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fHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. MARCH 20. 1841.
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UNITED STATES . Th * Columbia steamer reached Liverpool en Tuesday morning ; bringing papers from New York to the 1 st instant , from Boston to the 3 d , and from Haiif&x Vo the 4 th . The accounts from the United States are upon the wholu less a 3 arming than they have been . First , it is saW that Mr . Clay will be specially deputed to the Court of St , James ' s , to attends a settlement of Ae existing differences between the two
coun-Secondly , if the Con gress displays increased activity ill prep * ing for the national defence , it appears 10 be influenced perhaps score by a sense of the unprepared state of the country for any invasion , than by a wish for actual hostilities at tne present time . The re gular army of the United States amounts to 12 . 530 men , the mtfitia to 1 , 303392 , ' but tbe latter is in jws ^ ratktr tfein in cue . The navy comprises 63 ships of war , including those on the Blocks : 33 are in actual service—namely , ship of the line , 5 frigates , 13 sloops , -tonga , 7 schooners , 2 eoast-sieamers , and 1 store-ship . Ttr ' o steamfrigaies are bailding at Brooklyn and Philadelphia , General Harrison ' s inaugural address is expected to be pacific . It will discourage Abolitionism . An extra se = ssi » a of Cou # res 3 is expected to be eon-T 2 ned for M * v .
There has been , we are sorry to observe , another angry correspondence between Mr . Forsyth , the Foreign Secretary , asd Mr . Fox , the Britisn Minister , rcspoc :: ng Mr . M'Leod ' s arrest , and other matters in dispa ' . e . Mr . M'Leod ' s brother ha 3 written a letter to the Xeic York Journal of Commerce , declaring that the accused was not present at the destruction of tke Caroline steamer , and that , from his chaiacter , ii is impossible that he could have boasted of having been there . The Slate Maine had ordered its civil posse to withdraw from the disputed territory , merely leaving aa agent oa the spot , to deal with trespassers .
The maintenance of the civil body cost the State i 0 , 000 dolUra during the past year . Commercial afiairs were in a very bad state . There was a panic in the money-market . United States Bank Shares , which , at the date of the previous arrivals were qioted a ; 26 or 27 , had faljen as low as 16 , the last quotation as >' cw York being 17 . Tne nates of the Bank were selling at 14 to 18 per cent , discount . A bill was before the Legislature of Pennsylvania for suspending the penalties On the non-payment of the Bank ^ note * . Exchange on England w » 3 8 to 8 % premium j on France- o 22 i .
PAJ&IS . —It was reported in Paris , on Monday , that t :, e Peers would rej ? c : the provision for the wairof circnmvallarion , which stands in the Fortifications' Bill as it was sent up by ihe Deputies . It ¦ was also reported that Lord Pcnsonby would be recalled from the embassy in Turkey , to succeed Lord Auckland as Governor of India .
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T 2 . 0 X OCE LONDON CO&RESFOrrDETC . Wednesday Evening , March 17 th . Mobe BrsLii > G . —This morning , & " meeting '' took place between Mr . Dillon Urowne and Captain Di-ff , the latter of whom is said to have moriaUy wounded his antagonist . The affair arose out of a theatrical squabble last evening ; though , from the lateness of the hour ( six o ' clock ) , at which the intelligence reached me , I am unable to supply " chapter and Terse , " which will doubtless appear to-morrow .
St . Patrick ' s Dat . —This being St . Patrick ' s Day , the metropolis baa bsen kept ail alive" by the various teetotal processions , consisting for the most part of natives of the Emerald Isle , headed by their spiritual directory and other officers of the Catholic Auxiliary Total Abstinence Associations . The Lincoln ' s Inn Fields' branch walked in procession from Craven Yard to S ; . Patrick ' s Chapel , in the forenoon ; and the S :. ilaryleboce branch held a eoiree a ; Tneobald's Road , this afternoon ; while the Ei 3 t-eaders congregated at Virginia-street Chapti J iDd at 5 y 3 this afl-erao&n , a rery numerous ; pany partook of tea and other anti-alcoholic refresh-1 ments in the Siaijuij-d Theatre , which was fitted up for the occasion . !
The Cop-X-Law Leagcees agai * . —On Thursday j evening last , Mr . Sydney Smith was annonHced to j lecture on Core-Law Repeal at the Three Tuns , in j the borot >« jh . On entering the rot > m , Tvbieh vras trail ; attended , we could not recognise any rc < -icWs of j Chartist Association ? , except " Mt ^ srs . Wall and ; Parker ; and , moreover , a Corn-Law repealer was ' in the chair . The Jecture consisted of the usual ' " chips and shavings , " with a slight sprinkling ( by , way of se-isonia ,:. } of-l-ie-s , regarding the Chartist ' opinions on the Corn-Law question . At the conclu- j sion of the lecture , Mr . Wall ascended the table to > coniradict the fiibeiy which had besn indulged in ;; upon which a skirmish tot-k place . A "leaguer " proposed a resolution in favour of an unqualified
repeal of the & ) m Law ?; to which Mr . Wall moved an amendment , -inv > lar t > that carried the same afternoon a ; the Poor Law meeiing , a : the Crown , and Anchor . Strand . Mr . Parker seconded this amendment ; which was opposed bj Eevsral speakers on the Corn Lsw side , but , oa being pnt to the meeting , { which w ^ s vtry impartially done by the Caa ; r .-ry _ n , ) it wa 5 dec ' ared to be carried by a lar # s majority . Wow , wj . tn it is considered ihzz . oaJy » to < t three Chartl 5 i 5 , si the noit , were prasant , the re suit of this meeting shows that the Universal Suffrage movement Ls gaining ground vriihtbe utmost rapid ;; v
in public estiaia-ion . Tue repealers did all they prssibly couid to carry their motion ; one and all of them declaring thosnselves for the Charter , in order to obtain the votes of the meeting in favour of the original resolution ; yet two w . irking men carried their unsophisticated dec ' aration of rights , against the opposition of the congregated band of '' respectables . " A iiumber of police were in attendance , probably to intimidate the " amendment" par ; y ; but the latter Were not to be caught that way , auU the waitings of the '" JeagT ^ rs" -k cm both "loud aud deep" at the hard knocks they have lately had administered to them by xhs * ' whole-hog men /'
Last evening , ( Tuesday , ) a meeting wj ? held in the Worin-g Man ' s Chapel , Dock Head , Berxnoisd ~ ey , to promote the objects of the London Jonroej man ' s Trades' Hall ComrnKtee . The place of maeiLug U smo . 5 miles diftaa ; froia the centre of ths m ^ tropol : ? , in < i therefore wy 301 go well attended as cor . ld have been wi « hed ; the chapal itself , however , is one of the most eligible -places for hoidir . - ^ a pnbiic meeting that we have " Been for a long time . At half-past ei ^ ht Mr . Dicks wa « called to the chair ; and after briefly stating , the objects of the meeting , Mr . T ^ p ? rel ! , a delegate from t * U 3 F . S . O . C ., moTed , and ilr . Thomai seconded , the first re&olu' : on : —
"That this meeting views -with regret , the want of a c-OD-YettWrn and central buil-Iing within the metropolis , accessible a * all times to ths working clas 3 for public meetings on nit : onal and local matters , vrithout anj political or &rctarian eidnsi ;> n ; en 4 it is-of opinion that s-j iocs 33 ' -he trades of L' / nden have not the menu of holding the meetings of their resprctive societies in such a p ' . ase , that a Evstem of useless expendimre , intemperance , and confusion must prevail , detrimental U their n » efoin «« 3 , and calculated to retard the & > eid and political advanccmeiit of the labouring populafc ' CD . " Mr . Sherisan , in an energetic speech moved , and Mr . Farreu . jun ., seconded , the next resolution : —
" That this mseting earnestly recommends to the snpport of all working men , a projected London Journeymen ' s Traces Hall , designe-i and managed by mechanics acd operatives of various trad = s ; which promises the most tx'ensive accomniodation for the meeting of their respective tradu and other societies at a cheap renx ; providing for tutir mtrabers the advantages of a > I < -cban , ( s ' Institution on an extensive scale , the means or assembling to the number of 3 or 4000 persons , on reasoDabJe terms , -when and as often as desired by the labouring class , withsat any molestation , and oScr > n % in the enrolment of the undertaking , under ceruin Acts of Parliament , the security of the J » ir of the laad against fraud of any kind .
In the course of hi 3 remarks , Mr . Farren sai d that ki present tLe bu > ines 3 of Trades' Societies in jfeneral , was le t , through the culpable apathy or drunkenness of the majority of member ? , to the direction of the aristocratic and interested tew . A Trades' Hall was sought , to remove these Societies from places of meetiug where , the gilded Harrela tempt the eye , a-id the jingling of glasses tempt the Eala : e to an institution where the wives and famies of the operatives might participate in theii pleasures , and advance their moral and social condition . They did not want a Trades' Hall built by a Parliamentary grant , because the key of the door wonld then be la tae hands of the money-grubbers : they soughs to have an institution 0- their own , whieh should be " open to all , without inquiring what religion they were of , or for whit it was wanted . " The aristocracy kepj the working c asses
»; their looms sad their anvils during the day , so that they could nd meet in the sanshine , and Q&der ike eaaopy of heaven ; while the " law of the land *' would not allow them to discuss their grievances in the evening , with the aid of a f ; w torches . Those whoae business it was to preach one day in the week that they might lire in idleness the oiher six , asserted that the " labourer was worthy of his hire : " that was what they preached , but their precepts did not agree with their practice . He exhorted his bearers not to a ) iow themselves to be any longer transferred , as ihe publican ' s stock-in-trade , under the name of *• good-will , " among the mash-tnbs and p ainted jdn-ca * ks , from one Boniface to another ; cut , by a nmeiy and well-directed effjrt , establish a xaonumeat to lutare ages of lbs progress of knowledge , ai . d wi-h it the foundation of eulighte ^ d freedom . Mr . Forrcn was loudly cheeied . A tolerable » am was eoiiectea in aid of the expenses 01 " the
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meeting , and sereral shares in the undertaking , ( tbe deposit on each share of £ 1 being 2 s . ) , were subscribed for , in the vestry adjoining the place of meeting . Fjbe at the Southampton Railway . —A most destructive fire broke out on Tuesday night , at the Railway Terminus , at the Nine Elms Station . The flames first broke out in the locomotive engine department . It is estimated that tho property destroyed cannot exceed £ 50 , 000 . It is probably under than over that amount . The iron turning lathes alone are valued at £ 5 , 000 . The fire
originated in the stores , where the store-keeper had taken a light to examine some casks of oil and turpentine , which were supposed to . ba leaking . A spark fell on the turpentine , which ignited in an instant , and de&ed all the efforts of the men to extinguish it . It is an old adage that " Misfortunes seldom come alone ; ' * this morning , ( Wednesday ) from some cause , not at present ascertained , the whole of the tea o ' clock train was placed in imminent danger , by the tender and two of the carriages getting off the rails . A delay of twentyfive minutes took place , but no very serious damage
was sustained . The P ^ nrrox Committee . —La 6 t evening , the committee , ( consisting of the really hard-working and honest mea , who are ornamented with " lUstian jxckeLs and blistered hands , ") held their n ^ ual weekly public meeting , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street ; Mr . Mills in th ? chair . Mr . Balls ( who had been elected by the members of tbe Fiasbury National Charter Association , on the Sunday previous ) was added to tho Committee . A letter from Pontypool was read , siating that they had got a petition ready , signed bj three thousand persons , on behalf of Frost , Wiiliams and Jones ; and the secretary was directed to forward instructions as to the best means of
obtaining us presentation to tbe House of Commons . A letter from poor Carrier , ( now in Devizes murdertrap , ) was also read , relative to Mb treatment in gaol ; and a petition , founded upon the letter , was ordered to be immediately got ready . Forty petitions were received from various individuals and bodies in the Metropolis , some for the Welsh martyrs , some for Mr . O'Connor , and all for the Charter . A petition was also received from Tavistock , (!!!) signed by six hundred and sixty six individuals , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was forwarded to Mr . Duncombe for presentation to the ** Commons . " A letter from Mr . Hume was read , expressing hia readiness to present any petitions that might be entrusted to him .
Fhe Northern Star Saturday. March 20. 1841.
fHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . MARCH 20 . 1841 .
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PATTING ON THE BELLY . LAST AND MOST GLORIOUS OF ALL THE GLORIOUS VICTORIES OF THE
GLORIOUS CHARTISTS . W cannot give our glorious troops half glory enough . By our second edition of last week , and our first of the present , tha out-posts will hava learned the total defeat of the combined Whig and Tory forces , by a mere section of the grand army Yes , the victory gained on Thursday last , ix midday , ( mind , in mid-day , ) when timo was no object to the rich oppressor , but a great one to the poor oppressed , ) should satisfy all parties of the Utter hopelessness of longer deferring justice , except at a risk too hazardous to be ventured npon .
Tbe Whigs have had their fresh-water pipes laid in all directions , and their ventilators to give the smothering faction " inside" a little fresh air from without . They have had their " Corn Law " husting-humbugs recruitingfor the pressure without , to aid and assis ; the pressure within ; bat that has failed . The Chartists met the combined forces of that faction , and annihilated them ; and the Times and our Great Grandmother ( for she has had another generation since she became a grand-mamma ) and ail the Tories " patted poor John upon the back , " and
said , " go it Chartisia ; 0 , you madeadmirableBpcecb . es , fraught with good sound , common sense , on Monday night , the 1 st of March , when you smashed tbe Whig pressure from without ; but they were long , rambling , incoherent , and discursive , when they f ell on our backs . " How igncrant some teachers are ! The Tories taid , " now let us try our hand 3 upon our humbug out-pressure , as the other humbug has failed , and let us " Johxxt upon tho belly . " So they get poor old Walter to pay for the grand room at the Crown
and Anchor , the very spot still ringing with shouts of Chartist victory—and they get Tom Dcncombe , almost tbe only one uncontaminited gentleman in St . Stephens—and they have the Coroner ready oa the zpot , to hoJd an inquest upon the body of deceased Whigtrery , and they hjok in some letters from the noble Frost , whom " the bloody old Tunes , " belonging to Mr . Walter , tried to murder , having first blasted his character with the whole jury cla ^ s ; and this same Mr . Walter ha 3 the matchless effrontery to use the virmes of the man whom be Eoaght to destroy , for the servicg of his own paltry
pariy purposes . Aye , aye , now we find the predictions of the banished Frost u-: ed by his most implacable enemies to prove his worth and their unwcrthiness . Bat the people s . re wide awake ; they know that thuir Tory friends are only jealous of not being the concocters of so good a measure as they call the New P-jor Law ; and while their leading journal is beating up for tha recruiting serrice , their general of triga < 3 e is hogging that the dog ' s tail may be taken off at two sniga instead of oae . Joseph Surface says " Let U 3 starve them only for five years , iustead of ten—let us do thiugs gently , and by degrees . " But how did the gentlemen vote , ana how will they now vote !
Well , > -ut what part did the Protean Coroner take ! Why , he says , " O , respect Mr . Walter , for he gave me great assistance in getting the D jrchester Labourers back . " By a parity of reasoning , then , we are not to be astonished if we find Mr . Coroner introducing Sir R- 'BE-. t Peel to a Chartist audience , announcing tha : the R ^ ght Hon . Baronet declared the justice of the East . India Company paying Lord Kilane £ 2000 a year , instead of the English people ,
and that he was for only cutting half the dog ' s tail off at a time ; or , perhaps , he may introduce Jew D'Ishaeli to us , as the patriot who made the best attack upon the government factory Epy system in support of Mr . Fielden ' s motion for enquiry ; or who knows but we shall sea the resuscitated body of t ; e deceased Dakiel paraded ! This picking out of the best spots iH the many-coloured zebra , wont do ; we want healthy pa' . riotiem ; not rank corruption with one unpu . rifi . ed spot upon the decaying body .
Mr . Waklet got a hint , oa Thursday , that he will , ere long , require some one to speak to his own character . This rnnning with the hare and holding with the hound wont do ; it is out of fashion . The fact is , that Wakxet , Hitkb , aud Warbub-Ton , and those who have been loudest in their outdoor denunciation of the Whigs , have been th « very crutch upon which Wniggery has been enabled to limp to Downing-street for the last two or three years ; because O'Conuell ' s support would have been nothing , if the English people , and English principle and English opinions , had found anything like representation in the House of Commons Those are the camp follower ? , who abuse all and everything for a living , while they live upon abuse .
Will the two factions now stop ! The Whigs have tried " patting on the back ; " and the Tories have tried "patting on the belly , " till , between them , they have made poor John ' s belly and back-bone meet ; and , at last , John is " flat" with them , he 84 J 8 , No more of year humbug ; if YOU repealed out Staxv&uon Act * to-morrow , YOU oould and would give as worse one 3 the day after , so we will now have no more of your cooking . "
O Cohsob took a right course npon this subject . He said , " Petition , bat no meetings to interfere with the flow of Chartisja . " He said , " Pray for no alteration ; tell them it is & robbery ; tell them that you will oppose every man who supports it ; tell them to cease all legislation until the people are represented . " This was tbe proper and necessary course for the people to pursue ; but tbe > e poor gentlemen were not aware of the difference between petitioning against a measure , in order to exhibit
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ths full force of puolic indignation with regard to it , and the value of a public meeting converted into a " vrticle hog" Chartiot triumph . Tha poor old Times is furious , and out Great Granny is in fits , and old Walter has exploded of Tory damp : he kicked the bucket , and the Coroner took him off to the " Hole in the Wall , " to hold aa inquest . The poor Chartists , who were all Solons on Monday , the 1 st of March , were all fools on Thursday ,
the 11 th ; and tho Times threatens U 3 with withdrawing all ar istocratic countenance from us , and " throwing us upon our own resources , " and we are in a shocking way , and don ' t know what can or will become of us , having lost the hunch back of " Master Walter , " and the countenance of tho Time * and our Great Grandmother . Alas ! alack-a-doy ! that we should live to see it ! Ah ! good Times and Herald , don't cut us now , after having so long and so nobly fought our every battle side by side .
. Again , we say , eend in the petitions in thousands ; but whenever Whigs and Tories call a meeting for the repeal of the Poor Law , or for any other measure , or for the consideration of any question , no matter what , if it was to pave the streets with penny loaves , and thatch tho houses with pancakes , upset one and all ; move your owu your only hope everlastingly : give no quarter , you have never got any . There is . nothing like the plain , blunt , honest , straightforward course . They one and all want to starve you , but each lias his own choice mode of doing it . Stick to them like leeches , as they h&ve stuck to you ; and never , never stop till you hav « Bucked back every drop of yaur own blood , vrhica has been stolen from your veins . If ail desert you , we will stand by you to the last , while there ' s a beggar to make rags , and a mill to make paper . of
There 13 only one ^ hing which beg to remind you . In your poverty , pray preserve your good manners and your good breeding ; and when a gentleman tells you , as Mr . Walter did , that ho paid for the room , always thank him , and a ? k him For change ot tbe ChartiFt note you gave him . The meeting was quite right to put Captain Nehsom—( we had almost given him a step , and said Major Neesok )—in the chair ; and Captain Cleave deserves the thanks of the nation for not being wheedled by Mr . Waklkt and the shams into half
measures . O that Leeds battle was to fight over again , now that Birmingham has done such service , and that the London garrison has taught us the art of war . ' Go it , good Chartists ! We wieh Mr . Wakley joy of his new aWes ! This has been the finisher of all Tory hope for Chartist sympathy : we are not going to erect despotism upon the ruins of tyranny . Hurrah for the cause , and no surrender , and down with both factions ! We
alwaj-s said that we never could succeed till the enemies united , and gave battle as they are sure to do . If they cannot make us beat oureelvesi or if tke " cocked tails " cannot beat us , they must then try the last resource—a union of the factions against tbe nation . Let 1 hem come on S Let them but dissolve , which they must do shortly , and then we come face to face—then wo are all equals ! Then God help them and their backers , and God help the cock-taih , aud God icill help the Chartists , for they will help themselves .
Pressed aa we are for room , wo should deem it an act of hiiib treason , to withold the two letters from our beloved Fbcst , aud Mr . Walter ' s introduction and comment . Mr . Walter said : — " Th ? 7 all knew the hiaU ) ry of tha unfortunate , and , be mast say , criminal , Mr . Frost—( cries of "No , nonot criminal , "from a knot of Chartists )—am } his companions in Wales . Far was ho from approviag of Mr . rrosVs conduct—\ " he ' s an honest man , " said a Charttut ) ;—far was be from sanctioning the first attempt at bloodshed in this country against tke constituted authorities . 1 Hear , hear . ) Indeed , no one couid condemn it more ; for he hoped , and still trusted , that the Constitution continued to supply the peaceful means of
self-defence to thoso who were determined to resist aggression and cruelty . iCheere . ) But he was further of opitiUn , that great weight and importance ought to be attributed to the opinions of such a man as Mr . Frost —( loud cheers from the Chartists ) , —immersed , though he subsrquenUy was , in the excesses of Chartism , as to the facts whence it sprung , how it was to be propagated , on . i -whnt would be its results . From Mr . Frj .-t ' s testimony he learnt , and so he hopud ¦ rc- cuilil our rulers learn , that the ill-omened parent of Chartism Was the New Puor Law—( Cheers )—of Cbartism , not tak « -n In its simpler form , of a placid opinion
vn personal rights and privileges , but of Chxu-tL-m in its most tigtxavated character of resisting authority and commuting niurrt ' tr . ( Hear , hear . ) It fo happened that during the iffjrla which he was making to resist tho iS ' evr Pc-or Law , he received , without any previous knowledge of tlia writer , two letters from Mr . Frostihear , Lear , )—ihen a niaijisirite of Lord John Kussuil ' s appointment—Ihtar , hear . )—and then also just constituted a cuardi . tn of the poor under the ft-roc ' . ous Poor Law . Those letters he wou ! d now rtjpd to the meeting ; . It would be observed that they were written two years and three-quarters before the outrages in Wa'es : —
" Newport , Monmouthshire , Feb . 25 , 1837 . " Sir , —1 am a guanlian of the poor , and also mayor of tbe borough . Some time ago the Po ^ r Law Commissioners sent to our ut . ion sis dietaries , one of which we were to select to regulate tiie quantity of food to be allowed to the paupers in our workhouse . I made a motion that each guardian he sent a copy of the dietary to give him an opportunity of examining whether tbe , quantity was sufficient , and at the same time I expressed my at-tinii'liatuin to add to the allowance , it Wing my opinion that it is too little to sustain life . 1 Chartist ch' .-ers . ) This morning Mr . Ciive , the assistant Poor Lav . ' Commissioner , attended our meeting : he asked me what alteration I intended to propose in the . dietary ? I said , a greater quantity of food , and that the i > aupera should have occasionally a little beer . " ' I am' ( said he ) ' directed to inform you , that
whatever determination the board may come to , the Poor Liw Commissioners will make no alteration in the dietary . ( Lund critsof ' Sbame , shame . ') They will not allow a grr-at' -r quantity of fo » d ; thoy will allow no beer ; in stturt . the board must adopt i . ne of tbe tables , ¦ without any addition . " My antwer was , ' I was sent here by t' .: e inhabitants of tlie borough , as a guardian of the poor of the borough . 1 will endeavour to see that the in < . in > -y of my constituents is not improperly appiied— th&ir . hear );—but 1 will also ste th . it thesa who are forced Uy poverty to app ' . y t-j the parish for relief shail not be put tin a quantity of food too small to * u-tain life . ( Hear , hear . ; i tove not yet , nor do I mean to consider the wiil of the Poor La , w Commiss » oners as to the quantity of food to be allowed to the pnupers . I -will exercise my own judgment , quite regardl . ss whether the P . > or Lrw Commissioners are offended or pleased . ' ( Chartist cheers . )
" If you thiuk this letter of any service , Mr . Walt < r is quite aiMoerty to make u-e of it ; and if he is t--f the opinion that a petition will serve the cause , 1 wil stud him one from the petitioners . " 1 remain , Sir , " Your Very obedient Servant , " JOHN FKOST . " —( Great cheerinj ? from the Chartists . ) Tue o : b < -r Uttt-r was aiiires ^ ed to him ( Mr . Walter / abi ut ten days afterwards , and was in the following terms : —
"J » e-wp- > rt , Monmouthshire , March 6 , 1837 . "SIR , — I have encli'&cl for jour perusal a placard published l . y mycelf and my culltague . the guardian f « r the borough . Although there are in this part of the country some in favour of the New Poor Law , yet no one attempts to refute the statements which this placard contains- I believe that the average of allowance thri . ut . hoa ; Eagland to otu-iioor paupers will not exceed two shillings a head , and I cannot see that it is possible te uiaiutaiH a human being for less , unless It is the intention of the authorities to starve the paupers . 1 Chartist cheers . ) I do not believe the statement * as to the saving of the new system ; 1 cannot see bow they are to be made . We have not been long enough iu this of
part the country to decide accurately as to the saving under the new law ; of one thing , however , I am certain , that the hatred to it is cominuHlly increasing . It evidently tends to increase the hatred , already powerful enough , between the rich and the poorer classes of sociay . ( Chartist cheers . ) Public feeling ia too strong in this neighbourhood to suffer any gtona cases of cruelty . Tbe guardians did , on last Saturday , agree to the dirtary , which in my opinion is much too small . If this should be found to be go , 1 will certainly lay tbe matter by petition before th-j House . It ii monstrous to think that three hired men rhould have to mnch power placud in their hands . ( Caters . ) Tbe boards of guardians are complete cipher *; all they have to do is
to carry into execution the edict * of the Commissioners . Some time ago our doors were opened to the public ; the motion pasused un » niuieosly ; they were open tox three * eeks without the lea * t inconvenience . When the Poor Lsw Commusioners heard of it , they sent down p remptory orders to the guardians to close them — ( hear , brar ;) —which order the board obeyed , without evei . remonstrating . 1 beiieve Mr . Hali , the member foi the botough , v »\ n support any motion for an alteration in the law as is now standd . He is , 1 huve reason t » Utlieve , sorry that he supported it . It Would be some improvement if the cx-officio guardians were to cease to ixi > t as fcuch . Most of the farmers are coml < Lte tools of the ts-qffidus . It it Were not for the
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frtjarvilans of populous places , the poor much worse than they are- at present "I am . Sir , 'Your obedient servant , i " Johs Frost . " Cheers . ) •? To J . Walter , Es * , M . P . "The placard to which Mr . Frost alluded was too l * ng to be read on the present occasion , but he could assure the meeting that it was humane in its principles and temperate in its language . Hia communication with Mr . Frost , whom be never saw , began and ended with thestt letters . Now , what was the inference to be drawn from them ? Mr . Frost might only know wtat would
be the effe «* of the New Poor Law in hi 8 own Union —that it must lead to oubpge . To outrage ittfid lead : in that opinion , at least , Jt * was not deceived . It might be said that Mr . Frost himself produced the evils which he predicted in these letters . Treason , however , was rarely contemplated three years before it broke out into overt acts . But if , contrary to all probability , it were so contemplated , what gave Mr . Frost the materials with which he worked ? What prepared ready instruments in his hands ? What brought thousands to hia standard more zsalona for mischief than himself f He ( Mr . Walter ) answered , the New Poor Law . "
It must be borne iu mind that we give this extract from the Times , i which would make it appear that the meeting tolerated even reproof of Frost by Waltkb ; the fact being , according to all reports , that the old hypocrite waa peppered like a-. target with Chartist hisBes and Chartist groans , whenever he dared to venture upon a word in condemnation of Frost . Let every Chartist and Christian read the above , and then ask himself where the honest and humane Mayor of Newport now is , and what be is there for , and who sent him there 1 Echo answers in a felon ' s dress , in a penal settlement , away from his own family , for looking for food and justice for ours . " Let the British lion arouse from his slumbers , up , and shako the dew dropa froua his mane , and ask for hia restoration with a lion ' s voice .
Walter , says Frost , is a man whose opinions should have wetRht with the Government . Did the Times , which is Walter's , or did Walteb , say this , when Baying it might have saved Fmost from peiBeoutiont No , the rascals bought his indictment from his attorney , called him swindler , traitor , cheat , and murderer , aud so on ; and nowjhaving made him the victim of their hellish venge&Hce to please an advertising community , they como forward to pourtray his honour , his love of justice , his humanity and patriotism , while , they are still vociferating against Whig tenUyV- ) to Frosc .
Thus axe tho people ' s friends lopped off , one by one , by the faction who would make merchandise of their very misfortunes , having first created them . Wo trust this exposition will give those who have a leaning to Toryism a sickener . Let us onco help them to power , and they would help us to destruction ; but , let them steal power , the sooner the better ; then they must fight US with halters around their uecks .
Mr . Walter asked " What gave Mr . FrtosT the materials with which he worked 1 What prepared ready instruments in his bands \ What brought thousands to his standard , more zealous for mischief 1 " Ho ( Mr . Walter ) answered , "The New Poor Law ; " and we ask who gave us the New Poor Law ! and we answer the Whigs and the Tories . So NO UNION WITH THE TORIES .
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ORGANIZATION . We are obliged to defer our intended article on organization to another week . Meantime , we call emphatically on tho Chartists throughout every district to be proceeding with tho nomination of the General Council . Let the sub-Secretaries of every district send in immediately the names of the existing Council
in each locality , or of such other persons as the people may determine on at their meetings tomorrow and Monday , as nominated to serve on the first General Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain . This is necessary to be done instantly , because the Executive Committee mustbechoBen from the General Council , and cannot therefore bo elected until that body shall have come into existence .
Wo gave in our last a general form of nomination , for the guidance of tho several sub Secretaries : we >; ivo cUevfhcre , in our present paper , the address of tho Provisional Executive , from which they can take tho address of Mr . Campbell , tho Secretary to the Provisional Executive , who of course acts , pro temporc , as General Secretary . Two copies of every nomination should bo written , one of which the sub-Secretary should file , and send
the other to tho General Secretary ; aud it would also be a great saving of trouble , both to the General Secretary and to us , if each sub-Socretary would tiko the additional trouble of sending to this office the names , occupations , and residences , of all tha persons nominated by him—distinguishing all thoso appointed as Sub-Treasurers and Sab-Secretaries ; thus : — " P < jrsou 3 nominated for General Council at
' John Sharp , woolcotnber , 16 , Nelson-street , Georjje Fisli , joiner , S , Wood-street , Mi Bates , joiner , Black Abbey , W James Jones , shoemaker , Market-plaeo , |^ Joh n Thomas , weaver , Little Horton , 5 > A .
prevent mistakes ; while it would materially forward the getting up of the whole list for publication . Observe , however , that they should not bo later in our hands than Wednesday .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION AND ELECTION
OF DELEGATES . Elsewhere we furnish , as requested , the draft of a petition , such as we think suitable for the times and circumstances of the people . We ask the people in each locality to consider , and to adopt or reject it aa a whole . It must not be patched or altered , because then its universality will be destroyed . We fiud ourselves compelled , by want of ppace ,
to keep out the list of contributors to tho Convention ' s Fund and to all the or her funds till next we-. k . However , " the work goes bravely on . " Let it still go on—let every one in every place , whose mite has not come , be sent in at once , and then we may announc * in our next the completion of the whole sura necessary . The Bankers complain of the trouble of Post-office orders for small sums ; let the money be , therefore , sent here at ouce , and we will see to it .
One thing in connection with the Convention let the people notice , that as far as possible their movements may be legal . All delegates must be ELECTED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS , CALLED BY PLACARD for the puHPOstf . This must be observed in reference to all delegates , for whatever purpose delegated . Delegates from private bodies , clubs , or socitties , ef a . political character , are illegal . Every man must be delegated from a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town or place from whence he is sent .
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Numa is in type ; but is necessarily reserved till next week ; we are a < so ubliged to withhold a letter f 1 om Mr . O'Brien tilt n / xt week . Mzssrs . Coixuis . and O'iNEih . —Their second "Address to the Middle Classes" has been received , but must stand over , till next week . The Kepokt of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association is too tale . It ought ( 0 huve been sent for our tost . James Fainlough — We think he would be defeating his oton purpose by conferring too much importance upon the person whose name he w&uid publish . Cullikigworth , near Bradford . —The Blue Milk Row close story should have been authenticated .
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Payment fob Seats at Church . — -4 communication has reached us stating , that compulsory payments are demanded for pews and sittings in ist . John ' s and-St . Mary's churclies , Devises , which is iflegalyos appears from the highest ecclesiastical authority in the diocese , and from the testimony o f eminent Proctor in Doctors' Cemmons . Clayton . —The news from Clayton is omitted for want of room . John Jqhuson , Portsea . —We don t know . Philo Awcvsf-Nejctweek . A Cwstant RuctER , Manchester . —We know nothing about , jtee-masonry . JOSEPH LawtonVt-TA ^ Poor Law Guardians have no pay , hut there are a sufficiency of assistants , clerks , Qc , to account for the increase in the expenditure . Young Patriots . —Mvst stand over this week to make room for the . old one * .
C . N ., Cqngleton . — Yes . H . D . » Mansfield . —We have no agent at Lincoln . There we Chartists ' , there , but we know not whether they belong to . the National Charier Association . Mansfield . —The " rurals" paragraph next week . Birmingham . —Mrs . Clayton dp-ires thankfully to acknowledge the munificence of the Birmingham Chartists . * r J . W . PaRK . br— In reftrenve to ihe day ( Easier Monday ) which is recommended by the national delegates to be set apart for a general penny subscription on behalf of the imprisoned victims , writes thus ;—** / would recommend every Chartist meeting room , in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , to be open ail day on Easter
Monday . The secretaries , or other persons appomted , to be in attendance to receive the subscriptions . It being a holiday , meetings ought to be called to aid the collections ; and every associated body to issue , immediately , advertisements and bills in every city , borough , town , hamlet , and village , in the kingdom , calling upon every friend to humanity ' to come forward that day on behalf of the suffering victims ; a ^ o , every honest and true Chartist to become a collectorin his family , among his relations , his friends , his sJiopmales , and with those with whom he deals ; in fact , let no stone be left unturned to consummate so gloritus an object as this . Let the Chartists appoint treasurerspro tem , —men in whom they nave confi
, dence . Remember Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones are calling aloud , across the mighty deep , to you to do your duty . The big beggarman , Dun , has his tribute day , and draws from the famishing people of Ireland upwards of £ 20 , 000 a year . Let us have our tribute day , for a belter purpose . Once more , brother Chartists , I exhort you to do your duty . Let the Northern Star , and the rest of the Chartist press , use their mighty influence , conjointly with the Provisional Executive of England and Wales , and the Central Committee of Scotland . There is no time to be lost . Let it be a true exhibition of your moral power . A million of pence , and nothing . less Make it succeed , and you can use it again to
carry the People ' s Charier . Again , again , and again to your duly /" "An Observer , " " Solitary Thoughts , " "Patriot ' s Hymn , " "A Poor Man ' s Friend , " "Emigration , ^ " Lines on Death , " and " The Patriots ' s Farewell to his Country , " declined . A Workino Man . — We know nothing of the circumstances to which he alludes . T . R . Smart . —The letter to which he refers was duly received and forwarded , J . H . — We do not agree with his opinions on ihe unscripturalness of a paid ministry in the Christian Church . Wh , Lot bit . —Thanks for the slavery document : tt shall have our best attention .
Some Chartists of thb right sort , el Newton Moor , by Kinguarrie , would be glad of a visit from Mr . G . APBean , on his lecturing tour through the North of Scotland . VTh . Tucker . —If he send us the pamphlet , we will read and then notice it . Walter Mason . —The horrible recital of Poor-Law atrocities , which he has forwarded , shall be published as soon as we can possibfy find room . PETER RIG BY . His eeeenlAo communication on "stool boxes" is declined . Richahd Spuhr . —His "legal" plan of organisation is in the teeth of the law at almost every step of it , as applied to a political , though it would be perfectly legal in reference to a religious ,
movement . J . W . B . —The issue would be illegal : the Stamp Act has provided against any such an evasion of Us force . Wm . Martin . —One head will do for all : the petition will be a national one , and must , therefore , if adopted at all , be adopted in every place without alteration . John Camphell writes us , that " a meeting of the power loom weavers will be held in Mr . Wheeler ' s Boom , 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester , to form a Chartist association among that body ; " but does not say when . Peter M ' Braphy . —Thanks . Mr . Pitkbthly has received for J . Broyan , of SuUon-ih-AshJield— £ . s . d .
FromW . D . SauU , Esq 0 10 0 From Thomas Prout , Esq 0 10 0 Trowbridge Radicals may send their coUaelion for Mrs . Ciayton , to Mrs . Clayton * , No , 67 , / or ( erstreet , Shrffietd . Sarah Clayton . —Next week . Dublin Chartists . —The commwiication to which they allude never came to hand . Their suspicions concerning the persons they name are totally incorrect . ' The Sons of Toil" shall appear when we have
room . Mai . com M'Nee . — Our space is full . Stockton . —The churchwarden ' s courtesy shall be chronicled next week . Barxaf . o Castle . — We have no room for local netcs this week . Banul'ry . — We are very sorry to be compelled to leave out the report of the splendid dinner to Mr . Vincent , cut jrom an Oxford paper , but press of matter leaves us no alternative . It is , perhaps , the less to be regretted , as these a e now b' coming rontirie things . A triumph is a thing o f course wherever Vincent , or any such man , makes a public appearance . Will the besotted
factions ever learn to ** discern the signs of the times' 1 C . and R . — Our space is chock full . C . H . Neesom is in type , but is obliged to be reserved till , next week . Rochdale . — We are compelled to reserve tfie report of the Poor Law meeting till next week . Birmingham . — We received the Birmingham news packet by the last post on Thursday , too late fo r any of it to appear . Communications tc £ re received by the same post from Kilbarchan , Markinch , Bolton , Bardford ( Wilts ) , Austerlands , Oldham , Merthy Tydvil , Prestou , and South Shields—all too late .
Erratum In Our Last.—In The Letter Of Numa,
Erratum in our last . —In the letter of NUMA ,
are lines from tbe bottom of first column , for " Issachar is a strong city reaching down between two windows '—read " a strong 1 st couching down between two burdens . "
Pooli Law Guardians.
POOli LAW GUARDIANS .
Mr . Editor , —I beg to address a few words to the men of England and Wales , but especially those of the Hudderstibld district , who , I am sure , will be upon the alert . They are , or ought to be , well aware , that on this 20 th rtiiy of March , that thuy have , or are entitled to have , a voting p : iper for tbe election of Guardians Examine well the character of the candidates nominated , apprise one another of what you know of them , and by no means vote for those who are advocates of the baatiles ; support men . be their politics what they may , who are favourable to the j list and merciful law of the 43 rd of Eiizibetb ; let the cry be— "No bastilers nor baatiles , down with the whole starvation system . "
I would reeoTciiuend that general and sub committees be formed in every township , who ought to visit every house , and give directions how to fill up their voting papers , but on no account to fill up a single paver for th «» e who can write ; and for those who cannot , when you have placed the voter ' s name opposite the person or person ' s name , for whoni he wishes to vote , at tho bottom write his name thus—seeing that he himself makes tbe X : — bis Adam X AnderBon , mark . Joseph Dean , witness . And be sure that some person is in the house on Tuesday , the 23 rd , who om deliver the voting paper to the collector when he calls for it ; you must have it ready or the vote will be lost .
Where it can be done , let meetings be held to consult ; and where the people are strangers , they might be iuvited to such place as might be fixed upon for instruction bow to fill the papers ; for , depend upon it , there is no justice nor fair play : The Three-Devil Kings have made the clerks the returning oraoera , in order that they might have it in their power to rob you of your franchise , and send you to thoae wretched , appalling abodes of misery , despair , and woe—the bastiJea . Tne anti-bastile candidates for Hudderafleld ate
Messrs . Wtiit worth , Thomto « , Popplotoo , Branton , and Liddall ; ihe Whig skilly men are , Means , J . Bottoinley ( Cherry Tree ) , B . Robinson Lane , Tommy Ibbotuon , Tommy . Shepherd , and Tommy Kilner : the people know to rote , and tuero will be 2 , 000 of a majority . However , let them be cautious in filling up the voting papers ; let them go to some friend and eun . sult tofcbUier , or form committees to see that they are filied up correctly , or they will be thrown out as taut ; and let a list of those who vote be kept for eveijdivision ami tikunta , tue scrutiny .
Ine opposition against myseif is most keen . They have nViiiinati . d , along with me , for Almondbury , Mr . Win . Scutes , who is well respected and well kn « wo . Iu uppuaiiiun . they have nominated Sir John Ramsden ' a
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bailiff , Josh . Bro' -ke , imagining , because hp ha ^ Is in tho Court , f . nd calls up the tenants to pay their rent * , tbat he can bawl and get them ( the tenants ) to vote for bastiles and skilly for themselves . They Lave nomi . nated Adam Anderson , too , -whom the people of Hud . derstifld sent last year aa being entirely opposed to th * new scheme , bat who betrayed them and supported the system ; but he baa never to ! d hia constituents what blessings he anticipated from it , nor how he got convinced of its superiority to the old law : they are about to call upon him to explain why he became a turncoat . The men of Almcndbnry declare tbt > tthey -srtn ba-r » nothing to do with the discarded of Huddmfield , n o * with the bailiff , his intended colleague ; they ara all 00 the alert , and they will do their duty . lam , dear Sir , Your constant leader and obedient servant , J . PlTKETHLI .
The Victim Clayton
THE VICTIM CLAYTON
. Funeral sermons for Clayton have been preached to crowded and attentive audiences at Manoingbam and Bradford , by Mr . Ibbetson ; at Hathern , by Mj Bent , when the sum of S 3 , 7 ^ d . was collected , 2 i . 6 i of which has been forwarded to Sheffield for ' the * widow—the other remains for the victim Edwards ' at Loughborough , by Mr . Bxirstow , when-fa . 6 d ' was collected , 43 . 3 J . of which has been sent to Sheffield for the widow—the other will be forwarded to Euvvardi- ; at Mountsorrel , by Mr . Bairstow when 6 s . was collected , half of which was for the widow , and the other for Edwards ; atCongtaten , by the Rev . Joseph Capper , from Tunstal ] when 5 s . was collected for the widow ; at-Mansfield ' by Mr . Simmons , of Sutton , when a collection wa «
made for the widow and children ; at Kensiugtoa Common , at eleven in the forenoon of last Sunday by Mr . James Savage ,- and at Shepherdess Fields at one in the afternoon , by Mr . G . E . Boggis ; sj Newton Heath , by Mr . Cartledge , of Manchester at Ouseburn , by Mr . Lowery , when 12 s . Si . wag collected for the widow , expences . amounting to-4 s . 3 d . ; at Dundee , by Mr . John Dincan ; at New port , by Mr . Black , of Nottingham ; at Sutton-ia Asl .-field , in the Christian Chartist Chapel , by tho officiating minister for the day , when 4 s . 6 d . was collected for the widow ; at Middlesborough , by Air . John Bormond , when £ 1 I 03 . was collected for the widow ; in Vale of Leven , Scotland , iu th » Christian Chartist Church , by Mr . Thomasson . when
£ l 5 a . was collected for the widow ; at Ruddersfield , in the Chartist Room , Upperhead-row , by Messrs . Bray and Ncfisona , when £ 2 were collected at Trowbridge . by Mr . J . Rawliugs , when £ 1 was collected for the widow ; at Dodworth , by Mr . Mirfield ; at Bermondsey , in the Working Maa ' t Chapel , Dock Head , by Mr . Rainaley , when 17 s . was * , collected for the widow and orphans —( the par * ties getting ud the meeting take this opportunity of recordiHg their thauks for the handsoin ' e manner in which the proprietors granted the gratuitous , use of the chapel , and for the trouble they took to afford every accommodation);—at Keighley , in th « Working Man ' s Hall , by Mr . Rushton , of Halifax ,: when £ 1 6 s . Ojd . was collected ; at Dewsbury , by Mr . Arran , when collections were made for th » widow .
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OLD CUMNOCK . —At the half-yearly meeting of the Curanock Charter Association , held on tbe evening of Saturday last , the secretary read an account of the income and expenditure for the past half year , which , proving satisfactory , was confiwnta . Copies of an address fr « m the Scottish Central Committee , recommending the formation of a National Printing Company , were laid on the table . After several pro » positions weie disposed of respecting lecturers , it wai finally agreed " That no party , engaging a lecturer without the sanction of the committee , shall bare any claim on the association fund . " A letter from J .. Collins , and A . O'Neil , of Birmingham , was read , in which the writers state , amongst ether things , that they are anxious to obtain numbers and influence , and fur this end they ardently desire to obtain a union with the middle classes , bat they , at the same time , would council all to withstand any advances aaort Of the full measure of the franchise contained in thg Chatter .
CHEST . JRFIELD AND BEAWPTON . —At the weekly meeting , onMonday evening , nint persons were pitched on as n t persons for nomination to the Council of the National Charter Association . Resolutions were adopted , approving of tha Charter and Petition Convention , and calling npon all friends of the people ' s cause , wherever located , to forward their mite without delay—directing thU 2 s . 6 d . be sent to the Northern Star Office , for Airs . Clayton ; and tendering the thank 3 of the meeting to Mr . George White and his co-patriots at Birmingham , for their noble conduct at the late meeting at Holioway Head , and to Feargus O'Connor , Et q . ^ proprietor , and the Rev . Mr . Hill , editor of ta « Northern Star , for their unflinching advocacy of tht psople ' s cause .
' . BURY . —Dr . M'Douall lectured in the Gurdenstreet room on Tuesday , on the Old and Ne ^ Poor Laws . There was a good audience , and the Doctor was much applauded . The Spirit of Chartism ii here being resuscitated ; the late visits of the Doctor , and the address of Mr . Hill last Sunday afternoon , tended much torouss and confirm the energiei of the people , and we aregiad 10 perceive the sturdy Radicals of Bury once more determined to throw away the crutches and stand on their own lejjs . YORK—A committee has been appointed for the purpose of makiug arrangements for a public Demonstration in this city , to do honour to sbat incorruptible patriot ar » d friend of the people , F . O'Connor , Esq . on his release from the dungeon . The following persons are elected on the committee Messrs . Btirley , Croft , Stuart , £ . Puileyn , Kooko , Demaine , and Inglis . Mr . Halton , treasurer ; Mr . Cordeux , secretary , 26 , Micklegate , to whom all communications ( prepaid ) must be addressed .
GLASGOW . —Mr . Malcoim lectured hero on Monday—subject , " Class legislation . " Atteudauce good . Mr . M . did justice to his subject . KSXGSLEY . —Tho Chartists met in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Tuesday night , when variou 3 able speeches were delivered . The Charter Convention plan was discussed , aad the general opinion of the meeting was , that it was calculated to do an immensity of good to the Chartist cause , if earned out with sufficient spirit . Part money was colkced on the spot for its execution ; James Holmes , a poor blind man , giving the first penny , and wishing success to f he plan , and its noble proposer . WEST-BXDXNG . —At the delegate meeting , held on Sunday lass , at Dewsbury , Mr . Arran ,-of Bradford , was appointed lecturer for the West Riding . A resolution was passed approving of O'Connors plan , and recommending H to instant and general adoption .
BRIGHTON . —Public Meeting of the Ciur-TISTS . —On Monday evening last , the men of Brighton assembled in a numerous body at the Cap of Liberty , Portland-street , publicly convened for the pnrpoae of taking into consideration the question of" expediency . The Chartists of Brighton have done their duty : they are dttermined to have twenty shillings in the poundand nothing less . Not one eighteen-shiMngs-wtpediency humbug dared show his face among them . Mr . John I » age in the chair . After a very animated discussion , in which Messrs . Reeve , Flowers , and Woodward took their parts , it was resolved unanimou sly as followa : — "That the Chartists of Brighton , in public meeting assembled , being convinced that anything snort of Universal Suffrage can never raise the industnons classes of this country to that position in socUty to which they are entitled , hereby pledge themselves tna » tfiey never will cease in their exertions until tbe People ' s Charter , with every point therein contained w therefore
established as the law of the land ; and they , , call upon their brethren throughout the country M unite with them in suppressing every other movement that shall have for its object the least deviation from the true meaning of our motto—Universal Suffrage , ana No-Surrender . A vote of thanks was presented to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved . But previous to dispersing , an agricultural labourer , who was present , related the following to the rueeting-his name , lor reasons known only to ourselves , we must decline . 10 give : —Tlie poor fellow has suffered a series of temDie persecutions ; has been an inmate of a Whig bastile , in one of which , he said , one day , he complained ol » shortness of allowance of food . It was weighed , « a was proved to be short Ik oz . Five men besides wmse ) f also complained . Board-day day came ; his complaint was laid before them ( the Guardians ;; W * na the five others were called up to substantiate tfieir complaints . He was appointed spokesman . He maae hi « complaint : so did the man on his right . It «""»
to the man on his left : he was satisfied ; another was tbe same ; and the others were tie same . Now , say * he to the man on his left , You cowards , did you not » u me that if I made my eomplaint goodi you wouio back me » They did , said hU man on the right . l «» hereVat ^ em ; and down I laid three or lour of tne cowards . Seize the rascal , w » ize him , and take Dim w the black-hole , saya th « Guardians . No , says » 8 *" bouter . the first man thai dares lay hand on me , down he goes . Up comes the yetfow boy , as we call W * - ™ fellow that keeps the Union House gate , staff in nw * N « w , my boy , says I , look out ; and I prttty a **" - him a-top of the others , and a lot more beside , onw was wrpowered , and borne away ; brought before h » to
magistrates the next day , and « entenced | ° ar »™ day ** hard labour , only for complaining of a « ° ° rr in my allowance of food . A . U I want , said he , is » " » day ' swages , fer a fair day * work , » nffiefe " 1 t < l ^^ J up my family , as an English ^"" Pf '^ J 5 SJ ought to hire . { That is Chartism , said Mr . F' ° * fri Then I am a Chartist , said tbe labourer ; and Hi onus some of » y brother labourers ( mates , as he ^ P ^" it ) over on Wednesday , at your meeting , and w « "j *» if we cannot get a meeting place for you in o ^/ " ' ™^ The poor fellow nag been out of werk a long "" ' ^ rj having a wife and family at home , and not a n ** " ; . bread in the house , those Chartists who mre .. z ! entered into a subscription , and gave \ t wmor ' man . We are convinced that if a missionary c ««" " ° got for the South , great good might be done-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct698/page/4/
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