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      Parliamentary Review. Whatever May Be Sa...

      _l _esvenly and benevolent _deed-raising _* " protest , Vor ebnk te _6 co 6 h _{ eha 2 _± _; _b ; _^ . presence _tne _— w appetite for war ! _pother point in the bestowal of these pensions d € serves notice ; the hungry _rarenousnessof certain _^ ndo liberals to dip the hand of the tax-gatherer _Zre deeply into the pockets of an already overtaxed people to a greater extent than ever a so-called Tory government _recommended . Roebcck and nlhcr "liberals" in the Commons , and FmwuxuM in the Lords , sung the same tune to a different set cf words . The Common v wanted rewards for Sir j . Smith , Sir G . _Naiteb , and Heaven knows how

      many more people , while the Lords went further , a nd not content with a pension for two generations , asked for at least four . J £ the thing was worth a peerage and s pension at all , why not give it for ever ! As to saddling future generations with taxes for such purposes , that was not worth a moment's notice . The great question was the support of a _her editary peerage ! Really such unblushing and m onstrous forgetfulness of what is due to the people , oug ht , if it does not , to make the people ask some ugly questions as to the utility of this hereditary peera ge , ot the value to than of those titles for w hich they are called anon to pay so dearly , and

      why the dignity conferred by the Crown is to be kept np by their money . The Corn Bill galloped through the Committee on Tuesday , mneh tothe astonishment of everybody The Protectionist leader is not np to all the traps which lurk in the forms of the house , and fell into one of them . Goulburn quietly showed him where Je was caught . Peel blandlv smiled at the fix he

      was in , and poor Lord George , after a few ineffectaal straggles , gave _sp . The Bill rattled through the Committee , the tariff followed it , and the house broke up at nine o ' clock instead of sitting to one or two in the morning , very much to the gratification of the reporters and the public—if not to that of _honourable members themselves , There are still seme other stages , however , in which Lord George and the Protectionists may take their revenge .

      The Bills in both houses for the removal of disabilities on account of religions opinions demand a more lengthened notice than we ean give this week , and we must reserve them for a more fitting opportunity .

      The Ttbjlnny Of Capital " Mamhon Is The ...

      THE TTBJLNNY OF CAPITAL " Mamhon is the god of the age . " Often as this trite saying has been repeated , its truth was never mora evident than at the present moment . Within the walls of Parliament , the modern _FsASKsxsxBrx threatens to devour the landlords ; without them , it aim 3 at the utter subjugation of the labockers to its imperious yoke . In both cases , sole and undivided supremacy is its object . "Besides me thou _shalt have no other God , " is the stern decree of its _oraeles , whether uttered by Parliamentary orators or obsequious editors . I

      "We are told that the devil occasionally transforms himself into the appearance of an aagel of light . So it 13 with the Deity of the Political Economists . He is a Jaxes -who shows a benevolent or a devilish face as suits the occasion . In subduing the landlords it was necessary to bring immense force to bear upon an ancient and and a wealthy aristocracy ; and , accordingly ' , the aid of the principle of Combination was invoked . The Anti-Corn Law League , with its head-quartere in London , its affiliated branches throughout the country , and its organised staff of secretar ies , lecturers , agents , solicitors , and canvassers , grasps the whole country in its embrace , and brings all the power of the press and public meetings to bear on the class they have determined to master .

      In dealing with the labourer , however , a different coarse is adopted . The Trades' Unions know that " two can play at the game" of combination , and accordingly the master builders ef Yorkshire , Lancashire , and some parts of Scotland , preach up the doctrine that it is tyranny to _isterfere between master and man . They demand of the operatives the surrender of aright which they themselves exercise , while impudently denyxngit t « the workmen , namely , that o £ combining to protect themselves and their class against aggression , or to struggle for the improvement of their position , aed-a fair participation in the wealth they create .

      Thus for each , tend of work the devotees of Mammon have a different weapon , but the object is always the same , the uncontrolled and universal supremacy of capitaL Thokas Cabltle has truly said , "This Gospel of _Xoisfs / cure competition , and devil take the hindmost , is altogether the shabbiest that ever yet was preached . " It takes cognizance of nothing but wealth . So that it can point to large "tottles" of annual experts and imports it is satisfied . Whether the mode of producing and procuring these has been conducive to the health , comfort , and morality of the people forms no part of their

      philosophy ; whether wealth has been _equitably and beneficially _distributed , are questions with which modem political economy does not meddle . What has been the consequence of this systematic disregard of the higher objects of human _association f The notorious fact—known by all other nations , that England is at once the richest and most _poverty-stricken country in the world . The toiling millions groan under a tyranny more subtle , more merciless , more ingenious in coining their sweat into guineas than was

      ever before known in ] history . Nominally freemen , they have neither the liberty nor the physical comfort of the avowed slave . The latter is a property and ia cared fcr on the same principle as a horse or a _cowjnamely , that his illness or death is a loss to the owner . Bnt the slave of wages has no such counteracting influence to restrain the cupidity and selfishness of his master . He is a mere cog in the Tast machine out of which the capitalist grinds more wealth—if he gets out of order , replace him with another !

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

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

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

      The tyranny which is naturally engendered by the factory system , and the impossibility of restraining its outbreaks , even where the eye of the press and the champion of labour in parliament is certain to be directed to such excesses , was forcibly manifested in the Dundee case to which we briefly referred last week . The facts are sufficient to rouse tip a feeling of indignation in every honest breast , to excite . hatred against the system under which such gross injustice could lie perpetrated , and to give birth to the resolution never to rest until this monstrous svstem of on

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

      week , or one half-penny a day . They made their demand before breakfast in the morning , worked till dinner , and did not return in the afternoon , having been absent from their work just _fivehars . On their return to the mill next morning at five o ' clock , they were apprehended and carried into a private office , where they were confined until twelve o ' clock in the presence of four men who arrested them . The usual penalty levied for absence from work in the mill was a fine for half as much more time as the parties had been absent , which , in the case of _thesegirls would have amounted to '' seven

      pence half-penny . " But instead of putting on this fine they were , after being indaeed to sign what was called a confession , and an unauthorised imprisonment of seven hours , carried through the public streets to the Town Hall . There they were denied the privilege of communicating with their friends . A sister of one of them who applied for admission was ordered to go about her business or she would he sen to prison too ! 11 No professional man was allowed to plead the cause of these victims of tyranny , but the extorted " confession" was handed to the magistrates ; Mr . Baxter whispered to htm , and the

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

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

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

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

      This case , however , is not a solitary instance of the sordid , selfish , and _allrgrasping spirit of capitalists . Every where similar events point out the identity of the animus by which the employers of labour are actuated . The Master Paper Stainerg In London no sooner heard of the intended reduction in the tax on French Papers , than , without waiting for the passing of the measure , they proposed a reduction amounting to nearly one-third of the earnings of their workmen .

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

      Working Mes , awake ! the day is just -coming when a great and terrible struggle will take place between you and year task masters J Too must conquer or resign yourselves to the worst slavery ever yet known in history . But to conquer , you must have organization , wealth , and intelligence . See to it in time that these _isdispensable elements are collected together , and in readiness for the contest . Rally round your leaders . Let the United Trades Association and the Chartist Land Society be the centres towards which all _yoor energies are coneen . bated , and with lime , determination , and tldlful leaden , victory will oe yours .

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      A Rica Fox Homteb versus the Pooa Man's Dos . The _foUowing disgraceful occurrence took place on Friday last , May 1 st , at the Cross-lane-ends , near Wingate Grange , in the county ot Durham . It appears tbat the Durham subscription _bounds had thrown off , somewhere in the neighbourhood that morning , and oa coming down the above lane tbey were met by a decent steady man , in the employ of Mr . _Hnchingson , grocer , & c ., Sunderland ; who was driving a loaded cart , baring a dog chained under it . The carman , ' seeing the huntsmen and hounds approaching , instantly drew off his cart , at least twenty yards from tbe road , close to Archibald ' s public-house , in order to allow tbe pack and sportsmen to pass without interruption ; bnt just as they were passing the poor man ' s _dog happened to bark ( very natural for a dog to do ;) this raised tbe ire of one of the gentlemen (!) belonging to the hunt , of the name of Williamson , who ( in order

      to show his courage , we suppose ) rode up to tbe cart and horsewhipped the poor man's dog most unmerci . fully , for daring to bark while he passed by ! The sound of the whip , confusion , & c , had greatly startled the young mare in the cart , and it was with tbe utmost difficulty the man could keep her from starling ofl _; he being compelled to hold tost her head , while from her _rearing , & e .. he was placed in great danger . Owing to this the carman had no chance of defending his dog from the attack of mister Williamson . If the carman had been at liberty very likely the tables would have been turned ou the heroic dog-whipper . — As the matter will shortly undergo judicial _investigation , we forbear making any comment on the above ; but we may b <; allowed to ask a question or two . —1 st . What right has a poor man ' s dog to bark at rich men ' s hounds ' —2 nd . Ought a poor man to be allowed to keep a dog at aU , —and if so , how dare he open his mouth aud bark at a gentleman sportsman !

      _ _ A COBBESPONOENT . The Glasgow Cbimpb Again . —m _,. . Editob ,-Ou Saturday the 2 nd mst . a case was brought on at the Justices of Peace Courts , in which Mr . James _Fildes of tbe Seamen Guardian Society , was pursuer . The _prosecution was laid against Boyd , Flett , and Bryee , Crimps or Devon . John U'Lean , sworn . I keep a Tavern and boarding house , 20 i , Bromielaw , knows the ship carpenter named James Robinson , in November last he lod ge * at n . y _hou _^ , was then sJl ; „ „ B _^ Flett , and Bryce to So in the Bri g Tiber , to Trinidad , was _requested by RobinEon , to go with him to the office of the defendants , to pa , his fees , paid the money , 5 s . with my own hands on to tbe desk , or tab !* -, Bryce _demanded it , but Flett picked it up and

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      put it into his pocket . Went afterwards into the public house next door , defendants were with me and tbe carpenter , got some drink , I paid for h independent of the 5 s . I had paid for shipping the carpenter . ! It was on the 13 th of November that I paid the money , but it was the 17 th when the ship sailed from Glasgow . I am not sure whether it was in the office or public house I paid the money , but I swear I did pay it . — -By the Court , what did you pay it for . —For providing the carpenter with a berth . James Robinson , Carpenter , sworn : Uved with M'Lean , the last voyago I was in port , was shipped by Boyd , Flett , and Bryce , for the Brig Tiber , on the 13 th of November took M'Lean over with me to get my advance note of wages , Bryce told me it was 5 » as U 3 ual , M'Lean asked mo should he pay the money , I said yes , he then paid the 6 s . It was

      on the table of the public house , adjoining the Crimps office that M'Lean paid the money , tbe glasses were on the table , M'Lean paid for the whiskey also . Th « Court then deliberated and found the case proved as fer ; as the _payisg of the money was concerned but there being a discrepancy in the evidence , one thinking the money wa _* paid iu the office , and the other that it | was in the public house adj lining the office , tbe Court dismissed the case , each party paying their own expenses . A Lookeb on . The Ten Hooks' Bill . —It will be ; een from the following spirited letter from our old and _respeeted _friead Thomas Hdtxon , that we had not exaggerated the tyrannical power assumed by the directing body . It is highly creditable to Hutton that he has taken

      the first opportunity of clearing himself of thetreason perpetrated by the Short Time Committee against the operatives * Elsewhere we have published the resolution of the Manchester tyrants to resist the bill , the tyrants who support a wholesale haberdasher , who is afraid of losing if he opposed the measure . We can only say that the _mill-operatives must take a lesson from the brave building trades , and their combination will overthrow their masters ' conspiracy , but they must get rid of their present namby pamby , truckling , would-be managing body . There is yet ample time to pour petitions into the House of Commons to support the measure , and we trust that not a single moment will be lost . The following is the letter of Thomas Hdtton : —

      Leeds , May 6 , 1846 . To Mr . O'Connor . Sir , —I cannot but thank you for your consistent advocacy of the cause of the Factory Operatives , in the columns of the Northern Star , the first number of which advocated Ten Hours , iu opposition to Eleven as proposed to the Operatives of Leeds , by the Masters , at a publicmceting , held in the Court-bouse , on the 3 th of November , 1837 . Although I have been one of tbe Leeds Short-Time Committeeeversince the commencement of the Star , and for some time before , and not missed ten committee meetings during the last ten years , I had not any idea of such instructions being

      given to the Delegates assembled iu London , as you published in the Star ef Saturday last . I remain , Sir , Yours , & c , _Tuomas Hoitoh . Kew Row , MillStreet Bank , Leeds . Alva . —Those persons who are anxious to purchase Mr , O'Connor's work on Small Farms , and who express a desire to wait for it till it is complete , may understand that the work is now complete in itself , and what may hereafter be published will probably appear in a steond volume . The price of the work Useful Knowledge is we think £ 1 lie . Sd . "The People" by _Michlet is Is . 6 d .

      Richakd Mahsden , Preston . — The petition is to be against the Irish Coercion Bill , is to be a national one , and as the second reading of the beast will not takej > lace till tbe 25 th of May , we yet hope to _se .-it a monster . From that spirited little town Hey wood we this morning received 2752 signatures through our excellent friend William Bell ; and as we hope to make a glorious demonstration by the 25 th of May , we hope the good work will go on incessantly and we beg strict attention to the following directions . Mr . Buncombe _, having exposed tbe several tricks of tha Post-office , that national department appears determinetPto put him to all the inconvenience that spleen and wrath can suggest . Petitions are not legally transmissible through the Post-office , _» r r . ither signatures are not legally transmissible unless they are

      APPENDED TO A PETITION , that is unless there is a petition as well as the signatures . The Post-office authorities must hare opened several of the petitions addressed to Mr . Duncoinbe to have discovered the omission , aud in cases where there was no petition they charged heavy postage which of course compelled Mr . Duucombe to refuse them . However an erder from the House of Commons will compel the MONOPOLISTS to give there up . But now to prevent the recurrence of this inconvenience we state what should be the future course , every town should append the signatures to a petition be it ever so short thus : — To the Honourable tbe Commons of the United Kingdom . The humble petition of the inhabitants of Hey wood or as the case may be . Sheweth _,

      - That your petitioners have heard with regret that your Honourable House is about to pass a bill for the Coercion of the Irish people and which has been read a first time in your Honourable House . Your petitioners pray that your Honourable House Will reject the Irish Coercion Bill . Now let that petition be put at the top and let tbe signatures on the other sheets be pasted to it . Let one two or three names be signed on the same sheet as the petition is written , let it be KEPT OPEN AT BOTH ENDS , and addressed as follows Parliamentary Petition

      T . S . Duncombe Esq . M . P . F 3 , Albany , London . It is very strange that neither tbe Irish press nor the Irish patriots have taken the slightest notice of tbe Chartist movement against the Irish Coercion Bill . Pobtbait of P . _O'Uiooiks , Esq .. —Specimens have this week bsen forwarded to the whole of our agents . Those Agents resident in , or near , the following places will obtain them on application to the persons specified : — Glasgow—Mr . W . Love , 10 , Nelson-street . Leeds—ifr . J . Fentey , 3 , Kirk _^ ate .

      _Hoddersfield—Mr . J . _Hobson , 3 , Market-walk . Halifax—Mr . Lord , bookseller . _Bibuikghax—Mr . J . Guest , Bull , street . Newcastle—Mr . J . Turnbnll , Side . All others have been sent direct through the Postoffice . J . A . Hoqo , Hawick , —Your specimen was posted on Tuesday last . We have referred to the copy of Mr . Heywoed's advertisement , and find no error whatever . The words are as printed— " Complete sets at one shilling per set . The same done up in cloth , with portrait , Title , & c ., two shillings per copy . " Mr . R . Edinburgh , has made the mis-statement ,

      J . Bland , _Chester-le-street . —You are right . Sent as you order . . " ..,. Edwabd Lawsi . es , _Buckwell-end , _Wellingbwough , will feel obliged to Samuel Ward , Ladies boot aud shoe maker , late of Norwich , if he will make known his address to him , The late Meeting at the Feathers Tavern , Warrenstreet . —The report ef this meeting should cave been headed "Ensuing National Chartist Convention , " instead - of London Chartist Convention as the delegate , was elected to attend the Annual Convention announced , ordered by the last Convention ' to be \ held at Leeds : the mistake was the reporters . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following Bums for the forthcoming Convention : —FromLambley , 2 s . ; from the New Inn , _Oarrlngfcon , 9 , 6 . 8 d . ; Hunter Osborne , id . ; Mr . Shelden , 6 d .: Mr . _Sissling _, 2 d .

      All monies for the above purpose must be forwarded immediately . Yeteban Patbiotb' and Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fonds . —Receipts for the week : Mr . Morrot , London , Is . ; Mr . Moring . Is . ; E . M ., fid . _; T . S ., 6 d . ; Chartists of Benhill _, Dumbarton , per T . _YVatson , 3 g . fid . ; W . Stafford , Leicester , Is . Also tho following sums received through Mr . T . M . Wheeler : —Sheffield , Car' lisle , per Mr . Cavill , Is . 7 d . ; J . George , Windsor , 3 d . ; Mr , Wilkes , Is , ; B _. © . B . 2 _e , ; Loughborough Chartists , per Mr . SkcTiDgton , Is . Sd . —Total 14 a . Id . None relieved this week , for lack of _sufiiciant funds ; yet , I trust , when the committee have made up their accounts , something handsome will remain as overplus from our festival last Monday ni _^ ht , and tbat by the middle oi next week , at the farthest , I shall be able to remit the usual sums to those who so greatly need _ibero . —Thomas _Coopee _. 134 , Blackfriars-rced John Camebon , Greenock . —No room this week _.

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      placed , among the greatest men of his own or of any other country , and we have no doubt that this will be the opinion expressed both at home and abroad . We are rejoiced that in the peculiae crisis in which our country has been placed by fortuitous events , that such a citizen is found in the councils of the nation , raising the veil from error and delusion—pointing out the road to honourable peace , and at the same time preserving the national character and interests . Such a man is the property of the nation , not of a party , and it is in times of difficulty and embarrassment when the experienceand integrity of such men are most to bo valued . —New York Sun .

      Serious AceinEST on the Greenwich Railway . — On Monday afternoon an accident of a most distressing nature occurred on the line of the Greenwich Railway , to a man named Reubin Martin , aged 28 years , residing iu the Spa-road , Bermondsey . Martin was in the service of the Greenwich Railway Company , and was usually employed at the Deptford station , and whilst engaged near the Creek-bridge , he was knocked down by one of the trains proceeding towards town , whereby he received a frightful wound ofthe scalp , about six inches in length , and

      severe injury to the skull , together with several contusions , aud bruises on various parts of his body . The train was immediately stopped by the engineer , when he was found to be quite insensible , and bleeding copiously from the wound . He was carried to the nearest surgeon ' s , where his wounds were promptly dressed , but the injuries he had sustained were of such an extensive nature that it was deemed necessary to remove Jiim to Guy ' s Hospital , where he lies in a very precarious condition . __ _r" _** " _^__

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      OF . THE CHARTIST ; CO . OPERA . TITE LAND SOCIETr .: SECTION No . 1 . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SHARES , £ S . d . Cheltenham , per Thos . Ullett „ .. 17 6 Alva , per J . Robertson .. „ .. 5 14 2 Hyde , per J . Hough ,. > t 0 „ Georgie Mills , per W . Mecham ,. „ 2 0 0 i uddersfield , per J . Stead „ „ # - 5 0 0 Bury , per M . Ireland .. „ „ 2 12 G Halifax , per _° - w . Smith .. .. .. 3 1 0 Aberdeen , per J . Fraser ... .. .. 16 0 Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per W . Flower 1 13 10 Leicester , per J . Adams .. ., 0 16 fi Plymouth , per E . Robertson .. ., 118 8 Leicester , per Z . Astill 15 1 Wigan , per Thos . Pye .. .. .. 4 18 G Newton Abbott , _ier J . Crew .. .. .. 5 0 0 Salford , per J . Millington .. ., „ 5 0 0 N . 1 Branch , Glasgow , per J . Smith .. C 10 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . llobson .. .. 3 4 8 Oldham , per W , Hamer .. .. .. 10 0 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. „ 7 0 0 Stockport , per Thos . Woodliouse .. .. 2 0 0 R . Stringer , _bandbach 3 17 2 Manchester , per J . Murray „ ,. .. ' . 11 6 1 Northampton , per W . Murray .. .. 5 0 0 Liverpoo l , per j , Arnold 1110 £ 87 0 8 CARDS AND RULES . Cheltenham .. _„ 0 8 6 Halifax .. 0 4 0 Plymouth .. .. 0 0 2 SECTION No . 2 . Alva , per J . Robertson .. ' .. 0 3 6 Joseph Scott , Lynn .. ,. .. „ 0 18 Burv , per M . Ireland „ ., .. 0 11 11 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 0 10 6 Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per W . Flower 0 14 0 Notting ham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 2 0 0 Leicester , per J . Adams .. .. .. 0 4 6 Newton Abbott .. .. .. .. 0 510 Leicester , per Z . Astill „ .. .. 17 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson ,. .. .. 5 0 0 No . 1 Branch , Glasgow , per J . Smith .. . 0 5 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. ... .. 10 0 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. ., 110 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 15 6 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. 5 8 C £ 20 7 11 CAHD 9 AND RULES . Alva .. " » 0 2 0 Leicester .. .. .. .. . , 0 1 0 No . 1 Branch , Gbisgow .. .. .. 0 3 0 LEYS FOE THE LAND CONFERENCE . Georgie Mills .. .. .. .. 0 0 9 Nottingham .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 Sheffield .. ,. .. .. .. .. 0 I 0 LEVI FOB DIBECTOBS . Nottingham .. .. .. .. .. 0 2 0 Plymouth .. _., .. .. .. , 012 Sheffield .. .. .. » .. 0 1 10 The sura announced last week _> from the City of London , should have been £ 5 5 s . 7 d ., not £ 5 5 s , The sum announced from Leicester last week , should have been for Section 1 , not 2 . PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION NO , 1 . _SBABES . £ b . d . . £ s . d . Jas . Morris , Saw Westminster -. 156 Mills - ... 010 0 Boulogne * - - • ' 840 Whittington & , Cat 2 18 2 Birkenhead ... 2 0 0 Do 3 13 2 Derby ..... 1 17 8 Mountain ... 0 4 0 Mottram _. perR . _WildG 3 7 Holbeck - ... 4 16 0 Hull , per Eastwood 4 13 0 _ £ « 6 _ 5 1 SECTION NO . 2 . John Harrison , Sheer- Boulogne- -.. 020 ness 2 10 0 Hindley .... 0 1 4 David Philips , do . 0 1 10 John Thomas Topp 14 6 Thos . W . Dyke- - 5 4 C Hull , per Mr . East-Riccarton - - - 0 14 wood -... 770 John Davis- - - 0 3 0 Halstead - - . - 0 , 7 4 William Davis - - 0 2 0 Charles Barrett -10 0 Westminster fi- - 1 4 4 £ 19 0 2 77 [ cards and kules . Mr . Overton- 1-009 Merthyr , per Morgan 0 0 9 Burnley - - - - 0 1 4 Todmordeii , per Ro-Todmorden .--016- biiison - - - - 0 5 10 Hebden Bridge - 0 0 6 Lambeth --.-050 Bradford , Yorkshire 0 G 0 Do . Mr . Tobin _. 0 5 6 LEVI FOB DIBECTOBS , Westminster - - 0 0 4 Alva Oil Holbeck- .--010 Mottram - . .. 015 Cockermouth - - 0 0 11 . Todmordeu ... 0 1 0 Norwich .-.. 008 TuoMis Martik Wheeler , Secretary . TOTAL LAND ICND . Mr . O'Connor , Section 1 ... i 87 0 8 Mr . Wheeler ,. „ ... 36 5 1 £ 123 5 9 Mr . O'Connor , Section 2 ... 20 7 11 Mr . Wheeler , „ „ ... 19 9 2 £ 39 17 1 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . FEB OENEBAL BECBETABY . . Brighton " - -..-030 Newcastle-on . Tyne 040 Leicester " ( profits on T . Salmon ( 1 month ) 0 0 6 Star ; -.-,-010 W . Salmon , do . - 0 . 0 . 6 Ebratum . —The 2 s . 4 d . ' acknowledged last week from Loughborough lor Exiles' Widows , should have been is . yd . ____ man

      The Executive Committeem-E Now Publishin...

      The Executive _Committeem-e now publishing , price Cd ,, a splendid copper-plate engraving of tlie Peterloo Massaere . Chartist Envelopes , Mr . O'Connor ' s " Work on Small Farms , " & c ., which ean | , be procured at the Office , 83 , Dean-street , Soho .

      * The sunt of 5 s . 4 d . from Boulogne was acknowledged last week in the 1 st , instead of the 2 nd Section .

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      TO THE MASONS OF LONDON AND ALL LOVERS OF JUSTICE . In consequence of . a combination of the _Mastere ot _Liverpool and its vicinity , having resolved not to employ any man who refuses to sign a document , the intention of which is to disorganise all societies formed by working men for the protection of their labour , tfie masons of Liverpool to a considerable number have been thrown out of employ by resisting this infringement upon their rights , and we , the masons of London , at a public meeting held on the 3 rd inst . having unanimously resolved to assist them to . the extent of our means , appeal to all who have any respect for the few { _privileges we have , to come forward and in conjunction with us render all the assistance in their power to overcome this diabolical encroachment , not only upon the liberly of the men of Liverpool , but upon that of every working man in the country . Should the employers of Liverpool succeed in this attempt to enslave those men whose

      only fault is being members of a Trade Association , the evil will not rest there but will extend to every town in the kingdom , and every man will have to sign away his liberty of thought and action before he is allowed to commence work ; ' let us then come boldly forward , members and hon-membere oi'Trade Associations , to the support of these men who are the first attacked , and show by our determined and united-exertions , that the working men of England will no more submit to be slaves to the unprincipled employers of their own country than they will to a foreign foe . Again then ' we implore ; . you to unite with us to keep as far as we are able Our liberties inviolate , and prevent if possible a reduction in our wages , and show to the masters of Liverpool that the year 1846 is not the time to introduce such a document as the erie connected with the following resolution-passed by them at a meeting held in Liverpool on the 23 rd of March last ; the following is a copy of that resolution and document : —

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

      ' And we further declare , that we will not appropriate , and , as far as we are able , will hot permit to be appropriuted , for the purpose of supporting a turnout here or elsewhere , amongst tbe building branches or otherwise , any sum or sums of money belonging to any sick , burial , or other society , which has been established for benevolent purposes alone , " By order of the Commute of Management . The Committee meets at the Craven Head , Drury lane , every Monday night to transact business and receive money .

      ARBROATH BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS' STRIKE . DISOBACErcL _OPPBE 6 S 10 N AND TYUANNV ON THE PARTOF T « E KASTEES M . _1 NF _17 LIY BECISTED Bl" THEIR WORK men . —Mr , Editor , —As it may not be generally known among tbe working men in _EHglijiid and Scotland , bow tyranny is _striding through the land , I beg to lay before you , and thorn a bvief sk _> tch of the doings of the master boot and shoe makers here , not doubting but such will meet a ready _insertion in the "Feople ' _s paper , " About six months ago , the journeymen loot and shoe makers here , owiug to many acts of oppression , judged it neces-

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      sary to form themselves into a society for the protection of their labour , denominated th « _" Arbroath Operative Boot and Shoe Makers' Union , " No sooner : was this union formed than deep laid- schemes were entered into by the masters : to overthrow it , and "Divide them , and we will conquer , " became the order of the day . In order to effect this , they " laid all their oars in the water , " to hunt out men , whom tbey actually found , and loaded them with favours for sowingseeds of division amongst their brethren . These dark deeds were soon discovered , and the union , in defiance of every cunning p lot and snare laid for its destruction grew in numbers until every journeyman in town worthy of notice as a tradesman , swelled its rank . A few weeks since , a delegats _ia _; etin , _wusheld at Glasgow , for the purpose of forming a

      Grand Scotch Union of the Trade , and Arbroath sent a representative . It would seem that such a union was formed , and the union here is enrolled as an integrant pait . When this became known , the masters met in committees ; they summoned extraordinary and general meetings ; they went from shop te shop and held private consultations ; they sheltered themselves under the opinion of legal advisers , who differed in their council ; they schemed how to ensnare the unwary into the meshes of the law and failed ; they sought the aid of police constables , who kept a vigilant watch en the conduct of certain men which they called " Marked Men , " but these happened te he men of sound knowledge and incapable of committing through ignorance any breach of th : law . These conspirators were at length met by

      the men quietly hinting to one of the principal ring leaders "that they would cease to work for his shop , unlesB he be at once discharged a non-society man , " who was the only one of the stamp who wrought for the shop . This request . was soon conceded , but in retaliation he posted iu his shop , a reduction of wages . This being resisted was likewise given up . But upon the 1 st of thi- month , a combined , operation was entered into , and every master in town , except three , ( who happen unfortunately to have but a very limited trade , ) have struck against tbe existence of the union , and affirm " that they will not employ those who do not subscribe a . decliratory renouncement of all connexion for thefuture with trades ' unions , " or in other words , that they , the masters , have the sole right to set a price upon the

      labour of the men which they shall employ , and will not have any thing to do with such as shall not cringe to tbeir high authority . The number of men who may be scraped together tp do this , can only be discovered _through time , but with respect to the union whose men comprise the most expert workmen , none will succomb , as is manifest from the circumstance of tbeir flying off in great numbers by every succeeding train , both to Dundee , Forfar , and elsewhere . I hove learned from ( _TOOd authority , if all the married men " tramp , " the number of wifes which will then claim support from the funds will be thirty-one , and that of children , thirtyseven ; and this , according to the regulations ofthe

      union will exhaust £ 8 19 s . fid . weekly . But it is not at all likely thatthe whole of - the married men will leave , as many of those who have jobs _from their acquaintances and friends ; and who , upon this occasion , will strive to augment them ; and although some of the masters have already refused to sell the union some leather for ready money ; yet , such a desperate Bhift to crush them , cannot be put in general practice , neither will it be possible for the masters to hinder tbe •' tramped" men to find work , even although tbey have commissioned their "drill sergeant" to ride from town to town upm his £ 2 o gray horse to enlist recruits to prevent them . In conclusion , I have only to say , if the journeymen trade , whether shoemakers or otherwise in Scotland _euffur the

      families of their brethren in Arbroath to taste want during the _struga-le , in support of their Civil rights , they ought no longer to gabble about unions , nor din the would about liberty and right . The men of Arbroath do not believe that they will be deserted in their necessity , and although tbey have left their wives and young ones for a time as a legacy in the hands of their brother operatives in ( Scotland , they are conscious that their well-being will be strictly attended to during their ab . _sence . —A Correspondent . - ¦ Meeting ov Master Traoesmen . — _^ Tub Stmkis . — A large meeting of the master builders was held at the Portico , Newineton , on Monday , Mr . Tomlrinson in the chair . Letters were read from BirminghamManchesterBradford , Sheffield , Preston , and

      , , various other towns ; in all of which , it appeared , that the master tradesmen had suffered so much from the annoyances and dictation of the trades ' unions , that they expressed the strongest opinion that a general association of masters throughout the _kingdoip was now the only means of counteracting the exorbitant demands of the operative unions ; that the tradesmen in almost every place had already been driven to the necessity of forming local associations for defensive purposes , and requested that the general _nieetinp should be held , as proposed , at Newton ; where al ' - the large towns would send deputations , to consider what will be the best means of forming a permanent association ofmasters . —A great number of railway contractors , many of whom appeared to

      have suffered most severely , also signified 'their desire to join the association . A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements lor a general meeting at Newton , on Thursday next , the 7 th instant , and to engage the large room for the purpose . Avery handsome and strong letter was also read from the Earl of Sefton , who stated , that on being apprised that men who had left a respectable builder ' s employment had been inadvertently employed at Croxleth-hall , where alterations areno iv being made , he had written to request that the works should be suspended ; and in which his Lordship further added , that the foolish combination of the workmen would eventually prove injurious to their best interests ; and that he was then contemplating

      the erection of various buildings , all of which he was determined to postpone , rather than employ workmen belonging to a combination which was calculated to do such extensive injury . A letter was also read from the bishop of Chester , giving his permission for an extension of time to Messrs . Barker for the erection ofa parsonage ; and where , in consequence , the clergyman is for the present non-resident , A letter was read from Richard Earle , Esq ., stating his disapproval of the course adopted by a builder at _Prescott , who had taken into his service some of Mr . Tomkinson _' s workmen , and consenting , on behalf of Lord Derby , that the works upon which he was engaged should be suspended , rather than he would countenance the proceedings of the unions . Other

      communications were also read from various gentlemen , consenting that their buildings should be suspended during the strike . Messrs . Holme stated that they had now 220 men engaged at work , including joiners , bii ; _klayera , and others , all of whom had signed a declaration that they were not connected with theunif n _> . Messrs . Furnist and Kilpin , it appeared , had a _' so nearly 100 men engageef . Messrs . Walker , of Birkenhead , also reported that seven of their bricklayers had , that morning , returned to work , and that Bomeofthem had , previously , done so ; and that they had abundance of joiners . Messrs . Leader and _Dooley , and other masters , made similar statements , from which it appeared that many of the

      shops are daily filled with fresh hands . A resolution was come to , that for the future , all the strangers , together with those who have left the union , shall be employed in preference to the men who are now standing but ; and that the masters will , under any circumstances , afford protection and employment to those who are now peaceably at work , and are dissociated from the trade clubs . Near tie close ofthe proceedings , a letter was read from the builders in Glasgow , requesting to know the state of affairs in Liverpool , anddesiringto be put in possession of all the facts , as it appears that they are similarly circumstanced in Scotland , and assuring the tradesmen of Liverpool of their sympathy and co-operation , if necessary . —Liverpool Times .

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

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

      _Strikk at Manchester . —Conference or Masters and Men . —By previous arrangement , a conference was held yesterday , in tlie Mayor ' s parlour , his Worship and the Town-clerk being present , between a deputation of masters and a deputation of workmen in tlie building trades in that town , with a view to see if any amicable arrangement of the existing differences could be effected . The masters' deputation consisted of Mr . D . Bcllhouse , Mr . G . C . Pauling , and Mr . Edwards ; the deputation from the men consisted of six joiners and one plumber ; their names arc Richard Jones , Manchester , Secretary to tlie Central Committee of the General Association for

      the Protection of Trade ; James _Levens , _Secretary to the Manchester Carpenters' and Joiners' Associat ' n' n ; John Unsworth , John Mitchell , James Wilson , James Kelsey , and John Nickson , —the last , we believe , a plumber . The interview commenced about half-past ten o ' clock , and lasted two hours and a half , terminating about one o ' clock , Tlie men entered into various statements , which the masters replied to , and the matter was discussed at great length ; the Mayor manifesting throughout the greatest patience and a strong desire to mediate between the parties , anil if possible to bring about an amicable adjustment of their differences . The three great points were as to wages , hours of labour , and trades regulations . The _' questions of piece-work and ther

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      minor matters ' were discussed , and there _sippeared . to be . no reason to _siippose that any difficulty would arise on those points .. But then came the consideration ofthe master's requirement that their Workmen should sign a declaration , binding themselves not to belong to any general trades' union . The workmen ' s deputation intimated that such a requirement was a degradation to them , and they required that the declaration should be withdrawn by the masters . This the masters' deputation declined , and much discussion arose ; in the course of which , the masters repeatedly declared that they had no objection to the men having their own local trades' union in Manchester ; but they were determined not to employ any workmen who were not free agents , bat were under the control of some , national or general . trades ' union , extending throughout the three kingdoms , and exercising control over all by . a central

      committee , sitting in London . The Mayor suggested a modification of the terms of the declaration , and the _suction was agreed to by the masters , who expressed themselves ready to alter its form in compliance with his worship's suggestion . The men , however , still refused to return to work , unless the declaration was altogether withdrawn ; the masters declared that they could not give up the point ; and , after much discussion , it was found ( as we have intimated before ) that this wa 6 the only obstacle in the way ofa settlement ; and that both parties expressed their firm determination , the men not to work unless it was withdrawn , and the masters not to withdraw it . And so , after two hours and a half , the conference terminated , without any settlement , or any approximation to one , except so far as ascertaining the fact aato what is the real point in dispute . —Manchester Guardian .

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      Hanley And Shelton, Staffordshire Potter...

      HANLEY AND SHELTON , STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . - At a meeting helden on Tuesday evening , resolu- ; _tiona were passed approving of the continued union of the National Charter Association and Chartist Co-Operativo Land Society , and that the Executive- _, of the one , and the Directors of the other , continue ? one and the same body of men . At the close of these proceedings the shareholders of the Laird Society formed themselves into a distinct meeting , and resolved , That we recommend the Directors to purchase land either ia manufacturing or agricultural districts , whereover a purchase can be made , which in _thejr judgment _, will best promote the interests ofthe society ,

      GEORGIE MILLS . ¦ ,- » On' Monday , the 27 th ult ., the . branch of the Chartist Co-Operative Land Society at this place held a meeting to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament against that" base and brutal measure , the Irish Coercion Bill . " A committee of six persons was appointed to obtain signatures to the said petition , which ha 3 since been forwarded . to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P ., for pre * sentation ; the number of signatures attached thereto beingl 064 .

      . DEWSBTJRY . The following resolution has been put by our body : — "That it be an Instruction to the directors in pur . chasing Land for the Co-operative Land Society , to buy it out of the reach of the murky atmosphere of the long chimneys , and where the occupants cannot hear the soul degrading knell of tbe factory bell .

      _BARNSLEY , On Wednesday Mr . Thomas _Oiark delivered an able lecture on ' * Ireland and the Coercion Bill , " iH the Theatre , and was warmly responded to throughout his eloquent address . A resolution was moved by Mr . Frank Mil field , deprecating the manner ia which Ireland is treated by the British Government , and asserting that the Suffrage was the only panacea for both Great Britain and Ireland . After two or tliiee other resolutions had been agreed to , the meeting separated . ; ;¦ _= ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ . _' ¦ - ALVA . ' At a general meeting of the shareholders ofthe Land Society here , the members , after due deliberation , resolved , " That Mr . O'Connor be empowered to purchase land wherever suitable . " We have no desire to be within sight of the tall chimneys ' , or accursed rattle boxes , knowing that they must ot" necessity lead to disease and death .

      EXILES' RESTORATION COMMITTEE . This body met at the Office of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Monday evening , May 4 th , Mr . John Arnott in the chair , when the accounts of the past _yeariwere laid before the meeting , and Messrs . Louter and Arnott appointed to audit the same . On the . motion of Messrs . Doyle and Pattenden , it . was resolved , " That a deputation be appointed to bring the case of W . 5 . Ellis before the ensuing Convention , in order that such steps may be . taken as shall lead to his liberation . " Messrs . A rnott , Louter , " and Randall were appointed the deputation " .

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      The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling niemberg , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the , following days and plane ? . ;— J ' U 4 _§| _BS 8 _S .. _,-w fSUNBAT . EVENING . _^ outh London Chartist Hall , 115 , _Blackfriara-road ; tit halt-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , l , _Taeaagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin's-iane- . at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' _s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street . New-road , at hal £ . _pastscven . _~ . ZbM _/« r Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethhal-green , at six o'clock preci > ely . —Emmelt ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone _; at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , " at halfpast seven _. M 0 NDAT EVENING . CambenveU : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o'clock precisely . TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr , Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock .

      Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . . " , Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate _,, every Sunday night , at six o'clock . ,....,- Armley : The members ofthe Chartist Co-operative-Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley _Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . WEDNESDAY EVENING . Hammersmith , at the Temperance Hall , Bridge Road , at eight o ' clock precisely . _rROVINCIAL MEETINGS OF THE CHAETIST CO-OPEBATIVE LAUD SOCIETY , ' : ' _Xeicester , every Monday evening , at No . 17 , Archdeden Lane , at seven o ' clock . Lougkboro ' , every Monday evening at the Talbot Inn , Mill Street ; at eight o ' clock . . Chepstow , every Monday evening , at the Temperance , Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . Aberdeen . The office-bearers meet every Wednesday evening at half-past seven , at , No . 1 , Flour Mill Lane Hall . ¦ .....: _¦ ¦ ¦

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      , Chartist Hali _,, 1 Turnagain iLanei _Farringdon Street . ; The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday Morning next ,. May the 10 th . In the evening , at seven , when Mr . Worseldirie will deliver a lecture , subject , "The Three Tragic Poets of Greece . " . DjEWSBURr . — A meeting of the members of the Co-operative Land Society , will be held in the Chartist Room , Bond-street , Dewsbury _, on Sunday , May 10 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when all members in this district are particularly requested to attend . A Special South Lancashire District Delegate Meeting will be held in Heywood , on Sunday , May 17 th , at ten o ' cloek in the forenoon .

      Mr . D . Donovan , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Association-room , Mill-street , Rochdale , on Sunday , May 10 th , at six o'clock in the evening . Oldham—On Sunday ( tomorrow ) Mr . A . Hurst will lecture in the School-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening . —The Committee of the Land Society meet every , Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the above room , to enrol members , and transact other business .

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      which leaves London bridge at half-past 8 o ' clock , and which , when going at the rate of about 15 miles an hour , ran into an engine which was on its way to the New-cross station from London-bridge . This engine had becomedisabled , andwas at a stand still , and the proper signals were given in consequence to stop the mail train which followed it . As far as can now be ascertained these signals were not observed by the engine-driver of the mail train . He was so surrounded by steam , which he was blowing off , that he did not see the first signal that was made . The engine-driver of the disabled engine seeing that the

      signals were disregarded , ran forward with a light tb stop the mail train , and this was of some use , and the speed was slackened . The place of collision was between the junction of the Greenwich and Bricklayers' Arms Railways with the Croydon . The stoker of the mail train engine had one of his legs fe irfully crushed between the engine and tender . The engine-driver fortunately escaped .. Several of the passengers were severely bruised ; _tlu-j were removed to the Bridge-house Hotel , under the care ot Mr . Castles , ofthe London-bridge station , and every attention was paid to them that the paintul _circum stances demanded . . _^^ : , _f _^^ jii _& _fi - ¦¦ § _£ _*~__

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      Mr . Calhoun ' s Speech . —This admirable speech places Mr . Calhoun where he always deserved to be

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      Railway Accident . —A serious accident ccurred , on Sunday evening to the Dover down-mail train

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_09051846/page/5/