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A numerous meeting-was held , on Monday , December 6 th , at the Town Hall , Bouthwark , the Hich Bailiff in the chair . The Town clerk having read " the notice calling the meeting , Mr . BLACK . MOB . E moTed the following resolution : — " That it u the opinion of this meeting that distress prevails to an alarming extent , which we attribute to cIsm legislation as evinced by the restricUTe Un which make food dear and employment scarce . " In this resolution he cordially agreed ; the great evil of this country waa das legislation , this had produced the evil of a monopoly oJ food , -ami bad engendered misery and crime throughout the land .
Mr . Killick seconded the resolution . He wu very sorry it had not fallen into abler hands , but so few of the working men were electors that they had selected him . Great dirtreu existed throughout the country ; it was felt eren in their own borough , at their own homes ; and reformers of every grade ought to unite to remove its causes . UniTersal suffrage , and nothing else , was lie remedy to be adopted . ( Gnat cheering . ) Mr . Spitrb . "Fellow workmen -. slaves in the land of ¦ joui nativity ! I congratulate yon \ upon jour present meeting , and I also congratulate yon that the High Bailiff has so honourably acceded to the wishes ef the reqaisitioDia&s , in calling this meetinr . In the resolution I most cordially agree . The distress which exists is not only local but general ; it extends throughout the
whole of the working population , and the small shopkeepers in the United £ mpire , andthis is truly attributed to the cause mentioned is the resolution—class legislation . Since the Charter has been propounded m have tad many quack doctors proposing their nostrums and remedies to remoYe this distress , Some hays been for the abolition of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; othere for a removal of tbs monopoly on food , but few , very few , amongst those who call themselves liberal and benevolent men , have gone for toe true remedy . They have battled with the effects , instead ot destroying the cause . There is not a person present , in whatever sphere of life he may move , that can by claim to be a just , or an honest , man , if he d « ny the people their natural rights . A repeal of the corn Laws , unaccompanied with other measures would be a decided irjury to the working classes . The Corn Laws were enacted
by the House of Commons . The same description of men are sli'J there ; yon most , therefore , first turn out those men , and put other individuals in their place , who would do jnstice to all , without injury to any . A Government founded on the principles of Universal Suffrage wtuld immediately reduce the hours of l&bour . and thus give time to the -working class to cultivate their TP * '" ri « They tell as w « are tjo ignorant . I have often been told we should hare no objection to give the Suffrage to such men as yon , but would yon give it to sweeps , to rogues and thieves ? but I tell them that this class of society is produced by class legislation , which has engendered poverty , misery , and crime . These men boast of their benevolence , talk of their humanity , and yet , for expressing my opinions , I have been deprived of employment . Mr . Spurr then detailed a case of hardship exercised towards himself , which drew down cries of shame from the audience .
The resolution was then put , and unanimously carried . Mr . Apslzt P £ Li . at said , I have attended to the remarks made by those who preceded me with a great deal of interest I feel convinced that there is a large amount of intelligence among the working classes , and that it only needs a proper direction to enable you to remove those evils which have caused our present distress ; and , though I cannot go so far as some of your friends , 'will you refuse the assistance vtrictl I sad my friends proffer you ? If yon will listen to the amount ot support which w § can kfford , we will stats it ; but if we must go for the whole Charter , we must bow to your decision , and bid you good morning . ( Cries of ' Go on . " i I know that the wealth an *! importance of ¦
the nation is caused by the industry of the working classes . I know that 1 owe my position in society to their exertions , and that I shall only remain in comfortable circumstances so long bs they are properly remunerated for their labour ; it is by the tyranny of their mannl&cturiDg and other oppressors that the people have acquired tyrant vices I know that had the people their rights , neither Stonrges Bourne" » Act , nor the present mHinpr of electim ; the Poor Law Guardians , ¦ would be allowed . One of these measures emanated from the Tories , and tke other from the Whigs . I am in favour of Household Suffrage . ( Cries of " no , ne ; we are not to be duped . ") I would go a step further , and have Universal Suffrage , with an educational test ; and , if t > " » produced prosperity , I should haTe no
objectioD , stsp by step , to proceed still fnrtheT . At the meeting that was held here last week , I pledged myself to assist in getting up this meeting . I was pleased to see a friendly feeling existing between pai ties who had hardly eTer met before . I pledge myself to exert all my influence and energy in acting with yon , but I cannot go th . 9 whole length of ¦ the Charter . I cannet support Uie last clause of the address . air . Pellat then read a numb « r of extracts from Biackstone , Locke , Burieigh , Montesquieu , and others , in support of liberal principles , it was his opinion that if we had a virtuous parliament , we should have a vhtasus people ; but it took a virtuous people to make a virtuous parliament . For this reason he was hapDy to see Infant and Sunday
schools progressing through the land , iCriea of No humbug . ! Mr . Pellat tbtn read extracts fronr a work called " American Conformity , " written by Thomas Spencer , M . A . a vicar of Hmion , near Bath . The ¦ work ¦ was on Church Reform , and it advocated a division of the income of the clergy to £ 200 eich , which would be a saving of four millions , -which would pay all Pool Rates and Church Rates . He also advocated the Suffrage for all who could r * ad and write , Tote by Billot , and no canvassing for members ; this system to extend through every office of Church and State . To this extent he was prepared to go . It was with reluctance that he ade ' pted the concluding sentence in the Address , bat for the sate of unanimity he would stretch a point , and move the whole Address : —
• 'May it please your Majesty , —ihat we your JI&-jefct y * BU ^ . j * tti , inhabitants of the borough of Southwark , having taken inte consideration the distressed state of the country , beg to approach your Majesty for the purpose of laying before your Majesty our opinions as to the causa of such distress . " We beg to ipprk-i your Majesty , that there are in all parts of tbe country thousands of industrious persona who can scarcely obtain a sufficiency of food to support thfeir existence , and that many are dying from a want of the common necessaries of life . This distress is not c-onSned to one poitioa of ths country or one feranch of trade , bn : that the tradesman , the smnll agriculturist and manufacturer , are alifce on the brink of ruin ; that by an urjust system of legislation restrictive lawa have
been enacted , which have produced tkis statj uf affairs ; f ( that by the operation of the Corn and ether restrictive y laws , the trade , manufacture , and commeice of this -, eoui . try , have been gra ^ lualiy declining away , until ^ many of our manufacturers kave been coaipelled to close 0 tkeir workshops , thousands of quarters of wheat have a rotted in the bonded stores , whilst the people Lave j been stirring . This state of things , we are of opinion , r would not have happened had the people been fully and i fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament . { They , therefore , humbly pray your Majesty , with a 2 view to the unmediats relief of your M&jtoty ' s people , s to instruct your Majesty ' s ministtH iaimtdiaiely to £ convoke the Parliament , and to ' convey t >» it your Ma- , jeaty ' s gracious wish thit the Corn and Provision LaWB ] shcmld be at once taken into consideration with a view , it
to their repeal ; we sAbo humbly pray your Majesty , at , the same time , t-t instruct your Majesty ' s ministers to introduce into the Commons' House of Parliament a Biii for the enactment of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " ( Cheers . ) Dr . BEDF 0 B . D—It had been said , by certain parties , that if ever a meetin ? of the ¦ working classes was again held in that ball , that they wouM have to call in the aid of the police . I am perfectly satisfied there is no need for that The authority of the Hifeh Bailiff was sufficient , without the aid of the police . A free press was a blessing to a eountry . What would they have known of ths Duke of Wellington ' s reply to the Paisley Imputation , but for the aid " ef the press ? He had ,
¦ when he entered , the room , the same objection as Mr . Pellat to th » conclu-. in ; paracraj . b . of the aJdre 3 s , bnt he would waive that objection ; he would rather unite ¦ with them for the whote , than they should not obtain their rights . Great distress pervaded the country , which was produced by class legislation ; and while . that exists , I believe there can be no effectual remedy applied . If tbe Charter were carried tomorrow , I ¦ . believe that property would have a preponderating . influence . ( Cries of " Jfo ; " " Tbe Billot " ") His meaning was , that it would compensate for the superiority of nuiBbfrs in the working classes , which weald bricg all to an equality . He had great pleasure in secondiag , the address .
Mr . PaEKER—I congratulate you , fellow-workmen , j open the fair omen that the middle classes see the necessity of a union with yeu , for the destruction of class legislation , that evil which had fettered the energies of both classes of society . As a working man , I give great praise to our excellent High Bailiff , and likewise to theHigh Constable of Brighton , for acceding to our Wishes , in allowing us the us « of the Town Hall , shewing that they would not be psiV . es to burking the proceedings of woriing men . I stand here , an evidence ef our want of votes . I am a tailor , and have bean out of work seven months . "We have in London 15 , 000 journeymen tailors , out of this nnmber 9 , 000 are out of employ , and the 6 000 are only partially employed ; and the 9 , 900 out of employ are continually knocking at the , doors of the 6 , 600 , and
endeavouring to supplant them- To such a lamentable state of things have we been brought by misgovernment . I have long admirei the conduct of Mr . Pellat in his resistance to church tyranny , and I am happy to hear him state that he will strain a point to unite ¦ with us : let us show by our conduct that we car , appreciate this ; listen fairly to their arguments , and : then decide . Many of the middle closes have an idea ' that , because we have no property of our ewn , we are '• anxious to divide theirs . 1 repel the idea ; we do not want their property , bnt political power , to enable us to protect our labour ; grant us this , and thsuld anvtfcisf occur , either by fore ign invasion , or by the dofittfj of an aristocracy , which should . jeopardise the Iivw " or property of the middle classes , the werkiDg men maid be tfcs first to fly to their rescue . ( Great clueriaf . }
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| Mr . Wilso . n—I am highly gratified to think that ; the objection which my friends entertained to the last 1 cliaw in the address was so slight , that it wu waived almost without hesitation ; I think that the best clause in the address , { Great cheering . } It gives you the power to exercise your rights freely and fully ; yon cannot even get two men to think exactly alike , therefore , you must not he surprised to see » slight difference exist I admire the principles contained in that clause , and hope that Universal Suffrage tad the Ballot will speedily become the law of the land . ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr . Rufft Ridley—Sir , seeing the station you bold hi society , I , as a working man , thank you for the position you have taken on this occasion , Fellow workmen , with the address , so far as it goes , I perfectly agree- I have been these last few weeks an eye witness of the distress which prevails amongst toe agricultural labourers of Suffolk and Essex , and I emphatically say , that something most be done for their salvation from their present destitute condition . Mr . Ridley then gave an account ot the tyranny he had met with daring bis tour , and the manner in which lie was dogged by the police ; yet be , the Difid of Chartism , without even his sling in bis hand , had dared to meet the Goliab of class legislation . The Town Clerk having read the address , it was put by the High Bailiff , and unanimously adopted . Mr . Mat > abd proposed , and Mr . Morton seconded , that the address be presented to her Majesty by the members for the borough .
Dr . Bedford explained that there would be no levee before parliament opened : it was therefore entrusted to the High Bailiff , to be immediately sent by him to her Majesty , through the medium of the Secretary of Stite . Mr . Matnard ; I am entrusted with performing the most important put of the business of the day , the proposing the adoption of the National Petition . I , an humble individual , have been chit fly instrumentd in calling this meeting . The address which you bare just agreed to , was the united production of the two parties , and by your passing it you feave sanctioned my conduct , but I at the same time , told them that the National Petition must be adopted , that I w « uld not give way one iota ; give us Universal Suffrage , and we will speedily scatter all the bad laws to the wind . Mr . Maynard then read the petition , and moved its adoption . Mr . Jeans , in a few words , seconded the adoption of the
Petition-Mr . Ebabke ; ( Sec . to the Anti-Corn Law Association , ) I rise for tke purpose of moving an amendment , and for the purpose of putting you in a good humour , 1 will read it Mr . Hearne then read a short petition , stating that great distress existed in the country , which was occasioned by the Corn Laws , and petitioning for their repeal , and the enactment of the document called the People ' s Charter . It was with some difficulty be had conceded the point of embodying the Chaite * in his amendment , bot he bad done it for the sake of unanimity Mr . Apslet Peilat seconded the amendment . It agreed with the addren and contained the substance of the original petition without going inta details .
Mr . M'DouaLL , I intended to have addressed you at an earlier period , bnt am happy to think I did not It was with difficulty I sat silent so long and saw the address passed , making the Corn Laws paramonnt , and dragging the Chsrter in at the latter end ; it was putting the effect before the cause , the cirt befere the horse . He had sat silent during the passing of the resolution and address , but he was not going to see them cajoled out of the grandest principle of alL If the middleclass were desirous of a union with the working class , of burying their differences , and giving the representation equally to the poor inhabitant of the cottage , as to the resident of appalace , it was -well ; they -would not have their petition kicked out for a matter of expediency , It was his opinion that the amendment was moved for
the purpose of creating division and disunion . The Corn Law is an effect and not a cause . They were only established in 1815 , and were opposed by the working classes of this country , opposed at Ptterloo , even to death- They are the offspring of a greater monopoly—the monopoly of the suffrage j the Reform Bill gave power to the middle class , but still it was class legislation . If the suffrage was confined to the working classes , it would still be class legislation ; but you are for Household Suffrage ; you are afraid of the ignorance of the working classes , why then appeal to tbeir ignorance to support you ? "Why ? Because you find that they are in possession of a power ; of a public opinion at least equal to ysur intelligence and to your votes . Give them , then , the vote and they will give you puHlic opinion . We are determined not to battle
with effect ; we will not agitate for a repeal of the Com Laws ; we have jriven np an agitation atill dearer to our hearts , that againtt the Poor Law Bill ; we have merged all in our demand for Universal justice ; we claim a vote for all , it matters not whether it is the Archbishop of Canterbury or bis shoeblack . If we wanted to rob you , we should demand © nly votes for ourselves as you have done ; bnt we demand justice for alL We are willing to receive your assistance in this ; you have Hiore time to devise , more money to support the Ftmggle than we have . I see many here who are sincere as free traders , and who are , I believe , as sincere in Chartism as myself , but we must not have our petition altered . As one of the Executive of the Chartist body , I was imirumental in drawing up that petition , and the allegations contained in it are correct .
The High Bsliff then pnt the amendment , which received the support of only one hand , for the contrary , a whole forest . On the National Petition being put it was sopported by every hand in the meeting , save a couple of very lady-like looking ones ; the result was received with tremendous cheers , which lasUd for some time . Mr . Matsard moved , and Mr . Parker seconded , " That the petition be presented to Parliajnect by Messrs . Humphrey and Wood , and that they be instructed to support its prayer . "
Alderman Humphrey , M . P . —I rise to inform you that although 1 agree with some parts of the Petition , yet there are paragraphs which I cannot agree with , which in my opinion are not true , therefore I cannot support it « prayer . ( "You wiil not long be M . P . for Southwark . ") Dont think to frighten me , I have remained upwards of three hours and patiently heard you , but I cannot support a petition , one of the allegations of which complains of packed juries , i" True . ") I believe it is not true In my opinion the juries of this country are pure , are above suspicion . I Laughter . ) Would not any one of you sooner be tried by a jury of the aristocracy than by a jury of your own class ? ( "No , no . ") One part also claims a Repeal of the Union with Ireland . I remember what took place in France sit the revolution . I remember the anarchy produced—I" By what ? " )—by the same system as yeu Cnartists . ( Great uproar , hissing , 4 c ., during which Mr . Spurr advised them when they had given vent to their
feelings to be as still as death ) Mr . Humphrey—If you had the Charter it would not bo long before you were as still as death . I dont care for yonr disapprobation , if you will hear what I say after * ards . 1 heard one of your speakers advocate dividing tbs land into small farms of five or six acres—( " We mt ^ ui topay for ")—I dont dispute that , I do not dispute that a man may maintain a wife and five children comfortably , and have £ 25 w spare for manufactured goods ; but what is to become of those children ? Can he divide his five acres between th ' . m ? They have as much right to it as yeu . I represent a large constituency—( cries of " we are not represented!—and if I do not express their sentiments I will resign . You may not agree with me ; bnt only reflect You that can read , go home and read your Bibles . ( Great confusion , and cries of " you are one of the educated . " " The Hon . Member , " < tc ) If you attended to its precepts you would not act as you do .
Dr . M'DouaLL—I am not astonished that you will not hear Mr . Humphrey ; I am only astonished you have heard him so long . If be had been giving his reasons why he could not support your petition , it would have been wrong to interrupt him , but I would ask him if the best way to get a body of men to listen to you , is to insult tb * m . If it would not be better to speak to them in atone as though they were reasonable beings . It wonld gratify him to hear the arguments which a member of Parliament had against the petition . It was such a novelty to hear them . Mr . Humphrey—Very few dare stand before a body as 1 dc—fcries of " and insult them" )—and inform you of my objections to the Charter . Each of the paragraphs in the Petition , would take twenty-four hours to consider , asd yet it was all to be forced into them at once , and delegates from all parts of the country to support it ( Great nproar , after which Mr . H . tried in vain to get a bearing . )
Mr . Matsard begged leave to withdraw the resolution , calling upon the members for the borough to support the Petition . Mr Parker seconded the motion . Mr . GOODFELLOW moved a vote of censure on Mr . Humphrey , which was Beconded by Rufft Ridley , and carried with the three groans . Mr . May > " . \ RD moved that Mr . Wood , M . P . be instructed to present and snpport the petition . He had , through indisposition , been compelled to quit before the close of the meeting . Mr , Rogers seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . . ,
Mr . May sard wished to give praise where praise was due . Mr . Humphreys bad called this a packed meeting -, the High Bailiff thought it was not a packed meeting : he had kindly granted them the nse ef the Hall , and promised to do bo on future occasions , even if the requisition was not so numerously signed . He preposed a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for his kindness in bo patiently presiding over them , at his advanced age , during so long a meeting . The motion teinj ; seconded , was carried unanimously . The High Bailiff thanked th « m for tiie rery flattering manner in which they had treated him ; and ] though he could not entirely agree in their petition , ! yet be wa 3 willing to do any service which laid in his j power .
The marked attention and respect paid to the vene- j rable geitlbman contrasted ttrongly with the next pro- j ceedinj , which was three groans for Humphrey . Three i cheera were then given for the Charter , for O'Connor , I for Frost , &c , for the Executive , and for the Slar , and the meeting , which was more crowded than we ever witnessed at an election ; dispersed , highly gratified with , their triumph .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM JULY 14 th TO NOVEMBER 20 th , 1841 .
£ . B . d . July 14 th . Receipts . Balance in hand ...... 10 17 6 p . c . E . C Arnold 30 0 0 3 0 Ashton 20 2 0 12 8 Acrington 20 0 n . c . AberK » venny 100 0 1 16 8 Bdston 260 0 v . c 16 8 Per Potta 1 Birmingham 60 0 it . c . ... ... 0 10 0 Freeman-street '' 2 Birmingham 300 1 ... ... 4 10 0 Bishop Auckland 50 0 0 10 10 Bacup 50 0 N . c 0 18 Belper 40 0 0 6 8 Bradford 400 0 3 9 8 Blackburn 180 0 n . c 19 8 Simeon 1 , Bristol 50 0 ... ... 0 8 4 J » cobs 2 , Bristol ... ... 0 10 0 Haines 3 , Bristol 36 6 0 13 6 Bury St . Edmunda 0 0 0 10 0 Bury 50 0 0 8 4 Bolton 150 0 2 18 BromsgroTo 50 0 0 15 0 Bath 100 0 NC 10 0 Barasley 100 0 1 10 0 Banbury 100 0 0 0 0 Brighton 70 0 2 0 8 Cheltenham . 150 0 1 10 0 Coventry 0 0 0 5 0 Cbovrbeat 20 0 ... ... 0 3 4 Clither © 65 0 0 0 0 Colne 100 0 0 10 0 Chester 0 0 0 10 0 Choriey 60 0 0 13 0 Card ff 20 1 0 10 0 Colchester 30 0 0 10 0 CongietoA 50 0 N . c . Darlaston 30 0 0 15 0 Doncaster 40 0 0 14 0 Delph 32 0 0 3 4 Dewsbury 150 0 n . c 10 0 Deptford 0 4 6 Derby 120 0 n . c 10 0 Ecclea 150 15 1 12 6 Failsworth 50 0 N . c 0 4 4 j Gloucester 100 0 0 0 0 Gainsboro' [ 50 0 0 8 4 Keighley 140 0 n . c 13 4 Kidderminster 50 0 n . c 0 8 4 London 60 0 n . c 0 10 0 Lees 35 0 0 0 0 Leigh 80 0 1 3 4 Lancaster 72 0 n . c 0 12 0 Leicester 700 0 n . c 4 0 0 Liverpool 180 0 nc 1 13 0 LouKfeborough 100 0 N . c 0 10 0 Leeds 350 0 3 5 0 Per Turner .
London 0 2 6 Wheeler , ditto 1000 0 4 13 4 Per Walton , Stone ? Masons , do 0 10 0 PerMoy , do 2 0 0 Per Beck 0 13 1 Per Wyatt do . 13 0 Per Salmon , do 10 0 Per Felling , do 112 0 Per Taylor , do 2 0 0 Per ThirkeU , do 2 14 8 Per Jeaiies , do 10 0 Lefevre 0 7 0 Maynard ... 1 12 0 Howden 30 0 n . c 0 0 0 Hull 200 0 n . c 0 16 8 Hackney 0 0 0 3 0 Hyde 0 0 0 5 0 Haworth 0 0 0 5 6 Halifax 180 0 2 4 0 Hnddersfield 300 0 4 7 6 Harnley 0 0 0 5 0 Richards , Hanley 92 12 2 2 4 Per Simpson , do . 130 0 2 2 9 Hebdenbridge 150 0 N . c 0 16 8 Harleston 12 0 0 6 6 Heywood 0 0 0 14 Ipswich 100 0 15 0 Mountsorrel 0 0 0 4 0 Milibottom 40 0 0 6 8 Mosaley 70 0 0 15 6 Milnrow 38 0 0 13 4 McnhyrTydvil 200 0 nc 10 0 Middicton ' 24 0 0 10 0 Mottram 00 0 0 13 0 Mantfield 30 0 0 10 0 Monmouth 0 0 0 16 Maccleafield 100 0 14 4 Manchester , Tib-street , 300 0 5 15 0 Do . Tailors and Shoemakers 30 0 0 17 4 Do . PlattiDg 25 0 N . c Do . Brown-street 150 0 n . c 0 16 8 Do . Strand-street 50 0 n . c 0 8 4 Do . Chorlton 0 0 0 10 0 Newcastle 300 0 N c . ... ... 2 0 0 Northampton ISO 0 1 19 10 Per Sweet , Nottingham 481 1 6 10 2 Per Thatcher , Nottingham 62 0 2 0 4 Newtonheath 50 0 0 1 !) 0 Edwards , Newport Monmouth 100 0 n . c Norwich 100 10 n . c Openshaw 48 0 0 8 0 Ovenden 0 0 0 16 Oxford 20 0 n . c . Hamer , Oldh&m 150 0 N . C 1 14 ' 8 Yardly , ditto 18 0 Pcrtsea 24 0 Prescott 20 0 0 5 0 Pilkington 24 0 N . c 0 4 0 Plymouth 30 0 0 10 0 Preston 50 0 1 0 10 Rooden-lane 20 0 V . c .. 034 Richmond 40 0 ... — 0 9 0 Ripponden 104 0 1 12 0 Rothcrham 50 0 0 10 2 Ratcliffe 20 0 0 8 4 Rochdale 100 0 16 8 Selby 50 12 ... — 1 4 4 Sunderland 150 0 nc 15 0 SittiDgbourne 0 0 0 10 0 Scarboro' 50 0 N . c Shaftesbury 20 Q 0 5 0 Stroudwater 50 0 0 12 6 Star Office 5 9 7 Staley Bridge 30 0 0 10 0 Swanwick 35 0 0 9 7 Salisbury 1 M ) 0 2 4 10 Spilsby 3 7 8 4 6 Stourbridge 30 0 n . c 0 0 0 j Stockport 0 0 0 10 0 Stafford 70 0 n . c 0 10 I Salford 100 0 n . c 0 12 0 Sowerby 170 0 3 8 6 Per Marchant Trowbridge 50 0 N . c 0 8 4 Trowbridge , by Moore , 200 cards ... 1 5 0 Tiverton 0 0 10 0 Warley 0 0 0 3 0 i Warwick 68 0 n . c Oil 4 I Westbury 0 0 2 7 1 Wolverhampton 30 0 n . c 0 5 0 Wigton 90 0 n . c 0 0 0 Wigan 0 0 0 6 0 Warrington 40 0 0 18 8 I York 100 0 10 0 Yeovil 40 0 0 10 0 I Wisbeach 50 0 0 18 0 ; Walsall ... ... 0 6 9 j Bishop WearmouthloO 0 nc . ... I Balance of the last Convention Fund ... 15 8 0 Tavistock 30 0 n . c 0 9 0 Truro 16 8 118 Hick , Leeds 200 0 » . c 14 0 East End Shoemakers , London 0 0 9 . } Friends 0 3 0 Addresses 0 17 11 . J London , per Rogers 0 10 0 London , Bassage 0 2 6 F . O'Connor 0 1 oard 0 0 6 John Cleave 0 1 0 0 6 Chartist , Hull 0 1 0 0 6 Chartist , BirminghamO 1 0 0 6 Per Wentworth , Wandaworth 0 7 6 Todmorton 175 0 2 2 6 Thornton 100 6 1 16 4 Plain 13 , 0 U 4 84 Total £ 184 6 10 J
EXPENDITURE . 1841 . £ t s % 4 t July 16 th—Rent of Room o ' 8 * 0 * Mr . Littler , for loss of time 0 5 0 Postage 0 4 0 Stationery 0 2 1 A Two member ' s wageB ... 3 0 0 Sec . wages 2 0 0 July 24 th—Account books 0 4 6 Sec . wages 2 0 0 One member ' s wages ... 1 lo 0 Stationery and postage ... o 3 3 July 31 st—One member ' s ( Phil p > travelling expences from Bath to Manchester ... ... 2 2 0 Three members' wages .... 4 10 0 Sec . wageB ... ... ... 2 0 0 Postage 0 10 0 Aug . 4 th—Stationery .. fj 1 7 6 ih—Postage 0 2 0 Sec . wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 Aug . 14 th—Stationery ... ... ... 0 1 6 Postage 0 3 10 Sec . wages .. 200 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 16 th—Stationery 0 1 6 18 ih—Postage 0 6 8 19-h—Postage 0 12 Stationery 0 1 «
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broke his leg on the works by accident , and being anxious to resume bis employment aa soon as possible , he attempted to do as much as he could before be was aa hale and as be had previously been , bat no , thank you , this was not to be sanctioned by thU stoneyhearted despot—he might hobble elsewhere , but not there , and also go and be d—d for all Georga Allen cared about the matter . The heart , however , sickens at the faota recorded in the printed statements of the men , and wa will therefore proceed with the business of the evening in connection therewith . After reading the report ,
The CHAIRMAN informed the meeting that any further information which the working -atoms might require would be readily given by the . Committee at the Union Tavern , St Thomaa's Buildings , Liverpool ; but he had no doubt the statement put forth by the masons of London would be credited , and , if ao , was it not an unparalleled act of cruelty on the part of this man to discharge an individual for taking a last farewell of his : dying parent , or witneaaing the last breath escape the lips of an affectionate wife , surrounded by her offspring ? If such inhuman proceedings were tolerated by any body of men , who witnessed such inflictions , the best feelings of human nature would at once be eradicated , fie did not consider , however , that there was
another employer in the whole universe who would a <* -t in » similar manner ; and the men were therefore justified in enforcing , if possible , the dismissal of this petty and diabolical tyrant before they resumed tbeir labours ; and should the meeting , and the working classes generally , think with him , this ill treated body of men , who were now idle , would be amply protected and supported in their laudable endeavours . The Chairman concluded by reading a letter from Colonel Thompson , who was delivering a lecture on the Corn Laws in the same building the preceding evening , stating his sorrow that he should not be able to attend tha present meeting , as he was compelled to leave Liverpool on urgent business the sadle morning . The Chairman was loudly cheered on resuming bis seat .
Mr . Davis ( journeyman printer ) rose to move the first resolution , fie observed , in commencing , that all who were present bad heard the revolting details connected with the masou ' a strike in London , and the explicit manner in which the chairman had delivered them ; and he assured the meeting that the body he represented that night were too well informed to be hoodwinked by representations which were not founded in truth , —he should , therefore , submit to the meeting th « first resolution , which he read as follows : — " That this meeting cannot sufficiently express its indignation of the conduct of George Allen , foreman to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , as exhibited by him towards
the masons lately employed at the Houses of Parliament And that it further enters its most solemn protest against the recognised right of this man , or indeed of any nun , to trespass upon the private judgment and sacred ground of domestic obligation , by a series of petty and annoying acts of aggression towards their fellowmen , which have unhappily characterised this strike in particular ; and this meeting fully approves of the course pursued by the stonemasons of London , and further pledges itself to use every exertion in aiding and assisting them to wards a successful termination of a struggle , involving , as it necessarily doea , the interests of eur fellow-operatives throughout the empire * . "
The reading of this resolution caused a great sensation in the meeting , after wkich Mr . Davis resumed He Baid it was a fearful duty for bis brother operatives to reflect upon the conduct of such a man as Allen , and they would be wanting in their duty if they did , come forward to support the oppressed ; and he also should be unworthy of the station he held in society if he did not raise his humble voice against such a brutal oppression . He ( the speaker ) bad suffered from tyranny in another shape , in his own profession , and he therefore felt more keenly the oppressor ' s rod , which the stonemasons had experienced . When a man had finished his labour , and the sweat from his brow had ceased , no duty to his employers , on that day , remained to perform—his own private or political pursuits should
be open to him—he rendered his labour in the market , and received an acknowledged equivalent , but coercion was no part of bis contract ; and therefore he had just reasen to complain , as the masons had done , against such tyranny . ( Long and loud applause . ) The strike of this body of men was a novel one , and doubly so by the heroic and honest manner in which they had laid their cause btfore the public The duty of master and man should be reciprocal , but the wiseacres on the one side state , that should one of tbeir menials dare to express himself in public , after the houra of labonr , he must be thrown upon the wide world to get a living how be could . Such was the case in some instances in bis profession , but the character of Allen , the foreman of the masons , exceeded all others . He , in defiance of all the rules and ties of hiscommon nature , had prevented , if possible , tbe soothing embraces of a dying mother and the last consoling wish
of a fond and affectionate wife . What could be more sacred than such tics as these , and what more natural than that the author of such revolting acts should be held up to public odium ? His ( Mr . Davia ' s ) heart recoiled at the recital of such a history as the Chairman bad read of Allen , who was the foreman to Messrs . Grissell and Ptto , the contractors for the New Houses of Parliament , Nelson's Monument , &c . But , he would ask , sb « uld the fame of the renowned Nelson be raised one single foos above the earth under eucb tyranny as had been related , namely , that no workman should be absent to cousiga his own mother ' s or wife ' s remains to its cold and natural tomb ? Heaven forbid it ; he would rather such a monument should never exist , than this tyranny continue . The speaker then took an elaborate view of the case in all its bearings , and concluded an excellent speech , replete with sound sense and reasoning , to enforce the claims of the stonemasons upon a candid and discerning public .
Mr . Jones , shoemaker , came forward to second the resolution , and was loudly cheered for several minutes . He considered he should be wanting in his duty to bis fellow men , were he not to proclaim , with all the lungs he possessed , AlUn to be a wretch of the worst classification in the scale of mankind . He again repeated that he was an inhuman monster , and all the details of his conduct , hitherto uncontradicted , were sterling proofs of the astounding fact . In a long und excellent speeeh , he reiterated the crimes of Allen , but attributed all the misfortunes and injuries which befel the working classes to their great backwardness and their want of energy in not going heart and
hand with each other . Allen told some of his men , and good men too , to take up their tools and walk ; but if the men would only unite like the masters , many , very many of that usurping class would also be compelled to to take up their tools and walk . He next repeated the grievances under which the men had laboured under this monster in the form of man , and said if they suffered themselves to be oppressed any longer by , such tyranny , they alone were to blame . The speech of Mr . Jones , which wa 3 full of sound argument against tbe rod of the oppressor , was replete with sympathy , and three distinct rounds of applause followed him' to his seat on the platform .
Mr . Williams , journeyman printer , moved the second resolution , namely : — " That this meeting is of opinion , from tbe conduct pursued by Messrs . Grissell and Peto , they have rendered themselves reprehensible in the highest degree , inasmuch aa they have sanctioned the course of annoyance and petty tyranny on the part of their foreman , Geo . Allen , thereby taking upon themselves the responsibility of his overbearing and tyrannical proceedings towards the masons employed by them ; and further , in their refusing to investigate the charges brought by the masons against the said Allen , after giving a' distinct pledge to that effect . " His appeal to the feelings of the meeting was powerful , and he pictured in their true colours the wretch who held the unenviable situation of such a man as had been described .
Mr . KoniiVSON , a working man , we understood a shoemaker , seconded the motion in able terms , and followed in equal deprecation against such men as Allen , who , if permitted , would grind to the eait ' a the whole of the working classes of this country who were the bones and sinews of its former pre-eminence in the scale of nations . After a long but interesting speech , the motion was put from the chair , and , liko the former one , carried amidst cheers and lengthened applause . Mr . M'Caetney . working smith , next addressed the meeting , ana we feel sorry that the animated address which he delivered was too long to be inserted in full ; to be garbled , therefore , would be an act of injustice , and we therefore have but this fact to relate , that he stood manly forward to deprecate that portion of the London press which had slandered , in the worst spirit possible , the conduct of the masons , and such a system he contended would long continue , unless the
people bad the choice by honest representatives , in making the laws by which they were governed . As the country stood at present , the working classes were treated like a herd of serfs beneath the despotic rod of their oppressors . Whilst he . however , deprecated one portion of the press , he called upon them to rally round , and support the true organs of independence ; he then enumerated that small portion to which he alluded , amongst which was , the British Queen and Statesman , the DundeeChronicle , and a few other Scotch papers , and though last , not least , the Northern Star , which had in all tried seasons , since it come into existence , proved itself the true and unflinching advocata of the people ' s rights . This source was always open to them ; and that paper consequently should receive their warm and unqualified support Aft ; r strongly alluding to class legislation as the chief cause' the people ' s present miseiies and oppression , he moved the following resolution : —
" That , from the conduct pursued and the spirit evinced by a portion of tbe London press , those journals have proved themselves directly opposed to the interest ot the working classes generally , and to the stonemasons particularly , by identifying themselves with , and standing forward as the advocates of , the tyrannical and oppressive capitalist , in his unholy warfare against the rights and privileges of the producer * of all wealth ; and we hereby publicly take the opportunity of impressing upon our fellow-operatives throughout the empire the necessity of discountenancing and discouraging the circulation of those journals- and further , to exert their . influence in aiding and assisting that honest portion of the press which has no noblystood forward in defence of the invests of the labourers against the encroachments of the grinding and hauchtv taskmaster . " ° ° J
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Mr . Dix , journeyman tailor , seconded the resolntU at the same time censuring the whole of the LivernS press as the most venal in the country . ^ After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meetk . broke up , the Chairman previously intimating thata ! Committee would sit till further notice at the TJiJ Tavern , in Thomaa ' s Buildings , for the purpose atW ing , by all possible means , the men who had 10 ik I struggled te overthrow their despotic and brutal ti ? I master . I It was after eleven o ' clock before the meeting to . I rated , but toe best order and unanimity prevaiW I throughout . " * " .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Dec lo . bankrupts . Paul Axmann and John George Christ , Mark-Im . foreign and general merchants , to surrender Dec /}? and Jan . 21 , at twelve , at the Court ot BankrupW Basinghall-street Solicitors , Messrs . Lovell and & £ liwell , Great Ryder-street , 8 L James ' s ; official assimT Mr . Graham , Baainghall-street . ™ Robeit Rendell , Newton Abbott , Devonshire , drap » Dec . 20 , at twelve , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Cow of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . W
ker , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . T * . quaud , Copthall-boildings . Antonio Lafargue , Great St Helena , merchant , iw 23 , and Jaa 21 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankrupt * Basinghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Phillips , Lombsui street ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . Thomas Morton , sen ., Hillingdon , Middlesex , build © Dec . 22 , at one , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at toe Com of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Men * Poole and Gamlen , Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee , & Lackincton , Coleman-atreet-buildincs .
Reuben Richardson , Woburn-buildinfs , New-mi cowkeeper , Dec 24 , at two , and Jan . 21 , at twelve ^ the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street So licitor Mr . Galsworthy , Ely-place ; official assignee , Mr . Jq £ son , Basinghall-street Peter Williams and Charles Mottram , Wood-atnt City , Manchester warehousemen , Jan . 4 , at twelve two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BuinghaU-strtt Solicitors , Messrs . Hardwick and Davidson , Cateafc * strett ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-rtreet buildings . Josiah Taylor , Liverpool , oil « nd colour dealer , See , 18 , and Jan . 21 , at twelve , at the Clarendon Roomi , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Norris , Alien , and Simp , son , Bartlett ' s-buildings Holbora ; and Mr . Norro , Liverpool .
David Buglass , Sunderland , victualler , Dec . 24 , and Jan . 21 , at the Bridge Hotel , Sunderland . Solioiton , Messrs . Bell , Brodrick , and Bell , Bow Churchyard , Cheap-ide ; and Mr . Wilson , Sunderland , James Stuttard , John Stuttard , Henry Stuttard , aaj Thomas Stuttard , Manchester , cotton-manufacturen , Dec . 24 , and Jan 21 , at two , at the Commissioner ! Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Abbott anj Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square ; and Mesaa . Bennett , Manchester . John Anderson , oil-merchant , Dec 18 , and Jan . 21 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitor ! , Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Sharp , Field , and Jackson , Bedford , row .
William Edwin Oldham , Manchester , commission , agent , Pec 23 , and Jan . 21 , at twelve , at tbe Comma . sioners' Rooms , Manchester- Solicitors , Messrs . John , son , Sen , and Weatherall , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; and Messrs . Bsgsbaw and Stevenson , Manchester . Sarah Partridge , victualler , Birmingham , Dee . 17 , and Jan . 21 , at two , at tbe Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Austen and Hobson , Raymond * , buildings , Gray ' s Inn ; and Mr . Bower , Birmingham . John Railton and James Pavey , Manchester , manufacturers of mouMeline de laines , Dec 24 , and Jan . 12 , at two , at the Cemmlssi oners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington , Manchester . Daniel Matthews and Anthony Gardner , Cheltenham , grocers , Dec . 27 , and Jan . 21 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Solicitors , Messrs . Blower and Vfzud , Lincoln ' a-inn-uelds ; and Messrs . Pruen , Williams , and Griffiths , Cheltenham .
James Monteith , Totnes , Devonshire , mercer , Jaa . 10 , and 21 , at Whidden ' s Royal Hotel , Plymouth ; and Messrs . Sole , Aldermanbury . Tbomaa Ward , Nottingham , victualler , Dec 24 , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at . the Geerge the Fourth Inn , Not . tingham . Solicitors , Mr . Yallop , Furuival ' s Inn ; asd Messrs . Parsons , jun ., Nottingham-Joseph Hadland , Castle Dykes , Northampton , farmer , Dec . 21 , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Globe Inn , Weedon Beck . Solicitors , Capes and Stuart , Fieldcourt , Gray ' s Ion ; and Mr . Roche , Daventry . George Hudson , St . Peter the Apostle , Isle of Thanet , victualler , Dec . 27 , at eight , and Jan . 21 , at ten , at tka Albion Hotel , Samsgate , Solicitors , Mr . Chaplin , Gray ' i Inn-square .
Thomas Saunders , Northampton , draper , Dec . 20 , at three , and Jan . 21 , at one , at the Cross Keys Inn Northampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensman , Basing-Iane , Cheapside ; and Mr . Hensman , Northampton . Robert Powell , Brighton , linen-draper , Dec 20 , and Jan . 21 , at two , at tbe Town Hall , Brighton , Solicitor ! , Messrs . Sole , Aldermanbury . Thomas Chailton and Edward Thompson , Soatt Shields , wine-dealers , J an . 7 , at eleven , and 21 , at one , at the Bankrupt Commission Room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Trchern and White , Leadenhall-street ; and Mr . Dale , North Shields .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . q . cailis and j . Csllis , Padibam , Lancashire , grocen R . Ogden and T . Ogden , Manchester , cotton-epinnen . S . Wade , F . B . Wade , and S . M . Wade , Liverpool , cotton-dealers , as far as regards F . B . Wade . J . Fowler and M . Davis , Bolton-le-Moors , timber-merchants . A . Mearns , M . Robertson , and A . Robertson , Darwen , Lancashire , scourers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Dec 14 . BANKRUPTS . William M'Evoy and Joseph Johnson , stonemason ! , Harrow-road , to surrender Dec 23 , at twelve , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet Solicitor , Mr . Turner , Percy-street , Bedfordsquare ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Baainghall-etreet . Henry Castla , ship-owner , Lucas-street , Rotherhithe , Dec . 24 , at twelve , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at the Conit of Bankruptcy , BasiBghall-street . Solicitors , Messr * Haslam and Bischoff , Coptfiall-court , Throgmortonstreet ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick'a-pIaWi Old Jewry . William Mowbray Potts , grocer , Newcaatle-upou-Tyne , Jan . 7 and 25 , at the Bankrupt Commissionroom , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Gabworthy and Nichols , Cook ' s-court , Lincoln ' s Inn , London ; and Mr . Dove , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
George Shaw , grocer , Wakfield , Yorkshire , Dec . 2 J , at eleven , at the Sessions-house , Wakefield , and Jan-25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Lseds . Solicitors , Messrs . Laurence and Taylor , Old Fiabstreet , Doctors' Commons , London ; and Messrs . Haxbf and Scholey , Wakefield . Wm . Ballinger , baker , Swansea , Dec 21 , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at the Castle Hotel , Swansea . Solicitor ? , Messrs . Williams and David , Swansea . Benoni Fisher , ironmonger , Walsall , Staffordshire , Dsc 28 , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the Swan Hotel , Wolverhampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Philpot and Sob , Southampton-street , Bloemsbury , London ; Mr . James , Walsall ; and Messrs . Wheates and Stanifortb , Sheffield .
James Trubshaw , Jan ., iron-founder , Stafford , Dec 31 , and Jan . 25 , at one , at the George Inn , Stafford . Solicitors , Messra White and Eyre , Bedford-row ; aad Mi-Foster , Wolverhampton . James Weldon , feather-merchant , Bell ' s-buildings , Salisbury-square , Dec . 24 , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , &t the Black Horse Inn , Kidderminster . Solicitors , Mr . Michael , Red Lion-square , London ; and Messrs . Bird and Saunders , or Talbot , Kidderminster . Rice Williams , woollen-draper , P wllheli , Car narvonshire , Dec . 29 , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Mean Johnson , Son , and WeatheraU , Temple , London ; and Mr . Mawson , Manchester .
Isaac Taylor and Uriah Taylor , clothiers , Meltbam , Almondbury , Yorkshire , Dec . 30 , at two , and Jan . 25 , at ten , at the Pack Horse Inn , Huddersfisld . Solicitors , Messrs . Battie , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chan cery-lane , London ; and Messrs . Stevenson , Floyd , and Booth , Holmforth . Thomas Peak Pearson , grocer , Liverpool , Dec- 28 , and Jan . 25 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liver pool . Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , Inner Temple , London ; and Messrs . IAtUedale and Biidwell , Liverpool . Robert Sands , lace-manufacturer , Nottingham , D ^ 24 , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the George the Four * Hotel , Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Perry , Smith . and Perry , Nottingham ; and Austen , and H obaoflt Raymond ' s-buildings , Gray ' s Inn , London .
Roger Haslam , cotton-spinner . Little Bolton , Lancashire , Dec 24 , atone , Jan . 25 . at eleven , at the Coo * misaionerft ' -rooms , Bolton-le-Moors . Solicitors , Me&s * Morris , Allen , and Simpson , BartetVs-buildings , Hoiborn ; and Mr . Glover , Bolton-le-Moors . William Keep , tailor , Northumberland-street , Strand , Dtfc . 21 , at one , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the 0 ourt « Bankruptcy , Basinghall . stwet . Solicitors , Messrs . Ptfken and Webster , New Boswell-court , Lincoln ' s-inafields ; , official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . William Smith Batson , John Wilson , and Jow Liinghorn , bankers , Berwick-upou-Tweed , D < c 22 , and Jan . 25 , at the King ' s Arms Inn , Ber wick-upon-Tweed . Solicitors , Mr . Weddell , Berwiok-upon-Tweed ; and Meggison , Pringle , and Manisty , King ' s-road , Bedfor drow , London .. Robert Drake , engraver , Bristol , Dee . 28 , and Jan . 25 . at two , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol . Soucitors ; Mr . surr , Lombard-street , London ; and Nessrs . vnu *" tiegton and Castle , Broad-street , Bristol .
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21 st-Sec . wiges ' . " . 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 27 th—Postage — 0 5 9 28 th—Stationery ... ... 0 16 See . wages . 20 0 Printing circnlMS ... ... 015 0 Three members' -wages ... 4 10 0 Aor . 28 th—Postage ... ... «• 0 3 8 80 th—Postage 0 1 2 31 st—Postage 0 10 10 Sept . 1 st—Stationery 0 3 0 1 2 ad—Postage 0 2 9 Stationery ... ... ... 0 1 6 Sth—Postage 0 3 8 See . wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 7 th—Postage 0 3 2 11 th—Sec . wages ... 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Postage 0 3 0 15 th—Stationery 0 1 6 Postage 0 3 4 Rent 0 8 0 Ifith—Postage and Stationery ... 0 3 6 18 th—Box to hold the books ... 0 7 0 Postage 0 4 10 Sec wages ... 2 0 0 Three members'wages ... 4 10 0 19 th—Stationery 0 4 7 25 th—Leach ' s expences to York atdagitating ... ... 3 9 0 Extra expences for agitating , ( M'Douall ) 0 10 0 Ditto , ditto , ( Philp ) ... 0 12 6 Executive—Coach fare to Birmingham ... ... 4 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 Extra expences at Birmingham 1 10 0 Sec . wages . 200 25 th—Postage 0 7 6 27 ih—Postage 0 19 4 Printing circulars 0 12 0 Executive four members ' coach fare from Birmingham 4 0 0 Oct . 2 nd—Stationery and postage ... 0 8 0 Rent ... 0 10 6 2 nd—Paid to Mr . Bell , for loss of I time 0 15 0 4 th—Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Extra expenos , for agitating at Birmingham 1 0 0 Secretary ' b wages 2 0 O Agitating expenoes ( Dr . M ' Douall ) 10 0 8 th—Postage .. 0 9 5 9 : h—Sec . wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 10 th—Postage 0 12 1 J Stationery 0 16 12 th- Postage 0 11 4 Stationery 0 0 8 15 th—PoaUge 0 7 2 16 th—Stationery 0 3 0 Postage 0 6 9 Sec . wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 19 th—Postage 0 8 8 Paid for card printing , rent , &o ... 10 0 0 20 th—Agitating expnnoes ( Dr . M'Douall ) 0 17 6 Postage 0 3 2 22 nd—Stationery 0 26 Postage 0 6 2 Sec . wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 24 th—Postage 0 4 5 26 th—Postage 0 6 11 Stationery 0 3 2 30 th— Postage 0 6 7 See , wages 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Nov . 3 rd . —Stationery 0 4 2 Postage 0 6 4 4 th—Postage 0 1 10 5 th—Postage 0 2 2 6 th—Sec wages .. 200 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Stationery 0 3 8 7 th—Postage 0 0 6 9 ih— Postage 0 0 6 12 th—Postage 0 0 7 13 th—See . Wages 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 17 th—Leach , coach fare and expences in agitating 1 12 6 Philp , ditto , to and from London 2 0 0 M'Douall , ditto 2 0 0 Secretary , ditto 1 15 0 Poetage 0 3 10 Stationery 0 2 0 20 th—Secretary ' swages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 Extra expences in agitating ... 1 10 0 27 th—Postage and Stationery ... 0 6 9 Two members ' wages 3 0 0 Extra expenoes , London ... 1 0 0 Coaoh fare , for Leaoh , Manchester 2 0 0 Seo . wages 2 0 0 j Total £ 183 8 7 Cash in hand ... 0 18 3 £
£ 184 6 10 ^ i Audited and found correct , Nov . 28 , 1841 . London [ £ >«* Maynard . w \ William Robson .
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THE STONEMASON'S STRIKE .
MEETING IN LIVERPOOL . In accordance with the placards numerously posted i in Liverpool and the vicinity , a numerous meeting took place on Wednesday evening week , at the Queen ' s Theatre in that town , for the purpose , as the bills notified , of laying before the working classes and the public generally , a fair , honest , and ungarbled statement of the grievances which the stonemasons , recently j engaged in tbe erection of the new Houses of Parlia- ; ment , have experienced at the hands of a cruel and j heartless individual , in the form of the human race , j named George Allen , wno , in his capacity as foreman , had acted in a more barbarous manner than the Egyptian task-masters of old over the enslaved Israelites . This meeting was therefore got up by a committee of tbe trades in Liverpool , in unison with tbe working masons , to remove any erroneous impression which might have , been imbibed by the public as to the correct cause of i this strike , which had no connection whatever with wages , but was purely a matter of right against might , or in other words , a struggle against cruelty in its moat j hideous and unnatural form . The meeting being ad- ' vertlsed for eight o ' clock , to suit the convenience of j mechanics generally , long before that hour an immense j crowd had collected at the doors of the Theatre , which were opened about half-past seven , and before the time appointed every part of the house , pit , boxes , gallery , and frtage , wtre crowded , presenting us animated a I picture of the " unwashed , " but hardy and oppressed artizans , as the aristocrats of the land could possibly wish to clap their eyes upon . Despite of the inconve- { nience which numbers , however , mutt have experi- j enced from the pressure in various parts of the Theatre , we never attended a more orderly meeting in -Liverpool , < or , in fact , any other part of the country , so that a ' posse of the foot guards , blue , who were scattered about ' in various directions , bad a sinecure birth of it for the evening , having nothing to do but listen to the wrongs which men of the same sphere in life as themselves , as to circumstances , were endeavouring to avert . Shortly after the hour appointed , Mr . Glaister , a working maBon , was unanimously called to the chairthree cheers following his appointment . He begged the indulgence of the meeting , in commencing the business of the night , as that was the first time such an honour had been conferred upon him ; therefore , it could not be expected that he should be quite perfect in the business he had to go through ; but , under all the circumstances , he craved their indulgence . He read .
in the first instance , the placard calling the meeting together , which was done solely to remove the erroneous impressions which had emanated mischievously from a portion of the London press . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted , when the honest truths were fairly laid before them , without the least exaggeration , the stone-! masons of London would exercise the sympathy and assistance of the trades of tbe country generally . The first strike , on the men's own responsibility , took place in the works of the new Houses of Parliament , unconnected with wages , or any general strike whatever , but entirely on account of the tyrannical treatment which , as a body , they had experienced under the foreman of the works , named George Allen . Having quitted their employment , they considered it an act of justise to themselves and the public , to lay before them j a full statement of the grievances which led them to j abandon thel * work . Tbe Chairman here read the printed report of the men , which is too lengthy for the present , notice , but suffice it to say , it contained unfeeling enormities committed upon the working men , which we considered heart-rending , as the sufferings of the labouring classes , are , and have been , had no place in the annals of the nineteenth century . A few of this tyrant ' s proceeding ! however , should be banded down to posterity , asau indelible stamp of infamy upon the character who perpetrated them . In the first place , it was a high and unpardonable offence , for a man employed under him to visit a dying mother , wife , or child , if time was lost by such visits , and accordingly nothing short of dismissal was the consequence , with the brutal epithet in the bargain ; of " Go , and die with your mother and be d—d . " A pump was locked up in the yard to prevent the labourers , at low wages , from getting water because a certain public house in the neighbourhood onght to have been patronised , —so that men who could not leave the works except at stated hours , might aluo famish with thirst amidst tile burning lime , and be d—d . Another piece of unheard of cruelty was also perpetrated by this monster in human shape—a man
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct409/page/6/
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