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Fair Tb & _svs _* _—® 1 _** _shn _* the Convention _ter-^ iy _^ _ife sittings , Ihave been busily engaged in _¦^ _yjjmptto give effect to & e Land plan that we uliaL _Bjijuumonsly adopted . Since then , I have beer . _p _ToSL out for land , and instructing myself as to its ¦ vva _^ cvvalue : and the result of my research is the fled _vicdge that at all times the Society would be able , Bfltliont delay or difficulty , to apply its Ihnds to the ha- * jfcasc of land . 1 liave seen many farms that are . _j deffc . icld , and others that are io be let . There is _(• _uirlfiarin of 313 acres , - within lalf a mile of the Rei-S % e St ation , and about twenty-two miles irom Lon" _1- _ty " It is good land , and its price is about * € 4 , 000 . _^ t l _^ the & ns there is a quarry of Fidlers _' -eartli , ch solvent tenant oilers £ 100
_richie _^ lii a per annum ; . hat * ihat the real amount lobe paid for the land would f 3 , _(( £ 2 , 0 $ . _fm _^ _**& ia mind that I estimated e price _priced land in the country districts , at a coniaa \ _iaab \ c distance from the metropolfe , at £ 18 15 s . u aci _^ _j acre ; and also recollect that within twenty-two ite ' _^ Ues of _London , with ihe advantage of a railroad _ct ) V- _* . i 3 uV- _« S within i « ilf a mile of it—that is , within an _otr i " . eur ' s journey of Die metropolis—it wouldbe much wt * s « te valuable . Bnt with my imperfect knowledge ' _-ifcejfifceMar _^ _fahlepriee of English land , let us see if sis i-sis much out in my estimate . One hundred and _rirtc-xirtecu acres , at £ 18 25 s . per acre , would sell for _i " il « 2 , " ilS _* 5 s-- and we can get it for £ 118 os . less . > e > ow , the farm of which I speak is more advantaton nessly situated , and is better land than I _xaade mv
ikv ukuhtim npon ; and thus I have established the Lti , it :, ihat wc can get land for that price . I havenot , m io-ffever , received a single answer , asyet , iomy appeal f k sf last week : and therefore I shall not longer allow ou , rou , negligent as you are , to remain destitute of that rac practical knowledge which will alone urge yon to the sp < fjperiment . I believe , in my conscience , ihat tiie « ta _litablishment of one home colony , consisting of thirty tdi _^ dependent small _farmery would present io your yn _sinds the miniature of that great revolution which , i _i s a ny S ' moment , you are capable of producing , _: ii _^ ibout reference to , or dependence upon , tha v _* iii ,
! -if policy , or the caprice of your rulers , J I have frequently iold you that 1 never would re-; sjnend the people to do a single act that I was not .. _a-arcd io take part in myself * and now ihat all : _-M-r ; arc _sp «* ntoii « g in yonr labour and growing . ' a upon your weakness , * and when yon require a T . i .: iieal illustration of the only principle whicli , if . - . ioosHy carried out , can make you free ; and when -. 1 arc cither too indolent , too suspicious , or ico 7- ) jriuy , to try it yourselves , I -willendeavour to try iiii yoa . 1 wih * endeavour to fry it on a small _^ i _^ _-si vsomeihiriy or thirty-five cottages _withsuitiVniir-flSiecs , kitchen garden , and an acre of land
_-relied to each cottage ; and , as the first colonists , > _m-jHise locating that namber of London Shoe-• - > i « is on certain conditions . I select those parties . _- _,,-3 . i reasons : " 81 * 5 % , because those of ihat body ••' . _rtluvo been energetically endeavouring io carry „ -t ! ic : ' _-aii , arc amongst the best and foremost of -j » .. ' ' . si *** ** ranks * , and secondly , because I think 1 ,: m lOtavi them io their entire fancy and advantage , ,-3 spot where they will be within an eigliteea-penny _jiji w Loudon in a covered _ihii'd-class carriage . 1 - _tasai-u ihat it is a part of theii * plan to carry on 3 virtn . de in their own cottages , and to send one of ¦ ju irWy _ro London with and for their work ; thus -. vjn _' . 20-30 il . _s of the expense . That is , instead of ? : di i / . i _; ' _"i -Is . to go and come , each -will pay very _AHeraorc than a penny . Sow this Is co-operative _ilmiuand individual possession .
ljiK . ;«;* c , if 1 succeed in obtaining possession of is k & d , to make the offer to Philip 3 f'Graih fo scoine the patron of this first colony . I have not _n _* : n him io mention it to him ; but I select him , •« au 5 c , without any manner of exception , he is one ¦ . •¦ Iv & fJit _in-ejseeptiftnable men lever met in my : ± In fact , I defy any man , gentle or simple , to be : « . _* . amted with M'Grath without admiring him , _s-iiieeting him , and honouring liim . Of course 1 -j ? y allot more land to him . If I succeed in this > : _cxr-crhuent , and to do so no effort of mine shall ¦ . •¦ • spared , I shall then establish another colony , _per-Jip- * larger , * and if he is willing , I wiHilocatc the :. wl and faithful Doyle there , and then Clark in . _»• lier . I don't mention Wheeler just now , because _i'kn _' t think we can spare him from London until ¦ it pan oecomes almost national .
The ienns upon which each holding will be let to _. _foceapier , —if I succeed as I hops to do , —will be on _s _* e _ftr ever , on the following _couditlons : —That ixkase be forfeited if the lessee sub-let to any miiacr receiving any salary or endowment from the h-ne : to -my banker , distiller , brewer , attorney , or :. _ar _, _* - _pei-soa tliat would carry on the trade of pawnu- > .. ktr , 0 ? seller of malt litjnov or spirits : and tbe _iin-rii _:- ; on of any of those trades or businesses _flflii liiaoimt to the forfeiture of the lease . I have
. _vJEi ' . i-oraiieb upon the subject of the land—that v : "* _l . e facility with which we could purchase it—< i ' ui : i ihe last three weeks , that never did babj -si- : ' -i- toy , or schoolboy for a holiday , as I now long : * krtr . iv the establishment of the first Home : . _^ _--y . Every wise man that I converse with upon * _Ja -abject is with me heart and soul ; wliile the : % ie " themselves are lavishing and squandering " : - « : iy Saturday night upon debasing , unhealthy , in'iati . _* . " : _i- - ; sniff , as much as would lay the foundation Lii' ! _££ _* i ' s future sreatness .
it *« iU be ihe proudest day of my life when 1 sec •¦ 'In : _hieh . of colonists entering then- " own J-t _iis . ' * i _lape over every chimney-piece to see a -kti -uid _l-ayonct : and if we had a hundred thou-. ;•' . m * ibem , " wc might then write essays , as the _5-sil force Irish repesleis do , setting forth the _phyi- { _41-aU'iiies of free Englishmen who might _b _iefy the foreign intruder and the domestic . I-a * . In conclusion , my friends , f or the one _^ sa-edth time , 1 tell you that you have no possii- l « _w of redemption save in the Land ! Yonr faithful friend aud servant , Feargus _O'Coxxon .
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FRANCE . - ¦ ' : - _- X £ XE ! _SZSr OF THE _TTiR IX ALGERIA . —T ) tC : ii s : _i--i . i = *? of Tuesday announce that the Minister , " _•» led received two _dispatches from _! Marsbal ; - ' _"U * :, tat- **! ihe Kill and 16 th inst . Li the first . _^ _tiajejial _aanotinct . _*> his amTal in the _Ouarensenis , ' . •'• _** _j'lypaiaron * movements . Jn the second , he • _' * - -te atwant of two affrays on ihe 13 th , between - _star-jruara of a convoy and about 500 _Kabjlca . . _+ « _iuitkoil U . 'fhe enemy were beaten eff , _^ with * - * _< - * $ of several killed and twentv prisoners . The •• -. 7 : 1 , who had onlv eight killed and fifteen
¦ y uuA , «* . ] _.-. _un-a and licad of cattle , and made ; - _** _* mty . . Another affair of slight importance _^ _l-iaoc on the foliowin" day . Marsh al Bugcand _;•; - * , _laat _]« ihe evening of the _Mtu some tribes _?¦ ¦ : i ' . i-. rI :-u 5 _jniisyon . lhe entire insm _* rcction in _;* - ; - ' _'^ _iii'Ssicnis was caused , he says , by the same 7- * rm : v } irt raj 5 e ( i t _} . Dj _^ _^^ % vil 0 presented - _*»• ; : as ? . _Xmd of prophet sent by God to deliver 7 _5- ; from the Christians . Two other impostore . V . ' .: _** : - _* JX' slated io have appeared , one in the ' ¦ _^ n and the other in the Dahra . . - - _"i-iT- o . v 0 f Dnx Carlos . —Tlie Times of ThiiiS
; . _•\ . -f : _^ t , iH' ordinary express has brought ns tat * _i-li' - ' . -:. '* : 'i' 5 of Tuesday , with onr usual correspond-, - _*• Tiie i _^ ter announces the abdication of Den . _^ m _avom-of his son , the Prince of the Asturias . ., 'j ~ ' _- ' -hi , " savs fiur _coiTCspondent , " was au' .. ' _^ * o i 5 , K * ; ,. f the French yesterday by a ? * . : ¦« _ei'Yoy . who is " . I am assured , at this moment ;; - ' - i ' _jtkfiz of the ' Tuilerits . Don Carlos has _ae-,.-- _*! iJt < J ihat formal conmiunieation by a demand _:-. 't ' "' _l i ! l 0 r whither he will , 'there being now - ' _<¦*' : : ; V _eo-i _' _tJEaiijg _jj _iiu in captivity . '"
.. . SPAIN . _ .., ; - < -1 _opj * -jjj . _Spjusish _Goversmkht . — Tiie _feX _**^ " hkh appeared in the daily * papers last _* _£ r _-ative to the conclusion of an alliance bc-. _*> ' - ' - - _' _° 5 ' and the present Government , and the i ' £ m f by the former of Queen _Lsabelia , _appear :. _' . ; c- / . _' *« i premature and not well lounded . v- _^ Z - " _'Snials of the l a th , state that considerable _^ . ,-anei _st ] ! as i _^ _,, _^^^ tJls Spanish capita ! - . i _?^ T _-. ! of dispatches from Rome _ofacharacter : _'w * . V iIr < - ' eni from those which had been so long ;•; - ' _? - Instead of n _pmir-nnlat _healins the _differif-i . . —• _- _*> . _<*« _vx u _* _ji ** _- * j »***»* ' * .- — _- —s
_^ ,. * _- v V H * _"efa the Holy See and the Government of ' - _-i _! _, '? ' -ir _* 3 iiion of the _^ . ucen , and a eonfinnation _v -ales ofthe Church property , _**» that the Pope : i > : ! . - to submit a temporary convention , the : . - ' -oi Tyhjcj , has not transpired , but which has led j _^ _ttteij nieeiiflgs of ihe Cabinet , Wegatherfroni * iitT fter that the rumour most credited states '; -r . v _^| V _^ I * _siipulaies for something like a state -.. , Jim ior the cleHrv , equal perhaps to the value _^ - Koperty of whidi they -= ave been dispossessed . _-Mjly " _^ _-AnsEntiisE " is _Sfajs . — A letter from - i _oi the 17 th says : — - " iaaong 3 tothermeansof
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excitement , the Progressists have got printed and ottered f or general sale , at tlie low price of two reals ( ten sous French ) , the music and words of the ' Marseillaise / Tlie advertisement of this publication , which appears in tlie Clamor Publico , the i ? co del Comnurcio , and the Espectador , says : — ' This popular air is dedicated to thepeople , ia order that they may sing it whenever the _partizans of despotism --hall make any attempt against Spanish liberty . " The CasteTUmo says that the document received from the Holy See is prepared with much artiSse , so far as the sale of the national propertv is _cifeicerned . It is given to be understood that the Pope will pardon those who committed the fault of buying the church goods . His Holiness also conveys his
expectation that , at a suitable opportunity , certain convents shall be restored , besides a number of minor points , all more or less of an offensive character . So mdooked-ior a contradiction of the repeated assurances and vaunts of ministers , has placed them in a most painful situation . It is said that their vengeance will fall , in the first instance , _uponil . Castillo , who allowed his diplomatic eyes to be so _completely blindfolded . The Carlists pretend that the Pope stipulates for the marriage of the Queen with the son ot Don Carlos . Upon the Bourse mnch agitation prevails , and the funds are going down . _Xasvaezaxd the Pope . —The Madrid journals of the 20 th continue their remarks upon what they
_geneislly consider the failure ofthe negoeiations with Rome . The _ilinisterial journal , the Heraldo , while it gives some colour to the prevailing -tumours , nevertheless denies that anything more serious than an embarrassing incident has arisen wliich calls for the exercise of discretion and moderation to remove it out ef the way of a complete adjustment of differences . Narvaez is said to have displayedmuch anger at what he believes the duplicity and bad faith of the Holy See . He looks upon the Spanish Ambassador as having been duped by verbal promises , of a studiousl y doubtful nature , and threatens that I . e will , with his own hand , nullify the law passed for ihe restoration ofthe unsold Church property .
_PnoROGATiox of ihe Corxes . — The Queen of Spain closed the session of the Cortes in person on the 23 rd inst . The new constitution was promulgated the same day . [ How Jong will it be before the next" new constitution" is _premulgated ?]
_SWIT-ZEPiLAND . Dr . _Steiger . —The following appeared in the Herald of Tuesday . *—The Swiss and Paris journals equally agree in stating that ihe sentence upon Dr . Stciger will be commuted to banishment ro America . M . Guizot and Prince Mettemich insisted that the Government of Lucerne should not stain its triumph by an act of unnecessary cruelty . The example thus set has been followed by the citizens , who have petitioned in favour of other prisoners , aud are collecting subscriptions for the ransom of some who have not the means of buying their liberty . Among the petitions in favour of Dr . Steiger , is one from 300 servant women .
PERU . Letters have been received from Callao , come down to the 8 th March . There is much more confidence f elt that the Government will be placed on a permanent basis than after any of the _jjrevious revolutions whieh have followed each other in quick succession for the last twenty years . The elections were to take place in about a f ortnight after the date of the accounts , and there was no doubt but Castillo would be made President by universal assent . _Csstiilo has only been known as a military man , but his manners are ample , and it may be held as no unequivocal proof of his integrity of character , that amidst the scene 3 of domestic turbuknee through which ne has passed , when the rights of property were disregarded , and when he had many opportunities of shaving the snoil , he has remained " uncontaminated and
comparatively poor . Eilias , the champion of constitutional government , states in his letters that he _iias great confidence in Castillo ' s acting with prudence and moderation , and although he would rather have seen an end entirely put to military ascendancy , there was no choice left under the _cu-cumstances . Eilias and his friends maintain a perfectly good understanding with Castillo , and the hone Is that after his election to the presidency , measures will be progressively taken to disband the amy and remove all apprehen-1 sion of anv more military revolutions . Upon the whole , therefore , the accounts from Peru are looked upon in a more favourable L _' ght than for years past , and if ihe expectations formed are fulfilled , the country will make rapid strides in improvement nnder a steady and enlightened administration of its affairs .
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THE -NATIONAL _LAND PETITION . Me . Duncombe having kindly consented to _preseni the following petition , we , the membere ofthe Executive , call upon all theloealities in the kingdom fogctup meetings and adopt the same , getting the members of Parliament for tbe town or county ( where practicable ) , to present the petition—where this is impracticable , let their petition be sent to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . By these means we shall lie enabled to force the question of the Land upon the attention of the house . T . M . _Wheeixk , Secretary . To the Hotwralle the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The petition of the inhabitants of Iiunheth in public meeting assembled ,
Sheweth , —That the working classes 01 the united kingdom have for a long series of years _suSired the most galling want and privation , consequent upon our unnatural social system . That during the last fifty years the trade and commerce of the country have increased enormously ; that the triumphs of inventive genius _iave given us the most astounding powers for the produce of wealth ; hut that , notwithstanding , there has beer , a visible deterioration in the physical , social , and moral condition of our much-abused and deeply-injured labouvinc population .
That yonr _petj-dcneif , with feelings of pain , call the attention of your honourable house to the voluminous aiminal calendar of the past year , as a proof of the lamentable condition to which the people are reduced . Your petitioners would likewise add , that the astounding revelation made a short time ago in jour honourable house , hy the Secretary of State for the Home Department "; that " one of every ten of the population of England and "Wales is a pauper , " is another added to the long catalogue of proofs of the horrible destitution to wluch the producers of wealth have been reduced by the _baiefol operation of tlie iniquitous system of misrule under which it is then-misfortune to live .
Thatin the opinion of your petitioners the destitution and crime existing in the country may he traced either 10 the existence of had laws or to the want of good ones ; and that of all bad laws upon the sMule-booi , those that prcrent the working classes from employing their labour upon _dnie natlM soil— « J->> o & < 3 o 4 _* s & eegifcto his creatures—are Vie mOSI _desttlUttite in tlieir consequences , and -. nH « t « r < i ! in their operation . That your petitioners have obserTcd with indignation , that whilst sour honourable house has at aU times
_oquando'eil the public money upon objects the most unworthy—such as £ 70 , 000 for the purpose of building royal stables ; £ 21 , 00 & _a-year to his Majesty of Hanover ; £ 50 , 000 annually to another foreign monarch , Leopold , King of the Belgians ; _£ 20 , 000 , 000 as compensation to the unnatural , the anti-Christian traffickers in human flesh and blood , for relinquishing their claim to what they never had a right to—your honourable house has not evinced tbe slightest inclination to legislate for the elevation of the labouring population from their prostrate and degraded condition . Oi
That your petitioners would _caU the attention your honourable liouse to the fact that a vast portion ofthe common 14 kds of the kingdom has been seized by the aristocracy under the guise of law ; that your petitioners conceive that the people ' s right to the common lands is clear and indisputable ; that the reversion of the ten millions of acres of common lands to the people would be productive of incalculable benefit ; that those ten millions of acres might he divided into tivo millions of farms of five 2 cres each , upon which two mUiions of families might be located , and surrounded with circumstances of health , _i-eace , and prosperity ; and that the location of even hall ihe aforesaid number of families upon the land would take tlie " surplus population" from the artificial labour market , leaving tlie residue in a position to secure an equitable remuneration for their toil .
Your petitioners , therefore , pray your honourable house to repeal all acts for the _euclosure , of common lands , and restore them to the people , their legitimate owners ; and that your honourable house will be pleased to address her Majesty to devote a sum of money for the employment of the " surplus population" on such lands , which sum may he realised ty reducing the civil list , the army and navy , and other Governmental eipenses ; thereby reducing the poor rates , and giving an impetus to a valuable and salutary home trade . And your petitioners will ever pray
LONDON . Meehko at Bekmosdset . _—Rboistiution . _Asn-Tni Lasd . —An overflowing meeting was held at tne Working Man ' s Chapel , Dockhead _, Bermondsey , on Wednesday evening , May 28 th . Shortly after eight o ' clock Mr . Gathard was unanimously called to the chair and briefly opened the proceedings . He concJnded his address bv introducing Mr . C _,. Doyle 1 to move the firet resolution as follows : — " That in tne
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opinion of this meeting , it is the inalienable right of the working classes to have their fair share of control over local and national affaire , or , 'in other word ? , that they should have a voice in the mailing of those laws whieh they are compelled to obey ; and as it is a _% yell-known fact that they ( the working" classes ) are neither locally nor nationally represented in the councils of the nation , this meeting earnestly recommends that the Parliamentary and Election plan adopted by the late Chartist Convention be taken up with energy and spirit by the people throughout the _counti-y , in order that at the next Parliamentary election a sufficient number of Chartist candidates may be elected , to force upon ihe Government and legislature the necessity of making the people's
Uhaiter the Jaw oi the land . " Mr . Doyle said , he was most happy to find so large a meeting assembled for the consideration of such important subjects . It required very little reasoning to prove that the working classes had as much right to the franchise as the middle and upper classes ; nay , if any class was to be the sole possessors of the governing power , surely it should be the working class , seeing that they produced tie necessaries and luxuries consumed by all . ( Loud cheers . ) But there were tliose who possessed so much effrontery as to dare say that we should not know how to use the franchise if we had it . His answer to that was , try us . ( Loud cheers . ) But tbe vices of society were not so much traceable to the people ' s ignorance as to the vicionsness and ignorance of the law-makers . ( Great cheering . ) Itwas
quite time the working classes demanded of the aristocracy by what authority they held an exclusive right of making the laws which affected the liberties and lives of all . ( Loud cheers . ) He could not allow ofthe right ofthe few to govern to the exclusion of the many . ( Cheers . ) The laws of nature did not authorise such distinctions . ( Hear hear . ) One of her Majesty ' s Ministers had recently said , th ? . t one out of every ten of thepeople was a pauper —( name name )—oh , he had the same by heart , Sir James Graham—yet the aristocracy and the bishops were not reckoned amongst that list of paupers . I Hear , hear . ) No , the Archbishop of Canterbury obtained -ESO _. OOO per annum for worse than nothing , for preaching passive obedience and
non-resistance to bad Jaws—doctrines that he ( Mr . Doyle ) repudiated . ( Loud cheers . ) If tlie present system continued , he should not be surprised if one out of ever }* five of the working classes were reduced to pauperism . ( Hear , hear . ) In many parts of the country , especially the midland counties , the wages of the workmen were reduced to five shillines per week , whilst their employers , the manufacturers , made many thousands per annum . But it was unnecessary to direct their attention to the country , whilst so mnch distress , misery , and privation existed among the working people of London , such as the needle-womeu , Weavers , and others . How was this state o f things to be altered ? There were but two ways . 1 st . Physical force , which he abominated .
( Hear , hear . ) He thought we had no business with a standing army in time of peace . ( Loud cheers . ) 2 nd . Tlie mode was by moral means , by a cordial and determined union of the working classes , through which , at the next general election , they might send inio the house some dozen ov more men like'f . _S . Duncombe ( great cheering ) , who would take cave that no business should be transacted until the people obtained their just rights , and the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . ( Great cheering . ) —Mr . Stallwood seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler moved the second resolution as follows : — •¦ That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Chartist Co-operative Land Plan , drawn up by a committee
appoiniw . b _? the late Chartist Convention held in London , on the 21 st of April last , and now before the public , is both necessary and pvactieabie , and that this meeting recommends to the people throughout the kingdom the propriety of immediately carrying the plan into operation . " Mr . Wheeler said , although their being too ignorant to vote had been often asserted , no one had attempted to say that they were too ignorant to work , and thoy desired the land that they might be enabled to work and enjoy fhe - prouuee oi' iiieir own labour . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not think or expect all the people to become small farmers , it was simply to test the value of the land , and the importance of possessing the People ' s Charter , that this movement was commenced . ( Hear , hear . ) The soil of "England was eminently calculated for agricultural operations , and as other nations had learned to manufacture goods as cheap and durable as our own , it was futile to suppose that
tiU 3 country could remain the workshop of the world . " He knew it had been said that the land eould not be profitably cultivated ; that might be tru as regarded farm evs with large quantities of it , an paying immoderately high rents without leases—( hear , hear ) , —but it did not follow that if the land was occupied by the working classes in small quantities , at low rents , and leases tor ever , that they could not cultivate it profitably . ( Loud cheers . ) lie contended that they could , and the people seemed to agree with him ; for although then * plan had been in operation but little move than a week , nearly 700 shares had been taken up already . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . M'Grath seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . —Several questions were asked and satisfactorily answered . A considerable number ofthe books containing the " Land Plan and Rules " were sold , and a considerable number of shares taken up . A vote of thanks was then given f 0 the chairman , and the meeting quietly dissolved .
_G-reekwicu asd _Deptfokb . —At amcetmg held at the George and Dragon Tavern , Blackkeath-bill , on Tuesday evening , May 27 th , Mr . Brewerton was unanimously called to the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Floyd and Weatherhead , the sum £ 4 was ordered to be forwarded to the Central Committee on behalf of the Duncombe Testimonial . City 0 ? London . —The membere of this locality beg to inform their brother Democrats of London and its immediate vicinity , that , in compliance with the decision of the late Conference , they have elected Mr . William Dear as delegate to the Exiles Restoration Committee , and Mr . Daniel Gover , jun ., as delegate to the Central Registration Committee . They would urge upon those localities who have not already elected delegates to those committees , the absolute necessity of doing so forthwith , in order that they may be prepared to take advantage of any change that may offer itself at the next general election—to be prepared is half the victory .
Westminster . — The announcement that Mr . M'Grath would deliver a lecture on the all-important subject ofthe Land , called together a numerous and respectable assembly , at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons , Castle-street , " Leicester-square , on Sunday evening , May 25 th , and great was the disappointment and vexation felt by all present when it was found that Mr . M'Grath did not appear to perform his promised duties . His absence was to some extent supplied by the chairman , Mr . 11 . Smith . The rules and objects of the Chartist Land Society havintfuDCnread at length , a discussion craued—in
which Messrs . Jones , Llewellyn , Stallwood , Wheeler , SOTrtiev . Cuffay , and others took part . Twelve Shares were then taken up in the Land Society . Mr . Parkes submitted the propriety of willing a large public meeting at the west end ot London , to promote the Chartist Land plan ; to wliich Mr . _Fcar-ms O ' Connor should be invited . The suggestion was immediately adopted , and the following persons appointed a committee to get up the meeting , and report next Sunday evening . —Messrs . Parkes , Cuffay , Hitchin , Sowter , R . Smith . Rogers , and Milne .
_ILlmmehsmith . —At a meeting held at the Dun Cow , _Brook-Green-lanr , on Tuesday evening , May 27 th ., Mr . Smith in the chair , the adjourned question ofthe Land was resumed , Messrs . Cook , Newell , Stallwood , Millwood , sen ., Millwood , jun ., Millar , George , and others taking part in the debate . The following resolution was unanimously adopted : — "That the following persons , with power to add to their number , constitute a committee to consider the propriety of convening a public meeting , at which the Chartist Land Plan _Bhall bo expounded , and to which the attendance of the provisional diveetovs shall be invited . '—Messrs . H . Ross , T . Russell , Giles Lovett , II . Cullingham , E . Stallwood , J . Newell , J . Smith , G . II . Cook , J . Millwood , J . Leighfield , and Mr . C Willis ; and that the committee meet on Monday evening next , June 2 nd , at the Dun Cow , Brook-Green-lane , at eight o ' clock precisely . "
TOWER HaMLETS . - _^ Mr . 0 _CoJHfOR AND HIS GaJ . VUxuTons . —At a meeting of the membere of the Central Locality of the Tower Hamlets , held at tlie Whittington and Cat , on Sunday evening last , the following resolution v , * : s unanimously agreed to : — "That this meeting t _^ neidcrs the attacks made on the character of Mr . (/ Connor , by Messrs . O'Brien . Hill , and others , arc unfounded in fact , and proceed from malevolence ou the part of the accusers ; and we cannot but view those persons otherwise than as enemies to the freedom and happiness of their country . And this meeting expresses its firm determination to supportMr . O'Connor inhisfuture political career , so long as he pursues the course he has hitherto done . "
OLDHAM . On Sondav last Mr . A . Hurst delivered an energetic lecture , on "the Rights of Labour and Its Wrongs , " in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedgestreet . He handled the subject in a masterly manner , and gave general satisfaction ,
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A Lecture was delivered in the Carpenters' Hail , _Gairatt-road , on Sunday evening last , by Mr . Edward Clark . The audience was much larger on this occasion than it has been _* for some time past .
TO THE CHARTISTS OF EDINBURGH . Gentlemen , —My attention has been ' called io a letter , signed by Robert Peddic , published in the National Reformer of Mav 2 ith , making certain enquiries regarding the reasons ef the Glasgow Council for appointing Mt , Kydd , 0 f the city , to lcehivc through Scotland , at our expense and responsibility . If you have authorised Mr . Peddie io make such _entjunieso-n your behalf , as his letter infers ,-for he mites m the name of the Edinburgh Chartists , — please embody the same in a letter addressed to me , and yon shall receive an answer , with full libertv to publish it m the National Reformer , or any other paper : but until I receive such communication , I do not feel myself entitled to call a meeting of the
Council , to consider the contents of a letter which I conceive to be alike mean and blackguardly . Mr . Peddie seems to me to conceal hatred and animosity beneath the pretext of public good . The Gla 8 * ow Ooancil i- » ou > Mr . Kydd , and will , I have no doubt , answer all enquiries fairfy put . Some of them also know Mr . Peddie -, and , since he has assumed the office of public censor of Scotland , and national _correspondent for the Isle of Man , I would , _remind'hita of the sage old proverb , that " those who live in glass houses should never throw stones . " Scotland is disorganised , and consequently weak and futile in
her assaults against the common enemy . The Glasgow Council desire a better state of things ; but some men will neither do good themselves nor allow others to do it for them . In fact , they would rather "' lead ' in hell , than serve in heaven . " I regret to say , that Mr . Kydd informed me on his arrival from Greenock last week , that he was compelled , from inability to speak m ihe open air , to discontinue his labours as our missionary . Perhaps the announcement will . be some consolation to tliose parties . —James Smith , _sub-secretary ofthe Glasgow branch of the National Charter Association . —P . S . Address , 29 , _Rottenrow-street , _Glasgow .
PAISLEY . Lecture b * _i Mn . Kydd . —A public meeting , called by the Chartists o f this locality , for the purpose of _heatmg ? . ketec from Mv . S . Kydd , of Glasgow , was held on Tuesday evening , the 20 th inst ,, in the Chartist Church , Canal-street , Mr . Duncan Robertson in the chair . The subject of the lecture was tlie " causes which gave rise io the French revolution in 1780 , with its subsequent effects on the nations ol Em-ope . " Mr . Kydd handled tho subject in a manner which completely rivetted the attention of the meeting for upwards of two hours , in the course of which he was loudly cheered . At the close of his address a hearty vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , after which the meeting ( which was the largest we have had in Paisley for a long time ) separated .
Mr , 0 _'CosjiOR ask ms _Siaxmiieks . — At tlie usual weekly meeting of tho Council of this locality ofthe National Charter'Association , held on Monday night last , at Mr . Brown ' s , ii , Storic-street , Mr . A . GemmiU in the chair , the following resolution , moved by Mr . Duncan Robertson , aud seconded by Mr . James Paton , was unanimously agreed to : — " Resolved , that although we are of opinion that the popularity of Mr . O Connor is too well grounded in the a ff ections ofa grateful , though oppressed people to suffer the least iujury from the foul and unprovoked slanders sought to bo heaped ou his
character by that precious trio of base calumniators , Ashton , Hill , and O'Brien , yet wc consider it a duty wc owe Mr . O'Connor io express onr approval of his reply to those ' worthies , ' which we regard as a clear and satisfactocy refutation of tlieir whole fabrications . And , _fcrther , we would assure Mr , 0 * Conner that he has still our unqualified confidence , o f which no individual shall ever divest him , so long as he maintains that title , wliich he has so justly merited —namely , the champion of labour , and the uncompromising advocate of the working classes . "
THE POTTERIES . To the _CmnTisi Body , —Friends , —1 have mnch pleasure in again issuring you , through the columns of the Star , that , notwithstanding the political calm at present existing , Our . principles iire . makijig _headway _' amongst the thinking men of all classes . I arr ived here on Tuesday from Birmingham , and had a splendid meeting on the Crown Bank—a ( hie . ' open space in the centre of Hanley . Numbers of'the- " respectable" classes were present , and paid the strictest attention to what I advanced . The working men , too , seemed to drink in every sentiment that I uttered , and it was evident from the countenances of the vast majority , that Chartism has lost none of its
charms by having been subjected to persecution and contumely . I took a general review of existing abuses , proving that , were the people represented with then- present intelligence , that poverty and cvime would be banished from the land , and plenty and contentment substituted in their stead . Mr . Moss , an excellent Chartist , also made a powerful speech , and the meeting separated , I lecture here again to-night ( Wednesday ) , on tho Land ; in fact , it is all the rage here , as well as every other place that I have been to . I expect a bumper to-night . Opposition from a certain quarter is anticipated . I shall send afull account next week . —Thomas Clark . • —Hanley . SOUTH LANCASHIRE .
A Delegate Meeting was held in the Committeeroom under the Carpenters' Hal ! , on Sunday last ; Mr . John Murray in the chair . Delegates from the following places were present : — Manchester , Mr . Rankin , Mr . Murray , and Mr . Sidley ; Oldham , Mr . Aslem ; Bolton , Mr . Pickvance ; Heywood , Mr . Bell ; Mossley , Mv . Waterhouse , * Rochdale , Mr . Walkden . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed ; after which the following sums were paid to the secretary to be transmitted to the Executive -. —Bolton , 5 s . * Oldham , 7 s . 7 d . ; Mossley , 2 s . lOd . ; Heywood , for four months , 7 s . Id . ; Rochdale , f or two months , 18 s . 7 d . ; total , £ 2 Is . 'Id . Four individuals from Rochdale , as their levy for Executive . 2 s . The following resolutions were passed
unanimously : — " That the delegate meeting be held monthly , as usual . " " That we , the delegates of South Lancashire , call upon all the lecturers and others who have taken part in the Chartist movement in this district to attend a meeting , to be held in th 8 Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday , the 8 th of June , at ten o ' clock in the morning , to consider the propriety of reorganising the district oi South Lancashire . " " That the levy for next month be one penny . " "That we recommend camp meetings to be holden . " " That the next delegate meeting he held at Heywood , in the Chartist Associationroom , Hartley-street , on the last Sunday in June , at ten in the m orning . " " That our secretary's bill be paid , with travelling expenses . " ' * That we adjourn until the Jast Sunday in June , "
BARNSLEY . The Land . — According io the announcement in last week ' s Star a large and enthusiastic meeting on the Land question was held in Mr . Thomas Adam's large room last Monday evening _^ May 2 Gth , Mr . Frank MirBeM opened the proceedings hy remarking that a certain unworthy character , whom he disdained to name , had been attempting to throw odium on two of their respected townsmen , viz ., Mr . Peter Hoey , and Mr . John Ward , o f _Worsbro' Common therefore , to let the world know the estimation these two gentlemen were held in by their fellow-townsmen' be should propose that the former be the chairman and the latter the secretary to the meeting ; which was seconded by Mr . John Vallanee , and carried unanimously amidst the acclamations of the meetin " . Tko following resolutions were then passed , after wluch
thirty-one persons enrolled tlieir names , the greater number of whom paid their entrance fee . Moved by Frank Ma-field , seconded by William Uriah Smart— Ihat it is the opinion of this meeting that it accords with onr interests as working men to join the Chartist Land Co-operative Society . " Moved by Michael Seagrave , seconded by William Pcarson" ihiit m order to carry out the first resolution , all those persons who are willing to bocomo membere of tlie Chartist Land Co-operative . Society shall now enter their names , after wliich they shaU proceed io elect a committee , asccretary , and treasurer . " Moved . -U x _™ HcMen > seconded by Charles _Currey-< ihat Thomas Aclam be appointed treasurer . " Moved by Frank Mirfield , seconded by John _Clydcfhat Peter Hoey be appointed secretary to the Chartist Land Co-operative Soeiety . " Moved hv John Vallanee , seconded by George Hai"h— " That ommittee 01
a c nve , m addition to the secretary and treasurer , be appointed to act for a month . " Moved and seconded by ten persons- " That the follow n " B ye persons constitute the temporary committee w , Charles Carrey , Frank Mk & eld , _MichaelSx _^ e John \ allance , and William Norton . " Moral by diaries Currey , seconded by John Wood- " That this society and committee meet every Monday night ; business to commence at eight o _' oloek and close at ten . Mo _, ycd by John Lcary , seconded by Thomas Hebden- fhat Mr . Thomas Achm ' s large room be the P lace of our future _meeting / ' Moved by John Clyde , seconded by James Finsdale— " That the secretary be authorised to correspond with the general secretary in London for the necessary information r equisite m conducting this _socletv . " Moved by John Clyde , seconded by Joseph Blades— " That these resolutions be sent to the Northern Star , requestins
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then * - insertion in that invaluable journal . " Aftei which a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the _meeting -separated .
LEEDS . The Land , —On Monday evening , May 19 th , a meeting was held in the Bazaar , Mr . Braithwaite in the chair , for the purpose of taking intoconsideva tion the Land scheme . Mr . Brook introduced the question , and recommended that a branch should be formed of the National Land Society . He read the rales of the Society from the Star . A discussion followed , in whieh Mr . Shaw and others took part , and ended in a resolution being unanimously adopted that a branch should be immediately formed . The work of enrolment then commenced , when twentv persons gave in their names for shares . It was resolved that the meeting should be adjourned to Monday the 26 th . At the' time annointed there , was a tnwita _'
attendance than on the Mondav previous—Mr . Fawav was called to the chair . Mr . Brook then commenced enrolling more members , which ended in tliirtv-five shares being taken up . The first instalment was then paid . One member , however , paid the whole ot his share , £ 2 12 a . 3 d . The total amount of money paid was £ 413 s . This is a very good beginning . A district committee , consisting of Messrs , Brook , Invner , Favrar , Wardle , Balmborough , Shaw , Hewitt , Gray , and Braithwaite were appointed ; Messrs . Greenwood and Rawlins \ vr . < j appointed auditors . It was then agreed on . that tlie _wneklv _navments
should be made on Monday nights , from half-past seven to half-past eight . This meeting was one of the most important that has been held for some time . The question of the Land has made wonderful progress in Leeds . Since the adoption of it by the Convention the cry has been , " When are you going to form a Land Society ? " One is now formed , and its commencement has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of its promoters . Many persons , no doubt , will join ii whe do not belong to the Chartist Association at present . Leeds used to be the last in these matters , but now she is determined to take the lead , and the proceedings on Monday is a sign of it .
BOLTON . Chartist Tea _Pariv . —A Chartist tea partv was holden in the Chartist Meeting Room , _Mawdsleystreet , on Friday evening , May ICth . The room was tastefully decorated . After tea , appropriate _sentiKieftt' 5 _'kcvc gvvon , several patriotic _somrs were sung , and the whole concluded with dancing . _" There has __ been of late a great revival of the Chartist spirit in this town . Discord and division caused the annihilation of the Association ; but having got _iv . l of the factious spirits , a reaction forthe bettor has
commenced . 'Ihe good men have again united—a hall has been taken , capable of seating a thousand persons—the town is divided into districts , and tiie members visited weekly . The funds are in a state of prosperity ; our library is increasing , for which wc arc indebted to Mr , Finlay Frazer , of Bank-street , who has presented ns with twenty valuable volumes . We have also to thank Mv . John Cook , grocer , of Bank-street , for his kind donations . Altogether , we have to congratulate ourselves for a glorious revival of Chartism in Bolton .
MOTTRAM . Land _ron the English at Home . —At a preliminary meeting of the Chartists and friends favourable to the Land scheme , it was unanimously agreed that a central meeting of the district , comprising the following places—Mottvam , Hyde , Dulunficld . Staleykidge _, Mosley , and Ashton—should meet by delegation at the Assoeiation-voom , Angel-yard , Sialeybridge , on Sunday , June 1 st , for the consideration of the Land plan , and to carry out the recommendations of the late Convention . " It is hoped each place will instruct their delegates as to how far it is likely they can carry out the above object . Mr . William Dixon delivered a very suitable and instructive lecture at Mottram , on the 25 th May , which no doubt will do much good _.
BRADFORD . On _Stodav Mousing the members of the council met in their room , Buttevwovth-bu'ddings , when Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the Trades , on the Land , was read from the j Star , On the motion of Mr . Cole , a committee was appointed to make arrangements for holding a public meeting on the subject . Two auditors were appointed to examine and audit the books . On Monday , the members of the Committee met io arrange for holding a public meeting on ihe Land question , when they unanimously resolved— " That a public meeting he held on Monday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening , in the large room , Butterworthbuildings . " Ifc was also agreed that the secretary should correspond with Mr . Wheeler on the subject , and lie prepared " with the rules to read to the meeting .
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London . — Chartist Halt ., 1 , Turnagain-lane , Sjunneh-Stkeet . —TJic adjourned public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten on Sunday morning next , June 1 st . The Metropolitan District Council will assemble for despatch of business at three o'clock . The adjourned meeting oi the Victim Committee will be resumed at five o ' clock precisely . —At halfpast six o ' clock the City locality will meet to discuss the " Land question , " At half-past seven a public lecture will be delivered . _WssTMixsiEn . —The members of the Land Soeiety are requested to assemble at half-past seven precisely , on Sunday evening next , June 1 st , at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons , Castlc-stveet _, Lciccstcr-squavc , to elect a district committee , and other oflicers . —At eight o'clock Mr . T , M . Wheeler , secretary to the Executive , will lecture—subject , " The Land , its capabilities , and means of obtaining it . " Admission
Chartist Water Pari * - */ . —On Sunday next , June 1 st , the Marylebone locality and Emmett Brigade intend taking a pleasure excursion by water to Gveenford-green , near Harrow , and invite tho cooperation of their friends—the proceeds to be devoted to the furtherance of the Chartist cause . Tickets io be obtained of the sub-secretaries , Vincent Pakcs and S . Rouse , at the Coach Painters' Anns , Circusstreet , and the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grovc . Register ! Register ! Register !—The Chartists o f the Borough of Lambeth are informed that they can be supplied with forms of claim , and all necessary information on the _abovesiibject , gratis , by application to Mr . J . Simpson , Elm-cottage , Waterloo-street , Camberwell ' . Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montepclier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , June 2 nd , at eight o'eloek precisely .
_Emmeti Brigade . —Mr . P , M'Grath will deliver a public lecture—subject , " The Land , " at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , Marylebone , on Sunday evening next , June 1 st ; to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Cm * 03 ? Losdon . —The members of this locality are requested to meet in the Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , at lialf-past six , when the subject of the Laud will be brought forward . In accordance with the oft-repeated wish ol numerous friends , the council of the City lociility beg to state that they intend forming a choir on Sunday evenings , when the sublime compositions of the
democratic poets ot all ages , more especially those ol our own times , will be sung by numerous ladies and gentlemen who have already volunteered their services , and whose example , the council trust , will be followed by many others , aud thus enable them to place this locality in a position second to none in the movement . The preliminary meeting will be held on Sunday evening , June 1 st , at six o'clock . Mv . Wheeler will lecture on Sunday evening at the Clock liouse , Castle-street , Leicester-square , Subject , " The Land , and tho best means of obtaining possession of ifc . " Members joining the Land Society at tho above house will meet on Sunday evenimr , to elect officers , & e .
Spitalfields . —An adjourned meeting will be field at the Standard of Liberty , on Sunday evening , at eight o'clock , io discuss the subject of Co-operation . Hall op Science , Battle Bridge . —The Somers Town locality have great pleasure in announcing that they have taken the above spacious and elegant Hall for Sunday evening lectures , and on other evenings occasionally . It will be opened on Tuesday evening next , June 3 rd , when Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver a lecture ou " The Land and its _capabilities as a means to ensure a fair day ' s wage for a lair day ' s work ; " chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . On Sunday evening , June 8 th , at half-past seven o ' clock , Mr . Philip M'Grath will lecture on " The People ' s Charter as the means to get possession of the Land . " On Sunday evening next the members of the Somers Town locality will meet at Mr . Duddridge ' s , 18 , Tonbridge-street , New-read , at eight o'clock .
A Meeti . vg will be held on Thursday evening at the Bricklayers' Arms , Gloucester-str eet , Commercial-read East ; all persons holding collecting boobs for the Duncombe Testimonial Fund are positively requested to attend , as the account must be immediately settled . „ _,, _„ , .. _„ ., Tower HAMLEis . -Thc monthly meeting of the general councillors residing in the Tower Hamlets , will be held at the Crown and Anchor , Cheshirestreet , Waterloo Town , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock .
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Tub La . vd . —A public meeting will be Vn > r . i the Whittington and Cat , on Tuesday evening , June 3 i * _di ;; 1845 , at eight o ' clock , of all persons favourable to forming a district branch of the Chartist Land Cooperative Society , when Mr . M'Grath will attend and address tho meeting . The Boot and Shoemakers of London * are respectfully informed tliat a public meeting , to do honour to Mv . Thomas Cooper—himself ibttherly a * "" member of the trade—will take place at the Hall in Turnagain-laiie , Snow-hill ,- on Mondav evening , June ICth . _...- _* ¦ i !
M'Grath will lecture on Sunday evening , at ¦ ' the Rock Tavern ; Lisson-grbve , to the _^ members of the Emmett Brigade . Marylebone Localitv . —At a members' meeting on Sunday last , at the Coach Painters' Arms , _Cii-cusstreet . New-road , Mr . Buckmaster in the chair , the following resolution was adopted , moved by Mr . Packer , seconded by Mr . Farrer— " That Mr . Vincent Pakcs , sub-secretary to the locality , be presented with an enamelled card and handsome frame , for his past services and honest conduct in the Association . " l
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Bixgley Weavers . —This little and comparatively quiet town has lately been the scene of an arduous struggle between capital and labour . The circumstances arc as follows : —A Mr . Wm . Andorton _, an extensive manufacturer , informed his Weavers about a month ago that he intended to reduce their wages 3 d . per piece . This was rather _nnloi-Rcd for news , and consequently led to much _disicuA-iion _, as the rest of the manufacturers were then _giving better wages than Anderton was . The resultwas a determination on the part of the Weavers to resist th _6 attempt to deprive tliem of their hard earnings . They , theref ore , struck work , and by the assistance of the
United Trades Mutual Protective Society were able , in a day or two , to " draw out" the whole ofthe factory hands . The Woolcombers also struck work : thus the operatives of the whole " firm , " consisting of between 400 and 500 "hands , " were out , and continued so for near a month . Collectors were sent out in all directions to solicit funds for the support of the "hands" oh strike . Several manufacturers ( to their honour ) allowed collections to be made in their factories , and likewise promised to employ as many ofthe "hands" as they possibly could , declaring to the collectors that tliere was no occasion at the pre sent ; time to reduce wages . The struggle continued till the evening of Saturday last , when , after some ineffectual attempts at compromise , Mr . A . was
compelled to make a full surrender , and tlio hands commenced work again on Monday morning . It te to be hoped that this strike will prove a salutary warning to that portion of the manufacturers who are continually trying to reduce the labourer down to the lowest pittance . The present struggle has been attended witli a serious loss to Mr . Anderton , and there is every reason to believe that he is not very anxious to try tlio experiment again . The Tuuxout at Bury . —The turnout at Bury , amongst the Millwrights , Moulders , Mechanics , 4 c ., still continues , aud although the turnouts have conducted themselves with great credit , the following facts will show that the knobsticks aro capable of committing any oiitr _.-ix-o . At the police o / See on Tuesday last , tlio 27 th instant , one o f the knobsticks , named " Frederick Harris , a Blacksmith , said to come from Bed / _brtlslnVe , was charged with stabbing a
young man named John _Todimii'den , who _woi-ks at Mr . Enoch Jones ' s- foundry , Bolton-strcct , Bury . It appears by the evidence that a number of thi _nuvf hands were drinking at a beer-shop near the foundry on Monday last , and about eight o'clock they were returning to their lodgings in 'Butcher-Jane , when meeting with a number of factory hand- * , who had just finished their work at tho various mills , the knobsticks began to shout at them , and in the row that followed the abovenamed prisoner dr ew a dagger , from twelve to sixteen inches in length , whieh he ran into the left side , below tho ribs , of the boy Todmorden , who bled profusely . It was stated before tho magistrates on Tuesday last , that Todmordcn was dangerously ill ; _consequentl y tlie prisoner was remanded to Friday , the 30 th instant . lV ' c may add , that the vow was commenced wholly by the knobsticks ; many of them carry pistols , and fire them . every evening as they go along the streets .
Murder !—Death ov thk Ksobsticks' \ ictim . — Since the above was in type , we havo received the following - . — " We arc under the painful necessity of informing you that the young nv . _' .. _i who was slabbed on Monday night last died this morning at half-past four . —Bury , May 28 th , 1 S 4 . 5 . " We have received another account of this _shocking affair , in which the name of the victim is staled to be John Sugdcn . It seems that tho mechanics of Bury are alive to the enormity of this act , and that they are determined not to be insulted and slaughtered withoutendcavour ing to obtain that justice which the law affords them . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , is , we understand , retained by the friends of the deceased for the _prose-CYltic-Yl .
The Case op Stabbixt . at Bury . —Friday Aftersoos , Four _o'Czock . — The inquest on the unfortunate young man who was maliciously stabbed on Monday night last , is now sitting . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., the solicitor retained by the father of the deceased for the prosecution , has been refused admittance ; and wc have every reason to believe ihat a strong effort will bo made to hush up the whole affair . The reporters ar e also excluded , and witnesses selected by the inspectors of police , who are known to be favourable to the masters , arc only to bo examined . The following letter has been sent in io tlie coroner by tho father of the deceased : — lb the Coroner and Gentlemen of the Jury assembled to hoM an Jnouest on the _lody of John Sv . gdcn .
Gehtlsmis , —I _ivisii to express my earliest _n-isli taat you wilt permit nie and my solicitor , Mr . W . P . Huberts , to I ) e present at tho above inquest on the boily of my son . I also ivisii John Uaivluisoii , cousin of my son , to be present . And I beg to' inform you that I am desirous of prosecuting Frederick 1 ranis , the person by whom my son was ' _stabbeil on Monday night last ; and 1 am perfectly willing to bu bound over to prosecute . 1 am , gentlemen , yom- obollcnt servant , ( Signed ) William _Scsden . After a discussion 01 twenty minutes the father was informed that the coroner was perfectly willing he should be present , but that no oue else should be admitted . Tlie father is a poor dcerepid old man , broken-hearted at the death of his son , who is not , yet seventeen , and the coroner might think he had nothing to fear by his presence . We are informed bv a nerson present at Uic post mortem examination ,
that the point ot the dagger _wasoj inches in length , 3-Sths of an inch in breadth , 3-lGths in thickness , was found in tho vertebra of the back of the deceased , and that it entered on the left breast about two inches below the heart . The breaking of the dagger was , without doubt , the means of saving several lives , for the ruffian Harris after stabbing' poor Sugdcn through the body endeavoured to stab several others , but the dagger being pointless prevented him . However , James Gregson , 19 , had his waistcoat cut on the right side of his breast , and Richard Aspinall had the skin of his neck cut about five inches in length , * after which the dagger was shivered to pieces by coining in contact with a stone wall , though intended by Harris for another victim . The street in front of the British Oak , where the inquest is sitting , is thronged by thousands , anxiously awaiting the result of the mn nest . The j my is still sitting ,
A Goal King _Dbfjsated . — On the 10 th of May , a certain coal king , not twenty miles from _G-ildersome , published to his men a new regulation , as follows : —¦ "Any man sending to bank one slack corve or tub , to lose the same ; and if two corves or tubs in one day , to be called out , and not to go down into tho pit to work for a certain number of days . " __ This he put into practice , and because one of his blaek slaves ( colliers ) sent to bank one deficient corve , he would not let him go to his \ vqrk again . When the colliers heard of this , they , every man , about forty in number , fetched their tools out and told the coal kins that if he wanted the . coals riddling he might go riddle them himself . This he did not much approve of ; and seeing thatthe men were determined to get work elsewhere , he called them back , and gave the whole of them , about ninety in all , including
colliers , humors , bye-workmen , ifce ., a dinner , promising them that he would never want them to riddle the coals any more . The London _SaoauKsits .-On Monday the 26 th , being the regular meeting night of the West-end bodv twelve men were chosen , who agreed to- act gratuitously , for the purpose of forming a code of district laws , in consonance with the general laws ot the Association ; and also to devise what other improvements , in the new position of their Society , might be thought needful , towards the lessening 01 their expenditure , and the clearing off sonic of their present liabilities . The City Men ' s-men arc also _Pre paring their district bye-laws . The West-end _fomen ' s-men will hold a mass-meeting , on Monday , June 1 st , forthe regulation of matters of importance in connection with their present circumstances .
Duncombe Testimonial . —Central Committee of Trades , Ac , 72 , St . Martin ' s Lane , Wednesday Evenins : , May 28 th ; Mr . J . Grassby ( Carpenter ) m the chair . —Mr . T . Barrett handed in £ 8 5 s . fid ., being the third subscription of the United Corkcutters , and makin ? a total of £ 3115 s . Cd . received from that body . Mr . T . M . Wheeler forwarded £ 1 Is . on behalf of Mr . Cavill , of Sheffield ; also from two Carp enters , 2 s . Mr . Jones , Chichester , forwarded Cs ., being the result ofa penny subscription in that town . Mr . E . Stallwood handed in £ i , being the third subscription ofthe Greenwich and Deptford Local Committee . —The Committee respectfully _pmiounce that their labours will be brought to a close on Wednesday evening next , June 4 th , and they earnestly _impregB upon all who may still hold books or monies on behalf of the Testimonial , to remit the same on or before that data , to R . Norman , Esq ., ger . c 1 treasurer , or to Mr . J . Syme _, general secretary . . - halance-sheefc will be _publishe-a for the informal : : ¦ .. ¦ .. . . . _bscvitew _»
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_31051845/page/1/
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