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- PUBLIC MEETING AT CHELSEA . A public laeetiag wasittldJoa Pjisiaj lcst-at Scott ' s Assembly Rooms , New Road , Chelsea , to enquire ioto tbe cause cf the distress existps * n country , lie loom was densely crowded ; it is ' confidently ass ^ rled that at least 1 , 000 persona Trent awav being unable to procure admission ; Mr . Ford was called , totba ' cbair , ana briefly , epened t * e business of the meeting , and requested for each speake * a fail antl impartial hearing . . . Bxffet RIDI . ET moved the first resolution . Be said , Mr . Chairman and fellow-conntrynien , never' in the page of history , if we trace it from its ekrliest and remotest period , did a n&iion stand in a similar position to that -which we occupy at present We find the indnstiion 3 classes , by aid of machinery , are yearn
creating wealth , to the enormous value of eight hundred TniTtiona of peands , and yet our condition proclaims to the world the xnonvtrous anomaly of the producers of more wealth than any nation of modern times can boast of , ty . E'ting in tha direst poverty , actually starving for wan ; of the common necessaries of life ; whilst a claS 3 who producs nothing , and earn nothing , are sallowing in luxury and ease , are the panders to every viee waiah disgraces and degrades human nature . - I ask of yea , is this fair , or just , or honest ? Can tHese fwo extremes much longer exist ? pPeargus O'Conao , Esq . hers tntered the room , and toe very roof rung with the echo of rapturous applause ] After the cheering had subsided , Mr . Ridley continued . I have doable duty to perform this evening , having also to
attend a inteting in London ; as our worthy champion has arrived , he who has so beneficially employed hia talents in our behalf , I shall not longer detain yen ; but I again ask you , is it just that we , the producers of this wealth , should be turned adrift to starve , in order thai they who tyrannisa and oppress as may riot in luxury ? They tell you that this is occasioned by our being over-populated ; that we cannot piwu ; s sufficient com to feed our population . Never was a grosser falsehood uttered tinder the canopy of high beaven . We have dared these men to prove their position . We have dared them to discuss the subject ; and they have ever shrunk from the challenge , well knowing that truth would prevail . Our milloeracy and
oar factory lords are cow calling aloud for cheap bread . They have oppressed and ground down their Trorkpecple to the very verge of Ktarvatiin , and now using the plea of humanity , they desire to give you a cheap loaf , that they may " brins your wages to the continental level , and thereby compete with srtizvns of foreign nations . We desire the repeal of the C .-rn X 3 W 3 , and every other law "which presses upon the industry of man ; but we are well aware this cau H 6 v < rr be effected until we are truly represented in the British Senate . We therefore prcdairu to ths whoJe world , that we will never rest satisfied uttil labtur is placed side by side , with capital in ihe British Hoi ^ es cf iegulature . I bsg leave to move the following resolution in which 1 heartily concur : —
" That in the opinion of this meeting the great and alarming distress -which now prevails throughout the country has been caused by the bid la « -s and wretched misiaanageiiieMt cf our legislative bodifS ; aad that tie only safe and efficient remedy which can be adopted to res u > re trade to a safe basis—to ensure prosperity to Mm producer , and safety and protection to the capitalist is contained in the document called the People ' s Charter , and this meeting pledges itse f to agitate L > r that measure , and never to ccasa in its exertions- until the rights of labcur art ; fu'ly represented in the Commons ' House Gf Parliament . " iGreit cheering . )
F 2 XB . GVS O'COSKOR , E * q ., on rising to second the resolution , was received with great applause . He said —My friends , did y . a ever hear a icao speak in his Bleep ? I have had little for three nighis , and none last night . Yesterday I a-Idressed two meetings ia iLsictoter , and travelled all nigiit to have an opportunity to sddres 3 yea -. being so exhauste *! , you must beaT -vrith ice if I am a little prosy this evening . Oa rising I beard some one say " a Socialist" 1 don't kn *; w if "be meant me ; if so , I tell him he is in error . If firmly to believe in the existence cf a God—if to believs that the poor are the special charge ef the Almighty—if to hope for future rewards for the advocacy of their cause , is to be a Socialist , I am one . < Great chec-rics ) I have great pleasure in seeing this resolution : it
exictiy expresses my sentiments ; it informs you of the cause , of your distress ,, and points you to the remedy As my address mast necessarily be biisf , I shall not waste one word in declamation , but go at once to the point It is a entgeet which claims an interest in everv breast You are all old enough to have observed t ^ e omarard march of science and of the arts—to hive remarked the many ecientific improvements which are said to have made Sritaia the envy and admiration Of the world . Yen can remember when there was no railroads—^ ijeB tbe wondtrful power of steam was almost anknoim—whan there was no Reform Billwhen a heavy dniy-waspaid on newfpapt-rs and ua letters . You can all remember when Britain / sras a rader , rougher nation than at present ; but you than
enjoyed more of the comforts of civilisation than at present . Yon have seen the various improvements which have raised yenr character for stall and ingenuity eo high in the world—you have hid . all tbe be \ efit of the Reform Bill , winch was to turn tiiis mighty power of creating comfort and enjoyment to your advantage Xow , then , turn round and ask whera is year ahare of these great improvements ? What hare you benefited by them ? Where ia the man can esy that thsy have proved advantageous to iiini V Ha 3 machinery , Dr Steam , or gas ensured your comfort ci prosperity 2 Oa coming to this meeting , when ! turned from the aristocratic palaces splendidly lighted with gas to the wretched , izrk hovds of the ariizans , I f-ls that you haddsrived no benefit from that You have got
cheap postage , tbe last great boon cf the Whigs . Of i what benefit is this to you ? Yen never write t 3 ay ; " your mother ' s out ; " you BEtrco write a letter in the ; yesr . you have no good news to send to your friends . ' But the Barings , the Ashworths , fie great merchant princes , they save their thousands a year by it , which is wrung from your bonea and sweat in the Bhape of ! increased taxes . Of what benefit is it to you that fan-1 provement after improvement is treading on the heels of its predecessor ? Yon have been deprived of every I one of these scientifie iaTcntions bj the irflutace of , class legislation . What right , then , have yon to be in love With this legislation ? Seven years ago , I predicted j that the day of aaction would come . If they bid the Charter for as , we will let the lot be knocked down : if I
ibey bid lea \ % shall be a reserved lot . and ce will buy < it Hi ourselves , until it will brbg the fall price . Now ; yon have got the miilocracy , who have sxide tliair then-1 Bands , not by your labour , bnt by machinery , telling J you that" the landed aristocracy are tbe parry who ; oppress yoa , and thatth 6 y alone are striving for year j interest ; this is 3 strange picture . When the mouthpiece of this party , the Whigs , were in office , they would scarcely believe in the existence of distress in the j the land ; it was only tbe necessary consequence of ; the fluctuations in trade in a great commercial conatry . \ Bui o sooner were they on the point of leaving office , , than they made tha important discavery that the dis-: tiess was general , that it was great and unparalleled ,
» nd begged not to leave their office until they provided ] a remedy . For ten long years they --oald not a-imit its existence ; but to ensure a continu&nco of cS . ce ] they j weald even Attempt a remedy . Peel has been cow six i months in considering the dragB which Le shall put in ; the bolos which is to care yoa . Although he has taken i ap his diploma at Tamworth , yet he seems too . modest to practice his profession . Russell was a much better ' Doctor ; be did administer his Reform purge . Never was there so much distress in England since England was kno" ^ n . and never was there so much money spent in fpecab . tion of every description . If America wants twenty millions of money for gambling speculations , England cr . n fcraish it 1 If twenty millions is wanted at horae for -stirosd speculations , the montj is
immediatelyfortaertmirg : IfthedeipoticrulerofFxanceTn-aata money to taiid a vzU to enclose his subjects in Paris that he may the ea sfer tj Kianrze sad subdue them , he fcas ors : y to corns to E-itinad 3 Dd there is the mocey ; - Ai the wealth is in tho posktts cf the few—all the poveTtytm tie side of the " --any . The poverty is on the side of the men vritli no votes , whiie : fce weakb is accompanied with tae vote . Is not this contrast enough to force us to make love to them by wholesala—to isdocs as to pat oar arms round their nects and say we lova you , and we will instasUy be mairisd to 70 a ? The votc 3 hzxe done so much for yoa , sure ' y they will benefit as . - In America , the casa is QifiVrert , there if the bank fails who are the sufibrerc ? not tlae people but their
representatives , who arc now tegging in the streets of Washington for their Bzlirlez . 11 Peel ' s salary depended upon your bavin ? 2 . good Satarday nights , depend apsn it that ysar icterejt woul J be well attended " to ; &zs is the meaning of the Charter . Do not be gammoned as you wera at the time of the Raform BilL They tell as we are delayers . Did th ' . y not delude as with the benefits we were to derive froai that measure ? We Wire to havepi £ 3 ready roasted running about with knives stuck in them , asking as to ent them ; ail was to be happiness and plenty . We aak for no more than they promised U 3 , tfcr . t titaifon and reprrfeEtation should be oextensive . At present there is eo bid foi as ia the aactioa mart ; Peel has got his majority of 123 , and hs eareg more for them than for the whole
people . The Whigs will not bid a fair price for as Give as the Charter , and we -sill not have three wordj aboat the Corn lawa ; we will not have one word : if w < have the Charter , on Saturday night , away goes th < Cora Laws on Monday morning . Woald a mason go t < work withoni his hammer , or a gardener without hi spade ?—Yet the men want to repeal the Corn Law : without having the necessary tools ; want the end with out haviog ths means to accomplish it Give the vot to every man aged twenty-one years , and instead of i minority of 123 , we should Have a ananimoa » vote fo free trade with the whole world . Tbe Whigs fcnoi that naless they have our sdd they cannot drive Pcb « to wul not be
from efie ^ made tools" of ; we w have oar finger * in ttw pie f er ^ e no t extrt " tl pressure from witoout We know the treachery of 1 Wh « 8-we have tried them—for mt ; -en montlis d : I endure tiieir chain ; bat I know that if a strnzele d come , and the Tories bad the power , they woald dra the screw ttill tighter . They vrould raise me ' ap in tl air—they would hangm © oat to dry for the benefit my healtc . Ii I hate the Whigs I isle the Tories fi times worse . If the Whigs axe nevils , the Tories a devils in hell ; but as far as yoar interest is concerne there is no difference between tbem ; ell of the live npan tko profits of your labour , and they w
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R apport ar ; y governmont which will ail > w them r . con-¦ iauance < f their reigu of plunder , 1 bnve put iht > advecaus of -the L-a ^ ue in the Hce anr < Cry . I have continually endtavoared to find them out but they continue to hide their heads , to flee fcefore me . -At Ko > - tlngham , I addressed a mteticg cf from forty to sixty thon ^ aTsd people . At Derby , v e also had an immense meeting , not standing room in the Theatre . At Loaehboroagk , lait night , I addressed a roeetingof lO . persons of all classes . At all these meetings , I explained my opinions on tbe Corn Laws , and drove the opinions or the Lsagae before me . If the Corn Laws were repealed to-aiorrow , you would not be able to perceive tfee differenco between the repealed and the unreDealed loaf ;^ hs flour factor , the miller and thu
baker , will monopohse all the benefit When tto duty was repealed en leather , was tha manufactured article cheaper to tfce purchaser ? If the Corn Laws were repealed to morrow , and one hundred fold more of British goods were required in the foreign market , in seven inontns time more machinery "would be created tban ttouH manufacture Tnrre tbsn twobnndrecl tiffiM the quantity of good 3 required ; and again would the markets be glutted . . Artificial labour would then even more than displace human labour . Are you not suffriins : stTerely enough from this cause , titat yoa wiaa ti saSer still more ? Are not ~ ne men from the North coming up to compete with the men of London ? Sj long as the masters have a reserve to fall back npon , so long will you be short of employment and ill
remunerated . I hope if there are aDy shopkeepers here taey will pay attention to the statements of workiDg men , they are wiser on this subject tban I am . 1 want tha Charter that the working class may enlfghtea the middle class . I want to know whosa interest the shophecptr should lo » k to , the aristocroy or the working men . I can show to yoa that their iaiereav is completely opposed to that of the manufacturers , they have ihe whole of their raw materials from other sources ; they go not to the shopkeeper for a single article , while the working man lays out hi 3 wlwle earnings ¦ with them . If you go to a town and see the cottages empty you may depend apon it , that the shopkeepers are In distress , their customers being unable to purchase their goods , yet these men cry out cheap bread I cheap
bread ! The uncommon fools do not know that cheap and dear are relative terms , that it is as bard to buy a loaf at Id . if you have not get the penny for it , as it is tcbny it at C' . If they got their measure to-morrow thsy woald ask " what do those noisy fellows want bothering about tLe Charter , have they not got the Corn Laws repaaled ? We vrant the Charter not so much to repeal tbe Corn Laws hb when they are repealed to direct tbe advantage gained by their repeal into its proper channel , the stomach of t-ie people . They itbe Corn Law lispealers ) are squabbling about moonshine , are cavilinij ab' * ut two million quarters of com , worth about £ i 000 , 000 money . Tbey say nothing abou ; the £ lO , ouO , OCO swallowed up by the church , aboutsC 15 , 0 U 0 , C 00 by the army and
navy ; net one -aoid about the power of the middle cla-sss ; not a syllable d » they say of tbe workins of machinery , or the tstrsvagance of our Gr <> vermiieot ; do , tb ^ y are too interested in tbc 3 ? monopolies , they on ] y wact taeir younger sons and brothers to nil tSe places now fillea by the other fiction . If yoa got » he repeal it ¦ would raise my Lord Denman ' s salary from £$ 000 to £ 12 . 000 ; it would raise tha salaries of all sinecurists and placemen , and men of fixed incomes one half . Let us see how it would affect as . If you earn twenty . shillings a week now , and pay thirteen shillings cut in taxes , you will ttill have seven shillings to live on , but if the Corn L 3 . va are repealed , and you had cheap bread , and got fifteen shillings per week , and the expenditure of the Government was the same , namely ,
thirteen shillings , you would only have two shillings per we k . It does not want the brains of an Isaac Newton te understand this sucject , yen can understand it . yon are not r-o tbick-akalled 93 tbe aristocracy . If tbs Ctsancellor of the Exchequer could raise money no way , Lnd was forced to put a tax upon brains , they w * aid co : ue round to the working class with their brain gage , and would tell yon "what beautiful heads you have sot , how largely ycu huve got the bump of iritelligence , & =., tieteloped , -ud they would go to the aristocracy and tell th . m what gteat dunderheads th * y were , that taey had no brains at alL 1 am proud to tell ynn of the ' greai triumph we had over the League at Sheffield I have h ? ard that you had a similar triumph at the Ecvntian Hall , that you torned them into Euypt an
muumics . I am more proud to hear of jour triumph in my absence , than when 1 am present ; it shows to your opponents that j ou can depend up » n your own resources , that you rUy enly upon the juitice of yonr ciuse , and not upon any leader . The League are now in the position t > f the two gents who went to fight a duel , the one asked bis second to persuade tbe othsr to make nn apology , but was told be would not Tije daiun'd obstinate rascal , try him again . St'll it was unsuccessful . Weil , then , if the obstinate fellow won't apologise 1 must " This was our present pnsitw-i . We had been paying too dear for our ¦ whistles We Lave to maintain too many kicys and queens . Ej the bye , lie had tha honour to announce ti 3 t her ilojtr . y was again in a condition to present
thtm with another rojrJ pnnce . You hsve now the pleasure of supporting three kinrs and three qnreris ' you have King Albert , Kiag Cumberland , and King Leopold , with their enormous pensions ; yon' havt ; then Qaeen Adtiive , ¦ wilh £ 100 . 000 a year . Is it not diEgrscsi ' a that tiiis should t > t ; so when so many thousands are starving . You lia ^ e Qaeen Victoria and tbe Qaeen Mother , the Duchess of K-ut . Cin you wonder tnat 3 on are in ces-vrction when yon have a quantity of xoyal blood pivyiDg upon you ? Jf any one from tbe Homo Office is here , as I bavd ro doubt there are , let them carry it to their masters thnt I say , when the cottage totters the palaca will fill . It 13 impossible thai the mason can be k-. pt up when tae cottaee has fallen ; it is impossible that a starving people can ba lo > aL Let
the Queen be loyal to the people by properly causing the laws to be administerjd , and the people would be loyal to her , not ss a woman , but as the head of tbe Executive . We ¦ w" ; . h to see the laws like a lamb , and tbe Executive like a lion . If tbe laws are violated , those who violate vLeni should suffer ; bnt they should ba administered equally . At present there is more danger to the peasast who shoots ths squire ' s hare than the squire who shoots the peasant ' s bead . We want a more equitable admiuiitration of oar resource We do not want , as our enemies assort , an equal distribution , bnt an equitable one , each to be rewarded—not equally , but according to their work . If a poor man is fined a day ' s wages for being drunfe , an aristocrat should b ? fined a wt « -k ' s salary . Ha wanted
laws id b 6 equally adinii \ istectd . Not wheu % Lord committed inuT . ier to acquit him npon honour , and with less than this wa will never be satirfisd . We look to tha Charter as a means to create a union among all classes . If tne power was to be vested in one particular class , it had ought to be in the industrious classes ; for it 13 their iutirett to advance the interests of every class of society . If they legislated for their own interest , they must also vote for the interests cf the capitalist ? . But we wish all to have an equal power to ti ^ t ^ bich we claim for ourselves . There are only two classes of men I would deprive of a vote ; thsy are thess naen wbo , having the vote now , would deprive others of it , and those who have not got it , and will not exert themselves to procure it . Mr . O'Connor then entered into the qnesrinn of aRspsal of tbe Union , and commented in Biroag terms on the conduct of the Irish shooticg Church . If
the enly want of tbe iriA is a Parliament , we wiii give them our 658 already cat and dried . I will ntver rest until the bargain for the people is struck one way or other , if you are sold , it sba ; J be t » itl ; roar eyes open . I have spent many hundreds every yeat in this seitation , and I have never received one farthicir from eUher par ^ y . I will stand fa * t by my principles . I ¦ srill never abandon this agitation . Beware of promises from tha Anti-Corn La-w facvions . There will bs r . o hope for the people until they « et the Charter . Whtn that measure is attained , I will abandon public lifo for ever . It shall never be said that I tcined anythii-c : by the movement . I woald rather receive £ 500 a-j ^ ar as a judge for administering the people's laws thr . n £ 20 , 000 ayear from tLeExchequer . LikeCincinnatus , I will retire to my plough and pro- ' essien , md whiio life lasts , I will never be a tool in tbe hands of either faction . ( Tremendous cheerinp . )
Mr . H . Leigh then addressed the mreting in rapport of tie resolution ; and , in a tpeech pf ttpvrsres of an houT'B duration , completely demolished every assertion nia ^ . e by the League , and rivelteJ the attention of the whole assembly by his thrilling eloquence , aci was greatly applauded . Tbs resolution was then rat , and naaaimouEly carried . Three cheers were then given for Feargus O'Connor , for the Charter , for tbe Star , and the victims .
GREAT MEETING IN ST . PANCItAS TO APOPT THE NATIONAL PETITION . On Tfcnri ^ ny evening , Feb . 2-lth , { he Training Institute , bts Royal Clarence Tlieatre , Liverpool-s > lreel , King ' Cross , containing a spxeious Hall , two spacious galleries , end fwr > side slips , and large platform—all of which were crowded to suffocation—was the place of meeting . Mr . Potser , r . wsrking man , was called to the chair , and . expressed his regret tliu . t a moTe efikkiit person was not called on to preside over so large a meeting . He congratulated them on the symptoms of
union , exhibited at ths many meetings tbat had recently taken place . He trust . d they would hear everybody that presented themselves patiently —( cbetrs . ) He would call on Mr . Ferris to read and move the adoption of the National Petition . The Petition having been read , Mr . F . Baid it speaks for itself . It was drawn up by a Council of working men , and lias alreaay received an immense amount of signatures . Although this is the first public meeting convened in tbis parish for its adoption . He would therefore move it—( loud cbeers . ) Mr . Seal seconded it It was then put and carried nnnrmoesly , amid Jond ebesrfna . - ^
Mr . Fabbbb moved the first resolution as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting ( the declaration of fee Prima Minister with regard to the dLBtrt-ss of the country , renders him totally unfit for the office , and shows to tlie people if anotcer a-gament was waoticg , the necessity of the docament called the People ' s Charter being passed into a law withont deduction or alteration . " blr . Cliairmu and fellow men , I think there is no one here but will agree with the resolution . For what
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purpose is agovenment if it Is not to protect tbe people ? Taa Premies has declared that , he cannot nad a jpmedy for the distress of the nation , ' ! well then it wm high time we adopted his previous advice , nainely . take our owji afrsfrs into pur own own ianda—( loud cheeM)—the Chartists had been roandly abased by tha press , this had net made them love the Charter less-r-ihear)—on the contrary ' they were determined to adhere jto it until it was enacted as law—( loud cheers . ) Was it likely those who lived upon their industry could ever be their representatives ? We have now arrived at a crisis , the an tl-Corn Law agitation had proved a
comp fete failure , because they had not the people at their back . ( A voice" Why don't theChartfste join them ? " ) Ye > , but upon what terms ? they bad not kept faith with us , wa will have a firm guarantee firtt . He for his part would not go with them unless they would go for the whole Charter , and that first— ( rapturous applause . ) They professed to be friends of the peopt « , then let them come forward and help the people to obtain political power —( cheers . ) ' As to repeal , suppose it obtained tomorrow , -what xjontroal have yoa over the House to prevent its reeuaotmeat the next day—icriea of " none , r . one , ") Then let the people be determined not to bo humbugged , aad success is certain —( cbeeis )'
Mr . Rdffy Ridley , seconded the resolution . It gratified him to see his fellow-men bo anxiously and perseveringly seeking their just right * . They were determined to be galled no more . He was the advocate of the liberties of all , without distinction of sect , creed , cast , or colour—( cbeers ) He : was for fair discussion ; hear all men , and judge for themselves There are now at this time three meetings being held in this metropalis for the same purpose . He had been to one , and left their champion , Feargus O'Connor— ( great cheering )—addressing them . This was a sign that the ¦ working classes were bent upon Obtaining their jast rights —( hear , hear . ) I ask you , one and all , be you what you mey , have I not a right to have a voico in the making of the laws by which I am governed ?—( hear , hear . ) We had the Waigs—they gtye . us a Poor Law : we bad the Tories—thay give as the police . The
quack doctor had his trial , and put six of bis family in fat births Let him go on longer , and yon will have gagging bills ; but if you allow the present state of things to be continued you will deserve the name of slaves . He was sore they agreed that all men had equal rights . If tie Corn Law repealers would p ' ht the Charter on their banners along side repeal he would go with them—( loud cheers }—bat wo have been deceived by their cla ? s . TVo will not be deceived again—( loud cheers 1 Too Charter gave the right to all—( hoar , heat )—and they were determined to accept nothing less —( great cheers . ) The order of indnstry had been issultedi grossly abused and calumniated ; bat they were not to be deterred . Portugal had proclaimed the Charter without spilling a single drop of blood . Then be yoa firm—act as men—let Eugliah , Irish , Scotch , and Wtl < h firmly anite , and success is certain—( loud
caeenng . ) Tlie resolution was pat and carried anaaimously . Mr . C . F . Goodfellqw was highly gratified at the unanimity that prevailed , aad much deli o'lited that the National Petition had been passed with such cordiality . A working man was thei- president—thus justice prevailed . Wbat a contrast to the Hampstead-road meetin ? , where the middle class chairman converted a large rosjority iDto a minority . They were accused of being bnbed " by the Tories . They were not paid by any faction ; the obtainment of the Charter was the only reward they sought—( cheers . ) . Captain Rous had declireil tbe people possessed comforts , —such as beef ctiaks for supper , two pots < f beer to wash it down , and a qunrtirn of gin to keep it warm . They knew iheTtt was no tiath in it ; but this was a specimen of c : ass-lesi 3 fctors— ( cheers . ) The late expensive royal cnmYeuhig was one cf its results ; let us obfcua the Uaarter , then weBhall have justice for all— ( cheering . ) He moved tbe second resolution , which was as follows :
" That this meeting declares its determination not to assist or countenance any agitation that has not for its ol-j-ict the enactment of the six points of the Charter , fis from past experience we ftel confident there is no hope of justice for the peopie from any other class or party in existence . Ihey Ihe . tfjre resolve to depend on themselves alone . " Mr . Stailwood supported the resolution in a long speecb , r . nring which he 'was loudly cheered . Dr . M'DouaI-L said Mr . Chairman , I will not detain you long having been quits hoars 9 from addressing the large mee * lng in Bermondpoy , where I regret to say a portion of the place fell do wa from the immense
pressure of people —( sensation)—but I am happy to say that no one was much hurt . ( Leud cheers . ) At no time was tbe spirit of the Vecple more tried , their ad-Tocates have keen immured in gloomy cells , and borne it without shrinking . The people have been frowned on , calumniated , abused , and threatened with . loBS of Linployment , still they are firm , —( loud cheers )—aud when splendid allurements are helded cut , it ia the dnty of every advocate to caution the people asainst the false delusive baits , and call on them to stand firm to our sacrvd principles now made glorious by ytur support—( cheers . )— He made a long speech , and concluded by seconding the resolution , which was put and carriee unanimous !? .
Mr . Jordan roso to move that a committee of . five , driw np an adnivss to her Majeety , founded on tbe foregoing resolutions , also including a prayer for the Immediate restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , aud that it be forwarded to Feargus O'Connor , Etqr ., for presentation , seconded by Mr . Spokes , and carried unanimously . ¦ - . "¦¦¦ A vote of thanks w .-. s given to tbe Chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed .
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RETURNS OF THE VOTES FOR THE CAN DIDATES FOR THE CONVENTION .
LANCASHIRE . I i I i S vS w a Manchester , Browa-street 67 71 5 3 Burnley ... ... 22 8 67 3 Manchester , Miles Piattin 22 29 1 6 Ciithero ... ... 0 0 166 0 Harwood ... ... 0 0 100 0 Colno — ... 0 0 180 0 Lancaster ... ... 0 0 75 0 Sabden ... ... 0 0 50 0 Accrington ... ... 1 0 63 0 Blackburno ... ... 38 53 69 6
Preston ... ... 75 61 18 2 Bacup ... ... 0 0 150 0 Barnoldawick ... ... 0 0 70 0 Chorlsy 21 20 33 67 Athton ... ... 60 59 2 2 Oldham 52 56 2 2 Hollingwood 17 17 2 2 Lower Moor 19 19 0 0 Rochdale 1 10 0 Waterhead Mill ... 38 40 2 0 Leea ... ... ... 3 ! J 38 0 0 Warrinston ... ... 30 32 9 7 Milnrow 27 21 2 4 Bury ... ... ... 0 60 0 60 Delph 20 21 0 1 548 606 1066 165 YORKSHIRE . « ¦ " a S p ^ 2 g § H fl m CQ U o s- S < ~ ~ . a O . < m z . Z > w b . d ^ M ' M pi Yew Green ... 12 14 4 6 0 0 Lppton 30 30 0 0 30 0 Sclby 37 0 16 28 29 33 Scarborough ... 29 0 1 28 17 27
Midglny 39 * 7 19 0 14 York 29 0 1 31 29 30 Bradford 491 7 240 380 101 320 Binjiley ... — IS 0 2 16 3 J 5 Huddersfield ... 158 121 69 115 0 37 Hebd'u Bridge ... 45 0 33 24 18 . J 9 VVadswonhRovr ... 35 2 12 29 4 23 Barnsley ... ... 35 0 18 19 13 30 Thorntoa 0 0 30 49 59 . 61 Sheffield 82 4 57 29 53 26 Ro'he' -ham — 37 2 12 27 28 10 Sowcrby 113 66 102 13 108 45 Halifax 92 2 92 67 0 0 Warley 17 3 13 12 0 0 Mixcnden 10 3 6 4 0 8 Political Institute , Sheffield ... 27 1 22 12 27 2
Pocltlington ... 23 9 6 17 20 15 Knaresborough ... 13 2 U 13 0 13 Malton .. ... 26 0 10 23 0 22 Donca ^ tcr . 40 0 26 28 45 38 Beverley 16 0 0 0 16 Jo Leeds 67 14 28 62 37 40 Home , Spalding Moor 18 0 1 18 ll ! 17 Hull ... ... 85 5 60 63 82 39 Ripponden 29 1 25 22 0 6 Ocenden 17 2 9 7 0 0 Hanslet 23 0 10 18 20 16 Idle , L-ttle Horton 63 0 18 28 3 . 0 41 Upper Wortley ... 15 3 11 14 1 13
1741 295 957 1252 877 976 STAFFORDSHIRE . o ? O - . PS , 25 S O K % . 8 S P 5 Bilstojj ... ... 56 ° 4 Walsall 5 ° 2 Darlestoa ... ... ... " 68 « . Shelton ... ... 96 5 Longton ... ... ... 1 133 Hanley ... ... ... 2 216 Stoke-upon-Trent ... ... 82 1 Stafford ... 8 H . Wolverhampton ... ... .... 35 64 202 434
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GLOUCESTER * SOMER ^ Er , AND WILTS , ; r "' - , M' ^^/ : - ^ vr- ; % - ; S .: S - ^' - ' " - ¦ ¦ " /¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ " v . "¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦' : ' - ' ¦" ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . - ;¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ & ; -: ¦ # ¦ . fpi w . V' 6 , Bristol Trades ... ... 52 52 0 0 0 Bath ... .., ... ... 95 51 45 Hi Cheltenham ... ... ... 107 123 38 0 / 0 Bristol ... ... ... 29 34 0 53 29 The Peyerills ... ... 45 45 0 0 0 Trowbridgo ;; . ... 47 49 12 3 1 Stroiidwafcer ' ,.. ... 27 35 0 9 0 Frome A . ... .., 39 39 0 0 0 Bradford ... .. ; ... 17 17 0 0 0 Yeovil ... ... ... ¦ 35 35 : 0 0 0 Salisbury ... ... ... 7 8 1 0 0 Vyptton-under-Edgd ... 15 17 7 7 0 Melksfeam : i . ; ... . ; . 25 25 0 0 0 Kingswood ... ... ... 33 25 3 0 18 593 578 106 83 53 CORNWALL , DEVON ; AND DORSET . ' - ' - ' ¦ '¦ ' - ¦ - - - - ' ¦ '¦"'' - M- ' 3 ' ' " ¦ £ 4 ¦ w . . . ¦ . ¦ - ¦ . - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :. —¦ .: ¦ - .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ : s , i : Plymouth ... ... ... ... 24 0 Truro ... ... ... ... 1 24 Camborne ... ... ... . Q 46 ¦ ; ' ¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦ - ¦ . . .. ¦¦' ¦ . : ¦ . : ' . ¦¦ ¦¦ ' . ' " ' . ' .,. ¦ . ¦ ¦ . . ¦ f ? . ' •¦ ¦ ' . . ' ¦ 25 70 MIDDLESEX , ESSEX , SURREY , AND ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : -- ; -- - ; - keint : .. ¦"' _ .. ^ ' r Chatham ¦ / " . " , ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦'¦ " ' ¦ " ' ¦ .. -. Voles . Dr . P . M . M'Douall ... ... 497 20 Ridlev ... ... ... 233 26 ParkeV ... . ... ... 168 0
Stallwood ... ... ... 156 25 Fnssell ... .... ... 133 g M'Grath ... ... ... 115 2 Watkins ... ... ... . 87 1 Ktight ... ... ... 86 0 Benbow ... '••• •¦» 59 0 Barmby ... ... ... 45 0 Roberts ... ... ... 40 0 Balla ... ... ... 32 0 Fox ... ... ... ... 6 0 Rainsloy ... ... ... 2 0 Robsoa ... ... ... 10 It will be seen , according to this , that Dr . M'Doual ) , Ruffey Ridley , arid E . Stallwood are at the head of the poll , of course Mr . Fussell oaa correct me If I am wronjt ; the Chatham correspondent states he did not know where to sead the polling to , and ho sent it to me . - . "; , : ' ' . ' . ' . .: According to the returns the following persons arc to be broufijht forward to public meetings , and elected to serve in tho forthcoming ^ Convention : — Northumlierland and Durhajn—James Bronferre O'Brian .: ¦'¦ ' •• • . ¦ ¦• : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ :: : ¦¦ ¦¦ " \ ¦¦' . ;¦ : ¦ ¦' ' : ¦ " ¦ ¦ . """
Yorkshire—F . O'Connor , L . Pitkcthly , and Geo , Binng .- ^ ¦; : ' . . " ; : . ' \ : ¦ ' .. . "• -. ' " / ¦¦ ' ; ' . Lancashire—J . Leach and W . Beeeley , Cheshire—Christopher Doyle . Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cambridge—J . Campbell . Derby , Leicester , and Nottiugham—No return as yet . : '¦ ..- . - ' ' ' , ¦ ¦ ' . ' : ¦ :. - ¦ : - . "'¦¦ ¦ ' "" Sfaffordshirer-J . Mason . Warwick and Worcestershire—Q . White . Monmouth , Herefordshire , and Wales—Mr . Williams . .. ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ " " " ; ¦ ¦ '¦ ' : ;"; : . ;; ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ " . ¦ ' '¦ '" . '""
Devon , . Cornwall /' and- 'Dorset—Mr . Powell . Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts—R . K . Philp and W . P . Roberts . ¦ Hants , Sussex , and the Isle of Wight—N . Morlin £ and W . Woodward . E ^ sox , Middlesex , Surrey , & Kent—Dr ..- M * Douall , R . Ridley , and E . Stallwood . Cumbfrland ' . and Westmoreland—None . Northampton and OxfordBhire—None . John Campbkli ., Secretary .
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The Time of Youth . —Idleness is the most pernicious habit that youth can acquire ; the early years of life are the parts of a volume too valuable for even a single day to appear a useless blank ; and each E age . ' should / present to recollection some commendafc action , or knowledge attained .- ^ Parley's Ptiiny Library .
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RECEIPTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE FROM THE FIRST OF JANUARY UNTIL THE FIRST OF MARCH , 1842 . -.. -. . -. " . / ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦"'¦ . - . . - . . " ¦ " £ . s . d . London , per Wheeler ... ... 2 0 0 Nottingham .. ' .- ... 14 2 , Ryde , Isle of Wight ... .... 0 2 . 0 PerOoyle ... — ... 0- 9 0
Salisbury ... ... ... 0 11 0 Plymouth :.. ... Q 5 0 Chnwbent ... ... ... 0 8 t 5 Todmorden ... ... ... 118 10 Oxford ... ... ... 0 7 6 Suttoh-in-Aehfield ... ... 0 10 0 H . aoslet - -. '"> 0 10 0 Oveii'dcn ... ••¦ 0 4 2 Sowerby ... — — ' 0 , » 0 Bradford ... — ^ 17 ¦•
Rochdale , per Leach -... * ... i 4 0 D' > . per Feaiheraioae ... ... 0 3 0 Oldham Females ... ... 0 3 0 Huddersfield ... / .. ¦ ... 1 5 0 Southampton ... ... ... 0 4 0 Clielmsford ... ... ... 0 2 6 Koitering ... ... ' •••¦ 0 5 0 Leicester ... — 4-0 0 Milfis Flatten ... ... ... 0 2 0 Stafford .. «• ••• ° H G Acrington ; ... ... 0 3 4 Star Office ... ... 4 4 6 i
Bilston ... ... 0 IS 8 1 Banbury ... ....- •¦• 10 0 Leee ... ' - — ^ ^ ® Merthyr Tydvil ... - 2 ft -0 Salford ... ... ..... 0 10 0 StiJeybtidge ... ... ... 010 Birmingham , Sceelhouse-lane ... 0 10 0 . London ' i Salmow ... ... 0 2 0 London , Lefevro ... 0 5 0 Bocnp — 5 ? ^ ¦ 0
Delph ¦» . - •» 9 0 Stock port Youths ... ... 1 6 8 Dukeufield ... ... 0 S 2 Abardare 0 15 0 Op ^ nshaw 0 2 0 Tavistock ... ... 0 10 0 Halifax -. . . .. 0 14 11 Wad 8 worth-row ... ' 0 6 3 Warley 0 3 8 Mytholmroyd ... 1 2 10 Mixehden — ... 0 2 0 ArnoM ... ... 0 6 0 Lynn — Q S 6 Canterbury ... ... 0 7 6 London , ivlarylcbono ... ... 0 16 8 Preston Youths ... ... 0 8 4 Per Lowe ^ ... ... 0 1 2 Greenwich ... 0 5 0
Sittingbourne ... ... 0 13 Thornton ... 0 17 0 Brighton .. ¦•• ••• 0 15 0 Daventry ... ... ... 0 5 0 Manchester Youths ... ... 0 2 6 Wolverbamptbn , per Mogtf ... 0 16 0 A Shoemaker , ditto ... - * 0 3 0 Wellingborough ... .... 0 4 2 Long Buckby ... ... .-. 0 3 0 Bristol Youths ... ... 010 Q Stoke-npon-Ttvnt ... ... « 15 0 Per Grjifin ... . ..... .. .. 0 0 6 Kipponccii ... ... ... 1 14 6 Liverpool , ... ... ... 1 13 6 Chorley — ... ... 0 12 0 Preston ... ... ... 0 9 0
Nottingham , per Thatcher .... 0 10 0 Hanley , per Richards ... ... 1 3 4 Bath ... ... ... — 16 0 Durham ... ..... . ... 0 12 0 London Tailors , per Mr . Cameron 0 ] 5 6 Bingley ... ... ... 0 8 4 Colno ... ... ... 10 0 Bristol , par Simeon ... ... 1 10 2 Holmfirth ... ... .... 0 10 0 London , St . Pansras , per Polling 1 10 0 Kendal ... . ... ... 0 5 0 Hanley Females ... ... 0 6 0 lioston * .. ... ... 1 0 0 A . L . ... ' - ... 0 50 Loughborough ... ... 0 18 0 Females ... ... ... 0 2 0 Walworth ... ... ... 0 5 0
Giossop ... ... ... 0 8 4 Lambly ... «•• «•¦• U . . 3 4 London Hatters , per Kelsey ... 0 10 0 Spiisby ... ... . ' ... ' 0 2 6 Longton ... ... ... 0 15 10 Hoiley ... ... ... 0 1 0 Milti-row ... ... ... 0 5 0 Sallord Youths' ... ... 0 2 0 Walsall ... ... ... 0 10 6 Warminster ... ... ... 1 0 0 I-Ivson Green ... ... ... 0 2 6
Leicester , per Mark » m ... ... 0 8 4 Lrndou , Chelsea ... ... 0 10 0 Lo ! don , Bermond 8 ey ... ... 0 10 0 Loudori , Cleave ... ... 2 2 8 Briatol Trades ... ... 0 16 8 . Skegby ... ... ... 0 4 0 KingswoodHill ... ... 0 60 Lovtioa Females , Tower Hamlets P 15 0 Marple .. V ... ... 0 6 0 ¦ ¦ - ' .:. - ... ... 0 9 0 ¦
——— ... . »' - ' . ... 0 8 4 * I cannot call to mind by whom the 9 ft above has been sent ; the 8 ? . 4 d . haa been paid to Mr . Leach , and be canact tecoluct by whoir . Mr . Smith , of Plymouth , will see that tho 5 ? . omitted in the last account , is inserted in this . Mr . Pelllng , of St ; Pancras , will sea that tie 10 e . is ackcowledged .
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The following are the debts 6 ftheAssociat % on as : \> --near-iis-j ; . : p ^ M ^ - -c ^ ld ' ' ^^ f r , ^ fn \ Mt . : } .. ! l ^ iSub-Secriiaries ^ the number < jfpatfi » gfMmber ^ CaMesi— : ' ;/ , •// r ^ ; ';¦"¦ .: ; 'C ; . - ;; . ' ¦; ' v ' ; V { '• : ^ ' :- ' ^ Mem- Mpiir ' : '"' - ' •/ . ' , ¦ ' vvV- — - ¦ ¦ < ' ¦' . '>/ - ^; -1 ^> '¦ : ¦ ,. ¦ bertr . - 'to * "' ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ . // : ' : ¦ ' ;¦ : ' - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ :- : :. " . ¦ ' ¦ ..:. ; " "; . - - ' - ' . 12 p' 2 Manchester ^ Redfern ^ Btreet ... 1 0 0 60 2 Manchester Gsneral Couacil 2 0 0 60 2 Contributions , Ashton ... 0 10 0 * 6 p . ; ' ^' - ' 3 ^ . 'CQ i | itTi ^ ati ^ i 8 !) ; . 3 tcud 81 . Stbok-: '¦ : . ' - ¦' ¦' . '• '¦ : ' ' / J -: . ¦ ¦ ' ' vbrt . ; . : : ¦ V ' . ^' : - - ; .. 11 2 60 2 Contributi 6 ns , Wlngate Grance .
/ Colliery ... / ... 0 10 0 40 2 ditto , and 40 cards , Chorlton 0 13 ; 4 Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... 0 50 90 4 ditto , Eccles ; > .. ... 1 10 0 30 2 ditto , aud 24 cards , Middieton " . 09 0 120 2 ditto , and 100 cards , Bolton 1 If 8 40 2 ; ditto ^ Warvfick ... ... 0 6 ft 300 T ditto , and 180 cards , Bradford 2 15 0 40 ¦ ¦ ¦/ 2 ditto , Northamptoa ... ... 0 6 8 20 2 ditto , Brainpton .. / ... 0 3 4 90 2 ditto , Rochdale .. ; ... 0 15 fr 9 p 71 months' diitp , 148 cards , Oldham •¦« ... •»• . ... 3 17 . 5 200 1 COntributioas , district of
Hiidfield ... . « ... 0 16 8 24 2 ditto , Soathampton ... ... 040 20 2 ditto , ^^ and 12 cards , Rooden Lane .. ; . ... ... 0 5 4 30 2 ditte , Market Weighton ... 0 5 0 50 2 ditto , Barnslsy ... ... 0 8 4 60 2 ditto , and 90 cards , Bishopwearmbuth ... ... 1 5 0 40 2 ditto , Warringlon ... ... 0 6 8 30 2 ditto , Stockton ... ... 0 5 . 0 18 2 ditto , and 19 cards , Periyame 0 6 / 2 30 2 ditto , and 52 cards , Newport , Monmouth ... ... 0 13 8 150 2 ditto , and £ 2 balance due to the 3 l 8 t December ... 3 5 0 30 2 ditto , Astley ... ... 0 5 0 120 2 ditto , Leeds ... ... 1 0 0 40 2 ditto ; arid 12 cards . Miles
Piattin ... ... ... 0 8 8 60 2 dittoiand 60 cards , Mosaley ... I 0 0 40 7 i ditto , Mattram ... ... 1 5 0 30 2 ditto , Holbrooke ... ... 0 5 0 80 2 ditto , Bisho ? Auckland ... 0 5 0 24 4 ditto , ana 24 cards , Worcester 0 12 0 100 1 and 100 cards , Sheffield Polilitical Institute ... ... 1 5 0 100 7 i and 80 cards , Sheffield , Figtree- / lane ... ... ... 3 15 10 60 6 York ... .. ^ ... 110 0 30 6 and 50 cards , Soarboro ... 1 3 4 72 ¦ ' 2 with 12 s . Id ., biianco duo 31 st . Deo , Pollora Simpson ... 1 4 1
120 2 Richards ... ... ... * 10 0 72 7 . J Derby ... ... ... 2 5 0 30 6 Brom 8 grove ... ... 0 15 0 30 6 Darlaston ... ... ... 0 15 0 50 1 Bindley ... ... ... 0 4 2 100 4 Colue ... ... ... 1 13 4 30 6 Yeovil ... ... ... 0 15 a 30 6 Cardiff ... ... ... 0 15 0 60 6 " Macolesfield ... ... 110 0 90 4 Chelteaham ... ... 110 0 30 4 Holmfirth ... ... ... 0 10 0 90 4 Sunderland ... ... ... 1 10 0 30 6 Carlisle ... ... ... 0 15 0 30 1 and 20 cards , Kendal ... 0 5 10
72 7 i Dewsbury ... ... ... 2 5 0 40 7 A Belper ... ... ... 1 5 Q 30 2 Truro ... ... ... 0 5 4 ) 30 2 Chester ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 6 Kidderminster ... ... 0 15 0 30 2 Wisbbach ... ... ... 0 5 0 60 3 Abergavenny ... ... 0 15 0 24 2 Newport , lile of Wight ... 0 4 0 30 7 i Poutypool ... ... ... 0 18 9 30 3 " Skipcon ... ... ... 0 7 6 40 I Glossop ... ... ... 0 3 4 30 6 and 50 cards , Wigaa ... 13 4 20 120 cards , Longton ... ... 1 0 0 20 2 Northwich ... ... ... 0 3 4
20 2 New Mills ... ... ... 0 3 4 72 1 aWd 72 cards , Holbeck ... 0 18 0 60 1 Milnrow ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 4 Millbottom ... ... ... 0 10 0 24 3 Ratoliffe ... ... ... 060 50 2 Sabden ... ... ... 0 12 6 30 3 and 25 cards , Hey wood ... 0 11 8 60 2 Norwich .. ... ... 0 10 0 90 3 and 60 cards , Ciithero ... 1 12 6 12 7 ^ Acorington ... ... 0 7 6 400 3 and 300 cards . / Bilston ... 7 10 6
40 3 Banbury .. / ... ... 0 10 0 30 2 and 50 cards , FaiUwbvth ... 0 13 4 30 6 and 36 cards , Gloucester ... 1 1 0 30 3 . Lees ... :.. ... 0 7 6 30 4 and 60 cards , Howden ... 1 0 0 100 7 i and 100 cards , Hull ... 3 1 . 9 2 60 2 Hebden Bridge ... ... 0 10 0 30 4 and 50 cards , Congleton ... 0 18 4 120 3 and 60 cards , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ... .- .. . .. ; 2 0 0 SO 2 Balance due to 31 st Dec , 1841 ,
Salford ... ... ... 1 11 4 30 4 aud 60 ; cards , Wigton ... 1 0 0 30 2 and 50 cards , Stalybridge ... 0 13 4 30 4 and 50 cards , Bury ... 0 18 4 100 7 * Birmingham , Freeman-street 3 5 10 30 2 Bacup ... ... ... 0 5 0 120 2 and 100 cards , Aberdare ... 1 16 8 30 2 and 20 cards , Opensha . w ... 0 8 4 30 2 Stourbridge ... ... 0 5 Q 20 2 B * t ! oy ... ... ... 0 3 4 50 2 and 20 cards , Ipswich ... 0 11 8 100 2 Tower Hamlets ... ... 0 16 8 100 2 Marylebote ... ... 0 16 8 100 4 Burnloy ... ... ... 1 13 4 24 7 J and 36 cards , Gloucester ... 1 1 , 0 30 2 and 30 cards , Barnstaple ... 0 10 0
50 2 and 120 cards , Wolverhampton 1 8 / 4 24 2 Wellenborough ... ... 0 4 . 0 30 2 and 32 cards , Long Buckley ... 0 10 4 30 2 and 10 cards , / West Auckland 0 6 8 50 cards , Stoke-upon-Trent '; . . O 84 120 2 Lirerpool ... ... 1 0-6 50 7 i Lancaster ... ... 1 11 3 75 7 i Blackburn ... ... 2 6 10 72 1 Chorley .. ... ... 0 6 0 90 1 Preston ... ... ... 0 7 6 50 7 £ Newton Heath ... ... 1 11 3 50 1 and 50 cards , Leicester , All Saints Open ... ... 0 12 6 70 3 Barnoldswick ... ... 0 17 6 60 cards , Cockermouth ... 0 10 ' . 0 24 cards , Carnborno ... 0 4 0 30 4 and 24 cards , Stroudwater ... 0 14 0 £ ^ r . 0 0 Outstanding debts ... £ 135 10 Brother Chartists . — I have charged the aaiount as near the mark aa I could . I hardly fenew how to act . I cannot get the Sub-Secretariea generally to inform me of tae actual number of paying members monthly . Were I to charge according to the number of inesmbers who haive voted , the Associaiion would be much more in debt taan it is I hope that immediate steps will be tifcen to pay off the debt , and enable the Executive to go to work in earnest In the column to tha left I have inserted the probable number of paying members , in the next column the number of months , that the contributions should be paid for , with thenumber ® f cards unpaid for . ' If I have over charged , or under charged the Association , the fault is not mine . r- ¦ .
On the 1 st Saturday m March , a balance sheet of the income and expeusL * will appear . . . It is too often the case , that the Society sells the cards , and devotes the money to its own purposes , leaving the Executive to pay for thtiir printing as best they can . ' . / ¦ . . - " . . ¦¦ ' ¦ ,. -. ¦ ¦ ¦ : /¦' ; .. The thanks of the whole Chartis !; body is due to the Halifax district , to Twlmordeh , London , the Potteries , Nottinghamshire , aad other places , "who have done tbeir ; duty so well . Sad it not been for them , the Executive v ? oulu have been pViced in very awkward circumstances ; indeed , tho Bristol frlenda also have done their duty pobly .
HoplDg that ^ he good cau 3 e will prosper even more rapidly than it does at present . ' Yours in the cause , ; John Caiii-bell , Secretary .
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An Old Prisonek . —There is novr residing in the Fleet Prison a wan named Jeremiah Board , who has been a prisoner ever since 1815—no Jess than " twenty-seven years . " Board was committed by the Court of Chaucory for contempt , and no proceedings under tho -Insolvent Debtors' Act ; couli be prosecuted until the present act caiao into opeiu > tion , when a provision was made , enabling creditors to adopt compulsory proceedings against debtors . A vesting order wai 8 obtained against Board , and a seizure made of property , by which money and
securities were found on his peraon , some of which was secreted in his shoes . ' j . 'he matter remained some time ^ anu a recent application was made respecting about , £ 1 , 600 which was in the hands of the assignee who had obtained the ve 3 tingor 4 er , and whioh sum it was thought had better bo paid into court . The commissioner ordered , from the extraordinary na-¦ fcBre of the case , that creditors should be sought alter ; and advertisements have appeared in the newspapers , calling on persons who have any claim tocomaforward i before further orders wore giTen respecting the money . / : ;; , /
A Lasib Buried in ihe Snow Nineteen Days . —A one year old lamb belonging to Messrs . Sutton and Co ., of the Trubshaw Farm , was missed on the 13 jh of January , daring a heavy fall of snow , and was not found again until the first of the present month , when it was discovered in a ditch , standing in an upright position , having been nineteen days-enveloped in a snow drifts by which it had been reduced to a mere skeleton . When brought into the fresh air , it could neither Btand nor walk ; but by the judicious care and treatment of Messrs . Sutton ' s old shepherd , Joseph Jenkinson , it . has now f uite recovered the effects of so long a deprivation otnM . ttiBie'o . t . —Stafford Advertiser .
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tONDON—Silk Weavers— \ h adjonrhed public meeting of the Spitalfields si ?! c weavers was h , eld to hear the report of the reliet committee , who , at their last meeting , had passed resolutions , stating that the meeting which Mr . O'Connor addrepsed at the Crown and Anchor , Bethnal-greeu , was not composed of broad silk weavers , but of shoemakers , navigators . &c , and that even the chairman was hot a weaver . At about nine o'clock , the place w * 9 crowded , aad Mr . ; J . Pickersgill W 33 called to the chair , but no committee made their appearance , For which aonduct much disapprobation was expressed . Mr . Thompson mcved the following resolution : — " That this meeting hereby call upon the relief
committee to resign , and that they appoint a committee of six unemployed operative weavers . to superintend their interests . " ¦' . The word " unemployed' ^ was afterwardB withdrawn . Mr . Carey seconded the resolution , which was supported by Meesrc Rodwcll , Wright , Slater , Franks , and others . Mr . Wilson moved as an amendment , " That a public in ' eef / i . ng of the trade be called on that day week , ( Saturday , March 5 th ) , and that the commivtee bo called upon to attend . ' ? He wa 3 not satisfied that t % ^ y should merely be called upon to resign , but that the > y should be severally cehsured for tha conduct , and for the base manner in which they had misrepresented the late public meeting , addressed by Mr . O'Coanor . "
Mr . Finnett seconded the amendment , and many others , all weavers , addressed the meetib ^' , con .-demping the conduct of the committee . Duriug ( his interval , Mr . Claisse , the secretary of the tea * : ' , and of the counaitteej entered tha room , and replb-i to questions , which , were put to him , in a p uidid nanner . Mr . Claisse then pledged his wov-l ¦ j the meeting , that , aa secretary to the trade , htvv ; rdld call a meeting on Saturday next , by bandbil . a , of the whole trade , and that he would attend aad request the attendance of the committee , who , he beiieved , would resign . The motion tmi amendment were then withdrawn , and after liuffy Ridley had briefly addressed _ the meeting , " Btsting his intention to meet th » committee , the business was adjonrned .
ASHBUSTOK" ( Devon . )—The woollen trade here is in a dismal state . Hundreds are out of work and in a state of starvation , with no sign of any improvement . ; Manjr cleyer artiz&aa are driven to emigrate to America through the want ef emplbyment . If a change does not take place soon , we fear the result . - ¦ : ¦ ¦ - . ' v ' . ¦ ' ¦ : >¦ v .- ¦ :-. ¦ ¦¦'
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VOLCNTAIir ArTKMPT At SlARVATlCUl;—A girl named Saville , living at Felsted , Essex , had been missing for twelve days prior to the / O-Jrinst . On that day some moh found her nearly in a dying stat * . She gives no satisfactory account of why aho voluntarily attempted starvation , but $ he says she was in the wood ten dajs and nights , with no other covering than tho clothes she had on , nor any protection from the inclemency of the season than a few leaves she had collected together to lie on . She had seen no one during the time , nor had she eateu anything whatever or took any sustenance further than sucking . sums water from the brook through a reed . She is still in a very precarious state . — BuryPost . / /
Bobbery op £ 2000 from thei Manchester and BlaCkbuun Coach . —Oa Friday evening wwk , a leather trunk or box coritaihiug 1500 sovereigns and £ 500 in £ 5 notes , was forwarded by Messrs . Curl ; ff < s ^ Brooks , and Co ., bankers , Manchester , to their house i-Ti ^ Blackburn , by the P « rseverance coach . Two suspicious persons were outside passengers , and who , after going as far \ as Bury , or a little beydud that place , got off , and with them took / the truuk and its cvutents . £ 100 reward is offered for such
information as will lead t > the detection of the thieve ? . On Wednesday morning . Mr . Beawiok , the active police oiScer , succeeded in obtaining a clue , by which he apprehended a person who there is little doubt wsBoneof the party , namely , a person named Thelwall ( not the Mr . II . Thelwall , whose premises wero robbed of jewellery to a large amount sometweor three months ago , -but his brother , } on whose person itissaid 200 sovereigns were found . Hewasbrougnt before the magistrates at Manchester , on Wednesday , aad remanded for a week .
The Hounsj ^ ow powDEB Mills . —Mobe Explosions . —We understand that Peter Thomas and William Cplvins , tho two survivors of the late dreadful explosion of a corning-miil ou the premises of Messre . C . 13 . and T . Curtis and Harvey , gunpowder manufacturers , which occurred on tad morning of Saturday , the 12 . h ult ., are stili going on well , and fast advancing towards convalesccncoi Scarcely , however , has the excitement occasioned throuRhout the neighbourhood of iiounslow by the melancholy occurrence begun to subside , before we have to anneunce two other explosions oh the works of tli 3 same firm , which have , howeverj been unattended by fatal consequences . Tho fiisfr took place on tho afternoon of Saturday lastabout twenty minutss to
, three 0 clock , in a powder rof ; ra near to the scene of tho ^ previous explosion . Two men ^ named John Irish , about twenty-two years of age , and Win , Fox , about the same age , both in the Bervice of MesfiK . Curtia and Coi , were sent in to sweep it « P » and while so engaged , frooa somo cause at present unexplained , except ( hat they neglected first to damp the floor , the loose powiler exploded , by & " force of which tho wiudows of the bni'diDg were broken and the men injured , Irish being dreadfnUj burnt about the head and face , so as to be temporarily deprived of fiisht ; and Fox , Who jumped through one of the windows into the miH Btreain , was burned aboat the hands and arm ? &C . Bot »
; sufiterers were promptly conveyed £ 0 tJjeJrTesideDCca at liounslow , and were immed lately attended by Mr . Frogley , surgeon , of that town . Both are , we uaderctand , doing well , and Jikely to recover . Tbe second explosion took place 011 Monday morning , about half-past eight o'clook , when the inhabitants of the country around , for a radius of four or flva miles , were alarmed by a loud report , which on iuquiry Tvas found to have occurred at other works bciongiDg to the same firm ; sitnate at Hattori , mar Bfcdfont , about four miles from liounslow , by whica the robf of a green charged miil was , it IS sl *' , 2 blown off . but without any peraoa being either ki" ^ orinjured . ¦?¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ \ /// ' - \ - ' :- - ''
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r /; . BRITAIN . - . ,: . / ^;/ - . / - ' ; : ; ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ --: . -. //\ ... ' - - / - ;^ Broth eb . OPBBAtivBS ^ QTatefully ^^ ackriowl edgina ; the handsome and noble manner ^" ¦ ¦ to which you have already contributed to our / aid , circumstances of an urgent nature compel us to solicit lOttt | brther and immediate assistance . Qi ^ Bell and Petoi Johnson and the Hiytor GraniteGu . m ' pany i the ' Government , and a host of other capitalists , have manifestly leagued themselves togetherpiot OBly with a view to ; . / defeab '< theoobject of " theMaadns" in resistirig the cruelty of Altent but as it has been openly stated by the Tory Mayor © Jf Norwich , To defeat the combined efiwrta of the trades of the British empire in | heir , " as he wai pleased to term it , " attackupon the rights of capitaL' ? : ' , ¦ - _ , \ of
To neutralize the evil machj ^ tions this arrogant , rapacious , and . ' * unlitfly alliance , " . which , insensible to all geiieroas feelings , revel in afl 3 uence at the epst of-guflEoring bumanit . y , " a poalition of the energies , and concentration of the means of the trade 3 and Working conimuiiity . of the '** British empire" is essential . To eniorce for the working wan a right beyond that of ' oiling a given number of hours for a certain rate of wages—to enforce for Mrh the privilege held sacred to "' all other' clat-ses of the community , tha ^; of attending tte / dying moments of "' . ' * the wife " of his * "Ibosom" —and the last obligation of a son to a revered but deceased mother , that of being presant ^ t . her committal to that place , '' ¦ . " . - ¦ : ¦ ' : / r " \ - < \ - - - " ¦ , ¦ .: ¦ - ¦ : / . - -
?• From whose bourn notraye | iler returns /'; without , on returning heart-stricken to his employment , experiencing such acis of eonsnmmat ~ ? crw elty as those unto which we have -been subjected br the fiend-like Allen . / v ; These , friends ; are the Christian privileges for which , in a Christian couut ; y , wo have been so long contending , and in support of WhicK ' we a ^ ain solicit with hope and confidence your immediate and liberal BUppOrt . : • ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : . : ' ;¦; ¦ ¦¦ ¦[/¦ ' ^ / ' - ' '¦¦ \ ' ;/ ; / - ' / - , The result of our previous , and the najture of our present movements , will be found in our donation sheets . Our operations are necessarily extensive .
which , as a natural couscqu-mce , make' onr - expenditure / heavy . We have deies ; ates in various localities , combatting , with siBgular success , the agents , "the gold "^ ^ and the influenco of the enemy . To prosecute with firmness and decision these operations , an income of twoliundred pounds per week Is necessary ; and as the inhuman abuttars of the 1 atrocities of Alien aro now nearly i «!! o for want oif stone , without any probability of an eii-ly supply , yie trust we shall not ba compelled to forego the advanced position we have attained from ihe want of means to -holdit . ¦'• ..: " .-. ' ¦ ' ¦; . : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦•¦• . ¦ •"' : . ¦ - ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ : . '¦¦• ¦ ' V- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
Iu conclusion ,, w e ^^ beg most respectfully to remind you , that if we are defeated from the want of support after the publicly asserted determination of the irades , &c . &o ., in our favour , it will clench another xivetin that chain of slavery wiih which wo are already tod tightly bound . ; / The reproach of siich a catastrophe woald not fall exclusively on the Masons-r-pthcrs than they would feel its consequences . Tho com : aou foe would txultirigly declj . ro itself triumphaiii , despite the united ffforts of the trades of Britain , aud wreak their vengeance indiscriminately on all- / But , afford us the "united means and energies of the ^ trades : ' 6 " f Britain , " and ' . ' ' defeat cannot- ^ -shall not—occur . ' / ¦ ¦ ' .: ' ¦ :. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ •' . ¦"¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; -: : "¦
Sanguine that an early responso will be given to thisappeal , . ¦ ... . ' -, . ¦; . . ' . ¦ We remain , respectfully yonr ' g , / The MasuNs' Society , London , March , 1842 . Thohas Shorti , Se < k
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct880/page/6/
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