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__ _„ Mr . WOKTsqroxOK Mid , -feQev . sea , it i » -with great diffidence Oat 1 have taken tihe ¦ ckair upon the praaest ocea * laB , > ok shall «« deaw » to frocore for » H -who n « y wiah to ^ iddna f <» »¦ and impartial bearing . The present meeting BHMtfttQy ^ emoBBtnte toon ^ mplo yt nfla t the trad e * « f Edavien are awake Id tieir own intertrts—tfaaVttey sympathise with their « R * eafted -btattaw . -ft to with feeltegr of jay aed ^ aiw-lfettlTlew ^ as ^ Mfcl »» gfa * r . ' t&sceaeen . tSHSTof the united ¦ - *!*»>* ^ W ^ ke ^ wdea of London , assembled at « oeh a abort »» tice / to ¦ e asiest their determination to aupport the rights of labour . As . many now tolenfed persons tban myself will address you , fid lay before you all the necessary-information , 1 tjmH so longer detain you , bat cafl cpoo Mr . Armstrong Wilton toaddrsss you ; - . ~ Mr . AfcMSTioKG WiLTW eosaameoeed by reading the foBowihg circular , ezpialaiBg the object of the aeeUBg : — . '
: " To iktSeaxter * •/ Q * SecHy . 8 ib ^—I am instructed *) inform your Society , through yon , that » delegate meeting of the various trades will be held at to * Craves fi « ad , Drury Lane , on Friday , Oct . Mad , sttSgbt t'dkck , when fuB information will "be laid before the meeting relative to the strike of the masons at the new Souse * of Parliament , to devise the fcertmesM of nwldi ^ toe . atrikesuccessful ; and also to take into consideration the conduct of the "Tmd « , Weekly JHipaid , Momii&A&ei&er , and othar ' papers , which Ipvtb fn '""" i «> M sad misrepresented the ssasans now en strike at th * aboTe-na » ed works , with a Tiew to ¦ frypiifar { fee-best swans \ o be taken relative to the onsriBtinted coiriuatrf those ; papers . It is earnestly
requested thU your society will send a delegate , or deleg ? &m , to the sbpye named meeting , and show to the despots that told par depatstien " The ? considered they >>* j \ lowered their dignity very much is having condescended to allow us a hearing , " that there is a sufficiency of intelligence and determination amongst the trades of London , when properly directed , to lay those tyrants * nd to * hireling press of Loades prostrate at their feet At thii ia a subject of importance , It is particularly requested that thole tniM which do not meet , bef ore the 22 nd tnst . will convene k special meeting , fo * the purpose of sending delegates * to the said delegate meeting . YouW , respectfully , The O S . M . ¦¦
• -- - -- Thomas exaiES , See . Ux . Walton then said , Mr . Chairmia and Geatiemen , 2 -doabt no * many among you-are acquainted with the reasons which led to our strike at the new Houses of ParBament ; baV as to m » y be some present who Mfcy not . be acquainted with the object , it will be seeeaasry to lay the reaKma ^ efore yoo , that yop may judge ¦ whether we were justifiable in . refusing io work any longer under a foreman who acted towards ns in such an ¦ onjttstiflable , soeh a tyrannlo manner , as . Traa the eondnet of Mr . Allen—conduct which we bore with until it became- impossible any longer to stand tamely bey * rib it We have , as we mention in our correspondence with Messrs . Griaell and Peto , four specific charges to brine against Mr . Allen . The first is that he refused
to allow a young man leave to go k > Manchester to bury Us mother . Thin , yon Will sU allow , was an act of datyttalheshanld pay the last fertbnte of respect to lib d pfW M" ^ parent . He atked Allen for leave of abseace for tww weeks , 'iadirt . three weeks , as thepreu has stated , atating the " object of his journey . This Allen refused . -Hethen asked for one week . Thh he also refosed , stating that he could go down one day , and come back the next This the man told him was impossible , as he bad some little business to transact relative to his deceased mother ' s property . Allen then toM him be must lake his ehanoe , for be would not keep his bench open for him . We , its fellow men , tyrrn * ath * i iT'g in his distress , informed him we would see Allen upon the subject , and advised him to ga ; he
west We called a meeting upon the woxka , and screed that if the i" » n was discharged , we would leave work also . This determination we acquainted Allen with , and the man who took the chair on that occasion " was , on a . false pretence , speedily discharged . The yocng w »» n came back from burying bis mother , and Aiten , not daring to discharge him , endeavoured in the most rnfrnwntn and tyrannic manner to drive turn off the works . As a punishment , he was taken out of the shop , and given the worst description of work . The second charge is that of a man , whose wife was ill , and who was told by the Doctor that she was not likely to live more than seven hoars . He obtained the leave of : the nnder-foreman to be absent to visit her . The poor woman died : her husband stayed to pay the l&st duty to the
-fa ins po ^ er deoo&aed partner until third day ; and when he was questioned by Allen of the cause of Ms absence , and explained that it W 38 owing to the death of his wife , this was his answer— " That he Slight go and die with her , and be daxmVd . " Could any man justify this revolting barbarity ? A third charge -was , one of the men , by sat accident , got his leg broke en the works . When he came back from the hospital , he was not quite so nimble as before , ' bat the accident having oceured on the works , be naturally expected a little sympathy—that for a time at least be would not be too faeavQy pressed , but Allen was destitute of any sympathy . He told him , In his eoarse brutal manner , tfwit he wanted no damn'd hobbling feOows on the worke . Could it be ~ expected that , posessed of feelings ,
perhaps as acute aa those of Messrs . Grisell and Peto , men could sit down tamely under such outrages ? ( Cries of " no , no , and thame , shame . ") The last instance was that of a poor man , who worked dose by myself ; he was absent , being sick , for fire days ; ho had been previously out of employ , and-in poor circumstances , with a sick wife at home . Forty men at the work subscribed 6 d- e&ek , to assist him , who can bear testimony to the truth of this statement , owing to illness , combined with the long way he had to walk , and his anxiety on account of his wife , be was compelled to be absent for five days . Upon his return , be was told by Allen to pick np his tools , aad" go , for he wanted none bat sound aeo ; thus , my fellow-men , they woold use yon like coach bones , get as much &s possible out
of you , and then yon may go to the dogs . iTrua)—Every one of these facts they were prepared to prove . When their brother masons strack at Woolwich , and at Kelson ' s monument , Mr . Grisell told the men that if they could prodsee proof of ttiis , be would discharge AHwi or the best foreman he bad i a deputation to appointed to wait on him with individuals to prove the charge , but when they arrived , Mr . grisell told them that he had never uttered such a * sentence , and that he had lowered his dignity by condescending to allow us a hearing . [ Laughter . ) Was this acting like a gentleman ? was thus basely deceiving them keeping np his dignity ? There was one point oa which the press bad greatly misrepresented them , respecting the man being fined five shillings for chasing . The diUpalch and the Times wanted to make H an handle , to prove ihst they wanted to curb the ingenuity and ability of their fellow raBB . 13 tis . was false . When on a previous occasion they had complained of the conduct of Allen , their
employers v tonally admitted that it bad been bad by promising tbt un that it ebouM be altered in fnture , bat Allen not i '^ ing afela to exercise bis tyranny in the old method , ad ? pted a fresh one , and instigated one of the men , posses . « d perhaps of superior physical abilities to seme of the < . tbers , to harrass and annoy bis fellowworkmen by > loing a greater share of woxk ( and doin ; it in a , roughe . t inasaer , which was overlooked ) than they could do . % a «»^ ar tiide , Allen making that a standard , and all vfeo -could not accomplish the same , to pick b f tfceir tools aad walk , thus harassing his fellow men ; tat at was not « ven for this be -was teed , but for negl « et « f finishing his work . This explanation had been seal -to the precs , but these impartial gentlemen declined to insert it ffiieir Secretax ? would now read the corret ? endesce with Messrs . Griaell and ana Peto , sad he wo ^ £ zetire , mating room for others to address them , 2 a c STxlton « a £ down much applaadeeL
Mr . Joseph Castes V *** Secretary of the stonemason body , then read i i » iaogthened correspondence which had taken place wi th & £ ssrs .- € fci&ell and ^ eto , the substance of which ha * steady appeared before the public In the eozrespon < fesoe Messrs . Grissell and Peto deny that Joseph Gorr . ^ " **< discharged fear taking the chair at the twea ^ r ^ on i *» w # rks , xod aver thd Mr . *»«»» was not aware till' afterwards that he h * 4 done so . This la contradicts * f i ? tha « ep ! y of the masons , who state that Mr . AU . * t was present , and ¦ ade some obsenvtfaws to fhem . % *> seting 4 keir-weight of pressure in meeting on some pi vtimla * day . Mi . Carter also , in aa able manner , axpL ^ 8 * $ * Bomber ef grievanoes . connected with the works , l *^» * £ "& ^ T had previously laboured , "bui which haa ' bees . ^ through the interference of their eBnJoyers , pirti . ^^ « emoved . d
He also entered into the case of the ma w . ^ ™ ^^ Ss . to ' ! chasinf , " and shewed that it wat . ' not ° ^ i ° g either to hta skill or petaeveranoe that ha ws . ^ « Q * oled to do wore work , bit owing to his being alk "T ** ^ Allen to finish bis work in a rougher manner , am . ^ wi ^ h " oot patting ttie head-mada upon It Mr . Carta ' J ** statad She result of the depatatton from the Ne °° Mamment and Woolwkh Basons to Messrs . Peto , & *¦» and their contradiction of using the words , " that \ ™ the charges were true , thfey would discharge Allan j " wd stated that these words could" be distinctly sworn to by thirty-two men at the Monument , and ninety ai Weolwieh , and"that wnen ~ h eTnfbrnwCtiiem he .. had lowered his dignity is xsceiTing them , and appeared to be in a very agitated state , they ,, pitying his , agitation , ip 4 a&eing no prospQeb of an amieaitlfi arrangement , pnt on their hats sodleft . tCheeis . ) ' . I . :
Mr . BoBEai M'Donald said it was a new feature in Ibeir trades ' maeUngs th « t i }> bj ¦ ifh'M ^ hav&so many rtportaujjieeent ; and being an uneducated man , and
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not in the habit of public speaking , be trusted that , if he committed any grammatical « r otker errors , they would deal terdentiy whh Mm . { Load tenghter . ) As the prevfMts speakers bad « rterwl into the'detsU ctttie business « s « neeted wttktte strike , he wtmW give them ssB ^ aceooni of thetepresent positioB . Tftey were wdHsware 1 hat tke sta&le bad now bated six weeks , tfnrinjt "ttft ^ eried wvery exertion ft ** bees used by the masttfrr to pioeore men , sadliy Una <** mas *«) to «> ante «* tbeir « ldeavouTS . gewsbssipy to « ad that public •^ takA ' wis entirely wttfcjf tfaast , notedly ampag th « worlafcbg , but even- inH » ' artddto dasses . ' "TOm wss ' ; iiitrike ' against » duster , aor a strike for wages , bwt »" sti * fo sgiinst'theinbtsMto ty « MK Btealeottdifei of * sT « jst « rtnf «« man ^ svdAerefoMit sMftaled t *« ie- « TWir * swy - 'tf-alLelsssea ^ « Bey were
MtadUed , « v « n 4 wtabf ^ as » fels « ajdtoft | BsiE ^ lobe ssobtt . li > dasBrsossv nsd inteffigss ^ bedy at mem . Mr . M'IX > oaid hew sxfAahied tsttloppssMisnthey had inst with froa the s ) nss , wbicn wsb * evsr « esdy to «» y and insert any articles , bat would never * opy- » pdngto article of theirs , i * . wCutatton , from , the JSfaOemStar , or otier ' sources , 4 b > wbit ^ -it mi gat . appear ., . Hs . also dwBlt forcibly om the " opposition they saet with from £ h » GovammentaattKirities , and denottnoefltfce ooadoot of : the Cqmmisrioaen of Woods and toresis , who , is answer to the " application of the masons ^ stated that the ? could . not teterfers , with the employers an *
employed , and in violation of this pledge , issoing or giving their consent to 4 be issuing of placards in the interest of Messrs : ' Griss ^ '^ and-Peto . The speaker also spoke of the quiet , peseeM aetbod , hi whteh they had eondueUd themselve *; tbat ttwogh they were surrounded oa » U sides by policemen , is no one instance had they got into the clutches of the law . He also alluded to the depression of trade at this season , which debarred many who ware willing from ftwrtsttntj them ; but now that 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 . Robert Anderson was happy he was left in the rear , as his doty would be light From the enthu ; Elastic feelings which prevailed among the delegates , he was indueed to «« iieve that their struggle must be triumphant A firm union of the whole of the trades was necessary fer this object Disunited they most fall an easy prey kvtbeir employers . In the position they were placed it would be madness to retreat ; all hope for the future would be eat off * ail wojtfd be in confusion . They must be determined to bring it to an .
honourable conclusion . Owing to the numerous strikes of their Society , they ware sot so strong in funds as might be expected ; but they had promises of support throughout Snglasd and Scotland . Out of their whole body there was only nine dissentient votes to the strike ; but to ensure snows * , their support to the unemployed must be liberal , Many of thesa had large families , and they could sot be expected to linger through the winter in a state of starvation . Mr . Anderson then alluded io the conduct of the press in refusing inanition to their letters , Ac . . - ¦
Mr . Ahdbrsor , proprietor of the Statenun and Briiiih Queen / stated that they had never been applied to . or should willingly have inserted an impartial account of both sides ; ifid he was convinced they did nob need more . He and his partner wen perhaps the only proprietors of- newspapers in the room . They had come at the ¦ expense of loss of health , and at great inconvenience ; to assure them that they were willing to insert any « t tireii proceedings . They had a reporter in the room , and In Sunday's paper there wools be a fall account of this meeting . ' A Delegate here moved "That the Proprietors of the British Queen be requested to insert a contradiction to the insertion in the IHspaid relative to the man fined 5 s . for chasing , as that report had done them much injury with tke trades . "
Mr . Akdebsos—If the Chairman will contradict it from the chair , I will willingly insert it I have been thirteen years connected with the Morning Advertiser , and have always advocated the rights of the working classes . I am not now oonnected :. with the Morning Advertiser . ( Cries of Question . ) . Mt . Joseph Kay—I think before wa enter into the bwrinesa of the press it will be better to test the opinion of the delegates present with respect to the propriety of the late strike , whether they consider it just , and whether they will support them daring the straggle . I am a mason , but I have no connection with the masons now on strike . 1 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 under him .
He was always , even when a journeyman , of a proud overbearing disposition , and his temper has not improved , though bis circumstances have . Mr . Kay then informed them that nine years ago , Allen being then foreman to Mr : Carbitt , was a strong . Trades' Unionist , aad took a leading part in most of their meetings . Allen was then employed at the erection of Fishmonger Hall , and -was discharged by Mr . Carbitt because of his taking-a leading part in the union . How then did the men set towards Allen ? Why they immediately struck , and were out some length of time , and did not return to their employment until be was rtinstated ; and now that he has risen to the top of the tree , how does he return their kindness ? wky by becoming the greatest tyrant th&t men could be employed under . Mr . Chairman , I propose the following resolution : —
" That this meeting most cordially acquiesce In the steps taken by the masons empleyed at the New Houses of Parliament , and consider that it was impossible for them any longer to crouch under their overbearing , tyrannical foreman , and hereby pledge themselves to render them the necessary support " Mr . Osborne , in an able speech seconded the resolution , but not being a trade delegate , it was objected to , and seconded by Mr . Heket Kitchinson , delegate for a " body of carpenters , and likewise supported by the sum of £ 20 , from the same small body meeting in Rochester How , Westminster . Several delegates here addressed the meeting and gave the strongest assurance of support from their various bodies . Questions were asked 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 Parliament The resolution was then put and carried unanimously amid great cheering .
Mr . Axdbrsox then explained in a most satisfactory manner the reasons which induced the men employed at Woolwich , and on Nelson ' s monument , to strike , and stated that they being hard stonemasons , would have 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 Btrnck at the 3 ? ew Houses had deserted them , and two at Woolwich ; the names of these men having been called for were given in . The masters had now got about 100 on the whole works . The number on strike was upwards of 400 , of those employed scarce cny could be called tradesmen . Mr . Bush moved , " That the men employed at Woolwich and Nelson's monument were highly justified in striking 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 . "
Seconded by Mr . Green , and carried unanimously . Mr . Hassom , corresponding Secretary for the stonemason body , Messrs . Richards , Dunning , Elijah Pilcock , and other delegates addressed the meeting , all agreeing In the justness of the strike , and cheericg the masons in their cause by examples of their success . Mr . Dunning , in an eloquent speech , thanked the trades for the manner in which they had supported nia trade , the bookbinders , in their late struggle , and urged them to use tvery effort in behalf of the masons . Mr . Thom P-sox moved , and Mr . Shepherd seconded , " That a general public meeting be called at a convenient time and ptace , to consider the best means of carrying the above resolution into effect " An amendment was moved , ' ¦ That no public meeting be held until a report be received from the various societies , and a return made to the Committee appointed by the body . " The . amendment was carried .
Mr . Wartcaby moved , and Mr . Millak seconded , " That the delegates meet again on Wednesday , the 27 th , ai the same plnce—time eight o ' clock ; " which , after a tittle discussion , was carried . Many of the gentlemen of the press having previously retired , some disapprobation was expressed , that they did not stay till the conduct « f the London papers had been aiaenssed . Mr . WiiL explained timt , being daily papers , they were compelled to go to press at a certain hour .
Mr . TaoitPSOX , in a neat speech , brought forward the condoetjof the press , denouncing their conduct towards the seasons —( cries of not all of them );—he acknowledged * there were a faw journals had treated them with impartiality , but bia oisemUoa applied to the London press ; &e then read extracts from the Morning Advertiser and ¦ fcae Times of tee lSth . of October , and the , Dispatch of October 10 th , but the hour being very late , about twelve o ' clock , and many of the delegates retiring , the questton of the press was adjourned till Wednesday evening , Oct . 27 th .
The " Chairman la putting the adjournment , stated -that reports would a $$ ear in the Norlhent Star , Weekl y Dp / pa lc ^ , Siuty kc , aa £ they would be able to judge of iwir fdi the press was inclined to treat them with fairness . 7 : A Belezate stated . Ihs * though thej bad allowed the pr « ss * few days' grace " , fie was sorry to see them separafce without passing a resolution denouncing their past coadfiefc . ¦ . T 3 w " meeting then adjourned with a vote of thanks te the OHis * lrTT ) imf . ' " .. . A great many of the circulars Issued by the carpenters were distributed in the room , and many hard hits were givsn to the London press . A deputation from the O'Brien Press Committee at ^ tended , hut in . consequence « rtbe press of business , tad not an opportunity of being beard ; considerable \ ia « of mosey were handed In during the evening .
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the principles of nature ; it was sectarian , it looked only to ot » daw of society j the ptoptewer * aot educated suftetentty to be ' entrusted with pollkkal power . Look , tor-instsnes , * t'the population of St Ofles ; look « b the horrors of U » i ] P » a « h fevolutton , produced fcjr entrusting p « w « r fegtoeiunt' teen ; « vw admitting it ss expedient , ^ % M ^ 1 il 4 VptattoB to get it- Te ^^ svmAbridga fott pawwllEssfiaing to a * opsrabu wttfetoe Gora Law -repoaJsn . aadsomake it * saetoisiniissiiiifut 8 edJdism *» baK >« 4 sJLsrUhout distinBtfon ^ itwss somsthiac isvgible io feel at ; atom ¦
And solid foundatton bsd be *» bid , and It , was sure to prosper- Ms . Leigh—Xs » last ¦ peaks * vluuL said he avis nottqisiledawsar Jay slap-top , apt was the majority < rf the peapie p / mcwC They arust consider which measure was the moat ttki ^ fe < ~ »^ « sMns * fuV the respective amount of prejudice they had to contend against ~ The : propK were saorelikely to listen to CfaartQJuv&s&to Sotisfisnu thsyrfiad dene so . What had Hcaosed th * = masses tl , the « ou » try , to . listen more to Caartiam . ' than Socialismf M . ost assuredly they bad dqoie so . Perhaps ., ; tti ^ aUght ba prejudlea .
The majority pttbft psos ^ la « c . tbb oomntry were * t least nominal . Christians . $ ods ^ Usnvppp 9 se £ itself to . their religious as well ss ftlMe ^ ^ m ^' JCw c $ Mm only sppealed to their ^ UtkilfeeUngs , and " therefore was preferable as bitog mote likely t 9 W attained . It was his opinion that the principles of . the Chatter would ensure and pr « serve freedom , both of body and mind . ( Loud . cheers . ) Mr . Alexander Fleming ; , editor of the Ifew Moral Wotld—t io not ^ kifliw a question of more vital importance than the pre ^ ant We are oft the eve of great changes . What tbostf change * shaU be , and how speedily ' effected , depends much upon oursetvetit depends on the union of the people to determine whether we shall have merely a slight chasge , or one « n a broad basis , calculated to effect permanent . good What Is it we are looking to Chartism ; for f What is
it we are looktng to Socialism for ? Wkat ( s the end of all our agitation bat ' to attain ihe physical and mental enjoyments of which we stand in need—to be well educated , weU clothed , well sheltered , and weUfed . If despotism could be made to fcive us these enjoy * ¦ wots , then despotism would , be toe beat j if democracy would give them us , then democracy would be the best From good evidence , it was proved that toe despotism of Austria produced more of these advantages than the democracy of America . He appealed ia proof of this to TumbaU ' a History of Austria , land to the authority of manyintelligeut travellers in America . We expeet more from Government * than they were able to achieve even in their , mest perfect form . The people must be made . -tntelUgent ^ -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 engaged in the horror * of a war ? The Charter would give yon only a partial advantage Why go for a part when you may as easily attain . tbe whole .- You nave long been advocating the principles of the Charter . My father was incarcerated for Chartist principles . Mr . Fleming here contrasted the agitation for 8 odalism as compared with thatof Chartism , blaming the conduct of some of the leaders connected with the agitation of 1839 , and stated that men with propetty and intelligence would always command influence in the state . The amount of prejudice had been alluded to . Had not the Chartists the prejudice * of the two Houses of Parliament to contend against ? How , will you overcome this 1 They treat , jour petitions with contempt , ! and throw them under the table till that day six months . ( Laughter . ) " God helps those who help themselves . " We will not depend on the Government ; we have set about helping ourselves ( Loud cheering . ) v
Mr . Ruffy Kidlet rose amid loud applause . He had been a Socialist previous to being a Chartist ; but experience had convinced him that the Charter must become the law of the land ere we conld expect to see flourishing social communities , and from that time he had agitated for the Charter as a means to an end , aa just and necessary in itself , and as leading to further ameliorations in our political and social condition . Chartism was calculated to arouse the 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 been alluded to . They had no idea of gaining their object by physical foroe ; it was not true that they ever had . The conduct of individuals had been alluded to ; bat 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 deserted them ? Socialism was a work of time ; it would not come into general operation for a century to come . Despotism bad 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 thu rights of others ; but they only wanted the means of enjoying 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 the principles of the Charter were in operation , and they would see that it had not effected the good which was hoped from it It contained no great moral principle . We should truly have Universal Suffrage , the Ballot , && , all good enough in themselves ; bat then we should still have compe tition . Would cot the wealthy speculator , the landed aristocrat , speedily find means to counteract the effects
of the Charter ? True , you have the Billot ; bat they would soon take steps to ascertain the way in which their dependents had voted . Ho admitted that greater prejudice existed against Socialism , but it was because they were not acquainted with its principles ; bat 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 the 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 , Paurt , who paid a high compliment to Mr . Owen , and the lecturers of the 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 the most servile fetters under the Government of Ferdinand and Metternicb . No subject dared to give utterance to an opinion of bis 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 . Bailey said that Socialism professed to do everything that would tend to the welfare of man . Chartism did not profess half so much ; he therefore preferred Chartism , because it was moro practicable . It had been objected that the people were not intelligent enough to possess political power : it was the same objection which , at the time of the Reform 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 in the proceedings . The above is but an outline ef the proceedings , our correspondent being compelled to be present at an important Trade Delegate Meeting .
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Tailors . —Public meeting of Chartists , at the Doves , Berwick-street , Golden-square , Mr . in the chair . In consequence of the illness of Mr . Stallwood , Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Wednesday evening to the great satisfaction of his audience . A subscription was entered into in aid of the funds of the Conncil , end several new members were enrolled . Votes of thanks were passed upen the Lecturer and Chairman , and the meeting concluded with a variety of patriotic and sentimental songs . City of London . —Chartist Hall , 55 , Old Bailey , Thursday evening , October 21 . Public meeting o ( Chartists , Mr . Dale in the chair . Mr . Wheeler lectured here on the subject of " Class Legislation , " and was mnch applauded by the eompsmy present , who were not so numerous as had been expected , though thia may be justly attributed to its imperfect announcement and the inclement state of the evening . Messrs . Fuasell , Simpson , Mills , &c , briefly addressed the meeting at the conclusion of the lecture , and the company departed with the firm determination of exerting theii energies to ensure a full meeting on the ensuing Thursday .
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PUBLIC MEETING AT STOCKPORT . In consequenco of the thousands walking the streets for the want of employment , aud turnouts to resist the enormous reduetien offered by the cotton masters , and the vast amount of privation and distress which prevails in thU town , tfce committee of the working mendeputed several of their own body to wait npon the Mayor and Hsgistmtes , to request to be allowed the Court Room on Friday , ( as bo use was made * . « "LS ** ^^ ¦ ¦ *** Purpose of convening a * SKi DWrt ? V ¦* P «« " * ' * 1 ** Wore them toe wndition of the workingdaaw , an . solicit the aid of toe public in adopting some pUa to obtain . relief . Aceprdingly , toe persona appointed waited upen the
Mayor on Thursday , who , without the fetst hesitation , gave toem a peremptory rafmsaL Seeing- ihey eould not have the Court Boom , and feo •' * !» n * mTin toe town being sufficiently large for a meeting of the description contemplated , they immediateiy isined placards calling a meeting for twelve o ' clock , in toe Market Place , on Friday ; at which : hoar a numerous eoncourse of people had assembled . No hustuuH feing prepared , a butcher vejy kindly Usat bis cart for *• speakers . . ' Mr . James Selbt was called to the chair and Introduced * . Mr . THOHjs Clabke to move the firet reaoluttas , which "fras as follows : — . .
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* ' That , in the opinion of this meeting , the conduct of the eotton masters" of tbis'tewnlshigbiy reprehensible , I * taking the wages too * those by whose toll and sweat t&ejrhaveamasssd ' tstifc laige fortunes , erected their stately mansions , dee ^ and mote f peeiaUy ^ b * ' . cause it Uinjnrioas to tbssssnlTes and the pabUa by destroying the best ticket , namely * the home con * i » npt ( iiwi . T : ' - - - " >^ . "V .:, v- ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . .-.. ¦ ,- ^ :: I- ' . ' . •¦ 'V = v The speaker , after a ^ dreising the congregated tfaotfsands asfeUoW-sufftr ^ ssW tbsVtUe conduct of'the master msimmctorers «* ' & 6 « l $ 6 rt 7 b * hfr optttWn , " was ingobdkeetHng with ' th « lrl ^ ftrapumWr > if yean . They bil afWrs fce « 'ftrtt In the fief * m atampttnV a ns dr ^ ori ^ e ^^
made that towp the wevpoo l « ttyrrnpUon- ^ the ^ had invariably set the etatsplft of plunder , In th # r endW touts to grlnd the faiSr of the fediistrWtt Tt ^ o * . But why was it that they could thus- make such encroachments upon tire rights of labour V Beeaus ^ -they ted the asBnfbfHhe law -which--protected property ; so 4 which toe working classes were : combeUed to " obey , although madevlgfafat theft Wnspnt , ; and wtecb afforded rid protecUea- Were the working ; classes' to attempt to resist the unjost aggression of the . property class , titere would be toe bayonrt's point or the canndii'a njdnto set before theat ; whilst every step the' masters took In toe cotrlMnatiotts against tke interest of the working men " ink reeognised by toe magistrates , and sanctioned by the law . ( Hear , hear ;) They bad always be ^ assisted In their work of plunder and devastatton by the money-modgering middle class and shopkeepers They could net carry thetr diabolical schemes into operation without : their consent- and 'eo ^ MberaUon . '
Those poor , Ignorant , blind ; fools could not , see that toeir profits would be larger—that toey would have more customers if toe working classes were properly paid for their labour ' their petty pride and fooliabtjess caused them ' rather to stick to class and social distinction than assist the people in their jnst and rfghteons demands for political power . There were upward * of 7 , 0 # » out of employment in the borough r the streets' were lined from morning till night wito honest , sober , and industrious artisans , ramUblng and dying of hunger . Mr . Clark made a capital speech , in which he pourtrayed the miseries of the people , and denounoed the conduct of the masters . He shewed how reduce tlens acted npon society , and declared his conviction that Trades' Unions or combinations would be insufficient to keep up wages and concluded , after moving toe resolution , by calling upon toe working men to join the Charter Association , as toes only plan of salvation . : ¦ - . ¦ '¦ ' : ' - . ;; ¦ : ; . '; : --: ' ' ¦ . <¦ - ¦¦'" : ' ¦ . ¦' •' : ' ¦'
-' Mr . John Wright seconded toe resolution in a neat and sensible speech , showing the dreadful state of the people , and like toe preceding speaker , contended tost there was no hope , for toei working man until he was fuHy and fairly represented . He touched upon toe corruptions of the banking system ; exposed the moneymongers and swindlers ; and gave a severe eutigation to toe cruel and unfeeling eotton lords . The Chairman put toe resolution , and it was carried wfthout one dissentient . . Mr . Chaei . es Da vies moved the second , resoln « 6 n : — ¦" . ¦ - . * ' ¦ . ¦¦¦ " . •¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦• ¦
" That toe working classes of this town are in a mos 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 toe only way to benefit toe Industrioos millions is to give them a power over'ihe law by granting Universal Suffrage , and thus enable them to protect their labour , which U ^ he source « f all wealth , against the eneroachmeats of the capitalists . " , : ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ; - . : ¦ ; "' ¦¦¦"¦ ' "¦ Mr . Davies said , in that cart toey , saw three men who wished for work , bat could not ebtain any , in addition to toe numbers who were in toe 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 toe old women In the town . ( Laughter . ) He had been depnted to go to Asbton , when he met a gentleman , who told him that the Stockpbrt masters were always first in making reductions . He could not agree with them ; the working man ' s wages , said the gentleman , were already too low , and the proposed reduction was entirely uncalled for . Mr . Davies here related toe whole of toe conversation which took place betwixt them . The gentleman told him to go through every town in England and expose toe Stockport masters , gave 5 s . for toe spinners , antV told them to call upon him every week for half a crown . He afterwards went to Oldham , Blackburn , and Chorley , and Inquired amongst toe cotton masters , who all declared there was no necessity for a reduction ; but when toe masters of Stockport commenced , toe others were obliged to follow , having to meet them in toe same market Mr . D . then enumerated the cases of distress which
had come under his own notice , which completely horrified toe audience , and a burst of execration , and cries of " Bhame , shame , " rang from every part of toe meeting . Englishmen would not much longer pat np patiently wito such treatment ; toey bad in that town manifested every disposition to maintain peace and obtain a living by honest toll if they could , but it could not remain In the present state muoh longer . It was too much to expeet that honest , Industrious , sober sen , willing to work , could toey obtain it , at a price which would keep body and soul together , would sit Idly by , to see their wives literally starved to death by inches , and their children crying for food . They had . conducted themselves peaceably hitherto , aad only wished for a fair remuneration for toeir labour . The working man must no longer be deluded by Whigs or Tories , bat unite for one given object before toey could make both factions yield to toeir just demands . He concluded an excellent speech by moving toe resolution .
Mr . Joseph Carter seconded it in a short and humourous speeeh . ' Mr . Campbell supported the resolution in a powerful , convincing , and argumentative speech , lamented the circumstances which had called that meeting together . Mr . Griffin was next called npon and addressed toe meeting for about an hour in support of the resolution , after which , The Chairman put it to toe meeting , when a forest of bands were held np in its favour . A vote of thanks-was given to the gentleman who lent toe cart , and the Chairman . Mr . Griffin then moved a vote of censure on toe 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 . Fellow-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 the feelings of a true Irishman , I shall very much regret the having caused a single disagreeable sensation to arise in such Irishman ' s breast Mind , I say true Irishman ; that is , one who really loves bis country for his country's sake ; and not the follower of thia or that man—the supporter of this or that particular measure ; but the advocate of pure unsullied truth and universal liberty .
My object is to heal , not to wound ; to convince not to cwndeuin ; to unite not to sever ; to fraternise not te 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 those comparisons , before you pronounce upon the truth . or falsehood of those decisions , or condemn toe picture which I shall draw for , as it may be , your amusement or instruction . You have been taught , alas J I fear too successfully taught to believe that the people—mind , the people , the poor oppressed , and like yourselves , enslaved people of England , are your most bitter enemies and deadly foes , and the common tyrants of toe enslaved of both countries have given you too much reason to believe such to be the case ; for , mark it well , whilst toey have sent 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 , egfis , butter , bacon , beef , mutton , poultry ; 4 c , imported the worst , and , in many instances , most unfortunate of toe sons of ould Ireland to butcher and bludgeon the oppressed people of England . Yes , my friends , I could point many instances to you of toe people of this country haying met for the express purpose of recording toeir sympathies for toeir oppressed fellow slaves of Ireland , when armed ruffians , a disgrace to the country which gave them birth—have rushed upon the assembled people , and indiscriminately floored , as they have termed it , men , women , and children , toe young and the aged , the weak and the unarmed strong , have shared toe same fate , and I have no doubt but that murderous bands of Englishmen have been guilty of similar acts in Ireland : toey , too , were a disgrace to toe land of toeir birth . The inhabitants of a country may disgrace themselves and their country , but toeir country will never disgrace them ; but what is it that is worthy of remark in this ?
Sons of Erin , learn to discriminate between toe acts of a people , and toe black deeds of toe united English and Irisharistocracy , who by toe 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 oar unchristian taskmasters and fUl deceivers have produced amongst us . No more allow the 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 Greem raca a Parliament as that which Ireland bad previous to toe
Union , that Parliament which sold the liberties of Ireland to the despotio Action , which tyranised over England's sons , and blighted toe hopes of the liberty-loving of all Europe , then will repeal add but another expen sive bolt-link to the ponderous chain , which binds alike Irishmen , Englishmen , and all the rest of the unhappy sons of toil ; the enslaved of nearly tin whole of toe civilised world . Yes , my friends , one favtiament is enough Cor as to support , whilst toe rights of labour are prostrated before toe baneful inlaences of labour ' s scsnmulated produce , whilst dark opaque substances hare toe unnatural power of reflecting intelligeneies dented to the creature which gin * them form . vd beauty—a Parliament Qn * r * ctod wpon nth Mae
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principles cannot , win not cure toe crying evils which hourly can * poor " oald Ireland . " No , no . she mast haveadoms « tto lsglBhtare , in 4 eed , aswellasinna » e - *» Parliament wWch shall be ihe mirror of toe public mind—a Parliament founded upon toe tights of man , and toe immutable prindplesoftauto and justioe . Remember to * strogg ^ of the Exiles of Erin , of the dead and the banished , and of the legally murdered Emmets ; saywawit for ;» Whig Parliamentthejr plotted and sufiired , < o ^ - wwrit for equal right and equal laws aad moreover , U- not an Irishmaa a « - eapable of noting honestly : and paWotfcaliy in Ireland as as well as in America , or does the orosstng the herrinr
^ poad make merr virtnoos , generous , and jost Ddnt ¦ beUereI suck blarney ,: Paddy , it is every Wahman ' fi interest to be a pateiotia America , and it is mad * the iaierestof every Irishman to get as aweh sshe can Jbr Ms vote , brsert * a psrticsisr « fcBtionJn Ireland f but toank HeavTOitoeb ^ bt S < or of Leeds bss risen over your isle , and soon shall its intellectual effalgenee ^ illuunine your met ^ -tieaTts and witty heads , and cause yon , to ¦ Hek ; and ebtain , unoonditional , unencumbered Be * peal , thisflgfa toat magnificent docoment , the sonl of liberty and Jove ^ -toe People's Charter ; a document to whose principles its-very oppoaeHts cannot demur , being obliged to admit on aH occasions toat they are founded on strict moral Juatice . -: r ¦ ¦ < '¦ ., ; : >> '
0 my oppressed Csllow ^ bives , let me , oa this oee % sion , eonjun -jea to look into the past history of your misgoverned country ; ^ aliow my pen to : remindyou of a few patriotic acsioBS of toehoaourable gentlemen who composed Ireland ' last : Pariiamenti and- toen say whether such ^ Parllamenb would not be a . doable euna to your already over-taxed country . I know : I may be here met wito a long plausible argument upon absenteeism ; but never heed , it , Paddy , sure there ' s no such lining on " rint dayi" The landlord Li always
present in the person of bis agent Dont you know the law of primogeniture has endowed toe aristocracy with the attribute , omnipresence ; so that a great man may be in Ireland and Borne at toe same time , or in England voting away toe forty shillings franchise of Ireland , and at : a gaining house in Paris , squandering ' away the hard earnings of tooasands ef ill-clad and ill-used generoas-hearted , unsuspecting Irishmen ; and sore it must be so , for what else do toe gentlemen go to college and study physics , metaphysics , logic , hocuspocus , astrology , and appropriation ? ¦ ,
And now , Paddy , as they say , John Bull , in this land of Chaitists . 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 eommunication . ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ... - ¦ ¦ ' - .: ¦ . - . ¦ . - ¦ ¦¦ .. - .. - . - . WM . TltLMAN . 2 , Collins-street , Manchester . - [ To be continued next week A
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THE INFERNAL AND ACCURSED WHIG BASTILE ; OB , NEW MODEL PBISON , IN COPENHAGEN FIELDS , PENTONVILLE , NEAB HOLLOWAY . TO THB BEALLT INTELLIGENT AN D Ht J MANB TOBTIONS OF THK PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . Fbiends and FrlLowv-Oountbyhen , —it is now twelve months come twelve o ' clock this night since I called your attention , through the medium of toe Star , to the erection of tola infernal structure , since which time toe hell-guided hands of the demons employed thereon have brought it ail but to a completion ; yes ,
the cells , which , no doubt , at some not far distant day , will prove toe "tombs' * of many of you , are nearly finished ; and the doors which are intended to secure yon , so long as the spark of life remains within you , are made so secure , that you might as well * attempt to destroy toe bastile itself with a bodkin as to force one of toem . The manner , too , in which such cells and doors are constructed , to prevent even your loudest exclamations for food from being heard , and , what ia more diabolical , yonr cries when the gaolers are lashing you , is toe very perfection of fiendish Ingenuity , and entitles toe inventor to the first place in "The Royal Academy " in Hell , when the Devil pleases to call him there . |
Bat , what matters it , Englishmen ! to toe 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 tois world at least—for what ibeir tools may do to you ; for , as your friends will not be permitted to visit yon , and your cries will only be heard by that God , whose mercies you Blight by not raising your voices against such atrocities , who will be witnesses against them ? What matters it to either the Whig or Tory fiends who call
themselves your " rulers" (?) whetoer you are starved , hang , or flayed to death ? They want you oat of toe world , it is plaint or why do they oppress and starve yon ?* . And what matters it to toem in what manner yon go oat ? Why , if you were all to be Claytonised this winter , toey would not care , for then toey would not be " annoyed" wito your demands for food and justice next session ; therefore , you should not look to toem for redress In snch cases ; and I am sorry tossy 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 stractare to be raised in which all the tortures of hell are to be inflicted , and then praying the " Honourable (?) House , " who sanction toem , not to be too severe upon yon , not to enforce toe silent portion of tois infernal system ? Why , Englishmen ! what is toe meaning of the term " silent , " in such cases as toe present 1 Can any ef you who have petitioned divine it ? I cannot t Tee victim , we will say , is confined in a strong stone cell , which is so constructed that not the slightest sound could be heard , so that a man may be raving mad—and many will be—and not even his next neighbour in affliction would know of it ; the construction of
toe water-closets would convince you of this , toe pipes leading therefrom being stopped wito valves to prevent one victim from telling another that ho is being murdered by his keeper t What matters it , then to toe victimized inmates of this accursed abode of wretchedness and despair , whether toe silent system is in effect or not ? The ten times more horrid system of private torture ( of which yeu do not make any mention in your petitions ) will be worse than toe most rigorous measure of " toe driving-men-mad system" to them , it will drive them mad toe sooner ; and tons will they be the euiec " got rid of , " especially " if" they destroy themselves 1 and the jailers , you know , will , like the government (?/ who employ them , be " above suspicion" I
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 toe total destruction of this bastile , you may be sure that I shall not stop half-way and say , "Oh , 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 are therein to be inflicted . I am for abolishing the system from which 9 toe whole of them spring ; destroy the Bastile , and where are its " horrors" ? Englishmen , does not that question convince you of the justice of toat which I advocate 1 Aye , and methinks I hear you exclaim to a man , " The Bastile shall come down . " '
There con , 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 toat purpose by a really honourable and universally elected House of Commons . It is of no use whatever to expect it before , and madness not to do it after ; let some charitable institution be reared upon the spot , and thus of an infernal beginning , make in the name of all that ia just an merciful , a most Godlike end ! . - , . Sir Peter Laurie has told you from his magisterial bench , at toe Mansion House , that he La against the silent system , and that he hopes it will soonbe abolished ;
and the Editor of the Weekly Dispatch on the faith of such hopes , declares it will prove a settler for toe tortures which are to be ir flic ted in the Holloway Roads Bastile ! Why , he would not know if you was to ask him ! This " Holloway Ointment" will not do for me ; Jt may " soothe" for a time those who have not given toe case the consideration which the atroclonsness of it demands , and may prove " a blessing to mothers" who are rearing sons that will be , perhaps , doomed to perish in this bastile ; foe such ~ &s these it is all - » eiy well , very well , indeed . At least , until they get ' safely stowed" in toe bastile , 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 you 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 be in your ' a , toatU , privately ; their friends wexenotallowedtoBee them any more than will your ' s . [ Are you not struck wito the similtude of toe systems of these two hells ?] And toe demons , who had toe care of such Pandemonium , therefore , denied , as toey will in England , that the persons whom they bad murdered had ever entered !
I am not tor unnecessary rebellions , and , therefore , I do most confidently think , that toe best way to prevent one in tois counby—on tois subject , at least—is to abolish that which , ( even if we had a Republic , and we shall have in time . ) wqul&lead t ?^ one , toe bastiles ; for , in . addition to the mordera which will be most assuredly perpetrated in , toem , the blood spilt in the encounter between toe bastiles and ttie people would be most : lamentable , and tfthout , I may add , any real service tp toe cause of hnnianHjr , as tke former , from toe secure position which they would occupy in toe various towers , could shoot all around toe walls , without ever receiving one shot themselves ; and this is what no reasonable person eoul d wish , as it would actually be a victory of Hell ' s worst demons over Gods noblest and most benevolent people I
Let us then think no more—in this case , at leastofremed ying this evil , or that evil , or petitioning this House or that House for any auch remedy ; bnt push on at a four million ; of horse power for toe Charter , and desttoy toe system from which toey spring . No man in hissensea wouldtoriiJE thathecoold extermmate toistles from toe land by merely cutting toem down , as he must fcnoTr that by so doing he WouW enable toem taspring
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up afresh , and in incteaasdimmbers and vlgotrr m ^ then , wouidhe do ? Whfv opiwot toem ^ t < igeth » T ! Now , this fair land , on which toed « vil , fao ^ of M . worst moods , ¦ ••' swsd ti » - as ^ of PandemonftanW cannot produos anytbingdas , so bng u toe BssUkJ Paademouium germ , Is mfiered- ^ to . mna in thenT aad , tf you woojdextermlnateit , y * B mustbegin at ? root ^ -no lopping off toe branches wUl""do , " fw u ^ can assure you , isJlk # tU fiery Ofagoo of St DeomJ unless you ntirelydastroj it , it * i ll deetrey yon ! BeaU of you Jain 4 Ge *^ gsr , i * h * ttr ie tchamplomtw theworfcof justiee andhiffasiHyI and " lec ^ ig oJ good feeliogs be your teadersi ib * them yAu will & ? entousiastie ones , and when ^ tteCharter oi ; our Ubml fa estaWi ^ ie * , tot ws begin Jtt » work 'ibk ^ AA . SS
be tftat ir for Saving anypsrtion ^ t the erarsed & £ mttstMngl ^ whe « libsn »^ . Ad na ^ good nayh ? him , say I ; to « I >» vilhbs »* if may «<»»• & the pea . ! of Norsianby ^ It h # likes , a * 4 oatty ^ lway the iL loads of defiled rebbishsjjrttngvftoms-bis accaM seed , and when toe ground : ft i « oper 1 y desied of ? to « . seeds of charity , tmrtnted . by fostering . J » ndaJl I amsure they / wiiL . ben-would rise toblesi onr teUsi , would also a nation's thanks to . heaves toat toe fZ inquisition in this ooaJatsy ^ Vs * abo the Isst t andtk from toe Indignation consequent uponits sBtttducuT so taany poor individuals will be comfortably hoaai elotlssd ^ and fed itt a charitable inatitttationf
; Englishmen , as this is , the first annivsrsary of » bastile article , t hftve writ toia in oommemdrsiion ef ? and in order that toe subject may be kept before y » 1 propose to write one ob toe l » to of every OctoW If not oftener , antU toe Bastile be destroyed . Ikto that by msUBg this frank avowal of mj intention I shall make invidious enemies of many rogueik Ugh quarters ( of Whig and Tory breed ) ,: who m no doubt be laying their traps to ensnare me L toeir meshes , as they did poor Frost for declaim tfs Jntentions ; bnt If toeydo , I care not , IiwiuTw toe bleating of God , defy toe one , and , wito toed of God , destroy the otoer . - .
> Beliere me , Friends and Countrymen , Yours , isi the cause of justice and humanity , ' .. u- ( , Henry Dowell GBiFFiia v Noi 11 ' , Winchestar-row , Edgware-ioad , Loi % Toesday morning , ten o ' clock , ¦¦¦'¦ ¦ - « ot l&th , 184 L ¦ ¦ ¦; .. - . . -: v : i
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• Let 8 jr Rbbert Peel ' s motion for proroguing fj , llament until Febroary next , " to take-into con % ation the extreme destitution said to exist aroc ^ toe people , " after toe cold has frown" some setm hundreds of them to death , as it doubtless will , a , swer this question . - t In my former article on this subject In stated « toe authority of persons well acquainted with a » whole affair , that " toe silent , or drivlngjnan . system would be rigorously enforced . " When I m ^ this statement I belit > v © d , as indeed did many oti » persons who heard of it , that toe silent system spoka of were to be toe same as that enforced In the B >
verley , Nortoalierton , and other hells , bat rflnd fra toe construction of toe various cells , &c that it ing so ; toe silent system , if such it can be called , « U ^ is to be adopted in the New Bastile Is to be of «^ different and more atrocious " character , as it is istended to convey to toe minds of toose prisonen ^ pass ( masked !) through the body of toe prison , UaS atf is perfectly quiet ia the diflyrent eelte , - whiwi , as I have stated in my present a / ticle , no sound mi ) possibly be heard through the doors or walls of tha , What silent system can equal this r and what ( J » but toe total destruction of toe Bastile couM n . medy it ? ' The founder and chief superintendent of b Bastile .
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Sicins QF the tjiMBS . —At Bow-street , < ta Friitr . four young men camo before the Bitting maj ^ ratt ( Mr . Twyford ) requesting he would , order Stm relief from some quarter for they were in a stttetf starvation . One of them stated that he came ( wa Frome , in Somersetshire , where h » and hisjuRnti before him had resided fox many'years , ' but being unable to obtain employment there , he had cm up to London in the hope of betteriBg hi » condition ; 1 » was willing to work , but unable to i ? et emplojmal , His companions told a similar tale . Mr . Twjfoti sent for toe relieving officer of the Strand Udoo , but . that functionary refused to do anything for tie poor fellows , beoause they had slept the preTiou
night in parishes oat of the Union . Mr . Twyforf 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 J ^ e beet they could for themsehts Such are the blessings of the New Poor Law Act . A magistrate , howeVer much disposed to do so , iastt power to assist a poor honest hard-working mia : but , if he chooses to forfeit that character , u < become either a thief or a beggar , why in either cur the magistrate has the power of committing bin to prison , where he will have food and shelter , bit for mere poverty , unattended with a breach of the law , he can do nothing .
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From ihe London Gazette of Friday , Od . il BANKRUPTS . Richard Archard Jones , Friday-street , Cheapride , Manchester ~ warehouseman , to surrender Not . 3 , it eleven , Dec 3 , at twelve , at the Court of B&nkrapkj , Basinghsll-street Solicitors , Messrs . Lofty and Potter , King-street , Cheapafde ; official assignee ,: Mr . Jobmaa , Baainghall-atreet ... John Smith , Deptford-bridce , hatter , OcL 30 , Dec ! , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baaingtoll-ttKet Sollcitera , Messrs . Collins and Rigley , Creseent-plue , Bridge-street , Blackfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Lack-Jngton , Coleman-street-baildinga . George Summernaya Henley , Savoy-street , Strand . auctioneer , Nov . 2 , at One , Due . 3 , at eleven , at the Court ef Bankruptcy , Basingball-street . Solicitor , Mr . Dickinson , Pair-mall ; official assignee , Mr . GnbiOf Basins-ball-street
NathanielFraleyand Joseph Emery Jlerchantj BriiloI , linen-drapers , Nov . , $ ,. at two , Deo . 3 , at twelTe . attiM Commercial-rooms , BristoL Solicitors , Messn- Jentoa and Abbott , New Inn ; and Messrs . Clarke , aud Britiau , Bristol . Nathaniel Fraley , Bristol , linen-drapw , Not . 5 , Dea 3 , at two , at the Commereial-rooms , Bristol Solicitors , Mr . Wansey , Lothbury , and Mr . HaffieQ , BristoL Thomas Peters , Cambridge , tailer , Nov . < , Dec 5 > at eleven , at toe Red Lion Inn , Cambridge , Solicitors , Mr . Adcock , Cambridge ; and Mr . Smith , Bw < ford-row . Benjamin James and John Merris James , Manchator , tanners , Nov . i , at one , Dec . 3 , at two , s * " * Commissioner ' s-rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messt Lowndes , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; J ^ * Sharpe n Fieldand JacksonBedford-row .
, , William Hoslett , Liverpool , provision-dmler , W-1 , Dec . 3 , at one , at the Clarendon-roonu ,-liwrpo * Solidtors , Messrs . Adllngton , Gregory , Faulkner , «» Follett , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Llttledale andBart 1-well , Liverpool . _^ - Edward Bampstead , Halesworth , Suffolk , gw »» Nov . 2 , Dee . 3 . at one , at toe King * Head Ins , Be *» Solicitors , Messrs . ' Thompson , Field , and Debew » Baiters'Hall . , James Galpln , sen ., Marhnll , Dorsetshire , n *^' Nov . 1 , Deo . 3 , at twelve , at the Greyhound Inn , . B » "J ford Forum . Solicitors , Mr . Combe , Staplelnn ;•» Mr . Phillips , Weymoutb . , it WUliam Milnes Atkinson , Becdes , Suffolk . " ^ ster , Nov . 2 , Dec 3 , at one . at the King ' s Had n * Becdes . Soliciters , Messrs . Teesdale , Symes , sna " ton , Fonchurch-street .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . , R . M . H . Crosbieand W . M'LeauHey wood , L » n »™ 7 drapers . A . G . Robinson and R . Talbot , LiTerpooL * £ Knowles and J . Roberts , Liverpool , ironmongers , fr ^ A . Lees , and 0 . HaUas , Oldham , Lancashire , ew ^ chants . J . W . Moore and J . B . Moore , LiTerpoo ' . «¦¦ chants . J . Blackburn and T . Holdsworth , B «^ Lancashire , joiners . W . S . Morris and J . F- * f' ^ g _ Chester , calico-printers . T . Dugdale , R PB *® 1 * . Robinson , R : Baxter , and T . Littler , Tbafebe *" ' «• cashire , coal-proprietors .
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From the Gazelle of Tuesday , Oct . 26 . BABKftVTTS . "tt 1 ft James Ebenfzwr Saundera , J an ., ^ ' ^^ ZmJm , Thaines-street , London , to surrender , Nov . 3 , »»* . and Dec 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Baa *^ . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street-Pi" 11 " 1 ^ Walters and Reeve , Basinghall-street a \ Ad& John Hall and Samuel'Vincent , tea and co ®^^ St . Mary Axe , Nov . 5 and Dea 7 , althe Conrtol ^ T ^ ruptcy ; Edward Edwards , official assignee , FreO ^^ place , Old Jewry ; Hughes , Kearsey , and Masto—' Bucklersbury . ¦ & «** & ! John Tomes Watson , linen-draper , W < j «* ^ Nov . 11 , and Dec . 7 , at twelve , at ¦ tt « « SU Messrs . Hydes and Tyinbs , Worcester . Harflw * Davidson , Cateaton-street , London ; Hydes aadfl _
Worcester . - x » , Not PeUegrino BosselH , mwchant , Llme-street- CWi ^ , 2 , at one , and * . Bee . 7 , at * eleven , at the Court <«^ rnptcy . Gteen , Atdennanbury , official assignee ; «¦•—MiEcing-lsne . ' , * to » 3 James Alexander Srnito , and WilHam w * 18 ^ lfaeii-drapers , Oxford-street , Nov . 2 , at ^^^ L ^ Dec . 7 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankropt < £ < £ ~ Aldermanbury , cffidal assignee ; Lloyd , Ci » sp * r . ^ John iuffPreelandV innkeeper , ^ cesto ^ j ^ and Dec 7 , at eleven , at toe Crown Inn , J ^ Tg ^ Bedford , Gray ' s ^ inn- « quare , London ; Bedforq a ** coek , Worcester . ' . m S 9 t f , Henry Budd , tobacco-merchant , Bin ^ S h *?^!^ and Dec f , at eleven , at toe Watertoo-roonaijr ^ J ham . iBhaw , Ely-place , Holborn , London !/ " ^ Klngston-apon-Hall . v « r fil <* 1 Wiliism Playne , saddler , and harness-jnai ^^ ^ caster , Nov . 4 / and Dec 7 , at twelve , at the off l * ^ Bailej ' , Q ! ottcester . BiUey , Glouo « ater ; ? ° «
wmlin , Gray ' s-inD , London . -. u ^ Edwa * d ^ aine aud John R . a ' ne ^ ( aurpet-insn ^^ Birnard-Castl ^ Durham ; Nov . ? , ud Js £ . I eleven , at toe Klug ' sH ^ d Inn ; Barnard ^ p ^ J . jj ardson , Baroart-Castle i Tjas ; Basmr " Strand , loiidoii .
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jx ) hcok . —Social Institution , Johr ^ street , Tottenam . ^ Tort-road , Mr . Charles in the chair . Mr . Turner pened the dUcussion , on the question " Which is most 'orthy . " * ropport , Socialism or Chartism ? " He was pposed t . ChSTtism on many points—ho wonld touch pon a tew "« I * ** S * noneuUty ; li w « not based upon
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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-ncseproduct727/page/6/
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