lXwal ) , missionary ot ' tiic- Katioual Land Cwowaav . Ha km
listened to with deep sMMiima . After M . -p Isoimv , t . few questions were asked and Hns-wed , to the satisfaction of all present . A branch ? v ; is termed hi conuection with tho Land Company . Chorley . —A money club has been formed by the members in aid of the Land and Labeur Bank . Cuotdon . —At the usual meeting of this branch on Monday evening last , the following officers were elected : —James Wiiniot , scrutineer ; Thos . Frost , leeretary ; Samuel Loveday , treasurer ; and Michael M'Carthy and George Baxter , auditors . The follovringj-esolutions were proposed by Mr Prost , and seconded by Mr Bare : —
That the members of this branch of the National land Company having risked the O'Connorville estate , in order to judge for themselves , are perfectly satisfied with the practical operations of the Company , and hare full confidence in the present Directors . Proposed by Mr Wilmot , and seconded by Mr M'Carty :- - That the following words be added to the original motion— "trusting that that important neceBsary of life , water , may be better supplied in their future loentioni . " The amendment was carried by a majority of two . Edinburgh . —The monthly meeting of the Edinburgh branch was held in the Painters' Hall , CarubberB-close , on Thursday evening last , Mr Walker in the chair . The monthly report of the secretary , and the treasurer ' s balance sheet were read and approved . The following resolutions were adopted : — " - ¦•• -- :
That we approve of holding district delegate meetingB , for the furtherance of the interests of the Land Company , That it is the duty of the Directors to provide lecturers for Scotland ; and tf they hav « not funds sufficient for the purpose , thoy ought to apply to the Conference for additional power to levy the required sum , as by that means the whole of the men beiietitted pay their fair ilmre . Easinoton-lane . —Dr M'Douall has lectured here on the Land and its capabilities , and the plan of the National Co-operative Land Company , for which he received the hearty thanks of the meeting . A resolution approving of the Land plan was unanimously adopted . Meetings are held every Saturday evening , at John Hunter ' s public house , from seven till nine o ' clock ;
Glasgow . —At a meeting of the committee of the Glaigow branch of the Land Company , held in Mr Gibson ' s , on Monday last , J . Beattie in the chair , after transacting sotne local business , the Chairman called upon Mr Smith to read the correspondence that had taken place between this branch and the various localities throughout Scotland , for the purpose of ascertaining their opinion upon the propriety of holding district delegate meetings , and also of supporting a lecturer to agitate the Land and Charter questions throughout Scotland . The letters were then read , from whioh it appeared
that a vast majority of the localities were of opiniou that the directors ought to keep a lecturer constantly in Sootland , and many of them ex * pressed their willingness to ° nntribute towards a fund for that purpose , if the directors refused to provide , one ; and they were unanimously agreed upon the necessity ot holding district delegate meetings , though many of them expressed their inability to send one , on account of the depressed state ot trade , and other causes over which they had no control . After considerable discussion . Mr D . Sherrington moved the following resolution , seconded by Mr Cleland : —
That having heard of the inability of many of the localities to send a delegate to a distance , that we recommsnd 3 hat the country should be divided into three divisionsnamely , a north district , a midland district , and a wes tern district , each to meet in the most central place , and on as early a day » s possible , and that Mr Smith be requeited to class the western division , and send a copy to the Stab , requesting its insertion . In compliance with the above resolution , I bare to request tho following places to communicate through their respective secretaries immediately , and let me
know if it will be convenient for them to send a delegate to Paisley , on Saturday the 19 th inst .: —Hamilton , Campree , Falkirk , Vale of Leven , Greenook-Parkhead , Glasgow , Finneston , Paisley , Barhead , Elderslie , Kilbarchan , Kilmarnock , Galston , New Mills , Servil , Ayr , and Girvin . Mr Cameron , No . 9 , Storie-street , Paisley , will show the delegates the place of meeting . I would recommend that all localities ease of Falkirk meet ; in the Edinburgh district , and that all north of Perth meet in the Dundee district .
Louohborouoh . —At the meeting of the members of the Land Association , June 3 , it was agreed that a levy of one half-penny per Bhare Bhould be made on the members' locality for local expenses . MiiDSioNE , —At a meeting of the shareholders the following resolution was passed : — "That an unlimited number of members of this Company holding each an equal number of shares , none of whom being under 14 years of age , Ac , be submitted to the consideration of the next Conference . " NawcAsiLK-upoN-TrsiB . —A district delegate meeting was held in the house of Martin Jude . ou Sunday , Juno 6 th , for tho purpose of forming a district and observation committee . The delegates present passed the following resolutions : — 1 , That in tho opinion of this meeting a committee of observation , ought to be immediately formed , for the purpose of watching over the interests-of the land Company .
2 . That to meet these objects , and to facilitate the interests of the Company , the committee shall meet at such time and place as may be agreed upon at the previous meeting , S . That the committee shallmeet one month previous to each Conference , for the purpose of ascertaining the opinions of the various members of each branch , as iegards the programme of business for the ensuing Con . ference . 4 . That the committee also prepare , for the guidance of the directors , anj suggestion which may appcarlto them of utility in forwarding the welfare of tho Land Company and protecting the interests of the members thereof '
5 . That this committee respectfull y suggest to the di . rectors the propriety of giving iix weeks notice to th « v « riousbranoh 8 i , for tho calling of the Conference , as they think that the late rule of one month ' s neiice ia not sufficient time for th « branches to discus * the questions that may arise , and properly prepare thoir delegate for tho Conference . Thftt in anticipation of the next Conference being held is July , this committee judge it to be necessary to appoint ths next meoting of this committee to be called by the secretary as soon as the programme is published , at the houso of Mr Wro . Gilroy , Cross Keys , Wejt Holhorn , South Shields . 7 , That James Niibott , ofS . Gibson-street , Newcastle .
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pon . Tyne , bei the secretary of this committee , to whom all communications are requested to b » addressed Norwich . —Thk Land ano Labour Bahk . —By allowing us Bpace in your valuable journal for » lew brief remarks you will greatly oblige the Norwich , locality . We ore glad to find sonic of tlie locnlhiej are-adopting plaiw to an > i-t tliu National Lam ! mid Labour Dank . We ate liappj t « nay our localhv has - \ aroused itself to action . An a .-sistant ' -company it VV formed ; its progress will bu slow nt first , Out " wa ^ s hope it will ultimately succeed . Some may smilaak " ^ one penny per week deposit * , but , only calculate oiie jO million pence weekly what an enormous fun-1 ifc \ * would create in one year , ( upwards of two hundred > 1 and sixteen thousand pounds ) . Cc-operation is th » \ * very life of society , —how are ships built , railway ! v constructedand banking concerns carried on , but v
, by co-operation ? Then why should the working ^ Sn classes remain indifferent when they lmve . so glorioui ( V \ an opportunity of emancipating themselves by follow , irig the example of the so-called higher classes . By the united efforts of the labouring classes nearly X < N every desirable object can lie obtained . We liopo v \ j every locality will meet to discuss the-subject and \ . > become depositors , making tho National Land and \» Labour Bank not only the richest but most powor- ^*> ful Bank in the world . The following are the rules ¦ N we have adopted . Trusting thai they will be ajj- ^ proved of by the working cliis .-. es , or better subti- « tuted and acted upon , we subscribe ourselves on P behalf of the Norwich Land and Labour Bank Assist . \ ant Company , / Your obedient Servants , Richard Muuiuv , Bkn . Barbkr , . v Wm . LiAWRg . ' \ BDI . ES or THE NOBWlcil LA&D AND LIBOCK BANK
ASSISTANT COMPACT . , 1 . To consist of an uuliiuiteii number of depositor ' . " 2 . To be conducted by a necreUry , treaaurei , . tad scrutineer , whose duties shall he tn niei-t every Satuniny cTening to recs-ive deposits from eight to ten o'clock . 3 . Any person may deposit Iron ) one p 6 nny per net-k to any amount , prorided they ujirev to the eoinpi « iy '» rules , 4 . That fire trustees be elvctrd annually , in wiios * names all mo ' nies rtsll be deposited in tlm-JSfetional Lutsd and Labour Bank , and placed tb the crt ' dit of the Norwich A » 8 ibtaut Company . ¦ .... ' . ¦
5 . No monies shall bo withdrawn from the bank with * out the joint consent of the trustee , counteriigneu \ i ) j the neeretarj , treosurrffliiid sctwincw . sv , . - < - . 6 . That a committee of five be elected to examine Ui » accounts , rcciipts . and vouchers , and report tbo samsto tbe quarterly meetipg . ' : 7 . A general meet ion of the depositors shall be ht-ld on the first Mondaj of January . April , Jutland October , to bear the report from the committee , when new olHcors shall be elected . ' '' .. ' 8 . Each depositor shall have a book , and no mouies shall be received unless the depositor produces iiis . ur her book , 9 . The treasurer to hold one tiouud in hand to n * sel small withdrawals .
JO . when the depoEits amount to two pounds ( delusive of rule 9 ) , the treasurer shall reinit the seme to the bank , in accordance with rule 4 . 11 . Any i" ! r *« n wishing to withdraw his or her o > po » sis . ; s i ' . \ 6 t . i * iv « etvfeu iliiyf . notion to tVi * penretary , jj . 2 v'iinterest wan ci ; m ' . Mi ! 7 W 8 or . ' . il iJnior . iis HUiOCT . t to onueliii'ta ;; . i % . # c fapoiitar unfar fire •¦ iv . lHn ^ f- i .-. ' i / i « -cww . - \* jai " - — ¦• ••¦"' ices b < -. i . as ( isposiiiiert i / it st . au- tiirea ntt ! uh > ., NsiiroRX r »; , , ; , ; , ..--O , i Tuosiki- . iter . ii ^ h , % Mr M'tii-atuKd .-in&Hft .. ; . ,, jKs attw . iv . - - awI K- « " . vt . nv . i « maetju ; mt . 'w Islin ^ . ,- ; .- c » i ! r . iroora . oe ^ vni mmai / evrj entered <¦; - i , Ht ; mhp ' . iWi ' )'• :, - ' Jectuvc ii ? : i yo « i .. —AI ; % « - ,. iarturi > u . m ; i iiv ; : ¦; ¦ , ;« h r ,. Virb
the following liKitv / j ? .-cr ;; < . 'Ki . s-. mj . t- > ; - ;; vvt ,. ;• •„);( . next t ! mu months : — 'i ' ti .: m ; b . D- - . - :. : e . '« eo ; " .. '; .., ., "' iu ) m Latii < yj , f . r ? ii . ' ! ur « ' -- ; Jam *;* tUu ' . li , ' ^ 'nU . in ^ Hotivy i > ircb airi ( Viilhui C ;\ i' < i . »< - i : ; u ; -: iiti ; i'i . A auwb' -. r of i . ; amo . tvit ; 'i : r-cHin . ' . l u . ionn n Juotiej i ' a in aid of the bunk , ROSSENDALB . —AtlilB n ^ llij laih'U . V ig of tliC fit * -- . holders , the following officers were elected , vi& .- J . Taylor , Bub-secretary ; T . Howatth , treasurer ; P . Mitchell scrutineer . Fourteen new members Won enrolled .
Iblington . —Mr M'Grath lectured on the Land Plan , on Tuesday last , Several new shareholders were enrolled . Siiongditch . —At the usual weekly meeting of the members of the Land Company held at the Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , Mr Warren in the chair , it was resolved— " That we recommend Mr Kidd to the next Conference to be appointed a paid lecturer to the Land Company . " The Next Conjerencb . —Resolutions in favou of the next Conference assembling at Lowbanris , in July next , have been passed by the shareholder at Mfcidstone .
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FORTHCOMING ^ MEETINGS . Ashton Under-Lyhe . —the shareholders are requested to attend the Branch meeting on Sunday next , in their room , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to hear the financial report of the local officers . Birmingham . —The ' members of the Land Company are , informed that a " special ' . meeting will ba held at the People ' s Hall , Loveday-street , on Thursday evening , Juno 17 th , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock ! Tho members meeting at the Ship Inn are informed that the quarterly local levy becomes due on Sunday next .
Chorley . —A meeting of the shareholders of the Land branch of this locality will be held at the house of Mr Wilkinson , 9 , Princess-street , on the 20 th instant , at six o ' clock in the evening , in connection with the above branoh . Persons can be enrolled members and receive full information by applying to the secretary , Water-street , opposite the Swan Inn . Persons wishing to become members of the Land Company , must apply at the house of the secretary , No . 9 , Princess-street , of whom rales can be had , and other information . Congktok . —The meetings of shareholders in future will be held on Monday evenings , at eight o ' clook at James Gosling ' s , Lion-street .
Derby . —A general meeting of this branch will take place on Sunday evening next , June 13 th at 6 o ' clock , at the meeting-room , i , Green-street . All members in arrears to tbe local fund will oblige bj paying up as early as possible in consequence of the pending election . A money club has been established here on the plan of our Birmingham friends . Halifax . —The shareholders are requested to attend a meeting in the large room , Bull Close Lane , on Sunday , June 13 th , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Hull , —The shareholders meet every Monday evening at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , at half-past seven o ' clock . Limbhodsb . —Mr C . Doyle will lecture on Tuesday evening next , June 13 th , in the Brunswick 11 * 11 , Ropemakcr ' s Field , subject : "The National Land and Labour Bank . " Chair to be taken « t eight o ' olock precisely .
Maschester . —A general meeting of the shareholders will be held in the hall of the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-street , on Sunday morning next , June 13 th , chair to be taken at nine o ' clock . The shareholders are particularly requested to attend as business of importance will be laid before them . Newport Paonem ,. — Air M'Grath will deliver * lecture on the Objects and Advantages of the National Land Company , in the public room , Newport Pagnell , on Monday evening next . Cnair t » be taken at eight o ' clock precwely . % Salford . —A meeting of shareholders will take place in the large room , Bank-Btreet , Great Georgestreet , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) the 13 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A lecture will be delivered in the above room to commence at six o ' clock in the evening by J . R . Cooper , who will give a de-Bcription of O'Connorvillo .
Shoresiicu . — On Wednesday evening next , Mr Broome will lecture at Mr . Taylor ' s , the Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , near Churchstreet , at eight o ' olock . Subject : " The Forthcoming Election . " SoffBRBr-LosoROTD . —The shareholders of the National Land Company are requested to attend a meeting in the association-room , Longroyd , on Sunday , June 20 th , at two o clock in the afternoon on particular business . Wio > n . —The shareholders are ' requested to meet in the large room , Bears' P . aw Inn , on Sunday June 10 th , at six o ' clock in the evening .
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Destructive Fibe in the \ Yestjiin 3 TKr . Road . — This ( Saturday ) morning , shortly after one o ' clock afire oithe most alarming and destructive character broke out on the extensive premises of Messrs Maudsley and Field , the well-known engineers in the WeBtminster-road . Messrs Maudsley ' s premises occupy an extensive frontage in the Westminster-road ,-exactly opposite the Infant Orphan Asylum . The workshops extend several hundred feet in the rear , and are bounded by a narrow thoroughfare , known as Woucester-street , which latter has an outlet into Oakley-street . The fire appears to hare originated m an extensive range of workshops recently erected , immediately abutting on Gloucester-street . But a yeryiew moments elapsed after its outbreak before the horizon was brilliantly illuminated for miles im every direction , and iu a very short time a number of engines arrived with a numberof firemen , who set to
work at once to stay the progress of the flames . Unfortunately , however , tho fire had obtajaed bo firm a hold that their endeavours—thwartel by a miserable lack of water—were of small avail . The loss to Messrs Maudsley must , of course , be fearful * All the valuablo machinery contained in the workshops . coveriug nearly an acre of ground , is destroyed . Tub Murdbr is Mauyleboxe . —On Friday evening at six o'clock , a jury met at the Carpenters' Arms , Adam-street West , Bryariston-square , to investigate the circumstances connected with the death of Alary Stowell , the aged female alleged to have been murdered by a womannamed Alary Ann Hunt on the night of Tuesday last . Thi evice adduCft d before the coroner was similar to that . given before he magistrate at Mmleboije ,. Police Court , fi ttf m . £ t '" ^^^ eMoft . returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Mary Ann Hunt , and the ^ SSe W < Want h 6 l > itW *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1422/page/1/
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