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^ riUa . brings out tfcTw - U ^ tfencei nr ^ an of instruct io , communic ation , and aerence / HS ^ iSSSbrcnce recommend to all the SStfon of the miner ' s labour ; in the meantime ' this Conference strongly recommend to all JJJb not to earn more than four shillings per day , ana even to keep as much , under that sum as possible , so a 3 to suit their localities and convenier . ee , in order to bring tho mining trade into a healthy tate and afford employment to all . mf
S , Sth . —That the counties first to be flS' . caled aad organised bv the two general missionar . es . shad bo Yorkshire , Staffordshire , Derby , ant * . Jfottiagtam . and , if possible , -Warwickshire and F ohropsfaae . The missionaries to send in to -the general se » etary a fortnightly report of thoir proceedm ?? , and tha they deceive instructions from and greeted by . from , time to time , ^ J o ^ twtod * £ 3 > nrham dele « ite meeting . That -oae of the mis SoSs beViUiam Dwells , jg ^ * JJ chosen bv the Northumberland * ad Durham aeie it of
^ iffiVe petition o «*» Par-^ W ^^^ W ^ Z ^^^ TX aHke worded , but each county to pay the expenses of "ettins « P tneir own petitions . ibth . That this Conference agrees to petition Parliament , early nest session , to pass an Eight Bocbs Bill , for all boys and young men below eighteen years of age , so that proper time be available for education and instruction . 11 th . —That this Conference are of opinion that Lancashire , Staffordshire , Derbyshire , and other organised districts , should , in honour , allow some remuneration , by way of donation , for the extra labour of the two officers of t he general board .
Afternoon Sitting . 12 th . —That the wages of the missionaries be £ 1 2 a . per week . 13 th . —TU&t the missionaries over and above the proper and necessary travelling expenses be allowed one shUliug per day each , when breaking up new districts , Viz : —for the first two or three days in Buch new district ; and that they be allowed hand bills for calling meetings , but that no extra expenses be allowed without being brought before the Northumberland and Durham delegate meeting . 14 . —That the general officers be allowed to obtain tke necessary books , cards , rules , &c , for the proper transaction of the general business of the Miners' National Association , and also to get landbills printed and forwarded to the missionaries .
loth . —That in consequence of the continued frequency and extensive Ios 3 of life by colliery casualties , that a memorial be forwarded to Sir George Grey , Secretary of State for the Home Department ; -., urging the speedy appsintment of Inspectors , SB proposed by the Miners" Inspection BUI . 16 th . —That the next Conference be held at Hanley , Staffordshire Potteries , on the first Monday in February , 1 S 51 ; due notice to be given of the place Of meeting . 17 th . — That each county or district arc hereby recommended to examine Tremenhere ' s Reports , and that they forward proofs of the fallacies of such Reports to the next Conference , with a view to represent the same in a petition to the legislature .
Friday Morning , October ISrt . The Conference met this mornins at the appointed hour , and proceeded to discuss and draw out the memorial to Sir George Grey , drawing his attention to the necessity of carrying out the Miners' Inspection Bill , and also the address to the
. It was then resolved : — 18 th . — ' That we recommend to the miners of 2 forthumberJand and Durham to consider the attendance . of Thomas Weatherley and Martin Jude , relative to their expense in attending the Conference . 19 th . —That the admission fee , for members in all unorganised counties be sixpence each , including a card and a copy of the rules , the same to be forwarded to the general board . 20 th . —That members be admitted , in partially organised counties , for one penny each , including a card of membership and a copy of the rules ; but the county board may charge the sixpence to their members , being responsible to the general fund for one penny thereof . ADDRESS .
Ffelow-Mej , —In presenting to the miners of Great Br *" tain the foregoing rules and laws for the general guidance of those ivh » may become members of this great national organisation ,-we are also desirous to enlist the attention of the great body of miners to the necessity of entering such association , and becoming members thereof without further delay ^ Brethren , let us implore you to take advantage of the present opportunity to accomplish this great oljject and thereby dsstrov the monstrous system of competition , which , if not grappled with at present , will most assuredly crush the few remaining pririleges enjoyed by you . Looi at the fatile efforts of local and partial attempts to feeepupthecineri' wages ; andnitness also the vast expense iu forming , or getting up , and continuing a mere local union , which , in the majority of instances , have gone doira , and thus lost all the advantages which have been obtained . -
Fellow-men , < he whole of the different trades and bodies of men are oa the move to improre then- condition , and great numbers have expressed themselves favourable to a General Trades' Union , embracing all the several trades . If , then , such organisation would seem to be of utility , why sot you have a general association , as comprehensive as the great boay of miners ? Rally then round the standard of the Miners ' Association , and prove yourselves worthy of the same of men and of Christians , who will not forget that they are responsible for the welfare and comfort of their children , and willing to make an effort to leave the world better than they found it . "William Daxieixs , Chairman . MiKin ? Jude , Secretary to the Miners' Conference .
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with him , " meaning the proved reduction of one penny per quarter . i . c , ita ' ^ 4 < s . gd . to 3 s . 8 d . The county delegate Meeting was adjourned jmtil Monday next , 28 th { ^ st < f to the Fleece Inn , Bradshawgate , Bolton . - __ # At ffigan , ? \ 0 l ^ Us been formed at Mr . Bnndies Conc < r , Room , and twenty members entered 1 Ct tFTO ^ This district , which has always been fr e « eat curse of Lancashire , baa now made a movement Two lodges have been opened , one at the Windmill , the other at the Spindle Point : and nearly 200 have already enrolled themselves as members of the union . Radcuffe and Baxktop ( Bury Di&lrict ) .-I have lately held a good meeting of the men of this district in the Primitive Methodist meeting rooms .
Mr . Greyson , also , held a meetihg on Wednesday last at the Swan with Two Necks , Radcllflfe . In addition to the strike at Edg e-lane , there is one at the Dean Colliery , which commenced on the same day as that at Edge-lane , i . e ,, April 11 one at Cockneymoor , of fifteen weeks' duration aho , Caption Fold Colliery , at Hey wood , which has lasted about seven weeks . The Dunk Colliery is just worked out , and the men are out of work ; and there is also a small colliery near to Edge-lane , where the owner has failed ; consequently , they are paying them to ; all those men must be supported somehow or other , or else starvation will compel them to go to work at the masters' terms . Yours , &c , D . Swallow .
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r : another , the father of the poor , with a spade chained to his arm : but he did give a title to tho lani in these words : — " lie that will not work , neither shall he eat ; " and by that title I claim the land for every working man , and by that title am determined to obtain it . ( Immense cheering . ) I believe that those who make clothing have the first right to be clothed ; those who build houses the first right to bo sheltered ; those who create profits the first to the profit ; those who support government the first right to appoint the governors . ( Loud applause . ) I believe all this , and that the Charter would enable us to obtain it . Now , then , if you believe this toe , and are determined to obtain your share of the wealth that you create , every man who
is resolved to have the Charter , by any and every means that eireumstances may render just , hold up bis hand—but let no man do so who is not determined to abide by his oath , for he would be a liar to himself , and a traitor to his brother . ( Every hand in the meeting—a perfect forest—was here raised , amid long-COntinued and enthusiastic cheering . ) Now tell that to the old women who wani to frighten us . I am happy to find the mayor of Manchester and the constabulary are present . As for you ( addressing the mayor ) I know nothing of you , but 1 hope you will go from this meeting a better man than you came to it . I also see tho gentleman who arrested me ; now , sir , my quarrel is not with the myrmidons of tho law—my quarrel is not with
you , but with your masters . You may tell them , that I went into your prison a Chartist , but that I have come out of it a Republican . ( Loud cheers . ) You may tell them , in the speech for which you arrested me I spoke of a green flag waving over Downing-street . I have changed my colour since then—it shall be a red one now . ( Tremendous applause . ) You may tell them that I do believe the ship is in existence which shall bring back Frost , Williams , and Jones , : and their associates , and may , perhaps , bear Russell , Grey , and Wood , to take their place . ( Continued cheering . ) And now for you , working men ! Your fate is in your own hands . We can do no more than show you the good resulting from one course—the evil
following on another . It is for you to choose . When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt , ere he reached the borders of that promised land , whioh he was not allowed to enter , he divided the tribes into two multitudes—the one on Mount Ebal , the other on Mount Gerizim ; the one the hill of curses , the other the hill of blessings ; and then he propounded to them the blessing and the curse . lie told them , if they would walk in the way of their God , and not bow to the idols in tho high places , they should possess the promised land—they should sit under the shadow of their own vine-tree , and none should dare to make them afraid—they should be a people free , great , and prosperous for ever ! But . if they neglected the warning , they should
never possess the land ; they should plant and sow , but should not reap ; they should be stricken with poverty and disease ; they should be sold for slaves , yet none should pay the price ; and they should be the bye-word among the nations of the world . Thus do I , one of the humblest of your advocates , propound to you , too , the blessing and the curse . I say , if you walk in the way of your . God—not the god of the priest , but the Great God of Humanity , whose religion is democracy , and " whose service is perfect freedom" —you shall enter into that promised land , of which seventy-seven million acres lie around you ; you shall sit under the shadow of your own vine tree , and none shall dare to make you afraid ; you shall break the rod of the Pharoahs , and snap the rod of the Ammonites , and be free , great , and prosperous for ever . : But if you neglect the warning and still bow to Baal , Mammon , and Moloch , whose palaces are now rising
around me ; you shall never own thejland of your inheritance ; you shall plant the vineyard , but another shall gather the grapes—as it is now ; you shall sow the grain , but another shall reap the harvest—as it is now ; you shall be stricken with poverty and disease—as you are now ; " women and babes Shall be your rulers "—as they are now ; ' you shall be sold as slaves" yet " none shall pay the price" of your labour—as it is now ; your wives and children shall peri 3 h before your eyes ; you shall live as miserable serfs , and be buried in a pauper grave ! This is the blessing and the curse ; now choose . ( Enthusiastic applause . ) Once more I call upon you : come out of political Egypt into social Canaan ! Once moro 1 ask you , shall we halt on Pisgah for ever , when God has spread Canaan at our feet—when the Franchise is our Jordan , and the Charteir is our Ark ? Men of the rights withheld ,
Men of the power abused , Machines cast to neglect When your freshness has been used . ' Men of the stalwart arm , Men of the honest heart , You Pariahs of the west , Arise ! and claim your part ! Mr . Jones resumed his seat amidst deafening cheers , and after the customary votes of thanks , aBd three cheers for Ernest Jone 3 and three for the Charter , that made the neighbouring church ring again , this important meeting separated in the most perfect order .
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WEST RIDISG DELEGATE MEETING . A West Riding Delegate meeting was held at Hartley's Temperance Hotel , Manchester-road , Bradford , on Sunday last , for the purpose of taking into consideration tho propriety of the proposed Manchester Conference , the proposed union with the Fraternal Democrats , tho Social Reform League , and the National Reform League , and other business connected with the Association . Delegates were present from Bradford , Halifax , Bingley , Warley . Birstal , Huddersfield , Ilanley , and Holmfir ' D . Lawson , of Lower Warley , was called to the chair .
The following resolutions were carried unanimously : — That U . Hincbliffe and W . Murphy audit the accounts . That a levy of Is . 6 d . be made on each locality represented at this meeting . That Christopher Shackleton he secretary fortUe nest twelve months . That Richard Gee he treasurer . Moved by C , Shackletion , and seconded by W . Mukphy : — That considering the present disorganised and apathetic state of tho Chartist body , and consequently the low state of its funds , we think it highly imprudent and impolitic to attempt to hold a Conference at the . present time inasmuch as it is not likely that it could bo attended
bv but few localities around Manchester , and consequently could not be considered a fair representation ot the Chartist body . And being , as we are , opposed to a government of unauthorised and irresponsible dictation , we consider that when it shall be found necessary and prudent to hold a Conference , that the Executive , being the proper head of the Chartist body , are the only parties by whom , and through whom , it ought to be called . And seeing likewise , that the Yorkshire and Lancashire Delegate Meeting , lately held at Hebden-bridge , sanctioned the election of the prcsentExccutive , we consider that it would be a stultification of the decision of that meeting , for the places represented therein to act under the dictation of any other party , until they shall have either resijne d the trust reposed in them , or shall have been deposed by the general consent of the Chartist body .
Moved by W . Cockroit , and seconded by W . Awcraa : — - That we aro in favour of an union with the Fraternal Democrat ' , the Sacial Reform League , and the National Reform League , providing that the Charter be considered aB the means , and Social Reform as the end . Moved by W , J . SccKs « iXH , | and seconded b y W . Cockkofx : — That we discountenance any agitation hating for its object a less measure of justice than that contained in the People ' s Charter . Moved by U . Hikchuffe , and seconded by TV . F . Sucksiiitii : — That each locality he wgently requested to use its utmost endeavours to raise what money it can towards the aid of the Hungarian and Polish refugees . Moved by H . Brasewell , and seconded by W . Cocrbofi : —
That as soon as the circumstances of the case will admit , a contingent fund shall be raised for the purposes of defending the prisoners , and maintaining their families during times of political persecution . A letter was received from Mr . Ernest Jones which Mr . Murphy moved " should be sent , along with the report of the meeting , for insertion in the Star and Reynolds ' a Weekly Newspaper . ' The motion being seconded by Mr . Cockroft , was agreed to unanimously . The following is a copy of the said letter : — " TO TBB CHAIRMAN OF THE WEST RIDING DELEOATE
MEETING . "JTodmorden , 18 th of October "Mi Dbak Sib , —I find , by advertisement in the Northern Star of the 12 th instant , that it is the intention of the West Riding to hold a delegate meeting on Sunday next , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of holding a national Conference in Manchester , foe the organisation of the Chartist movement . " I trust I shall not be accused of presumption if I venture to offer a few observations on the subject , and request you to communicate them to the proposed delegate meeting . " With the proposal of holding a Convention or Conference , I entirely coincide , but las fully disagree as to the expediency of holding it at the present time .
" It is necessary that such a Conference should be a full and fair representation of the national mind and , therefore , that the country should be fairly represented therein . This , at the present time is a perfect impossibility ; for few localities are at present in a sufficient Btate of organisation to enable them to elect and send a representative . A Conference like the one proposed is a heavy expense to the country-and , unhappily , most localities are unable to raise sufficient funds to Bupport their local organisation , much less will they bo able to Support th ? ffspenge of sending a dejegate , fad
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bearing thoir quota in the outlay which such * Oonplaces which returned 'delegates to the Convention and Assembly of 1843 , have no political existence a 8 SSS 558 * association . HeUher « m « j * «»* Seat ! 3 delegates to the Conference ; and , » s » is ^ support of the intended measure . ^ ^ " ° . brisk—the public mind is not yet sufficiently pre S-pubEc attention is not yet sufficiently formed ^ TL resuirr £ iS % ho Conference prematurely on the country , would be that not one p lace S ter ^ woul dI send a ctelogate-those lying at a distance from -Manchester could not meet the expense S Should have a . so-called national . repwsenonswt
hive sitting which would , in reality c ««« . » a few delegates from Manchester and some « urfundin g towns . We havo already experienced the evil confequence of local representation assuming tA pp n reflex Of the national mind-do not let ua £ ' omS a similar error . The holding of the Conference is a great and important measure in the present state of our movement , it is imperative that it should bo called on a basis sufficiently large , and conducted in a manner effective enough to secure the adhesion of the entire Chartist body—otherwise vou run danger of making it a mere party affair , and thus widening the breaches which already exist in our movement . ,,.,,,, ,. , " If , however , on the other hand , the meeting of the Conference is postponed for a few months—say , till May or June—you will command adhesion and advantages which ft is now impossible to secure .
« The interval must be employed in organisation , in recruiting the defunct localities , in reawakening the public mind , —and another thing requires especially to be taken into consideration : the ensuing Session of Parliament will doubtless be one of great importance , party spirit will nrobabJy run higher than it has done for a long time—exciting topics must inevitably lie brought before the country—we ought to wait , so that we may take advantage of this , in order that we may be enabled to guide the pubiic mind at so critical a conjuncture . " At that time , above all others , it would be
necessary for a Conference to assemble : Not at the opening of the Session , or , indeed , as at present proposed , actually a month before its opening—but when the hollowness of party promises , and the treachery of Whig statesmen shall have roused the indignation of the people—and when it is requisite for the people effectually and authoritatively to protest against the delusive measures of their rulers , and for democracy to assume that proud , prominent , and decisive position , which a full and fair representation of the national mind through tho means of a Convention , can alone enable it to do .
" At present , r Conference could only bo a partial and ineffective'representative of the people , as such it would not be considered as binding on the majority , and it would possibly be more injurious than beneficial to tne movement . " I . am emboldened . to offer these remarks , as they are fo unded on the experience of my present tour . I have now visited most of the principal towns of England and Scotland , and plainly perceive that they are not in a position to support a National Conference , nor sufficiently aroused yet to act on the suggestion of holding one ; on the other hand , the democratic spirits reawakening ; the promise of a glorious movement is apparent on every side , but it
must not be prematurely forced into action . It must have time to develope itself under a good system of agitation for a few months . The means for this agitation are abroad , an Executive exists , several lecturers are in the field . Democratic literature is more abundant than ever , organisation is proceeding , several new localities are forming . Wait , and work , not only to hold a Convention worthy of being called National , but to do that which cannot now be done , namely , to back it by the power of public opinion from without . " Believe me to be , my dear sir , " Yours faithfully , " Ernest Joxes . "
All communications for tho West Riding secretary must in future be addressed to Christopher Shackleton , Queenshead , near Halifax .
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THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE . TO F , O ' CONXOB , ESQ ., M . P . Deau Sir , — Seeing from the Star of Saturday last , that it is your wish that all localities in favour of the holding a Conference "would send a note to that effect , I write to inform you that the Chartists of Hull entirely approve of the Conference , thinking it the most effectual way of arousing the country from its present drowsy state , and of giving an impetus to the cause of Chartism . Yours fraternally , J . Colemax , secretary .
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SoMEits Tow Locality , — Bricklayer's Arms , Tonbridge- street , Messrs . Wheeler and Bezer attended hero oa Sunday evening last . Some local business was transacted , and a collection made towards defraying the expenses of the suit commenced by their brethren in Greenwich . Washington Locality , King and Queen , Foley-street . —At the meeting on Sunday evening , on the motion of Mr . Isaac "Wilson , seconded by Mr . Shell , the following resolution was passed : — " That this meeting disagrees with the policy of Mr . O'Connor , in calling a Conference at Manchester , as the Democratic body in London are engaged in laying the foundation for a thorough union of the People . " The motion was supported by Mr . Fnssell , and carried by a large majority /
Sailors' Homes , —The first sailors' home , under the recent Mercantile Marine Act , is to bo established , it is understood , at Plymouth . The 43 rd section of the act ( 13 th and Mth Victoria , cap . 03 ) states that it is expedient to encourage sailors ' homes in the seaports of tho United Kingdom . The Board of Trade , or a local marine board , appointing any person to be a superintendent or shipping master , connected with a sailors' home , may authorize the whole or- any portion of the fees paid at
any such office to bo appropriated for the use of such home . The Board of Trade in the port of London may appoint any superintendent of any sailors' home , or any other person connected therewith , to bo a shipping master , with such clerks and servants as may bo necessary , and all shipping masters , deputies , clerks , and servants so appointed , and all shipping offices so constituted in the port of London , are to bo subject to the immediate control of the Board of Trade , and not to the local marine board of the port .
Explosion of Fire-Damp , —Early on the morning of Tuesday , as the men at the " Trough" colliery , near the Nine Locks works , Brieiiey-hill , were about to commence work , an explosion of gas took place , by which fivo men , named Joseph Attwood , Benjamin Shaw , Joseph Webb , Uriah Capewell , and Joseph Shakspere , wero moro or less burnt , though not dangerously . Tho accident occurred through the carelessness of tho latter person , he having very inconsiderately taken a lighted candle into that portion of the ptt ( a gate road ) , where the gas had generated , without first using the safety lamp . —Worcestershire Ch , ronicle > The panorama of Paris , which has been so attract tive at the Colosseum , is about to be removed and replaced by another picture by Messrs . Danson and Sons , which is now in a state of great forwardness .
The Koh-i-noor diamond , or Mountain o Light , will , it is said , bo placed among the collee-Uoh of minerals at tho Exhibition in Hyde-park , next year . A pook womaD , residing near Newcastle-upon-Tyne , was so much affected last week by the sudden appearance of her son , whom she had not seen for ome time , that she died instantly . Drumlakrio Tuk-nel Completed . —This great undertaking was completed last week , when it was several ies several iuukb
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From ili $ Gazette of Friday , October 18 , BANKRUPTS . William Piggott , of Great Eyersdcn , Cambridge , general shopkeeper—Benjamin Tebbitt , of Ventnor , . Southampton , draper—Jonas Clarke , of Soham , Cambridgeshire , dealer in flour—William I'prd , of Holborn , haberdasher—Charles Jones , of Llanfjllin , Montgomeryshire , grocer—Jamea Fielding , of Manchester , provision dealer .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . David M'Grigor , of Aberdona Mains , farmer—Donald Macdougall , of Port Ellen , Islay , innkeeper—James Mom eon , of Perth , grain dealer-James Clark , of Glasgow , rail , way furnishing contractor—Jnrnes BInclr , cf Glasgow , inspector of weights and measures . . From the Gazette of Tuesday , ' October 22 t 7 i BANKRUPTS . Edward Armytage , Clifton-bridge , near Halifax , and Colne bridge , , near Huddcralield , cotton Bpinner-ljohn Tngs , Henley-in-Arden , Wnrmckshire , surgeon-Frederick and George la Mark , Wator-lane , Tower-street , ship brokers-James M'Monmes , Liverpool , corn merchant-James StevensTnpp , Lombard-street chambers , Clement ' slane . dealer fa railway shares .
SCOTCH SE QUESTRATIONS , J . W . Hedderwick , Glasgow , distiller—It . r / rie , Paisley jpajatwW , Bfr nje , Dimfoe ,. manufacturer , ' * ww ''
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The October session of the above court ( tne last of the present mayoralty ) corflin ? nced . c-n Monday , with the usual formalities ., ' ; . ¦ ' VV ~ . £ Q :, "\' \ Robbery by . a WAREHOUfiEMAif . ' -rPaul , ! razer , 33 warehouseman , was' indicted for stealing .. a quantity of woollen cloth , called doeBkin , the property of Thomas M'Gregor . —The prosecutor , in this case is a warehouseman , carrying on business in Cheapside , and it appeared that the prisoner had come into his service with very good testimonials aB to character , and he was employed in a responsible capacity . It appeared that on the 3 rd of September in consequence of something that transpired , Mr . M'Gregor sent for the prisoner into the countine-house , and , upon his turning out his pockets at
his request , three letters addresseu to the prosecutor and two other persons in his service were found in hi 3 possession . These letters the prisoner had improperly detained , and upon this occasion tho prosecutor discharged him from his service . At this time * it would , seem , Mr . M'Gregor was not aware that he had been robbed , but upon the prisoner writing to him a short time afterwards , and requesting that a desk which belonged to him should be delivered up , the desk in question was searched , and a number of pawnbrokers' duplicates , referring to various descriptions of property dealt in by the prosecutor , were discovered . Among the duplicates was one for ? the piece of doeskin which formed the subject of the present inquiry ,
and the prosecutor swore positively to the fact of it having formerly been among his stock . The pawnbroker ' s shopman , however , was unable to identify the prisoner as the person who pawned it . —The jurv , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . The prisoner was then charged upon another indictment with stealing a scarf , a table cover , and a piece of waistcoating , the property of the . same prosecutor . —Tho facts of this case were precisely the same as the last , with the exception that the shopman of the pawnbroker with whom the table cover had been pledged expressed a belief thatthe prisoner was the person who pledged it . —The jury , after deliberating for some time in the box , said they wished to retire . They were absent half-anhour , and they then returned into court , and again save a verdict of Not Guilty .
Tub Charge of ALiNSLAUGniER agaisst a Policeman . — Just before the rising of the Court the grand jury brought in a bill against Nathaniel Baton fiushell , a police-sergeant , which they returned " not found . " Misdemeanour . —Charles Nicholls , 34 , traveller , a respectable-looking man , was indicted for a misdemeanour . —The facts of this case wero somewhat singular . The prisoner had gone into the house of Mr . Jones , of the Adam and Eve , Jewin-street , and presenting the card of a highly respectable wine and beer merchant ' s in the city , solicited an order for the firm , He then called for some gin , and tendered a bad shilling in payment . This was given back to him , and he then gave another from his purse , which was also bad ; it was detected by tho landlord , and handed back to the prisoner , who ultimately left the house . Information was given to a ' police constable , who followed the prisoner , and from what lie saw of his movements , deemed it his
duty to take him into custody , which he did ,. and took him back " to tho prosecutor ' s house , when , upon reaching the door , prisoner put his hand into his pocket and then to his mouth . The officer seized him by the throat , and succeeded in dislodging the two counterfeit shillings which he was about swallowing . He was then locked up , and upon inquiry , being made at the firm he purported to represent , ' it turned out that he wi » s not known to them beyond having obtained some of their cards and asked if they would supply any orders he might have to give . —The Jury found him Guilty . — The prisoner , who had been before tried and convicted at this court , was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment . .
XJiteriso Base Coijj . —Michael TJllmer , 52 , weaver , and Charles Hooper , 18 , carpenter , wero indicted for uttering counterfeit coin . —From the evidence it appeared that on the Oth of October the prisoners drove down to Uxbridge in a horse and cart , and visited a number of shops , passing in each instance a bad shilling , being detected before they got away . They got possession of some by returning good money for them . One of the parties was then seen to bury the money in a bag , upon which information was given to the police , and the prisoners being taken search was made for the bag , which was found , and in it above thirty bad shillings , and some bad coin on TJllmer , and also between £ 3 and £± good money , some of the coin
they had passed and got back was found in the bag . In the cart was found a quantity of penny loaves and small pieces of cheese , and other small articles , which they had purchased . —The prisoners , who are from the neighourhood of Bethnal-green , upon coming into the dock , were recognised by a large party in the gallery . They were both convicted , and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . Hobbixg an Employee . —Paul Frazer , who was acquitted upon two indictments charging him with robbing his master , i \ Ii > . M'Gregor , a warehouseman , in Cheapside , was again arraigned upon a third charge of tho same character . The jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of GuiltV . —Mr . Huddlestone said he was requested to state ,
for the information of tho court , that in addition to the cases against the prisoner , which had alread y been disposed of , thero was very good ground for believing that he had committed other depredations upon Mr . M'Gregor , to a very considerable extent . —The Recorder then sentenced him to be transported for seven years . : ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦ . •' . Bukglart . —Henry Hyams , a Jew , aged 40 , described as a dealer , was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of Louis Nathan , and stealing a silver butter knife , his property . In another count the prisoner was charged with receiving the article in question , knowing it to have been stolen . The prosecutor deposed that he was a merchant and resided at So . 10 , Finsbury Circus . On the niofht
of tho 23 rd of September the family went to rest about twelve o ' clock , and the next morning , at half past six o ' clock , upon his going down stairs he found the house in confusion , and his servants informed him that the premises had been entered during the night by the back area window , and he ascertained upon further investigation that a considerable quantity of plate , which he valued at JESO , had been stolen . Among the articles so taken was a silver butter knife , ar . d lie identified the one now produced as that which had been stolen on the night in question . —George . Trev , one of the City of London detective police force , deposed that on the evening of the 29 th of September , while he was sitting at . tea in his own house in Monkwell-street ,
City , he saw the prisoner pass his window , and knowing him , he resolved upon following him . The prisoner proceeded to Shoe-Jane , where lie stopped a short time at the corner ; he then went on to Holborn , and after that to a public house in Kingstreet , Drury-lane , where he remained for twenty minutes . He then again went into Holborn , where witness stopped him and asked him where he had been , and he said he had been for a walk . Witness told him he suspected that he had stolen property about him , and he should wish to search him . The prisoner said he had nothing about him but a purse and a few shillings , and he expressed hia readiness to be searched , and witness took him into a public house , and after examining his person he found the silver butter knife which he now produced in his breast coat pocket . He then told the prisoner that ho should take him into custody for havinir the
Dutter unite m his possession , and he replied , " Oh , don't . " And he at the same moment put his hand into his trousers pocket , and when he pulled it out witness laid hold of him and found a £ 5 note in his hand . The prisoner then said to him , " Take that , it is as square as a guinea , and let me go . " Upon this he took the prisoner into custody , and locked him up in the Smithfield station house .-The iury found the prisoner Guilty of feloniously receiving the butter knife , knowing it to have been stolen ,-In answer to a question put by the learned judge the officer said he was not aware of the prisoner having ever been convicted before , and the reason ho was induced to follow him upon the occasion in question was , that he had repeatedly seen him in company with notoriously bad characters . —The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelvemonths . y
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VMBMOBMi Murderous Assault . —A most horrible assault was committed on Thursday evening i P on Mr BnSn 2 »' t S ° K rd Of , ? ^ en-sqSare ' ravorn Burton street , Bath , and also upon his wife , by a W " ^ SW ? Wallis- Ifc appears that for the house , and on the evening in question he was met by Mr . Upplestone coming down stairs with his portmanteau , who suspecting that he was about to quit the house detainod him , and insisted that he should not leave until ho had paid his bill . An altercation ensued , when Wallis struck the landlord a blow on the head with his walking-stick , and then drawing a razor from his pocket commenced a
savage and most , desperate onslaught upon him , cutting him dreadfully on the head and face . The cries of the wounded man brought his wife to his assistance , when Wallia attacked her also , inflicting a cut about an inch and a half long on her forehead a deep gash under tho left eye , and another on the forefinger of her left hand ; ne then left the housebut was soon afterwards , arrested . Mr Copples ' tone was taken to tho hospital , where , in addition ; o numerous wounds , in was discovered that one nf his thumbs wasi nearly cut off . The wounds , however , are not likely to prove fatal . ¦ It is stated in tiieMbUn University MaaaHnt ih » t the Roman Catholic Primate , Dr cZ u dined to take the Oath of Allegiance to « L < f d * SS- ^ mSS
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Tho following appeared in our third edition of last week ;— ¦ . ;¦ ¦ * ; * THE . FRIMLEY MURDER , - BXAMCTATION . , ,. OF THE PRISONERS . ''' 6 &M » piv ,.. Pbidat . — Levi Harwood , Jameg Jones , Samuel Havwood , and Hiram Sminh , were brought up for re-cxamination this day . So litfla suspicion had three of them of the fact of the fourth having confessed , that one of the former , Jones during a temporary adjournment of the proceedings , actually joked with a bystander on the subject of his confinement in the gaol . The evidence of tb . 9 witnesses did not differ from that already given . ' Superintendent Hoilinoion said , by the desire of Tho following amieared in our third ndiM * ,,
Smith I had an interview with him on Sunday last . —f Levi Harwood here directed a piercing glance towards Smith , who kept hia eyes fixed upon tha ground , and " appeared anxious to avoid observation , ]—Mr , Hollington : Smith asked to see one of the reward bills . As I had not got one with me , Mr . Keene produced the "Hueand Cry . " I afterwards sent for a bill , which the prisoner read himself . After doing so he asked mo to explain the meaning of tho word " accomplice , " and what was meant by a free pardon for any person who did not actually fire the shot ? I told him he must use his own judgment as to what it meant . He asked me whether the terms of the bill would be acted up to > if he was to " peach ? " Mr . Keene and myself
both told him that he had got the bill before him , and he must use his own judgment . He then said he knew it was plain enough in the bill , and he had made up his mind to make a statement . Levi Harwood and the other prisoners exhibited much uneasiness at this juncture , and looked fiercely towards Smith . Mb . Keene then handed in a written document , ' dictated to himself by Smith , which Mr . Makepeace read , as follows : —• ' On the 27 th of September last , being Friday night , myself with other persons bow in custody , named James Jones , Levi Harwood , and Samuel Harwood , were at Frimiey , and broke intoi Mr . Hollest's house by taking out a bar . I entered first , and Levi Harwood second . With a worm L ^ wi Harwood bored two holes in tho frame of the door
leading to the kitchen , and pushed back the bolt with his knife , and then myself , Jones , and Lovi Harwood went in and there looked about . Levi Harwood then opened a work-box , and took 2 s . from it . We then all three of us went into . tho sitting-room , and Levi Harwood and Jones searched while I held the candle , and there found a silvec hunting-watch and a small old-fashioned gold one . V 7 e then went into another room , and J don't know what was taken from there . They then went down into the pantry while I stood in the passage . It waa then about half-past two o ' clock . I then went out and fetched Samuel Harwood in . Three of us then went upstairs—myself , Jones , and Levi Harwood went into a bedroom and removed three ladiea * , dresses—two out of the drawers and one from tha
bedstead . There was no one sleeping in that room . We then came down stairs and put on the masks . Myself and Jones put on the green ones which were produced last Saturday , and Levi Harwood put ot * a white one , and a white Guernsey over his waistcoat . Jones put on a large cloak which was hanging in the passage , and Iput on one likewise . The cloaka belonged to the house . We then all four of us went up stairs . Jones went first with a pistol in his right hand , Levi Harwood second , with a pistol in his right hand , which he loaded on the road to Frimiey . He loaded both pistols with marbles . Jones first , Levi Harwood second , and myself third , here entered Mr . Hollest ' s room , while Samuel Harwood stood at the door with a screw-driver in hia
hand . Levi Harwood then said ' Lay still , my good woman , or else I will blow your brains out , * He was standing at the foot of the bed at this time . Mrs . Holiest instantly got from her bed , and Jonea being on her side of the bed , Levi Harwood at tha foot of the bed , and myself against Mr . Hollest ' s side of the bed , when Mrs . Holiest got out of bed , Jones took hold of her and thurst her up in tha corner of the room on her own side of the bed . Mr . Holiest jumped out of bed and went to take hold of Levi Harwood , when he ( Levi Harwood ) immediately fired the pistol at Mr . Holiest , and I took the gold watch from off the stand in the room , and we all four then ran down stairs . We were in the room for about five minutes . Jones and
Samuel Harwood then started for Guildford . After we had walked _ together across the common about five miles Levi Harwood and myself then parted from them , and we went to Kingston together . There I left him to go to London , he having tha things with him that had been taken from Mr . Hollest ' s , and I returned to Guildford . We arranged on the Tuesday previous to commit tho robbery . On the Friday evening Samuel Harwood and Levi Harwood went first , and myself and Jones mot them on the top of the hill , about two milea from Frimiey . It was then about nine o ' clock , and ! there the pistols were loaded by Levi Ilarwood . We all four went on to the canal bridge and thera
parted . Levi Harwood and Jones went first , and myself and Samuel Harwood followed them ia about five minutes , and joined them on the green near Mr . Hollest's house . " ' When the confession had been read , Levi Har wood , in - a half-stifled voice , exclaimed , " It ' s all false—what he ' s said is all false . " —The prisoner Smith inquired , " Am I to be locked up again , sir I " Tho Chairman . —Yes , certainly . Tne statement you have made is at present strong evidence against yourself . This reply appeared to take Smith by surprise . The Chairman then announced that the proceedings would be formally adjourned until Saturday next .
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CORN . Mahk-lane , Wednesday , Oct . 123 . —Our supply of English wheat was short this morning , and the stands were cleared by the millers at fully last Monday ' s prices . We have again to report a good arrival ot foreign wheat , princi . pally from the Baltic ; the sale was in retail and without auy change in price , though fine samples met with rather more inquiry . For the best flour there was a better demand , fine malting barley sold in some instances dearer , but distilling and grinding samples , having a large arrival of foreign , went off slowly at previous rates . Beans without alteration . Peas of all descriptions Is per qr . cheaper . During the past -week we have been well supplied with oats , chiefly from Riga and Archangel ; the holders -were firm in their demands , and the sales made were at last Monday's prices . We continue to have-fine weather for securing our crop of cloverseed .
-Richmond ( Yokkshike ) , October 13 . —We had a good sup . ply of wheat this morning , but only thin of other grain , and ail was cleared off , —Wheat sold from 4 s fid to Us 6 d ; oats Is 8 d to 3 s 4 d j oarley 3 s 3 d to 3 s 6 d : Deans 4 s Gil to 4 s 9 d per bushel .
BREAD . ¦ The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Gid to 7 Ad ; of household ditto , SJd to 04 d per libs ,
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DIED . On Wednesday last , Mr . Charles Turner , of Unionstreet , Somers Town , aged thirty-three years . He was for a long time Secretary to the Somers Town Branch of tha National Land Company . Ho was a highly intelligent and honest man , and has left a widow to lament his loss ,
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\ RUPTUKE 3 EFFECTUALLY AND PERMAXENTLX CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DE . BARKER'S REMEDY has been entirely successful in curing many thousands of cases of Single and Double Ruptures of every variety and lias long been recognised by the whole of the medical profession as the only remedy every discovered for this alarming complaint . All sufferers are earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . ' Barker a visit , as in every case he guarantees a cure by his peculiar mode of treatment . The remedy is equally applicable to male or female of any age , and is easy andpaiuless in use , causing no inconvenience or confine , ment , &c .
Sent post-free , on receipt of Gs . Gd ., by Post Office Order , Cash , or Postage Stamps , ; by Or . Alfred Babssb , JS , Livevpeol-street , King's-cross , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , morning , and 5 till 3 evening ; the 8 abbath excepted . Post-office orders to be made payable at the General Post Office . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses hnve been left behind by persons cured as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , whicb Dr . Babkeb will willingly giro to any requiring them after a trial of it . . ........ Dr . Babkeb wishes it to be distinctly unterstood , that his mode of treating Ruptures is known only by himself , and that Us remedy eau only be procured direct from the esta > blishment , as above . ADTHEfTIC TMT 1 JIOHIAL 8 .
In the five cases I wrote to you ahout , ^ the reme dy has perfectly succeeded ; send me another for a case of SerotaZ Hernia . '—John Armstrong , Navy Surgeon . < We have witnessed the cure of three cases of Rupture by Dr . Barker ' s treatment , which confirms the remarks W 8 made some time since on the utility of this discoTery tothose suffering from Hernia . ' —ifidictl Journal . . ' Sour remedy has cured my rupture after every tfiiflfi * else had failed . I have used violent exertions sines , bus there is no sign of its coming down . ' —Miss fi rmmonus , Bayswater . . A fair time has elapsed since I used your remedy , and moreover- I have been examined by a surgeou , wliO declares it is quite cured . —Mr . Potts , Bath . 'Ibeg to acknowledge the reealntoffour letters , and
thank you lor your kind attention . Your remedy has cured my rupt » re , ' -Mrs , Farron , Weburn , Many thanks for your remedy ; I bare thrown away my . truss , glad enough to get rid of the torture of it . '— G , Henrys , Chepstow . ' My rupture being twenty-eight years old , I really never expected so perfect a cure . ' -Mr , JBlured , grocer , LoDgthorpe , ' Mrs . Sims begs to inform Dr . Barker that his remedy has Been successful . '—tYiUesden . ' U is now ten months since 1 used your remedy for « £ ture , and lam glad to say I have gone threugk every « £ of exertion without the least re-appearanee ofit . ' —«/• * * tow , Mill-street . Bedford .
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In the parish of St . Amie , Westminster , at Ae ™ " $ » efflce , 16 , Great WindmUl-street , Ifeymarket , f a «§ ^ WeHtoinster . fcrtheProprietw . FBAReDSO'CWWOK Esq . M . P ., and puMisbeA by the said WuxUM R »« M * ¦ the offlee , in tu <> « sm . e street and . Ban 8 h , -S » tura » y October 2 Cth , l » 60 » ; /•
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THE LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MINERS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . - Sir " —At our last delegate meeting , held at the Queen ' s Arms , Bradford , near Manchester , amongst other resolutions , it was ordered , " That the lodge which bad not brought a penny extra should do so , towards paying the expenses of the Edge-lane miners ( near Oldham ) , for going into Shropshire to contradict tbe false statements of Mr . Evan ? , their master , who had posted placards through Shropshire , of which the following is a copy : —
EDGE LASE ASD DRY CLOCGdt COLLIERY . "Wanted , a number of colliers and waggoners , who will meet with employment and liberal -wages , by applying to Mr . Edward Evans , of Oldham , at the Pheasant Lin , Eroseley ; none need apply hut gsod and able-bodied men , as the wa ^ es given will be Iiberal , an 2 the work constant : As soon as the men on strike received notice of Mr . Evans ' s doings they sent off two men , with instructions to post a copy of the following placard by ihe side of his , vherever one could be found : —
TO THE SHROPSHIRE MIXERS . EDGE LAXE AXD DRY CXOUGII COLLIERIES . The coal miners , late in the employ of Mr . Evans , wish to present to the public a true statement of facts . They have been on strike now twenty-three weeks against a proposed redaction of more than fonr shillings in the pc-und , therefore they hope the miners of this county « U 1 not be led astray by the sophistry of Mr . Evans , of Oldham . Men ofBroseley , Ironlmdge , and the surrounding , vicinities , % ve hope and trust you win look to your own interest , and that of your families , and not go to Oldham to be made a tool of in the hands of Mr . Evans , to bring dona wages , rain , and destruction on your own trade . The MtvFui ; op Oldhht .
When the men arrived in Shropshire they found that Mr . Evans had engaged a number of men , and had drafted several off to Oldham the day previous . They succeeded in stopping others from coming to Oldham and in inducing those who arrived at Oldham to return home again . The master , on various occasions , has printed and posted placards TOtfe the view of inducing the public to withhold their support from the men . Some of his placards are above . three feet long , and two feet wide . The men , in self-defence , have been compelled to print equally as large also , incurring great expense out of their small allowance . Tbe strike has lasted above twenty-eight weeks , and there were nearly 300 men and boys , all of whom , with the exception of one , are standing as firm as tbey were oa the first day they turned out .
On account of this unparalleled lofig and expensive contest , I hope all the onion men of Lancashire and Cheshire , will pay the extra penny levied on th-m cheerfully . I also appeal to the miners of Durham and Northumberland , on behalf of those brave and patriotic men ; if they would only lay on a levy of one penny , or even a halfpemy per fortnight per member , it would be a great act of charity , and would assist the men materially in more ways than one .. I could wish the miners of the two counties to bear in mind , that no two counties in England sympathised with the miners of Durham and Northumberland more than the miners of those d ' siricis . and that they also subscribed to the utmost of their ability , to tbe strike fund of 1844 .
To the miners of Nottingham and Derbreirire , —I Lope that you will take this case into your consideration , as they stand in great need of a little support at the present critical-moment . I do not exfect thatthe strike will last many fortnights longer , as Mr . Evans has sent several times of late to make an agreement with one portion of tbe men . He is very anxious to agree with the Bent ( tbin ) mine men ; but to the Ritey mine men be says , " he will have the shilling of them whenever he does agree
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» i GREAT OPEN AIR MEETING IN MANCHESTER .
The firet open-air meeting that has been held in Manchester since 1848 took place on Sunday last , the 20 lh instant , in the Campfield ; and , though the bills announcing the meeting had been systematically torn down , and every obstruction thrown in the way , an immense conconrse of people had assembled by two o clock , at which period Mr . John Knight was called to the chair . The Mayor of Manchester , Captain Willis , the chief of the police , Mr . Beswick , and all the principal officials of the constabulary were on the ground . The appearance of Mr . Ernest Jones was hailed with loudcheera . . _
Mr . Ciabke Ckoppe opened the proceedings by a neat and argumentative speech , impressing on his audience the necessity of making a manful push in order to return Mr . Roberts to the Town-Council , and stating , if they chose they might as easily have a Chartist Mayor as a "Whig or Tory one . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . J . Joseph Mastle followed , energetically impressing the necessity of organisation , and pointing to the fearful destitution existing in the country , and to the folly of the people permitting the luxury of the rich at the expense of the poor . Mr . Lindsey , in dwelling on the necessity of Union , said , he was one of those who thonght that something more than the Charter was wanted . He thought we ought to direct our attention to co-operation ; it was what we must come to when we had obtained political
power . ( Hear , hear . jf Mr . Ekxest Jones then rose , and when the cheering bad subsided , said : Mr . Chairman , and men of Manchester ! From 18 , 000 pulp its 18 , 000 parsons are this day preaching the gospel of the rich : I stand here to preach the gospel of the poor . Surrounded by the Temples of Mammon , I stand here to preach the democracy of Christ—for ChriBt was the first Chartist , and democracy is the gospel carried into practice . ( Loud cheers . ) I appeal to the great Grod of humanity—in that building they are appealing to the Godof gold . Christ opened eyes born blind—our parsons blind those whom
God endowed with sight , that they may drag them through the mire of social misery , and plunge them deeper while they say theirprayers . Christ fed the hungry in the wilderness—they make a wilderness where God gave bread . Simon Magnus was reproved for trying to purchase the spirit from an apostle—they purchase it every day from a common auctioneer . The apostles received their call from the Holy Ghost—our parsons receive . it from a city aldermen or country squire . Then , I say , that this Ib the holier congregation , and that the Chartist parson is the better Christian of the two . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I feel , too , that I am addressinsr a nobler audience than that now assembled
within the walla of that church . I am addressing those whom Wolfe Tone called the most honourable order of society—the men of no property . Listen you penniless thousands ! Every brick iu those factories has been placed by the hand of labour ; every stone in those pavements has been laid by the arm of toil ; every machine in yonder mills , every carriage in these streets , every article in these shops , has been made by the working-man . By you every battle has been fought—by you every victory has been won—and now listen to your reward : within our towns lie 2 , 500 millions of wealth , —they belong to a few hundred inoneylords ; within our factories lie machine power equal to 800 million
hands—it belongs to a few thousand manufacturers ; around you lie seventy-seven million acres of landthey belong to 30 , 000 landlords ! twenty-eight millions of it are uncultivated—of what is cultivated , twenty-seven millions are wood and pasturage , deer forests and preserves , not to produce more food , but to prevent the little that is there from being eaten . ' This land , and all the wealth upon its surface , have been created by God and the working-man : by whom is ii enjoyed ? by the devil and the rich idler ! ( Loud cheers . ) And what i 3 your share ? The X ational Debt ! You , who owe nothing , but to whom every thing is owed , you have to pay twentysis millions per annum . Enormous juggle . Tho
Rational Debt is a government trick to attach the middle-classes by their purse-strings . They rule by gold and steel—the debt and the army . Gold to curb the middle-classes—and steel to crush the people . A nation cannot secure liberty as long as public credit and private solvency depend on the stability of government . The resources of the government should depend on the people—not those of the people on the government . ( Hear , hear . ) Government ? "What are mest of the governments of modern Europe ? Tho conspiracy of the few to blaspheme their God , and murder their fellow-men . The people , like the high-mettled racer , run for ' the prize on the great course
of competition : they win the race—but who gets the guerdon ? The horse that won it ! the jockey who rides it ! the golden cup for the rider , but the lash for the sweating steed . ( Cheers . ) Well , then , we have learned to kick , and . we shan't breathe free till we have thrown the rider . ( Loud cheers . ) We have not been the advocates of anarchy : we have merely said that nations were not made for governments , but governments for nations . We did not try to subvert the Queen , —we tried to take out some of the dimmed jewels of the crowndimmed with blood and tears , and to replace them with the bright ones of freedom and content—but , if she wont wear them then . ( Prolonged cheering . )
We have not tried to destroy property but to make the robber disgorge his plunder . The nation is the great landlord : the aristocracy were its tenantry , who won leases from its ignorance , perpetuated them by fraud , violated them by force , and now hold them by your apathy and disunion . ( Hear , hear . ) Beyond these walls lie green fields that would give eleven acres of good land to every family in the United Kingdom ; place the surplus population on that land—emigrate from these factories to those cornfields—no one will deny that eleven acres will support a family in competence ; this would double your wages , factory-slaves ! for , what becomes scarce rises in price , if the demand continues ;
your hireable labour would become scarce , and therefore would rise in the same proportion , in which you changed tbe wages-slaves into the freehold farmers . ( Hear , hear . ) This would create home trade : for home trade depends upon the pockets of the working man ; this would banish poor rate , for there need not be a pauper , save tbe cripple , the infirm and the aged—and the home of their kindred would be the union they should find ; thi 3 wonld fill the till of the shopkeeper , and rekindle the heart of the toiler—this is what the Charter , and the Charter alone can achieve . ( Loud cheers . ) Some tell you that teetotalism will get you the Charter : the Charter don ' t lie at the botlom of a glass of water . Some tell you social coi operation will do it ; co-operation is at the mercy
of those who hold political power . ( Hear , hear . ) Then , what will do it ? Two years ago , and more , I went to prison for speaking three words . Those words were ; " organise—organise—organise . "And now , after two years , and more , of incarceration , I come forth again to raise that talismanic watchword of salvation—and this day again I say : " Organise ! organise ! organise . " ( Loud cheering . You cheer : it is well ! but that is not enough I will you act ? We ' ve had cheering enough—I want action now 1 Men of Manchester ! I will test you , I will recite to you a creed : —I believe that God gave the land to Adam and to bis children , as an inaentanee for ever . Mark ! not to the eldest son , nor to the eeeonaVbut t © all bis posterity alike . le did not create one Adam the progenitor of the ricb , witfi a title-deed eng » v « a on hm breast : and
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1597/page/8/
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