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      more intelligence than the middle-classes . Mr Plint then proceeeded to argue the desirability of the middle classes assisting the working mtn to obtain the franchise , p he believed that by at once eincedingthe point , it sould reconcile the people te them , and they would then be able to argue their other differences with good feeling , but it was essential that they should first preve their sincerity by a timely concession of the people ' s rights . But was there no danger in continuing to withhold those rights ? He thought there was , for although he wished them to be gained by peaceable means , and would atronply urge on [ the people the necessity of trusting solely ta them , yet the / wrong might be perpetrated too long . He wished to impress on the

      people the great fact—that in resorting to violence they gave their enemies , the only real power which tkey could gain over them , fer one roan with truth on his aide was stronger , in a moral , sonse , than a inultitude opposed to him . ( Hear , -hear . ) An ob . jeetion was raised as to their liability to be bribed , but the ballot wouM romedy that , aa no manwouM be foolish enough to buy a poke without knowing there was a . pig in it . Under the present system , nil those who were known to be friendly to the extension of the suffrage were actually browbeaten in the House of Commons by men who had no sympathy with the mass of the people . Such was the case with Mr Cobden and others , and even for this reason , it was necessary that the People ' s Charter

      should be granted , in order to pepularisc that house . He mentioned the ^ Charter that they might know he went with them to the full extent . ( Loud cheers . ) The establishment of the Charter , would tend to equalise taxation , for under the present mode , oneseventh of the whole national income Was abstracted from the people to meet the expenditure of the government . They had to pay twenty-eight millions na interest oh the Jebt contracted by unjust wars , in addition to what was expended in upholding the army and navy ; and since 1835 , no less than aix millions per annum , had been added to the nationa expenditure by the governments of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell . Those immense sums were taken from the productive labour of the country . The main portion of the excise and other tuxes rested on the energy and industry of the people , and

      no matter how they felt as to the income tax , it would ultimately be paid by the working classes . Did they imagine that if the House of Commons was popularised , that such a system would be allowed to exist ? ( No . no . ) Popularise , tha house , and you establish permanent peace , and he knew the working men to be sincere lovers of peace ; for free trader as he was , be knew that war and free-trade could not co-exist ; therefore let them cultivate a friendly in . tercourse with the people of the continent , and tel the government that war shall not ba allowed . ( Cheers . ) He concluded by advising the working classes fo discountenance bribery , and not obstruct a meeting although they might differ with its object , and they would thereby prove their magnanimity . ( Mr Plint wasloudly cheered on taking : his seat . ) The mayor then read the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amidst loud cheers .

      Mr Pattkrsoh moved the second resolution as follows : — 'Thatthis meetinc would direct the attention of tha middle classes to the document known as the People ' s Charter , in which are contained every requisite for securing an efficient carrying out of the Suffrage , and that they be earnestly solicited to render every support towards causing it to be enacted as the law of the land . ' lie coincided in the opinion of the Mayor in advising them to tolerate the opinions of those who differed from them , and now steod before them aa the advocate of the Six Points of the Peoplo ' aCharter . ( Loud cheers . ) With rrgard to the fitness of the people for the suffrage , ho well remembered a meeting

      being held in the Cloth Hall yard on the Education question . At that meeting , Dr Hook , E . Baines , Esq ., and 6 lhe « , called ^ 6 n the people to express their opinions , but they did not place any . persona at the gates to question them as to their qualifications , whether they paid £ 5 or £ 50 of rental , lie therefore could not conceive how thoso men could object to the people expressing their opinions aa to who shoulcmrepresent them in Parliament . These gentlemen had witnessed the uniform intelligence of the people at the various public meetings , and therefore they had no right to object to their enfranchise ment . Reference had been made to Lord John Russell ' s finality doctrines , but whatever might'be ' bis views as to tha finality of the Reform Bill , he

      spemed to think quite differently ou the subject of taxation , for it appeared from his conduct that there was no finality or abatement in that part of his creed , but it appeared to be greatly on the increase . He would not demean himself to argue the right of the people to the Charter simply as a matter of expediency—it was a question of right , for he considered that government was for the people , and not the people for the government . Society was simply a bargain between individuals , and there were always two sides to a bargain , and it was preposterous to suppose that any man would give up his rights to another without an equivalent , the people had therefore an undoubted right to use their franchises to compel the due fulfilment of the original contract . He

      desired to draw the attention of the' middle classes' to some matters which they Beemed to have overlooked , namely : the assistaisce which the people had rendered in carrying every useful reform , and that the abuses of which they so loudly complained , could not bs removed without their assistance ; tben , knowing such to be the case , why refuse them the Suffrage ? He contrasted the intelligence of the working men with the agriculturalists who now possessed the right of voting , and showed that the refusal of the Charter was an empty pretence . Talk of intelligence . ! Was it intelligence that decided the quostion at Great Yarmouth , or at Stafford , l and other town 3 ? ( No , no ) Had it not beon clearly Droved to be merely a breeches pocket question ? ( Yes . ) Why then waste

      more words on the matter ? It was a transparent delusion—Government talked of educating them . The sectarians talked of educating them i but , he would say , educate yourselves for the money taken from you by undue taxation will ba found amply sufficient for the purpose . Another objection against the Charter was , that the working men were not possessed of property , and that granting them the suffrage would endanger the rights of property . Surely they cocld not forget that all property proceeded from the working raen , and was afterwards placed in their care . He vindicated the character of the working classes , and insisted on the justice of

      their claims . He was a member of the middle class , and would say , 'Middleclasaes . on you rests thefearful responsibility of denying the people' their rights . Are you willing to bepointed out as the real enslavers of the people ? If you do not , come forward then , and rally round tho banner of democracy whieh is tonight unfurled ' under . such cheering au 3 pices . ' Workin ? men ! the hour of your deliverance approaches , and the hour is not far distant when a union of the middle and working classes will dash down the barriers which have too long intercepted you from the full possession of your rights . Mr Patterson coneluded by moving the resolution , and was loudly cheered throughout his speech .

      Councillor Ronsos seconded the resolution . It gave him great pleasure to stand before them on that occasion . He rejoiced in the noble display they made that evening in favour of their rights . It was his most earnest nigh tint Mr Joseph Sturge should be returned for Leeds at the late election ; the show of hands clearly demomtated what the people ' s desires were , and , had the people possessed their right * , he would now sit , as he really waB , the representative of the people of Leeds in the Commons House of Parliament —( cheers)—and they- would then have one man from this borough who would confront Lord John Russell on his infamous propositions when bringing forward the budget . If the working men had votes , they should have men sent

      widely different from those who were returned by shuffling and truckling . The people called one of our members ' Jemmy Shuffle ; ' of course , he did not consider it his p ' ac 6 to call him by his right name , whatever he might think . ( Loud laughter . ) The middlec ' asses were now called on to assist the people , he was there to do his dutv , and if they did not do the same , the present system would so punish them , that they would be compelled to do what he wa ^ then daing , for , if it went on much further there would be no middle claw , nothing would be left but slaves and aristocrats . He strongly m- * ed oh the middle class , the necessity and justice of joining with the people . . They wanted their just rights , and ought to take no Ies 3 . He cordially seconded the resolution . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      Mr Joseph Barker supported the resolution , and was greeted with several rounds of applause . He wished the people to be possessed of their rights for the benefit of society at jlarge—and he wished them to bo possessed of their rights , so that they might enablwl to ] send persons to Parliament without referenct ; to their wealth . He also wished them to have the ballot , so as to pre ? erve them from being coerced in ths honest use of their vote . Ho wished them to get the Charter , the whole Charter , and he would . not say nothing but the Charter , as ho wanted it in order to gain something else by its U 89 . ( Hear , hear . ) The fittest people for exercising the suffrage were the common people . And he would ask the mayor , who ho was aware had some experience ia the matter , whether he had not found the greatest amount ot

      virtue to exist amo :. gat them ? Were not the rloli often found using their wealth to brutaliae the poor ? Did th ^ y not often use their ' money at . elections to make them drunk ? And was it not" well known that the leading men and most useful members oi the v . irious temperance societies wore working men ? In fact , the working men were trying to make the law-makers sober . ( Laughter . ) The people had bS 2 a often told that they were unfitforthe franchise , but that was not the real meaning of those who made the assertion . Tho objeo ion was not to their fitness , bit that they thought them too fit . ( Loud eheer 3 . ) Others stated that it was not merely the Charter they wanted , bit that ' ley had ^ ulterior -views ) , lie admitted it . He had ulterior viewa , and if the Charter was not intended as a means to enable the people to carry out everything necessary to their

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      NEWCASTLE . 08 R NATIONAL DEFENCES—IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETINl —TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY . On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held ii the Lecture Room , Nelson-street , for the purpose ( a the bills stated ) of allowing the working classes ti express their opposition to the calling out of tbi militia , or any increase in the army and * navy ex pense . i . It was also announced that an address ti tbe French people would be proposed to the meeting It may bo as well to remark that a week ago th < Peace Society held a meeting of the middle classe for the same object ; the Chartists did not deem i prudent to attend that meeting , as they had already hoisted the standard , ' no voto , no musket , ' but Mi Peddie complained that a meeting should bo callec

      at a time of tha day ( twelve o ' clock ) when thi working men could not attend , hence the prenen meeting , the gentlemen calling it sending a specia invitation to the Chartists to attend .- A deputation consisting of Messrs West , Nia . bett , Gilmour , an * Kean , was appointed to inspect the address , to se < if it embodied tho principles of Democracy , and wa such as the Chartists could support ; after carefu examination , they agreed that it was not snob , ai address as should emanate frprn » meeting of tbi working classes , so they agreed . to draw up one o their own ; they did so , and carried it triumphantly although all sorts of manoeuvres and coaxing was re sorted to . The large roam was well filled , and G Crawshay , Esq . was called to the chair at Bcvei o ' clock . The following account is abridged from th Newcastle Guabdian : —

      PUBLIC MEETING AGAINST THE MILITIA . On Tuesday evening week a public meeting wa held in the Lecture Room , Nelson-street , in thii town , the object of which' was' to allow the workin i classes to express their opposition to the calling out of the tnilitin , or any increase in the army and navj expenses . ' The spacious building was well filled , there being present upwards of a thousand individuals , most of whom belonged to the classes specially invited . There were also on the platform several well known friends and advocates of peace principles and opponents of the proposed additional national defences . Geoiige Ckawshay , Eg q ... presided . Mr R . £ 1 . IIasoie moved the fiwt resolution , viz . j — ' This meetina desires to record its conviction that

      no necessity exists for any increase in our military expenditure , which alrsady ' entails burdens grietoua to be borne , on the industry of these realms . And this meeting is further of opinion that there is no danger of a foreign invasion , unless ! it be invited fry an officious intermeddling in the affairs of other nations , or by the absence of a peaceful and conciliatory spirit in the foreign policy of our Government . ' Mr Gilmore seconded the resolution . lie said , the working men had so continually to fight and struggle in order to get an honest , subsistence , that they were not disposed to fight with the French or any other nation . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt bo prejudice in favour of his country , and did not know whether they would be more heavily taxed if the French

      were to come and take England tomorrow ; and he did not know that he should possess less political privilege than he did under our ' most glorious constitution . ' ( Cheer ' s . ) lie then gave a description of the hardship of the working man ' s lot , especially referring to his liability to imprisonment for refusing to enter the militia , when balloted , and if once entered , to be shot for disobedience of orders , and concluding with the statement that he is ' the veriest slave under the sun . ' He ( Mr Gilmore ) declared that he would fight for no government under heaven , and was prepared to abide by the consequences . ( Cheere ) He then ridiculed the doating imbecility

      of the Duke of Wellington , observing that he did not aes why the duke should not be indicted for sedition , for calling the people to arr as ; had he been a Chartist , he would most certainly have been prosecuted . ( Cheers . ) He arguedthat the people of France or ofEng ' aDd have no interest in shooting at each other , and that if a war was get up , it would be by tho ruling powers to keep the people in subjection . The working men had no interest in such quarrels , and would leave the parties to fight their own battles . ( Applause ) The resolution , on being put from the chair , was carried unanimously .

      Mr Geohqe Charlton moved the next resolution , viz .: — ' That this meeting has received with astonishment and disapproval an intimation that it is intended by government to call out the militia , and protests against such a measure as a gross infringement of the liberty of the subject ; as calculated to revive the unchristian spirit of war , and aa tending to produce the very evil which it is professedly de ° signed to prevent . ' The resolution was seconded by a working man , whose name we did not ascertain , and who , in tbe course of his speech , urged that militia clubs should be formed on the principle of supporting the families of those who might be dragged to prison for refusing to enter the militia . This suggestion was received with great cheers . Mr West was then called upon by the chairman , and in proposing the adoption of ' An address from the inhabitants of Newcastle upon-Tyne , England ,

      to the people of . France , ' he spoke in strong and indignant terms against the Ministerial propositions , recommending working men neither to enter the militia nor to enlist , but to leave those who have something to fight for to fight for themselves . The working classes have nothing to fight for except union bastilea for starvation . ( Cheers . ) He denounced the law of impressment a ^ an aot of tyranny and injustice , and the continuance of a standing army in time of peace as injurious to the progress of liberty . He referred to the agitation for reform now proceeding in France , and advocated the propriety ot strengthening the hands of the French democrats by she-win ? that the veritable people of England entertain the same sentiments . He insisted that the working classes should have conceded to them their rights before duties were exacted from them , arid stated that they were determined to raise tha shout from one end of the kingdom to the other , ' No vote no musket . ' ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr Pkbdie seconded the adoption of thia address . He wished it to be distinctly understood that he was not a member of the Peace Society ; -he had not fought and he did not intend to fight , although he got his living by knocking down —( laughter)—nevertheless there had beena period in the history ef this country when submission was a crime and resistance a duty ; although an enemy to all aggressive war , yet his judgment convinced him thata time taay again occur when all who vriah well to suffering humanity and universal peace might feel it their duty to strike a blow at tyranny and oppression .

      ( Cheers . ) lie was glauto nnd tho middle and working classes united on this question ; there had been suspicions , intrigues , and faults on both sides ; he wished them like man and wife , sfter a good hearty quarrel , to kiss and ba friends . ( Laughter . ) He urged that it was the in ' orest as well as the daty of the middle classes to assist the working man in the attainment of his civil rights , for so long as the Legislature was constituted , as at present , with 325 members whose trade is blood , they will carry an increase in the army and navy , in spite of the voice of the people . ( Cheers . )

      [ The ' Address' was a portion of that of the Fraternal Democrats , which recently appeared in our columns . ] Mr Barker moved as an amendment an address full of the usual cant of the Free Traders , and Peace Society men . Mr Grubb seconded its adoption , and contended at some length that it was preferable to that previously submitted , inasmuch as it did not interfere with the question of the rights of the working men . but was confined to a simple and beautiful enunciation Of the principles of universal ptace as taken from theethics of the Netf Testament . On tho show of hands being taken , the Democratic Address was carried by a great majority .

      Aftor a voto of thanks to the chairman , the meeting , which was protracted until past eleven o ' clock , but the proceedings of which were characterised by order and good humour , separated .

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      MIDDLE CLASS MEETING AT THE KING'S ARMS , PHILIP-LANE , ALDERMANBURX . Question . — ' Would a cheerful concession to the labouring claBses of tho Electoral Franchise constituto a bond of union , or , is the suffrage * right . Mr Swain stated that the number of the electors for England , Scotland , and Wales , was only 9 ii , i 7 d , or one in six of the males of the age of twenty-one years : 581 , 329 eleotors for the counties , and 383 , 114 for the cities and boroughs . Do you think thatanrthing like justice can be done to the people with a suffrage like this ? Gentlemen , we of the middle class say , that national rights are resigned in exchange fer the advantage of protection , and , as a member of society , man can possess no rights but those with which society grants him . He has 1 Ti m ITTTTr nr" 10

      entered upon a new state , he comes under an entirely new set of conditions , his natural rights are left behind him , when ha quitted a position of isolated independence '; and we , the middle « class people , say , that government is for the people , and we give up all claim of independent right , and we come under what law is expedient , therefore . say we , the franchise is clearly a question of this sort—there is no right that can be admitted but ' such as society confers . Has this question , ' gentlemen , been entertained with the calm , dispassionate , and serious consideration which , it demands at : our hands ? Do not let our blind passions depose our judgment . True , there are faults on both aides . Gentlemen , you know that wa loft f . hft labouring classes Ion ? before they thought

      of leaving us ; therefore , I think . they have been harshly censured by the class we belong to They have committed violence , I do not deny , but let us admit alBho extenuating considerationswhich fairly belong to'it . The y asked for tho Suffrage , and we gave them a Poor Law Bill to rob them of all their dearest ties ; taking the wife from her husband , and the children from both . But whtr . they resorted to physical force they ceramftted a very great mistake ; but is that wrong never to be forgiven ? Gentlemen was not the same thin ? done at the Reform Bill time I do you forget Bristol find Nottincham ? Must we never again listen to demands

      for justice to the working men f Gentlemen , was there anything unreasonable in the petition of the three to four millions whoVsIgned it ? We , of the middle class , had better give some attention to the subject . We should do this with a sense of as much responsibility as if the matter was entirely npon ourselves ; and let truth and justice ba for once granted . A compact supposes that whatever else we concede to the covenanting party , we do not , and cannot , part with the ultimate right to see that the conditions and tho agreement are fulfilled , thatmust remain with the . people . What is the essence of a bargain , If it does not reside in the right of the party to demand the fulfilment of its term ? To tbe go

      vernmentit belongs to define allegiance ; but , gentlemen , it belongs to us to define what we think is ' proteetion . Tha midillo claiiaoa enjoy the right of choQBine : parliamentary representatives , and ths right is enjoyed by-them almost exclusively . The representation may be fairly considered to bo in their bands—the House of Commons is their creature ; with them , consequently , resides the power to give the franchise to those who have it not . That which the working classes ask for , the present constituency can give or withhold . Tons the poor man must look , and until we say yes , If not , no resource remains to the unrepresented but physical force . Gentlemen , I think I had better advance one step further . I venture to romind you , the middle class ,

      that what we withhold from the unrepresented is not our own ; we are not in the position of men who deny a favour which it may be inexpedient togrant , bit of those who refuse a right to which there exists an equitable title . Circumstances have placed under our control , somewhat that belongs to our fellowman . When they ask us for the Suffrage , they soon plead as valid n claim as ourselves . We can give no reanon for . our enjoyment of the franchise , which is not equally forcible in their months ; not a sing ? legitimate ground ean we assign for our possession of the right So a voice which is not available to an equal extent for them . We say , that it is Inexpedient to allow them the claim , however equitable , and that , in point of fact , their interests are better in onr hands , than they would . be if placed in their own ;; but to this , pefttletaen . I tn&y be allowed to rcnlv ; ' who made us the judges of what is , or what

      is not , for theinterest ' of the labouring classes ? Turn the tables , and imagine the aristocracy acting towards oureelr 03 of the'middle claw , on the same maxim ; suppose , now , themnjorityofthe present House of Cc mnons were to do as they have the power to do , namely—to decide that the aristocracy can manage the affairs of the middle class much better than themselves—that the right they now enjoy to possess the representation is , in fact , injurious , and that , henceforth , the house of Commons shall consist exclusively of tho nominees of pekes ; we should , probablyi urge in bar of thia aaavmption , that we claim to be the best judges of our own interest , and that however muoh obliged to them for their officacions benevolence , Ve must take the liberty o : repudiating it with soorn ; change the parties , ^ d the assumption of the aristocracy bseomea our own , the demurrer becomes that of the working classes .

      Mr Falhob said he should ODpoae Mr Swain ' e ; he was not for his measure . He thought it would be dangerous to allow street cleaners and dustmen to have a vote . Mr Nijbmt was at a loas to know upon what grounds any man could oppose Universal Suffrage . That man was not honest that would not allow his fellow man the right he claimed for himself . If men were to pay taxes without having a voice , they mieht as well lire under the Emperor of Russia . Mr Father was fer household suffrage . He did not agree with Mr Swaine , and would not give the right of suffrage to all the working men , because they were not to be trusted . It was not , as Mr

      Swaine stated the working men who got us the Reform Bill—it was the king . It would be no benefit to the working classes to have the vote , if they had it they would not know what men to choose . They sould get the vote if they wished it , for it . per week rent would give them it . The working people are a worthless set . The policemen could not act because the working people took part with those that did wrong—and the middle p lasses were the best friends of the poor labourers in keeping them out of the suffrage . Mr Hind said he was for men of property having the vote , and not the common labourer . The present franchise was not quite ao geod ns he would wish it .

      After a speech from Mr Cow in favour of the right of the workine man to . the suffrage , Mr Swmms made & very able reply . The Chairm&n put the question to the vote , and it was carried in favour of the right ef suffrage .

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      THE LONDON CONFEDERATION . The Davis Cum . —The usual weekly meeting of this club was held on Monday evening last , which was numerously attended . Mr T . Manoney ( vicepresident ) in lh& chair . Mr P . L&oney ( secretary ) read an article on the ' Land' from the Unitsp Irishiuh , which was received with deafening applause . Mr Daly moved a vote of thanks to Messrs Matthewaon and Galbraith ( two Scotch geh . tlem . en ) for their splendid donation of fifty volumes of intellectual and useful works , by the best authors , to the library of the club . Carried , nem . con . Mr Daly , in alluding to the forming of rifle clubs in the metropolis , eaid he thought ho should Rot be out of order in following out the poliey of Lord John

      Russell , who stated in the House of Commons , on speaking of the national defences , that it was right for England to bo prenared to meet aggression . He ( Mr Daly ) would say that Irishmen should establish rifle clubs , for it would be well for them to be prepared . This sentiment was received with loud and deafening cheering . Mr Maher , in an eloquent speech , add . eased the meeting on the importance of supporting the Irish manufacture movement , and that , in so doing , it would be the means of cementing all classes ef Irishmen together . Mr Maher then exhibited to the meeting several trousers and waistcoat patterns , which appeared to give great satisfaction . Several persons having paid in thoir subscriptions , the meeting adjourned .

      A largo Tfieotinst of tho WKsTUtHsran Confbbeturn ( Curran Club ) was held on Sunday evening last , at the Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxfordstreet . Mr Jeremiah M'Carthy in tbe chair . Articles from the Northern Star , and the Rev . Mr Kenyon ' a letter from the Unitbd Irishman , were read . Along discussion then ensued with respect to the couneil of the Confederation , for having resorted to the raal-practiaes of Conciliation-hall , in striking the name of a person sent from London off tho list of council without alleging a reason for so doing . A remonstrance , numerously signed , has been forwarded to Dublin , demanding a thorough investigation . The meeting then separated .

      The Sohsrs Town Cqnvebebatbb held & large meeting at the Old Temperanw-hall , Seymourstreet , New-road . Several speeches were delivered , full of nationalitj for Ireland , based on the widest principles of democracy . ' , Manchester and Salford . —A large meeting of the members of this club was held on Sunday , the 13 th \ Qst ., at thoir rooms , Great Avicoats-atireet , which included Beveral of tho' fair sex . ' Mr Charles Byrne was called to the chair . Tho proceedings

      of the lute Confederate meeting at the Rotunda , Dublin , having been read , the chairman said he felt great pleasure in introducing Mr Archdeacon , of Liverpool , a gentleman whose name and services were well known to all present . Mr Archdeacon having delivered an address which waaloudly cheered , Mr Leach then addressed the meeting in his usual eloquent style . It was then announced , amidst loud cheers , that Mr Archdeacon would deliver a lecture in tho Club-room , on that night week . The meeting was then adjourned .

      Birmingham— The members of this olub held a mooting , which was well attended , nt the Ro . ' al Oak , Litchfield-atroet , on Sunday , the 14 th inst . ' Mr Andrew O'Connor ( vice-president ) in the chair . The last d » y ' a proceedings of the Confederation haying

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      been read , it seemed to be the unanimous onJ ^ iT " of the club that the policy of the council is the wl ? situated as Ireland is at present . They hope to ' ere long , suoh determined and unflinching advonnt ' of Irish nationality as those stern patiiots Mi ^ i Reilly . and others , working side by side with ??' members of the present council . ' Messrs M'Cralr and Harfchaving addressed the meeting ii was tw resolved : — That a public meeting be held in Mai ^ k ( on a day to be hereafter named ) , and that the fol lowing gentlemen be invited to attend - —Mr P O'Connor , M . P ., Mr Anstey , M . P ., Mr UrnnW M . P ., Mr Thompson , M . P ., Mr Fox , MP M Sohofield . M . P ., Mr W . S . O'Brfcn , M . P Mes ^ F . T . Meagher , R . O'Gorman , jun ., T . D ' m' ( W C . D . Duffy , Mitcbei , and other leading Irish ami English Repealers . Thefollowingmembers wereaD pointed on the committee to carry out the object of the meeting : —Messrs Fcatherstone Chro O'Cann , M ' Craken , Hart , and Reilly . ' e > ^ been read , it se 6 med to be the unanimous «« : » ...

      Liverpool — Lobd Edward Club . —On Sundav evening last a meeting of the Confederates of this borough wao held at the George the Fourlh Assem bly-rooms , Hood-street . Mr Parker was called to the chair . Articles from the Unitbd Irishman were read , and tha meeting was addressed bv Dr ftpr nolds , Mr Kelly , &o . J My * Nbw Yobk . —Tne New Tork Truth Teller of January 15 th , gives a report of an adjourned meeting of this body for the revision of rules , and other preliminary business . Mr Richard Walsh was in the chair . Mr Eugene O'Sullivan acted as secretary . The meeting further adjourned till the 13 th of Jauuary , then to commence the work of organi . sation .

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      ADDRESS OP THE COMMITTEE OF THS LONDON STRONG SHOEMEN , ] N UNION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITBD TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OP INDUSTRY TO THOSE OF THEIR TRA . DE IN UNION WITH KOBODY AT ALL . Shopmateb , —The small band of men wha through evil report and good report have steadfastly ad . hered to the trades' interests , think it an anomaly which has existed long enough , that in this great metropolis , where upwards of a thousand men are employed in pulling those ' strings of misery' which serve to protect the toes of the operatives within

      it , that barely a poor handful . is all that has sufficient spirit to stand together in defence of the means whereby they live . You will all acknowledge that Union is Strength ; ' then , of course , disunion ia weakness . You are disunited ; therefore you aro weak . Your employers have capital , which they have screwed out of your bones ; and whatever opposition they may manifest towards each other when in the market , they seek to dispose of the fruits of your industry , yet , upon the question of wages , yon will find them delightfully unanimous in screwing them down to the loweat point ; there they are united , and there they are strong .

      Unite , then , with us . We have all of us many grievances to redress , which it is needless here to particularise , as you know them too well . We cannot , however , refrain from reminding you of the System of the long-size stick , by the operation o £ which many of you make ' men s sizes , ' which you are constrained to christen boy ' s fours , ' and be paid for accordingly . We have doubts whether a more barefaced cheat is tamely submitted to by any trade than this . If you relish this mode of robbery being practised upon you , ' in the name of all that is despicable , submit to it ; if , on the contrary , you do not , in the name of all that is manly , organise , organise , organise ! for the purpose of crashing that iron system which is crushing you .

      And why should you be in the poverty-stricken state you are at present , and have been for a long time past ? You have , as much as any branch of trade , yonr destinies in your own handa . No machinery can . be applied to supersede onr labour ; neither French nor Northampton work wonld ever suit the customers oi . your employers , and your places could not be supplied by magic ; thus unanimhy on your part could not fail of compelling the purchasers of your labour to paj for it such wages aa would be fair and just between man and man .

      The old trades' societies had in them much that was good—much , that required amendment . In case of any . dispute with the employers a strike was the almost inevitable consequence , and the men were obliged to go upon the road at whatever risk , their families being left a burden upon the rest of the society , and that often in that part of the year when such a burden could not be borne ; at the same time opening the door to a deal of ill feeling , and charges of jobbery on the part of members against those who were obliged to be entrusted with affairs of this nature , muoh of which is got rid ef by the responsibility being thrown upon a central body , whose position is something oi a guarantee that ita best exertions will bo exercised at the least possible cost to the body .

      The National Association 07 Unitkd Trades pob the Protection of Industry , which we invite you to join , does not sanction strikes , except as a last resouree , having previously tried every influence that could be brought to bear upon the employer by the whole moral force of a body numbering some 50 , 000 members , distributed throughout the empire . But when a strike can no longer be averted , the men are Bet to work for the Association at the full wages demanded of the master ; or , if that cannot be done , they are supported at home , instead ot being driven to the road to seek a new home , and to compete in the glutted labour market in other parts of the country . The principle of self-eaiployrflenfc above referred to , tells with peculiar force upon the feelings and

      interests ef the greedy class of employers with whom our contests are exclusively to be carried on : let one of them know , that in case of a strike being provoked by him that his men will be prepared to supply their customers and themselves , dispose of the profits which he might have had ; that in fact every such strike will raise him up a powerful competitor in the market , and you ma ; depend upon it that they will alway think well twice before being struck against oncfi . This has already been proved in several instances , as at Holywell , Oxford , Bristol , and other places , where , when every other means had been resorted to in vain , the threat of employing the men as above had the desired effect , and the haughty ovsrbearing master wa 3 at once

      transformed into an affable , complying employer . A female at Paddington , who has a shop at the upper part of Drury-iane , and who employs a considerable number of men , has just offered a reduction of one shilling a pair apon the closing of Welliegton boots , thus reducing the price from two shillings and sispence to one shilling and sixpence , at one fell swoop . Can any one suppose that , had her workmen been members of our society , she would have dared to make such an infamous proposition ? Most assuredly not . But at the time not a man of them balenged to tbe society , and she doubtless felt that those men . who would not unite to protect each other were not entitled to any consideration from her . The National Association is so constituted * that

      boys and females may become members of it by paying the same per eentage as that paid by the men —viz . twopence in the pound on their average earningfi , Thus , suppose the women who do the balk of the closing in our shops , and the binders , were to combine in this good work , and were to return aa their average earnings seven shillings per week , their contributions would be under three farthings a week , and in case of strike they would be entitled to support to the amount of five shillings and sixpence pet week , unless they were set to work—and it is high time something was done to bring the work of women ' s hands under the cognisance of society , for reasons which must be obvious to every thinking man ; besides , the women , when once alive to the benefits of union , will generally be found the best men .

      We are assured that in this cruaade against tha vampires who suok the life blood of labour , we shall have the assistance of all good men to whom our obeots , and the means by which we purpose to attain , them , are fairly explained ; geod employers , too—and happily , though few , we are not entirely destitute of such—will , we doubt not , find it to their interest to forward onr viewa , inasmuch .-js we seek to arrest thai downward tendency of prices , which is brought aboafc > y the unprincipled part ot their olasa , and compelling them , in spite of themselves , to bear heavily upon the hard earning of their impoverished workmen .

      Any one working at the above brsBch , vrho wouKl be willing to lend a helping band in this work , is requested to communicate with the secretary of the Committee : address , Thomas Ilawson , Fox and lounds , Tottenham-court-road , where members may be entered at any time , or on meeting aightej at sixpence each . As soon as arrangements can be entered into for the purpose , meetings will bo established ia the various partB of the metropolis , of which doe notice will be given , as far as can be , to those whom it may concern .

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      Dibblihg Machine . — Reading . — At a public meeting on Wednesday week Mr H . Ellis exhibited to hw brother members and others a Dibble he hafl invented . The surprise of all present at the lightness and beauty of tbe machine , was only equalled by their admiration of the ease and regularity with whioh it performs its work . The great merit of this invention consists in ita simplicity , notwithstanding the variety of the operations it performs . Glasgow . —Deaths is 1847 . — The mortality tables for Glasgow , for the year ending December 31 st , 1847 , have just been prepared . The number of deaths is 18 . 8 SC , being a total quite unprecedented m the annals of tho city , and exhibiting an increase over 184 G of 7 , 250 deaths . The proportion of deaths far exceeds tho cholera year . The great mortality haa arisen from tho frightful immigration of diseased Irish , from whom fever has spread throughout the community . Upwards of 7 . 000 bodies have been buried at the public expense during the year . ? Prince Wittgenstein , at Berlin , possesses a coHec turn of no fewer than two hundred snufF-boxeB , which have been presented to him , by various sovereigns « nd princes .

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      NATIONAL PETITION . The Leeds Chartists have nobly done their duty in the renewed campaign , asd the meeting held on Monday evening wili be long remembered by all present , not only for its numerical strength , and , what the wcrld calls respectability , but for the noble candour displayed by the members nf the middle class , who speke in favour of the resolutions ; there was no mincing of the matter , and not a particle of that timid reservation displayed which we have witnessed in former days , They spoke out manfully for the Six Feints of the Charter , and defended its justice with a fervour and ability that drew forth the loud and repea'ed approbation of the meeting . It was a hopeful and cheerin ? sight for the lovers of liberty , and the able manner in which the proceedings were conducted reflects great credit on the business talent of Mr Councillor Brook , and the Chartist council . ¦

      The meeting was held in the " , Court House , and was convened by a requisition to the major , F . Carbutt , Erq , who at once not only granted the use of the Court IIouBe , but agreed to preside ever the meeting . The requisition created a great degree of surprise among all classes ,, as a number of the thoughtless could not conceive that such an array of names could be procured to such a [ document , but there , posted on the walls , in unmistakable ' black and white , 'were upwards of three hundred names , including aldermen , town councillors , merchants , manufacturers , leading shopkeepers , and a long array of ten-pounders . At seven o ' clock on Monday evening the Court House was filled in every part , the platform being occupied by the leading requisitionists , at which time F . Carbutt , Esq ., mayor of Leed ? , took the chair , amid loud cheers . He briefly alluded to the object of the meetinsr . and resumed his seat .

      Mr David Greek , bookseller , moved the following resolution : — That this meeting has witnessed with great concern the depressed and degraded stnte of the industrious classes of this kingdom , and is of opinion that it arises from the present monopoly of the Elective Franchise—that it is highly requisite that measures should be originated for placing the whole male adult population upon one political equality , and thereby permanently benefit the country at large . ' Mr Green defended the right of the peeple to the suffrage , in a short and argumentative address , and was warmly applauded .

      Councillor Brook rose to second the resolution , and was received with loud cheers . He said it afforded him great pleasure to appear before his townsmen on that occasion , and to witness the rapid strides which their principles were making , as witnessed that evening . Ht > then proceeded at some length to depict the sufferings endured by the people , through the misdeeds of the aristocracy , and those who had usurped the power of legislation . He argued the undoubted right of the people to the suffrage , auJ instanced tho combination which existed among the aristocracy , to increase tho army and navy , not to protect the country , but to find places for themselves , and prevent the people from gaining their rights ; they , therefore ,

      wanted the suffrage , to enable the people to send members to Parliament to put an end to such proceedings . They also found tha West India planters not content with receiving twenty millions of the people ' s money for the liberation of their slaves , again applying for the assistance of the government to enable them to lower the wages of their workpeople . They had the audacity to ask Parliament to tax the over-burthened labourers of Eng-Jacd to a ? . ° ist in their nefarious designs ; and it was , therefore , high time for the people to band themselves together to gain their rights , and hinder their money from being appropriated for the purpose of enslaving their brethren in other climes . ( L < rod cheers . ) Be was sorry to find that the present

      government seemed disposed lo listen to ibe adjust claims of these men , and that the Whigs , who promised reform and retrenchment , were adding largely to the already exorbitant expenditure of the country . The Whigs talked loudly of their liberality . He would ask where it was ? He wonld ask those men , who formerly placed their faith in Whig promises , whether they had not seen sufficient to prove that heir confidence was misplaced , and that na good w ' . s to be expected from them ? Ho , therefore , hoped they would now see the necessity of leaving the Whigs to their friends , the Protectionists , and rally with the people in establishing their just rights . ( Cheers . ) If they had any doubt on their minds as to the intentions of the Whies , let them

      peruse the financial statement of Lord John Ru 3-sell . Let them look at his proposal to increase tbe Income Tax , ta enable him to meet the increased cost of the ordnance , nrmy , and navy estimate * . If they would scrutinise his statement , they would find a vast increase of the public expenditure this year , ns compared with former years ; and all this whilst the industrious classes in our lar&e towns were suffer ing the roost heartrending privatioes . For in their neighbeuring town of Bradford , the poverty of the mass of the people was so great , and the pressure so severely felt by the ratepayers , that they were adopting measures to send a number of them out of thecountry . ( Shame , shame . ) i He was not an advocate fer sending their best men out of the countrv .

      lie wished every industrious msn to have a home in the land of his birth , and if any were to be sent away , let tbe idle and the useless be first removed . ( Loud cheery ) Even in the town of Leeds , they found a large increase of-poverty , as proved by the applications for parochial relief . From all parts of the country there were rumour * of the hardships the people endured , and , in the midst of Each a state of things , the reforming and retteni-hing Whigs were adding to tl ; eir calamities . Whi ' st the masses were thus sinking in tbe social scale , let sot the middle classes think they onnld escape , for it would surely reach them . What , there ote , was the remedy ? It was clear . Give the reople tbe right of voting ! ( Loud cheet s . ) Some objected that they had not sufficient

      intelligence , and would be liable to corruption . In reply to such men . he would refer them to the conduct of the voters of Great Yarmouth , where the most barefaced corruption was proved to have taken place ; and on the intellectual portion of the objection , let them look to Kissale election . It was proved by the evidence of a barber's daughter , that she was sent fer to shave thirty-five voters , one of whom was a parson . That they were all drunk at the time , and some of them in such a beastly state , that she had to ahavethem as they lay—they not being able to riee—and the honourable (' . ) candidate , for whom they were going to vote , had to assist in holding others on a chair whilst she performed the operation—the parson being in the latter batch of

      intelligent voters . ( Loud laughter . ) The candidate and anaiher person had to hold the parson , who was utterly helpless . ( Renewed laughter , and a loud shout of ' capital , ' from the stentorian lungs of Mr llolroyd , a veteran Chartist , prolonged themerriment . ) There was a specimen of intelligence for them . ( Hear , hear . ) Would the working men do so ? If ho thought them capable of such c&nduci , he would not ba found acting as he did on that occasion .. But he knew ' . them better . He had been long a witness of their virtues , and felt convinced that they would not thus degrade themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) Even the electors of the borough 0 ' Leeda were cot totally free fromthig hateful practice ; it wag notorious that

      corruption had been resorted to at the late . election . Hams had bees sold greatly above their value , and the usual disguises resorted to for the purpose of concealing the g-nilty parties . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt proud at witnessing the future prospects of the people , and congratulated them that they could now meet in their own hall , and could not be cried down as in former day ? . ( Loud eheen . ) They were now in a glorious position . They had the Mayor presid . icg over their meeting , and a number of influential men about to support their resolutions from that platform , and willing to assist in securing the rights of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Brook then made an eloquent appeal to the middle-classes , and referred to Mr T . Plint biiDg present , to set them an

      example , and give the people his powerful aid . He declared it to be their duty , as well as their interest , to stand by the people , as had been done by the leaders of Democracy in Switzerland , Italy , Sicily , and elsewhere . He referred them to Paris where 20 , 000 of the National Guard hadvelunteeredto defend the Democratic deputies . While the nations of tho world were arousing themselves from the slavery and apathy of ages , it should be the pride of Englishmen to take tbe lead . Let them , therefore , unite ns one man , and declare before the world , that the People ' s Charter shall be the law of the Land . Mr Brook concluded an able address by seconding the resolution , and resumed his seat amidst the hearty cheers of the meetin ? .

      Mr Thomas Plint stoed forward to support the r » - IntL . n , and wasloudly cheered . He said that Mr Brook had referred to him as if he were only now , for the first time , advocating the people ' s rights , but he wished t « remind them that , on previous occasioBP , he had advocated the extension or the Suffrage t- > all his countrymen . He had heard some allusion made to the Anti-Corn Law League , for not taking part in the Suffrage question , but it should be recollected thit the policy of the League was doing one thing at a time , and if the friends of the People's Charter adopted tbe eame rule , they would certainly succeed in their object . He did not consider it ne-Cfisary to argue the question on that occasion ; as no man presentdispu ' ed it—in fact , no mandisputed the

      right , tho only question was oi . e of fitness . The inte licence of the people was one of the arguments , which were urged in opposition to their claims , but no man who had , like him , attended their meetin 2 » , could fer a moment uphold such a plan At thei-r meetings in the Cloth Hall-yard , he had witnessed the shrewdness and ability of the working men , and the readiness with which they detee e 1 anything like trickery or sophistication ; on this point he had the authority of Lord Brougham anl Mr Macaulay , for they admitted that they did not desire a batter or more intelligent audience . The working men could soon perceive a humbug or a cheat , if it were intended to be practised on them , and he had roved them . n . e

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      physical comfort , where was its v . ^ lue ? ( Cheers . ) He wanted the Charter to enable the people to have the use of the land , that they might have abundant food . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Barker proceeded , at ereat length , to depict the social grievances which the Charter wenld enable the people to remove , and concluded a speeoh of much ability and sterling honesty of pnrpose , by supporting _ the resolution . He was loudly cheered throughout his speech . The Mayor then read the resolution , and , having put it to the meeting , it was carried unanimously , amidst loud cheers . Mr John Shaw then moved the National Peti-JV 1 r William Hartley seoonded the motion . Mr Tomlinson supported it . Carried . Mr Wiiamm Baskkb moved the fourth resolution * t « « TI

      _ .. . - __ ., . _ « r 'That Thomas Slingsby Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., be requested to present the petition to the House of Commons and that James . Garth Marshal ] , M . P ., and tho West Rid ' iPg members , be requested to support tho same . ' . Mr Gkoroe Hobson seconded the motion . Carried unanimously . Councillor Brook moved a vote of thanks to the iyi&voi * Mr Patterson seconded the motion , which was carried , amidst the hearty cheers of the meeting . The Mayor thanked them for the good conduct

      they had manifested . He had great pleasure in preniding over their deliberations , and was with them heart l and soul . ( Loud cheers . ) The meetin g then separated at eleven o ' cleck .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1459/page/2/