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PUBLIC MEETING . . AT CHELSEA . A public meeting was h&Id : oa FrUiy last at Scott's ¦ AsttmfcJv Rooms , New Rood , Cfle ] 3 ra , to erquire into fee cw ^ e cf the distress e&Ut ' . ng i ^ trie coxmtry , Tiie joem \ ras densely crowded ; it is cocfldtnily inserted fiat at least 1 , 600 persons -srerrt jnray being usable to procure admission ; Mr . Ford -was called to the chair , and briefly opened tte business of the meeting , and Teqaetted for e&eb . speaker a fair ^ cd impartial heaiirg . - RrrFET Ridlet moved the first resolution . Hr said , Mr . Chairman and fe'lo-w-countrj-mca , never-in ihe page of history , if -we trace it from its earliest and xemo ' . est period , &i& a nation stana in a similar position to that which Te occupy at present We find tfce indnstrsons classes , by aid of machinery , are yearly
creating wealth to the enormous Tains of eight hundred millions of peands , and yet our condition proclaims to the world the monstrous anomaly cf the producers of more -wealth than any nation cf modern times can i » oastof , existing in the direst poverty , actually Ftarring fur -want of the common necessaries of life . Tyhllst a class -who produce- nothing , and earn nothing , ars rrs . ! - loiririg ia luxury and ease , are the pan Jers to eTcry Tiee -which disgraces and degrades iiaman nature . I ask of you , is this fair , or just , or honest ? Can these two extremes much longer exist ? [ Ftargus OCccno , Esq . here entered the room , and the very roof rang ¦ with the echo of rapturous applause ] - After tho cheering had subsided " , Mr . Ridley continued . I have double duty to perform this evening , having also to
attend a meeting in London ; as our "worthy champion has arrived , be \ rho has so beneficially employe ;! his tilenis in our behalf , I shall not longer detain you ; but I again ask you , is it just that we , the producers of this wealth , should be turned adrift to starve , in order that they who tyrannise and oppress us may riot in luxury ? They tell you that this is occasioned by our being ovcr-populated ; thtt we cannot prodnsc sufficient corn to feed our population . Never "was a grosser falsehood uttered nnder the canopy of high heaven . We have dared these men to prove their position . We have dared them to discuss the subject ; and they have ever shrunk from the challenge , well knowing that truth would prevail . Oar millocracy and
our "factory lords are now calling aloud for cheap bread . They have oppressed and ground down their ¦ workpeople to the very verge of fctirvation , and no-s nsing the _ plea of humanity , they desire to give yon a cheap loaf , that they may bring your wagta to the continental level , and thereby compete with artizms of foreign nations . We desire the repeal of theC-m Laws , and every other law which presses upon ths iadnstry cf man ; but we are well aware this can BtVci be effected -until we are truly represented in the British Senate . We therefore prccl&im t- > the whole world , that we will never rest satisfied until U . frrur is placed side by side , with capital in ihe BritUh Houfc-s cf ijegisl&ture . I bag leave to move the following resolution in which 1 heartily concur : —
" That m the opinion of this meeting the great and alarming distress -which bow prevails througboiK the eonncry has been caused by the bad laws and -wretched mismanagement cf our legislative bodks-, and teat t * e cniy safe and tfficient remedy which can be adopted to it swre trade to a safe basis— to ensure prosperity to the producer , and safety and protection to the capitalist is contained in the document called the People ' s Charter , and this meeting pledges itse . f to agitate for tha ; measure and never to cease in its exertions until the rights of labcur ara fuUy represented in the Commons ' House of Parliament" < Great cheering . )
FeaKGCS O'CONNOR , Esq ., on rising to second the resolution , was received with great applause . He said —My friends , did y ; u ever hear a i ^ s . n speak in his deep ? I have had little for three nigbis , and none la * t night . Yesterday 1 addressed two meetings in Leictater , and travelled all nigut to have an opportunity to address yen : being so exhausted , yon must bear with me if I am a little prosy this evening . Oa rising 1 beard some one ssy " a Socialist" 1- dent £ na 7 if he meant me ; if so , I tell him he is in error . If firmly to believe ia the exbtencs cf a Gvd—if to believe that the poor are the special charge cf the Almighty—if to hope for future rewards for the advocacy of their cause , is to be a Socialist , I am one . ( Great cheering ) I have great pleasure in seeing this resolution : it
extctly expresses my sentiments ; it informs you of the causa of your distress , and points you to the remedy . As my address must necessarily be brief , I shall not wasta ons word in declamation , but go at once fo the point . Itis a subject which claims an interest in-everr breast Yon are all old enough to have observed-the onward march of science and of the arts—to have remarked the many scientific improvements which are said to have made Britain the tnvy and admiration ct the world . Yen c ^ n remember when there was no railroads—when the wonderful - power of steam was almost unknown—trlien there was bo Reform ' . Billwhen a heavy duty was paid on cewppapers and en letters . You can all remember when Britain was a rndtr , rougher nation than at present : but you then
eDJoyed more of ths comforts of civilisation thin at present . Yen bsvs seen tfce various improvements which have raised your character for still and ingenuity so high in the world—you have had all the benefit of the ficform Bill , which was to turn this mighty power of creating comfort and enjoyment to your advantage 2 Jow , then , turn round and zsk where is yt-nr share of these great improTements ? What have you beDeSsted by them ? "Where is the man . ean Eay that they have proved advantageous to him ? Has machinery , or steam , or gas ensured your comfort cr prosperity ? On comins ; to this meeting , when I turned from the aristocratic palaces splendidly lighted with gas to the Tt ^ tched , dai-i . hovels " < rf the artisans , I felt that you had dented no benefit from that . Yi > n have got
cheap postage , the last great boon cf the Whigs . Of what benefit is this to yea ? Y « u never write ta Bay " your motfcfr ' s out ; " you ssarca write a letter in the year , you have no good news to send to your friends , i But the Barings , the Ashwortha , t '^ e great merchant princes , they Euva tbdr thousands a year by it , which ; is wrung from your bones and sweat in the shape of increased taxes . Of what benefit is it to you that . improvement af Ui improvement is treading on the heela i of its predecessor ? You have been deprived of every one uf these scientirle rnvisntions by the icflutncB cf class legislation . What right , then , iave you ' to be in j love with this legidatica * Sereji jtzrs ago , J predicted , that the day of auction would come . I f they bid the ; Charter for us , we will let the lot be knocked ' dowa ; if .
they bid less it shall be a reserved lot , and we will buy I it in ourselves , unffi it will briag the full price . Now you have got the millocracy , who have roade their thoo- j Bands , not by your , labour , but by machinery , telling you that the landed aristocracy are the party whoi oppress you , and tkat they alene are striving for yi > ur J interest ; this is a strange picture . When the month- - piece of this party , the Whigs , were in office , they ' ¦ wonld searcely believe in the existence of distress in the i tbfl land ; it W £ S only the necessary consequence of ' the fluctuations in trade in s great commercial country .. ; But ¦ . o sooner were they on the point of leaving office , than they made the important discdvery tha .. the dia- tress was general , that it was great and unparalleled , and begged not to leave their effica until they provided ¦
a remedy . For ten long year * they ould not admit its ; existence ; but to ensure a continuance of cfiiee , -they would even attempt a remedy . Peel has been now six months in considering the drag- ? hich he shall put in the boles which is to cure yon . Although fie has taken up his diploma at Tamworth . yet he setins too * modest to practice bis profession . Russell was a much tetter Doctor ; he did administer his Reform purge . Never was there so much distress in England since England was kncTi , and never was there so mnch mousy spent in speculation of every description . If America wants twenty taillioas of money fcr gambling speculations , England can fsrnisii it : If twenty millions is wanted ai home fo ? icuro-d speculations , the money is iinmediatdyforthcoTning ! ifthedespoticmlerofFrincewauts money to build a vail to enclose his snbjscta in Paris that he may iLo eiy-ier tjrann ^ e snd Bubdue them , he has only to coieo to Eiiiiasd and thsre is the money : cli the of
wealth is in Hi- ; p ^ viets few—all the poverty on the side of tae Eianr . The poverty is on the side of the men with no votss ; while the wealth is accompanied ¦ with tiie vote . Is noz this contrast enough to force us to make love to them by wholesale— to induce us to put cur arms rocni their necks and say we Ioye you , and ¦ we will instantly be married to you ? The- votes have done so much for you , surely they -sill benefit us . In America , the casa is fiifferect , there if the bank fails who are the sufisrerc ? not the peopl 3 but their representatives , who arc now be ^ giDg in the streets of Washington for their glories . If Pet-l ' s salary depended uponyour iia-tint' n j , ood Saturday nights ' , det > cnd ¦ upon it that ytur iriteres ; wonl'l be well attended to ; this ia ths meaning of the Ciiarter . Ih > not be gammoned as you were tt the time of the Reform Bill They tell us we are deludera . Did thsy not delude us "with th 9 beubflts wo were to derive frcm that measure ?
We w . re to h 2 ve pigs ready roasted running -about with knives stock in them , asking n 3 to eat them ; all was to b 3 happines * 5 ^ 'i plenty . We ask for no more than they promised us . vhit tax ^ ion and representation should be co-extensive . At present there is no bid for ¦ us in the auction mart ; Peel has got his majority of 123 , and he cares more for them than for the whole people . The Whigs -will not bid a fair price for ns . Give us the Charter , and we will not have three words about the Corn L 3 W 3 ; we will not haTa oca word : if we have the Charter , on Saturday night , away goes the Corn Law 3 oa Monday morning . Would a mason go to work without his hammer , or a gardener without hu sp&ds ?—Yet the men want to repeal the Corn Law without having the necessary tools ; want the end without having the means to accomplish it Give the vote
toevery man aged twenty-one years , and issVead of a minmity of 123 , we should have a unanimous vote for free trade wiOi the whole world . The Whigs know pat unless they have our aid they cannot drive Peel irom office , but we will not be made tools of ; we will have onr fingers in the pie , sr we win not exert the pressure from witaout . We know the treachery of the Wings—we lava tried them—for sixt-en months did I endure their chain } but I know that if a straggle did come , and the Tories had the power , they would drew the Ecrew still tighter . They wonld raise me up in ibo air—they would hang me out to dry for the benefit if my Iwaltfc . If I hate the Whigs I bate the Torie 3 " S ? e tisies worse . If the Whigs are devils , the Tories are derfls ^ i hell ; but as far as ycur ictsrest is concerned , tcere is no difference between ttem ; ¦ all of them live upon fee profits of your labour , and- they will
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' upport any government which will a- " i >< v them a ci < niinuaj . ee cf their , rei ^ a of plander . 1 hava put the advocuus cf tho L ^ asue in the Hue and Cry . I have ccntinnally endeavoured to fiii them out bnt they continue to "hide their heads , to flee before me . At Nott'ngham , I addressed ameeliug of from forty to s : xty thous&sd people . At Derby , we also had an immense meetinj ; , not standing rooni in the Theatre . At Lon ? hborongh , kit night , I addressed a meeting of 10 , 000 persons cf all classes . At all these meetings , I explained my opinions on the Corn Laws , and drove the opinions of the Lsagaa before me . If the Corn LawB were repealed t j-morrow , yen would not be able to perceive the difference between the repealed and the unreoealed loaf ; the flour factor , the miller and tLe
bakvr , will monopolise all Ihe benefit . When tee du ^ y was repealed on h-stlier , was tho manufactured article cheaper to the purchaser ? If the Corn Laws were repealed to morrow , and one hundred fold more of British goods were rtquired in tlse foreign market , in seven months time more machinery would be created than wonld manufacture more than two hundred timea the quantity of goods required ; and again would the markets be glutted . Artiacial labour would then even more than displace human labour . Are you not suffering severely enough from this cause , that you wish ta suffer still more ? Are not the men from the North costing up % o compete with the men of London ? So long as the masters have a reserve to fall back upon , so long will yon be short of employment and ill
remunerated . I hope if there are any shopkeepers here they will pay attention to the statements of -working men , they are wistr on this subject than I am . I want the Cbarttr that the working class may enlighten the middle clas ? . I want to know whose interest-the * hopkeeptr should losk to , the aristocrcy or the working men . I can show to you that their interest is completely opposed to that of ths manufacturers , they have the whole of their raw materials from other sources ; they go net to the shopkeeper fora single article , while the working man Iay 3 out his whole earnings with them . If you go to a town and see the cottages empty you may depend upon it , thai the shopkeepers aT © in distress , their customers being unable to purchase their cocas , yet these men cry out cheap bread 1 cteap
bread ! The -uncommon fooU do net know that cheap and dear are relative terms , that it is as ba « t to buy a leaf at Id . if you have not got ths penny for it , as it is tobny it at 6 ? . If they got their measure to-morrow they would ask " what do those noisy fellows want bothering about the Charter , have they not got the Corn Laws repaaled ? We want the Chnrter not so much to repeal the Corn Laws as when they arS" repealed to direct the advantage gained f-y their repeal into its proper channel , the stomach of tie people . They ( the Corn Law Rapealers ) are sqoabbirns about moonshine , are cavil ng ab'iut two million quarters cf corn , worth about £ 4 000 , 000 money . Th 6 y say nothing about the £ \ O . OVO , ii 00 swallowed up by the church , abour .- £ i 5 , 000 , 000 bv the army and
navy ; not one woid about the power of the middle elates ; not a syllable dt they say of the working of machinery , or the extravagance of our Government ; no , they are too interested in these mcnopc 05 e . v they ouJy want tbeir younger sons nnd brothers to 11 V 1 the places now filled by the other faction . If you got the repeal is would raire my Lord Dcnman ' s sdiary from £ 8 000 to £ 12 , 000 ; it would raise the salaries of all sinecurists and placemen , and men of fixed incomes one half . Let us see how it would affect us . If jou earn twenty shillings a week now , and pay thirteen shillings oat in taxes , you will mil have Seven shillings to live on , but if tho Corn Liws are repealed , and you had cheap bread , and got fifteen shillings per week , and the expenditure of the Government was the same , namely .
thirteen shitlines , you wonld only have two shillings per we k . It dct 3 not want the brains of an Isaac KeTstcn te understand this snbject , y&u can understand it , you are not so thick-skulled as tho aristocracy . If the Chancellor of the Exchequer could raif e monty no way , -tad was forced to put a tax upon brains , thry wrjuld come round to the working cla- 's with their hrain gaze , and weald tell you what beautiful heads you have got , how largely you fc-jve got the bump of intelligence , &C tieveloped , r . nd they would go to tha aristocracy and tell them what great dunderheads they were , tbat they had no brains at all 1 am proud to tell you of the ? reat triumph we had over the Lsagua at Sheffield I have heard thrit you had a similar triumph at the Egyptian Hall , that you turned them into Egyptian
n : u : n : uiBS . I am more proud to hear of jour triumph in say absence , than when 1 am present ; it sho-s-s to your opponents that you can depend up * n your own resources , that yen rely oniy up _ -nthe justice of your cause , and not upon any leader . The Leagus are now in the position ef tho two gents who went to fight a duel , Ihe one asked his second to persuade the other to aake an apology , but was tcld he would not . Tee dawn'd obstinate rascal , try him again . St ll it was uRsnccea&fal Well , then , if the obstinate fellow won't apologise I must . " This was our present pos : t ' cn . " We had been paying too dear for our whittles We have to maintain too inauy k 5 ngs and queens . By the bye , he bad the honour to announce tbat her Mniesty was aeain in a condition lo prcstnt
them with an- thcr royal prince . You have now the pleasure of supporting three kings and three queens : you have King Albert . Kine Cumberland , and King Leopold , with their enormous pensions ; you have then Queen Adt ' nMe , with £ 109 , 000 a year . Is it not disgrscefn that this shon ' ri re so when so many thousands are st-irving You have Queen Victoria and the Queen ?< Iother , the Duchess of Kent . Can 5011 wonder that you are in destitution when you have a qumtity of royal blood preyisg upon you ? if any one from the Home Office is htre , as I h ? . Vc 2 ro doubt there are , let them carry it to their masters thitl say ,-when the cottage tottera tha palace will fall . Is is inipossible that , the mason can be kept ap when tie cottage has fallen ; it is impossible tbat a starving p ^ ple can ba loyaL Let
the Qaeen be lojal to the X'scpie bj properlj causing the laws to be adniinuterc-i . and the people would be loyal to her , not a 3 a -Roman , but as the head of the Executive . We wish to ste thVjaws like a lamb , and the Executive like a lion . If the laws are violated , those who violate tbtui should suffer ; but they should be administered equally . At present there is more danger to the peasant who shoots the squire's hare than tho squire who shorts the peasant ' s head . We want a more equitable administration cf our resource ? . We do not want , as our entmies assert , an tqual distribution , bnt an tgutab ! e one , e ^ ch to be re warded—not equally , but according to their work . If si poor man is fined a day's wages for being druuk , an aristocrat should be fined a week ' s salary . He wanted
laws to be equally adminigtertd . Not when s Lord committee ir . urd-cr to acquit him upon honour , and with less than this we will never b ? sathfisd . We look to tie Charter as a maana to create a union among all classes . 1 / the power was to be vested in one particDlftr cl- ^ s , it hud ought to be In the industrious classes ; for it i 3 their int ^ rett to ad-Tance the interests of every cl-vss of sockty . If tbey legisJated tor their own interest , they must also vote for the interests of the capitalistp . But we wish all to have an equ » l pewer to that which we claim for ourselves . Tucre are only two classes of men I would deprive of a vote ; they ara th&sa men who , having the Tote uow , wonld deprive others of it , and those who have not got it , and will nut extrt themtelvts to prccure it . Mr . O'Connor then entered into tho quesuon of a R ? pesl of the Union , jibd commf-nteii in strong terms on the conduct of the Irish shooting Church . If
the only want of the Irish is a Parliament , we "will giTe them our 658 already cut asd dried . I will ntver rest until the bargain for the peoj > le is i track one way or other . Jf you are sold , it still ba wit ' j your eyes open . I have spent many hundreds tvery jt ^ x m thi 3 agitation , and I have never received one farthiag from either party . I wiii stand fast by my principits . I mil never abandon this agitation . Beware of promises from th 9 Anti-Corn Law fac-iocs . There will be i : o hopa for the people until t ' aey gtt the Charier . Wht-n that measure is attained , I -will abandon public life for ever . It shall never be said that I ' . caiued anything by fee movement . I "would rather receive , £ 500 a- ; tar as a judge for administering the people ' s laws than £ 20 , 000 a yair from tLe Exchequer . Like Cincinnati ^ , 1 will retire to my plough and profession , and whi ; e life lasts , I will never be a tool in tee hands of either faction . { Tremendous cheerinz . )
Mr . H . LEIGH then addressed ths meeting'in Euppoit of the resalution ; and , in a speech t-f upvarJa of an hour's duration , completely demolished every assertion iaa . Se by the League , and rivetts-. l tbe attention of the whole assembly by his thrilling eloquence , ai . d waa greatly applauded . The resolution was then put , and unanimously carried . Three cheers were then given for Feargu 3 O'Connor , for the Ciiarter , for tha Star , and the victim ? .
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purpose is a govenment if it is not to protect the people ? The Premies has declared that . he cannot find a remedy for the distress of the nation , well then it was high time we adopted his previous Ldvice , njunely , take oar own effertrs into our own own hands—( loud cheers)—the Chartiata had been roundly abused by toe press , this had net made them love the Charter less—ihearjon the contrary they were determined to adhere to it until it was enacted as law —( loud cheers . ) Was it likely those who lived upon their industry could ever be their representatives ? We have now arrived at a crisis , the antf-Corn Law agitation had proved a
compete failure , because they had not the people at their back . ( A . voice" Why don't the Chartists join them ?") Ye ? , but upon what terms ? they had not kept faith with us , we will have a firm guarantee flnt . -.-He for his part would not go with them unless they would go for the whole Chatter , and that first—( rapturous applause . ) They professed to be friendatf the peopio , then let them come forward and help the people to obtain political power —( cheers . ) As to repeal , suppose it obtained tomorrow , what controul have you over the House-to prevent its reenactment the next day—( crie 3 of " none , none . " ) Then let the people be determined not to be hunibuered , and success is certain —( cheers )
Mr . Ruff ? Ridley seconded the . resolution . It gratified him to Bee his fellow-men so anxiously and perseveringly Eeeking their just right " . They wore determined to be gulled no mote . He was the advocate of the liberties of all , without distinction of sect , creed , cast , or colour—( cheers ) He was for fair dkcuEsion ; hear all men , and judge for themselves There are now at this tirao ttroe meetings being hold in this mttropelis for the same purpose . He had been to one , aud left their champion , Feargus O'Connor —( great cheering!—addresting them . This \ ras a sign that the working classes were bent upon obtaining their just rights —{ bear , tear . ) I ask you , one and all , bo you what you may , have I not a right to have a voice in the
making of the laws by . which I am governed?—( hear , hear . ) We had the Whigs—they gave us a Poor Law : we had the Tories—they give us the police . The quack doctor bad his trial , and put six of his family in fat births Let him go on longer , and you will hare gagging bills ; but if you allow the present state of things to be continned you will deserve ihe name of slaves . He was sure they agreed that all men had equal rights . If the Corn Law repealers would pui the Charter on their banners along side repeal he would go with them—( loud cheers )—but we have been deceived
by their class . We will not be deceived again—( loud cheers ) The Gharter g&ve the right to all—( hear , heat)—and they were determined to accept nothing lees —tRreat cheers . ) The order of industry had been i 3 surfced , grossly abused and calumniated ; bnt they were not to be deterred . Portugal had proclaimed the Chai-ttr without spilling a single drop of blood . Then be you firm—act as men—let English , Iriah , Scotch , and Wel = h firmly uaite , and success is certain—( loud cheering . ) Tlie resolution was put and carried unanimously .
Mr . C . F . GOODFELLOW was highly gratified at the unanimity that prevailed , and much delighted that the Xatioaa ] Petition had been passed with such cordHlity . A working man was their president—thus justice prevailed . What a contrast to the Hampstoad-road meeting , where the naiddl .-. class chairman converted a large majority into a minority . They were accused of being bribed by the Tories . They were not paid by any faction ; the obtainment of the Charter was the only reward they sought—( cheers . ) Captain Rous had dtcla . re . 1 tho people possessed comforts , —such as beef * teaks for supper , two pots if beer to wash-it down , and a qurjtern of gin to keep it warm . They knew there waa no truth in it ; but this was a specimen of class-lesislators— ( cheers . ) The late < xpensive royal cbrisienicg was one of its results ; let us obtain the Caarter , then we shall have justice for all—( cheering . ) He moved the second resolution , which was as follows :
• " That this meeting declares its determination not to assist or counttnanca any agitation that has not for its olject ths enactment of tbe six points of the Charter , &a from past experience -we feel confident there is no hope of jastico for the people from any other class or party in existence , they therefore resolve to depend on themselves alone . " Mr . Stallwood supported the resolution in a long speech , during which he was loudly cheered . Dr . M'Douall said Mr . Chairman , I will not detain you long hr . ving been quite hoarae from addrsssing the large inee-ing in Bermondeey , where I . regret to-siy a poition of the place fell down from the immense
pressure of people —( sensation)—but I am happy to say th ~ t no one was much hurt ( Loud cheer ? . ) At no time was the spirit of the people more tried , their advocates have been immured in gloomy cells , and borne it withcut shrinking . The people have been frowned on , calu-. imiated , abused , and threatened with loss of employment , still they are firm , —( loud cluers )—aud when splendid allurements are helded out , it is tho finty of every advocate to caution the people against the falsa delusive baits , and cail on them to stand Srni to our eacrtd principles now made glorious by ytur tupport—( cheers . )—He made a long speech , and concluded by stconding the resolution , which was put and carriee unanimously .
Mr . Joedan rosa to move that a committee ( f n ^ e , draw up aa ad- ! r <; ss to her Majesty , founded oh the fv-regoiug rtsolutions , also inclndin !? a prayer for the immediate restoration cf Frost , Williams , and Jones , and that it be forwarded to Feargus O'Connor , E » qr ., for presentation , seconded by I \ Ir . Spokes , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting quittty dispersed .
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GLOUCESTER , SOMERSET ^ AND WILTS . ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ :- ' ^ - ¦ ' > - / ^ I' 1 -I ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ - - x- - ¦ •¦ :- . ' - - r S - § 5 ? : a fe , : - -, "¦ ¦ .-. - .. . .- ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ & 4 M -: » :- - - ' aS : - « S Bristol Trades .:. ... 52 52 0 0 0 Bath ... ... ... ... 95 51 45 11 5 Gholtefaham ... ... ; .. 107 123 38 0 0 Bristol .... ... ... 29 34 0 53 29
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593 578 10 C 83 53 CORNWALL , DEVON , AND DORSET . : '' V : ; vg I : - - . -J . l . Plymouth ... ... ... ... 24 0 Truro ... ... ... ... 1 24 Camborne ... ... ... 0 46 ' . .. . ¦ . ' - ' . ¦ ' ¦; : 25 . : 7 °
MIDDLESEX , ESSEX , SURREY , AND . ¦ ¦ . : ¦ . ¦ \ -KEN . T . ¦¦;¦ . ¦ I ; ' ; ' / " 1 Chatham Voles . Dr . P . M . M'Dotsall ... ... 497 20 Ridley ... ... ... 233 2 S Parker ... ... ... 168 0 Stallwood ... ... ... 156 25 Fiissoll ... ... ... 133 8 M'Grath ... ... ... 115 2 Watldhs ... ... ... « 7 1 Kwight ... 86 0 Benbow ... ' ... ..... 59 0
Barmby ... ... ... 45 0 Roberts ... ... ... 40 0 Balls ... ... ... 32 0 Fox ... ... ... ... 6 0 RainBley ... . ... ... 2 0 Robsoa ' ¦•• .- 1 0 It will bo seen , according to this , that Dr . M'Douall , Ruffey Ridley , and E , Stall-Wood are at the head of the poll , of course Mr . Fuasell can correct me if I am wrong the Chatham . oorfespondeht states he did uot knovv where to send the polling to , and he sent it to inc .
According to tho returns the following persons are to bo brought forward to public meetings , and elected to eervo iu tho forthcoming Conventioa : ^ - Northumberland and Darham—Janotes Bron'erre O'Brien . Yorkshire—F . O'Connor , L . Pitkethly , and Geo . Binna . ¦¦ . ' "¦•¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦ ' " . ''¦ . , ' :: ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' Lancashire—J . Lsach and W . Beesilqy , Cheshire—Christopher Doyle . Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cambridge—J . Campbell . Derby , Leioester , and Nottingham--No return as yet . '¦ ¦ ¦ . - - . ¦ ¦ - '; ' ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦; ' ¦ ' . ¦; . ' Staffordehiro—J . Masoni
Warvefck and Worcestershire—G . White . Monmoutbj HerefbrdBhire , and Wales—Mr . Williams . ] ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ -. - ' . ' . '" ¦ / . ' '• ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' ' . - . " . ¦ ¦¦'" Devon , Cornwall , and Dorset—Mr . PpWell . Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts—R . K . Philpand W . P . Roberts . Hants , Sussex , arid the Isle df-Wight ^ N . Morlin » and W . Woodward ; Eshvx , Middlosex , Surrey , & Kent—Dr . M'Douail , R . Ridley ; arid E . Stallwood . Cumberland and Westmoreland—None . Northampton and Oxfordshire—None . John Campbell . Secretary .
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The Time of Youth . —Idleness is the most .-pernicious' habit that youth can acquire ; the early years of . life arei the parts of a volume too valuable for even a single day to appear a useless blank ; and each page should present ia recollection some commendable action , or"knowledge attained . —Purr ' s Pc ? iw ^ Library .
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RECEIPTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE FROM THE FIRST OF JANUARY UNTIL THE FIRST OF MARCH * 1842 . ¦ : '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' . ¦ - £ . s . d . London , per Wheeler ... ... 2 0 0 1 Nottingham ... ... ... 1 4 2 Rydo , Iele of Wight 0 2 0 Per Doyle ... <> . 9 0 Salisbury ... ... — 0 II 0 Plymouth ... ... ... 0 5 0
Chowbent ... ... ... 0 8 K Todmorden ... ... •< . 1 18 10 Oxford ... — ... ( i 7 0 Sutton-ifl-Aehfidd ... ... 0 10 0 Hunslet ' .... ... «•¦ 0 10 0 Ovenden ... - 0 4 2 Sowerby — ¦ ° 9 ° Bradford- ... ... — 2 17 8 Rochdale , per Leach ... ... 1 . ¦ * ¦ ^ Do . per Feathorscono ... ... 0 3 0 Oldham Females ... ... 0 3 0 ¦ Hud ' derefield . ... ... - 1 5 0 SouthttmDtoa ... ... 0 4 . 0 Cholinsford ... ¦•• ••• 0 2 6
Kettoring ... — ° 5- 0 Leicester ... ••• 4 0 0 Miles Flatten 0 2 ft Stafford .. ... — . 0 . 11 6 Ac ' rington ... ••• 0 3 4 Star Office ... ... — 4 4 6 i Bilston ... ... ¦••¦ ¦ ; O .-16 . »¦ Banbnry ••« -1 « 0 Lees ... ... ' — 0 5 0 Merthyr Tydvil ... v ^ 0 0 Salford . » . P 10 0 Stileybridge ... ... ... 0 . 1 0 Birmingham , StcelhouEe-lane ... 0 10 0 London , Salmow .... 0 2 0 LondonLefevre ... ... 0 5 0
, Uacup ... 0 6 8 Delfh - 0 9 0 Stockport Youths ... ... 1 6 8 Dukenfiald 0 . 3 2 Abardare 0 15 0 Openshaw ... ... 0 2 0 Tavi ; . tock ... *> 10 . 0 Halifax ... ... 0 14 11 Wad 8 vrorth-row ... ... . 0 6 3 Warjey ••• 0 3 8 Mytholmroyd ... ... 1 2 10 Mixenden ... ... 0 2 0 Arnold ... ... < V 6 0 Lynn ... ... 0 6 6 Canterbury ... ... 0 7 6
London , Nlarylebono ... ... 0 16 8 Preston Youths ... ... 0 8 4 Per Lowe ... ... 0 1 2 Greenwich ... 0 5 0 ^ itt ' ingbourne ..... ... 0 1 3 Thornton ... ••? . 0 17 0 Brighton ... ... ... 0 15 0 DaVentry ... ... ... 0 5 0 ManchesterYouth 3 ... 0 2 6 Wolverhampvonv pa- Mogsc ... 0 16 0 A Shoemaker , ditio ... ~~ 0 3 0 Wtillingborough .... ••• 0 4 2 Long Buokby ... ... ... 0 3 0 BriBtol . Youths ... ... 0 10 0 Stoke-npon-Trent ... ... » 15 0 Per Grifiia ... ... ... 0 0 6 Rippondeu ... ... ... 1 14 6
Liverpool ... ... ... 1 13 9 Chorloy "' ... ... 0 12 0 Preston ... ... ... 0 9 0 Nottingham , per Thatcher- ... 0 10 0 Hanloy , per Richards ... ... 1 3 4 Bath ... ... ... ... 1 0 0 Durham ... ... ... 0 . 1 . 2 0 London Tailors , per Mr . Cameron 0 15 6 Bindley ... ... ... 0 8 4 Cfflno ... ••• ... 1 ¦ 0 0 Brwtbi ; par Simeon ... ... 1 10 2 Hoimfirth ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , St . PansraSiper Felling 1 10 0 Kendal ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hinley Females ... ... 0 6 0 Boston .-. » ,. ... ... 1 0 0 A . L . ... ... .... 0 5 0
Loughborough .... ... 0 18 ' 0 Females ... ... ... 0 2 0 Walworth ... ... ... 0 5 0 Glossop ... ... ... 0 8 4 Lambly ... ... ... 0 3 4 London Hatters , per Kelsey ... 0 10 0 Spilsby ... ... ... 0 2 6 Lcington ... ... ... 0 15 10 Honley ... ... — 0 10 Mihi-row ... ... ... 0 5 0 Salford Youths' ... ... 0 2 0 Wakall ' :,, - ... ... 0 10 6
Warminster ... ... ... 1 0 0 Hyson Green ... ... ... 0 2 6 LoicesMcr , per Markam ... ... 0 8 4 London , Chelsea ... ... 0 10 0 London , Bermondsey ... ... 0 10 0 London , Cleave ... ... 2 2 8 Bristol Trades ... ... 0 16 8 Skegby ... ... ... 0 4 0 Kingswood Hill ••• 0 C 0 London Females , Tower Hamlets 0 15 0 Marple ... ... »«» 0 6 0 -:. ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ' ¦ ... ... ... 0 9 0 — ... ... ... 0 8 4
* I cannot call to mind fey 'whom the 9 s . above has been bent ; tlie 8 ? . 4 d . has been paid to Mr . Leach , and he cannot reculk-ct by whon' . Mr . Smith , o | Plymouth , will iee tLat tho 5 ? . omitted in the last account , is inaerted is this . Mr .-Felling , of St . Pancras , vilLies tbat taelOc . is acknowledged .
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The following are the debts of the Association ^ as : near as I possibly could make them out . The Sub-Secretaries ought monthly to forward to me the nufober of paying members in their 16-. ; .. oalities : — ' : ¦' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ]' / ' \ ~^ - :: . ¦ . ;; . ! ; '¦ r ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ Mem- ilon- ¦ " ¦' ¦; . . / - . V- ' - 'V . V- ' !' : ¦' ¦ : / ¦ . ¦ - ¦ '' '¦' : ; bers . . ' ¦ -tbi . ¦ ' ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ .- " . ' - y - ¦ ¦ : -. ' ¦ ¦ ' \ . ' : ' . ' ¦ ¦ . ' . ' :-.. ' - .- ¦ ¦ . - ¦" ' ' . -. 120 2 Manchester , Redferflrgtreet ... I 0 0 60 2 Manchester GsnersilCoancil 2 0 0 60 2 Contribntionfi , ; A 8 ht . on ... 0 10 0 60 3 Contributions , 37 cards , Stook-¦ ¦ ¦¦¦
. - • . " - -. - ¦ ¦ : ' - ¦' port " - ' . v .. / " ¦ . / ; .,. ¦ . :: ¦ ¦' ¦¦' ¦ . ¦ ..... 1 1 2 60 2 GontributipnSjWingato Grange . r Colliery ; .. ¦ ; . ; 0 10 0 40 2 ditto , and 40 cards , ChorltQn 0 13 4 Sutton-ih-Ashfield ... ... 0 5 ; 0 90 4 dittoy Ecelen ... .. V 1 10 0 30 2 ditto , and 24 cards , Middletpn 0 & 0 120 2 ditto ! and 100 cards , Bolton 1 1 « 8 40 2 ditto , Warwick . i . ... 0 6 8 300 1 ditto , and 180 cards , Bradford 2 15 0 40 2 ditto , Northamplon .. i ... 0 6 8 20 2 ditto , Brampton ... ... 0 3 4 50 2 ditto ; Rochdale ... ... 0 15 0 90 7 i months' ditto , 148 cards , Oldham . 1 . " . ..... .,. 317 5 200 1 Coritributiojs , disferioS of Hudfield :. - ;; .. : ... ... 0 16 & 24 2 ditto , Southampton ... ... 0 4- 0 20 2 ditto , and 12 cards , Rooden
Lane ... ... ... 0 5 4 30 2 ditte , Market ^ Weighton ... 0 5 0 50 2 ditto , Barnslsy ... ... 0 8 4 60 2 ditto , and 90 cards , Bishop-; wearmouth .. ; ... 1 5 ; 0 40 2 ditto , Warrington \' . . "¦ ; . * ¦ ' 0 6 8 30 2 ditto , Stockton ... ... 0 5 0 18 2 ditto , and 19 cards , Penyame 0 6 2 30 2 ditto , and 52 cards , Newport , Monmouth ... ... 0 13- 8 150 2 ditto , and £ 2 balance due to the 31 stDecember ' ... 3 5 0 30 2 ditto , Astley ; .. ... 0 5 0 120 2 diUov Leeds ... ... 1 0 0 40 2 ditto , and 12 cards , Miles
Plattin ... ... ... 0 ; 8 8 60 2 ditto , and 60 cards , Mossley ... 1 0 0 40 7 h ditto , Mettram ... ¦ ... 15 0 30 2 ditto , Holbrooke ... ... 0 5 0 80 2 ditto , Bishop Auckland ... 0 5 . 0 24 4 aitto , ana 24 cards , Worcester 0 12 0 100 1 and 100 cards , Sheffield Polilitical Institute ... ... 1 5 0 100 7 i and 80 cards ; Sheffield , Figtree" lane ... ... ... 3 15 10 60 6 York ... ... ... 1 10 0 30 6 and 50 cards , Scarboro' ... 1 3 4 72 2 with 123 . Id ., balance due 31 st Dec , Poltors Sampson ... 1 4 ; 1 120 2 Bioharda ... ... ... 1 0 0
72 7 i Derby ... ... ... 2 5 0 30 6 Bromsgrove ... ... 0 15 0 30 6 Darlaston ... ... ... 0 15-0 50 1 Bingley ... ... ... 0 4 2 100 4 Colne ... ... ... 1 \' & 4 30 6 Yeovil ... ... ... 0 15 0 30 6 Cardiff „ . ... ... 0 15 0 60 6 Macclesfield ... ... 1 10-0 90 4 Cheltenham ... ... 110 0 30 4 Hoimfirth ... ... ... 0 19 0 90 4 Sunderland ... ... ... 1 10 0 30 6 CarJisle ... ... ... 0 15 0 30 1 and 20 cards , Kendal ... 0 5 10 72 7 A Dewsbury ... ... ... 2 5 ft 40 7 . 1 Belper ... ... ... 1 " 5- 0
30 2 Truro ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 2 Chester ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 6 Kidderminster ... ... 0 15 0 30 2 Wisbeach ... ... ... 0 5 0 60 3 Abergavenny .,. ... 0 15 0 24 2 Newport ; Isle of Wight ... 0 4 0 30 Ih Pontypool ... ... ... 0 18 9 30 3 " Skipton ... ... ... 0 7 6 40 1 Glossop ... ... ... 0 34 30 6 and 50 cards , Wigan ... 1 3 4 20 120 cards , Longtoa ... ... 10 0 20 2 Northwich ... ... * .. 03 4 20 2 New Mills ... ... ... 0 3 4 72 1 and 72 cards , Hoibeck ... 0 18 0 60 1 Milnrow ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 4 Millbottom ... ... ... 0 10 0
24 3 Ratoliffe ... ... ... 0 6 0 50 2 Sabden ... ... ... 0 12 6 30 3 and 25 cards , Hey wood ... 0 11 8 60 2 Norwich .. ... ... 0 10 0 90 3 and 60 cards , Clithero ... 1 12 6 12 7 ^ Accriugton ... ... 0 7 6 4 U 0 3 arid 300 cards , Bilaton ... 7 10 0 40 3 Barbury ... ... ... 0 10 0 30 2 and 5 t ) cards , Failaworth ... 0 13 4 30 G and 36 cards , Gloucester ... 1 10 30 3 Lees ... . > . ... 0 7 6 30 4 and 60 cards , Howden ... 10 0 100 7 i and 100 cards , Hull ... 3 19 2 60 2 Hebden Bridge ¦ "' ¦ « .. ... 0 10 0 30 4 and 50 cards , Congleton ; ... 0 18 4 120 3 and 60 cards , Newcastle-upon- ;
Tyne ... ... ... 2 0 0 50 2 Balance < 5 ue to 31 st Dec , 1841 , Salford ... ... ... 1 11 4 30 4 and 60 cards , Wigton ... 1 0 0 30 2 and 50 cards , Stalybri <| ge ... 0 13 4 30 4 and 50 cards , Bury ... 0 18 4 100 7 i Birmingham , Freemanrstreet 3 5 10 30 2 Bacup ... ... ... 0 5 0 120 2 and 100 cards , Aberdare ... 1 16 8 30 2 and 20 cards , Openshiw ... 0 8 4 30 2 Stourbriclge ... ... 0 5 , 0 20 2 Bitley ... ... ... 0 3 4 50 2 and 20 cards , Ipswich ... 0 11 8 100 2 Tower Hamlets ... ... 0 16 8 100 2 Marylebote ... ... 0 16 8
100 4 Buruley ... ... ... 1 13 4 24 7 h and 36 cardsj Gloucester ... 1 10 30 2 " and 30 cards , Barnstaple ... 0 10 , 0 50 2 arid 120 cards , Wolverhampton 1 8 4 24 2 WeHenbprQUgh ... ... 0 4 0 30 2 and 32 cards , Long Buckley ... 0 10 4 30 2 and iO cards , West Auckland 0 6 8 50 cards , Stoke upon-Trent 0 8 4 120 2 Liverpool ... ... 1 0 G 50 7 i Lancaster ... ... 1 11 . 3 75 7 * Blackburn ... ... 2 6 10 72 1 " Chorley .. ... ... 0 6 0 90 1 Preston ... ... ... 0 7-6 50 7 i Newton Heath ... ... Ill 3 50 1 " and 50 cards , Leicester , All
Saints Open ... ... 0 12 . 6 70 3 Barnoldswick ... ... 0 17 6 60 cards , Cockermouth ... 0 18 0 24 cards , Carnborn * ; .. 0 4 0 30 4 and 24 cards , Strbudwater ... 0 14 0
£ — 00 Outstanding debts ... £ 135 10 Brotiibr CnART / STS—I have charged the amount as near the mark as I could . I hardly knew how . to a « t . I cannot g »} t the Sub-Sectetaries . generally to inform me of tbe actual number of paying members monthly . Were I to charge according to the number of members wlio have voted , the Association would be much more in debt than ib ia . I hope that immediate steps will be taken to pay off the debt , and enable the Executive to go to work in earnest In the column to tho -loft ' I have inserted the probable number of paying members , in the next column the number of months , that the contributions should be para for , with the number « f cardB unpaid for . If I have over charged , or under charged the Association , the fault is not mine . : ¦ ..
On the 1 st Saturday m March , a balance sheet of the income and expenses will appear . - .-:- ; ' It is too often . tbe case , that the Society sells the cards , and devotes tlie money to its own purposes , leaving the Executive to pay for their printing as best they-can .- . . \ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦; . . . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ; ' . ' : . - . ' ; : :- ' :. ¦ The thanks of the whole ChartisS body is due to the Halifax distrfct , to Todmorden , London , the Potteries , Nottinghamshire , and other places , who have done their duty so well . Had it not been for them , the Executive would have bean placed in very awfcfrard circumsianccs ; indeed , the Bristol friends also have done their duty noWy *
Hoping that ' -he good . cause -will prosper even more rapidly Shan it does at present . Yours in the caiige , ' .-. John Camjpbbxi ,, ; Secretary .
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An Old Prisoner . —There 13 now residing in . the Fleet Prison a man named Jeremiah Board , who has been a prisoner ever since 1815—no less than " twenty-seven yearsi" Board v , as committed "by the Court of Chancery for cpnterupt , and no proceedings under the Insolvent Debtors' Act could be prosecuted until the present act camo into opera- ? tion , when a provision was made , enal'liiig creditors to adopt coinpulsory proiseediegs ajrainsfc debtors . A vesting order was obtained against Board , aud a seizure made of property , by -which money and secur
rities were found on his person , some of which was secreted in his shoes . The matter remained gome time , ana a recent application was made respectirig about £ 1 , 600 which was in the hands of the assignee who had obtained the vesting order , and which sum it was thought had better be paid into court . The commissioner ordered > from the extraordinary riatHi'e of tho case , that oreditors should be sought after ; arid advertisements have appeared in the newspapers , calling oh persona who have any claim to come forward , before further prder 3 were giyen respecting the money . r
A Lamb Buried in the Snow ] S inetekn Davs . —A one year old Iamb belonging : to Meesrs , Sutton and Co ., of the Trubshaw Farni , naa ^^ missed on the 13 th or January , during a heavy fall of snow , ind was not found again until the first of the present month , when it was discovered in a ditch , standing in ah upright position having beea nineteea daja en « veloped in a snow drift , by which it had been reduced to a mere ekeleton . When brought into the freeh air , it could neither stand nor walk ; but by the judicious care and treatment-of Messrs . Suttpn ' s ; old Bhepbcrd , Joseph Jenkinson , it has now fuite recovered the effects of so long a deprivatiou of nutriment . —Stafford Advertiser .
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.: . [' _ - ' .. ' ¦ . -y . -,. i ,-r , vs X .- ; i !^ . ' . ; . ' .:,.. "' ' .,, "" . . ' ' ' ' " ¦> . " .- ¦ THE OPBBA ! TIYB SWXW& -MASCOTS LATfitY EMPLOYED AT' < 1 ! HE NEW HOUSETOP V- ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ JPARLIAMENT ^ .: ; 'NELSON'Sj " a 0 JfU ^ £ l ? T ; : AND WOOLWICH DdCKrABD , TOi ^ THB
TRADES AND THE EtTBWC OP GREAr : . ; ; ' BRiTA . iN . - ;; : : ^;; vr : ; . - ' ^ Y ; : /¦;¦ . ¦ : t ' ¦ : '¦ ' ¦ : I ; ' : , BaoTHEa Opebativbs , —Gratefully acknowledging the handsome and noble manner in which you have already contributed to our . aid , circumstances of an urgent nature compel as t >> solicit your further and immediate assistance . Gn ' ssell and Peto , Johnson and the Hay tor Granite-Company , the Government , and a host of other capitalists , have . manifestly leagued themselves together , not . only with a view to defeat the ^ object of " Ae Masons ''^^ ^ ia ^ ^ resisting the cruelty of Allen , but as it has been openly ptated bythe Tory Mayor ; of Norwich , "To defeat the conxbined efforts of ; the trades of the British empire in their , " as he vtza pleased to termife , " attack upon the rights iof'capital . "
To neutralize the evil machinations of this , arrogant , rapacious , and ^" unholyalliance , " which jiinr sensible to all gerierpas feelings , tevel in affluence at the cost of sufforifg humanity , a coalition of the energies , and concentration of the means of the trades and working community of the "Britisk empire" is essential . To enforce for the working man a right beyond the t of j oiling a given number of hours fora certain race of wages—to enforce for Aim the privilege held saored to all other clatsas of the community , that of attending the dying moments of " the wife cf his bosoin" —and the last obligation of a son to & severed bnt deceased mother , that of being present at her committal to that p lace , ¦/ : ;¦¦/ j . \ - ' ¦ - '¦ ¦¦[¦^¦ l : : ^ . v .. ' ¦ ly ^¦ - ¦¦ : : -: ¦ ¦ ,
"From whose bonra no traveller returns , " without , on returning heart-6 tricken to his employment , experiencing such acts of corisummsta cruelty as those unto which wo have been subjected by the fiend-like Allen . : : These , frienJs , are the Christian privileges for which , in a Christian couutvy , we have been bo long contending , and in support of which wo again solioifc with hope and confidence your immediate and liberal support . /' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' .. ' ¦ ' ' ;;¦ - ¦ / ¦ : : '; ' ¦' : ' :::: :--: ' ' /¦¦ ¦ ¦ - .-. - . '¦/¦ - The result of our previous ^ and tho nature of our present movements , wiU be found . in our danation sheetSi Our operations are necessarily
extensive--which , as a natural consequence ; make our expenditure heavy . We have delegates to various localities , combatting , with singular sHccess , the agentg , "the gold" and the influence of the enemy .: To prosecute with firmness arid decision these operations , an income of two hundred pounds per ; week is necessary ; and as the inhuman abettors of the atrocities of Allen are now nearly idle ft > r want of stone , without any probability of " an earlj' supply , we trust we shall not be compelled to ibrego the' advanced position we have attained from the want of means to hold it . - / - ¦ - ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -- ' . - ¦ ¦ " ¦" ; ¦ : ¦ ¦ : ^ ; ¦ . - ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . ¦' : ¦
In conclusion , we beg most respectfnilj to remindi you , that if we are defeated from the want of support after the publicly asserted determination of the trades , &c . &o ., in our favour ; h will clench another rivet in that chain of slavery with whioli we are already too tightly bound . : : The reproaeh of such a catastrophe woold riot fall exclusively on the Masons—others than they would feel its consequences . Tho common foe would c-x ultingly declare itself triumphant , despite the united efforts of theirades of Britain , and wreak their vengeance indiscriminately on all . But , afford us the " united means arid energies of the trades of Britain , " and defeat cannot—shall hot—occur . - . ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ : v : . ; ; :
Sanguino that aa early response will be given to this appeal , ; .- . - >¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ :. . '¦ ..- ^ ' V :. - - : - : > - - ¦" ' ' ' ¦ ' ' ; . We remain . respectfuHy yorir's , v The Masons' Society , London , Klarch , 1842 . Thomas Shobtt , See .
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LONDON . —Silk Weavers . —An adjourned public meeting of the Spitalftelds silk , waivers wa 3 held to hear the report of the relief conunittse , who , at their last meeting , bad passed revolutions , stating that the meeting which Mr . O'Ct > nnor addresssd at the Crown and Anchor , Bethnal-green , was not . composed of broad silk weavers , but of shoemakers , navigators . &c , and that even the chafrman was not a weaver . At about niue o ' clock , the place was crowded , arid Mr . J . Pickersgill was called to the chair , but no committeo made their appearance , for which eonduct much disapprobation was expressed . Mr . Thompson mcved the following resolution : •—"That this meeting hereby call upon the relief commhtso to resigo , and that they appoint acotnouttea
of six unemployed operative weavers to superintend their interests ; " The word *' ¦ nnemployed" was afterwards withdrawn ^ Mr . Carey secordtd iha resoJiitioji , whi ( A was supparted by Messrs . Rpdwell , Wright , Slater , Franks , and others . Mr . \ Vilson moved aa ; an amendment , "That apublio'meetingof the trade be called on that day week , ( Saturday , March 5 th ) , and that the committee ba called upoa to attend . " He wa 3 not satisfied that they should merely ba called upon to resign , but that they should be severally censured for the conduct , and for the base manner in which they had misrepresented the late public meeting , addressed by Mr . O'Connor . ' Mr . Finnett seconded the amendment , and many
others , all weavers , addressed the meeting , condemning the conduct of tbe committee . Dann ^ this interval , Mr . Glaisse , the secretary of the tea t :, and of the committee , entered ihe room , and rej-13 d to questions , which were put to him , in a candid wanner . Mr . Ciaisse then pledged hia word 10 the meeting , that , as secretary to the trade , . hb ' wosld call a meeting on Saturday next , by handbii s , of the whole trade ; and that he would attend aad foque 8 ttheattendance of the committee , who , he lelieved , would resigni The motion ani amendaieiit were then withdrawn , and after Rufly Ridley had briefly addressed the meeting , Bta-ting his iatentiori to meet tha committee , the business was adjourned .
ASHBUSTON ( Devon . )—The woollen trarfe here is in a dismal state . Hundreds are out of work and in a state of starvation , with no sign of anv improvement . Many clever artizias are driven to emigrate to America throngh the want efcmplcyment . If a change does not take place Boon , we feat therooult . - -:- - - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . -- - ¦; ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ :- :
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VoLtrNTARr Attempt at STAnvATiON . —A girl named S * ville , living at Felsted , Essex , had been missing for ; twelve days prior : to the 9 ; h inat . Oa that ; day some men found her nearly in a dying stab » . She gives no satisfactory account of why she voluntarily attempted starvation , but she says sba was in the wood ten days and nkhts , with no other covering than the clothes she haa on ^ nor any protection from tho inclemency of the season than a few leaves she had collected together to lie on . Sno had seen no one during the time , nor had she eaua anything whatever or took any sustenance fintn ' r than sucking some water from the brook through a reed . She is still in a very precarious state . — Burv Post . . ' : ¦ ¦ " : - ¦ "'¦¦'¦¦ ;
Robbery of £ 2060 from the Manchester a * d Elackbuhn Coach . —On Friday evening woek , a leather trunk or b ; 6 x containing 1500 sovereigns aod £ 500 in £ 5 notes , was forwarded by Messrs . Cunliff ss , Brboks , and Co ,, bankers ^ Manchester , to their house ia / Blackburn ,: by the Perseverance coach . Two suspicious persons were outside passengers , and who , after going as far as Bury , or a little bey < ji 4 that place , got off , and with ihem took the trunk and its contents . £ 100 reward is offered for each int '
ormation as will lead to the rfeteetiori of the thieve ? . Ou Wednesday morning ; Mr . Beswick , the acnvo police oEcer , succeeded in obxkining a clue , by whi < n he apprehended a person who there is little doubt was one of tho party , riamely , a person named Th ^ - wall ( not the Mr . R . Thelwall ^ wh ose premises were robbed of jewellery to a large amount some twe or three months aj-o , but his brother , J on whose pereon it issaid 200 sovereigns were found . He was brought before the magistrates at Marichcster , oa Wedntaday , and remanded , for a week .
The Hounslow Powdeh MiLug . —More Explosions . —We understand that Kter Thomas and William Colvins , the two Burvivors of the late dreatfful explosion of a corning . mi ! l on ( he premises of Messrs , C . B . and T , Curtis and Harveyj gunpowde ; r manufacturers , which occurred on tho moimng of Saturday , the 12 . h ult ., are still going on well , an ^ last advancing towards convalesccncei Scarcely however , has the excitement occasioned throusHo . ^ the neighbourhood of Hounslow by tho melancholy occurrence begun ta subside , before we have to announce two / other- cxpldtfions on the works of fi * same arm , whjch . have , however , been unattended by fatal consequences . The first took placo on ^ ifc afternoon of Saturday la ? tabout twenty minute W
, three 0 clock , in a powder room near to the scene of the previous explosion . Two meni named Jobs Irish , about twenty-two years of age , and Wm . FoXj about the same age , both in tho service of Messrs Curtis and Co ., were sent in to sweep it o ?> and while so eBgagedj from soiae canse aJ present unexplained , except that tbuy negiected iirst to damp the floor , the loosd powder ^ exploded , by { he force of which the windows © f the building ^ broken arid the men iGJured , Irish being dreadfully burnt about the head and face , so as to be tempo **! rily deprived of Bight ; and Fox , who jumped through one of the windows into the .- ' mill streain , was burued about the hands arid arias , &e . Both
siifferers were , promptly conveyed to their residence * at Hounslow , and were imoifccllately attenaed W Mr . Frogley , surgeon , of that town . Bota are , ^* understand , doing well , and likely to recover . - 1 . *® second explosion took plaoe on Monday morning » about half-past eight o ' clock , when the inhabitant : ^ of the country wound , for a radias of four or fiw niileB , were alarmed by a loud report , which oa inquiry was found to have occinrred at other works belonging to the same firm , si mate at Hatton , nt . ar Bedioui , aboutfoarmiles from Hoarislow , by w hicu therouf of a green charged mill was , it isstat-fu blown off , but without any pewou beiag either kulea or injured . ' '¦¦ , :. ¦ ¦' . . '¦ ¦¦• ' ¦' . "¦ - . . : ; ' :: ¦ ' : ¦¦ - . - ¦ ' -. . ' ¦¦ ;
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GREAT MEETING IN ST . PANCRAS TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL PETITION . i On Thmsiiay eveBin ^ , Feb . 2- ! th , the Training In-I stitute , 5 at 3 Rojal ularence Theatre , Livorpocl-street , ; . King's Croas , conLUning a spacious Hall , two spacious . galleries , and fvro e " u ! b slips , and large platform—all of ! srhicli trtre crowded to suffocation—waa the place j of meeting-. j Mr . Potsbr , a wertirg man , was called to the ; choir , and expressed his regret that a more efikknt ] person -wa 3 not called on to preside over so lar ^ e a
meeting . He congratulated them on the symptoms of ; nnion , exhibited at tbe many meetings tbat bad rej tsentiy taken place . He trusted they would hear evcryi body that presented themselves patiently—icheera . ) ! He vronld call on i Mr . Febiiis to read and move tbe adoption of the ; National Petition . The Petition having been read , Mr . j F . Baid it Bpcaks for itself . It was drawn cp by a j Council of worfcing men , and has aiready received an ; immense £ monst of signatures . Aithscgh this is the j first publia meeting couvtueA in this palish for its ; adoption . He wonld therefore move it—( loud cheers . ) ¦ Ut . Seal secended it . It -wus then put and carried nsajuDocsljr , amid Jond cbeerinje .
j Mr . Fabbeb moved the first resolution as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting ithe declaration of the Prime Minister with regard to the distress of the j country , renders him totally unfit for the cfB . ce , and ; shows to the people if another iiigument was ¦ wanting ; thB necessity of tho document called the People's j Charter being passed into a l&w without deduction or I alteration . " ! Mr . Chfurnm and fellow men , I think there is no 1 one here but-will agree -with the resolution . Fcr what
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RETURNS OF THE . VOTES FOR THE CANDIDATES FOK THE CONVENTION . LANCASHIRE . _ i I d S v : 5 3 -8 S S S & a Manchester , Brown-street 67 71 5 3 Burnley ... ... 22 8 67 3 Manchester , Miles Plattin 22 29 1 6 Chthero ... ... 0 0 166 0 Harwood ... ... 0 0 100 0 Colno ... ... 0 0 180 0 Lancaster ... ... 0 0 75 6 Sabden ... ... 0 0 60 0 Accrington ... ... 1 0 63 0
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THE NORTHERN STABy
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct964/page/6/
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