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      .. r TO IHEWOBKING CLASSES , i IfelfoiEOT ^ Ifcis now sometime since ! haye been aHe : to devote my timej to Hie proper organisation of the . veritably honest industrial muid . Daring the active progress of fbe Natioaal Land Company , my time was to o hbadan ^^ & nplafei . io . allow' me W exp lain and support Chartism , except in the cofemnsof fte Northern Star ; while " up to the period of the commencement of my agricul toal operations my whole thne . was ^ deTofed

      to the org anisation of the Chartist party . Ajoxiety and excitement witii reference to ' the carrying on or winding up the afiairs of the Company , hare almost totally unfitted me for public business , but have not erased from my mind the duty that I owe to your order and to myself as the friend of your order and the adv ocate of your principles . . ^ _ Uow , however , as it is likely that the law Trill grant what Parliament refused—power to ^ rind up the National Land Company—and as

      I behold , with sorrow and regret , the antagonism which now exists among the professing leaders of y our order , it is my intention , very speedily , to make a tour of England , Sc otland , and "Wales , and to show my love for fair an honest discussion , it is my intention io forewarn you of the several questions that 1 propose to discuss ; it is also my intention to invite every man who dissents from my principles , to meet me upon the platform , where our views may be freely , fairly , and impartially discussed , yon constituting the

      My friends , there is an old saying , that no man i s a hero to his fxdet dechaibre , that is , that those with whom people become very intif maiely a cquainted , are never thought so much of as new and frivolous companions . All people l & e novelty ; novelty has a charm , and asl am no novelty to your order , a party is now Eprimnng hito existence , in the hope that its novelty tf 31 break ^ charm with which your confidence has bound me to your hearts , and to your cause—the accomplishment of which has been the dearest and only object of my life , and that object , is ever , has been , and ever shall be , to make your order wholly and entirely independent of tyranny and class leg islation .

      My friends , it makes me sad and doleful , when I read in the Tntesr of Thursday morning — a paper that luxuriates in your disuniona brief and sarcastic comment upon a meeting which was held on Wednesday night at the National Hall , Holborn . Now , as I have not joined either party that assembled there , and as I will not oner a word of comment on the proceedings which took place , let me ask yon , if the Government could base its power , and its tyranny upon a stronger foundation than the antagonism there manifested ?

      My friends of the country districts , yon will understand that this only exists in the metropolis ; and that although Paris is France , London is not England , as the busy hives of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Warwickshire , Nottinghamshire , Leicester , Derby , Northampton , Northumberland , and Glasgow , cannot be led away from any principles to which their hearts are devoted . My friends , my reception , and the enthusiasm of the people of the Potteries , on Monday last , inspire me with an amount of pleasure that I cannot express . It would be foolish in me to make the faintest guess at the number of the thousands , and tens of

      thousands , by whose cheers I was greeted ; while it gave me not less pleasure to collect the feeling of the gathering in the Hall , that the staunch men of the Potteries still acknowledge me as their accredited leader , notwithstanding the anxious desire of a ferocious clique—who understand as much-about politics as a pig does of geometry—to get rid of me , and base their own power upon their enthusiastic violence and folly , while I have that reliance in your order , to convince me , that so long as the minutest critic cannot charge me with one act of tergiversation or inconsistency during twentyeight years , your confidence will remain unbroken .

      My friends , I have told you to surfeit , that the men to whom I have been most bountiful have been my bitterest enemies . Shakspeabe has truly said' 5 f either a borrower nor a leader be , For horrowiag dr ills the edge of flrebandrj , And loan oft loses tooth itself and friend . ' Now , such , in part , has been my case . I have not been a borrower nor a lender , but I have been a DONOR , and my donations of hundreds and thousands have made the recipients my bitterest enemies and revilers .

      Now , working men , I always told you that , in no jury , excepting " your order , would I repose confidence where character was in question ; and now I throw down the challenge to any who dare to revile that character , and ask mem to charge me with one inconsistent or dishonest act , during a long life of toilsome straggle and agitation ; and until such evidence is placed before yon , and unequivocally corroborated , will you place more confidence in those who merely traffic in politics to live upon your credulity ? I say not—because I feel convinced of the integrity of your order .

      Working men , the position of Ministers , and the antagonism of factions in the House of Commons , convinces me that you are upon the eve of a tremendous struggle ; and my hope and desire is , that you will not allow the fruits that may be gathered from that straggle to be withered by avarice or folly . When did you ever know of a public man who had honestly gained the affections of the people , against whom every tongue did not wag , and every press was not open to denounce ? Look at the position in which the folly of the people placed tiie immortal Hkxkt Host , and how their

      ingratitnde prematurely hurled him to the cold grave ; and now let me tell you , and truly , so sensitive am I as to the value of your affection and confidence , that , if I lost it to-morrow , I should not long retain my existence . I love it not from vanity , but I love it because I believe it cannot be fraudulently obtained or easily lost My friends , one great principle that I have ever advocated , and ever shall advocate is , the ftU right of every man to express his own opinions and sentimentshowever repulsive

      , they may be to his audience , or to a majority of the population . I have constantly told you j ° my speeches and writings , that the greatest danger to a country is the tyrannical suppression of public opinion . I have told you , that « the opinions axe sound they will be naturally adopted , while if they are unsound , and if allowed to be discussed , they will be rejected ; while the suppression of the far promulgation and discussion of those principles , will but tend to rivet them more deeply in the hearts of those who do not understand them . And once

      agam to convince you that "the folly of today may be the wisdom of the morrow , " let me call your strictest attention to the following able article , extracted from the Dott y Nevs , of last Wednesday ; and when you have read it , ask yourselves how often you have perused the ^ Bry same sentiments , and nearly the same £° rds , in the Northern Star , and how often I oave expressed them in my speeches ? Here fol-^ s the article , without exception the most able , the most powerful , and the most statesman-lik e article that I have ever perused in a newspaper , either dail y or weekly . The writer says : — -

      j Wblic opinions , or any portion of public opinions are jjjfj-jy dangerous or even powerful aslong as they are jj ^ 'J poli tical . It is only when they come to partake of g Zf ^ rare of a religion that they kindle enthusiasm , conj Tr * ™ *»«* , and by connecting a multitude of minds nr ms •» « ae thought and one \ ffl , defy resistance , and reasS . ^^ e opposition of wrong , and at times that of « scnand of right ; - Ofctnimfl onld an ** inaconnbyanyspedesofpoKtical ^ j ™ . tne tendencies ofwnveb . appear dangerous to a a £ y ? . ent > tte & st cafe of fljat ^ ermnent should be to BOcStSr ? ^ opinion the cnaraetey « f rehgioa . Take """ ansa for example . It is-wA to menace property , to '

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      ana at subverting the existing organisation of society , and patting something else in its stead . Ho doctrine flatters more tb £ priie , the prejudices , the interests , the sores , Q tehailacmatioa of the people . It gives theni hopes of the futnreand consofatiori for the past It fills the place of religion for him who hasbeen taught none but an ignorant , a material , and a brute one . And we are sorry to say that in too many a European countries socialism has replaced religion ! the ideaoi perfecting the labouring man ' s condition iu this world shutting out ftom eight almost all thoughts of the next How are such opinions to be rendered as harmless as may be S Certainly by free * discussion , by experiments , by their own ' divisions and exposures , by the refutation of earnest and disinterested pens , by tie raillery of men of the world , by the action , in short , of that intellectual winnowing machine ' which separates chaff from grain .

      "Stead tf tins , how have the . upper classes and ruling powers treated socialism in France i They have persecutedandinartyrised itintoaieligion . Socialism in France , when in . power , and when allowed to realise , or attempt to realise its views , and to proclaim itself dominant , fell daily into contempt It became a mockery and a bye-word . Even when dethroned and hurled from power it grovelled and might have wanted the " means of recovery . - But when promises were not kept to it , when the plainest principle of liberalism : and honesty was cast aside and outraged along with Socialism j when the first geniuses of the Conservative , party , the Thierses and the Dupins , entered into the lists with the Socialist philosophers , and were decidedly inferior to them in verve and argument ; and when this inferiority of talent was instantly sought to be-inade

      up by asubsbtutioh of police law and brutality foflogicoh , then Socialism began , to wax . ' strong ' , to bold * up ita iead , to claim ppbKc ^ yapjUh tandattrart public respect . iiAT % M observed the ofeeroay by-the Examiner , the great geniuses of the agehave rallied to it , the Hugos and the Sues—the first pens ef France have taken up its cause , in addition to the Louis filahcs and the Proudhons , men of great talents too , bora in the faith . The result , therefore , of a two rears' reign of Conservatism , under , an executive of its choice , and a representative majority of . its formation , has been so terribly to augment the power of the popular opposition , that any hope of arguing with it was abandoned , and the sole mode of combating it made to lie in the rigour of the police and the numbers of the soldiery

      Police and soldiers are , however , inefficient for such pur pose . Xheycandisperseagroup , putdownariot ; butthey cannot eradicate a religion , or a social doctrine that has been made to partake of the nature and excite the enthusiasm of one . We know what the French army is , how it is composed , and that each year ' s recruital brings to it , fresh and unmitigated , thepredominant feelings , whatever they may be , of the people . Go , combat the popular masses and their sentiments by portions of those masses and those sentiments , apparently modified by a few weeks ' dritt . But taking the supposition most favourable to the party of repression . Imagine the people , or the Socialists as the ; are called , foolish enough to be provoked into insurrection by the goading of the police , or by a coup d ' etat of the President , and let us imagine them to have been put down—that another June cozBbat has slain its thousands ' , defeated more thousands , and devastated the capital

      What then ? Why , that opinion is not killed by military conquest The history of Socialism after June bespeaks it One cannot extirpate the masses . They are not conmeed , no , nor conquered , by the sword . Instead of this , we do think that freedom and fair treatment of opinion would work the cure of all that is pernicious in it , whilst the doings of M . Carlier will but make it strike deeper root into the pride , the conscience , and the conviction of the people . We know of no worse sign than the fact that the party of the upper , and , as they call themselves , the educated classes in Paris , have been obliged , in order to combat the Socialist candidature of Eugene Sue , to put forward as their representative the lowlier and least intellectual of their party—one . who does not represent them at all , indeed , although he may typify their only passion , and their one idea , a horror of entente . The Conservative part ; has not one known or respectable name

      that it could offer to the electors of Paris . 1 L Carnot has been fearfully lacerated for telling the rustic electors to return staunch Republicans to the Assembly , without caring whether they were learned or not The Conservatives are practising what Carnot preached . Their ideaoi the political champion isthat he be a good constable . The Socialists of Paris give their votes to a man of genius—a poet and a novelist The aristocracies of the three dynasties unite their votes on a representative of mere physical force . They abandon their own weapons—the intellect , the tongue , and the pen—in which they ought to tare the superiority ; and they think to overcome the masses in a collision of bone and muscle . Is not this madness preposterous enough to demonstrate how ill promoted , illmanaged , and ill-defended has been their cause , and how irrevocably it is lost ? Whilst in the act of writing , the French telegraph has brought the expected intelligence that Eugene Sue has carried the election . And there comes with the report great wailing and gnashing of teeth . One would think the world were at its end , because a man of talent and fortune , who

      sympathises with the people , and prefers a Republic to any of the candidate monarchies , has been chosen representative for Paris . And Eugene Sue is this , not merely by die votes of the shopkeepers but of the army , whose significant votes are recorded : Universal Suffrage has " at last its merit —that it proclaims numistakeably the leanings and opinions of the troops , as well as of the multitude . Against these united , who but madmen would meditate resistance or a coup d ' etat ? There is evidently but one hope for peace and orderly government in France , for an avoidance of civil war and its consequences;—it is for the propertied class and its notabilities to accept the republic sincerely , give up reviling it and plotting against it , and employing police to insult the public and to gag the press . Let Louis Napoleon and his parliamentary majority condescend to be true to the oaths which they swore to the republican constitution , and by making common cause , and entering into common councils , with the people , prevent that death struggle between the two classes , which every Conservative act and word hare hitherto gone to aggravate and to provoke .

      My friends , do not be content when you read that article once ; if you do notthoroughly understand it , read it again , again , and again , and then you will be able to judge from it the views of the leading press of the Parliamentary and Financial . Reform Association . My friends , you will communicate with me now , as I am not a hireling or a hack in your cause , whether or not you still acknowledge me as your leader . If yon do , you will speedily find me amongst you again ; if you do not ,, say so , and I will not ask youto return what you owe me , nor will I desert your cause ; but I

      will wait till my time comes again , which will not be long ; and during the present weekl shall expect to receive applications from the several towns and districts that I am invited to attend ; and where I am still acknowledged as the veritable leader of the working classes , for the accomplishment of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , and then I shall publish a very early account of my intended tour . Nottingham will be the first place I shall visit . In conclusion , I beg to give you the following letter , received from Joes Richards , which , I think , will gladden your hearts .

      I remain , Your Faithful , Uncompromising , And Unpaid Friend and Advocate , Feargus O'Connor Diekenson ' s-bnildings , Hall-street , Bilson , April 28 tb . Dear Nephew asd Friends . —I mate no apologi for sending you the copy of a letter received fron Cooper , last Thursday . I met George Rogers thii morning , and he tells me that a Sew South Wale : paper has the following notice : — " We hear tha Mr . Frost is to be recommended to the Home Go vernment for emancipation , so we may live to set the veteran in England again . " P . S . —Be sure to tell James Linney , that Frosl is likely to come back . I do not thick that then is a more likely person in London , ( except the government officials , } than George Rogers , to hay < the intelligence , nor is there a more truth-telling man . However , such as it is , I send it to yon . Ai you are to have O'Connor to morrow , just let him see my news ; and should he think well , he can announce it to the meeting . Make my regards * to him , and tell him that it is only , that poor man ' s enemy , ( poverty , ) that keeps me from seeing him . I am so lame , that I dare not attempt to walk , or else I would ; you do not know how I long to be amongst y . on at the opening of the old gospel shop for the better purpose of a working man ' s hall . May success attend your opening . Make my kind regards to Mother and all the family , to Mr . H . D . Shaw , to T . Mountfort , and all the other branches ofthe family . Believe me to be , yours , & c . Jons Richards . Respects to Yates and "Wife , and to his family ,

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      Givikg a Pbisoser ihk Benefit of a Doubt — The following scene took place at the Town Hall Gravesend , a short time since : —Recorder : Gentle ^ men oftbejury , the prisoner at the bar is indicted for stealing a piece of meat , the property of the prosecutor . Yon nave heard the evidence , and if you have any doubt upon your minds you must give the prisoner the benefit of such donbt . ( Jury turn round in . box—much whispering—sagacious nods with repeated reference to notes—Judge fideettv

      from delay—prisoner from fear—Jury turn round' silence . ) The Town Clerk . —How say you , Gentlemen , " guilty , " or " not guilty ? " Foreman . — " Guilty ; " but we recommend him to mercy . Recorder ( surprised ) . —On what ' grounds '? , Fore ^ man . r-Becanse we don't think he ' s the man . We dou'Uhinkthereissutticientevidenceof "identity . " Recorder . —I told you , gentlemen , that if you ; have anyJdoubtj you mast give the prisoner the . benefit of the doubt .- Foreman ^—Well ; then ,: we ' firid jiim " ; guuv . »« " -- ¦ ¦ ¦ . "

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      S 0 UTH = 10 ^ 0 K CHA ^ STHALL ; : > The second meeting convened under , the auspices of . the Provision aliCommittee ofthe National Cha % tor Assomtiotf ^ ras ; held on Monda »* evehin ^ April the 29 th ; and was most numerOuslyattendedi Mr . John Peabct . was unanimously , called ' . to .: th » chair , and briefly introduced the business of the evening by invoking a fair hearing for all who mightpreseBt themselves . ' "'C , ' . - ^ Mr . WiMiAM Davis came forward-to move the following resolution : — " That this meeting- is " of opinion that the People ' s Charter , as advocated by the Provisional Committee of the national- Charter Association of Great Britain , ( whioh Association has been called into existence ; by the suffrages ] of the

      people , ) is based upon true -and ; just : principles , and is worthy ofthe snpport ' of the " working- classes and it considers , "that no mant' 6 r bbdy'df men , advocating any measure short of the People's Charter , are acting honestly towards the mass of the people , and this meeting also ^ pledges itself never- to agitate for any measure 8 hor | ot the principles -contained in the document kuo ^ rn as th © People'iH Charter ;" Mr . DayiB ,,-who ^ was greetedjwith loud cbeer 8 , 39 aid theresolution . told them , that the P ^ nie ' s Charien C ? ntamed ftote ^ r ^ ^ j ^^ m ^ veommmch , mik soui , he believed shortly would do so . ( Loud cheers . ) The Charter Association was not antagonistic to

      any other political body , and he ( Mr . Davis , ) advised them to procure all the r votes and other strength they could , even under the present system of representation , whilst he conceived it no harm to aid registration , or other enfranchisement associations . He did think they would be doing an infinity of harm ,-by taking themselves wholly and solely over to any body of men who advocated anything short of the People ' s Charter . ( Great cheering . ) If the Parliament pleased to pass measures of reform of any sort , they had no option but to take it and make the best or it , bnt that was no reason why they should cease agitating for their whole rights . ( Hear , hear . ) ;; The Parliamentary

      and Financial Reformers have . been holding what was termed a " Conference , " in Crosby-hall , and this being a public affair , he conceived it a legitimate matter for discussion or remark . He ! ( Mr . Davis ) could not regard it as a representative body or Conference , but as a mere sharaj a thing that really represented nobody . ' ( Hear . ) Its president ( Sir Joshua Walrasley ) had called on Mr . M'Grath and announced him as the representative of Dublin ; bnt , lo , Mr . M'Grath rises , and announces that he represents nobody , but simply attended there in his individual capacity . ( Loud'laughter . ) The Weekly Diipatch had truly observed , " That up to the time of Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds submitting his resolutions there had been no Conference . " ( Loud

      cheers . ) It appeared to be a calling of . men together from places hundreds of miles apart , to listen to long speeches from sundry members of Parliament of . the Cobden and Bright school . ¦; Mr . Bright had advised the Conference not to . take' up any " wild theories , " —meaning , no doubt , measures of social reform—and adding , " that in a hundred years hence no doubt those theories would be realised . " Now considering that John Bright was a Quaker , he thought he should have a little forethought as regards posterity . ( Hear ,- hear . ) Mr . Bright was a professed philanthropist , but as such he ( Mr . Davis ) could not conceive how he could content ' himself with living out of the flesh , blood , and bones of factory children . ( Loud cheers . ) ' He never could , like the men of the Manchester school

      of political economy . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M'Gregor , too , had observed , " that he should not like to see London England , as Paris at the present time was France . " ,: Ko , he . did not wish to see the same amount of intelligence pervade the working classes of this metropolis as now animatedthe brave Proletarians of Paris . . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Cobden had professed not to see intelligence in the " Red " leaders , butwasthere " none in the murdered Robert Blum , in the inimitable Mazzini , in the glorious Ledru Rollih ? ( Immense cheering . ) Mr Cobden , too ; had talked of " wealthy nations , " but wealthy nations were not always happy ; the poet , Oliver Goldsmith , had . well-hit off this in ! his Deserted Village , in the well known : lme 8 ,. «^ ltvtei « i vi .. >* . ^ ' - ' . > v . ' -- " .- '• ' ~ " ... . ^• -.--- ' - . ¦ w . --r ^ 's ^' v . >" r . i . ^ y ^ Sn - p ¦' . ' - Where wealth accomulatesand men decay . * : i

      England ,, at the present moment was an apt illustration of the fact ; and the great nations of old —Rome , Sparta , and Athens—had fallen in the moments of their greatest wealth . ( Cheers . ) Cato had observed , " that the first thing to be looked to was a good estate ; the second was to see the people well-fed ; the third , to see them well clothed : " but when asked what he thought of lending money on usury , be tersely replied by asking , " What ! would you commit murder ? " ( Cheers . ) But to return to the Conference . Mr . Reynolds had wisely submitted three resolutions to it . The resolutions , it appeared , had been submitted to what had been called'fa business committee , " and were , by that committee , rejected . Mr . Reynolds himself had

      submitted them to the Conference itself—and what were these resolutions ? The first was , that the Parliamentary Reformers should adopt " registration , " instead of " tax-paying , " as a qualification for a voter—thus bringing it to veritable Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear ;) He had been on a deputation once to the Poultry on the subject , when Sir Joshua Walrasley told him the clause relative to tax-paying , or claiming to pay , simply meant that persons should exhibit their willingness to become electors . ( Laughter . ) But Mr . Reynolds had simplified the matter , by substituting the word ' ' registered . " ( Hear . ) The next resolution embraced the payment of members of parliament for their services , and without which , he conceived , all the

      other points were much damaged , if not nullified . The third resolution was , " . That deputations from the the National Charter Association and National Reform League should be received ; " but , notwithstandingall George Thompson ' stalk about beginning and ending with the working classes , the Conference , like the committee , rejected the resolutions . ( Hear , hear . ) When near the wind-up some member had submitted that the Parliamentary Reformers should be consistent , and whilst advocating the abolition of property qualifications for members of Parliament , should not have a property qualification for members of their own council . This feeling met with a warm repose from a very large majority of the members , whenlo and behold , the committee

      steps in with a resolution which will meet the approbation of all parties ; and what was it 1 Why , that the members might elect , but that the council should have a veto ; just allow him to say , that George Jacob Holyoake , a well tried friend of the working classes , had sent in his ten guineas , and had been blackballed by the council ., ( Hear , hear . ) In concluding this brief review of political and social reform . measures , permit him to take a hasty glance at our continental neighbours across the water . There they were engaged in all the ardour of : an election contest , and in a day or two he trusted they would learn that the Democrats were triumphant Ho had . learned that the modern Fouche , Carlier , prefect of police , had been

      making an attempt to put down all the Democratic organs of opinion , and shutting up places of public meeting , tuns denying to the Democratic socialists the right ot expressing their opinions . Again , the walls of Paris were covered -with bills , telling the people , that should Eugene Sue be elected , that business would be suspended , workshops would be closed , and . that they , ( the Proletarians , ) would thereby be deprived of the means of supporting themselves , wives and families , and asking them to support Leclerc , the candidate of " order . " They might easily conceive the effect such things must have on the timid and weak . But , despite all these things , he 'had every reason to believe that the Democratic socialisKcandidate would be triumphant .

      ( Great cheering , ) He called on London and England to be up and working for their political and social rights . Let them be firm and true , and then Lord John and all other shams , would be obliged to yield to the demands of the working classes , who arc now shamefully ill-used . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Thokas Bhoww , in seconding the resolution , said , the last speaker had alluded to French affairs , and it was a fact that , not only in Paris , but throughout France , with the exception of the . agricultural districts ,, work had not been so brisk for a long time past . The manufacturers admitted , that they had more orders on hand' than they could execute , during the entire summer . He was sanguine

      as to the election of Eugene Sue , and ho trusted that the Democratic Socialists would go on quietly conquering and to conquer . ( Loud cheers . ) . The English were a conceited people , always boasting of their merciful laws ; and he 'supposed , the deeds performed recently by Sir Hi Ward in the ' Ionian isles , as well ) as deeds : done in other Eng lish colo ; Bies were ; proofs and tokens of mercy . The social condition of England , ! was most lamentable . Let . * R $ "M ° pt at the herds of prostitutes , and , thieves with which . their streets were infected ; again , witness themassbf persons ' who obtain less than fourpence-halfpehny per day ;' for their h ' ard ' toil . VIn the execution-ofvthb law -there was indeed mercy for ihe . nchiVbut . ' . alas ;™ As regards the " rating clauses , " depended on by

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      | ^) % ^™ en ^^ lorniersji ' 80 'Woh . dependedon m wiU of thel ^ ndlbrd ' .-that he ¦ thought ' . but little SSgK ' / 'ra done , taudhe-trusted ; therworking classes * ould unite cbrdially / fof the ' People's Charter , uh-SS ? ^ jjovisiousi 6 f ; which" '' they ; might hope & ^ te ^ -pwvile ^ , 01 Jnembers 8 s' a ; n > o ' s ^ importaiiti * point . Just sup-, poser that' - a ^ body ^ and ; carried theirjjgrie > ances to "Parliament , who would Lthey > look tosas ' -hidge ^ iri this 'matter ? Not te . collegijms , butrteVnien ^ f . th ' eirrowh .-order , who woul d-understand ; j and ^ onsequejitly ; properly Had ? ]] j | £ th | tf ;} ^ & niainiain wiemseives

      . ^ " fffjjtuy . ; nonesciyj as , re-P ^? $ gti ) rosj ; - unlessi they ^ re "; paid'fdr their" lap ^|^ udohee " rs ;) :-Ereh ' ch politics had ? shown W ' j' ^ ssity . bf ahhual-ptojia ' meht ' s ,: for . 'had' such preyaUedafrthat couhtry / he / beliOv ' qd that-a French ^ y ^[ ouW : neyer have . imlrched into ' the Italian » tetes . tqput down thelRomihlrepublio ; ¦ The Prd-? i ^ fl ? vammittee ; W ( Bre > extending : theiprinoiples ° W ^ - ?« Pltfs Charter through . the metropolis and lfe 4 ^ # tehepHen ' | B $ after ; ' them H ^^ yM » l # Wlw % ' ac ^ omplish mend

      ^ hostmtyvtoi Parliament ^ astheydidnottrade-in ' theiartioteho liked , why , he could , not deal with ¦ . iaem . ' iY : ( Hear , ! hear : ) He thought it behoved them ; to stand by truth , and act upon those principles they believed to be right . He could not " sufficientl y admire those reformers who had sacrificed their liberty in their behalf , who had gone into prison Chartists , and had come' out more than Chartists . Then let them not oppose ? any party , but go on steadily in their own ^ course / pursuing their own principles , and theymustsoon prevail ; If they proceeded from success to victory , as they had done within the last ; three . months ,. they might indeed live to boast that they , had made Englandiwhat she ought to be : — " great , glorious , and free . " ( Great cheering . ) . , , . '¦ .... "" :

      Mr . Fozzow said he thought the peopleshould have a voice , in whatever form of government might preyail-pbe it either monarchical or republican—and that "government' should act as a good benefit society does—for the mutual advantage of all its members . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not believe that the working classes could support more than one political association , and the best being the National Charter Association , they should ; adhere : firmly to that . ( Applause . ) When ho rented a house in the borough of Finsbury he had a vote , and was deemed worthy of being on an election , committee . 'He had improved his intellectual powers , but Dame Fortune had proved fickle , and depressed his pecuniary resources , and , consequently , he was not deemed . worthy-to exercise the franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , was not this giving the vote to

      inanimate bricks and mortar and refusing it to man ? ( Loud Cheers . ) ... .. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . - . ; : ¦ .: ' . ' - ¦ ¦ ' . ;' : c-r-: ' - x ' .. ' . w ' -l \ ¦ ¦ . Mr . Stallwood , amidst loud cheers , came forward to move the following . resolution :- ^" That this meeting witnessing , as it does , the enormous luxury and extravagance possessed and indulged in by one class of the . community to the detriment and destruction of another class , is ; of opinion that such a system is founded in fraud and based' oh' injustice . As an illustration of this , this meeting daily witnesses the indolent non-producers basking in wealth and affluences , revelling at their ease m comfort ,, luxury , and all the elegances of life , whilst the masses , who produce all wealth , can scarce procure the bare necessaries of existence . This meeting , therefore , resolves to agitate for political rights , with : a view to ensure for every man the full benefit of his labour . " ''

      Mr . Stamavood , in moving the resolution , pointed to the . splendid and elegant buildings that adorn this metropolis—to the . well tilled , parks , fields , and gardens ; surrounding this monster ' . place called London—to the carriages that glide through the streets—to the magnificent ships that split the foam on the broad blue waters—to the glittering ore , which is daily exchanged ; for wealth—to the rajment that , puts inshape , and beautifies ; the bodies o'fth ' e . weajthy ^' to the hats : which often cover wmlimkmsm ^^

      Palaces of Princes are garnished—to the " mirrors , and other ornaments of the' toilette—to thenewspapers which grace and enliven the breakfast table , and the books which ornament the shelves' of the libraries of the so called great—the couch of down that receives their bodies when fatigued by ennui , and asked ' , who are in full possesssion of all these ? Why the indolent , not proucers . The working , classes , who produce all these necessaries , ornaments and elegances , were called " the inferior classes *'—left without the common necessaries of life—clothed in

      rags and wretchedness—their lot—misery—that of downcast slaves . When they ventured to ask , " who sawGod give over the land as an heritage , to individuals , " they were told they were pursuing a dangerous course , that they would stay the bene : ficent workings of capital . But , he . said not so ; goon with your inquiry ; and although they , were not spoliators , or repudiators , they demanded land on which to live ; and if the so called private property should be required for their public nse , that compensation should be made for it in precisely the same way as . railway , or other companies made compensation for private property , used by them . All they required was , that political reform sheuld lead to social amelioration , or , in other words , that they

      should enjoy the fruits of . their labour . That this could ' , he done , was illustrated by the Tailors ' , Needle-womens' , Shoemakers' , Printers' and other co-operative" associations already established ; therefore he said , push onward with your inquiry into social questions ; get the Charter , and put these questions to practice . ( Cheering . ) , / . Mr . Elliot said , —After the very excellent , eloquent , and talented speech of Mr . Stall wood , it left him nothing to say , but ho most cordially supported the resolution . -He could not support the middle classes , although , as Mr . Stallwood had shown , there were' some good men amongst them , though they were few , therefore ,-he said , push firmly on for the Charter and ; Social Rights . ( Cheers . ) A youbg gentleman was seen at this

      moment busily engaged in distributing bills to persons in the meeting , which proved to be 'announcements of the Charter League meeting , upon which the Chairman read it ; to the meeting from the chair ,. and invited all to attend , hear and judge for themselves , upon which ¦; : . . Mr . Sidk , ; sen ,, rose , and said a few words , declaratory that the . Provisional Committee , or rather " , the majority of them were self-elected , which elicited an eloquent reply froni Mr W . Davis , and which was greeted with much applause . The resolution was then put , ' and carried unanimously ' . " . ' A vote of thanks was given to the chairman ; by acclamation , and the : meeting was adjourned until Monday next , May 6 th . A considerable collection was madeat the doors for the funds , and several members enrolled in tho Association .

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      GREAT MEETING AT THE LITERARY , A 1 SD SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , JOHN STREET , FITZROY SQUARE . ., , ; ' On Tuesday evening , April 30 th , tho Provisional Committee of -. the National -. , Charted Association , were again gratified , in witnessing an overflowing audience . Tho subject chosen for discussion was , how far the " National Exhibition of Industry of all Nations" would raise the social condition of the operatives . , ' . , ; Mr . John Milxb was unanimously called to the chair , and very briefly , amidst the most rapturous applause , introduced M . S . M . K ydd to move the resolution as follows ;— " That in . ' . the opinion of

      this meeting , the Exhibition of the Works-of Industry of all Nations , to beholden in the year 1851 , is in no way likely to prove ofany real advantage to the labouririg classes of this country ,, jn so , far as its tendency will be to increase competition and the power of production , without in any way providing for an efficient distribution of 4 he wealth produced . " .. : ¦; ; . ' . ;¦¦¦; . - '¦ ¦ ' ¦ • : ,, Mr . Ktdd said , 'the resolution' had been suggested by himself , and might be considered outof the way ofthe usual , routine of business —( nOjfno , )—but it was sufficient for him , to knovf , that it , contained his senriments , ; and that they were whati . he ... conceive'd to be truths' ! and of great importance to his ' order , ' the wealth producers . ' ( Hear , hear . J : It did not concern him to know if its terms ' suited the

      Cominissioners , or their- royal ^ patrdn ' i ' He knew not how those ; affairs were managed in-the-pett ^ , German states , ; but here some persons > were . apt to hold and give ^ expression , to opinions of their own . ' It had gone , fbrt | i ori ^ the ^ wings . of . the ; press , ; that the people of . "Englaridjwere . heart , and . jsoul . witli this ' sripposed | exhibitibri ; brit ; he ; ' as ^ ari'liuriible citizen , took leave-to ' - ' say , it would net be'ri ' eflt' ^ he half or wholly unemployed ^ operatives . He'H ad weighed the'iridtteSi ' n fiis own mind , and thought past ^ experience the ( besji guide for ., the . f ) iture ;' i \ was be a > ked . would ilatirw " ingenuity , the tartsi and s ' oiences hesgaidye ' l' ' ' Wa ' s ^ he' asked'fould '"' it in ^ - creaso mechanical knowledge ; he again said yes :

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      but-was y he-asked ^ . ; would / this ^ increase , ; . . of knowledge Jn ' mechanical . art and : science -benefit . thejmass ofr . thepeopjej- he ; . emphatically : said no ) Why ' I .:, ; Because , past . experiencethad . Bhowiiihevti that as wealth , had . increased ; the ' produce ' rs-had be ' conwi miserably poor : / arid wfetched , ahd crime had 'increased in ! a " gveater ratio'thaii , p opulatibh ' . | Why-. ? Because" poverty was ' the greaVsource of crime , and crime was notlconfihed exclusively to ' the towns of England , Scotland , and Ireland—no , it had extended ; to : the ; agricultural districts '; Great Britain had Missed .., the sk'ijt and ingenuity ; , of ; ArRvrright , 3 & f $ tWS » pothers , ; , which had added largely / to ^ P ^ P ^ ioal powers . of production ; but statistics . ^ lp \ 9 learly ., ahd fully , notwithstanding this " ma-Miwipwease of wealth , that bovertv and crime

      JiMrTftCreased ^ in' the . same time' in a much greater plipy Thoy might go on ' adding house "to house , production- to 'pftdubtiori ; but unless man's physical , moralj : . and niehtal welfarewas cared for at the same time-it . ijjotuld be worse thait useless ; and it-be-Cftme . theift- atf oj ( we to tell Prince Albert , and thelra . S 9 $ e ™ ? S -We ^ e *( iibition , tha /; they : ( the industr ® u ? l ??^ ) . ^ m ^ xioU 8 toiwateimore wealtlllSI ¦ gSM ^ OT ^ K !* i ^ t ¥ , P 4 yUe ge orenj 6 vftiii © tt ^ S 8 P ^^ fe ^^ feWcaMle 8 howiag ,- ^ SOpener cbriditiott i ' of thev ' wea ' vers in the " seven'teenth ' 'benturjr / to that of 1850 ;¦ also a parliamentary table'bf : "life statistics , " showing the : difference between the average duration of life of the non-producer and the producer of wealth , Hiat

      •»» Moncu , n « o « a , juttuunrwuilQU CUUSCU death to knock twice at thepoor man ' s door to the rich man ' s once ? that wealth should be so plentiful anddeath so ' coramoh ? ; He cared nothing ' about the Gaudy Toy of 1851—no , not even if a Tower of Babel was to be erected in Hyde-park , and a confulsioii of tongues should prevail—it was all nothing to him , unless it could be proved that the labourers would , be benefited thereby . He believed that it " would not only not benefit them , but would be injurious to them ., Sir Robert Peel ' s , tariff had caused both external and internal competition' ; his opinion might be , at present , in the minority / but that ' said nothing as regards , the argument . The Commissioners say , that England' would ' compete with the world in art and science ]' and that the articles produced that

      by competition would be shown , but no sale of . them would take place . He' ( Mr . K . ) wanted to know who could prevent . Germans , Frenchmen , or men : of any other nation ] from selling preoiselv the self-same kind ' ofarticle as that produced ' ? they knew it ' mattered not who were the : vendors . * The cry is , " buy in the' cheapest market . " ( Loud cheers . ) He imagined that watch-makers , fancy iboxrmakers , and manufacturers of articles of ornament and elegance , ^ would by this exhibition be made to , feel the full effects of Sir Robert Peel ' s measures . He objected to this exhibition , because it gave a much too rapid impetus to the Free Trade policy / If it had been suggested to Mr . Cobden , at the time of the Corn-Law agitation , that specimens of . all the wheat in the world should' have been

      exhibited in one great market in Hyde-park , he would have objected that the vibration from such a shock . would have been too much for the national weavers , and he decidedly thought it unfair to bring all the world , in competition , with the English artizan . ( Hear , hear . \ Lord Brougham , the old schoolfellow of Francis Horner , who . so well understood political economy , was right when he said , " this exhibition of industry meant down , down , down iwith English prices , and down with English prices , meant down , down ,, down witb English wages . " He might , be , told he < did not reason the matter fairly , that he did not take into account , or allow for the improvement-in , English taste , that superior china would be brought from Dresden , than any that Staffordshire could produce : that Turkey ,

      Belgium , and Austria , would bring carpets that bur Kidderminsters could hothope to equal ; but what ' is this to the operative / whose cupboards are never ornamented ^ by the ehina , ' and whose rooms the carpets never fit ? ,. Hehad heard , from good authority , that parliament was , about to vote a sum of public money for the purpose of erecting the building ; but / he could not see the policy of voting even one single shilling to erect buildings for the world ' s rich men ; and ,, be it remembered , that neither uarj >^ e ^»^ k ^ l ^ Wo ^^ a l d ^ th eXon ^^^^ ^ itls'the ^ pdonle ' smoney , and he , hoped the people would loudly protest against' such a profligate abuse of their property . If the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a surplus , better far devote it to iue

      cwining , naneu , anu ieeomgtne nungry , wno are both naked and hungry , because they produced too much . He did not object to this exhibition , because it was " royal . " . He had no fault to find with Prince Alber t ; no doubt ; he was as good as any other prince —( laughter )—but he believed' that Prince Albert was as ignorant of the laws which sheuldregulate production and distribution , as the veriest clodhopper . His Mansion-house speech was a proof of this . Prince Albert had there said " as soon as a thought was put forth , it was tho property of every body . " , He ( Mr . Kydd ) denied this ; for instance—. every body might , value a handsome Paisley shawl , whilst few knew the mode of obtaining one . ( Hear , hear . ) The last hundred years had been devoted to the production of wealth , and he thought it their duty at the present time to devote their attention

      to the question of how wealth could be best distributed for the advantage , comfort , and happiness ofthe producers .: ( Loud cheers . ) He objected to this exhibition , because it was a world-wide show , without benefit to the people . He objected to , it because it woujd give much too rapid a development of Sir , Robert Peel ' s free trade policy ; he objected to it because the cry of " buy cheap and sell dear" was the most false , pernicious , and damnable doctrine ever put forth . ( Loud ' eheers . ) The labourer had nothing but his labour to dispose of , which was bought cheap and sold dear , which could only be advantageous to the middle , man and fundholder . , The . evil of this age was not a want of property , but a maladministration as regards the distribution of property . ( Loud ' eheers . ) The Royal

      Commission said , if a man gained a prize on the score of cheapness , he must send up the invoiced price ; consequently , one ofthe objects of tho exhibition was to cheapen labour . Why the tailors of London , and tho distressed needle women , were the victims of cheapness . ( Hear , hear . ) If cheapness was right , all that lnulbeen said of the Moses ' s and Hyams ' s was wrong . But it appeared " to him that the merchant know no bible : but his , day book , no God but his gold . „ ( Tenement cheering . ) England was not great from her line of Tiidbrs or Guelphs , but from the ingenuity and industry of her army of workmen . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Was ho to be told that his duty '' to ,: his clients demanded that he should support this exhibition ? He said no ; and in their name , he said to Prince Albert , go home and restudy your lesson ' of political , economy —( loud

      cheers)—and ; to . Lord Dudley Stuart he said , think twice before you again go tof . parliament and speak once on this subject . ( Hear , hear . ) , Had tho hardy old Gobbet still lived , he would have hurled his mighty thunder at these . Free' Trade Commissioners , arid told ' them " to establish prosperity at home before they looked to raising up foreign commerced ( Loud cheers . ) Well , if they would ' have an exhibition of the world's weiilth on tKo one ' side , on tho other they shall have an exhibition of English poverty and degradation ; ( Immense cheering ;) He did not say things there that he would ; not repeat elsewhere ,, arid would much like the opportunity to meet Prince Albert and the Lord Mayor in discussion on the subject ; ., and he had no fear but the hovny-handed' mechanics , would always come out successful in any such encounter , for .

      •" . " -What though on hamely fare we dine , , Wear hoddin' grey , arid a * that , ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦'•' Gie fools their silks , and knaves their nine , . ' . ''' ' A man ' s a man for a' that : ' - '•'•' ' Forn' that , ' ' arid a * that ; ' ; : Their tinsel show and a-that ; , -The honestman , though e ' en sae poor , 'Iskingplmbrifora'that . '' Mrl Kydd-sat down amidst , the most rapturous arid prolori ? ed cheering . . , ¦ . ' ., ' ¦ ¦ -. ; " Mr . D . W ; Rofpt , in seconding the motion , said , the exhibition appeared to hiin another ' . 'dodge " by which' the ' middle and upper classes could the move ' effectually suck the flesh and blood of the working classes ;; ( Hear , hear . ) . ' Look- round and see the country teeming with'wealth . andaskthemselves . whoproduced it—andtho answer must be , themselves-then * ask who ., enjoys v it—and the reply

      must be , their masters . ' . There was to bo a meeting , relative'to'tKis ' exhibition , j ori Thursday / , arid he , with his friend , ' Kydd , ' . should be'ham > y to comfort the < 'lords and gentlemen ; ' ' arid although ' ho never had been to college ' , ' yothedid think he should be enabled , to . ' . show ! that this " exhibition . was -not for ; their ; adfantagbi ; ( Hear , hear . ) They did not want an increase of oompetit ; ion ., ' , With-labouivskill , and science ,, directed to ., Mother Earth , . she . would pro- , duqecnbtf gh ^ o ' keep . all ' . her children iri comfort . and happiii ' ess ' . i ( Cheer ' s . ) ' bne- ' of tlie . , great , " reasons , that theprbdricers ' were iri suoh ' great' misery , 'at ( tho . present "day ; 'Was ^ coari 8 o''bf ' tlie ' currcncy / . laws . ' : Thoy , ; hadia symbblio ouirenoy ^ whioh stamped' a fiotitiousiivalub onjethirigsj -. ^ nu' . 'defrauded 'the labourorof the product ofjhis . andustry ^( bear , > iheai ;) Mttfieymiist begin toi thinfcand MtforAlfemselyes . Tfigre weVe ' mariy " dodges" being played off just now . and this exhibition was one amongst the num-

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      - ' 2 ^ lWTi ik >' i % --if i ~ l ' -i'l t ' ' -Zi > " — ber . "He ' eritreateilhemnottbbeled away from their own purpose ,, but . stick to their examination arid carrying out . 'the science of government . He had ¦ read and ? oarefully % on " siderea the seven resolutions of 'BroriferreiO'Brien , " and most excellent ones they iwere . ij ( Cheers ^ ftfi ; they , were not exactly / the ten -, commaridnients ,: v-they ^ . were seven .-just steps < % aras their , pbliti (» lMd ^ ig ; rigbts . i . j Tfiey had been " askeditC seek ran .: aUiauee . with , j the ; middle clasps . ; but tho rji ^^^ need / d ^ rind ^ heonlyyiie he ' was u ^ favbur . 'bf ; was . a ! close ' cbhipact . brie ' airibrigst theniselvesi 'for the accomplisbhieri "; of their oolitk & l and sooial' pbiecfc . ( OheerSIV ; When" he found ^ riieri ' of their-own ordeif

      intriguing , as it . appear ^ d-teihim , ' they mere to sell themselves and the cause of ; tho people at the sama time , he > could , not , find words : strong enough ta . dononncesuch conduct .. ' ( Cheerk : ) * . It ^ ho ^ saiet anythingnot in , accordarice with " truth ? hehopedl watsome one . would come on the platfdrrii and ! dpnfutchim : ; He trusted ; that on aU and livery occasion they would ' , hear . -, all side * quietly arid patiently * and let their judgment ; 'decide by means of their own votes . which'they believed to be right : It had been objected by Mr . ' Kydd that the pro . posedexhibition -wasan'attemptto : reduce wawes * - now he doubted , if wages . ^ cbuld ., fall much ltfweii and he anticipated .. that on . this , subject'En ^ IisH

      employers ; would . find . " - ' a Rbjvlarid . for the !? Oliver , " arid discover the : utter impossibility" ot competing effeistually with their ^ board ; of tafo ? with the comparatively untaxed ' manufacturers of the continent . '" ^ " ( Hear . ) The day ' was not fa > distant when these , men would-be triedUn { hi balandeand found wanting . It was their dut y to basten on that . day , and forward-the " good time , " when' all of human kind should be contented , happy , and free .. ' . ( Cheers . ) .. „ ... -. . - .. , . .. ; . - - 0 Mr . 3 . J . BizEBcame forward amidst loud , cheere , and said , ; so far ' as exhibitions of industry * M 9 bbriberned , they had . had enough of them . Tha needlewomen hadshown' them that r ' and the poet . Thomas Hood . 'iri hisexcellent" Son ' g ' of the Shu t , ' * He had

      h ^ d exhibited'their fruits . ; ( Cheersr- ) been very industriousj frbrij thedaysofhis boyhood , and the fruits ' of ihis industry were three hogsheads of skilly . ( Laughter ;) Nevertheless , he did not think he should get a situation by referring to his hst place for a character . ( Laughter . ) He thought he could riot do better than put himself into the exhtt bition , as an exposition of industry and its . fruits , and doubtless nVshould gain a prize . ( Iricreasco laughter . ) Mr . Bezcr , in a humourous speechwhich elicited peals of laughter , alluded to Loral Brougham's petition relative to " highland breeds and kilts . " He then drew a comparison between rich and poor paupers , likewise a description of New "* gate and its inmates , and the demoralising effect ot present prison discipline on its unfortunate victims .

      and resumed his seat loudly applauded . Mr . Pjstbb Hanlbt stepped forward and said , by permission of the chair , he was desirous of correct * ing an erroiyiriade by Mr . Walter Cooper , on Tues * day evening last , relative to the boot and shoe * makers ; He had said that they had expended £ 350 on a strike . Now , the sum actually expended sinoi Christmas last was only £ 207— £ 47 of which had been expended in , printing , and on . the working committee . . Thirty shillings per week bad alsogo ' ng to the secretary , and ten shillings per week for the ) . use of a committee-room . Mr . Hanley here Ctt > tered into the usual routine' of strikes , and said such things , under present circumstances , were ne * cessary , to prevent gross tyranny and reduction of wages . ( Hear , hear . ) " * After a few words hi sap *

      port of , the resolution , a denunciation of deserters , and an invocation to union in the good old cause of sterling , democracy , Mr . Hanley resumed his sea ? , warmly applauded . The resolution was then put and carried unant * mously . ' . Three cheers were then called for , and heartily given , for Mr . Francis Looney . upon which , amidsfj rapturous applause , Mr . Looney rose , and aokriow * lodged' the compliment paid him . Three cheers were also given for the martyrs now in prison . A vote of thanks was then given by acclamation to'the chairman . . ' ,.. , £ 112 s . 6 | d . " was collected at the door—agreab addition was made to the number of members of the Charter Association ,. and thus terminated this spirited and enthusiastic meeting .. !

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      ; THE HONESTY FUND . , ' .. 10 PEAROUS O ' CONKOR , ESQ ., M . P . " ' ¦ ' RESPECiun Sib . —In viewing the proceedings of your recent trial with the Nottingham journalist , Bradshaw , we entertain no other feelings on the subject than those of unmixed contempt arid disgust , for the legal exhibition of ineek justice and personal animosity , so unblushingly and shame * lessly displayed , to secure , a verdict against you , in order , if possible , to blast your . unsullied . reputation , and destroy . your influence with , the mass of t h ^ peoplP ^ . jBut sir , we , believe your . reputation is ' of ' - ' toor sterling a , quality ^ and ; your influence too great arid powerful , to suffer either by theslandes of interested personal foes , or the calunmy of ool « lective tools . Your years of untiring zeal and dis > interested devotion to the advocacy of the rights of labour — your ; straightforward and manly

      opposition to the tyrants and spoliators of the human race , place the working ,, classes ^ we conceive , under a debt of everlasting obligation and gratitude to you , for these valuable services . From these considerations , we think it the duty of every lover of liberty , and hater of oppression , to lend a helping hand to render tha envenomed darts of class power harmless , by sue * cessfully defeating the object sought to be accomplished by them , namely , ' * ruin him with expenses . " In accerdarice with these views . we . respectfully inclose a post-office order for our mite of fifteen shillings towards tho expenses ofthe trial . . ' , Hoping you imay live to see tho speedy , downfall of tyranny and injustice , and the establishment ot the true sovereignty ofthe people , we remain Sir , Yours in the cause of Right , : '" ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' A few Operative Tailors . Hanley , Staffordshire .

      . 10 FEABGUa O ' COKffOB , ESQ ., M . P . ¦ . Sir . —Language fails adequately to express our feeling of respect arid admiration of one , who has so long consistently arid ardently strove to emancipate his fellow men from that political and social thraldom to which he has been so long subjected . Nevertheless , we beg to state it as our opinion ,- that it is absurd to expect justice for a Chartist , at the hands of a British jury , as society is at present constituted ; in fact , 'your own . exporience , we , doubt not , will have satisfied , . you ' upon this point . Your

      late trial with Bradshaw of Nottingham , we think , is sufficient to convince ; the most sceptical upon this subject , a trial , the result of which , brands tho jury with an infamy which no time can efface . We have enclosed a postoffice order for £ 1 los ., being £ 1 ; 5 s . from a few' Chartists who meet at the Old sTrooper Inri , for the late trial of O'Connor v . Bradshaw , and 5 s . for the late Mncnamara action ; also 5 s . from a few friends , who meet at the . Old Blue Bell , for tho trial of O'Connor v . Bradshaw . ' I am , Sir , Yours most respectfully , . '''•'¦ On behalf of the Committee , ¦ .-. Sutton in Ashfield . W . Jeikin .

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , ¦ New Roao , LosnoN . Report of lieutenant John Alackimion , General Hygeian Acent to thoBritish CoIIcrcof Health , New-road , London , b Cape Breton , Jlarch 16 th , 1800 .

      TO StESSBS . MOHISOS . Deab Sins , —I have the pleas \ ire to communicate to yo « that all thatmy heart could desire has been fully accomplish with respect to my practice as your agent since I last reported ; and it would be tedious , indeed , to give a statement in full of the numerous cases of cure and benefits derived from the heaven-blessed medicines of the British College of Health . The decided superiority of the Hygeian system of medicine to all ordinary medical practice has been recently tested in our neighbourhood , the particulars of which I feel bound to communicate to you . We have lately . been visited with a fatal disease termed'by our doctors typhus fever—and the name of the disease appears to be allthcy know , about it ; for all the patients they took in hand were soon hurried to the long home . Among others who . fell victims to this dreadful disease was a Mr . Peter Kelly , aged twentyiiwo ; a Miss Mary Musgrave , a blooming young

      lady of nineteen ; and , I have , proof that the . first doctor employed in this ease after administering medicine , , and blisterintr and bleeding toescess , deslaved lie had mistaken her disorder ! however , they soon sent her to her account among them . Another who submitted herself * to the doctor ' s treatment , was a Mrs . M'Kay , a young marntd woinari , aged twenty-onc , 'having one child ., She too , poor youngthingj was soon hurried to the grave . People now began to get out of conceit of the doctors , and the followingindividuals placed themselves in my-hands to he treated with the Hygeian medicines of Mr . Monson ; and under the blessing of God the success of your medicines , gentlemen , has , in the whole , of these cases , been ^ bslaotory in a high , degree , for nil my patientshave been thoroughly restored to h ° & Mary Ann Moffatt , same age and related to the departed Miss Musgrave . .-.:. . ;¦ e '¦"¦ •; ' John Maidore , twenty-four years of age . Mrs . Sfalcry , twenty-three years of age . . „ '^ The Misses Grant ; two sisters , and many others who had the fever lightly by taking the pills in time ; the-name but those whoso

      of these I have not mentioned , , names I send you I consider were on the brink of eternity , but they are now perfectly recovered , and I liave every liope . the disease has now vanished . : It carried off five members in one family , near Sidney , and the dpctors . tliere neither knew the name of the disease or how to cure it . \ ¦ : !„ , I shall only add that I rejoice to know that tliesjs ' tem , arid mediciuevof the : late venerable JamesMorison are firmly , established , arid that , tlio honest people whb ; signed the petition f 6 j ) arlitiment against the use " and lalo " of doctors' poisons tiro to'liovo their itnriies recorded ; aridlfccl pridem the reflebtioh : that : i have done my > duty in the cause on . this side ; tbOjAtttuUic , and have ; itcu , cnildrenvall ^ hbrftug hlyimpre . ssisd ' witli ^ h ' e soundness of . the Movisouiaa theory . Should Hive a' few , days longer I " shall he " sixtyflveyearBiof nReiia ' ndlhavotalten ' in ^ mv time 18 , 925 ' of your pillS jv but during tin | ym $ vfyur years I hovffhdt taken , as niuny in , twei ye monthsnslfprmerly ' tookia , ono (! ni orin oneriidnth asTnariyas Ifdrme ' rly tooKiri ' oiiedhy ; 1 V v " ' * 1 am , Gentlemen , very sincerely yours , . ... Jonx Mackikson ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04051850/page/1/