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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1841.
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UMTED STATES . Tha ColamVii steamer reached Livarpool ^ on Tuesday morning ; bringing papers irom New York to the 1 st instant , from Boston to the 3 d , and from Halifax to the 4 th . The aceouats from the United States are npon the yrholu less alarming than they haTe been . First , it is said that Mr . Clay will be specially deputed to the Conr t of St . James ' s , to attempt » settlement of the existing differences between the two counthes . Secondly , if the Con gress displays increased actmtj in preparing for the national defence , it appears to be influenced perhaps more by a sense of
the unprepared state of the country for any invasion , than by a wish for actual hostilities at We present time . The resmlar army of the United States mounts to 12 530 men , the militia to 1 , 503 , 592 ; but the latter is in posse rather than in exse . Tho navy comprises 68 ships of war , including those on the etocfcs ; 33 are in actual service—namely , 1 ship of the line , 5 frigates , 13 sloops , 4 bugs , 7 schooners , S coast-steamers , and 1 store-ship . Two steamfrix&tes are builaing at Brooklyn and Philadelphia . General Harrison ' s inaugural address is expected to be pacific . It will discourage Abolitionism . An extra session of Congress is expected to be con-T 3 ned fur M * y .
There has oeen , we are sorry to observe , another * ngry correspondence between Jlr , Forsjlh , the Foreign Secretary , and Mr . Fox , the Britisa iliniBter , respecting ' ilr . M'Leod's arrest , and other Blatters in dispute . Mr . M'Leod ' s brother has writtea a letter to the Xeir York Journal of Commerce , declaring that the accused was not present at the destruction of tho Caroline steamer , and that , from his character , it is impossible that he could have boasted of having been there . The State Maine hid ordered its civil posso to withdraw from the disputed territory , merely leaving as agent . on the . pot , to deal with trespassers .
The maintenance of ihe civil body cost the State $ 0 , 000 dollars during the past year . Commercial affairs were iu a very bad state . There was a panie in the money-market " . United States Binfc Shares , which , at the dale of the previous arrivals were quoted a * . ' 26 or 27 , had fallen as low as 16 , the last quotation at New York beiDg 17 . Toe Bites of the Bank were selling at 14 to 18 per cent discount . A bill was before Jhe Legislature of Pennsylvania for suspending tho penalties en the non-payment of the Bank ' s notei . Exchange on England was S to 8 A premium ; on Fraace , 5 22 i .
PA 5 XS . —It was reported in Paris , on Monday , that t ^ e Peers would reject tho provision for the wall of circusivalL&sioa , w&itth . s ^ aiids in the Fortifications . ' Bill as it was sent up by the Deputies . It was also reported that Lord Ponsonby would be recalied from the embassy in Turkey , to succeed Lord Auckland as Governor of India .
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FEOB OCS LOSDOS COKEESPOXDEM . Wednesday Evening , March l ~ ih . Mose Duelus 6 . —This mornicg , a " meeting " took place betw-eea Mr . Ihlion Browne and Captain iVuff , the latter of whom 5 s said to have monaliy wounded his antagonist . Tne affair arose out of a theatrical squabble last evening ; though , from the lateness of ihe hour ( six o ' clock ) , at which the intelligence reached me , I am unable to supply ** chapter and verse , " which will doubtless appear to-morrow .
St . Pitjuck s Dat . —This being St . Patrick ^ Day , the metropolis has been kept ** ail alive" by the Tarioos teetotal processions , consisting for the most part of natives of the Emerald Isle , headed by their piritual directors , and other officers of the Catholic Auxiliary Ti > tal Abstinence Associations . The Lincoln ' s Inn Fields' branch walked in procession from Craven Yard to St . Patrick ' s Chapel , in the forenoon % and the St . Maxyiebone branch held a ¦ Oiree ai TDOObald ' s Jto&d , this afternoon ; while the E * 5 t-end&rs congregated at Virginia-street Chapel ; and at fivo this afternoon , a very numerous party partook of tea and other anti-alcoholic refreshments in the Siaauard Theatre , which was fined up for the occasion .
The Cobs-Law Lkagitebs agais . —On Thursday evening last , Mr . Svduey Smith was announced to lecture on Corn-Law Repeal at the Three Tun ? , in the borough . On entering the room , which was well attended , wo could not recognise any numbers of Chartist Association ? , except Messrs . Wall and Parker ; and , moreover , a Corn-Law repealer was in the chair . The lecture consisted of the usual * chips and shaTing ? , " with a sl-lght sprinkhng ( by way of seasoning , ) of l-i E-s , Tegarding the Chanist opinions on the Corn-Law question . At the conclusion of the lecture , Mr . Wall ascended the tabie to contradict the fibbeyy which bad been indulged in ; npon whjch » skirmish lock place . A 2 earner " proposed a resolution in faxour of an unqualified
repeal of the Corn Laws ; to which Mr . wall moved as amendment , * imilar to that « arried the same afternoon a ; the Poor Law meeting , at the Crown ami Anchor , Strand . Mr . Parker seconded this amendv meat ; which was opp-ised . by several speakers on the Corn Law side , bet , on being pat to the meeting , ( which wj 3 very impartially doDe by the Caa rfEt-n ,, it was dee ' ared * -o be carried by a large majority . Kow , wiun it is considered that only two or three Chartists , at ihz most , were present , the revolt of tins meeting shows that the Universal Suffrage movement i > gaining groand with the utmost rapidity
in public estimation . The repealers did all they possibly could lo carry their motion ; one and all of them declaring themselves for the Charter , in order to obtain the votes of the meeting ia favour of the original resolution ; yet two -working men carried their unsophisticated declaration of riytes , zgzmn the opposition of the congregated tranct of "' respectlbles . " A iiUmber of police were in attendance , probably to intimidate the "amendment" party ,-but the latter Wt , re not to be caughi that way , and the waitings of the ' * leaguprs" were both " loud an 2 deep" at the hard knocks ih ? v have lately had administers d to then ; bj ihe" waole-hog men . ' '
Last evf . xisg , ( Tuesday , ) a meeting wa ? held in ' the Working Man's Chapel , D _> Head , Ber- ; noiidsey , to promote the oHj ^ cts of the Lou don Jonrnejmail's Trades' Hall Committee . "Ths plase of mjeiing is ssms miLcs distant from the centre of the mstropoH ? , and therefore was no : so well attended as could have been wi-bed ; the chapel : itself , however , is one of the moa eligible places for hoidin ;; a public meeting thai we have seen fur a long time . At balf-pa ~ i eight Mr . * Dicks was , called to the chair ; and after briefly stating the ' objects of ihe -meeting , Mr . Taperell , a delegate from tha F . S . O . C , moved , and Mr . Thomas j seconded , the first resolution : — ' ' ,
" TV . at this meeting viewg frith regret , tae -wan t of a , conxeciect and c-ntral buUuing Within the -iiiatr-opolis , accessible a ; all times to tba working class for public me * tinr 3 on n ^ iional acd local matters , without any political or fcersrian cielnsinn ; tni it is of epinioa that so long as the trades of Linden have not the means of holding ths meetings of their respective , societies in roeh a p ^ ace , that a Ej-stem of nsele > s expenditure , intemperance , and confusion must prevail , detrimental to their us » efnlnt * 3 . and calcolated to retard tie social and political adTancemeut of the labouring population . " Mr . Sherman , in an energetic speech moved , and Mr . Farren . jun ., seconded , the next resolution : —
" That this meeting earnestly recommends to th * support of ^ 11 working men , a projected London Joameymen ' s Tra < iea Hall , designed &q < 1 managed bj ' , mechanics and operatiTes of -rarious tra 4 t = s ; which i promise * the most extensive &tcomnioda . tion fox tie ' ¦ meeting of thtir respective trade and other societies j at a cheap rent ; providing for their members tbe > advantages sf a ^ itchanics' Institution on an extensiTe scale , the means of assembling to the number of 3 or 4000 person * , on reasonable terms , -when and as ofttn as j desired by tV = e labooriDg class , vr ttbeut any molestatioA , aade&rfra ? ia ihe «» rolment < rf the umrertaking , ander certain Acts of Parliament , the security of the law of the land against fraud of any kind .
In the course of hi 3 remarks , Mr . Farren said that ' at present the business of Trades' Societies in general , was le t , through the cnlpable apathy or drnnkenneis of the majority of members , to the j direction of the aristocratic and interested tew . A Trades' Hall was i ^ onght , to remove these Societies from places of meeting where the gilded barrels ! tempt the eye , a-id the jingling of glasses tempt the ' palate to an institution where the wives and iamiiies of the operatives might p&rticipaie in their ; pleasures , » nd advance their moral and social condition . They did not want a Trade * , ' Hall built by ft Parliamentary grant , because the key of the door would then be ia the hands of the money-grubbers : they sought to have an institution o their own , which shoald be "open to all , without inquiring what religion they were of , or for what it was wanted . " The urulocracy kept the working e asses
« t their looms and their anrihi during the day , so that they could not meet in the sunshine , and under the canapy of heaven ; while the law of the laud ' would not allow them to discuss their grievances in the evening , with the aid of a few torches . Those whose business it was to preach one day in the ¦ week teat they might live in idleness the other six , Asserted that tne •* l » bourer was worthy of hia hire : " that was what they preached , but their precepts did sot agree with their practice . He exhorted his bearers not to allow themselves to be any longer transferred , as the publican ' s stock-ia-trade , uocter the name of " good-will , " among the oash-tuba and punted ^ in-caeks , from one Boniface to another ; but , by a tamely and weil-direcied effort , establish , a . zaoucxaesc to future ages of thfl progress uf knowledge , and vnih it the ttmndaiion of eniigutenwi freedom . Mr . Parren was loudly cheered . A tolerable | « am was eoliecica in aid of the expanses of ths !
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meeting , and several shares in the undertaking , ( the d ? po ? it on eacu shave of £ 1 being 2 s . ) , were subscribed for , iu the vestry adjoining the place or ' meeting . Fire at the Socthamftob Railwat . —A most destructivo fire broke out on Tuesday nigh * , at the Railway Terminus , at the Nme Elms Station . The flames first broke out in the locomotive engine department . It is estimated that the property destroyed cannot exceed £ 50 , 006 . It ia probably under than over that amount . The iron turning lathes alone are valued at £ 5 , 000 . The fire
originated in the stores , where the store-keeper had taken a light to examine some casks of oil and turpentine , which were supposed to be leaking . A Epsrk fell on ^ the turpentine , which ignited iu an instant , and defied all the efforts of the men to extinguish it . It is an old adage that Misfortunes seldom come alone ; " this morning , ( Wednesday ) from some cause , not at present ascertained , the whole of the ten o ' clock train was placed in imminent danger , by the tender and two of the carriages getting off the rails . A delay of twentyfive minutes took place , but no very Berious damage wa 3 sustained .
The Petition Committee . —Last evening , the committee , ( consisting of the really hard-working and honest men , who are ornamented with ** iustian jackets and blistered hand * , ") held their usual weekly public meeting , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street ; Mr . Mills in th ; chair . Xlr . Bails ( wbo had been elected by the members of tbe Finsbwy National Charter Association , on the Sunday previous ) was added to tbe Committee , A letter from PonJypool was read , slating that tiiey had got a petition ready , signed by three thou ? aud persons , on bthalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; aud the secretary was directed to forward instructions as to the best means of obtaining its presentation to the House of Commons . A
letter from poor Carrier , ( now in Devizes murderirap , ) was also reai , relative to his treatment in gaol ; and a petition , founded upon the lotter , was ordered to be immediately got ready . Forty petitions were received from various individuals and bodies in the Metropolis , some for the Welsh martyrs , some for Mr . O'Connor , and all for the Charter . A petition was also received from Taviswck , (!!!) signed by &ix hundred and sixty six individuals , on behalf of Frost , William ? , and Jones , which was forwarded to Mr . DuKcombe for presentation to the " Commons . " A letter from Mr . Hume was read , expressing his readiness to present any petitions that might be entrusted to him .
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PATTING ON THE BELLY . LAST AND MOST GLORIOUS OF ALL THE GLORIOUS VICTORIES OF THE GLORIOUS CHARTISTS . W ? cannot give our gloriou 3 troops half glory enough . By our SECOBd edition of last week , and our fi'gt of the present , the out-posts will have learned the total defeat of the combined Whig and Tory ferces , by a mere section of the grand army _ Yes , the victory gained on Thursday last , i . v hidday , ( mind , in mid-day , ) when timo was no object to the rich oppressor , but a great one to the poor oppressed , ) should satisfy all parties of the utter hopelessness of longer deferring justice , except at a risk too hazardous to be ventured upon .
The Whigs have had their fresh-water pipes laid in all directions , and their ventilators to five tbe Emotbering faction " inside" a little freslTair from without . They have had their " Corn Law " busting-humbugs recruitingfor tho pressure without , to aid and assist the pressure within ; but that has failed . The Chartists met the combined forces of that faction , and annihilated them ; and the Times and our Great Grandmother ( for she has had another generation since she became a grand-mamma ) and all the Tories " patted poor John upon the back , " and
said , " go it Chartists ; O , you made admirable speeches , fraught with good sound common sense , on Monday night , the 1 st of March , when you smashed the Whig pressure from without ; but they were long , rambling , incoherent , and discursive , when they fell on our back ? . " How ignorant somo teachers are ! The Tories £ a d , " now let us try our hands upon our humbug out-pressure , as the other humbug has failed , and let us " pa . t JOH . VNY upon the belly . " So they get poor old Waltek to pay for tha grand room at the Crown and Anchor , the very spot still ringing with shouts
of Chartist victory—and they got Tow Du . vcoiiBE , almost the only one nncontaminated gentleman in Si . Stephen?—and they have the Coroner ready on the spot , to hoid an inquest upon th < 3 body of deceased Whigaery , and they hook in some letters from the noble Frost , whom " the . b ! oody old T : tnes , " belonging to ilr . Walter , tried to murder , having first blasted his character with the whole jury class ; and this sam-3 Mr . Walter ha ? the matchlefs effrontery to use the virines of the man whom he sought to destroy , for the serving of his own paltry piriy purposes .
Aye , aye , now we find the predictions of the banished Frost u-ed by his most implacable enemies to prove his worth and their umvorthines 3 . B ^ t the people aro wide asvake ; they know that their Tory friends are only jealous of not being the concocters of so good a measure & 3 they call the New Poor Law ; and while their leading journal is beating up for the recrniting service , their general of brigade is bagging that the dog ' s tan may be taken off at two sniga instead of OHe . Joseph Surface say ? , " Let U 3 starve them only for Sre years , instead of ten—let us do thiugs gently , and by degrees" Bui how did the geatlemen vote , and how will they now vote ?
Well , but what part did the Protean Coroner take 1 Why , he says , ' '• O , respect Mr . Walter , for h ? gave me great assistance in getting the Dorchester Labourers back . " By a parny of reasoning , then , we are not to be astonished if we find Mr . Coroner introducing Sir R- 'BE ' -t Peel to a Chartist audience , announcing th ^ i tae Right Hon . Baronet declared the justice of the East India Company paying Lord Kease £ 2000 a year , instead of the English people ,
and that he was for oiuy cutting half the dog s tail off at a time ; or , perhaps , he may introduce Jew D'Isbaeli to ns , as the patriot who made the best attack upon the government factory spy system in support of Mr . Fielder ' s motion for enquiry ; or who knows but we shall sea the resuscitated body of t ^ e deceased Daxi el paradeu I This picking OHt of ths best spots in the many-coloured zsbra , wont do ; we want healthy patriotism ; uot rank corruption with one unputrified spot upon the decaying body .
Mr . Wakley go : a nin ; , on Thursday , that he will , ere long , require somo one to speak to his own character . This running with the hare and holding with the hound wont do ; it is out of fashion . The fact is , that Waklet , Hume , and Warburton , and those who hs » ve been loudest in theii outdoor denunciation of the Wnigs , have been the very crutch upon which Whiggery has been enabled to limp to Downing-street for the last two or three years ; because O'Connell ' s support would have been nothing , if tha English people , and English principle and English opinions , had found anything
like representation in the House of Commons . Those are the ca . mp followers , who abase all and everything for aliving , while they live upon abuse . Will the two factions now stop ! The Whig 3 have tried " patting on the back ; " and the Tories have tried "patting on the belly , " till , between them , they have made poor John ' s belly and back-bone meet , and , at last , Joh * is " flat" with them , he says , " No more of your humbug ; if YOU repealed our Star ration Acts to-morrow , YOU could and wonld give us worse ones the day after , so we will now have no more of your cooking , "
O'Cojwob took a right course upon this subject . He said , " Petition , but no meetings to interfere with the flow of Chartism . " He said , " Pray for no alteration ; tell them it ie a robbery ; tell them that you will oppose every man who supports it ; tell them to cease all legislation until the people are represented . " This was the proper and necessary course for the people to pursue ; but tfce ^ e poo r gentlemen were not aware of tbe difference between petitioning against a measure , in order to exhibit
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tho full force of public * kidignatioa with regard to it , and the value of a public meeting converted iu ' . o a " whole hog" Chartist triumph . The poor old Times is furious , and out Great Granny is in fits , and old Walter has exploded of Tory damp : he kicked the bucket , and the Coroner took him off to the " Hole ia the Wall , " to hold an ic quest . The poor Chartists , who were all Solora on Monday , the 1 st of March , were all fools on Thursday , tho 11 th ; and the Time * threatens us with
withdrawing all aristocratic countenance from us , and " throwing us upon our own resources , " and we are in a shocking way , and don't know what can or will become of us , having lost the hunch back of " Master Walter , " and the countenance of the Times and our Great Grandmother . Alas J al&ek-a-day that we should live to see it ! Ah ! good Times aud Herald , don't cut ns now , after having so long and so nobly fought our every battle side by side . Again , we Bay , send in the petitions in thousands ; but whenever Whigs and Tories call a meeting for tho repeal of the Poor Law , or for any other measure , or for the consideration of any question , no matter what , if it was to pave tho streets with penny loaves , and thatch the houses with pancakes , upset one and all ; move your own
your only hope everlastingly : give no quarter , you have never got any . There is nothing like the plain , blnnt , honest , straightforward course . They one and all want to starvo you , but each has his own choice mode of doing it . Stick to them like leeches , as they have stuck to you ; and never , never stop till you have sucked back every drop of ysur own blood , which has been stolen from your veins . If all desert you , we will stand by you to the last , while there ' s a beggar to make rags , and a mill to make paper . There is onty one thing of which we beg to remind you . In your poverty , pray prcsorva your good manuers and your good breeding ; aud when a gentleman tells you , as Mr . Waltkr did , that he paid for the room , always thank him , and a . ^ k him for change of the Chartist note you gme him .
The meeting was quite right to pat Captain Neesom—( we had almost given him a step , and said Major Nbksoh)—in the chair ; and Captain Cuw . vk deserves the thanks of tho nation for not being wheedled by Mr . Waklet and the shams into half
measures . O that Leeds battle was to fight over again , now that Birmingham has done such serrice , and that the London garrison has taught as the art of war . Go it , good Chartists ! We wish Mr . Wak-LET joy of his new allies ! This has been the finisher of all Tory hope fjr Chartist sympathy : we are not going to erect despotism upon the ruins of tyranny . Hurrah for the cause , and no surrender , and down with both factions ! We
always ssid that we never could succeed till the enemies united , and gave battle as they are sure to do . If they cannot make us beat ourselves , or if tfeo " cocked tails " cannot beat us , thoy must then try the last resource—a union of the factions against the nation . Lot them come on ! Let them but dissolve , which they must do shortly , and then we come face to face—then we aro all equals ! Then God heip ' ihem and their backers , and God help tho COCk-taAla , aud God will help the Chartists , for they will help thf mselves .
Pressed as we are for room , we should doom it an act of high treason , to withold the two letters from our beloved Frost , and Mr . Walter ' s introduction and comment . Mr . Walter said : — "They all knew the history of tbe unfortunate , and , ho must say , criminal , Mr . Fro 9 t—( cries of "No , nonot criminal , "from a knot of Chartists )—and his companions in Wales . Far was he from approviag of Mr . Frost ' s conduct—( "he '« an honest man , " s&Ui a Cb . irttist ) ;—far was be from sanctioning the first attempt at bloodshed in this cuuntrj against the constituted authorities . ( Hear , hear . ) Indeed , no one could condemn it more ; for he hoped , arid still trusted , that tho Constitution continued to supply the peaceful means of
sslf-deftnce to these who were determined to resist aggression and cruelty . ( Cheers . ) But he was further of opinion , tbat great weight and importance ought to bq || ptributed to the opinions of such a man as Mr . FPWt— ( loud cheers from the Chartists ) , —immersed , thouyh he subsequently was , in tho excesses of Chartism , as to the fncts whence it sprung , how it was to be propagated , and what would be ita results .. J ^ pm Mr . Frist ' s testimony he learnt , and so he hoped would our rulers learn , that the ill-ofnened par&nl of Ciiartiam to the Now Poor Law—tChetys ) - — of ObartUm , not tuk-n in its simpler form , of a placid opinion on personal rights and privileges , but of ' Chartism in
its most :: ggruvated character of resisting authority and committing murder . ( Hear , hear . ) It * o happened that duri'ix t ! : e tffjrts which lie was making to resist ths New Poor Law , lie received , without any previous knowledge of t ! io writer , two letters from Mr . Frost—( hear , hear , )—then a masistr . vto of Lord John Russell's appointment—( ht-ar , hear . )—and then also Just constituted a cuardian of the poor under the ferocious Poor Law . Those letters he would now read to the meeting . It -would be observed that they were written two Jeat 8 and three-qu ' iners Wore tbo outrages in Wales : — " Newport , Monmouthshire , Feb . 25 , 1837 .
" Sir , — I am a guardian of tho poor , and also mayor of the borough . Some time ago the Po--r Law Coinmi ? siontrs sent to our union six dietaries , one of which we were to select to regulate the quantity of food to be allowed to the paupers in our workhouse . I made a motion that each guardian be sent a copy of the dietary to give him an opportunity of examining whether the , quantity was sufficient , and at the same time I expressed my determination to acid to tbe allowance , it Win ; , ' my opinion that it is too little to sustain life . ( Chartist cheers . ) This morning Mr . Ciive , the assistant Poor Law Commissioner , attended our meeting : he asked rue -what alteration 1 intended to propose in the dittaiy ? I said , * a greater quantity of food , and that the vaupers should have occasionally a littlu beer . " ' 1 am' ( said he ) ' directed to inform you , that whatever determination the board may conie to , the Poor
Luw Commissioners will make no nlteration in the dietary . iLouil cries of Shame , fcliame . *) They will not allow a gTc-at-r quantity of fo xl ; they will allow no bftr ; in short , the board must adopt oae of the'tables , ¦ without any addition . ' Jly answer was , ' I Was sent here by the inhabitants of the borough , as a guardian of the p--or » f the borough . I will endeavour to see that the monty of my constituents is not improperly applied— -. bear , hear );—but I will also se 9 that tbosa who are forced by puverty to apply to tho parish for relief shall not be put on a quantity of food too small to sustain life . ( Hear , hear . ) i * l have not ytt , nor do I mean to consider the will of the Poor Law Commissioners as to tbe quantity of food to be allowed to the paupers . I will exercise my own judgment , quite rpgardl . ss whether the Poor I /» w Commissioners are offended or pleased . " ( Chartist cheers . )
" If you think this letter of any service . Mr . Walter is quite a ; liberty to mako u-e of it ; and if he is « t the opinion that a petition will serve the cause , 1 will send him one from the petitioners . " I remain , Sir , " Your very obedient Servant , " JOHN FKOST . " —( Great cheering from the Chartists . ) Tiie oth r letter was a tdressed to him ( Mr . Walter ) about ten days afterwards , and was in the following terms : —
" Newport , Monmouthshire , March S , 1837 . "Sir , —I have enckse . 1 for jour perusal a placard published by myself and my colleague , the guardian for the borough . Although there are in this part of the country some in favour of the New Poof Law , yet no one attempt * to refute tbe statements which this placard contains I believe that the average if allowance tbrimj ; h <> u : England to oul-iioor paupers will not exceed two s ! iillirig ! i a head , and I cannot see that it is possible te maintain a human being for less , unless it is the intention of the authorities to starve the paupers . ( Chartist cheers . ) I do not believe the B ' . atenienta as to tbe saving of the now system ; I cannot see bow they are to be made . We have not been Jong enough iu
this part of the country to decide accurately as to the saving under the new law ; of one thing , however , I am certain , that the hatred to it is continually increasing . It evidently tends to increase the b&tred , already powerful enough , between the rich and tbe ' poorer classes of socit ty . ( Chartis t cheers-1 Public - feeliug ia too strong in this neighbourhood tosufFtrany poss cases of cruelty . The guardians did , on last Saturday , agree to the dietary , which in my opinion is much too small . If this ehould be found to be to , I will certainly lay the matter by petition before the House . It U monstrou to think that three hired men should have so much power placed in their hand ' s . ( Cheers . ) The boards of guardians are complete cipher- ; all they have to do ia
to cany into execution tLe edicts of tae Commiaiiouwrs Some time ago our doors were opened to the publio the motion pasaed unaninieusly ; they were open fot three we * k « without the least inconvenience . When the Poor Law Commusioners heard of it , they sent down p renipUiry orders to the guardians to close them — ( hear , hear ;) —which order tbe board obeyed , without even remonstrating . I believe Mr . Hall , tbe member for the borough , will support any motion for an alteration in . ce law ^ s h now at-uid * He la , j have reason to irelieve , iorry tbat he tu ^ ported it It woulrt be some improvement if the ttc-officio guardians were to cease to i-xbit as tuch . Most , of the farmers aid compete tools of the t * - < ificivs . It it were not for tha
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guardians of populous ' pJacss , tee poor would be treated much woreo than they ard at present "lam , Sir , "Your obedient servant , " Johh Feost . " Cheers . ) ¦ - ¦ . " To J . Walter , Es « ., M . P . " The placard to which Mr . Frost alluded was too long to be read on the present occasion , but he could assure the meeting that it was humane in its principles and temperate in its language . HU communication witu Mr . Frost , ¦ whom he never saw , began and ended with thera letters . Now , what was the inference to be drawn from them ? Mr . Frost mi ^ ht only know what would
be the efiyct or the New Poor Law in his own Union —that it must lead to outrage . To outrage it did lead : in tbat opinion , at least ,, he waa not deceived . It might be said that Mr . Frost himself produced tbe evils which be predicted in these letters . Treason , however , was rarely contemplated three years before it broke out into overt acts . But if , contrary to all probability , it were so contemplated , what gave Mr . Frost the materials with which he worked 1 What ; prepared ready instrumeuts in his hands ? What brought thousands to his standard more zsalous for mischief than himself t He ( Mr . Walter ) answered , the New Poor Law . "
It must be borne in mind that tvo give this extract from the Times , which would make it appear that the meettug tolerated even reproof Of FROST by Waltkr ; the fact being , according to all reports , that the old hypocrite was peppered like a target with Chartist hisaea and Chartist groans , whenever ho dared to venture upon a wprd in condemnation of Fbost . Let every Chartist and Christian read the above , and then ask himself where the honest and humane Mayor of Newport now is , and what he is there for , and who sent him there ! Echo answers " ia a felon's dress , in a penal settlement , away from his own family , for looking for food and justice for ours . " Let the British lion arous « from hiaslumbere , up , and shake the dew drops fro-a his mane , and ask for his restoration with a lion's voice .
Walter , says Frost , is a man whose opinions should have weight with the Government . Did the Times , which is Waltee ' s , or did Walter , say this , whon saving it might have saved Fkost from persecution ! No , the rascals bought his indictment from his attorney , called him bwindier , traitor , cheat , and murderer , and so on ; and now , having made him the victim of their hellish vengeance to pleaso an advertising community , they como forward to pourtray his honour , his love of justice , his humanity and patriotism , while , they are still vociferating against Whi £ iehit&V . ) to Frost .
Thus are the people ' s friends lopped off , one by one , by the faction who would make merchandise of thoir very misfortunes , having first created them . We trust this exposition will give those who have a leaning to Toryism a sickener . Lut us once help them to power , and they would help us to destruction ; but , lot them steal power , the sooner the better ; then they must fi ^ ht us with halters around their necks .
Mr , Walter asked "What gave Mr . Fbost the materials with which he worked ? What prepared ready instruments in his hands ? What brought thousands to his standard , more zealous for mischief 1 " He ( Mr . Waltkb ) answered , "The New Poor Law ; " and we ask who gave U 3 the New Poor Law land we answer the Whiga and the Tories . So NO UNION WITH THE TORIES .
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ORGANIZATION . We are obliged to defer our intended article on organization to another week . Meantime , we call emphatically on the Ci . artists throughout every district to be proceeding with the nomination of the General Council . Let the sub-Secretaries of every district send in immediately the names of the existing Council in each locality , or of such other persons as the peopie may determine on at their meetings tomorrow and Monday , as nominated to serve on the first General Council of tho National Charter
Association of Great Britain . This is necessary to be dono instantly , because the Executive Committee must bo chosen from the General Council , and cannot therefore bo elected until that body shall have come into existence . We gave in our last a general form of nomination , for tbff guidance of tho several sub-Secretaries : we givo elsewhere , in our present paper , the address of the Provisional Executive , from which they can take tho address of Mr . Campbell , tho Secretary to the Provisional Executive , who of course acts , pro tetr . ptrc , as General Secretary .
Two copies of every nomination bhould be written , one of which the sub-Secretary should file , and send the othor to the General Secretary ; and it would also be a groat saving of trouble , both to the General Secretary and to us , if each sub-Secretary would tike tho additional trouble of Bonding to this office the namos , occupations , and residences , of all tho persons nominated by him—distinguishing all those appointed as Sub-Treasurers and Sub-Secretaries ; thus : — " Persons nominated for General
Council at ' John Sharp , woolcombcr , 16 , Nelsoa-street , George Fish , joiner , 5 , Wood-street , Eli Bates , joiner , Biack Abbey , JJ * James Jonos , shoemaker , Market-place , ^ Johu Thomas , weaver , Little Horton , 5 = Adam Wise , woolsorter , Bowling , 3 . Richard Fry , schoolmaster , Lougcroft-place , hub Secretavy , Thomas Wilsou , tailor , Market-street , Sub-Treasurer . " ¦ ¦ - > Signed , Thomas Smith .
Copies of the Nominations being thus sent to us from every place , would enable us to compare the lists of the General Secretary , and it may bo to prevent mistakes ; while it would materially forward the getting up of the whole list for publication . Observe , however , that they should not bo later in our hands than Wednesday .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION AND ELECTION OF DELEGATES . Elsewherk wo furnish , aa requested , the draft of a petition , such as we think suitable for the times and circumstances of the people- We ask the people in each locality to consider , and to adopt or reject it as a whole . It must not be patched or altered , because then its universality will be destroyed .
We find ourselves compelled , by want of space , to keep out the list of contributors to the Convention ' s Fund and to all the other funds till next weuk . However , " the work goes bravely on . " Let it still go on—let every one in every place , whose mite has not come , be sent in at once , and then wo may announce in our next the completion of tho whole sum necessary . The Bankers complain of the trouble of Post-office orders for small sums ; let the money be , therefore , sent here at once , and wo will see to it .
One thing in connection with the Convention let the people notice , that as far as possible their movements may be legal . All delegates must be ELECTED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS , CALLED BV PLACARD FOR THE PURPOSE . This must be observed in reference to * all delegates , for whatever purpose delegated . Delegates from private bodies , clubs , or socitties , ef a political character , are illegal . Every man must be delegated from a public meeting of the inhabitants of lh « town or place from whence be is sent .
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N . UXA it in type ; but is necessarily reserved till next week i tee are u ' so obliged to withltold a letter fi om Mr . O ' Brien till nrzl week . Messrs . Collins and O'Nkil . —Their second "Address to the Middle Classes" has been received , but must stand over till next week . Thb Keport of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association is too late . It ought to have been sent for our last . JAMES FaIMOUGK ' —We think ht ? would be defeating his own purpose by conferring too much importance upon the pen > on whoie name he would publish . Cullingwobth , near Bbadford . — The Blue Milk Row close story should have been avtttcniicuted .
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Payment fob Seats at Church . —A communication has reached us stating , that comjml-ory payments are demanded for pews and sittyigs in Ait John ' s and St . Mary ' s churches , Devizes , which is illegal , as appears from ( He highest ecclesiastical authority in the diocese , and from ihe testimony of an eminent Proctor in Doctors' Commons . Clayton . —The newt from Claytonis omitted for want of room . John Johnson , Portsba . —We doni know . Philo Amicus . —Next week . A Constant Reader , Manchester . —We know nothing about free-masonry . Joseph Lawton . —The Poor Law Guardians have no pay , but there ate a sufficiency of assistants ,
clerks , $ c , to account for the increase in the . expenditure . Young Patriots . —Mt « J stand over this week to make room for the old ones . C . N ., Congleton . — Yes . H . P ., MaSSPIELV . —We have no agent \ -at Lincoln . There are Chartists there , but we know not whether they belong to the National Charier , Association . Mansfield . —The " rurals" paragraph next week , Bibmingham . —Mrs . Clayton desires thankfully to acknowledge the munificence of ihe Birmingham Chartists . 3 . W . Parker . —In reftrenee to the day ( Easter . Monday ) which is recommended by the national delegate ? to be set apart for a general penny subscription on behalf of the imprisoned victims , writes thus ' : — / would recommend every Char-: list meeting room , in England , Ireland ^ Scotland , and Wales , to be open ell day on Easter Afdnday . The secretaries , or other persons appointed , to be in attendance to receive the subscriptions . It being a holiday , meetings ought to be called to aid the collections ; and every associated hody to issue , immediately , advertisements and bills in every city , borough , totcn , ham ! et , and village , in the kingdom , calling upon every friend to humanity to come forward that day on behalf of the suffering victims ; also , every honest and true Chartist to become a collector in his family , among his relations , his friends , his shopmates , and with
those wilh whom he deals ; in fact , let no stone be left unturned to consummate so glorious aft object as this . Let the Chartists appoint treasurers , pro tem , —men in whom they have confidence . Remember Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones are calling aloud , across the mighty deep , to you to do your duly . The big beyyarman , Dun , has his tribute day , and draws from the famishing peopie of Ireland upwards of £ 20 , 000 a ' year . Let us have our tribute day , for a belter purpose . Once more , brother Chartists , I exhort you to do your duty . Let the Northern Star , and the rest of the Chartist press , use their mighty influence , conjointly with the Provisional Executive of England and Wales , and the Central Committee of Scotland . There is no time to be lost . Let it be a true exhibition of your moral power . A million of pence , and nothing less Make it succeed , and you Can use it again to carry the People * * Charier . Again , again , and again to your duty I " " An Observer , " " Solitary Thoughts , " " Patriot' s Hymn , " ** A Poor Man ' s Friend , " "Emigration , " " Lines on Death , " and »\ The Patriftta ' s Farewell to his Country , " declined . A Working Man . —We know nothing of the circumstances to which he alludes . T . R . Smart . —The letter to which he refers was duly received and forwarded . J . H . —We do not agree with his opinions on the unscripturalness of a paid ministry in . the Christian
Church . Wh . Lovktt . —Thanks for the slavery document : it shall have our best attention . Some Chartists of thb right sort , at Newlon Moor , by Kinguarrie , would be glad of a visit from Mr . G . APBean , on his lecturing tour through the North of Scotland . Wh . Tucker , — # " he send us the pamphlet , we will read and then notice it . Walter Ma ? 0 NV- The horrible recital of Poof-Law atrocities , which he has forwarded , shall be published as toon as we can possibly find room . Peter Rigby . ——His eccentric communicaticn on " stool boxes" is declined . Richard Spurr . —His "legal" plan of organisation
is in the teeth of the law at almo&t every step of it , as applied to a political , though it would be perfectly legal in reference to a religious , movement . J . W . B . —The issue would be illegal : the Stamp Act has provided against any such an evasion of its force . Wb . Martin . —One head will do for all : the petition will be a national one , and must , therefore , if adopted at all , be adopted in every place without alteration . John Campbell writes us , that " a meeting of the power loom weavers will be held in Mr . Wheeler ' s Room , 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester , to form a Chartist association among that body .- " but does
not say when . PETKR M'Braphy . —Thanks . Mr . Piikethlv has received for J . Broyan , of Sutton-in'AnhJield— £ . s . d . FromW . D . Saull , Esq 0 10 0 From Thomas J rout , Esq 0 10 0 Trowbridge Radicals may send their col ' eeiion for Mrs . Clayton , to Mrs . ClayCon , No . 87 , Porterstreet , Sheffield . Sarah Cloton . —NtKt week . Dublin Chartists . —The communication fo which they allude never came to hand . Their suspicions concerning the persons they name are totally incorrect . ' The Sons of Toil" shall appear when we have
room . Mai . com M' Nee . — Our space is full . Stockton . —The churchwarden's courtesy shall be chronicled next week . Barnard Castlis . — We have no room for local news this week . Banbury . — We are very sorry to be compelled to leave out the report of the splendid dinner to Mr . Vincent , cut from an Oxford paper , but press of matter leaves us no alternative . It is , perhaps , the less to be regretted , as these are now bf coming routine things . A triumph is a thing of course wherever Vincent , or any such man , makes a public appearance . Will Ihe besotted
factions ever learn to " discern the signs of the times' ? C . and 11 . —Our fpace is chock full . C . H . Neesmi is in type , but is obliged to be reserved till next week . Rochdale . — We are compelled to reserve the report uf the Poor Law meeting till next week . Birmingham . — We received ihe Birmingham news packet by the last post on Thursday , too late for any of it to appear . Communications were received by the same post from Kiibarohan . Markinch , Bolton , B * rd < ord ( Wilts ) , Aiifiterlands , Oldham , Merthy Tydvil , Preston , and South Shields—all tna laic .
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Erratum in our last . —In the letter of NUMA , five lines from the bottom of first column , for " Issachnr is a attong city reaching down between two whitlows "—read ' ¦ ' a strong Ass couching down between two burdetis . " J 8 fe »
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POOH LAW GUARDIANS . Mr * Editor , —I beg to address a few words to the men of England and Wales , but especially those of the Huddetsueld distriet , who , I am sure , will be upon the alert . They are , or ought to be , Well aware , that on this 20 th day of March , that they have , or are entitled to have , a voting p \ per for tbe election of Guardians . Examine well the ctmvacter of tuecandidates nominated , apprise one another of what you know of them , and by no means vote for those wbo are advocates of the bastilea ; support men , be their politics what they may , who are favourable to tbu just and merciful law of tbe 43 rd of Elizvbeth ; let the cry be— "No bastilers nor bastiles , down with the whole starvation system . "
l ~ would -recommend That general and sub committees he formed in every township , who ought to visit every house , and give directions how to fill up thoir voting paptia , but on no account to fill up a Bingle paper for those wbo can write ; and for those who cannot , when yon have placed the voter ' s name opposite the person or person ' s name , for whom he wiahea to vote , at the bottom write his name thus—seeing that he himself makes the X : — his Adam X Anderson , mark . Joseph Dean , witness . And be sure that some person is in tbe houae on Tuesday , ihe 23 rd , who" * can deliver the voting paper to the collector when he calls for it ; you mtut have it ready or the vote will be lost .
Where it can be done , let meetings be held to consult ; and where the people are strangers , they might be invited to such place as might be fixed upon foi instruction how to fill the papers ; for , depend upon it , there is no justice nor fairplay . The Three-Devil Kings havfl made the clerks the returning officer * , in order that they might have it in their power to rob you of your franchise , and send you to those wretched , appalling abodes of misery , dfcpair , and woe—the bastiies . Ttio anti-butile candidate ! for Hudderafleld an
Messrs . Wiiitworth , Thornton , Poppluton , Branton / ind Liddall . ihe Whig skilly men are , Messrs , J . Bottomley ( Cherry Tree ) , B . Robinson Lane , Tommy Ibbotson , Totmny Shepherd , and Tommy Kilner : tbe people know to vote , and thero will be 2 , 000 of a majority . However , let them he cautious in filling up the voting papers j let them go to some friend and consult together , or form committees to aee that they we fllied up correctly , or they will be thrown outaa oa < t ; and let a list of those who vote be kept for every divinion and tjken to tb « i scrutiny .
Tue opposition against myself is most keen . They have naiuinated , along with me , for Almondbuiy , Mr . Will . Stocks , who is well respected and well kn » wn In opposition , they have nominated Sir John Raniaden ' s
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bailiff , Josh . Brooke , imagining , because ho banu w tho Court , r . nd ca' , ls up the tenants to pay thtir ranrthat he can bawl and get them ( the tenants ) to voteS bastiles and skilly Tor tbeu ^ lye « K . . They Laye nOj ? r . ated Adam Anderson , too , wtaMnthe people of Ha ? deisut'id sent laat year a » being entirely op <« e'i toS new scheme , bat who betrayed them and support ! the system ; but he has never told hto coni titaeutswS blessings he anticipated from it , nor how he g ot a * vinced of its niDCriority to the old law : they « m » u to call upon him to explain why he becaaiu a tunum The men ol AJmcndbury declare tfint they % \\\ h » i nothing to do with the discarded of HuddewE eld Ww with the bailiff , his intended colleague ; they ok all » the alert , and they will do their duty . . ¦ ¦ ^ I am , dear Sir , Year constant reader and obedient servant , . . " ¦ ¦ , _ ¦ ' [ J - ^ TKE-rHtT ,
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THE VICTIM CLAYTON . Funeral sermons for Clayton have been pTeacluii to crowded and attentive audiences at Mannineb * and Bradford , by Mr . lbbet 8 on ; atHathern bvMV Bent , when the sum of 53 . 7 ^ d . was collected oVm of which has been forwarded to Sheffield ' for th widow—the other remains for ths victim Edward at Lou ^ hborougb , by Mr . Bairstow , when 8 s fiS ' was collected , 4 s . 3 d . of which has been sent t » Sheffield for the widow—the other will be f « ww « d 3 to Edwarde ; at Mountsor ^ el , by Mr . Bairstow when 6 s . was collected , Half of which waa f « J the widow , and the other for Edwards ; atConsli too , bv the Rev . Joseph Capper , from TnnsuiT when 5 s . was collected for the widow ; at MantfinM * by Mr . Simmons , of Sutton , when a collection W made for the widow and children ; at KeiHnEton Common , at eleven in the forenoon of last Sund * . by Mr . James Savage , and at Shepherdt-ss Field at one in the afternoon , by Mr . G . E . Bo <» iri « .- ! £
¦ fcewton Heath , by ^ Mr Cartledge , of Manbi £ h ? at Ouseburn , by Mr . Lowery , when 12 s 9 d wU collected for the -widow , eipences amounting u 4 s . 3 d . ; at Dundee , by Mr . John D » ncan : at New port , by Mr . Biack , of Nottingham ; atSuttoa -b * Ashfield , in the Christian Chartist Chapel btih * officiating minister for the day . when 4 s . 6 d . wS collected for the widow ; at AltddlesborouEb . l » Mr . John Bormond , when £ 1 15 s . was tolkctedfoi the widow ; in Vale of Leven , Scotland , in S « Christian Chartist Church , by Mr . Thomasson when £ 1 5 s . was collected for the widow ; at Rudders , field , in the Chartist Room , Uppsrhead-row bt Messrs . Bray and Neesom , when £ 2 were collected } at Trowbridge . by Mr . Jr . Rawlings , when £ \ wu collected for the widow ; at Dodworth , by Mi Mirfield ; at Bermondsey , in the Working Man '* Chapel , Dock Head , by Mr . Rainsley , whenljit was collected for the Widow and orphans—( the Bar .
ties getting up the meeting take this opportonitt of recording their thisks for the handsome manna in which the proprietors granted the gratuitoui use of the chapel , and for the trouble they took It afford every accommodation);—at Keighley in tb Working Man ' s Hall , by Mr . Rusnton , of Halifax , when £ 1 6 s . d ^ d . was collected ; at Dewsbury , by Mr . Arran , when collections were made for tb » widow .
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OLD CUMNOCX . —At the half-yearly meeting of the Cuinnock Charter Association , held on the eveaing of Saturday last , the secretary read an account of the income and expenditure for the past half yea , which , proving satisfactory , was confirnied . Copiej of an address frem the Scottish Central Committee , recommending the formation of a National Printing Company , were laid on the table ., After eevenl prfe positions were disposed of respecting lecturers , it wai finally agreed "That no party , engaging a lectare ? without the sanction of the committee , shall bi . ve any claim on the association fund . " A letter from J , Collins , and A . O'Neil , of Birmingham , was read , ia which the writers state , amongst other things , teal they are anxious to obtain numbers and inflaence , sag for this end they ardently desire to obtain a uoiot with the middle classes , bat they , at the same tint ,
would council all to withstand any advances ghotf of the full measure of the franchise contained in ' tin Charter . ' would council all to withstand any advances uijorf of the full measure of the franchise contained in ' tin Charter . ' CHESTEHFUXD AND BKAMFTOX —A , t the weekly meeting , on Monday evening , nini persons were pitched on as fit persons furnomini . tion to the Council of the National Charter Association . Resolutions were adopted , approving ef th * Charter and Petition Convention , and calling npon all friends of the people ' s cause , wherever located * to forward their mite without delay—directing tbat 2 s . 6 d . be sent to the Northern Star Office , for Mrs Clayton ; and tendering the thanks of tbe meeting to Mr . George White and his co-patriots at Birmingham , for their noble conduct at the late meeting at Holloway Head , and to Fcargas-O ^ Con&or , Esq-t proprittor , aud tho Rgv . Mr . Hill , editor of th « Northein Star , for their unflinching advocacy of th » people ' s cause .
BURY . —Dr . M'Douall lecturad in tho Garden * street room on Tuesday , on the Old &&d New Poor Laws . There was a good audience , a&d \ hft Doctor was much applauded . The Spirit of Chartism it , here being resuscitated ; the late visits of tb « J ) octor , and the address of Mr . Kill last Sunday afternoon , tended mutW to rouse and confirm the euergiei of the people , and we are glad to perceive the sturd i Radicals of Bury once moro determined to throw away the crutches and stand oh their own legs . TORK—A committee has been appointed for the purpose of making arrangements for a public Demonstration in this city , to do honour to thai incorruptible patriot and fi iend of the people , F « O'Connor , Esq . on his release from the don ^ eon . The following persons are erected on the committee t Messrs . Barley , Croft , Stuart , E . Pulleyn , Kqoke , Demaine , and Inglis . Mr . Ualtoo , ' treasurer ; Mr . Cordeux , secretary , 26 , Micklegate , to whom all communications ( pre-pa'd ) must be addressed
. GLASGOW . —Mr . Malcolm lectured here oa Monday—subject , ' Class legislation . " Attendance good . Mr . M . did justice to his subject . XEISHI . EY . —The Chartists met in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Tuesday night , when various able speeches were delivared . The Charter Convention plan was discussed , and the general opinion of the meeting was , that it was calculated to do an immensity of good to the Chartist cau 3 e , if carriet ] cat with sufficient spirit . Part money was collected oa the spot for its execution ; James Holmes , a poor blind man , giving the first penny , and wishing success to the plan , and its noble proposer . W £ ST-HIB 1 NG . —At the delegate meeting , held on Sunday last , at Dewsbury , Mr . Arran , of Bradford , was appointed lecturer for the West Riding . A resolution was passed approving of O Counort plan , aud recommending it to instant and general adoption .
BaiGHTON— Public Meeting of ihe Chab-TISTS . — On Monday evening last , the men of Brighton assembled in a numerous body at the Cup of Liberty , Portland-street , publicly convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of " expediency . The Chartists of Brighton have done their duty : they are determine * to have twenty shillings in the poundand nothing ks ? . Not one ei ghteen-sbiHings-ocpediency humbug dared show his face among them . Mr . John Page in the chair . After a very » nimat ^ 3 ' cussion , in which Messrs . Reeve , Flowers , and Woodward took their parts , it was resolved unanimously as follows : —" That the Chartists of Brig hton , inpublw meeting assembled , being convinced tbat anything short of Universal Suffrage can never raiBe the indostnow classes of this country to that position in society w which they are entitled , hereby pledge thamselves thrt they nevtjr will cease in their exertions Until tie People ' s Charter , with e . very point therein contained » theref
established as the law of the land ; and they , ore , call upon their brethren throughout the country to unite with them in suppressing every other movement that shall have for its object the least deviation from the true meaning of our motto—Universal Suffrage , ana N& Surrender , A vote of tt » nk » was pn » ent « d _ to tM Ohairaan , and the ineeting dissolved . Bnt previous M dispersing , an agricultural labourer , who was presew , related the following to the meeting—his name , ior reasons known only to ourselves , we must decline . v > give : —The poor fellow has suffered a series of ternwo persecutions ; has been an inmate of a Whig »»" ^™ one of which , he i » id , one day , he complained oi shortness of allowance of food . It was weighed , mm was proved to be short lh oz . Five men besides Himself also complained . Board-day day came ; n » « " £ plaint was laid before them ( the Guar dians ); be ^ a the flye others were called up to snbataDttoto tnea complaints . He was appointed spokesman . He . inswe hia coirmlaint : bo did the man on his rant . «« a *>»
to the man on bis left : he waa satisfied ; smother *»•» the same "; and the others were the same . No * . «? he to the man on his left , Yon cowards , did yon not w * me that if I made ray eomplaint good , yon woow back me ? They did , aald bis man on the right ¦*»"" here ' s , at 'era ; and down I laid three or lour of w cowards . Seixe the rascal , seize him , and take hB » » the black-hole , says the Guardians . No , says tw > labourer , the first man that dare * lay hand on l ine , flown he goes . Up comes the yellow 6 oy , as we can n ™ - " ^ frflow that keeps the Union Book gate , staff in u «* Now , my boy , says I , look out ; and ! pretty soon uua t : « i-top of the others , and a lot more ¦ . ****'> «** WMtjTwpowered , and tome away ; bionght !)««»«» to foor
magistrates tbe next day , and sentenced »« days * hard labour , only for complaining of » » n < a »« r in my allowance of food . All I want , said he , »» " » day ' s wages , for » fair day * work , auffldent to 6 «* up ' my family , as an English Pi * f JS ought toteare . ( Tbat la ChartHm , * & *** . ¥ & **» Then I am a Chartist , said the labourer ; and 111 t ^ 2 some of my brother labourer , ( mates , a * ba ** % "" it ) over on Wednesday , at your meeting , . Vj 7 " rtet 1 if we cannot get a meeting place for you m « w * fjg The poor fellow has been out of work a long tune ^ j » haTing a wife and family at home , and ^¦ *^ Lk bread in the bouse , those Chartists ^ ° , . ^ J ^ or onteredinto a subscription , and gave « to ™ " ^ J man . TVe » re convinced tbat if a missionary couia w got for the South , great good might be done .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct847/page/4/
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