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ZiOlTDOlT . iriHiiSG o ? Delegates—A . public meeting of deU ^ 2 . 103 from the trades of the metropolis was held at the Craven Head , Drury Lane , on Friday , October 22 nd . The yiace vss crowded to excess . Delegates -were present fro ; n various bodies of carpenter * , steam-engine makers , painters , plasterers , eatrinet makers bricfclayers , beokbinders , boot sad ahoemakers , enftewn , block coopers , plumbers , to-piate wottet , tailors , both soefetiea of mason * aad tjAm other trade * Mar . y thrt airired in tbe later part of tbe ereoms were ¦ nso : e ' jo proton admittance , aad wn compellea to eoatV . t themselves with sending in their credentials . ilr . woRTHiHGTOH , stone-mason , having been called to tbe rhair , the gentleman connected 'with the Times , MoT'in ? Advertiser , Chrmide , Sun , Weekly Express , Brittih Q * cen . Weekly Dispatch , Northern Star , aad other p-pers . were admitted , and , from their numbers , fully Jv -iBoeattafc &eyat least were aliTe to theimtwmsct of the meeting .
Mr . Wokthikgton said , fallow-men , it U with grest a i 5 Uenee that 1 have taken the chair upon tha preset occasion , bat Bball endeaTour to procure ( or all who ujsy wish to address you a fair aad impartial hearing . The present meeting most fully demonstrate to out rnpioyers that the trades of Lone on are awake to their own interests—that they sympathise with their e-pp : « - ^ -d brethren . It is with feelings of joy and pleasure that I Tiew this great assembly , this concentrati > n rf the united wisdom of the trades of London , ssscur .-. lvi at each a short notice , to express their deterrainstr .- 'i to snpport the rights of labour . As many more denied persons than myself will address yon , and ! - -7 before 70 a all the necessary information , I shall - ¦ . ¦ longer detain you , but call upon Mr . Armstrong W&it .-E to address you . 2 dr ..-. rmstiokg Wju . to 5 commenced by reading the ir-v . ; owing arcuiii , explaining the ebj&ct of the jneetir-ir : —
To the Secretary of ike Society . Si * ., —I am instructed to inform your Society , through 7 cu . fUt a delegate meeting of the rations trades will be kt-M at th « Craven Head , Drury Lane , on Friday , Oet - ' - ¦ J , aJ eight o'd # ck , when full information will be lsU t > efore the meeting relative to the strike of the masons at the new Houses of Parliament , to devise the best fc ; eans of making the strike successful ; and-also to takr i-10 consideration the eo&dnct of the Times , Weekly Dis }< t . cbs Morning Advertiser , and other papers , which Inve . * : umniated and misrepresented the masons now on * tr ; R 6 at the above-named works , with a- Tiew to conn-. w ifee b « st meaa to be taken relative to the unpriEc ;>> ied cosdoet of those papers . It is earnestly
reqoB ?» i that your society will send a delegate , or delegs . it 1 . to the above-named meeting , aad show to the desp-u f-fcat told our deputation " They considered they had ]¦ - ¦ - ¦> "red their dignity fery much in haying condescenQeo u > allow us a hearing , " that there is a sufficiency of iEt ^ Vilsenee and determinitaon amongst the trades of Lon- ' or . when properly directed , to Uy those tyrants and tb- hireling press of London prostrate at their feet . As thi ? is a subject of importance , it is particularly reqaesttn ihat those trades which do not meet before the 22 srt i&st will convene a special meeting , for the purpose of coding delegates to the said delegate meeting . Tour ' s , respectfully , THE O S . M .
Thomas Cabtkb , Sec Mr . Walton then said , Mr . Chairmaa and Gentlemen , I docbt not many among you are acquainted with the reason ; - * bieh led to our strike at tiie new Houses of ParMarjent ; but , as there maybe soms present who may r t bo acquainted with the object , it will be n&cess&ry l-j lay the reasons before you , that . you may judge whe "" . rf- fre fee jastifiable in refusing to work any longer -r . der a foreman who acted towards ue in such an UDJi : r :. nle , such a tyrannic manner , as was tha conduct ¦ - ¦? Mr . Allen—conduct -which , we bore with until it £ -:: : . as impossible any longer to Etand tamely benatb : t , We have , as wa mention in our correspondcn& : -B-. th Messrs . G-risell and Peto , four specific charges to brli i ne ^ ixist Mr . Allen . The first is that he refused to to to
to &L-.--sf a young tt" ^ ti leave go ilanchestei bury his i - -. t ; . er . This , you ¦ wiil all allow , was anactcf duty -. mi he should pay the last tribute of respect to his ( ^ ecfti « td parent . He asked Allen for leave of absence f : r twe wctis , and r . ot three wetks , as tbe press tas ft = led , statiDg the object of hii jaunicy . This Allen refu * -. a . He then asked for one w&ek . ThU he also rtfu .- " - .. sUtir . g that he could go down one day , and eonK oack the next . This the man told him was imposs ,: ' ¦¦; . as he had some little basizess to transact relatiT-2 to his deceased mother's property . Alien then told bi-.. i be must Lake his chance , fjr he would not keep tis bench open for him . We , as fellow men , jsyffii'V . nJz ' jg in his distress , informed him we would » ee i Jra cpon the subject , and adriscd him to go ; he
Tec :. We called a nieeUng npon the wcrts-, and agrt-c ttat if the man ras discharged , we would leaTe work also . This determination we acquainted Allen with , sud the man who took the chair on that occasion was . on a false pretence , speedily discharged . The yon-. ir man caxae back from burying his mother , and Alita .. nor tj » Ting to discharge him , CDfieaToured in the mosi ¦; r >> i'TT ""' and tyrannic manner to otiTe him off tiie work .:-. As a punishment , ha was taken out of the shop , and grren the wcrst description of work . The second charge is that of a man , whose wife was ill , and who -as told by the Doctor XhaA she was not likely to lire more than seven hours . He obtained tha leare of the u- j'ier-foreman to be absent to visit her . Tee poor wcican died ; her husbaad stayed to piy the last duty
iri his povrer to his deceased partner unui the third day ; and ^ rben he was questioned by Allen of tbe caass of his ab ^ fence , ft ^ d explained ~ that it was owie ^ to the deati of Lis wife , this was his answer—" That he niiglit eo and die with hti , and be dairin'd . " Cou : d any man jollify this revoitixig barbarity ? A third charge was . cDe of the men , by an accident , jot his \ t % broks 00 thr works . Waen he came back frcm the Loapital , he ^ as not quite niaiMe ^ s be / o-a , bet the accident having occurrod on the woria , he naturally expected a little sympathy—that for a time at least he would not be too heavily pressed , but Alien was destitute of any sympithy . He told him , in his coarse brutal manner , that he tranted no damn'd hobbling ftulnwa en the works . Could it bs expected that , pos > C 3 Scd of feelings ,
perh : p 3 as acute as those of Messrs . Griseli and Pcto , men could Eit down tamely under such outrages ? ( Crii * 01 •* eo , no , and shaiEe , Ehama" ) The last instance was that of a poor man , who worked close by mys'Jii he "wa 3 absent , being sick , foi five days ; he bad h © en previously out of employ , acd in jx > 3 r circumstances , with a sick wife at home . Forty men at the work subscribed 6 i each , to assist him , who can bear testimony to tie truth of this statement , owing to illness , combined with the long way he had to walk , and his anxiety on account of his wife , he was compelled to be aJ-sent for five days . "Cptn hisreiuxn , he was . told by Allen to pick up hi 3 tool 3 , and go , for he wanted noa * r but sound men ; thus , my fellow-men , they would use ¦« > u like coach horse 3 , get as much as possible out
of you , and then you may go to the dogs . iTrue . )—Every one of thess facts they were prepared to -proye . When their brother masons struck at Woolwich , asd at yet-n ' s monument , > lr . Griseli told the men that if thry could produce proof of this , he would discharge Allen or tbe best foreman hs had ; a deputation was appo jited to wait on him with individuals to prove the chare ? , but when they arrived , Mi . Giisell told them that ce had never uttered such a sentence , and that he bad ' oTTireJ his dignity by condescends 3 to allow us a hetr . ag . ( Laughter . ) Was this acting like a gentleman ? -was thus basely deceiving them keeping up his digniy ? There Vfas one point on which the press had greasy misrepresented thtm , respectiru the man being £ c& ! fixe 3 £ dl ! ings for chasing . The Dispatch and the Tirrus wanted to mske it an handle , to prove that they wanted to curb the ingenuity and ability of their fellow men . Th : s we 3 false . When on a previous occasion th ; y hr . 3 c-Tmulained of the conduct of AUen , their
emp "; cv £ T 3 Tirrually admitted tfcat it had been bad by promisir . g thtm that it should be altered in future , but Alien not being able to exercise his tyranny in the old method , adopted , a fresh ona , and instigated one of the ten possessed perhaps of superior physical abilities to son- " of the ethers , to hsrrasa and annoy his fellow-¦ weTknien by doing a greater sisre of work tan-1 doing it in a rocghsr manner , which was overlooked ! than they could do in a similar time , Allen rnntHg that a fiUadard , and ail who coald not accomplish , the Eame , to pick up their tools and walk , thus ksii&svng bis f 3 l :- "; w men ; but it ¦ was not even for tni 3 he was fined , &ut for neglect of fiaishing his work . This explanation had 'b « eu sent to the press , but these impartial gsn ; i < , iaen declined to insert it . Their Secretary would cott resa tie correspondence "with Messrs . Griseli and and P .-to , aad he woold retire , ia&kicg room far others to 2 . idress them . Mr . Walton Bat down mucii applEuie ^ .
ilr . Joseph Cabtsk , the Socretery of the stone nasun body , then read the lenglheatd eorresponden © which had taken place with Hessrs . Grkell aud Peto the subssanee of which has already appeared before th public In the correspomlence Messrs . Grissell ani Peto tieny that Joseph &urrell was discharged iei takin , the chair at the meeting on the works , and aver tha Mr . Allen was not aware till afterwards that he h& < done so . This is contradicted by the reply of th masons , who state that Mz . Allen was present , an < made some observations to them respecting their weigh of pressure in meeting on some particular day . Mi Cirtsr also , in as able manner , explained a number c grievances connected with the works , under which the bad previously laboured , but which had been , tLroug the interference of their employers , partially remove
He a \* o entered into the case of the man who was fine * 5 » . for " chasicg , " and sbewed tiiat it ¦ was not owin ; either to his skill or oerseTsrancc tint he ms en&bta to do more work , but owing tt > Ms being allowed b ; Allen to fini «> i his work in a rougher manner , and with out putting the head-marks upon it Mr . Carter ' al& stated the result of the deputation from tha Nelsoi Monument and Woolwich maeonfi to Messrs . Peto ; 4 c and their contradiction of using the words , " that 1 the charges were tone , they would diKhargo Allen ;' and stated that these words could be distinctly swon to by thir ^ r-two men at the Monument , and ninety a Wtolwico , and that when be infermed them be hac lowered his dignity in receiving them , and appeared u be in a jery agitated stste , they , pitying his agitation and seeing no prospect of an amicable arrangement , pu ' on their hats and left . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Eobebt M'Dosald said it was a nsw feature i their trades' ruefttings that they should hare so mir reporter ! pressnt ; and being an unedecat ^ dd man , ax
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not in the habit of public speaking , he trusted that , if he committed any grammatical or other errors , they would deal leniently with him . ( Loudlaughter . ) As the previous speakers bad entered into the detail of the business connected -with the strike , h « would give them a short account of their present position . They were well aware that the struggle had now lasted six weeks . During 4 hi « period « very exertion had been used by the masters to procure men , and by them ( the masons ) to counteract their endeavours . ' He was happy to find tbat publio opinion was entirely with them , set only among tbe working , but even in tbe middle classes . This was not a strike against a master , nor ft strike for wages , but a strike against the Inhuman tyrann i cal conduct of an upstart foreman ; aad therefore it
appealed to the sympathy of all classes . They , were admitted , even by the public placards of their employers , to be a sober , industrious , and intelligent body of men . Mr . M Donald here explained tbe opposition they had met with from the press , which was ever ready to copy and insert any articles , but would never copy a single article of theirs , in refutation , from the Northern Star , or other sources , in which it might appear . He also dwelt forcibly on the opposition they met with from the Government authorities , and denounced the conduct of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , who , in answer to . the application of tbe masons , stated that they could not interfere with the employers and
employed , and in violation of this pledge , issuing or giving their consent to the issuing of placards in the interest of Messrs . Grissell and Peto . The speaker also spoke of the quiet , peaceful method , hi which they had con * ducted themselves ; that though they were surrounded on all sides by policemen , in no one instance had they got into tbe clutches of the law . He also alluded to the depression of trade at this season , which debarred many -who were wQling from assisting them ; bat sow th&t the trades of London were rallying round them , they would speedily obtain that for which they were seeking , despite of any and every opposition . ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr . Robkbt Anderson wu happy he vu left in the rear , as his duty would be light From the enthusiastic feelings which prevailed among the delegates , be was induced to believe that their struggle must be triumphant A firm union of the whole of the trades was necessary fer this object Disunited they must fall an easy prey to their employers . In the position they were placed it would be madness to retreat ; all hope for the future would be cat off ; all would be in confusion . They must be determined to bring it to an
honourable conclusion . Owing to the numerous strikes of their Society , they were not so strong in funds as might be expected ; but they had promises of support throughout Bnglasd and Scotland . Out of their whole body there was only nine dissentient votes to the strike ; but to ensure success , their support to the unemployed must be liberal . Many of them had large families , and they could not be expected to linger through the winter in a state of starvation . Mr . Anderson then alluded to the conduct of the press hi refusing insertion to their letters , ice .
Mr . Audessom , proprietor of the Statesman and British Queen , stated that the ; had never been applied to , or should willingly have inserted as impartial account of both sides ; and he was convinced they did not need more . He and his partner were perhaps the only proprietors of newspaper * in the room . They had come at the expence of loss of health , and at great inconvenience , to assure them that they were willing to insert any « f their proceedings- They had a reporter in the room , and in Sunday's paper there would be a full account of this meeting . A Delegate here moved "That the Proprietors of the BrilUA Queen be requested to insert a contradiction to the insertion in the Dispatch relative to the man fined 5 s . for chasing , as tbat report had done them much injury with tke trades . "
Mr . Akdebson—If the Chairman -will contradict it from the chair , I will willingly insert it I hav « been thirteen years connected with the Morning Advertiser , and have always advocated the rights of the working classes . I am not now connected with the Morning Advertiser . ( Cries of Qotstion . ) Mr . Joseph Kay—I think before we enter into tbe business of the press it will be better to test the opinion of ihe delegates present with respect to tbe propriety of the late strike , whether they consider it just , and whether they will support them during tbe struggle . I am a mason , but I have no connection with the masons now ou strike . I am not a member of the Birmingham Union . I know Allen well , I have worked with him for a length of time , though I never worked nnder him .
He was always , even when a journeyman , of a proud overbearing dupocition , and his temper baa not improved , though his circumstances have . Mr . Kay then informed them that nine years ago , Allen being then foreman to Mr . Cubitt , was a sixong Trades' Unionist , and took a leading part in most of their meetings . Allen was then employed at the erection of Fishmonger Hall , and was discharged by M > . Cirbitt becanae of his taking a le&ding pirt in the union . How than did the men act towards Allen ? Why they immediately struck , and were out some length of time , and did not return to their employment until he was reinstated ; and now that he has risen to the top of the tree , how does be return their kindness ? wiy by becoming the greatest tyrant that men could be employed under . Mr . Chairma !> , 1 propose the following resolution ; —
" That this meeting most cordially acquiesce in the steps taken by the masons emplejed at the New Houses of Parliament , and consider that it was impossible for them aay longer to crouch under their overbearing , tyrannical foreman , and hereby pledge themselves to render them the necessary support " Mr . Osbor > e , in an able speech seconded the resolntlon , but not being a trade delegate , it was objected to , and seconded by Mr . Hen BY Kitcei > "SON , delegate for a body of carpenters , and likewise supported by the susi of £ 20 , from the same small body meeting in Rochester Row , Westminster . Several delegates here addressed the msettog and gave the strongest assurance of support from their various bodies . Qaeetions were aiked by some of the delegates respecting the policy of the strike of Woolwich and Nelson ' s monument . It was explained by the Chairman , that the resolution only applied to the men at the Houses of PirlLament . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously amid great cheering .
Mr . A : < dersos then explained in a mo 3 t satisfactory niauntr the reasons which induced the men employed at Woolwich , and on Nelson ' s monument , to strike , and stated that tiiey being bard sUnemasons , would hare greater difficulty in supplying their places than even those at the Houses of Parliament ; he also gave a cheering account of the spirit exhibited by the men on strike , only one of those who struck at the New Houses had deserted them , and two at Woolwich j the names of thess men having been called for were given in . Tho masters had now got about 100 on the whole works . Tbe rmiaber en strike was upwards of 400 , of those empk-yed scarce any could be called tradesmen . Mr . Bush moved , " That the men employed at Woolwich and Nelson's menument were highly justified in Btriking in aid of their brother tradesmen , against the unprincipled conduct of their employers , and that this delegate meeting pledges itself to use its utmost exetions in their behalf . "
Secondsd by Mr . Geee . v , and carried unanimously . Mr . Hassoh , corresponding Secretary for the stonemason body , Messrs . RichardB , Dunning , Elijah Piloock , and other delegates addressed the meeting , all agreeing in tke justness of the strike , and cheering the masons in tbeir cause by examples of their success . Mr . Dunn is g , in an eloquent speech , thanked the trades for the manner in which they had supported his trade , the bookbinders , in their late struggle , and urged them to use every effort iu behalf of the masons . Mr . Thompson moved , and Mr . Shepherd seconded , "That a general public meeting be called at a convenient time and place , to consider the best means of carrying the above resolution into effect " An amendment was moved , '' That no public meeting ba held until a report be received fro a the various societies , and a return made to the Committee appointed by the b&dy . " The amendment was carried .
Mr . Wabtcaby moved , and Mr . Millar seconded , " That the delegates meet again on Wednesday , the 27 th , at ths same place—time eight o ' clock ; " which , after a little discussion , was carried . Many of the gentlemen of tbe press having previously retired , soras disapprobation was expressed , that they ^ id not stay till tbe couuud © I the LonUon papers had been discussed . Mr . Will explained thai , being daily papers , they were compelled to go to press at a certain hour .
Mr . Thompson , in a neat speech , brought forward the conduct jof the press , denouncing their conduct tow&ids the uusons—( cries of not all of them );—he acknowledged there were a few journals kad treated them ¦ with impartiality , but his observation applied to tho London press ; he then read extracts from the Morning Advertiser and thi Times of the 18 th . of October , and the Dispatch of October 10 th , but the hour beiBg very late , about twelve o ' clock , and many of the delegates retiring , the question of the press was adjourned till Wednesday evening , Oct 27 th .
The Chairman hi patting the adjournment , stated that reports would appear in the Northern Star , Weekly Dispatch , Sun , fee ., and they would be able to judge of bow ta the press was inclined to treat thorn with fairness . A Delegate stated tbat though tbej had allowed the press a few days * grace , he was sorry to see them sepa rate withoat p * a * iag a resolauoa denouncing their past conduct . The meeting then adjourned with a vote of thanks to the Chairman . A great many of the circulars issued by the carpenters were distributed in the rooin , a&d many hard hita were given to the London press . A deputation from the O'Brien Press Committee attended , but in canseqaence of the pres ? of business , hod not an opportunity of being beard ; considerable sums of money were handed hi during the evening .
London . —Social Inrtitutson , John-street , Tottenhasi-court-road , Mr . Charles in tbe chair . Mr . Turner opened the discussion , on the question " Which is most worthy of support , Socialism or Chartism ? " He was epposed to Chartism on many points—he would touch upon a few : It wis a nonentity ; it was not based npon
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the principles of nature ; it was sectarian , it looked only to one class at society ; the people were not educated sufficiently to be entrusted with political power . Look , for instance , at the population of St Giles ; look at the horrors of the French revolution , produced by entrusting power to Ignorant men ; even admitting it as expedient , you are not hi a position to get it Yon evea abridge your power by refusing to cooperate with the Corn Lav repealers , ' and so make it a ¦ fx-tn-rinn mmimm' Socialism embraced all without
distinction ; it m Bomsttiing tangibls to fed ai > . & . flrm ana aoUd foundationitad b $ en laid , and it was sure to prosper . Mr . Leigh—The last speaker had said he vu not to be led away by clap-trap , nor wasihe majority of the people present They must consider which measure was tbe moat likely to bt aaocessfol , the respective amount of prejudice they had to contend against The people were more likely to listen to Char * tism than to Socialism : they % » d dope so . What had caused tbe masse * of tbe country to . ^ atea more to Chartism than Socialism ? Most ^• inredly they had done so . Perhaps it ought be prejudice . The majority of the people of this eountey were at leest nominal Christians . Socialism opposed itself to their religious as well as political belief ; Chartism only
appealed to their political feelings , and therefore was preferable as being more likely to be attato » d < It was his opinion that , the principles of the Charter would ensure and preserve freedom , both of body and mind . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Alexander Fleming , editor of the New Moral World—1 do not know a question of more vital importance than the present We are on the eve of great changes . What those changes shall be , and how speedily effected , depends much upon ourselvesit depends on the union of the people to determine whether we shall have merely a slight change , or one on a broad basis , calculated to effect permanent good . What is it we are looking to Chartism for ? What is it we are looking to Socialism for ? What is the end of all oar agitation bat to attain the physical and mental
enjoyments of which we stand in need—to be well educated , well clothed , well sheltered , and well fed . If despotism could be made to give us these enjoyments , then despotism would be the best ; if democracy would give them us , then democracy would be the best From good evidence , it was proved that tbe despotism of Austria produced more of these advantages than tbe democracy ot America . He appealed in proof of this to TurnbuU ' s History of Austria , and to the authority of many intelligent travellers in America . We expect more from Governments than they were able to achieve evea in their most parfect form . The people must be made intelligent—must be made acquainted with their wrongs , and the true remedy , before they can expect the- Government to comply with their demands . Is America free from misery ? is she not now likely to be enraged in tbe horrors of a war ?
The Charter would give you only a partial advantage . Why go for a part when you may as easily attain the whole . You have loDg been advocating tbe principles of the Charter . My father was incarcerated for Chartist principles . Mr . Fleming here contrasted the agitation for Socialism as compared with that of Chartism , blaming the conduct of some of tbe leaden connected with tbe agitation of 1839 , and stated that men with property and intelligence would always command influence in the state . The amount of prejudice had been alluded to . Had not the Chartists the prejudices of the two Houses of Parliament to contend against ? How will you overcome this ? They treat your petitions with contempt , and throw them nnder the table till that day six months . ( Laughter . ) * ' GFod helps those who help themselves . " We will not depend on the Government ; we have set about helping ourselves . ( Loud cheering . )
Mr . Ruffy Ridlet rose amid loud applause . He had been a Socialist previous to being a Chartist ; but experience bad convinced him that the Charter must become tbe law ot the land era we could expect to see flourishing social communities , and from tbat time he had agitated for the Charter as a means to an end , as just and necessary in itself , and as"leading to further ameliorations in our political and social condition . Chartism was calculated to arouse tbe people to a sense of their wronged condition—to the Imperative necessity there existed for a . change : it would lead them to reflect upon evils in the social condition , to which they were previously indifferent Physical force had be * n alluded to . They had no idea of gaining their object by physical force ; it was not true that they ever had . The conduct of individuals had been alluded to ; but was the whole body to be blamed for the acts of the
few ? Would Socialism bear that test ? Had they none among their ranks who had injured and then deserts them ? Socialism was a work of time ; it would not come into general operation for a century to come . Despotism had been alluded to . Of what advantage would it be if despotism allowed them to raise incipient communities , and when they progressed toward perfection immediately put them down ? ( Hear , hear . ) But let the Charter become the law—let the democratic principle prevail , and they might then raise their communities in safety . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed the people -were intelligent enough ; they were not the destructives prejudice had represented them to be . They did not want to destroy the rights of others ; but they only wanted the means of od joy ing their own . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Turner explained .
Mr . Bailey , Social Lecturer , said he would consider the two measures , Socialism and Chartism . He would refer them to those places where tbe principles of the Charter were in operation , and they would see that it had not effected the good which was hoped from it . It coutaine 4 no great moral principle . We should truly have Universal Suffrage , the Billot , Ac , nllgood enough in themselves ; but then we should still have competition . Would not the wealthy speculator , the landed aristocrat , speedily find means to counteract the effects
of the Charter ? Tiuej you have the Billot ; but they would soon take steps to ascertain tbe way in which their dependents had voted . He admitted that greater prejudice existed against Socialism , but it was because they were not acquainted with its principles ; but this would evaporate before the spread of information . And weuld not the same prejudice exist if they exercised political power ?—would they not exercise it to suppress Socialism ? ( Loud cries of" No , no . " ) Socialism embraced tbe rights ef man and woman . ( Hear , hear . ) It was , therefore , the most perfect measure .
Mr . Parry and Mr . C F . Goodfellow both claimed the right to speak ; but after some little delay , Mr . Goodfellow gave way to Mr . Parbt , who paid a high compliment to Mr . Owen , and the lecturers of tke Social Institution ; but he must join issue with Mr . Fleming with respect to Austria and America . Along with the physical comforts of Austria , there existed the greatest bondage : its inhabitants were bound in tho moat servile fetters under the Government of Ferdinand and Metteraicb . No subject dared to give utterance to an opinion of bia own , if it varied from the Government standard . Surely , they who were for unlimited freedom of opinion could not be enamoured of a state of society like that existing in Austria .
Mr- Bailet said that Socialism professed to do everything that would tend to the welfare of man . Chartism did not profess half bo much ; be therefore preferred Chartism , because it was more practicable . It had been objected that tho people ¦ were not intelligent enough to possass political power : it was tbe same objection which , at the time of the Ksforin Bill , the aristocracy brought against the grocer , the cheesemonger , to . ; and you may depend upon it , if you wait till your intelligence is admitted , you will never obtain the Charter : ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Fleming moved the adjournment of the question until next Friday , which was carried . The place was more densely crowded , if possible , than at any former meeting , and great interest was manifested iu the proceedings . The above is but an outline ef the proceedings , our correspondent being compelled to be present at an important Trade Ddlegate Meeting .
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Tailohs . —Public meeting of Chartists , at the Doves , Berwick-street , Goluen-square , Mr . in the chair . In consequence of the illness of Mr . Stallwood , Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Wednesday evening to tho great satisfaction of his audience . A subscription was entered into in aid of the fnnos of the Council , and several new members were enrolled . Votes of thanks were passed upon the Lecturer and Chairman , and the meeting concluded with a variety of patriotic and sentimental songs . Citt op lopbon . —Chartist Hall , 55 , Old Bailey , Thursday evening , October 21 . Public meeting of Chartists , Mr . Dale in the chair . Mr . Wheeler lectured here on tbe subject of " Class Legislation , " and was much applauded by tho eonipany present , who wero not so numerous as had been expected , though this may be justly attributed to it 3 imperfect announcement and tho inclement state of the evening . Messrs . Fussell , Simpson , Mills , &a , briefly addressed tbe meeting at the cocCusion of the lecture , and the company departed with the firm determination of exerting their energies to ensure a full meeting on the ensuing Thursday .
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PUBLIC MEETING AT STOCKPORT . In consequence of the thousands walking the streets for the want of employment , aud turnouts to resist ths enormous reduction offered by the cotton masters , and the vast amount of privation and distress which prevails in this town , the committee of the working men deputed several of their own body to wait upon the Mayor and Magistrates , to request to ba allows d the Court Room on Friday , ( as no nse was made of it on that flay , ) for the purpose of convening a public meeting of all parties , to lay before them the condition ot tho working classes , and solicit the aid of
the public in adopting some plan to obtain relief . Accordingly , the persons appointed waited open tbe Mayor ou Thursday , who , without the least hesitation , gave thvm a peremptory refusal Seeing they could not have the Court Boost , and no other room in tbe town being sufficiently large for a ma «« ng of ^ 3 ^ cription contemplated , they Immediately iaraed placards calling a meeting for twelve o ' clock , in the Market Place , on Friday ; at which hour a numerous concourse of people had assembled . No hustings being prepared , a butcher very kindly lent his cart for the speakers .
Mr . James Selbt was called to tbe chair , and introduced Mr . Thomas Clarke to move the first resolution , Which was as follows : —
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. " That , in the opinion of thU meeting , the conduct of tbe cotton masters of this town is highly r « pre ! ien sible , in taking the wages from those by whose toil and sweat they have amassed such large fortunes , erected their stately mansions , fee ., and more especially , because it is injurious to themselves , and the public by destroying tiie best market * namely , the home consumption . " ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ' . ' . . ' ¦ ¦ . ; ; : .: ' ¦¦ -. ¦ ¦ .. ¦ : ' - ; ; . . . ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ,-: v . ¦ ; . The speaker , after addressing the congregated thousands as fellow-sufferers , said that tho conduct Of the master manufacturers Of StocKport , in his opinion , wa » in good keeping with their acts for » number » I years . They bad always been first in the field in attempting a reduction—they had , on all occasions , made that town the cess-pool of corruption—they had
invariably set the example of plunder , in their endeavours to grind the face of the . industrious poor . But why was it that they could thus make such encroachments upon the rights of labour ? Because they kad tiie making of the law which protected property , and which the working classes were compelled to obey , although made without their consent , and which afforded no protection . Were the working classes to attempt to resist tiie anj net aggression jrf the property class , there would be the bayonet ' s point or the cannon's mouth set before them ; whilst every step the matters took fa ) the combinations against tke interest of the working men was recognised by the magistrates , and sanctioned by the law . ( Hear , hear . ) They bad always been assisted in their work of plunder and devastation by the money-mongerlng middle class and shopkeepers . They could not cany their diabolical schemes into operation without their consent and co-operation .
Those poor , ignorant , blind fools could not see that their profits would be larger—that they would have more customers if the working classes , were properly paid for tbeir labour ; their petty pride-and foolishness caused them rather to stick to class , and social distinction than assist the people jn tlieir just and righteous demauds for political power . There were upwards of 7 , 010 out of employment in the borough ; the streets were lined from morning till night with honest , sober , and industrious artisans , famishing and dying of hunger . Mr . Clark made a capital speech , in which he pourtrayed the miseries of the people , and denounced the conduct of tbe masters . He shewed how roductiens acted upon society , and declared his conviction that Trades' Unions or combinations would be insufficient to keep np wages ; and concluded , after moving the resolution , by calling upon the working men to join the Charter Association , as their only plan of
salvation . Mr . Joh . v Weight seconded tbe resolution in a nest and sensible speech , Bbowisg the dreadful state of tbe people , and like the preceding speaker , contended that there was no hope fer tbe working man until he was fully and fairly represented . He touched upon the corruptions of the banking system ; exposed tbe moneymongers and swindlers ; and gave a severe castigation to the cruel an' 1 unfeeling cotton lords . The Chairman put the resolution , and It was carried without one dissentient Mr . Chabi . es Da vies moved the second resolution : —
" That the working classes of this town are in a raos deplorable condition ; hunger and starvation prevailing to' an alarming extent ; and that reductions have a tendency to increase misery and crime , and injure society both locally and nationally ; and that tbe only way to benefit the industrious millions is to give them a power over the law by granting Universal Suffrage , and thua enable them to protect their labour , which is the source of all wealth , against the encroachments of the capitalists " Mr . Davies said , in tbat cart they saw three men who wished for work , but could not « btain any , in addition to the numbers who were in tbe same condition in that vast assembly . He thought there was nothing in that resolution which was very stringent—no
physical force—nothing calculated to frighten the old women in the town . ( Laughter . ) He bad been deputed to go to Ashton , when he met a gentleman , who told htm that the Stockport masters were always first in making reductions . He could not agree with them ; the working man ' s wages , eaid the gentleman , were already too low , and the proposed reduction was entirely uncalled for . Mr . Davies hero related the whole of the conversation which took place betwixt them . The gentleman told him to go through every town in England and expose the Stockport masters , gave 5 s . for the spinners , un « l told them to call upon him every week for half a crown . He afterwards went to Oidham , Blackburn , and Chorlcy , and inquired amongst the cotton masters , who all declared there was no necessity for a reduction ; but when the masters of Stockport commenced , tbe others were obliged to follow , having to meet them in the same market . Mr . D . then enumerated the cases of distress which
had cyme nnder his own notice , which completely horrified tho audtence , and a , burst of execration , and ales of " shame , shame , " rang from every part of the meeting . Englishmen would not much longer put up t > &t . { fenUy -with such treatment ; they bad in tbat town manifested every disposition to maintain peaco and obtain a living by bouest toil if they could , but it could not remain in the present state much longer . It was too much to expect tbat honest , industrious , sober men , willing to work , could they obtain it , at a price which would keep body and soul together , would sit idly by , to Bee their wives literally starved to death by inches , and tboir children crying for food . They had conducted themselves peaceably hitherto , Bnd only wished for a fair remuneration for their labour . The woiking man must no longer be deluded by Whigs or Tories , but unite for one given object before they could make boib factions yield to their just demands . He concluded an excellent speech by moving the resolution .
Mr . JosiiPH Carter seconded it in a short and humourous speech . Mr . Campbell supported the resolution in a powerful , convincing , and argumentative speech , lamented the circumstances which had called tbat meeting together . Mr . Griffin was n ? xt called upon and addressed the meeting for about an hour in support of tbe resolution , after which , The Chairman put it to the meeting , when a forest of hands were held up in its favour . A vote of thanks was given to tbe gentleman who lent the cart , and the Chairmaa . Mr . GIMFix then moved a vote of censure on tbe Corn Law Repealing authorities , for not letting the ¦ working men have the Court room . This was seconded and carried unanimously . The people then quietly dispersed .
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TO THE EXILES OF ERIN . Fkllow-Men , —In addressing myself to you , I shall endeavour to avoid making use of any expression calculated to wound your national pride , which might be more properly termed your love of country , and rest assured , should any sentiment be traced by my pen calculated to wound tho feelings of a true Irishman , I shall very much regret tho having caused a single disagreeable sensation to arise in such Irishman ' s breast . Mind , I say true Irishman ; that is , one who really loves his country for his country ' s sake ; and not the follower of this or that man— -the supporter of this or that particular measure ; but the advocate of pure unsuHied truth and universal liberty .
My object is to heal , not to wound ; to convince not tocendemn ; tounitenot to sever ; to fraternise not t © produce dissension ; if , therefore , I should draw some severe comparisons between certain popular characters of the present day , mark well , and appreciate properly my conclusions upon thosa comparisons , before you pronounce upon tho truth or falsehood of those decisions , or condemn tho picture which I shall draw for , as it may bo , your amusement or instruction . You have been taught , alas ! I fear too successfully taught to believe that tho people—mind , the people , the poor oppressed , aud like yourselves , enslaved people of England , are your most bitter enemies and deadly foes , aud the common tyrants of the enslaved of both countries have given you too much reason to believe such to be the case ; for , mark it well , whilst they have sect English soldiers into Ireland—oppressed Irelandto protect the pampered ministers of the Protestant Church , in their unrighteous plunderings of the poor
industrious Catholic farmers , they have with your best pigs , egas , butter , bacon , beef , mutton , poultry , 4 : 0 ., imported tha worst , and , in many instances , most unfortunate of tho sons of ould Ireland to butcher and bludgeon tbe oppressed people of England . Yes , my friends , I could point many instances to you of the people of this country having met for the express purpose of recording their sympathies for tbeir oppressed fellow slaves of Ireland , when armed ruffians , a disgrace to the country which gave tuem birth—have rushed upon the assembled people , aud indiscriminately floored , as they have termed it , men , women , and children , the young and the aged , the weak and the unarmed strong , have shared the same fate , and I havo no doubt but chat murderous bands of Englishmen have been guilty of similar acts in Ireland : they , too , were a disgrace to the land of their birth . The inhabitants of a country may disgrace themselves and their country , but their country will never disgrace them ; but what is it that is worthy of remark in this ?
Sons of Erin , learn to discriminate between the acts of a people , and tbe black deeds of the united English and Irish aristocracy , who by the means above described hold both you and us in bondage , and perpetuate that misery and degradation to which they have alike reduced us ; hasten to humanise that discord which our unchristian taskmasters and fell deceivers iaTe produced amongst us . No more allow lha cry of repeal to be raised in vain ; no longer allow it to be a bugaboo to frighten the Tories ; make the word repeal to mean liberty—real , pure , democratic liberty ; for , if repeal only means restoring to College Greea each a Parliament as that which Ireland had previous to the
Union , that Parliament which sold tbe liberties of Ireland to the despotic faction , which tyranised over England ' s sons , and blighted the hopes of tbe libertyJoving of all Europe , then will repeal add but another expensive bolt-link to tbe ponderous chain , which binds alike Irishman , Englishmen , « n 4 all the rest of tbe unhappy sons of toil ; the enslaved of nearly tbe whole of the civilised world . Yes , my friends , one Pavliament is enough for us to fiupport , -whilst the rights of labour are prostrated before tbe baneful influences of labour ' s accumulated produce , whilst dark opaque substances have tbe unnatural power of reflecting intelligences denied to the creature which gives them form and beauty—a Parliament onstructed apon such false
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principles cannot , will not euro the crying evils which hourly fluxae poor " ould Irolsnd . " No , no she must have a domestic legislature , in deed , as well as in name —a Parliament which shall be tbe mirror of the public mind—a Parliament founded npon the rights of man , and the immutable principles of truth and justice . Remember the struggles of the Exiles of Erin , of the dead and the banished , and of the legally murdered Emmett ; say was it for a Whig Parliament they plotted and suffered ,- or . was it for equal right and equal laws ; ana momover , is not an Irishman &s capable of acting honestly and patriotically in Ireland as as well as in America , or does the crossing th « herring
pond make men virtuous , generous , aad just Pont beiiete such blarney , Paddy , it is every Irishman's interest to be a patriot in America , and ft is made tbe interest of every Irishman to get as much as he can for his vote , or serve a particular faction in Ireland ; but thank Heaven , the bright Star of Leeds has risen over your isle , and soon shall its intellectual effulgence illumine your merry hearts and witty heads , and cause you to seek and obtain , unconditional , unencumbered Re * peal , through that magnificent document , tbe soul of liberty and love—the People's Charter ; a document to whose principles its very opponents cannot demur , being obliged to admit on all occasions tbat they are founded on strict moral justice .
O my oppressed fellow-slaves , let me , on this occa sion , conjure yen to look into tbe past history of your misgoverned country ; allow my pen to remind you of a few patriotic actions of the honourable gentlemen who composed Ireland ' s last Parliament , and then say whether such a Parliament would not be a double curse to your already over-taxed country . I know I may be here met with a long plausible argument upon absenteeism ; but never bead it , Paddy , sure there's no such thing on "rint days . " The landlord is always
present in the person of his agent Dont you know the law of primogeniture has endowed the aristocracy with the attribute , emnipresence ; so that a great man may be in Ireland and Rome at the some time , or in England voting away the forty shillings franchise of Ireland , and at a gaining bouse in Paris , squandering away the hard earnings of thousands « f ill-clad and ill-used generous-hearted , unsuspecting Irishmen ; and sure it must be so , for what else do tha gentlemen go to college and study physics , metaphysics , logic , hocuspocus , astrology , and appropriation ?
And how , Paddy , as they say , John Bull , in this land of Chartists , for a slap at a few of the illustrious members of Ireland's traitor Parliament and patriotic landholders—that is if I can find an organ of communication . Wm . human . 2 , Collins-street , Manchester . [ To be continued next week . ]
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THE INFERNAL AND ACCURSED WHIG BASTILE ; OR , NEW MODEL PRISON , IN COPENHAGEN FIELDS , PENTONVILLE , NEAR HOLLOWAY . TO THB BEALLT INTELLIGENT AND HUMANE PORTIONS OF THE PEOPLE OP BHGtAND . F& 1 ENDS AND FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN , —It is now twelve months come twelve o ' clock this night since I called your attention , through the medium of tbe Star , to the erection of this infernal structure , since which time th * hell-guided hands of the demons employed thereon have brought it all but to a completion ; yes ,
the cells , which , no doubt , at some not far distant day , will prove the " tombs" of many of you , are nearly finished ; and the doors which are intended to secure you , so long as the spark of life remains within you , are made so secure , that you might as well attempt to destroy tbe hostile itself with a bodkin as to force one of them . The manner , too , in which such cells and doors are constructed , to prevent even your loudest exclamations for food from being heard , and , what is more diabolical , your cries when the gool « rs are lashing you , is the very perfection of fiendish ingenuity , and entitles the inventor to the first place in " The Royal Academy " in Hell , when the Devil pleases to call him there .
But , what matters it , Englishmen ! to the factions who oppress you , whether you are murdered in such cells or not ? You know they never feel for you , be your sufferings never so excruciating ; and you are sure they will not be called to account—in this world at least—for what their tools may do to you ; for , as your friends will not be permitted to visit you , and your cries will only be heard by tbat God , whose mercies you slight by not raising your voices against snch atrocities , who will be witnesses against them ? What matters it to either the Whig or Tory fiends who call
themselves your " rulers "(?) whether you are starved , hung , or fliyed to death ? They want you out of the world , it is plain , or why do they oppress and starve you ?* And what matters it to them in what manner you go outr Why , If you were all to be Claytonised this winter , they wonld not care , for then they would not be " annoyed" with your demauds for food and justice next sessisn ; therefore , you should not look to them for redress in such cases ; and I am sorry to say that many of you have , it being as ridiculous to beg as it is folly to expect It from them .
What weakness , I would ask , can be equal to that of allowing , by your silence , as you have done , a structure to be raised in which all the tortures of hell are to be inflicted , and then praying the V Honourable i ?) House , " who sanotion them , nut to be too severe upon you , not to enforce the silent portion of this infernal system ? Why , Englishmen f what is tho meaning of the term " silent , " in such cases as the present ? Can any ef you who have petitioned divine it ? I cannot f Toe victim , we will say , is confined in a strong stcne cell , which is so constructed tbat not the slightest sound could be heard , bo that a man may be raving mad—and many will be—and not even bis next neighbour in affliction would know of it : the construction of
the water-closets would convince you of this , the pipes leading therefrom being stopped with valves to prevent one victim from telling another that he is beisg murdered by his keeper ! What matters it , then to the victimized inmates of this accursed abode of wretchedness and despair , whether the silent system is in effect or not ? Tho ten times more horrid system of private torture ( of which you do not make any mention in your petitions ) will be worse than the most rigorous measure of tiie driving-men-mad system" to them , it will drive them mad the sooner ; and thus will they be the easier " got r id of , " especially " if" they destroy themselves ! and tbe jailers , you know , will , like the government (?) who employ tbem , be " above suspicion" !
Now , you know , fellow-countryman , that I am not for " tit-bit reform , " that I would not have it if it were offered , if I could help it , much less agitate for it ; and when I tell you that I shall not be content with anything less than the total destruction of this bastile , you may be sure that I shall not stop h&lf-wayand say , "Ob , its a pity to destroy so splendid an edifice , cannot We save it by abolishing the tortures which are intended to be inflicted therein ?¦ ' I tell you , Englishmen , that I will not rest until both are destroyed 1 I am not like many of you have proved yourselves te be , for softening down a part of the cruelties which ate therein to be itflxVed . I am for abolishing tbe system from which the whole of them spring ; destroy tbe Bastile , and where are its " horrors" ? Englishmen , does not that question convince you of the justice of that which I advocate ? Aye , and MfethlDks I bear you exclaim to a man , " The Bastile shall come down . "
There can . Englishmen , be but one rational opinion upon this subject , and that is , that this accursed fabric must be taken down after the passing of the Charter , by men appointed for that purpose by a really honourable and universally elected House of Commons . It is of no use whatever to txpact it before , and madness not to do it after ; let eomu charitable institution be reared upon the spot , and thus of an infernal beginning , make in the name of all that is just an merciful , a most Godlike end ! Sir Peter Laurie has told you from his magisterial bench , at the Mansion House , that he is against the silent system , and that ho hopes it will soon be abolished ;
and the Editor of the Weekly Dispatch on the faith of such hopes , declares it will prove a settler for the tortures which are to ba ii flicted in the Hollowoy Roads Bastile l Why , he would not know if you was to ask him ! This Holloway Ointment" will not do for me ; it may " soothe" for a time those who have not given the case the consideration which the atiociousnesa of it demands , and may prove " a blessing to mothers" who are rearing sons that will D 9 , perhaps , doomed to perish in thia bastiie ; for sueh as these It is all very well , very we » , indeed . At least , unSl they get" safely stowed" in the bastiie , and then the logic which they trusted to in the Dispatch will prove a dispatch to them in right earnest !
Englishmen , you have all heard of the French Bastile , and yon know that it was destroyed , though many of you do not know what it was destroyed for . Men , women , and children were sent in there , and tortured to death , in the like manner which you will bo in your ' s , that is . privately ; thoir friends were not allowed to see them any more than will yonr'a . [ Are you not struck with the similtnde of the systems of these two hells ?] And tbe demons , who had the care of sueh Pandemonium , therefore , denied , as they will in England , tbat the persons whom they had murdered had ever entered !
I am not for unnecessary rebellions , and , therefore , I do most confidently think , that tbe best way to prevent one in thia country—on this subject , at least—is to abolish that which , ( even If we had a . Republic , aad we Bfiall have in t \ tae , ) would lead to one , the baatUea ; for , in addition to the murder which will be most assuredly perpetrated in them , the blood spilt In the encounter between tbe bastllea and the people would be most lamentable , and -without , I may add , any real service to the cause of humanity , as the former , from the secure position which they would occupy in the various towers , could shoot all around the walls , without ever receiving one shot tbemaelTe *; and this is what no reasonable person could wish , as it would actually be a victory of Hell ' s Wont demons over God's noblest and most benevolent people f
Let us then think no more—in this case , at leastof remedying this evU , or that evil , or petitioning this House or that House for any such remedy ; but push on at a four millienof horse power for the Charter , and destroy the system from whicu they epring . No man in hissenses would think that he could exterminate thistles from the land by merely cutting them dowa , as he must know that bj so doing he would enabW than to Bpring
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up afresh , and In Increased numbers and vigour . What , then ,, wonld he dot Why , uproot them altogettarr Now , this fair land , on which tha devil , in one of his worst moods , sowed tbe feeds of Paademoniumism , cannot produce anything else , so long as the Bastile , or Pandemonium germ , is suffered to remain thereon , « tfd , if you would exterminate it , you must begin at the root—no lopping off the branches will " do , " for it . I can assure you , is like the fiery dragon of St . George ** unless you entirely destiay it , it will destroy you t ¦ B « 1 all . of you , Saint Georges , tbeaj be championsia the work of justice and humaioity 1 and ¦ let your own good feelings be your , leaden , for toes you win have enthusiastic ones * and when the Chatter of our liberties
is established , let us begin the work faurlght earnest ; he that is for saving any portion of the accursed fabric must bring his wheelbarrow , and much good may { £ do him , say I ; . the Davil himself may come in the person ot Normanby . t if he likes , and carry away the cartloads of defiled rubbish sprung from his accursed seed , and when tiie ground is properly tlesred of it , the seeds of charity , nurtured by fostering hands—as I am sure they will be—would rise to bless our toils , a » would also a nation ' s thanks to heaven that the first inquisition in this country was also the last and that from the indignation consequent upon Its introductiea , so many poor individuals will be comfortably boused , clothed , and fed in a charitable instititution !
Englishmen , as this is the first anniversary of my bastile article , I hnve writ this in commemoration ef it , and in order that the subject may be kept before yon , I propose to write one on the 19 th of every October , if not ottener , until the Bastile be destroyed . I know ; that by making this frank avowal of my intentions , I shall make- invidious enemies of many rogues in high quarters ( of Whig aad Tory breed ) , who wQI no doubt be laying their traps to ensnare me into their meshes , as they did poor Frost for declaring his intentions ; but if they do , I care not , I will , with the blessing of Qod , defy tbe one , and , with the aid of God , destroy the other . Believe mo , Friends and Countrymen , , Yours , ia the cause of justice and humanity , Henry Dowbll Griffiths , No . 11 , Winchester-row , Edgware-road , London . Tuesday morning , ten o ' clock , Oct . 19 tn , 18 U .
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* Let Sir Robert Peel ' s motion for proroguing Par * liament until February next , "to take into consideration the extreme destitution said to exist amongst the people , " after the cold has frozen some several hundreds of them to death , as it doubtless will , answer this question . f In my former article on this subject I stated on the authority of persons well acquainted with Urn whole affair , that "the silent , or driving-man-mad system would be rigorously enforced . " When I made this statement I believed , as indeed did many other persons who heard of it , that the silent system spoken of were to be the same as that enforced in the Be > veiley , Northallerton , and other hells , but I find front the construction of the various cells , Ac . that it is not so ; the silent system , if such it can be called , which is to be adopted in the New Bastile is to be of a far different and more atrocious character , as it Is intended to convey to the minds of those prisoners who pass ( masked !) through the body of the prison , that all is perfectly quiet in the different cells , whereas , as I have stated in my present article , no sound could possibly be heard through the doors or walla of them . What silent system can equal this ? and what else but the total destruction of the Bastile could remedy it ? I The founder and chief superintendent of the BastUe . _
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 22 . BANKRUPTS . Richard Archard Jones , Friday-street , Cheapside , Manchester warehouseman , to surrender Not . 3 , at eleven , Dec . 3 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B . iainghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Lofty and Patter , King-street , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street . John Smith , Daptford-bridce , hatter , Oct 30 , Dec . 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Collins and Rigley , Crescent-place , Bridge-street , Blacfcfriarsj official assignee , Mr . Lack * ington , Colcman-street-buildings . George Snmmerhays Henley , Savoy-street , Strand , auctioneer , Nov . 2 , at one , B . c 3 , at eleven , at the Court ef Bankruptcy , Basinghall-atreet . Solicitor , Mr . Dickinson , Pall-mall ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Ba » in « hall-street
NathanielFraleyond JosephEniery Merchant , Bristol , linen-drapers , Nov . 3 . at two , Dec . 3 , at twelve , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Jenkins andAbbott , New Inn ; and Messrs . Clarke , and Brittan , Bristol Nathaniel Fraley , Bristol , linen-draper , Nov . 5 , Dec 3 , at two , at tbe Commercial-rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Mr . Wansey , Lothbury , and Mr . Hasaell , Bristol . Thomas Peters , Cambridge , tail « r , Not . 4 , Dee . 3 , at eleven , at the Red Lion Inn , Cambridge . Solicitors , Mr . Adcock , Cambridge ; and Mr . Smith , Redford-row . Benjamin James and John Morris James , Manchester , tanners , Nov . 4 , at one , Dec . 3 , at two , at tbe Commissioner's-roorns , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row .
William Haslett , Liverpool , provision-dealer , "Not . I . DiC . 3 , atone , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , aad Fpllett , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Littledale and Bardswell , Liverpool . Edward Bmnpatead , Halesworth , Suffolk , grocer , Nov . 2 , Dec . 3 , at one , at tho King ' s Head Inn , Beccles Solicitors , Messrs . Thompson , Field , and Dabenham , Baiters' Hall . James Galpin , sen ., Marhnll , Dorsetshire , maltster , Nov . 1 , Dec . 3 , at twelve , at the Greyhound Inn , Blandford Forum . Solicitors , Mr . Combe , Staple Inn ; and Mr . Phillips , Weymouth . William Milnes Atkinson , Beccles , Suffolk , maltster , Nov . 2 , Dec 3 , at ' one , at the King ' s Head Ion , Beccles . Solicitors , Messrs . Teesdale , Symes , and Weston , Feachurch-street .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . R . M . H . Crosbieand W . M'LeanHeywoed . Ltmcaabire drapers . A . G . Robinson and R . Talbot , Liverpool . W . P . Knowles and J . Roberts , Liverpool , ironmongers . E . Lees , A . Lees , and G . Hallas , Oldham , Lancashire , coal-merchants . J . W . Meoxe and J . B . Moore , Liverpool , merchants , J . Blackburn and T . Holds worth , Hulnft Lancashire , joiners . W . S . Morris and J . F . Lee , Manchester , calico-printers . T . Dugdalo , R . Ptnketh , 8 . Robinson , R Baxter , and T . Littler , Thataheatb , La ** cashire , coal-proprietors .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Oct . 28 . BANKKUPTS . James Ebenf aar Saunders , jun ., fish-factor , Upper Thames-street , London , to surrender , Nov . 3 , attwelte , and Dae . 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Lacklngton , official assignee , Colemsn-sireefc-buildinga ; Walters and Reeve , Basinghall-Btreet John Hall and Samuel Vincent , tea and coffee-dealeff , St . Mary Axe , Nov . 5 and Dec . 7 , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Edward Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry ; Hughes , Kearsey , and Mastennan , Bucklersbury . John . Tomes Watson , linen-draper , Worcester , Not . 11 , and Dec . 7 , at twelve , at the offices of Messrs . Hydes and Tymba , Worcester . Hardwickaod Davidson , Cateaton-street , London ; Hydes andTymbs , Worcester .
Peilegrino RosselH , merchant , Lime-street , City . Nor 2 , at one , and Dae . 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Green , Aidermanbury , official assignee ; Baet , Mlnctog-Unie . James Alexander Smith , and William Mtmt »* linen-drapers , Oxford-street , No * . 38 , at eleven , and Dec . 7 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruotcy . Green , Aidermanbury , official assignee ; Lloyd , Cheapside . John luff Freeland , Innkeeper , Worcester , Not . , 4 , and Dec 7 , at eleven , at the Crown Inn , Worc ester Bedford , Gray ' s-inn-jquare , London ; Bedford and PW * cock , Worcester . \ Henry Badd , tobacco-merchant , Binning&am , VorJ and Dae . 7 , at eleven , at the Waterloo-rooms , Bfrfflfo *" , him . Shaw , Ely-place , Holborn , London ; Thorne | i Kingstoa-upon-HulL ¦' . ' .
William Playne , saddler , and harness-maker , Gfott ? carter . Not . 4 , and Dec . 7 , at twelve , at the office of Jlr Bailey , Gloucester . Bailey , Gloucester ; Foeld and Ganilin , Gray ' s-inn , London . Edward Raine and John Raine , carpet-mano& cturenfr Barnard-Castle , Durham , Not . 9 , and IV a 7 , »' eleven , at the King ' s Head Inn , Barnard-Car' , ! e . Richardson , Barr-ard-Castle ; Tyas , BeattJ ^ v-buildiDg * Strand , London .
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Signs of the Times . —At Bow-street , on Friday , four young men camo before the sitting magistrate ( Mr . Twyford ) requesting he would order them relief from some quarter for they vrere in a state of starvation . One of them stated that he came from Frome , in Somersetshire , where he and his parents before him had resided for many years , but being unable to obtain employment there , he had come np to London in the hope of bettering his condition ; ba was willing to work , but unable to get employment . His companions told a similar tale . Mr . Twyford sent for the relieving officer of the Strand Union .
but that functionary refused to do anything for the poor fellows , because they had slept the previous night in parishes out of the Union . Mr . Twyford said he had no power to compel the Union officer to do anything for them , and they were turned out of the office to do the best they could for themselves . Such are the blessingsof the New Poor Law Aot . A magistrate , however much disposed to do so , has no power to assist a poor honest hard-working man : but , if he chooses to forfeit that character , ana become either a thief or a , beggar , why in either case tho magistrate had the power of committing him . to prison , where he will have food and shelter , but for mere poverty , unattended with a breach of tha law , he can do nothing .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct572/page/6/
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