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      C-LOE-IOTTS CKftKTIST SHEETING . COmiUed Uul week from want of room . ) A numerous meeting was held , on Monday , December 6 th , at the Town Hall , Southward , the High Bailiff in the chair . The Tewn clerk havin g read the notice calling the meeting , Mr . Blxck-MOUE moved S » following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of thU meeting thai distress prevailt to an alarming extent , which we attribute to claw legislation as evinced by the restrictive laws which make food dear and employment scarce . " In this reBolntioB be cordially agreed ; the gnat evil of tbiB eoantry wa » dan legislation , this had produeed the eril of a monopoly of food , aid had engendered miser ; and crime throughout the land .

      Mr . KiLLTCK . seconded the resolution . He was very scary it had cot * e »« w <« £ " abler bands , bat so few of the working men were electors ttaftt they had selected him . Great distress existed throughout the country ; it wa « felt eren in their own borough , at their own homes ; and reformers of every grade onght to unite to remove its causes . Universal suffrage , aad nothing else , was the remedy to be adopted . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Spckb . Fellow werkmen : slaves in the land of your nattTitj ' . I congratulate yon upon your present meeting , and I also congratulate yon that the High Bailiff has so honourably acceded to the wishes sf the requiaifcionists , in calling this meeting . In the resolution I most cordially agree . The distress which exists is not only local bat general ; it ffxtpnd * throucbout the

      whele of the working population , and the small shopkeepers is the TJ nited Empire , and this is truly attributed to the cause mentioned in the resolution—class legislation . Siaoe the Charter has been propounded we hare bad many quack doctors proposing their nostrums and remedies to remoTe this distreo * , Some bars been for the abolition of the Poor Law ^ rn » r > dT » aTit Bill ; others for a removal of the monopoly on food , but few , Tory few , amongst those who call themselves liberal and benevolent men , hare gone for the true remedy . They have battled with the effects , instead of destroying the essse . There is not a person present , in winterer sphere of life he may mow , that can lay claim to be a just , or an honest , man , if be deny the people their Batural rights . A repeal of Mho corn l&ws , unaccompanied with other measures would he a decided injury to the working classes . The Corn Laws were enacted

      by the Honae of Common * . The same description men are still there ; yon must , therefore , first turn out those men , and put other individuals in their place , who would do justice to all , without injury to any . A Government founded on the principles of Universal Suffrage wtnld immediately reduce the hours of labour , aad tboa gvre time to the -working class to cultivate their minds . They tell as we aretx > ignorast . I have often been told we should have no objection to give the Suffrage to such men as you , buV would you give it to sweeps , to rogues and thieves ? but I tell them that this class of society is produced by class legislation , which has engendered poverty , misery , and crime . These men boast of their benevolence , talk of their Immaaity , and yet , for expressing my opinions , I have been deprived of employment . Mr . Spun then detailed a case of hardship exercised towards himself , which drew down cries of shame from the audience .

      The resolution was then pat , and unanimously carried . Mr . APSLET Pklljlt said , I have attended to the remarks made by those who preceded me with a great deal of interest I feel convinced that there is a large amount of intelligence among the working classes , and that it only needs a proper direction to enaMe you to remoTe tbcae evils which hire caused our preaent distress ; and , though I c&nnot go to&ru some of your friends , will you refuse the assistance which I and my friends proffer yon ! If yon will listen to the amount of support which we can afford , we will ststa it ; but if we must go for the whole Charter , we must bow to your decision , and bid yon good morning . ( Cries of ; " Go on . *) 1 know that the wealth * nrl importance of ;

      the nation is caused by the industry of the working classes . I know that 1 owe my position in society to their exertions , and that I shall only remain in comfortable circumstances bo long as they are properly re- ; aunerated for their labour ; it is by the tyranny of their j manufacturing and other oppressors that the people ! have acquired tyrant vices . I know that bsd the people : their rights , Belthei Stourges Bourne's Act , nor the present manner of electing the Poor Law Guardians , ; would be allowed . One of these measure * emanated ! from the Tories , and tie other from the Whip . I am i in favour of Household Suffrage . ( Cries of " , ne ; j we are not to be duped . " ) I would go a step further , sod have Universal Suffrage , with an educational test ; and , if this produced prosperity , I should have no

      objection , step by step , to proceed still further . At the meeting that was held here hut week , 1 pledged myself to usist is getting Dp this meeting . I was pleased to see a friendly feeling tri sting between parties who had hardly ever met before . I pledge myself to exert ill my influence and energy in acting with you , but I cannot go the whole length of the Charter . I cannat sanport the last clause of the address . Mr . Pellat then read a somber of extracts from Blackstone , Locke , Bazkdgb , Montewjuieu , sad others , in support of liberal principle * , it was his opinion that if we had a virtuous parliament , we should have a virtaeus people ; but it took a virtuous people to make a virtuous parliament . For this reason he was happy to see Infant and Sunday

      > ivw . i « progressing through the land . ( Cries of No tmtM ring ) Mr . Pellal then read extracts from a work called « ^ mprinm Cen tormitT , " written by Thomas Spencer , M . A . a vicar of Hinton , near Bath . The work was on Church Reform , and it advocated a division of the income of the clergy to £ 209 each , which would b « a saving of four millions , ¦ which would pay all Poor Bates and Church Rates . He also advocated the Suffrage for all who could r < ad and write , Vote by Billot , lad bo canvassing for members ; this system to extend through every office of Church and State . To this extent he was prepared to go . It was with reluctance that he adopted the concluding sentence in the Address , bat far the sake of unanimity he would stretch s point , and move the whole Address : —

      " May it please your Majesty , —That we yoar Mijetty ' s subjwt ? , inhabitants of the borough of Soutbwark , having taken into consideration the distressed state of the country , beg to approach your Majesty for tb * purpose of laying before your Majesty our opinions as to the cause of such distress . " We beg to * ppriZi your Majesty , that there are in aD parts of the wuntry thousands of industrious persons who can scarcely obtain a sufficiency of food to support t >\ ojy y ^^ anfiftj and that many are dying from a want of the common necessaries of life . This distress is not confined to one poitton of th « country or one branch of trade , but that the tradesman , the small agriculturist and manufacturer , are alike on the brink of ruin ; that by an unjust system of legislation restrictive laws have been enacted , which have produced tfeis statj cf affairs ; that by the operation of the Com and ether restrictive

      laws , Use trade , manufacture , and commerce of this country , have been gradually declining away , until many of our manufacturers kave been compelled to close their workshops , thousands of quarters of wheat have rotted in the bonded stores , whilst the people have been stirring . This state of things , we are of opinion , Would not have happened had tha people been folly and fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament . They , therefore , humbly pray your Majesty , with a view to the immediate relief of your Majesty's people , to instruct your Majesty ' s ministers immediately to convoke the Parliament , and to convey to it your Majesty's gracious wish that the Corn and Provision Laws should be at once taken into consideration' with a view to their repeal ; we also humbly pray your Majesty , at the same time , to instruct your Majesty ' s ministers to introduce into the Commons' House of Parliament a

      Bill for the enactment of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " ( Cheers . ) Dr . bedfokd—It bad been said , by certain parties , that if ever a meeting of the working classes was again held in that hall , that they would have to call in the aid of the police . I am perfectly satisfied there is no need for that The authority of the High Bailiff wm sufficient , without the aid of the police ; A free press was a blessing to a country . What would they have known of the Duke of Wellington ' s reply to the Paisley Deputation , but for the aid ef the press ? He had , when he entered the room , the same objection as Mr .

      Pellat to the conelnAing paragraph of the address , but be would waive that objection ; he would rather unite ¦ with them for the wbole , than they should not obtain their rights . Great distress pervaded the country , which was prodneed by class legislation ; and while that exists , I believe there can be so effectual remedj applied . If the Charter were carried tomorrow , ] believe that prop ^ ty would have a preponderating influence . < Cries of " No ; " " The Ballot . ") His mesa " ing was , that it would compensate for the superiority of numbers in the working classes , which would brini all to an equality . He had great pleasure in secondiai the address .

      Mr . PaRKKR—I emgratulate you , fellow-workmen npon the fair omen that the middle classes * ee the neces Bity of a union with yeu , for the destruction of claa legislstlon , that evil which had fettered the energies o both classes of society . Ab a working man , I givi great praise to our excellent High Bailiff , and likewisi to theHigh Constable of Brighton , for acceding to ou wishes , in allowing ns the use of the Town Hall , shew ing that they would not be pertiet to burking the pro eeedings of working men . I stand hare , an evidence e our want of votes . I am a tailor , anc have been out of work seven months . W < have in London 15 , 000 journeymen tailors , out o tnis number 9 , 000 are out of employ * and the 6 , 000 an only partially employed ; and the 9 , 900 out of employ an continually knocking at the doors of the 6 , 60 # , and en

      deavouring to supplant them . To such a lamentabL state of thinp have we been brought by misgovern ment I have long admired the conduct of Mr . Pella In his resistance to church tyranny , and I am happ ; to hear him state that he will strain a point to unit with us : let ns show by our conduct that we cai appreciate this ; listen fairly to their arguments , an < then decide . Many of the middle classes have an ids that , because we have no property -of our era , we ar anxious to divide theirs . I repel the idea ; we do no Wit their property , but political power , to enable u to protect oar labour ; grant us . this , and should any sting occur , either by foreign invasion , or by th doings of an aristocracy , which should jeopardise th liv « or property of the middle classes , the workiEi zoes would be tha first to fly to their rescue . ( Grea tikwtef . )

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      Mr . Wti-sos—I am highly gratified to think that the objection which my friends entertained to the hut clause in the address was so slight , that it was waived almost without hesitation ; I think that the best clause in tha address , ( Great cheering . } It gives yon the pov e * to exercise your rights freely aad fully ; you . cannot evsn get two men to think exactly alike , there * fore , you must not he surprised to see a slight difference exist I admire the principles contained in that clause , and hope that Universal Suffrage and the Ballot will speedily become the law of the land . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr . Rcfft Ridley—Sir , seeing the station you bold hi society , I , as a wsrking man , thank yosj for the position you have taken on this occasion . Fellow workmen , with the address , so far as it goes , I perfectly agree . I have been these last few weeks an eye witness of the distress which prevails amongst the agricultural labourers of Suffolk and Essex , and I emphatically say , that something must be done for their salvation from their present destitute condition . Mr . Ridley then gave an account of the tyranny he had met with during his tour , and the manner in wfeseh he was dogged by the police ; yet be , the David of Chartism , without eves bis sling is his band , bad dared to meet the Goliah of class legislation . The Town Clerk having read the address , it was pnt by the High Bailiff , and unanimously adopted . Mr . Matsabd proposed , andMr . MORTON seconded , that the address be presented to her Majesty by the members for the borough .

      Dr . Bedford explained that there would be no levee before parliament opened : it was therefore entrusted to the High Bailiff , to be immediately sent by him to her Majesty , through the medium ef the Secretary of State . Mr . Maynabd : I am entrusted with performing the most important part of the business of the day , the proposing the adoption of the National Petition . I , an humble individual , have been chit fly instrumental in calling this meeting . The address which you have just agreed to , was the united production of the two parties , and by your passing it you have sanctioned my conduct , but I at the same time , told them that the National Petition must be adopted , that I w « ald not give way one iota ; give us Universal Suffrage , and we will speedily scaUsr all the bad laws to the wind . Mr . Maynard then read the petition , and moved its adoption . Mr . Jeans , in a few words , seconded the adoption of the Petition .

      Mr . Heabkb ; ( Sec . to the AntHJom Law Association , ) I rise for tke purpose of moving an amendment , and for the purpose of putting you in a good humour , I will read it . Mr . Hearne then read a short petition , staling that great distress existed in the country , which was occasioned by the Corn Laws , and petitioning for their repeal , and the enactment of the document called the People ' s Charter . It was with some difficulty he had conceded the point of embodying the Chatter in his amendment , but he had done it for the sake of unanimity Mr . Apslby PBtLAT seconded the amendment It agreed with the address and contained the substance of the original petition without going into details .

      Mr . M-DouaLL , I intended to have addressed you at an earlier period , but am happy to think I did not It w&s with difficulty I sat silent so long and saw the address passed , making the Corn Laws paramount , and dragging the Charter in at the latter end ; it was putting the effect before the cause , the cart before the horse . He had sat silent during the passing of the resolution and address , but he was not going to see them cajoled out of the grandest principle of all If the middleclass were desirous of a union with the working class , of burying their differences , and giving the representation equa'ly to the Door inhabitant of the cottage , as to the resident of sppslace , it was well ; they would not have their petition kicked out for a matter of expediency , It was Ms opinion that the amendment was moved for

      the purpose of creating division and disunion . The Corn Law is an effect and not a cause . They were only established in 1815 , wd were opposed by the Vfoikiiig classes of this country , opposed at Pcterloo , even to death , They are the offspring of a greater monopoly—the monopoly of the suffrage ; the Reform Bill gave power to tbe middle class , but still it wm class legislation . If the suffrage was confined to tbe -working classes , it would still be class legislation ; but you are for Household Suffrage ; you are afraid of tbe ignorance of the working classes , why then appeal to tkeir ignorance to support you 7 Why ? Because you find that they are in possession of a power ; of a public opinion at least equal to yeur intelligence and to your votes . Give them , then , tbe vote and they will give you public opinion . We are determined not to battle

      with effect ; we will not agitate for a repeal of the Corn Laws ; we have given up an agitation still dearer to our hearts , that againtt the Poor Law Bill ; we have merged all in our demand for Universal justice ; we claim s . Tote for all , it matters not whether it is the Archbishop of Canterbury or bis shoeblack . If we wanted to rob you , we should demand only votes for ourselves as you bave done ; but we demand justice for sIL We are willing to receive your assistance in this ; you have more time to devise , more money to support the struggle than we have . I see many here who are sincere as free traders , and who are , I believe , as sincere in Chartism as myself , but we must not have our petition altered . As one of tbe Executive of the Chartist body , I was instrumental in drawing up that petition , and the allegations contained in it are correct

      The High Baliff then put the amendment , which received the support of only one hand , for the contrary , a whole forest . On the National Petition being pat it was supported by fcVfery hand in the meeting , save a couple of very lady-like looking ones ; the result was received with tremendous cheers , which lasted for some time . Mr . Matjjard moved , and Mr . Parkeb seconded , " That the petition be presented to Porllamect by Messrs . Humphrey and Wood , and that they be instructed to support its prayer . "

      Alderman Hcmpuret , M . P . —I rise to inform yoH that although 1 agree with some parts of the Petition , yet there are paragraphs which 1 cannot agree with , which in my opinion are not true , therefore I cannot support its prayer . ( " You wiil not long be M . P . for Southwark . " ) Dont think to frighten me , I have remained upwards of three hours and patiently heard you , bat I cannot support a petition , one of the allegations of which complains of packed juries . (" True . ") I believe it is not true . In my opinion the juries of this country are pure , are above suspicion . ( Laughter . ) Would not any one of you sooner be tried by a jury of the aristocracy than by a jury of your own class ? ( " No , bo . "] One part also claims a Repeal of the Union with Ireland . I remember what took place in France at the revolution . I remember the anarchy produced—( " By what ?")—by the same system as yen Chartists . ( Great uproar , hissing , &c , during which Mr . Spurr adviBed them when they had given vent to their

      feelings to be as still as death ) Mr . Humphrey—If you had the Charter it would not be long before you were as still as death . I dont care for your disapprobation , if you will hear what I say afterwards . I heard one of your speakers advocate dividing th * land into small farms of five or six acres—( " We m ^ an to pay for it" )—I dont dispute that , I do not dispute that a man may maintain a wife and five children comfortably , and haye £ 35 to spare for manufactured goods ; but what is to become of those children ? Can he divide his five acres between th <; m 7 They have as much right to it as you . I represent a large constituency—( cries of " we are not represented )—and if I do not express their sentiments 1 will resign . You may not agree with me ; but only reflect Ton that can read , go home and read your Bibles . iGreat confusion , and cries of " you are one of the educated . " " The Hon . Member , " ts . t . If you attended to its precepts you would not act as you do .

      Dr . M'Douall— I am not astonished that you will not bear Mr . Humphrey ; I am only astonished you have heard him so loDg . if he had been giving his reasons why he could sot support your petition , it would have been wrong to interrupt him , but I would ask him if the best way to get a body of men to listen to you , is to insult them . If it would not be better to speai to them in a tone as though they were reasonable beings . It would gratify him to hear the arguments which a member of Parliament had against the petition . It was such a novelty to hear them , Mr . Humphrey—Very few dare stand before a body as I dc—/ cries of " and insnit them" )—and inform you of my objections to the Charter . Each of the paragraphs in the Petition , wonld take twenty-four hours to consider , and yet it was all to be forced into them at once , and delegates from all parts of the country to support it ( Great uproar , after which Mr . H . tried in vain to set a hearing . )

      Mr . Matna £ d begged leave to withdraw the resolution , calling upon the members for the borough to support the Petition . Mr Pa eker seconded the motion . Mr . Goodfellow moved a vote of censure on Mr . Humphrey , which was seconded by Rcfft Ridley , and carried with the three groans . Mr . MaynaBD moved that Mr . Wood , M . P . be instructed to present and support the petivion . He had , through indisposition , been compelled to quit before the close of the meeting . Mr , Rogers seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously .

      Mr . Maynard wished to give praise where praise was due . Mr . Humphreys had called this a packed meeting ; the High Bailiff thought it was not a packed meeting : he had kindly gr&xted them the use &f the Hall , and promised to do so on future occasions , eTen if the requisition was not so numerously signed . He proposed a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for his kindness in bo patiently presiding over them , at his advanced age , during so long a meeting . Tbe motion bein . 3 iec : > nded , wis carried unanimously . Tbe High Bailiff tbsnkei thsm for the very nattering manner in which they had treated kirn ; and though he could not entirely agree in their petition , yet be was willing to do any service which laid in his power .

      The marked attention and respect paid to the venerable gentleman ooatrxsted strongly with tbe next proceeding , -which was three groans for Humphrey . Three cheers were then given for the Charter , for O'Connor , for Frost , &c , for tbe Executive , and for the Star , and the meeting , which was more crowded than we ever witnessed st an election ; dispersed , highly gratified With their triumph .

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      THE STONEMASON'S STRIKE . MEETING IN LIVERPOOL . In accordance with the placards numerously posted In Liverpool and the vicinity , a numerous meeting took place on Wednesday evening week , at the Queen ' s Theatre in that town , for the purpose , as the bills notified , of laying before the working classes and the public generally , a fair , honest , and ungarbled statement of the grievances which the stonemasons , recently engaged in the erection of the new Houses of Parliament , have experienced at the hands of a cruel and hearUeia individual , in tha form of the human race , named George Allen , who , in his capacity as foreman , had acted in a more barbarous manner than the Egyp-Man task-masters of old over the enslaved Israelites . This meeting was therefore got up by a committee of the

      trades in Liverpool , in unison with the working masons , to remove any erroneous impression which might have been imbibed by the public as to the correct cause of this strike , which had no connection whatever with wages , but waa purely a matter of right against might , or in other words , a struggle against cruelty in its most hideous and unnatural fotm . The meeting being advertised for eight o ' clock , to suit the convenience of mechanies generally , long before that hour an immense crowd had collected at tbe doors of the Theatre , which were opened about half-past seven , and before the time appointed every part of tbe house , pit , boxes , gallery ,

      and ttage , were crowded , presenting as animated a picture of the " unwashed , " but hardy and oppressed artizans , as the aristocrats of the land could possibly wish to clap their eyes upon . Despite of the inconvenience which numbers , however , mutt have experienced from the pressure in various parts Of the Theatre , we never attended a more orderly meeting in Liverpool , or , in fact , any other part of the country , so that a posse of the foot guards , blue , who were scattered about in various directions , bad a sinecure birth of it for the evening , having nothing to do but listen to the wrongs which men of the earns sphere in life as themselves , as to circumstances , were endeavouring to avert .

      Shortly after the hour appointed , Mr . Glaistek , a working mason , was unanimously called to the chairthree cheers following bia appointment . He begged the indulgence of the meeting , in commencing the business of the night , as that was tbe firat time such an honour had been conferred upon him ; therefore , it could not be expected that he should be quite perfect in the business he had to go through ; but , under all the circumstances , he craved their indulgence . He read , in the first instance , the placard calling the meeting together , which was done solely to remove the erroneous impressions which had emanated mischievously from a portion of the London press . ( Hear , hear . )

      He trusted , when the honest truths were fairly laid before them , without the least exaggeration , the stonemasons of London would exercise the sympathy and assistance of the trades of tbe country generally . The Erst strike , on the men ' s own responsibility , took place in the works of the new Houses of Parliament , unconnected with wages , or any general strike whatever , but entirely on account of the tyrannical treatment which , as a body , they hod experienced under the foreman of the works , named George Alien . Having quitted their employment , they considered it an act of justise to themselves and the public , to lay before them a full statement of the grievances which led them to abandon their work .

      The Chairman here read the printed report of the men , which is too lengthy for the present , notice , but suffice it to say , it contained unfeeling enormities committed upon the working men , which we considered heart-rending , as the sufferings of the labouring classes , are , and have been , had no place in the annals of the nineteenth century . A few of this tyrant's proceedings however , should be handed down , to posterity , as an indelible stamp of infamy upon the character who perpetrated them . In the first place , it was a high and unpardonable offence , for a man employed under him to

      visit a dying mother , wife , or child , If time w&s lost by such visits , and accordingly nothing short of dismissal was the consequence , with the brutal epithet in tbe bargain ; of "Go , and die with your mother and be d—d . " A pump was locked up In the yard to prevent the labourers , at low wages , from getting water because a certain public house in the neighbourhood ought to have been patronised , —so that men who could not leave the works except at stated hours , might also famish with thirst amidst the burning lime , and be d—d . Another piece of unheard of cruelty was also perpetrated by this monster in human , shape—& man

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      broke his leg on the works by accident , and being anxious to resume his employment as soon as possible , be attempted to do as much as he coald before he was as hale and as be had previously been , but no , thank yon , this was not to be sanctioned by this stoneyhewted despot—he might hobble elsewhere , bat not there , and also go and be d—d for all George Allen cared about tbe matter . The heart , however , sickens at the facts recorded in the printed statements of the men , and we will therefore proceed with the business of the evening in connection ther ewith . After reading the report , .

      The Chairman informed tbe meeting that any farther information which the working classes might require would be readily given by the Committee at the Union Tavern , St . Thomas ' s Buildings , Liverpool ; but he had no doubt the statement put forth , by the masons of London would be credited , and , if so , was it not an unparalleled act of cruelty on the part of this man to discharge an individual for taking a last farewell of bis dying parent , or witnessing the last breath escape the lips of an affectionate wife , surrounded by her offspring \ If such inhuman proceedings were tolerated by any body of men , who witnessed such inflictions , tbe best feelings of human nature would at once be eradicated . He did not consider , however , that there was

      another employer in the whole universe who would ant in a similar manner ; and the men were therefore justified in enforcing , if possible , the dismissal of this petty and diabolical tyrant before they resumed their labours ; and should the meeting , and the working classes generally , think with him , this ill treated body of men , who were now idle , would be amply protected and supported in their laudable endeavours . The Chairman concluded by reading a letter from Colonel Thompson , who waa delivering a lecture on the Corn Laws in the same building the preceding evening , stating his sorrow that he should not be able to attend th <» present meeting , as he was compelled to leave Liverpool on urgent business the same morning . The Chairman was loudly cheered on resuming his seat

      Mr . Davis ( journeyman printer ) xose to . move tbe firat resolution . He observed , in commencing , that all who were present had heard the revolting details connected with the mason's strike in London , and the explicit manner in which the chairman had delivered them ; and be assured the meeting that the body he represented that night were too W 6 ll informed to be hoodwinked by representations which were not founded in truth , —he should , therefore , submit to tbe meeting the first resolution , which he read as follows : — " That this meeting cannot sufficiently express its indignation of the conduct of George Allen , foreman to Messrs . GrisaeU and Peto , as exhibited by him tewards

      the masons lately employed at the Houses of -Parliament . And that it further enters its most solemn protest against the recognised right of this man , or indeed of any man , to trespass upon the private judgment and sacred ground of domestic obligation , by a series of petty and annoying acts of aggression towards their fellowmen , which have unhappily characterised this strike in particular ; and this meeting fully approves of the course pursued by the stonemasons of London , and further pledges itself to use every exertion in aiding and assisting them towards a successful termination of a struggle , involving , as it necessarily does , the interests of eur fellow-operatives throughout tbe empire . "

      The reading of this resolution caused a great sensation in the meeting , after wbich Mr . Davis resumed He said it was a fearful duty for his brother operatives to reflect upon the conduct of such a man as Allen , and they would be wanting in their duty if they did come forward to support the oppressed ; and he also should be unworthy of the station he held in society if he did not raise his humble voice against such a brutal oppression . He ( the speaker ) had suffered from tyranny in another shape , in his own profsssion , and he therefore felt more keenly the oppressor ' s rod , wbick the stonemasons had experienced . When s man had floiahed his labour , and the sweat from his brow had ceased , no duty to his employers , on that day , remained to perform—his own private or political pursuits should

      be open to him—he rendered bis labour in the market , and received an acknowledged equivalent , but coercion was no part of his contract ; aad therefore he had just reasen to complain , as the masons bad done , against such tyranny . ( Long and lond applanse . ) The strike of this body of men was a novel one , and doubly so by the heroic and honest manner in which they had laid their cause before the public The duty of master and man should be reciprocal , but tbe wiseacres on the one side state , that should one of their menials dare to express himself in public , after the hours of labonr , he must be thrown upon the wide world to get a living how he could . Such was the case in some instances in his profession , but the character of Allen , tbe foreman of the masons , exceeded all others . He , in defiance of all the rules and ties of niscomiuon nature , had prevented , if possible , the soothing embraces of a dying mother and the last consoling wish

      of a fond and affectionate wife . What could be mere sacred than such ties as these , and what more natural than that the author of such revolting acts should be held up to public odium ? His ( Mr . Da vis's ) heart recoiled at the recital of such a history as the Chairman bad read of Allen , who was the foreman to Messrs . Crriisell and Ptto , the contractors for the New Houses of Parliament , Nelson's Monument , &c . But , be would ask , should the fame of the renowned Nelson be raised one single foot above the earth under such tyranny as bad been related , namely , that no workman should be absent to consign his own mother ' s or wife ' s remains to its cold and natural tomb f Heaven forbid it ; he-would rather such a monument should never exist , than this tyranny continue . The speaker then took an elaborate view of the case in all its bearings , and concluded an excellent speeoh , replete with sound sense and reasoning , to enforce the claims of the stonemasons upon a candid and discerning public

      Mr . Jones , shoemaker , came forward to second the resolution , and was loudly cheered for several minutes . He considered he should be ¦ wanting in his duty to hia fellow men , were he not to proclaim , with all the longs be possessed , Allen to be a wretch of the worst classification in tbe scale of mankind . He again repeated that he was an Inhuman monster , and all tbe details of his conduct , hitherto uncontradicted , were sterling proofs of the astounding fact- In a long and excellent speeeb , he reiterated the crimes of Allen , bat attributed all the misfortunes and injuries which befel the working classes to their great backwardness and their want of energy in not going heart and

      hand with each other . Allen told some of his men , and good men too , to take up their tools and walk ; but if the men would only unite like the masters , many , very many of that usurping class would also be compelled to to take up their tools and wait . He next repeated the grievances under which the men had laboured under this monster in the form of man , and said if they suffered themselves to be oppressed any longer by such tyranny , they alone were to blame . The speech of Mr . JOBes , Which waa full of sound argument against the rod of the oppressor , waa replete with sympathy , and three distinct rounds of applause followed him to his seat on the platform .

      Mr . Williams , journeyman printer , moved the second resolution , namely : — " That this meeting is of opinion , from the conduct pursued by Messrs . Griasell and Peto , they have rendered themselves reprehensible in the highest degree , inasmuch as they have sanctioned the course of annoyance and petty tyranny on the part of their foreman , Qeo . Allen , thereby taking npon themselves tbe responsibility of his overbearing and tyrannical proceedings towards the masons employed by them ; and further , In their refusing to investigate the charges brought by the masons against the said Allen , after giving a distinct pledge to that effect " His appeal to the feelings of the meeting was powerful , and he pictured in their true colours tbe -wretch who held the unenviable situation of such a man as had been described .

      Mr . Robinson , a working man , we understood a shoemaker , seconded the motion in able terms , and followed in equal deprecation against such men aa Allen , who , if permitted , would grind to the earth tbe whole of the working classes of this country who were the bones and sinews of its former pre-eminence in the scale of nations . After a long but interesting speech , the motion was put from the chair , and , like the former one , carried amidst cheers and lengthened applause . Mr . M « Cartnet , working smith , next addressed the meeting , and we feel sorry that the animated address which he delivered was too long to be inserted in full ; to be garbled , therefore , would be an act of injustice , and we therefore have but this fact to relate , that he stood manly forward to deprecate that portion of tbe London press which had slandered , in the worst spirit possible , the conduct of the masons , and such a system he contended would long continue , unless the

      people bad the choice by honest representatives , ' in making the laws by which they were governed . As the country stood at present , the working classes were treated like a herd of serfs beneath the despotic rod of their oppressors . Whilst he , however , deprecated one portion of the press , he called upon them to rally round , and support the true organs of independence ; he then enumerated that small portion to which he alluded , amongst which was , the British Queen aad Statesman , the DtmtfeeChrmicle , and a few other Scotch papers , and though last , not least , the Northern Star , which had in all tried seasons , since it came into existence , proved itself tbe trne and unflinching advocate of the people ' s rights . This source was always open to them ; and that paper consequently should receive their warm and unqualified support . After strongl y alluding to class legislation as the chief cause of the people ' s present miseries and oppression , he moved the following resolution : —

      " That , from the conduct pursued and tbe spirit evinced by a portion of the London press , those journals haye proved themselves directly opposed to the interest of the working classes generally , and to the stonemasons particularly , by identifying themselves with , and standing forward as the advocates . of , the tyrannical and oppressive capitalist , In bis unholy warfare against the rights and privileges of the producers of all wealth ; and we hereby publicly take the opportunity of impressing npon our fellow-operatives throughoat the empire the necessity of discountenancin > and discouraging the circulation of those journals ; and , farther , to exert their influence in aiding and assisting that honest portion of the press which has no nobly stood forward in defence of the interests ¦ ¦ of the labourers against the encroachments of tbe grinding and haughty

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      Mr . Dix , journeyman tailor , seconded the resoltaat the same lime censuring the whole of me LiverS press as the most venal in the country . * " *^ After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the sieetk broke up , the Chairman previously intimating that ? Committee would sit till further notice at tbe ^ Sak Tavern , In Thomas ' s Buildings , for the purpose of 2 ing , by all possible means , the men who bad so 2 straggled te overthrow their despotic and brutal W master . . ¦ ~ It was . after eleven o ' clock before the meeting ie . rated , but the best order and unanimity p tetS throughout -. * ¦ " «(

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      From the Union Gazette of Friday , Dec . I « , BANKRUPTS . Paul Axmann and John George Christ , Mark-In , foreign aad general merchants , to surrender Det ? and Jan . SI , at twelve , at the Court or BsjjfcrnW Basinghsll-street 8 oUdtora , Messrs . Lovell and M liwell , Great Byder-streefc , St James ' s ,- official usirZ Mr . Graham , Basinghall-street . " Robeit Bendell , Newton Abbott , Devonshire , drsii * Dee . 20 , at twelve ; sad Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Cm of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . C ker , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee Mr T * ' qnand , Copthall-baildings . ¦

      Antonio Lafargue , Great St . Helens , merchant , iw 23 , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankrupt Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Phillips , Lombjjt street ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldennanbury . Thomas Morton , sen ., Hillingdon , Middlesex , builiW Dec 22 , at one , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Com of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Messa Pools and Gamlen , Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee Ih Locktagton , Coleman-stteet-buildings . Reuben Richardson , Woburn-buildings , New-To il cowkeeper , Dec 24 , at two , and Jan . 21 , at twelve ^ tbe Court ef Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solidfe Mr . Galsworthy , Ely-place ; official assignee , Mr . J % son , Basinghall-street

      Peter Williams and Charles Mottram , Wood-strai City , Manchester warehousemen , Jan . i , at twelve at two , at the Coart of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-strei Solicitors , Messrs . Hard wick and Dividson , CateaUs street ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-atret buildings . Josiah Taylor , Liverpool , oil and colour dealer , Dte , 18 , and Jan . SI , at twelve , at the Clarendon Room , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simp . son , Bartlett's-buildings Holborn ; and Mr . Norri ^ Liverpool . David Buglass , Sunderland , victualler , Dec 24 , a&l Jan . 21 , at the Bridge Hotel , Sunderland . Solicitoa , Messrs . Bell , Brodriek , and Bell , Bow Churchyard , Cbeap . ide j and Mr . Wilson , Sunderland ,

      James Stuttard , John Stuttard , Henry Stuttard , aad Thomas Stattard , Manchester , cotton-manufacturen , Dec 24 , and Jan 21 , at two , at the Commissioner ' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Abbott and Arnev , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square ; and Messn , Bennett , Manchester . John Anderson , oil-merchant , Dec 18 , and Jan . 21 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool Solicitor , Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Sharp , Field , and Jackson , Bedfordrow . William Edwin Oldbam , Manchester , commissionagent , Dec 23 , and Jan . 21 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Hooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . John . son , Sen , and Weatherall , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; and Messrs . BaRshaw and Stevenson , Manchester .

      Sarah Partridge , victualler , Birmingham , Dec 17 , sad Jan . 21 , at two , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham Solicitors , Messrs . Austen and Hobson , Raymond * buildings , Gray's Inn ; and Mr . Bower , Birmingham . John Railton and James Pavey , Manchester , mann . factnrers of mousseline de laines , Dec 24 , and Jan . 12 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington , Manchester . Daniel Matthews and Anthony Gardner , Cheltenham , grocers , Dec . 27 , and Jan . 21 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Solicitors , Messrs . Blower and Vizud , Lincoln's-inn-fields ; and Messrs . Pruen , Williams , and Griffiths , Cheltenham . James Monteith , Totnes , Devonshire , mercer , Jan . 10 , and 21 , at Whidden ' s Royal Hotel , Plymouth ; and Messrs . Sole , Alder manbury .

      Thomas Ward , Nottingham , victualler , Dec 24 , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Ge « rge the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Solicitors , Mr . Tallop , Fumival ' s Inn ; and Messrs . Parsons , jun ., Nottingham . Joseph Hodland , Castle Dykes , Northampton , farmer , Dec 21 , and Jan . 21 , at eleven , at the Globe Inn , Weedon Beck . Solicitors , Capes and Stuart , Fieldcourt , Gray ' s Inn ; and Mr . Roche , Daventry . Creorge Hudson , St . Peter the Apostle , Isle of Thanet , victualler , Dec . 27 , at eight , and Jan . 21 , at ten , at tat Albion Hotel , Ramsgate , Solicitors , Mr . Chaplin , Gray ! Inn-square . Thomas Saunders , Northampton , draper , Dec 20 , at three , and Jan . 21 , at one , at the Cross Keys Inn North ampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensmon , Baaing-lane , Che&pslde ; and Mr . Hensman , North ' ampton .

      Robert Powell , Brighton , linen-draper , Dec 20 , and Jan . 21 , at two , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Solicitors , Messrs . Sole , Aldermanbury . Thomas Chart ton and Edward Thompson , South ' Shields , wine-dealers , Jan . 7 , at eleven , and 21 , at one , at the Bankrupt Commission Room , Newcastle-npon Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Trehern and White , Leaden bail-street ; and Mr . Dale , North Shields .

      PAETWBBSHirS DISSOLVED . G . Callis and J . Callis , Padiham , Lancashire , groeen . R . Ogden and T . Ogden , Manchester , cotton-spinnen . S . Wade , F . B . Wade , and S . M . Wade , Liverpool , cotton-dealers , as far as regards F . B . Wade . J . Fowls and M . Davis , Boltoa-le-Moors , timber-merchants . A . Mearos , M . Robeitson , and A . Robertson , Darwen , Lancashire , scourers .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Dec 14 . BANKRUPTS . William M'Evoy aad Joseph Johnson , stonemasons , Harrow-road , to surrender Dec 23 , at twelve , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Sssmg&aflstreet . Solicitor , Mr . Turner , Percy-street , Bedfordsquare ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghall-street Henry Castle , ship-owner , Lucas-street , Rotherhitbe , Dec 24 , at twelve , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasiBghall-street Solicitors , Messrs Hoslam and Bischoff , Coptuall-court , Throgmortosstreet ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-plaee , Old Jewry . , William Mowbray Potts , grocer , Newcastle-upon Tyne , Jan . 7 and 25 , at the Bankrupt Commission . room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Oils * worthy and Nichols , Cook ' a-couit , Lincoln ' s Ian , London ; and Mr . Dove , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

      George Shaw , grocer , Wakfield , Yorkshire , Dec 22 , at eleven , at the Sessions-hoosa , Wakefleld , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds Solicitors , Messrs . Laurence and Taylor , Old Fish * street , Doctors' Commons , London ; and Messrs . Haiby and Scholey , Wakefield . Wm . Balllnger , baker , Swansea , Dec 21 , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at the Castle Hotel , Swansea . Solicitors , Messrs . Williams and David , Swansea . Benoni Fisher , ironmonger , Walsall , Staffordshire , Dec 28 , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the Swan Hotel . Wolverbampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Philpot and Son , Southampton-Btreet , Bloemsbnry , London ; Mr . James , Walsall ; and Messrs . W&eates and Staniforth , Sheffield . James Trabshaw , jun ., iron-founder , Stafford , Dae 31 , and Jan . 25 , at one , at the George Inn , Stafford . Solicit : rs , Messrs , White and Eyre , Bedford-row ; and Mr . Foster , Wolverhamp ton .

      James Weldon , feather-merchant , Bell ' s-buildiags , Salisbury-square , Dec 24 , and Jan . 25 , at eleven , at the Black Horse Inn , Kidderminster . Solicitors , Mr . Michael , Red Lion-square , London ; and Messn . Bird and Saunders , or Talbot , Kidderminster . Rice Williams , woollen-draper , Pwllheli , Carnarvon shire , Dec 29 , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Mesflta Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple , London ; and Mr . Mawson , Manchester . Isaao Taylor and Uriah Taylor , clothiers , Melthsm , Almondbury , Yorkshire , Dec 30 , at two , and Jan . 25 , at ten , &Uhs Pack Hotse Inn , Huddersfleld . Solicitor * , Messrs . Battie , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lsMi London ; and Messrs . Stevenson , Floyd , and Booth , Holmforth .

      Thomas P eak Pearson , grocer , Liverpool , Dec . 28 , and Jan . 25 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , Inner Temple , London ; and Messrs . Littledale and Bardwell , Liverpool . Robert Sands , lace-manufactHrer , Nottingham , De * 24 , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the George the Foartb Hotel , Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Perry , Smitfc and Perry ,. Nottingham ; and Austen , and Hobsoft Rayraond ' s-buildings , Gray ' s Inn , London . Roger Haslam , cotton-spinner . Little Bolton , Lanesshire , Dec . 24 , at one , Jan . 25 . at eleven ^ at the Cobimissioners ' -rooms , Bolton-Ie-Moors . Solicitors , Messrs Morris , Allen , and Simpson , Barlett ' s-bnildiogs , Hol born ; and Mr . Glover , Bolton-te-Moorsv

      William Keep , tailor , Northumberland-street , Strand , Doc 21 , at one , and Jan . 25 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Patken and Webster , New Beaweli-couit , lincoln ' s-innnelds ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . William Smith Batson , John Wilson , and John Langhorn , bankers , Berwick-npon-Tweed , D < c . 22 , and Jan . 25 , at the King ' s Arms Inn , Berwick-upon-Tweed . Solicitors , Mr . Weddell , Berwick-upon-Tweed ; and M « ggison , Pringle , and ftfaniaty , King ' s-road , Bsdfordrow , London .

      Robert Drake , engraver , Bristol , Dec 28 , and Jan . 25 , at two , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol . Sol icitors ; Mr . Surr , Lombard-atreet , London ; and Messrs . Whit tington and Castle , Broad-street , Bristol .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . __ v . .. _ : = a ^" == ¦*¦ -

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM JULY 14 th TO NOVEMBER 20 th , 1841 . £ . a . d . July 14 th . Receipts . Balance in hand ...... 10 17 6

      p . c . s . c Arnold 30 0 ... 0 3 0 Asbton 20 2 0 12 8 Acrington 20 0 m . c . Abergavenny 100 0 11 $ 8 Bilston 260 0 H . c 16 8 Per Potts 1 Birmingham 60 0 h . c . ... ... 0 10 0 Freeman-street 2 Birmingham 300 1 4 10 0 Bishop Auckland 50 0 ... - ~ 0 10 10 Bacup 50 0 w . c . ... ... 0 1 8 Belper 40 0 0 6 " * Bradford 400 0 3 9 8 Blackbnrn 180 0 N . C 19 8

      Simeon 1 , Bristol 50 0 0 8 4 Jkoobs 2 , Bristol 0 10 0 Hsines 3 , Bristol 36 6 0 13 6 Bury St . Edmunds 0 0 0 Id 0 Bury 50 0 0 8 4 Bolton 150 0 2 18 Bromsgrove 50 0 0 IS 0 Bath 100 0 m . c 10 0 Barnsley 100 0 1 10 0 Banbury 100 0 ... ... 0 0 0 Brighton 70 0 2 0 8 Cheltenham 150 0 1 10 0 Coventry 0 0 0 5 0 Chowbent 20 0 0 3 4 Clnhero 65 0 0 0 0

      Colne 100 0 0 10 0 Chester 0 0 0 10 0 Choriey 60 0 0 13 0 Cardff 20 1 0 10 0 Colchester 30 0 0 10 0 Congletoii 50 0 m . c . Darlaston 30 0 0 15 0 Doncaater 40 0 9 14 0 Delph 32 0 0 3 4 Dewsbury 150 0 n . c 10 0 Deptford 0 4 6 Derby 120 0 n . c 10 0 Eeclea 150 15 1 J 2 6

      Failsworth 50 0 N . c 0 4 4 £ Gloucester 100 0 0 0 0 Gainsboro' 150 0 0 8 4 Keighley 140 0 we 13 4 Kidderminster 50 0 n . c . 0 8 4 Longton 60 0 n . c . ... ... 0 10 0 Lees 35 0 0 0 0 Leigh 80 0 13 4 Lancaster 72 0 n . c 0 12 0 Leicester 700 0 n . c 4 0 0 Liverpool 180 0 N c . ... 1 13 0 Louskborough 100 0 n . c 0 10 0 Leeds 350 0 3 5 0 Per Turner ,

      London 0 2 6 Wheeler , ditto 1000 0 4 13 4 Per Walton , Stone Masons , do . ... ... » •» 0 10 0 Per Moy , do 2 0 0 Per Beck 0 13 1 PerWyattdo 13 0 Per Salmon , do 10 0 Per Pellhu ? , do 1 12 0 Per Taylor , do 2 0 0 Per Thirkell , do 2 14 8 Per Jeaaes , do . 10 0 Lefevre 0 7 0 Maynard 1 12 0

      Howden 30 0 n . c 0 0 0 Hull 200 0 N . c 0 16 8 H * cknej 0 0 0 3 0 Hyde 0 0 0 5 0 Haworth 0 0 0 5 6 Halifax 180 0 2 4 0 Huddersfield 300 0 4 7 6 Harnley 0 0 0 5 0 Richards , Hanley 92 12 2 2 4 Per Simpson , do . 130 0 2 2 9 Hebdenbridge J 50 0 N . c 0 16 8 Harleston 12 0 0 6 6

      Heywood 0 0 0 14 Ipswich 100 0 15 0 Mountsorrel 0 0 0 4 0 MillboUom 40 0 0 6 8 Mosaley 70 0 0 15 6 Milnrow 38 0 « 13 4 Merthyr Tydvil 200 0 He 10 0 Middleton 24 0 0 10 0 Mottram 60 0 0 13 0 Mansfield 30 0 0 10 0 Monmoutb 0 0 0 16 Maoclesfield 100 0 14 4 Manchester ,

      Tib-street , 300 0 5 15 0 Bo . Tailors and Shoemakers 30 0 0 17 4 Do . PlattiDg 25 0 N . c Do . Brown-btreet 150 0 n . c 0 16 8 Do . Strand-street 50 0 n . c 0 8 4 Do . Chorlton 0 0 0 10 0 Newcastle 300 0 nc 2 0 0 Northampton 180 0 1 19 10 Per Sweet , Nottingham 481 1 6 10 2 Per Thatcher , Nottingham « 2 0 2 0 4 Nowtonheath 50 0 0 18 0 Edwards , Newport

      Monmouth 100 0 n . c Norwich 100 10 n . c . — Openshaw 48 0 0 8 0 Ovenden 0 0 0 16 Oxford 20 0 n . c Hamer , Oldham 150 0 n . c 1 14 8 Yardly , ditto 18 0 Pcrtsea 24 0 - Prescott 20 0 8 5 0 Pilkineton 24 0 N . c 0 4 0 Plymouth 30 0 0 10 0 Preston 50 0 1 0 10 Rooden-lane 20 0 k . c 0 3 4 Richmond 40 6 ... ~ 0 9 0 Ripponden 104 0 1 12 0

      Ro'hcrham 50 0 0 10 2 Rateliffe 20 0 0 8 4 Rochdale 100 0 16 8 Stflby . 50 12 ... —14 4 Sunderland 150 0 nc 15 0 Sittingbourne 0 0 0 10 0 Scarboro' 50 0 n . c Shaftesbury 20 0 0 5 0 Stroudwater 50 0 0 12 6 Star Office 5 9 7 Staley Bridge 30 0 0 10 0 Swanwick 35 » 0 9 7 Salisbury ltO 0 2 4 10 Rpilsby 3 7 8 4 6 Stourbridga 30 0 nc 0 0 0

      Stockport 0 0 0 10 0 Stafford 70 0 N . C 0 10 Salford 100 0 n . c 0 12 0 Sowerby 170 0 3 8 6 Per Marchant Trowbridge 50 0 N . c 0 8 4 Trowbridge , by Moore , 200 cardB ... 1 5 0 Tiverton 0 0 10 0 Warley 0 0 0 3 0 Warwick 68 0 n . c 0 11 4 Weetbury 0 0 2 7 1 Wolverhampton 30 0 n . c 0 5 0 Wilton 90 0 n . c 0 0 0 Wisan 0 0 0 6 0 Warrington 40 0 0 18 8 York 100 0 10 0 Yeovil 40 0 0 10 0 Wisbeach 50 0 0 18 0

      Walsall 0 6 9 Bishop Wearmouthl 50 0 n . c ... Balance of the last Convention Fund ... 15 8 0 Tavistock 30 0 n . c 0 0 0 Truro 16 8 118 Hick , Leeds 200 0 n . c 14 0 East End Shoemakers , London ... ... 0 0 9 . J Friends 0 3 0 Addresses 0 17 11 $ London , par Rogers 0 10 0 London , Bassage 0 2 6 F . O'Connor 0 1 card 0 0 6 John Cleave 0 1 0 0 6 Chartist , Hull 0 1 0 0 6 Charti 8 t , BirmiDghamO 1 0 0 6 Per Wentworth , Wandaworth 0 7 6 Tedmortoa 175 0 2 2 6 Thornton 100 6 1 16 4

      Plain 13 , 004 84 Total £ 184 6 104

      EXPENDITURE . JW 1 . £ . b . d . July 16 th—Rent of Room 0 8 0 Mr . Littler , for loss of time 0 5 0 Postage 0 4 0 Stationery 0 2 li Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 Sec . wages 2 0 0 July 24 th—Account books 0 4 6 See . wages ... 2 0 0 One member's wages ... 1 10 0 Stationery and postage ... 0 3 ? July 31 st—One member ' s ( Philp ) travelling expences from Bath to Manchester 2 2 0

      Three members'wages ... 4 10 0 Sec . wages 2 0 0 Postage ... 0 10 0 Aug . 4 th—Stationery 0 17 6 th—Postago 0 2 0 Sec . wages 2 0 0 Three members' vrages ... 4 10 0 Aug . 14 th—Stationery 0 16 Postage 0 3 10 Sec vrages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 16 th—Stationery ... 0 16 18 th—Postage 0 6 8 19 ^ 1—Posta ge 0 12 Stationery 0 1 6

      21 st "Sec wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 27 th -Postage .... 0 5 9 28 th—Stationery 0 16 . ^ Sec . wages 2 0 0 , Printing circulars 0 15 0 Three members ' wagea ... 4 10 0 An £ . 28 th—Postage 0 3 8 - •* ' 30 th—Postage 0 12 31 st—Postage ... ... . » 0 10 10 Sept . lstr-Stationery 0 3 0

      2 nd—Postage 0 2 9 Stationery 0 16 5 th—Postage 0 3 8 Sec . wages ... ... ... 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 7 th—Postage ... 0 3 2 11 th—See . wages 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Postage ' : 0 3 0 15 th—Stationery 0 16 Postage .. 034 Rent 0 8 0

      16 th—Postage and Stationery ... 0 3 6 18 th—Box to hold the books ... 0 7 0 Postage ... 0 4 10 Sec . wages 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 19 th—Stationery 0 4 7 25 th—Leach ' s expences to York and agitating 3 9 0 Extra expences for agitating , ( M'Douall ) 0 10 0 Ditto , ditto , ( Pbilp ) ... 0 12 6 Executive—Coach fare to Birmingham 4 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Extra expences at

      Birmingham 1 10 0 Seo . wages 2 0 9 25 th—Postage 0 7 6 27 th—Postage 0 19 4 Printing circulars 0 12 0 Executive four members ' coach fare from Birmingham ... 400 Oct . 2 nd—Stationery and postage ... 0 8 0 Rent 0 10 6 2 nd—Paid to Mr . Bell , for loss of time 0 15 0 4 th—Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Extra expenos , for agitating

      at Birmingham 1 0 0 Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 Agitating expenceB ( Dr . M'Douall ) ... 100 8 th—Postage .. 0 9 5 &lh—Sec . wages ... 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 10 th—Postage 0 12 1 ^ Stationery 0 16 12 th— Postage 0 II 4 Stationery 0 0 8 15 th—Postage 0 7 2 16 th—Stationery 0 3 0 Postage . 0 6 9 Seo . wages 2 0 0

      Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 19 th—Postage ... ... 0 8 8 Paid for card printing , rent , &o . 10 0 0 20 th—Agitating expences ( Dr . M'Douall ) 0 17 6 Postage 0 3 2 22 nd—Stationery 0 2 6 Postage ... 0 6 2 Sec wages 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 24 th—Postage 0 4 5 26 th—Postage 0 « 11 Stationery 0 3 2 30 th—Postage 0 6 7 Sec . wages 2 0 0

      Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Nov . 3 rd . —Stationery 0 4 2 Postage 6 4 4 th—Postage 0 1 10 5 th—Postage ... ... 0 2 2 6 th—Seo . wages 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 Stationery 0 3 8 7 th—Postage 0 0 6 9 ih—Postage 0 0 6 12 th—Postage 0 0 7 13 th—Seo . Wages 2 0 0 Three members' wages ... 4 10 0 17 th—Leach , coach fare and expences in agitating ... ... 1 12 6 Philp , ditto , to and from

      London 2 0 0 M'Douall , ditto 2 0 0 Secretary , ditto 1 15 0 Postage 0 3 10 Stationery 0 2 0 20 th—Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 Three members ' wages ... 4 10 0 Extra expences in agitating ... 1 10 0 27 th—Postage and Stationery ... 0 6 9 Two members ' wages 3 0 0 Extra expences , London ... 100 Coach fare , for Leach , Manchester 2 0 0 Seo . wages 2 0 0 Total £ 183 8 7 Cash in hand ... 0 18 3 j £ 184 6 104 Audited and found correct , Nov . 28 , 1841 . r .. j . f John Maynard . London I WilliamRob 3 on

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct733/page/6/