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PUBLIC MEETING AT CHELSEA . A public meeting was held on Friday last at Scott ' s Assembly Rooms , New Road , Chelsea , to enquire into . the eaose of the distres » eating in the country , The I zoom -was densely crowded ; it is confidently asserted ' that at least 1 , 000 persons went away being unable to j pxoenre admission ; Mr . Ferd was called to the chair , I sad briefly opened tke business of the me <^ - « fuested for each speaker a fp' _ - « g , and heariM - —«• « nd " imparaal
RtJFFET RlfiLEV indeed the first resolution . He Slid , Mr- Chairman and f « Uow-eonntrymen , never in the page of history , if ire trace it from its earliest and remotest period , &id a nation stand in a riwiii « . position to that "which we occupy at present We find -the Industrious classes , by aid of machinery , are yearly creating wealth to the enormous value'of eight hundred minions of peunds , aod yet our condition proclaims to the world the monstrous anomaly of the producers of more wealth than any nation of modern times can boast of , easting in the direst poverty , actually starring for want of the common necessaries of life , whilst a class whoprodnoe nothing , and earn nothing , are waJlowing in luxury and ease , are the panvlers to every ? ice which disgraces and degrades human nature . I
ask of yon , is this fair , or just , or honest ? Can these two extremes much longer . exist ? [ Feargus O'Connor , Esq . here entered the room , and the very roof rung ¦ with the echo of rapturous applause ] After the cheering had subsided , Mr . Ridley continued . I have double duty to perform this evening , having also to attend a meeting in London ; as our worthy champion has arrived , he who has so beneficially employed his faipntJt in our behalf , I Bhall not longer detain you ; but I again ask yon . is it just that we , the producers of this wealth , should be tinned adrift to starve , in order that they who tyrannise and oppress us may riot in luxury ? They tell you that this is occasioned by our being over-populated ; that we cannot produce sufficient corn to feed our population . Never was a grosser falsehood uttered under the canopy of high heaven . We have dared these men to prove their
position . We have dared them to discuss thesnbject ; and they have ever shrunk from the challenge , well knowing that truth would prevail . Our millocracy and oar laciory lords are now calling aloud for cheap bread . They have oppressed and ground down their ¦ workpeople to the very verge of starvation , and now Tiling the , plea of humanity , they desire to give you a cheap loaf , that they may bring your wages to the continental level , and thereby compete with artizans of foreign nations . We desire the repeal of the Corn Laws , and every other law which presseB upon the industry of man ; but we are well aware this can never be effected until we are truly represented in the British Senate . We therefore proclaim to the whole "world , that we will never rest satisfied nctil labcur is placed side by side , with capital in the British Houses of iegislatare . I beg leave to more the following resolution in which 1 heartily concur : —
" That in the opinion of this meeting the great and alarming distress ¦ which now prevails throughout the country has been caused by the bad laws and wretched mismanagement of our legislative bodies ; and that the only safe and efficient remedy which can be adopted to restore trade to a safe basis—to ensure prosperity to the producer , and safety and protection to the capitalist , is contained hi the document called the Pe « ple ' s Charter , and this meeting pledges itee ? f to agitate for that measure , and never to cease in its exertions until the lights of labour are fu'Jy represented in the Commons ' House of Parliament" ( Great cheering . )
Feabgus O"C 0 > " > " 0 £ , Esq ., on rising to second the resolution , was received with great applause . He said —My friends , did yen ever hear a man speak" in bis sleep ? I have had little for three nights , and none last night Yesterday I addressed two meetings in Leicester , and travelled allnigiit to have an opportunity to address you : beings © exhausted , you must bear with me if I am a little prosy this evening . On rising I beard some one say a Socialist" I dont knew if he meant me ; if so , I tell him he is in error . If firmly to believe in the existence cf a God—if to believe that the poor are the special charge of the Almighty—if to hope for future rewards for the advocacy of their cause , is to be a Socialist , I am one . { Great cheering ) I have great pleasure in seeing this resolution : it
exactly expresses my sentiments ; it informs yon of the cause of your distress , and points you to the remedy . As my address must necessarily be brief , I shall not waste one word in declamation , but go at once to the point It is a subjett which claims an interest in every breast Tou are all old enough to have observed ike onward march of science and of the arts—to have remarked the many scientific improvements which are said to have made Britain the envy and admiration of the world . Yen can remember when there was no railroads—when the wonderfnl power of steam waa almost unknown—when there was no Reform Billwhen a heavy duty was paid on newspapers and on letters . Yon can all remember when Britain was a ruder , rougher nation than at present ; bat yon then
enjoyed more of the comforts of civilisation than at present You have seen the various improvements which have raised your character for skill and ingenuity so high in the world—you have had all the benefit of the Reform Bill , which was to turn this mighty power of creating comfort and enjoyment to your advantage . Now , then , tarn ronnd and ask where is your share of these great improvements ? What have you benefitted bj them ? Where is the man can say that they have proved advantageous to him ? Has machinery , or steam , or gas ensured your comfort or prosperity ? Oa coming to this meeting , when I turned from the aristocratic palaces splendidly lighted with gas to the wretched , dark hovels of the artizms , I'felt that you had derived no benefit from that You have got
cheap postage , the last great boon of the Whigs . Of what benefit is this to y 6 u ? Yen never write to eay _ " your mother ' s out ; " you scarce write a letter in the year , you have no good news to send to your friends . Bat the "Barings , the Ash worths , the great merchant princes , they save their thousands a year by it , -which is wrung from your bones and sweat in the shape of increased taxes . Of what benefit is it to yon that improvement alter improvement is treading on the heels of its predecessor ? You have been deprived of every one of these sclent ; Ee inventions by the influence" of class legation . What right , then , have you to be in love with this legislation ? Seven years ago , I predicted that the day of auction would come . I f they bid the Charter for us , we will let the lot be knockeddown ; if
they bid less it shall be a reserved lot , and we will buy it in ourselves , until it will bring the fnll price . Now you have got the millocracy , who have made their thousands , not by your labour , but by machinery , telling you that the landed aristocracy are tne party who oppress you , and that they alene are striving for your interest ; this is a strange picture . When the moutSpiece of this party , the Whigs , were in office , they would scarcely believe in the existence of distress in the the land ; it was only the necessary consequence of the fluctuations in trade in a great commercial country . But i-o sooner were they on the point of leaving office , Jbanthey made the important discovery that the distress waa genera ! , that it was great and unparalleled , and begged not to leave their office until they provided
a Temedy . For ten long years they * ould not admit itsexistence ; bnt to ensure a continuance of office , they would even attempt a remedy . Peel has been now six months in considering the drugs which he shall put in the bolus which is to cure you . Although he has taken up bis diploma at Tanvworth , yet he seems "too modest to practice Mb profession . Russell was a much better Doctor ; he did administer his ^ Reform purge . . Never was there so much distress in England since England was known , and never was there so mnch money spent in speculation of every descrlptior . If America -wants twenty millions of money for gambling speculations , England can famish it . ' If twenlj millions is wanted at home for railroad speculations , the money is immediately for thcomiDg I If the despotic rulerof France wants
money to build a wall to enclose his subjects in Paris that he may the easier tyrannize and subdue them , be has only to come to England and there is the money ; all the wealth is in the pockets of the few—all the poverty on the side of the many . The poverty is on the ride of the men with no votes , -while the wealth is accompanied -With tie Vote . Is not this contrast eccagfa to force ns to make love to them by -wholesale—to induce us to put our arms round their necks and say \ re love jon , and ¦ we will instantly be married to you ? The votes have < lone so mcch for yen , sxtrelj tfcey iril ! benefit us . In America , the case is different , there if the bank fails who are the sufferers ? not the people but their representatives , who are now begging in the streets of Washington for their salaries . If Peel ' 3 salary
depended npon rour having a good Saturday nights , depend upon it that ysur interest wonld ba well attended to ; this is the - meaning of the Charter . Do not be gammoned as you were a . t the time of the Reform Bill . They tell us vre are deluders . Did they Dot delude us with the bentfla we -were to derive from that measure ? "We were to have pigs reidy roasted running about ¦ with knives stack in them , asking us to eat them ; all was to be happiness and plenty . We ssk lor no more than they promised us , that taxation and representation should be co-fcxtensive . At present there is no bid for us in the auction mart ; Peel has got his majority of 123 , and he cares more for them than for the whole people . The Whigs will not bid a fair price for n * . Give us the Charter , and we will not have three words about the Corn Laws ; we will not have one word : if we have the Charter , on Saturday night , away goes the Corn Jsyws on Monday morning . Would a mason go to work -without his hammer , or a gardener without his
spade?—Yet the men want to repeal the Corn Lxwb without having the necessary tools ; want the end with- ; out having tha maans to accomplish it Give the vote ' to every man a ^ ed twenty-one years , and inslead of a minority of 12 s , ^ e should have a unanimous vo ' te for free trade with the whole world . The Whigs know that unless they have our aid they cannot drive Peel from office , but we -pffl not be made tools of ; we will have our fingers in the pie , er we will not exert the pressure from -without We know the treachery cf t > e v ^ *""!? * l ' . tnem -f « rirtaen- months di-i Lfmp ^? ? Sf * £ " ? u know *>*> a a Btrn * Sle «* ^ J ? S ?? ° i ! " L tSl 8 poWer ' aey would draw the screw tbll tighter . They would raise me no in the air—they would hang me out to dry for the benefit of my health . If I hate the Whigs I hate the tS five tones worse . If the Whigs m devils , the Tories are denls la hell ; bnt as far as ycur interest is concerned , there is no difference between them ; all of them live npon the profits of your labour , and they will
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upport any government which will allow them a con-Mnuance of their reign of plunder . I have put the advocates of the League in the Hue and Cry . I have ^ Umially endeavoured to find them out bnt they continue to i ^ tie !* t ^ ads , to flee before me . At Nottingham , I addr&Ssed aj& ^ - ^ g <* fro ™ forty to rfthousand ^ ple , At Berbf , jealso h- ^ ^ -- ^ fflWtog , » ot ^ togi ^ J to fee Theatre . At Loxlgn borough , latf J » gW » 1 WO ""^ - ffleeth , gof 10 i 00 o persons of iol classes . At all these meetings , I explaiii ^ d my opinions on the Corn Laws , and drove the opinions of the League before me . If the Com Laws were repealed to-morrow , you would not be able to perceive the difference between the repealed and the unrepealed loaf ; the flour factor , the miller and the
baker , will monopolise all the benefit When the duty was repealed on leather , was the manufactured article cheaper to the purchaser ? If the Com Laws were repealed to morrow , and one hundred fold more of British goods were required in tie foreign market , in seven months time more machinery would be created than would manufacture more than two hundred times the quantity of goods required ; and again would the markets be glntted . Artificial labour would then even more than displace human labour . Are you not suffering severely enough from this cause , that you wish to suffer still more ? Are not the men from the North coming up to compete with the men of London ? So long as the masters have a reserve to fall back npon , so long will you be short of employment and ill
remunerated . I hope if there are any shopkeepers here they will pay attention to the statements of working men , they are wiser on this subject than I am . I want tha Charter that the working class may enlighten the middle class . I want to know whose interest the shopkeeper should loek to , the aristocroy or the working men . I can show to you that their interest is completely opposed to that of the manufacturers , they have \ he whole of their raw materials from other sources ; they go not to the shopkeeper for a single article , while the working man lays out his whole earnings with them . If you go to a town and see the cottages empty you may depend Hpon it , that the shopkeepers are in distress , their customers being unable to purchase their goods , yet these men cry out cheap bread ! caeap
bread ! The uncommon fools do not know that cheap and dear are relative terms , that it is as hard to bny a loaf at Id . if you have not got the penny for it , as it 1 b tobuy it at 6 d . If they got their measure to-morrow they would ask " what do those noisy fellows want bothering about the Charter , have they not got the Com Laws repealed ? We want the Charter not so much to repeal the Corn Laws as when they are repealed to direct the advantage gained by their repeal into its proper channel , the stomach of toe people . They ( the Corn Law Rspealera ) are squabbling abont moonshine , are caviling about two million quarters cf corn , worth about £ 4 , 000 , 000 money . They say nothing about the £ 10 , 000 , 000 swallowed up by the church , aboat ; £ } 5 , 000 , 000 by the army and
navy ; not one word about the power of the middle classes ; not a syllable d » they say of the working of machinery , or the txtravagance of our Government ; no , they are too interested in these monopolies , they only want their younger sons and brothers to fill the places now filled by the other faction . If you got the repeal it wonld raise my Lord Denman ' s salary from £ 8 , 000 to £ 12 , 000 ; it would raise the salaries of all sinecurists and placemen , and men of fixed incomes one half . Let us see how it would affect ns . If you earn twenty shillings a week now , and pay thirteen shillings out in taxes , you will still have seven shillings to live on , but if the Cora L 3 ws are repealed , and you had cheap bread , and got fifteen shillings per week , and the expenditure of the Government was the same , namely ,
thirteen shillings , you would only have two shillings per we- k . It does not want the brains of an Isaac Newton te understand this subject , yen can understand it , you are not so thick-skulled as tho aristocracy . If the Chancellor of the Exchequer could raise money no way , and was forced to put a tax upon brains , they weuld come round to the working class with their brain gage , and wonld tell yoa -what beautiful heads you have got , how largely you beve got the bump of intelligence , tec , developed , and they would go to the aristocracy and tell them what great dunderheads they were , that they had no brains at all . I am proud to tell you of the great triumph we had over the League at Sheffield . I have heard that yoa hid a similar triumph at the Egyptian Hall , that you turned them into Egyptian
mnmnvies . I am more proud to hear of your triumph in my absence , than when 1 am ' present ; it shows to your opponents that you can depend up » n your own resources , that you rely only upon the justice of your cause , and not upon any leader . The League are now in the position ef the two gents vrbo went to fight a duel , the one asked his second to persuade the other to make an apology , but was told he would not Tbe damn'd obstinate msc . il , try him again . Still it was nnsnccessfnl . Well , then , if the obstinate fellow won't apologise I must " 'I his "was our present position . We had been paying too dear for our whistles We have to maintain too many kings and queens . By the bye , he had the honour to announce that her Majesty was again in a condition to present
them with another royal prince . You have now the pleasure of supporting three kings and three queens : you have King Albert , King Cumberland , and King Leopold , with their enormous pensions ; you have then ( Jueen Adelaide , with £ 1 O » , OOO a year . Is it not disgracefu that this should be so when so many thousands are starring . You have Queen Victoria and the Qneen Mother , the Dnches 3 of Kent . Can you wonder that you are in destitution when you have a quantity of royal blood preying npon you ? If any one from the Home Office is here , as I have no doubt there are ,. let them earry it to their masters that I say , when the cottage totters the palace will fall It is impossible that tha mason can be kept up when the cottage has fallen ; it is impossible that a starving people can be loyaL Let
the Queen be loyal to tbe people by properly causing the laws to be administered , and the people would be loyal to her , not as a woman , bnt as the head of the Execntive . We -wish to see the laws like a lamb ,. and the Executive like a lion . If the laws are violated , those who violate them shonld suffer ; bnt they should be administered equally . At present there is more danger to the peasant who shoots the squire ' s hare than the squire who shoots the peasant ' s head . We want a more equitable administration of our resource ? . We do not want , as our enemies assert , an equal distribution , but an equitable one , each to be rewarded—not equally , but according to their work . If a poor hud is fined a day ' s wages for being druuk , an aristocrat should be fined a week ' s salary , lie wanted
laws to be equally administered . Not when a Lord committed murder to acquit him npon honour , and with less than this we will T never be satisfied . We look to the Charter as a means to create a union among all classes . If the power was to be vested in one particular class , it had ought to be in the industrious classes ; for it is their interest to advance the interests of every class of society . If they legislated for their own interest , they must also vote for the interests of the capitalists . But we wish a-il to have an equal pewer to that which we claim for ourselvei 1 . There are only two classes of men I would deprive of a vote ; they ure these men who , having the vote now , would deprive others of it . and those who have not go % it , and "will not exert themselves to prccore ir . Mr . O'Connor then entered into the question of a Repeal of the Union , and commented in strong term 3 on the conduct of the Iiish shooting Church . If
th « only want of the Irish is a Parliament , we -will ^ give them our 658 already cat and drisd . I will ntver rest until the bargain for the peo ; -le is struck one -way or other . If you are sold , it ihall be with your eyes open . I have spent many hundreds every year in this agitation , ami I hare Bevur received one farthing frojn either party . I -Kill stand fast by my principles . 1 ¦ wilt never abandon this agitation . Beware of promises from the Anti-Corn Law factions . There will be no hope for the people nnti ] they get the Charter . When that measure is attained , 1 will abandon pnblic life for ev = r . It shall never be said that I gained anything by the movement . I would rather receive £ 500 a-yeai as a juige for administering the people ' s laws' than £ 20 000 a-year from tie Exchequer . Like Cincinnati , I will retire to my plough and profession , and while life lasts , I -will never be a tool in tie hands of either faction . ^ Tremendous cheering . )
Mr , H . Leigh then aiaressed tbe meeting m support of the resslution ; and , in a speech of upwards of an hour ' s duration , completely demolished every assertion made by the league , and rivettsd the attention of the whole assembly by his thrilling elcqueuce , and was greatly applauded . The resoJation was tben put , and unanimously carried . Three cheers were then given for Feargus O'Connor , for the Charter , for the St'ir , and the victims .
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purpose is a govenment if it is not to protect the people ? The Premie * has declared that he cannot nod a remedy for the distress of the nation . W / fU then it was high time we adopted bis . previonB advino - V ¦¦ : ' ; L ' own afiV- • _ ttU " ^ , namely , take our _ - « nW OUF own own hands—( loud cheers )—me C&artists had been roundly abased by tha press , this had not made them love the Charter less —( hear)—on the contrary they were determined to adhere to it until it was enacted as law—( loud cheers . ) Was it likely those who lived npon their industry could ever be their representatives ? We have now arrived at a crisis , the anti-Com Law agitation had proved a
complete failure , because they bad not the people at their back . ( A . voice " Why dont the Chartists join them ? " > Yes , but upon what terms ? they had not kept faith with us , we will have a firm guarantee first . He for his part would not go with them unless they would go for the whole Charter , and that first—( rapturous applause . ) They professed to be friends of the people , then let them come forward and help the people to obtain political power—( cheers . ) As to repeal , snppose it obtained t < s morrow , what controul have you over the House to prevent its reenactment the next day —( cries of " none , none . " ) Then let the people be determined not to be humbugged , and success is certain —( cheers . )
Mr . RcrFFr Ridley seconded the resolution . It gratified him to see his fellow-men so anxiously and perseveringly seeking their just rights . They were determined to be gulled no more . He was the advocate of the liberties of all , without distinction of sect , creed , cast , or colour—( cheers . ) He was for fair discussion ; hear all men , and judge for themselves There are now at this time three meetings being held in this metropolis for the same purpose . He had been to one , and left their champion , Feargus O'Connor —( great cheering)—addressing them . This was a sign that tbe working classes were bent upon obtaining their just rights—( hear , hear . ) I ask you , one and all , be you what you may , have I not a right to have a voice in the making of the laws by which I am governed ' —{ hear , hear . ) We had the Whigs—they gave us a Poor Law : we had the Tories—thoy give us the police . The quack doctor had hia trial , and put six of his family in
fat births . Let him go on longer , and you will have gagging bills ; but if you allow the present Btate of things to be continned you will deserve the name of a laves . He was sure they agreed that all men bad equal rights . If the Corn Law repealers would put the Charter on their banners along side repeal he would go with them—( loud cheers )—but we have been deceived by their class . We will not be deceived again—( loud cheers ) The Charter gave the right to all—( hear , hear )—and they were determined to accept nothing less —( great cheers . ) The order of industry had been issulted , grossly abused and calumniated ; but they -were not to be deterred . Portugal had proclaimed the Charter without spilling a single drop of blood . Then be you firm—act as men—let English , Irish , Scotch , and Welsh firmly unite , and success is certain—( loud cheering . ) The resolution was put and carried unanimously :
Mr . C . F . Goodfellow was highly gratified at -the unanimity that prevailed , and much delighted that the National Petition had been passed with such cordiality . A working man was tb « ir president—thus justice ' : prevailed . What a contrast to the Hampstead-road meeting , where the raiddlo class chairman converted a large majority into a minority . They were accused of being bribed by the Tories . They were not paid by any faction ; the obtainment of the Charter was the only reward they sought— ( cheers . ) Captain Rous had declared the people possessed comforts , —such as beef steaks for supper , two pots of beer to wash it down , and a quartern of gin to keep it warm . They knew there was no truth in it ; but this was a specimen of class-legislators—( cheers . ) The late txpensive royal christening was one cf its results ; let us obtain the Charter , then we shall have justice for all—( cheering . ) He moved the second resolution , which was as follows :
" That this meeting declares its determination not to assist or countenance any agitation that has not for its object the enactment of the six points of the Charter , as from past experience we feel confident there is no hope of justice for the people from any other class or party in existence , they therefore resolve to depend on themselves alone . " . Mr . StaLLWOOD supported the resolution in a long speech , during which he was loudly cheered . Dr . M'Douall said Mr . Chairman , I will not detain you long having been quite hoarse from addrsssing the large meeiing in Bermondaey , where I regret to say a portion of the place fell down from the immense
pressure of people —( sensation)—but 1 am happy to say that no one was much hurt ( Loud cheers . ) At no time -was the spirit of the people more tried , their advocates have been immured in gloomy cells , and borne it without shrinking . The people have been frowned on , calumniated , abused , nnd threatened with loss of employment , still they ara firm , —( loud cheers )—and when splendid allurements are helded cut , it is the duty of every advocate to caution the people against the false dtluaive baits , and ca \ l on them to stand firm to our sacred principles now made glorious by ytur support —( cheers . )—He made a long speech , and concluded by seconding the resolution , which was put and carriee unanimously .
Mr . Jordan rose to move that a committee of five , draw up an address to her Majesty , fcunded on the foregoiug resolutions , also including a prayer for the immediate restoration of Frott , Williams , and Jonca , and that it bu forwarded to FeaTgus O'Connor , E ^ qr ., for presentation , seconded by Mr . Spokes , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed .
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GLOUCESTER ^ SOMERSET , AND WILTS . .: ' \ : ; ' ¦¦ . - . ^ il - /^ ¦ ' :. . /¦ '¦¦¦ ; if Wi Bristol Trades ... ... 52 52 0 0 0 Bath ... ... . 95 51 45 11 5 Cheltenham ... ... ... 107 123 38 0 0 BriBtol ... ... ... 29 34 0 53 29
The Deyerills ... ... 45 45 0 0 0 Trowbridge ... ,.. 47 49 12 3 1 Stroudwater ... ... 27 W 0 9 0 Frome ... ... ... 39 39 0 0 0 Bradford ... ... ... 17 17 0 0 0 Yeovil ,.. ... ... 35 35 0 0 0 Salisbury . ; . ... ... ^ 8 1 0 0 WoUpn-under-Edge ... 15 17 7 7 0 Melksham ... 25 25 0 0 0 Kingswood ... ... ... 33 25 3 0 18
593 578 106 83 53 CORNWALL , DEVON , AND DORSET . ¦ a 3 ¦ . g \ . s i ! Plymouth ... ... ... ... 24 0 Truro ... ... ... ... 1 24 Camborne ... ... ... 0 46 25 70 MIDDLESEX , ESSEX , SURREY , AND
KENT . Chatham Votes . Dr . P . M . M'Douall ... ... 497 20 Ridley ... 233 26 " Parker ... ... ... 168 0 Stallwood ... ... ... 156 25 Fussell ... ... ... 133 8 M'Grath ... .... ... 115 2
Watkins ... 87 1 Kmight ... ... ... 8 G 0 Benbowr ... ... ... 59 0 Barmby ... ... ... 45 0 Roberts ... ... ... 40 0 Balls v ... 32 0 Fox ... ... ... ... 6 0 Rainsley ... ... ... 2 9 Robson ... ... ... 1 0
It will be seen , according to this , that Dr . M'Douall , Ruffey Ridley , and E . Stallwobd are at the head of the poll , of course Mr . Fussell oan correct me if I am wrong the Chatham correspondent states he did not know where to send tho polling to , and he sent it to me . According' to the returns the following persons are to be brought forward to public meetings , and elected to serve iu tho forthcoming Convention : — Northumberland and Durham—James Bronterre
O'Brien-Yorkshire—F . O'Connor , L . Pitkethly , and Geo . Binns , Lancashire—J . Leach and W . Beesley . Cheshire—Christopher Doyle . Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cambridge—J , Campbell . Derby , Leicester , and Nottingham—No return as yet .... ¦ . " . . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . '¦ "¦ Staffordshire—rJ . Mason . Warwick and Worcestershire—G . White . Monmouth , Herefordshire , and Wales—Mr . Williams . Devon , Cornwall , and Dorset—Mr . Powell .
Gloucester , Somerset , and \ yilts—R . K . Philpand W . P . Roberts . Hants , Sussex , and the Isle of Wight—N . Morling and W . Woodward . Essex , MiddlesexySurrey , & Kent—Dr . M'Douall , R . Ridley , and E . Stallwood . Cumberland and Westmoreland—None . Northampton and Oxfordshire—None . John Campbell , Secretary .
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RECEIPTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE FROM THE FIRST OF JANUARY UNTIL THE FIRST OF MARCH , 1842 . £ . s . d . London , per Wheeler ... ... 2 0 0 Nottingham ... ... ... 14 2 Ryde , Isle of Wight ... ... 0 2 0 Per Doyle ... 0 » 0 Salisbury ... ... Oil 0 Plymouth 0 5 0 Chowbent P 8 6 Todmordeh ... ... ... 1 J 8 10 Oxford ... ... — 0 7 6 Sutton-in-Aehfield ... ... 0 10 0 Hunslet «• 0 10 0
Ovenden ... — - 0 4 2 Sowerby ... — — 0 90 Bradford ... 2 17 0 Rochdale , per Leach ... ... 14 0 Do . per Feaiberstone ... ... 0 3 0 Oldham Femalea 0 3 0 Huddersfield ... 1 5 0 Southampton ... ... 0 4 0 Chelmsford ... 0 2 6 Kettering ... ... ... 0 5 0 Leicester ... «•• ••• 4 0 0 Miles Platten ... 0 2 0 Stafford .. •«• 0 . 11 6 Acrington ... •«• ••• 0 3 4 Star Office •' ¦ ' * 4 li Bilaton ... ... 0 16 8
Banbury ... 10 0 Lees ... 0 5 0 Merthyr Tydvil ... " - 2 0 o Salford .. . . ... . » 0 10 0 Staleybridge ... ... 0 10 Birmingham , SteeUiouse-lane ... 0 10 0 London , Salmow ... 0 2 0 London , Lefevre ... 0 5 0 Bacup ... ... .- 0 6 8 Delph ... — •¦ - 0 9 0 fe ' tockport Youths ... ¦•• 16 8 Dukenfield ... — 0 8 2 Abardare ... ... 0 15 0 Openshaw ... 0 2 0 Tavistock 0 W 0 Halifax , ... ... 0 14 11 Wadaworth-row ••• 0 0 3 WarJey ... ... 0 3 8
Mytholmroyd 1 " 2 10 Mixenden ... ... 0 2 0 Arnold ... ... 0 . 6 " 0 Lynn ... 0 6 6 Canterbury ... 0 7 6 London , Marylebone ... .... 0 16 8 Preston Youths ... ... 0 8 4 PerLowo ... 0 12 Greenwich ... 0 5 0 Sittingbourno ... ... ... 0 13 Thornton ... - - 0 17 0 Brighton ... ... 0 15 0 Daventry ... ... » ... 0 5 0 Manchester Youths ... 0 2 fi Wolverhampton , per Mogg ... 0 16 0 A Shoemaker , ditto . ... ~ 0 3 0 Wellingborough > 0 4 2 Long Buckby ... ... ... 0 3 0 Bristol Youths ... ... 010 0
Stoke npon-Trent ... ... 0 15 0 Per Griffin ... ... ... 0 0 6 Hipponcen .. .. ... ... 1 14 ( i Liverpool ... ... ... 1 13 § Chorley — ... ... « 12 0 Preston ... ... ... 0 i ) 0 Nottingham , per Thatcher ... 0 10 0 Hanley , per Richards ... ... 1 3 4 Bath ... ... ... ... 1 0 0 Durham ... ... ... 9 12 0 London Tailors , per Mr . Cameron 0 15 6 Bingley ... ... ... 0 8 4 Colno ... ... ... 1 0 0 Bristol , pir Simeon ... ... ¦ 1 10 2 HolmSfVth- ... ... ... 0 10 0
London , St . Panaras , per Pelling 1 10 0 Kendal ' ... ... ... 0 5 0 llanley Femakd ... ... 0 6 0 Buston ... ... ... 1 0 0 A . L . ... ... ... 0 5 0 Loughborough ... ... 0 18 0 Females ... ... ... 0 2 0 Wai worth ... ... ... 0 5 0 Glossop ... ... ... 0 8 4 Lambly ... ... 0 3 4 London Hatters , per Kelsey ... 0 10 0 Spilsby ... ... ... 0 2 6 Longton ... ... ... 0 15 10 Honley ... .... ... 0 . 1 0 Milri-row ... ... ... 0 5 0
Salford Youths' ... ... 0 2 O WalBall ... - •¦• 0 10 6 Warminster ... ... ... 10 0 Hyson Green ... ... ... 0 2 6 Leicester , per Markam ... ... 0 8 4 London , Chelsea ... ... 0 10 0 London , Bermondsey ... ... 0 10 0 London , Cleave ... .... . 2 2 8 Bristol Trades ... ... 0 16 8 Skegby ... 0 4 0 Kingswood Hill ... 0 60 London Females , Tower Hamlets 0 15 ^ 0 Marple ... ... ... 0 6 0 - ^ ~ ... ... ... 0 9 0 _ r— ... ... ... 0 8 4 * I cannot call to mind by whom the 9 s . above has been sent ; the 8 ? . id ., has been paid to Mr . Leach , and he cannot recollect by whom . Mr . Smith , of Plymouth , will see that the 6 s . omitted in the last account , is inserted in this . Mr . Pelling , of St . Pancras , will see that the 10 ? . ia acknowledged .
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The follovoimare the debts ofthe ' Association , at near as I psmhly coul& W $ te them out . The ^ fytimits m ^ monthly to firwdrdtome . the niiniuer of . paying members in their loy entities :- — - '¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . : . -. ¦ ' ¦; , ¦" / . "¦ ' " '¦ ¦¦' ' '¦'' / ''" : ' Mem- Mon * ¦ berg ,: ' tha '" ' ¦ ¦'• .. : . - ¦ ' . ¦ " : " ¦' ' ' ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ ' " .::: " . 120 2 Manchester , Redfern-sfcreefc ... 10 0 60 2 Manchester Gsneral Council 2 0 0 60 2 Contributions , Ashton . ** 0 10 0 60 3 Contributions , 37 cards , Stockport ... — ... 11 2 60 2 Contributions , Wingate Grange Colliery ... ... 0 10 0 40 2 ditto , and 40 cards , Chorlton 0 13 4 Sutton-invAshfield ... . ; . 0 5 0
90 4 ditto , Ecclea ... ... 1 10 0 30 2 ditto , and 24 cards , MiddletOn 0 9 Q 120 2 ditto , and 100 cards , Bolton 1 If 8 40 2 ditto , Warwick ... ... 0 68 300 1 ditto , and 180 cards , Bradford 2 15 0 40 2 ditto , Northampton ... ... 0 6 8 20 2 ditto , Brampton ... ... 0 3 4 90 2 ditto , Rochdale ... ... 0 15 0 90 73 months'ditto , 148 cards , Oldham ... ... ... 3 17 5 200 1 Contribution , distriot of Hudfield ... ... ... 0 26 8 24 2 ditto ; Southampton ... ... 0 4 0 20 2 ditto , and 12 cards , Rooden Lane ... ... ... 0 5 4 30 2 ditte , Market Weighton ... 0 5 0 50 2 ditto , Bamslsy ... ... 0 8 4 60 2 ditto , and 90 cards ,
Bishopwearaouth ... ... 15 0 40 2 ditto , Warrington ... ... 0 6 8 30 . 2 ditto , Stockton ... ... 0 5 0 18 . 2 ditto , and 19 cards , Penyame 0 6 2 30 2 ditto , and 52 cards , Newport , Monmouih ... ... 0 13 8 150 2 ditto , and £ 2 balance due to the 31 st December ... 3 5 0 30 2 ditto , Asfcley ... ... 0 5 0 120 2 ditto , Leeds ... ... 100 40 2 ditto , and 12 cards , Miles
Plattin ... ... ... 0 8 8 60 2 ditto , and 6 * 0 cards , Mosaley ... 10 0 40 7 i ditto , Mottram ... ... 1 5 0 30 2 ditto , Holbrooke ... ... 0 5 0 80 2 ditto , Bishop Auckland ... 0 5 0 24 4 ditto , and 24 cards , Worcester 0 12 0 100 1 and 100 cards , Sheffield Polilitical Institute ... ... 1 5 0 100 Ik and 80 cards , Sheffield , Figtreelane ... ... ... , 3 15 10 60 6 York ... . < . ... 1 10 0 30 6 and 50 cards , Scarboro' ... 13 4 72 2 with 12 s . Id ., balance due 31 st Dec , Pollors Simpson ... 1 4 1 120 2 Richards ... ... ... 10 0
72 71 Derby ... 2 5 0 39 6 Bromsprove ... ... 0 15 0 30 6 Darlaston ... ... ... 0 15 0 50 1 Bingley 0 4 2 100 4 Colne ... ... ... 1 13 4 30 6 Yeovil ... ... ... 0 15 0 30 6 Cardiff ... ... ... 0 15 0 60 6 Macclesfield ... ... 110 0 90 4 Cheltenham ... ... 1 10 0 30 4 Holmfirth ... 0 10 0 90 4 Sunderlaiid ... ... ... 110 0 30 6 Carlisle ... ... ... 0 15 0 30 1 and 20 cards , Kendal ... 0 5 10 72 7 i Dewsbury ... ... ... 2 5 0 40 ll Belper ... 15 0
30 2 Truro 0 5 0 30 2 Chester ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 6 Kidderminster ... ... 0 15 0 30 2 Wisbeach ... 0 5 0 60 3 Abergavenny ... ... 015 0 24 , 2 Newport , Isle of Wight ... 0 4 0 39 7 . J Pontypool ... ... ... 0 18 9 30 3 Skipton ... ... ... 0 7 6 40 1 Glossop ... ... ... 0 3 4 30 6 and 50 cards , Wigaa ... 13 4 20 120 cards , Longton ... ... 1 0 0 20 2 Nprthwich ... ... ... 0 3 4 20 2 New Mills ... 0 3 4 72 I and 72 cards , Holbeck ... 0 18 0 60 1 Milnrow ... ... ... 0 5 0 30 4 Millbottom ... ... ... 0 10 0 24 3 Ratcliffe 0 6 0
50 2 Sabden ... ... ... 0 12 6 30 3 and 25 cards , Heywood ... 0 11 8 60 2 Norwich ... ... 0 10 0 90 3 and 60 cards , Clithero ... 112 6 12 7 h Accriugton ... ... 0 7 6 400 3 " and 300 cards , BilBton ... 7 10 0 40 3 Banbury ... ... ... 0 10 0 30 2 and 50 cards , Pailsworth ... 0 13 4 30 6 and 36 cards , Gloucester ... 1 1 0 30 3 Lees ... 0 7 6 30 4 and 60 cards , Howden . ; . 2 0 0 100 7 i and 100 cards ; Hull . „ 3 19 2 60 2 Hebdem Bridge ... ... 0 10 0 30 4 and 50 cards , Congleton ... 0 18 4 120 3 and 60 cards , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ... ... ... 2 0 0 50 2 Balance due to 31 st Dec , 1841 ,
Salford ... ... ... 1 11 4 30 4 and 60 cards , Wigton ... 1 0 0 30 2 and 50 cards , Stalybridge ... 0 13 4 30 4 and 50 cards , Bury ... 0 18 4 100 7 i Birmingham , Freeman-street 3 5 10 30 2 Bacup ... ... ... 0 5 0 120 2 and 100 cards , Aberdare ... 1 16 8 30 2 and 20 cards , Openshaw ... 0 8 4 30 2 Stourbridge ... ... 0 5 20 2 Batley ... ... ... 0 3 4 50 2 and 20 cards , Ipswich ... Oil 8 100 2 Tower Hamlets ... ... 0 16 8 100 2 Maryleboiie ... ... 0 16 8 100 4 Burnley ... ... ... 1 13 4 36
24 7 . ^ and cards , Gloucester ... 110 30 2 and 30 cards , Barnstaple ... 0 10 0 50 2 and 120 card ? , Wolverhampton 1 8 4 24 2 Wellenborough ... ... 0 4 0 30 2 and 32 cards , Long Buckley ... 0 10 4 30 2 and 10 cards . West Auckland 0 6 8 50 cards , Stoke-upon-Trenfc 0 8 4 120 2 Liverpool ... ... 10 6 50 71 Lancaster ... ... 1 11 3 75 7 h Blackburn ... ... 2 6 10 72 1 Chofley .. ... ... 0 6 0 90 1 Preaton ... ... ... 0 7 6 50 7 £ Newton Heath ... ... Ill 3 50 l " and 50 cards , Leicester , All
Saints Open ... ... 0 12 6 70 -3 Barnoldswick ... ... 0 17 ' 6 61 ) cards , Cockermouth ... 0 1 # Q 24 cards , Garnborne ... 0 4 0 30 4 and 24 cards , Stroudwater ... 0 14 0
£ — 0 0 Outstanding debts ... £ 135 10 Brother Chartists . — -I have charged the amount as near the Hiark as I could . I hardly knew how tcf aet . I cannot get the Sub-Secretaries generally to inform me of the actual number of paying members monthly . Were I to charge according to the number of members who have voted , the Association would be much more in debt than it is . I hope that immediate steps will be taken to pay off the debt , and enable the Executive to go to work in earnest In the column to tha left I have inserted the probabio number of paying members , in the next column the number of months , that the contributions should be paid for , with tho number of cards unpaid for . If I have over charged , or under charged' the Association , the fault is not mine .
pu the 1 st Saturday iu March , a balance sheet of the income and expenses will appear .- . ' . ' It is too often the case , that the Society sells the cards , and devotes the money to its own purposes , leaving the Executive to pay for their printing as best they can . , The thanks of the whole Chartist body is due to the Halifax district , to Todmorden , London , the Potteriw , Nouinghauishire , and other places , who have done tneir duty so well . Had it not been for tbeffl , the Executive would have been placed in very awkward circumstances ; indeed , the Bristol friends also , have done their duty nobly .
Hoping that , the good cause will prosper even more rapidly than it does at present . Yours in the cause , . .. , ' . John Cami-bell , Secretary .
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¦ . ¦ a , ' ¦ ¦ An Old Prisoner . —There is now residing in the Fleet Prison a man named Jeremiah Board , who has been a prisoner ever since 1815—no less than " twenty-seven years . " Board was committed by the Court of Chancery for contempt , and no proceedings under the Insolvent Debtors ; Act could be prosecuted until the present act came into operation , when a provision was made , enabling creditors to adopt compulsory proceedings against debtors . A vesting order was obtained against Board , and a seizure made 6 f property , "by which money and
securities were found on his person , some of which was secreted iu his shoes . The matter remained some time , and a recent application was made respecting about £ 1 , 600 which was in the hands of the assignee who had obtained the vesting order , and which sum it was thought had better be paid into court . The commissioner ordered , from the extraordinary nature of the case , that creditors should be sought after ; and advertisements have appeared in the newspapers , calling dh persons who have any claim to come forward , before further orders wore given respecting the money . ;
A Lamb Buiiikd in the Snow Nineteen Davs * —A Piieyear old lamb belonging to Messrs . Sution and Co ., of the Trubshaw Farm , was missed on the 1 . 3 thi of January , during a heavy fall of snow , and was not fouud again until the first of the present month , When it was discovered in--a ditch , standing in an upright position , hating been nineteen days ienveloped in a snow drift , by which it had been reduced to a mere skeleton . When brought into the fresh air , . H could neither stand nor walk ; but by the judicious care and treatment of Messrs . Sutton's old shepherd , Joseph Jenkinson , it has now quite recovered the effects of so long a deprivation of nutriment . —Stafford Advertiser .
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, ] ,. ;; . . , ¦ - .: ¦ , < ¦¦ . . ,. ; . .. ¦ - . . . ; ' . . V ' :-,. '¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦¦ / - - ^ fi ' . ' THE OPEEAHrE STONE MA 66 K 8 lATEl * jEmPIOted at the jwew houses or PARLIAMENT , NELSON'S ; ' MONTTMBNT , AND WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , TO THE TRADES AND THE JPITBUC OF GREAT - . BRITAIN . ; :- ¦ ; ' ;; ^; T ; '¦' , ' } : ¦ . ¦ ,, : / •• . y " ;? . ; \\ ' ; . Brother OJPERATivBSj—Gratefully acknowledging the handsome and noble manner ia which you have already contributed to our aid , circumstances of an urgent nature compel us to solicit your further and . . ,.., ;; :: :
immediate assistance . Grissell and Peto , Johnson and the Haytor Granite Company , the Government , and a host of other capitalists , have manifestly leagued themselves together , not only with a view to . defeat the object of " theMasons" in resisting the cruelty of Allen , but as it has been openly stated by the Tory Mayor of Norwich , " To defeat the combined efforts of the / trades of the British empire in their , " ias he was pleased to iermit , " " attack upon the rights of capital . " -
To neutralize the evil machinations of this arrogant , rapacious , and " unholy alliance , * ' which , insensible to all generous feelings , revel in afiluonce at the cost of suffering humanity , a coalition of the energies , and concentration of the means of the trades and working community of the "British enipire" is essential . To enforce for the working wza » a right beyond that of toiling a given number of hours for a certain ^^ rate of wages—tb enforce for him the privilege held sacred to all other classes of : the community , that of attending the dying moments of " the wife of his bosom "—and the last obligation of a son to a revered but deceased mother , that of being present at her committal to that place , : ¦ ¦ - . ^ . ' . ¦ ¦' - - ' ; : - ' . -. ¦¦ : [>\ : - :.: '¦ - ' . ¦ ¦¦
"From whose bourn no traveller returns /* without , on returning heart-stricken to -his employment , experiencing such acts of consummate cruelty as those unto which we have been subjeced by the flend-like Allen . These , friends , are the Christian privileges for which , in a Christian country , we have been so loupt contending , and in support of which we again solicit with hope and confidence your immediate and liberal support . . ' ... ' . ' : ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ; " /¦¦' - '¦'; . ' ,... ; -. "" > . . : The result of our previous , and the nature of our pteaent vnovements , will be found in our donation sheets . Our operations are necessarily extensive .
which , as a natural consequence , make our expenditure heavy . We have delegates in various localities , combatting , Tvith singular success , the ag . ntg , " the gold , " and the influence of the enemy . To * prosecute with firmness and decision these operations , an income of two hundred pounds per ^ week is neces-. '¦ - 8 ar ' y ; and as the inhuman abettors of the airociiiesof Allen are now nearly idle for want of stone , without any probability of an early supplyj we trust we shall not he compelled to forego the advanced position we have attained from the want of means to hold"it . ¦ -- . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' , : ¦¦ : ' . "• ¦¦ . - ; ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦• ' ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ' . ¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦
In conclusion , we beg most respectfully to remind you , that if we are defeated from the want of supf port after the publicly asserted determination of the trades , &c . &c , in our favour , it will olench another rivet in that chain of slavery with which we are already too tightly bound . The reproach of such a catastrophe would not faU exclusively on the Masons—others than they would feel its consequences . The common foe would eiultingly declare itself triumphant , despite the united efforts of the trades of Britain , and wreak their vengeance indiscriminately on all . - ; But , afford us the "united means and energies of the trades of Britain , " and defeat cannot —« Aa /; not—occur . :
Sanguine that an early response will be given to this appeal , We remain , respectfully your's , The Masons' Society ^ London , March , 1842 . Thomas Shortt , Sec .
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LONDON .-Silk Weavers . —An adjourned public meeting of the Spitalfields silk weavers was held to hear the report of the relief committee , who , at their last meeting , had passed resolutions , stating that the meeting which Mr . O'Connor addressed at the Crown and Anchor , Bethnal-green , was not composed of broad silk weavers , but of shoemakers , navigators . &c , and that even the chairman waa not a ' weaver . At about nine o ' clock the place was crowded , and Mr . J . Pickersgill was called to the chair , but no committee made their appearance , for which conduct much disapprobation was expressed . Mr . Thompson mcved the following resolution : — "That this meeting hereby call upon the relief committee to resign , and that they appoint a committee
of six unemployed operative Treavers to superintend their interests . " The word " unemployed" was afterwards Withdrawn . Mr . Carey seconded the resolution , which was supported by Messrs . Rodwell , Wright , Slater , Franks , and otherB . Mr . Wilson moved as an amendment , " That a public meeting of the trade be called on that day week , ( Saturday , March 5 th ) , and that the cbmmittse be called upon to attend . " He wag not satisfied that they , should merely be called upon to resign , but that they should be severally censured for the conduct , and for the base manner in which they had misrepresented the late public meeting , addressed b y Mr . O'Connor . " Mr . JFinnett seconded the amendment , and man ; all
others ^ weavers , addressed the meeting , condemning the conduct of tho committee . During this interval , Mr . Claisse , the secretary of the trade , and of the committee , entered the room , and replied to qdestions , which were put to him , in a candid manner . Mr . Claisse then pledged his word to the meeting , that , as secretary to the trade , he would call a meeting on Saturday next vby handbills , of the whole trade , and that he would attend a » d request the attendance of the committee , who , he helieved , would resign . The motion and amendment were then withdrawn , and after Ruffy Ridley had briefly addressed the meeting , stating his intention to meet tba committee , the business was adjourned .
A 3 HBUB . TON ( Dbvon . )—The woollen trade here is in a dismal state . Hundreds are out of work and in a state of starvation , with no sign of any improvement . Many olever artizana are driven to emigrate to America through the want ef employment . If a change does not take place soon , we fear therasulk
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Voluntary Attempt at Starvation . —A girl named Seville , living at Felsted , Essex , had been missirig for twelve days prior to the 9 th ihst . On that day some men found her nearly in a dying gtat * . She gives no satisfactory account of why she voluntarily attempted starvation , but she says she was in the wood ten days and nights , with no other covering than the clothes she had on , nor any pro * tection from the inclemency of the season than a few leaves she had collected together to lie oh . She had seen no one duripg the time , nor had she eaten anything whatever or took any sustenance . fnrtht ' r than sucking some , water from the brook through a reed . She is still in a very precarious state . — Bury Post .
Robbery of £ 2000 prom tiie Manchester and Blackbusn Coach . —On Friday evening we-jk , a leather trunk or box containing 1500 sovereigns and £ 500 . in £ 5 notes , was forwarded by Messrs . Cutiliff-js , Brooks , and Co . ^ bankers , Manchester , to their house in Blackburn , by the Perseveranct * coaoh . Two suspicious pereo'ia were outside passengers , and who , after going ii . 3 far a 3 Bury , or a little b ; vcnd that place , got off , and with Ihem took the trun ;/ and its contents . £ M ! 0 reward , is offered for such
information as will lead t 3 the dereotion : of the thieve . * . On Wednesday . moifiing . Mr . Beawick , the ¦ ii-itive / police-officer , succeeded in obtiiiuinga clue , by which he apprehended a person who there is little-doubt was one of the party , naincly , a person named T ) it-1--wall ( not the Mr . R ; Tholwall , i ^ hpse premises were robbed of jewellery to a Jargo amount some t ' l ^ f > r three moritns a ^ o , but his brother ;) on whose person it issaid 200 sovereigns were found . He was ' . br . nuis it . before the mjigistrates at Manchester , on WednWday , and remanded for a week .
The Houx \ sr . ow Powder Mill ^ .- ^ More ExplosiOKS . —We undersfcand that Peter Thomas a ?) d WilJiam Colvics , the two survivors of the late dreadful explosion of a cornJDg-miil on the prqmisM-r-f Messrs . C . . -B-. and T . Curtis and Harvey , gunpowder maiiufacturei-s , which occurred on the morni n z " Saturday , the 12 th ult ., are still going on well , and fast advancing towards convalescence ; Scafeeiy , however , has the ^ ^ excitement occasioned throu ^ Uoat the neighbourhood of Houaslow by the melancholy oiicurTence begun to subside , / before we ha ^ to : '¦ annrunce two other explosions on the works of the same firm , which hard , however been unattenaVu oy fatal coiisoquences . The first took place oi < : iho afternoon or Saturday lastabout twenty minutes to
, three o'clock , in a powder room near to the scone of the previous explosion . Two men , named John Irish , about twenty-two years of age , and Wm Fox , about the same age , both in the service of Messrs . Curtis and Co ., wore sent in to sweep it up . and while so engaged , from some cause at present unexplained , excopt that they neglected . first to damp , the floor , the loose powder exploded , by the force of which the windows of the buildiDg were - broken and the nif » injured , Irish being dreadfully ; burnt about the head and face ^ so as to be temporarily deprived of Bight ; and Fox , who jumped ; .-through one of the windows into the njill s : reafflj > was burned about the hands and arms , &c . Both
sufferers were promptly conveyed to their residences at Hounslow , and were immediately attended by Mr . Frogloy , burgeon , of that town . Both are , we understand , doing iveJJ , and likely to recover . Tie second txpiosion took place on Monday morning ^ about half ^ past eight o ' clock , when the inha"bitants of the country around , for a radius of four or five miles , were alarmed by a loud report , )¦ which on inquiry , was found'to : hayo occurred at other wo : ks ^ belonging to the same firm , situate at'Hattpn ,. : n £ ar :,. " Bedfoni , about four Diiies from Hounslow , by whiwi the roof of a green charged mill was , it is stated , blpwncff , but without any person being either killed or injured .
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GREAT MEETING IN ST . PANCRAS TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL PETITION . On TLnrsday evenine , Feb . 24 th , the Training Institu : * . lata Royal Clarence Theatre , Liverpool-street , Ki ;»^' a Cross , containing a spacious Hall , t ^ 7 o spacious g . illenes , and two side slips , and large platform—all of which were crowded to suffocation—waa the place of meeting . Mr . Potsbr ., a working man , was called . to the ch-dr , and expressed his regret that a more efficient person -was not called on to preside over so large a meeting . He congratulated them on the symptoms of union , exhibited at the many meetings tbat had recently taken place . He trusted they -would hear everybody that presented themselves patiently —( cheers . ) Ha would call on
Mr . Ferris to read and move tbe adoption of the Kational Petition . The Petition having been read , Mr . F . sud it speaks for itself . It was drawn np by a Council of -working men , and has already received an , innncc&e auionnt of signatures . AltheugH this is tbe first public meeting convened in this pariah for its j adoption . He wonld therefore move it —( loud cheers . ) | Mr . Seal seconded it It was then put and carried i uvanmouBly , amid loud cheering . j Mr . Faruer moved the first resolution as follows : — I "Tbat in tne opinion of this meeting Jthe declaration j of fee Prime Minister with regard to the distress of the | cotmtry , renders him totally unfit for the office , and Bhows to the people if another argument was wanting , ' tha necessity of the document called the People ' s Charter being passtd into a law without deduction or alteration . ' Mr . Chairman and fellow men , I think there is no one here but vrill agree ? rith the resolntion . For west
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RETURNS OF THE VOTES FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR THE CONVENTION . LANCASHIRE . § a 3 § ¦ 9 5 i 1 U £ m Q Manchester , Brown-street 67 71 5 3 Butnley ... ... 22 8 67 3 Manchester , Miles Plattin 22 ' 2 . 9 1 6 CJithero ... ... 0 0 166 0 Harwood ... ... 0 0 100 0 Colne ... ... 0 0 18-J 0 Lancaster ... ... 0 0 75 6 Sabden ... ... 0 0 50 0 Accrington ... ... 1 0 63 0 Blackbnrne ... ... 38 b ?> 69 6 Preston ... ... 75 61 18 2 Bacup ... ... 0 0 150 0 Barnoldswick ... ... 0 0 70 0 Chorley 21 20 33 C 7 Asrhton 60 59 2 'J OMham ... ... 32 50 2 2 Hollingwood ... ... 17 17 2 2 Lower Moor ... ... 19 19 0 0 Rochdale ... ... 110 0 Watt-rhead Mill ... 38 40 2 0 Lets ... ... ... 3 tt 315 0 0 Warrington ... ... 30 32 9 . 7 Milnrow 27 21 2 4 Bury ... ... ... 0 60 0 60 Delph 20 21 0 1 548 606 10 GG 165 YORKSHIRE . « . £ i O Z . 2 B I . S H - « n S § 5 ¦§ £ b ( f o -o ^ n b ( S Yew Green ... 12 14 4 6 0 0 Ltpion ... ... 30 30 0 0 30 0 Sclby 37 0 16 28 29 33 Scarborough ... 29 0 1 28 17 27 Pocfelington ... 23 9 6 17 20 15 KnaTesborough ... 13 2 8 13 0 13 Malton 26 0 18 23 0 22
Donca-tcr 40 0 26 28 45 38 Beverley ... ¦ ... 1 . 6 0 0 0 16 Jl > Leeds G 7 14 28 62 37 40 Hcrae , SpaldingMoor 18 0 1 111 18 17 Hull 85 5 60 63 82 39 Ripponden 29 1 25 22 0 6 Ovt-nden 17 2 9 7 0 0 Hunslet ... ¦ ... 23 0 10 18 20 16 Idle , Little Horton 63 0 18 28 39 41 Upper Wortley ... 15 3 11 14 1 13 Midgley 19 4 7 19 0 14 York ... ... 29 0 1 31 29 30
Bradford 491 7 210 380 101 320 Bingley 1 « 0- 2 16 3 15 Huddersfield ... 158 121 09 115 0 37 Hebdeii Bridge ... 45 0 33 24 18 VJ Wads worth Row ... 35 2 12 29 4 23 Barnsky 35 0 18 19 13 30 Thornton 0 0 30 49 59 61 Shefiield 82 4 57 29 53 26 Rotherham ... 37 2 12 27 28 10 Sowerby 113 6 C 102 13 108 45 Halifax 92 2 92 97 0 0 Warley 17 3 13 12 0 0 Mixenden 10 3 6 4 0 8 Political Institute , Sheffield ... 27 1 22 12 27 2
1741 295 957 1252 877 976 STAFFORDSHIRE . . i z . ¦< I 5 . £ P 5 Bilstoa ... ... ... < 560 4 Walsall 50 0 Darleston ... ... ... 68 0 Shelton ... 96 5 Longton ... ... ... 1 133 Hanley ... 2 216 Stoke-upon- Trent ... ... 82 1 Stafford ... 8 11 Wclverhamptou ... " ... ... 35 64 902 434
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' . -. - . - ¦ - ,-f ¦¦ ¦ ¦ »^^^^ . "¦ - ¦ -. -- ¦ -r . - r r ¦ The Time of Youth . —Idleness is the most pernicious habit that youth can acquire ; the early years of life are the parts of a volume too valuable for even a single day to appear a useless blank ; and each page should present to recollection some commendable action , or knowledge attained . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct420/page/6/
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