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      The National Daily Bread Society And The...

      THE NATIONAL DAILY BREAD SOCIETY AND THE " NORTHERN STAR . " TO THE PROPRIETOR AND CONDUCTORS OP THE NORTHERN STAR . " _Gkstlekxk , —Since yon have occupied two ecteams of your last week ' i paper for the leading Article censoring and abasing ; ma , and misrepresentiM the objects ef the society originated bj me , joa will not Id © omm « _fairaess . deny me the right of in the first plaee , then , let me say distinctly that in HgnifyiBg _, through the medium of a placard , » y intention to address the inhabitants of Manchester en the sabieot of the Food Taxes and the People ' s Charter , I had no desire whatever that it should be _amderstood I was Mr . Bill of the Northern Star ; ii

      really is aa honour I do cot aspire to . Indeed , if the article in last week ' s paper is the production « f Mr . Hill of the Northern Star _^ and that is a pecimea of hie mode of writing and his train of thinking , I should deem it a degradation , to be mistaken for him ; at the same time I was not aware that he was so very eminent a gentlemen— that he was the Mr . Hill par excellence— that it wu aeeessary to pat on my card of address , Mr . Hill , bet not Mr . Hill of the Northern Star . If you intend to say that the People ' s Charter was inserted on the placard with a view that Chartists Might attend and hear , I can hays no hesitation in sayind _rach was my object ; for it is proper they should receive some information on this subject besides that vrhich they deriTe throngh the Northern Star . If yea fear the effects to be produced . oa the _reasoning powers of the Chartists that they _shoald hear any lecture or address , or read any works which

      treat upon the Food Taxes , as well as the People ' s Charier , lest they should become converts to the opinion that both are important subjects , I advise a bulletin , or perhaps a bull might be more characteristic , to something like the following effect : — " Know all man by these presents , that -we , the proprietor * and conductors of the _Northern Star , do prohibit an Chartists from attending any lecture or _psbtic meeting , or from leading any publication , when ¦ the subject of the Bread Tax shall be mentioned in _eoBjanetkm with the Charter , l « _at they should imbibe the heretical doctrine that starvation and famine ace _erfls to be _avoided , under pain of incurring our high displeasure . Any parties offending _ig _% i n _» t this oar Imperial Chart !** proclamation abaH be prohibited from _throwing up their ' caps and shouting three cheers far O'Connor , sad -shall be-probibited from having one of the five acre allotments to be awarded to all good -Chartists when we , tbe © _aodactonof lie Northern Star , ball become tbe Government of the country .

      Given at our printing-office , in Leeds , under our hand * sad seals , this _twenty-cxth day of October , one thousand eight hundred and forty one . " By Order of the great O'Connor , "( Signed ) Williah Hill , "Editor of the Northern Star . " It is utterly false that the words " People ' s Charter" were inserted in larger characters than the words * Food Taxes , ** as yon hare set it forth . One of the placards in question is lying at _ihe office of the Leeds Times , and one at Mr . Heywood ' B , Manchester , that those who choose to satisfy themselves by the evidence ef . their own sight that the writer of the _Uorlhern Star has beea guilty of a gross falsehood , _aiayhave the opportunity of _doingao . , The words "food taxes" were in larger type than the " People ' s Charter , " and it was distinctly stated that the address would be " en tbe best mode of _obtaining the repeal of the food taxes . "

      Now it was not likely that Mr . _HiD , of the Northern Star , was going to advocate the repeal of the Food Taxes , for we all knew that the conductors of that publication are opposed , to the repeal of the Com Laws and recommend as a substitute allotments of five acres of land to each _isdividual ! Perhaps whilst on this subject , without being so _oneourteoux as to ask Mr . O'Connor how they are to obtain the land , adding , " Don ' t you wish you may get it , " I might be aiiowed to _iaquire whether , if the land is divided into five acre pieces , _-aad-e & eh-individual has fire children , it is calculated this will sub-divide iato five acres more for each , or if they have discovered that there would then , be only oae acre for each ; moreover if each of these proprietors of one acre sub-divides it again amongst his fire children , " the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children even to th * third and fourth generation , " in a way that will leave Tery little and for each .

      You appear ts exult over the description of the Society given by tbe Leeds Times , which was also given by the Sheffield Ins , namely , that it was an org & _Bizsd plan , perfectly legal and justifiable , in a » or » I point of view , for breaking the law . Now I raver gave it that description . What says the title page of the book , " Daily Bread , or Taxation withon : Representation Resisted , being a Plan for the Abolition of the Brtad Tax ; " that is what I -ealled it , neither more nor less , and probably this is what the Editor of the Leeds Times might intend , that is to destroy , to break up a bad law . My having quoted toe Leeds Times does not amount to my adopting his opinion . I shall most certainly

      Spots the gentlemanly opinion of the Reverend Editor of ike Northern Star , that the founders and abettors of the Daily Bread Society are either the most incorrigible fools , " or worse , but I shall not there be understood as subscribing to that opinion . -I perceive you say ' tig a deep devilish plot , and 'well laid . " How an incorrigible fool should be _cafftble of that is not very dear . With regard to this opinion of the Leeds Times , it _se happened that I _" addressed a letter to the Editor of that paper , to _-ewrec , his description of tbe _Bociety , after I saw his phraseology was takes _, op by _die _Sheffield Iris , but my letter was received too late for insertion the w < k 1 c it was sent , _therefore I said it might be withheld aa rather out of date .

      Ib stating , is _tha introduction to _Daily Bread , j that I was ** in no way connected with the " persons ] -who have taken the name of Physical Force Char- j tists , " it most be obvious I had no desire to be un- ! derstood there were others besides them who would j sot lie down tamely to submit to the vilest in- \ justice . I Bee nothing irreeoncfleable in that with saying that" I consider it a mistaken course to stimulate the people to acts of violence . " I have never tanght the doctrine of passive obediei . ee and non-resistance , or that the maxim , ** if a man smites you on one eheek , offer him the other also , " is . to be interpreted literally . I have never denied the right of an _opare & _sed people in extreme eases to resorting to

      extreme measures , but it is one thing to entertain the opinion of what might be done under particular _circtmistanees , each as it is hoped may never oconi , sud to stimulate the people to acts of violence , _Eneh & 3 the riots at Newport , without any probability of good results . 1 assure you , Gentlemen , you utterly misconceive me and my objects in supposing that I am unfriendly to the People ' s Charter , or that 1 would , when the repeal of the Corn Laws was obtained , do nothing more for obtaining the full rights cf the people . From my early youth up to the present time , I have _nndeTsaiiugly held the opinion and maintained it , both publicly and privately , that every individual of sound mind , arrived at years of discretion , paying

      taxes , was justly entitled to a voice in the election of tbe persons by whom those taxes are imposed ; bet , _iu entertaining that opinion 1 was not necessarily bound to subscribe to the document ealled the _People ' s Charter , as being the only farm or mode of obtaining this right , or to submit to the dictation of every person who chooses to take , the name of Chartist , without understanding the trne principles of liberty . It so happens that I have ten children —ta very awkward fact for the subdivision of my five % cre allotments under the new regime )—only one of whom is of the male sex ; I should like them to live tmder wiser laws , and laws administered with more

      impartiality than those under which I exist . Applying the principle of taxation and representation being _oo-eztensive , I ask , is it just there should be only one vote _amongst these ten individuals , seeing that ail the ten will be equally required to contribute to the revenue of the conatry by a tax on every _article they consume ? Yet there would be only one vote for all the ten under the the People's Charter . I do not adduce this to prevent the People ' s Charter being sought for _earaesUy by those who consider it the one thing needful . It might be inconvenient to « mharras 3 the measure with the right of female suffrage just now ; but that right is very properly beginning to ex ite some attention , and will still

      more . I have had some experience in the world , and have had some connection with the public press . I will not undertake to say that any single paragraph unfavourable to the Charter may never , by possibility , have found its way into the _columns of the ri per v ? itb which I was connected ; but thus much can say , that no one has irith my _knowledge , and I can undertake most certainly to say that no article or senteaee written by me-has been unfavourable to it . At the same time , I think those who take bjpw particularly the name of Chartists would be ? ready disappointed at the results , should the eople ' _ajCfcsrter ever become the law of the land . _When-the Stench nation shook off their old rulers half--a century ago , and obtained their National AsatmblT _. * body resembling , in some measure ,

      what might ba expected under the People ' s unarter , _thekiittiBgt were repeatedly broken in upon by the M © , nl » mth _shonta of " Breadi Bread 1 sot bo much _frWHTPngi " Un one occasion when the members were _diseoaing an amendment on the penal code , tilt populacem _& ed in , vociferating " What is the _W of the penal code . It is bread we want , " That is precisely the want of the _RwflVHh nation at present , and though I lore liberty too well to adYise a people to barter their liberties for , bread , I think it a very unwise course to direct their attention away from the means of Obtaining . ml supply of food at the present moment , _geeingjjitai the same operation which will obtain _theirifood , -will _axengthen their own handB , and WJ * ken those of _tfceir oppressors . Is there not famine _taking in the _HWBirj ! And are we to be prevented

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      from obtaining a supply of food now , because Mr . O'Connor has for some reason whioh he knows and which we shrewdly Euspeot we know , pat his followers on a false scent , by holding oat the hopes of fire acres of land for each individual , and because another " patriot " says that we onght sot to ask for a repeal of the Bread Tax , without embarrassing the question with equitable adjustments between fundholders and landholders ! Can the inhabitants of the country eat the laad f Will the produce which is to be yielded from these sterile- soils , when reclaimed in the year 1850 or 1950 , feed the people in 1841 and 2 , or keep them from dying of starvation 1 Will it bring back to life those who are daily porisbing of hunger t Is it not recorded in the very paper which contains the attack upon _ne and the Daily Bread Society , that there are 19 , 930 individuals at this

      moment in the town of Leeds , whose average incomes are only Hid . per head per week ! less than twopence per day 1 Vet are there places in a still lower state of destitution even than Leeds . Oat of this scanty income of ll _£ d . the food tax takes at least 4 | d . It is as clear as the sun at noon-day , that not only would the effort of the abolition of the Corn Law be to relieve these individuals from the taxof fourpenoefarthing , but that it would increase the wages of the employed and give employment to the unemployed by creating a market for their labour in exchange for the food to be imported ; yet are several of the leaders of what they have chosen to call tbe Chartist movement ( though it has much more the characteristic of a Tory movement ) denouncing the repeal of the Corn Laws ; and here is Mr . O'Connor's paper ; censuring me for producing a plan by whioh they may be abolished .

      So far from being opposed to the people being the proprietors of tbe land of the country , I hold the opinion that the land of the nation belongs in equity to the nation , and that the day will come when it will be seen that it ib for the interest of all , that it should be cultivated for the benefit of all , though not in five-acre allotments ; but I hold there is something else to what the people are entitled to still more than to the land , and that is the fruit of their own labour , which they are unjustly deprived of by the working of the Corn Law . If they are not _intelligent enough to establish their title and obtain undisputed possession of the fruit of their own labour , they are not likely to obtain possession of the land .

      If yon are really in earnest in wanting the Charter , call upon your Chartist followers to aid in carrying out the measure I have brought forward instead of vilifying it . Do that , and so far from not assuting to obtain the Charter , I bare a plan ready to give you , by which you may get the Suffrage in _Bix months , and perhaps , as you call this " a deep devilish plot , and well laid . " you will acknowledge the other to be so also , though 1 will not acknowledge either to be plots bat plans of action . When I say I have a plan for obtaining the Suffrage , I say it deliberately , but I will not communicate it to men who shew themselves unfriendly to the principles of liberty , and who would perpetuate famine in the land . If I were one of

      a few educated Europeans living amongst a number of badly , organised uncultivated Esquimaux or _Carribs , and we from our superior intelligence though fewer in number , were able to rule the natives , although I would not consent to any ruling them ; that I did not believe to be for their good , yet depend on it , if I believed they would injure me when they had the power , I would take care to keep them out of power . They should bare no suffrage , no power in ruling us ; and when in this country , 1 see those who , from consulting the publio press ought to be the most enlightened , teach the opinions and find followers that it is right to perpetuate fa . mine . I eay if any thing would make me doubt the propriety of Universal Suffrage , it would be this low state of moral and intellectual cultivation , and the Tories in coquetting with some of the leaders of the party , ( we don ' t say which ) are playing a game fraught with the most dangerous eensequeuces to themselves and the whole nation .

      You say , referring to us , " The rascals well know the characters of those with whom they have to deal . They know that a strong Tory Government may not be trifled with . " And you say , moreover , " It is a plot for taking advantage of the extensive unpopularity of tbe Corn Laws . " So far from this , it was written more than three years ago , when the Corn Laws were not bo very unpopular , and it was published in March last berore the Corn Law agitation had taken much hold , and when the Whigs were in office . I have foreseen and predicted years since , that this famine most result from such a law , and 1 grieve to say , that I fear the worst of it has not yet come . If by stating that we are a section of what you call the ** Plague . " you mean the anti-Cora Law League , you greatly err . I am as dia-conaected from them as from the Northern Star ; my plan of action is too bold and thorough-going fur them .

      Your statements that the proposer of the plan wishes to see the population thinned by the military is base and wicked , and comes with an ill grace from one who seems to wish to see them thinned by famine . It therefore , however , beeomes necessary that I should state the mode of operation which is now contemplated by the Daily Bread Societies , besauBe what would have suited in March would notBuit in December . It was then proposed that vessels with foreign coin should be brought to England for the people-You say , and that then the people were to be shot . Now , I have stated at a public meeting , and I repeat it , that 1 would deem it wrong to advise any other party to a course what I bad not the courage to practice _Esyself . I certainly would not advise the people

      to riot at Newport , nor any other port ; but if I had been so on wise as to stimulate them to Bach a course of action . I should have judged it proper to be there to assist them , and not have gone to Scotland to keep oat of danger ; and I have said that on the arrival of a Bhip with food for the people , I would myself be one of ten or ten hundred , or a larger or smaller number , who would go down to meet it and claim a small bag full , if so appointed by the council ; bat that I would go only with steady , sober , intelligent men , and on the condition that they would go entirely unarmed and undertake to conduot themselves peaceably and orderly . If they so conducted themselves , ( and 1 know enough of the good eonduct and intelligence of the operative class , that numbers are to | be found who would so conduct themselveB ,

      notwithstanding the disorderly conduct of some who have attended public meetings in Manchester ) ; there is no probability that the military would interfere ; nor is it probable I would go with the expectation of being shot at . At the same time in making use of tbe quotation that there vrere men who would not endure the aristocratic domination , bo long as the light of Heaven existed for those who had life , and graves for those who would die in the cause , I wished it to be understood that We were not to be bullied or intimidated out of our rights by the Tories ; for that there were men who would peril , aye , and even lay down their lives voluntarily ic such a cause , if , by so doing , they could emancipate the survivors . Is this stimulating tbe people to acts of violence \ I believe not .

      As the winter months would be unfavourable for importations of Foreign Corn , it is proposed that with the pence of the subscribers , whether one or more millions , Foreign Corn or Flour should be purchased in the bonded warehouses in England , and a formal demand made to the Queen or to the Government for its liberation . 1 have not advised , I do not advise any arming to take it If I thought such a course safo and wise , it would not be necessary ; for the moral force brought to bear on a _Government when one or two millions of hungry people demand their own food , locked up from them after they have bought and paid for it , must be such that a Government could not refuse it . Governments exist only as the creatures of public opinion . What would be the opinion of the Government that should withhold the food under such circumstances !

      If you ask what would be the course , in the event of its being refused , —my answer is , 1 don't think it would be refused . If it was we might deliberate what would be the next coursf . I think it would be admitted we had approached a little nearer to Corn Law Repeal , and that the subject would then , at least , be understood by the nation . There is one course which perhaps might be right if we were refused , namely , to dissolve the societies , and give the Corn or flour in bond to all the destitute and hungry . If they choose to break the law and smuggle it out , I suppose ( he members of the society would not be responsible after the society shall have been dissolved . If smuggling it out was violating _iho law , I would certainly give my opinion that it

      was at least no violation of the law of morality for a starring man to break the law of the landowner , which locked up his own food . You may think it such a dreadful thing to break the law \ Are there not a hundred musty old statutes unrepealed which tbe world has outgrown ! Did not the publisher of your paper break the law , when he traded in unstamped newspapers and suffered imprisonment for it ? I am not quoting this to censure him ; I think it honourable to him that he did resist , and , therefore assist in tbe destruction of snob a law . We have outgrown the Corn Law ; it cannot , shall not , last . On a former occasion , I mentioned smuggling as beneficial to the community . Smuggling is an evasion of the law . What does Colonel Thompson say in his Essay on Free Trade ! "Smugglers are G ? d Almighty ' _s

      knight erranti , to protect honest men from knaves and blockheads . * ' A capital definition of smugglers , and I hope they will _ooKttnne to exist -mm . the whole taxation * f tbe country shall bare been transferred from tbe _aboaldert of tbe _labourer to those of the landowner or tbe capitalist , _« r both . Bst whatever may be my individual opinion on the subject of obedience to bad laws , the objects and constitution of the Society are to keep within the law ; and , instead of your throwing out insinuations as to a misappropriation of funds , or to speak of a self-constituted Council , you might , had you _possessed a particle of candour or fair dealing , have stated that the collectors were to consist exclusively of residents in the place , and known to' the subscribers . Moreover , that the constitution was Universal Suffrage , each subscriber having a voioe in the election of the Council .

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      The teaching and advice of the Northern Star having terminated hi causing the prisons of England to have been filled with persons breaking the law , and by their indiscreet proeeedingB throwing back the cause their advice loses all ita weight when they caution their readers against the perfectly legal act of uniting their fluids together to purchase food . Illegal indeed ! .. . " : - - In what light would , _Qaeen . "Victoria and her statesmen appear to posterity , _ttit had to be recorded in history that , there being a famine in her reign , by Act of Parliament the people were found guilty of high treason , im endeavouring to obtain a supply or food . We caa faacy the form of indict * ment : —

      •• Whereat , certain evil-disposed persons , in danger of perishing of hunger , did traitorously and feloniously oonspira together to purchase penny soil * or pennyworth * of floor , against tbe peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , her crown and dignity . " So far from wishing to see a breach of the peace , I believe the mode I have pointed out to be the only way of preventing it , for unless it is done , there will be breaches of the peace . Men will not lie down and die _qaietly . There will be outbreaks , and fearful ones ; and then advantage will betaken of them to pass laws to encroach on our liberties . It is that I wish to see this prevented that I have produced a mode of having the question brought to an issae peaceably and orderly . It is from the ranks of the true friends ef liberty that I look for the

      most zealous oo-operation . There are good men and true amongst the Chartists , who will not be led or masked by leaders , even though they be editors or proprietors of Northern Stars ; and if you continue to give the people bad advice , your reign over them will quickly end . Think of the matter again , if indeed you are in a position that you can judge impartially , and see it as it really is—a desire to benefit mankind , by one _whois _thoroughly _acquainted with the working of the law , and its mischievous influence on society . I am , Sir , Yonra , & c , Jahes Hill , Anthor of Daily Bread , the Bread Eaters ' Advocate , & c , Not Mr . Hill of the Northern Star . Manchester , 26 th October , 1841 . .

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      SPIRITED PUBLIC MEETING AT BRAD FORD , IN WILTSHIRE . According to engagement , entered into by them at the late delegate meeting in Bath , Means . Bartlett and Pailps _, of Bath , held a large meeting in Bradford , in tbe room of the Chartist AsaMiation , on Tuesday evening ae ' nnight . The audience consisted principally of females , who seemed to take the liveliest interest in the proceedings . We were sorry to learn that many of our ChartUt friends had suffered much from the recent bank failure at Bath . That event , lamentable as it is to such individuals , has caused a stagnation of trade generally in Bradford . Such is the poverty-stricken state ol the place , that the Poor Law Guardians nave been obliged to relax tbe vigour ef the law by granting out-tfoor relief on a large scale . Notwithstanding this , the people generally are starving here .

      Fifteen years ago , this was a flourishing little manufacturing place , containing no less than twenty seven master manufacturers , and , at the same time , a wellemployed and happy population . At that period , fifty double pieces a we « k , in one factory , were manufactured by human hands ; wages were high , while the necessaries of life were cheap and plentiful .. At the _present time , there are but two master manufacturers iu the place , and they have not half work for their men to do , few as they are , since machinery , to a great extent , has superseded manual labour . Wages are now low , money scarce , and the necessaries of life consequently very dear . The best paid in the factories are tbe slave-drivers , as they are called , individuals who are employed to exact as much labour as possible from tbe poor factory slaves . Iu this state of things , the people cannot be otherwise than dissatisfied . But they evinced no symptom of irrational excitement at the meeting ; they listened attentively to all that was

      said . Mr . W . Mansfield was called upon to preside . He merely introduced Mr . John Haswell , Secretary to the Association , to read the National Petition , which was approved ot Mr . Bartlett was next introduced to the meeting , and was warmly received . He said that , as the evening was far advanced , and as it was the intention of himself and friend to return to Bath that night , be should be as brief as possible . Bat having come so far for the purpose of addressing them , he felt bound to make some general observations on the present state of things , respecting the progress of the cause , our object * and prospects . ( Hear , bear . ) He appeared among them , the Chartists of Bradford , at a time of great distress ,

      which they all felt more or less ; when manufacturers were felling to ruin , tradesmen becoming bankrupt , and banks failing , in all parts of the country . Yet it had been said by those who rule , that there was no distress —that we were enjoying the halcyon days of prosperity—that all was going on well . Such assertions , coming from those who are in power , mast convinoe us that they are ignorant of the atate ef tbe country ; and that , therefore , they will take no measures to redress your crying grievances , or to restore happiness and peace to this perishing country . He had heard sine * his arrival there , that the parsons round about that quartet were engaged in carrying out the schemes of committees appointed to promote emigration to Australia . Tbe

      parson at Holt nad married twenty-eight persons who hod sot , who cooid not have contracted a liking for each other by courtship , as tbe solemn compact was hastily enUred into merely with a view of getting a free passage out . ( Shame , shame . ) Well may you cry shame ; shame upon the parson who has engaged in this immoral work . ( Cheers . ) Another parson , said Mr . B . had been engaged to get . another twenty couple married in a village a few miles -cut of Bradford , and to send them off as soon as possible . ( Cries of " It ' s true . ") And now , friends , said Mr . Bartlett , wilt this degrading emigration scheme better your condition ? Will it stave off the evil day that is rapidly approaching , when from foreign circumstances , as well as from the peculiar position in which we stand at the present time , England

      will be involved in immense difficulties , to get _eut of which it will require all the skill of our wisest statesmen . Emigration may lecaenfor a time the pressure upon the land , but it will not give employment to you whose labour , through machinery , is no longer needed ; it wont give ve & t to English manufactures : on the contrary , it will be , it has been the means of driving such manufactures from foreign markets , as those markets , through the skill of some of tbe best artisans , who were driven by oppression to migrate from this land of misery , can be better and cheaper supplied by home industry . ( _Htar , hear . ) It was the madness of our statesmen to have forced people to emigrate in the first place ; we were never in need of more land to raise means for the sustenance of our people . England

      possesses all the elements of national greatness , she has sufficient territory , and could furnish sufficient food and employment for a population three times as numerous as tbe present Her commercial decline may be attributed to various combined causes . Some are contending for a repeal of the Corn Laws as a means of affording _relisf . He ( Mr . B ) was « . f opinion that such repeal would not _btiufit the working classes ; it would not give them more employment nor cheaper food . If it caused a demand in foreign markets for our goods , that demand would be to a great extent supplied by machinery ; and if it reduced—as it certainly would— the price of kread , the agricultural labourers would consequently suffer from reduced wages . They would be driven into the towns , to swell either the amount of poor rates , or to

      divide with you th _« little labour you now possess . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not the repeal of the Corn Laws that we require to induce foreigners to take our manufactures , and as a proof of this , we learn that the merchants who bring corn into this country , will not take our dear and inferior goods , but must hate gold . ( Cries of " _Nothing is more true . ") Hence gold ia leaving the country , banks failing and artisans starving , and pauperism _increasing daily and hourly . If we could manufacture things cheaper and better than foreigners can , we might find vent for our goods ; but this we shall not be enabled to do merely by the repealing of the prohibition of importation , — other remedial measures are required ; such as a redaction of taxation ; the doing away with tithes , and

      useless places and sinecures . ( Cheers . ) The whole thing wants to be entirely reformed . ( Cheers . ) Mr . B . next spoke of the National Petition , and urged all present te get it numerously _tigned , and to back the labours of the coming convention . He conjured them to take heart ' We had made great progress notwithstanding persecution ; we were now the strongest party la the state . ( Cheers . ) Our numbers were increasing , and that illfeeling which some cherished towards ns at one time has partly died away . It was in the nature of the human mind to love the truth ; and though it had hitherto been trammelled by the priesthood , who are _interested in keeping people in ignorance , and saturating their minds with alaviah doctrines , we witness nearly in all parU of Europe the attempts of the human mind to assert the rights and liberties ot _maakiad . ( _Caeert ) Spain , priest-ridden Spain , had awakened to the evil of a hired priesthood , and had abolished tithes . ( Cheers . ) It had also abolished all _heredttaty pHviIe « es- ( cheers

      —m despite of the intrigues of Louis Philipoe and bis despicable court How _loagi _. France to _seferakngof iu choice ( tbe king ot tbe barricade . ) to b _* the aWer who _j _aetoatee with a desire of _apbeMlBg old monkish _iartittUw _^ _jatod _oBiy to the _^ _aAata _^ _f _, _aowftaSng the fiame * of iMuneottoa 1 a _^ pain _^ Let _HBgifntrtne with each other to uphold their fell _domWonftte _JE _^ _iw _t _^** *« J _« _- « ' «*» cxperie _. 1 *; , and their desire is to govern themaelvaa , It ia se here it SJweeededinestabUaWogrtimblUan iBatifai _^ i ( Great _chettinfrj Ia Mexico the same desire ia abroad - there the priests have lo » t the power to overawe the multitude , and monarchical Institutions are no longer respected . ( _Cheera ) TM » d 8 » Jre , « aidlIr . B ., _iiiiiomo »© than the spirit of Chartism — tbat spirit which has become too strong to be controlled in England ; and which is spreading daily . He came there that night to

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      rouse the Chartists of Bradford to aetion , and to urge them to renewed exertion * . He had suffered in their cause , and it after nine months * dreary imprisonment he had not slackened in Ma > ff « rU , and had not been dispirited , they certainly ought not to complain , but should rouM themselves _ene and all , —( cheers , )—and resolve new to remain quiet , nor cease agitating , till justice was meted out to them , their grievances redressed , _anAhapplnesi aud peace were restored to their desolate homes . - ( Great cheering . ) Mr . B . after continuing in this _atmin for some time , concluded by stating that be was willing * to render his services whenever they may be required . ( Cheers . ) ;

      Mr , A . PHllpg said they had heard a noble petition readi and-he hoped it would be well signed . Talk or only four millions of signatures f What could O'Connor , O'Brien , and the rest of our leaden be doing , ' tbat wears to be satisfied with such a paltry number j compared to the whole population ? Font millions , Mr . Chairman I We ought to have twelve millions , and nothing less —( laughter)—for is not pur cause a good causa , and are we _nrt all suffering from want 1 O , my friends , we are in a dreadful state ; bar dear brethren are leaving tbe country , and the cursed parsons— cursed because of their foul deeds —( cheera ) are driving them away . ( Cheers . ) I see ( said Mr . P . ) many happy , smiling faces here ; and it grieves ma to think tbat they should be robbed of their bloom through

      care and privation . It would be better that others should be robbed ot the land . ( Cheers . ) Do they not rob us of our due ? Have they not stolen the land from the rightful owners ? ( Hear , hear . ) And yet , because We ask to be permitted to live upon the soil , and not to be forced to leave our own dear country , they call us revolutionists , and say we want to divide property I Let them make good use of the land , and not by taxation rob us of the means of .. obtaining some —a fair portion of the produce ; let us not be taxed without our consent—( cheers );—letua have a voice in making the laws , and let us not be forced to work and starve at tbe same time . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) If we had the land , we should make good use ol It O'Connor bad proposed a me * na of giving every man a

      large and cheap loaf , but bis advice is not _heeded-O , this could be made a happy country ! Men and women of Bradford , bestir yourselves : carry out the plans of your Executive . Let us all be active . If we could get four millions of sfgnatares . we should strike terror into the enemy . He hoped that when the petition was ready to be presented , it would be followed to the Houses of _ParUanurat by at least twelve hundred thousand people . ( Great cheering , and sensatien . ) Ab , my friends , you seem delighted ; such a number round tbe Parliament House would create some Stir , and make the Torle * quake with fear . ( Hear , bear . ) And these people should resolve never to depart , or suffer anybody to depart , from the House , till the prayer of the people was granted . ( Cheers . ) The House of Commons could not resist the demands of a united and

      resolute people . Qo on , then ; make converts to your principles ; win over the middle classes to your aid ; meet peaceably together , and discuss matters among yourselves . Women , you must be active , for we can do nothing without you . ( Several female Voices , "We will , we will . ") : He hoped they would . When we have the Cnarter , we shall not have all we want The House of Commons must be cleansed ; we must do away with tithes , and everything tbat presses heavily on industry . ( Cheers . ) We want the comforts of life . ( Hear . ) Let me urge you , then , to join tba National Charter Association , and to contribute towards its support ; they could all do something in that way . Mr . Phiipa , after some few more observations , concluded an interesting speech , which gave evident satisfaction .

      Mr . Bartlett wished to make a few observations respecting some matters of importance _. He rose to observe that the object of tbe Chartists waa not to possess themselves of the land ; it was not to take away power from any , but to give It equally to all . ( Cheers . ) He wanted all classes to be represented . The Charter was but a means to an end . We wanted something more than the Charter . If the Charter waa passed into a law to-morrow , the people would have a great battle to fight We want the power of sending good men into the House of Commons to make good Jaws , and to look after our interests . ( Cheers . ) The few friends the people have in that House at the present time were influenced either by tbe aristocracy , or the middle classes . Mr . Roebuck did not apeak out as

      be ought : he truckled too much to these classes . [ Mr . Eaau here asked Mr . Bartlbtt in what respect bad Mr . Roebuck committed himself . ] Mr . Bartlett continued : _Ba it remembered tbat I used my influence at the last election to get Mr . Koebuck returned , because I thought he would serve the people faithfully , lam asked in what respect has Mr . Roebuck committed himself . To tbat question I reply that he did not act right in quit-Ing the House when Sharman Crawford proposed bis amendment to tbe address : he did not act prudently in proposing that the power _possessed by the three bashawa at Somerset _Hooso should be vested In the hands of the Secretary of State , a more stupid motion , considering who is tbe Secretary of State , was not proposed to the House since the palmy days of Sir Francis

      Burdett ( Great Burdett . ) Why , good God , what must Roebuck have been thinking about at the time . [ Mr . Esau thought that the secretary would be influenced by tbe House of Commons , and obliged to act mildly . ] Mr . B . said that was a Tory House , and though it may , for political purposes , relax the rigour of the poor laws , ordeal leniently with the people . It would ever fail to use its power for the publio advantage . He liked Mr . Roebuck's general conduct , but no friendship should induce him from speaking out ' on an occasion like the present Mr . R . had rendered great service to the cause ; no man since tbe days of Romily had advocated

      democratic principles in the Houae of Commons more ably than lie had done . There may be reasons to excuse bis recent coaduct H _« has suffered much physical pain , and I hope , said Mr . B , —in fact , I have no doubt tbat when Mr . Roebuck has recovered his health , ha will be found fighting with the enemv in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) Mr . B . spoke for some considerable time , but apace obliges ua to withold his remarks . TboCHAiRMAN proposed that a vote of thanks should be given for the excellent addresses they had heard that nigbt Three cheers were accordingly given for Messrs . Philps and Bartlett , likewise three cheers for tbe Executive , O Connor , and the Welsh exiles .

      Mr . John _Haswbll proposed that a full report of tbat meeting should be published in the Star . ( Cries of "Tea , letua have it in our glorious Star . ) Mr . Smith seconded the motion * which was passed unanimously . Messrs . _Btrttett and Philps then departed amid the congratulations of all . This meeting has produced a good spirit ia Bradford . Hurrah , for the West !

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      LONDON . ADJOURNED MEETING OF DELEGATES FROM TRADES OP THE _METROPOLIS . To take into consideration the best means of supporting tbe masons now on strike ; to make arrangements for public meetings on their behalf ; and likewise to take such steps with regard to the London press , for its misrepresentationsof the masons , as might be deemed expedient The rule of admitting none but accredited delegates was strictly adhered to ; yet the spacious room at the Craven Head , Dmry Lane , was crowded to excess . Reporters from the Morning Advertiser , Weeklp Dispatch , British Queen , Sun . New Moral World , and other papers were present Mr . WoitTiiiNGTON being placed in the chair , called on the Secretary to read the minutes of the laat meeting , which was done , and with a alight alteration , they were confirmed .

      Mr . _Worthington then read a copy of a Iettei which had been sent to Messrs . _Grissell and Peto , and likewise advertised , calling upon them or Mr . Allen to come forward and debate the charges which had been made against him . He explained that their reason for so doing was , the Editor of the Sun stating that if Messrs . Grissell and Peto did not contradict the charges on this evening they should believe them to be correct , and act accordingly : he also stated that the parties to whom Allen bad been guilty of this unmanly conduct

      were in attendance to prove the truth of their statement ( Cheers . ) He could assure them that public sympathy was greatly aroused on their behalf . A meeting of the inhabitants of Woolwich would he held on _Thorsday , the 28 th , to express their sympathy with them , and their determination to aid them in their struggle . A bill calling the Woolwich meeting was then read . Mr . Worthington then referred to the necessity of a correct Trades' Directory , and trusted they would take the subject into consideration . Reports were then received from the various delegates .

      Mr . Green , carpenter , reported that , at a special meeting of their branch of the trade £ 50 had been voted , nnd that nothing that could be done , either by levy or subscription , should be found wanting on their part He alluded to the £ 20 brought laat evening being stated by the press to be from the carpenters ' bod ? , and informed the gents of the press that it was only from a _tmall branch of them . Mr . GIBBS , carpenter , had brought them £ 10 , and bis body bad pledged themselves never to desert them in funds or otherwise , unless their conduct deserved such treatment ; and he did not believe such would be the case .

      Mr . Baker , plasterer . They had appointed a oommlttee to sit weekly with books for subscriptions ; tbe result of Saturday ' s _aubacriptlon was £ 5 , which be would hand over to them : the major part bad been collected from men sot in union . There should be no hickwardneca ia raising funds { torn the body he _represented . ¦ " . ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . _'¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ 'V . . ' ¦ ¦" .. ¦ _.- ... ¦ ¦¦ Mr . _DoTUt , earpenter . Hiabody was unanimous is the approbation of the _coww adopted by the maaona ; they bad _aeea the evil of having too mmch money at the _tegianing and noceat the latter end ; _ao they bad « reed on a weekly _attacrtptlon , which be weald continue to _forwderea ahouid the strike latt a twelve month ; _buthebadno dombt _, if they acted with , _tplrlt , of bringing it to a speedy conclusion . Much had been said about the press and public sympathy , bat if they remained true to each other , they could do without the aid of either . _' Mr . _Topiiw / carpenter , had brought them £ 50 , and assured them of future support .

      Mr . Butler , carpenter , His body had patsed a resolution , pledging themselves to support the masons ; and on Monday evening they would meet to decide the amount , && The last speaker bad said they did not

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      care about the press ; this was not the opinion of working men generally . The press was a mighty engine-, but tkey most take means to direct it for their benefit _-,-. ... - . " _' . ¦¦ . _'¦ ¦ . _¦¦' _:- . ¦ ¦ _- . •¦ _: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . Thomas . The London operative masons , bad voted £ 75 , and would continue their support throughout their atmggle . _; _, Mr . Thobne , carpenter ; bis body was unanimous in favour of supporting their fellow-workmen in distress , and bad called a special meeting to decide the amountof money they should remit Mr . _Rawliks , tailor ; bia body felt thankful that it lay in their power to render them assistance , and had called a general meeting to decide the amount They would support tham if _neceasary for twenty years —( laugh)—aye , and they could do so easily by weekly subscriptions . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Turner , tailor ; hia body waa unanimous in favour of supporting them in their righteous _atruggle They were bet a small society , but would do all in their power . They should meet on Tuesday to decide upon the best method of raising the necessary funds . Y Mr . How & EZZ , tailor ; owing to their society having recently lost the sum of nearly £ 159 , they were abort of funds , but would de all in their power to assist them .: ¦ ¦; . ¦' . - . .. ¦ ¦ . Mr . _Blackledoe , plasterer , had brought them £ 20 , and should be always ready to assist them . Mr . CochraNE , painter ; theirs waa a bent fit society , and its funds were not available ; but they agreed , as with one heart , to support them . He had brought £ io .. . _- \ v .. : . ¦;¦ , ¦ . " . ¦ - ¦ Mr . Clark , painter ; theirs also was a benefit society , but he had brought them £ 10 , and would continue their support until they were successful .

      Mr . Hutchinson , carpenter , had sent them £ 20 ; and when they saw what line of general conduct was laid down by the masons themselves regarding a levy , they should be prepared to take further steps . Mr . Maxwell—Plasterers were not aware of the meeting last week , but they were unanimous to give up all the funds they had got . , ; Mr . Weller—Tne Surrey plasterers had agreed upon a general levy of Is . per week . ' Mr . iyler—Tailors fully agreed with the masons , and meet on Tuesday nigbt to decide on best means of giving their support Mr . O'Connor—Benefit Lodge of Painters , they would support them , and meet on Monday to decide upon the means . Mr . Dodds , painter , also a benefit society , sympathised with them , and bad agreed upon a meeting to raise the necessary means .

      Mr . _ALSTONE—Painters : _fchsy bad pledged themselves to support them , in every way , both with hand heart , and pocket . They had agreed upon a weekly subscription of Is . per man during the strike . Mr . _Shephkrd—Tailors ; _hla body would not be backward in coming forward . They had always been the first and foremost in opposing every deacription of tyranny and oppression . Mr . Wilson , plasterer , was delegated _fram some friends who had agreed upon a subscription of la . per week during the strike : he also made a similar report from a number of carpenters . ¦ Mr . Barnard , carpenter—His body fully agreed with the masons , and would render them their support

      Mr . Simpson was delegated from the General Union of Carpenters . They had called a meeting for the following evening . In the mean time he had not been Idle , but had collected between £ 3 and £ 4 subscriptions . It was announced that owing to it being their meeting night , the Bricklayers Societies could not be present till a late period ; but they were unanimous in tendering their support The Saddlers requested a circular might be sent them : they had not yet been informed of the meeting . Observations of a similar nature were made about the Corkcntters , Goldbeaters , dec . A Delegate explained with respect to the Corkcutters . .

      A letter was read from Cheltenham , announcing that they had had a public meeting , and were unanimous in _rendering their support The Tailors , who were the strongest organised body there , had resolved upon a subscription of Is . for the first week , and 6 d . afterwards ; and the _Cabinetmakers would follow their example . They had also denounced the conduct of th « press , and had no confidence in it They had . passed a vote of censure on those " blacks" who had gone from their neighbourhood , and should think of them when they returned . - Mr . Lovett moved a vote of thanks to the proprietors , && , of the British Queen for their impartial report , and fer the proprietor announcing he would always insert their proceedings . He also included the evening Sun in hia vote . Seconded by Mr . JENKINS .

      A DELEGATE remarked that he could not agree in the vote of thanks to these papers . If they wished to thank them for doing their duty , there was the Northern Star and other papers that had a prior claim . Look at the past conduct of the Sun in stating that the whole body of the masons were led aw » y by sixteen or seventeen discontented men ; and had they forgot that the proprietor of the British Queen , Mr . Anderson , had been for many years the editor of the Morning Advertiser , a paper that bad oft-timea vilely _mterepresenteA them , and which they had been compelled to administer many hard rubs to , in order to get faithful reports . The speaker then went into the conduct of the Advertiser , in regard to the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , & c , and said that when he waited on Mr . Anderson on that subject , he was told by him that he would not be bullied into acting contrary to his own judgment ; but they pasted a resolution which caused him to alter "his tune ; but were these tbe papeis or tbe men they were now going to give a vote of thanks to f

      The Chairman stated that the subject of tbe press would presently be brought before them . Mr . Walton stated that in reference to the holding of a publio meeting , it waa the opinion of the masons ' body , that a meeting at the Crown and Anchor , and at the White Conduit House , would prove highly advantageous to their interest , by disabusing the public mind of the prejudice the press bad raised against them . Mr . Turner moved "that a public meeting be held . " Mr . Graham _jfeconded the motion , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . Butler moved , " That it be held at the Crown and Anchor , on Wednesday , the 3 rd Nov . at seven o ' clock iu _thie evening . " Mr . Glynn seconded it An amendment was proposed for the Mechanics'Institute , but ultimately withdrawn .

      Captain Acherly was appointed by the stonemasons of _Stowe-on-tbe-Wold and Cirenceater _, to convey assurances ef their sympathy with them . He would snake them a present of £ 10 , on condition of having tbe meeting at the Crown and Anchor , in tfab Strand . ~ -The Captain made some other observations , and the resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Wartuaby moved " That a committee of twelve persona , selected from the various trades be deputed to assist the Masons * Committee in getting up the meeting . " Mr . Watkins seconded it , which was carried , and the committee appointed .

      Mr . Armstrong Walton , before entering into the question of the press tendered them , on behalf of his body , hia most heartfelt thanks , for the liberal manner in which they bad come forward to their support He fully agreed with the observation which bad fallen from Mr . Butler , that the press was the most deadly weapon which could be directed against them ; but it rested with them whether they would support those papers which calumniated and misrepresented them and then refused insertion to their replies . He then read some extracts from the femes and commented in an eloquent and able manner upon them , alluding to the contradiction wh ' oh Mr Johnson had given to the statement that they had made use of violent and threatening language , and stated that this contradiction had destroyed all the paltry

      efforts of the Times to blacken and destroy their charac ter in the estimation of the public . He did not complain of their giving insertion to Messrs . Grissell and Peto ' a letter , of the 4 th of Oct but he did complain of their refusing insertion to their reply . They then demonstrated that they were only the organ of the wealthy and _poweiful , and that they were at length determined upon endeavouring to crush and destroy the interests of tbe working class . He then read the extract , stating that the men had entered into a conspiracy of rogues to eat up the vitals of the nation , not a conspiracy of working men , but of the aristocrats and the capitalists . These conspiring rogues were eating them up , not only piecemeal , but wholesale ; but thank God the time had gone by , when working men would any longer allow others to trample upon the fruits of their labour . Men had now too much intelligence to submit any longer to such serfdom . ( Loud cheers , ) I have

      now done with the Times . ( Cries of " So has every one else . " ) Mr . Walton , then , in an able manner , exposed the lying inconsistencies of the Morning Advertiser , and in allusion to its attempt to frighten by Government coercion , said the time waa gone by when they could put down the trades by coercive measures . They bad passed throngh tbe ordeal of the Whig opposition . At tbe time of-the union everything * _aa then used against them , except actual physical force ; and the instant they attempted that mtesure , it would give tbe deathblow to their tyrannic power . He called upon them to cease taking in those papers , or using those houaea where those papers which were opposed to their _interest * were taken in , arid concluded by thanking them for their candid hearing , and he _woold ever fight theh Battles when needed—woald ever ralaa hia voice against every oppreaalon , whether _inflicted by a tyrannic employer , an _vpai & rt foreman , or an oppressive Government ( Lo « d cheers . )

      Mr . Thos . SHORr , Secretary to tbe naan & 's Society , aald , ha atood before them aa am opponent to a . paper be once much approved at _» and to which he bad been a contributor two years—be alluded to the _Weekly Dispatch . Mr . ghort then reed an extract from the Dispatch , where it slated that the masters were compelled to adopt stringent rates to enforce the _neceaaary amount of _labcur —( shame , shame )—and also another extract , stating they were obliged to adopt measures to keep the men from habits of laziness . He then read the placard issued by Messrs . Grissell and Peto , stating that they were intelligent and industrious , and a letter from Mr . Barry , stating be waa fully satisfied with the amount of labour performed ; he shoved , from these

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      documents published prevloualy to the attack - the masons , that the Dispatch bad ¦ wilfully and " _** cioualy calumniated tb _* m , and had refused La _^ J to their letters , und « the plea that it _wouldlS controversy . He admired the conduct of the n _£ r _* relative to ttve Kew Poox Law ; and _&&* mea « w _2 j from iU treatment of them , he would _^ _denouncTSS use bit utmost Influence to prevent it being _takaai any hou » e used _bjr the maeona ; and hi » _inHaatetvI not trifling , for it extended over the three _kSfcF Mr . Short then made 8 ome ., _« x < jell * ai _oUervattouttff the conduct of the _Dispaty , supported by * a 2 $ ! men , turning a _^ iinat and denouncing , thdr coai _^ l ; for the redMM of grievances ,, while it waa _welTtwIf that all other cl « M _^ were already _eombined to _hS and oppress them . ( Much cheering ) r ft _* as ann »» £ that tbe men who had come to _subOaotiate thariSf against Mr . Allen wished to » ti » faome if theb ? vicea were not required . ; . . . _,, * . V" *****

      Captain _AcaKRLBi _inggettod _theyjBhonld a _^ i the meeting , but all were so aatiafled ,, that it _«** _£ ? _versaUydisfPprovedol . ........, . , a ** Mr . donning . In * _keened _apeecfa , eonta _^ ' that the only way to reach the _braina or theaw of justice of an Editor of a paper was by _effeS an increase or decrease of the . sale—that _newst _2 [ principle was a vendible article to beaeld to thebjE bidder , and blamed the apathy of the people fo * i 5 supporting those papers which would advocate s ! interests . ™ Mr . Bcsh called the attention of the reporter ! tn he knew they would insert it , to the _following mm * tion-lt affected their interests :- " _** m _± " That it ia the opinion of thia delegate _meetinjr H * the conduct of the Morning Advertiser la making _¦* unjustand malicious attacks upon the mason ' s body _m its Editor refusing to insert theii replies , is _unjostM unmanly ; and this meeting pledge themselves to hi their utmost exertions to influence their bodies to i * no house -where this paper is taken in . " _,

      Mr . _O'Connob seconded the resolution , and _¦& they moat bear in mind that , by adopting this _meaS they were not only opposing the papeir _, but alsoUS prietow , the Licensed TfctuaUent 9 arely . n 0 _obieeS could be railed to this-resolution either by the rente public , or by the teetotaller * . _v /; _^" The resolution was unanimously carried amid a * applause . ¦ ¦ . . . ¦ .:. ¦ ¦ -., ; .. ¦ _- »• ¦ _^ - . , ' _^ vm Mr . Robert Anderson remarked that ther _* _* , something strange about the gentlemen _^ r the mm . He bad long observed they neve * felled to catch _« something to endeavour to to jitt » the cause Of tbe ¥ « _fc ing classes . He wished t _» contradict " _tHst portfoe _., / bis speech where the Morning' A ' dvertizer _^ Dispo _& Sec , made him say tbat their fupds wen ? exhanit «]' it was a falsehood . He then alluded to the eondnet it the press in the ease of the _Aahton spinners ; bat , the whole would be brought beforethe publio _meetfat _, he would not occupy more of their tima

      Mr . Turner moved a similar resolution respect } the base conduct of tbe Weekly Dispatch . _^ Mr . Clark seconded the resolution , and it wu cm ried with tremendous applause . A strong resolution waa also passed , denouncing & conduot of tbe treacherous dally Titties . Mr . Lovett moved a vote of thanks to the pronrkto of the British Queen and Statesman . Mr . Je NKI NS seconded the motion .. An amendment was moved that the vote of thuh be adjourned till that day three months . Mr . _Busu seconded the amendment , who adm _!^ , tered some hard hits at the conduct of its proprietor h currying for their support Mr . Shepherd said the Northern Star and Emi Sun were far more worthy of a vote of thanka ! h » at 2 papers proposed .

      The amendment was then put and carried cash unanimously . ' _^^ Mr . Andersor moved , and Mr . Waltos « . oonded"That this meeting watch strictly the conduct of tin press , and support only those which best advocate their general interest " Carried unanimously . Mr . R M'Donald here entered into a cheering « . count of their position and future prospects , _trf doubted not of bringing the strike to a successful ts . mination . Mr . Carter stated that apprentices were discharged from the works at the new Houses of Parliament , because they would not instruct the new hands how tt perform their work . Thia statement could be _«& . _stantiated on oath . Mr . Worthington called their attention to the _abject of a Trades' Directory . A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , tad the meeting adjourned to that day week .

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      Hackney . —Wednesday , 27 th of October , _Wettn'k Temperance Hotel , Mr . Saunders in the chair . Me Stallwood delivered an address occupying nearly two hours on the People ' s Charter , dec He was listened to with the greatest , attention , and highly applaafei Several of the middle classes were present , aad apressed their approbation . Mr . Rowland spoke In _ebf roboration of the views of the lecturer , to the _ntirfiotion of the meeting . A deputation attended from tba O'Brien Press l ? und Committee , who were well receive ! A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and _duirman . Mr . Ruffy Ridley will lecture on tbe enaaiar Tuesday . LiMEHOUSE . —Mr . Ruffy Ridley lectured at the school room , Limehouse Causeway , on Tuesday , to a _sumenu audience and much good was effected .

      Re aping . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler having to be on butness at Reading , on Tuesday , the 20 th , consulted Wita a few friends as to the besi _^ ne & ns of getting up a w _» V ing . It fortunately happened that it was the _meatfaf night of the Reform Registration Committee , _jweUaf at Mr . Price's Large Rooms , Broad-street ; a < ew < a * r tlsts friends attended , and Mr / _Oiamberlin . _waiTOtod into the chair . The room was crowded . Most of _tfaa auditors being of the middle class . Mr . _Wfleelarid dressed them on the principles of the People ' s ( tartar , showing their superiority over those advocated _Iitwj other party , and demonstrated that no real good _eoM be effected until its principles became the law of tat land . He was loudly cheered during the whole of U »

      address , and aat down amid great applause , and _fttauft to say , no opposition waa attempted . The Cbibaat then gave aa a toast " The Charter , the whole Charter and _nothing less than the Charter , " which wwdmk nea ly unanimously . The health of Mr . Wheeler TO then drank , and great enthusiasm w _* a exhibited . A great many names have been gives in to join the National Charter Association , and ere long this Whig andTorf ridden town will present a bold Chartist front agate * the enemies of the working classes . Any Chartitt lecturers or speakers , who pass through this town on theii way to and from the metropolis , would be _confertint a benefit on the cause by giving a passing call npo _« Mr . Chamberlin , Grape-passage , _Caatle-stieet

      Citi of London . —Mr . Stallwood lectured at ti » Council Room , 55 , Old Bailey , on Thursday , Oet 28 th , upon the Corn Laws , much to the _satisfufr * of the audience . At its conclusion , a spirited di *» _sleu took place , in which Meaara . Mills , Cater , PI **" gill , and others , took part . A vote of thanks ** passed to the lecturer , for his able expose ot tie G » Law humbug . Middlesex—On Sunday , Oct 31 st , Mr . _^ Ridley in the chair . After the transaction ef the un » business , and receiving reports , many of which we » a cheering nature , especially those from _Hscknef . Limehouse , and Reading . Deputations and lector were again appointed to the various localities . _^ _Mn Ridley was allowed to vacate the chair , and Mr . Cafif was called to occupy it Mr . Ridley , then , In aspea * of great eloquence , moved the following resolution :-

      "That thia Council looks upon Mr . Watkin _' a _laBOJ to be the personal act of ah individual , and in no *

      Westminster , —Mr . Wheeler lectured , ' * _** Charter Coffee Houae , Stretton Ground , on SawWj _, Oct 31 st , on the evila of a _atandlng army . «•» * _T , Charter as a remedy to remove this disgrace tojj _* country—this heavy drain upon oar f « 80 Uce" _' ,, _^! lecture wan much approved of by a highly _^^ _S _^ _' and respectable audience . Many copies « f tbe _N _«» _" 2 Petition were disposed of , andMr . Wheeler _[ _^ _tf _-S to procure 100 copies of it Two members J _k ** L 5 the causa is steadily progressing in thia dense !? p *> P _* neighbourhood . . Woolwich —A public meeting cf the iflhabitt _*^ this place was held on Thursday evening , Oet *? " ! in the Theatre , which was crowded to _exceaa . _W * _zZ from the _maaon ' a body detailed _thennmaroosgnet _^ to which , they bad been subjected » y the _tynst _^ _J , Mr . Carter read the _correspondency between tfl _** _^ _, ,

      them for their conduct in _atriklng ,. and _pleiltfaf "jjj . their support were » _tuuilnwBslycarriedi aft •"• _"Sjji _^ wcolutiona , denouncing the conduct of . _^ S _3 r Mon * V Advertiser , and jr _^< Din _^< rf * _2 _fc _miarepraaentationa of the _nasbaa , and their _***^ _> _iaaert their repliea . At the coaetauioa of tbej W _*^ some little confusion took p _& _fa _. _ttyrwgfe _^ JSf _^ L * < _condaet of Captain _Acterly , who _waa _« ve **» w _^ _. In the brawn j arms of one of the _maaoaa , _»»*^ S deposited on the outer aid « of the door , , \ * Z _g 0 meeting , to take their cake and the conduct <»»* " _u into _conalderation , will be held * t the _Cw _*"*^ Anchor , Strand , © a Friday , Nov . 4 th . - _ngt , Tailobs . — Mr . Wheeler lectured at the _R _*^* Windmili-atreet , _Golden-tqusM , on Tnui * ? _i u 5 o _»' to an excellent audience . _Suftfect—Cl _«« J _** z _£ i ) 0 An interesting discussion followed ; New " _^ d joined . Class Leaders , & c were appointed , ana ¦ a . spirit in _tho cause evinced .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06111841/page/6/