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2 ; THE NORTHERN STAR, February 26, l848
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2 ; The Northern Star, February 26, L848
2 ; THE NORTHERN STAR , February 26 , l 848
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t g | _WlS < _a 5 Jsyj . _\& _JJ _^ _gS _^ Lfe _^ 3 The _exttnsire practice of _^^^ ra _¥ || _ral _Itessrs E . andL . PERKY and _^^ _SSJ ? _S _^^^ _Saa Co _thecontinueddemandfyr _tj _^^^ _tW _^ g _^^ IIEyr FRIEND . ' ( one hunffieirwork _, entitled , the _> _s > ' P les of _whichhave been _dr _^ d and _twaity-fi" _thousand c _» p _^ s » ld 1 , and the _«*»«« " _^ unprincip led persons to as-Medicines hava _wdnced sow » u np P _^ _^ _^ of _rTS £ _iSrMcdicS . es . Ths public is _? _L Ant \ nc " thatsuch _persons are not in any way _Sted _^ thcfirm of rAnd I . PEKRY and Co , of Wnn "ho doaotTisitthe _Trounces , and are only to be _United _personally , or by letter , at their Establishment , ! 9 Berners-street . Oxford-street , London . 19 TWEKTY-F 1 FTH EDITION . _nia = _trated by _Twentj-six Anatomical Engravings oa Steel . On _Phvskal _Disqudlijicatiens , Generative Incapacity , o _? id Impediments to Marriage . A new and improved edition , _enlarged to 1 SG pages , price 2 s . fid . ; by post , direct from the Establishment , ns . 6 d . jn DC-stage _^ _tawps , * THE SILENT FRIEND ; A medical work on the cxaausuon and _physicalI deny of ths STstem , produced by excessive _indulgence , the conseoBcnees of infection , or the abuse * f mercury , with _observations on tie married state , and the disqualifications wh ' oil prevent it ; illustrated by 25 coloured en . _srravi- - , aad ty the detail of caSBS . By U . ailQ h , PERh i asd Ce , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford street , _linden . _Pnblisfcedbvtho authors , and sold by _Strange , 21 , Paternoster row ; ' Hannay , S 3 , and _Sanger , I . _iO . _Oxford-S'reet ; Starie , 23 , _TiehSorne-street , Haymarket ; and Gordon , 146 , LradeHball-strect , London ; J . and R . Kaimes , and Co ., _Leithwalk , _Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , AT _^ _vll-street , _Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and 1 . _Xewton , Church-street , Liverpool ; K . H . _Ingham , Msr & et-place , Manchester . Part tbe Pirst Is dedicated to the _consideration of the Anatomy and _Phvsiolo-fv ofthe organs which are directly or indirectly engaged in the process of reproduction . It is illustrated _fcv six coloured eagravines . Part the Second Treats of tae infirmities and decay of tha system produced bv _ovar-indul _f eace ofthe passions , and hy the praotiee ofsolitary gratification . It shows clearly the manner in which the haneful consequences of this _indulgence operate on the eeonomv ia the impairment _anl destruction of tbe social and vital _powers . The existence of nervous and sexual debility asd incapacity , with tbeir accenmanria _^ train of symptoms and diserders , are traced by the chain of connecting results to their cause . This selection _concludes with an explicit detail ofthe means h y which these effects may be remedied , and full and ample directions for their " use . It is illustrated by three colourid engravings , which fully display the effects of physical decay . Part the Third . Contains an accurate description of the diseases caused bv infection , and by the abuse of mercury , ; primary aud secondary symptoms , eruutioHS of the skin , sore throat , infla _mmatieu of the eyes , " disease of the bones , _goaorrhoaa . gleet , stricture , ic ., are shown to depend on this cause . Their treatment is fully described ia this section . The effects of neglect , iithtr in the recognition of disease or in tke treatment , are shown to be tbe prevalence of the virus in the system , which sooner or later will show itself in one of the forms already mentioned , and entail _disease iu its most frightful shape , uot only on the individual himself , but also on the _sffsprin ; . Advice for the treatment of all these diseases and their consequences is tendered in this section , which if dniy followed up , cauuot fail in effecting' . 1 cure . The part is illustrated by _seventeen coleurei engravings . Part the _Fourth . Tr atsofthe Prevention _ofliiseaseby a _simple _apjilication , by which the danger of infection is obviated . Its _atrtion is simple hut sure . It acts with tha vims chemically , and . destroys its power oa the system . This _iuiJJOV . tant part of the Work should * » a read by every Young Slan _entering into life . Tart the Fifth Is devoted to ths consideration of the Dnties and Obligations or the Married state , 3 . nd of the _fauiSS _H'hiell _ _It'Sll tctie happiness or misery ef those who bave entered into the bonds of matrimony . Disquietudes and jars between married couples are traced to depend , in the majority of instances , en causes resulting from physical imperfections and errors , aad the means for _their removal are sho * vn to be _witkin reach , and effectual . Tie operation of certain _disqualiacationsis fully _examined , and _infelicitous and unproductive unions shown to be fee neces . sary consequence . Tha causes and remedies for this state farm an important consideration in this section of tbe work . < THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACOM expressly employed to renovate the impaired powers of life , when exhausted bj the _initaence exerted by solitary indulgence on tke system . Its action is purely balsamic' . its power _inreinvisorating the frame ia all cases of ner- ] oris and sexual debility , obstinate gleets , mpotency , Barrenness , ana debilities arising from _veaereal excesses _, has heea _deaioustrated by its _Unvarying success in _taou- _32 nd » cf eases To those persons who are prevented en- , _erii _;? the married state by the consequences of early _rrurs , itis . uvaluable . Price lis . per bottle , or four quantities ia one for 83 s . J THE _CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE Ac auti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying- the system from I venereal _contamination , and is recommended for any of the _variedfsrms of _seconCarvsjrsptvms , such aseruptions j oa the skin , hlotches on the _' _tcad and face , enlargement j of the throat , tonsils , and uvula ; threatened destruction of the _) : ose , palate , & c . Its action is purely detersive . » and its beneficial influence on tke system is undeniable . _^ Price 135 . and 33 s . per battle . " J The SI . oases of Syriacam or Concentrated Detersive ( Essence can only be had at 10 , Berners-street , O . vford- { street , London ; whereby there is a saving of 11 . 12 s ., and , the patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee , ' which advantage is e vplicable only to those who remit 51 . ' _forapack-. t . " PERRY'S _PURITYING SPECIFIC PILLS i Constitute an effectual remedy in all cases of gonorrhoea , 1 Sleet , stricture , and _rtistases of ths urinary organs . Price 1 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lis perhox . Consultation fe _« , if by letter , K . —Patients _^ are re- , _quested to be as minute as passible in the description of ' their cases . Attendance _dsSy , at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London , from eleven to two , and from five to eigfct ; on Sundays irom eleven to one . ] S & Id by Sutton and Co ., 10 , Bow Churcli Yard ; W . Ed- ] _trards , $ 7 , St . Paul ' s Cn-. irc . fi . Vard ; Barclay and Sons , ' Farrins _^ _on-stn-et ; Butler and Harding , 4 , Cheapside ; . R . Joliiison , 63 , Cornhill ; L . Hill , Kew Cross ; W . B . ' Junes , Ringiton ; W . J . Tanner , _Eghnm ; S . Smith , 1 Windsor ; J B . Shillcock , Bromley ; T . Riches , London- _i street , Greeswich ; Thos . _Par-kes , " Woolwich ; Ede and _< Co ., Dorking ; and John Thurlev , High-street , Romford , of whom mav be hid the 'SII . E . VT _FiUEND .
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f THE GREATEST CURES OF ANY MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE . HOLLOWAY'T " OINTMENT . ' A Very Wondcrf * 1 Cure of a Disordered liver aud Stomach . Extract » fa Letter from Ur CharUs Wtim , 30 , Pruitcs Street , _Glasgmc , dated February ltrih , 1347 . To Professor HoUoway . _Jra , —Having taken your pills t » remove a disease of tb _^ _Stomach and Liver , ttader whicii I had long _snffered , j and having _fo'lovreo * your _priated instructions I have re- gained that health , which I had thought lost for ever . I im " * . previously had recourse to several medical men , ** o art _ctlebraiei f * r their skill , but instead of curing my Complaint , it increased to a most _alarming _deirree . t Humanly _spsaking jour pills hara saved wy life ! Many t tried to dissuade ma from using them , and I doubt not bm that hundreds are deterred from taking your most excel- f lent medicine , in consequence ofthe impositions practised tar many worthless wretches ; hut what a _p-ty it is that the deceptions nsed by others , should be the mean ! of pri- _veotins _Biauy unhappy _persons , under disease , from re- i _gaining health , by the use ofyour pills . When I com- t mer . ced the use of jour pills 1 was in a most wretched condition , and to my great delight , in a few days after- £ wards , there was a considerabl * change for the better , and by _continuing to use them for some weeks , I have l »» enperfectly restored to health , to the surprise of all _rto nave witnessed the state to which 1 had been re- _d _^ ced by the _disordered state of the Liver and Stomach ; would t _' o God that every poor _luftbrer would avail him- g _elf of the same _astonishing remedy . ( . Signed ) Chaeles _TS ' ilsok . * * The above gentleman has been a schoolmaster bat is now in a highly respectable House , as _Comoiarcia Cierir . A Patient in a dying state , Cured of a Disorder in the Chest . _Eet-octcfa Letter from Mr Xo ' jrrt Cakert _, ChemUt , ' Stokedy , elated January _29 t 7 _i , 18 i 7 . To _Trofessor Hollonay . gj _» _ Hr Thompson , Nitional Schoolmaster of this T « _wi , de » ir & 3 me to send you tb « particulars respecting a son of his , who had been serionsly ill for three years aad a half , and who has derived _thegrsatest benefits from t & 9 USB Ot JOUr medicines , af ter trying * U ord'nary _re-BOBXces without effect . The b _» y is eight years Of age , Of strumous or scrofulous constitution . He _sewfls to bavt hea 8 pleurisy , which ended in a large collection of matter In the chest , which eventually _forcv-d si passage through the _walei of the chest , whicii _aoded in three fistulou gores whieh continuedto discharge large quantities of pus nptoHay . when hs was induced to try your msiiicines ; at this date he was in aa apparent dying condition , and in * he hiehestdef ree at Marasmus or Consumption . He had severe hectic fever , the urine depositing large quantiti < = < . of _ssdiraeHt—constant distressing cough—no appetite __^ _nd the stomach rejecting nearly everything he took , both food and medicine , he began by taking five « f your mils night and morning , which were gradually increased to ten which ia a _sfcsrt time had the effect of completely _cerinc the cough , the stomach _affections , and restoring tbe urine to its natural _skite . His strength and __ flesh are also restored , andhh appetite keen ana digestion good . ( Signed ) _Rose & t _Calviit . THE Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract of a letter from the Earl of Aldborough , dated Villa Messina , _Leghorn , - 21 st February , 18-15 ;—To Professor Holloway . _grBj—Yirious circumstances prevented the _pofsibi-lty of my thanking you befurg tbis tiaie for _yqur politenes ta sending me your pills as you did . I now take this _OOportuuitj of sending you an erder forthe _amsuBt _, and , 8 < die same time , to add that your pills have _effectod a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which all the mo 3 t eminent of the faculty at h -me , and all over fhe eoatinent , had not been abU to effect ; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad _aa < _5 Marienbad . Iwish to have another box and a put of * tbe ointment , in ease any of my family should ever re-quire either . Your most obliged and obedient servant , Signed ) AlJ ) B _9 Eonali . This Wonderful _Me-Ucine can ie reconu . iended vj _& h the _urcaKlt _wwdenee ' , jm ! l of the following diseases - — _^ j _^ _e Fe :. iale Irregu- Sore Throat _ 4 _^ thma _larities Scrofiila _. orKing ' s _BTdiouBComplaiaU Fits Evil Blotches on Skin Gout Secondary _Symp-Eo-vel Complaints Headache _J \ _Colics Indigestion _IreDoloreux Coattipat ' _on of Inflammation Tumours Eowe . "' ' . ' _'vi ' "e _H - . _* - Consumption I . _irfcrCoxvIurt'fl Yc :: ereiu _ASec-Bebility } _. ah _:. _go _triue _Drajsy Piles Forms , all kinds _Dyignlery _Jlhem . nK ' _ira Weak « e ?» , from Erysipelas Rete _« tion of Urine whatever cause Fevers of all kinds Stone and Gravel &< - _- ., _& c . Sold _attheistablUhment of Professor Holloway , _? il , Strand , _nsar _Tcnsple Bar , London , aud by all respectable _DraggKtsj _aad _dealers in _Mgdbines tkroughout th _» _cWitod world at the following prices :-ls . IJd ., 2 S . 9 d ., is . . « _£ , ! . _iU : ; - luld , S 3 s * each box- There ie a c « nsid * rable _^^ _l 7 _^ Al 7 elliZ amce * mcats ia erer _*
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GREAT MEETING AT LEEDS . _NATIONAL PETITION . The Leed 3 Chartists have nobly done their duty in the renewed campaign , and the meeting held on Monday evening will be long remembered by all present , not only for its numerical strength , and , what the world calls respectability , but for the noble candour displayed by Ihe members nf tho middle class , who spoke in favour of the resolutions ; there waa no mincing of the matter , and not a particle of that timid reservation displayed which we have witnessed in former days . They spoke out manfully for the Six Points ofthe Charter , and defended ita justice with a fervour and ability that drew forth tbe loud and repeated approbation of the meeting . It was a hopeful and _cheering sight for the lovers of liberty , and tbe able manner in which the proceedings were oanducted reflects great credit on the business talent of Mr Councillor Brook , and tho Chartist
council . The meeting was held in the -Court House , and was convened by a requisition to the major , F . Carbutt . E « q ., who at once not only granted the use of tbe Court House , but agreed to preside over tbe meeting . The requisition created a great degree of surprise among all classes , as a number of the thoughtless could not conceive that such an array of names could be procured to such a "document , but there , posted on the walla , in unmistakable 'black _aed white , 'were upwards of three hundred name 3 , including aldermen , town councillors , merchants , manufacturers , _leading shopkeepers , and a long array of ten-pounders . At seven o' clotk on Monday evening the Court House was filled in every -part , the p latform being occupied by the leading _requisitionisU _, at which time F . Carbutt , Esq .. mayor of Leeds , took the chair , amid loud cheers . He b : i < fly alluded to the object ofthe meetins . and resumed his seat .
Mr David Gkeb . v , book-teller , moved tbe following resolution : — ' That this meeting has witnessed with great concern the _depressed and degraded state of the industrious classes of this kingdom , and ia of opinion that it arises Irom the present monopoly of the Elective Franchise—that it is highly requisite that measures should be originated for placing the whole male adult population upon one political equality , and thereby permanently benefit the country at large . ' Mr Gr < -en defended tbe right ofthe people to the suffrage , in a short and argumentative address , and was warmly npplatided .
Councillor Brook _roseto second the resolution , and was received with loud cheers . lie said it afforded him great pleasure to appear before his townsmen on that occasion , and to witness the rapid strides whioh their principles were _mailing , as witnessed that evening . He then proceeded at some length to depict the sufferings endured by the people , through the misdeeds of the ari-tocracy , and those who had usurped the power of legislation . He argued the undoubted right of the people to the suffrage , and instanced the combination which existed _amons the aristocracy , to increase tho army and navy , not to protect the country , but to find places for _ themselves , and prevent the _people from gaining their rights ; they , therefore _.
wanted the suffrage , to enable the people to send members to Parliament to put an end to such proceedings . They also found the West India planters not content with receiving twenty millions of the people ' s money for the liberation of their slaves , again applying for the assistance of the government to enable them to lower the wages of their workpeople . They had the audacity to aBk Parliament to tax tbe over-burthened labourers of England tn _assist in _theirnefarious _designs ; and it was . therefore , high time for the people to band themselves _together to gain their rights , and hinder _thuir money from being appropriated for tbe purpose of enslaving their brethren in other climes . ( Loud cheers . ) He was sorry to find that the present ' <
_eovernnient seemed disposed to listen to the unjust claims of these men , and that the WhiEs , who promhed reform and retrenchment , were adding largely to the already exorbitant expenditure ofthe country " . The Whigs talked loudly of their liberality . He would ask where it was ? He would ask thoso men , who formerly placed their faith in Whig promises , ' whether they had not seen sufficient to prove that their confidence was misplaced , and that ne good was to be expected from tbem f He , therefore , hoped they would now see the necessity of leaving the Whiss to their friends , the Protectionists , and rslly with the people in establishing their just rights , ( Cheere . ) If tbey had aDy doubt on their minds as to the intentions of the Whigs , let them , , . , ] ' ' , . J ' I 1 j j
peruse the financial statement ef Lord John R , ussell . Let tbem look at his proposal to inrrease the Income Tax , to enable him to meet the increased cost of the ordnance , _.- < rmy , and navy estimate * . If they would scrutinise his statement , they would find a vast increase of the public expenditure this year , as compared with former years ; and all this whilst the industrious classes in our large towns were suffer _ingtheroe 3 t heartrending _privatioas . For in their neighbouring town of Bradford , the poverty of the mass of the people was so great , and the pressure so severely felt by the ratepayers , that they were adopting measures to send a number ot them out of thecountry . ( Shame , shame . ) He was not an advocate fer sending their best men out ofthe country . » _^ J ( { , ' ' ' i 1 1 . , '
lie wished every industrious min to have a home in the land of his birth , and if any were to be sent ajf _^ y . lety the idle and the useless be first removed . ( Boud cheer ? . ) Even in the town of Leeds , they found a large increase of poverty , _ap proved bythe " applications for parochial relief . From all parts of the _countrr there were rumours of the _hardships the people endured , and , in the midst of such a state of things , the reforming and _ret-enching Whigs were adding to their calamities . Whi _' st the masses were thus sinking in the social scale , Jet not the middle classes think they could escape , for it would surely reach them . What , _there'b-e , was the remedy ? . " It was clear . Give the _jeople the right of voting ' . ( Loud cheeis . ) Some objected that they bad not _sufficient ] ] ' . 1 _i _< , '
intelligence , and would be liable to corruption . In reply to- such men , he would refer them to the conduet of the voteM of Great Yarmouth , where the most barefaced corruption was proved to bave taken place ; and on the intellectual portion of the objec tion , let thera look to _Kinsale election . It was proved hy the evidence of a barber ' s daughter , that she was sent for to shave thirty-five voter ? , one of whom was a parson . That they were all drunk at the time , and some of them in snch a beastly state , that she had to shave thera as they lay—they not being able to rise—and the honourable _d J candidate , for whom they were going to vote , had to assist in holding others on a chair whilst she performed the operation—the parson _beins in the latter batch of 1 ] < I _) j , t t i f 1
intelligent voters . ( Loud laughter . ) The candidate and _another person had to hold the parson , who was utterly helpleBs . ( Renewed laughter , and a loud shout of ' capital , ' from the _stentorian lungs of Mr Uolroyd , a _veteran Chartist , prolonged the merriment . ) ' There wa 9 a specimen of intelligence for them . ( Hear , bear . ) Would the working men do 30 ? If he thought them capable of such _cenducS _, he would not be found acting as he did on that occasion . But he knew them better . Ho had been long _^ a witness of their virtues , and felt convinced that they would not thu 3 degrade themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) Even the electors ot the borough b" Leeds were rot totally free from this hateful practice ; it was notorious that i t \ 1 ' ' 1 ¦ -
corruption had been resorted to at the lace election . Hams had been sold greatly above their value , and the usual _disguiavs resorted to for the purpose of cone < _aling the guilty parties . ( Uear , hear . ) He felt proud at witnessing the future prospects of the peop'e , and congratulated them that they could now meet in their own hall , and could not be cried down 33 in former days . ( Loud cheers . ) They were now in a glorious position . They had the Mayor presidiDg over their meeting , and a number pf influential men about _toaupport their resolutionsfrorn . tbat platform , and willing to assist in securing the rights of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Brook then made an eluquent appeal to the middle-classes , and referred to Mr T . Plint be ing present , to set thera an
example , and give the people his powerful aid . He declared it to be their duty , as well as their in _' erest _, to stand bv the people , as had been done by tbe leaders of Democracy in Switzerland , Italy , Sicily , and elsewhere . He referred them to Paris where 20 , 000 of the National Guard had volunteered to defend the Democratic deputies . While the nations of the world were arousing themselves from _tbeshvery and apathy of ages , it Should be the pride of Englishmen to take the lead . Let thera , therefore , unite as one man , and declare before the world , that the People ' s Charter shall ho the law of the Land . Mr Brook concluded an able address by seconding the resolution , and resumed his seat amidst the hearty cheers of the meetine .
Mr Thomas Flint stood forward to support the relutinn _, and waa loudly cheered . He said that Mr Brook had referred to him as if he were only now , for the first time , _advocating the people ' s rights , but he wished to remind them that , on previous _occasious , he had advocated the extension ot the Suffrage to all his countrymen . He had beard some allusion made to the Anti-C rn Law League , for not taking part in the Suffrage question , but it should be re collected that the policy ofthe _Leaaue was doing one thing at a , time , and if the friends of tho People ' s Charter adopted the same rule , they would certainly succeed in their object . He did not consider it necessary to argue the question on that _occasion , as no man present disputed it—in fact , no man disputed the
right , the only question was one of fitness , Tha inte _Jigenco of the people was one of the arguments , which were urged in opposition to their claims , but no man who had , like him , attended their _meetiars , could for a moment uphold snch a plan . At their meetings in the Cloth Hall-yard , he bad witnessed the shrewdness and ability of the working men , and the readiness with which they detec eJ anything like trickery or sophistication ; on this point he had the authority of Lord _Brougham au'l Mr X _5 acaulay , for they admitted that they did not desire a better or more intelligent audience . The working men could soon perceive a humbug or a cheat , if it were intended to be praotisad oa themand he had coved them a e
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more intelligence than the middle-classes . Mr Plint then proceeeded to argue the desirability of the middle classes assisting the working nun to obtain tho franchise , as he believed that by at once c 'needing the point , it would reconcile the people te them , and they would then be able to argue their other differences with good feeling , but it was essential that they should first prove their sinoerity by a timely concession of the people's rights . But was there no danger in continuing to withhold those rights ? . He thought there was , for although he wished them to bo gained by peaceable means , and woald strongly urge on 'the people the necessity of trusting solely to thera . yet the wrong might be perpetrated too long . He wished to impress on the
people the great fact—that in resorting to violence they gave their enemies the only roal power which they conld gain over them , for one man with truth on his side was stronger , in a moral sonse . than a multitude opposed to him . ( Hear , hear . ) An objection was raised as to their liability to be bribed , but the ballot would remedy that , aa no man would be foolish enough to buy a poke without knowing there was a pig in it . Under the present system , all those who were known to be friendly to the extension of the suffrage were actually browbeaten in the House of Commons by men who had no sympathy with the mass of the people . Such was the case with Mr Cobden and others , and even for this reason , it was necessary that the People ' s Charter
should be granted , in order to popularise that house . Ho mentioned _the'Charter that they might know lie went with them to the full extent . { Loud cheers . ) The eita ' jlishraent of the Charter , would tend to equalise taxation , for under the present mode , oneseventh of the whole national inoome Was abstracted frora the people to meet the expenditure of i ho government . They had to pay twenty-eight millions ns interest oa the debt contracted by unjust wars , in addition to what was expended in upholding the army and navy ; and since 1835 , no less tban six millions per annum , had been added to the national expenditure by tho governments of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell . ThoBe immense sums were taken from the productive labour ofthe country . Tho main _po-tion of the excise and other t ? _xes rested on the energy and industry of the people , and
no matter how they felt as to the income tax , it would ultimately bo paid by the working classes . Did thoy imagine that if the House of Commons was popularised , that such a system would be allowed to exist t ( No , no . ) Popularise , the house , and you establish _permanent peace , and he knew the working men to be sincere lovers of peace ; for free trader as he was , be knew that war and free-trade could not co-exist ; therefore let them cultivate a friendly" intercourse with the people ofthe continent , and tell the government that war shall not be allowed . ( Cheers . ) He conoluded by advising the working classes to discountenance bribery , and not obstruct a _meeting although they might _dffferwilh its object , and they would thereby prove tlieir magnanimity . ( Mr Plint _wasloudlv cheered on taking his seat . ) The mayoii then read the resolution , which waa carried _unanimously , amidst loud cheers .
Mr _PATiBBSOif moved the second resolution as fellows : — * That this meetine would direct ihe attention of tho middle classes to the document known as tho People ' s Charter , in which are contained every requisite for securing an efficient carrying out of the Suffrage , and that they ha earnestly solicited to render every support towards causing it to ne enacted as the law of the land / He coincided in the opinion of the Mayor in advising them to tolerate the opinions of those who _differed from thero , and now stood before them as the advocate of the Six Points of the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) With regard to tbe fitnesB of the people for the suffrasre , he well remembered a meeting
being held in the Cloth Hall yard on the Education question . At that meetin ? , Dr Hook , E . Baines , Esq ., aud others , called on the people to express their opinions , hut they did not place any persons at the gates to question them as to their qualifications , whether they paid £ 5 or . - 650 of rental . He therefore could not conceive how those men could object to the people expressing their opinions as to who should } " . represent them in Parliament . These gentlemen had witnessed the uniform intelligence of the people at the various publio meetings , and therefore they had no right to object to their enfranchis 9-ment . Reference had been made to Lord John Russell ' s finality doctrines , but whatever might be his views as to the finality of the Reform Bill , he
seemed to think quite differently on the subject of taxation , for it appeared from his conduct that there was no finality or abatement in that part of his creed , but it appeared to be greatly on the increase . He would not demean himself to argue the right of the people to the Charter simply as a matter of expediency—it was a question of right , fur be considered that government wa 3 for the people , and not the people for the government . Society was simply a bargain between individuals , _and there were always two side 3 to a bargain , and it was preposterous to suppose that any man would give up his rights to another without an equivalent , tha people had therefore an undoubted right to ub _6 their franchises to compel the
due _fulfi _' menfc of the original contract . He desired to draw the attention ofthe middle classes to some matters which they seemed to have overlooked , namely : the assistance whieh the people had rendered in carrying every useful reform , and thatthe abuses of which they so loudly complained , could . not bs removed without their assistance ; then , knowing such to be the case , why refuse them tho Suffrage ? lie contrasted the intelligence of the working men with the agriculturalists who now possessed the right of voting , and showed that the refusal of the Charter was an empty _pietcnce . Talk of intelligence ! Was it intelligence that decided the queBtion at Great Yarmouth , or at Stafford , [ and other towns ? ( No , no . ) Had it not been clearly proved to be merely a
breeches pocket question ? ( Yes . ) Why then waste more words on the matter ? It was a transparent delusion—Government talked of educating them . Tbe seotarians talked of educating them : but , he would say , educate yourselves for the money taken from you by undue taxation will be found amply sufficient for the purpose . Another objection against the Charter was , that the working men were not possessed of property , and that granting them tho Suffrage would endanger the rights of property . Surely they could not forget that all property proceeded from the working ajen , and was afterwards placed in their care . He vindicated the _character of the workiDg classes , and _inmsted ¦ on the justice _fjl tbeir olaims . He was a member of the middle class ,
and would say , ' Middle _dasses , on you rests the fearful responsibility of denying the people their rights . Are you willing to be pointed out as the real enslavers ofthe people ? If you do not , come forward then , and rally round the banner of democracy whieh ia tonight unfurled under such cheering ; auspices . ' Workin ? men ! the hour of your deliverance approaches , and the hour is not far distant when a union of the middle and working classes will dash down the barriers which have too long intercepted you from the full possession of your rights . Mr Patterson concluded by moving tho resolution , and waa loudly cheered throughout his speech . Councillor Robson seconded the resolution . It gave him great pleasure to stand before them on _thatoccasion . He rejoiced in the _nobfe display they
made tbat evening in favour oi their Hants . It was , his most earnest wish that Mr Joseph _Sturge should be returned for Leeds at the late election ; the sfcow ot handB clearly demon > tated what the people ' s _desirOBv-ere , and , had the people possessed their rights , he would now ait , as he really was , tho representative of the people of Leeds in the Commons House of Parliament —( chfers ) —and they would then have ono _tnnn from thia borough who would confront Lord John Russell on his infamous propositions when bringing forward the budget . If the working men had votes , tbey should have men sent widely different from those who were returned by _shufflins and truckling . The people called one of
our members 'Jemmy Shuffle ; of course , bo did not consider it his p _' _ace to call him by his . right name , whatever he might think . ( Loud laughter . ) The middle c ' _asses were now called oh to assist the people , he was there to do his dutv , and if they did not do the same , the present system would so punish them , that they would be _compelled to do what he wa ) then doing , for , if it went on much further there would be no middle _tlriBs . nothing would be left but slaves and aristocrats . He strongly _urjed on th e middle class , the necessity and justice of joining with the people . They wanted their j _ust rights , and _ought to take no less . He cordially seconded tbe resolution .
Mr Joseph Bahkeb supported the resolution , and wss greeted with several rounds o applause . He wished the peopio to be possessed of their rights for the benefit of society atjlargc—and he wished tbem to be possessed of their rights , so that tbey might enabled to ' _acnd persons to Parliament without reference to their wealth . He also wished them to have the ballot , so as to pre _< erve them from being ceerced in the honest use if their vote . He wished them to get the Charter , the whole Chartor , and he would not jay nothing but the Charter , as ho wanted it in order to gain something elso by its use . ( Hear , hear . ) The fittest people for _exeroising the suffrage were the common people . And he would ask the mayor , who he was aware had some experience in the matter , whether he had not found the greatest amount of
virtue to exi » t _amougat them ? Were not the rich often found using their wealth to brutalise the poor ? Did they not often use their ' money at elections to make them drunk ? Aad waa it not woll known that the leading men and roost useful members of the various temperance societies were working men ? In fact , the working men were trying to make the law-makers sober . ( Laughter . ) The people had bem often told thatthey were _unfitforthe _franchise , bnt that waB not the real meaning of those who made the assertion . The objeoion waa not to their fitnesB , bit that they thought them tOB fit . ( Loud cheers . ) Others stated that it was not merely the Charter they wanted , b it that _tl ey had ulterior views , lie admitted it . lie had ulterior views , and if the Charter wa 3 not intended as a means to enable the people to carry out everything necessary to their
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physical comfort , where was its value ? ( Cheers . He wanted theCharter to enable the people to hav the use of the land , tbat they _raisht have abundan food . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Barker proceeded , a _preat length , to depict the social grievances whicJ the Charter weuld enable the people to remove , am concluded a speech of much ability and sterlini honesty of purpose , by supporting __ the resolution [ Io was loudly cheered throughout his speech . The Mayor then read the resolution , and , havinj put it to tbe meeting , it was carried unanimously amidst loud cheers . Mr John Shaw then moved the National Peti tion . Mr Wiixiam LLuitmy seconded the motion . Mr _ToMLiwsoif supported it . Carried . Mr William _Barker moved the fourth rC 3 olu tion : —
• That Thoma 3 _Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., be requested to present the petition to the ilouse oi Commons , and that Jamea Garth Marshall , M . P ., and the West Riding members , be requested to support the same . ' Mr George _Hobson seconded the motion . Carried unanimously . Councillor Brook moved a vote of thanks to the mayor . Mr Patterson seconded the motion , which was carried , amidst the hearty cheers of the meeting .
The Mayob thanked them for the good conduct they had manifested . He had great pleasure in presiding over their deliberations , and was with them heart and soul . ( Loud cheers . ) The meeting thon separated at eleven o ' clock .
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NEWCASTLE . OCR NATIONAL DEFENCES—IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING —TRUMPK Ol * DKHOCaACY . On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held in the Lecture Room , Nelson-street , for the purpose ( as the bills stated ) of allowing the working classes to express their opposition to the calling out of the militia , or any increase in tho army and jnavy expenses . It was also announced that an address ti the French people would be proposed to the meeting . It may be aa well to remark that a week ap the Peace Society held a meeting ot tho middle classes for the same object ; the Chartists did not deem it prudent to attend that meeting , as they had already hoisted the standard , ' no vote , no musket , ' but Mr Peddie complained that a meeting should be called
at a time of the day ( twelve o ' clock ) when the working men could not attend , hence tho present meeting , the gentlemen calling it sending a special invitation to the Chartists to attend . A deputation , consisting of MeBsrs West , _Nisbett , Gilmour , and Kean . was appointed to inspect the address , to see if it embodied the principles of Democracy , and was suoh as the Chartists could support ; after careful examination , they agreed that it was not such an address as Bhould emanate from a meeting of the working classes , so they agreed to draw up one of their own ; they did so , and carried it triumphantly , although all sorts of _manoeuvres and coaxing was resorted to . The large room was well filled , and G , _Crawshay , Esq . was called to the chair at seven o ' clock . The following account is abridged from the _Newcastle Guabdian : —
PUBLIC MEETING AOAINST THB MILITIA . © On Tuesday evening week a public meeting wag held in the Lecture Room , Nelson-street , in this town , tlio object of which was' to allow tbe working classes to exprerss their opposition to the calling out of the militia , or any increase in the army and navy expenses . ' The spacious buildiig was well filled , there being present upwards ofa thousand individuals , most of whom belonged to the classes specially invited . Thero were also on the platform several well known friends and advocates of peace principles and opponents of the proposed additional national defences . _Gkokoe _Cbawshav , Esq .. presided .
Mr R . H . Hagoie moved the first resolution , viz . ; — ' This meeting desires to record its conviction that no necessity exists for any increase in our military expenditure , which already entails burdens grievous to be borne , en the industry of these realms . And this meeting is further of opinion tbat there ia no danger of a foreign invasion , unless _Jit be invited by an officious intermeddling in the affairs of other nations , or by the absence of a peaceful and conciliatory spirit in the foreign policy of our Government . ' Mr Gilmorb seoonded the resolution . Ha said , the working men had so continually to fight and struggle in order to get an honest subsistence , that they were not disposed to fight with the French or any other nation . ( Hear , bear . ) He felt no
prejudice in favour of his country , and did not know whether they would be more heavily taxed if the French were to come and take EngUud to morrow ; and he did not know that he should possess less political privilege than he did under our ' most glorious constitution . ' ( Cheers . ) He then gave a description of the hardship of tbe working man ' s lot , especially referring to his liability to imprisonment for refusing to enter the militia , when balloted , and if once entered , to be shot for disobedience of orders , and con * eluding with the statement that he is ' the veriest slave under the sun . ' He ( Mr Gilmore ) declared that he would fight for no government under heaven ,
and was prepared to abide by the consequences-( Cheers . ) He then ridiculed the doating imbecility of the Duke ol Wellington , observing that he did not see why the duke should not be indicted for sedition , for calling the people to arms ; had he been a Chartist , he would most certainly have been prosecuted . ( Cheers . ) He argued that the people of France or of England have no interest in shooting at each other , and that if a war was get up , it would be by tho ruling powers to keep the people in subjection . The working men had no interest in such quarrels , and would leave the parties to fight their own battles . ( Applause )
The resolution , on being put from the chair , was carried unanimously . __ Mr George Charltok moved the next resolution , viz .: — 'That this meeting has received with astonish _, ment and disapproval an intimation that it is intended by government to call out the militia , and protests against such a measure as a gross infringe _, ment of the liberty of the subject ; as calculated to revive the unchristian spirit ot war , and as tending to produce the very evil which it is professedly designed to prevent . ' The resolution waa seconded by a working man , whose name we did not ascertain , and who , in the course of his speech , urged that militia clubs should he formed ou the principle of supporting the families of thoso who mifjht be dragged to prison for refusing to enter the militia . This _suggestion was received with great cheers .
Mr Wbst was then called upon by tbe chairman , and in proposing the adoption of ' An address from the inhabitants of Newcastle upon-Tyne , England , to the people of ' . France , ' he spoke in strong and _indignant terms against the Ministerial propositions , recommending working men neither to enter the militia nor to enlist , but to leave thoso who havo something to fight for to fight for themselves . The working classes have nothing to fight for except union bastiles for starvation . ( Cheers . ) He denounced the law of impressment as an act of
tyranny and injustice , and the continuance of a standing army in time of peace as _injurioui to the progress of liberty . Ho referred to the agitation tor reform now proceeding in France , and advocated the propriety ot strengthening the bands of the French democrats by showing that the veritable people of England entertain the Bame sentiments . He insisted that the working classes should have conceded to them their rights before duties were exacted from thero , and stated that they were determined to raise the shout from one end of the kingdom to the other , ' No vote no musket . ' ( Loud cheers . )
_MrPfiBDIB seconded the adoption of this address _, lie wished it to be distinctly understood that he was not a member of the Peace Society ; he had not fought and he did not intend te fight , although he got his living by knocking down — ( laughter)—nevertheless there had been a period in tho history ef this country when submission was a crime and resistance a duty ; although an enemy to all aggressive war , yet his judgment convinced him thata time may again occur when all who wish well to _suffering humanity and universal peaco might feel it their duty to strike a Wow at tyranny and oppression . ( Cheers . ) He was glad to find the middle and working classes united on this question ; there had been
suspicions , intrigues , and faults on both sides ; he wished thorn like man and wife , alter a good hearty quarrel , to kiss and ba friends . ( Laughter . ) He urged that it was the interest as well as the duty of the middle classes to assist the working man in the attainment of his civil rights , for so long a 3 the Legislature was constituted , as at present , with 325 members whose trade is blood , they will carry an increase in the army and navy , in spite of the voice of the people . ( Cheers . ) [ The ' Address' waa a portion of that of the Fraternal Democrats , which recently appeared in our columns . ] Mr Barker moved as an amendment an address full ofthe usual cant of the Free Traders , and Peace Society men .
Mr Grubb seconded its adoption , and contended at gome lemri h that it was preferable to that previously submitted , inasmuch as it did not interfere with the question of the rights of the working men , but was confined to a simple and beautiful enunciation of the principles of universal peace as taken from the ethics ot the New Testament . On the show of hands being taken , the Democratic Address was carried by a great majority . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting , which was protracted until past eleven o'clock , but the proceedings of which wero characterised by order and good humour , separated .
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The total number of men holding subordinate situations in the collection of the customs , whose wages do not exceed 3 s . a day , is 3 , 108 , of whom 105 are military or naval pensioners . Saxon etiquette has relaxed its rules so far that gentlemen dressed in frock coats and trousers are now admissible at the court of Dresden ,
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MIDDLE CLASS MEETING AT THE KING'S ARMS , PHILIP-LANE , ALDERMANBURY . Question . — ' Would a cheerful concession to the labouring classes of the Electoral Franchise , constitute a bond of union , or , is the suffrage a right V Mr Swain stated that tho number of the electors for England , Scotland , and Wales , was only 944 , 473 , or ono in six of the males of the age of twenty-one years : 561 , S 29 eIeotors for the counties , and 383 , 114 for the cities and boroughs . Do you think that anything like justice can be done to the people with a suffrage like this ] _^ Gentlemen , -we ofthe middle class say , that national rights are resigned in exchange for the advantage of protection , and , as a member of society , man can possess no rights but those with which society grants him . He has
entered upon a new state , he comes under an entirely new set of conditions , his natural rights are left behind him , when he . quitted apoBition ol isolated independence ; and we , the _middle-class people , say , that government is for the people , aud wo give up all claim of independent right , and we come under what law is expedient , therefore . say we , the franchise is dearly a question of this sort—there is no right that can bo admitted but such as society confers . Has tbis _qnestion , _ gentlemen , been entertained with the calm , dispassionate , and serious consideration which it demands at our handB ? Do not let our blind passions depose our _judgment . True , there are faults on both sides . Gentlemen , you know that we left the labouring classes long before they thought
of leaving us ; therefore , I think , they have been harshly censured by the class we belong to . They have committed violence , I do not deny , but let us admit all the _extenuatingconsiderationswhich fairly belong to it . They asked- 'for the Suffrage , and we gave tbem a Poor Law Bill to rob them of all their dearest ties ; taking the wife from her husband , and the children from both . But when they re _« sorted to physical force tbey committed a very great mistake ; but is tbat wrong dever to b 9 forgiven ? Gentlemen , waa not the same thine done at the Reform Bill time ? do you forget Bristol and Nottingbam ? Must we never again listen to demands for justice to the _working men f Gentlemen , was there anything unreasonable in tbe petition ofthe
three to four _Ymniona who' _sAg ned it ? We , ofthe middle class , had better give some attention to the _subjeot . We should do this with a sense of as much responsibility as if . the matter was entirely npon ourselves ; and let truth and justice be for once granted . A compact supposes that whatever else we concede to the covenanting party , we do not , and cannot , part with the ultimate right to see that the conditions and the agreement are fulfilled , that must remain with th * people . What is tho essence of a bargain , if it does not reside in the right of the party to demand tho fulfilment of its term ? To the eo . vernmentit belongs to define allegiance ; but , gentlemen , it belongs to us to define what wo think iVpro tection . The middle classes enjoy the right
of choosing parliamentary representatives , and the right is enjoyed by them almost exclusively . The representation may be fairly considered to be in their hands—fhe House of Commons is their creature ; with them , _concequently , resides the power to give the franchise to those who have it not . That which the working classes ask for , the present constituency can give or withhold . To ub the poor man must look , and until we say yes . If not , no resource remains to the unrepresented but physical force . Gentlemen , I think I had better advance one step further . I venture to remind you , the middle class , that what we withhold from the unrepresented is not ourown ; wo are not in the position of men who deny a favour which it may be inexpedient togrant ,
b it of those who refuse a right to which there exists an equitable title . Circumstances have placed under our control , somewhat tbat belongs to our fellowman . When tbey ask us for the Suffraee , they soon plead as valid a claim as ourselves . We can _gjvo no reason for our enjoyment of the franohise _, which is not equally forcible in their mouths ; not a single lezitimate ground can we assign for our possession of the right to a _roice which iss not available to an equal extent for them . We say , that it is inexpedient to allow them the claim , however equitable , and that , in point of fact , their interests are better in our hands , than they would be if placed in their own ; but to thia , gentlemen , I may be allowed to reply , ' who made us the judges of what is , or what is not , forthe interest _' of the labouring classes ? Turn
the tables , and imagine the , aristocracy acting towards ourselves of the middle class , on the same maxim ; suppose , now , the majority ofthe present House of Crrjj nons were to do as they have the power to do , namely—to decide tbat tbe aristocracy can manage the affairs of the middle class much better than themselves—that the right they now enjoy to possess the renreaentation is , in fact , injurious _, and that , henceforth , the bouse of _Commons shall consist exclusively of tbe nominees of peers ; we should , probably , urge in bar of this assrmption , that we claim to bethe best judges of our own interest , and that however much obliged to them for their offi '' _cacious benevolence , we must take the liberty of repudiating it with soorn ; change the parties , & nd the assumption of the aristocracy becomes our own , the demurrer becomes that of the working classes .
Mr _Faloor said he should oppose Mr Swaine ; he was not for hia measure . He thought it would bs dangerous to allow street cleaners and dustmen to have a vote . Mr _Nijbbtt waa at a los 3 to know upon wbat grounds any man could oppose Universal Suffrage . That man was not honest that would not allow hia fellow man the rieht he claimed for himself , If men were to pay taxes without having a voice , they might as well livennder the Emperor of Russia . Mr _Flatheb was fer household suffrage . He did not agree with Mr Swaine , and would not give the right of suffrage to all the working men , because they were not to be twisted . It was not , as Mr
Swaine stated the working men who got us the Re . form Bill—it was the king . It would be no benefit to the _wovking classes to have the vote , if they had it they would not know what men to choose . They could get the vote if they wished it , for 4 s . per week rent would give them it . Ihe working people are a worthless set . The policemen could not aot because the working people took part with those that did wrong—and the middle classes were the best friends of the poor labourers in keeping them out of the suffrage . Mr _HiNDsaidhewasfor men of property having the vote , and not tho commonlabourer . The present franchise was not quite so geod as he would wish it .
After a speech from Mr Cow jn favour ofthe right of the working man to ; the suffrage , Mr Swainb made a very able reply . The CHAIRMAN put the question to the vote , and it was carried in favour ofthe right el suffrage .
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THE LONDON CONFEDERATION . _Tnu Davis Club . —The usual weekly _meeting of this club was held on Monday evening last , which was numerously _attendsd . Mr T . Mahoney ( vicepresident ) in the chair . Mr P . Looney ( seoretary ) read an article on the * Land' from the _IJi-itjd Irishman , whioh was received with deafening applause . Mr Daly moved a vote of thanks to Messrs Matthewson and Galbraith ( two Scotch gentlemen ) for their splendid donation of fifty volumes of intellectual and useful works , by the best authors , to the library of the clob . Carried , mm . con . Mr Daly , in alluding to the forming of rifle clubs in the metropolis , said he thought he should not be out ot order in following out the policy of Lord John
_Russell , who stated in the House of Commons , on speaking of the national defences , that it was right for England to be prepared to meet aggression . He ( Mr Daly ) would say that Irishmen should establish rifle clubs , fer it would be well for them to bo prepared , This Bentiment was received with loud and deafen ' ing cheering . Mr Maher , in an eloquent speech , _addressed the meeting on the importance of supporting the IriBh manufacture movement , and that , in so doing , it would be the means of cementing all _olasses of Irishmen together . Mr Maher then exhibited _, to the meeting several trousers and waistcoat patterns , which appeared to give great satisfaction . Several persons having paid in their subscriptions , the meeting adjourned .
A largo meeting of the _Westm'ksteb _Confbbb- rates ( Curran Club ) was held on Sunday evening I laBt , at the Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxfordstreet . Mr Jeremiah M'Carthy in the obair . Articles from the Northern Stab , and the Rev . Mr Kenyon ' s letter from the United Irishman , were read , Along discussion then ensued with respect to tbe council of the Confederation , for having re . sorted to the mal-practises of Cpnciliation-hall , in striking the name of a _peifsou sent from London off the Jlsfc of council without alleging a reason for so doing . A remonstrance , numerously signed , has been forwarded to Dublin , demanding a thorough investigation . The meeting then separated . Thb Sombrs Town CoiorEDERATES held a large meeting at the Old _Teraperanee-ball , Seymourstreet , New-road . Several speeches were delivered , full of nationality for Ireland , based on the widest principles of democracy . !
Manchester and Salford . —A large meeting of tho memberB of thia club waa held on Sunday , the 13 th inst ., at their rooms , Great _Ancoats-street , whioh included several of the ' fair sex . ' Mr Charles Byrne was called to the chair . The proceedings of the late Confederate meeting at the Rotunda , Dublin , having been read , the chairman said ho felt great pleasure in introducing Mr Archdeacon , of Liverpool , a gentleman whose name and services were well known to all present . Mr Archdeacon havingdelivered an address which wasloudly cheered , Mr Leach then addressed the meeting in his usual eloquent style . It was then announced , amidst loud _cheera , that Mr Archdeacon would deliver a lecture in the Club-room , on that night week . The meeting was then adjourned .
Bibhinqhau . —The members of thia club held a meeting , which was well attended , at the Royal Oak , _Litcufield'Street , on Sunday , the 14 th inst . Mr Andrew O'Connor ( vice-president ) in the chair . The last day ' s proceedings of the Confederation haying
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been read , it seemed to hn _tiia „ .,.. - "~—situated as Ireland is at present . Th „ ' _1 JS ? 186 at _- ere long , _Buoh determined and nnflinohm J Ta ° . Reilly , and others , working side bv _rfS 5 _t ° _H members of the present council Mes _^ mVc \ th and Hart having addressed the _meS i »? i _* _# « i resolved _: _• That a _publicmeetS _*^^ _. W _^ ( on a day to be hereafter named _^ nd that _th * r _* lowing gentlemen be invited to attnd- « ?!' O'Connor , M . P ., Mr Anstey , P _mJiT _^ _- M . P ., Mr Thompson , M . ? ., fi : _^ _^ _K _Scfaofield , M . P ., Mr W . S . _b'Brjen M * P £ '' Al F . T . Meagher , R . _O'Gorman , jun ' K _') S > n n Duff * _Mif _^ _hni „„ j _~ _ii ! J . _*' .. _- _^ ' _M'Goo
English Repealer * Th _^^ SSS _^ , _^ pointed on the committee to _carrvTut tZl _^' of the meeting :-Messrs _FeaThentone ° _$ * O'Cann , M'Craken , Hart , and Reilly ! ' Cla . Livebpool-Lord EnwAtm Club -On _SnnH , evening last a meeting of the Confederates ? ft hprough was held at the George the Fourth a _«?" _bly-rooms , _Hood-street . Mr Parker was cafe * _^ _ft _« rtlCle 9 J" * 1 tb 8 UHITK > I »» _HmS 1 _S eJ _j' _?/ tr ' ? , _mfetlDS wa 3 addressed by D ? S ? _nolds , Mr Kelly , & e . ' r Ke _7 « t Nm Y _% _l-- N ™ Ywk Tr _"h TH 4 January 15 h gives a report of an adjourned _£ J ing of this body for the revision of rules , and otb » preliminary business . Mr Richard Walsh *„ _£ the chair Mr Eugene _O'Sullivan acted as _seU tary . The meeting further adjourned till the 18 th ot _Jauuary , then to commence the work of _or _» an ; _sation . " '
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ADDRESS OF THB COMMITTEE OF THE _LONDnv STRONG _SHOEilEN , IN UNION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRAD ES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY TO THOSE OF THEIR TRADE IN UNION WITH NOBODY AT ALL . Shopmates , —The small band oi men who throuoh . evil report and good report have steadfastly ad . hered to the trades' interests , think it an anomaly which has existed long enough , that in this great metropolis , where upwards of a thousand men are employed in pulline those ' strings of misery' which _, serve to protect the toes of the operatives within it , that barely a poor handful is all that has _soffi . cient spirit to stand together in defence ofthe meang whereby tbey live . You will all acknowledge that 'Union is Strength ; ' then , of course , disunion i 3 weakness . You are disunited ; therefore you ara weak . Your employers have capital , which they have screwed out ofyour bones ; and whatever oddo
_sition tney may manifest towards each other when in the market , they seek to dispose of the fruits of jraniitotrj _. jet , upon the question of wages , yon will find them delightfully unanimous in screwing them down to the lowest point ; there they ara united , and there they are strong . _. Unite , then , with us . We have all of us manv grievances to redress , which it is needless here to particularise , as you know them too well . We can . not , however , refrain from reminding you of the system of the long-size stick , by the operation of which many of you make ' men ' s sizes , ' which yoa are _conr-trained to christen - boy ' s fours . ' and be paid for accordingly . We have doubts whether a more barefaced cheat is tamely submitted to by any trade than this . If yon relish tbis mode of robbery _beine
practised upon you , ' in tbe name of all that is despicable , submit to it ; if , on the contrary , you da not , in the name of all that is manly , organise , or . _ganise , organise ! for the purpose of . crushing that iron system which is crushing you . And why should you be in the poverty-strickea state you are at present , and have been for a long time past ? Tou have , as much as any branch of trade , your destinies in your own hands . No _machinery can be applied to supersede our labour ; neither French nor Northampton work would ever Buit the customers ot yonr employers , and your places could not * ba supplied by magic ; thus unanimity on your part could not fail of compelling the purchasers ofyour labour to pa ) for it such wages as would be fair and just between man and man .
The old trades' societies had in them much that was good—ranch that required amendment . In case of any dispute with the employers a strike was the almost inevitable consequence , and the mea were obliged to go upon the road at whatever risk , their families being left a burden upon the rest of the society , and tbat often in that part of the year when such a burden could not be borne ; at the same time opening the door to a deal of ill feeling , and charges of jobbery on the part of members against those who were obliged to be entrusted with affairs of this nature , much of which is got rid of by the responsibility being thrown upon a central body whose position is something oi a guarantee that its best exertions will be exercised at the least possible cost to the body .
The _National Association op United Trades for the Protection or _Inbvstry , which we invite you to join , does not sanction strikes , except as a last resource , having previously tried every influence that could be brought to bear upon thB employer by the whole moral force of a body numbering some 50 , 000 members , distributed throughout the empire . But when a strike can no longer be averted , the men are Bet to work for the Asseciation at the full wages demanded of the master : or , if that cannot be done , they are supported at home , instead of being driven to the road to seek a new home , and to compete in the glutted labour market in other parts ofthe country .
The principle of selfemployraent above referred to , tells with peculiar force upon the feelings and interests of the greedy class of employers with whom our contests are exclusively to be carried on : let one of them know , that in case of a strike being provoked by him that his men will be prepared to supply their customers and themselves , dispose of the profits which he might hava bad ; that in fact every such strike will raise him up a powerful competitor in the market , and you may depend upon it that they will alway think well twice before being struck agairiBt _obca This has already been proved in several instances , as at Holywell , Oxford , Bristol , and other places , where , when every other means had been resorted to in vain , the threat
of employing the men as above had tbe desired effect , and the haughty overbearing master was at once transformed into sn affable , complying employer . A female at Paddington , who has a shop at the upper part of Drury-lane , and who employs a _conaiHerablo number of men , has just offered a reduction of one shilling a pair upon the closing of Wellington boots , thus reducing the price from two shillings and sispence to one shilling and sixpence , at one fell swoop . Can any one suppose _^ that , had her workmen been members of our society , she . would have dared to make such an infamous proposition ? Most assuredly not . But at the time not a man of them belonged to the society , and she doubtless felt that those men who would not unite to protect each other were not entitled to any consideration from her .
The National Association is so constituted that boya and females may become members of it by paying the same per _oentage as that paid by the men —viz . twopence in the pound on their average earn ' inga . Thus , suppose the women who do the bulk of the closing in our shops , and the binders , were to combine in this good work , and were to return as their average earnings seven shillings per week , their contributions would be under three farthings a week , and in case of strike they would be entitled to support to the amount of five shillings and sixpence per week , unless they were set to work—and it is high time something was done to bring the work of women's hands under the cognisance of society , for reasons which must be obvious to every thinking man ; besides , the women , when once alive to the benefits of union , will generally bo found the hist men .
Wo are assured that in this crusade against the vampires who suck the life blood of labour , we shall have the assistance of all good men to whom our objects , and the means by which we purpose to attain them , are fairly explained : good employers , too—ana happily , though few , we are not entirely destitute of such—will , we doubt not , find it to their interest to forward eur views , inasmuch as we seek to arrest that downward tendenoy of prices , which is brought about by the unprincipled part of their class , and compelling them , in spite of themselves , to bear heavily upon the hard earning of their impoverished
workmen . Any one working at the above branch , who would be willing to lend a helping hand in this work , is requested to communicate with the secretary of the Committee : address , Thoma 3 Hawson , Fox ana Hounds , Tottenham-court-road , where members m ? be entered at any time , or on meeting nights , at sixpence each . As soon aa arrangements can be _enters into for the purpose , meetings will be established ia the various parts of tbe metropolis , of which due notice will be given , a 9 far as can be , to those whom it may concern .
Dibblino Machine. — Reading. — At A Publ...
_Dibblino Machine . — Reading . — At a public meeting on Wednesday week Mr H- Ellis exhibited to his brother members and others a Dibble he bas invented . The surprise of all present at the light * neas and beauty of the machine , was only equalled by their admiration of the ease and regularity with which it performs its work . The great merit of this invention consists in its simplicity , notwithstanding the variety of the operations it performs . Glasgow . _—Dsaths ix 1847 . ¦— The mortality tables for Glasgow , for the year ending Decembel ot
31 st , 1817 , have just been prepared . The number deaths is 18 . 880 , being a teta ! quite unprecedented in the annals of the city , and exhibiting an increase ovej 1846 of 7 , 250 deaths . The proportion of death * far exceeds the cholera year . The great mortality has arisen from the frightful immigration of diseased Irish , from whom fever has spread throug hout _» community . Upwards of 7 , 000 bodies have been buried at the public expense during the year . ! _^ Prince Wittgenstein , at Berlin , possesses a _collecj tion of no fewer than two hundred snuff-boxes , WDiC _" have been presented to him by various soverei gns and princes ; ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26021848/page/2/
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