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      Hr f ' BiESDS , —I'Vnow some time since I tare been able to devote- my time to the uroper organisation of the veritably honest Musfrial mind . Daring the active progress f the National Land Company , my t ime was too laboriously enployed to allow me to Brnlaii and support Chartism , except in the the Northern Starwbjle to the

      M lomnsof ; ap aciiod of the commencement of my agriculttwl operations my whole time , was devoted to the organisation of the Chartist party . : Anxiety and excitement , with reference to £ as carrying on or winding np the affairs of the C ompany , have almost totally unfitted me for public business , but have not erased from msmai the duty thatl owe to your order and to ' mv « l £ as the friend of your order and the ^ o ^ ate of your principles . it is likelthat th

      £ 0 * , however , as y e law vill grant what Parliament refused—power to rind ap the National Land Company—and as I behold , with sorrow and regret , the antagonjan which now exists among . the professing leaders of your order , it is my intention , Terr speedily , to make a tout of England , Scotland and Wales , and to show my love for | , ir and honest discussion , it is my intention to forewarn you of the several questions that I propose to discuss ; it is also my intention to inrite every man who dissents from my principles , to meet me upon the platform , xciae our views may be freely , fairly , and impartially discussed , you constituting the

      J y fiiends , there is an old saying , that no man is a hero to his valet de chmibre , that is , { hat those with whom people become very intimately acquainted , are never thought so much flf as new and frivolous companions . All people like novelty ; novelty has a charm , and asl am no novelty to your order , a party is no w springing into edstme , in the hope that its iove % mil break the charm with which your confidence has bound me to your hearts , and to your cause—the accomplishment of which

      has been tbe dearest and only object of my life , and that object , is ever , has been , and € shall be , to make your order wholly and entirely independent of tyranny and class leg islation . My friends , it make 3 me sad and doleful , - ^ ben I read in the Ttmesaf Thursday morning , —3 paper that luxuriates in your disunion a brief and sarcastic comment upon a meeting vlichwas held on Wednesday night at the Jfa&aal Hall , Bolborn . Now , as I have not joined either party that assembled there , and as I will not offer a word of comment on the

      proceedings which took place , let me ask you , if the Government could base its power , and its tyranny upon a stronger foundation than fiie antagonism there manifested ? My friends " of the country districts , you will understand that this only exists in the metropoBs ; -and that although Paris is France , London is not England , as the busy hives of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Warwickshire , Nottinghamshire , Leicester , Derby , Northampton , Korthnmberland , and Glasgow , cannot be led avay from any principles to which their hearts are devoted .

      My friends , my reception , and the enthusiasm of the people of the Potteries , on Monday last , inspire me with an amount of pleasure that I cannot express . It would be foolish in me to make the faintest guess at the Dumber of the thousands , and tens of thousands , by whose cheers I was greeted ; while it gave me not less pleasure to collect the feeling of the gathering in the Hall , that the staunch men of the Potteries still acknowledged me as

      weir accredited leader , notwithstanding the anxious desire of a ferocious clique—who understand as much about politics as a pig does of geometry—to get rid of me , and base their own power upon their enthusiastic violence and folly , while I have' that reliance in your order , to convince me , that so long as the minutest critic cannot charge me with one act of tergiversation or inconsistency during twentyeight years , your confidence will remain unbroken .

      My friends , I have told you to surfeit , that flie men to whom I have been most bountiful have baen my bitterest enemies . Shakspeake has truly said'Xrither a borrower nor a lender be , For borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry , And loan oft loses both itself and friend . ' Xow , such , in part , has been my case . I have not been a borrower nor a lender , but I have been a DONOR , and my donations of hundreds and thousands have made the recipients mv bitterest enemies and revilers .

      Xow , working men , I always told you that , in no jury , excepting your order , would I repose confidence where character was in question ; and now I throw down the challenge to any who dare to revile that character , and ask them to charge me with one inconsistent or dishonest act , during a long life of toilsome struggle and agitation ; and until such evidence is placed before you , and unequivocally corroborated , will you place more confidence in those who merely traffic in politics to live npon your credulity ? I say not—because I k

      « convinced of the integrity of your order . Working men , the position of Ministers , and tne antagonism of factions in the House of Commons , convinces me that you are upon the ere of a tremendous struggle ; and my hope asd desire is , that you will not allow the fruits tnat may be gathered from that struggle to be Withered by avarice or folly . When did you ever know of a public man who had honestly pined the affections of the people , against whom every tongue did not wag , and every press was not open to denounce ? Look at the

      position in which the folly of the people placed tte immortal Hekky Hunt , and how then-in gratitude prematurely hurled him to the cold P ^ e ; and now let me tell you , and traly , so dative am I as to the value of your affection Jti confidence , that , if I lost it to-morrow , I would not long retain my existence . I love J not from vanity , but I love it because I be-™* it cannot be fraudulently obtained or ^ flylost % friends , one great principle that I have ^ advocated , and ever shall advocate is , the .. . ^ g ° t of every man to exoress his own

      ^ puuons ana sentiments , however repulsive ey may ^ y atuy encej or to a major } ty tue population . I have constantly told you STechesand ^^ S . tllafc tbe neatest ^ oer to a country is the tyrannical suppres-« J of public opinion . I have told you , that art ?! ° j ) lnions are sound they will be naturally JH * K ! b « they are unsound , and if « g * Bdi to be discussed , they will be rejected : JJfe the suppression of the fair promul gation ^ discussion of those principles , will buttend ¦• nvet them more deeply in the hearts of m <> se who do not understand them . And once ^ aia to convince you that " the foll y of to-% may be the wisdom of the morrow , " let ** call your strictest attention to the followme * Me article , extracted from tbe Daily Nars , of ^ Wednesday ; and when you have read it , ^* yourselves how often you have perused the J ^ F same sentiments , and nearly the same y ^ h in the Northtrn Star , and how often I i ^^ pressed them in my speeches ? Here fol * aM < . ^ ar ^ » without exception the most ^ the most powerful , and the most statesn * it * ar ^ cIc that I have ever perused in a -fspaper , either daily or weekly . The 11 ** *>«** enthusiasm , coniad a nnsin *? by connecting a multitude of minds " * ep a ^^ e ao ^? Maone niMefj reustance , and "^ ani \!? e ° PP oat «»» of wrong , ana at times that of f ^ atS *** ofwWch * & * ' atngerous to a < ia aii »\! r ? ir rstear 6 oftta * government shonld be to •• Si ^^ thatorfnion the character of rehgioa . Take 7 ^ werampfe . ft is said ' to menace property , t »

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      ESSffSS ?* ? ? stin & « Samsa&M 0 fsociety , and moiK ^ T ** . its tteai No a **^ & *« ! S& * the Ptejadices , the interests , the sores , WeMlranation of the people , Itgive * them hopes of tte fi ^ eand consolation for the past It fills tike-place of TiSriT ^ W ^ ObaS ^ ntangttnone tat z& ^ oraat , fn ^^ Mia bruteone- And we are sorry tff « ay that wi ^^? a 5 aropcancoimtrie 8 socialism has replaced lu £ ? h . «? « ^ rfe ?«^ * e Ubonringman ^ wn-SSS ^ f , next H "w are such opinWs to terendered as harmless asmayb . ? , Certainly byfieedtseiw-Z 2 J 2 m ™^' * ** »*« di > Mons anT « . Sf ^ ** ^? "fotatioH of earnest and disinterested S ? *! ^ fT of men of the world , by the action , in su&rss —*« matoe wh&& ^ at . ^^ .. ^ . , .

      "Instead « f this , how have the tipper classes and rnlinjc ^ T ^ tre ^! i ?? ^ FraiIce ? They have perseci tedand martynseduuito aieli ^ on . Socialism in France , wiiemn poiver , and when allowed to realise , orattempt to realise its tmws , and to proclaim - itself dominant , fell daily intocontetnpt It became a mockery and a byword , tven when dethroned and burled from power it grovelled , nd might have wanted flie means of recavery . Bat when a promiseg were not kept to it , when the plainest principle of liberahsm and" honesty was cast" aside and outraged aiongwitn Socialism . ;' when the first seniuses of the ConserratiTe party , the Thierse ' s andthei Dupins , entered intofte lists with the Socialist philosophers , and were de . cadedly inferior to them in verve and argument ; and when this inferiority of talent was instantly soncht to be made

      up by a substitution of police law andbrutalitj for logicoh , then Socialism began to wax strong , to hold up its head , to claim public sympatbj , and attract public respect As was observed the other day by the Examiner the great geniuses of the acebaverallied to it , the Huges and the s > ues—the first pens * f France have taken up its ' canse , in addition to the Louis Biases and the . Proudhons ,, menof great talents too , born in the faith . The result , therefore , of a two years' reign of Conserratism , under an executive of its choice , and a representative majority of its formation , has been so terribly to augment the power of tlie popukr opposition , thatany hope of arguing with it was abandoned , and the sulemode of combating it made" to lie in the ligour of the police and the numbers of the soldiery .

      Police and soldiers are , however , inefficient for such purpose . They can disperse agroup , put down a not ; butthey cannot eradicate a religion , or a social doctrine that has been made to partake of the nature and excite the enthusiasm of one . We know what the French army is , how it is composed , and that each year ' s recruital brings to it , fresh and unmitigated , thepredocninant feelings , whatever they may be , of the people . Go , combat the popular masses and their sentiments by portions of those masses and those sentiments , apparently modified by a few weeks ' drill . But taking the supposition most favourable to the party of repression . Im gjme the people , or the Socialists as they are called , foolish enough to be provoked into insurrection by the goading of the police , or by a map d ' etat of the President , and let us imagine them to have been put down—that ansther June coiabat has slain its thonsands , defeated more thousands , and devastated the capital What flien ? Why , that opinion is not killed by military conquest The history of Socialism after June bespeaks it One cannot extirpate the masses . They are not convinced , no , nor conquered , by the sword .

      Instead of this , we do think that freedom and fair treatnjent of opinion would work the core of all that is pernicious in it , whilst the doings of M . Carlier will but make it strike deeper root into the pride , the conscience , and the conviction of the people . We know of no wi rse sign than the foct that the party of the upper , and . as they call themselves , the educated classes in Fans , have been obliged in order to combat the Socialist candidature of Eugene Sue , to put forward as their representative the lowlier and least intellectual of their party—one who does not represent them at aU , indeed , although he may typify their only pasaon , and their one idea , a horror of em ' eute . The Conservative party has not one known or respectable name that it could offer to tne electors of Paris . ML Carnot ha «

      been tearfully lacerated for telling the rustic electors to return staunch Bepublicans to the Assembly , without caring whether they were learned or not The Conservatives are practising what Carnot preached . Their idea ot the political champion is that he be a good constable . The Socialists of Paris give their votes to a man of genius—a poet and a novelist The aristocracies of the three dynasties unite their votes on a representative of mere physical force . They abandon their own weapons—the intellect , the tongue , and the pen—in which they ought Jo have the superiority ; and they think to overcome the masses in a collision of bone and muscle . Is not this madness preposterous enough to demonstrate how ill promoted , illmanaged , and 01-defended has been their cause , and how irrevocably it is lost !

      "Whilst in the act of writing , the French telegraph has brought the expected intelligence that Eugene Sue has carried the election . And there comes with the report great wailingandgnashingofteeth . Ona would think the world were at its end , because a man of talent and fortune , who sympathises with the people , and prefers a Republic to any of the candidate monarchies , has been chosen representativefor Paris . And Eugene Sue is this , not merely by the votes of the shopkeepersbut of the army , whose significant votes are recorded . Universal Sufirage has at last Its merit —that it proclaims unniistakeably the leanings and opinions of the troops , as well as of the multitude . Against these united , who but madmen would m&litate resistance or a covv d ' etat ?

      There is evidently but one hope for peace and orderly government in France , for an avtiianee of civil war and its consequences ;—it is for the propertied class and its notabilities to accept the republic sincerely , give up reviling it and plotting against it , and employing police to insult the public and to gag tbe press . Let Louis Napoleon and bis parliamentary majority condescend to be true to the oaths which they swore to the republican constitution , and by making common cause , and entering into common councils , with the people , prevent that death struggle between the two classes , which every Conservative act and word hare hitherto gone to aggravate and to provoke . My friends , do not he content when you read that article once ; if you do notthoroughly understand it , read it again , again , and again , and then you will he ahle to judge from it the views of the leading press of the Parliamen tary and Financial Reform Association .

      My friends , you will communicate with me now , as I am not a hireling or a hack hi your cause , whether or not you still acknowledge me as your leader . If you do , you will speedily find me amongst you again ; if you do not , say so , and I will not ask you to return what you owe me , nor will I desert your cause ; hut I will wait till my time comes again , which will not he long ; and during the present week 1 shall expect to receive applications from the several-towns and districts that I am invited to attend ; and where I am still acknowledged

      as the veritable leader of the working classes , for the accomplishment of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , and then I shall publish a very early account of my intended tonr . Notting ham will be the first place I shah" visit . In conclusion , I beg to give you the following letter , received from John Richards , which , I think , will gladden your hearts . I remain , Tour Faithful , Uncompromising , And Unpaid Friend and Advocate , Feargus O'Cokhor .

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      SOUTH LONDON CHAE 21 ST HALL . The second meeting convened nn&r the auspices of theProTW orort Committee of the National Char-^ rJUh ^ r ' ^ heId on Moirf ay evening-, April the 29 th , an * was mbsfc nutnerowly attended Mr . John Pbabct was unanimousl y ealleditoitbe chair , and briefly mtrodoced the bnsiaess of the ftV " *!{* " *¦;• ¦ " ^ hearing for all who might present themselves . - Mr . WitiuM Davis , eamo forward to move the following resolute ; -. « That , this meeting is of opinion that the People ' s Charter , as advocated by the Provisional Committee of the tfatioriaf Charter Bri

      3 ™ . ° ^ teH ! , , ( Wnich Association ffi SSi \ - . < : xlste n «* ° y the sufirages tf-fte people , ) is based upon tree and just prineiples , and is worthy of the support of the working classes ; and it considers , that no man , or body of men , advocating any measure short of the People ' s Charter , are-acting honestly towards the mass of the people , and this meeting also pledges itself never to aertate for any measure short ot tbe principles contaiaed in the document known as the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Davis , who was greeted with loud cheers , said the resolution told them , that the People ' s Charter , contained those just principles which should actuate the great body of the people , and which , in hissoul , fe ^ JSlg . " ^ i * d 0 8 ? r ( Loud cheers . ) The Charter Association

      was not antagonistic toany other political body , arid he ( Mr . Davis , ) -ad- vised them" to . procure all tbe '\ otes " and'otner strength they could , even ' under the present system of representation , whilst he conceivedit no harm to aid registration , or other enfranchisement associations . He did think they would be doing an ^ infinity of harm , by . taking themselves wholly 3 ind solely over to any body of men who advocated anything short of . the People ' s . Charter ,. ( Gfiat cheering . ) If . the Parliament pleased to pass measures of reform of any sort , they had no option but to take it and make the best of it , but that was no reason why they should cease agitating f 6 r their whole rights . ( Hear , hear . ) The Parliamentary

      and Financial Reformers have been holding what was termed a " Conference , " in Crosby-hall , and thi 3 being a public affair , he conceived ' it a legitimate matter for discussion or rematk . Ho ( Mr . Davis ) could not regard it as a representative body or Conference , but as a mere sham , a thing that really represented nobody . ( Hear . ) Its president ( Sir Joshua Walmsley ) had called on Mr . M'Grnth and announced him as the representative of Dublin ; but , lo , Mr . M'Grath rises , and : announces that he represents nobody , but simply attended there in his individual capacity . ( Loud laughter . ) The Weekly Dispatch had truly observed , " That up to the time of Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds submitting his resolutions there had been ho Conference . " ( Loud

      cheers . ) It appeared to be a calling of men together from places hundreds of nailes apart , to listen to long speeches from sundry members of Parliament of the Cobden and Bright school . Mr . Bright bad advised the Conference not to take up any " wild theories , "—meaning , no doubt , measures of social reform—and adding , " that in a hundred years hence no doubt those theories would be realised . " ' -Now considering that John Bright was a Quaker , he thought he should have a little forethought as regards , losterity . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Bright was a professed philanthropist , but as such he ( Mr . Davis ) could not conceive how he could content himself with living out of the flesh , blood , and bones of factory children . ( LoudL cheers . V He

      never could , like the men of the Manchester school of political economy . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M'Gregor , too , had observed , " that be should not like to see London England , as Paris at the present time was France . " No , he did not wish to see the same amount of intelligence pervade the working classes of this metropolis as now animated the brave Proletarians of Paris . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Cobden had professed iiot to see intelligence in The " Red " leaders , but was there none in" the murdered Robert Blum , in the inimitable Mazzini , in the glorious Ledru RoUin ? ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . Cobden , too , had talked of " wealthy nations , " but wealthy nations were not always happy ; the poet , Oliver Goldsmith , had well bit off this in his Deserted Tillage , in the well known lines ,

      v Where wealth accumulates and men decay . England , at the present moment was an apt illns-t tration of the fact ; and the great nations of old —Rome , Sparta , and Athens—had . fallen in the moments of their greatest wealth . ( Cheers . ) Cato had observed , "that the first thing to be looked to was a good estate ; the second was to see the people well-fed ; the third , to see them well clothed : " but when asked what he thought of lending money on usury , he tersely replied by asking , " What- ! would you . commit murder ? " ( Cheers . ) But to return to the Conference . Mr . Reynolds had wiselv submitted three resolutions to it . The resolutions , it appeared , had been submitted to what had been called " a business committee , " and were , by that committee , rejected . Mr . Reynolds himself had

      submitted them to the Conference itself—and what were these resolutions ? The first was , that the Parliamentary Reformers should adopt " registration , " instead of " tax-paying , " as a qualification for a voter—thus bringing it to veritable Universal Sufirage . ( Hear ; hear . ) He had been on a deputation once to the Poultry on the subject , when Sir Joshua Walmsley told him the clause relative to tax-paying , or claiming to pay , simply meant that persons should exhibit their willingness to become electors . ( Laughter . ) But Mr . Reynolds had simplified the matter , by . substituting the word " registered . " ( Hear . ) The next resolution embraced the" ^ payment of members of parliament for their services , and without which , he conceived , all the

      other points were much damaged , if not nullified The third resolution was , " That deputations from the the National Charter Association and National Reform League should be received ;" . but , notwithstanding all George Thompson ' s talk about beginning and ending with the working classes , the Conference like tbe committee ; rejected the resolutions , ( near * hear . ) When near the wind-up some member had submitted that the Parliamentary Reformers should be consistent , and whilst advocating the abolition of property qualifications for members of Parliament , should not have a property qualification for members . of their own council . This feeling met with a warm repose from a very large majority of the members , when lo and behold , the committee

      steps in with a resolution which will meet the approbation of all parties ; and what was it ? Why , that the members might elect , but that the council should have a veto ; just allow him to say ^ that George Jacob Holyoake , a well tried friend , of the working classes , had sent in his ten guineas , and bad been blackballed by the council . ( Hear , hear . ] In concluding this brief review of political and social reform measures , permit him to take a hasty glance at our continental neighbours across the water . There they were engaged in all the ardour of an election contest , and in a day or two he trusted they would learn that the Democrats were triumphant . He had learned that the ; modern Fouche , Carlier , prefect of police , had been

      making an attempt to put down all the Democratic organs of opinion , and shutting up places , of public meeting , thus denying to the Democratic socialists the right ol expressing their opinions . Again , the walls of Paris were covered with bills , telling the people , that should Eugene Sue be elected , that business would be suspended , workshops would be closed , ; and , that they , ( the Proletarians , ) would thereby be deprived of the means of supporting themselves , wives and families , and asking them to support , Leclerc , the " candidate of '' order . " They might easily conceive the effect such things must have on the timid and weak . But , despito all these things , he bad every , reason to believe that the Democratic Socialist-candidate would be triumphant .

      ( Great cheering , ) He called on London arid England to be up and working'for their political and social rights . Let them be firm and ; true , and then , Lord John and all other shams , would be obliged to yield to the demands of the workingclasses , wlio arc now shamefully ill-used . ( Loud cheers . ) * Mr . Thovas Brow . v , in seconding the resolution , said , the last speaker had alluded to French affairs , and it was a fact that , not only in Paris , but throughout France , with' the exception of the agricultural districts , work had not been so brisk for & long time pa 6 t . The manufacturers admitted , that they had more orders on hand than they could execute , during the entiro summer . He was sanguine as to the election of Eugene Sue , and he trusted

      mat tne Democratic Socialists would go on' quietly conquering and to coriqiiwi ( Loud cheers . ) The English were a conceited people , always boasting of their merciful , laws '; and he supposed , the deeds performed recently by Sir H . Ward in the Ionian isies , as well as deeds done in other English colo-, nies , _ wero . prpofs and tokens of mercy . The social condition of England was most lamentable . . Let tnem look at ., the herds of prostitutes nud thieves £ S— - streets were infected -again , wit-SSS ? w ^ of Persons who obtain less than four-VZ 2 ZJ £ ^ . V * ' * tf . tot their hard ' toUr - ijtfhe ¦ & ^ , t £ ' *}?*' none ! foi % the po 6 r . ^ ' ( Gheers . ) MJfgardsthef ' rating clause ^ depended , on by i . -.-V "irc \ : Av .-tz ¦; : ;¦ v . Xyy ^ _ ' . . 'A % ^ . ^ v < , ir

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      thfi wilW ^ f ^ E ^^^ ffi ^^^^^^ a ^ n could KoS ^^* ^ ^ ^ (' li ^ S fe # - ? - whioh «» eymight ' hope tbWt £ emb ^ TlIegeS 'i - ? e ^ ked on ' the payment BoSfl ^* , "" f P ortM >* Wmf Just supl ^ fo ^ M ^ ^ . ahoeaiahsr 3 i - w « re oppressed * M % ™ P ™ grievances to-ParJiament , ' who " S&SXifS * ' « * tWs-4 ntfer' Nol ruftndife ^ enof thB ^ * ° order ; who , ^ rth 6 tt ^' ^ cdn 8 e ^ ^ i * J ) erl r ^ £££ ? £ & *** - ; and how . couldi working men beepme ,. arid .. niaintam . themselves- honeatly as re , bolw&' ^ J we re . P ^' f or tWla bourfJLoud cheers's . French nofibinsi . n ad- RKnwril f II

      nre 3 KV ^ Uiil ParHa - mentsi ^ r hadTs ^ h £ S ? J&M ' tbat e *? tr *» he believed'ttnitaFrench SsTit rf eTerh ^« , marched SKx * the Italian Kkl Cfom T ** R 01 " ^ republic ; . -The Pro-« mffiJ ^^ were / - ( Kteiidill 8- *«^ Principles nriwml ^ ^ " ^ S . ™ S <' metropolis and £ S ^ iiir ? -Wf ** 'rWl Mr- " Dawes-wjth refffls blS > ^ v : * ^ thbughV their-own tSseWa d ? l $ fi they . looked aftev ,: . them S ™ J 2 S ^ ' * 8 t " dl ? d ^ tney could * acoompiish mnid ; hostility to jParhamehtary'RefoVmersvi bar , ' as they oid not tradean theartibles he Kkedriwhy he could n ^ t . deal with . them .: .. ( Hear , hear . ) :: He thou ght . it behoyed , ftem to standby truth ,, and act upTJnT ^ osftJKmciplesahey-believed to be rishfc H *

      could-not 8 | ffiqienur admire those . reformers who had sacrificed theirjibertylin ^ theiy behalf / whobad gone irito ^ prison Charti 8 ts , an 4 1 iadCc ' onio out moro than CJartists . Then let them not oppose any party but go on steadily in their own course , pursfting their own principles , andthey must soon prevail ' . 'Jp thev proceeded from success to victory , as they hs » ddone within theUast ; . three months , . they might . indeed live to boast that they had made England what she ought to be : — " great , glorious , and free . " ( Great cheering . ) .... Mr . Ftjzzon said Ke tnought the people should have a Voice in whatever form of government mi"ht prevail—be iteithei" monarchical or republican—and that government should act as a eood benefit

      society does—for the . mutual , ad vantagei ' " of all ita memhers . ( Loud cheers . ] - -He did not believe that the working classes could support more than' one political association , and the best being the National Charier Association ^ they ; should . adhere firmly to that . ( Applause . ) . When he rented a house in tbe borongh of Finsbury he had a vote , and was deemed worthy ; , of being on an election committee . He had improved his intellectual powers , but Dame Fortune had proved fickle , and depressed his pecuniary resources , and , consequently ,-he was not deemed worthy to' exercise the franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , was not ; this giving the vote to inanimate bricks and mortar and refusing it to man ? ( Loud Cheers . ) . .. ;; -. v . ¦ „ ,-. ; . . . ; '

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . . Mr . SiAtiwooD , amidst loud cheerB , came forward to move the following . resolution : —«' . That this meeting witnessing , asitdoes , the enormous luxury and extravagance possessed and indulged in by cine class of the communitytb . the detriment and destruction of another class , is of opinion that such a system is founded in fraud and based on injustice . As an illustration of this , this meeting daily witnesses the indolent non-producers basking in wealth and affluences , revelling at their ease in comfort , - luxury , and all the elegances of life , whilst the masses , who produce all wealth , can scarce procure the' bare necessaries of existence . ' Thi 3 meeting , therefore , resolves to agitate for political rights , with a view to ensure for every man the full benefit of his labour . " :

      Mr ; Stailwood , in moving the resolution , pointed to the splendid and elegant buildings that adorn this metropolis—to the well tilled parks , fields , and gardens , surrounding this monster place called London—to the carriages that glide through the streets—to the maguificent ships that split the foam on the broad blue waters—to the glittering ore , which is daily exchanged for wealth—to the raiment that puts in shape , and beautifies the bodies of the wealthy—to tho hats which often cover empty heads—to tbeusefulfrirniture with which the Palaces of Princes are garnished—to the mirrors , arid-other ornanients of the'toilette—to the newspapers which grace and . enliven the breakfast table , and the books which ornament the shelves of the

      libraries of the . so called great—the couch of down that receives , their bodies when fatigued by ennui , and asked , who are in full poBsesssion of all theso ? Why the indolent , not proucers . The working classes , who produce all these necessaries , ornaments and elegances , were called '¦ " the inferior classes" —left without the common necessaries of life—clothed in rags and wretchedness—their lot—misery—that of downcast ; slaves . When they ventured to i ask , " who saw God give over the land as an heritage , to individuals , " they were told they were pursuing a dangerous course , that they would stay the beneficent workings of capital . But , he said not so ; go on with-your inquiry ; and although they were not spoliators , or repijdintors , they demanded land

      on which to live ; and if the so called private property should be required for their public use , that compensation should be made for it in precisely the same way as railway , or other companies made compensation for private property used by them . All they required was , that political reform ' should lead to social amelioration , 6 r , in other words , that they should enjoy the frujts of their labour ; That this could be done , was illustrated by the Tailors ' , Needle-wpmens ' , Shoemakers ' , Printers' and other co-operative associations already established ; therefore . he said ,, push' onward with your inquiry iuto social questions ; get the Charter , and put these questions to practice ' . ( Cheering . ) ' . ' „ ' . .. . . Mr . Elwot said , —After the . very excellent

      , eloquent , and talented speech of Mv . Stailwood , it left' him ' nothing to ' say , but he most cordially supported the resolution . Ho could not support the middle classes , although , as Mr . Stailwood had shown , there were some good men . amongst them , though they were few , therefore , he said , push firmly on for the Charter and Social Rights . ( Cheers ;) : \ . ' . A young' gentleman : - was seen afc this moment busily engaged in distributing bills to persons in the meeting , which proved to-be announcements of the Charter League meeting , upon which the . Chairman read it to the meeting from

      the chair , and invited all to attend , hear , and judge for themselves , upon which ¦ Mr . Sinn , sen ., rose , and said a few words , declaratory that the Provisional Committee , or rather the majority of them wero self-elected , which elicited an eloquent reply from Mr W . Davis , and which was greeted with much applause . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . : vote of thanks was given to the chairman by acclamation , and the meeting was adjourned until j Monday next . May 6 th . , A considerable col jectiou was madeat tlio doors for the . funds , and several members ' enrolled in the Association .

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      ? P ™ fK §§ 8 t ™^ W inor . eM « % f * n ?^^^ 3 n 5 nfecha ; i >! cM art antf ' scfeice - be * efit rot : ?™* 5 f ¦• - * h « ' people ^ ko ' emphatSo ^ Jy- said act . Why » liBecanse : past ! experience hn * shownthem that ; asi ^ eakK ^ had increased , the pjujiueers Jia * become , » i 6 eW ( Wy pqqrandnrrfttqhed , aad'oriine had increased ia-a- greater ra ; ti 9 , «» anpopula « ibn ; Why ? Because p ^ bSy was thegreaVaburce of einroe ;' and [ jS ™; - «« M 5 ^ nj «' 1 tolu » iT ^ l t 6-tli * ' WwtB : bf K " ' S ??^ dr : wd : Irelahd-rio , " it-Matt e ^ nded possessed ihe > . ekiir and ingenuity of ArKwwght , mPi a » d ! ofchefs , whjch had added largslf to ^" hMWrtjWfmSDf production ; but sSica terral increase . c # , wealth , that poverty and imsie ba ^ oreased !*¦ * $$ > time ^^ uSgS ^ SLJ ^ I "'^^ ^ " on adding arose " . toTioutei iuuaviimi

      , » , vn proauotiiMi , but unless * man ' si bhvwi-^ TSiK'" ^^^ ^^ -SS ! - samo time itvrould be worse than useless ; and it b ^ came them at once to «» tt Prince ^ lbW nd thepro ^ - moters ^ fe the . exhibition , that they ( tht industrfou ess tbeywere aUowed * the , privilege ofi SinS . ( Cheers . ^ Mr .. Kydd here read a ' statfeticdlil %$ showing the 'Bupenor eoadition of the- weavers in the seventeenth centu » jv to that ' of "tiM ; ' also a parhameirtaiw table of "life statistics , ? ' showing the . differenoo ( between tHe average durafiion of life o £ -thenoa « pBrfuqer , rand ! the producer 8 f-:, wealth ;! and , askedv w « fr * u > a jtt ^ distribution-that ^ aused death to knook twice at the poor man ' s door to the rich man once I that wealth should be so-plentiful and death qp common ? He cared nothing ; about the Gaudy Toy of 1851-n ^ . not even if a llwer of Babel was to be erected jn . Hyde-park , and ' aconl

      uunm 01 tongues sliould prevail-it was all nothing to him , unless-it could be proved that the labourers would . bebenefited thereby ; . He believed thatit would not only not benefit them , but would be-iniunous to them . Sir Robert 'Pfcers tariff had oaused both external aind internal c « mpetition ; his © proioii might be , at pvesent . 'in the- . minority , but that said nothing as regards the argument . The Commissioners say , that England would compete with the world in art and ; science , and that the articles-produced by that competition , would be shown , but no sale of them would take place .: He ( Mr . K . ) wanted to know who couM prevent Germans , Frenchmen , or nieh of any other nation , foom selling precisely the self-same / Kind of artiete : as that produced ' ?

      they knew it mattered not' who were the vendors . / The cry is . "buy in the cheapest market . " ( Loud cheers . ) He imagined that watch-ma-kers , fancy box-makers , and manufaeturers of articles ^ of ornament and elegance ,, would by this exhibition be made to feel the full effects of Sir Robert Peel ' s measures . Heobjectedto this exhibition , because it gave a much too , rapid impetus to the Free Trade policy . If it had been suggested to Mr . Cobden , at the time of the Corn-Law agitation , that specimens of all the wheat in the world should have beenexhibited . in one great market in Hyde-park , he would have objected that the vibration , from such a shock would have been too much for . the national weavers arid he decidedly thought it unfair tn lirincr all tho

      world m competition with' the English artizan . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Brougham , the old schoolfellow of Francis Homer , wbo so well understood political economy , was right when he said , " this exhibition of industry meant down , down , « lown with English prices ,: and down with English price * meant down ,, down , down with English wages . ' ? He might be told he did not reason the matter , fairly , that he did not take into account , orallotf for the improvement in English' taste , that superior china would bo brought from Dresden , than any that Staffordshire could produce ; that Turkey , Belgium , and Austria , would bring carpets that our Kidderminsters could not hope to equal ; but what is this to the operative , whose . cupboards are never

      ornamented ; by the china , and whose rooms the carpets never fit ? He had heard , from good authority , that parliament was about to vote a sum ot public money for the purpose of erecting the building ; but he could not seo . tho policy of votin * oven one single shilling to erect buildings for the world ' 3 rich men ; and , be it remembered , that neither parliament or . Sir Charles Wood made the money ; no ' , it is the people ' s money ; : and . he hoped the people would loudly . protest against such a profligate abuse oi their property ., It tho Chancellor of the Exchequer , had-ft-surplusp ' bettor far devote it to clothing the naked , and feedingthe hungry , who arc both naked and hungry , because they produced too much . Hedidriotobject ' tothisexhibitfori . becauso it

      was . " royal . He had no fault to find with Prince Albert ; no doubt he was as ijood as any other prince —( laughter)—but he befieved that Prince Albert was as ignorant of the lawa which should regulato production and distribution , as tho veriest clodhopper . His Mansion-house speech was a proof of this .. Prince Albert had there said " as soon as a thought was put forth , it was the property of every body . ' ? He ( Mr . Kydd ) denied this : for instanceevery body might value a handsome Paisley shawl , whilst few knew the mode of obtaining ono . ( Hear , hear . ) The last hundred years had been devoted to tho production of . wealth , and he thought it their duty at the present time to devote- their attention to the question of how . wealth could be best

      distriuutea iortno . aavantage , comfort , and happiness of the producers . ( Loud cheers . ) . He objected to this exhibition , because it was a world-wide show , without benefit to the people He objected to it ' because it would givo much too rapid a development of Sir Robert Peel ' s free , trade policy ; ho objected to it because the cry of " buy cheap and seildear" was tho most false , pernicious , and . damnable doctrine ever put forth . ( Loud ' cheers . ) : The labourer had nothing but his labour to dispose of , which was bought cheap and sold dear , which could only be advantageous to the middle man and fundholder . The evil of this age was not a want ' of property , but a mal-administration as regards the distribution of property . ( Loud cheers . ) ¦ The Royal

      Commission , said , it a ., man gained a prize on the score of cheapness , he must send up the invoiced price ; consequently , one of the objects of the exhibition was . to cheapen labour , ti'hy the tailors of London , and the distressed needle wom&n , were the victims of cheapness . ( Hear , hear . ) If cheapness was right , all that'had been said of the Moses ' s and Hyams ' s was wrong . But it appesived to him that the merchant knew no bible' but his day book , no God but his gold . ' ( Tenement cheering . ) England was notgreat from her line of Tudors or Guelphs , but from the ingenuity and industry of her army of workmen . ( Loud cheers . ) . Was he to be told that his . duty to his clients-demanded that he should support this exhibition ? He said no ; and in tUeiv name , he . said to Priiice Albert , go home arid restudy ybiir lesson , of political economy —( loud cheers)—and '; te Lord ' Dudley Stuart he said , think twice before you again < ro to narKament and

      speak once on this subject . ( Henr , hear . ) Had thehardy old ' . Cobbet stili ; liv . « rt , he would ^ havo : hurleft his mighty thunder at tbese , Free ; T « ide : Commissioners , and , told them : to establish- prosperity' at homo before , tlioy . looked to raising up foreign commerce ; -. ( Loud cheers . ) AVell , if tTney would liavo an exhibition of the world ' s wealth on the one side , oh the othev they skill have an exhibition of English' poverty and degradation . ( Isrimenae cheering . ) lie did not say- things there that he wouldr not repeat ' elsewhere , and would much like the-opportunity tomeet Prince Albert and tho Lord Mayor in ilisoussipn on the subject . ; and he bad no fear , bitt tho horny-handed mechanics would always com $ out BUCce ^ sM in any , such © neountor , for : , . ' ' ; "Wiint . t > iou ^ ii < inliamslyfarewedin « -, ] . ; '¦ Weiir-h ' oddih grey , and a' tliat . ' - ; ! ; 6 ic foo ) 3 theiv : silks , wid knaves tlujji 1 wine , . '¦'' . ,: A ; nwn | s a man foi ; -a ' that : ' , ... . . , : 1 Foiva'tiiut . anda ' that , ^ . .. ¦

      .... .. •/ Tfcteirtinselsho \ yand a'that ;' , Tli « hone ' stmanj though e ' en s ^ poov , ¦ ' < Js ; ki « go '; menft ) ra : tlH \ t . " , . ¦ ; Mr ^ ' Kydd s !\ t ; do > wn amidst lhov most sapturous and piroloneed choei'mgi ,, ' ,,, ;! \ , > .-. . - ¦ :-Mr . . ' D . ; w ,.. Ru ¥ nr , in seconding tho nation , said , tho exhibition appeared to . him another " dod"e " by . which the iniddlo' and tipper classes eouldtiie more effectually suck tlse flesh' aivj blood of th " wovking chsses . - ( Hcav , bear . ) -J , ook rounded see thoconatryjeomiiig with wealth ; an . l asfe'ttemselves who produced it-and-th * answer .- mvsk be thomsclves-thcnaskwho enjoys it-and the . reply must bMben ; masters . . ;; . Thci » : * a 8 to be aiiebti , relative to this exhibition , on . Thuvsdav \ m \ In with his friend ,, Kyd . 1 , should lmhS '" lS

      he « lo ^ . tmd ^ gentlemen ; " and . alho ^ he rievo LlS ' t 9 r f , > ? et i » . odia think he ' should I e iftblod to . Bhovv that' . tWs , exhibition ' was hDt for % radvantage . ( Ilear , heiF . )' . Theydidnotwani m increase of competition . » 'WU « lnb 6 uvi skill , and science , directed to Mother Efivth , i she would produce enough to keepallherobildren in comfort and mppiiiioss , . ( Cheers .. ) ..-. Onof of tlio ,-greatireasons tnattUe . pro . ( lucersjwerein ; 8 Hoh , great . nvisery , at the ; E . , esonk ; dav ,. , ; w , « 8 bpoauso ; qf / tKe-f ' curvency- laws . ' P ? y .: !^^ . a . syh } b . olio , gurr ' en c ^ " \ tbich \ . 8 . tain pcd ' . a fictitious . valu 6 " pnVthiwg 8 ; , an'd . ' : deMu . ded ' . 'th ' c : l ^ jbouver of tho product of Tiis' in ' diistif i ( l )' enr ,, hWr ) butt hey mus' £ begin' t'b ' ihihkand actforthemselves . . Thei ; e-were ; many ; !<< aodgeV ? ' beirig ; played ^ now , andithjjexhibitibn ' wagofle amen | 8 t the ' : mim i ii' ! vo- <* ni bz $ , v )» r )' ' . •? v : iii !; •?« 0 50 "S > iT (; ti

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      ^ r ^ H ^^ tWtbep ^ >/? : : , ¦• • • . Sowni purpogei ^ k ^^ iM ^ ffM ^^^^ ^^~^~^ ^ S read niid carefully ' . e 6 n 8 i d 4 f ^ ra ^ iej . 6 n '^) Mblut ion ^ :. ^; ' ' \ ' fit ^' Bronterre'P Brien , aridimwpewelleritiAeB the ^^^ \ f wereifS ^ ChjMrsJ )" , fflf > they ytti ^ Mtiimi&y , t $ ){> . <\ ^^^^ m ^ h ^ d yrmi ^^^ : ^ - towards their , ¦ pplitical , and . sooi 8 lrigbu . ; lTlieyi had ,.,. | been askedM 8 Mk :, ai » - ' ali | flncfrf ; eU ^ ei b- u -t ^ the : ^ aliianoe l& ' thfelft ^ i fc ; ' " \ , H needed ; and thaVinWnnohnVfiSiVi'Ai ^ V'K / nr *** - -t \ % ¦ : . ¦ & [ VSt !™ VIUYUUttJlOiWaS l ] l JUVOUr \ Vi ¦ ::

      "' ' fS' ? ., ' , , OI , - ^ WOB . . ; :. : . i' # lM # P ?^ ^^ % e 8 t « them 8 elVek' , 'i' # th'S - ' ' A ^ V ^ WnT ^ I ^^^ % ^^^ DR ticaland ' gooial'ObjeotSi'i '' ' « ' "'t \ ' \ * ; M | pP « MBfl |^^ thew . 4 \ Ap r ISli ^ ll ^^^ M ^ Mopi eifit the sanfe , t \ ± \\ t > m ^^ % « atpd / woras Worig enough , ' to " , VVN g ^« ( Cheers ;) * If h ? said ^ wiything not ; , i . acoordance with tvutbi lie Kvped ' \ ^ ft = li ?;/^ . 1 ^*^ tto ^ . o | i'idFffi ' d " ' eviry " : ^ (> ccaWn ; ther ^ onldVhear ; alluddes ^ v \ patieiWr ^ iet theirjudgmeht'innfo ¦ % ¦ means : \\ -

      ! r ^ had # » olijecied : by Mr ., Kydd ; that the Jroi ! 'posed- exipeition '• was an altem py to reduce wagos ivwrShe doubted if \ wages coald fall much lower and' hevani » ipated . that on thk } ., subject Eariish ' : i 5 nrplbyers : ^ ouli , fiad . " ' 3 . Kowland for their 01 '' . \ Mil discover the isWer impossibiliisy of 1 competing ;;; eflSfetuftlly' with' . tlieir' board of texea with'tfie ' comparatively unfroxed manufa ' ctureiift of the . ieontiheht . (( Hear .-J The day- waj nofc far ' diBtRTift' when tlSew menVwouloVbo- tried 1 in Jhe f balaricar and founiiwahtihji i , It wastheir . duty to . i haiitenonthat day ^ andforward thr . 'Igooditime ; . " < when & ® of human Mtii should ' -be con < Janted ,. happy r ; and free-, " , (( Oheers . )>; , . . . \ " . " . . ... '¦ '"• , I ¦ Mi \ . \ 3 . }\ tiB ^ Bc aae forwflfPdamidsJIou ' doJieersv and said . ' wVfar ' as webibitiose-of ibdbstiT we ' re- " '

      iconcer " ned ' tHey had had ? ehclBgh ' of tHem . ' The- ' ' ineedle ^ onieti'hnd ' flhdTrn' theni ^ ihnt' ; : and the poet .. ' JBiqmas Hci&dj . in his osceHent " Song of the Sbirt ; " ' Siwljexhibited'their fruits : ( OheJJrs ;)! He -Sad been- ¦ sTOryindiistrMniSi . from ! thedays-oi l his-b 6 yl » od ; . and , / . th ' e fruits of : bisrindustry L were- ; tbree"hogsheads- of 1 stilly . ; ( Lal 2 gbter ;)^; Newrthe ^ c 8 s ^ edid n < Athinfc , he-should getiactuation- by « referring- to his- last pfhco : for a ch » f » 5 ter . - ( Laugbterl ) i He ¦ thoughti . he- ' op « ld ; npt . dq ( bs [ tterthan pat'bimseiriirto « , the' exhii- ' ' bi 4 k > B , " as ' an ' r ai » sition : ot''iinJosti y ' ' aiklMt 8 fruit 9 r " ' ' and' doubtless We * ( s hould gftifiraprtn > : v ( Increased' - ^ laughter . ) Mrv * Bezer , in . aihtimom ^ tis ' speechi . ; : a winch , elicited peals- df inughterj . alluiJedvto Lord' ¦' ¦ • i

      Brsngharo ' s pqifitiom relativ 9 : tO ' "higbkndibreeKs > •»¦ . and » kilts . " , H ^ e-then drew a oomj . ari 8 ow-betweeni l'icli'and poor paap . ers > likewise a deBeription , qf , Ne w « ,. " . ' gatearid its inmates ,. and the denioralisingieffijct ' of" "' presentprison disoipline on its-unfdrtuuat& yiejHni 8 , ' . ; ' and resumed bis seatloudly applauded . ¦ ; >; : ' ' : ' JJp ; . P . fiiKB ! HA « L-CTistepped forward an ' d'said , by . : - ' permisBiori of th » p bair , he was-desiroils o ^' ctJr ' rect- : ingan . errorjmadeby . Mr . Walter Oooperi . oh . Tues- ; day evening last relative to the boot' and shoe- mabew-.. . He had . snid that they had expended £ S 59 ' , on a strike . Nbw > . tHe ! sum actually expended since

      Christmas last wsb * only 4207—Mil of ' w ' rHoh > had been , expendbd iii . printing ' , and on tlie- - wovkiing' . ' ' committee . Thirty . , shiliirigs per weekhad also gone- * to the -secretary ; , andten shillings per . week foritho ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' - use of- ' a oommittee-room . Mv . llanley here-en-- - ' . ' teredi into the usual routine of strikes , ; and < : said i such , things ,, under present circumstances ; . werej-necesaary ,, to prevent gj-oss tyrannyvand reduction ; of . wages-. GHearj . bean . ) After a few words > in , suppprb oC tlm resolution , a denunciation , of deserters , ' < uidan invocation t « 'Union in the good ola oause ¦ ofi . "" sterling democracy . Mr . Hanley rosumed his ^ seat , ' warmly , applauded ^ : . . . - Tho resolution was then put and- carried ! unanimously . ¦ :. . ¦ ¦ " . . . . :, .

      Three cheers wne then called fb ^ . andi heartily given ,. for Mr . Francis Looney , upon . which ,, amidst rapturousapplausaj . Mr . Looneyros 9 j- andaoknowledged the cbmwliment paid him .. Throe oheers were also given for ; the martyrs nowin prison . A vote of thanks was then givenby > acclamation to . the chairman .. '¦' . ¦¦ ¦ £ 112 s . 6 | d . waacollected at the .-door—a . great addition was made . to the number , of ¦ members of the Charter . Assoeiation , and thus-terminated this spirited nndenthusiastic meeting .

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      " THE . HONESTY ETJK © .. , , TO FBA 3 GUS O ' CONNOR , E 3 ^ , M . B :. Rkspected S * r . —In viewing the proceedings of your recent tnial . with tho Nottingham jpurnalisfc ,. Bradshaw , w . e- entertain no other , feelinss on the subject than , those of unmixed contempt and disgust , for the legal exhibition ofi meek-justice and personal aninissity , so unblu 3 Uingly and . shamelessly displayed , " to secure a verdict against , you , in order , if possible , to blast your unsullied reputation , and destroy your influence with , the mass of the people . : But sir , we believe your , reputation is of too sterling a quality , and your , influence too great and . powerful , " to suffer either by tho slander of interested personal foes ,, on- the calumny of collective took . Your years of . untiring . 2 » al ' and disintcfested'devotion to the . advocacy , of the rights of kbouB- —your straightforward ., aad manlj

      opposition to the tyrants and spoliators of the human race , piaca-the working classes , we conceive , under a . debt of < " everlasting obligation , and gratitude to you , for thase valuable services ^ From these eoiisiderations ,. we think ib the dutyof every lover of liberty ,. Mid hater of oppression , to . lend . a belping handi to render theenvenouaed darts of claw power liniMiiless , by successfully defeating the . object sought to bo accomplished by them , namely-, ruin him wsth expenses . " In accordance with these views we respectfully inclose-a post-oflico order for our .- ante of fifteen shillings towards the expenses of th » trial . HosHiigyou may live to see tho . spuedy downfall of tyyanny and injustice , and the &stablishment of the fevuq sovereignty , of the people ,, we remain Sir , Yours in / the cause of Ijight , A few Optative Tailors . Hanley , Staffordshire . ' ¦

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      . -. -UB —¦ ; BRITISH COLLEGE OF H ^ AWfH ,. Nrw I ?© ad , Loxnoife . 1 Report of Lieutenant Jplin iIaekiiinpa ,, General . lSjgciuii j Agent to the British CoUwce of Health , New-roai ] , iundon . ' ... , Cape Breton , . March 16 ^ 1850 , : ' : ' . TO MSSSKS . MOSI 130 X : Deau , Siit 3 , —rl have tie pleasure tccoininunfeate to you that nil th ^ t my heart ceuW desiru has . becn fully ' aiicon \ ri \ isU with rcspec * to my jaaetice ;> s jour , agent sipae-l last roported ; ' a » fi it . would , bo tedious , ir ^ ecd , to give a statement ii ^ full of tho numerous cases of cure and hcnclils derived from the heaven-blessed lacdieincs ^ S the liritiik Colh'ij ? of Health . Th- i ' decided suj ^ isiori ty of the JTygoian s ^ tem of medicineio all orrtmaiy medical psactico ha * " oron recently tested in our neighbourhood , tl' 4 paniculai ; i » ot ' which I feel hound to cotnipuniiHito to y . w . We 5-, ii : < e lately lu'Cu visited with-a fatal disease ' tc-rdied by ovt ; v doctors ' typhu * fever—and th * name ' of the uisouse uppg ^ ps U > lie aft thev ^ kiiow aliout li ; for all the patients they , took m hand werli soon hurried So the Ioiir ha » ne . Aiiiwig ; oihcrs who Mii ivictims to t ' als dreadful disease was ii ' 5 Uv : £ * ter Kelly , og 3 $ twenty-two ; a Miss -Mtirj MusKvav '«; a bloiimhig yimfiK lady of niiM-teen ; and , I-Hrvb proof i ' tiat the first doc . { oi « einpioyeainthis case after admimatoiua- incdieiiie . iu « blisteriij ? and biccdingitb ' exccss , ftgolnutil he hud mistuftvu licrdisovder ! howevcy , theyFoon geqt'lier to hevnc ^ oiittt amoiij f tlicin . Anotljaif who . sul'fliitt «»! heivolt , to tluj-doctor ' s ; sveatmcv . t , w ^ a Mrs . JiMfciy , a young « : avrinl woiiian . aged t \ ve >; jjsonrj havir ^ ont- child . She tqo , poor . YOt ; ug thing , ' ' was ; soon liurrlcd ii > the grave . Peqple now htaiui to (» et out aficoncei t of the ilwtors , mid- thctiimon ing ii 3 « ivu \ uals lV . UiSiiilthemselves . ij ) , Hi . V hands to t ? treated with tlie ' lIJK ' . 'iiui wedipines olWVU . Morison ; ana , tmdi > r llio iWe ' ssiug of CSud : the success oSyour hicilicincs ,. gentlnnt-n , ! li ' ns , in thu ^ Ijjolo cf theso cases , been siitisritctqi'ji in a high ' degree , tot sltuiy patientsijuive- been thovougJ . jy vestoml to health . . " . ' .. ' . ' Missls ^ ivjt Ann lloffivt . t > saine age and rc . ltiJ « l to the de . parted JSJtes'Musgvavo * ' . ¦ ' " MohstMnWiw , twsin > Smr . yenvs <> fngs . . . , JlHvSmlerytwcijty-Jtivec years ot 1 W ' , ' ..

      , ' Tijjc Misses OVijflt , two sisters , avid / , many others \ vl : A . had the fever % lj . tlybj tukinj , ' the jiitts . i : i- liuio ; the nouie ojthiise 1 Imvo * uof wentioneil , but . Wio . ^ b whose nanita i SBiuVyou I ccasidi ;! , were on the bvfcifcof eternity , but U : iv are ' tibw pcrfcctly . recovered , iiud I have every hop ;> . Uu > diseasehiisiinvv vanished . H-cp . mficd . -off five iiicni \ ii'i-s in one ltuui ( j uctu -Sitiney , and ihctfQttcsrs th _ i'e ueUV . ^ v . fo \ ew ; the natoe of tlift iViseiise or hovv t , o , ( ; we it . I shuil only add thatl rcji ^ e tij know that the s . ys ! tm nnrt niWicint of the l » t « \ e «« r « Me Oatucs > i < V :. = o i > . anfirmly ' cstaUishcd , and rl ^ n tlve liouest peftriB ' . who si"ncd the pcti inn . to piirliatiie ^ against the « scj ! . ; t ! i ] sale of " iketors' puis-onsare tolu ^ v e . tho \ r-umnt-s rpvQ ; ii ( jd '» mull tei-i piidein the rtflcetim \ that I have O . ovi mv d ' itv in tho cause on this side thg ^ AUnntie ; :. and lave : ' t « n chiiihvn -vll thovonghly inipvcsMd wiih tho souufesss ^ Jho Mwisoi . ian theory . bhouldUveiiTew . dnjs ^ npev 1 shall be \ i *\ , ftvoycws . of . ^ nndl have" taV « n 'tt-m - tlmc 18 , 923-lit yom ' pills ; but duvHiftlid . TOVtWi'j ^ rsahawjjiJMptei ii 3 niany ,, n twelve uronths jisl fohnwly tookia ^^* sis ¦ ; ™^ -r «^ rSmB

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      Dickenson ' s-bnildings , Hall-street , Bilson , April 28 th . Dear Aephew aso Fbiksds . —I make no apology for sending you the copy of a letter received from Cooper , last Thursday . I met George Rogers this morning , and he tells me that- a Ifew South Wales paper has the following notice : — " We hear that Mr . Frost U to be recommended to the Home Government for cmanapatiori , so we may live to see the veteran in England again . " P . S . —Be sure to tell James Linney , that Frost is likely to come back . I do not think that there is a more likely person in London , ( except the government officials ,. ) than George Rogers ; to have the intelligence , nor is there a more trnth-tellins

      man . However , such as it is , I send it to you . As you are to have O'Connor to morrow , just let him see my news ; and should he think well , he can announce it to the meeting . Make my regards to him , and tell him that It is only that poor man ' s enemy , ( poverty , ) thai keeps me from teeing him . I am . so lame , that I dare not attempt to walk , or else I would ; yon do ' not know how I long to be an . ongstyou at the opening of the old gospel shop for the better purpose of a working man ' shall . May success attend your opening . Make my kind regards to Mother and all the family , to Mr H D Shaw , to T Mountfort , and all the other branches of the family . - . \ Belfeve me to be , yours , &c . '• Jonx Richards

      ^ . . . . Respects to Yates and Wife , and to Ms family and indeed to all true Democrats of the Potteries

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      Gitiso a Pbisoser toe Besefit ot a Doubt .-The followipg acene took place at the Town Hall Giavesend . a short tune since :-Recorder : Gentle ^ men of the jury , the prisoner at the , bar is indicted for stealing a piece of meat , the property of thp prosecutor . You have heard the evidence , ' and [ if you have any doubt upon your minds you must give the prisoner the benefit of such doubt . ( Jury turn ronnd in box—much whispering—sagacious nruta

      with repeated reference to notes—Jud ge fiilgettv from delay—prisoner from fear—Jury , turn roundsilence . ) The'Tbwn Clerk . —How say you , Gentle- ; men , " guilty , " or " not guilty ? " Foreman . — " Guilty ; " but we recommend him to mercy . Recorder ( surprised ) . —On what grounds ! For&-inan- ^ -Because we don't think he * s : the man . We don ' t think there is sufficient evidence of ^ identity . " Recorder . —I told yon , gentlemen , that if-you have any doubt ,. yon must give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt . Foremna . —Well , theD , ire find . Wni " guilty , " ; -y - ¦ .-.- ' ;_ : . ;;; >; -

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      GREAT .: MEETING AT TEE LITERARY AND PS ^ S ^ TI 0 S ' J 0 BS STRECT ' ^ On Tuesday evening , April 30 th , the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association wore ^ again gratified in witnessing an overflowing audience . Ihe subject chosen for discussion was , howjar thei " National Exhibition of Industry of auditions would raise tho social condition of the operatives . . .,

      Mr . John Miise was unanimously called to the chair , and very briefly , amidst the most rapturous applause , introduced M . S . M . Kybd' to move the resolution as follows;— " That in the opinion of tins meeting , tho Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations ' , to beholden in the year 1831 ; is in no way likely to prove of any real advantage to the labouring classes of this country , in so / far as its tendency will be to increase competition and tho power of production , without in any way providing for . an efficient distribution of the -wealth " produced . " Mr . Ktdd said , the ' resolution had been su" « e 8 ted by himsel f , and . might be considered out . of the way ofthensual routine of business —( no ; no , )—but it was sufficient tor him to know , that it contained his senuments ; and that thisy vsore what he conceived to bo truths , and of . great importance to his order , the wealth producers . ( Hear .. hear . Y . It did

      not concern lum . to ; know if its terms Buitod the Coninnssioners ,-or , their , royal patron . Ho knew not how those affairs ., were managed in ! tho petty German states , but here sbmo persons were apt to hold and give expression to ' opinions oftheir owri ; It ; had gonefortho ' n the wings of : the ? press , "thiit the . people of England werehoavfc-and ; sbul with ( thls supposed ' exhibition ; but ho / -as " an hunibl ' e citizen , took leave to : say ,: it would riot benefit'the half ; or wholly unemployed , opevative 8 . " , < vBe . had weighed the ; nia vtter ; jrihis ; ow . n imind J ' , and ) thought past j experience the best guide for the future was he ; asked would it stir , upMngenuity .-ttie' arts and soiencos , he saitf ytisr > Vas > e asked % Md it increap mechanicMknowledge ; ' he again said yes , J :. ir ! -f'S 9 iJ »<» l J !^; :- » * fv ; Ci-npa , V . J d j * ts . i ! J { , '

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      TO FEAIiaUS O ' CONNOR , . 331 J ., it . P . Sir . —Language fails adequately to express oar * - fecliiig of respect and admiration of one who hasso long consistently and ardeii&Iy strove to email ,- , cipate his fellow men from that . political and social , thraldom to wb . ich he has becn > so long sulijected . . Nevertheless , we beg to state ifcas our opiiiicn ,. th | it : it is absurd to expect justice fov a Chartist , at ^ tbehands of a Bstish jury , as spaiaiy is at present eon- , stituted : ; in , fact , your own . asperience , wu doubt , notj will have satisfied you , upon this point . Ipuiv late trial with Bradshaw oMJottingham , wothinib ,. is sufficient , to convince th , e most , scepticaliupon ! . this subjeGt , a trial , the result of which , bvantls thojury yvithi an iniimy vf . hich no . tinio can , efffice .. We have enclosed a post » Q % e order for £ i | l § 3 . » being £ l \ 5 s . from a few . Chartists who meet afc . tho Old Trooper Inn , for the lnte trial of 0 'Connor •«•„ Bradshaw , and 5 s . fpr ; tUc .. i ) ito Macniinuvra .. action , ; also 5 s . from a ' . few friends , who meutat tho . QM Blue Cell , for the trial . of .. © 'Connor « . ' Bffjil ^» 3 i . lam , Sir , Yours mostirespectfully , On behalf-of tho Committee ! Suiton in Ashfield . . W . Teiki ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1572/page/1/