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      Great Metropolitan Meeting For The Adopt...

      Rely upan it tbat I « a in no wise in love witb tbe Sta _^ e Church parsons , and if _<» y -chance l _> nouVd lmet a bishop in the next- world , I will ask bim how many nouses he has built for the poor , bow many of tbe weak-hearted he bas comforted , how many of the fallen be has . raised up , * mk 1 to how wanv of the 500 , 000 living without God , and withent hope , be has administered religious consolation , and to bow many he "has stretched ont tbe modest band of charity . ( Lond cheers . ) But _nevertheless it is my _dutyiie sate von from as dangerous an ascendancy , and therefore I tell you thatthe breath of Waggery has fiSied the pious pipe which , the _« torm of dissent will Ian with religious controversy , and if vou tolerate _>*» J ™*® TeVigionsiwaTfaTe , and , of _alliwarfores , Good Lord deliver me from that of religious strife , when the J ""'* - riate father and frant _^ o ' n die-in thehostile emferaw _strmrolin-for the snnremacv of antagonist dogmas .

      ( Loud cheers . ) For these reasons then . * _«»^ _, ™ no religious strife , in bo _^^^ _KS _^ _K ? of _dogmas which the improved mind of _*«* _" £ _««»•; tionsma , In tbeir day stamp a * _heroes . W _***™* I believe the _a-e of comraon * ense is at hand , wlien theimprovedmind _ofman willsi ken and revolt at the iSns notion , that cithers course of college _di-S _^ _or- oven _. mentpalronage _. _constitutesthenecea-Sry _& ca » ion for an assessor between man and h » _™ L „ r A-ain , if one evil is tocontmue . whicb God & _S give me , a thousand times give me , the city of church steeples with its shepherds controlled by some opinion , and governed by some law , to the city of _Ion <' chimnies with its shepherds controlled only hr the cupidity of tbeir own avarice , and governed only by tbe stern laws of political economy , whose counting-house is tbeir eharcb , whose ledger is their bible , whose day-book is their prayer-book , and whose order-book is their catechism . They have

      each their trinity—tbe one is tithes , pew rents , and the poor box , the other credit , free trade , and speculation . { Loudcheers . } Are we , then , to waste our presentstrengtb , and are . tb . ereany here who witnessed the glorious triumph , we achieved ia this place over the very faction that would now rouse us to religions strife , I mean tbe battle fought and gained under onr chiel and champion Duncombe , ( Loud cheers . ) Who can forget tbe humilia-ion of their " pet" Mr Wincent , fhe last arrow in hypocrisy ' s quiver , and yet thisisthe puppet that _thesamefaction would now start np to disturb our union and our purpose by a fanatical religious feud . ( Loud cbeers . ) And _OoLThompson , forsooth , plays tbe fiddle for tbis party , and would chastise us for our former errors , and promises us £ 5 if we are goud for the future —( cheers

      and laughter)—that is , that be will send it to us , if we can do without it ; but he will not send us the nest eg £ for others to lay upon ; and because free trade was a crotchet of his , we are to hallow its name by changing our own—for the good it has done , I presume , in producing low wages , short time , and dear bread . ( Cheers , and " aye . " ) I tell you this Col . Thompson is on old woman —( laughter)—and I'll tell yon more , that if you are mad enough to join in tniR infuriate cry , the old ecemy will no longer dread you . The tea-pot and the pulpit are to be the steamengines of this religions freedom train ; bnt , mark me . vou will be ihe luggage-van . ( Loud cheers , and laughter , } And when your force has given sufficient impetus to send tbe passenger train of parsons up the hill , you " will : find yourselves ticket ted to be

      left at the bottom , as the reformers in their day * , and when the faithful mount the summit , they will look down upon you , and laugh at your simple credulity . ( Cheers . ) Another party objects to our physical force doctrines . It is a subject we never mention . It has been forced upon us by old women , as the surest means of disturbing our moral union and destroying our moral strength . However , you shall have ray version of it . It is : wonld to God tbat I had enough of it —( lond cheers)—and then you wonld hear no more of faction ' s crackers . I could send my compliments to Lord John Russell , informing him that we had musket for musket , and cannon for cannon , manned *] by freemen instead of mercenaries . { Renewed cheers . ) However they profess to despise ¦ us , we keep nations at peace . The Times newspaper

      having failed id procuring a share ofthe Spanish wedding portion would sat the world by the ears _, and proclaim the bloody _Narvaez as the patriot and deliverer of his country . However , there is no war . The motto of Louis Philippe is—" sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof ; " and while they ask the Infanta ef Spain to relinquish the title of her heirs to tbe Crown ; the old fox says , " Let the marriage take place first , and we'll talk of the PRELIMINARIES after . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Well _, we are told that Lord Normanby , M . Guizot , and tbe King , all looked very red at their last interview , bat I tell you , that if they proclaim war , they ' ll all look very bl * e . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Tbeir excitement reminds me of the chivalrous Frenchman , -who was _nbout to fight a dncl . lie returned in a

      state of frenzy to his Cafe , tearing his hair and ranting in incoherent sentences;— ' * Oh ! de blooiiest battaile dat ever vos feut . Ob ! de most sanguinary conflict I Oh tarr . bte , "h orrible , fright ' ul 1 " " What , then , monsieur , " asked an English friend , "Did yon fight , and have you shot him ? " " Oh ! no : we did not fight ; but if wc did , it would hare heen de blondiest battaile dat ever vos witnessed in dis _vorld ! " ( Roars of laughter . ) "Now , thus the sanguinary Spanish conflict will end . The King of France does things by degrees as our government did when it first embodied civil power , and theu armed them as a standing army . It is not unlikely that from my caution against joining in the war of dissent , tJwt you may suppose that I manifest a choice for the Church parsons ; however , to prove

      my love , I devoted yesterday ( Sunday ) to drawing np a . resolution , which I trust some gentleman will propose to ihh meeting , declaring tie right of support of the Irish people out of the Church property , which is held in trust for the benefit of the poor . ( Cheers . ) And mind , my friends , although thc governmeut may for a time resist the march of democratic principles by dividing the popular ranks : and however the treachery bf hypocrites mav have widened the gulph between the English and the Irish people , nevertheless , they will find it impossible to resist a national march of hunger . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell now _proposes a grant of Ten MiVii . ns to feed the Irish people . In 1833 , ' 34 , and ' 35 , I repeatedly urged upon Lord Aithorp the necessity of raising Ten Millions at 3 per

      cent ., and lending it to the Irish people , not to tbe landlord ** , at G per cent ., accompanying it with a wholesome measure of Poor Law , based upon a principle of _agricultural and labour premiums , but no Poor Law bastiles . ( Loudcheers . ) I proposed and left them upon the Journal- * of the Ilouse , all the other good measures at which they are now nibbling , as a means of protecting the remnant of the Landlords ' properties . ( Cheers . ) From the beginning of this agitation , which is now running into the twelfth year , although I have been maligned and abused by the press , the leaJers , " and the factions of my own country —( hear , bear)—yet I bave invariably returned good !<* evil , and proclaimed upon every English stage , that tbe English people should never possess their liberties a day or an hour before the Irish people , if I could help it , snd ail England bas responded to the seiiiime-nt—( Loudcheers)—and I think after the splendid display that you have this nigbt heard from those young men by whom lam surrounded , vou will

      « ay that your princples , and your cause stand in no danger of postponement or defeat , though 1 was removed from the Seld of action to-morrow . The common enemy ia now before us . The Whigs are again in power , but only hold it upon your sufferance , for when eur dozen are marshalled and ready for action under our brave and indomitable chief , then the corrupt aHd servile press , the representatives of which now sit under me , to pick amusement for _factiqive-i of Chartist speeches , will be compelled to do Justice to tlieir cause , tbeir _principles , and their _eloquence . ( Tremenduus cheering . ) £ shall now sit clown requesting our secretary , Mr . Wheeler , who can read my writing bettor than I can rayself , to read my resolution for the amelioration of tlie Irish people , and the prevention of those dispensations which _invariably fall upon the industrious aiene , without taking a joint from the royal table . Mr . O'Connor then > at down amid the most enthusiastic applause . Tne resolution was then put and carried _unanimously _amidst loud applause .

      A £ r . Wneele .- thea read the resolution drawn npby Mr . O'Connor , as follows : — " Resolved , That tiiis _meeting sincerely deplores the destitutioa of tbeir Irish brethren , and earnestly calls npon ber Majesty ' s ministers to _advise her Majesty to convene her Parliament without dflay _, for tlie purpose of adopting the most speedy remedies to arrest the prosent distress , as well as for enacting such Ixws as will in future prevent the anomaly of thc industrious being the only or the greatest sufferers in seasons of searelcy , whether arising from the natural cause -of deficient harvests , or the unnatural cause of landlord oppression and government misrule ; and this meeting farther recommend , os a means of meeting present distress , and providing against a recurrence of a like nat & re , tlie

      propriety of raising a sum of ten million sterling by an issue of Exchequer Bills , to he called the Church Restoration fund , the interest and repayment of which sua to be chsrgeable npon and payable out of the tithes and other State Church property now held in trust for _national _purposes , by bishops , and other dignitaries , _andpassons and other salaried officers of the State Church , and that tlie said fund be applied , nnder proper management , to the purchase of land ia Ireland , and the location of the Irish people upon it , at its present estimated value , hy lease for ever , in order that the Improved value consequent upon the husbandman ' s labour , may be secured to Jum and his heirs for ever , or until the ascertained necessity of onr successors may see just cause for making a more equitable adjustment to suit the exigences of the then existing generation .

      " And this meeting also recognises the unqualified light ofthe Irish people to a Parliament of their own choice , elected upon the principle of annual parliaments , universal _sufirase , vote by ballot , equal representation , BO nropeity qualification and payment of members . Mr . _O'Cavasnah then rose , to propose tbe above resolution , and said , he was delighted to witness such a _meatjng of democrats met to agitate for tbeir glorious principles —( cheers)—and right happy was he to find that they thought his poor nnhappy country not unworthy Iheir consideration , He believed the Charter would

      Great Metropolitan Meeting For The Adopt...

      * L _ cheer .. ) ' _ChwtI 7 _„ _jXt the flame _oflibertr ¦ _butyls _meeting was _"Xa / n he was intrusted to < mo / e stffi existed . Tlie _"J _*^^* Mr . O'Connor in _Stated to _IrelandUg d . he a _, re of tho evil _ ( heari J _™^ MeSn » on thatnnhappy land . The promised _T _^ to _KS would uot be paid b , landlords and K _^ _ople wa . too poor _topay them . The Irish church l _adAlways been ready to aid the aristocracy toopprc , tlie-peop le _, and he thought Mr . O'Connor ' s resolution would have a teude-ncy to reduce them down to eome thing Hke tlieir proper _dimsnsious , he had , therefore , much pleasure in moving this resolution , which he trusted the _English people would carry and gain the eternal uratit-de of the Irish people . ( Cheers . )

      Dr . M'DoUAU , rose amid great app lause to second the resolution , and _siid we had _sten several strange change ? , the Whigs out and the Tories in , the Tories out and the Whigs in again ; yet jou could scarce call them a ministry _, as they appeared destined to become " small by degrees and be « nti fully less . " Looking at past historj and _present time , he could see nothing good in our con stitution that owed its origin to modern innovation . no the good was due by our ancestors . Magna Charter was adopted andsigned hy men who could neither read nor write . A 8 regards Ireland , surely ten millions of money was small enoug h after seven hundred years of oppression , and especially as that was to come ont of _churchproparty . ( Loudcheers . ) He thought the doctrine ot Christianity strictly applicable to this care . It _wasthv duty of the government to search out thescource of cr ime and poverty—( hear , hear)—we were progressing in science and wealth , but at the same time crime and poverty went hard in land . He thought the resolution alike aalculated to benefit the two countries . He

      was happy to see England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales , on the more , and he believed a body more powerful in numbers and intellect would arise this winter , than had yet been seen to claim their birthright , and such an united phalanx , would bid defiance to the Whigs . Hi should yet live to witness England's greatness and Ire . land ' s happiness . ( Great cheering . ) Tbe _resolution was again read , put from the chair , and carried unanimously . Mr . T _. M . WHEEiERthen read and moved the adop . tion of tbe National Petition . Ur . Mabri _« tt , in seconding its adoption , said , he thought tho following should he the motto of ev « _r working man : " We wiU have the Charter , name and ail i ' ( Loud cheers . ) He had much pleasure in seconding the adoption of the petition , and trusted the people _woulerally round Mr . O'Connor out of the House , and Mr . Buncombe within it , whilst _thay yielded their best sup . port to that great luminary , the glorious Northern Star . ( Oreateeering ) . Ths p . tition was adopted unanimously .

      Mr . T C _ a _ k moved the adoption of the following resolution : — 4 th , —Resolved , That iu the opinion of this meeting . the return to Parliament of a few patriotic inrli . _riduals , to act in concert with the small band of noble spirits already in the House , and favourable to the democratic cause , would materially strengthen the efforts of the people for freedom . This meeting , therefore , approves of the principles and objects of the Election and Registration Committee , and pledges itself to yield that body all the support in its power . The resolution was seconded by Ur . Stallwood , and carried unanimously . Mr . Eenest Jones then moved : — " That the resolution relative to the relief for Ireland be advertised in the _Nation , Freeman , Pilot and _IForW , Irish newspapers . " Seconded by Ur . _O'Cavanmab , and carried unanimously .

      Mr . Stallwood moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman for hi * impartial cenduct in the chair ; which was seconded by Mr . Feabgus O'Connob , and carried with thundering applause . Hr . Dwane suitably acknowledged the compliment , and he declared the meeting dissolved . Three tremendous cheers were then given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor ; three for Duncombe ; tbree for Frost , Williams and Jones ; and three for Ireland and Repeal . Three Inst ; gioans were then given for the Whigs , To . _ries , Protectionists , and Free Traders ; which were succeeded by three hearty cheers for the _Nortluirn Star .

      Upwards of 2 , 000 signatures were appended to the National Petition at the meeting . Thia Grand Metropolitan Chartist Demonstration then quietly dispersed _.

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      3 THE NORTHERN STAR . _? October 3 , 184 ft

      Tiie Free Trade Turn-Out At Keighley. "H...

      TIIE FREE TRADE TURN-OUT AT KEIGHLEY . "HIGH WAGES AND PLENTY TO DO . " The combination of the Keighley manufacturers still continues without any material alteration ; and they now begin lo talk of running nearly all their factories short time . The men , on the other hand , meet all this tyranny with cool and determined courage . If the Leaguers are putting their workmen t > _- difficulties and privations , it is now quite evident that they are suffering severely themselves . By throwing their men out of employment to prevent them from supporting those of Mr . Robert Clough . they have subjected themselves to an enormous increase of poor rate , which now begins to tell admirably through _, tue numerous _appVwatiOu- * of the men for relief .

      The Guardians hold their weekly meetings on Wednesdays ; and on last Wednesday , the 16 th ult ., on numbers of the men applying for relief , the Guardians wanted to know if they had asked thei ' employers for work since they had turned them offaa if they were willing to employ them again—thej could not , consistently grant them any aid fron the parish funds . To satisfy the Guardians upon this point , a man or two belonging te each firm waited upon their late employers , and wanted to know if they were disposed to set them on again . The invariable answer they received was , that " thev were at perfect liberty to return to their work , pnividing they required no advance of wages , and thai Robert dough ' s combers return to their work at the same time . " This answer was tantamount to say

      ing , that if they would throw the men dependent upon them overboard—do away with the Protective Society—and throw themselves entirely upon their mercy , they might return to their bondage . One of the factory masters noted fur nothing but the size ot his corporation , and his utter want of reason and common sense , tauntingly told the poor follows who waited upon him , that "he wanted no combers , being quite able and willing to carry on his business without them ; but he believed Robert Clough , ot Groves Mill , wanted a number , and they might apply there . " The men returned with their various answers to the Board , who immediately proceeded to grant tbem some small pecuniry aid . The liberal application of the parish funds to the support of the men by employing them on the roads , & c , has been

      regarded by the manufacturers barrier a _asto their chance of success ; and an attempt was made to put a stop to it about a week since , by tbe Chairman of the Board of Guardians , who is a manufacturer and ringleader of the League , against the men . This person in the discharge ofhis official duties , represented to the Board the great waste of public money by employing so many combers upon the roads . The expenditure in hammers , shovels , and weekly payments would be enormous , and he would recommend that , instead of working on roads , the combers should be ordered to find work at their own callings . " For instance , " said the Free-Trading son of _MaltliUB , " 1 would take a certain number myself , and Mr . Clough , I have no doubt , would take a number more , and the men would thus not only get

      comfortable employment and moderate wages at tbeir own work , but the parish would bo relieved of a great burden . " It , however , fortunately happens , that the majority of the present Board of Guardians are not such neck-or-nothing Free Traders as their Chairman , aud some of tbem told him very honestly , that being an interested party , M he had no right to sit in judgment upon the men , and further , that they had no doubt the _conduct of himself and brother Leaguers , had brought the burden upon the public . " The same manufacturer , of whom we are now speaking , is an out-and-outtdissenter , and adetermined op . ponent to church rates ; he has headed the anti-rate party , acted as chairman at their meetings , and assisted in pointing out to thc poor , tbe horrible injustice of being compelled to pay two pence per year , towards a church which has a _plentv of its own .

      This cheap method of procuring a character for liberality , and of saving his own pocket , bas been somewhat damaged by the _eonduct of himself and party . The labouring portion of his followers have begun to suspect that if taking two pence from them by a parson be such a glaring piece of injustice , the aet of a manufacturer taking from them two pounds must be still worse , the sum being not only much greater , but the parson giving them the chance of paying or not paying by vote while the manufacturer gives them no chance at all . We apprehend that , through this simple circumstance , the next campaign of this mighty Free Trade and liberty-ofcoascience-loving General will not be opened witb the spirit hitherto manifested , and that many of his soldiers will want to see their commander mote consistent in his conduct .

      While pointing out one trait in the character of this _Leaguer , we can scarcely refrain from presenting the public with a small act lately performed by hia own person , who like the bulk of his congregation , is also a thorough Free Trader . During the last session , while the Ten Hours Bill was pending in Parliament , a deputation of ten working men waited upon him with a petition in behalf of that humane measure , requesting his signature . lie expressed himself as " a decided opponent to all restrictions upon time , labour , and wages , of either young or old ; he wanted to see every thing free , and matters of that kind left entirely to the employer and the employed . " "If . " said he , " you had waited upon me with a petition for Free Trade , and the Repeal ofthe Corn Laws , I would have signed it with all pleasure , but am entirely opposed to a Factory Bill . " " Let us " said he , " only obtain the Repeal of the Corn Laws , and I have no doubt thata working man like you at the head of a family { pointing to one of the deputation , a wool-

      Tiie Free Trade Turn-Out At Keighley. "H...

      comber ) may : earn at the ' rate bf two , three , or even four _poiwito per -week , instead of your present nine or ten shillings , and have the power of keeping your family comfortably without sending them to the factoryat all ' if you choose . " On hearing this strange rhapsody on-the enormous benefits of Freo Trad © to ( he working -man , the deputation wanted to know if he was in joke or earnest , _•« Oh decidedly in earnest , " said he , "itis my real belief . " It happened since the commencement of the present struggle betwixt the comfeew and manufacturer , that another _imputation of two combers waited upon him requesting his assistance . This deputation , like the first , was quite in the wrong , "lie was opposed to all kinds of unions of workmen for protection of wages . His

      opinion wan , that wages , hke every thing else , should be quite free , and he bad no doubt that if the workmen would leave the matter in the hands ol the manufacturers , they would always give the highest wages they eould afford . " Finding it _jjuite impossible to move him to pity on behalf of either a factory worker or a wool-comber , tbey wanted to know if he had not told some very fine things to a former deputation concerning the effects of Free Trade upon the working man ' s condition . " Well indeed , " said he , " 1 recollect saying something on the subject . My opinion of Free Trade is , thatit will do some little good to the labouring class , but I would recommend

      them not to be too sanguine , nor expect it too soon . They then reminded him thatthe * ' great measure " which according to his predictions , were to raise their wages to two , three , or four pounds per week , had passed , and he beheld tbem there that evening turned from their employment for trying to procure an advance of ninepence . He then protested that the first deputation had entirely misrepresented him , and that ho had never said they would realize to the amount mentioned , and he finally dismissed them with something like a horse laugh . This plain contradiction of his own words created considerable astonishment , and shows the baseness of this priestly Free-Trader .

      The manufacturers continue to fight their workmen in their usual cowardly manner . Instead of simply withholding their own work from the men , they are constantly persuading others to do the same . They have carried this system to sueh an extent that it may now be regarded as a combination to starve ihe men out of existence . We must not forget to mention that they have very powirfuttif increased their combination by the addition of another member . This individual . Spencer by name , residing at a small hamlet called Ainworth , employed three combers , and judge of the consternation when news was brought that he had

      turned them ali , oif . No doubt tue manufacturers intended this to be a finisher , and had reserved the honour of giving the combers their coup-de-grace to this powerful ally . We have not , however , heard of any material alteration in either the public funds , the markets , or the condition of the combers in consequence , the only apprehension being that Spencer will have a greater difficulty in getting them back again then he had in turning them off . One very pleasant feature is this affair is , that every tongue moves in condemnation of the manufacturers , while the men continue to receive universal sympathy , support and encouragement .

      Kriohut , Wbdxbsdat . —The struggle betwixt the Keighley woolcombers and their employers still continues with unabated vigour . It is expected that the manufacturers will this week change their tactics , and endeavour to prevent the men from obtaining relief from the parish funds . Wc understand that their method to accomplish this is to proffer the men work at the same _wages they had when they turned them off , and when they present themselves for relief , cause the Guardians to send them for work to their respective employers . By this plan they think they will be enabled to ease their own burdens , and have an opportunity at the same time of supplying Mr . Robert Clough with tops , so that he may run his factory without giving the advance to his combers . To meet this plot , which is intended to defeat the objects of the Protective Seciety , the men are now determined to have the advance from every firm before they resume their employment .

      That man of brass in Bingley , named Jonas Sharp , whose conduct we hare already mentioned , re-commenced" ! operations upon his weavers last week , by again reducing their wages 3 d . per piece . The firm of Craven , of Keignley , havo also this week reduced the wages of a portion of their weavers 3 d . per piece each . About twenty of the weavers so reduced , made bold to go in a body to remonstrate with them against their conduct , when they were all ordered to weave tlieir work up and go about their business . The conduct of the "League" towards their combers and weavers is , beyond all description , mean and tyrannical . The combers request that persons subscribing money in their behalf , will give it to none but those who have certificates from tbe Committee , with the secretary ' s name , as several impostors have gone to different places , obtaining money on their own account by representing themselves asiharing been _employed by the woolcombers .

      Festival Of Tiie Fraternal Democrats. (F...

      FESTIVAL OF TIIE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . ( From , a Correspondent . ) Reader , like me , you are one ofthe world of men , you to some extent exercise an influence on those by whom you are surrounded , and with you , in some degree , rests the character , and , therefore , actions of coming ages . Your life has its sweets and soul's , moments of sunshine burst upon you , and your soul revels in enjoyment ; dark hours of gloom come o ' er you , and the world is to you one bleak and barren waste . Sometimes the good and true of nature that -still remains , spite of all fortune ' s _buffetings , takes tbe lead , and you are prodigal in generosity ; at other times , you are parsimonious , it may be avaricious to an extreme . Really you are a fickle and a strange being ; but , withal , your thoughts assume a certain character : it may be that you are not

      sensible of It . but the most careless onlooker will at once detect it . Do you lovo to talk of battles—are Hannibal , Napoleon and Nelson your heroes—has the God of War found a throne within you ! if so , crossing the Alps , invading England , or sinking a French man-of-war , are your subjects of conversation ; on these themes will your mind delight to dwell ; you live among them , you dream of them , you speak of thero , aud by so doing you influence the eurrent of thought in others , and thereby affect the present condition and future destinies of man . " The fraternity of nations " is one of my favourite subjects , and 1 will speak to you on the festival of the Fraternal Democrats , and at once introduce the scene of my musings . It is a large room in White Conduit Ilouse , on the evening of September the 21 st . It is almost nine o ' clock ; the rooms are

      brilliantly illuminated with gas , tables are filled with the good things of this earth , around them are seated men of all countries , yet they are as one family—the great family of man , Here there are no party distinctions—you cannot see one trace of section—there is not a single emblem of division manifested—there floats the flag of no nation , no fleur-de-lis , no shamrock , no thistle , no eagle , is to be seen . This night nations are represented by her children . There is a marked distinction of countenance and manner , tbe result of climate and educational circumstances , and you may read much of the world's history in the faces of these men , but there is but one sentiment in all—hear it you whose motto is * ' divide and rule "read it you men whose patriotism is blazoned in the words , "Ireland for the Irish "—think of it Louis-Philippe , and mark it well Emperor of all tbe Russians— " All men are brethern . " There is a

      reform in education and morals to be effected by the carrying out of that great truth , that glorious declaration . The Swiss , from his cold clear lakes and snow-crown'd mountains , thinks and feels in common with the inhabitant of the fortilo _savnanahs of South America . Philosopher here is a field for inquiry ; statesmen here is a key to enable yeu the better to understand the government of man . Sisters and brothers of earth , here is an avowal of universal brotherhood , and the carrying of its spirit into the every day exercises of life would revolutionize society and rectify many of the annoyances of private life . It would annihilate for ever the poking question of , is neighbour Brown as rich as neighbour Green ? It would destroy all fear of losing caste in the circle of your acquaintance , and the immaculate gentility of the ring and glove gentry would be heard of no more . In the assembly before us the representatives of the progress parties of all

      nations _leei and practise ther doctrine they admire , and the first brother who claims our attention is an illustration . He is a spare and studious looking man , a scholar and a philosopher , jie speaks languages fluently , and is no dreamer on the affairs of men ; the world's history bas been read by him , and the study of many years _enunciated a great truth , resolves itself into a sentiment . He says the first toast of tiie evening is— " The . sovereignty of the people . " That sentiment means ; Jttuch , it says Nature is no churl in the _distribution of her gifts , earth and air are the property of all : valuable truth . Byron , Burns , Beragner , Fivilgrath , _Schiller , Shelley , Jones , all sing or have sung but one _strain , —the sovereignty of the people . The sentiment is spoken to by men of the people , it is the people . speaking for themselves . A triumph worthy of the age in which we live . A lesson that the rulers ot ' the earth will do well to study , and the members of St . _Stephens do well to read .

      An address is read , and reader , if you have _f _lot already read it , you will do well to do so , remembering these words , "All men are brethren . " It is' a manifesto worthy of the occasion , ami is followed bv one ot labour ' s neglected poets , singing " All hail b raternal Democrats . " John Arnott is a shoemaker anil a rhymer , truthfu sentiments , truthfull y expressed erne from his pen . Years of toil and trouble have not yet destroyed the spirit of the man , and we marked _in _£ ofH Sl , S . htlj [ _i tingcd with _W _J'airs-tlie stooping of the shoulders more to be attributed to KI „ S } 5 ! yeaK "' l , t th _?^ eye twinkled witb tlie fire of the moment , as he pouted forth the senti-

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      ments ofthe heart . He is a representative of his order , and one of the many sons of _penius who weuld never have been beard of , but for the agitation for Democracy in England . O ther speakers claim our attention , the evening is getting advanced , and men of all countries speak in all languages , and are listened to withadmiration _. and responded _toowithenthusiasm , One speaker on the President ' s right , a tall and muscular young man , rich in the exterior gifts of nature ; there is a mark ofa sabre cut on his cheek , and resolute determination is reflected in every feature . Carl

      Schapper is fl citizen of the worid-a tine cosmopolite in thought and action-he speaks with a voice | that thrills to the heart . " Sisters and Brothers , the fraternity of nations is a toast to which I can respond from the bottom of my heart , for I am convinced that when tbe oppressed of civilized Europe unite and demand , as with one voice , their rights , demand j usttce , thev will get them ; aye , they will get them without having recourse to physical force , for when the prople enlightened , united and strong demand , no tyrant on earth will dare refuse . "

      How much of mystery and idle declamation are here unravelled . Physical force , that war cry of party is here placed in its true light . " When the oppressed ofeivilized Europe uniteand demand , < fcc . " You are right Carl Schapper , and there can be no union without physical and mental power , until then the murder ofthe _Bandiera-will be a common occurrence . But that union once accomp lished , the physical power of the people being greater than the physical power of all the monarchs of the earth , will exercise an influence greater than the influence of hired assassins , or the cunning of crafty advisers . With that union will cease war and all its horrors , the people will be morally great because they are physically powerful . To the kings of earth they will use the words ofthe centurion of old , " I say to one

      man go , and he goeth ; and to another , come , and he cometh ; and to my servant , do this , and hedoeth it . " Oh yes , it will be so civil , that government will then be a government of the citizen by the citizen , the greatest possible protection with the least possible _infrinemeut of individual librrty of man , government will be an engine working for the . good of all , and keeping pace with the intelligence of all . Suddenly there rises one who is known to all , in him is descended the spirit ofa family tbat has manfully brived the persecution ef many ages . Campbell , author of " The Pleasures of Efope , " could not forget the _suffuringa of this noble family . The muse of the bard paid its devotion to the sufferings ofthe patriot , and "The Exile of Erin" will live in the

      annals of literature while poetry is adored and the English language known . * Mr . O'Connor is himself a representative of theimproved mind of England for the past twenty years , and his speech is tbe foreshaddowing of a new era . He tells us that every persecuted man is his brother . — " Our course , Sir , is no Quixotic crusade in search of undiscovered or even remote regions : it is the mind ' s travel in quest of its legitimate throne . " And then follows a picture of the past arid a presage of the future , rapid , but truthful and eloquent . Such a painting . _^ as he alone can sketch , it is one great cartoon of history , and its composition is neither crowded nor obscure . Reader , pass it not lightly by . " That knowledge by which the old world was governed , was gleaned from celestial phenomena . " Sad and melancholy truth

      , and to it may be traced the errors and horrors ofthe early and middle ages . Here you have exhibited the groundwork of the astrology of Egypt in early times , and the witchcraft of England and Scotland in tbe fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . But the speeches of this man fall a . dead letter on the press—they dare not print them . When Hume , the historian published _hisbistory of England , it displeased all parties who read it , it was > known but to few , but succeeding ages read it , and it is now popular when other historians are forgotten , —and I tell the press of England , that future ages will demand the speeches of Mr . O'Connor and the history of the movement of which he is a member . O'Connor and freedom will live and stand ; when they are buried , dead , and damned .

      The evening is far advanced when _^ there rises a studious and middle-aged exile from his father-land . Colonel _JOborski is a Pole , and his thoughts , from whatever point emanating , revert back to Poland . Oh ! there is something noble in the feeling that binds a man to misfortune . Brother Oborski loves Poland for her misfortunes—it is the most generous of all loyal feeling . But he does not claim Poland a 9 an exclusive territory , he claims Poland as the _landofprogrpss . He lives in the thoughts of his own beloved Kosciusko , and he calls aloud for the equality of man . He says of Poland what Professor Seivers , so beautifully says of Greece : — " Yes , we admire these men and their _macnataity , we admire all men who act like thera . " " But . brethren , was it Greece for which they struggled ? Waa it their father-land ? No , brethren , it was not ; for Greece was at that time another name for liberty , as Persia was for tyranny . " These are no mere ' * after-dinner

      orations , " no sentiments to be retracted when convenient , these are the opinions of men of years , men of knowledge , men of experience—philosophers , whose knowledge extends beyond tho cloister of an university , or the teachings ofa priest . Oh , this is a glorious night for the world—for progress , for humanity and love . The actors in this scene may differ ou some points of minor importance , but all know , and own , the rights of man ; all admit the doctrine of equality , and the righteous distribution of wealth . And while the kings of the earth are plotting for power , they ask for human happiness , and a better future . There is a link that binds them all ( > and like the tall oaks of the forest , they flourish in a social proximity , affording protection to each other from the chill of ignorance , and the blast of prejudice . I will mark the "fraternity of nations" ia my chronology , as a phrase for life ' s history— a great sentimentan everlasting truth .

      , As I Wandered leisurely to my lonely home I thought of the past , and I reasoned on the future The scenes of many centuries rose to my view—the barbarous cruelty of the middle ages , and the natural simplicity of savage life , were with me in my mental vision ; and , as I thonght of the past , and of the present , I exclaimed , " Thanks to nature , for her goodness , and her power . " Iu the men with whom I have just parted , there still remains the simplicity of the child , and its true companion—the wisdom of the philosopher . Education has taught them to see in man a being worthy of life , of love and happiness , and nature in them speaks with her own voice . Their intercourse with man has taught them to see

      in the world but one great family . Their minds are expansive , not only stored with truths , but filled with principles . How often have tbey thought in their closets , and reflected midst the bustle of life—those moments when one ' s soul holds converse with itself , and as they have Been man kill his brother , warriors conquer , and bankers rule—as they have gazed on pampered luxury , and its accompaniments , misery and woe . Tliey have yearned to improve this earth , and better mankind ; and they have seen the right course to this end , the adoption ofthe world for their country , and the propagation of the great truth"All Men are Brethren . " A Leaf from tub Annals of a Shoemaker . Garret . London , Sept . 29 , 184 G .

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      The Fraternal Democrats—Castlereagh's

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS—CASTLEREAGH'S

      VICTIMS . TO TUE EMTOB OP TUB N _6 BTHERN SIAR . Sia , —In your able and correct report of the grand festival of the democrats of all nations , held at White Conduit House , on the evening of the 21 st ult . I find my name introduced as having madeafew general observations on " The Solemn Memory ofthe Patriots , who have suffered and perished in prison and in exile , on the scaffold , and the battle field , in struggling to establish the Rights of Man , " and whilst I do not complain of your reporter , who I may be permitted to say , is a great deal more correct , in _general , than the majority of those who oater for the columns of the factions . I thimk I may reaionahly claim a small space in your valuable broad sheet to explain my reasons for introducing myself on the attention of the meeting , and to brie-fly state the nature of the subject , to which I referred , and which , iu this instance , your reporter has intirely omitted .

      It will yet be fresh in the memory of many of our Scottish brethren , that the Radicals of 1819 and 1820 had a hard struggle with the _frieuds in power at that time , that their worse than fantastic tricks made many a lawmade widow weep , and many a helpless family mourn , that under martial law our Glasgow friends will recollect their having been hunted like wild beasts through the streets of their native city , alter nine o ' cloek at night , by the Dragoons of Castlercagh , & c , that many were totally ruined , some banished for ever from the land of their birth , and that three victims to the hellish spy system were actually sacrificed , according to law , to secure the rule of the plunders and gratify thc base passions of a " Bloated buffoon . "

      These , Sir , were the circumstance to which I wished to draw the attention of the _meeting , and the country and having heen an eye-witness of the murder of James Wilson , at Glasgow , I thought it a fitting occasion to perform a sacred duty to thc memory of so good und so worthy a man ; to denounce the tyrauny which produced such calamity throughout tho land ; and to caution the people against supposing that the base , brutal , and bloody Whf _^ _s of the present day were a whit less inclined to perform . once more , if the people permitted , them , the like _tragedies , than wero thoir Tory brethren of that time .

      I have _is great a respect lor thc peace of our Lady the Queen" as * for any other lady inthiscouutry ; but , when I reflect on ibe enormities I have seen committed under the sanction * _4 f * her name and authority—such as at _Calthorpe . _street , ' _Kennington-common ; the Bull-ring at Birmingham - the _Paddingtoti terminus , and other places—I cann 'Ot help thinking that those who wield the power of the ex Vensive " bauble , " the Crown , have quite mistaken their u lission , inasmuch as they invariably de . stroy the poace of large masses of the people in their anxiety to preserv . , wl , at _tb « y are pleased to call " the pence of their Lord or _l" 1 _^* " as tll ( " case mav h 6 ' , and , therefore , I think it i ' * hi _% u timo w « _w _™ uniting to put

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      an end to this anomaly fey _securing the protection of the Charter for the whole ' people , and deprive for ever tne minions of an extravagant court of the unholy power of following out their schemes of family or personal ambi . tion , regardless alike of the duties of their station , the dictates of conscience , or the feelings of humanity—to the great detriment of the peace and welfare of society , the oppression and degradation of the industrious mil . hons , and to the « ctual starvation of thousands of their fellow-creatures . Moreover , I -would in the meantime , have these usurpers to know , that there is such a thing as treason to the people—ns well as ( reason to the Crown—of both of which crimes I accuse all those who , through the instrumentality of hired spies , have enveighled and exasperated , because a plundered , a deceived , and an insulted populace

      into the commission of any act—which , by their own Strained construction , may be denominated a penal offence ; and when , as in the cases to which I have alluded , tbey have taken the lives of their victims whilst they had the power to save them , I further _fearlessly proclaim the monsters guilty of foul murders , and all their aiders and abettors partieeps crimines and I hope soon to see the day when , by the establishment of the People ' s Charter , a better system shall prevail ; and then , but not till then , we may beat our swords into plough shares , and our swords into pruning hooks ; for as prudence _estabboitis docere , I would advise such of my friends as have serious thoughts , of adopting this ne plns ' ultra of peace and rusticity , to wait a wee : Get the land to till , and the Charter to protect it , and none shall more willingly or readily comply with the humane recommendation , than Dear Sir , your Brother Democrat , Hembt Ross .

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      HOW TO GET THE CHARTER . TO _FIAIQCS O ' CONNOR , _ESO ,, S _» _, —As I do not often intrude myself upon yonr notice , or on your valuable time , I bare no doubt you will excuse me on the present occasion ; indeed I should net _deso now , if I did not think that the subject , upon which I write , is of the utmost importance to the liberties of the Brit ' uh people ,. I have no doubt you will recollect so much of meat te know that I am not , have not been , nor am likely to be a mere follower of men ; not an O'Connorite _, but a Chartilt ; not a Sturgite , but a Complete Suffragist ; not a PeeliU , or a _Kuisellite . Whig or Tory , but an Englishman . The difference in the tiro first I consider to he merely in name ; nor am I either of these on account of the name , but because each of these parties propose to

      give to the people their universal rights , as once held by our Saxon ancestors ; and not merely from this consideration , but because the Charter contains the inalienable , ¦ atural rights of man , to which , In his own individual person he has an indisputable claim . The only and allimportant gutstioa is , how Englishmen , yes , and Irishmen and Scotchmen too , can practically , attain these rights ! This is the question , which , I hope , the following practical plan' will answer . The Anti-Corn-I / aw League has set us the example , —has taught us the worth and the _worthlessless of a property qualification . Its WorthlessnesK is in its uncertainty to its holder ; its worth to the working classes that it may be increased , at pleasure , to almost _« Dy extent , at least for every desirable and practical purpose . It is an old and self-evident proposi . tion in mathematics , that two halves are _eqiul to the I

      whole ; and visa vtrse , that the whole is equal to two halves . The Anti-Corn-Law League acted upon the dividing quality or property of freehold estates , tbey hare made one freehold into two , four , or six forty-Bhilling qualifications for county rotes ; the working classes must aot upon the uniting principle to claim votes for both small and large boroughs . The qualification to vote for a borough member is a rental often pounds annually , and to berated to the poor , that is , tho name entered on tbe rata book . Two working men live neighbours to each other , and each pay a rental of six pounds ; now two six pounds make twelve , more than is required to give the required qualification . One may and can he booked for the twohoum , ao one tenement , and to make tbis perfectly safe , let one half to his neighbour as unfurnished

      lodgings . Certainly this will he as good a qualification as two freeholds , or three , four , or six , each separated only by one wall , belonging equally to the claiming tenne ments , so that neither is an Independent freehold , yet each claims and gives the county vote . There is in Sheffield twenty thousand houses which have not ths franchise or vote , these , if the working classes of the town could be induced to co-operate unanimously , could claim the qualification to vote for ten thousand . But to hope for luch au unanimity would he utterly vain 'it however only six thousand , or even four , were to do so , this would be sufficient to send two independent , working class representatives to Parliament , at any election , for this , or in like proportion , for any borough in the United Kingdom . The smaller the borough the more practical the plans , and tbe more certaiu of success .

      Now , Sir ; this plan is carried out in other similar cases . Itis acted upon with success by'brer-house keepers . When the housefor which the licence is desired is only ten pounds rent , the applicant unites the next house with it , nnd thus increases the rent to the legal sum , and then lets off the appended house to another family , as lodgings , and thus becomes legally qualified fer licence to retail beer . Thus acting upon this plan , with a powerfully organised Association , tbe people may not only send twelve members to the corrupt and venal house of milrepresentatives , but 150 or 200 ; and what could resist such a phalanx , such an army of pioneers , backed and supported bj a petition of one million , or fifteen hundred thousand signatures of an earnest and determined people , what I say could resist their carrying tbe Charter through that house , and establishing it as the law of the land , without which neither their land , labour , or liberties can be safe .

      There are soma other detail ! required to workout the plan successfully , in committees ; thinking this plan of increasing the qualification worth your serious consideration , permit me to subscribe myself Your respectful and obedient servant , R . OfUT . Sheffield , September , 28 , 1816 .

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      THE BELFAST COTTON SPINNERS ON STRIKE . IO THE TRADES _GENEBAIiT . _Feuow-Wokkmbn , —Itis now thirteen weeks since the cotton spinners employed in the mill of Messrs . Lepper and Co ., of this town , Btruck work against one of thc most nnjnst and _Bhameful reductiona ever proposed . Not content with five or ten per cent ., they must have 22 $ per cent , below the average list of Scotland and England . And now , after supporting forty-nine men three months on strike , out comes another tyrant , and throws forty men more on the streets , in order , as tbey say , to exhaust our funds , which have been long since exhausted , and but for the assistance ?" of Glasgow and some English friends , we should have been , starved into submission . We call upon you , then , as men and as brethren , for the sake of suffering humanity , to come forward

      and resist us , by loan and subscription , to defeat the grasping avarice of overgrown capitalists , who would rob us of the price of our labour , which nature and nature ' s God intended for the support of our wives and suffering children , who are crying for bread , whieh , when we ask , the tyrants would give us a stone . " The labourer is worthy of his hire , " saith the Lord ; bnt our tyrants would reverse that maxim , by reducing us to tbe level of the Russian serf , and making us hewers of wood and drawers of water . From what we "know of you , you will not look heedlessly on , and see us crushed to the dust . We remain , your faithful and obedient servants , Signed by order , on behalf of the cotton spinners of Ireland , James Armour , Secretary .

      N . B . —Onr address is , —James Armour , 65 , North Queen-street , Belfast . Any remittances made to the Belfast cotton spinners will he gratefully acknowledged , and , if called upon , will be punctually repaid . The Nailers or St . Visuns , NEAn Stirling .- — Mr . Jacobs addressed a large meeting of the nailmakers of this place , chiefly members of the National Associations , in the Public School Room All expressed themselves thoroughl y satisfied with the progress of the association , a vote expressive of their confidence therein to remove their grievances were passed unanimously .

      CAMEI . 0 N near Pauurr -Mr . Jacobs addressed the nailers here on Tuesday _evening with the _s-imA result as above The nailers , fiJ , Jj £ piti S meal has risen from 9 d . to Is . 3 d . ner peel wit , in _S 11 _rS * raonth 8 , 0 thev _thtnsaata similar _lato , that their wages have not rose , and if they are not rose soon they must starve , as they are obliged to work from five in the morning till ten at night to get 9 a . or 10 s . per week , that the masters charge thera lis . for a cart of 12 cwt . of coals , just as they arc taken from the pic head , that the masters only pay 4 s . 6 d ., exclusive of hauling . Bannocburn Carpet Weavers . — Mr . Jacobs addressed the carpet weavers , of this town , on Wednesday evening , in tho Pnblic llall . After tbe lectures , a resolution was carried to the eflect , that it was to the interest ofthe carpet weavers to jsin tho National _Associations the only means of removing all their grievances .

      United Trades . —Earl Shiltoa . —Messrs . Buckby , ' Winters , Lucas , and others , from Leicester , attended this place on Sunday last for the express purpose of adding a new link to tbe Association for tbe Protection of British Industry , under tho auspices of T S . Duncombe Esq ., M . P . Iu the afternoon , Mr . Buckby preached a sermon from the 0 th chapter of Leviticus , and the first five verses , trom wliich he delivered an excellent discourse against oppression he _tXT C _H ? i . T > an 0 tll , er d i « 1 r ° m nt to thS te _? 7 * P ° P _^ PointS E £ ¦? Nl u tl 0 lial _delation with _gt-ent

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      . . THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERS . _^ Dbab Sib , —Allow me , through yotir erceJlent J 0 n , _nal _, to report the proceedings of "The Staffordl _? Potters' Society , " in connection with the National a _« elation of Trades for the Protection of Industry , > „ ° * Hon of Potters in Staffordshire , have fo * gome t ' ma I !'' been formed into a branch of the above _asaociation \ _* i since our adhesion , we have been labouring to diisen _. nate its principles , to explain its objects , and to _promot its interest , in doing which , however ,, it -bus p _j v _* to smooth and unobstructed a movement as mi ght bj , been expected . No ; . we nave had to contend with n „ merous and powerful objections , to do battle with Atit , rooted and long cherished prejudice , and to dispel a m ,, » ive cloud of thick darkness that obscured the real Ut 6 r " est aud welfare of operative Potters , -which preTent « _fl

      them from seeing into the paramount claims , and _iniu _. riority of National Combinations over Local Uuiom , | am _happv to say , that the hardest portion of this arduo 0 task hat been all most accomplished . So that ourp : ! tion at the present time is of tbe most pleasing cluri _»] ter . For having succeeded in aiiBwering the objection , of some , and breaking up the . prejudices of others ; 8 aj gaming the adhesion of more numbers of others h _» commenced an inquiry respecting our plans and objects » and the result promises to be a numerous and encoutw ' ing ingathering of Potters , under the auspicious "b _^ nnai and powerful protection of our mighty combination We have up to this time numbered about one _hunflj . _I and fifty paying members , and this week we shall have to nrol additionof At

      • an _. fifty more . pur meeting of tk _, 2 Gth _initmnt _, it was resolved that . Northern _Starha taken in at our lodge , that tha proceedings ofthe _«« ciation may be weekly read to our members . We hi Have that this . will have a good tendency , thatit trill awaken our _fallow-operatives to a sense of duty , by m T . ing ourselves to more active exertions to spread the » u lutary principles of the National AMOuiation , Jn _coru cluiion _, we are looking for thu _viiit ofour able minion _, ary with considerable interests . We believe his presence and labours among us for a week , will be attended with great good . That you may know on whom you rest for this communication . I subscribe myself , Yours truly , Edward _Humfhbies .

      . Corresponding Secretary , Hanley , September 28 th , 1846 . Leicester . —Framb-Worr Knitters . —A public meeting was held here on Monday last , on the Org * , nization and tbe Payment ot the "D ebt due to Mr , Briggs aud others , relative to tbe Frame-Rent Trial & e . It was _addret-scd' by Messrs .: Swift , Winters and Buckby , and a . committee appointed to _coileo t subscriptions from the hands towards defraving the _Baid debt . SeveraCfiueatlona were asked aiid satis . factory answers given . The old committee were reelected , and a gotd spirit reigned throughout .

      Blabt . —Messrs , Buckby and Winters , of Leices . ter , attended this place on Monday evening , ( after the Leicester meeting ) for the purpose of explaining _theiohjec ' s of the National Association of United Trades . Several attended the meetinp , which wag held on the Green , and were greatly satisfied at tke explanation offered , and passed a vote to join tlie Union . Barnslet . — State of Trade . —The trade of this town continues in a very depressed condition . Thii is the Fancy Drill season , and in the very worst of times , from September to December , or January before this year , there waa always a movement , but now with all the Free Trade boasting , ' things are at a stand . Other kinds of work would be pretty fait but for the baneful influence of the ' long chimnies , * wliich stand erected as monuments to Satan and avarice , and which swallows up the people ' s employ _, ment , and with it , their means of existence .

      . NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION . Giasgow . —A meeting of the Calton Eastern Dis . trict of tbe . Scottish National Union of Boot and Shoemakers was held atthe Suffolk Street Chapel , near _Gallowgate , on Monday last , at twelve o ' clock , when Mr . Jacobs delivered a lecture on the advantages of tbe National Association . ¦ The lecture was listened to with great attention , and heartily responded to . . At the close , votes of approbation were carried by acclamation . Glasgow Nailers . —On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , Mr . Jacobs delivered a similar lecture to the Nailers , in the New Chapel , Nelson Street , with _, great success .

      THH ClNTRlL . COUUIIXK G * SHA _PowtR LoOtt _Wiavers _PsoTxcTio _* f ASSOCIATION held its usual monthly meeting on Sunday , the 27 th inst ., in a commodious room in Oldfield Lane , Salford . On the roll being called , delegates from the following places answered to their names , vis t—Manchester , Salford , Pendleton , _Wii-an , Levenshulme ,. " 0 _roglesdeu , Stockport , Staleybridge , Oldham , Royton , Bury , Bolton , Chorley , Preston , Blackburn . Burnley , _Padislmro , Rochdale , OverDorwen , 'Warrington _, _Farrlngton _, « Ssc , Communications . from Barnsley and a few other places were read , stating the condition of the society in those districts . The society now numbers twenty-four of the largest weaving districts in England , and those placest hat hare not yet joined are not dead to the impertance o f the society , but some unfortunate circumstances have prevented

      them from as yet becoming bona fide mesa hers ofa society for tne success of which they offer ap their most ardent prayer . Since the appearance oi the Balance Sheet bf tbe society wbich . was brought out at the last meeting of the Central Committee , the increase of members has surpassed the most ardent expectations , some districts having nearly doubled the number of their members . The great and astoniaiiin ? difference of prices paid in different towns and even in the same town , for weaving the same description of clotb , is a Bubject of which the better disposed ofthe employers themselves have often complained , constitutes a _grievaace which it will be to the advantage of all should be redressed to this end . The Wearers Protection Assoeiation purposes to bend its energies , etc ., hopes to enlist in its support , not only the weavers themselves , but those employers who are paying the best prices .

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . The Central Committee of this Grand National Confederacy , met at their office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , Set tember the 2 Sth , Mr . J . Bush in the chair , when the Secretary read a voluminous mass of correspondence from the various trades of Great Britain and Ireland . The Burtonon-Trent , small wear weavers , the trades of _Ilkiston ,

      tbe lace makers of Nottingham , the Belarave framework knitters , amounting in number to 600 , have forwarded their adhesions to the office . A deputation from the City ladies shoe makers , attended to request information , & c . for that body . Mr . W . Robson reported that he , in conjunction with Mr . Allen ( tin-plate worker ) had waited upon the City division of boot and shoe makers , who had received them most cordiiilly—and agreed to join the Assoeiation . After the transaction of much other business of a routine nature , the Committee adjourned .

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      m = (™ n , . u _o mc saiecy oi tne noble ves-el , -whose auspicious career was so suddenly and unexpectedly arrested on Tuesday last . On Friday evening the moderate weather which hitherto had been experienced underwent a change . The wind then increased to a gale , and during the ensuing night and morning blew witb violence from the south and south south-east , the storm being accompanied by rain and a h « ivv sea . The powerful steam-tug despatched from Liverpool to the

      assistance ot the stranded vessel was driven to seek shelter from the bay . During the morning the Great Britain gradually drove further ashore , until at length the strain upon the anchors became so great that the chain and hawser snapped , thc upper part ot the rudder-post was broken off , and a plate of iron adjoining was carried away . The ship , however , up to the heur at which , these accounts were despatched , had made little or no water * , and though at present the gales which have proved thus disastrous are again prevailing , yet , it is hoped , that , with additional assistance , the ship may be preserved materially uniinured .

      Ice FRoit _Grebklasd . —The importations of ice , so frequently noticed as having taken place from the north of Europe , and other places- during the present year , for the first time , do not appear to have yet ceased for the season . A vessel has just arrived in the Regent ' s Canal from the Greenland seas , with , according to the master ' s report , a cargo of ice on board , whicli , taking into consideration the tonnage of the vessel may . be computed to have comprised lrom 300 to 400 tons weight ofthe article . Death of Mr . Alex . Rodger . —The friends and admirers of poetic genius , will hear with regret tbat Mr . Rodger , "the Bard of the "West , " died this

      morning at his own residence , about two o ' clock after a short and painfnl illness . For some time previous Mr . Rodger , although able to walk about and look alter his accustomed occupation was evidently declining in health , and it was apparent to all that he was not much longer to jog iu this world . Latterly , when feeling himself giving way , Mr . Rodger entertained a project of a voyage to America , where he had some relatives , but from causes with which we aro not conversant gave it up . His demise , we aro sure will cast a gloom over those circles he was wont to enliven with his wit , good humour , anil ?? _STT , we ¦ Jelieve » among Glasgow song _writeru it will be generally admitted that he has left few equals behind ..

      Sudden _Dbatu of a Naval Officer . —On Monday last , an inquest was held before Mr . William Baker , at the Bell and Hare Tavern , _Tiittenh ani , ou the body of Meeson Drury , aged SO . The deceased was a gentleman of considerable fortune , awl was a retired officer in the navy . He enjoyed very good health until within the last few days . On Thursday evening week , he reiired to rest as usual about half-past ten o ' clock , and in two hours afterwards his wife was alarmed at his difficulty ol breathing . He died almost immediately af terwards _, j Verdict— "Died by the visitation of God . " __

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 3, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03101846/page/6/