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    • THR-'' A nnRPCQ fYP uHUT WVrn a CTT V THE. ADDRESS OF ^ THBE NEWCASTLE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIAtioN FOR THE ESTABLISHING OF A I^ORJttNG MEN'S PRESS," TO THEIR FELLOW WORKING MEN THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM.
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      Fellow . workmen , —At many meetings , botbpufeUc and private , and daring many discussions respecting the use , progress , and purposes , of the present movement , we hare unanimously come , to the . following con elusions ;—¦ 1 . That ignorance is the mother of devotion to priests , and submission to despots . 2 . That willing slaves are as great enemies to freedom as the greatest tyrants in power .

      3 . That all consumers of intoxicating liquors are supporters of a corrupt Government , and however loud and clamorous their professions and complaints , they are , virtually , as great enemies to the political emancipation of the millions , as the dupes of priestcraft or the slaves of fanaticism . 4 . That a people are at all times prosperous , happy , contented and free , in proportion to their public virtues , the purtness of their morals , and the impartiality of their laws . 5 . That neither Trades' Unions nor Co-operative Societies of any description , can be in any measure productive of relief to the suffering millions , unless so far as such unions and societies exercise the advantages of their organization to obtain the Charter .

      6 . That however much the Socialists have laboured , or have even effected , in reducing the reputation and ghostly powers of the priesthood , they have , nevertheless , iu several instances , thrown influence into the scale of that Government which has been so long the fortification of priests , and the most powerful instrument of their spiritual tyranny . 7 . That the conduct of Socialists towards our Welsh patriots has also , in several localities , been no better than that of dissenters generally , exhibiting a fawning servility to the powers that be , and , « f course , the most monstrous ingratitude to those who had risked their all iu the cause of suffering humanity .

      8 . That the heritable estates of Socialists should , and must , bear their share of the enormous expenditure of the national Government ; and that in so far as they possess greater facilities to defray that expenditure , they have an interest in supporting that Government , however extravagant its demands upon the people , knowing that those demands prove a means of coercion against those who are not disposed to enter into community . 9 . That the terms of entering into societies promising equal advantages to all their members , should , so far as pecuniary powers are concerned , be in proportion to those powers , at the time of forming or joining such societies ; otherwise the . members of those societies sanction all the unjust gaiti 3 , and perpetuate all the unjust advantages produced by those corrupt systems of Government and trade , the principles of which they profess to denounce , and the evils of which they profess to remedy .

      10 . That however specious the pretexts of such soeietUss , and however ancient or modern their constitutions , an equality of property qualification to the rights of membership is an insult to reason , at utter variance with the incorruptible rules of common sense , sanctions the qualifications of " Whig Reform and Whig Poor Law , " lays new foundations of tyranny , cupidity , and fraud , and becomes fresh causes of grievances to the weak or the oppressed , who , in cherishing the best principles of virtue , prefer poverty and its privations to wealth , and all the advantages of nefarious gains .

      11 . That the agitation for the People ' s Charter has , ia a great measure , been blasted by the corrupt rule of taxation to defray its expenses . That nothing appears to us more absurd and unjust than that one man in the receipt of not only double or treble , but ton , fifteen , or twenty times the wages of another , or whose income , perhaps , may be fifty , a hundred , or a thousand times the amount of that of another , should take his seat in an Universal Suffrage Association , upon paying the few halfpence per month ; thus having no just or accurate test of his sincerity , and leaving the demands for fresh tuppliea to be repeated upon the moat oppressed members of the Association ; a circumstance which cannot fail to weaken their energies , if not to make them withdraw in disgust , and with strong suspicion that the facts of the measure , when won , are to be to them proportionally unjust and oppressive

      12 . That no sincere Reformer will hesitate to make known the amount of his wages or income , hi order to be taxed in proportion to his abilities for the public good , and that all objections to publicity on the subject should be viewed as only symptoms of an inclination to preserve the present eppresaire and villanous syBtems of legislation , and of traffic , in which the industry of the many is the prey of the few . 13 . That while we must remember with heartfelt gratitude , the fearless , the untiring , and talented labours of many who are now suffering severely on our behalf , we are at the same time brought to the conclusion that the progress of the movement has been much retarded , if not threatened with annihilation , in consequence of the want of " a working man ' s press , " or a press which is solely the property of working men . *

      14 . That "The Working Man ' s Press , " like every other portion of the working man ' s property , would soon become the prey of class legislation , unless he is provided with the proper means of defending it , and we consider that nothing can be more ridiculous and absurd for men to be guilty , in a political point of view , than to be demanding their rights , and at the same time neglecting to exercise a right of which they are already constitutionally possessed , and which the ; at the same time profess to believe to be the bulwark of all others . Upon these premises we have unanimously passed the following resolutions , viz : — 1 ; That we now form ourselves into an Association for the establishing of a Working Men ' s Press . 2 . That our Association shall be called " The Newcastle Working Men ' s Association for the Establishing of a Workiug Men ' s Press . "

      3 . That no man paying towards tke support of any minister of religion , who has not subscribed to the Charter , and no man who does not rigidly abstain from all intoxicating liquors , shall be admitted as member of the Association . 4 . That the monthly subscription of « ach member shall be paid according to the following table : —

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      All in the receipt of £ 2 19 a , and above it , ehaU give tn * difference between £ 2 and their weekly wage , or income , as their monthly subscription . 5 . That every man in the receipt of £ 3 per week , and above it , shall , upon joining the Association , pay entry money to the amount of - what hia monthly subscriptions would have made , had he joined during the first month after the formation of the asso ciation . . : 6 . That no member « f the association shall be eligible to serve on committee unless he his been a member of some Universal Suffrage Association , for at least one year , and without ntoh qualification , he must be a member of the association for two years . 7 . That all candidates for membership shall subscribe the following bond : —

      " I , A . —— B . —— ( mechanic , labourer , shop-keeper , farmer , squire , 4 c . ) residing at No . 1 , — -&c Newcastle , and in receipt of 2 s . 6 d . or £ 3 10 a . per week , as it may be , hereby pledge my word and character , and solemnly promise that I will not henceforth give any pecuniary support to , or go to hear any minister of religion , or any lecturer on Socialism who has not subscr ibed the Charter , and who has not joined in petitioning for the free pardon and return of the Welsh patriots , and the liberation of all other prisoners confined for political offences ; that I have abstained from using all intoxicating liquors since the 12 thAugust , 1839 , or any other date he has to mention ; that I will continue to do so ; that I will call upon the collector to whose squad I belong , oncoa month , and pay him my monthly subscription at his dwelling-house ; that I am possessed of

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      all Uwful and constitutional means of defence ( or that I wit possess myself of all such means of defence within the period of six months from this date ); that I consider it lavful to use arms in protecting my life and property against all assailants , and will consider my share or inteffist in "The Working Men ' s Press" as my present property ; that I approve of the roles of your association , and ihat I will neither move nor second any resolution for tteir alteration without having first submitted it to two reneral meetings of the association , and obtained the consent of two thirds of its members at both meetings , to mtve or second such resolution at a general meeting to beheld , not within the space of three months . " "A . —B , — - n li ^ . i .. . A _ M . .. ^ J « f ^ . i . «>

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      To C D - bei of "the Newcastle Working Man ' s Association " for establishing " a Working Man's Press . " 8 . Ml mechanics , labourers and others of good character , 'whose weekly wages does not amount to ten shillings , shall be admitted as members upon signing the bond hi the 7 th resolution . 9 . That the committee shall consist of a chairman , viceckurman , secretary , treasurer , and seven members , havin ; power to add to their number . Five shall form a quotum . The executive to be elected or re-appointed annually . 10 . A . general meeting of the association shall be held quarterly , but hi cases where places cannot be obtained , or are too highly rented , an abstract of the strength and general transactions of the association , giving the number of its members , the amount of its funds , &c , shall be printed and delivered te each member .

      11 . That all members of the association in the receipts of a weekly wage or income of ten shillings or upwards , shall be also members of •¦ the Northern PoliticaiUnion . " 12 . That no person in magisterial authority , or upon pay under the magistracy , shall be permitted to enter any meeting of the association or of its committee , until he adduces sufficient vouchers that he has access , to similar meetings of friendly or local societies , merchant or trading companies ^ trades' unions , and otherrespective committees , or unless he is a member of the association . 13 . That with the exception of the rent for places of meeting , the printing of bills and addresses , the funds of the association shall be preserved for the purpose of purchasing printing apparatus and establishing political journals in various parts of the kingdom .

      14 . That the editorship of the first weekly journal established by us , shall , in gratitude , be respectfully offered to James Bronterre O'Brien , now so unjustly suffering imprisonment for his patriotism / and that all the profits of the said journal shall belong to him as hia salary as editor . 15 . That the editorship of the second , third , and succeeding journals , established by us , shall be also offered to other patriots , who have suffered punishment for advocating the interests of the masses ; and when we have thus given all the employment we can to all men amongt them possessing the literary qualifications required , or so far as their labours in the press are called f » r , the funds of the association shall be applied in remunerating the families of those who have

      sacrificed their private interests for the public good , in establishing schools , or in any other way the association may think more efficient in breaking the rod of the oppressor , or furthering the progress of enlightenment 16 . That a list , containing the name , place of residence , employment , weekly wage , or income of each member , and the date of his joining the association , and the name or names of those who joined by bis counsel * hall be preserved in steryotype , and a copy of it to be given to each member , to be preserved by him and his children for ever . That the same book shall also contain the names , residences , employments , professions , or titles , and conduct of all persons , whether in authority or out £ it , who may hereafter make themselves conspicuous by opposing the interests of the

      association , or the privileges of the press ; also the names of deserters of any . - Thus , fellow-workmen , we have laid before you our opinions and resolutions respecting those affairs in which your interests and ours are inseparably united . We have felt it our duty to study brevity as well as circumspection . We do not anticipate this , that , our progress is to be rapid , but our resolve is , that ' it shan be sure . We all know the demon attacks of our oppressors upon our Stars . We all know their fiendish hatred of their light ! Their light is not from the tinsel glitter of the Stars of their order ! Now , then , let the indissoluble bonds of virtue unite us . Let us only be true to ourselves , and soon shall eur Stars produce such a galaxy as shall sicken them to death with its whiteness .

      Jakes White , Chairman . James Smith , Treasurer . Alex . Lonttit , Secretary . Newcastle , 23 d May , 1840 . F . S . We beg to add that all journalists who are friends to the Working Men ' s Frees , Will give the , earliest publicity to this address . Letters to the association to be addressed to James Smith , care of James White , stone-mason , 5 , Buckingham-street , Newcastle .

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      TO THE RADICALS OF GBEAT BRITAIN . Hereditart Bondsmen , —It is not very often that I wish to press iuy opinions upon your attention , being more of habit to follow than to lead , to work than to order , ever wishing to act on the maxim that " Individual industry is strength to a nation ' s greatnest , " and thinking , with Washington Irving ,- that " There is no scene so truly interesting as tbat in which every individual has a voice In public affairs , where every individual considers himself the Atlas of . the nation , and where every individu . % 1 feels it his duty to bestir himself for the good of his country . " T » behold this picture of anation ' s greatness should claim the attention and exertion of every member of the fraternj brotherhood , and bring into active co-operation every

      faculty of the human mind . The time has now come when " To be or not to be , that is the question : " Every attempt will be now made to saw the weds of discord and disunion amongst you—emissaries will be sent amongst you who will leave no stone unturned ( to use a common-place phrase ) to undo the work of your incarcerated leaders ; already has the mouth-piece of Wbiggery summoned your postern-gate ; already has the wolf appeared nmongst your flock ; but nobly has your good shepherd , the Northern Star , torn the fleece of Household Suffrage from his shoulders . Watch well the wolves , for they will come amongst you in sheep ' s clothing . You are to have a Warren full of supplications and a levy of Nightingales from the groves of Blarney , to charm you into the sunshine of brick and mortar practicable Household Suffrage !

      I left my house in Britain-street yesterday ; to-day I am deprived of the Suffrage ; and if an election took place to-morrow , I might appeal to the dead walls , instead of the assessor . Bravo , Dan , your Household Suffrage "bangs Bannagher , " and you know Bannagher " bangs the Devil . " If this be the new ark of your glory , it may float for a while on the Liffey , but it never will do on the Thames ? My friends , be assured that every stratagem that Whig cunning can invent will be resorted to , in order to detatch you from the great principle of Universal Suffrage , which is the only foundation on which can be built the majestic fabric of true national greatness Till the Suffrage be rested in the man , not in stones and mortar—till the poor man have a voice in the making of those laws by which he is to be governed , there can

      be no permanent amelioration in his condition ; there will be no equal taxation without fair representation . Do the rich bear an equal shue of the burdens of the taxes of the State ? Are their race horses , splendid equipages , and sparkling sideboards of plate , comparatively taxed according to equitable adjustment ? No , no . The armorial bearings on the carriage of the nobleman must not be insulted with the crooked curves of common arithmetic ! Whilethepaidbluedodgesabout the costermonger ' s donkey cart in search of a cypher !! Nothing but Universal Suffrage can cleanse the Augean stable of political corruption . I would not give a fig for repeal if it were not based on Universal Suffrage . I will now take the liberty of making a few remarks on on the apathy manifested by Ireland in joining your radical ranks in your present struggle for political freedom .

      That there is an undue and a tyrannical influence exercised that keeps the people from speaking out is as true as it is base and profligate in the party who do so , that the people of Ireland can so long and so tamely submit to a dictator preaching passive obedience hi the midst of the most heart-rending privations and pauper ism , without a single voice being raised to request an amelioration of their condition . How a nation can be so truly unmindful of her degraded and wretched situation , are questions which an Englishman , even with the shrewd political information which he possesses would fain seek explanation . '

      _ I shall briefly advert to a few items of the sequeL Political feeling , with the great body of the Irish people died with the strangulation of the forty-ahilling free ' holders , who were barely bartered to make stepping stones lor a few Peen . burhte » and ge » 4 te ™ £ ( looking for seats on the magisterial benches ) toget into places and power ; . but the great bulk of the people soon discovered that they kad got nothing by the change ; but that , on the contrary , they were placed inTreteoga ding position ; they falsely imagined that Catholic Emancipation would be the panacea that would core all the evils of their debilitated political system . Alas I they soon found out that it was only a sunbeam that ered

      glitt in the elegant tropes and figures of their leaden , who then found It necessary , for the first Urn © , to disclose that the Repeal of the Union was the darling ulterior banUiog they had alway * in view &r the people , while they were agitating for Catholic Emancipation ; accordingly Repeal got on its ion ( thanks to Peargua O'Connor , who ,: too , opened Cork from the Shannons and the Knaresboroughs ) . Never dlda nation place more confidence in man than did the t £ ug 2 PleVl ? % * y * Never did the invincible legions of Napoleon rally round his standard of Jw 7 , ^ " tinwttlfc * Motion , and attachment ttum did the Insh people rally round the standard of Repeal , i have Been 200 , 000 men aeeomnanv Mm tn

      ine Deacb on his way to the British Parliament House . Never shaU I forget his parting words . They were these : — «• My friends ,, return home peaceably and orderly . I promise you a Repeal of the Union in two years , « SOMETHING ELSE A 8 GOOD . On my return home , I repeated his words to an old , man who accompanied ma on the road , and what , think yon , was his exclamation ? It was this :- «• By G— Dan has sold us , Wa burk'd the Repeal : ! . '

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      I did not then believe it . ' btrt . how hei ^ aro * dealt with the repeal question , and the something else is good , thecoercionbillforioatance have . I must eanfeas thrown a damp onmy then political creed ; to keep , down tbe *' growing discontent springing outctf " broketfhop * s and blighted promises , " it was also necessary-tjat a perma ., nent staff should be constantly kept up in Dublin , ti ' show that something was doing for lrelanl ¦; accordingly \ a knot of 10 or 12 men have been kept tp in " pouring 1 oil upon the troubled watera" of Ireland ' s discontent , - amongst whom no man would be altered to propose i resolutionunlessitwerefirstproposedly thecoinmittee ; to which but few men would be harfy en « ugh to propose an amendment , well knowing t * e fate that would await both himself and it ; thus it is that you hear of a # I did not then believe it . ' rtttt VinW h « rh « i * hA dealt

      many self immolations at the Corn Exchange , as though the spirit of truth had denied to their political progeny a long and happy life even in this world , " another of these abortive bantlings has just appeared with the silver spoon of the justice rent in its m # uth , and the very modest request that it only , wants two millions of shillings to obtain rale justice or repeal !! Good God , may we not exclaim withYorick , " What a prodigious traflc is carried on by the leornedin those days . " Whareis the old Catho lic Association rent , that is the £ 8 , C 00 that remained on hand ? Where is the balance that vrm in hand of £ 18 , OO # in 1829 ? Where is the £ 6 , 000 thai remained on hand ot the Clare election fund ? There waa £ 20 , 000 then in hand . Mr . O'Connell only admits of £ 15 , ( 00 being spent Where is the overplus , or how was evea the above sura spent ,

      where all the agents acted gratis , and even the unfortunate forties did not accept a ringk glass of whiskey !! Where is the £ 15 , 000 of tie volunteer association ? Where is the £ 1 , 500 of the precursors money ? Echo answers where . No account has ever been published . I have always thought it was the duty of the treasurer and secretary to produce a balance sheet , at least it ought to be-so in those cases , before they would have the modesty to call for £ 100 , 000 more and make a charge of two and aixpense for standing on the platform !! Oh ! unfortunate and deluded Ireland , more money hat been drained from thee to support the Tralee bank , ito branches and money-grubbing speculators , than would purchase and cultivate all thy waste lands , build one hundred factories on thy rains and give employment te thousands of thy hapless children who are now obliged t *

      " Fly to the uttermost ends of the earth And quit tbee for ever , and , ever . Is it to be wondered at , then , when Irishmen cannot see that they , should , stem this eternal torrent Uutt is bearing the hard earned pittance of their wretched industry on its unhallowed surface , mingled as it is with the tears of the , widows and orphans , and crimsoned with the blood of the victims of tithe persecution . Is it to be wondered at , I say , when they eannot see through all this that they would at once see the expediency and policy of joining your ranks to obtain an equal share ot even handed justice . You wonder how it is that Irishmen , the foremost , the first of the brave , have become suca modern Crusoea as to start even at the footsteps of Radicalism . You

      exclaim" Alas , poor country ! almtst afraid to know itself . " Oh ! my friends , she is not allowed to know herself-Without a single Radical press in the country , there never was , perhaps , a period in the annals of Irish history , that required a truth-telling monitor more than at the present time . Ireland may be said to have no political confessor to whom she can open her wounded and palpitating heart ; no physician who can allay its rapid pulsation , or from whom she can receive tht soothing consolation that the days of her sorrows shall be numbered , no sincere vindicator of her manifold

      grievances , that will stand erect and demand , upon th » broad basis of inalienable right , that justice shall bs done her ; no mirror that will reflect even a shadow of her thoughts , from which we might anticipate a sneedy fulfilment of that bond of fellowship , good Wilf , an * brotherly love which , when sealed by the united voices « f the too long divided millions , would become tba charter of a moral and holy compact for the enfranchise ment « f the voiceless classes ; then , and not till then , will the mighty majesty and greatness of the people bt sovereign indeed .

      I have always doubted the success of your principlesthrough Ireland , at least to any great extent , without the aid of a Radical press . It was for this purpose that I called on you for some of your valuable papers , to which call you have so nobly responded ; but although I have circulated them in the best possible manner , through , I believe , every county in Ireland , and having visited three of the provinces myself , yet you will admit that the circulation of four or fiv » thousand papers , slightly glanced at in many instances , could not affect all we could wish from a prejudiced

      people . The steds that have been sown will , no doubt , in course of time , produce good fruit How long hava the see'lB been in your own soil before they could produce such rich and luxuriant blossoms as were lately displayed before some of the worst and best Judges in in the land ? But think not , my friends , that becausr the people of Ireland do not at once declare themselves Chartists , ( and I think I have shown yon some reasons why they do not ) that they are at this moment a very useful auxiliary . Yes , they are at this moment pressing forward in the throng that will eventually lead you tothe goal of freedom . L . T . Clancy . May 5 th , 1840 .

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      SuDBtjRT Elkctiok . — Th * Mayor has fixed Friday next , the 5 th of June , for the nomination of a candidate to represent this borough in Parliament , instead of Sir J . B . Walsh , who has accepted th « Chiltern Hundreds , and now a candidate for tha representation of Radnorshire . G . Tomiine , Esq ., ig canvassing in the Tory interest very quietly to himself , no . other candidate interrupting him . Mr Frost . —A letter has just been received hert from Captain Shaw , of the Kilblain , of this port , writton in lat . 0 15 . N ., lon * . 17 . 47 . W ., and dated the 5 th of ApriJ . The Kilblain had then been in company for twelve days with the Mandarin convict ^ ship from London , with John Frost and his associates on board , durine which time the winds were so light that the vessels could not proceed at a greater rate than twenty miles a day . Captain Shaw eayB— " I had the pleasure of dining on board the Mandarin , and of conversing with Messrs . Frost , Jones , and Williams . Frost says he would far sooner have been executed . —Greenock Advertiser

      The Bastile Act . —At the Ashenden Petty Sessions , on Monday , a labourer , named Piddington , was placed at" the bar by order of the guardians of the Aylesbury Union , for neglecting to support an illegitimate child borne by his wife many yean before her marmge with him , and had been affiliated on its reputed father six years since . The guardians , finding the child in the workhouse , and that under one of the clauses of the Poor-law Amendment Act thehu 8 band was bound to support all the children of his wife , had the defendant taken from his eotUgt upon a warrant and committed to gaol until tS « sitting of a county magistrate could be obtained , who immediately dismissed the case . The poor

      fellow was not discharged , but held in custody until these sessions . The magistrate called upon the prisoner ' s wife to give evidence , but Mr . Benson , the solicitor , who humanely attended for the man , refused to permit her to be examined , and contended that as the child was born before the passing of the Poor-law Amendment Act the present proceeding could not bo sustained . The magistrates determined to hear the case . The union officers had no proof ? , and the prisoner would admit uothing , upon which the bench said they would adjourn the hearing for * fortnight . Mr . Benson refused to submit to this course , and demanded an instant judgment , when the magistrates dismissed the warrant . —Ayleshtry News .

      Dispersion op the League . —On Wednesday the ant ^ BornLaw delegates held a meeting for mutual conrolence , previous to their severally returning U > the places from whence they came . Their reunion , though a brief , had been anything but a merry one ; and it is not surprising , under the circumsttneeJ , that they should be somewhat at a loss as to the beet manner of beating a retreat . The provoking pun » amongst them evidently was , what account they w f * to givej of themselvs to their constituents ; and for this ptepose it was arranged that Mr . VUlioi Should be called upon to explain , how it was that he , their great gun , after being crammed w » & rubbish and combustibles ap to the muzzle , maw nothing more of it at last than a mere flash in m

      pan . The Honourable Member , however , was w sooner apprised of their intentions than , hidings hat under his coat laps , h « slipped out unpereeiWi and left the * interesting" explanation , as t » chairman dubbed it , to one who is always rongottj ready when the British portion of the Home « Commons is to be abased ; id * li * ct , to Mr . DanM O Coamdh Dan , howew , has at time * an awfcwart way of his own of helping a- lame dog oter a « Wi and gave the worthy delegates aHftintheey « g the ( public , whieh theymust haTewlished « f 1 »» asSanoho did tossing in the blanket . He told Vam flatlj that the quantity * nd quality * f their ^ * wf had already been such m to inspire aft OTerwhelmu majority of the House with something !*• «!*

      tempt ; " and that , if they did not « infuse somew p otent ingredient into their agitation than their »* hitherto dime / ' they might as well amuse them « eW » with singing « Come and be killed" to the dud * The ingredient 0 aa receommended was i * P «»™ S the representation on the plan of his own snegl" *" Parliament ( that ir to be ) ' en Cdlege-greenjj ™ this would have been only falling back into *«*»• of their old rivals , the Caarttstsjand was , of « om * deprecated as utterly infra dig , and out of V » question . The Char tists would hare $ iTen then * warm welcome home , if thev had " to tbiseompW 0 *

      come at last . * Eventually a hot Glaavepf ^ : posed that they should fire a parting shot » . « shape of a valedictory address to the people . " , "" S as hiB am , Md stronger thM usquebaugh itww ^ r : thia being resolved upon , wweUasa sMgeaWng the chairman , that the league should , ia future , w » nit desperandum buttons on market a *; , holidays ; the meeting Uo speak $ g ** ffj 3 i " quietly dispersed . " it is also fra ^*« £ 2 S that , notwithstanding the number of e " *^ jj n . heavy personages booked via Birmingham s *\ . * tf ~ . cheater , no railway accident has been hearo Herald .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 6, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2687/page/2/