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    • RECEIPTS OF TBE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
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      heavenly and benevolent deed—raising no protest , po rebuke , but countenancing by their ; pre « nce . the •^ gar appe ^ te for war ! ¦ _ ' , ' . . -- ¦ .,. - ¦ - Another point In fiie bestowal of these pensions deserv es notice ; the hungry ravenonsnessof certain p ^ do liberals to dip the hand of the tax-gatherer jfloredeepiyinto . thepocketBOfanalready overtaxed people to a greater extent t han ; even a so-called Tory government recommended . Roebuck and pther "liberals" in the Commons , and Fiizwilluh in the Lords , sung the same tune to a different set nf words . The Common * wanted rewards for Sir H . Surra , Sir C . Napier , and Heaven knows how many more people , while the Lords went further ,

      and not content with a pension for two generations , asked for at least four . Jf the thing was worth a peerage and a pension at all , why not give it for ever I As to saddling future generations with taxes for such purposes , that was not worth a moment's notice . The great question was the support of a hereditary peerage ! Really such unblushing and monstrous forgetfolness of what is due to the people , ought , if it does not , xiake the people ask some ugly questions as to the utility of this hereditary peerage ; of the value to them of those tides for -which they are called upon to pay so dearly , and why the dignity conferred by the Crown is to be kept up by their money .

      The Corn Bill galloped through the Committee on Tuesday , much to the astonishment of everybody The Protectionist leader js n 0 fcnp to all the traps which lurk in the forms of the house , and fell into one of them . Goulburn quietly showed him where he was caught . Peel blandly smiled at tbe fix he was in , and poor Lord George , after a few ineffectual struggles , gave up . The Bill rattled through the Committee , the tariff followed it , and the house broke up at nine o ' clock instead of sitting to one or two in the morning , very much to the gratification of the reporters and the public—if not to that of honourable members themselves , There are still some other stages , however , in which Lord George and the Protectionists may take their revenge .

      The Bills in both houses for the removal ef disabilities on account of religious opinions demand a more lengthened notice than we can gire this week , and we must reserve them for a more fitting oppor tunity .

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      The Tyranny Of Capital. " Mamhos Is The ...

      THE TYRANNY OF CAPITAL . " Mamhos is the god of the age . " Often as this trite saying has been repeated , its truth was never more evident than at the present moment . Within the walls of Parliament , the modem Fraskensteis threatens to devour the ulsdwkds ; without them , it aims at the utter subjugation of the iiboukers to its imperious joke . Ia bath eases , sole and undivided supremacy is its object . "Besides me thou shalt have no other God , " is the stem decree ef its oracles , whether uttered by Parliamentary orators or obsequious editors .

      We are told that the devil occasionally transforms Inmself into the appearance of an angel of light . So it is wi & the Deity of the Political Economists . He is a Jaxtjs who shows a benevolent or a devilish face as suite the occasion . Ia subduing the landlords it was necessary to bring immense force to bear upon an ancient and and a wealthy aristocracy ; and , accordingly , the aid of the principle of Combination was invoked . The Anti-Corn Law League , with its head-quirter * in London , its affiliated branches throughout the country , and its organised staff of secretaries , lecturers , agents , solicitors , and canvas sers , grasps the whole country in its embrace , and brings all the power of the press and public meetings to bear on the class they have determined to

      master . In dealing with , the labourer , however , a different course is adopted . The Trades' Unions know that "two can play at the game" of combination , and accordingly the master builders of Yorkshire , Lancashire , and some parts of Scotland , preach up the doctrine that it is tyranny to interfere between master and man . They demand of the operatives the surrender of aright which they themselves exercise , while impudently denyingit to the workmen , namely , that of combining to protect themselves and their class against aggression , or to straggle for the improvement of their position , and a fair participation in the wealth they create .

      Tims for each kind of work the devotees of Mammon have a different weapon , but the ' object is always the same , the uncontrolled and universal supremacy of capitaL Thomas Casltle has truly said , "This Gospel of Zaissezfaire competition , and devil take the hindmost , is altogether the shabbiest that ever yet was preached . " It takes cognizance of nothing butwealth . So tiat it can point to large "tottles" of annual experts and imports it is satisfied . Whether the mode of producing and procuring

      these has been conducive to the health , comfort , and morality ^ of the peaple forms no part of its philo sophy ; whether wealth has been equitably and beneficially distributed , is a question with which modern political economy does not meddle . What has been the consequence of this systematic disregard of the higher objects of human association ? The netorions fact—known by all other nations , that England is at once the richest and mostpoverty-stricken country in the world . The toiling millions groan under a tyranny more subtle , more merciless , more

      ingenious in coining their sweat into guineas than was ever before known inf history . Nominally freemen , they have neither the liberty nor the physical comfort of the avowed slave . The latter is a property and is cared fcr on the same principle as a horse or a cow ; namely , that bis illness or death is a loss to the owner . But the slave of wages has no such counteracting influence to restrain the cupidity and selfishness of his master . He is a mere cog in the rast machine out of which the capitalist grinds more wealth—if he gets out of order , replace Mm with another . '

      Against these heartless , immoral and unjust doctrines , as well as the wide spread misery they produce in practice , the working classes and their leaders hare long struggled , and not without some degree of success . The principle of regulation as applied to machinery , of protection for labour , bas been repeatedly affirmed in parliament . and embodied in statutes applying to factory labour . Yet , strangely enough , when the legislature is asked to proceed a step farther in this direction , the old cry of " noninterference" is again raised . If the adoption of the principle of regulation had been injurious either to

      the health or comfort of the working classes , or to the commercial interests of the country , there might have been some pretence for the resuscitation of the old bugbear of the political economists . But Johh Tielves conclusively proved the reverse by an ap _ peal to facts which cannot be gainsaid , and staked his own reputation as an extensive manufacturer and a practical man during a long life against the baseless assertions of Joseph Heme . For the portrait of that impersonation of political economy , drawn bj

      Lord Jons Russell and endorsed by Sir Robert Peel , we refer our readers to Lord G . Bestlnck ' s speech on Tuesday night in the House of Commons . The "harsh-featured , cold-blooded , political economist , " is there presented with almost the accuracy of a Daguerrotype . Yet it is such a man who claims to be " the-friend of the working classes , " and denounces as impostors , demagogues , or weak-minded sentimentalists , those who advocate their claims to humane treatment and equitable institutions I

      The tyranny which is naturally engendered by the factory system , and the impossibility of restraining its outbreaks , even when the eye of the press and the champion of labour in parliament is certain to be directed to such excesses , was forcibly manifested in the Dundee case to which we briefly referred last The fads are sufficient to rouse up a feeling of indignatioa in every honest breast , to excite hatred against tbe system under which such gross injustice could be perpetrated , and to give birth to the resolution never to rest until tMs monstrous system of op-

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      pression and slavery shall be swept from the face of the land , : Six poor factory girls , the eldest of whom was . not more than 20 years of age , and the youngest between 14 and 15 years , four of them king orphans , had been in the service of Messrs . Baxter , of Dundee , ever since they were nine years of age , without any fault ever having been alleged against them . They were engaged by the week , and earned 5 s . 6 d . a week . Some of the operatives in another department had obtained an advance of wages , and these girls also asked for an increase of threepence per

      week , or oh * half-penny a day . They made their demand before breakfast in the morning , worked till dinner , and did not return in tbe afternoon , having been absent from their work Just jive fcoure . Oh their return to the mill next morning , at five o ' clock , they were apprehended and carried into a private office , where they were confined until twelve o ' clock in the presence of four men who arrested them . The usual penalty levied for absence from work in the mill was a fine for half as much more time as the parties had been absent , which , in the easeof thesegiris would haveamounted to " seven

      pence half-penny . " But instead of putting on this fine they were , after being induced to sign what was calledaconfession , and an unauthorised imprisonment of seven hours , carried threagh the public streets to the Town Hall . There they were denied the privilege of communicating with their friends . A sister of one of them who applied for admission Was ordered to go about her business or she would be sent to prison too !!! No professional man was allowed to p lead the cause of these victims of tyranny , but the extorted " confession" was handed to the magistrates ; Mr . Baxter whispered to him , and the

      astounding sentence of ten days nrpRisosuExr was immediately pronounced by that functionary ! Ten days imprisonment for being absent fv t hours without leave , from Mr . Baxter ' s " rattle-box ! " Ten days imprisonment instead of the fine of "fifteen halt-pennies , " theamount fixed by the Messrs . Baxter themselves for this crime of absenteeism ! Why , the very mention of such a perversion of the forms of law —of such a monstrous injustice—is enough to make the blood tingle in one ' s reins . ' But what was the reason that the ordinary fine was not inflicted , and that the administrators of the law in Dundee lent themselves to be the tools of the Messrs . Baxter—in

      inflicting vengeance on three poor girls ? Why did they veil with the forms of British justice a deed of despotism as gross as even Old . Nick of Russia could commit ? Why ? Because these girls had rebelled against the majesty of capital They had dared , like Oliver Twist , to " ask for more ! " This was treason , not to be passed over with impunity . " We hare suffered , said the Messrs , Baxter , much mischief from combination among our work-people , therefore , we must make an example of these girls to terrify the others ; and the magistrates , no doubt devout believers in the gospel of Mammon , obediently acquiesced . " .- ¦

      Such are the facts of this case , as laid before Parliament by Mr . Dcxcoubb , and not disproved in any material point by any of the speakers who followed him . Of coarse , there were members of Parliament ready to whitewash both the magistrates and the mill-masters , and to give them the best of characters . But the damning fact : —the imprisonment was there , and could not be explained away . What , then ? Did Parliament make reparation for this gross wrong . Bid it spread its shield over the injured and punish the oppressors ? Not at all . It refused even a committee of enquiry , and thus taught another lesson to capital that it may sin with impunity when the victims arc poor , when they are only " operatives . "

      We write with the recollection that the'libel laws are still on the Statute Book , and must therefore refrain from giving utterance to the emotions of indignation and abhorrence which are naturally excited by this brief recital of a most cowardly an d cruel outrage on orphan girls , by callous wretches wlioyet make a boast of philanthropy , prate of friendship to the working classes , subscribe £ 600 to the funds of the League , and inflict imprisonment for ten days upon those who ask for a halfpenny a day snore fob poukieex hours of loinI "By their fruits shall ye know them ! " If these are samples of the treatment which the working classes arc to receive when the free traders achieve their victory , we say in all sincerity "From their rule Good Lord deliver us !"

      This case , however , is not a solitary instance of the sordid , selfish , and all-grasping spirit of capitalists . Everywhere similar events point ont the identity of the animus by which the employers of labour are actuated . The Master Paper Stainers in London ho sooner heard of the intended reduction in the tax on French Papers , than , without waiting for the passing of the measure , they proposed a reduction amounting to nearly one-third of the earnings of their workmen .

      The Master Builders , in the manufacturing districts , do not stand SO muc h on wages as the demand that their workmen shall declare they do not , and will not , belong to any General Union for the protection of labour ; and that arch-deceiver and heartless mouthpiece of the money-mongers , ever ready for any dirty work at the bidling of gold—the Timeialready asks for the enactment of laws , by which the liberty of labour to combine for its protection shall be destroyed .

      Workixg Mrs , awake ! the day is just coming when a great and terrible struggle will take place between you and your task masters' You must conqueror resign yourselves to the worst slavery ever yet known in history . But to conquer , you must have organization , wealth , and intelligence . See to it in time that these indispensable elements are collected together , and in readiness for the contest . Rally round your leaders . Let the United Trades Association and the Chartist Land Society be the centres towards which all your energies are concen trated , and with time , determination , and skilful kadere . victory will be yoare .

      War. Who Is The Prophet ? Perhaps Some O...

      WAR . Who is the Prophet ? Perhaps some of our readers have road the story of the presumptuous lover who was determined not to take a denial . The lady , displeased with his addresses , and all other means of repulse having failed , she took up the Bible , kissed it , and said "By the contents of this book I never will marry you . " "Kiss it again , " said the brazen-faced swain '; she did ; "Now a third time , " and she did . "Thank you , thank yon , that will do , " replied brazen face ; " I never was sure of you till now , " and sure enough

      they were married in less than a week . Now such is precisely the situation of onr modest contemporary The Times . Since the Oregon question was first mooted , UP *» «» " SECOM ) EDITION" of yesterday , the blustering blunderer breathed fire , flames , and fury , and threatened the republic with the wrath of all the coagulated blood of legitimacy . Peoh ! to gite notice of terminating the treaty of 1837 was perse , a declaration of war , and a declaration of war was nothing more nor less than the de . struction of the Continent of America , the gobbling of the natives , the annihilation of democracy , and the substitution of monarchical intervention . When lol this morning the brazen-faced swain tells us that we are twain ; that we are

      two great nations ; that tbe conduct of the Senate was dignified and lecoini ng ; and alter an excessive amount of that cowardly rubbish that ever follows the blustering bullying of the boaster , our valiant jotemporary thus capsthe climax : — " THUS FAR , THEN , AND IN MORE RESPECTS THAN ONE , THE AMERICAN NOTICE MATERIALLY IMPROVES THE PROSPE CT OF A SPEED * SETTLEMENT . " Ergo , like the conscious lover , " we guess" that when the backwoodsmen have picked off some of our " GALLANT OFFICERS , " and slaughtered some thou , sands of our gallant soldiers , the Times was never sure of pcice till then . For particulars of this impor . : taut news see page 8 ,

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      The Rich Fox Hunm* Versus The Pooe Man's...

      The Rich Fox Hunm * versus the Pooe Man ' s Dog . — The following disgraceful occurrence took , place on Friday last , May 1 st , at the C ross-lane-ends , near Wingate Orange , in the county of Durham . It appears that the Durham subscription hounds had thrown off , somewhere in the neighbourhood that morning , and oncoming down the above lane they were met by a decent steady man , in tho employ of Mr . Huchingson , grocer , & e ., Sunderland , who was driving a loaded cart , having a dog chained under it .. The carman , seeing the huntsmen and hounds approachin g , in . stantly drew off his cart , at least twenty yards from the road , close to Archibald ' s . public-house , in order to allow the pack and sportsmen to pass without interruption ; but just as they were passing the poor man ' s dog happened to bark ( very natural fer a dog to do ;)

      this raised theire of one of the gentlemen (?) belonging to the hunt , of the name of Williamson , vao ({„ onj ,, r to show his courage , we suppose ) rode up to the cart and horsewhipped the poor man's dog most unmercifully , daring to bark while he passed by . ' The sound of the whip , confusion , & c , had greatly startled the young mare in the carl ; and it was with the utmost difficulty the man could keep her from starting off , he being compelled to hold fast her head , while from her rearing , & C ., be was placed in great danger . Owing to this the carman had no chance of defending bis dog from the attack of misfer Williamson . If the carman had been at liberty very likely the tables would liave been turned on the heroic dog-whipper . As the matter will shortly undergo judicial investigation , we forbear making any comment on the above :

      but we may bo allowed to ask a question or two . —1 st . What right has a poor man ' s dog to bark at rich men ' s hounds!—2 nd . Ought a poor man to be allowed to keep a dog at all , —and if so , how dare he open his mouth and bark at a gentleman sportsman ? A CoKREBPOKDENT . The Tbn Horas' BrtL . —It will be ; seen frem the fob lowing spirited letter from our old and respected friend Thomas Hdtton , that we had not exaggerated the tyrannical power assumed by the directing body . It is highly creditable to Huttbn that he has taken the first opportunity of clearing himself of the treason perpetrated' by the Short Time 'Committee against

      the operatives * Elsewhere we have published the resolution of the Manchester tyrants to resist the bill , the t y rants who . support a wholesale haberdasher , who is afraid of losing if he opposed the measure . We can only say that the mill-operatives must take a lesson from the brave building trades ,, and their combination wUl overthrow their masters' conspiracy , but they mustget rid of their present namby pamby , truckling , would-be managing body . There u yet ample time to pour petitions into the House of Commons to support the measure , and we trust that not a single moment will be lost . The following is the letter of Thoicab Hoiion : —

      Leeds , May 6 , 1846 . To Mr . O'Coknob . Sir , —I cannot but thank you for your consistent advocacy of . the cause of the Faetory Operatives , in the columns of the Northern Star , the first number of which advocated Ten Soars , in oj > pofixtion to Sleven as proposed to the Operatives of Leeds , by the Masters , at a public meeting , held in the Court-house , on tbe 3 th of November , 1837 . Although I have been one of the Leeds Short-Time Committee ever since the commencement of the Star , and for some time before , and not missed ten committee meetings daring the last ten years , I had not any idea of such instructions being given to the Delegates assembled in London , as you published in the Star ef Saturday last . I remain , Sir , Tours , & c „

      - Thomas Hoitom . New Row , Mill Street Bank , Leeds . Richakd Massden , Preston . — The petition is to be against the Irish Coercion Sill , is to be a national one , and as the second reading of the beast will not take jplace till the 25 th of May , we yet hope to see it a monster . From that spirited little town Hey wood we this morning received 2752 signatures through our excellent friend William Bell ; and as we hope to make a glorious demonstration by the 25 th of May , we hope the good work will go on incessantly and we beg strict attention to the following directions . Mr . Buncombe having exposed the several tricks of tha Post-office , that national department appears determined to put him to all the Inconvenience that spleen and wrath can suggest . Petitions are not legally transmissible through the Post-office , er rather

      Signatures are not legally transmissible unless they are ATTENDED TO A PETITION , that is unless there is a petition as well as the signatures . The Post-office authorities must have opened several of the petitions addressed to Mr . Buncombe to have discovered the omission , and in cases where there was no petition they charged heavy postage which of course compelled Mr . Buncombe to refuse them . However an order from the House of Commons will compel the MONOPOLISTS to gire them up . But now to prevent the recurrence of this inconvenience we state what should be the future course , every town should append the signatures to a petition be it ever so short thus : — To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom . The humble petition of the inhabitants of Hey wood or as the case may be . Sheweth ,

      That your petitioners have heard with regret that your Honourable House is about to pass a bill for the Coercion of the Irish people and which has been read a first time in your Honourable House . Tour petitioners pray that your Honourable House Will reject tke Irifh Coercion Bill , Now let that petition be put at the top and let the signatures on the other sheets be pasted to it . Let one two or three names be signed on the same sheet as the petition is written , let it be KEPT OPEN AT BOTH ENDS , and addressed as follows Parliamentary Petition T . S . Buncombe Esq . M . P . F 3 , Albany , London , It is very strange that neither the Irish press nor the Irish patriots have taken the slightest notice of the Chartist movement against the Irish Coercion Bill . Pobtbait or P . O'Higgins , Esq . —Specimens . have this week been forwarded to the whole of our agents .

      Those Agents resident in , or near , the following places will obtain them on application to the persons epQcified !—Glasgow—Mr . W . Love , 10 , Nelson-street . Leeds—Mr . J . Pentey , 3 , Kirkgate . HvvDEBSTiSLD—ilr . 3 . Hobson , 3 , Market-walk . Halifax—Mr . Lord , bookseller . Birmingham—Mr . J . Guest , Bull-street . Newcastle—Mr . J . Turnbull , Side . All others have been sent direct through the Postoffice . J . A . Hoqq , Hawick . —Your specimen was posted on Tuesday last . We have referred to the copy of Mr . . Heywood ' s advertisement , and find no error whatever . The words are as printed— "Complete sets at one shilling per set . The same done up in cloth , with portrait , Title , & c „ two shillings per copy . " Mr . R . Edinburgh , has made the mis-statement . J . Bland , Chester-le-Btreet—You are right . Sent asyou

      oraer . , Edward Lanolet , Buckwell-end , Wellingborough , will feel obliged to Samuel Ward , Ladies boot and shoe maker , late of Norwich , if he will make known his address to him , The late Meeting at the Feathebs Tavebk , Warrenstreet . —The report ef this meeting should have been headed "Ensuing National Chartist Convention , " instead of London Chartist Convention as the delegate was elected to attend the Annual Convention announced , ordered by the last Convention to be held at Leeds : the mistake was the reporters . 3 . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the forthcoming Convention : —From Lambley , 2 s . ; from the New Inn , Carrington , 2 s . 6 d . ; Hunter Osborne , id . ; Mr . Sheldan , 6 d . ; Mr . SissUng , 3 d .

      All monies for the above purpose must be forwarded immediately . Vxtxban Patriots' amd Exiles' Widows' and Childkcn ' s Funds . — -Receipts for the week : Mr . Marrot , London , Is . ; Mr . Moring , Is . ; E . M ., 6 d . ; T . S ., 6 d . ; Chartists of Beahill , Dumbarton . perT . Watson , 3 s . 6 d . ; If , Stafford , Leicester , Is . Also the following sums received through Mr . T . M . Wheeler ;—Sheffield , Carlisle , per Mr . Cavill , Is . 7 d . ; J . George , Windsor , 3 d . ; Mr . Wilkes , Is . ; R . 0 . B . 2 s , ; Loughborough Chartists , per Mr . Sktvington , Is . 9 d . —Total Ms . Id . None relieved this week , for lack of sufficient funds ; yet , I trust , when the committee have made up their accounts , something handsome will remain as overplus from our festival last Monday night , and that by the middle of next week , at the farthest , I shall be able to remit the usual sums to those who so greatly need them ;—Thoua * Coomx . 131 , Blackfriflrs . rcad . ' William Miller . —The agricultural portions of his

      letter we will answer in our next work on Small Farms . No alteration has been made in the rules since they were published . Every opportunity will be afforded to the occupant ! to purchase . Of course , the whole ef the estate will be mortgaged in the first instance . John Smith , Bradford—The Executive know nothing about the agitation against the Anatomy Bill ; their Struggle is for the living ; dead men are the moving objects that tyrants who kill them bestow their sympathy upon . J . II ., Houghton Dale . —The 17 s , Cd , was not received till Saturday morning . We publish nothing that is received after Thursday night . He will see the amount acknow ledgedin this week ' s Star . Mathias Wallis . —We keep his letter , and will thank him for more information as he does not even tell us the name of the solicitor to whom application is to be made . We agree with him that the situation is a most desirable one .

      James Baiirett , Rochdale , —We would be obliged to him also for more information on the subjects he writes upon . Joseph Diw . v will see that the mistake to which he refers has been altered . To THE MEMBFES OF THE CHARTIST Co-OPEllATIVE Land Societt and the Chartists generally . —Brethren , our Land Scheme is making tremendous " headway . " One estate already purchased , —and , in all piobability , when you read this , a second may be numbered amongst tbe " People ' s Estates . " The great question now arises—how can the Land he turned to the greatest advantage ! Shall the allotments grow corn—or

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      shall they grow vegetables ^ br shall they cultivate shrubs and flowers—or shallthsy . fatteu and slaughter cattle—one , or all of these may be ' ooae , - perchance profitably . I atn desirous that these matters may be immediately and seriously considered . If either of those be adopted , would It not be wtU at the same time to establish marts , or depots , In the great towns , for the reception and sale of the surplus produce of the " Chartist Colony , " the first estate being at Rickmausworth , seventeen miles from the metropolis , a mart , or depot , in the " great wen " would be very

      acceptable , and enable the Chartists to be at once producers and consumers ; indifthe second estate be purchased in the north , Manchester might have its mart or depot , with equal effect . Suppose the allottess resolve oh growiug corn , a Chartist mUl might be established by " oparative miUers , " and a Chartist bakery by the " operative bakers "—and thus give employment and independence to many of our persecuted Chartist brethren , and render success certain . Trusting that my crude ideas may be found worthy of your consideration and discussion , [ beg to : subscribe myself your devoted brother Democrat ,

      EDKURD SlALLWOOD . 2 , Little Vale Place , Hammersmith ; R . Radfobd . —The case of the " evicted family" we cannot possibly find room for this week ; it shall appear in our next number . * * * * traordinary press of matter compels us to postpone the insertion or notice of several communications . T . Winters . —We are reluctantly compelled to postpone the resolutions till our next . John Emm , Leeds , —No , theTariffisnotthelawofthe Land , nor will it ba until it has received the consent o both Houses of Parliament ; An Old Chartist , Belper . —We never answer anonymous correspondents and especially that which is written in a disguised hand . A YU 5 TIAN JACKKT , —We do not think that the

      authorities would award maintainance in his case nor do . we think they should , as his proposal is very creditable to him . WittiAM Banker , Dudley . —We ware in the act of starting to inspect the Breach Estate ) the prospect of nrhich pleased us much , when we received notice that the present tenant's lease would not expire till 1848 . Again , we request that persons sending us advertisements of estates to be sold , will first learn whether immediate possession can be had . The Stars can be had upon the terms he proposes , Sarah Rand ale , Nottingham . —Again we have to complain of being placed in the disagreeable situation of being compelled to withhold an opinion upon long and complicated wills . It wouldbe quite out of our power to give an opinion upon the above case with less than a day ' , 1 consideration and reading . ' ¦ - ¦ ¦'

      Receipts Of Tbe Chartist Co-Operative Land Society.

      RECEIPTS OF TBE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .

      Section No. I; Per Mr. O'Connor. Shares....

      SECTION No . i ; PER MR . O'CONNOR . shares . £ a . d . Cheltenham , per Thos . Ullett .. .. ' 1 7 6 Alva , per J . llobertsou .. ' .. ' . ' .. ' 5 14 2 Hyde , per J . Hough .. .. .. .. o ir 6 Georgie Mills , per W . Mccham . ., .. 2 O o iiuddersfteldi per J . Stead » ' .. .. 5 0 0 Bury , per M . Ireland ... : .. .... .. . 2 12 ( 1 Halifax , per 0 . W . Smith „ .. » 3 10 Aberdeen , per J . Fraser .. .. « 16 0 Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per W . FlOWCr 1 13 10 Leicester , per J . Adams .. .. o igc

      Plymouth , per E . Robertson .. .. 4 18 8 Leicester , per Z . Astill . .. .. ... 15 1 Wigan , per Thos . Pye .. .. .. 4 18 C Newton Abbott , per J . Crew .. " .. .. 5 . 0 0 Salford , per J . lliUington .. .. .. 5 8 0 N . 1 Branch , Glasgow , per J . Smith .. 6 10 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E ; Hobson ., „ ¦ 3 48 Oldham , per W . Hainer .. .. ,. . 1 ,-0 0 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. M 7 0 0 Stockport , per Thos . Woodhouse .. .. 2 0 0 R . Stringer , Sandbach .. .. .. 3 17 2 Manchester , per J . Murray .. „ „ 11 6 l Northampton , per W , Murray .. ., 5 0 ft Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. „¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ -ill « £ 87 0 8

      CARDS AND ROLES . Cheltenham • . .. .. .. 086 Halifax .. « 0 4 0 Plymouth .. •• " «• •• Q Q 1 SECTION No . 2 . Alva , per J . Robertson .. .. .. 6 3 6 Joseph Scott , Lynn .. .. •> «• 0 18 Bury , per M . Iveliuid .. .. ., 0 11 11 Halifax , per C . W . Smith 0 10 , 6 Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per W . Flower 0 11 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. , 2 0 0 Leicester , per J . Adams .. .. .. 0 4 6 Newton Abbott .. .. .. .. 0 5 10 Leicester , per J 5 . Astill .. ' «¦ ' i J ° Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. - 5 8 ,, u No . 1 Branch , Glasgow , per J . Smith .. 0 5 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. 1 9 ? Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. .. 1 10 0 Manchester , per J . . Murray .. .. ., 1 » 6 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. 5 8 0 , £ 2 fl 7 11

      CARDS AND RULES . Alva .. .. .. » " 0 2 0 Leicester .. .. .. •• 0 10 No . 1 Branch , Glasgow ,. •• o 3 o LEW FOB THE LAUD CONFERENCE . Georgia Mills .. .. >• '¦ "' '" 2 n . Nottingham .. .. .. «• •• ° J }} Sheffield .. .. . .. « « 0 10 LEVX TOR DIRECTORS . Nottingham 0 2 0 Plymouth .. .. .. .. 01 / Sheffield .. .. .. « - 0 1 10 FORTHCOMING CONVENTION . John Lewis , Penzance .. .. . 0 1 4 The sum announced last week from the City of London , should have been £ 5 5 s . 7 d ., not £ 6 5 s . The sum announced from Leicester last week , should have been for Section 1 , not 2 .

      PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION HO , 1 , SHARES . £ S . d . . f s . d . Jas . Morris , New Westminster . . 1 8 ( . Mills - - - - 0 10 0 Boulogne * ... 8 4 0 Whittington & Cat 2 18 2 Birkenhead - - - 2 o « Do , . ... 312 2 Derby . - - - - 1 17 8 Mountain ... 0 4 0 Mottram . porR . WildG 3 7 Holbuck .... 4 16 0 Hull , per Eastwood 4 13 0 m 6 1 , SECTION NO . 2 . John Harrison , Sheer- Boulogne- ---020 ness - 2 10 0 Hindley .... 0 1 4 David Philips , do , 0 110 John Thomas Topp 14 6 Thos . W . Dvke- - 5 4 6 Hull , per Mr . East-Kiccarton * - - - 0 1 4 wood - ... 7 70 John Buvis ... 0 3 0 Halstead - - - - o 7 4 William Davis - - 0 2 0 Charles Barrett . 10 0 Westminster § .-144 ^ £ 19 9 2 CARDS AND RULES . Mr . Overton- .-003 Mertliyr . per Morgan 0 0 U Burnley .... 0 1 * Todmordon , per lto-Todmorden ... 0 1 6 biusou - - - - 0 6 10 Hebden Bridge - 0 0 6 Lambeth - - - - 0 5 0 Bradford , Yorkshire 0 6 0 Do . Mr . Tobm- 0 5 * LEW FOB DIBECTOBS . Westminster .-004 Alva - . ... Oil Holbeck- ... 0 1 0 Mottram- ... 015 Cockermouth - - 9 0 11 Todmorden- - . 0 1 0 Norwich ... . 0 0 8 Tuouas Mabtin Wheeleb , Secretary .

      TOTAL LAND FUND . Mr . O'Connor , Section 1 ... 87 0 8 Mr . Wheeler ,. „ •» 36 5 1 * 1 ? 3 _ 5 _ . 9 Mr . O'Connor , Section 2 ... 20 7 11 Mr . Wheeler , „ „ , « .. ia a 2 £ 3911 1

      RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PEU . GENERAL SECRETARY . Brighton . - - - 0 S 0 Newcastle-on-Tyne 0 4 0 Leicester ' iprofits on T . Salmon < 1 month ) 0 0 6 Sturj - r - - 0 1 0 W . Salmon , do . - 0 0 6 EitHATDM .-The 2 s . 4 dJ acknowledged last week from Loughborough for Exiles' Widows , should have been Is . « d . / . The Executive Committe & ave now publishing , price 6 d ., a tplemlid copper-plate engraving ot' tlie l'eterloo Massacre . Chartist Envelope , Mr , O'Connor ' s " Work on Small Farms , " ifce ., which can „ be procured at the Oniec , S'J , Dean-street , Soho .

      * The sum of 3 s . 4 d . from Boulogne was acknowledged last week iu the 1 st , instead of tho 2 nd Section .

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      to the masons of London and all lovers of justice . In consequence of a combination of the Masters ot Liverpool and its vicinity , having , resolved not to employ any man who refuses to sign a document , the intention of which is to disorganise all societies formed by working men tor the protection of their labour , tile masons of Liverpool to a considerable number have been thrown out of employ by resisting this infrinecnient upon their rights , and we , the

      masons of London , at n public meeting held on the 3 rd inst . having unanimously resolved to assist them to the extent of our means , appeal to all who have any respect for the few | priviIei » os wc have , to come forward and in conjunction with us render all the assistance in their power to overcome this diabolical encroachment , not only upon the libcrly of the men of Liverpool , but upon " that of every working man in the countrv . Should the employers of Liverpool succeed in this attempt to enslave those men whose onlv fault is being members of a Trade Association , the evil will not rest there but will extend to every

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      town in the kingdom , > andievery ; manwilLhave : to sign away hh * liberty of thought and action ; before he is allowed'to , commence : work ;' , let sus thenooomc boldly lOTward . members . and non-members of Trade Associations , to .-. tbe support of these 'men who are the first attacked , and show by our determined and united exertions , that the working men ol England will , no more submit to be slaves to tbe unprincipled employers of their own country than they will to a foreign foe . Again then we . implore you toi unite with us to keep as far as we are able our liberties inviolate , and prevent if possible a reduction in our wages , and show to the masters of Liverpool that the year 1846 is not the time to introduce such a document as the one connected with the following resolution passed by them at a meeting held in Liverpool on the 23 rd of March , last ; thu following U » copy of that resolution and document : —•

      "That each of the masters now present will require every workman in his employment to shrn a declaration thathe does not , ' and will not belong to , nor subscribejto , the funds of any Trades' Union ; and will discountenance any appropriation of the funds of any Sick or Benefit Society to the support of a turnout of their own or other trades . "And each employer now present ( testified by his signature to this resolution ) hereby declares that he will not employ any workman who refuses to sign such a declaration . • 'fJoHH Tompkinson , Chairman . " " Wei the undersigned , do hereby declare that we are not . or will not remain MEMBERS of any TBABES ' UNIONS , or of other SOCIETIES , under whatever designation they may be known , which have for their objects any interference with the rights of labour , or with the arrangements that may be entered into between employers arid workmen .

      "And we further declare , that we wul not appropriate , and , as far as we are able , will not permit to be appropriated , for the purpose of supporting a turnout here or elsewhere , amongst the building branches or otherwise , any sum or sums of money belonging to nay sick , burin ] , or other society , which hasbeen established for benevolent purposes alone . " ' ' " Bj / ' orderof the Committe of Management . The . Committee meets at the Craven Head , Drury lane , every Monday night to transact business and receive money .

      The Manchester Ttiunts at Sheffield . —The masters in the building trade having formed themselves intoaProtection and Burial Society , in connection with the masters of Manchester , Liverpool , Birkenhead , and Birmingham , were visited by Messrs . Bellhouse and Co ., iu their way to London , to confer with the masters on the necessity of turning their workmen out , to stop the supplies from the men at Manchester and elsewere . The masters having received a notice from the men that an advance of wages should be demanded on the first Monday in May , thought they would take advantage of the strike , and turn it to their own account ; but they have been frustrated in their designby tlie ' men ; We held a meeting in the large room at tue Ball Tavern .

      Campo-lane , on Thursday , AprilSOth ; - 'The-room was crowded to excess . After hearing the report' ' from the various shops , which were fully . represented ; the determination of the meeting was , tbatth ' e stHko at Sheffield be further postponed , and'tliati ^ he inch of Sheffield are determined to support the men of Manchester in their struggle against the ' ihfamJBus " document" which the tyrants ' would like to become the law of the land . Mr . John Horrop ; West-street , carpenter , gave his men a week ' s notice to leave the Union , if not , to quit his employment . Ten struck "work ; seven society men , and three non-society then . Two of his men met him on the Monday morning , to know the reason why all" the men' were not turned out ; his answer was that they would all be turned

      out next Saturday night . A deputation of members , consisting of Mesars . Downing , ' liemsworth , Coward , Clayton , Brownless , Anderson , and Elsworth , waited on Tuesday night , on the Masters' Union , when a discussion of three hours' duration took place , when the masters stated that Mr , Horrop had taken , a wrong view of the subject , and the men might use their own judgment as to whether they would belong to the Union . Mr . Harrop ' s hands will all return ' to their work . We understand there is to be a meefcf ing of the masters of all England , to turn their meti out , but the attempt will net be made again in Sheffield . " Meeting of Master , TRADESUBif . — The Strike . — A large meeting of the master builders was held at the Portico , Newineton ; on Monday , Mr .

      Tomkinson in the chair , Letters were read from Birmingham , Manchester , Bradford , ; Sheffield , Preston , and various other towns ; in all of which , it appeared , that the master tradesmen had suffered so much from tlie annoyances and dictation of the trades' unions , that they expressed the strongest opinion that a general association of masters ; throughout the kinguoEl was now the only means of counteracting the exorbitant demands of the operative unions ; that the tradesmen in almost every place had already been driven to the necessity of forming local associations for defensive purposes , and requested that the general meeting should be held , as proposed , at Newton ; where . ill the large towns would send deputations to consider what will be the best means of forming a

      permanent association of masters . —A great number of raUway contractors , many of whom appeared to have suffered most severely , also signified 'their desire to join the association , A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for a general meeting at Newton , on Thursday next , the fth instant , and to engage the large room for the purpose . A very handsome and strong letter was silso read from the Earl of Sefton , who stated , that on being apprised that men who had left a respectable builder's employment had been inadvertently employed at Croxteth-hall , where alterations are nonbeing made , he had written to request that the works should be suspended ; and in which his Lordship further added , that the foolish combination of the workmen would eventually prove injurious to their best interests ; and that he was then contemplating the erection of various buildings , all of which he was determined to postpone , rather than employ workmen belonging to a combination which was calculated to do such extensive injury . A letter was also read from the bishop of Chester , giving his permission for an extension of time to Messrs . Barker for the erection of a parsonage ; and where , inconsequence , the clergyman is for the present non-resident . A letter was read from Richard Earle , Esq ., stating his disapproval of the course adopted by a guilder at Prescott , who had taken into his service some of Mr .

      Lomkmson a workmen , and consenting , on behalf ot [ iOrd Derby , that the works upon which he was engaged should be suspended , rather than he would countenance the proceedings of tho unions . Other iommunications were also read from various gentle-, men , consenting that their buildings should be busicndcd during , the strike . Messrs . Holme stated ihat they had now 220 men engaged at work , includng joiners , bricklayers , and others , all of whom had iigneda declaration that they were not connected ivith tlieunions . Messrs . Furnist and Kilpin , it appeared , had also nearly 100 men engaged . Messrs . VValker , of Birkenhead , also reported that seven of Sheir bricklayers had , that morning , returned to work , ind that some of them had , previously , done bo ; and that they had abundance of joiners . Messrs . Leader indDooley , and other masters , made similar statements , from which it appeared that many of the shops are daily filled with fresh hands . A resolution was come to , that for the future , all the strangers , together with those who have-left the union , shall be employed in preference to the men who are now standing out ; and that the roasters will , under any aireuinstances , afford protection and employment to those who are now peaceably at work , and are dissociated from the trade clubs . Near tke close of the proceedings , a letter was read from the builders in Glasgow , requesting to know ttie state of affairs in Liverpool , and desiring to be put in possession of all the facts , as it appears that they are similarly circumitanced in Scotland , and assuring the tradesmen of Liverpool of their sympathy and co-operation , if ne-Bessary . —Liverpool Times .

      Strike on the Richmond RAiLWAT . ~ -On Monday afternoon there was tvgeneralstvikeon theRichmond Railway . The men working in the catting ( about 200 in number ) struck first , and proceeding downwards in a body , they stopped the drivers of the earth trucks ,, and the men at work along the embankment , and at the "tip . " They next stopped a large number of men who were harrowing earth near the Earl of Besborough ' s , and in a short time 700 men had ceased working . The cause of the strike was a determination on the part of the excavators to have a rise ef sixpence a day . The navigators paraded the town to A late hour , but no disturbance arose . . The contractor

      afterwards issued the following handbill , and declared his intention of not taking one of the old hands on again : — " Wanted immediately , 500 railway men , to whom 3 s . 6 d . and 4 s . a day will be paid , and no ' tommy shops . ' | Payments weekly . " On Wednesday the works were suspended . Some of the men who htvye left their work applied on Wednesday afternoon to Mr . Clive , tlie magistrate , for summonses against the contractor for their wages due , but the application was refused , aa it is a doubtful question , whether or not railway labourers come within the designation , oi "hired servants . " If they be hired servants , the magistrate cannot interfere , and the wages due must be recovered in the Court of Requests .

      Stbiks at Manchester . —Conference op Masters and Men . —By previous arrangement , a conference was held yesterday , in tlie Mayor ' s parlour , his Worship and tbe Town-clerk being present , between a deputation of masters and a deputation of workmen in the building trades in that town , with a view to see if any amicable arrangement of the existing differences could be effected . The masters' deputation consisted of Mr . D . Bellhouse . Mr . 6 . 0 . Pauling , and Mr . Edwards ; tbe deputation from the men consisted of six joiners and one plumber ; their names are Richard Jones , Manchester , Secretary to the Central Committee of the General Association for the Protection of Trade ; James Levcns , Secretary to the Manchester Carpenters' and Joiners' Association ; John Unsworth , John Mitchell , Jamos Wilson , James Kelsey , and John Jvickson , —the hist , we believe , a pluiubtr . The interview commenced about

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      half-past ten o ' clock , and lasted two hours and a half , terminating about one o ' clock . The men entered into various statements ^ which ^ he-masters replied to ,.. and ; the ; roatteriwas ! discussed fat ! great length ; the ; , Mayor ,.. manifesting . throughout ' the . greatest patience anil a strong desire to mediate between the parties , and if possible to i bring ; abbut an amicable adjustment of their differences .. The three great pomts ' were as to wages , hours of labour , and trades regulations . -The . questions of piece-work and there minor matters were discussed , and there appeared . to be ^ no reason to suppose tliat ; any , difficulty would arise on those points . But then came the consideration of the master ' s requirement that their workmen should sign a . declaration , binding themselves not to

      belong to any general trades ' .. union . The . workmen's deputation intimated that such a requirement was a degradation to them , and they required that the declaration should be withdrawn by the masters . This the masters' deputation declined , and much discussion arose ; in the course of which , the masters repeatedly declared that they had no objection to the men haying their own local trades' union in Manchester ; but they were determined not to employ any workmen who were not free agents , but were under the control of some , national or general trades ' union , extending throughout the three kingdoms , and exercising control over all by a central committee , sitting in London . . The Mayor suggested a modification of the terms of the declaration , and

      the suggestion was agreed to by the masters , who expressed themselves ready to alter its form in compliance with his worship's , suggestion . The men , however , still refused to return to work , unless the declaration / was altogether withdrawn ; the masters declared that they could Jiot give up the point ;; and , after much discussion , it was found ( as we have intimated before ) that this was the only obstacle in ' the way of a settlement ; and that both parties expressed their firm determination , the men not to work unless it was withdrawn , and the masters not to withdraw it . And so , after two hours and a half , the conference terminated , without any settlement , or any approximation to , one , except so far as ascertaining the fact as to what is , the real point in dispute . —Manchester Guardian . ...

      The Minkbs Strike in Staffordshire . —To thb Inhabitants ' of Darlaston , , akb its Surrounding DisTRicT . —Gentlemen and . Fellow Workmen . It is with much pain that we make this short appeal to you , but we can assure you that sheer necessity compels us to do bo . We i ' eei confident that you , the inhabitants and the miners of the surrounding district , are no strangers to the sneaking tyranny of our masters . We Buffered bur wrongs with patience , but now our masters have a great demand iu the market for both coal and iron / and they are hot content with their present ' gain but want to reduce our wages three pence , per day , for what eausc is best known to themselves , if this reduction be suffered you may depend upon it that the black designs of tbe

      tyrants will not stop here . To our brother miners generally , we would say , let no one imagine his exertions unnecessary ; every brother that subscribes to the call weakens ' the chains of . oppression and strengthens the freedom ! every one that holds back his mite will be missed ! . The exertions of evory bn » are wanted , let e » ch act aa if success depended upon liis exertions ^ and success will be the reward . The undermentioned collieries are those on strike against the reduction , their notice being up oh Saturday ,. April 25 th , 1846 , namely , Lloyds , Forster and'Cs . ; Bagnell arid'Sons , We ' duesburyj Jones ,. Adenbrook and Co . ; Bills ' and Mills , Darlaston the number out are about one thousand . We therelbro hope ,

      that the discerning public will assist the committee iwith theirequired fund , ti . resist the proposal made by our masters . If any party should be so kind as respond to the call , the . committee will be at MrsV Ray ' s , Ceck-street , Darlaston , on Monday , May ith , 1846 , to ; receive subscriptions and equally divide them among the parties on strike , or any other Monday as long as the strike lasts . We should prefer the subscribers , above . any other party , to send a delegate with their own subscriptions ,. To prevent imposition the collectors will have cardg printed in red ink . , Tours respeclfullj the Miners' Committee , Richard ' . Roberts , William Hicken , Benjamin Smith , Stephen Farin , Joseph Cope , Secretary . [ The liat of monieR received , with the above audreasj we are compelled to postpone till next we » h , J - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President ,. At a recent meeting of the Central Committee it was unanimously resolved , " That the Annual Conference shall be held at the Hall of Science , Camp Field , Manchester , during the Whilsun week , commencing at ten o ' clock on Whitsun Monday morning . "' The following ; among other business , will be submitted to the consideration of the assembled Delegates : — ' How long a trade shall belong to the Association before eligible to receive its support ? The weekly allowance in casts where it may he necessary to cease from labour 1 Whether it be advisable , for a time to limit the Strikes supported by this Association , to the defensive—and if for a time , what time ! What number shall receive support at the same period ! What shall be the available Funds of this

      Assocation ? " "' .. " Revision of Rules and Regulations , especially such as relate to Levies and the support of Strikes %

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      HANLET AND SIIELTON , STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . At a meeting helden on Tuesday evening , resolutions were passed approving of . the continued union of the National Charter Association and Chartist Co-Opcrative . Land Society , and that the Executive of the one , and the Directors of the other , continue one and the same body of men . At the close of these proceedings the shareholders of the Land Society formed themselves into a distinct meeting , and resolved , That we recommend the Directors to ' purchase Land either in manutacturing or agricultural districts , whereover a purchase can be made , which in the ; r judgment will best promote the interests of the society , DEWSBURT . The following resolution has been put by our body : —

      "That it bo an instruction to the directors in purchasing Land for the Co-oporative Land Society , to buy it out of the . reach of the murky atmosphere of the long cliimnujB , and . w here . the occupants cannot . hear the soul degrading knell of the factory bell .

      BARNSLEY . On Wednesday Mr . Thomas Clark delivered an able locture on ' Ireland and the Coercion Bill , " in the Theatre , and was warmly responded to throughout his eloquent address . A resolution was moved by Mr . Frank Mirfield , deprecating the manner in which Ireland is treated by the British Government , and asserting that the Suffrage was the only panacea for both Great Britain and Ireland . After two or three other resolutions had been agreed to , the meeting separated . "

      DERBY . At the usual weekly meeting , on Sunday evening last , May 3 rd , the following resolutions were adopted : — 1 . That the directors are hereby empowered to purchase land , either in the manufacturing or agricultural district , wherayar a purchase cau . be made , which , in their judgment will beat suit the society , 3 , That it is the opinion ofthUmeetinj that tlie Executive be elected by the Convention . And the directors of the Chartist Co-operative land SociBty and tho Executire of the National Charter Association bo one and the same . 8 . That w « jj hi . vo the utmsit confidence in tbe energy and wisdom of the . Board of directors in managing the affairs ef the Land Society , also of the National Charter Association .

      HETW 00 D . THB COERCION' Bill . —A petition has been forwarded to Mr . Duncombe , from the inhabitants of this town , containing 2 , 152 signatures , against the Irish Coercion Bll . LsicsBTBR . —A public meeting was held in the Pasture , on Sunday morning , to elect a Delegate to the ensuing Chartist Convention , Mr . Oades was called to the chair . The candidates were , Thomas Cooper , late of Leicester ; and Thomas M . Wheeler , of London . On a division taking place , Mr . Wheeler was declared duly elected . "'

      MEETINGS AGAINST THE IRISH COERCION BILL . HANLEY . A meeting was held at this place on Tuesday evening , the speakers were Messrs . Bev ' mgton , Richards , Livesly , Foster , and T . M . Claik ( of the Chartist Executive ) . Resolutions and a petition against the Coercion Bill were unanimously adopted . LEEDS . A very numerous and enthusiastic public meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the court-house . The resolutions and petitions which were proposed and supported bv Mr . Canceller Brook , and Messrs . Scott , Storey , and Firth , were adopted unanimously . '

      ~ BIRMINGHAM . A public meeting was held in the people ' s Hall , on Wednesday evening , to petition ™' hara "" against the Coercion Bill . The «??»««» *?? Messrs . Thorne , Kudhall , Linncy («' ^ l "'S don , Follows , and T . M . Clark ( ot t « ^ rt £ Executive ) . The petition was agreed to unanimously

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09051846/page/5/