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      gr etted the course taken by Mesara . Wheeler and Mantle . Mr . Rufjt thought no one could disagree with the motion of Mr . Mantle . He agreed with much that had been said by both Mr Wheeler and that gentleman . The programme did not go far enough for him . They would be better occupied in laying down a plan to get the land out of the hands of those who now held it , either by purchase or othervise . -That would be holding up a beacon to show the pedplehow they migbt emancipate themselves . The programme would not attract sympath y out of the Chartist ranks : He thought the details uncalled for . ft would be time enough to go into that matterrwnen they had a parliament elected by the people . - A Chartist parliament would be the onl

      y judges Oa that subject . Mr . JosEs ^ said Mr . Huffy had told them that they would be better employed in laying down a plan to . obtain the land . He maintained that the programme did lay down an efficient plan . The ^ u ? i t T be P ^^ ased by the State , and not by Freehold Iaiu Societies . They could only enlist popular support by laying down a plan . Unless they did so it would be useless to send out lecturers Or missionaries . Each - lecturer would be laying down a plan of his own , and endless division would be the result . The Convention or the Executive for the time being was the only authority for laying down such a plan . If any fault could be found with the programme , it was that it dealt too leniently towards those who had usurped the land .

      The hour for adjournment having arrived , the discussion closed for that evening . Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Thornton Hunt were absent by leave , from this afternoon ' s sitting .

      THURSDAY . This morning the Convention assembled as usual at ten o ' clock . The roll having been called , the mhrateswere read and confirmed . Mr . Mums alluded to . the circumstance of the question trader dispute in the Convention being made matter of debate in public meetings before it was decided in that assembly . Several Delegates having expressed an opinion adverse to such conduct . The matter dropped , and the adjourned debate was resumed . Mr . Thompson stated , hi 3 constituents had instructed Jfim to support a plan for the Nationalisation of land . He believed that the country would not understand it without it waB combined with the necessary details .

      Mr . Watsos said , unless they attached the clauBea to the preamble they would not be doing justice to themselves . If they did not combine the details , they would be oharged by the Press and the aristocracy with a wish to rob their neighbours of their property . " Mr . D . OJTC 1 HSO 5 thought they might argue for the Charter for ever without doing good . He wished that these questions had been agitated years ago . A Board of Agriculture , and all the other points in the programme were subjects worthy of mature reflection and discussion . Mr . Benfold said that , in the localities , they were much injured by the various conflicting opinions expressed by lecturers at their meetings , each propounding their own special plans . They needed ¦ ome defined subjects laid down , on which lecturers might address them , instead of each conflieting with and opposing each other .

      After some discussion , the amendment of llessrs . Mantle and . Wheeler , of the previous evening , was withdrawn , and the discussion was resumed de novo . Messrs / MmiB and Whbj&eb then moved the adoption of the following portion of the programme , ¦ whi ch was carried unanimously : — " This Convention believes that the land is the inalienable inheritance of all mankind ; the present monopoly of the soil and it ? minerals is , therefore , repugnant to the laws of Gjjd and nature . The Nationalisation of the Land is the only true basis of national prosperity . " „ • *

      Mr . Ketsoids moved , and Mr . Dukcaksos seconded— "JThat they go into committee to carry out the details of the measure . " Mr . Masixe moved , and Mr . CiPEWBLLseconded , — " That the details be adjourned until that day six months . " ] j ; " . Mr . Doscaksos reiterated his views , and went into detail upon the value of the separate propositions . The motion and amendment were put , when the latter received but three votes . Mr . Mamie declined interfering further in the discussion , and obtained leave of absence until the afternoon sitting .

      Mr . "Wheeler moved that the words " With a Tiew of arriving at that ultimatum , " be omitted in the ensuing paragraph : — " With a view of arriving at that ultimatum , it is resolved that the following measures be successively urged upon the legislature . " . The following measures were very good in themselves , and had been discussed at many Chartist Conventions ; but they did not appear to hinvto be the proper details to carry out the great principle they had adopted . He should TOte for each of them as separate declarations of the views of . . the Convention . Mr . Moss seconded the motion . After considerable discussion , Mr . Wheeler said , that seeing that delegates ¦ would open up the whole question of the ensuing clauses , all pf which were good , but which would lave to be separately discussed , he should therefore ¦ withdraw his amendment .

      The motion was then put , and carried with four dissentients . " . ' . . The following clan sea were then carried with one dissentient without discussion ;—• " 1 st The establishment of a . Board of Agriculture . " 2 nd . The restoration of poor , common , church , and crown lands to the people . " Such lands to be divided among the poor in mitable proportions . Those located to be tenants of the state , paying a proportionate rent-chargefor their holdings . " " 3 rd . Compensation to the out-gaing tenant for improvement or improvements to be effected of the landlord , r " Tenaats not to be tied down to any old covenants Of rotation of crops . :

      " The repeal of the Came Lawi . "All rents to be computed into cora-iente , " Mr . Babkkb Jtated that they were going to work in a . very backward way . They laid down tbe principles that the land was national property and then made details relative to the mode in which it should 1 » managed at the present time . Mr . E . Josm explained that they would equally apply to the- land when it became national property . - ' . Mr . Whebleh expressed a doubt on that subject . Mr . Thompson spoke in favour thereof . The next clause was then brought forward : — " The state to be empowered annually to purchase land for the purpose of locating thereon the surplus population , as tenants , individually or in

      association , paying atent-cbarge to the state . The funds for such purpose to arise partly from the rentcharge payable on the common , church , poor , and ccown Iand 3 above mentioned and such other sources as may hereafter be determined . " Mr . Moss said , they had laid down the principle that the land was the property of the people , yet they proposed in that clause to buy that which was their owu . He moved that the clause be omitted . Mr . Retsolds said , that the doctrine laid down by Mr . Moss was one of spoliation , and on the part Of the Executive and the Chartist body he' entirely repudiated it . * He trusted that such on aspersion upon their character would be discountenanced by the whole Convention .

      Mr . Ronissox said , they must adopt their plans to the circomstanceg with which they were surrounded . He / with Mr . Reynolds , repudiated the idta that they : were spoliators , or had an ; disposition to take away the land from its present possesaore , without giving them a full equivalent in return . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . E . Joses said , that they had nomoreright to confiscate land from its fhturepossessors , than they had from the present . They must either get potsesEion of it by purchase or by blood ; he preferred the former course . The other clauses they had passed worild show that it could be done justly and beneficially to aU .

      Mr . Robisson said , they wanted & plan to get the land ; the / were necessitated to bay it , or not getitatall . - Mr . Watson said , the principles which should grade them , were those of fcindneaa and fraternity ; they should not take from the present possessors that which even appeared to belong to tntm . The clause jras then carried , with two dissentients . ; - - ' And the fifth and siith , ta follows , with one dissentient : — - "Ctoverament purchasing land u'Aon . not to to permitted to sell again , but to hold rach lands & 3 national property for ever , letting them to tenants in Buchquantities , and ' under rochcondi " S lo SMS ? ¦*•* " «• * " * «*

      Mr . FBiSNBaid , if they bought the land of iU present holders , would it not give a sanction to the right they asserted to be theirs ? The most w and consistent plan was to allow the righto of the present possessors to die out ; not to allow them to bequeath their possessions to others , hut to revert to the state , to be disposed of in a manner consistent with justice to the people . The people had been defrauded , but they were not anxious to tetarn the injuries they had received upon those who had inflicted them . - >

      The following additional clause was then brou"ht forward by the Executive : —* ' To provide for the complete nationalisation of land , the state shall resume possession of the soil as rapidly as the existing interests can bB extinguished by process of law ,

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      by death , by auntnder , or by any other moans ac « cordant with justice and a geueroui treatment of all classes . " . Mr . Ddncahson said that nothing gave ' him greater pleasure than to hear such a complete denial of the charges which had been brought against the ChartiBt body . It would give : iuoreased strength and power to the movement , and oauae it to proceed with greater rapidity . .- ¦ -.. - ¦ Mr RuFFr was pleased that toy the Executive bringing forward that motion , the little , feeling yesterday was entirely obliterated . Ho believed that tho cause would be greatly accelerated by the method taken . ¦ ¦ > . . ¦ .. Mr . Habxkt stated that he did not question the sound policy of the course adopted by the Executive in bringing forward their programme . -But , at tbe same time , he must protest against the doctrine

      laid down by Mr . Reynolds—that a person not willing to purchase back the land was a spoliator . He would noc be a party to binding the future to the policy now laid down . A democratic : government would follow out the dictates of the then improved mind . Mr . Moss expressed the opinions of many honest and enthusiastic men . He also agreed with many of the views expressed by Mr . Pinlen , but , at the same time , thinking the policy of the Executive to be good , he should act upon it . Mr . T . Ho « i said the doctvine that there was no private property in land was now being advocated by the most intellectual minds in the kingdom . The contracts by which land was originally held were not now fulfilled , and they were consequently invalid . They had no right to their property , but they had a right to compensation if it was taken from them .

      The Convention then adjourned . Afternoon Sitting . Boll called . . The following clause , being next in the programme , was then brought forward : — The Church . - . "Religion should be free ; as spiritual , it ought not to be subject to temporal control . It is a relation between God and man , not between man and magistrate . " " , ' Mr . Hohoakb moved , and Mr . Whbewb se- - conded— " That the clause cease at the word control . '" The original clause was withdrawn in favour of the amendment , which was carried with one dissentient . . . . , ^ The following clauses were then unanimously adopted : — - ' . . . .-"Complete separation between . Church and State . " ,

      " AU church temporalities to be deolared national property , for secular purposes , except such individual endowments as have been voluntarily and legally made since the Reformation . " . ¦ : The next clause was the subject of some discussion , and was altered as follows : — ... "All ecclesiastical buildings of which it can be clearly shown that their cost was defrayed from national funds , to belong to the . State . The persuasions now using these edifices to continue in the enjoyment of them on equitable conditions . " The following were also unanimously adopted : — " Tithes and church rates to be abolished . " ¦ "The State not to interfere with the internal policy of any church . All ecclesiastics to 09 appointed in any way their , respective congregations think fit , and to be paid voluntarily by the congregations-who employ their services . " ••• .. .

      " Ecclesiastical licenses for the purposes of education to be unnecessary . " r Education ^ ¦ -. \ -. , . " As every man has a right to the means of physical life , so he has to the means of mental activity . It is as unjust to withhold aliment from the mind , as it is to deny food to the body . Education should , therefore , be national , universal , gratuitous , and to a certain extent , compulsory . " ¦ : ¦ ¦¦¦¦ On this clause being , proposed a long discussion took place , chiefly on the word " compulsory ;" nearly every delegate took part therein . , ' -.-, Mr . Homoake suggested that the clause should csmmence at the word , " education , " and end with the word " compulsory , " ; Mr . Ghat . combated the idea conveyed by the word" compulsory . " s ¦

      Mr . Wheeler , at considerable length showed that they had no right to thrust down a state system of compulsory education upon the nation . Make it a man ' s interest to educate his children , and he would do it . Heagresd with Mr . Holvoake ' s suggestion except with regard to the word " compulsory . " Mr . Harnet defended , the clause in a very able manner , and showed that the welfare of the State depended upon the proper education and enlightenment of the people . . Children , in some degree were the property of the state , and a government of the people would be neglecting its duty if it did not see that every child was educated a democrat and not an aristocrat . . Messrs . Bekfold and Thompson ably supported the motion .

      Mr . "Wheeler said , they professed to be legislating for the future . "Why , then , did they advocate compulsion ? They must leave man to hia own judgment in such matters . Government should guide and direct , not coerce or compel him . Mr . Mantle said , to legislate for the future without a due regard to the circumstance which surrounded them at the present time , was futile . The Convention , in its anxiety for fear of not doing enough , wa 3 in danger pf attempting to do so much that it would end in not doing anything efficiently . Mr . Dcncaxson showed that , in too many instances , parents neglected the interests of their children , and they would be acting kindly towards their offspring if they made education compulsory ; it would be a compulsion of kindness as well as of

      n . . ; Mr . Wheeleb moved , and Mr . Mantle seconded , the following amendment : — " Education should be national , universal , and gratuitous ; " which . received four votes . Mr . Grat moved the following amendment : — " As every man has a right to the means of physical life , so he has to the means of mental activity . It is as unjust to withhold aliment from the mind , as it is to deny food . to the body . Eduoation should , therefore , be national , universal , gratuitous , and an Seconded by Mr . Hunt . This amendment received five votes .

      Mr . DracA \ soN moved , and Mr . Shell seconded , the following , which received six votes ; — "Education should be national , universal , gratuitous , and that where parents will not educate their children , the education of such children be compulsory . " - ; The original clause was then carried , it receiving eighteen votes . Mr . Thompsoh reported the state of Chartism at Dudley and district , as favourable ; great apathy existed , but the principles were spreading . Various notices of motions were then given in , and the Convention adjourned . Owing to severe indisposition , Mr . O'Connor was unable to attend this day ' s sitting . During the sitting , Mr . Paul , the delegate for Glasgow , arrived , and took his seat .

      FRIDAY . The roll having been called , and the minutes confirmed , the discussion on the programme was resumed .

      On the clause commenting , "That schools , colleges , and universities , " being put from the chair , McBsrs . BszEBand MAHiismoved , that the words , " as taught at Grammar Schools , " be expunged . The committee having consented to withdraw these words , the clause was carried . " 1 st . That schools , colleges , and universities , supported b y the state , should be gratuitously open to every citizen ; and that it be compulsory with all parents to have their children educated in the common branches of learning . " ; " 2 nd . Education in its higher branches to be equally gratuitous , but optional . " v . Clause two was carried unanimously . *¦ - ¦ On clause 3 being put , Mr . Masim observed , that he was afraid this

      clause was about to pass without sufficient attention . It was decidedly the most Communistic clause that had yet come before the delegates . The movement was assuming , under the legislation of this Convention , & totally new aspect . It was clear , however , that it was in accordance with the will of the majority there represented ; and , considering the antecedents of the Convention—considering that they had already entered upon a course that would render-the name of our movement henceforth a misnomer—he felt they were bound , ' in order to be consistent with themselves , to pass this clause . He should not oppose it . The Convention had now gone too far to . pause for the consideration of what vested interests would think of them . The friendB of Communism must be gratified by this clause . National workshops for boys

      would lead to national workshops for men ; and , in fact , a Joint Stock Company ; consisting of all tho people , young and old , in the kingdom . Many other delegates spoke on the question , and the clause—with the words " and professions" ingerted after the word "trade "—was adopted as follows : —3 . " Industrial schools to be established , in which the young may be taught the various rades , thus gradually superseding the system of apprenticeship . " . ' The following amendment , moved by Mr . Capsweix , and seconded by Mr . Wrat , having received four votes , " That the-individual or individuals teaching the young tho various trades and professions , be required to give satisfactory evidence to the state of their ability to do so . That the period for atcomplishihg the same , with all other neces-«» y . arrangements , be left to a board of trade appointed by the state . " iMi next clause being proposed follows

      as :-¦ m * ?* " the creat ° r of a nation ' s wealth-a » Sitw ^ E ? rtant elemen t of its prosperity : S , ^ ^ this , the relation s master and manha « e en repugnant to the well-being of sooiety ;

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      tho creator has . hitherto been tbe servant of the rerture ; labour has been the slave of capital , and groaned under . aeystemof wagea-slavery , contrary to every principle of freedom . -. ' To elevate labour from its present depressed condition , the following measures are proposed with a view to the more rapid abrogation of wares slavery .: . , . .. . , s Mr . Whbblto moved the following amendment--r . " Labour . acting upon the materials of the earth is theonlrsourceof , wealth . Its relations to " ciej have ^ hithertobeen repugnant to justice to remedy The Executive withdrew their proposition i « favour of thatof Mr . Wheeler . pro P ° ""on m Mr . GBAHAiiagain proposed the original clause as priuted , which was carried . 8 e

      "All co-operative associations for . industrial ourposes , to have a right to registration and 32 without payment of fees , and to have anunrestS number of affiliated branches . " ^ restricted This clause having been proposed .: Mr . Rufft supported it . MivGbaham moved , " That the word ' individuals' be placed before the word co-operative "Tf they did not : do this it would appear that they only recognised Communistic principle .. * y The clause was carried as printed . 1 ( Left sitting . )

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      v .:: .. ; - SAILOR'S STRIKE . ' MANCHEsTER . ~ This strike continues with but alight hopes of its speedy termination . JNumbers of the men have > been drifted' off into the neighbouring towns . The inhabitants have received them cordiall y , arid seem disposed to support the poor fellows during the struggle .: The authorities of this borough , however , have commenced a crusade against thorn , and several seamen have been arrested on a charge of begging ; added to thisthe

      , Manchester Guardian has lent its aid to crush theaeamen . ; . Several articles have appeared ? a paper c 6 ntaim ' n a number of falsehoods . The seamen hate been' charged with idleness , and the authorities have -heeri hounded on to prosecute them for mendicaniy . Beit remembered , however , that the seamen did not ask for anything they only went to the mills or workshop doors to Avhich they had been invited , creating no disorder , cauaing no obstruction , and receiving Buch subscriptions as were voluntarily given by the nerBona

      passing . ; 13 ut f although the people were prevented from giving to the men standing with boxes , they found their way to the Committee Rooms , and there gave whattheycould not give in the streets—so that in reality there was little defalcation , and arrangements are now made for all monies to be paid in the Committee Rooms . A series of public meetings have been held in the princi pal manufacturing towns , at which memorials to her Majesty were adopted , praying for a suspension of the Mercantile Marine Act , to be transmitted to Lord Stanley for presentation to her Majesty . Many of the inhabitants have kindl y offered to take boxes' to their residences , and to distribute

      subscription sheets among their friends . There are now three or four men in prison , who were brought up on Monday and Tuesday , and sentencedto fourteen days' hard labour ; but those who were brought up on Saturday last escaped . They were ably defended b y Mr . Roberts , and , though sentenced to bix days' hard labour , were allowed to depart on entering into their own recognisances . . As soon as the sentence was pronounced , a number of seamen , who were in the Court , offered to share the fate of their companions , but Mr . Maud declined having anything to do with them .

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      THE YORKSHIRE MINERS , The Miners of Adwaltdn and Driglington have opened another Union Lodge , and the two lodges numbered 160 memberB up to March 24 th , with every prospect of greatly increasing . The Yorkshire Minera trust that their Handworth and Woodhouse friends , who have so nobly come forward to raise the standard of union , iwill open a correspondence with this district .

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      Tra Executions at Chbimh * or » . —The ma nner in which a large proportion of those who came to the executions spent the remainder of the day the riotous , intemperaice that polluted the publichouses and pathways of the town , shocking and alarming to every right-minded . inhabitant has aroused some influential persons , who have not bebre taken part in the discussion on the effects of hese dreadful spectacles , to' call upon the'legMlature either by rendering executions private or by other means , to prevent these vicious scenea . Hn uture . A petition on the subject , of which ' the allowing is a copy , now liea . for signatures in the town : — " The humble petition of the uudersisned inhabitants . of Chelmsford showeththat

      ne-, your tiHoners have very recently , at the execution of Thomas Drory and Sarah Chesham , at the county gaol , near this town , had melancholy experience of the evils attending public executions . That thousands of persons , including many women and children , of all ages , were present That during the rest of the day , after the execution , this town was inundated by crowds of disreputable persons , who seemed totally unim pressed by the awful Bcene they had just witnessed That the public-houses were filled to overflowing by the dissolute of both sexes , who flocked thither to spend the day in drinking , dancing , revelry , and profligacy ; and then issued out into the streets alarming and disgusting the inhabitants bv fr «!

      quent extuoitums ot drunken not and wantonness rendering the ways impassable by respectable females . We , therefore , deeply impressed with a sense of the pollution which has been brought unon our community by the results of the late public execution , and of the ill example to which many especially of tho young , have been exposed , unable to recognise any good effect in the conduct of those fresh from the terrible spectacle , firmly believing that the aggregation of such a mixed multitude must tend to the increase of vice , implore your honourable house to pass such measures as shall protect your petitioners from a repetition of those disgraceful scenes on- occasions of capital puHi 8 hment . And your petitioners will ever nrar 4 c . "—Cklmsford Chronicle . ¦ - ¦•• ¦• . V

      Cbcelty of the Censos . —A young maiden ladv aged fifty-two , who felt considerable alarm lest her age ' should become known hi her village , ' was driven to the necessity , on Sunday last , to walk four miles to the village of Beeston , in dirt and ' rain to sleep at tho house of a friend , in order to avoid the dreadful exposure . —Nottingham Mercury ,

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      ROBERT OWEN AND THE EXHIBITION ; TO THE SOCIAL RMrMERSOP GREAT . ¦ -. , ; Britain . ; / :,. ; . .. - . ¦ Friends and Brmhrkn . —The- prompt and cordial response to eur former address demonstrates that the friends of the great Social Reformer of the age are fully alive to the magnificent opportunity oi disseminating their sentiments amongst the foreigners who maybe brought together during the

      Exhibition of May next . ; , ; ,,, . Impressed all parties seem to be with tbe : profound conviction that seed : would be sown that might bring forth fruit through all succeeding generations , in : every nation and every dime .-With such glorious results in prospect , how loudly and emphatically are we called upon to arouse , to the grave duties which devolve upon us ! Nations are coming to speak to ui . We must answer them with a nation ' s voice . ••¦ . /• ¦¦ ¦ : .

      At no period in . the history of mankind was . it more imperative that truth alone . should ; be spoken , the whkpers of compromise or the blandishments of policyare unworthy of the memoraWe occasion . Whon the destiniei of empires may be affected , and the freedom and happiness of the whole _ world , perhaps , advanced , it . is a crime for those " who think they have the troth to withhold it , or to trim it to ' suit party interests or party prejudices . We must not make ourselves the laughing-stock of an enlightened posterity by . presenting the truth , at such an epoch , in any other garb but her native one . ¦ ,

      . The Central Committee of . Social Propaganda , therefore , wish it to be understood , that in the various tracts and publications they contemplate issuing duriug the . Exhibition , real Socialism will be developed in a sincere arid charitable spirit . It will be their : object to' show to the world that Socialism is a science rather than a creed , a , ni there * fore to attach to it any sectarian appellation is as absurd arid ill-advised as to speak of Christian Mathematics , Mahometan Chemistry , or infidel Anatomyi " " . . '' ¦ .. ' ¦ . ¦ ; . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ - . - I .. ¦• ¦ • • '¦ < ¦ : . We must endeavour to convince our intelligent visitors , and through them the rest of their countryraeu , that however deeply versed mankind may be in all other sciences , if th « y remain ignorant of the grand and primary , sciences of Social Pliiloiopby —the science of Human Nature and the science of

      Society—their knowledge' can only , lead , to limited good , comparative inutility , , br >/ positivesevil .. In coDfirmation of this position , we must refer them to the science the Exhibition is calculated mo 8 t to promote , and in which Europe is at present most 'dvanced—the science of Mechanism , Through our ignorance of the true principles of society ^ every invention and improvement in this department , of progress leads at present to only partial benefit or actual injury . , It tends to enrich , the few at the expense of the many—to , enhance the aggregate profits of the capitalist , while it diminishes the true value , of the labour of the artisan ; Until ultimately a crisis must arrive when the rich will

      become so rich , and the poor so poor , that nothing but palaces and ' noor-houses will ; be found in Europe . We must not hesUate . to declare that this very Exhibition , if . more enlightened and equitable views are not adopted , will conduce very , materially , to this disma l result , by . facilitating the extension of a system which centralises wealth in the hands of the u&elees classes , leaving'the industrious producers exposed to a daily-increasing poverty and suffering . ¦ ¦ ¦ . • : The pregnant fact must be broadly announced , that if the Exhibition of all Nations ' is to serve as a true and permanent blessing to all nations , it can only be by its becoming an instrument , direct or indirect , ; of extending a knowledgeof those princi :

      pies which would unite all nations in one common bond-of brotherhood , each contributing to the welfare of all , and all to the welfare of eacV . Its . originators and patrons , mth few excep . tioqs , look not beyond the encouragement of mere physical science ; but they , ; and the . world , must-be reminded that hitherto as we have progressed in scientific acquirement , we . have increased in moral and social declension , and tbe question must' be put—fearlessly and honestly put—is the Crystal Palace to be merely a brilliant illustration of this anamoly in bur civilisation ? Are we still to see crime and poverty the . necessary concomitants of science ? -Is man , as he becomes a more enlightened , to feel a more dependent being ? If bo , then ignorance is bligs , and barbarism aboon . .

      ' The problem of the world ought to be discussed when the intelligence of the world is congregated . It is notoriously thia ~ How to arrange society so as to admit of the moral elevation and physical comfort of all classes accompanying their intellectual development . The legislators of Europe , hitherto , either . 'caanof or dare not solve the problem . Tbe secret . is , however , and they know it , Socialism alone can unravel the mystery . : Socialism alone can save society . . ' ¦ •> •¦ ' .. . ; Friends and countrymen , let us only bestir ourselves at this critical hour , and tbe glorious truth

      will waft its voice to the uttermost ends ' bf the earth ,. despite of armies , dungeons , thrones , or sanctuaries . Each of bur foreign brethren , coming amongst us miay act , at some subsequent period , as an instrument or a missionary of . the cause of Social emancipation . By distributing . , tracts in : variou ' s languages , delivering lectures , holding meetings , and cultivating a friendly and personal intercourse with all ' climes , an impetus may be given to the rising spirit of progress that will silence for ever the pretensions of despotism , ' and render the present year the most distinguished ; in the annals of nations 1 . :

      : We urge you to form your , committees in every town and village in-the kingdom , to raise subscriptions in support of this noble movement . Do not sleep While the world is awake and at your door ? . Remember every pound subscriber may contribute to the salvation of a people . Withsuch large aims and eternal results before' us , let not any ¦ paltry , selfish motive ! deter us from assisting , generously and promptly , in this bloodless crusade against poverty , crime , slavery , and oppressions Let every man be able to say—The triumphs of ' 51 were part of my work ! : ¦ , Robert Cooper , Chairman , John Kenny , Treasurer , ...., Henry Allsop Ivory , Secretary . .

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      ROBERT OWEN AND THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 . The Central Committee held their usual weekly meeting' on Wednesday evening , at 52 , Collegestreet , Camden Town , when communications , 'acoompanied by subscriptions , were-received from Ashton , Bristol , Derby " , Paisley , < 5 ic . The Committee are preparing a aeries ' ofr tracts written by Mr . Owen , of whioh they intend to circulate 60 , 000 copies in the English language , to be followed by translations in the ^ French and German for distribution among our Continental brethren . ¦¦ ¦ The Committee are also desirous of establishing a series of lectures by Mr . Owen and other gentlemen , oompetehti to develope the great principles of English Socialism . They trust , therefore , that their friends throughout the country will lose ' no time in sending in their contributions m aid of . this important work . ; a list of subsoriptiohs received will shortly appear . < . , . ; : ; . .- Henw A . Ivobt , Hon . Soo .

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      . GUHiDHAI « L ,- * ABBAtJM .-. Sir William White , Knt ., of 6 , Lothbury , was oharged with ah assault upon Mr . Edward Frederick'Watson , aolerk in the London and County Bank ,. —Complainant said : I am a clerk and collector in the London and County Bank . On Saturday last I had occasion to present a bill for payment at No . 5 , Lothbury . I presented it at the office on the ground floor , and was referred to the upper part of the house to Sir Wm , White ' s offices . I knocked at the door , and ; when admitted , 1 told defendant I had a bill that was ' made payable in his name and at his ofQces . I showed him the bill , and , after -looking at it , he threw it down , and said he knew nothing about it . Observing that Sir

      William was rather ruffled in his temper , I went out , and , having procured the usual formal notice , I returned ; and , not wishing to disturb Sir William again , I - slipped it into the letter-box , and was hastening down stairs , when defendant came put of his room , and asked me , in a very ungentlemanly manner , what I wanted in coming to his office again ? I told him I . was only performing my duty , and he replied by threatening to kick me out bf the place . When I reached the bottom of the stairs I found he had followed me down . ' As soon as he overtook me he thrust me violently against the wall . He then placed both his hands against my back , and pushed me against the door that leads into the ' street!—Cross-examined by Mr . Hobler : The bill was drawn in the name of "J . P . White . " I was not

      aware that that was not Sir William White ' s name until after the assault took place . This was the first time I ever had occasion to present a bill at Sir William ' s offices . Sir William did hot say . he was not the party the bill referred to . ' Defendant did hot say he had been frequently annoyed by persons presenting bills for payment , and of which he had no knowledge whatever , —Mr . Hobler said : I am instructed that Kir William experiences very considerable annoyance from parties unwarrantably making use of his name , and making bills payable at his offices . —Sir Wm . White said : I think it is very hard against me that , after telling complainant that 1 knew nothing of the bill , he should return and pester me with his notice . ' It is very

      annoying that my offices should be made a receptacle for dishonoured bills , issued by . parties who make use of my name to L give a value to what would otherwise prove worthless . It is very clear'that complainant must have' known that I was ' not the party named in the bill , as my name is on my door . — 'Alderman Salomons : It is my opinion thafc'tho fact of the annoyance you undergo , in consequence of parties making an unfair use of your name , is no justification of this assault : You had no right to take the law into ^ your own hands ; and I shall therefore oonviot you in the mitigated penalty of 10 s ' ., and order youto pay the ^ osts ; This , I think , will be sufficient to show you that you have acted wrong , and will , ' I am certain , satisfy the ends of ¦ ¦

      jUStlCe . - ¦ !•!¦ ::. > . " ¦ •) ¦¦ ' ' '• - ' - .. - ' MANSION HOUSE . — Atibmpted Soicide . — William Shepherd , who had the appearance of a broken down tradesman ,- and the manners of a person who had been in very good circumstances , was brought up on a charge of having attempted to destroy himself by throwing himself from the top of the monument , down the well stairoase . The wretched man had miraculously , escaped without sustaining bodily injury , although he had fallen a height of about ixty feet . His fall had been broken by the rails of tbestaircase , -and bis clothes were in a tattered condition inconsequencejof the jutting impediments on the sides of the staircase ;—The under-keeper of the' Monument said the defendant entered the building at about eleven o ' clock , and ascended to the top . There was at the time a thick mist , so that the view ' was very limited , ' and the de- ' fendant observed that the ' fog was dense and interfered with the prospedt . Soon

      afterwards he began to ' descend , and witness ,-who was in the gallery , looked down the staircase , and observed him apparently with deli ! 'eraiioni ' turn his body over the railing , and fall down tho well . Witness immediately ran down to the spot , on . which the fall of the -man was impeded , and took him up . ' The defendant said the fall was accidental ; but the whbie of the ' Circumstances were calculated to confirm the suspioion that the intention of the unfortunate man had been suicidal . In the pocket of the defendant was found a paper , of which the following is a copy : — " Oh , God omnipotent , accept , I beseeoh thee ; the breathing of a contrite heart , and mercifully beBtow upon me , out of thy superabundante , that bliss which earth denies ine Regard , I supplicate theo , me , mine , and all that ' s near and dBar to me , ' and mankind in general on earth , whilst I await thy righteous iudgment . March 31 , 1851 . " W .- Shepherd . " The defendant was then remanded . - . ^

      : MARLBOROUGH-STREET .- Asawwrao thb Police . —Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie was brought before Mr . Bingham , on Tuesday , charged with assaulting the police . ~ The police stated that the defendant was in a gig in Hanover-street , and while about to turn into Regent-street , he snatched the reins from a friend who was driving , and being tipsy , drove the gig into a hackney cab . The defendant struck one of the constables , who attempted to take the whip from him , and on the wav to the

      station house he struck another constable a violent blow beneath his ear . The defendant was otherwise very violent . —The defendant ( who was at this Court , on Saturday , ¦ fined twenty shillings for a similar offence ) , interrupted the evidence in a very incoherent way , denying the charge , and asserting that the police were nob stating tacts . —Mr . Bingham being of opinion that the defendant ' s eccentricity rendered it-unsafe for him to be afc lar » e , directed that hfrshould be detained , in order that communication mightbe . hadwith hisfriends . '

      An Impostor . —Elizabeth Kite was charged with endeavouring to obtain charitable contributions from the Bishop of London , by false and fraudulent pretences . George' Robinson , hall porter in- the Bervice of yie Bishop , said that on . Friday , the 14 th of March last , the prisoner came to the Bishop ' s residence in St . Jame 8 ' s-square , and presented a letter addressed to the Bishop " , who , being much engaged at the time , desired that the prisoner should call the next day . On that day she came ngain , when the Bishop saw her , and told her that the letter which she had brought , purporting to have been written by the Rev . Mr . Glennie , of St . Margaret ' s Chapel , ParMane was a forgery . The prisoner admitted

      it was so , and while the servant was gone for a policeman sue made her escape . Subsequently the Rev . Mr . . Glennie was communicated with , who placed the matter in the hands of Horsford , the chief officer of the Mendicity Society , who succeeded in apprehending the . prisoner on Tuesday night—The Bishop of London confirmed the above evidence . —The Rev . Mr . Glennie said the letter produced , recommending the prisoner to the Bishop ' s bounty , was not in his handwriting , and that to the best of his knowledge he never saw the prisoner before . —The prisoner , who is an old offender , was committed to the House of Correction for three months ..

      BOW STREET .-Stealiso LBims .-James Smith , letter-carrier ; was charged with purloining letters , containing money , the property of the Postmaster-general ; The prisoner , a most respectable looking man , has been in the employ of the Post-office for nine years , and has hitherto borne an excellent character . He appeared to suffer under great mental distress , and was accommodated with a seat . —The prisoner , who ia entrusted with a midday delivery , was , on TueBday afternoon , seen by a police-officer attached ' to the Post-office to secrete several letters about his person . He was taken before the president of the Post-office and searched , when , two letters were . found on him . He then produced one from the breast pocket of his coat , and said {> . That is all . ' - He then aDDeared Quite

      overcome , and ejaculated "It's all over , "Mrs . Hoare , 14 , Regent-street , Huntor-street , Old Kent-road , now deposed that one of the letters produced was poBted by : her sister at Croydon . aud contained ^ moriey ^ andMr . Hugh Watson , a gentleman cadet of the ' Military College ,. Addiscombe , said that one of . the letters found on the prisoner was directed to him from Scotland / and contained £ 1 . —Mr . John Hoaro , 29 , New Crahbourn ' e-street , Leicester-square , also said that a letter which was found on the prisoner was directed to him from Newdastle ' -upon-Tyne , and contained £ 2 . —When asked what ho had to say to the charge , the prisoner said he had no desire to- defeat the'ends of justice , and merely wished to correct a statement made by the police officer as to the time of starting for his delivery . —Ho was then committed for trial

      -SOUTHWARK .-Fra 7 jd .-T . Mills was charged with embezzling various sums of money the property oflus employers , ' . Messrs . Rideal , wine and spirit merchant ^ Union-street , Southwark Mr Harris the prosecutors' solicitor . informed the mdgistrate that the prisonor had been in their employ as collector and traveller . It washis duty to receive money on their account from the cuatomers , Sttt ?]? ?" T ° jtl a book and P ^ them n ssstt ^ &artfSs mm £ 10 < h 61 hi « n » I I e Silme J ' » she P 1 ) im J . RWeal onH ?? Owed at the time .-Mr . fi st SnfH - 1 ) artner 8 » stated that on the S thTS ^ H « S , B On n had P aid £ 1 dcficient . S 20 US n i ' - The P ^ oner was ' paid * wu a year , and a guinea a . <| a » f n * ti . nroii . nn . ov .

      S S } r »«» lj ffftrin ^ . n taihclr SdJrVl tt ha , reason t 0 Relieve that he had boeSwa ^ e"J ° f a larSe sum - but they had not M S P get vtlje witnesses from the country .-remanded for a week .

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      - ' AmumD Suion « .-An elderly man n ^ Charles . Cooper , carrying on business as £ fl ( i T ' A * ^ "yg ^ treeti . -Bermondse y ^ oharged with attempting to commit suicide in » most determined nanner by hanging himself ZvrJ 1 - ° & $ X \ cowkeeper , residing in BernronoW stated that , a little after two o ' clock on SuS afternoon , he was passing the prisoner ' s hOu , / 7 ^ " \ 7 ^ g m * f r « ^ oufe , and ' said thathk father had hanged himself , and was dead Wit ness instantly ' entered the shop , -and cut v down , when he found that he was . compl etely \ S in the face , and insensible . A doctor was calledit by the police , and , after . considerable trouble Lmation was restored .-Inspector Monacan Th tEl

      me prisoner was just upon dead when cut oW and it ook the doctor more than half an „ £ ?' resuscitato him . Neither his son nor priS ? wife would attend upon him . The praS ^ JI when he recovered that as soon as he was J ^ liberty he would make . a hole m thoi ^ A'Beckett ordered him to . bO detained StTl 1 ' found two secureties of * 25 each , for . his f ,,, good conduct . la fu 'ura

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      Miss Talbot ' s"CASK .-This extraordlmw „ was concluded on Tuesday ,, when the &S !! cellorgave judgment , at great length . HoZfl upon the gravity of the charges contained h , x ? Berkeley ' s petition against Dr . Doyle and the vh and Countess of Shrewsbury , and pronounced £ 2 " answered beyond all doubt . " HetbeS r " mis 3 ed Mr . Berkole / 8 petition ; but" JSgj ft of ill motives , and judging that the youne lSI J" 5 derived incidental benefit from his in terferes ? S oosts were to be paid out of her estate ' the

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      .. . " : ; . " - : - '' ¦ ' . " [ ' corn . ¦ MAHK tiitK , Wednesday , April 2 , ~ Tha .., n t Wheat from Essex was short this mornins bntm PP ^ v rid from Kent : the . finest dry samples wer 8 ^ i lbel early , at an advance of Is . a quarter on hIu " , off pnees ; but damp out of . conditioned ouMi p . . S ? da ' 8 difficulty ; We had a . Jatge arrivnlof > $ Ztf . v ? ^ the beat descriptions were not cheaper Pol ? \ to * met with biiyerd in retailat fully previoiK ln f ? Malting Barley scarce , and both . English ^ i l '• Kna perq . r . dearer , distilling and grinding also held ^ J ' rates .: Beans and Peas without alteration ThB athl P « of Oats being unusunUy light , we had more iaJ \ A 8 t prices fullj , 6 q per qr higher than on Monday i /^ Richmond ( YonMHiKE ) , Saturday , March M wi . l-Si 3 d to' C 3 d } oats . 2 s i ' i to 3 s ; barley , 3 « t ^ f }' beans , 3 s 9 d to 4 s 3 d per bushel . ° 6 d '> LMDSiApffl . l j -. We have only moderate suDnlies nf gram ; there is still a want of activity in the wKtSJii but all fresh qualities rule in wice much as on F div ' Fwe barley is fully a 8 dear .- New beans are inquired f " ?' aUerffi rata 8 ' , Oat 8 «* other , articles tt

      . CATTLE . ¦ Smithfieu ) , Monday , March 31 . _ The numbers of home fed beasts on offer were aeasoriabl y extensive , and of fe ! average quahty . Notwithstanding that the dead marked were rather scantily supplied , and that the weatheThad become more favourable for slaughtering , the beef trade was "n ^ very sluggiih state , and last wfeVs price , were mth difficult , . upported . The top figure for beef wm 8 S 8 d per 8 %% . . There was a daddkiScwaie fa fite m ply of sheep , compared with that exhibited on this dal week ; hence the demand for that description ofstS was in a sluggish itate , at barely previous currencie , The pnmeat old Downs in the wool sold at 4 s 8 d per 8 ftl ' In lambs only a united business wag doing , at about stal tionary pncea The sale for calves and pigs was Verj aactive , but we have no chanje to notice in their value ? Beef , 2 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d ; mutton , 3 s ( id to 48 6 d veSta 4 d lU ! n t « i : 38 Od ; f - Price v < £ & * &

      NnroME and Leadenhau , Mendaj , March 9 l .-lnfe . 5 or beef , 2 b 2 d to 2 S 4 d ; middling , ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 a U prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ' large pork , 2 s 6 d to 3 s 6 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s id to 2 s lod middling ditto 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; prime ditto 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd Tea . . 3 * Od to 4 s Odj small , pork i 3 s 8 d to 3 s 10 a ; ' per 81 b « . by the carcase . .

      . ; PROVISIONS . « _ London , Monday . —Since our last the demand for Irish butter has been very limittd , and prices irregular . Tho arrival of supplies from America has had a disturbing effect on the position of the market The best Dutch was dull , and slightly cheaper ; the lower descriptions were most saleable . Bacon : Irish and Hambro singed sides were sold te a moderate extent landed , and towards the close , of the week prices were rather stiffer . Buyers were most inclined to take for forward shipment , and some sales were made at an advance on previous rates of Is to 2 s per cwt . Middles steady . Hams moved slowly . Lard dull . ,. . . English Botter Mabkct , March 31 . ' -We note a very auu trade at declining prices , ooth for Dorset and fresh . DutterB ^ middliKig'and inferior qualities being almost neglected . Dorset fine . weekly 96 s to 98 s per cwt ., ; do . middling and Btale 70 s to . 8 is ; FreBh . 9 s to 12 * per

      ' POTATOES ,, Y ^ l ra 5 " WA ? t AP ^ 11 : -The arrivals the last week from ISm&Sw ™ ^ t T ^ blei ' tho » e from Scotland H . 15 " ^ limited - Trade i 8 he " y . and It iai-with difficulty prices are realised . The following « re the present quotations :-Yorkshir » Re Eents 70 s to 90 iper ton ; Scotch . 50 s to : 75 s ; Seotch cups , 60 « to T 0 » ° « o 7 Lin nT - J ? wK bridse and ^ ncolnshire Hegente , ' ill to & ' ' V ' ~ " ~ S < ' " french W ^ tfla . HIDES . LeAbjMHAix . -Market hides , SGlb . to 641 b ,, 15 d to 2 d Hsfpssfe 3 I ' d ta ??; & H * & , - d- Culf-sk ^* « ™* it . ba . to 6 s . 6 d .: Horse-hides 6 s . to 7 s .

      WOOL . J 2 u * f 5 , ^ 'r Til 8 ira P ° rts of ^ ool into London fart no ' ! ,, ^ " rrora Swan Biver , 1 , 110 from tho Cape 50 from Bombay , U from Italy , 8 from Belgium , and ! 2 Stta £ " 1 ' Land > The ^ -- ^ i " ^ Liverpool , March 31—Scotch . -The ' re is no improve-^ ssmAS ^ sr " ^ * " » ss .. ^^• -AlthoHgh the reports from the maBufacturing districts are not very satisfactory , still any new imports of 8 rices wool meet a ready sale from the quay at fidl imports for the week . ' 26 bales . Previously his year 19 , 502

      —.. ; ¦ . ¦ COTTON . m f ^ li -T ' rhereha > 1 ) e « nlittl « doing in the fnnftfAWnS ttl 8 . ? ? ott 3 tceedin « f 2 - 500 or 3 . |) 00 tl * l e » . " ? f " h *? i ^ , »« taken for export-th « market hw been weUsupphea , andpneesare the same a * onTueid » ithe tales delude 1 , 500 American , ] , puo Sur » tg , 4 d to sid . JIamoheww , April l .-the market has ooarcely been so active » s ; w « sexpected , and tewards theclose % fteline » f mlmS ement aPPea K , ed , i S eneral | yt 0 P « vadMhe ^^^ " " ^ " ^ ^ ^^^^• T ^ Indiaadvices , in anticipation of tha overland mail , though apparently * Z * A f ° ? *• £ Calcutta market i « SS werehMdl iin time to effect business to-day , if . iadeed , * ahH 2 P ? 1011 "" •« Mt «« k for that qrft « will ntt a good deal have forstalled the demand . The advices from America , by tka Pacific steamer , were of acharacter which hava not inspired much confidence in the cotton market , and the mult is th » t prices are barely susUiaert .. Yarm waicn realued the most extreme prices of last week , have been pnrcha » able tin * morning at Jd . per lb . lower . April 3 . —We have had a quiet steady market to day , and pneeg remain about the same as on Friday lust . The sales amount to about 6 , 000 bales , and include 4 , 300 American ; 200 Pernam and Maranham , 7 } to 8 J ; 100 Bahia , 7 * to 85 400 Egyptian , 7 | to 8 i : 1000 Suratf , 4 Jto 5 * : w sSa Island , 15 to 211 . . VYOOLLEN CLOTH . _ Leeds , April 1 . —The market has been much nriikerand livelier to-day : a b tttr business has beeu done in both the cloth halls . . 1

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      . From the Gazette of Tuesday , April 1 st . BANKRUPTS . ™? » j ? y > J - > Sneinton , Nottinghamshire , cotton waste dealer—Ihomaa Lucas Clayton , Pottcsgrovc , BcdjoruBlure , milkman-John Frederick Cole , Hampton Court , victuallcr-Uees Davis , Trcdegar , Monmouthshire , draper—Isaac Dewhurst and John Sawley Dewhurst , i-mbsay , Yorkshire , cotton spinners—Edward Harnittand John-Bland , Huntington , builders—Charles May , William Leopold Metcalfe , Charles James Uetcalfe , Hoxton , Bedfordshire , carpenters-George Thomas Minor , Mountstreet , Westminster-road , mercer—Ebernewr Thornton , Huddcrsfield , ironmonger .

      . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . tmdle rCh 22 > Bernard Angle » MoorfieWs , City , licensed vie _ . ' SCOTCH SEQUBST 11 ATION 5 . John Dison , Paisley , ironfounder-Alfred Jlacliu'e , Glasg w . music seller-Meil Stewart and John ililler Mitchell , p erth , wine and spirit merchants .

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      m parish ot bt , Anne , . Westminster , nt the l'rintHv ? oihee , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , hi the City . 0 iVVes . tmiiiisitr ,. f ! , r t e Proprietor , FEAuGUS O'CON-£ u , Esq ., M . P ., and published by the iaid . -Wu . Lua KiDEtt atth . v oilicc in the tamo ' street irnl parish , — SnhirHav Atit

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SiB ,-ln the " Star " . 6 f Saturday March 29 , under the head of Chartist Intelligence . Halifax District appears a report of a delegate meeting , held aome where in Todraorden , attended by delegates not named , ' from localities comprising the Halifax ' district , which claims special notice from me as secretary to the Manchester Chartist Council ' The Council ordered several thousand copies of their Address , which appeared in the "Star , " , to be reprinted in the form of a tract for distribution ineluding a letter Bbnt to . and one reoeited from Thomas S . DuDCombe . Esq ., M , P . Also , a circular which the Council considered strictly , local was seat to the liberal and influential men of our borough requesting their assistance and Bupporfciu getting up a large public meeting , to be . held in the Prel Trade Hall , for the purpose of . pushing , forward Rirharaentary Reform . ¦

      ; I took it . upon myself , to send the . circular and address to as many localities as possible , to ' giva it ^ eater publicity . It never was con templated . by tfte tounoil tocall the aid and support of . any district to a meeting purporting , to be held in the People ' s Institute for the ( supposed ) purpose of commencing anewund distinct movement under the guise of Chartism ^ pur principles are , without disguise , the People 8 Charter entire ; our policy is to oreate union ; by union strength ; to obtain politiral power -which is . worthy of theponfidence and support of S ? : »« " «»» tio portion of the working classes of ^ JTPl ^ . ? - tlie onl * wayt 0 P ^ ioal emanoipation for the toiling millions , and the enjoyment of ouv social rights . The Council never said thev

      wiowttoiniddle classes .. . . Our , Resolutions state that we would aid and assist them , as the oeat means of shortening the way to the People ' s tharter . Then , again ,, the Council are only ^ the representatives , of the Chartists Of Manchestertho reflex of their principles and policy , —therefore ¦ *! ° P cy of t ? Council is arraigned , the policy of the members is also arraigned—who number-as many enrolled members as any locality in England , and are second to none in intelligence . The vote of censure or of no-confidence by the Halifax district deegatesis ' no argument , reason , or proof that the policy of the Manchester Chartists is unworthy the confidence or support of the democratic portion of the working classes , of this coHntry ., , . , .-, ,..-. = " . Jambs Alcock , Secretary .

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      Dinner 10 Lord Stanlbj . —On . Wednesday nieh ' t ' lord Stanley was entertained at dinner by a large number of his Parliamentary and political' friends and admirers , at Merchant Tailors' Hall ; Threadneedle-street . The invitation" to tho noble lord received tho signatures of more than 110 Peers , arid upwards of 200 Members of the House of Commons and the use of the hall was granted for the occasion by the master and wardens of the Merchant Tailors ' Company . The object of tho entertainment aB officially announced a few days sinde , by one of tho daily organs of the Protectionists ; was "to afford the leader of the Country Party an opportunity of putting s * t end to all the quibbles to which political schismatics have subjected the open-hearted nbli ' cv

      of Lord Stanley . " The hall was decorated with banners emblazoned with the royal arms , and the armorial bearings of officers of the Culior ' s Comr pany . The toasts drunk on the occasion wove " The Army and Navy . " " Health , long life , and happiness to Lord Stanley . " " The Duke of Richmond and the House of Lords . " 'Ac . " The party separated at twelvo o ' clock . ¦ ' ¦¦ . Thb Babham-housb Rioters . —Henry Pring and seven other men were indicted at tlie Biiry St . Edmund ' s Assizes for ariot'in Barham Umon-house on the 9 th of February ; and also for assaulting

      John Morgan in the execution of his duty . Three of the prisoners pleaded Guilty ; and the ' rest , who wore not defended by council , pleaded Not Guilty , The publicity , attained by the proceedings at the Barham Union on the day named in the indictment renders any detail of this case , in its present stage , quite superfluous . All the prisoners , « ave one man , named Planton , were convicted . —The Chief Justice ordered them all to be imprisoned for the space of twelvemonths . . The fikbt manufactory for spinning b y maohinery , in Austria , has just been founded at a place called Eipel , on the frontier of Bohemia and Silesia

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      STATE OF TRADE . Manchester , April 1 . —Neither the advices of the Pacific iteamer bringing the fastest quotationg of the transatlantic cotton market , nor the telegraphed summary of commercial newa by the overland mail , have given any new im . pulie to the yarn or cloth markets here , and we have had but a moderate extent of business . The Indian advices scarcely armed in time materiall y to affoct business , perhaps this morning , unless they had beenofamore decidedly encouraging character , and we shall probably have to wait the arrival of private letters before the result is fully ^ erccived ,. So far as the news from Calcutta ia con . cerned it was . rather more encouraeine . but the nurchi . aas

      XSL . ? J *? ° \ - ! wereheRvy « andh" 6 probably toTSSS ^ TBSW ^ anj new orderi tliat ma * ™™ to hand . The Pacific ' s advices are looked upon as rather d « na ° ? nT % Wh ^ thor the «« ° " »« ons or exteut of business bSrttfnr rf % h T T ° rts - is rc 8 arded . and though prices elnn ^? in andyarn this mornin » nominally uuea S T P ? t ^ , agene / way > most 8 ^ ds have been father JSS SX' / T * Te kinds of ya ™ offers have been eSj ? i P Unaerlast week > s rate « - Bujewfor the 'It 1 ™ h « Z - ^ mf y were u » uoubtedly the mat active we have had in the foreign trade , and the country houses «? wt « n ? . equi . te , , muchf » r hoIne consumption as wal ^ V * 0 Wholo , however , the tone of the ^ markct Tn th « « Trl f u Ctallon > and the wa"t <> f confidence nrnin , Pra , ! ^ ° { * cott ° « marktt is again inducing producers rather to contract than to extend their ope .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1620/page/8/