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ADDRESS They vriU shortlj second Protect...
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Address They Vriu Shortlj Second Protect...
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_^^ _T _^ GOBDEN'S ADDRESS TO His _^^ CONSTITUENTS EXAMINED .
__ 0 n _«> THE EDITOB OF IHE STAR OF FBEEDOlf Jfo » _jo i" of mark , such aa Riehara Men , _yen , _^ f K f ° _^ a pub lic document , and _con-^ _iHi- _" n _1 SS 3 rhuZ That Richard Cobdeu r ( red _Vd h j £ _2 _SK 1 the _BritishHonse of _Com-SlSlifiS to _^ - above an average rnan is _eft _i _aTiSite Wehave long notedm hira the _dis-™ - „§ - n _trqualiaes _" f the class he _tepresents ,-E _^ p _K— He has been a _formate f J ? success and victory are _ks . He has been a ¦ i * i - man fame and opportunity are his . ; S ; 3 Cobden has not yet proved himself to be a _iSStn . At this moment he alternates _between _S Sand tbe future . He stands on what he has
„ . hi- hc speaks to tbe present time ; tne _luture win _andTand more of him than he has yet shadowed forth hh _° _dtfTdocument before ns in his address tothe electors I \ Z vC West Riding of Yorkshire . X 2 ? Cobden is In advocate of Free Trade , and Jim ' s im ' s the credit of representing the opinions of i ' _ueteinetecn-twentietbs ' ofthe population of England . thai thall speak for himself . -11 „ _Jii „ nt insult lour reason by offering to expose tbe evil _raflu-***?** ? a _Svbixihseebs to create au artificial _scarnty of the 6 * % lies . rf _Proridence . Ihe necessity for argument has been suin 1 n 1 bv the experience of the last six years , winch has de-„ * _W _= « M & _^ e 3 free importation of the necessaries of life confers -- 5 _'t : 5 _«^ _fflate _rM advantages , but that it promotes tho fl _TLSSL _fapeople . _thrcu-Sthe moral influences _thatflow " _* , Sant and easy satisfaction of their physical wans . 1 fflan , _mao _^ ; e Traaehas accomplished the aim of the statesman - . a tv . _* , _v . * i- _" _' V _^ _n-Xninjj the nation , while it has faimed the live
\ Z _^ _i _^ of _ihoss wbo bi _[^«~^ _ceothlcouvic ; _S _S _S _^ S _S _potation ofthe ' _TMbe phraseology of that paragraph is general , and _ffirf SJAtau What does Mr Cobden meanby . « bounties of Providence , ' _j f by the bounties _P _Providence' be meant the gifts of nature _, r r _^ Sto _^ discover tbat the and - and ! th that is under aud above its surface are the < boun-: _st of _Providence / the ingenious inventions of man _ete the ' bounties of Providence , ' and among the MM ™ of toil there is of the fruits of the same an _irlVrHficial scarcitv . ' _ISexttothe evils of an ' _arti-SSriSSS _^ v - he ranked those arising from an
lrtirtificia ! plentv . ' Aplen ty which does not , _UKe tue _fc _fcfrom Heaven , fall on the just and the unjust , but hicbich makes tbe vineyard of the rich man fat , and _. oclocks the poor man in his sufferings . Has Mrob-obdeii anv remedy for such anomalies ? If he lias 4 kit be named . _Ilhehasnot , iu theiiarne of _decency , let him talk no more of ' artificial Bcarcit ) ndnd the ' bounties of Providence . ' •'• The necessity for argament has been superseded v Iv the experience of the last six years , & c . ' From bene first Mr . Cobden has cried down all argument on _mirinciplos , aud the experience of these past six _eraars has only proved that Free Trade has not ¦ ™ died the social evils of British society—it has
io 1 iot , as a rule , carried comfort and happiness to ththc homes of those who live by the daily labour of tbtbeir bauds . ' The poor rate return , lately quoted in thine pages of this journal , is a triumphant answer to aM suchboasting . Such ' statesmen' and ' _philanftftropists' as have had their aims _accomplished ' _b-byFree Trade , as set forth by Mr . Cobden , are not olof our school ; and if ' nineteen-twentieths of the _papulation ofthe kingdom' cau be satisfied with tithe accomp lishment of such aims—such a promotion oof their _« higher destinies '—such a ' satisfaction of f their physical wants' as are reflected in the poor rrate and emigration returns of tbis country , ss a _rportiou of the dissentient 'twentieth , ' we pity their _iitruorancc , and , as heretofore , we will strive to
en-JiigMeu them . Thiuk of Mr . Cobden's declaration , ye starving Highlanders , ye perishing stockingers , ye wretched _weavers , ye refractory wool-combers , ye over-worked colliers , ye badly-paid shoemakers , tailors , and watch makers of London , Liverpool , Northampton , Stafford , and Coventry . Think of it ye serfs of the soil , ye workers in factories and workshops . Take note of it ' ve _engineers , who , on the authority of Mi * . Cobden ,
' waxed fat and kicked . All of yon are tbey that - _* live by tbe daily labour of your hands . ' Tou are they for whom Mr . Cohden professes to speak—you are tbe men , who , on his authority , are enjoying ' an abundant and easy supply of your p hysical wants . ' If all be well with you , as tiie honourable member for the West Riding asserts it is , why do you complain ? Cease your murmuring , aud wben Mr . Cobden speaks , answer ' So let it be . ' Should Mr , Cobden be ia error , it will behove you to correct him .
We desire no ' artificial scarcity , ' no return ot one-sided Projection ; but we know that this 'prosperity ' anthem , which Mr . Cobden chaunts so merrilr , is a death-song to tens of thousands ; that unlimited competition is a curse , and not a blessing ; tbat cheapness , the god of his idolatry , is , to tbe toiling millions * , a merciless monster , iron shod , and trampling under its hoofs all that is d # _» r to humanity - . This is not a ' prejudice , ' as some gentle monitors would hint . Such a conviction is based upon facte—rests upon a knowledge of principles , which , like water , will Snd their level ; and we repeat , that unlimited competition , which is the beginning aad the ending of Mr . Cobden ' s Free Trade , is onlv war in a hew dress—conflict , not concert ; it
never yet saved a people—it never will ; its triumph will prove to be the humiliation of labour , and that -Empire of Cheapness / whicli Mr . Cobden has for sixteen years laboured to establish , will , when fully established , be Sited with the victims of unenlightened selfishness ; and in it will be heard , weeping , wailing , and gnashing of teeth . We speak by the book ;' and are , for that reason , not prone to be in error . We refuse , far mere convenience sake , to chime in with error , however popular it may be ; and while we would deplore any attempt to disentomb the buried corpse ofa one-sided Protectionist policy , we reject Free Trade , or unlimited competition , as wrong in p rinciple , injurious in practice , and ruinous in the end to the true interests of mankind .
We do not , like Mr . Cohden , cry down reason and argument . We do not believe in the doctrine of' _in-Mibility , ' whether its citadel be Rome or Manchester ; and , though strong in our convictions , we are open to all fair controversy , and will , when confronted , ba found at our post . Certainly we do not see anything in the social condition of the working men to justify Mr . Cobden in his assertion that the necessity for argument has been superseded by experience . Onthe contrary , we think experience has proved the necessity for argument ; and we refuse to bow obediently , even at the bidding of the member for the West Riding , who has been not inaptly called the 'Sir Anthony Absolute of politicians . ' The doctrine of unlimited competition—of whicli
Mr . Cobden is , in Parliament , the leading advocateis destined to lose its held onjthe minds of observing and thinking men . Mr . Samuel Laing—the most Valuable of all oar travellers , and one o f the most deservedly popular of living English authors—has , ialiis most recent work , declared that regulation and _cooperation are necessary to keep competition in check . Mr . Laing 13 not one of the 'horse-shoe _^ iots / as Mr . Cobden , in his famous Leeds speech , declared the farmers of England to be . He is not a ' monopolist . * He is not a 'little loaf advocate . He is a scholar , an observer , a thinker ; and , as aa authority against unlimited competition , cannot be charged either with ignorance or personal _interest .
Mr . Cobden still entertains tbe opinion that other _Nations will follow the example set by England ; and freel y reciprocate her Free Trade commercial policy _, _"fr . Cobden ' s earlier prophecies on thit head have _kaned out to be mistakes . He now expresses a belief in the universal , thongh tardy , triumph * of "a own principles . "We tell him that his 'belief is ? PPosed to facts ; and for that reason will prove to te delusion . Climate , soil , habit , instinct , and law are _^ Posed to his 'belief , ' and until all these can be _Ranged , his scheme of unrestricted exports and im-0
P r ts will _oq hazardous in practice , and end in disa _? Pointment . „ _^ hat _5 _i Cobden ' s hopes are may he learned from e following paragraph of his address : — _S-jjj * , _* _pwsent , howerer , it is onr duty , by one more strong and taa ] j _^!? P '' _6 _* aoa of opinion , to establish upon an imperishable of _monD _^ i Principle of commercial liberty . That the advocates ir * _fiJi _^ should havo made another special appeal to the conu-! »" _te be , * and Bias _^ tasdei other _importatit public qae _.-tions , _BntfefQ _*^ _Ued so far as oar domestic interests are concerned . « i _« , tt _r | c < mio ! ecittr ! elves with the belief tbat the decision now _^ _atnes M Cura _it 0 b _* _* e electors of England _rrillhave a salutary _JperBaril " _?*• Hitherto other nations have regarded only as _^«' _haS _« < Wr Free Trade measures , the . reversal of which «« n _constantly threatened by _thspirty now in power .
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They vri . U _shortlj see a second Protectionist government repudiate _Frotectwwst pnflcipks . Then will commence the influence of our example upon foreign countries . I do not shrink fiom avowing my belief m the _murersal thongh tardy triumph of a principle » liich has been demonstrated in our own case to involve tbe well-being Ur - _?^ _S - and _? e , Prosperity of the government . With tbe general diffusion of libera ! commercial principles , I shall expect _witn confidence the growth of a more frai . k and generous international sprat , and , in spite o : the _bactaslidiDgs of some from Whom I had expected better things , and who have involved us in the cost ottresh preparations of war , _Idowt ' _otsita ' . e to _ccclM-emy con-> icnon , that the _final triumph of Free Trade , which England is now about to consummate , will be the strongest guarantee that human hands can give for the obiervance of that divine precept which enjoins ' _peacs on earth and good will towards met ) . '
The greatest « Monopolists' we know of are the Manchester cotton spinners , the very men who are Mr . Cobden ' s friends , and whoso interests he advocates . What they aud he mean by ' no monopoly ' is liberty for them to use thoir Capital in the way which to themselves is most advantageous , A kind of 'liberty' which implies to all who are weaker than they , submission and subjection . A * fraternity ' which undermines the foundations of * Justice , ' and whilst its advocates use the words , ' peace on earth aud good will towards men , ' tried by their practices at home and abroad , they are the authors of ' war on earth and hatred among men- *
We ask Mr . Cohden , aud all who think with him , to point out to us a singlo instance in which unlimited competition , internall y or internationally , has not prored injurious to tbe best interests of humanity . India and Manchester , China and Bradford , America and Leeds , all tell the same tale . When called upon , we are prepared to submit an array of facts iu evidence of all we have said that cannot be overcome b y any species of cant , whether such cant be political or religious .
In all that Mr , Cobden urges against our present electoral system we heartil y concur . Our present electoral system is faulty from beginning to ending ; it is wrong in princi p le and practice ; it rests upon absurd Property Qualifications , is prejudicial to tho interests of Labour ; opposed to a just representation of the interests of all , and demands immediate consideration , with a view to its entire reconstruction . The readers o our letter o last week will not misunderstand us , when we adopt with approbation Mr , Cobden ' s words : — _.
I trust that the people of England will for their next task undertake that reform in our electoral system which is called for by the state of public affairs , and which is necessary to brii / _g into harmony the theory and practice of our free constitution . Gracchus .
Mazzvsl And M. Ricclaildi. To Tbe Editor...
MAZZVSl AND M . RICClAilDI . TO TBE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sis , —Allow me briefly to reply to M . Nadaud ' s correction of my ' « many errors . " First , let me explain that when I said " some Socialists , ' ' I used tho word some in limitation , not of those whom MazziBi addressed , but of tbose who thought it well to quarrel with him on account of bis address . There is . a Spanish proverb— " Hc begins a quarrel wbo strikes tho second blow . " The second blow here ( which neadlessly made the quarrel ) was struck only by some Socialists : a very small minority of French Socialism .
I am bv no means aware that M . uicciardi " is in a better condition" than myself " to know tbe fact 3 " of tbe Italian war . It is true that" M . Iticciardi is not a blind admirer of Mazzini . " But he is a blind opponent ; which is hardly a " better condition . " And as he puts up tor an historian , his blindness does not excuse his departure from facts . 2 , 1 . _Nadaud , thou » h I doubt he bas read _Kieciardi's history , may assert his accuracy . I impeached it on one most important point , and il . _Uadand cannot defend bim , but waits "his answer . ' ' M . _Sadaud doe 3 however take _uponhimselfto explain that M . Iticciardi blames Mazzini " for not having _carriedj _^ rar
into Naples—not . before the fatal overthrow of _kovara , uut after , as a means of easily recoverin *; from it . " If M . _J-hdaud will refer to his Quotation , on May 18 th , of the very remarkable letter of M . Iticciardi , he will find these words _—"^ Naples once gained would in all probability havo obviated the fatal _overthrow of A _orara , or at least afforded means of easilv recovering from it" " It was _impossible but that without the aid of the latter ( Naples ) Piedmont should finally succumb" "Toreraaiu moveless beside Naples ... wag as much as consenting to perish a 3 soon as siie ( Austria ) should have overcome Piedmont . " Is this after or hefore ?
I will impeach M . Iticciardi ' s accuracy again . In hia letter of June _Wib . M . _Uadaud quotes his opinion of tbe " deleterious influence" of Mazzini at Milan , of bis "exciting discord , " as justifying M . Louis Blanc ' s assertion of Mazzini ' s " sacrificing to his own Utopia the necessity ol not detaching Piedmont from the common cause . " I repeat , aa anj historian M . Rieciardi should be acquainted with facts . Ho would then know that the very opposite of his words is true ; that Mazzini gave his most strenuous help towards _obtaining union , deferring to it all his views of that Republic , which _" M . Kad & ud , or M . Louis Blanc , calls an "Utopia . " Here are Mazzini's own words from the programme of bis " Italia del Popolo . " M . Sadaud will also
find thera quoted at _pase 100 of " RepubliqueetRoyauteen Italic" George Sand ' s translation , Paris , 1850 ¦ : — " Let us embrace each other upon the common ground wbich circumstances assign us : Deliverance of the country , expulsion of the foreigner who threatens it . We will study together what are the most active and efficacious means for war against tbe Austrian ; we will point out to governments the way which must be taken in order to conquer , and we will march on it with thera . Oar first thought is the war : the second , unity of the country : the third , what form , what institution may assure its liberty and facilitate its mission . " These words characterise Mazzini ' s whole conduct throughout the Lombard war . And these words of forbearance wero
written eren after the bad faita of the royal party had become openly apparent . But M . Ricciardi ' s temper may be judged by the expression of" Mazzini , issuing from his retreat . " Tou see , M . 3 i adaud , that I contradict M . Ricciardi ' s accusations , direct and indirect . Certainly it is not for me to disallow your crediting them . I speak for the sake of my own countrymen , who will take my word at least in preference to that of M . Iticciardi . For the rest . I am glad to find that the attacks upon
Mazzini ' s character are sinking into mere complaints , that his conduct does not meet tbe approval of the " clever man" and " accurate" historian , who " had his name been Giuseppe Mazzini , " would have made his triumvirate remarkable by * ' seizing a musket and electrifying the youth ofltaiy . " Whv was he not there at that period ? Forthe future , let us only hope that he will not write the history of Socialism . So wonder so electrical a genius despises the " pompous uselessness" of Mazzini , though he mercifully allows tbe other triumvirs ( not forgetting Saliceti _) to escape his pompous censorship .
I bave bnt one wor . d to add on the unfortunate remark that " no French writer has more than Louis Blanc contributed to the reputation of M . Mazzini . " Tho reputation of the defender of Rome does not depend upon French writers . And if it did , it i 3 to far higher names than that of Louis Blanc that it could safely appeal . I am , sir , yours faithfully , _Brantwood , _JuneSSth . W . J . _Lisrox . [ We wish the disputants in this war of tho pen would infuse a little less of gall and vinegar into their compositions . We agree with Mr . Linton , that " the reputation of the defender of Rome does not
depend upon French writers . " But why add the succeeding sentence ? Op inions may differ as to the eminence of French writers , and Mr . Linton has a right to his op inion . But with all deference , we must be permitted to say that not the voice of partisans , but thc voice of enemies , as well as friends , has ( long since ) placed the author of " Ten Years" in the first rank of literary eminence . Louis Blanc does not profess to be poet or romancist ; but as historian and political writer , he is , to say the least , not second to any of his contemporaries . We have yet to learn who i » his equal . —Editor . ]
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Bbasos for a Dark _Bousb . — " Why don't you knock a hole in the wall and let the light in ? " we Said to a poor Irishman . " Faith , your honour , I am not fit to be seen in it , " was the reply . A Broad _Bistimctios . —A ship from Port Glasgow was recently lying in the harbour ot _Kew Orleans , when an Irish emigrant one day came on board , aud thus addressed tho cook , " who was also Irish— " Are you the mate ?" "Xo , " said ho ; but" I ' m the man as boils the male . A Hard Xame . —A man named Stone exclaimed in a tavern , " I'll bet a sovereign I have the hardest name in the c ompany . " " Done ! " said one of the company j " what's yonr name ? " _«• Stone , " cried the Srst . " Hand me the money , " said the other , "my name is Harder . "
Chaxcert . —Every animal has its enemies . The landtortoise bas tffo enemies—man and the boa constrictor . Man takes him home and roasts him ; tho boa constrictor swallows him whole , shell and all , and consumes him slowly in the interior . Just so does the Court of Chancery mallow up a great estate ! A _Yaskee , who came over to the mother country some time ago , and who was asked , on going bac k , how be liked Great Britain , — ' * Well , " he said , " England was a very nice country , exceedingly fertile , well cultivated , very populous , and very wealthy ; but , " said tbe Yankee , " I never liked to take a morning walk after breakfast , because the country is so small that I was always afraid of walkin g over the edge ; "
SomiMBtt Ihpode . st . —A young spark ( says the "Public Balance " San Francisco paper ) , who boarded at one of our principal hotels , bad managed for a long time , by one artifice or another , to postpone the payment of his bill . At last the landlord became quite impatient , and , stepping up to his juvenile boarder , slapped bim gently on the shoulder , and asked him for the money . "I bave not a red oont _, about mo at present , " was the laconic reply . "But , my abouc meavp | an . ! lordf "I cannot - afford to keep a _bSng-house without being _T » iu . " _"T ? eH , " exclaimed _tbe _youSphilosopher , " If you cannot afford it , sellout to snme ont that can .
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Chartism.. Review Of The Late West Ridin...
CHARTISM .. REVIEW OF THE LATE WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . _(* " Concluded ,, ) Brother De 5 _[ ocrat 3 ,-To rightly appreciate the thoroughly legitimate ( not "Legitimist" ) character of the delegation that met at Bradford , it must be recollected that an attempt was being made to form a new society , but no one bad as yet become members _ofit - Ml U \ _e loeaV'ties were called upon to give an opinion as-to whether they _were in favour of it or not . Under theso circumstances any locality had a right to Bend a person to represent their opinions on tho subject . Who were the delegates who disapproved of the " new move ? " Two of'tbem represented
Leeds , the largest town in Yorkshire ; and one that has been connected with the Chartists from the commencement ; yet because the Leeds delegates were opposed to Mr . _Joaeaand his plans , he declares they had no . right to be there . Iveighley , that has bad a- society ever since the time that the " Black Dwarf" was published .. Sowerby _, whioh has contributed more money to the West Riding fund than any other village . Queenshead , which every old reader of the " Star" will recollect , has been an active Chartist locality ever since O'Connor formed the Radical Associations , and which has only been inactive for a short time , because wa could get no room to meet in , but during the time that we have been in this situation we have collected together £ 120 towards building one . All the old Chartists were called together , when the delegate was selected , and they were unanimous in their determination to oppose the acts and policy
of the " _Smashers . "' Wheatley _,. which has never had its Association broken up . Ovenden , which has for years been in thc habit of occasionally sending delegates to these meetings , as is proved both by the minute and the cash books . Elland , an old Chartist locality , which every Chartist lecturer who has travelled this country will recollect , Mr . Jones complains that the dclegato was- elected at a public-house * , & _circumstance which I maintii ' m does not disqualify him . Northowram ,. at which place I assisted to form a locality fifteen years ago , and at which I have occasionally lectured ever since , Mr . Jones states that the delegate from this locality elected himself ; another falsehood . The delegate stated that they , like many others , wero in a state of disorganisation , but the Chartists had been called together , and furnished him with his
instructions . Ilis credentials were _signed by two old and wellknown Chartists , one of whom stood bail for me in 1842 , wheu I was arrested on suspicion of heing engaged in the " plug war . " Lower Warley , which has always had an _Association , and which , it will be recollected , sent a delegate to the Manchester Conference last year , Mr . Jone 9 states , in his p & per , that David Lawson , one of the delegates from thi 3 place , acted as chairman at tho meeting in Gibbet-lane when the delegates for that locality were elected ; which is another falsehood . The chairman of that meeting was "James Dawson , " and not "David Lawson /' as stated by Jones . The Gibbet-lane locality , which has been in existence upwards of two years , and the members of which are those who formerly met in _Bullcloso-lane _, before they were forcibly ejected from that place , and robbed of the furniture by the party who arrogate to themselves tho sole right to hold an association in Halifax . The " Labour and Health" locality , which is the oldest Chartist house ia Halifax '; a party having met there , for the purpose of
securing Parliamentary Reform , long before Chartism was known , and which has lately been much strengthened by parties who have left Broad-street , on account ofthe intolerance manifested there , and by numbers of _others ' jwho have left to escape from tho ravenous jaws of tho insatiable " begging box , " whose hateful chink has become a perennial sound at that pbce . This party now forms the strongest locality that has for some time existed in Halifax . The Democratic Association , at Bradford , which engaged Mr . Jones , and paid him the last time be lectured in Bradford , and which no one can say is a newl y-formed locality , and the association which has been formed at Mitchells' coffeehouse , Bradford , by a number of mon who did not liko to abandon the principles , but who were determined not to be made the mere puppets in the hands of Mr . Jones . It ia not the first time that Bradford has been divided into a number of localities , as Mr . Cameron seemed to think , It was formerly divided into four localities , and they all sent delegates to the West Riding meetings .
Let us now look at some of those delegates who were sent to support tho "Smashers . " There is Cinder-hills , where about four of the members of the Broad-street locality live : these men met , and appointed two of themselves as delegates . ' There is Pudsey , which never paid a single farthing to the West Riding expenses . In fact , I believe no association ever existed at this place , and the delegates evidently elected themselves , as is shown by their credential ? , wbich were signed by Mitchell , one the delegates , on behalf , as he aaid , of the Committee , which Committee no doubt consisted of his colleague and himself
Then there was Robert Roper , of Bingley , who was elected , according to his own statement , by three others and himself , in defiance of the members of tho assooiation to which they belonged . Shortly after he had taken his seat , one of the members from the Bingley association followed him , and banded in the following letter . " To the Chartist delegate meeting _. —Gentlemen , I bog to inform you that the Bingley Democratic Society has not sent a delegate to tbis meeting , and if there be ono pretending to represent the same , it is a forgery , " Yours , & c , W . Hailam . "
On the reading of this letter , Mr . Roper gave the above explanation . Yet notwithstanding this barefaced piece of imposition , Mr . Jones and his party , who objected to Leeds and other large localities being represented , were quite ready to accept the aid of Mr . Roper , and attach his name to tlieir list of _genuine (?) delegates . From this it will ho seen , that notwithstanding tho number of names whioh they managed to scrape together , only four Chartist localities were represented by them , namely—Halifax , Bradford , Midgley , and Huddersfield ; and as the two former places are divided , only two places could be Baid to be united on the question . When Mr . Jones penned his report he must havo known that it would be contradicted , buthe no doubt considered that the parties who read it would never see any other . I hope , however , that thoso who read this will be at the trouble to show it to his readers .
Ho 9 tatC 3 tbat I was sent for to Croft-street , whither he and his party adjourned , after the breaking up of the meeting , and that 1 refused to go ; which is as pure a fiction as the "Arabian Nights Entertainments . " Though , if they had Bent for me , I should not have gone _. After they came back from that place , he sent forme into another room , where I found him surrounded by tho gang who had come from Halifax . His object in sending for me was to read a letter which 1 had sent him , in reply to one which he sent me concerning the former Manchester Conference . When I heard it read , I heartily wished thathe would give it publicity , for I did not know that I had written anything so good on that subject . He _likewise read a number of certificates from the delegates who had met at Manchester , denying that they had acted under his influence . Did any one imagine that tbe men would write themselves down ns asses ? Of course not .
He then denied , in the most positive terms , that ho had ever written to me , advising that Yorkshire should be formed into " a state" of itself , appointing its own Executive , & c , and challenging mo to produce the letter . Of course , not having it with me I could not ; but I will now give the whole _paragraph ; and if Wr . Jones will appoint three of his friends in Halifax , on whom he can rely , I will meet them with two of my friends , and show them the letter . And after that , for hisfnrther satisfaction , I will send it to London , where I will appoint thrco persons to meet himself and two of his friends ; and if he does not accept these conditions , let him stand branded as a liar and a traitor . The paragraph is as follows : — Could not all . Yorkshire form itself , into an organised Chartist body ( as though no association were in existence ) , having its own local Executive and devoting all its funds , all its talent , all its attention towards tbe organisation of the county , the establishment of fresh localities , enrolling members , and spreading intelligence by the tougue ar . d pen . Let it be a Chartist _orgaHisation complete within it ? elf .
The italics are his own . The letter has already been read by some scores in Halifax , so that whether Mr . Jones agrees to my proposal or not , denial is out of the question . C _Shmskmstoh . P . S . —Since writing tbe above , information has reached me that the delegates from Pudsey elected themselves , as there is no Association there ; and that their credentials were made out for them after thoy got to Bradford . There is no doubt that this is true ; for the credentials are dated for Sunday , tho 13 th of June . —C . S .
Chemexhaji.—A Meeting Of Friends Favoura...
_Chemexhaji . —A meeting of friends favourable to the Chartist Executive Committee elected by the whole Chartist party , took place at their lato meeting room , at the People's Institute , Regent-street , on Tuesday evening , June 22 nd , to consider the best means of supporting the legitimate head of the Chartist body . The fallowing resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —Proposed by Messrs . Adams and Hemmin : — " That wo being members of the late locality ofthe National Charier Association , and disapproving of the present attempt at usurpation in the Democratic ranks , feel it onr bonnden duty to use our every endeavour to counteract tbe same . We therefore resolve to form ourselves into a locality in connexion with the real Executive Committee which was elected by , and with the _con-ent of . the whole Chartist body . " Proposed by
Messrs . Hemmin and Glover : — " That E . Sharland be appointed secretary pro tern . " Proposed by Messrs . J . Payton and Saarland : — " That we adjourn to Sunday morning next , at eleven o clock , at 253 , High-street , for the purpose of enrolling members , and other business . " Several new members were enrolled , and the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —Proposed by Messrs . Giover and J . Payton : — " Should any member of this locality take out a card of membership of any other , he will cease to be considered a member of this locality , and his name shall be erased from the books forthwith . " Proposed by Messrs . Adams and Willis : — " That we recognise every newspapor advoeating the principles of Democracy , but hold the supremacy of none . " The mooting then adjourned to Sunday morning next , at eleven o ' clock , —Ed . Sharland . Secretary .
Bradford Election . —At a meeting ofthe Chartists of this town on Monday evening , the question of the propriety of bringing forward a Chartist candidate at the approaching election was anxiously discussed , and it was unanimously resolved— " That Q . Julian Harney be requested to oome
Chemexhaji.—A Meeting Of Friends Favoura...
forward . " The meeting was enthusiastically unanimous in their desire that Mr . ) H . should appear on the hustings as the working man ' s candidate .
Invasion Of The Right Of Meeting. On Mon...
INVASION OF THE RIGHT OF MEETING . On Monday afternoon a crowded public open-air meeting was held in Bonner ' s Fields , to take into consideration the late act of the government , in having suddenly suppressed the open-air discussions of tho working classes in that locality , by the interference of armed police . W . A . Hows , Esq ., occupied the chair , and stated the objects of the meeting . 'The _birth-ri _^ ht of Englishmen , he said , had been invaded , the right of assembling for the free expression of their sentiments had been interfered with by the Home-Secretary , on the pica that their meetings , which had been held in the same place for many years , were obstructions , and that indecent and blasphemous language had been mado use of . " He bad frequently attended the meetings and never heard any such languago uttered . It was not thc disposition ofthe peoplo of the
Tower Hamlets thus to act . Ilo had lorty years' experience in the locality , and could testify , _with- _* fee ! ings of pleasure , to the steady advance which had been made by tbe workin " classes . There was no reason why the liberty of the _sub ject should bo more interfered with in Victoria-park than in Hyde Park , where real obstructions -were occasione d by the throng of carriages of the aristocracy . It had not been shown that there was any aot of parliament to warrant the police in the step they had taken ; . they were not to be bludgeoned as they they had been- , and were prepared to prove that public opinion would now send back the swords of those who attempted to interfere-with freedom _ignominiously back into tbeir scabbards ; . and that those who had been so maligned by the Home Secretary were worthy of possessing tho great _right 3 of Englishmen . { Hear , hear . )
. ... C . P . NicnoLLS then moved the following resolution : — That this meeting , composed of aU shades of religious anil political opinions , hereby testify to the peaceful and orderly assemblage of her Majesty ' s subjects in . _Bonner's-ilelds on Sundays for _soreral years past , such assemblages _jhaving met to discuss questions affecting their social improvement , to advance- the cause of temperanee , and to hear _addraases influencing their earthly amelioration , aud their eternal welfare . That these quiet andcalm assemblages have , without any caution given or warning used , been suddenly _snpyressed by the presence ofa body of mounted and armed police , who will neither permit persons reasonably to converse together , nor arrest them when thus engaged , but arbitrarily listen to , in . _tei-rupt and separate such persons , without assigniug a reason , or giving them the opportunity of trying the question by law . That this meeting considers the capricious and uuexampicd _interferencs of their paid servants , tbe police , a most dangerous infringement of the vijrht of public speech afforded by . the common law of
England , and is determined to make a stand against au act that is at once aggressive , ill-liberal and unconstitutional . Tho meeting he saw before him gave a direct denial to the calumnies which bad been uttered by the Hnme Secretary . The men who were in the habit of meeting in tbat spot weekly had never outraged public decency . "When their representative ( Mr . G . Thompson ) appealed to the Home Secretary on the subject , that functionary had boldly asserted that indecent , obscene , and blasphemous language had been made use of , to the _annoyance of tho locality . The Home Secretary , must have been misinformed , as he had stated that which waa at variance with the truth . It was no doubt an attempt of the Tory , government to put down public discussion . They no- doubt would like to introduce the acts of Lord Castlereagh ; but publio opinion would soon convince tho Derby government that such an attempt would very soon bo put down . ( Jfear , hear . ) Mr . James Savage seconded the resolution .
A . S . Avhton , Esq ., spoke at some length in support of the resolution , and was loudly applauded . He had heard the persons he saw before him accused of blasphemy and obscenity . The decorum he saw gave a flat contradiction to such a foul calumny . ( Hear . ) It * was most essential that at all cost the right of public assemhly should be vin . dicated . There was no law which sanctioned the late unprecedented interference ot the Home Secretary . ( Hear . ) Tho police had not the power to interfere unless sanctioned by tbo law of the land . The polioe were not to be the tools of tho government , but the servants of tbe public , out of whose funds they were paid . ( Hear . ) Thero was only one way in which ho could account for the late attempt to disallow meetings on that spot , and that was that it _vi & s a part of the Crown lands , If this was tho ground upon which the Home Secretary had interferedthen the people
, had the House ot Commons to appeal to , and by which he hoped they would get redress . ( Cheers . ) G . Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., next Addressed the meeting . Ho had travelled in many foreign-parts , and he had always found bis countrymen protected in propagating their peculiar views as missionaries , oven at the expense of running down the religion of the country , in-which he was residing . It was hard if the same liberty was not to be found at home . He regretted that the reply , he received to his remonstrance from the Home Secretary was most vague . It had been reported , by whom he could not remember , that blasphemous and _obsceno language had been- used at these meetings in Bonner ' 8-fields , but . upon what particular occasion he could not ascertain , ( Hear . ) He trusted that whoever might represent them in tho next parliament would make it their business to move for every tittle of evidence upon which
this arbitrary and illegal step bad been taken . Mr . Newton supported ' the- resolution . He said it had been stated that tho attempted suppression of these meetings had risen from the complaints of certain inhabitants who had characterised the _proceedings as immoral and obscene . Let such inhabitants come iorward and state their case ; and if not , we can claim exoneration for ourselves . The interference had been made because the government wished to suppress the growth of public opinion . ( Cheers . ) They did not dare to interfere wiih in-door meetings . But be was in favour of the questjon being voted ; and he had no doubt tbat subscriptions would be raised to _eari-jr ont this object . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted . T > r . _Oxlbt then rose , and moved : — That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Home Secretary on the mauer , and : appi ? ise him of the resolutions agreed to hy tbat meetinit .
Mr . T . _HuNTi in seconding the resolution , said , that the maintaining a right depended less on statute books than on tho spirit of the peoplo . He did not believe that such an invasion of public liberty as that they had been considering , would be suffered in America . Were the government to succeed in this , they would not stop at tbat point ; and if energetic steps were not taken , Englishmen would have to hold meetings to resist the violations of other liberties . ( Cheers . ) Mr . P . _Cubsoh briefly supported the resolution , and thought that this was but the commencement of the Btruggle . The characters of tho Bonner ' s Fields meetings
had been misrepresented . " We held such meetings to improve our minds , and show the 'higher' orders that we aro' lower' only by reason of our being compelled to toil for our bread . " ( Cheers . ) The resolution was agreed lo unanimously , and , after a brief speech by Mr . Palmer , _Mefcrs . Williams , M . P ., G . Thompson , M . P ., W . Newton , Acton , Ayrton , C . T . Xicholls , Dr . Oxley _, 1 ? . Curson , T . Hunt , W . A . Howe , and W . Palmer , wero appointed to confer with tho Home Secretary , and after the usual honours to the Chairman , this large meeting dispersed .
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S^- Wo Shall Bo Glad, To Receive Reports...
_S _^ - Wo shall bo glad , to receive Reports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations and Stores , iu England , Irelaud , Scotland and Wales . 2 _^ - The " Association Gazette * ' having ceased to appear , we plate our columns at the disposal of our Co operative friends . If open to the public press , the Conference on the 20 th of July , will be attended by a special reporter from this Journal . —Editor .
FORTHCOMING CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE . The following resolutions have been adopted b y the promoters of the " Working Men ' s Associations : — That a Conference of delegates from the various bodies engaged in practical _oo-operation be requested to meet in London on Monday , the 26 th of July , with a view to consider the best mode of making available _thefaciiitios afforded by the 'Industrial and Provident Societiea' Act' for the progress of Co-operation . That the following questions be submitted as the principal points for the consideration of the Conference . 1 . —As tothe propriety of all Co-operative Associations enrolling themselves under the new Act . 2 . —As to the extent to which it is desirable that Co-operative Associations for similar objects should adopt ruleB formed on the same model .
3—Whether it should not be a rule for all Co-operative Establishments to sell all articles exactly for what they are . 4 . — 'Whether and what steps can be advantageously taken for the establishment or extension of institutions for th * purpose of giving unity and force to the Co operative movement . 5—Whether any and what steps » hould be taken by the Co-operative Associations to enter vato connexion with other bodies which aro not directly co-operative in their character . 0 . ~ Whether any and what portion of the profits of Co-operative Associations should be capitalised ond how the same should bo applied . 7 . —Whether any and what portion of thera should be applied as a _providt-iii _oiukingfund . 8 .-Whether any and what steps should be taken for the establishment of a journal or newspaper as the organ of the Co-operative movement . ° r
It being very desirable that as many co-operative bodies as possible should be represented at the Conference , it is proposed that any number of associated bodies should be at liberty to unite for the _ourpese of fending _delr gates . The rules of representation will be the same as those of the Bury Conference of Delegates , held on Good Friday , 1851 , namely :-That each Co-operative Society shall send delegates in proportion to jts number of members , in the following manner , viz .-For every society of above twelve nnd under one hundred and twelve members , one delegate : one hundred and twelve , two delegates : and for every one hundred members above one hundred and twelve , one delegate . In consideration , however , ofthe distance which the delegates from some parts of the country will have to travel , a delegate may hold any number of proxies for bodies who cannot send a That any Society limiting its members under one hundred be not allowed to send a delegate _. Delegates are requested to bring tbo fullest particulars as to their respective Societies .
The Conference will be followed by a Festival , to be offered by the Society to the Delegates and otherfriends of Co-operation . Arrangements will be nude for providing lodgings for the dele-The Society offers its hall , No . 34 , _Catfle-street , ( which is being constructed by the North London TVoriiog Builders' Association to hold 300 person *) for the purposes of the Conference
West Riding —An adjourned Conference , comprising representative ** from the several Cooperative Societies of Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Pud « ey , Yeadon , WiUden , Bing-
S^- Wo Shall Bo Glad, To Receive Reports...
ley , find Howard . ' , was held in Bradford on Sunday Ia 3 t Mr . Holmes , of Leeds , occupied the ehair . . A draft of rules for the management ofthe _proposed union , to be denominated the '' Northern Union of Co-opetati 7 e Societies , ' ' was sub . ¦ bitted to the meeting , and , with afew verbal alterations , agreed to . It was also resolved— "That the seat of the Central Committee , for the first year , should be located in _Lsedsj and a list of names ot gentlemen , well known for their services in the cause of Association , together with the President of each Society iu the Union , wss agreed to aa lorming the executive for the first year .. " After about three hours deliberation the Conference broke up , the unanimity of their deliberations beiwj a f » < _u'rable indication of the lu ure usefulness of the Union— -the Srst of the kind , we believe , in existence . Mr . Lloyd Jones , of London , was present , and , at the request oi the chairman , favoured the meeting with a few explanatory comments on the new law 01 industrial Trading Societies , which is now only awaiting ' the _Koj-al assent to become law .
Guide To Tiie Lecture-Itoom . Lsctute 3 ...
GUIDE TO TIIE LECTURE-ItOOM . _LsctuTe 3 . ' I , lStitU ' " ' Jol '" -st _« ct , _Fitzroy-square .-Juij Uh ( 7 * 1 , a HaU of Science , _City-road . —July -ith ( 7 i ) , T ' _lomtti Cooner * Li >' e and Character of Sir Walter Raleigh . ' _" «™ im cooper , w . e National Hull , 242 , High _Holborn .-July 4 ch ( 8 ) , P . \ V . Perfitr . ' The Civil War-Cavaliers and Koundheads " South London Hall , _Webbcr-strcet _, Blaekfriars-road .-July ith ( 71 ) , Charies Southwell wtlllccturc . _' Social - fnstitution _, Charles street , Old Garratt , . Manchester _—Julv tth ( 11 a . m . ) , Discussson .., ( 7 p . m . ) a Lecture . ' Areopagus Coft ' ee and Heading Koom , 09 , Church-lane _AVhite- _* chapel . —Every Sunday , Monday , and Wednesday ( 8 ) _, aLeeturo or Discussion . City Forum CoftVc House , 80 , Hedcross-street . —Every Sunday , Monday , and Thursday , ( Si ) , a Lecture . Commercial llall , _f'bilpot street , Co'nmercial-road-east . —Theological Discussions every Sunday morning ( 11 ) , Sundavevenin _!* - ( 7 ) , f uesday ( 8 ) , Thursday ( 8 ) , and Saturday ( 8 ) . Progressionist Hall , _Ciieapside _, Leeds , Julv 4 th ( fij ) , a Lecture , Temperance Stnr Hotel , Swan-street , _Jlriggate , ' Leeds . _—Kvcry n ednesday ( S ) _, a Discussion . Working Men's Academy , Edgar-street , Preston . —Lecture every _bundiiy at lOi a . m . —Discussion every Sunday evening .
East London iLiterary Institution , _Betlinalgreeu . —July 4 th ( 11 a , m . ) , a Lecture . Eclectw _lviWitute , _DenrnwU-strcet , Soho . —Every Friday ( 8 i ) , Ur . J . B . O'Urien , Home and Foreign Politics . Every Sunday ( 7 _J ) , on Moral and Social Stiencc .
Frightful Collision Os The--Kiveh. On Th...
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION OS _THE--KIVEH . On Thursday a collision of the most alarmin _*? and frichtful character occurred in tho river Thames , off _Northfleet Point , by whieh tho Duchess of Kent , Ramsgate steamer , tho property of the Commercial Steam Navigation Company , Captain William Humphreys , commander , was run down by the _Rwensbourne , Captain Bacon , tho property of tbe General Steam Navigation Company , and bound to Antwerp with nearly 200 passengers and full cargo . The following particulars of the acciiieni , gathered on tho spot at the time it took place , may be relied on . It apponros that tbe _Ravensbouvne was steaming down tho river with full tide in her favour , immediately in tlio wake and just on tho starboard side of tho Meteor , Gravesend steam boat , and arrived nearly opposite KorthSeet . Point about two o ' clock . On nearing the Point tho Duchess of Kent , Ramsgato steamer , was ccmin / r up the river aeaimt tide
and hugging tbo southern shore—the tide running very strongly . The _Rwenabourne was about three parts over the river on the Kent shore , and , as sho approached Northfleet Point , appeared to take the starboard , tack , and as sho neared the Duchess of Kent coming up , the latter crossed , apparently with the object of passing between the Ravensbourne and the Meteor , when , in an instant , consequent on tho heavy way on a large and powerful steamer liko the Ravensbourne , and on her having tha tido with , her and being in full steam , bofore the _Ducness of Kent could cross her sho ran into her bows about twenty feet from her figure head , or just before tho windlass on , tho starboard bow . Tbo crash was fr ghtful , and the Duchess of Kent , after heeling backward from tbo violence of the shock for a momont , was found to havo her starboard bow completely stove in , and nearly cut in two . She immediately began to
fill and to commence sinking , bows foremost . The scene among tho passengers , a largo number of whom were ladies with ohildren , is described as truly frightful . A rush was made en masse to the after part of the vessel , and women with children were seen clinging to various parts of tho . sinking ship , Tbe Captain of tho Ravensbourne , finding that the Duchess of Kent was rapidly sinking , backed , ana the rush made by the passengers of the Duchess of Kent to get on board of her was dreadful , and women with children in their arms became so frantic that they rushed in their fright to the still sinking part of the ship ; at this moment the Meteor arrived _alongaide , _aDd-the passengers and crew wero literally dragged on board of her , and on board the Ravensbourne , with one exception . This was a gentleman named Hale , a brewer , of Broadstairs , Isle of Thanet _, who being infirm , could not be reached , and , still remaining on
his seat , went down with the . vessel , which in a few minutes sunk , bowa first , almost perpendicularly , the . keeLbeing lifted as sho sank twenty or thirty feet oAt of the water . The captain of tbe Duchess of Kent , it is only justice to state , was , with the oxception of Hale , the last to leave bis ill-fated vessel , and hia _escBpa waa truly miraculous . A ropo had been thrown ., from the Ravensbourne over the stern of the Duchess of Kent , and fastened , and as thelast portion of the vessel reached tho water he seized the rope and was hauled on boaod . Mr . Hale , _although nnable from infirmity to assist himself while on board the vessel , most extraordinary to relate , the moment he reached the wator struck out and kept afloat nntil rescued by one of the boats lowered from tho Meteor , The soena of consternation which prevailed after the Duchess . of Kent had sunk , both on board- the Ravensbourne and- tho Meteor , can be better imagined than described . Mothers , fathers , husbands and wives , who had become separated , some being taken on board ths Ravensbourne , others . on board the Meteor and the Topaz , whioh had also arsived at the
moment the Duchess ot Kent went down , having missed and being unaware of _» the fate of each other ,, were to be seen running about in the most frantic manner , making inquiries as to . 4 ho safety of their relatives . One lady on board tho . Meteor was in a most frightful condition , aa sho stated that she had left her two children asleep in the cabin , and was on deck at the moment tho vessel _Btruck , and had not seen or been able to glean any tidings bf them . It ia also stated that at the _moment of the collision nearly tbe whole of the passengers ( about seventy in number ) were on deck ; . bnt it is believed there were some few in the fore cabin , and as there are Bomo still missing , it is feared they may have gone down with tho vossel _, the belief being , iu consequence of the immense power of the Ravensbourne , that at least twenty feet of the bows of the _Duohesg of Kent were cut away by the crash . Tbis belief is justified by the fact that from tho moment of the collision to the time the _Duohess of Kent entirely sank beneath the surface of the water was . little more than eight or nine minutes . The foro cabin must have filled immediately .
As soon as the _consternation created by the catastrophe had in some measure- subsided , the boats of the various vessels which had arrived at the spot were stationed in the vicinity of the sunken steamer , with a vie . _*« to pick up any _bodios which might float out of the wreck . The _R-A < _ioi _\* ohoviVfte and the Meteor , having the-rescued passengers on board , proceeded on to the Terracepier at Gravesend , where the affrighted passengers were landed and mustered , and , as before stated , it is believed that some few are missing ; but irom the confusion which still prevailed anything liko accurate information coald not be obtained . Incidents of tho most exciting character took place . As the Duchess of Kent wr « s rapidly sinking , a gentleman waa observed rushing up one of the paddle-boxes with a littlo girl in hia arms . The Meteor was then approaching to render aid , and so great was his excitement that in the desire to save the child before iho Meteor had reached
within ten or twelve yards of the sinking ship , ho raised her up with thc view of throwing her ou to the Meteor , but at the moment tbe shrieks of the passengers on board tho approaching vessel restrained him , and thus tbe child was saved from inevitable destruction . As soon as the alarm was given Captain Humphreys adopted every means to ensure the safety ofthe passengers , numbering between sixty and seventy . In his efforts he was assisted hy the captain of the Ravensbourne , and tho captain of the Meteor , a Gravesend boat , which was closo by at the time the collision took place , and baoked her engines when the dangar became apparent . By tho united efforts of the crews of the three steamers , and the timely use of their boats , all tho passengers , with the exception of one , were got safely on board the Meteor or the Ravensbourne , Captain Humphreys remaining to the last on board
tbe sinking steamer , with the one exception alluded to , who was an old and decrepid gentleman , who went down with the vessel , but rose again immediately to the surface ofthe water and was rescued by one of the boats of the Mtteor , The remainder of tbo passengers were taken on board tho Ravensbourne , and landed at Gravesend . There waB on . this occasion less luggage than usual on board , and it is stated that nearly the whole has been recovered . Captain Humphreys feels confident that all tbe passengers wera saved , notwithstanding the short time tbat elapsed between _, the collision and the sinking of thc vessel . It is supposed by those on board that the foro part of tho sunken vessel mu 3 t have been eut off . Tbe _Raversbourne received no material injury , and after landing the affrighted passengers at Gravesend proceeded on her passage towards the Belgian coast .
An Ibish Capitalist.—A Gentleman In Newc...
An Ibish Capitalist . —A gentleman in Newcastle was applied to some time ago by an Irishman in his employment to see if be could assist him in the investment of a hundred pounds . " A hundred pounds ! " said he ; " where have you picked up such a sum ? " "It ' s all my wages since I came to work for you , your honour . " "But how have you lived in the meantime ? " " My wife keeps the house , and we save what I earn . " "And what does your wife work at V , ' Why , the truth is , your honour , she _goos out every day with the children and cadges . "—Glasgow Con stitutional . to
_^ Captain Vivian has addressed a letter the electors Of Bodmin , in which he intimates tbat he will . not again Bolieit their suffrages—his participation in the proceedings connected with the recent duel between Mr , Smythe anrl Colonol Romilly having alienated an essential portion ofthe support by whioh his return had heen effected . Citt of London Hospital for Diseases of thb _Chbst . —The quarterly meeting of tbe board of _mauageraftnt Of thiB institution , was held on Wednesday , at the Offices Liverpool-street , Henry Tucker , Esq ., in the chair South Eabtkrh Railway . —Traffio receipts forthe _waefc ending June 28 1852 , £ 15 , 135 ls . 7 d . Ditto , June 28 SB £ 17 , 001 6 s . 6 d . Deoreasein 1 S 52 , £ 1 , 026 Is _\ UI
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_03071852/page/5/
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