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0 K0TTINGHAM ELECTION
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C&aitfct ftntclliffence*
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0 K0ttingham Election
0 K 0 TTINGHAM ELECTION
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J _« TflE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . "J . it _Dea _R _FwENDS » . _t ltd * you , the Nottingham electftm has Ml MA j _, press of the factions into silence , t _^ VS factions oi Europe iato astonishment . _«^ V _rfss of France _Iooksupon the Notting - _ifaffrfection as the most _. _iniportant result of _ISO _^ times , while our own virtuous press _^ ° d _^ _wit *" _i-omparativdvinsigmficant . _ThuS _j _mrftft t told you , all ' changes come _ffc _^ i _tf f a and we have little to expect from our _* 5 _* S _» athme - * y ° u _ftat _^ great bl
Kue Kt o the , nftis 1011 ot _^ bartlst « wl into the i _«^ t _^ f Commons was , that there the advo-$ f . _£ fT 0 f onr p rinciples would let Europe and i ! , Se _< i , Se o ppr _^<» rs _understand , that Chartism was i _<*? .,. _^ Jr annihilated by persecution , nor intimi-; d l , v _^ I _' - ' _^ ' * is compelled « _spit _' _ft * sp leen upon the several Chartist 1 _'J _^ _- ( _jates who ofiered themselves for po-K 9 _^ r support , and rejoices that our Hartt Hot Chartist , was defeated at Tist _st ' on ; vn _$ e baring read his speech—his ., _^^ speech—his lucid , comprehensive
I _Ka _statesmanlike speech—a speech which elie % d from his opponent , the Minister-for Fou _Jjnafairs , avowals , confessions , and _dedara-3 So * , at variance with his assurances made to u _ftrfenipnt , induces me to look upon the t _etffh ot _^} r Harney as the most important f Suit of the recent elections . It was well , j _^ jn ch aracter , that the FEEDING _MIjt _lSTER _« f the Whig Cabinet should attempt jo treat his manly opponent with levity and _Jjjjjicule ; hut it will teach the noble lord , and Age who heard it , that the thinkers of the
| _dav do not form their opinions of public men w the character given of them by the press _, j _jgvery fact of the Times rejoicing in the , _jjfjat < iif _HarneyiJSffd the fact _rf iho ;_ lwt _& _jeiiff obliged to _publlsh _^ veor sax columns of a rep ly to a speech , not one word of which it _presto publish , will convince foreign readers , _jiid the conductors of foreign newspapers , that there is something powerful in a principle finch our domestic guardians see prudence in _fOitrealins ; , but cannot destroy bv secrecy .
fl e have now an analysis of the present House of Commons sufficientl y explicit to _usable us to come to a conclusion upon the mispects of Whiggery , and that conclusion is , that the Ministry is powerless to carry out * h at its supporters expect ; and , therefore , e ther Russell must join with Peel upon those _ttincip les of moderate Conservatism which mil insure the allegiance of the JANISSA RIES . and disappoint his party—or he will iall a victim to a coalition of the Peel and Bentinck party . Earl Grey is the man to shorn I look as the only asserter of those
nrincij des which Russell is pledged to cam ' oat—or rather which his supporters expect from him . as he has given no pledges . I told Hobhouse , at his election in 1846 , that the elements of dissolution were in the Cabinet ; as J firmly believe that Earl Grey will not be a partv to any compromise entailing the necessity of a coalition of which he does not appro ve . I state these circumstances to prepare you for the fact that Earl Grey , and his party in the House of Commons , will go to the country , and that , ere long , upon measures which he will propound as indispensable to the realisation of the Reform Bill .
Ihey call Earl Grey crotchetty , the _Parliacentary meaning of which is—having a mind of his own ; and he must see , that a hundred and twenty thousand tenant-slaves—called tenantsat-will—constituting the balance of electoral power—is incompatible with the essence , the spirit , and the working of his father ' s Reform measure , and any minister will End that nearly 100 railway directors , chairmen of railways , builder ? , and engineers , constitute a staff " which it will be impossible to mould to political purposes without a quid pro rw in the shape of jobbing patronage .
1 will now make vou familiar with the manser in which the growth of property operates upon the House of Commons . From the time lLat 7 j _: niiuf «! Ltiirpr > hes & n to accumulate sealth by machinery , til ! the passing of the Reform Bill in 1632 . the power of the landlord class , which up to that time was predominant , became _weaker every year , and the Reform Bill gave capitalists " a " participation in legislation . " From that period to the present , railnay speculation has been competing for its share of legislation , and the result is nearly
100 members , whose sole consideration will be tr . e advocacy of their favourite lines . Before Parliament " met in January last , I wrote an article in the Labourer , recommending Lord John Russell to appoint a body of railway management apart from the House of Commons ; but so powerful was the railway _influence that he feared the attempt ; and hence we 2 nd a majority of the time of the Famine Soup Kitchen Parliament _monopolised by railway squabbles . Now , I have no hesitation whatever in affirming , that as in France , so it
_irill be in England . Members of Parliament trill be—I won ' t say what—yes , induced to support this or that line , in proportion to the _wealth of the contending parties ; and I have 2 ot the slightest hesitation in saying , that many a noble lord , and many a wealthy commoner—of course not belonging to either House of Parliament —will be baited on the ? o _! _den hook . Many a man will be released from _betrearv and bankruptcy by servility and
prostitution ; and thus , within fifteen years , the country ' s honour , and the people ' s rights , "ill have been bartered to three different faction ? . There is a solicitor in Manchester , in Do practice , who has received £ 10 , 000 , in two aims of 4 : 5 , 000 each , within the last year , as a pat ofthe condition consequent upon the surrender of two opposing lines . Now , where does _tfiat money come from ? For that is the _^ _estion ; and what is a vot e worth , if _com-J'fiasatioii to a solicitor is worth 110 . 000 ?
In _Peel ' s administration , we had the exposure _flfuvo members , in high government offices , _» 6 r . £ convicted of peculation , and the English punishment was sympathy for the offenders . A precisely similar occurrence happened in _Frau-e . and there the punishment was three Fears imprisonment , a fine of 95 , 000 francs , _tasof the peerage , and of civil rights , in one c _* = € ; and a fine of 10 , 000 francs , and loss of rivij _ritihts , in three other cases . So that you _s-e how differently France and England deal ¦ •' ah niond delinquents and political offenders . Iu England there is sympathy—in France there i * _piiiiiVhmeut—for ' moral delinquents . In _Eifchmd there is a royal marriage , royal births ,
rejoicings for conquests—and the hulks and the kiwi ' s « elis are searched for objects of royal favour ; in France there are domestic congral < datioas and political offenders ofthe highest das are objects of the royal clemency . And _Jtiin England the peop le have abundantly _kwe ; , ov . fr ; but for the first time within the _?* morv of man . they are bringing that power _wta active operation , aud if there is one _cir-^ I'ft ance more than another which enrages H * _jat'Ks ofthe factions , it is the fact that e . vmii : ii » ns of popular strength g ive the lie to their l _^ _ii-hed non sense , and convince foreigners _'kf tLey are but the agents of a doomed and _H'tfk'g oligarchy .
, _W « then turn to poor Eliza Cook , the Weekly _"tyaick . and we find this amphibious thing _^ _'tiiiir it s poor venom at the Nottingham _Jrti'ii . A dvin . " horse kicks hard , and poor _Jfeftian Ifa _' rmer and his staff , that made J *"' money hy the dissoluteness of the age ll : _7 ! fcn , _ve " in , hoped to prop their little _re-^ _' _= ! in < , r p „ wcr . by joining in the cry against r _** S _» uO " Coiiiu > f ' Poor , _tveak , silly , citeniif * e tiiinjfs ! they never can forget the thrashf _ir _. W tliem in 183 d and ' 39 , when I lib - . _UHYf .. uj ) lJ ) _'NTGOF . ARENOl _^' h _^ THKM ; they never will forget my _£ _l _«« ureof their anti-repeal folly in IS 10 : ' - uWe and before all , they never will get _^ rUieirl aUingsicki . essfrom ' 60 , 000 to 12 , 000 JJ ™? -. Even -Morrison ' s ' Pills and Parr ' s llls « with the addition of a _privj diver , whose
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duty it was to inspect and . report upon the daily LABOURS of old women _wid invalids , has not saved their exchequer ; while the Illustrated London Jfews has _broughfrtheir _customers tothe « Shop over the way " _^ Even the post ofthe departed Publicola can ' t _^ _vettem . It is a legal fiction that the king can never diej andso , we presume , with theblher , estate , which preserves its monarchy when ; its contributor shall be no more . Poor Publicola has been gathered to his fathers for many a long month , Wt he still faintly lives in the " shady _ceJmsn * of the expiring Dispatch . The poor dry bread Sydney Smith , the exploded tool of theLeague , « t » _i * . _» _ * _ * __• '
weekly spits his dry foam , for it dnes like a cuckoo ' s spittle , and leaves no trace of the froth behind . What a staff to guide public opinion I What a committee of censors to expose public wrong ! But my advice to them , and all other such , is to bundle up their traps , as tlie people are becoming too moral , too wise , and too thoughtful to be juggled by caterers for the gratification of those morbid passions upon which the Newgate collectors lived .. Two or three _parties have sent me a Uttle SLIPfromthe Gardener ' s Florist , and have _asketlaie to give them a TOUCH , but ib- » _0 . W _fere & warit . NoW-wh _^^ _dS _' sucK ' _ruBblsh- as
that ? Our correspondent writes to know whether Carpenter , whom his friend Hobson painted in such glowing colours in the Star , is also the editor of that ? I really can't say—the employments ofthis mountebank have been so _multifarious , that it ' s impossible to tell whether , as Hobson stated , he is yet the keeper of a , or whether he lives at all in Portugal-street } for my own part , I don ' t think he lives very long in any one place ; I know he was the physico-moral Chartist in the Conference of 1839 , when he crossed the blunderbuss and spear over his head , and said , "THOSE WERE THE CHARTIST ARMS ; " and I know that he is the same man who was so
drunk , as Chairman at the dinner given to Duneombe , on the presentation of the National Petition , thathe couldn ' t lie on the ground without holding ; and yet this is another instructor of youth , exposer of immorality , and defender of the faith , and so forth . W . P _., from Huddersfield , appears to think that his former friend and master , Mr Hobson , has been handed from the threepenny trash to the penny hotbed , and he makes " some other remarks , which
we feel no disposition to publish ; we are opposed to backbiting of every description , and Mr Hobson , and all other men , have a perfect right to take what advantage spleen dictates , or opportunity affords ; but these things are only done behind men ' s backs , and I can't be everywhere , and I refer the writer and his aidde-camp to the reply of a real four acre shareholder of flesh and blood , and not a four acre shareholder in the clouds .
Now , my friends , I have disposed of Parliament parties and tlie press-gang , and I turn to what is of much more importance—the absolute necessity of preparing your petition sheets for the Charter , so that we may take the very earliest opportunity of testing tbe DEVOTED members in the new Parliament . This will send our principles , our adherence _, and resolution throughout the world , and will
convince foreign nations that the mind ' s growth can neither be suppressed nor concealed by a venal , a corrupt , and prostitute press . Petition sheets , pens and ink , will be distributed in convenient places over Lowbands , on the day of demonstration , and I trust that every man , woman , and child , who will be then convinced of what Chartism would make national , will sign it . Your faithful Friend and Bailiff , _Feakgus _O'Coxnoh .
P . S . —My friends , to be forewarned is to be fore-armed . Cobden is returned for the West Riding ; there will be a vacancy for Stockport , but the election cannot take place till after Parliament meets . Now is the time to muster your forces . Mr Sturge is the only man of our party you can return when there is only one vacant seat . Occupy the ground in time , and tell the Whigs that it shall be either Sturge or a Tory . Now do this , or you will have some beaten Whig Minister , or some tool of faction , imposed upon you . Occupy the ground for Sturge , and then you will have the claim of being first in the field . F . O ' C .
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TO Mn GARDENER FLORIST , OR THE FOUR ACRE SHAREHOLDER THAT DOESN'T EXIST . Sir , I p resume some one of your people sent me a number of a paper that I never heard of before , as I don't take it , and it appeared to come fresh from the office . I read it , and I never read more unprofitable rubbish . Vou seem to wonder how a hundred and thirty thousand pounds capital will buy more than £ 130 , 000 worth of land . Now , sir , you have not studied
the Land Plan , and you know nothing of reproduction . How does a builder , beginning with £ 1 , 000 , or a less sum , build £ 100 , 000 worth of houses ? Of course , hy _mortgaging them ; and can ' t the same be done with land ? the Bank lending the money instead of the capitalist _; but , perhaps , you never thought of that . Do you suppose us so foolish , sir , as to believe , at entering :, that four acres of land can be purchased , a _houge and out-builili . ngs erected , oilier improvements made , and £ 30 triven , out of £ o Os . 4 d . ? any more than that
the amount paid for shares in a railway would complete the works ofthe company ? Don ' t you know , sir , that almost all companies raise money at five per cent , to complete their works ; and then , as to the purchaser coming in and ousting us all , you haven ' t read our rules , or , if you have , you don ' t understand them , for if y < m did you'd know , that , when a shareholder gets the conveyance of his allotment , no new purchaser could demand a farthing more than the rent stated in that conveyance . Oh ! but , you say , you haven ' t got your conveyance ; well , hut I am as sure of it as if I had it , and I work at my allotment the same as if I had it ; and you say that the land is not to he mortgaged or " sold , so what have J
to fear i Your reasoning is good for nothing because , when gentlemen , without the security of labour , can get plenty of money at 3 and 34 per cent , upon mortgage , where "ill be the difficulty of our trustees raising money at 4 per cent , with the addition of all our labour given as security r You see , air , we are getting too wise for you and Jos . Hobson , and what ne advise you is to stick to your penny pictures and your Newgate Calendar , and leave us to manage our own affairs , because you have had a great many answers to your impudent questions in the fact that every week , after your rubbish appears , the funds of the Company are doubled and trebled . One thing that makes our property better seenrity than any other property is , —
firstly , that all our work is done upon the co-operative system ; and secondly , all our labour goes to enhance the value of the security above the rate at which it is purchased . I am , Mr Gardener , Florist , James Graham . A mil living four acre occupant , > ho wouldn ' t sell you Lii lot , with all ita liabilities , for £ 200 .
The Demonstration. To Visitors, My Frien...
THE DEMONSTRATION . To Visitors , My Friends , —On Monday next , the Anniversary ofPeterloo ,, 45 > iidnest working men and their families will be located in their own castles , on their own 'labour-field . The majorit y have alread y arrived , and on Monday they will tell you what I now tell you , that all , one and all , are more than satisfied with their lot . We expect the largest and ~ ~ . - ¦ ' _^^^^^^^ _y
most important Demonstration that has ever taken place in this country , because there will be something for the sight-seers to reflect upon , something more lasting arid durable than the longest yarn of flummery that the m _<^ t ingenious could spin , all about his head being cut off , his right arm being severed from his body , and his lifeless corpse trampled b y wild horses , before he would surrender th _' fe smallest particle of the glorious principles of the People ' s Charter !
Thank God ! we have winnowed the chaff from the corn , and that our good works now stand sponsor to our future pledges . I write thMetter more especiall y for the information _^ H _^ j _^ _- _^ l _^ yisjtors—to tell there that _tfiere are _^ _roads" all through the estate , and temporary paths purposely left for the accommodation of that day , and to express a hope that the work of the season may not be destroyed by the thoughtlessness of an hour . There are nearly ten acres of grass land -in the centre of the estate , commanding a view of the principal objects , and sufficiently large to accommodate all who wish to amuse
themselves j therefore , I have to express , a fervent hope that no person visiting Lowbands will do any damage to the allotments of the occupants . Those coming in carriages , or on horseback , can drive through the estate , and will then find accommodation for their horses and the safe custody of their carriages at Mr . Richard Aston ' s , whosehouse andlandsis adjoining Lowbands . There will be ample provision there , and supplied on the ground by William Dixon of Manchester , and the several occupants , who will supply tea and cold provisions . This time there will " be no charge of any sort
for admission to the estate , and , therefore , all such demands , if made , must be resisted . There will be a profusion of music , and everything that can conduce to sober and rational amusement . In the evening the cottages of the several occupants will be illuminated ; there will be a large bonfire , and dancing . Precisely at three o ' clock there will be a public meeting in front of the school-house , and there will be no lack of speakers , as the directors , Messrs . Jones , Mc Douall , Harney , and a host of well-wishers , will be present .
I presume the delegates will be prepared to meet in Conference , at Nine o ' clock , on Monday morning , in order that the business may be proceeded with and terminated , so as to allow me and my staff to start for Oxfordshire , on Saturday , the 21 st ; as , although I do not pledge myself to it , I hope to complete 100 cottages there by the latter end of October . There we have quarries of the best description , lime and sand , upon the spot ; no unimportant considerations , I assure you .
Persons driving round the estate are requested to be careful , and not to damage the stone piers at the several entrances , and as for the fruit , I presume the several occupants will have an eye to their own store . 1 don't know of any other instruction necessary for visitors , and 1 have already mapped out the road for the several occupants and delegates . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
C&Aitfct Ftntclliffence*
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To Tne Members Of The Land Company, And ...
TO TnE MEMBERS OF THE LAND COMPANY , AND THE CHARTIST BODY GENERALLY . Friends , —In my last I described my visit to _New-Cftstle-under-Ljne , on Tuesday , the 20 lh of July . On Wednesday , the 2 _lst , _according to previous announcement , 1 nent te Burslem , accompanied by several friends from Hanley , and there I encountered a brother ' Kam of Derby . ' Our meeting was held in the Market-place . Tbe first object that attracted our _atteution was a fire-engine , placed a little in advance of the ugnal place of meeting . Some said it was intended to cool oar courage , if any of us attempted to speak , but as that _vroulil bave been a breach of the peace on the part of those who _ordered it to be placed there , and a very harmless mode of doing so , I did not trouble my « _elf about the rival spouter . A cask was very conveniently placed at the corner of tht : court-house , on wbich I mounted , and commenced my address .
I bad not exceeded twenty minutes wben a police officer came , and ordered the owner of the cask to remove it . I did not wait for the execution of tbat order , but descending immediately , I _mounted a stone pillar . The policeman retired , as it afterwards appeared , to receive additional instructions from the magistrates who were assembled in tbe _Court-bouiie _, nnd present ]; returned , witb an order for me to desist . 1 refused , at tbe same time cautioning the people an no account to interfere , whatever might occur , A body of police wortthen marched up , and I was requested to appear before tbe magistrate * . Accompanied by Mr Pale , 1 accordingly adjourned to the magisterial presence . The High Constable , wben 1 demanded the reason of being summoned before bim , informed me tbat I could not be
allowed to speak in the Market-place . * For what reason ! ' ' Because it is our property . ' ' I beg to differ with you there . Tbe Market place ia the property ol tbe inhabitants of Burslem , and , a < _s a proof of it , a certain number of householders can , on tbeir own authority , summon a meeting tbere , even after jou have refused tbe prayer of their requisition . ' ' You have not done so on tbis occasion ; besides , we bave bad disturbances at former meetings , and we are determined to prevent them . ' I have done what is equivalent to it . A number of householders aro ready l » take upon themselves the responsibility tbis night ; and I ( turning to the police officer who summoned me ) call upon you to bear witness if 1 have not shown tbo utmost anxiety to keep the peace . ' Policeman : ' You have , sir . '
A Doctor Somebody , % 4 jo was present as a magistrate : * You are a mere itinerant lecturer . ' ' And you arc no gentleman , sir , to make use of such an observation , holding tbe office jon do . I have been brought up as well , or perhaps better , tban you bave been . I consider your conduct improper and _intuiting . ' A Mr Johnston , another juBtass , wbo evidently had been summoned from a joiial dinner table , trustees ' meeting , or electioneering , feed , starting up from bis seat , exclaimed— 'You are a d d scoundrel . '— 'And yoa are something worse to me such _language in a justice room , and ought to be fined . Yuu ure a _dingracu to _yeur office . ' ' I'll knock you dowu , you scoundrel , by G—d I will , ' ' Come and do it , if you can or dare . ' He staggered up to the bar with clenched fist . I waited for him , but tbe high constable caught bis baud when raised to r-trike , and , interposing , said—• You will make aUowance for the state lie is in . ' ' I could and will make him allowance as a man , but not as a magistrate . '
To curtail tbe report ; I insisted on _^ speabiog _, if it was merely to protect my own party , and prevent a breach of the peace . The high _constable seemed disposed to yield , but the others would not allow him . I did , however , address thu meeting , and was again brought up , when I reprimanded the bench for Iheir riotous conduct , and de . clared my intention to have a _requisition of tbe householders , aud summon and bold a meeting in spite of them . I then wentduwn and adjourned tbe meeting l <> a waste piece of ground , anda _tremendeus gathering we bad . Tbe matter shall not rest _htre . If I should not be required at Conference on the Iflth , 1 will proceed to Wolverhampton , and agitato that district , until the camp meeting , on the 22 nd , at _Netvtuu Moor , at which the Liverpool men bave requested my attendance .
I , according to the particular request of Mr O'Connor and Mr _Itofcerts , attended the Blackburn election . Wc lost it bj being too late in the field ; but , according to the opinion of all parties , _secured it for tha next time . The enthusiasm of the pneplc was marked and decided . Not a flag of tlie enemy waved . Not a band , save our own . raised its cheering _netcs . Th » y triad to ride us down , when marching in procession , with their carriage _horsM at full speed , but every oue ot' tbe enemy s conveyances was promptl y arrested , and compelled to turn back . Oh Sunday , the ] st _, I lectured in Lirerpool to a very spirited audience . I shall _Iscture in Chester , and , If possible , some pari * Of North Kales .
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_JnT _^& _ri _«*" thi 8 report ' _witw « a »«» g _" to the grand event of the elections , the ever memorable and glorious victory of O'Connor at Notting ham The _i 2 ndff ! _, _Tl leC _!? mcrita »»« 0 _" ' s thanks and S _^ _Sfc _? _«» _*« _" M ™» P _*;» i * .. tho unmerciful thrashing _thoy gave to Hobhouse and the base Wfbies and the : return of the first Chartist , the first » _an out of our ranks in England . Tbenews nearly drove tbe whole of us craiy with joy and enthusiasm . The announcement ran like wildfire through tho country and met me at every tarn ,
_TbeDerhy Ram will now have a tether to his foot , and bis horns cropped . The same to the Burslem flock We ! havo bad » glorious champion at . ill times in the House in tho person of our es teemed Duneombe , the _gallp „ t advocate of Labour ' s rights . But he has got a _suppo _, _£ now , whovwill not fail him iu the hour of need . All hall the men of Nottingham ! They haveun Jteil in _O'Connqr . _jiarlmmcBtary and popular power . _TVvhn » battered d _| wn thc gateway of exclusive repre «„ . * , _« " and pat _la _^ the wedge . Surely , with one firm fZ n « al threshold _* 0 f Parliament , tho people will <• _ji _" it borne They hare bait revenged Frost , and aim . enttrclv " compmedtUe _victims of Whig _perset- . tt , i 0 ,, by fairh routing , and most gallantly defeating , f no right wine oi the ministerial forces . They have raised our hopes , stimulated our courage , and confirm ed our principi ' by returning O'Connor , _therepreseD ' _ativ , of _Charllsm of the tana cry and of the interestr _, „ f Labour Ulrough . out Great Britain and Ireland . "
" - ' _: ¦ _# _*&& - ¦ v _E _ivfatthfti ! ly , yours , .. r _? _u v - . p - _« . M'Douiii . . .. [ The above was reaeivcd last week , but the extraordinary press of election ma Jtcr compelled its postponement . ) r ' m _BmMiNOHAu .-Shi p Ir . _ At a very crowded _meeting on Sunday _eyemnp _, \ aitt Mr Davi ( 1 poMg in Ule cliair , tlie fo lowing / esoJutions ffcro unanimously aped to . Moved by ; Mr Powell , seconded by Mr Fearn : — ' Thatwe , theC ! iarrjgts _, meeting atthe Sliip Jnn _. do pledge ourselves to' _^ i Be an annual subscription towards the £ 600 per atinur A . which is requisite to enable our Indomitable leader , Feargus O'Connor , MP . ; to discharge his arduous « luti is ., „ the representative for Nottingham , and as the _peopj 0 ' g advocate , and defender of their just rights and pri filegea , in the Commons' House of Parliament ; and w hope that our humble endeavours in _promoting so g' jod an object will meet with tho hearty cooperation _f jf all true democrats In this great nation .
Moved by Mr Newhouse , seconded by Mr Stephenson : — That a special meeting of the members of the Land Compr my _anfl Chartists ofthe Ship locality do take place on _Tlmrjday evening , August 19 tb , at 8 o ' clock , to take into con-ideration the propriety of taking a room at the P _^ ple ' _s Hall . _¥ Moved by Sir Newhouse , and seconded by Mr F ' earn : — That a sub-committee of three be appointed to draw up an address to the members of the _Land Company , showing them the necessity of joining the National Charter Association , Messrs Fussell , Potts , and Newhouse , wore then appointed aa the committee .
Bethnal Green . —At a general meeting of the Chartist and Laud Members of the Globe ana Friends locality , held on Sunday evening , August 8 tfa , the following resolution was unanimously adopted , ' That the grateful and heartfelt thanks of thc members of this locality are due , and are hereby given , to the electors and _non-electMS for tho noble stand they have recently made in deft nee of Chartist principles at Nottingham , Greenwich , Halifax , Tiverton , Sheffield _. iBradford _, Edinburgh , Finsbury , and other places , and wo trust that the unparalleled success wo have achieved during the general _election may have a tendency to stimulate our brethren throughout the united _kingdom , to renewed exertions , in order to secure the return of as many as possible of _thejpeople ' s friends to the Commons' House of Parliament .
_BETHHAti-GREBSi—On Monday evening last a locality of the National Charter _Asacciation was formed at the Railway _Engino codec heuse . Bricklane . A public meeting will take place at the above houso uext Wednesday evening week , | when Mr Smith will address the meeting . _Cajibbrweli , and _Walwobth . —Atthe usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of this district , held at Harrison's Assembly Rooms , after Mr John Simpson had reported from the National Registration and Central Election Committee , it was unanimously recommended , ' That a Central Registration Offi « be established as speedily as possible . '
Edinburgh . —The news of Mr O'Connor ' s victory at _Nottingham created _^ the greatest joy and excitement among the Chartist body here , large bills _containing the joyful news were . immediately posted throughout the city : At a meeting held on Saturday evening , August 7 th , John Cockburn moved , seconded by John M'Donald , ' That a public meeting be immediately called to _ do honour to the electura and men of Nottingham and to express our thanks by the adoption of an address . ' Carried
unaniraonsly . | Archibald Walker moved , WalterPringle seconded tho following , * That having read with admiration the speeches of thc various Chartist _candidatcs . at the late election , we are of opinion that were they published in _tbejform of a pamphlet , containing also those of thoir opponents / much good would result therctrom , and that the good and true of this age would hand them down to posterity as a relic of what they had spoken and dono to achieve their country's liberty , and that Mr O'Connor be requested to undertake this ta « k . ' Carried unanimously .
Finsbury . —A committee has been formed te collect monies for tho General Election Fund . Haliwx . —Chartism is flourishing in Halifax Since Mr Jones first paid us a visit , some fifty members have been added to our Association , and Chartism is the principal topic of conversation . We are continually holding public meetings , and everything looks prosperous and cheering . Even women and children are beginning to agitate the question , and the opponents of Chartism tremble . Staffordshire . —Tho attention of the Pottery friends , both Chartists and Land members , is called to thc fact , that a subscription is open to assist the General Election Committeo . It is earnestly desired that every friend to the cause will forward his or her support either to J . Yates or Edward Sale , secretaries , or Robert Tough , treasurer .
Staletdridge . —Mr Jobn West ( M . P . lor Stockport ) lectured here on Wednesday evening , in the Town Hall . The meeting was very large . Mr West delivered a splendid address which was unanimously applauded . Somers Town . —At the usual meeting on Sunday evening last , the following sums wero paid in for the Nottingham Election Fund : —Mr Laurie ' s book , including 5 s 6 d from a Chartist family , £ 1 4 » Gd ; Mr _Arnott's ditto , 3 s Od ; Mr Tumor ' s ditto , ls ; Mr Lucas ' s ditto , ls ; Mr Robinson ' s ditto , ls ; Mr Page ' s ditto , Gd ; and Mr Hall ' s ditto , 01 ; total £ 1 12 s Od . Tub National Registration and Central Election Committee—At a meeting of this body on
Tuesday evening , August the 10 th , Mr William Cuffiiy it the chair , correspondence was read . from Nettingham , upon which the secretary was instructed to write to the Election Secretary for that borough immediately , and it was then resolved : — ' That a synopsis of thc Reform and Registration Acts together with the schedule of notice to overseers , of the determination of the committee to enforce the penalty for wilful neglect of duty in refusing to place the name of qualified compound householders and others on the Electoral Register , be printed forthwith for distribution in all tho cities and boroughs in Great Britain returning members to Parliament . ' The following list of subscriptions was handed in and the committee adjourned .
Francis Mulligan , 2 * 6 d ; Benjamin Hawlitt , 6 il ; G . Itathbone , ls ; Mr Henry Foster , 2 s ; Mr J , Bailing , 1 s ; Mr Mundtn , Book , Marylebone , 3 s 4 d ; II . W ., 6 d ; MT . Smith , 6 d ; Mirfield , per B . Pearson , 10 s ; Hightanue _, per Mr _Crasley , £ 2 3 s 3 d ; C . Clegg , do ., 7 s 3 d ; John _CuarluBworth . do ., £ 159 4 d ; W . Cbapmuud , _Heckmandwike , 13 s 2 d ; W . Lacy Cleckheator , ls fid ; Brighton , per W . Flower , 12 s ; J . St _« phcnson , Banff , 6 d ; 12 farthings from a boy , Mirfield , 3 d ; C . Fox , 2 s ; Mansfield , 9 d ; Hyde , £ 1 Hi _6-i ; Whittington and Cat , ls 2 d ; Tillieoultry , £ 1 17 s ( JJ ; Longton , 4 s ild ; Arbroath , jb'l -Is ; Mr Russell , 2 * 6 d ; Newark , £ 1 ; Burnley Land Branch , No 1 , £ 1 15 s ; Do . , No , 2 , 15 s ; Wakefield , per Mr Whitakcr , £ 110 s ; W . T . Hodgson , Esq ., 9 s ; Binning _, ham , per Goodwin , Is 7 d ; Great Glen , a few friends , 2 s ; Gulilimus Spilsby , 3 s Gd ; J . Cattle , Is ; S . Cattle , lid ; G . Garrntt , ls ; Huddersfield , £ 3 15 s ; Northwich , ls ; Leicester , perBarnow _, 12 s ; Leicester , per Astill , £ 112 ; total , £ 22 6 s 7 d .
Jas . _Obassbi , Sec . Tiverton . —A meeting was convened on Friday evening , by the friends of the Charter , at tho White Ball Inn , to adopt the best means of carrying out the noble principles recently advocated on our hustings by Mr Julian Harney . A committee of twelve was chosen , and from them was selected a president , _treasurer , and secretary . A great number of members have been enrolled , and more arc cxj > ctedat the next meeting . The Tiverton Chartists return their thanks to tbe electors and nen-elcclors ol Nottingham for the return ofour honest friend and leader , feargus O'Connor , to the Commons' House of Parliament . The Tivertonion 8 will endeavour to fo low their example at the next election . Towbb Hamlets . —At a recent meeting , votes ol thanks were passed to the electors of the Tower
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Hamlets and _Nottingham , for thc election of George Thompson , Esq .. ftU ( _j Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Wakefield .- _-Progress of Chartism . —On Friday evening , tho _fyh instant , a public meeting was held in the large v 00 ffl ) George and C own Yard , to discuss the _gi- _. _^ _at an glorious principles of Demncracy . Atthe Mme appointed , 8 o'clock , tho room filled , but _sor a _aftev 8 , ifc waa densely crowded . On the _motion of Mr W . Dawson , seconded by Mr WW , Mr ' _£ , Roodhouso took thc chair , who , on coming ™'/ wavd , was received with cheers . After making a ' . ew remarks to the meeting on the right of the people to the franchise , and inviting thc _workinu classes to join the National Charter Association , he introduced Mr H . Exley to move ihe fir-t resolution . Mr Exley was received with cheers . Ho commenced by reading the resolution , whieh was as follows : —
That this meeting , being painfully _convlnctd of tho manifold grievances under whicii the great mass of the peeple suffer , are determined to use every _legitimate means for their removal , and wiiludopt any remedy that appears satisfactory to ui . Mr Exley made a powerful address , showing the evil results to the people of class legislation , and said _, whenever the people , by moral force , were on the stepping stone of liberty , the Church and aristocracy had always stepped in and caused thc people to resist force by _lorce , [ causing misery and bloodshed . It had been so in the time of Charles and James ; it had been so with the French Revolution , nnd it has ever been so when thc people were on the road to freedom . Mr E . continued at great length to show the
evil of a Stato Church and astanding army and navy , and of having to support an idle and prclligatc aristocracy ; anal after calling upon the meeting to j . _in the Chartists in their attempt to gain their political freedom , he concluded by moving the resolution . ( Cheers . ) Mr John Hodgson seconded thc resolution in a brief but telling speech . Thc chairman called upon Mr T . \ V . Lamb to support the resolution . Mr Lamb , on coming forward , was received with loud cheers . [ Ii may be necessary here to state that _during thc election for this borough , Mr _Lambwa-i waylaid in the night time by about fifty hired assassins , and cruelly beat with heavy _b'udgeons , and was left for dead . He had taken an active part against Mr Saunders , the Tory candidate , ( new member ) ,
and this was the reason why he was so used . But , thank God , he has rallied once more , to fi ht the battle of right against might , and justice against tyranny , ] Mr Lamb said , that the principles of Democracy were the principles of truth and justice , and there waa never a truly great honest man , a man who felt , and _strugsled , and lived for the people , but that man waa a democrat , lie said it was a _atrnnge anomaly that tbe people , the masses , who arc the only producers of wealth , should be the only clais who are not represented , lie claimed for the working man his rights , and no more . lie had a right to the franchise , not because he rented a ten pound house , or possessed a forty shilling freehold , but because he was a man . He then showed that the Reform Bill
wns a fraud , a mockery , and a delusion ; for when the people joined the advocates of that measure , they were promised on every hustings , by the very men who are now at the head of affairs , that they would join them ( the people ) to obtain Universal _Suffrage . Had they done so ? No , There arc only two men in the House of Commons who have the honesty and manliness to stick to tbeir principles . He then continued at some length to show thc j slice of the principles of the Charter , and gavo a . clear and able exposition of the'Six Points . ' He then went on to prove that tho people were able to exercise the Suffrage . Mr Lamb concluded a long and powerful
speech , replete with good sense and Bound argument , which it is impossible to do justice to without giving it whole and entire , by calling up : m the persons present to come forward and join the Chartists in tlieir effortB to regain their long lost rights Mr Lumb was loudly cheered at the conclusion ot hi * address Mr W . Dawson camo forward to move the second resolution . He defended thc _Ctianistn from the charge of being destructives , and said they did not want to pull down , but to build up . Ue then paid a just tribute to T . S , Duneombe , Esq , ( or his patriotic , his manly , and honest defence of the riglits of man . He moved the _following resolution : —
That , having heard the able exposition oi tbe principles ofthe People ' s Charter by Mr L » mb , this _mcetii'g considers such principles paramount to evtry olhtr question that can agitate the public mind ; this _mei-ting . therefore , pledges itself forthwith to joiu the National Charter Association of Great Britain , Mr Ward , late of Barnsley , seconded the resolution . The chairman then came forward and said : before putting the resolution he should like to hear tin old friend whom he _buw present , and whom he hoped would come forward to support the resolution . He then called Mr Joseph Horner —( loud cheers)—to address the meeting . Mr Horner said , ha did not expect being called upon to address them on this occasion , therefore , for this reason , nnd the high
temperature of the room , he would not occupy much of their time . He then defended the people from the charge of being ignorant , and stated that hU poorer brethren had as much right to the _franchise as he had . Mr Horner concluded a brief but pithy speech amidst loud cheers . The chairman having put the resolution , which was carried , Mr Horner again rose and said—ho would willingly join them in their efforts to better their condition , and he would give them ono sovereign per year , and assist them when required , to pay any _expenees incurred in getting up meetings like the present . ( Loud cheers . ) After the meeting twenty-nine new members were enrolled , thus showing the good that had been produced upon the meeting .
On Monday evening , the 9 th instant , an -united tea party of the members of the Land Company and the members of the National Charter Association was held in Mr Lancaster ' s . _' arge room , to _commentate the return of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., not only as the representative of the electors and nonelectors of Nottingham _. but of the people of England . After the numerous company had freely partaken of ' tho cup which cheers bnt not inebriates . ' Mr R . Brooke _was appointed chairman , who called upon Mr Dawson to address the meeting . Mr Dawson passed a high meed of praise on tho electors and nonelectors of Nottingham for sending to Parliament a roan who has manfully struggled against , and at last succeeded in beating down , prejudice , and who has spent more time , more money , and more strength , than any other man living in the cause of the people . After entering at some length on Mr O'Connor ' s Land Plan . Mr Dawson concluded by moving the following resolution : —
That the best thanks of this _meeting are due and hereby given to the electors and _non-ekctors of _Noitingbam _, for the noble and praiseworthy example they havo set to tbe country by returning to Parliament that distinguished patriot , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Mr W . T . Lamb seconded the _resolution in a short , but effective speech . Tho chairman put the resolution to the meeting , whicii was carried by acclamation . Tho rest of tho evening was spent in enjoying the merry dance , and listening to tlie enlivening songs . The company _teparated highly delighted with the whole proceedings . VVo are indebted to the female Chartists of Wakefield for this manifestation of respect to our ' old general ' Mr O'Connor . After all expenses had beon paid , there remained £ 1 ls , fid . for the Nottingham Election Fund . I
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . A Visit to _Tna Pkoplk ' _s Farm . —Grand _dgraonstration by pleasure vans to O'Connorville , on Monday , August 16 : h _, 1847 , in honour of the allottees taking possession of the People ' s second estate at Lowbands . Vans to start from the Coach painter's Arms , Circus-street , Now-road , at six o'clock in the morning . TioketB to be had of Mr Bayston , 21 , Hereford-street , Lissou-grove ; Mr Packer , 6 , White Lion passage , _Edgowaro-road ; and Mr Godwin , 13 , Great Chesterfield-street . The proceeds te go to the Central Election Fund . Cambebwbll and Walworth , _—Mcssrc John Sewell and Robert Ackenhead will deliver _adurcBscB at Harrison ' s Assembly Rooms , Walworth , on Monday evening next , August 16 th , at eight o ' clock _preoUely , on the People ' s Charter aud the Horrors ef War .
_Demonstration in celebration of taking possession of Lowbands by tlie allottees , by van , trom the Coach Painters * Arms , Circus-street , Marylebone , on Monday next , August 16 th , to start at six o clock m the morning , and proceed direct to 0 Lonnorviile . Tickets to be obtained of Mr Packer , news agent , 18 , Harrow Road : Mr Godwin , 13 , Great Chesterfieldstreet ; Mr Bayston , 21 , _Ilereford-Btreot , Lisson Grove ; and at thc above house . All profits arising to he devoted to the Election Fund . Hull . — The Chartists will meet as usual on Sunday evening next , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , at six o ' clock . HALiFAX .-Mr James Bowden will preach in tit * Working Man ' s Hall , Bull Close-lane , Halifax , on Sunday , August 15 th , from the fourth chapter of Jeremiah ; to commence at haii-paet six in the ovening .
MA . NcuBsnn .-Mr Sheldon Chadwick will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , _Heyrod-street , Ancoatt _" , ok Sunday August 15 th . Chair to be taken at , _hali-past _. Bix o ' clock in the evening . Notice , —the Chartist grand soiree and ball that was to take pliu « on the 16 th of August , in the People ' s Institute , is postponed until further notice .
To The Electors And Kox-El.P.Ct-,:;-G Of...
TO THE ELECTORS AND _KOX-El . P . _CT-,: ; _-g OF TIVERTON . Gentlemeh , —It is with heartfelt gratitude lhat I now tender you my thanks for the honour yuu conferred on me at the recent election in according me' the show uf hands . ' That I am not at thi ; -: _ihomentyour returned number is owing lo no _usis-illingncss on your part : bnt to that great' _tlefi _.-e \ in our constitution by which thc mass of the peopl .: are _deprived oi their birthright—the power of eleciing their _oivn representatives ; a power which Justice imperatively demands , and which Policy must , ue long , concede .
I now repeat the announcement made oi _* the hustings , that _whenever another election shall take place I shall again solicit the honour of your « if . frages , and prove my confidence in your _favourite regard by going lo the poll . Having so recently and so fully explained tc ; you my principles , and those principles having _receive ! so cordial a sanction from you , it is unnecessary i ' jr me to enter now into any detail of them . _Swli-.-e it , they are no ! lluslb . qs sentiments , intended m a
bye-road lo popularity , to be repudiated on the _mst favourable opportunity , they are the results of _<* _- _^ p and earnest conviction , and of life-long experience ; they were not assumed to gain your _votes—thajr have guided and influenced every action of my life . And whilst our people are perishing for Lick of food , and our prisons are filled with criminalswhilst offences ave _coimuiUtd even by the novice in guilt , because the criminal is treated with more humanity than the stoning pauper—whilst the laws of man separate those whom God has joined together—and whilst the sentences of judges have become lenient , and the verdicts of juries equivocal
_because Humanity could not endure to contemplate ilie legalised murders that would otherwise bu the result of the innumerable illegal and secret ones , 1 feel that further proof of the inefficiency oi' the present system cannot he needed by any enliglu » ned mind—lhat the laws ( direct and indirect ) for the prevention of poverty and " crime have _sigrally failed-that a very different course of _legislation alone can in future be regarded as either juil or politic—and that the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter are such as ought to govern ihs People ' s Lawmakers , since they alone are bas «; on that precept of Justice— 'Do unto thy _fellow-raan as thou wouldcst he should do to thee . '
1 acknowledge with pleasure the general courtesy of my opponent and his supporters ; any triflirg exceptions t « this courtesy I iiesirc to forget as heartily as I forgive . Special thanks are due to the Mayor of Tiverton for his honourable and impartial conduct . Tiverton is fortunate in possessing so upright a chief magistrate , and may feel more secure of the pence and good-feeling under the rule of one who makes iustice and ' fair ploy' his motto , than if au _arruj- of the-new police were stationed in the town .
And now , while compelled to use lhat painful word ' Farewell , ' I must add my firm resolve that it shall he but for a time . As the Doge of Venice was wedded to the Adriatic , so am I wedd > : 'I to Tiverton , a spot in whicb 1 find more _memui > as well as outward , charms than ever bridegroom did in his bride . Whilst I gazed on your lovely scenery and contemplated the peaceful rural life of the suburbs , and the public energy and political _knowledge inseparable from manufactures j whilst my eyes
were rivetted first on the busy towu , with its _lavely women , and its patriotic men—and then o ; _i ihe Elysian country round it ; whilst my heart ' ;» at warmly in response to the courtesy of the higher classes , and the enthusiasm and sterling devotion of the people , 1 vowed , that ( life permitting / the day should come when I would return to , and be returned for , that Eden-like spot to whicii I tender the dedication of my every energy , thought ; and aspiration .
Again , then , and again , accept tny _wiraest gratitude for your kindness , with my _assurance that my conduct shall ejer-justify your confidence—snd a hope , and most trusting belief , that the next 'ime 1 tender you my thanks it will be as M . P . FOR
TIVERTON . I am , Gentlemen , Your grateful and faithful _Servrot , Brompton , Middlesex , G _. Julian _Hakskt August 10 , 1847 .
Progress Of Tub Carpkntbrs' And Joiners'...
Progress of tub Carpkntbrs' and Joiners' M _^ ra-MEst . — This movement is now drawing to a successful termination . The privilege of leaving off work on Saturdays at four o ' clock , instead of half-paBt five , is now _' in operation in upwards of seventv establishments , _anions which , are the names of a majority of the most influential builders in town . It is gratifying to s'ate , that this important _privileio hasbVen granted without a strike : which alike _rsitecta the greatest credit on the good sense of tho mechanics , and the friendly spirit of their _employi-ra , The deles » t _>> _meetings of the above trado _stiU continue at the Parthetiium _Goffne Rooms , St . Martin '* _, lane , every Thursday evening , and will continue to do so until the privilege is completely established . It is to be hoped that _thuso shops , where tho _privilege has not yet been granted will send delegates to these _meetings .
West London Cbntral Anti-Enclosure A _.-sisciation . The next meeting of this association wiil take place atthe Princess llo . < al , Circus-street , _Ne-. _* _--i'oad , on Monday August lGth , after eight , forthe _tii , _nsaction of business and the making further at _rangt-MiviUti respecting the library . _ExTEN-sivit Fire in Manchester . —On Wi-dnesday night , about , eight o ' clock , a fire was discovered in a very extensive pil « of warehousing , the corner of New Brown-street , and fronting Market-street , iu Manchester . Flames wero seen issuing _through tho windows of the rcoms occupied by Messrs F . Smith and Co paper manufacturers , tlie . The _devouring element ra / ed with such fury thnuil hopes of wiving the main building in which the fire originated was
_, out of tho question . Next to this building wu _situats tho extensivostructurcoecupied priucipallvby Mean _Cunliffe Brooks , and Co ., bankers . The flames soon communicated to this building , and for a . tint * threatened its entire destruction . 1 he west wing of the bank building was destroyed , which was occupied by Mr Henry Hewitt , tailor and draper , whoa * stock , said to lie valued at nearly £ 5 , 000 , was totallydestroyed . Behind the shop of Mr Hewitt wns tha Old Swan Hotel , occupied by Mr John Sloan , lesgee of tlie Queen ' s Theatre , which , with the whole of his furniture , stock , < fcc , was either destroyed or injured to such an extent as to rentier it valueless . The total loss is about dE 30 , 000 , nearly tho whole of which is covered by insurance .
The Great Britain Steam Ship . _—Notwithstanding the heavy gale of Wednesday , the stones aud wedges so admirably contrived by Messrs . Brcmuer _, diil their duty well . Considerable apprehension waa entertained uutil tho storm subsided , wheu , upon examination , it was found that the ship had altered her position only in a slight degree ; this was to be attributed to the upsetting ofthe sea-side lever , and the displacement of some of the wedges , and probably the stones _al-o , which latter has frequently happened after a heavy sea , from the time Captain Claxtoii adopted the plan early in April . Thc . tide has been unfavourable for the outside work , in conse . _quence of the weather not allowing tliem to ebb to their usual distance . However , at the furthest the
ship is expected to be floated off on Saturday next , perhaps a day or two sooner , if the ebbing of the tides will enable the workmen to proceed with tho lightening of the vessel more expeditiously . Even though the tides should be _uufavev & toe for this purpose , so anxious is Captain Caxton to havo her away , that he is determined to meet any leakage by the aid of pumps . One of these , called a Marsh pump , capable of discharging three tons in a minute , has been already shipped , and two larger _< mes on the same model are being prepared ; and it is expected that Ihey will be completed by Monday , so that by our next publication we hope to hare the pleasure of announcing that the Great Britain has been floated
off under the triumph of superior skill , indefatigably applied . A largo steamer , called the Birkenhead , _600-horse power , is expected on Monday to render assistance . —Doivnpatrick Recorder oi Saturday . Mv A , Stafford O'Brien , tho member for North Northamptonshire _. _has dropped the name of O'Brien , so as to be now Mr Augustus Stafford . Itis reported , says thc Cornwall Gazette , that her Majesty will this auiumn visit Cornwall ; probably on her vovagc round to the west coast of Scotland * A Welsh _liapersays she will visit _Milftrd Haven . All tho engine drivers employed on the Jamaica rnilwav ; . ro American blacks , who have undergone a sfict examination by an European engineor , and tviio are said to discharge their dutie 3 with exemplary skill and attention .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14081847/page/1/
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