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2 OANCHESTEB . A 2 arp » meeting of the CtJSrtist mechanics of Manchester v-35 held on Thursday evening week , in the Brovn-strcei Cbaiiist Boom , East Manchester . The meeting -was free to all trades . There were present a large number of smiths and other artisans . Jlr . JA 31 ES Disok , an intelligent mechanic ,. was called to the chair , who , after a few remarks , called upon Mr . Gejffix to read an address , of "which the under ? neath is a copy . Tteuiag the reading of tie address the working men paid njust strict and silent attention , interspersed at times -with applause , and at the conclnsien , cheers Tesoznned from all parts of the room . It was then xnoTed and seconded by two members present , an& nnanimonsiy adopted as the address of the " Chartist meetasics of Manchester to their fellow-workmen . 7 hk Ciuibsus then introduced Mr . Jame 3 Lsach to the meeting . . -
Jlr . Lkach rose and delivered an instrncUTe and argtanetititi-ve lecture , -wMcli -was responded to by the placdita of the assembly . - The following is ihe address : — TO TBS 3 IECHAS 1 CS ASD 1 B . ADES OF GHEAT "
BRITAIN . Fellow WOKE . JJES , —If ever there "was a time in the history of onr country when it was imperatively the duty of the virtnous , sober , and patriotic of all classes to aroase from their slumbers , and be alive to their own interests , surely , surely , it never was more so than at thr present . "W * -wish , in this our humble address , to call your attention to the awful and truly alarming state of our country—the cause which has produced snch aa anoms- ' lous siaVi ef things ; and propose for your consideration , what we conceive would be the best lever te lift us ont of our difficulties as a nation ; check the cause Which is bringing ruin upon us , and establish in its pls ; c a TToper remuneratien for labour ; security to
capital ; create confidence and good-will betwixt trnplojess and workmen ; give justice to all , and ipjdatice to Ec-ne ; give health and rigour to trade , bringing plenty , peace , and contentment alike to the cottage auU the palace ; ensure saltty and prosperity in the nat ' : m , and make it what itha 3 becE—namely , "the envy of surrounding nations , and the atimiiation of the world . " It vausx be evident to every penetrating mind tfeat the same csose which has brought us to our present dep 3 orable condition , if allowed to exist , will bring us lov ^ r and lower , by putting a complete stagnation td tradi : it will destroy all confidence bt-iwixt man and man ! and , bring about discontent , poverty , hunger , criiae , bloodshed , anarchy , murder , -universal ruin , and death .
To prevent such devastation and calamity requires the exertion of every true lover of himself , his wile and children , posterity and his country . Itiere are thousands of our fellow creatures bordering en a stata of actual starvation—thousands- of the real pride and prop of the nation—namely , industrious sen . iava been compelled to ierre their country , to Beet a living in another ; whilst thousands of those ¦ who are willing to work , conld they obtain it , cave been driven to the degrading alternative , eiti-er to starve , go out to beg , or go to the bastile . We see vice , pauperism , bankruptcy , wretchedness , and distress stalking forth wiih unblushing hardihood , through the Ian J . The present system is fraught with danger to the best interests of society . What , then , is the cause ?—Class legislation . From this impure fountain has sprung the upas tree of corruption , which- bus spread its withering blighting branches through the institutions of the country .
The system itself contains that which wonld prove its o- ? m destruction even if we did not interfere ; but TrhilsS the system is going to ruin , the constquenoes are tLat the people are the sufferers . "Whilst shopkeepera , publicans , and tradesmen are living upon ¦ what little capital they have created formerly , the cons&tmions of the working classes are being broken down . by grief , hunger , and starvation ; they must , as a matter of eourBe , sink deeper and deeper in privation and destitution ; more and more every week will be driven to seek relief in consequence of being thrown out of employment , which will raise the poor rates , and cause a greater demand upon property ; money ¦ will fee taken out of circulation ; cottage property will l > e ruinously depreciated in value , in consequence of the Ipevpls not being able to pay their rents , or the houses will remain empty . It will be as much as the working
classes can do to purchase even the coarsest kind of food ; to purchase furniture or clothing shortly win be entirely out of their power ; their not being able to consume high taxed artidts will rednce the revenue , and cause the Government to lay all their taxes on property , which will destroy the middle class ,, and make only two classes in society , the one very rich , and the otha . very poor . The home » aiket ia being destri-yeJ . There are many shopkeepers who are not taking sufficient to keep themselves , to say nothing of paying taxes , their shopmen ' s wages and other txpences . Landlords will have to pay the interest of money and ground rent , and this will in time ruin them ; shopmen will have to be discharged , which will throw more into the labour market ; and . the manufacturers will not be able to find » market for their goods naitw &t home nor abroad—' -then comes the crisis .
If we are to meet other nations in the same market , ire ought , in order to be successful , to have the same advantages ; instead of which we have to carry greater burdens **«• " the people of arsy , and in some instances than all the nations against which we hare commercially to CDmpete . Our National Debt is £ 158 , 960 , 000 more than the National Dsbts of Prance , Austria , Holland , Spain , Russia , Belgium , Prussia , Naples , Denmark , Grtece , Portugal , Columbia , Mexico , Brazil , Pern , Chili , and Butnoi Ayres pot together . Our State Church costs £ 500 , 000 per annum more than all the State Churches of the world . Onr Queen receives more in one year than would pay the American President for more than one hundred and fifty yean . The artisans of some of the above countries are taxed per head , not more
th&n twelve shillings , whilst in this country , the taxation per head is more than £ 3 10 s . per aannm . Oar capital , skill , machinery , and aruzans have gone into countries which we formerly famished with onr manufactures . In America many of the mills , indeed most of them are worfed by water power ; the same power which would cos * only £ 3 10 s . by water there , would cost the English manufacturer £ 12 10 s . in steam . We have to go into those countries to fetch the cotton , bear the expence of carriage , and run all risk , manufacture it into goods , and then pay the expence of carriage , shipping , < fee- back , whilst they , out competitors , have the water , the cotton machinery , plenty of good land , light taxation , plenty of coal and iron , as good English arti-Z 3 Z 3 as we have , and a market under their noses .
Here , than , are the odds against us ; from this yon may predict our inevitable ruin . What is the remedy ? Tradfes Unions ? No , they have been tried and found wanting , a ^ d hav e csused ill-feeling betwixt master and man , and driven each to great sacrifices , and always injurious te society at large . Repeal the law of primogeniture , that would only be one bad law , which is only an effect of class legislation . Repeal the poor law , the rural police law , the game law , the money , or the corn Uw , or any one single law on the Statute Book , and ' . eave the root of the evil untouched , and you will be only dabbling with the effects of class legislation i The tree is known by its fruits ; evil fruit ever will spring from class legislation . It is a violation of the natural rights of man , and based upon a wicked system of injustice to the excluded . We must go to the root of the evQ ; we must have an organic change ; we must open wider the doors cf representation , and give justice to all , and render injustice to
none . Oar plan , our remedy , our cure , our panacea , is the Peopled Charter , without appendage , unmutilated either in details or name ; and we are determined to agitate for tiist , and . that alone , until it is made " into a legislature enactment . Jn this resolve we have already the co-operation of the working men of upwards of four hundred towns , who are members ofthe National Charter Association—many of the middle class and shopkeepers , an ¦; trades , besides men of the most sterling patriotism and transcendent abilities . Thousands sure joining 6 V € ij Wct . k ; and almost every , oihtr agitation has Dbar ' y verged into that of the Charter , believing that to t > e th-s only safe guard to keep the vessel from sinking , Aa the first grand point of our Charter , we advocate Universal Suffrage liable to the following conditions : —
" That the voter should be a male , twenty-one yeara of age , of sound micd , unconvicted of crime , not guilty of personation , bribery , er forgery of election certificates , and can prove a three months' residence as a householder or lodger . " The above ia the Universal Suffrage of the Charter ; a suffrage for the virtuous only , from which the perfidions traitor to his countiya rijrhts would be excluded ; a suffrage discriminating , equitable , and just , founded on natural law and first principles . God and nature not having made any difference in our coming into the world and going out of the world , there ought not to be any distinction , politically speaking , in onr voyage through the world . If any portion of the community are entitled to their birth-right , and ought to enjoy it , sure-y those who produce everything valuable in society ought not to be excluded .
Tote by Ballot we advocate , deeming it the only safeguard of tlie poor bnt conaeisntioas voter—bis only protection againit bribery , corruption , and intimidation : but ve resist the Ballot without the Suffrage as useless and insufficient , upon the same principle that we would a acabbard without a sword . We advocate for Annual Parliaments , because they would preserve mere closely the connection between the elector and the representative , prevent bad government arising from corrupt Ministers , and Senators troubled with short memories and truckling principles ; and because the first principle of the Charter cannot be properly and honestly carried oat without it . If a man come of age just after an electien under Triennial Parliaments , he would have to remain nearly three years before he could be made a freeman and exercise the privilege of voting .
We advocate for Equal Representation , a « by its introduction the constituencies , in some cases so dis proportionately nnmereus , would be reduced ; in others bo diminutive would be multiplied , so that Harwich with its 159 electors would not send aa equal number of Members to Parliament with the thousand * of Westminfter , Ac .
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We advocate the No Property Qualification tor Members of Parliament , on the principle that it is neither the extent of a man ' s acres nor the depth of his purse that qualifies him for a legislator ; but that political integrity , mental intelligence , moral superior ity , and unwavering consistency . In patristic devotion to our commen conntry , form infinitely more important , nay , indispensable qualifications for the senator and the statesman . Payment of members we think necessary under the operation of & No Property Qualification Parliament , as the most efficient guarantee for the faithfulness and integrity of the representative .
These , then , are our political principles . They are abstractedly juBt ; they partake of the eternity of troth and the stability © f the immutable . No contrivance , no sbxffilng , no threats will ever induce us to forsake them ; the only way to lead us from this is , by fair discussion , to show that they are contrary to truth , not our rights , and also impracticeble . We believe that though the country is in an awful state , those principles will , if adopted , prove a remedy . There aT 6 sufficient elements and materials in Great Britain to make the people happy , comfortable , prosperous , and free . Under a just government every human being might be put in possession of a good educatien , good clothing , good food , and good shelter ; the government knowing this , and having the opportunity to carry it out , and not doing it onght not to be tolerated , but immediately reformed .
i Our past Government has not secured those neces-; saries to the pe&ple ; asd the present , we believe , will ¦ not ; hence it is that we appeal for your assistance to do \ it for eurselvas ; or , in other words , te obtain the power , to elect a Government who will be pledged to do tLe . people justice . I Brother mechanics , we call upon you as you love j yourselves , as men who wish to be free , as you detest i slavery and bondage , to show your affection for your i wives and children , as you wish to show your attach-| ment to liberty , to come forward , convene your meetr ings as early as possible , and join the National Charter I Association . Follow the noble ex-anple set by a few ( of the trades of Manchester , that is , tbe joinett , Biniths , ¦ fustian cutters , painters , boiler makers , aDd shoe-; makers ; be not last in the field . Remember , that it : Wiis more owing to tae determination and spirit in 1 which the trades in particular demanned t ' e Reform
; Bill that it was passed . Bear in mind , that if you ao not ; alter the system it will destroy you , and you will ] bequeath slavery ts posterity ! The National ' Charter Association is strictly legal . Aronse , ami , put your shoulders to the wheel ; enrol yourl selves , and extend the Association . Ba firm ; i sober , united , and persevering , and we must tuc-, ceed . Let liberty be onr motto ; und be determine' ] to gain it The factions—the enemies to your interests dread you , the trades , most When the trades of Great Britain unitedly declare for the Charter in a voice not to be misunderstood , 5 t will be gained ; and then you live in tbe sunshine of freedom , bask in the shades of plenty , and rejoice in the success of your exertions , your homes stored with the good things which nature sends so plentifully , your children and posterity will hold yon in lattinr remembrance for good fathers , good husbands , and brothers .
That yon may come forward and lend an helping hand , by joining tbe Association , which is destined to break the neck of tyranny , oppression , and injustice , and be the salvation of yourselves aud country , is the sincere wish of Your fellow-workmen , The Chartist Mechanics of Manchester . Signed , on behalf of the Mechanics , in public meeting assembled , James Dixos , Chairman . -June 30 , 1842 .
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THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECU-- TIVE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , FROM APRIL . THE 8 ih , UNTIL JULY THE 2 nd , INCLUSIVE . RECEIPTS . No . of Plain Cards . P . C . E . C . £ s . d . 48 Astley 0 7 7 39 Accrington ... ... 0 6 6 100 Aberdare ... ... 2 0 0 Almondbnry ... ... 0 2 7 Aitkep , per profits of
Chartist Beverage ... ... 0 3 0 100 Bolton ... ... ... 0 0 0 100 Bradford , Yorkshire ... 3 4 4 100 Barosley ... ... 0 16 " 8 150 Bishop Wearmouth ... 0 0 0 500 cards lost , Bilston ... 0 0 0 84 Bury ... ... ... 0 15 8 100 Birmingham ~ ... 0 13 4 Batley ... ... ... 07 6 'SO Burnley ... ... ... 000 60 Brighton ... ... 19 0 Do . per a Friend . t . ... 010 100 Blackburn 0 16 8 200 Bristol ... ... ... 0 10 0 100 Belper ... ... ... 0 0 0
50 Bury St , Edmnuds .. 000 70 Barnoldswick ... ... 0 0 0 . 100 Bath , per Niones ... 0 0 0 Berry Brow ... . „ 0 3 5 Chelmsford ... ... 0 5 6 100 Clitbero ... ... 0 16 8 50 Congleton ... ... 000 13 Cambridge - ... ... 0 0 0 ' 40 Colne ... ... 0 3 4 60 Cockennonth ... ... 0 0 0 804 11 Coalbrook Bale 12 10 40 Compstall Bridge ... ... 0 0 0 60 Connor , Charles ... 0 10 0 30 CratjVale ... ... 0 11 3 100 Coventry ... ... 0 16 8 Crow and Tyrell's Chartist
Beverage ... ... 14 0 0 Duckenfield ~ ... ... 0 5 0 120 . Dewsbury ... ... 1 16 0 Dalton ... ... 1 5 0 24 Eccles ... ... ... 0 4 0 25 Exeter ... ... ... 0 0 0 50 Failsworth ... ... 0 8 4 Friend ... ... ... 0 1 0 36 Gloucester ... ... 0 0 0 50 Glossop ... ... ... 1 4 6 i Harleston ... ... 0 3 3 " 100 HuddeTsfield 14 2 60 Howden ... ... ... 0 0 0 200 Hull ... ... ... 000 35 Hebden Bridge ... — 1 17 6 Halifax ... 2 3 3
12 Hanley-upper , Richards ... 0 0 0 50 HoDley , near Huddersfield ... 0 lf > 2 42 Heywood ... ... 0 7 » 50 Hazle Grove ... ... 0 4 ft 50 Haslingden ... ... 0 0 o 23 Hooley Hill 0 3 10 Hindley Females ... ... 0 lo 0 6 Haworth ... ... 0 1 ( i 20 Ipswich ... ... 000 20 Kendal 0 0 0 Kirkheaton 0 14 1107 6 London delegate council , 55 , Old Bailey , per Wheeler 4 7 G per Lefevere ... ... 0 5 o 50 Tower Hamlets , per Drake 0 18 1 » 50 Marylebone , per Nagle ... 0 0 0 Tailors , Three Crowns ,
Richmond-si . ... 0 5 6 Lambeth , per Rogeis ... 1 0 0 Bermondsey ... ... 0 2 6 1000 per Cleave ... ... 4 3 4 6 Shoemakers , per Starl ... 0 i 0 Bootmakers , per Wilkins 0 2 0 p ? r Parker 0 5 0 Ladies' Shoemakers ... 0 5 6 City Ladies' Shoemakers 0 3 4 Tailors per Dobell ... 0 6 0 per Watts ... 0 5 0 Tower Hamlets shoemakers per Sadler ... ... 0 4 0 Tower Hamlets , per Treadwell ... ... ... 0 5 0 Teetotallers , Lambeth , per
Graham ... ... 0 10 0 London , Gold Beaters'Arms St . Pancras , per Bird 0 10 0 900 Leicester , per Cooper ... 3 6 S 50 _ Ditto , per Markfaam ... 0 4 2 25 Lynn Regis ... ... 0 U 2 32 j ^ o n » Buckley ... ... 0 < J 3 SO 12 Liverpool ... ... 0 0 < i 100 2 Longhborougb ; ... ... 0 ) 5 8 Lambly ... ... ... 0 1 8 240 Longtun ... ... ... 1 o o Ditto , females ... ... 0 3 0 40 Luddenden ... ... 0 6 3 London , Chelsea ... ... 0 ID 0 Lepton ... ... ... 0 5 10 20 Lewes ... ... ... 0 3 4 20 Llanlidoes ... ... 0 0 •; 20 Lane-side , in Wads worth ... 0 3 4 Leigh , per Cook ... ... b 9 o
Middleton ... ... 0 7 6 12 Miles Platting 0 12 0 12 Moseley ... ... ... 1 3 4 Mottram ... ... 0 8 7 h 200 ( 200 lost ) Mertbyr Tydvil ... 3 13 4 ~ Midgley ... ... ... 0 6 o Mjtholmroyd ... ... 0 4 6 Mirenden ... ... 0 6 1 IA 296 Manchester Carpenters' Hall 113 4 72 . „ Carpenters and ¦ Joiners ... ... 0 15 8 80 „ Fustian Cutters 0 0 o 100 „ Mechanics ... 0 8 2 50 „ Smiths ... 0 0 0 20 „ Painters ... 0 0 0 20 „ Tailora &
shoemakers ... ... 0 13 4 Milnrow ... ... ... 0 5 0 Monntsorrel ... ... 0 5 0 30 Monmouth 0 0 o Mansfield 0 15 0 Nottingham , per Sweet ... 0 8 0
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The FOLLOWING comes from New York : — " Are you foad of novel ? , Mr . Jones 1 " " Yery , " responded the interrogated gentleman , V ? ho wished to be thought by the lad y questioner a lover of literature . " Have yon , " continued the inquisitive lady , " ever read Jen Thousand a Year ? " "No , Madam ; I never read so many novels in all my life . Alahmikg Accident at Bbighton . —On Saturday night , about nine o ' clock , the neighbourhood of the Motitptliier-road was thrown into great consternation b y a loud report . Several persons rushed ont of their houses to ascertain the cause * when they
discovered it arose from the falling of a mansion recently erected by Mr . George Cheeseman , and nearly finished . It appears that another builder commenced digging a foundation for an adjoining house , which he dug below Mr . Cheesemau s , and by so doing has caused its total destruction , the whole of the roof , the various floors and front wall down to the kitchens , being one heap of ruins . A number of men engaged in finishing the house had providentially left an hour before tbe accident took place . Scaffolding was erected to keep the public off , as the next house is in a tottering condition . Brighton employs a well paid town surveyor for the protection of the public .
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THE EXECUTION OF COOPER . On Monday morning Cooper , the murderer of Daley , the policeman , was executed at the Old Bailey . The multitude assembled to witness the scene appeared to be aa great as that at tha execution of Good , and several men and women were in a sitato of intoxication , and evidently attended to enjoy the horrible exhibition . . The Rev . Mr . Carver , who has been in constant attendance upon the convict since the Sheriffs intimated that the execution should take place at a stated time , sat with him during the greater part of tbe evening of -. Sunday ' * and heard from him a long history of enormities , which he .-also detailed to the Sheriffs . - '¦ - ¦ . '¦ .. ' ¦' . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : :. ¦ ¦ :- : ' ' ¦ -- ' ¦ " ¦" . '
Cooper declared , without the least hesitation , that he deserved to die a -violent-. death , for he had committed not only the murder of Daley , but between twenty and thirty highway robberies . He managed to escape for a considerable tjmo , he said , by admitting no companion In his robberies , and by uniformly selling tno watches and other articles he thus obtained to the Jews , instead Of taking them to the pa wnbrofcers , whom he designated as the very worst enemies a poor thief could have . He always" appeared in o mask , and seldom met with the least resistance f rom thpae whom he attacked , but be never seriously injured any one , except on the day he committed the fatal violence for which ho was sentenced to be executed . Once ha stated , by , ' was struck by a baker at Islington , whose watch he stole , but a knock-down blow from his fist soon sfcttled the business , and the
assaulted person was glad to get away with bis life . He never appeared on the highway without baving in his possession a brace of loaded pistols , but . be never , before the day he shot Daley attempted to use them . He frequently upon going intei the company of women of the town took out bia pistols and laid them down ; mantioning , at the same time , the affair in which he had been previously engaged , but in nQ instance bad he been betrayed—a circumstance for which he could not , he said , at alt account , except by ascribing their silence to their fears of hia violence , or their disbelief of his desperate statements of the enterprise in which he bad been engaged . He told the Sheriffs that he felt greatly obliged to them for not having '" made a show' * of him on Sunday in the chapel , and assured them that he would hive opposed any attem pt to compel him to attand divine service , if they had not given orders for the exclusion of the public .
The wretched convict several times expressed , lmme diately before his execution , his abhorrence of being " hanged like a dog" before a crowd , although he knew " the choking" would give him littlo or no pain . He was greatly subdued in spirit when the exicabionee entered his eel ] and began : to pinion hiffl , and he trembled excessively as he walked aloug the passages to the place of execution . He uttered not a word after he was placed in . the hands of the hangman , but walked sioti-ly supported by that functionary and an assistant- to the platform , upon ascending which hei was saluted with yells and groans . He died without hiucb . apparent suffering . The witnesses to the execution , who were within the prison , were only the Sheriffs , the Undersheriffs , the Ordinary , thie Goveraor , the executioner , and his assistant The Sheriffs considered it to be necessary , in consequence of the misrepresentations which have frequently been made , to exclude all persons except those whose duties were immediately connected with the prison .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Friday , July U Petitions against placing the medical charitiesr' of Ireland under the regulation of the Poor Law Commissioners were presented , and also on tho subject of tfee employment of females and young children in coal mines , and complaining of taxes upon' knowledge . - Lord Cam PBEt r . stated that It was not his intention to introduce during the present session , any bill regulating the law of evidence in Scotland . After some observations on the nature of the law of evidence in Scotland , the Noble and ; Learned Lord said that he should , after a careful examination of the present law , introduce a bill . to' assimilate the law of evidence in Scotland . to that of Eneland .
The Lord Chancellor postponed the second reading of the bill for the Limitation of Action in Ireland until Friday next . A message from the Commons brought up several bills . The House then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . The Earl of Devon ' s Estate Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed ; the New South Wales JBill was read a third time , and passed ; the Stock-in-Trade Bill was read a third time , and passed ; the Manchester ; Birmingham , and Bolton Police Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed ; the Ordnance 8 ervic < s 8 Bill was read a second time , and ordered to on committed . Lord John Russell moved tbe further consideration of the report on the Bribery Bill .
The SOLiGiTOR General said that he knew that there was but one feeling with regard to the subject of the bill—namely , that the bill should be made as effective as possible . Now , in its present shape , it was impossible that it could be of any effect ; and without pointing out the defects in the bill as it now stood , he would suggest to the Noble Lord that the better course would be to refer it to a select committee , who would put it into an effective shape , which they would do in a much more satisfactory manner than by a committee of the whole housjc . After a few observations from Mr . 0 . Wood , Mr . O'Connell , and one or two other Hon . Members , the bill was re-coniniitted . Tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for going into committee of supply . Mr Walla . cE then rose to move the following resolutions , of which he had given notice , viz : —
1 . That the trades and manufactures of this country are labouring under great embarassment and difficulties . 2 . That the industrious classes are also suffering many privations and severe distress . . . , . 3 . Tbafcth'iB state of things has been gradually w } vanCing for several years paafc , and is now extending iu a most alarming degree . : - . 4 .- . That the alterations made in the Corn taws , and in the . duties © n imports and experts , coupled aa these have been with an income tax , to add nearly four millions of taxation to tnis already heavily-burthened country , cannot bo expected to afford that relief which the continually declining state of trade , and tho ¦ ¦ distressed condition of the people bo urgently require .
5 . That the welfare ( f her Majesty ' s faithful people , and the future peace and security of the country , imperativaJy demand that effectual measures shall immediately ba takeuta rescue the working classes from the priviitiuns and sufferijjija they have so long borne , with a degree of patience and fortitude which specially entitle them to the affectionate sympathy of their sovereign , and to the respect , conimiss&ratiou , and assistance of tho HoUse . - 6 . That tbtrtfoie an humble address be presented to her Majestyv praying tfaat her Majesty will be graciously pleased to refuse her consent to the prorogation
Of Parliament , until a diligent and searching inquiry Shall be institutsd into the causes of the unprecedented distress existing at present all over the kingdom ; and thereafter , until her Majesty and this House shall have been assured by her Ministers , that effectual means arg-secured to provide sustenance for theuriemployefi and their destitute families , until their sufferings shall be terminated by demand for their industry , and wagea for their labpun" ¦ The Hou Gentleman drew an affecting picture of appalling distress under which the working classes Were now labouring , and which was continually augmenting . Mr . Walker seconded the motion .
Dr . BO % vrinq affifmed that the diatreaa was daily on the increase . The present crisis was one which appealed to our feelings of benevolence and humanity , as men and Christians . They had incurred a vast expence in \ an unnecessary war iu a remote part of the world , whilst millions of starving people were asking for brend . They asked merely , for a market for their labour , but this was refused . The present atate of tibe working classes was even perilous ; and in many districts it was impossible to coUect the rates . One tenth of the population was dependent : upon charity ; and would they depart tothej * homes without sympathising with their woes ? He hoped they would not The Poor Laws and the Corn Laws can-
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not long co-exist , andif a change was dsferred be trembled for the consequeDdes . ; Mr . AOLio . NBY expressed similar sentiments , and bore testimony to the exemplary * vpatience- with which the working classes endured . their distress . Sir James Graham sympathised with the sufferings tf the people , but he deprecated the language used by Hod . Members respecting it , for it only tended -to shake public credit and aggravate the evil complained of . He traced what he considered to be the principal causes of the ^ distreas to the late financial derangements in America , the war in China , &c . He sincerely believed that a sudden change in the Corn Laws would operate adversely upon the agricultural labourers , ' ¦ and' would involve all the labourers of this country in one commoa ruin . . - ¦ . ¦ . '¦ . ' -. ' : ¦ . ¦¦¦ -. ;¦ ..- - .- .- - : ¦¦ '¦¦ - .. - ' -. -., ••;
Mr . Ward disapproved of the ambiguity of the motion of his Hon . Friend . It was useless to prolong the session unless there Was something to discuss , and Bome definite measures ( or relief should be brought before the Hvuse . The Bapportera of the Com Laws required proof of the most self-evident truths . The people did not want charity , but they wanted to exchange the produce of their labour for food . They ( the people ) wanted to be allowed to labour for their livine . No men bad a right to undertake the government of this country ^ unless they were prepared to apply a remedy to the existing distress . We should give an example to foreign countries by the adoption of enlightened views , instead of stirring up their prejudicea by our short-Bitthted policy . The people merely wished for an extension of those piinciples involved in the change of the tariff . That
great distress extsted was undeniable . Ia the town of Leeds nearly one half of the population was out of employ . ; and the unemployed people of Shefflpld were scattered over the country , and depending iippn casual relief for subsistence . Every one of these men traces the causes of his sufferings to the existing festrictiQnS or . tra < le ; and they wanted a free trade in the necessarios of life . Parlianient . could do much - for-if they did' their daty the prosperity of the manfacturers w © uld soon be restored . But they were blinking the real question when they talked of charitable subscriptions— . ( hear , hear ) . He | the Hon . Baronet ) would perhaps be obliged to open the ports before the winter ; and they wsuld not be able to grapple with the evil unless they abolished the Corn Laws , or imposed a very small fixed duty —( cheers ) .
After some observations from Mr . Blake and Mr I > 'Israeli , ¦ - . .- ¦ ; .. .. ¦ ¦" . ¦ ;¦ . ¦ - ' . :. : - . - , - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; - . Mr . Hume considered the Corn Laws and other commercial restrictions to be the principal cause of the prevailing distress . Countries whose sole exchangeable cyinmortity was corn , could not take eur i'oods ; the Americans and other countries could not deal with us , because we refused to take their corn in exchange . Mr . Attwoop opposed the motion . Lord John Russell disapptoyed of the motion of his Hon . Friend , because it suggested no remedy for the existing distress ; and he ridicaled the inconsistency of the advocates of tha new tariff , who , whilst
they admitted the principle that the redaction of the duty , on cotton , &c . would increase the consumption of these articles , yet could not see the analogy between that ' , and the introduction of foreign corn , at a fixed duty . He considered that mode of reasoning as utterly fallacious , which supposed it necessary for France , in the event of our imposing : a duty on her goods , to impose , one on burs in return . It only encouraged smuggling , and was , besides , a most illiberal and shortsighted policy ; and he would , whenever it was requisite , give hia vote for an alteration in the present Corn L » ws . The Hon . Gentleman who made the motion tonight , had not pointed out any definite remedy for the existing evil , and he must oppose it accordingly .
Sir R . Peel animadverted upon the resolution ef the Hon . Gentleman , but particularly on the one which Kfs . red to an address to her Majesty . The Hon . Gentleman had not the falrneaa to investigate his ( Sir K . Peel's ) remedy . Were the Corn Laws abolished , it would not materally diminish the distress in tke manufacturing districts ; it was the immediate consequences of improved machinery :. ¦ Mr . Gibson said , an import trade necessarily created an expert trade . Hence the fallacy of the opponents of free trade . Then , what was m « re reasonable than to
institute an inquiry ? If he Bbrunk from the question merely on account of the wording of the resolution , he should be laughed at , and it would be considered merely as an excuse to shrink from inquiry . They ( the manufactureM ) only asked for leave to exercise their industry , but tho agriculturists came to the House to demand that other people ' s industry should be checked for their benefit . He believed the Income Tax would be derived from the funds destined to maintain labour , and the end of it would be to make the labouring elasses w or 8 e than they were at present
Mr . Williams moved the adjournment of the debate tillMonday . . Agreed ' to . ' . ¦;; . ' > ¦ ¦ ., / ' ¦ ..- ¦ : - ¦ ; . ¦ . . V ' : ' . Upon a motion that the Mines and Collieries Bill be read a third time , an adjournment of the debate was proposed , upon which the House divided . ^ -For the taird reading , sixty two ; for the adjoornment , sixteen-V ' ¦ . . . ¦ . ¦¦ . " : ; " - : ; : ' •'¦ - " " ; ' ¦ - - . ¦'¦ ' . . ' . , ' ¦¦ . . ¦ ' On returning te the gallery the House waa again divided on the question of adjournment , which was again negatived by forty eight to six . The bill was then read a third time . Mr . Gladstone gave notice of his intention to bring in a Bill on Monday relating to the linen trade of Ireland . ¦¦ . '¦ . - . ' : : ¦ ' - ••¦ ¦ : ' . ¦ ¦' ¦¦ '¦'" ¦¦ . ¦ : ' .. ¦ " ' . '¦ ¦ \ - - " ..
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' From the London Gazette of Friday , July 1 . BANKRUPTS . George Chalk , Castelnan , Barnes , Surrey , and Broadway , Hammersmith , builder , to surrender July 11 , Aug . 12 , at two o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Carlon and Co ., Chancery-line ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghall-street . Matthew Foster , Crosby-hall-chambers and Hackney , merchant ; July 8 , at twelve o ' clock . Ang . 12 , atone , at the Bankrupts * Court Solicitors , Messrs . Webb , Albany , Piccadilly ; official assignee , Mr . Johnaon , Baainghallstreet . ' : ; ;¦ - ¦ : ¦"' : ¦;; ' . " . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ' •¦ : •' .. ¦ ' ' -: ' .
Joseph Clay , Dewsbury , Yorkshire , draper , July 12 , at three o'clock , August 12 , at twelve o'clock , at the Bankrupts' Conrt . Solicitor , Mr . Ashurst , Cheapside , official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-streetbuildings . . : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' - . . " - ' . ¦ ¦' . ¦ . ' - .. ' . : - : - , . ;¦•;• ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦' ; : . ; "'¦ Daniel Howard , Swallow-street , Regent-street , vietnaller , July il , at one o'clock , August 12 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ? ' Court . Soliciter , Mr . Hblmeti Bridgestreet , South wark ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basiughall-street . T Anthony William Gorges Dow and William Richmond ,. Liverpool , vinegar-manufactnTers , July 12 , August 12 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms ; Liverpool . Solicitori , Messrs . Sharpe , Fields and Jackson , Bedford-ioyf ; and Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool . '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' .-- ¦ : ¦ ; - . ' ; . : " . '
Daniel Wade Acraman , William Edward Acrainan , and Alfred John Acraman , William Morgan , Thomas Holroyd , and James Nprroway Frankiyh , Bristol , ship-builders , July 19 , August 12 , at two o'clock , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol ; Solicitors , Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , Middle Temple ; and Mr . Haberfield , Bristol . . . - ; . ' -,: ¦ . - . ¦ -. ; : v- / ., [ - / . . - . : ; :- ¦ ¦ ¦ . / ; ( . George Frederick Eaitclough , Liverpool , moneyscriveuer , July 13 , August 12 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpooi . Solicitors , Messrs Norn ' s , Allen , and Simpson , Bartlett ' 8-bulldings , Holborn ; aid Mr . Worris , Liverpool . Thomas iugdale , Mancbester , grocer , July 18 , at eleven o'clock , August 12 , at . three , at the Commis-8 ioners' -rooms , Manchester . Solicitprs , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall . Teinple ; and Mr . Hitchc > cfc , Manchester . : - ¦
G « orge Sargent , Battle . Sussex , Iinen « draper , JuTy 12 . August 12 , afc eleven o ' clock , at the Gaorge Ian , Battle . ; Solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Fridaystreet Cheapside . ' . . .. ¦•'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" . •'¦ ¦ : ¦¦¦' ; ., '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ Joseph Layton , Leeds , fruit-merchaht , July 13 , atone o ' clock , August 12 , at twelve o ' clock ,, at the GommiBsioaera' -tooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs / Brown ; Marten , and Thomas , Mincing-lane ; and Messrs . Payne , Eddison , and Ford , Leeds . Anthony Colling wood , Stoke-upon-Trent , maltateri July 14 , August 12 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Eagle Inn , Stoke-upon-Trent . Solicitors , Mr . Dean , Essexstreet , Strand ; and Mr , Warrilow , Longton Potteries , Staffordshirfi . - ¦ ¦ ¦
John Spark Aird , East HerringtoD , Duihain , cattlesalesman , July 20 , at twel ve o ' clock , August 12 , at eleven , at the Bridge Hotel , Sunderland . Solicitors , Messrs . MeggisoD , Pringle , aud Cp ; , King's-Toad , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Kidson and Son , Sunderiand . PARTNEESHrPS DTSSQLYED . Simpson and Newell , Bradford , Yorkshire , linendrapers . J . and Ty . JJ . Moore , Liverpool , ^ Montreal , and Quebec ,: merchant ? . Gardner , Cranksbaw , and Co ., P / eston , Lancashire , cotton-aplnners , as far ss regards W . Crankshaw , jun . Gisborne and Wilsons , Manchester and London , calico-printers ; aa far as regards H . Pi Gishorne . J . W « gl ® y ^ d Son , BridgB-haU-raHls , near Bury , and Manchester and Budge-row , London , paper-mauufacturers ; as far as regards J . Wtigley , aen . Rooke and Hunter , Manchester , and Run : orn and Wincham , ; Cheshire , manufacturing cbymiste .
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From the Gazette o /[ Tuesday , July 5 . ¦ - ¦ < . ¦ - : , A .. ,.. ' ¦[ .... . BANKBOPTS . ¦ . ; . " . ' . . ¦ ¦' .: ' % " ' J , John Smith , miller , Haselor , Warwickshff ? . James ' Jobjison , quilling mannfactuiet , Manoh { ai ^ er . George Hawley , coal ^ morchant , Goole . YorltBh'rj . George Renuoldson , miller , South Shields Richard 'Foster Watkinson and- William Hft •' s ^ , woollen cloth merchants , Huddersfield . Thpinaa ABpinall , worsted spinner , Halifax , Torkshire , " ¦ - ; ' .. ¦ : - ; ¦ ¦ "¦ •' .. ¦• ' : ' . ¦¦ : ¦ - " . '' . ..: ''¦ . ' John Robinson , commission merchant , Dondalfc Loath . ¦' . v . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦' ¦ r- ' . ' i •¦ >\ '¦ ' ¦ ¦ :- ' -V- : '' - . v- '' --:-: ; : " ' :. ' - Robert Hentig , merchant , Kingston-upen-HulI . ' / ' ¦ Edward Poore , stationer , Bampioa , Devonabite .
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_ 6 THE NORTHERN STAR . _______ ^ -- ^^ i ^_^
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P . C . E . C . £ S . d . 100 8 Northampton .... ... 1 5 11 50 Newport , Monmouthshire ... 0 0 0 60 Newca 8 tle-on-Tyne , per Sinclair .,. ... ... 0 10 0 Newport , f ale of Wight ... 040 Nottingham , Rancliffe Arms 0 8 0 60 New Mills . . , .... 0 0 0 12 Northampton , ( shoemakers ) 0 2 " . 0 Nixon , John ... ... 0 16 50 Oxford ... ... ... 1 14 10 Ovenden ... ... ... 0 : 7 1 Oldham , per Haslem , profits of Pmder ' s blacking ... 0 7 4 40 Openshaw ... ... 0 8 4
50 Preston Youths ... ... 080 80 Preston ... ... ... O 7 6 Portsmouth ... ... 0 10 10 Pilton , near Barnstaple ... 0 8 G Prescott ... ... ... 0 4 6 18 Pilkington ... ... 0 3 0 Queenshead ... ... 0 8 6 8 Redmth ... ... ... 0 6 6 100 Rochdale ... ... 2 0 0 Ditto F . 0 3 6 Rooden Lane ... ... 0 5 4 Ditto per Grimshaw ... 0 2 6 Rippondcn ... ... 1 0 6 J 17 Ratoliffe Bridge ... ... 0 2 10 1 Rotherham ... ... 0 0 6
40 Roy ton ... ... ... 0 0 0 Republican of Lancashire ... 0 1 0 60 Ramsbottom ... ... 0 13 0 1 Peter Rogers , Esq ., Ivy-hill , near Chelmsford ... 1 0 0 1 Reynolds , Esq . Sheen Vale 0 5 0 120 1 Stockport ... ... 1 0 6 Salisbury ... ... 0 7 6 Sowerby ... ... ... 1 13 8 Slar Office 10 2 U 98 Salford ... ... ... 0 10 0 " 100 Stalybrid ^ e ... ... 0 18 10 50 1 Stockport Youths ... 0 18 10 280 Sheffield Pi « Tree-lane ... 0 0 0 2 Diuo Harney ... ... 0 1 0
Ditto W Y X ... ... 0 2 0 100 Political Instimte ... 0 0 0 12 6 Salford YouthB 0 5 0 24 Scroudwaier ... ... 0 00 50 Shrewsbury ... ... 0 8 4 90 Sunny Side ... ... 000 20 Shutford ... ... 0 7 7 oO 20 Todmorden ... ... 5 1 3 h 18 Tavistock ... ... 0 0 0 " 100 Tunstall ... ... 0 0 0 25 Twine-in-Wadsworth ... 0 11 11 6 Vintnor ... ... ... 0 1 0 29 Worcester ... ... 0 0 10 60 Wigton ... ... ... 0 0 0 Wad-vronh-row ... ... 0 12 1 Warley Lower 0 12 8 A
40 Warley Upper 0 10 0 120 Wolverhampton ... ... 0 0 0 10 West Auckland 0 0 0 50 Whjan Cards , best ... 0 0 0 Wotton-under-Edge ... D 0 0 Yew Green ... ... 0 3 1 200 Linney 0 0 0 100 Bell ... 0 0 0 150 Doyle ... ... ... 0 0 0 Shelton , Simpson ... ... 0 10 0 62 1 Whitford , near Holywell ... 0 6 3 M'Quade 0 0 6 Thnrstonland ... ... 0 17 Manchester , Brown-street ... 0 5 0 Leoa ... ... ... 0 5 0 London , Ship and Blue Coat
Boy ... 05 0 London , Ridley ' s Income Tax ... ... ... 0 2 0 Sheepshead ... ... 0 8 4 London , Maynard ... 0 2 6 Profits on Blacking , per Willis ... ... 0 G 6 Warminster ... ... 0 1 4 Melksham ... ... 0 1 6 Westbury 0 18 Deverils 0 6 0 Trowbridge ... ... 0 8 4 Stranger 0 0 6 Can ' t recollect ... ... 0 2 0 London , per Warren ... 0 10 0 Kingswood Hill > 0 6 0 Per Norbury ... ... 0 10 My ; bolmroyd 0 12 0
11230 93 Total receipts ... £ 120 16 10 Total expenses ... 117 19 5 .
Balance in hand ... 2 17 44 Audited and found correct by us , John Milleb . Richard Littles . June 29 th , 1842 .
EXPENCES . £ s d April 8 th . Due to Treasurer ... ... 19 1 4 i M'Douall one week ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Agitaiing expenccs - 0 10 0 Leach ' s wages ... ... 1 10 0 Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 Leach ' s agitating expences ... 0 10 0 Philp's wages 1 10 0 Ditto postage 0 10 6 William ' s wages 1 5 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 9 8 Stationery 0 3 . 0 Postage-Mr . M'Douall ... 0 10 0 — 30 th Postage 0 5 1 Stationery 0 3 0
May 9 ih Postage ... 0 7 4 Stationery ... ... ... 0 4 6 Secretary ' s two week's wages 4 0 0 Coach fare from London ... 200 14 th Postage ... ... ... 1 6 10 Stationery ... 0 15 0 To printing 5000 plain cards 5 10 0 Ditto 300 enamelled ditto 2 8 0 M * Douall one week ' s wages 1 10 0 Agitating expences ... ... 0 10 0 Leach ' s wages 1 10 0 Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 21 st Postage ... ... ... 0 19 3 Stationery ... ... ... 0 4 6 To printing 500 plain cards ... -0-11 : 0 To a file of Northern Stars for
one year ... 0 15 8 Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 M'Douall's wages ... ... 1 10 0 Agitating expences 0 10 0 Leach's wages 1 10 0 28 h Postage 13 7 Stationery ... 0 7 6 Philp , three week ' s wages ... 4 10 0 L ^ ach , one week ' s wages ... 1 10 0 M \ pouill , one week ' s wages 1 10 0 Agitating expences . ... 0 10 0 Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 Juue 3 rd Postage 0 8 8 Stationery ... 0 7 8 Philp ' s wages ... ... ... 1 10 0
To 3 : 0 U 0 cards printing ... 3 6 0 Secretary's wages 2 0 0 M'Douall ' s wages ... ... 1 10 0 Agitating expences 0 10 0 Leacli's wages ... ... ... 1 10 0 Jane 10 th Postage ... 1 13 8 Stationery ... 0 9 0 Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 M'DoualFs wages 110 0 Agitating expences ... ... 0 10 0 Leach's wagea ... ... ... 1 10 0 Philp ' s wages 1 10 0 18 ih Postage ... 0 7 7 Stationery ... 0 3 0 To printing 1 , 000 cards ... 12 0 Secretary ' s wa ^ es . 2 0 0 M'Douali's wages ... ... 1 10 0
Aguatiug expences ... ... 0 10 0 Philp ' s wages 1 10 0 Leach's wages 1 10 0 2 o : h Postage 11 5 Stationery ... 0 6 0 Leach's wages ... 1 10 0 Agitating expences 0 10 0 M'pouali ' s wages 110 0 Agitating ; expences ... ... 0 10 0 Secretary ' s wage 3 ... ... 2 0 0 Coach fare 0 12 0 Philp's wages 1 10 0 July ' 2 nd Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 Philp ' s wa ^ es ... ... ... 1 10 0 irpouail ' b wages - 1 10 0 AtUJittikg expences 0 10 0 Leach ' s wages ... 1 JO 0 To printing 1 , 000 plain cards ... 12 0 Total expences £ 117 19 5 ;
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TO THE CHARTISTS QFOREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , —You have now the balance sheet fairly before you . Any person who will glance a moment at the amount of cards latued , and tbe receipts , will see that there la upwards of £ 50 owing to the Executive for * -cards . ' . I send to the country a list of Buch towns as have not contributed any thing during the last three month ? . Several places have lately joinod , and consequently , cannot be expected to do much yet . I am aware that parties feel aggrieved if I allude to those places that have supported the Exifcutive well tbis I cannot help . I will here put a fair question : — Suppose every place had acted as Todmorden ; aa tba Halifax . Hebden Bridge , Bradford , and Huddersfleld Districts / in Yorkthire ; as Rochdale and Mossley in
LancsBbire ; aa Merthyr Tydvll , in Wales , and some few other places , what would be our position now ? Wby , that instead of being hardly able to call the n ew Executive together , as is the case , we could eraploy twenty agitators to go into the agricultural districts to arouse the whole of our labouring population . It is true Hiuch has been done , and much is doing . It is true that Doyle , West , Jones , and the local agitators have spread our principles far and wide in Yorkshire ; Cockburn ,, in- " the Newcastle district ; Williams , in Durham and Sunderland ' , in Lancashire , Bell , Iieach , Cartlidge , Duffy * Brophy , Dixon , Littler . Robert ? , Clark , and a host of others , meet the enemy in any direction he may choose to appear ; bsiffls and destroy him . Harney , Bairutow , Cooper , Harrison , Taylor ,
Sweet , and others , have worked wonders in the Midlands ^ Richards , and the good men of the Potteries have carried Chartism into almost every hamlet in their district Linney is doing bia share of the work , in Bilston . Mason and White in the Birmingham district Mogg and pbil' -V are extending it into the remotest parts of Shropshire . Ridley , Wheeler Parker , Maynard , Stailwood , and a host of others , too nunierous to roention , have made greater progress in forwarding Chartism in the Metropolis , than was ever done before . W illiams and Simeon , in Wales ; whilst Beesley has carried it into the hills of Cumberland . Noyr what does all this tend to ? Wby just this , that in despite of poverty ; threats , loss of employment , spies , : petv secutions , and prosecutions , In all cases where our opinions could fairly fee brought forth and publicly tested , thoy have been approved of ; but let us not be so
foolish as to imagine tbat 400 places are enough to be enrolled under our sacred banner ; or that 50 , 000 members are sufficient to be united together . No , no ; that wont do ; we must have 2000 places incorporated , and 1 , 000 , 000 men united . Let us ho longer be apathetic—let us no lorigar lay tae fluttering unction to our souls that we are te obtain liberty easy . If we are to secure the great object we' have in view , we must struggle unceasingly for its attainment . Let us be resolved to send mend into Cumberland , Westmoreland , Northumberland , and Durham . Let every place where there is a good association imitate the noble example set by tbe General Council that assembles monthlyJn Manchester to employ the county locturer , and transact the oth ^ r business in connection with the county-r namely , to assist those places that have no Associations to open one in each place .
The C-uncil immediately despatched their lecturer , Mr . William Bell , into the more southern parts of Lancashire . The consequence was that in a fortnight he extended the Association to five fresh places , besides visiting several that were before incorporated in the National Charter Association . Mr . Bell immediately furnished me with the name of the sub-Secretary in each place , ; gave them instructions how to correspond with me , and otherwise how to act . Every authorised lecturer ought always to have cards with him , and ought to induce as many places to join us as possible , and send me word whenever a new place becomes united , with the name of the eub * Secretary .. - ¦ ' . ....-. ¦' : \ •¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ~ \ ¦ v . '
See the field that is open before us . The names of the following counties are hardly ever heard tell of : — Hereford , Hertford , Bedford , Kent , Surrey , ^ Easex , Middlesex , Devon , Cornwall , Gloucester , Worcester , Glamorgan , Flint , Cardigan , Montgomery , Carnarvon , Buckingham , Berks * JJorset , Huntingdon , Lincoln * Oxford , Somerset , Southampton , Suffolk , Cambridge ; Daubigb , Anglesea , Hants , Pembroke , Ac . ic ttc Have these counties been sufficiently agitated ? Are the population sufficiently alive to their interests , rights , and wrongs ? N o ; nay more . Are the two great Chartist counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire sufficiently agitated ? No , I unhesitatingly answer , no ; and yet some men seem to imagine they are . * However Messrs . Doyle , West , Duffy , Bropby , Leach , Beesley , Cartlidge , Bell ,
Campbell , Bailey , Littler , and others , can give positive answers on that head . It ib very tine that aome places are sufficiently so , but those few do not compose even the majority . For the safee of the cause , for our own sakes , for the love we bear our faniilies , and by out hopes of happiness in the next world , I implore of you to unite as one man to save our country from ruin . Let you , who are comparatively well off , boldly declare for justice for all . Look at the poor emaciated creatures who are almost driven to frenzy by the atrocious enactments of Whig and Tory . No secrecy of any kind—we are really becoming powerful . No other political party can move outside of the House of Commons , except
ouraelyea . Let us avoid the tiftinmels of the law . Let every man read Mr . Parker ' s letter in last Saturday's Star . Expel Bpies from amongst you . Avoid disunion ; and above all , swear on the altar of your country , you are determined to be free . Imitate the noble example set by the fustian cutters , carpentersi joiners , / mechanics , boiler makers , smiths , and boot makers ef Manchester , who have boldly declared for the principles of the People ' s Chatter , and who have already joined the National Charter Association . I remain ; 1 Your brother democrat , John Campbell .
Salford , CoTporation-street , June 29 , 1842 . P . S . The following is the list of towns which I have above referred to ;—A 8 btou Kidderminster Arnold Leeds Abtrgavenny I London City Bishop Auckland Lancaster Banbury , Liversedge Bacup Market Weighton Birmingham , ( Steelhouse- Morley
lane ) Manchester Bristol Youths Macclesfield Bath ) ftiillboUom Bromsgrove Newport , Salop Bingley , Norwich Burtoa-on-Trent Newton Heath Boston Naueafron Bridport Northwich Bristol Trades Newcastle-on-Tyne Bideford Oldham Chowbent Plymouth Canterbury Penzance Cberley Ryde Cardifif Reading Cheltenham Stokesly
Colchester Sutton-in-Asbfleld Croyden , Southampton Carlisle Stockton Chester Stafford Camborne Stqurbridge Ch » kenley Sittingboume Delph Stpke-upon-Trent Dawgreen Scarborough Derby Skipton Durham fipilsby Darlastoh Stanningly Dalston Sabden Greenwich Skegby Hunslet Sbetrness Holbrooke Sbtffield Youths
Holmfirth Titerton Haruinersnutb : Thornton Holbeck Truro -., Hyson Green Ulverton Hyde ., Wortley Idle Wingate Grange Kettering Warwick iieighley Warrington . , Wtllingborough Huckualt under Huthwaite Westbury Heanor Wednesbury Denholme Wisbeach Wilsden < i Walworth West Ardsley Waleall EastArilsluy Woodhouse Pittsfotd
York Peterboroueh Yeovil Oaken Gates Yoxall Oadly Silsden Beeston Birkenuead Burslem Tonbridge ¦ . . ¦ Sodom Matlock Ettinshall Lane Bonsall Thutmaston Pontypool Wigston Winslow Whitney Shaw Broseuey Halshaw Moor Prince ' s End Chatham Willenball Malton Brockmore Knaresborough Ossett Oakbampton Bui well Totnes 3 Selby Shaftesbury SwiotOQ
Port-y-glo Tipton North Shields Overton Winchcombe Gteat . Qun Gainsborough Anstey Ousbburn Groat Glenn . Hathern Ormakirk . Bradford , Wilts Lamberhead Green Chalford WestHaughton Alfreton St . Helen ' s Newark Fiome Huoknall Torkard Calverton Beverley Armley Heckmondwicke Swansea Doncaster Monistown Hatters , London Nantwich Birstal OldBasford Littleborough Leamington Newtown , Montgomerysh . Mold , Flintshire Birmingham Youths ¦ '¦¦¦ . ' ¦' , '¦ : / ;
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. ¦ ¦ •* r + ^ - ** ++ *~*^^^* T * -r ^ Jr -ys * s <* f . . . . SoxapE— Mr . John Rees , manager of the National Provincial Bank at Devonporfc , destroyed himself on the 2 nd inst ., by cutting his throat with a razor in his bedroom at the banking-house .
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The Unemploted —We understand that there ie an immediate prospect of a considerable number of the unemployed obtaining work . The trustees of the middle district have voted £ 200 toward the expence of making the road through the Charity Workhouse grounds , from the Candlemaker-row to the head of the Meadow-walk ; the Commicsiohers of Improveraent 8 give £ 100 ; and a considerable sum is expected from the committee that takes charge Of the fHnd for the unemployed . And several other matters of lpcal improvement are spoken of , which -Wvll tend to give employment for a time . — Edinburgh Observer .
Newspaper Stamp ? and Advertisements . —Erom a return laid before the House of Commons , it appears that , since the reduction of the stamp duty on newspapers in 1837 , the number of newspapers published in the Uuited Kingdom has been nearly doubled . In 1836 " , when the stamp was four-pence for each paper , the total number of stamps ^ ssued was 35 , 576 , 056 j and , in the year ending March 31 , 1342 , it had increased to 61 , 495 , 503 . In the fprmer year the amount o duty was £ 443 , 278 , while in the latter ifwas £ 253 i 779 , showing a gradual increase
since 1837 , when the duty was £ 217 , 480 . The number of advertisements in 1836 waa 1 , 432 , 612 , and the duty £ 103 , 248 ; while in 1841 they had increased respectively .- b £ 1 , 778 , 957 , and £ 128 , 318 . The increase , in the number of stamps , issued has taken place chiefly on papers published in . Great Britain , as will be seen from the following returns : —Stamps for Irish papers in 1835 , 5 , 144 , 582 j in 1841 , 5 , 986 , 639 , English papers , for the same years , 27 , 777 , 036 , and 49 , 674 855 . Sco ^ h papers , for the same years , 2 , 654 , 438 and 5 , 388 , 079 . , . ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct761/page/6/
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