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JKTEA PARTY and BALL will be held at the ix Social Institution , Lawrence Street , Birmingham , on Tuesday Evening , November 16 * , 1841 , for the Benefit of Mrs . Roberts . Tea will be ready at Six o'Clock . Tickets , la . each , may be had of Guest , Steelbouse Lane ; Watts , Snow Hill ; Taylor , Smallbrook Street ; Plastane , Dale Ead ; Woodward , at the Institution ; and of all vendors of the Northern Star .
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In the Press , and will be published on Saturday next , November 13 th , Price Threepence , THE apOR KAN'S COMPANION : # ^ ffpOLITICAL ALMANACK FOR 1842 , CONTAINING , in addition to tbe usual Almanack V Matter in the Calendar , the Epochs of the Chartist Agitation , the Dates of the Spy Outbreaks at Newport , Dewsbury , Bradford , and Sheffield ; the trial , conviction , sentence , and transportation , of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; the trials , sentence , incarceration , and liberation , of F . O'Connor , Esq ., for libel ; and the trials and imprisonments of J . B . O'Brien , and other Chartist Leaders . In addition to this is given , In a tabular form , valuable information as to the quantity of Land in the United Kingdom , cultivated , uncultivated but capable of improvement , and unprofitable waste ; capabilities of the Soil of Great Britain to support three or four times its present population ; summary of the resources of Great Britain ; summary of the Members of both Houses of Parliament ; habitable surface and population of the earth ; population , per square mile , of each country in Europe ; comparison of tha namtar and income of the productive and unproductive classes of society ; nutritions matter in food ; the number of the religions denominations of tbe world ; and as abstract of the Report of the Registrar-General of England , showing the vast superiority , in point of health and longevity of the rural over the manufacturing districts , and the deplorable state of ignorance of ft vast proportion of the couples married during the year ending Jane 30 , 1840 . These Statistics are followed by the official statement ef the Amount of Taxes wrong from the industry of the People during the years 1838 , 1839 , and 1840 , shewing in each year the excess of Expenditure over Income ; also the amount of Taxes raised during the year endlngOct 10 th , 1841 , and the official statement of their general expenditure . The Application of the Taxes is shown by detailed statements of the cost of " Royalty" per day ; tha amount and annual cost of the " National Debt j" the cost of the " Queen / a Ministers ; " cost of " loiW , " ia the annual salaries of the Judges ; cost of " Stasdtag Army , " and amount of " Dead Weight , " with the pickings by the Parsons out of the Army Estimates ; cost of " Navy ; " cost of " Police ; " cost of " Crime ;" cost of " Education ; " cost of " Church ;" . and the coat of " Espionage and Spyism . " In addition to the above is also given THE BLACK ZiZST Or STATE PADPEHS , Classified and analyzed , setting forth the sum e » eh one receives annually from the Taxes ground out of the bones and sinews of the Poor , ( who are " tb rown spoa their own resouises" ); and the total amour each one has received from the date of grant up to the year 1841 . Next follows the Condition of the People who pay the Taxes , aa depicted by official personages and those who deny the poor political power . The whole compiled from Parliamentary a-d , £ er documents , BY JOSHUA HOBSON , Publisher of the Northern Star . * , * One of the best classified and most complete and cheap Political Almanacks ever offered to the notice of tho public . Price only Three-pence 1 Sixty-four pages of teantiful Latter-press , stitched in a Cover . ' to Ask for Hobson ' s Poor Man's Almanack . Just published , price One Penny , a Second Edition of No . 1 of THE LABOURER'S LIBRARY . Containing Cobbett's famous Article on the " Right of the Poor to the Suffrage of the People's Charter . " In the Press , a Second Edition of Mr . O'Connor ' s excellent pamphlet on the QUESTION OF THE LAND ; Forming Noa . -Sand 3 ot Labourer ' s Library , andsold for 2 d . Leeds : Printed by J . Hobson , Northern Star Office ; Published in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; in Manchester by A . Heywood , Oldbam-fctreet ; and in Glasgow by Paton and Love , Nelson-street '
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THE EXECUTIVE JOURNAL . Knmeroas complaints from different parts of the nwitmre made , as to the-delay in the publication r this waraaL We fear the business arrageuients «« wwi « lwUh « are not what they JUghttobe . ^ ffio from Mr . HeywowJ , that on Friday , Get . tm . No . 1 , had not reached Manchester : and the r ^ Maed k * ter from Mr . Cleave , the London agent , -ro ^ s ihat a Kie del ay , or worse , occurred with jfo 2 . Mr . Cleave writes j—« Deab Sib , —May I request tbat yon win be so -ood 82 to allow me to state to the Cbartista generally , f ~ l t&ail whomay be concerned , that No . 3 of the * Jtf * e journal did not reach London tQl Friday , midzZ hd ipedt- Indeed so late did the parcel arrive ,
aa < & ** / fw had asy chance whatever of being sent vntotie country , as the bulk of the parcel * had been ~ ut eff ; tfai « will , to every reasonable penon , suffidingy explain the why and wherefore < malice' had bo tooth appareot canse for Tenting its spleen . Nnmber-\ & letter * hare been received on the subject , nearly all Zrigtea in the worn spirit , condemning both town and g L j&y agents , when in troth sot the slightest blame TZ jfce attached to any of us . For myself , after many f g ^ rt dealing with the country agents , I can bear my JZ&bouj to their willingness to Tend that cheerfully ^^ thHreUapub ^ de ^^^ " JOHJi CLEAVE . "
fins state of thing ? " is unfortunate . As Mr . Cleave rfjtes , jlauce has foil play ; and we hare reason for say ing thai if has not been idle . It is unfair that by individual should Buffer from these bad arrangegtstts : at ail events some explanation should haTe v eei afforded to the country , to have stopped the ch arges that hare been raised against Mr . Heywood ad i £ r . Qeave , and other *• treacherous agents , " as $ b ] are called—being of no less a character than $ at they hare conspired to burke" the publication ! ¦ ft ' e hear , too , that insinuations of a mean character Jure been directed against us , for not noticing jnd helping on the Journal . This ib too bad . 'The yifids that give birth to such insinuations ue little and narrow . Where is the paper in the
jthU that has so readily and so cordially hailed VnW the field eTery coadjutor , as the Star has ] churm on those who would either give utterance to , a oowitenaxsce , any statement to the contrary ; or yfka -would attribute to us any other disposition than that of helping on the good cause by any and eyerr meani In reference to the Extccrrrs Joesjuii we ^ not ^ > een * k * to no tice it before -we because it had not been forwarded to as ; nor hite we , from the defective business arrangements above set forth , been able to procure a copy till « uhin one hour of soing to press with the present ¦ otsa . We hate just seen the two first Numbers , Jaishall have something of importance to say to the Executive respecang them next week .
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"Ws tfoitld agatn impress upon our numerous eoi > ' respondents the absolute necessity that exists for the communications with which tee are favoured being written en one side of the paper only . This week , several eomrritnication * have had to & 4 laid on one tiAe from ihe impossibility , for \ tcqni of lime , of recopying them . All MMS . ' intended for the press should be written on one . lidt onlyjvr the cmvenince of the compositor . The > atiosal Petitiox . —We announce with plearare that our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the National Petition for 1842 , on s neat sheet , far the purposes indicated in our short leader of ' last iceek . He u ready to supply them to the associations and to individuals at the following charges . —100 copies for 2 r ; 2 , 000 for los . Petition sheets , cf good strong paper , ruled in four columns * and holding tico hundred names when
filed , may also ' be had , price 2 d . each . & crelaries and persons who need them ha . ve only U send an order addressed to Mr . H ., enclosing o post-office order , or stamps , to the amount , and then may hav-e sent to their address any number they require . The Petition and ihee' -t may also be had from Mr . Clcaee , London : and Mr . Hryvooiy Manchester * But in all casa Oie money Kiiii be senf in advance—the price being so low u to preclude credit . Seoxgk Ellis , Sheffield . —Address to Wm . Paine , Sheep-street , Stratford upon-Avon . A ScBSCRiBrB recommends that every Chartist missionary should make Hone part of his business to ' iaw trith him , wherever he may go , Petition sheds for signatures , and that they should , whenever practicable , be carried fr * m door to door Et says , thousands in Korthuaberland vecre prevented signing the last Petition by their distance from ike several place $ where sheets were lying .
Xinosii Petition . —) E . A'icia * recommends : — , Fint , thai each icrtrh appoint a petition commiiec , whose number shall be unlimited - , second , that the town be divided into districts , and that each committee man be appointed for his district , vho shall visit every house in his district ; third , that as the committee will be chiffiy composed of working men , who cannot afford to lose their Saw , the best time for them to get signatures will he on an evening , when they have done work :
fourth—That as every town is surrounded by rural parishes , where the principles and object of the People ' s Charter are but tittle known , each committee toon take one of the nearest to his locality , and each Sunday visit then . Ths Ibjsh TTxitibsal Suffrage Associxtioh has received from Mr . Charles Haig , of Hawick , 153 Northern Stars ; and from various other quarters , during the -week , fifty-seven copies of the 23 rtf ulL , and also several copies of the Scottish Patriot of the same date .
LeXDos . —T . M . Wheeler , London correspondent for the Northern Star , informs the Chartist pubRc that he has removed from 1 , Kina street , KensmUk , to 7 , Mill ' s Buildings , Knightibridge , tthereallfuture communications must be directed . ¦ M letters for John Camphell , secretary of the Esteufhe , after the 12 th of November , must be directed for Mr . Campbell , care of Mr . Wheeler , « t the above direction . Particular attention is requested to this notice . J-UCESaaujR , Knccastle , begs to acknowledge the fWn # tf Mr . HudspiiVs tetter , vhich was mhly gratifying , and would have answered it out cannot make out Mr . H . ' s address .
Sinwar i address is 3 , Pipewelgale , Gateshead . He « w forward some Petition theets to Mr . B . as toon ai he is favoured with his address . la Bossib Lissss of Abeedees . —Their address zeti veek , A BlJSIQLED-EjLTDED "RejLDES A 5 D ADMIXES OF ??? i ? ^ " tfumk him f his 9 ° opinion ; tnu kis Imes are a little too complimentary for our ^ VTB-Shalicpprar . Asn o * Cbastisis . —7 S «> address next week . jT ? Doirgs" at Keighley next week . 1 SBSG 3 .-F < Hi had much better hate a Petiwatheet , and a few copies of the printed Petiwn for distribution . His donation for the Jnrw n " ™ nd ha s been ha * fcd to the treasurer . « L * " *; - ? haT > e rcce ? red the pamphlet , , J ^ me nai vet had lime to read u . ^ v '
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BIANCHtSTER . —On Monday evening , the LeTer-street school Toom was crammed to near a discussion on inoderation and teetotaliBm . On the p latform were a number of gentleman who are leading members of the temperance society of the town , and likewise others who are favourable to the moderate use of intoxicating drinks . The two disputants were Mr . Hawbotton , of Stockport , the champion of the little sup , and Mr . Lomax , of Manchester , the defender of total abstinence . Mr . Smith , a respectable butcher , a teetotaller , was chosen chairman for Lomax , and Mr . Walmsley , for Rawbotton . The arrangements were , that each occupied a quarter of an hour in an opening speech , and ten minutes each after , till the close of the discussion .
It was put to the meeting which of the disputants should open the question , who decided forRawbotton . The subject was , •* on the influence of the sleholic or fermented drinks on the human frame . " Each man defended his position in the most learned and philosophical manner ; the audience giving each a candid and impartial hearing , sod tha question was sifted on both sides . No approbation or disapprobation was Bhewn on either side . The discussion was adjourned . These two gentlemen bare held two discussions on the same Eubject at Stockport , which have been well attended , created great
excitement , caused an investigation of the principles , and added many to the temperance society . Thb lite Hexry Hunt . —The birthday of that unflinching patriot and champion of the people ' s rights , the late Heury Hunt , Eiq ., will be celebrated by a grand tea party aud ball , iu the National Charter Association-room , Brown-street , on Monday , the 8 : h of November ; tea to be on the table at halfpast seven o ' clock precisely . Men of Manchester , testify your sincere attachment to the cause , by doing honour to the memory of the man who never deceived you . The best accommodation is provided , and musicians and singers are engaged .
Cos * Law Lectcbk . —On Friday evening , Mr . Finnigan delivered a lecture to his countrymen , at Mr . Kennedy ' s Temperance Coflke House . About fifty were present , and it was agreed to call another meeting , charge for admission , and go prepared for another row . Accordingly , the town was placarded . The ChartiBt town council assembled on Sunday morning , and passed a resolution that the town should be placarded , advising the Chartists not to be present , and leave them to fall out , and fight amongst themselves .
LONDON . Citt Political Tbaci Loan Socijstt . —The Committee and subscribers of the same met as usual at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride Lane , Fleet-street , yesterday evening week , Mr . Wood in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Subscriptions and donations were received . The Secretary gave in his report regarding the public meeting which is to-take place on the evening of November the 15 th , in behalf of the Society . He stated that the Committee of the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , had kindly offered the use of their Hall , gratuitously , for that occasion ; and that the printing of the Bills for the same was suspended , on account of his waiting for an answer from Mr . Campbell , to know the result of obtaining the assistance of the Executive Council .
BRIGHTON . —Stohxua&oks * Stehos . —In consequence of a circular received by the sub-secretary of the National Charter Association , for the secretary of the Lodge of Operative Stonemasons in Brighton , requesting tao aid of the members of the association towards supporting the men in their strike at the houses of Parliament , the council resolved upon summoning the whole of the members to adopt some means to assist the men in their strike , in consequence , a meeting was held on Monday evening last , specially convened , at their meeting room , Portland-street ; Mr . W . Woodward in the chair ; when after a very animated discussion by Messrs . Matthews , Scott , Williams , the Chairman , &c , it was , upon the proposition of Mr . Morling , seconded by Mr . Venass , "That we the members of the National Charter Association , in Brightonin
, special meeting assembled , expressing our sympathy for the operative stonemasons , of London , m their Strike at the houses of Parliament , hereby agree to enter into a voluntary subscription to support them in their just determination not any longer submit toihe continued arbitrary and tyrannical conduct of their cruel task-masters . " It was then resolved , on the-proposition of Mr . Flowers , seconded by Mr . Fenner , * That the subscription be kept open for one month . " On the proposition of Mr . F . Page , p econded by Mr . Matthews , it was resolved , " That £ 1 be advanced from the funds of the association . " Resolved , " That Messrs . Morling , Flowers , and the Chairman do wait , as a deputation , on the stonemasons tomorrow evening , and report to them the proceedings of this association . " Thanks were roted to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
HUDDEBSFIEU ) . —Official Presumption Chastised . —Our bead police brought up two poor working men before the magistrates , along with a cer tain quantity of thrums , " or woollen waste , commonly called " shoddy , " charging them with having stolen the same . . However , the poor men brought forward a person o respectable appearance , who declared that he had lately declined manufacturing , and so had sold this said M shoddy" to them ; whereupon the worthy magistrate promptly dismissed the case , leaving the officer to pay all the costs .
A-Dabisg Robbert . —On Saturday evening last , during a short absence from home , some villain or villains forcibly entered the dwelling-house of Mr . Murray , of DaltoD , mtuate on the farm of Mr . Dewbiret , known by the name of Sittic&r Gre * n , in the same township , and stole therefrom nearly all their wearing apparel , with which they got safely off . Up to the present time the thieves have eluded the eye of the police . Odd Fellowship . —The members of the Paddock Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows held their grand annual meeting on Saturday last , in the "Poor Petition" Lodge Boom , Whitwam ' a Buildings , when a large number of delegates attended . The report of this meeting was only sent to us on Thursday ; had we got it on Tuesday , as we ought to b&ve done , the resolutions should have been inserted .
BEABFOED . The Masoks' Stbike . —Mr , Alexander Wilson addressed a public meeting here on Wednesday evening , in the Odd FeilowB' Hall . It w&s determined to support the masons in their strike , and a committee was appointed to carry the object of the meeting into effect-STOCKPORT . —A public meeting was held here on Friday last , convened by the Mayor , to take into consideration the distress of the town . An enumeration committee , Bimiiar to the one at Leeds , was appoiated . Mr . Cobden was present ; and a resolution was passed , laying the entire distress at the door of the Corn Laws .
MANCHESTER . The Teuperakce Dis ccssion . —The second night ' s discussion between Mr Kamsbottom and Mr . Lomax . came off on Tuesday No resolution , pro . or con . was proposed .
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m > Fatal Railwat Accidents . —On Wednesady evening , Mr . T . Phillips , the lecturer on music , attempted U ) get into & carriage on the Grand Junction Railway , at the Harfort Station , after the train had begun to move : he was thrown down , and mangled by the carriages passing over him so that ho died ia a very short time . Mr . Low , an attorney , waB killed on Thursday , in attempting to jump ousof a carriage on ths Birmingham Railway , before the train had stopped . He was knocked down , the carriages passed over him , and the rails were sprinkled wiih his blood and brains for some distance . The Dublin Cobposlation . —On Tuesday , the new Town Council held its first meeting , when Mr . O'Connell was , without a division , elected Lord Mayor for the ensuing year . Hakbasok ths Spy , - who was the cau 3 e of the Bradford outbreak , ia now an inmate in Lancaster Castle , committed for two years .
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Londok O'Belen Press Fund . —This Committee met on Monday , Mr . Pickersgill in the chair . It was resolved that one thousand copies of the Address from this Committee be printed for distribution . The Secretary read a letter from Mr . O'Brien , stating that he purposed being in London on Monday , Nov . 8 ; h , to addresa the people , and desiring that a large room be engaged for him for that evening . A subcommittee was appointed to engage the room . 12 s . were handed in by Mr . Pickersgill , from the Globe Fields , and the meeting adjourned to Thursday
ovemng . BFLPAST . —A general meeting of the members of the Universal Suffrage Association was held on Tuesday , the 20 th ult . at their rooms , No . 66 , Millstreet . _ Mr . Jas . Hebblethwaite occupied the ehair . The object of the meeting being to adopt a more extensive organization in Belfast , it was resolved that the town be divided into districts , and collectors be appointed to each diBtriet to receive the subscriptions of the members , and aid in circulating the Star
and other Radical publications in their various districts . Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the Imperial Chartista was read from the Star of the 23 rd nit . after which the meeting passed a ? ot « cf thanks to Mr . O'CoHaor for his untiring exertions in the People ' s cause . The Society return their sincere thanks to Mr . James Sweet , of Nottingham , for his parcel eontaining a quantity of Start and other publications Thanks were also voted to Mr . Robert Meguician , Vale of Leven , for his handsome present of Glasgow Circulars . The cause progresses rapidly here .
SBLBY . —On Tuesday evening , a number of females met in the Men ' s Association Room , for the purpose of forming themselves into a Female Chartist Association , when resolutions to that effect were brought forward and carried unanimously . They then paid in their money , agreed to meet regularly every Tuesday evening .
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STAFFORD . —Mr . Q B . Mart , from Staffordshire Potteries , and Mr . J . Ltnoey , from Manchester , delivers ! addresses to the Chartist * of this place , on Saturday night last , when a good imprenion warmade . Delegate yiSETjya . —One of the most Important delegate meetings ever held In this county , took place at the Lord Kelson , Eutgate , near Stafford , on Sunday last Delegates present : —Mr , € h Bi Mart , tot Haniey , aheKon and Stoke ; Mr ; J . OlSbam , "Upper Haniey and Smallthorn ; Mr . W Mogg , for WorVerhampton r Mr . J . Stlran , for Bilston and Dwlaston ; Mr . J . &mldougb , for Longton ; Mr . W . Pepton , for Stafford . Mr . J . Linney , being present , it was proposed by Mr . Pepton , and seconded by Mr . Oldham , that he do take the chair , which was carried unanimously . Mr . 8 .
Ward , sub-secretary to the National Charter Associa tion , Stafford , wa » elected secretary pro tern . The following resolutions were agreed to : —Proposed by Mr . W . Pepton , and seconded by Mr . Stiran , " That each delegate do give a report of the progress in his locality . " Proposed by Mr . Mart and seconded by Mr . Mogg , " That the reports given be reeeived . " The following persons were severally proposed as candidates for the forthcoming Convention : — " Mr . Q B . Mart , for Hanley , Shelton and Stoke ; Mr . J . Richards , for TJppei Haniey and Sm&llthorn ; Mr . Henry Candy , for Wolverbampton j Mr . J . Ma « on , Mr . ( J . White , and Mr . H . Candy , for Bilston and Darlaston . " Proposed by Mr . Mart , and seconded by Mr . Stiran , That a levy of ninepence per member be paid to support the
member to the forthcoming Convention , '' and it was also suggested that the various localities be responsible for the forthcoming of the money at the time appointed . Proposed by Mr . Mart , and seconded by Mr . Peplow , " That each delegate do all in his power in his own locality towards raising funds for the wives and families of the Imprisoned Chartists . " Proposed by Mr . Mart , and seconded by Mr . Stiran , " That a delegate meeting of the counties of Stafford and Salop be held at Stafford on Sanday , November the 28 th , and that each delegate bring a correct account of the situa-Uob of their respective localities as regards what each locality has done reipecting the Victim Fund , and how they stand with the Execntlve ; and whether it
would be prudent to appoint a county lecturer . " Proposed by Mr . Oldham , and seconded by Mr . Mogg , "That thia meeaing do recommend the country to adopt the petition as soon as possible , and to purchase tneir petition sheets of the Executive . " Proposed by Mr . Mogg , and seconded by Mr . Stiran , "That all communications respecting the delegate meeting , be addressed to Mr . We Peplow , shoemaker . Friarstreet , Stafford . " And it was also agreed to , " That all localities where there are Chartitts in their district be particularly requested to correspond with Mr . Peplow , either by letter or with a delegate to the next meeting . " Thus ended the first delegate meeting ever held in Stafford , and it was decidedly the most unanimous one ever held in Britain .
Norwich . —On Sunday , Wm . Wilkinson , ( A Halifax , and Mr . Claa « y , of Dublin , addressed a meeting here , at considerable length , and with great tact and ability , on the present plundering system . Votes of thanks were given to both , and the meeting separated at ten o ' clock . GATESH £ AD . —A meeting was held here in the Primitive Methodist MtiHiftfoouse , on the evening of the 26 th of October ; f > report of which only reached ns on the meniing of the 4 th of November , ) at which it was resolved thai the want of a proper system of representation is the primary cause of all tho misery that unhappily exists in this once happy country ; and it was determined to join the National Charter Association . Mr Parkinson presided , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Wm . Cook , Mr . Byrne , of Newcastie , Mr . Morgan , and Mr . Hand . KENDAI .. —Mr . James Duffy lectured here , in most excellent style , to a numerous audience , in the Association Room , on Monday evening . He arrived there on the same day on his way to Lancaster .
YORK . —The memberaJof the National Charter Association in York continue to hold their weekly meetiogs as usual in the Association Room , Foasgate . A code of laws for the better regulation of business , &c . has been adopted , and the city more perfectly organised . The good result of which has already began to show itself by the augmentation ot the funds , and an increase of members . East and Nokth RiDrKQ Dele § ate Meeting . — An East and North Riding delegate meeting was held at York , on Sunday laet , Mr . Wm . Croft , of
York , in the chair . Letters were read from various towns , stating their willingness to abide by the decisions of the meeting . It was unanimously carried t ' aat a lecturer should be engaged for the following month . Mr . Stallwood , of London , was elected lecturer , and will commence his duties on the 8 th of November . The next North and East Riding Delegate meeting will be held at Market Weighton , on Sunday , Nov . 21 st , and it is desired that every town in the district will immediately join the National Charter Association .
asbbdrton , Devon . —At a public meeting held here , on Monday evening last ; Mr . S . Mann delivered an excellent address on Universal Suffrage and Vote by Bsl Jot . The points of the Charter were also explained by Messrs . Lee , Woodley , aud Foal . The association proceeds with vigour . They are resolved on one thousand signatures to the petition . They hold meetings every Monday night .
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Bbo . ntebre O'Bbibn . —This distinguished patriot will attend a meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , London , on Monday evening next . —Admission to the body of the room 2 a . ; tickets for the platform 6 d . The surplus to « o to the " Press Fund . " A working-man in the chair . Mr . Edmund Stallwood , the East and North Riding Lecturer , will visit tho following places during the ensuing month : —Hull , 8 : h and 22 d Nov . ; Beverley , 9 th and 23 d Nov . ; Market Weighton , 10 th and 24 th Nov .: Pocklinnton , 11 th Nov . and 1 st Dec . ; Howden , 12 th , 13 th , Uth Nov . and 2 ad Dec ; Selb y , loth Nor . and Dec . 3 rd ; L"fd 8 , 16 th Nov ., 4 th and 5 th Dec . ; Knaresboroueh , 17 th Nov . ; Ripon , 18 th ; Boroughbridge , 19 th Nov . ; York . 20 th and 2 lst Nof . ; Driffield , 2 oth Nov . ; Bridliogton , 26 th Nov . ; Scarborough , 27 th and 28 th Nov . ; Malton , 22 th and 30 th Nov .
Lambeth . —Mr . William Carrier will lecture at the Chartist Hall , 1 , China Walk , on Sunday morning , at eight o ' clock precisely . A lecture will be delivered on Tuesday evening at eight o ' clock . — A tpecial general meeting of the Council will be held at 1 , China-walk , Lambeth , to take into consideration the address of the Executive , and other important business relating to the counties of Surrey and Keat;—Our Correspondent should have * said when . Finsbuet . —The Chartists of Finsbury are informed that no meeting of tho members will take place on Monday , Nov . the 8 : h , on account of Mr . Carrier ' s ball and concert . Ai ; y members having business to transact , can meet the council on Wednesday , the 10 ; h instant .
Daelington . —A public meeting will be held on Monday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Association Room , above Mr . Bra ^ g ' s shop , Priest-gate , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition of the industrious classes . A numerous meeting ie requested . Losdos . —Mr . Benbow will lecture to the Shoemakers' Charter Association , at the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , ou Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock . Mottram—Mr . James Wheeler , from Manchester , will deliver an address on Sunday , the 14 th of November , and will be accompanied by Mr . Bailey , the champion of the Charter , who will deliver a lecture at half-past tw « o'clock ia the afternoon .
Beplikgton . —Mr . Williams , of Sunderland , will , on Saturday afternoon , address the friends of this place , at the Cross , weather permitting ; and on Sunday morning and afternoon , at the same place . Suj « de&laHD , —Mr . Binns will speak at the Life Boat House , at half-past two ; and on Tuesday evening , at the Arcade . Several friends will addresa the meeting . Crahlington and Seghill . —In consequence of the extreme wetness of the weather on Sunday morning last , Mr . Williams was unable to visit . those places ; but he trusts at an early day to make atonement for this disappointment .
Teowbridge . —The Council of the National Charter Association in this town , have agreed to have the portrait of Robert Emmetfc raffled for on Monday evening , the 15 th instant , and the money to be appropriated in purchasing petition sheets for the National Petition . As that noble patriot bled and died for the cause of freedom ; they think the money could not be put to a better purpose . Delegate Meeting . —An adjourned meeting of delegates , for the counties of Warwick and Worcester , will be held in Birmingham , on Snnday , Nov . 28 th , when all towns are expected to send representatives without fail . The following
estimate of the probable signatures which would be received in each place , has been made by the assembled delegates in Birmingham , on Monday last ; and calculating 200 signatures to each sheet , the parties will know , the number they require . They will be 2 d . each . The money is requested to be sent in as soon as possible : —Birmingham , 50 , 0 C 0 ; Stoorbridge , 6 , 000 j Wedneabury , 3 , 000 ; Bilston , 10 , 000 ; Bromagrove , 3 , 000 ; Walsalk , 6 , 000 ; Kidderminster , 8 , 000 ; JRedditch , 3 , 000 ; Coventry , 6 , 000 ; Nnneaton and Kenilworth , 6 , 000 ; Warwick and Leamington , 6 , 000 ; Woiverhampton , 6 , 000 ; Staffvrd , 4 . 0 U 0 ; total , 117 , 000 .
Deptfobd . —Mr . Keene will lecture here on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will take place on Sunday morning , November 14 : b , at half-past ten o ' clock , in the Chartist Rooms , Brownstreet , near St . Andrew ' s Church , Manchester , when every locality is desired to send delegates . Hcnslet . —Mr . J . Parker , of LeeJa , is expected to preach in the Temperance News Room , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock .
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Shbfwbu ) . — -Mr . Bealo will lecture in the large room , Fig Tree-Jane , on Sunday evening , at Beven o ' clock . , Fkkb Digcusfliorr . —On Monday evening , Mr . Gill will propose for discussion , the ; following subject : — That under wise and necessary regulations , paper money is more advantageous than gold , to » eojioH mercial community . ih General Council , —A 'general meeting of the association members , will be held on Tuesday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , in the room , Fig Tree-lane , to nominate the General Council .
Doncaster . — -A funeral sermon for the late respeoted secretary of this place , Mr . R . A . CouJson , will be preached in the association room on Sunday , by Mr . Charles Buckley . Halifax . —Mr . B . Rusbton will preach in the Charter Institution , to-morrow , at six 6 ' olook in the evening . Halifax , Delegate Meeting . —A district dele gate meeting will be held ia the Charter Institution , Swan Coppice , on Sunday , the 7 th of Not . at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when delegates from the following places , arc requested to attend , Sowerby , Midgley , Warley , Stainlaud , Norland , Elland , Northowram , Southowram , Ovenden , Illingworth , Queenahead , and Mixencten . Chelsea , United Coffee-Housw , Geobge-St&eet . —Mr . Dowting will lecture here on Sunday next , at seven o ' clock preciBely .
St . Pancras . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . Martin , at the association rooms , Feathers , Warren-street , on Sunday , November the 7 th , at eight o'clock . Subject , * True patriotism . " Towsa Hamlets . —Ruffey Ridley will lecture on the past and present condition of the working classes of this country ^ on Sunday evening next , at the Carpenter ' s Arms , Brick-lane . Limbhousb —Mr . Fussell will lecture at the 6 , chool-room , ' Limebaase-Causoway , on Tuesday , Nov . 9 th . WESTUWsrrau—A lecture will be delivered at the Charter CoSee-hease , Stretton-ground , on Sunday next , by Mr . Martin . Hackwkt . —Mr . Balls will lecture at Weston ' s Temperance Hotel , on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock precisely . ;
Loiigcroft Pxace , Bradford . —Mr . Joseph Alderson will preach in this place on Sunday evening , at « tx o ' clock , when a collection will be made in behalf of Gmko Flinn , now lying in the Leeds infirmary . . 1 &-& v " Bbadfordv- ^ Cp . Smyth will lecture in the large roooyof the rorth Tavern , on Sunday evening , at bix o ' clock , on the Repeal of the Union and the Peoples Charter . —Mr . Arran and Mr . Edwards will lecture at White Abbey , on Monday evening , at eight orolack . Discussion invited , and free admission .--Mr . Jennings will lecture at the Association Boom , Bowling , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . —Mr . Alderson will lecture at Mr . Sedgwick's , Three Pigeons , Middleton Fields , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Rochdale . —Mr . Rankin , of Salford . will lecture on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon .
Btjrt . —Mr . Bailey , from Manchester , will Rive a lectare in the Garden-street Lecture Room , ( late Working Men's Hall , ) on Monday , Nov . 8 nb , at eight o ' clock in the evening . Middlesbro ' . —A delegate meeting will be held here on Sunday , at the Working Men ' s Reading Room , Newcastle Row . The chair to be taken at one o ' olock , when delegates are expected from Hartlepool , Stockton , Stokesley , and Woolviston . The delegates are to be prepared to answer the following questions : —1 st . How many cards of
membership will be wanted in your locality ! 2 nd . How many Executive Journals 1 County of Chester . —A delegate meeting will be held in the National Charter Association Room , Moody-street , Congleton , on Sunday , the Uth inst ., when delegates from the following places are requested to attend , via , ;—MoUtam , Eazlegrove , Stockport , Maoclesfield , Congleton , Haniey , and Potteries , and other towns wishing the services of a lecturer . All letters to be addressed to Mr . John Burgess , sub-Secretary , Chartist Association , Moodystreet , Congleton .
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WEST-RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . A West-Riding Delegate Meeting was held on Sunday hut , hi the Chartist Association Room , over the Co-operative Stores , Dewibury .
DELEGATES PRESENT FROM THE FOLLOWING PLACES : — Dewsbuby , Mr . Wm . M . Stott B . VOOBB . SFIELD , Mr . John Chapman . Halifax , Mr . John Akroyd . Sowerby , Mr . Thou . Greenroyd . Ripfondsn , Mr . Wm . Lumb . Hebden Bridge , Mr . Thos . Dawson . Sheffield , Mr . Gill . Bradford , Mr . J . W . Smith . Mr . Gill w «* culled to the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to . Moved by Mr . Chapman , and seconded by Mr Greenroyd : — .
" That this meeting earnestly requests the various districts of the Riding to pay In all demands and arrears immediately ; most prowing circumstances render it indispensible . Remittances to be made to the Secretary , Wm . Moseley Stott , hair-dresser , under the Co-operative Stores , Market-place , Dewsbury . " Moved by Mr . Smith , and seconded by Mr . Dawson : — " That this meeting hereby recommend to the various towns and Tillages in the West-Riding the propriety of forming districts ia their respective localities , for the purpose of procuring a fair and efficient representation of the Riding , preparatory to the establishment of a Delegate Fund . "
The Secretary was directed to write to Mr . J . West , of Macclesfleld , to request him to commence his tour as Weat-Ridlug Lecturer , on Thursday , November 4 lh , at Dewsbury ; then to proceed to Blrstal , Friday , November 5 th ; Clcckheaton , Sstnrday , 6 th ; Halifax , Monday , 8 th ; Hebden Bridge , Tuesday , Otb ; Mldgley , Wednesday , 10 th ; Sowerby , Thursday , 11 th ; Lepton , Friday , 12 th ; Dodworth , Saturday , 13 th ; Sheffield , Monday , 15 th ; Barnsley , Tuesday , 16 th : Holmflrth , Wednesday , 17 th ; Honley , Thursday , 18 th ; Huddersfleld , Friday , 19 th ; Ripponden , Saturday 20 th . Moved by Mr . Akroyd , and seconded by Mr . Greenroyd : —
" That this meeting do now adjourn to Sunday , November 28 th , and that the next meeting be called for nine o ' clock in the morning , instead of ten , so as to allow time to examine the accounts of the West-Riding . " After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting separated . The next meeting will be held as usual , in the large room , over the Co-operative Stores , Dawsbuiy .
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THE EXCHEQUER BILL FRAUD . Onr readers may remember , that at the time of the NewportrMonteagle job we exposed the braggings of the Globe about the wondrous doings of the Whigs in Exchequer Reform ; Bhowing that the change was inevitable , and proving that the financial saving by their management was really little or nothing . Our dissent , it seems , might have proceeded further . According to the account of their organs this week , they left the Tory abuses where they found them , and that in a point of daily occurrence . The constitutional importance of the Exchequerthe preventing of money from being used by the Executive that has not been voted by
Parliamentwe do not deny ; but , practically speaking , the genuineness of Exchequer Bills bears more directly and constantly apon the well-being of the public , than the larger function of Lord Montoagle to carry one the determination of Parliament to stop the supplies . The last is not very likely to happen : when it became probable , attention would be turned towards the Ministry , and the affair could not be concealed . If even the Executive could make their demand secretly , it must be known to the Exchequer clerks , it must be known to the clerks at the Bank of England . But the Whigs , undertaking to reform an evil which the Tories were considering when they were turned oat , actually leave the evil where
they find it , and an evil that may affect the properties of many people . Such is tho excuse of their own organs ; but it is a question whether the unbusiness-like habits of the Whigs did not actually remove a check established in the Old Exchequer , costly and cumbrous as was the office . Under the old systenij the " Office for the Issuing of the Exchequer Bills" was a branch of the . Auditor ' s office , under the superintendence of the chief clerk ( the auditorahip being a sinecure . ) Orders for the manufacture of the peculiar paper on which Exchequer Bills are printed were given by the Senior Clerk of the Office for the Issne of Exchequer Bills with the cognizance" of the Chief Clerk of the Auditor : the paper itself was m * der "under the very Btrict inspection of a supervisor deputed by the Auditor to attend the paper-mill
during the process ; who , among other precautions which he is charged to exercisers to take care that no single sheet of the paper shall exist beyond the quantity transmuted to the Auditor f and a similar process was undergone for preparing the copperplates , and printing the impressions , except that the printing took place at the Exchequer , under " a similar superintendence . " Under such a system , it seems impossible that fraudulent issues could have taken place without speedy detection , unless by collusion between the Auditor's representative and tho Head Clerk of the Office for Issuing Exchequer Bills , or between this last-named functionary and the host of paper / makers , engravers , and so forth . Two most important -questions , therefore , arise . Were these precautionary checks of the Old Exchequer transferred to the New 1 If they were not , the facility offered to fraudulent issues is as obvious 4
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as the scandalous neglect towards the public . If the same processes against fraud were understood to be adopted , then it becomes important to trace the chronology of the fraudulent issues- If they have occurred since the remodelling of the office , there is a fair presumption that greatef negligence ( if not collusion ) must exist somewhere than was found in ihe Old Exehequer . At all events , the public have tf fight to be informed , at the close of the investigation , whether the old or any other cheeks exist in the office ; and if bo , by what agency they could Save been defeated . Had the advice we urged ten J ears ago been followed , that Mr . Ellis , the old ' ella Officer , and the snggester of the most important changes , should have been appointed to the post of
Comptroller at his salary of £ 1000 a year , instead of being pensioned off to make room for a Whig at £ 2000 , this fraui would most likely not have taken place . For Ellis knew the workings of the old system , and what was necessary , what not , A question strongly agitated , as may be imagined , by Exchequer holders , i 3 whether Government is bound to make up the loss to the parties ! The name of tha head , officer of the Exchequer is the thing Which gave validity to fhe bill ; and if that name is forged the responsibility legally rests with the party taking an invalid document . In some cases this may lead to hardship , bat not to so much as would appear at first sight . The questionable nature of the original transactions , from the high rate of interest ,
the repeated deposits by the same parties , when they would naturally take advantage , eome time or other , of the turn of the market to sell , and the reported anxiety respecting the identical bills being returned , should all have excited suspicion ; and it is difficult to avoid the conclusion , that tho original lenders , if not a sort ot receivers , mast have resolved to take their chance . Bon * fide holders are , no doubt , in a different position ; bnt transactions in Exchequer Bills , of such high amounts as Mr . Smith appears to have confined himself to . are surely not untraceable like the transfer of sovereigns . Though they bear no endorsement , the books of the stockbrokers
must show the particulars of each transfer , until they aro traced back to the first issuer to the public . If he indeed be insolvent , then , probably , a claim lies against the Government ; for , in the absence of proof to the contrary , we cannot divoat ourselves of the suspicion that the whole of this monetary confusion is at the door of the late Ministry or its agents at the New Exchequer , and that had all tho checks of the Old Exchequer been properly applied , the forgeries could not have been committed . If this suspicion should not be realized , then we think Government are bound to bear bona fide holders harmless .
As usual when dealing with Exchequer mysteries , tha Globe has exhibited a pompous inflation , and a Indicroua air of self-satisfaction at its sources of secret knowledge . In an article attributed by some of our contemporaries to an official hand , the Exchequer organ thus alludes to Mr . Smith , as if conciliating a witness to be feared , since there was no necessity for referring to him at all" The salary of Mr . Smith was , we believe , £ 600 a year , which he had anticipated would have been advanced to £ 700 , bat hia hopes being defeated by the economy that has been carried of late into all the public offices , he had recourse to forgery as a temporary expedient ; and from a sum of £ 500 has been led , by those of whom it is believed he has
been the dupe , to the enormous amount of his forgeries which we have above stated . Surely remuneration should be regulated not simvfy by the few hours of time required , whioh has too frequently been the Treasury standard of value , but by the amount of trust reposed , and the extent of integrity required . *' A more profligate impudent defence was never set up . What Mr . Smith might have anticipated we do not know : in 1830 his salary was £ 500 a year , since raised to £ 600—a not unhandsome remuneration for a brief daily attendance at an office where his labours were not heavy or his task difficult . Ab for " the amount of trust reposed , " it was , under the old system , simply the custody of certain papers , the number of which was strictly limited , and for every
one of which ho had to account . Bat , supposing that as much trust « aa originally reposed as seems to have been reposed , 5 | frst improperly , of late years , what a notion of morality must that mind possess which can plead the " low and niggardly salary" of £ 600 a year as a set-off to any dishonesty ! But if " integrity is hardly to be expected when the pay [ £ 600 a year ] of a party employed is not commensurate with the importance of nis services , " [ filling in and entering printed forms , &c J what a state will thin country be in whenever she goes to war ? An officer on active service has all his time " occupied with his duties" : liable to be called to exposure ,
privation , danger , and death , at any honr of the day or night ; and to expend part of his " low and niggardly salary" on professional outfits ; " trusted " often with a larj ^ e amount of property , constantly with lives , and with knowledge on which lives and victory itself depend . According to the new philosophy of the New Exchequer , our officers , though not ** morally justified" ( wonderful admission !) in decamping with such part of the military-chest an they can finger , or selling secrets to the enemy whenever their pay is inadequate to their anticipations , can hardly be expected" to resist tho "temptation " of doing so !
"We said , " quoth the moralist , "and we say again , that integrity is hardly to be expected where the pay of a party employed is not commensurate with the importance of his services . Human nature is weak enough , without temptation heedlessly brought tnto action against its natural infirmities . " 11 —Spectator , _ _ ^ __ . _ .
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AMERICA . Acquittal of M'Leod . —The mail-steamer Acadia , which left Halifax on the 18 th insiant , brin , ta papers from New York to ihe lOtb , and the termination of the proceedings in Mr . M'Leod ' s . ' trial . Hia counsel made the best use of the tature of the evidence brought against him ; first , however , con * tending that had ho participated in the attack on the Caroline , he could not be held accountable . No such offence as murder , said Mr . Spencer , could arise out of tho attack ; it was for the first iitue that an individual was made responsible for the aces which he committed under tbe authority of his Government .: Itwasehown that the Caroline was
engaged in the service of tho rebels of Navy Island ; Schlosser was the rendevons for their abctters on the American side : and he insisted that the boat was as much hostilely engaged in the open war of rebellion at Schlosser as at Navy Island itself ; nobody pretended that the destruction of the boat at Navy Island would have been an offence . But that he was answerable for the life of his client , Mr . Spencer remarked , he " would have ventured to . take a verdict on the evidence for the prosecution alone . But he would prove that , in point -of fact , Mr . M'Leod had nothing to do with the attack . Mr . Spencer adduced the evidence taken by commission in Canada , including the testimony of twelve persons who had been distributed into tho attacking
boats , and who all snore that M'Leod was not there . Colonel M'Nab deposed before the Commissioners , that he was ordered by Sir Francis Bond Head to seek and destroy the Caroline ; that he was ordered to keep the object of his expedition a profound secret , and tliat he did 60 , not declaring it until rfter the beats had left the shore ; that M'Leod was not of the party ; that after their return a list of the whole number engaged in the attack was sent to Sir Francis Head , to procure them some mark of approbation , and that in that list appeared neither the name of Alexander M'Leod , the prisoner , noxot Angus , his brother . Witnesses were then called to prove that M'Leod vraa at Davis ' e tavern , in CWppewa the day before the attack ; that he went to bed early , having been fatigued with Riding in Navy Island ; that he rose at eun down , and proceeded with a friend to the house of Captain Morrison ,
a retired British officer , five miles from Chippewa , spent the night there , and breakfasted with the family in the morning ; returning to Chippewa after breakfast to hear the news , rumours of which had reached Captain Morrison ' s honse before breakfast . Among the witnesses was Lieutenant Shepherd M'Cormiok , R . N ., who said , •* I believe one of the persons on board the Caroline was killed ; his death was caused by a blow f rom me , immediately after he had wounded me . I fired neither gun nor pistol ; I do not believe there was a living creature on board the Caroline when she was cast loose and sent over the Falls . " The counsel for the prosecution tendered additional evidence ; but Judge Gridley decided that it could not be admitted . The Judge then summed up in a vray which excited admiration on all sides : ftud . the Jury returned a verdict of " Wot Guilty . "
The Montreal Herald states that Colonel" Grogan had been released by order of Sir Richard Jackson , administrator of the Government , on tho application of the United States authorities . He was handed over to an Inspector of Police , on the 4 th instant , with the directions to be safely escorted to the provinc&line .
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DEATHS . On the 28 th ult ., at Doncaster , greatly respected , aged 19 years , Mr . Robert Alban Coulson , sub-Se-. cretar j of the National Charter Association at that place , and one of the delegates to the recent O'Connor demonstration at York . In him the Associa tion has lost an able and persevering officer , and * aaalous advocate . Though young in yeais , he had a soul that scorned oppreesioa , and a mind tbataolorred while it pitied ihe oppressors . His remains were borne to the grave by fonr of hia Chartu friends , followed by a numerous array of members . On Sunday , Oct . 24 th , at Charlestown , near Ashton-under-Lyae , Mr . AbraUam Totner , in his 100 th year , he having been born April 1 st , 1742 , and has bad issue , children 11 , grandchildren 37 , great
grandchildren 36 , great great grandchild 1—to all , 85 persons . He was attended to his grave by upwards of 200 persons . He was a man of very sober habit b , never having been known to have been drank ; for the last 40 years . ' • _ On Monday last , aged 16 montbB , John Feargnj , tho son of James and Sarah Chippcndale , of Halifax . ^» Ou Sunday , the 31 st ult ., at ' bis residence in AJf Scarborough , after a Bhort illness , in the 64 thre » % * AiS ol hia age , Joseph Jackson , Esq ., formerly of Wilk >> jb * jF& Jp ^
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THE SHORT TIME COMMITTEES' DEPUTATIONS . ( From Oastler ' t Fleet Papers . ) " londen , Nor . 1 , 1841 .
" Mr Dear Sir , —As one of the deputation from the Short Time Committees of the West-Riding , which has recently waited upon the leading members of the Government respecting the introduction , in the ensuing session , of a simple and efficient Ten Hours' Bill , 1 think it my duty to report progress to one whose longcontinued , earnest and disinterested exerertiens in behalf of the young labourers of Britain , have justly earned for him the title of ' King of the Factory Children . '
" The deputation have resolved upon publishing a detailed account of the conversations they have had with the different Ministers they have bad the honour of meeting in the discharge of their duties ; and 1 feel certain that , taking into consideration tbe present state of the country , the causes « f which have been very fully discussed by them in the various interviews they have had , and the sentiments expressed by most of the influential members of the Cabinet , that the document will prove of universal interest to all classes , and of national importance at the present crisis of affairs .
" In the meantime , 1 have much pleasure in informing you , that we have waited upon Sir R . Pee ) , Sir J . Graham , Lord Wbarncliffe , the Right Hon . W . £ . Gladstone , the Duke of Buckingham , the Lor ! Chancellor , and Lord Stanley , in the order here set down . The deputation wore in every case most flitteriDglj received , their statements most attentively lutened to , and the nature , extent , and bearing of tbe measures they recommended were fully and freely canvassed . The impression left upon the minds of myself and the rest of the deputation is , that the present Government are fully aware of the real cause of the present widespread national distress , and most desirons of discovering a safe and efficient remedy . The workings of machinery have never yet been fairly investigated with a view to its application to produce general benefit , and we have reason to believe that the derangement its unregulated and misdirected use hitherto has occasioned , haa now produced in the highest quarters a deep conviction of the necessity for such an inquiry .
"In the course of our interviews we have availed ourselves ef tbe opportunity of speaking out , boldly and truthfully , on other matters connected with the general well-being of tho labouring classes . We have avowed ourselves sick of party nicknames and party con testa , and prepared to accord our confidence and esteem to any party or men who will honestly examine into the real condition of the producing classes , and apply a timely remedy j and have , farther , pressed upon the attention of the Government the adoption of a series of measures , which , in onr estimation , would secure for it . the suppett of the moderate and well-meaning of all parties , and ensure the prospective permanent welfare of the country . .
"A fall report of these most interesting and Import ant conversations will speedily be issued , for the satisfaction of our numerous constituents ; in the interim , thia hasty communication will apprise them and you , respected Sir , of the nature of our proceedings , anct the degree of success which has attended onr exertions to lay before the Government the real , state of the manufacturing operatives of Britain . " One thing we are especially entitled to rejoice in , which is , that no third party , no well-paid commissioner , has interfered between us and , those in whose hands the governing power of this country ia at present placed . There baa been no glossing or concealment of facU ; no getting up of special cases , o * evasion of the question . For , perhaps , tbe first time In the history of this country , the working classes have been permitted to state their own case to the Government , and it has given a kindly , attentive , and respectful hearing to that statement . ...
" Whatever may be the ultimate result of the labours of this deputation , I may , at all events , be permitted to congratulate you and you numerous ' sabjtcts' on the growing influence of the views yon have so long and faithfully advocated . How long we have yet to wait ere we see them carried into practice , I know not ; but of this I feel assured , that the period cannot now be far distant , When a sense of self-interest will induce even those who have heretofore moat strenuously opposed to join our ranks . ' ' With every wish for your health , and release from the prifon which now prevents you from joining your friends in their exertions for the well-being of the people of our native liind ,
" I am , my dear Sir , most respectfully yours , " Geo . A . Fleming . " " Mr . R . Oaatler , Fleet Prison . "
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