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on that subject . It appeared to him that great injustice hadbeen done to the petitioners in this case , and it appeared to him also that the case of the corduroy trowsers Lad nothing whatever to do with the question before the house . They had- been told that the investigation of this matter by a committee was wholly needless . Uow , on the contrary , it appeared to him that a deal of information was yet wanted , if not for legislation within the walls of that bouse , at least for the purpose of influencing public opinion ont of doors , lion , members were bound to recollect that great numbers of the industrious population of this great town were employed in the very useful trade of bakers , and that theirs , as well as all other substantial "rievance ought to be looked into . He should most cordially support the motion . Mr . S . Cbawfohd thought that the house ou » hi not tp turn a deaf ear to such complaints ; " to should , therefore , vote for the motion of the noble lord .
Lord R , Geostexor , in reply , sai . l that the petitioners ought not to be held responsible for all that appeared in the paper to which the lion , member for Winchester referred ; for they , like himself , had probably no more connexion with id than arose from taking it in . The house divided , when the numbers were—For the committee 44 . Against it 00 Majority —id On the motion of Sir . E . Bclkelkt , a select committee was appointed to report upon all matfers connected with the contract for the conveyaucc of the mails between Kingstown and Holyhead , and other matters relating to the engagements enteied into by the Admiralty with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company . The amendments in committee of the Benefices in Plurality Bill , and other anienlments , were agreed to . *
The house adjourned at a quarter-past seven o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , May S . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —SiivE-Gnoirs Sugar . —Mr . F . O'Coxxoh said that , agreeing with the Ttmc 3 of that morning , that ' - ' forewarned is forearmed , " he beggedto put a question to the Secretary of State for the Home Iteparnnent , in order that all sides of the house might be "forearmed , " with regard to the subject to which he was going to refer . lie understood—though he did not say it upon an authority which the right hon . baronet
could not contradict—that it was the intention of the noble lord the Prime Minister , to make the proposition of the hon . member for South Esses ( Sir E . Buston ) a question of confidence or no confidence in the government . It was also rcmoured that a message had been sent from Downing-street to the ion . member for the West-Biding- ( Mr . Cobden ) , and the hon . member for Manchester ( Mr . Bright ) , requesting that they would not leave town for Manchester until after that question had been disposed Of . He wished to give the right hon . gentleman an opportunity of stating whether these rumours were well founded .
Sir G . Grey was not sure that he quite understood the question of the hon . gentleman . If the question was whether any private communication had passed between the noble lord the First Minister of the Crown and certain members of that house , that was a question upon which he could give the hon . member no information . ( Hear , hear . ) His noble friend was not in the habit of communicating to him the contents of his private letters . ( Hear , hear . ) He could only say that he had never heard of any communication of the kind referred to before . As to making the motion of ihc hon . member for -South Essex a vote of confidence , he had not even heard the subject mooted . ( Hear , hear . ) Irish Fisheeies Bill . —Mr . C . Axsiey moved the second reading of this bill , which was to consolidate or repeal the acts previously passed , and to assign to the Board of Works the supervision of all the fisheries on the coasts of Ireland .
Mr . Coxollt moved that the bill be read a second time that day sis months . Some discussion ensued , when the house divided For the second reading 37 Against it 197—160 . Mr . Lact moved the second reading of the Extramural Interment Bill . He argued at considerable length in favour of his measure , presenting as it did -considerable differences from the government proposition , founded upon the recommendation of the -Health Committee . The railways , he urged , presented facilities for the transport of the funeral cortejes , and would supply the means of enlarging the range of distance where cemetries could be constructed for the use of tho metropolis . The large area of ground required for the multitude of burials could thus be obtained at a cheaper cost , and with a better selection of localities .
Mr . Labouchekk moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . A division then took place , when the measure was negatived by a majority of 123 to 4 . —The house rose at six o ' clock .
( Ffom our Second Edition qflast iveehj THURSDAY , May 2 . , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Dcrr ox Attorxeys ' < 3 ebhficates . —Lord Robert Gbosyexoh moved the adjourned debate on the motion for leave to bring in a bill for abolishing the duty on attorneys' cert £ ficates . Sir Fbedebice Thesiger supported the motion for leave to bring in a bill , entering into elaborate statistics in its favour , and representing that the tax originated in a hostile spirit entertained against the lawyers .
__ The Chaxceiiob of the Exchequer did not consider himself bound to go into the detailed defence of a tax which he had not imposed , but found already upon the list of duties . Having , however , already removed as many taxes a 3 the state of the public revenue would permit , he should oppose the introduction of the bilL Many licenses to trade might , with plausible reason , be found fault with ; but if the practice of taxing such licenses were to be abolished , it must be done in whole , not in regard to individual items , and as that tax produced upwards of £ 1 , 000 , 000 annually , he could not afford to give it up . The house then divided , and the numbers
were—For the motion 155 Against it 136 Majority against government 19 Leave was given to bring in the bill . On the motion for goiag into committee on the County Court Extension Bill , Mr . Keogh moved that it be an instruction to the committee that the bill be extended to Ireland . Sir George GRETdid not think that this could well be done , but stated that the secretary for Ireland would shortly introduce a bill upon the subject affecting that country . He announced that it was not the intention of government to oppose what appeared to be the feeling of the house as to the extension of the jurisdiction of County Courts from claims of £ 20 to those of £ 50 . Mr . Keogh , under the circumstances stated , thought it would be imprudent in him to press his
motion . The house ihea went into committee . The discussion occupied the entire evening , and he house resumed at a quarter-past twelve . "
( From our Third Edition of last tveek . J FRIDAY , Mat 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —On the motion of Earl Grey , the Pirates Head-Money Bill was read a third time and passed ; and On the motion of Earl Ghaxvuxe , the Indemnity Bill was read a second time . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Factory AcT .-Lord Ashley , referring to a report that Her Majesty ' s government had some intention of proposing a scheme of their own respecting the Factory question , inquired of Sir G . Grey whether there was such intention , and , if so , whether he had any objection to give , in general terms , an outline of the scheme . Sir G . Grey replied , that after the acknowledgment made by Lord Ashley that he had experienced unexpected difficulties which had obliged
Mm to abandon the intention he originally enter tained , and topropose anewscheme , he ( Sir George ) had thought it to be his duty to lay before the house a plan on the part of the government , prepared after full consideration , which he thought consistent with the spirit of the existing act and which would carry out the object of Lord Ashley and be satisfactory to the great body of operatives He proposed , instead of the existing restrictions that the hours of labour should be between six in the morning and six in the evening on five days in tho week , or ten hours and a half a day , ( deducting an hour and a half for meals ) , and from six in the morning until two in the afternoon on Saturdays . This would give fifty-two hours and a half instead of fifty for five days , and on Saturday half an hornless than at present . The house then proceeded to the consideration of the Distressed Usioxs Ahvasces xsd Repaymest
of Advances ( Ireland ) Bill , as amended in committee . A further amendment , moved by Mr . Cleuexts , of a proviso to be added to the third clause ( which provided that the liabilities of districts shall be charged on the town lands by way of annuity : for forty years ) , that the annuity shall not exceed sixpence in the pound of the then net annual value of the rateable property , unless the debt would not tnereby be paid off in forty years , led to some Bteatfed ! . ' Upoa a dJraion the amendment was M £ w \ f ^ ™^ ^ - a 0 ° 3 e next pro-S comm ^ S C eratiOn of tm 3 Dmas amended cbute wX ' $ !¦ Tl "F ^ endment in the sixth <** « the iSififfirs tss ? S
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borou « hs ° nStitUenCy > and dhniai 8 h tboso of ^ Lord Casilerbagh said he did not wish to see a great extension of the franchise . He desirfid to see monarchical institutions prcserved . infhiicountry - ( near , hear )_ but he did not wish to see a free ° ? W ° social rePaWie established . (« Oh , oh !" and "Hear , hear . " ) He was for a foil-andfair representation of the people , but at tho same time he thought what was called a full and fair representation of the people might be carried too far . ( Hear , hear . ) He saw tho hon . member for Oldham ( Mr . w . J . Fox ) in his jlace , and he would read a few words which that hon . gentleman had addressed to the National Reform Conference . He
said "he considered the extension of the suffrage , vote by ballot , the payment of members , and the re-distribution in the proportions of electoral districts , as all of them mere machinery , and not ends , which any rational man would think worth spending his time upon . In the accomplishment of these objects tiiey should still keep in view their great ultimate object , which ho would not hesitate to call a ' social revolution . '" ( Hear , hear . ) By " social revolution , " he ( Lord Castloreagh ) supposed the hon . gentleman meant a socialist revolution . ( " No . no , " and a cry of " Read on '" He certainly found that the hon . member afterwards said he wished to see our institutions preserved . ( Cheers . ) Let them by all mean 3 get a full
representation of the people , but let them be careful not to be led away by such doctrines as those laid down by the hon . gentleman , ( near , hear . ) Mr . W . J . Fox did not know where the noble lord had found the report of his speech to which he had referred , but he thought that of the few sentences which he had quoted , there was one that contained quite enough to show what he meant by the term " social revolution . " ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Fox ) had clearly and full explained that it was not a revolution which had anything to do with bloodshed , plunder , or the destruction of venerated and useful institutions , the re-distribution of property , or any such absurdities —( heav , hear )—but that by a social revolution he meant a change which should
put talent , integrity , and legitimate influence in the place of corruption and of intimidation in the representation of tho people in that Itouse . ( Cheers . ) The word " social" had been laid hold of , and , as far as it could be done , it was laid hold of to give it the form which had just now been affixed to it . He had no hesitation , however , in repeating that he did desire to see such a social revolution as he then described , a revolution which should put talent and honesty and ability in their proper place , and give them their proper influence . ( Hear , hear . ) He saw nothing in this for which he needed to make any excuse or apology . ( Hear , hear . ) The sentiments and the language he was ready to . repeat there ; and in consistencv with the
principles he had advocated he should , as one desirous to see the suffrage both in this and the sister country extended to the very greatest degree that it could be , consistent with order or utility support the amendment now before the house ( Hear . ) Mr . O ' Coxxor said that he rose not to apologise for , or to explain , or qualify the speech of the hon . member for Oldham , delivered at the recent Conference . He bad heard that speech not only with pleasure , but with pride and delight . ( Hear , hear . ) It is true that the hon . gentleman did advocate social and democratic principles ; so did he ( Mr . O'Connor ) , but it was also true , that the definition of those social and democratic principles given by the hon . member for Oldham was , to base popular
rights upon national instruction and knowlege . ( Cheers . ) He did applaud revolution , it was true , hut the revolution he applauded was , the contest of education and knowledge against bigotry and superstition ; and that . ' revolution he ( Mr . O'Connor ) also supported ; but the noble lord had stated , that the effect would be—or rather proposed to be—was to relapse from monarchy to democracy . For himself , he not only admitted , but boasted that he was a democrat .- He would remind the noble lord , that a greater change had taken place in the mind of this country within the last ten years , than had occurred within the preceding century . He now warned the ministers , and that side of the house , that if the rights for which that mind legitimately contended were withheld , it would look for something more . ( Hear , hear . )
The Court of Chancery ( Ihelaxd ) Bill . —The House then resolved itself into committee upon this bill , the details of which occupied the rest of the evening . The other orders having been disposed of , the house adjourned at half-past twelve o ' clock .
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THE HONESTY FUND . TO MR . RIDER . Sir , —We enclose a Post-office Order for £ 2 , towards defrajing the expenses of Mr . O'Connor's late trial . We have long been the admirers of democracy , and supporters and advocates of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , believing that those principles are the divine rights of man . Such being our opinions and feelings , we have watched , with critical exactness , the career of our friend and champion , Fcargus O'Connor , Esq . ; and we believe , not only in his " unimpeachable honesty and integrity , but that all the persecutions and prosecutions he has endured from the higher and middle classes , and from our . own order , Gave been the result of his uncompromising attachment
to the rights of labour , and of his eloquent and sublime exposures of the tricks and plans which the profitocracy adopt , to make inroads upon our rights . There is no wonder that these precious parties should unite and combine for the purpose of crushing the exertions of such a persevering patriot ; but we hope and believe that a kind and beneficent Providence will lengthen out his days , so that he may live to see the fruition of those philanthropic schemes which he has so ably inculcated upon the public mind . These are the sentiments of a few of the Old Guards , who lament to see such apathy in their ranks , towards one of their most distinguished advocates . On behalf of the Heckmondwike Chartists , I remain , yours , CnARLES HrXCHCLIFFE .
' TO PEARGUS O ' COXXOB , ESQ ., M . P . My bear O'Coxxor . —Excuse me , humble and illiterate as I am , in attempting to address you my feelings overcome me , or I would not . I have read the proceedings of the late trial between job and Mr . Bradshaw , of Nottingham , in the Star and other papers , and I confess I never read of a more unjust judge , prejudiced jury , and perjured witnesses in my life . I read Mr . Sweet ' s letter in the Mar ,-and thank him for his manliness . The evidence of Mr . Edward Ross , of Nottingham , was utterly fake , inasmuch as he said he heard Mr O Connor speak in Nottingham market-place at the election , andsay " He ( Mr . O'Connor ^ could ™ f . all
tne tond members on the land in six years , if he was elected . Now , what reasonable man could suppose you could put them on the land any sooner , thoVh jou were elected ? Did they suppose that money would jump into your pocket by magic ? I heard you deliver the same speech above mentioned , but I heard no such words fall from your lips . This I heard you say : I could put all the members on the land m six years if I had the money , for I could as easily build 1 , 000 cottages in a year as 100 . Now , this idward Ross was a member of the Framework Jvmtter 3 Committee , endeavouring to elevate them in the scale of society , while he allowed himself to be made a tool of by Bradshaw against a whole nation—for Mr . O'Connor ' s cause is a nation ' s cause . If the welfare of England had depended on
tnis gentleman ' s evidence , false as it was , and sunk an mnocent and oppressed people still deeper in the depths of misery , their curses light upon him . fair , I subscribe my mite weekly towards the expenses incurred by the action , and I shall continue to do so until the wh » le debt is paid , and then 1 will not forsake you . Even your bitterest enemies are obliged to say , your character is unimpeachable ; and from this I am the more wedded to you and will forsake you never ! never !! never !! ? Yours in the cause of Liberty , Carlton . Samuel Hudson .
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MEDALS OF JAMES MORISOK , . HYGEIST , AND GREAT MEDICAL REFORMER , Mny DEhaa of all the A » eats for the sale of Morison ' s Pills . PRICE OXE SHILLING EACII . In Bronze , 10 s . Ca . ; in Silver , ' 11 . ; in Gold , 181 . JAMES MORISON the ttt -p i , r ,,,., Hygeist proclaimed—THE IMMORTAL lstly . ^ That the vital printti -a rr t , it CI P ' * * he blood . , HARVEY 2 ndly .-That all diseases PTncinT-im ^ aiise from impurity of "the l lvOCLAlMED THE Mood . CmciTTiTTriv m n-r 3 rdly . — That such im-UUUjLATIOS OF THE purity can only be eradi-Tunrvn rated by a purgative such as BLOOD . Morison ' s Vegetable Universal Medicine of the British College of nealtli , Newroad , London . - 4 thly . _ That the deadly poisons used as medicines oy the doctors are totally Tiuneccssaiy in the cure of diseases . "
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SOUTH LONDON QHARTISLH ^ LL ., ? J The third of a Berie ^ ojMmeeting ' g , cohyen " ed under the au spices oftffe : 'Provisional' Committee ' of IHe National Charter Association , was ; held on-Monday evening , May 6 th , and , notwithstanding the extreme wetness of the evening , the Hall was numerously attended . Mr . Edward Miles was unanimously called to the cbair and said , their object was not so much to denounce thrones , mitres , and titles as to advocate and demand their social rights—the full reward of their industry .. Now , some had talked of a union or alliance between the working and middle classes , but it seemed to him impossible ; for never bad tbe working classes sought the social amelioration of their wretched condition in the least degree , than they found those men their bitterest opponents .
( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Miles read an extract from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday , May 2 nd , denun ciatory of Universal Suffrage , demanding a limitation of the Suffrage in France , calling all who had voted for Eugene Sue mob and cannaille , and avering that the " respectable" portion of society must be protected from them . This , said Mr . Miles , is a representative of 4 he liberal interest . Unite with the middle classes—what , unite with the opponents of the Ten Hours Bill—the oppressors of journey , men bakers—the destroyers of the industrious needle women—with men who revel in the riches and wealth wrung from the sweat , blood , and bones of factory women and children ? Never , never , never . ( Loud cheers . ) Let the working classes but cordially unite , and they could and would effect their own independence . ( Hear . )
Mr . D . W . Ruffy , amid loud cheers , came forward to move the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the landed resources of this country would , if properly cultivated , produce , for the whole of its inhabitants , a sufficient supply of the necessaries of life ; and that any system of legislation which will suffer the land of a country to be locked up In the hands of a few , or to lay waste , and , at the same time , confine the able-bodied labourer in workhouses ( more properly styled bastiles , ) and suffer the streets to swarm with pauperism , crime , and prostitution , cannot have any sympathy or regard for the working classes . This
meeting is , therefore , of opinion , that as the land was never given to any man , or body of men , but , for the benefit of all , it pledges itself to aid , by all the means in its power , to secure the land as national property ; likewise the just political rights to every man , as laid down in the People ' s Charter , fully assured that when every individual possesses those rights , the present degrading and disgrace , ful system of society must cease to exist . " Mr . Ruffy said , the wretched social condition of the working classes had called them together , and the natural question was , " What shall we do to be saved ? " He believed there was no salvation for
workingmen , but through their own resources —( hear hear)—and as they struggle for the Charter , let them inquire what their social ri ghts were . Political rig hts meant the suffrage , and social rights possession of , and a right use of the land and its resources . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution he had submitted very properly embodied them both . They were told that the middle and upper classes laboured ; yes , they did , but it was to accomplish the misery and wretchedness of the working classes . The land and its resources , when cultivated by their labour , contained sufficient for all , if the product was only justly distributed . ( Cheers . ) The principles of the resolution asserted a great truth , namely : that the
producers of wealth are not in tbat position , which niture in her wisdom designed they should be . ( Hear , hear . ) But their sapient Legislators , instead of endeavouring to better the position of the industrious classes , are congratulating her Majesty on the birth of another Prince . ( Hear , hear . ) In another country , Eugene Sue had been elected by Universal Suffrage , and the middle classes and wealthy classes consequently were conspiring to put down Universal Suffrage . He trusted the schoolmaster had been too much abroad in France to permit the conspiracy to be successful . ( Applause . ) Englishmen are told they are " freeborn men , " and that they are a loyal people , and love the laws by which they are
governed ; but , do they ? ( Cries of " No , no , no . " ) They were free to exist by labour , if they were permitted to toil , and if they were not , to enter the Poor Law bastile , or perish by ttie way-side , as thousands were daily doing . ( Hear , hear . ) This was not in accordance with the doctrine laid down by the great Nazarine reformer ; no , for he held that Christianity was both Chartism and Socialism—( cheers)—and , in the book called Holy , they were told to go forth , without staff or scrip , to preach the glorious principles to all the world . ( Cheers . ) Once understanding them , he thought it would then be suffi . cient for the masses to say they were determined to possess them . The middle classes had invoked their
aid in repealing the Corn Laws , and told them they would aid them .. Had they done so ? They had also told them of the great advantages to be derived from a repeal of the Corn Laws , but the working classes had not found : them it had caused increased competition—raore . work to be done for less wagesand what did it matter if bread was a penny a loaf , if the people had not a penny to get it ? ( Hear , hear . ) He knew that government clerks , sinecurists , pensioners , &c , had benefited ; but it had not benefited persons whose incomes were not fixed ; and the remedy for the working classes wrongs lay much deeper ; if their grievances were to be proved , it would be necessary to carry into practice the principles
contained in the resolution . ( Cheers . ) If the middle classes wanted their aid , they must first permit them to staHd by their side &i brethren ; having done that , then would they march with them , and , with a union of energy , attack and bring down the citadel of corruption ( Loud cheers . ) In allusiou to the public meeting held on the previous Wednesday at the National Hall , Holb 6 rn , he held in his hand the verbatim copy of a letter signed " Philip M'Grath , " addressed to a person in the county of Darby , in which Mr . M'Grath designated the ' men who afldressed the meetings at John-3 treet as " Atheists , Socialists , Chartists , and Tories , who desired and conspired to crush Mr . O'Connor . " The reading of the letter called down the ire of the meeting on the head of the writer . Mr . Ruffy asked , who were they who desired to crush Mr . O'Connor ? ( Cries of
" none none . " ) No ; all admired Mr . O'Connor for what he had done , and all they desired was , that he should mix with the veritable Chartists , the thorough democrats . ( Applause . ) Clark , M'Grath , andDixon , appeared to thiuk themselves to be the aU-and-all-of Chartism . In their conception , they were "The men of England ; " but perhaps he might be excused for only looking at them as the " Three tailors of Tooleystreet . ( Laughter . ) However , they were members of the late Conference , held at Crosby Hall ; but when Mr . Reynolds manfull y brought forth his resolutions they were nowhere , and it was left for a Mr . Leblond—all honour to him—to second them . If they wished to gain the objects put forth in that resolution they must lcok to their own order . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Brisck , in seconding the motion , said , it was to be regretted that they had no press to represent their interest . ( Cries of "Yes , one . " ) He ( Mr . Brisck ) would like them to name them . ( Shouts of " the Northern Star . " ) He ( Mr . Brisck ) differed with them ; the Northern Star did not x t \ resent them ; he would illustrate his argument : his , trade , the cigar makers , had a strike , and held a public meeting in consequence ; they sent notice to the Northern Star , but the reporter did not attend and no notice was taken of it . Mr . Brisck then briefly snppprtcd the motion , and resumed his seat .
Mr . StAllwood rose and said , after what had fallen from Mr . Brisck , he felt bound to say a few words in repl y . He contended that the Northern S / ar had fairl y reported the working classes . He had been , for upwards of seven years , the reporter for that journal , and could safel y say , that during that period never had notice reached him in time of any trade meeting but he had attended and reported their proceedings ; for the truth of this he could fearlessl y appeal to shoemakers , carpenters , tailors , bakers , &c . ; and he would appeal to Mr .
Hanley , whom he saw present , if it was not so . ( Mr . flanley , "Yes . " ) Now , as regards the cigar makers , how his friend , Mr . Brisck , could have fallen into such an error he could not conceive Why , the meeting to which Mr . Brisck had alluded wa 3 held at the Hall of Science , City-road , at a late period of the week , and he ( Mr . Stallwood ) had attended and taken a long report of Mr . Brisck ' s speechbut in consequence of the late period of the week at which the meeting was held , and the press . of matter , only the resolutions and the speakers names appeared in the last edition of the Northern Star .
Mr . Brisck , I had forgotten when I spoke that Mr . Stallwood did attend , and that" the resolutions were inserted . I admit it was bo . ( Laughter , avid ' applause . ) . _ Mr . W . Davis eloquently supported the resolution . as did also Mr . W . Clifton , late of Bristol . The resolution was then carried . A . unanimous V m ° !! r f - # t 0 the Chairman , and the meeting termbatea , .. ' ,
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rrHElmTEIlNAL DEMOCRATS . above' body ' , '"^ as ' he ! ' ** tlie Literary and Scientific Institution ^ . John ^ street , Fitzroysquare , ' on Tuesday evening , May the 7 th , to congratulate the Democratic Socialists of France on their recent electoral triumphs in the departments of tho Seino and Saone-et-Loire . ' ¦¦ ,, , Mr . D . TV . Ruirr was unanimously called
to the chair , and said : they had mot for the purpose of rejoicing at the success of the Proletarians of France , and to lot their tyrants know that they sympathized with their continental brethren ; and to let the tyrants here also know that they avo detested . ( Hear , hear . ) Tho chairman road a protest , sent by Mr . T . Clark—the reading of which was greeted with hisses and derisive cheers ; and also the following apology for non attendance of Mr . G-. TV . M . Reynolds : —i
Newspaper and Miscellany Office , 7 , Wellington-street North , Strand , May 7 th , 1850 . ' . Mr Dear Citizen , —I deeply regret that I shall be unablt to attend the meeting at John-street thin evening . Press of business alone prevents mo : and I regret this the more , because it would have given ma such infinite delight to meet tho real veritable democrats for tho holy purpose of celebrating tho glorious triumph of our principles in France , in the election of Eugene Sue . I beg to forward a guinea towards the funds of the Fraternal Democrats ; and 1 hope the meeting will be a bumper . I remain , my dear citizen , yours faithfully and fraternally , George W . M . Heynoldj . T » the Chairman . Ac . itc .
The reading of this letter was greeted with loud cheers . The chairman then introduced Mr C 4 ermd Massby , who was much applauded , and said , when the tyrants bound old G-alileo to the stake for saying the world revolved round the sun , he winced ; but when the cords were unloosed , he exclaimed : — " It does move for all that ; " and notwithstanding all that modern tyrants could inflict—progress moves for all that . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Massey then moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting recognizing tho fraternity of nations' as no vain phrase , but a vital and eternal fact , and considering that a conquest gained by the people of one country is a victory for the
people of every other land , hails with exultation the triumphs of the French Democracy , in the elections of the 10 th of March , and 28 th of April . And this meeting , regarding the preservation of Universal Suffrage as the great bulwark of the French Republic , and guarantee for universal , political , and social progress , trusts that the French people will defend their natural and constitutional rights by any , and every means , agaust the dark designs and atrocious projects of the royalist and money-mongering conspirators who aim , through the destruction of Universal Suffrage in Frauce , at the prolongation of the slavery and misery of tho people of all nations . " Mr . Massey said
" Freedom f » rges her links from adrerse fates ;" The hypocritical tyrant the Pope , had come back , but freedom should come for all that . ( Hear , hear . ) In Paris , Leclerc , whose only claim to the suffrage was , that in June , 1848 , he had fought against the people—had been defeated by the Socialist-Democrat , Eugene Sue . ( Great applause . ) The middle classes of France were like tho Cobdens of England , in favour of unlimited competition , which meant everything for those who had the power to take , and nothing for those who produce , and yet are powerless . The next revolution would strike at the root of the Upas
tree . ( Loud cheers . ) ' Socialism had begun to make its way in England ; but capitalists said there are not means enough to employ all , but they forget that there's the laud in , prospective . They call the People canaille , but he would remiud them of "what the Honourable Sidney Smyth had written on that subject . [ Mr . Massey recited passages from Mr . Smyth ' s Poem , amidst great applause . ] The first French revolution had doubtless done its work , and so did that of 1830 , but it was only to raise the bourgeoisie a step higher . That of 1848 brought power to the people , whilst the insurrection of June was the commencement of
tho industrial struggle , when tho proletarians exclaimed , " If we cannot live working we will die fighting ; " and he repeated , the next revolution would strike at the root , and- establish the rights of industry . ( Immense cheering . ) The proletarians had this consolation in their struggle—if they do not make their condition better , it cannot be much worse . How long would Englishmen continue to erect palaces and live in hovels ? Would they ever consent to be pauper slaves , and continue to
11 Rattle their bones over the stones , Being only paapers wh » m nobody owns ?" A celebrated Spartan once caught a mouse , and it bit his thumb so severely that he set it free , when he exclaimed : "Thank Heaven there is no animal so contemptible but may gain its liberty , if it will only contend for it . " ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . W . Davis , in seconding tho resolution , said he was sure thore was not a man in that assembly but felt himself exalted by the return / of Eugene Sue . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Serle—tho " Caustic" of the Dispatch—at tho National Hall , had said he rejoiced in tho return of Eugono Sue ; but not on account of Socialism or Communism , but because of its being an exhibition of the loyalty of the people to the Republic . But he ( Mr . Davis ) looked at it in
a different way . Ho looked at it as a protest of the workmen against the rampant tyranny of capital . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho thought it would bo wollif a good understanding prevailed amongst the Proletarians of the whole world . In fact , - ho wished that a universal language prevailed . Mr . Davis said this was the first meeting of tho Fraternal Democrats he was ever present at . He was pleased with their earnestness , and hoped that tho day was not far distant when kings and queens would bo unknown . ( Applause . ) Mr . W . Cooper' said , one of the speakers had wished a universal language prevailed ; and this meeting exhibited its love of universality . The Fraternal Democrats , too , exclaimed , "Tout all men are brethren . " It had been said , the French were their natural enemios ; but it was not so . Robert Sicolhad very properly
said—. " Never ask whether a man be a Christian or'Jow , If ho be buthoncst and true . " The pross said tbe people were vulgar and brutal . It was well to acknowledge that ignoranco hail caused them to hunt down some of the best men that had ever lived . Robert Burns had said , "I admit the ignorance , but what of tho learned ignorant ? " ( Loud cheers . ) Tho " learned ignorant " had handed over tho people to thoso spiritual policemen , the priests , who had kept them in darkness , and then said they were unfit for the exercise of power . ( Hear , hear . ) It was high time that knowledge was acquired ; but that knowledge ; ras a
knowledge 6 t their nature—of science—and , especially of their own hearts—a knowledge to extend their rights and liberties . ( Cheers . ) Let them never forget the article in tho Advertiser : T . bat paper wns , designated tho "tap tub ; " and , remember , if th e pooplc ceased to use tho "tap , " the " tap tub" must cease to exist . But , after all , these charges against the masses , the working pooplo wero the sourco of a nation ' s greatness . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 ho Groat Teacher of tho World had put matters on their proper footing when he said , — " Ho who will not work , neither shall ho eat , " ¦ But the needlewomen—who wero their mothers and sisters
-did " Stitch , stiteh , stitch-Till their fingers were weary and worn , " and yet they were clothed in " unwomanly rags . " No wonder the people should bo ignorant when such writers as Mr . Serle—the Caustic of the Dispatchhad dared to call tho bravo men , who , in their blouses , covered with blood and dust for threo nights , protected tho property of their oppressors" Cannaillo , the rabble of the gutters of Pans , &o ., but he cared not for the sneer of a hireling press . Ho liked tho people , and ho liked his . country . Ho nmilrl tievm-foi-ffofc that this was the land of Chaucer ,
Spenceri Milton , Shelly , and Burns . ( Loud cheers . ) Then lef them purify their souls by drinking deeper at the fountain of those glorious spirits ; so should genuine freedom progress , democracy flourish , Socialism abound , and then , when they died , thoy wouldibo cheered with tho consolation , that they left the world a muohbettor place than they found it ; ( Tremendouscheering . ) . ... Br ioNTEitRE O'Bkien came forward , loudly applauded , to support the motion , and said , after the poetic fire of Walter' Cooper it required some little courage - to address them , especially as ho was a plain prose man . / He agreed with " Walter Cooper ' that hiqu wero . tlio ^ ausQ of jauo ^ of , th . ejr owa
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misery ; but he did not think this the time to allude to that , when the middle classes of Franco were about to . commit ono-of , tho most atrocious crimes . They ^ ero there" to aid ih '" p " foventing' the ; middle classes from putting ; down ' democracy all' ovor Europe , and to congratulate'their brave Parisian neighbours on their'febent victory ; but in some week or ton days hence , they might hear of the capital of France being deluged with tho blood of these bravo men . The press admitted , that a more peaceful election had never occurred in England , than that which had just terminated in the election of Eugene Sue ; but no sooner had the result ef this election transpired , than tho President called the heads of all parties together , to consult on what wore the best means for destroying the Constitution
of tho Republic . Now , were he ( Mr . O Bnen ) and tho pcoplo . td conspire to put down the English Constitution , they would be handed over to the laws for prosecution , and tho press would demand tho sacrifice of their Iive 3 on tho scaffold —( cheers)—but in this matter of the French Republic tho press abets tho conspirators . They might depend upon it , that should tho conspirators go on with their diabolical design , all France would run with human gore—every village , city , town , and hamlet , would become scenes of blood and fire —it was threatened already . The brave French people rather than bo robbed a third time of the fruits of their Republic , would set fire to the property of tho rich throughout the country . ( Cheers . ) This was against his pvinciplcs ; but a French
evening paper , had dared calling the people—the 128 , 000 who had voted for Eugene Sue—Cannibals , and had said , " if they remained in their lair they must bo extinguished , and if they came out thoy must be cut to pieces . " If they resolved on such a course as this , then should ho say , such a contemplated wholesale coldblooded butchery of the people would justify tho deeds ho had alluded to , and he should glorify the act . ( Tremendous and long continued cheering . ) There were two millions of men in France who understood their social rights , and were determined not to bo put down by a set of fellows with quills behind their ears . What were the acts of petty criminals , who sacrificed their lives iu expiation of their offences , when compared
to those monster criminnls who took the land from the people , and thereby destroyed thousands of lives by hunger , created misery and discontent , and then hired assassins to murder them ? Yefc these fellows dared to deny the right of tho people to a vote ! Why , so help his God , the people had one thousand times a better right to vote than any of these fellows could make out for themselves , rroudnon ' s paper had told the National Assembly that if it destroyed Universal Suffrage it sanctified the right of insurrection ; and since that period , La Voix du Peuple had never been allowed to appear—it had been suppressed , and ho believed that all the papers , with the exception of a government one , would be muzzled . Look at that crow of Mlows who had met at . Crosby Hall , with their hypocritical pretence of respect and sympathy for the working
classes , yet refusing to receive deputations from the National Charter Association and National Reform League-the cheese-paring , candle-end saving , long hour exacting set of devils ! ( Laughter . ) Humphrey Parry said , " They did not sit there to hear Chartism or Socialism . " Joseph Hume , too , had said , ' If the Ten Hours Bill passed , it would interfere with the sacred ri ght of capital . " Such wore their Political and Financial Reformers . These were fair specimens of tho middle classes of all nations ; but when theso men came amongst them , lot them bo at once told they only represented the fag-end of capital . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them ( the meeting ) not bo diverted from their purpose , but push onward for their political and social rights . ( Great cheering . ) The meeting was then addressed Mr . J . J . Bezeb and Mr . Lexo , after which
Julian IlAnNEy who , on coming forward to speak in support of the resolution , was received with the most hearty cheering , said , that too often they had had to meet to express sympathy for tho defeated friends of freedom—to offer consolation to the exiled and dungeoned champions of liberty—and to pay homage to tho memories of the sainted martyrs who , overpowered by their enemies , had laid down their lives on the scaffold , and sealed , with their blood , their devotion to the great principle of equality . Now they had assembled under happier auspices—to congratulate the democracy of France on their glorious victories in the elections of the 10 th of March and the 28 th of April . ( Cheers . ) The Red Republicans of the Saone efc Loire , who
had returned the whole of their candidates , in the March election , by a majority of 14 , 000 , had repeated their victory by an immensely increased majority , ( Applause . ) The majority in tho A * embly having , by a factious vote , uuseatcd tho representatives for that department ; the insult thereby given to the people , bad put them on their mettle , and the result had been seen in tbe triumphant re-election of tho Red candidates by a majority of 24 , 000 votes . ( Great applause . ) The election of Eugene Sue was another glorious victory . ( Renewed applause . ) They would remember the desperate efforts made by the Ordermongers to prevent the election of Carnpt , Tidal , and Do Flotte . They broke up the electoral meetings of the people ,
prosecuted their journals , and calumniated their candidates . Carnot was painted as tho apostle of ignorance ; Yidal as the advocate of spoliation ; and De Flotte as the incarnation of anarchy and bloodshed . But intimidation , persecution , ' and calumny all failed , and the chosen men of the people were elected . ( Cheers . ) The atrocious tactics of the Ordermongers were employed with increased violence on the occasion of the election of the 28 th of April . Without waiting for the passing of any law , the Government prohibited the electoral meetings of the democrats—prohibited tho sale of all journals in opposition to the ruling powers—expelled from Paris numbers of unfortunate men whose only crime was the want of employment—and , lastly , set all
their hireling scoundrels in the press to write down the character of Eugene Sue . He included in this list of hireling scoundrels the writers in the English daily papers , who had also joined in the canting howl against Eugene Sue on the alleged immorality of his writings . Without pretending to a very intimate acquaintance with tho writings of tbat popular author , ho ( Mr . Ilarncy ) would venture to affirm that there was more real immorality in a singlo page of the Times than in all the writings of Eugene Sue put together . ( Cheers . ) The immorality of the Times and such papers consisted not merely in ' giving columns upon columns of tho filthy details of disgusting trials—though that was bad enough—but what was of more importance , in
giving support to a system which was the main creator of immorality . What could be moro immoral than- day by day to labour by lying and slandering to maintain the ascendancy of the enemies of humanity , and to destroy the friends and champions of justice ? ( Applause , ) Most likel y Eugene Sue was like all other writers—not faultless . buthedeserved the approbation of tho suffering millions of overy land , were it only for his enuncia ^ tion of the great truth , that "No one has a right to superfluities while others want the necessaries of life . " That principle was as good for England as for Franco —( hear , hear)—and he ( Mr . Hiirney ) would go further , and say that those who at present enjoyed superfluities had no right even to the
necessaries of life . ( Renewed cheering . ) Unless a man added to the common store he had no right to take from that store ; and he would tell tho readers of tho Times , that thousands , and ten 3 of thousands in England , were inspired with tho same conviction ( Continued cheering . ) Well , notwithstanding terrorism and calumny — notwithstanding the devilish doings of that wretch , Carlierf who deserved to swing on a gallows as hi » h as that on which Ilaman was hanged , Eugene Sue was triumphantly elected . ( Great cheering . ) This popular victory had driven the Ordermongers to avow their determination to destroy Universal Suffrage . . It was a great fact , that tho rich were always either tyrants or robels . In this country
they professed to monopolise all loyalty , and at the Mansion Houso they stuffed and guzzled to testify their attachment to tho Queen . But let Queen Victoria show herself able and willing to take the lead of the great body of the people , in their pursuit of equal rights and equal laws , and forthwith the loyalty of the loyalists would evaporate . They would rebel against both Queen and people . So in Franco , as long as the rich believed thoy could turn . Universal Suffrage to their own account they professed loyalty to the Republic ; but now they found the people determined to exercise tho Suffrage for their own protection , the traitors threw away all disguise , and avowed themselves in rebellion against tho Constitution . ' After , the election of
the first Assembly , the second Assembly , and that of the "Special " 'President , the enemies of democracy chuckled over the foll y of the people , and hugged themselves with tho belief , that under cover of Universal Suffrage they mi ght establish a more grinding tyranny than had ever before existed . Awakened trom that delusive dream thoy were now iunous for . the destruction of Universal Suffrage , los , the defenders of " Law and Order" were conspiring to subvert the law , and plunge France into he anarchy of a frightful civil war . II 0 must venvnJr t a , tr oclou V vord , in which tho conspirators a \ owed their dark and damnable designs Tbe Patnesaid , <• We rq surrounded by cannibals . If ¦ hey ¦
remain in their lair they must bo ' eabufrMed « they come out they must be CUT TO . PIECES !" . 7 tno" cannibals" were meant the working mentne democracy—and this miscreant advised / that if they remained quiet they were to bo extinguished , -hat is , deprived of the Suffrage , and condemned to hopeless political and social slavery . If , on the other hand , thoy dared to defend their sacred right —a right guaranteed by tho . Constitution—then they wero to bo cut to pieces—murdered by wholesaleconsigned to pitiless massacre . ( Expressions of horror . ) He said tho ^ ebple of Paris wou ld be justified in destroying the offloe of the Patrie , razing tho house to the ground , and tearing , limb from limb , the writer qC tto Rtrooiovia wda he . tad . repeated
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( Great cheering . ) There was nothinTT ^ 55 putable than that tho Constitution ;^ ,, Wo Wdij , the French ^ people Universal ftSff ^ lJ stitution declared that the Suffrage -J }^ universal and direct , enjoyed by aH men Te t uld h one years of age , unrestricted by anvr ,. tW 6 [ » tytax paying qualification . BuonaJarte S ^ t y < designed to disfranchise at least one-fii , * French people , and fully one-half of theT oi ? f th towns . Although he had tho worst nossihi llet i > k of Buonaparte , ho ( Mr . Barney ) bSSSP ^ No ! bo too imbecile and two cowardl y to havp ^ to on his present course had he not-. u * J ^ ureii
by the financial aristocrats , and he nil j »« those conspirators might reap the iiio ? * % t their crimes . ( Loud'cheers . ) He he 5 in ? l 1 rd of a pamphlet , on the title-page of which j ! hai > il charged with having recommended " ni-k . w » a sination . " That calumny had been leve : i ass ! > s . him by Thomas Clark . ( IlisSe 3 and JSS * $ M calumniator had founded his accusation ' ) T he words written by him ( Mr . Ilarnoyj soL " ° mQ ago , to the effect that « Most probably ft ^ h bo on the barricade thnt tho defendw nf 0 - ld would henceforth combat tyranny- a Justice , rather fall on the employer s of the ' sowf w ° ultl combat not the instruments of the tyraZ I 7 a tyrants themselves on their own hoarths A /' 41 CICCrs . ) Tlin unmnlilnfnn . l . j .- ll , ni ,. i
horror and asked what must havo beon 1 % * I arney ' s ) state of mind when ho pen l fl «•' * . timent ? He would answer , porBy J * sen . And now with 93 mucli coolness as it » , * p e . to command , while coritomp latin fftheati-n » - p 0 ssibl 8 spiracy of the French OrdeimoSs t ° 1 ' that sentiment . ( Immense chcer ' in , 7 Y ated before in tins world ' s history , did aganH >«* so openly and unblualungly consniro Hm i W ^ ts of tho lives and liberties ° of aSfe t ? * ^ tors of the St . B : u'tholumew massacre I 0000 ? ' stealthil y and secretl y to the cxecnin , 0 Ced ^ horrible plot , and da&d no a ™ £ . * . «* until they had . their knives at J' 5 " % of their victims ; but at this moL ^ roati 5 conspirators against the French DSff N openly and avowedly making preparation , /^ slave , and if need be , to massacre thatSo V " avowed that if the working men stood W - ^ Slnffi . n ™ „ .,, ! iL _ n 11 ? ° ., " "" ""ty l / niVAM . I
TnPTPPwS ff . 7 * would CPT fiipw lUriLCES ; and he said the consmratn * . i WI the doom they designed for the BM ?*? cheering . ) They calculated on War my W believed they would find themselves dec ! Ved Tt , he threatened to remove the government fm I ** and set up the standard of fivil Z f tl , y ^ instead of haying Paris only in iniurr effi i ' would have all France in arms against th « n 45 ^ then could they do ? Call in theSs anT n ?* send they would do so . ( Loud cheers ) tSp ® - sacks would never reach the Rhine-GprmJ Cos > be their battle-field and their gnio fSeaL ? Uld nig . ) -The democratsoi Germany , Hungary pft ' and Italy would rise again , and affiStW ' publican egions of Pram * , would establish R . S " feSS&- "a ® " W ^ in 5 , Pope , lord , and bourgeois alike shall Ani ™ ' «*»« «*» , in the light ofa
( Enthusiastic cheering . ) X ; 5 ^ su PPo « ed the resolution . Tho resolution was unanimousl y adopted . aSpf C S ' ^ SSSS ^"' 0 CUl 1 nnd the meetin s 55
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CORN . \ MamcLasb , Monday , May G . _ The undermentioned kit snows a largo arrival of foreign corn since our last , but fa had not much fresh in to-day of either English or foreign . ino weather being wet and unseasonably cold likewise , caused morelife in our market , and good English wheat was taken off readily by the millers at Is to 2 s per < jr , advance . . Foreign wheat was held at higher prices : but not ; haniismany country buyers , the sales were slow . ' We hacl not much demand for foreign flour , and being held bu higher terms , sales were limited . Barley , both for majt . ing and grinding purposes , sold more freely at Is adrmice . In malt but httle doing . Fine English wheat sold Is to 2 s , and peas Is dearer , and both ready sale . We had n fiiir demand for oats , and good fresh samples were fiillv 6 d dearer . Linseed cakes fully as dear . \\ E 0 NBSDAV , May 8 th . —Our supplies of all descriptions ofc grain trom abroad have been very moderate since ilondav , ' as shown by the following return : — ) "
Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , CM quarters ; foreign , 1 , 230 quarters . Barter—English , 230 quarters ; foreign , 4 , 00 quarters . Oats-Euglisli , 1 , 370 quarters ; foreign , 1 . SC 0 quarters . This , coupled with th » ' ¦ continued wet weather , has created great firmness at market this morning ; and all articles , particularly wheat , may be noted rather dearer ? Richmond ( Youksiiiiie , ) May 4 . —We had a tolerable supply of wheat this morning ; the priecs much the same as last week . - —Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d to 5 s 0 d ; oats , Is lOd to 2 s Cd : baric / , 8 s 0 d to 3 s 3 d : beans , 3 s 3 d to 3 s 9 d per bushd .
CATTLE . SjiiTiiriEiiD , Monday . —Our market tc-day , was very moderately supplied with foreign sheep ; but the number oi beasts and calves was seasonabl y extensive . ' From out own grazing districts , the arrivals of beasts fresh up ' this morning fell short of those reported on this day se ' nnight by nearly one thousand head , owing to which , and the iacreased number ot buyers in attendance , the beef trada ruled somewhat active at an advance in the quotations of quite 2 d per Slbs . The primest Scots sold without difficulty at from 3 s M to 3 s Cd per Slbs . Nearly the whole of the supply was disposed of . The arrivals of beasts from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire amounted to 2 , 000 Scots , home-fed , and shorthorns ; from other parts of England , 400 Hercfords , runts , to . ; and from Scotland 300
horned and polled Scots . There was a very considerable increase in the supply of sheep ; hence the demand for that description of stock was heavy in the extreme , at a fall in the value of 2 d per Slbs . As nearl y the whole of the sheep were shorn , our quotations refer to those only . Lambs , the number of which wero large , moved offheavilv , and the currencies gave way 2 d per Slbs . Tho primest Down Inmbs were not worth more than 4 s Cd per 81 lis . The sale for Calves ruled heavy , at the late decline in ralue . In nfcs next to nothing was doing , at hist week ' s prices Head of Cattle at Smithfield . —Friday—Bea < sto S 63 ?'' « P . 5 . 000 ; cal « s , 2 S 0 i pigs , 2 T 0 . Monday . - " » 3 , 301 ); sheep , 24 , 510 ; calves , 149 ; pigS | 240 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef 2 s . 4 d to ^ VSSbS . ™** " '' " ** " ** *
aewgate and Leadeniuix , Monday , May G . _ Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prima arge 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime imall , 3 s 4 dto Ss&I ; law pork 3 s 2 d toils 6 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Sd to Ss ' lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime di te , 3 s id to 3 s Cd j veal , 23 10 d to 33 4 d ; small pork , 3 s Sd to 4 s Od ; lambs , 4 s ( KLjq 5 s 7 d ; per 81 bs . by the carcase ,
- PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —O « r market has undergone no material alteration . The- dealings in Irish butter last wcek ftf local use were of a trilliug character j but the delivery , including shipments to other markets , was good , and the stock reduced to a small compass . Pviwsuominal . NcW U > ° ' rick was offered for three months at C 7 s on board , and no ' sold . Of foreign we had liberal supplies , a steady dem » "> aud prices the turn cheaper . ——Bacon . —Neither Irish n ° American moved freely , anil not much done in cither at previous rates . In middles , hams , and lard thore was n 4 change ia demand or value worth notice . Esgush Butter , May 0 . —Our tnide is in a slugg ' ' stato , and current rates for the best Dorset butter ara barely supported while all middling autl inferior daivW are neglected . Oav fresh butter market is well sup ^ f with a tendency to lower prices . Dorset fine weekly S « s to 84 sj ditto middling 50 s to 70 s ; dUto . old nominal ; 6 ** 7 s to Us per dra . lbs . ' ¦
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Tcblic Meetisg of Tailors in Lmrapooi , -On Tuesday at noon a public meeting of tho operative tailors of Liverpool was held in the Ampitheatre ( which was crowded ) , to consider a remedy for the slop , sweeting , and middlemen systems . There was nearly 2 , 000 persons present ; several highly respectable gentlemea occupying seats on the platform . John Holmes , Esq ., the mayor , presided ; and the meating was addressed by Messrs . Qoodfellow , Heaney , Hiley , Tarren , Smith , "Williams , and Briggs . . .
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF Tire O'COMOHVILLE ESTATE . E The first of May being the third anuivem rv * t the location at this place it was celebrated M usual festivities . The O'Connorville tand 'JS increased in numbers , nnd improved in instrumT ta ion , made the place echo with the sounds 0 S " a ltaces wore a smiling aspect , and nature heS pu on her holiday garment . But few 8 tn £ Jj were present owing to its not being announced in the columns of the Star ; but those who S ? c £ gratulated the allottees upon the wonderful k provement which each revolving year had 3 ei 5 the appearance and fertility of the location IV crops , indeed , are looking well , and renewed hJ amraaies
u > o exertions of the allottees . In L afternoon , the school room was filled with the inhabitants , their wives and children , all beam to with ruddy health , and doing substan ial juS to the tea which the band had provided for tho Set sum . Vrhen this repast was concluded , Mr . Lanj . bourne was called to the chair , and the following sentiments were responded to by Messrs J L ° Srnuh , T . M . Wheeler , G . Wheeler , W . House , 6 Aewsome , S . ^ ewsome , and J . Sturgeon :- "Tho People , may they , soon bo in verity , as well as ia name , the truo sovereign power . " : "The PPnnl «'«
uiarter , may Us speedy enactment emancipate the wealth producers . " " Mr . O'Connor and the ulti-S £ * h m ° - l Jand PJan ' " " Louis »™ y Jy-ossutb , Mazzini , and the Democrats of all na » tions . . The pioneers who were located this dar three years , may their efforts eventuate in mantl social redemption . " « Those who hare purcbu % and our brethren . on the other estates" " Tfe " victims . -may they soon b ' e restored to their homes and liberty . " " Tho : Ladies-may they always assist us in our . efforts for freedom . " The eveniu » - entertainment was concluded by tho merry dance ! Which was kept up with great spirit , intennenid
witn numerous songs and recitations until an early hour in the morning , when the allottees bade their visitors farewell until the amusements of ffk Monday should again assemble together , on whila occasion they will be happy to meet any of their London friends who may wish to travel this roa 5 , and partake of ^ dinner composed of good oM Lnglish fare . - * ¦ " ' , X
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_ 2 THE NORTHERN STAR , May 11 ,
Printed By William Mder, Ofno. 5. Macele.Held-Str Tef,
Printed by WILLIAM MDER , ofNo . 5 . Macele . Held-str tef ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1573/page/8/
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