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      ^" ori ^ na told by Mmates of Cbristi-V But W have only M He letter that killetb , ** 'ie sp irit that maketb . alive ^ Dives fares ^ ptnondy not only en Christmas , bnfc every other ^ ttiflle tue Lazura ses of society , in too ntfny - < & * & , & * of want , even of the crumbs which £ U ftom tis faDl& We ho Pe and believe that tfjbere ' sa good -time ; coming" but " Poets " are Jjo tjfl op liete , anfl » however , hopeful the future may ^ jin st take for comment the facts of the present , jjjny Christmas finds too many sad hearts and a ^ Itfe hearlhs- May the fact inspire our readers to unewed efforts to lessen the numbers of both 1 ^ T ^ in iiivtold bv iiv airocates of Chiisti-

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      . — —^» GRATEFUL JOHN BULL . In comp liance with numerous applications from ji nats of the kingdom , we have extended our j ^ to " Punch " to a few more verses , and publish Sjeether this week , as requested . -j , i Jonn Bnll my darlint , you ' re nothing but varmint , \ Jtt plaj > nS on l * aaay anfl running your rigs , TO grunt ana yon growl , baa luck to yoarsowl . Ifjge TonVe aiten onr bread stuffii , our praties , our pigs . - a Kg bellied divil , way cat ftjou . be civil ! ye axe& you to give us a bit of our own , jjj , j ron cocked tip your snout , like a pig in the gout , jgjimtid of the bread staffs , you give us a stone . lonftrafc » s Hth scorninsr , while ourmonies adorning , lea ' rt streets an / I your parks , anil you * re pulaces too , jjjjsholeof tlie cation , is deadwid starvation , ^ aJjou exposing fat bauts to jour ' e own pauper rretr .

      jj pout for Lord John , that ' s not very s'rong , flfle we buys np the muskets , the powdlier and shot , £ gj when we ' ve the mains , you'll attind to our claims . jorte prayers ana petitions tberil nothing be got . fecan'taitourown corn , though we work night and mom , Qms 0 * e digs and we delves and puts ont the manure , ] ltn goes in rack rint < t , and comes back in cowld flinti loshootthe producers , an 3 kill all the poor . folethe powers of Moll Kelly , as you have stinted hit belly . tereartv for ruction , rebellion and fan ,

      iaam not put a stitch , in my brogues the cawbeen , and enld bntch , IjB Tboyc myself powdber and shot and a gun . fboag b yon calls ns Poltroons , we ran nit your Dhragoons , jua « e powers ont our blood on the battle ' s red plains ; Sure , we mans your war ships , and feed all their lorddips , fbifeje calls us barbarians and horrible namei , Jfere * the "Bloody onld Tones , " m& its threehapenny far ? , InajDUr Farlimint House , wid its Saxon oppreisorifid jer Boord of all Works , and yer -viceroy's quirks , Vga ' re stript as of put-hooks , creepcens , and onld d < essers .

      % & , bs nsy soirL we ' re the boys thatll soon make a noiie , jfiin we all has a mnsket , the powdher and hall ; In&it ' t thenye ' s II hear , wid a flay ia yonr ear , lsJ you'll ax when we whispirg , "Pat , agra ! did yon call !" liiethat . mother Bunch , yon toady onld Punch , flat lella oz in picters to plaize the West Ind ; 3 gtb - the Holy Saint Paul , we dispises ye's all , Jrtm Johnny Grof s house , to the very Land ' s Ind . F . O'C .

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      Jas Aksott begs to acknowledge the receipt of 43 . 6 d from Mr . Thomas Henna arid family , Somtrs Town jerHr . Thomas Laurie , for the O'Connor fund . J . Ji'AistH , Crieff . —Send 10 postage stamps , and we will post yon the plate . I ) TEE FOSTOXATE HoLDEBS OF PflZB SHAKES Oil TBE Bedsirlet Estate . —We are requested to state , that if on ; person who holds a prize tickei ^' or either 1 two < r three acre allotment on the Worcestershire estate , is disposed to sell the same , he may find a purchaser , by applying to Mr . E . Bobbia ° , 20 , Kiogstreet . Kensington . The person desirous of getting OS the land , is willing to give £ 40 for a three acre , or in proportion for a two acre allotment , and the transfer afa fail payed no share , or sharaanda half . 1 j Operative Block Fbistek—Barrhead—Next week .

      tiucow . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Glas gow brunch of the Chartist Co-op = rati \ ra Land Company , Sir . James Bair in the chair , the report of the Conference wa 3 read , from the Star , by Mr . John Bryan . A very animated discussion ensued on the proceedings of the delegates in Birmingham . Many of the members expressed themselves very much dissatisfied at the motion moved by Mr . il'Gratfa . for an annual share charge « f Is . per chare . The ditsatisfjction was not so gseat upon the amount , as upon tLe despotic character of the motion , which excluded a member from the ballot for the paltry sum of 3 d ., and many of them asked , What our enemies would think of the Chartists now , when onr Directors could state in Conference that they did not think that the allottees would be the proper judges of the persons that would

      te qualified to teach their children ? This statement ¦ was certainly going far to say , that ignorance prevailed to a very great extent in the Company , when 3 Cr . dark coul-2 make such a statement ; and the opinion generally entertained here is , that if we are not qualified to choose a schoolmaster or schoolmistress , itix high time we were giving up the idea of seeking the power of choosing Parliamentary representatives . We do think that such language was unbecoming on the part of men who for years past have been engaged in combating the oft-repeated assertion of onr enemies , " That the people were too ignorant to be intrusted with the franchise . " The

      dissatisbz&on prevailed to such an extent , on account of the aristocratic bearing of some of the Directors in Conference , that a large committee was appointed to aamine the report of the proceeding , and to repnrt it next meeting , so that a full statement of our opidons may be set forth in the following week ' s Star . Glasgow , December 21 , 1846 . TO THE EDrrok OT THE SOMHERH STAB . Eespccted Sir , —I have been instructed to send the above to you for insertion , and to request on behalf of lie meeting , that you -n 11 give insertion to it in Satar-315 * 3 Star . I am Sir , yours truly , D . Sherrington .

      We can only say in reply to the above , that ScoUano « ae fsrfrly represented in the Conference , and we belitve both the Scotch members voted for the shilling fcvy , nor is a farthing a week any wonderful tax , ea penally whea the surplus is to be applied in aid of fie transmission of poor members , and of which we &re say our Northern friends will have their fall compliment , while itmnst be remembered that the surplus after defraying necessary expenses , will be applied for the benefit of the shareholders ; Bor is it as large a levy as was decided upon by the Manchester Conference without the addition of theConferencalery . Oar Glasgow friends should bear in miud that this

      farthinr , awctkpershareistocover directors salaries , expense of Conference , and to establish a loan fund for the transmission ofpooroccupants . As to the second proposition , that referring to the appointment of schoolmaster and schoolmistress , wo beg to differ bloccdo from onr friends ; as we consider forty , fifry , W sixty occupants from different parts of the conntry , however well educated , they may be , the very most incompetent parties to elect a schoolmaster or schoolmistress , while we think they are well protected by file power of dismissal being vested in the occupants . ' . H . Latest , BurnUj , has a good cause of action against tte parties who refused his application .

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      BBCBIFTSOT THJ CHi ^ fisx CO-OrfiKATITB LAND COMPANY , All district Secretaries and Treasurers to the iMisasa ^ ssfe ; * pa » . nng from these rules in any case where they apply- . Firat . —a scrutineer shall be appointed by each branch on the 5 rst meeting night or day in every month , whose duty shaH be to attend the branch meetings , and receire ills subscriptions . The Secretary shall , before the dissolving of each meeting , sum up the receipts , whea the scrutineer shall immediate !} hand them over to the Treasurer . He shall keep a check book against the Secretary and Treasirer . and be present , at the audit of the Branch oooks , " and report to the shareholders as to their correctness . wrin in nii im - ^^

      Second—Every branch shall appoint two auditors , whose term of office shall be six months ; their duty shall be to examine the Branch books , and repurt thereon at the first meeting in etery month . Third . —Letters enclosing money must distinctly set forth the respective funds to which then-hole amount belongs . Fourth . —In ali letters requiring certificates it must be stated whether they are for members of the first , second , or third section . And whether the certiGcate required be the first orsecond , and if the second , the number of the first must be eivea The certificates will not be sent to the request of letters-in which this rule is not observed . Fifth . —All communications , whether enclosing money or otherwise , must be addressed as follows : — " To the Directors of the Chartsst Co-operative Land Company , S 3 . Dean-street , Sofco , London .

      ¦ All monies must be remitted in Post Office Chders , or by Bank Order payable on demand to Feargus O'Connor . All Post Office Orders must be made payable at the General Post Office , St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , London , as none other will be acknowledged . The person ' s name applying to the local post office for the order must be written at full length at the top of the order , and who must see the order properly stamped , and the order must be made payable to Feargus O'Connor . All letters containing money must be addressed as follows , for " The Directors , Land Office , 83 , Dean Street , Soho . London . Philip M'Gbath , Corresponding Secretary .

      PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . HABEf . £ t . A . Thomas Moore .. .. .. Old Westminsjer .. .. .. 046 Tivertun .. .. .. SOU Monmouth „ .. .. 056 Loiytou .. .. .. 006 . Vottiagham „ .. .. 626 Carlisle .. M .. 150 Dewshury .. .. .. 2 12 0 Leicester , per Astill „ .. 100 Mottrain , per Wild .. .. 0 13 0 Todmorden .. .. 4 15 0 Hull .. .. „ o 18 C Leuinington .. .. ,, 050 Ashton-under-Lyna , per E . Hobson >• 2 14 2 Manchester , per J . Hurray ,. „ 3 la 3 £ 23 8 5 ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦

      SECTION No . 2 . SBABZS . Joseph Moody .. .. .. 5 4 6 Edinburgh .. .. .. 4 4 10 James Hill .. .. 0 7 o Westminster .. .. .. 164 George Bishop .. .. .. 010 Lambeth .. .. .. 300 Kinghorn .. .. .. 0 8 8 StrvuUwater ~ ' . .. I 7 0 Chipping Norton .. ., .. 080 Stephenson , Cnllen .. n 1 * Miss Murj Olarkion , Addingham .. 0 5 0 Henry Davies .. .. .. 311 4 Marjlebone .. .. .. 100 John Bradford .. .. .. 0 10 0

      William Moore .. .. .. 068 Littieburongh .. .. .. 024 Keirailwortli .. .. .. 16 8 -Monniuuth .. .. .. 0 15 4 Charles Dunham .. .. 0 7 6 Thomas Barrett .. .. .. 4 19 6 George Martin - .. .. 010 Longtou .. .. .. 0 5 ti Edinburgh .. ~ 3 10 0 Trcdcgar .. .. .. 0 10 0 Nottingham .. .. .. 21 0 6 Devizes " .. .. .. lo 0 0 Carlisle .. .. .. 1 5 0 Oldium .. .. .. 1 10 9

      Lrnii .. .. .. 100 5 emon Afcbott .. .. .. 10 0 0 ilonckton Dereril .. ..- S 3 u Joseph l ' attison .. .. .. 026 TogmnuuUi •• •• 5 IS 0 Dewsbury .. .. .. 2 17 6 Ei . siugtou lane .. ~ 0 10 0 Leicester , per AstUl .. .. 100 Jlottrain , per Wild .. .. 596 l ' ershore .. .. .. 5 14 lu Todinoideu .. .. ,, 050 Hull .. » o 11 o Leamington .. .. .. S 18 5 Shinev Kow .. .. .. 1 10 *

      Barnsley .. .. .. -5 0 6 DarveLperTT-Toung » .. 019 0 , EUaud , perJ . Kinnersley .. ., 754 Ashtoii-uader-Lyne , per E . HoDson .. 2 11 4 Torquay , per 3 . Gill " * .. .. 491 Xeivton-on-Ayr , per S . Irvine .. .. 112 0 Manchesterper J . Murray .. .. 16 4 1 # »

      , " _ £ 151 19 1

      TOTAL LAND FOND . Mr . O'Connor , Section Ko . 1 ... 23 8 5 Air . O'Connor , Sectiou No . 2 ... 151 19 1 £ 175 7 6

      The sum of £ 4 4 s . 6 d ., perH . Todd , wai accidentally omlttted from die " Star" of December 5 th . KECEirTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . P £ & OEHEKAI . SECEETABi i Sheffield .. .. .. 048 Halifax .. H .. 026 Lower Warley .. .. .. 0 1 il Littletown .. .. .. 040 Dewsbury .. .. .. 034 Ara .. .. .. 036 Do ., do ., Cards and Rules .. .. 050 JEI 4 11 PER MB . O ' CON . VOB . V £ T £ BAKfi ' , WIDOWS ' , AND OKPflAN ' S FUNDS . Bilston , per T . IJammersley .. .. 0 10 0 Mr . Dear , per Stallwood .. .. 010 Nottingham , per Sweet .. .. 0 . 6 9 Ediuburgh .. .. .. 017 ? 0 X MK 8 . JOKES . Monmouth , per J . Cloud .. .. 010 Idle , per J . Sugden .. .. 0 5 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. 0 15 0 XJr . T . C . Ingram , Alergavenny M 0 1 o Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. 050 Alva ,. .. .. 010 o Barnslej „ .. 0 10 0 TO * KB . FB 08 T . Hanley .. .. .. 019 FO » VXB . ELLIS . Alra « .. .. 0 10 0

      REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUB BY DEFENCE FUND . ' Mr . E . Brooks .. .. .. 0 1 0 Mr . G . Pox „ .. ^ 010 Cambenvell „ M 0 15 7 Leicester , per Astill .. .. 106 Mr . G . Allen , Dunrobin - .. 017 Two Working Men , London >• .. 020 Stockport , per IE . Wild , Mottnun 12 6 Moiiuiouth , per J . Cloud .. .. 010 0 Bilston , per J . Hammersley .. .. 0 10 o Westminster Chartist AssemDly Rooms .. 0 16 3 Lambley , per J . Sweet .. .. 030 Mn J . Sweet , Nottingham .. .. O 0 9 Deronport , per E . Morcomoe .. .. 100 Truroper E . Tregemer .. 0 12 0

      , Idle , per J . Sngden .. .. 056 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. 2 14 C Mr . J . Pluyer , Bradminch .. .. 026 Mr . G . West , do ~ .. 026 Mr . T . Ingram , Abergavenny .. .. 020 Mr . J . Lloyd , do . .. ... 0 1 0 Mr . J . Hancock , Tredegar .. 0 0 6 Mr . J . Jones , do . .. .. " 0 6 _ £ 10 __ 4 1 Tbe £ 1 stated in our last as being sent from Nottingham , ought to hare been from Northampton .

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      the other day , out in Arkansas , wax taunting a mar . ried gentleman , who had a wife and three small cnil dren depeading upon him , for not rallying to the standard of his conntry , soon after the requisition upon the " ; State » mred , "Tom , " said oar friend , "you boys can whip the Mexicans , but should old England take a hand in the pie , fff join , for it will require mm to whip the Englua . "» 4 mcrica » i ' flper .

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      THE MATERNAL DEMOCRATS . On Monday eveninsr , l ) ecemher 21 st , the usual meeting of the Fraternal Democrats took place at the German Society ' s Hall of meeting , Drury Lane , lliomns Clarke ( of the Chartist Executive ) was called to the chair . ) The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed , the Secretary read the copy of a letter he had addressed to Lord Pajraerston , in accordance with the instructions of a previous meeting . The letter was ordered to be inserted in the minutes A considerable number of members were elected , and sereral persons were mminated for admission , ine secretary read the foils wins ; communication : — ,, _ ¦ Monday , December 21 . 1846 . My Dear Harney , ———

      You have doubtless seen the scandalous , and libellous attack made upon your political and private character by the renegade Dispatch of yesterday , and I am convinced you know how to treat the malignant effusion . You are aware how I am situated every Monday night , which precludes the possibility of my attending the meetings of my Brother Fraternal ( not infernal" ) Democrats ; and as I am commissioned to propose my esteemed friend , Thos . ISayner Smart , of Leicester , as an honorary member , will you

      ai . w me the honor to nominate the old patriot , a * one Of U 9 ; should his name be accepted ( as I doubt not it will be ) I feel confident it will reflect no dis . grace upon the noble band of democratic spirits , with whom 1 liava the honor to be associated , and I shall feel as much gratified , as I felt disgusted on reading the filthy Dispatch . With every dc 3 » re for the progress ot our society , and the welfare of each , and all of my Brother Democrats , I am , with the utmost contempt for the dirty rag alluded to above , Thine fraternally . J . Shaw .

      CnmsTOPHBn Dotle , who had attended the meeting for the pumjose of delivering an add ress on the * tate and . prospects of Democrac y in Scotland , suggested that his address should be postponed to allow the meeting to take into consideration the inf ' amcus article in the Dispatch , referred to in Mr . Shaw ' s letter . This suggestion was adopted , on the understanding that friend Doyle was to deliver his address at the next meeting of the Society , on Monday , January 4 h . . ¦¦' - The Secretary then read from the Dispatch of Sunday Ja-t , the article headed " The Fraternal Democrats . " The article excited the loudly expressed disgust of the entire assembly . Juijajj Hahnet , after a few preliminary remarks , read the following reply

      ;—TO THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Brethbex . —The Weekly D > xr > ni < -1 > nHnst Sunday , contains a foul aud villai 6 U ftttack Sgftlftlt me . which 1 deem it necessary to ic ^ u > , i n * ucc « u 8 e I fear the abuse of tbe Dispatch blackguard , but because you , whom lie denuminates " infernal democrats , " are mixed up with myself by this libeller ; and because tunny of you being natives of other countries , and not well informed of tbe political events of the last few years in this country , are not iu a position to know the truth or falsehood of the alleged fact * on which my libeller grounds his accusations .

      At your meeting on the fch iust ., it became my duty to report to you that tbe resolutions on the seizure of Cracow , adopted by . the " Democratic Committee for "© land ' s Regeneration , " had been published only iu the Morning Advertiser , Sun , and NonTiem Star ; aud that amongst- the papers which had not even noticed the resolutions , was the Wcek ' y Dispatch . After J had delivered the said report , you passed a vote of thanks to those journals which had published the '' resolutions . " . A report of this ineetiug ( on the 7 th inst . ) together with the " Addiess to tLe Democracy of Europe , " subsequently appeared iu the Morning Advertiser , Sun , and Northern Star .

      ¦ Your vote of thanks to the Sun , Advertiser , and Star , in connexion with the implied censure of the Dispatch , for its dishonest suppression of the anti-annexation of Cracow resolutions , is the real reason for the Dispatch ' s abuse of myself . To say nothing of the Northern Star , which circulates amongst classes not to be astonished by any rascality on the part of the Dispatch , it is well known that ihe Morning Advertiser , aud Sun , have a larger circulation in coffee and public houtes , and other places , where not units but hundreds read , than any other of the daily journals . The publication of your proceedings in those journals , therefore , galled the Dispatch worthy , and tired him to attempt his revenge by abusing me .

      Ike libeller commences with a falsehood ; he professes to " know" time only " some balf-dozus persons , " besides "Julian llarney , " were present at the meeting on the Yth inst . " lie knew when lie wrote thi-, he wrote a lie . You who were present at the meeting on the 7 th , know so too . The Dispatch man acknowledges he did not publish the pro-Polish Committee ' s resolutions ; this wa * not , however , because he is opposed to democracy ; hear him : — . We are not unfriendly to democracy ; every body who has read the JDispatch for the last twenty years , must bo awaie that with us the democratic principle has been urged with a vigour of language chat , it' Castlereagh had lived , n-ou'td have-subjected us to a criminal information and personal restraint .

      This will be news to the English democracy . What a pity that , until now , they have beeu ignorant of the tremendous doings of their very " vigorous" friend of the Dispatch I Let me remind this lying boaster , that within the last twenty years men have been subjected to " criminal informations , " aud men have been " subjected to perssnnl restraint " for advocating democracy , though bo one connected with the bragging Dispatch has been amongst the persecuted . On the contrary , the Dispatch was , from the first , foremost amongst tb 03 e false , hypocritical , pretended friends of democracy who , by their false statements and bloodthirsty denunciation ? , hounded on the Whig government to persecute the democratic party . The rancorous falsehoods of such papers » . s the Dispatch , did more than even Whig hate , to crowd tbe dungeons with Chartist victims .

      The libeller next vaunts tbe efforts of the Dispatch in favour of Poland , and adds , — "have we not arraigned at the bar of public opinion the base conduct of the ' miscreant of the North ?'" Wrong again . The only " bar" where the Dispatch can arraign anybody , is the " gin shop bar ; " at no other " bar" has the Dispatch any influence or aurhority . But I come to the charges against myself . Cdargb 1 . —That I was ( years ago ) " a violent Chartist ; a 6 \ vord , blunderbus , and bludgeon Charlist ; " making " outrageous spetcb . es" in favour of

      " physical force , " as a means of tfftscting reform . Answer . —Quite true it is that , in 1839 , 1 believed in the right and necessity of the people obtaining their rights by physical force . I still believe in the right ; but I povt question the necessity , and don't believe in the practicability of physical force—at least as regards the people of this country . lie is but a knave or a fool who denies tile right of tbcODpressed to release themselves from oppression , even by force . As to the necessity and practicability of " physical force "—I have not lived and learned nothing .

      Charge 2 . —That I " wore a red cap ; and that at a public meeting in Smithfield I said , " It w a * time to tuck up their sleeves and begin ; for they would have a bloody revolution , and no mistake . " Answer . —That I mounted le bonnet rouge at Smithn eld is quite true ; and it is also true that I am not at all ashamed of acknowledging it . Unfortunately 1 can claim no originality in having mounted the red cap ; as , years before 1 appeared at Smithfield , Mr . Hetherington had , at a public meeting , been formally crowned with a like head-piece . But true it is , that " while one man may steal a horse , another may not look over a hedge . " As regards the "tucking up tbe sleeves , " "bloody revolution , ' * < fec , it is a lie , manufactured by my enemies in the Convention . At the time I denied the accusation , and challenged my accusers to the proof , but no proof was ever attempted .

      Charge 3 . —That I advised the people " to attend public ! meetings with arms in their bauds , " alleging that " such an exhibition would make a deeper impression in favour of Universal Suffrage than any arguments they ceuld employ . " Akiwkr . —I am here made accountable for the words of another man ; but I have no objection to he held responsible for the " advice , " which l think would be very good but for this drawback , that it would be advice thrown away , as any such "exhibition" would be impracticable . ' Charge i . —That myself and two other delegates were censured by a vote of the Convention , for having at a meeting of the Democratic Association , proposed a resolution that "oppression and injustice should be met by resistance . " - ¦

      Answeb . " —Yery true ; and in spite of the Convention ' s vote , and the Dispatch man ' s abuse , I say still , that " oppression and injustice should be met by resistance . Charge 5 is as follows ;—" At a meeting in Ship-yard which this man regularly attended once a week , on one particular night , it singularly enough happened that he was abaun t , and on that occasion , tue police entered the place , and took ail his associates into custody , he eiily escaping ! " ¦ _ ..

      Answer . —The entry of the police was not on the Meeting night , which I " regularl y attended once a week , " but on the occasion of an informal meeting late in the week . Although not bound to attend that meeting , I purposed to have done so , but was prevented by an accident , which , if necessary , I can prove by the evidence of witnesses , well known to the Chartist movement , in whose company I was on that evening . Instead of all my associates—who numbered some hundreds—there were enly some half dozen arrested , the majority of -whom were indeed not my associates , for they were not member * of the association . The police arrived only after the meeting had dissolved , and when there was only the treasurer and two or three other persons in the room . The police seized two men who knew nothing about the association ., whose only offence was , that they asked , -what w » the matter , one of these wai

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      • f l the do 6 r-way , ; i a beer-shop opposite the society ' s place of meeting , ftnd the other ' was elope to Drury . Jane Theatre , at the time tbe police pa « ed with those previously captureo . The fact is that none W tUe arrested wew associates of mine , excepting the treasurer , who i 3 at this very time one of my " asso-Oi AAn . "l'heFl'aternal Democratic Soeiety . I should add that the arrested did not suffer a very grievous martyrdom , being merely bound over to be of good behaviour for six months . So much for this cockand-bull story . My . unanswerable reply to the calumnies of my enemies , now raked up by the- unprincipled Dispatch ia . tliat , 1 am still in principle what 1 was in 1839 ; while , as ; regards public position . I have attained one far higher than I then occupied ; on the other hand ; my then accusers are now recreants and

      renegades from their then avowed principles ; and nre ¦ eouted b y the people , in whose presence they fart not show themselves . Only a few month' a . ol was elected delegate to a Chartist Convention by the men ° ™ ew castle-Hpon-Tyne , who formed the principal bod y of ray cnn 8 titUents in 1839 . This at any rate proves an undiminished confidence of seven years ? nr * tl 0 , ' Now mark this , not one of my enemies intflenrst Convention , has been elected to any democratic delegation since fie time of that Convention . Within the last two years I have taken prominent part in many large public meetings in this metropolis ; why did not my skulking enemies appear at those meetings ? The crawling wretches dared not . °

      • , ri ! e Jfma n Jerof the article in the Dispatch con" !"?? yandationB of raoral force triumphs , to wit the Reform Bill , " " ' 'Own-Law Repeal , " &c . ; denunciations of my " physical force" designs ; witless attempts at satire ; and cowardly insinuations f « r the purpose of exciting ths suspicions of the ' ¦ ' foreign democrats , and con sequently the dissolution of the society . As to my " ph ysical force" debiciis in connexion with the " Fraternal Democrats , " Iliaveonlr to any that thus far our nets have been in favour efpeaca instead of war , witness our " Addresses" on tbe Oregon question which were pnblislied both in tlria country and America . From the first ot these r . d dre 33 e » I quo e the following : —

      " 'WorWng men of Britain and America , if you approve of the view wo have taken of tfiU question , he up and ( Join ? , nnd act forthwith to preserve the prune of tup . worjd . Gather in your public assemblies , memorirli . 10 your Parliament an <\ Congress , create nnd Kuiil * an enlightened public opinion to this «> nd , aud influence your respective eovernmflntg to net jusf / y , honourably , and for the welfare , instead of the misery , of the human

      r » ce . Working men of Britain , your interests nre altogether in the gideofpimo * . War would distract public attention fnim your grievances , would add to your burdens , might prohahly afford a pretext for your government curtailing your scanty liberties , under the pretence of ¦' proTMiniffor 'he puMic safety , " and would indefinitely postpone your political emiineipation . Exclusive institutions , bad laws , and a vicious social system , are your only real " enemien . " and aguinst these only you ihfrnld raise tlic shout of war .

      Working men of America ,, you are . or should be , the pioneers of freedom ; fiucli whs the miision bequeathed to you by Wasiiihqton snd his great brother pitriotn . That minion you will best fulfil by perfecting your institutions—by abolishing the slavery of white and blackwnge » and th « whip—bv driving from your legislatures , the hndlordfl . utur ** r « , lawyer * , soldiers , and other idler * and imindieri ; by innkin ? the veritable people , ' wealth-produeers . really " sovereign , " and thus c ' stiihlishing a real , instead of a nominal , Republic . War will not ni'l . but wi ! J prevent you accompUahin . ? these reforms . Achieve these reforms , and everyw h ere the people will demand your institutions , and your triumph will be complete .

      A war between tbe two nations would revive tbe barbarous national prejudices and hatreds , which happily are now fast perishing before the light of knowledge and the advance of na'ionnl intercommunication . Our desiro is to promote the fraternity , freedom , and happiness of nations . In this spirit we have addressed you ; in this spirit we 6 alute you as brethren . I w . < w one of the Committee appointed ro draw up the above address , which most assuredly spoalts my sentiments . In a second address adopted and published aft- 'T the settlement , oft . be Oregon question ; we said ( alluding to the first address ) : — In tliat" appeal" we protested ngntastthe then threatened " war" between thetwn countries , and endeavoured to show the barbarity , inhumanity , and folly of a physical contest , and tbe ruinous consequence to both na . tions , which could not fail to result from such a struggle . ¦

      Hsppily our fears have been dispelled , and our best liop' -s realised , by the amienbie adjustment of the differences between t e two governments , It is our pleaiing ta » k to corgratulate you on tbe peaceful and . honourable RO'tlement 0 ? "the Oregon Question "— a settlement which testifies to tlieproprreHs of those principles of international justice and universal brotherhood , which it is the objsct of our organisation to promote and extend . To the above address my name was subscribed as one of t . lie secrelariPS . I take from the sam *) address tUe following extract which fully speaks my sent ! menta on the question of international war .

      As regards " war" wo are not of those who cry " peace at any price , " We too ardently ndmire the American heroes of ' 76 to adopt so inane a creed . We iw the time has not yet arrived foe ' pcrwanrnt and univcrsnl peace . " There are nations so tightly fettered that we can s

      doctrine . While the friends of man set their taees against wars arising out of mere national disputes , not involving the existence and freedom of nations , let thorn be wary that they do not fall iato tho p . rro <\ of peacefully acquiescing in "things as t ' -ey are" and thus strengthen the oppressor , and contigm > d the oppressed to despair . Similar sentiment were expressed in the "Address tothoD''mocracv ' ofEurope , " whichitisnofnecrssary to quote from having so recently been published . 1 am ' prtiud that fo that address my n : ima is subscribed , in spite of the sneers an- abuse ot the Dispatch .

      The Fraternal Democratic Society was formed for the purpose of promoting fraternity and mutual enlightenment amonestmen of all nations . Thus far we have admirably progressed . Our society is known to , : respected by tlie inosfc influential men of the European and American democracios . In Franc ? , Germany , and tho United States , our manifestoes are circulated with the best results It "ill now be tbe "ame of onr enemies to divide and destroy us ; that they shall not do if I can help it . At the next regular meeting of the society ( on the 4 th of January ) I will resign into yonr hands my secretaryship for you to select another to fill that office if you think propor . As regards my Polish friends who are specially appealed to bv the Dispatch t « suspect and disown mo ,

      I can only say that at thenext meeting of the " Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration , " I will afford to that Committee the opportunity I have ahove proffered to the " Fraternal Democrats . " I will not , like the Dispatch , boast of what I have done for Poland , I will merely remark , ihat from my boyhood my heart has been devoted to the Polish canee . Even before the Chartist agitation commenced , bflfore I mad » the ' on trageous" " physical force " speeches of 1839 , 1 was a member of the Polish Democratic Society , dented therein by the Poles exclusively . ' From that time to tlie present , I have allowed no opportunity to pass , when by voice or pen , I could advance the cause of our unfortunate bretlm-n . I am content that the Poles themselves should decide between me and my slanderer .

      ' Personally , " says the Dispatch man , " we know nothing of Julian Harney . We never , to our knowledge , saw him , and we never wish to come in contact with so daiigei'ou > i a character . " lie need not frighten himself . " Julian llarney" acain say ' s this libeller " is abad , wicked man—a dangerom man . " 1 will only say that I am quite content to leave the question of my ¦ private character with those who know me in private life . As regards my public life , I am content to be judged by my public acts . . 1 do not profess to be infallible , but I am quite content to set my real acts against tbe lies of anonymous slanderers , and cowardly calumniators .

      In the cold-blooded columns or the DispaUh there is no margin ( or generous , youthful aspirations , and the hoary old sinners , who appear to have treasured up the remembrance of my youthful fervour , never having been earnest in anything but their efloris to keep afloat their sixpenny ^ sham , of course cannot undersrand what were my impulses when at twenty-one years of age , I served as a delegate in the Convention of ' 30 . It is now niy proud position to be connected with a iournal , which is last driving their sham out of thefieid , hence the Dispatchers assail me : T Wl at them scovh and defiance .

      GEO . JULIAN HARNEY . The reading of the above " reply " was interrupted by loud and repeated bursts of applause . Carl Schafper Hiiid although he had been denounced in connexion with Julian Harney , by the Dkpatch . he defied that blackguard and unprincipled journal ; and for hisjown part , had perfect confidence in Julian Uariiey . ( Applause . ) He had formerly read tho Dispatch but had discovered its villain ny and threw ilup , and had taken to the . Northern Star instead . ( Cheers . ) The " foreign democrats " were no mere hali-dozon , nor were they to be frightened by the Dispatch from working with Julian Harney . The Fraternal Democrats would persevero in spite of all enemies . ( Loud cheers . )

      The Chairman said , 1 think friends that there can be no doubtupon your minds , as to the " vigour' » of language which can be employed by the editor Of the Dispatch when it suits bis conveuienca , Iatl fl

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      Present instance , however , it rnusi !» e admitted that his " vigour" has been exercised to littib ''iirposo , as I am convinced that no man , who has tlie least ^ now ' led ^ e of Juli an Harney ' s public or private ch ^ rrrolor will be found to sympathise with the infumona ancl calumnious statements which are contained in the paragraph in question . ( Loud cheers . ) For my own part I feel the utmost gratification in having the opportnnity which my present position affords me , of expressing the high esteem Jn which I hold tlie patriotism and worth of my friend Julian-Harney . ( Loud cheers . ) I have known him for

      many years as a public man , and during tJie last five or six yeara I have been honoured with his personal confidence , and from \ all that Ihavesean of him , I am f-illy justified in asserting , thai a more pure or sinff ' e minded patriot does not exist . ( Hear , snd cheers ) And bear in mind friends , that the opinions which 1 Imve expressed of Julian Harney , are not neci ! liarly my own , but , to my personal knowledge , they are participated in by tbe great D-mocraiic partv throughout the ceuntry . ( Cheers . ) I have but just returned from a tour through the principal towns of the provinces , and I can assure this meeting that no

      man stands higher in the estimation of tlie real movement party than the person against whom the stnbe of the Dispatch has shot hia envenomed , but pointless darts . ( Cheers . ) Julian Harnoy eniovH onr confidence . ( Hear , and cheers . ) and notwithstanding that we may subject ourselves to the fire ¦>! the Dispatch battery , we will express that confidencp . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 lie writer _ d . « g not know JU : kn llarney , " never saw Julian llarney , " but nev : rtheless I hnrbour ' an indestructive idea , that the conductors of the Northern Star newspaper , aro not altogether " unknown" to the author of this beastl y libel , ( Hear , . and cheers ) And as " dates" and

      circumstancesare so faithfull y (?) chronicled , by this " friend * of Poland . " 1 labour under the"impreS sif . n that Julian llarney is indebted to the assiduity and industry of other " friends of DcmoerMv" th . iri the " We" of tlie Dispatch , for the "fact * , " which are chronicled m the di-yustin" and urimnnnJv article . . But owing partly tothe exert . ioiis of Julian Marney himself , a MIND has been created in thr country , which can distinguish between tlie fair and honourable criticism of ud iditor , and such scandalous , yet futile attacks , as that which has been mad *

      upon our esteemed and worthy secretary . Julian llarney strong in the conciousness of his own inte . i { iity , can afford to despise this paltry stteni | it to injure him , in the estimation of the public , but it is our duty to notice it as abase perversion of the functions of a public writer , nnd ; w an act wliicli merits our strongest condemnation , seeiri " that it corrupts the press which i « the source from whence the public habitually receive their impressions of men and things , and is therefore an abuse nfor . o of thenoblesr , institutions of which the a-e can boast ( Great applause . ) '

      CnmsTopuEn Dotlr rose and said , Mr . Chairman , and brothers , I cannot let the present opportunity pass by . Without expresains ! my unm ! ti <; . ued disapprobation , and I will add , just condemnation , of the dastardly , slanderous , and uncalled for attack made upon my respected friend llarney , bv the vile scribe of the Dispatch . I have had the pleasure , yea , tlio lion-. iir , ot be i ng persoua . 'ly acquainted with brother llarney during the last seven years , and I can safely say , without the fear of successful contradiction , that a more upright , honest , and purely disinterested democrat , I never kn .: w . ( Lo ' iulcheew . ) Mr . Doyle then went into thehistorrof the Chartist acitatioj : during the year 1839 , and stated anwnsst oth .-r things connected with that particlar-period of excitement , nnd almost unbounded enthusiasm , that he was chairman of a meet-ing heid in Manchester , at which meeting Julian ILtrney was the principal

      spea ker , and though he spoke warm I v , and indeed he ( Mr . Doyle ) would go ao far as to say strongly , yet . he could solemnly an' truthfully aver , that in the years 1830 and 1831 . he he&rtl tho leaders of th . « crawling , mean , truckling , deceiving , timeserving , and liberty destroying Whigs , in tho very same town of Manchester , use language far mure strim" —muro violent than that which emanated from friend Hartley ' s lips , on the occasion he alluded to . Buidid the Weekly Dispatch condemn the Whigs for the violent— realy violent , language they spouted forth ? Did the vile , and assassin-fike scribe term them "dangerous men , " and advise honest and well intentioned people to shun them ? JSo ! ( lltar , hear . ) He could bear his testimony to the hiah esteem entertained for Julian Uarney by the working classes of Scotladd , as well as those o ' f England , he having but lately returned from the

      former country * alter a sojourn of three montliR . and in each of the localities be visited , ( : ind taken in the fiKu'rt'gato he had visited some fifty . ) the invariable question askod was , "How is friend llarney ?" nnd when the question was-satisfactorily answered , tlie utmost pleasure was manifested on the part of the inquirers ; and strict charge' was uiven to him ( Doyle ) to pressni Julian Ilai ' iiey with their kind regards and sincere affection . ( Loud cheery , ) The coward of the Dispatch cannot boast of tho like esteem and atlection of the Democracy of Scotland and England . ( Hear and cheers . ) If the poltroon would make public his cognomeh , he ( Doyle ) was curtain it would be universally execrated by every lover of that great principle . ( Applause . ) The speaker concluded by moving the following icsolution : — " First-. —That Julian Harney ' s reply to the fou and calumnious article in tlie " Dispatch" lie pub .

      lished in tbe "Nurthern Star . " mid nibm-n » hii « lisheU in tbe " Northern Star , " nnd other public journals it possible . " Second . —That this meeting of " Fraternal De mocrnts , " comprising men trom several nations , uo hereby record their hearty thanks for ths eminpnt Ke-vi .: es which Julian llarney has rendered to the sacred cause of Polish independence , and L'enera fraternity and equality , and also their perfect confidence in his disinterested patriotism , sterling virtue , and undoubted integrity ; " And third . —That this meeting do pass an unqualified vote of censure upon the anonymous writiT of the foul and slunderous charges contained in the "Dispatch" against tko character of Juiian Ilurney . " .

      John Arnoti m seconding the motiin , said , that he wouLI statu one instance among thn many that mi » ht bo adduced' of the teruiverssition « f the "Weekly Dispatch . " On the 1 st of . May , 1842 , a most violent tirade against the People ' s Charier , « jpeared in the columns of tbat base and truoklins ; paper , on the 2 nd , that astounding demonstration , the presentation of I he National Petition took pl .-ice , when on thu 8 fch , this veracious journal * , » id , tbat unless a measure , nearly , or quite equal to the People ' s Charter , was speedily granted , resistance would be just , if not laudable . ( Hear , hear . ) Ciiahlks Kken ( one of the members of the Democratic Association of 1839 , ) supported the motion aud denounced the lying insinuations of the Dispatch \ u reference to the Ship-yard meeting ; the circumstnnces connected with which ho fully explained , -..-. ; , The resolution was theu put to the vote , and ujpaju . niously adopttd . .. '¦¦ ¦ :. >; ' -..

      The Seckktari ; reported that tlie " Address-to the Democracy of Europe , " had been published in the ' Alorning Advertiser , ' ' Sun , ' and . ' Northern Star . ' ( Applause . ) . Carl Sciumn reported that the address had also been published in the 'National' and : Ucfoime , ' tho leading journals of tiie French democracy . ( Cheers ;) and also in the ' Londoner Zeituns ; , ' a German paper . ( Loud cheers . ) A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the whole of the above journals . The meeting then adjourned ..

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      An Assistant Poor Law Commksiufkr ' b Proohhss .. Mr . Mofct , of Keigbley Union notoriety , who . Sir James Graham says , was dismissed from his ofHeo of Assistant Poor Law Commissioner for reasons with which Dr . Bowring , M . P . for liolron , w . isacquuinted , who afterwaids started "The Poor Law Circular and Union Advertiser , " under tlio patronage of the Poor Law Guardians and the board ot guardians , of which Sir James Graham was chairman—who afterwards became joint proprietor , with the Poor Law Commissioners' Assistant-Secretary , and manajrerof the Hay dock-lodge Lunatic Asylum—who afterwards pleaded the Statute of Limitations in an action brought against him by an union workhouse master from whom he had borrowed a large sum uf

      moneywho afterwaids was appointed a New Poor Law district auditor under tlio sanction of the Poor Law-Commissioners—and who , lastly , figared along with Sir James Graham , in the Court of Queen ' s Pencil as a witness for Mr . G . Lewis , the Poor Law Commissioner , in bis criminal int ' ouuadon against Mi * .. Ferrand—is now a prisoner for deot in . Lanensier Castle . As Mr . Mott has on so many occasions been so very useful to Sir James Graknrn , the Rig lit lion . Baronet cannot do iess than- perform Iuh- onerous duties of district auditor during bis imprisonment !; and it would add grace to tho- dignity of the ofBc * if he were to hand over the whole of the salary to > Mr . Mott , on "whose reports . "' he says , ** he , for one , speaking from experience ,, has bt . cn ever tctziy to rely with confidence . "

      Tiik Proposer New Bkidsk . —At a special general meeting of the Charing-cross Bridge Compaay , held at the Offices , Villiers-street , on Monday , William Ilawes , Esq ., in the chair , to take into c / ossideration the notice of an intended application to Parliament for powers to erect a bridge across the Thames , from or near WlutehaJl-place to the opposite side of the Thames , with approaches thereto frwn , York-road and elsewhere tne following resolutions were unainmously agreed to : — "That this meeting has heard with extreme surprise of the intended application to

      Parl iament for powers to erect a new bridge from (/ baling-cross , at a distance at the latter place of thirty yards only from the bridge so recentl ) constructed by the company under the express sanction o f Parliament . That the projected measure , while it is altogether uncalled for by the public , would be most ruinous to the property of the company . That the Directors be , and they are hereby , authorised , by every means in their power to oppose the intended application to Parliament , and to adopt such measures for the protection of the proprietors as they may deem expedient . " ¦

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      ___ THE SHORT TIME QUESTION . "" RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE ADOPTION . OF TiiK ' TEN HOURS' BILL IN FACTORIES . On Wednesday evening , Inst week , n public meeting of the inhabitants of Paisley was liald in the Old Low Church , for tlie purpose of hearinc an address from Mr . Richard Oastlcr , on the propriety and ne » ces-sity of a Ten Hours'Bill , to regulate tbe labour of children and women in factories . Oh tlio platform , besides the committee , were Councillor * Ban ? and Stirratt and Mr . Pitkeithly of I-Iuddrnfielt ) . On the motion of Mr . J . Fl > : \ hng-, Mr . Robert Kcrr , was called to the chair amid loud cheering . Letters of apology for absence from ths meeting were read from the Rev . Messrs-.. L ' rewster and Thompson . Both unproved of the object of the

      meeting . , Mr . Oastj . kr ro ? e to address the meeting ; ,, and was loudly cheered . Mr . Oastler described hs he had already done in bis addresses on this subject , ( he condition of the children and women iiaplnyed in factories previous to the enactment of the present law , and also-the necessity of an alteration in their present eomUtion by a Ten Hours' ' Bil l * lie next noticed a number of objections to the measure . It had been said tbat the trade of . England required the present long hours . He did not belicw it . With the . Prime Minister of England- he would any— " Let the ' trade . ' of England perish , if it is built mi the eroans and- blood of women-, and children . ( Loud cheers . ) The trade of England enables merchants and manufacturers to live- in splendour and retire frdiii business with lartjc fortunes .. Ilia motto

      was—Be just ; nnd , if they will , let the Iie ; vvens fall . Let Kis opponents , if they can , account fi . i ? fehis i ' iict . that ' ninny of those . who have been millowiit : r $ , have retired with fortunes ranging from £ 1 , 000 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling , Uo- would si » k if ih « -y could have'done so had they acted jur-Sl ? fowitHs their workers ? ( Hear . ) Was this Cliri .-fci'iisfiy , w hivh requires that" the labourer must iir » i bi : i >; iria ! scrof the fruits of his labour ? " But iK was s » ifi s . ! mt if two hours a day are taken off ' the Wn-ur , then the wnge&must also be reduced OHt ' -sixtH . -tjmt lliu ^ oods will be raised in price , ami that our- forniau trade will bo revived . N' » Wj the chiMry . ii !? uujs had bivn reduced from twelve to 8 ix . - } touKi ,. a »! i no reduction hadi ialsen place- in their w « g ? $ .. lite gt ncral y found , thai the longer hours any class- wrought the lowertlia- wages were , and hB-. a _ ae <> n . » 4 etl lor it on th 3 principle that long houiu t-hiU'Wioo much lubiiur ia , i !> e market . Talk ol ths-loss-olfiRtfeieii ti « de—why ,

      what can the y : ior ovci-wnouchl feutory \» ork < -r lose ?? Death , in many cases ,, is to . jmeiu : i positive gain . ( Hear , heim ) , But wbakslioaM U the f ' o \ vi » n taada of a country ? : Koibiag more than . the overplus left , after the wants of all tu ; e g&pplieil . . Lie \ vuu !« l ask , if all our wives-h . tve pleaiyoi' shawls that ' ^ e areexporting them I On- she tiiwe i innt- ; j )) e befound fault with the' lospufnciurers of X ' - 'iftshire broadcloths and bbtnkirtii . sending their p&uluce ' out of ' tho country when liar own populutinu-wvru unsiippjfed ., Tlujwliiile oif the " present si ^ eoi ' thinus rtas threadbare , and b * threaded thai if I ' ae pour were not brought to love- theviUi and thosich the poor , an-awful crisis was su hand . Air . Oastler then 86 " veecly denoimrtd ths ! New i ' ooi- Law ni" Kngiaud , and concluded his whims iiniid treat c ** mrig . The Chairuas having iniinuuur Mr . Oastlers willingness to astswer any questions tbut iuiyiit be . putto him , ... _ ..

      Mr . J . Finkkkton asked , what the rate ot wages per week might be which'wove canted by yonns women employed in powcr-Jcom factories oi vvliom they had heard ? Mr . Oastlek said , ho believed their wages were from 0 s . to 13 .-. per week . Mr . Pinkbbton added , that he understood frtia' a peraot on the platform that 6 s . was the average of the wages of a Paisley weaver . After vote * of thanks had been passed to Lord Ashley , and to Messrs . Fielden , Ferrai . d , and Oastler , for their laboura in the Short Time movement , and also to the Chairman of the meeting , the pro * ceedings terminated , and tho meeting , which w * i well attended , broke up .

      Cb&Afteis & Corre^Iionuei? &.

      Cb&afteis & Corre ^ iionUei ? & .

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      DiSMionosr -uso Deith . —An inquest was held on Ssiniday last , in Rosemary-lane , on the body of a T ador of lucifer matches , aged 77- The room in * Heh the decea ^ ai lived presented a deplorable ap-^" anee of deatitation . On tbe previous Tuesday Veiled ena neighbour , and complained of bis privajuns . The following day , as he had not been seen , * &toom was entered , when he was found upon the *** with his clothes on , and benumbed with cold . « aa » eon was sent for , who was unable to restore ^ nation . Mr . Johnson , the medical man , . said rfst death was the effect of cold and privation of « e common necessaries of life . Verdict , "Natural

      S tinsnciL SociBir . —The last meeting for the *** was held on Monday evening , when the chair fctakrn b ? Colonel Sykes , F . R . S . A paper was 2 * % Dr . Gay . on the longevity of sovereigns and !•*» in different parts of the world , which con" ¦ "fids omeverv interesting particulars . Amongst J |* mo st long-lived monarehs were the Emperors of ¦? " >* . of wkom the average of the deathB of 6 i was ; ' wijeare , and next in succession to them were ths ^ Wrors ef Rome , Ibecaliph 3 of Aleppo , thedukes ™ Brunswick , and the electors of Wurtemhurgh , a T ^ Prcdominflnee for lonBevitv beine seen in the of

      J ^ honses Germany , whilst the short-lived feigns were the kings of Scotland and Denmark , ^ ufens of Turkey , &c . The kings of England ^ W compa-atively weU ia the general average , In J * in&ideot al discussion which followed , some curious * J ? fflsnts were made , from which it appeared that fJr ^ atthirtyyeareefagea general estimate wa » ^ td f tlie memberg of benefit societies at t ^^ pooL that their lives were ef 30 years" value ; * J ^ Shest ave : age of the live ? of such persons who , 3 "&t so provident was bnt 27 , whilst at Glasgow u "jooient population would only represent 2 ± jeaxs " ^ av erage of life , H jJ ^ s AaK was 546 E nglish feet long , 91 broad .

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      TO THE SUB-TREASURERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Pkiesds , —Having been appointed by my brethren of the . Executive to the office of General" Secretary , I deem itmy duty to inform you , that , in future , you wi ^ please to make all Post-Office Orders payable to Mr . 0 Connor , at the London PosUOffice , St Martin ' B 4 e . Grand . It is hoped by the Executive that you will stnefly attend to the above instruction . Chbistophib Don * . Secretary .. ;

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      NATIONA L TRADfcb /^ SOClATiON FOR THK PROTECTION OF JNDUSTRY . :

      " Union for the Hill ion . " The usual weekly meeting of the Central Commit « of . ' above association , was hcirl at their ftflice , 30 , Hyde Street , JJloomshury , off Mdndiiv last , wnen an iinracnse mass of correspoudcfrec" « a » read from all parts of the country , yivi ,, ^ gl . rioim proof of the progress of the principle * of the . National Association , tor mutnal protpction , in prcferorco fir the explode . ) syMein ofkeal strikes , rrquiring 1 . ans from all paits to support them , an / 1 , when over whother successful or not , saddles the ] of : ;\ l union with a debt which hangs round their n eck like a millstone ci ' . imuins tlieii' onQr » ies fin yoara nfti-r . All parties

      evincing an earnest desire to bate {*>« prinriplos of tj iu Nfitioual As . sociatinn explained ia them , by Missionarie 9 ] from the Centra ! Committee ; and cxi > rc 3 Miig their firm conviction that this trad-a of thu three kingdoms are fully alive to the principle of National Combination only waiting an active agitation on our part , to ensure their rnllyini ; around the gli > rimis standard raised hy llm hqn . member for Fiiisbnry . A lottiT was road from Koighluy , Yorkshivc . siving the adhesion (•( oil woolcombers , and 805 i ' oivur Loom Weavpiy , and other sinnllcr hdhesiuii . i , amotiiitingon the whole to nenr 2 000 members .

      A resolution v .- » s pa-si-d appnintlng Mr . Lcne ^ an of Wuan . agent of the association lor ;! iat town , and twelve miles 'ouml . ' Messrs . Buckley and Wintc-, aaent for Licton , nii'l twclTc j / iilcs round , wlit-n no ciijj .-i-ied in ; i' . ' ta « tinjr , to tie employed by the Sister Association at their respective trades . Those "cntli-nirn therefore , bold themselves in readiness to attend m-y trade bnrly within thmr respective districts , who may r » quire their services . Mr . PEKT . of Mnnckcsiet ' , was appointed n , niiasion-: iry to oxplsiintbo principles msd ol . jcc-w of tho two associations , his first tour is Amongst the block printers of the foliowiri ' . ' districts of Lancashire , on :-. Monday eveHinj ; 23 ili Rkekrcd Tuesday , ... 29 th ... ... Chorlcy Wednesday ... 30 t . li ... ... JJolytroyd Th > ir > diiy ... 31 st Accrinatou

      Mr . Pkbl is itirat desirouyof nicctfnrr tl : o-e n-Iio are particular !) ' opposed to these crowing ;' umciations , he has little doubt of being able to reni'ivu ih « prejudices of ail , who , in the true spirit of enquiry , will favour him wiih their attendnncu . Mr . litMt reported his minion to tho carpi nlors iif . Roebdalo , he sent a note to each < tf tho employers desiring an interview , which induced them to callamcctinjr of their body , to which meeting Mr . Bush was invited , when considerable discussion took pliice with vefiTPiice to the st-veml points at i > suc , the employersagreeinjf to a eonces- < ion made bv the

      iih'h . that two hmirs should constitute a quarter of ii day , in fact all tlie points in dispute weru ariiiralily settled , except that of the two half hours per day for breakfast and tea in winter , and the one half nourin summer , upon which the masters declared tht-y wished for time to consider , the fact of the next week beitii Christmas bolidnyf , luiil more to do with their decision than the nu-rits of ihc question of the hnlf hours named above , thus affording another proof of the value of mediation , more especially , when such mediator is Iwck-d b y the powerful influence of at least 70 . 000 brave unionists .

      Mr . Allen reported his mission to tho block printers of Mitcham , his object bernc ; to ascertain fromthe employer whether he turned the men off because they took an active part Jn trat ! .-s nninn , matters , showing him that trades unions bfinu lepal , it was untairand unreasonable to-turn tl . eiii ofF for taking an active part in such le # al sock-ties , and j f employers thought proper to » uopt such a course , it would be resented by the whole body of ttninni ?^ , and the men supported ;—the National Association acting upon the principle of " all for eaeh . and oath

      for all . Ttie employer denied hnvinu turned them off for the cause alleged , ( of course wirjj a view of iicpriving them of assistance ) , referring him to the workmen for confirmation ot what he stated , all of whom , when appvaW-d to , declared thi > y wi-rc dischaivcd for the cause stated abi-ve . Mr . Allen then put the question , would lie have any objection to take them bnck , one having worked for him nine years , nnd the other twelve years . The employer desired time to consider .- In the meantime , the men will be supported by the Association . Tlie Committee then adjourned .

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      ^^^ UNITED TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR . Tlwj Board Meeting of the above Association , was held in the oflice , 30 , Hyde-j > trcet , Bloomsbury , oa Tuesday last . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , Mr . Gimblet reported he had been toDufSiehl , and setn the frames , stock , &c , transferred to Mr . Rodiifrs , the newly appointed manager of the cloveniiiker . 0 , employed by the Association , anil after ex-! iminin ^ the accounts , stock , iiintcriiil , < & « ., sind havi ' iij ; found tho same perfectly enroot , transferred them over to Mi-. Kiultiera . Mr . Gi'iibiet further stated , that he also via i ted thpiinil-makers employed b y the Association , at Crndley , and the stockingweavi .-ia of Nnttirgham , and was iiapi-y to ret-nnbled to report that he found everything going on satisfactorily at both places , and that he had authorized Mr . Clarke , the maniiL'erof the stocking weavers , to take mere spacious premises , as he found those at present occupied , i . ot sufficiently large .. After making some arrangements respeetiii" fittinir up the house and shop , No . 11 , Tottenham Court-road , the icasi ; of which having been pu . chased by the Association , th « - ] 5 o » rd then adjourned . ¦ ii . iTTIi

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1398/page/5/