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UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD . LETIEfc XXIV . TO XHS EPriOB OF THE JfOMHSHX STAR . Sib—Tonr papers of the last tvo weeks sm now "before nse , and tiey bear strong testimony t > f the rapid progress wfclch la being nia . de in the pablic mind ; and bt& both filled "with evidence of a rising power in the people tfcst will soon convince those in Minority , of the poucy aaft necessity of justice . I cocld desire to devote this letter to&n explanation of ray ^ riews of the importance of tbe present Conference , and there ia also matter in this day * paper of tbe most
Talwibleldnd , to waist I should lite to c-11 the especial notice of your readers ; bat &a I see your columns are likely to be more and more encaged , and 2 cannot fairlj expect even tie regu l ar insertion of my own particular series , I * ha . TI oontent m jstlf with advising all -who read these letters , diligently ts mike themselves acquainted with the otfcer important matter * that are Xtow being developed in the Star ; and to take care that the information tfcey thereby acquire is well circulated tiiongh the sphere of their influence , be it large or small '
In such a wors as the people of this country are new engaged in , each individual should consider himself religiously bound to perform his own particular part of it , in such & manner , as though tbe success of the whole depended upen his doing his part well . None are so important , that they are to Ksunie to themselves tbe attributes of divinity , and believe tbeir unassisted knowledge can accomplish the task ; but each must actively employ the talents committed to his charge by that power to whom all things belong .
In my last letter I reviewed the mevonent of Brbjccs in Wales ; that of the Anti-Corn Law League ; and the disuses that are taking place in the churches of England , Scotland and Ireland ; in order to shew tha remedies that they respectively propose for the removal of what has been found oppressre in the affairs of British Society ^ and I shall now proceed by making a few remarks on ths salj = ct of dissect ; as the dLssenteraJbave during fiie past session , shewn , in the case of the factory EducaUon Bill , that they poasess very considerable strength when they act unitedly .
Knowing welL as all must , who carefully reflect upon the subject , that whenever the light of truth shall "be f uHy manifested , dissent , division , and discord of all jriiuiB , Trill cease and be heard of no more , I have bo jfear that in de ! aiing there is much , very mncb of good in every sect that is now endeavonrinz to enlighten the publicmiad "upon their particular views of theology , that 1 shall be so far misunderstood on the one hand as to be supposed to be speaking ironically ; or on tbe other , that I skall be considered as wishing persons to become at the tame time Weilejans sad Calvin is ts , or Baptists and "Unitarian * . What I consider is , that ¦ fiie greater portion are in pursuit of goodness and truth , and it is not for us to judge or condemn or brethren ; for the troth that is in every individual beiEg , will , if carefully submitted to , socn decide for him -whether he acts in accordance with the highest impulses with whioa he is imbued ; and if thia be done , none can fox the time ds more .
In looking at dissent as a remedy for the removal of what has been found oppressiie , we shall find it has ieen no trifling one . To the dissenters , as a body , must ¦ we attribute that general instruction of tie people in the elements of education , which first began to cultivate the immense field of human intellect that is dow about to bring forth each an abundant harvest . It iB certain all cannot have taught truth on all subjects , for truth is eonsutent in all its parts , and win therefore alwajB be found in unity under every varietyr bui the imperfection of their efforts is rather to be attributed to tbe want of a further manifestation ef the divine light than to any other cause ; and what is so much calculated to increase H »« light as tbe cultivation of the human intellect , the chief agency through which tt has been developed to man in all » es f
I may be told that there is much of hypocrisy in many teachers of theological subjects , and that they therebj enslave and lead away captive the mind * of the people , but even if this fee true , those in whtan She truth is- much more developed , and who are able to act on it , ' never need fear the opppsitkm . It 1 b true that in past ases millions have perished for believing things which by the convictions made upon their senses they were compelled to believe ; it is also tme that in this our day many have to suffer for ecBzcknce sake ; but the balance of satisfaction has always bees in favour of free ecqniry ; and every mode or variation of dissent is sn evidence of a determination on the parts of the followers to assert this claim , as far as they have been enlightened respecting it .
Tha proceedings of many of the dissenting bodies may Veil be referred to on the subject of Organisation , and more especially those of the Wesley an Methodiati . 11 -we consider the dark and unenlightened ttate of the general body of the public , when John "Weiley commenced his carter ; if "we look to tbe energetic manner in which he pursues it , and at \ h * gradual hold which * 3 a body his successors hare taken on the people , by s good Organization , and by finding out even the moat ignorant , and teaching them to think and to feel that they were at the leas ? born for s higher destiny than merely to esi and drink , to work and sleep ; we shall see in this movement a most powerful one towards that universal change which is speedily to unite us as one lamily , and make brethren o ! all nations on eath .
Passing from the Dissenters , I must not forget the share that is being takes in providing a remedy for the removal of what has bees found oppressive by those ¦ who have "been termed the Infidels and Atheists . In SSI ages and in all countries , to express thoughts far in advance of the spirit of the age , has bees to incur the liability of being branded with these terms ; and thus the greatest and ¦ wisest of men ; those who have been the most xtrictly conscientious , and the greate * t benefactors of thsir times have been subject to all sorts of reproaches , persecutions , and Enferings under this charge . The infidelity sf one age is the orthodoxy of another ; and ! "whilstit holds the forme * same there can 1 » very little temporal good derived from it , we may be irell assured that among thin class there will alw&js be found honest and aeaious men , persons ready X » submit to the sternest privations for the purpose of establishing ^ rbat they believe to be the truth .
with regard to Atheum , I cannot think that any one can disbelieve there is a power in and through ¦ wbich ^ aH things exist ; sod this is the greatest enlightenment on the subject cf deity , to which any of jib can arrive at . All Scriptures agree in declaring this power to be incomprehensible ; and if the evidences on the -mind of any individual bring him to jsy that in his belief there is do & ^ d , although I can by no means feel as he does , yet I can see , even . in . this declar&Aioa , a fconesty of purpose , that claims my respect , and that enlarges the mind to a more diligent inqniry into , the tr&th that is within me '; and if it acts thus generally on haaiBuity , it must assist in providing the trus lemsdy .
Having now reviewed at some lecgth this branch of my Bulgsct , I EbaH proceed rather oat of the order in ¦ which I intended to bring it forward , to look at the Hew Poor Law Bill ; but this deviation is induced by the document which appears in 7001 papei of to-day , addressed by the Poor law Commissioners to the Swansea -Board of Guardians , on which you hive so ably commented in a leading article . Much hzs been said and written against the New Poor Law Bill ; bnt I have alwzys rtgwdtd it as one -of the greatest causes of pregreas we ^ possessed , as I saw it could noifea to rouse into activity aH tbe latent powers of the people ; acd stimulate them- to use such exertion as should not only give them individual relief , fcvt place the whole fabric of society on such & basis , that we should never again have to fear , that •""»*» Ebotld become the slave of his brother man .
It is certainly painful to witness the sufferings through ¦ whieh the people cf this country are-sow passing ; it is painfsd to think that one portion , revelling in wealth and loxury for which they have no need , shall drive into tie miserable depths of poverty , which they do , tie main body of their fallow creatures ; but this is necessary , to produce among all of us these changes of died and feelings which can sloue prepare us for that cnivasal love which will absorb ns all , as it were , into one beiBg ; and tesch us the happiness , the joy , the pleasure , of aa entire sympathy , not only with our
xeDow-creaturea , tut with everything that has life . It is well to cry out against tie framers of such an act ; ana eertaicly , whilst looking at it with sefen&CB to inimeai&te efceU , nothing can be , to q-iote from Mi . O'Connell on another subject , mere " base , brutal , and bloody ; - but we mtst now look beyond this view cf it , and take & comprehensive grasp of tbe ptrt it performs in eEligbtennsg the minds of the snffcrers-of all classes , Trheifce ? payers or recersersj to the conviction of the impossibility ef the system , as a system , being mncb longer ptsEUfcd .
On this subject perhapa more than on icy other has the press done its doty , on the comma * : ground of bnmamty ; and the ome * tsHt will , 1 thiak , to some extent spply to the tsleity . u » mea £ Brfc waJJ , ^^ less brought 10 by the Whigs and agt . ed to bj the To « a « the mtBEa of preening the rurial of that land which they are at present pleased to -caa their ^ tra ; and wiich , whilst a mere erustenes could be provided for the people , no one -weald have ist £ rmp » ed thtm in the poistssion of . T « ry few jeais base how-< ver wrought wonderful chacges in the public miiid although whst has yet uten place , is as nothing to the chnnges that will speedily oecai ; for whes tee iidividEally begin to do cur duty to osaselves , by perfenaiug It to cur poortr brethrea , then thai ! we reap an ^ undant reward .
As you truly observe , the isvaacn made upon the rights of the poor , has sow ecme to the doer of the micCle disits , ac ^ sust thrcogh thtm perrade xlj cthtxa . It win be nrdess to blame any fcr the coar . ee they hsvehitheito jarsied , ior all have been actuated by the ame motives , jainely , self preftgrvation ; jmd whilit striving to reaA liose above tLea they have cared but Ukiifi for those below . "Whilst Ibe "waBta of mas hive been mslHplying by the false emulation cf the past ceniuiy , € T £ ry individpal ku becoEB poor , whatever Bay be the zxmotwI of bis jtcsfdisiocs ; axd eseh one will zemsin poor until ie is prtpared to do his ( hare io crovidlsg fcr others We
equally wkh- ^ fesKlL may see a little more stpfeacid roBtPEtion to aspport sb isdividBsl and com ; petfth *^ tjbi (} we msjtaej we wia by this 01 tijat ecurst ccntriv * to preserve our own positions ; imt each « se who reads this msj iepeni lhat until hs lores bia jieithbeax a bim&W , > e hat sot petfoneed tte Mv
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of God , and consequently can be entitled to neither peace or rest . It would be easy to point out a mode whereby through the sgency of the New Poor Law Bill ; bad us it is , all those who at present retain for themselves the elements from which , the great creating universal power has declared by eternal and immatable laws that human subsistence shall be previded may be speedily made to desire to give them up f 01 the general good ; but we are not yet prepared to act en it . We have so far deviated from tbe true path , and are thereby become so scattered and dispersed , that a little more pain and suffering must be borae , whilst the aheep are being callected together , before they can be brongfct in and folded in more pleasant pastures .
When I proceed to the third division of my snbjsct , namely , " to show that it is incumbent on us to introduce a new ordpr of things , and tu point out the mode in which this is to be effected " , I shall have much to say respecting the Poor Laws ; but for the present I would only further remark , that no one should neglect to give the greatest publicity to every instance of cnielty that comes to his notice ; and above all , no one should forget that every poor man la his brother : and if he can give him nothing else , he can at the least give him kinrtneM and sympathy in his affliction ; and these will soon provide the requisite conditions for ¦ universal love to effect a ehacge .
The next remedy that I ahall notice , suggested to me also by the document in your paper , from the workmen of Wingate Grange Colliery ; and also by the remarks of your Welsh correspondent respecting the copper men , is that of Trades' Strikes . We have often seen many learned and abstruae calculations made with regard to the cost of Strikes , and the money that baa been mis-spent in them ; bnt these calculations are generally made by persons who have little conception of their moral virtue . It 18 true , and it ia an evident sign of progress , that this mode of procuring redress 1 b less resorted to than it was some years ago : for experience has
convinced the great body of operatives that a atrike is not tbe trne mode of accomplishing the object 'which all of ns are hi search of . Bat because this conviction has been derived from experience , ire ara not entitled to oppose those who are travelling the same path to come to the same enlightment . Strikes , as well as all other means , will serve to enlarge the minds to further progress ; and we may depend that there will be no going backward in the aggregate , whatever may be the case with a few individuals . The mighty stream of free inquiry is daily enlarging itself ; and those who would at all desire to dam it op , will only serve to exhibit , by their attempts , the futility of warring against the Divine Power .
let us then not fear or be dismayed , at the prospect before us ; it is true that we have much to do , but we are well armed for the struggle ; and there is every indication of its being speedily and peacefully made . If we look at the progress of the various mevements , they are as satisfactory almost as we could hope for , and certainly far more so than we could reasonably expect . Tbe Government is calmly preserving order withont bloodshed . Father Mathew is proceeding quietly , but effectually , in his temperance mission ; the people of Ireland and of Wales are enjoying every leisure and opportunity for placing their grievances before th « civilized world ; the Anti-Corn Law League , although not exhibiting perhaps as much as they conld wish hero-worship to tbeir leaders , ia effectually preparing for the removal of the heavy taxation on the first necessaries of life ; ^ the various churches , dissenters , infidels , atheists , and others , who deal in opinions , are all fast leading their respective followers up to high
and serious thought , which will end in the discovery of truth ; the Poor Law Bill is heavily operating upon its victims , of all classes , to point out to them the stern necessity of another course ; the trades' strikes are teaching both masters and men the extent to which they can annoy each other , and the little good that results from it ; whilst many other movements that I have sot yet alluded to , will be found operating in the same beneficial manner ; and the whole question of the coaoition of the people ef this country ; the luxury of the aristocrats on the one hand , and tbe misery of the operatives on the other , is exciting an interest among all other nations that cannot fail to go far towards accomplishing the universal salvation end redemption of man . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant , William Qxtrm . Coneordium . Ham Common , Surrey . August 21 , 1843 .
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all speed and broke open one of the doors . He then found that his fears were too well founded , for the watchman was in the interior of tbe building struggling with the flames , which were rapidly gaining round him . Mr . Cleverley seeing the very grept danger the unfortunate man was in , managed to crawl on bis bands andknets into the oven , and after some pain , succeeded in seizing hold of the watchman , and dragged him out of . the burning building , when be was found to be so seriously burnt , that no time was lost in removing him to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he now lies in a very bad way . We are sorry to say that Mr . Cleveiley is much burnt about the hands and knees . Instantly on the outbreak of
the flames , the inhabitants of several tenements adjoining the premises destroyed , turned out and exerted themselves to the utmost in suppressing the fire , by throwing buckets of water on it . This , how * ever , they failed in accomplishing , for the devouring element still progressed most rapidly , and within a quarter of an hour after the alarm , the range of buildings , 60 feet long , and about 25 in breadth , were enveloped in one common biaz ? . On the opposite side to the burning property was a large skeleton building , used for drying floor-cloth , and which was full at the time . At one time it caught tire , and would inevitably hare been levelled to the ground , but for the unwearied exertions of the workpeople
and inhabitants , who , seeing tbe very great danger the building was in , tore down the whole of the cloth , and by continually throwing buckets of water on the timbers and flooring of these promises , preserved them from destruction . On the engines arriving , the only supply of water that could be obtained was from a narrow black ditch , which is made a depositary for the contents of several neighbouring cesspools ; and although the firemen and bystanders snffered the greatest inconvenience from the dreadful stench which it sent forth , still it had the desired effect of subduing the flames , the engines not only forcing the stagnant water on the fire , but also the fihh which completely smothered tbe ruins .
By two o ' clock all danger was at an end . The buildings above-named are destroyed , and it is understood that the firm are not insured . There are also several ( five or bix ) dwelling-houses much injured by the barning embers and by water , as also by the removal of furniture . While the brigade engines were employed at this fire , several others belonging to the force , and stationed at the west-end of the town were required at another , which had broken out at nearly the same hour on the premises of Mr . Cropper , hatter , situate in High-street , New Brentford . It originated at the lower part of the building , and at on 9 time it was fully expected that the whole house would have fallen a sacrifice to the flames . However , by the judicious exertions of the
firemen and police , it was prevented extending further than the shop . The two adjacent houses were slightly injured . In the course of Sunday morning , the engines of the brigade force in the east end of the metropolis attended at three fires which occurred in that part of London , but which were of no particular importance . At an early hour yesterdny morning a fire occurred on the premises of Mr . Crawcour , tobacconist , aituato in Snrrey-place , Old Kent-road , and was not subdued before the whole of the building was destroyed . Singular to state , it was Bituate immediately opposite to another factory , belonging to Mr . Cleverley , whose premises on Walworth-common were partially consumed on Saturday ni # bt . It is gratifying to state that no livos were lost in connexion with the abova fires .
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MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT , 13 , Trafalgar Street * Leeds . IT may be stated as a fact , that there is no disease which has demanded more , or received less , attention from the Medical Profession generally , than Lues Venera . From this cause alone , it ia allowed to sweep away hundreds of victims annually , riy the application of proper remedies , ninety-nine out of every hundred of these might be saved . But to attaia this , it is necessary that a Medical Practitioner should devote his time almost exclusively to the
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TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES STEAM-FKIGAXB , MISSOURI , BY FIRE . Cadiz , Feidat , Sept . 1 . The splendid sew steam-ship BfcDtiaci arrived here from Gibralter yesterday , confirming the intelligence ¦ which had previously reached tbe consulate , of tbe total destruction by fire of one of the fineat vessel * of "which the United States navy could bosst The following is the cfflcial notification forwarded to Her Majesty * Consul at Cadiz : — " Port of Gibraltar , 27 th of August , 1843 .
" Tbe American steam-Irigate of war , Missouri , unfortonally caught fire in tbe course of the past night , and burnt down to the "water ' s edge , between the Orange and Montague batteries , in four fathoms of water ; and as it is impossible to remove her now , the having gone to the bottom , and being anchored there , all captains of vessels -who may enter the bay at night are thus advised , lest it sbeuld happen that through bad "weather or any other incident the light should be extinguished , -which Trill be fixed over the place -where she is £ imfc . " W . Thompson , Acting Captain to the Port " The opportune arrival of tbe Bsntincfe enables me to forward full additional particulars . The Missouri earned 28 guns , and vns pierced for 44 . She was
admirably equipped , and in all respects one ef the most perfectly appointed ships in the American navy . The erew was entirely saved through the active intervention of Her Majesty's steamer Locust , which immediately repaired to the spot , attracted by a spectacle of such extraordinary and disastrous brilliancy . The burning vessel threw a glare over tbe entire rock , illumining in tbe midst of tbe night the various point * and batteries , and throwing its reflection over the bay as far aa Algesiras . Tbe black bulk and dark spars and rigging stood out in the midst of tbe intense glare of light with & fine bnt portentous effect , and the roar of the fire was
inte . mingled "with the discharge of guns of distress , which soon , however , ceased in despair , created by tbe awful rapidity with which the names increased in their ravages , and made all human efforts unavailing . The Locust gotuphes steam immediately , and arrived just in time to rescue tbe crew from the fate which awaited them . So rapid was the progress of the flame from the moment it bunt forth that by the time tbe Locust reached heraideahehad burnt do wnnearly to the water ' s edge . The Missouri had on board a very large quantity of gunpowder ; and to prevent the dangerous tffecte of explosion , it was judged advisable to scuttle heT , which was successfully accomplished without delay , when she instMiUy disappeared .
The Missouri was bound for Canton , with the new Ambassador sent from tbe United States to the Emperor of China , together with tbe gentlemen of his embassy and Euite . The Ambassador "will thus be compelled either to rsturn to the United States , or to proceed as be beat can by an indirect course to bis destinati « n . The fire -was occasioned by combustion of the laige cargo of coal "which the Missouri was obliged to carry . This combustion had been going en for a considerable time , and upon its discovery a quantity of water wa * thrown upon the coal , which had the effect of apparently extinguishing tbe name . Bet it was , in fact , merely
smothered ; and upon its breaking out a second time , it was found to have gained such head that no effoita conld arrest its progress . How the fire was first comnjazricatcd to tbe mass of coal lias sot been ascertained . The fire engines were -worked with great vigour , aod other means resorted to to throw a quantity of water on tbe UttDeB , but in vain . It communicated itself rapidly to tbe remaining parts of the magnificent vessei . By dint of considerable exertions many valuable effects were saved , and put on board the Locust , including 50 , 000 dollars of specie . The vessel was of immense capacity , her register being of nearly 2 , 000 tons , and her crew was very numerous .
Extensive am > Destructive Fibes . For several hours on Satnrday night last , a general alarm prevailed throughout the metropolis owing to the outbreak of nnmerous fires in soch rapid snccessioD , as to keep the brigade force and tho engines in one continued service during the whole night ; and what renders this circumstance somewhat more remarkable is , that for the last four or five Saturday nights the brigade iave been ainiJariy eogitged . The Brat information that they received was about a quarter to ten o ' clock on Saturday night , of &-fireTaRiiig in tbe Qty roadL Jlr . Braidvrood , the EHptrintendent of the force , with four of his engines and a strong body of men , instantly proceeded to tbe spot , and on their
arrival it vras found sot to be of such an extensive character as they anticipated , the damage being merely confined to the burning of seme fnrniture in a private house . While the firemen Trere preparing to return home with their engine ? , notice was given that another fire bad broken ont in the Old Kent road , to which tbe brigade started at a most tremendouB rate . This however , tnracd out to be of no consequence , as their asssiance was not required , the fire having been of bo trifling a character , that a . few buckets of water subdued it . Within a short time , however , after the brigademen had returned to their respective stations , expresses arrived announcing a serious fire raging at Waiworth- Five of the ongade engines were sent off with all desnatch to the
scene of destruction , bnt owing to the dense fon that prevailed at the time , the firemen were unable to see any reflection until they arrived within a fauadied Tards of the gpot , when i » proved to have XT 1 * on > eflo « -doib and table-Gorer manufactory beloBgmg to Mr . Cleverley . eiuiateon Wai worth-common . The premisea occupied a large area of j-rouaa , and Ae fire originated in wfeat is termed the ovens , buldmn used for japanning , about on © of Mr , Cleveiley's , who resided near the factory , instantly on hearing the alarm , hastened to thTS and not finding a watchman , who was left in ciarge of the premises , a thought struck him tLat he nicht p 9 m oae of the buildings called creoe . and he made
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . aiH—As the National Victim Fund Committee , resident in Manchester , has now ceased to aot , I send you the following account of the sums received and expended during their time of holding office , which I hope you will insert in this week ' s Star . Yours truly , Maurice Donovah , Sec . Balance Sheet of the National Victim Fund Committee . INCOME .
£ B d Northampton Charti 8 t 3 . 10 0 Mr . Wm . Tatlow 0 5 0 Collection in Carpenters'Hall 0 3 2 Mr . T . Bennett 0 0 9 A few friends 0 0 C Mr . Jacob Hughes 0 16 A balance from the Manchester Local Fund Committee 0 15 7 J Collection in Carpenters * Hall 0 10 2 Carlisle Chartists , per Mr . Wm . Tatlow .., 1 0 0 A few friends / per Mr . Edward Clark ... 0 1 6 Do . per Mr . Wood 0 5 0 Mr . Tnomas Roberts 0 12 Mr . Wm . Hughes 0 13 Collection in tho Rev . Mr . Scholefield ' s
Burying Ground .. 1 6 11 Special Collection in Carpenters' Hall ... 0 12 11 Barton and Knightsbridge Localities , London 0 10 0 Mr . David Appleton , per Mr . Grocott ... 0 1 0 From Star Office 6 17 0 Richard William ... 0 0 6 £ 13 13 Hi Sowerby Bridge Chartists , per Mr . Mitchell 0 1 0 Total Income £ 13 14 114 EXPENDITTJRB . £ B . d . To Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester 1 0 0 To Mrs . Dnffey , previous to her husband ' s
death ... 0 10 0 Paper and postage ... ... ... ... 0 0 5 One dozen of Memorandum Books ... 0 1 4 Paper and postage ... 0 0 7 To CofBa for Mr . Duffey 1 12 0 To Shroud 0 4 10 Pall and hatbands 0 5 0 To Grave ... 0 13 0 To band 0 12 0 To Mrs . M'Cormick 0 5 0 To Mrs . Duffey 0 5 0 Total expence ^ 9 2 £ s . d . Total income ... 13 14 11 ^ Ditto , expended ... 5 9 2 Balance in hand ... £ Q 5 94
Sir , —The above balance our Treasurer is ready to give up to Mr . Cleave , or any other committee , that may be called into existence ( for national purposes ) , for the relief of those who are sufferinn for the advocacy of our principles , at any time that a demand may be made on him , through the medium of the Northern Star .
M . D . Manchester , Sept . 11 th , 1813 . CBy a reference to the Report of Proceedings of the Birmingham Conference , it will b « seen that tbe Ganeral Treasurer of the Association v ? as appointed Treasurer ef the Victim Fund ; and that they recommend the appointment of a Committee in Manchester to Aid in disbursing the funds . Oar friends in Manchester had therefore better at once appoint such Committee , and to it the funds can be transferred . ]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct947/page/2/
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