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SOHQ FOR THE MILLIONS How long will the millions sweat and toil , To pamper ttie lordrings * bastard brats ; How long will tfeey till the fruitful soil , To be starred by the base aristocrats ? How long will they bear the galling yoke , Ere their bonds shall burst their chains be broke , And Tengeanse come down like a thunder sfroke ? lie spirit of freedom yearns and bleeds , And liberty lies in patriots' pares ; Whilst the monster tyrant ' s ear unheeds The suffering waQ of weeping slaves ; But shall mankind for evtr bear The stings of woe , and grief , and care , And Uts and dis in dark , despair ?
Forbid it heaven , and all the powers That rule the universal world ; 'JVere better that this globe of ours , "Mid lightning ' s flashes , swift : were hurl'd , And with it all the human race , Into the gulf of endless space , Further than mortal ken can trace . BoTidsmen and Blaves in every clime , Year voices raise in freedom ' s cause ; Daspots , be wise ; be wise in time , Remember it is Nature ' s laws That make men equal ; and dare ye , In hellish conclave met , a ^ ree To alter Nature ' s wise decree ?
yam is yonnnah , your strong desire C = m never ! never ! be obtained ; Te cannot quench fair freedom ' s fire , Though , ye of blood a deluge rain'd . . Seek in the rolls of lasting fame ; . There shall ye find each bonour'd name , "Whese memory feeds the sacred flame . Oh ! may that flame bum fierce and bright , "Within the breasts of all mankind ; May knowledge pour a flood of light From out the intellectual mind ; A light that shall illume the earth , Whose genial rays BbalJ . Boon give birth To glorious liberty , that boon of worth . Be * ja mix Stott
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KEXGrHXJET ? . —Eisteh . Dues . —The Rector of -this place , no way intimidated by the almost universal execration which bis conduct since he came io Xeighley has caused , seems determined to persevere In enforcing his demands for the payment of Easter dae 3 at all hazards . It will be recollected that about fonr months ago the houses of Messre . Rhodes and Wea&erhead -were entered and their goods seized for Easter dues . Mr . John Butterfield , another Chartist , has been the next victim destined to feel the Hector's chastening rod . On Tuesday In lass week , two fellows of themamas of Dean and Sngden , the latter better known by the cognomen of * Sweet Tit , " entered his honse with a magistrate ' s order , and seemed inclined for a " time to seize a very good mahogany clock , but after much persuasion ( and probably Tecollecting the case of Mr . Rhodes ,
which was broken to pieces by an indignant crowd upon being offered for sale ) they consented to distrain a large oak tree , vaJned , we believe , ai £ 5 . Of course , Mr . Butterfieia will lose his tree for the paltry sum of 103 d , claimed far Easter Dues . One can scarcely telJ whether to laugh or cry on witnessing snen instances 0 / injustice as the one "sre have jusi related . When we see a man so obstinately stupid as to fiyin the very face of public opinion , as the present Rector is now doing , we are tempted to laugh at , while we pity Ms folly . But when we reflect on the degradation and injustice which Englishmen are forced daily and hourly to submit to , we . are anything but in a laughing humour . Let us , however , hope that ih « time is not far distant when the system which fostere and perpetuates such enormities shall come to an end , and be succeeded by a better and purer state of aocietv—when no State Ccnrch shall hafe
the power to trample upon and oppress a free people—and when no State Parson shall be allowed to appropriate to himself the clocks , tables , and trees of honest and upright men . —Correspondent . » IAWCHESTEE .-Hni s " MostMEST . —The laying of thefonadatioa stone of the Monument to the memory of ii . Hunt , Esq ., is ? o i 3 ke place on Good FrMay . The Youths of ihe National Charter Association , z . t jlanchesler , have got up a flag for the above important occasion ; on the obverse is painted the Cksrtiss Coat of Arm 3 , on the reverse is the full length portrait of Henry Hunt- They intend also to form in procession , and we earnestly request that the yonihs ia the country districts will come forward on
that day and join the yonths of Mixchester in doing honour t « the memory of the man who stood boldly ¦ forward in defence of the rights of labour ; and combatei , tingle handed , against a lying press , a corrupt and imbecile government , and tae whole host of tyrants who sought the degradation ai ? d slavery of " lbs working classes ; we therefore beg of the ^ youths in the country districts to come forward and jam the procession . Unr sub-secretary will receive any comttuiiicaiion 3 from them respecting the order they intend to corne in . Let each district send imme-< £ s .: ? ly to arrange with onr council ; they must address all < » rrespondence f-o John Soholefield , care Of Gabriel Margraves , No . 27 , Brown-stTeei , Travis-Etreef , near St . Andrews Church , Manchester .
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Stoppage 01 Wicket a ?> d Co ' s Bask at Brighton . —Brighton , Friday , half-past ten o ' clock . —I have just time to inform you that the bank of Mes ? rs . "Wign-y and Co . has not opened this morning . The greatest consternation prevails , as great confidence Sad been reposed in it . Mr . J . N . Wigney is one of the members for the borongh . —The announcement fcf the failure wa 3 made to the public through a placard placed at the door of the bank , in the following terms : — - * Messrs . Wigney and Co . deeply regret to be under the painful necessity of suspending their payments . Brighton Bank , March 4 tb , 1842 . " —The news , of course , spread like wildfire , and a stranger to the fact might have found ample evidence in the street that some dreadfkl calamity had befallen the
iowu . A crowd of persons surrounded the door of tha banking-house during the whole day , every perboh oeing anxious for ocular demonstration of tie unexpected announcement , and his place being imae&aiely supplied by others , as . having satisfied his curiosity , he * passed away . The tradesmen and gentry of the town were ' to be Been congregated iboat tee principal business streets in _ anxious groups j and many a mefol ccrxiiies 3 . nce indicated that its possessor was a sufferer by the failnre . Of twise lhde is yet known of the cause of the failure , Or of the prospects of the creditors ; but we have reason io believe that the immediate cause was the failure of a large speculation at Glasgow , in which the £ na had extensively engaged , and , we regret to
add , that there appears too much rea-on to anticipate that the dividend will be very sma 31 . The members of the firm are Mr . Isaac Kewvon Wigney , M . P . for Brighton , and Mr . Clement Wigney , _ sou 3 of Mr . "Wi lliam Wigney , deceased ; who , by hi 3 own industry , sided by some fortm-ate speculations , raised hiosdf from a travelling blanket dealer to be a man of coaaderabie wealth , -rrineh enabled him , in coejsmeiioa with two oxher geDiJemen , to establish the bank , -which has now carrion on ex . e :.-MTe business for about forty years . Mr . Isaac Isew : od Wigney 13 also a magis-rate of tie county , and has for some years acted a 3 chairman of the Brighton bench His iallnre will , as a matter of course , lead" to the elecKoa of a new member- for Brighton . The Lmon
bask , the only bank hi Brighton , with the exception of a recently estiibll-hed branch of the London and County baiik , hs < nox been affec : es by the failure . So completely has this bark the confidence of the psblfc , : hat it has been tven less resorted 5 ° * £ " * tban Uiual , many person ? who hold their checks refiainiEg from presuming thfin , in oraet to avoid the iucoavenJecce thai a run might occasion . A Beating , for the purpose of expressing the confidence of the inhabitants of Brighton ia the two remaining banks—ihe Usionbank and the old established firm carried on by Messrs . Eail , West , and Co ., was held at tie ToTTD-iaH inunesisteiy after the failnre became ksoim . The first resolution was moted by ihe Her . Mr . Secit , to the effect that prompt fct ? ps should be taken on the pait of the inhabitants , under the painful circumstances of the suspension of payment bv Messrs . Wimev . to express their confidence
in the two remaining " backs . The resoiunon was EeesBdf-d by Mr . S . Hanniugton- Mr . E . W . Hall , one of t ' neSrm of the Union bank , thanked the meeting for i 5 .= kind expression of coufidtnee , and begged to assure it that thtv were quire prepared to meet the d ? tt 2 rd =, having iosice of the expected failore for some days before . The Rev . Mr . Scott , on the part of Messrs . Hali and Co ., made a statement to fte like tffcet . Mr . Leonard , the general manager of Ihe London and County bauk , said that , although he had no prior intimation of the unpleasant circumstance about to occur , he could assure them OS the the s&fttv of the Joint Slock Bank Company , and stated that , if required , they had a reserved fund of £ 230 , 000 " to fall tack upon . A resolDUon was then pas-ed unaninjonslyj expressive of the unlimited confidence of-the meeting in the before-mentioned banks , and its determination to support them at the
present crisis . FcsuxESi of Ctesical Magistrates ros Fxoggixs . —A . leturu has been presented to the House oi Commons , dzied February 9 , 1842 , stating ibe number of ptjson 3 of the ase of tw nty ana upwards Kiiteccedto be flogged by the summary . cocTJcnon of one magistrate , from the 1 st oi January , loW , to ft * - 1 st of January , 1841 . The Taurus are—trom Norwich , 1 ; Swaffham , 1 ; and Warwick , 5 ; seven m ail , six of whom wcre committed by c-crgymen . — fvtt and Figure * .
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Pobtcgau—^ Afier on interregnum of seventeen days & new ministry has been appointed . The ** crisis" has terminated in the complete triumph of of Seaor Costa Cabral , who ia the new Home Secretary-. The Duke da- Terceira is president of the council , but the leading power in the cabinet will be wielied by Costa Cabral The new minister of justice ia Antonio d'AgevedoMello e Carvalho , brother to the second member of the Oporto junta . This body , therefore , may be considered as having achieved a double triumph . Baron de Tojal is the new minister of finance . The portfolio of foreign nffaiTS is held merely ad inlerirn by the Duke da Terceira . Stnor Rodiiuo da F . Magalhaes has been applied to to resume this office , but positively declined . The marine department is also filled merely ad interim bv the chief clerk in that ofiice . The policy of the new administratien will not differ materially from that which w& 3 displaced by the Oporto revolt . Its
policy with regard to England and all foreign countries will be identical . The first act of the new government is somewhat remarkable . It is a demand of the administrator-general of Oporto to specify the sums which he received from the custom-house , and other sources of revenue , to aid the late revoltby whose order he received them , and how they were expended . The object is to legalise these illegal transactions by an act of indemnity . The order to this" effect is signed by the same Costa Cabral who who seized the money as head of the janta . M . Cappacini had been presented at court . The king has declared against accepting the command in chief of the army . Thu ? one of the leading agents of the movement in favour of the charter is entirely tkfeats-d . Senor d'Aguilar returned on . Sunday from -Madrid , to rcsumo his functions as Spanish ambassador aftne Portuguese court . No hostile movement on the part of Spain was apprehended .
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THE SHEFFIELD POLITICAL INSTITUTE , AND MR GEO . JULIAN HARNEY . TO IHE EDIIOB . OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —Jn approaching the subject to which I am desirous of inviting the attention of your readers , I do so with great trepidation and reverence . The urbanity , erudition , and wide-spreading fame of the illustrious individual , a fame that has spread throughout the three kingdoms , and in all likelihood i 8 now wafting across the Atlantic ccean , or like that of many of his compeers will Boon do ; so , all fill the mind with the greatness of the object coDtomplated . His wit , humour , and profound humility stand unrivalled . Only think
of -one of his companions , as if preconcerted , as ma : * y such tiung 8 have been by him , to his immortal honour , declaring in a public meeting and in bis presence , 11 that George Julian Harney ia another Julius Ctesar , nay . greater than Cseaar himself , who conquered the whole world . " True !! ! Who can doubt it ? The ancient Julius CJBsar only conquered the world by physical force . He crai , visi , vinci . 'He came , and saw , and conquered ; ' but our modern Juiius , without coming or seeing , subdues and conquers . Alas I alas I ! for any one who stands in Ma way .
Tbeee preliminary observations , the kind reader will readily perceive , are demanded in approaching bo august a man ; yet
"To err is human ;" far , however , be it from me to attribute any prepense malice to onr She-fSeld Cajsar ; yet one would have thought after bo many hcresay tales have been refutedafter they have been admitted into the pagbs of the Nor-Oitrn Star , that an opportunity might have been giVtn V > the party whom he lias falsely accused from perverted report , and to whom ho has been under some small obligations , to first hear the statements and answer for themselves . Bat , no , this would not answer Master Julian ' s purpose , but like another Jupito , at the stamp of his foot , or the Ehake of his venerable head , ail inferior mortaia mu&t tremble . I do so when I read the following defence : — " 1 shall be very brief with Mr . Otley—I defy him to prove his dirty caluiiiny . "
If it be , however , a dirty calumny , it is because it is Epoken of , and by a dirty fellow , Ms . f ^ rcey himself ; and it is dirty , because it is utterly false , at least as far as I am concerned . Wien Mr . Jones and his two weak-headed friends , weak » headed , because they would praise a man in the morning and cast dirt a ; him in the evening , came to me and the conversation took place , alluded to by Mr . Barney ,. what was its purport ? Was it not ¦ whet 1-ha-ye said before Sir . Harney , and in tbe presence of the Chartists" meeting in the Fig Tree-lace room ? It was in substance , and nearly verdaiim as follows : — " That 1 nevtr did , vor never will approve of ilr . O'Connor ' s pro-Tory policy . For if he is an honest patriot , and I give him my full confidence , until he
proves himself the contrary , his pursuing this course , " said I , " gives ample room for many to say , that there is a eerrespondency of design between the Tories and himself ; for example , when he recommends , the people to get on to the land , and be supposes aod calculates wha ^ rent they will have to pay , and the people on the tend , and the land- in the possession of the present aristocratiC 3 l tyrants , would they not be merely , as formerly , serfs ? 2 « ow , this ( say the enemies of the ChsrtistSj agrees with the doctrines of the Tories , who hold forth that if the ploughshare was to pass over Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , and other large towns , Ecgland would be as great and prosperous as it is now . " I then stated that this correspondency of doctrines , led people , ( the er . emie 3 of the Ctiarter , )
to assort that Mr O'Connor and the Tories are working together , and for the same ends . And that Mr . O'Connor and the Northern Siar always abating the "VThiga , and uttering very iiule against the greatest enemies to the liberties © f all men , iheTories , confirmed their iuspicions 1 have only to observe , what was sufficiently evident , that I did not speak my own opinions , but what are those © f others , the enemies or the opponent * of the Chartists ; and asiong as any portion of society believe this , they never can be induced to coice over to assist or support ns . Such was the conversation which has been perverted by Mr . Joces and his two illustrious companions , and seized upon by Mr . Hamey , for the purpose of crashing those who ¦ will nvt be his political serfs . All this is in accordance with what he
threatened , in my bearing , when he first came to Sheffield , that through the medium of the much-to-be-dreaded ( according to him ) Northern Slar . he could annihilate any individual or party who dared to offer the slightest opposition to him . For my own part , as an humbie individual , I only answer , to such threats antl attempts , bah ! bah . ' If I cannot differ from Mr . O Connor and Mr . Jnlian Harney , on matters of policy , without being gibbeted in tffigy in its pages , and Mr . Harney the gibbet-post , why 1 shall prefer that to being a mental serf to either one or the ether .
Mr . Jones during this conversation , which was private , —and as 1 think , to mate it pnblic without first confronting the party , to ascertain the truth of what has been reported , is a breach of all the rales of socitty , and I only spoke to caution , or as a cause of regret"Mr . Jones , I say , asked me what I thought of Mr . Harney ? I answered , "I Eay nothing , because I know nothing , or very little . " What I have said of Mr . Harnfy in his absence , I have said in bis presence . What I have said of the pro-Tory po ] icy to . Mr . Jenes , I have said to Mr . Leach , to Mr . Campbell , Mr O'Brien , Mr . Jackson , and shotild say to Mr . O'Connor , if I had . the opportunity .
There are , however , some other grave charges , to which some attention must be paid . Ona is , that I an *! Mr . Gill oppose the doctrine of the sovereignty of the people . * ' Suppose , " says Mr- Hamey , " that we had a He use of Commons ( I wish we hn < l ) elected by Un - versa ] Suffrage , "who in their legis ; :: iive capscky were guilty of eoes erroneous or tyrannical act , r . cconliLg to Messrs . OUey and Gill , the peopie are bor . m ; , to submit , because they have e'tcteu that House of Commons . I think dijre-rertl . My crted is , that the pe- ' -p . e can sever be divested , or divest themselves , of their natnra ! and rightful Eovertisiity ; and when their representatives fail to do right , it is the prerogative of tha people to overrule thtir decision . " This sage doctrine , addresstd to . the pas = iuns uivl prejudices , and employed to flatter the
fcis admirers . Mr . Harney illustrated by annuiling decision of the Council , and by sepposing the Council and the Association to stand in the same relation as the people and tteir Parliament . l * t the people , however , on all occasions , learn this useful lesson , thut those -who flatter them eitLtr fcnve or r . re about to deceive thtni . This is an old but true saying . Now let us try this absurd doctrine , as lai-. l down above , by the tesc of its practicil working in any country . Let us suppose that a Parlsnuitnt , elected by the people , levy An exorbitant tax upon their food ; a more tyrannical law than this ccnld not txsst . Ti- « peope may , ^ cording to the doctrine cf Mr Harney , annul this , or aiiy other law , themselves . N ») W , permit us further to suppose , that the people in the txercise of their
manufacturing districts do this by sovereign power . And the people , in the agricultural parts-appruve of it , and assert their sovereign power in snpportir . g it ; then the two soverds ^ UfS would h 3 v e to meet in the fidd of battle and decide which in reality possessed this sovereign power . Snch would be , and has been in the Roman empire , the effect of Mr Barney's doctrine . The truth is , that when the people elect a Parliament by Universal SaSrage , they delegate their sovereignty to that bocy , for the time being . And if they pass an oppressive or mischievous law , the people must wait until its dissolution by the tffluxion of time , say cue year , when their sovereignty falls back again into , their hands , when they will trie care to elect none but such men as will repeal any pernicious law and thus preserve the psace of this country .
If the above is a specimen of Mr . Harney ' s legislative wisdom , surely at the next election the electors of this Riding will send this Solon to make laws and frame a constitution for them . A few other statement * of ficts shall end this reply : Mr Hamey Bays , " That I did not consult onr own meE -bers . " In aaiwa , I ^ y , as many were consulted as possible , for on fte night this business was being tr-Isactea I went down to the Institute , but the rcom wSSSpied by a meeting of the spring knife trade , Sd weinldiit ffleet . Agate , he says , » I did no , waif nt > on the friends of the Fig Tree-Jane room . " Has oi S ? Council , until neu eleveP o'clock , when n \
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desired of him and his friends was , that the motion of the entire Charter , should be , as at Nottingham and other places , an original motion , and thus with credU rescue me and themselves from the dilemma in which we were placed ? I ; was very convenient for Mr . Harney to omit this . But enough of this party fighting : if any of us have any ttoe or talent , let It be employed against our enemies and not in destroying our owa strength by dissension ? . Hating dissensions and divisions , especially in our own ranks , and desiririg above all things , that the oppressed people Should not vainly pursue a phantom , a Will-O ' -tncWisp , but obtain , ia the issue cf their struggle , the substance , real political power , to rescue and guard themselves from oppression and wretchedness , and secure to thc-mselres tuut prosperity and happiness which their industry and skill merits , I remain ,
Y out humble and obedient Servant , Richard Otley Leeds , March 7 th , 1842 . [ We insert the above , because we think It right that every party attacked should have the opportunity to explain . And we cordially respond to the sentiment of the writer , tkat whatever of time or talent may appertain to any Chartist should be employed otherwise than in destroying our own strength by dissensions . We hope to hear no more of these personal bickerings . —Ed . N . S . ]
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THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE MEW HOUSES OF Parliament , and NELSONS MONUMENT , LONDON , ANP TUE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " Why should we not institute a system of action with regard to each other , based on those iminutable principles of justice « nd equality which iJona are capable of making man as happy as he is mighty ?"
Brethren , —Since we last addressed you another fortnight has been added to the previously long period of our struggle of " right against might "—an effort of the oppressed to annihilate the cruelly exercised power of the oppressor—and during which your patriotic exertions and generous aid has enabled us to sustain our ranks unbroken ; still presenting a stea-ty and ' unflinching : front'to the . combined attacks of the common enemies of " our order . " We cannot Bpeak to any very manifest material alteration having taken place in our position In London and Woolwich since we last addressed you , further than the proceedings ot the " unholy alliance" of wealth and power combined . against us , so far as we can comprehend them , appear extremely pusillanimous and vacillating—circumstances which we can only understand as manifestations of a lingering position .
Notwithstanding the fine open weather we have been favoured with , comparatively speaking , little , very little progress is perceivable at the Houses of Parliament , and a considerable number of those who took our members * places , from inability or otherwise , have left both the works and tho locality , and which many of those who gave them sheitsr and credit whilst they were endeavouring to perpetuate cruel inhumanity have much reason to know . We are Borry , however , here to state , that another individual , after having battled with usso many weeks , has turned trrdtor , commencing work at the Houses on Monday morning , thus making three , out of tha two hundred and thirty who tamed out from that building , that have betrayed us , during the lonjj period of twenty four week ? .
At the monument no perceivable difference has taken place . Respecting these works , aparagraph , of which the following is a verbatim copy , has gone the round of the metropolitan press : — ¦ ' The projected Nelson column ia Trafai ^ ar-square ia not expected to be com - pleted during the present year , owing to the difficulty of procuring Hajtor iDartuicuth ) granite . " This ia a sad contrast with the exulting promulgations of this same press only a short time since , namely , " That the contractors for the" = o works have so far surmounted the obstacles the disaffected rebel masons had thrown in their way , thut by midsummer all evidences of its having been retarded would have disappeared . "
At Woolwich the change is very slight ; the " knobsticks . " in greater or less numbers , continue te leave . The late managing foreman , incapable longer to submit himself the tool of Grissell and Peto , or procure from those they had placed under bis superintendence either the quantity or quality of work required from them , has also itfc the employment . We have just recelvfd intimation that at Penryn , in Cornwall , our members have completely succeededthat they have received notice to re' urn to their usual employment ; Q . and P . ' s orders being wholly abandoned .
At Plymouth and Dartmoor the number of turnouts are considerably reduced by their obtaining other employment Little other change has transpired here , excepting tfcat , for the want of efficient hands , Btone has been shipped for London iu th « same rude form in which nature had shaped it Mr . Johnson has also engaged a number of agricultural and other labourers , unto whom he is paying twelve shillings per week , determined , as he asserts , to make them " something in the stone way , ' —and some-thing no doubt it would be . The tntiro number now on turnout is about two buurired and thirty , all of whom are as stedfast and determined . is ever not to relinquish a single inch of the position they have taken , whatever further sacrifice or privations they may have to endure : — " Impelled by tymnVsPgoading deeds , To wage a patriot war for freedom ' s rights . "
It having been whispered in some quarters , or at Isasr , so we have been informed , that in some of our former addresses we have treated on matters foreign to the ' subject of our strike , and wkich have given offpnee , we hav « this we «> k been induced to place a question at the bead of our report , and upon which , wLils wt repudiate all desire to enter into a controversy , our simple object being to remove any erroneous impressions , ana conciliate any offence that wight have occurred , we beg leave to eay a few word * . All mart be aware , that we have been and continue engaged iu a severe and arduous struggle—a struggle without a parailelin the history of strikes , and that in passing through this ordeal of tribulation in dtfsnce of the common rights of m . in , we have Buffered and continue to sufftr extreme privations .
Poverty is said to be the parent of invention , and so is the forGe of cireumstaucea the lever which compels men to adopt opinions aud practices previously held too paradoxical and impracticable . Our present position has Tweed upon us a consideration of ts . e circumstances which have so placed uswhich have 'inflicted upon us such an amount of privation for-daring to raise our voices , " and take our stand against cruelties the moat cansiiiuinata and contumelies unt > earafc ! e , and the o : ; Jy conclusion we can come to is , that" inequality of labour end unequal exchanges produces inequality of wealth , which , through , the medium of class legislation , has produced inequality of power , ia the cause tf our present poverty ; a system which , in the shape of profits and interests , robs , absolutely robs , the producing classes of the fruits of their hard emaciating toil , and then taunts , derides , and scourges them with the golden weapons of their own manufacture .
" A dire effect by one of nature's laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause . " It is the cause then which we seek to destroy—acause which has hitherto made strikes more ntcessary than profitable , and which will more or less harrass and coerce us , wiiikj we co ; itinue to waste our resources in dtsu ^ ry coi : Jiitts with its effects . Our object , then , is to prevent any more of the productive classes from vraiting their means in snch contests with effects—to Ller . d together their energies , their t-ilent , and their means , in one confederated phalanx . As we have bbfore stated , tha nobility , the capitalist , and , in fact , the entile of the monied classes act and t-xecute in a b ;> dy , for thu ^ dvanctment of their own interest—the whole aaivuni of their disagreement being which party should pecket the largest share of our produce . Nothing less than a complete union of all the working classes can ocstroy their mischievons doings , and it is this necessity we have been endeavouring to awaken in thsir minds .
" To cease to lick the foot that treads us down , Vt heap the load of pride that buries us . " We conclude by a quotation from Dr . CbannJng—no very tumble authority—in favour of the principles we Lave keen advocating : — "Tiio o ^ jtcli on under consideration is very much a repvUticn of the old doctrine , that what has been must be ; that the fulu-e is always to repeat the past , and society to tread for ever in the beaten path . But can anything be plainer , than that the present condition of the world is peculiar—unprecedented—that new powers and newprincip- ' es are st work—that the application of science to art is accomplishing a stupendous revolution —that the condition of the labourer is in many places greatly improved , and his intellectual aids increasedthat abuses once thought essential to society , and which
seemed entwined with all its fibres , have been removed ? Do the mass cf saen rt&nd where they did a few centuries ago ? And do not new circumstances , if they make us fearful , at the same time keep us from despair ? The future , be it what it may , will not resemble the past . The present has new elements which must work ont weal or woe . We have no tight then , on the ground of the immutableness of human affairs , to quench as far as we have power , the hope of social progress . " He says again , " That system of labour which saps the health , and shortens life , and famishes intellect , needs and Busi receive great modification , " and this can only be effected > jy cordial un ' on and co-operation , and which wa tope at no distant period will be in full practice a ' jjoDcst the working classes of this , and every other pa \ t Df the world .
Wi'J-j sincere gratitude for the generous manner in ¦ which , we-h&ve been aided , and with a hope that we jhaJ ' , merit a continuance of your confidence during the br' . ef space of time we may longer need it , We subscribe ourselves , gratefully youts , The Masons Societt , Thomas sb&uti , Sewetaxr , i March 2 nd , 1842 ,
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WESTMINSTER . A pubic meeting was held at the Large Koonii Charter Coffee Hause . Stretton Ground , Westminster , on Friday evening . The room was crowded to excess , as was likewise the , stairs and the upper Soot , and upwards of 200 persons were accommodated in the large yard , and that of the adjominff bouse , and bandreda were obliged to go away utterly unable to procure admission . Mr , Buck having been elected t j the chair , briefly , addressed the meeting , ' aufl statsd hia buliefthat the agitation for the Charter Would SOOU supersede every other measure of reform , and would effect . 1 speedy changa in the Constitution , ¦ which would permanently benefit of all classes of society . i
_ .-ir . Ruffy Ridley . r-Feilow .. workmen , the time has now come when the working classes of this country will think aud judge fox themselves , when they will no longer be led by men high in power for their own selfish purposes ; too long have we assisted in agitations which have had for their end not the good of the working men ; they have put this forth , bnfc yoahava discovered it tobe a fallacy . There nave been agitations carried on , with your assist ince , for the benefit of abase oligarchy . ; Never were the operatives of this kingdom plunged in such extreme want and degradation . Never were the aristocratic classes wallowing in such luxury , vica , and debauchery . The grand question is , willyou any longer submit to this state of things ? Will you not act upon the advice which the
quack Doctor , Peel , gave you some faw years ago—to take your affairs intoyour own hands ? You have tried the Tories and the Whigs , and the only difference is this : —the Tory la a Well-known thief , whila the vrhfg has . in the last ton years , proved himself to te equally as big a thief . They ha * e both done all that has ltin . in their power to oppress you , who are the foundation of all the rual property of tho country . Tha Tories now offer you the sliding scale to remedy the distress of the country . What effecfc will this have upon those poor wretches who ate now starving in our highways and pur by-ways , when , if they had the will
they could produce a remedy which would give almost an instantanoous' benefit to you ; but can you expect thesa men ever to tie aught for your advantage , unless they themselves can reap the greater share ' —( "never , never" ) . You must resolve to unite hand in hand for this grand object of obtaining your Charter—yeu must prove that the same blood flows in your veins which flowed in the ytins of your forefathers—you must no longer be content with : singing " Britons never will bo slaves , " but yoa mo ^ t make it true to the letteri so will you confer happiness on yduraelves and prosperity oa the whole kingdom . I shall now propose the following resolution : —
" That this meeting is of opinion that the Hause of Commons is not compatible with the spirit of the British Constitution , which supposes three equal estates , viz :, a power of the Throne—a power of the Lords—and a power of the People coequal , whereas , it is evident to observation , that the majority of the Commons are returned by the influence of the Upper House . Limited constituencies , open voting , and property qualifications being the cause and the means of bribery and corruption , by which two-thirds of the seats in the Commons' House of Parliament are filled ( by members of the aristocracy to the exclusion of the popular voice ; it is , therefore , the opinion of this meeting , that these and all other evils arising out of them , are only to be remedied by the adoption of the People's Chatter . "
Mr . Ridley thien entered into ths benefits to be deprived from the adoption of the People ' s Charter , and the manner in which they ; had been deprived of their ancient rights ; he then entered into an examination ti the Corn Laws , and showed clearly that tie capitalist , by the aid of machinery , would monopolise every . benefit to be ebtainod from their repeal , unless the people were in possession of political power they would then not only be able to Gee a largo loaf through the window , but would have the bond in their hand , by which they could guarantee that the benefit weuid flow in the right channel—the stomachs of the poor . Mr . R . then ex patiated on the accursed Poor Law ; and concluded a speech which was much applauded , by exhorting them to join iu no agitation in which the Charter was not first and foremost nailed to the mast—( tremendous cheotai .
Mr . Leigh rose to second the resolution . They had met en this , a 3 on many other pecasiona , for the purpose of following the advice of Peel , and taking their affairs int 0 their own hands . One of the most important questions iu the great moral political struggle which is now being carried throughout the land , is , are the peopla juBtifled in assembling to disuBS these subjects ? is it necessary that they should so assemblo ? aud is there any probability of effecting' the greatChange winch we have in view ? Wo will examine these points , in order to wrench 'front , the ' . hands of our ; enemies , every possible weapon they can bring against u ? ;> that we are justified in this object is admitted by both fictions whun it suits their party purposes . They then assert that it is an inalienable right of the people to assemble
acd demantl of the Legislature ,-a speedy redress of their grievances . The greatest luminaries of our country , a Locke , a Bacon , and others ; the ancient philosophers of Greece and Uwme have all asserted this fundamental principle , that taxation without representation is a tyranny and not a government . This is said to be the base of the BritisU constitution , and if this is its base let us see how the superatructura is raised and of what materials it is composed ; the people bein ? tUe corner stone , the GovernmeDt should rest on publio opinion . It is not the building which constitutes the church , but the congregation which ^ serablo in the building . Public opinion is nothing if it is not the free will expression of the' whole poopio ; build on this , and you will raise a glorious structure which all may inhabit .
A Government will then be formed emanating from the free voices of a mighty and an intelligent people . We will now consider if there is a probability of this change being speedily effected ; we are taunted by our eutmies that we meet to no purpose ; they say you ure going to a meeting at the Charter CoffeeHouse , Orto this place and the other place ; you will hear what the orators have got to a ay , the gaping staring thousands will do the same . You will do this again and : again , and yet remain exactly in '' the same state ; but this if not the case ; the thinking faculties have been set to work , and if there is anything true in the old saying that a little leven willleven the whole lump , so will the public epinion generated at this , and other other public meetings rise into such a tremendous roar t hut our
tyrants ahall shake in their own shoes . The infamous Caitlere 3 gh passed his six gagging act J , fetteringthe right of public meetings , but if the presbnt strong Government , as it is called , were only to attempt to breathe-aa . inclination to re-enact , them ; if thay were only to whisper it in their drearaa in the present effervescing state of society , it would be iike a spark falling on a powder magazine , they would all be blown up together —( loud cheers . ) We have now brighter prospects than ever before us ; the press that hitherto occupied every vacant column with anathemas ugnin * t us has now begun to discover that wo have soiiia little influence , that Feargus O'Connor bus some shintl modicum of Went , that there lias been some thousands of persons present at his meetings , and that they , have really
conducted themselves hettertaan they expected they ( Bould . The press ia now endeavouring to see which way the wind blows ; they are convinced that some tremendous change is at hand , and they have set their watchmen on the towers of self interest to watch which way the current will eventually set . . Tnis is a sign of the times , a sign that the Chartist Bcboolmaster has been abroad , that meetings like the present have been useful , that they have instructed the people to steer clear of those shoals and quicksands oh which . they have hitherto been wtecked ; out principles aie those which are destined to regenerate millions yet unborn ; they will confer on liiillions those blessings whicU past generations have in vain sighed for ; We ows this to our incrtaseil knowledge ; they could only see tho promised land , as in a glass darkly ; but we have now arrived near to this millemutu . Public indignation will quickly sweep away the present House ; of Commons ; and we shall be enabled to elect those who will indeed be the
representatives of the people . Each Will then sit under his own vine and his , own , flgrtree , enjoying the fair fruit of his labour . Mr . Leigh then disaucted , in his usual talented manner , tho Corn Law question , showing that we hail arrived ut such a high and prominent position , that we could come tiojrn upon the League , abd say , if you want assistance , you must join ua , fox in foul weather and fair weather , through persecution and prosecution , wo have ( ioce without assistance . We havu attained , with your opposition , our present proud pre-eHiinence ; and if you need us , you must come to us , for we wi i ) not come to you—we will not yield a shallow of a point of the glorious fabric of the paoplo ' s libtTtias —( cheering . ) Mr . L 9 igh then administered a severe castigation to the Marshalls , CobdenSj and other leaders of the League , during which . Mr . O Connor entered tlie room , tind was received with great applause from all ¦' . quarters of the building . Mr . Leigh then wound bis subject to a close .
Feargus O'Connor ., amidst great cheering , then rose and said—It is now nearly seven years since i first addressed a Radical Association in Westmtoter . Then a small cockloft would have held us all , and how we are full both in and out . I was much pleased irith thopertion of Mr . Leigh ' s speech which 1 heard , and will enter a little more into the details of the subject . These meii call themselves great philanthropists ; they alone have bowels of oompassipn for the poor ; they yearn over your miseries , and are anxious to give you cheap food ; but you know , my friends , . that you cannot have more of a cat than tho cat and her skin ; yon cannot have the big cake , if they flrsi eat it for you . Look at the fortunes of AikwrigUt aud others acquired by tbis sys'tem of machinery . Do not mistake me . No oneadir . ires themanwholathe maker
of his own fortune more than I dp . He is infinitely better than the fool who is b » rn : with , a silvar spoon in his month ; but look at Arkwright , taken from hU lathering box when he could scarcely put a wig io his window until ha first borrowed the money , and now he is wor'Ji , they say , thirteen millions . of money . But , siiippose this to be an exaggeration , say it is only £ 5 , 000 , 000 , and say that he employed one thousand hands in creating this wealth , would not £ 1 , 000 , 000 for himself be ft large share ? would not this be a suflMeney for hia outlay of capital ? this would allow £ 4 , 000 to ; each of his workmen , or £ 200 a year for ever to those who had created this mighty mass of realth , and would allow to Arkwrighfc , / Who had only been a speculator in their labonr , £ 50 , 000 a year for ever . Would not this be a more equitable distribution I than that Arkwright shQuia at present bate his
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£ 200 , 000 a year , while bis poor labourers are many of them enduring the pangs of starvation in cells of that cold-blooded system of tyranny , a Ppor Law Bastiie ? I do not eome here to inafce a speech , I ata going to talk to you to show you to yourselves in tke mirror of nature , I toll you tiiat ; the Kefohn Bill was a struggle , with which you had no corinectien , ifc was " a battle between the , lords of machinery and the landed aristocracy , to see . to which of their battfedors you ( th © Shuttlecoefe ) Bhcu'd bo handed 6 ve ? . The muipcrat told the aristocrat that he had got too much out of you , aud hd mnafc l « t him have a equeeas . You have seen these men derive benefits from " that measure , but I ask you where is your sfiare ? Lopfcait these men who now ask you to assist them in the repeal of the Curn
Laws ; did they not make their money by tha present Cora Laws , which they now seek to destroy ? did not the majority once inhabit tho cellars ? were they not glad when they reached the cottage ? bnt now they have got into the monsion ' they overlook , they pretend never to know aught of the cottage ; they now denounce the landed aristocracy , yet when they have accumulated £ 100 , 00 ? , what is the first thing they do with it ? why , invest it in land . There is B * own , of Leeds , has just given £ 1 Oft 0 & 0 for aa estate ; Marshall has just given £ 50 , 000 with his sister , to Lord Mpnteagle , ami so on through the piece . We havo at present three ocracies ; the Bodocrncy , the smokeocracy , and the monocracy .. I have baen a eporting man though never a gambler , and t would bet tuemobocracy against the
other two , one up and the other down or if they both unite J would bet the Hiobocracyiigainst them , both at pn « 58 . These Repeaiers never thought of ^^ Chartism until there wasa majority of 123 against them . They want to bed anti-Chartists on Wedneaday night , and rose Chartista oh TLttrsday morning , like the man ai the time of the Catholic ^ Emancipation Bill , who went to bed a sound Protestant , and rose in the morning a . thorough Catholic ; but they say they were always of Chartist principles . No thanks to them , they can ' t deny them ; but they don't like the name . Is hot Chartism as good a name as Whiggery ? Do they like Russell ' s Purge I They put me in mind of Brotherton , in the House sCobden , ho said , nsver had a mill in his life ; it was a print-work—they did ' nt call it amilL Like the
constable who went to apprehend an Irishman ,. and asked him if his name was not Thoihas Miran . ' ? "NOi faith , it was not ; it was Tom Miran " -- ( loud laughter . ) These fellows will grant you all but the name . Bat , first , they want to get rid of Feargus ; but you never saw a leecfa stick so to a wound as I will stick tvJ these fellowi ? . When I was in Birmingham the other night I gave them Chartism to their heart ' s content I remember the story of an Irish maiden lady , who had a red cat . She was never married , and therefore was very fond of the cat ; but asking Molly one day where the red jug was , •' Oh , marnj , the divil of a cat has broLe it , bad luck to her . '' Well , afew days passed , andtheblue jug was asked for- " Plaseyer Ladyship , and the divil of a cat has broken that , too . " So the
devil of a cat was given to a neighbour . Presently , the black tea-pot was broken , ana again Molly awore "it wasi the ould divil come back again . " So puss was condemned to be killed , the poor brute ; but , faith , this was not enough . The cream-juj ; was broken , and Molly again swore that " cats had nine lives , and the divil of the cat had come down the chimney , and broke the crime-jug "—( laughter . ) They want to get rid of Fergus . Wow , I am the red cat . If they give me to a neighbour , I shall come back ; if they kill me , I shall come down the chimney ; and if I do not , they will have another bull in the china shop , for no power under heaven can ever drive the Charter from your mindsno force can ever weaken your attachment to its principles . You have tho 658 MemberB making long
speeches in the House of Commons , which scarce a working man thinks it worth while to read . Coming down to this bouse . I saw many catcases of meat , and I said that is good ; but of what use is that when class legislation deprives you of the means of parchasing them ? Where will you look to for a remedy for this ? Will you look to the Whigs ? They have as many pvinciples as a camelion has colours . Will you look to the " new move" men , with their complete and manhood suffrage ? they call it complete seffragf . They will give you all except the abolitioa of the Property Qualification clause , and the Payment of Member * I call this no suffrage at all ; it is like giving a child a clasp-knife , which you are sure it cannot open . Suppose all tho people
of Westminster were collected outside this window to elect Members t j Parliament and puppose Roffy Ridley or Leigh to be candidates , and four others , you might be desirous of electing Ruffy or Leigh , their conduct having entitled them to your coafidenee or respect , but this you could uot do ; they are not men of property , so you must , per forc 8 , take one out cf the other . four , or not vote at all ; and ev « n if you couirt r « turn the m * n of your choice , say Euffy , if you dicl not pay him he must starve , unless , like the Scotsman who would not pay his servant , but sent him to tho larder , to the banker , &c , to pay himself , until he soou got the upper haiid of his master . This is the way with the present Byetem . You . d& not pay thsni ; but they pay themsialvep ; Look around at your London shops , with
their windows costing £ 15 or £ 16 each , and you would see that they have empty shops ' and warehouses , although they contriv ^ to make aspleadid show in their windows , and yet they have been so blind as to support those whose interest is tho most diametrically opposed to their own . Their interest anrt that of . the nianufacturer ! is of an opposite and conflicting character . We all admit toe tien < ± fit 3 ; of iraprpyeuients in machinery , yet we see that we have derived no benvtit from the ' m . Wo see that the millocracy have increased in wealth , because all the labour has bean done by co d machinery . We do . not wish to put a stop to raachineryr—we desire to turn it to man's bentlit ,. and not to his destruction . We know that if each man ' s share went into each man ' s pocket we should soon bo enabled to
say to them , you may keep your ill-gotten plunder—we have the vote , and will speedily render ourselves independent of you They remind me of tho story of , the American Captain , who having taken a vessel , offored to divide with his mate a cask of brim . stp . ne , telling him he meant to give him equal justice ; so breaking the brimstpne into two very unequal shares , asking him to take his choice , but he should have the one he h ' uld , which ' . ' of " course was the largest . Thus it is : they aive us the blarney , but secure all the substantial comforts to themselves . These men say to us , now we will give you the Charter ; but they mean their Chavter , not our Charter . VVhat would be the result of our Charter ? Whjr ,-in the morning , we would repeal the infernal Poor Law Bill ; at noon we would charter a ehip to bring
back FreBt , Williams , Jones , and others ; nnd at night , we would remove every restriction upon trade with the whole wpr / d , arid would tafta care that tue beuefits flowed into the prope / channel . Toe poor pitiful devils who are talking of cheap bread dont pull the right cord —like Paganini , they phiy only on one string . Tbera had ought to be ' a commission of lunasy isauyd acaiust them ; they talk of aituiiUing about £ 4 , 000 , 000 worth of foreign corn , but say not a word of the £ 10 , 000 , 000 abstracted by the church . Let them take £ 4 , 000 . off that , or if that is not eriongb , let them toke all the £ 10 , 000 , 000 , and we should then have a truly good and independent elergy . During these faw montas a large house in Dsrby had roducefl the wages of their bobbin net weavers at the rate of £ 40 in theyear ; they employ
eighty men ; here is a saving of £ 3 , 200 a year , enough siirely to compensate them for cheap bread . Suppose the Corn Laws repealed to-morrow , and that we shouid be enabled to beat the slaves in their own markut ; we could bring the raw material from America , manufacture iti pay cost of insurance , freight , and riek , and sell it cheaper than' they could manufacture ttia goods at home . Is not this givi g as much British labouv away as ia equal to the charge of ii ) e freight , insurance ! and risk . Aye , but say the manufacturers , our machinery will enable us to beat the whole world . I admit it , but ot tne simetimeit has enabled them to beat the labourer at home—( hear , heav ) . If you never siiw a machine , it equally effects you as those it has displaced . If the suookeepers have lost their consumers ; . if they cant
sell , they dbut want you to make for them . Lo » k at Nelson ' s Monument and tho H-. asea of Parliament ; if there was enough to do in the provinces , could Gtissell and Peta get these rapscaUions . to supply the places of those honest men now on strike . : l'he same principle applies to every trade . I lay it down as a principle of political economy , that If 10 , 000 men could do all the work In . a ratio of avo miles , and SO 00 men were forced into that . market , that it would be better to pay those 3000 men liberal wages to do nothing , than allow them , to come into the raBrket and constitute a reserve for the masters to fall back upon .: This caused the legislature to put down the Tradeb" Unions at tha time of the Dorchester labourerf . they wish for competition , thatthey may giut the market , ami bring you to their terms . At
the tailors ' meeting on Monday night , which was the most important ever held in to «< lon , although the press scarcely noticed it ;—it it ' had been a Corn L ^ w ratting they would have had six columns of it . It we beat them ; we perhaps get a few lines , but if they b-. at usi which , tbank Qod , is seldom , they have two columns of it Well , at theI ; . tiilorsi' meeting , the Chairman said that the Trades * Unions had not answered the purpose for which they were intended , and why is it ? Why for want of the Charteri but rather than give this ot tneir free will , they would cause the country to run with blbod ; they know they have made millions from not having the Charter , and that if we bad it they could only have their £ » ir share . Never was London so up to the mark . I have told them in the country -that they may go toslrep , and that London Vill carry the Charter . Never were the shopkeepers so , bad off ; they will soon be forced from necessity to join ub ; they -will no longer be gulled by tha Whig plea that to assist
we are too ignorant , if wo are too ignorant ourselves , we are too ignorant to assist them ; we should lead them astray ; suiely they wou ^ d not unite with madmen . We want tlie Charter for them and our-• elves , —like the old woman and the hot planter . She had an bppresiion of the heart , and the doctor gave her a sheep skin plaister ^ and calling a few weeks after , he asked whether it had done ber g «» d . "Oh yes , Sir , it has done me good , and Tim good too . " " How /' saya the doctor , " ha * it done ' Tim good . " " Why , tbe plaiater cured ine and then made a fine seat to Tim ' s breeches—( great laughter . )—We want the Chatter to cure the oppresEionsef our beatts , and then when it bas done that it may make a seat to their breeches in the House of Commons . The very air is now redolent with Chartism . The present Bouse of CommunB no more iepresent » the feelinga of this country , than it does those of Kussia . A question affecting the interests ot Russia , or the great wall in Chin » j would be more
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calmly and justly discussed than the interests of the British wdrking : class . You have besn told we have no uiiion- ; tl : at . the Irish people are npt with vis . Do nofe believe it : Paddy is a shrewd fellow ; and onca pui him on the ri « ht scent » n 4 nothiDg will shake him off . You are more dependent ; living from hand to mouth ; but Padf-i ? i 3 the best agitator in the world . When he di ^ s up the . praties in Angust , be is garrisoned for six Tnonths . If they bad i : ot stopped fcjaibtJ ^ p nld soon have abolished tithes . I was take to the bar of my country . for the part I took in that agitation . Is it to be endured that , tho Iriab people should pay a parsori six days iu the week to denounce them on the seventh ? But bow will they-abolish this , save bv giving the vote to : . th ' 8 Catholic man instead of the Protestant land .
Mr . O'Connor then ably Advocated a Repeal of the Union with Ireland , and : shewed bp the vices of our church and local establishments . He then proved far the oatisfactton of his audience that there was nonecessity . for emigration or ^^ impotUtionof foreign coxa if our land was property cultivated . Giva us the Cuarter , and England would support a population « f fifty millioas with greater ease taan she now supportde twenty-six millions . He could scarcely / tell them th » pride and pleasure with which he cohtemplatfefl themln the provinces , where he w : i 3 personally more known , he designated them his children * and he coaH assure them that he had many (^ ey-haired children too , some
old enough to be h . s grandfathers ; but never a father loved his children dearer than he loved the working classes ; he had stopped with them , after their moetinss wera over , till two or threw o ' clock in the ftiornin ^ , and Deverdid he tear an immoral word comef rota their lips '; . yet be bad 'bft 5 fl ; been compelled to leave the eompany of the rich arid powerful from disgust at t ^ ie Unmanly conversation . Andiyet these were the jmen wh 0 were entrnsted witli power ; to the exclusion of the moral and the industrious . Mr . O'Connor concluded by promising tho hundreds on the outside to attend an outdoor ineeting oa the itst convenient occasion , and eai down loudiy cheered . The resolutien was then unanimously carried .
Mr . Bkown moved and Mr . Whalet stconded the adoption ef the National Petition , which was carried without a dissentient , . ; Uri O'Conn © r moved and -Sir . KipLET secondeel svote of thanks to the Chairman , and the meeting brake up with the usual Chartiet honours .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , March 4 . BANKKDPXS . ' Gwdiner Boggs , William Taylor , and William Shand , Great Wincheit-r-street , merchants , to surrender March 15 , April 15 , at eleven o ' clock , Vat the Bankrupts' Court ; : •' ¦ ' solicitora . Messrs . Simpson' and Cobb , Austinfriars ; official assignea , Mr . Pennell , Basingball- ) 3 treet : : Samuel Fox Stephens , Old Broad-street , bill-broiep , March 11 , at hilf-pist Eleven o ' clock , April 15 . at twelve , at the Bankrupts ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . Court ' -:- ' solicitor ,- Mr . Cox , Pinner ' s-ball , O ! d Broad-street ; oflicial assignee , Mr . Belcher .
W »" Nathan Hunt , Watling-stre-. t , stationer , March 14 , at two o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court ; : . ' - 'Solicitor , Mr . Wooller , Bucklersbury } official assignee ^ Mr . Graham , BasinghaHstreet . "' '¦ . ' . "•¦ . ' ' ' ' \ ¦ :. ¦ . ; ¦ ¦' .. ; . . " . . ¦ : ' .. \ .: " . - . ' , ' . ¦ - ¦ . : ' Richard Wnlrond Forge , BlUingagatej Lower ThaTueastTeet , fish salesman , March 11 , at one o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Coart : Solicitor , Mr Cox , Siza- 'lane ; official assignees iir . Johnsonj Basiugha ! l-8 treet . " . ' - ; ' ¦ ';' " " ;¦ ¦¦' . ¦' , . ¦;'¦ - ; . ' ,.: - ; .: ' -:- ' James Nixon , Great Portland-street , Oxford-street , upholsterer , March 19 , at twelve o'clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts Court : solicitor , Mr . Tate , Bnsinghall-street ; official assigneo , Air . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry .
John Wright , Birmingham , Icabinet-maker , March 18 , at two o'clock , ApriH 5 , at twelve , ' atthe Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham -solicitor , Mr . WhiteLduae , Clianfery-lan * " . John Critchwley , Liverpool , bricklayer , March 17 , April 15 , at two o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Livarpool : solicitors , Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row ; and Mr . Banner ; Li 7 erpop ) . Charles Henry Webb , Forebridge , Staffordshire , corndealer , March 16 , at one o'clock , April 15 , at twelve , at the Swan Inn , Stafford : solicitors ,, Messrs ' . . Clowes and Wedlake , KiBg ' s Bench Walk ,. Teaiple ; and Messrs , Hiern ana Ward , Stafford . -
John Motion Rigden ,. Wingham , Kent , maltster , March 32 , April 15 , at ¦ 'twelve o ' clock , at the Guildhall , Canterbury : sqlicicora , Messrs . Egan , Wateruian , and Wright , Essex-street : Strand ; aud Messrs . Curteisan * Kingsfoid , Canterbury . E-iward Davis , Bath , architect , March 15 , Aprilis , at twelve o'clock , at the White Hart Inn , Bath : solicitors , Mr . Froivd , EtJ 3 fcX-3 trei ; ti Strand ; and Messrs . Crutweli and Sons , Bath . James Bircli Partridge , Birmingham , dealer in Birmingham ware , March 14 , at twelve o ' clock , April 15 , at elaveu , at' the Waterloorroum 8 , Birmingham : soliicitors , Mr . Chaplin , Gray ' e-ian-square ; and Mr . Harrison , Birmingham . . ^ , . ; . V
Thomas Baldwin ; Worcester , ina-kc 8 per , March II , April 13 , at elevien o'clock , at the Packhorse Inn , Worcfster : solicitors , Mr . Lathi Bartlett ' s-buildings , Holborn ; and Mr . Finch , Worcester . Henry Harrison , Manchester , and Old Broad-street , London , commission-agent , March 16 ,: April 15 , at ten o ' clock , at tae . Cammissioners' -rooms , Manchester : solicitors , Mr . Scott , LincoinVinn-nelds ; and Mr . Morritr , Manchesten ¦ . "" / : ¦ -, -. . ; - ' : _ . ' ¦ . ¦] ; ., ' ' . ¦' - ¦ - ' .- ¦ William Slater , Whitegate , Cheshire , banker , March 16 , April 15 , at two o'clpck , at the Clarendon-rooms * LiverpoolrsBiicitors ; Mr . Cole , Adelphi-terrace , Strand : and Mr . Saxon , Northmen , . Daniel Antrobua , Great Budworth ; Ciieshire , saltmerchant , March 16 , April 15 , at oneo c 5 ock , at the Clarendpn-rooms , Liverpool ; solicitors , Mr . Cole , Adelphi-terrace ; Stmnd : and Mr . Saxon , Northwicb ^
. PAHTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . , M . Kudwles and Co ., Higher Booths , Lancashire , calico-printerf :. T . Blackburne and Co ., Liverpool , ale and porter dealers . T . Thompson and J . Fanset , LiviBr p ' opl , painter ? . J . Tiptqn and W . Jetapn , Manchester , paUorn-card-makerfl . C Jones , J . Gray , and B , J Keen , Liverpool , opticians ; as far as regards C . Jones . J Marsland and Co ., ai iincbester , cotton merchants . Taylor and Greenwood , Sheffield , joiners . Scatcherd , Tiiist , and Co ., HuddersQeld , fancy cloth-manufacturers ; so far as regarda J . Hirst , A . Sykes , and J . Hirst . . "• . ¦¦'
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From the Gazelle of Tuesday . March 8 . BANKRUPTS . Elizi Hayes , picture-dealer , Pickett-strcefe , Strand , to surrender March 22 , at half-past eleven , and April 19 , at two , - at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , Birchin-lane , official sssignee ; Temple and Bosner , Furnival ' s Inn . George Robertson , John Garlpw , and John Alexander , ship-chandlers , Liverpool , March !? , and April 19 , at one , at the Clarendon Robms ^ Liverpool . Solicitors , ^ Duncan and Radciiffe , Liverpool ; Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Eollett ,
Bedfordrow . . - -... . ¦ . . .. - . .. : - .. - . : . ¦ -: - . Jimes Alexander , dealer and chapman , Newcastteupon-Tyne , ' April 4 , at eleven , and April 19 , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Royal Arcade , Newcastle upon-Tyhe . Solicitor , Harle , K " ewcastle-updn-Tyrie . ' ;¦ ' ' ' '¦ •¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ - . " . '•" ' . '¦ ¦ ' [¦ ¦ ' - --. - . •' Ann Leach , John Lescb , and James Leach , builders , Brick-lane , Spitalfielcfs ; March 18 . at one , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Court of BaDkroptcy . iackiDgton , official assignee , ; Colenian-street-buildings ; solicitore , Dickson and ^ Overbury , Frederick ' s-placa , Old Jewry .
RichaniXoxham , printer , Wigan , March 24 , and April 19 , at the Swan Inn , Bolton-le-Moors . Sclicitors , Armstrong , Staple-inn , London ; Lord and Ackerley , WigaTt , ' ' . " : - ¦• . ' . ' ., ' - ¦ ' . ' ¦' . ¦" . ' ; . Samuel Lewis Lazirus , coach proprietor , Jermynstreet , St . JameB ' s , Jlarch 17 , at eleven , and April 19 , at balf-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , WliUmore , 'BASingbaH-street , official assignee , Gilbert Craven-street , Strand . : . : : Thomas Stcphenson , coach-maker , Manchester , March 24 , at ten , and April 19 , at two , at the Commissioners ' - rooms , Munchester . Soiicitorsj , Willobghby and Jaquet , Clifford ' s Inn , London ; Cooper and Wray , Manchester ; ¦ . .- : : . -: William Walker and James Cfray , c ! ot ? i manufac turers , Leeds , March 23 , a 5 Welye , and April 19 , . at ten , at ttw Commjsslbnera ' -rbonis , . Leeds .. SolicltoMt , Wiisoa , S (* thampt 6 n-Btr ^ t , Bloomsbury-square , Lo ^ don j Payne , Eddison , and Ford , Leeds .
Thomas Gales , William John Guest , John Forster NaiBby , and Matthew Kirtloy , ship ^ builders , March 16 , at twelve , and April 1 a , at eleven , at tha Bridge Hotel s Bishop Weannoutb : Solicitors , Bell , Brodrict , andBelljBow Church-yard , Cheapside , London ; Wilaon , Sunderland . - ; Joseph Carlisle , draper , Bury , Lancashire , Marcn 24 , and April 19 , at twelve , at the Commissionertrooms . Swan Inn , Bolton-le-Moors , Lancashire . Solidtors , Clarke and Meilcalf , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London ; Grundy , Bury , Lancashire . ; : ; : William Holmes , silk gauze manufacturer , Friday-Btreet , Cheapside , I /> nddnf jjj &rafr 1 ft , at one , and AptQ 19 , at eleverv at the Court of Bankruptcy . Green Aldermanbury , ; officbl assignee ; solicitors , Reed and Shaw , Fridnyrstreet , Cheapside . y ; : ; :
Edward Mu ' ilinger , ironmonger , Southampton , March 26 , at three , and ApiiV 19 , at four , at the Star Hotel , Southampton . Solicitors , Edward Amis Chaplain , Gray ' 8-inn-square , Middlesex ; Stubbs and Rollings , Birmingham ; / William Cbarnock , plumber , Albioh terrace , Wandsworth-road , Snrrey , March 22 and April 19 , at eleTen , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , Abcbuichlane , official assignee ; solicitor , Bebb , Argyll-street , Regent street ' . ; '¦• ; " ' . ¦?¦¦ . . "¦ ' : ; ::. / ¦ - / : ' - , ; " :: ¦ •¦ ,-v ' ' Qeejgo A . Tmealey ThompBOTi and Benjamin James Thompson , irpnfpuriders ,:- Wyiam , Northumberland , March 31 , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt Commission-room ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitor ^ Meggisbn , Pringle , and Mahisty , King ' a-road , Bsdfotilrow , London ; Brotett and PhlUipaon , Newcastleuppn-Tyne . ; . - ;' ; . - ' V ¦ ' ¦ : :. ; . ' -v ; - - ; - : . ¦/¦ ; ' .. ' ; ' ; ; : ¦ '; : , ; ¦ V :. ' ;;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct881/page/3/
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