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-.- ^ has bsen obliged tij ? to answ ^ our question * , «!« 2 ld notget off . saving something about the mewy rttthts accrued asinterest on the lam suhu fentrn » t « d £ SSuh » d «; tihichlwgesnna Me ^ hlmi ^ dtahaTe £ 5 , lod ged in &e Iwnfcert hands . Our queries were so ^ gj ^ d onr exporowjtfhis dsSblir * with the peo-^ S ney w ; complete , fhttJte eould ut afford to pan £ »«« »*«» m * ** " !* he has not , mended S ^ df by «» & ' answe £ -m * J . thonthha has made co » i £ 5 foi aonMysurety tut very aanaidons-stni , evening Ss tbMOttedof Msinftwattddopes wouldhweaugnrtf SSaU was not nght , n adhepwsedorerour » e * rchin « ^ L- « without notice . So to say sometMn * ha m %
& . or confess himself to be any tting but afair deal . ^ T hononrable . c ean-handed 'xaamKt' He has . as Swl , tred tomyrtifjr and b » mlder ; and that myrtUteatoT « a « now about to exajmneand clear up . In the fiB tptace , be pleads ' gaMf to ourmaln charge . He j £ not-be confesseshelusnot-from the first hour of ge exis tence of hit ne&noui l ^ d-lottery-scheme to the ! Sst balance-sheet , accounttd for oae single penny of to t ^ st thttmjt haTC accrued on the many thiusands of ^ nnds p !« ced in Ins hand ., if he has had the * , frnil lod ged intbebank , asherepresent » . Hehas not-heconf esses hehasnot-acwuntedforone penny of thatinter . ^ j Hebas fubhshed sucbalance-shests . ^ cethemonft of Sep ., 1 « 5 , and in not one of them hs * he placed one ^ ioffl hewas pretending to acconnt , though every one of ft ^ balanewheeusett&rththat-all ^ ir , £ * ££ £
ttebank . ' To this charge ha plead * * uihy ~ Md « hkt part of the fund * were wrested in Und , labonrTand stock . asfert asth ycame mto the treasurer ' s hinds ? TTeHbat if thatwereerea to , there wag the minor part Ofthe fandsmthebankers' hands : and . nthat portira ' there would be stme interest , and that interest oughtto hMefceeng-ven up . Fearpis ; It is no excuse fora BU firing treasurerto tell us thathis pilferings have n <* been great . Ifnepufersat all . he is ^ t honestT ^ d tf ^ e pilfera small sums , h . wiU make away with large ones if hehastbe chance . But it is not true that to to An ™ S v % X& 2 F * rt v ? m f ** fil ^ SiSa inlanoUaboar . and stock , as fast as they came into the trearareA handi >; » thstis , if Fears ^/ briance-sheets speak truly . Be forget * that he has given ns data where , with totett his statements ; and that data xn are about
to use in a manner that will make Feargus andhis excuse look very queer . By his balance-sheets it appears « hit he began to lodge money in the London Jo » t-Sto k Sank- « n the 4 th ofStptunber . I 3 ' 5 , on which date he sajsha placed £ 923 . izg . ojd- there ; and he continued , at tones , making such lodgmenti-until 5 th . of Dee , lStt ^ at wmcTi date-he had Io # ge 4 in the iggt&fc £ 13 , 130 . 12 s . SJd . Hehad withdrawn during that period OMy £ 4 , 550 ; so there was left in the bank on that date «< . « . ? ^ jnce-sheets are to be believed ) the sum of w-ff ' ^ SJd . Then the sixth balance sheet , published on the 4 th ^ September . 1847 , sets forth tint after all payments iadteajaad ^ &o December 5 th , 1846 . to fUT ? l ^ i ^ *? 18 reinainedin that bank tho sum If Ji , 0 i ^ 2 a ( Wition t 0 «> e former sum of f ^ EtiP-J ^^ "I ** *•' 8 aid *«* *¦• date of £ 30 . 511 . 5 s . 9 Jd . ; and in addition to this there was
also ( accordineto that said balance-sheet ) £ 6 031 . 15 s . 5 id lodged m the Gloucestershire Bank , making a total in the hands of bankers of £ 36 , 543 Is . 3 d . Therefore , Feargus , the major part of the funds * prior to Augu-t Uth were not'invested in land , labour , and stock , as fast as they came into the treasurer ' s c . radi . ' They wereln the banks , out at interest—if your balance-sheets were not all fudge and fraud ! That interfc-t you would receive , if those funds were in the bank ? , and that interest you ought to have given up ! But , then , our straightforward treasurer says , that when he * made up his balance-sheet on the 14 th of August last , the banking accounts were not settled ; ' bnt that since that date , namely , on the 15 th October , 1847 , there is enteredin the London Jeint Stock Bank book the sum of £ 129 9 s . for interest : and in the
Gloucestershire Bank book the sum of £ 9 Is . ; making in the whole the sum of £ 13810 s . for interest np to October 15 th ! And is this all ! Is £ 13 S 10 s . all that is to be turned up ' as interest on sums making in the aggregate £ 56 , 513 ? and from periods -varying from 25 months to four months ! Is tins all ! No , Feargus , it won ' t do ! You must ' fork out ' ¦ better than this . Let us see what you owe , and then we 6 hall be in abetter position to talk to 3 on a little more abant this paltry £ i 33 10 s . Ton tell us in this same ' answer * which we are now examining , that you receive interest on deposits in banks after the rate of fire per « ent . We have gone through your balance sheets , and made a table of the several sums you haie represented as ¦ being lodged in the London Joint Stock Bank , and calculated the interest from the date of lodgment up to this aamelith of October last . Hereitis : —
DEPOSIT IN BANE . Date of Amount . Length of time Atnountof lodgment . in months . Interest . Sapt . 4 .. £ 92312 0 » 25 £ 98 2 ll Sot . 1 .. S 91 4 2 23 70 15 9 ISIS . Jan . 31 .. 1 . GC 3 4 . 9 22 15116 6 April 9 .. 1 , 920 14 0 18 144 1 6 3 ulyIS .. 3 , 021 17 4 15 183 16 3 July 25 .. 500 O e 15 31 5 0 JTov . 3 .. 1 , 090 0 0 11 47 16 8 Kov . 26 .. 1 , 200 0 0 11 55 0 0 Dec 5 .. 2 , 556 0 0 10 106 10 6 6 S 0 0 19 2 17 0
£ SO 3 1 7 WITHDRAWALS . 1 S 46 sS s . d . iSonths . £ s . d . May 16-2 , 000 0 8 17 „ . 70 16 8 Dec . 5-2 , 050 0 0 ....... 10 „ ...., < 3 5 8 lit 1 8
1845 1847 £ 783 19 \\ Dec 5 to Oct . 15 . —Average i Months . £ 21 , 310 12 6 ' 355 0 0 ^ „ £ M ? 8 19 11 There , Feargus , that tells a pretty tali when pnt alongside your £ 129 9 & I There are all the lodgments in one Bank ; and if your balance sheets are not the veriest frauds ever palmed on a cheated and robbed proprietary , ' all the turns we tava set forth from these balance shrets were in that Bank on the 15 th October fast , excepting tie two withdrawals for which we have given joa credit . Aad what is the result ? That oa that said 15 th of October , upwards of a thousand pounds was due from yon for interest accumulated in that Bank , while jou only talk of giving Tip £ 11998 . ! Feargus , it was not -without a purpose that we put the question s « often , Where is the money ! ' We repeat it . We do more : we tell you again that you must' fork out . ' Yon shall have so rett or ease until you do so . Pretty come ofij truly ,
that you should realise £ 1 , 138 19 s lid , as interest on the monies entrusted into your hands as' tnutee ' -ia . queer one ) , and give up only ^ 129 9 s . ! Where is the rest , Feargus ! We have not , on the present occasion , said anything about the interest due from yon for deposits in the Gloucestershire Bank ; nor on the sums that must have been realised by your dabbling with the people ' s money in the purchase of Exchequer Bills . We have only set forth from your own accounts , the sums you say are in the London Joint-Stock Bank , and shown the interest , that you must have received on those sums , according to your own showing . Again we ask yon , Feargus , vJitrtUthe money ? " Sotthe interest on the Exchequer Bills , or on the sums in the Gloucestershire Bank : for those we will trouble you about on another occasion ; but -pre ask , where is the money realised from the London Joint-Stock Bank—the £ 1 , 13 S 19 s . lid . ? Whtre U it , Seorgos ? ' Shell oat , ' man , and be henest , when you are made .
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» v »? aCerta i nty H P ° n the de P ° « t account which cannot be withdrawn . Now don ' t you w ^ h you hadn ' t burnt your fingera , as well as your nails , by thus allowing the " biographer and calculator' / .-Josh-to make a oalSpaw of you . Still , m the hope of restoring yoS to a state of sanity and quiescence , I will subscribe myself , Tour disconsolate and broken-hearted Friend , _ Jf . 5 ° ?¦» rfai "" -1— " ¦• -r- ' '
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REPLY . Deabest , Deabest , Eddt . — Claiming the privilege of old and intimate -acquaintanceship , I sha ll find it my duty—indeed I shall—to place you under necessary restraint if you continue to make an ass of yourself , by exposing yourself to universal ridicule . Dearest , why not try Parr s pills , as I counselled you ? I fear , as to all who read it , that your last exhibition smells strongly of Josh , and the Lucky Boy . " Wh y , dearest , w ill you associate with such degraded and envious scamps ? and why give that naughty Feargus
such a triumph and such a hearty laugh at your folly ? Dearest , I am out of patience with you—that I am—Couldn ' t you understand , you fool , that ¦ every single sum of which you have demanded five per cent , interest from Feargus , belonged -to the account of the former treasurer , and to -whose credit there still stands a large credit in the Bank , and to whose credit , and not to Feargus ' s , die amount of interest with which ; you charge him will be acknowledged ; and let me tell vou one more fact , and which is this , —that , " during the whole period of that
respectable gentleman ' s treasurership , Mr W . P . Roberts , that though he had money of his own in the same Bank he never drew one cheque upon his own account for a farthing . But , lovey , let me show the financial blunder that Josh , has brought you into . He can ' t distinguish between a current account and a deposit . account ; upon a current acconnt , that is , an account against which the depositor can draw at his pleasure , the Bank pays but one per cent , interest , whereas , from the value of money , Feargus , as a depositor , lodged large sums , for which he got five per cent ., but -which he could not withdraw under TWO
MONTHS . Now , then , spooney , what ; comes of your arithmetic and your 8002 . interest , which , if untouched for the whole period to which you have brought your balance , would not aipoii a current account have amounted to 130 / . ? But as ' you are totally ignorant of those matters let me instruct you in one branch of the banking system . If to your current account you lodge 100 / . on the 2 nd oi January and withdraw it on the 30 th oi JUarch , you would receive but one shillingand € ightpence interesrlfbr the whole time ,
whereas if you bank it on the 1 st of January , one day sooner , and withdraw . " it on the 1 st " of A pril , two days later , you would have received five shimngs , or three months' interest , because * hebank makes no division of months , whereas in the deposit account you receive the stipulated interest from the day you lodge to the day you draw . The difference between the -interest to the banker of a current account sad a deposit account is this , that as regards a ¦ c urrent account he has trouble in keeping that aceount , and can ' t calculate the certainty of « pecula . Ungoponit , whereaa they can soecu-
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.. dj « TI 1 E FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS' " ASSEMBLING \ S LOKDOH , TO' THE DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE FRATERNITY OF ALL NATIONS , ' ASSEUBLING nTBRU 3 SBLS . oJfT ? f »« --Yonr ridren of date the 26 th of I ^ vember , 1847 , was received ' at a public £ i ? o L [ i ! Sort ? " ° frienas of ^ « " * & > bolden on the 29 th ultimo , in commemoration of the fflnvma , though ill-fated , Polish Insurrection of 1830 . ¦ - - ¦ ---.-. ^ S ^^ !^ J ^ , P ^^ i ^' : wA ^ aiaaK
DrWctr , will inform you « the ' mffiuftm ^! & hailrd his appearance , and the reading of your address . Every eje beamed with delight , every voice cried Welcome , ' and every hand was extended with all the warmth , of heartfelt fraternity , to receive your representative . ' / The names of yonr Committee excited the applause of onr members . Thehuman race owe a debt of gra-£ 2 . t rj ""^ i " their services and sacrifices in the cause of Liberty . An Association which includes in its ranks the heroic General Mellinet , and the glorious and incorruptible patriot , JLelewell , muBt command the conBdeace of the Democrats of all nations . For ourselves , we accept your proffered alliance with feelings of unspeakable pleasure Our * ociety has existed for more than two years . Tsking for our motto «• *««« .
' Allmenare Brethren , ' ye have laboured to units the friends of veritable liberty belonging to all countries . In England our efforts have created a brotherly feeling on the part of that great body of the British people , the Chartists , towards the real reformers of all other lands ! Our manifestoes have circulated in France and Germany , with the happiest results . We have laid bare the atrocitiesof the tyrannical governments of Europe towards Poland and Portugal . At a moment when war between Englandand theUnited Statesappe&red to be imminent , ye appealed to the people of both nations against the madness or wickedness of their government , and exhibited the folly and crime of national wars fer territory , or that phantom folly of the hideons past called glory . ' We spoke not in vain . We biow that our words largely contributed towards the creation of a brotherly feeling between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon family .
On the occasion of our late anniversary , ( the 22 nd of September , ) we recommended the calling of a Democratio Congress of all nations , and we rejoice to learn that you hava published a similar proposition . The conspiracy of kings should be met by the caunter-combination of the peoples . Whenever the Damocratic Congress may assemble , you may rely upon the English Democracy being represented thereat . It mnst be the work of yonr society in connexion with ours to assemble the representatives of our brethren throDfihnufc Europe . Your delegate , Dr Marx , will inform you of the arrangements we have entered into with him to render effective the union of the two associations .
The oppressed people of the several European countries may propose to themselves various modes of ao complishine their emancipation " ; they may differ as to the peculiar forms of the free political systems they seek to establish , and they may not agree on the social reforms necessary to render liberty a reality ; on these points , nnity of sentiment and action may beneitber possible nor BecesBary . But therearetwo points of agreement for the Democrats of all countries , namely , the sovsREiomr of thb psoplk , and the FEiTKRsirr o / NiTioss . That the actual power of the state—the power to make and amend the political and social institutions of societT , shall Be vested in the erifire people , is aemaiilJ ^ t ^ I ) em 6 crafeofall lands . All Democrats , too , worthy of the name ,
acknowledge that the interests of thenopL * of all countries are the same , and that all nations should aid each other in their struggles for justice . These two principles—Popular Soverei gnty and Universal Fraternity , may , therefore , bind the , veritable Reformers of all countries in one invincible phalanx . Earnestly hoping the &ncoe 3 s of your association , and the welfare of its members , we tender to you our fraternal salutation , and pledge to yen onr aid in promoting the triumph of the glorious principles oar respective societies are established to propagate . We are aware that it is to the veritable people , the Proletarians , the men whose sweat and blood are
poured oat daily under the slavery imposed upon them by the present system of society , we are aware that it is to these we must look for the establishment of universal brotherhood . It is the interest of landords and money-lords to keep the nations divided ; but it is the interest of the Proletarian ? , everywhere oppressed by the same kind of taskmasters , and defrauded of the fruits of their industry by thesama description of plunderers , H is their interest to unite . And they will unite . From the loom , the anvil , and the plough , from the hut , the garret , and the cellar , will come forth , are even row coming forth , the apostles of fraternity , and the destined saviours of humanity .
HURRAH FOB SEUOCBACT HURRAH P 0 E THB FBITERSIir OF KAII 0 N 3 ! Signed by the secretaries and members tf the committee—GeO . JtTLTAN HaKSIT \ EBNI 8 T JOSKS I rm . ... Charus Keen > Great BritMD > Thomas Clark J J . A . MicHELOT , France , Cahl Schapfsb \ pnm , J . seph Mou , / Germany , Loins Obobssi , Poland , J . Schabeuti , Switzerland , Peter IIouc , Scandinavia .
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JUSTICE . FOR ENGLAND-AND IRELAND ., THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER * a , . IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETj ^ G , ; > On Monday evening last , evMtnook and corner of toat spacious pjaeeof public / meeting , the National Hall , High Holborn , was crammed to excess long before the hour fixed for taking . the chair . ; Mr O Connor , ll . P . for Nottingham , was to . have presided , bat his attendance in the House of Commons being necessary in opposing the > Irish Coercion Bill , the honourable gentleman could not attend the meeting .. At eight , o ' clock , Mr George Julian llarney was unanimously called to the chain amidst m-Trnriini nun 1
loud demonstrations of applause . . The Chaibkak prefaced his speech by reading a oatch-penny , publication he had received from Aberdeen , which purported to be a full , true , and particular account of 'a dreadful duel ! fought between F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . andMr Joshua llobson , in Hyde Park , London . -. The account stated that Mr O'Connor had been attended to ' the field ' by Mr Roberts and Mr llarney , and that Mr Hobbob had had Mr Ardill for his ' second . ' That Mr Roberts gave the word 'fire , ' when immediately Mr O'Connor fell into the arms of his friend Harney , mortally wounded by a shot from Hobion ' s pistol . Hobson and Ardill immediately made off , and had been « eea starting bj the ^ Dover . J&ilway , in the
gunti& :-. of * ¥ raBce . . ^^ polw ^ came . np , - u& He ^^^ fJonB t > rrHaTn % ^ an * Roberts were taVen into custody . The accountadded , that the authorities had ' refined bail fer Harney and Roberts . ' The reading of this hoax , accompanied by the chairman ^ facetionR remark ? , excited considerable merr £ ment . The chairman said < that whereas , accordinn to the veracious statement he bad just read , Mr O'Connor had been dead four or five dajs , heconld assure the meeting that Mr 0 'C . was about the jollieat looking ghost ever seen . ( Roars of laughter . ) The chairman then read ths placard calling the meeting , and said her Majesty in her late 1 royal speech' had expressed her admiration of the patience with which the sufferings of . the labouring elasses have been generally borne . It was no doubt very easy for her Majesty to admire the patience of othar peanle under affliction , so long as she had no
part in that affliction , ( dear , hear . ) There were two animals admired for their patience , the donkey and the Englishman . ( Laughter . ) A costermenger would overwork , over-load , and under-feed , his poor brute , and by way of encouragement allow his victim an illimitable supply of kick ? , cuffs , and whippings ; bat the unfortunate beast was the very model of patience , and so earn his master ' s' admiration . ' Just so with the Englishman . . He would work twelve , fourteen , sixteen , or eighteen hours a day , , when he could get work , and when not , patiently starve . The Englishmen built palaces , and patiently occupied a garret or a cellar . He wove broadcloth , and patiently wore fustian rags . He manufactured warm flannels and rich silks , but patiently saw these comforts and luxuries monopolised by those' who toiled not , neither did they spin , ' realising the lines of
Shelley' The leed ye sow another reaps , The wealth ye make another heaps , The robes ye weave another wears , The arms ye forge another bean . ' ( Cheers . ) The destitution in the metropolis was appalling . Hundreds were homeless , without a shelter for their headB . He had himself seen , on more than one occasion , more than one score of human beings huddled up againBt the wall of St Martin ' s workhouBe , with no bed but the cold hard pavement , and no covering but the dark curtain of night . Immediately facing that workhouse was a huge barracks , and oneend of the street led to the rear of the National Gallery . The barracks was misappropriated to the lodging of a numerous body of men , in a state of mischievooB idleness ; and the Gallery , though not
misappropriated , was certainly not ao well appropriated as it might be , by giving shelter to th . e . homeless . He was not opposed to picture galleries and museums , he wished there were more of them , but he asserted that before they built palaces for inanimate pictures , and stuffed tigers , monkeys , and mummies , they were bound to see that every man had his own cottage , and every family itsown fireside . ( Great cheeriBg . ) Then there were the palaces . St James ' s , Kew , Kensington , Hampton Court , and Brighton , nerertenantedbythe Sovereign , but inhabited by the beggarly relatives of tl » ^ nngtejkatiatoCBWjgk ^ Jge would make those horne& ' tarn ra £% M ? TO ^ bees , at present deprived of their legitimate hives , ( Loud cheers . ) The chairman next commented on
the miserable condition of the labouring classes in the manufacturing districts . He referred to the statements published by Mr Marsden in last Saturday ' s Stab , and to a letter he had received from Sutton . in-Ashfield . From that letter it appeared that not onlj were the people starving in hundreds , but that scores were being dragged to gaols for poaching , and that the Earl of Scarborough ' s keepers beat the suspected poachers with flails , breaking their limbs , and tearing the flesh from their bones ! ( Expressions of great indignation . ) The chairman , after some comments upon the tyranny of the millooracy of the north , said he knew it was un f ashionable in that hall , dedicated to the service of genteel Chartism ,
to Bay anything in censure of the middle classes ; but he woild say that those elasses were responsible for the miseries of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) The middle classes had elected the present House of Commons—a house which would give ' soft-sawder * to the English , and military law to the Irish , but would do nothing really calculated to improve the condition ef either people . ( Cheers . ) Bad as Russell and his colleagues were , they were yet far better than the majority of the law makers . He believed the feeling in the house to be generally that of disappointment , that the Coercion Bill for Irewas not a more ' base , bloody , and brutal' measure than it was . He believed there was no atrocity which the government of ' 98 wai guilty oi towards
Ireland . bnt would be sanctioned by a majority of their present middle class legislators . ( Hear , hear . ) Could they doubt that when they saw the present measure supported by the very gods of that very hall , orator Fox and Dr Bowring ? ( Cheers and hisses . ) They had heard much of the eloquence oi Orator Fox , who had been described aa a sort of Demosthenes , Cicero , Chatham , Mirabeau , Patrick Henry , and Lamarline , rolled into one . They had been told that if he did not set the Thames on fire with his eloquence , he would do something equally astonishing ; and he ( the chairman ) thought the orator had done something to astonish even his moBt demented admirers , when , at the outset of his le ^ is . lative earner , he had voted for the coercion otlreland . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr Bowriag was the patron of the genteel friends of Poland . The Doctor poured out
eloquent denunciations of the Autocrat , yet he gave his vote to those whe would fetter and persecute the Paland of the West . But then , Dr Bowring was a great friend to peace—hy the by , the preaching up of'permanent and universal peace , ' was rather a queer way ef regenerating Poland . Only let there be . permanent and universal peace , and they might assure themselves of the permanency , and , perhaps , the universality , of the despotism ef Russia . Well , the Doctor being in love with peace , was , of eourse , dreadfully shocked at poor Paddy ' s ill manners in tefiKins ! to die ' si $ f—( laughter)—awl so the peaeeloving Doctor supported a bill to enable the Whigs to declare war against the Irish people . The Whigs proposed to disarm the people , and to place them entirely at the mercy of their tyrannical landlords , and thoserunians , the police , compared with whom , toe Russian Cossacks were gentlemen—they proposed
'Make a solitude and call it ptaet , * and the Liberal Dr Bowring , the Free Trade Dr Bowring , the pro-Polish Dr Bowring , supported the Whigs with his applauding 'hear , hear / and Bis vote . ( Shame 1 ) He had talked of measures of relief , of turning useless palaces into bones for the homeless . But it was not charity the people wanted , it was justice . ( Cheers . ) It was not pity they asked for , but their rights . ( Loud encore . ) A petition , praying fer measures necessary te ameliorate the condition of the people , wold be submitted to
them . It would be well to adopt that petition , but he warned them not to hope for mueh . ' Blessed were they who expected nothing , for they should not be disappointed . ' ( Laughter and cheers . ) No ! said the speaker , yon will get nothing from tb » Hou 8 e of CommonB in the shape of justice , untily < Ht reform that House . ( Cheers . ) Yon must rally fir the Charter once more . ( Enthusiastic cheering . \ Ton have waited patiently too long . You must now be up and doing . Awake from yonr sleep , and bursk your tetters . In the inspired language ol Shelle ;> l cry to
you' Rise like lions after slumber , la traranquiihable number , Shake jour chains , to earth like dew , Which in B ' eep had fallen on you . Ye are MANY ! Theg are FEW !' ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) Mr Clauk , who wai receired with loud cheers , said ths meeting had baen called together by the Chartist Council , to adopt a petition to Parliament , ( a body for which the meeting had doubtless the most profound reipect . ( Laughter . ) Before the petition was submitted toithe meeting , hebergedto mov « the foUoTring rosolu-
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M « n : rr- That ttU ^ eetiBg views with feelings of deep coroniisera >| p 8 ;; , n «« hrm , the wretchedaws to which massesofthaioperattTB . andlabonriDg classes ofGriat Brita n and ireUnd have been reduced , aud al . oihe de . I , ?! - * " * of . the fcitereiti of those other rolassei who are engaged fa ^ fte ^ trihuUoii of wealth , and i » con . d ^ g ^ £ * n * eroe of the , coa »» ry ; and thl . meeting bdlievlug that Um mfoery and . ruin which they have tbu « tadeplore ; hag been canwd by a monopoly of those hs-S ^ r ^" , ^ 11 '"^ ^/ caltWated nad fully £ g ; ? fM , « to 4 a Biateof tbtege h . fifi *^ 8 tep 8 0 Wsh ' b " immediately takon * «?^ n'gTnment to nn » <* ' ° t ^ ladu . t » y of ? " «!»» W those sources of national
^ S ' ,, . . " 1 . ^ WF ? "'!^*^ e » Mana . ; and this mMt-SSJSffi ^ * r >! ' *^ r * 4 <™>>™ as will indaceihii . pr . . « omefature goYernmen \ to adopt mea-« nr : to o £ en an unreatrleted fleW forNthe profitable ana honourable employment of all who whh to lit . honestly by their own , labour / Now . he expected to see thatresotation unanimoiis ' j adopted .. It asserted that labour should beffeeandunreiltrleted , and if H were the great distress aj > d ' . p ' riyaiioo , their chairman had so iloquihtliiKicribedijs . exhtlog in ^ hismetropolis , and . aihe . couia ^ bearwltneBs . was equally frightful In the north ef Kngland , ' would , cease to be . " ( Cheers . ) . He wm notthere topropose " any InterfewnceTrith what wa » called ; tights of pwperjs ^ bnthe ! . hel 4 neverthe l ess ,
W !! S |? hou tf- ° 9 ^^ ftWioonaaTytton ' giawattoniCOB . pared WttOtSBan Ufa . ( Loud eheersi ) ¦ Werehufein life more cared for ; property would not be awbineis so . ( HearjhearJ Therisourcesof the British nation were most ample for the employment and sustenancaof all . There were sufficient means to employ all who desired employment , therefore , no one who was willing to labour should be permitted to starve . ( Hear , hear ) They were frequently told ' there always were rich and poor , and always would be . ' Now , if for argument sake , they admitted that , did it not seem strange that the poor should be those who produces' everything , and the rich were those who prodncs nothing ? ( Loud cheers . ) Th » people have shown through the glorious National Land Company —( great applause)—that tha : theory oi the
resolution was perfectly practicable . ( Loud cheers . ) Mea-Bures of amelioration should always precede coercion . ( Great applause . ) ' And he thought the life of the Irish landlord was still more secure than that of the IrUb peawatry —( hear , hear )_ who had been allowed to perish by thousands on the way side- ( hear , hear )_ hence he could not sufficiently admire thepatriotism and judgment of Feargug O'Connor , in resisting coercive measures altogether . ( Immenae applause . ) He was sorry to see the views taken of the coercion question bysomeoftfie press called lfberal ; for instance , that truly liberal paper the Weekit Dispatch . ( Laughter , groans and leud shouts of' Burn it . ') He was sura that that meeting . by th » ir unanimously adopting the resolution , would show their abhorrence of the Whig treatment of their Irish brethren . If there was to be suffering , it was the creators of the misery , not tho martyrs of tbeir miarulo , ho should endure the
w misery , ( Loud ' cheers . ) The working classes had nothing to do in the creation oi panics , they neither ruled the Banks of England or Ireland ; neither did they regulate the price of cotton in the Liverpool market ; neither would he charge the government with desiring a panic , but they nevertheless had been the means of bringing it about , by locking up from the people that great source of employment and wealththe L » aa . ( Great applause . ) But he did think the working claeirei deserted a portion of the blame , as well as the middle classes , since they h ad not done all they could ; when journals abused them and their Irish bretHMB , they still gave their support to such journals . Still the working classes had done mueh , through the National Land Company , to put their theory into pric tice , and would yet do much more . ( Loud cheen . ) Mr Clark concluded amidst loud cheers , by moving the resoration .
MrJoHK Fcsjeix , in seconding ths resolution , said ' he was happy to find that another opportunity was about to bs afforded to thepeopleof agitating for that darling object—the Charter '—and he yet hoped to see it obtalned during the Whigs' stay in offioo . ( Hear , hear . ) They had heard that coercion was once more proposed for the Irish people , but he thought that meeting would agree with him , that justice would award the means of employment and remuneration for their laboHr , instaad of coercion . ( Loud cheats , ) The speaker proceeded to address the meeting at considerable length on the sufferings of the people , and the justice and neoeuilty of the Charter . His remarks were much applauded .
Mr H . Hethemhoton , in supporting the resolution , saia : ha took great interest in the proceedings of the meafcagr- 'd * ' agreed with one of the . prevlooi epa ' akew ; that the working cissies wera greatly to blame for having so long quietly endured thsir wrongs ; He contended that those who would not work should be the beggars , but at present it was the very reverse . ( Hear , hnar . j At the present time , the large firms were discharging two-thirds ef their hands , and was it not a shame that the working men should have to beg for leave to toil t ( Hear , hear . ) He considered the Land and the principle of co-operation , carried Into manufactures and trades , to be the only means of putting an end to the present state of things . ( Cheers . ) He was for th * Charter—as the right , the just right , of every man . He denounced th » attempt to coerce Ireland . He agreed entirely with thf principle hid down in the rosolution , and had , therefore , come forward to give it his support . ( Loud cheers . )
MrWALFOBD after avowing himself a democrat , mi highly eulogising Mr O'Connor , moved the following amendment : — That this meeting is of opinion that no measure can , or ever will , benefit the working classed , whilst the present drinkiag customs are encouraged by tnoseclasseB ; this meeting , therefore , pledges itself to use every means in its power to remove the greatest curse inflicted on a nation , ' Tbo amendment was seconded from the body of the meeting . Mr T . CtABK said he had been a teetotaller for more than seven yearg , yet he felt bound to call on his friend to withdraw his amendment , as being ill-timed ani out of place . The question was then put to the vote , and the orl . ginal resolution carried almost unanimously .
Mr P . M'Gbath rose amiast great appla « 8 e , to move the adoption of the petition . He said parliament was now assembled , and it was the duty of tho people to in . struct that body , and the council convening this meeting had resolved that even Lord John should not go unacquainted with their views , and hence they had prepared the petition , which he had the honour to move for their adoption , Bat wbere were the representatives of the preis on this occasion ? he saw one gentleman , h » did not know what paper he represented , and there was their friend , the reporter of their own paper , the Nobtbesn Stas . ( Great cheering . ) Ho regretted Mr Walford had pressed his amendment . Had it been put in another
shape , he ( Mr M Grath ) should have supported it , —( eheew)—although he by no means thought teetotaliBin the only remedy . ( Cheers . ) That far-seeing states . man , Lord John Russell—( Laughter)—Was again bringing forward his universal Whig remedy for Irish wrongs , coercion , and how was it received by the house ? Why , even John O'Connell expressed hit adulation of the sal . nistry , and the majority of the so-called representatives of the people supported it . True , a small , bat patriotic band opposed it . ( Loud cheers . ) The working classes who could feel for and sympathise with their Irish bre . thren , must be op and doiag . With that view he had to submit the following petition : — -
To the Honourable , the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled . The petition , adopted by a public raeetingof the wotk > ing elatses of the metropolis , held at the National Hall , Holbotn , on Monday , Bee . 6 th , mi , Sbiweis , — That your petitioners belong to that class of the people , whose only property is labcrar , and who there . fotastuTer more from the imperfect legislation efyoor honourable house than any other das » iu the community . That yeur petitioners , in eemmoo with myriads ol their own order , both in this country and in Ireland , have been for sometime past , and are at present suffer , ing most severely from the effects of that depression ia trade , which kas-caused your honourable house to-assemble at this- unusual period of the year .
' That yew petitioners , considering It to be tho intention , as it is Manifestly the . duty of your honourable house to apply the wisdom ef yonr honourable bouse to a searching Inquiry into- the- causes which have pro duced so much wretchedness amongst your petitioners and their class ; and so much ruia and insolvency in the class immediately above them ; with a view , not merely t » provide a temporary expedient ; but as far as possible a permanent remedy ; your petitioners beg to call the attention of your honourable house to a mode of providing against future similar calamities .
' Ydur petitioners are of opinion , tbat any proposed effectual remedy , based upon the idea of a more extended foreign commerce will prove fallacious ; your petitions r being fully convinced from long experience , that one os the radicals defects of former legislation has been toof great a reliance upon that source of employment for the people , end teo little attention * to the profitable develepement of the internal resources of these islands ! your petitioner * being stiongly imbued with the convlc tion that , had tbia latter source received as much of the attention of your honourable house us the former , the United Kingdon would not now bo as it is , a reproach to those who hav » hitherto had the management of the affaire of this empire .
' Tbat your petitioners beg to call the attention of your honourable house to-the very unprofitable and 1 mpolUic manner in nbkb . the land of the country is ai . vifed : the great eiUatoi &&' farmi ) the tenure upon
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which they are held ; and the huigDlflcant amount of labour employed in their « oltlvation ; being in the opinion of your petitioners seme of the principal causes of that surplus labour which even , when trade is is it » most flourishing condition , is known to exist ia this conntry . 'That your petitioners do not ask your honourable bouse to Interfere with what aie called the rights of property ; but , they are of opinion , that it is the duty of your honourable boose to employ notional property in a manner th « most profitable to the natien ; and your pe . tltionew , therefore , remind yeur honourable house of the ten millioBi of acres' of common land originally granted for the espesial us ? of the common people ; nearly the whole of whloh has passed from the natron Into the hands of private individuals ; and thu » have the common people been deprived of the only heritage hft th « m by the wisdo * of their ancestors .
Thatyour petitioners are aware that the transfer of the common lands from the poor to the tloh , was madef ( r ^ KSostenslble purpose 0 * promoting the interests of the former ; as indeed are all' such measures which n * celve the sanction of your honourable house . . * That your petitioners cannot help stating to you * honourable house that in their opinion attactt of parliament which authorise , the enclosure of ewamoitland , a »* their appropriation to private and wealthy individuals , are aoU of spoliation aad fraud , and ought to be immel diately repealed , ' . * ° » r petition / 1 " are of obIbIod , that bad , these com-! mon Iahoibsen ' -retained by the state , aodleBsed to the werklngilasjeli ^ tf conrenitnt quBBtiaei , * n £ upon equitable termajiihewor *} padpgr ; ag applied to labourers would be comparativeiy noKnown ; ' and the term for the maintenance of the poor would not have been ; aslt is , a stigma to the institutions of the country ,
'That your petitieners have to complain that legisla . tlon for their class hitherto , " has been more to punish them for the infraction of laws made for the protection of property , than with a view to foster their in . uustry ; and your petitioners d » not bow approach your honourable house for the parpoae of requiring legiilative protyction for . their labour ; on the contrary , they are of opinion that labour , when free and nnre . atraiaea , can protect itself ; but your petitioners feel , that to talk to them about the freedom of labour whilst it » sphere is limited by the soil , is an insult , and caanot be likened unto anything more absurd , than providing a man with the necessary tools for the completion of a piece of work , and denying him tho material for such
purpose . ' That your petitioners feeling convince d that as long so many of them are depending for tbeir daily bread upon the uncertain and precarious commerce of the country , the casualties of which will subject them to periodical suffering , such aa they are at present enduring ; pray your honourable house forthwith to repeal all acts of parliament buthorising the enclosure of common lands ; and your petitioners are further of opinion that such lands should be / leased to the working classes upon such conditions as will remunerate the state , and upon such a tenure ai will secure the occupants from government interference .
That your petitioners call upon your honourable house to appoint a commission to inquire into , and report upon the date of each grant of common land ; and as nearly as possible , the amount expended by each of the present occupiers , in reclamation , improvement , &c . ; and ia each case wbere the amount bo expended exceeds the benefits derived , compensation to be made to the individual in possession ' . ' That your petitioners deeply sympathise with the de . plorable condition of their fellow subjects in Ireland ; and are of opinion that if the wisdom of yonr honourable house cannot devise , without delay , means of em . ploying the people , the fearful calamities of last year will recur with renewed intensity .
' That your , petitioners beg to remind your honourable house , that there are immense resources yet undeveloped in Ireland ; that among these may be numbered five millions of acreB of watte lands susceptible of cultl . vation ; tbat your honourable house has the power with , out injury to any party in the State , to reclaim this land and convert it into a rich national domain ; thus open , log up a profitable field of employment for the people ; the productions of which would insur * us against that famine and pestilence , which are desolating the labour , ing community of the Sister Island . ' That your petitioners would intimate to your honourable house , that the present is not the time to pursue a temporising policy ; we are in the midst of a crisis truly awful 1 . Justice oalls londly for sound , prompt , and sub-»» miM » 1 measures of relief at your hands ; jou bava in abttudaneo at you' disposal the means of granting such meaauten , uuu ( hereby preserving thousands of your fvllowcreaiures from untimely graves ! - ¦'
' In conclusion—vre implore with the fervencies of philanthropy t we call upon you with the solemnity of justice ; to prove your abilities to meet the exigencies of the times ; and for once to give your sanction to measures really beneficial to your poverty stricken and downcast fellow creatures , ' And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray , ' Here then , said the speaker , are the remedies we propose : —There were in Ireland five millions of acres of land called waste . At anch a crisis as the present , the people ought to be put in possession of that land . ( Loud cheen . ) If it were for a railway that land was required , private property would not stand in the way . ( Hear , hear . ) It would be taken , and the owntr compensated for it ; and why not so in the present case , when so many thousands are starving for the want of it ? ( Hear , hear . ) Why should not the parliament decree that those five millions of acres of waste lands were henceferth public property , devoted to the profitable employment of
the Irish people , ( immense applause , ( At fire acreB to a farm there would be one million ef profitable small farns , which let at the rent of one pound per acre , would produce a rental of five millions per annum to the governtatnt . Had not the practicability of such a scheme been fully illustrated by the working ef the glorious Land Plan , ( Great cheering . ) Yet with this fruitful dement of wealth lying idle , the Irish had beeu reduced to beg . gary—and had received alms from all nations ; evtn the black slave , who w « s denied the blessings of personal freedom , out of his stock of provisions , hadfurnished food for the poor , unfortunate , starving sons of Erin . ( Great applause . ) Heaven had been mocked , and Ireland insulted ; her soil had beeu fruitful , and her starving song had Been the fruits of their labours exported from her shores , to feed in luxury her wealthy absentees . Ireland ' s genial soil had now sent forth an abundant harvest yet behold her sons were again famishing for want . ( Hear , hear . ) He was one of those whe held the opinion that not a kat should leave England , bo long as there was a heal
without one—not a coat , so long as there was a back that required one ; and as regarded Ireland , not a potate or a pig should leave her shores , so long a * a single person on that soil was in need of either . ( Great applause . ) He had heard Free Trade eloquently advocated , but still ho believed that the Chartists were the only real Tree Traders , as they were for sweeping away those two great tax trapi—the Customs and Excise—and they were for trusting for a government revenue to a tax uponjthe land . ( Immense applause . ) He believed it was far better for them to trust to their own resources , to cultivate tbeir own soil , than to look to either Russia or
America Jor a breakfast ; as it would give employment to the poor , and spread the advantage of comfort and happiness from the labourer to all other grades of society . Then , be said emphatically , put the people on the land . ( Sreat cheering . ) And this was only calling on the parliament to do as act of justice . There was the land , and the petition clearly pointed out the means to effect that purpose . TVie speaker showed the immense quantity e-f land called Crown Land , and called on the meet , ing to adopt the petition . Mr M'Srath concluded an eloquent speech of great length , amidst enthusiastic and oft-reiterated applause .
Mr Jab . Gbasbby seconded the adoption of the petition , which was putand carried amidst tbeloudest aocla . matlons of themeetiBg . Mr Stallwood moved , — 'That the petition just adopted be signed by the chairman and forwarded to Mr O'Connor for presentation to the noose of Commons ;' which was seconded by Mr Almond and carried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced—E&NE 8 T Jones , who was received with protracted applause , aad after alluding to the benefits accruing te the causefrom such meetings , proceeded to move the fol . lowing resolution : —
• That whilst this meeting approves of every attempt to bring under the notice of parliament the immense social wrong to which tbepeopleare subjected ' and sym . pathise with every . effort made to remedy them , they are nevertheless , of opinion , that any reform short of that proposed by tho People ' s Charter will notse oure full and ample justice to all classes , and , therefore we pledge ourselves to ceaseless tfforts to obtain theenl actment of that document as the law of the land ' ' I look upon thU Hall , ' oontinued the speaker , « as a tribunal , and you ( addressing the meeting ) as a British jnry . Bstore you , then , as a humble advocate of the people , I arraign our governments of the design of dec ! . / he
mating people—that a few rich may reign over a nation * emaciated slaves . ( Cheers . ) Machinery 1 * rising ^ / perfection ana amount—deer parks and preserves are increasing—and new palaces and mansion * are insulting the jiisery of the people , Mark , then , the plan of aristocraoy : few hands will work their maohlnery and create their wealth ; few eyes suffice to watch their game , and tend their flocks ; let the milllonsemigra'elet the millions dial they are In the way—their numb rs are an obstacle , therefore , the aristocracy « f land and money slewly murders them , We are a commercial nr « tlon , they cry ; machinery will giva us wealth to buy our luxuries , —while famlae and emigration are temovii g opposition , ( Hear , hear and . cheers . ) \ will B 9 i
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SS * * 3 sarsv ; ts ^ r , SHa ?' " - " - ^^ 0 *^ % SSlriAfSlSri ' r <>™»™ ent had oriBin . < £ - ingth , most . kilfar «» a , arw t 0 ^ l 1 tfS J 8 . until , «» ast , one miKfon peri . hed of bonger „ n ^ yesr-wbile the fevers tricken emigrant ship and tha open grave awahed t&e survivors . ( Looa cheers ) The ipeaker next , , adverted to Scetiarf — ' anot showed how the clause had been decimate *—how „ the peasantry bad been evicted—their eottages aetnilly \ pnlJed down and their wheatflalds destroyed , thns tha \ ganeralrutn—and called upon his i ^ heareroto-Btem the-torrent of oppression , 8 nd at onca i \} - > manfully to say r 'Down Monopoly ! TeriBh Class \ fo Legislation ! 'The Charter and no Surrender ! ' ( Loud I \ cheering ) , But how are we to earn the Charter ! Not i \
by sitting still r JFot by patience and submission l . Rslly 5 your millions t Organise your movement ! ' Ton on . v tho million * are thero—and every man who > is injured ; ' V if he hat a aoul beyond slavery , will joto yonr tankr . - > , (¦ Hear , hear J Recreate your moral and physical force— . X the ono without the other is folly . Do not think I ex- ^ ft % , hortyouto yiolenc * . By no means . Breoftnolaw— R f ?^ transgress no » tatut » . But , if yon want to preserve ( he S X peace ^ -to prevent otrtrage—and repress violence , you mast ba . traeg enough-to-punUb those , who wouia commUlt . Rrtt awnred , . wbea a man is abont tojstrik * another—if on looking at that other he sees he is no , Digger and stronger than be , be will turn bis fist » n ; o in
ope » bB » d ^ Ba « Byj- ; j ;| ly ^ ear friena ! I wirt [ you a . very good morning . ' ( Lond eheers and laughter . ) ' Thus , when the little Whig pugilist on the Treasury Beach lord JohnjBussell , prepares ' to strike a blow at the Chartisti , if he finds they are strong enough to knookhim off his perch of plaee , pension and patronage , ten to one but what he throws np his cap and cries : ' Uhe Charter for ever ! ' ( Great applause . ) The gpeaker then al . ludid to the organisation of the metropolis and forcibly impressed on his hearers the necessity of watinga great movement in the very seat of aristocratic power " , —and in all peace and legal order , let them see what the Charter was from the windows of St Stephen ' s , Bock nghamv Palace and the Horseguards . ( Protracted cheering . ) Mr Tapps seconded the resolution which was carried unanimously .
Mr Locas , after paying aome high compliments to ) Julian Harney , as an old Chartist In the days of danger , moved avetBofthanksto the Chairman , which , was seconded by Mr Ernest Jones , and carried by occ ' aihation . The compliment having been acknowledged ^ threecheers were given for the Charter ; three for Irelina and Repeal ; tbrea for the Land ; and three for Feargu . 9 O'Connor , and the meeting was dissolved .
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Doncastbb . —At a meeting of the members oF the National Charter Association , at the hou ? e of Mr Thomas Phillips , OhurcWane , the following officertrM ? . * pp ° T" \ ted :-Th ( "nas Phillips , George Shillito . William Holland , Benjamin Armfield , John Grim ' shaw , Alexander Mason : John Bradley , treasurer P . Toden , secretary . It was resolved that the above committee lake steps to aid Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., to . proseoate the proprietors of the Manchester Examiner for the unjustifiablo attack upon his character . Meetings will be held every Monday evening , at the Barae ' time and place .
Lodohborouoh . —A petition has been forwarded from this place against the Irish Coercion Bill . Birmingham . —At a meetinjr held at the People ' s Hall , a petition against the Coercion Bill was adopted . Lbicbstbr . —At a meeting of the Leicester Chartists it was unanimously resolved to invite the working classes of the town nnd neighbourhood to unite in support of the Charter . Meetincs are held every Sunday morning , at half-past nine , at 30 , Somreygate . Stafford . —At a meetin ? , held at Mr Samuel Ward ' s , Grey Friars-place , Foregate , Richard Weston in the ohair , resolutions were ailopted , calling on the working classes to rally round the Chartist Association The following officers were elected : — John Ham ' s , trearurer : Johs Milnerand William
Watson , scrutineer *; and Joseph Cluitt , secretary . Meetings will be held every Sunday evening , chair to betaken precisely at seven o ' clock , at Mr John Ua . m «\ Eaatfc&te-itaeet , Stafford , when tiioae favourable to the Charter becoming the law : of the land , op wishing to join the Land Company are requested to . attend . " Mkbtbtb Trans . —A petition aeairrstthe Irish Coercion Bill has been adopted at this place and forwarded to Mr O'Connor for presentation S » uth LosDOff .-Mr Ernest Jones delivered aa eloquent , instructive , and soul-stirring lecture on the Charter , at the South London Chartist Hall , Tilackfriars-road , on Sunday evening last , December 5 th , to a large and respectable audience , after which a number of new members joined .
Warwickshire . — William Hosier , a Chartist , earnestly appeals to the" working classes of War * wicksnira . to arouse and share the efforts now generally making to organise a national movement for the Charter . Our correspondent says , — 'In ray humble opinion , we could form a sood district by the following places co-operatins : —Stratford , on-Avon , Warwick , Leamington , Kenilworth , Rugby , Bulkenton , Atherstone , Nuneaton , Bedworth , l ' oleshill , and Coventry . # Friends at the above places disposed to take the initiative will please correspend with Mr W Hosier , Coach and Horsea-yard , Much Park-slreet . [ What town . ' ] Plymouth . —A publio meeting was held atiho Me » chanics'Institute , on Friday , December 3 rd , to adopt a petition to parliament against the Coercion Rill
with which Ireland js now threatened . T ; Petrie took the chair . E . Robertson moved the fo'lowine resolution : — ' As the penal Iaw 3 of Grent Britain andlreland are sufficiently numerous and severe te punish crime , and as the recent outrages in Ireland arato be ascribed to systematic injustice on fhe part of the governing authorities , be it resolved , by this meeting , that no additional power ought to be con * ceded to the government by parliament , as Coercion Bills are the resource of tyrants , and eross violations of the liberty of the subject . ' Seconded by W . H . Tremain , and spoken to by Mr West . Carried with , only one dissentient . A petition on the above resolution was then adopted . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings .
BiLsioir . —Mr Linney , of the Malt Shovol , Bilston , ' returns his most grateful thanks for the very liberal support received at his tea party . Upwards of three hundred sat down to tea . An excellent ban d was ia attendance , and dancing was kept up till a late hour , when aUretued , expressing the greatest delight at the evenings amusement . Daddy Richard * lectured here on Sunday evening week , aad gave great satisfaction . 1 he petition against the Irish Coercion Bill has been numerously signed . _ Greenwich and Dkptfori > , December 5 tb " Char , tist Meeting Room , S 9 , Butcher . row DBptford . Mr Floyd in the chair . Mr Brewerton was deputed to wait on those gentlemen favourable to the discussion ot the Charter , to know if they would defrav half tha
expenses of the Hall , * f engaged for that " purpose . Mr Kydd is requested to inform his constituency , at Greenwich , when it is likely tbat it will be convenient for that gentleman to attend a public meet . Win the lecture hall . Tuevetmr 1 , Mr Paris , an old Scotch deraoprat , who is always first in the field paid in one shilling for the executive to renew the agitation for the Charter . Manchester . —At a special meeting of the South . Lancashire Observatioa Committee , it wbb unanimously resolved that a meeting of delegates from , all Chartist and Land localities- in Cheshire and South Lancashire be held on Sun < lav , Dec 12 th at the house of Mr Whittaker ( late BiWs ) . Tempe . Hotel 3 Great Ancoatsstreet
ranee . » , . . All the localities are requested to send answers by their delegates to the following proRosibions : — 'If the meeting jhould adbpt a system of county or local lecturing , are they prepared to carry oat and support the same ? What should be done to iherease the deposits in the Bank—thus enabling the directors to locate the members of the company speedily on the free labour soil of their fatherland ? Ilowahall wesid Mr O'Connor in parliament and in the law courts , in the righteous war he \ 8 waging against the enemies of the Land Plan and the people's wghts ? AIib the best means of supporting the Democrat newspaper ? ' Al ! arrears of levies are requested to be sent by the delegates to the forthcoming meeting . —By order of
committee . SotiTHAMPioii . -A delegate ^ meeting of the National Land Company was heldson Sunday , Novera . ber , 26 at the Blacksmith ' s Aflns , St Mary-street , when the following resolutions , were adopted : — 1 That ever member be requested to pay one penny per month to establish a lecture fund . ' That each delegate . bring bo ' ore his branch the necessity of agitating for the People's Charter , and getting signatures to the National Petition . ' « That each delegate recommend to big branch the ' necessity of getting up a petition for Frost , Williams , and Jone ? . * 'That a deputation wait on the Repeal Association to know whether they do intend to get up a petition against the Coercion Bill now before parliament . * That Mr Hill and Mr Goodman do form the deputition . ' A vote of thanks was passed to the' Titchfield delegate for his attendance , and 3 s . waapaidb ? km tQwwds the lecture fund , *
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Woodstock . —A Box Started to Death by bis Fathbb . —For some days past the most painful sensation has prevailed in this town , in consequence of a report which had been circulating , that a hawker , named John Huband , had starved his son ( a lad about twelve years of age ) to death . An inquest waa fceld on the body of the lad , when the following facts were elicited : —AnnCatlersaid she knew the deceased , and during the past fortnight he had complained of pains in his inside . A few days before his death he told witness that he had not hsd any food for several days , fie said there was plenty of Dread in the house , bnt tbat his father would severely beat and kickhim if he touched it . The father was in the habit ef
going out all day and night , and leaving the boy without any food ; he was also in the habit of beating the boy moat unmercifully . On Thursday last witness went to Huband's house . The boy was lying on some straw on the floor , and appeared to be dying-Witness teld his father that he had starved the child te death . Mr George Coles , surgeon , said that ob Thursday afternoon , in consequence of information which he received , he went to Huband ' s house , and saw the boy lying on the floor . He ( witness ) examined him , and considered he was suffering from
want ot sufficient food . On the following day the boy was taken to the workhouse , where he died the same evening . Witness did not order him any nourishment when he saw him , because hisfather haddocks and eggs in the house at the time . The cause of death was starvation . Several other witnesses deposed to the brutal and inhuman conduct of the father . It was also proved that he was in the habit of earning upwards of £ 1 per week . The jnry unanimously returned a verdict of manslaughter against John Huband , and the jnry made out a warrant for his committal to Oxford gaolto take his trial at the nextassizes .
Suicide ov a Giktleuam k ihs Hatuabkbt . — On Tuesday forenoon Mi Frederick Rowle , a gentleman occupying apartments at No . 7 , Haymarket , destroyed himself by cutting his throat , under the following circumstances : —The unfortunate gentleman had been occupying the apartment ! about a month , and from his habits , was supposed to be a gentleman of independent property . On Tuesday morning , abont nine o clock , as was his usual custom , he rang for his boots , intending , as was sup . posed , to go out . Shortly after , on the servant go * ing up with the boots , the unfortunate gentleman was found lying upon the floor with his head near . lj levered from his body . In his right hand was fir ^ l ] grasped araxor , the handle of which was fas ^ enei with tape , bo that it should not slip . Mr Whitr j , sui geon , of the Haj market , was immediately jn at tendance , but could render no assistance , the de ceased , in his opinion , baling been dead v . pwuda 0 half an . hourt
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1448/page/1/
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