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WATKINS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS , LECTURE 1 L " Do unto others as yoa would be done by . ' ' St . Luke , ehap . vi . Of eonrse ! that ia fair , and the English are said to love fair play . This rule -would make each man Ms own standardthe measure of justice to himself . For -what is it that ire wculd hare done to ourselves ? Is is not when hungry to be fed—when naked to be clothed—when eick or in prison to be Tisited—when strangers to be taken in ? —in a word , -would we not ¦ wish our -wants to be relieved and our woes comforted ? Yes , nature itself , in all these cases , cries out for succour and for sjmpatby Then , since this is what we would have done to ourselves , " our very naiare teaches us to do it to others , — and justice sajs that unless we do it to others we do not deserve to have it done to ourselve * .
a * ow , by doing unto others as * e would they should do unto us , what is tint we do but teach them what we would have done ? " One good tarn deserves another ; " and we may add , that it often begets another . Tfce likeliest method of bringing others to do unto us as we would they should do , is for us to do so to them , for gratitude , or at least pride , would not suffer them to be behindhand with us , or beholden to us . But , on the contrary , when we do unto others not ss we wculd be dene by , we teach them , we . provoke them , we in a manner force them to do unto us not as
we would be done by . In the former instance we raise man ' s better nature to be our friend ; in the latter we rouse his evi ] nature to be our enemy . We , as it -were , give the injnreo party a right to wrong us . And vrtiax have we to trust to but his forgiveness , his forbearance , or his powerlessnwy ? Aye , it is to the powerless , to those whom we fear not , from "c-hom we think we are in no danger of recrimination , retaliation , or retribution , that we commonly do eviL But none are so powerless as not to have it in their power to be a friend or . in enemy .
When we do unto others not as we would be done by , we do but teach '" Woody instructions which being taught return to plague the inventor" We act like Phslaris who inverted an engine of torture in the shape of a bull , and was the first man on whom its efScacy was proved—the first victim who suffered by it . " Cprses , " it is said , oome home to most" The msxhn hoUls good both ways—if we would have good done to us , we shall do it to others , and if we would not have evil done , we shall not do it . ThfTe are good men certainly who will not revenge an itjury except by forgiveness , which is the noblest rever-ge . Yet iurtly these are the last men to whom an injury should be done , and he who dots an injury because he calculates upon forgiveness , is surely the very viitst cf offenders , the most nse&E . I hare
attempted to shew that we are not to calcalate upon the present powerl&Esness cf the party to whom we do an injury , ntr upon his forgiving disposition j for an un-¦ provoked irjury is the most likely to provoke one . altbtxuh a good or a wise ma will not Buffer himself to be provoked , and it should be on care not to give an evil man that excuse . Shylock , whom Shakspere makes tie very impersonation of malice , is . nevertheless , not left without an excuse for his vindictireness , and a reasonable excuse too . The character would else have been unnatural and un-Sbaksperian- Shylock wculd have been a better man had he been better ussd ; but he was a p » or persecuted Jew , and in his hour of fancied retribution he says to his maltreators , *• The villany you teach me , I will execute , and it shall go hard but I wiil better the instructions . "
If those are the btst of men who return good for evil , those are the worst who return evil for good ; but I need notdwcil u \ on characters of this d&scrVption-: it is enough to sum up their sins in one condemning word —they are WtzroieJvL What is it that causes us not to do unto ethers aa we Would be done by ? Many seem to think that by doing good to another , unless he be in a capacity to return , or to requite it , they would but part with their own good , utd part with it to an enemy , or to one who could not be a friend—that , in fact , they would do evil to themselves . How is this ? Is man the natural enemy of man ? Not so ; but tb « re is an artificial system of society at work that is fasi making man the
entmy of man , and the present system cf Government patronises , if it has net prodneed , this unnatural state of things . Men do » &f do unto others as they would be £ one by ; they -will not do it ; they do the reverse / and ¦ what is the consequence ? You Bee it , you feel It , you hear it every day and every hour of the day . We experience it continually : it has made us what we are , wretches of want , and woe , and wickedness , . victims End vieEimtsers . i here is not one of us but it m 3 y be said of him as of lshznael—•• Bis hand is against every Eian , and eyery man ' s hand against him , " But see , how unequal are the odds ^ miliions again st one Whit wonder that we suffer so much—what wonder that we are crushed beneath the we'gkt of this bestile World—that we writhe like worms under it !
There are doubtless many who wish to do unto others as tn « -y -would be dore by , who wi . -h it for the sake of others or for the sake of increasing the little good th 3 t is in this evil -world ; but what avails it if the good "Wishes of a few are frustrated by the evil wishes of the many ? Tbey have to Etrive against a stream of corruption , which either sweeps them away or overwhelms them . But could they Eucceed in turning the stream , in making it purify itself &nd flow more smoothJy ,-what ease and happiness it might spread over the rcfiL-d waters of thi 3 woria J The socialists are endeavouring to £ o this . They wish to act on the principle
of doing unto others as they would be done by , and by acting on it themselves tbey pursue the likeliest ' means of inducing others to act on it , for example makes more " converts fhrvn precept . May their little community go on increasing like the cloud that at first appeared just abive the horzon , and was the size only of a man ' s hand , but rose and spread until it formed a canopy equal with the heavens . Chartism is the precursor of Socialism , as St . John was cf Jesus Christ . Chartism is preparing the way for Socialism—it is ice dawn of a better dsj—the harbinger of a newer , a more moral , and consequently a happier world .
Do unto others as you wonld be done by . What can be plainer ? What can be more equitable ? What can l » e more conducive to our welfare ? 1 et us see what we should gain if all acted upon this principle : why each would do good to himself , each wt-nld have the other for his friend , his assistant , his Eervant . We should mutually and reciprocally benefit each other . 3 Vo ~ man could have anything to do for himself that am ther could do for him . All that he conld not do for or by himself would be done for him , by and with others . One man wonld have all men for his helperhis associates . We should be twice blessed—blessed in receiving but more blessed in giving , for it is more t > lessed to give than to receive . Good would be dealt from hand to hand in a never-ceasingrcur : d of joy . We
sconld be like the f ^ uies that can have they wish for with a wish . Bow delightful it would be to live among those who lived for each other—who lived in love—a party of pleasure , each strivirg to make the other more happy than himself , and each enjoying the happiness cf alL Why it wonld make this Pandemonium become a Paradise ; yes , this golden rale would restore the rolden age ; the earth and ail things in it wonM again become as food as when G-o-1 first made and blessed it . Bnt what do I talk of ? a mere Utopia—an ideal world that cannot be realized ? Cannot ! It intent , sad simply by foil-wing the rule in my text . If men -weuld bnt take as much pains to assist one another as
tfeey do to thwart one another the thing would be done , and how ranch better would it be for us aH ; how much comfort we should have where now we have care ; iow ranch joy where now we have sorrow ; how much happiness instead of misery ; how much e joymerit of this life , and what an increased hope of joy in the life to come . There wonld be no poverty with crime—no want with woe—no sin with suffering—toil would be turned iEte pleasure and we should all go in concert like a party of haymakers working or rather playing in the sue . Blessed world ! in which the only rivalry , the only competition would be who could best please —conld most serve the other . Talk of self-loTe j"tins
Wonld be true self-love . Well , we have now seen what would be done —what would be if we did unto others as we wculd be done by . We have seen what we should gain by the exchange ; but alas ! so far from doing usio others as we would be done by , ioste&d of doing goo- , we often do evil , even to those who have done us goo < L Nay , we Etir up others to do tbe » evil , and lend our assistance to do evil more frequently than to do good . When any of those inevitable accidents or evils that are the lot of life befalls a poer brother , do vre sympathise with Kim , do we succour him , do we share the burthen ? Do we not rather exult , and add to it ? Are not some of us so spiteful that we glory in vexing and disappointing others ?—so malicious , that , so far from doing good ourselves , we would prevent o'hers from doing it , an 4 would destroy good itself , rather than that it should be done ?—so base , that we
abuse , calumniate , and circumvent each other , as i though we deemed another ' s welfare incompatible with : our own ? Do not some lie in wait , and exert all their . powers for the injury of others , aa though life was given thra iot that ao ' e purpose ? and thus they con .- ; ticne to the eni , when they find how rain , how worse than vairi , how -wicked their lives have been , that but j for themselves and each other might have been g » od j and happy . Better the day of death the than day of-j birth , if we are born to live thus—better still that we J bid never b&tn . j Bat this not our nature , for if so , God , who made ! Qs , were to blame—before it comes to this pass , our nrture has been lost , it is changed , it is pervert-si \ The milk of human kindness ia soured in us all—we j are surrounded by evil circumstances—we hear what j is evil , we see it , we inflict and bear it—what wonder j that we should become evil—that our nature should <
bo subdued to that it works in ! No , God is : not to blame , nor are we to blame—it is the , system , the accursed system , that is in fault j Those who tcould do nnto others aa they would be ) done by , are prevented by those who could but will not j For the gr * at are not go » d , nor do they love the good— j their pride takes a pleasure in evil , and if prevented from pleasing their pride tbey would have no pleasure \ ia life itself . They are then only in their element j
when they live " Ie -vrrfctched interchange of wrcrg for -wrorg , Striving " midst a conxxtKnu weild vrLere none un Krone . " '
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Such men would be centent to bear evil rathe * than forego the vindictive gratification of inflicting it Yet they are fools ; for we are so constituted , our nature is such , that we cannot injure others without at the same time injuring ourselves . If the party we injure be net In a" situation to make us feel what we have made him feel , yet our consciences make ug feel it , and our conscience makes ua feel it all the more if the party have the power to punish but forgives . Cotscience will balance accounts with ua ; vengeance will be repaid , if not by man yet by God himself te whom alone it belongs .
Man is not naturally man ' s enemy ; he is too much his own friend for that ; bnt the present competitive system is tnrning friends to foes , and relatives into opponents . It operates thus by degrees , firstmakbur us selfish , then sordid , then savage . Selfish , becanse we nre taught to believe that God has not provided enough for all ; sordid , because selfishness itself degenerates into sordidness , when it haa accumulated more than its due Ehare , and broods over it ; and savage , because wa then fear that those who in consea , nence of our overplus have too little , will make us relinquish our prey— -will . force us to disgorge our spoil . Hence laws ar « made to fence the avaricious , and to keep the needy at bay—hence arose the rights of
property , founded on the wrongs of man—artificial rights , to which man ' s natural rights have been sacrificed . Men are first robbed , then killed—that is , when destitution seeks restitution . Would this be the case if all did to each , as each wonld be done by ?—would it be the case if he who has enough of this world ' s goods and to spare , and knows that his lacking brother ia perishing with hunger , not only knows it , but sees itnot only knows it , and sees it , but is the cause of itwould this be the case , I say , if he -who has more than enough , were to strip himself of the undue advantages which the world , and the world ' s law , have given him , and place himself upon an equal footing with him who Bfcvtr found the world his friend , and has always felt the world ' s law to be his euem ^? —would he think he
we 3 done to as he would be done by , if , when he asked for bread , he was given a stone ^—for fish , a serpent ?—would he wish his cries of hunger to be unheard , unheeded—his sufferings neglected , mocked?—his appeals refused , rebuffed—imprisoned for being poor—punished for making known bis wants—starved , and his deata rejoicedat , by the proud oppressor that fim robbe < l him by law , and then murdered him under tke mask of justice ? But , alas . ' tis a common observation , and the time gives it proof , that those to whom fortune has bet n the most fivonrable , whem providence ha < been most bountiful to , are the most niegarnly—he who has the most means to do good , generally does the least—the farther we are removed from suffering , the less sympathy we feel for it—the higher we are placed above it , the more we scom it—the greater our ability to do goud , the less our inclination , and thus it is that the poor have to keep the poor . , ( To be continued in cur ntxt ~)
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CIRCULAR OF THE OPERATIVE STONEMASONS . " Sydney , New Suuth Wales , October 28 th , 1842 . " At a meeting of delegates cf all the trades , held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , George-street , Sydney , on the 21 st of October , 1841 , it was unanimously agreed that emigrants bad been deluded to this colony by the bounty agents holding out such prospects to them so as to cause rr . any to emigrate here who are now in a state of great distress , mere particularly in other trades than
our own . " There were not less than thirty out of employ , -during the lost six months , out cf five hundred n ; asons-Our trade is not so brisk at present , owing to the Government public works being done by prison labour , which was formerly done by Government emigrants But since emigrants have come out in bounty ships , they have not been employed in Government works , bui the day after their arrival they are left to perish in the streets with their wives and families . " We , therefore , beg of you of the Trades' Union to petition some Member of Parliament , to cause emigrants to ccme out in Government ships , as on their arrival they are employed by Government , and provided
with hooses to live in until they obtain other employment . Beware of bounty emigration , for it is only a delusion . Employment is scarce , bouse rents high ; and provisions dear , as you will see by the following statement Our wages are from eight to nine shillings per day , for competent workmen , with precarious employment There is no surety of work more ihan a week at a time , as the work here is so very uncertain . Coupled as they are with ¦ ytry s ' jiDgent ; laws between workmen and their employers , and entirely different to what is enforced in Grest Britain and Ireland , as we have an aristocracy litre who make laws to suit their own private ends to tie detriment of the working man .
We have here sent you a plain statement of the state of the colony which we hope you will take into your serious consideration , and then judge for ycurstlves " whtlhtr to remain at home or emigrate to this country , bearing in mind that you have to labour for eight months in the year unoera vertical gua , with the following Ue £ uetkm from your wagts , if you have emplojniect , TJz , house rents for a man and his wife , ten sfiiiliBgs per week ; fire-wood , cmulea , and provisions will aTerage two pounds per week . Single men must pay at tue rate of one pound ten shillings per ¦ wee k ; this must be furnished weekly , inclusive of clothes , tools , ic . &C .
" Dear brothers , we leave you to judge the state of the poor labouring man who only gets at the rate of four shillings per day , when he has employment , what must he his condition with the high rate of living . We will continue to hold a luonthly correspondence with you in future : should things get better , you will be made acquainted from time to time . " We wish you to circulate this statement amongst the working classes of Great Britain and Ireiand , to prevent the sad occurrences we have already witnessed . We
wish you to be particular in our correspondence with you only in this circular , as for the future we shall have a stamp , so that yt . u will know it ia from our society , as the musters are- in the habit of not only writine , but getting printed circulars sent frum this colony to Great Brit&in and irrfaDd , with f-jise stateinents both of the colu-ny , traUe , provisions , house rents , &a , which hai caused many de . u itd emigrants to end their days in want on . jut shores , who mi ^ ht haTe been better days in their native land . " I remain , yours ,
" William Goodall , Secretary " Society of Operative Stonemisons , Mr . Biker ' s , Crown and Anchor , George-street , Sjdney . " 11 To Thoma 3 S v . ort , Secretay of English Society of . Masons . "
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and Peto , ) it appears by a letter from our delegate , A pril 23 rd , 1842 , thatGrissell and Peto have written to Hunter , their agent , informing him that op men were employed on new work at Woolwich , and thit very little was doing at the Monument ; circumstances which they would not have occur for five hundred pounds . Ibis Hunter has made another attempt to induce some of those on strike to proseed to Woolwich , but in which he has agiin most signally failed . The number now on the funds , sixteen . At Penryn , where we also keep an agent , it appears that their prospects are materially improved . They are in debt to their turnouts , which now number seven .
By the above report it will be perceived , that oat of above four hundred individuals that have been engaged in our strike , only eighty-four remain ; and be it borne in mind , that of this large number only SIX cases of tiaitorism have occurred , notwithstanding the strike having been protracted over the extremely long period of thirty-two weeks . As an evidence that it ia materially important to the trades generally , and more immediately to the trades of London , that the pending struggle of the Masons should be prosecuted to an honourable termination , we notice the following circumstance , which haa transpired at Mr . Jackson ' s ( builder ) yard , Pimlico .
Dariag last week , Mr Jackson's agent set some ten or twelve of our members to work at tfee above named place , the whole of them , or nearly so , having been on our strike ; these men , especially that , portion of them having families , were consequently reduced to a state of poverty , which circumstance an attempt was made on Saturday last to take an advantage of . Th « y were paid after the rate cf twenty-eight shillings instead of thirty shillings per week , the latt- r sain bting the usual rate for masons in London . But netwithttanding the poverty of these m » n—the privations they and their families had for a long period previous been subject tothey were unanimous iH their determination to resist it .
On Monday morning , however , to prevent any misunderstanding , and not knowing but it might have beeii a mistake of the pay-clerk , they proceeded at the u * ual time to the yard , and worked until breakfast time , when the proper parties appearing , enquiries were immediately made , when it was ascertained not to bea mistake , and every man of them " lifted his tools , " and Itft the works , rather than submit themselves instruments in the hands of avarice , to reduce the already too limited means of * uHgistence doled out to themselves and fellswg . Respecting this proceeding , we shall venture with more than ordinary seriousness to put the following questions , especially to those connected with the huildim ; trades . *—
Hart not Mr . Jackson a knowledge of the long-endured poverty of these men ? Was he not aware of the precariousness of the resources upon which , in the event ft refusing his iei-nis , they had to fall back ? Were they not chosen as the otjeets of attack from these two circumstaitcts ? And if he had been successful , was it likely he would have * topt there ? No , brothers and fellow-workmen ; tha object is palpible . If he had met with passive quiescence on the part of the masons , then throughout the entire ramifications of his extensive works , would the same spirit of avarice and despotism have been extended . Bricklayer , carpenter , plasterer , plumber , painter—inshort , nyety species of labour—would have been attacked ; and , as this has placed an extra burden on us , we hope that we shall receive a little extra means to enable us to bear it .
Sensiole that we have contracted a very serious amount of debt during our protracted struggle , and that the ordinary means of our paying it , viz ., a general extra tax upon our members , is at present , by the general depression of trade , more than usually limited , and knowing , too , that the shopocracy , as a body , by their political servility , tergiversation , and apostacy , have contributed much to the depressed and degraded position in which the working classes are now found , and that many of them have , during our pending struggle , openly espoused the cause of Allen , we have , with a view to liquidate the debt by the profit aiisingfrom articles of food consnmed by ourselves , and which hitherto has found its way into their tills , appointed a committee of eleven members to consider and report the practicability of establishing a co-operative provision a : ore .
It is also in contemplation to prepare and print , in a small volume , a brief hutory of our strike , to be sold at about one shilling each , the profits of which to be applied to the payment of the debt . This however will depend upon the number likely to be disposed of , and we would feel ebligcd if at the first meeting of each trade society , &c ., throughout tha country , the sense of the meeting be taken upon the subject , and the number likely to be required communicated to our secretary . In conclusion we beg to state that every practicable means at our disposal J > hall be taken faithfully to discharge all the liabilities we have contracted ; and , in once more returning thanks for tin support we have and yet continue to receive , in the event of our opening a provision store , we beg thus early to solicit your co-operation and aid . We beg to subscribe ourselves , Gratefully yours , The Masons on Stiuke ,
Thomas Shortt , Sec . 6 , Agnes Street , Waterloo-road , Lambeth , April 29 th , 1842 . P . S . Upon the subject of publishing a brief history of the strike , the Mason ' s committee most respectfully solicit all those that feel disposed to subscribe for a copy , or copies , to forward their orders , in writing , to the Masons' Corresponding Secretary , Craven Head , Drury Lane , London . However useful auck a publication may be considered , as we cannot afford to run the ri * k of a loss , it cannot be proceeded with unless a sufficient number of subscribers be obtained to guarantee us against the chance of losing ; we , therefore , hope our friends throughout the country will not forget us on this occasion , and that they will be prompt in sending their orders .
If a sufficient number of subscribers 1 b obtained , we will endeavour to make arrangements with Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London , for thoir transmission to the country .
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THE GR A ND NATIONAL DEMONSTRATiaN . - On Monday morning thousands of hearts , in this large Metropolis , were beating with hope and anxiety regarding the resolt of the novel , and by many affirmed to be . dangerous experiment of the rons of labour , marching to the House which ought to represent them , and demanding that the rights of labour should be ^ respected , and that a nation ' 8 wrongs abonld be redressed . ' . '¦ ' . ¦ "; " ¦ ¦; . .. - ¦ . ; -. ¦ : / :. ¦ ¦ .... .:. { .: ; . ¦/ -.. The Times , and other Tory ' papers , were not wanting in their cautions to the people that it was illegal for them to go to their own bouse to present their own petition , and impressing npon them the heavy nature er the penalties they would incni ; but , unfortunately , as but few of the class interested indulged themselves in reading the ^ lucubrations of these sapient journalists , their labour of love , and their well meant advice , waa entirely disregarded .
^ Another class of men , professing to have imbibed the Chartist principles , were not wanting ' -in their denuueiatwns of such wanton ' an . d useless expenditure of money ; it was time , they affirmed , that all such gewgaws as music and banners , for such a purpose , should be thrown aside , and that men should become the inteUtgeut ,, the h " gh-mihded belnxs . which tbey supposed themselves to be . These men being a century in advance of their fellow men , their voice was lost in the far-distance from whence it had to echo , and only some slight reverberations of it ever reached the ears of the
thousthtless multitude , who seemed determined that day to flijht th * ir enemies with their own weapons of " tinselled glitter and idle pomp , " and the result will prove that they acted wisely and well ; that they maculated thousands with the spirit of Chartism to whom it had previously been a dea < i-- . letter ; and demonstrated to their late Whig undertakers that they were neither dead nor slumbering—that the spirit which animated their breasts was too subtle ever to be confined by a Whig Attorney . General , too elastic to be bound by any doctrine of Whig finality .
Oo Monday morning all promised well—the sun shone gaily—and thousands were seen assembling together in their local divisions , previous to commencing their match to tha central appointments ' . By nine o'clock vast masses had collected in Finsbury ^ quwe , Waterloo-rondi Bethnal-green , Church and Circusstreets , MaTylebone , &c . Colours were flying , bands playing , and maTshalmen on horseback were hurrying to and fro , collecting and conveying intelligence . In the mean time , the members of the Conrention were not idle : from an early hour they were assiduously engaged in adding signatures to the huge document , and in preparing for the procession .
By eleven o ' clock , the immense area of Lincoln ' s-innflelds was occupied more densely than ever it had previously been in < the memory of its oldest inhabitant ; and much curiosity was evinced as to the cause of such an imposing spectacle , which Waa shortly gratified by the arrival of the great National Petition itself . About twelve o'clock , it was with considerable labour placed in a frame made for that purpose , attached to which were two wooden bearers or poles , thirty feet long ; on , the froiit of the frame was painted in large figures 3 . 317 , 702 , this being the number of signatures the petition contained ; and under this was written in large characters , " the Charter ; " the back of the frame had inscribed on , it the word Liberty . " and also the number of signatures ; the sides were ornamented with
the Six Points of the Charter . The weight of the petition was immnse ; its length was ascertained to be six miles and fifty yards j the bearers , consisting of men from the various trades of the metropolis , having arrived , the giant was lifted oni high , and the bearers commenced slowly wending their way towards Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , -preceded-, by . Dr . M'Douall and Mr . Ruffy Ridley on horseback , as marshals , and numerous flags and banners , followed by the members of the Convention , three abwast , * h ' eaded- "bjr Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . Molr . and Mr . MPherson ; following the Convention were numerous delegates from Manchester , Cheltenham , Reading , Brighton , ^ Noitingbam , NortJiamr * ton , and many other places . The arrival of the petition and Convention at Lincoln ' s Iim Fields was greeted with
triumphant cheering , and after making the circuit of the place , this monster petition was deposited on mother earth much to the ease of the bearers , who , though thirty in number , were compelled to be relieved several [ times during this short distance . Among the bearers were several « f the masons who had the honour of carrying the last petition ; also , a Scotchman in the national garb of bis country . Owipg . ' to the immense assemblage in this plaee , it was a ' work of some time to arrange the procession in marching order ; butthearrangementshad been well conducted ; the marshatraen . twentyfour of whom were on horseback ; were well acquainted with the duties , and about half-past one o ' clock they commenced moving towards the . place of their destination amid the most deafening shouts of applause .
The route taken by the procession- ' 'to- ' the House of Commons , was down Queen-street , Holbern ; Museumstreet , Russell-street , Tottenham Court Road , Oxfordstreet , Regent-street , Waterloo Place ; Pall Mali , Cha ring Cross , and Parliament-street ; all of which were crowded with spectators , wiudows , house-tops , and every portion of the fcuildings being put in requisition . Waggons , carte , &c . were stationed in places along the line for their accommodation , and much profit derived by their proprietors . In many places the procession was greeted with immense cheering from the assembled multitude , and with waving of handkerchiefs , &c from the windows arid house-tops . Omnibuses and cabs sported the tricolour ; and all seemed to be aware of the respect due to such a demonstration of the party of the people .
The balconies of the various club-houses in P < iII Mall and its neighbourheod were crowdevt with Members of Parliament and other persons of distinction ; and on passing these placts the cheering was truly deafening , and reverberated along the whole line , which extended upwards of a Im ' ilo and a half in length , and was allowed by all parties to be Iarg 6 r and more splendid than the procession of the Trades ' Unionists for the relense of the Dorchester labourers . Of the numbers present , it would be impossible to form any calculation , suffice it to say that the Times , Tory paper , gives us 50 , 000 , and we may fairly c . lculate upon ten aimes the numbers , an- opponent gives ub ; indeed towards Pall Mall and Parliament-street , the whole was one dense mass of human beings .
Theprocession reached to the House of Commons , previous to a portion ef it leaving Oxford-street . At the House of Caramons , the pressure was so tremendous , that it was scarcely possible for the marshals to clear a road for the petition to be conveyed to the House . The policemen were busy with their staves ; but taking their conduct as a whoie during the day they acted well , noparty attempting to offer the least obstruction . When the petition reached the lobby of the House , they found that tho bulk of the petition was so great that the frame was compelled to be broke , and the petition p irtially unrolled ere it could be admitted . In the coursH of this operation , a few of the windows were broken ; but eventually , the prayer of the nation was laid before the bar of the House .
Mr . F . O'Connor and other members actively assisted in the j duty of forcing the petition into the House , and were loudly cheered by those around the doors of the House . This was taken up by the line of procession , and the whole line speedily became one vast echo of triumphant cheering . Toavoid confusion , the great bulk of the procession after a few moments pause , passed over Westminster Bridge , and continued their route up York Road , where ten minutes rest was allowed for the banner men and others to obtain refreshment , and though the heat was intense and the dust very inconvenient , yet to the honour of the-wen of London be it said , that not a single instance of
drunkenness occurred during the whole route . If it hart been a procession of teetotallers they could not have acted in a more sober or orderly manner ; indeed their : conduct on this day -will show that the fiml charge of ignorance , violence , &c , so often brought against them is a base and and calumnious falsehood . j ? ro . "n York Road the procession proceeded up Stamford-street ; across Blackfriir ' s-bridge . where though the numbers were considerably lessened still the appearancj was very imposing , tho banners and fligs being brought into closer contact . The line of route was then up Farriuifilou-street , Holborn-hill , 'Holborn , SmithfieM , John-street Hoad , Pentonville , to White Conduit House . .
The following was the order of procession from Lmcoln ' s-inn-fields : — Tea Marshalmen on horseback , wearing Executive scarfs . Brass baud . Splendid banner—Motto— " The Bufferings of the people shall be 1 redvesstd . " Coanoilmen of the Western Division , four abreast , wearing Executive scarfs , ond carrying red waudi-. : Delegates from Yarmouth , b * armg splendid banner-On one side , " Yarmouth Universal Suffrage Association . " Reverse— " May every lover of his country unite until wo obtain our rigbts . " The following were a few ef the other flags , with their mottos : —
Universal Suffrage , and no surrender . , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , &a . Cap of liberty ; " We have set our lives upon a cast ; we will abide the hazird of a dio . " The Six Points of the Charter . Cap of liberty , and bundle of rods . " We demand our rights /' Universal Suffrage . 11 We demand our rights . " Brass b . md . " He that oppresses the peer shall perish from the !< ind . " " The abolition of close corporttons . " Two splendid Union Jacks . Splendid Wtlsh tri-coloared
flag" We are determined to have the Charter . " Excellent paintiDg , representing the card of the Association . Portrait cf Henry Hunt . " United we stand , divided vre fill . " ?? Thou shait neither v < x the stranger , cor the poor . " Large black banner , showing the enormoua expenditure of money on the Bishops , '& < :. Body of carpenters .
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- ' :. . ' . ¦ :.. ; . Flag— ¦ . . . . . Motto— " UDited Carpenters'Association ;" And various other trade devices . , ¦' - ¦• . " ¦ ' . ; ' ¦ ¦ : ..: Band .. ,. ' ¦ ' . ' -.. . ¦ '" , ' Stonemasons'Scotch banner . Large tri-coloured flag . Body of Stonemasons , with various trade emblems . Flag— " Dr . M'Douall . the tyrants dread and the friend " . . ' . •"¦' - ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦¦ ' of the poor . " .,- ' - . ; ; Large black flag with the following inscription : " Question , ' What iaan is that when ; yoa ask him for bread will give you a stone T Answer , ' The parson o . « the Church of England . '"
. ; '" . .-. ' •¦' ,- ¦ . Band .. ' " : . .. '• • Large tricoloured Flag . Motto , " Finsbttry locality . " A large banner with portraits of the Welsh victims . " Dr . M'Douall , the friend of the factory children . " " Umtad we stand , divided we fall " " Our birthrights—we are determined to have them . " Lictors with cap of liberty . 11 Truth and Justice will prevail . " Finsbury banner , tricolour . Followed by marshals on horseback . Band .
THE GRAND PETITION , Supported by the extra bearers on each side . Band of Grenadier Guards . The members of the Convention three abreast . Country Delegates three abreast Bund . / -Qroeu ' . fiag . Motto— National Charter Association Reading . Beautiful banner representing the Manchester massacre , and on the reverse" Murder demands justice . ' On passing the United Setvice Club House , this banner was displayed to the members of the club at the balconj , and some trifling excitement waa manifested . This banner attracted universal attention , and many hundreds were heard to express their sentiments of abhorrence and resentment ut that brutal transaction . Large tricoloured fliu ? , — " The People ' s Charter , equal rights and .-equal-laws ' . "
" Freedom of the Press , " Green Flag-Reverse— ' Cheltenham Association ^ " ' "Dr . M'DDUdll . tha Tyrant's Foe . " ' Universal Suffrage . " " Our Rights , we ar « determined to have them . " " Universal Suffrage and no Surrender . " " Feargus O Connor , the People ' s Friend . " " Love mercy and truth , and defend the rights of the Poor . " •' Calverton National Charter ^^ Association . '' " Feargva O'Connor , the Tyrant ' s Foe , " Reverse— " They have set up kings but not by me .
G < id is our king him will we obey " Silk Weavers , Tower Hamlets , " " Justice before Charity . " - " The Charter and no Surrender . " TriceZoured Flag . Salford Association—Brick Lane Association . " Universal Suffrage . " Salaries of the Bishops ia fall detail . Saiford large trircolour . Large White banner , preceding the bogpipesplayera in full national costume . Ladies' Shoemakers . Ti'i coloured Flag . " Six Points of the Chin tor . " " Freedom of the Press . " " Charter . " Cap tf Liberty . " We know our Rights and will have them . " Henry Hunt cheering from the clouds Feargus
O Connor . ' " Charterand no Surrender . " Large banner , Portraits of Frost , Williams , and Jones . And Borne hundred * of other fl-ma of wblcb it is impossible to give any account , In face such a numerous and imposing quantity of banners ( thanks to our country friends ) was never before seen in the Metropolis .
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first band followed these flaes . Next to the baud was a flag inscribed "We require jus tice before charity—the People ' s Charter , snd no surrender ! " and on the other side of it were ! these words , Every man is bom fr « e , and God has given man equal rights and liberties ; and may it please God to give man knowledge to assert those rights , and let no tyrannical faction withhold them from the people . " Then followed the fligs belonging to the Huddersfleld and Kettwing Association , together with those from the association at the Tower Hamlets . Follo-ving these was another band ,- in the midst of which was
a flag inscribed , "p Connor , the tried champion of the people" The appearance of this flag was hailed witb a lwU'i burst of cheering from the persons assfrni"» led in Lincoln's-inn-square to view the procession as it passed . Immediately following this flasr was one bearing the quotation from E ^ odug , " Whosoayer sheddeth man ' s blood by man shall his blood be shed . " Several other flags followed , and by two o ' clock the procession had left the square . It preceded up Great Q teen-street . Dtuty-lane , up Ho \ born , to Oxford-street , and arrived at the House of Commons at a quarter past three . ' - '¦¦'•' ' .
Everything was conducted in the mest pesfceaMe and orderly manner , pfot the slightest confusion prevailed from the time of the assembling of the multitude in the morning to that of its departure with the procession . A h ' ree body of the police , under Superintendonl ; Sandrock . were in attendance , but they were noi required to act in any way .
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BRADFORD . —Masons' Aiims Club Houses—The metnbsrs of this Association kave ^ unanimously adopted a resolution to abMe by Fsargue O'Connor , the six points , and the name of the Charter . MANCHESTER . —Delegai e Meeting . —the South Lancashire D e legate meeting was held in . the Brown-street Association Room , on Sunday ; Mr . Guthrie in the ehairV The delagates present were— - Messrs . Jauie 3 Hoyle , Salford ; Henry Grillreore , Bolton ; John Leach , Rochdale ; William Griffin , Motley ; David WbittaSer , Newton Heath ; Henry Warren , FttUswotth ; Htnry Waters , MileB Platting ; John Key , Holliriwood j Charles . Bowman , Droylsden and Openshaw ; William Guthrie , Eccles ; James Cirtledije , W&rrington ; William Stephehson , Stajybri'lge ; Thomas Lawless , Oldham ; Rbbert Beanroont , Waterhead . Mills ; Djvirt Jordan , Huime ; John Nuule , Manchester . The Secretary read the miuutes of the last meeting , which were confirmed . After receiving
notices ot motions , the meeting adjourned until iialf-¦ pa ' st ene o ' clock , when Mr , Cartleiige gav : ah account of his mission to the North Lancashire delegate meetiug . Mr . ' Griffin moved ; and Mr . Bowman seconded , " That , having heard the report of Mr . Cartledge , respecting his mission to the North Lancashire delegate meuting , the delegates are perfectly satisfied with the feeling manifested on the subject of unity and good understanding between the Chartists of South and North Lancashire . "—Carried , Moved by Mr . Griffin , and seconded , by Mr . Davis , " That ten shillings , the amount of JWr . Cartledge's experices , be paid . " Moved by Mr . Cartledge , and seconded by Mr ; Bowman , " That the explanation received from Robert Kemp PMlp , regarding his signing the Sturge Declaration , is satisfactory , to this meeting , and that the correspondence btrtwixt Mr . Cartledge and Mr . Philp besentto the Northern Star tor insertion . The following is the correspondence : —
" 34 , Lomas-street , Bank Top , Manchester , March 30 th , 1842 . ' Dea R Ph i lp , —At the South Lancashire Dolegate Met ting , on Sjinday last , it was unanimously resolved that I should write to you , requesting an explanation of the policy purBued by you in signing the ' Complete Suffrage Declaration . ' •» This they think is due to them , as a portion of the Natibual Charter Aesobiation , as it appears contrary to th ;» - general line of policy pursued by the Chartists , and is diametrically opposed to that tbey have found it necessary to pursue in Lancashire . V
" This they thinfc is due to you as a member of the Executive Committee , for . they have no inclination to condemn you unheard , though I must inform you that you - have caused great disapprobation and very great dissatisfaction in this part of the country ; for we cannot consent to . any compromise with the party who on every occasion hire bludgeon-men to force us to submit to their views of reform . Your partner will remember how he was treated in the Carpenters' Hall when here , which will justify us in watching with jealousy every movement of these commercial schemers . "I am , dear Sir , '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ "Yours , respectfully , " James Cartledge . «' To Robert Kemp Philp . " " 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet street , London , f ApiiV 27 tb . l 842 .
"M ? Dear Cabtledge , —Believe me the only cause of the delay of my answer to your official note , asking an * explanation of my conduct , in reference to the ' complete suffrage' movement , has been the pressure of public and private duties . ** I thank the South Lancashire delegates for their just conduct in asking my defence against a particular acensation , ¦ before they prononnced their judgment Their conduct has , however , been an exception to the rule , for in most places from which condemnation has proceeded , no investigation has been made , but unequivocal denunciation has been sent forth , based upon the most false and malicious representations of my conduct ; " - ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . - ' -. ¦ -. . - ¦;¦ "• ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ;;• . :- : ¦ . ; "In explanation , I now declare that I have never fcom my first connexion with Chartism , contemplated or advised the abandonment of ona principle of the Charter , or even tha name , by wfeich our pursuit ia designated .
" I glory in the name of Chartist , and whether in company of friends or foes , I proudly acknowledge what I am . . ; •¦ ' ' ¦¦ '' ¦ ¦ ' : " ¦ " ' . - . ' . '' - . " I signed the ' declaration' because it involved no compromise of principle , and that by so < 1 oin- I- ' mlahi . be able to aaa ' st m seniiiDg Chartists to the Conference , to . defend and advocate our cause , and endeavour to secure its triumph . " To a great extent my efforts were successful / two Chartists were sent for Bath , and aided by good and true men from other places , the Six Points were unanimously adopted . The Conference was resolved upon to consider of the Charter as a whole ; now when this ia about to take place I shall act aa I did before , in order to aecure the adoption of the Charter in subsiance , detail and name .
" O'Connor haa has now expressed his intention to act hi this way with regard to the next Conference , yet it is for this precisely that I have been denounced . My opinion is that we must abide by our organisation ' , be true , to ourselves and our cause , and we cannot fail to triumph . ' Many evils result from violent'y denouncing our enemies , but when a tide of hasty and unmerited denunciation is poured out upon our friends , a serious injury is done to the movement In tfce course of our agitatiohwe shall have frequent occasions to differ in opinion ; wemuat hold our selves prepared for this , but
if we cen 4 emn'with bitterness of . feeling and rail at , and dfeiiounce those who think upon some objects ( iiffdrent froVn ourselves , we never shall succeed , and despotism will ride rampant over a divided and quarrelling pvople . I cannot go at greater length at preeent ; read my letters in the Vindicator , the resolutions from B . ifb in iheSlar , &c , &c , and look at the results ; view the previous illtreatment I have received . Believe me . sincerely , and truly devoted to the people ' s cause , and that misrepresentation , abuse , flattery , nor temptation shall never corrupt the democratic heart of
" Robert Kemp Philp . " The circular from the Convention , requiring further aid , was read to the delegates . Mr . Cartledge m ^ ved , and Mr . Gillmore seconded , the following reBolutloa : — " That we send five pounds to the Convention , V 7 Z ,, three pounds for ouv representative , and two pounds towards the expsnees of that body in carrying oat the auties imposed upon it" Agreed to . Moved by Mr . Bowman , and seconded by Mr . Railton— " That the committee- have power to give two pounds more to the Convention should it be required . " Agreed to . Mr . Laach moved , and Mr . Cartledge seconded- — " That no delegate bring forward a motion for the levying money on the members of the diff ^ rcEt Iccalitiea without giving notice to the delegate meeting previous . " Agreed to Mr .
CartJedge moved , and Mr . Nuttle seconded-the fellowing resolution : —" . This meeting having the greatest confidence in the integrity and ability of Feargui O'Connor , E q ., the Rev . Wm . IliH , and the people ' s paper , the No / them Star , pled ge theBaselveB to stand by thera so long as they fearlessly and ably advocate the rights of the workiBg classes , and hereby osll upon the people to support the Charter , name and all * at > Very public meetiig called for political purposes . " Moved by Mr . Railton , and seconded by -Mr . Bowman- —•* That we the delegates of South Lancashire , in delegate meeting BBsembled , do recommend to the various iooalities to give no countenance or support to any man or Ken who do not
belong to the National Charter Association , for by supporting such individuals is only calculated to breed discord and confusion in our ranks . " Mr . Waters moved and Mr . Nuttle seconded , " That in consequence of Mr . Joseph Linney having neglected bis sppointmenUi and thereby caused disappointments which have proved injurious to the cause , this meeting therefore authorise the Secretary to get some one to fulfill his place the rs-Biainder of the plan . " -i-Moved by Mr . Xawless and seconded by Mr . Cartledge , " That no locality be allowed to take away any lecturer from bis engagement without the consent of the locality by which he had been engaged . "—Mr . Hoyle moved and Mr . Railton ascended . " That we , the delegates of South Laneaahire
do hereby tender a vcte : of our confidence to tbe Convention now sitting in Loridbn . " Carried pnsnirBously A vote of thanks was given to tbe Cbairmaa , snd tha meeting Bep . arated until that day month . From the accounts of the delcgatos from different psrts of the country there appears to be an increase of fittmbera to the Association and a fixed determination to pveta forward until the working classes ara in posseiaioa of their jnst right 3 ; their motto Is , " Ths ; ' whole Cbute * sad no sorrender !"
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" Trusting too much , to other * ' care is the ruin of many . " " There is much to be done : stick to it steadily . " Franklin . " Screw yonr courage to the sticking place , And we il ntt fail . " Shakspebe .
BRETEREX , —Although hsppy to state we are still furtbrr reduced in number , we aie yet in the battsefieTti of moral warfare , contending with all the means at cur disposal . an 4 all the tact that occurs to our minds , against the '' golden power" ( . f our own creati-ini the combined and . extensive influence o" tbe common enemies of our order , and , as is our duty , we moagratefully acknowledge , that since tbe issuing of our last address , or rather appeal our meaiis , tUn > ugh the prompt manner in wticli you have responded to it ,
have b ^ en materially improved . We , however , f ^ el bound to state , tfl 3 t even yet we are about ^ 130 in debt to our turnouts ; and as iht-y have not txiiioited the sliehtfcLt aisposit ' . on of triitotisai or liivUion—circumstances but too frequent when strikes ar ^ much pr . tracted , evtn when the j-pecifiert allcwaBce is fnlly and regclarly paid—and sensi . ' ilf . t > o tha . thpy submitted to much ineonvtnirnce and uv ^ n privation for the want < . ¦ £ their respective porticEB , we seriously solicit , at w . ur earliest convenience , nitacB to pay
them . " Masters , " says Doctor Adam Smith , " are always aud everywhere in a sort of tacit hue coottint and uniform' combination not to raise the wages of labour . To violate this combination is everywhere a most unpopular action , and a soit of reproach to a master among bia nti ^ hbouTs and equals . " Tnis , although britf , we believe a tme and clear exposition of the aisposition of employers and capitalists generally towards workmen . Upon tbe same premises .
taking the opposite position , let us follow their example . Let us on the present trying occasion manifest Via aame degree and uniformity of combination . Let each of those that may be found amoDest as , of whatever trade or profession , who has not contributed his share in proportion to his meanB in support of this important and material straggle , " reproach" bimstlf with a serious dereliction of duty , and expiate it t > y at or . ee sending in his subscription in aid of the payment of this pressing and peculiar debt , and it will soon be discharged .
The number of turnouts at present on our funds from the Houses of Parliament and the Nelson Monument together , are reduced to about thirty . At Woolwich , as itated by their secretary , only fif-. een blacks are at ¦ work , ami those are engaged either trimming fixed-work , or TerfUEng dressed s : ufft" » prevent an entire stoppaga . At present thty nave not a single rough s : oae , tbe property of GrissBll ami Peto , upon the preiiiises ; the mimbeT of uur members that turned out were nearly a hundred ; only twenty-five remain . At Plysacnth the turnouts are redne-e ^ to sis . At Cutm-or , -where , be it understood , an as-ent is kc-t ty both parties , ! t& 3 t is , by oursslfes an-J Gr : s = e !
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- THE STO-VE MASONS O . V STRIKE , fEOM THE 1 « EW B 0 V 3 ES OT PAlU / UTdEST , A ^ D NELSON ' S MuSl'MEXI , LONDON , AND TUE "WOOLYTiCH DOCKYARD . To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ire ' and .
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The following are the accounts furnished by the Tinies and the Morning Chronicle ot the " National " procession : — ( Froni the Times . ) Yesterday was what may be termed a grand demonstration of the strength of the political body called Chartist ? .
According to the instructions issued to the various divisions and sections , the Chartist party began to assemble in the Waterloo-road , Bermondsey , Deptford , Croydon , Bethnal-gveeu , Shoreditch , FiaBbttjy , Matylebone , Soruerstown , Pancras , and numerous other places , at various hours , varying from seven to eleven o ' clock , so as t ;» enable them to ; be in proper order in Lincoiu ' s-inu-fields , where the different bodies were to assemble and form themselves by twelve o ' clock . Accordingly , the neighbourhood of the place of assemblage began to present a very bustling appearance as early as ten o ' clock , and the multitude continued to increase up to the time the procession began to move , about half-past one o'clock , at which hour the number of persons who wrc drawn to the place could not have
been less than 20 , 000 persons ; the greater part were , however , merely spectators , for the numbers of persons who actually formed in procession were , according to the returns matte to tbe Commissioners of Police , 19 G 0 , anda fraet'ouabove , females inciuied . The numbers were ascertained by persona belonging to the police being p ' aced in difiFerent parts with orders to count . The number of banners and flags was 70 ; there were six bands of music , and three Scotch pipers , and three caps of liberty surmounting the lictor ' s roda As soon as the procession was formed the movement commence « i by four person 5 on horseback , bearing wands mounted with tricoloured ribands , the riders * as well as the rsst , wearing a tricoloured rosette and a tricoloured silk scarf . They were followed by a purple silk banner , with the
inscription , "The sovereignty of tho People , " followed by others bearing such as " Ths Charter , " "Universal Charter , " "No Surrcnderj" " Liberty , " and " Free Press . ' One of the fl * gs from the inscription of " More pigs and less parsons , " with " Universal suffrage , " occasioned a vast , deal of amusement . The first and second divisions having passed along Little Qaeenstreetand Holbern , were followed by the division to whose care , wns entrusted tha petition ,, which Was placed upon a framework : of wood : it weighed about two cwt ., and was carried by 33 men , the woodwork being ornamented with ' The Charter—the People ' s ri « ht ;" and the whole body then moved forward at a slow rate , but in a most peaceable and orderly manner , along Hoiborn , Tottenham-Court-road , New-road , down Langham-place , Regent-street , and then in a direct line to the House of Commons , which place they reached
about haif-past three o ' clock . Long before thair arrival both / sWes of Parliament-street and the open epace before , the House of Commons , as well as those points which commanded a view of the procession , were crowded to excess ; so that at the time the petition arrived tke number of persons assembled could not ha , ve been less than 60 , 000 . Across Palace-yard a strong body of ' -police , ' under the directions of Superintendents May aiia Giinsell , were placed . so . -. as' -to afford a free passage for the members of the two Houses of ; Parliament , while to prevent any more inconvenience tbfva was necessary , the proceaaion filed off towards Weatniinster-bridge . The leader having ir > foriued Mr . SHperinteadent May that they only requirud the delegates and tho 3 e who carried the petition to be admitted , an avenue was immediately formed by the police .
Tue windows of the Honse of Commons , looking into the open space , were filled with Members , tbe most prominent boing tho Hon . Member for Finsbury ¦{ Mr . T > DuncoTiibe ) , who having agreed to present the levlatban petition was loudly cheered . The petition was tben carried to the Members' entrance , but from the height and bulk it got jambad in the doorway , much to the annoyanco of sevoril Members , who wero prevented from entering the Housa . ; Tbe Eton . Membfer for Montrose ( Mr . j . Hume , who happened to come down at the time , upon seeing the petition jambed in the doorway , suggested tha . 6 it should be taken round to the other door , but a dilemma again presented itself—tho petition was -immovable . It was at length suggested that the framework should . be removed ; this , iu a few nxinutea , was broken away , aud the petition carried into the House .
Owing to the excellent arraHgements'of the police , not the slightest accident occurred , wbvie the only instauco of disapprobation expressed by the mob was at some barristers , who had placed themselves at the window over the private entrance to the Court of Queeu ' s Bench .
( From the Morning Chronicle . ) Yesterday being the day appointed for the presenta tion of " The National Petition , " the Chartists assembled in large bodies in different quarters of the town at an early hour . Soon after nine o'clock , the streets leading to Lincoln'B-inn-fields were thronged with meaibers of tbe various Associations of the metropolis and elsewhere , all wending their way towards the place of rendezvous ^ —viz . the square ef Lincoln'sina-fields . Tbe time appointed for the formation of the procession was one o ' clock , and by that time the square was densely crQwdeJ . The windows of the houses' in the vicinity were occupied by spectators , principally ladies . The members of the National Convention arrived in the Square at one o'clock ; those who were recognized by the assembled multitude were areetsd with loud cheering .
The members of the Convention were preceded by the monster petition , borne on the shoulders of thirty-three able-bodied men , selected from the different trades in the metropolis . It was carried on a kind of portable stage or platfoim , which bad been constructed for the purpose , and waa covered witb ribbons , and otherwise decorated . On the front was p ' aced a placard , displaying the number of signatures which it co « tained , and from which it appeared that the number was 3 , 317 , 702 . The procession was formed soon after one o ' clock , the petition beiag placed in front . After tbe petition came a iciTge and ample black fl-tg , bearing theinscrlptioa , " MuMer demandB Ju 8 tice , 19 tb Aoguat , 1 R 19 . " On the other side the fUs was a representation of the Manchester niassacre . Nfjxt to th'a flag were several staves , bearing on each a lepresentatiou of tho Cap o * Liberty . Then came several flige , bearing each " the inscription , " United , we stand , divided we fall . " fee
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Coalbrook Dale . — Chartist Demonstration . On Whitsun Tuesday , the 17 th instant , the membtrs and friends of the Coalbrook Dale Association intend to hold a Chartist demonstration on the Wrekin , and respectfully , yet urgently , invite the co-operation of all the Chartists in Shropshire , or The surrounding countit-s , they bavhig adopted the old , Tory toast of " "ali friends round the Wrekin . " It is the intention of the Dale Chartists to meet their Salopian and other friends in Watling str ; et , near Wellington , at 11 o ' clock , arid from thence proceed , with banners aud music , to the Wrekin . Mr . 2 > lason and StjVtral other gentlemen are expecttd . DuDLEi * . —Mr . Candy will lecture here on Whitsun Wednesday .
Biisto . v—A grand ball will be held in the large association room , S * afiord-street , on Whit Monday ; musician ^ arealready eiiijaged for the purpose ; ticket 3 fourpence each , to be had at the following places : — namely , at Mr . Thomas Rogers , Wai sail-street ; Mr . Robm Gettinas , Oxford-Bireet ; Mr . John Jones , hair-dresser , WolTerhampton-street ; and at the Co-operative Stores , Stafford-street . - ¦ Darlaston . —A delegate meeting of great iraportanof , will be held at tho Seven Stars Ian , Dariaston , at iwo o ' clock on Whit-Sunday , May 15 ih , when delegates from the following places , are earnestly requf-p'r-d to attend : —Dudky , Wednesbury , Walg al ! , Wolvt-rhampton , and Bilston , when business respecting the district lecturer will be transacted , and other ma-ters of importance .
Detiby . —The Chartists of this town , will have a t a party and ba' 1 at Mr . Pegg ' s , Tanner ' s Arms , on Tuesday iu Whitaun week . Hooley Hill—On Monday , May 16 th , Mr . D'Xon of VVijian , will delirer a lecture at this place , at seven o ' clock in the evening . JN ' otti . voham . —A County delegate meeting will be leld at ( he Democratic Chapel , Rice Piace , on Sunday next , when it is requested that all places in the locality will fend delegates , as business of importance will be brought forward . Mr" Simmons , from Sutton , will preach t wo scr mons on the Forest , on Sunday , May 8 sh , at two in the afternoon , and six in the eveaing , Mr . Cooprr , from Leicester , will preach two sermons on tiie Forest , on Whit-Sunday af . teru . oon and evening-.
Bradford—A lecture will be delivered at the Masons' Arms , Church Houses , on Saturday ( this evening ) by Mr . Edwards , on behalf of the Association . RiMSBOTTOM . —Mr . Jamc 3 Duffy will open an Ab-Fociauon at Mr . James Taylor ' s , the Dun Horse Inn , on Monday , May the 9 th , at eight o ' clock in the evening . Little Houton . —Mr . J . Arran will lecture in the Chartists' Room , on Sunday evening next , at gix o ' clock . AdwAlton . —A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held at this place to-morrow , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Long Land ' s Place . —Messrs . Alderson and Rawnsley will lecture on Wednesday evening next .
Arnold . —Mr . Soar , from Nottingham , will preach ia our Chapel on Sunday evening next , &i six o ' clock . Chowbest . —Mr , Isaac Barrow , of Bolton , will deliver two leotures in Harrison ' s Chapel , on the lo h instant . The lectures to commence at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at half-past six m tbe evening . Olkctions will bo made fit tho close of each lecture , to defray tfeo expences of the Chapel . Mjddleto . v . —Mr . Wilson will deliver a lecture in the Char . ist Chapel , on Monday next , "On the present alarming state of the country , the cause of it , and its remedy . " Doors to ba opened at halfpa ^ t sev eu o ' clock , and the lectare to commence at eijiht .
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== ^_____ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct889/page/7/
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