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THE "WELCOME-TO-DAS" DEMONSTRATION . ^ Continued from our first pagt ~) THE PEOPLE'S MEETING ON THE TWENTY-FIRST . The much-expected morning arrived , when the * good men and true , " from their various localities , arrived in Lseds . Considering the severe state of the weather , their enthusiasm was astonishing . On the day previous , the snow had fallen rather dear for the season , wa 3 ushered in by a sharp heavily ; the nipbt was cold ; and the morning , rather wind . Tbe sun , however , rose to hail the patriots with a glorious welcome , and by eleven o ' clock , of the processions had arrived , with excellent
many bands of music , and banners waving in the breeze , and immediately assembled in Vicar ' s Croft . " Near twelve , the whole ot the immense assemblage commenced their march to Holbeck Moor , through iirtv streets and other inconveniences ; but evidently these things were beneath their thoughtsthe heart was in the right place , and right merry irere their faces . After proceeding down Briggate , md Meadow Lane , as far as the Chnrch , they were met by the Dewsbury procession , which gave a fresh impulse to their energy , and determined them on giving •* Whig Leeds" an extra benefi ! . Tor tVis purpose a wheel was made to the right , and over th ? new Victoria Bridge , up Siville-Btreet , « LKt the Court Hoase , where they observed stationed
m the yard the whole host of blue bottle gentry and watchmen rpady for active service ; this sight roused ihtir risiblcs a little , yet on they went in perfect order , np Park Row , down Upperhpad Row , Jad then down Bru-gate once more . This new movement evidently astonished the native ? , and carri # d dismay into the soul of mauy a Whig-mongrel ; for now the glorious orb of day save them the full benefit of his ray ?; and it wa ? truly a glorious sight ! As&ras the eye could reach this immense street was crammed , from end to end , with men who knew their business , and who were " up to the mark . " In this manner the whole mass proceeded to the moor , where their pre ? unce had been expected somewhat sooner .-The Delegates and Demonstration Committee
ascended the hustings , while lhe immense mas 3 of patriots rauged themselves as densely a 3 pos-B'ble , oa the ground beneath . The peculiar state of the weather had made the grcund on the moor very wet and uncomfortable . Tbe living forms of patriotism , all anxious to catch the words of inspiration from the hustings crowded on each other as closely as it wis possible to stand , and the ipace they occupied was measured by the writer of this report and it amounted to someihing more { hanjthree thousand square yards . This , how . ever , is by no means to be taken as affording any due means of estimating the numbers
of the meeticg , as many , very mauy large bodies came up afterwards , freni divers districts of tbe Riding ; besides the many slaves whom the dinner bell released as one o ' clock from &eir occupation of making wealth in different Wife for < heir oppressors . Yf 8 were too much ocenpied in contemplating the $ ooest fronts , intelligent countenances , and earnest demeanour of the brave sons of labour to heed much the usual paraphernalia of great meetings . We noticed , among inai : y others on the ground , Sags , banners , &c , bearing the following inscriptions : — Kingcraft &ad Priestcraft have for s 31 ages laid the
world hi Hood . "Universal Suffrage and Tote by Ballot . Liberty and Equality . Tniveml Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Tote hy Ballot , >' o Property Qualification , and Payment to il ember * of Parliament . More Pigs and lass Parsons . . Britons strike home . Jus-tire t » a ! : Privilege t « none . Sheffield Working Men ' s Association . Huasiet Ward Xati * nal Charter Association . Dewsbury tod Earisheaton—Labour aball be represented . A Tricolour , rammnded by a Cap of Liberty . Brethren . Union ! The People ' s Charter . " Equal Laws and Equal Justice . Great Borton > V . rthern Union . Qtteea * ahead Northern Union ; liberty is our
birthright . Qaecn ' shead . BoTrlin ^ Lane , with Mr . O'Connor , Great Hortcn : Whoso steppeth his ears at the cry of to * . poor , hi- ilao himself aball cry , and not be beard . Ths Wspp-ng District : The lion of England arscsed : Down with Oppression , and , Death to Tyrants . Whom Gcd hath joined together let no » an pat asunder . Leeds >" aiioEal Charter Association of Great Britain . Who devour widow ** houses . ' Wolves in sheep ' s clothing . TJaiTeral SnSrags . Annual Parliaments . JCo Property Qualification . Equal Representation , and Vote by Ballot . Each for mil , all f «» each . Labour the source of mil wealth . SaL ' ord Branch of the United Charter Association .
JNiflth West Ward ( Leeds District ) National Charter Association . WoEbro' Comujon ( Barnsley District ) National Charter Association . People ' s Charter . Equal Laws , Equal Rights . Who devour Widows' houses and mate Jong prayers ? tThe portrait of a Bishop underneath , ) Wolves in sheep ' s clothing . Kirkgste Female Radicals . We demand onr Rights . Freedom is the birthright ef man . The greatest happiness to the greatest number , and for the greatest length of time . "Whoso Bioppi . th bis ears at the cry shall also cry
himself . Down with oppression , kc Flock to tbe Standard o ! Liberty . Leeds National Association . Britons , strike home . Uuiverssl Suffrage . Queen > -head Rafonn Association . L * e 3 s >" aiional Charter AssodatioTi . rmrersal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Equil Representation of the People . Vote by Ballot As soon as the first bustle of settling to their pkces had subsided , Mr . Josep h Jo ? es moved , snd Mr . A . xdrew Gae-DI 5 £ B seconds the motion , that Mr . Joshua Hob-* 05 , publisher of the Northern Siar , should take the
Mr . JosnrA Hoesos was called to the chair by the tmaTrimons vo ' ce of the meeting , ind was received with loud and continued cheers . ) He opened the proceedings by re&ditg the requisition call in ? the meeting . It had been addressed to lhe L * rd Lieutenant of the West-Kidizi ? , the Earl of Harewood , and wa « signed by fifty inhabitant ! " ouseholders of the Riding . His Lord-¦ hip having , however , declined to comply with the requisition , th ; meeting was subsequently ailed to tike piaee on Hoibeci Moor . The working men of Yorkshire ( contiua ^ i the Chairman ) were aware that some abort time ago mx Members of Parliament , namely—O'ConatU , Ro-bsci , and other advocates of Liberal measures in the House of Commons , drew up what they called the " People ' s Chapter , " based on Universal Su&age , and ^ hit were known as the other five point * of the Cbansr . Th : s documect they sent forth to the World , and cs ! l . ? d on the -working classes to agitate
in its support . The commands were obeyed , and the working classes did agitate the land from the centre . to ths circumfsreEce , until they raised such a storm of agitation as terrified those who called it into existence . Then those gentlemen began on another tack , and , tanking that "Universal Suffrage would be too nrnch , they thought it better only to look for House bold Suffrage , i Cries of "Jt wont de . "> The first effort on that new tack was to be made , he was ashamed to say , in Leeds , and from that moment the friends st Univewal Suffrage -were resolved to meet it in ths outset , and hence was the present meeting of the working c ' . isses of the West-Ridin * of Yorkshire « Ded to take place in Leeds , too . The meeting « ad beea called for tie West Riding of Yorkshire , but they had also aVtermined open making it a national demoBitnition ; for ttut purpose delegates from all parts "were present . He would read the list of delegates to
Mr . James Moir , Glasgow ; - John CoUins , Birmingham ; - Arthur O'Neil , Ditto ; - Jv'hn Mason , Midland Counties ; - James Leech , Manchester ; - William Tillman , Manchester and London ; - Christopher Doyle , Manchester and the Metropolitan District * ; - John Deegan , Durham County ; - W . G . Burns , Hull ; - Samuel Healey , Ditto ; - John Peek , Ditto ; - William Worsdale , Ditto ; - Lawrence Pitketblj , Huddersfield ; - Edward Clayton , Ditto ; - John Wrigbt , Stockport ; - George Haiwn . Preston ; - Job Midgley , Hebdeu Bridge ; « - James Vickerman , Halifax ; James Greaves , Oldham ; - Wiliiain Beesley , Burnley ; - Robert Lowery , Newcastle ; Thomas Baldwin , Colne ; - Thomas R Snowies , Keighley ; - John Sawdon , Great Horton ; ~ J . B . Bairstow , Liverpool . Beeidents of ths We « t-Ridin « would move and aecond a » various rtsjluiioas , and the delfgatta from other ports would * peak upon them . He would first sfl apoa Mr . Clarksoa . Mr . Cla&ksos came forward , and was -well received . Am fcienda frum ail parts of the kingdom ware pre-¦ eat , he vould « onfiae himself to proposing ths first ohrtion , as follows : — L Kesoive *!— "That we , tbe woddng people of the Wert Biding of the County ol York , ai well as ot the teak ot England and Scotland , represented by their ver&l delegates , in public meeting assembled , do towoby moire , irom this 6 mj forth , not to join in , or •* uteaanoe , any agitation for any measure , other ihan
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the accomplishment of Universal Suffrage , and the other five principles "st forth in the document cadeil the " People ' s Charter ; "' being well convinced , that so long as one nun ' s property constitutes another man's title to vote , tbe owner of such property will have it in his power to exercise a destructive influence ov «; r the elective franchise ; thereby { however speciously right may be said to be conferred , or howevi-r secretly its use may be exercised ) leaving aa unjust cint-oul iu the hands of the owners ol Suffrage property ; and which , in point of fact , was the one evil principle sought to be abolished by toe Reform Bill . "
The right to Universal Suffrage was now a settled right—the right of every Briton . The light of voting granted by the Reform Bill , tad become a close corporation , as he might term it The Rtfonn Bill had been a failure— ( applause )—and it was evident something must now be done . Mr . C . told the meeting , if tb . Fy went for anything short of Universal Suffrage , they would be as long in obtaining the " short measure ' as if they went at once for the right He concluded , afrerafew more rew&rks , by moving the resolution .
Mr . KXOWLES . of Keighley , in a few appropriate observations , Beconried the resolutien , also advising the meeting , whatever Daniel O'Connell might attempt , to g « for nothiBg leas than the Cnarter . He concluded by saying , that be bad never seen a meeting so well con- ' uctetl in his life as the one held that day . The shopkeepers said , as the proctssion moved np the Briiigate , that the meeting was well conducted . It was sufficient for them ( the Chartists ) they willed it ; they must have the Charter . The Chaie . ii an then introduced
) lr . Joe . v Colliss ( delegate for Birmingham ) to the metting , who teas received with loud chtsas . He commenced by t-tating that he bad never met with so many pleasing circumstances in tVe course of the same time , as he had done during tbe last forty-eight hour * . He was delighted to see the working men persevering , prudently , but energetically ; that they wt-re not contented to be any longer made the serfs and slaves they had been ; and that they had obtained a knowledge of tbe rights of freemen , and were determined to obtain theux . ( Applause . ) He had heard the gentleman who moved this resolution express his pride that he was among an association of working men . Tlitre was a time since he had been among working men , when , if a man got a decent coat on his back , away from home ,
be tried to pass for a gentleman ; but a change had taken place since that time , owing to the diffusion of Chartist papers and publications , to the missionaries , &cd to the public meetings and discussions that had taken place . ( Hear . ) These had eulightened the people , wid had taught them to look , not on beinj gentlemen , but on performing their duties to themselves and to society . ( Appiause . ) >* ow , however gentlemen sought to be as 3 cociated with working men , these were not his only causes of rt-jv > icin « . He had been appointed by tbe working men of Birmingham to represent them in all the meetiLga that might take place in L-.-eds . This resolution bo accorded with the ono he was cow supporting , that it might havft been drawn up at the same time , and he
I would read it It said— "That we view with intense . interest the approaching meetings to £ be held &t Leed ? , I and being fully sensible of the great importance of a [ perf « t understanding among the various classes to be [ there asstjubled , of the principles and intentions of j e ^ ch , declare , that having , after luature consideration , j adopt-ed as the object of such political struggles the j principlts contained in the document entitled the 1 ' People ' B Charter , " we will neither counteumce nor I assist any body wha shall , through exptHlitnoy , setk ! sr . y enactmev . t short of the full measure of ' riutts therein contained . " I Lou a and continued j applause- } This rttoiution had been put and carried with great enthusiasm , and they would hold a public meeting in Birmingham that eveniag , to receive as much * from Leeds as they i MessrsCollins and
nws . 1 fkO iJt 1 J V 1 I * - »* - »» ** A * VUI JJWMrf MMJ h * 4 . l _ J 1 i'lVUH O » \ S \ Jmi * B OUU O ' Neil ) could send them of the day ' s proceedings . They ( the meeting ) would observe that the resolution firmly , but prudently , and properly , expressed that they would nut take anything short of the full measuie of their rights . ( Hear , hear . ) They were promised , on the passing of tbe Reform Bill , that the full measure of their rights should he preserved tethem , but they -were much fieceived and disappointed in their claim * for justice by those very ptrsous whom that Bill had j ecfranchised . They said , therefore , that they would j not add to the number of those who are already opposed I to them : they « aid , " Why should not a nan who ) lived in a hut , have as much right to a vote aa a man who lived in a h « use , or one who lived in a room , as
one who lived in a hut . '" They knew also that cithers bail a right to a vote as well as themselves ; and they t ' - . ereiure sought to gain what they knew was right for themselves , and also that it Blight be extended to other ? . They felt that they could not be acting as honest nitn , if they got what they could for themselves only , and keep those rights from those who could not get them for themselves . < He&r . ) He ktew slander had been heaped upon them , and that they had been charged with being destructives , and with being advocates for a distribution of property . They who asserted this calumny , knew well that they ( the Chartists ; advanctd so such tljng ; they knew will enough tliat if there was no security for property , there was none for labuur . ( Hear . ) It was the security of property which
made labour of value . ( Hear and app ' ause . ) It wad said that the Chartists were desirous of as < quality of property ; ¦• by , they knew well enough , that if all were equal to-day they would not be equal to-morrow . He knew also that they were slandered as being guilty of r . ll the offences committed ; but these who committed crime belonged to the working classes no more than to the parsocg in the country . They had as much right to charge crime upon tke parsons as anybody else Mr . Collins then adverted to the charge of the working classes being devoid of the finer feelings , and showed that the poor man , who worked hard six days to get a better dinner on tbe seventh , and who sent a poorer neighbour a fhare , had more fine feelings than the rich whe gave sums to charities , which were trumpeted abroad in
the newspapers ; he then alluded to tke conductors of the meeting to be held at Marshall ' s Mill . After a £ reat deal of deliberation , he understood that thty had abandoned the idea of proposing resolutions for Household Suffrage , and bad drawn up resolutions upon whi : h ail parties could speak , and which all could support . ( Hear , hear . ! They had also originally intended that nearly all the speeches should be on one side , and one or two on the side of tbe Ch&rtists . ( Hear . ) Tiow , however , they had agreed that howver many might speak , there shonld be as many oa their ( the Chartist ) side as en their own . ( Cries of " Thati fair . ") They had also actually agreed that the Chartists should have a certain share ftf the hustings to # peak from . They seemed exceedingly desirous that something should be done . They had learned that they conid do nothing now , and the same cause had
moved them as that which moved the Chartists . Tbey could not do anything under the present systen \ or they would not have moved an inch . He ( Mr Collins * -would tell them what they wantedit was that every man who lived under a roof should have a vote , whstber he lived in the top room , or the bottom room , or any room , no matter which . It was not a Household Suffrage , but a suffrage of registration that they wanted ; if they could get that it would give them pleasure to ebtain it The men of Birmingham bad pledged themselves some time ago , that they wonM not be diverted from the Charter . They had hithtrto kept' that pledge ; be bad kept that pledge ; and he knew they ( the meeting ) would . ( Cheers . ) By tbe help of that God , who always trailed upon a righteous canse , he knew they must , and would , and should sueceed . ( ilr . Collins retired amidst ioud and prolonged cheers . )
. Mr . O'Neill ( the delegate for Birmingham ) then came forward and was received with lond applause . He couM not have the pleasure of addressing them fit length , on tbe present occasion , as he would have to speak more fully elsewhere . He intended to take up little of tLtir time , as he would afford to his brother delegate , Mr . Beesley , an opportunity of speaking at length . He was rejoiced to see so many friends present to stand forward for th « Charter . ( Cheers . ) It was now a long time since first the men of England and Scotland took up tbe principle of the Charter , and he trusted they would go on and persevere in their advocacy , " through good report and through bad report . " They bad been assailed , and coaxed , and whet died , and threatened , aye , and persecuted too ; and some were
in dungeons —( cries of " shame , shame" )—and some were sent far away ; and all for advocating and enforcing those principles , and endeavouring to act upon them . He trusted tbey ( the meeting ) would still call them brothers—he trusted they wonld not forsake thera ; and he hoped they wonld still stand firm to tbe principles ol the Charter , until they had obtained the sovereignty—until the whole body of the people were sovereign—and until liberty , their goddess , was Queen . ( Loud cheers . ) If the people remained cairn , noble , and intellectual , they would retain the power they had already gained . He appealed to them to preserve their dignity ; to abide by their order , and to increase their intellectual and moral power , and persevere until they bad obtained their rights .
Mr . BEESLEY immediately came forward , and expressed his hearty concurrence in the sentiments wkich fell from the lafct speaker . He hoped to » ee tbem come forward in a determined manner to maintain the full mtasure of their rights , and to be satisfied with nothing else . If so , he felt convinced the Cnarter would win its widening way , in spite of all opposition . He trusted that no trap which was ever set to catch them would turn them from their object ; and he believed the working men of Yorkshire were not to be so eas'dy caught , though the great Daniel O'Connell himself had been invited amongst them . That night they would meet him , and he hoped they would give even him a hearing , although he had prevented one of their delegates , Mr . Lowery . The Chartists would lose nothing by Hair discussion—they desired it ; and he felt confident that on that occasion their antagonists would be floored . ( Cheen . )
The Chairman then put the resolution to the meeting , observing , before be did so , tbe affirming of it by the working men of England and Scotland then present in person and deputy , would be the most important act tbey ever performed : for it was , in fact , d « - claring that tbey were resolved never again to place themselves under the guidance of the middle classes , but to trust entirely to their own exertions , and carry on their agitation by men of their own clau . He , there-
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fore , wisbed every cne to reflect well before he acted The Chairman then , after emphatically reading the resolution , desired every working man and representative of working men present to unopver , to bold up his hand , and if ha approved of the motion , to Bay "AYE " The immense assemblage did as desired i every bead was uncovered , every hand uplifted , and the tremendous shout of 41 a ? E , ' which followed , literally rent the air . In that shout was beard the death-knell of faction . Mr . Pitkethlt , from HuddeMfield , rose to propose tbe next resolution . It bad been arranged , very
properly , that parties residing in the West Riding , should move and second the resolutions , and the friends from a greater distance should support them , who , being strangers , they would most naturally be glad to hear . He sheuld , therefore , briefly move the resolution ; but he hoped they would take tbe adviw which such speakers would give tbem , and throughout the whole proceedings of the day , continue to conduct themselves with propriety . The resolution was a strong one , bat not fetronger than the circumstances called for . Mr . P . then read the resolution , which was received with lond cheers : —
2 . Resolved— " That this meeting cannofc look upon Messrs . Marshall . Stansfeld . and otfcer capitalists , who have dared to introduce Mr . Daniel O'Connell among us , ( the most profligate politlcan ever known in this , or any other age or country , ) without feelings of disgust and contempt ; well knowing , as expressed by their organ , that the said Mr . O'Connell has' shrunk ' from every sound principle , and sold to a corrupt government that political power , which the circumstance of being one of an oppressed religious creed , coupled with the great ignorance in which his poor countrymen have been sedulously kept , has conferred upon him . Thus proving to us that the contemplated end is monopoly ; as the proposed means of acquiring it are' base , bloody , brutal , ' and treacherous iu the last degree . "
Mr . Weatiierhead , of Keighley , seconded the resolution . So far as he was concerned In relation to that brute of a fellow , Daniel O'Connell , be should recommend those who did not like him to turn their backs , and give him three groans . When Mr . Lftwery , the delegate for Newcastle , visited Ireland , OConnell prevented him from being heard , and told him that he ought to be thrown into Liftey . Tbe men of Yorkshire , however , would set a better example , and turn their backs upon him who sold their children into bondage .
Mr . Lowery , of r « ewcaBtle , said , it was now two yi-ars since the Charter was first propounded , and everything that could be put ia requisition to oppose it , and retard its progress , bad been resorted to . They had used threats and intimidation , and cajolery , and , last of all , imprisonment ; and that mau who first engaged in the struggle without expect log to meet a dungeon was a fool . They had not , however , quitted tbe field ; no , their banner was still left floating in the breeze , and it would ultimately triumph . With Charti » nr he identified the people of England , for he could not fuppose the working classes to be opposed to the Charter , for the man who was Imsa enough to oppo § 3 it , branded himself as a slave . ( Cheer *; The time had come when tho rights of the poor must be consulted , as well as th < bo of the rich . The working class , s were the producers of the wealth
of tbe country , and if they did not possess any of it , it was plain that they had been robbed . ( Cheers . ) If there were no comfort for the poor , there should be none for the rich ; if thtre was no liberty in the cottage , there should be none in the palace . ( Renewed cheers . ) If they wtire obliged to have a bastardy and starvation law , Prince Albert must be made to support hU own offspring , and not burden the country with tbalr maintenance . ( Laughter . ) But the rich were now beginning to feel the effects of bad government , and that was the resson they were now crying out for aa extension of tbe Suftraga He would exclude by reminding them that were there wer « rights there were dutits , and no man should utter that with his tongue , which he was hot willing to do with his hands . It only remained for tbe people to say , "we will , " and i ^ e millions must succeed . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Hatkield , of Heckmondwike , moved the third resolution , as follows : — * . Resolved— " That this meeting , constitutionally representing the working classes of Great Britain , is heartily in favour of a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland ; while they will uot stir , aid , or join in , any p ! an foriW accomplishment , recommended by Mr . O'CunneU ; who , while ho has made it a source of personal wealth , has endeavoured , by all tbe artful means in his power , to deter England from acquiescing in the measure ; and who , though he blusters , vapours , aud repeats his oft-told rigmarole to his sUff , has just now refused to meet Dr . Cookt in fair discussion upon the question ; tkereby proving , either that he is not a friend to tbo measure , or that he feels his inability to defend it : while he must be aware that , if successful , such a triumph would be worth ten thousand meetings , where none are allowed to dissent from him under pain of political excommunication . "
He expressed the gr&tificstion he felt at addressing so respectable a meeting , and said that though he had heard that Chartism was dead in the Weat Riding , he to glad to see it have so glorious a resurrection . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He felt a desire to < lo all in his power to aid tke heavenly cause of Chartism j and though , on account of ill health , he could uot do as much as he wisked , he , however , called on them to be united , and then , be could assure them , the Charter would soon be the law of the land . . Cheers . ) . Afttr shouting first for Tories and then for Whigs , the labouring classes had at length set up for thumselvea , and he doubted not that tho little stone cut out of the mountain , would increase , and go on increasing , until it reached a glorious consummation , and they wonld be able to shout with truth , " Britons never will be slaves . " He concluded , amidst great applause , bj corJially moving thu resolution .
Mr . Geo . White , of Leeds , was received with hearty bursts of che < r * Ho said the inhabitants , or , he might say , the working classes of the West Riding , had this day done themselves gre . it honour , by walking , as they had dune , some of ttiem , as much as twenty miles , and others , more , at this inclement season of tho year , to show by their presence there , their attachment to their principles . Although he had been lor . g a resident in this Riiiing—and they most of them knew that he wm a resident of the Hiding , for he had had tbe honour of spending some of hl 8 time in Wakefleld college , he was a native of Ireland , to which country he wished well , and should be pleased to see his
countrymen going hand in hand with the people of England , in obtaining their just , their inalienable rights ; buthe was sorry to see them humbugged by such a man as Dan . O'Connell , who had advocated at times every shade of political opinions , and had as invariably turned bia back of them as soon as be had uttered them . He detested the crocodile tesr * of such a man , who , while he was speaking in favour of tbe liberation of the factory chil-iren , from their infant . boddage , was at the sanu time bargaining with the Manchester cotton lords for their greater humiliation . ( A voice in the e ^ owd , " Aye , be gut a thousand pounds for that " Cries of " Shame , shame . ") He concluded by seconding the resolution .
Mr . MoiR , of Glasgow , said , that at snch an unclcment geasoa , he could not think of detaining them any great length of time in so uncomfortable a situation as that in which they were placed . He read the resolution of the meeting at Glasgow , at which he was appointed to represent his countrymen , and be could assure the meeting tbey took a warm interest in the re-: ult of that day's proceedings j they were determined never to cease agitation until they obtained their rights ; and the only reason , he could tell them , why these rights were opposed—namely , the granting to tho working classes political power—was lest they should be induced to make the same use of it as its present possessors had done . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He then commented on the resolution which he had to support , and made some severe observations on the Irish people , who were led by the nose by Daniel O'Connell—to whom he could promise , if he came to
Scotland , a warm reoeption . ( Cheers . ) He said the working classes were demanding justice , ia a calm and orderly manner . His countrymen were pursuing the same path , without a tingle shadow of anything like outrage , or disorder . Lately a public meeting- { had been held in Glasgow , in the middle of the day , and the working classes , in spite of the partiality of the chief magistrate , gained the day , and bad thus shown what they were capable of accomplishing . State then tbey had been differently looked upon . In conclusion , he eaid " our colours are nailed to the mast , and a curse light on that man who would be tbe first to strike them . " ( Cheen . ) He called on them to stick true to their object , and tbe middle classes would soon be at their feet , and when the Tories once more got their feet on the necks of tbe Whigs , they would find them all very good boys . He very cordially supported the resolution , and retired amidst great applause .
Mr . Greaves , of Oldham , said bis townsmen bad come to the resolution not to leave to Daniel O'Connell or any other man , tbe advocacy of the principles of Radical Reform In which they were engaged . They deprecated strongly physical force , and would not lay their hands on a single portion of the property of any man or set of men . ( Cheers . ) This country , be said , wae sinking under an immense load of taxation , which was like a mill-stone round her neck . This was the effect of our going to war . Bat before the dose ot the war , the landowners of the country were subject to a property tax , which they hod persuaded tbe House of Commons to take off , to the amount of £ 16 . 000 , 000 and in addition to this tbey had got a Corn Law l % id on them , which put a further sum of
£ 30 , 000 , 000 into their pockets , all which had to be wrung from the bard earnings of the poor . ( Cries of r Shame , shame . ") He then referred to the conduct of Mr . O'Connell towards the late Henry Hant , who , becauss that high-minded man . refused , to IkjW to the supremacy of the great agitator , after his election for Preton , was rewarded by Dan with all the insult and contumely be could heap upoo him . Mr . Hunt refused to bow before either the shrine of O'Connell , Burdett , Hobhouse , or any other man , being determined to serve his country faithfully , although Dan was patting him on the back to coax him , and for this he was sacrificed by the great Irish agitator . Mr . Greaves concluded an excellent speech by supporting the resolution . He was rapturously cheered .
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Mr . Baihstow , # f Queenshead , moved the next resolution , as follows : — 4 . Resolved— " That this meeting considers the Government of Lord Melbourne as the most cruel , 4 ncompefcent ; reckless , immoral , blood-thirsty * and profligate , that has ever h « ld office within the memory of man ; and that therefore we pledge ourselves to use all the means in our power to . relieve her Majesty from the
disgrace , and tbe country from tbe danger , of being longer governed by the present administration ; and that , in pursuance ofsuch resolution , an address be presented from this meeting to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty may be graciously pleased to dismiss her present advisers , and call to her councils men who will make the support of Universal Suffrage a pledge of their fitness fur office , as the only means of preserving he country from all the horrors of civil war . "
He contented himself by merely reading it , and left it it to those who were to follow him to speak more fully to its merits . Mr . Smith , of Bradford , seconded the resolution . Mr . Dbeoan , of Durham , said the people of the county of Durham concurred entirely in tbe sentiments contained In the resolution which he bad the honour to support . He hoped that as they alt wew advocates for a thorough reform in Parliament , they would also determine for a domestic reform ; in order that no excuse might exist for the further withholding from them their just rights . He was sure the menof Sunderland and Durham would not rest satisfied till Universal Suffrage was the law of the land . Ho cordially supported the resolution .
Mr . John Akran , of Bradford , moved the adoption of the following address : — TO T 1 IE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY . The Loyal Address of the Working Classes of the West Riding of the County of York , in public meeting assembled , and in which Delegates from most parts of England and Scotland , sent for the purpose , fully agreed . May it please Youb Majesty , —
We , your Majesty ' s industrious subjects , respectfully beg to lay our complaints at the foot of the Throne , and there to state , that for years the sophistry of the fow has held tho many in the trammels of ignorance ; but , at length , knowledge has dispelled the mist , and opened our eyes to the several acts of unconstitutional aggression practised against our order . We have heard of Reform ; while we have been ia vain looking for its advantages . We daiiy behold the most gigantic improvements and startling inventions , tending to lessen the labour of man ; but in vain do we look about and ask for our sharo . We have seen the luxuries of tho rich made more easy of acquirement ;
while we have seen the necessaries of tho poor reudeted more difficult to be obtained . We have asked for bread , and we have received stones ; we have cried " Peace , " and we have been answered by an increased war establishment , for which we hare to pay ; we sow , but reap not ; we toil through a long and wearisome life of absolute slavery , aud behold ! idleness , brought about by the caprice of thoso who , by the possession of exclusive political power , rule us , is treated as a crime;—yea , aa the worst of crimes—by preserving a miserable existence ui a cold repository , uncomfortably arranged , for the over-wrought and care-worn slave , who is denied the consolation of the society of the wife of his bosom , and the children of bis loins .
Within the year , we have witnessed royal nuptials , aud the birth of a ' heiress apparent to the throne ; but to us the tidings give no comfort , and , therefore , we solemnize them not with deceptive rejoicings . The wealthy , the titled , and the idier , may approach you with tbo language of flattery ; while we speak the bold and becomiug language of truth . They tell you not of the wants , the grievances , or the manifold complaints of the working classes . It ivs do not petition the House of Commons , we are told that we have no grievances to complain of ; and , if we do petition , our appeals are insultingly scuffed at , and our honesty turned into intoxicated derision ! 1 !
We appeal to you as tho last link ; we stand up in defence of your prerogative , while we claim our own full measure of right ; for , be assured , that the fall of monarchy must very speedily follow the ruin of tho working classes . No armies can contend against an united people—no chains can bind a nation ' s will—no ; fettera can be forged strong enough to link reason to the tyrant ' s chariot wheel . Taxes have been capriciously measured according to the necessities of the idle , « nd raised by bruteforce upon the necessaries of the industrious . How
is it that the order of nature should be so inverted in this age of civilization ; that he alone who toiis should not be partaker , while he who toils not , should leave for the slave but the scanty parings of his bounty , aud those mott insultingly offered and unnaturally administered ? We will not longer endure it . We have borno till endurance has become crime ; and , while we thus suffer , your throne becomes weak ; for , believe us , your best strength is in your people ' s hearts—stronger , ten thousaud times , than cannons and swords which produce not .
We are created cqnal ; we equally depart i « poverty for eternity ; why , then , this strong disparity , this galling distinction , this marked difference through life ! Towards your Majesty , as head of the nation , we feel the utmost respect ; we regard your Bex as chivalrous man should do , while your youth inspires us with compassion . It is to guard that youth from suffering ; to promote respect for your person , and to ensure for you a peaceful reign and a happy old age , that we now approach you . We blame you not for any act which has beeu hitherto perpetrated by
your Ministers ; because we believe that they have withheld our complaints ; while , in order to prevent the dire effect of your remaining ignorant of matters which should be known to tbe head of the nation , we have resolved , henceforth , to send our appeals by ambassadors of our own order , and by them alone . We wish to see your days many and happy ; we wish to see your righteous desires gratified ; we wish to see you exalted above all the other Monarcha
of the earth , by being the Monarch of the freest , as you arc of the fairest , and most industrious , people ; we wish to see your enemies few and humbled , and your friends many and powerful ; we wish to see your family growing up in strength , in righteousness , and in wisdom , gleaned from those lessons which virtuous and prudent advisers shall instil into their young and susceptible minds : in fact , we wish to see you " every inch a Queen , " and therefore do we humbly pray : —
That your Majesty will be graciously pleased to dismiss from your presenca men who have brought the throne and the country to the brink of ruin , and that you will call to your councils good and virtuous men , who will carry out the most noble principle in that constitution whose servant you are ;—namely , that " taxation without representation is tyranny , and should be resitted ; and we , your Majeat jr's loyal subjects , will beoome responding hearts to such a head , and unitedly defy the strength of foreign power and domestic faction , and make you , What the Sovereign of a great , a brave , and a free , nation should be , the head of all equal with the law ; and the Monarch of » nation instead of the
Queeu of a oourt . And your Petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the Vettijxg . Mr . Cbossla . nd seconded the address , alter wliich it was resolved , 5 . Resolved— " That the address now read be signed by the Chairman on behalf of this meeting , and presented to her Majesty by those persons who shall be appointed to present the addresses on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and at the iam » lime , ( that
is to say , upon the same day , ) and that this meeting pledges itself to support the delegates in this our first and noble endeavour to open a pure and unsullied channel of communication between the Monarch and the people . " Mr . Mason , of the Midland Counties , supported the motion , in a neat speech , in which he said , that the the working men ot the Midland Counties ( where he had been as a missionary ) were determined that neither O Conuell nor any other matt should longer deprive them of their just rights . He was glad to witness that the working m < m of the West Riding
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were up to the mark , and determin . d to their duty . Mr . Mourns Matthews moved the sixth resoiution . It was as follows : ¦—6 , Resolved— " That this meeting of the Operative Population of the West Riding , and of the Delegates from all the principal districts of England und Scotland , speaking tbe minds of their constituents , express iu terms the most distinct and unqualified , their high sense of the untiring zaal , the unflinching courage , and the disinterested and generous patriotism , with which their rights have ever beon
asserted aud supported by Fear ^ jus O'Connor , the poor men ' s friend ; their regret that he is precluded by the tyrannous control of faction from mingling his voice with them oa this occasion , and their fervent prayers that he may long live to be the scourge of tyranny and dread of tyrants . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Binns , of Huddersfield , and on being put by the Chairman , was carried in the most enthusiastic manner , and amidst very hearty cheering , aa were also all the other resolutions . The CnAiRMAN then put the last resolution , which he said it was not necessary to either move or second . It was this : —
7 . Resolved— " That the foregoing resolutions and address be published in the Times , the Sun , and Horning Advertiser , daily , and in the Dispatch , weekly , newspapers . And that the Northern Star , S <* tlish Patriot , Dundee Chronicle , and Perth Chronicle , be requested to publish the same , free of expencu . " Previous to th * meeting breaking up , a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to tho Chairman , for his very judicious , able , and impartial conduct ; and threecheers were then proposed for the Charter , three for Mr . O'Connor , and three for Frost , Wiiliaihs , and Jonet > , which having met with a hearty response by the assembled multitude , the Chainnau returned thank ? , and the meeting quietl y dispersed , at nearly half-past three o ' clock .
Cfjarttgt Zfrxteuiaence.
Cfjarttgt ZfrxteUiaence .
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OUSEBORN . — The Council of the National Charter Association met on Thursday evening , Jan . 14 th , in their room , Brough ' s Buildings , near Byker Bar ; Mr . J . Hebdin presided . The Secretary read over the minutes of the last meeting ; after which a motion was moved , and carried , " That the Secretary and Treasurer be instructed to purchase tho Chartist Circulars that have been published up to the present time , and that they bo distributed an tracts among our fellow-workmen . " Mr . J . Hall then informed his brother councillors of die resolution that had been come to on Tuesday evening , at the Newcastle Council , relative to a County Delegate Meeting , when it was agreed " That a full meeting of the members be called , through the class-leaders , on Sunday morning next . "
Members Meeting . — On Sunday morning , Jan , 17 th , a meeting of the members of the above Association , was held in their room , Mr . Wm . Scott in the chair . The first business that was brought before the meeting was the Delegate Meeting , when it was moved , and carried , without a disseuting voice , " That Mr . J . Hall and Mr . James Bruce be delegated to represent tho men of this place in the County Delegate Meeting that is to take place in Newcastle on the 24 th inst . " It appeared , from a letter received from Dr . M'Douali , that be will be in Newcastle on the 22 ad of February , aud he has promised to give a week's lecturing . The men of this place intend to give him a tea meeting . A
motion was moved , and carried unanimously , to that fffjet ; and the Council formed itself into & committee to make the necessary arrangements . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Bi-ucc , seconded by Mr . Jacob Mills , aud carried unanimously , "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Hon . and Rev . Godolphin Upborne , for his Christian conduct in bringing to justice the monster , Joseph Howe , for his inhuman and brutal conduct towards Elizabeth Wise . " Two members were then appointed and empowered to take a larger room ( the present beirg too small to hold our members ) for the meetings of the members , &o . Fear # us O'Connor ' s letters were read , and several other pieces from the Star ; after which the meeting adjourned .
WXGAN . —On Friday evening last , Mr . Bairstow gave a lecture to the Chartists of this town , in the large room , Bear ' s Paw , characterised by his usual force and argumentive eloquence , which produced a marked effect upon the crowded audience . A vote of thanks was tondered to him , and to the chairman , Mr . Hyslop . ROCHDALE . —On Suuday last , in the afternoon and evening , Air . C . Connor , of Manchester , lectured in the Charter Association Room , to respectable and attentive audiences . The speaker entered into a variety of BubJGets affecting the interests of the masses , explaining in detail the principles of the Charter , aud showed , by an array of incontrovertible facts and figures , which could not fail to convince
the most superficial observer , the frightful increase of machinery over manual labour—a state of things fraught with the most fearful results , and which only could be grappled with through an entire change in the body politic . He concluded with some well-timed remarks on the abortive effarts now making by the Leeds profit-mongers to get up a counter agitation to the Charter , and observed , that it was the characteristic of a villain to be a coward also ; and his Protous-hke countryman , Dan , was no exception to the general rule . It was oulv when ke had
succeeded in incarcerating the noble-minded O'Connor , and thereby incapacitated him to meet him , that he talkod of comhig before an audience of English working men ; but he knew the men of Yorkshire , aud they were as lionest and as resolute as ho was treacherous and cowardly . The reception he would receive on entering Leeds , will teach him that the working men of England are not to be bartered for gain , nor made a stepping-stone to middlo-claf-b acquirement . On Sunday next , Mr . Doyle , one of tho recently liberated Manchester victims , will lecturoin the afternoon at Rochdale , and in the evening at Milnrow .
PLYMOUTH . —A public meeting was held at Hawlien ' s Temperance Hotel , East-street , Plymouth , on January 13 th , to memorialise the Queen , and petition the Commons for the free pardon and restoration of the three Welsh victims , Frost , Willistns , and Jones , Mr . Beer in the chair . The first resolution was moved by Mr . Gin , of Devon port , whose observations were pithy , terce , and strictly in keeping with the subject : —" That this meeting is of opinion that John Frost , Zepaaniah Williams , and William Jones , were illegally tried and banished from their native land . ; and it hereby pledges itself Xo use every constitutional means in its power to effect their restoration to their country , and sorrowing and distressed families . " . —Mr . Smith , agent to the Northern Siar , seconded the resolution in a long and very talented speech , -which was listened to with the most breathless attention . It has
seldom fallen to eur lot to listen to such a lengthy speech with so much real pleasure and satisfaction . Mr . Smith is a pleasing and argumentative , rather than an animated speaker , and after an hour and a half's very barrister-like address , Mr . Smith sat down amidst loud plaudits . —Mr . Blight moved the second resolution : — "That this meeting do adopt the memorial of the Central Committee at Birmingham , and a petition to the Commons , embodying the same principles , and praying them to use their influence with the Crown to effect the restoration of the exiled patriots . " —Mr . Everett seconded this resolution , after the memorial and petition were read , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . Horsewill proposed the third resolution : —•• That the great and crying evils which oppress the people of this country , can never be remedied until those
principles embraced in the People ' s Charter have become the law of ths land . " Mr . H . made a few very able remarks upon the principles of tbe Charter , and concluded , we believe , his maiden spoech , with much approbation . Mr . Mead , of Birmingham , an old champion ia the cause , seconded the resolution , and , after keeping the meetiug for nearly an hour in a toar of laughter , sat down amid the loud plaudits of the meetiug . Tbe resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Three tremendous groans were given for the Whigs , and three cheers for the Charter and its champions . The Birmingham Gathering Bong , and " Awa Whigs , awa , " were then sung with great spirit , and the meeting , which consisted of about 300 , peaceably separated . Fifteen new members gave in their names , and a large number of signatures were obtained to the petition .
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TREATMENT OF MR . O'CONNOR . CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE DEPUTATION APPOINTED AT THE LATE WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE MEETING , AND THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY . It will be recollected , that at the recent meeting at White Conduit House , a memorial to the Home Secretary was agreed to , relative to the increased cruelties and unjust treatment heaped on Mr . Feargus O'Connor , in the gaol of York Castle ; and that a deputation of three persons , consisting of Messrs . Spurr , Neesora , and Boggis , waa appointed to wait on the Marquis of Nonnanby with the memorial to agreed to , in conformity with the resolution passed by the above meeting . The deputation addressed a letter to the Marquis , requesting his lordship to appoint an early day to receive them , when the following reply was received : — " Whitehall , Jan . 12 , 18 U .
" SIR , —I am directed by the Marquis of Nonnanby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ot the llth instant , and , in reply , to acquaint yon , that Lord . Normanby is not able ta fix any time ftt reeeWii \ g the deputation u * ith a memorial ; bnt , if you will . meat the memorial , ^ ord NoHnaaby will not falL to give it bis careful co' / shleration . " I am , Sir , your obedient eervamt , " S . M . PHHXI . PPS . " Mr . Richard Spurr , " 91 , $ t . John-street , Smithfleld Bar . " This \ etter being deemed by the depotaHou Teryanwktisfactory , they , ttutough Mr . Spun , again ad' dressed his Lordship , as follow *;—
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. .- . . J" 91 , St . John etreet , Jan . 14 , 1841 . r *> lT Lord ., —I have the honour to ackuowio ige the receipt of a letter from Mr . Phiilipps , yr . ur secretary , iu reply to mine of tho llth inst , wherein it is stated your Lotilship ' cannot appoint a time to receive the deputation ; but , if the memorial is forwarded to you , yeu ' will not fail to give it your conjuration , ' " , Your Lordship does not say yon-trill not , but that yon canntl appoint a time . I am , therefore , led to hope , that , as ; no individual : is in precisely the samp circumstances to-day that he "was in ytsterdayf your Lordship may be able to do , on tho fourteenths or fifteenth , what yon were unable to do on the 12 th . I beg to inform your Eordship , thtt the memorial was passed at a meeting of not less than 1 , 500 of
the respectable inhabitant * of London ; that it has reference to the well-being , nay , the life , of a highlyrespected fellow-subject ; and that the-deputation waa appointed for the express purpose of personally presenting and supporting the prayer of the tame , which they will be able most feelingly * to cio , if your Lordship will dp them the honour , by giving an opportunity . Waiting your Lordship ' s reply , " I remain , your Lordship ' s " Most obediet t servant , .. ¦ " Richard Spurb . " "Totho Most Noble the Marguis of Nonnanby , " * &c * c In reply to the foregoing , the deputation received th * subjoined : — Whitehall . Jan . 16 , 1 »« .
" Sir , —I am directed by the Marquis of Nonnanby to acknowledge tbe receipt of your letter of the 14 th in » t , and to inform you , that as bis Lordship does not see any good purptse that would be answered , by receiving the deputation for presenting the memorial referred to in your letter ; and as the usual course is to transmit to the Secretary of State , in writing , any memorials and statements of such a nature , Lord Normanby must decline complying with your application for an interview upon the subject , "lam , Sir , " Your obedient servant , " S . M . Puillipps . " " Mr . R . Spurr , &c . " Again the deputation applied to the Marquis , in th * following terms : — ' ' " 91 , St . John-Btteet , Smithfi « ld Bat , " January 18 th , 1841 .
"My . Lord , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from your Secretary , in reply to mine of the 14 th , from which I am sorry to learn , that your Lordship declines an interview for reasons therein' assigned ; first , that your Lordship doe 3 not see any good purpose that would be answered ; and , second ; that it is tbe usual course to transmit th' mgaot sueh nature in writing . " I beg to assure your Lordship that I would nofc agalu have trespassed on your time , but on the presumption that you regard us , in our individual capacity , aud not' as the servants and representatives of a great meeting , who have committed to our keeping a sacred and important trust .
" My Lord , from the perusal of this epistle , you will readily .-conclude that I am not one of those without hope in the world . No ; I reason thus . If a poor widow , by her importunities , got _ an unjust Judge to avenge her of her adversaries , and if D * m « n and Pythias ; by a display of friendship , changed the mind of the tyrant ot Syracuse , why may not wo get mj Lord Normanby to accede to our request ? I beg your Lordship's permission to reason with you ; and as the letter says you cannot see , it follows that you cannot know , whether' any good purpose might or might not be answered ; I therefore submit that the reason assigned against , is in my opinion in favour of , the interview c for then the people , as Well as yourself , would both see and know—which is very desirable at the present moment—whether any good purpose might or might not be answered by such an interview with your Lordship , as her Majesty's Secretary of State .
" Y « ur Lordship cannot see , nor know , nor telk Who , then , pin tell what good purpoie may be answered by a deputation of three working men , appointed by a meeting of flfteon kundred of the inhabitants of London , personally presenting a memorial to her Majesty ' * Secretary of State ? Surely , nobody . If , however , yenr Lordship grant an interview , tverybody will know then what nobody knows now . Does your Lordship fear , by anticipation , the too powerful effect which may be produced by tbe uncultivated eloquence of three working men t Fear not , my Lord ; the memorial we have the honour to present requires no sacrifice—asks HO MERCy ; but , simply , PRAYS FOR JUSTICE . And the deputation ( who for some time wore tighfc shoes themselves ) are desirous of being permitted to support that prayer .
"But the letter says , 'It Is the usual course tx > transmit memorials , and things of that nature , to the Secretary of State in writing . ' Of the usual course , my Lord , I am ready to acknowledge my ignorance ; but this I know , that the deputation was appointed by the meeting to present the memorial , and net to trans nit it . And , iu saying that my colleagues agree with me in thinking we have not the power to do so your Lordship will see that no blame is to be attached to us , but to the meeting by which we were appointed ; for , if the meeting intended its transmission by post , it would have done so , through its chairman . We cannot avoid thinking , my Lord , that if three of the city aldermen had been appointed in our stead , and had taken oa them our duties , your Lordship would have granted them an interview ; and , although we have no such ' blushing honours' as those , to beat before you ; yet , being dignified by the name of men , we feel we have equal claims on your Lordship ' s attention . ,
"My Lord , allow me to say , in conclusion , that , if your Lordship positively refuse an interview , tbe only honourable course we have te pursue , is to call the meeting together , and restore the trust reposed in us . But , still hoping that your Lordship will do away with the painful necessity for such a course , and waiting your Lordship ' s final reply , " I remain , " Your Lordship's most obedient Servant , " Richard spurr . " £ The " -FISAL reply" had not reached the deputation when our correspondent ' s communication left town ; should any be made , it will , however , appear ia our eolunins . 'l
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Street , Tottenham Court Road , January llth , 1841 , by the St . Pancras Political Victim Protectioa Committee . DR . £ a . d . To amount Received . To 84 Double Tickets for Festival and Ball , at 2 s . 6 d . each ... 10 10 O To 55 Single ditto , or ditto , at Is . 6 d . ... 4 2 6 To 66 Double Tickets , for Ball only , ai Is . ed . each 4 19 0 To 78 Single ditto , for ditto , at Is . each 3 18 0 To Money received on Evening of Ball , by Check Takers 1 0 0 To amount from Mr . Knee 0 12 To ditto for Tickets taken and paid for , but not presented ... OSS £ 24 16 2 CR . £ a . < L By Expenditure . Hire of Hall for Festival and Ball ... 2 12 < Attendants and Organist ... 014 0 By amount paid for 225 Persons taking Tea , at Sd . per head ... 7 10 0 By amount paid for Printing 150 Bills ... 0 10 0 By ditto , paid ditto , 600 Cards of Admission , at Is . 8 d . per 100 ... 0 10 ft By amount paid for Ribbons for Committee-men .. ; ... 0 10 O By ditto paid for Ribbons ... 0 3 * J By ditto paid for Five Musicians , at 6 s . 6 d . each ... 1 12 « Refreshment for Musicians 0 2 6 By ditto paid for four Advertisements in the Northern Star , at Is . 6 d . each , and Post Order , &c ... 0 6 8 Loss for Musicians'Tickets 0 S 0 Ditto for Ticket , Mrs . Vincent , presented toner ... ... ... 0 a 6 Ditto Deductions on Tickets for Families 0 1 10 Advertisement of Balance Sheet 0 1 6 Post Order and Postage 0 0 4 Balance in hand'of Treasurer 10 4 9 *
£ 24 16 2 Audited a-, td found Correct this 19 th Pay of January , 184 , 1 . s-Ea }* * -
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FOUR . HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE POLITICAL VICTIMS H THI'i Day is Published , No . I . of THE ENG LJSH CH ARTIST CIRCULAR , AND TEMPER ANCB RECORD , price Ons Halfpknnt , confining Owr Opening Address tattle Chartists of Fjnffland and Wales ; " together with an IMPORt // nI PARLlAMENTAItV DOCUMENT , compr faing on Abstract of Returns , to an Order of ti » riouse of Commons , on th # notion of Mr . Home ,
horn tbe several Gaols in E&gland aud Wales , comprising the Name and Destination of every Person confined for Charges of Printing and Publishing Seditious or Blasphemous Libel , or attending Seditious Meetings ; or conspiring to cause such Meetings to be held , or for any Offence of a Political Nature , from January 1 , 1839 , to June 1 , 1810 ; describing the Nature of Offence , and where Committed , and whether disposed of without Trial , or Acquitted or Convicted , and what Sentence , and when . London : J . Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street ;
Watson , 15 , City Road ; Hetheringtoju . i ^ 6 | Strand ; W . Lovett , 183 , Tottenham CourWfeM ^ tfu ^ jLJjhHte or this Paper , and ail Period ^ : &c $ j ^ 7 * ift *< - * . ¦ : : Ims ;^ ¦ ¦¦ - : £ 'MMfa' * $ - : . ¦ ... ' - . '¦ ¦¦ ¦ - : ' ¦ . ¦ - . % ( iw&fF £ W& 3 ' t
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Balance Sheet- Of The Festival And Ball, Given At The Social Hall, John
BALANCE SHEET- OF THE FESTIVAL AND BALL , given at the Social Hall , John
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1093/page/5/
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