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•DSIYi-BSAL HR9THEBH00D, 1BTIKB. XXn, TO TEE SSITOB OP IHK HOiTHBBS STAB. Sr&,—When I wrote my last letter to you ©n the goijscfc of the Chartist movement I had. not lead the address of Mr. O'Conzior in jour paper of the 191h instant I law to^ay fleae l&ia with much pleasnre, aa also his letter in this day* paper; jonr excellent outline ef the practical arrangements to be adopted •with regard to the JTew Organ!sitaon • yonr principal le»on>g arOdBS on Ihe snbjeet j and have seen "withgreat iaterest the manner la -which yonr call to Organize ii jeroonded togenerallythroughout the conn try. \ z============ ^^
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•Dsiyi-Bsal Hr9thebh00d, 1btikb. Xxn, To Tee Ssitob Op Ihk Hoithbbs Stab. Sr&,—When I Wrote My Last Letter To You ©N The Goijscfc Of The Chartist Movement I Had. Not Lead The Address Of Mr. O'Conzior In Jour Paper Of The 191h Instant I Law To^Ay Fleae L&Ia With Much Pleasnre, Aa Also His Letter In This Day* Paper; Jonr Excellent Outline Ef The Practical Arrangements To Be Adopted •With Regard To The Jtew Organ!Sitaon • Yonr Principal Le»On≫G Arodbs On Ihe Snbjeet J And Have Seen "Withgreat Iaterest The Manner La -Which Yonr Call To Organize Ii Jeroonded Togenerallythroughout The Conn Try. \ Z============ ^^
• DSIYi-BSAL HR 9 THEBH 00 D , 1 BTIKB . XXn , TO TEE SSITOB OP IHK HOiTHBBS STAB . Sr& , —When I wrote my last letter to you © n the goijscfc of the Chartist movement I had . not lead the address of Mr . O'Conzior in jour paper of the 191 h instant I law to ^ ay fleae l&ia with much pleasnre , aa also his letter in this day * paper ; jonr excellent outline ef the practical arrangements to be adopted with regard to the JTew Organ ! sitaon yonr principal le » on > g arOdBS on Ihe snbjeet j and have seen "withgreat iaterest the manner la -which yonr call to Organize ii jeroonded togenerallythroughout the conn try . \ z ============ ^^
Tiese indications of progress are bo cheering that I n ^ yeriaps be excused for d-weUing * little longer on j 2 jia movement before I prbeeed with the examination of -radons other remedies for the evili of society which have yet to be considered before oar minds -will be prepared to comprehend in its true simplicity the effectual remedy we hare at hand , and the easy mode by -which it may be pni in operation . In dwelling however upon this division of the great change that 3 a taking place , I -would not bv » e tbe Chartists to consider that they are doing all , or that it is allotted to them to do all , that is required . The power that is -working throughout society acts through innu-Hierable agencies ; and in proportion as each of us can snbmissiTely , but actiTely and energetically , and in true love for all our brethren , answer the suggestions made ¦ within us , * e may depend upon being -used for the hisbeatporposes which-we are by our organisation and training capable ef effecting .
The evidences of progress in other quarters and of impressions of \ he truth made on other minds , that ha-re codib to my particular knowledge during the part week , are of no ordinary character ; and they tend most strongly to confirm my faith that we shall all sooniee that we have Ixit one interest , and that we are in fact only portions of one great whole . This knowledge will stimulate to increased exertion in proportion as it becomes manifested , and will abate that portion of . acrimony and individual attack which still lingers among us ; for we shall not fail to see , that however men may have acted in detail ; they have been stimulated by the same general desire , namely , £ hat of promoting < tbfcir greatest permanent happiness . Mr . O'Connor in his two addresses gives some valniblB practical information ; and there Ib one portion of his remarks to which attention cannot be too j > tronjjly , or too frequently -directed j I aUn £ e to the necessity
there exists lor temperance . Men may be theor ^ . - * on reform ; they may discourse eloquently , assert strongly , and for-a time draw people towards tb « m : but when practice begins , the trne reformer must himself be , what he wishes others to become . Intemperance is the grand besetting sin of humanity ; and by intemj erance , 3 do not mean the mere excessive use of beer , spirits , wine , or other intoxicating liquors ; but all those habits , ¦ rices , Bnd propensities that disgrace and dejjrade our race . I know I may be told that these are the iff = cts of the circumstances in which we are placed ; and so they are : bus it will be an all powerful circumstance towards their removal if we can be made to know individually , that we can live more healthily , and more agreeably , not only without the articles Above enumerated , but also without tea , coffee , tobacco , and many other things which , now appear indiBpensible , and can be brought to act in accordance with this knowledge .
The operative classes possess the means of pntting an end to the present iniquitous system by cutting off , even for a short time , the revenue derived from them , by the means of taxation in articles of consumption ; and the benefit that would be gained by the improved state of being , necessarily resulting from the attempt , would be beyond all estimate . There would then be so difficulty about getting on the land ; so asking the upper classes to do this or that ; no superabuncance of Jaboar meeting us at every turn , and persons praying " to be allowed to work , as a matter of charity , which they ought to be ashamed to do even for what is called " a fair day ' s wage . "
The true dignity of manhood will never be felt by the person who uses any powers he possesses , moral intellectual or physical , for hire , gain , or reward . These powers or talents are saereA trusts conferred by the great Creator and surtainerof ail things , for the purpose of being used for the universal good ; and they most be so used before man * jain has rest or peace . We may still for a short nine call things our ewn , and affirm that we will do this or that ; but as we see that ^ indivicinal selfishness -or party feeling , at least in public matters , has already been obliged to give way to the appearance of the desire to promote a mare general good , so ahull we toon see that man will have to yield himself up entirely to goodness , as the centre from which bs will derive all things necessary for him in abundance .
It must be evident , that there is plenty for aH ; and we may depend that when we begin in trnth , the power from -which all things are derived is all sufiicieBt for the eareand preservation of its creatures ; and none Will suffer either want or the fear of it . Bat -until this is done , vain and empty will be all theories of ' man's superior happiness that shall be attempted to be practically worked by falsehood and deception . I notice your appeal for funds , which appears to me an extramely modest one ; and although J was in hopes ere this to have been entirely' dispossessed of individual property ; yet as this is not quite the ease I shall pay ilr . Cleave one sovereign to the account of the treasurer , the first day I am in town ; and I crust the Executive will be placed in the position for making the " fair start" yen wish them to do , by this course being generally adopted .
The events now acting around us show that we live in no ordinary times ; let us , then , individually see what portion of the great work we can best perform , xnd set to it in good earsest , being confident that ererj member of the great family of man will soon fee urged to do the same ; and let us avoid all cavilling and disputing which can only impede and hinder " » Since I last wrote you , the following prominent occurrences have taken place , each of which would not long since have produced s consternation of the-greatest magnitude , althougn they now appear quite ordinary . 1 st Mr . O'Connell , at the head of the Irish people declines the assistance , and aid of Englishmen and Scotchmen , having long since de&ei the Government 2 nd . A proposition is seriously made that the people ef Ireland should pay no more rents , rates , tithes , er taxes , which is being practically carried into effect to a great extent
3 rd . In a case of deliberate murder , a jury of the middle classes refuses to eonviet , or to giro the slightest allacoB te"blame , notwithstanding the clearest evidence . 4 th . A trial to intimidate the Bebeecaifces by force has been attempted , and Is admitted by the Times to have been a signal failure ; the reaction having frightened those who made it so much as to induce thtm to leave the country . 5 th . A Poor law Union in Wales , unable to collect the means of relieving the porx , have applied to the Poor law Commissioners for permission to stnd them home to their respective parishes .
I cannot better conclude this letter than by copying the reply made by the Commissioners to the application just mentioned , as it shows the first working of that power to effect a change , which I stated in a former letter existed , eren in the Toor Law Act itself . " Poor Xaw Commissioners' Office , Somerset House , Sept . 12 . ' ¦ Sir , —I am directed by the Poor Xaw Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter x > l the 9 th instant , representing that the Cardigan Union is in a state of bankruptcy , in eonsequenre of the refusal of the » te payers to pay the * rates , and the difficulty of enforcing payment of thy" in thB present excited state of the country .
"The Commissioners desire to state that under the present provigons of the law the Guardians alone are ; responsible for the due relief of the destitute poor ; within their union ; and it is their dnty to make the necessary calls upon the -overseers of the respectiveparishes for contributions to the union fnnds , and to i enforce such calls , if necessary , in the manner pravided ' by the legislature . " It is , moreover , the dnty cf the overseers to make the necessary ratea to enable them to meet the demands xiade upon them by the Guardians , and the other legal demands npon the poor rates , and , if necessary , to enforce payment of such rates by the means which the law provides in such ease .
" Neither the Guardians nor the Overseers can relieve themselves from ihe duties which the law has imposed upon them respectively ; and they would incur a kbom responsibility if , owing to any neglect on the part of either the Guardians or the Overaeers , the poor should go unrelieved , and any serious consequences sbomld resolt from it " "The Commissioners are aware of the difficulties wising from the present state of some of the counties of "Wide *; iut they do not think that these difficulties can be obviated by the persona upon whom the law has
art duties of mnch responsibility , abandoning their j c 6 ce » , and relinquishing the performance of those j duties . The more difficult the collection of tbe rates . *>* y be , tbe more It behoves tbe Gaardians to exert themselves , and to endeavour to enforoe a higher obe-, flieree to the law from the parties amenable to it ; and j the ComaiBsioners cannot beBev * that the stablishmenti of a course of proceedings wholly at variance with the ? law , such as those suggested in jo « r communication , is ! « 3 eal » t « -a to restore that comporare asd proper regard j V ) tbe law in eeneral , which nut be to earnestly desired j ij ill well-dispoMd persons . ]
* ' Yomr nut obedieafc » erant , W- G- Xuntsi , Asristut Secretary . " To tha Tiee-Chafemam of the Cardigan . Board of Guardians . " Tour readers will here see the d £ tfcet admiatlon * k » t * 1 property , and even aH personal considesatloni , \ tt «* give wsj- to the paramoaifc iaty of relieving the i P ° » i and that none dare even legally , m « ch less aoally j " fi&et it i „ The respoMibiSty may , for a time , be shifted from i »« Commissioners to the Guardians , fron tbe Guar- ' rr 1 " to *** Overseers , from QlB overseers to the Bate- ] wea , and so on ; but as tke Commissioner * bow begin | » dread , let any serious sonseqneew T « satt froa lt , i oraZ ° * * " * ° ** ^ dnty Wo ° S" ew 7 \ That power \< y which all things exist is a 9-snfiirfenl ; j iox tie workirg oct of its ewn imjnut&Ke and eternal '
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3 aw 3 ; and in proportion to eur opposition to them must be onr pain and trial j we have hitherto been grossly blind regarding these laws , bat there is now much to hope for in tbe progress we are making * nd when once -we can bear the full light of trutb SBd walk in it , we may immediately become partakers of every benefit we deiire . I am , Six , yoar obedient Servant , Willixh Galpik . Concordium , Ham Common , Surrey . Sept S 3 , 1843 .
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» THE TYPB FOUNDERS . The following address appeared in the Weekly Dispatch of Sunday last We commeHd it to oar readers , trusting that it will be heartily and liberally responded to . by the public . TO THBPUBLIC . ESPECIALLY THAT POBTION EKGAGED IS PK 1 BIIBG AKD LITEKAB . T POBSDITS . We , the type-founders of Londoa , having been e 5 ghfc weeks ont of employ , and having failed in all our tfforts to effect an amicable adjustment of our differences ( oar desire to do so having been met by onr employers with a degree of superciliousness amounting to a total disregard of our interest as workmen or their character » s gentlemen ) , and , moreover , Mr . Besley having determined to " war to the knife , " and feeling tost passive obedience , under such circumstances , would be highly criminal to ourselves , unjust to our wives and familieB , and & tacit acknowledgment that we are slaves * and deserve to be treated u inch , have resolved npon this address .
The trade of a type-fouBder is , above all others , the most pernicious to health and destructive to life ; they are continually working in a degree of heat that wonld be inconvenient to a person brought np in a tropical climate , and breathing an atmosphere aa impure as the Blaek Hole at Calcutta ; " standing in one position from twelve to fourteen hours per day , with their heads not a foot from tbe metal , which for casting small types requires to be red-hot . The composition of this metal is xegulus of antimony and lead , the fames
arising from whieh is rank poisoa . Keither 1 b thu all : tbe particles of metallic dust which fly off in the process of rubbing and dressing are constantly being inhaled by those employed in tbe manufacture of type . These two causes combined produce numerous and serious disorders , such as rheumatism , asthma , and . pulmonary complaints , dreadful pains in the head , arising from the impure state of tbe stomach , and , finally , a premature deatk . This picture is not overcharged—the trnth of it will be borne out by the testimony of any medical man .
Now for the remuneration . A man at the old prices , if a good workman , will cast about 4 000 types per day , for which he received on an average 3 s . 4 d . ;; now the reduction proposed npon this trifling income ia from 23 to 75 per cent That is an Income Tax with a vengeance ! and this , be it understood , not for any public benefit that can possibly arise from such a reduction , bnt for the purpose of compelling some obnoxious arm or firms either te close or join those combined for the purpose of extorting from the printers what they well know , and have admitted by tbeir recent conduct to be exorbitant prices ; but of that tbe public shall jadge by the subjoined list ef cost of materials , workmanship , ace .
The cost of metal to cast one pound of brevier types , is about 4 d . The price for casting one pouad , 7 d . ; rubbing , 1 Ji ; dressing , 2 d . ; fire asd other expenses might amount to -id . more ; it would certainly be less rather than more . Now , the price charged to tbe printers from Messrs . Thorowgoods own list , is 3 s . 4 d . ; the cost , the outside cost of manufacture , as will be seen of this ponsd of type is Is . € } d ., and the masters * profit on the same will be Is . 3 d . . Now , supposing a man to cast six pounds of brevier types in one day , be will receive 3 s . 6 d . fer his day's work , and the masters profit on the day ' s work , is , as will be perceived , np-Trarris of 1 O » .
If a master printer speaks to a master type-founder upon this statement , the founder will point his attention to the expense of cutting punches , Trmftjng moulds , && ; but we reply , that upon the whole , taking an average of founts , from Pearl to Pica , from the time they are cut . until they are supsrieded by others , tbe cost does not amount to one farthing per pound for all the types that have been cast from the punches . Although the outlay appears great , is the first instance , yet the immense quantity of type that can be produced from ene punch , readers it a mere fraction en each pound .
If the masters have reduced tbeir -pticea from 3 s . < d . even to 2 a . 6 A , in this case are not the profits much greater than any other class of masters upon the same amount of capital ? Metal for casting diamond types does not cost more than 53 . per pound ; and this body is sold for lZv per pound , If too much regains were mixed with lead it would be impossible to work it ; and if it were possible to work all regulus , it would not exceed 6 | d . per lb . at the present price of that article . As to the art required in mixing , it is so great that the porter is the important person who performs this part of the business , and acquires tha art in a few weeks .
Having stated these few facts relating to our present position , we hope to meet with that sympathy and support which our oppressed situation requires . Thomas Wbbb , ~ Cbairman of the Committee of Journeymen Typefounders , Committee Room , Ship Tavern , Glass House yard , Aldfcrsgate-street , Sept 21 , 1843 .
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Co > 6 TiTimo 3 ii Q . uEsnon . —The great constitutional question -whether tiie Queen could go to France was all of a sudden settled by her going there . We bad been reading up FJeta , with a view to fc elucidation , and had got through the 98 : h volume of the reports , when our infairy was put an end to by the arrival of tas intelligence that the Roial legs vfere ai that raoaent under French mahottuiy . We mean , hwever , to turn-on all eur inforaatioH to the equally important qaevhoo , whether the overseer of Chelsea can legacy and constitutionally so to KewnBgton ^ O " ^ of office . The overseer tferokshe can . Pumaell , AeWaie-who generally hits th * right natl . npon oi
fte head-believes be can'i ; and we are opinion , that there ought to be a parochial regency , or that ObtSSA cocked hat rifonld be p » t ™> « mudii-Hion antil the return of the orerseer to the £ eat-we « ean of course the easy-tbair—of government . In constitutional language the overseer « ™ J " abroad ; " and lifeo the maxJin , that the Sovereign sever dies , the saying tlat the " . oversew nf *™** put , " seems to warrant Bb going to any lengths whsterer . —Punch .
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Carlisle . —meeting op the council of the Cablisle Chabtist association—A public meeting of the above-named body took place in their Boom , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday last , Mr . James O'Ne-U in the chair . Ssveral sums weie paid in from the different districts for the V ictim Fund . It was then moved by Mr . Robert Graham , and seconded by Mr . William Cpulthard , and carried unanimously : — "That the anm of 1 03 . be sent off to the Tictim Fund . " Reference was then made to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in tbe last nnmber of the Northern Star , in respect to the
policy to be observes fey the Chartist body at the next election . After some appropriate remarks , Mr . Bowman moved , and Mr . James Muir seconded , the following resolution : —•• Teat " our Secretary writ # to Mr . OConn « , giving him every information respecting the voters at the last election .: the numbers who voted fer the Whigs and Tories , and the number of Chartists who did not vote , which will shew that the balance of power is in the hands of the people , and if cautiously exercised , may secure a Chartist Member of Parliament for the Borough of Carlisle" The Council then adjourned until Sunday , the 1 st of October .
BRADFORD . —On Sunday evening , a public meeting was held at Idle , near Bradford , Mr . Thomas Ibbitson addressed the meeting on the present position of the Torking classes , urging on them to join the Chartist ranks . Mr . Smyth next addressed the meeting , and explained the new plan of Organization . On Sundav evening the following sums were paid to Mr . Smith : Mr . T . for the victims , Is . ; for the defence fund , Mr . T . Is . ; Betty 6 d . ; Mrs . Warton , 6 d ., for the fourth count Men's Defence ; from Keigh-Iey , for West Riding levy 5 s . ; Council Boom rent from Warpers 4 s . ; James Greenough's Defence 1 * . A special meeting of the Council will be held on Sunday evening at six o ' clock in the Council Boom .
ZiONDON . —Metropolitan Delegate Meeting . —Sunday afternoon Mr . Matthews in the chair , credentials were received from Messrs . Large and Cook , for Marylebone , and 3 s . for the delegate meeting . Mr . Wheeler was appointed to officiate as secretary during the temporary absezjee of Mr . M'Grath . The Treasurer gave in a report of the receipts and expenditure of tbe delegates to the Conference . Mr . Wheeler reported relative to the concert got up for that object The auditors reported the cbrretness of the Balauce Sheet , and it was ordered to be sent for insertion to taetforfftern Star ; £ i was ordered to be paid to the Treasurer of the Institution , on account of tbe late public meeting , and 6 s . to be remitted to Birmingham on accoaut of expenses incurred by the Conference . The Secretary
was instructed to lay . before the meeting on the ensuing Sunday , Balance Sheets of the funds connected with the delegate meeting with a Tiew to their settlement , prior to its dissolution . Steps were also ordered to be taken relative to certain defaulters . Mr . Cowan moved and Mr . Manlz seconded : "That on the ensuing Sunday the delegates should meet in committee to decide upon the beat steps to be taken relative to the New Organization " Many of the delegates expressed their opinions upon this subject , and urged the necessity of supporting the Executive , and working with renewed energy under the New Ofganizition . Mr . Grover moved and Mr . Mantz
seconded ; ' - That a large out-doors public meeting be called of the unemployed population of London . " liestrs . Graver and Mantz expressed tbeir opinion that tbe trades of the Metropolis were becoming alive to the necessity of political pawer , aa the only means ol bettering their condition , and that much good might be effected amongst them . After some discussion upon the subject the motion was withdrawn for tbe present , it being considered important that every energy should be devoted to carrying out the New Organization , prior to any other measures being adopted . Arrangements were entered into relative to tbe Victim Fund , and the meeting adjourned .
Political and Scientinic Institution , Tornagain-Lane—Mr . Manfe lectured here on Sunday evening t * a large and attentive audience . At the close of the lecture an animated discussion ensued . MONTROSE—Tko democrats of this priest-ridden town have recommenced tbe social meetings for tbe winter months . On Saturday the 23 rd , Mr . R . GGimmage , of Northampton ! , delivered a most excellent address . A resolution to the following effect was passed at our weekly meeting , unanimously ; " That this body is of opinion that a union of the Chartists of England and Scotland , would fee productive of great benefit to the Chartist cause . "
SHEFFIELD . —On Snnday , Mr . West , accompanied by a goodly number of tbe Sheffield " lads " , visited Woodhouse , a village about five miles from the town , for tbe purpose of once more unfurling the glorious banner of tbe Charter . The inhabitants are chiefly agriculturists and colliers . There was a good attendance . Mr . G . Evinson opened the proceedings in a sensible speech , describing the poverty of the peopletracing , in a plain manner , the causes that produced it , and toe oaly efficient remedy—the attainment of political power . Mr . West followed at ; great length , expounding the word of truth , and replying to the calumnies and misrepresentations that have been heaped upon the Chartist body . Mr . West was invited to visit Woodhouse again in the course of a fortnight to open a branch if , in the mean time , the New Plan is enrolled .
Fig-Treb-Lanb . —On Sunday sight , Mr . West delivered aa address in the above room , " on the blessiag » of Monarchy ''(? j—The late movements of our 41 gracious Queen" and the "Citizen King" came under special notice . The history of some of our monarcha and tbeir squanderings of hundreds of millions of money , and sacrifice of millions of human lives , which Mr . West detailed , produced an ardent conviction in tbe minds of Mb numerous bearers " that they manage these things better in America" ! On Monday evening , there ¦ eras a public meeting , Mr . Hall in tbe cbair . Mr . J . Evinson spoke at some length in bis usual forcible style . Mr . Hill , an agricultural labourer , next addressed the
meeting . Mr . West folio wed . At the conlusion of the meeting , several names were given in for enrolment MlDGtEY . —On tbe 25 tn of September , 1837 , a Radical Association was formed In Midgley , and ever since it has been usual to celebrate that event on tbe return of each anniversary . Monday last being the sixth anniversary , the members of the ABBociatiou met in their room to celebrate that event . Several speeches were made , numerous' songs snng , pieces recited , and toasts given , and tbe evening wag spent in tbe greatest hara « ny . The nag of the Association was hoisted in front of the room , and , remained there during the whole day .
DUBLIN . —Tbe Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting at one o'clock on Sunday last , at tbeir rooms , No . 14 , North Anne-street . An incident of rather an amusing nature occurred at this meeting . While tbe members were assembling , a number of mischievous little urchins from ten to sixteen years of age . full of fun and devilment , gathered about tbe entrance for tbe purpose of disturbing tbe proceedings . They soon commenced operations by making all manner of noises , when Mr . O'Higgins went out and told them to be quiet for a short time until tbe business of the meeting was over , and then whoever made most noise wonld be the the best boy . But , said one , we are all Repealers , and all for O'ConnelL And we are all for Repeal too , said Mr . O'Higgins . Ob , you are
ail Chartists , said another lad . What do the Chartists want , said a third ? Well now , said Mr . O'Higgins , that is just tbe question which It was right you should ask , and which you ought to know . Can you read and write ? Tes , yesj ; we can all rend and write . An * your fathers are tradesmen and labourers ? Tes . 'brick-Jayera , draymen , porters , and boatmen . Well , now , tbe Chartists want to enable your parents to give you good clothes , plenty of beef and mutton four days in the week , aud twice on Sundays , and butter on both sides of your bread , if you like it . How are we to get that ? Be qviiet , sit down htre , and read these papers while we are settliDg our affairs for the meeting , and you shall all be admitted when the ohair is taken , and
you will then hear how thes 9 good things are to be gotten ; you can then tell your parents what you heard and saw here , show them these papers , and if they do not approve of it you need not come here any more ; bnt , if they give you leave to come , you win be welcome . Seats were then provided for them , and Mr . Rafter was cailed to the chair . Mr . H- Clark acted as seeretary . Mr . O'Higgins rose , and , in a clear and perspicuous style , explained tbe principles of Chartism , and showed , in the plainest and simplest manner , how the adoption of those principles would benefit the working classes and their children , and bow easily they could be obtained by a cordial and hearty co-operation of the working claaees of England and Ireland . He then read an admirably written and eloquent address signed by thirteen
electors of the burgh of Andsrston in Sootiand , enclosing a poat-office order for thirteen shillings , and requesting that they sboald be proposed and admitted members of tbe Irish Universal Snffrage Association . The address stated that the majority were IriBhmea and Gatholics . In a * postcript to the address tkey eomplained of tbe curtailment of the Dablin reports of that Association in the Northern Star , and r * quested that this complaint should get all possible publicity . He ( Mr . O'Higgin «) took that opportunity of thanking bis Anderston friends for the very kind and flattering terms ia which they Tiad mentioned his humble name . Their kindness aud good feeling towards him had led them to overrate tbe services whfecb he cad rendered totbe cauBe of democracy in the land of bis forefathers . He was under a . deep obligation tu the men of Anderston and of Tollcross for having
returned him for both places , to tfao great Birmingham Confarenct in December lust . The only merit that he jMr . O"H . ) could claim was a firm and fixed determination to do what he knew to be right at all hsjrirdi . His Scotch friends , wboai he had not yet had the pleasure of seeing , had done him justice by giving him credit for having always entertained , an anxious desire to achieve those objects which his coucience approved . He { Mr . OH . ) believed in his eoal tbat the achievement of the People ' s Charter would be the political redemption of the country , and be fully agreed . with his Andereton friends , " ( fcat tho professing patriot wb » opposed it or sneered at it IS A XKAVB IK FOLlTICt AND A HTP 0 CRI 1 B IK HBLI 6 I 0 N . " With respect tO the curtailment of their reports in the Vorihem Star , be must state for tie information of bis Anderston friend * and others who had written npon the same subjeut , that these repcrta were very rarely curtailed ; but
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generally printed at fall length in the Star . It frequently happens that condensed reports of tbe proceedings are sent f * om the Association and published in the fornv In which they are sent , for which he ( Mr . O"H . ) on the part of the Association , thanked the proprietor , w « 'J ! . te *< * n < l P « t > H 8 ber of the Northern Star . Mr . OHiggins concluded by moving that the following inhabitants of Andewton be admitte * members of the * " ^ ii . m *!?? . SaffraRfl Associationr-Pater Bonar , 4 * 5 $ ^ aI (* M ^ Ginnis , James Murphy , David Boggle , WimmCl ^ k . Mnah M'Gavan , John Boyle . William Doherty , Nell M'lnathy , Neil Thomson , Jauies MGlachlan , Ge » rge Creighton , John Watson . Tae motion was seconded by Mr . Patrick Moron , in an admirable ana spirit-stirring spsech , in the course of which he
observed , amongst a great many ether topics , tbai he found the country people through every oart where he had bees , complaining that afcer all " the money tbeyhad paid to the Catholio rent ; to the OConneU tribute ; to the Repeal rent ; and after all they suffered in prison , and all the blood that was shed in resisting the payment of tithes , they found their condition far worse now than it was twenty years ago , when this system of agitation commenced . It was decidedly an agitation tor the benefit of lawyeia and middle-men , but is not , nor was it ever intended to be of the least use to the working man . The forty shilling freeholders , who were the wealth , the bone , and sinews , and mainstay , in fact , the political sheet anchor of the country , were eaeriHeed for a species of Catholic emanciwhich
pation , openea the flood gates of corraption for profesaiog patriots and barristers , but which left the working people and the email farmers in a far worse condition tban they were before . Look at the state of the county of Carlow ; the tenants of that county were driven against their landlords—men who had actually voted for Catholic Emancipation , some of them beiag the very besfc landlords in Ireland ; and Jews , jobber , place-hunters , strangers of every sort and aits were sent into this county , to ride rough * shod over the resident gentry of the county , at the biddmg of Mr . O'Coucell , who , after having excited deadly hatred between landlord and tenant , basely abandoned these tenants to their fate ; and in order to help the landloidB to get their refractory tenantry out of
the way , so as their dying groans « ould not be heard , actually became , aad is now , President of an Emigration Society ; thus making money of the expatriation of his unfortunate dupes to an unwholesome clime , where he knows they cannot live many months after their arrival —( bear , hear ) . The most tyrannical and infamous landlords in ail Ireland have been held up to the public as sterling patriots , because they paid a pound to tbe O'Connell Repeal Fund at the Corn Exchange . It was written on the gates of Bandon- * - " Jew , Turk , or Atheist may dwell here , but aoU a Papist . " Now , O'Connell , the hollow-hearted , canting brawler about civil and religious liberty , haB written in his own handwriting on the booka of the Corn Exchange , and published it to the world , that * ' Jew ,
Turk , ob Atheist , are welcome there , — but NOT a CHARTtsT ' v- ( hear , hear , and « reas cheering ) . To be sure tho people are worse off now than they were btfore emancipation . And they will be growing worae and worse every year until they get the Charter . Mr . OCoanell got a great deal for them . He praised and supported tbe Whigs who gave the present poor laws , and gave poor Mr . Morgan O'Connell a fat place . Under the shallow pretence ef reforming the House of Lords , he thought to lead off the English people from their opposition to the Poor Law Amendment Act He opposed every good measure for Ireland , and supported ; every bad one . He professed to be the opponent of tithes , while he voted against Mr . S . Crawford ' b motion for the total abolition of tithe . He
supported tie ministerial bill converting tithe into a rent charge , and giving it precedence of . rent or mortgages , or any other claim . And why ? because Lii son Maurice had nothing else to live u ^ on . He voted for the Whig ¦ py system in ¦ the shape of a new police , because the Whigs made master spies of his two sons-in-law , French , and Charles O'Connell , by making * them stipendiary magistrates ; that is to say , government spies and sveorn informers . He put the Repeal of the Union in abeyance In nider to get a place for his son-in-law , little Kit Fitznmon , who sold the county Dublin to a noa-Repeaier , and left the unfortunate dupes who voted for him and against their landlords at the mercy of thoso landlords . He voted for the Irish Coercion Act ; though he has since had tbe daring audacity to deny it , while his
letter in support of that vote , and against Mr . Crawford for having opposed it are on record . He adviBed tbe people to pay neither tithes nor minister ' s money , and swore before high heaven and bis assembled countrymen , that he would rot in jail , sooner than pay one shilling of the unholy impost ; yet , he paid that impost , and voted for the Irish Municipal Reform Bill with a clause in it , making the payment of minister ' s meney , tbe condition upon which his fellow citizens , who do not belong to his old friends the Orange freemen , ¦ ball become burgesses ; thus , JnsuriBg the prompt payment « f the very unholy impost which he professed to denounoe : and , wheu Lord Mayor , actually disfranchised with bis own band and ' seal the President of this Association , because be did not pay ministers'
money—( shame , shame ) . Now if this man be not " a knave in politics and a hypocrite in religion" there never waa one . Has he not done all these things and more for his country ? and if the people , through bis policy , have been reduced from living upon beef and mutton to live upon potatoes and salt—has be not helped the Whigs to reduce tbe people of England to the saino condition ? and as he has done his best to bring the working people ; ct both countries to a perfect system of unenviable equality , what right have they to complain ? Has he not got tbeir shillings to the amount ol £ 10 , 608 under the pretence of Repealing tbe Union ; and have they not < r-t leave to cheer the "Qjeen and O'Connell , " and "O'Connell and the Queen , " at a } l the great meeting * , and to walk home afterwards and eat—potatoes ! no , but tampers and 8 * U every day they can get them ! and what more do th « y want ? After all these blessings which the Liberator
( some profane rascals say Dictator ) got for hie countrymen , what do they complain of . They are most unreasonable . Has ; be not gotten from the enemies of bis country " the Saxon and the stranger , " £ 1 , 000 a year for his aon-in-iaw , Christopher Fitznmon , Esq ., clett f the Hanuper , and deputy informer generul of the county Wicklow . D . L . For his son-in-law , French , £ 900 as Stipendiary Magistrate . For his son-in-law , Charles O'Connell , £ 900 a year as Stipei > diary Magistrate ; and £ 800 a year for his son , Mr . Morgan O'Gunnell , ; and £ 200 a year each for six of hia nephews , informers in the new " exemplary and efficient polica . " If this dew not satisfy tbe Irish people , they are most usreaeonable ; aye , and incorrigible , too . Mr . Moran concluded a most buruorouB speech' by seconding tbe motion , which was put and carried with three hearty cheers . Mr . Clark read a letter from Mr . P . M . Biophy , of which the following is a copy : — " Whitehaven , September 20 , 1843 .
"TO PATBICK O ' HIGeiNS , KSQ > " Deae Sib , —I am directed by tho Committee of tbe Miners' Association of this town to return you their most sincere thanks , and also to the members of tbe Irish Universal Suffrage Association , for the interest you have taken in their affairs , and your prompt and efficient compliance with their request , by distributing their addresses amongst tbeir brethren , the Irish Coal Porters , and others engaged in the coal trade . "The Miners , to the number of 1 500 , have been thrown destitute upon the world because they refused to sign the following test : —
" * We the undersigned , being workmen employed in the Earl of Lonsdale ' s collieries , do hereby severally declare that we are not members of , nt » r in any way connected with , an association now being formed , called The Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland ; and , further , we severally promise not to become members of the said association , or any other of a similar nature , whilst employed in the said Earl ' s collieries . ' " There was no attempt made to carry this tyrannical test into effect , till Monday , the 28 th of August ; since which time time the poor men and their families have suffered extreme privation , aud tbe men bave been subject to insults which under other circurmtatces they would not bear . The object of this treatment was te provoke them to a breach of the peace , in order to ; . ffjrd a pretext for letting loose the military and special constables , upon , them ; but the poor men remained firm , quiet , and determined under tbe most trying
cir' . ances . " The name of the tyrant who has treated them in this barbarous manner is John Peile , who is agent to tho Eirl of Lonedale , and resides at Somerset House , iu this town . " The poor men parade the town every morning , several of them carty ing placards stating" We are CoUitrs who are willing to work . We seek no advance in price or reduction in our measure . All we seek isiAe right of every British Citizen ; and this right John Peitedenies . '" "Accept again the thanks ot the poor Miners , and also the heartfelt thanks of the writer , and " Believe me to be , dear Sir , " For the Men of Whitebaven , " Moat truly and gratefully yonra , " P . M . Brophy . "
It was gratifying to the meeting to hear a letter of Mr . Brophy's read . They all knew hia sterling wertb ; they all knew bis sufferings : they all knew how he waa banished from bis native country by the JibtrtyJoving Liberator ; they all . knew how his wife and children sunk into a premaUre grave la consequence of tbe prosecution of poor Brophy . The Liberator hunted them to death , and gloried in tbe deed when be heard it They all knew how this man—this canting spouter about civil and religious liberty—this man who keeps a domestic chaplain for show , first calumniated Mr . Bropby . by telling the world , through a base , slavish , and
profligate press , that Brophy waa first a Catholic ; that he changed his religion , became a Protestaat and an Oipngeman ; that wbtle a Catholic he had joined Father Spratt ' B Soepnter Society : that be had afterwaxds held up the Scapular ia ridicule At an Orange meeting : every word of which the Liberator knew to be false when he uitered it 1 Aud when poor , persecuted , and calumniated Brophy went down to tbe Cora JExcbsvgs with Father Spratt ' a certificate in bis pocket , stating that he had always known him as a Protestant ; that he never belonged to his Scapular Society ; bat that be was a useful , active and tfficient member of the Temperance Society : the libtcty-lovitc
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L'beiatjr , who kesps a donvesfcio chaplain , would not allow poor Bropby to clear his character from the foul calamities which this piona old sinner had heaped upon it . Brophy was kicked out . Tha calumny waa repeated and published ; the consequence of which was that Brophy lost his employment ! His wife , who was an Englishwoman , seeing all hope of subsistence cot off , sunk under it aad died of a broken heart 1 One of her little children soon followed her to her grave . But a day will yet come when the following epitaph will be inscribed on their tomb— " Here litth the body of Mrs . Brophy ( whose premature death was caused by the liberty-loving Liberator , Djrniel O'Connell , having deprived herself and her children of the means of subsistence by persecuting and
calumniating her husband , P . M . Bropby , an honest bard working sober man , for having had the honesty and the manliness to avow himself a Chartist . " Let this epitaph be kept safe , and t-easured up by every Char-Mae in the Empire ; and let jit be thrown in tbe teeth of the canting hypocrite whose tyranny , calumny , and persecution caused the death ! of aa innocent unoffending woman and her infant jchild— ( hear , hear ; " it shall never be fergotten ") . The Chairman said that he had known P . M . Brophy j well and long , and an honester fellow or a better patriot , or a truer friend did nottxist Mr . Woodward said that the Irish Universal Suffrage Association sustained a heavy loss in his friend Mr . Brophy . He couW not remain here ; for the prejudice which Mr . O'Connell excited against him was such that men in business were afra'd to keep him in
tbeir employment . Their respected president ,- Mr . O'Htegins , got an excellent situation for him ; but tbe prejudice against him was such that be could not keep him in hia employment although ho had no fault to find with him ; but on the contrary he answered him in every respect . Mr . Hogan said , though once an ad ' mirer of O'ConneH ' s , yet he would engrave the epitaph on the tombatone gratis—( cheers ) . It waa then moved and seconded that Mr . Bropby ' a letter , the address from Anderston , and Mr . Moir ' s letter should be inserted on the minutes . Mr . Woodward was called to the chair and tbe usual thanks having been voted to Mr . R jfter , the meeting separated . The young lads , who remained attentive listeners all the time , asked leave to give a cheer , and they did give three hearty eheers for Mr . O Higgins and the Association . This looks well .
LONDON . —Mr . Waddlngton lectured at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday evening last , on " the land " . After the lecture a spirited discussion followed . A vote of thanks : waa given to the lecturer , and the meeting separated . ; BRIGHTON . —At a public meeting bolden on Monday , September 18 th , at the ! Cap of Liberty Portlandstreet , Mr . Giles In the cbair , it waa proposed by Mr . Pa # e , and seconded by Mr . Davy , " That tbe Treasurer transmit £ 1 to the Victim Fund" . Carried unanimously . ;
K 3 NT . The members of the Greenwich and L- ; wisham localities held a meeting at the Hope Inn , Lewisb&m , Mr . H . Hiliman ] in the chair , to hear Mr . Ross , the delegate for the counties of Kent and Surrey , deliver in hia report The following resolutions were passed : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , Mr . Ross is entitled to our thanks for his praiseworthy conduct aa delegate to Birmingham " . " That the thanks of this meeting be given to ] the members of tha late Conference for their praiseworthy labours in perfecting the NewP . an of Organization ; aad we hereby express our determination to abide by it , and give our support the Executive pro tern . " \ SUNDERLAND . —Messrs . Charlton and Doble lectured in the Chartist room ; , on Monday evening , to a goad audience , after which a collection took place for the Victim Fund . \
OLDHAM— On Sunday last , Mr . William Boll , of Hey wood , delivered a very energetic and soul-stirring address in tbe Cbartiat room , Greaves-street . Tbe audienoe were respectable and listened with great attention . At tbe conclusion , 9 s . 3 £ d . were collected to defray the expence of the room , when the company separated highly satisfied with the lecturer . ILKESTON , Derbyshire . —A large meeting wai held in this place on Sunday evening last , at the houss of Mr . Ellis , to take into consideration the plan as laid down by tbe Conference , Mr . Tfiomas Potter in the chair . Tbe Secretary then read the new Plan , clause by clause . The following resolutions were agreed to : — " That we , the members of the late Charter Association , do agree- to join the New Association as soon as its enrolment shall bave been made public . " "That we commence making preparations , aa recommended by the Editor of the Star of thie ^ w ee k , by payiojj our subscriptions for defraying the ! expences of the Charter and cards of membership as soon as they are ready . "
NOTTINGHAM . —On j Monday evening last , a public meeting was holdea in tke Democratic Chapel , for the purpose of choosing delegates to represent the various localities near Nottingham in the forthcoming delegate meeting , which will be held at Darby on Sunday , Oct . 1 st , when Mr . Sarnual Boonham and Mr . Samuel Etches were unanimbuely elected . BATH . —On Monday evening , Sept . 25 th , a meeting of the members of the Chartists of this city was held at their rooms , Gilloway Buildings . Upon the motion of Mr . C . Bolwell , late of London , seconded by Mr . T . Bolwell , Mr , Twite waa Wiled to the cbair . Mr . C . Bui well said they were met to discuss the best plan of rallying the people in this part of the country . He thought that nothing would mors effectually serve their
purpose than a delegate meeting convened from the different localities in tbe West of England . Mr . T . Bolwell said he too bad thought a delegate meeting essential to the carrying out of their object . If they had any faith in Mr . O'Connor , which he was sura they all had , they might believe that the N » w Plan of Organization was strictly legal , and that there was every probability of ita being duly enrolled . If the plan should be enrolled , it would give a great impetus to their movement Many were timid ) and had a kind of fear that there was sornethipg illegal about their proceedings , who were otherwise good Chartists , and if tbe Pian waa enrolled , all doubta of such a , nature would be removed . He thought there could not be a more favourable opportunity than j the present , when a new
Organization was about to be adopted for them to call on tbe people , or to which the people would more readily respond . He had noticed the proceedings of the delegate meetings in tbe North , and be believed the manner ia which the excitement bad been kept up there was mainly owing to these meetings . Ho thought a delegate meeting would be the best step to take , in carrying out their present object Mi . Futze having bome bis testimony to the good results of the delegate meetings held in this part of tbe country during tbe agitation , it waa moved by Mr . Young , seconded by Mr . C . Bolwell , and earned unanimously— " That this meeting ia of opinion , in order to arouse tbe people of the West of England from their present apathy , and bring their latent energies into operation , in favour of the principles of the People's Charter , and to determine Bpon the best means of
carrying on the New Plan of ) Organ ! zition , it is highly desirable a meeting of delegates , convened from the different localities , should be held as early aa possible , and that the Secretary be instructed to write te the Secretaries of tbe various Associations in the district , to solicit their co-operation . " { Mr . C . Bolwell suggested that Sunday fortnight , October 15 th , be the time , and Bith the place in which the delegates should assemble . [ The Secretary in Bath , noti having the direotions of trie Secretaries at Cheltenham , WottoB-nnder-Edge , Cirenceeter , Gloucester , and' other places , wonld feel obliged by those gentlemen jwbo do not immediately receive letterB from him , to ; accept the resolution in the Slur instead ; and would consider it a great favour if they would communicate with him as early as possible . Addrees , Mr . T . jBolwell , Galloway Buildings , BathJ i
CLITHEROE . —Mr . Mead paid as a visit last Sunday . He lectured in the evening , and although only a few hours' notice waB given , at the appointed time the room was filled to overflowing . Mr . Mead delivered an excellent discourse from an appropriate text , in the delivery of which he very highly delighted his audience . On Monday evening , he delivered a second lecture , " On the present prospects of tbe British empire . " A collection was made for the Victim Fund , and a vote of thanks given to the lecturer ] after which the meeting dispersed . I
Manchester . —Carpenters' Hall . —a le « - ture was delivered in the above Hall , on Sunday evening last , by Mr . James Leach . The hall waa crowded in every part by & respectable audience . The lecturer gave great satisfaction , whiisb was manifested by the repeated plaudits of tbe assembly . Fifteen persons gave in their names for enrolment at the close of the meeting . The cause of Chartism is looking brighter in Manchester now tban it haa done for some time back , ana we are happy to say that the New Plan of Organization has given the greatest satisfaction to the people of this put of tbe country . Many who have hitherto stood aloof say now ! the Ghartista are going te commence something practicable , —we wiH render them alt tho assistance in our power ; and accordingly several small sums bave been handed in for tbe purpose of enabling tbe Executive to commence their labours aa speedily as possible . We have received lor that purpose one shilling from Mr . George Pifrtan , aad we know tbat tbe secretary has also received some monies for tbe
same purpose . STOCKPOR . T . —Mr . Dixon delivered a lecture on the Land and tbe New Plan of OrganiJation , to a respectable audience , on Sunday evening last , in the Association Ruoro , Bomber ' s ; Brow , Hill Gate . P £ NRITH . —Mr . Dickenaoa haa been delivering a course of six lectures on ChartiBm in this town , to large and enthusiastic audiences , -i At tha close of his last lecture the following resolution was nnanitnoaaly adapted : ** That we cordially agree with the principles of tbe People ' s Charter , and ] resolve to contend for no
political measure short , of its just provisions . That we pledge ourselves to support none but Chartist candidates at any future election . That we heartily approve ef tbe New Plan of Oig&niaction , and pledge ovuselvea to carry it out in thia locality . That we express our hearty thanks to Feargaa O'Connor , JEsq and the Editor of the Northern Star for their untiling advocacy of the rights of the industrious millions . ] That , lastly , we offer oar warm thanks to Mr . Dickenson for bis talented and truly instructive lectures . " The above resolution was carried at a meeting of nearly one thousand of the inhabitants of Penritb , with one dissenting voice .
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A Man of Business . —In a back township of Upper Canada , a magistrate , who kept ataveiu , Bold liquor to people till * hey got drunk and fought in hia 'house . He then issued a warrant , apprehended them , and tried them on the spot ; and . besides fining them , made them treat others to make np the quarrel . Puseyism . —The Rev Mb , Newman . —Mr . Newman has resigned tne viearage of St . Mary ' s , in Oxford , which living is attached to tbe chapel of Littlemore , built by Mr . Newman himself . The fact is , that for a length of time Mr . Newman has been exposed to a systematic opposition from the heads of houses , who have resorted to every possiblo means in order to prevent young men at ' tM dfig his sermons . It is now two years since Mr . ftewm . ja alluded to these circumstances , and intimated t <> th 8 Bishop that he contemplated the resignadou ot his cure in consequence .
Smoky Statistics . —A writer in the New York American atatc-s that one million and a half ot ciiars are manufactured daily in Bremen , or ncarlv five hundred millions annually . The population ia 50 , 000 , and it is estimated that 30 . 000 cit-u . ^ are emuked daily , one day after another , throHghuiu the year , to say nothing of the pipes that are in r _ q . isition . Upwards of 3 , 000 persons find oon > taui employment in the cigar manufactories . A Feat on the Harvest Field . —A"k <> 7 »; , " as it is called , or , in other words , a competition -. ^ -iih scythe hooks , among six crack Irish reaoeti from
Antrim ( three to a ri ^ e ) , came off on Thursday afternoo ' n , in a field of fine ripe oats belonging to Mr . Graham , farmer , Bankhead , near South Q . io- nsferry . Tae result was that half an impsr . ul ucyg was cut in thirty-one and a half minutes , iucl . ifhug a delay of four and a halt' minutes occasioned hj one of the shearers having cut his band , so that tk « time actually employed on the half acre was only ttventysix and a half minutes—a feat almost unprecedented . Two adjoining riggs took six shearers t-- -- » -hours seventeen minutes at tha usual rate of caitiEg . — Edinburgh Paper .
A Soldier shot by a Comrade . — Ciiatham , Srpt . 26 . —An inquest was held this morning as the Gulden Lion Inn , iJromptoH , before Mr . J , Hinde , coroner , on the'body of Corporal Henry Donelly , ol the c 8 th Regiment , who was shot dead by Corporal Lowne , of the same corps , on Saturday afternoon , the' 23 rd instant . The inquest-room was crowded with civilians and military . The jury having been sworn , repaired to K house , 5 room , in tho Artillery-barracks , and took a view of the body ; it was l > iag on a bed . and presented a most awful sp&ctac . ' e , being covered with gore ; tho right eye being foiled out of the Bocket by the force of the ball , winch appeared to have entered under the left ear . The aouj was dressed in regimentals . On the return of the
jury to the jury-room , tha colonel of the regiment , Lieutenant-Colonel Wynward , with Major iJncige , Captain Nugent , aad Lieutenant ana Adjuuat M- 'Lorie , were present to "watch the proce ^ oiugs , * IboDt . Chidholm , R . E . The prisoner was br . sHght into the inquest-room by an escort under the charge of the Serjeant-Major , and placed before t , h « Court . It appeared from the evideace of Thomas M'Coiumil and Francis Gallaghar prifatea of the simio regiment , that the prisoner had been playing my itk ( he firelock and was not Aware of its being loadud . A » the deceased , sat eating his dinner , the prin > wer had fired the . piece at himwhen to his horror , his
, comrade immediately dropped dead . The jury lound that the deceased was accidentally shot by ilie prisoner , who ' did oot knQVf that the gun was loatted ; and they added that due caution had not been taken by the proper authorities ? on the arrival . ofrtie escort . The Coroner trusted that tha present inquiry yyould act as a warning to the prisoner for the remuiBQer of his life ; and ^ Iso that all soldiers woul 4 uke warning aid not play wfth ihe firearms entrusted io ° their bare . The prisoner , who was much iifcoieo during" the four heirs' inquiry , was rek ^© 't ri « n > custody . The deceased had been four y < are m in © regimcat , and waa twenty-two ytais of age .
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RICHARD OASTLER . In the Times of Friday , Sept- 22 nd , appeared a review of * ' Oaatler's Fleet Papere , " which -was pronrised to be continued . In the Times of Tuesday last , appeared the tbe following letter . Heartily concurring with the views of thB -writer , and earnestly anxious along -with him to see the great and good Richard Outler restored to liberty , vre hasten te give wider publicity to the appeal , that thereby the friends of the "Old King" may be sliired up to ilo b&ttle in bis behalf , by carrying out th « views of the writer : —
To the Editor of the Times . Sir , —1 , -with thousands and tens of thousands , I am sure , right neartily coscnr in the observation of a correspondent , ia yonr able journal of Friday , that "it is , in trnth , high time to do justice to Richard Oastler . " To tbe integrity of tbe principles , to the poorer , the benevolence , the disinterestedness of his mind , u vrell as to the value and importance of bis exertions in tbe cause of humanity asd equity , you , Sir , and troops of active Mends , have never failed to do justice . We all feel , vre all appreciate , the weight and worth » f his pnblic services ; in this , I dare say , there is no lack of justice . But surely it can never be said that vre have doBe justice to himself . so long as - » e suffer him to linger in prison for a debt of no overwhelming amount
nnder any circumstances , but which is paltry indeed -when regarded as the price of the personal liberty of so great a philanthropist . Efforts , I am -well aware , have been made to accerapliih this act of justice . I myself ¦ have taken an knmble part in them ; but though they have failed so far , I am still persuaded tbat it -would not be diffienlt to effect a consummation so devoutly to be -wished . All that is -wanted is a "Jong pnll , a strong pnll , and a pnll altogether . " Let us meet and resolve that . God -willing , it shall bb done ; and -we need rot for one moment despair of success . 1 -would urge this course upon the consideration of the friends of the poor , who must assuredly be Mr , Gastier ' s friends . " With Mm , " undoubtedly , originated the factory qaestion , .-rod those ameliorations which have taken place . " Verily , "if Oastler , -with his treBcbant blade , had not hewn his -way through tbe positive
mountains of obstruction which -were raised to it in the early stages of this brilliant advance of humanity and jastiee , Lord Ashley would never have had a standing place ; " and in thus reminding that N » ble Lord of -what he owes to so able and va' . iant a pioi-eer , " in a -work -which gains for him so ' much genuine renown , "' you do indeed but suggest a duty , the neglect of -which ifl a spot that greatly impairs the splendour of his exertions . " We all , in feet , o-sre a dnty to Oastler ; and it is tbe discharge of that «? uty that I -would bow insist npon . To witness inch a man the inmate of a debtor ' s prison , through no fault cf his own . bat rather as a consequence of his philanthropic labours , is a stigma upon our age and conn try—a stigma , in the disgrace ot which we are all individually participators , -who can esteem such labours , yet passively behold the fitvoted doer of them a persecuted prisoner ,
" And see him sink -without one arm to save . *' Well persuaded that your columns will ever be open , even to bo bamble an appeal m this , in furtherance of sneb an object as giving liberty to one -who baa done bo ranch to deserve it as Richard Oastler , aad not without hope that , feeble though this effort may be , it -will aot be altoffiher in vain , " I remain , Sir , " Tour obedient and ebliged servant , AN Bhglishmah . Brompton , Sept 23 , 1843 .
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TO THE CHARTISTS QF NOTTINGHAM AND SO 0 TH DERBY . BrotHEK . DEM 0 eRATS ,- ^ On Sunday evening , Sapfc 17 th , I delivered my first lecture upon the Corn Law » In Nottingham Market-place , in the course of -which lecture I went into oae of the arguments of the Free Traders , namely , that a « trade iucreases tfie waga » of labour increases , and proved from Parlia ;«« :. taiy documents- that as trade had increased in this country the wage * of labour had decreased . I shewed thut in the year 1781 we manufactured , in the "Doited Kingdom , five and a-half million potiqds . of cotton , whil * in 1841 we manufactured no less than five hundred dvd twebty ~ eight million pounds ; or in other words wfcery ve manufactured one pound of cotton in 1781 , -we manstacruied one hundred and one pounda in 1841 . Nr > w we find that in 1796 tho handloom weaver had 3 : !? { H . tot weaving the same quantity and quality of can . bnc cloth
for which he only had IU ., in 1815 , tLe v « ry year mark you that the Corn Law waa enacts '—' .-be law which the Free . T / adtrs complain so much aWut as the cause of all the evils tfeat ; fll ct the work ; ¦ ¦ n neopla at the present time ; aud yet we find tbat < iuv « os ? the space of eighteen years , when there was in reniir ? no Corn Law , or rather a Corn Law thas wau but nominal , a redaction took placo in tbe w .-iges of the > bandloom weaver of 19 ^ . 3 d . out of 33 * 3 1- Again frera 1815 to 1843 ( the present year ) wages sm i t-duced from lir . to 2 s . SKI . ! Bo much for the increw of trade bringing an increase of wageB to tbe worfc . n ^ man . The meeting waa a very good one , both f <>? numbers and respectability ; and I have great pleasure in silting ; tbat tbe peoplo of Nottingham are remaikub ;< h r the good behaviour they manifest at all meeting * -c . ' u ' . her for or against them . Tkis one fact says muco for their intelligence .
On Monday , I proceeded from Nottingham to \ rnold , a distance of four miles , and addressed the p ^ pii m the open air . Mr . AuthoDy , an active friend tu * i « good cause , occupied the chair , i am nappy to sa ? tu .. t the Chartists of Arnold are in favour of the Ne- « Pi-. u of Organization , and intend taking out a Charter uc s ^ on as they find that the Plan is enrolled . O-- Tu-sday evening I addressed an open-air meeting m Lim ' oiey . Mr . Bingbam , a yocog man , and one of tb » rijjVt sort , acted as chairman . The Chartists of Lamblt-y : iW are in favour of the New Pian of Organization ; v ... ! ¦ wi ll join it as soon aa they rind it enrolled under thr k- r .-ndly Benefit Societies'Act . Tne Chartists of Lamli y , wy friends , have , though upon a v « ry small sca' <~ -K'ed , foand the good tftveta of the allotment syste > i f » en ¦
under very great disadvantages and difficuitiet : u ... of our ChartisJ , friends , with whom I took tea . W . ! , jr : t ) ed me tbat he had but half-an-acre of land , whiri' yi . il 8 d as ' much wheat and barley as would supply hisf . n ¦¦' : aad himself ( four in number ) for forty weeks ; win ., ¦;« - . ? of potatoes for tbe year , besides onions for tk- ¦ ¦ ' ;' - -r ; and as to peas and beans , tboy bad more tb ; m ?• ? ¦ irnily could use during the summer months ; and cot . ¦¦¦ y ! nat but he had sufficient fodder , if I may be alii > * . < . . ¦¦ : <¦ use the term , to keep two pigs , which by next Eav : n ^ aid be ready for the knife , and . upon a moderate cal i iiion , would . be worth to Lim £ 6 . Hear that , ye frtt i .. > oters and blush ; ye who bave repudiated the ver ,. i . a of the laud in this country being capable t « pruduoe enough of food for tbe people .
On Wednesday , I proceeded from Lambloy tu B . mtford . When I arrived , I found there fca-i bw n » proper arrangements made to get up a good int-..- » in ^ , in consequence of there beipg no organization ' ' ) i . j : i ^ st those holding ChartiBt principles in the abovt . uwn . However , a few of tbe friends met together , t ^ twe . en seven and eight o'clock , and I explained to . tbtm the new plan , and they agreed to hold a meethi £ on : he Sunday following , when they would examine c . a ; r . n , and if they generally agreed with its pruvisior . H witch I think they will from what I beard ) , they wou > u use every possible means to get a branch form * u . On Thursday , I delivered a lecture to the people of Hucfcnal , in the open air . The meeting waa a huxe one , taking into account tbe number of inhabitants in the
village . My aubjeck was the land , and the necessity of the people uniting iu one mighty phalanx aud ut ng all their energies to get upon it . The personh ^ . r-tnt seemed to be fully impressed with tbe iitiiiorucce of the question . Mr . Henry Brown , a verj z nlorxB and honest Chartist , acted in the capacity of chuii mtin . My friends , aa a proof that the working men 6 ; Huoknal are etnbued with the belief that the land and ita capabilities is the question of all question .--, two hundred of them formed an association four month * ago , having for its object the getting of small allotments in which object I am happy to say , they Lave bugceeded . Tbey . have already taken twenty-five acres . The working men com posing the land fund * sudety , made . application Borne twelve months back to the
parties empowered to let it ; and they have agreed to let them twenty-fke acres , to be laid out . in cottage gardens of one half rood each , which wiil be 200 half roods to the twenty-five acres . Consequently , every member of the society will have aa tqual share . One ot tbeir rules is , tb&t the load luuet be cultivated with the spade . Brother democrats , you have no doubt sees Mr , O Connor' 8 excellent letter of September tlie I 6 'k , In which he shews what 25 , 000 members might do unUur ' . he New Plan of Organization to spread the principles of Chartism . I have also been calculating what nti ^ ht be done if only a portion of those who profvss our firinciplea would but do tbeir duty . My calculation i ? - a .
unathing , above Mr . O'Connor ' s . Supposing nvu Lad 28 800 paying members in the Association—unii .-i : re ! y out of the millions who have signed their name * to the National Petition , it Is not too much to cx ^ ci _> , . ^ 00 paying members ; the above number paying onu i ^ r .-iy per week * each for one year , would amount to A ' . < NiO . Now one-fourth of this sum . would pay tha Kx ; etiuva their wages , besides enabling them to employ nfitsn missionaries at 30 a . per week . These fifteen a ^ n-. tura being of course efficient men , would be sest through the country for the purpose of breaking up fresh ground and implanting therein tbe good and fsuiifui L « c > i of genuine democracy , which would in due tiine , witb , prudence and virtuous perseverance , produce 5 j . ioo , 500 , and I would fervently hope , in some insi . 'ucza 1000 fold . I remain , as usual , Your servant and fellow-worker in freedom ' s o ^ u'h , ] Christopher D ^ y ^ e .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 30, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct670/page/7/
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