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NATIONAL VINDICAT OR . MR . BAILEY , of No . 7 , Edward-street , Oldham Road , Manchester , takes this Opportunity to inform the Chartists of South Lancashire , that he has become Agent for tho Sale of the Vindicator . Persowi ? wishing that highly inf « re « ting Journal , edited by Philp and Vincent , may be supplied by application- to ihe place above stated .
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No . 1 , price 3 J . each , in Wrapper Is . 4 d ., or with Boards , 2 s . AN Inquiry into tho Nature of Responsibility , as deduued from Savage justice , Civil justice , and Social justice ; with some remarks upon the doctrine of Irresponsibility , as taught by Jesiis Christ and Robert Owen ; also upon the Responsibility of Man to God . By T . Simmons Mackintosh , author of the " Elecxiucal Theory of the Universe . " " Id quod utile sit honesturn esse , quod autum inutile sit turpo ease . " Ptiio db Rep . Birmingham ; Printed and Published by James Guest , 93 , Steelbouse Lane ; London : Cleave , Shoe Lane ; and Watson , City Hoad ; Manchester : Hey wood ; Leeds : Hobson ; Liverpool : Stewart , White Chapel ; and all Vendors of Periodicals .
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JUST PUBLISHED , WAT TYLER , or the Poll-Tax Rebellion , an Historical Play in Five Acts . BY JOHN WATKINS . Written before the Author read Southey ' s , and dedicated to Sheridan KnowleB . London : Printed for the Author , and Published by him at P , Bell Yard , Tcmple-Bir ; and may bo had of all Booksellers . PBICE SIXPENCB .
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REDUCED FREIGHTS AND FARES . YARMOUTH , HCLL , AND GOO 1 VB THK STEAM SCHOOMiR TRIS , Captain Mark Jackson , is nowplyiug oa tht 1 above Station as usual , leaving Goole every Tuesdat Hull ~ Wednesday . Yabmouth .... * — Satdbdav . FARES . Best Cabin ... 8 * . 1 Fore Cabin ... * s . Bale Goouts , consigned to Thomas Bromley , Goole , or Brownlow , Pearson , and Co . Hull , will bo conveyed from Goole or Hull and delivered to the Consignees' Doors , in Norwich , at Is . 5 d . per Cwt . ; or from Manchester to their Doore , at 2 s . 9 d . per Cwt . Freight on other Goods at lowest Cnrrent Rates . BaowNiow , Pearson , and Co . Hull . Thomas Bromley , Goole . William Saunbers , Yarmouth . K , & S . Kudbum , Norwich . Sailing , Vessels regularly between Hall and Yaimonth .
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gbeap earn -lroold considerably isereve the price of fr ^ a asd irould enable farmers to bemr orach higher yenti . Aa to manure , Sir , I beg to aarore you that the test in the world is to be found is i man ' i arm and feofwitli a ipade »* the wd of ii . Hob- Mkd BeT . Sir , * b it ia » &Tonrit » practice of puse to annrer sous oat of hi * own lips , will you have the goodness to read the following pamge in aanrer to gjfi Eon . and Her . Mr . Baptist Noel ' s aisara&ee , that rextz would be raised by a repeal of the Corn Laws . The author of the "P lea for the Poor" Bays : —
•• Brt the proposed cbasge would be still more eerily beneficial to the labourers . A certain proportion cf table land being tamed into pasture , would lessen the amount of agricultural employment ; bat meanwhile tQ unlimited extension of our commerce , would so much enlarge manufaeturiog and mercantile employment , as to drain the country of all its superfluous labourers ; and this must increase the comforts of the poor . Fos AS THE BESTS WILL BE K-EPT DOWS , not by the liberality of the landowners , but by the increased number of situations open to the children of the farmers , so ngea tfHI r » e , sot from the liberality of the farmer , tat by the increased amount of employment lor the
Is it not curious that this Rev . Gentleman assures us that " reah teiU be kept dov % , " while you tell us that -fanners tcSl be able to pap a higher rent . " And , again , thai " they wili be enabled to bear a still higher renV So , Rev . Sir , you would "BY AN EXTEKSIOX OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES , DRAIN JSE COUNTRY OF ITS SURPLUS LABOURERS / 5 ow , Sir , if your book contained ne other dumniny proof of the result contemplated by the "pooh jjjrs FB . 1 SSD 5 , " I would say horrible 3 shocking ! Eonstrous 1 Why , Sir , hare you not already sufficiently added to the numbers " Eying -without God and -without
kope , " bat are tov , the » 4 Toc&te for the poor , for firiTing all the nock from the pasture Into the loathjcae and squalid pens which man in his dirty avarioe has prepared for them 7 Ah . ' Sir , this is the very thing against which I hare bees cautioning the poor for whom I hare pleaded for many year ? . Yes , Eunj is the time I have told them , that not sufficiently warned by the failares in the last lottery , all the poor agriculturists would greedily purchase tieixts is the next : and thus add to the master ' s reserve for the subjugation of labour .
Sir , if your plan was fully earned out , England , is less than two years could cover Europe with a carpet and the Atlantic with a tarpaulin ; while every maa in the werld could be furnished with more mascfaetsrES from Have-land than he could irew in the bagest life ; and the " NATURAL PRODUCERS " oigaged in the good work starring the while ! ! Rev . Sir , I was strnek , forsibly struck , with such an invitation as the following , coming frorc a shepherd tohisfloct . Ton say , speaking of emigration—" I * t those who hare se > 'se and cocragb , seek happier
bames , if th « y wOl , under fairer skies and less crowded ifcares . " Sir , your definition of sense and courage must be very curioos indeed ; but , pray , could you hare art a more catting reflection upon yourself and our rales , t *»« » reeommeudjktfeato ail -who had " sense' an d ii courage" to abandon their country , and shorten their uiys " in tie land which the Lord their ( rod has given them V In truth , Sir , " sense and courage" are qaalitke now but little required , and less rained , in a nation d smoke kitchens . Eon . and Rev . Sir , I have reserved the crowning feature of your romance for the last In page 25 you
"As we hare now seen that the working classes would be treat gainers by the change from an artificial to a natural state , which should leave them their right of baying corn in exchange for their labour , let us consider whether this ehange is , on other accounts , inconvenient or dangerous . " In God ' s name , Sir , 1 ask whose servant you are , that you thus set up a Grsd in each country of the universe , mbstitnting art for nature here , and nature for art there ? What do ysu mean , Sir , fey calling that labour
* aaittral , " which is regulated by masters' conspiracy , in the exercise of which the sexes are sometimes immorally thrown together , and always like swine , wLereby the rift « . na the healthj , the halt and the light of limb , the young and tts old , are constrained to rise at the same hour , to eat at the same hour , to work all the same hours , and thus obey the artifice of Tram instead of following the dictates of nature , and yet none having control over their own produce . Call you ttit natural ?
Bit , sir , again I ask , how yon committed the dIoeder of calling manufactures the " natural state" in Eag-. bad , while you would call it an " artificial state" in conn-, tries producing corn for Britons ? Surely , Sir , if agri-1 eulaire is an artificial state in EngianA , it must be ; KpaDy go in Poland , Russia , and Germany . But who can bsTe pauence to comment upon such foUy . lien Working f » r others for little remuneration ; women , i in consequence thereof , producing cripples and carry- 1 big those cripples to the slaughter-house upon their j backs ; hiring strangers to suckle them ; estranged from tbea in youth , unknown by them in manhood , and j separated frem them in old age ; such , Sir , is what t yon call a " natural" state of society , while , of course ,
asn digging in his own field for the support of him-1 sell , K" wife , and * " <¦ family , multiplying and re- < plenishing the earth over "which hi » God gave him ; domini&n , is an " artificial" state . Hon . and Rsv . Sir , > believe me that those who naturally use your aril- trial blenders laugh at your credulity . ily letter has now run to a great length ; but 1 ! 4 ioogh : it ii £ b ; to let Uie poor , on whose behalf 11 pkad , see that I was ready and willing to meet alJ : opponents who entered the magic field of political i
economy . I may be pissed over far a time in silence ; fcs : yet others « h »!) not assault the garrison of na-, tcnl labour -while I hold the post of sentinel . ] R = v . Sir , I shall not , like the lazy &htpheris , '> sleep upon my post , and then attribute the disaster * i eaused by my otra neglect to the Tices , crimes , or .
follies of tie neglected . Eos . and Bev . Sir , it is not wonderful that Minister of Christ ' s Gospel should become speculators in ffaia , when a whole body of shepherds lately assembled at ilanchester , have had the matchless effrontery to pabiiah " SCHEMES" and prospectuses , such as the ' ollswiflg , in aid of money profits and specuia-U 3 LS . B . cid the- ioUo ^ rm § tsWe ct proft and less : — * " TiTEiiri as C £ > "TE > -iET Ff >» . —The Gaceral Canmiiiee met en Wed ^^ sday -week , the R&v . JamfcB p iffl , thecewly elected President of the Coufereace , E the cLs ^ T .
wan , ca Wood , Esq ., the General Treasurer , said the aaucEU he hid already reefeived , ruade up a grand te ' Al of £ 1 ^ 5 , 060 aBd upwards . The amount receive * frvm tte foreign stations was above iS , 0 «« . He rijr . ced tLat tht . se i&iant churehts had acted so nobly , tnd , i n coccluiion , expressed his thankfulnftga to G-d for the amount alread ? realised . " In a&swer to iLqairies made by the Rev . J . Fowler and others , it appeared that there were considerable •^ yet to be received , ; the payment of which was •^ taJEj , boih from home and foreign circuits . " Tte cwniaitice continufcd a lacg time in deliberation oa the \> est Hietfcod of securing payment of any oul-Kaading baiacces , and also on the Ultimate appropriate of the surplus .
Thinks -were voted to the Treasurer , James Wood , ^* 9- ; sad to the Secretaries , Messrs- West , L * rnw , T Banting , J . D . Burton , and John WestUead , sfUr - » hic ' a the prtceedines closed . " On the following eTenia |[ , the Appropriation Coranuriee met , according to the appointment of the &asral Conrmiitfce , to nuke a final appropriation of tfc * sBiplas ; -when they -nnanimoaaly agreed to the Scheme : — " 1- To raise the Guaraniee Fond , ( in cr ^ er to icsret the cttrrtct and
incidtn- . al expanses of the Fund and to ] s « rc-e the full operation of the iiew j Auxiliary Fund ? froa £ 10 , 000 to ... £ 15 , 00 » " 2- Adoitionsi ; o the Cfcalenary CLa- i Pel Relief Feud , to assist in mfcetirg tht clainiB upon thst fund until the Lcib Fond hasbeen worked ant 3 , 000 " S . To tte Mission Fund for the tEEuai repairs , kc cf the Centenary j Hail and Mission House ,, 2 , 000
20 , 000 " -imouct of former Appropriation . ,. 17 u , 9 oo i £ 130 , 000 ' t St ^ g the prestnt amonnt of the Centerarv Fund , i 'It -wts tLen resolved unanimously , that the ; rraatir snrplus shall be eq- ^ ally divided , as it is ; «^ ived , bttvietn ihe Theological institutitB and the , MiscoBay Society . " : Pro £ t on medals , £$ 0 Q . '" !
„ 5 ^ » reid ef ae shepherds agreeing upon a j ^ EHE ; " &nd then , Sir , think of thankB being TOai to a iiigs Birth , for a donation of £ 1 , 000 for the j aversion o { the Ashantees , -irhile we have 500 , 000 ' »» dsr on aojs , .. ^ y ^ ^^ ^ q ^ 1 Jid vi&tmi '
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hope ; " and think of the strut spbctlatkd cpos bringing in a goodly return from the fo&ncn market . In Q ods name , Sir , what is all this but a " pious fraud , " committed by a Joint Stock Company of jobbers
in faith J Hon . and Rev . Sir , I find also that a number of queries are to be submitted to the shepherds of ether Socks , about to meet at Manchester ; and among ethers , I find the following : — " Have you perceived any connection between high and low-priced food and an increase or diminution of the funds of your religious and-benevolent Societies ?*• Rev . Sir , what think you
of that ? and may not the answer be ventured upon , and the motive in putting the question guessed at ? If there had not been any diminution of the funds , believe me there would not have been any question about high or low wages ! Hon . and Rev . Sir , will you allow me to add one query to those already proposed for solnta ' cn . It shall be one easDy answered , and decided on view—do toc PEBCEITE AJiJ &T 2 JK 1 SG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THB APPEi . BA > CB AND COJiDJTlOI * OP THE SHEPHERDS 1 HD THEIE FLOCKS ? AKD BO YOU OBSERVE A >" T SIMILITUDE WHJLTKVEB . BETVTEEU 1 HE SHEPHERDS OF THE HEW NATURAL STATE OF ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY OF THE PILXSEST DAT AKD THOSE DESCRIBED BT OUR SAT 1 OTJB ? AKD IP AXT ARE LEAK , DOES IT PBOCEED FROM A WAM OP POOD , OB OVERWORK ? Now , Sir , that is my Question ; I should wish von
to answer it . Sir , when at Manchester , you will be within twenty minutes ( by the " NATURAL" mode of travelling ) of Bolton , Stockport , Stalybridge , Hyde , Dukinfield , and Oldham . Now all these towns , save Bolton , are -within six and a half miles of Manchester , and Bolton is only ten miles distant . Hon . and Rev . Sir , my earnest request is that you will put yourself in some convenient thorougfare , at five o'clock in the morning , without the master ' s knowledge , and being there stationed , that yoa will look upon God's image going to what you call bis " natural "
work . Behold the swollen stomach , the emaciated limb , the splayed ancle , and splayed foot—see the grim features , made large by the flesh receding—look upon £ he crooked bo 4 j—the tottering step—the liitless air , and the almost lifeless eye and bloshiesa cheek of infants who have not yet seen one hundred months . See yonder father carrying his cripple to his natural work , while he himself is denied employment at the artificial land . See yonder female about ta produce an artificial labourer—look at her and blush , and then say that you are , any of you , followers of Christ and supporters of the poor .
Sir , go again at eight at night and remain till ten , and see the Natural state in which they come from their vx . tvb . xi work . Ah ! Sir , never again write down the condemnation of self and brothers , by publishing to the world that we have 500 , 000 of a flock " living without God and without hope , " while the amount devoured by the shepherds , estimating the "flack" at five toafamily would allow £ 100 per annum to each family -, or sOo . ooo acres
of church land would feed them , clothe them , fat them , give them hope , and make them bless God Yes , Sir , one-fourth of the tithe , that is , one-fortieth part of the annual amount raised by the State shepherds alone , would psy 10 s . an acre for 590 , 000 acres , upon which all those now " living without God and without hope" would become happy , sober , and thrifty . Will the shepherds give a fortieth—one quarter , of the tenths ?
Pray , Rev . Sir , has it ever struck you that there must be something very , very , wrong in that > athral state in which you see the splendid draft-horses of Sir Fse ' . ix Booths , drawing gin to the palaces under the very nose of the head of our church ? Have you seen those horses , Sir , particularly tta teams of Roan ' s ? Hare you seen their protection against a shower , the fit of their harness—I cannot vulgarly cal it tackling ? Have you seen your face in the bright brasses and polished skins , and have you blushed to turn from toe fat beasts to 80326 of the lean tribe ¦ who- pass yon , bearing God ' s image , sni from whom you turn in disgust while you feast your eyes upon the fat horse and his gorgeous trapping ?
Now , Sir , which is the artificial , and which is in the natnral state—the man or the beast ? and in the eyes of God , -which of the parties will be most guilty , Sir FceUx who makes th « poison , the poor heart-broken creatures who take the poison , or the monarch and her servants whs live upon the poison , and therefore allow Sir Faslix to traffic in tha poison ? Hon . and Rev . Sir , have you seen the staVles of these horses and Iheir curtained windows' If not , pray go and see them , and then visit those hovels of wretchedness from which the means come , and then tell me that Poland , Russia , and Germany are to care the evil !
. Sir , do ' nt yon think Sir F < £ lix is a disinterested advocate for " cheap bread , " cheap vialt , which U all the same ? 1 wish he would treat us to his " Ple& for the Poor . " Sir , in looking oTei your book again , I find one sentence marked for comment , which eseaj > &- my notice , it Is this ; you say : — " For , whereas , now corn rises in bad years to 66 or 70 shilling * the qu- ^ rter , and quantity under the fixed duty might be imported from foreign countries at the rate of 57 to 58 shilllings , and would therefore keep the price down to that leveL "
Now , Sir , here we have the whole thJDg for whicl the people are to contend . You have before told us , and you now repeat it , that with a duty of Bs ., 58 $ wouid be the low&ot price at which foreigners could suppiy our wants , while you designate 68 s ., that is the average of 65 s . and 703 ., as a high and destructive priee . Well , then , suppose you required 4 , 000 , 000 quarters in aid of British wheat ; or to put it more advantageously for von , suppose that you required this foreign standard to regulate the price of the -whole stock for consumption , what would be the difference between the lowest imported price and the highest home price ? Wby just 10 s . the quarter , or five millions of money upon ten millions of quarters . '
Sir , I have taken your own calculations—not that I csttem them as correct , but to argue up ^ n . I do nut esteem them as correct ; b&C 3 Usa 1 feel convinced that many countries could seiid ks wheat at 40 s . the quarter , after paying a duty of Si Pray Sir , bear in mind , that ten million qn ^ rttrs of wheat ¦ wuuld furnish to twenty million persons , old and young , infants , delicate women , old persons , and the aristocracy , 2 * 0 poundB of household flour per anrniiii ; and that , after all , the difference between the highest home price and lowest continental price upon
the whole stock would be £ 5 , 000 , 000 . Two hundred pounds of flour would bake into more than three hundred and sixty-five pounds of bread , which would give aa average of three and a half stone of bread weekly tj a family of screa , la truth , Sir , yon have pat all former calculators to shame npoE this snbject , for they estimate the difference occasioned by restriction at millions upon millions pocketed by the landlords ; always losing- sight of the fict that the millers' and bakers '
pro 5 u , " the greatest profits , would still remain ; and just as Six Fffiivs Booth would make little or no reduction in the price of gin , -whatever may be the alteration rusde by a free trade in the price of the raw material , we should find the loaf coming from the Russian oven bearing evident marks ef grinding and baking before the > atubal labourer could purchase it . Sir , vrbile at Manchester and among the fl ^ ck , pray do as all g&ud shepherds do ; gather them , examine them and administer to their wants . I trust , Sir , th * t
with Air . Joints Leech at their head , the neglected shttp will invite lh& negligent shepherds to a conference . This ought to be dcae , and then you would learn from the ignorant people , that they believe those calling themseiVcS sbephtrds only keep wolves from the [ old when the mutton is becoming too ecarce ta be divided . Hon . and ReV . Sir , 1 have just seen the conclusion of 11 Cotto > " Twist s" eleventh production uponfr e trade ,
and , liie the preceding ones , ii is headed—" Plenty to do , Higii Profits , Good Wagls , axd Cheap Bread ; " , Ssir , how do you think "Cotton Twist " : onchldes Ills Plea for the iowranl English people 1 Why , Sir , most characteristically with a Greek quoa . tion from * ' book 2 of Thucyd ., " and of which lie gives -yhat be calls a "free translation . Rtv . Sir , if this is not free-tiade with a venjtacce , I know not what is . Bat , Sir , I fear that
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the anticipations from free-trade in corn will be as unlike the literal thing as Mr . " Cotton Twists" free translation is unlike the literal construction of the original . Sir , I have now done ; and if any should consider my answer to your " Plea" too long for a newspaper , I bare only to say that in no other shape could the reduced operatives purchase it—and I believe it to be necessary , in some shape , as an antidote to the poison of your " Plea for the Poor . " However , Sir , I have now appealed from yourself and the four anti-monopolist Editors to the people . Our respectiTe " Pleas " on their behalf will be before them ; and it will be for them , as on enlightened jury , to decide in favour of the one or the other .
I have the honour to remain , Rev . Sir , Your obedient and rery respectful humble Servant , Feargus OC 0 N 50 B .
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David CaTEU recommends , as a means o / removing much of the prejudice arising from their ignorance of Chailist principles from the minds of the middle classes , the members of the National Charier Association resident in the various districts of the metropolis , to use their best influence to prevail on keepers of coffee-houses , % c , to accept the rceehly loan of the Northern Star , National Vindicator , and other invaluable vehicles that advocate our cause { purchased by the individual members ) , and to impartially allow their customers the reading of the same . Secondly—for each said locality to form a Joan tract society of sound political Chartist principles , to be similarly conducted as those are tn the
religious bodies ; for each tract to be stitched in stiff paper covers , and on the outside of each to have a printed label posted , bearing an advertisement of all your local meetings , the place and time , when and where the readers of them can become members of your association , and appoint a committee to select and purchase the tracts , and have the entire management of the same . The funds to curry those societies into effect to be raised by voluntary subscriptions , the profits of the sale of social festivals , concerts , and dancing admission tickets . J . G . would recommend every association to form a
society for the reception and distribution of the Star , or any Chartist publication , amsng the middle classes ; that an active committee be chosen , and that its business be to receive informatlvnfrom the different members where there are ignorant or prejudiced middle-class men , and that they endeavour to gel papers and send ( hem by post to such individuals before the papers get a week old . Leicester Chartists . —Their M address" has been sent to Mr . O'Connor , and will probably be published next week . T . R . N . Clover . — The enigma has been answered . " Friend" must take the seme answer .
P . P . Shklly . — We have no room . A Female Chartist . — We have at present a heavy stock of poetry on hand . A Cr azes of Cork , must excuse us : our space is full . J . P . —His " Lines to O'Connor" shall appear . A Real Democrat , Brighton . —Thanks for his kirid / y and very proper letter : it shall have our best attention : and if the evil exists any longer , it shall be the fault of the Brighton friends themselves . Will a " Real Democrat " send us his address ?
J . R . Rawlings . — We have no room . "The O'Connor Welcome" shall appear . Robert Scicliffe . — Our spec * is full . Horticultural Show . —Robert Petty writes us to complain of ill treatmen t , by the Star and Garter Committee , at the late show at Kirkstall . He had paid his 5 s . for entrance two days before the time of chsi » g the ILt , and given in his name and residence * and icas not objected to until the morninq of the exhibition ; when , after the trouble and expence of travelling , with his fruit , Sfc , a dis . tance of ticenty-tvco mi . es , he was refused admission and his money returned , on the plea of late payment and distant residence . He thinks he is ill used ; and , if his statement be true , we
think so too . Keighley New Church . —The Free Gardeners wish to state , that they did not tcalk in procession at the laving of the foundation stone of this edifice . Gillisg , keab Richmond . —We have received a letter frem this place , and cannot make out the signature : will the author write us ugasn , and write his name plainly 1 The Secretary to the Todmorden Association re ~ guests a letter from JJr . AJ JJe » 4 ali as soon as possible . J . J . L . —His verses uitl not do . A . M ., Barnsley . — We have not room for "The Beauteous Isle . " W . Martin . — A letter on Thursday morning will suit us , or , if the news be very important , on Friday
morning . Ma . Joseph Macd- > nald , of Neicry , acknowledges the rectipl of thirty-eight copies of the ^ Northern Star , of the 3 lst of July ; six copies of the Scottish Patriot ; two of the National Vindicator ; and one copy of the People ' s Charter , during the past week . Mr . Macdonald ' s address is note 122 , High street , Newry . The Boston Chaetists are desirous of knowing to whom they are to address at Lincoln for Chartist injormation . It is desirable that this should be known as soon as possible . Address Wm . Fox , itone-mason , Boston , Lincolnshire . HeNRY RosS must excuse us .- tre are full . Willum Griggs must lake the same answer . A Dozen or two of Poets must take like answers . R . Cooke , Du . vdee , received too late for notice this week .
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Charles Stewart , St . Andrews . —Send Is . 8 a . for the postage ^< % c .: will send by return . John Stein . —First : They must continue till the Plates are given . Second : Yes . To Agents . — Those Agents who have their Plates from A . Heyicojd , J . Cleave , or J . Guest , cannot have anything enclosed from the office , as the Plates are packed at the respective places , and not at the office in Leeds . £ . b . d . FOR MRS . FROST . From Mr . Jones , per Mr . Morgan , Bristol ... » 1 0 _ Mr . TredweM 0 2 6 _ Miss M-A . Phillips , London 0 10 ^ a few Shoemakers , per J . Blake ... 4 C CIlARTiST CONTESTED SEATS .
From M ., Pontonville 0 10 _ the Vale of Leven Univeral Suffrage Association 1 •
r » R THE O ' BRIEN FUND AT NEWCASTLE . From Mr . T . Ireland , Dunfermline ... ... 0 18 FUND FOR PERSECUTED CHARTISTS . From Wm . Holliday , Moor-square , London Oil 0 TOR J . B . O ' BRIEN . From Patrick Fox , Manchester ... ... 0 2 6 „ John Osman ... ... 0 0 6 FOR PRESS FOR J . B . O'BSIEN . From TV . Livingston , Edinburgh 6 2 0 FOR RICHARDSON , MANCHESTER . From Old Squinsy 0 6 0 FOR TUS WIVES AMD FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED \ " / CHARTISTS . FromJJL- HoHday , Moor-square , London ... 0 10 # FOR Dt-FPT . From tie Paddock Chartista 0 10 0
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FBOM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , Aug . llth . City of London . —Mr . Watkins preached here on Suuday evening , takiD # ( or his text , " f rom faJae brotatrs deliver us . " A diEcussion ensued between Messrs . Stallwood , Watsou , and Watkins . On Tuesday Mr . Sankey -was entertained by his supporters ami friends at a public sapper at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , about 100 persons fcat down to supper , Mr . Brettingham was called upon to preside . After the removal of the cloth , the chairman after a few prefatory remarks , proposed " The sovereignty of the people , the only source of legitimate power , " drank with three times tbree . The Chairman in introducing the next toast said , the company -would , he was convinced , do honour to the toast he was about to propose ; for upon the acknowlegment of the principle , which it contained , alone could the stability of all institutions fce founded ,
the code which it patronised must sooner or later become the law . He proposed ' The People ' s Charter , and may its principles speedily become the law of the land "—( cheering—drank with all the honour * . The Chairman thtn pfjpose 4 " The return to the old law of Erzibetb , and the annihilation of the Poor iaw Amendment Act" " The health of Mr . Sankey" -was the next toa * t , which was warmly responded to . Mr . Sankey rose amidst much cheering , and addressed the meeting , —he eaid he came forward at the last election to defend the people ' s cause , so that it sheuld not be said that the men of ilarylebone were without a candidate on the true principles of democracy . ( Hear , bear . ) He found both the factions had their men , and he thought there onght to be a fair testing of principle . He kad the honour of fighting the batttle in behalf of the people , and though in that district they had cot won , yet the people at the hustings nearly throughout the United Kingdom had proved they were tired of both factious , tad by their teitifj iug of their
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principles , bad l eft both parties , in many instances , by a show of hand * , fa a minority . The object of the people was , he felt convinced , to rid themselves of the thraldom of hereditary and legal wrong . He believed that until the people had good government no repose irouldbe allowed . ( Hear and cheers . ) Cost what it might , the factions * ere determined to govern the nation without granting that liberty which alone made the free citizen . In their career , the people had proved they were determined not to be satisfied until their rights were conceded , and their wrongs redressed . ( Cheers . ) Convinced , as be was , that the present system of legislation stood in need of reform , he came forward the advocate of the People ' s Charter , the abolition , nay , entire annihilation , of the Poor J * Amendment Aet ( Hear , hear . ) Upon those principles he stood , and upon the avowal of those principles he sought their suffrages . 'Why should not the man , and not thfl house , be represented ? Why not
intellect , and not material , be the test for admitting to the suffrage t He would not detain them longer than by returning his warmest thanks to those around him , and declaring be was ever ready at their bidding to fight the battle of true reform , heedless of the worn-out cry of Whig against Tory . ( Cheers . ) Mr . GoodMlo * proposed— " The electors who voted for Mr . Sankey » t the last election . " The toast was responded to by Mr . Nicholson . Mr . Wall proposed— ' The speedy restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the release of all political prisoners . " Drank with three time * three , the company standing uncovered . Mr . Hibble proposed— " The health of the Ladies . " The success of the northern Star , the only truly people ' s paper , " was given and received amidst great applause . Mr . Peat addressed the meeting at some length , and the company broke up at a late hour , well pleased with the entertainment provided by the worthy host
The Loxdok Journeymen ' s Trades * Hall . — A lecture was delivered by Wm . Farren , jun ., before the Bermondsey Chartista , on Tuesday evening , at the Horns , Crucifix Lane , Bennondsey-street . Subject"The Moral and Social Improvement of the Men of London , which can only be obtained by having a London Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall . " After a -vote of thanks to the worthy lecturer , several persons who were present promised to become shareholders . The business of the evening concluded by giving three hearty cheers for Feargns O'Connor , and tbree groans , loud and deep , for hie oppressors .
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MANCHESTER . —Ancient Fouestkrs . — Court No . 84 , of the above order , held their anniversary on Monday last , at the Dog public-house , Greek-street , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , where a most splendid dinner was served up by the worthy hostess , Mrs . Buckley . On Tuesday evening , Mr . G . Wright , hat-manufacturer , of this town , gave his men , fifty-nine in number , an excellent supper at the Hat and Feathers , MasoH'Street . Shude-hill , after the termination of the strike of sixteen weeks , he having given the List price .
The Anciewt Order orf Foresters—Th e mem bers of the No . 25 Court of this numerous and respectable order met on Monday evening , at the King ' s Arms , Spinning Fields , Deansgate , to celebrate their anniversary . Soon after six o ' clock " mine host" spread the table with an excellent and substantial dinner , which was served in the greatest order and decorum . After the cloth had been drawn , a number of appropriate toasts were given , and some excellent Bongs were sang ; the females wet * admitted , and the evening was spent with great conviviality .
STOCKPORT . —The Child Poisoning Case . — The four Sandys , who were indicted ior the wilful murder of two children , by poisoning them , for the purpose of defrauding a funeral society of the gratuities given in such cases , hare undergone a very lengthy trial , at ( he present Chester Assizes , before Mr . Justice Erpkine , which after continuing two days , was concluded about six o ' clook on Tuesday evening—the jury returning a verdict of Not Guilty . The evidence was nearly the game as that given in the Star at the committal of the
parties . On the following morning , Robert Sandys , and Ann , his wife , were placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Sandys , their daughter , an infant only six months old . The evidence occupied several hours , and the Jury , after an hour ' s consultation , found Robert Sandys guilty , and acanitted the other prisoner . The Judge 01 dored him to bo retained in custody until the next assizes , in oonsequeuce of a motion for an arrest of judgment . The prisoner was removed from the bar in a state of unconsciousness .
8 OI » TO «»— On Sunday evening , Mr . Isaac Barrow delivered a lecture in the Association Room , () xford-8 treet , BoltoD , the subject , "Sour Grapes the People ' s portion . " The lecture embraced the whole of the extravagant national expenditure ; the amount of the local taxation , and the enormous wealth swallowed up by the church . These extravagances , he took occasion to show , were opposed to the spirit of true Christianity , atad were evils which came within the notice and the censure of the professed Christian teacher . Fifty-three millions , fonr hundred and thirty thousand , two hundred and eighty tcven pounds , he showed , was the government expenditure for the year 1840 . Thirty millions the supposed amount of local taxation . Twelve millions consumed by the state churches , amounting in the whole to ninety-five millions , four hundred and thirty thousand , two hundred and eighty-seven pounds , tiken from the productive classes and given
to those who render them little or no service . This abominable robbery , he showed , would maintain no fewer than fourteen millions , six hundred and eighty one thousand five hundred and eighty-two individuals , at the rate ; of half-a-ciowa a week , which is considered sufficient for a pauper , but at twenty shillings per week , which he contended every poor family ought to have , would maintain no fewer than one million eight hundred and thirty-five thousand oue hundred and ninety-sorcn families . The lecturer took occasion , with strong and forcible language , to show up the atrocities ot the Poor Law Amendment Act , the Bystem of a Centralized Police , and the Secret Service System . Boldly and fearlessly did he expose the corruptions of the government of this country , and , though professing to act on tho principles of Christianity , he exhibited their doings as the most Anti-Christian that could be conceived . These were the moral force truths ho contended the
people ought to pnt in operation , to remove the false assertions of their oppressors as to ignorance by gaining knowledge and information such as he brought before them , which he believed would be quite aB much dreaded as physical force harangues . There was one point we should not ; omit to noticethe false and dastardly statement of Jelin ^ er Symons , Esq ., a Hand-Loom Weaver ' s Commissioner , in his " Popular Economy , " respecting the origin of Chartism , and the condition of the working classes of this country generally . Justly did he hold up for censure a man who could Bay the working classes were not worse off than formerly , and himself a witness that an hand-loom weaver could not earn
more tuan tenpence halfpenny a day . The system of a second process of labour for a small portion of that which the labourer has already earned , a farourUe notion of this Whig Commvsevoner , teooived an exposure we wish this gentleman ( 1 ) had heard . " Sour Grapes , the people's portion , " waa the title of the lecture , and it was not mis-named . We wish that more had heard it : though deemed improper for a Sunday lecture by some of the sanctified and hypocritical professors of religion , our opinion is , that the marrow of religion was contained in it , and until the principkB of it are put in practice , religion will be neglected and mankind will be slaves . — Correspondent .
gBTftBLEy . —xVJrs . Chapelsmith , Sooial Missionary , gave : two lectures in the Working Man's Hall , en the evenings of Monday and Tuesday last , on Chartist Remedies and the Decline of Commerce in this country , and on the Corn Laws and National Debt . The II all was filled on both occasons . HTJSDXiRSFIXiXiD . —Inquest . —On Saturday last , a jury sat at the house of Mr . Richard Richardson , Star Inn , Almomibury , before G . Dyson , Eeq , Coroner , upon the body of one of the unfortunate girls who died on Friday last , from the
injury sustained by the bursting of the steam-boiler of Messsrs . Douse ' s , silk-manufactory , when , after duly considering the whole of the circumstances connected with the explosion , thoy returned a verdict , with £ 10 deodand upon the boiler . Magistrates' Ofpice . —On Tuesday , a man named Smith , was brought before the Magistrates , charged with having beaten his brother , and stolen from him the eum of £ 3 . In order to keep a portion of the money he had stolon , he actuaJJy swallowed a sovereign and a half . He was cemmitted to York .
RICH 3 IOND . —John Pattison , of Richmond , was summoned before the sitting magistrates , charged with asfaulting John Stabler , and also of being drunk and disorderly . Fined 10 ? . for the assault , and 53 . for being drunk , with costs . George Peacock , alias Puke , was fined 10 s . and coste for being drunk and disorderly . Franois Earl , of Richmond , was fined 2 s . 6 d . and costs , for being disorderly in the streets . Charles Watson , of Scruton , was convicted , on the evidence of Mr . J . Whiting , policeofficer , for furious driving . Fined Is . aud costs . Martin Tweddle . of Whashton , butcher , was charged by the same officerwith furious driving , being his
, second offence , was fined 19 s . aad costs . John Taylor , & pauper in the workhouse , was committed for three days to hard labour , for disorderly conduct in that house . George Jackson , mason , waa fined Sa . and costs for being drunk on the Sabbath day . Robt . Cunningham , labourer , George Harland , mason , and Richard Hauxwell , all of Richmond , were fined os . each and costs , for being drunk and disorderly in the Market-place , on Sunday morning last . Jane Jobling was fined 10 s . and costs , for using abusive language to Robert Dorchester . In default of payment , to be imprisoned fourteen days to hard labour . '
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BUftV . —Mr . Joseph Linney , of Manchester , gave » lecture to the Chartists of this town , on Monday evening , in the Working Men's Hall . Mr . Jno . Campbell will lecture at Bury , on Monday next . Rochdale and Milnrow . —Mr . Linney will lecture to-morrow , ( Sunday , ) in the afternoon , at Rochdale at half-paet two o ' clock , and at Milnrow at Bix o ' clock . MANCHESTER . —On Wednesday evening , tho females assembled in the Chartists ' Room , Tib-street . Mr . Bailey , the Chairman , opened the meeting by reading the extract from Wakefield . Mr . Doyle moved , and Mr . Linney seconded , a resolution condemnatory of such proceedings , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Griffin addressed the meeting , and it was announced that Mr . Joseph Linney will lecture next Wednesday evening . Many new members were added to the Association .
Salter 8 TBEET . — -On Tuesday evening , thiB large room was pretty well filled to hear Mr . Doyle deliver » n address SROTUSOEN . —Mr . Doyle gave a lecture on class legislation , on Sunday last , to the Chartists of this village . BOLTON . —Mr . C . Doyle , of Manchester , addressed the Chartists of this town on Monday evening , 1 a the large room , showing the effects of class legislation upon the indnstrious millions . SALISBURY . —Mr . Potts , the political prisoner , was discharged from his prison-house on Thursday , afterseventeenmonths ' confinementsincehistrial , and nearly three before . Mr . Potts left by coach for Bath ; he looked dreadfully ill , as well he might . Mr . P . will remain a few days in Bath , and shortly after will re-enter upon his medical studies , probably in Edinburgh , or Glasgow . Mr . Carrier still remains in prison .
PBESTON . —Oh Tuesday evening last , Mr . Campbell lectured in the Preston Charter Association-room , AvenViam-Btreet , to a very numerous meeting . A very good impression was made . After the lecture seven new members were enrolled . HAXJFAX . —The Ancient Order of the Golden Fleece , Bradford Unity , opened a lodgeon Monday , the 9 th inst ., at the house of Mr . Benjamin Hirst , the Dog and Partridge Inn , Forest , iu Stainkud , near Halifax , when upwards of thirty members were initiated . BUBTT . —Odd Fellows . On Saturday Ia 3 t , August the 7 th , the members of the Unien Victoria Lodge , No . 101 of the United Order of Odd Fellows , celebrated their seventeenth anniversary at the house of Mr . Richard Brierley , the Hand and Shears Inn , Bury , Lancashire , when upwards of eighty of the members , with their wives and sweethearts , sat down to an excellent dinner .
DENHOUKE . —Mr . Hartley , at the request of some friends , lectured here at midday on Tuesday , August loth * His audience was comparatively numerous and very attentive . We anticipate much good from Mr . Barney ' s visit . HOWAtiTH . —This sink-hole of Whiggery was visited by Mr . Harney on Tuesday last , who , on the evening of that day delivered one of the most interesting and truth-telling discourses it was ever our good fortune to hear . The Whigs threatened opposition , but deeming " discretion the better part of valour , " prudently remained quiet . The meeting was held in the open air , and a large master we had . We have joined the National Charter Association . Let us have a few more lectures like onto that we have been favoured with by Mr . Harney , and depend upon it Chartism in Howarth , in spite of Whig tyranny , will thrive and prosper .
BRADFORD . —Mr . Harney addressed the Chartists Of Bradford , in the Sooial Institution , on Wednesday evening last . Mr . Ibbetsou waa called to the chair . A large number of the fair sex graced the platform with their presence . Mr . Harney gave us an address in his usual excellent style , and was rewarded by the repeated and hearty cheers of his hearers . At the conclusion of his address , Mr . H . made aa appeal to his hearers in behalf of Mrs . Walker , wife of one of the victims « f Whig despotism now in Wakefield Hell , where he is undergoing the sentence of two years' imprisonment , seven months of which he has yet to serve . Ths sum of nine shillings and eightpence was collected for bis unfortunate partner . Mr . Martin moved the thanks of the assembly to Mr . Harney , which being cordially given , the meeting adjourned .
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PROM OUB LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , August 12 . The Corn Law Agitators seem very willing to come to some arrangement with the Rads of this plane , but up to the present time their bid is not for Universal Suffrage ; * u that it is iiogo . DiSTRE . iS in Spitalfield 3 . —On Friday , August 5 th , thirty-three families were turned into tho streets for Queen ' s taxes as hasbeen stated , and finding that this was true and up to the present time they have no house to render their situation more bearable , a committee consisting of Messrs . Arthur Samuels , John Cox , William Slater , Chas . Pearce , James Gardner , and William Shillingsworth , have been appoined to gather subscriptions ; Mr . Drake of No . 166 , Brick-lane , Coffee House Keeper , Treasurer , and Mr . R . Courtrill , Secretary
At the Meeting of the Tower Hamlets Chartists , on August 8 th , Mr . Mitchell in the chair , Mr . William Robson , shoemaker , was nominated a General Councilman , in lieu of Mr . Hart , resigned . The sum of thirteen shillings was voted to the t Executive at Manchester . On Sunday next , August 15 th , the Regent's Park will be thrown open to the public , proving that if the people are determined , aristocratio selection must give way before them . Tower Hahlets . —At a general me « ting of the members for getting up the demonstration to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , it was resolved— " That we invite all the admirers of this noble-minded patriot , in the Tower Hamlets , to come forward and assist us with their finances and otherwise to obtain thi «
grand object efficiently . The Committee sits every Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , to receive subscriptions , and to transact general businew , at the National Charter Coffee House , 166 , Brick Lane , Spitalfields . State of the Poor . —At the Guildhall , on Wednesday , no less than four individuals were brought before Mr . Alderman Kelly , who committed offences for the mere purpose of gaining the temporary shelter of a station-house , and the chance of a crust of bread . Crime , therefore , is better off in England than poverty . To be entitled to protection , shelter , and food , a man must be a criminal . Such a fact , though there were only one in a year , instead of crowding upon us four in a day . would be an unerring indication that legislation requires revision .
riNSDURT . —Finsbury has , during the past week been particularly active in aiding the demonstration for the " to be" liberated patriots , as well as on account of the contested Election Suat Fund . Towards the latter , the Council have for the present voted &s ., and have set on foot a subscription , for the purpose of further aiding the contest for the disputed seats of J . B . O'Brien , Col . Thompson , Mr . Lowery , and Mr . Eagle , and hereby call on all the districts of London to aid Mr . O' Connor ' s efforts to the utmost in their power .
But for the call of the Executive , the County Delegate Fund &c ' , a much larger sum would have been immediately voted . We have established a branch at 26 , Plumber-street , City-road , which promises to become a powerful auxiliary , and Mr . Watts , the Fiiisbary sub-seoretary attonded , on Tuesday night last , the opening of a spacious Chartist room , at the Northern Star , 1 , Golden-lane , City , where a City Registration Committee was formed at onoe , many attending who had not known before what Chartism waa .
ADDRESS , Passed unanimously at the last Council Meeting o f of the Fhisbury and Hoxton Council , Wednesday , llth August , at Lunt ' s Coffee House : — Men of London . —The time will shortly arrive when that noble of nature , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will be restored to us from the bastile of the base and brutal Whigs . We do , ' therefore , call upon all of you to be firm and united to enable yon to give him that reception into London which will be worthy of the patriot and the holy cause of freedom , in which he has , for our sake ? , engaged . We call upon all those localities which
are not already at work , to be up and stirring ; to appoint demonstration committees , and to open subscriptions , that pur enemies may see that the working men are determined to do honour to euch patriots as , having espoused our cause , still adhere to it and its principles . Fellow Countrymen , let the forthcoming day be such an one as the sun of Heaven never shone upon—the sight of an innumerous people defying the persecution of tyrants—and convince oar enemies that it would be as easy to stop the ebbing or flowing tide , as to put down the infantine but giant Chartism .
Our motto is still—Universal Suffrage , and No Surrender I Signed on behalf of the Finsbury and Hoxton Council , J . Watts , Sub-Secretary . Madame : Laffabge . —This unhappy woman has been again prosecuted for the felonious abstraction of the diamonds of Madame Leotaud . She has been found guilty of the robbery ; but having been already sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for life , the Court could make no alteration in the punishmeut , but the restoration of the diamonds has been ordered , M . and Madame Leotaud being condemned in the exponces .
Gratuities for Chartist Purposes . —The ten pounds mentioned in a note of Mr . Cleave ' s , which we published last week , was the contribution of John Percival , Esq ., Camdea Villa , Kensington , It has been sent to Mr . Hey wood , £ 7 for the Victim Fund , and £ 3 for the sufferers of the Steveoson ' s-aquare assault .
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IMPORTANT LETTER . Toe following important letter Is from Samuel Wells , Esq ., Barrister and Omnaon Councilman of London , on the Chartist elections , more especially ibs Sunderland election : — Fire-Office , 8 th August , 1841 .
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Dear Sir , —I am much obliged by you letter , and shall be most happy to hear from Mr . J . Williams , ia the meantime I send you some eases * which nav # been decided , and which appear to me , according It your statement , to bear strongly upon Mr . Binns a cam . If yon determine to petition , / will Jind one oomsd gratuitously , Mr . Binns would , I think , b * rtiurned ; it any rate there wonld be another election ; Batlttiwk Mr . Binns wild be seated . In haste , Yours most respectfully , Sauckx , Wbi . ls . Mr . Jaa . Rohinion .
P . S . I will also draw the petition . * CIRENCESTEB CA 8 B . There being no regular demand of poll , he in whoa * favour the number of veices was first declared on tb * view , held duly elected . He who has the greatest number of voices on tlv view , elected ; unless a poll it demanded by bis competitor . ¦ ¦ ¦ If no poll is demanded , election by the view sufilcIeaV 1 Whitelock , 303 . A meeting is intended to be held at Sautferiand on . Thursday evening to consider what steps should be taken in reference to this subject
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The Risht-op a Soldier to his owjt "Kit . "At the Woolwich Police Court on Wednesday , there was a > strong muster of tho military , relative to a case to be decided by the presiding Magistrate } Mr . H . Grove , respecting the "kit" of a soldier , found in the possession of an unfortunate nymph of the pave , named Elizabeth Weeks . It appeared by the statement of Corporal Scott , of the Royal Artillery , stationed at Woolwich , that a gunner and driver , John Freer , of the regiment , had been absent since Sunday Bight last , and had made away with his " necessaries . " He had been subsequently taken , and acknowledged that he had deposited them with the prisoner at the bar ; she resided up Jacob ' s Ladder , ' High-street , and on her lodgings being searched by police-constable Wheeler , 71 R , the
articles now produced , consisting of a pair of trousers , shirt , towel , &o nearly a complete ** kit , " wer « found concealed under her bed . Mr . Grove— "Are the 'articles produced the man's own property 1 " Corporal Scott— " After he has paid for them . " Air . Grove— "Then he has a right to dispose of his own property , and I cannot assist you . " Mr . Nokes , solicitor , and the Magistrates'Clerk here imimatea that all soldiers , according to the articles of wax , were compelled to produce their " kit" complete every month on an examination of necessaries , and , if found deficient , were liablo to be punished if they could not reasonably account for them . John Freer , the gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery , stated that he had been in the regiment about teu months , and that he had taken the articles to the prisoner to take care of ; they were right , and just as he left them . The corporal mentioned to the worthy
Magistrate that the man had been punished for the military offence by having a ring placed on his arm , and confined to Barracks . Mr . Grove could not recognfze the military law as stated ; he muat look to the man ' s civil rights . What a man had paid for could not be called military stores . He had acknowledged he had placed the articles in the possession of tho prisoner , thflrefore she could not be charged with either stealing or having unlawful possession of them ; and , although the was one of an unfortunate class of individuals , she had an equal right to protection with any other person . There is ne charge against the prisoner ; the whole of the articles enumerated by tho man are produced , coasequently she is not even guilty of having mzde away with any portion of them , and she is discharged . The decision excited the astonishment of the military present , as the usual mode has been cither to fine the parties or commit them h ~ orison .
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TO THE IRISH LANDLORDS . My Lords and Gentlemen , —This we ? k , my reply to the Hon , and Rev .. Mr . Noel ' s letter occupies that space which should have been devoted to my sixth to you ; and next week the space vdU be devoted to a reply to an address of the Loyal Droj ; heda Trades Association ; so that my last letter must stand over , till the ' 28 th of August . Mean time allow me to correct a vtry silly error which appears in the following passage of my last . It runs thus : — " The straw of an acre of wheat , at five cwt . to the acre , and at 5 s . per cwt , will bo worch £ 1 5 ? . Qd . "
The passage Bhould run thus : —the straw of an acre of wheat at five hundred to the acre , and at 5 s . per hundred . The hundred means a hundred sheaves , consisting of six score to the hundred , and not five hundred weight . By the error , the straw would be made appear to be worth £ 5 a ton in Ireland , whereas , five hundred BheaveBWOuld only fetch about £ 1 5 s .-, 'and would weigh much over a toa . These errors would naturally lead to doubts , and therefore I hasten to correct them . I am my Lo r ' ' s and Gentlemen , Your obedient humble servant , Feabgus O'Connok .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct718/page/5/
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