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THE CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT,—FRAUDS UPON THE REVENUE.
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL.
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A CHIEFTAIN TJNKNO'WN TO THE QUEEN Add Scstlsnfl cried , " -welcome yer Qaeeu !" Ilka glen echoed , " welcome yer Qaeen ! ' yTbUe turret an * tower na mountain an' moir , Cried -wankin an' " welcome yer Qaeen !" lien o' tie dersy was exprest , Aj Scotland for Lang hadna sees ; ¦^ b&u eodies cam biekerin' » ' clad i' their beat T beck to their bonnie yoang Queen . Then a" tan" o' colours cam' south , An" scarlet £ r » sly Aberdeen ; Hi fattens' heart flitted np to the monti—A' pantin to peep at our Qaeen . Ttsre were Earls on that clittarin' strata Wi' diamonded dame mony a' ane ; An' weel micht seem that the happiest land—Was trod by the happiest Queen .
Then Eany a chieftain's heart Beat high ' neath ita proud tartan screen—But erne Fallen chief stood afar and apart , Nor recked he the smile of a Queen ! "ftti's he -wlnna blink on our Qaeen ? Wi' his hsffcts sae lyart an' lean ; 0 he- i it is Wjlnt , wi' his retinue gaunt , An" his millions o" mouraera unseen' ! Proud Scotland cried hide them , O bide ! An * istca" them licht on her ee :: — TTi' their bairnies bare—it wad sorrow Esr sair Daes a mithfcT ' s heart move in otr Queen ? W . Thoh . Ia -exry , Sept . 1 S 42 .
The Customs' Department,—Frauds Upon The Revenue.
THE CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT , —FRAUDS UPON THE REVENUE .
Before siinding- Kora in exlenso to the means by which tie receipts of the Customs bxTe " o » tn so materially diminished by illegal and irregular transactions and ccrnuvaac ;* . it is a duty we owe to a great majority of Jsidia ^ -waiters and other officers of the landing department , to S 3 y , that for honour , probity , and integrity , the ? stand beyond suspicion . Fsr is it from cor intention , because ons delinquent be found among a scora of emp l oyes of the department alluded to , to sy a word that would indues the belief that the general body is deficient in honesty . As the i ^ ames ot those discovered to hare been mixed up with irregular and iliesa ! practices must bs given in the coarse of the narrative , innocent parties will be , as they ought of course to be , rtlieved from the slightest taint of suspicion in tie public niiad .
The Eirae of the party already dismissed the service Is Mr . James Hastings , his participation in tha frauds being folly established , and his securities will , therefore , be called upon to maks good his deficiency to the extent of their liability . The suspensions n « in force , are Mr . Wiliiaai Burnby , Mr . R . Homertham , Mr . J . E . Fcote , lir . Lang , Sir . Poole , and Mr . Boils . It msy be necessary to remark , that some of these parties will , no doubt , be reinstated . As reEDects Mr . Earnby . the following facts and circnmstsDces connected with the present and previous tffjir will t ^ cd forcibly to illustrate and prove ~ « he aEBerticn made in the former article upon this s-ubject , of the favouritism exhibited by the Commissioners , and the readiness that has been shown to Ifct tc : > - .-i--ee those who are in favour with the heads of the department .
In the month of December . 1840 , the draTrnack on a large quantity ot wins was attempted to be received by a party who had employed an agent of known respectability and integrity to make the necessary entry ; suspicion being excited by a trifling irregnlaiiry in the papers about to be passed , an investigation tras made , when it was discovered that the whole was an attempt at fraud . The name of Mr . Bumby , as the gsiuger of the imaginary wine , appeared in the papers . This officer was interrogated by the Surveye . i-Ger . eral , ilr . Uowdicg , and the case was brought before the Commissioners , but the result of this trahs-ction was not permitted to transpire ; and although it was never doubted that Mr . Barney had some knowledge of ths irregularity complained of , still he was rttained in his situation until the present discovery was made . It
¦ would appear , from whnt has sines escaped of the BecreS sittings of the Board , that thia Mr . Barnby has at last , to saYe himsilf ( for there is evrry reason to btiieTS that he has a promise ef indemnity from ulterior steps ) , turned approver , and as such has been and is giving evidence against some of his colleagues . The first cine of suspicion of those frauds was afforded by the examination that took pbee in tke Court of Bankruptcy some six months ago , under the Sat issned against the now noted silk manufacturing firm of Messrs . Williams and Motteinj , as will be presently sn ^ wii . The Government , it is imagined , have had some facts laid before them tending to raise suspicions that frauds of the character now in course of description were of nsnal ocenrencs at the water-side , or the apoeintment of Mr . How to the new effice of
inspector-general , to supervise the acting effieers , would not have been made . In the discovery of frauds upon drawbacks on wine three distinct instances are acknowledged to by Bnraby , Eonsersbam , and Hastings , aischarged sarvanta of the London Dock Company , acting as merchants on their behalf , it being understood that a fair division of ths profits of the operatien should take place . The amount confessed to ha"ve been received by these parties npon this transaction is between £ 000 ana £ 7 < j 0 . As it often happens in cases cf fraud , when the coadjutors fall out or are discovered , recrimination iB the order of the day . Another mode of defeating the revenue of the country , adopted fay the officer whose name snd acts we have been commenting npon , i 3 1
In the fabrication of what is called ' Quakeisor Dammies , " as a substitute for spices or other valuables abont to be thipped for export . A discharged fortiri _ n from the F w&Tchccse ( spice floor ) of the St . Katharine ' s Dock , named Qoadling , was employed to make thtte " QiaitK , " or " Dummies . " at the suggestion of Bumby , CDe of the landing waiters . A relative of his , B&id to hold a commission in the royal navy , - though professing to be a silk-merchant , carrying on an extersive trade , had promised a feerth of three pounds per week in the event cf bis ( the " Quaker maker ") being discharged from his situation . Discharged he was , but whether the promised situation was provided we cannot asscit .
Connected with the silk , lace , and glove trade , it has long been a known fact among those connected with this branch of Custom-house business , that the favourable connection which junior partners and Other confidential servants of such firms have made ¦ with tbi i Seers , have enabled them to supersede ths licensed custom-house agent by the many marqjuvres which they in concert could practice , eithtr to _ get the gooes out at a dnty trifling in the extreme , or withont any dnty at all . it is the knowledge oi this connection - « h cli has led many of these agents to Ra * e scHctinc the business cf many of the houses in the siik trar ; e , being well aware of Iheir inability to give satisfaction to their principals , or compete with those parties , -who , in their business transactions , "ft ere intimate with tee revenne-effieers .
The case adduced in the laBt notice to the frsnd-praetise < l hy the exchange of packages , which , there can be no dtur . t . has been extensively carried on bj the parties , isuvt have been somewhat startling to those nnacquai ^ tcd with this particular department of water-side practice . Another , equally simple in its process , will , bowtvtr , satisfy the most sctptical that the nudes by wh ) ch tie revenue can aEd has been defrauded to a va * t iiur-UEt ire vaiicus , and are almost' alterable at the pleasure if those concerned in them , so as not to arouse tlit sn .-p : rioo of third parties by the oft-repeated pract ice if ohe deception
A cas ^ Earkcd and number ? d , says B wirbin a dia-Eotc * -. >' . 2 . containing silk fur drawback , is sent to tie Iff al qc-.-. js ; is there Examined and " made sbipptd " by Jit sc . ; cfcer , after which it is put 6 n beard a lighter for ikj t ; en to the vessel . In the ssme lighter is * no ;; tr csi- * . slmilailj uaiked and numbeied , containing cotton or free goods , entered in s different exporter ' s E ^ e Shrrtiy after the exporter tf the iait-mtnt oned P&ck&Ei * tpi- ; ies to have his case made ' thcrt-shipped " ( that u , i ! - r ereturned , ! , when by the undeiatood change the cate if siiks is relanded ard delivered , in the place cf tte cate tf cottons , which is , in dne couTse , exported , vble tic criwback is recemd on the pitirate of silk , lais fried c ^ ulu , at Eny time , bs prf sfccttd without the e :: ! rf j ^ g cficer , but by his connivance could be more ttnly effected .
It vctj . g be iuEciect for present purros ' . s to close hire : i , further facts can be stated , we : _ - it cot ftit to be of \ i : miceEt ic-portance to ctrry ibe narrative witfaii ; fnfbcr , in orctr to prove the ty .-um of fraud t ° becte ;" rcm which the revenue has fur q lorg time Sffiertc . The course the investigation has taken , and ts large number of witnesses called to support the c- ^ r . t-i airr'dj brought against tie part <_ s who figure ^ the principals in the violation of their duties already »» crittd , preclude for the moment giving the ticts in detail which will enbseqnently be elicited to establish P the strcrgest possible light the connection of- many fitffis in this metropolis , as tee recipients in doe proporticn with the revenue efneers , of the pioSts of the frato eov ? xmiei investigation .
The public , by occasional paragraphs appearing Within tbe last three weeke in the daily prints , were la some degree prepared for disclosures which would * nect int erests identical with the mercantile world , Dot they were hardly , it is considered , prepared to meet the astounding statement , that by the continued sssstanee of these frauds , parties have been enabled to carry on a system of business which , while allowing wem to supply the « tail dealer at ' cutting" prices , * ko allowed them to be his superior in the ordinary **!** of bade , at even a greater redaction than they cad a first submitted to . when the whole of the system pursued on the scale ofmagnitcde verily believed to be the case shall have "Sen presented to the general community , not much wonder win be expressed at the competition and ruin tenltirjj : fivm the following of certain descriptions of " 5 Ene ! B connected with the silk and Ieco teases , and Bis very itranre things which have appeared , and come to pais f-l . tiTmaiters of the kind have been invest ; - SWtd bet »« tie pablia tribunals of the cc-TinUy . Herts .- ; er ssrooger and more palpable trnths-svill be tttHli £ Ji 6 Jj to prote the corruption existing in the
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management of the revenue , and among some of its dependents ; and there can be no duubt that when these shall have been widely disseminated , legislative interfertBce will be called into actioD , to prevent in future the . possibility cf tbe recur : ence of such abuses . The court of inqairy at present constituted , and under which the investigation is proceeding , consists of the Hon . George Robert Dawson , and Surveyor-generals Messrs . Dowdingand Weston . It is generally believed that , in addition to the examination which these gentlemen may make as the representatives of the Board of Commissioners of Customs , the Government will also direct the Revenue Commissioners , wh » have till very lately been engaged in an inquiry witb the view of improving the Liverpool Branch of Customs , to take up the subject as a topic of discussion in the report which they may hereafter have to mak » upon the London department .
How well the Revenue Commissioners would be able to grapple with the question may be fairly inferred from the consideration which it appears they have given to the connection of the landing-cm" sera and the merchants in their Liverpool report , not long issued from the House of Commons . In that document they allude to the conference they had with the merchants on the Bcale of remuneration paid to the landing waiters , Bearchers , 4 c . ; and it is there said , that " they ( meaning the merchants ) do not believe tuat this Bystem would ever produce the former evils of fees paid by the merchants to the officers , nor do they admit that the work would be slurred over or executed with undue haste , and that thus facility to commit frauds , and to occasion mistakes injurious to the revenue , would be the result . TaBy reiterate Mr . Huskitson ' s assertion ,
t ' nat the adoption of this system would be a saving oi time in un oading vessels of three days in ten , and strenuously maintain thao either a greater number of 3 = ndiflg waiters must be employed , or means be adopted for causing greater exertion to be put f * rth by the out-door department of the Customs . On the other hand , not only do the Commissioners of Customs repeat the arguments which they have formerly advanced , in deprecation cf the part salary and part fee system of payment of landing-waiters , but their practical officers in London and in Liverpool remonstrate in tht ; strongest manner against a recurrence to it . They say it perils the revenne , and gives i ' i 5 B to neglect and inconvenience of all kinds—that it turns the officer into tha head-clerk of the merchant , and induces him to act as such , and to take an improper share in tbe superintendence of the unloading of vessels . "
It is understood that as the investigation proceeds , though tardily , fresh facts are brought to notice , showing the laxity with which this important branch of revenue has been managed .
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TO TH £ CHARTISTS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . Bbethrex ix BONDiGE , —My object in addressing you ai tnis important crisis is to m&ke you acquainted with the languid state in which our cause is at present placed , aud to endeavonr to impress upon your minds the necessity of a union of the 3 bove counties for the purpose of engaging & lecturer and effecting a hotter organisation-It is a fact which must be well known to you that many of the colliery districts , both on the Tyne and Wear , which were most forward in the movement of 1839 , for the emancipation of our common country , have , as it were fallen prostrate to our glorious principles ; and from what causa ? not from a csnviGtion cf their inutility ; no , but solely to the want of a lecturer to organise and direct that opinion which was at that period create' ? , in our favour .
Again , on the other hand , look to the number of agricultural districts , where our principles have been but little ( if at all ) made known through the instrumentality of a lecturer , among which I need only iuen : ion Hcxham , Haltwhutle , Morpeth , Alnwick , Belford , &a , in Northumberland ; and S-dgefieid , Midd 2 eton-in-XeeEdale , Wolsingham , Stanhope , kc , in Durham ; the population of which comprises a great number of agricuitural labourers who have to toil beneath a summer ' s sun or winter's blast , for a miserable pittance scarcely sufficient to enable them to eke out an existance . That there is a necessity for something being done must be apparent to all , and my reasons for recommending a union of the above counties are , that we have not a sufficient number of associations in the county of Durham , to enable us to pay a lecturer his salary , and from what I learn Northumberland is placed in a similar situation , but the difficulty could easily be removed by a union .
Areuse then from your lethargy , and let every Ehoulder ba put to the wheel . Let there be a meeting of delegates from the different associations of these two important counties , at the earliest opportunity , to take the snbject into consideration , and in the meantime believe me to be Tours , && , In the cause of democracy , John Mowbuay , Member of the General Council . 39 , Framewell-gate , Durham , 27 th Sept . 1842 .
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1 OSDON . —On Saturday morning preat excitement was produced among tbe Chartist body by the news of the arrest of the Editor of the Northern Star , and the other patriots , whom a vile Government have again laid under the tan of the law . Immediate steps were takea to establish a large and influential committee , and to obtain the assistance of such of the middle classes as would , at this crisis , come forward to assist in pro tectidg the Lberty and lives of their proscribed fellow men . 55 , Old Bailet . —Immediately upon the receipt of the news of the arrest of Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Campbell , steps were taken to convene a meeting at the above place , Mr . Crump was called to the chair , and britfly opened the proceedings . Mr . O ? erton , in an able manner , exposed tbe tyranny of the Government ,
and the vile crusade they were vaging against public opinion . He said that the arrests muse be regarded as a blow aimed at the public liberties and the right ot the people to meet , according to the old constitutional privilege , in public assembly to discuss their grievances . Tie Couneil of which he ( Mr . Oferton ) was a member , was called upon , in the face of such a despotic stretch of UDCOcstitntioiial power , to adopt such prompt and energetic couree as the exigency demanded . The Government bad at that moment got into their power nearly the whole of the Kxecutive Council of the Chartist body . They had driven Dr . M'Douall te take flight for his safety ; they were in pursuit of Mr . Bairstow ; they had got Mr . Leach ; and now they tad arrested Mr . Feargus O Connor and Mr . Campbell . —( Shame . ) All those gentlemen were tried and steady
friends of tbepeopls . lie { Mr . O ? e .-tcn ) would support Mr . O Ccanor , on whom be looked as his " father" in po ; itics , having first heard the principles of the Charier from his iips , and been maco a convert to tbtm , at a great meeting ut Leeds . Mr . O'Connor ' s claims on th 9 working people were of paramonnt importance . His successful ersitions in behalf ci the Dorchester labour and of the Glasgow spinDers , together witb his opposition to tbe inhuman New Poor-law Bill , entitled him to the respect . " . r . u gratitude of every just and humane roan—( bear , hear )—and as kng as he continues in a steady and nndeyiating course in support of the people ' s rights , he would doubtless meet with the support of the working men of England . ( Hear , hear . ) "The dogs '" were beginning to ' show their teeth" against the friends of the people ; acd " the Whigs , " he ( Mr . Overton ) doubted not , were at the bettcm of the present proceeding . ( Hear . )
The Errest and scattering of their friends bad left the CbartiEt body without an ' Executive CouDeil ; " and i to meet the difficulty thus occasioned , the present meeting should adopt seme piouipt measures . The j Chartist body could tot be without an Executive Council , and he ( Mr . Overton ) would recommend that \ he general Council of the Mttropolitan localities be at J occe convened to take the important subject into their immediate cons'deration . ( HeEr , hear , and applause . ) i Hr . Cator moved that a recommer , i !^' . ioi ; be issued from j that body for tbe purpose of convening a meeting of tbe ; council to adopt prompt nuasurts in electing an Extcu ; tive Committee to sot during the incarceration of tieir present members . Mr . OverionsecondcdtLeniotion , which j was supported by Messrs . Walker , Hfi'if , and Salmorj , ' and carried cnimimously . Mr . Wclfc .-r said he thought ; they oujiht to let it go forth to the wi rla that the arrest ; of their friends could cot crash or c ^ u-. e them to abate i
tbtir principles ; ard that as fast es the Government should apprehend tbeir " Extcutite . " otter men would spring up in thtir stead , and with tqusl z .-al and fidelity to their cause , rill up their places—ihear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Walker ; in conclusion , did not hesitate to say , that lir . O'Connor wcuid not have tern arrested at the present moment , but that the object was to prevent him , as far as possible , from being present at the " Special Commission" on the eve cf fceir-g h ^ ld in Staffordshire for the trial of the Chsrtirt pris : neri —( bear )—it being known to t ^ e Government ar . d the Government lawyers that Mr . O'Connor was determined to attend that Commission , aud aid the victims with his powerful support —( hear . ) A MTHEROt'S meeting ot coal whippeM was held on Friday evening , at the Mariner's Church , Welldose-Equare . Messrs . Fraser , Brown , Applegate , and others delivered ekquent and tiniy democratic addresses , and inoculated the principles of the Charter into the minds of this numerous and much ill-used body .
A MEXiiKG was held on Thursday evening at the Cambrian Tavern , Cattle-street , Leicester-square . Dr . Black and Messrs . Duncan and Westerton , of the Parliamentary Reform Association , delivered able addresses , and also Messrs . Campbell , Bairstow , and others of the N . OA . Mr . Bairatoir ' a address was received with tremendous applause . A vote of thanks was passed to the Evening Star , and on the motion of Dr . Black , the Advertiser received & similar compliment . Three shillings was paid into the hands of Mr . Wheeler for the victims , and the meeting adjourned until Wednesday evening .
Bloba Tatebs , YobkPlacb , Babksbuki Paek , ISLiJiGTox . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Wheeler lectured upon the principles of the Charter , to an enthusiastic audience . Tbe chaii -was ably filled by Ms . Wright At tbe conclusion of the lecture , it was unanimously agreed to form , at tbe above house , a locality el the
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National Charter Association ; fifteen names were immediately enrolled , and a Secretary , Treasurer , and Committee appointed . Excellent addresses were delivered by Messrs . Humphries , Heuley , Covin ^ ton . . and others , and a most determined and enthusiastic feeling was exhibited . The sum of 4 s . 8 d . was collected for the victims . Metropolitan Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was held on Sunday afternoon , at 65 . Old Bailey , Mr . Brown in the chair . Credentials were received from Mr D . Crane , from tbe yonfchs' locality of Lambeth ; Mr . Luke Kin ? , fiom the Star , Golden Lane ; and from Messrs . Messenger and Wrigbt , for tlw morocco leather finishers . Long Line . Tho sum of 5 s . 6 d . was received for the delegate meeting , from the Star , Golden Lane ; 4 a . from Lambeth : and Is . 3 d . from the Rock
locality . Two shillings was received for the Tract Committee . Mr . Dron reported from the Observational Committee , and various lecturers , whose services bait been proffered , were accepted , and the Committee were authorised to procure an official seal for the signature of their credentials . The following resolution was received from Camberwell : — " That tbe thanks of this meeting be given to the Metropolitan delegate meeting , for their wonted Z 3 » l and indefatigable exertions at this critical period in carrying out the glorious principles of liberty , truth , aud justice against tyranny and injustice . " A deputation was received irom the shareholders , 55 , Old Bailey , stating they intended to bold a public meeting for the benefit of the victims , and desired the cooperation of the delegate meeting . A present of a pair of handsome ladles' clogs was
made by Mr . Brown , to be raffled for , the proceeds to go to the political victims . Mr . Wheeler proposed , and Mr . Lucas seconded , the adoption of an address to tho country , which , after a long and very enthusiastic discussion was unanimously agreed to , and signed by all the delegates present A committee was appointed to superintend the rsffl . ng of several presents made to the delegate meeeticg . It was also reaolttid that a meeting of the whole of the GsneraJ Council of the Metropolis should be convened , on Thursday evening , at 55 , Old Biiley . After several most excellent and enthusiastic addresses fmm Messrs Knight , Dron , Wceeler , Parker , Ridiey , Ferguson , CuffiV , Davoc , Matthews , and others , Messrs . Wheeler , Cuffay , Dron , and Knight were elected , an Executive Committee ,
ad interim , to supply the place of those whom a tyrannic Government has ponnced upon , or caused to be wanderers in the laud of their birth . Mr . Wheeler , who had previous . y been fulfilling the duties of the office was elected as secretary to tho above body . Mr . Wheeler was authorised to write to all the sub secretaries in the Metropolitan counties , requesting them to send delegates to the monthly Metropolitin delegate meeting , held on the first Sunday in Iho month . Me Maynard Wis elected a member of the Observation Committee in the room of Air . Rose resigned . Toe meeting then adjourned . Daring tlia whole of the proceedings , the rooms were excessively crowded , and the greatest enthusiasm was exbibittd . The following is the address agreed to , as named in the foregoing report : —
TO THE FRIENDS OF BRITISH FREEDOM . BnorflEE Chaexists —The iron hand of tyranny has gTasped maDy of our best and bravest men , and has compelled many of Briton's noblest sous to be exiled from the land of their birth . ( Shame . ) Shall we stand tamely by , and see those men sacrificed ? ( Cries of " No , no . "j Shall we not rather act with redoubled energy and vigour , and show to our heartless oppressors that we will combat wita tyranny to our last breath ? ( Cheers . ) That in spite of privations , persecution , imprisonment , or death , we will never slacken our exertions , or cease agitating our fellowmen , until the " People ' s Charter" become the law of the land , aud until we be in possession of those rights and enjoyments to which , as men and as Britons , we are entitled ? ( Hear , ami renewed applause . ) Up , then , aud
be < iomg . Bestir yourselves in collecting , to secure tho families from want , and to dtfend the liberties of your imprisoned brethren . Let not the foul disgrace attach itself to our character , that we have deserted those men who have sacrificed their all in our cause ( Hear . ) The eyes of the whole country are fixed upon you . ( Hear , hear . ) Europe and America are anxiously looking to your movement The tyrants of tie earth see in it the germs of that moral revolution , which , if allowed to roll on unimpeded , will speedily destroy them . Hence tbeir insane efiorts to arrest its progress . The enlightened , the liberal , the humane of all countries , are sympathising with you—are ardently longing for your final success . Disappoint not tbeir expectations ; blight not by your apathy the rising hopes your previous conduct has instilled into tbeir hearts . Show to the world that you are men whom no dangers can daunt—no temptations seduce from that allegiance which > ou have sworn to the principles of
liberty and the Charter—( hear ) . Cunmngiy have your oppressors guided this last treacherous attempt ; thinking , doubtless , that , in the panic of the moment—the ' Watch-dogs' being ensnared— the flock would fall an easy victim—( cries of " Never . " ) We hurl back defiance upon them . We despise tbeir barbarous and exploded methods of trampling on public opinion—( hear , hear , and applause ) . We are conscious of our own integrity , and of the justice and nobility of our cause—( hear , hear . ) We will sacrifice , if necessary , our lives in ita defence ; and we look , confidently , to you for an assurance that we are only the mouth-piece of tbe sentiments of the whole Chartist body ; and that persecution , so far from dismaying you er injuring your organization , has only served to strengthen ths ties woich bind you together , and to drvve away all _ sectional disputes , calculated to impede the speedy progress of our mighty movement . ( Long continued applause . ) Yours in the cause of democracy ,
Th-3 Members of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , William Matthews , John Dron , Edward Pickersgill , Wm , Humphries , James Knight , John Maynard , John Simpson , Thomas Beadon , Edward Langwith , Henry Wilkins , William Caffat , Charles Page , Michael Jones , William Smith , William Dayoc , Luke King , James Morgan , John Sims , Abel Cook , Donald c . Crane , Henry Crockford , Joseph Wright , - John Brown , Thos . M . Wheeles , Secretary .
Meetings were held in . every district in Lendon , on Sunday evening , and language of the most firm and determined description was made use of . Instead of the violent and oppressive arrests of the Government depressing the spirits of the people , the exact reverse is the case , for never before did Chartism assume such a healthy aspect , as it does at the present instant in the metropolis . Great Public Meeting at the Splendid an » Capacious rooms of the Phoenix Tavern , Ratcliff £ CiOSS . —On Monday evening , a meeting was held in tbe above piace . Mr . Frazar having been c 'iled to the chair , commenced by expJaining that Mr . O'Connor , whose attendance at the meeting had been announced , wa 3 , frem severe illness , unable to be present . Tkeir oppressors were hunting him about , anxious
to destroy him . If they should succeed in their attempt , they must learn to do without him . If by that they thought they should be able to crush the spirit cf liberty , they were deceived . The destruction of fifty O'Connors would never be able to crush them . The present was a time when society was roused from its very foundation , when political discord had penetrated to the most isolated points of society ; aud it was not fij that men , who had the lives , the happiness , and the well-being of their fellow men at heart , should stand supinely by while thtse mighty events were being transacted around thtm ; w-hen despotism was tottrring on its very throne , and only supported by its bands of armed myrmidions ; when the germs of liberty were springing , up in 6 very direction , and becoming a flourishing tree , stretching from pole to pole , an > . i
embracing under its Bhadow the people of the whole earth , Mr . FcsBell moved the following resolution : " That the meeting viewed with alarm tne unholy crusade entertd into agaii . st the friends of freedom ; and as they havu always believed that the British Constitution guaranteed to the people the right to discuss thuir grievances in public nieetiE £ , they cannot sihutly submit to this last remnant of liberty being taken away , and do therefore dtclare their opinion , that it is the duty of uH friends to the people to aid in maintaining inviolate thu rig ht 6 f denouncing tyrants s . ud reprobatiBg injustice . " Mr . F ., in a long and -able address , supported the resolution- Tho nreseat numerous meeting satisfied him cost the time h ; i > 3 airived when the people would no longer tamely sutrais lo have the lest remnant of liberty torn from tkeir hands . Ha haU lately been in Staffordshire
and different parts of the country , and bad seen his fellowmen huuted like dogs , because they would not give up the right of meeting to discuss their grievances because they would not be driven into & breach of the peace . These men , occe so ignerant , had now acquired the knowledge , that by moral means alone could tbeir objects be acheived ; and he had seen them shed tears of gratitude to those men who had saved them from tbe fate of being the victims of an outbreak . The Charter would place men in a condition to get a fair remuneration for their labour . The Government desired to keep them poor and degraded , that they might become the servile tools they desired to see them . While he bad breath he would never cease to agitate for the rights of the people ; he would oppose their oppressors Inch by inch , until the victory was achieved . He was proud to see that as fast as one set of victims were condemned
to incarceration others rose np to tupply their places . Mr . Kidley , in a most eloquent and determined address , which was vociferously applauded , oeconded tho resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Blackmore moved the next resolution— " That an address be presented to her Majesty , praying her not to aUow ^ the right of free fHyn—tnn of political grievances to be infringed , nor honest patriots prevented from denouncing tyranny and oppression , by those who . have an interest in excluding the great majority ot the nation from participating in legislation . " Mr . Dron seconded the resolution in a neat and humorous speech , and the resolution having been pnt by the Chairman , was unftBimously carried . Dr . Bowkett moved the third resolution— " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the Peopl % * a Chattel becoming tbe law ef this land is the only remedy for preventing a continual ree&rsence of appallisg Buffering ^ fox tte poor . " The . worthy
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Doctor was much applauded throughout a long and eloquent address iu which he strongiy insisted upon the evils of discords , and the advantage of a kindly spirit being displayed towards all racks of reformers . Mr . Brown seconded the resolution in a very eloquent speech , which was loudly and deservedly applauded . The resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Lueas moved a resolution of confidence in the Evening Star , and apoke highly of the Northern Star , as being one of the main props of the movement . Mr . Cobham seconded the motion , which was ably spoken to by the Chairman previous to his putting it to the meeting , when It was carried withonc a dissentient A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , after giving cheers for the Charter , the victims , &c .
Ma . Ruffey Ridley delivered a lecture on Sunday evening , at the Chartist Hall , 29 ^ , Mile End Road , in which he lashed the Government authorities and their agents , in a moat unmerciful manner / and was greeted with great applause . The Hall was crowded to excess , and the sum-of 8 a . 43 . was collected for the victims . The opficers wh * arrested Mr . J . Campbell having Be > Z 3 d upon tbe letters accompanying the money orders which Mr . Campbell was engaged in opening , the parties who on that day , Sept 30 , sent money orders for the Executive will greatly oblige by sanding to tht * Secretary , pro tern . Mr . Wheeler , 243 ^ , Temple Bar , their names and the places from which they were sent , that cash may bs obtained for the the orders : tha sums are 5 a . aud iOs . from places unknown , nnA Gi . ed . from Rains' -ate .
Lambeth—The Lambeth Youths met as usual on Su-iday afcernoon , when a very eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . G . Brown , on the benefit which wouid invariably arise from the adoption of the People ' s Caarter . The meeting waa also addressed by Messrs . Crow and Biaokmore . A vote of confidence was also passed in Feargus O Connor . Two members were enrolled . Siar Coffee House , Golden Lane . —( United Boot and Shoemakers ) . —Mr . Fergusoa lectured upon passing events , on Saturday evening . It was then agreed that we present Dr . M'Douall with a pair of boots , and his wife with a pair of boots and shoes , as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the sons of Crispin residing in the City of London . £ l waa sent to the Victim , and £ 1 to the Defence Fund . Three shillings and twopence was collected for the victims , and Mr . Bolwell agreed to deliver his promised lecture upon the life acd character of Robert Emmett on Sunday , Oct . 9 th .
ftlARYLEBONE . —Mr . Manlz lectured at the Working Mea ' a Hu . ll , on Sunday 2 asc , to a very fall audience , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture a collection was made in aid of the Gsneral Defence Fund , when 18 s . Id . was collected . Mr . Packer , one of our members , likewise gave the profits arising from the sale of tlae Chartist Circular for that night , which amounted to G ^ d . ; and this , with 18 s . 4 jd , that was in band , amounting in all to £ 1 17 s ., has been paid over to Mr . Pardon , at the Evening Star office . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . P . 'M . Brophy , late of Dublin , that unflinching advocate of liberty , delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hail , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , ou
Wednesday evening . Mr . B . was well received and loudly cheered throughout his address . He traced the strike in Lancashire to its origin , and clearly proved that it waa the work of the League . Mr . B . gave another lecture equally instructive , and with the same success , in Gateshead , ou Thursday evening ; at Byker on Saturday evening ; South Shields on Sunday ; and at Byker Primitive Methodist ChapeV agaiu on Monday evening . Mr . B . is a gentleman whose mode of delivery is calculated to leave a lasting impression on the minds of his andience . and be is not one that will truckle ; be goes for the whole hog , name and all , and will nob flinch an inch for any humbug .
Mr . Spencer , from Lancashire , delivered soulstirring lectures , first uu the Quay and afterwards in the Chartist ' s Hall , Goat Inn , on Sunday evening : and although only half an heur's notice waa given , the hall was crowded to the door . We have heard few lecturers lately bettor calculated to enlist the attention of his hearers than Mr . S ., aud he was most enthusiastically cheered at the end of each sentence . After the lecture , Mr . Sinclair announced that in these trying times public meetings would be held every evening iu the Hall , for tbe purpose of reading tbe Evening Star aloud , and thereby apprising the people daily of the species of justice to be dealt out to our entrapped leader ? .
The Chamists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting on Monday evening as usual , Mr . Binus in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Sinclair , in the absence of Mr . Phinnie , proposed the resolution which Mr P . gave notice of last meeting night , which was britfly seconded by Mr . Livingstone , and ably supported by Mr . Spencer , and carried unanimously , viz , " That the Chartists of this locality view with the greatest abhorrence and disgust the detestable means which the tyrants in effice are adopting to entrap and consign to a living tomb the best and most honest advocates of the people's cause throughout these realms .
That we , the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , do forthwith use our every effort to procure funds for the defence of such of our frienda as may be victimised by our enemies ; and that the following persons be appointed to form a committee to carry out the same , with power to add to their number : —Messrs Binns , J . Sinclair , W . Smith , Matthew Robson , N . Frankland . J . Youog , sen ., Joseph Clark , J . Young , jun .. Win . Hall , and John Cassel . Mr . Binns was instructed to transmit £ 1 Is . to the Treasurer of the General Djfance Fund immediately , and to say that we will Bend some more in a few days ; and , after disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned .
Any Person desirous of contributing towards the General Defence Fund , by transmitting to any one of the above , it will be thankfully received , duly acknowledged in the Star , and forwarded to the proper quarter . PKNSNSTT . —Mr . T . Pearson preached an impressive sermon here on Sunday to a numerous audience , which has given a new impetus to the glorious cause of Chartism . A collection was made ; indeed toe honest men and true of this locality have stirred themselves nobly in the cause of our suffering fellow patriots , tbirteen shillings and three-halfpence having been raised for the defence of the whole of the incarcerated Chmista . Mt . Pearson pretwshed a B 8 imou the . same evening , in behalf of poor Linney , at Bilston , and a handsome collection was made here also .
SHEFFIELD . Arhest of George Julian Hakney bnd Mb . Samuel Parkes — Mr . George Julian Harney was arrested last Thursday week , Sept . 29 th , whilst holding a council meeting in his own house , at half-past nine at night , by Rayner , of the Sheffield , and Sawley of the Manchester puiico . The members' association book , and cluss-boofes of four neighbouring villages , were taken possession of at the same time ; but such a loss is of no importance , we having been actively engaged for several weeks past in dividing the association into districts , and having class books for each , which are . sate in the bauds of collectors . Mr . S . Parkes , against whom a warrant was also issued , was attending the council at the time of the arrest , but owing to the alacrity with which Mr . H . was ready to accompany tbe officers , Mr . Parkes for that time , escaped .
On Friday morning when the news of the arrest became known , great excitement prevailed ; and a public meeting was announced to tako place at eight o ' clock the * aine evening . Mr . Harney was removed from Shefiieia to Manchester by the eleven o'clock train . At the meeting , Mr . W . Wraggs ia tho chair , Mr . Edwjfl Gill was addressing a crowded audience on the tyrannical cenduct of the Tory Government , and the folly aud absurdity of attempting to destroy pubiic opinion by persecution , when Mr . PaTkes entered the room ascended and the platform amidst the most deafening applause . He mails a powerful appeal to tie audience , pledged them to stand firm to their principles , and to
those who advocated their righta , and stated that he was prepared to meet his fate whatever it might be , in defence of the good old cause . " To your care , " said he , " I leave tbe wife of my bosom , and the children of my heart ; let them not want support , when their natural protector is torn from them ; for should I be thrown in the felon ' s cell for the advocacy of our common cause it would be agony to me beyond endurance te know that ray children were crying for bread , and that their wretched mother had none to give them . " Tbe meeting was deeply affected by his discourse , there being scarce a dry eye in tbe room . At the conclusion , " WeM rally around him" was sung in gallant Btyle Six shillings were collected for his family , and a public meeting announced for the following evening .
Mr . Parkes , in company witn . some friends , then retired to his home , and waited tha arrival of his expected , though unwelcome visitors . They , however , ( the poliGa ) did not make their appearance until after twelve , when he was arrested , anil lodged by them in tbe watch-house for the remainder ef the night . On Saturday evening , Mr . Pike in the chair , having read the numerous arrests as published in the Northern and Evening Stars , Mr . E . Gill called on the meeting to renew their exertions for the defence of the victims ; and that although the Chartists of Fig-tree-lane , had sent £ 4 to the General Defence Fund , yet that tbe monies in hand would be insufficient to meet the demands likely to be made upon it . £ 1 more was collected in a few hours for that purpose .
On Sunday , Mr . S . Parkes left Sheffield by tbe five o ' clock train , accompanied by the police for Manchester Although tbe police too generally behave with uncalled for severity to those entrusted to tbeir charge , and thereby gain the hatred of the people , it affords us great pleasure to acknowledge the kindness of those of Sheffield , to Messrs . Barney and Parkes ; and particularly that of Mr . Cooper aad Mr . Rayner , who gave Mr . P . a good bed , and allowed him to iee his wife and family as often as he pleated , and whatever newspapers he chose to have , even the Northern SUir . —In tbe evening , Mr . Evinson delivered an excellent Lecture , during which he was warmly applauded .
On Monday evenin g , at a very full meeting-, Mi . Edwin Gill delivered an appropriate lecture on the present crisis . At the conclusion , 12 a . 6 d . was Collected ( or the -wife and family of Mi . Baxfeea , aad tar » cheers were given for him and Mi . Harney . The greatest enthusiasm prevailed .
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MAILTON . —On ThursaVy . September 29 th , a meeting of the inhabitants of Malto'n , convened by the overseers , in pursuance of the Ne Act of Parliament , 6 th and 6 th Victoria , chap ., 109 , s ^ c 3 , was held in the vestry of the Pariah Church , to ma ^ e eut a list of the names of individuals qualified to serf * as constables . The meeting was called for ten o ' clock ? aud inconvenient as tbe hour was , the working classes assetn ^ ed in good number . Mr . WiUon , a radical of forty yean > standing , was called to the chair ; and the Chartists proposed aud carried their own list , by a tremendous majority . An attempt was then male to establish a paid police , bat the scheme was defeated . In tho evening Mr . Sheridan Nnssey , of Leeds , addreshed a large meeting in tbe Market-place , in refutation of the various calumnies and prejudices that stand in tbe way of the people ' s r ights . He showed clearly the advantages of a moral , physical , aud intellectual character that would Sow frem democratic institutions , aad depicted faithfully the great evils of aristocracy .
OUSSBOaN . —The Chartists of this locality assembled in their room , Esst-cnd of tbe Kail way-bridge , en Sunday , October 2 nd , at half-past ten , AM . After the financial business had beon gone through , it was announced to the meeting that Messrs . O'Connor , Campbell and Hill bad been arrested , when everyone present gava expression to their abhorrence of the bass act Can tbe Government think that by arresting all the speakers they will put down Chartism ? What delusion ! where we only held one meeting we are determined to hold two . Pubiic meetings will be bold in every village ar . d colliery round about this place during this and ntxt week . We have Bent seven shillings to the Executive , and eight shillings to the General Defence Fund , being our first subscription . We intend to keep the subscription list open a little longer to enable them that have not given , an opportuity of doing so . RADCLIPFH T £ HRACE .-Wn hava had Mr .
Rigby from Cuorley since Tuesday last . He has delivered four lectures , and assisted us in forming ;> n association . Mr . Rigby has proved himself an able advocate of the cause of liberty . He boa completely laid prostrate every opposition to the principles of Universal Suffrage , and proved that free trade , with all the nostrums of quack politicians , can never be a sufficient guarantee for the peace and prosperity of the country ; and that if any benefits are to be conferred upon tbe people the possession of the Charter alone will confer it , NOTTINGHAM . —On Sunday morning an unusual large atteudance of the members of the General Council
of the various localities assembled in the democratic chapel , to read the Northern and Evening Stars , and to take into tbeir consideration the best means to be adopted at the present crisis , which ended in a motion being mode and pas : ed , to authorise the secretary to send a notice to the Northern and Evening Stars . requesting that the localities in the town and couuty will send representatives from their General Councils , to meet at ten o ' clock , on Sunday the 9 th , in the Deuiocratio Chapel , to adopt measures for procuring a good defence for their incarcerated brethren . It is hoped that all the friends in thesd localities will pay attention to this request . On Sunday evening Mr . G . Harrison preached in the Demecratic Chapel , to a very crowded anditnee .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL .
LEICESTER ( . SHAKSPERIAN . ) Mr . William Smedley , loom hand , Russell-square , Mr . Robert Facer ; publican , Orchard-street . Mr . John Deacon , grocer , Brunswick-street . Mr . Thomas Hallioh , grocer aud baker , Wharfstreet . Mr . Robert Allen , frame-work knitter , Metcalfstreet . Mr . Jamss Duffey , butcher , Wharf-street . LIVERPOOL . Mr . Charles Hook , painter , 80 , Fletcher-street . Mr . Samuel Morris , bloekmaker , W , Roscoe-iane . Mr . Richard Parry , stonemason , 63 , Northumberland-atrcfit . Mr . William Jones , painter , 3 . Critohley-court . Mr . Thomas Hodgson , smith , . 3 , Afiict-court . Mr . George Rigs , shoamaker , 2 , Bolton-court , Norfolk-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Charles Gwilliam , bricklayer , 8 , Summerstreet , sub-Secretary .
BOLTON . Mr . James Vorye , coal-dealer , Lottery-row . Mr . John Sulivan , cordwainer , Great Moorestreet . Mr . Archibald Prentice , brushmaker , Markland ' s ' buildings . Mr . William Paritt , moulder , Howell-croft . Mr . John Hamer , joiner , Newport-street . Mr . James Logan , sawyer , Gnme-street . Mr . William Baird , power-iooai wearer , Fiash street . Mr . Wm . Howard , furniture-broker , Exchange street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Keir , joiner , Chapel-street , sub-Se cretarv .
NEWINGTON . Mr . War , Emery , glass-cutter , No . 1 , King ' s-arch court . Mr . Jame 3 Dobell , carpenter , No . 12 , Salisbury , cresent . Mr . Thomas Nodder , shoemaker , 7 , Northampton place . Mr . James Batten , p ublican , 1 , Cross-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Taylor , acoountant , ditto , sub-Seeretary
YORK . Mr , Edward Burley , Paper-stainer , 19 , Bitton-st . Layonhorpe . Mr . James Webster , tinner , ditto . Mr . James Scruton . shoemaker , Layorthorpo . Mr . David Halton , joiner , North-stieet . Mr . Geo . Jefferson , smith , Layorthorpe . Mr . Wm . Jefferson , bricklayer , Haver-lane . Mr . Robert King , pencil manufacturer , Nunnerylane . Mr . Robert Gill . jomer , Bilton-slreet , La y ortho rp e , Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Hunter , tailor , at Mr . Milburu ' s , King ' s square , Bub-Seoretary .
LYNN . Mr . Thomas Johnson , hatter , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Scott , shoemaker , Clough-lane . Mr . Joshua Waines . tailor , Paradise-lane . Mr . William Price , bricklayer , Tower-st . Mr . William Proctor , shoemaker , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Masson , ditto Nprth-sfc . Mr . Hatteich , clock maker , Norfblk-st . Mr . Wm . Day , shoemaker , New Conduct-sfc . Mr Balchambers , tailor , Paradise-lane , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Jamea Browne , cabinet maker , No , 5 , Trappits court . Norl ' olk- £ tM sub-Secretary .
HOLBl'XK . Mr . Joseph Watson , carrier , Shaekletoh-fold , New Wortley . Mr . Joseph Wilkinson , mechanic , ditto . Mr . Daniel Garside , overlooker , Low-fields , Holbeck . Mr . John Wood , ditto , Canvas-street , Holbeck . Mr . John Broadbent , hackle-setter , Holbeckbridge . Mr . John Clapham , mechanic , Isle-lane , Holbeck . Mr . Thomas Bell , labourer , Law-balm , do . Mr . William Siend , clothier , New Wortley . Mr . William Dawson , labourer , Stock ' e-hill , Holbeck . Mr . John Drake , mechanic , Peacock-road , Beeston . Mr . John Hall , overlooker , Wood-street , Holbeck . Mr John Davies , Terrace-etreet , Holbeck , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Sykes , Horse and Jockey-yard , Holbeck , sub-Secretary .
NO 1 TINGHAM . —BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS . Mr . Thomas Wapg , Clare-street . Mr . John Abel , Union-place , Clare-street . Mr . John Herod , Union-place , Clare-street . Mr . John Jackeon , Clare-street . Mr . Daniel Dizon , Clare-street . Mr . William Daliing , Union-place , Clare-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Job A . ttcib \ iTy , Bloomsgtove , Bub-Scetetaiy .
NOTTINGHAM . —HANCLIFFE ABJIS . Mr . John bkerritt , shoe-maker , Currant-street . Mr . John Wall , ditto , ditto . Mr . George Atkinson , lace-maker , Narrow-marsh . Mr . WiiUam Potter , framework-knitter , ditto . Mr . John Easom , ditto , Leen-side . Mr . George Pickering , shoe-maker , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Goodson , cabinet-maker , Castle-street , sub-Secretary . NOTTINGHAM . —DEMOCRATIC CHAPEL . Mr . Henry Shaw , needle-maker , 17 , Pipe-street . Mr . Joseph Greensmith , butcher , No . 2 , Haughton
Place , Lincoln-Btreet . , Mr . Joseph Shardlow , framework-knitter , Milkatreet . ' , Mr . William Cropper , smith , Snenton Element . Mr . William Carrington , framework-knitter , New Snenton . Mr . John Mitchell , schoolmaster , No . 2 , Millstone Lane . Mr . George Rogers , nail-maker , Narrow Marsh . Mr . James Sweet , hair-dresser , Goose Gate , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thonuw Stanford , framework-knitter , 21 , Bromley-street , » ttb-Seoretaiy .
KOXHKatt » M—JUG ' S HEAD , MANSFIELD BOAS Mr . Samuel Etehes , lace-maker . Mr . James Newton , ditto . Mr . Benjamin Grant , ditto . Mr . Thomas Barnett , ditto . Mr . Horatio Nelson , ditto . Mr . W il l iam Holmes , ditto . Mr . William Sansom , ditto . . Mr . W i lliam R o gers , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Mr- William Fletcher , ditto , sub-Secretary .
LAMBETH YOUTHS . Mr . G . Brooms , bookbinder , 53 , Portland-atreet , W F ! VhHtaker , printer , 35 , Trafal gar-street , 4 © . sub-Secretary .
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SHEFFIETjij . —the " Press Gang . "—Complktb Sui- 'fuaGE and Free Trade . —To * Independent of Satnnii' . y hart another " leader" heaiied ' ¦ Oii . px-te Suffrage" TUb wrrav , after aMinittii !* thtit rsiy Ballot aud K > usehold Suffrage , two tx-. ^ IR-u ; >¦>> : : il-uivs , ara unattainable throuali tbo obstinacy of tuo people in sticking to Universal Suffrage , goes on to tell bi « readers thiit , " Prrpetual efforts are made , with unscrupulous viU . tny , by . tbe Tory press to confound Stuige , Vincent , ; : nd Lov&tt , with O'Connor , Coop ? r , and U'hite . " The writer adda , " Ti ; e slanderiw \* c ho iired down , and to tio so will require preat circum-fptctiofl , both iu l . ' . D ^ useb and policy . Wo must have harmony mid uoity umonsf men whose faces ara s-t in £ > . f samo dirt'ctinn , liQivever varied may be their face or the proposed length of iheir journey /" ¦ The foliowinv is qi t-d
from the lata-address of tha Sturgites : —•* To confer the propriety of caUiiis ; upon the municipal i- ' . -i-t'ira to a < 1 opt immediate measures for securins tho ekclion of Buch men only to repreaent them in their local j ; . > vt-rnnients as ate known to be favourable to the principles of Complete Suffrage . " On this the writer of the Independent observes— " Now we uru cuit « Eurt- that Mr . fckurgo cannot mtan that Iwnest Refo r mers should have the opposition , active or passive , of his fi iends , unless they , can utter tbe shibboleth of Complete Suffraee . J / that were meant , what tcou / d become of Mr Vincent ' s bold o ? id eloquent pio ' rsis a / jai :, sl Vie intolerance which has disgraced Chartism ? [ Hear , hear !] If tee Oomnlew Suffra ^ a men '¦ vote to veto for ' . bitch , men only as are known to be favourable to the principles of Complete Suffrage , ' then we should have
nothing but aiscord and feebleness among Reformers . " Afttr quoting that paragraph of the Stnrgo aitttresa , where the addressers talk of endeavouring " to ascertain how far the friends of unrestricted iind absolute freedom of trade" will unite with tho i ?<; fi " i joists for tbe obtainmenfof the latttr ' s o > j . ct , tko ivhtir goes on to say— " They cannot mean to put tiiu question of free trade into . abejance uutil . they . shuii have carried Complete Suffrage ; if so , as even Mr . Sturgo speaks of five years as tho term of the agitation , wo ft-ar that ere the remedy can be applied the pariert will be part recovery . . There can be no duubt that arislocrucy . if hardpresscd . would much bather cosckujs fjiee trade 111 AN political EQUALITY As the hun ' ed beaver is fabled to bite < $ his tail to S' j . re his life aris-TOCRaCY WILL GIVK VI' MONOI'OI . IIS IN TRADE AND
FOOD TO SAVE ITS MO . N ' POLY IN TO 1 ITICaL 1 'JWER . " Thanks to . thu Jttdi-peiident for thtse : idmi « iion . ? . To what conclusion do ttity lead ua ? Either , that the Sturgites are ' besotte-. l liupea , or designing knaves ; dupes , if they imaaino thus thy " homst Reformers " will woik with them for any other end thuii that of obtaining the restoration ot Whiagery . lir . rt ki'aves , if they have allied thomsel ' ves totbeso " pr . ? CTesaive" pests with the understanding Unt iho popular , htrenijth is to be wielded for the obtainm'ut of tho ? o " other political oVj ^ cts" ( free Irade , the Ballot . & 3 . ) which tbe Independent has before tnld us wr . j , by " n union of all tha honest Kaformers , " b « obtained , while waiting for the finish of Mr . Sttirge ' s ' five ysars" of agitation , the triumph of Compltte Suffrage . Don't forget that " thj aristocracy , if hard pressed would much rather cor .. eil « frnij trada than political equality ! " and don ' t foi ' stt thattirj frte traders
( and the Complete Suffcjgists uro all _ - traders , —ao say Messrs . Allen , Bcale , and Co . ) would !; yt take much " hard pressing" to accept the former at the expsneo of tbe latter ! I and then ask yourselves ,. working men , whether the object cf tbe new ngitation be ' not the destiuction ' of the " monopolies in trade aud food , " and the conservation of tho " monopoly of political power ?" Tills view of the Complete Suffrage question will , no doubt , be denounced as b .-ing part « nd pares ! of tha " intolerance cf Chartism , " against "which Mr . Vincent so boldly and eloquently pi ' utested . Ba it so . We would infinitely rather bo the denouueed than the pat of the Independent , while conscious , as wa are , that in pnrsuing our present cour . su wu are best serving the interests of the oppressed aud too-oft deluded people , in raising the voice of warning against those wolves ia sheep ' s clothing , who have evtr be « n the most base and hypocritical betrayers cf tha buffering poor—the most deadly and ferocious enemies cf tbe lights of
man . MID-liOTHIAlT . —Colliebs' Sthjke . — « He that fights aud runs away , —May live to ii ^ nt another day . " No oiio can doubt but thtre ia a considerable degree of ' truth ' in the foregoing couplet . At least the colliers oi Mid-Lothian will acknowledge their belief in "it . - La ^ t Saturday after proving true to their friendV , and true bJuo to tho crawling sjcophantic blooodsuckers of tho people ' s constitution , they held a council of peace , a 5 which a resohitiou was como to that they should retreat , ere the bloodhounds shoukl . havo time to £ efc scent of their tract ;
which they did , in beautiful order , to their iastncssof friendship . This done , and all safe , the bu # lo sounded " to arm ' s , ' , ' and , ia doublo quick time , the brave protectors of cur country sallied forth with swords gaping for blood and their teeth # nashin £ tor a g ( l ) orious setto , just in timo to be too lato ! What a woeful affair for those who ' were auxious for promotion , although it should be over the heads of their brethren ! Unlaurelled , however , part of . them had to find their vsay back to their own quarters , as best , tb . cy could , the same night ; while those left had tha hazirdons duty of defending peace against the assaults of women and children .
Mid and East Lotihaks Collier's Strike . —The colliers of Mid Lothian arc still out , hut a many of the Fast Lothian Colliers have resumed work at tho advanced prices , and are paying each one shilling per week towards the support of their brethren still out . This is as it should bo . It , is said that most of the coal masters would give the advance , but for fear of the Duke of Buccleugh , tho Marquis of Lothian , an'd Sir John Hope , who arc the greatest enemies the men have to contend with . The men . are in good tpirita , and if ac ail supported , must win . The' colliers held a meeting in tho Free Mason ' s Hall , Dalkeith , on Friday , 30 , h September , to consider their present position , and to devise meausto obtain better support . This was too much , for the Noble ( 1 ) Duke . What ! tho rascally colliers
meet in his town of Dalkeith , to con .-idcr tneir dirty grievances ! close to his palace ! where her . most gracious ' Majesty had so lately eat , and drank , and slept ! What ! meet under Ais Nolle nosel Impossible ! This must be stopped . So away he sends off post haste , for his palis . Lord Talbot , ( brother of the Countess of Lothian , and wellknown in Staffordshire , ) aud Sir John Hope , also for List , the superintendent of the vermin known by the name of County police , who , with his men , marched down to the . Hall , ( having vrarrauts for five men concerned in tho potatoe row , mentioned in my latt ) , and ordered the meeting to dispciss ; but the oolliers told him another story . They were , they said , iaet peacefully , in order to regulate their mures , and would not be interrupted by him ; but
if he had " warrants for any men there , he was at liberty to take them , but not to disturb their meeting . He would not be satisfied with this , so they put him outside the door , and went on with their business . This v ? ould not do ¦ . so his Dukeship came down to the Hall himself , and ordered them to disperse . They told him the same tale . What waa to be done \ The soldiers were under arms , lining the street , and the police in line down tho entrance from the street to the Hall ,-bo that when the colliers came out , they could only pass one at a time ; so by these means they succeeded in apprehending three men , and lodging tkem in prison ; and , so eager was the Duketo see that tho prisoners were safe , that he went into the prison himself ! 'Tis a pity he was not kept there a few days , in order to taste the sweets he was so anxious to prepare for others !! The poor colliers had paid for tho Hall , and yet could not
be allowed to meet in peace . It has caused a great sensation in the district : people say if thi 3 is to ba allowed ,-the right of public meeting is at an end . So frightened were the proprietors of the Hall at tho Duke ' s mandate , that they ran and locked up the door , and told the poor colliers that they should never meet there again ; " the Duke said so "! Truly , y our mo d ern D u k e s ar e fine f ell ows , and asju&t aa they are fine ! and what British spirits these same proprietor ' s mnst have had to be thus commanded ! They could not do what they liked with their own ; the Duke could , n o t onl y with bis own , bnt , it would appear , with other people ' s also ., Thus are ^ the working classes used in this mis-called land of freedom ! But , thank God \ there iB at least one free press that will advocate the rights of working men , and fearlessly state their wrongs : the Stars never say " No" whea they are appealed to .
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8 TALYBRIDGE . Mr . Tbomas Cooper , porter , Spring-street . Mr . Wrtcht Swift , weaver , Huh-street . Ivir . John M'Glochlin , piecer , - Rassbottom-strcet Mr . Samuel Jackson , weaver , Cocker Hill . Mr . John Woodcock , shoemaker , Cross Leechstrfet . Mr . John Hunt , grinder , Robison-strept . Mr . John Aspinall , woa-Vi-r , Kcnv / orchy-strcef . Mr . William Hornby , weaver , iJount Pleasant , sub-Treoiarer . Mr . Williaia Hall , spinner , Nerrton-sfreet , sub-Secretary . . I . EWISH / lM .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct619/page/3/
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