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      { he Deed , as it ia quite ! impossible to take it to etary locafity , espeaally [ those that have but few members . ——— I INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING THE DEED . The person signing must be the same whose same I -ap pears in the schedule of the Deed . No member can sign for another—parents eir 1 ttpted , who may oga for infanta-Wives cannot sign &r their husbands . Members of the First . Second , and Third sections telly cm sign the Deed at present . The branch secretaries are urgently requested to Secure the presence of all their members at the place of signature . Taoias Cube , Corresponding Secretary . Manchester .

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      Birmingham . — At the weekly meeting . of the members of the National Charter Association at tbe People ' s Hall , on Tuesday evening last , the fitstpart of this month ' s Labourer was read by Mr Fussell , and was very well received . The concluding portion will be read on Tuesday next , A considerable number joined the association . There is every probability of cementing a very coed UBion of the working classes of Birmingham . The meetings are held at the above place every Tuesday evening at eight o ' clock . At the usual weekly meeting at the Ship Inn . on Sunday evening last , Mr Dart 1 Pott in the chair , the address from the 'American Democrats was read , and re * ceived with the utmost enthusiasm , after which the following resolution was unanimously passed— ' That

      the best thanks of ttiis locality be given to the American Democrats for their splendid address which appears in this week ' s Star . Cambkrwell and Walwobtiu—Notwithstanding the tempestuous weather , a very numerous meeting was held in the Assembly Room , East-lane , on Wednesday evening , October 6 , to hear Mr Stallwood , who delivered an animated discourse of more than one hour ' s duration , on' Registration , the Land , and the Charter , ' and was loudly applauded throughout ) At the close of the lectnre , a friend of Mr John Sillet , author of ' Spnde Husbandry , ' addressed the meeting with good effect . Mr Dixon will attend the Hall , nnd deliver an address , on Wednesday evening next , October 13 .

      Hatton Garden . —Mr Philip M'Grath delivered an eloquent lecture on the Land and the Charter , to a crowded audience , at the Good Intent , on Sunday evening , October 3 rd . At the close a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the lecturer . Receipts or ihb Central Registration and Election Committee . —From lit October ; John Peripo , per W . Sykes , 4 s . 9 d . ; W . Sykes , Holbeck , Us . 8 d . ; Lind Branch , Chorley , per W . Wilkinson . 9 * . 9 d . ; Clifford per O . Capon , Is . 6 d . ; Land Branch , Warrington , per E . Lawless , £ 14 s . ; Bury , 3 s . 6 d . ; Brideewater , 9-. 8 d . ; Shoreditch . 6 d ; Brighton per W . Flower , 17 s . 3 d—Total £ 4 2 a , 9 d . Jamss Gbassbt , Secretary .

      Somkrs Town—A crowded audience attended on Sunday evening last , at the Bricklayers' ArmB , Tonbridge-street , New-road . te hear a lecture delivered on the Currency , by Mr Charles Weeks . Mr Farris was called to the chair , and briefly introduced the lecturer . Mr Weeks delivered a very able discourse in favour of the schemes propounded by Jonathan Duncan . Mr Fussell followed in an effective speech , in which he objected to aPaperCurrency under any circumstances . After appointing a committee to get up a harmonic meeting for ' the benefit of the Widow and Orphans of poor Dodson , the meeting dissolved .

      StocKPORT .-The secretary , James F . M'Cormack acknowledges the receipt of £ 30 from the secretary of the Central Election Committee , London . At the wekly meeting of the Stockport Election Committee . it was proposed by Mr Thomas Davis , seconded by Mr James F . M'Cormack , and agreed to—• That the best thanks of the meeting be awarded to the Central Committee for the generous aid afforded bj that body . ' Mr M'Cormack lectured on behalf of the Stockport Election Committee at Hyde , to a general meeting of the Land meeting . After the e v- u e :. £ 1 ? f T 0 te ? l othe Stockport Committee , wh'ch Mr M'Cormack hereby acknowledges . Soho . —Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered a public lecture , taking for his subject — « ProgreBS-the Charter , the Lsnd Company , and Land and Labour

      Bwk co jsidered . ' onSunday evening , at the Assembly Room , 83 , Deap-streer , which was densely crowded . Mr Bubboccupied the chair . Mr Stallwood addressed the assembly-with great energy for upwards of an hour , and judging from the liberality of the applau-e bestowed , we should say with great effect . T 0 Tk 7 n - ISI 8 , A ! iD " ^ . UBBHS ° * . DEVO » 6 HIHH . I he foUowinsplaces are willing tojoinuain setting np the Count * Relegate meeting :-Exeter , Torquay , Teignmouth , Tiyerton , Totness . Tavistock , andPlyl mouth . The friends at Newton Abbott , Plymouth Landmemlere . Devonport , Buckfastlei gh , Ashburton , and Collnmpton , have not as yet responded to the appeal . I should feel much obliged if they would do me the favour to reply in the course of next week . The place at which the meeting will be held , shall be announced as soon as possible . R M tt hi bt T ( n | T m L U « d ( T ai

      „„ ,.. _ , Thomas Flood . nolland-street , Barnstaple , October 6 . 1847 . TO THE ISHABITAHTS OP WIGAN AM ) ITS VlCIKIIT . Friends . —Believing that in the sight of the great creator , all men are equal , and that the human race constitutes but ene great family , and that ail men are brethren ; and , seeing that a largenumber the of yonth of this town are growing up without education , and that many adults among us are unable to read or write , and consequently cannot benefit by the many cheap publications and other sources of information with which our country abounds , we appeal to the benevolent and well-wishing of their less favoured brethren and sisters to assist us in establishing a mutual and self-improvemeBt society , by contributions in books for a circulating library ; also personal exertion to rescue the victims of poverty from igand ci c y a m « n t e

      norance vice , thereby enabling them to unlock the stores of knowledge and wisdom , and tkns overcome evil with good . Although our institution is called'The Wigan Land and Chartist Mutual Improvement Society , ' none are debarred from its benefits on religious or political grounds , our objects being to enable all to read , think , and judge for themselves , leaving , therefore , religious instruction to its legitimate teachers , the Christian ministry , and confining ourselves to secular education . We hope to enlist the sympathy and obtain the assistance of all parties in promoting tbe interest of our society . Rule 1 . That each member pay an entrance fee of threepence , and a weekly subscription of one penny , except it is provi d to the committee that want of work , or other cause ' renders them unable to pay , when they shall be admitted free , until they are enabled , by better circumstances , to pay the regular subscriptions . n t C J f t 1 I ( « ] < ' I l I

      Tivsbton . —A meeting of the Chartist Association was held on Friday evening , for the purpose of enterine into arrangements to secure the election of Mr W . Rowcliffe . as a member of the town council , in the place of Mr Thos . Payne . The chair was taken at eight o ' clock , when it was proposed and seconded , that Mr W . Rowcliffe was a fit and proper person to be one of the town council . It was urged by the speaker / , that eveiy individual then present , should exert himself to secure the return of that gentleman . It was proposed that the candidate should pledge himself to appear before the burgesses at least once in every year , to give an account of what had been done by the council—what he had wished the councillors to do—and what they would not do . This proposition 1 1 I i I 1 i ' |

      was considered necessary , for t his reason , not one of the councillors thot pet elected to that office can think of appearing before the burgesses . I It is high time to destroy that confidence wLich the do-nothing , hypocritical , tear-shedding Whigs have hitherto contrived to secure to themselves . On Monday a meeting of the burgesses of the ward W 8 S called at the Worth Arms Inn , for the purpose of nominating a fit and proper person as a candidate for the office of town councillor . Proposad by Mr Snow— ' That Mr John Hill should take the chair , ' which was unanimously agreed to . The Chairman , on taking the chair , commented on the extraordinary vacancy that had occurred . Mr W . Knight nroposed Mr Robert Wotten ( a rank Tory ) to be a fit and proper oerson to renra' <

      sent the burgesses of the ward in the town council . Seconded by Mr T . Tongue . Mr H . Lsnd proposed Mr W . Rowcliffe . Seconded by Mr T . Rudd . Mr Knight then spoke a few words in favour of Mr Wottop . The Chairman then called on Mr W . Rowcliffe , ' whep that gentleman Very ably stated his principles , which were embodied in ' The Charter and no Surrender . ' He wound up his address by giving the Whigs and Tories a good lashing . The Chairman then called for a show of hands for Mr Wotten , when very few were held up . A show of hands was nextdemanded for the Chartist patriot , Mr W . Rowcliffe , and nearly the whole meeting signified their approval , by holding up their hands . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated . i !

      GLOBIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . WEDNKSDAT—This has been the polling- day , and bravely have the working men done their duty In spite of open houses , intimidation , and all the arts ef corruption and villany which both Whins and Tories combined could employ , the men ot Westexe ward have nobly done their duty . At four o ' clock Mr Hawcliffe was declared elected by a glorious majority . Thb National Victim Committee met at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening , October 5 , Mr James Grassby in the chair , when ten shillings eSjch was voted to the veteran patriots , ' T . R . Smart , J . Richards , and T . Prestos , and tho committee adjourned until Tuesday evening , October 19 .

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      . . ,,.:.. NOTICK 9 . .. TheCentralCommittee having received several preying applications for one of their members have agreed that 88 mani ([ trades as possible shall be waited oBfljfi leaving itwith the trades themselves whether Wl W » publio meetings , or meetings of thoir officers an 4 members . But we trust that the officers in each trade will make the necessary arrangements , so that the deputations may not be unnecessarily detained on their miBsisn .

      Mr Williamson attends at Clitheroeon Monday , Oct . 11 th j at Burnleyion Tuesday , the 12 th j at Blackburn on Wednesday , the 13 th ; at Bacup on Thursday , the 14 th ; at Astley Bridge and Bolton , on Friday the 15 th . iV J ^ b'Robson will proceed to Berwick-upon-Tweed , Newoastle-upon-Tjne , Gateahead , and Sunderland . c * Bi' . onMonday , 11 th of October , at Hanley , Staffordshire ; Tuesday , 12 th , atLongton ; Wedner u ^ m * ' ? u !?\ em Jhuriday . Mfo , Leek ; Friday , 15 th , M ^ icle « field : Saturd ay , 16 th , Winuford , salt-^ Humphries , on Monday , 11 th of Ootober , ffiSSK * VCSfiafi Mr J . Parser will attend on MnrxW « «« w :-

      hS . 3 ? }? ^ & , r ghara ; aPPlicatioss to be made to him at Mr Wilhama ' s , 130 , Suffolk-street , Birmingham . \ ' ¦ **? ««»• • All money letters must be addressed to Mr James Webb , No "; 11 , Tottepham Court-road , and letters on general business to' Mr Thomas Barratt . Those trades who have hot been supplied with rules and cards , must send their orders to the secretary , Mjr Barrett , 11 , Tottenham Cpurtrroad , London . ' All Post Office-orders must be made payable at the Blopmsbury or the Tottenham Courtroad post offices .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS IN AID OF THB ftOLYTOWN MINERS . . » -. Previous Announcement „ . , „ £ 195 19 g A few friends , Mill Wall , A . Z . ... 0 18 0 Stockpert card room operatives ... 0 5 0 Park Mill operatives 0 2 18 Joiners , Sun , Landon'Wall , por Mr Jone « 9 0 s Hull trades , and friends to the cause , per Mr Webster , ;; .,. ; nil A . few friends , Lincoln , per Mi- Ling *

      waitn ..... ... 15 1 Clithero , per Mr Bradley . ... 0 2 1 Grasebrook glass ratters ' ,. near Stourbrldge 9 12 Mill Wall , Poplar , per Mr . Feathery 0 8 0 Northwlch salt boilers " .., ,, 10 0 Ditto , Rock miners ... ... 012 8 United Order of wood turnerB ... 0 2 8 Aberdeen , per Mr Sbirron ... 017 t Derby framework-knittera ... 0 5 0 Cabinet-makers of York . „ . „ 15 0 Le « k silk twitters ... ... « 1 » 0 Canon Mill * , Edinburgh skinners , per Mr

      M'Currie 2 0 1 Ladies' shoemakers , Somthwark , per Mr Smith .. ... .. 10 0 Nitfcercanon print field , Paisley ... 1 5 9 Engravers of Manchester , per Mr Buxtone ... 10 0 0 Collected by Mr Suckby , at Burboge common ... ,,. ... 010 I Stlbv miners ... ... ... 11 0

      A . few friendB , Bill Wall , A . Z . ... 0 5 0 A few plasterers of Faddingtan , per Mr Snelous- ... ... ... 0 8 0 TotalreceiptB £ 224 9 8

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      Leicester . —Mr Humphries attended a public meeting in the Market Place , Leicester , a numerous body of the operatives of this town attended ; there could be no lesa than 600 present . Mr Buokley was unanimously called to _ the chair , who remarked that he object of the meeting was to hear an explanation of the principles and constitution of the National Association . lie bespoke a candid and impartial hearing , and trusted that what questions they had to ask they would ask at the close of the lecture , he should say no more , but call on Mr Humphries : who , on rising , said , " the presentmeeting was a disgrace to the present advanced age of intelligence and civilisation , inasmuch as it plainly bespoke the abjeot ana wretched condition of the people . Instead ot the working classes having to meet together to concert

      measures for their own welfare and protection , they ought to be protected by the state , equally with the property of the capitalist , for tbe working-man ' s property we all knew was his labour , and as valuable to him as the rich man ' s wealth . " The speaker then , at considerable length , entered into some interesting and explanatory remarks on the principles of the Association , showed its beneficial tendency , and that wheu its whole machinery was put into operation would effectually raise the condition of the working-classes . At the close of the address , the following resolution was carried , ' That this meeting having heard the principles of the National Association explained by Mr Humphries , we the non-members , do pledge ourselves to become members of the Association , and exert our power to induce others

      to follow the same example . ' The Chairman then entered into an animated address , in which he depicted the sufferings of the people , and showed they were oppressed and degraded , and that the only sure way to remedy these things was , for the working classes to combine in one vast association for the mutual protection of each other ' s interests . Nottingham . On Tuesday , Ootober 5 th , Mr Humphries attended at Nottingham , where he met a portion of the trades . The meeting was not very numerouslyiattended , in consequence of its just being the very height of the fair . Mr Godfrey was called to the chair , who , after a few remarks , introduced the speaker , who , on rising , said , ' In consequence of the deep depression that afflicted the trades in this country , the people were in a Btate of

      destitution , and so long as they were so , tbe masters would take every opportunity of reducing the price of their labour , and they , in their present position , were unable to resist these aggression ? . Now the only way to obviate this , ffas for the operatives of this country to form themselves into an extensive , consolidated National Confedcratien , for the mutual protection of each other ' s welfare . ' The speaker pointed out tbe advantages of co-operation , and urged upon them the necessity of forming themselves into companies , for the purpose of creating funds , to be employed in purchasing goods manufactured by the association . That unless the members

      of the Union would determine among themselves to become consumers of such articles as their associated funds created , they need not expect others to do so . If the trades would do this , the central committee would have increased means to carry out the objects of tbe Association . At the close ot the address , a number of questions were asked , which elicited considerable and important information ; a resolution expressing the satisfaction of the meet * ing with explanations given by Mr Humphries , and a vote of thanks to the chairman and speakers were carried , and the meeting dissolved , highly satisfied with the proceedings of the evening .

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      » TRADES' MOVEMENTS . THE MINERS . 10 TBI SD 1 TOK OF THE HQRTHIBH STAB . Sin , —Seeing that the dispute between the miners and their employers is net likely to come to a Battlement for some time yet , as both parties seem equally obstinate , and as the press ( at least that portion of it which has taken any notice of the matter , ) seems disposed to threw tbe whole blame on the working men , and as I beliere that tbe press , as well as the public , have been much deceived by the report of the government commissioner , I beg tbe favour of your allowing mo to notice an extract or two from that report , which has appeared in several of our local papers .

      We are told ? hat this commissioner has been appointed to inquire into the state of the mining districts , yet strange to say , we cannot hear of a single instance wherein he has called upon or consulted any of the working population . Tbe whole of his information , such as it is , has been obtained from the master , and tbe following , I think , will shew that he is much more inclined to plead the csute of the rich oppressor than to report the truth . In speaking of the miners' union , he says , ' The extra charge thrown upon capital by the miners' eombination is estimated at the large proportion of one-third , in proof of which , he gives the evidence of Mr urray , of the Monklaud Iron and St ^ el Works , who states as follow * : —

      ' From the time I first knew colllen they have been always in the habit of restraining themselves in their labour . My conviction is , that for the tat ten years the physical powers of all between twenty and thirty y « sra ef age have net been exerted to more than two-thirds of their fair capabilities . In eonsepence of this restriction of labour , « re are obliged to keep one-third more men in our employ , and to build one-third mere houses , to sink one-third more pits , with engine , railways , horses , engine-men , and drlvors , and all the other incidental expenses belonging to this addition to our fixed costs . All this forms in tho manufacture of Iron a considerable addition to the cost of production . ' He says , tbey eraploy about three thousand hand * at thslr works , and h «

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      bdieves tuat i «» thumana could perfectly well do a the work for which they haTe bow to pay three thousand , if they would only exert their physical powers to whst he la pleased to term their fair capabilities . Sow there can bo no doubt but that the sum required to pay thoie thousand extra hanas would be a considerablelaving to Messrs Murray and Ce . It cannot be wondered ) at , then , that they feel so anxious to get the miners to abandon their restricrion of labour , and have nothing more to do with union , Molng that it has been productive of so much evil to tbe community at large , as the commissioner has it . He again stateB , 'that the country is almost entirely in the dark as to one of its most important interests , It could not fail in this as in oiber

      important matters of trade and commerce ; that th » power of at once appealing to facts andfignres , would dls . pel many an Hlu » i « n , and prevent incalculable loss , an Unoonvwlence . Could the whol « communlty be made sensible of the enormous tax , which they at this moment are cempelled to pay in the shap » of an « nhanc « d price upoucoal and iron , arising from tbe restrictions of labour imposed upon themselves by the ceal and iron , stone miners in their combinations to reduce thequam . tlty , and force up the price ; they wonld perceive something eftho natioual cost of ignorance , and of the national disadvantage arising from so large a body ot people being exposed by tbe limited state of thoir intelligence , to be misled as to their real interests . '

      >' ow , sir , I believe with tht commissioner , that an adpsalto accurate / aitj and figures would dlipel many an illusion , and I am quite ctrt&in that the miners would not f ; el the least disposed to shrink from a full investigation of everything bearing upon , or at all connected with the subject , and I kesitate not to i&y , that the result of such investigation would show to tbe community , that the enormous sum which they have to pay in the shape of an enhanced price upon coal and iron goss into the coffers of the master instead of being paid in wages to the working-men , Tb s I will und » rt » ke to provo from the Commissioners' own report . In the evidenoe of Mr Barker , of OhlUington Iron works , Staffordshire , we find the following statements : — "The staple trade of Wolverharopton is suffering in a great degree from the unduly high price of coal and iron , forced upou us by this restriction of labour . Among the coal nnd iron-stone miners , coals are now 12 s . a ton , which a few years ago were only 6 s . 6 d . Bar iron is now £ 10 . a ton ; In 1842

      it was only £ 5 . St . ! ' Here Is an advance of 5 s . 6 d t on tho ton of eoa \ s , and let us see who are the parties that have profitted ' most bj It ? I worked fora cosldemble time in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton . I left there in 1837 . At that time the colliers were paid Is . a day , and for that sum thsy produced about 2 J tons of coals , they are bow , according to Mr Barker ' s account , receiving 4 s , i } & , per day , and suppose we allow the reduction of one . fifth of their former day ' s work , we find the collier has got 11 s . advance on the day ' s work of tbe master , out of which he gives him 4 jjd . N ow * these are facts and figures and that is what the com . njiiiloaer se anxiously oalls for . Verily , Mr Commissioner , it is high tima that a thorough investigation be made , as with you , 1 believe that such would lead to the 1 establishment « f a more jut and healthy relation between labour and eapltal 1 ' I fear , Mr Editor , that I have encroached too much on your ipace , yet I could nay much more , but for the present must conclude . I am , Sir , yours respectfully .

      Dairy . Duncan Robebtsoh . Tbs St&ike is Mosslet The j trike continuei in . Mosley witk unabated vigour . The men appear as determined as evertrtesist the proposed reduction , though , a number of them arellterallj starving . The originators of this reduction ar « Messrs Giles and Mark Andrew , and Messrs Jerry and Frank Andrew . They are the same Andrews who ruined the woollen business in this district j and they have freely lavished on them , the execrations and curses of the woollen operatives ; and by their conduct since th « y entered tho cotton business they seem as determined to ruin that trade . They are always tbe first at proposing reductions ; and whenever they are compelled to give advance , which rarely occurs they give it with onohand , and Invariably tako it back with tbe other , so that the spinners in reality never rectivelt . The ; have built theit iptarotB bouts to live ia , and a hsuia and a couple of mules are always * let ' togethtr . Since tbe strike commenced Ifessri Gilsi

      and Mark Andrew hava bee » to three of their spinner * and demanded their rents ; tbe spinners paid the rent , to the no small discomfiture of the ' duns . ' They ( the Andrews , ) determined not to be foiled , have since been to the said tenants , and given them notice to quit their housBB in fourteen days , with sundry significant binti , that they , the . tenants , will not be wanted at the mill when the strike terminates . Such are seme of the schemes tried by these worthies to force the men into submission . We are well aware that some of the nun must be victimised by these dastardly money-hunters , but we hope and trust that the spinners , as a body , will

      hold together , and cause the arrows of their vengeance , to fall powerless at the intended victims feet . These-Andrews were the leaders in the 52 combination strike , but they shall not be the cause of as much misery and starvation again without the world knowing to whom the blame rightly belongs . We are sorry that feme of tbe most respectable firms lathe neighbourhood , should have allowed themselves ' to be persuaded to offer a reduction at the tame time . Hud it not been so the opprativeo would have made these Andrews quake and tremble beneath their united strength . The infection we understand , h&s already txtended to Ashton-under-Lyne , and no one cat tellwAere , nor how , it will end .

      lincASHiiiB Misebs—Tho next gensral delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will he held at the tit a of the Unic orn Inn , Lever , near Bolton , on Monday , Oct . 18 tb ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon ; There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by several of the agent * of the Miners' Association , Bacop . —A pnblic meeting will be held on Brow , wardel-bill next Suniay , Oct . 10 th , at two o ' clock in tho afternoon , in behalf of the weavers late in the employ of Messrs Aitken , when several gentlemen from the neighbourhood will address the meeting ,

      Thi Sibike it Da * w £ n . —A number of electors shopkeepers , and householders of Darwen , have pnt forth the following statement :-- ' Having witnessed the proceedings which havs taken place since the commencement of the strike of the hands of Messrs Walsh and Brothers , we herefcy attest publicly our belief , that that strike had its origin in no frivoleus pretsnee of the weavers , but was occasioned solely by grievances of such a > nature as to justify that legal resistance which hath hitherto been offered , and that the ¦ turn-outs'havo throughout conducted themselves in a peaceable and

      becoming manner . VTe are also of opinion , that the disturbance which took place on Monday evening , Sep . 97 th , was occasioned by the improper interference of tae police , in attempting an unjustifiable arrest of several oC tbe peaceable inhabitants ; that nothing haft transpired previous to these arrests which would , in any way , justify the police in taking suck a step , and that , consequently the blame for what followed , namely , the break , of some windows add the wounds whioh some of the police received in the affray , is attributable to the polioe alone .

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      Mr William Thom , the Pobt . —A leoture was to have been delivered last night for the benefit of this excellent prct . at the National Hall , 242 , High , llolb rn but owing to the scantiness of tbe attendance , it did not take place . It is much to be regretted that more publicity was not given to the . matter , as we understand the family of this deserving man are reduced ts great privations , and there can be no doubt that , if the fact of the lecture to be given were more generally known , a very full attendance would have been the result . The leoture announced to be delivered was on the' Life and Genius of Robert Burns , ' by Mr Thomas Cooper , the author of the Purgatory of Suicides , who is , we understand ,, to give a&otber on Wednesday next , at the Literarv

      Institution , Joha-street , Fitzroy-square . forthesame benevolent purpose . on the 'Rhymes and Recollections of William Thom , ' which we sincerely hope will be more fortunate in its results . —Morning Admrtim , Thursday . [ Although the intended lecture was to have been delivered by Mr Thomas Cooper , no friend , to the Northern Stir , still , injustice to Mr Thom , it would have been well had a previous announcement been sent to this journal . For Mr Thorn ' s sake , we trust that Mr Cooper ' s lecture on Wednesday next , will be numerously attended . —Ed . N , & ] . A Grbat Calauitt . occurred at Redcar on Saturday , involving the almost total destruction of the newly-erected promenade room , and also the goodB office , at the railway terminus . The | gooda office , at a cost of not less than £ 2 , 000 , was rapidly approaching csmpletien . when it was visited by a fire , which it » feared , will reader its being taken entirely down a matter of necessity . The workmen employed uoon

      the building left it , as usual , at twelve o ' clock to go to their dinners , and within a quarter of an hour the alarm wasfeiven . It is an extraordinary fact that in Redcar no fire-engine is kept . The consequence was that in less than an hour the interior of the buildine wns nearly all destroyed ; the roof having fallen in , and there being nothing but the walls left standing , so that an engine , which was sent for from Steckton , arrived only in time to play upon the burning rafters , thus preventing the fire from extending to the station . 1 he origin of the fire is a matter of speculation . It seems , however , that some of the workmen were using an open fire-grate upon the balcony ot the large room , and it is generally suppesed that a spark or cinder had fallen . One puor man , whilst assisting in the endeavour to extinguish the fire ,. ell through a window from the top of the premises into the station , and broke his arm , and was otherwise seriously injured .

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      PER MR O'CONHOB . SECTION No . 1 . fHAi . il . a . d . Globe and Friends 8 9 6 Carrington .. 3 12 6 Cripplegate - O 1 O Ashton-under-GamWwell ~ O S 0 Lyne .. 218 6 Ipswi h . 246 Newport , Mon-Crojdoii M O 1 6 month .. 0 4 0 Leigh - 0 6 0 Brighton , Arti-3 IarketLavington 0 3 6 choke .. 8 9 0 Havrick .. 0 11 0 York „ o 10 0 Eetford .. 017 6 TTolverhanipton 0 9 0 Ashburton .. 0 16 Crieff .. 0 2 6 Birmingham , Fare 0 2 0 Hanley and Shel . Carrington - 8 1 3 ton - 460 Shrewsbury ~ 3 0 6 Stoke-sub-Hamden e It 0 Ashton-under- Alva .. e 18 0 Lyne - 0 4 0 Dukinfield M 0 2 0 Ledbary M 0 2 6 Bacup „ 2 0 0 Leamington r 112 0 Totuess .. 0 5 6 Brighton , Arfi- Hyde „ 0 2 6 choie M 0 3 6 Skegsby » . 0 15 0 York - 114 6 Blackburn .. 19 4 Wolrerhampton 0 5 6 Norwich . rSpring-Crieff « 096 hall ' .. 200 Jas . Marsh M 0 3 6 Nottingham , Sweet f 7 6 Croydon „ 0 10 NewRadford .. 0 2 0 Iidgh - 0 4 0 Stockport M ISO Hnddersfieia .. 16 6 Mottram .. 16 6 Lancaster M 0 16 Ashton- under-Barnsley M 5 0 0 Lyne M 19 6 'Worcester « 0 6 6 Glasgow M 019 6 Lambeth « 0 16 8 Hamilton .. e 15 0 Vewshury - 4 6 9 Burnley , Lawson 0 7 0 Birmingham , Ship 0 1 0 Rochdale H 0 3 0 Manchester « 6 7 6 Marylebone N 10 0 Plymouth . 0 IS 6 Whittington and Leeds 3 0 0 Cat „ 0 9 3 Iptwich n 17 6 £ 51 6 9

      SECTION Wo . 5 . Hanley and Shel- NewRadford „ 0 10 ton . SUB Torquay M 096 Devizes M 15 0 Newton Abbott 613 8 Alloa M 012 6 Stockport .. 10 0 Peterborough « 010 6 Lancaster m 14 2 Newcastle upon- Arbroath M 0 3 0 Tyne .. 14 8 Barnsle ? .. 010 0 Ely „ 5 010 Worcester M 3 la 0 Perth M 011 o Lambeth n 0 4 0 Alva m 010 0 Dewibury .. l 2 6 Bossendale - 0 5 0 Newton Abbott 2 0 0 Gasstown ¦» 0 9 0 Manchester M 2 5 6 Belper , Lea ~ 0 ll 0 Plymouth „ 016 0 Worsen ? Common 0 15 0 Binninsnasi , Bury M 3 0 0 Goodwin n 015 0 Dukinfield m 0 5 0 Leeds n 3 0 0 Bridgewater , Shrewsbury M 0 5 0 Pierce « . 0 6 0 Mottram M 316 2 Totness m 0 2 9 Folesbill .. 10 0 Hyde ~ 011 4 Cirencester .. 0 8 0

      Aberdeen M 2 2 0 Glasgow .. 5 IS 6 Warrington « 0 4 0 Iveston M 14 0 Palk'rk „ 011 0 Cheltenham N 0 8 6 Shoreditch ~ 012 0 Uarylebone ~ 1 0 0 Skegsby M 0 10 Whittington and Blackburn . ! 5 2 Cat .. 300 Stalybridge « 2 0 0 George Martin .. 0 2 o Belfast M 0 8 0 George Terry .. 0 6 0 Hawick .. 0 3 6 E . W . S . .. 212 0 Nottingham , Sweet 5 19 0 Henry Oartnall 0 10 Norwich . Smith 0 17 5 William Chafer 0 5 0 George Bishop- 0 10 . CSs 15 8 8 BCTI 0 H Ho . 8 . " ™""" Crieff M 10 6 Cirencester M 8 7 0 Hanley and Shel- Leigh .. 2 IS 6 ton M 215 3 Hyde M 017 6 Senses M 3 5 0 Market Lavington 9 13 0 Alloa .. 18 0 Upton-on-Severn s 4 0 Stoke-snb-Hamden 010 0 Havnck .. 0 3 3 EadngtonLane Oil S Retford M 110 Peterborough 13 0 Ashburton „ 0 2 0 Dttborough M 0 2 0 Birmingham , Pare 4 15 0 Newcastle-upon- Shrewsbury M 2 0 1 Tyne M S 18 0 Ashton-uuder-Winlaton M 013 0 Lyne .. 2 l 6 Alra M 18 0 Ledbury .. o 3 2 Bossendale M 2 0 0 Leamington .. 14 6 Gasstown M 010 0 Newport , Hon . Bermonisej •> 12 6 mouth .. 0 4 0 Bomford w 2 3 0 Brighton , Arti-Belper . Lee M 0 8 0 choke m 3 8 0 Dukinfield M 219 10 York .. 2 14 6 Bacup „ -5 0 0 Wolrernampton 1 9 1 firidgewater , Falkirk M 16 0 Pierce „ 0 2 0 Westminster M 10 6 Hyde M 2 0 0 Shoreditch M 016 0 Aberdeen *¦ 0 9 0 Camberwell .. 0 10 Warrington w 17 0 Skegsby M 0 7 6 Lancaster ~ 0 4 0 Blvth .. 0 8 6 Arbroath „ 016 6 Ctitheroe .. 5 0 0 Doocaster M 0 411 Blackburn , ., 14 0 10 Worcester m 4 5 0 Hexham ., 1 19 6 Lambeth m 810 6 Stalybridge „ 2 10 0 Dewsbnry - 219 0 Norwich , Diver 1 19 6 Newton Abbott 10 0 Banbnry M 0 2 6-1 Birmingham , Ship 2 810 Hawick ~ 0 2 0 Manchester - 2 0 0 Nottingham , Sweet 2 12 81 Stourbridge M 0 13 0 NewRadford « 0 0 9 Plymouth M 7 8 0 Torquay .. 0 3 6 Birmingham , Newton Abbott 2 4 6 Goodwin ~ 0 16 Stockport n 10 0 Newton Heath- 0 2 6 Newport , Hon . Leeds - 5 0 0 mouth - 0 17 0 Mottram -500 Newcastle-under-Ashtoiuander * Lyne - 0 9 6 Lyne .. 0 7 0 Huddersfield .. 711 9 Colchester M 0 16 Hamilton - 1 is 0 South Molton - 2 0 0 Burnley , Lawson 0 14 0 Glasgow - 4 8 0 Cheltenham Z- 113 6 Iveston - 0 10 Rochdale - 0 3 0 Globe and Friends 0 4 6 Whittington and Cripplegate - 0 19 Cat -520 Camberwell ~ 0 2 0 Jas . Stuart » 0 10 0 Ipswich - 2 0 9 George Turner 0 10 Croydoa M 14 0 £ 168 2 e

      SECTION So . 4 . Globe and Friends 3 15 10 William Lee - 0 5 0 Cripplegate - 0 5 6 Jokn B . Ford , Cork l l 0 Camberwell «• 0 5 6 Henry Ashton - 0 1 0 Ipswich - 1313 6 Wm . M'Cole - 0 1 0 Croydon M 0 6 0 Robert Phillips 5 3 0 Worktop M 9 8 0 Elizabeth Parker 0 5 0 Leigh M 22 11 ? $ nenry Walker - 0 4 0 Hyde - - 3 8 9 Joseph Thompson 0 4 0 St . nutter ' s « 0 10 0 James Warden 4 18 0 Market Lanngton 14 4 6 Ctrrington .. 3 0 9 Easington Lane 0 3 0 Chester - 1 17 0 Upton-on-3 evera 911 4 Shrewsbury » 0 5 6 Birmingham , Ashton-under-Goodwin - 5 0 6 Lyne - 914 6 Sittingb ^ urne - 5 15 0 Leamington - 23 16 4 Hawick w 6 16 0 Newport , Mon-Betford - 5 5 0 mouth .. 16 8 Askburton M 1 15 6 Brighton , Arti-Helstone ... 0 4 0 choke - 2 9 0 Westeram H 113 0 Tork .. 2 17 0 Birmingham , Pare 18 0 Crieff .. 0 6 0 Belper - 0 5 0 Kiniarnock .. 1 16 6 Ely - 060 Hanley and Shel-Perth - 1 8 6 ton - 44 16 4 Gasstown - 3 6 2 KnaTesborongh 0 6 0 Bennondsey - 2 3 9 Devizes - 6 0 1 Romferd - 6 2 0 Alloa - 6 8 S Belper , Lee - 5 9 2 Stoke-snb-Hamden 0 5 0 "Worsbro'Common 15 0 Easington Laae 3 6 3 Mansfield , Walker 5 0 0 Peterborough .. 15 16 9 Bury - 17 16 4 Northampton - 25 0 0 Bukinfieia « 2 10 4 Desborough - 818 S Bacup - 5 10 6 Newcastle-upon-Bilston .. 20 0 0 tyne .. 15 3 5 Chorley - 615 6 Wiuiaton M 3 11 l ( Bridgewater , Oambenvell - 0 2 < Pearee « 0 2 6 Skegsby M 0 5 1 Totness - 512 11 Blyth - 0 5 ( Hyde -718 Clitberoe .. 5 0 ( |

      Aberdeen - 10 6 Blackburn - 44 511 Warrington .. 12 810 Newcastle-upon-Falkirk - 5 10 Tyne - 10 0 0 Westminster - 2 13 6 Marsh - 014 0 Woolwich , Lang- Boston - 2 6 0 bam - 0 5 0 Stalybridge .. 8 0 0 Newcnstle-nnder- Ban-head - 10 0 < Lyne « 4 8 6 Belfast .. 0 4 0 Hudder&field - 4 2 6 Kilmaurs ., 31 J 2 Lancaster - 214 6 Banbnry - 14 9 0 Arbroath - 7 10 6 Hawick .. 3 16 Doncaster w 14 18 8 Korwich , Clark 3 18 4 Barnsley - 2 10 0 Nottingnam . Sweet 10 5 0 "Worcester - 1413 6 Derby - 014 6 1 Lambeth „ 010 6 New Radford .. 1 18 3 I Dewsbury M 514 6 Torquay ., 517 4 f Newton Abbott 16 0 Newton Abbott 4 10 Birmingham , Ship 7 7 6 Stockport .. 28 0 0 ManeaeEter - 59 0 0 Newport , Mon . Stourbridge - 3 2 4 mouth „ 0 6 6 Plymouth - 218 0 Colchester - 0 10 Mansfield , Wood- - Oldnam .. 17 0 0 ! house « 0 4 0 Cirencester - 313 0 1 Leigh .. * 4 4 Glasgow .. 1710 6 Binnidghatn , Iveston - 31610 Goedwin - 1713 0 Hamilton .. loo

      Newton Heath 4 3 0 OldShildon M 5 0 0 Leicester , AstiQ 13 0 0 Burnley , Lawson 3 2 3 Horninghold - 1 14 S Cheltenham .. 14 9 8 Leeds « 5 0 0 Rochdale - 16 4 Mottram - 13 11 10 Mirylebone .. 10 0 Ashton-nnder- Whittiogton and k Lyne .. 1217 3 Cat - 5 U 5 Benjamin Brigsp 10 0 Charles Moore- 0 16 Sarah Ann WO- Edwin Walker- 0 19 4 liamson M 0 10 William Cruilc-MariaDeny .. 0 2 6 shank .. 10 0 I Thos . Mansfield 011 0 William Bradley 0 10 George Pattison 0 10 0 George Biggs - 0 3 0 John Roe |^ 0 5 0 Iticiard Johnson 0 3 0 James Chappell 0 5 0 John Stevenson 0 3 0 W Joseph Freeman 0 1 0 Thomas Davis .. 0 1310 ; wm . Croiksbank 0 5 0 Allex- Tilleray 0 10 0 Harriett Peacock 0 2 0 James Lindsay 0 10 James Forsyta 0 6 0 Rossendale .. IB 18 0 £ 8 SSJ 6 4 1 c ,, . „ SECTION No . 5 . """"^ © lobe and Fnends 0 ll 8 Brid sewater , C ^ lesa t f . - ° 7 8 p ^ ce * M 18 6 * WvT * 11 - 2 8 6 Lincoln ~ 5 6 4 Ipswich „ 632 Citator , Atkinson 1 5 6

      ^ ¦¦ ^^^ SSSS SSES SS Crojdou - 0 5 0 Tetness _ n « 9 I Worksop . I'llMa " 8 4 ft Leigh - 6 6 9 } Aberdeen 7 . OH 0 .- « . . ; »| , ¦ zss + ziszsar- " I Easington Lane 5 2 4 Camberwdi " . 5 i . Sotton-in-Ash- SWSB ? - I t I ^ eld , Bacon .. 0 13 8 Ely ! * " 2 ^ 2 S ™" : " iJs-sS&U "' S ^ iiiS ^ ni SS . , " 2 2 0 Foleshil ) „ 0 6 6 ^ ^ m oie 0 Ashton-under . S ? « 0 io 0 Lyne . 170 Cochester ... 0 5 0 Bo . wn ... 4 5 0 Oldhatn ... 13 0 0 StalybrWge ... 1 10 « Cirencester ... 8 3 4 KUmaun ... « 17 0 6 > a « 8 ow ... 940 Banburj ... 580 Jjes toa ... 21 11 8 Hawick ... 12 0 Hamilton ... 0 5 0 Nottingham , Burnley , Laff- gweet ... 7 14 6 son ... 0 12 9 Norwich , Smith 2 0 4 Cheltenham 17 6 1 Derby ... 2 12 0 Rochdale ... 0 7 8 New Radford 4 4 0 Whittington and Newton Abbot 6 14 0 Cat — 14 4 Stockport ... 10 0 Minster Lovell 7 8 10 Newport , Mon-Walter Willey 3 18 0 mouth ... 0 4 0 Charles Batho 5 4 4 Huddersfield 14 7 0 Charlotte Scott 0 4 4 Lancaster ... 0 9 4 Edward Ray 5 4 0 Doncaster ... 5 4 4 WiUiun Seabosrn 0 2 8 Worcester ... 6 12 John Collet ... 0 2 8 Lambeth ... 0 5 4 John Hartlttt 5 4 0 Dewsbarv ... 1 13 6 Thog WitchelU 0 1 C Hewton Abbot 2 14 0 Daniel Tomkins 0 2 0 Birmingham , Charle * Buck 0 5 0 Ship ... 19 4 James Hay ... 10 0 Uancheiter ... 27 7 0 John Upton ... 0 9 8 Stoarbridge ... 5 0 0 Ashton-under- . Birmingham , Lyne .... 0 4 4 Goodwin ... 8 5 6 Leamington ... 9 8 4 Newton Heath 0 9 0 Newport , Hon . Leicester , Astill 12 0 0 mouth ... 0 4 0 Leea » ... 5 0 0 Bruhton , Arti- garahJoxton 5 4 0 choke ... 0 18 8 Sarah Juxton 5 4 0 York ... 13 0 Sarah Jnxton 5 4 0 Capar , Fife ... 16 0 J . W . M . Stanch 0 10 Creff ... 0 16 William Clark 0 3 0 Kilmaraoek 0 2 0 BeiyaminRjggottsl 6 0 Hanley and Shel . William White 5 4 n

      tan 2 4 6 Margaret White 5 4 0 Kuaresborough 0 14 0 George Bolding 5 4 0 DevizeB ... 14 4 Alice Bolding 5 4 0 Alloa ... I ' ll 4 William Simpson 0 10 EMingtonLane 2 10 4 J . R . Stnrk ... 0 2 2 PeterboroHgh 0 4 8 John Brickwell 0 2 2 Northampton 10 0 0 Maria Robinson 0 10 Desborongh ... 0 3 0 Martha Aldridge 0 10 Newcasfle-npon- W . J . Pearoe 0 6 6 Tyne ... 13 12 6 J . W , Pearee 0 6 6 Winlaton ... 1 18 8 Robert Pearee 0 6 6 Perth ... l » i 0 JobnAddison 9 5 0 ^ a ... 5 12 Benjn . Terry 0 19 8 Rossendale ... 0 9 9 Robert Foraythe 0 12 Gasstown ... 0 8 0 John H'Srother 3 16 6 Bermondsey ... 0 12 6 W . H . Palmer 0 10 Romford ... 0 3 0 Richard Griffiths 0 2 0 £ 501 5 10

      KPBKSEFUND . Globe and Ifestram ... 0 3 0 Friends ... 0 5 3 Carrington ... 0 10 0 Camberwell ... 0 5 0 Chester ... 0 10 6 Ipiwich ... 0 4 6 Newport ... 0 4 0 te » gh ... 6 2 2 Hanley and Hyde ... 0 10 0 Shelton ... 0 3 6 St Hilliew ... 0 11 6 Devites ... 1 5 3 Market Laving . EaiingtonLane 0 2 0 t *" ... 17 4 Peterborough 0 10 0 Ea « n tonLane oao De » btrangh 0 14 7 Opun-on , Newcastle-upon- Severn ... 0 8 0 Tyne ... 18 6 SittaigboHTne 314 Winlaton ... 0 2 0 Hawick ... no Ely ... 0 4 o Retford ... 0 18 0 James Wardle 0 2 o Newcasfle-under- Leeds ... 2 0 0 I » jne ... 2 0 Mottram ... 0 4 0 Huddenfield 0 6 0 Cirencester ... 012 0 Lancaster ... 6 6 Glasgow ... 018 0 Arbroath ... 0 2 6 Iveston ... 0 2 0 Doncaster ... 0 6 1 Hamilton ... 0 50 Worcester ... 2 6 8 Bsrnley , Lawson 0 4 6 a Manchester ... 119 I Whittington and Dewsbury ... 010 0 Cat ... 0 3 0 Stourbriige ... 0 4 0 Walter Willey 0 1 S Plymouth ... 0 2 0 ' Charles Bath 0 2 6 c Birmingham Good- Edward Ray 0 2 0 win ... 0 5 6 Edwin Walker 0 2 6 b Newton Heath 0 5 6 Alva ... 0 8 6 b Rosendale ... 0 8 0 Norwich , Clark 0 2 0 Romford ... 0 2 0 Nottingham , Belper , Lee ... 0 2 0 Sweet ... 2 1 9 Bury ... 0 6 0 Norwich , Smith 0 7 6 Bacup ... 2 0 0 Derby ... 0 1 0 Chorley ... 0 4 0 KewBadford 0 5 0 Bridgawater , John Hartlett 0 2 6 c Pearee ... 0 2 0 Martha Whiteman 0 2 0 Totness .. 0 ~ t 6 Sarah Juxon 0 2 0 Aberdeen .. 0 16 Sarah Juxon ... 0 2 0 hWestmhwter ... 0 2 6 SarabJoxon ... 8 2 0 Sboreditch .. 0 2 0 E . W . S . ... 0 1 0 Skegby .. 0 10 Wm . White ... 0 2 0 Bradford ... 0 2 0 Margaret White 0 2 0 Easington Lane 0 2 0 George Boulding 0 a Boston .. 13 4 Alice Boulding 0 2 0 Stalybridge ... 10 0 Hawiek ... 0 11 0 Belfast ... 0 2 0 John M'GraAa 0 1 6 K . lmamrs ... 13 0 Robert Phillips 0 2 o m 1 £ 50 18

      • smunv TOTAL LAMS FCRB . Mr O'Connor . Section No . 1 ... 51 6 9 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 96 15 8 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 168 2 0 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 4 ... 838 16 4 * Mr O'Connor , Section No . 5 ... 501 5 10 Expense Fund _ ... ... 6018 1 Roles ... ... S 65 | „ . £ 1 , 910 11 U ; Ba «* ... ... 145 0 0 ^ 1 , 855 _ 11 H Wk . Brxoic . Cbiistopbek Doiie , Thos . Clakk , Corres . Se * . Peuir M ' Gbath , Fia . Sec . RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Edinburgh , per A . Walker .. „ m 0 10 0 Shoreditch .. ,. ei 8 Asnton-nnaer-Lyne , towards paying the debt due to Mr O'Connor / or the Defence FuHd .. 0 ll 0 £ 1 2 8 ro * PEosicimoH ot sliafobd xtjbdkk oise . Sutton-in-Asbfield 009 H . B . „ olo Worksop .. 0 I 0 Glasgow M 0 2 6 S . M 01 s „ 0 0 4 Nottingham , Whittington and Sweet .. 0 16 : Cat •• 0 7 9 ; £ 0 U 10 RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEeT ™ ' Mrs Tanner , Tot . Brighton , per ( ness „ 0 16 PloTfer „ 010 0 Oil 8 ' C . Soils , Secretary .

      Bec9bxpt3 Ot Tbs National, Xtakb Company, Lor The Week Ending October 7.

      BEC 9 BXPT 3 OT TBS NATIONAL , XtAKB COMPANY , lOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 7 .

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      NOTICE . All Branch Secretaries are required to observe the following : — j FiRsr . —It is not necessary to send with each re mittanceof Land Fund an account of each person ' s payments . Such accounts will , in future , be sent regularly at the end of every quarter . Secretaries most so arrange and keep their books , that they may make quarterly returns of each subscriber ' s payment with the greatest accuracy . Secohd . —The sheets upon which is to be made a return of paid-up shareholders , &o . together with the family ticket sheets , mast be filled and sent to the office a ? soon as possible . Thihb . —The price « f the Rules must not , as hitherto , db mixed with the Land Fund . The money received for them , whether from members or nsn-members , must be set forth in the weekly money sheet opposite the word ' RuH' as etch secretary will be held responsible for fourpence for every copy forwarded .

      ne 51 ? ; r ? mUtance 8 not «» the office w Wednesday will not be acknowledged till the following By Order of Directors , T . Cijhk , Cor . Sec . "^ i ttSift ™ immediately correspond with the directors . '

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      BBTHHIL CHEEK . —Mr Stallwood will attpnd - « , « ffittBarr 1 Cat ^ * - *?« 3 £ 5 St lOtb , and deliver a public lectnre . Stallwood wiU attend at Croydon on Tuesday evining next , October 12 th , and deliver addresses in support ef tho Charter ,-The Land and Labour f l T k m WM by miatake enounced CoMMEBciAt Road , EAST .-Mr Ruffey Ridley will lecture at tbe Globe and Friends , Morgan street on Sunday , Octtber lO . h ; Subject : The Preerei-s oi j Chartism . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . ITALY AND POLAND . A Pdbuc Meeting will be held at the Eastern Institution , on Wednesday evening , Oct . 13 th . Men of all nations ! the sacred spirit of freedom is now trampled underfoot by thetyr . nt of Austria . Is such violence to be silently permitted t Forbid it Ileaven ! Attend then , working men , and others , and raise your voices against the desecration of the glorious principles of liberty . Men of all creeds , lay aside your religious animosities , rally to the

      assistance ot the patriotic , virtuouB , noble minded Pope PiuB , and at once ? rrest the progress of despotism . The chair will be taken at half past 7 o'clock by Mr D . Dwaine . The meeting will ba addressed by tbe tqllowinc ! popular advocate of right againBt might . tiz ., Colonel Oborski , Ernest Jonea . Esq ., J . Lucas . B u'Sw £ aey ' C T a li . « n » PP <* . P . M'Giath , J . i \ tor * t f u Dlx ? ' J M » chelot and others . Min-^ -S&sftSftSaaKt s ^ s ^

      affasys . helft the K ' J r" ^ conc " and ba » « be tuldav th « iSfc n ^ T' Bentinck . street , on SaevSg Ct ° ' Bix ° ' clock in tbe

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      "Vnknfortheimt * , " mSn Mni ? T «^ the above Institution fiShSS" ? foll » wingdays , for the transac from uS S ?* w « PondenoehMbeeii received KerKSWfj *" ' Winchester , Northwi . h , Maidit ? ne n B aS " > . Glasgow , Portobello , Cl ? theroS % nf ? ° , » l . ' Stockport , Collumpton Leek Da vhS * in ^ 8 hfield ' ^ oncaster , Winlaton South' Shffl r » rbfWge , Uucknall , Bristol , Oldham HaniU ? 36110 ^ di " b" 8 h . Kilmanook LeiSr ivft' Lo » Bhborough , Kinross , Hoxton Dundee Ttofe ^ L Man 8 £ . Wakefield , Paisley SinS"tefrS ? ' ^ L dale ' Wolverbampton Hciiington , BirBtall . Birminph * m . ak »^ . o » n .-uJ

      mmsss M inter ' changi ^ f ca ? d f « reLfTh ? POndenc ? - and an ^ ES ^ SSSI mus * under the » Wttsas have ft

      mzssszr **« ° BDMTOBonv-rMr . Robson reported that hehadmet the curriers , the skinners , and the type-founders o Edinburgh , and gave the greatest satisfaction ! 2 evinced in the marks of approval be 8 towtd by tiia respective audiences . ' GRBKNocK .-. Mr William Clougban , agent In Scotlaud to the National Trades' Union , addreised a P u w ^ * T trades of this Pl « w in the hall ot the Mechanics'Institution on the evening of Frifrtft WR " ' ^ r ee » la « ona of the union . The hall , which holds seven hundred persons , was crowded . The meetiBg consisted mostly of snipwnghts . Mr Cloughan commenced bv emni .

      ngtne weakness of isolated trades , and their inability to maintain their independence , and to secure a fair remuneration for their labour , and in doing so he reviewed the past history of trades' unions and showed to a demonstration , that in order to secure protection to labour it was neoessnry that the whole trades be consolidated in one ^ grand union , and not ouly that there should be aunion of nombe ? he showed clearly that there must be a union of sen ' tiraent , energy , and capital . Ue expoied the follv of endeavouring to . protect trade by pavin ? mon bo ' . ing abouud . e when a strike takes place ; while tbe money expended might be made to reproduce br employing them at their own trade on their own ac count . Mr Cgave a clear exposition of the principles , objects , and rules of tbe National Tra < W

      Union , and concluded l > y appealing to those present to take immediate steps , in order that the whole trades might be speedi ' y organised . Tbe chairman asked if any person had questions to ask , or remarks to make , when R . Burrell proposed the follwinresolution : — 'That this meeting of the trades of Greenock , from the innumerable detectssustained bj isolated trades in their attempts to resist oppression , and to maintain a fair remuneration for their labour , are deeply- impressed with the conviction , that so long as they remain in an isolated capacity their efforts will be in vain . Being fully of opinion that , in order to counteract the rapid growing power of capital , it is indispensably necessary that

      the wisdom , energy , and means of tho whole trade * of the country be united in one band of brotherhood ; and that , having beard the principles , objects , and regulations of the National TradeB' Union explained by Mr Cloughan , we are fully satisfied that its maohinery is well calculated to work out the objects for which it has been established ; and further , that this meeting express it as their solemn conviction that it is the duty ofthe several trades to join it immediately . We , therefore , pledge ourselves individual ^ to use our utmost exertions to accomplish thatob ' -

      ject . The resolution was seconded by a shipwright , supported by Mr Peacock , and agreed to unanimously . After the passing of the resolution , Mr Lawne , from Glasgow , delivered a most eloquent and argumentative address on the relitive duties and rights of labour and capital , wken the meeting broke up highly pleased with the night ' s proceedings . Mr C . also states that the caseot the reduction proposed to the coopers of Greenock is settled for the present . Mr Cloughan next proceeds tomeet the trades of Aberdeen .

      Wolvuhammon . —Mr Williamson attended a meeting of the plate locksmiths on Tuesday , September 28 th , and delivered a long and interesting address on the principles of the National Association . On Wednesday , he attended a large meeting at Wiilenball , which gave great satisfaction . On Thursday , he visited the rim and mortar lockumithB , and cabinet locksmiths of Wolverhampton . On Friday , the tinplate-workera , whom he addressed for more than two hours , after whicb a reBoiution was unanimously adopted : — 'That we , the tinplate-workers of Wolverhampton , have full confidence in the National Association and the Central Committee , and will do all in our power to support and promote their objects /

      QI . OB 1 OUS TRIUMPH OP RICH ! OVBR MIGHT . Mr Williamson , at the request ofthe tinplateworkers , waited upon an employer of the name oi Fearncomb , jto adjust a dispute existing between him and one of his workpeople ; the grievance being a reduotionof the wageB of W . Vernon without giving him notice . On Mr W . presenting himielf , and in the most respectful manner making known Mb business , he was most insultingly ordered off the premises , whioh set aside all hopes of reconciliation ; but bsing nothing daunted , he ( Mr W . ) at once wrotefci the Central Committee to empower him to proceed against Mr F . fer the recovery ef the balance due , which was granted . Mr Fleetwood , an attorney ,

      was engaged to conduct the case . The case came on for hearing on Friday , before Mr Say , tbe Btipendiary magistrate . Dr Deliane and Mr Ferreday were also on the bench . After an hour ' s deliberation , the magistrates ordered the employer to pay eighteen shillings to the plaintiff instead of six shillings ; but not having the amount in his possession , a policeman was ordered to accompany him home for the money , together with two shillings for the policeman ' s trouble . Thus , the law was made a successful instrument of restitution , where it might otherwise have been effected by the proffered offer of mediation on the part of the Asseciation . The Central Committee , feeling convinced that Vernon would be sacrificed , have ordered him to London , to be emplojed at his trade by the Association . Can there be

      a more striking exemplification ofthe superior advantages the National Association affords , than this case ? It is a fact that Mr Fearncomb was never beaten before , but , at last , has found aconqucrnr . Mr Peel reported that , on Saturday and Monday last , he attended at Dudley , and found that the dispute complained of , was that a nail , called by them a Brazilian , was required to be made of a diamond shape , which , requiring more labour , was worth about ten per cent , more money ; and which was given by other respectable employers in Dudley . Ou Monday , he wrote a note to the employer , Mr Hodgetts , but was mortified to find that he had gone to Birmingham . He met the men at two o ' olock in the afternoon , and addressed them on the present position , and future prospects , of the

      Association . Birmingham . —Ou Tuesday , October 3 rd , a public meeting cf tbe trades was held in the public office , at which MrPeel ' was present , who entered at great length into the present position of the Associationafter which , Mr Sttith proposed , and Mr Pare seconded , the following resolution , which was carried unanimously , and signed by Mr Richard Hill , chairman , on behalf of tbe meeting : — That this meeting is fully satisfied by

      tlieexjlanation given by Mr Peel , with the conduct ot the Central Committee , relative to the Ilol ytown miners , and that the false reports published in * Lloyd ' s Paper , at tho instigation of Mr Jacobs , late member of the Central Committee , is deserving of the abhorrence of every honest man ; and that this meeting do pass a vote of censure on Mr Jacobs , for his unprincipled misrepresentations , and his attempt to injure the only means afforded the working man of protection for labour , namely—general union of all trades , under the banners ofthe National Association . ' .

      Islk op Man . —The agent in this district reported , that on Saturday , Sept . 25 th , he visited Laxey and Mines , and after much trouble took a room belonging to Mr Rich , Cumberland Arma Inn , and arranged for a meeting with the miners' and papermakers , to come off on Monday , the 4 th ins * . On Wennesday , Sept . 29 th he addressed a good meeting ofthe Douglas branch , in the dd Assembly Room , Fort-street . On the next day he left for Ramsay , where he found great opposition had been raised by the matter class , parsenB , magistrates . &e . ; all was

      exeitement when they learned of his arrival , they seemed in as great a panic , as though an invading army had taken their town ; all were running about to prevent him taking a room , and every annoyance was given ; however , he was not to be turned from his purpose , their petty , mean spleen , only stimulated him on to greater perseverance , and at length he obtained a large room at the Butchers' Arms Inn , Parliament-street , immediately posted the bills , and obtained a large meeting . The Laxey meetiBg also was held , and meetings will be held at Peel and Foxdale .

      Preston . —Mr J . W . Parker reported that he had visited the hands in the employ of Mr Paley junr mayor of this town , who has given notice of a heavy eduction to his weavers , and made arrangement

      fora publio meeting , to be held in the Cock Pit , on Thursday , the 7 th inst . Manchester . —Several numerous meetings have been held here of late , also a meeting of the cottonspinners and self-acting minders of Chorlton and llulme , at which Messrs Campbell and F . Shanley attended , and ably , expounded the principles of the Association . A resolution was proposed by Mr George Marsden , to the following effect : — That this meeting having heard tbe priaoiples and objects of the National Association of United TradeB ( or the . Production of Industry , and the Employment ef Labour , ( ally txplaln » d , believe them calculated to improre the condition of trodes genewlly , and ills the opinion of this meetfnR that we rt ^ a / join forthwith . Having been seconded , it wai&tero d . unanimously bjr a very large meeting . - % j ? % .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1439/page/5/