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1 VEEKLY REVIEW . The Irish news this week presents one or two new tores . The intimation a week or two since that fl e poiaioe crop bad rallied , after being generally m > see 105 now to ^ confinned from various " uarters , anfl tic s * ™ * 3 tliat * hey have fallen Lpgderably in the Dublin market appears to be an d 5 itional cotroboration of the fact . We trust gcErely that this may be the case generally , and Hat the aid arising from this unexpected source r ill in conjunction with other still indispensable measures , pretent the people from enduring that general and extreme famine , which was recently appretended- The Lord Lieutenant has been obliged to stop the public works in the county of Clare , on
jcconnt of the interruption and ill-usage given to the officers who have the laving out or the superintendence of these works . It would seem that this in jojne measure at least arises from a dislike to task fcori , although it is stated that the price of such etnl Las heen put rather higher than it would otherwise have been , in order to enable the weak and inefficient labourer to earn a good day ' s wages . It g deeply to he regretted that the works should be stopped from such a cause . Ocr Irish brethren jbonld remember , that the money expended in these ¦ amis is in reality wrung from the hard working
men and women of England and Scotland , and tha t ther motto is " a fair day ' s work fora fair day ' vases . " Task work is a test of value in return for the wages paid , and although there may be peculiar rircunistances in the case of the labourers in Ireland j * Mch renders the principle inapplicable , it is one , Wlilcli , p roviding the calculation be based on equitable grounds , is manifestly promotive of" fair play " on loth sides . But whether this be the case or not , it is dear that ill-treatment of those who are merely Obeying Ihe orders of their superiors is not the way to mend the matter . Thev should make their
comp laints and the proposed remedies heard at head quarters . Mnch of the discontent would appear to be attributable to the disgraceful system of Jobbing indulged in by what one writer calls " blackguard class of small folks , who avail themselves of this relief for their own requirements and patronage . " rom the statements of this writer it would appear , that this heartless and selfish section of the community regard the very misery of their fellow-coun tjmen a aasource of new wealth . He says , " Not fifteen per cent reaches the poor , and not a farthing reaches the poorest , fioads are made in order
to make two guineas a week situations for overseers and time-keepers , and , men who bare their couple of acres to cultivate forsake them for ephemeral employment on the road that is not wanted . " This may bs an exaggerated picture ; but there is too much reason to fear that such an abase of the public funds docs take place . We are the strenuous friends of all measures that will really promote the political and social emancipation of Ireland * "We would give without grudge or stint whatever might be required to elevate her in the scale of nations ; but the co-operation of all classes of Irishmen is an essential element in the creation of an
independent and prosperous country . Nations are not made great by extraneous agencies . Trade does not mend in the manufacturing districts , the voice of triumph over the great Free Trade victory has scarcely subsided into silence ; the toners which fluttered over triumphal processions are barely folded , when short time and low wages in the midst of scarcity and high pr ices , is announced as an indispensable and unavoidable cause of action . Explain away the fact , as
as the partizans of the manufacturing system : there it stands . The inference we draw from it is , that it is most unwise to make a nation dependent upon a system which Is governed by the eaasd of distant and precarious markets , which is subject to continual ^ fluctuations , and which reduces hundred of thousands to poverty and distress , without their being in the sli g htest degree able to avert the rain caused by gigantic operations , in the regulation of which they are permitted to take no share save that of blind obedience to their task masters .
We must retnrn to a more saturaland healthysvstoa . Agriculture is the only true basis of national wealth and prosperity . It ought to be the primary employment of the people . Manufactures , mines , fisheries , &c , are each and all essential elements , hut the * - ought to be kept in due proportion . We want wore farms and fewer miils . The Municipal Elections look place on Monday , Without producing any feature calling for extended notice . At Leeds two Chartist Councillors were turned out , and the council is now composed of the asial mixture—Whigs and Tories . At Sheffield and Manchester the . Chartists succeeded in placing a ttjmsentatkein the Municipal Council . The interest , however , formerly attached to these elections Sffims to have verv much abated .
The agitation for the Opening of tlie Ports con-&raes , but , upon the whole , it is a languid one . It evidently lacks heartiness , and the people take no interest in it . In reply to the Ksrylebone Deputatation Lord Jons Rtjsseu , stated , tliat if he thought the measure necessary , or saw " a probability that prices were about to rise , " he would not hesitate to adrise bis colleagues to open the ports . The Chroxicle , which has been throughout the warm
ad-Tccate of tbe measure , mks up' -n this declaration as tantamount to ihe adoption of tbe measure . Another upward move , or a clear "probability" of another upward move , and there is an end of the 4 s . duty , ^ e , by do means draw that deduction from the Premier ' s statement , although it 13 not impossible but that ihe Jlttle man , being fonnd of squeezable ^ atmals , and nr&sed by his own supporters , may ultimatel y give waj .
Parliament was , on Wednesday , prorogued till the 12 th of Jai , uarv , without any intimation that it was then to meet foi tlie dispatch of business ; so that a special s&aion U now put out of the category of postal speculation , and the lease of the Whig Cabinet kngtWd , at all events to the end of January .
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¦ ¦ ' " ¦ — = g = RECEIPTS 0 IRS CHARTIST CO-OPB ATIVfi B ^ W ^ DJCOMPAKJA „ r , mJ PER ME . 0 ; CONNOR . SECTION No / i . " ^ SHAMi . £ ¦ . d . Sheffield , per G . CavilL .- ; . . „ t | 135 Ely , per 31 . Aungier .. .. ... .. 0 17 9 Leigh , per J . Dickenson .. .. . . 0 2 0 Artichoke Inn , Biigliton , per W . Flower .. 2 0 8 Shrewsbury , per J . Powell .. .. .. 0 7 C Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. " „ „ 2 0 0 Harnsley , per J . Ward 3 0 0 ^ s ^ ss ^ s = as ^ ssg ^ RECEIPTS O TBE fiFTARTTST flnnn imwvna
Norwich , per J . Hurry , 3 0 „ Nottingham , per J . C ^ set 0 8 0 ¦ voice > trr , per M . Griffiths „ .. .. 0 7 0 Macclesfield , per . J . Warren 12 0 O Cheltenham , per W . Leach 0 lo 0 Newcastle on-Tane , per J . Nisbett .. „ 0 16 6 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 1 12 6 Sishtoii-undet-byae , per B . Hobson .. .. 1 15 6 Manchester , per J Murray .. .. .. 15 11 3 Carlisle , per J . GUhertson 3 8 9 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. 2 19 0 Manchester , per M . Murray ( omitted last week ) . „ „ ... 1 14 9 £ 52 14 8 SECTION No . 2 . SHAKES . Sheffield , per G . CaviU 1 12 0 Bast Retford , per T . Dernic 2 12 4 Ely . per M . Aunder .. .. .. o 15 7
Leigh , per Dickenson .. .. •• 0 16 G Lynn , per J . Scott n .. .. 1 19 7 Artich o ke I nn , Brighton , per W . Flower .. 0 II 6 Shrewsbury , per J . Powell .. — — 0 3 0 Atherston , per C . Tera .. •• 1 10 1 Barnsley , per J . Ward . .. .. .. 700 Devizes , per J . Stowe .. .. .. 540 Winchester , per J . Gallagher .. . .. « 14 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. « 3 2 10 Oldhain , per W . Ilanier .. .. .. 200 Norwich , per A . Bugshaw .. ¦• 4 11 3 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. .. 218 Stockton-on-Tees , per T . Potter .. 1 13 0 Macdesfield , per J . Warren .. .. .. 200 Bridgewater , per J . Fink .. .. .. 3 15 4 Cheltenham , per W . Leach .. .. « 6 1 ' t Swindun , per D . Morrison .. .. .. 5 0 0 Leeds , per W . Brook .. 2 00 Xewcasile-on Tyne ' per J . Nisbett .. .. 6 <> o Gosport , per J . Douglas .. .. .. 1 18 « Leicester , per J . Burrow ¦ i is o Peterborough , per B . A . Scholey .. 1 1 « Robert Ulackie , Edinburgh .. .. .. 550 Walter BlacUic , Wo " 5 5 » Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. „ i 7 7 Chepstow , per C . Walters 1 5 10 Torquay , per R . H . Putt .. „ .. 1118 o Asttwn-uuder-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. tJ 11 < Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 3 14 S Droylsden , jier Do 0 10 C Carlisle , per J . Gilbertson ., .. .. 0 12 o Glasgow , per J . Smith 3 3 0 Manchester , per J . Murray ( omitted Ia 6 t week ) ~ .. -- - 10 10 5 Drovlsden , per Do . Do . Do . .. o 6 e
£ 113 2 11 PER GENERAL SECRETARY SECTION No . 1 . SHAKES . £ 8 . d . £ «¦ •»• Sowerby , Loag- Colne , No . l - - 0 4 0 rojd - - - 1 11 6 Addingham - - 1 12 0 JIarylebone - - 0 15 O Suoreditch - - 0 1 o Westminster- - 0 15 6 Mixeudtm Stones . 110 " . ' Mr . i ' robert - - 1 0 0 Per .-hore - . 1 12 « Coventry - - 0 4 0 Hull - - - 0 11 3 ramberwell - . 030 Leicester - . 0 6 C MertliJT Morgan - 3 13 C Boulogne - - 6 13 0 MonniOQth - - 0 10 0 Leamington - . 050 Lougtou- . - u 1 6
£ 21 9 5 SECTION No . 2 . " ¦ " ¦ ¦ " City of London - 1 7 0 Monmouth - . 014 Maidstoue - - 0 5 6 loiigton- - . 030 Kirkaldy - - 0 14 6 Bradford , Wilts , G . TilesjBearfeld . 0 18 Fisher - . 10 0 Chelmsfurd - - o 16 0 Chipping Norton - 0 4 U Mrs . Russell , Bit- Ashuurton - - o 17 4 tern - - - 0 5 O Shoreditch - - 0 A tl G . J . Harney- - O 2 0 Mixenden Stones - 2 9 lo Lambeth - - 2 310 Edinburgh - - 3 12 0 Westminster . - 317 8 Fiusbury - . 1 18 4 George JSorton - O 10 O ilr . terry - - 2 12 ! 2 KennilworthPajne 2 12 4 PekrDojle - - 0 2 6 William W . Iloare 16 0 Ashhurton - . 354 Jas . Uill- - - 0 2 6 Hull - - . 110 W . Richards - - 0 2 6 Leicester , W .
— Davies - - 1 9 0 Adams - - 0 4 0 Square Buckley - O 10 O Boulogne - - 6 4 0 John Siinmins - 0 10 0 Shineyllow- . 060 John Muss , Stoke- Leamington - - 6 15 o on-Trent - - 0 2 4 A Friend , Earls-Mells , per Cape - 1 7 C keaton - . 0 10 0 Cmderfurd Iron Teignniouth - - 5 19 S Works - - 1 0 0 Helston , ilr . Dowl-Birmingham per ing - - - 0 10 0 Pare - - - 010 o Xenilworth - . 540 Coveutry . - - 1 1 G 0 Sanduach - . 0 12 s Mel s , Smith- . 116 G . Brooks - - 0 10 0 Wm . Collins - - O 2 6 Newton Abbott . 400 Camber well - - 0 4 o Jas . Brice . 030 Belper - - - 2 12 0 Mr . Fletcher . - 0 a « £ 71 5 2 TOTAL LASD FVSB . > lr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 52 14 S . \ ir . Wheeler „ „ ... 21 9 5
£ 7 ± i . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 113 2 11 Air . Wiieeler , „ „ ... 74 5 2 £ 187 8 1 TBXEBaNs ' , WIDOWS ' , AND OBPHAS ' s FUNDS . FES MB . o ' CONNOB . Croyilon , per 3 , J . .. -. >• .. 010 NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PER GENEEAL SECHETARJ . Westminster- - 0 3 0 Whittingtju and CatnUcrwell - -030 Cat - - -Old TOE TtllLLAXS AND JOKES . Sowerby Longroyd - - - 0 5 O VETEBAKS ' , WIDOWS 1 , AND OBPHAH'S FDSD . T . Salmon - - 0 0 G The ballot for tlie location of thirty members belonging to the 1 st Section , and for a portion belonging to the 2 nu Section , will take place on Thursday , Dec . loth , at Birmingham : persons to become entitled to the bullut must have paid up their shares on or prior to Thursday , Dec . -4 th , including levies , « fcc . T . M . Wheeleb , Secretary .
MeXBOPOIITAS EtECTlOS OF D £ LtCLTES TO THE XiS . sdisg . Cosfekekce . — The following localities , iu conjunction with those who have paid then shares or iustalmeuts either to the Secretary or Treasurer , are united together for tliepnr p 05 tt Of sending three delegates to the Conference : — . Lambeth , Westminster , City oi London , Somers Town , Whittington aud Cat , Kensington , Brassfounders * Arms , Hamuiersuiith , Crown and Anchor , JJarylebone , Hermondsey , Greenwich , Tiusbury , Gray ' s lnnLxtne , Cripulegate , Chelsea , Limehouse , Slioreditdi . Cra ^ ord , Croydou , Watford and O'CoUUOrVille ; till ! nomination of all candidates mnst he sent on or bciori : Wednesday , 18 th of Xoveraber to the Genoral Secretary , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , who will punish the same , appoint a place and time of meeting and procure the return of votes from the oat districts .
Manchester and Salford are united together for tbe purpose of electing two delegates ; the secretary and Districts Committee are requested to make the necessary arrangements for conducting the same ; all the other branches are supplied with tbe necessary priuted instruct . ous , should any branch not receive them , they arc requested immediateiv to applv to me for tlie saiilu . Thomas . Mahtin Wjieeleb , stcrctary .
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A Fatal Accidunt occurred oa the Mimchcstcr a-: d Leeds Railway , between the Brighouse and Eiiand stations . Two plate-layers heard a luggage train upon the up-line , and stepped on the downline out of its way . At ihat iustance the express train , from Manchester came down , ami both of the men were killed before they could get out of the way . The morning was very foggy , and it is thought -the men did not sec the express train in time , and that the noise of the luggage train prevented them hearing it . _
Inqckst . —Issalbbbiocs Dweliisgs . —By Mr . Mills , at the White Horse , North-street , Fitzroy square , on tne body of Caroline Warters , aged three mouths , the offspring of Sarah Warrteis , a dress maker . The deceased had been placed ouc to wet nurse with a woman named Biown , the wife of a por ter , occupying an apartment over a close stable in North-mews , adjoining the above house . On Sunday morning last , about 3 o ' clock , Mrs . Brown suckled the deceased , afterwards laying it clown by her side , and on waking at S o ' clock " she found it quite dead . Ever since the chiW was born it had been afflicted
with weak eyes , which had latterly become very sore and bad . The deputy coroner remarked that he would have defied any one to have cured the dad eyes while the child lived where it did ; and the effluvium arising from ihu straw in ill-ventilated Btabies was ihe cause of so many horses going Wind . It was , be considered , a great pLy . that where efforts were made to improve the dwellings of the poor , and a iaw passed forbidding living in kitc ens , that stable * , like the one they had witnessed , aud other places similarly confined aud unhealthy , had not bien included . There being no reason t © suppose that deceased died from other than natural causes , a verdici was recorded of " Found Dead . "
Attempt at Suicide . —A young woman of respectable appearance , was charged on Monday , at tnc Greenwich Police Court , with attemptin g to dest ; O ) herself . Mr . J . W . Billington , an undertaker , stated , that as he was leaving the dead house in Greenwich churchyard , on Saturday afternoon , lie observed the prisoner lying on a grave , and as : hc appeared to be strugslicg , he went up to her thiukiugshe might be in a " fit . On approachin ^ 'her , he UIS covered that she had drawn an apron tightly round her throat ; and bat for his tiuu-ly assistance , she must have completed her purpose , as the was black in the face auti iusi'usible . A person iKimv « Frederick Jackson , slated that the unhappy woman was iiis wife . The only manner in which he could account for the ra > h act was , that they had h : ul a few words on Friday morning last , aud that uurinj : his absence she left her home , and supposing that she had taken something to drink , was afraid lo return home . Discharged on the husband's recognisance of £ 20 .
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THE CHARTER ; " ¦ ¦ '— ¦ - -- * - ' ¦ ¦ ' "AND ~""™ " ~ " —— -- *¦—— - " ¦ - NO SURRENDER ! MESSRS . M'GRATH AND CLARKE'S TOUR . . - ^ - » , . i > . » " *" '' . ?
GREAT MEETING AT BRISTOL . On Wednesday evening , October 28 th , at the hour appointed for the meeting to take place , the Mechanics' Institute was crowded . On the motion of Mr . Rogers , seconded by Mr . Cooke , Robert Harris , Esq ., was called to the chair . Silence having been restored , he addressed the meeting in nearly the following words : — My Friends , —If we are asked the cause winch has led us to assemble here to-night , I would say it is a highly important one : we have come to discuss a question the most valuable in its relation to the interests of this country . It is the question of the Charter . ( Cheeta ) Our government—all governments , grow up in the dark . The principle of evil grew up with the accumulation of power ; and
whatever of justice and virtue they may have originally possessed , they departed from , and wreBted on the power of the sword fur protection and support ( Cheers . ) The government of this country is entrusted in the hands of three parties . First , there was the monarch . He need say but little on this point . He agreed with Samuel , c . 8 , v . 10 , where he describes the " manner of a king . " Monarchs have done all which Samuel foretold , and much more ; they have imposed burdens on their people , and carried their pageantry and pride so far that they have become ridiculous , imbecile , and childish . ( Cheers . ) Next , we have the lords . Did any of you ask yourselves what a lord is ? . What constitutes a claim to the title of a noble and ancient family ? Any man who , four or fire hundred years
ago , received a title , given him by kragB or ' ^ queens , not for his virtues or patriotism , or for havine rendered wise and good , but WICKED SERVICES The descendants of such a man lay claim to be of a n-ble and ancient family . If he can trace out who his grandfather was , and then his great-grandfather , and his great-grandfather ' s grandfather—( laughter —for four hundred ye ^ rs back ; he is said to be a branch of a noble and ancient family , as if we all bad not grandfathers and greatgrandfathers as well as they have , ( near . ) I consider , all men to belong to an ancient family ; all are as noble as each = < ther ; and there is no nobility but that which virtue » ives . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) _ I consider titles to he pure inventions of human gride and human ig . 'jonince —( cheers)—but , in fact , it is become
ridiculous ; and we have the authority of Punch—( laughter)— to bear us out in this assertion . Formerly , it vas customary to use the expression : "Do you - - hink I ' m a fool V Now it is become quite fashionable to render it : "Do you think I'm a duke ?" ( Cheers and laughter . ) We have authority to show that the House of Commons , as at present ^ constituted , does not represent the mass of the people ; and that six-sevenths of the male population of Great Britain are branded with the stamp of interiority . ( Hear , hear , andlcheers . ) The Charter professes t <> remedy this state of things . Universal Suffrage , whieh ' l consider to be the first and chief principle of the Charter , and to which all the other points are but as consequences , as all would follow , did every man possess a vote—would , in my opinion , remove
this grrat evil ; and I would like to see all men united on this point , that they might , by unify of opinion and co-operation , work out their political redemption . ( Cheers . ) The Charter re cognises the rights of humanity , and holds it paramount to the rights of property —( hear ) —and I conceive it to be a right principle , for Why should the many who do all the labour of the state be disfranchised , whilst property which is produced by them is represented ? I want the man to have the vote and not the brick ! Suppose the case of the men—one of them a man of miRd and high Intellect , possessed ef all the noble feelings of his nature , and remarkable for his patriotism and love of virtue , but poor . The other a man without mind or moral culture , who has not one quality to recommend
him , save his qualification to vote at an election . The poor man may be & poet , and he carries under his arm to the polling booth a volume of his works : his qualification is required , and he presents his book—this is my qualification he replies . Is he accepted ? No 2 He is rejected ; whilst the other , because he possesses the bricks is , upon showing the overseer ' s note or receipt—accepted I But it cannot be right to treat the poor man of mind in this wayit cannot be right to tax the poor from 40 to SO , > er cent , to support a system of unjust legislation , whilst the rich pay only 5 , Y , or 10 per cent , at the extreme . ( Hear . ) It seems to me to be an injustice . And if it were to be demanded of them in a direct way , it could not stand an hour ; but wise in their aeneration they do it indirectly , and thereby mask the glaring injustice of the system , which robs the : > oor man of his money , and denies him the right t <> i-xereise electoral privileges . ( Cheers . ) In some
re-•• pects the principles of the Charter have , it seems to ¦ ne , been unwisely advocated ; I do not hold with the loctrineof " physical force . " and if ithasbeen re-sorted to in some instances , I think it was unwise ; there is enough of moral power in existence if combined , to force tnr eovernment to accede to ihe just demands of its people . ( Hear . ) For my part I repudiate physical fnrce . ( Cheers . ) I am a member of a society which -tands opposed in principle to every species of enmity mil hostility towards my fellow men . I recognis < the principle of peace to all the world , and I would almost sooner die than be led to take the life of a fellow creature . Let us be j ust to each other—let us repudiate such acts betwixt ourselves , and leave the fighting and the murder , and the infamy attached to it to the cut-throats , who are paid to shoot and trample upon the people ! ( Cheers . ) Let us leave : he sword in the hands of those who wield it in defence of Iawly might , and to support injustice—let us leave St to those who war with the rights of humanity .
( Cheprs . ) The Chairman then called on Mr . Rogers to propose the first resolution as follows JThat we , the inhabitants of Bristol , in public meeting assembled , are of opinion after many years experienep , thai the present system of representation as provided b . v he R'form Bill is mornlly and practically defective , ami hat no substantial and radical reform can be effected for the permanent benefit of the great mass of industrious classes , until the whole male adult population of this empire are enfranchised ; therefore , we agree to petition parliament to pass into law the document called the People ' s Charter , embodying Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualifications , Equal Representation , and Payment of Members .
Mr . Henbt Cook seconded the resolution , wliioli was supported b . v Mr . M'Grath , in a powerful and telling speech , iii tke course of which not an atom of tbe present system from the monarch to the meanest spy . from tlie monopolist to the jobber , both he attacked in turn , exhibiting the deformity of the whole . He delivered a splendid defence of the several points uf the Charter , replying to every objection and exposing every crotchet of the enemy ; and finally concluded a speech , as brilliant in conception as eloquent in language , and as convincing as it was truthful , amidst the cheers and plaudits of his delighted am ! fence . The resolution was carried unanimously .
The Chairman then called on Mr . Simeon to move rhe adoption of the National Petition . Upon coming forward he eulogised the Executive for their honesty and consistency—entered into a defence of John Frosfe and his companion)—declared himself to b « the same , unchanged for the past 10 years . He then proceeded to read the Petition , which was seconded bv Mr . R . NicnoLS . Mr . Clark then rose to support the petition , and dflivered a most eloquent speech , which elicited the most enthusiastic cheering . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Richard Daniels moved the third resolution : — That this meeting hereby agrees to the appointment of an Election and Registration Committee , to act in ' concert with the Central Committee already formed in L in - den , for the purpose of securing the return of Members to the House of Commons , pledged to ( he principles of the People ' s Charter . "
The ; resolution was seconded by Mr . G . Crookb , who in a short enthusiastic speech called upon the inhabitants of Bristol to come forward and support the committee , in their efforts to return good and true representatives to the House of Commons . Having been put from tbe chair , it was carried , with the exception of one solitary hand held up ; i £ . - ; in = t it . It 1 ? said , that the person who owns that solitary hand had once been a Chartist , and still prcicnds to hold the principles . (?) Mr . Poole proposed ihat the following persons be appointed to form the Committee : — Messrs . J . Rogers , F . W . Simeon , Robert Nichols , Jesse Corao , Gad Croi > ke , Richard Daniels , and Mr . lli ^ htnan , with power to add to their number ; Seconded by Mr . Cuaki . es Rebbeth , and carried unanimously .
Mr . M'Grath then rose , and after having passed a high culojnum on the conduct , of the cb . airm . itn , ( proposed a vote of thanks to tliat gentleman ; which was seconded by Mr . Clark , and carried amidst cheers and long continued applause . Tfcc Chairman expressed ids pleasure at the manner iu which the meeting had conducted themselves . lie was delighted trith the eloquence of the gentlemen who had addressed them , ani hoped much good would arise from the advocacy of the principles advanced on the present occasion . They hud given him n vote of thanks , and he was happy to deserve
it , if they thought so ; but he did not want thanks , he had as much reason to thank them as they had to thank him ; they were both pleased with each other . and thus there was a mutual pleasure—no thanks were necessary for him . but as they had given it , he accepted it witli pleasure . It was his decided opinion the working classes were , upon the score of education , more entitled to the franchise than those who possessed it ; and such imputations of ignorance «; mic with a bad grate from men more ignorant than thonisd ' - 'es . Ue wished the rights of labour to be properly understood , and he would at the same time like that ihe rights of property were understood also .
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S 5 ^ Sl £ M ^^ eiasses to them-8 elvM , an dT ^« HTff ( rttoir ^^ ft fr « - folio * J ¦ uoh . advioea > , wugfron their just and political rights . ; Ihe chairman then vacated the chair , when the ] meettngseparated , delighted with theerehinn ; . J-A . ^ i ' .- ? ' '< " ' ' '' r ' " ' '
CIRENCESTER . - ' i u - ! k T evenin B last a public meeting was held in the Long Room of the Bell Inn , to take into consideration the plans and objects of the Chartist Co-oj . erat . ye Land Company . For some time past considerable anxiety had been manifested by members of the labouring classes , to hear the nature of the above institution clearly explained , as from the abuse which had been heaped upon its founders and promoters . Many thought that it must surely be very bad in its tendency and character , or otherwise , it wouk not have so many enemies . Those , however , who availed themselves of the opportunity wliicli the meeting Afforded had every doubt removec and every , prejudice dissipated . . At ha f-past seven , the time for commencing business , Mr . Smith , grocer , was called to the chair , who , after making a lew preliminary observations , introduced Mr . P . M'Grnth to the meeting
. Mr . M Grath , on coming forward ; waa enthusiistk-ally applauded , and proceeded to explain in a simple , clear and consise manner , tlie objects and means of the Chartist Land Company . lie enterod at considerable length into the general question of co-operation , and showed that It was by availing themselves of that great and sublime principle , that the members of the society would be able to effect their s-. cial and political emancipation . Mr . M urath concluded an eloquent address by an appeal to the patriotism and good sense of the meeting , to take advantage of the benefits which the society insured to its members us the most effectual means of providing for the ' . ' rainy day . "
Mr . 1 . Clark was next called upon . He applied himself to an elucidation of ihe details for carrying oat the general principal which had been previously established by Mr . M'Grath , and related many instan oes which had fallen under his own observation of the capabilities of small quanti ; ies of land , whin properly cultivated , and proceeded to remark upon tl : a . eciirity which theiociely offered for the investment of the pence of the working classes . ' Mr . Claiki ! made some , further observations conformatorr of the statements made by tbe previous speaker , .-iml concluded an effective speech amidst the applause of the mtcting . At the conclusion a number of rnles and shares were disposed of , and a vote of thanks awarded to ihe chairman and the two gentlemen that had addressed the meeting . -
CHELTENHAM . Great Pudhc Mbbtiso . —A public meeting was held in the Town Hall , on Sunday evening , last , for tlie purpose of hearing the natnro and objects of the Olmrtist Co-operative Land Society , explained by Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark , two of the Direut . irs , who were in attendance for that purpose . At half . past seven , the time for commencing business , the large and spacious building was well died . Mr . — , an operative tailor , was unanimously chosen to preside , and opened the proceeding with n brief but sensible address , and concluded by introducing Mr . M'tirath to address the meeting . ¦
Mr . M'Grath on presenting himself was received with loud applause . Hesaid , Mr . Chairman , ladies , and gentlemen . It appears from the placard which has called together the present meeting , that two important subjects are to occupy our consideration to-I'ig'tt , namely—the Land , and the adoption of the National Petition , for the restoration of our political rights . Either of these subjects , I consider ampl y sufficient for one meeting . It would be impossible to do both subjects that justice which their importance demands . ( Hear . ) In this view our friends on the platform concur , and tiierofore we have re « solved , that the land and the way to make it the people ' s inheritance shall be the topic for this evening's investigation . ( Cheers . ) . The National Petition shall
have" ample justice done it . Mr . O'Connor will ere long be a sojourner in your neighbourhood , and 1 am confident , will feel the highest pleasure in attending a meeting for the adoption of the National Petition . ( Cheers . ) I consider that the time has come when the national mindshduld . be moused froni its torpor to a keen sense of the greatness and importance of this vitally important subject . ( Hear . ) The restoration of the land is thn people ' s only hope of a permanent amendment of their now haplett condition . I consider the national poverty conjointly with the possession of millions of acres aiui productive but uncultivated land which the common sense of the nation should not only reprobate , but seek every means to effect its removal . Man's
natural heritage the land has fallen a piey toarisiocratie rapacity , and while the people sink into premature graves for the want of it , its unsatiab . ' e usurpers are revelling amid an abundance of every blessing that their pampered appetites can desire , ( Hear . ) We are huve to-night , not to adopt the plans of our highiuinded aristocracy for getting land . ( Hear . ) Our glory consults in being as different trom them as possible . Let us never degrade ourselves by taking , is an exemplar for imitation the truculent , the execrable C induct of cut-throats and robbers . ( Cheers . ) We want land , thosu who have taken it from us , will
not even let it to U 3 . ( Hear . ) What we propose to dj then is to put ourselves in a position by onion and CMiperatiou , to take advantage of the necessities uf our oppressors , by purchasing that which has been ruthlessly taken from us . Mr . M'Grath then at great length descanted upon the rule * and objects of ihe Ohartidt Co-operative Land Society , which judging from the spirit manifested b > the meeting w « re fully approved of . Mr . M'Grath concluded his address witli a strong appeal to divest their minds of prejudice , to examine candidly , and that their benefit wtuld be the certain result . He resumed his seat amid loud cheers .
Mr . Clark , said , I am delighted to witness the lecling , which has been evinced- this evening by this meeting towards the grand labour redeeming scheme which lias been so eloquently propounded by my worthy colleague Mr . M'drath . The importance of the land to tlie working classes is now beginning to be understood and ere long will be duly appreciated . The Chartist Co-operative Lund Society has already by its operations awakened the mind of the nation to tbu value of the subject ; and as that noble institution grows in wealth and power , the public mind will become impregnated with the great practical truths , which it is teaching . ( Cheers . ) What is it , Sir , that we propose 11 do ? Merely to unite , to contribute our pence to buy land , and purchase our
freedom . We propose Sir , to co-operate for the benefit of each other , so that we may labour for ourselves instead of labouring for others . ( Cheers . ) And in so doing we say that we shall confer a benefit upon ourownclnss especially , and vender an important service to mankind generally . There are two important features in this movement of ours to which I wish to direct your attention . In the first place , we contend that if Mr . O'Connor ' s Small Farm system were carried out , that no industriously inclined man would ever be without good and remunerative employment , and that such a thing as pauperism would rates would
not b-j known , and that ooor ' s consequently beeonio a nonentity Secondly , that the land aa proposed to be laid out by our . society , wftords a much nutter and more secure investment for capital than exists at the present time . Mr . Clark proceeded at some length to demonstrate the truth of his statement , and concluded with an effective speech , by appealing to the working men present to abstain from the public house , and spend in purchasing land , the sums which too many of them were in the habit of contributing to sustain the beer barrack , which in his opinion was one of the greatest curses that ever betel any country . ( Cheers . ) " ' '
A vote of thanks was > given to the ohairman and he two directo s , after which the meeting separated . Taking all tilings into consideration the meeting was the most important one that has been held in the town of Cheltenham , in connection with the C / iurtisfc cause . We expect a large accession to our members at our next meeting , as the result of the addresses delivered by Messrs . Clark and M'Grath . Skcond MEEm& . — -On Saturday evening , a meeting of ihe friends of the People ' s Charter was held at the Unitavian School-room , for the purpose of organising a branch of tlie National Charter Association . Messrs . M'Grath and Clark were present for the purpose of aiding the object of the meeting . Mr . Kingdom occupied the chair , and in a short
speech , called attention to the purpose for which the mooting had buen commenced . Several persons enrolled themselves as members , and afterwards appointed a secretary and treasurer . It was then agreed that they would start the agitatisn anew with a determination to work incessantly nntil the exertions should succeed in placing the cause of Chartism in the ascendant . Everything lookB well ; there is the most kindly feeling existing amongst those who have joined . Tlie disagreements whbh have been the ruin aud disgrace of the cause shall not prove anj hindrance to our progress , as wo have resolved not to allow the introduction of any matter which cannot be considered as strictly reienant to the cause .
TmitD Meeting—On Sunday evening , Messrs . M'Grath and Clark attended a meeting of tho Land and Charter Association , which was held at the house of Mr . Maddocks Hiyh-street , for the purpose of establishing a reading discussion class . Both gentlemen delivered addresses upon the great service which would result to the cause from such an institution as they had that ni ^ ht formed , and which would no doubt lead to the formation of others of a hiniilar character in different parts of tho country . Messrs . M'Grath and Clark were elected as honorary members . Afier which each member subscribed sixneuce for the purchase of newspapers and bo > l « , and agreed to pay one penny per month for a similar
purpose . WORCESTER . Large 1 ' cbmc Mektikg . —Having ascertained that it was the intention , of Mussw . M'Grath and Clark ki call at this place on their tour , their friends immediately set about trying to procure the use of the
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themA yji ; hKbasc ^ ndr : mercenary ! LeaeueV-ha 'd' ' expe ^ penenced the falsehood of their promises , and-the nollowness of their ' pretences . i arid trusted they would be more wary in future in giving credit to those who obvious mtereBt it was to ' deceive them . He then requested their attention to the ^ following resolution ;— ¦ _ That this mpetlnt : i » of opinion that thenumerous and frightful evils under u-hich they are . suffi . ring , and which ar « daily nnd hourly increasing , are wholly owing to clau legislation , in which the wealtli-produiiing classes of the community find their interests neglected , nay , wholly overlooked ; and tha t tho only real remedy to be ' found
u in the eatnbhohment of the Pe « plc ' s Charter as tbe law of the land , and that it U clearly their duty aR well as their intercut to exercise the almost only right which ig left them , to petition on every suitable opportunity for Such establishment ; that the so-called representatiyS s of the people may have no excuse for the neglect-, of Their duty ; and also that our claims may be constantly before the eye and in the inind of the public ; and that thu re « t of our brethren , who linve hitherto been supine and apathetic , may be roused into action , and assiit ub in our Btruggle to obtain a redress of our , grievances and the re . storation of those rights of which tve have been forcibly or fraudulently deprived . ;
The speaker then proceeded at considerrbie length , to shoiv up the fallacies of the political economists , and referred to statistical accounts to prove that every extension of fureiijn trade . had been followed by a reduction in the wages of labour , and that it was impossible for the milloei-ats to continue , for . any lengthened period , the ruinous-competition with the untaxed or slightly taxed operatives on the Continent and the New World , without reducing their slaves to a worse condition than the natives of unhappy Ireland , and concluded by movih ? the .
adoption of . the petition , which was briefly seconded by-Mr . Stodd . The Chairman then called upon Mr . Bucklet to support the resolution . He . began by enumerating the points of the Charter , and his reasons fo ' r ' suppurting them , showing the evils of the existsng * state of society , and earnestly appealed to his brother operatives to como forward and aid in obtaining it .. His whole speech was characterised by that -plain , earnest and telling energy which distinguishes' all our ftiend's public addresses and confer an honour on the operative clasa .
The resolution was then put and unanimously carrieo \ v ; . > ; Mr . . Barrow then came forward , < and after reading the National Petition , moved . " that it be adopted as the petition of this meeting , " which being seconded by Mr . J / ancham , The Chairman called upon Mr . Ebsbbt Joheb to support it , who , on rising , was received as a man like him ought to be received .,: The plaudits were prolonged and deafening . As . no : reporter was present , it would be impossible toigire even an outline of his speech . Bis delineations of the evils > under which the people , their-causes , ; and their eure were given , not with that : extrinsic . ; so-called eloquence which only tickles the ear , but that soul-stirring
burst of feeling which goes direct to the heart , which will not soon be forgotten in Leicester , and was repeatedly cheered . by the audience in a way- which proved that they understood and appreciated it ; and which givea the lie to the calumniators who reproach the working clagses with ignorance . When the cheering at the conclusion had subsided , ' ¦ The Chairman put the resolution , and it was unanimously carried . Then followed a vote of thanks to the Mayor for the Hall ; a vote of thanks to the Chairman ; a vote of thanks to Mr . Ernest Jones , with thundertug acclamation ; three cheers , for Fearcus O'Connor ; three cheers for Frost , Williams and Jones ; three cheers for the pharter , and .-three cheers for the Land , and the meeting quietly retired . . .. . •¦ ¦
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . Th « Central Committee met at their office , 3 <\ . Hyde-Street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , November th « 2 nd . Communications from the numerous trades bodies , associated for the . protection of ' industry throughout the United Kingdon , was read ,. including one from Mr . Jacobs , the -missionary of the Association , now in Scotland , containing the adhesifin of the cabinet-makers , joiners , and dyers , of Glasgow , also announcing that the laf . er body had resolved on becoming shareholders in the association for the employment of labour ; » iso announcing that an' aggregate meeting of the boiler-makers of Glasgow , wag about to be held to discuss : the desirability of joining the association , to which . he"' ( Mr . Jacob ?) had been invited , and promised to attend . ' ¦ ¦
A letter was read from -the Secretary of the Tinplate workers of Wolverharapton , contairing the resolutions approbatory of ihe . Association , and of the services of Messes . Williamson , and Barratt . Mr . Williamson reported die result of his mission . to Wolverhampton . He had also visited . Redditch in company with . Mr . Bush , to endeavour to effect a reconcilation between the needle-makers and their employers . They had an interview with some of the masters , the result oi which-.-wa ' s , that they resolved on summoning a general meeting of the employers .
to decide upon the men ' s list , and communicate the result to the Committee in London . He had also visited Driffield , where tho master glove-makers xre turning the men out for having taken a part in the late strike . Such was tho tyranny of the employers , ( hat there is no chance of hiring frames , but the masters will be stayed by the purchase of frames and employing the " turn-outs" in the manufacture of gloves for the Association . A letter was read from the glover ' s Secretary , ex « pressing the satisfaction of that body with the proceedings of the Association , The Committee after transacting seme other business adjourned . ¦
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Extraordinary Mkbtixo—ihe Public Plunderkrs called upos to Disgorge . —A public meeting was held cm Wednesday evening , in the South London OhartiBt flail , to hear a Mr , Charles Cochrane hold forth on the necessity of "opening the ports , " Mr . J . Lee Stevens occupied the chair . After'Mr . Cochrane had had his say , and Mr . John Savage had moved a resolution in favour of opening the ports , — Mr . Samuel Kydd in an excellent speech , which was loudly applauded , moved the following addenda : — That in the opinion of this meeting , the producing classes of an ; state , posse-s the first and most legitimate claim to be feu and cSothetl , and regretting as we do tlie Btarving condition ot our labouring population , partly owingto the failure of the potatoe crop , but mainly attributable to an unjuat distribution of the country ' s wealth , we call upon hiv Majesty ' s Ministers tei 8 sue an order in Council , calling on all landlords and Church dignitaries , and also all other capitalists in receipt of
£ 500 per annum and upwards , to surrender one tenth of their net income to feed and clothe their destitute fellow men . vesting the appropriation of the iame in Jeeft boards , elected by the ratepayer * in each parish , We also suggest the propriety of fixing the price of cora at from 45 s . to 50 s . per quarter , thereby inducing corn factors , farmers , and otber dealers , to bring grain to market . And to prevent a . return of the existing state of misery , we suggest the necessity of claiming all waste lands , and game preserves , ae National property , in order that the same may be let to labourers at a small rental , also providing the said tenants with tho requisite capital to enable them to profitably cultivate the hinds which shall be divided into such allotments as shall em . pley the people and check monopoly . And we also express the hope that Her Majesty may be pleased to gWe oue day ' s income towards relieving the immediate die . tress , aud we have no doubt the working classes would cheerfully follow so salutary an example .
Mr . C . Keen seconded the addenda , but the chairmc-iii refused to receive it . He put the original resolution and amidst great confusbn declared it carried ; he then precipitately vacated the chair . Votes of thanks to Mr . Cochrane and Mr . Ivydd were subsequently adopted , and tlie meeting separated . "Wanton Mischief . —A few days ago Mr . Higgs , cliyniUt-at Maidsnhcad , was suddenly startled by hearing a-violent crash , and on looking round discovered that one of the large piate-glasss windows in his shop , oi the value of £ 7 ,. was broken . On running instantly to the door , he perceived a man , somewhat respectably dressed , standing near it , and on asking him who hud broken the window , tho latter at once admitted that he had done it in order that he might be sent to prison . Accordingly he wag given into custody , and ( he next day committed , by Mr . C . Williams , ' for two months with hard labour .
Continued Deskciutiun of tub Dkad . —According as the exoivations proceed and preparations are made to sink the foundations for the new buildings about to be erected in Short '^ nrdens , immediately at the rear Of St . Giles ' s workhouse / additional coffinB are found at the depths varying from tour to twelve Teet from the surface . Although within tlic course of six or eight weeks tlw remains ot nearly two thousand perrons havo been removed , and deposited at tl » now burial ground , St . Pwcras-road , it is evident that the P < f « «* J" « { g * Sg £ contains a great number ol cothns . iue ghastly reHM of deoowpwed boJics are still to be seen lying about iinlf dictions , and tho workmen have within tho last lew days bmv . hr , to tho auifaca eighty i ; ninety coffins , with their contents .
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T iBrT —— ,- —» ^^^ ^» . m ^ m ^ mm ^ E ^^ B THE TEl ^ HOUR $ ' ^ BlLIi THE FACTOK 3 rKIN Gr S TOITRr ~ ~ ' ^ W * nndersbna tU prep arations ire being mde ft ^ ghout To ttahire to recommence the ^ Shor ioSng is Mr . ( to ^' s intended route , commencin , next week : - Tnesdsy , IOth November . Huddersfield — Wednesday , 11 th , or Dallas - - Thnrsdayj 12 th „ . Friday , 13 th „ Bradf ord — " Monday , 16 th ,, Xeeis ... « v " Wednesday . 18 th „ _^^__ , in — ^ me ^ sssst ^ ssi ^ s ^ SBSS _ n-n fn-i . KT . TTniTRC HHTf
Keighley - Friday , 20 th JO ? " **? 1 '" . ... Monday , 2 * d „ WatofieM Wednesday , 25 th „ HSk * Hbfc * Wi ,. Mr QjsatB will also visit Sheffield and Knarraboronsh , » nt ^ airanS « nents as regards those are n&t yet completed . Weexpeettobeable port in our next number the commencement of the "ood * or at Dnddersfield . Let the peeple ral' " in th eir thousands for Oastles and the Ten H < K"S Bil ! # -
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3 lEiRor OL 1 TAjj Impbovj-mests . —The following "" ensure , improvements in the vicinity of Lcicestcr -Pare will commence , it is exfieeted , early in the P&eni month . Tho whole of Upper St . Martin * sfcTL ' r " ** deraoii 8 ned . and a street 101 feet wide » w for med , U be ultimately carried through the ™* t « . f the Seven Dials to Tottenham-court road . £ ^ 5 , * treet U > be formed at the junction of St . an / l * " ' ane , Cranhourn-street , Newport-street , *«» Lous-acM , in a line through to King-street , Cov . * Frdsn , and the Sirand ; the south end of St . r wnia s-laue , rear the church , will als'i be widened J £ : ! ° f S hack the houses at tha corner of Ilem-Cov s rowj and a communication opened between t i ( f " . T-street and Oxford-street , by throwinu dowt j , l'i le of buildings feparatiug Ruj « ri-sireet and iTv-w " slreet - Tlle C 05 ' of tlleS 8 undertakingswil !
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RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER IN SCOTLAND .
• MR . DOYLE'S MISSION . DUMFERMLLNE . Mr . C . Doyle lectured here on Thursday evening , in the Baptist meeting house , to an attentive md respectable audience . Mr . D . 's visit is calculated to effect much good in this district . ALVA . ' Mr . C . Doyle delivered a highly successful lecture here on Friday evening , the 30 th ult .
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11 ; ' ¦ ' — ' ' Town Hall for two meetings , —one for the Land , and the'OttaerfortheXKSrtSrr ^ Ap ^ lication ' was ihadtrto the Mayor , but that functionary declined to grant it for any such purpose , atthe same time refering those who waited upon him to the Town Council , who , he said , were his masters , in the matter , The friends accordingly set about canvassing the members of that body , and the result was that two-thirds of them save their consent , and the Hall was -granted accordin » ly for the purpose of holding one meeting for the Land Society . ¦ - . . ...... ' ' ""*""* " **** **""
On Monday evening an immense concourse of persons assembled at the Town Hall for the purpose of considering the propriety ol joining the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , and at seven o ' clock , the hour appointed for commencing business , Mr . Harding was called to the chair . He did . not make any lengthened observations , but simply stated the object ot the meeting ,, and his determination to give a \[ parties a fair hearing should any difference of epimon arise , his motto being , " afair stage and no favour . " He hatl the pleasure of introducing to the notice of the meeting , Mr . Philip M'Grath ,
Whosaid , he deemed it an honour of no ordinary character to stand before so , numerous and respectable an audience of the inhabitants of the ancient City of Worcester , assembled to .. canvass measurers for labour ' s welfare and humanity ' s elevation . ( Cheers . ) The purpose of their meeting was such , notwithstanding some of their pseudo Radical Town Conncillois refused to sign the requisition for the Hall , that every honest , man niust , apphmd it , ( Cherrs . ) No matter whether a man be Whig , Tory , or Radical , if he be actuated by the feelings of common humanitv , he must approve every conscientious attempt to emancipate labour from the horrible thraldom of poverty .. ( Cheers . ) This righteous purpose we propose . to accomplish consistently with peae ' e , law and
order . ( Cheers . ) We propose to realize it by the moral power , which like the might of steam in water , has slumbered for ages among the despised millions of thU country . ( Cheers . ) , There are others who seem solicitous for the people ' s improvement , but their means of effecting differ widely from ours On entering this magnificent hall , he ob .-erved a . large placard issued by Royal Authority , in which yeung men from 19 to 25 are instructed as to the means of securing comfort in youth , and independence in old age . The top of this herald of good news , is adorned with a wood cut representing a cannon , around which is the inscription : ' — Ubiqwquofas etffloria dtieunt , " which is in verbiage less classical and more understandable that "youare to follow
wherever right and glory leads . You , young men of Worcester , are advised in this manifesto , issued by ' Royal Authority , to leave your peaceful avocations , to desert ; parents , friends , and relatives , to dress yourselves in the gaudy frippery of the soldier , to go wherever glory Zeac& . tobura , plunder and murder , in order that the dominions of despotism may bj . secured and extended , ( Cheers . ) He trusted that no young man in Worcester would be so depraved , as to seek glory by means so nefarious , and that the day was not distant , when an intelligent and philanthropic people will leave the game of war to be played by kings and aristocracies . ( Cheers . ) While the queen calls UfUm you to seek glory in the field of blood and slaughter , we call upon you to seek real glory in the peaceful fields of honest industry . ( Cheers . ) The
advisers of violence and bloodshed , with matchless audacity claim credit aa the friends of law and order , while we who advise the pursuit of sobriety , honesty , and industry , are stigmatized as turbulent nnd violent persons . ( Hear . ) Mr . M'Grath then entered upon the subject of the Land , demonstrating the value of its acquisition , " and the practicability of the plan propounded by tbe Chartist Land Cooperative Company , for that purpose . He concluded a lengthy nnd able speech amid the hearty and universal plaudits of the meeting . The Chairman then introduced Mr . T . Curk , who commenced by stating the pleasure which it afforded him to have an opportunity of addressing so large and respectable a meeting . I hope , -sir , said Mr .
Clarke to be able , this evening , to convince many persons present who have had their minds poisoned by a corrupt press , that { our objects are just , and that the means by which we propose to compass those objects are equally as commendable . We have , gentlemen , been most scnndously and foully misrepresented by the newspaper " press of this town during the ! past week , bHt I beg of you to witness their conduct towards us this evening . Here you perceive , congregated , an immense , and important meeting , whose orderly conduct is a credit to the town , —here are we , met to promulgate our principles and defend our character , but where are our enemies , : the solo ; . a , who conduct the enlightened journals of Worcester ? ( Cheers . ) They are absent
< is they always are , when the business of the people is to be done . ( Here , here . ) Where are the reporters whose presence would grace this platform , and whose induitrj would be so conspicuous , it ' such a meeting as this were held for Whig or Tory purposes ? Sir , I do not complain of any criticism on the part of the press , however severe or unmerited , but what I do complain ot is , that whilst they are so prolific of their abuse , and thus prejudice the minds of many well-disposed persons against u § , they invariably burk our proceedings , and never give currency to our sentiments , which , if fairly reported , would cause our principles to be respected where they are now dreaded . ( Hear , hear . ) But if my advice would have any weiuht with the working
classes , I would say , abaent yourselves from such public houses as are in the habit of supporting those newspapers in which your rights are sneered at , and you will soon bring the infamous " press-gang " to tlicir senses . ( Loud cheers , ) What is it that we propose to do that we are so plentifully abused by your "Chronicles , " and your "' Guardians ? " Nothing more than to make thu people independent of the present system , and to enable them to become their own masters . ( Cheers . ) And how we do propose to do iliis ? By violence , anarchy , or the destruction of property ? No ! but by the combination of our own means and energies , which are quite equal to the task , great though it be . ( Cheers . ) We propose to subscribe our pence and purchase land ; to divide such lands into convenient quantities , erect cottages , and provide the occupants of such land and cottuges
with a capital to enable them to start in their new avocation , with every prospect of success . Some of jou , 1 have no doubt , think this movement ot ours to be altogether impracticable and Utopian , but I think that I will be able to prove to the satisfaction of every man present , that all we propose to accomplish can be fully realized by the power of union and co-operation . Mr . Ciark then entered into a number of minute calculations to prove that the plan of the society could be worked out , and that the land afforded the best security for tlie investment of capital , with a certainty of realizing a hi » h rate of interest , and rendering the principal safe . He also related some astounding facts demonstrative of the capability of the land to yield enormous crops , and after inviting discussion , retired amidst the plaudits of the meeting .
The Chairman reiterated the invitation to discussion , which had already been given by the preceding speakers , but all appeared to be satisfied , and no questions were naked , Resolutions of thanks to the Town Councillors who signed the requisition , to the Mayor for the use of the hall , to the Chairman , and-Messrs . M'Grath and Clsitk , having b ^ cn adopted unanimously , the meeting broke up ; having lirst given three cheers fur ' O'Connor and the Northern Star . ' The purchase of the lledmarley Estate has caused great sensation throughout Worcestershire and Gloucestershire . The local papers represent the purchase as being likely to lead to the impregnation of the whole district with Chartist principles . The Gloucester Journal , a beastly Whig rag , has a contemptible article headed " The Chartist Squire , " in Is
which Pear ^ us O'Connor n'tell abused ' , and wlliflll concludes by " thankinu God" that tho Estate in question is not in the county of Gloucester . A correspondent has ) written to one of the Worcester papers ' reconuueritlingthegeutry of tlie county to take the matter up , and found a similar 60 ciety , as the only means of saving the agricultural labourers from being "infected " with Chartism . They dread the location of Mr . O'Connor in the neighbourhood , and hence the howling of the pack of press-hounds , and other cormorants . It is hoped , that when Mr . O'Connor does come into the neighbourhood , that he will realize their most awful forebodings , by lighting up a flame of Ch .-xrttsm that shall wither up the whole crop of those rank weeds ot corruption , that have so long prevented the growth of a sound public opinion . As a proof that the agricultural mind is beginning to arouse itself , it need only be mentioned , that at our meeting here on Monday evening we had a number of agricultural labourers thai had travelled seven , eight , and ten miles—there were , indeed , some who had travelled 15 mile = s to bo present at the meeting
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GREAT MEETING AT LEICESTER FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION . On Monday evening , the 2 nd instant , the Chartist oftliis anck-nt Borough met at the Town Hall ( which the Mayor had grant ; d for the occasion ) to test the public feeling on the propriety of adopting the national petition . At eight o ' clock , tho time specified in the bills and placards , the large hall and the mayor ' s parlour were tilled . ¦
Mr . Smart rose , and alter a few preliminary observations on the Chartist practice of bringing forward work in jj men to preside on such occasions , moved that Mr White , an operative , should be called to the Chair , which was seconded by Mr . Buckley , and unanimously carried with cheers . The Chairman then addressed the meeting in n few sensible and pertinent observations on the stale of the country , and the imperative necessity which existed for tho union of the working classes , and tlieir united efforts to obtain tlieir undoubted rights , nnd then culled upon Mr . Smart to move the first resolution .
Mr . Sma . ht on vhiny was received in the usual friendly manner , lie commenced by observing that the time hud at lei !» tli arrived wIumi those operatives who had been duped bj- the hirelings seut amongst
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weri true i t Votembeb 7 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . * im ¦¦ ; " •• ' —— ! . " ¦ ¦ *———^^———«»——»———— . <***^ mmw
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