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DEMONSTRATION AT MANCHESTER . CConchidedfrom our sixth page . ) shines the same upon one as the other , and after each tad traTelled through this transitory life ,- each has to descend to the cold and gloomy grave ; the grass after death trfU groir -with-tfce same freshness , greenneja and verdour on one as on the other ; the -worm -will feed opon tie bodies of the rich the same as the poor , the one as delicious a morsel aa the other to them . Then through ail the changes and Ticissitudea of life , and of universal nature there -was no privilege given for one to be a tyrant and the other a Blave ; God and nature tad made no difference , no distinction . And the system which made such an inequality "was contrary to the aforesaid powers , consequently , -wicked , and - unjust ,
and ought not to be permitted to coKMime- Htr . ce the necessity for the People ' s Charter , which would give jostice to all and injustice to none . When mouldering in the oust the parents , relations , sons , and daughters cf the poor cherished their memory and talked of ; bem as affectionately as these of the rich . Then amidst gjidi numerous , abundant , and conclusive evidefcc-o , that nature had made no distinction , he -would Jan&b 4 o scom the assertion , the impudent and "Wicked falsehood an £ Hbel npon the poor , = « hlch had been insinuated and uttered by a base leader of the Whigs—( loud cheering > . The poor had hitherto been the unwelcome guests at nature ' s bounties ; they , although producing all that give sustenance and support to the aristocracy had been treated by the parsons , the law , and the
goyenffijent , "srith all the cruelty , with all the severity , and -with all the harshness of a step-mother —( loud cheers ) . They till the soD , but are -without food ; they ¦ weave the cloth , but are clothed in rags ; they protect and defend the nation , but are net protected themsalves . When be sa"w nature bringing the rich aan's child into the world -with sputa upon its heels , then , and not till then , would he permit such inequality cf the law , without endeavouring to effect a change . Then , and not till then , would he be convinced that one was bom to govern and . the otner to be his slave—[ cheers ) Hi . Jones then gave a dear and vivid description cf thi Banner in which all other living agents in the universe could partafce cf the good th ' ngs of nature , whilst man in that respect , who had been considered the ornament of nature , stood alone . Alter an impassioned strain t f eloquence , which carried all hearts with him , he attributed all the evils of the present anamoloas state of godety wholly and solely to the system whkh had been
brought about by class legislation . Mr . Jones then related the following anecdote . He remembered reading of a little boy "who once got into conversation with a parson , who ashed him if he ever read his bible or prayed , to which the boy replied he did not . The parson , wha had just before relieved the boy with a mouldy crust of bread , engaged to teach him how to pray . The parson requesting the boy to follow him , who . began as follows : — Parson—Our Father who ait in heaven . Boy—Out Father who ait in heaven . But stop , Sir , allow me to ask you one question . Do you mean , Sir , to say that your Father is my ^ Father , and my Pather your Father , and your God my God ? Parson—Yes , God has made us ai : of one family . Boy—Thea of course we arc brothers and sisters ? Parson—Tes , Boy . —Then how can you be so cruel and hard hearted as to give your little brother such a stinking mouldy crust as this ?
The manner in which Mr . Jones told this , convulsed the audience with laughter . Mr . J . showed how Willing the parsons "were to educate the people in a state of senilit y and passive obedience , but would never teach them the doctrines which Christ taught , namely , those of equality ; they would sooner give them any description of education , than make them politicians —( cheers . They wished themselves to partake of the good bread , and the millions to get but the mouldy crust . In order to carry out the sentiments of the toast , it required the unity , talent , and energy of the people combined , every indaEtrioBi and sober man should exert himself in Older to change the system ; and , in order to stimulate them to their duty , let them think that those poor creatures who wtrs confined in the various prisons—these who were transported to a fsreign country for theft , and
thosa who were brought to the scaffold , came to such by the bad institutions which were calculated to make them more vicious than virtuons ; and let them remember that though they were brought to that point , and looked upon with scom and contempt , although no oDe seemed to pity them , et the fathers and mothers bring to mind that they were osce filing , innocent babes—tossed upon their mother ' s knee—kissed , loved , and cherished as affectionately as"they kissed , loved , and cherished their babes—and that the same system which brought them to such an end , was yet in existence , and if net destroyed was as likely to bripg their children to the same awful position . Mr . Jones then exhorted all , in a strain cf glowing eloquence , to a ^ ist f » r the Charter , and concluded amid the most rapturous applause .
The Cha : nnan then gave , " The Executive , and nny their exertions in the cause of the people be crowned with success . "
Tune . — " A man ' s a man for a' that " Sir . Julias HaJl > 'et came forward and was greeted with lead eaters , to spe ^ k to the toast , Mr . Chairman , Brother-and sister Democrats , he had the honour of appearing before than that evening as the representatiTc cf the Chartists of Sheffield . He had come thither that day for the purpose of witnessing the grand display which he and they saw that day in the streets cf of Mancbetler . Mr . Barney congratulated them for thai condnct in protecting resigns O'Connor , and Bald if he came to Sheffield he would not he wanting of the strong arms of the working men to protect Mm . He then congratulated them for the manntr in which they had performed ^ n act of gratitude to the late Henry Hust . It was ¦ with , pleasure he spoke to the toast of the
Exedtive ; their actions had been before the public , and every one who took any interest in the movement must fenotr that they were men of integrity , and had performed valuable services to the cause . They all know the opposition which Mr . James Leach had given to the Com law League ; how he had exposed their fallacious statements , and opened the eyes of the working men to their true interests . Mr . James leach stood very high in the estimation of every grade of working men of Sheffield , and of the ceuntry generally . ( Hear , hear . j Tien there was Dr . STDoualL Mr . Harney then speke as to the honesty and consistency of the Doctor , as siember ef tie first Convention . . He was tienrdhiching and undaunted friend of the people , and
the aarocate of the rights of the insulted millions ; and for his sufferings and firmness he was entitled to the rapport and confidence of the people . ( Cheers . ) Then there was p ' ain John Campbell ; they could bear testimoay to the admirable manner in which he h 3 d actea as the Secretary , aEd the good he had rendered the cause , and though he respected the Doctor , who Was a Scotchman , and Leach , aa an Englishman , he gave the same respect , the same honour to Campbell , who wss an Irishman . And the people respected every sisnwho was honest , independent of country or creed . ilr . Harney then exposed the Sturgifce question , and hoped the people would not be led from the Charter-He then £ iowed that there were other monstrous
grievances besides the Corn Laws , and he saw no reason why that question should be tagged to the Charter . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) There was the state church , the la-svs of primogenituie , hereditary monarchy , hereditary peerage , it , equally as grievous as the Corn Laws . He hoped they would come to the same conclusion , asd czxtj out the same resolution as the Blliton ps&pU— *¦ That every agitation which does not go for the Charta- is a humbug so far as the working classes are ccrccraed . " Mr . Ksjrsey then gave a description of the rnga at the head of the " complete move" party , an 4 sik = d who heard of * 5 turge coming out for the liberties of the people before ? Where was the test or
his sincerity ? Had he given a single farthing towards the lecal victim fund ? He never heard that he had-Was he not connected with the "Whigs who sent Tesrgus 0 Connor , Dr . P . il'Dcuall and J . B . O'Brien to prison , and soo hundred of their best men ?¦ and Frost , Williams , and Jones across the seas . ' Then did not Cob-ic-n say , at the nomination at Stockpirt , that if lifticg up cf tis finger would bring Prcst , Williams , sna Jo ^ e 3 bacfe , he wonia not do it—( shame . ) Mr Barnsy ctscrcsea by exhorting them to remain firm to £ he Charter , and sat down , after an excellent speech , amid loci cheers . The Chairjias then gave " The thanks of the working Efcn of Manchester to Peargus O'Connor , Esq . "
Mr . Coopeb ., of Leicester , stepped forward , anu spoke in ihe most eulogistic terms of Mr . O'Connor ' s pat-lie life , talents , and physical energies in the cause of the peepie ; and , in conclusion , said that as ha had pledged himself to the eause , he deserved the respect and support cf the working Bien . ilr . Cooper then ga-re out the >' sUonal Anthem . I ^ ot , said he , the old serriie and Woody anthem , but the Chartist Anthem-In this iir . 0 Connor forms a prominent feature . Mr . Cocpei then started the tune , and led tLrongnont , the meeVsg following to the top of their veices , acconipani&d by the music , which was done in excellent styl =, acd produced a good impression at the time .
31 r . A . Hex-wood , newB asjent . rose to propose a YOte Of tVittfrs to Mt ScholfcSeid , chairman , and said it thea became his &aiy to move a vote of t > nmV « for the very creditable ¦ Bisnner in which the chairman had performed hu duty that night , but before he sat down he wished to make an observation or two in reference to the character and conduct of Mr . O'Connor , as a public man . The other speaker merely spoke of bis public conduct , and it would be observed that tbere were men who bowcTcr consistent they might appear before the public , were nothing te boast of in private . He had had the
best opportunity during the last few years , of judging -cot only of 'Mr . O'Connor's public character , and in that rtspect , he had found him honourable and consistent , and he belieTed that if ever any man ' s heart was truly and sincerely devoted to the cause , Mr . O'Conaor ' s was . Mr . Heywood then gave him equally as Sood a character in all las aealings ^ nd transactions as a private gentlemen . After speaking of him in the most eulogistic terms as a private gentleman , he said that Hide ? all eircnmstances , he consider *^ the cause of the "J&ople btfore his own comf oil iiad happiness .
Mr . JtLlJLS Habses secoE ' ed the vote of thanks fc the Chairman , which was carried by acclamation . HrJ > crFT , of Sheffield , then requested " three cheers to be given to O'Connor , three for the Charter , and three fe the Repeal of the ITniisn , '' which was duly responded k > i after vrhieh the music struck up , and the ball com-° teced and was ecrtinued till an early hour . The * k * i 8 festivities passed off with the greatest eclat .
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PUBLIC MEETING . A public meeting of journeymen and master boot and shoemakers was held pursuant to advertisement , on Wednesday -week , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , to consider the qneitlon of Sir Robert Peel ' s amended tariff . The chair was announced to be taken at two o ' clock , but long before that time , the place waa crowded to excess , and thousands went away without even having & prospect of obtaining admittance . Mr . Laidlow , a master shoemaker , having been called to the chair , commenced by congratulating them on the number and respectability of their attendance ; it proved that they entertained feelings of strong and painfTd excitement upon the subject , and he wlabed it to be clearly understood , that the meeting was
composed exclusively of boot and shoemakers , and not with other persons connected with the leather trade-, he would draw their attention to the alteration which the Government intended making in the duty on foreign boots and shoes . The present duty was -is . 6 d . a pair on boots , and 2 s . on shoes ; the Government proposition was to admit boots at a duty of 2 s . Id ., and Shoes at a duty of Is ., thus making a reduction of more than one half . In- London and its suburbs there were from 26 , 000 to 30 , 000 persons engaged in the boot and shoe trace , having at least 100 , 000 souls dependent upon tSeir employment for daily bread ; they had not even
now half employment . The alteration in the duty would greatly reduce that quantity , and the distress and misery it would produce was incalculable . They were not asstmbled for any party purpose—their object was not to make enemies but to create friendsi He trusted they would keep to the question bef jre them , and avoid the introduction of politics—daughter— and cries of " its a political question . ') He trusted they would not break faita with him . He took tie chair only on the condition that politics should be excluded—( con fasion in the meeting . ) He knew that a few men could make a great noise , bat Zie trusted to be supported by the great majority of the meeting .
Mr . Grieve had great pleasure in moving the first resolution . The interest they felt in this question could be readily observed by the alarm and anxiety depicted in their count « nances . Mr . Grieve then read that portion of the tariff which applied to the trade . ( The reading of this was interrupted "with repeated cries of " Shame .- ) Without going into tfce price of provisions feere or abroad , or other topics connected with the sutgect , it would be quite elear to them that this contemplated alteration wo « ld deprive a great mass of
them of-employment , that in fact it would be the complete ruin of all engaged in the manufacture of the lighter descriptions of goods . He appealed to teem whether-they did not already experience considerable difficulty in competing with the foreign manufacturer ? whether they were not at present in a sofiicieiitly distressed condition , without its being farther aggravated by this enormous reduction of the dnty . He hoped that they would eonduct themselves wiih decorum and goea ' feeling towards all . He would conclude by moving the first resolution : —
" That this meeting , consisting ot masters and journeymen engaged in the manufacture of boots and sh » es views with feelings of anxiety and alarm ths alteration proposed by her Majesty's ministers in the tariff duty upon the importation of foreign boots and ahoes , and is . of opinion that it will be totally inadequate to protect the * interests of tha British manufacturer . " Mr . Shippeeseconded the resolution . . It might , at first sight appear anomalaus to oppose the principle of free trade , that principle which was so desirable should be carried into full effect , but it was impracticable ; England was burthened with a debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 , whilst the debt of France was only £ 200 , 000 , 000 , and she had a much larger population to enable her to pay it , and the necessaries of life were to be procured at a much cheaper rate : under these circumstances
it -was impossible to compete with them without the aid of a heavy protecting duty ; even with the present duty the shoemakers of this kingdom were a poor poverty-stricken class cf the coamunity . Pour years ago a statistical enquiry was made into the wages of journeymen shoemakers in London , and from the returns from bootmen , shoemen , closers , jobbers , and all the branches of the trade , the average wage 3 was only 17 s . a-week ; this too was taken in the best month of the year ; since then the average rate of earnings was considerably decreased . If this scheme was not abandoned it would create a degree of misery and destitution among a large and useful class of artf zins , greater than he could- attempt to describe ; he called upon them never to cease importuning the legislature until they compelled them to let the dnty remain as at present ( cheers . )
The resolution was then put and carried with two dissentients . iir . Medwin moved the following resolution : — " That the presest depressed state of the home and export trade in bocts and shoes , having already suffered considerably from various causes , this meeting rely upon Her Majesty ' s government—to continue in force Buch an import duty as shall afford a due and sufficient protection to the British manufacturer . " He saw in the meeting before him a vast body of men brought from their homes and their enjoyment , to consid er a subject which deeply interested them , and bore upon their welfare in life . He considered that Great Britain auu her Colonies was one vast machine , the interest of each being bound up together ; it was like a whetl
within a wheel , if the one was injured it injured the other . He believed that the present depressed State Of the trade arose from the depressed state of the colonial trade ; owing to the distress in the West Indies , the disturbances in Canada and the East Indies , our trade in exporting boot 3 and shoes had greatly fallen off ; one house in the city which previously employed 1400 hands in the export trade , now only employed ISO hands—this would show the state pf the trade . When the last speaker stated that fonr years ago the average wages was 17 s . a-week , he should have qualified it by deducting the expense paid by the journeyman for grindery . Other trades had a place found them to work in , but the shoemaker had to rent his owzi manufactory . He did not think , when all the deductions were
made , that the present average wages were mere than 10 s . or 12 s . a week ; and when they considered that the majority of them had wives and children te support , they could not be at a loss to account for the depth of their present distress , amounting almost to starvation . Fifty or sixty years ago we manufactured shoes for the ¦ whoie . vrorld ; now Germany , Holland , and France vrere competing with us , and in neutral markets completely beating us out ef the field ; and in the West Indies , where there was but a low protecting duty , our trade was fast dwindling away . Germany , Holland , and JFrance were not boot-wearing countries ; their home sale consisted chiefly of low . priced shoes ; but the wages being better for boots , they , from a natural feeling of gain and emulation , manufactured boots , and ,
having no home sale , seat them to this country , to the ruin of our artisans . How could we compete with the French manufacturer , whs only paid Is . 8 d . for making booti , and 7 id . for c osin ? them ? Then , in the women ' s branch , sUk ' and satin shoes , -which are the best-paid description of work , are made for 5 d . a pair , and bound for 9 d . or lOd . a dozen . If this Government plan is carried , I see around me twenty or thirty manufacturers from the City , who must either turn factors for thesa'e of foreign goods , cr establish manufactories in the sea-port towns of the French coast , and distribute there thoss wages of which you will be deprived , and JBritMD , instead of being an exporting , will be an importicj country , at least fer the lighter and batter paid dcscrij'tiea if poods . In the metropolis there were 100 , 000 persona dependent on this trade for support , in the Thole country 1 , 000 , 600 of people ; and would they allow this large body of persons , amounting to a twenty-snventii of the whole population , to be ruined
by this measure ? They muit besiege the Legislature with thtir complaints , and never let them rest until they abandon it , er else they must seek on f ^ re 5 gn shores that protection which the British Legislature denied them . Their employers wtuld be equally ruiaed by the introduction of foreign salesmen . They would estabish depots at the East and at tho Wfest . Alreaoy had many gentlemen declined giving him orders tintii tne reduction took place ; they would not be satisfied eT ^ n with the reduced duty , when it was taken tff the leather , it was a loss to them . Free trade was a ch&rmiiig thing , it bound nation to nation , but they should stand on an equal footing and duties Bhould be levied on those articles best able to bear them , Leather on which only three hours libour waa expended was pTt / tecled by a dnty of Is . 0 ^ d . and only a similar protfction would now be given to shoes , on which twenty eigLt hours labour was expended . He trusted they would not cease agitating until they made Ministers abandon the scheme .
Mr . Davis seconded the resolution . As a manufacturer and an exporter of shoes to nearly all parts of the wurld , he could bear testimony to the truth of all which Mr . Medwin had stated . In the Brazils asd South America , not a single pair of light goods will they take . They are happy to take our strong made boots and our men'a , but not a pair of women ' s . At the Cape of Good Hope , we once had an extensive trade , but it seas now monopolised by the Germans . To show them , the extent of our export trade , he would mention that at the port of Sydney alone , in the year 1840 , our eX i Xirts in boots and shoes , was of the value of £ S 0 , 000 . It had been said that the average wages was 17 s . a week ; he knew that ia the country , many a man had 4 o " ne a hard days' work for less than Is . 6 & This rate of wages , the altered tariff would again
reauce . Mr . Besbow here rose to address the meeting , but not being appointed by the committee , they would not allow him , some asserting he was not a Bhoemaker , until his hands convinced them to the contrary . Immense confusion was the result , the gents , on the platform being lond in tfeeir vociferation to turn him out ; the tables were speedily filled with the adherents of both parties , and the business for a time , completely suspended . . Mr . Benbow . at length retired , on the coccition of having an opportunity of expressing his views at a Jattr period of xhe meeting . This , in a measure allayed the disturbance , but from the pressure on the platform , it was impossible to give anything like a report of the ensuing resolutions . A fenUeman , whose name we could not learn , movt'd the following resolution as near as we could
ascertain it : — li That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conrt . n ; T > lated reduction in the import duty on boots and shoes will ihrow cut of employment great numbers ' fit
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workmen , and produce a corresponding degree of destitution in the trade ; and we call upon the Government to pause before they cause it to become the law of the land . " - 3 Ir . SKELTOJf . a working man and a Chartist , secended the resolution in a very eloquent address , in which he administered some very hard hits to the employers on their past treatment of their men ; it waa only when the shoe pinched them— -when the misery waa likely to approach their own door—that they once thought of the distress of the journeymen . He was aware that the grand master evil was clasa legislation , but he would not dwell upon that after what had taken place . Why had not Sir Robert Peel taken the duly off silks and Nvtics ? Foreign BhoeB could be imported for less -money than they could in England buy
the silk and satin to make them . The weavers were already ground down below starvation point That the Government did not dare to take eff the duty on silk and satin . If this measure passed , they would soon be in as wretched a condition as the poor silfe weavers . He called upon the gentlemen he saw around him te cease looking upon ths interests of those gilded butterflies , who basked in the sunshine of the Court , and fattened npon its corruption . If they looked to them in the present hour of tribulation , they would be bitterly deceived . He called upon them to look to the working men , and treat them as rational beings . ( Great cheering . ) The day was gone by when they were called a drunken set cf men . He could tell them that the men could now calculate and look to their interest as well as Sir Robert Peel . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was then put , to the meeting , and declared carried . Mr . Hoxners moved a resolution appointing a deputation cf six journeymen and six masters , to wait upon her Majesty ' s Ministers , and likewise on the M . P . ' s in their respective districts . Mr . HXB . E 0 GAN seconded the resolution . _ Mr . BOIEY moved a resolution ordering the insertion of the resolutions as an advertisement in certain newspapers . Mr . Christopher was called npon to second It , who said that since lie had entered the room he had seen so much unfair treatment made use of towards Mr . Benbow , that he should decline grring his sanction to the preceedings , and would not second the resolution ; they complained of Sir Robert Peel ' s one-sided legislation , and yet acted in the same one-sided way themselves . ( Cheers . )
Great confusion here took place , loud cries of Benbow to address them b « ing uttered from all parts of the room , amid the confusion several attempted to address thB meeting , ana a vota ci thauks was said to be given to the Chairman , who with a portion of the Committee quitted the room . Mr . ; Leigu was then called to the Chair , nail attempted to address the meeting amidst considerable clamour . The proprietor tf the place then appeared on the platform , and stated that the Committee had pledged themselves that the meeting should close at five o ' clock , they had informed him the business was closed , and authorised him , if necessary , to send for the police to clear the room . An adjournment was then moved to the Craven Head , Dniry-lane . :
The MonAng Advertiser asserts that , after the committee left the room , a scene took place which was a disgrace to humanity , &c ; this it must know to be a base b and malicious lie ; for the meeting dispersed in a moat quitl and peaceable manner , and what little disturbance did take place , after the committee left , waa not created by the Chartists .
ADJOUIINED MEETING AT THE CRAVEN HEAD . On our arrival at the place its every avenue -was literally besieged -with claimants for admission , Mr . M'Frederick waa called to the chair , and briefly addressed the meeting . Mr . LE 1 GU moved the following resolution -. — " That this adjourned meeting fully agree with tho resolutions passed at the Crown and Anchor , but are nevertheless of opinion , that until the working classes of this country have the management of their affairs vested in their own hands , according to . the principles laid down in the People ' s Charter , they will never be able successfully to struggle with those who oppress , injure , and deprive them of their employment "
Mr . Leigh , in a speech of great ability , showed the ene-sidedness of the union betwixt themselves and other employers , and that if the masters could get more profit by turning factors for the sale of foreign gooda than by their labour , they ( the journeymen / would immediately be left to perish . Fifteen out of twenty of the great boot and shoe manufacturers had joined heart and hand with that great monied faction , the Corn Law League ; they cared nothing about the distress that a Repeal of the Corn Laws would create under present
circumstances ; that they tell you must not be regarded , if it produced a great national benefit ; yet , how speedily they cried ent when the same principle was applied to them ; he considered that Sir Robert Peel had given them a Rowland for an Oliver . They had jwined in the cry of " down with the aristocracy , " and now in return , he was tantalising them . It was not by joining the employers on this subject that they would permanently benefit themselves . He called upon them to unite for a grander object—the attainment of political freedom .
JVlr . Senbow seconded the resolution . He had no intention of disturbing the meeting ; but they refused to hear him because they suspected ha was a Chartist He was surprised to hear it asserted that he was not a ahoemaker ; he and his family before him , for a century past , had been shoemakers . The late Mr . Cobfeett had dedicated his grammar , of which a hundred thousand copies had been sold , to William Benbow , shoemaker , of Manchester ; and yet at the Crown and Anchor , above all other places , he had been aaked if he waa a shoemaker ? Mr . Benbow then ably supported the resolution in a lengthy address . Mr . M'CaRTHY also in a clever manner addressed the assembly , and showed the folly of the Chairman at the Crown and Anchor asserting that politics could not be introduced ; it was not politics , but Chartist politics he was afraid of .
Mr . Children , a German , next addressed the meeting , and thought that , instead of opposing the plan of free trade in boots and shoes , they should have demanded a free trade in everything else , so -would the nations of the earth best become united and prosperous , they would then prefer their family to themselves , their country to their family , and mankind to their country . He then went into the details of the foreign trade in boots and shoes , with which he appeared to have a perfect acquaintance , and explained that there waa only three houses in London that imported shoes from France , they could get French good 3 made bttter : icd cheaper here ; the cheap shoes
they h 3 d been told of w « re seat to the colonies , not more tenn 15 , 000 pairs were imported into England in a year , and these -were high priced articles . There was only tyro houses in London had their goods made in Paris ; those shoes for which 5 d . a-pair was paid for making were seat to Mexico , no one would purchase them here . He knew a man who smuggled a quantity over , he set up in business , but could not sell them , and was forced to hawk them about . He was afraid they had injured themselves by their meeting of to-day , the aristocracy would think they could not compete with tho French and there would bo a greats * demand for Parisian goods . If we had open trade in all things good might flow to the human race .
Messrs . W . ii ' . diagton , Ford , and others addressed the meeting , and the chairman ably wouad up the proceedings , and stated his intention to call a meeting of the City Shoemakers , to give tLeir unbiassed opinions on the subject . The resolution was then carried with two dissentients . A vcte of thanks was given to Mr . Christopher , for his manly conduct in refusing to second their resolution after tbeir unfair treatment of Mr . Benbo ^ r , shoemakers only to vot 8 ; to prove that it -was a bono fide meeting of shoemakers , every hand , with the exception of nhout three , was then held up . A show of . bands' -was then taken from ail those who wonld aid in procuring the return of Froat , Williams , and Jonea , which was uuanimous , and the meeting separated .
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therefore more an amendment that there be nineteen ratepayers elected as Surveyors for the ensuing year . Mr . T . MORGAN Seconded this amendment , which ¦ was put to the meeting / and negatived , the oricinal motion , in favour of thirteen , being carried by a large majority . ¦ ¦ ' e ' . Mr . Whitehead then / read the names of thirteen persons whom he proposed as Surveyors , men who he believed , would endeavour to economise the public mouey , and to reform the bad system that had prevailed at the Board . They were as follows : — Mr . George Hammond ; Mr . Christopher Heaps . ¦ Mr-Jw ^ : iobi « jr ,. -j Mr . John Sellers , >? - ? l W"sUt ' Mr- Job * Kirk , Mr , John Wales Smith , Mr . George Hogg , Mr . Thomas White , Mr ; Thomas Tiiney , ] VIr . Jt > hn Gooolisou , Mr . John Frankland . Mr . John Binder ,
After reading these names , he proceeded to state that when he first went into office , he a « d his colleagues found the books of the Board 5 n a most wretchedcondition , but they had now got the accounts into abusineas-like style , and those who took offica would find things as they ought to be , and that their predecessors bad set their house in ??"; When M vent i ., to office , there was a debt of £ 1777 owing bytheBoard ; but at the endbf the firatyear this was all paid off , and they had £ 100 in the hands of their Treasnrer . They then thought that a fturpenny rate wouhl be sufficient , and such a rate was collected , and they had left office -with £ 500 in their favour . A great deal of the suoney raised as highway-rates was paid for what might be denominated " rank jobs ; " for , according to the general Highway Act , if the tolls taken on the different highways did hot pay the trustees the interest of the money expended in the making of such ds
roa , the ratepayers pf the townships through wrrfeb the road passed had to make up the deficiency . ° ?? . of tbese "; obB" was the Wellinijton-road , on which £ 300 was yearly expended . The Meanwoodroad , which had been made for the benefit of the landlords on each side , waa another of these jobs ; and which cost £ 600 year before last , and £ 350 last year . And there was the York-road for which the surveyors were paying £ ^ 250 a-ytar , although not in their hands . Taking these tUingu into consideration , tbemeetiDg would see that the surveyors had not much money to spend on tho streets , but he thought if the streets were to be better paved , there should be a public meeting of the ratepayers , and , a rate laid at 8 d . or lOd . in the pound : it ought not to be done by the surveyors , —( hear , hear , and laughter . ) It ought not to be forgotten , however , that not more than one-eighth of the streets were hi the hands of the surveyors .
Mr . Wm . Brooke said he had a list of men to propose as surveyors , which he would now exhibit to the consideration of the ratepayers The list was as follows : > Ir . Edward Bluudell , ; Mr . David Winter , Mr . William Greigi Mr . Henry Motley , Mr . Joshua Hobson , Mr . JohnHolroyd , Mr . John Ardill , Mr John Beacocfc , Mr . Thomas Otley , Mr . John Frankland , Mr . Henry Wiiks , Mr . William Fletcher . The name of Mr . George Wood was also included , but , being in the room , he declared positively he would not stand , arid it was therefore withdrawn ; the name of Mr . Jonathan Sugden Darby was substituted , but not by the Chartists . . ..
Mr . Whitehead objected to the list , because , he said , it contained a number of gentlemen Who Wfilfl Improvement Commissioners ,. » nd h& had been told that no men bad neglected their duty so much as they had . But , moreover , it waa proposed by one who "ivas not a ratepayer , and no person who was hot a ratepayer , or who had not paid his rates , had a right to take part in the proceedings , and was only allowed by courtesy to be present . The principle was a fair one —it was representation hand in hand with taxation— - and no one but ratepayers ought to vote or take part in the business that daj .
After a few words by Mr . Biiooke in defence of the names in the list he hatl proposed , and in denunciation of what had fallen from Mr . Whitehead , the latter gentleman delivered a saif-hudatory speech , avowing himself to be a staunch friond of dei 2 iocjacy and a republican , but , a condoniner of " those men who wished to lead the working classes , and thrust a thing called the Charter down men ' a throat ^ ' He concluded by iHiputiiif , ' to Mr . Brooke a paitry trade jealousy . Mr . ' Roberts said , as Mr . Brooke was not a ratepayer , an imputation which would not attach to bunself , he would propose the list that that gentleman had offered to the meeting . After some demur , a show of handa was then taken for each name , one being taken from each list successively . Mr . Whitehead and Mr . Brooke were appointed tellers , to assist the chairman . The result was as follow : —
John Frankland ... 150 : John Wales Smith ... 86 John Ardill 115 Georga Hammond ... 81 Henry Wilks ..... 114 Joseph LoWey 81 Joshua Hobson Ill Thomas White ......... 81 Wm . Qrelg ............ 110 John Qopdieon ......... 75 David Winter 10 U George Hogg ......... 66 John Beacock .... 108 John Kinder ..... 65 ThomasOtley 167 John Sellers ............ 62 Win . Fletcher 104 Johu Kirk ............... 56 JohnHolroyd ......... 104 Thomas ' . Tilhey .. ' .. -.,. „ ¦ 54 HenryMorley ... 102 Christophtr Heaps ... 51 Edward Blundell ... 98 Jonatb . anSu&denDarby 44 Robert Wright .... 88 Mr . John Fraukland , It win be seen , was in both lists : the thirteen gentlemen in tho first column having the largest number of votes , were called over by the Law Clerk , and declared by the chairman to be duly elected .
Mr . Whitehead said , that feeling confident that the election had not been made in accordance with the interests and wishes of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds , he demanded a poll in the i . auie and on the behalf of George Hammond , Joseph Lobley , John Wales Smjth , Thoa- White , John Gaodiscn , John Kinder , Christopher Heaps , John Sellers , John Kirk , George Hogg , and Thos . Tilney , the unsuccessful candidates . ( Cheers and disapprobation . ) The expense of the poll would have to be paid out of the highway rates ; and those only who paid poor rates and highway rates , or who were liable to pay highway rates , in the . ; township of Leeds would be entitled to vote .
Mr . Roberts said it had been suggested to him ( by Mr . Nclflon ) that some arrangement might be come to between the two parties . He did not propose any ;¦ but in order to sivethe town expense , and as he knew there were a great number of liberal men on the othur side , he had no objection that six names should be sblectedfrom each list . ( Applause . ) Mr . Whitehsjad object . d to act upon this suggestion , and said he would not move a jot . In answer to a question from Mr . Roberts , Mr . Whitfhead said the - expense of ' taking '' the poll would be about £ 40 , and the poll could be tept open three days .
Mr . NELSON submitted a resolution to the meeting to the effect that , a poll having been demanded , the meeting shouid be immediately adjourned to the Court House , where a poll should be commenced and kept open until three o ' clock , and then adjourned until Monday , on which day it should commence at ten 0 clock in the morning , and continue till four in the sfternooa , and in the same way continue on Tuesday aud Wednesday , closing on the tatter day at fonr in the afternoon . iir . Cm esman here declared his intention to submit a resolution to the meeting * He thought the reading of it might have a good effect , at least he intended that it should do so ^ i It was this : — " That this " meeting disapproves cf the conduct of any party endeavouring to put the ratepayera of this town to the expence ' of a poll for surveyors of the highways , aiitj considers the proposition to avoid a poll by substituting an equal number of each party to complete the surveyors' board , a fair proceeding . "
This proposition seemed to meet the views of the majority of the meeting , ' and oneor two parties stated that the cost of taking a poll would be from . < £ 200 to £ 300 , rather than £ 40 . Mr . Whitehead said he saw no reason to alter his determination , and was assailed by cries of disapprobation . > lr . Chbistopher Heaps said if Mr . Whitehead gave ap a poll , he would demand one . Mr . Roberts thanked the other party for setting a precedent , and promised them they sbeuld have plenty of pelling . They could not go away , and say that he and his friends had not been inclined to meet them—( Applause . ) He would Jika to aak the Lav ? Clerk if it was in the power of the meeting t » adjourn at once , and fix their time and place of meeting . Mr . Nelson thoueht it waa .
Mr . Roberts thta moved thnfc the meeting should adjourn until Wednesday , and . toeet them at the Chartisi Association Rsoni , Cheapside , where the poll should continue on that and the followings days . Some doubt having been stirted whether the meeting had the power of legally . adjonrning beyond Monday , Mr . NELSON was questioned ; on . the subject . ' , and lie said he thought the meeting could be legally adjourned until Wednesday , if they desired it ; but as the law of vestry was very uncertain , it would be better to take a few votes now , and then adjourn until Monday . Mr . T . Morgan said the Court House was public property , and much more convenient than ibe Chartist Association Room . He therefore begged to propose that 1 poll should immediately commence , and close at three o ' clock , and then be adjourned to the Court House on Monday morning , and be ' eontinued ^ here on Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday . ; This was seconded by Mr . Qrevesok .
Mr . Whitehead asked the Law Clerk if the Chair * . man had not the power of fixing the place where the poll should take place . ; : ; -. ;; ¦ - ' , v ¦ Mr . Nelson said that if the proceedings were interrupted in any place that the ratepayers < might appoint , the Chairman then had the power to tnke the poll to what place he thought proper . The CHAiBMAH . —Without the meeting can agree as to the place , I will commence to take the poll immediately , and then adjourn till Monday moraingi at the Court House , ¦ ¦ '; V Mr . Nelson . —No , no ; adjourn t « this place—( disapprobation . ) .
Mr . Joshua Hobson asked what was the meaning ef this attempt to thwart the will of the meeting when they had been ! told that the majority of the meeting had it in their power to decide where they would adjourn to ? ( Applause . ) In allusion to the
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imputation cast upon the Improvement Commissioners by Mr . WhUoher . d , he ( Mr . Hobson ) coald tell the meeting : that ha had attended every meeting of that body isince the last election , exespt on two occasions , when he was prevented by sickness , aud he was quite sure that the majority of those elected by the ratepayers had attended weil , and acted efficiently . The magistrates , who were Commissioners ex-dficio , were the only parties who did no * attend properly , bnt who did make their appearance to vote £ 500 out of the pockets of the ratepayers . ( Hear , hear . ) Heshould , in order to save expence and inconvenience , bo glad if there were no poll on tae present occasion ; ' but if tha other party persevered in demanding one , why , let them have it ; but , as to the 1 time and place of tafcing it , those were matters not in the hands ef the Chairman , who was the servant of the meeting , bufc iathe power of the meeting alone . ( Applause . )
After some warm discussion , in which Mr . Whitehead , Mr . Brook , and others took part , as to the powers (? f the Chairman to fix the place and > time of adjournment , Mr . Roberta consented to alter his amendment , so as to allow the poll to commence immediately , and be closed aS three o ' clock , and then adjourned until Wednesday , at the Chartist Association Room , to be there continued on Thursday arid Friday . . The Whig-Rads seemed now to havelost all self-control , and began to conduct themselves in the : most riotous and disorderly manaer , and Questioned the " respeclqbilily " cf the Chartist " Association room , which they declared totally unfit for the purpose , doubting at the same time whether they would be allowed to peaceably exercise their right therein . This taunt was indignanlly repelled by the Chartists , and an undertaking was signed by two of the trustees of the bulling that ; the room Should W bad free of charge for the purposes of the election .
Mr . BAKU , in whoso absence Mr . Nelson bad been acting , havinjjjuat come into the vestry , he was asked by Mr . Whitehead and some of his friends if the Chairiiiau could not adjourn the meeting to some other place , if ho thought the place fixed upon was not fit for takiug the poll iq . Mr . Barr replied that if the Chairman knew the Chartist Association Room was net a convenient place , he had the power of adjourning to the Court House , or some other convenient place , if he thought ; proper . The Chairman said he was convinced that the Chartist Association Room was not a convenient glace . Mr . JosiiBA Hobson said the Chairman ought to act upon the opinion of the meeting ; and if he afterwards found any obstructions to the taking of the poll , he might then artjourh to the Court House .
Mr . Barr . rather inclined to think that if they commenced ti ) take the poll to-day , and then adjourne ;! over Monday , the whole proceedings might be objected to as being unjustifiable and illegal . It would , in ( JflSer to avoid the grounds of such an objection , be much better to adjourn until Monday ; and then , if desirable , a few votes might b <* taken that day , and then an adjournment , and the next day the same , and so on till Wednesday , when the poll might go on in earnest and close on Friday as proposed . In answer to questions from Mr . Roberts , Mr . Barr
further said that he was quite sura the Chairman would be perfectly safe if lie adjourned the meeting until Monday ; and if he was perfectly satisfied that ; the place fixed upon by the meeting to take the poll in was inadequate and unfitted for the purpose , he ( the Chairman ) had the power of now adjourning to a place in which it was convenient to take the votes . If objections were taken to the legality of the proceedings , the matter would have to be settled by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and the contending parties would huve to pay thelaw oxpences . .
The chairman then mounted the tafele , and in an excited manner said , "I deteraiiiu that the poll shall be sow adjourned , and opened again at the Court House on Monday morning , at ten o'clock j there it shall cour tinue on Tuesday and Wednesday , and close at four o'clock o 1 the latterdiiy . And I now declare this meeting dissolved . " Hethen jumped from the table . Uproar and ¦ ' .. ' confuaiou worse coufounded" followed this announcement . White ' s friends , and the supporters of Whitehead's list , saw that he bad tlono wrongthat he had voluntarily resigned the chair .. And so strong was the feeling of disapprobation among the Caartistsi who wished for nothing but fair play , that the great majority of the meeting called out for Mr . Hobson to preside , and there were cries of " White ' snot ntforir "
Mr . WHITE had removed from tL « place wheta he sat as Chairman , when he was reminded by Mr . Nelson and some others , that it was his duty to stay about ten minutes—till three o ' clock—to take the votes . He accordingly made an attempt to return to bis post , Mr . Nelson , in the meanwhile , tiking the names of those who wished to vote ; and whilst this was going on , Mr . Roberts moved thnt Mr . Whits do leave the chair , whfeti was carried amidst cheers , by a very large majority . He next moved that Mr . Hobson do take the chair , which was carried in the same way , amidst tremendous cheers .
Mr . Hobson at once took the chair , and Baid that having been elected by the meeting , he was ready to hear any proposition ; and after two or three unimportant remarks from Mr . Whitehead and others , he ( the Chairman ) put Mr . Roberta's resolution as previously agreed to by the meeting , but with , the alteration of keeping the poll open there until half-past ; three instead of three o ' clock , and thia resolution , as amended , was affirmed by a very large majority . Mr . Hobson accordingly announced that he would then open the poll , and keep it open until halfpast three , after which it would be adjourned until Wednesday morning , at ten o'clock , at the Chartist Association Room , and be there continued until Friday , in accordance with the terms of the resolution ; and he . ' -. ordered tho Law Clerk , Mr . Nelson , to continue to take the votes till half-past three ; and he also proceede < l to appoint six . other persons to act as clerks at the taking ; of the poll on the succeeding Wednesday , Thu . aday , and Friday .
Btfere these appointments had been completed , three o ' clock had arrived ; at which hour Mr . White , assuming himself chairman , declared that the meeting was adjourned , amfdstjthe laughter and jeers of tho whole assembly , and much to the discomfituro of & Whitehead and his small clique . Mir . Hobson said the meetins was to be kept open till half-past three , according to Mr . Roberts's resslntion , and it would be kept open until that ; time . Mr . Nelson then gathered up the papers on which the names of the persons who had voted were entered , as v ; ell as the rssolutions of the meeting , and he , Mr . White , Mr . Barr , and others proceeded to leave the meeting . Mr . Whitehead Seized the Vestry Minute Boob , which was lying in front of Mr . Hobson , and declared that , as a churchwarden , be was responsible for the safety of that book , and he would not leave it in the hands of Miv Hobson or his friends , after the meeting had been adjourned . be
Mr . HOUSO ^ v said the book should not taken away until the minutes were duly entered j h 9 as Chairman was responsible for that , and no man should deprive him of his right ; or nullify the proceedings of that meeting . Mr . Whitehead attempted to take the book by force , upon which both Mr . Hobson and Mr . Roberta seizsd it aa . well . Several persons told Whitehead he was wrong , but he still seemed determined to persist . Mr . Roberts insisted upon his resolution being entered in the boofe before it was takenaway . Mr . Whitehead said it could be done afterwards . Mr . Hobson and Mr .
Whiterhead having each hold of the Minute Book , contended for the possession of it for some time , during which Mr . Whitehead sent for a policeman . At last Mr Whitehead consented to give the boek into the hands of Mr . Pickard , who has the charge of the vestry , and he at once handed it to Mr . HobEon , having previously obtained a promise from him that it should be returned safely as soon as the resolutions passed during the timo ho was Chairman were entered . These were accordingly written in the said book , signed by the Chairman ( Mr ; Hqfeson ) and some of the ratepayers present , and the meetiag broke up at half-past three o ' clock .
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TO THE CHARTIS . S OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , —It is the urgent request of tho Executive that the Convention Delegates should bring with them all the petition sheets in their respective districts . This will save a vast amount of money , that otherwise wonld have to be paid for , carriage . The Convention monies in the hands of the local Treasurers ought to be fprvrarded immediately to Mr . John Cleave , bookseller , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London , who has been appointed Treasurer . And that every Delegate should be in London on the appointed day , viz . April 12 th . Yours in the cause , John Campbell , Secretary .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ' -. COUNCIL . ACRIKGTON . Mr . William Beesley 5 chair maker . Mr . Stephen Dixon > engraver . Mr . Robert Ash . vs'drtn , engraver ^ . Mr ; Thomas Deen , block-printer . ' ; Mr . Stephen : SutcliiBP , engraver , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Dixon , block-printer , sub-Secretary . . : . ¦ "¦ '¦" . ' " BOSTON . Mr , David Watorfield tailorFowJer ' 6-row .
, , Mr . David White , tailor , Wormgate . Mr . Jamss Thompson , shoe-maker , Tattershall road . - . . "¦ - . . ' , - '¦ ¦ ¦ "" ' . ¦ " .. " v ; : ' . , Mr Mark Clarkson , blacksmith . Union-street . " . Mr . John Morley , whitesmitlij George-street . Mr . Thomas Alaxshal ] , shoe-maker , Innocent street . - , ¦"¦' . . ' : . ' Mr . William Fos , stone-mason , West-street , sub Treasurer . . -. ; Mr . John Mumby , shoe-maker , High-street , sub > Secretary .
CRAIG . Mr . Joseph Halsiead , spinner . ¦ Mr . JosephStott , ditto . Mr . John Lpaoh , carder . Mr . Thotnas Greenwood , warper . Mr . John Waring , tailor . Mr . Rich . Hinchcl / ffe , beer-seller , sub-Treaeorer Mrs Charles Eastwood , sub-Secretary .
LANCASTEH . Mr . Richard Wearing , Pointsr-houseS . Mr . John-Parkinsou , Chspelrcourt , Mr . James Wilson , Barrow ' s-garden . Mr . Samuel Pilkin ^ ton , Brewery-yard . Mr . Thomas Marshall , Ghina-laue . Mr . William Gudgeon , Skertbn ; Mr . Jphn Thomai Lund , Monmouth-sireet . Mr . Gbristopher Nixon , Rosemary lane . Mr . James Walley . - Mr . George Bail , 100 Moor-lane , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Gibson , news-agent , 102 , Moor-lane , sub-Seeretary .
• WALSALL . Mr . . Tames Livsey , brass founder , Windmill . Urlr . John Griffiths , plater , Portland street . Mr . Joseph Dixon , hamnier ciaker , Stafford stveet . ¦ . . ¦¦ . •'¦ ¦ . . . ¦ ¦ . ' . - . . . : : " . ; Mr . Thomas Unitt , brass founder , St . John street . . . ' Mr . Johu Mayo , plater , New Hail-street . Mr . Edward Wells * siirrup maker , Long-acre : Mr . Wiiiiam M'Gullinn , tailor , Rushall-street . Mr . John Ci ow , plater . Peel-street . Mr . Charles Goodwin , bridle cutter , Marsh-lane . Mr . James Scholefield , miner , Eub-Treasurer ; Mr . Robert Valoise , tailor , Dudley-street , sub Secretary . '
COVENTRY . Mr . John Starkie , silk printer , Hill-street . Mr . Peter Hoy , silk printer ^ G rey Friar ' s-lape . Mr . Robert Mahca , silk priater , Grey Friar ' slane . ''¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ : ' -. ' ' "¦ .: "¦''¦ ' ' - Mr . Thomas Williams , cordwainer , ¦ V ictoria * street , Hill . Field . : . ¦ '" ¦ : ¦ Mr . WilTiam Parker , weaver , New Leicester Road , Foleshill . Mr . George Hemmings , confectioner , Marketstreet . ¦ -. . - ' \ Mr . Georgo AUen , vfatch-maker , Sovereigu-placo , Butt ? . -. - .. . ¦ • - ¦" .. --. ' ; ' . - " .: ¦ ' ¦ . : ¦ Mr . Enoch Ramsbottom , silk printer , Fleetstreet . ¦ .. ' ¦ '¦¦ - ¦ '• . ¦ ., : ' : ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦' . '' . ' . ' ^ Mr . Williain Forrister , silk printer , Saint John ' s Bridge .
Mr . David Buckney , ribboa manufacturer , Milllane . ' ' " . - . ¦ '•' ¦ . . ' ,. - ; " ' . Mr . David Haines , weaver , Sherbourne-street , Spon-stret ; t . . Mr . Thomas Heznbury , grocer and prorisioa dealer , Spon-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Plant , weaver , Sherbourne-street , Sponstreet , sub-Secretary . Mr . Samuel Knight , watch-maker , Spon-street , corresponding-Stcretary .
BUBXON-OK-TEENT . Mr . Wiiiiam Dudley , coal-dealer , New-street . Mr . Thomas Davercux , labourer , Nfivr-street . Mr . William Sudlpw , news-agent , New-street . Mr . Daniel Beesby , stone-mason , Wood-street . Mr . William Hall , cooper , Goose Moor . Mr . Philip Ty ' zack , Brewer , iiigh-strect , sub-Trea surer . . '¦ :. . '¦ " ¦•'¦¦ Mr . Joseph Hall , painter , New-street , sub-Secre tarv . :
HUCKNALL-UNDER-HUTHWAITE , Mr . John Alfrey , framework-knitter . Mr . Wm . Matshall , juri ., do . Mr . Wm . Ellis , do . Mr . V 7 m . Marshall , sen ., do . Mr . James Hardy , do . Mr . John Vardy , do ., sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Sellors , do ., sub-Secretary
DCKINFIELD . Mr . William Woolley , spinner , Parliament-street Mr . William Cook , calico printer , Oxford-road . Mr . William Smith , coppersmith , Ciay-buildings , Mr . Elijah Andrew , spinner , Queen-strset . Mr . Thomas Cartwright , spinner , Gretton-bnild " ings . . ' ¦ '¦ ' .: ' ¦ -. ¦ ' - ' -. ¦" : ' ¦ : " ¦ -. ' '¦ . : ¦ . " . " .:. - . ¦'¦ ' ' -: - ' - ' ¦ ' . :. ¦ ¦' : ¦ - ¦ ' Mr . Nicholas Whittaker , joiner , Georgions'istfeet , Mr . James Hague , hatterj sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Lockett , shoa maker , sub-Secretary .
' BA . UNDS . Mr . Alfred Nichols , carrier , Raunds . Mr . Joseph Bates , cordwainer , do . Mr . Daniel Maiiniug , dp . Ringstead . Mr . John Webb , do . Raunds . Mr . Daniel Skagnor , do . do . Mr . John Bailey , dp . dp . Mr , Thomas York , do . do . Mr . John Wignell , tailor , Raunds , sub-Trea surer . . ' .. , " ' " . - . ¦' ' .-. '' ' ' ¦ ' \ . - ' . ' Mr . John Marriot , labourer , Stanwick , sub-Se cretary . .
MILNEOW . Mr . BeDjamln Sutcliffe , weaver , Milhrow . Mr . James Milnes , do . do . Mr . James Bolfield , do . Stonepitfield . Mr . Thomas Buckley , do . do . Mr . John Tatteratall , do . Miinrow . Mr . Henry Cidugh , do . do . Mr . John Crowther , do . Cross-gates , sub-Trea surer . ¦ '' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦"'• : ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ -V Mr . John Butterworth , do . Stonepitfield , sub Secretary .
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HUCKNALt-trNPEB-HUTHWAITB . —OnSonday afternoon , Mr . Bair ^ tow delivered an interesting and iriatrnctive le ' Ettfre on the principles of the People ' 8 Chatter to an attentive audieace . TONBUIDGS : WBliLS ( KEKT ) . —A lecture on the principles of the People ' s Charter , was delivered by Mr . L . Snelling , of Tonbridge , in the Hall of the New Temperance Ssciety , on Thursday ^ March 24 th . The place was well filled .- The Petition was proposed , and unanimously carried . . - KILBIRWIE ( aTBSHIRE ) . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held on Thursday last , to hear a lecture on the Social and Political State of the Country , from Mr John M'Crea , Perth . At the close of the lecture ^ the National Petition , as drawn up by the Executive , was unanimously adopted , and a committee appointed to get tie signature sheets asnume ,-rously signed as posaible . , ; : : "
CAHLISLE . —The Council of the Chartist Associa tion held their weekly meeting at the Council Room , John-street , Csldersgate , on Wedheaday evening , Mr . Aimstrong in the chair . After Bcmebusiiiess was settled in regard to public lectnres , which wera recently delivered by Mr . Jas . Bronterre O'Brien . Mr . William Atkinson moved , and ; Mr . Henry Bowman seconded , the resolution , ' Thai the balance due to the Executive Council be remitted to the eecretary without delay . " The motion was carried unanimously . The town has been divided into twelve districts , which ara collected Weekly , and the meney paid into the hands of Mr . Thomas Sinclair , treasurer , who will soon be able to meet the expenditure of tho Association . Mr ; William Knott gave notice of a motion which he intended to
bring before the ' Council at their next sitting , for holding a public meeting for the purpose of changing the membera * of the Council . We trust Mr . Knott will bring forward and carry his taotion , asit is a fundamental principle of the Charter , to give the people frequent opportunities of either approving of the conduct of their present representatives , , orchoosing others , who they may think more qualified to serve them , and in whom they can place more implicit confidence . Several members spoke in terms Of the hiighesfc ( Commendatiori of the very able leading article , which appeared in the Star of that day , on the Peel Budget i which ,, on the whole , 8 eems to be partially satisfactoty to the people , -who . hope to derive some benefit from its being enacted . It has created a strong feeliDg here , as In othef places amongst all classes of society . Nearly all fito Tories support it because it ia a Tory measure ; whilst tJ »
Whigs tail bitterly against it for the same reason ; neither party having much regard to the principle 0 ! the bilL Tbe Chartists approve of it from a strong conviction that , the . worting classes are quite snfflciently taxed already , and that none are more able to pay taxes thaii those whose incomes exceed £ 15 % o-year . The anti-Corn I »» w League , though It was expiring in its last dying agonies at the time of the announcement of the Peel Budget , became at that moment totally extinct ; and has never been heard of since . A > publii } meeting is expeeted to be got tp against the Income Tax- Should such be the case , we feel convinced that the humbugging Whigs , and insincere , shuming , and hypocritical anti-Corn Law Leagua s will be taught such a lesson as they will not readily forget ; for , whatever the lying newspaper press may in general say , the people almost universally approve of the measure .
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ELECTION OF SURVEYORS OF THE HIGHWAYS FOR LEEDS . On Saturday last , at twelve o ' clock at noon , a meeting of the ratepayers cf the township tf Leeds , assessed under the Highway Act , was held in the Vestry of the Parish Church . : On the motion of Mr . Thomas Morgan , seconded by Mr . William Bkooke , Mr . Thomas Whiie was called to the ch ; Jr . Tbe Chairman having read the notice by which the meeting bad been convened , Mr . TVU . I . IA 3 I Whitehead moved that the Board for tbe ensuing year should consist of thirteen ratepayers , and not cf nineteen a 3 last year . Mr . QOODISON seconded the motioD . ¦ Sir . CH 1 ES 3 IA > ' asked Mr . Whitehead to give his reasons for reducing the ; . umber of surveyors .
Mr . Whitehead , in the course of his reply said that be had been in cfSce two years , and that he had attended the meetings of the Board much better than most cf his colleagues , and he then read a statement of the number of meetings each surveyor had attended during the past year . There had been fifteen meetings , and two of the surveyors ( himself being one ) had attended thirteen of those meetings . The others had attended much less frequently , some of them , indeed , not more than two or three times . He , in this statement , kept out cf view the weekly Board , at which most of the business was done , and which was not attended by more than two er three persons . The Board previous to last year consisted of only thirteen , and he thought that number was preferable to nineteen ; for six right intelligent men would get through the business better , to tbe comfort of themselves , and to the bEnent of the inhabitants o ! the town , than would a much larger number .
Mr . ChiesmIn said that Mr . Whitehead ' s statement about the bad attendance of the late Surveyors , did not prove that a Board might not be elected who wonld attend better ; and if thirteen could be got to attend well , he saw no reason why they could not get nineteen . Thirteen would not be tuffictent to apportion to the different Wards , some cf them—the West Ward for instance—requiring more than two ; and he Bhould
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OiD Pabb . —It is impossible to calculate the many benefits to the human race which must result from the discovery of Old Parr's receipt . The fine herbal medicine which ' , is compounded from its direction has , in thousands of cases , proved ihat nothing else is required to secure health and prolong life . MiKACULOus Escape . —Mr . Charles Bright , of Niton , was restored , oh Monday last , as if from the dead , to his family and friends . He was believed by them to have lost his life on the night of Wednesday , the 2 d instant , amid the fearful storm , whichrprbved fatal to so many persons . M ^ . Bright was on board a small fiahing vessel , belohgine to Mr . M . tock , of Shanklin , laden with coal , from
Portsmouth , for ; Ventnor , together with the owner , his Bon , arid James Heal , manner , from Atherfield The vessel was driven down Channel on Wednesday and by the evening their rigging was blown to ribbonds , and their hull was half full of water . At about three in the morning , their little vessel was struck by a large Russian ship of 500 tons , bound for Algiers ; she was also driving before the eale t and unmanageable . Bright sprung up the lows of the Russian vessel , and reached the deck ; his companions and their vessel were all lost . Bright remained on board the Russian , beating about iii the Channel for a week when , at last , iheir signal of distress was seen , and they wore relieved . —Hampshire Advertiser .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1155/page/7/
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