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      To'the^Churchwarden^ Over" Seers, 'Md Guardian Of Bedersfield Parish. : ^

      TO ' THE _^ CHURCHWARDEN _^ OVER " SEERS , 'MD _GUARDIAN OF BEDERSFIELD PARISH . : _^

      Gentlemen ,—! Was Just About To " * Repl...

      Gentlemen , —! was just about to " * reply' to yonr letter , addressed to me in last Saturday s * Gloucester JoUrial , ' when I was , suddenly eaBed from home . I trust , therefore , ! _tlat ! tide delay till next week mil not _be-atfcributed to any want of courtesy . My answer shall be couched in the -same nspectful terms as your letter , for which I . fed obliged , ! _as _. my , object has ever been to elicit the truth or Msehood of complaint . ' /¦ _ . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , ' Your very obedient Servant , F . _O'CoiwoR

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      THE POOR LAW AND THE CHARTER . PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . On Tuesday evening a crowded public meeting , _convened in opposition to the New Poor Law , was heW in the large room of the Grown and Anchor Tavern , _Straud ; Thomas Wakely , Esq ., M . P . ., in the chair . On the platform we noticedW . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P . _; Charles Cochrane , Esq ., Mr R . Oastler , Mr F . O'Connor , _Cantain Clarke , Mr J . Williams , & c . Letters of apology were read from Mr C . Lushington , Sir B . Hall , M . P . ; Mr Hawes , UP . ; Lord Duncan , M . P . ; Mr T . Si Duneombe . M . P . ; and Lord John Manners , M . P . ; stating their inability to attend .

      Tho Chaibhan , in opening the proceedings , said it was not his business to make a long speech to them , as there were several hon . gentlemen present who would address them . There was a small band , whose hatred of , and whose opposition to , the poor law was unabated , and who wonld never cease battling for its repeat His _ewn hatred of it wonld last as long as he lived , and should know the duties of Parliament and the rights of the poor . ( Hear , hear ) . In the reign of Elkabetb a I »> waa enacted which acknowledged in the poor a _Trigb _^ tfo'relief when destitute , and ao nobleman in the land held _jihvestate by a better title than that by which the poor held that right _^ Hear . ) The * rich" man ought not to be secure in n . is-possessio u 3 unless provision

      -were made that the destitute be supplied when in want . ' Why were rights created bnt for the good of the majority ( Cheers . ) What right , but the right of force , decreed that a certain class of men should take possession of the soil , and determine that those who had no land of their own should be doomed to starvation ? ( Hear , hear ) . And that class could talk of educating the poor ; did the blockheads believe the people , when educated , wonld submit to Bach atrocity ? ( Hear , hear ) . Why , an intelligent population would not submit to it for 24 hoars . ( Cheers . ) The right of the poor to relief was violated and broken down in the Poor Law of 1834-sndfrom'tbat hour there had been going on a separation between the poor and the rich , and that

      cordial sympathy which used to exist between them was _now he was sorry to say , broken altogether ( Hear , hear ) . Sorry , did he say ? He was glad of it ( hear , hear ); glad that the poor were discontented and dissatisfied when they were oppressed , and that there was a spirit arising in their minds which in the end must bring them justice ( Cheers ) . It was astonishing how very wise onr senators could become when a feeling ot danger arose ( Cheers ) . A short time since there seemed a chance that the _villanous act of 1834 was about to cease to be law , but now a new device had been concocted for giving it perpetuity . Her Majesty ' s Ministers , jealous ef the fame acquired in Somerset-house , were about to become Poor Law Commissioners themselves

      ( laughterand groans ); and they were to have , in jact _, at their disposal the office of every workhouse master and mistress and matron , of every relieving and medical officer , of every clerk to every board of _guardians , —generally a solicitor , by-the-by , and therefore an electioneering agent ( Hear , hear . ) It was plain enongh that the government was not going to consult the _a-rishes of the poor , but of those who sent members to Parliament , and to give guardians an excuse for sparing their pockets if they choseand starving the destitute poor upon a miserable dietary . And this , after such cases as had been exposedin the House of Commons by that champion ofthe poor , Mr Walter ! ( Hear , hear . ) The destitute were entitled to relief , and to relief without its being

      accompanied by any _degrading condition or anything f 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 , bnt poverty had bo benefit except from the discretion of those who were put in commission over it . The-law gave to those parties the exercise of the most astounded discretion . ( HearO If they chose to be cruel , they could be _crael , and were not held responsible ; if they base to be humane , no one thanked them for being go , because all felt that humanity to the poor was only aa act of justice . They had a Lord Chancellor and Pice-Chancellor , and courts of law , to protect

      property , bnt the rates for the poor were placed in commission , and the ratepayers , who had to portion out the wealth , which not they themselves had made , hut which had been made by the poor , —the ratepayers , through this abominable , this infernal and hellish device , had the opportunity or not , as it was thought best by others , of giving tbe poor a large amount of relief , or keeping them week after week in a state of starvation . ( Cheers . ) It was disgrace ful to the _kingdom that this state of things shonld be tolerated , audit was most disgraceful to the pressie spoke of tha press as a body—that itshqnld submit so tamely tothe new proposition which was made , because he was positive from what he had

      witnessed that the new scheme was intended to render the Poor Law Amendment Acta perpetual measure . ( Cheers . ) Were they not a short time age in great iopes that the New Poor Law was at an end ( Uear , hear . ) He ( Mr Wakley ) thought then that he wonld have to hold _aniuqnestonit ( _eheera and laughter ) , and he was actually preparing the terms in which he -a _^ as to addressthejarynponit . ( Continuedlaughter . ) But the present odious and iniquitous law wonld not fee rendered perpetual ; for the people were to be educated . ( Dear , hear . ) Education . would teach the masses a kn owledge of their rights , and when they knew them the law would not last 24 hours . Mr Charles Cochbaxe , who was received with great applause , moved the first resolution ;—

      That this meeting is of opinion that itis a gross calumny on thelabonring classes to declare that they prefer Bring on charity to earning their bread by their own industry . That such declarations are an insult to . the British nation , and are calculated to bring our laws and institutions into contempt , as such meanness , servility , and degradation axe much more in accordance with slavery and despotism than the glorious attributes of a great aBd free people ; and that , as the New Poor law Act is founded on this false and pernicious error , it 6 hoald be at once ana enti rely abrogated .

      After expressing his pleasure at hearing the able Bpeech of the Chairman , Mr Cochranesaid he thought the period _che _^ en 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 seats in the Legislature on this particular question . With reference to the resolution , he conld 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 needed no _argument to substantiate it . Rather than accept charitv , the labouring classes continually submitted to a thousand losses , discomforts , and

      snfferinp , and it was afoul and unjust calumny to say that they preferred living on charity to earning an honest _Jirino-. ( Cheers . ) It was quite clear that the New PoorLaw had been framed altogether on a misconception ofthe _feehnes and condition of the working classes , who had as great * if not a greater feeling of independence and honesty about them than many of the members of the Legislature and of the landed aristocracv . who , it was notorious , were not over punctual in the payment of their debts . ( Cheers . ) In _inclusion the hon . gentleman warmly urged upon the meeting the necessity of offering the repeal of the New Poor Law as a test of thefitness of candidates at the forthcomin g General Election , and retired amuM

      loud cheers . _, _.-Mr Samuel Ktdd seconded the resolution , in an argumentative and powerful address , which was loudly and deservedly cheered . We regret that we have not room for a report of the speech . Mr _Ricuabd Oisilkb was received with great applause on coming forward to support the resolution , which he did in a speech of great force and eloquence . He said the object of that meeting was a solemn one . He had not come to joke , hut to express his solemn convictions on this important _question , and he had to state that if , on this occasion , the House ef Comsons reaffirmed the principle ofthe New PoorLaw , thev would be traitors to the Constitution . ( Hear , ElmSo people had been trickedbefore _^ they were not to be hoodwinked again . _^ Al _^ 'P . " > _bribing forward the measure , induced the house to _ZZZmATLiThm _Btatinuitwas notto bepnt in

      forceexcIptwheretheold _hwhadledtotbeabuseswM _lorfshin described . Hit had not been for that—he _WOdKSSTthe r _' _^ _tSn _^ Ltr words and hard _*^ I _^ _W _*^ a _£ _Z _^ that lie , he verily bdiew _* _««^«^ . _SSK _? passed . Well , the law passed upon that _* " _* " _«• audit wasforecd u pon the people _ofttenwj where the aUVed abuses did not exist , and in order toforce it on tS people of Hodden-field , they bad sent down _poKdtro o _*^ _AlfW * r 3 k bnt of tbe Constitution . itself .

      ( Cheers . ) If it had not bsen for his own exertions in that _dislrict , the public peace would havebeen broken and lives lost " in coasequonce of the strong feeling

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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 tbat they wonld reach the ears of Lord John Russell , whom he designated a " right down good fellow . " ( Hisses . ) He repeated it . He _telt grateful to Lord John Russell because he had given them the Ten Hoars' BiU ; 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 wonld not have been passed but for his

      lordship ' s influence . ( Murmurs . ) Well , they might differ , but he mast express his honest convictions , and he trusted that by showing his lordship that he ap * predated bis goods deeds , his lordship would be induced to pay tbe 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 wonld yield till they had gained back again for Englishmen their constitutional rights . ( Great cheering . )

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr Famu * n > , M . P ,, moved the second resolution : — . _" That , as the publio revenue is chiefly derived from the _ingennaty and Industry of the wealth-producing _claisee _, this meeting is cf opinion that any Poor t < aw that maybe hereafter enacted shonld contain provisions as _follows 5 _^ That , the people shall haaare right to leUet _^ _henevexana wherever distressed . -That out-door relief should be administered to the necessitous . That all . who are compelled te-resort to the workhouse or union as a temporary abode , shall bave full lib . rty to go out during the day in quest of employment . Tbat 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 suitable trades and field-garden husbandry should he provided . That great care should betaken in training the females In habits of industry , virtue , and intelligence . That , in order to the carrying ont of such a law upon the principles of justice and equity , a uniform poor rate should be levied through _, out the kingdom . That a petition , embodying tbe above views , be 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 such importance to all classes in Her Majesty 8 dominions ; for he was thoroughly convinced that if the present Poor Law was much longer in existence , no man s property wonld be safe , whatever his possessions might be . The hon . member having adverted tothe 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 iu their conduct . ( Cheers . ) And why did Government defend them ? It was because one ofthe commissioners happened to be nearly related to two of the Ministers . Had it not been that Mr George Lewis was related by marriapeto Lord J . Russell , and was brother-in-law to Lord Clarendon , they would have been dismissed and driven into exile . ( Dear , 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 " No , " but wonld 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 ? ( Lour ! 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 hands , that 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 . Ferrand ) . _trnsted there wonld be such a demonstration of opinion , that'the

      men who were returned would be compelled to blot ont of the statute book this infamous Poor Law . ( Hear , hear- ) It had been frequently attempted to enforce itin the North of England , bnt 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 , near . ) It was far different in the South of England , and where the opponents of this law were "few and far between " no language conld describe the cruelties inflicted

      upon 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 had repeatedly returned verdicts in language nearly as strong as he had used ; and England , at this moment , was branded with tbe crime of murdering her own unprotected poor . ( Hear , hear . ) But let the rich know , that unless they gaveheed to their conduct the day of reckoning must come ; for a nation , oppressed and _trampelled under loot , would rise up in tbe mightiness ot 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'Connor rose to move an amendment , and was received with deafening applause , followed by waving of hat ?; clapping of hands , and " Bravo Feargus ! " 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 I voted side bj side with Mr Cobbett against every clause of tbe DAMNABLE ACT , ( loud cheers , ) and its working has not mitigated my hostility . ( Cheers . ) 1 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 says . The chairman said that if you

      were educated you would require no Poor Law , therefore if you vote for this resolution yon will be voting yourselves ignorant . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Oastler followed , aud 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 tou that this piece of patchwork you now pray for will not be distorted and deformed hy a ministry _jn whose formation you have no voice , aud over whose ministration yoa have no control ? ( Cheers . ) Mr Ferrand , who moved the resolution , approved of so little of it , and dissented from so much of it , that yon 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 menueu—( 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 see 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 cruelty , or the donors of what you now ask for , will turn upon you and say , " 0 J this is what you asked for . " ( Cheers . ) Let us see how often we have been cajoled by professing Liberals seeking power . Tliey asked us to join for the Reform Bill , assuring us that , that measnre once carried , the road to perfect freedom would he 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 LANTERNj his short road was a bit of our journey , but he did not want to pass his own door to go on to the end of ours , so when he got to WHIG CROSS , bedashed the lantern in our face and then closed it , and said " Good night to you , Mr Radical , I am at home , ' yon must grope the remainder of your way in the dark" ( Loud cheers , and " true" ) . So we

      were treated b y Reformers—arid then came FREL TRADE ; and the Anti-monopolists in their turn said , "How stupid you are J Afonopoly is the one grand obstacle in tbe 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 j so * _rc abandoned our opposition , and from that moment the FitEE TRADERS have become

      MONOPOLIZERS , FORESTALLERS , and REGRATERS , of the food " they _desired to emancipate ( Loud cheers ) _j _' _an'S _^ wiiile tbey have the FREE TRADE _sto _^ _lta _^ _-MtMX _*^ they come for , ! _wanFto redeem their liberal pledges ? ( Cheers , r and 4 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 any law until we bave 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 ; aud if you were , aud if I stood alone , you shall not be duped or again deceived . If " slave" is to be branded on your fronts , it shall he 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 employmentV 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 atthe next General Election ? ( A . " voice from the platform "Only one of thera . " ) Only one of them . ' Bah ! Sir , you are not going io 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 . ( Lond cheers . ) So yoa adopt a test upon

      which a Whig here , a Tory there , and a Free Trader elsewhere may easily crimp Chartist support , ai > d say , "It is the WESTMINSTER TEST ! " You may adopt it if you will —( " No , no , " )—but if you do , it shall go to Manches _' 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 Manchester 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 you- " A CHARTERER , IF YOU PLEASE "—( cheers , and laughter ) -and when asked the meaning of Charterer , tbey reply—" Why , a house and land to be . sure . " ( Great cheering . ) So in Worcestershire ; and onl y 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 tbe 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 , Margaiot 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 princi ples of those patriots against the cold statues to commemorate their

      sufferings . ( Loud cheers . ) We bave 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 Stale . ( 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 pauper law , 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 , ( laug hter , ) I have a personal regard for him , I like his

      open and generous face , but I like my child better , Hove the Charter mare . ( Loud cheers . ) I hope one day to sit . in 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 : aud 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 _. tiU they take you out of the house of bondage , and p lace 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 I nave *' ved usefully—( Cheers , aud " you have" )—but I am 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 _Labor ' s cause . ( Loud cheers . ) I now conclude , a » k _Wg you to reflect and not to be led astray by the ; e t ? _ttn ! ' of ihe moment , or allow your mind to be ' cpiifiriedto this harrow Hall , but' to expand it to Manchester and the North , and think what your feel-! 5 _^ . _^ _- ' * ue you pass this slavish , _self-destroy ing r _^ _solotion , when the national indignation is the universal response . I will now submit my amendment , leaving its adoption or rejection to ihe judgt -ment -and good sense of the meeting . I hope the pd may cease to flow in my veins , and that my _a u m , _^ to . _wag , before Iconsent to such a flip asi this ' newaimed at the princi ples of Demo-. < * ft _£ y ( ' ( TremendousI and continued applause . ) Mr _OJJoririor then read the following ' amendment , which _^ received with repeated cheers , followed by waving of-bats and handkerchiefs , and clappiug 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 workinglaan a fair remuneration for his free labour , we recommend _^ the Chartist electors of th e Kingdom to Vote _forn no candidate at the next General Election _$ ho shall not pledge _himselfto'the whole principles ¦ $ f * he People ' s _Charter' _^ _ndftoJease 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 _Earasr Joras said : I rise with heartfelt pleasure to second the amendment on the miserable and slavish resolution you have heard . What , sir ! Y pu $ ay 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 be housed in a bastile . in order that they may have permission te 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 _beggaring them again ? What ! Are we to entrust our wives and sisters to the moral teaching of a workhouse overseer ? Are we to beg , ay ! beg of thera 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 , now going tohand 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 his toil ? Why , the soldier gets a pensionforcuttingthroats , —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 twelve hundred per annum for having condescended to be the wives oi 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 wbo benefits his fellows , the man who ennobles his country—the working-man!—you would offer him a Union , with the privilege of going out to cringe before his tyrants ! You want to get rid of one Poor Law . Small good will you do , by supplying its place with another j ust 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'B sedition ! you dare not concert measures to remove them—that ' s conspiracy !—you dare not expose the villanyofyour masters—that ' s libel!—you davenot take that which is yourown—that's theft . '—you 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 . ( Loud cheers . ) But there is another law for another race of Englishmen . The peer may obtain goods , and tot pay—that ' s pririiege ! 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—thats 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 iace of this , sir , 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 Poor Law that we want , but a new Law altogether ! Ah ! not only their Poor Law , but every law they have made is a very ipoor 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 be 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 Poov 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 _vestigo of poverty . My Poor Law is : give the people their own ! Landlord ! return what you have taken ! Church ! restore what you have stolen I Crown ! disgorge what you haveabsorded ! ( Vehement applause . ) My Poor Law is : Millocrats ! give a fair day ' s wage for a fair day's avork !—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 _Laav ! No man has a right to a superfluous room , while his brother bas not _^ hcretoJayhishead . 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 . 1 bat is the Christian Poor Law ! I dare say some honourable gentlemen may sit on thorns . I like to make them sit on _thornB ! They have made the poor sit on thorns long enough . No wwe retaliate ! They may tell you—that I go to far ! Or they may indulce 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 tho " 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 tasteof it to the Grand-Duke Constantino ! ( Cheers , ) We have beon 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 ! orEducation !

      , or , Sanitary Reform ! or , Poor Law ! or , Church ! These are the despicable hobbies on which they think to ride velvet-shod over the people . I tell them , think not with these miserable narcotics to _stupify 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 teaohyour Grandmother Church to suck eggs . The resolution that was to come after this was , actually , that voting for this Poor-Law measure was to test a man ' s fitness for a seat in parliament . ' A word , then , to those

      gentlemen who are about to return to tho constituencies , or to present themselves for the first time 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 tavo things : leaders , and a popular my . Think not that your old leaders can martial their rotten phalanxes against the charge of freedom . ( Cheers . ) No ! From your Centaur , Bentinck , to your political Tom Thumb , Lord John Russell . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) Are these the men to guide the destinies of a mighty people ? Davo 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 ? _Haye they the courage of an English statesman ? If

      The Poor Law And The Charter. Public Mee...

      bo . would they keep truckling to faction ? Now tied to the tail of O'Connell j now kissing the Pope ' s toe at Maynooth ; now pretending justice to the Dissenters ; now worshipping the Church 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 tbe 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 party-cries are stale . We don ' t care for _Wbigs or Tories now . We ' caro for _ourselves You see ,

      gentlemen ! we ' re taken a ; leaf , out of your own book . The Factory Bil _Wt was a fair cry * , but not enough , Education—it is a sounding cry ; but noteuough . Church-separation—it _isa holy cry ; but not enough . The Poor Law—it is a humanecry ; hut not enough . Now , then , I'll give yoa a word to take with you to _the _hustings . You'll bo very much obliged tome , no doubt , for I'll give you a cry that is ringing through the breadth of England . The only battlecry to cheer you into victory . Now , then—and you shall hear this meetingecbo it—it is , —THE CHARTER , AND NO SURRENDER ? ( Prolonged ap . plause . ) . ¦ ¦'¦<¦' ¦ _-. \ ¦ ¦ ¦ - _. : The amendment was then put and carried with thundering acclamation ,, and * , 'three clieers . ' 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 acknowledgedj and the meeting separated .

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      Banuo By .—A Numerous And Well Attended ...

      _Banuo by . —A numerous and well attended meeting ofthe 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 necersityof one nr 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 th and 16 th instant . A provincial committee was then appointed to _raakethe necessary preparations . Bolton . —The quarterly meeting of this branch was held on Sunday last , when tho Land and 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 ; and 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 SO 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 roan is expected to do his duty . " Bobt Sr Edmonds . —A branch of the National Land Company bas been formed here . We have held three meetings , and have enrolled 24 members . We intend meeting every Monday for the first three months , for the enrolling of members , and receiving _subscriptions . Our meeting was held at Mr Wm . Middleditch , White Horse , Butter-market . Mr Thos . Powell has been chosen treasurer ; Mr Robert Dyble , scrutineer ; and Mr Thomas Leggett , secretary .

      _Cassop , June 3 . —A meeting was convened at Mr John _Ricbardsons _, to hear a lecture from Dr M'Douall , missionary ofthe National Land Company . He was listened to with deep attention . After the lecture , a few _rjuestious were asked and answered , to the satis- - faction of all present . A branch was formed in connection with the Land'Company . Choriby . —A money club has been formed by the members in aid of the Land and Labour Bank . Croydon . —At the usual meeting of this branch on 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 fey Mr Bare ' — That the members of this branch ofthe National Land Company having visited the O'Connorville estate , in order to judge for themselves , are perfectly satisfied with the practical operations ofthe Company , and have full confidence in tbe present Directors .

      Proposed by Mr Wilmot , and seconded by Mr _M'Carty :-Tbat the following words be added to tbe original motion— "trusting that tbat important necessary of life , water , may be better supplied in their future locations . " The amendment was carried by a majority of two . EDiMHJBflir . —The monthly meeting of the Edinburgh branch was held in the Painters' Hall , _Carubbers-close , on Thursday evening last , Mr Walker in the chair . The monthly report of the secretary , and the treasurer ' s balance sheet were read and approved . The following resolutions were adopted : — Tbat we approve of holding district delegate meetings , for the furtherance of the interests of the Land Company .

      That it is the duty of the Directors to provide lecturers for Scotland ; aud if they have not funds sufficient for the purpose , they ought to apply to the Conference for additional poaver to levy the required sum , as hy that means the whole of the men benefitted pay their fair share . Easin _« ton-i , a « e . —Dr M'Douall has lectured here on the Land and its capabilities , aud 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 publio house , from seven till nine o ' clock .

      Glasgow . —At a meeting ofthe 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 had taken place between this branch and the various localities throughout Scotland , for the 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 , Irom whioh 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 _retribute towards a fund for that purpose , if the directors refused to provide one ; and they were unanimously agreed upon the necessity oi 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 the inability of many of the localities to send a delegate to a distance , that we recommend _tfiat 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 aa possible , and that Mr Smith be requested to class the western division , and send a copy to the Stab , requesting its insertion . In compliance with the above resolution , I have to request the following places to communicate through their _resoective 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 Leven , Grcenook-Parkhead , Glasgow , _Finneston , Paisley , Barhead , _Elderslie , Kilbarchan , Kilmarnock , Galston , New Mills , Dervil , Ayr , and Girvin . Mr Cameron , No . 9 , _Storie-street , Paisley , will show the delegates the place of meeting . I would reoommend that all localities ease of Falkirk meet in the Edinburgh district , and that all north of Perth meet in the Dundee district .

      LouonBOBOtJOD * . —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 ot whom being under U years of age , Ac , be submitted to the c onsideration of tbe next Conference . " _, _NswcAsrLE-uro . v . TrNB . —A district delegate meeting was held in the house of Martin Jude , on Sunday , June Cth , for the purpose of forming a district and observation committee . The delegates present passed the following resolutions : —

      1 . That in the opinion of this meeting a committee of observation ought to be immediately formed , for the purpose of watching over the interests of the Land Company . 2 . That to meet these objects , and to facilitate the

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      Interests ofthe Company ,: tby - _-cramiflSe . r |] : ] i mcet a such time and place as may . be agreed upon at the pre _vioiis meetiiig ., " , ¦ ' ¦ - _* . *•¦• 3 . That the committee shallmeet one month _previou to each Conference , for tho purpo *** of ascertaining tin ; Opiiiions _«> f _tlicyatious membfrsoi . _cayl ) branch , as if Bards Hie programme uf _busiuess for the ensuing Con ference , . . . . . . ¦ ' . 4 . That tke committee also prepare , for the guidance o the directors , any _suggestion _aa-bich may appear _^ to then of utility in foravardlng the welfare of the Land Company and protectirik tho interests of the members thereof .

      - 5 . That , this committee respectfully suggest to the directors the propriety of giving sis _aveelas notice to the various brunches , for the calling of the Conference , as thoy think that the late rule of one month ' s Wice is not sufficient time for the branches to discuss the questions that may arise , and properly prepare their _^ delegate for the Conference . ¦ ¦ _- . _-. . 6 . That in anticipation of the next Conference being held _ira July , this committee judge it to be -necessary to appoint the next meeting of this committee to be called by the secretary as soon as the programme is published , at the house of Mr Wm . Gilroy , Cross ; Keys , Vf est Holborn _, South Shields . ' . ; . ¦ . *¦' 7 . That JamesNisbett , ofC , _GibBOn-street , Newcastle . upon-Tync , be the secretary of his committee , to whom all communications are requested to be addressed .

      _Noittvicir .-The Land . aud , LABOnR _BaJsk . —By allowing us space in your valuable journal for a lew brief remarks you will greatly oblige the Norwich locality . We are glad to find some of the localities are adopting plans to assist tlie National Land and Labour Bank . We are happy to say our locality ha 3 aroused itself to actiou . An assistant company is formed - its progress will be slow at ffrst , but we hope it will ultimately succeed . Sonie _. niay smile at one penny per week deposits , but only calculate one million pence weekly what an enormous fund it would create in one year , ( upwards of two hundred and sixteen thousand pounds ) . Cc-operation is ; the very life of society , —how are _ships'buift , railways constructed , and banking concerns carried on , but

      by co-operation ? Then why _ishouldithe working classes remain indifferent whenthey have so glorious an opportunity of emancipating themselves by following tbe example of the so-called higher classes . By the united efforts ' of the labouring classes nearly every desirable object : , can . be obtained . We hope every locality will meet to 'discuss the subject and become depositors , making the National : Land and Labour Bank not-only tbe richest but most powerful Bank in the world . The'following are the rules we bave adopted . " Trusting that they will be approved of by the working classes , or better substituted and acted upon , we subscribe ourselves on ibelialf of the Norwich Land and Labour Bank Assist ' ant Company , Your obedient Servants , Richard Murray , Ben . Barber , Wm . La wes .

      BULES OF THE _NOHWIOU LAND AND IABODE BANE . ASSISTANT COHFANT . 1 . To consist of an unlimited number of depositors . 2 . To be conducted by a secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer , whose duties shall be to meet every Saturday evening to receive deposits from eight to ten o ' clock . 3 . Any _pi-rsob may deposit from one penny per week to any amount , provided they agree to tho company ' s rules , 4 . That fire trustees bo elected annually , in whose names all monies shall be deposited in the National Land and Labour Bank , and placed to the credit of the Nor * avich Assistan t Company . 5 . No monies Bb » n he withdrawn from thabank with _, out the joint consent of the trustees , countersigned by the secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer . 6 . That a committee of five be elected to examine the accounts , _rectipts _, and vouchers , and report the same to the quarterly meeting .

      7 . A general meeting of the depositors shall be held on the first Monday of January , April , July , and October , to hear the report from tho committee , aaheu new officers shall be elected . 8 . Each depositor shall have a book , and no monies shall be received unless the depositor produces his or her book , 9 . The treasurer to hold one pound in hand to meet small withdrawals . 10 . When the deposits amount to two pounds ( exclusive of rule 9 ) , tho treasurer sball remit the seme 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 . J , o depositor under five shillings can receive any interest unless be bas deposited the same three months . Retford . —At the quarterly meeting of this branch the following officers were chosen to serve for the next three months : —Thomas _Dernie , secretary ; John Lawton , treasurer ; James Birch , scrutineer ; Henry Birch and William _Cardwell _, auditors . A number ef names were received to form a money club , in aid ofthe bank . ; _Kossehdale . —At the weekly meeting of the shareholders , the following officers were elected , viz . —J . Taylor , sub-secretary ; T . Howarth , treasurer ; P . Mitcbel , scrutineer . Fourteen new menibers were enrolled , j * - ' - ; , - ' - '• isuKGibN—Mr M'Grath lectured on the Land Plan , on Tuesday last , Several new shareholders were enrolled .

      _bnoEEmicH . —At the usual weekly meeting of the members of the Land Company held at the Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , Mr Warren in tbe 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 Conference . —Resolutions in favor of the next Conference assembling at Lowbands , in July next , have been passed by the shareholders at Maidstone .

      Forthcoming Meetings. Ashton Under-Like....

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Ashton Under-Like . —The shareholders 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 _ba held atthe People ' s Hall , Loveday-street , on Thursday evening , June 17 th , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . The members meeting at the Ship Inn are informed that the quarterly local levy becomes due on Sunday next .

      Chorlkt . — A meeting of the shareholders of the Land branch of this locality will be held at the honse of Mr Wilkinson , 9 , Princess-street , on the 20 th instant , at six o clock in the evening , in connection with the above branoh . Persons can be enrolled members 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 ofthe secretary , No . 9 , Princess-street , of whom rules can be had ,

      and other information . Congleton . —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 , nt 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 ofthe pending election . A money club has been established here on ths plan ofour Birmingham friends .

      Halifax . —Ihe 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 . Limehouse —Mr C . Doyle will lecture on Tuesday evening _^ next , June 13 th , in the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Field , subject * . " The National Land and Labour Bank . " Chair to be taken at eight o _' cIock precisely .

      Manchester . —A general meeting of the shareholders will be held in the hall ofthe 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 . Mar \ ubohe . —The members of tho Land Company will meet at sis o ' clock on Sunday , 13 th inst ., at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New Road . Newport _Paosbm . — Mr M'Grath will deliver a lecture on the Objects and _Advantagea ofthe National Land Company , in the public room , Newport Pagncll , on Monday evening next . Chair f » h _«

      taken at eight o clock precisely . SAiFonn . _—A meeting of shareholders will take place m the large room , Bank-street , Great Georgestreet , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) the 13 th inst ., at two o clock in the alternoon . A lecture will be delivered in the above room to commence at sis o ' clock in the evening by J . R . Cooper , who will give a description of O'Connorville . SnoREDiTcn— On Wednesday evening next , Mr Broome will lecture at Mr . Taylor ' s , the Railway _Engine _Coftee-houso , 122 , Brick-lane , near Churchstreet , at eight o ' clock . Subject : " The Forthcoming Election . "

      Sowerby-Longrovd . —The shareholders ofthe 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 on particular business . _Wigajj . —The shareholders are requested to meet in tho large room , Bears' Paw Inn , on Sunday June 10 th , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      At A Smalt House In Dublin May Be Seen T...

      At a smalt house in Dublin may be seen the fol lowing announcement , " Asses ' milk every morning hot from the cow . " * Sorao farmers in the nei ghbourhood of Exeter are said to have sold their growing crops of wheat at a high price , upon condition that the corn is to be delivered between harvest and Christmas . Two water wagtails have built their nest in a hoi . low uuder one of tho rails of the Lanoaster and Carlisle Railway , near the Plumptre station ; and though trains are passing hourly , the birds do not appear ha the least alarmed . "

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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/ns3_12061847/page/1/