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GEHEBAXi COMMITTEE . POS SUP £ KIKTKW > I 50 THE KAIIOSAX PKTIIIOH . THURSDAY , Mat 20 . Mr . Skevington in the chair . The Hall was unusually crowded -with strangers . Several of the minutes having been read and confirmed : — Mr . Ridley asked Mr . "Wall if he , as member of the London Committee , had promised to take care of " the petition ? Mr . Wall—I never had any conTersation upon the eubjeci-Mr- Cullen received two letter * from CHasgow . As they -were rather complimentary to himself , he declined reaiinc them .
Dr . M-Douall received a letter from Shrewsbnry , annouEcin ? that the petition contained 1 , 100 signatures , and th » t Chartism was progressing rapidly there . Another irtter from Macclesfleld stated that the petition from that town , had 1 , 612 signatures . He then read a letter from the Executive of Salford , signed John CsmpbeU . This letter stated that it appeared injudicious for the Convention to sit longer , and regretted that a mor-s constant correspondence had not been kept up betwt ° n the Convention and the Executive , which would prevent mistakes . —It also stated that the Executive -reareely knew what adTice to give , as one member wrote that it would be well for the Convention to eontinse its sittings ; and another wrote that it would be to no good to do so . Dr . M'Douall moved that the secretary be directed to reply to that letter . The Biotion was seconded by Mr . Smart , and carried .
Mr . Martin was sorry that Individuals had written , while no official correspondence was kept np between the Evocative and the Convention . ( Hear , hear . ) It -JJas the country , however , that was to decide what coarse -45 ey should pursue . Ab a member authorised to advowate the Charter , and as one pledged to twenty-fire ¦ -imprisoned Chutists , to struggle for their liberation , he -ireuld remain in London until the petition be presented , &n £ unul he redeemed his pledge . Dr . M'Douall never communicated with the Exeeutive . The letters from it merely happened to be direetsd to him . He always carefully abstained from writing as a private individual upon the afiairs of the body . Dr . M'Douall moved , and Mr . Rose seconded , that the letter , which a resolution o" the Committee direeted te be -written to the Executive , relative to all correspondence between it and the members of the Convention , should be forwarded to the Executive .
Dr . M DDuall then read a draft of the letter te the Executive , in answer to the one received . The letter stated : he Committee had considered it their duty to oontinw- ilieir iiltiDg 3 until the business for which they were sent was concluded , ani tbat they threw themselves upon the country at large for support . The t :: « r having bern approved of , was , on the motion of Dr . M'Douall , seconded by Mr . Smart , unanimously a- ' . opted , and accordingly forwarded . Dr . M Dju&U reported that , in compliance with a resolution of the previous evening , he and Mr . Morgan ¦ waited uoon Sir John Gnest , who asked them if they
¦ were a . deputation from Mertfeyr . They replied in the negative , stating that they were members of the Convemk ' -i . He said that they should have brought Mr . Morgan 'Viliiams with them , and asted if he was afraid -o corne . He behaved very coiuteous , and E&id that he -wonld most respectfully present at the throne any m-nijrials from Merthyr , as it was his duty to do so . He -sras th « n asked if he would present Mr . Morgan Williams to her Majesty , to afford him an " opportunity of 6 ibmitung to her Majesty the memorials confided to his care for that purpose . He wished Mr . Morgan Williams to call upon him . and expressed a willingness to present him . ( Hear , hear . )
Dr . M'Douall further reported that he had waited upon several other Members of Parliament , the majority of whom were from home , or eould not be seen . Mr . Wall had an interview with- Mr . Leader , and asked that gentlemen to present him , or _ other members of the Convention to her Majesty . Mr . Leader replied that- he himself had not been presented since her M&jesty came to the throne . Although he did not liid it , he would , if required , go and present any person to her Majt 3 ty . Mr . Martin said that Mr . Leader stated that the usual way in such cases was for the members to place the individual ' s name to be presented on a card , and to leave it before presentation . General Evans . was applied to . He refused to present
Mr . Rose ns deputed , with Mr . Williams , to wait upon Jfr . Wailey , who was from home . They then ¦ waited upon Sir Benjamin Hall , and was surprised , after -wear Mr . Hall stated , to fi » J that he would neither present an individual or the memorials , with the exception of one from his Be rough . Mr . Callen called upon Mr . Leader , but did not see liim . He then sraited upon Sir Win . Molesworth , and request * - ! his snpport of the petition in favour of the imprisoned Chaniats , and to present mtm jriils for the restoration of Frost , Will : -anis , he 1 Jonta . He first -SsW-v-afc i > e woulddeiiberate whether he woul 4 present the L- eis petiSorTBriKjfer 33 » tbea , said that he could "not support the petition , < b present the ruwnorials . He , however , said tbat he was bound to - present them if they caine from Leeds . They then went to Lord John Kussell's bouse ; they sent ^ ia-tboir e ard . His Lordship sent for answer that he was busily engaged .
D . ' . M-Bouail met with Mr . Walter at the " Old King ' s" mansion . He was to draw up a statement foi Mr . TT . ' . itcr who would not only vote for , but would also , he was confident , make a speech in favour of the National Petition . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Ridley moved that a Committee of three be appointed to draw up for Mr . DuDeombe , a statement of the number of prisoners , their names , the charges against , them , thrir sentences , their condition , and the sufferings to which they were subjected . Mr . Cullen seconded the motion . The motion appointing the Committee to report upon the piisoners was then passed , and Messrs . Callen , Martin , and M'Douall were elected members of the Comnutiee .
it "was resolved that the Secretary write to the Marquis of >* ormanby to know from his Lordship when he ¦ would be ready to receive a deputation from the Committee . After the disposal of some routine business , the Com . ' mittt * iidjouraed . FRIDAY , MAT 21 . Mr . Morgan Williams in the chair . Mr . Dancombe entered the Hill for the purpose o conferring with the Delegates upon the best mode o securing a suoceesful presentation of the petition , t > obtain full jnformation on the present state and euki ber ef prisoners , to make arraag ements for getting th petition to the House , and to receive final instruction respecting its presentation anil that of the Memorials . Mr . Duneombe having examined the number and th ' ¦ wording of tbe petitions , expressed himself pleased wit ! both . He then read over the list of prisoners as pre pared by the Committee , and after its perusal returnei
it to the Committee for revision . H » - thea describe ! the peculiar situation in which the delegates wer placed in consequence of the approaching dissolstioii which > rould certainly take place in" a fortnight , am might occur immediateJj after the debate on- Monda ; night . If the petition could not be presented on nex Tuesday , there weuld be but little chance of its bein presented in this parliament As it was , he was cei tain tbat every thing would be done to -interfere wit ! its presentation . ( Hear , hear . ) Still he could not sup pose that the House would insult the country by refm ing to allow of its presentation , when he was enable ! to state that it contained 800 , 000 signatures . { Hear hoar . ) The ord ^ ra of the day might bemoved , and sue ] jrinrffK ^ Qhrrfiii ' ilw tffj ) * ii in bis way ; still he hoped tha he woul 4 bV * e » ahj ^ jgioV only to present it , but to ot tain * discussion upon it - > ileJ _ gpjld not speak posi tively about the memorials ^ He wiiEeVTtcrtarow whetfie be should run all tonrfls sad present the petition a that lat * moment . -
Messrs . Wall and Ridley recommended that it shou be ^ jgresented , and it * - presentation prepared by i mesas : — - - " ' * - —¦ .. " " - v- Dr . M'Douall—Bn * -country w « old be Badly diss pointed-if tie pellfion was not presented . - Mr . © niles *—By all means press the presentation the petition : - If ttrey refuse to bear thatpeHtioa 750 , 009 , tbe fcovernment will be-plaoed in an awkwa positi .-av- . Hear , hear . ; - - - Dr . M'Doaail and Mr . Skevington insisted upon ti petition being presented . Mr . Dancombe—Well then , I am to bring on ti motion if I can ? Dr . MDousll—Take any course that will secure £ presentation of the petition . -Hear , hear . } Mr . Cullen—Ton can present tbe petitien , and , in ; probability , bring on the motion .
Mr . Duneombe—If I cannot bring ob both , I am , at ; events , to bring before the House tbe petition . 1 ca sot say how long the debate upon tbe sugar questi will fee earned ; but the moment it ii over I will pi Mat the petition . ( Hear , hear . ) I must take care make an House . I am aware thataniny sppHcatio will be made for me not to press the . petition , bui shall be decided , and shall give the go-by to the ordc of the day . ( Hear , hear . ) I am anxious to undi stand the question so that there shall be no misund < standing or misrepresentation . Dr . M'Douall—How long will the Parliament co fcinue ? Mr . Duneombe—It may last a fortnight or thr weeks , and it may not continue four days .
Mr . Morgan Williams—Present this petition . If fails , we will inundate the House with petitions . Mr . Dancombe—Individual petitions are of uo use . Mr . Skevington—Thousands have declared that thi will never sign another petition . Mr . Wall—Will you receive the petition in the lebl of the House ? Mr . Duneombe—If you please . I will take it the at four o'clock on Tuesday . Mr . Wall complained of the door-keeper of U House refusing to take twenty-four letters to Membe of Parliament - Dr . M'Douali—We were thinking of a procession ' accompany the petition to the House .
Mr . Duneombe—There would be no nse in that D it aa qnietly as possible . Those with the heading ¦ hall be presented by themselves . Besides the Nations Petition , fee had upwards of 60 , 000 signatures to peti ttooa left with him .
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Mr . Wall eamplained of tbe aristocratic conduct of Mr . Wakley , who eould not be seen unless the applicant stated in writing what he wanted . Mr . Duneombe attributed bis not being so easily seen to bis being coroner , -which left him little or no spare Urns . Dr . M'Douall said that they would have the support of Mr . Walter . Mr . Duneombe—No , no , he will not support you after you disturbed bis Poor Law meeting . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Martin—Mr . Ward will vote for the release of prisoners , except Holberry , who was sentenced to four years at Northallerton . Mr . Wall—He said at a meeting that he would not mind being Ward ' s executioner . Mr . Duneombe—We must endeavour to present , if possible , the petition and the memorials . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Wall—Anyone who has been at Court could present another person . Mr . Duneombe—Certainly . But that person must have been twice at Court Again , he should be at two levees , and those levees only take place every fortnight It also remained for the Ministers to erase the name after it appeared in the Lord Chamberlain's book . Mr . Callen—The country decided that the memorials should be presented by a deputation of working men . Ihe Birmingham Frost Committee having been in . Formed cf the difficulty which the deputation experienced desired that every effort should be made to present them to her Majesty ; but failing in that they iesired that they should be returned , and not be conaded to the Marquis of Normanby . Mr . Duneombe—He is boond to receive and present Lhem .
Mr . CuDea—We applied to a number of gentlemen to introduce tbe deputation . Bat they all opposed some iificnlty . Mr . Smart—If Mr . Walter , or the other Member for Nottingham , oppose the petition , they may take up their sticks aad walk . { A laugh . ) [ Mr . Buller here entered the room . 3 Mr . "Wall—If Mr . Buller exerts hinuelf , we will succeed , for he has great influence . Mr . Bailer—It was not by individual exertion they could succeed . They should work , together .
Mr . Martin—If Fox Maule and Lord John Russell were out , we would succeed . Fox Maule aaid , in the House , that he knew nothing about my case , when Mr . Duneombe stated it ; and at tbat moment , he ( Mr . M . ) had a letter from the Home Office , to ascertain if he had any Parliamentary influence . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Duneombe—He supposed that you were a Boroughmonger . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Martin—When I was a prisoner it was deemed criminal if I coughed , spit in an iinpreper place , or stepped awkwardly . Mr . Duneombe—What was the charge against you ? Mr . Martin—I made a speech against the Tories . ( Laughter . > Mr . Duneombe—Let me have the paper with your trial in it It was not formerly the custom to send political offenders to Houses of Correction .
Mr . Duneombe said that Lord Waldegaave complained much of his treatment ( Lond laughter . ) Mr . Buller—Why , he is very comfortable and lives in the rocma formerly occupied by Sir F . Burdett . He ( Mr . B . ) understood that Mr . O'Brien ' s health was not so delicate as represented . Mr . Martin was twelve weeks with him . His cell had no window , and the only passage for the air was through an opening over the door . Mr . Duneombe—The Government cannot of its own accord release prisoners . Mr . Buller—How many prisoners are there ? Dr . M'Dauall—Forty-eight Mr . Martin—Fox Maule is our greatest enemy . Messrs . Duneombe and Buller recommended nothing to be said or done to taunt or exasperate the ministers . The Chartists should as much as possible conciliate them .
Mr . Buller advised a few cases of peculiar hardship to be selected , and the names of such as had only a few months , as well as of those who had a longer period to remain in jail Mr . Ridley—I am afraid there is no use of pressing the presentation of the Memorials to the Queen . Mr . Buller—I think there is no use . Messrs . Buller and Duncotube then withdrew , after repeating their pledges to support and press forward the petition . On the departure of the above gentlemen , the committee resumed business .
Dr . M'Douall read a letter from Salford , in which the Executive regretted the c « tflicting statements forwarded to them by the members of the Convention . It admitted that it would have been better if the Executive had not interfered with the Convention . It also stated that it would have been well if the Executive and the Convention had kept up an official correspondence , and concluded by saying that if tbe Convention thought better of it , they should stay ; but if not , they outht to break up their sittings . The letter was signed James Leech , \ Vm . Cartledge , R . Littler , and John Campbell .
A letter from Mr . Cordeux stated that the petition from his place contained 1 , 227 . A letter from Caerleon stated that the petition from that place had 322 signatures . A letter from Norwich announced that the petition had appended to it the names of 5 , 489 miles , and 4 , tH' 2 females . A letter from Brarnptoa eulogised the conduct of the Convention , and expressed the pleasure evinced by the men of Birmingham at tbe manner in which the delegates managed business . A letter from Lisswade stated that the petition from that district had the signatures of 516 men , and 330 women . Mr . Barmby read a letter from Ipswich , highly fluttering to the cause . Mr . Garrard , the writer , stated the names to the Ipswich petition to be 2 , 501 . Mr . M . Williams read a letter from Bristol , containing the pleasing intelligence that the petition from that influential city had the names of 5 , 308 men , and 1 , 150 women attached to it
Mr . Ridley maved a resolution- that in case that all attempts to see the Queen failed , that they should go in & body and demand an interview with her Majesty ' s Ministers . Mr . Rose seconded the resolution , which was then tarried . Mr . Smart was fully aware of the peculiar circum . stances under which the Manchester Executive was placed from monetary matters . Hence it was incumbent upon the delegates to come to a definitive resolution , as they were without funds or means . The question was , whether it was the Executive or the country stnt them . That question required no answer . ( Hear , hear , i However , as they were without funds , and even without the means of obtaining funds , he moved that the Executive , and the Noriftern Star , be requested to forward to Mr . Jehn Cleave , their unanimously elected treasurer , all monies contributed for the support of the Convention Committee .
Dr . M'Douall seconded the motion , which was then carried . The General Committee then rose .
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ANTI-CORN LAW MEETING AT STROUD . On Thursday evening week , a public meeting was held at the Subscription Rooms , in the Borough of Stroud , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an alteration in the Corn Laws . The time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings was six o ' clock , and a proef of the interest the subject had excited , was evident by the immense multitude which by that hour thronged the spacious room and galleries , and even crowded all tbe approaches leading to the building .
A rumour was prevalent that an organised opposition had been resolved upon by the Chartists of the borough , led on by persons of that denomination from a distance ; and the truth of this report was soon made apparent by a scene of uproar , turbulence , and confusion , spch as we have seldom seen paralleled . Of the scene wMeh ' presented itself daring the progress of the proceedings , any description we can give would be faint in the extreme compared with tke itttlty . AdvocaUs as we are for popular rights , afcd-sincere haters as we are of the tyranny of thefMjptfver t ^ many , / w ^ fiojd not contemplate the aspect of thi # nTeeting without being struck with the wretched consequences which must result from the furious unreasoning tyranny of the
many over the few . Looking down from the platform upon the immense mass of human beings which filled the body of the room , the majority of them with inflamed faces and cracked voices , yelling their discordant disapprobation at every speaker whose person they disapproved of , for they would not listen to his words ; they seemed like the hundred-armed Briareus , ready to commit any violence and any folly that their excited passions might suggest to them . Their fickleness and inconsistency , too , were strongly exemplified daring the discussion , if discussion it could be called , in applauding tbe most opposite and fallacious arguments , and cheering sentiments uttered by their Chartist leaders , which they hisBed down and leprobated when put forward by the gentlemen who had called tbe meeting .
The first decided outbreak of the prominent feeling of the meeting was given « n the entrance of a leading manufacturer of the neighbourhood , who would seem to be unpopular on account of having reduced the time « r wages of his workmen ; we could not exactly understand which The next tumultuous ebullition was on the voting a Chairman to the meeting . Joseph Watts , Esq . moved , and Mr . Wm . Lswu seconded the proposition that Charlts Stanton , Esq . be called to the chv No opposition was offered and Mr . SVantun took his seat , bnt he had scarcely done so and was about to open tbe business of the meeting by some prefatory observations , when he was assailed with hissing , at first from a few persons , bat which was soon joined in by a far greater number , and cries were raised
that he had not been duly elected chairman , and insisting that the question of who was to preside should be put to the meeting . Everysyll % ble that Mr . Stanton attempted to utter was drowned in the interruptions be experienced ; and dozing tbe tumult a person , in appearance diminutive and quite youthful , and rather shabbily dressed , came forward on the platform , and was received with a good deal of cheering from the Chartists , which demonstration he seemed very willing to understand was intended to signify that he should act as chairman ; accordingly , after a brief space , he very coolly appropriated to himself a seat close alongside Mr . Stanton , and announced himself as joint chairman with that gentleman ; and there he sat , affording throughout the evening a marked contrast in appeal-
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anee aad demeanour to almost every person around him . It seemed the triumph of the principle ef democracy , a resuscitation of the sant culotie ascendancy of revolutionary France . The Chartist -rin iram * , we believe , did not belong to the neighbourhood , nor did he seem to be known to any of the respectable people around , for we inquired of several , and no one could inform as who or what he was ; bat some of the mob addressed him by the name of Paul . His demeanour evinced a strange combination of arrogant assurance and confidence of support from the crowd , and of shamefaced consciousness of the anomalous position into which he had impertinently obtruded himself .
During tbe prevailing uproar , Charles Stephens , Esq . stepped forward and asked whether they would permit this to be an orderly and quiet meeting for the discussion and examination of an important question in which their interests and welfare were involved , or would they resolve that it should be one of unruly confusion and interruption which must end in nothing . Mr . Stephens ' a appearance for a moment calmed the tumult , and he was received in a manner which showed that his character stood high in the estimation of all present ; bat no sooner had he ceased speaking than his advice was disregarded and the most disorderly tumult again reigned throughout the meeting .
Mr . Anthont Fewstek having been called on to move the first resolution , he came forward and was received with a good deal of cheering , but he soon found that he had to address a very Impatient audience , and his remarks were consequently very disjointed . We will endeavour to give the purport of them , omitting many of the interruptions , which , if introduced as they occurred , would make our report as much a chaos of confusion as were the proceedings of the meeting . He was a man of peace and order himself , and if he had not thought that this would be a peaceable meeting he would net have attended it . He had been requested to propose the first resolution , and if they would allow him he would do it ; if they would not hear him he had no ambition to speak and would at once sit down . ( Cries of " go on , go on . ") In order to prepare the way for a
few observations he would read the resolution . It was " That the present graduated duties on corn are highly injurious to the country , operating as a prohibition till prices are oppressively hish , and preventing , by the fluctuating nature of the »• , ¦>!« , the exchange ^ of manufactures for com , which , when most needed xan only be obtained by draining tiie country of its gold . " ( Hear I and cheers ) He heard some one say just now that they did not want cheap bread . He would tell them what they did want : —They wanted a good tra < le . ( " And good wages . ") They wanted labour for every man's hands , and a fair and just reward for tbat labour . ( Cheers . ) Now it was apprehended by a good many persons that the present fluctuating duties on corn—the present high graduated scale of duties—ha 4 a direct tendency t © injure the trade of this country , and to keep down the rate of remuneration fur labour . ( " We don't
want cheap bread till we have Rot the charter I ') According to the present rate of duties , foreign corn could not be admitted to the English market till the price became very high—the resolution said , " oppressively high . " Let them take tho present prices for example . At tils tine the average price for the last six weeks was , he believed , ( S 3 s . 8 d . per quarter , and the duty on foreign corn was 2 ' 2 s . 8 d . per quarter . ( "Shame , shame ! " ) The object of the present meeting was , if possible , to alter tbat He would tell them the way in which these duties -were regulated . One hundred and fifty of the principal towns in the country sent a return every week to the Corn Inspector General of the corn sold every market-day ; and then the Inspector General every week took from these
returns the average of price for the six preceding weeks , and according to that average the duty on foreign corn was increased or reduced . At the present average of 63 s . 8 d . the duty was 22 s . 8 d . which acted as a prohibition , instead of being merely a fair protecting duty for the landed interest , for it was next to impossible that corn could be imported and sent into the market at the present high rate of duty . But when th « price rose much higher the duty was taken off in a far greater proportion ; for as corn rose 1 b . per quarter , the duty fell 3 s . or 4 s . Suppose the price of corn should be 6 « s . 8 d . to-day , thtn the duty would be 16 s . 8 d . only , instead of 22 s- 8 d . They would thus see how the present Corn Laws operated as an encouragement to speculation , lending a direct bonus to gambling , instead of
causing regular trade j and giving rise to fraud , falsehood , and dishonest returns . They would thus see that there were rogues in grain , as well as in every ether trade . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) There were a great many large speculators in London , who , supposing the average price to be tjCs . Sd . endeavour to cause a fictitious rise in prices ami thus to bring down the duty . If they could raise the price 13 . the duty would be taken off 3 s . and it would be then 13 s . 8 d . per quarter . If they could raise the price another shilling , then the duty would be reduced to 10 s . 8 d . Now to effect this , they make false returns . A . B . sells to C . D . a large quantity of corn , a return of which sale , which is merely a fictitious trausaction , is made to the inspector , the average is thus brought down , and the speculator has
less money to pay into the Treasury , the tiuty is reduced to almost nothing , gold is suddenly drained out of the country to buy i ; p corn and bring it here in a glut to take advautg ^ ' ui the corn duty ; a regular trade is prevented , inbttsU i-f cuinmoilitUs and manufactures being * x « bang « rU in tiic way of commerce , bouajide money is paid , and tht agikulturists are not protected , but find the markets rising and falling BUddAly . injurious t « their interest , and deranging all the regtifcjyiKluaUjyjjj the country . So skilfully indeed had these H % 4 fc > in groin conducted their speculations , that since 1823 , when the present Corn Laws were passed , the average duty that had been paid -was only &s . per quarter . Some unpleasant fueling apieartd in the meeting just now ; but he hoped to si-c them in a better humeur by and
bye . An unpleasant feeling seemed to exist between them and some persons on the platform . Perhaps they thought lliat clothiers were saltish peopte —( " Yes they are ";—perhaps they thought thatfanneiswereseifishand that the upper classes wero selfish people . ( " Yes , yes . ") Why so they were , and so were they who callod out "yes , yes , " We were all selfish people ; for he must tell th ? m that selfishness was in the heart of man , and there it would remain and rankle in hia bosom till the evil principle was subdued by a higher principle from above . ( Cheers . ) He would not detain the meeting by dwelling any longer upon this topic ; but it must be quite clear to them from past experience that we do require an importation of foreign com , for the sustenance of the multitude of inhabitants of this kingdom .
( . " We want to have wages to buy it" ) Well , and you ought to have it—every honest man has a right to a fair subsistence . Since the year 1815 , 25 years ago , 35 millions of quarters of foreign corn had been introduced into England , at the rate of a million and a half quarters per ann . on an average . Now , how were they to do without this T ( " Oh , let us have the Charter . Farmers told them that- they could grow sufficient corn for the consumption of the country ; and indeed erery one knew tbat daring the last few years an immense impulse bad been given to agriculture ; so much so that in some , instances ! the productiveness of thtjand bad been increased nearly three-fold , by improvifenents in the modes of cjstture , by the application of chemical discoveries , by the enyftoyment of new manures , and
in vactofs ot ^ er wayj £ 3 $ ut they must recollect that although ' : t » ptodtteUve powejs . of the country had been thus rapidly increased , andSweia likely he hoped to increase more amd . mor e , and who w e there that did ri « fc . _ r ^ jefce thereat ?—I" We don't ; we want the CbjlWe / J"J-rr-yet the populati * of the country also ^ fM . m rapidlyinoreasing , at t ie rate of half a mUttm a year , and therefore thfeneces 8 | ty for an imp ar ^ k ^ kfjS foreign corn . Then came the questionwhat itmj $ P best manner for the people—* bat was the bes ^ ftpner for tbe manufacturers—and vhat was the best # ta ^ ner for the farmer * -themselves ( hat that which w * s fewjispenslble for the food of tiie inhabitants should te inubdaced into the country . A proposition woald be made to to * meeting presently , that instead of
the present flactnattagidKtjfa fixed duty shoala be substituted . { " Ne , no * swwwant no fixed duty ; 'we want noduty atalL" ) Well , b 4 ( Mr . Fewster ) was not bound to a fixed dnty ; be was rather in favour of a sliding duty , so that when the price was . « arj high there should > « 4 MLtWaV * a ^ te ^ tto « uKfaPiBsW | K nt frattd-He thought that if the duty was whollyTJRI | off when the price was at 7 » s . and that for every ' defpession of Is . in price , Is . duty should be added , thenTSrould be little encouragement to fraud , and would baa great relief to tbe public For instance , the presait price being 63 s . the duty would be 7 s . which would be 18 s . less than the duty now existing . The fanjArsjtaid , that that that woald be-too low , but he thodjpPit would amply remunerate tbe home producer . Perhaps it
mil ht be asked , how would tbat benefit trade t for that wae he great point . If they bad more trade , they wouiu have more money to buy butter ,, and cheese , and mnttcn , and beef with . He was afraid very little matton and beef came to their share at present . y'Too little , we can tell yon . that . " ) Well the * , tbe decided object , the only object , the exclusive object , as he understood it >_ of tbe gentlosano who had called this meeting , was to Imajgjss the trade of the country , in jrder that employmesBiJIpMbafoaRd for every indivj iual , and that be m ! £ fetl ° VHMfV >' W&Sr reward for his ll tour . At present , a griitl "pM > itf ieoro was introdaott into the country , bat it proataEd very little to the revenue . ( "If they want revenue , let them tax steam—let ttiem tax machinery . " ) Tbe farmers say they do not want high prices—they knew that the maintenance of a high price of corn was altogether incompatible with the oommercial and manufacturing interests ot this countrythey knew that all these interests and their own were
all bound up together in one bundle , and that they must all rise or fall , flourish or decline together ; and even tbe landholders were beginning to see that it would be for their ultimate benefit that sjme alteration in tbe present system should take plsce . Now , a few words with regard to wages . ( Hear , hear . ) Suppose that by th » present measure , or any other that could be adopted , the staple trade of this district could be increased —suppose , instead of a thousand pieces of cloth , fifteen hundred pieces should be required , was it not plain that those who made the cloth most be benefltted ? He was sore that those who inflamed the minds of the workmen against their employers , or against the fanaais or against any class of men , were the worst enemies they could have . He should have been glad if-this question could have been discussed in a quiet and peaceable and rational manner , and that it might have "been the means of promoting a compromise between tbe manufacturing and the landed interest . For bis own part , he had no wish bat that they should become
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an industrious , a virtuous , a happy , and a united people . Mr . Vernier concluded by proposing the resolution . Charles Hoopbk , Esq ., rose to second the resolution , and was received in a manner which must have been gratifying to bis feelings . He was enthusiastically cheered from all parts of the room , and was saluted by the title of "the King of the Clothiers . " He said , if they wished him to address them they must hear him quietly , for he had neither health nor strength to speak through such a tumult as had been continued up to that time . No one could accuse him of being an enemy to any one of them , and he begged of them , as Christians and reasonable people , to conduct themselves like peaceable men . He had two or
three great secrets to tell them , and he hoped they would hear them quietly , for he was in too delicate health to use much exertion to make himself heard . He heard some one say they wanted good wages . He wished every man in this country bad good wages . ( Cheers . ) But he thought be could do something more than that—he could tell them how they could get good wages . They must knew this , that if a manufacturer wanted a servant , and servants were scarce , —if only one man wanted the situation , that man could say , '' no , I wont take ten shillings ( or whatever the sum may be , ) give me fifteen shillings , or I won't work for you . " But if the manufacturer wanted only one servant , and two men applied , then the case was very different ( " They must depend Upon the honour of the
gentleman . " ) Yes ,- and it depended also upon the dishonour of tbe servants- They talked about weaving . He had never reduced his prices since he commenced weaving . ( Great cheers ) But he could tell them this , it weuld have been their own faults if he had done so , for hundreds of times men had come to him and said , " Do let me have work , and I will do it for less money than you are paying now . " ( Hear , hear . ) Whose fault was it then that masters reduced wages , but the fault of the men themselves ? ( Cheers . ) They talked about their Charter and their political reform : he would tell them tbat they knew nothing at all about it . Let them stand firm to themselves like Britons , and that would be the best reform they could have . ( Cheers . ) The Charter was all
humbug till they could get something to live upon—till they couid get a loaf of bread at a reasonable price . Talk to him of a starving man wanting tbe Charter , —he wanted something in his inside . ( Cheers . ) What could a man do for his breakfast , with his wife and half a dozen children crying for bread , if , instead of exerting himself to improve trade and raise his wages , he did nothing but call out for the Charter . If they could tell him now to extend manufactures , he would tell them how to get good wages . These two things were intimately connected together , but wages and cheap bread had nothing at all to do one with the other . Many of them recollected the year 1835 : wheat was then Is . Gd . to 53 . a bushel , and he would ask any working man who heard him if he did not get better wages then than he got now .
( " Better ; a great deal better . " ) Very well ; he would ask them how was it , now that the average pricu of wheat was nearly domble what it was then , tbat their wages had not risen with the price of wheat ? ( " They never do . " ) Why that was his argument : they never did ; and it was for this simple reason that wages and cheap bread bad nothing to d < j with each other . They must get a demand for their labour , and then cheap bread will be of some advantage to them . The way in which the Corn Laws operated against the working man was this : they precluded the people of this country from sending their manufactures abroad , because they could not bring back corn in the place of them . He himself was at that moment suffering great depression because he could not find a vent for bis goods in foreign
countries . If the duty was low , he could send hia goods abroad and get paid for them in corn , which he could sell here at a moderate price , and then trade would be improved , and cheap bread would behadatthesametime . He would show this by stating a simple fact Some of the finest cloth that was manufactured in that neighbourhood went into the American market He employed people to work up that cloth . Suppose he should say to them on Saturday night , " I cannot pay you ; I have not got any money ; " they would naturally inquire how that was ; and he might tell them , "I am owed £ 5 , 000 in America , and my customer says he has got no money , but that he will send me so
many thousand bushels of flour instead . I tell him , I cannot tike his flour . He says , his offer is all fair ; he has no money , but he has plenty of flour , and is willing to pay in that way , but 1 tell him I cannot take it , because the law will not allow me to bring it home , if I had it , without paying 23 s . 8 d . a quarter duty upon it" And thus it was that tbe manufacturer was ruined , workmen were thrown out of employment , and their children were starving , because this corn was not allowed to be brought into the country . ( Shame , shame . ) One would think that every man of common sense who had to get his bread by his labour would see the point ef that argument ( Cheers ) What had the Charter to do with that ? What had
political Reform to do with that ? He was neither a Whig , Tory , Radical , or Chartist ; he was only a . plain commercial man of business , and if they could not sea and feel the effect of the Corn Laws In the simple statement he had made , nothing eould convince them . ( Cheers . ) Now , if they would near him patiently he would just touch upon a tender subject with them . They condemned machinery , but it was in most perfect ignorance . He could tell them that if they had no duty on corn , or only a duty of 8 s . or 10 s . a quarter , that very maahinery which they condemned would bring riches and comfort to all their homes . They condemned steam machinery and the power loom ; they might just as well condemn tbe plough , and say tbat the whole land of the country should be dug up with a common
spade . If there was a demand for their manufactures , the more machinery they had , the better would their situation be . Did they want to be common slaves , working and tolling with common spades , and the rudest implements that could be devised ? No , many of them were men of intelligence , adapted to higher branches' than the commonest and hardest kind of labour ; and by the aid of that intelligence and the advantages of their machinery they woul < i be able to compete with foreigners if they could get their corn , their sugar , their coffee , and their timber , free from an exorbitant duty . ( Hear , hear . ) There was another point which he would just touch upon . They all very well knew , though perhaps the poorer classes did not feel this quite so much as those a little above them , that they had to
groan under a heavy burden of taxation . But though this was hard to bear sometimes , yet did they not receive some advantages in return ? If one man lifted his hand against another , or robbed him of hisproperty , tbe law afforded the injured party a recompense : was net that worth paying for ? He would tell them that notwithstanding everything that could be said they still lived in the very best country in the world—there ¦ was nothing they need be so proud of as of being Britons ; and if it were not for the Corn Laws , which would not admit corn till it was at a starvation point , they would have reason to be the happiest people on the face of the earth . Now , many thousands of pounds were lying idle , or instead of being expended in trade , the mouey was locked up till a favourable moment , and
was then all sent away to the Continent to buy corn and bring it here , when it would produce little or no benefit to tbe revenue . What the people wanted was food , sustenance , plenty to eat , plenty to drink , and clothes to wear ; and if they were disposed to labour for these benefits , they must join heart and hand , not to support Whigs , Radicals , Tories , or Chartists , but those men who would really endeavour to bring these benefits within their reach . ( Cheers . ) They would very soon have an election , and for his own part he should refuse to vote for any man who would not promise to support the repeal of the Corn Laws or to reduce the duty to a certain sum . He would invite all present to do the same , to be united and firm , and not quarrelsome , and all would do very well . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hooper concluded by seconding the resolution .
A Chartist , who was announced by the name of Charles Harris , then came forward to move an amendment . He said he was not an enemy to a repeal of tbe Corn Laws ; he hated these cursed laws ; but let them be repealed entirely upon the best principles , so as not to injure the revenue , nor the working man , nor the rich man . He proposed as an amendment— " That we , the working portion of this meeting , consider that an adequate representation of the people in the House of Commons is the only means by which labour can be efficiently represented , and the burdens of the state lightened . That we were induced to believe that the Reform Bill would accomplish snob a state of things , and did assist to carry that measure ; but inasmuch as its effect has been to make the rich more wealthy , and
the poor more poor , in violation of all the promises held out to us , we have come to a firm understanding with our order throughout the country , never again to sanction any general principles except those which are clearly laid down in the People's Charter . ( Cheers . ) We should , therefore , hold every working man , who , either directly or indirectly joins , sanctions , or countenances , any less important measure than the People ' s Charter , either a willing slave , or a hired fool . " ( Cheers . ) Having moved this as an amendment to the resolution , he wished , he said , to set the matter right as to machinery . He believed that some persons then present felt a hatred against machinery . He did not core if there were ten times as much . It waa against the appropriation of the profits of machinery that he
objected , and not to machinery itself , [ The speaker then read a statistical return of the exports of machinery from England to Russia , Prussia , Germany , Holland , and Belgium , during the but ten years , shewing a very large annual increase ; and the conclusion he drew from tbe return was , that all those countries were determined to manufacture for themselves and that now they had begun to do so , they would not come to the English market for thtir goods , nor trouble themselves to raiBe com in exchange for goods , which they were determined to make at home . ] He would tell the meeting what the gentlemen wanted who called for a repeal of the
Corn Laws—they did not want cheap bread , —they wanted cheap labour . ( Hear . ) They found they could not compete with foreign manufacturers living in countries not half so much taxed as this , where food was cheaper , aad where the raw material grew upon their own soil . JBEbese people would always be able to manufacture Reaper than the people of England , and it was an absurdity te call that meeting together , and to tell them that a repeal of the Corn Laws would bring back foreign trade . He could tell them what it was . Lord John Russell and the Queen ' s Ministers knew they could not step in office much longer , and they wanted to get up an agitation , and to persuade the people to support
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them in power ; bat they would find themselves mistaken , after having forfeited every pledge they ever made to the working people . When they carried Lord John Russell to power on the summit of their shoulders—(" Yes , and we will again , " "No , no" )—he told them that by means of the Reform Bill their houses should be tiled with pancakes , and their streets paved with plum-pudding ; but instead of houses they had had bastiles erected to take them in the last stage of life , and Rant Police sent down to imprison every one who was disposed to grumble . The Ministers were out popularity-hunting , as much as any gentleman went out fox-hunting in the morning . They knew that a dissolution of Parliament must take place soon , and they knew that the Tories were stepping upon their heels ,
and that if Lord Melbourne and bis party should once get off the Treasury bench they would never get on again . But the people were not so easily gulled . There was no question that the Corn Law was a most obnoxious law . Taking Lord John's principle for a text , that " Taxation without representation is tyranny , and ought to be resisted , " by that principle no Parliament had a right to tax the poor man ' s loaf . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sorry they bad not given Mr . Fewster a better hearing . He ( Mr . Harris ) bad heard Mr . Fewster speak much in behalf of the poor man many times , and it was a pity he hod not had a better hearing now . He would now say a word about machinery . The poor man ' s labour was bis life , and it was as much a felony to rob him of his property'in that
labour , as it would be to cut any of those gentlemen ' s throats . ( Hear , hear , and disapprobation . ) He contended that when any new machinery was introduced which took away the labour of any man , that man should have a per centage allowed to him out of the income of that machinery sufficient to maintain him . Then the introduction of machinery would be a blessing to the country , but they would never be able to accomplish this till they carried a mighty agitation for a full shore of political power . ( Cheers . ) He did not wish to see a Parliament of all poor men , all middle-class men , or all rich men ; but he wanted to see a Parliament where all classes would be equally represented , and then every one ' s interest would . be watched over with the same care . Lord John Russell , when out of
office , was a desperate democrat ; but-when in office , he was that that would disgrace a Tory . Those manufacturers , too , that were supporting Lord John Russell , were as liable to be gulled as any person in that meeting . He did not believe that the Ministers ever intended to carry this measure out : but it was just something to gain a little popularity , and then to dissolve Parliament But if it should be carried , it would do no good to tbe working man ; for the very day that the Corn Law would be abolished would see tbe manufacturers combine together to lower wages . ( Cheers and cries of "No , no . " ) But let him tell the meeting to look out , for they were living at a very critical
moment ; the nation was on the eve of a revolutionnot a physical resolution , but a moral one , —ono that would sink them in a state of degradation never to be retrieved , or one which would enable them to hold up their heads like men , which would fill their cottages with prosperity , and make the people look again something like the old ancient Britons . Before he sat down , he would tell them that if they stopped short of constant , persevering agitation for a full share of political rights as men and Britons , they would stop short of removing the greatest of their evils , and would still continue in a state of starvation and misery . The speaker concluded amidst the cheers of the Chartists .
Another Chartist , who was announned as Mr . Bolwell , then came forward and said he appeared before the meeting for the purpose of seconding the resolution that had been read by the previous speaker . He did so as an honest man , as a Christian , as a citizen of the world , as one whose religion was to do good to the whole of the human family . He believed that if that , resolution was carried out , the condition of the people of England , the poor and rich , would be better . He believed if that resolution were carried into practice , ' namely , if the principles contained in the People's Charter were established as law , there would be little or no reason to come there to petition parliament for the repeal of that abominable , that obnoxious law called the Corn Law . He bad no doubt that many of the
gentlemen who convened that meeting had the best of motives in view . He firmly believed it , though , being a stranger to Stroud , he was not acquainted with the character or political opinions of any of the individuals who had signed the bill convening this meeting . But though he believed this , he also believed that if they carried a resolution that night for a repeal of the Corn Laws , they would have met for no good purpose whatever . He believed the repeal of the Corn Laws was brought forward for nothing else than a mere party hubbub . It was true they were told that Lord John Russeli was now ready to make this a ministerial question , that he had put it into the budget—and a pretty budget they had mode of it He wished to God Lord Finality was sitting on that platform now , and if he had not a heart like adamant
he would make him writhe beneath the castigation . — ( Laughter and cheers . ) Lord Melbourne , too , he was for a repeal of the Corn Laws now . Why it was but two years ago when a portion of gentlemen belonging to the Anti-Corn Law League waited upon his Lordship and asked him if he was willing to make the Corn La-w question a ministerial measure , he was astonished at their impertinence . Make it a ministerial measure ?—no , indeed—he treated them with disdain and sent them about their business . The secret was , that Lord Melbourne and Lord Finality- —commonly called Lord John Russell—that these two distinguished individuals thought they were safe in office , and that they could refuse tomake it a ministerial measure . Then again thisCorn Law question was a middle-class question . ( No . ' i
He said it was , and he was prepared to prove it . He was a poor man , an uned ucated man—he did not know how to use sophistry—he was not educated for it ; but he had his opinion , and he would hold that opinion till he was convinced by sound argument that he Was in the wrong . He said the Corn Law question was a middle-class question . Tbe object of the individuals generally who supported it , and wore particularly , the object of the ministers who brought it forward at the present moment , was not to raise the condition of the poor , to extend trade , or to raise wages , but to give greater power into the hands of the moneyed aristocracy of this kingdom . They heard a great deal about the wickedness , the vices , and the villainy of the landed aristocracy , and God knew their conduct was quite bad
enough ; but look » t the conduct of the moneyed aristocrat , and compare it with the conduct of the landed aristoerat , and they would find that the moneyed aristocrat was a worse tyrant than the other . Theee gentlemen wanted te make England a manufacturing country—they would not be able to do it ; and he would tell them the reason ;—former misrule had done the mischief , and it could not be remedied . It was impossible that England could compete with countries with little or no national debt , where the people were not taxed , and where they could work for three shilings a week . He said , repeal the Corn Laws certainly ; but at tbe same time , regulate the currency question ; if not touch the currency , then leave the Corn Laws
alone . He said the present government was not qualified to legislate upon this question . He would not have the Corn Laws repealed till he saw the millions fully and fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament—it was only when the millions had power that they would find men who would work for the people universally , and not for distinctive classes . He was fully satisfied of the necessity for the working classes to have political power , but they had been lately addressed by Mr . Vincent upon that subject , and it would be vanity for him to go over the same ground . He would , therefore , thank them for the patient hearing they had given him , and would wish them good evening .
A Mr . Ingley , as we understood , came forward to support the amendment He contended that the Corn Law ought to be abolished , for it tended to subvert for the benefit of a class those blessings which were benevolently showered down by Providence for the sustenance and enjoyment of all . Therefore , it was their duty to see that those blessings so richly sent down from heaven / or all , should not be turned aside into another chanel for the benefit of the few , by means of a cursed Corn Law . The speaker here became confused and attempted to read his speech from a written paper , but sadly broke down , and at length by the advice of some of his brother Chartists , he desisted . The purport of tbe latter part of his observations seemed to be , that though the Corn Laws ought to be repealed , this ought only to be done by a Chartist Parliament- '
The Chartist Chairman then came forward , and said , —not having bad an opportunity of addresSiug them before , he now appeared before them fur the purpose of saying a few words . Every body must acknowledge and lament the existence of the abominable Corn Laws , but that was not the question . ( " Yes it is . ") Suppose to-morrow , there was a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and they , could buy a big loaf for twopence ; they woiflU only have to wait till next Saturday night , when their employer would say , " you bought a big loaf for twopence ; allow me to take threepence out of the other
pocket" ( Cheers , and " no , no . ") Need he refer them to an instance of the kind for a proof of what he said ? The worthy gentleman who sat in the chair with him but he was requested not to be personal—well then , he remembered a circumstance of a gentleman who had a mill just above Howbridge ; about five years ago , flour fell to 32 s . per sack . What did this gentleman do ; but call his weavers together and tell them he could not afford to pay the same wagea as he bad been giving . They asked him why , and he replied , " why , can't you get cheap bread . ! ' . ' ( Great uproar . ) ,
Mr . Stamon- —I deny it ; I beg the meeting to hear this and my denial of it altogether . The Chartist—Six weeks after this occurrence , flour rose to 40 s . per sack , and the same weavers appointed a deputation to wait npon the gentleman to ask him to advance the wages he took off . His reply was , "I cast alter my arrangements ; I tell you what you must do : you must live hard , work hard , and do the best you can . " ( Great disturbance and' excitement among the crowd . ) This would be precisely the case if they had the repeal of the Corn Law to-morrow . He could tell them that the master manufacturers , not only here , bat at Manchester , Birmingham , and " right through the north of England , were the greatest set of blacklegs on the face of the earth . Mr . Hooper here came forward while the excitement of the crowd was at its height , and said he could not sit there and hear the character of any man trifled with . Mr . Stanton said he was quite prepared to contradict what had been siid , and h . e hoped therefore the
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peaker might be allowed to g 0 on without intent . By this tint * the scene In the body of the ronn . most tumultuous , the Chartists becoming everv nuL * 11 moreexdted . On the platform , amon ? tte ^ S * and respectableperton . assembled there , thefeeC ? evidently one of great indignation at the effS , *!" the speaker , who on his part became alarmed . tf ^ f storm he had created , and endeavoured to ap » ea «^?? repeatedly exclaiming that he retracted whathliS said . He was about then to proceed with hi . snJT but his voice was soon drowned in indignant his ^^" he held his peace . ^ uaus mssei , ^ Mr . STANiON again attempted to obtain a h ** but was not succesfful . He then , in a dumbshow ^ S luc ^ wmo Hi ine
uwnuu m ™" » ua i ; nartistamendm «« I was carried by a large majority . umey The Chartists celebrated their triumph by •» rounds of cheering , and Mr . Stanton , after a shoitH 1 declared the meeting dissolved . " "won tum , . It is right to add that Mr . Stanton conducted hi ™ u throughout the proceedings with firmness and mod tidn , and never lost the gentlemanly demeanour * vj his station required , thus affording a striking oonrwS ^ the violence and abusive conduct of his opponents rJ is proper also to state that a great many of the Chaiu J ! who succeeded in disturbing the meeting were newT * entirely unconnected with the borough . f "?
In addition to the above report , which we h % copied from the Gloucester Journal , we have receirlS a communication from our own corres pondent . »» T states that : — h waq " Mr . Stanton was never put to the srase of tli meeting ; bat , as soon as proposed and second 4 took to the chair , and began to address the meetW The people would not hear him , as he was not 3 to the sense of the meeting . Mr . Paul wasBro ! posed and seconded , and put to the meetinif » W a forest of hands was held up . The room w « crammed to Buffocation , and hundreds could not nh , admission ; the room , with gallery , is estimated ^ hold eighteen hundred , or upwards . Mr . Marling
clothier , a noted person for reducing wages wla greeted with such hisses on entering the room that he got on the platform , and crept behind his fd low gents . Mr . Stanton attempted to address the meeting , bat could not be heard . At last he con . sented that Mr . Paul should preside over his party and he would preside over his , which Mr . ew agreed to . Daring their conversation , which was very polite , the cries from the meeting were " Don't be bought , Paul . " The people got tired of Mr Few ster , and began to cry " Enough of the old stuff we want our Charter . " Mr . Hooper took very Well ' ( as he pays the best wages of any of them , ) till he ' dipped his fingers in the Charter , and recommends )
the people to have nothing to do with a mere scroll of paper . " When Mr . John Harris moted the amendment , the clapping of handa and Bhonts was almost beyond description . When silence was restored , Mr . Harris said it was not a usual occur ! rencefora day labouring man to stand along side of the great manufacturers of this Whig-ridden Borough to address a public assembly , it being the first time , but nobly did he do it ; he has gained laurels for the class to which he belongs , when Mr . Bolwell rose to second the amendment , he was received with tremendous applause . He made an excellent speech , which the reporters have cat down . He said the gentlemen convening the meeting might have good motives ; but they were completely gulled by " Finality , " commonly called Lord
John Kussoll . The assembly wero very attentive while the Chartists spoke . The WhigB were com . pletely confounded ; they looked dona their ngses Mr . Bolwell chalk nged any person in the room to discuss the merits and demerits of the Corn Laws , but the cowards would not accept tho challenge . Mr . Stanton tried every effort to get rid of our amend ment by coaxing , but at lastfoundit of no avail , androse to put his resolution . He was met with shouts of disapprobation , and a few of their tools held up their hands , but the poor shopocrats looked confounded , and they were ashamed to hold np their hands before the sovereign people . Some oftheii tools grinned like savage h y ense 3 ; when the ] found they had lost their trick , they begun to skulk off .
Mr . Paul then rose to pat the amendment , and was saluted with shouts of applause . The amendment was then put , which was carried by a forest of blistered hands , and many more delicate ;' for the females took an active pari in support of the Chartist amendment . Mr . HvMPiiitEvssaid , "it would be a Newport job . ¦ Mr . Watts , to his honour , said "No , " and requested him to withdraw his words , which he accordingly did . Mr . Paul then addressed tho meeting , and gare the lordlies a severe castigation . Ho told them of their misdeeds .
The Journal says , that the Chartists had mustered from a distance . The only individual from i distance was Mr . Bolwell , of Bath . Three cheea were given for the brave Feargus , three for Frost and the imprisoned patriots , three for the Star , and three for the People ' s Charter . " P . S . The lordlies were obliged to solicit our Chairman to dissolve the meeting . The Journal' migtt sneer at Paul . He was decently attired ; he is small in size , but a bit of the right stuff . —Mr .
Stanton is a stoat corpulent man—well enough he might—and lives out of the blood and vitals of the workies . He is a large manufacturer . The list Corn Law meeting ( two years ago ) he said , "he could not proceed without some of that which they had given him on former occasions , It was some j of the oil of their applause . " What popularity he must have lost ! I was present and was disgusted to hear it—so was the people . He has some can * dour , for he told the meeting if they could net get \ bread cheaper they would have to take less waga !!
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From the London Gazette of Friday , May 2 L BANKRUPTS . B . W . Robinson , sen ., and R . W . Robinson , jm , Bedford , grocers , June 18 , July 2 , at eleven , at the George Inn , Bedford . Solicitor , Eagles , Bedford . J . and S . Holt , Liverpool , glass manufacturers , J ™ 1 , July 2 , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . SoUcitors , Robinson , Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , London . J . Wynde , Leoainster , Herefordshire , dealer , Jane 23 , July 2 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Hotel , teonuijster . Solicitors ^ Hammond , Leominster ; SmtB , Chancery-lane . London . ¦ , 8 at
R . Whittaker , Bury , Lancashire , brazier , Jun » , nine , July 2 , at ten , at the Swan Inn , in Bolton-ie-Moors . Solicitors , Whitehead , Bury ; Clarke tna Metcalf , Lincoln"s-inn-flelds , London . J . Macaire , J . Linnemann , and J . C Berger , la « rpool , merchants , June 3 , July 2 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Soliciters , Davenport « " » Collier , Liverpool ; Chester , Staple-inn , London .,. C . Taprell , Bristol , grecer , May 28 ,. J « fr * ' " twelve , at the Commercial Rooms , BristoL W ^ f" ™ BritUri , Bristol ; White and Whitmore , Bedford-row . London . , - . , t T . Linay , Lynn , Norfolk , draper , June 3 , W /; " j eleven , at the office of Mr . R . Pitcher , Kfoff * W "'; Solicitors , Messrs . Sole , Alderinanbury , London .
¦ ¦ m — From if * Gmzitteof Tuesday , May 25 , BANKRUPTS . J . Andrews , schoolmaster , Ongar , Essex , *®* J July 6 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , uu" ^ Finsbury-square , London , official assignee ; J ^' Potter , King-street , Cheapside , London . T _ . « jt J . Donghty , licensed victualler , Bristol , - "" ^ jj , two , July « . at one , at the Commercial Rooms , bum Solicitors , Phippen and Craven , Bristol , - ^ j ^ f ^ je , YT . Brown , cattle dealer , Sutton-imder-Wni » ft Yorkshire , June 4 , July 6 , at ten , at the Gow * % Inn . in Northallerton . Solicitors , Me ™^ : vjnjon Winchester-street , London ; Mewburn and BBwur ;
Darlington . ... . sm J . Walford , grocer , Wybunbury , Cn ^^ dlewiclJ , July e , at one , at the White Bear Inn , ¦* "" . Cheshire . Solicitors , Graham , IronrnongeM *"" don ; Jones , Hough , near Nantwich . . , im j , G . Dixonand R . Glever , spice inereMff Ti \ TerpooL July 6 , at one , at the Clarendon B °° " ' ,. ! 1 Bed-Solicitors , Taylor , 8 harpe , Field , and J ""^ , ford-row , London ; Harvey and Falcon , " WW-JJ ^ W . Thompson , ship builder , M f * JJT » t the Shore , Durham , June 4 , July 8 , " . ' 'TL- M oss Thompson Arms Hotel , Sunderland . ^ " "" L undY Cloak-lane , London ; Wright or Brown , hob ^ J . Porter , victualler , Honiton , Devonalure , ^^ July 8 , at eleven , at the Old Lond , on Jr . ' Rhode * , Solicitors . Smark , Flood , and Mules , HonitoB , , Beevor , and Lane , Chancery-lane , lM f ^ : ^ u i , 3 'm R . Buckell , merchant , Newport , Isle " "S-jrew-1 . , T . _ .. ' j . a i _« « i tfia HHkW ** " - <* iw —
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6 THJ 5 NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct708/page/6/
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