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      Ireland For The Irish. It Is Impossible ...

      THE TEN .-TEE F ACTOBT KING'S TOUR . We nnderstand that preparations are being made throughout Yorkshire to re-commence tbe Short Time agitation on a most extensive scale . The following is Mr- Oasiibr ' s intended route , commencing nest week :--nnddersfield ... ^ day 10 th November . # " , ;« « Wednesday , 11 th , or DalItaX Thursday , 12 th „ Bradford Friday , 13 th „ T eeds Monday , 16 th „ Kei'hlev "Wednesday , ISth „ pewsbnfy Friday , 20 th „ W akefield Monday , 23 rd „ Barnsley Wednesday , 25 th „ Holmnrin Friday , 27 th

      ifr . Oasheb . will also visit Sheffield and Knaresborough , hut the arrangements as regards those p laces are not yet completed . We expect to be able to report in our next number the commencement of the good work at HuddersMd . Let the peeple rtflvln their thousands for Oastxks and the Ten Hours ' Bill .

      Jvovembeg , Igo. ' : The North Ern ; Sta...

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      Weekly Review. The Irish News This Week ...

      WEEKLY REVIEW . The Irish news this week presents one or two new features . The intimation a week or two since that the potatoe crop had rallied , after being generally given up , seems now to be confirmed from various quarters , and the statements that they have fallen consider ably in the Dublin market appears to be an additional corroboration of the fact . W e trust sincerely that this may be the case generally , and that the aid arising from this unexpected source will , in conjunction with other still indispensable measures , prevent the people from enduring that

      general and extreme famine , which was recently apprehended . The Lord Lieutenant has been obliged ia stop the public works in the county of Clare , on account of the interruption and ill-usage given to the officers who have the laying out or the superintendence of these works . It would seem that this in some measure at least arises from a dislike to task work , although it is stated that the price of such work has been put rather higher than it would otherwise have been , in order to enable the weak and inefficient labourer to earn a good day ' s wages . It is deeply to he regretted that the works should be

      stopped from such a cause . Our Irish brethren should remember , that the money expended in these works is in reality wrong from the hard working men and women of England and Scotland , and that their motto is " a fair day ' s work for a fair day ' s wages . " Task work is a test of value in return for the wages paid , and although there may be peculiar circumstances in the case of the labourers in Ireland , which renders the principle inapplicable , it is one which , providing the calculation be based on equitable grounds , is manifestly promotive of " fair play " on both sides . But whether this be the case or not , it is clear that ill-treatment of those who are inerelv

      obeying the orders of their superiors is not the way to mend the matter . They should make their comp laints and the proposed remedies heard at head quarters . Much of the discontent-would appear to he attributable to the disgraceful system of jobbing , indulged in by what one writer calls " blackguard class of small folks , who avail themselves of this relief for their own regHirements and patronage . " from the statements of this writer it would appear , that this heartless and selfish section of the

      community regard the very misery of their fellow-countrmen a source of new wealth . He says , "Not fifteen per cent , reaches the poor , and not a farthing reaches the poorest . Roads are made in order to make two guineas a week situations for overseers and time-keepers , and men who have their couple of acres to cultivate forsake them for ephemeral employment on the road that is not wanted . "

      This maybe an exaggerated picture ; bnt there is too much reason to fear that such an abuse of the public funds does take place . We are tbe strenuous friends of all measures that will really promote the political and social emancipation of Ireland . We would , give without grudge or stint whatever might be required to elevate her in the scale of nations ; but the co-operation of all classes of Irishmen is an essential element in the creation of an

      independent and prosperous country . Nations are not made great by extraneous agencies . Trade does sot mend in the manufacturing districts ,. the voice of triumph over the great Free Trade victory has scarcely subsided into silence ; the banners which fluttered over triumphal processions are barely folded , when short time and low wages in the midst of scarcity and high prices , is announced as an indispensable aud unavoidable course of action . Explain away the fact , as

      as the partizans of the manufacturing system may : there it stands . The inference we draw from it is , that it is most unwise to make a nation dependent upon a system which is governed by the demand of distant and precarious markets , which is subject to continual fluctuations , and which reduces hundred of thousands to poverty and distress , without their being in the slightest degree able to avert the ruin caused by gigantic operations , in the regulation of which they are permitted to take no share save that of blind obedience to their task masters .

      We must return to a more natural and healthy system . Agriculture is the only true basis of national irealth anil prosperity . It ought to be the primary employment of the people . . Manufactures , mines , fisheries , & c , are each and all essential elements , bat they ought to be kept in due proportion . We want more farms and fewer mills . The Municipal Elections took place on Menday , without producing any feature ' calling for extended notice . At Leeds . tw » Chartist Councillors were turned out , and tbe council is now composed of the nsual mixture—Whigs and Tories . At Sheffield and Manchester the Chartists succeeded in placing a representativeinthe Municipal Council . The interest , however , formerly attached to these elections seems to have very much abated .

      The agitation for the Opening of the Ports continues , bat , npon the whole , it is a languid one . It evidently lacks heartiness , and the people take no interest in it . In reply to the Marylebone Deputaiation Lord Jomr Rrsstix stated , that if he thought the measure necessary , or saw " a probability that prices were about to rise , " he would not hesitate to advise Ms colleagues to open the ports . The Chrokicls , which has been throughout the warm

      advocate of tbe measure , boks up ^ n this declaration as tantamount to theadoption ofthe measure . Another Upward move or a clear " probability " of another npward move , and there is an end of the 4 s . duty . We , by no means draw that deduction from the Premier ' s statement , although it is not impossible but that ihe little . man , being found of squeezable Biaterials , and pressed by his own supporters , may ultimately give way .

      Parliament was , on Wednesday , prorogued till the I 2 th of January , - without any intimation that it was then to meet for the dispatch of business ; so that n special session is now put out of the category of political speculation , and the lease of the Whig Cabinet lengthened , at all events to the end of January .

      Meihopoutis Ljpbovemektb.—The Following ...

      MEiHOPOUTis Ljpbovemektb . —The following extensive improvements in the vicinity of Leiceeter-* Quare will commence , it is expected , early in the Present month . Tho whole of Upper St . Martin ' sjane is to be demolished , and a street 101 feet wide to be formed , to be ultimately carried through the « eart of the Seven Dials to Tottenham-court road . ~ new street to be formed at the junction of St . ¦ Martin ' s-lane , Cranbourn-street , Newptrt-street , * nd Long-acre , in a line through to King-street , Co-^ entgarden , and the Strand ; the south end of St . Wartin ' s-lane , near the church , will also be widened njthrowing backthehonsesattha corner of Hem-™ ng ' s-row , and a communication opened between voventry ^ treetaBd Oxford-street , by throwing down we pile of buildings separating Rapert-etreet and oerwick-street . The cost ol these undertakings will

      Meihopoutis Ljpbovemektb.—The Following ...

      TO MR . hook : WHO EECBKILT WORKED ON HBRMH 080 AK FARM . Sib ,-I have heard with great sorrow . for your own ^ l '„ / j ° * w - g Clroulated a report that the work people at Hemngsgate had been paid for more time than they had worked , and that some of tbe materials had been made away with ; now , sir , as I am determined to make an example of every person whom 1 ca n detect m attempting to injure the Land movement by falsehood or slander , I herebv challenge tou to meet meat the South London Hall , on Monday evening next the 9 th instant , when I defy you or any man living to prove that any individual received a penny more than he earned , or that a penny ' s worth of materials , old mr-. »» ^ . „~

      or new , was made away with , or anprofitably used louare a sneaking blackguard ;—you came tome "egging for work , I gave vou half-a-crown out of my own pocket , as 1 didn't think myself justified in employing you—you came a second time to London , and I could not find in my heart to turn you away . You were kept in preference to others as long as there was a stitch of work that you could do , and now your reward to the society is poor pettifogging falsehood . I not only invite you , but I invite all others , to prove that there has been the waste of a farthing , or that there has ever been so much work done in England for the money , or better done ; and I tell you more , ' that I would net have paid half the attention to work of my own . ' , Fbabgos O'Coknob . P . S . —Now , Sir , yon must came .

      Keceil Ts Op The Chartist Co-Operative Land Company.

      KECEIl TS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY .

      Per Mr. O'Connor. Section No. 1. Shakes....

      PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . SHAKES . £ t . d . Sheffield , per G . CavilL 13 6 Ely , per 3 L Aungier „ .. .. .. 0 17 S Leigh , per J . Dickenson .. .. .. 0 2 0 Artichoke Inn , Brighton , per W . Plower .. 2 0 S Shrewsbury , per J . Powell .. .. .. 0 i 6 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. .. 2 0 ( I Uarnsley , per J . Ward .. .. .. 3 0 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. .. .. 2 o 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. ~ 0 8 0 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. .. .. 070 Macclesfield , per . 3 . Warren 12 0 0 Cheltenham , per W . Leach .. .. .. 0 10 0 Newcastle-on-Tane , per J . Nisbett .. .. 0 16 6 Biraingham . perW . Thorn .. .. .. 112 6 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Ilohson .. .. 1 15 6 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 15 11 3 Carlisle , per J . GUbertson .. .. .. 389 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. 2 19 0 Manchester , per M . Murray ( omitted last ¦ week ) .. •¦ .. .. .. ¦• 1 14 9 £ 52 14 S

      SfilsllUa 1 * 0 , i , SHAKES . Sheffield , per G . Cavill 1 12 C East Retford , per T . Pernio .. .. .. 2 12 4 Ely . per M . Aungier .. .. .. .. 0 15 7 Leigh , per Dickenson .. .. .. .. 0 1 G 6 Lynn , per J . Scott n .. .. .. 1 19 7 Artichoke Inn , Brighton , per W . Flower .. 0 11 6 Shrewsbury , per J . PoweU .. .. .. 0 3 0 Atuerston , per C . Tcra .. .. .. 1 10 1 Baruslcy , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 700 Devizes , per J . Stowe .. .. .. .. 540 "Winchester , per J . Gallagher .. .. .. 140 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. — .. 3 2 10 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. .. 200 Norwich , per A . Dagshaw .. .. .. 4 11 3 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. .. .. 2 If Stockton-on-Tees , per T . Potter .. .. 1 13 0 Macclesfield , per J . Warren .. .. .. 200 Bridgewater , per J . Fink .. .. .. 3 15 4 Cheltenham , per W . Leach .. .. .. 612 Swindon , per D . Morrison .. .. .. 500 Leeds , per W . Brook 2 0 0 Sewcastle-on-Tjne ' per J . Nisbett .. .. 5 G « Gosport , per 3 . Douglas .. .. .. 118 fi Leicester , per 3 . Burrow .. .. .. 113 0 Peterborough , per E . A . Scholey .. .. 110 Robert Blaekie , Edinburgh .. ... .. 5 5 0 Walter Blackie , Do . .. .. .. 550 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 277 Chepstow , per C . Walters .. .. .. 15 10 Torquay , per R . H . Putt .. ., .. 11 18 3 Ashtonrunder-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 2 11 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. » 5 14 9 Droylsden , per Do ... .. .. .. 0 10 G Carlisle , per 3 . GUbertson .. .. .. 0 12 3 Glasgow , per 3 . Smith .. .. .. .. 330 lianchester , per 3 . Murray ( omitted last week ) .. .. 10 10 5 Droylsden , per Do . Do . Do . " .. 0 G G £ 113 2 11

      X . £ * M . \ OUUUQlAUli SECTION No . 1 . SHAKES . £ s . d . £ b . d . Sowerby , Loag- Colne , No . l - -040 royd - - - 111 6 Addhigham - - 1 12 0 Marylebone - - 015 0 Shoreditch - - 0 1 C Westminster- - 0 15 C Mixenden Stones - 110 2 Mr . Probert - - 1 0 0 Pershore - - 1 12 0 Coventry - - 0 4 0 Hull - - - 0 11 3 Camberwell - - 0 3 0 Leicester - -0 60 ITer thyr Morgan - 3 13 6 Boulogne - - 6 13 0 Monmouth - - 010 0 Leamington - - 0 5 0 . ongtou- - - o 1 C £ 21 9 5 SECTION No . 2 .-; ity of London - 1 7 0 Monmouth - -014 tlaidstoue - - 0 5 6 Longton - - -030 Cirkaldv - - 0 14 6 Bradford , Wilts , > . TileslBearfield- 0 18 Fisher - -10 0 Chelmsford - - 0 16 0 Chipping Norton - 0 4 fi Krs . Russell , Bit . Ashburton - - 0 17 i tern - - - 6 5 0 Shoreditch - - 0 G f . B . 3 . Harney- - 0 2 0 Mixenden Stones - 2 9 10 Lambeth - - 2 3 10 Edinburgh - - 312 0 Westminster- - 3 17 8 Finsbury - - 1 18 4 Seorge Borton - 0 10 0 Mr . Perry - -2 12 2 Kemiilworth Payne 2 12 4 Peter Doyle - - 0 2 6 SViUiam W . Iloure 16 0 Ashburton - - 3 5 4 Jas . Hill- - - o 2 6 HuU - - -110 W . Richards - - 0 2 6 Leicester , W . — Davies - - 1 9 O Adams - -040 Square Buckley - 010 0 Boulogne - -640 John Simmins - 0 10 0 Shiney Row - -060 John Moss , Stoke- Leamington - - 6 15 0 on-Trent - - 0 2 4 A Friend , Earlsllells , per Cape - 1 7 6 keaton - - 0 10 0 3 inderford Iron Teignmouth - - 519 8 Works - - 1 0 0 Helston , Mr . Dowl-Birraingham per ing - - - 0 10 0 Pare - - - 010 ft Kenilworth - - 5 4 G Coventry - - 1 16 6 Sandbach - - 012 4 Mells , Smith- - 1 1 6 G . Brooks - - 0 10 0 Wm . Collins- " - 0 2 6 Newton Abbott -400 Camberwell - - 0 4 O 3 as . Brice - . 030 Helper - - - 2 12 0 Mr . Fletcher- - 020 £ 74 5 2

      TOTAL LAND FUND . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 52 14 S Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 21 9 5 JE 74 J ^ 1 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 113 2 11 Mr . Wheeler , „ „ ... 74 5 2 £ 18 Y 8 1 veterans ' , widows' , aud obphan ' s IBNB 3 . PES MB . O ' COHHOB , Droydon , per 3 . J . .. 016 NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . TBS GESEBAL SECBETABT , Westminster- . 030 Whittingtun and n «« . z . n n ii n ci n C . % , A 1 ft

      FOE WHLLAM 3 ASD JONES . Sowerby Longroyd - - - 0 a 0 VETEBASS ' , WIDOWS ' , AHD OBTOAS'S FUND . T . Salmon - 0 0 6 The ballot for the location of thirty members belonging to tlie 1 st Section , and for a portion belonging to the 2 nd Section , will take place on Thursday , Dec . 10 th , at Birmingham : persons to become entitled to the ballot must have paid up their shares on or prior to Thursday , Dec . 4 th , including levies , & c . T . M . Wheeler , Secretary . Metbopolitax Election of Delegates to the Ensuing Conference . — The following localities , in conjunction with those who have paid their shares or instalments either to the Secretary or Treasurer , are united together for thepur pose of sending three delegates to the Conference : — Lambeth , Westminster , City of London . SomersTown , Whittington and Cat , Kensington , Brassfounders' Arms , Hammersmith , Crown and Anchor , Marylebone , Bermondsey , Greenwich , Finsbury , Gray ' s Inn Lane , Cripplegate , Chelsea , Limehouse , Shoreditch , Crayford , Croydon , Watford and O'Connorviilo ; the nomination of " all candidates mnst be sent on or belore Wednesday , 18 th of November to the General Secretary , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , who will publish the same , appoint a place and time of meeting and procure the return of votes from the out districts . Manchester and Salford are united together for the purpose of electing two delegates ; the Secretary and Districts Committee are requested to make the necessary arrangements for conducting the same ; aU the other branches are supp lied with the necessary printed instructions , should any branch not receive them , they are requested immediately to apply to me for the same . Tnoius AIabtix Wbeeles . Secretary .

      Attempt At Sniciok.—A Young Woman Of Res...

      Attempt at snicioK . —A young woman of respectable appearance , was charged on Monday , at the Greenwich Police Court , with attempting to destroy herself . Mr . J . W . Billington , an undertaker , stated , that as he was leaving the dead house in Greenwich churchyard , on Saturday afternoon , he observed the prisoner lying on a grave , and as she appeared to be struggling , he went up to her thinkingshe might be in a fit . On approaching her , he discovered that she had drawn an apron tightly round her throat ; and but for his timely assistance , she must have completed her purpose , as she was black in the face and insensible , A person named Frederick Jackson , stated that the unhappy woman was his wife . The only manner in which he could account for the rash act was that they had had a few words on Friday morning last , and that during his absence she left her home , and supposing that she had taken something to drink , was afraid to return home . Discharged on the husband ' s recognisance of £ 20 . DkCLISR AMD FjUi 01 THE PoLKA . —A HOW EuHgarian dance , called the Osorder , is all the rage in uermany , ani likely to supersede the polka , i

      Attempt At Sniciok.—A Young Woman Of Res...

      ¦ TUJH UilAKTEK AND NO SURRENDER ! MESSRS . M'GRATH AND CLARKE'S TOUR . GREAT MEETING AT BRISTOL . On Wednesday evening , October 28 th , at the hour appointed for the meeting to take place , the Mechanics' Institute was crowded . On the motion of Mr . Rogers , seconded by Mr . Cookr , Robert Harris , Esq ., was called to the chair . Silence having been restored , he addressed the meeting in nearly the following words : —

      My Friends , —If we are asked the cause which has led us to assemble here to-night , I would say it is a highly important one : we have come to discuss a question the most valuable in its relation to the interests of this country . It is the question of the Charter . ( Cheep . ) Our government—all governments , grow up in the dark . The principle of evil grew up with the accumulation of power ; and whatever of justice and virtue they may have originally possessed , they departed from , and wrested on the power of the sward far protection and support . ( Cheers . ) The government of this country is entrusted inthe hands of three parties .- First , there was the monarch . lie need say but little on this point . He agreed with Samuel , c . 8 , v . 10 ,

      where he describes the "manner of a king . " Monarchs have done all which Samuel foretold , and much more ; they have imposed burdens on their people , and carried their pageantry and pride so far that they have become ridiculous , imbecile , and childish . ( Cheers . ) Next , we have the lords . Did any of you ask yourselves what a lord is ? What constitutes a claim to the title of a noble and ancient family ? Any man who , four or five hundred years ago , received a title , given him by kings or queens , not for his virtues or patriotism , or for having rendered wise and good , but WICKED SERVICES ! The descendants of such a man lay claim to be of a m > b ! e and ancient family . If he can trace out who his grandfather was , and then his great-grandfather ,

      and his great-grandfather s grandfather —( laughter ) —for . four hundred years back , he is said to be a branch of a { noble and ancient family , as if we all had not grandfathers and great-grandfathers as well as they have . ( Hear . ) I consider all men to belong to an ancient family ; all are as noble as each other ; and there is no nobility but that which virtue gives . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I consider titles to be pure inventions of human pride and human ignorance —( cheers)—but , in fact , it is become ridiculous ; and we have tbe authority of Punch —( laughter)—to bear us out in this assertion . Formerly , it was customary to use the expression : " Do you think I ' m a fool ? " ^ ow it is become quite fashionable to render it : "Do you think I ' m a duke ?"

      ( Cheers and laughter . ) We have authority to show that the House of Commons , as at present constituted , does not represent the mass of the people : and that six-sevenths of the male population of Great Britain are branded with the stamp of inferiority . ( Hear , hear , anatcheers . ) The Charter professes to remedy this state of things . Universal Suffrage , which I consider to be the first and chief principle of the Charter , and to which all the other points are but as consequences , as all would follow , did every man possess a vote—would , in my opinion , remove this great evil ; and I would like to sec all men united on this point , that they might , by unity of opinion and co-operation , work out their political redemption . ( Cheers . ) The Charter re

      cognises the rights of humanity , and holds it paramount to the rights of property —( hear ) —and I conceive it to be a right principle , for Why should the many who do all the labour of the state be disfranchised , whilst property which is produced by them is represented ? I want the man to have the vote and not the brick ! Suppose the case ofthe men—one of them a man of mind and high intellect , possessed of all the noble feelings of his nature , and remarkable for his patriotism and love of virtue , but poor . The other a man without mind or moral culture , who has not one quality to recommend him , save his qualification to vote at an election . The poor man may be a poet , and he carries under his arm to the polling booth a volume of his works :

      his qualification is required , and he presents his book—this is my qualihcation he replies . Is he accepted ? No J JJe is rejected ; whilst the other , because he possesses the bricks is , upon showing the overseer s note or receipt—accepted ! But it cannot be right to treat the poor man of mind in this wayit cannot be right to tax the poor from 40 to 50 per cent , to support a system of unjust legislation , whilst the rich pay only 5 , 1 , or 10 per cent , at the extreme . ( Hear . ) It seems to me to be an inj ustice . And if it were to be demanded of them in a direct way , it could not stand an hour ; but wise in their generation they do it indirectly , and thereby mask the glaring injustice of the system , which robs the poor man of his money , and denies him the right to exercise electoral privileges . ( Cheers . ) In some respects the principles of the Charter have , it seems to me , been unwisely advocated ; I do not hold with the doctrineof " physicalforce , " andifithas been re-sorted

      to in some instances , I think it waa unwise ; there is enoughof moral powerinexistenceif combined . to force any government to accede to the just demands of its people . ( Hear . ) For my part I repudiate physical force . ( Cheers . ) I am a member of a society which stands opposed in principle toevery species of enmity and hostility towards my fellow men . I recognise the principle of peace to all the world , and I would almost sooner die than be led to take the life of a fellow creature . Let us be just to each other—let us repudiate such acts betwixt ourselves , and leave the fighting and the murder , and the infamy attached to it to the cut-throats , who are paid to shoot and trample upon the people ! ( Cheers . ) Let us leave the sword in the hands of those who wield it in defence of lawly might , and to support injustice—let us leave it to those who war with the rights of humanity . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman then called on Mr . Rogers to propose the first resolution as follows ' . —

      That we , the inhabitants of Bristol , in public meeting assembled , are of opinion after many years experience , that the present system of representation as provided by the Reform Bill is morally and practically defective , and that no substantial and radical reform can be effected for the permanent benefit of the great mass of industrious classes , until the whole male adult population of this empire are enfranchised ; therefore , we agree to petition parliament to pass into law the document called the People's Charter , embodying Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualifications , Equal Representation , and Payment of Members .

      Mr . Hehbi Cook seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr . M'Grath , in a powerful and telling speech , in t ' ae course of which not an atom of the present system from the monarch to the meanest spy , from the monopolist to the jobber , both he attacked in turn , exhibiting the deformity ofthe whole . He delivered a splendid defence ofthe several points of the Charter , replying to every objection and exposing every crotchet of the enemy ; and finally coneluded a speech , as brilliant in conception as eloquent in language , and as convincing as it was truthful , amidst the cheers and plaudits of his delighted audience . The resolution was carried unanimously .

      The Chairman then called on Mr . Simeon to move the adoption of the National Petition . Upon coming forward he eulogised the Executive for their honesty and consistency—entered into a defence of John Frost and his companion;— declared himself to be the same , unchanged for the past 10 years . He then proceeded to read the Petition , which was seconded by Mr . R . Nichols . Mr . Clabk . then rose to support the petition , and delivered a most eloquent speech , which elicited the most enthusiastic cheering . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Richard Daniels moved the third resolution : — That this meeting hereby agrees to the appointment of an Election and Registration Committee , to act in concert with the Central Committee already formed in Louden , for the purpose of securing the return of Members to the House of Commons , pledged to the principles of the People ' s Charter . "

      The resolution was seconded by Mr . G . Crookb , who in a short enthusiastic speech called upon the inhabitants of Bristol to come forward and support the committee , in their efforts to return good and true representatives te the House of Commons . Having been put from the chair , it was carried , with the exception of oiie solitary hand held up against it . It is said , that the person who owns that solitary hand had once been a Chartist , and still pretends to hold the principles . (?) Mr . Poole proposed that the following persons be appointed to form the Committee : — Messrs . J . Rogers , F . W . Simeon , Robert Nichols , Jesse Como , Gad Crooke , Richard Daniels , and Mr . Highman , with power to add to their number ; Seconded by Mr . Charles Rkbbeth , and carried unanimously .

      Mr . M'Grath then rose , and after having passed a high eulogium on the conduct of the chairman , proposed a vote of thanks to that gentleman ; which was seconded by Mr . Clark , and carried amidst cheers and long continued applause . The Chairman expressed bis pleasure at the manner in which the meeting had conducted themselves . He was delighted with the eloquence of tho gentlemen who had addressed them , and hoped much good would arise from the advocacy of the principles advanced on the present occasion . They had given him a vote of thanks , and he was happy to deserve

      it , if they thought so ; but he did not want thanks , lie had as much reason to thank them as they had to thank him ; they were both pleased with each other , and thus there was a mutual pleasure—no thanks were necessary for him . but as they had given it , he accepted it with pleasure . It was his decided opinion the working classes were , upon the scare of education , mere entitled to the franchise than those who possessed it ; and su « h imputations of ignorance came with a bad grace from men more ignorant than themselves . He wished the rights of labour to be properly understood , and he would at tho same time like that the wants of property were ucueretoodabw

      Attempt At Sniciok.—A Young Woman Of Res...

      He thought if the working classes were true to themselves and respected their principles , if they support their leaders , and followed such advice as was given to them this evening , they would not wait long for their just and political rights . ihe chairman then vacated the chair , when the meeting separated , delighted with the evening .

      CIRENCESTER . u P , . Th T day evening last a public meeting was held in the Long Room ofthe Bell Inn , to take into consideration the plans and objects of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company . For some time past considerable anxiety had been manifested by members ofthe labouring classes , to hear the nature of the above institution clearly explained , as from the abuse which had been heaped upon its founders and promoters . Many thought that it must surely be very bad in its tendency and character , or otherwise , it would not have so many enemies . Those , how . Cv if- r ' i « avaiIed themselves of tho opportunity which the meeting afforded had every doubt removed an a Ti ? Prc Judice dissipated . ^ 'f-past seven , the time for commencing busi . n < L ' <• * ' Smitn > grocer , was called to the chair , wno , alter making a few preliminary observations , introduced Mr . P . M'Grath to the meeting

      . Mf . M Grath , on coming forward , was enthusiastically applauded , and proceeded to explain in a simple , clear , andconsise manner , the objects and means of the Chartist Land Company . He entered at considerable length into the general question of co-operation , and showed that it was by availing themselves of that great and sublime principle , that tfiemembers of the society would be able to effect v ?? p ? u and Politioal emancipation . Mr . M Grath concluded an eloquent address by an appeal to the patriotism and good sense of the meeting , to take advantage of the benefits which the society insured to its members as the most effectual means of providing for the " rainy day . " Mr . T . Clark was next called upon . He applied himself to an elucidation of the details for carrying out the general principal which had been previously established by Mr . M'Grath , and related many instan ces which had fallen under his own

      observation of the capabilities of small quantities of land , when properly cultivated , and proceeded to remark upon the ecurity which thetociefy offend for the investment of the pence of the working classes . Mr . Clarke made some further observations conformatory of the statements made by the previous speaker , and concluded an effective speech amidst the applause of the meeting . At the conclusion a number of rules and shares were disposed of , and a vote of thanks awarded to ihe chairman and the two gentlemen that had addressed the meeting .

      CHELTENHAM . Great Public Meetiag . —A public meeting was held in the Town Hall , on Sunday evening last , for the purpose of hearing the nature and objects of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , explained by Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark , two of the Directors , who were in attendance for that purpose . At half-past seten , the time for commencing business , the large'and spacious building was well tilled . Mr . —— ., an operative tailor , was unanimously chosonto preside , and opened the proceeding with a brief but sensible address , and concluded by introducing Mr . M'Grath to address the meeting .

      Mr . M'Grath on presenting himself was received with loud applause . He said , Mr . Chairman , ladies , and gentlemen . It appears from the placard which has called together tlie present meeting , that two important subjects arc to occupy our consideration tonight , namely—the Land , and the adoption of tho National Petition , for the restoration of our political rights . Either of these subjects , I consider amply sufficient for one meeting . It would be impossible to do both subjects that justice which their importance demands . ( Hear . ) In this view our friends on the platform concur , and therefore we have resolved , that the laud and the way to make it the people ' s inheritance shall be the topic for this evening ' s investigation . ( Cheers . ) The National Petition shall have ample justice done it . Mr . O'Connor will ere long be a sojourner in your neighbourhood , and I am confident , will feel the highest pleasure in attending a meeting for tbe adoption of the National Petition . ( Cheers . ) I consider that the time has come when the national mind should be aroused

      from its torpor to a keen sense oi the greatness and importance of this vitally important subject . ( Hear . ) The restoration of the land is the people ' s only hope of a permanent amendment of their now hapless condition . I consider the national poverty conjointly with the possession of * millions of acres and productive but uncultivated land which the common sense of the nation should not only reprobate , but seek every means to effect its removal . Man ' s natural heritage the land has fallen a prey to aristocratic rapacity , and while the people sink into premature graves for the want of it , its unsatiable usurpers are revelling amid an abundance of every blessing that their pampered appetites can desire , ( Hear . ) We are here to-niglit , not to adopt the plans of our high-minded aristocracy for getting land . ( Hear . )

      Our glory consists in being as different from them as possible . Let us never degrade ourselves by taking as an exemplar for imitation the truculent , the execrable conduct of cut-throats and robbers . ( Cheers . ) We want land , those who have taken it from us , will not even let it to us . ( Hear . ) What we propose to do then is to put ourselves in a position by union and co-operation , to take advantage of the necessities of our oppressors , by purchasing that which has been ruthlessly taken from us . Mr . M'Grath then at great length descanted upon the rules and objects of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , which judging from the spirit manifested by the meeting wore fully approved of . Mr . M'Grath concluded his address with a strong appeal to divest their minds of prejudice , to examine candidly , and that their benefit would be the certain result . He resumed his scat

      amid loud cheers , Mr . Clark , said , I am delighted to witness the feeling , which has been evinced this evening by this meeting towards the grand labour redecmiag scheme which has been so eloquently propounded by my worthy colleague Mr . M'Grath . The importance of the land to the working classes is now beginninsr to be understood and ere long will bo duly appreciated . The Chartist Co-operative Land Society has already by its operations awakened tho mind of the nation to the value of the subject ; and as that noble institution grows in wealth and power , the public mind will become impregnated with the great practical truths , which it is teaching . ( Cheers . ) What is it , Sir , that we propose t . i do ? Merely to unite , to contribute our pence to buy land , and purchase our

      freedom . We propose Sir , to co-operate for the benefit of each other , so that we may labour for ourselves instead of labouring for others . ( Cheers . ) And in so doing we say that we shall confer a benefit upon our own class especially , and render an important service to mankind generally . There are two important features in this movement of ours to which I wish to direct your attention . In the first place , we contend that if Mr . O'Connor's Small Farm ' system were carried out , that no industriously inclined man would ever Le without good aud remunerative emplovment , and that such a thing as pauperism would not be known , and that poor ' s rates would consequently become a nonentity . Secondly , that the land as propo .-ed to be laid out by our society , affords a much better and more secure investment for capital

      than exists at the present time . Mr . Clark proceeded at some length to demonstrate ' the truth ot his statement , and concluded with an effective speech , by appealing to the working men present to abitain from the public house , and spend in purchasing land , the sums which too many of them were in the habit of contributing to sustain the beer barrack , which in his opinion was ono of the greatest curses that ever befel any country . ( Cheers . ) A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and he two directo-s , after which the meeting separated . Taking all things into consideration the meeting was the most important one that has been held in the town of Cheltenham , in connection with the Chartist cause . We expect a large accession to our members at our next meeting , as the result of tho addresses delivered by Messrs . Clark and M'Grath . Secoxd Mr . Krao .--OH Saturday evening , a meeting of ilio friendi of the People ' s Charter was held

      at tbe Unitavian School-room , for the purpose of organising a branch of the National Charter Association . Messrs . M'Grath and Clark were present for the purpose of aiding the object of the meeting . Mr . Kingdom occupied the chair , and in a short speech , called attention to the purpose for which the meeting had been commenced . Several persons enrolled themselves as members , and afterwards appointed a secretary and treasurer . It was then agreed that they would start the agitation anew with a determination to work incessantly until the exertions should succeed in placing the cause of Chartism in the ascendant . Everything looks well ; there is the most kindly feeling existing amongst those who have joined . Tho disagreements which have been the ruin and disgrace of tho cause shall not prove anj hindrance to our progress , as we have resolved not to allow the introduction of any matter which cannot be considered as strictly relenant to the cause .

      Tiiiud Mbkti . vo . —On Sunday evening , Messrs . M'Grath and Clark attended a meeting of tho Land and Charter Association , which was held at the house of Mr . Maddacks High-street „ for the purpose of establishing a reading discussion class . Both gentlemen delivered addresses upon tbe groat servicewhich would result to the cause from such an restitution as they had that night formed , and which would no doubt lead to . the formation of others of a similar character in different parts of the country . Messrs . M'Grath and Clark were elected a % honorary members . After which each member subscribed sixpence for the purchase of newspapers arid books , and agreed to pay one penny per month for ; a similar purpose .

      WORCESTER Large Public Mbbting . —Having ascertained that it was the intemtion of Messrs . M'Grath and Clark to call at this place on ttoslr tour , their friends immediately set about trying to procure the use of the

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      Town Hall for two meetings , —one tor the Land , and the other for the Charter . Application was made to the Mayor , but that functionary declined to grant it for any such purpose , at the same time refering those who waited upon him to the Town Council , who , he said , were his masters in the matter . The friends accordingly set about canvassing the members of that body ,, and the result was that two-thirds of tlieni gave their consent , and the Hall was granted accordingly for the purpose of holding one meeting for the Land Society .

      On Monday evening an immense concourse of persons assembled at the Town Hall for the purpose of considering the propriety ol joining the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , and at seven o ' clock , the hour appointed for commencing business , Mr . Harding was called to the chair . He did not make any lengthened observations , but simply slated the object of the meeting , and his determination to giro all parties a fair hearing should any difference of opinion arise , his motto being , " a fair stage and no favour . " He had the pleasure of introducing to the notice of the meeting , Mr . Philip M'Grath .

      Who said , he deemed it an honour of no ordinary character to stand before so numerous and respectable an audience of the inhabitants of the ancient City of Worcester , assembled to canvass measurers for labour ' swelfarc and humanity ' s elevation ( Cheers . ) The purpose of their meeting was such , notwithstanding some of their pseudo Radical Town Couneillois refused to sign tbe requisition for the Hall , that every honest man must applaud it . ( Cheers . ) No matter whether a man be Whig , Tory , or Radical , if he be actuated , by the feelings of common humanity , he must approve every conscientious attempt to emancipate labour from the horrible thraldom ot poverty . ( Cheers . ) This righteous purpose we propose to accomplish consistently with peace , Ian- and

      order . ( Cheers . ) We propose to realize it by the moral power , which like the might of steam in water , has slumbered for a ^ es among the despised millions of thi « country . ( Cheers . ) There ; ire others who seem solicitous for the people ' s improvement , but their means of effecting differ widely from ours On entering this magnificent hall , he observed a large placard issued by Royal Authority , in which young men from 19 to 25 are instructed as to tho means of securing comfort in youth , and independence iu old age . The top of this herald of good news , is adorned with a wood cut representing a cannon , around which is the inscription : — " Ubique quo fas el gloria ducunt , " which is in verbiage less classical and more understandable that " vou are to follow

      wherever right and glory leads . \ nu , young men of Worcester , are advised in this manifesto , issued by Royal Authority , to leave your peaceful avocations , to desert parents , friends , and relatives , to dress yourselves in the gaudy frippery ofthe soldier , ' to go wherever glory leacls . to burn , plunder and murder , in order that the dominions of despotism may b . secured and extended . ( Cheers . ) lie trusted that no young man in Worcester would be so depraved . is to seek glory by means so nefarious , and that the day was not distant , when an intelligent and philanthropic people will leave the game of war to be played by kings and aristocracies . ( Cheers . ) While the queen calls upon you to seek glory in the field of blood and slaughter , we call upon you to seek real glory in the peaceful fields of hone . it industry . ( Cheers . ) Tbe

      advisers of violence and Woodshet , with matchless audacity claim credit as the friends of law and order , while we who advise the pursuit of sobriety , honesty , and industry , are stigmatized as turbulent and violent persons . ( Hear . ) Mr . M'Grath then entered upon the subject of the Land , demonstrating the value of its acquisition , and the ir icticability of the plan propounded by the Chartist Land Co-operative Company , for that purpose . He concluded a lengthy and able speech amid the hearty and universal plaudits of tbe meeting . The Chairman then introduced Mr . T . Clark , who commenced by stating the pleasure which it afforded him to have an opportunity of addressing so large and . respectable a meeting . I hope , sir , said Mr . Clarke to be able , this evening , to convince many

      persons present who have bad their minds poisoned by a corrupt press , that tour objects are just , and that the means by which we propose to compass those objects are equally as commendable . We have , gentlemen , been most scandously and foully misrepresented by tho newspaper press of this town during the past week , but I beg of you to witness their conduct towards us this evening . Here you perceive , congregated , an immense , and important meeting , whose orderly conduct is a credit to the town , —here are we , met to promulgate our principles and defend our character , but where are our enemies , the solons , who conduct the enlightened journals of Worcester ? ( Cheers . ) They are absent as they always are , when the business of the people is to be done . ( Here , herr . ) Where are the

      reporters whose presence would grace this platform , and whose industry would be so conspicuous , if such a meeting as this were held for Whig or Tory purposes ? Sir , I do not complain of any criticism on the part of the press , however severe or unmerited , but what I do complain ot is , that whilst they are so prolific of their abuse , and thus prejudice the minds of many well-disposed persons against us , they invariably burk our proceedings , and never give currency to our sentiments , which , if fairly reported , would cause our principles to be respected where they are now dreaded . ( Hear , hear . ) But if ray advice would have any wcidit with the working classes , I would say , absent yourselves from such public houses as are in the habit of supporting those newspapers in which your rights are sneered at , and

      you will soon bring the infamous " press-gang" to their senses . ( Loud cheers , ) What is it that we propose to do that wo are so plentifully abused by your " Chronicles , " and your "Guardians ? " Nothing more than to make the people independent of tbe present system , and to enable them to become their own masters . ( Cheers . } gAnd how we do propose to do this ? By violence , anarchy , or the . destruction of property ? No ! but by the combination of our own means and energies , which are quite equal to the task , great though it be . ( Cheers . ) We propose to subscribe our pence and purchase land ; to divide such lands into convenient quantities , erect cottages , and provide the occupants of such land and cottages with a capital to enable them to start in their new

      avocation , with every prospect of success . Some of you , 1 have no doubt , think this movement , ot ours to be altogether impracticable and Utopian , but I think that I will be able to prove to the satisfaction of every man present , that all we propose to accomplish can be fully realized by the power of union and co-operation . Mr . Ciark then entered into a number of minute calculations to prove that the plan ofthe society could be worked out , and that , the land afforded the best security for the investment of capital , with a certainty of realizing a high rate of interest , and rendering the principal safe , lie also related some astounding facts demonstrative of the capability of the land to yield enormous crops , and after inviting discussion , retired amidst the plaudits of the meeting .

      The Chairman reiterated the invitation to discussion , which had already been given by the preceding speakers , but all appeared to be satisfied , and no questions were asked . Resolutions of thanks to the Town Councillors who signed tho requisition , to the Mayor for the use of the hall , to the Chairman , and Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , having b ^ en adopted unanimously , the meeting broke up ; having first given three cheers for ' O'Connor and the Northern Star . ' The purchase of the lledmarley Estate has caused great sensation throughout Worcestershire and Gloucestershire . The local papers represent the purchase as being likely to lead to the impregnation of the whole district with Chartist principles . The Gloucester Journal , a beastly Whig rag , has a

      contemptible article headed " The Chartist Squire , in which Fcargus O'Connor is well abused ; and which concludes by * ' thanking God " that the Estate in question is not in tbe county of Gloucester . A correspondent has written to one of the Worcester papers recommending thegentry of the county to take the matter up , and found a similar society , as tho only means of savin , ; the agricultural labourers from being "infected" with Chartism . They dread the location of Mr . O'Connor in the neighbourhood , and hence the howling of the pack of press-hounds , and other cormorants . It is hoped , that when Mr . O'Connor does come into the neighbourhood , that he will realize their most awful forebodings , by lighting up a flame of Chartism that shall wither up the whole crop of those rank weeds ot corruption , that have so long prevented tho growth of a sound publi «

      opinion . As a proof that the agricultural mind is beginniaft to arouse itself , it need only be mentioned , that at our meeting here on Monday evening we had a number of agricultural labourers thab had travelled seiwn ,. eight , and ten miles—there weite , indeed , some who had travelled 15 miles to be present at the meeiing .

      Great Meeting At Leicester For The Adopt...

      GREAT MEETING AT LEICESTER FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION . Oa Monday evening , the 2 . iifi instant , tfio ( Iharfsfc of Mais ancient Borougi met at i he Town Hall ( . wbivlii the : Mayor ba ^ grant edi for the occasion ); to .- test the public-feeling on the-propriety of adapting t \> e national petition . At eight o ' clock , tho time specified inthe bills and placards , tho large-ball and ths mayor ' s parlour w » o filled . Mr . Smart rose-, and alter a few preliminary observations on th » Chartist practice- of bringing for ward working Men to preside on sucb occasions moved that Mr . White , an operative , should b < called to the Chair , which was seconded by Mr Buckley , and unanimously carried with , cheers .

      Tho Chairman then addressed the meeting in i few sensible and pertinent observations on tho stat of the country , and tho imperative necessity whiel existed for the union of tho working classes , am their united efforts to obtain their undoubted rights and then called upon Mr . Smart to move the first re solution . . i . ., Mr . Smart on rising was received in tho usua friendly manner . Ho commenced by observing tha the time had at length arrived when those operative wbobad . been duped by the hirelings gout anione *

      Great Meeting At Leicester For The Adopt...

      them by the base and mercenary League , had expepenenced the falsehood of their promises , nnd the noiiowness of their pretences , and trusted thev would ue more wary in future in giving credit to those who obvious interest it was to deceive them , lie then gj- wed their'attention to the following resolu--That this meeting ia of opinion that the r-umerous and frightful evils under . which they are sufF . ring , and which an daily and hourly increasing , are wholly owing to class logulation , in wind , the wealth-produdnp classes of the community find their interests neglected , nay , wholly overlooked ; and that the onl y real remed y to be found

      » m the entabhshnient of the l'eoplh ' . s Charter ns the law of the land , and that it is clearly their duty as well as their interest to exercise the almost-only right which is left them , to petition on every suitable opportunity for such establishment ; that the so-called representatives of 11 ) 9 people may have no i-xeusa for the neglee * - - of their duty ; and also that our claims may be constantl y before the eye and in the mind of the public ; and that the rest of our brethren , who have hitherto been supine and apathetic , may be roused into action , and assi : t us in our Struggle to obtain a redress of our grievances nnd the rentoration of those rights of which we have been forcibly or fraudulently deprived .

      Tho speaker then proceeded atconsiderrble length to show up the f '/ illacies of tho political economists , and referred to statistical accounts to prove that every extension of foreign trade had been followed by a reduction in the wages of labour , and that it was impossible for the millocrats to continue , for any lengthened period , the ruinous competition with the untaxed or slightly taxed operatives on tbe Continent and the New World , without reducing their slaves to a worse condition than tho natives of unhappy Ireland , and concluded by moving the adoption of the petition , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Stood .

      Tho Chairman then called upon Mr . Buckley to support the vcsolutinn . lie bepan by enumerating the points of the Charter , and his reasonu for suppurting them , shoeing the evils » f the cxistsng state of soeiety , and earnestly appealed to his brother operatives to come forward and aid in obtaining it . His whole spfech was characterised by that plain , earnest and telling energy which distingiiWies all our ft / end ' s public addresses , aud confer an honour on tho operative class . The resolution was then put and unanimously carried . Mr . Barrow then came forward , and after reading the JN ational Petition , moved "that it be adopted as the petition of this meeting , " which being seconded by Mr . LAsamst .

      The Chairman called upon Mr . Eiixest Jo . ves to support it , who , on risim :, was received as a man like him ought to be received . The plaudits were prolonged and deafening . As no reporter was present , it would be impossible to give even an outline of his speech , llis delineations of the evils under which the people , their causes , and their euro were siven , not with that extrinsic so-called eloquence which only tickles the ear . but that soul stirring burst of feeling which goes direct to the heart , which will not soon be forgotten in Leicester , and was repeatedly cheered by the audience in a way which proved that they understood and appreciated it , and which gives the lie to the calumniators who reproach the working classes with ignorance . When the cheering at the conclusion had subsided .

      Tho Chairman put the resolution , and it was unanimously carried . Then followed a vote of thanks to the Mayor for the Hail ; a vote ofthanks-to the Chairman ; a vote of thanks to Mr . Ernest Jones , with thundering acclamation ; three clieeis for Fearciis O'Connor ; three cheers for Frost , Williams and Jones ; three cheers for the Charter , and three cheers for the Land , and the meeting quietly retired .

      Renewed Agitation For The Charter In Sco...

      RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER IN SCOTLAND . MR . DOYLE'S MISSION . DUMFERMLINE . Mr . 0 . Doyle lectured here on Thursday evening , in the Baptist meetim : house , to an attentive tnd resectable audience . Mr . D . ' s visit is calculated to effect much good in this district . ALVA . Mr . C , Doyle delivered a hitrhly successful lecture here on Friday evening , the 30 th ult .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . Tb «« Central Committee met at their office , SO , Hyde-Street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , November the 2 nd . Communications from the numerous trades bodies , associated for tbe protection of industry throughout the United Kingdon , was read , including one from Mr . Jacobs , the missionary of tbe Association , now in Scotland , containing tbe adhesisn of the cabinet-makers , joiners , ami dyers , of Glasgow , also announcing that tho latter body had resolved on becoming shareholders in the association for tbe employment of labour ; also announcing that an aggregate meeting of the boiler-makers of Glasgow , was about to be held to discuss the desirability of joining the association , to which he ( Mr . Jacobs ) had been invited , and promised to attend .

      A letter was read from the Secretary of the Tinplate workers of Wolverhampton , containing the resolution * approbatory ofthe Association , and of the services of Messes . Williamson , and Barratt . Mr . Williamson reported the result of his mission to Wolverhampton . He had also visited Redditch in company with Mr ; Bush , to endeavour to effect a reconcilation between the needle-makers and their employers . They had an interview with some of the masters , the result of which was , that they resolved on summoning a general meeting ef the employers , to decide upon the men ' s list , and communicate the result to the Committee in London , lie had also visited Driffield , where the master glove-makers ire turning the men out for having taken a part in the late strike . Such was the tyranny of tlie employers , that there is no chance of hiring frames , but the masters will be s t ayed by the purchase of frames and employing the "turn-outs" in the manufacture of gloves for the Association .

      A letter was read from the glover s Secretary , ex pressing the satisfaction of that body with the pro coedings ofthe Association . The Committee after transacting S 9 me other busi ness adjourned .

      Extraordinary Meetdxc—The Public Fluxdkr...

      Extraordinary Meetdxc—the Public Fluxdkrers cau . kd won to DistjORGR . —A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening , in the South London Chartist Hall , to hear a Mr . Charles Cochrane hold forth on the necessity of " opening the ports .- ' ' Mr . J . Lee Stevens occupied tho chair . After Mr . Cochrane had had his say , and Mr . John Savage had ; moved a resolution in Favour of opening Hie ports , ——Mr . Samuel Kyddin an excellent speech , which was loudly applauded , moved the following addenda : — That in the opinion of this meeting , tho producingclasses of any state , possess the first and most lrgitimate claim to be fed and clothed , and regretting as we do the starving condition of our labouring population , partly owing to the failure ofthe potatoe crop , but mainly attributaulu to an unjust distribution of tlie country ' s wealth , wo call upon h » ir Majesty ' s Ministers t » issue an order , in Council , calliug on all landlords and Church dignitaries , aud also all other capitalists in receipt of

      i'DOO per annum and upwards , to surrender one tenth ot their net income to feed ni > d clothe their destitute fellow men , vesting the appropriation of the same hi ,, Inc . i boards , elected by the ratepayers in each parUb . We also suggest the propi-vaty of fixing the price of . corn at from -las . to 80 s . per quarter , thereby iudcviuir cum factors , farmers , ami other dealers , to bring . grain to market . And topreveut a return of the toting state of misery , we suggflSt tlie- necessity of clniuilu ^ nll waste lands , and game presecves , as National properly , in order , that the same may te let to labourers ' .-at a small rental ! , also providing ike said teHunts with Vno requisitecapital , to enable then * ts- prolit-ilily cultivate the lands . which shall be divided- Justo such allotments shall emplay the peoptonnd check monopoly . A \ vl -we also express tbe hope that BwrSiaji sty maybe v ) easert to give one- day ' S- inoome tomttfils relieving tlie immediate dis . tress ,. iind-we have-no doubt the woikijy ; .-classes w » uld cheerfully follow so-s oKutary an ix . niip > v .

      Mr . C . Keensee owded the addenda , but the fhaiiman refused to- receive it . lie pus .-the oriejnasresoiutioniandiamidsti great confiisun tiCelared it carried ; he then precipiitaOely vacated tho . chair . Totes of tliani ( 8-to < Mr . G & ebrane and Mft . Kydd wev « subseqiisntly adopted , find tho meeting separated * , . "W-anxca Mts-cuiKF . —A few days ago M » : Hiegs . shyruist at Maidenhead , was , suddenly startled by hearing a vioJent crash , and on looking round discovered that one of the larse-platc-glasss . windows in his shop , oi tbe value of . € 7 ; was hrotowi . On running instantly to the do-jr , bo pcrcmeil a man . somewhat respectably dressed , standing neat- it , and on asking him who hn $ broken ti * e window , the latter at once admitted , that be had done it in order that he might be sent i » prison . Accordingly he was given into custody , as « l the next day committed , by Mr . C . Williams , fo * two months with hard labour .

      Continued Desecration o * sbbDka * . —According as the excavations proceed and preparations are niado to sink the foundations for the new buildings about to be ereetcd in Short ' s-gardcns , immediately i at the rear of St . Giles ' s workhouse , additional cotfiUS are found at the depths varying trom four to twelve feet from tho surface . Although within tic course of six or eight nearly two thousand persons depr dted at the now ,. is evident that the contains a great rolics of decomposed about in all directions tbe last few days ninet y coffins , with of (

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      week 8 r % ^_ mains of ; have been . rehioved , and burjal ground ; St . ^ Panerasighad portion ; of ground * M & v number- of . cofhnsr ,:. iHe £ gr bodies are still to . -oajge ^ Hn . dthe , workmen havj biTou ^ htjlto ^ the aurfaoe , £ j tfieir ^ ntente , > fi : l ;; y < ^~ ht weeks ; tn ^ renjains ne nSbave-beeri ; reinoved , and d rjal rgrbiind' ; St !^ P ' an 6 ras- § ga i portion ; of ground ; unejg ^ v numberrofcoffinsr / Tlie ^ h il boilieVare still tq .-bjs . flfje ^ f > n £ and . the ; workmen havJ iubuBu " tjito \ the aurfaoeT -fj flieircontenta , ' rf 3 . */ <&¦> 'V .: ; sc- ; -. / -. $ " . ft . . . ^'^ , r ,:-c-v > v ; 4 ^^ ES ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07111846/page/5/