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TOL* TL NO. 303. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1843 price foubpe^ b^p^y or. . _ _ > „________ } v^pv Five snilllngs per quarter.
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Mt deab Li > "T 0 S —I cannot find - words to express ) the pleasure that jour letter , published in last i weefe ' s Slar , afforded me ; and that pleasure was considerably increased bj the anticipation of meeting yon on ihe 5 th at Birmingham . j The great difficulty that I kave always had to conlend against was that of applying practice to theory , j Having made agriculture my principal study from the momest that I was able to think , I came to the
condnson , early m life , that the blunders of our ancestors and of ourcotemporaTie 3 could be remedied , ' as if by magic , whenever a thorough knowledge of t the capabilities of onr own soil could be impressed i ispon ihe minds of the people . Practice , however , j was ihe one thing required ; and lacking that practice , j it was col stall likely that those who scarcely knew ; how their ibed wa 3 prodnced , should al » at once acquiesce in the fcaability of a plan which opened tmt views so foreign to those in which they had beea reared .
But , my dear Lintcn , while 1 can scarcely com-1 plain of the cantioc , the ignorance , ot Inkewarmsesa "with Trhich the working classes receiTe mv propo- ; siiK > n 3 in the ontset , I have good reason to find fault with many of their professing friends , who , in the ; Tery face of such information as you and others have ; furnished , will still persevere m their cold-blooded ' opposition , from do other earthly reason than their iosriliij io me . In proof of this assertion , we find ' - many policy-mongers , who hare no knowledge what- j ever of the subject , straining their poor endeavours ' to weaken the agitation in favour of ike land , by - the contemp-. ible cry that it is weakening the agitation ; for the Charter- It is fortunate , Linton , that you are , a Cfcirtisi—a Chariiss in name and principle .
3 i is also forti-Date that that tinlv estimable etnile- man , ilr . D . Weatherhead , is 3 Chartist , and that he bo far approves the plan that he is now engaged in tarrying it out to a large extent . I ma- ? also men- i tion > ir . Tbcrn ' c-n , of Paddock , near Buridersfield ,. as good a Chartist as breathes ; a man of large for- tune tco . 3 visited his experimental plot , ' ot something more than two acres , within the present month ; ' and if any man doubts the truth of my most extravagont calculation let him go and visit that plot of ground , made out of an apparently barrea moor . Add to these individual undertakings the great eager- 1 ness with which the working men -themselves snap np every bit of land that they can £ et at any price-j "Witness the land bnstle in parts of Nottinghamshire , i
Lancashire , and Yorkshire . See ihe great importance attached by-tbe working classes to those fmall plots allotted to them by Jlessre . Gmi and 33 arshali , of Leeds , regardless of the Tent . "Visit iNottinjiham on a Sunday or a holiday , or any day when there is light after work , to laie a walk to those small allotments , many of them at a distance of more than a mile from the town . See the freshness and vigour , and cheeifnlncss with which the slave who has toiled all day betakes hjm ? elf to the recreation of labouring 5 n the iwiljght for himself ; and macy of these spots let as high as from twenty to thirty pounds an acre . Show Hit ; a single spot in any district in all England coming wiihin tie compass of ore ejb ' s l abour for which five times the real value might not be itsurtd from the greedy competition to possess it .
ion will ^ t once Eeethat my object in mentioning ihese things is to prove that a strong desire prevails aiECEg the working classes in all pans of the country to posses themselves of some land ; atd that ihe opposition is the mere growling of dissatisfied politicians , ostensibly directed against me , bm in reality amounting to censure against thegrtai body of ihe people . Linton , I Lave learned enough to teach me thai if 1 had it in my power to confer immediate happiDess npon aB there would be no difficulty to £ nd msny who wcold objee : to the people ' s possessing any comforts that did tot ccme through the selfappointed political administrators . Is it not strange that those parlies who would deny me any tisre in povi £ ar coi-ficeBce withhold the real state of affairs
from the people ! They have endeavoured to get up an order growl against the land question , the , whole itorm of which they would direct against me ; while , as 1 have 5 hcwn , the whole people are in favour ofmypian ; and not only that , but every sirgle lecturer possessing the confidence of the people has at various times at public meetings In my hearing declared , that but for the expectations from the land , they wonldnot give thrre straws Jor the Charter . Leach , West , £ > oyle . Boss , Barney , White , Masen , Wheeler , Lundy , Clsrke , Dixon , Bairtiow , Bolwell , Beesley , and , cot to individual ' ze , all ihe leading Chartists in London and the provinces are one aid all in favour of the land ; and see as 1 see , the great strength which the agitation of that question Brest add to the strnggele Jot the Charier .
ikly dear linton , how very glad 1 am to have an opportunity through you of commenting simply upon this simple subject . Now , no man will deny bn _ t that the disappointment occasioned by ihe Reform Bill was a consequence of that great confideace which the people reposed in those wto were the leaders in the reform struggle ; and the great danger of change to the people of a country invariably arises from the fact that those who demand the change , and who literally bring it about , have at aii times been deceived by those vrhom they appoint as their trusiees . Let me now suppose a very possible case , Suppose the Whigs had been overawed by public opinion in 1239 , and , in consequence , to have granted the People's
Cnaner . In such case , I ask yon , what but revolur tion could have been thertsali 1 and who wonld have more deserved popular censure than those leaders who had cn&d up ihe merits of the Ciarttr , and wbt > , ¦ ween possessed of it . were unable to stew how it COEid be made beneficial to the working classes ? Ali would very naturally have looked upon the political measure as the means of ensuring social eomfort . The depression of labour was the ouegreat complain : ; while ihe inadequacy of the Charter to rtdress the naiioral grievance , without failing back upon the land , would have been discovered zoo l 3 ie , and would ha \ e led to the justifiable charge of treachery againsi the leaders .
The moment of great excitement is not just the time to propound a wholly novel question as a means of soeial redress ; and hafl we waited until tbe Charter was achieved , to discuss the question of the land , the disgost would h 3 ve led to a revolution . Can any man inform me , how , with an overstock of machinery , preventirg the recognition of individnal worth in the labour market , and without the means of competition bring placed in the hands of the labourers , any one grievance beyond that of the reduction of taxation conld be redressed ? and even what may be saved m taxation would assuredly be swallowed np by the power of capital applied to a non-c < msuming producing -power . But says the mere politician , you forget that we wonld have our members appointed l > y tbe whole people in whom would be vested tbe power of makiDg such alterations as the nature of the case wonld require . I don ' t forget ir ; it is tbe
very foundation of all my thoughts ; and it Is m order , so : oeIv ibat those very representatives sbonld have some feasible ground to work upon , but further , that lirj should not be left in a bark without a rudder , thereby te ^ tiag the ignorance of those who bad launched them , that I have thought it my duty to create an identity of opinion between tbe representative and constituent body , whereby no interregnum would occnr between their appointment ; o ibe tru ? t , atd titir ability satisfactorily to discharge that trust . With Es the qnesiJon of the land is not a novel one . From the moment that the Northern Star w& ~ established , I have written treatise after ireslis : upi-n the subject ; and lorg before it W 2 S m existence I have written and spoken upon it . "During the three years that 1 served in Parliament my whole energy was devoted to the subject : and 1 thirk 1 may assert , without arrogance , that v ? iin the siEgie exertion of one individual , and throughout
mo- * scsEdalou ~ Jy opposed , no new scheme nas ; evtr btec so successfully proponsdpd to a people as : hat oi lie sTtail farm plan . The idea of vacT n-. iHtlesi charges without the certainty of beijig abJe to Biak * thtm instrumental in producing ibe uec > . s > 2 rr social comforts , are all moon-biEej -while SiiV political ciacge which would brirg ^ aboui Tviiai is called Free Trade , co-existing wiib tbe monopoly of ficmi ^ o 3 capital and noi ) COE > uir . ing pruufcciug power , would but have tbe cfiWct of limiting nraimal labour , ai ; d of further recucicj ; ibe amount of wages paid to the limited Dumber emp ] c \ ea ; whereas the spplication of the surplus labour to the land would have ibe double effect of 2 Daiir . g uoicdeDendent of foreign states f- r all the
i ^ ri-aries of life , while , by opening the uaicra £ eid , there would be no system-made surplus populan-ii , upon whose reduced wages the monopobste C-. » uia vaiible wjihon ; reference to any single rule or regulation by which the conditions ol trade should be £ ov ? n ed . The whole process bow is oiie of gambling in an ovei stocked labour market ; tbe only cs- 'cuiancn that ihe manufacturer enters upon ken-g ihe pro £ t that he can ensure upon reduced wai . es , and the advantages that improved machinery give him over his neighbour . Can any msn Fee the rti-ult of the French Revolution , which , after fif ty years , has ended in the destruction of republics , and the substitution of many fortifications for the eae Basiile , without attaching some importance to a predefined mode of remedying those grievances epos which the demand for change is based i Can
fc ^ y E&a iccg -RTtboiii dismay upon the present porfiion of Spain , where a junta of bloody tyrants , with pr . - feiiiojjs of Liberty upon their lips , have Sained an ascendancy by the force of arms ; the fct acis of whose power have been the destruction of every spark of Liberalism that remained in those insntutSoEs against whose tyranny ttey professed to rise ? Do we not find the people , before ihe sound of the last cannon had been lulled , ihreatEning to take np * rms against the tyranta of their own creation , and crying altud for the return of Km against whom they traged a mo *! unjust and unnatural war ? -Why is * his ? Is it not becanse the Spaniards had foledto agree upon what those social cemforts shou l d fce , tie prire at which the ? had haixrded ibrJ lvyes j Thfy Hd nothing to propose—they had decided upoE noshin—and the consequence is
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that the whole conntry will have made up its mind upon the adoption of a system calculated to remedy all the social grievances to which the old one had subjected them . My dear Linton , there is one thing peculiarly striking in the importance , which you and all others , who have eDtered upon the practice of the small farm plan attach to the pursuit . You are an ironfounder , with large premises , and employing many hands ; and yet , strange to say , yon appear to attach much more importance te a spot of land , comprising little more ihan three quarters of an acre , than to your other larger calling . So it is precisely with my goed friend Thornton . He has a large mill for dressing woollen cloths , and plenty of
money ; and yet his little plot affords him greater pleasure than his large money-making concern , while he actually . pants for the moment that shall drive him from the artificial enjoyment of money making , to the natnral eEJoyment derived from agricultural pursuits . I de wish you saw Mr . Thornton ' s plot . It would really astonish you . There ' s not a bit of waste or weed to be seen , and I have no hesitation in saying , that after paying £ 5 an acre for it , if Mr . Thornton was driven to the election ot paying that rent , and relying upon the produce , or ef receiving £ 2 a week for his labour , that he would ranch prefer paying the £ 5 an acre and living upon his own resources . Aye , and it would be much better for him too . When I last saw yoni
spot l was dreadfully hurt at seeing no less than 1 , 350 yards or more than one-third of your allotment under grass ; and now what I venture to assert is tbi 3 , that if any sceptic chooses to hazard a large wager that you will make clear over and above the enormous rent of £ ' 5 aB acre more than one hundred pounds of tbe amount of land in your possession something more than three quarters of an acre . As yon say every year the crops are improving . Aye , and they'll go on improving too , in the exact pro portion in which yon apply labour to them . Dig your furrows a foot deep after every crop , and turn the earth in them once a month ; rather sow your seed tco thin than too thick . Let no weed be seen , and in the course of five years you would have three
feet of soil rich enough for manure for the poorest ground , and worth , if sold for that pnrpose , more than a thousand pounds . Yon see that the correspondent of the Leeds Mercury admits , after four years trial , that his crops are growing better and better ; and after four or five years general trial of of my plan , if I was laughed at for any thing it would be for the poor estimate that 1 made of the value of a man ' s labouT when applied to four acres of ground . In five years a careful man might grow onions upon evwry inch of bis four acres without a shovelfuil of manure . Such is the value of labour wnen applied to land . By nest Saturday the fourth number of my work upon Practical Farming will be published That number will complete the work , which as a
wnole will yet be found in every poor man ' s house in this country . In the fourth number I have entered into calculations of prc-fit and Joss ; 3 have laid down rules for the management of every inch of ground , and have alloutd tne necessary amount oi produce for the maintenance of a man , his wife , and family . It will be seen that wbat 1 allow foT ihe support of a man , his wife , and Jour children for the year , is as follows : — Bacon 20 stone . - Flour 1 stone per week . Potatoes 8 " '' Miik , or butter made from milk 3 quarts per day . Egg ? , Poultry , Vegetables , and Honey , as mucn as they
can consume . For clothing , 301 bs of wool , and the produce of a quarter of a acre of flax . For rent seed and taxes £ ? 4 Leaving , after a very low calculation of profit , the sum of £ 100 as remuneration for a hundred and eighty ays labour . All my calculations have been made at a very low rate ; but 1 have preferred being under the mark rather than lead to tho = e anticipations created upon the authority of the correspondent
of the Leeds Mercury , whose assertions 1 by no means doubt ; but I think it rather hard that theMercu-ry should vouch for their truth , and yet deny the train of my more moderate a ? sertiouF . I am gizd that you tried my plan of planting whole potatoes , according to the rules laid down in ± io . 1 of my book ; and although they were planted at least a quarter of a year after the proper season , yet do 1 venture to say that if your Swedish turnips have astonished your visitors , ycur potatoes will bother them entirely .
. Now , just attend to the following rules : —land them up well from tbe e 3 rfh , in the vallie 3 : don ' t dig them until they are thoroughly ripe , which will not be until the latter end of October ; and when you Gig them , weigh them , estimate their value ,. deduct ; he cost of seed , rent , and labour , and Jet us knovr what the profit is ; and 1 will venture to say that many a haTd-working hand-loom weaver has been working for six months for le ? s ihan the profit of four days' labcnr of your man Michael will yield . Hoping to see you at Birmingham , whtther elected or not ; and feeling assured that your practical experience will be of the greatest possible advantage to our cause , socially and politically , I remain , my dear Linton , Your " very faithful friend , FEAliGtS O'CONNOB ,
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CxIASGOW . —Mr . G . J . Haraey paid us a visit on Tuesday the 22 nd , and delivered a lecture in the Gorbals district in the evening , to a crowded and enthusiastic meeting . He proved to demonstration the fallacy of Whiggery , and the free trade nostrums ; and shewed tbe quackery of Dr . Peel and his slippery sliding scale ; and be proved from Parliamentary returns , that under the operations of the New Tariff , tbe importation of many articles of foreign manufacture were increased as much as 400 per cent . Did they expect iho working classes of this country were to be benefhted by such
"exiension" of trade ?— ( loud cries of no , no ) . In conclusion Mr . H . urged the necessity of further exeriion in tbe Chartist cause , and recommeud tb . at the people of England and Scotland should be united under one system of Organization , ilr . H . spoke for nearly two hours , and concluded amidst the rapturous applause cf a delighted audience . Mr . James Livington , in a brief and highly complimentary speech , moved a vote of thanks to Mr . Hamey , ior his elcqaent asd instructive lecture : seconded by Mr . Colquhoun , and carried by acclamation . Mr . II . was requested to deliver a lecture in the city , but wa 3 prevented in consequence of engagements entered into with other districts .
The Ri . v . W . Hill delivered a lecture on the " Repeal of tbe L' n ? on between Britain and Ireland , and the People ' s Charter , " on Monday evening , in the Chartist Church , Regent-street ; Mr . James Livingston in the cbair . By the hour of meeting the bouse was completely crowded and many had to stand in the passages who could not obtain seats . The chairman , m a few pertinent remarks , thanked tbe meeting for the honour they had done him in appointing him to preside over such a large and resp-. ctable meetiDg of his fellowcitizens ; he was more proud of being chairman of j that meeting than if he was to be appointed I Speaker of the House of Common ? . Those composing that meeting were engaged in a struggle for
the establishing of right and justice , while tbose who met in another place met to consider the best means of oppressing the people . He theu introduced Mr . Hill , who was received with tremendous cheers . He addressed them as fellow Christians In that capacity , he said , be met them . He was not ihere to appeal to their passions ; he mtant to address tbem id calm and scbar earnestness . After some other prefatory remarks , tbe Rev . Gentleman entered at great length into a clear and masterly disquisition of the manser in which the Union had been effected , and its baneful influence upon the condition of the people of Ireland . He contended that a Repeal of that blood-stained Union would be as beneficial to England and Scotland as it would be to the people of Ireland , inasmuch as it would be the means of draining from our labour market a large portion of tbose who are being driven from their native land , through the iniquitous laws under
which they were suffering . He dwelt with great force upon the cruelties inflicted upon the Catholics by the blood-stained , gold-hunting , eurpliced monsters , the priests of the law church . In referring to the present position of the Repeal movement , he said the people of Ireland had but one of two courses to ckoose , as to the meaas through which to obtain the Repeal ; that war , throngh a House of Commons elected by , and subject to the whole people , or by force of arms ; he would , therefore , earnestly recommend to the Irish Repealers the necessity of giving every assistance in their power to the Chartists of JEogland and Scotland ; and he would , on the otbei hand , press upon his Chartist friends tbe propriety of lending their aid to the Irish Repealers . Mr . Hill spoke for upwards of two hours , and concluded a speech , eursng the delivery of which he exhibited , to a happy degree , tne sound politician , the scholar , and tbe gentleman ,
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amidst loud and long continued cheering . After giving a vote of thanks to tho lecturer and the chairman , the meeting broke up at half-past eleven o ' clock . LOKDON . —Mr . Maniz lectured at the Black Horse aud Windmill , on Sunday last , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture some busiuess was tramacted and the meetiDg separated . On Tuesday , August 20 th , a meeting of the Council took place , when a long discussion ensued on the best means to raise a general permanent Victim
Fund , so that the families of the present and all future victims may be supported by the Chartist Association . Moved by Mr . N . Cannon and seconded by Mr . W . H . Bains : "That this Council is of opinion that if the members of the National Charter Association were to contribute one penny per month fora permanent Victim Fund , it would at all times be sufficient to piovide for the victims and iheir families ; and they would urge their recommendation upon the attention of the delegates at the Conference , so that it may become one of our standing rules . "
South London H ^ ll of Science . —The members and friends of this locality met on Friday evening for the purpose of hearing a lecture by Miss S . luge . Mt . Andrews was elected to preside . Ho briefly introduced the lecturer , who was received with great applause . She delivered anjeloquent and instructive lecture on the " Uses of Royalty . " She spoke fot above one hour , interrupted only by frequent burstB of applause that came from the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to her at the olose . Mb . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday evening , at the City of Locdon Institution . Subject— " The fallacies of Free Trade . " The chair was occupied by Mr . Dunn . Mr . Rathbono also addressed the meeting , which was very numerous and attentive .
Somers Tcw . v Lccalitv . —Mr . Davoc reported from the delegate meeting , Turn-again Lane , that ten shillings , or more , would be required from each locality , to defray the cxpences of the London delegates , about to proceed to the Birmingham Conference . Iu accordance with this repoit , not only ten shillings were voted , but a further sum of five , to be used in the event of any deficiency arising relative to the gross sum . SOTJTBWABK . —Cohn Laws . —At the King of Prussia , Fair-street , Tooley-street , there has been for the last fiv « Monday evenings , a very animated and well-conducted discussion upon the Corn Laws v . the Charter ; on three of which evenings the part of the League was defended by Mr . M . P . Haynes , late
Editor of the Statesman , inc . i . c . On the fourth evening , Mr . M'Grath , according to appointment , attended to as > ist the Chartists . Mr . Hayne-3 was not then present . Mr . M'Grath gave the sophistries of the League a severe shaking . A resolution was passed , inviting a deputation of the League , wbo attended on Monday evening last , in the person of Mr . A . L . Saul , of the League Council , and Mr . Wickham , official member of the anti-Corn Law League . The discussion was opened by Mr . Saul , in a speech of about one hour ( being three quarters of an hour more than rule ) , with the usual sophisms of tbe League , amoDg which was the Malthusian doctrine of our inability to produce a sufficient amount of food from the land . " Why not ? because we do not . "
Mr . Blackburn followed , ably retuting the Malthusian speech of Mr . Saul , proving the land to be capable of producing more thau a sufficiency of food for the population ; and showing the desirableness of falling back upon the land as a rational , wholesome , and highly beneficial employment for the now enslaved , diseased , and crippled dwarfs that aTe lingering a mi .= erab ] e existence in the fetid death holes of m 3 nufac : ories . Mr . Wickbam followed in a very long speech , in which he attempted to grapple with the arguments of Mr . Blackburn ; the soundness of which was plainly proved by this very learned advocate oi tbe League at last coming to the self-same conclusions . Mr . Reed next addressed the meeting , in which he disclaimed with indignation any union
with the Buckingham Parsons , < Xcc . as insinuated by Mr . Wickham ; and also disclaimed any union with the League ; they being , in his opinion , classed with the Buckingham p : . irsop 3 ; both being the direct enemies of the working classes . He was followed by a Mr . Wakeford , who built upon a foundation of sand : namely , the cheap loaf that the League would boy for us by a repeal of the Corn Laws . This was proved by Mr . Gathard to be fallacious and sandy ; he showing by facts and figures that tho loaf would not be " cheaper "; that the cost of the production of a four pound loaf , rent , taxes , and all , was only iwo-PE . NCE ; that trade would not increase by a repeal of the Corn Laws , by the fact that
Peel's modification of the Tariff was answered by six opposition Tariffs from foreign nations raising their duties ; the amount of machinery already in this conntry was sufficient , if all were employed , to clothe , fted , and house more than tho population of ; the whole world . Mr . G . then instanced the rates of profit 3 derived by the manufacturers from the labouring men , as was proved by the example of j the profitmongers receiving fivepence-halfpenny out of each four pound loaf ; and that the laws protect- j ing capital and its owners were more iniquitous to , the people thaD tbe Corn Law ? : the only remedy for tne people tnao tne cora . 1-. aw 5 : tneoniy remedy ior ,
which was political power that labour might be equally protected . Mr . Maynard followed , statiBg j that the facts and figures of Mr . Gathard were fal- j lacioua ; but he entirely forgot to prove them so . He j continued , rambling in favour of the Repeal of the Corn Laws , arriving < as this ex-Chartist usually ( does ) at no conclusions ; but like Cook , the voyager , set off round the world , and arrived at the place he ' started from : so that neither head or tail , argument or sense , could by any possibility be made of this gentleman ' s " talky . " After some few more speeches , Air . SauJ closed , a la Maynard . Mr . Mantz then came forward and challenged Mr . Saul to discuss
this question with him , which Mr- Saul declined : but Mr . Falvey , of the League , is expected to attend on Tuesday evening next , also Mr . Mantz , & . c . &c . j A vote of thanks was given to the impartial
Chairman , ( the landlord of the house ) , and the numerous and respectable meeting separated . Chartists of Southwark ; attend on Tuesday erening next . It will be the conclusion of this important discussion . Chair to be faken at half-past eight o ' clock .
BIRMINGHAM . Aston-Street . Mr . W . Cbilton gave another lecture on " The Corn Laws and Free Trade , " on Sunday evening last ; and proved , by statistical accounts , that as trade had increased , so wages had decreased in proportion , until the workies were ground down to the starvation point . He took a rapid view of the " Free Trade nostrums" of the last two years , and concluded by exhorting bis bearers to stick to the whale Charter , aa the only means to raise them from their present degraded condition . After the lecture , letters were read from Mr . Gtorge White on the Organization , and th ¦ duties of the ensuing Conference , which gave general satisfaction .
Mr .. White . —The Committee for Mr . White ' s support have determined to take a large buildiDg , and 10 solicit Mr . O'Connor to give a lecture some evening next -nvek , to ( ndeavour to raise funds towards the supper ! of that much-neglected victim of c-jfiSs-Diade laws . The Chautisis of Birmingham , usually meeting in Astoii-sirtet , have taxen a more comfortable and commodious room , situated in No . 37 , Peck Lane , which vn . l be opened to the public , with a lecture , on Monday next , the 4 th inst ., on the state of the nation ; the lecture to commence at eight o ' clock . A lecture will be delivered in tho above room every evening duriDg the Confereice .
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Lc-. ndo . n . —Mr . Bolwell will lecture at Somers Town on Sunday next . A fitll attendance of the members of the London Victim Committee is desired at the City Institution on Wednesday evening . Mr . M'Gbath will lecture on Tuesday evening , at the City of London Institution , Turnagain-lane . — Admission free . London Delegate Meeting . —Membersfrom every locality are requested to attend on Sunday afternoon , at the Cir-y of London Institution in order to decide respec ting the ensuing Conference . Someks Town Locality . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Bolwell will lecture at Mr . Duddridge's , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road .
Socth London Hall of Science , Blackfriabs-Road . —Mr . Bowkett will lecture at the above hall , on next Tuesday evening , September the ith . Subject— " The best means of the working men becoming freeholders . " The Councillors belonging to the City bftot and shoemaker Chartists are requested to attend on Sunday morning next , at eleven o ' clock , at 3 , Carrsquare , Moor-lane ; aud the members and friends of the above locality are informed that thf . Star Coffee-Housc , is given upas a place of meetip g . Duo notice will be given of a new place when fixed on . Working Men ' s Hall , Milf . End Road . —A discussion Tsill take place at fjie above Hall , on Sunday morniDg next , 3 rd inst . Subject— Repeal of the Union . " The discussion vviil b © opened by Mr . MHirath , Admission frve .
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Mr . Shebrabd will deliver a lecture ia the evening . Marylebone . —Mr . Fussell will deliver a lecture at the Mechanics' Institution , Circus-street , Newroad , on Sunday evening , 3 rd inst ., at half-past seven o'clock . Islington . —The Chartists of London intend to have a concert on next Monday and Tuesday , at the Flora Tavern and Tea Gardens , York-place , Barnbury-park .: Amusements , to begin at five o ' clock in the afternoon . Macclesfield . —A lecture will be delivered in the Chartist room , Stanley-street , on Sunday , ( tomorrow ) , at six o ' clock in the . evening , by Mt . Thomas Clark , of Stockport . Subject , "Organization and the Btateof political parties . ' *
Nottingham . —A . publio meeting wiU / be held at Mr . Hardy's house next Sundy eTenin £ , )« A $ Rbt o'clock , for the purpose of forming an association in connexion with the Chartist ; agitation . FrieadS to the cause will attend to give information and explain the principles of the Peoplo ' s Charter . Stockport . —On Sunday next , the Rer . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , will lecture here , at six o ' clock in the ovening . HathebN' Turn .- ^ A camp meeting will be held at thia place on Sunday , Sept . 3 rd , to commence at two o ' clock . Mr . Dorman , of Nottingham , will attend . A delegate meeting will be held at the same place , at five o ' clock on the same day .
Almondburt , —A lecture will be delivered in the Town Half on Monday evening next , by Mr . Henry Marsden , of Holmfirth , on " The Social and Political Regeneration of Mankind . " To commence precisely at eight o ' clook—Three lectures will be delivered in the Town Hall , on the respective evenings of Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , upon Elocution , by Mr . David Ross , of Manchester . To commence ea , ch evening at eight o ' clock . Mr . S . Davis will attend the following places : — On Tuesday . Sept . 5 th , Four Lane Ends ; Wednesday night , Low Moor ; Thursday night , Dudleyhill , at the house of Mr . Farrar , Hand and Shuttle Inn ; Friday night , Bradford Moor , at the Coach and Horses Inn ; i Saturday night , at Hightown ; all in the Bradford district ; each meeting to commence at six o ' clock .
The South Lancashiue Delegate Meeting will take place on Sunday ( lo-morrow ) , in the Council Room , under the Carpenters' Hall , chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the afternoon . Loughborough . —Mr . Dorman , of Nottingham , will preach at this place on Sunday , Sept . 3 rd , at eleven o ' clock in the morning . Bury . —A public lecture will be delivered in the Garden-street Lecture Room , on Monday , the 4 th of September ^ by Mr . P . Daly , of Levenshulnie , on the Repeal of the Legislative Union . Shfffmld . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Geo . Julian Hamey will deliver a lecture in the Fig-tree Lane Room , commencing at seven o ' clock . —On Monday evening , a public discussion will be held in the above room , to commence at half-past seven . —On Tuesday evening , a public ball will be held in the same room . Dancing to commence . at seven o'clock .
Halifax . —According to previous announcement , a public meeting was holden here on Monday last , for the purpose of appointing a delegate to tho forthcoming Conference , when Mr . Benjamin Rushton was nnanimously elected . Soweiibv . —A camp meeting will be holden on Ratten-row Moor , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at two o'clock in tbe afternoon . Nottingham . —Mr . Jonathan Barber will deliver a lecture in tho large room , at Dorman ' s Temperance Hotel , Clare-street , on Tuesday evening , at eight d ' clock , the 5 th inst . On Monday , the 4 th inst ., there will be a Social Tea Parly at the above Hotel . Tickets 9 d . each , to be had of Mr .
Dorman . Mb . Jonathan Brown will lecture in the Marketplace , Nottingham , on Sunday evening next , 4 m& o ' clock . «^ F Bbadford—A camp meeting will be held at Idle Green , on Sunday , at half-past four o ' clock in the afternoon . Messrs Smyth , Alderson , and others will address the meeting . The Chartists of Bowling Back-lane will meet in their Room on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the morning and at two in the afternoon . The Chartists of Manningham , will meet in their Room on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A full attendance is requested , as the discussion on the Organization will be concluded . The Chartists of tbe Central Locality will meet in the Council Room , on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock . The members are respectfully requested to be in attendance at the time appointed , as business of importance will be brought before the meeting .
The Chabtists of Park Place will meet in the School Room , Park Place , on Sunday morning , at nine o'clock . Mb . J . H . Dewiurst , one of the plot victims , lately liberated from Wakefleld College , will address the Chartists of Idle , on Sunday afternoon , at halfpast four o ' clock . A Special Meeting of the Council will be held in the Council Room , Butterworth Buildings , at ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , on business of importance . It is hoped every member wilJ attend . The Chartists of Daisy Hill will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . The Chartists of White Abbey will meet in their room , at eight o ' clock on Monday evening . A full attendance is expected .
LiTTLETowN in LivF . RSEDGB . —Two sermons will be preached at this place on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., by that unconquerable foe to bpressjon , Mr . Benj . Rushton , of Ovenden , when collections will be made to liquidate the expenses of the room . Manchester . —A meeting of the members of the Manchester locality will take place in the Carpenters ' Hail , on Sinjiday ( to-morrow ) , chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . —There will bo a public discussion in the afternoon of the same day ; chair to be taken at half-past two . A lecture will be delivered in the Carpenters ' Hall on Sunday evening next , Sept . 3 rd ; chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock .
Miners Association . —Mr . John Auty will lecture on Saiurday ( this day ) , at Clough-side , near Ratclifib ; on Monday , Sept . 4 th , Bradbury ; Tuesday , 5 th , Hight Lane ; Wednesday , Gth , Norbourg ; Thursday , 7 th , Hyde ; Friday , 8 th , Dukenfield ; and on Saturday , 9 : h , at Hurst Brook . Mr . Auty wishes to put the miners on their guard against an individual who is ; perambulating the mining districts , and professing a great deal of sympathy for the sufferings of the miners , thereby ingratiating himself into favour with the men , and always urging them to leave their employment and strike against the tyranny to which they are subjected . This person is not recognised by the Miners'Association . Miners , beware of being induced to rush into a premature strike . THE LETTER FOUNDERS OF LONDON , TO
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wages only as-a criterion by which to judge of the xrhoie ; and it is a notorious fact , that in the list of the tea names selected by them ,, ! they have had the indecent effrontery to attach weekly wagea to one of the names as earned during the- period of five weeks that the workman was laying on a srsk bed . I In another case they have included a considerable stun of money , as earned during that six months , which : they most have known wqb earned two years before !! Fellow-workmen , ftom [ the fact of these employers having no otter resource to fly to , in order to injure ns in your estimation , bat that of falsehood and calumny , we trust you will perceive ; that our present resistance to
unbearable oppression' , is not founded oq a mere idle whim , or momentary caprice , ot concocted or got np by ONLY some of the workmen , for every nnuioa piece vtott . in the trade is opposed to so enormoasa reduction of from 23 to 75 per cent , , as is proposed by these said employers . Instead of tobeing 18 s . per week , it will be teas than 12 « . ; and we well know that their profits ( of which we * rill''shortly euter in full detail ) are men as to enable them to give a fair and reasonable price for the labour ot their workmeni Other extensive foundries , Messrs Wood and Sharwoodo-, A . Wilson and Sen , Pavyer , and several other small foundries , still give the original prices , and declare that ! the men ' s wages are already too low . \
Fellow-workmen , we ^ re well aware that on the accuracy of our statements might depend the success or failure of our endeavonrs to frustrate the heart-rending attempts of Messrs . Thorowgood aud Besley , Mr . Gallon , and Messrs . V . and J . Figgins , to n * d » ce ourselves , wives , and families , from oar already miserable existence , to beggary and Starvation . In fact , the workhouses , of which those gentlemen ( Mr . Besley and J . Figgins are , or were Guajrdians ) are most likely to be our homes ere long , for it ! will be impossible to provide food or homes with the scandalous reduction now proposed on our wages ; therefore wo have hitherto adhered to tbe truth in all our statements , and will continue so to do , in hopes that a discerning public will aid ns in our efforts . : On hehalf of the Committee , : Rolamd Owen , Chairman . Committee Boom , Ship , Glasshouse Yard , Alderseate Street .
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ENORMOUS PROFITS OF MASTER TYPE FOUNDERS , AND STRIKE OF THE
WORKING MEN . On Tuesday evening , ia crowded meeting of the working men of London ; took place , at the National Association Hall , HighjHolborn , for the purpose of expressing their sympathy with the Type Founders of the Firms of Messrs . Thorowgood and Besley , V . and J . Figging , and Caslon . At eight o ' clock , the chair was taken by Mr . Holborough , who stated to the meeting thai if the reduction in the rate of wages proposed by the masters had been in reason , the strike would never have taken place ; but the fact was ,. ; that the masters of whom they complained now required a reduction iu the rate of wages in some' respects equal to 75 per cent , under the pretence that they had greatly
lowered their list of prices to the Master Printers . All the reduction they had made to these did not exceed 25 per cent off j the old book prices , while they reduced the allowance they made for old type from 6 d . to 3 d . per lb . i Messrs . Wilson , of Edinburgh , sold at lower prices than the London Masters ; and yet could afford to # ive their men the old wages . He did not ; envy the masters * profits ; but when he saw them making rapid fortunes , he really thought tho 3 e thajt toiled for their advantage should share with them . Submission in some respects might be a virtue ; and , though ho for one did not approve of strikes , yet submission here would only bring on more imposition . He concluded by calling on Mr . Webb to move tbe first resolution , to the following effect : —
That it is the opinion of this meeting that the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Figgins , Caslon , Thorowgood and Besloy , having submitted to a reduction of from ten to twenty per cent , on the 1 st of July last , were fully justified in turning out against a further reduction of their wages , averaging on the whole from twenty-three to seventy-five per cent ., as proposed by their late employers . " This speaker opened the " secrets of the prisonhouse" with a vi ngeance . He proved the masters ' profits , in some cases , to be above £ 400 on £ 160 of capital employed . He instanced the case of one master who beg&w ouly with a capital of £ 400 , retiring with a fortune of £ 80 , 000 , only having employed , during the majority of the years he was in business , ten casters ; while Messrs . Fisrgins employed forty now , with a net profit of £ 8 , 000 per annum on their labour . ' ! ! A Mr . Miller retired with a fortune of £ 200 . 000 . The cost of the
materials was thon very high , regulus of antimony being often £ 18 where it was now but 50 d . per ton . Messrs , Thorowgood had published a statement of wages , so as to lead the public to believe their men had been well paid ; while the fact was , that even at the old prices a crack workman could not average more than 25 s . per week , for which his constitution was being daily sacrificed by the fumes of arsenic evolved from the furnace . No Benefit Sccietv would ACCEPr A TYPE-FOUNDER AS A MEMBER , their COnStitUtions being destroyed frequently after ten years ' labour . Yes , here was a ; small body of men , yielding an immense profit to their employers , being sacrificed to a spirit of gain unequalled in the history of monopolies . Mr . Thorn concluded a long speech , in which he made statements proving more against the cupidity of the masters j than our space will allow us to give ; and the resolution , after having been ably seconded by Mr . Herritage , was carried unanimously .
Mr . Barbrick moved the second resolution : " That the typo foundersjof London having been for five weeks unable , by every reasonable means , to persuade Messrs . Thorowgood and Co . to desist from their astounding reductions , now deem further appeal to them useless , and therefore turn to a higher and more merciful power—the working classes of London ; with whose generous assistance they are convinced that their object will soon be attained . " lie said that some of tUe masters became overseers of the poor in order to get the unfortunate paupers into their employ at a reduced rate of wage . Mr Figgins told the men that " he cared not for them ; ue must have his profits '' 1
Mr . Bolwell seconded this resolution in a speech that elicited much applause . He alluded to the topics introduced by the previous speakers , and said that on principle alone the working men of London should support this strike . If so small a body of men as the type founderslconid not in this instance find support , he thought littleof the tradesof London . They had done their duty nobly on former occasion , —let them do so now . ! He thought it needed no great power of oratory to induce them to come forward . ( If oil oppressive reductions he ever heard
this was the basest . Did the ariatocrcy dare to use the working millions as these middle class tyrants had done ? Producers of wealth ! hovv are you treated 1 Mechanics by thousandsjwalk the streets starving , or beg their way as vagrants through the laud . The last re ^ onrce ol the working man now is the crutch , or tho poor house . Would thia be the case if they all endeavoured to do each other justice ? They must unite . Apathy bow was the worst of criminalities . When just complaints are useless , because unheeded , the fault lies only at his dpor who refuses to sympathise and to assist . ¦
Mr . Killingback supported the resolution , which was carried with applause , when Mr . Mantz read the third resolution , viz ., " That this meeting , knowing from bitter experience , that wealth and capital haFe ever waged with labour an unjust cruel war , pledges itself to support the type founders to the utmost extent in their power , in their just resistance to the heartless oppression of their masters ; and in order to break up this monopoly deem it advisable that the workmen publish a statement of the profits of their employers , and thus offer an opportunity to men of capital to embark iu this lucrative trade . " This speaker discanted at great length on the remarks of at the
the previous ones—calling on the moetmg same time to open their purses as well aa their hearts ; for sympathy was a poor thing without relief . He had seen at Stockport living men feeding on the putrid carcase of an ox : and he conjured the meeting to look to themselves in these strikes - or his might come to pass in London .- The trades must unite to assist each other , ana he suggested the formation of a committee , independent o £ the type founder present , for that purpose . The masters wanted to overflow the trade with human competition , so that they might gsS their work done at starvation-wages .
Mr . M'Donai-d seconded the last re 3 oluiaon , facetiously remarking on the sudden flights of reporters who , with tho single exception of that for the Northern Star , had left the meeting . He advised them not to trust the press—( A . I voice in tha crowd " The Northern Slar ") . That was the people ' s own paper , and he knew they would always find it so—( cheers y On the Stonemasons Strike , £ 3 , 00 ( i out of the £ 6 , 000 expended , had been furnished by the trades of London ; and ho trusted the type-foojadera would create a like sympathy in their behalf .
After a few observations from Messrs . Cowan , M'Frederic , Carter , aud others , this resolution recaived the assent of the mjeeting ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairsaaa for hia able conduct in the chair , it was disaohed ,
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REPEAL ASSOCIATION-Monbat ; Since the commencement of the Repeal Associa tion , rapid and formidablo 33 has been its progress there has not been so much excitement at anj previous meeting as that held to-day . This waf owing to the intense anxiety respecting the courst which Mr . O'Co . vnell would pursue in reference t < the declaration of ministers on the Repeal Agitatior in the Queen's speech . Before twelve o ' clook , the hour fixed for the meeting , the Corn Exchange was crowed to excess . The chair was taken by G . P . Fogabtt , Esq ., ol Castle Fogarty , county of Tipperary . Mr . Stcele said that as it had been determined by a rote of this Association to give an order to Mr . Hogan forthwith to execute a statue of O'Connell , the only question that rema i ned was whether the great father of bis conntry should be represented presiding at Tara , or as he appeared at Mallow , when uttering a fiery defiance at Peel and Wellington in reply to-their threat to attack the people of Ireland . The Irish people despised the threats of ftha puppy Peel , and the bloody old Indian Seapoy —Wellington ( gyoana and cheere > . Mr . Hogan praferred to exesute the statue in the latter attitude , and therefore he ( Mr . Steele ) wouJd move thai-this Association * give its approval So the suggestion . On tho base of the statue should be tha mam < wable words uttered by the liberator on that occashm— " They may trample upon me ; ' but it shall not be-en my living body , but on my corpse . "
The motion having been seconded by Mr . Scott , of Edinburgh , passed with acclamation . Owing to the crowded' state of the room , a good deal of confusion took j > l 3 ce while the Secretary was clearing the reporters table of momSsra who sought accommodation at it . Mr . Rei< , T . C , said he was glad to see them so much incommoded in consequence of the crowded state of the room , for it proved that the ridieulou 3 speech reported to have beea spoken by the Queen had not cqjred the people of ( Ireland —( loud cries of " It never will—it never shall ") .
Mr . John O'Connell , in explanation of this observation of Mr . Reilly , begged to say that they distinctly recognised the fact that the Qaaen was ia a position of coercion ; ( hear , bear)—that the speech in question , was her ministers' and not ner own —• ( cheers ) . She was under the constitutional coercion of her ministry , supported by a majority of the present house of Parliament , and was obliged to make that speech . It was worthy of remark , bowever , that Peel could not induce , her to uae any stronger phrase than the milk-and-water one of " deep concern " ( hear , hear ) . At half-past one o ' clook , M . r . O'Couaell entered the meeting , amidst tho most enthusiastic acclamatl ' ODS .
Mr . O'Connell said that he observed in the Freeman ' s Journal of that morning , a letter from a gentleman who reports for the Times . He had read tbat letter with the greatest attention and with much pleasure . He liked both the tone and temp 3 r of it ( hear , hear ) . Its author had asserted himself with- the dignity of a gentleman , and without the slightest ill-feeling or anything inconsistent with the strictest propriety , whilst he had convinced him ( Mr . O'Connell ) that he was in the wrong ( hear , man who reported should be totally neutral ; out , if hear ) . He had suddenly asserted that gentLhe had reflected for a moment , he would have remembered that reporters act also as private
correspondents for newspapers all over the world ; and would , of course , have seen that he had totally forgottoa one part of their duty . He wished , therefore , to observe , that he considered the neutrality of repor t - ers to bo confined to the reporting of the proceeding of public meetings ; and so long as they reported those proceedings fairly they were entitled to every aid and assistance which could be afforded them They were the most useful class of the public ia perpetuating sentiments which would otherwise be evanesceut and perish with the voice of the spsaker who uttered them ( hear , hear ) . He had only to repeat that he was in the wrong , and the gentlem '^ . j to whose letter he referred , wis in the right ( cheers ) .
Mr . Ray read a letter from the Repeal Association of Louisiana , United States , inclosing a remittance of £ 126 6 s . lOd . Mr . O'Connell spoke in the warmest terms of the subscribers in Louisiana , and moved that the letter should be inserted on the minutes . Mr . John O'Connell read a letter from the Repealers of Ohio—the Repeal Association of Cincinnati—enclosing a remittance of £ 113—( cheers ) . The writer stated that slavery does not exist in the State of Ohio , but went on to assert the difficulties of
gettmg rid of the system , which was in accordance with the compact entered into at the union , and could not be abolished without violating the fundamental / awa and the national compact of the United States . With these sentiments , the letter stated that the R .-pealers of Ohio had seen with surprise the speech of Mr . O'Connell . That speech was powerful and eloquent , but they totally dissented from his arguments . They were free from slavery in Ohio ; but , nevertheless , they " despised the abolitionists . " The letter concluded by expressing sympathy for the wrongs of Ire ' aud .
Mr . O Connell observed that slavery did not exist in Ohio , and they could not , therefore , object to receive the money transmitted . He strongly condemned the sentiments expressed in this letter in defence of slavery . The attacks upon the Abolitionists were mere trash and nonsense ; and he despised the attempt to mitigate the horrors of slavery by men who boasted that their own state was free from the stain and the disgrace . It was his intention to move tbat this letter from Ohio should be referred to the committee , in order that a detailed answer should be returned . He denied that man could be the property of his fellow man — ( loud
cheers ) . He had ho compassion for the man who . e property was negroes . Reverse the picture , and sHppose that the yellow American were the property of the black negro—who would have compassion for the slave-holding negro —( cheers ) . This document , which asserted much that was untrue , and conceal . 1 much of tbe truth , should be met promptly and ia detail . Let Ireland but obtain her legislative independence , and they would have missionaries preaching freedom in every region where Blavery degrad i the human race —( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell concluded by moving that the letter from Ohio be referred to the committee . —Carried .
A contribution of £ 270 was banded in from Newfoundland , and a vote of thanks was passed to Dr . Fleming , the Roman Catholic Bishop of the island , for his exertions in support of Repeal . Several communications were read , in one of which was a statement to the effect that the writer was induced to send in his subscription by the implied threats in the Queen ' s Speech . Mr . O'Connell said that this speech wa 3 we'l described by the Morning Chronicle , which said that it deserved to be designated as the essence of stupidity and insolence—( hear , hear , hear ) . That speech we ? not a royal authority , as the writer of the letter referred to seemed to think . It was a Ministerial authority only , and as such should it be
treated—( hear , hear ) . Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to address the meeting in reference to hi 9 plan for reorganizing the Irish Parliament . He said it was wrong , as stated in the Times , that the English House of Lords had at all times judicial authority over the Irish Lords and Commons . It had such authority up to 1782 , but in that year the great Act of Settlement was passed , which recognised the independence of the judicial authority of Ireland . Ia the Act for repealing the Union this principle should be Fecognised . His plan for the reorganixa , tion of the Irish Parliament had nothing whatever to do with the next step—the Preservative Association . Full details were necessary before that Association should be formed . He was glad to be enabled to say
that already a large number of gentlemen of the first respectability were ready to become candidates for seats in the " Preservative Association . " He would not propose the plan of that Association until he had it so thoroughly arranged as to be strictly witbin the Jetter of the law . All penal Acts of Parliament affecting the liberty of tho people should only be obeyed according to their strict letter . He concluded by moving that district Repeal Wardens should be appointed for the two first towns on his list which are to return members to the Irish Parliament , namely , Arklow and Ardee . These district Wardens will be required to make out lists of all the househo . uers—all the married men ; in short , of all the persons w . ho will be qualified to vote for representatives under the new Irish Constitution .
THE QUEEN ' S SPEECH . Mr . O'Connell said , that from the importance of the topics introduced in the Queen's speech , it w « - < j thought necessary to come to their consideration with all possible deliberation , and from tho lateness of the hour , he thought it the better coturse to defer any remarks upon shem until to-morrow ; but he could not help observing that that which was called the Queen ' s speech , was the Minister ' s speech . ( Hear , hear . ) It was no more the Queen's than hia ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) . The sentiments were those of the Ministry , and this he wished to be distinctly understood in Ireland , as he desired to counteract that incitement io disaffection which that speech was calculated io produce . He did not think that
a more traitorous proceeding waa ever adopted by any Ministry to its Sovereign than that speecb- ^ -a proceeding more likely to estrapge from the crown tha love of the people could aot be designed . It exhibited on the part of the Ministry a degree of profligacy , that , base as he believed them to be , ha did not believe them capable of exhibiting . ( Hear . ) The Irish people were accused of being disaffected and discontented . He denied that they were disaffected , but he admitted they were duooatented , and it would be his duty to show to-morrew that if they were hot discontented , they would be the most degraded ot" human beings . ( Cheers . ) He then moved that the caeeting adjourn till to-morrow , at two o ' clock , whioh was adopted . The week's rent was announced , to be £ 1 380 7 s . 4 d ., and the njseUng separated- .
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THE PUBLIC ! N GENERAL . We have had numberless difficulties to contend with during our present resistance to one of tbe moat enormous rednctiona ever known to bo proposed to any body of the working classes , and whicli , we believe , would only be concocted by men possessing no feeling for their workmen , or union workhouse guardians ; too many of whom , ( and two of our ori'RESSOns do , or did belong , to ttie latter body ) at all times , sbow but little sympathy to th ^ unfortunate workmen under their charge . On one of these employers being Teruonstrated with on the injustice of his conduct , and that the men would not be . able to support their families , &c , be abruptly . replied , that that waa nothing to him , for he wmild have his profits .
There is one of the difficulties which more particularly rtquires your attention to , because it has emanated from parties ( Thorowgood and Besley , ) whom we never bulieved capable of resorting to such malignant and insidious conduct , with an intention to counteract our appeals to you for sympathy and assistance ; and thereby to have us more completely in their unmerciful grasp . They have had tbe hardihood to circulate a printed handbill , beginning thus : — " An attempt having been made by some of the workmen employed in some of the principal London Type Foundries to excite the commisseration of their fellow-workmen in tbe various trades in the Metropolis , isy gross statements , as to the rate of wages '" Now , fellow-workmen , in these few
• wordB just quoted from tbeir own bill , Messrs . Thorowgood and Bssley have knowingly printed and circulated two falsehoods ; for instead of our appeals being made by ONLY SOME ef the workmen , these gentlemen i ?) know they have been made by all THE men employed on piece work in the trade , and that every one of THEIR OWN MEK HAVE TUNRED OUT—tbi « Is falsehood the first . The accusation of eur making GROSS statements as TO the rate of wages , is falsehood the second ; until they come forward with a correct average statement of the wagea of all the men who have left their employment , and thus prove our statement of 18 s . per week to be underrated , which we now again , fearless of ' honest contradiction , ¦ repeat to be much under rather than above 18 s . per week .
Fellow-workmen , tbe above parties charge us with propogating falsehoods j we indignantly deny the calumny , and thus publicly challenge Mr . V . and J . Figgins , Messrs . Thorwgood and Besley , to print , and show to the public , the list of prices , the names and wages of all their men tbat are out , instead of selecting enly ten , and thus mislead the public by giving thei
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