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      'w e nothing to do "with it / LordPiiMERsji « ai save himself a deal of trouble , and no small amount of unpopularity , by acting -a ! that principle . . X Sham Ghancery Bill followed in the wake of a sham No-Popery Bill . "Wh y it was introdu ced is a mystery , because no body believed , for a moment , that it would be carried . If it jjad been a real reform there was little chance of that this session ; but a mere imposture lite tbiB , was certain' to be scouted by all pa rties . It seems , however , that Lord John teas emulous of the fame acquired by Sir gjastSK fciwI ^ ai

      Charles Wood , as the author of original but impr acticable Budgets — reform had been promised—various plans proposed—and so his Xiordsnip , after carefully considering these plans , concocted a plan b y which all their advantages were left out , aU tbeir disadvantages included ; and the whole of the Ecclesi astical Patronage vested in the Chakcellob was to be handed over to himself , as First Lobd of the Treasury ! That is what lord John facetiously terms Reforming Chancery ! The Ceylon question , brought on in the

      Upper House , was confined to an ex parte itatementof the late Goteexob . Notwithstanding Lord Toreington whitewashed Mmself with most painstaking industry , and his " noble relative , " the Colonial Minister , squared his fists in the face of the assembled Peers , and dared any of them to fight , especially Lord Stanley / . They maintained a most provoking silence . They were not to be entrapped into a discussion , without having evidence before them . The only one who did speak , besides the two parties implicated in

      the mis-government of Ceylon , was theDuke of "Wellington , who with great animation disclaimed having any portion of his conduct mixed up , or compared with , that of the Ex-Governor of the Cingalese . , Locke King ' s Bill for enfranchising £ 10 householders in counties , was defeated by a combination of Tories , "Whigs , and renegades . The excuse for these latter being the promise Chat next year the "Whigs will bring in anew Eeform BUI . We shall be curious to see what effect its rejection has upon the next county elections .

      That "Great Sea Serpent" of Whiglegislature , the " Jew Bill , " has again made its appearance . If Lord John had not long ago lost the capacity of blushing we should have been spared the exhibition of Thursday night .

      HOME SEWS . The event of the week for our readers is the sitting of the Convention in London . So far the proceedings appear to have been conducted with due reference to democratic principles ; but as they are not concluded at the time we write we think it better to defer any comments on the policy it has adopted until we have the complete report before us . In the meantime the copious account we present to our readers 'will enable them to form their own judgments on the subject

      The case of Miss Talbot , which has exdied such general interest , has this week been decided by the Lord Chancellor . By that decision the young lad y is released from the Convent in which she had been placed by her clerical guardian , and for the remaining few months of her minority will be allowed to mix with society under the guardianship of a Roman Catholic peeress . Dr . Doyle , whose previous conduct aa guardian , has been , to

      say the least of it , extremely suspicious , is to continue in that office , and . the chances are that the rich prize of £ 85 , 000 will fall into the hands of intrignmg priests and clever lady abbesses , who have so long , had then * eyes fixed upon it This and other cases of a somewhat similar nature raises the . question whether for the protection of the members of Roman Catholic families themselves , it is not necessary to protect them from the rapacity and the cupidity of their ghostly

      ad-Yifiers . Our attention has been directed to a case which demands the immediate assistance of every lover of his feUowman , and which it is the ' duty of the Chartists body more especially to render . The wife of Citizen Czechowski , a Polish Refugee , is within a few days of her accouchment , and owing to the miserable pittance on which the exiles

      have lately had to submit , it is needless to say that she is destitute of the common necessaries requisite for such an event We feel assured that this announcement will be sufficient , and that our fair friends in London will do their duty . Assistance , either in clothes or money , will be thankfully received by Mr T . Brown , at the Fraternal Home , Turnmillstreet , for the above object

      The past week is more than usually barren of news . Since our last , no less than five criminals are doomed to death for the crime of murder . Our opinion on the subject of capital punishments is well known to our readers , and is mere than ever strengthened by the fact that it does not prevent , or check , Murder . The disgraceful proceedings at Chelmsford , after the execution of Thomas Dbobt and Sarah CHESHAM , has induced the respectable inhabitants of that town to petition the Legis

      lature against such barbarous exhibitions . A perusal of the trial of the Erimley murderers must convince every thinking mind that our criminal laws require a revision . There appears to be no doubt on the minds of the jury , out that Hiuam Smith ( the approver ) was the actual murderer in this case ; and , if so , two burglars are to be executed , who ought only to be sent out of the country , while the assassin not only escapes punishment , bat expects to receive the government reward .

      A Grand Banquet was given on Wednesday night , in Merchant Tailors' Hall , to Lord SiASLEr , "thefriend of the country . " One hundred and ten Peers , and two hundred Members of the House of Commons , were invited to the feast The Sailors' Str ike still continues . AtMan chester , the authorities are doing their utmost to coerce the Seamen , and have sent several of them to prison for street-begging . The system adopted by these hardy

      manners has been to stand in the streets "with a box , to receive the contributions of the mill hands and other passers iy , without soliciting alms . If this is vagrancy , many " gospel . sending-to-foreignparts-friends , " are subject to the same act But will the Magistrates convict % Certainly not The one is Peace , Law , and Order , the o&erltebellion . We are glad to hear that the philanthropists of Manchester evade the **«; and that if soliciting charity is a crime , charity is not punishable as such .

      FOREIGN . ^ o material change is to be noted under this head . A fresh attempt to form a Ministry in France , with Odillon Bareot at its head , and prepared to revert to Universal Suffrage as far as the Presidential election * as concerned , has proTed as abortive as pre-Jions efforts of the same kind . The extra Parliamentary and Provisional Cabinet seema the onl y practical Government , in France , in — ^ ^^^ *^ W ^ B K . 4 ^ 0 mn ^ H ^* W V 4 AUMV—— ^ J ^™ ^ ^^ p ^ i »^ F ** J v * 4

      "te present dislocation of parties in the Aa-¦ anbl y . In Germany , matters move steadily on to the foregone conclusion of a restoration to the ° W Diet—that is , as far as the rulers are « oncerned . Of the intentions of the people * a are not so clear . Ital y heaves convulsively under the iron f ^ of the armed oppressor—but " the hour W not yet "

      . The MiKCHEsptK Bmler Explosion . —The adjourned inqaet in thb case was held on Wednesday evening at the # ojal Infirmary , Manchester , belore Mr . Herforf , - eoroner for the borough , and Was adjourned , afteV hearing some eyifigpee , until ^ a ? ( Saturday ) . * be Electric Telegraph ; Company hssanuogeced * WnsiJerabie redaction la its charges .

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      'V ~ ; J M 0 HUS " RElpEilED " ~ ~ ' 1 Fo * ime Wkek Bironie Thdbsdat , Ami , 3 rd , 1851 . • ' ___ _ tor TIE HOHESTY fUSD . UCOTZD BT W . BIDES . ? &ra y ' - Few Jjlockprinters , at Mr . Ken's 7 ; ** ldth , Wakeneld M ' . ' . 0 0 6 J ; Nicholson , Wakefield .. .. ' 0 0 6 £ Clegs , HilJgate , near Rochdale .. 0 3 2 Wotungham . per J . Sweet .. .. 010 Dak * , Ayrshire .. .. .. 0 3 0 £ o " l 3 ~ 2 -:., !^ MMZ

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      Manchester , — -On Sunday evening last , Mr . Daniel Donovan was duly announced to deliver an address on that important subject"Registration . " Mr . John Sutton occupied the chair , and read Mr . O'Connor ' s Letter from the Nsrthern Star . —Mr . Daniel Donovan gave a detailed account how the working classes might exercise , to avery great extent , the franchise . The lecturer enumerated the

      great resources now l ying dormant , owing to the apathy and indifference of the people , in not registering their names on the register books . Mr . Donovan concluded a very instructive addresB , and received the applause of the meeting . —After the addresB , many very important questions were put to Mr . Donovan , who gave general satisfaction . —Mr . William Nixon , late of Manchester , made a feeling speech on meeting his old friends and acquaintances , and was very proud to meet them once more in their beautiful hall . Mr . Nixon then

      referred to the policy of the Manchester Council , which h « cordially approved of . Mr . Nixon then moved a vote of thankB to his friend and late fellow-prisoner , Mr . Donovan , for his very instructive address , —Mr . James Leach seconded the vote of thanks . —Mr . J . E . Cooper , bookseller , of Bridge-street , next addressed the meeting , and referred to the address of the council . He was glad the council and members had adopted the line of policy he had recommended several years ago . Mr . Cooper then informed the meeting he had always consented to come amongst them when requested , if he thought he could render them

      any service , and informed the meeting be had had an interview with their secretary , requesting him ( Mr . Cooper ) to give a lecture , which he had consented to , and should name April 13 th for his lecture . Mr . Cooper then informed the meeting the reason he was there , that evening ; it waB on behalf of the Polish and Hungarian Eefugees lately landed in Liverpool ; a committee was about to he formed , and he wished the Chartists to render them their assistance . Mr . Cooper resumed his seat greatly applauded , and a Pole addressed the meeting after which the vote of thankB was carried unanimously .

      Manchester . —On Sunday evening last a meeting was held in the Cumberland-street Room , which was numerously attended , Mr . John Knight in the chair , who opened the business by reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from the NortJiern Star . Mr . Chambers delivered an instructive address upon the necessity of Self-reformation , more especially among those who professed themselves Chartists , in order that the stigma of drunkenness , which had been applied to many of them , might be done away with . He then proceeded to defend Chartism from the attacks of that portion of the Frees , which pandering to the prejudices of the shopkeeping and middle classes of Bociety , had endeavoured fo blacken the character of Mr . O'Connor and those

      associated with him in the great work of National Beform ; hoping by such despicable means to stem the progress of those principles for which that great , but much persecuted man , had so long contended . He , though a shopkeeper , and doing an exteneive business , was not ashamed to avow himself , a Chartist , and his Chartist brethren might always depend upon his support , provided they continued to maintain the pre-eminehcy oftheir own creed—namely , "The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter "—and concluded an elequent address

      by calling upon all classefl of reformers to abandon intoxicating drinks , and thus prove to the government their hatred of exorbitant taxation , and their fitness for political enfranchisement Thanks were then voted to the lecturer and chairman , and the meeting separated . Whikchapei , — Mr . Wheeler lectured on Sunday evening at the Ship Inn , High-street , t » a good audience . The chair was occupied bj Mr . Knowles . Mr . J . Shaw &ho addressed the meeting Fissbubt . —The usual weekl y meeting of the Chartists of this borough was held at their temporary place of meeting , the Albemarie Coffee-house

      Albemarle-street , St . John-street—Mr . Weedon in the chair . —Mr . Doublery lectured on the " Rise and Fall of Man , " in aid of the funds of the Association ; and , after an animated discussion , received the thanke of the meeting . —A resolution was also unanimously agreed to , expressing the pain aud sincere regret with which the members had seen' the publication of letters signed " Ubiquity , " in a contemporary periodical , the effectof which could only be to promote divisions in the Democratic ranks , and further , attributing the authorship of those letters to a notorious enemy of Mr . O'Connor . —[ As we have good reason to believe that our Finsbury friends are mistaken as to the writers of the letters in question , we refrain from inserting the same . — Ed . N . S . ]

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      A public meeting was held on Monday , evening , it the Lecture Hall , Greenwich ; the attendance was very good . MeBsrs . Capewell , Reynolds , Mantle . Bezer , and Finlen addressed the audience , and a good collection was made towards the Convention Fund . Mr . Lloyed occupied the chair . During Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday ' evenings , numerous meetings were held in various parts of the metropolis , at which the delegates from the Country attended .: On Tuesday evening ' no less than five public meetings were held in the various metropolitan districts .

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      ADDRESS OF THE METROPOLITAN TRADES DELEGATES TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . - ' We warn the workmen that all who are not receiving Protection are paying for it '—rims , March , 1848 . ' FbiMW-GOUSTRVMEN , —; We , in « 6 mmon with other sections of the people , have assembled , and taken into our serious consideration the present state of the country , with a view to urge upon you to be prepared to take a part in the coming struggle for the rights of industry . In a petition presented to the House of Commons from , the Metropolitan Trades' Delegates during the session of 1848 , it was stated that there were then in London about two hundred thousand working-men , one-third of whom were employed , onethird but half-employed , and one-third totally

      unemployed . In consequence of statements whieh have lately been made in both Houses of Parliament , asserting that the condition of the workingclasses was never more comfortable , we have made inquiries into their present condition , and find that in the most numerous trades depending for employment on home consumption , the relative numbers employed and unemployed are about in . the same proportion as formerly stated , the only difference being that the-wages of thOBe employed are much lower than they were three yearB ago , and therefore their present condition is more depressed . In some branches of trade a greater nroDortion is

      employed , but these are exceptional cases ; for in every trade and profwsionj all over the kingdom , there is now a surplus of hands begging leave to toil , although hundreds of thousands have emigrated during the last three years to foreign lands , and transferred their genius , their labour , and their allegiance to foreign states , while hundreds of thousands more are ready to follow when they can find the means to be transported from their father-land , where they have been dented their right to labour , and the right to live , except by wearing the pauper ' s badge , and by the sacrifico of the social affections .

      Fellow Countrymen , as it is now admitted by all classes that labour is the source of wealth , it evidently follows that the prosperity and independence of Great Britain and her Colonies will be best promoted by employing and protecting the greatest number of a healthy , industrious , intelligent , and moral population , that can be educated and comfortably maintained b y their own industry ; therefore it should be tho first and mest important duty of a wise goverament to adopt such measures as will best secure employment to the entire population , and for their labour an abundance of the

      necessanes and comforts of life . We , therefore , fearlessly assert that the unrestricted cheap labour policy which has been for a series of years encouraged by the Legislature of this ' kingdom , and greatly extended by the present Parliament , is theoretically wrong , and under the existing constU tution of society , practically injurious to the industrial classes , by compelling them to enter iiito stimulated , unregulated , and hopelesB competition , at home and abroad , which is opposed to independence and happiness , dangerous to the country , and destructive to the general prosperity of the whole British people .

      While reiterating the opinion which we formerly expressed against the present unfair system of reckless competition , called Free Trade , from which its advocates promised so much good , especially to the working-classes , but which has only proved " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare , " we will not now impute blame on account of the experiment ; nor do we desire to awaken in your minds angry feelings or enmity against any class of legislators or politicians ; bat we boldly call upon you to demand from any party that may hold the reins of office a Protective Policy for Native Industry against unfair competition , so that you may be enabled to live by your labour , and give a rational , practical , and useful education to your children , without which the security and prosperity of the empire are impossible . Signed on behalf of the Metropolitan Trades ' Delegates , Isaac Wilson , Chairman . ¦ '' ' A . E . Dewpobcb , Secretary . Committee Room , 81 , High Holborn .

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      who at any time or times since the said undertaking ^ first projected in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five as aforesaid , have paid any monies or subscriptions for or on account of any share or shares in the Company , and who shall make and prove their claims in tho manner and within the tirao to be for that purpose appointed by the Master , rateably and in proportion to the rospective amounts of their subscriptions ; but monies paid for copies of rules , and contributions towards the expenses of management under the name of "Directors' levy , " or "Expense fund , " or otherwise , shall not be considered as part of such subscriptions , and the same shall not bo recoverable by any subscriber from any person : Provided * c * m , m- * . * . -= rrr

      always , That the persons who have reoeived Buch last-mentioned monies shall be accountable to the offloial manager for the application thereof . That in making such distribution as is lastly lereinbefore directed no person to whom any land has been allotted , or any advance of aid money , seed , Btock , or goods has been made out of the funds of the Company , shall receive any dividend without first bringing into account and allowing for all arrears of rent which by tho terms of the allotment made to him ought to have been paid in respect of the time of his actual occupation of hia allotment , and also tho amount or value of all such advances of money , seed , stock , or goods as have been made to him out of the funds of the

      Company ; but no such allottee shall ba accountable , ? , !™ ¦ u J by way , 8 < * offas aforesaid ood ad nces of money , seed , stock , or That it shall be lawful for the Master , if he shall think St , to direct that the assets of the Company shall bejully realised and converted , and the said coBts , - obarges , and expenses ' and debts paid , before , any advertisement is issued requiring subscribers to come in and proye their claims to partioipate in the division of tho surplus assets as aforesaid ; and also , if he shall think fit , to direct that any such claims , and also the claims of any creditors of the Company , may be proved before any commissioner of the Court of Bankruptcy , or before any county court iudee . or before nnv mast . ni .

      extraordinary m Chancery , or before the official mnnager , or any commissioners or commissioner to be appointed . for that purpose by the Master ; and also if he shall think fit , to direct that each subscriber , upon proving his claim , shall be furnished with a certificate of the amount of his proof , such certificate to be in such form , and to be issued , signed , and countersigned in Buch manner and by such persons , as the Master shall direct ; and also to make any order or direction respecting the mode and place or places of payment of the dividends on such respective proofs , either to the respective bearers or to any endorsers of such certificates , or otherwise as the Master shall think fit ; and to

      limit the timo within which such dividends shall bo payable , and generally to provide for the proof and payment of claims upon the surplus assets in such manner as he 6 hall think fit ; and no such certificate , or any endorsement or assignment ; thereof , shall be liable to any stamp duty . That it shall be lawful for the Master from time to time to direct that any part of the assets of the Company shall be invested in the purchase of Exchequer bills , to be deposited in the Bank of Eng . land to the credit of the Official Manager ' s Account , and front time to time to direct the salo of such Exchequer bills ,. the proceeds of such sale to be paid into the said bank to the credit of the said account .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OJP UNITED TRADES . T , S . Dbncombb , Esq ., M . P . President . ' EttaUithea 1815 . ' . " fiat jostitia . " _ "If it were possible for the working classes , by com-Dlmnjr among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need havdly be said that this would be a thing net to be punished , but Jo be welcomed and rejoiced ?*! .. .: ¦ ¦ , Stuart Mm .

      The past week has been most prolific in satisfactory and encouraging proofs that the continuous and persevering efforts of the Executive of this Association , to enforce upon the working classes of England the necessity and policy of National Unity , has not been labour misapplied . The customs , habits , and modes of thinking of a people are not easily changed ; early impressions are difficult to eradicate ; prejudices are stubborn obstructions in the march of progress ; but truth is great , and in the end must prevail .

      The Bobbing Turners of Ambleside , the Engine ' Drivers of New Holland , and the Brick and Tile Makers of Bavton-uponHum . ber , have sent in their adhesion to the great oause of National Union . The Boiler Makers of Crewe , and the Hammermen of Manchester , have announced their intention of immediatel y subscribing thei r names in the monster movement . Applications have also been received from the Boiler Makers of

      Leeds , Bolton , and some other towns , for rules and information , preparatory to joining . The fact is , that the great truth seems to be making itself distinctly felt , and brought to a practical acknowledgment , that there is no visible help for labour but in a national protective combination . .. We never met with an intelligent working man who refused his assent to this , as anabstract proposition . We never met with a public meeting with the mixed elements of what" they are usually composed , where this great truth found an opponent . No ! from Kichard Cooper , of Oldham ; through the long catalogue of secretaries of every organised tvade , the policy , the necessity , the eventual inevitability of the principles which > e have for so long a period constantly advocated is cordially conceded . Resolutions even of general approval are permitted and supportedi but some all powerful cause prevents their immediate adoption . One pavty says , let us wait and see how you get on , if we find you succeed wo shall be happy

      to give your our assistance . Thank you , good gentleman , for nothing , Other talented and influential men met us with an expressive shrug that the time is not . come . The men are not prepared , they are prejudiced and disunited , let us wait and perfeot our individual organisation ; Let us first amalgamate the Building . Trades together , the Iron Trades together , the Mining Trades together , the Textile Interests together , the Clothing Interests ,, &c .. But here comes

      at once an insuperable obstacle which must . ever prevent this first preliminary to national union—or , at least , this peculiar version of it ever being accomplished . It is soon discovered that the Hodman has no claim to , be considered as belonging to the building-trades , the holder up to rank himself as a boiler maker . The poor victims of the Jew swoating-shops are nei ther tailors nor shoemakers , they are blacks and drudges , and , therefore , there is no place provided for them in a National Union . To such specious , miserable sophistries , we give an indignant

      negative . Every human being who exists by his labour has a right to have that labour protected . The man who carries the hod is as indispensable an element in the construction of a building as he who layB the bricks . The man who holds up the iron which another man rivets , performs a useful and necessary part in the construction of a boiler . The steam-engine ceuld not be driven without a " Stoker or Fireman ; the piecer is an indispensable

      requisite to the Spinner . The absence or with , drawal of even the little silk winders would throw idle all tho looms in Spitalfields , Coventry , Maccleafield or Manchester . It is this aristocratic tone of distinction—this detestable copy of a bad original , which is the bane and curse of British industry . We hail , therefore , with the most unspeakable delight , the evidences which are reaching us , that the strong common sense of the masses is rising superior to the sophistries of leaders .

      These men -with their quiddities and dignified aspirings , will find themselves quietly elbowed out of the road which they now obstruct to the masses , whose cry is—forward ! We will have no compromise with this effete and fading element of our feudal education , . It is unsuited to the age and timeB . Our principles and policy are to go to the depths of dograded , wronged , misery-strick en labour to hold forth the hand of succ our and to sav in spirit : "Brother ! Brother ! look heavenward , thou art s mm . " If this be not the very essential principle of the National Association , we have beeodreaming ¦ -

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      We know it is the principle—tho broad , rational , and manly ' principle upon which alone the machinery for emancipating and securing the rights of labour , tho rights of more than two-thirds of tho civilised 'population of the globo can bo constructed . We call then , " upon these obstructives , these " damners with faint praise " of a principlo which they dare not openly impugn , to como manfully forward and make common cause with us who advocate practicall y the princi plo which they admire aud eulogise in theory , or get out of our road . VV e invite tho attention of our members and friends to the advertisement in tlna day ' s star , We are dragged into one of the mostexpen sive forms of law suits in defence of the principlo of the Eight of Combination . ...

      That great principle is attacked by a ; jointstock purse , by men who claim tho right to ride roughshod over the prostrate body of industry . We will , with the great God of Justice on our side , resist this usurpation . We will do battle for the rights of labour ; and we will invoke the " power of the pence , " to neutralise the crushing influence of these men ' s pounds . It is a great contest we are entering upon , and we appeal with confidence even to those who may be opposed to us upon minor

      points , to rally round us for this great object . It is in truth a nation ' s question , and should ! bo defended by a nation's united energies . We trust every sincere friend to the advancement of ma order will throw in the weight of his influence , and thus enable us to offer such a defence as shall be worthy of the great cause which is at stake . Rampant capital must he shown that there are limits , clearly defined , within which ' it wero meet it restrained itselfthat labour haB rights , that must not , shall not . be invaded . ¦

      : That the-right of combination is one of these ; and that while the law is powerful enough ,, and always ready to punish the improper use and application of this inestimable privilege , it is also powerful enough ; and equally willing , to protect the working . man ' a almost only right , whileits exercise iskeptwithin the bounds of justice and moderation . We hope to see a powerful muster of the Trades ' Delegates of the Metropolis , on Tuesday evening . It is proposed to organise a Metropolitan Defence Committee , to receive and appropriate the Funds which may be subhcribed for the purpose of the defence of the persons implicated in the Perry-conspiracy indictments . It

      is also hoped the provincial towns will for m auxiliary committees for the same object . The wheels of law can only be set in motion by a leverage ' of gold . There are preliminary and expensive proceedings , which must be immediately taken if we are to have a chance of a fair trial . There is , therefore , no time to spare . Until the proper organisation of a committee for the purpose , subscription ' s will he received by the Secretary , Mr . William Peel , 259 , Tottenham Court-road , who has received 9 s . 4 d . from the Bobbin Turners of Stavely , and Windermere , in aid of the Defence Fund . Wm . Peei , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham Court-road .

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      SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL . A public meeting was held on Wednesday oveninjy afc the South London Chartist Hall . Mr . Milne in the chair . Mr . FistBN said he came there to give his honest views on their position as working men . He had listened in the Convention with no common feelings to the description of the state of poverty and destitution which prevailed in the provinces . When , such was the " state of thingB , who , with the

      common feelings of humanity , could be other than a ChartiBt ? . The man who enunciated Democratic truths was the only real patriot , and they ought to destroy the present terrible system by all the means which their situation allowed them to employ . Reason was preferable to brute force . 'in dispelling error . He then alluded to the admixture Of the social with the political question , and called upon his audience to expresB a decided opinion upon the false policy of the past , and to decide that their social vighta should not be neglected in futuro . The speaker was loudly cheered .

      Mr . Watson said he came from a coal district ; coal was plentiful and cheap at Newcastle but expensive in London . There was great rascality and oppression connected with the coal trade . Men often worked a whole day , and by the system of fines was at its close indebted to his employer , He thanked God that he was not a miner—he was a Chartist as it was but if he was subjected to such imposition he knew not what he should be . The present was an ago of progress . Governments were m some degree compelled to follow in its

      wake . Democracy did not partake of the spirit of selfishness ; its object was to Bpread happiness amongst the whole human family . Democracy would progress if its principles were carried into tho every day concerns of life . The world Would then 8 poodily become a -world of love , peace , and joy . He then illustrated tho power of union , by showing the manner in which the sailors had beaten the government , as far as regarded their strike iu the north of England . If the -whole people followed their example they would . speedily obtain the Charter .

      Mr . Barker said , he was forcibly struck with the contrast between the genuusand intellect he everywhere saw exhibited in the productions of working men , and the bad position they occupied in the Booial scale . A working man at Northampton whom ho knew , worked for four days fourteen hours a day on a pair of glazed legs , ( boots ) to be sent to the Exhibition in Hyde-park . Of course he was a first rate workman to be employed on such a job , and the magnificent sum he received for hia four days' work was only 6 s . ( Shame . ) It was their own fault that they did not remedy this state of things . . Mr . Mantle said , he did not think that , on being delegated from Manchester , he should have to

      otter opposition to anything said by his brethren , the London delegates , but he could not allow the observations to pass by which were made by Mr . Finlen , relative to the Bocial question . The great difficulty with him was , how to ir . clutlo in a Social Propagandism the man of one idea and one proposition , and also the man of soven ideas and seven propositions . Let them agitate for the Nationalisation of Land , the Separation of Church and State , and all other reforms ; but do not let them make a State Church Religion of Chartism—declaring some orthodox and others heterodox .. There had been too much talk of tho future—the future ' was the stalking-honseof < the movement . Those men who for 1800 years had preached the future to them , had

      made a hell of the present . It was by working with the presont materials that they could build up a gloriousfntnre . The men whose nameswere immortalised —who were tho heroes of the future—were men who had exerted themselves in promoting the welfare of tbeir own times . They would all agree that the land should be national property ; hut the majority would not agree to the same plan of obtaining it ... It was folly to put forth a plan of details , relativo to obtaining possession of the land , before they had collected the suffrages of the people , as to the principle itself . Let thorn not encumber a good principle with that which would only serve to hide its good qualities , and create dissentions among its supporters . Mr . Mantle , during a long and eloquent Bpeecb , was much applauded . He stated that he should not have alluded to the disputed question in the Convention , had not he and Mr . Wheeler

      been challenged by Mr . Finlen to the dispute . Mr . Robinson said the continent of Europe was agitated with the question of what the working classes should do to remove the evils under . which thoy laboured . There was a great difference of opinion upon the question of how this could be best effected . ¦ Some thought it could be done by political means alone . He thought otherwise , ¦ The land was the right of the people , but they must have a plan Jaid down to . obtain it . It was useless to lav down . the idea unleBs they also showed the mntlinH of realising it . , ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ "" " -nun Some little discussion . took place on this anhWf and it was then allowed to drop J 6 Ct ' che ored R ° BIK 8 ONCeSUiUedhi 8 " ^ ™ d was loudly oftoS ^^^ ^^ ^ *« P »* thfcoSoh gaveadetail of the >»>»«• of ^ SiWa&ta *^ - ereS ° ^ ° ting 8 took ^ , *« «* me

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      natSS »" ! * «« owH .-. The final exami-Son of f ! f P » 0 l i ' ? iam Rowe « a « ed 22 > the 2 i l ^ l ? . i > ected f « "ner at Hartwell , obuged with murdering a youth named Bunker , a Z ? a fw fctoer ' B service , . was resumed on Wednesday before a bench of magistrates , at the ^ eorgelnn , Iiid geway , —After considerable discussion the magistrates decided in . fully . committing him on tho charge of murder , and in the evening he was forthwith conveyed toExeter Gaol to await hi » trial at the next Summer 'Assizes ^"

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      WISBIHGBPOF THE 1 AHB C 0 MP 1 SY . BECEtVED BI W . MDEfi . £ S . d . FtwaVTsfcefieia—W . Asquith .. .. 0 10 JVJennings .. .. 0 10 H . Blackburn .. .. .. 010 A . Lockwood .. . .. .. 010 W . Johnson .. .. ... 0 1 0 ^ JW . Qieegbopongh .. .. 010 M . Johnson .. .. .. 010 J . Nicholson .. ; . .. 0 10 T . Wilkinson .. " ... .. 0 10 J . Avejard .. .. .. ' 0 10 W . Wilson .. .. .. oio F . Mountain .. .. .. 006 J . Taylor . .. .. .. 00 6 R . Brook .. ; . ,. 0 0 6 Rlamb .. .. .. 003 J . Ward .. .. .. 008 Hears . Mutton , Keid , and Greaves , ItocheBter Branch .. .. .. 016 Kottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. 006 £ 0 15 0 - XECEITSD XTZillD OFFICE . AFrieno , Wintereett ... .. 0 10

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      CONVENTION FUND . Received bj W . Bides . —G . Wilson , Alloa 6 d—A Friend Wintemttla . . - . : :: . £ jg The monies received for the National Charter aad Contention Funds will be acknowledged next week . Johs Abmott , Sec .

      ^ . Chartist Intelligence.

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      CHARTIST AGITATION . A pnblic meeting was held on Tuesday evening at the British Institution , Cowper-street , City-road , to uiist in creating an imptoted Chartist feeling in the metropolis . Mr . Bezer . was called to the chair , and opened the business of the meeting in his usual able style . Mr . Moss , of Derby , fint addressed the meeting . Men were apathetic while trade was good , but be . came Cbariists when they knew not where to procure a meal for their subsistence . He thought they would soon experience a slackness ot trade : and then

      they would be loud in demanding political power . Every past agitation had been turned to the advantage of the middle class , and to the injury of working men . This should be no longer the case . Working men must look to their own affairs , and be no longer doped by those interested in taking advantage of their weakness and diuentions . Natui * everywhere showered down plenty upon the human race . Man ' * bad laws destroyed and perverted the blessiog which might otherwiie be enjoyed by all the human family . The only means by which this state of things could be remedied was by obtaining the political freedom guaranteed by the People ' s Charter . ( Cheere . )

      Mr . Gbat , of North Lancashire , then spoke . They bad met to contend for the establishment of the reign of liberty and truth . The meeting wai , in his opinion , a good one , but numbers did pot constitute the only element of success . Energy , devo-

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      ] ' Z ' tion , and courage ; were " M chief esie ' Btial'reqwnUsJHe appeared before theta as the representative ' of the hand-loom weavers of his district . Great poverty and misery was beii ? g endured by that body of men . At this period he belieyed they were the most tyrannised over , and the worst paid class of men in Great Britain . He had travelled through the various towns . and villages ! in his district , and depicted scenes of misery that harrowed up the feelings of his audience , and caused loud bursts of indignation , especially when he exposed the system of abatement by which their starvation wages were reduced still lower in amount . He concluded by earnestly appealing to them to unite and support the Convention . ^^^ s ^^^

      Mr . Robinson , of Bradford , entered into an able , analysis of the state of paities in this country , and shoved the manner in which they attempted to cajole and testify the working men . The people ' s pirty were not treated with respectby others because they did not respect , themselves . Things had become so bad , not only in England , but also throughout the continent , that the question *> at not whether the people should rule , or whether they should legislate for themselyei , hut whether they should be allowed to live . Theatesmlord and landlord were it wax in the Commons House : neither of them eared anything for the people , further than to

      extract profit from their labour . The people boasted of their courage and their influence abroad . They could fight for their king and their country , but they could never fight for themselves . While they allowed the land to be the property of a few , they placed their lives at the mercy of those who held it . They had allowed a selfish class to usurp the land , the light , and almost the air , and yet they boasted of their freedom . The Bpeaker was loudly cheered . Mr . Finlen next addressed the audience , and , in an eloquent manner , called upon them to second the efforts of the Convention in endeavouring once again to raise the banner of Chartism . He was greatly applauded . .

      : Mr . Watson , of Newcastle . upon-Tyne , next addressed the . meeting in an able and argumentative manner . The present was the ' age of calculation , but he feared that the Chartist body did not sufficiently well calculate the bearings of the object they had to achieve , the power of their opponents , and the force it would he necessary to bring against them . They were met to endeavour to achieve that necessary result b y laying down plans and measures calculated to ensure the attainment of their demands : - ; ¦ ¦

      Mr . Mantle , of Manchester , who was loudly cheered on rising , said that the future destinies of the country were in a great manner placed in their hands . They had heard from his brother delegates cases of individualand class oppression . He should apeak upon the general question of the evil that tyranny perpetrated , not only on those who endured it , but likewise on those who inflicted it . He wished to raise the standard of the movement to that hi gh pitch of moral and intellectual dignity which would enable every man to be his own leader , and prevent for ever the treachery and duplicity of those who wished to lead them artray .

      He had endured , in common with many others , in . carceration in Her Majesty ' s prisons , and there was vet something in his composition of the leaven of sedition which even the power of the government had been unable to extract . For fifteen years the good bark of the Charter had braved the dangers of the political ocean , and though storm after storm had shattered the sails and . damaged some of the rigging of the good old ship , yet she had approached nearer and nearer to the destined haven , and was , by the help of the people , ( which was the help of Gid ) destined speedil y to arrive therein . The speaker addressed the meeting at some length , and was greeted with unbounded applause . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , who acknowledged the same , and the meeting separated at a late hour . A good collection was made in aid of the funds of the Convention .

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      ¦ Thb Late Boiler Explosion at Stockpom . — . Thejury empannelled to inquire into the cause of the deaths of the twenty individuals who lost their lives on the above occasion , re-assembled on Wednesday evening at the Warren Buckeley Arms Inn , Bridge-street / hefore Charles Hudson , Etq ., coroner , to resume the investigation ; and also to receive the report of two professional gentlemen engaged by the jury to examine the construction of the boiler , and to give their opinion upon the probable cause of the explosion and the serious destruction of human life . Several witnesses were exa * mined , and as several more remained to be so , the inquest was adjourned . '

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      ¦ , ¦ ¦ : . ¦^ - " x- bill ™ - " " " aud Pr ^ T ' = l # ^ P ° ^* e tands " "Si tn 3 ?* ^ S the Company , - and to wind up the ^ ridertaking . ' - ;? [ Theviordtpriced mfyic ^ areproposed tol ' e . ¦ : ttuerted in ' Committee . ] . .. _ : ( Concluded froaVthe Star of March 29 ;) : thShnSJeaI ^^ tran 8 action 3 . matters , and BaaS £ ?^ 4 ° by or on behalf of < * tE * h ? $ e 8 aid , ? ° ciety , Company , orunder-She w ! v « h « , Ch -T e e illegal ? r Prohibited in any of mtehX «^ ei nbefo rementioned , or which were or . might have been void or voidable , or impeachable by reason of any such illegality or nro ^ bUionTi sm ^ , ::. ; :: ; y * m ;~ ~ :. ::

      and Jh 2 r i f emetl t 0 have been a 8 valid , lawful , sueh HW r ' aU in - te nts and' Pu P ° se 8 . *¦ ' ^ n ° all ^ Mom& ° f r pr 5 h lbiti hadexi « ted «* -that lakEn . ri 5 a n 8 ub 8 cnber 8 ^^ e said underw £ hZ t 7 ' ° GmV ^ h and all other persons wuo have been concerned n any such dealings oharLflKL Creb , ^ P ^ . exonerated , and dis-S , £° ft-1 , ? ins and P enalties , suits , prosettSh W ! , ' t 0 which by ' »* * hey w ° « be or might be lwble or subject , by reason or in consequence of any 8 UCU illegality or prohibition & ? . af j f » lf this . Act had not been passed : Provided always , That the said banking business shall be deemed to have been heretofore carried on as part of the businessand for the benefit and at the

      , risk of the * aid Company . . That the respective persons who have purchased the lands and hereditaments specified in the Second bcnedule hereto , and their respective heirs , appoint tees , and assigns ; shall be and be deemed to have been , as from the times or dates of their respective purchases , entitled to the lands and hereditamentsso purchased free from all trusts , liens , titles , rights , claims , and demands whatsoever for , of , by or in favour of the B ; iid ' Company , of the subscribers thereto collectively , or any allottee or allottees under any rule . or rules of the said Company , or the heirs , executorB , administrators , or assigns of any such allottee or allottees , but subject and without prejudice to any estates , titles , liens , interests .

      claims , or demands to which any other person ' or persons is or may be entitled . : That her Majesty ' s High Court of Chancery shall ^ ori' the petition of the said Feargus O'Connor , his heirs , executors , or administrators , or of any person being or stating himself to be a subscriber to the said Company , or to have any claim against the Company or the assets thereof , or any estate or interest in'any of the said hereditaments specified in the Fir . it Schedule hereto which is or are not included in the seoond Schedule hereto ( such petition to be entitled in the matter of this Act ) , make an order absolute referring it to one of the Masters of the said Court to wind up the affairs of the Company under the provisions of this Act ; . and no advertisement or notice to any person of such petition shall be necessary , but the order absolute on such petition

      shall be advertised in the same manner , as an order absoluteforthe windingupof a Joint Stook Company under the Joint Stock Companies Winding up Act ; 1848 , is required to be advertised ; and the person on whose petition such order shall be . made shall , without delay , carry in the same before the master , and in default of his doing so within i « uen days after the making of such order , it shall be ' lawful for the BaidFeargus O'Connor , his heirs , executors , or administrators , or any person being or stating himself to be a subscriber to the Company , or to have any claim against the Company or the assets thereof , or any estate or interest in any of the said lands specified in the First Schedule hereto which is or are not included in the Second Schedule hereto ,. to undertake the carriage and prosecution of tho said order . ¦ . . , .

      That upon such order being carried in before the Master , the Master shall proceed to appoint an official manager or official managers of the Company , and to wind up the Company , in the same manner and with the like effect in all respects : ( but subject to the provisions of this Act ) as if the Company had been within the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Winding up Act , 1848 , and the , Joint Stock Companies Winding up Amendment Act , 1849 , and as if such order had been an order absolute for the winding up of the Company under the provisions of those Acts ; and the Company shall be deemed to be a Company . within the provisions of the said Aots , and shall be wound up accordingly , except as is herein otherwise provided ;

      and all and singular the enactments and provisions of the said Acts shall , so , far as the same shall he consistent with the provisions of this Act , and so fair as the circumstances of the case will allow , be applicable to the said . Company and the estates , assets , and affairs , thereof : Provided always , That it shall be lawful for the Master , in carrying this Act : into execution , at his discretion to vary Of depart from or to direct any variance of or departure from the usual course of ^ procedure under the said Winding up Acts , as he shall think the special circumstances ofitho oase . may require or render .. expedient , any general rules or orders of the Court

      ot Chancery . or any general rules or regulations adopted by the Master , or any practice , to the contrary , notwithstanding . : Provided also , That it shall be lawful for the Master by any order in writing under his hand to delegate to the official manager any discretionary , judicial , o * other power or authority which the Master may or might have or exercise by , virtue of this Act ; and all decisions , determinations , acts , and proceedings of the official manager under nny such delegated power or authority , shall have the same effect , force , and validity , as if the same had been made , done , had , or taken by . or beforo . the Master in person .

      That no person who has received any monies or subscriptions from any person or persons for or on account of any snare cs shares in , the Company , shall be accountable for the &amo to , any such subscriber , but shall only be liable to account to the official manager for his application of the same as part of the assets of the Company ; and no person as promoter , member , or conlributary of the Company shall be or be deemed to have been liable to repay to any person any monies paid by such person for or on account of any share or shares or interest in the Company . . •

      # That it shall be lawful for the Master , and subject to the control of the Master for the official manager , in passing the accounts of any person who is accountable or may become accountable for or for the application of any subscriptions or any part of the assets ot the Company , or who is or . who may be or olaimto be a creditor of the Company , to make to such person all such allowances as the Master or official , manager respectively shall deem reasonable ; and in particular to allow all payments disbursements , expenses , and engagements at any timn or times made , incurred , or contracted out of the subscriptions or the funds or on account of the Company , which would or might have been allowed or allowable had the society or Company been legally constituted and completed and in lull legal operation , and such person been the proper officer or persou duly authorised in that . behalf , at the time or times of his making , paying , incurring , or contracting the same . .

      That every person to whom any allotment of any part of the said lands and hereditaments specified in the first Schedule hereto has at any time been made in accordance or in presumed accordance with the rules of the Company for the time being supposed to bo in force , and who or whose heirs or assigns shall come in and prove his or theiv title to such allotment and'take a lease or coveyance of such allotment and execute a counterpart of such lease or conveyance and pay up all arrears of rent , within such time or times and in such manner as the MaBter shall direct , shall be deemed to have had as against the Company arid their assi gns an equitable title to such allotment in fee simplo in possession , subject to thepayment to the Company

      and their assigns of aperpetual fee-farm rent charge a . tertherateof four pounds per centum per annum on the amount of the cost price of such allotment , with the improvements and buildings thereon , and theadvancesofseed , 8 tock , goods , andmoney ( ifany ) , which have been made with such allotment ; and the otficialmanager and the trustee or trustees of the Company shall execute to each such allottee , his heirs or assigns , at hiB or their expense , a conveyance or lease , renewable for ever of his or their respeotive allotment or allotments , subjeot to such rent-charge as aforesaid , and to a condition for reentry if the same or any part thereof be in arrear for more than one year : And the said lands and he .

      reditaments shall be sold subject to the rights of such-allottees , but free and discharged from all estates and claims whatsoever of or by any allottee or allottees who or whoso heirs or assigns shall fail to come in and prove his or their claim , and take a lease or conveyance and execute a counterpart , within the timeland in manner aforesaid ; and the MaBter or subject to the Master ' s control , the jj anager raay absolutely and finally assess and determine the amounts of such rent charges upon such evidence as shall be thought sufficient , and may adopt any agreement or understanding neretofore made respecting any such -allotment between any such allottee and the Company or any fo the officers thereof .

      ¦ That the monies and assets of the Conipanv shall be applied by the official manager under the direction of the Master , in the firBt place , in or towards the payment « f the costs , charges , and expenses of and incident to the obtaining and carrying into effect of this Act , and all such other costs , 'charges , and expenses as the same may be liable to ; and , m the next place , in or towards the satisfaction of the debte or any of the debts of the Company , 10-cluding the expenses of the said banfcing business , in such manner , whether by way of dividend or otherwise , as the , Master shall direct : and any surplus thereof , after full payment of all such oosts charges , and- expenses and the debts of the Company , 80 aH bo . divided among the several persons ,

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      ¦• ¦ AfML 5 , 1851 THE NQiyrHE , RN st A R ¦ fc ——r-::.. .- ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1620/page/5/