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      F0 The Churchwardens , Over G Sbers , And Guardian" Of \ Hedersfield Parish.

      f 0 THE CHURCHWARDENS , OVER g sBERS , AND GUARDIAN" OF \ hEDERSFIELD PARISH .

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      gentlemen , —l was just about to reply to v 0 ur letter , addressed to me in last Saturday ' s I Gloucester Journal / when I was suddenly jjed from home . I trust , therefore , that the

      jlelay tiH next week will not be attributed to ^ want of courtesy . My answer shall be ached in the same respectful terms as your Vtter , for which I feel obliged , as my object jjs ever been to elicit the truth or falsehood ( f fomp laint * j jave the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Yonrvery obedient Servant , F . O'Connor .

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      XflE POOR LA . ^ . AND THE CHARTER . jpllC MEETIKG AT THE CROWff AND AJfCHOR . On Tuesday evening a crowded pnblic meeting u « n ed in opposition to the New Poor Law , was & iain t ! icteR » room of ' the Crown and Anchor SUn , Strand ; Thornwf Wikely , Esq .. M . P ., in ft chair . On the platform we noticed W . B . Per iod . Esq ., MP-. * Charles Cochrane , Esq ., Mr R . £ . » ler , Mr F . O'Connor , Cantain Clarke , Mr J . tfiffiams , & c- Letters of apology wereread from Mr J tnshingtmi . Sir B . Hall , M . P . ; Mr Hawea , lip . ; Lord Dracan , M . P . ; Mt T . S . Buncombe 3 p !; and Lord John Manners , M . P . ; stating their ftatflity to attend . : o-i . q Hnuciiis . in onentn ? the nroewdinmi aaidit —¦ J

      JUO v ««»* - ~» " «¦ - — "O - j- """™"'* fa l ^ w »*»* v -js not his business to make a long speech to them , gibere wore several hen . gentlemen present who * uld address them . ' There was a small band , rliose hatred of , and whose opposition to , the poor fair was nnabated , and who would never cease batting for its repeal . His own hatred of it would last a long a 3 be lived , and shoald know ther duties ; J 6 f arliament and the righfe- ^ of the poor . ( Hear , Iggr ) . In the reign of Elizabeth a law was enacted , & 5 rh acknowledged in the poor a right to relief rien destitute , and no nobleman in the land held Restate by a better title than that by which the j » r held that right ( Hear . ) The rich man ought jjt to be secure in his possessions unless provision sere-made that the destitute be supplied when in

      flit . Why were rights created bnt for the good of jjemajoritv ( Cheers . ) What right , bnt the right of face , decreed that a certain class of men should $ g possession of the soil , and determine that those ^ o bad no l and of their own should be doomed to jjirr ation ? ( Hear , hear ) . And that class could ij $ of educating the poor ; did the blockheads WJicte the people , when educated , would submit to fch atrocity ? ( Hear , hear ) . Why , an intelligent IjoMion trouldnot submit to it for 24 hoars . / Cheers . ) The right of the poor to relief was l ^ latt'd and broken down in the Poor Law of 1834-sjdfrom'tbat honr there had been going on a sepajjnon between the poor and the rich , and that corjM sympathy which used to exist between them was

      uff . he was sorry to say , broken altogether ( Hear , ]>& t ) . Sorry , did he say ? He was glad of it ( hear , { far ) ; glad that the poor were discontented and ^ satisfied when they were oppressed , and that tfcre was a spirit arising in their minds which in jie end must bring them justice ( Cheers ) . It was g & mishmg how very wise our senators could become then a feeling of danger arose ( Cheers ) . A short time since there seemed a chance that the villanous sd eflSSi was about to cease to be law , bnt now a B device had been concocted for giving it perpetuity . Her Majesty ' s Ministers , jealous of { be fame acquired in Somerset-house , were sioat to become Poor Law Commissioners themselves ( Jroguter and groans ); and they were to have , in

      jfcet , attheir disposal the office of every workhouse jssster and mistress and matron , of every relieving sidmedical officer , of every clerk to every board of pirdians , —generally a solicitor , by-the-by , and therefore an electioneering agent . ( Hear , hear . ) It kss plain enough that the government was not going to consult the wishes of the poor , but of those who sent members to Parliament , and to give guardians in excuse for sparing their pockets if they choseand { tarring the destitute poor upon a miserable dietary . And this , after snch cases as had been exposed in the lease of Commons by that champion of the poor , Mr Walter ! ( Hear , hear . ) The destitute were entitled to relief , and to relief without its being accompanied by any degrading condition or anything

      ef an annoying character . ( Hear , hear . ) The poor were entitled to sympathy , aj , and to respect . ( Cheers . ) The rates for the poor had been pat into commission , and what was the meaning of that ? Property had the benefit of the law , but poverty had bj benefit except from the discretion of those who itere put in commission over it . The law gave to flose parties the exercise o ( the most unbounded discretion- ( Hear . ) If they chose to be cruel , they ceold be cruel , and were not held responsible ; if they chase to be humane , uo one thanked them for being » , because all felt that humanity to the poor was only an act of justice . They had a Lord Chancellor aad Vice-Chancellor , and courts of law , to protect popertv , butthe rates for the poor were placed in

      commission , and the ratepayers , who had to portion oat the wealth , which not they themselves had made , tat which had been made by the poor , —the rate payers , through this abominable , this infernal and kllish device , had the opportunity or not , as it was thought best by others , of giving the poor a large amount of relief , or keeping them week after week ia a state of starvation . ( Cheers . ) It was disgrace-Mto the kingdom that this state of things should be tolerated , andit was most disgraceful to the press-Is spoke of the press as a body—that it should submit so tamely to the new proposition which was Bade , because he was positive from what he had

      witnessed that the new scheme was intended to render the Poor law Amendment Act a perpetual measure . ( Cheers . ) Were they not a short time age in great hopes that the New Poor Law was at an end ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr Wakley ) thought then that he would lave to hold aningnestonifc ( cheers and laughter ) , end he was actually preparing the terms in which he ras to address the jury upon it . ( Continued laughter . ) But the present odious and iniquitous law would not te rendered perpetual ; for the people were to be educated . ( Hear , hear . ) Education would teach the masses a knowledge of their rights , and when thev knew them the law would not last 24 hours . ( CLeers . )

      Mr Charles Cochhmje , who was received with great applause , moved the first resolution : — Tfeatthis meeting is of opinion that it is a gro « cahamj on tbs labouring classes to declare that they prefer lirisg on charity to earning their bread by their own in . ccitry . That such declarations are an intuit to the British nation , and are calculated to bring our laws and institutions info contempt , as such meanness , servility , aad degradation are much more In accordance , frith daveryand despotism than the glorious attributes of a great and free people ; and that , as the Xew Poor Law Act is founded on this false and pernicious error , it should be « once and entirely abrogated .

      Af kr expressing his pleasure at hearing the able veech of the Chairman , Mr Cochrane said he thought the period chosen for that demonstration was most timely , inasmuch as they were on the eve of a General Election , and the duty of constituencies was to test the candidates who aspired to scats in the Legislature on this particular Question , With reference to the resolution , he could only say that any one who had paid the slightest attention to the condition or feelings of the working man would acknowledge that the first paragraph Heeded no argument to substantiate it . Rather than accent charity , the labouring classes continually subbitted to a thousand losses , discomforts , and

      sufferings , and it was a foul and unjust calumny to say that ftey preferred living on charity to earning an honest living . ( Cheers . ) It was quite clear that the Uew Poor Law had been framed altogether on a misconception of the feelings and condition of the working passes , who had as great , if not a greater feeling , of ^ dependence and honesty about them than many of the members of the Legislature and of the landed * njtocwcy , who , it was notorious , were not over punctual in the payment of their debts . ( Cheers . ) In Maelasion the lion , gentleman warmly urged upon the Reeling the necessity of offering the repeal of the ^ "ew Poor Liw as a test of the fitness of candidates at ^ forthcoming General Election , and retired amidst loud cheers .

      Mr Samuel Kydd seconded the resolution , in an ^ gumentative and powerful address , which was l on % and deservedly cheered . We regret that we ° 2 Te not room for a " report of the speech . Mr Richard Oastler was received with great applause on coming forward to support the resolution , which he did in aspeech of groat forceand eloquence , lie said the object of that meeting was a solemn one . He had not come to joke , but to express his iolemu ^ Mictions on this important question , and he had to state that if , en this occasion , the House of Commons reaffirmed the principle of the Xew Poor Law , «« J would be traitors to the Constitution . ( Hear , iear . ) The people had beer , tricked before , but they *?« not to be hoodwinked again . Lord Aithcrp , in

      "" "sing forward tiie measure , induced the house to agreed to it by stating it was not to be put in force ex-Mpi where tileold law had led to the abuses which his torfsuip described . If it had not been for that—he w ° ald not mince the matter , nor be deceived by soft * Ordsac < l Jiard acts— ( cliecrs)—if It had not been for "& tlie , hi vrrily believed that law wouM never have Passed . Wtl ! , Un : law passed npMi that pretence , *» u it was forced upon the people of the north , where l « attend abuses did not exist , and in order to force Jon the people of lluddersficld , they had suit down "I'teand troops , in direct violation , not only of Lord Jjuorp ' s promise , but of the Constitution itself . lUieers . ) If j t had not b * en fur his own exertions in ""* district , the public peace would have been broken and liVcs lost in consequence of the strong fueling

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      which existed against its introduction . Mr Oastler gave a graphic account of the resistance made by the people in various portions of the manufacturing districts , and said that he had . stated these facts in the hope that they would reach the ears of Lord John Russell , whom he designated a " right down good fellow . " ( Hisses . ) . He repeated it . He leltgrate ful to Lord John Russell because he had given them the Ten Hours'Bill ; and whatever might be his lordship's demerits in other respects , he conld not but feel gratitude to him for that great measure , which

      he believed would not have been passed but for bis lordship ' sinfluence . . ( Murmurs . ) Well , they might differ , but he must express his honest convictions , and he trusted that by showing his lordship that he appreciated his goods deeds , bis lordship would be induced to pay the more attention to what he then solemnly assured him was the determination of the people not to submit to the continuance of this law . ( Cheers . ) Mr Oastler concluded by calling upon the meeeting to pledge themselves with him that they never would yield till they had gained back again for Englishmen their constitutional rights . ( Great cheering . )

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr FsRRAxn , M . P ., moved the second resolu tion : — _ ., ' .- ? V , < -- ¦ . ' .-. } That , as the public revenue it chiefly deri ^/ ronvthi io ^ ea ^ ty . a ^ indMtry of ^ ' i & is mMtifigis r . f opinion that any Poor t ^ aw that maybe hereafter enacted should contain provisions as follows : — That the people shall have right to relict whenever and wherever distressed . - That out-door relief should be ad . ministered to the necessitous . That all who are

      compelled teresort to the workhouse or union as a temporary abode , shall have full liberty te go out during the day in quest of employment . That the separation of man from wife , and parents from children , shall be expressly forbidden . That especial care shall be taken in all unions for the education of children and the training them to habits of industry , for which purpose snitable trades and field-garden husbandry should be provided . That great care should be taken in training the females in habits of industry , virtue , and intelligence . That , in order to the carrying out of such a law upon the principles of justice and equity , a uniform puorrate should beleried throughout the kingdom . That a petition , embodying the above views , he now adopted by this meeting and presented to the House of Commons .

      Mr Ferrand said , that it was highly gratifying to him to address so vast an assemblage on a question of snch importance to all classes in Her Majesty's dominions ; for he was thoroughly convinced that it the present Poor Law was much longer in existence , no man ' s property would be safe , whatever his possessions might be : The hon . member having adverted to the assurances of Lord Althorp , that the New Poor Law would not be generally enforced , reviewed the manner in which it had been carried out in the country , and the conduct of the commissioners in that respect . That conduct had been backed up by Whigs and Conservatives in the house , and when England demanded with one voice that these

      commissioners should be branded with infamy and dismissed with disgrace , Ministers had the audacity to stand up , and boldly and wickedly assert that they saw nothing wrong in their conduct . ( Cheers . ) And why did Government defend them ? It was because one of the commissioners happened to be nearly relatcd to two of the Ministers . Had it not been that Mr George Lewis was related by marriaecto Lord J . Russell , and was brother-in-law to Lord Clarendon , they would have been dismissed and driven into exile . ( Hear , hear . ) And these were the men to govern Christian England ! He would ask if Lord J . Russell would be allowed to represent the city of London again ? ( Cries of "No . no . " )

      They said " Uo , " but would they persist , would they go in thousands and tens of thousands , to confront him on the hustings , and demand whether the Poor Law Commissioners had done any wrong ? ( Loud cheers . ) The hon . gentleman then adverted to the dispute which had arisen between him . Lord J . Russell , and Mr Villiers in the House of Commons in the recent Poor Law debate , and , having stated the circumstances , called upon the meeting to show , by holding up their bands , th at the statements then made by him were correct and the charges brought against him in regard to them by Lord J . Russell and Mr Villiers unfounded . ( The hands of all present were held up to this appeal . ) A general election

      was now at hand , and he ( Mr Ferraad ) trusted there would be such a demonstration of opinion , that the men who were returned would be compelled to blot ontof the statute book this infamous Poor Law . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been frequently attempted to enforce itin the North of England , but as frequently the attempt had failed . And , why ? Because the people there were united ; because they were in dense masses , and , at the stamp of the foot of the opponents of this law , they could bring 10 , 000 supporters together upon one spot . ( Hear , hear . ) It was far differentia the South of England , and where the opponents of this law were "few and far between "

      no language could describe the cruelties inflicted open the poor . ( Hear , hear . ) The poor were starved to death . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , the poor of England were murdered by act of Parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) Juries hid repeatedly returned verdicts in language nearly as strong as he had used ; and England , at this moment , was branded with the crime ofniurdering her own unprotected poor . ( Hear , hear . ) Bnt let the rich know , that unless they gave heed to their conduct the day of reckoning must come ; for a nation , oppressed and trampelled under loot , would rise up in the mightiness oi its power , and burst its chains asunder , and lay the oppressors in the dust . ( Cheers . )

      Mr J . Williams , of Regent-circus , seconded the resolution , in doing which he srongly condemned the centralising policy of the Whig government . Mr O'Cosnor rose to move an amendment , and was received with deafening applause , followed by waving of hats , clapping of hands , and "Bravo Feargus 1 " When the tumult subsided , he said , Mr Chairman and Friends , I was spreading ashes upon poor men ' s estates ten miles beyond Gloucester at a quarter past twelve to-day , and , suspicious of the damage that our cause may receive from the misdirection or misconception of this meeting , I left "my cold , quiet home" to save you from censure , and our principles from defeat . ( Cheers . ) If any living man

      has a right to take part in discussions upon the " Poor Law Amendment Act" I have , because 1 voted side by side with Mr Cobbett against every clause of the DAMNABLE ACT , ( loud cheers , ) and its working has not mitigated my hostility . ( Cheers . ) I repudiate this namby-pamby , this debasing , insulting , slavish resolution , ( cheers , ) and if I stand alone I will register my opinion of it , and if you are entrapped by it it shall be with your eyes open , —I will show you that every speaker , from the chairman to the mover and seconder , has repudiated this resolution . ( Cheers . ) The chairman said that you would be batter without any Poor Law : so my amendment savs . The chairman said that if you

      were educated you would require no Poor Law , therefore if you vote for this resolution you will be voting yourselves ignorant . ( Loud cheers- ) Mr Oastler followed , and explained how the pledges of ministers , and the word of Lord Althorpe , had been violated in the administration of the law ; and what guarantee have you that this piece of patchwork you now pray for will not be distorted and deformed by a ministry | in whose formation you have no voice , and over whose ministration you have uo control ? ( Cheers . ) Mr Ferrand , wiio moved the resolution , approved of so little of it , and dissented from so much of it , that you cannot suppose him very sanguine of its success . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And then Mr Williams , the seconder , aware of the awkwardness of his position , saw prudence in brevity

      thought that least said was soonest mended—( laughter)—and ventured upon a very short oration indeed . You have heard , then , how the poor have been deceived , deluded , and cheated , by the concoctors and supporters of the present measure , and you can sec no better guarantee against the evil and partial administration of any measure you propose as a substitute , while the inventors of some new act of crueltv , or the donors of what you now ask for , will turn upon you and say , " 0 ! this is what you asked for . " ( Cheers . ) Let us see how often wc have been cajoled by professing Liberals seeking poKcr . They as ked us to join for the Reform Bill , assuring us that , that measure once carried , the road to perfect freedom would be open and unimpeded . ( Cheers . ) They said then as they do now , — " Let us agree to differ . If you can ' t come all the journey

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      with us , let us travel in company as far as we can agree . " ( Cheers . ) Well , we did travel with them , the Whig Reformer holding a DARK LANTERN ; his ' shojjtroad was a bit of our journey , but he did r iot y / ant to pass his own door to go on to the end of ours , so when he got to WHIG CROSS , heflashed the lantern in our face and then closed it , and sajd , " Good night to you , Mr Radical , I am at home , you must grope the remainder of your way in the dark" ( Loud cheers , and "true" ) . So we

      were treated by Reformers—and then came FREE TRADE ; and the Anti-monopolists in their turn said , ' . " How stupid you are ! Monopoly is the one grand obstacle in the way of the Charter ; remove it , and then we go for the Charter" ( Cheers ) . Well , when my countrymen were , starving we resolved that hypocrites should not make Chartist opposition to FREE TRADE an Anti-Saxon howl ; so we abandoned our opposition , and from that moment the FREE TRADERS have become

      MONOPOLIZERS , FORESTALLERSi and REGRATERS , ¦ of' thV ; fobd ; tt ^^ i ^^^ , « ramejpate . ( Loud cheers ) j " anHwhTle they have the FREE TRADE store under LOCK and KEY , have they come forward to redeem their liberal pledges ? ( Cheers , and " No . " )—No , they are your bitterest enemies , plunderers , who , according to the good old laws of England , would have been punished as felons , but who , according to our present blessed Constitution , are the patrons of Ministers and fabricators of Cabinets . ( Cheers ) . Well , then , in whom can we confide but in ourselves , and our own principles ? ( Loud cheers . ) How can we hope for a just and impartial Administration of anv law until we have a shaie in the nomination

      of the law-makers —( tremendous cheering)—or who can we blame but ourselves , when we have again bound ourselves tighter in FREE TRADE WHIG MANACLES ? ( Great applause . ) Have you heard this resolution —(" yes" )—and are you prepared to sanction THE UNION IN ANY SHAPE ? ( "No . " ) No ; and if you were , and if I stood alone , you shall not be duped or again deceived . If " slave" is to be branded on your fronts , it shall be with your own

      consent , and not with my concurrence . ( Cheers . ) What ! pass this insulting resolution , which says , — " Please , sir , let me walk out of the Union to look for work ! " and " Please , sir , allow me to cultivate my little garden 1 " " Please , sir , don ' t separate me from my wife and children ! " " Please , sir , get me some employment V and " Please , sir , educate my children ! " and " Please , sir , train our females up virtuously for us !"—[ The speaker turned the whole concern into such well-deserved ridicule , and in so

      ludicrous and humorous a manner , in a suppliant , whining tone , that the meeting was literally convulsed with laughter , while the birdcatchers on the platform appeared regularly flabbergasted ]—and I and you be parties to such a self-degrading proposition ! No ( said Mr 0 ' Connor in a voice of thunder , that made the building tremble ) , 1 have not grinned through my felon's bars—I have not bled in Man . Chester , fought at Birmingham , and risked my life at Nottingham , and spent my life and property for such a result as this bit of insulting liberality . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Who has so miscalculated our views , our honour , our devotion , and our thoughts , as to make this the test of our support at the next General Election ? ( A voice from the platform " Only one of them . " ) Only one of them ! Bah ! Sir , you are not going to put salt on my tail . ( Cheers . ) Only one of them ! why , I tell you , if you , the men of London , adopt this , Faction will very soon reduce it to the ONLY ONE . ( Loud cheers . ) So you adopt a test upon which a Whig here , a Tory there , and a Free Trader elsewhere may easily crimp Chartist support , and say , "It is the WESTMINSTER TEST ! " You may

      adopt it if you will —(" No , no , " )—but if you do , it shall go to Manches t er , to Glasgow , to Newcastle and the North as your child , not as mine . It shall go to Bath , Bristol , Plymouth , to Cheltenhm , and Reading , yea , it shall go north , south , east , and west , with the brand of my opposition and displeasure upon its front . ( Loud cheers . ) Perhaps it may find favour at Birmingham , but nowhere else in this Chartist-growing land . Pass this , and be prepared for Saturday week ' s hot vengeance and bitter denunciation of London imbecility from Alan-Chester and the manufacturing districts , and from

      the agricultural districts . where I am daily and hourly sowing Chartist seed in a fresh and genial soil . When I went to Hertfordshire there was not a Chartist in the county ; they were all Church and Queen men . ( Laughter . ) Ask them now what they are , and they will tell vou- " A CHARTERER , IF YOU PLEASE" - ( cheers , and laughter ) -and when asked the meaning of Charterer , they reply— " Why , a house and land to be sure . " ( Great cheering . ) So in Worcestershire ; and only be true to yourselves , and honest to your cause and so it shall be to the LAND'S END . ( Loud cheers . ) He would travel

      a thousand miles on foot , rather than allow this resolution to go to the Chartist outposts as the metropolitan test of Chartist principles . ( Cheers- ) The Whigs attempted a similar dodge in 1837 , when they filled this Hall with their minions , to propose statues to the memory of Muir , Palmer , Margarot Skirving , and Gerald —( cheers , and " ay " )—but he ( Mr O'Connor ) posted day and night from Plymouth , and , in spite of threats and denunciations , and of thirty-seven M . P . s on the platform , carried his amendment for the principles of those patriots against the cold statues to commemorate their

      sufferings . ( Loud cheers . ) We have lost much in respect by a temporising policy ; we have outlived that degradation ; and having spent the best days of my life , and most of my means , in opposing tyranny , I am not now going to be its abettor in any shape or form , or to gratify any personal feeling . ( Loud cheers . ) I don't ask for charity or sympathy for you . I am opposed to ALL POOR-LAWS , ( cheers , ) and I am for enabling every working man , by labouring for himself in his youth , to support himself and his wife in old age , ( loud cheers , ) and if we have cripples and those who

      want help , let them be the children and not the paupers or the pensioners of the State . ( Cheering . ) I am working all day and every day for this , and my sweat shall produce something more wholesome than Labour ' s degradation . ( Renewed cheering . ) On Saturday last I gave £ 12 , 000 for a magnificent estate in Worcestershire for you , ( uproarious applause and waving of hats , ) that ' s a POOR LAW . ( Cheers . ) It shall not go to Ireland that an Irishman supported a pauperlaw , which of all other laws is most destructive of social and family endearments . ( Cheers . ) I have no objection personally to Mr

      Cochrane , I like his professions of humanity , ( laughter , ) I have a personal regard for him , 1 like his open and generous face , but I like my child better , I love the Charter more . ( Loud cheers . ) I hope one day to sit' jn parliament between Ferrand and Oastler , as representatives of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Where are the two men , call themselves what they may , who have evinced a more real , a more tender , a more honest and useful solicitude for the poor man ? ( Loud cheers . ) Thousands come weekly to see my new system of Poor Laws . A man came last week and took a share . I asked him

      whyhe was so anxious ; and his reply was , that his wife kept pinching him at nights and said he should have no peace , or sleep , or rest , till he purchased his freedom . ( Great laughter and cheers . ) Now 1 implore of every wife to do the same : pinch your husbands and bite them , till they take you out of the house of bondage , ami place you on the land of Freedom . ( Cheers . ) I have often given you the definition of a true patriot : he should " live usefully , and die a pauper . " I know not whether 1 have lived usefully —( Cheers , and " you have" )—but lam quite sure I shall die a pauper , because if I had ten mil-

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      lions of money , it should every fraction be spent in Labour ' s cause . ( Loud cheers . ) I now conclude , asking yonito reflect and not to be led astray by the excitement of the moment , or allow your mind to be confined to this narrow Hall , but to expand it to Manchester and the North , and think what your feelings will be if you pass this slavish , self-destroying resolution , when the national indignation is the universal response . I wm now submit mv amendment , leaving its adoption or rejection to the judgment and good sense of the meeting . I hope the blood may . cease to flow in my veins , and that my tongue may cease to wag , before I consent to such a stab as this now aimed at the principles of Democracy . ( Tremendous and continued applause . ) Mr O'Connor then read the following amendment , which was received with repeated cheers , followed by waving of hats and handkerchiefs , and clapping of hands , and sat down amidst a perfect tumult of Chartist exultation : —

      Resolved— " That this meeting repudiates the notion of ^ the industrious classes being made dependent upon any ' system ^ . of Poor Laws for their support , and in order to secure to every workingman a fslwlasuneration for his free labour , we recommend . ; theHDharlist electors of the Kingdom * " to vote for no candidate at the next General Election who shall not pledge himself to the whole principles of the People ' s Charter , and , in case a Chartist candidate shall not offer , that this meeting recommends the Chartist electors to abstain from voting , as we

      believe the time has come when the working classes must stand up for themselves , and assert their own rights for themselves . This meeting further reminds the labouring classes that the system heretofore adopted of preferring a choice of evils has gone far to cast odium upon the movement party ; and , therefore , anxious to set an example to the provinces , we , the people of Westminster , now place the ' People ' s Charter' and ' No Surrender' upon our banners , as the rallying cry ot Liberty at the next General Election . "

      Mr Ernbst Jones said : I rise with heartfelt pleasure to second the amendment on the miserable and slavish resolution you have heard . What , sir ! You say poverty is no crime , and yet you would put a resolution to this meeting , treating the poor man as a criminal ? What , sir ! Is this the liberalism we have to hope for—that men may bo housed in a bastile , in order that they may have permission to come out and ask again for chains and slavery ? What ! after you have beggared them by bad laws , are they to crawl forth in their old age , and pray of you to give yourselves the opportunity of begpring them again ? What . ' Are wc to entrust our wives and sisters to the moral teaching of a workhouse overseer ? Are we to beg , ay ! beg of them to respect

      their virtue ? Do not put your dear ones under their control—and you will not need to ask them for forbearance ! What , sir ! Are we , who set our faces against entrusting the education of our children to a State Church sect , new going to hand them over to a Poor Law tyrant ? Forbid it , common sense ( Loud cheers . ) How could any one submit this resolution to the meeting ? Why . Mr Chairman ! you must have sat on thorns ! You could never have felt so uncomfortable in your life , thinking you would have to put this resolution ! ( Laughter . ) What , sir ! After all , was the poor man to have such a recompense for bis toil ? Why , the soldier gets a pension for cutting throats , —the placeman for cutting purses ; the lawyer and physician retire on

      affluence , for living on the miseries of men ; even women can get pensions of iwclve hundred per annum for having condescended to be the wives of royal sensualists —( I don't say they condescended to anything before they were their wives )—( Laughter ) and you would offer the man who produces wealth , the man who benefits his fellows , the man who ennobles his country—the workine-man !—you would offer him a Union , with the privilege of going out to crinee before his tyrants ! You want to get rid of one Poor Law . Small good will you do , by supplying its place with another just as bad . ' I say we want to get rid , not alone of the Poor Law—but of the Rich Law too . ( Cheers . ) There is , indeed , one law for the rich , and another for the poor . My friends !

      you dare not complain ot your grievances--that's sedition ! you dare not concert measures to remove them—that ' s conspiracy !—you dare not expose the villanyofyour masters—that ' s libel!—you dare not take that which is yourown—that ' s theft!—jou dare not tread on your own land—that ' s trespass!—you dare not even ask for charity—that's vagrancy This is Poor Law , my friends . ( Lou'l cheers . ) But there is another law for another race of Englishmen . The peer may obtain goods , and not pay—that ' s privilege ! The soldier may cut throats and outrage women—that ' s glory ! The sportsman may tread your corn and crush your harvest—that's right of property ! The parson may eat tithes and sell livings—that ' s religion ! The landlord may starve

      labourers and fatten game—that ' s protection ! The manufacturer may raise prices and lower wagesthat ' s Free Trade ! The Queen may have children , and you may pay for them—that ' s loyalty ! This is Rich Law , my friends ! ( Continued applause . ) And in the lace of this , air , do you think the English people are going to let themselves be mewed up in bastiles any longer ? Do you think they will be satisfied with your test for candidates for Parliament—to vote for a new bastile law—but for bastiles Still ? Sir ! it is not a new Foot Law that we want , but a new Law altogether ! Ah ! not only their Poor Law , but every law they have made is a very poor law , indeed God has written the proper Poor Law on the broad land he has given us . Its statutes are inscribed on

      many million acres of rich corn and pasture , that say to the hungry : come and bo fed !—to the naked : come , and be clothed ! Some short clauses of this Poor Law we have already written at O'Connorville and Lowbands , at Red Marley and Mathon ! ( Loud cheers . ) Sir ! We want for a Poor Law in England . , a law which should restrain the rich—not the poor . Imprison idleness—not industry ! Such law would would soon banish the last vestige of poverty . My Poor Law is : give the people their own ! Landlord return what you have taken ! Church ! restore what you have stolen ! Crown ! disgorge what you have absorded ! ( Vehement appkuso . ) My Poor Law is : Millocrats ! give a fair day ' s wage for a i ' ai r day's work . ' -and , if not , we ' ll do better still , we'll

      work for ourselves ! My Poor Law is : Prevent the dishonest man from robbing the honest one ! My Poor Law is : Give us THE CHARTER ! and wo shall not need a bastile through the breadth of England . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Sir , no man has a right to waste , while another wants . That is the true Poor Law ! No man has a right to a superfluous room , while hia brother has not where to lay his head . That is the just Poor Law ! No man has a right to a superfluous dish , while his brother is starving . No man has a right to a palace , while there stands a Bastile . I hat is the Christian Poor Law ! I dare say some honourable gentlemen may sit on thorns . I like to make them sit on thorns ! They have mado the poor sit on

      thorns long enough . No wwe retaliate ! They may tell you—that I go to far ! Or they may indulge in some of their delicious sophistry , andsay , this proposed new Poor Law , though bad in principle , may be good in practice . I will not believe it , till they carry the practice a little further ! Till they apply the " " practice" to their hunters and their fox-hounds . Till Prince Albert fattens his prize pigs on the French cook's soup for Englishmen , and the Queen gives a taste of it to the Grand-Duke Constantino ! ( Cheers . ) Wc hafe been tricked long enough by their scanty measures and their plenteous promises . Why , this Poor Law is one of the hobbies of Young England . Young England they call themselves ! It is Old England got into its second childhood . Why ,

      whenever a party wants to sneak into popularity , they begin to cry—Ten Hours' Bill ! or , Education or , Sanitary Reform ! or , Poor Law ! or , Church ! Thesft are the despicable hobbies on which they think to ride velvet-shod over the people . 1 tell them , think not with these miserable narcotics to stupifv the English people . It ' s not the Charter , sir ! We must have whole measures from you now . No more cheating . No more playing with words . Young England ! you must come out for the Charter , or else you may stay at home and teach your Grandmother Church to suck eggs . The resolution that was to come after this was , actually , that votiug for this Poor-Law measure was to test a man's fitness for a scat m parliament ! A word , then , to those gentlemen who arc about to return to the constituencies ,

      or to present themselves for the first timo before them . I see some of either class upon this platform . Now that you are abroad again on the sea of politics , gentlemen , it behoves you to look round you for two things : leaders , and a popular cry . Think not that your old leaders can martial their rotten phalanxes against the charge of freedom . ( Cheers . ) No ! From your Centaur , ' Bcntinck , to your political Tom Thumb , Lord John Russell . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) Are these the men to guide the destinies of a mighty people ? JIavo they the prudence of statesmen ? If so , would they let misery get ahead of them ? Have they the honesty of statesmen ? If so , would they vote against measures they formerly supported , and break pledges they solemnly gave ? Have they the courage of an English statesman ? If

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      so , would they keep truckling to faction ? Now tied to the tail of O'Connell ; now kissing the Pope's too at Maynooth ; now pretending justice to the Dissenters ; now worshipping the Cliurch with new bishopricks ; now laid prostrate before a Cobden ; now paying golden tribute to the landlords ; now butchering the Portuguese people ; now cringing to the Russian tyrant ! ( Loud cheers . ) No , gentlemen ! if you want to represent the people , you must look to the People for your strength , and to Profession for your leader ! Tell this to your expiring parliament—We're Chartists here—we ' re Chartists from the hills of Lancashire to the rocks of Devon—and , despite you all . the people shall rule you , and scatter your miserable tricks to the four winds of heaven . ( Great applause . ) And , gentlemen , you'll want a " cry" to go before the country with . Believe me , all your jjarty-cries are stale . We don ' t care for Whigs or lories now . Wc care for ourselves . You sec , gentlemen !

      we ' ve taken a leaf out of your own book . I he 1-actory Bill-it was a fair cry ; but not enough . Mueation—it is a sounding cry ; but not enough . Uuroli separation—it is a holy cry ; but not enough , i ho I opr Law—it is a humane cry ; but not enough . Now , then , I'll glVe you a word to take with you to the hustings ; ,. You'll be very much obliged tome , no doubVfor I'll give you a cry that is ringing through the breadth of England . - The enly ba « l < £ " cry to cheer you into victory . Now , then—and you shall hear this mectingecho it—it is , —TIIE CHAR--TER , AND NO SURRENDER ? ( Prolonged applausc . ) The amendment was then put and carried with thundering acclamation , and 'three cheers , and one more , " were given in'true style for the Charter . The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman , for his impartial conduct in the chair , which Mr Wakley briefly acknowledged , and the meeting separated .

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      Banbuiiy . —A numerous and well attended meeting of the shareholders was held at Mr E . Spiers , Butchers' Arms , on Monday evening last . After the accounts had been passed , the necessary officers appointed , and other incidental matters connected with the society transacted , a member of the branch spoke on the objects of the Land Company , and the necersity of one t . r two lectures being delivered on the subject . It was agreed unanimously that Mr Clark be requested to lecture here on Wednesday and Thursday evening , the 15 tU aad ICtU instant . A provincial committee was then appointed to make the necessary preparations .

      Boi / roN . —The quarterly meeting of this branch was held on Sunday last , when the Land arid Local accounts were read and passed ; and the following officers appointed- . —James Vose , treasurer ; W , W . Pickvance , Land secretary ; G . Lindsay , secretary for the local levy ; G . T . Ransden , scrutineer ; Thomas Coop and Solomon Rayner , auditors fand four others were appointed to act with the officers as a committee . After a vote of thanks had been given to to the past officers , and about 30 subscribers for the O'Connorville Tea-tray , the meeting separated . The subscription for the tea-tray will be open at Bolton until the 21 st of this month . — " Every man is expected to do his duty . "

      Bury St Edmunds . —A branch of the National Land Company has been formed here . We have held three meetings , and have enrolled 24 members . We intend meeting every Monday for the first three months , Cor the enrolling of members , and receiving subscriptions . Our meeting was hekl at Mr Wm . Middleditch , White Horse , Butter-market . Mr Thos . Powell has been chosen treasurer ; Mr Robert Dyble , scrutineer ; and Mr Thomas Leggett , secretary . Cissor , June 3 . —A meeting was convened at Mr John Richardsons , to hear a lecture from Dr M'Douall , missionary of the National Land Company . He was listened to with deep attention . After the lecture , a few questions were asked and answered , to the satisfaction of all present . A branch was formed in connection with the Land Company . CiioBLEY . —A money club has been formed by the members in aid of the Land and Labour Bank .

      PiBOYnOJ ! . —At tho uaual mooting ul' tUin bi miuli « u Monday evening last , the following officers were elected : —James Wilmot , scrutineer ; Thos . Frost , secretary ; Samuel Loveday , treasurer ; and Michael M'Carthy and George Baxter , auditors . The following ^ resolutions were proposed by Mr Prost , and seconded by Mr Bare : — That the members of this branch of the National Land Company having visited the O'Connorville estate , in order to judge for themselves , are perfectly satisfied with the practical operations of the Company , and have full confidence in the present Directors . Proposed by Mr Wilmot , and seconded by Mr M'Carfcy : — That ihe following words bo added to the original motion— " trusting that that important necessary of life , water , may be better supplied in their future locations . " The amendment was carried by a majority of two .

      Edinburgh . —The monthly meeting of the Edinburgh branch was held in the Painters' Hall , Carubbers-closo , on Thursday evening last , Mr Walker in the chair . The monthly report of the secretary , and the treasurer's balance sheet were read anil approved . The following resolutions were adopted : — That we approve of holding district delegate meetings , for tho furtherance of the interests of the Laud Company . That it is tho duty of the Directors to provide lecturers for Scotland ; and if they have not funds sufficient for the purpose , they ought to apply to the Conference for additional power to levy the required sum , as by that means the whole of the men benefitted pay their fair share .

      Easisgton-lake . —Dr M'Douall has lectured here on tho Land and its capabilities , and the plan of the National Co-operative Land Company , for which he received the hearty thanks of the meeting . A resolution approving of the Land plan was unanimously adopted . Meetings are held every Saturday evening ; at John Hunter's public house , from seven till nine o ' clock . Glasgow . —At a meeting of the committee of the Glasgow branch of the Land Company , held in Mr Gibson ' s , on Monday last , J , Beattie in the chair , after transacting some local business , the Chairman called upon Mr Smith to read the correspondence that bad taken place between this branch and the various localities throughout Scotland , forthe purpose of ascertaining their opinion upon the propriety of

      holding district delegate meetings , and also of supporting a lecturer to agitate the Land and Charter questions throughout Scotland . The letters were then read , from which it appeared that a vast majority of the localities were of opinion that the directors ought to keep a lecturer constantly in Scotland , and many of them expressed their willingness to ontribute towards a fund for that purpose , if the directors refused to provide one' ; and they were unanimously agreed upon the necessity of holding district delegate meetings , though many of them expressed their inability to send one , on account of the depressed state of trade , and other causes over which they had no control . After considerable discussion , Mr D . Sherrington moved the following resolution , seconded by Mr Cleland . —

      That having heard of tho inability of many of the localities to send a delegate to a distance , that wc recommend ) lmt the country should be divided into three divisionsnamely , a north district , a midland district , and a western district , each to meet in the most central place , and on as early a day as possible , and that Mr Smith be requested to class the western division , and send a copy to the Star , requesting its insertion . Ill compliance with fho above resolution , I have to request tho following places to communicate throuph

      their respective secretaries immediately , and let me know if it will be convenient for them to send a delegate to Paisley , on Saturday the 19 th inst .: —Hamilton , Campree ) Falkirk , Vale of Levcn , Greenock-Parkhead , Glasgow , Finneston . Paisley , Barhead , Elderslie , Kilbarchan , Kilmarnock , Galston , New Mills , Dervi ., Ayr , and Girvin . Mr Cameron , No . 9 , Storie-street , Paisley , will show the delegates the place of meeting . I would recommend that all localities case of Falkirk meet in the Edinburgh district , and that all north of Perth meet in the Dundee

      district . Loughborough . —At the meeting of the members of the Land Association , June 3 , it was agreed that a levy of one half-penny per share should be made on the members' locality for local expenses . Maidstone . —At a meeting of the shareholders the following resolution was passed : — " That an unlimited number of members of this Company holding each an equal number of shares , none of whom being under li years of age , & c , be submitted to the consideration of the next Conference . " _ Nrwcastlu-W'ON-Tynk . —A district delegate meeting was held in the house of Martin Jude . ou Sunday , J une Dili , tor the purpose of forming a district and observation committee . The delegates present passed the following resolutions : — 1 . That in tho opinion of this meeting a committee of observation ought to be immediately formed , for the purpose of watching over tho interests of l « o Land Compuny . 2 . That to meet thase objects , and to facilitate the

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      Interests of the Company , the committee itall meet a * such time and place as may be agreed upon at the pre . vious meeting . 3 . That the committee shall meet one month previous to cadi Conference , for the purpose of ascertaining tho opinions » f the various memoirs of i iii-h branch , us jpj ; : » rds tin-programme of business for \ ho ensuing Coa . ference . 4 . That the committee also prepare , for the guidance of thi ! directors , any suggestion which may appear ^ o them : of utility in fornardinf , ' the welfaie of the Land Company , and protecting the interests of the numbers thereof . UUll jjiwitiiiiMf , » " ^ - " *• " Interests of the Confpanv , the committee itall meet a *

      5 . That this committsc respectfully suggest to the < li , rectors the propriety of giving six necks notice to the various brunches , for the calling of the Conference , as they think that the late rule of one month's noiice is not sufficient time for the branches to discuss the questions thut may arise , and properly prepare their delegate for the Conference . . 6 . That in anticipation of the nest Conference being held iu July , this committee judge it to be necessary to appoint the next meeting of this committee to bo called by the secretary as soon as the programme is published , at the house of Mr Win . Gilroy , Cross Keys , West Ilolboin , South Shields . 7 . That James Nisbett , of 6 , Gibson-strcct , Newcastle . upon-Tynt ! , be the secretary of his ci . niraitti'e , to whom all communications arc requested to be addressed .

      AOlllVICIf . —JlIK J . AA'DAW ) LA 1 S 0 UR iiiSR . —13 ) Oi " lowing ns space in your valuable journal for a few brief remarks you will greatly oblige the Norwich locality . We are glad to find some of the localities are adopting plans to assist the National Land and Labour Bank . Wc are happy to say our locality has aroused itself to action . An assistant company is formed ; its progress will be slow at first , but we hope it will ultimately succeed . Some may smile at one penny per week deposits , but only calculate one million pence weekly what an enormous fund it wouhl create in one year , ( upwards of two hundred and sixteen thousand pounds ) . Co-operation is the . very life of society , —liow are ships built , railways / constructed , and banking concerns carried on , but by . co-operation ? Then why should the . working

      classes remain'indifferent when they have so glorious . ftPyOpportuuity of ersaneipating . themitelvcs by foftowing the example of the so-called higher classes . By the united efforts of the labouring classes nearly every desirable object can be obtained . Wc hope every locality will meet to discuss the subject and become depositors , making the National Land and Labour Bank not only the richest but most powerful Bank in the world . The following arelhe rules we have adopted . Trusting that they will be approved of by the working classes , or better substituted and acted upon , we subscribe ourselves on behalf of the Norwich Land and Labour Bank Assistant Company , Your obedient Servants , Richard Murbat , Ben . Barber , Wm . Lawes .

      HUI . ES OF THE NOKWICII LAND AND LABOUR DANK ASSISTANT COMPANY . 1 . To consist of an unlimited number of depositors , 2 . To be conducted by a secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer , whose duties shall be lo meet every Saturday evening to receive deposits from eight to ten o'clock . 3 . Any pi-rson may deposit from one penny per week to any amount , provided they agree to the company's rules . . I . That five trustees be elected annually , in whose names all monies shall be deposited in the National Laud and Labour Bank , and placed to the credit of the Norwich Aasutant Company . 5 . No monies shall be withdrawn from the bank without the joint consent of tho trustees , countersigned by the secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer . C . That a committee of five be elected to examine the accounts , rcciipts , and vouchers , and report the same to the quarterly meeting .

      7 . A general meeting of the depositors shall be laid on the first Monday of January , April , July , and October , to hear the report from the committee , when new officers shall bo elected . 8 . Each depositor shall have a book , and no monies shall be rtct-ived unless the depositor produces his or her book . 9 . The treasurer to hold one pound in hand to meet small withdrawals . 10 . When the depo & its amount to two pounds ( exclusive of rule 9 ) , the treasurer shall remit the same to the bank , in accordance with rule 4 . ; 11 . Any person wishing to withdraw his or her deposits must give seven days notice to the secretary , 12 . No interest can commence until deposits amount to one shilling . 13 . No depositor under five shillings can riceive any interest unless he has deposited the same three months .

      Rktford . —At the quarterly meeting of this branch the following officers were chosen to serve for the next three months . "—Thomas Dernio , secretary ; John Lawton , treasurer ; James Birch , scrutineer ; Henry Birch and William Cardwcll , auditors . A number of names were received to form a money club , in aid of the bunk . Rosskndale , —At the weekly meeting of the shareholders , the following officers were elected , viz . —J . Taylor , sub-secretary j T . Howarth , ' 'treasurer ; P . Mitchcl , scrutineer . Fourteen new members were VuvulloJ . Islington . —Mr M'Grath lectured on the Land Plan , on Tuesday last , Several new shareholders were enrolled .

      Shoreditcii . —At the usual weekly meeting of the members of the Land Company held at the Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , Mv Warren in the chair , it was resolved— "That we recommend Mr Kidd to the next Conference to be appointed a paid lecturer to the Land Company . " The Next Coxferknce . —Resolutions in favor of the next Conference assembling at Lowbands , in July next , have been passed by the shareholders at Maidstone .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Asiiton Undkr-Lvnk . —The shareholder are requested to attend the Branch meeting on Sunday next , in their room , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to hear the financial report of the local officers . Birmingham . —The members of the Land Company are informed that a special meeting will bo held at the People ' s llall , Loveday-street , on Thursday evening , June lfth , chair to be taken at eight o ' chek . The members meeting at the Ship Inn are informed that the quarterly local levy becomes due on Sunday next . Chorley . —A meeting of the shareholders of the Land branch of this locality will be held at the house of Mr Wilkinson , 0 , Princess-street , on the 20 th instant , at six o ' clock in the evening , in connection with the above branch . Persons can be enrolled

      memhers and receive full information by applying to the secretary , Water-street , opposite the Swan Inn . Persons wishing to become members of the Land Company , must apply at the house of the secretary , No . 0 , Princess-street , of whom rules can be had , and other information . Conomto . v . —The meetings of shareholders in future will be held on Monday evenings , at eight o'clock at James Gosling's , Lion-street . Derby . —A general meeting of this branch will take place on Sunday evening next , June 13 th at 6 o'clock , at the meeting-room , 4 , Green-street . All members in arrears to the local fund will oblige by paying up as early as possible in consequence of tho pending c . ' ection . A money club has been established here on tho plan of our Birmingham friends . Halifax . —The shareholders are requested to attend a meeting in the large room , Bull Close Lane , on Sunday , June 13 th , at two o ' clock in the

      afternoon . Hull , —The shareholders meet every Monday evening at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , at half-past seven o'clock . Limehousk . —Mr C . Doyle will lecture on Tuesday evening next , June 13 th , in the Brunswick llall , Ropcmaker's Field , subject : "The National Land and Labour Bank . " Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Manchkstkr . —A general meeting of the shareholders will be held in the hall of the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-street , on Sunday morning next , June 13 th , chair to be taken at nine o ' clock . The shareholders are particularly requested to attend as business of importance will be laid before them .

      Newport Pagskll . — Mr M'Grath will deliver a lecture on the Objects and Advantages of the National Land Company , in the public room , Newport Pagnel ) , on Monday evening next . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Salvoud . —A meeting of shareholders will take place in the large room , Bank-street , Great Georgestreet , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) the 13 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A lecture will be delivered in tho above room to commence at six o ' clock in the evening by J . It . Cooper , who will give a description of O'Connorville . Shoreditcii—On Wednesday evening next , Mr Broome will lecture at Mr . Taylor ' s , the Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , near Churchstreet , at eight o ' clock . Subject : " The Forthcoming Election . "

      SowKRBY-LosonoYD . —The shareholders of the National Land Company are requested to attend a meeting in the association-room , Longroyd , on Sunday , June 20 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon oa particular business . Wigan The shareholders are requested to meet in the large room , Bears' Paw Inn , on Sunday June 10 th , at six o'clock in the evening .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061847/page/1/