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DEMONSTRATION AT MANCHESTER . ( Concluded fro m our sixth page . ) Bh&es ^ e same upon one as th e other , and after each tad towelled through this transitory life , each has to descend to the cold End g loomy grave ; the grass after death -will ziv * with ^ same freshness , greenness and Terdour en one as on the other ; the worm will feed upon the bodies cf the rich the tame as the poor , th& one as delicious ft morsel ss the other to them . Tien through all the changes and viciEsiuiaes of life , and of aniverssl nature there -was no privilege given for one to be a tyrant and the otfcer a slave ; God and nature tad made no difference , no distinction . And the EjEtena -which made such an inequality "was contrary to the aforesaid powers , consequently , wicked , and uojust ,
and onzfci not "to bo permitted to continue . Hence the necessity for the People ' s Charter , ¦ which ¦ would give jnsliee to all and injustice to none . When mouldering in the dnst the parents , relations , sons , and daughters of the poor cherished their memory and talked of them as sffrf . -nona . tely as these of the rich . Then amidst such numerous , abundant , and conclusive evidecce , ttat nature had made no distinction , he -would laugh to scorn the assertion , the impudent and -Bricked falsehood and libel uponrtbe poor , -which had fcfcen insinuated and uttered by a base leader of the Whigs —( loud chetrin ^ i- Th e poor had hitherto been the unwelcome guests st nature ' s bounties ; they , although producing all that give sustenance and support to the aristocracy had been treated by the parsons , the law , and the
government , -wiih ail tie cruelty , -Kith all the severity , and -with all ' the harshness of a step-mother —( loud cheersi . They till the soil , but are-without food ; they weare the cloth , but are clothed in rags ; they protect and defend the nation , but are net protected themselves When be sa-vr nature bringing the rich man ' s ckild itto the world wiih spurs upon its heels , then , and not till then , -would he ptxmit such inequality cf the law , -without endeavouring to effect a change . Then , and not till then , ironM he be convinced that one -was born to govern and the otner to be his slave—icheers ) Mr . Jones then gave a clear and vivid description if tie 3 n « iisfcr in -which all otter living agents in tee -universe could partake cf the good th ngs of nature , whilst man
in that resptct , "who had been considered the ornament of nature , itvod alone . After an impassioned strain t f eloquence , which carried all hearts with him , he attributed all the evils of the present anamolous state of society wholly and solely to the system -which had been brought about by class legislation . Mr . Jones then related the following anecdote . He remembered reading of a little "boy "who once got into conversation frith a parson , "who asked him if he ever read his bible or prayed , to which the boy replied he did not . The parsen , -wbe had just before relieved the boy -with a mouldy crust of bread , engaged to teach him ho-w to pray . The parson requesting the boy to follow him , -who began as foliotrs : — Parson—Our Father whe art in hEaven .
Boy—Our Father who art in heaver . Bat stop , Sir , aUoiF me to asS jon one question . 1 > q you mean , Sir , to say that your Pather is my Father , tmd my Father your Father , and your Crod my God ? Parson—Yes , Grod has made tis al- of one family . Boy— -Then of course -we are brothers and sisters ? Parson—Ye ? . Boy . —Then how can you be so cruel and hardhearted as to give your little brother such a stinking mouldy crust as this ? The manner in -which Mr . Jones told this , convulsed the audirnce "with laughter , ilr . J- showed ho"w willing the parsons "were to educate the people in a state of servility and passive obedience , but would never teach them tie doctrines -which Christ taught , namely , those
of equality ; they -would sooner give them any description of education , than mate them politicians —( cheers . ) They -wished themselves Vo partake of the good bread , and the millions to get but the mouldy emit In order to carry tut the sentiments of the tJasfc , it required the unity , talent , and energy of the people combined , every industrious and sober man should exert hirnae-f in order to change the Eysira ; and ., in cr&eT to stimulate them to their duty , let them think that those poor creatures ¦ who ww confiaed in the varicus prisons—those who ¦ were transported to a foreign country for thift , and those -who were brought to the scaffold , came to such by lie bad institutions -which were calculated to make
them more vieicu 3 **»"" virtuous ; and let them remember that though they -were brought to that point , and looked upon -with scorn and contempt , although eo one ssemed to pity them , ei ihe fatiiers and mothers bring to mind that they "were once nailing innocent babes—tossed upon their mother ' s knee—kissed , loved , and cherished as affectionately as they kissed , loved , and cherished their babes—and that the same system -which brought them to such an end , was yet in existence , and if net destroyed was as likely to briEg their children to the same a-ftfal position- Mr- Jones then exhorted all , in a strain cf glowing eloquence , to assist f » r the Charter , and coBdaded amid the most rapturous applause .
The Chairman then gave , " The Executive , and may their exertions in the cause of the people be crowned -with success . "
Tune . — " man " s a man for a' that " Mr . Jclijls Hax > " £ T came forward and -was greeted -with loud cheers , to sptak to the toast , Mr . Chairman , Brother and sister Democrats , he had the honour of appearing before tfcfcm thai evening as the representative of the ChaitMs of Shtffisld . He had come thither t £ a * . day fci the purpose of -witnessing the grand display -which he and they savr that day in the streets cf cf Manchester . Mr . Harney congratulated them for their conduct in protecting Feargus O'Connor , and eald if he came to Sheffield he -would not be wanting of the stroDg arms of the working men to protect him . He then congratulated them for the manner in -which they had performed an act of gratitude to the late Hanry Hunt It "was with Dleasure he spoke to the toast of the
Executive ; their actions , had been before the pnblic , and every one -who took any interest in the movement must know that they were men of integrity , and had performed Tamable services to the cause . They ail know the opposition -which Mr . James Leach had given to the Com Law league ; how he had exposed their fallacious statements , and opened the eyes of the working men to their trne interests . Air . James Leach stood Tery high in the estimation of every grade of working men of Sheffield , and of the csuntry generally . ( Hear , hear . ) Then there was Dr . il'Douall Mr . Hamey thtn spoke as to the honesty and consistency of the Doctor , as Member ef the fint Convention . He was the tit-fl •"<**"" g and undaunted friend of the people , and the auTOCatfi of the lights of the iasnlted millions ;
and for his sufferings and firmness he was entitled to the support and confidence of the people . ( Cheers . ) Then there was pain John Campbell ; they could bear testimony to the admirable manner in which he had acted as the Secretary , and the good he had rendered the cause , and though he respected the Dcctor , who was a Scotchman , and . Le&eb * as an ^ Englishman , he gave the same respect , the same honour to Campbell , who -was an Irishman . And the people respected every hud who was honesty independent of country or creed . Mr . Harney then exposed the Stnrgite question , and hoped the people would not be led from the Charter . He then showed that there were other monstrous grievances besides the Corn laws , and he saw no reason -why that question Ehould be tagged to the Charter . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) There was the state church , the lawB of primogfinitnie , hereditary monarchy , hereditary peerage , &c , equally as grievous as the Com laws . He hoped tbey would come to the earne
conclusion , and carry out the same resolution as the BiMon people— " Th 3 t every agitation -which does not go for the Charter is a hnmbng so far as the working classes are concerned . " Sir . Harney then gave a description of the men at the head of the " complete move" party , and asked -who heard of Sturge coming out for the liberties of the people before ? Where was the test of his sincerity ? Had be given a single farthing towards the local victim fund ? He never heard that be had "R * = 5 he not connected vritk the Wiigs who sent Feargus O'Connor , Dr . P-M'Douall and J . B . O'Brien to prison , and 500 hundred of their best men ? and Frost , Williams , and Jones across the seas ? Then did not Cobden say , at the nomination at Stockp * rt , that if lifting up cf hi * finger would bring Frost , Williams , and JoEes back , he would not do it—( shame . ) Mr-Hamey conduced by exhorting them te remain firm to the cnarter , scd sat iown , sf : er an excellent speech , amid loud cheers .
The Chairhas then gave " The thanfcs of the wotting men of Manchester to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " Mr . Coopes , of Leicester , stepped forward , and spoke in the most enlogistic terms of Mr . O'Connor's pnblic life , talents , and physical energies in the cause of the people ; and , in conclusion , said that as h » had pledged himself to the csuse , he deserved the respect and support cf the working ^ jen . Mr . Cooper then gave out the National Anthem . Not , said he , the old servile and bloody anthem , but the Chartist Anthem In this Mr . O'Connor forms a prominent feature . Mr Cooper then started the tune , and led throughout , the meeting following to the top of their voices , accompanied by the Hiusic , which was done in excellent Style , and prodnced s good impression at the time .
Mr . a . hzttvood , newa agent , rose to propose a vote of tianks to Mi . Scholefleld , chairman , and said it then became his duty to move a vote of tft » "fr « for the very creditable manner in which the chairman had performed his , duty that night , but before he sat down he "Wished to make an obsifcrrxtion or two in reference to the character and conduct of Sir . O'Connor , as a public man . The other speaker merely spoke of his public con « duct , and it would be observed that there were men who bowevci consistent they might appear before the public , ¦ wer e nothing te boast of in private- He had had the
best opportunity during the last few years , of judging not only of Mr- O'Connor ' s public character , and in that respect , he had found him honourable and consistent , and he believed that if ever any man ' a heart was truly and sincerely devoted to the cause , Mr . O'Connor ^ w as . Mr . Heywood then gave him equally as good a character in all his dealings and transactions as a private gentlemen . After speaking of him in the most eulogistic terms as a private gentleman , he said that under aU circumstances , lie considered the cause of the people bf f-jre his own comfort and happiness .
Mr . Julias Habkey seconded the vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was carried by acclamation . MjJ > t :: pft , of Sheffield , then requested" three cheers to be given to O'Connor , three for the Charter , and three for the Repeal of the Unien , " which was duly responded to , after wbieh the music struck up , and t&e ball comfflenced and was continued till an early hoar . The * lwle lesUtitiea passed off with , the greatest eclat .
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PUBLIC MEETING . A public meeting of journeymen and master boot and shoemakers -was beld . pursuat . * to advertisement , on Wednesday week , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , to consider the question of Sir Robert Peel ' 8 amen de tariff The chair -wa 9 announced to be taken at two o ' clock , but long before that time , the place was crowded to exass , and thousands -went away without even having a prospect of obtaining admittance . Mr . Laidlow , a master shoemaker , having been called to the chair , commenced by congratulating them on the nuHiber and respectability of their attendance ; it proved that th-. y entertained feelings of strong and painful excitement upon the subject , and he -wished it to be clearly understood , that the meeting was com-; ; :
posed exclusively of boot and shoemakers , and not with other persons connected with the leather trade ; he would drtw their attention to the alteration which the Government intended making in the duty on foreign boots and-shoes . The present duty was -4 s . 6 < 1 . a pair on boots , and 2 s . on shoes ; the Government proposition was to admit boots at a duty of 23 . Id ., and shoes at a duty <_ f is ., thus making a reduction of more than one half . In London and it ? EuburbB there wtre from 26 , 090 to 38 , 000 persons engaged in the boot and shoe trade , having at least 100 000 souls dependent upon their employment for daily bread ; they had not even
now half employment ^ The alteration in the cuty would greatly reduce that quantity , and the distress and misery it would produce was incalculable . They wire not assembled for any party purpose—their object was -not to make enemies tut to create friends . He trusted they would keep to the question bt-fjre them , und avoid , the introduction of politics—( laughter—and cries of "its a political qmestion . " ) He trusted they would not break faith with him . He took tie chair only on the condition thatpolisics should be excluded —( confusion in the meeting , j He knew that a few men could make a great noise , but he trusted to be bupported by the great majority of the meeting .
Mr . Grieve had great pleasure in moving the first xesolutior . The interest they frit in this question could be readily observed by the alarm and anxiety depicted in their counUnances . Mr . Grieve then read that portion cf the tariff -which applied to the trade . ( The reading of this was interrupted with repeated cries of " Shame . " ) Without going into the price of provisions ktre or abroad , or other topics connected with the suVjt-ct , it would be quite dear to them that this contemplated alteration -wiuld deprive a great mass of
them of employment , that in fact it would be the complete ruin of all engaged in the manufacture of the lighter descriptions of goods . He appealed to them -whether they did not already experience considerable difficulty in competing with the foreign manufacturer ? whether they-were not at present in a sufficiently distressed condition , without its being further aggravated by tfeis enormous reduction of the duty . He hoped that they would conduct themselves -with decorum and good feeling towards alL He would conclude by moving ; the fix ^ t . resolution : —
" That this meeting , consisting of masters and journeymen engaged in the manufacture of boots and shees views with feelings of anxitiv and alarm the alteration proposed by her Majesty ' s ministers in the tariff duty upon the importation i f foreign boots and shots , and is of opinion that it will be totally inadequate to protect the interests of ths British manufacturer . " Mr . Shipper seconded the resolution . It might , at fir . ^ f sight ' appear anomaltus to oppose the principle of free trade , that principle which -was so desirable should be carried into fall etfeet , bet it was impracticable ; England was burthentd with a debt of ^ CSUO . ooo . OOO , ¦ whilst the debt of France was only £ 200 : 000 , 000 , and she had a much larger population to enable her to pay it , and the necessaries of lifi were to be procured at a much cheaper rate ; under these circumstances
it was impossible to compete with them without the aid -of a heavy protecting duty ; even -srith the present duty the shoemakers of this kingdom were a poor poverty-stricken class cfthe cohhlunity . -Four years ago a . statistical eDqairy was made into the wages of journeymen shoemakers in London , and from the rfctunu from bootmen , shoemen , closers , jobbers , and all the branches of the trade , the average wages was only l " s . a-week ; this too was taken in the best month of tiie year ; since then the average rate of earnings was considerably decreased . If this scheme was not abandoned-it -would create a degree of misery and rie * -titution among a large and useful class of artisans , greater than he could attempt to describe ; ho called upon them never to cease iiaportnning the legislature until they compelled them to let the duty remain as at present ( cheery . ) .
The resolution was then put and carried with two dissentient * . Mr . Medwi > " moved the following resolution : — " That the presestdepressed state of the home and export trade in boots and shoes , having already suffered considerably from various causes , this meeting rely upon Her Majesty ' s government—to continue in force such an import duty 03 shall afford a due and sufficient protection to the British manufacturer . " He saw in the meeting before him a vast body of men brougbtfrom their homes and their enjoyment , toconsirfer a subject which deeply interested them , and bore moon their Welfare in life . He considered that Great Britain and her Colonies -was one vast machine , the interest of each being bound up together ; it was like a wheel
within-a wheel , u the one was injured it injured the otherl He believed that the present depressed st ^ te of the trade arose from the depressed state of the colonial trade ; o-sring to the distress in the West Indies , the disturbances in Canada and the East Indies , our trade in exporting boots and shoes had greatly fallen off ; one house is tte city which previously employed 1400 bsndB in the export tiade , now only employed iso hands—this would show the state vf the trade . When the last speaker stated that four years ago the average wages was 17 s . a-week , he should have qualified it by deducting the expense paid by the journeyman for grindery . Other trades had a place found them to work in , but the shoemaker had to rent his own manufactory . He'did not think , when all the deductions were
made , that the present average wages wtre m » re than 10 s . or 12 s . a week ; and when they considered that the majority _ cf them had wives and children te support , they could not be at a loss to account for the depth of their present distress , amounting almost to starvation . Fifty or sixty years ago we manufactured shoes for the whole world ; now Gemany , Holland , and France-were competing with m , and in neutral markets completely beating us out ef the field ; and in toe West Indies , where there was but a low protecting duty , our trade was fast dwindling away . Germany , Holland , and France -were not boot-wearing countries ; their home sale consisted chiefly of low-priced shoes ; but the wages being better for boots , they , frooi a natural feeling of gain and emulation , manufactured boots , and .
having no home sale , sent them to this country , to the ruin of" our artisans . " How could we comptt 9 with the French manufacturer , wh «» only paid If . 8 ± for making bott-5 , and 7 l ± for c osin 5 them ? Then , in the women ' s branch , silk ' and satin shoes , which are the best-paid description of work , are made for od . a pair , and bound for 9 d . or 10 d . s dozen . If this Government plan is carried , I see around me twenty or thirty manufacturers from the City , who must either turn factors f jt thesaeof foreign goods , or establish manufactories in the sea-port towns of the French coart , and distribute there those wages of which you will be deprived , and Britain , instead of being an exporting , will be an importing country , at least for the lkhter and better paid description of poods . In the metropolis there were 100 , 000 persons dependent on this trade for support , in ihe ' whole country 1 , 000 , 600 of people ; and would they allow this large body of perBtms , amounting to a twenty-seventh of the whole population , to be ruinwi
by this measure ? They muit besiege the Legislature with their complaints , and never let them rest until they abandon it , er else they must seek on foreign shores that protection which the British Legislature denied them ,. Their employers wmid be equally ruined by the introduction of foreign salesmen- They would estab teh depots at the Evst and at the W « st Already bad many gentlemen declined giving him order * until tne reduction took place ; they -would not be satisfied even with the peduced duty , when it waa taken off the leather , it was a loss to them . Free trade was a charming thing , it bound nation to nation , but they should stand on an equal footing and duties stould be levied on those articles best able to bear them , L ^ ither on which only three hours labour was expended was protected by a duty of Is . Did . and only a similar protection would now be given to shoes , on which twenty eight hours iabour was expended . He trusted they would sot cease agitating until they inasle Ministers abandon the scheme .
Mr . Datis seconded the resolution . As a manufacturer and an exporter of shoes to nearly all parts of thiworld , he . could bear testimony to the . truth of ail which Mr . Medwin had stated . In the Brazils and South America , not a single pair of light goods wii ! they take . They are happy to take our strung made boots and our men's , but not s pair of ffomtaV . At the Cape of Good Hope , we once had an extensive trade , but it was now monopolised by the German ? . To show them the extent cf our export trade , he would mention that at the port of Sydney alone ., in the year 1 S 40 , cur exports in boots and shoes , was of the value of £ 80 , 000- It had been eaid that the average wages was 17 s . a -week ; he knew that ia the country , many a man had done a hard days' work for less than is . 6 d . This rate of wages , the altered tariff would again reduce .
Mr . Besbow here rose to address the meeting , bnt not being . appointed \> y the commitue , they would not allow " him , some asserting he was not a shoemaker , until his hands convinced them to the contrary . Immense confusion was the result , the gents , on the platform being loud in their vociferation to turn him out ; the tables were speedily filled with the adherent * of both parties , and the business for a time , completely suspended . . Mr . Benbovr at length retired , on the coedUion of having an opportunity of expressing his viewa at a later period of the meeting . This , in a measure allayed ths disturbance , but from the pressure on the platform , it was impossible to give anything like a report of the ensuing resolutions . A GtenUeman , whose name we conld not learn , moved the folio wing resolution as near as we . could
ascertain is : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the contemplated reduction in the import duty on boots and shoes will throw out of employment great numbers [ of
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• workmen , and produce a corresponding degree of des » titution in the trade ; and we call \ ipon th& Government to pause before they cause It to become the law of the land . " Mr . SkbLTOH , a working man and a Chartist , secended the resolution in a very eloquent address , in which he administered eome very hard hits to the employers on their past treatment of their men ; it was only when the shoe pinched , them—when the misery was likely to approach their own door—that they once thought of the distress of the journeymen . He was aware that the grand master evil was class legislation , but he would not dwell upon that after what had taien place . Why hadhot Sir Robert Peel taken the duty off silks and satins ? Foreign shoes could be Imported for less money than they could in England buy — : — — - : .
the silk and satin to make them . The weavers were already ground down below starvation point That the Government did not dare to take off the duty on silk and satin . If this measure passed , they would soon be in as wretched a condition as the poor silk weaver ? . He called upon the gentlemen he saw around him ta cease looking upon the interests of those gilded butterflies , wbo basked in the sunshine of the Court , and fattened upon its corruption . Jf they looked to them in the present hour of tribulation , they would be bitterly deceived . He called upon them to look to the working men , and treat them as rational beings . ( Great cheering . ) The day was gone by when they were called a drunken Bet cf men . He ccu ' . d tell them that the men could now calculate and look to their interest as well as Sir Robert Peel . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was then put to the met ting , and declared carried . Mr . Honnebs moved a resolution appointing a deputation of six journeymen and six masters , to wait upon her Majesty ' s Ministers , and likewise on the M . P . ' s in their respective district * . Mr . Harrogan seconded the resolution . Mr . Boley moved a resolution ordering the insertion of the resolutions as an advertisement in certain newspapers . Mr . Christopher was called upon to second it , who said tbat since he had entered the room he had seen so much unfair treatment made usa of . towards . Mr . Benbow , that he should decline giving his sanction to tho proceedings , and would not second the resolution ; they complained of Sir Robert Peel ' s one-sided legislation , and yet acted in the same one-sided way themselves . ( Cheers )
Great confusion here took place , loud cries of Benbow to address them being uttered from all parts of the room , kinid the confusion several attempted to address the meeting , and a vote of thanks was said to be given to the Chairman , who with a portion of the Committee quitted the room . Mr . Leigh was then called to the chair , and attempted to address the meeting amidst considerable clamoar . - . , " .- ¦ The proprietor of tie place then appeared on the platform , and ttated that the Committee had pledged themselves that the meeting should close at five o'clock , they had informed him the business was closed , and authorised him , if necessary , to send for the police to clear the room . An adjournment was then moved to the Craven Head , Drury- ' ane .
The Morning Advertiser asserts that , after the committee left the room , a scene took place which was a disgrace to humanity , &c ; this it must know to be a base and malicious lie ; for the meeting dispersed in a most quiet and peaceable manner , and what little disturbance did tafce place , after the committee left , waa not created by the Chartitts .
ADJOUUJiED MEETING ^ T THE CRAyEX BEAD . _ On our arrival at the place its every avenue was literally besieged with claimants for admission . Mr . M'Frederick was called to the chair , and briefly addressed the meeting . Mr . LEIGH moved the following resolution : — " That this adjourned meeting fully agree with the resolutions passed at the Crown and Anchor , but are nevertheless of opinion , that until the working classes of this country have the management of their affairs veiteit in their own hands , according to the principles laid down in the People ' s Charter , they will never be able successfully te struggle with those who oppress , injure , and deprive them of their employment . "
Mr . ieigb , in a Bpcech cf great ability , showed the ene-Bidedness of the union betwixt themselves and other employers , and that if the masters could get more profic by turning factors for the sale of foreign goods than by their labour , tbey \ the journeymen ) would immediately be left to perish . Fifteen out of twenty of tne great boot and thoe manufacturers had joined heart and hand with that great monied faction , tke Corn Law League ; tbey cared nothing about the distress that a Repeal cf the Com Laws would create under present
circumstances ; that they tel ) you must not be regarded , if it produced a great national benefit ; yet , how speedily they cried out when the nme principle was applied to them ; he considered that Sir Robert Peel had given them a Rowland for an Oliver . They had joined in the cry of " down with the aristocracy ; " and now in rttnrn , he was tantalising them . It -was not by joining the employers on this subject that they would permanently benefit themselves . He called upon them to unite for a grander object—the attainment of political freedom .
Mr . Benbow seconded the resolution . He had no intention of disturbing the meeting ; but they refused to hear him because they auspectc-d he was a Chartist He was surprised to hear it asserted that he was not a shoemaker ; he and his family before him , for a ce > - tury past , had been shoemakers . The late Mr- CoWfeett had dedicated his grammar , of which a hundred thousand copies had bren sold , to William Benbow , shoemaker , of Manchester ; and yet at the Crown and Anchor , above all other places , be had been asked if he was a shoemaker ? Mr . Benbow then ably supported the resolution in a lengthy address . Mr . M'Cartht also in a clever manner addressed the assembly , and showed the folly of the Chairman at the Crown and Anchor asserting that politics could not be introduced ; it waa not politics , but Chartut politics he was afraid of .
Mr . Children , a German , next addressed the meeting , and thought that , instead of opposing the plan of free trade in boots aud shoes , they should have demanded a free trade in everything else , so would the ! iatioii 8 of the eaith best become united and prosperous , they would , then prefer their family to themselves , their country to their family , and mankind to their country . He then went iuto the details of the foreign trade in boots and shoes , with which he appeared to have a perfect acquaintance , and explained that there was only three houses in London that imported shoes from France , they could get French gods made . better and cheaper here ; the Cheap shoes
they had been told of w * re sent to the colonies , Dot more than 15 , 000 pairs were imported into England in a year , and these were high priced articles . There was only two houses in London h : xd their goods made in Paris ; these shoes for which 5 d . a-pair was paid for making were sent to Mexico , no one would purchase them here . He knew a man who smuggled a quantity over , he set up in business , but could not sell them , and was forced to hawk them about . He was afraid they had injured themselves by their meeting Of to-day , the aristocracy - would think they could not compete with the French and there would be a greater demand for Parisian goods . If we had open trade in all things good might flow to the human race .
Messrs . Waddington , Ford , and others addressed the meeting , and the chairman ably wound up the proceedings , and stated his intention to call a meeting of the City Shoemakers , to pive their unbiassed opinions on the subject . The resolution was then carried with two dissentients . . . A vote of thanks -was given to Mr . Christopher , for his manly conduct in refusing to second their resolution after tbeir unfair treatment of Mr . . . Be : ibow , shoemakers only to vote ; to prove that it was a bono fide meeting of shoemakers , every hand , with the exception of about three , was then held up . A show of hands was then taken from all thasa who would aid in procuring the roturn of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was unanimous , and the meeting separated .
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ELECTION OF SURVEYORS OF THE HIGHWAYS FOR LEEDS . On Saturday last , at twelve o ' clock at noon , a meeting of the ratepayers cf the township cf Leeds , assessed under the Highway Act , was held in the Vestry of the Parkh Church . On the motion of Mr . Thomas MORGAN , seconded by jir . William Brooke , Mr . Thomas White was calltd to the cb . 'ir . Tbe Chairman having read the notice by which the niett ' . ng had been convened , Mr . William Whitehead moved that the Board for the ensuing year should consist of thirteen ratepayers , ami not cf nineteen as last year . Mr . GOOD 1 SON seconded the motion . Mr . ChiesmaN asked Mr . Whitehead to give his reasons for reducing the ¦ . umber of fiurveyow .
Mr . Whitehead , in the course of his reply said that he had been in office two years , and that he had attended the meetings of the Board much better than most cf his colleagues , and he then read a statement of the number of meetings each surveyor had attended daring the past year . There had been fifteen meetings , and two of the surveyors ( himself being one ) had attended thirteen of those meetings . The others had attended much less frequently , some of them , indeed , not more than two or three times . He , in this statement , kept out of view the weekly Board , at which most of the business was done , and which was not attended by more than two © r three persons . The Board previous to last year consisted of only thirteen , and he thought that number was preferable to nineteen ; for Bix right intelligent men would get through the business better , to the comfort of themselves , and to the benefit of the inhabitants of the town , than would a much larger number . ¦/ . ' - ¦ ; ' .
... . _ . Mr . Chiesjian said that Mr . Whitehead ' s statement about the bad attendance of the late Surveyors , did not prove that a Board might not be elected who would attend better ; and if thirteen could be got to attend well , he saw no reason why they could not get nineteen . Thirteen would not be sufficient to apportion to the different WardB , some of them—the West Ward for instance—requiring more than two ; and he should
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therefore move an amendment that there be nineteen ratepayers elected as Surveyors for the ensuing year . Mr . T . Morgan seconded ^ tdWs amendment , which was . put _ to the meeting , and negatived , the iaiJinal motion , in favour-of thirteen , being carried by a large majority . -: : ; -. - ¦ : v \ . : • • , ' . - :. — , v . . ; , ¦ / ¦ .., / * : ;/ , ¦ Mr . Whitehead then read the names of thirteen persons whom he proposed as Surveyors , men who he believed would endeavour to economise the public money , and to reform the bad system that had prevailed at the Board . They were as follows : — Mr . George Hammond , Mr . Christopher Heaps , Mr . Joseph Lobley , Mr , John Sellers ^ Mr . Robert Wright , Mr . John Ktrk , Mr . John "Wales Smith , Mr . George Hogg , Mr . Thomas White , Mr . Thomas TiWey , ¦ M * - ; John - Qq 6 d | soii ,, Mr . John Frankland . Mr . John Rinder ,
After reading these names , he proceeded to state that when be first went into office , he and his colleagues found the books of the Board in a most wretched condition , but they had now got the accounts into a business-like style , and those / wtwtook office -would find things as they ought to be , and that their predecessors bad set their house in order . Whtn he went into office , there was a debt of £ 1777 owing by the Board ; but at the end of the first year this was all paid off , and they had £ 100 itathe handB of their Treasurer . They then thought that a fsurpenny rata would be sufficient , and such a rate was collected , and they had left office -with £ 500 in their favour . A
great deal of the money . raised as highway-rates was paid for what mi ght be denominated " rank jobs ; " for , according to the general Highway Act , if the tolls taken on the different highways did not pay the trustees t ie interest of the money expended in the making of such roads , the ratepayers of tbe townships through which the road passed had to mako up the deficiency ! One of these " >¦• jobs" waa the Wellington-read , on which £ 300 was yearly expended . TheMeanwoodroad , - which had been made for the benefit Of the landlords on each side , -was another rf these jobs , and which cost £ 600 year before lust , and £ 350 last year . And there was the York-road for which the
surveyors wero paying £ 250 a-year , although not in their hands . Taking these things into consideration , the meeting would see that the surveyors had not much money to spend on the streets , but he thought if the strett 3 were to bo better paved , there should be a pnblic meeting of the ratepayers , nrid a rate laid at 8 . 1 . or lOd . in the pound : it ought" not to be done by the surveyors . —( hear , hear , and laughter . ) It ouuht not to be forgotten , however , that hot more than one-eighth of tho streets were in the hands of the surveyors . Mr . Wm . Brooke said he had a list of men to propose as surveyors , which he would now exhibit to the consideration of the ratepayers The list was as follows : Mr . Edward Bluudell , Mr . David Winter , Mr . William Greig , Mr . Houry Moriey , Mr . Joshua Hqbao ~ n , Mr . John Holroyd , Mr . John Ardill , Mr . John Beacock , Mr . Thomas Otley , Mr . John Frankland , Mr . Henry Wilts , Mr . William Fletcher .
The name of Mr . George Wood was also included , but , being in the room , he declared positively he would not stand , and it was therefore withdrawn ; the name of Mr . Jonathan Sugden Darby was substituted , but not by the Chartists . Mr . Whitehead objected to the list , because , he said , it contained a number of gentlemen who were Improvement Commissioners , and he had been told that no men had neglected their duty , so inuch as they had . But , moreover , it was propeaed by one who Was not a ratepayer , and no person who waa not a ratepayer , or who had not paid his rates , had a . right to take part in tha proceedings , and was only allowed by courtesy to be present . The principle was a fair one —it was representation band in hand with taxational no one but rat ? payers ought to vote or take part in the business that 4 ay .
After a few words by Mr . Brooke in defence of the natnea in the list he hatf proposed , and in denunciation of what had filten from Mr . Whitehead , the latter gentleman delivered , a aeif-kudatory speech , avowing himself to be a staunch friend of demociacy and a republican , but a condeinner of "those men who wished to lead the Working classes , and thrust a thing called the Charter down men ' s throats . ' . ' He concluded by imputing to Mr . Brooke a paitry trade jealousy . M r . ROBERTS said , as ; Mr . Brooke was not a ratepayer , an impulatton which would not attach to himself , he would propose the list that that gentleman had offered to the meeting . Afcer some demur , a ahow of hands wa 3 then taken for each name , cne being taken from each list succes * sively . Mr . Whitehead and Mr . Brooke were appointed tellers , to assist the chairman . The result : was as follow .- - —
John Frankland ... 150 John Wales Smith ... 86 John Ardill .... 115 George Hammond ... 81 Henry Wilks ......... 114 Joseph Eobley ......... 81 Joshua Hobson ...... Ill Tborrias White ......... 81 Wm . Greig ....... 110 John Goodison 75 David Winter ......... 109 George Hogg 6 « John Beacock .... 108 John Rinder ..... eh . Thomas Otley ...... 107 John Seller * ............ 62 Win . Flfctcher ... ; .. 1 ( 14 John Kirk ............... 56 John Holroyd ,.. 104 Thomas Tilney ....,,,.. 64 Hewy Morley ........ 102 Christopher Heaps ... 51 Edward Bluiidtli ... 98 JonathanSugdenDarby 44 Robert Wright 88
Mr . John Frankland , it will be seen , was in both lists ; the thirteen gentlemen in the first column haying the largest number of votes , were called over by the Law Clerk , and declared by the chairman to be duly elected . . Mr . Whitehead said , that feeling . confident that the election had not been made in accordance with the interestk and wishes of tho inhabitants of the borough of Leeds , he deiiianded a poll in the name and on the behalf of George Hammond , Joseph I / obley , John Wales Smith , Thos . White , John Goodiscn , John R ' . nder , Christopher Heaps , John Sellers , John Kirk , George Hogg , and Thos . Tilney , the unsuccesbful candidates . ( Cheers and disapprobation . ) Toe expense of the poll would have to be paid out of the highway rates ; and those only who ' paid poor rates and highway rates , or -who ¦ wero liable to pay highway rates , in the , township of Leeds would be entitled t- > vote .. '" ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦" : ¦ '"' . '¦ . ¦ " -: .:
Mr . Roberts said it had been suggested to Wm ( by Mr . Nelson } that some arrangement might be comej . " to between the two parties . He did not propose any but in order to save the town expense , and as he knew there were a great number of liberal men' on the other side , he bad no objection that six names should be selected from each list . ( Applause ) Mr . Whitehead object : d to act upon this suggestion , aud said he would not move a jot . In answer to a question from Mr . Roberta , Mr . WlIlTKHEAD said the expense of tafcing the poll would be about £ 40 , and the poll could be kept open three days . ' : :
Mr . Nelson submitted a resolution to the meeting to the effect that , a poll having been demanded , the meeting should be immediately adjourned to the Court House , where a poll should be commenced and kept open until three o ' clock , and then adjourned until Monday , on which day it should commence at ten O ' clock in the niorning , and continue till four in the afternoon , and in the same way continue on Tuesday and Wednesday , closing on the latter day at four in the afternoon . . : - Mr . Chiesman here declared his intention to subrait a resolution to the meeting . He thought the
reading of it might have a good effect , at least he intended that it should do so . It was this : — " That this meeting disapproves of the Conduct of any party endeavouring to put the ratepayers of this town to the expence of a poll for surveyors of the highways , and Considers the proposition to avoid a poll by substituting an equal number qf each party to complete the surveyors' board , a fair proceeding . " This proposition . seemed to meet the views of the majority of the meeting , and one or two parties stated that the cost of taking a poll would . be from £ 200 to £ 300 , rather than £ 40 .
Mr . Whitehead said he saw no reason to alter his determination , and was assailed by cries of disapprobation . ¦ ' ; " - ;¦ ¦ - ¦' . ' , -, . ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ '¦ •• ' - . .- •¦ . air . Christopher Heaps said if Mr . Whitehead gave up a poll , he would demand one . Mr . Roberts thankod the other party for setting a precedent , and promised them they shenld have plenty of pelting . They could not go away , and say that he and his friends had not been inclined to meet them--( Applause . ) He would like to ask the Law Clerk if it was in the power of the meeting te adjourn at once , and fix their time and place of met'ting . Mr . Nelson thought it was . Mr . Robeuts then moved that . the meeting should adjoorn until Wednesday , and meet them at the Chartist Association R » om , Cheapside , where the poll should continue on that and the followings days . /
Some doubt having been started whether the meeting had the power of legally adjourning beyond Monday , Mr . TfEisoN was questioned on the subject , and he said be thought the meeting could be legally adjourned until Wednesday , if they desired it ; but as the law of vestry was very uncertain , it would be better to take a few votes now , and then adjourn until Monday . Mr . T . Morgan said ther Court House . ^ was public property , and much more convenient than the CharUst Association Room . He therefore begged to propose that i poll should immediately commence , and close at three o ' clock , aud then be adjourned to the Court House on Monday morning , and be continued there « n Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday . ' . - , ; This was seconded by Mr . Grevesom . Mr . Whitehead asked the Law Clerk if the Chairman had not the power of fixing the place where the poll should take place . ; ; --VV -V . - "; - - ' V ; / - ; .-:: - '
Mr . Nelson said that if the proceedings were interrupted in any place ; that the ratepayers might appoint , the Chairman then had the power to t » h . e the poll to-what place hethonght proper . ' . . V .. ' - .-The Chairman . —Without the meeting can agree as to the place , I will commence to take the poll immediately , and then adjourn tilt Monday morning , at the Court House , "' ; ¦ ¦ :. "¦" ¦ ¦ ; : - - ¦ " -. ;' - U ; v . ; ' "V ¦ : ; . ; . : " . '¦; : - Mr . Nelson . —No , no ; adjourn ta this place- ^ ( disapprobation . ) : ; v ^ Mr . JOSHUA HOBSON asked what was the ; meaning ef this attempt te tlmrt the "Will of the meeting , when they bad been toW that the majority of the meeting had it in their power to decide where they would adjourn to ? ( Applause . ) In allusion to the
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impntatioh caafc upon the Improvement Commigsionera by-Mr . Whitehead , he ^ ( Mr . Hobson ) vconld tell the meeting that ho bad attended every meeting ; pt that body aince the ; J | ast ; election , except on ' two occasions , wheu he was prevented by sicknQss , and , he was quite 8 ure that the majority of . those elected by the ratepayers had atteiided well , and acted efficiently . The magistrates ; who were Comnajssioners * k o ^' o , were the only parties who did not attend properly , ; but who did make their appearance to vote £ 500 out of the pockets of ^ thei ratepayers .:: ( Hear , hear . ) He should , in order to save expence and inconvenience , be glad if there were no poll on the present occasion ; but if the other party persevered in demanding one , Whyt }* y them have it ; but , as to the time and place of taking it , those were matters not in the hands ef the Chairman , who was the servant of the : meeting , but in the power of tbe meeting alone . ( Applause . )
After some warm discussion , in which Mr , WhtteheadV Mr Brook , and others took part , aa to the powers of the Cbairman to fix the place and time of adjournment , Mxi Roberts consented to alter his amendment , SO as to allow the poll to commence immediately , and be closed aV three o ' clock , and then a djourned until Wednesday , at the ? Caattiat Association Room , to be there continuedoh Thursday and Friday . \ The Whig-Rads seemed now to have lost all self-control , and began to conduct themselves in the moat riotous and disorderly manner , and questioned the " respectability" of the Chartist Association , room , which they declared totally unfit for the purpose jdoubting at the , same time whether they would be allowed to peaceably exercise their right therein . ^ . This taunt : was indignantly repelled by the Chartists , and an undertaking was signed by two of the trustees of the bulling that the room shua'd be had free of charge for the purposes of the election .
Mr . Barr , in whose absence Mr . Nelson bad been acting , having just come into the ^ vestry , he -was : asked by Mr . whitehead and some of his friends if the Chairman could not adjourn the meeting to some other place , if he thought the place fixed upon was hot fit for taking the poll in . Mr . Barr replied that if the Chairman knew the Chartist Association Room was net a convenient place , he had the power of adjcuTning to the Court House , or some other convenient place , if he thought proper . The Chairman said he was convinced that the Chartist Association Room was not a convenient place . Mr Joshua Hobson said t ' je Chairman ought to act upon the opinion of the meeting ; and if he afterwards found any obstructions to the taking of the poll , he might thenadjpurn to the Court House . ;
Mr . Barr rather inclined to think that if they commenced to take the poll to-day , and then adjourned over Monday , the-whole proceedings might , be objected to as being unjustifiable and illegal ., It would , in order to avoid the grounds of such an objection , ba much better to adjourn until Monday ; and then , if desirable , a few votes might be taken ¦ . thatdayi and then an adjournment , and the next day tbe same , and so on till Wednesday , when the poll might go on in earnest and close on Friday to proposed .. . . .. ; In answer to questions from Mr . Roberts , &Ir . Barr
further said that he was quit © sure the Chairman would be perfectly safc ) if he adjourned the ; meeting until Monday ; and if he was perfectly satisfied that the place fixed upon by the meeting to take the poll in was inadequate and unfitted for the purpose , he ( the Chairman ) bad the power of now adjourning to a place in which it was convenient to take the votes . If Objections were taken to the legality of the proceedings , the matter would have to be . settled by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and the contending parties Wuuld have to pay the law expences . ;
The Chairman then mounted the taUle , and in an excited manner said , ¦•¦ ' I determin * that the poll shall be . now adjourned , and opened again at tae Court House on Monday morning , at ten o ' clock ; there it ' shall continue on Tuesday and Wednesday , and close at four o ' clock o s the latter day . And I now declare this meeting dissolved . " . He then jumped front ; th « table . Uproar and '* . ' confusion worse confounded" followed this announcement . White ' s friends , ' and-the supporters of Whitehead ' s list , saw that he had donB wrongthat he had voluntarily resigned the chair . And so strong was the feeling of disapprobation among the Chartists , who wished for nothing lui fair play , that the great majority of the meeting called out for Mr . Hobson to preside , and there were cries of "White ' s not fit for it . "
Mr . White had removed from the place where he sat as Chairman , when he was reminded by Mr . Nelson and some others , that it waa his duty to stoy about ten minutes—till three o'clock—to take tbe votes . He accordingly made an attempt to return , t o Ms pofct , Mr . Nelson , in the meanwhile , taking the names of those who wished to vote ; and whilst this was going on , Mr . Roberts ; moved that -Mr . White do leave the chair , which was carried amidst cheers , by . a very large majority . He next moved that Mr . Hobson do take the chair , which was carried in the same way , amidst tremendous Cheers .
Mr . HOBSON at once took the chair , and said that having been elected by the meeting , he was ready to hear any proposition ; and after two or three Unimportant remarks from Mr , Whitahead and oihers , he ( the Chairman ) put Mr . Roberta ' s resolution as previously agreed to by the meeting , but with the alteration of keeping the poll open there until half-past three instead of three o ' clock , and this resolution , as amended , was affirmed by a very large majority ; Mr . Hobson accordingly announced tha . t he would then open the poll , and keep it open until halfpast three , after which it woull he adjoutned until Wednesday morning , at ten o ' clock , at the ' 'Chartist Association Room , and be there continued ' until ' .-E-riday , in accordance with the terms of the resolution ; aiid he ordered the Law Clerk , Mr . Nelson , to continue to take the votes till half-past three ; and he also proceeded to appoint six other persons to . act as clerks at tke taking of the poll on the succeeding Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday . :
B . fere these appointments had been completed , three o ' cleck had arrived , at which hour Mr . White , assuming himself chairman , declared that the meeting was ad journed , amidstithe laughter and jeers of tbe whole assembly , and much to the discomfiture of Mr . Whitehead and his small clique . Mr . HOBSON said the meeting was to be kept open till half-past three , according to Mr . Boberts ' s resolution , and it would be kept open until that time . . Mr . Nelson then gathered up the papers on which the names of the persons who had voted were entered , as well as the rssolutions of the meeting , and he , Mr . White ; Mr . Barr , and others proceeded to leave the meeting . Mr . Whitehead seizad thei Vestry Minute Book , which was lying in front of Mr . Hobson , and declared that , aa a churchwarden , he was responsible for the safety of tb . it book , and lie would not leave it in the hands of Mr . Hobson or his friends , after the meeting had been adjourned .
Mr . Hobson said thebook should not be taken away until the minutes were duly entsred ; he U 9 Chairman was responsible for that , and no man should deprive him of his right j or nullify the proceedings of that meeting . . Mr . Whitehead attempted to take the book by force ; upon- which both Mr . Hobson and Mr . Roberts seizsd it as well . : Several persons told Whitehead he was wrong , but he still seemed determined to persist . Mr . Roberts insisted upon his resolution being entered in the book before it was takea away . Mr . Whitehead siid it couldbe done after wards . Mr . HobsOn and Mr .
Whitehead - . " . haying' each hold of the Minute Book , contended for the possession of it for some time , duiing which Mr ; Whitehead sent for a policeman . At last Mr . W " hitehead consented to give the boak into the hands of Mr > Pickard , who has the charge of the vestry , and he at once banded it to air . Hobson , having previously obtained a promise from him that it should be returned safely as soon as the resolutions passed during the time he was Chairman ^ were entered . These wero accordingly written in the said book , signed by the Chairman ( Mri Hobsou ) : and sonie of the ratepayers present , and the meeting broke np at half-past three o'clock .: . - "¦ ' ¦'¦'¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦' .:
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TO THE CHAUtIS . S OP GREAT BRITAIN ,. ¦ > Brother DEMOCRATS ,-r-It is the urgent request of the Executive that the Convention Delegates should bring with them all the petition sheets in their respective districts . This will aave a vast amount of money , that otherwise would have to be paid for carriage . The Convention monies in the hands of the local Treasurers ought to be forwarded immediately to Mr . John C eave , bookseller , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London , ' who has been appointed Treasurer . And that every Delegate should be in London on the appointed day , viz , April 12 th . Yours in the cause , , John Campbell , Secretary .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ¦ " : . ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ \ : ' : : - : > :- ¦ : ' :: ¦ ; :. ¦ ; ' . ' : ' \ ¦' . ' ¦' . ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' '¦ •; : achin « iow . ;" v . ' ' ¦ ¦ : < : [; :. ; . ' .. ' ' My . William B ^ esley , cli ^ ir-niafeer . Mr . Stephen , Dixon , engraver .. Mr . Robert " Ash worth , ^ ngrate ^ r ? Mr . Thomas Been , block-printer . Mr . Stephen Sutcliff , eu graver , ettb-Treasurer Mr . John Dixoa , block-printer , sub-Seoretary
' •' ; . ¦ : ' ¦ . ¦' ' -. ¦ ¦ ¦ . "• . ¦ . .. - ¦ BOSTON . . - . - ' ... ¦ ¦ - : . - . " . . ' .. ' .., Mr . David Waterield , taJlori FowJer ' s-row . Mr . David White , tailor , Worm ^ ats . Mr . Jamss Thompsoiij fihoe-maker . Tattershall roaidi - ¦ ' ¦ ; . ; v . ' . : : ;" . ¦ ... ¦ . ;¦ .. .- ¦ ¦ , •'¦ . ¦ ¦¦' Mr Mark Clarkapn , blacksmith , Union-street . Mr . JohnMorlfcy , whitesmith , George-street . Mr . Thomas Marshall , shoe-maker , -. ilnnocenistreet . ' ¦ :- . ; - " . ¦ . . ' ; ¦ -. : ¦ ¦ ;¦ , ; . - .. ' : : ; :. ¦ : . Mr . William Fox , stone-mason , West-street , sub-Treasurer . ¦ - . ' " ¦ . ;¦" . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦; ¦ : -:- . " ¦ : , . ¦; ' -. : ' . ' ¦ Mr . John Mumby , shoe-maker , High-street , sub-Secretary . -.. ¦" . " . ' , ;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ "¦ ' ¦ :- " : ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ . - . - " ¦ .:: > ¦ ¦
- ¦' ¦ . ¦' .. " ¦ : : . - ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ :. - ¦ ' . craig . .. . . ¦'¦ ¦ '¦ : . ; Mr . JosepTiHalstead , spinner . Mr . Joseph Swtt , ditto . Mr . John Leach , carder . Mr- Thomas Groonwood , warper . Mr . John Waring , taiior . Mr . Rich , Hinchcliff ^ j beer-Bcller , sub-Treasurer Mrs CharIss Eastwood , sub-Secretary ;
LANCASTER . Mr . Richard Wearing , Point jr-houses . Mr . John Parkinsoa , Ghapel-court . ; ] VIr . James Wilson ^ Barrbw ' s-garden . ; Mr . Samuel Pilkington , Brewery-yard . Mr . Thomas Marshall , China-lane . Mr . VVilliain Gudgeon , Skerton , Mr . John Thomas Lund , Monmouth-street . Mr . Christopher Nixon , Rosemary-lane . Mr . James . Walley .:: ¦'' :: : '¦ ' . ¦ . ¦'¦ . = ¦•' . ¦ \ Mr : George Ba . ll , 100 Moor-lane ^ sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Gibson , nevys-ageht , 102 , Moor-lane , sub-Soeretary ; "; :
WALSALL . ; Mr . James tivsey , brass founder , Windmill . Mr . John Grifnths , plater , Portland street . Mr . Joseph Dixon , hammer maker , Stafford street . . ¦ " . - ' :. - ¦ ¦ ' .. : ' : : " . . . ' .,. ¦ : '¦'¦ .. . ¦'¦ .:, ¦"• J : Mr . Thomas XJnitt , brass founder , St . John street . ' ' : - . ¦ ¦'¦¦ '' ¦ '¦' . ;¦ ¦ ; . '¦ . ¦ , " ¦;¦ ¦ .. ¦ / ' . " . Mr . John Mayo , plater , New Hall-street . Mr . Edward Wells , stirrup maker , Lon ^ -acre . Mr . William M'Cullin u , taiiorj Rushall-street . Mr . John Crow , plater , Peel-street . Mr . Charles Goodwin , bridle cutter , Marsh-laner Mr . James Schblefield , miner , sub-Treasurer , Mr ; Robert Valoise , tailor , Dadley-street , sub Secretary . - - .
COVENTRT . Mr . Jdhif Starkle , silk printer , Hill-street . Mr . Peter Hoy , silk printer . Grey Friar ? s-laue . Mr ^ Robert Mahoni silk printer , Grey Friar'slane . ' ' - \ . \ . - ' . . - : ' ¦¦ ' : ¦¦¦ ¦ : .. ..... .:.. ; ' /¦ " . . ¦ Mr ^ Thomas Williams , cordwainer , Victoriastreet , Hiil , Fi « W . w Mr . William Parker , weaver , New Leicester Road , Foleshill .
Mr . George Heirimings , confectioner , Marketstreet . ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ - ' ¦ : ' . - ' . . ¦ ¦ - ¦ '¦ ' . ¦;• " : ¦' . - . . r ¦ ¦¦ ' .: Mr . George Allen , watch-niaker , Sovoreign-place , Butts . . ¦ - . ¦ '•' ¦; '¦ ¦ . "¦ . ¦' .. . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . - . ¦¦ ' ¦ ; Mr . Enoch Ramsbottom , silk printer , Fleetstreet .. ; . : " . ' "'•' . '¦' : : y - : "¦ ' ¦ - . ' . ' . ' ¦ ¦ . - ' : - .-Mr . William Forriater , silk printer , Saint John ' s Brid ge . ' ; . ' . ' ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ " .. ' . - ¦ .: . ; . . . . . Mr . David Buckney , ribbon mannfaoturer , Milllane . ° ' : ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ . '•• ¦ ¦ : ' ¦¦ : ' :. ¦ . "¦ . . - ' " .... -. ¦'¦ -. . ' , "
Mr . David Haines , weaver , Sherbourne-street , Spon-stre « t . .:. - . - , : ¦ ' ¦ Mr . Thomas ; Hembury , grocer and provision dealer , Spon-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John ; Plant , weaver , Sherbourne-street , Spoiiatteet , sub-Secretaty . Mr . Samuel Knight , watch-maker , Spon-streei , corresponding-Secretary . :
BUBTON - ON-TKENT . Mr . William Dudley , coal-dealer , New- s ' reef , Mr . ThomasDaveroux , labourer , New-street . Mr . WilliamSudlow , news-agent , New-street . Mr . Daniel Beesby , stone-mason , Wood-street . Mr . William ' Hall , cooper i Goose Moor . Mr . Philip Tyzack , Brewer , High-street , sub-Trea SUreri ' ¦ : ¦ : : ' ; •' ¦ ' ' ; : : - - ' ¦ ' . '¦ ' ¦'' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " : . &Ir . Joseph Hall j painter , New-streetj suV-Seore tarv . ¦ ¦ / - ; ¦ ' . ¦¦ - ¦ ' ; '' : ¦ ¦' . " •"¦¦ : : ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'
HUCKNALL-UKDER-HUXHWAITE . Mr . John Alfrey , framework-knitter . '' Mr . Wm . Marshall , jun ., do-Mr . Wm . ElIia , do . Mr . Wm . Marshall , sen ., do . Mr . James Kafdy , do .: Mr . John Yardy , do ., sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Sellors , do ., sub-Secretary
DTJKINFIEtD . Mr . William Woolley , spinner , Parliamentstreet Mr . William Cook , calico printer , Oxford-road . Mr . William Saaith , coppersmith , Clay-building 9 j Mr . Elijah Andrew , spinner , Queen-street . Mr . Thomas Gartwright , spinner , Gretton-baildings . . - ¦ : . '" • ¦ A- , . - .. ,.. ¦ - ¦ ' . - ¦' ; . ' : ; , ¦¦; ' . - ¦ . ¦ , ; Mr . Nichola 8 rWhittaker , joiner , Georgioua ' -street , Mr , James Hague , hatter , sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Loekett , shoe maker , sub Secretary .
BAUND 3 . Mr . Alfred Nichols , carrier , Raunds . Mr . Joseph Bates , cordwainer , do . Mr . Daniel Manning , do . Ringstead . Mr . John Webb , do . Raunds . Mr . Daniel Skagn 6 r , dOi do . Mr . John Bailey , do , do . Mr . Thomas York , do . do . Mr . John Wigmeil , tailor , Raunds , eub-Trea surer . .- . - . ' ¦ ¦ " ' :: V- .. ' '"' . ¦¦ - ' '"' . ¦ ' . ¦ - ' ¦ ' .- '¦' ¦ ::- . "' Mr , John Marriofc , labourer , Stanwick , sub-Se creiary . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . ' " ¦ ¦ . . ¦' ¦¦ : '"' , . ; ¦• ¦ ' . '¦ .
. . w - ; . . - sntNBOiir . Mr . Benjamin Sutcliffei weaver , Milnrow . Mr , James Milnes , do . do . Mr . James Belfield , do . Stonepilfield . Mr . Thomas Buckley , do . do . Mr . John Tatterotail , do . Miinrow . Mr . Henry Clough , do .: d « . Mr . John Crowther , d . 6 ; -. CrossTgate ? f gub-Trea surer . . . ¦ ' ' ¦ " . " : .. ¦'¦¦ _ ' . '¦ . : ¦ - ' ¦ ' ; " : Mr . John -Butterworth , do . Stonepitfield , sub Secretary . ¦ .
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HUCKNAtL-UNDER-HUTaWAITE — On Sonday afternoon , Mr . Bair .-tow delivered an interesting aiid instructive lecture oh the principles of the People ' s Charter to an attentive audience . ¦¦ ¦ : TON BRIDGE WSfctS ( KENT > . —A lecture on the principles of the People's Cfharter was delivered by Mr L . Snelling , of Tonbridge , in the Hall of the New Temperance Society , on Thursday , March 24 th . The place was wejl filled . The Petition was proposed , and unanimously carried . KILPIRNIE ( ATESniRE ) . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held pn Thursday last , to htar a lecture on the Social and Political Stite of the Country , from Mr ^ John M . 'Crea , Perth . At the close of the lecture , ' the National Petition / as drawn up by the Ejcecutive , Was unanimously adopted , and a Committee appointed- to get the signature sheets as numero . dsly signed as possible . -. /> : ¦ .
CAStUSlE—The Council of the Chartist Association held their weekly meeting at the Gouncil Room , John-street , Caldersgate , on VTedriesday evening , Mr Armstrong in tae chair . After some business was settled in regard to public lectures , whichi were- reeently delivered by Mr . Jas . " Bronterre O'Brien . Mr . William Atkinson moved , and Mr . JHenry Bowman seconded , the resolutioni * ' That the balance due to the Executive Council be remitted to the secretary without delay . " The motion was carried unanimouBlv . The town has been divided into twelve districts , which are collected weekly , and the money paid into the hands of Mr . Thomas ^ inctair , treasurer , who will soon be able to utBBtthS' ^ penditare of the Association , Mr . ' ' William Knott gave hatice of a motion which he intended to
bring befbre the Council at their next sitting , for holding a public meeting for the purpose of chancing the members of the ConnciL We trust Mr . Knott -win bring forward and carry his motion , as it is a fundamental principle of the Charter , to give the people frequent opportunities of either approving of the conduct of their present representatives , or choosing others , who they may think more qualified to serve them , and in whom they can place more implicit confidence . Several members spoke in terms ot the highest commendation of the very able leading article , which appeared in the Star of that day , on the Peel Budget ; which , on the whole , seems to be partially satisfactory to the people , who hope to derive some benefit from its being enacted . It has created a strong ; feeltog here , as in other places , amongst all classes of society ; Nearly all the Tories eupport it because ft is a Tory measure ; whilst the
Whigs rail bitterly against it for the Bame reason ; neither party having much regard to the principle of the bill . The -Chartists approve of it from .- ' a strong conviction that . the working classes are quite sufficiently taxed already , and that none are more able to pay taxes than those whose incomes exceed £ 159 a-year . The antl-pornlAw League , though it Was expiring in its last dying agenies at the time of tb » announcement of the Peel Budget , became at that moment totally extinct ; and has never been heard of since . A public meeting is expected to be got up against tLe Income Tax . Should such be the case , we fael convinced that the hnmbngglng Whigs , and Insincere , ahuffling , and bypocritical anti-Corn Law leaguer * will be taught such a lesson aa they will not readily forgetlfor , whateyer the lying newspaper prbss may in general say , the people almost universally approve of the measure . ¦ : : ' , '¦ <¦ ¦¦ " ¦¦ ¦ . ; - ' v ' - - \ - ¦ : ^ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ : ¦ '•• ¦" .
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Old Parr . —It is impossible to calculate the many benefits to the human race which must result from the discovery of Old Parr ' s receipt . The fine herbal medicine which is compoanded from its direction has , in thousands of cases ,: proved that nothing else is required to secure health and prolong life . ; .. - ¦ . : . ¦ ' - ¦ ;¦ ' ' ¦ - . ¦ . ¦; ' ' / . /' ¦ . '¦/' ' ' . MiiiACUiiODS Escape . —Mr . Charles Brija ; ht , Of Niton , was restored , on Monday last , as if from the dead , to Ws family and friends . He was believed by them to havei lost his life on the night of Wednesday , the 2 d instant , amid the fearful storm , which proved fatal to so many pieraons , Mr . Bright was on board a small fiyhing vessel , belonging to Mr . M . Look , of Shanklin , laden with coal , from
Portsmonth , for Ventnor , together with the owner , his eon , and James Heal , mariner , from Atherfield . The vessel was driven down Channel on Wednesday , and by the evening their rigging was blown to ribbonds , and their hall was half full of water . At about three in . the morning , their little vessel wasi struck by a large Russian ship of 500 tons , bound for Algiers ; she was also driving before the gale , and unmanageablo . Bright sprang up the bows of the Russian vessel , and reached the deck ; his companions and their vessel were ; all lost . Bright remained pit board the Rnssian , beatiBg about in the Channel for a week when , at last , their signal of distress waa seenj and they were relieved . —Hampshire Advertiser ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct884/page/7/
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