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POIjMOST by Falkirk . —A Fjuk-ndly Tubs Out . —Ofl Wednesday , the 2 nd current , a number of the friends of Mr . Bowie , Parkaall , resolved on giving iim & " * d&rg" as a mark of their esteem for Him as a member of their community . Accordingly on the above morning twenty-seven ploughs arrived upon the ground and turned overs goodly field . Tne ( Jay beiag fine , and the machinery , horse and jban . in good trim , the day ' s work passed to the comp lete satisfaction of all . After the more toilsome part was accomplished the owners of the ploDghs g&t down to an excellent dinner in ParkhalL The cloth being removed a number of loyal and patriotic Roasts were responded to , and the party spent a most delightful evening .
BRADFORD . —Bhhop Blaze . —On Thursday the 3 rd inst ^ the Universal Friendly Society of Wool Combers held their anniversary at thehoose of Mr . John Forrest , ihe TJn-corn Jnn , Ivegate , Bradford when sixty of tie members sat down to S ^ cSent dinner , which did eat credit to the worthy host and hostess ; when the cloth was drawn S secretary read the yearly report which gave Sreat satisfaction . After the bosmesa . of the society ms done , the rest of the evenmg was spent m ^ ITOTTDTGBAIH-On Sunday last , WJ ) . Taylor addressed a numerous and respectable company at Tee Pheasant , Charlotte-street . At the conclusion of his address a colieciion was made for the benefit of the stone mssonB now on strike , ia London . A re ? oh ! tion -wa 3 also unanimously carried , that a collection be made in the reading room every Sundae morning during tie continuance of ihe said sirikf .
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ThfJIudionete . —A machine to supply the place of cuffibirg-feoysto sweep chimneys , under the above aam » , has recently been invented and perfected by Sir F . Desauges and a Mr . A . H . Augustus Durant , of Shropshire . It also combines the advantage of be ' iir- applicable to the exrinsnishing of fires in ehinireys or Sues . It is eo constructed that the mo = ' riffnenli chimneys—that is , those that are built at aW' - ^ ^ * " ^ hich there are angular bends—• caa be swept ciean away by it without difficulty . A patenr is about 10 be taken oat by the inventors to
Secnre 10 themselves the fruits of tneir ingenuity . A more particular account of this novel invention will Ehonly be published , bu : in the mean tiae it will not be premature to state that svsch an invention has been made , and that all persons of humanity mus : hail with pleasure the coming into operation of su Act of Parliament by which the sufferings of a mo ? i miserable class of children will bs remedied , and r . jrcdreds of persons re ? iored to the srsde of hums 3 being ; , from which they hiicrro have been exehced in perpetuity . —Times
What is gentine Poetry !—There is much rhyming cteriy destitute of any claim to inspiration ; but , as true taste in estimating the productions of the painter and the sculptor can ocly be acquired by contemplating the most perfect of their works , so is a vast perception of beauty in poetry attained only by familiar intercourse with those who have followed nature into the busy world , been her companion in her lonely haunts , and , whether ' painting the lily , giving ' perfume to the violet , ' or holding lightnings in controul , have poured forth the richness and exhibited the capacity of the language in which they wrote to adorn aud dignify their subject , to express sentiments calculated to amend the heart , exalt thunderstanding , and call into active operation the noblest and the best f-elicffs by which we can be actuated . —Parin g s Penny Library .
Execution of Delahust . —Dublin , Saturday Feb . 5 . —At an early hour the crowd 25 emH ? d is front of Xiimainiam prison , and , as far as we eoali observe , behaved themselves with great propriety . As the hi-ur of execution approached there coa-d not be less than " 20 , 000 ptrsons present to witness the awful and disgusting ceremony . The srjanEeinents of the Police authorities were excellent , and reflect eredit upon the efiicient Commissioners . The prisoner rose this morning at ' about half-past six o ' clock , and was engaged in religious exercises with the Rev . Mr . Canavan , aid the Rev . Mr . Mooiiey , until half-past nine , at which hour he got breakfast , and ats heartily , and continurd to manifest the greatest firmness in his awful situation , up to the last half hour . Immediately after breakfast
he was sgain joined by hi ? spiritual advisers . About half-past eleven , the Sheriffs arrived , when the unfortunate man was conducted to the chapel , with his arms pinioned . It was here , for the firs : time , that his firmness forsook him , and he fainted from sheer weakness . Surgeon Rooney , however , bein ? in a'lendauce , he was speedily restored , and vr&s shortly after led or rather carried , to the drop : here he became Tery faini , and wien the executioner , who = e face was masked , proceeded to puj the rop ? aro-acd his neck , be sunk npon tbe grating of the balcony , and was only prevented from faling entirel y prostrate by the executioner keeping hold of the collar of his coat . The priests , meantime , ware busilv engaged Teading the seivice of the dead , and the ~ ignal being grrra , the bolt was withcriwu . and , almost instantsnec-nslr , he was in eiernuy . At this period there was a great sensation among the crowd ,
bnt the majority seemed engaged rather in breathing a prayer for the departing spirit of the unfortunate you'h . than in giving expression to any feeling of irdimation towards him . From his confession to several of the clergy who attended Mm , snd to the governor of the prison , his sole object was to earn tie wa ^ es of an approver . After hanging the usual time , he wa = en : down , and the crowd reparated in an orderly manner . The cfSeers and sp ^ ciators in the interior of the prison wers deeply affected , and all present seemed struck with the slight advantages reselling 10 society from the brutalizing ceremony . Tie mother of the murdered boy , Magaire , has since died in consequence of the excitement occasioned by the melancholy affair . The following is a copy of the cvn ' esslqn which he was desirous of havinedrawn cp , snd which was not to be published until after Ms execution : —
" 1 fctate positively that I had neither hana , act . nor psrt in the death of ( Jarlibardo , the Italian boy . I vraa Cat nisat ia town . In a few dsys after the commission of the deed I trait , accompanied by ray brother Thomas , to Tew the spot . Seeing many perrons climbing over the -wall and going into the ilarquis of Ely ' s demesae , ire ^ viit i'Ter the wall also . As it was coming nigh Palm 5 asd 3 y , my brother broke down a bi 3 t : ch from ene of" the bees , and we brought it home . Whsn I * as sfters-ar . fs confined in the Castle , as a Grown tiltiHss acsicj : Cooney and his wife , my mother csme to se * es . and it Gceprred to me that by referring to fhat bmea cf the tres at my home it world corroborate my ttsSscny . I accordingly bid her say that I brought ths rriich home the eight of the murder , which she did , iea tq TcferriDr to this circumstance , and having
bcti ! s-zz vith bead constable Towers to sea if my EtittaseEt •«¦?¦; correct , I at once pointed out the tree , sn 3 : hns oLtaintd more credtnee f ; r my stoi j ; bnt I sole sir sssert I knew cothlcg of the facts of the ca 3 e . talus bv reading them , as detailed in the newspapers . 1 Fff rs sgaicn Co-jney and his wife in the hopes of haTiit- paj at the Castle ; I jbiso swore agrinst the men fe tee assault on Mr . Cradock J " or the spme ruoHve , and » . thoot kco-sriag oue of them . When I rvw the proc ' aia . A--n oSriin § the reward , I went to the honss where 3 Ir . Criin ^ k lived and got all the particulars from pn old w «^ , aid thtn -went and swore against the men . 1 £ S 3 ~ . 2 iLe 3 bj mere chance . What I stated of them ^ i ta ' -e . As to ihe child Thomas ^ Ia ^ uire , I co now eoaf- - > VrV » tbfc hope of aetiing again into the pay of m * r \^ T £ * Q ^ o tt vi ^? t _ V . ^* - »» - -v ^ i ^ - . *»^* r-. fs ** w * AATrt til 1 H 1 T ^/ T T" rl d Kir ' i-tewas stro uiccive for committing the
*^ my ng dtt _ I thought I c » Duld £ x it on some oce in the kce-5 of time , and if I had sue ;; rded I don't know b ; t I t ^ ight have d ^ ne a similar deed afa : n , bad Jty »> K ) , « ce Tivldei to a siuii 1 ' - ' teapiadon . I kept tia 2 eiK y hY : f an hcui in the lane ; he twice atkea Hirers i c-mliiz hvme icon , as his mother "would p = Wing him / j 3353 ^ t j wzs itiDg for a JMni :-j ; g car . g spttt port _ : the time sittanj in the f ^ -- * . t the 5 iaVk-doo ? , tn a heap cf dung or litter , •^ I "" - ^ np vutiiit . I "w ., 3 then turning in my m ^ nd ^ 3 ' cyuld btit en : his throat . He 3 tood up then * J 27 i : fe . 7 fc > his tLToat , anc asitrd him had he 2 sj iat ; ps in h = t '^ roat ? Ee made no reply . After Rest aiittes I again fe ' . t hi- thruat with my left hand , ^^ g " -se knife 5 n tuj ritht band ready . My light
^ - ' " ^ 3 s xiicz di . wr in cy coat-pocket , when I asfeed f ^ ~ - -ec-j-d time bad Li ; I-imps in bis throat , End « * = . ajib to feel Iiiu . Et laissa up his head to lrt
His hsei W 23 then to me , and at tras in that position , with his his throat , and threw him from .-. He uttered no cry , nor did he T ~ r . On getting about three yards , nrd szyf him on Ms i ^ -tz again of in
he cut b . ctcact r ^— -3 er . ^ Trhiji- nc •* - ¦ - rL- ^ Hek . Icu : ^ HeffcU en t-ij f-t ^^» " ili ^ -f , ?« - tri- 1 * 1- ; : •! bin ! 1 1-. - >* .- ' r--- ' is
s ?^ 3 the . iir . erios the cottage the field , 1 ^ - ¦ ' - clfcac fc-r krife , cut I threw it into the field . I r ^ - * * - ~ hy l chose to kill tLe child to keep mjfelf In Jsyr . t tha Castle , except that I was afraid to attack & : - i t Person , and the boy tsing small and -weakfiniied ? r P " ' 3 pos 6 . I planned tie oe . 1 fcr nearly two months ^ -- "s , tut could not , up to ths dsy of the raurder , find * pjper object , acd belie € 3 I was often terrified in my < " * - iidnd at : ht ^ aten . p ^ tion of it 3 Jy real object , ¦ * rtpeat it , not the de = i ; e of stilline or destroying
a fcauaa being , but merely asd solely to obtain rew&rd . ynsa to stte those maitn- - ; u ! ly to my Counsel , Mr . tt ^ ih , that the -pror : d msj know the trnth before my CtetL , snd that there may be do misconception npon W aiird of acy one concerning me . I ftel very grate-^ " ° M 3 " - Alison fcr bis kicf . ness to me , and regret ffiost deeply Eyiaany ar . n great crimes , and am at peace « iUilfc . 6 -wt . Tld . 3 ihotla a ^ sc ada , that I ~ know notMng * -atevei about the lanrdtr at Drogheda , ner did I even . ffar of it till I w ^ s in goal for the murder of Thomas f ^ r e . and that I am totally innocent of all knowledge « ttst deed , or its ptrDttrator .
iSigntS " . John DELAHrM . The above statement was read oyei to the ccnvictj 6-a Bdahnnt , and -which he slated before us contsined rcii account of Vuat he wished to sUte . He then ^ ed it in our prc ^ sr . ^ ( Signed ) PATB . 1 CK OKriLLT , RC& Geokge Ci . ^ -Jl ^ - i ^> P . p ., Dsmaston House . Joiix Walsh , Barristti-at-Law , late Counsel for ths Ccnvist . Ek ^ asd Alisos , Goveinoi of the GaoL
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The Thisves are about to present a piece of plate to ou ? police for their kindly forbearance and consideration . The compliment will not be ill bestowed . Exeier is the western city of refuge , and ought to be proud of its distiction . — Western Times . DcsTJio oke week thirty-three women , in the parish of Grange , near Knocklofty , were confined , and we rejoice to say presented their lords and masters with twins—i . e ., according to Cocker , sixty-six in eight days . —Tj pptrary Fress Press . A Point of Law . —In New York , a roller boy of a printing-office Bummoned his employer for five dollars , which he claimed to be due to him for labour . The JBdge decided for plaintiff on authority older than anything to be found' in Coke or Blackstoneon the well recognised maxim , that" the devil should hare his due- "
The Waidegravb-Dltf Outrage . —The Police Commissioners have directed that police constable Wheatley , of the V division , who some time ago was so . brutally ill-treated by * gentlemen" at Hampton Wick , for a participation in which outrage the Earl of Waldegrave was punished by fine and imprisonment in the Queen ' s Bench , shall be allowed twelve months' leave from duty npon full pay , and at the expiration of that period they ( the Commissioners ) intend taking his case into their further consideration .
Adulteration of Tobacco . —The adulteration of tobacco , owing to a discontinuation of the visits of the exciseman to the manufactories , is exerting a most pernicions influence on the trade of the honest merchant . Tobacco is frequently sold at 2 * . 3 d . per lb .. whereas the duty alone is 3 s . 2 d . per lb ., which , with the price of the leaf , and the expense of manufacturing , would cost the manufacturer himself 4 s . per lb . This demonstrates the great extent of the adulteration of the article , the injustice to the trader who nsss only the pure leaf , and a loss to the revenue of perhaps 50 per cent .
Stoppage of the Isle of Wight Banking Es-TABLlSHHEXr . —SeWPOUT , ISLE OF WlGHT , JtJXY 6 . —This town was thrown inso the greatest consternation , yesterday , by the stoppage of ihe old established bank of Messrs . Kirkpatrick and Co . It appears to have taken place in consequence of Messrs . Rogers aud Co ., their London agents , not honouring their orders to pay the acceptances , < fec , due in London on the 4 th , of which they say they had not the ' slightest intimation ; if so , tradesmen are in nice hands . Various are the rumours as to the
ultimate Ioes ; ? ome say they will be able to pay in full , others that there will not be five shillings in the pound . It looks bad their stopping ia the absence of an } ' run upon them : a good man may be run to a stand still , and siop ; but when a man falls without any visible cause , it looks as if there was someibing weak about the constitution . The Messrs . Kirkpatriek have been always clo ? e men of business , living at no expence , with a high character for honourable dealings , but they have met with many losses , not by speculations , but by over-confidence in parties doing business with them . TheiT principal circulation was in Newport and Ryde , at which latterjp . lace they had a branch bank , but the
namber of failures lately has very much contracted their is ^ nes of paper . Quit * a panic prevails , to stop the consequences of which a notice has been posted , signed by R . Simeon , BaTt ., G . H . Ward , Esq .. Mr . ' John Cook , Mr . E . Way , and fifty other l ? niiow " ners , merchants , and tradesmen , expressing their confidence in the banking establishment of Sir R . Ba ^ ett , and Co ., and their willingness to take their notes- as cash . This ought to restore confidence , the above four names only standing like as many hundred thousand pounds , but people are so frightened thai nothing' but gold or Bank of England notes will do for them dow . Their liabilities in Cowes do not exceed six thousand pounds , but they are very heavy in other parts of the island .
The Brazils . —Important news ha 3 been received from the Brazils . A formidable insurrection has taken plaie in the province of Paraibaj which threatened to extend along the northern frontiers of the Braz . ls . The Vice-President of Paraiba had been shot , while looking from his window , by the insurgent ? , and the greatest terror and excitement prevailed . The wealthy inhabitants had fled from the place in terror , and most of them had made their escape to Pernambuco for safety , taking win them every available description of property . The wife of the Yice-President had nearly shared ihe tragic end of her husbaud , but happilv she escaped .
France . The French Finance Minister has brought forward his budget for 1843 , which 13 considered highly satisfactory to capitalists and friends of peace . 31 . Humann says , that 150 millions of former loan ? will suffice for two years , and if no unforeseen event should occur , no more will be required . There will remain , indeed , S 00 millions of francs to cover , whilst the excess of expenditure over revenue in 184 ' 2 i-s 20 millions . But still no necessity exists for fresh loans . At least 50 says the Minister . There is to be a reduction of 30 millions in the exp nces of ihe army , the force of which is
to be 344 , 000 , independent of the reserve . In the navy thrre is to be a reduction of 37 millions , bringing down the French navy estimates to be about three millions sterling , independent of the new armed and packet steamers . The expences of 1843 are esti- / . mated at l , 3 n . . S 53 , 0 Po Revenne l . l ^ . K ' o i' 0 ' 0 Of the latter the dmct contributions furnish upwards of 406 millions , and indirect taxes 723 millions . —The prolonged debate on the address in the French Chamber of Deputies ended in a majority of 84 in favour of ministers .
India xsd China . —An © verJand express , with intelligence from China , India , Egypt , and Malta , has arrived . The mail from Bombay , of the 1 st uh ., was brought by the Cleopatra , which , notwithstanding an accident that detained her at Aden for two days , arrived at Suez on the J 8 ih . From Alexandria the mail was brought to Malta by the Oriental , which left Alexandria on the 22 nd ult ., arriving at Malta on the 23 : h . The Prometheus was despatched on " the same evening , and arrived at Marseilles during the night of the 2 nd instant . The intelligence from China is important , and continues to be highly satisfactory . The latest intelligence is Nov . 15 th , . from Macao . The combined British naval and military forces had achieved a series of
important triumphs . Chusan was taken on the 1 st of October , after a more vigorous resistance than our people had as yet encountered from the Chinese . A vast deal of materiel was found there . Upon the 10 th and 13 th the cities of Chini ee and Ningpo were 3 ' iso captured . The British loss appears to have bten comparatively small , though from the resistance offered , boih at Chusan and Chinbse . the 3 os 3 of the Xninese was very considerable . The Indian news 13 soe of ihe same satis f actory character . Britadier-General Sale had succeeded in reaching Jullalab ^ d , but as soon as the intelligence of the attacks made upoii his brigade by the rebel Afghans
reached Cabul , on the 1 st of November , a general insurrection broke out , and Sir Alexander Bumes and nine or ten" officers who happened to be with him were killed . At the date of the last advices from Cabul , Novem&er 19 th , our troops had succeeded in checking the insurrection , but General Elphinstone and Sir William M ' iVaghien wera obliged to remain iu the entrenched camp in the cty , not deeming themselves sufficiently itrong to attempt any offensive operation .. Ten regiments of European and NatiTe Infantry Mere en route through the Punjaub , to tffee : a junction with Brigadier-General Sale , in order to move upon Cabul . The intelligence from other parts of Indiais satisfactory . Karrak has been evacuated by the British troops .
Latest Ajiebican' News —The Southerner , Capt . Pa ' , which sailed from . New York on the 10 th ulk , arrived at Liverpool on Sunday night . The packet-ship , Stephen Whitney , was to sail next day . In the Senate ,, on the 10 th uh ., Mr . Calhoun offered a resolution , calling for information m regard to the case of the murder and mutiny on board of the Crccle , and asking what steps the Executive had taken in reference to the transaction , having fer its object the punishment of the guilty , the redress of the wrong done te American citizens , and the insult offered to the American flag . On the 11 th the resolution was taken up for consideration . Some debate having arisen on the proposal of an amendment to substitute persons" for " tlaves , " Mr . Calhoun
condemned publications which had applauded and justified the mutiny and murder , the tendency and object of which were to fortify the pretensions of Great Britain in hostility to the rights of the United Statt-5 . He warned the south to awaken from their lethargy , and to guard against combinations ever menacing their institutions . Several gentlemen having delivered their sentiments on the subject , Mr . Clay rose to deliver his . He had , he taiQ , witnessed ihe occurrence on board the Creole with deep regret , because it added infisitely to existing dificulties with Great Britain . A case had occurred , in which by mutiny and murder a vessel was ihrown in the power of Great Britain ; were they to give up the murderers , or to indemnify
the united States or not 2 If not , then Americans were denied the freedom of their own coasting trade , and no vessels could sail from one port 10 another in the southern Atlantic border without incurring the risk of seizure . He hoped that Great Britain -would see the necessity of doing America justice in this case . Mr . Calhoun ' s resolution was adopted nem con . The latest advice 3 from Washington stated that the Bankrupt Act would not be repealed at present . " A draught , drawn by Mr . Everett , the American Minister at the Court of St . James ' s , for 12 , 000 dol ., negotiated in London , has been protested at
Washington for non-payment , the department having nothing to offer but Treasury notes , and not feeling at liberty to pay them except at par . Resolutions were before the Legislature of the State of New York Btrongly condemning the doctrine of repudiation of dtbts , as sanctioned by and acted upon by several S : at « s . ** We now , " says the Journal of Commerce , " breathe more freely that we discoyer an honest purpose on the part of our fellow-countrymen not to turn swindlers and knaves . " The Legislature of Pennsylvania had agreed to resolutions also strongly condemnatory of the infamous repudiation "doctrine .
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A Banker ' s Bequest . —A dying banker thus addressed his eldest son : — You may suppose you are going to inherit a large fortune , but yon are mistaken . 1 hare no property , and the bank is insolvent to the amount of £ ' 200 , 000 . On the death of my father , who died of a broken heart ,. I found the bank was hardly solvent . I at first resolved to close the concern , and pay off the creditors , but I afterwards determined otherwise . I proved my father ' s will for a quarter of a million , and set up a large establishment . This gave me the reputation of wealth , and increased the business of the bank . I have lived in splendonr , as you know , for many years . All your brothers are handsomely provided for , and to you , as my eldest son , I now leave the bank . I have appointed you sole executor to my will . You hava only to prove my property for any amount you may think proper to name ; and if yon manage your affaire prudently , the bank may last out your time as it has mine . "
Awful Death . —On Friday se'nnight , about eight o ' clock , a most awful occurrence took place in a house occupied by an old pensioner , named Edward Horrocks , living in FarrimondVrow , Wallgate , Wigan . It would seem that the old man had a daughter then lying dead in the house , who had expired the same day in giving birth to twins , one of whom is still alive . Horrocks , who was naturally of a most irritable disposition , entered the house between seven and eight o ' clock , and demanded to know why his supper had not been made ready ? On another of hi 3 daughters , who performed the offices of housekeeper , endeavouring to explain the matter , the old man flow into a most violent passion , calling down the most impious imprecations on his eyes and limbs , and swearing to all around him , when , awful to relate , whilst in the very act of cursing his own child , he was struck dumb , in which state he remained lingering until seven o ' clock on Sunday morning , when death put a period to bis wretched
xistence . The Tempebaxce Pledge . Extbaordinaby Circumstance . —At the last meeting of the Waterford Board of Guardians , Mr . Curtis called to the recollection of the Board the fact of an application for admission , on a former Board day , by a young man named Bray , from the county Wexford , who was paralysed and dumb . His admission had been refused , as he bad no claim on the union , but the guardians had humanely contributed out of their own pockets on the occasion to send him back to hi 3 native place , During Father Mathew ' s recent visit to this city , this poor fellow came up to Waterford , took the pledge , and received the blessing of the apostle , and to the astoiiishmeut of every one in the chapel where he took the pledge , he threw away his crutches , walked off with his friends , and was able to speak to them , but in an extremely low key . Tnis circumstance was witnessed by thousands . —Waterford Chronicle .
A frightful accident happened at North Towan Mine , on Tuesday last . A young man , named John Mitchell , who was working in the mine , asked a man who was near him if he had ever seen any person climb np by the capstan rope . The man replied no , nor did he wish to . Mitchell then said " Well , then , you shaU see me . " He then ascended , and suspended himself by the legs , head downwardSj directly over the engine-shaft . On endeavouring to regain his proper position , he slipped his hand aud was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft , in which there were five fathoms of water . lie was taken up in a few hours , of course lifeless , with his back broken and with other injuries . —Cornwall Gazelle .
Dheadful Surgical Operation . —One of the most appalling and arduou 3 surgical operations perhaps ever a-tempted , was performed at the King ' s College Hospital , on YVednesday week , on a young girl of twelve , who had a tumour iu a cavity of the upper jaw-bone , which actually pushed the eye-ball out of its socket , and produced the most hideous deformity . In order to get at the tumour , incisions had to be made in the integuments of the face , and the cheekbones sawn through and removed from their various detachments . For about sixteen minutes , the time
which the operation took , the whole of the right side of the face was laid bare , exposing the back part of the throat , tongue , and palate . Some of the spectators turned pale at the sight of tho operation , but the poor girl bore it with wonderful fortittiae , and the operator acted with a skill and coolnesa as though his nerves were of iron . After the operation , the whole of the complicated integuments were replaced with sutures , and there aTe hopes of the recovery of the girl if the nervous system survives the shock .
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Bir . IYIINGHAiyi . MR . LEACH'S LECTURE AT THE MECHANICS ' INSTITUTE . large placards were posted throughout the tov . a , Last week , infurming tee public that-Air . J . Leach , of Maiichesttr , would deliver a lecture on the Corn Lawe , in tbe Mechanics" Institutien . Newhall-atreet , on Friday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock . T 2 ie meeting was numerously attended ; and at the time appointed , on tbe motion of Mr . Frederick Cor-r bctt , Mr . Ernes , of Lionel-street , was ' unanimously called to tbe chair .
The Chaiumas said , that previous to introducing the letturtr , bt would notice , in the first place , that the lecture was intended to pr ^ vo tbafc a repeal of the Curn Laws would not answer tbe purposes which tbe Tepeal advocates said they would— for his part , he had lont ; since made np his mind that nothing less than the People's Charter "was calculated to bring happiness to the homes of the working classw . ( Loud cheers- ) He would , if they thought proper , give them a history of the political movements iu Birmingham for the last fifty years .
He then gave an interesting description of tbe ¦ ' Church and King" mobs which had been Taised throueh the instrumentality of a parson and a magistrate , who met at Dec ' s Hotel to concoct their plans , in order to stifle the di-mand for liberty ¦ which was then gathering strength . They wtre aware ef tlie mischief resulting from that mob , and tLe treatment which that rood manandgreatphi ! osopher , Dr . Pnestly , sustained , so much so , that his life was attempted to be tafcen . After that time , tho dibsenters began to establish Sunday Schools , the effect of which was that they could not now raise " Church and King" mobs , although tbe parsons were quite as willing to persecute now as ever . He next adverted to the various scenes which had been enacted previous to the establishment of the Political
Union , to ths council of which he had been elected a member . He was sorry to find that the leading members of that union in -whom the people hud placed so much confidence had deserted the c ^ use of liberty , and had joined the anti-Corn Law league . In 1838 , those pretentk-dpatriots met on Holloway Head , and pledged themselves before God ' and their country , to agitate for nothing less than the Cha : tbr ; ytt , after all their professions , they tad joined the enemies of tae people . He hoped tbut some of them were there that evening to hear him , as he would repeat what he told thrin some time ago . That was , that if they would repent and let the big tear roll down their cheeks as a token of their contrition , the working men would forgive them . He considered it to be the duty of tbe class
to which be belonged , to go with the people ; in fact , it "was their interest to do so , but the working classes should rely on themselves and unite together , and they could defy both the middle and upper classes . ( Loud cheers . ) He could not avoid exclaimiBg , " O ! how has the fine gold become dimmed . '" when mtn who once professed to be the people ' s friends bad basely deserted them . He then alluded to the Noucoufonnist , and shewed that the Dissenting parsons were losing their congregations through the poverty of the people . He saw very little diffcrimce between Dissenting parsons and the clergy of the Established Church , fcr neither of them appeared to be friends of the people . They talked as if the people had nothing but seul , and seemed to forget they had bodies . He "was himself a member ot
a religious body , and yet he could not help thinking that the word "Reverend , " applied to parsons , was a species of blasphemy . He could ut > t think how such men could rest on their pillows , whilst their fellswcreatuxes were starving , and refuse to help them . . He loved his children and his grand-children , and believed that all men felt similarly , aud for his part ho ¦ would prefer deaSh te the misery of . witnessing the same want and privation in Lis family that had to be endured by so many of his feliow-creatures . He exhorted the ¦ working classes to unite , " and concluded a most excellent address by introducing the lecturer . Mr . Emes was loudly cheered throughout his address , ilr . Leach then advanced to the front of the spacious hustings , and said , Mr . Chairman , working roeii
of Birmingham , and middle classes too , if any of you are present , for the middle clashes were ; is closely mixed up with the question which he intended to bring before them that evening , as any other class in tbe country . He hoped to be able to prove to them that evening that he was a complete anti-monopolist . He attended there not to defend the Corn Laws , but to examine the arguments of those who sought their repeal , and represented them as the sole cause of the distressed condition of the working classes . Without any farther preface , be would go at once to the question -for which they had that evening assembled . It was argued by the advocates of Corn Law repeal , that if their propositions were carried into operation , it ¦ wo uld cheapen bread , and open foreign marktts Othera of them asserted that the existence of the Corn Laws cost the country fifty millions annually , and he had
read a letter from Mr . Boultbee , of Birmingham , which found fault with the anVi-Com Law lecturers for stating that a repeal of the Com Laws would reduce the price of bread one-half , -whilst at the same time Mr . Boultbee affirmed that it -would double tbe wages of the operative ; bo that it appeared they differed materially with each other as to the ultimate mult of a total repeal . They could , therefore , have no objection to hear the opinions of others on the matter . He would , therefore , Bhew them , in the first place , that a repeal of the Corn Laws would not increase the wages of the -workman ; for although the export trade of the country was rapidly increasing from the year 1792 to 1815 , yet within that period tbe wages of manufacturing operatives had sunk from 33 s . 3 d . to 14 s ., and at that period the present Corn Laws were not in existence . What , then , became of the argument tt at the Com la'ws were the 80 lej ( cause of low wages '{ From
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the year 1815 to 1842 trade had increased to a very great-extent , and still the wages of the operative were reduced to an alarming extent . He need only tell them that the piece of cloth for which 33 s . 3 d . was paid 4 o .-17 a 2 was now being made for 3 s . 93 ., and those mea who talked so math of a repeal of the Corn Laws increasing trade and wages , were at the present time shewing their affection for their : ' workpeople by introducing machinery , which turned huhdredjs on the strests to starve . He then wad the following quotation from "Smith ' s Wealth of Nations , " which is placed at tbe head of one of the columns in the Bitmingham Journal . _ " Consumption is the sole end and purpose of q , ll production ; and the interest ! of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promottn 3 that ot the consumer . The maxim is so perfectly self-evident , that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it . '' . ., ' ' '¦ . . ¦ ' ' ; '¦ . ¦
Now if production ought to be suited to the means of consumption , - why were eo many hundreds turned to starve whilst their places were occupied by inanimate matter ? It was only lately that Mr . Cobden had introduced machinery ; by which twenty-eight men and boys could do as much 93 would have kept 300 men iu employ previous to its introduction . In another manufactory belonging to the sanieparty , their average wages did not exceed three shillings per week , through shortness ' of work , where they formerly received thirty shillings , yet the machines were kept at work from eight to eleven o ' clock at night . When Mr . Cobden was publicly charged with acting as above stated , he said , " As a proof that I have no desire to see any men starving . I have not reduced their wages for the ¦ last
twenty-flvo years . " But Mr . Cobden forgot to tell them that his hands were starving on from five to eight shillings per week , whilst machinery was doing their work ; and ytt thosa gentlemen wished them to believe that they intended to serve them . As a further proof of the fallacy " that increased trade would cause increased wpges , " he need only mention the fact , that whereas ten years ago 1000 spinners in Manchester were fully employed , now they had only 000 who were that week -working 157 , 000 spinulesuiore than the 1000 men did ten years previous , at ten shillings a week Ies 3 for double tho-. ' -wbrfc . In block printing a machine had been introduced , by which 500 pieces could be printed in twenty hours , through the superintendence of two meny whereas it would take 350 men
to do it previously ; . . and yet these men talk of increasing their trade as a means of bettering the condition of the working men , at thu same time that , a vast quantity of machinery was lying idle . They said that if the Corn Laws were abolished all their machinery would be employed . What then -was to become of the machinery of . Itudsia , Prussia , . 'Austria , Denmark , America , and other places , where it was increasing as well as here ? The working people of those places were suffering from the effects of the system , and were ill fed and . ill clad , by being robbed of 'the due reward of their labour . They were working for 4 s , 9 d . per week , -whilst the labourer of Manchester had to pay 3 a . Gd , a week for rent and firing . How , then , were th ^ y to compete with foreigners who were also -improving their
machinery ? which caused John Edward Taylor to cry out that the Government must take offthe export duty on machinery . He had at discussipn with Mr . Hume on this subject , and had . then stated that the question . was whether the foreigner was to run us ont of the market or we him ? And supposing that they were prepared to run the race , previous to starting they would be met by Members of Parliament who would Inform them that they very much wished to see them win . At the same time informing thtm that they should , have a hundred weight of load fastened round their necks by way of helping them , for it wa 9 quite clear that the Americans did not pay one shilling in taxes toan Englishmen's five . Where , then , wis the chance for our success ¦ whilst labouring under such
disadvantages ? The fact was , until the people were fairly represented in Parliament there was no chance of an amelioration of their condition . ( Loud cheers . ) He next adverted to the notions of free trade put forth by Colonel Torrens and others . He exposed the fallacy 0 / their views , and a > ked what the working classes had to do with free trade '?¦ ¦ Had they not to toil for what they could get , or starve ? The manufacturers meant toexchangethe produce of English slaves , ¦ vri ththose of the slaves on the Continent and elsewhere . The exchange instead of bettering the condition of the producer having quite a contrary tendency , thsy having no part or lot in tho matter ; for since 1815 , notwithstanding their enormous exports ; . there had been a reduction in tho price of labour to the amount of 125
millions sterling annually . ( Shame . ) He understood from the paper which be held-in his hand that the people of Wirniinghani had also beori reduced in their wages ( bear , hear , ) but he denied that the reduction took place through the cause assigned by the Corn Law Ropealers , Class legislation was the : cause of it all , ( Loud cheers . ) The manufacturers , under a notion of free trade were rambling over tho world to find whether any person wanted a coat or a shirt off tbeni , ' . wfaiist the mass of the people at home were naked . They had been trying sonie of their free trade experiments in China of late , and -wore shooting them for not allowing themselves to be poisoned for the , benefit of commerce . ( Shame . ) Ho was a friend to a J-eal trade , one which would enable the producer to be
a consumer also , and thus establish a lasting home trade which would make them all comfoit ible ? What hope ctuld the manufacturers of this c < untry have- of increasing their trade as they seemed to anticipate . America was rapidly increasing their cotton manufactures , and other nations were doing tho siune . He thought the statement of Mr . Curtis , as to the amount of corn that might be grown on the banks of ' tbe' Ohio , and nfterwards exchanged for English -manufactures would be very well , had not Mr . Curtis told them at the same time that nobody lived there to cultivate it . ( Loud laughter . ) There was-the Guinea i-tites , also which were making rapid htrides in manufactures , and be would appeal to the meeting whether it was likely thai those parties who had established lnanufactorits at a
great expeDce were likely V ) relinquish theni to please the English capitalist ? With regard to the t-i ileihents . put forth regarding the enormous sums paid by the working classes for their bread on account of the Corn Laws ; he never ytt heard a man bold enough to say that he pnid more than fivepence a -week on account of the Com Laws . They would thus see that the existence of those laws was not the sole cause of their sufferings ; the fact was , they -would first put down the infamous systems of government before they could apply a real remedy . They should look at the amount lately expended on the christening of the Prince of "Wales as as tUey tanned him , when a sword was girded on him aud he was ordered to defend his people , although only a few days old , and then compare tbe extravagance
displayed with the income of the American President . Let them look at the extravagant sums drawn fvowv the starving poor by a bloated Church , whose priesthood devoured more than was required to keep up all the religions in Europe . They should look at the enormous sums expended to light up the walks of the aristocracy , and employ bludgeon-men to break their heads , as the real' cause of the misery that existed . ( Loud cheers . ) He once thought the Corn Law repeakrs were truly honest and philanthropic , but in the midst of their pretended sympathy the working classes were sinking' lower iii the depths of misery and destitution . He knew a manufacturer that addressed a meeting with tears in his eyes , when depicting the sufferings of the . working ' classes , at the
same time that his block printers were under notice of eight shillings a-week reduction in their wages . ( Shame . ) Another member of the anti-Corn Law League had turned half his work people off , and compelled the other half to do all the work ; and , when those whose labour was doubled requested au increase in their wages , he told them he wondered how they could for shame ask him such an unreasonable question : although he had the week before given £ 50 to the anti-Corn Law League ; and , whilst their warehouses -were ready to tumble down with the load of goods ¦ wi th which they were crammed ; yet , according to their ovni statements , upwards of 15 , 000 human beings were living in the filthy cellars of Manchester , who had no use for the knives and forks of Sheffield , ' - ' or the
¦ wares of Birmingham , being scarcely able to procure as much food as was necessary to keep them in existence . They were placed in this position ,, because the operatives of other towns could not purchase .-their cotton goods . Then there was the oppressed people of Ireland . Such was their wretched condition , that if they -were fairly examined , he doubted -whether they bad a shilling worth of clothing each on an average ; bnt if the Corn Law repealers could find a country one thousand miles off in the same state as the people of Ireland , they would say they had discovered a country' where the people were naked , and that the accursed bread tax was the sole cause ; but , admitting that the Corn Laws were repealed , what would be the condition of the workman ? Would he not be placed
in the same condition as he was at present ? For instance , a workman is in the receipt of fifteen , shillings per week ; and Is informed by his master that he can't find a market for hia goods—on -which account his wages must be reduced to twelve shillings ; he would thus disable tne workman from dealing in the home market , whilst he had the same amount of taxes to pay ; the fact was , that if the Corn Laws were repealed they would just get as much bread as they could afford to purchase ; and ' as their wages would be at the mercy of their employers , the same as now , he could not s e any benefit that would be derived to the working men under such circumstances . He then showed how the fixed income ef the fundholder was increased at the expence of the labourer , and read extracts from " Porter ' s Tables , " to show that the price of goods decreased the
in propor tion to the increase of quantity exported ; by which means the home market bad been destroyed . He defied them to alter the syat « m until the labourer at home had the means of enjoying the fruits ot hia labour- The nan who was now employed , was he not as useful as he was forty years ago ? Why , then , should he be trampled on , stamped with the badge of inferiority and ground to the dust by class legislation . He nexf adverted to the so-called National Debt as one of the causes of the distress of the country . Hedenied that it was a'National- debt ; for , if the nation owed money to itself , they had nothing to do bui set themselves straight . He maintained that it was a base forgery , and showed the enormous price of proTisionB at ita contraction ; and commented with thrilling eloquence on the infamous French war , and the persons who had hounded on tbe reople against the cattSi of
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liberty . He maintained that they had not only paid off the dabt , but seventeen shillings extra as interest i / ito the ¦ . bargain ; and yet the scoundrels never rubbed oh" a single farthing . The Whias had added three million ' s-to it , and had the effrontery to Bay tney had lent ' Jth'at ' -. 'sum : ' to the people . ( Laughter . ) One thing was a ' uch to be regretted , and that was that little Russell had not lived fifty years ago , as he had lately proposed to increase the revenue by lowering taxation . He wished ; he would take out a patent ( Laughter . ) It had often been stated that working men paid no taxes ; but it was well known that the only real pro perty in existence waslabour , and the question .-was , who were the real payers of thV taxes ? Ashopkeeper might say that be paid the money , bnt he mustfirsthsve it placed
in his pocket by the real proancers of wealth , was it right then that protection ehoold be given to cold inanimate matter , and deuied to the hand . which caused it to have value ? That question would have to be answered by the Government of the cpnntry , and if they refused to answer the wo / Mjjg classes would dp it for them . ; ( Loud cheers . ) A vast deal was said about property by those who are possessed of wealth . The workshops which a great mipy of them bad left would be of no tarae if they did not return to them , but the moment they went to their work in the morning they would give value to everything , they touched , and immediately afterwards there were hundreds of Acts of Parliament to protect it , but not one to protect the hand that created it . The present system not only
crushed the operative , but even the manufacturers were beginning to feei the pressure . He was satisfied that thousands of tnem hardly knew how to turn themselves , but they had only to blame their o wn folly for it . He then matte a powerful appeal to the audieriea on the injustice praotised towards the hand loom weaves and agricultural labourers , and gave a ssvere caatigatioa to the parsona for their doctrine , that poverty was the will of God . Ho denounced it as an insult to reason aud blasphemy against heaven . He said the parsons would advise the working classes not to interfere in politics , that it would lead to infidelity and sedition , but they forgot that doctrine when thoy went to tho farmers' field fo » their tithes , and in some cas © a in Ireland they even took the potatoes from those who
had not sufficient to feed their families , and kad not even stopped short of murder rather than lose their hold . ( Shaine . ) He ( Mr . Leach ) would advise them . on the contrary , to pijy strict attention to politics , for it was mixed up , with every action of their lives , with every article they eat or wore , and was const-qu ^ ntly of the firat importance . He compared it to so many wires all meeting atone common centre , that centre being the peopled pockets , on the end of one wire w&nt the beef of their tables under tho nameof pensions , another wire dragged tho coat off their back ' s uniier another pretence , another pulled the shoes off their children's feet and ho on to the end of the chapter until nothing was left to the working man but rags and misery . He then referred to the enormous
salaries drawn by the Archbishop of Canterbury and others , and shewed how many hundred years it would take a handloom weaver to earn their enormous incomes , at their present rate of wages , and exposed the enormous taxation , and extravagant expenditure that existed . He entered largely into the question of wages as regulated by supply and demand , and said , that if they would take away all chance of a working man being enabled to live by bis labeur as a mechanic , they ought , at least , to give him the means of falling back on the land as asecurity for liberty and iife .-HLoud cheers . ) He did not object to machinery as such , but he did object to it : taking the coat off his back , and the food out of his cupboard , lie coincided with Mr . Butter worth in a statement which he had made at a meeting once .
He did riot' care if every manufacturer in the country was to go to bed by steam provided they did not " at the same time take his bed'from under him . He exposed the hypocrisy of the members of the . Anii- 'Coru Law League , who were turning their workmen out of employment , and intrbduch > £ machinery to do the work , and afterwards placed all the poverty thus created to the account of the Corn Laws . He called oil the ¦ working men to secure the power of sending members to Parliament , ' if they intended to derive any benefit , from a repeal of the Corn L ' -iws , or any other laws . They should be determined that human beings should be protected in preference to any thing else . It was said that Sir Robert Peel was about to lay on a property tux . If he did , he would forgive him ' all his-political sins for the last twenty jears . It would give the middle classes such a twitch as would bring them to their senses , it
was thought by souie that the working classes would then have to bear it all ; but it would be like throwiug water on a duck's back , they could pay 110 more . The middle classes were much in tha same position in 1829 as they wei-e now , at tb . - it time they made great professions of -what they would do for the people , which caused the men cf Birmingham , and other places to help them out of the mire . They were again trying ; the sairiis game ; but they were not to be deluded again . If they really wished the people to have justice , let them at once acknowledge the right of the whole people to the franchise , and they would be able to make England what she ought to be . He would draw to a cJriciusion in order to allow time to any person who thought he had made a wrong statement t > contradict him . He contrasted the fearless ' and honourable conduct of the Chartists at
tHeir . meetings , with the cowardice and injustice of the anti-Corn Law League , ami made some curious exposures of the mode U'loytsd by the manaf . ictUTers to compel their workpeople to sign their petition and contribute to their fund . He concluded a powerful lecture by-saying that he was prepared to argue the question of the Corn Laws with any man in a peaceable orderly manner , and would shew from incontrovertible- facts that the Corn Law repeal was founded in error . The day of liberty would never cojne unless the people exerted themselves , and then the torrent of . public opinion would wash down the barriers opposed to huniau happiut'sa . Mr . Leach then retired . amidst loud aud longcontinued cheering . Mr . Walter Thorne then moved a
vote of thanks to Mr . Leach , for his very able lecture , which was seconded by Mr . Barratt , and carried unanimously ; after which , on tho motion of Mr . G . White , the thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to the worthy and venerable Chairman , which he acknowledged , by declaring his determination to stand by the people , and thauked them for that part of their ettaem . Three hearty cheers were then given for the Charter , three for Feargus O'Connor , and three for Bronterre O'Brien , and his intended newspaper ; after which the requisition to the Mayor to call a meeting in favour of the Charter was road , and a number of burgesses and hpuseholders names attached , and the aieeting separatedw
Impohtant . Delegate Meetino . —According to previous notice , a meeting of delegates , for the counties jf Warwick and Worcester , was held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , on Sunday last , at half-past two o ' clock . Present— -Mr . J . Chance , of Stcfhrbridge ; Mr . J A . Browning , of Wednesbury ; Mr . Robert Mahon , of Coventry ; Mr . Beesley , of Dudley ; Messrs . Follows and Porter , Steelhouse Lane ; Mr . J . Blackwell , of Worcester ; and Messrs . Spinks and Cresswell , of Freeman-street , Birmingham . The room was crowded : with visitors ^ and M r . Chance was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the business in his usual clear aud straightforward manner . He wished the delegates to report as to the amount of signatures they were likely to obtain , as well as what they had already
obtained . They would also state how they had proceeded in the collection of iuads for the support of the Convention , and whether they were prepared to pay anything then into the hands of Mr . Follows , the treasurer . Their attention would also be directed to the Lecturers' Fund , and he hoped that they were all prepared to report the ttate of their localities as far as those subjects were concerned ; and delivered an excellent ad-iress , at the conclusion of which he reported the position of Stourbri (! ge . They were getting on very well with the petition , and would get a larger amount of signatures than on any previous occasion . Mr . Browning / said they expected to get 5000 signatures at Wednesbury . — Mr . Beesley said that they had only got a place of
meeting at Dudley within the last fortnight . They would do what was necessary , and intended to hold a meeting shortly for the purpose of passing the petition and electing a delegate . Mr . Blackwell stated that they were getting on as well as might be expected in Worcester , considering that it was a cathedral town , and- consequently full of prejudice against popular rights . They woiild do as well as they could . He hoped they should be enabled to get 8000 signatures . Mr . Mahon stated that ,: as far as his observation went , he had reason : to believe that a majority of the people of Coventry were in favour of the People ' s Charter , and in their Association , they had some of the most 1 intelligent and influential of the working men . They intended to hold a meeting shortly for
the purpose of passing the petition , after which they would get as man j signatures as possible . T ! he principles of the Charter were progressing rapidly in Coventry . Mr * Gresswell stated that the Freaman-street Association had 160 sheets in the course of being filled ; fifty-nine were handed in filled , and tbe rest were in a state of forwardness . Mr . Follows , on behalf of Steelhouse-lanft , stated that they bad tweWe sheets , and calculated on getting a large number of signatures in St . Mary's-Ward . The Chairman nes $ introduced the subject •! the Cwavention fund , anil wished those who had any money for that purpoea to hand it in . He had . brought £ 1 . 3 s . for the propose from Stourbridge , and they intended to make ii £ 2 by the time it was required * Mr . Black well &aid be had brought none with hie * from Worcester , as . they did not know how much they would be required to pay . The Chairmaa . stated that each place should , pay as much as they
could , and tf there was a surplus remaining they could apply it to other purposes . Mr . ; Blackwell replied , that they had » part and would do as well as they could . Mr . Mahon stated that they bad lately : engaged in getting up a fund to defray ; the cxpeaces of a public meeting , after whioh they would do what was requisite . — The Chairman next enquiied whether the secretary to the Convention Fund had corresponded with the towns in the distric ! -. Mr . Cresswell replied that he had corresponded with several places , and had not received an answer ! The Chairman hoped that every town in the district would feel the necessity of exerting themselves on the present occasion , and forward their quota to the treasurer as soon as possible , Mr . Browning thought that as the period for the assembling of the Convention was so close at band , each place should forward their money oa soon as -poaailiic , as it would not be right to call a public meeting for the election of a delegate until
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the means for his support was ready . The Chairman saJd he was sorry to ; find that some of the towns did not let them know what they intended . He knew that , although the people were poor , yet they could raise £ 25 for such an important occasion . He hoped to see this district taking the stand it formerly-. bad don « . He wished the meating to tome to a resolution on th « subject , Mr . Mason gave a description of the position io whicti Kidderminster was placed . Mr . Mahon then moved , " That every town desirous of supporting thei Convention Fund in the counties- of Warwick and Worcester will signify such by refflitting aai instalment of £ 1 each preyjpns to the 24 th of February , and ths remainder as soon possible afterwards ;* ' The motion , was unanimously agreed to . The Chairman then called :
their attention ; to the Lecturers' Fund , and requested M . Ma « on to infonn . the meeting as to tfee manner in which his salary had been paid , and whether any places were in arrear since the last meeting . A long conversation then took place , in which ; Messrs . Gorbett ( treasurer to the Lecturers * Fund ) , White , Msson , and others , took part , when it was ascertained that several places : bad neglected to act up to the agreement of the last . . delegate : meeting . Mr . Mahon spoke on the necessity of ; keeping a lecturer in the distriet , and providing for him properly . They had to give up all their comforts , and travel through the country , scowled at by their enemies , and ofter treated coldly by those that ought to be their friends . He attributed the blame to the Councils j he thought that
they were too apathetic . They could do alL that waa necessary by sacrificing two hours of a Sabbath morning He knew the . people were right enough j the Councila should be called on to dp their duty . Mr . Blaskwell stated that Worcester would do what wa 3 required on behalf of , the Lecturers' Fund , as they had done previously . Mr . Mahon made some suggestions as to the best mode ? of getting tho funds regularly forwarded . A long conversation theu took place , in which the whole of the delegates took part / assisted by Mr . Mason , when it was ascertained th : it the best way to secure regularity , was that each ; place should forward their money to the Treasurer every fortnight , at his residence , Adam-street , Chancery Buildings . Mr . Mahon then moved , " That each sub-Secretary be requested to
forward an account from their books of the sums paid by them to the Lecturers' Fund , together with the date of each payment , and be requbsted to send their money every fortnight , t > Mr . Frederick Corbett . Adam-street , Chancery Buildings , and that the Committee formerly appointed be r . tqueated to take means to carry out this resolution . '' Mr . Follows seconded the resolution , -which was carried unanimously . Mr . Black well then stated that the men . ef Worcester thought that the Lecturers' Fund Committes had not attended sufficiently to their duties , upon -which the members of it who were present agreed jto ruaign , in order , to give the delegates au oppottur-ity of electing a fresh one . The following were then chosen as a fresh Committee , the three first being re-eltcted : —G . White , F . Corbett ,
H . Cresswell , Messrs . Fussell , Follows , Thorne , and Potts . Mr . Mahon then delivered an excellent address oa the feeling which existed amongst the : trades in favour of the Charter . Mr . Blackweil thought that once a month was too often to hold delegate meetings , aiid B : iid ; he was instructad to say that quarterly meetings would be often enough . Mr . Follows thought that as there was so much important business to be transacted in the next few wecka , that the question should be deferred until after the sitting of the Convention . Mr . Mahon suggested the propriety of each Association at a distance from Birmingham : requesting any of their members who could afford it to give their attendance at the delegate meeting
gratis , they could thus effect a saving in their funds The Chairman hoped that each place that could would send a delegate to - the next meeting , and that those who could not dp so would send a letter . For his part he never had made any charge for hia attendance , and never would . Mr . Cresswell then moved " That the next delegate meeting be held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , on that day three , weeks . " Mr . Browning seconded the resolution , which was ; carried unanimously . Mr . White was then called to the chair , and a vote of thanks unanimously given to the . Chairman , after which the meeting separated . Alimonies for the Convention Fund are requested to be forwarded to Mr . Follows , hair-dresser , Monmouthstreet , Birminsham .
Freeman street-Meetings—A lecture was delivered in the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , on Sunday evening last , by Mr . John Mason , Mr . Smith . Lindon in the chair ; the lecture gave great satisfaction , and twelve new members were enrolled . Monday Evening s Meetixg . —The usual weekly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held at their room . Freeman-street , on Monday evening , . Sir . Welsford in . . the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . George White at some length , after -which the rtquisition . ta . thje Mayor , requesting him to call a meeting of % hs inhabitants to consider the pro-priety of petitioning Parliament for the People ' s Charter , received several signatures . Nbtic was given , that a new room would be opened in Astonttreet , on the following Monday evening , after whieh the meeting separated . . ... . . "¦' ¦ ' , " ¦
Steelhocse-lane—The membeis of this spirited association hold their meetings every Tuesday evening , at the Ship Inn ; Steelbouse-lane , end are making active exertions to procure signatures to the National Petition . ABERDEEN . —On Mcnday week , the weekly meeting of the Aberdeen Charter Union was held , Mr . M'Phersdn in the chair . The minutes of the previoua meeting having been : read , Mr . James M'Pherson : was nominated as the representative in the National Convention . Five shillings were given by the Female As-r sociation to assist in defraying the expense of tao Glasgow delegation , and a vote of thanks was passed unanimously to them for their liberality . The following resolution was also passed , ^' That we cordially invite
the middle and . all other classes ta become members of tlie Aberdeen Charter Union , who can Conscientiously s'gn Vhe . following pledge : ' I hereby pledge myself to use every lawful means in my power for obtaining the Pebp e ' s Charter . " "It was also agreed to give . Feargus O'Connor , Esq . a . hearty welcome , should be again be induced to visit our locality . An essay was then delivered on the origin of British liberty by Mr . Sutherland . A letter from Lord Lynd hurst ' s Secretary was read , acknowledging the receipt of the petition from the inhabitants of Aberdeen , and promising that he should ¦ " . duly present it to her Majesty . " A vote of thnnka was given for-the prompt answer he had given , oud the meeting separated .
On Friday Night , at eight o ' clock , a public meeting was held in the Temperaiiee Hall , 204 ; Qeorgestreefc , for tbe ' purpose of electing a delegate to repre-£ Bnt this district in the National Convention . The large hall was full on this occasion . Mr . John Pullau was unanimously called to the chair , and opened thebusiness of the { meeting in a neat address , and intror duced Mr . Archibald M'Donald , who moved the foll « wius resolution : — " That the inhabitants of Aberdeen , in public meeting assembled , agree to send a local delegate to represent them in the National Convention , to be held in London , on the . 10 th of March next , and
that they hereby pledge themselves to raise funds to defray the necessary expenses . " This was seconded by Mr . \ Vright , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Legge , oncoming forward to move the second resolution , was loudly cheered . He delivered a speech of &teat length , and sat down : bymoving " that James M'Pherson represent the inhabitants of Abeitleen in the National Conyentioa . " This was seconded by Mr Duncan Nicolson , at considerable length , and carried without a dissentient voice . A committee was appointed to carry the resolutions into effect , and ( after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting broke up . ""• ¦' . =
Olb Aberdeen . —On Wednesday night week , a public meeting waaheld in the Teetotal Hall , Highstreet , for thf purpose of forming a Chartist Association , at eight o ' clock . The Hall was crowded . Mr . William Adams wascalled to the chair , who opened the business in an appropriate and pithy address , an < introduced Mr . Nicolson , from Aberdeen . Mr . Nicolson delivered an address on the present state , of the country , &c ., and sat down Warmly applauded . Mr . Archibald Macdonald then explained the principles of theChaTter . and was followed by ' Mr > Jaines Macpherspn , who delivered a powerful address on the necessity of uniting in one common bond of union ; to overturn the unjust system of things which ; iiow exists ; A gentleman named Mr . Qibbs then put some questions to the speakers , which were answered to hU seeming satisfaction . The National Petition , and copies of the Charter , were distributed , and an Association formed . A vote of thanks , was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated ; .: ' -. ¦¦' : .. ¦
CHESTERi—Mr . Christopher Doyle lectured here on Thursday night week , at seven o ' clock , In the Chartist Meeting Room , Steam Mill-street . Admission gratis , and free discussion was invited . The room , which will hold between 306- and 400 persons , was crowded . Thanks were yoted to him at the close , and eight new members were enrolled . The National Petition was adopted at a public meeting on Monday night last . ¦ ¦ ' / . - . ' - ' . '" .- '¦ ¦ ¦ ' .:... ) ¦ . . ; ' . "' V ¦ HOLUNWOOD .-On Sunday erening last ,. Mr . William Booth , of Ne wtoa Heath , delivered au excellent lecture in the Ralph Green Chartist Association Room , to a crowded audience . Several new members were enrolled . . ' - ' . ,. ;;• ¦ ¦;¦ •; '¦ . - ¦; ¦¦ : - .: . LOTJGHBOROOGH . —The Chartists of this place are taking up the intended demonstration to O'CJonno * with great spirit . Sfcey haye obtained the Theatre for the occasion , and are making every effort to make it worthy of the champion of Chartism .
BANTuEY , Pokebies . —Mr . James Leach , membe of the Executive , in passing through the Potteries to Bristol , delivered a most able and argumentatiTe address , at the Georgeand Dragon Inn , on the rights of industry , and its claims to legal protection . Tha address was perfectly free from declamation and personal invective , and has been well received by all classes . Mr . Leach ' s lecture waj 3 attended by a numeroaa audience . ¦ ¦ '• ' : ¦¦ -,- ' . ¦ . . ; ¦' :.. "" - -- - .- .- ¦ . ;• - : ..: CAWPSIE . —On Saturday evening , Sir . William Thomason , from the Vale of Le ^ aii , addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting in the Chartist Hall , Mr . Alexander Davis , in the chair . The lecturer gave great satisfaction to hia aadJenae .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct741/page/3/
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