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( Gentlemen , —I rejoice ; to find tbat a natii ooal representation of your body is to be held at _Binmngham on Monday and Tuesday next , i 2 nd in order tbat tbe result of your delibera-: _tions may not be lost for want of publication , I ; _tyg to apprise you that I have g iven directions Ibat as much space as you may require in the t _Northern Jftor * shall be reserved for that _purpose . As upon the reporting of alt such patters very much depends their value to society _, and as it frequently occurs that renorter _. unused to Trades ' business do injury by from
_^ us-statements arising misconception , j and as I prefer saddling any errors that may j occur upon you rather than upon myself , you _5 _ 1 be good enongh to send yonr reports , authenticated b y the London secretary , to the _office on as ea . lv a day in the week as possible , in order thit your proceedings may be jntrodnced with a suitable comment . Should { bis arrangement not suit yonr managing body jn London , those gentlemen will have tbe £ 00 ( 111653 to notify tbeir objection to Mr Harney , Northern Star office , who will make the necessary arrangements for the attendance nf a reporter ; while I apprise you thatthe
publication in such case cannot be so complete _$ _ satisfactory as if sent officiall y by your _jecretary . As much space as your _proceedings may require being held at your service , _jncl as an edition ofthe Star is published for Scotland and the north of England , at twelve o ' clock on Thursday ni ght , you will see the _necjssity ofan earl y delivery of ihe matter . Your secretary will be good enough to send matter as fast as it is prepared , as a flood of manuscript _QOW- inj * " upon the compositors at once leads to delay _and confusion . ¦ Yonr obedient servant , _Feakg-us O'Coxxor .
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10 TflOlGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL . ' Mv Lobd , " Since the triumph o f Free Trade p rincip les _* a 5 accomplished , I have been in the habit of calling your attention to the subject weekly end monthly , and , indeed , while anticipations as to the result were hi gh-1 cautioned you of the fallacy of yonr policy . While engaged inlaying the foundation ofa new system oi J _jomestic Economy , 1 have had very ample oppo rtunities of canvassing what tbe inevitable result of Free Trade institutions must lead to ; and I have been strengthened in every one of my most alarming forebodings , because I am now convinced that Free Trade in Laff itr and Produce , if not accompanied by Free Trade in Religion and Land , must , and inevitably _v-nll _. lead to -Free Trade in thrones , titles , distinctions , and property . I dare say you have missed me from tbe political arena of late , and you must understand the cause . Erstly , then , 1 feared the effect of esdtement npon an impoverished people ; and I calculated upon the God-send my incarceration irould be to Whiggery during a contested dec-ion , as I am free to confess , that , under the pressure of famine , I could not keep ay tongue within tbe limits of "Whi g convenience ; and , secondly , I wa __ resolved that no violence of mine should be the means of introducing a _^ ree labour class to their neighbours , nth characters damaged by their leader ' s intemperance- But , my Lord , there is a point .. rond which human endurance cannot be driven ; and tbe effect of your policy is daily bringing me nearer and nearer to that point . I have not the heart , my Lord , that can bear t _ _etears * of mothers , the hungry howl of little innocent children , that beset my door from morning toni g ht ; nor can I say to able-bodied men in search of work , " I can hear your tale of we unmoved 1 " When honest men , willing to earn their bread " by the sweat of their . row , " come to me , and tell me that their families have uot tasted food for a whole day , and when their anxious countenance stamps the assurance with truth , I cannot say , " Go chut your business /*"
about 300 men—carpenters , masons , p lasterer ., bricklayers , quarrj _* men , sawyers , carters , Ike-smiths ) wheelwrights , slaters , and labourers , and that upon 150 acres of land , which previously never employed more than four Ken , any one year . I mention this fact , my Lord , that you may learn that there is an ample field for the employment of remunera-- « e , jbecause productive , labour : and to caution tou against the fallacy of supposing , that the most stringent laws of political economy will reconcile able-bodied men to the theory of Free Trade . My Lord , you and yonr press have dealt in just and wholesale abuse of the Irish landlords ; but , my Lord , as I apprised you in August last , Famine has now come to your own door . We read of food riots in Ensdand ; and the clemency and charity of English landlords and the wealthier dasses is manifest in their alacrity to serve as special ... stables , and as _accoHfrect * yeomen , to _pre-Sirve the peace . _3 Iy Lord , will you have the goodness to point out in your p lace in Parliament what the English upper and middle . lasses have done to mitigate the present want : Perhaps you will answer—the Poor laws . . Well , my Lord , in such case one fact .. worth a bushel of arguinents , andhereit is : — On _Tuesdays labourer of fifty-six years of age asked me very imploringly , "if he mig ht leave of work before the usual time , as his wife was not expected to live , and he bad a large family , and had several miles to walk . " I told him to " go then , not to stop away from her : " and he said , "She won ' t live ; thedoct . rordered her some soup ; but the overseer ordertdhim away , and would not give him any . -now , my Lord , this is no JPree Trade sleambsat Fairy Tale . The man ' s name is Bichard Curtis ; he lives in the parish of Eldersfield , and , J of course , you expect him to be a good and % __ - subject , ready to defend the Church ¦ ond Queen , with his life ' s blood . "Ex uno . disce omnes ' , '—from this sample , my Lord , _ * o _ may judge the sack ; and now for a more _Extensive review of our parochial affairs . -Veither landlord nor parson in this parish has attempted to assist the poor in their distress ; " while the farmers , burdened with hig h rents _, heavy tithes , ' and onerous local taxation , are , as I predicted , dispensing with as muchi manual labour as possible . Flour is 18 s . a 1 - - _-.. 1 ? L-- _« - -. __?_ -. —___ , _ _ * -. ____ . /_•_ I
are 7 s ., 8 s ., and in some instances , 9 s . a "week . I am giving 12 s . ; so that a man , his wife and family , at the best wages , can earn half a bushel of flour a week and nothing left for rent , firing , clothes , tools , or wet days . % Lord , this will he a particularly disastrous season for the agricultural labourers , because the hay harvest will be three weeks , at least , later than usual , and there will be but little employment in the interval . I went io Gloucester on Monday and gave a commission for ten tons of potatoes , bnt could not get them under _& 14 aton—S 5 s . a sack ; flour FOUR POUNDS a sack— £ 32 a ton . Now , in this state of things , what are the people to do ? Will you , though late , appoint a proper excise staff aud take stock of every man ' s store and . < -al __ late every femily- * necessities ? If you don ' t do it the people , I fear , will . This is one of the blessings of Free Trade- Now let me inform you that the scant appearance ofthe itack yards is no criterion by which to judge ofthe amount of provisions in the conntry- The corn which is usually in the stack vard at this season of the year is now u . nder Free 7 Va __ . lock and key in the ForestaMers ' Store House , and a national inspection and _return of the amount of grain thus up-hu _ s . handed will astonish you and the world , *_ nd _« '"dl prove that , in the midst of plenty , s _pecufaUonmay create an artificial scarcity . There has heen more oats and beans saved this year from not feeding hotses with them than would f _« ed all Ireland till harvest . _> _, ot a farmer w fifty gives his _hoKesagrainjoi _oats—it is _ ail
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in the Free Trade Store Houses . My Lord , open those hiding-places , -at least for inspection , board and gauge every vessel , take stock ot every railway train , have a return of tbe untbrashed stacks , and , my life for it , you will find a real plenty , where scarcity is made a Free Trade bugbear . I tell vou candidly that I burn to knock those Free Trade rascals down when I see the vipers grinning at the woe tbey bave created and lamenting over scarcity , while their storehouses are full . M y Lordif
, you don ' t inspect them I fear a greater enemy will . The approaching election terrifies you , my Lf lrd . You would prefer ofiice with plague , pestilence , and famine , to a graceful retirement , consequent upon the honest performance ofa sacred duty . But , my Lord , do not deceive yourself—you are widening the breach between the represented and . the unrepresented—between the rich oppressor , and the poor oppressed ; and rest , assured that the Church , and not Free Trade , will be the casus
belli at the next election , for when did the Church lose such an opportunity as famine to create bloodshed and feuds ? Yes ' , my Lord , Oxford has already beaten the bi g " DRUM ECCLESIASTIC , " and every parish pulpit will respond its Tattoo . The Church has drawn the sword , you must throw away _. the _ scabbard -ir-perish . The idea of an _^ _lmodssadorto the Court of Rome is more than reli gious monopoly can bear .
I am , my Lord , your obedient servant , - Feargus O'Connor Lowbands , Worcestershire , May 20 th .
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MR CLARK'S TOUR . Thk Lato axdthb Cha _ t ___ . —Hull—On Friday evening , May 14 th , a public meeting was held in the - tlansio--hense , to adopt a petition to parliament forthe Repeal ot the Rate-paying Glauses , wben Mr . Peck , to . vn councillor , was appointed to preside , wbo opened the business by strongly condemning the conduct of the mayor , wbo had refused to call the meeting . Mr Stephens moved a resolution condemning tbe ratepaying clauses , which was seconded by Mr Jackson . Mr Thomas Clark , one of the Land Directors supported the resolution ir-an excellent address . The petition was raeved by Mr Barnett ,
seconded by Mr Currie , and supported by Dr Gordon amidst great applause . Tbe petition was unanimously adopted , and ordered to be sent to the borough members for presentation . On Saturday erening Mr Clark delivered an address in the Freemasons' Lodge , when he fully explained the land plan , and the bank in connection therewith . A vote of thanks was given to Mr Clark , whose visit cannot fail to be productive of great good . Derbt . —A meeting was held on Wednesday evening iu the Mechanics'Hall , Mr Challoner presided . MrT . Clark delivered an admirable address . The National Petition for the enactmentof the People ' s Charter was unanimously adopted .
Raofobd . —On Monday evening , May 17 th , Mr T . Clark delivered a lecture te a numerous and highly interesting meeting in the _Denman-street Chapel , on the objects and means of the National Land Company . The lecturer was warmly applauded throughout . Spilsby . —On Monday evening the Town Hall was crowded by persons of every class , to hear an address from MrT . Clark , on the objects of the National Land Company . Dr Allen _. a tried and valued friend to the cause of human progress , was unanimously chosen to preside , and opened the business hy a suitable introductory address ; after which Mr Clark commenced his lecture . He entered into a brief relation ofthe causes which led to the formation of the
Company , and gave an outline of its progress to the present time , and afterwards proceeded to develope the means by which the Company proposes to realize the objects set forth in the rules . Mr Clark earnestly invited discussion , but no one appeared fo oppose his statements . All present seemed perfectly satisfied . _S-co-D _Meetis 6 . *— On Wednesday erening the Town Hall was again crowded , the object ofthe assemblage being to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the enactmentof the People ' s Charter . Dr Allen presided a second time , and added dignity to tbe situation by the manner in which he conducted the business . Tbe National Petition was proposed , and supported by Mr Clark in a lengthy
address , in th . course of which his sentiments were most enthusiastically cheered . He tore to shreds the present wretched and miserable system of patchwork legislation , and was eminently successful in demonstrating the utility ofthe People ' s Charter aa a substitute for what is now insultingly called the - ' Constitution . " The petition was unanimously adopted . The usual compliment having been paid tothe worthy president for his able conduct in the chair , the meeting separated , all expressing satisfaction and delight at Mr Clark ' , excellent address . Leeds . —On Sunday evening last Mr T . Clark lectured in the Bazaar , in explanation ofthe Land and Labonr Bank . « "
Loughborough . —Mr T . Clark addressed a large meeting in the market-place , on Tuesday evening last , on the "Probable Effects ofthe Land Plan . " _MrSkevington presided , and though the rain descended very fast , the people remained to hear the whole of Mr Clark ' s address , which was necessarily lengthy . Much good has been effected by the meeting . Louth . —Mr T . Clark attended here on Thursday , for the p _. rpose of explainingtbe objects ofthe Land Company .
Refbese-tatiox of Deebs . —A meeting of the members of tbe Land and Chartist Association will be held at the house of Mr Belfield , Green-street _, at six o clock on Sunday evening _^ next , to forward the requisition , now in course of signature , inviting Mr P . M'Grath to allow himself to be put in nomination at the approaching election , which will take place in co-sequence of the elevation of Lord Dancannon to the Upper House .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bermondsey . New Ta \ . \ er * s Arms , Grasge Roab —Tbe members will meet bere on Tuesday evening at eight o clock , to receive the report ofthe auditor and determine on the sum due to the executive com mittee . Halifax . — The Chartists will In future meet on Saturday evenin *; , for general business , at half-past seven o clock . Mr Rushton will lecture on Sunday ( to . morrow ) evening at half-past six o ' clock . Mabtlebosk . —Mr John Savage will lecture at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circns-street , on Snnday evening next , May 23 , at eight o ' clock precisely ! Subject : " The Spirit of the Times . "
Mr Erses . Jones will attend public meetings at the following places : —Saturday 22 nd , Todmorden ; Sunday 23 rd , Rochdale . O-dhau . —Mr Daniel Donovan will lector , in the school-room ofthe Working-Man ' s Hall on Sunday to-morrow , at six o clock in the evening . All persons who are favourable to Chartist principles are requested to attend , as business of great importance will he laid before them . Registration asd Electiok Committee . —The next meeting of this body will take place at the Assembly Rooms , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next , May 26 , at eight o ' clock precisely . All persons holding collecting books are requested to return the same that evening .
Roch ____ . —On Sunday erening ___ x . E . Jones , Esq ., will lecture in the Chartist room , Yorkshirestreet , on the Land and Charter . . Chair taken at six o ' clock . On Sunday tbe 30 th , Mr Richard Marsden , of Preston , will lecture in the above room at six in the evening . Subject : " What society should be , and the way to make it so . " On "Whit-Friday tbe Chartists of Rochdale will have their first hall in the _newAssociation room , _T * or ___ hire-8 treet , _tocommenoe at eight o'clock . _Toweh H __ i ___ -. -- _ . fr P . M'Grath will lecture _, atthe Whittington and Cat , Chnrch Row , Bethnalgreen , on Sunday evening , at 8 o ' clock precisely . Tower 3-a _ j _ -, ts . —Mr W . W . Broome will lecture at tba Glo _ e and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-roa _ , on Sunday , May 23 . Subject : ' « The Stage , of Life . " To commence at 8 o ' clock . For the oenefit ofthe Victim Fund .
TnE M _. tropoijtan _CojiJHTT-E will assemble at eight o ' clock on Wednesday evening next , at 83 , Dean-street . UnuTABi-sr Hail , City-road , near Finsburycnuare . —On Sunday , May 23 , Mr G . J . Holyoake will lecture on Dr Chalmera' Natural Theology , and the Replies of Professor Young , and the Revs . James Martineau and — Burdett , to the Utilitarian _Whitec _hapbi .. —Mr Gath rd will lecture on _Wednesday eveningnext , at 8 o ' clock , at _titf Railway Eng ine _Coffee-twrna _, Brick-lane .
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Babkard Ca-i _ b . —On Monday evening _. _ltth inst ., a lecture was delivered in the Christian Brethren ' s Meeting-house , explanatory of the objects and principles of the National Land Company , by Mr Charles Winter . The lecturer expatiated at great length on the power , and capabilities of the land , and showed the advantages which the company , held out to its members . A- vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the lecturer .
Biumikquau . —Reasireet Sect . 0- The money club in connection witb tbis branch , in aid ef tbe Land and Labour Bank , coiunenced on Monday last . Upwards of one hundred shares were taken up , to start with . Tbe members earnestly entreat their brethren throughout the country to adopt the above , or similar means , to aid the directors . Ten pounds were paid ia by a membf r to the- deposit department , making , in all , sent to the respective departments from this branch , by members , ninety-five pounds . Bolton . —A special meeting of this branch was held oh Sunday last , when the following resolution was passed - — That we approve of th . Conference being held at Lowbands , in July next ; and that we hope the directors wilt seethe necessity of forming our district on a . mailer scale ( which can be done ) for the election of the
delegate , so tbat we may bave a diitri _. t delegate meeting * at a little expense , to know each other's opinions on the different questions which will occupy tbe attention of the Conference .. ,, / - Bolton . —The Chartist and Land officeh * removed froin Market-street , to over Mr Armstrong's earthen * ware warehouse , near the One Horseshoe , New Market-place . 'Meetings every Mondav erening at halfpast seven . Deuoxstbatiok to _O'CosKO-VittE . — AH -persons visiting tbe People ' s First Estate on Whit Monday ( Monday next ) , May 2-th , are informed thatthe several allottees will be happy to furnish hot water , tea , and salads , at a moderate charge .
i Dundee . —At a meeting of the shareholders of thia branch , Mr Whitton in the chair , a letter was read from Glasgow requesting an answer to tbe two following questions : — "ls it the opinion of your members that a lecture to agitato the question of the land and the Charter in Scotland would be beneficial ; if so , would your member , agree to pay a proportionate share of the expense oi supporting such a lecturer . " Second : — "Would your members agree to the holding of district delegate meetings similar to those held in many districts in England ? " Mr Toung moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion that a lecturer in Scotland would be beneficial , and that we agree to pay a proportionate share of the expenses . " Mr Perie seconded the
_resilution , and said tbat a lecturer would do great good in Scotland , for he believed that not one in twenty , even in Dnndee , had even heard of the land . Resolution carried * Moved , seconded , and carried : — " That the second question be brought be- ] fore the meeting next Monday night . " The 13 th rule was read and agreed to . Mr James Constbu was appointed - > crutineer ; Mr Joseph Rose and Mr Henry Donnelly , auditors . After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting broke ' up . Weare getting on gloriously in this towi . Notwithstanding thedearness of provisions which keeps numbers frora 'joining , we are getting three and four every meeting
night . The committee meet every Monday night at eight o ' clock to receive payments and enrol members in Fullar ' s Close , Murraygate . Fa _*_ b _ . —At the monthly meeting of this branch on Tuesday , the Uth inst ., the following officers wereappointed : —Mr 'Alexander M'Lean , secretary , No . 161 . High-street , Falkirk ; Mr James Leslie , treasurer ; Mr Wm Anderson , Mr Archd . Ritchie , auditors ; Mr Hugh M'Lean , scrutineer . The weekly meeting for receiving contributions and enrolling members' names , will , for the future , be held every Monday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , at the house of Mr Hugh M'Lean , Graham ' s-road .
Lambeth . —At a meeting of the shareholders the following resolutions were adopted : — Tbat this meeting recommend the directory of tbe Company tbe following , as a general role : — "Tbat no shareholder . name shall henceforward be permitted to go into the ballot-box for allocation wbo bas not takes out his certificate at least seven clear days prior to the ballot . " - Greenwich _a- * d Deptford . —A large and highly respectable number of members and friends met at the Walter ' s Arms Tavern , Church -street , Deptford , on Wednesday evening , May 19 th , to commemorate the formation of the Land Company . Amongst the company were four fortunate _prizeholders , namely , — Messrs J . Gathard , J . C . Benton , E . Stallwood , and
j . Tanner . Mr Robinson of Greenwich was unanimously called tv the chair , and in a brief , glowing _, and eloquent speech , proposed— " Continued success and lasting prosperity to the National Land Company , and health and happiness to Mr Feargns O'Connor . " The sentiment was given upstanding and uncovered , with three cheers and one cheer more . Mr Floyd then gave in excellent style , the audience joining in ' chorus , " We'll rally around him againa . d again , " whieh was followed by "The directors and other officers of the Company , " given with ail the honours . " The allottees at O'Connorville , may tbey ever prove worthy members of the Company that called them into existence ! " Mr J . Gathard in responding , gave a very pleasing account of the
harmony that prevailed amongst the residents at the People ' s First Estate . They had ) commenced in a manner worthy of that democracy to whieh they bad the honour to belong . He had witnessed a very pleasing sight before leaving the-o _ . ee in Dean-street , namely , —that office filled with provisions , the joint property of the allottees , purchased at a cost exceeding £ 30 . The allottees had acted on the fraternal and co-operative principle , clubbed their monies together , thus forming a store , supplying themselves at the wholesale prices , a __ d had made ample provisions for themselves and families until such times as their first crops were ready . ( Loud . beers . ) He was also happy to inform them tbat tbis fraternal feeling wa 3 otherwise carried out , as the members
were aiding each other in the cultivation of their land . With such feeling and unity of action , success was certain . ( Much applause . ) The next sentiment was " Prosperity to tbe National Association oi United Trades forthe protection of Industry , and the employment of Labour , "—which was responded to by Mr Stallwcd in a speech which elicited much applause . The chairman . aid he understood a shop or depot was about to be established at Greenwich , and sure he was that the friends that nowsurrounded him would give it a hearty support . ( Loud ch eers . ) The nextseatiment was , — " Thomas Slingsby Du _ tcombe , M . P ., the People ' s Parliamentary Leader aad Champion . " given with three times three , and one cheer mere , which was followed by the toast of
_«* Universal Progression , which was eloqueiiMiy responded to by Mr Howse . Mr Morgan thes in a ' very forcible speech , which was much applauded _, gave " Tbe People ' s own Journal , tbe "Northern Star , ' the only faithful reporter of their mo-v-ments , and chronicler of their wrongs , and the _hoaest advocate of their rights " , * " The sentiment _was-most rapturously applauded , and Mr Edmund Stallwood rose amidst renewed cheering to respond . Bo said the great movement party , whether in politics , trades , agrarian or social reform , _mostassn-edl _** did regard that journal , with which he had the honour to be connected , as their own , _andthecaly exponent of their wrongs , and the asserter of their rights—and so great was the demand for reports mi its columns ,
that he feared he should not we to occupy the piece of soil the Land Company bad placed within , his reach . ( Laughter and chews , ) i However , as th » great cause in which he and they had been so long engaged was thereby benefited ,, far be it from ham to complain ; and sure he waa that they woujd be delighted to learn that the- sale of the "Northern Star ** had increased its weekly circulation _upwards of two thousand copies within the last eighteen months , —( great cheericg ) _r-acd as its circulation increased , so did democracy extend . ( Renewed cheeri . g . ) In the name e . the proprietor , editors , and all connected with the" Northern Star _ _" * hetha _ ked them for their generous sentiments , and begged to assure them , it weald always be tothema source ( , \ . ride and pleasure to serve them , aad deserve ? , _•
_konest congratulations of their fellow-men . ( Uveal applause . ) The next and la . tsent--. ent was' * Tht Chairman , " —which was very neatly _acknowledged The evening ' s entertainment was much he > . g _ te _ e _. by some very excellent songs and _ ecitati . p __ i , Limehouse , —A new branch was formed on Sundalast at tbe Volunteer Tavern , _Mill-piaee , Lime house , when eleven four-acre shares woe taken out and the following officers duly appointed ;—Mr Jas Oddy , treasurer ; Mr John George Ande _ __ on scruti neer ; Messrs William Taynton and _William New ton , auditors ; Mr George RoweU . secretary . Th officers will meet every Sunday evening , at _sevei o ' clock precisely , to receive _contributions and transac business connected with th * Land Company an Labour Bank .
Mountain ( Yon-rant- ) . —The following resohiti has beeu passed - . — That we ave of or . miou tbat any memb . r should bi tba power to sell " . is prise when _drawa _, to any persi and tbat the _protege ! _, realiied _nhoulu be deposited in : Company . B _ n _ , to the credi ' c 0 f the person selling , « in no case , tbould he be &> . owed to withdraw tbe sa until hq becomei _entitled to an allotment by to
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future _bal ' qr , and that then two . thrrdi of the amount should be applied toward , _purchasing his , freehold ; or that he shonld be allowed to appropriate the monies realised by g ale to the ban . [ Purchase Department , if he shonld prefer doi _. g so . Mkbihib Ttdvii . —Our members are- rapidly increasing every week . We have taken tho large and commodious long- room ofthe Rising SunInn . where we shall meet in future every Sunday morning , - at ten o clock , to read the $ tar , and also every 'Monday evening , for the enrolment of memoer .. We intend to celebrate the 2 _ th of May in eor hew place of meeting . -. Norwich : —At a ¦ public meeting of the shareholders on Sunday last , Wm . Flower .- in the chair , Mr Barber delivered a lecture on the _meri'te and benefits ofthe Land and Labour Bank , whieh ; gave great satisfaction . The following resolution . * were unanimouslycarried : —
That a branch be established in aid of the ban . and Labour Bank , and tbat a committee bs' elected . to- ' pre' _, pare a code of rules to bo laid before a" meeting of members on Sunday evening , May 30 , at half-past sio ' clock . * "" ; ' * Thatthe thanks of this meeting are given to Feargns O'Connor , Esq ., for hi . « excellent address to the allottees at O'Connorville , and his noble reply to those who _object to the members selling tbeir prizes , and the like th . n _„» be given to the Directors generally ; for their _persererahce in carrying out the objects of the Company . : ' ¦
NouTOSf _FoioAiE . —Mr C . Doyle . _lectored at the Pewter-Platter on Tuesday , evening , . May 18 th , to avery'atfentive _.-udiehee . on the-Condition of th « Labouring Classes _ofthehUnited Kingdom . Atthe conclusion of the lecture , Mr King spoke of tbe apathy of the great majority of the people , and particularly the Land members , in not joining ; the Chartist Association . After speeches from Mr Tapp and two other persons , a vote of thanks waa awarded to the Iectnrer . It was announced that Mr T . Clark would lecture in the same , place on Tuesday evening , June 1 st .
Ragland .-A branch of the National Land Company was formed here on . the 17 th inst . S-BFimn . —A special meeting of the members of the Land Company was held on Monday evening , in the Democratic Temperance-room , 33 , Queen-street , " to consider the question of allottees being allowed to sell their" allotments . Mr Joseph _Billincs was called to the chair . After a few remarks Mr Briggs moved the following resolution , which was carried unanimously : — That this meeting is of opinion that the fortunate allottees have a perfect right to sell their prizes , if they choose ; believing , as we do , that instead of being an injury to theS"cietyit will accelerate its progress ; , and this meeting is further of opinion , tbat tho parties purchasing ought to bave no more restrictions placed npon tbem than the original purchaser . Mr George Youle moved ; and Mr John Owen seconded the following resolution : —
That we resolve forthwith to form a club on tbe principles of that formed at Birmingham , for tbe purpose of aiding tbe National Land and Labonr Bank . * : Carried . A number of name * - ; was given in for the commencement of the good work . The Compant ' s Arbitrator-. —At a public meeting of the shareholders held in the Assembly-rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , the following persons were chosen to fill the highly important office of Arbitrators to the Company , in accordance with provisions of the Registration Act : —William Rede , 2 , Silverstreet ; James Andrews , Grange-road . Bermondsey ; Thomas Rutland , 2 , Mount-street , Walworth •; Jas . Wilshiro , Orchard-hill , Greenwich ; George Fleming , Northern Star efiice , 16 . Great Windmill-street . William Cuffat , Chairman .
Thk Next Con . _ -. nc _—Resolutions in favour of the Conference assembling at Lowbands in July next , have been passed at Oldham , and Mountain ( Yorkshire ) . Wandsworth . —A very numetously attended public meeting was held in the spacious School Rooms , corner of Garratt-lane , on Tuesday evening , May Uth , in support of the National Land Company . Messrs P . M'Grath , E . Stallwood , and Henry Ross attended by invitation . Mr Edmund Stallwood having been unanimously called to the chair said he was happy to receive the honour they had conferred on him by calling him to preside over such a numerous meeting . It reminded him of the time , now some seven years ago , when h » attended their enthusiastic
meetings in favour ofthe political enfranehisement of the millions . He was still happier to meet them under such improved ) circumstances , for that party who were then looked down upon had ,, two years since , founded the National Land Company , and , in tbat brief period , had realized a capita , of £ 30 , 000 and purchased four estates , comprising nearly 900 acres of Land . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Stallwood then showed how the small sums of £ 2 12 s ., £ 3 18 s ., and £ 5 4 s ., which were . he sums paid for shares , could by cooperation and reproduction be made to effect the allocation of the whole of the shareholders , and demonstrated the practicability ofthe land Scheme by the working of the several allotment societies , the field gardeners , t _ c Church ot England society , and
the numerous small market ; gardensrs , who obtained excellent livings from small quantities of land , although they purchased their leases--early , and paid a high annual rental . ( Cheers . ) Mr Stallwood next proceeded to show , that as the National Land Company removed ) the surplus _labouo-from the market and placed it on the land , it mast inevitably have the effect ol increasing the value of labour , and consequently raising wages . ( _t € heers . )—Mr Fh __ . ii M'Grath owe , heartily welcomed to Wandsworth , and said , the National Land Company was un _> ke other companies ; it had no host of lawyers hanging on it for _-jubsisteace—no , it was founded for ami carried on . - > y the people . ( Bear , hear . ) The aristocracy _,, he made bold to say , had _stolen ths- land
irom ths * people—( loud chee _* - ) -and retained ) it as a monopoly for their own special advantage . The middle classes , the shopkeepers , lived on . profits wrung from labour , _andv consequently , naitherthe one nor other could fair " - * be supposed to have much sympathy for the sons cf toil , hence was the (' present accursed system fast hastening the downfall of all who lived by the wages of labour . Inipravements in machinery had enabled one man to do the work ot niae _. yetwas the mun much worse oft ';; , * well , then , tie only remedy he * could see was _seltemployment . Mr M'Grath then _. gave an eloquent and lucid exposition of the principles and objects of / 'the company , descanted on the great blessings that * ___ u _. t inevitably Row from tbeir adoption , gave a graphic description
of the Land ami'Labour Bank , its , --nodus operandi , the great secuaity it offers to depositors over and above all othea-Banks , the greato .. interest all benefit and trade societies would has-in becoming ; depositors , the , grcat facilities its . working would aabrd the _Compaa . _** in the reproduction of more ¦ wealth , and the ready means it afforded ) allottees , through its _Redemptioa Fund , of becomibg the bona , j _^ f _? . -freeholder . o £ j ' their allotments . _< j Great-applause . ) Mr Ricardc _^ the political _econosaist , bad written , " that man . waxes sbould be such ) that would _aHotv him to exist aad propagate hi & species , " _but he ( Mr M'Grath ) differed widelj * with him , for he thought a maa who laboured _shpald sot only _ 3 _* -e as much " as . would allow him , to exist and B » opagate his
spe . _ _es , " but as much , as would enable- him to live _lik-2 an Englishman ,,, that ia to aay , as much as he ccald eat , as muchi as he could -tank , an ample supply of good _<& . hing _, a good house to live in ,, . and means to C-J-ivate the mini-- of himself and j family , and _tii-ft and means for rational enjoyment . i ( Loud cheers . \ He did not ask them to leave tlieir I present occupations—no , let them continue turn , so long as they found them beneficial , but , in , the mean tim- ., let them provide a spot to retire to when they would come to require it . ( Cheers , ]| Mr _; _M'Gratii sat down vehemently applauded . The _chairman then asked , did any one wish to put any quest ' ions , and no one offering to do so Mr Henry II . Ha . * 7 ter moved the following resolution ' . — . "That thia
_mt-veti-g has heard with much pleasure the principles of . the National Land Company explained , and here' oy resolve to aid and assist that Company by every means in its power . " He could only say , he had evinced his own faith in the Company by taking up two shares . Mr J . Brittle seconded the motion . Mr Henry Ross rose , much cheered , to support it , aad said , every action of the people showed that they had a natural predilection for the land , yet in the very face of this , and in the' profundity of tbe guardians or commissioners' ignorance did he see , within sight of their very flourishing town , a huge Bastile , newly erected , the expense of whioh would place one-third ofthe population of their parish on the land . Policemen , soldiers , magistrates , and judges had- their pensions , all wrune from the labour
ofthe people , to fallback on ; and , thenj was it not high time they took their affairs into their own hands and found a something lor thomBelves to fall back on ? ( Cheers . ) Well , that something must be _thelsiid . ( Loud checs . ) The resolution was carric __ unanimously . A district for Wandsworth and the vicinity was at once opened . Mr John . Brittle was appointed treasurer , and Mr Henry U .. Haycer secretary , _pro tem . It was arranged that tiie meetings should be held on Monday evenings from seven till eight o ' clock , at the hoHso of Mr D'enry Ilayter , Frogmore . A vote of thanks was then given to Messrs M'Grath , Stallwood , _and-R _^ _ga for tu . ir at « tendance , and the meeting _dissoli-id ,
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VOL . X . No 500- LONDON , SATURDAY ; MAY 22 , 1847 ' : . _™? _^™™™* o . — ' _ * ____!__ 7 * Fl » e 8 _lillBj » g . _a-ii ! * lxpencep er _Qnati < x
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . ; B _ , A . „ iniB _** f . - —Tn * 3 quarterly meeting will be held on Sunday , May 25 } at 6 o ' clock , at the house of George Nurton , Temperance hotel , Walley -rank ; when all the members are requested' to attend and pay np arrears , ' ' _BiROTi-. GHA ' tf . —The _ahnreholderff meeting at ihe Ship Inn are requested' to attend a special general meeting at the above place on Sunday evening , 'Mary 23 rd , at . " o ' clock precisely 1 . ' ; CoNO-xro _** . —A special 1 meeting of shareholders will beheld afc James Gbsffng ' s , Lion-street , on Sunday next at half-past seven in the evening . Da -M'DtMrAEG will deliver two lectures at Hull on the 24 th * and , 2 S ' th of May _.- _^ Subject : • " Agricultural Chemistry _?? _. _- ¦¦ with experiments to il . UB . rate the science . _** ' _*** .. ; _... . . *• . . ¦¦¦ . ¦ _¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -- ¦ ¦¦¦• - ¦ - > - ¦ I
DoNCASTBi * v- . The shareholders are-requested to meet at 5 o ehekv-t the house of Mr Thomas Philnffi „ .:. . roh bnc on Sundi * y evening * next , to ' elect _ffi-Siif ° L th t _? *» _nW _* e ** * A- tea-party-and ball will _^ be . held' on _Whit-Monday at ; the Brown Cow ;_ rench- © tiMo- " eelebra to tile-location of the _? ii *!!? ? rs __ ? - _^ onnorville , when Mr Frank Mirfield from __ _Bhrnsley / and Mr John GrimsHaw of this town , will deliver ''' suitable addresses . Tea on the tableat 5 oclo . k _^* i ( f _'* xi _l- : ¦'¦ ¦ _* ¦¦ ¦ - _* . •¦• ¦ '¦ ¦ , ¦ '•• '* - ;'; - ¦¦ : u _Fai-swortw . _—isfr _Donov-in _willleotureii-tbe-old sohool room , ; _Pale-. ane , "Failsworthvon Sunday , May ; 1 * 7 , at 6 o _' oloek . SubJect :: !• _Thepracticaliworkingof the National _LandiCompany . ' ? ?; _- ; : _rf ; i ; = _fti ' i :: ¦ ¦; . _<& _,, fntnR . r-tA ; meeting ; of-. _shavehftldbw _iwitti ; l » heliSi
: th ;_ M _*>& _# MrJ _^^ day next , at 2 o ' clock , p . jr . . _^ v ; _Nnwgas- __ _- _ i ? o « _,-T _. «**—The various-hrabches * . of the Land . Company in . this district are respectfully informed that Dr P * M .. M'Douall is now engaged as a lecturer for the National Land Company , and those _plaees requiring lectures will please to' communicate with Jas .. Nisbitt , 6 _"> Gibson-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , as early as-possible . The several branches : requiring the Dr ' - ' services will have'to pay his tra- ' veiling _expenses-from the branch that * ha may be lecturing at , to the branch they may wish him to
come to-- The following is the Dr _. route for the ensuing week . _- . —Sunday May __; Newcastle , in M . Jude . long room , Cock Inn , Head of the Side , at 7 o clock . —Subject :: * . * TheNational ILand _' and Labour Bank , in connection with the National Land Company . ' Admission tree . Monday , Mb ? 24 , Sunderland . . Tuesday ,. May 25 j South Shields-Wednesday , May . . 2 _ i Birth . . The members of the Land Company of tho Newcastle branch are requested to meet in the house of M . Jude . at 0 : o ' crock ,. on Sunday evening , Miay 2 _ rd > , to consider the proposal of rule ? for forming a- money club fordeposits in . the redemption department of the National Land and Labour Bank .
_2 _"_ "r It being the wish ofthe _memhers-of the Newcastle Branch ot the Land _. _brnpany to form a . district _andobseryation committee , they suggest to the other branches im the district the propriety ot sending a delegate- to ' atlend adelega'e meeting for that purpose , on Sunday , June 6 th , at 2 ! o ' clock in the afternoon , at the house of M . Jhde , Cock Inn , Head ofthe Side , Newcastle . Radfob _.. —Shareholders _. are _requested to attend a meeting in the Denman-street Chapel , oa Monday evening , May 2 'lth .
Shefppkld _.. — 'f he members and frieads of the Sheffield Branch ofthe National Land Company will hold a _seires- and ball on Whit _Mendaw ,. May 24 th , on the three acres of land 1 , now oac . pied by our treasurer , Mr Briggs , who has kindly granted it for the occasion . The barn lies between the "Occupation Road" and the Manchesterstationi . A magnificent marquee will be erected' . or the accommodation of the visitors , and an efficient quadrille'band will be in attendance . Appropriate _addressea- will be delivered befitting the . ccasion _* . Dancing will follow . As only a-limited number of tiokets will be issued , an early , application will be neoessary . Tickets may be obtained of the members-of the committee , or ol Mr Cavill , 33 , _Queen-strset . . _Towbh * Hamlkts . —A general delegaie meeting oi the members of the _Whittington and Cat branch will be held on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock .
_Wesbminsteb . —The seoretary will attend at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street ,. Soho , on Monday evening next , May the 31 . t , and every succeeding Monday evening during the summer-months , for thi receip _. of monies and' the transaction of other business . ; _- ' *
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GLORI OUS TRIUMPH OFGUARTISM , AMI _D-IFEAT uFTHE . _AK . TI CO _ _iN-LA \ V HUMBiUGS AT THE TOWN EA ___ ,, MANCUESTER . . . . ¦ :.:.. ¦ Daring the past week a _numeroasly signed requition , principally composed of ; _shapkeepers and manufacturers , was presented to tlie * mayor of this borough praying him . to call a ; meeting at an early day , in order to take . into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliament for a total and immediate aejealof the _CowiiLaws _^ an d i .- accordance with ' that request he fixed Tuesda _** ,. fche ISth inst ., for the meeting , atthe Town Hall , shah * to be taken at
11 o clock in the _forenoQU . This _awu-iincement was followed by the- appearance of / a p _lacard issued hy the Chatf-sts , _remhidiijg l _^ e workingmen of- Manchester of the past d-. ep . ions practised upoa tbem by the-conveners of the meeting ; how all-their _predia _ ons of " cheap bread , high wages ,. and , plenty , to . do , " had _liee-vreversed , how" Friend Brig ht " and-Co . were at the present time doing their utmost _to-pvevent the passing of the Ten Hours' Bill , with numerous other _vilfrnies wliich we have aot space to . re _ . at ; and , finally , the placard called on the worhiag ' men to attejad the Town Hall at the time _appealed , and _ther-j-and then put the extinguisher iip ' o _* n .. _ eir _hypocritical enemies .
At the time for ta _& ag the chair the doors were opened , and to the sunprise of the working men thety found the platform already filled v / it ___ the principal manufacturers of that . wn , tlie _mayesensconced in thc chair , and the _dow-leading to the . _jjktform seeiwly _locfed , for fear thaftany of the working men ' s friends _shauld have the . _j" _ _ j « t . eMce ta ascend the _rostrum \* s __ their _mighlinssses . The __ _# _¦ -or commenced by !_ . ading the _raqjiisilion , and informed the meet _, 'ing of the respectability of . the parties , by . stating how man ;* poor slaves . tiiey had to ' _-jag for
them . At tha- close of this , part of the _. _usiness Messrs _-Dixoui a _ d Leach awHed , but wc-ft refused admission t ., li _ -platform _. _andieor . _sequeiitJ-fba dtogo amongst tba-people , who ao . sooner _knew that tbey were in _tha-i __« eting , than . bey forced theaa up to the platform _. ahd when they made their _appmance upon it , they ' _. _nere received _**»_&¦ ' such a _rou-id . of cheers as mad _ _* -l _ e cotten _lordslpok blue ! _Thc-League rump brougbhforward the fc . lo . wing resolutian . which was _movedi toy Mr Baxley .. president of tto Manchestsr . Charaher of _Commerce ¦ : —
" That the laws passed at . _various periods a-mee 181 $ , for the rcgula __ ng the importation of _, corn ,. have be en deeply _injurioas to the _genial interests ef the country : depress _& g the profit ** , of trade _a'ad the W 3 ges of _labou- * : and that ali' legislation for the e-olusien ot _fooi and other . aunties of _Trovidence j being unjust , the * existing corcJj & ws ought _tcfel * - forth-! with and for ever abolished . "' : ' ¦ ' The moves- gave _mou- _* , to the nsuftl twaddle , cant , and _Jtes , which _hwa been _related times without _ntstaher by the g . _s _** g to which , he belongs . The reso _^ o tion was 6 C . QOiided by I _$ r Alderman ' Harvey ,, who spiced his , discourse with some insutting _expressions to the . -working men ,, for which they
_pejipwd him with , . a chorus oj _, most unmusical sounds . _Nowcanit . the tug of war . Mr _% a 5 h presented himself ta move an _arasadment , amid _re-, _peated rounds o # cheers and / shouts of * * _-B > _"avo _lirach i" but th _* mayor di . gu . ed the right , of Mr Leach to bring , Ms amendm _^ before the- meeting , because it did not embra _^ q the op inion * -, of those calling the n _^ eting ! _Nto- _ieach was , h _*)*» ever , not to he done fey the mayo *! * -, definition o _? the law of public meetings , and told him so . _§ e then _rei-d the _following amenaajsa _^ - " That in the _opitjipu of this meeting those ; can be no security for . the British labourer , - _Hift some . legisla . tive enactmant be passed for his p . wtectio- _^ and that some _ajeajstj- _'es
should be adopted ; by the" Legislature to paevent the evils arising feoTO the _specalations oi avaricious foreign _mercjaan . s and the squally unjust * practices of _doraestv * . -usurers , _monopolisers natl forestallers of the p . _cj- . e _' 8 food . " hi support of his amendment , Mr Leach said , wie gentleman asked what would „ ave been the price of bread had not the Corn Laws been repealed , and he hastily concluded there would be no bread at all . He was convinced that if those laws never were repealed , bread never would have heen the price it now was . ( Laughter from the " respectahles . " ) Gentlemen might laugh , but such was the fact . Previous to the repeal of the Corn Laws there was a great uncertainty with rel Sard to the duty payable on com ; and consequent _ y that wild aoirit of speculation and gambling in , the
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un _<»^ tpj . _ t : prtten _^ _calcj-htf-d _^^^ _to « _-. p __ $ i _$ _to _ ej _^^ _«^« l § r _« _£ _«^ i
_l in _^ he _^ aryest , _andjb _^|/^ an _^ _mo-ppo-ised , _^ have thus _beenenabted'to rais . iJieprice'bf _^ rii ; lO _»^ 23 s ., ay , 30 s . per quarter . ( Applause . ) He . __ ad not the least hope that the condition of the country could be benefited bj the entire suspension ' of th . Corn Laws , whilst the present system of forestalling and usury existed . Never , since 1815 , was the spirit of reduction more determine-lr _.-cawied out by the employers than it was at this moment . There was not a _manufaeturing town in Lancashire or Yorkshire where the determination wa . not , and where it had not been for the last few months
evinced by the _e-aptoyers to reduce wages , ne matter what the _aonsequences were . ( j " IIear > hear , " eries of "Nov . no , " and applause . ) Some ; _gentlem _*_ ai-, "No , nof let the bands w & O'were ¦ present , aad who knew the fact , speak to it . ( IGrie . of " It is trae _' . " ) Tlie- reporter of the _Manchester i Guardian pat his namr in brackets as Leach _,-th . _iChartist . fiet him dose » again , and he would _ask j 'himto put _tSiftdown—th _ f the Guardian told them * _ithat a person , in- Ireland _rwliose name he did net ! recollect ,, had * made -87 O * J 30 _O'in three weeks , by purchasing lndfaii _corii che _ p ,. and selling it dear . ( A Voice-. : . RuiHellwa * the name . ) The populatiot * in thesame district , where this corn was sold were
famishing to dfeath ; : and ,-when dead ,. they were * buried ' without coftlhs . He- thought men could noO be made happy until' the hand- * that produced the * work of'the world ,. a « d . the _browe' that . brought it tcjv a profitable market By- their * _sweafri- should be per--mittied'to enjoy th . rightofclioc . inj their own' represehtatives . ( _Thunders-ofappMse . ) :, ¦ l _^ _MrNf-i _yiiihii . _^ C _^^ si _^ ' nde _^' . thejamendment _f * . _^ _-d _^ soid' _some-W _^ v «) inpjn _^ bsa _^ - _% ey . _^ . re ' _toldir . the " _or-el Corn _Bs _^ wei _% _^^ _jnen _w-uldjjiayejihe'ig alas I . the verjr . _. _jw _^^^^ _-roadb- .: these promises were _in _& rery _^ inen _^^^ Mer : siiice been _^ endea- : _^ uni _% itbS ; _0 ] J _^ ( Mr Di )} did . not know livnat to make _oftb- " m __ f who advocated this-measure for tke- alleviation of
the . working . classes . One of them , had just stated that wages . * had' been . coming- dowm ever since the passing ofthe Corn-Laws > in _ISd 5 ' . This was true ; but did not thesame downward tendency exist now that the la ** . - of l--5 _>* . Tere ' repealedi ? " Were they not endeavouring' every , day ; to bring wages still lower I B _ t there was owe thing , that " bothered" him , that-whilst the- _Gornr-Laws wore alleged to be the cause of : the crushing . d . _wni of'the labourer , they _werethrusting the , ' * cotton . lord i- ' up . There was no pCTiot _. in'the history , of'the - manufacturers , when , bv _> _theilahourof _tho-people , the }? had accumulated more money , _orbeenirakiedito a . hi gher position in the scale of society ' , than tiiey had been
since the passing- )? the billbf 18 . 5 . If , then , restriction of commerce-was that which depressed the nation generally * , _andithatimeasures were passed to do away with that restrictionv then , there would be some justice inth 6 obsej ' » a . ' _-ofls that were made ; but was it not the fact that _aff _, tlio burthen had fallen on the shoulders ofthe- 'working people . ( Hear ,. hear . ) , It _felLon-the-shoulders of no other class . One _. ofthe-ma » ufaetu . ers-had said , that the * Corn Laws had- shut'up . the- mills .. He would ask wasitthe . CornLaws _* or . thteGottoii ' . Laws that had done it ? ' Those , establishments -which used but small quantities _of-raw material ,. because they made fine goods , . couldiron full time ,, whilst the coarse
factories were shut upi Tlie . __ -end- _*_ iit said something about speculation in corn .-. Gentlemen on that platform , although their mills-were stopped , were making money by spsculatiKg _ in the- people ' s food . He would askk was > it . aa . _luiglli time something more was . done than harping ; continually oa "Corn : Law repeal ?! ' _Swaethi-ij more was require- ' ., and something-, more must be done . Was it not- monstrous-tin ., because the potato crop had failed , audi cotton , bad advanced a trifle in the market , . thousands-andr tens of thousands were starving .- in a . countriy which possessed three acres of _landito evarj- _% family of five for one hundred , millions of a . _population ? . - ( Loud cheers . ) If , then , they wished for freedom , let them he no _lQnger- < gulled . by ; t-e _.. ' ap ; _-t . _ p . " ah . ap bread , " but 30 for such measures , as would anable them to
enjoy the fruits . . of . _> their : labo _ r > . hat them co-operate , until not only thej _' j bad _idestmyed the _monoj-poly of the Land , but likawise _oUior monopolies of "| uoney an _ machinery ,. ( Great applause . ) Let them do this ,,, and . th £ y , would ; draw the fangs uf iuch oppression .: _Theyinef / _eriheard of these philanjhropic gentlemen- calUng . p _ i . _ -io- meetings for the purpose of ppt . tiflg .. a stop ,, to . the masters' reductions of 3 s . 6 d . and .. 4 s .. _pcr-iweek—( _phesrs)—because the workmen would _not-submititoaach plunder , they shut up their , mills ,. and ; threw thousands on t ) ie streets to . starve .. ( . "It's . _trua-. Dixon . " ) They might depend on it the */ , would-never have a cheap loaf till they grew it fo _ _them-olMes _, and when they did they would put _ai-. _e-idito . forestalling and all other monopolies . MriD .. conc __ ided amid repeated rounds , of _, applause ... .
Dr _Joh-n \ YAT T _?^ ex ,. So _ fali _ L „ cturer , then presented himself as the , champion , of the Leaguers , .. but was received with . . _s-juha . r _ ia * r _ . disapprobation a . completely staggered him .. ___ attempted to speak , hut one volley of . g _ oaj _* _-js . , s . u _ . _ a _. _' 'led another in sticli rapid succession ,., thftt < he _coulti uot be heard . The reporter had the . exclusive- _baaefit of his oration . Mr Dixon tried three times , t _. i get him a hearing , and Mr Leach also tried , bub it was 110 use , the people would not have himi . Mr ST „ PH _? j !* . _vQLA * i , R < th _3 ni followed on thej Chartist side , delivering an ex ____ h __ t speech , whi . h wa _enthusiastically . cheefed . *; after which the Mqyor pu the amendment apd'the rese-Ut'on to the meeting * 'ivhen almost . the , entive _,- _ co (__ ing held up th _^ ir hands for the amendment .
j The hall _jv _. as . deiiselyy _. _- _'c-. ded , in fact , 5 _"lcd from wall to wall , besides . t __* pu ___ ids on the _st-iiis andi 1 the _slree-jt _-A-ho . could : noli , get admission .. In ; it ; large asscu _^ _hly _^ _herR'Woti . only eleven hands hela up for _thp _. _originaj ifisoliikion . The Mayor declared the amendment _carnal , amidst thunders of applause , renewed again _aiudag-gia . Mr 3 ? fi _^ f * Tic _, i * ,. t ' _5 _Qn . _mi » ved , and Mr _Ji >_ Clark _seconded , the thsval 5 & . olii'the meeting to , tbe Mayor , _whichjW . as carried' uiianimously . Thus ended one of the , most _splandif _. victories ever , achieved in Ma _!* _-fihester . CJmtvm is n either dead nor sleeping kerj , '
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Natal Day , o _ _TS-.-rt Owen .-a ' _c tho Literary aad ' Scienti _ _fi __ _lisatitutirin , _John-Street , _Eitzroysq-iare , on Sunday , May . 6 , the disciples of Robert Owen celeb-jvt . d ' bis 7 Gth birthday , at the above institution with , a ilea party and _eojmrsazione . W , D . Saull , - $ ! _$ ,, ia the chair . Ai ' _tiar tea the ' Marseilles Hyam _**«« sung in a ve . - spirited manner by the chQiu , ai-ompanied oy . -., the organ by Miss Deither . Mess .. Jam .- Watss * j , aad Walter Cooper spoke to .. the -.-lowing : — "'i'lij . People—may tbey study to _acqiiife * a correct k _^ _wiedge of the fundamental dpctrixi- of the Social System , which declares that _the-ohavsater of man can-he made infeiiorc _. _superiqri accsirdins to the « ii * e „ uijsiaiices in whioh he is trained aaa educated , awl never relax in their
ifforts . _UU'every iniluencc * that deteriorated tha character , of htt-nan beings is . _jpniiiilated . " Messrs H . Hethe _5 iagton , _Sta . ple __ i | n ,.-- _ d Edwards , spake to thQ . _nq-s t sentiment : — "Itobe . t Owen , the _^ _iend of mai _* _-= m » y _h-s useful _ _sj _* di benevolent life be prolonged till it ceases te _. he- pleasurable , and * may he yotli-. e to witness a r _< _ijis--ien of the happiness that would flow from tlie - * j _» ctieal adoption of those _principleshehas so a _\ de . _^ ly . aad di _sinterestedly laboured to teach to the plun-l / saed and enslaved _v-ijjtims of an _unjqstand irratior _^ _Ja _ysiem of society . ' * ' Mr Cramp and Mrs Martin _spofej to the next sentiment , in honour of the J _& _ess . Tho _meeting , which was numerous , _separated highly gratified- with tho pro-; ceedings of the - _Avcnj-ng .
"The anticipation , of the Poet La * jveato , that rail : ways would c l i _'^ ttio ** the solitary qujttude of the lake ( districts , aro ' -ih . ely to be icalisid . . _Chtap trips are jadvertised / u * _, tli _ Kendal and Windermere line , in ; Whitsun * -A-lfc » and tho stca __^ gis that ply on th 8 : lake have , positively engaged to convey the " unwahhed ' _« ob' * ' for a mere _trifto , within a hair ' s breadth * l ' . Rydal Mount itself . Signs * _x- Imphovemest . — __ _t , _gii-csus the gr _. atcstjileasure to _-q . able to state , -iii _^ _ttopiiymciit- of tlio v-ps-nt week _, ¦•** * j )* b arc _suppu-ed W be t ? . " - ' _licaviest cvu . I-iown . 111 _Liv-nuooi , _areprovidetli-iu-, ' ami that the American pack , - * , wbich sails _to-mW' 0 _% . "ill take out the news of _-U _WMgeinents _fulfi'le _*} , Tlio pressure during _B »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/1/
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