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      To The Chartists

      TO THE CHARTISTS

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      YMyFbjendv ForaTerylongtimelliaTe not derived the same pleasure from addressings yoa that I feel at this moment . Last night I opened the Chartist campaign in Finsoury , in a hall estimated to hold 4 j 0 O 0 people , and all who .-were present will bear 'witness that from the platform to the further end there was not avacantspot Jnfact , naditriotDeenformy vanity , in believing that my presence is still necessary to ihe support of a popular and democratic cause , I verily believe that the , exhibition ! witnessed , the enthusiasm displayed , and the affection manifested for myself , -would have made me violate all the provisions of the Crown and Government Security Bill .

      I confess candidly to you that ' I almost dreaded the apathy of the Londoners , and from the time I accepted the invitation to attend the meeting till I "witaessed the scene , I was fearful lest a failure might damageour cause . However , what I saw has inspired me with strong and renewed hope ; and I have only now to express a wish , that those in the Provinces will follow the example of their Metropolitan brethren . The place where the meeting was held is an immense building , extremely lofty , and , though well ventilated , I was obliged to strip to my work . , ' -

      The Chartists of England—that is , those who live by their industry—must now take advantage of passing circumstances to establish their own freedom . Theyhavebeenjuggledby the Reform Bill , and they have been juggled by every measure that has been -passed since the Iteform Bill ;¦ and let me now tell them the plain fact , that it is they themselves wh o ; have been the main instruments in the juggle ; aud let me as plainly point out to them what has been their past error , and what is likely to be . their next blunder .

      It is difficult to wean the mind of an excitable population from old habits and customs , and the old feud , before the passing of the Reform Bill , was between "Whig and Tory—the "Whigs rallying the people under the Reform banner , making extensive promises of

      "PEACE , RETRENCHMENT , AND REFORM ;" which naturally meant , no soldiers , peace through contentment , and retrenchment as the abolition of old feudal extravagance . Well , it was not wonderful that the existing generation , tickled for over forty years by the GREY FEATHER , and oppressed for cehturi « s by what was called Tory misrule , should have rallied to such an inviting CRY .

      Although the "Whigs , during their tenure of office , from the introduction of the measure b y Lord Gbet down to its passing , had been as great tyrants as the Tories , yet the people were led to the belief that they merely required fiicluerrc power to destroy . Tory ascendancy , and then * own means of committing injustice . In short , the battle resolved itself into a conflict between "Whi g and Tory , and when itwras

      fought and won by the Whigs , the people discovered that the result was the triumph of active capital over sluggish land , but that they , the people , who had gained the fi ght , were not only not participants in the victory , but had established a new class of taskmasters , without having "in the slightest degree destroyed Toryism — which means feudalism—and which still exists in all its rigour .

      Thus , I show you that you were parties to the juggle ; and now let me show you what the next DODGE wnl be , and the blunder that you are likely to commit . The next manoeuvre will be a resistance upon the part of the Free Traders to restore Protection ; and an attempt wiUbemade to marshalyou , as the auxiliary Free Trade , force to meet this retrograde army—they will be represented as the old rump of Toryism , and their assailants as your friends .

      2 * ow , Chartists , I have watched the popular movement sharply and anxiously . I have been for more that a quarter of a century connected with the cause of democracy , both in England and Ireland . 1 have written more , and spoken more , upon Free Trade , than any man in England or Ireland , and my every prophecy—as regards that measure in connexion with the interests of the industrious

      classeslias been ' verified , and your own candour has , upon many occasions , compelled you to confess the fact ; and you are aware that we only gave up our resistance to Free Trade at the close of 1845 , for this reason , because the Irish famine had commenced , and if Free Trade had been resisted successfully , Daniel O'Coxxeix would have told the Irish people that it was the rascally SAXON CHARTISTS who had been the cause of all their

      misery ; and but for whom the streets would have been paved with penny loaves , and the houses thatched with pancakes . "Well , you know with what perseverance I have struggled , in the face of the most unbounded abuse from my own countrymen and their leaders , to unite the people of both conntries , well knowing , as you know , that their dissension constituted the basis of "Whig power And I believe . the Chartists of England and the Irish resident in England , will do me the justice to say , that no man ' ever persevered in such a hopeless cause , with . such unabated ardour , until at length I have completely succeeded in causing union between the English and the Irish people .

      "With so much of a comment upon the past , let me now call your attention to the future . Men cling with great pertinacity to old rights and privileges , and more especially and naturally when they uphold old monopolies and possessions . T now write of the nature of man and not of justice , and I tell you , that , let saints and sinners , "Whigs and Tories , talk and write about Justice , Christianity , and Humanity as they may- ^ I tell yonfhat SELF INTEREST is the main spring of human action ; and I tell you that a hie of some experience has taught me that the professing saint is always the greatest sinner .

      Free Trade and its effects have at length roused the sluggish and inactive clodpole race to the cry of Protection . Their object is to bring iord St & szey into power , as the leader of the Protectionist party , and then , relying upon reaction and upon the £ 50 tenant slaves , they would dissolve Parliament ^ in the hope-rand I beheve successfully—of insuring a Protectionist majority in the House of Commons ; and the inevitable result of such a- state of things would be , to embroil England in foreign wars and to lead eitherto the most sanguinary domestic revolution , or to the surrender of the fewjngBts which the people still possess- " l

      Chartists , for these reasons I am opposed to reaction , and a return to Protection ; and , further , because the inevitable result must be the upholding of that barbarous feudal system by which the people are now deprived of the Land as the means of profitably employing their industry . Therefore , in the House of Commons I have opposed retrogression ,-because I believe it would lead us to the devil ; and fiie first step being taken in the ueBtruction of the feudal system , and relying upon your good sense not to allow ; it to be ; converted to class or party purposes , I amnowforgoingthe whole hog , believing that it would ' - be the pioneer to lead to paradise .- -- -r I

      you . * But now for the puzzle . ^ Will you I allow yourselves to"be made mere tools in the hands of the Free Trade party , used for no other or better purpose than . to achieve' another victory for the owners of active capital , to which the Reform Bill has made your class wholly tributanj , "" an < l to whose will it has bound ' you ne «! k andheels ? . ' : - ¦ " / ' ~ . - ; ;• . ' . Chartists , your fault has been ,. allowing yourselves to be nsed as the balance of power -r & sjnaaHary force % -the ~ mere ' make-wei ght of the" middle classes- ^© ^ fight their own ¦ battles ; iwnUe ^ co -far ^ from- . derising- benefit

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      from the victory , their success but tends - to rivet your chains and increase your bondage . I have thus sketched the past , and what may be , and what is likel y to be ,- the future and whatever course you may consider it wise or prudent , to take , that ; which I recommend is , to rally underjour ' Own banner , and let your motto

      be"THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AND "¦;; ¦¦ ' . ; " ^ NO SURRENDERl' * f , : ChattiBts , ' bear : in mind , that ' . b yl giving this advice f stand alone . of my order , as it but tends to bring upon me the odium of both parties ; as . I fight thebattie of neither ;; and ^ the course that I now , suggest is this- ^ that ; you will again revive , in your ^ strength and your vigour ; that you . will again adopt the principles of the People ' s Charter as the ' only measure that you will contend for ; that you will not obstruct any plan or proposition which _ is likely to facilitate the attainment of that mea sure , but that- ' wherever there is a humbug

      meetinjjjfdu- ' jwll attend "in your thousands , andpTOposeth ^ the humbug . No ' riofc ^ rid ' bu ^ ying- nci confusion . Yon want them not , as you have reason , argument , justice , and eloquence upon your side . Appoint your committees in every town throughout the kingdom ; let them' appoint the speakers to take part in the discussion . If ; you are heard—HEAR . ; and if you are struck—STRIKE ; but never again allow yourselves to be used b y your taskmasters , as mere tools and engines to insure their own elevation and aggrandisement . Chartists—in the words of the . " Dispatch " — "BE UP AND DOING , AND THE

      DAY IS YOUR OWN . " - Your faithful Friend-and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .

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      TO MY FRD 3 NDS , THE FEMALE CHARTISTS OF HALIFAX , , AND THE CHARTISTS OF MIDDLETON , JERSEY , BRAMHOPE , AND PRESTON . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦' ¦ ' . -

      Barnard ' s Inn , London ; May 3 , 1849 . Permit me , through the medium of the "Northern Star" to thank you for the . subscriptions towards my . unsettled bill -for Mr . Vernon's defence . - Although the sum . subscribed is but trifling , believe me , ' I consider it as an earnest of your good feeling towards Mi . Feargus 0 ' Connor , as well as to myself , and my client , Mr . Vernon . It is much to be regretted that so little energy is shown in- discharging the various claims , & c . ; as I have previously observed , it is surprising that with

      so large a body as the Chartists , they can continue to lie under the stigma of not at once liquidating all the just demands made , and particularly such bills as were incurred for the defence of their leaders in June and July , 1848 , at which time mine was created . It is deeply to be regretted , I sayi audit is sincerely hoped that the subscriptions alread y made , ( although very small ) will rouse that apath y and indifference which appears to be so predomi nant m the general body . - Believe ine to remain , Your faithful Servant , J . Ei Niion .

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      Cbifflegate.—Mr. Stallwood Delivered His...

      Cbifflegate . —Mr . Stallwood delivered his fifth lecture In the metropolis , on the "Life and writings of Thomas Paine , " in the Assembly Hooms , 21 , Golden-lane , on Sunday evening last . — At the conclusion , Mr . Scobel moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer , and said had they more of such "Addresses" the princip les of Thomas Paine would be made perfectly plain to all , and if once the minds of the people could be divested of that prejudice with -which interested parties had invested ' them , the principles that great man had enunciated , would be as speedily and unanimously adopted . —Mr . J . E . Duncan , in seconding the motion , recited an ode to the memory o f " Thomas Paine . "—Mr . " Britcsk ( a German democrat , ) begged nermission to say that he thought the very pleasing

      mode Mr . Stallwood had taken in putting before the world the character and writings of Thomas Paine , tvbs -well calculated to disarm prejudice , and at the same time do much to forward the democraticcause . ( Loud cheers . ) Themotion was carried by acclamation . —Mr ; Stallwood briefly responded / and in reply to a question , stated that he had accepted an invitation of some friends in the Hamlets , and would deliver an address on the same subject , at the Essex Coffee and Assembly Hooms , Church-street , Bethnal-green , oh Sunday next . "Thelecturer resumed his seat , and the evening ' s entertainment was concluded by Master Fowler playing in a superior manner , on- a concert ' flute , t-he airs " Mourir nourlapatrie , " and the " Marsellaise , " both of which were much applauded . - '

      KiBKCAijyr . —An important meeting of the good men and true of Kirkcaldy , Linktown , Path-head , and Dysart , was held in the Baptist Chapel , Rosestreet , Kirkcaldy , on Thursday evening , the 26 th nit ., for the purpose of adopting the local petition in favour of our own dear old Charter , and , as . we like to "fell twa dogs wi' ane bane , "—to hear the Kev . Alexander Buncanson , pastor of the first Congregational Church . Falkirk , deliver a lecture in defence , of our principles . The meeting contained , besides the old veterans of the cause , a considerable sprinkling" of the middle-class gentry . —Mr . James "ffishart "was called to the chair , who , after a neat address , introduced the lecturer . To give . even a synopsis of the brilliantly eloquent and argumentative address , which occupied Mr . Duneanson : during

      two hours of a rapid delivery , would take up too much space . ' Suffice it to say that his introductory remarks were addressed to Christian professors ; and the position which Christian men should take . up in reference to this question . He contended thatevery man , in whose . bosom the love of God and- the love of man existed , must necessarily be a philanthropist , a lover of all mankind . That his ehd'and aim would be to fuse the whole family of man info one common brotherhood . That in the Christian bosom there is a mar ^ rdom of ihespirifc of selfishness ; lis sympathies not-being confined- ' to his own country , he rejoices at news of liberty : from France , or from any other country in the habitable globe . He is indeed a citizen of the world . Every-movement which has for-its object the amelioration of - the condition of the human family , deserves the Christian's encouragement . He must necessarily be a uroirressionist . Our friends in the House seem at a

      loss howtoeriter-ontheforwardpath , but the ; Char tbts ' have chalked out a : clear liighway . He then adverted to the- temperance : movement l as -being an essential article ofcpersonal reform .. To the antislavery movement ; 'Which ought not to expend all its sympathies across the Atlantic , but wherever a man did notrece ive a fairequivalent for bis labour , to endeavour - to-find out a remedy there . To the : antfcgibbet movement , which says with the voice of God ^ ' Thon sh altnot kill . " To . the Peace Movement , -which was an essential element of Chartism , and subsequently to the ; Six Points , during which he demolished the " cobweb sophistry which bur opponents call arguments , in a most masterly ; style . " At the . close he-was greeted ; -with . three hearty rounds of applause . —Mr . James Lyme moved , the adoption ' -or the , petition , " which was seconded- by Mr . Alex . , Beattie , jun ., ina very eloquent speech , and adopted xuianimously , —After a - vote of thanks . to the worthy lecturery the meeting broke npl .

      , Meiropouias Delegate Council . —At a meeting on Monday , ; at the "Executive ^ Committee Rooms ' , 144 ; Hi gh Holborn—J . Harper in the chair—a question was mooted , and a discussion ¦ Wosc ' thereion , m which most of-the members took part , relative to getting up an excursion on "Whit-Monday for the benefit of the cause , aridwhether such excursion should be by * rad" or « boat . '?; On the motion of Messrs . TenneU and Ck ) oo ^ aari , . it was ultimately rcV s ? . lved : . . That ^ the . question stand adjourned till next week ,, , and that ui ^ the meantinie the opinion of the ^ veral loea lmesWt ^^ tiieV ^ Jg ^ the several _ delegates -report progress a ^' th ^ hext ™* tog ± ' ^ . ™?*« % ct submftted wislhepro-P ^ ety ^ of ^ ssuing . Char tist ^ trapts / or Ij a ^ dbillsrifdr general cu-culation , once a fortnight " . " A notMssaB

      entered on the . books , for ; the question to be submitted at the . next meeting ,. ^ , on Monday evening , May , 7 th , when it . is hoped every delegate will be at his post . "'; "' . ; , V .-. " .-. ; * . " . ; , ! .. ¦¦! .... ¦ ¦; . Natiosai , REGisiRATios' asd Central Election CoiiiairEE . —This ever active bodymet at the Two Chairmen , 'Ward 6 u ' r-Btreet , Soho , on Mdnday' evening , April 30 th , when' Mr . Grassby reported "that the" Hand Book of Registration" was ready to ' be issued ; and , in reply ito a question , said it might bo obtained of any bookseller in . the United ^ ing dom for threepence—and . called on all local societies , as well as agents , to jnakeuseof the information therein conveyed ; for tM . piirpdse of furthering the registration of as many Proletarians aspossible . —Mr . John Arhbtt announced that the efforts of the committee in Lambeth' alone had already * uceeeded in

      addin ? fourteen hundred names to the electoral roll . ( Loud eheers . ) The eligibility ' of all persons being members of the Registration Committee , and electors , of Lambeth joining the Lambeth Election Committee , having been suggested and . acquiesced in , the Committee adjourned to Monday , May the 7 th . . BiRMiKGHAM ^ At a . meeting of Chartists held at the Ship Ida , - Steelhouse-lahe , oh . Sunday evening last it was . unanimously resolved to hbldato ^ vn meeting in the Corn : Exchatigc , * for' 4 he purpose of adopting ^ ' petition to'Parliament for the enactment ofthe ^ fieople ^ B : Charter . .-A ; committee , . was ; appobited-to . make , the necessary arrangements . for getting up the above , and the meeting adjourned to Sunday , ' May 6 th , a . t eight o ' clock in the evening , when it is hoped a goodly number of the friends of Reform will attend . and give their assistance to the committee to carry out the meefcin < r . " '' ¦ '' ¦ > ¦ '

      BRtauTON .- ^ -THE Natiosai . Petition . — A numerous and enthusiastic meeting , ' convened - and presided over by the High Constable , was held in * the Town Hall on Monday evening-last . Resolutions condemnat 6 ry , 6 f the present system , and a petition to Parliament in favour of the Six Points of the Charter , were unanimously and with much enthusiasm adopted ; The meeting was most effectively addressed by numerous speakers ; including Mr . M'Grath , of London , Mr . Good , Mr . Cunningham , one of the candidates at the late election , and Capt . Pechell . i . - : ' ' , . -.. = : - ; : '¦ ' Charterville . — We understand that the female Chartists at Charteryille , are actively engaged in getting up a tea party and ball , to take place on > Yhit Monday , in aid of the Cha rtist victims .

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      GREAT MEETING IN FAVOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER .. . . . . .... The working Chartists of the Tower ' . Hamlets , not being able at the present time to find within their , own borough an in-door place sufficientl y'l arge ; for the purpose , resolved on taking the British Schoolroom , in Cowper-street , City-road , inthe neighbouring borough of Fihsbury , for a meeting in support of the People ' s Charter ; and on Wednesday evening long before the time announced for the business of the meeting to commence , the building was literally crowded to the ceiling , the . body of the hall and platform not being , sufficiently large , the high window cills , and supporters to thereof , were made available by the . more " ambitious" and " high-minded" of the audience . Precisely at eight o ' clock , Mr . William Davies , was unanimously

      called to the chair , and commenced by reading Mr . George Thompson ' s letter , pleading a previous ch gagement at another meeting , as his apology for not being present , and said , he regretted that Mr . George Thompson should have - been so engaged , as he should much liked to have seen him at a meeting convened by his constituents , and he hoped that the democratic memberfor the Tower Hamlets would sometimes find it convenient to attend meetings convened by the working men of the borough . ( Loud cheers . ) Having said this much in explanation of why he occupied the chair , he ' would now call onthe secretary to read the letters received in reply to the numerous invitations that had been forwarded . Letters were then read from A . B .

      Stevens , H . Vincent , C . Gilpin , W . Lovett , C . Lushingtori , 'M . P ., ' and Walter Cooper , all expressive of approval of theobjects of the meeting , but pleading prior engagements , with the exception of W . Lovett , -who pleaded indisposition . " At this moment Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., entered the School-room , and was greeted with loud ^ app lause . A letter wasthen read Sro . m Thomas Cooper , ! dated Newcastleiupon-Tyne , in which he said , " he learned from the Northern Star , that he was advertised to take part in the meeting , but being three hundred miles away that was utterly impossible . " The Chairman said , if any of the gentlemen whose names appeared on the bill , could not come , yet , they could felicitate themselves on ' . having present , Messrs . O'Connor , Harney , and Clark . ( Loud cheers . ) Some persons had charged those' who were advocates

      of the People's Charter , with having a desire to go back to a state of savageism , to that period when "Might was right . " Well , if ever that period existed surely it was now—for they had continuously before their eyes , the exercise of " Might , " without the least show of " Right . " ( Loud cheers . ) Others had . charged the Chartists with being Communists , and Joseph Hume had denned Communism to mean having a desire to live on the labour of others . Now if Mi * . Hume ' s definition was correct , then must Prince Albert be a Communist , for most assuredly he did not live by his own labour ; and not the Chartist , who not only lived by their own labour but kept many others . ( Great cheering . ) ' . He had much pleasure ' in calling on Mr . Julian Harney , to move the first resolution as follows : —

      "That this meeting is of opinion that the Political , Financial , and Social condition of the people of these realms , indicate the necessity of a thorough Radical reform of the Commons'House of Parliament ; and tins meeting is fur- ther of opinion that such reform , to be useful and to embrace the interest of the whole people of Great Britain and Ireland , should be founded on the well-known principles of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualifications , and Remuneration of the Elected for their services . " Julian Harney , who was received with loud applause , said : I have no doubt that this resolution expresses your sentiments—that you feel that your political and social condition demand a radical reform of the legislature . Politically and socially you are ' slaves . Politically , because you are denied the exercise of those inalienable rights which are yours in virtue of your existence ; - and , because laws are

      made affecting your persons and your property , in the enactment of which you have no voice . Where there is slavery there must co-exist tyranny . ' Could there be any mor « insolent tyranny devised than that which plunders you of eighty millions of taxes , rates , and tolls ; which imposes ' upon you the support of spies to inform upon you , policemen to bludgeon you , soldiers" to dragoon you , judges to- -imprison and transport you , gaolers to torture you , poor law officials to murder you and your children ; and , worse than all , parsons to annoy and insultypu with their pretended regard for your spiritual . welfare ? I am glad to see this large and enthusiastic meeting . It seems to promise action on the part of the wronged , for the obtainment of that political lower without which they must continue to suffer . Loud cheers . ) Byron , in recounting the changes le had witnessed , said : — ••;> .- .

      "I have seen some nations like o ' er-loaded asses , Kickoff their burdens—meaning the higli classes . " ( Laughter , and cheers . ) That , too , we have seen , or at least desperate i attempts on the part of our continental brethren to shake off their burdens . I am sorry to say that we have : not ; yet made even an attempt worthy . of . the name . I have a notion that we Britoshera must , be descended from Issachar , of whom Ms father Jacob , -said' he was " a strong ass couching down between two burdens . ' . He " bowed his shoulder to bear , and became a servant unto tribute . " ( Laughter . ) We'have the two burdens— -the Church and the State—rthe Lords and the ' Commona —the aristocrats and the money-mongers . ; ^ Cheers . )

      Again , we have bowed our shoulders to bear— -we bearwith a good-deal almost past-past bearing : the JfatiohalDebt , for instance . ;; I have some where read an advertisement which ran thus : —" Wanted- ^ a man who fears the Lord , and can carry five hundred weight . " 'John Bull would be just the man for that place , for he fears the Lords—both of the soil and . the shop—and , as a carrier of heavy burdens , I would back John . -Bull against Atlas - himself . ( Laughter and cheers . ) ¦ But . Issachar . became a servant unto tribute ; " so / it -. has been withjJphn . He pays tribute to court fluhkiesr-to . aristocratic

      rent-eaters--to money-jobbers-rto profitmongersto-soldiers ; - peelers , - parsons , and spies . ( Hear , hear . ) How would the privileged classes like' to have t hetablesturned upon them , and be made to feel your wrongs ? -. They would not endure for onis year what you and your fathers have borne with for centuries . Uo !; they-rradvpcateS ; of '?' peace , la , w , and order , " is " they profess ,- to be-r-would rather try plbVconspjracy , treason , revolt , msurrcctioiij revolution ; asgasmatioh ] fire ,, and ' sVord . ' . ' Butwe have no desire to-sub ' stitite the tyranny of the many for that of the few . Our aim is simple justice—justice , poHticalflodibcial . ^ -At ^ reseht ; ' you- 'are socially as welLas Mlitie » Uyi slav ^* ' I ^ ia tr « Vyeu a xe not

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      the Rersonal property of the aristoeraeyiand the capiW « teW-They « annot sell you as theyi . do cattle in bmithfleld , or slaves in "Virginia . ¦ You are . -. hevertfleles ? t . bondmen . . .. You , must work for . whatever ^ . ?® i ^ , . capitalist . chooses to offer you ; and : worse ? - " ^ S , , ro forced to eat up each ' other—or what ^^ B ^^' ^^ rselleach ' other uv the labour market ^ -for the benefit of the money-monger arid your own destruction . Youhavenot even thb advantages of downri ght , undisguised slavery ; The American / slaves are , at . least , sure of food , ^ loth " , } K ? -W « r { .. in , w * urn . ; fi » . . their well-assured labour ; .. but .-you- are never-certain that for J ! , " . ' <¦ ¦* . ; year . , hence , . there will be- ' labour ' or Ia . 3- . ^ wardv -: Our social system 'is . a state ° f STPtfastuie' anarehv .. in which there is

      nni-, ^ . ^ . "ng assured—that- the strong will devour 5 * u ?? w tr- ? P | aker then proceeded tb ' cdrinhent on ^ neaohtmgi mfant victims , and similar cases of suffOTUifourthefcp art of the . people ; and infamy on the ^ part ofrthose ' who : uphold the , present system . He added—It-is infamous that pauperism should ever ^ T ? : ^ d ? irth _ m ,. tMsJand ., or , existingj should be "Wwte iWtuine . ' Thercsources of this country « y ? a ? W ! dl - 3 s » and the me'ins- ' ai-b ' ready , in jabund , an < 5 ' * ' put' an . end to- piiuperism and misery at once and-fqr ever . With land uncultivated * or only hAn ^ ukisated ^ A superfluity of capital , and labour uhemployedf . tb ^ reineodBi'butiableandicourigeouB statesmen to set in motion these . appliahcei } rjto ensui-e the salvation of the millions , , and lay the foundations of our ; country ' s true greatness—greatness

      founded not upon . unjust wars and bloody , victories in India , but upon the happiness of every member of tlie community . ( Loud cheers . )—The . speaker then replied to ; the itaunt that Universal Suffrage had been tried on the ¦ continent and' failed , and concluded -by declaring the Charter indispensable for : thei- attainment ¦ . of ! the grand-remedy for social misery—free labour on a free soil . !( Loud applause . ) , ; , . ..., . j . Mr . Thomas Clakk said he had much pleasure in seconding the resolution which had been so ably submitted by Mr . Harney . As regards the present miserable social—oiv rather anti-social—condition of the mass of the people , no two opinions could prevail ; but ; as regards political changes , he had some little hopes , as Lord John Russell , at . a recent Lord -Mayor ' s feast , had said—" Some , things wanted reforming . " . ( Laughter , and ' eheera . ) But

      the Lord Mayor said , that the men calling for Radical reform vere" designing men , " and "thai these designing nieh must be put down by the strong arm of the law . " 'He ( Mr . Clark ) -much feared that at these " mayors' feasts" - some " vinous" influence was at work which made those men think they were much ' stronger than they really were . ;( Loud cheers . ) lord John Russell admitted tha , t reforms were required , but said . ' / they must take place graduallyj sons not to alarm the fears of any one . " ( Laughter ^) He ( . Mr . Clark ) did not know whether his lordsliip ' s audience was chiefly composed of «« respeetsbfe old ladies "—( loud laughter)—but he ( Mri Clark ) could assure his lordship thatthegenius of industry was now much stronger that any " Waterloo Hero , " and that the wrongs of industry called loudly for such a Radical reform as would

      f ive a full , free , and fairrepresentation of the people , . t a ; recent banquet held at Wakefield , at which seven hundred merchant princes attended , to do honour to Mr . Cobden , whilst the Royal family was toasted , " The Army and Navy" was omitted . Was not this an admission by those seven hundred merchant princes , that you were to be trusted with powei ? and property , without the surveillance of brute force ? He ( Mr . Clark ) believed it was the people ' s own fault that they were not represented long ere this . Had they shown , more intelligence and pushed forward with a well-directed energy , the suffrage would , have been theirs . I was silly to blame this man or that man . If they were determined , lie repeated , a well-directed intelligent movement , would soon enable them to w k out their own political and social salvation . ( Loud cheers . )

      FEA ' nois O'Connob , Esq ., M . P ., was here called oiibj the chairman to support the resolution , and upon presenting himself , was received with loud cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , tnat made the building ring again . He said : Mr . Chairman and Working Men , I am come amongst you to night for the purpose once more of hoisting the Chartist banner , —( cheers ^ and to ask you , not to allow one single bristle to be plucked from the animal with your consent , as in such case you may rely upon it your opponents would very soon skin it altogether . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) I am come here to night , ftr the purpose of reviewing with you what the Reform Bill has accomplished for your order , and to ask you , whether from any measure short of

      the People ' s Charter you have reason to expect more beneficial results .. ( Cries of ' -No . " ) : See what the Reform Bill has done . One of its first acts was to suppress Trades Unions , by whose power the bill was carried : ( Cheers . ) Thenext ^ act was to destroy all the benefits that the poor . ^« pved from the Poor Law of the 43 rd of Elizabeth . ( Cheers . ) Then came the establishment of local power for the moheyocracy , Coercion for Ireland , Free Trade for England , with " high wages , cheap bread , and p lenty to do . " ( Cheers , and laughter . ) Increased military estahlishments , increased police establishments , and last , though not least , the Crown and Government Security Bill , which prevents the slave from complaining of his taskmaster . Mr . Harney

      has told you that if they could , they would drive you like bullocks to Smithfield , but he made this mistake , that it ' s only fat beasts and not lean ones , that are driven there . ( Great laughter . ) . But , if you were fat , and if they could make cannibals of your order , you would be sent to the market . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , are you not ashamed to cheer it , when you are perfectly aware that your own subserviency and disunion is the cause of their cruelty and power . ( Cheers , and " True . " ) What ! compare an English slave to an-American slave ; there is no comparison . The American slaveowner has an interest in the health ,. the strength , and the life of his slave ; while the English slaveowner has an interest and a benefit in turning the gristle of the infant ,

      the . muscles of the man—his marrow , sweat , and bones—into' gold , and then to consign him to the cold pauper ' s grave , that he may no longer ! ho a burthen upon the taxes . ( Cheers , and " That ' s it . " ) Well , so it is . But whose fault is it ? Is it the " fault of those who but do what any-working man in this meeting would do if he was in the same situation , ? or is it the . fault of the millions who never can aspire to the same situation—who look upon each ether " as rivals and competitors in . the labour market ? ( Cheers , and "Hear . " ) He ( Mr . O'Connor , ) was not going to talk about . foreign countries ; foreign revolutions , and foreign barbarisms—as he had always told them would be the case , so it was with the tyrant shopkeeper in Paris : as soon as the

      last shot proclaimed . the democratic victory , the tyjpants . who encouraged the people to revolt took advantage of . their , confidence , and robbed them of their triumph ..,. ( Cheers . ) But why could that not be the casein England ? , Simply because the French were nofallbwed the right of public meetings or public discussions ,, and were , therefore , compelled to act upoh"the impulse of the moment , and to use their newly-achieved power capriciously , while the English people have ^—thank- God—had that ri ght , and will preserve that right ^ - ( loud cheers)—by which the mind of the country has been trained and disciplined , and could how be brought'judiciously to bear upon airquestiphs interesting to the country . ( Rear , hear . ) " Could . ' anything be ' more absurd

      than the fact staring every man every day ' in the face—name } y , a famishing people looking to foreign countries for . a supply of food , while ' the land under their noses was ready to yield it if they werealldwed to . cultivate it . ( Lou d ¦ , eheers . ) - ' Ay , but while Prussia , and ; Austria , and Italy , and other countries till recently governed ; by . the feudal system ; were , how making the Land Question the chief subject for consideration , and even dividing the . Royal domains into peasant allotments—the people of England were kept in utter ignorance of its value ; ' ( Cheers . ) There may bo ' many 'in the meeting who preferred the-back : slums of the city—the loathsome cellar and unhealthy air . enlivened by the gin-palace—to the uuil mivuvvvu 1

      ; y » » .. ugwvuitullU UO , UUli 101111080 hot-house plants understand that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) did not ask for all to , abandon their ; pursuits , but he ! would presujme the case of a " working population of 10 , 000 , ' with' 2 , 000 out of . employment , and thereby as competitors redu ' eing 'the wages of the reniaining' 8 , 000 ; 'Letihim" have- ' those 2 , 000 of a machinery-made surplus ; population' taken out of the glutted market ,. and placed upon the land , they would . cease to he-competitors . with ; their brethren rrthe -. 6 , 00 p-wo . ul 4 , get more , wages than the 10 , 000 got before ^ white ^ he . ] 2 , P 00 i placed upon the land . would' . pBdu ^ efo ! od . " cheaper ; and ' , better than they c ' ould'ini , P . or , t , it ;? rohic' ^ erica ^ and , would become cSf ^ mere'foreYery ' artiffle-pVodu ' cea ' by the' 8 I 0 W

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      arh ^ ciai' labourers . ¦ ( Loud che ' erihg . ) ' But whilo all were . puzzHrig their brains about ' the > settlement of this question , of questions—namely , ' - ' Labour let hini / put ; sensible : inen in possession ' of a few un . demableand ^ . incontrovertible facts . . He would take three , branches of national expenditure , from which the people derived neither peace , religion , nor contentment — namely , the army and navy , the church , and the Poor Laws . And he would show how the application of one' vear's revenue " applied to this Trinity of absurdity , would destroy the necessity for army ,, State roUgion ; " 8 . nd : poor laws . '; The army , navy ,: and . concomitants , he- would , put ; down at seventeen millions . a ; year ; . the ; church with its ecclesiastical , court and pious litigation , ten million ' s "; i '" the ,. poor rates , eight millions . Lord

      Brougham ^ stated them at flight millions one hundred and forty thousand—however estimating them lowly , they produced thirty-five millions a yearthat is arinyj church , and poor rates j and give him that sum for one year , and he would make a paradise of : England ; would establish peace without Woodshed . - . religion without . costl y , fanaticism ; and W ? yf ? 1 ' evevypne , without pauperrelief . "; ( Hear , hear ,: and , loud . cheers . ) ' , He ., was determined to rivet their minds' , tp this Labour , question , and let those who scoffed at the capability of the sbil ,- carrv this striking , fact home with them- ^ lefc them sleep r upbh It ,, dl-eam of it ;; ahd think ; of it in the morning . It is this . He is a large ^ -farmer ; whoempldys ten labourers throughout the year , and upon ' the profits . of the labour of those ten . men ,, he-will keep his

      hunters , his carnage , and his household domestics ; ho will , drink wine at the market table , keep a governess for his daughters , send his sons to school , clothe them well , give them a good education , and amass wherewithal fortunes for his children , and all this out of the profit made of the slaVe labour of ten men . ( Hear , hear , and cheers J Well , then , where would be the necessity of any poor law , or of any army , if those ten . men were allowed to enjoy the profit of their own industry ; and to that , they must come at last , although the speculators in Labour would rather the poor rates were' twenty millions a year , so long as they made princely fortunes of that competition created in the Labour market ' . by an idle competitive reserve . "Ah ! " said Mr . O'Connor ) you see , though thwarted , opposed ,

      Mvd maligned , lam ' not' going—even yet—to abandon my bantling . ( Loud -cheers , and ¦ "Bravo I" ) No , I am going to persevere , in one shape or form , until ! establish ^ such a free labour market as will enable the working , man to fold his arms" in . the free labour field , when the contractor bids for his labour , instead of , as now ,-being , hired at the ginpalace—the market cross—the house of-call , or the bastile . ( Great , ' cheering . ) . Had they ever reflected upon this anomaly , that while their system of government was said" to' be complete , having a Minister for Foreign Affairs to approve or disapprove of wars and negociations ; a Minister for the Home Department to appoint magistrates , dispense patronage , and order executions ; a Minister for the Colonies to embroil us in colonial squabbles ;

      and a Minister of all-spice , mace , nutmegs , ginger , tamarinds , cloves , citron , almonds , raisms , oz-ahgesj and lemons —( great laughter ) - ^ not one of them produced by English labour , while there was no Minister of Agriculture , upon the advancement of which English prosperity mainly depends . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , then , let him enlighten the minds of those who disparaged and despised the Land , and scoffed at the dull monotonous life of the clodpole . Were they aware that everything upon the back of the Queen , worn at the grand ball on Monday night , and everything upon the back of Prince Albert , that Buckingham Palace , the gorgeous furniture in every room , the pictures in the gallery , their frames , the library , the books and the binding , the beds , and the furniture in the * state

      rooms , the silks and satins , the jewellery , the decorations worn by peeresses , the carriages that took them to the ball , the musical instruments that played at the , ball , the wax lights , the chandeliers , the champagne , and everything that was eat and drank at the feast , and everything that you have now upon your backs , and everything in your homes , and your homes themselves , are all ' , one and all , produced by the Land ? . ( Cheers , ) Well , then , is . this a dull and uninteresting question to you ? ( "No ,, no . " ) Or would you rather that I would speak of revolutions as a quicker means of achieving your rights , for if you would you will be woefully mistaken ? ( Cheers . ) For I now stand here , in front of this vast assemblage , after an apparent apathy upon your part for twelve months , to tell you that

      I would not consent to have the first joint 01 my little finger cut off to carry any measure which you may accomplish without the loss of a single hair on your head . ( Cheers . ) Do not think that the old fox is to be caught by government officials , by spies , informers , enthusiasts , or fools . ( Loud cheers . ) I tell you now that Nature ' s field is wide enough and prolific enough for Nature's family , and that you are not like the French—trained to arms . When your soldiers enlist they are slaves for life ; not so with the French , they are disciplined in the use of arms , you in the use of intellect ; and , to-morrow , if there were a hundred thousand of you armed with muskets , the chance is that one half of you would put the muzzles , instead of the butts , to your shoulders . ( Cheers . ) What a proud position it is for a

      man to * be able to stand before such a meeting after being a target for all to fire at , and to defy you , either politically , or as the trustee of the poor man's money , to charge him with a single dishonest or improper act . ( Loud cheers . ) Ay , you oppressed men , there ' s room for you all at Nature ' s tablethere ' s work for . you all in Nature ' s field—and 1 don't want to spare one of you . ( Great cheering . ) There is how about to be a revival—and a great revival—of the Democratic agitation ; and I shall not shrink from the performance of my duty in or out of Parliament . This meeting is reviving to my spirits . It will save me money , as I required a vapour bath , which would have cost me five shillings . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now mark what I am going totellvou . I have been in Parliament during the

      first three sessions of the Reformed era . I have been in parliament during the last two sessions , and I can declare" upon my honour that the present parliament is more opposed to the interests of the working classes than any I have sat in . ( Cheers , and " It ' s true . " ) Well , now you see the state of your platform . . You have government spies , informers , and reporters here—( hisses)—but you have not a single member of parliament , with the one solitary instance of the man that belongs to no party but the people . ( Cheers . ) Now , if you had Annual Parliaments , and were upon the eve of a general election—when short accounts make lomr friends—this platform .

      largo as it is , would be too small to hold all the hon . gentlemen that would be suingfor your sweet voices . ( Cheers . ) We , as the degraded party , have been reviled and vilified by the press , and by all classes , for our violence ; but let me now remind you of the pacific mottoes of a leading Tory , the leading Whigs , and the leading moral force Repealer . Lord Bolingbroke , a Tory , has stated that "It is as much the duty of a people to rebel against a corrupt House of Commons , as against a tyrannical prince . " The Whigs have said , "That taxation without representation is tyranny , and should be resisted ;" and Daniel O'Connell has adopted Byron ' s MORAL FORCE motto , " WHO WOULD BE FREE ,

      HIMSELF MUST . STRIKE ' THE BLOW . " ( Loud cheers , and laughter . ) Let them now review the manner in which Chartism was injured from the year 1839 , the first Convention , to 1848 , the last Convention . In 1839 , when our professing friends had exhausted \ the Exchequer , they , became our bitterest enemies and greatest revilers . ( Hear , hear . ) This naturall y shocked the people / In 1848 our most enthusiastic friends became spies , informers , tools , or what were called criminals . " ( Cheers . ) Now , was it . hot natural , under such circumstances , for the betrayed people to have become a little cautious ? Was it not the constant practice of \ men , when in full employ mcnt to say , "Let us alone , we are ! very / well , ' we . require no agitation ; " while , the moment the samemenwerc . thrown . out of

      employment ; the ' cry invariably was , "Come , lead us on , we are ready ' -for . the battle—how is the time ?' ( Cheers and laughter . ) - Well , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not ready .- ' for such a battle . "Nor he never would be , ready for such a battle . ; For ;> when the people . were prepared to assert ,. their rights ,: there would be no necessity for any battle at all . ( Cheers . ) When he was an Irish member he resisted every aggression upon English liberty—the ,, suppression of the Trade Unions—the Poor Law Amendment Act—the transportation" of the ; Dorchester Labourers , he opposed . ( Cheers . ) Arid now , as many of his countrymen were present , he begged to

      inform them , that it was his resolution j'pubhc opinion being suppressed , in Ireland , to establish a Repeal Association in Saxon land . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He never , would forget the , duty that he owed his country . ; arid it was d , singular , fact that an Irishman andah English representative—Sharban Crawford—about the most independent member in the British Fariiam ' ehti ( Great cheers . ) Thaihon . member said , ;' . that ! he considered ; Mr . '! ' Hume ' s Suadruped ; embracing . his • mbtion . forrHousehold ufirage , as , a humbug ; . andvbe . has given notice to move an . amendment upon that / HK > tion ,: substituting Manhood- of'UnivefsarSBfa-ageV ' I ' of Hous ' eBW

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      Suffrage ., ( Loud' and continued cheering , and * paving of hats , ) " Well , " said Mr . O'Connor , i seci you like the old animal best , and rely upon it , that whoever offers you less , means to bilk you ot all . ( Renewed cheering . ) Ho almost wished tnat , now the summer was approaching , lie could made another tour through Scotland and England , to-revive thfe Chartist movement ; however , it was his determination , to test the liberal mind of Parliament , by proposing the whole animal during the present month . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He would conclude by thankinsr them for the

      affectionate manner in which they had received him that night , and he would ask them when'they went home , to reflect upon what he had said ,-to meditate upon what their , united power and strength could effect .- ' Let each man who was present seenre two honest-co-operators , and the number there would be trebled ,-and ; then the cause of Chartism would incrcaso in geometrical progression , and when they had jtheir rights he would be the proudest , man in the : world , as , i . like ^ . uihtus Ci ncinnatus , he could then return to his plough---corisoled with the proud reflection that ^ ho had suffered persecution'for the advocacy of their principles , but that he had never catena meal ,-or travelled a mile at their expense , and when successful he never would accept of remuneration or - reward for his services' , Mr .

      0 Connor resumed his scat amid the most , hearty and vociferous applause . . - , , [ The . above , is but a mere outline of his ' . speech , which was delivered with an amount of enthusiasm , earnestness , and ardour , which even "he has not surpassed . in the most rampant days of Chartism . ] ; After a short pause , he again rose , and proposed the two following resolutions , the one to test tho political , the other the personal , sincerity of the meeting . ¦ The first resolution ; was ^ carried , unanimously with . greafc applause ; the second was carried by acclamation , accompanied . with indescribable cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ¦•¦¦ ' ¦ " .-, - -

      "That wo , the inhabitants of Finsbm-y , in public meeting assembled , having reviewed the eeveral organic changes in . support o f which the aid of the industrious classes . f was cnlistedjh y those parties who based their advocacy . of such changes upon the benefit that they could confer upon the working classes , but having discovered by dear-bought experience , that the working classes were used as ' mere tools by . ; the . privileged ; orders who possess exchisrve- political power , based upon a limited system of representation , we do hereby pledge ourselves not in any ways to advocate any

      political measure short of the People ' s Charter ;• and we invite our order to stand firmly together , as a distinct and separate class , contending unitedly for those natural rights of man , the want of which has enabled all other classes to make profit and live luxuriously upon the disunion and the consequent disfranchisement of the industrious classes , and that the social object ol the Chartists is to open' the Free Labour Market , thatmen . mOBked with the title of freemen , shall no longer bo mere slaves in the hands of their taskmasters , and , from the base system of competition , placed in unnatural and destructive enmity to each other . "

      That we , the inhabitants of Fmsbury , in public meeting : assembled , do avail ovurselves of tlie pveseni opportunity to tender our unbounded thanks to , and our unabated confidence in , Thomas Slingsby Buncombe , Esq ., member for this borough , for his continuous and zealous advocacy of the cause of the working classes . We rejoice to hear that his health , injured by his indefatigable and unwearied attention to his parliamentary duties , is rapidly improving , and inspires tho hope that he win shortly resume that proud position which he go honourably maintained in the most perilous tinies ;' and we . pledge ourselves , aipon every to him most cordial to

      occasion , give our support . prcserve for our borough the honour of being represented by b 0 > worthy an advocate of the jnst rights of labour . " ¦ - Mr . 0 ' Connor then tnads ai \ appeal to the meeting on behalf of Mr . ' Sixon , who conducted Mr . Vernon ' s defence , and to which the meeting responded , by a pledge that the men of that locality would honourably discharge their share of the liability , and we trust , in justice to Mr . Nixon ,-and for the honour of the Chartist causo , that all other locz ^ Iities will do likewise . ... ' .

      Mr . StalIiWOOD then read and moved the adoption of the Chartist Petition , which was seconded by Mr . George Moss , and carried amidst acclamation . ¦¦ ' . ' .-:- " A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting terminated .

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      Bradford (Yorkshire).—At A Meeting Of Me...

      Bradford ( Yorkshire ) . —At a meeting of members , held at Mrs . Smith's , Bridge-street , ' next to the Golden Ball , on Sunday , April 29 th , Thomas Hirst in the chair , the letter of Mr . O'Connor to the members of the Land Company was discussed , and it was resolved : — " That the thanks . of the members be given to Mr . O'Connor , for his bold determination to discharge the locusts on the Company ' s land , and to let better men take their places . " It was also resolved : — " That if the members of this branch will not come up with their land money and local expenses , as the Registration of tho Company is near completion , they shall forfeit the money paid in . "

      The Victims. To The Editor Of The Northe...

      THE VICTIMS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .-Dear Sir , —I am instructed by the Victim Committee to forward the following correspondence to you for insertion in your valuable journal , and trusting that youjwill allow it a space therein . I am , yours fraternally , JounAbnott . " Coventry . April 20 , 1849 . " Dear Sir , —The enclosed order for-ten shillings is for the Wives and Families of the Chartist Victims made payable to you , in the name of John Gilbert , Weaver , Gosford-street ; by acknowledging thewime in next week ' s Star , you will much oblige . " We hear sadcomplaints from some of the Victims in the provinces , owing to the very small allowance

      they receive from the London Committee ; and that we are informed some of those receiving in London never were acknowledged Chartists , to the injury of the wives and families of the really active members of our body . We have confidence in the London Committee , and feel a pleasure in sending what little we can collect , but when we hear of so little being sent to the wives ' of those living in the north , and are being repeatedly asked what is the reason they do not receive their full share , we think it best to ask you the same question , so as to be prepared with an answer from the proper quarter . I am requested by the friends here to name the above , and an answer will much oblige ¦ ...- " Yours truly , on behalf , & c , ¦ " George Freeman , Sec . " Coach and Horses-yard , Much Park-street . " Mr . John Arnott , Sec . to Victim Committee . "

      11, Middlesex-Place, Somers Town, April ...

      11 , Middlesex-place , Somers Town , April 23 rd , 1849 . " Dear Freeman , " Yours of the 20 th I duly received , and in reply beg to state , that it is with extreme regret I learn that " Sad complaints exist in the provinces , owing to the very small amount that some of the Victims receive from the London Committee , " as I can assure you , that the committee have' iuvariably acted on the principle of Equality to All , and , therefore , every one has received their full share of what has been subscribed .

      " Relative to your remark , "That some of those receiving in London were never acknowledged Chartists , " I can also assure you , that althoughunknown to fame , yet many of them were true , sincere , and warm-hearted Democrats . " One word in conclusion , as to the spiritwhich engenders these complaints . My full conviction is , that they arise not from those that give , but from those that do not and will not support suffering humanity ; and , consequently , make use of any frivolous excuse for their coldheartedness . I sav , ' then ,

      away with such a jealous feeling , and let us all do as you and a few noble spirits have done , and then we should not hear of these complaints . If any have cause to complain , it is the committee , who meet week after week , hear the heart-rending tales of distress , and have not funds wherewith to alleviate it . " " Thanking you for your confidence and support , " I am , yours fraternally , ' John Arnoit , Secretary , " Mr . J . Freeman , Coventry . "

      The Rochdale Chartists.., To Thb Bmtor O...

      THE ROCHDALE CHARTISTS .., TO THB BMTOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Mr . Dear Sir , —I crave a few lines in your journal to explain to our friends in Rochdale , and surrounding district , thereapon I did not lecture in Rochdale on Sunday last , as was generally expected ; / First , then , I had made no definitive arrangement , to do so , and wrote to Mr . Bake , on Tuesday , assuring him that I could not be in Rochdale on Sunday . I had invitations to four separate places , and could not lecture at all of them on the same day ; and as our Manchester friends had contributed liberally to the funds of the Association , and were unexpectedly disappointed in then- arrangements , I thought it but right to accommodate them . ' . ¦;¦ ¦ :- ¦• I leave for Glasgow , on Saturday , and I now

      request that all my Scotch friends wishing me to lecture for them ,-. will write direct' to . " Duncan Sherrington , Rumford-street , Bridgeton , Glasgow . " I will probably return to England in the" latter part of May , or early in June , and will- then -visit all the places I have . promised ;• and assure the good folks of Rochdale that then- interests will be considered . ;; . -ns-.. ; . ri ' :-. i "A word to the wise is . enough , " is a good pro ^ verb ; and I inform my ' friends for the first -time in my life , that my expenses have ,. in manyocases , ( taking all costs into account ) , been twice ray income . ' Things must' be hotter managed // or the future , or the result is self-evident . " . The . above is a rathbr unplcasantrdeclaratibn / and I "will not repeatit . •>} : < ? "Iam / as eveiy '' ¦ : , ' . . ' j '• : r -WL tiJ 2 . c- ; c ; r . Your boedient-Servahb r - '"' Manchester , Mayl . Samuel KjM ) ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05051849/page/1/