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description orfte "Kght ffinourable Gentlemen , " as a tin kettle * tied ; to Sir ' Robket Peel ' s tail , was a proof , that the arrow had gped home ; the illustrationwas felicitous , and Jgrnaps , when 'Mr . GoULgou&rr and others , sflR that the independent members / who have resolved to make the bishops honest in spite of themselves , and to clean their hands from Ant M fil % lucre" in which- they are bo < r * of dabbling , they will ' think it l ^ to ^ letdeepi ^ dogslfe . " " | ¦¦ illutti f thi ' T Ml " TITllti W '""" l 'f ft
One more sraon o s tendency has obtained publicity daring the week . It shows vhat snug nooks and corners there are about Hie Church , and how tenderl y its nursling fathers p lace their own offspring in these comfortable and downy nests . There is , it appears ; in one of the Ecclesiastical Courts , a ^ cnre office- 'thatis , an office the ^ holder of Tyhich has absolutely to do nothing but to sign fl , e receip t for the salary quarterl y—the name of the office is a long one , as if to compensate for the nullity of the duties—Registrar of the Canterbu ry Prerogative Court . Its income is lust £ 12 , 000 a year ! £ 230 15 s . a week .
£ 31 9 s . a day , bundays included , for doing nothing ! When ArchbishopMoobeheld the See , acting in accordance with his right , he nominated his two sons to the post One of these £ <> ns now lives , and holds other Church preferments , amounting in all to £ 15 , 000 a year ! The other died , and in the days of Archbishop Sutton he filled up the vacancy ¦( Oth the name of his son , Lord Canterbury , then a boy of ten or twelve years of age . A vacancy occurred again in the time of Archbishop Howlet , but he , with a conscientious
ness rare among Bishops , was so struck with the iniquity of the affair , that he made no nomination . When the present Archbishop—Dr , SraiSER—lately was elevated to the primacy , therefore he found the vacancy , and like a true Bishop forthwith presented his son to it , who Lord John Russell duly described to the House of Commons , as lt a young gentleman at present ' studying in the Temple . " We do not wonder that the laughter which followed this description was tamed into cheers , when the Pbemirr concluded by a statement that this rank and
nefarions job will not be allowed to be comp leted—that the office itself is litel y to be abolished , and that young Mr . Sumxer willnot even be able to claim compensation for the prospective showers of sovereigns which , once a quarter , were to rain down upon bis fortunate head . He has , however , the consolation left to know , that his kind and pious parent meant to provide handsomel y for him , and that , though be has missed ? t this time , there are yet many "fat things , " all of which will not pass by the " young gentleman at presen studying in the Temple . "
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MONIES RECEIVED Foa tire "Week Esuixg Thuhsdiv , Mat 2 . 1850 .
TIE HOHESTY FUHD . Deceived by TV . Bn > Ea . _ Accriugton . Shoe Mill 6 d—Hecfanondwike , per C . Hincbclifie 21-J . Barclay , Leith Is —J . Manreli , Aberdeen 6 d—Melton M " 6 wbfay ; " jer Gideca C < K . fc 6 s 2 d—J . Smith , Litnehouse , per G . Kowell 2 s 8 dland Members . Bradford , per 1 . Conncll 7 s 2 d—A . U ., Edinbmgh . ls—1 L B ., Edinburgh Is-J . Wilson , Edinburgh Cd-X ,. ttingham , jar J-Sweet 2 d—W . Knell , Klton Is . — Beceived by J . Harris—Mr . Pjbus , Leeds 6 d—W . Maxwell ; Leeds 3 s 6 d—J . Harris Is—T . Braithvvaite 13—A . Owen Is 3 . Datum Is—Howarth . near Keighlev , per W . Greenwood 9 s Sd—ISolton , collected by Ralph Ford 5 s 6 d—W . P ., Raddi £ e Bridge , per R . Hamer Is—\ V . P . J . H ., Ilaclaie ; 2 s—Bath , per T . Boltrell lOSr-Peterborongh , three Chartists , p « E . scholey 2 s 6 d-Liverpool , a few Friends , per 3 . Arnold Ss-Three Chartists , Somerset 3 s—R , Gee , Bradfort , per J . Alderson Is—Flaxdressers , Landerneaw , France , per J . Robertson II 4 s—Northampton , per J . 5 tanaer 2 { 7 sl 0 d-JohnWHtleyM 5 s . £ s . d . EeeeiTeabjrW . Rider .. .. 10 2 2
FOR MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Received by w . Hides . —Scholars , Democratic School , BalifasSs .
AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by Johs Assort . —Haworth , per W . Greenwood lt-Iim houEe . perJ . 3 arnard 13 s—Elderslie , per Alex . Tfrnslit lls-Padsey . per T . Wade TI—Leeds , per J . Harris lls Mid—Collected at John-street . 11 12 s 6 £ d—Cards at John-street 10 s—Belper , per J . Dean 10 s—Mr . Parkes Is—Mr-Blackmore Is—Donations 314 s 7 Jd—Cards at the Office M 12 s . Total-m 3 s Wd—Barnard ' s Inn , per J . Kison If .
DE 3 T DUE TO MR . NIXON . Beceived by W . Uider . — Accrington , Shoe Mill 6 daclKiIers , Democratic School , Halifax 5 s . FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Beceived by W . Rides—J . Barclay , Leith Cd-Scholars , Democratic School , Halifax 10 s . fOR MRS . JONES . t , ^ S ^ ^ l - Sa > a — * - Barclay , Leiih 6 d-P . Parr , BadclifieBndge , per B . Hamer 6 d •¦ . «« , MONUMENT FUND . ^ Beceived by Johh Absott—Greenwich , per Mr . Bligh WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Beceived by W . Bides . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 5 s . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND .
Rectired by Johs Aexott , Secretary . —Collected at the i ^ o Chairmen , Wardonr-street , Soho 5 s 8 d—Wen End "omens' Men Meeting , at the King and Queen , Folevpeet , per Mr . Marsden , 13 s 5 d-G . J Mantle , Wolver-™ 3 nswm . 6 d .
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h-- ' - " ;' - : !' . letters ; ' . : ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ - £ ? i TO THEmWOREING CLASSES : : t - M ^ ^^^^*^ fdripofint ' : " . ' : : ^ t ^^ ^ i ° P bhatn <» 5 nt , Produces . . .. . _ ;; . ; vTt J . 7 "* , v ' , ; •; ' ' - // " '"; took .- ¦ •• THE CROSBY ILAiL CONCLAVE , ... ' .. : "; . TICTORY ! : ; TRIUMPH S OF THE FRENCH , DEMOCRATS GLORIOUS RESULTS OF UNIVERSAL -..-. SUFFRAGE . !! ..-; Brother Pbolbtarians ' '" ¦ vi" - ' ¦*¦¦ ' ¦ " " - '
, I have often before adyisedyou , that "blessed are those who expect nothing , for irerily they shall not be disappointed •¦;" . and when , in my letter , published iu the Star of the 20 th ulL , I appealed to the Parliamentary Reformers to adopt the principles of the People ' s Charter , and thereby rally to their standard , the working cla « es pledged to support that measure in its entirety , I had " but little hope that that appeal would have the wished for . result . I
was , however , scarcely prepared to anticipate so signal a failure as -the Crosby Hall conclave proved to be . The shearing of swine is proverbially unprofitable , but not more so than calculating on an honest and energetic movement for reform , under the leadership of Sir Joshua Walmsly and his friends . The whole history of the Crosby Hall conclave , may be summed up in a sentence : " Grsat cry and little wool "
I have denominated : the persons who assembled at Crosby Hal ) , a " Conclave . " To the title of " Conference , ' , ' self-assumed , they had no claim . All popular bodies hitherto meeting under that name , have met together upon the authority of . popular election ; whereas the body under notice , consisted of a few members of Parliament , the members of the . council of the National Reform Association , and a mob of lesser notorieties , who ; assumed the title of delegates , but who delegated themselves , or attended on the invitation of . the council . "W ithout going through the entire
list , let me call your attention to the Metropolitan delegates . I find set down for : London the following names : — Thomas Morland , W . N . Coupland , Thomas Clark , - Philip M'Gbath , Edward Miall { Nonconfordist ) , J . W . Linton { Leader ) , Samuel Harrison , E . Yi Salisbury { Art Journal ) , Daniel . Carr , John P . Bowring , John Marchant , and G . Nielle . By whom Thomas Clark : and Philip M'Gbath , and their fellow delegates were nominated , and when and where elected to represent London , the records of the Conference saith not . If in the multitude of councillors ,
there is wisdom , the " great Wen" was well provided for . In addition to Thomas Clark , Philip M'Gbath , and Co ., representing all London (!); Aldersgate was represented by Edward Lane ; Bermondsey , by John Harris , Henry Harris , aHd Henry Elkingtbn ; Bishopsgate , by John Hoppe , Henry Batemati , and William Volckman ; Bloomsbury , by Robert Langslow Bethnal Green , by Joseph Green ; Covent Garden , by Richard Burnet ; Cheapside , by J . C . Hardy ; Clerkenwell , by Wm . Farmer and A . W . Hurst ; Camberwell ; by Wm . Edwards ; Hoxton ( St . John's ) , by
Thomas Hall ; Hoxton , by William Fontaine , Rev . E . Vaughan , and James Baker ; Holborn , by William Dixon , and Thomas Paris ; Islington , by George Foskett , John Jones , and J . W . Harker ; King ' s Cross , by James Bathgate and William Benbow ; Limehouse , and Poplar , by T . E . Bowkett ; MaryleJ ) one , by G . Beacon , J . A . Nichplay and B . Seaward ; Portsoken "ward , " by David Parker , J . G . Rhoads , and Thomas . Rhdad ' s ; Shadwell and Radcliff , by W . E . Corner ; Southwark , by Thomas Walker , and five others ; Shofeditcb , by J , H . Pickford , and G . . E . Boggis ; St .
George's East , by T . S . Nicholls ; Stepney and Bethnal-green , by J . Dean , and J . Hackman ; St Luke ' s , by S . Allan ; Tower Hamlets , by William Newton ; and six others ; Westminster , by J . W . Bainbridge , and two others . I can understand that William Dixon represented the well-known "No . 1 M , High Holborn , " but I have strong doubts of his having been honoured with the suffrages of the shopocracy of that important' "thoroughfare . I can understand also that Thomas
Clabk , Esq ., and Ms friend M'Gbath , represented as much of London as is comprised in the aforesaid "No . 144 . " " To pretend that they represented anything beyond that , - is an assumption as opposed to fact , as would be any pretence on their part to represent all Europe . The other gentlemen whose names I have here enumerated , base their claim to the title of delegates on a foundation equally groundless , and equally opposed to that right of popular election , of which they assume to be the only wise and virtuous advocates .
Their mode of coming together might have been pardoned , bad the labours of the " delegates " tended to unite the middle and working classes , for a real reform of- the electoral system . That union was only possible by their adoption of the principles of the Charter . Hitherto the Parliamentary Reformers have been tolerated , but not- supported by the working classes . By ignoring principles held sacred by the masses , the Reformers , notwith standing all their agitation , have failed to elicit the sympathies of those masses , and consequently have lacked both that moral and physical force which the toiling millions alone can confer . The movement never has been
national , nor is it likely to become so while its leaders eschew the principle of Universal . Suffrage , and thereby deny the political existence of a large section of the nation . Instead of hastening to abandon the false policy upon which they have hitherto acted , the "Little Charter" men have deliberately chosen to persevere , in the vain attempt of seeking national support for sectional objects . The character of the conclave was foreshadowed , in the long address read by the President at the commencement of the proceedings . The intimation that the delegates had met , not for the purpose of deciding upon the nature and extent
of the measure of Parliamentary Reform to be attained , but for the purpose of merely deliberating on practical measures , " , for . carrying out a previously adopted scheme of representative improvement , " showed that the ' convenors of the Conclave had made up their minds to burke all propositions intended to make the movement really national , by the adoption of democratic principles . This intimation was followed up by the . election of a burking-committee " of seven gentlemen , appointed to arrange the business of the Conference . " Of the burking doings of these gentlemen I shall speak presently .
The proceedings of the Conclave bore . but small resemblance to any " Conference" that I ever heard tell of . The bulk of its members , instead of deliberating , seem to have assembled principally for the purpose of listening to a few great guns , whose main theme was their own astonishing prowess and progress in the great work of reform . The " unadorned elo quence " of Cobden-the modest luminosity of Bnght-the frigid expediency of Hume—and the superannuated twaddle of Colonel Thompson , were enlightened b y the complimentary facetiousness of Messrs . Keruhaw and Fox who flattered the
"grave and reverend sigmors " on their ood looks and phrenological a % velopemenls 11 The latter gentleman also made a remarkable declaration , which must not . be lost sight of , as it at once illustrates the character of his patrons , the millocracy , and enables you to form a just estimate of the worth-of his advocacy , of popular " quest ions . That declaration was to the following effect : — "That it was not to be expected that the " wealthy would subscribe so liberall y to the "funds of the present movement , as they did 'to the Anti-Corn Law League ,, when
manu"facturers pat down their hundreds to-day , "in the hope of making their . thousands to" roorrow . t' I mart remind -yoo , inyifrie nd ^
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that the gentleman , who made thir acknow ^ led ^ ent £ was the * retained advocate of that League ^ f MflMords , whose ' aelfiBtirieM henow I ^ ? ??! 1 ^ aWv ; Wmust remember that ttie much abuged Chartists proclaimedineBanw troth ,, at a time when , for the sake of Mb own bl * °£ , th ™ "*? un < l ; fa ^ oilvmanof God , " ^^ a hatot of holding up his , payma 8 terfi as model patriots , Wd'fitted by their civic and social Virtues to be . ithe -aayiourfl of England from oligarchical misrule and landlord-thrall . ' There were some ^ sensibl e thmes said bv Mr .
Dawson , of Birmmg ham ; wh 6 repudiated the cant about "protection , to property , " and expressed his disgust at the reiteration of the sham-alanns ,. consequent upon the "Tenthof-Apnl-Demonstration . " The Daily News reports Mr . ; Dawsoh to have said that : " 5 av 5 ? & wnversed witii a farmer , who threatened to lower the wages of his la bourers , he ( Mr . Dawsdn ) replied , that he hoped that if he did so , he would soon find " himself burned in his bed . " I have ho objection to join chorus with Mr . Dawson in
singing— . As loagiiamaiion s shall bow down , : > . To ask of thousands for their own ; ' , And thousands coldl y turn away , V And to the , million 8 answer' Nay { , ° *} ° ! r . « iefearfuri-ei Kn shall be : " Of Captain Suing arid his family . '• ' ' But I must > hisper toMr . ^ Dawson that , if the torch is to be used : ito : teach humanity to
employers of agricultural labourers , the same appliance might be used toc » % A / entheminds , and team the hearts of those of . the manufacturing districts , who are quite as ready as the bull-frog farmers to beap up wealth by buying labour in the " cheapest , " to sell it in the " dearest market ; * ' thereby acting , on * the prime article of their Mammon-worshipping creed— " Lord love you i ' we are all for ourselves in this world !" ¦• . . ;¦
Resolutions in-favour of the fo rmation of local cbmmittees-rthe distribution of tracts—* . the employment of lecturersr-the extension of Freehold Land Societies—the preparation of a . "biH'Vembodying the association's scheme of reform—the formation of local registration and election committees , &c ., &C—were adopted by the " delegates . " : These resolutions were all based on the assumption , that the association ' s programme of political principles was perfect , and ; had the sanction ! of the people , and , consequently , needed no amendment ; a fatal error ( if not something worse than a mere error ) and surety for the continuance of popular apathy—so fiuy at least , as the "little Charter ?' is concerned . ¦
In the course of the second day ' s sitting , Mr . Reynolds claimed the ; attention of the conclave to state that he had submitted certain resolutions to the "businesB ( burking ) committee /' , with . the intention of moving their adoption , but that the committee had returned them with an intimation tha , tthey did not consider themselves competent to entertain them . Mr . Reynolds added , that he " took it they were summoned there for the
• ' purpose of a Conference ; but as yet there " had not been-a semblance of a Conference ; ' and the idea of bringing some 180 gentlemen u together for the purpose of making and " healing speeches , instead of deliberating , " appeared to him extraordinary . It iwas' to " give practical effect to their meeting th * at he " begged to propose && ¦ two following resolutions : — ¦ ...,.
1 . That this conference is My impressed with tlie fovce of the numerous practical objections to a suffrage based on a rating qualification , and especially recognises the flagrant impolicy and gross injustice of excluding any male adult from the exercise of that franchise which is a natural and rational right , inasmuch as those who perform the duties and bear the burdens of citizeas ought to be represented , while no section of the community ought to be governed without being represented ; and therefore this conference is of opinion , that th « programme of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association should be so far altered as to base the right of suffrage upon . ' a claim tobe registered , ' instead of a claim to be rated . ¦ ,. s ¦ -.. * ... ¦ ¦¦•¦ .. ... .,- . •
2 . That this conference , entertaining the most earnest and sincere desire to behold the ri ghts of the werkine classes properly defended and their interests effectually represented—and believing that these aims can only be accomplished bj affording an opportunity for men of the highest intellect belonging to the ranks of labour to attain an entrance into the people ' s parliaments—recommends the addition of the principle of ' payment of members ? to tlie programme of the National Parliamentary and Finan- ' cial Reform Association . [ The following additional resolution had been submitted to the committee , and was handed to the
reporters—3 . That as the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association and the Council ( if the National Reform Xea-ue have severally appointed Deputations to wait upon the Conference and expoumd the views of those bodies to the Rational Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , the Conference decides upon receiving and hearing the said Deputations ] " A ^ Mr . Tillett , of . Norwich , one of-the burking ' committee , opposed the consideration of the above resolutions , observing that " If Mr . Reynolds , or any other gentleman " considered that the principles of the associa" tion were unjust , or unwise , it would be his "duty to withdraw . ( Hear , hear . " ) The "Conference" rejected Mr . 'R eynolds ' s resolutions " by an overwhelming majority . "
Had the resolutions , proposed by Mr . Reynolds been adopted , the programme of the ' ? Parliamentary Reformers " would thereby have been assimilated to the Charter ; with the exception of one of its "Points , " that of " Annual Parliaments . " The speakers of the Parliamentary Reform Association , when addressing audiences containing a large admixture of Chartists , are in the habit of declaring that so far as they are personally concerned they approve of the principles of the Charter ; but they sacrifice their own opinions to conciliate the prejudiced portion of the middle classes . If sincere in
this declaration , why did they not seize upon the opportunity afforded by Mr . Reynolds , to make a clear breast of their Chartist sympathies , and endeavour to . convert the middle class , through their " delegates , " to the sound and wholesome principles sanctified b y the advocacy of all true Reformers , from the time of Major Cartwright to the present hour 1 Even at the "Conference" some of the " delegates" gave expression to sentiments which morally bound them to give their support to Mr . Reynolds . Mr . Bright , for instance , observed that— " The change sought "by the Conference should have that con" urination of public opinion , that when
" once established there could be no cavilling " atits injustice or dauger , and no attempt to " retrace the decision to which the nation * had " come . " The kind of change that would ibe accepted in that spirit was indicated by . Sir . Thwaites , who observed that , • For himself it was pretty well known that he was an uncompromising advocate of Manhood Suffrage . . He belieped that to be the only basis on which the question coiild be satisfactorily settled . " Mr . Thwaites is perfectly correct as regards his belief , but exhibited sad inconsistency in not raising his voice in sipport of Mr . Reynolds ' s resolutions . Mr . Thwaites is an " uncompromising" compromiser !
But where were the cliampionB of the " whole hog "—the " " entire animal ; " the men who shouted down Jo seph Sturge and his friends , with the thundering choruB—" Name and all ? " Where was William Dixon , • member for Holborn ? " Where was Phillip M ; Grath , the " member for London ? " And where , ob , where was his colleague , the immaculate Chartist , Thomas Cure ? " Echo answers " Where ? " Of course the members for all London , and Holborn into the bargain , can each reconcile his conductto his conscience . Some , consciences , like india rubber , have the property of stretching , or like gutta percha , can be moulded as convenience may dictate , and are warranted to wear well , " under any variety of circumstances ! ¦¦ ¦• - ,
Men sitting in the Crosby Hall conclave , and calling themselves ChartiBts , were bound , by the princi ples they professed , either to have supported Mr . Reynolds , or to have moved more . perfect resolutions having the same end in view ^ .. Specially bound were Messrs . Clabk , M ^ Grath , and , Dixon , to follow that oottwe . They Ocnew toemBely ^ Btrtp ^ ted &
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SIS- ' » i fiad ;; ;^ cla 1 med ; tfeiefoe . S ^^^ to ^ Bprovetha'one ^ and db their andlt £ £ ? ^^ to ^ sarm ; suspicion / SS ^ al fr M # ds aflprded theni m ^ g ^ o . dping . ^ poubtlesB ^ theycah -gr could ifthey ^ oukUshow gooH arid suffidutv S 8 On 8 / 'th ^ silence » ' whe « i public d | yomm ^ ding : them ^ to : ^ ^^ . notwi th 8 tanding , . sea 1 edr ' I : ; \ ' ¦ ' , toS wf — ^ , Mr .: CLABK ; fbund ; His SoK ^ m 0 Vin g ' " Thkt the counciLbe ffi ^^" y ^ ested to prepare a'Bill . co ^ " taimngthe plan - of reform ' Drobosed bv th * i
Acsocwtion , w uh avjew : to . 'its production ' m that shape . to P . arliameiit . ^ | Mr / CxARK , who is . renowned , for his modestyW-was too bashful to speak for the CHARTER ; happily he overcame Ms blushing timidity , when called upon to take the initiative in ; giving birth to the . '' Little Charter , ' ! in th ' eform of a ' , 'Bill , " intended to supersede THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . : . ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ,-,. ¦;¦ ¦ ,: >• ¦ ,, . At the soiree held , at the London- ' Tavern , the chairman ( Sir Joshua , Walmsleyj introduced " TrioMAS , CLARk , Esq I " as " a veritable representative !©! the . working classes J !!" It is a pity but that Sir Joshua had attended the meeting a , t the National Hall , last evening ; had he done so ,. he would have witnessed the
triembers , for all ^ Lbrid 6 h , '' and ; " Hoibbrn " in addition , denounced as the enemies of the classes they impudentl y assume to represent ., He would have seen those men powerless 'in a meeting ^ cpnvened by themselves , to ; appoint even their omi . chairman , ' carry ' their \ , 6 wn re- solutionsj or obtain a moment ' s hearing , ' even in" HolbprnS' except through . the intercession of tho ineh'whb so ably Exposed their political backsliding . In their arrb gaht conceit , Messrs . Clark , M'Grath , ' , an ^ pixjoN ; . imagined themselves , capable of dividing ' the . ' Chartist party , instead of which they have . only '¦' exhibited - ' their ' -own impotency . Traders in politics cpiild not commit' a greater mistake . Dishonest in principle , and blundering in tactics , they stand condemned in the estimation of the working classes ' , and valueless for ; the purposes of their respectable patrons . . ; '
In last Saturday's'Northern Star , Mr . O'Connor argued that , even , with the Walmsley extension of the Suffrage , and Triennial Parliaments , swithout the Payment of Members , " you . would have as corrupt ^ "if not a more , corrupt Parliament than you have " now ; " while , on the other hand , Payment of Members-even with TriennialParliament 8—would enable the working classes to / , 1 elect honest and up" right representatives from their own order . " : An unanswerable argument for , ' Mi % ReynpldB ' s second resolution . Unhappily , Mr . O'Cbrinor did not give expression to that argument—and other arguments he might have , employedv-in the " Conference : " an omission I uhfeienedly . regret , both ' for'his own
sake , and for the sake of the ; Chartist cause . Mr . O'Connor . entertains" the hope that , as the Parliamentary Reformers have added "No Property Qualification" to their little stock , they may gb ' further , and , ' " erelong , adopt the whole hogV bristles and " all . " Mr . O . Cbnnor very justly adds : —" Mind ,: "however , this must be'done b y argument ^ and not "by violence . " Mr . ' Reynolds would have tried argument , but was burked : While the association was in a provisional state , it was , doubtless , competent for tht council to make the important addition of "No Prbperby Qualification * ' to their fundamental principles . . Henceforth , so iihpoftsht . a step must be the act of a " Confprence ; ' ahd . judging by . the proceedings of the , recent' conclave , . itiis hardly likely that any such ' body will be ceiivened until April next . Clearly , then ,. sound' policy , dictated support of Mr . Reynolds ' s resolutions ., That
support might have been rendered without in any way committing the supporters , to " a regular flare up . ! ' Mr . O'Connor may assure himself ; that his , best friends regret ; his silenceori an occasion so important to the interests of Chartism . . . '¦; ; , .. . The brow of every real Chartist must nave crimr . soned from a ; painful sense of humiliation , on reading in Mr ! 0 ' Conn . or' 8 postscript ^ that every member of Parliament on the platfoim' was invited to address the meeting , with the single exception , of himself . The " respectables" make no attempt to conceal their mortal aversion'for the Parlinmentnry representative of Chartism ; Why , then ; docs , Mr . O'Connor persist in sharing the company of those who take no pains to disguise their bitter dislike of both hini and his party ? In the case of ah obscure individual it would matter ' nothing to the people ; iut Mr . O'Connor ' s humiliation is the humiliation " of us all .
I regretted to read , in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , renewed allusions to the disunion of the forking classes . Mr . O'Connor is deceived . ' ¦ There is no disunion ; although the men who surround arid mislead him , have done their best to create division . Had any other men taken the . same course , ' Mr . O'Connor would have denounced them as New " New Movers , " and invoked against the offenders the thunders of '; popular : ' censure . I have not forgotten the denunciations launched against William Lovett ; yet , now that'Mr . 0 Connor ' s chosen friends attempt to create a new fnctiorf under the patronage of the same William Lovett , he singles them out for praise
as " morally and politically honest , and ornaments to their class and to society . " In the letter from which the preceding words are quoted , Mr . O'Connor intimated that , " 80 long as disunion existed , he would not lend his name . or countenance to either party . " In coming to such a determination , Mr . O'Connor must have been blind to the fact , that the little knot of seceders have-no more claim to be considered a " party , " than , the celebratod Topley-street tailors had to constitute ' themselves the " People of England . " That gentleman ] must have forgotten , too , tliat ho does belong to the recognised Chartist party ; and that to refuse to . that party his name and countenance , is calculated to occasion that division , -which he assumes to exist , "He that is not with us is against us . " Mr .
0 Connor last week , assured the friends at Hanley , that he was " rosolved neither to be sriiiffed out , nor extinguished . " The only man who can ' " snuff out , ' or " extinguish" Feargus O'Connor , is Fearguai O'Connor himself . ¦ ¦¦' " ¦ ¦< . ' , 1 In quitting this subject , I must express my thanks to Mr / Reynolds , for his bold and ' straigthforward conduct at the late Conference . I was not the first to welcome that gentleman to our ranks , but I will not be the last to pay him a well-deserved tribute of applause . I never before gave utterance to a word in praise of Mr . Reynolds ; but I consider that , by moving his resolutions in the midst of the Crosby Hall conclave , he " performed an act which entitles him to the thanks of every tvuo democrat , and the approbation of every memberof the workingand unrepresented classes .
Brother Proletarians , I am sorry to have had to occupy so much space with comments on a subject for the most part distasteful , to the exclusion of a topic on which I could have written with unqualified pleasure . but which I must now * dismiss in a few lines ..: Of course I allude to the . glorious triumphs of our French brethren iriitho elections of the Democratic candidate for the Seine ' and Saone-et-Lbire . Since the elections of the 10 th iof March no event haB transpired in Europe of equal importance . The Socialist-Democrats elected in- March , ¦ . for ¦ the Suone-et-Loire , were unseated on a party quibble ; I predicted'their re-election , and that prediction has been verified . Greater signification , however , iattached to tho Parisian
s victory . You may remember , that on the occasion of tho ^ election of Carnot , Vidal . andDeFlotto , the discomfited OraermongerB consoled themselves by Jaffectinif to regard their defeat as beihg occasioned by a temporary and peBvish hostility to tho government . The fifties , correspondent assured tho readers of that lying journal , that within eight-and-forty hours after the 10 th of March great numbers of the Parisian electors were repenting , in sackcloth and ashes , oF the votes they had given to the Red candidates , and were only anxious for an opportunity to retrace their steps , and rally to the side of Order . " That opportunity they have had : Vidal , elected for
one . of tho Departments , as well as for Paris , decided to sit for the former , and thus occasioned a new eleotion in the capital . The Moderates , at first brought forward , as their candidate , ^ Foy , who , though , beftten on the 10 th d March , stood next to Do Flotte on the poll . This selection was made in tho interest of the OrleaniBtB , to the small liking of the Bubnapartists , and to the utter , disgust of the Legitimists .: As a natural consequence , the most admired disorder reigned in the camp of the OrdevmoKgers ; for these threo factions , though agreed in their hatred to the Republic moatfunously hate , and desire the destruction of each other . Still circumstances forced them "to affect
a virtue , though they have it not . " For without union , or , at least , a leagued conspiracy , they know that . they could not even postpone the fate that awaits them . Inspired by this sentiment , they cast about for a man qualified to combine the votes of all aections . of the " party of order . " Foy was set aside , and , ' in his stead , they , nominated an ignorant , shopoorat , a man avowedly iof no politics and whose only claim to the suffrages of the people of Paris was grounded on the fact of , hiahavine aided m shooting down the despairing'in ' surgents ot ' June' 48 . To manufacture for him a ^ reiutS ^ Wndsofromam and ri diculous ^ torieB . boS lng ; the heroism of himself and his family , wotS oalafedbyhispatroDs , A » theinfluehcl of |! e £
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vernment , of the military cbriiinanderB fhfifinnnoiol aristoorats / and ; : t ^ : % itin ^ orie « "ffi Buonapartwt press was . employed to ensure tho >^ tiirn , of the ; redoubtable icoleW ' Oft tHe ? C hand , the Reds noniinated- the : celebrated EuS Sue , whose name is associated with the' most' buc cessful literary , productions . of this generation ' Studying the . ; condition ; of . the people for literary ' purposes , - he , ' some ybara ' ago , was induced to turn irbim the worship of systems , productive of the misery ' , ignorance , and vice of millions ; of his felloworeatures , to the ; all-saying creed ' of democratic BOcialiBm .. In his Wandering Jew , Martin the Found ling , and'Mysteries 6 f the People , he haB laid bare the causes of social evils , and ably pointed to the remedies ; One sentiment from his writings is said to have gone far in deciding his nomination as the candidate / of the Rid Republicans— " NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO- SUPERFLUITIES ; WHILE
OTHERS WANT THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE : " For this sentiment Eugene Sue . has been fearfully abused by those who' up hold the heartless usurpations of the rich ; a sentiment which , ' however , . must cbmmand tho applause of every friend to humanity and justice ,. ' Tho Reda engaged in the struggle under terrible disadvantages . Their elebtoral meetings had scarcely begun when they were suppressed ^ by the Government , and all attempts to canvass for their phndidate were rigorously prohibited . ' Some thousands of . the working class , who were without employment , were expelled the city . Tho new electoral list , which dime into operation since the 10 th
of March , - showed a diminution of upwards of twenty thousand electors—the disfranchised belongine mainly , or entirely , to ' the popular party . A new crusade was commenced against the press . The police autocrat , Carlier , issued an ukase , forbidding the sale' of the Opposition journals . The hawkers were authorised to sell only the Government journals . The opposition papers—wherever found—were' seized , and the . '' vendors punished . Under these : circumstances , the Ordermongers * endly _ calculated on a . ¦ ' triumpli . ' Imagine , then , their disappointment and rage on finding themselves beaten—more signally beaten than they were at the March election .
^ Eugene : Sue been triumphantly elected , by a majority of some nine or ten thousand votes over his competitor . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ /¦ ' Great iSithe dismay of the enemies of the people , both in ; France . and throughout Europe . ¦ Since Monday last , meetings of the scoundreloeracy have been nightly held at the Elyse ^ e , to consider what nextl But , as the Kmes . remarks , legality is on the side of the revolution , andan anti-legal demonstration on the part of Buonaparte and his advisers may involve them in ruin . That . villanous Journal , the London 'Glole , is strongly urging the' French Government to . abolish Universal Suffrage . -Some such move may be anticipated ; then will come the
struggle in the streets—a struggle which I fervently pray may result in the destruction of its provokers —the traitors in power . "• ¦ ' . . ¦ - Imust defer further , comment on this subject . In the mean time , let me inform my metropolitan ' friends , that on . Tuesday next a public meeting , convened by the Fraternal Democrats / will be held at the Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , to congratulate the democracy of Paris on their glorious victory . Of course the Ball will be crammed by true and staunch democrats , who , with heart and voice , will echo back from the Thames to the ( Seine the battle cry of the peoples of all lands , —VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE , DEMOCRATIQUE ET SOCIALE L' AMI DU l ^ EUPLE . ' ., May 2 nd , 1850 . : .. • -... '
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— ^——— NATIONAL REFORM . ASSOCIATION PUBLIC CONFERENCE . ¦! ( From ow Second Edition of last week . )
THURSDAY . The Conference resumed this morning at ten o ' clock ; Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P , in the chair . ¦ ¦ The debate on the third resolution was resumed , and tho resolution carried . The following resolutions were then put and carried : — ¦ ¦¦ - ' " That this Conference believes that the Members of the Hbuso of Commons will be more influenced by a sense of their constituents were they to institute and preserve a constant communication with them , stating their views on the important questions introduced before the Legislature , and requesting their attendance arid support whenever Parliamentary and Financial Reform measures are introduced . " . ¦¦' . " . That this conference is of opinion that every
means ought to be employed to enlarge the present county and borough constituencies to thb utmost extent , and that it is desirable to form in the several localities , committees , with , a permanent machinery , to watch and superintend the registration ; and that it be hereby recommended to the Reform Associations throughout the country , particulsirly where established in districts not ! satisfactorily represented at the present time in Parliament , the urgent importance of being prepared , whenever any vacancy occurs in the representation of any borough or divisions of counties with which such associations are connected , to nominate thorough Reformers , and thus increase the numbur of Reform members in the House ¦ ¦ of Commons ; or , at all events , aid the development of public opinion in
support of the principles of this association . " " That it bo referred to . the . business committee to prepare and issue to the public a report embodying the results of tho Conference . " . ; . Mr . Wilkinson , treasurer of the National Ascooiation , could assure the Conference without some arrangement or effort being mado , they would not be able to meet thoir expenses . . After several gentlemen had addressed the Conference , Mr . G . Dawson moved a vote of thanks to the President and other officers of the Association , to which Sir Joshua Walmslet responded . After a vote of thanks to the business committee , the Chairman announced that the Conference was at an end for all business purposes , and the delegates then separated . . ..
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THE SOIREE . . The Association held a soirie at the London Tavern on Thursday evening last at seven o ' clock . All the delegates who attended the Conference were in attendance , and many ladies graced the assembly . There were about 800 persons present . Sir Joshua Walmsloy took the chair , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Parry , G . Thompson , M . P ., Sharman Crawford , M . P ., Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Col . Salwey , M . P ., Mr . Hume , M . P ., F . O'Connor , M . P ., Mr . Fox , M . P ., and others .
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'" Intention constitutes the crime . " MR . J . TAYLOR AND THE NATIONAL LAND
COMPANY . TO FEAItGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Sib , —It seems to mo thatthere is a determination to make me to say and mean things I never meant or said . One would havo thought that after my explanatory letter that there ought to have been an end of the matter , but "Charles Gladwell" thinks different , and he goes out recruiting , and obtains the signatures of six other parties , to testify , " that I said at Stowmarket , as near as they could remember , " what is reported in the Suffolk Chronicle . I have never impeached the accuracy of the report of the Ipswich meeting in the Chronicle : what I have said was , " that your , strictures were a misrepresentation and an exaggerationAc" of that reportand I
, , ; still affirm , that my remarks do not bear that construction being put upon them , which you did put upon them . " Charles Gladwoll ' ¦ ' acts unjustly in saying that I accuse the Chronicle of giving a false report . ; I said no such thing : the report is as correct as possible , considering that a speech of ont hour and half in length was compressed into a space less than one column . And then the reporter of the Chronicle , believing " Charles Gladwell ' s " statement that I had impugned his report , confirms , what no one denies , and adds , that I made no " pn-etiious allusion" to the Tory press at the Ipswich meeting . Be it so . But it appears from the report in the Chronicle that if I did not make aBy previous allusion , I did an after allusion : and
the Chronicle itself mentions the Times , Standard and Britannia , amongst the papers to which I referred ; and , in addition , the Suffolk Chronicle itself , the week following , replies to similar taunts of the Tory press in Suffolk . I have only again solemnly to aver , that if you believe my remarks represent the meaning you give to them 1 am ex ceeding sorry , because such was not my meaning . " " Intention constitutes the crime ; " «/ 4 e there was no intention let there be no offence ; , 1 never intended it , and regret the meaning given to mv lnnonTmT IfMr . Gl ) dwellcaUedmeW market loan only 8 ay that I neve ? h rThim ^ nd I dont think any one else did . and I win J B JT * of itm 11 « ri in your « £ of sL ^ lasrTf 5 ? Wonesom . my hearing , I . hould Wbeen Vlmii > W ) * u * * "&' »• » uumu navo ueen d
, „„„„ . , sKa ^ s \» ir ; as 3 S ¦ fSv « ' ° ann 0 t lay more- In conclusion , lean appeal to your pages fifteen years ago as to my own principles , —I was one of your earliest correspondents ; I have never fovaaken any professions . My own townsmen will readily bear testimony as to my conduct in reference to you and the Land Company . U moro is needed to satisfy you I will give it . I nave np time for wrangling with , "C . G .. —disputation is not my element . I . hope this will terminate , the controversy . I lament muph if I have unfittingl y been the cause of , it ; you , sir , and V Q . G . ' will remember the motto , " Intention Constitutes the crime . 'f ,.. / ., , . ; . .,- ¦"¦¦ , ! : . laOJ , Sir , faithfully yours , ¦ ,.. , ; . ; .-. - " " ¦ " ¦ " ' ' Jameb ' Tatiob , Jun .
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Thr PhovisionaL Committkb . of the Nawokai OiunTEB ; As 8 ociAMoif mefc- . afc ; their Office , li , Southamptou-street , Stmnd , onThursday . evening , May 2 nd . Present :, Messrs . -J . Arnotfc , Miles , Milne , Stallwood ,. Grassby , Brown , andiHarncy . Mr . Mills in the ; chair . Letters were read from wignton , Belper , Suttpn-in-Ashfield , Derby , Limenouae , Elderslie , Ac ., &c , containing cash , and otner valuable , aid / ., A deputation , consisting of S - , ^ te > ? ea « ey , and Gill , attended from the Sefc n \ il r ^* , ' t 0 "quest the use of John-SMS \ i Tuesday next , to congratulate the SSrt M 4 ectiQ r Eugene Sue , which ^ as SdJnop ? , 0 lds sent an apologyfor nonattendance and enclosed an address on the ncceamt
Sted M P A Und ' - ^ h wr ; unanimously S « SWA s » tt 4 S ^| 5 » H ^«^ a permanent Executive . An address was also adopted , appealing to the Chartists to defray the expenses consequent upon the defence of Mr . Yernon , After some other business , the committee adjourned until Thursday evening next . Sheffield . —A second conjoint meeting of the English and Irish Democrats ' was held in the-Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening last—Mr . Wm . Holmes in the chairwhen Mr . Buckley again addressed the members of both associations at great length , on the necessity of immediate action . At the close of the , address , Mr . Robinson moved , and Mr . Lennard seconded , the following { resolution , which was unanimously
agreed to : — "That a committee be immediately formed , comprising an equal number of both English and Irish Democrats , for the purpose of getting up an out-doordoraonstrasibn as early as possible . " " The following persons were elected to carry out the foregoing resolution : —Michael Buckley , George Cavill , Nathan Robinson Patrick Lawdews , Patriok Burke , William Holmes , Michael Galley , Thomas Hague , John Lennard . On the motion of Mr . Buckley , a deputation was appointed to solicit Mr , Otley to address the members next Sunday evening , in the above , room . It was also agreedthat the above resolutions be forwarded to the , Northern Star and Irishman newspapers for insertion . Thanks havingbeen voted to the chair , the meeting separated . , . .,, ... Cripplegaie Locality . —The following persons have been elected on the council at the City Chartist Hall :-Messrs . Young , Hendle , Hockley , Hewett , and Quin . Financial secretary , Mr . Claxton ; and corresponding secretary , Mr . Kendiick . v
Whittington . AND Cat . —At a meeting oil Sunday last a vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr .-Reynolds , for his manly conduct att the National Reform Conference . ' ¦•
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THE FINSBURY CHARTISTS TO ftH'ECHARTISTS OF ME UNITED K 1 N . GDCM . ' United , we stand-divided , we fall . ' Bhotheh Chabiists , —We , the members of the National Charter Association , residing in the borough of Finsbury , beg leave to address you at this important crisis . It is with heartfelt grief that we witness parties who have worked so'long with us in the holy cauBe of democracy , separating from us . We all know , from past experience , the folly—nay , the mischief—of disunion . ' Divide , and conquer , " is the game of our enemies . Brothers , ours is too holy and sacred a cause to be trifled with . We call upon you to rally around the old ship—the " Charter "—to nail the colours to the mast , and swear
never to lower them till the Charter becomes the law of the land . We call upon you to rally around the Executive Committee , by taking put cards of membership of the National Charter Association . You must look to your own efforts , if you are really in earnest , to emancipate yourselves from slavery . Brothers , many of us remember the passing of the so-called Reform Bill . We had the bill , the whole bill , and nothing but tho bill ; and if we allow ourselves to be deceived again , our children will have cause to curse our apathy . The members residing in the borough of-Finsbury have taken a commodious room at the Old Dolphin , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , and call upon all true lovers of liberty to rally around them . Signed by the Council , on behalf of the locality ,
Mr . Disc , . Mr . Jones , ; Mr . Pooie , Mr . Feline , Ml " . A . Fozzen , Mr . Blake , Treasurer , Mr . R . Fuzzes , Secretary
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . LAMBETH COUNTY COURT .-May 1 st . Conkt v . Simpson . —The plaintiff in ifchis case was one Patrick Coney , and the defendant John Simpson , Secretary of tho Camberwell and Waiworth branch of the National Land Company . The plaintiff sought to recover the sum of Us- 2 d ., paid to the defendant on behalf tho National Land Company . The case when first heard was adjourned until Wednesday , the 10 th of April , when Me . isrs M'Grath and Dizon attended on behalf of the Directors , and after a lengthened inquiry , the aiu
mug * » ue woum aqjourn the case for one month before he gave judgment , as the case was before one of the higher courts . t parties received notice to attend at ten o clock on Wednesday morning , May 1 st , to hear the judgment of the Court , but , when the case was called for , the judge stated that since the' case waa before him last , the legality of the Company had been argued m one of the superior courts . Ha therefore , would not give judgment in the case ; and , further , he had very serious doubts on hij mind as to the plaintiff recovering the money paid indeed , thero were many difficulties in" the way to prevent him from doino-so . ¦
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THE PRINTER ' S ACCOUNF . TO ME EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I enclose you an order from a few friends to assist in defraying the Printer ' s Account for the Convention and Assembly . I do think if . a recommendation were coming from you to those who expreBB themselves anxious to see their friend * relieved from the embarrassment in which they haTe been kept since 1848 , to at onco become their own agents and enclose one sixpence , or as much more as they may choose to eive . in an envelone . aft .
dressed to you , and giving the name of the sender , and what it is to be applied to . This , in my opinion , would take away tho exenses generally given , that they would be willing to give their share , provided some person would accept it . Those who will not take this small amount of trouble , cannot be sincere in their professions of sympathy , nor honest in principle , if they will not adopt some suoh simple and easy mode of liquidating thoso debts , which in a moral sense all-are bound to see paid . ; I am , Sir , yours truly , Glasgow . . , V , D . SheWngton .
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TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE ; mS ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ - Stamford , tha Member for Reading , brought the quest on of B ? * U ? ° l ° . ^ of Commons ^ Xe " day ffiJnf ' A they talked about examining Chemists and Doctors , who are both directlv inteiested m the sale of Poisons-wlio live by them !! Yes , live by them !! ' .-There's a pretty Hou . se of Commons for you !—People of England ! we emphatically declare to you that you will n «? ver obtain any Reform until full justice be done to tho people , on the question of Medical Roform ; the Medical monster must be crushed , if you wouM be successful ; it is the most tangible of all the questions—remember that . Yours . , Ac ., The Mf . mbkks " of the British Collbob London , May 2 nd , 1860 . of Health .
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GovERsMExr LfiEHUEST Bill . —A pnblic meeting « as held on Monday afternoon at the Craven Hotel , Craren-street , Strand , of the objectors to the Dro-Tisions ofthe Government Interment Bill , for ' the Pnrpose of concluding arrangements preliminary to a tutnre pnblic meeting on the subject , when the m and its clauses should be considered at length , ar James Wyld , M . P ., who was called to the raair , condemned the bill , as tending to establish a EH ^ t system of centralisation , as likely to tax the P » ple tc an enormous extent , and to interfere with ~! "gnts of individual industry . The bill also provided for the compensation of the metropolitan «? 5 gy , and as they would be legislated for hv a
£ wa , those gentlemen would no doubt get a great hr 3 ° re - ^ tfaey wouId tf ^ were paid by a Jjy ;« Parishioners , and the inhabitanta of the me-^ PoUs wOuid consequentl y be unduly and unne-B ? f H ?* ™ . P * p 0 TreK were S iven t o the ^ awB sus ssEas E&SS&SrS extended that the bill ought to U 325 J r ^ asted ; ttat parties ought to have fuU contoo ovlr their own cemeteries ; that the new scheme
was a gross-job from beguming to end ; that it would «> tTel y fail as a sanitary measure ; thatitoulra » ed F ^ ate leeling in a manner that was disgracefuf to « y civilised country , and that it would be an inva-= oa of parochial rights . The intention of the Ewernment to provide houses of reception for dead psons previous to interment was the subject of a ^| tb ened discussion , several gentlemen contending TrnnJr : officers appointed by the Government i j « the power of taking persons deceased " wa the houses of their relatives immediately after « areath was out of their bodies , tdthe anaojance 7 r pain Of their Rnrrnvinnftnaa Jo ir » !! .. „« .. «
fiSr" ^ ved ' and ^ Sodes seconded a resolu to ^ FJ ??^" 1 i ? n ° - - PPO «> tment of a committee ^ t ! S , Sf bdl m ltf P « 8 ent objectionable shape . a > 4 fi ? J !???• was ado ? . ' wi arrangements were ^* the ^ S " V £ " ^^ S on ™ «« y' ^ & * oWrinT * ° awakei » ng Pnblio attention to ^ ShtSl ? ° 5 \ Pnnleges , and exactions ^ etobeo ^ f ^ bythe Gpyemmeht bill , the a ^^^ J ^ PerstM de 8 i n > 'wofDromoting * Si of e ^ ramnrai Bepottnre , in waieh ' tni rfbfwl ^ T ^ V * J ^ tbnrial : Sc ^¦^ MyMtoom , toeftfieprweeS
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Bradford , Yorkshire . —A meeting was held on Sunday , April 21 , at the room in Hope-street , when it was resolved , " That we call on all the members to come , forward and bring their scrips and books , or cards , as the Company is about to be wound up ; and as we are about sending a return , sheet to London , if they do not make their claim they , will not be returned . We give them from this dayj April 21 , to the last day in May , and they must abide the consequence , as we are determined to give no further notice .. Wo also call on the . secretary of Pudsey and the members , to come forward , as we havt < received some information to convey to them from the Directors . [ This letter was given to the printer last week , but was accidentally omitted . —Ed . N . & ]
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Weights and Measubes . —On Monday , a bill in the House of Commons to alter and amend the hwi relating to weights and measures was printed . It contains twelve clauses , and will effect some important alterations . Former acts on tho same subjeot are to be repealed , and the present examiners are to cease to hold office ' . Inspectors appointed under former acts may enter premises and inspect weights and measures , and when defective Ul
them peioro a justice . In case of conviction , the weights , &c , are to be forfeited . and a fine of « 7 may be imposed . Justices mny appoint theTcUie anf other constables of counties toYeiSspK o f when required by the inspect s . Inspectors are te aZaUsSn ^? pcnaHie 8 ' ¦** ^ this WU 2 K r i ¦ \ to th ? ^ sessions ? ¦'¦¦ n « f < x »! t who v dress was too dirty towear , and . ^ Si % * T ?\ ¦ •* ° . vrashed ,-l . ad a matter of aenous import to decide .
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The Protectionists make an outcry now and then ; but they appear to lack any definite policy , and to be afraid of a standup fight Ministers and Free Traders reply to their querulous complaints , or bitter invectives and angry menaces , with taunts . Tf they think they can beat them , why do not ibey try their strength on a formal resolution ? But the Protectionists have not yet screwed their courage up to the sticking point . In other respects , the business is proceeding in a jog-trot fashion .
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The rieketty financial policy of Ministers las exposed " them to another defeat The Lawyers' Certificate Duty Bill has left theai in a minority of nineteen , and the poor Chancellor has postponed—ore almost say given np—his Stamps' Bill . What a Government for . " a nation of shopkeepers ! " Why do not some of Lord John ' s City friends send home a clever junior clerk , or two , to put matters to right in the Exchequer ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1572/page/5/
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