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    • ^i THE TEN HOURS BILL.
    • WINDING UP OP THE LAND COM-
    • fiational ?ianfc comuiimv
    • ©flutist Sttteiligettce.
    • - , CHARTIST MEETING AT LIMEffgJtf&E;. -—- - ¦
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      *? Hd - ^ pSp J ® ™ PARTICULAR , - , ASO TO . THE WORBING- CLASSES generally . ! My Fbiejjds , — te much anxiety has been jiatarall y felt ™ respect to the winding up of the Land Company , I beg to infonn the members that tte requisite steps are now being taken to eflect that object , in which I have the greatest interest . Perhaps the people -will have already learned the difficulties agains t which lnave had to contend—not legal difficulties or Parliamentary difficulties only , but class opposition , upon which those legal and Parliamentary difficulties are based ; because the f orking classes must understand , that the term law is amerefarce as regards their class , * ri that the House of Commons is a mere "ShowBox" where tricksters perform to thea-own advantage , and nottothe advantage tf ^ wlwsemtei ^ , . bet , me ewe you the clearest-definitinn

      t | £ reen tfce position of one . who deyoSpMs tg £ to the 6 ^ w ; of thepS BPf ;~ anddfem ^ a » gwtesMstime to his ^ fsovices . 'g ^ ve ¥ m&f * SJ $ g £ taeati * gfc my' ^ ower ^ Ka Sfe ^ l ^ ^ ™ &&m sScSuiy < eyelop ^ % | , T ^ oU ^^^| g ^^ : ^ goage of the Ohap T ^ p ^^ e HoUbg " of Commons—" It would" Kve united and " knitted the

      ^ gether hearb ofallwithiutliese reaimsr But the House does not follow that maxim . « ell , I have done my utmost to secure legal protection for your funds , while every opposition—legal , Parliamentary , and party—has been thrown in my way . And now to prove the maxim that "One man may steal a horse ¦ tfhile another dares not look over the wall /' let me give you an instance .

      . Last week I presented a petition to the House of Commons from a Mr . Hyatt , a most respectable person : it complained of gross and . fraudulent acts practised by Mr . Fox-3 fLAXQ £ E , a Commissioner of Bankrupts . On Tuesday I moved that the petition be printed , tp enable me to move for a committee to investigate the matter ; and now , I pray you to mark the groundsupon which Mr . Thoexley , the chairman of the petition committee , opposed iay motion ; they were two : — Firstly—That the charges against Mr . Fonblaxque were most GRAVE and SERIOUS — 'and ,

      Secondly—That the printing of the petition ¦ would costthe country FIFTEEN POUNDS . Xovr , suppose charges , not of a very grave er serious nature , but of a silly und ridiculous nature , were hinted at against me , and suppose the printing of those charges , for the purpose of referring them to a committee , ¦ w ould cost the country ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS , does the reader suppose that it would be refused ? Not a bit of it . "W ell , I was determined to divide upon the subject ; one voted with me , Mr . Barxakd ,

      the Member for Greenwich ; and , curious to say , two Irish Members , representing English constituencies , the independent Shabman Ckawfobd , and myself , were the two tellers , and one hundred aad seven voted against me . "Will not this give the reader a clear and unmistakeable definition of the fact , that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor ? I have now adopted the onl y course that is open to me to wind up the Land Company . On Friday last I had it advertised in the Gazette : this week it will he advertised in one

      paper in each county where each Estate is situated ; nest week , according to the usual ^ orm , I will present the petition to the House of Commons , and then , as so much sympathy ias beenespressed for the shareholders , I have every reason to hope and expect that I shall 2 > e allowed to "WIND THE COMPANY UP ; while I must inform those who are most deeply interested in the concern , that the parliamentary expenses alone will amount to between

      £ 300 and £ 400 ; and , as it must not be pre--Eumed that a man can do a nation ' s work , I think it right to inform the shareholders that I cannot proceed in this course unless the means are IMMEDIATELY SUPPLIED ; -and when the operation is performed , I am resolved upon establishing another Company , "based in confidence upon myself ; as , suffer "what I may while living , I am determined that my memory shall live in the hearts of those who mav survive me , and live after me .

      I trust that I do not make this appeal in Tain ; and I also trust , that , if it is not complied with , the shareholders will grumble at themselves , and not at me—as a few pence from each will supply the necessary means . As it is always my wish to do justice to the dead , as well as to keep the national -mind fixed upon the great and important question of Labour and its profits , I will now offer a Arord or two by way of comment , upon the -melancholy death of poor Sir Robert Peel . I do this for two purposes :

      Firstly , —To define the antagonism against which he had to contend , for having abandoned the worn-out policy based upon exploded ignorance ; and Secondly , —To prove the means by which he became wealthy . And , though I love to see a man elevate himself from the ranks of the people to the dignified position of statesman , I do not love the system which enables the speculator to jump from his cloga into Spanish leather T ) oots , and from the dung-cart to the carriage

      —if Ms elevation is based upon the dependency , the slavery , and non-representation of those out of whose sweat he coins his gold , and becomes a millionaire as if by magic . "When Peel represented the black-slugs and bigots of the University of Oxford , in defiance of ° their unchristian prejudice , he granted Emancipation to the Catholic people—a measure which , althoug h of no benefit to that order , stigmatised him as an infidel in the eye 3 of those who lived , revelled ,

      luxuriated , and fattened upon the degradation of the Catholic people . When he carried that measure , he lost the confidence of the bigotted slugs ; and subsequently , when he carried Free Trade—from which he anticipated greater benefit than accrued—he lost the confidence of Protectionist landlords and « lodpoles . Peel never attempted to elevate his family or his relations by Government patronage . His policy , whether right or wrong , was based upon principle , and to carry it out he set all factious antagonism at defiance .

      " De mortnis nil nisi bonum . "Of the dead nothing but what ' s good , " is an old maxim , but one to which I have not adlered , while others do . The Times has been the most violent and brutal denouncer of Sir Uobert Peel while living , but now that he is tlead , the same organ trumpets forth hia praise , tells us that we ne ' er shall look upon his like again , that he was the great statesman of the age , and asks who was like unto him . Must not such'hypocrisy be wounding to all generous feeling , and must it not destroy all confidence in the mere organs of factiou ?

      I will now turn to the consideration of my second topic , namely , the means by which men elevate themselves . * The Morning Chroniclethe organ of the Peel party—tells us that Sir Robeut ' s father employed fifteen thousand hands in his factory , and states the rapidity with which he accumulated wealth , -when machinery came upon us with a hop , step , and

      jump ; and , much as I regret the death of Sir Roisert Peel , I cannot refrain from using every argument which is illustrative and oonfirmatory of the principles that I have invariabl y propounded : which are , that the rapid increase of machinery has intimidated the Government from legislating fairly for it—that it has retarded—nay , prevented—the proper cul-{ ivatftn of oar national resources , which should

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      be measured by state necessity asd national requirement ; and j » w to prove the fact , from the one instance furnished b y the Ckronkle-if bir Robert Peel ' s father employed fifteen thousand hands , and made aprofit of only one shilling a week upon the labour ofieacb , that would amoumV to . Beyenhuna ^ ana o fifiy pounds a week ; or tb ^ i miaethon ^ d pojn i ®! we *?* ^ t ^^ vMMk ^ yim Do measured Bv state nppnocifrt «» A-nn « : « n ~ i

      . t ^' SpipS ^ n ^^ e ^ l ii ^ ip ^ it not been ^^ sSiwadvantage , Sir Robert ?^ l ™* y ^ ifi $ K £ ItiU living , andVy&jSng ^ t' ^ lo 6 m ^ p |^|^^; md ^ iiat d ^ ais hundred 8 jo |||^ 8 ahd 8 ^ -now in-the samefcondition ih ^^^ MJwhena child ; ; and ; wh (^ if | their parjmniid iftopower of educating . ^ eni as SjtjI ^^ rt ' s father had , would be as well qualified fill the office of Statesman or Prim ^ e Minister .--. . ' : * ^ ~ -: > . ' ' - : "

      The reader must on no account imagine that these comments are intended to oast any reflection except that of greatness upon father or son , as I have much , greater respect for the man who elevates himself by industry and talent , than I have for the tinselled , brainless nincompoop , who is jjprn an hereditary legislator with a golden spoon in his mouth ; but I use the argument to prove the state to which unwilling paupers , now pining in bastiles , may be elevated , if our representative system and our Government was based upon industry and intellect , instead of upon idleness , luxury , and hereditary caprice .

      To turn from this subject , which is a very melancholy one , I beg to inform the members of the Land Company , that next week I will publish the petition presented to the House for winding up the Company ; and in every subsequent number , I -will publish all that takes place with regard to the proceedings of the parliamentary agent , and in the House of Commons , but the MEANS I MUST HAVE , and that IMMEDIATELY . Your Faithful Friend , and Unpaid Bailiff Feargus O'Connor .

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      the necessary arrangements had been made for this affair , which will take p ) aee on Thursday , July Hth . at the John-street Institution . —The Weekly Meetings at Mn-strtri ^— It was resolved : — " That the Institution be ; taken for six weeks , commencing Tuesday ; eyeatog , July 16 th , . aai'ftat nomeetrog . be held ^ TueMay f e $ 5 i ^ : iag ^ J . oneaVfe 8 tiTali * on : the- iaia ^ uig sTnaraday &r *\^ ......... ___ v * ,

      v ^ g-jm ^ mXMegaie ; : Oowim ^ ^ v ; A ^^^ de ^ torBscertain : if mt "st , compripffliiaing thirty . members , ; ; would be |^ W ??^ % . M tttrn . a ^ em ^^ itro 'i ^ etn ^ { Wan Delegate Council jVwhich .- * ai hoMitsfir ^ "ttingjt the ; Cite ; Chartist Hall , 'Gblaen-Iai 4 oftSuM ^ afterfcieit ; : ^ ihree o ' clock ;—g ^ : ^ : ? wered in the ^ affirmative . The tpmmittee . adjourned until Wednesday evei £ jug , July 10 th . ; . .-. . ¦ : ; ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ . _

      Bloomsburt . —a meeting of the friends and supporters ofthe People ' s Charter , convened by Mr . Cottle , was held at the Globe Coffee-house , Red Lion-street , Holborn , on Monday evening , July 1 st . Mr . Elliot was called to the chair , aud briefly opened the proceedings , by pointing to the great extent of the Bloomsbury . district , the vast quantities of wealth-producers that resided in it , and the amount of wealth those sons of toil must annuall y send forth —( loud cheers )—then how necessary it was that they should be up and doing , in conjunction with the other portions

      of London . Messrs . D . O'Connor , Leno , and Harmaii having eloquently expatiated on the necessity of forming a locality of the National Charter Association , en the motion of Messrs ^ Leno and Harmau it was resolved , " That a locality , to be called the Bloomsbury Locality of the National Charter Association , be nowformed . " "That Messrs . Cottle , Lewis , Norman , Durant , Harman , Connor , Finlan , and Soley , be a Provisional Committee for conducting the same . " "That W . H . Cottle

      be sub-secretary and Mr . Lewis sub-treasurer . '' "That , this meeting at its rising stand adjourned until Thursday evening next , at the Temperance-hall , 41 , Tottenham-court Road . " '' That the best thanks of this meeting be hereby given to Mr . Cottle for convening it ; and to Mr . Elliot , for the admirable mode in which he has conducted its proceedings . " The meeting then broke up . This is the second locality that the friends of " The Democratic Propagandist Society * ' have formed .

      Chartist Hall , 2 G , Golden-lane , Barbican . —A public meeting was held at the above hall to take into consideration what step we ought to take in reference to the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . After much discussion the meeting was adjourned to Wednesday evening , the 10 th inst . Maryleboxe . —The members of the Marylebone Locality of the National Charter

      Association , met in their room at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , on Sunday evening , 30 th June . Mr , Pattenden in the chair .. The secretary read the rules of tho National Charter Association . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . New members were enrolled , aud took out cards . The meeting then adjourned till Sunday evening , July 7 th , at nine o ' clock .

      Sheffield . —The branch of the National Reform League , meet ing at Mr . Grayson ' s Temperance House , Steelhouse-lane , assembled on Sunday evening last , when an interesting discussion took place on the universal right to the Land , in which a Lieutenant of the United States took part . Leicester . —A meeting of the members of this locality of the National Charter Association , specially convened , was held on Monday evening , July 1 st , when the following resolution was adopted : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that we should not countenance

      the National Parliamentary and Financial Reformers ; that while we do not give them the slightest support , we should not , on the contrary , offer them opposition ; as by doing so we think we should attach an importance to them which , to our opinion , they do not possess ; but that we employ our means , intelligence , and energies for the exclusive support of our own Association , our purpose being to spread a knowledge of political and social rights among the masses , and to elevate our own class mentally , morally , and physically . "

      East Marylebone . —On Sunday evening , Juno 30 th , a meeting was held at the King and Queen , Foley-street , for the purpose of forming a locality of the National Charter Association for the district . Mr . Marsden was called to the chair . Messrs . Arnott and Milue attended from the Executive Committee . The necessar y preliminary pro ceedings having been gone through , it was unanimously agreed

      that a locality to be called " Tho Washington Locality of Democratic and Social Reformers of the National Charter Association" be now formed . Most of the friends present enrolled their names as members . A Committee was elected . Four shillings and fourpenco was received for cards , which was handed over to Mr . Arnott ; and the Chairman stated that ho had no doubt that they would bo able to enrol fifty members within a month .

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      RELEASE OF MR . FUSSELL FROM TOTHILL-FIELDS PRISON . On "Wednesday morning an order was dispatched from the Home-office to Lieut . Tracey , the governor of the House of Correction , To ' thill-lields , Westminster , intimatiug that her Majesty had been pleased to remit the nuexpired term ( rather more than three months ) of the sentence pronounced at the Old Bailey in 1848 , upon Mr . Fussell , who with others , was convicted of sedition . The term of imprisonment to which Ernest Jones was sentenced will expire on the 11 th inst . —Times . On Thursday morning bail was tendered and accepted , and Mr . Fussell liberated .

      ^I The Ten Hours Bill.

      ^ i THE TEN HOURS BILL .

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      S 2 f * ° ? FTl conviction of the uselessS pf . mcrtly politicalchanges or . reforms . ; .-. fexeepfcSfe ™ i ^ W ^ d ; t ? sustain the Ja ^ i ofprjlresf Wejwojple / v . jfc ^ he r £ lj 0 iced tQ se 0 . S ^ t ^ W 0 Chartis meetings , as they gayotheto tojhen-insidious foes . ( Loud cheeS Sirt $ * U ? 8 18 t » : ? te ? , and others had united in SmSiTJ " ?? ^ V- ^ Priwwnont , that Char-Sfftorf ! d wTW terH | n « lB *« ni > onBlyadvJsBd SSS ^ fl ? ' lnOT ^ ? ¦ makenoa " Ptto wh W » j r ° w gUeSS hla , P " M at findi « g such large and highly respectable meetings as that ho wunessed at John-street , and the one now before SL - ? - ? !? } h ° utm 03 t P ride and Pleasure to renew his fealty to the cause , and move that re-BoJutioBf ( Loudcheers . ) . . H _ MrTWuLUM Nkwiox ; a licensed victualler , . came torwavd , amidst loud cheers , to second the resolution , and expressed his pleasure in so doing , as it went for something more than mere . uolitica it .

      Wi Tr-iT 1 rights ; and if . thcso were broached and . fairly d . scussed , by the time they got fcnS ' ?? v ° Ul ( l kn , how t 0 « s « tliom . . ilW n , ( hsco [ ered th . it if they wanted then- work well done they must do it themselves , lu Z L ^ ^ ? sked , . " What would they do with the Charter when they got it V The answer lg l 3 summc , , piit al 1 th ° taxes on leal property-repeal the game Jaws - separate church and state , and profitabl y employ and educate the people ; and it was his firm conviction , that until tho labour question was thoroughly investigated , their social condition would never be effectually ameliorated . ( Hear , hear . ) What he now complained of was , that work was nrecarious .

      thousands being without employment , whilst immense tracts of land lay idle . ( Vehement cheering . ) He behoved that six millions of acres were in this stato ; and if on y a moiety of tho money spent in poor rates had Ueen applied to the profitable employment ofthe people on the land , how many families might have been preserved from poverty , misery , crime , degradation , and death , and rendered contented and happy ? ( Loud cheers . ) He was delighted at the way in which Chartism was now advocated . Chartist meetings , to his humble thinking , were the true schools for the sons of toil ( Loud cheers . ) BRONTEimu O'BniEN , who was much applauded , came forward and apologised for Mr . Reynolds , on the ground of indisposition , and said he felt deenlv

      interested in the question before them . During the twenty-one years he had taken part in public attairs , he had inculcated the necessity of advocating social ri ghts , lie knew the impossibility of teaching sooial rights in all their details to myriads of people ,, gathered together under tho canopy of lleaven . Hence he said to their leaders , get them together in sections , teach them , and the knowedge will spread like the waves , until the world becomes as it were a mi ghty ocean of knowledge . ( Loud cheerB . ) lie knew there were some men in existence who opposed the advocacy of social rights on the ground that it would drive away and alienate the upper classes , but did they believe tyrants would ever be m favour of social ririits . nr riirf tlmv

      imagine tyrants would ever obtain their rieh ' ts without knowing them ? Thinkyouif tho solifters knew their social rights they would be found fichtin " for a shilling a day , with . tho prospect of a retiring pension of fivepence per diem , and a timber toe ? No , no ; under such circumstances , the results Of Waterloo would have been very different ; they would havo sent the commanders to "immortal elory , " and in extacy , English , French , and Prussian would have rushed into each others arms , and proclaimed tho true fraternity of nations . ( Much applause . ) Mr . O'Brien here gave a touching reci-. talof the bloody . scenes enacted on . the plains , of Waterloo—and recounted " the exceeding mercies vouchsafed to the glorious 28 th , " in the several

      campaigns on tho scorching sands of Egypt—the biting frost and bitter snows of Canada—the burning rays of India , and under the mighty roar ofthe thundering Artillery of Waterloo — the deaths of their Generals , Abercrombie , Wolf , Sir John Moore , and the wounding ofthe gallant Anglesey , and the continuous thinning of their ranks by tho " round shot" of the enemy , amidst tho loudest applause , If the soldiers knew their social rights would they risk life and limb in fighting for that which did not concern them ? ( Loud cheers . ) Oh ! had the people but their social rights , not a single bein » would bo found miserable , wretched and unhappy , but all within the British territories would be rendered comfortable , contented , and happy , and this , too

      , for the very minimum amount of labour . Ho called upon them to form a good locality of the National Charter Association , to organise , and then they could instruct themselves , and have the aid of clever men to instruct them in" a knowledge of their social rights . ( Cheers . ) The Times told them that m Ireland there were 500 persons to be found with onl y seven shirts amongst them ; whilst in Manchester there were mills that in one week could produce calico sufficient to find shirts for the whole of Ireland . ( Loud cheers . ) The publie wore robbed of some three hundred millions per annum , bj means of public and private indebtedness , insurance offices , Ac , &c , to say nothing at present of docks , mines , railways , waterworks , gas works , < fcc , &c , and these things—tho profits of which would havo paid off the National Debt long since—were handed down from generation

      to generation , and that too to a lot of fellows " who toil not , neither do they spin . " lie had not time to tell them how tho land became the property of the present holders . Here Mr . O'Brien related how the land on which the town of Iluddeisfield stood was given by tho merry monarch to a fascinating lady , and which now produced a rental of seventy-six thousand pounds per annum ; such was the way in which much of the land become private property . Mr . O'Brien concluded a very argumentative speech by again enforcing them to form a locality of tho National Charter Association , and discuss tho question of social and political rights . ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . T . E . Bowketi said a few words in support of the resolution , as did also Mr . D . Bhown , when the resolution was put , and carried unanimously , amidst loud cheers .

      Mr . Pkekck , a member of the Tower Ilnmlota branch of the Parliamentary and Reform Association , came forward , amidst applause , to move the second resolution as follows : — " That with a view to secure to the people of theso realms permanent and equitable social arrangements , this meeting emphatically declares the enactment ofthe People ' s Charter , absolutely essential , as a perfectly local and adequate means of obtaining so desirable " an end , and further pledges itself to use every means m its power for tho accomplishment of the same "

      Mr . Preeco said , that as a member of the Parliamentary Reform Association , ho would not a ^ ree that they should stop at the point indicated by that Association , but that they should march onward until tho whole people were enfranchised , and he did not think that any rational being could object to tho six points of the Peoplo ' s Charter Mr Preoce said ho had much pleasure in moving tho resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Datid Monmaos , late of Swindon , eloquently seconded the resolution , maintaining the noceasitj of pressing to a speed y solution tho laboui question .

      Mr . Wiuiam Datis , who was greeted with loud cheers , said , whilst ho was a great admirer of registration societies , &o ., ho never could ioin or support any society havin ? for its object aiivthiim short of tho People ' s Charter ; and ho was pleasoi to learn from good authority , that the council of tho Parliamentary Reform Association stood a very good chance of becoming more- Democratic as the siatu quo members of that body had resolved to rcsign-or rather had resigned—and amon « st tho seceding members , were to be found Mcbsts Prout , Wilkinson , Oilpin , and Beggs- ( loud cheers ) -but tho only way to induce that Association to

      become move Democratic , was for tho Chartists to adhere firmly to their principles . The people- had been kept in a stato of alarm during the greater portion of last week , by-the agitation of the min istenal question , but they need not be alarmed , Lovcl Jolm would luim go out so long as a penny loaf could bo got by stopping in . The Whigs had dealt out nothing but persecution and prosecution to the Chartists , and it could not ho expected that they oould sympathise with hem . Ho called on that meeting to join a locality , organise , and as thovo was a room nnd talent at tnah' disposal , a most profitaWo disoussioa might be immediately rawed

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      THE "IRISHMAN " NEWSPAPER . t P u c meeting waft held on Monday eveni . July 1 st , at theTarringdon Hall , Farringdon-strjS by the friends of the "Irishman" newspaper , to consider the best means , of re-establishing it on > a permanent footing , and to give stability to it * ' circulation . . , ' "' .. / I The chair was taken at eight o ' clock , by * \ jS Julian

      Harnby , who expressed his satisfaction ' at seeing Englishmen and ' Irishmen going hand-in , band together for the most glorious of all causes- , that of fraternal liberty , by the march o ! intellect , ' \ rlm would ultimately break down every barrifet < tbeflretarded . human progress . The cbairmancdn- / cludad by calling on the meeting to support their . ' free sad ' unharafe'eled journal , and not allow such a glorioc * orgatf of the people ' s rights to fall to the ground . Th e chairman edlled on Mr . J . iycei tli 8 i secretant . to ada ? es 8 theBBeetine . ' '' ¦ ' ' - ' ' »\^ ¥ t I ¦*

      hW' ^^ fMPr ^ wirttotjieY an Uniisnal" -th ' ! jA ' ^ M «>^ n-oYgis ; huriibig ^ Uon in : iiifejiriBse 8 tfii W ^^^^ - ' i ^ W ' ^^^^ A ISf ^ fP ^ fe ^ iw ^ ria ^ fi ^ ^ jff «^^ mm ^ 0 ; . % e , tfaf ¦ U ^* rWed \ wb # -rf m « b "» htfu ) d ^ S 6 i sfcrioi . ?? W ,. py . re ^ nsibUity . jitet the ograse' of ¦ IMisrWif . f ? >» - . cWntry - ;^ . ^ IJedWhWtd'fulfcTv ' He ' ' conceded . bj reading- a ^ tttef ; of eii ^ i tcia ^ M G . W . . Ul jKsyiiolds , ( 6 r ' notbeirig - abletSaMd ^ n , ! anotfie ? ! \ Mrf Fa ^> he - pro | ftiSoir 6 f % e " irishman ?* newjpaper , . intimating . to t % & '' t&t' n . e paper • J wobW appear aarfyin JiiPy ,: which' was enthuaia # noallyreceive ® . ' " : r ; ' .

      Mr . Broom moved" the ftrst ' resoltrtwn as follows : — « That m- -B . Fui * iam , the proprietor of lav- " Irishman newspaper , is > entitled to ttia sympathy of the- ? Irish peaple ,. and nf every true foyer of libert y , ^ nd-thht th 8-friends < of democracy are ,. radutybou ; i « lyto-do CTerything srithin their lower to re-establish tb&i powerful ! ' organ of " libartj . Mr . Broom said , as an Englishman , W never would sbrin-frfrbnr viadicating riahVagainst ' wrong , and that th fe-people were , in duty bound , to support the liberty of the press . Hb dwelt at great length on thc-wrongs indicted on Ireland , and ' remraded the meaHtig- of tbat glorious spirit , ' Emmet , whose epitaph weald never- be written ' untiiMiis country - waa-free . He concluded by read {» g the resolution , and > sat down amirlat great applatise . ' i

      Mr ,- Dwaine , in 'supporting the resolution , said that nothing gave hiaii'more pleasure than to see ' his Bnglish brethren- gather around them that night . It gave him to-understand that bo- English government could got-English soldiers to-butcher their Irish brethren , and . concluded by calling da , tne democrats of E DgfewHa-iupinrt that glorious , organ ,. the " Irislunaiv . "' newspaper . He sat dowu ' amidst applause . - i Mr .. Lynch propoiedthe-nextresolution , as fol .

      lows r— " That we loo&on'tbe Democratic Association ,, now progressing in Iceland , as the only means of restoring our lost nationality ; and that we pledga ourselves to support iiw . d its able advocate , tUe 'Irishman' newspaper / " Mr . Lynch 8 aid ,. a deal was said about those whowere no more , but he con i fcemkd there were as glorious spirits in Ireland yet as ever animated t ? sat country ; ( hey had their O ' Grady ' s , their Moffitfs , and their Segrave ' s , and other glorious spirits to -auimate them in their on > ward road to liberty .

      Mr . N . FtANAGAN , ^ seconding the resolution ^ said , the days of talk hnijs gone by , now they had aomething to do . They meant to call on their brother democrats to assist them in raising Ireland from her degraded state .. Mr . Flanagan concluded by announcing thatthecommittee sat every Sunday evening , at 26 , Golden-kne , to receive subscriptions for the " Irishman" newspaper . The following resGlction was also adopted : —

      " That , as history has proved that every government that is not founded on ., the universal voice of the people is productive of poverty , vicfi insurrection , bloodshed , with all theirconcommitant evils , and believing that the only , raode of purifying society of these diseases is by enlightening the human mind ; and knowing the ' Irishman' newspaper to be the most powerful orgaa . in Ireland towards attaining that object , we call upon all Irishmen to support that paper . " :, A vote of thanks waa- given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated ..

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      SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS . ' ' EIGHTS' HOURS BILL . ;

      The miners of tbie important district are again stirring in the noble cause of union . Many meetings have recently been held at tfilslon-, Wofverbampton , Green-lane , Wednesfield-heath , Portob ello &c , whick were addressed by Mr . William Daniells ' one of the agents of the Miners * National Association , and a roost c » se ! leut spirit seemed tp prevail . A public , out-doe-r , meeting was held on Monday last , in Pipe ' s-meadow , Bilston . ' .- . iMr . .. E . Kinsey was called to the diair , nhen > . ih i ^ @ldi » u ^^^> tiona were unanimously passed , be \ ri | wjJ |^^ P ^ seconded by MnJones , Tliomas ' - D ? a ' peif ^^^ i Cballener , and another friend , and were snpported ' at great length by Mir . Daniells . —

      " That this meeting consider that , owing to the laborious and doagertus nature of the employment of miners , and also considering their situation in the caverns of the earth , shut out from the light of day , that eight hours labour is amply sufiacieut for any man to work in mines . " " That a petition to the Houses of Parliament be drawn up by o . ir agents , and generally s'gned by the mina « s praying for the enactment ol an Eight . Hours- Bill , for the working and regulating the mines and collieries of Great Britain . "

      " That this meeting is of opinion that the only safe and efficient way by which miners can protect their labour is by v . nting with each other in one holy , boud o { brotherhood for mutual protection ; therefore , this meeting ptedges-kself to cling to , and support ,, the Miners' National Association , and we will endeavour to persuade our fellow workmen . ta do likewise . " Alter the public meeting , a delegate meeting was held at the Golden Cup Inn ,. New-street , and important , business transacted . The cause of union begins to look promising here .

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      GuiBS . of Tiiains in Tkahsit . —A lady was burnt to death on the Lyons lino-of railway lately , while the train was in transit , and her husband ' in vain shouting to the " guards " for help . The writei \ , of a letter to the Gazette des , Tribunauss , while pointing attention to this fact , recommends that " a cord should be attached to a : \ inlarm bell , as in Germany , or sosne other means should be established to enable passengers to have the train stopped in case of . accident . " 11 ,, w such a system -jrorks in Germany we-do not know , but the American mode of free access to guards through or along the carriages is certainly fav preferable , and the perpetual occuriseaces of accidents c £ a very varied descriptionin

      , jtlus country as weLias abroad , most urgently deiiuands tho adoption . of some such mode of guarding ; against them . The-office of a " guard " attached to ! a train is a comply mockery . An accident of frc-; quunt occurrence happened near Montrosc last week in the fall of a chiitf from a carriage door while tho train was running at the rate &f twenty-five miles aii hour . ' The guard being far baok among the carnages , the cry af the passengens was not heard for some miuutes , daring which tuae the train had proceeded to thc . yklliston station . " So it is in

      hundreds of cases . . The guard is ouo ofthe most useless appendages . : ittd is almost sure to fail at the pinch ; whereas , W { $ » it his duty toilraverso the train as a watchmun , aa a proper footiboard , or other means of passing to , and fi'o , provided for the purpose , ho would raiUtf merit the nai& « of a guard , and bo of constant .. uao as such in ways innumerable for tho palliaticq . and prevention ,, of serious accidents . Tho Railway $ oinmi 3 sioiiers , » ecommended tho adoption of siiefc . h . prccnutton in , preference to tho objoction « ablo sj \ st * m of signnls . wihout any freedom of movement , iW the guards .

      &WMSsnc 3 of lltigau . —Tho oulfyation of tB . virtu in tho southern , provinces of Russia has been mjipli encouraged Jiy the government , bnt the quau- > titty of wine prodi&oed is still very insignificant eouapared with what is imported froia foreign counrvies , and especially from France . In St . Petersbnrgh alone thQ-wnsumption of champagne amounts ; to 600 , 500 boUles annually , although it is an exneusivc article , there is a kiml of spavkl ng wine imported froin Austria , partly over Radziwilow , partly through Odessa , to tho extent of llfiOO bottles yowiy . The consumption of beer is small ; there is bint one brewerv in St . l ' etersburgh which

      produces English ale mid Bavarian beer , the last ot inferios quality , ss there is a want of the principal thing ^ ocessavy for its preservation—good collars . Tho importation of foreign beer is prohibited , with tho exception of porter , on which a hig h duty is loviod ; it is paid on about 90 , 000 bottles annually .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW AND PAISLEY . My Dear Friends , The report of your meeting did not arrive iu time for publication in last Saturday ' s " Star , " and I regret , although I thank you for your confidence and zeal , that you should have considered the rubbish of this trinity in unity , Haklet , Adams , and Cochrane , worth

      publishing , or even notice . I went to Glasgow arfd Paisley for the express purpose of meeting my maligners face to face ; but , according to the old Irish practice , they would rather try me in my absence before a packed jury , which , however , thanks to my old and tried friend Duxcax Sherkixgton , and to the confidence which the men of Glasgow and Paisley entertain towards their leader , they were not able to accomplish .

      There is one passage in the splendid and eloquent speech of the immaculate and immortal Adams which roused my energy , strung my nerves , and inspired me with enthusiastic aspiration . The immortal hero of the future says : — "Mr . O'Connor may taunt , but a discerning public would see that they had no wish to plunder the people , and that their characters would yet shine forth in resplendent glory . "

      Oh ! do not I anticipate the day when I shall see the initials of the names of this glorious and immortal trinity , H . A . C , flickering before me . What a pity they had not some backer , whose name commenced with K , to make « 'Hack" of it . I shall not occupy more upon this subject , than again to thank the men of Glasgow and Paisley—not for their defence of me , as I require none—but for their verdict of guilty against my hired and suborned accusers , whose principal and only charge against me is that I would not allow them to suck TEN THOUSAND POUNDS out of their dupes , and to die on the platform with their hearts in their hand .

      I have the honour to remain , Men of Glasgow and of Paisley , Tour Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate of your Principles , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Tiie Executive Committee met at the Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , July 3 rd . Present-Messrs . G . J . Harney , Arnott , Brown , E . Mills , Stallwood , Davis , aud Mihie . —Mr . Milne vras called to the chair . —Communications were read from Yarmouth and Todmorden , setting forth , in reply to the " address , " that those p laces wished the matter relative to the National Parliamentary Eeform Asuociation to be an open question ; from

      Sutton-in-Ashficld , announcing the enrolment of fiftythree members , and applying for more cards , &c . ; from Exeter , announcing the formation of a ' locality , and their eutire adhesion to the National Charter Association , from Glasgow , announcing that a delegate meeting , from shops and factories , had been held , and that such delegate meeting had given in its unanimous adhesion to the National Charter Association . —Tract Committee . —A further report was received , giving the assurance that tracts will be ready to be issued forthwith . — 'Ernest Janes * & { ree .- * . The Secretary reported that

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      © flutist Sttteiligettce .

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      Barxsley . —A meeting of delegates from each factory in this district was Jiolden ou Saturday night , June 29 th , at Mr . G . Utley ' s , to consider the best means of forwarding the cause of the factory workers . A letter from Lord Fevershain , acknowledging the receipt of the Barnsley Petition to the House of Lords , was read to the meeting . A very encouraging letter from the secretary to tho West Riding Central Short-Time Committee was also read , which elicited a vo te of thanks to Mr . M . Balm , and all the other gcutlemcn

      who have so benevolently laboured in London , and elsewhere , to obtain for women and young people an efficient Ten Hours Bill . A vote of thanks was given to the Morning Hei-ald , and tho othorportion of the newspaper press who have so kindly advocated the cause of young children and women who work in Factories . A vote of thanks was also given to Richard Oastler , Esq ., and all friend ? , both in and out of Parliament , who have exerted themselves in favour of tho Ten Houra Act . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , Mr . Wm . Norton , the meeting adjourned until next Saturday night , at eight o'clock , July 6 th .

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      Plymouth . —At a meeting of Land members , held on Sunday evening last , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " The Directors ofthe Land Company having stated some time since the fact of their being elected by a Conference , rendered a Conference necessary for their discharge , we are of opinion that a small Conference should be called for that purpose , and the winding up of the Company as speedily as possible . ' *

      Cuarterville . —A meeting was held in the School-room on the 24 th ult ., when the following resolution was adopted : — " That the last Conference having been adjourned until the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , relative to the registration of the said Company , which decision has now been given , we are of opinion that it is expedient that the Conference should immediatel y re-assemble , in order to bring the affairs of the Company to an equitable adjustment . " jBraotori ) . —A meeting of the members was held on Sunday , June 30 th , at the room ,

      Hope-street , when the letter of the Ashton members of the Land Company was read . Tho meeting was of the same opinion as the Ashton members , respecting Mr . O'Connor calling a Conference , to take into consideration the state of the Company . It is our wish that the Land Plan should be carried out , as we are sure that as machinery has supplanted manual labour , and thrown a redundant population into the labour market , there is nothing for us bnt the land to fall back on , and we are resolved—with Mr . O'Connor to assist us —to get the land , which is our birthright .

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      Poor Law Unions . —A Parliamentary return has been issued ( obtained by Sir George Pechell , tho momber for Brighton , ) which shows that in 184 ft tho sum of £ 78 , 424 10 s . 7 d . was expended in tho salaries of modionl officers , and £ 20 , 529 in the salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses : mjiliiog a total of 408 , 953 16 s . Hd , undor tho head of Too * Um Vnigna iu Engtoud . and Wal « st

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      ^ mm ^ m ^^^ M \ r ^ Sa 0 Ufm ^ g ^! inMS ^ % Mi ^ gM 4- ^ m the above institution ' , convened bV-She-EJcecuti ^ Gomimtitee-of the National OharteriAfeBociation . - ¦" / , . « •?•< BnowN was- called ¦ . tothe . ujhniry and skid ^ e ^ s es 3 . o . f . the . e ^ ftr . wouW-be { tb . discusstL ^ ^ Uowingvresolution , . wh ' rch he ; had noikrabt woulU iyneet w > tfetheirentire-appfobatian :- ^ - "Thafc JooljlngtotHe ' recent debate arid' division m tho questwinr f the foreign poliayof ministers ; . tliismeetiRcr is of opmutm that a change nrust' speedily take P' £ . and-that it rests with the mass-of tho peoplo Whether'it shall be 6 no ^ progress WTeaciion—this mooting' therefore calls-on . the people-of these realms to be- up and stirring in the-work- of organisation ,, with a view to the furtherance ofpolitical and sooial rights . -as put forward by ther National

      Charter-Association . " To give- succ 6 sB-tD ;; that resolution , they must attend to' the instructions it contained ,, and organise , andisupply the 3 xecutive with- funds ,, in © rder that they might inundate the country with tracts . Let the peoplo but do their duty , and then it would not matter to thorn whether the ministry went out or stopped in . ( -lies * , . hear ) As regarded the majority , on tho division in question , he conceived' it perfectly insignificant ,, especially when they remembered how many voted ; not from pnnei p lp , but expediency , to keep out a Protectionist ministry , Ac . He conceived that tooking at it in the light of principle , the- proceedings at Malta were quite enough to sink Eord Palmerston ; and that , had the minister done his-dutythe

      go-, vernor would have been dismissed .. In tho matter of Hungary , he thought that Fnlinerston had neither acted with promptitude on- energy . ( Hear ,, hear . ) Had ho been the friend of liberty , as some would wish to mnke hfm appear , he- had it in his power to havo made his democratietendencies o , uito perceptible , ( Cheers . ) Mv . W . J . Vessox , in coming forward to move the resolution read by tho chairman ,. wa » received with much cheering , and said , the vote recently taken in the House of Commons was , beyond question , a vote of confidence in ministers . He could not regard Palmerston , or any ofthe ministers , as friends of liberty ; and however ingenious some of the mechanics of England might be- at

      cabinetmaking , he defied them to make a good ¦ " ¦ c abinet' * out of the present parliamentary materials . He saw but very little difference in tho several parties . Aberdeen was no bettor than Palmerston , and vice versa . The resolution affirmed that it rested with the masses as to whether the change should bo " one of progress or reaction . " Of course , much depended on them as to the ratio of prom-ess ; if the people were given to drunkenness and gluttony , much progress could not be made ; nevertheless , it was quite true that man was a progressive beinc The question of sooial rishts . iDoeai-eil now t . n v ? n

      generally admitted , and it was their duty to see that those principles were widely diffused . They had plenty of talent amongst them for tho purpose ; they had their Executive Committee , with Bronterre O Bnen , and they would now speedily have Ernest Jones ; and , with something definite before them , the people would know what they were stru" » lin « for . He had plainly spoken his sentiments , which he deemed the best mode of advancing the cause ; was it not well known that many wero existing at tho present moment on the miserable pittance of three shillings per week , and these , too , the most useful members of society , whilst tlm iflln ™ d

      worthless revelled in all the luxuries this world could afford ? Let them not look to Rochdale , Manchester , or Glasgow , to effect a change . for them , but let each man examine himself , and see what ho as an individual , could do to facilitate tho advent of freedom . They might do much in the way of collecting funds ,, and " tracts" would be such a mighty lever in tho hands of tho Executive , that let them only bo supplied and they might be careless afterwards as to what policy Lord Palmerston pursued . They would then speedil y bo enabled to pro-. daij&Aho fraternity ofnajipns , and thouadvont of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ( Cheers . ) " *** Mr . Lewis said , as he listened to the speech iust delivered he felt a glow of fire in his breast , and his heart beat , responsive as to himself .

      lyrants may imprison the body , but they can never confine a sentiment or chain down a thought . In society , at the present moment , they had two extremes ; on the one hand they saw industry clothed in porerty and rags , ' and indolence , in wealth and luxury . These things told him that there must be something wrong , and his conviction was , that the wrong aroso from class legislation . And with a view of remedying this great evil , he had joined the Democratic Propagandist Society , and trusted that every ono in that meeting would become propagandists , and cause their principles to become known from tho Land ' s End to John O Groat s . ( Hear , hear . ) When ho reflected on the present anomalous state of society it reminded him of Goldsmith ' s words : —

      Princes and lords may flourish or may fade , A breath can make them as a breath has made , But a bold peasantry , their country ' s pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . ( Loud cheers . ) It was for them to say how much longer they wero inclined to remain slaves-how much longer the green fields should exist , but not for them . Tho holy doctrine of fraternity had been preached by the few , from the days of Jesus down to the present time , and he trusted tho time had arrived when they were- determined that Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , should no longer be mere by-words , but that they would all unito in hastening on tho advent of the Goddess Liberty ( Great cheering . ) ' M . J . J . Bezbramidst much cheeringcame

      , , forward and said , as regards ministers and their foreign policy he thought they cared more for people that were far away than they did for those at home . lie held in his hand The Young American , a Hepublican paper , which paper was the advocate of Social rights . Mr . Bezcr then road several extraots , showing that poverty and pauperism prevailed m the States-that even the Republican institutions were not complete if confined to mere politics , and shewed the necessity for social rights such as tho nationalization of ' land , ttc , quotin g many s » veat authovs in favour of equalitv of rights Mr . Bezcr having appealed to them i \ ot to " heed mere names , but to stand by principles , sat down loudly applauded .

      Mr . John Shaw said , in supporting , that resolution , he was desirous of correcting a misconception - hat had gono abroad . When he attended there , last week , he had then said , " the Whips had been gracious y ple-ased to releaso him from prison three months before the expiration of hb sentence , and bad made him a present of £ 50 ; " aowall ho meani to convey by that was . that they , had let him out tnat much before his timo expired , and simply ramittcd tho flno tho judge hadi imposed oil him . When he had heard of tha falscimpression i \ br , o ; wJ , he had felt a desire to correci it , for poor as be was , God forbid that ho should ever stain , his fingers with a bribo from tha Whigs . —No , no - 1 ray let it bo distinctly understood , that Ghiwfcfem

      was much , very much dearo ^ tohim now , than , when ho went to prison . Oh , how gratfyir / g was it to him then by attending those weekl y rc-nnions , ta find that Lhavtism was neithc * aoad norsleepiip . ( loud cheers . ) As regarded , tho lato division " on the loreign policy questionjhe only regvet lie had , was to tind that one member , who might be . said to lie the representative ofUo working dosses ,, and who Had again and again expressed his wjinfc of confiueuco in the Whigs , should have vote * for them on that occasion . ( Rear , hear . ) But ho Urnily believed , that any beneficial change tha , * , might take place must be mile by the working classes themselves . ( Loud choors . ) Tno resolution was then put , and earned unanimously .

      Mr . John Ausoit in taking samo announcements ot forthcoming mooting intimated tl » . discontinuance of the John-strict meetings for * time , upon which Mr . SmLwooi ) wso , and took tho sense of iU meeting on that subject , which was unanimous in javoir , « of their continuance ,, ami the result was hailoil by long continued chewing . A vote of thanks was given to tho ChairnvKk and tno mooting dispersed . A voluntary subscription of £ 1 Ss . wi \ s collected » t tho doors . ¦

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      land , with tSe-ald of Sracts ; , eSect much go ^ for the Pemocmtic- aiuse . CJLoud cfeeers ) iJWr . MATTWA ^ also ably and 1 ; briefly supported tie resolution ! , w&ich was then * p » fc , anaHoarrfed'UBai mnjously ; : Aftar the-usmri'l ionoi » k : tb :, the ^ hSJi taer . meeting separated ; U -k # . , v « iO -v >« . •( * , ,- !•« " . ;; .. yd" h :- ' riisi-: ^_ . UiiiiLJ * # s h * kh ( M ^ frMv- }? %

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      —^ MllMkliiES ' JOIIENAL . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1581/page/1/