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op ] ^' oppesBo ^ Bp which those legaTaTMl ParjyUt r ^ ameirtarj _ difficulties are . based ; because the -jro - -jrorking classes must understand , that the tei ; fern > l 5 » jaaraereff ^ as ngards thdt ; d & ss > sc iandthalfco Hoo »; of C & mon ' a is a mere " r < rShow B ^^ i *&^^ lJ * A 8 tor » perf brin- to ' fh 7 & eirb ^ w | inta ^^ d hot to the advantage 4 > l * 4 tf tbo ^ ii ^ ci ^ tei ^ ts t & iy profesa to serve . r * " vi ^ i ^^^^^^^ clBMestjlil ^ twn ' $ . ! Se ^ eeii & e 'piSaon of ^^ . ^ Avtifcwotes ISit : ' ¦ $ '• - -finfe tothesem ^ 6 fthep < to ;' aodofhh ?!^* fl ^ e ^ es liis time-tbhU offn serried ; T hays
t - tfietf every legal inem » ia ^ jpoverio = get ' a i " plan' % al !^ Ih AV ^ oQld $ & M : # ^ < « . developed ( * ie : resbcm « of t ^^ i % oiW faref jswjc ^^ . ! - poverty , antagonisnv « id crime . Itt ^ hftlaBr .: -. gw ^^«^^ 5 ,, ^ ^^ " iaons ^ It voaHhave united an d ^ Jnn ^ g - :-ib ^ tbeftIieae ^ QfaII ^ thintJiewiBW ^^ % BattheHonsedoeS-BOt lotto ?^ inaxinE "Well , I hftve 4 one , myutmo * td ^ oie , ]^ M ; protection for your , funds , yrhHe , eyer £ < ig | Km < tion—legal , PaaSamentarjf , anfl j > ot ^ 1 ijm l » een thrown in my vay . ^ Aa & jVfcv-lb prove : the maximthat ^ jOie man may steal a horse while another dares " not look over the wall , ' *
let me give yon an instance . Last week I presented a petition to the House . of Commons from a Mr . Hyatt , a most jrespectable person : it complained of gross and frandnlent acts practised by Mr . Fonblax < £ DE , a Commissioner of Bankrupts . On Tuesday I moved that the petitionjbe printed , -to enable me to move for a committee to investigate the matter j and now , I pray yon to mark the grounds npon which Mr . Thobhley , ifce chairman of the petition committee , opposed my motion ; they were two : — Firefly—That the charges against Mr . FONsuusqtje were most GRATE and SERIOUS
—• 'and , Secondly—That the printing of the petition vonld costtheconntry FIFTEEN POUNDS . 2 fow , suppose charges , not of a very grave -or serious nature , hut of a silly and ridiculous nature , were hinted at against me , and . suppose the printing of those charges , for the purpose of referring them . to a committee , % mm cost the country ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUNDS , does the reader . suppose that it would be refused ? Not a bit of it Well , I was determined to divide upon the subject ; one voted with me , Mr . Baknabd ,
the Member for Greenwich ; and , curious to say , two Irish Members , representing English constituencies , the independent Shakmas Ckawtobd , and myself , were the two tellers , and one hundred and seven voted against me . Will not this give the reader a clear and unmistakeahle definition of the fact , that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor ? I have now adopted the only course that is open to me to wind up the Land Company . On Friday last I had it advertised in the Gazette : this week it will he advertised in one p aper in each county where each Estate is situated ; next week , according to the usual form , I will present the petition to the House of Commons , and then , as so much sympathy
has been expressed for the shareholders , I have -every reason to hope and expect that I shall he allowed to WIND THE COMPANY UP ; ¦ W hile I must inform those who are most deeply -iflterestediathe concern , that the parliamentary expenses alone will amount to between . $ 500 and 2 & 400 ; and , as it must not be presumed that a man can do a nation ' s work , I think it right to inform the shareholders that I cannot proceed in this coarse unless the means are BIMEDUTELY SUPPLIED ; -and when the operation is performed , I am : resolved npon establishing another Company , based in confidence npon myself ; as , suffer -what I may while living , I am determined that ytaj memory shall live in the hearts of those who may survive me , and lire after me .
I trust that I do not make this appeal in ¦ ra in ; and I also trust , that , if itis net complied with , the shareholders will grumble at themselves , and not at me—as a few pence from each will supply the necessary means . As it is always my wish to do justice to the dead , as well as to keep the national mind fixed upon the great and important question of Labour and its profits , I will now offer a word or two by way of comment , upon the melancholy death of poor Sir -Robert Peel . I do this for two purposes : Firstly , —To define the antagonism against which he had to contend , for . having abandoned the worn-out policy based upon exploded ignorance ; and
Secondly , —To prove the means by which he hecame wealthy . And , though I love to see a man elevate himself from the ranks of the people to the dignified position o f statesman , I do not love the system which enables the speculator to jump from his clogs into Spanish leather hoots , and from the dung-cart to the carriage —if his elevation is based upon the dependency , the slavery , and non-representation of those oat o f whose sweat he coins his gold , and becomes a millionaire as if by magic . When Peel represented the black-slugs and
bigots of the University of Oxford , in defiance of their unchristian prejudice , he granted Emancipation to the Catholic people—a measure which , although of no benefit to that -order , stigmatised him as an infidel in the eyes of those who lived , revelled , luxuriated , and fattened upon the degradation of the Catholic people . When ie carried that measure , he lost the confidence of the bigotted sings ; and subsequently , when ie carried Free Trade—from which he anticipated greater benefit than accrued—he lost the confidence of Protectionist landlords and
clodpoles . Feel never attempted to elevate his family or his relations by Government patronage . His policy , whether right or wrong , was based upon principle , and to carry it out he set all factious antagonism at defiance . * "De mortals nil nisi bonum . " "Of the dead nothing but what ' s good , " is an old maxim , hut one to which I have nof adhered , while others do . The Times has been the most violent and brutal denouncer of Sir
jROBEUT Peel while living , bnt now that he is dead , the same organ trumpets forth his praise , tells ns that we ne ' er shall look upon his like again , that he was the great statesman of the age , and asks who was like unto him . Mast not such hypocrisy ho wounding to all generous feeling , and must it not destroy all confidence in the mere organs of faction ? I will now torn to the consideration of my second topic , namely , the means b y which men elevate themselves . The Morning Chroniclethe organ of the Peel party—tells us that Sir
Robert ' s fattier employed fifteen thousand hands in his factory , and states the rapidity with which he accumulated wealth , when machinery came upon us with a hop , step , and jump ; and , much as I regret the death of Sir Robebt Peel , I cannot refrain from , using every argument which is illustrative and confirmatory of the principles that I have invariably propounded : which are , that the rapid increase of machinery has intimidated the Government from legislating fairly for it—that it has retarded—nay , prevented—the proper ' cultivation of oar national rewurces , which should
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be measured by ^ tafe neceMi ^^ d ^ riatibna " requirement ; and now to prove-the fact , f rom the one instance ^ furnished by the C & -on » e / e— - W ^ W s ^^^^ 1 ^^^^^^ tBoafiandhands , animadoap ^ s ^^ gjat ^ ekl upte ^ he labbur' ^ ea ^^ hat ^^ dif ^ oti ^ p ^ a ^ a ^^!^^ i 3 d ^ iQme thousand pounds ' ^^^ L ^ $ rl ^^^ f 0 ^^^ M )^ i 8 J ^ ui ona third-th »} , xM &^^ on ] ii € ' -V ; We 1 l , ' ^ en ^| kd ^ ;^ been " w ^ th ^ lidv ^ te ge . Sir Robebt
: PM £ m ayihaT ^^ at his loomioroiti ^ eland * and what doe s this plra ^ fWhyt ' t ^ handi ^ of ^ ong ^ ndflirnoy in thesame conditipif thj ^ t he wi ^^ HLfa child , and who , if ^ ea > pjnwb : h ^ J ^ pj ^ rer of edaciting ' them as Sir R j ^ Ba ^ ' sfethjeriiad i' would he as well ^ udj &^ tofiUtl & o Minister . . " ^ j ^ -. . ; , ^¦ # \ -. r-.. : : . ;¦ .. ;• ¦ .., ' .,-,, "; , ^ >•' ' . ;^' The ~ xej ^^ thAt ' theae , ;< fc ^ any ^ ajtion ^ c ^ ttta ^ bf greataeffl npohvfather of ^ ffln . " as I hav 0 : mtttSSSreater resDeatdbr
tt ? n m | njrh" ^ n | Swfhindof'fy industry and tafen ^ liaiFrhave for the tinselled , "hrainless nincompoop , who is bor ti an hereditary legislator with a golden spoon in his mouth ; hut I use the argament to prove the state to which unwilling paupers , now pining in bastiles , may be elevated , if bur representative system and our Government was based upon industry and intellect , instead of npon idleness , luxury , and hereditary caprice .
To tarn from this subject , which is a very melancholy one , I beg to inform the members of the Land Company , that next week I will publish the petition presented to the House for winding up the Company ; and in every subsequent number , I will publish all that takes place -with regard to the proceedings of the parliamentary agent , and in the House of Commons , hut the MEANS I MUST HAVE , and that IMMEDIATELY . Your Faithfol Friend , and Unpaid Bailiff Feargus O'Connor .
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To The Chartists Of Glasgow An© Paisley....
TO THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW AN © PAISLEY . Mr Deab Fkiejtos , ^ The report of your meeting did not arrive fa time for publication * in last Saturday ' s " Star , " and J regret , although I thank yon for your confidence and zeal , that you should have considered the rubbish of this trinity in unity , Hakley , Adams , and Cochbanb , worth
publishing , or even notice . I went to Glasgow and Paisley for the express purpose of meeting my raaligners face to face ; but , according to the old Irish practice , they would rather try me In my absence before a packed jury , which , however , thanks to my old and tried friend Duncan Shebbingion , and to the confidence which the men of Glasgow- and Paisley entertain towards their leader , they were not able to accomplish .
There is one passage in the splendid and eloquent speech of the immaculate and immortal Adams -which roused my energy , strong my nerves , and inspired me with enthusiastic aspiration . The immortal hero of the fatare says : —^ " Mr . O'Connor .- may taunt , but a discerning public would see that they had no wish to plunder the people , and that their characters would yet shine forth in resplendent glory . " Oh ! do not I anticipate the day when I shall see the initials of the names o f this glorious and immortal trinity , H . A . C ,
flickering before me . What a pity they had not some backer , whose name commenced with K , to make "Hack" of it . I shall not occupy more upon this subject , than again to thank the men of Glasgow and Paisley— -not for their defence of me , as I require none—but for their verdict of guilty against my hired and suborned accusers , whose principal and only charge against me is that I would not allow them to suck TEN THOUSAND POUNDS out of their dupes , and to die on the platform with their hearts in their hand . I have the honour to remain ,
Men of Glasgow and of Paisley , Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate of your Principles , Feabgus O'Connor .
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Plymouth.— At A Meeting Of Land Members,...
Plymouth . — At a meeting of Land members , held on Sunday evening last , the following resolution was unanimousl y passed : — " The Directors of the Laud Company having stated some time since the fact of their being elected by a Conference , rendered a Conference necessary for their discharge , we are o f opinion that a small Conference should be called for that purpose , and the winding up of the Company as speedily as possible . ' *"
CHAKTKRYIH . E . —A meeting was held in the School-room on the 24 th ult ., wh ^ n the following resolution was adopted : — " That the last Conference having been adjourned until the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , relative to the registration of the said Company , which decision has now been given , we are of opinion that it is expedient that the Conference should immediately re-assemble , in order to bring the affairs of the Company to an equitable adjustment . " Bradford . —A meeting of the members was held on Sunday , June 30 th , at the room ,
Hope-street , when the letter of the Ashton members of the Land Company was read . The meeting was of the same opinion as the Ashtou members , respecting Mr . O'Connor calling a Conference , to take into consideration the state of the Company . It ia out vrish tbat the Land Plan should be carried out , as we are sure that as machinery has supplanted manual labour , and thrown a redundant population into the labour market , there is nothing for us but the land to f all hack on , and we are resolved—with Mr . O'Connor to assist us —to get the land , which is our birthright .
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The Executive Committee Met At Tho Offic...
The Executive Committee met at tho Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , July 3 rd . Present-Messrs . 6 . J . Harney , Arnott , Brown , E . Mills , Stallwood , Davis , and Milne . —Mr Milne was called to the chair . —Communications were read from Yarmouth and Todmorden , setting forth , in reply to the " address /' that those places wished the matter relative to the National Parliamentary Reform
Association to he an open question ; from Sutton-iu-Ashfield , announcing the enrolment of fiftythree members , and apply ing for more cards , & c . j from Exeter , announcing the formation of a locality , and their entire adhesion to the National Charter Association , from Glasgow , announcing that a delegate meeting , from shops and factories , had been held , and that such delegate meeting had given in its unanimous adhesion to tho National Charter Association— Tract Committee . —A . further report was receired , giving the assurance that tracts will he ready to be issued forthwith . —Ernest , Jbnej * Soiree , -- The Secretary reported that
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the necessary arrangements had been " made f or this affair , which will take place W / Fhm-Bday , July 11 th , at the John . street Institution . —The Weekly Meetings at JoJin- ^ reet . ^ U'v & s resolved : —' . ' That the Institution be taken for six weeks , comm % cihg Tuesday evenihgjJuly 16 tb , and that noTWeejJng beheld on Tuesday evening next , in consequence of the Ernest Jones' festival , oh the succeeding Thursday evening . -. Metropolitan Delegate Council ^ Mr . Antill , '' attended to ascertain if | his list , compromising thirty- . members , would - be permitted to return a member to the Metropolitandelegate Council , which ; will . 'hold its first
sitting at the City Chartist Hallj Golden-lane , on Sunday afternoon next , at three o ' clockii-He was answered in the affirmative . The Committee adjourned until Wednesday evening ; July 10 th . : ., -- . v ., V $ | j : - - ; BtopMSBTJBy . —A ! meeting of tho tfjieias wid 6 # pprters of the People ' s -Cfaaie $ ? $ on vene & by Mr . Cottle , was held at the Globe Cdh ^ h qusol' R ^ t Lion-street , Holborn , on Mtfaday eveBmgyJul y 1 st . Mr . Elliot was called t $ > ibe ^ chair , and briefly opened the prdceedings , hj ; pointing to the great extent ^ of the Bloomsbury district , the vast quantities of wealth-producers that resided hvit , and , the amount of wealth those sons of toil must
annually send forth —( loud cheers)—then how necessary it was that they should be up and doing , in conjunction with the other portions of London . Messrs . D . O'Connor , Leno , and Harman having eloquently expatiated on the necessity of forming a locality of the National Charter Association , . on the motion of Messrs . Leno and Harman it was resolved , " That a locality , to be called the Bloomsbury Locality of the National Charter Association , be ; now formed . " "That Messrs , Cottle , Lewis , Norman , Durant , Harman , Connor , Finlan , and Soley , be a Provisional Committee for conducting the same . " "That W . H . Cottle he sub-secretary and Mr . Lewis
sub-treasurer . " "That this meeting at Us rising stand adjourned until Thursday evening next , at the Temperance-hall , 41 , Tottenham-court Road . " " That the best thanks of thjs meeting be hereby given to Mr . Cottle for convening it ; and to Mr , Elliot , for the admirable mode in which he has conducted its proceedings . " The meeting then broke up . This is the second locality that the friends of " The Democratic Propagandist Society" have formed . Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . —A public meeting was held at the above hall to take into consideration what step we ought to take in reference to the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . After
much discussion the meeting was adjourned to Wednesday evening , the 10 th inst . Marylebone . —The members of the Marylebone Locality of the National Charter Association , met in their ropm at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , on Sunday erening , 30 th June . Mr . Pattendeu in the chair . The secretary read the rules of the National Charter . Association . The minutes of the last meetins were read and confirmed . New
members were enrolled , and took out cards . The meeting then adjourned till Sunday evening , July 7 th , at nine o ' clock . Sheffield . —The branch of the National Reform League , meeting at Mr . Grayson ' s Temperance House , Steelhouse-lane , assembled on Sunday evening last , when an interesting discussion took place on the universal right to the Land , in which a Lieutenant of the United States took part .
Leicester . —A meeting of the members of this locality of the National Charter Association , specially convened , was held on Monday evening , July 1 st , when the following resolution was adopted : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that we should not countenance the National Parliamentary and Financial Re f ormers ; that while we do not give them the slightest support , we should not , on the contrary , offer them opposition ; as by doing so we think we should attach an importance to them which , to our opinion , they do not possess ; but that we employ our
means , intelligence , and energies for the exclusive support of our own Association , our purpose being to spread aknowledge of political and social rights among the masses , and to elevate our own class mentally , morally , and physically . " East Marylebone On Sunday evening , June 30 th , a meeting was held at the King and Queen , Foley-street , f or the purpose o f forming a locality of the National Charter Association for the district . Mr . Maraden was called to the chair . Messrs . Arnott and Milne attended from the Executive Committee .
The necessary preliminary proceedings having been gone through , it was unanimously agreed that a locality to be called " Tho Washington Locality of Democratic and Social Reformers of the National Charter Association" be HOW formed . Most of the friends present enrolled their names as members , A Committee was elected . Four shillings and fourpence was received f or cards , which was handed over to Mr . Arnott , * and the Chairman stated that he had . no doubt that they would be able to enrol fifty members within a month .
Release Of Mr. Fussell From Tothill-Fdel...
RELEASE OF MR . FUSSELL FROM TOTHILL-FDELDS PRISON . On Wednesday morning an order was dispatched from the Home-office to Lieut . Tracey , the governor of the House of Correction , To thill-fields , Westminster , intimating that her Mdjesty had been pleased to remit the unexpired term ( rather more than three months ) of the sentence pronounced at the Old Bailey in 1848 , upon Mr . Fusscll , who with others , was convicted of sedition . The term of imprisonment to which Ernest Jones was sentenced will expire on the 11 th inst . — -Times . On Thursday morning bail was tendered and accepted , and Mr . Fussell liberated .
The Ten Hours Bill. Barnsles".—A Meeting...
THE TEN HOURS BILL . Barnsles " . —A meeting of delegates from each factory . in this district was holden on Saturday night , June 29 th , at Mr . G . Utley ' s , to consider the best means of , forwarding the cause of the factory workers ' . A letter from Lord Feversham , acknowledging the receipt o f theBarnsley Petition to the House of Lords , was read to the meeting . A very encouraging letter from the secretary to the West
Riding Central Short-Time Committee was also read , which elicited a vote of thanks to Mr . M . Balm , and all tho other gentlemen who have so benevolently laboured in London , and elsewhere , to obtain for women and young people an efficient Ten Hours Bill . A vote of thanks was given to the Morning Herald , and tho other portion of the newspaper press who have so kindly advocated the cause of young children and women who work in Factories .
A vote of thanks was also given to Richard Oastler , Esq ., and all friendr , both in and out of Parliament ,- who have exerted themselves in favour of the Ten Hours Act . After a vote of thanks to tho chairman , Mr . Wm . Norton , the meeting adjourned until next Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , July Qtb ,
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CHARTIST MEETING AT UMESiqUSm . _ A crowded meeting was held in the large halB of the Phoenix Tavern , Ratoliffe Cross , on Mon & ivr evening last ..., l ) r . Brookes , having - been called tothe chair , entreated shearing for those who misU differ in 6 pihi 6 n .. with them , andintroducedMr . John Shaw , lately . liberated from Neivgate . v ; Mr . Jobs BHAW ^ Why vas balled with a triple round , of applause—inovea the following resolution .-: "That this meeting is of opinion ttiat the happiness and prosperity of nations ^ depend chiefly upon the ^ rfcotiori of their social , as weU as , their political institutions : it desires , therefore , deliberately and felemnlrtp express , its conviotito of the' uselessness , reiorms
- orreereiypoliticalcnanges ^ r jv ' except in so far as these tend to sust & in ' the ^ tiw' of progress , and to . ameliorate and exalt-the ? sboial condition of the people . " He said 'Ke ' rejbiced ^ tp seo snob large and enthusiastic ¦ ChartistMeet ' i | gs . as they gave the lie to their irisidiou ^ foesi ; - ( liSui icheers . ) TheVohaplain , magistrates , . ' ahd ' othei'lBad uhited In telling him , during his ; imprisonment ; that Cbarr h 8 jnwa ^; dead ~( hiughter )^ aridstrehuouslyadvised hjni to stick to . liis . busmess , and make no attempt to panseitate it ; then guesshis ' surprise at finding sttchlarge and highly respectable meetings air'that ho witnessed at John-street , and the one fto » # ef 6 re { him ; Itgave'hirri the ' utmosli pride and pleasure to renew hisRealty to the cause , and move that
resolution . ( u > ud cheers . ) : ' Mr . WittiAM Nkwton , a licbhsed victualler , came forward , amidst loud cheers , - to ' seeond the resolution , and expressed his pleasure in so doing , as it went Tor something more ' than mere politics ; it boldly alluded to social rights ; andI if these were broached and fairly discussed , by the time they got the Charter they would know how to use them . The people-had discovered that . if they wanted their work well done they must do it themselves . It was frequently asked , "What would they do with the Charter when they gotit ? " The answer might be thus summed up : put all the taxes on real property ; - ^ -repeal the game laws — separate church and state , and profitably employ and
educate the people ; and it was his firm conviction , that until the labour question was thoroughly investigated , their social condition would never be effectually ameliorated . ( Hear , hear . ) . What he now complained ofwris / vthatwork was precarious , thousands being without employment , whilst immense tracts of land lay idle . ( Vehement cheering . ) He believed that six millions of acres were in this state ; and if only a moiety of the money spent in poor rates had been applied to the profitable employment of the people on the land , how many families might have been preserved from poverty misery , crime ; degradation , and death , and rendered contented and happy ? ( Loud cheers . ) He was delighted at the way in which Ghartism was
now advocated . Chartist meetings , to his humble thinking , were the true schools for the sons of toil . ( Loud cheers . ) , Broniekre O'Brien , who was much applauded , came forward and apologised for Mr . Reynolds , on the ground of indisposition , and said he felt deeply interested in the question before them . During the twenty-one years he had taken part in public affairs , he had inculcated the necessity of advocating social rights . Ho knew the impossibility of teaching social rights in all their details to myriads of people , gathered together under the canopy of Heaven . Hence he said to their leaders , get them together in sections , teach them , and the knowledge will spread like the waves , until the world
becomes as it were a mighty ocean of knowledge . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew there were some men in existence who opposed the advocacy of social ri ghts on the ground that it would drive away and alienate the upper classes , but did they believe tyrants would ever be in favour of social rights , or did they imagine tyrants would ever obtain their ri ghts without knowing them ? Think youu" the soldiers knew their social rights they would be found fighting for a shilling a day , with the prospect of a retiring pension of firepence per diem , and a timber toe ? No , no ; under such circumstances , the results of Waterloo would have-been very different ; they would have sent the commanders to " immortal glory , " and in extacy , English , French , and
Prussian would have rushed into each others arms , and proclaimed the true fraternity of nations . ( Much applause . ) Mr . O'Brien here gave a touching recital of the bloody scenes enacted on the plains of Waterloo—and recounted "the exceeding mercies vouchsafed to the glorious 28 tb , " in the several campaigns on the scorching sands of Egypt—tho biting frost and bitter snows of Canada—the burning rays of India , and under the mighty roar of the thundering Artillery of Waterloo — the deaths of their Generals , Abercrombie , Wolf , Sir John Moore , and the wounding of tho gallant . Anglesey , and the continuous thinning of their ranks by the " round shot" of tho enemy , amidst the loudest applause , If the soldiers knew their social richts . would they
risk life and limb in fighting for that which did not concern them ? ( Loud cheers ^) Oh ! had the people but their social rights , not a single being would be found miserable , wretched and unhappy , but all within the British territories would bo rendered comfortable , contented , and happy , and this , too , for the very minimum amount of labour . Ho called upon them to form a good locality of the National Charter Association , to organise , and then they could instruct themselves , and have tho aid of clover men to instruct them in a knowlodge of their social rights . ( Cheers . ) The Times told them that in Ireland there were 500 persons to be found with only seven shirts amongst them ; whilst in Manchester there were mills that in one
week could produce calico sufficient to , find shirts for the whole of Ireland .. ( Loud cheers . ) The public were robbed of some three hundred millions per annum , by means of public and private indebtedness , insurance offices , & c , & c ., to say nothing at present of docks , mines , railways , waterworks , gas works , & c , & c , and these things—the profits of which would have paid off tho National Debt long suice- ^ -were handed down from generation to generation , and that too to > a lot of fellows " who toil not , neither do thoy spin . " IIo had not time to toll them how tho land becamo the property of the present holders . Hero Mr . O'Brien
related how the land on which the town of fluddersfield stood was given by the merry monarch to a fascinating lady , and which now produced a rental of seventy-six thousand pounds per annum ; such was the way in which much of the land become private property . Mr . O'Brien concluded a very argumentative speech by again enforcing thorn to form a locality of tho National Charter Association , and discuss tho question of social and political rights . ( "Immense cheering . ) Mr . T . B . Bowkett said a few words in support of the resolution , as did also Mr . D . Brown , when the resolution was put , and carried unanimously , amidst loud cheers .
Mr . Prekcb , a member of the Tower Hamlets branch of tho Parliamentary and Reform Association , c . imo forward , amidst app'fause , to move the second resolution as follows -. —" That with a view to secure to tho people of these realms permanent and equitable social arrangements , this meeting emphatically declares the enactment of the People's Charter , absolutely essential , as a perfectly legal and adequate means of obtaining so desirable an end , and further pledges itself to use every means in its power for the accomplishment of tho same . " Mr . Preece said , that as a member of the
Parliamentary Reform Association , ho would not agree that they should stop at the point indicated by that Association , but that they should march onward until the whole people were enfranchised , and he did not think that any rational being could object to the six points of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Preeeosaidhe had much pleasure in moving the resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . David Mobrison , lato of Swindon , eloquently seconded the resolution , maintaining the necessity of pressing to a speedy solution the labour question .
Mr . William Davis , who was greeted with loud cheers , said , whilst he : was a great admirer of registration societies' ; 1 & o ., bo never could join or support any society having for its object anything short of tno . People's Charter ; and he was pleased to learn from good authority , that tho council of the Parliamentary Reform Association stood a very good chance of becoming more Democratic , as tho statu quo members of that body had resolved to resign—or rather had resigned—and amongst the seceding members , were to bo found Messrs . Prout , Wilkinson , Gilpin , and Beggs —( loud cheers )
—but tho only way to induce that Association to become more Democratic , was for tho Chartists to adhere firmly to their principles . The people bad been kept in a state of alarm during the greater portion of last week , by the agitation of the ministerial question , but they need not bo alarmed , Lord John would never go out so Iqng as a penny loaf could be got by stopping in . The'Wbigs had dealt out nothing butpersecution and prosecution to the Chartists , and it could not bo expected that thoy could sympathise with hem . He called on that meeting to join a locality , organise , » nd as .. there was a room and talent at their disposal , a most profitable discussion , might be immediately roieed .
Chartist Meeting At Umesiqusm. _ A Crowd...
and , with the-afdioftWt 8 , elect much god for the { Democratic-cause ; . ( -Loud cBeer # . )'• ! Mr . MAimiM < alM $ bly and briefly support ^ the Iresolution , wbioh'iwW'tben p ^ and carrietfuna immously . ^ Sfertbe'MtailhonoiarjhtO'the cbafeaon ft & e meeting separate * , ' . - '
Mterary A<Kd) S0hsstific' ^Titutigfc Joh...
MTERARY A < KD ) S 0 HSSTIFIC' ^ TITUTIGfc JOHN-STIIEE 3 ! ,. TOET ^ HAM-Ca ^ T ^ ROAET - ; ©*) Tuesday ewningaoTowded ' meeibjB-washeld lmtbe above instifcution ,. oo * vened by theffiteoutive © emsnittee of , the-Nationali Charter Association . ; Mp .. T / Bsowk was-call 8 di , fe > rthe chaiiyand said the-business of the- . evenine . vrjbiuid be / to discuss the foHewing resblutibri > . whip ¥ Ke ; had no doubt ? would meet with tbeir enJaue ^ appTObnt / on : ~ " Thai looking to- the recent debate and' division on the- qnestlOB of the'foreign policy o & mau & tSri , tfifomeeting is off epinion' that ;» : change , must DpeedHy . take place , and that it rests with the-mass . of the-people whether it shall be ona ^ rrfWroffwss fir iwiw . fi <\ n—thio
, meeting therefore eaH * on the-people of those realms to bo up and stiwiBg ia the work of organisation ; ' witbj ^ iew WthefiMthwauoe of political 'an ^ social ripi , as p *| f 8 Wrar ^ by ^ the" N & $ » af Ob ^ rAisiKjiatibn . ' ' Kltve successW ^ thM-sew : 80 lutl « Pf % : to ' u ; i % jdftftd : to theinstruojbw' it contained , and ' orgajfflepmd supply ^ be ' Execirtive ' with funds , in ordertba ^ they might inundate the country with tracts . Let the people . but do their duty , and then it would not matter to them whether the ministry went out or stopped in . ( Hear , hear . ) As regarded the majority , on the division - in question , he conceived it perfectly insignificant , especially when they remembered ^^ TOan y voted , not from 1
principle , but expediency , to keep cut a Protectionist ministry , & c . He conceived that looking at . it in the light of principle , tbo proceedings at Malta were quite enough to sink Lord Palmeraton ; and that , had the minister done his duty , the governor would have been dismissed . In the matter of HungaryV he thought that Palmerston had neither acted with promptitude of energy . ( Hear , hear . ) Had he been the friend of liberty , as some would wish to make him appear , he had it inhis power to have made his democratic tendencies quite perceptible , ( Cheers . ) Mr . W . J . Vebson , in coming forward to move the resolution read by the chairman , was received with much cheering , and said , the vote recently
taken in the House of Commons was , beyond question , a vote of confidence in ministers . He could nqt . regard Palmerston , or any of the ministers , as friends of liberty ; and however ingenious some of the mechanics ol England might be at cabinetmaking , he defied them to make a good " cabinet " out of the present parliamentary materials . He saw but very little difference in the several parties . Aberdeen was no better than Palmerston , and vice versa . The resolution affirmed that it rested with the masses as to whether the change should be «' one ' of progress or reaction . " Of course , much depended oh thorn as to the ratio of progress ; if the people were given to drunkenness and gluttony , much progress could not bo made ; nevertheless , it
was quite true that man was a progressive being . The question of social rights appeared now to be generally admitted , and it was their duty to see that those principles were widely diffused . They had plenty of talent amongst them for the purpose ; they had their Executive Committee ,- with Bronterre O'Brien , and they would now speedily have Ernest Jones ; and , with something definite before them , the people would know what they were struggling for . He had plainly spoken his sentiments , which he deemed the best mode of advancing tho cause ; was it not well known that many were existing at the present moment on the miserable pittance of three shillings per week , ; and these , too , the most useful members of society , whilst the idlo and
worthless revelled in all the luxuries this world could afford ? Let them not look to Rochdale , Manchester , or Glasgow , to effect a change for them , but let each man examine himself , and seo what-he , as an individual , could do to facilitate the advent of freedom . They might do much in the way of collecting funds , and ' " tracts" would be such a mighty lever , in the hands of tho Executive , ' that let them only be supplied and they might be careless afterwards as to what policy Lord Palmerston pursued . They would then speedily be enabled to proclaim the fraternity of nations , and the advent of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Lb wis said , as he listened to tho speech just delivered he felt a glow of fire in his breast ,
and his heart beat , responsive as to himself . Tyrants may imprison the body , but they can never confine a sentiment or chain down a thought . In society , at tho present moment , they had two extremes ; on the one hand they saw industry clothed in poverty and rags , and indolence , in wealth and luxury . These things told him that there must be something wrong , and his conviction was , that the wrong arose from class legislation , And with a view of remedying this great evil , he had joined the Democratic Propagandist Society , and trusted that every one in that meeting would become propagandists , and cause their principles to become known from the Lund ' s End to John O'Oroat ' s . ( Hear , hear . ) When he reflected on the present anomalous state of society it reminded him of Goldsmith ' s words : —
Princes and lords may Heurish or may fade , A breath can make them as a breath has made , But a bold peasantry , their country ' s pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . ( Loud cheers . ) It was for them to say how much longer they were inclined to remain slaves—how much longer the gveen fields should exist , but not for them . The holy ( loctrino of fraternity haxi been preached by tho few , from the days of Jesus down to the present time , and he trusted tho time had arrived when they were determined that Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , should no longer bo mere by-words , but that they would all unite in hastening on the advent of the Goddess Liberty . ( Great cheering . ) M . J . J . Bezeb . amidst much cheerins" . fiamo
forward and said , as regards ministers and their foreign policy he thought they cared more for people that were far away than they did for those at home . He held in his hand The Young American , a Republican paper , which paperwas the advocate of Social rights . Mr . Bezer then read several extracts , showing that poverty and pauperism prevailed in the States—that even the Republican institutions were not complete if confined to mere politics , and shewed the necessity for social rights , such as the nationalization of land , & e ., quoting many great authors in favour of equality of ri ghts . . Mr . Bezer having appealed to them not to heed mere names , but to stand by principles , sat down loudly applauded . My . Jons Suaw said , in supporting that resolution , ho was desirous of correcting a misconception
that had gone abroad , when he attended there last week , he had then said , " the " Whhw had been graciously pleased to release him from prison three months before the expiration of his sentence , and had made him « present of £ 50 ; " now all he meant to convey by that was , that they bad let him out that much before his time expired , and simply remitted the flno the judge had imposed on him . When he had heard of the false impression abroad , he had felt a desire to correct it , for poor as he was , God forbid that he should ever stain his fingers with a bribe from the Whigs . —No , no . — Pray let it bo distinctly understood , that Chartism was much , very much dearer to him nowthan when
, he went to prison ; Oh , how gratfyirig was it to him then , by attending those weekly re-nnions , to find that Chartism was neither dead nor sleeping . ( Loud cheers . ) As regarded the late . division on the foreign policy question , the only regret ho had , was to find that one member , who might be said to bo the representative of the working classes , and who had again and again expressed " bis want of confidence in the Whigs , should have voted for them on that occasion . ( Hear , hear . ) But he firmly believed , that any beneficial change that might take place must be made by the working classes themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . -
Mr , John Aksom in making some , announce ments of 'forthcoming' meetings , intimated the discontinuance of the John-street meetings for a time , upon which . ' Mr . Stallwood rose , and took the sense of tho meeting on that subject , which was unanimous in favour of their continuance , and the result was hailed by long , continued cheering . A vote of thanks was given to tho Chairman , and tho meeting dispersed ... A voluntary subscription of £ 1 8 s . was collected at the doors .. ¦ . ' ..,
Poon Liw Usioss.~A Parliamentary Return ...
Poon Liw Usioss . ~ A Parliamentary return has been issued ( obtained by . Sir George Peohell , the member for Brighton , ) which shows thatin 1849 the sum of £ 78 , 424 lCs . Id , was expended in tho salaries of medical officers , and £ 20 , 529 in the salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses ; making a total of £ 98 , 953 16 s . lid . under the head of Poor Lfiff Unions in Unelaad aid Wales , ¦ ;
Thb "Irkrimas : *Iewspaper. - A .Public ...
THB "IRKriMAS * iEWSPAPER . - A . public mwtmg' was held on Monday evening , July 1 st , at the Farrihgdon Hall , farringdon-streefc by , tbe friends of-the " Irishman ^ newspaper , to consider the bat . means of reestablishing it on a ¦ permanent-footing , aid to give stability to its circulation . "; "; t- :. ; . . , Tbe chair was tak *» * t eight o ' clock , M Q , JuiiAJr HAawsri who expressed his satisfaction at seeing Englishmen and Irishmen going hand-in . band together for the most glorious of all camfes rthat of fraternal liberty , by the march of / . inteMect , which wonld ultimately break- down every barrier that retarded ; human progress . The chairmutcoa * cloded by calling on the meeting to support theix tree aaduntrafflmeled fownal , and not allow such a
. g ] pwoa » org » ni ) ftbepeopJe ' sTJghtg to fall tot the ground , . Thecarman called on Mr . Joyce , ; th » secretary ,. toaddreW the » eetmg . ¦ l Mb Jotcb said , it was : rather an unuaual tirag ; to seea- m » n of bis gutnbie station in life presenting ; . himjeJf / be / crc a pubj . VmeetiBjfron ai platform , but ^ , ih tbe ^ ieuc ? of a worthy frieritf # * Hfcrty ~ namely ,. Mr . ( Hanceyy the reBr ^ nMbility . feli'iOnVhinvrbut ; [ the day bad ' arrived whe »> tfraatt ' 8 & eald not shrink ' ; from ' any responsibility tbat the caw of liberty , or ' | his country , called on him to-fulflfc He concluded by reading abetter 0 f excuse from W . G . W . < M . Reynolds ^ for not being abls ? to- attend ^ and ^ another * from Mr . J & Ihara ^ . Weproprietor / oftb e ^ risbl ^ an ' newspaper , intimating to them- that' the paper , would eari wouium
'appearya July , wbioh ' waa enthoiiaa-• t » allv received ! ppeareanyKi July , -which was enthuiiaat » ally receivedi . Mr . Biwoarmove d' the first resolution ; as ' fol lows : * - <* That MV .. Bv Eulham , the proprietot o ! the " Irishman V newspaper , i » entitled to "; tb « sympathy of the- Irish people , and of every troa lover of liberty ,, audi ) Mat the friend * of democracy are , kcdutybov > ndvtO ' dc » ever ^ iBgi ^ wi * m ^ their jsower" * t « f ¦ re ^ sttblUh ^ tb ^^ P ^ rfttll-: wgait of liberty . "' Jfri : fisnomi wie % : ifctf $ Englsabman , > he never woulishrmk # > m , Indicating light igainU woag >; , aBtl tbat tbfl % eopla were , in duty bounds tosapp ^ thfrlibe ^ jiiof the press . He dwelt at gfett length o « thewm ^ ftStteft on Ireland , and reminded the meeting of tbat glorious spirit , Eromet , whose epi & ph woaki never be written
until his eowilrj was free . He concluded by reading the resolution , and sat down amidst great applause . , . . ' , Mr . Dwainb , in SDppertmg the resolution , laid that nothing gave him more pleasure than . to see his English brethren gather around them that night . It gave bim to understand that co English government could get English soldiers to butcher their Irish brethren ,- and concluded by calling on the democrats of England to support tbat glorious organ , the " Irishman'' newspaper . He sat down amidst applause . ( Mr . Lynch proposed the next resolution , as fol * lows : — " That we look on the Democratic
Association , now progressing in Ireland , as the only means of restoring our lost nationality ; and tbat we pledge ourselves to support it and its able advocate ; the ' Irishman' newspaper . " Mr . Lynch said , a > deal was said about those who were no more , but be contended there were as glorious spirits in Ireland yet as ever animated that country ; they bad > their O'Grady ' s , their MofhVs , and their Segrave ' s , and other glorious spirits to animate them in tbeir on . ward road to liberty .
Mr . N . Flanagan , in seconding the resolution , said , the days of talk bad gone by , now they had something to do . They meant to call OH their brother democrats to assist them in raising Ireland from her degraded state . Mr , Flanagan conqluded by announcing that the committee sat every Sunday evening , at 26 , Golden-lane , to receive subscriptions for the " Irishman" newspaper . The following resolution was also adopted : —
" That , as history has proved tbat every government tbat is not founded on the universal voice of the people is productive ot poverty , vice , insurrection , bloodshed , with all their concommitant evils , and be . lieving that the only mode of purifying society of these diseases is by enlightening the human mind ; and knowing the 'Irishman' newspaper to be the most powerful organ in Ireland towards attaining tbat object , we call upon all Irishmen to support that paper . "
A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .
. South Staffordshire Miners. Eight Hour...
. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS . EIGHT HOURS . BILL . The miners of this important district are again stirring in the noble cause of union . Many meetings have recently been held at Bilston , Wolverhampton , Green- ) ane , Wednesfield-beatb , Portobello , & e ., which were addressed by Mr . William Danielfe , one of the agents of the Miners' National Association , and a most excellent spirit seemed to prevail . A public , out-door , meeting was held on Monday last , in Pipe ' s-meadow , Bilston . Mr . E . 'Kinsey was called to the chair , when the following resolutions were unanimously passed , being proposed and seconded by John Jones , Thomas Draper , George Challener , and another friend , and were supported at great length by Mr . Daniells ;—
" That this meeting consider that , owing to the laborious and dangerous nature of the employment of miners / and also considering tbeir situation in the caverns of the earth , shut out from the light of day , that eight hours labour is amply sufficient for any man to wurk in mines . " " That a petition to the Houses of Parliament be drawn up by our agents , and generally : signed by the miners , praying for . the enactment of au Eight Hours Bill , for the working and regulating the mines and collieries of Great Britain . " ;
" That this meeting is of opinion that the only safe and efficient way by which miners can protect their labour is by uniting with each other ; in OtlS holy bond of brotherhood for mutual protection ; therefore , this meeting pledges itself to cling'to , and support , the Miners' National Association ,. and we will endeavour to persuade our fellow workmen to do likewise . " ; Alter the public meeting , a delegate meeting was held at the Golden Cup Inn , New-street , and important business transacted . The cause Of UOioil begins to look promising here .
Guam) Ov Trmss Istrassit.—A Lady .Was Bu...
Guam ) ov Trmss isTrassit . —A lady . was burnt to death on the Lyons lino of railway lately , while the train was in transit , and her husband . in vain shouting to tho " guards " for help . The writer of a letter to the Gazette des IWounriua , while pointing attention to this fact , recommends that " a cord should he attached to an alarm bell , as in Germany , or some other means should be established to enable passengers to have the train stopped in , case of accident . " How such a system works in Germany we do not know , but the American mode of free access to guards through or along the carriages is certainly for preferable , and tho perpetual occurrences of accidents of a very varied description , in this country as well as abroad , most urgently
demands the adoption of some sw & mono of guarding against them . The office of a " guard " attached to a train is a complete mockery . An accident of frequent occurrence happened near Montrose last week in the fall of a child from a carriage door while the train was running at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour . ' ? The guard being far back among the carriages , the cry of the passengers was not heard for some minutes during which time tho train bad proceeded to tho Collision station . " So it is . in hundreds of cases . Tho guard is one of tho most useless appendages ,, and is almost sure to fail at the pinch ; whereas , were it his duty to traverse the train as a watchman * on a proper footboard , or other means of passing to and fro , provided for tho parpose , he
would veacly merit tho name of a guard ,, and be of constant use as such in ways innumerable for the palliation and prevention of serious accidents . The Railway Commissioner recommended the adoption of sucft a precaution is preference to the objection * ablesystem of signals without any freedom of movement for tho guards . Statistics of ljessu . —Tho cultivation ci th vine in . thcsouthevn provinces of Russia has been sauch encouraged by the government , but tho quantity of wine produced is still Tory insignificant compared with , what is imported , from foreign countries , and especially from Prance . .. In St . Petersburgh alone tho consumption of champagne amounts to 090 , 500 bottles annually , although it is an expensive' article . There is a kind ot sparkling wino Jtodziwilow
imported from -Austria , partly over , partly through- Odessa * to the extent of 17 , 000 bottks yearly . The consumption of beer is small ; there is . bnt one brewery m St . Potersburgh which produces English alo and Bavarian hew , the last ot inferior . quality , as fchoro is a , want of the f ™ fP ™ thing necessary for its preserv iU | on-good cellars . Tholmpomtion of foreign beer is proh . Wedwta the exception of porter , on which a high uuty is levied ; it is paid in about 90 , 000 bolt es annually . The quantity of spirits consumed i ^ eno mou * Although much of tho bwnft , * i 2 t ? Xm distilled from the potato , > UU the quantity of com required for the distilleries during tho past ye « was 18 , 000 , 000 . bushels j yet tho w ^ aVo » « J » quanti y / rom tho food market , baa > d f , » J kcton the pice of gran . P ^^ £ m from Russia ba » greatly dwvw 3 ^; lfi ,, % < 8 c 5 Wi years .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06071850/page/1/
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