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THE IfOfiTHERB" STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1841.
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POOR LAW GUARDIANS.
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UNITED STATES . Th » Columbia steamer reached Liverpool ^ on Tuesday morning ; bringing papers from New York to the 1 st instant , from Boston to the 3 d , and from Halifax to the 4 th . The accounts from the United States are upon the whole less alarming than they have been- First , it is said that Mr . Clay will be specially deputed to the Court of St . James ' s , to attempt a settlement of the existing differences between the two
coun-Sacondly , if the Congress displays increased » ctiviiy in preparing for the national defence , it appears to be influenced perhaps nsore by & sense of the nnpreDAKd state of the country for any invasion , than by a " wish for actual hostilities at the present time The regular army of the United States amounts to 12 , 530 men , the militia to 1 , 503 , 592 ; . but the latter is in posse ratfeer than in csse . The nary comprises 68 ships of war , including those on the stocks ; 33 are in actual service—namely , 1 ship of the line , 5 frigates , 13 sloops , 4 bugs , 7 schooners , 3 coast-steamers , and 1 store-ship . Two steamfrigates are building at Brooklyn and Philadelphia . General Harrison ' s inaugural address is expected to be pacific . It ¦ will discourage Abolitionism . An extra session of Congress is expected to be conyaned for May .
There has been , we are sorry to observe , another j angry correspondence between Mr . Forsyte , the j Foreign Secretary , and Mr . Fox , the Britisa Minis- ; ter , respecting Jdr . M'Leod ' s arrest , and other ! matters in dispute . Mr . M'Leod ' s brother has written a letter to the Xetc York Journal of Comaterc& t declaring that the accused was not present at the destruction of the Caroline steamer , and that . from his character , it is impossible that he could-har ^ "boasted of having been there . The State Maine had ordered its civil posse ^ withdraw from the disputed territory , merely 1 ^^ ing an agent on the spot , to deal with trespa « ers . The maintenance of toe civil body coat the State 10 , 000 dollars during the past year . bar
Commercial affairs were in a very , gtxts . There was a panic in the money-market . " Uajjed States Bank Shares , which , at the date o * ^ the f » svious arrival were quoted a ; 26 or 27 , hr ^ fallen as low as 16 , the last quotation at New York feeing 17 . The notes of the Bank were seliir ^ at to 18 per cent , discount . A bill was before t Ae Legislature ef Pennsylvania for suspending the penalties on the non-p » ymeHt of the Baud ' s notes . Exchange on England "was 3 to 8 ^ presiKn ; on Trance , 5 22 A . PASXS . —It was reported in " Paris , ot Monday , thas the Peers would r ^ ect the provision for the irall of circamvaliarion ^ whica itands in the Fortifications * Bill as it was seat up by the Deputies .. It was also reported that Lord Ponsonby would be recalled from tie emb&a ^ in Turkey , t « succeed Lord A . ucklaa . d as Governor of India .
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_ mw - J . ' . ' - ' mt Jm - ¦ L ^^^^»_ r r r rj j i u m < - - j fjujm ovra , ioxdox coRKESPeyDExx . . Wednesday Evening , March 17 th . Moke Dtjelhsc . —This morning , a " maetin ^" -took place between Mr . Ihlion Browne and Captain J ^ ufE , the latter of whom is sstki to have mortally -wounded his antagonist . The affair arose out of a theatrical squabble last evening ; though , from the Jiteness of tke hour ( six o ' clock ) , at which the intelligence reached me , I am unable to supply ** chapter and verse , " whioh will doubtless appear io-ZBsrrow .
St . Patrick ' s Dat . —This being St . Patrick's Day , Hie metropolis has been kept u ail alive" by th " e ¦ rarioua teetotal processions , consisting for the most part of natives of the Emerald Isle , headed by their spiritual doctors , and other officers of the Catholic Acxiiiary Total Abstinence Associations . The Lincoln ' ^ Inn Fields' branch walked in procession from Crsren Yard to Si . Patrick's Chapel , in the ferenoon ^ and the St . Mar ylebone branch held a soiree at Theobald's Road , this afternoon ; while the East-enders congregated at Virginia-street Cfe&pel , ' and at Sve this afternoon , a rery numerous party partook of tea and other anti-alcoholic refreshaB 6 nt 3 in the Standard Theatre , which wa 3 fitted up for the occasion .
The Cork-Law Lukh ^ ebs agais . —On Thursday -evening last , Mr . Sydney Smith was announced to lecture on Corn-Law Repeal at the Three Tuns , in -the borough . On entering the room , which was well Attended , we could not recognise any m-mbers of Chartist Associations , except Messrs . Wall and Parker ; and , moreover , a Corn-Law repealer was in the chair . The lecture consijted of the usual ¦* chips and shavings , '* ' with » slight sprinkling ( by Tray of seasomny , ) of l-i-e-s , regarding the Chartist -opinions on the Cora-Law question . At the conclusion of th . e lecture , Mr . Wail ascended the table , to contradict the fibbery which had been indu l ged in ; opon which a skirmish took place . A "leaguer " proposed a resolution in favour of an unqualified
Tepeal of the Corn Laws ; to which Mr . Wall moved -an ameadsient , similar to that carried the same afternoon at tho Poor Law meeiiag , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand . Mr . Parker seconded thi 3 amendment ; -which was opp&sed by several speakers on the -Corn Law side , but , on being put to the meeting , ' ( which was very impartiall y done by the Chairman , * it was declared to be carried by a large majority . _ Now , -wiec it is considered that only two or three ' Chartists , * : the most , were present , the result of this meeticg show 3 that the Universal -Suffrage jooremeni is gaining ground with the utmost rapidity
in public esrkaation . Therepealers did all they pos-¦ fibly could « carry their notion ; one and all of them declaring themselves for the Charter , in order to -obtain the voces of the meeting in favour of the -original resolstion ; yet two working men carried Uteir onsophifiieated declaration of rights , against "the opposition of the congregated band of " respec--tables . A ntmbsr of police were in attendance , ¦ probably to insicridate the " amendment" par ; y ; « nt the latter were not to be--caught that waj , ana -the wiilings of the leaguers" were both u loud and ¦ deep" at the hard knocks iiev hare lately had administered to them by the " c 7 hole-hog men . ' '
Last eve . vi > -g , , { Tuesday , ) a meeting-was held in -&e WorkiEg Mjlq ' s Chapel , Dock Head , Bermonnsej , to promote the objects of the London Joumejiaaii ' s Trades' Ball dojemiuee . The plase of meeuag is some miles disianifrom th e centre oi the metropolis , and therefore was n n eo wel ! attended as could have been vrkhed i he chaps itself , howler , is cn-3 o * tie mcit esig : ble plaee : for holdicg a public raeelfEg that rre have ; seen foi a long rime . At half-pi ? i eight Mr . D icks wa ; called to the chair ; and after briefly stai ing th « objects of the meeting , ilr . TapeKll , a i \ aiegat < from the F . S . O . C , aiov ^ d , and- Mr . alhoma ^ seconded , the first resolution : —
" That this meet « ig -new * -with regret , fee wai -t of i convenient and central building within tbe _ mrtro V ° u » accessible at all times to the working class for p ibli * meeungB on national and local matters , vittont an ; political oi srctorian exclusion ; an 4 it is of opin ioi that so long as th-e trades of Louden have not the me-. ^ of holding the meetings of their respective gjcieties u « neh a place , that a gyitem of useless * ip « wijtnr ' intemperance , and confusion must prevail , detrimental t- ' their usefulness , and calculated to retard the sxrA and political advancement of the labouring population . " Mr . Sherman , in an energetic speech moved , and : Mr . Farren , jun-, Eeconded , the next resolution-. — I
" That this mesUng earnesUy recommendi to the Kipport of all -working men , a projected Londun Joumeymen ' 3 Trades Hall , designed and managed by mechanics acd operatives of various tr&dss ; " wLioh promises the most fi : ensiva accommodation for the meetings of their respective trade and other societies at a cheap rent ; providing for their members the » dv . mtags 3 ef a M « ctanks * Institution on an extensive ¦ cale , the means of assembling to the number of 3 or 4000 persons , on reasonable terms , when and as often as desired by the labourinf class , withsnt any molestatioH , and offcrng in the enrolment of the andertakin ^ , ander certain Acts of Parliament , the security of the law of the land against fraud of any kind . . =
In the ftorse of Lis remarks , Mr . Farren said tail % l present the business of Trades' Sjcietieg in cener&l , was left , through the culpable apathy or oruBkennetS of the majority of members , to the direction of the aristocratic aud interested few . A Trades' Hall was sought , to remove these Societies from places of meeting whera the gilded barrels tempt the eye , and the jingling of glasses tempt the palace to an institution where the wives and families of the operatives might participate in their pleasures , and advance their moral * and social condition . They did not want a Trades' Hall built by A Parliamentary grant , because the key of the door would then be ia the hands of the money-grubbers : ibej fought to have an institution ol their own , which should be " open to all , without inquiring
-what religion they were of , or for what it was waated . " The aristocracy kept th « working e ' asses Mi their leoioa and their anvils daring the day , so tfeat they could not aeet in fhe sunshine , and under tke eaaopy of heaven ; while ' tlC iv of * he iand " sroold aot allou- them to digcuss tneir grievances M As evaing , with , she aid of a f-Vtb '" c ^ Those wfaow biuiaeae it wm preach one uX . be week ih » t they might lire in idJenesa th ^ t er B 1 X ' P&s ^ j ^ x&a s ^^^ stsrSw ^ - ]« 3 ge , and with it the foundation « S . % r ° ™~ ^ om . Or . f arren was loudly cheered ^ i ?^ ^ »«» was cohere * ud J thf ^^ stAhe I
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jaeetin ? , and several shares in the _ undertaking , ( the deposit on each share of £ 1 being 2 s . > 5 wer ^ subscribed for , in the vestry adjoining the plaso of meeting . FlRB AT THE SOCTHAKPTOH RAILWAY . —A . XBOSt destructive fire broke out on Tuesday night , &t the Railway Terminus , at the Nine Elms Statiy a . The flames first broke out in the locomoti » . e engine department . It is estimated that tt / j property destroyed cannot exceed ^ 50 , 00 © . Ic is probably under than over that amount . Tha iroa turning latkes alone are valued at £ 5 ^ 00 . The fire originated in the stores , where the . . tore-keener had
taken a light to examine some * clBt 9 of oil fid turpentine , which were guppoBeS to be leaking . A spark fell on the turpentine ^ '^ ich ignited in an instant , , and defied aU tha . effort 8 of ^ f , men to extinguish it . It ia an ol ^ ^ ihli u Misfortunes seldom come alone f i \ r l 8 miming , ( Wednesday ) from some cause , not f jX present ascertained , the whole of the ten o / j oc ^ tra in waa placed in imminent daoger , > ^ the tender and two of the carriages getting of / y ^ j ^ g . a delay of twentyfive minutes took j ^ xe but no very serious damage was sustained .
The Peti - ^ Cohmittke . —Last evening , the committee , fc ^^ gting of the reaUy hard-workbg and honest mBf t wno are ornamented with fustian jackets ^ - blistered hands , " ) held their usual ^ cek 'y pdbKc meeting , at the Dispatch Coffee House , t } rige . iai ] e ) Fleet-street ; > lr . MQla in the ch&u :- » r . Balls ( who had been elected by the men > . eors ^ f tbe Finsbury Nati onal Charter Associ-*"' / B , ob the Sunday previous ) was added to tht Y jwnHtee . A letter from Pontypool waa read , f Atiug that they bad got a petition ready , signed by Aree ' thousand persons , on behalf of Frost , WiJfi&ms , and Jones ; and the secretary was directed to | forward instructions as to the best means of obtaintng'ita presentation to the House of Commons . A I letter from poor Carrier , ( now in Devizes murder-; trap , ) w&a also read , relative to his treatment in j £ « ol ; and a petition , founded upon the letter , way j-ordered to be immediately got ready . Forty petitions were received from various individuals and
bodies in the Metropolis , some for the Welsh martyrs , some for Mr . O'Connor , » nd all for the Charter . A petition was also received from Tavistock , (!!!) signed by six hundred and sixty Bix individuals , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was forwarded to Mr . Dan com be for presentation to the " Commons . " A letter from Mr . Hume was read , expressing hi 3 readiness to present any petitions that might be entrusted to him .
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PATTING ON THE BELLY . LAST AND MOST GLORIOUS OF ALL THE GLORIOUS VICTORIES OF THE GLORIOUS CHARTISTS . Ws cannot give our gloriou 3 . troops half glory enough . By our second edition of last week , and our fi ^ s * , of the present , tha out-posta will hav « learned the total defeat of the combined Whig and Tory forces , by a mere section of the grand army ^ Yes , the victory gained on Thursday last , in middat , ( mind , in mid-day , ) when time was no object to the rich oppressor , but a great one to the poor oppressed , ) should satisfy all parties of the utter hopelessness of longer deferring justice , except at a risk too hazardous to be ventured npon .
The Whigs have had their fresh-water pipes laid in all directions , and their ventilators to give the smothering faction " inside" a little fresh air from without . They have had their " Corn Law " husting-hnmbugs recruitingfer the pressure without , to aid and assist the pressure within : but that has
failed . The Chartist 3 met the combined forces of that faction , and annihilated them ; and the Timet and our -Great Grandmollier ( for she has had another generation since she became a grand-mamma ) and all the Tories " patted poor JoHJf upon the back , " and said , "go it Chart is ta ; O yoa made admirable speeches , fraught with good sound common sense , on Monday night , the 1 st of March , when you snushed the Whig pressure from without ; but they were long , rambling , incoherent , and disenrsive , when they fell en our backs . " How ignorant some teachers are ! The Tories said , " now let us try our hands upon our humbug out-pressure , as the other humbug has failed , and let us " pat
Johjvt upon the belly . " So they get poor old Waxteb to pay for the grand room at the Crown and Anchor , the very Epot still ringing with shouts ef Chartist victory—and they get Tom Dcncombe , almost the only one uncontaminated gentleman in Si . Stephens—and they have the Coroner ready on the spot , to hold an inquest upon the body of deceased Whiggerj , aad they hook in some letters frem the noble Frost , whom " the bloody old Times , " belonging to Mr . Walter , tried to murder , having Mrst blasted his character with the whole jury class ; and this same Mr . Walter hi 3 the matchless eSrcntery to use the virtues of the man whom he sought to destroy , for the serving of his own paltry party purposes .
Aye , aye , now we find the predictions of the banished -Frost used by his most implacable enemies to prove his worth and their unworthines 3 . But the people are wideawake ; they know that their Tory friends are only jealous of not being the concocters of so good a measure as they call the New Poor Law ; and while their leading journal is beating up for the recruiting Eervice , their general of brigade is begging that the dog ' s tail may be taken off at two snigs instead of oae . Joseph Surface says , " Let us starve them only for Sre years , instead of ten—let us do things gently , and by degrees . " But how did the gentlemen vote , and how will they now vote !
, i Well , but what part did the Protean Coroner ; take \ Why , he says , " O , respect Mr . Walter , for k ; he gave me great assistance in getting the Dorchester , Labourers back . " : By a parity of reasoning , then , we are not to be astonished if we find Mr . Coroner introj ; duciug Sir R ' .-BEnT Peel to a Chartist audience , i announcing that the R-ght Hon . Baronet declared ¦ ' the justice of the East India Company paying Lord ¦ I Keasc £ 2 WK ) a -year , instead of the English people . | and zh&t be was for only cuttiag half the dog ' s tail
off at a time ; or , perhaps , he may introduce Jew D'Isejieli to us , as the patriot who made the best a tiack upon the government factory spy system in SD -ppoK of Mr . Fjeldex ' s motion for enquiry ; or WL o knewsbut we shall see the resuscitated body of t ' deceased Daakl paraded ! This picking out of ths 1 ne £ t apot 3 ia the many-coloured xabra , wont do ; we i tant healthy patriotism ; not rank corruption with o Qe uapu : rified spot upon the decaying body . Mr , \ Vaexet got a hint , on TaurBday , that he will , ere ion * ' require some one to speak to his own character . ^ his running with the hare and holding with the h ' } aBd wont do ; it is out of fashion .
The fact i ' * that Wak ^ t , Hthsce , and WaRBCRton , and thoi w wil ° hare ° « en loudest in iheir outdoor denuncia ^ ° ° f 'he Whigs , have been the very crutch upon ¦* '&ca Whiggery has been enabled to limp to Down ! \ g-street for ihe last two or three years ; because / . ' "Connell ' s support would have been nothing , if % ^ EngliEk people , and English principle and English ' opinions , had found anything like representation k "i the House of Commons . Those are the camp % ''llowera , who abuse all and everything for a living , w 'hile they live upon abase .
j Will the two factions m w stop ! The Whigs have j tried " patting on the back ; " and the Tories have i tried " patting on the belly , " till , between them , they have made poor Joh . ' s belly and back-bone meet ; and , at lajt , JoH . f i » " flat" with then , he tays , No more of year humbug ; if YOU repealed our Starvation Acts to-Borrow , YOU COUld and woo 2 d give w worse ones the ^ ay after , bo we will now have no more of your cooking . " O'Consob took a right course upon this subject . i He said , " Petition , but no meetings to interfere - \ th tbe flow of Chartism . " He said , " Pray for no
i tion ; tell them it is a robbery ; 4 * ell them alters ^ - ^ pp 0 B e eTery man who supports that you ^ ceaS 9 ^ j legislation rintil the people it ; tell them . . •> ThiB wag the proper and ne _ are represented . -eople to pursue ; but these poor cessary course for the h , - the difference between gentlemen were not awai . -ej in or ( jer to exhibit petitioning against a mea « u
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the full force of public ind ' gnation with regard to it , and the value of a pubxio meeting converted into a " whole hog" Chartist triumph . The poor old Ttmei ia furious , and oar Great Granny ia In fitB , and old Walts * has exploded of Tor j damp : he kicked the backet , and the Coroner took him off to the " Hole in the Wall , " to bold an inquest . The poor Chartists , who were all Solons on Monday , the 1 st of March , were all foola on Thursday ,
the 11 th ; and the Times threatens us with withdrawing all aristocratic countenance from us , and " throwing us opoa © ot own resources , " and wo are in a shocking way , and don't know what can or will beoome of us , having lost the hunch back of " Master Walter , " and the countenance of the Times and our Great Grandmother . Alas ! alack-a-day that we should live to see it 1 Ah ! good Times and Herald , don't cut us now , after having so long and so nobly fought our every battle Bide by side .
Again , we say , send in the petitions in thousands ; but whenever Whigs and Tories call a meeting for the repeal of the Poor Law , or for any other measure , or for the consideration of any question , no matter what , if it was to pave the streets with penny loaves , and thatch the houses with pancakes , up 3 et one and all ; move your own your only hope everlastingly : give no quarter , you have never gol any . There is nothing like th © plain , blunt , honest , straightforward course . They one and all want to starve you , but each has his own choice mode of doing it . Stick to them like leeches , as they have stuck to you ; and never , never stop till you have sucked back every drop of yeur own blood , which has been stolen from your veins . If all desert you , vre will stand by you to the last , while there ' s a beggar to make rags , and a mill to make paper .
There is only one thing of which we beg to remind you . In your poverty , pray preserve your good manners and your good breeding ; and when a gentleman tells you , as Mr . Walteq did , that he paid for the room , always thank him , and ask him for change of the Chartist note you gave him . The meeting was quite right to put Captain Neksom —( we had almost given him a step , and said Major Nbesom)—in the chair ; and Captain Cleave deserves the thanks of the nation for not being wheedled by Mr . Waklet and the shams into half measures . O that Leeds battle was to fight over again , now that Birmingham has done such service , and that the London garrison has taught us the art of war .
Go it , good Chartista ! We wiih Mr . Waklet joy of bis new allies ! This has been the finisher of all Tory hope ' for Chariist sympathy : we are not going to erect despotism upon the ruins of tyranny . Hurrah for the cause , and no surrender , and down with both factions ! We always said that we never could succeed till the enemies united , and gave battle as they are sure to do . If they cannot make us beat ourselves , or if tie " cocked tails" cannot beat us , they must then try the last resource— a union of the factions against the nation . Let thorn « ome on ! Let them but dissolve , which they must do shortly , and then we come face to face—then we are all « quals ! Then God help them and their backers , and God help tho cock-tails , and God will help the Chartists , for they will help themselves .
Pressed as we are for room , we should deem it an act of hifch treason , to withold the two letters from our beloved Fbost , and Mr . Waltrr ' s introduction and comment . Mr . Walter said : — " They all knew tbe history of the unfortunate , and , he must say , criminal , Mr . Frost —( cries of "No , nonot criminal , " from a knot of Charti » ts >— and his companions in Wales . Far was he from approving of Mr . Frost's conduct —( "he ' s an honest man , " said a , Charttist ) ;—far was he from sanctioning the first attempt at bloodshed in this country against the constituted authoritie ? . iHear , hear . ) Indeed , no one could condemn it more ; for he hoped , and st ill trusted , that the Constitution continued to supply the pea&aful means of
self-defence to those who were determined to resist aggression and cruelty . ( Cheers . ) But he was further of opinion , that great weight and importance ought to be attributed to the opinions of such a man as Mr . Frost—( loud cheers from the Chartists ) , —immersed , though he subsequently was , in the excesses of Chartism , as to tbe facts whence it sprung , bow it was to be propagated , and what would be its results . From Mr . Frost ' s testimony he learnt , and so he hoped ¦ would our rulers U-arn , that the ill-omened parent o { Chartism was the New Poor Law—( Cheers )—of Chartism , not taken in its simpler form , of a placid opiuion
on personal rights and privileges , but of Chartism in its most aggravated character of resisting authority and committing murder . ( Hear , hear . ) It so happened that during the efforts which he was making to resist the Sew Poor ~ La . tr , he received , ¦ without any previous knowledge of the writer , tvro letters from Mr . Frost—( hear , hear , )—then a magistrate of Lord John Russell ' s appointment —( hear , hear , )—and then also just constituted a guardian of the poor under the ferocious Poor Law . Those letters he would now read to the meeting . It would be observed that they were written two years and three-quarters before the outrages in Wales : — " Newport , Monmouthshire , Feb . 25 , 1837 .
" Sir , —I am a guardian of the poor , and also mayor of the borough . Some time ago the Pour Law Commissioners sent to our union six dietaries , one of which we were to select to regulate the quantity of food to be allowed to the paupers in our workhouse . I made a motion that each guardian be sent a c < ipy of the dietary to give him an opportunity of examining whether tbe , quantity was sufficient , and at the same time I expressed my determination to add to the allowance , it being my opinion that it is too little to sustain life . ( Chartist cheers . ) This morning Mr . Clive , the assistant Pt » or Law Commissioner , attended our meeting : he asked me what alteration I intended to propose in the dietary . ' I said , ' a greater qnantity of food , and that the paupers should have occasionally a littlu beer . " * 1 am" isaid he ) ' directed to inform you , that whatever determination the board may come to , the Poor
j Law Commissioners will make no alteration in the die-( tary . ( Loud cries of ' Shame , shame . ') They -will uot allow a greater quantity ot food ; they will allow no ¦ beer ; in shurt , the board must adopt one of the tables , I vritbont any addition . ' My anawer was , ' I was sent I here by the inhabitants of the borough , as a guardian of j the poor of the borough . I wiil endeavour to see that ; tho money of my constituents is not improperly ap-| plied—( hear , hear );—but I will also see that thoso who i are forced by poverty to apply to the parish for relitf shall not be put on a quantity of food too small to j sustain life . ( Hear , hear . ) I have not yet , nor do 1 ; mean to consider the -will of the Poor Law Co ; nmis-Sioner 8 as to lhi » quantity of food to be allowed to tho j paupers . I will exercise my own judgment , quite i regardless whethtr the Poor L » w Commissioners are 1 offended or pleased . " ( Chartist cheers . )
" If you think this letter of any service , Mr . Walter is quite at liberty to make u « e of it ; and if he is tf the opinion that a petition will serve the cause , I will Bund him one from the petitioners . " 1 remain , Sir , " Your very obedient Servant , " JOHN FIIOST . " —( Great cheering from the Chartists . ) The other letter was addressed to him ( Mr . Walter ) abuut ten days afterwards , and was in the following terms : —
" Newport , Monmouihshfre , March 6 , 1837 . " Sir , —I have enclosed for your perusal a placard published by myself and my colleague , the guardian tor the borough . Although there are in thia part of the country some in favour of the New Poor Law , y « t no one attempts to refute the statements which tins placard contains . I believe that the average of allowance throughout Errgland to out-door paupers will not exceed two shilling * a head , and I cannot see that it is possible te maintain a human being for less , unless Jt i * the intention of the authorities to starve the panpera . ( Chartist cheers . ) I do uoc beiieve the statements as to the saving of the n « w sys . \ ein ; I cannot s « e how they are to be made . We have not been long enough iu this
part of the country to d « cide accurately as to the saving under the new law o < one thing , however , I am certain , that the hatred to it is continuilly increasing . It evidently tends to increa * e the hatred , already powerful enough , between the n ' sh and the poorer clMses of society . ( Chartist cheers . ^ Public feeli&gis too strong in thi * neighbourhood to » u fferany grosg cueB of crnelty . The guardians did , on 1 « t Saturday , agree to the dietary , which in my opinion i * . imchtoo » mai \ . It thu should be found to be bo , I will ot vtainly lay the matter bj petition before the House . It t * monstrous to think that three aired men should h »> ' « *> m « ch power placed in their handl . ( CheeM . ) The b ° &rd « of s uardiww ars complete ciphers ail they have to d ° » to into
carry execution th » edict * of the Conimia loners , borne time ago our doors were opened to the p iWic ; the motion passed unanimously ; they were opei " » for three weeks without the leart inconvenience "W ^ en the Poor Law Commissioners heard of it , they si ' down peremptory order * to the ffuardians to close thei * - ( hear , hear ;)—which order the board obeyed , without even rmoutratiiiff I believe Mr . Hall , the member for the borough , will support any motion fur an alteration in the law as is now elands . He is , 1 have reason to Vfclieve , sorry that he supported it It would be some improvement if the et-offdo guardians were to cease U > exist as such . Most of the farmers ara compkte tools of the e * -qficivs . It it were not for the
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guardians of populous places , the ^ ioor would treated much worse than they are at present . "lam , Si- , ¦ - '& ' '' " XouPODedleff lPfervant , " John Frost . " Cheers . ) » To J . Walter , Ea $ ., M . p . The placard to which Mr . Frost alludtdwas tooUng to be read on '< & « present occasion , but be could assure the meeting that it wa * hamane in its principle ! and temperate In its language . His communication with Mr . Frjst , whom he never saw , began and ended with these letters . Now . what was the inference to be drawn
frtra them ? Mr . Frost might only know what would be the effect of the New Poor Uw in bis own Union —that it roust leftd to outrage . To outrage it did lead : in that opinion , at least , he was not deceived . It might be said that Mr . Frost himself produced the evils which he predicted in thtse letters . Treason , hewever , was rarely contemplated three years before it broke out into overt acts . But if , contrary to all probability , it were so contemplated , what gave Mr . Frost the materials with which he worked ? What prepared ready instruments in his hands ? What brought thousands to his standard more zealous for mischief than himself r He ( Mr . Walter ) answered , the New
Poor Law . It must be borne in mind that we give this extract from tho Times , which would make it appear that the meeting tolerated even reproof of Fbost by Walter ; the fact being , according to all reports , that the old hypocrite was peppered like a target with Chartist hisses and Chartist groans , whenever he dared to venture upon a word in condemnation of Fbost *
Let every Chartist and Christian read the above , and then ask himself where the honest and humane Mayor of Newport now is , and what he is there for , and who sent him there 1 Echo answers " in a felon ' s dress , in a penal settlement , away from hia own family , for looking for . food and justice for ours . " Let the British lion arouse from his slumbers , up , and shake the dew drops froaa his mane , and abk for his restoration with a lion ' s voice .
Waltek , says Fkost , is a man whose opinions should have weight with the Government , Did the Times , which is Walter ' s , or did Wai / ter , say this , when saying it might have saved Frost from persecution t No , the rascals bought his indictment from his attorney , called him swindler , traitor , cheat , and murderer , and so on ; and now , having made him the viotim of theirhellish vengeaHce to please an advertising community , they coma forward to pourtray his honour , his love of justioe , his humanity and patriotism , while , they are still vociferating against Whig lenity ( l ) to
Faosr . Thus are the people ' s friends lopped off , one by one , by the faction who would make merchandise of their very misfortunes , having first created them . We trust thi 3 exposition will give those who have a leaning to Toryism a sickener . Let us once help them to power , and they would help us to destruction ; but , let them tteul power , the sooner the better ; then they must fight us with halters around their necks .
Mr . Walter asked " What gave Air . Frost the materials with which he worked t What prepared ready instruments in his hands ? What brought thousands to his standard , more zealous for mischief I" He ( Mr . Walter ) answered , "The New Poor Law ; " and wo ask who gave us the New Poor Law ! and we answer the Whigs and the Tories . So NO UNION WITH THE TORIES .
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ORGANIZATION . We are obliged to deter our intended article on organization to another week . Meantime , we call emphatically on the Chartists throughout every district to be proceeding with the nomination of the General Council . Let the sub-Secretaries of every district send in immediately the names of the existing Council
in each locality , or of such other persons as the people may determine on at thoir meetings tomorrow and Monday , as nominated to serve on the first General Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain . This is necessary to be done inBtantly , because the Executive Committee must be chosen from the General Council , and cannot therefore be elected until that body shall have come into existence .
We gave in our last a general form of nomination , for the guidance of tho several sub-Secretsries : we ; , ive elsewhere , in our present paper , the address of the Provisional Executive , from which they can take the address of Mr . Campbell , the Secretary to the Provisional Executive , who of course acts , pro temptre , as General Seoretary . Two copies of every nomination should be written , one of which the sub-Secretary should file , and send
the other to the General Secretary ; and it would also be a great saving of trouble , both to the General Secretary and to us , if each sub-Secretary would take the additional trouble of sending to this office the name . ? , occupations , and residences , of all the persons nominated by him—distinguishing all those appointed as Sub-Treasurers and Sub-Socretariea ; thus : — " Persons nominated for General Council at
r John Sharp , woolcomber , 16 , Nelson-street , George Fish , joiner , 5 , Wood-street , Eli Bat' : s , joiner , Black Abbey , * James Jone * , shoemaker , Market-place , ?•] John Thomas , weaver . Little Horton , £ ¦ " % Adam Wise , woolsorter , Bowling , 2 . Richard Fry , schoolmaster , Longcroft-place , Sub Secretary , Thomas Wilsou , tailor , Market-street , Subk Treasurer . " Signed , Thomas Smith .
Copies of the Nominations being thus sent to us from every place , would enable us to compare the lists of the General Secretary , and it may be to prevent mistakes ; while it would materially forward the getting up of the whole list for publication . Observe , however , that they should not be later in our hands than Wpdno-nla-y .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION AND ELECTION OF DELEGATES . ElSEWHERE we furnish , as requested , the draft of a petition , such as we think suitable for the times and circumstances of the people . We ask the people in each locality to consider , and to adopt or reject it as a whole . It must not be patched or altered , because then its universality will be destroyed .
Wo find ourselves compelled , by want of space , to keep out the list of contributors to the Convention ' s Fund and r , o all the other funds till next week . However , " the work goes bravely o " n . " Let it still go on- let every one in every place , whose mite has not como , be sent in at once , and then we may announce in our next the completion of the whole sum necessary . The Bankers complain of tbe trouble of Post-pffiae orders for small sums ; let the money be , therefore , sent here at once , and we will see to it .
One thing in connection with the Convention let the people notice , that as far as possible their movements may be legal . All del kg axes must be ELECTED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS , CALLED BY PLACARD fok the purpose . This must be observed in reference to all delegates , for whatever purpose delegated . Delegate * from private bodies , clubs , or societies , ef a political character , are illegal . Every man must be delegated from a public meeting of the inhabitants of ilie town or place from whence he is sent .
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Numa u in type i but u necenaruy reserved till next week ; tee are a !* o obliged to withhold a letter fiotn Mr . O'Brien till ru-xt week . Messrs . Collins and O '; Neil . —Their second , M Address to the Mvidle Classes" has been received , but must atavid over tv' l yiext week . The Kkpokt of khe Lanarkshire Universal Svffrage Association is too lute . It ought to have been sent for our lasJ . j " tMi-S Fainlough — -We think he would be defeating his own purpose by conferring too much importance upon the penon whote name he would nblish . CuLLiNi ' *^ H i NE * - Bradford . — The Blue Milk Row c ^ * y »* ^ huve bee n authenticated .
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Patment for Seats at Church . —A communication has reached us stating , that compuhory payments are demanded for pews and sittings in St . John ' s and St . Mary ' s churches , Devisees , which is illegal , as appears from the highest ecclesiastical authority in the diocese , and from the testimony of an eminent Proctor in Doctors Commons . Clayton . —Thenews from Claytonis omitted for want of room . John Johnson , Portsea . —We don't know . Philo Amicus . —Next week . A Constant Rkadeb , Manchester— We know nothing about free-masonry . JOSEPH Lawton . — The Poor Late Guardian have no pay , but there ate a sufficiency of assistants , ., . -. I , — - 1 ***** .. — : — . ¦ — -
VICTliS , ljv > f * v UMiVUlt * JVl nn » # »• "n" « •» " o expenditure . „ J& » Yovho Patriots . —Must stand over this weaqj * make room for the old ones . C . N ., CoxGLKioii . — Yes . H . D ., Mansfield . —We have no agent at Lincoln . There are Chartists there , but we know not whether tliey belong to the National Charter Association . Mansfield . —The " rurals" paragraph next week . Birmingham . —Mrs . Clayton desires thankfully to acknowledge the munificence of the Birmingham Chartists . J . W . Parker . —In reference to the day ( Easier Monday ) which is recommended by the national delegates to be set apart for a general penny
subscription on behalf of the imprisoned victims , writes thus : — " / would recommend every Chartist meeting room , in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , to be open all day on Easter Monday . The secretaries , or other persons appointed , to be in attendance to receive the subscriptions . It being a holiday , meetings ought to be called to aid the collections ; and every associated body to issue , immediately , advertisements and bills in 1 every city , borough , town , hamlet , and village , in the kingdom , calling upon every friend to humanity to come forward that day on behalf of the suffering victims ; also , every honest and true Chartist to become a collector in his f amil among his relations , his friends , his shopmafes , and with
those with whom he deals ; in fact , let no stone be left unturned to consummate so gloritus an object as this . Let the Chartists appoint treasurers , pro tem , —men in whom they have confidence . Remember Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones are calling aloud , across the mighty deep , to you to do your duty . The big beggarman , Dan , has his tribute day , and draws from the famishing people of Ireland upwards of £ 20 , 000 a year . Let us have our tribute day , for a better purpose . Once more , brother Chartists , I exhort you to do your duty . Let the Northern Star , and the rest of the Chartist press , use their mighty influence , conjointly with the Provisional Executive of Enqland and Wales , and the
CentralCommittee of Scotland . There is no ttme to be lost . Let it be a true exhibition of your moral power . A million of pence , and nothing less . Make it succeed , and you can use it again to carry the People's Charter . Again , again , and again to your duty I " "An Observer , " Solitary Thoughts , " "Pa ' not ' a Hymn , " "A Poor Man ' s Friend , " "Emigration , " " Lines on Death , " and " The Fatriots ' s Farewellto his Country , " declined . A Working Man . — We know nothing of the circumstances to which he alludes . T . R . Smart . —The letter to which he refers was duly received and forwarded . J . H . —We do not agree with his opinions on the « n-
scripluralness of a paid ministry in the Christian Church . Wm . L , ot etc . —Thanks for the slavery document : it shall have our best attention . Some Chartists of the right sort , at Newton Moor , by Kinguarrie , would he glad of a visit from Mr . G . AVBean , on his lecturing tour through the North of Scotland . Wm . Tucker . —If he send us the pamphlet , we will read and then notice it . Walter Mason . —The horrible recital of Poor-Law atrocities , which he has forwarded , shall be published as soon as we can possibly find room . Peter Rigbv . — -His eccentric communication on " stool boxes" is declined . RitHARD Spurr . —His "legal" plan of organisation is in the teelh of the taw at almost every step of it , as applied to a political , though it would be
perfectly legal in reference to a reltgious , movement . J . W . B . —The issue would be illegal : the Stamp Act has provided against any such an evasion of its force . Wm . Martin . —One head will do for all : the petition will be a national one , and must , therefore , if adopted at all , be adopted in every place without alteration . John Campbell writes us , that " a meeting of the power-Zoom weavers will be held in Mr . Wheeler ' s Room , 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester , to form a Chartist association among that body ; " but does not say when . Peter M'Braphy . —Thanks . Mr . Pitkethly has received for J . Broyah , of Sution-in-AshJield — £ . s . d .
From W . D . Saull , Esq . 0 10 0 - - From ThomasProut , Esq .... ... 0 10 0 Trowbridge Radicals may send their collection for Mrs . Clayton , to Mrs . Clayton , No . 87 , Porterstreet , Sheffield . Sarah Clayton . —Nttrt week . Dublin Chartists . —The communication to which they allude never came to hand . Their suspicions concerning the persons they name art totally incorrect . li The Sons of Toil" thai ! appear when we have
room . Malcom M'Nee . — Our space is full . Stockton . —The churchwarden ' s courtesy shall be chronicled next week . Barnard Castle . —We have no room for local news this week . Banbury . — We are very sorry to be compelled to leave out the report of the splendid dinner to Mr . Vincent , cut jrom an Oxford paper , but press of matter leaves us no alternative . It is , perhaps , the less to be regretted , as these are now brcoming routine things . A triumph is a thing of course wherever Vincent , or any such man , makes a public appearance . Will the besotted
factions ever learn to " discern the signs of the times'' ? C . and R . —Our space is chock full . C . H . Nbesom in in type , but is obliged to be reserved IVI next veek . Rochdale . — We are compelled to reserve the report of the Poor Law meeting till next week . Birmingham . — We received Ihe Birmingham neics packet by the last post on Thursday , too late for any of it to appear . Communications were received by the same post frem Kilbarohan , Markinch , Boltun , Bard'ibra' ( Wilts ) , Austerlands , Oldham , Merthy Tydvil , Preston , and South Shields—all too late .
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Erratum in our last . —In the letter of NUMA , five lines from the bottom ot first column , for " Issachar is a strong city reacldng down between two windows "— -read " a strong Ass couching down between two burdens . "
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Mb . Editor , —J beg to address a tew words to the men of England and Wales , but especially those of the Huddersfleld district , who , I am sure , will be upon the alert . They are , or ought to be , well aware , that on this 20 th day of March , that they have , or are entitled to have , a voting paper for the election of Guardians . Exajnine well the character of tfaecandidates . nommaterf , apprise one another of what you know of them , and by no means vote for those who are advocates of the bastiles j support mtn . be their politics whatthey may , who ore favourable to the just and merciful law of the 43 rd of Eliaibeth ; let the cry be—" No bastilers nor bastiles , down with the whole starvation system . "
I would reeonunend that general and sub committees be formed in every township , who ought to visit every house , and give directions how to fill up their Toting papers , but on no account to fill op a single paper for those who can write ; and for those who cannot ; when you have placed the voter ' s name opposite * the person or person ' s name , for whom he wishes to vote , at the bottom write his name thu»—seeing that he himself makes the X : — his Adam X Anderson , mark . Joseph Dean , witness . And be sure that some person is in the bouse on Tuesday , the 23 rd , who can deliver ths voting paper to the collector when he calls for it ; you must have it ready or the vote will be lost .
Where it can be done , let meetings be held to consalt ; and whera the people are strangers , they might be invited to such place as might be fixed upon for instruction how fc > fid the papers ; for , depend upon it , there i > no justice nor fairplay . The Three-Devil Kings h » v « made the clerks the returning officers , hi order that they might have it in their power to rob you of yoat franchise , and send yoa to tho ** wretched , appalling abodes * f mUerj , despair , aad woe—the bartiles . The anti-bastile candidates for Hnddenfleld are
Messrs . Whitworth , Thorntom , Popplbton , Brunton , and Liddall ; the Whig skilly men are , Messrs , J . Bottouiley ( Cherry Tree ) , B . Robinson lane , Tommy Ibbot-« on . Tommy Shepherd , and Tommy Kilner : the people know to vote , and there will be 2 , 000 ot a majority . However , let them be cautious in filling up the voting papers j let them go to some friend and consult together , or form committees to see that they are filled up correctly , or they will be thrown out aa bad ; and let a lltst of those who vote be kept for every dirision and token to the scrutiny .
The opposition against myself is most keen . Thej ha » a nenn ' natvd , along With me , for Almondbury , Mr , Wm . Stocks , w ! io is weJl respected and well kn « wo . In opposition , they have nominated Sir John Ramsden ' a
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baUiff , Josh . Broofee , imagining , because ha bawls Jb the Court , and calls np the tenants to pay tfceir rent * , that he con bawl and get them ( the tenants ) to vote fo » bastiles and dully for themselves . They have nono ! uatod Adam Anderson , too , whom the people of Hud ! dersfleld sent last year as being entirely opposed to thi new scheme , but who betrayed them and supported the system ; but he has never told his constituents wfcji blessings he anticipated from it , nor how be got con Vinced of ito superiority to the old law ; they tre about to call upon him to explain why he became a turneoai . The men of A Jmondfcury declare that they win kj ^ nothing to do with the discarded of Huddewfield , n « with tho bailiff , his intended colleague ; they are all en tho alert , and thejr will do their duty . I am , dear Sir , Yeur constant reader and obeiient servant , - J - PiTKBrHt r . ' - |— : . ¦ -A
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THE VICTIM CLAYTON . Funeral sermons for Clayton have been preached to crowded and attentive audiences at ManiiiDeham and Bradford , by Mr . Ibbetsou ; at Hathwn by Mr Bent , when the sum of 5 s . 7 £ d . was collected , 2 s 6 i of which has been forwarded to Sheffield ' for the widow—the other remains for the victim Edwards * at Loughborough , by Mr . Bairstow , when 8 s 6 d . ' was collected , 4 s . 3 d . of which has been sent to Sheffield for the widow—the other will be forwarded to Edwards ; at Mouutaorrel , by Mr . Bairstow when 6 s . was collected , half of which was f « the widow , and the other for Edwards ; at CongletoOj by the Rev . Joseph Capper , from TunstalL when 5 s . was collected for the widow ; at Man&fiel < f by Mr . Simmons , of Sutton , when a collection was
made for the widow and children ; at Kensington Common , at eleven in the forenoon of last Sunday by Mr . James Savage , and at Shepherdess Fieldt at one in the afternoon , by Mr . G . E . B o ^ gis * ak Newton Heath , by . Mr . Cartledge , of Manchester * at Ouseburn , by Mr . Lowery , when 12 * . ' 9 d . wa » collected for the widow , expences amounting to 4 s . 3 d . ; at Dundee , by Mr . John Cancan ; at Newport , by Mr . Black , of Nottingham ; atSntton-in-Ashfield , in the Christian Chartist Chapel , by the officiating minister for the day , when 4 a . 6 d . vraa collected for the widow ; at Middlesboroogb , by Mr . John Bormond , when £ 1 15 s . was collected fox tbe widow ; in Vale of Leven , Scotland , in tha Christian Chartist Church , by Mr . Thoma 8 son , when £ 1 5 a . was collected for the widow ; at
Huddersfield , in the 'Chartist'Room , Upperhead-row , by Messrs . Bray and Neesom , when £ 2 were collected ? at Trowbridfce . by Mr . J . Rawlinga , when £ \ wai collected for the widow ; at Dodworth , by Mr . MkfieW ; at Bermondsey , in the Working Man ' e Chapel , Dock- Head , by Mr . Rainsley , when 17 a . was collected for the widow and orphans —( the parties getting up the meeting take this opportunity of recording their thanks for the handsome manner in which the proprietors granted the p-atuitona use of the . chapel , and for the trouble they took to afford every accommodation);—at Keighley . in th » Working Man ' s Hall , by Mr . Rushton , of Halifax * when £ 1 tfs . Cjfd . was collected ; at Dewabury , by Mr . Arran , when collections were made fur tot widow .
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OLD CUMwOCK . —At the half-yearly meeting of the Cumnock Charter Association , held on tbe evening of Saturday laat , the secretary read an account of the income and expenditure for the past half yeaiv which , proving satisfactory , was confirmed . Copies of an address frem the Scottish Central Committee , recommending the formation of a National Printing Company , were laid on the table . After several pro positions were disposed of respecting lecturers , it wai finally agreed "That no party , engaging a lecturer without the sanction of the committee , shall have any claim on the association fund . " A letter from J . Collins , on * A . O'Neil , of Birmingham , was read , in which the writers state , amongst sther things , that they are anxious to obtain numbers and influence , and for this end they ardently desire to obtain a union with the middle classes , but they , at the same time , would council all to withstand any advances short d the , full measure of the franchise contained in tht Chattel .
CHESTEBFIELD AND BSAXttPTOH . —At the weekly meeting , on Monday evening , nint persons were pitched on as fit persons for nomination to the Council of the National Charter Assoc i ation . Resolutions were adopted , approving of th » Charter and Petition Convention , and calling upon all friends of the people ' s cause , wherever located * to forward their mite without delay—directing that 2 s . 6 d . be sent to the Northern Star Office , for Mn . Clayton ; and tendering the thanks of the meeting to Mr . George White and his co-patriots at Birminghaui , for their noble conduct at the late meeting at HoJloway Head , and to Feargu 3 O'Connor , Esq , proprietor , and the Rev . Mr . Hill , editor of tht Northern Star , for their unflinching advocacy of tha paople's cause .
BURY- Dr . M'Douall lectured in the Gardenstreet room on Tuesday , on the Old andNew Poor Laws . There was a good audience , and tht-Boctor was much applauded . The Spirit of Chartism is here being resuscitated ; the late visits of ihe Doctor , and the address of Mr . Hill last Sunday afternoon , tended much to rouse and confirm the energies of the people , and we are glad to pwceive the sturdy Radicals of Bury once more determined to throw away the crutches and stand on their own legs . YOStK—A committee has been appointed for fcha purpose of making arrangements for a publia Demonstration in this city , to do honour to that incorruptible patriot and friend of the people , F . O'Connor , Esq . on his release from the duD » eoD . The following persons are elected on the committee ; Messrs . Buriey , Crofe , Stuart , E . Pulleya , Rooke , Demaine , and Inglis . Mr . Halton , treasurer ; Mr . Cordeux , secretary , 26 , Micklegate , to whom all communications ( ure-paid ) mu 3 t be addressed .
GLASGOW— Mr . Malcolm lectured here on Monday—subject , " Class legislation . " Attendance good . Mr . M . did justice to his subject . &EXGBZ . EY . —The Chartists met in the Working Man ' B Hall , on Tuesday night , when various able speeches were delivered . The Charter Convention plan was discussed , aad tho general opinion of the meeting was , that iu was calculated to do aa immensity of good to the Chartist cause , if carried out with sufficient spirit . Part money was collected on the spot for its execution ; James Holmes , a poor blind man , giving the first penny , and wishing success , to the plan , and its noble proposer . WSST-BXOING . —At the delegate meeting , held on Sunday last , at Dewsbury , Mr . Arran , of Bradford , was appointed lecturer for the West Riding . A resolution was passed approving of O'Connor s plan , and recommending it to instant and general adoption .
BRIGHTON . —Public Meeting op the Ciuktists : — On Monday evening last , the men of Bri ^ Dton assembled in a numerous body at the Cap of Liberty , Portland-street , publicly convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of" expediency . The Chwtists of Brighton have done their duty : they are determined to have twenty shillings in the poundand nothing less . Not one eighteen-shillings-expediency humbug dared show his face among them . M » - John Page in the chair . After a Teiy animated aiscussion , in - which Messrs . Reeve , Flowers , and w oodward took their parts , it was resolved unanimously as follows : — "That the Chartists of Brighton , in V v T meeting assembled , being convinced that anythingstort of Universal Suffrage can never raise the industrious
classes of this country to that position in scatty w which they are entitled , hereby pledge themselves tnat they never will cease in their exertions until tae people ' s Charter , with every point therein contained is established as the law of the land ; and they , therefore , call upon their brethren throughout the c ount ry V > unite with them in suppressing every other rooveroeni that-shall have for its object the least deviation Rum the true meaning of our motto—Universal Suffrage , ana No Surrender . A vote of thanks was presented to m « Chairman , and the meeting dissolved . Bui previous to dispersing , an agricultural labourer , who was ?**** " > related tho following to the meeting—bis name , rw reasons known only to ourselves , -we must decline to give ' : —The poor follow has suffered a series of t « nD » basUte in
persecutions ; has been an inmate of a Whig , ^ one of -which , he said , oue day , he complained 01 » shortness of allowance of food . It was weighed , ana was proved to be short l ^ oz . Five men besides nimself also complained . Board-day day came ; bis complaint-was laid before them ( the Guardian *) ; be "" the five others were called up to substantiate tnea complaints . He was appointed spokesman . He man * hia complaint ; so did the man on his tight H « " » to the man on his left : ' 'he was satisfied ; another w »» the same ; and the others were the same . Now , sayi he to the man on his left , You cowards , did you not te « me that if I made my complaint good , you wouju back me t They did , said his man on the right * » f » here ' s at ' em ; and down I laid three or four ot w cowards . Seize the rascal , seizo him , » nd take mm w the black-hole , eaya the Guardians . No , ttjstw labourer ; the first man that dares lay hand on me , aow »
he goes . Up comes the yellow boy , as we can ^ "T * T fellow that keeps the Union House gate , staff in b ^ NOW , my boy , says I , look out ,- and I P * etty . ' ? 1 7 i falma-topof the others , and a lot mote be *" ® -f * V , waa •** pow eted , and borne away ; broug ht before »• magistrates the next day , and sentenced to * "" *? days * hard labour , only for complaining of a «/>«""" in my allowance of food . All I want , said he , u »*«* day ' s wages , fer a fair day > -w « k , -sufficient to ora ^ up my family , as an English agricultural ^ 1 » w « w ought to have . ( That is Chartism , said Mr . * w ?*™ Then I am a Chartist , said the labourer ; and lu »™ % some of my brother labourers ( mates , as he ^ PJrt ™ it ) over on Wednesday , at your meeting , and ^ itrici . if we cannot get a meeting place for you in ¦ ooro' «™ . The poor fellow has been out of work a long » me l . having a wife and family at home , and not » morse bread in the house , those Chartists vrho were .. I > re ! : entered into a subscription , and gave it to toe pu man . We are convinced that if a missionary coiua i *> got for the South , great good might be done .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct371/page/4/
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