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      SONG FOR THE MILLIONS . Sow long 'will tlie millions sweat and toil , To pamper the lordlings" bastard brats ; Bow long mil they Jill the fruitful Boil , To be starred l > y the base aristocrats ? How long , will they bear the galling yoke , Ere their bocds shall burst their chains bs broke , And . vengeance come down likea thunder stroke ? The spirit of freedom yesras and bleeds , Ado liberty lisa in patriots' graves ; Whilst the monster tyrant ' s ear unheeds The suffering vail of weeping Blares ; But shall mankind for ever bear The stings of woe , and grief , and care , And live and die in dark despair ?

      Forbid it heaven , and all the powers That rule the universal world ; JVere better that this globe of oars , 'ilid lightning's flashes , swift were luri'd , And with it all the human race , Into the gulf of endless space , Further than mortal ben can trace . 33 i > ndsinen and slaves in every clime , Yt . nr voices raise in freedom's cause ; Daspots , be "wise ; be wiBe in time , Remember it is Nature ' s laws That make men equal ; and dare ye , In lieTiisa condaTe met , agree To alter Nators ' a "wise decree ?

      Vain is your wish , your strong desire Cui never ! nevtr ! be obtained ; Ye cannot quench fair freedom ' s fire , Though ye of blood a dsluge rain'd . Seek in the rolls of iasting fame ; There shall ye find each hoaour'd na . Tne , Whsse memory feeds the saered Rune . Oh ! may that flame burn fierce and bright , Within the breasts of all mankind ; liay knowledge poor a flood of light From out the intellectual mind ; A light that shall illume the earth , "Whose genial lays shall soon give birth To glorious liberty , that boon of worth . Beujamix Stott

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      KElGHXEy . —EiSTEB Dues . —The Rector of this place , no way intimidated by the almost universal execration which his conduct since he came to Keishleybas caused , seems determined to persevere m enforcing hia demands for the payment of faster daos at all hazards . It will be recollected ihat about four months ago tie houses of Messrs . Bhodes and Weather-head were entered and their goods seized for Easter dne 3 . Mr . John Butterfield , another Chartist , has be * n the next victim destined to feel the Rector ' s chastening rod . On Tuesday in la ? t week , two fellows of the names of Dean and Sugden . the latter better known by the cognomen of u Sweet , Tit , " entered his house with a magistrate ' s order , and seemed inclined for & time le seiza ' . a

      very good mahogany clock , bat after much persuasion < and probably recoilectia ^ the case of > Jr . Rhodes , which was broken to pieces by an indignant crowd upon being offered for sale ) they consented to distrain a large oak tree , vaJued , we believe , at £ 5 . Of coorss , Mr . Butterfield will lose his tree for the paltry sum of 103 d , claimed for Easter Pues .- One can scarcely tell whether to lan £ h or cry on witnessing such instances of injustice as the one we have just related . When we see a man so obstinately stupid as to fly in the very iaee of public opinion , as the present Rector Is now

      doing , we are tempted to laugh , at , while we pity his feily . But when we reflect on the degradation * ad injustice which Englishmen ars forced daily and hourly to submit to , we are anything but in a laughing humour . Let us , however , hope that the time is not far distant when the system which fosters and perpetuates such enormities shall come to an ead , and be succeeded by a better and purer state of society—when eo State Church shall have the * power to trample upon and oppress a free people— and when no State Parson shall be allowed to appropriate to himself the clocks , tables , and trees of honest and upright men . —Correspondent .

      ZHAKCHESTEB . —Hc ? rr * s Moxckest . —The laying of the foundation stor-e c-f the Monument to the memory of E . Hum , Esq ., is to take place on Good Tri'iay . The Youths of the National Charter Association , st > l 2 nchesier , have got up a flag for the above important occasion ; on the obverse is painted the Cksrtisi Ccas of Anns , on the reverse is the ful ] leisgih portrait of Henry HuLt . ~~ They intend also to fork in procession , and we earnestly request that the youths in tbe country districts will come forward on that dzj and join the youths of Mxmchester in doing hoiioarto the memory of the man who stood boldly

      forward in defeEce of the right 3 of labour ; and combated , single handed , against a lying press , a corrupt and imbecile government , and iae whole host of tyraats who sought the degradation and slavery of the working classes ; we therefore beg of the ^ youths in the eoMtry districts to come forward and join the procession , bur sub-secretary will receive any eom-Emueations from them respecting the order they intend to come in . Let each district send immediately to arrange -with . < rar coxmeil ; they must address aQ i rrespoEdence to John Scbolefield , care Of fobriri Hargraves , No . 27 , Brown-street , Travissfcreet , near St . Andrews Church , Manchester .

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      Stoppage o ? Wigket a > d Go ' s Bask at BaiGHtox . —Brighton , Friday , half-past , ten o ' clock . — I lure jast time to inform yon that the bank of Messr ? . Wignej and Co . has not cpened this morning . The greatest consternation prevails , as great confidence " hxd beea reposed in it . Mr . J . N . Wigney is one of ihfl members for the borongh . —The announcement of the failure was made to" the public throngh a placard placed at the door of the bank , in the follorring terms : — 'Messra . Wigney and Co . deeply regret to be under the painful necessity of suspending their pajnseats . Brighton Bank , March 4 th , 1842 . "—The dews , of course , Epread like wildfire , and a stranger to the fact might cave found ample evidence in the street that some dreadfal calamity bad befallen the

      town . A crowd of persons surrounded the door of the binking-Iiouse during the whole day , every person being anxious for ocular demonstration ^ of the unexpected announcement , and his p lace being izn-BJt ^ Luely supplied by others , as , having satisfied his cariosity , hs passed " sway . The tradesmen and gentry of tha town were _ to be seen congregated * i » ut the principal business streets in _ anxious groups ; and many a rueful countenance indicated th « its possessor was a sufferer cy the failure . Of course Ikde is yet known of the cause of tha failure , Or of the prospects of the creditors ; but we have reason io believe that the immediate cause was the failure of a large speculation at Glasgow , in which the £ na had extensively engaged , s . ud , we regret to

      add , that tWe appears too mnchrea- on to anticipate that the drridend will be very small . The members of tie firm ars Mr . Isaac Kcwton "Wignoy , MP . for Brighton , and Mr . Clement Wigney , sons of Mr . William Wigney , deceased ; who , by his own muustrj , sided by seme fortunate speculations , raised iiffisei j froai-a travelling blanket das-er to be a man cf considerable wealth , which enabled him , n \ conjai ! E : i 32 with two other temlemen , to estabjish t . ne bank , which has bow carried on exiessive business foabon : forty years . Mr . I = iac > ew : ou Wijmey is also a magistrate cf the county , and has for some | ews acted a 3 chairman of the Brighton bench . His faiiure will , as a matter-of course , lead to the ekenon of a new member for Brighton . The union tsci , the only batik in Brighton , with the exceptJoa of a recently established branch of the London not by the failure

      asd Connrj baci ^ ias been zStClsJ . 50 completely has thi 3 ba : ; k the confidence ol the Public , -. hat it has been even Ies 3 re 5 ort-sd to to day 2 an uibsI , inany perscn 3 who hold their checks tefiainirg from pressming them , in order to aToid tie ttcoaTenience that a run might occasion . A meeting , for the purpose of expressing the confidence © f "Ae inhabitants of Brighton in the two remamiBg Banks—the Union bank and the old established firm esiried on by iiessrs . Hall , West , and Co ., was hela 51 lie Ibvm-kldl hsiB ^ iizi ^ lj after the / aiJore oecaine known . The first resolution was moved by the "Rev . Mr . Sco-. t , to the effect that prompt tteps sionld be taken c-n the part of the inhabitants , under the painful circumstances of the suspension of payttent by Messrs . Wigney , to express their coufidence in the two remaining " banks . The resolution was secended Hall

      b \ Mr . S . Hannington . Mr . E . W . , one of tteSrm of ihe " Union bank , thanked the meetiog forth :-- kind expression of confiatnee , and begged io aanre it that they were quite prepared to meet the dpmaEds , having notice of the expected failure for some days before . The Kev . Mr . Scott , on tne part of Messrs . Hall and Co ., made a statement to the like tff ? ct . iir . Leonard , the general manager of the London and County bank , said that , although he had eo prior intimation of the unpleasant circumstance aboctio occnr , he coirid assure them of the the safety of the . Joint Stock Bank Company , and stated that , if required , they had a reserved fund of £ 200 , 000 to fall back nponl A resolution was then passed unanimously , expressive of the unlimited ccnSdecce cf the meeting in the before-mentioned banks , and its deiermica , tion to snppoit them at the

      p en ? i 5 . Fosnxrss of Clkejcax- Magisikates tor Floggikg . —A return has been presented to the House of CommoBs , dated February 9 , 1 & 42 , stating the numttr of persons of the a ^ e of tw- nty and upward s sentenced w be flogged by tha susmary conviction of one msgistrate , from the Is : of January , lt > 4 U , to the 1 st of January , 1841 . The returns are—irom Harwich , 1 ; Swaffiiam , 1 ; and Warwick , 5 ; senu a all , Eix of whom were csmmitted by clergymen .-facft ond Figurst .

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      Poetogal . —After on interregnum of seventeen days s new ministry has been appointed . The ** crisis" has terminated in the complete triumph of of Seaor Costa Cabral , who is the new Home Secretary / The Dake da Terceira is president of the council , but the leading power in the cabinet will be wielded by Costa Cabral . The new minister of justice is Antonio d'Agevedo Mello e Carvalho , brother to the second member of the Oporto junta . This body , therefore , may be considered as having achieved a double triumph . Baron da Tojal is the new minister of finance . The portfolio of foreign sffaira is held merely ad interim by the Duke da Terceira Senor Radrigo da F . Magalhaes has been applied to to resume this office , but positively declined . The marine department is also filled merely ad interim by the chief clerk in that office . The policy of the new adminis-tratien will not differ materially from that which was displaced by the Oporto revolt . Its

      policy with , regard to England and ali foreign countries will be identical . The first act of the new government is somewhat remarkable . It is a demand of the administrator-general of Oporto to specify the sum 3 which he received from the custom-house , and other sources of revenue , to aid the late revolt— by whose order he received them , and how they were expended . The object is to legalise these illegal transactions by an act of indemnity . The order to this effect is signed by the same Costa Cabral who who seized the money as head of the junta . M . Cappaciiii had been presented at court . The king has declared against accepting the command in chief of the army . Thus ono of the le&diiig agents of the movement in favour of the charter is entirely defeated . Secor d'Aguilar returned on Sunday from Madrid , to resume hi 3 function ? as Spanish ambassador at the Portuguese court . No hoFtile movement on the part of Spain rras apprehended .

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      THE SHEFFIELD POLITICAL INSTITUTE , ATH 3 MR . GEO . JULIAN HARNEY . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTIIEBJf STAB . SiB ^—In approaching the sabjeefc to which I am desirous of inviting the attention of your readers , I do so with great trepidation and reverence . The urbanity , erudition , 'and wide-spreading fame of the illustrious individual , a fame that has spread throughout the three kingdoms , and in all likelihood ia now wafting across the Atlantic ocean , or like that of many of his compeers will soon do ; bo , all fill the mind with the greatness cf . the object contemplated . His wit , humour , and profound humility stand unrivalled- Only think

      of one of his companions , as if preconcerted , as many such things have been by him , to his immortal honour , declaring in a public meeting and in his presence , " that George Julian Harney is another Julius Cesar , nay greater , than Csesar himself , who conquered the whole world . " True ! . ! Who can doubt it ? The ancient Julius Caesar only conquered the world by physical force . He veni , visi , vinci . He came , and saw , and conquered ; ' but our modern Juiius , without coming or seeing , subfiusa and conquers . Alas ! alas ! I for any one who stands in his way .

      These preliminary observations , the kind reader will readily peicaive , are demanded in approaching so august a man ; yet >

      " To err ia human ;" far , however , be it from me t « attribute any prepense iiuuice to our Shtffield Cfflaar ; yet one -would have thought after so many beresay tales have been refute *—after they have been admitted into the pages of the Nortkern Star , that an opportunity might have been given to the party whom he has falsely accused from perverted report , and to whom he has been under some small obligations , to first hear the statements and answer for themselves . But , no , this would not answer Master Julian ' s purpose , but like another Jupiter , at the stamp of bis foot , or the shake of his venerable head , all inferior mortals must tremble . I do so when I rtad the following defence : — " I shall be very brief with Mr . Otley—I defy him to prove hia dirty calumny . "

      If it be , hotrever , a dirty calumny , it is because it is spoken of , and by a dirty fellow , Ms . Barney himstlf ; and it is dirty , because it ia utterly false , at least as far as I am concerned . When Mr . Jones and his two weak-headed friends , wesk-headed , because they would praise a man in the morning and cast dirt at him in the evening , came to me and tbe conversation took place , alluded to by Mr . HarD 6 y , -what was its purport ? Was it not what I have said before Mr . Harney , and in the presence of the Chartists" meeting in the Fig Tree-lane room ? It was in substance , and nearly Ttitaliin as follows : — "That I never did , Dor never \» ill approve cf Mr . O"Conncr " s pro-Tory policy . For if he is an honest patriot , acd I give him my full confidence , until he

      proves himself the contrary , his pursuing this course , " said I , " gives ample room for many to 8 ay , that there is a cerrespondency of design between the Tories and himself ; for example , when he recommends the people to get on to the land , and he supposes and calculates wba ' s rent they will have to pay , and the people on the-land , and the land in the possession of the present aristocratical tyrants , would they not be merely , as formerly , serfs ? Now , this ( say the enemies of the Chartists ) agrees with the doctrines of the Tories , ¦ wh o hold forth that if the plouahshare was to pass over Manchester , Birmingham , Shefheld , mid- other Jarg-i towns , England -would be as great and prosperous as it is now . " I then stated that this correspondency of doctrines , led people , ( the enemies of the Charter , )

      to asseit that Mr O'Connor and the Tories are working together , and for the same cads . And that Jlr . O'Connor and the Northern Star always abusing the Whigs , and uttering very little against the greatest enemies to the liberties ef all men , ihe Tories , confirmed their suspicions . I have only to observe , what "was sufficiently evident , that I did not sp « ak my own opinions , but what are those » t others , the enemies or the opponent * of the Chartists j and as long as any portion of society believe this , they never can be induced to come over to assist or support us . Such was the conversation which has been ptrvaiisd by Mr . Joses and his two illustrious companioni ; and seiiid upon by Mr . Hamey , for the

      purpose of crushing those who -will not be his political serfs . All this is in accordance -with what he threatened , in my hearing , when he first came to Sheffield , that through the medium cf the mneh-to-be-dreaded ( according to him ) northern Star , be could annihilate any individual or party who dared to offer-the slightest opposition to him . For my own part , as an huiubie individual , I only answer , to such threats and attempts , bah ! bah ! If I cannot differ from Mr . O Connor and Mr . Julian Harney , on matters of policy , -without being gibbeted in tffigy in its pages , and Sir . Harney the gibbet-post , -why 1 shall prtfer that to being a mentai serf to either one or the ctcer .

      Mr . Jones during this conversation , which -was private , —; and as 1 think , to mate it public 'without first confronting the party , to ascertain the truth of ^ hat has been reported , is a breath of all the rules of society , and I only spoke to caution , or as a cause of regret-Mr . Jones , I say , asktri me what I thought of Mr . Harcey ? I answtied , " I say nothing , btc ^ ujs I know nothing , or very little . " What I have taid of Mr . Harney in his absence , I have said in 2 ; is presence . What I have said of the pro-Tory policy to Mr . Janes , I have said , to Mr . Ltacb , to Mr . Campbell , Mr . O'Brien , Mr . Jackson , and should say to Mr . O'Connor , if I had the opportunity .

      There are , however , some other erave charges , to which some attention must be paid . One is , that I an * 5 Mr . GUI oi pcse the doctrine of the sovereignty of the D £ -opls . " Suppose , " ' s : ys Mr . H-iriu-y , " that vre had a House of Commons ( I -wish we ha-J ) elected by Universal Suffrage , -who in thtir leg «' v . i ? a capacity were jruiity of tome erroneous or tyrannical act , r . ecorairig to Messrs . Otiey aud ( iiil , the people are bounv . to submit , btcausfc-tbtyhave e' < ct < rd liiat fl : > 'J 3 e of Co : i » iio , ; s . I Mnk difrerhtl . ^ iy creed is , that the pe < -pie can never be divested , or diTest theiuBeives , of their nataral and rightful sof ercigity ; and wkn their TepTeseuiauves fail to do rigiit , : t is the prerogative of tho people to overrule their decision . " T / i : 3 sage doctrine , ad jrtssed to the piitaioEs tnii prejudices , and employed to flitter illuitrated annullinthe

      liis admirers , Mr . Haine ? by g decision of the Council , and by supposing the Council and : he . 4-ssodaiion to stand in ihe same relation as the peoole and their PuriiasieBt . Lti the people however , on all occasions , learn this ussful Ictson , that those who flatter them eitber have or are about to otcciva them . ThiB is -an old but true esying . Now 1 st us try tais absurd dccliine , as luid down above , by the tebt of its practical wwking in any country Ltt us suppose that a Parliament , elected by tie people , Uvy an " exorbitant tax npun their food ; a more tyrannical iaw tiu , n tlxia could not fcX : st . The j « ope may , according to tha doctrine of Mr . HaSey , annul this , or * i , y other Lur , tbemse ym . Haw , psnt . it us fnrtbtr . to rappose , tlat toe people in the sbuf their

      manufacture district do this by tx 3 « . sovereign pt ^ er . And the people , in the agricultural parts approve of it , and assert their sovereign power in supporting it ; then the two « ver « i «! nBa wnid have to meet inW&ld of tottie and decide which . a . reality possessed this sovereign power . Such ^ M be . and kaTbetn in the Roman erop-. re , the effect of Mr HaWs doctrine . The truth is , that -when the people elect a Parliament -by-UnWewJ Suffrage , they delegate their sovereignty to that bey . for the tiaw being . And if they pass an oppressive or mischievous la-w . the peopleiSrt wait A it . dissolution by ; the effl < mon of time say o * e year , when their sovereignty falls back aS 5 to thett bauds , when they ^ iU take care to Sc ? none but such men as will repeal any pernicious law , and thos prqservfe ihe peace of tiiis country .

      If the above is a specimen of Mr . Barney ' s lesWatwe » &omf wrely at ttentxt election tie electors of tbiTEidW TriU sena this Solon to make lswa * nd frame a eoBstittttionlos thorn . A few other statements of facts shall end this reply : iTr Tl ^ raey savs , " That I did not consult our own memS * Swer , I * , . as many were eonsulud S SiSe , for en the night this business washing KS 3 ? IW 4 Sown to the lnbtitate , but the rcom trajsactesi ± w ^ f tne Epring knife trade , H ^ ESB & £ && £ !? £ iFrHi ^^ - . --

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      desired of him and his friends was , that tho motion of the entire Charter , should ba , as at Nottingham and other places , an original niotfod . and thus with creditrescue me and themselves from t ^ s dilemma in which we were placed ? It was very convenient iot Mr . Harney to omit this . But enough of this party fighting : if any of us have any time' ot talent , let it ba employed against out enemies and not in destroying our own strength by dissensione . Hating dissensions and diviiions , especially in our own ranks , and desiring above all things * that the oppressed peopla Ehould not vainly pursue a phantom , a Will-o ' -the-Wisp , but obtain , in the issue of their struggle , the substance , real political power , to rescue and guard themselves from oppression and wretchedness , and secure to _ tbcmselTes tit ^ t prosperity and happiness which their industry and skill merits ,

      I remain , Your humble and obedient Servant

      Richard Otley Leeds , March 7 th , 1842 . [ W « insert the above , because we think it right that every party attacked should have the opportunity to explain . And we cordially respond to the . sentiment of the writer , tkat whatever of time or talent may appertain to any Chartist should be employed otherwise than in destroying our own strength by dissensions . We hope to hear no more of these personal biekerings—Ed . N . S . ]

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      THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FEOM THE NEW HOUSES OF PABL 1 A 3 IENT , AND NELSON ' S MOHt'HENX , LONDON , AND THE ¦ WOOL-¦ WICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . . " Why should we not institute a system of action with regard to each other , based on those immutable principles of justice and equality which Jilonu are capable of making man as happy as he is mighty ?"

      Bbethqen , —Since we lasfc addressed yon another fortnight has been added to the previously long period of our struggle of " right against might "—an effort of the oppressed to annihilate the cruelly exercised power of the oppressor—and during which your patriotic exertions and generous aid has enabled us to sustain our ranks unbroken ; still presenting a stea y and unflinching front to the combined attacks of the common enemies of ' our order . " We cannot speak to any very manifest material alteration having taken place in oar position } n London and Woolwich since we last aiidressed you , further than the proceedings of the " unholy alliance" wealth and power combined against us , so far as we can comprehend them , appear extremely pusillanimous and vacillating—circumstances which we can only understand as manifestations of a lingering position . .

      Notwithstanding the fine open weather we have been favoured with , comparatively speaking , little , very little progress is perctivable at the Houses of Parliament , and a considerable number of those who took our members' places , from inability or otherwise , have left both the woiks and the locality , and which many of those who gave them shelter and credit whilst they were endeavouring to perpetuate cruel inhumanity have much reason to know . We are sorry , however , here to state , that another individual , after having battled with us so many weeks , has turned traitor , commencing work at the Houses on Monday morning , thus making three , out of the two hundred and thirty who turned out from that building , that have betrayed us , during the long period of twenty four weekr .

      At the monument no perceivable difference haB taken place . Kespecting these works , a par . igraph , of which the following is a verbatim copy , has gone the round of tho metropolitan press : — •« The projected Nelson colnmn in Trafalsar-square ia not expected to be completed during the present year , owing to the difficulty of procuring Haytor iDartmouth ) granite . " This is a sad contrast with the exulting promulgations of this same press only a short time since , namely , " That the contractors for these works have so fat suimounted the obstacles the disaffected rebel masons had thrown in their way , that by midstr-uiner all evidences of its having been retarded would have disappeared . "

      At Woolwich the change is wry slight ; the " knobsticks , " in greater or less numbers , continue t © leave . The lats managing foreman , incap : ibie longer to submit himself the tool of Grissell and . , or procure from those they had placed under bis superintendence either the quantity or quality of work required from them , has also ltfc the employment We have just received intimation that at Penryn , in Cornwall , onr members have completely succeededthat they have received notice to re ' . urn to their usual employment ; G . and P . ' s orders being wholly abaudoned .

      At Plymouth and Dartmoor the number of turnouts are considerably reduced by their obtaining other employment . Little other change has transpired here , excepting that , for the want of tfficitnt hands , atone has been shipped for London in the some rude form in which nature had shaped it . Mr . Johnson has also engaged a number of agricultural and other labourers , unto whom he is paying twelve shillings per week , determined , as he asserts , to make them " something iu the sione way , " —and some-thiog no doubt it would be . The entire number now on turnout is about two hundred and thirty , all cf whom are as stedfast and determined as ever not to relinquish a singlu inch of the position they have taken , whute- » eT further sacrifice or priyations they may have to endure : — " Impelled by tjra-nt's goading deeds , To wage a patriot war Iot iTeaAom ^ a rights . "

      It having been whispered in some quarters , or at lenst , bo wo have been informed , that in some of our former ad dresses we have treated on matters foreign to the subject of cur strike , and wkich have given offsncfl , we Lava this wctk been induced to place a quf stion at the bead of our report , and upon which , while w < 3 repudiate all uesire to entsr into a controversy , our simple object being to remove any erroneous in > previous , and conciliate any tifivnce that might have occurred , we beg ieave to say a few words . All must be aware , that we have been and continue engaged in a severe and arduous struggle—a struggle withont a parallel in the history ol strikes , and that in psEBirjg through this ordeal of tribulation in dtfsr . ee of the common rights of man , we have suffered and continue to suffer extreme privations .

      Povwty is sai--l to be the parent of invention , and so is the force of circumstances the lever which compels men to adopt opinions aud practices previously held too paradoxical and impracticable . Our present position has forced upon us a consideration of the circumstances which have so placed uswhich have inflicted upon U 3 such an amount of privation for daring to raise our voices , and take our stand against cruelties the mo 3 t consummate and contumelies unbearable , and the only conclusion we can come to is , that" inequality of labour and unequal exchanges produces inequality of wealth , which , through the medium of class legislation , has produced inequality of power , is the cause of our present poverty ; a system which , in the shape of proSts and interests , robs , absolutely robs , the producing cla- ses of the fruits of their hard emaciating toil , End then taunts , derides , and scourges them with the golden weapons of their own manufacture .

      ' ' A dire encct oy one of nature ' s laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause . " It is the cause then which we seek to destroy—acause which has hitherto made strikes more necessary than profitable , and which will more or less harrass and coerce us , whi-e we continue to waste our resources in (' tsuitory cocilicts with its effect ? . Our object , then , is to prevent any more of the productive classes from w-astiru ; their means in ench contests with effects—to Wend together their energies , their talent , and their lne&n ? , in one cocfedtrated phalanx . As we have before htited , tha Jiobility , the capitalist , and , in fact , the entire of the monied classes act und execute in a body , lor the advancement of their own interest—tlio whola amcuiit of their disagreement being which party shuulii pocket the largest sbara of our produce . Nothing less tban a complete union of ali the working classes can ticstroy their mischievous doings , and it is tbis necessity we have been endeavouring to awaken in their minds .

      "To ceas ? to lick the foot that treads us down , C ' r heap the load of prida that buries U 3 . " We conclude by a quotation from Dr . Chanuing—no very Lumble authority—in favour of the principles we bavu V-eeii sdvocatmg : — " The ohjtciion under consideration is very much a repetition of the old dccirine , that what has been must be ; that the future is always to repeat the past , and society to tread forever in the beaten path . But can anything be plainer , than that the preseDt condition of the world is peculiar—unprecedented—that new powers and new principles are j-t work—that the application of science to art is accomplishing a stupendous revolution —that the condition , of the labourer is in many places greatly improved , and his intellectual aids increasedthat abuses ones thought essential to society , and which

      seemed entwined with all its fibres , have been removed ? Do the mas 3 of men stand where they did a faw centimes ago ? And do not new circumstances , if they make us fearful , at the same time keep us from despair ? The future , be it what it may , will not resemble the past . The present has new elements which most work out weal or woe . We have no right then , on the ground of the immutabteness of human affairs , to qjaench as far as we have power , the hope of social progress . " He says again ,. " That system of labour which saps the health , and shortens life , and famishes ir . teUeet , needs and urns * receive great modification , " and this can only be efiecbed by cordial union and co-operation , and which we hope at ao distant perici Will ba in full practice amongst the working classes of this and every other part of the world .

      With sincere gratitude for tb e generous manner in ¦ which we have been aided , ar . d with a hope that we shall merit a continuance of y / jur confidence during the brief space of time we may l «\ Dger need it , We subscribe tmrselve' . j , gratefully your ? , 1 jE Masoss' Society , Thomas Shortt , Secretary . Match 2 nd , 1 S 42 .

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      WEST 3 JS 1 MTSTEB . ^ A pnbic rneetiri fr was held at the Xa » go Room , Charter Coffne House . Stretton Ground , Westminster , on Friday evening . Th& rocm was crowded to excess , a >» was likewise : tho atairs ana the upper floor , iand upwards of 200 persons Were nccommodated in the large yard , and tbat of the : aujbinine hotiae , and bnn > dreda were obliged to go away ntterly unable to procure miimaalorv Mr . Buck having been elected tJ-the chair , briefly addressed the meeting , and stntsi his belief that the agitation for the Charter would > apn supersede every other measure or reform , and would effect ¦• speedy chango in the Constitution , which would permanently benefit of all classes ' of society .

      Mr . Kuffy Ridley—Fellow-workmen , the time has now come when the working classes of this-country vail tnink ana judge for themselves , when they will no longer be led by men high in power for their own selfish purposes ; too Ion ? have we assisted in agitations which have had for their end not tho good of the working men ; they have put this forth , but you have discovered » t to be a fai | acy . There have been agitatioRS carried on , with your assistance , for the benefit of a base oligarchy . Neyel-i were the operatives of this Kingdom plunged in such extreme want and degradation . Never were the aristocratic ' classes wallowing \ n Buchluxury , vies , and debauchery . The grand question is , will yon any longer submit to this state of things ? Will you not act upon the advice which the quack Doctor , Peel , gave you some few years a < ro-M »

      take your affairs into your own hands ? You have tried the Tories and the Whigs , and the only difference ia thi 3 : —the Tory is a well-known thief ; while the Whig has . in thelast ten years , proved himself to be equ . iliy aa big a thief . They haye both done all that has j iia in their power to oppress you , who are the foundation of all the real propertyof tbo country . The Tories now offer you the sliding scale to remedy the distress of the country . What effect will this have upon those poor wretches who are now starving in our highways and our by , ways , when , if they ban the will they could produce a remedy which would give almost an instantaneous benefit to you ; but can you expect these men ever to de aught for ' .-your advantage , unless they themselves can reap the greater sharei ?—( "heyery never" ) . You must resolve to unite hand in hand for

      this grand ohject of obtaining your Charter— -yeu must prove that the same Wood flows iu your veins wnioh flowed in the veins of yonr forefathers— you must no longer be content with singing ?• Britons never will be slaves , " but you miitt make it true to the letter , so will you confer happiness on yourselves and prosperity on the whole kingdom . I shall now propose the following resolution : — ; " That this meeting is of opinion that the Hsuse of Commons ia notcomputibiowith tho spirit of the Uritish Constitution , which supposes three equal estates , -viz :,

      a power of the Throne—a power of the LorJs--ahd a power of the People coequal , whereas , it is evident to observation , that the majority of tho Commons are returned by the influence of the Upper House . Limited constituencies , open voting , and property qualifications being the cause and the means of bribery and corruption , by which two-third * of the seatBiu the Commons' House of Parliament are filled by members of tlie aristocracy to the exclusion of the popular voice ; it is , therefore , the opinion of this meeting , that these and all other evils arising out of tbem , are only to be remedied by the adoption of the Pebple ' s Charter . "

      Mr . Ridley then entered into th « benefits to be derived from the adoption of the People's Charter , and the manner in which they hud been deprived of their ancient rights ; he then entered into au examination of the Corn Lawa , and showed clearly that the capitalist , by the aid of machinery , would monopolise every benefit to be obtained from their repeal , unless the people were in possession of political power ; they would then not only be able to see a Luge loaf through the window , but would have the bond in their band , by which they could guarantee that the benefit weuld flow in the right channel—the stomachs ' of the poor . Mr . U . then expatiated on the accursed Poor Law ; and concluded a speech which was much applauded ^ by exhorting them to join iiv . no agitation in which tbe Charter was not first and foremost nailed to the inaat- ^( tremendous chesrsi .

      Mr . Leigh rose to second the resolution . ' They had met on this , as . on many other occasions , for the purpose ot - 'following the advice cf Peel * and taking their affairs intu their own hand ? . One of the most important quostions in the great moral political struggle which is now being carried throughout the land , is , are the people justified in assembling to disuss these subjects ? is it necessary that they should so assemble ? and is there any probability of effecting- the great chaDge which we have in view ? We will examine . these points , in order to wreuch : from tho hands of our enemies , every possible weapon they cau bring against ua ; that we are justified in this object is admitted by both factions wh . un it suits their party purposes . They then assert that it is an inalienable right of the people to assemble

      and demand of the Legislature , a speedy redress of their grievances . The creates ^ luminaries of onr country , a Locke , a Bacon , and : others ; the ancient philosophers of Greece and R «) me have all asserted tbis fundamental principle , that taxation without representation ia a tyranny and not a government . This is said to be tho base of tlie 'British constitAiUon , and if this is its base let us see how the superstructure is raised and of what miteriula it is composed-. ; the people being the comer stone , the Government should rest on public opinion . It is not the building which constitutes the church , but the congregation which assemble in the building . Public opinion is nothing if it is not the free will expression of the whole people ; build on this , aud you will raise a gloiiious structure which all may inhabit .

      A Government will then be foTmedeinanating from the free voices of a mighty ' -anU an * inteUig ' oht people . We will now conaider if there is a probability of tWa chaDge being speedily effected ; we are taunted by our enemies that we meet to no purpose ; they flay you are going to a meeting at tbo Charter Coffee House , or to this place and the other place ; you will hear what the orators have got to say , the gaping btaring thousands will do the same . You will do this agaiu and again , and yet remain , exactly in the same .- otato but this is not the case ; the thinking faculties have been sot to work , and if there is any thing true in the old saying tbat a littlo leven willleven the whole lump ; so Wiil the public opinion generated at this v andl other othet public meetings rise into such a tremendous roar that our

      tyrants shall shake in their own shoes . The infamous Ca&tlereagb . passed his six gagging acU , fettering the right of public meetings , but if the present strong Government , as it is . called ,- .-were ' ' only to attempt to breathe an inclination to re-enact them ; if they were only to whisper it in their dreams in the present effervescing state of sockty , it would be like a spark falling on a powder magazine , they would ali be blown up t 6 ge . ther- ^( lbud cheer ? . ) We have now brighten prospects than ev ^ r before us j the press that hitherto occupied every vacant column with anathemas against as has now begun to discover that we have sorno ! little iufiuenco , tbat Feargus OConnor has some sjiiall modicum of talent , that there has been some thousands of persons present at his meetings , and that theyhava roally

      conducted themselves better than they expected they could . The press is now endeavouring to see which way the wind Mowb ; they are couviuced that some tremendous change is at hand , and they have set their watchmon on the towers of self interest to watch which way the current will eventually set . Tuis is a sign of the times , a sign that the Chartist schoolmaster has been abroad , that meetings like the present have been useful , that they have instructed the people to steer clear of those shoals and quicksands on which they have hitherto been -wrecked ; ' our principles are those which are destined to regenerate millions yet unborn ; they will confer on miUioHB those blesisinga which past generations have in vaia sighed for ; we owe this to our increased knowledge ; they could only sec tho promised

      land , as in a glass darkly ; ' nut we have now arrived near to this milleniuii ) . Public indignation will quickly sweep away the present House of Commons ; and we shall be enabled to elect those who will indeed be tlie representatives of the people . Each will then sit under his own vine and hia own fig-tree , enjoying the fair fruit of his labour . Mr . Leigh then dissbcteJ , in bis usual talented manner , tho Corn Law question , showing that we had arrived at such a high and prominent position , that we could come down upon tho League , aod say , if you want assistance , you must join us , for in foul weather and fair Wt-athtr , through ¦ persecution and prosecution , we huvp done without assistance . Wo have attained , with your ' Opposition , our present proud pre-eminence ; and if you need us , you must

      cume to us , for we will not come to you---we will not yield n shadow of a point of the glorious fabric of the people ' s liber ties— ( cheering . ) Mr . Leigh then administered a Bevere castigation to the Marshalls , Cobdeos , and other leaders of tho League , during which Mr . o Connor entered the room , and was received with great applause from all . quarters of the building . Mr . Leigh then wound his subject to a close . . Feargvs OCOnnok , amidBt great cheering , then rose and said—It is now nearly seven years since 1 first addressed a Kadical Association in .-Westminster . Then a small cockloft wonld have held us all , ; and now we nre full both in an 4 , but . I was much pleased with tho portion of Mr . Leigh ' s speech which I heard , and will enter a little more into the details of thei- ' . sabject .

      T / iesa men call themselves great philanthropists they alone have bowels of compassion for the poor ; they yearn over your mis ' eriea ; - and are anxious to give you cheap food ; but you know , n » y friends , that you can . not have taote ol a cattbaj » tba cat aaiid heT skin * , you cannot have the big cake , if they first eat it for you . Leok at the fortunes of Arkwright and others acquired by this system , of machinery . Do not mistake me . No one admires the man who is the maker of his own fortune more than I do . He ia infinitely better than the fool who is b « rn with a silver spoon in bis mouth ; but look at Arkwright , taken from his lathering box when he could scarcely put a wig in hia first borrowed the and

      window until he money , now he' ia woith , they aay , thirteen millloaa of money . But , suppose . ihl » to be an exaggeration , aay it is only £ 5 , 000 , 000 , and say that he employed one thousand hands in creating this wealth , would not £ 1 , 000 , 000 for himBelf be « large Bhare '?¦ : would not this be a sufiiciency for his outlay of capital ? thia would allow- £ 4 , 006 to each of bis workmen , ov £ 200 a year for ever to those who had created this mighty mass of wealth , and wonld allow to Arkwrigb'i ; , who had only been a speculator in their labour , £ 50 , 000 a year for ever . Would not this be a more equitable distribution thau that Arkwrigbt should nt present hate Wa

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      £ 200 , 000 a year , while bis poor laborers are many of them endnring the p 3 ngs of starvatioa in cells of that cold-blooded system of tyranny , a Poor Law Ba 3 tile ? I do not eome here to make a speech , j am going to talk to you to ehow yi > u to yourselves in tUe mirror of nature . I tell you ' -that ^ the Raform Bill -was aStj-aHgle , with whicb you had no connection , it was a battle between the lorda of machijiery and the landed ! aristocracy , to see to wliica of their battledors yoa ithe shuttlecock ) ahou'd be handed ov 6 r . The mjUobrat told the aristocrat that he 'had -got too much out of you , and he must let Jjibi . ' " Ii ' aya a squeczW You have seen these men derive banefifs from tbat : measure , but I ask you where ia your Bhare ? Look at these men who now ask you to assist them in the repeal of the Corn

      Laws , did they not make their money by the present Corn Laws , which they new seek to destroy ? did not the majority once inhabit th 9 cellars ? were they not glad when they reached the cottage ? but bow they have got into thei mansion they overlook , they pretend never to know aught of the cottage ; they now denbuuee the landed aristecracy , yet when they have accumulated £ 100 , 000 , what is the first thing they do with it ? why , invest it in land . There is Brown , ef Leeds , has just given £ 100 000 for an estate ; Marshall has just given £ 50 , 000 with his sister , to Lord . Monteagle , and so on through the piece . We have at present thrte ocracies ; the sodocr / icy , the smokeocracy ; and the monocracy . I- have been a sporting man though never a gambler , and I would bet tba mobocracy acainst the

      Other two , one up and the other down ; or if they both unite I would bet thei mob . ) cracy againat them , both at once . These Repeaters never thought of Chartism until there was a majority of 123 against them . They want to bed anti-Chartists on Wodnesday night ; and rose Chartiata on Ttursday inorning , like the man at the time of the Catholic Euiancipation Bill , who wont to bed a sound Prateatant , and rose in the , morning a thorough Catholic ; but they say they were always of Caartist principles . No thanks to them , they can't deny them , but they don't like th > name . Is net Chartism as good a name a 8 Whiggery ? Da they like Kuss ' eli's Purge ? They put me in mind of Brotheitori , in the House ; Cobden , no said , never had a mill in his life ; it was a print-work—they did ' nt call it aihiW . Like the

      constable ; who went to apprehend an Iriahnian , and asked him ff his name was not Thomas Miran ? "No , faith , it was not ; it was Tom Miran "—( loiid laiighteri ) These fellows will grant yon all but •• tliename . But , first , they want to get rid of Feargu 3 ; but you never saw a leech stick so to a wound as I will stick td these fellow ? . When I was in Birmihgham the other night I gave them Chartism to their heart's content I remember the story of an Irish maiden lady , who had a red cat . She was never married , and therefore was very fond of the cat ; but asking Molly one day where the rod jug was , "Oh , maim , the divil of a cat has broke it , bad luck to her , " Well , a few days passed , and the blue ' jug was asked for ; " Plr . se yer Ladyship , and the divil of a cat has broken that , too . " So the

      devil of a cat was given fc > a neighbour . Presently , the black tea-pot was broken , onu t ^ ain Molly swore "it was the ould divil come back again . " So puss was condemned to be killed , the poor brute ; but , faith , this waa not enough . Thecream-ju ? was broken , and MoJJy again swore that " cats had nine lives , and the divil of the cat had come down the chimney , and broke the crttiue-jttg "—( laughter . ) They want to get rid of Feargus . jyow , I am tho red cat . If they give me to a neighbour , I shall come back ; if they kill me , I shall comedown the chininey ; and if I do not , they will have another bull in the china shop , for no power under heaven can ever . drive the Clwrter from your minds —• no foree can ever weaken your attachment to its principles . You have tho C 58 Members making loj ; g

      speeches in tho House of Conimona , which scarce a working man thinks it worth while to read . Coming down to this home I saw many carcases of meat , and I said that is good ; but of what use 13 tbat when cla « s legislation deprives you of ths means of parchasing them ? Where will you look to for a remedy for this ? Will you look to the Whigs ? They have as many principles as a camelion has colours . Will you look to the " now move" men , with their camplete and manhood sutfiage ? they call it complete suffrage They will give you all except the abolition of the Property Qualification clause , and the Payment of Members , I call this no suffrage at all ; it is like giving a child a clasp-kuife , which you are sure : it cannot open . Suppose all the people ¦

      Of Westminster were . ' collected- outside this window to elect Members t-j Parliament ; and eupposo Ruffy Kidtey or Leigh to ' -bo candidates , and four othera , you might be desirous of electing Ruffy or Luigh , their conduct having entitled them to your confidence or respect , but this you could not do ; they are not men of property , so you . ' must , per force , take one out of thsotner fqur , or not vote at nil ; and eVcu if ' you couM return the mail of youi 1 choice , » say Kuffy , if you did not pay him he must starve , unless , like the Scotsmr . u who would not pay his servant , but sent him to tbo lai-cler , to the banker , &c , to p ; iy himself , uatii he soon got the upper hand of his master . This is the way with tha present system . You do not pay them ; but they p . iy themselves Look around at your London shops , with

      their windows costing £ 15 or £ 16 each , and you wou ' id see that they have empty shops and , warehouses , although they contrive to make a splecdid show in their windows , and yet they hava been so blind as to support those whose interest in tk « i most diametrically opposed to their own . Their interest am ! that of the niauufftc turer is of an ppposita and conflicting character . We all admit the l-enefits of improvements in machinery , yet we see that we have derived no benefit from them . We see that the millocracy have increased in wealth , because all the labour has been dono by co d macLinery . We do tipt wish to put a stop to machinery—we desire to turn it to man ' s benefit , and nob to bis destruction , -We know that if each min ' s share went into each Dtan's pocket we ahould soon ba enabled to

      say to them , you may keep your ill-gotten plunder—we have the Vote , and will speedily render ourselves independent of you They remind me of the story of the American Captain , who having taken a vessel , offered to divide with his mate a cask of brimstone , telling him he meant to give him equal justice ; so breaking the brimstone into two very unequal shares , asking him to'take-his' choice , but he should have the one he held , which of course was the largest . Ttus it is : they give us the blarney , but securo all the substantial comforts to themselves . These men say to usk now we will give you the : Charter ; but they meau their Charter , not our Charter . What would by the result of our Charter ? Why , in the morning , we would repeal tho infernal Poor Law Bill ; at noon we would charter a ship to bring

      back . Frt » t , Williams , Jones , and otber . s ; and at night , we would remove evi 5 ry restriction upon trade with the ¦ whole world , and would take csre that the benefits flowed into the proper channeL The poor pitiful dcvjl 3 who are talking of cheap bread dpnt pull the right cord —liktt Paganini , they play only on one string . There had ouglit to ba ; i commission of liinaiey issued against them ; they talk of admitting about £ 4 , 000 . 000 worth of foreign corn , but say not a word of the £ 10 , 000 , 000 abstracted by the church . Let them take £ 4 : 000 . off that , or if that is not enough , let them tate all the £ 10 , 000 , 000 , and we should then have a trulygood and independent clergy . During these fuw rnontus a large house in Derby had reduced the wages of their bobbin net weavers at the rate of £ 40 in the year ; they employ

      eighty men ; here is a saving of £ 3 , 200 a year , enough surely to compensate them for cheap bread . Suppose the Corn Laws repealed to-morrow , aud that we should be enabled to beat the slaves in their own market ; we could bring the raw material from America , manufacture it , pay cost of insurance , freight , and risk , and sell it cheaper than they could manufacture the goods at home . Is not this givi g as much British labour away us is equal to tho charge of the freight , insuTance , and risk . Aye , but say the manufacturers , our machinery will enable us to beat tho whole world . I admit it , but at toe same time i t has enabled them to beat the labourer at home—( hear , hear ) . If you never snw a machine * it equally fcff « cts you aa those it has displaced . If the stiopkeepera have lost their consumeia ; if they cant

      sell , they flout wank you to make for them , Loak at Nelson ' s Monument and the Houses of Pariiameat ; if there was enough to do in tbe provinces , could Griseell and Peto get tutse rapsoallions to supply the places of those honest men now on strike . The same principle applies to every trade . I lay it down as a principle of political economy , that if 10 , 000 men could do' aU the work in a ratio of five miles , and 3000 men were forced into that : market , that it would be batter to pay those : 3000 men liberal wages to do nothing , than allow them to come into the market and constitute a reserve for the masters t > fall back upon . This caused the legislature to put down the Trades'Uaioua at the time of the Dorchester labourere . They wish fox competition , that they may glut the market , and bring you to their terms . At the

      the t : ulors * meeting on Monday night , -which -was mosii important ever held in London , although the press Ecarcely noticed it;>—if it hxid been a Corn Law- . mettirig they would have had bis columns cf it . U we beat them , we perhaps get a . few lines , but if they K at us , whichi thank God , is seldom , they have two columns of it : Well , at the tailors" meeting , the ChaiJinan said that the Trades' Unions had not answered the purpose for which they were intended , and why is it ? Why for want of the Charter ; but rather than give this of their .- free \ viH , they would cause the country te rua with blood ; thsy know they have isade millions from not haying the Charter , and that i * we had it they could only have their fair share .. Neve * was London so up to the roark . I have told them in the country that they may go to si * ep , and that London will catty th * Charter . Never w * re the shopkeepwa so bad off ; they will soonbeforced from necessity t 6 join us : they will no longer be gullad by the Whig plea that If too to auaiBt

      we aro too ignorant ^ wa are ignorant ourselves , we are too ignorant to assist them ; ye should lead them astray ; surely they would not unite with madmeiv We want the Charter for them and ourselves , —like the old woman and the hot plaister . She had an oppreMion of tho heart , and the doctor gave her a Bheep Bkin plalster , M > d calling a few weeks after , be asked whether it b . Ji 4 done her good . . "•• Oil yes , Sir , It has done ine good , and . Tim good too . " " How , " says the doctor , " has it done Tim good . " " Why , tbe plaisfce * cured me and then made a fine seat to Tim's breeehes-- ;( great laughter . ) -We want the Charter to cure the oppressions ef our hearts , and then when it has done that it may make a seat to their breechea in the House of Commons . The very air is now redolent with Chartiflm . The present House of Commons no more represents the feelings of this country , than it does those of Russia . A question affecting the interests of Russia , or the great wall in Caida , ¦ would be more

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      calmly and jnstly disenssed thaa the Interests of the British working class . You have been told we have no union ; tfcfit the Irish people are net with os . Do not believe it : Paddy is a shrewd fellow % and once pnt him on the-right scent ans { nothing will shake hint -ofL . You are more dt'pehdent , Ii 7 ing from band to " mouth j butPati ^ yisth 0 best iigUator in Ihe worid . When he digs upf . the praties in August , ho is gatrisoned for six moaths . If ttoy had , riot stopped him ho would soon have ' abolished : tithes . ' ' I was take to tha bar of my country for the pait I took in thst agitation . Is it to be endured that the Irish people should pay a par 3 on wx days in the week to denounce them on the ssvenUif But how will they abolish this , save b 7 givingthe vote to the Cdtholic man instoad of the Protestant land .

      Mr . 0 ; Connor thqn ably advocated a Repeal of the Union with Ireland ^ and shewed np the vices of bur church and local establishwents . He then provad to the satisrr . Gtion of his audience that thera was no necessity for emigratfoa or importation of foreign com it-our land was properly cultivated . Give us the Char ter , and England would support a population ef fifty-milhpns . with greater ease than she now sunportdetwenty-six . . millions ..- He cou id scarcely tell them the pride and pleasure with which he contemplated them . In the proviiTces , where he was personally more kno wn » he designated them his children , and he coul-r assure them that ha bad many grey-haired children too , some

      old enough to be his grandfathers ; but i ; ever a father loved his Children dearer than lie loved tie working classes ; he had stepped with them , after their meetings were over , till two or three o'clock in the nioining , and never did ho hear an immoral word come from their lips ; -yet " ne . had often been compelled to leave the company of tbe rich and powerful from disgust at- * tbe unmanly convers 3 > . ibn . And yet these were the men who were entrusted with power , to the seclusion '' of the moral arid tha industrioua . Mr . O'Connor concluded by promising tho hundreds on the outside to attend an outdoor meeting on the first convenient occasion , and sat down loudly cheered . The resoiutien was then unanimously carried .

      Mr . Brown moved and Mr . Whaler seconded th » adoption ef the National Petition , which was carried without a dissentient . ¦ . Mfc O'CONNeii moved and Mr . Ridley seconded » vote of thanks to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up with the usual Chartist honours .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , March 4 . BANKRUPTS . Gardiner Boggs , William / aylor , and William Shaud , Great Winchestrr-8 treet , merchants , to surrender llarch 15 , April 15 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court " : solicitors ; .- " . 'Messrs . Sanpspn ^ and Cobb , Austinfriars ; orficial assignea , Mr . Pennell , Basinghall-street . , : .. : ¦ ¦ Samuel Fox Stephens , Old Broad-street , bill-broker ^ March 11 , at half-past eleven o ' clock , April 15 , at twelvej at the Bankrupts' Court : ' , solicitor , Mr . Cdi , Pmner's-hall , Old Broad-sireet official assignee , Mr . Belcher . . . . ... William Nathan Hunt , Watling-strei . t . stationer , March 14 , at twoo ^ clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Wooller ^ Bucklersbury ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basingball-Streer . . " . ¦ . -, ¦' .. ¦ \ ' ¦ '¦ - ¦ " . - ....,: ¦' . '

      Richard WslronclTorge , Billingsgate , Lower Thames street , fish sa ! e 8 ihan , March 11 , . 'it one o ' clock , April 15 , at elevcni at the Bankrupts' Court I SoHcitoir , Mr . Cox , Ss 23-lane ; official assignee , Mr * Johnson , BasinghaU-street . ' . . ' -. ' . . . ¦ . ¦ ' . .. : ' -. ' ¦ ' . James Nixan , Great Portland-street , Oxford-street , upholsterer , Mareh 19 , at twelve o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankiupts' Court : Eolicitor , Mr . tate , Bisinghall-street ; official assiguee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Oid Jewry . j ohnWright , BirmingliaHi , ' cabinet-maker , ararci 18 , at two o ^ clock , April 15 , at twelve , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham : solicitor , Mr . Whitelouse , Chancery-laiiP r . . John Critch > ley , Liverpool , bricklayer , March 17 , April 15 , at two o " clock , at the Clarendoii-rooriis , Liverpool : solicitors , Messrs . Sbarpe , Field , and Jiickson , Bedford-row ; and Mr . Banner , Liverpool .

      Charles Henry Webb , Forebridge , Staffordshire , corndealer , March 16 , at one o ' clock , April 15 , at twelve , at the Swan -Inn , Stafford : -solicitors , JUeasr ? .. Clovrea and VVfid ' ake , ' . ' . King ' s Bench Walk , Temple ; and Messrs . Hiei-n and Ward , Stafford . ; : JpUu MPtaon Rigden , Wingbam , Kent , maltster , March 32 , April 15 , at twelve o'clock , at the Guildhall , Canterbury .: aolicitors , Mesirs . Egao , Waterman , and Wright , Essex-strett , Strand ; and Messrs . Curttis and . Ktng 8 ford , Canterbury . ^ E-iward Dayia , Bath , architect , March 15 , April 15 , atitwtjlveo'clock , at the White Hart Inn , Bath : solicitors , Mr . Frowd , Esaex-atratt , Strand ; and Messrs . Crutwell and Sons , Batbi . James Birch Partridge , Birmingham , dsalcr in Birmingham ware . ' March 14 , at twelve o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Waterloo-iooma , Birmingham : solicitors , Mr . Caaplin , Gray ' s-inn-sc ^ u are ; aud Mr . Harrison , Birmingham . :

      Thomas Baldwin , Worcsster , inn-keoper , March 11 , April 15 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Packhorse Inn , Worcester . ¦ : SplicStors , Mr . Lett , Bartlett ' s-buildings , Hoiborn ; and Mr . Finch , Worcester . Henry Harrison , Manchester , and Old Broad-street , London , commissionragent , 'Mareh JO , April 15 , at . ten o ' clock , at the Commissioners' -roonis , Manchester : solicitors , Mr . Sc ^ tt , Lincola ' s-inii-fleltia ; and Mr . Morris , Manchester . , •' ¦ '¦ ' : ; ' : William Slater , Whitegate , Cheshire , banker , March 16 > April 15 , at two o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool : solicitors , Mr . Cole , Adelphi-terrace , Strand . '; ' and Mr . S 3 xon , N " ortbwich . ' . : ' . Daniel An |; robu 9 , Gro . it Bud worth , Cheshire , ¦ saltmerchaiit , March 16 , April 15 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool : solicitoi-a , Mr . Cole , Adelphi-terrace , Strand : and . Mr . Saxori , Northwicbi PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED .

      M . Knowles and Co ., Higher Booths , Lancashire , calico-printer ? . T . Biackburne and Co ., Liverpool , ale and porter dealers . T . Thompson and J . Fanset , Liverpool , painter ? . J . Tipton and VV . Jetson , Manchester , pattern-card-makers . C . Jpnes , ; J . Gray , and R . J Keen , Liverpool , opticians ; as far as regards C . jone ? . J . Marsland and Co ., Manchester , cotton ; merchants . Taylor and Greenwood , Sheffield , jolnera . Scatcherd , Hirst , arid Co ., Huddersfleld , fancy cloth-uianufacturer 8 ; so far as regards J . Hirst , A . Sykes , and J . flirsr . -

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      " . ' . ? " ' ; " / - From the Gazette of Tuesday , SImrch 8 . BANKRUPTS . E ! : z * Hayes , picture-dealer , Pickett-street , Strand , to surrender March 22 , at half-past eleven , and Apr'd 19 , at two , 'at the Csurt of Bankruptcy . Alsager , Kirchin-lane , official usaignee ; Temple and Bonner , Farnival ' s Inn . - George Robertson , John Giirlow , and John Alexander ^ ship-chandlers , Liverpool , March 19 , and April 18 > , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Duncan and Radcliffe , Liverpool ; Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett ; Bedford ^ row . ' '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ " ' : _ " . ¦ - ; " ¦ ¦' ;¦• ' . - . ¦ . - ¦ "¦ . ¦ . James Alexander , dealer and ebapman , JTewcastlc upon-Tyne , April 4 , at eleven , and April 19 , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Royal Arcade , Newcastla-upon-Tyne . Solicitor , Harlo , Newcastle-upon-: Tyne . ' ¦ ; ¦ " . " ' ¦'¦' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ / ' ¦ ' . ' . - ' ¦ " '• ; "¦ •/¦ ¦ - .

      Ann Leach , John Leach , and James Leach , builders , Brick-lane , SpitalSelds ; March 18 , at one , and April ¦ 1 » , at eleven , " at the Court of Bankruptcy . LackiDgtonj orficial assignee , Coleman-street-buildicgs ; solicitors , ittckjon and Oeerbury , Frederkk ' 8-placa , Old Jewry . Richard LoxbarUj printer , - ' .. Wigan . ' March 24 , and April 19 ., at tbe Swan Inn , Bolton-le-Moors . Solicitors , Armstrong , Staple-inn , London ; lord and Ackerley , Wigan , ¦ '' : . - .. \ - '¦ ' . ' , '¦ ¦ ' . . ¦ ' ¦ . Sanm « l Lewis Laz-jrus , coach proprietor , Jerraynstreet , St . James ' s , March it , at eleven , and April 1 » , at balfrpast one , at the Court ef Bankruptcy .. Solicitors , Wbitmbre-, BssingbaU-Btreet , official assignee , Gubert , Craven-street , ^ trand . v '; .. . "' ' . : : ..-Thomas Stephenspri , coach-maker , Manchester , Marcb 2 * , at ten , and April 19 , at two , at the CommiijaionersV rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Willoughby and J ^ yie * , Clifford ' s Iuu , Lssndon-, Cooper and Wray , Manchester . '¦¦¦'¦¦¦¦¦ : ¦ : ¦

      William Walker and James Gray , cloth manufac tuyfeV * , Leeds , March 22 ,. at twelve , and April 19 , at tenv at the Commissiqnera-roorns , Leetis . SolicitOMr , Wilson . SouthainptoE-street , BloomEbtt / y-square , London ; Payne , Bddison , arid Ford , Lseds . Thomas Gales , William John Gnest , Jobn Forster Naisby , and Matth » w Kittley , ship-builders , March 16 , at twelve , andi April IS ) at eleven , at the Bridgo Hotel , Bishop Wearmouth . Solicitors , Bell , Brodticfc , and Bell , Bow Chasch-yard , Cheapaidc , London ; WUsoa » Sanderland . Joseph Carlisle , draper , Bury , Lancashire , March 24 , and April 19 , at twelve , at the Commissionedrooms . Swan Ian , Bplton-Ie-Moora , Lancashire . Soiici tors , Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln's Inn- ^ elds , Londpri ; Grundy , Bwy , Lancnshire .

      William Hojmes , ; silk gaazs manufacturer , Fnd » ystreet , Ch ^ apside , London , Mwch 18 , at one , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Coort of Bankruptcy . Green , Alderraanbury , official assignee ; selicitors , Reed and Shaw , Priday-street , Cheapside . , Edward Mullinger , ironmonger , Southampton , March 26 , at three , and April 19 , at four , at ^^ the Star Hotel , Southamptori . Solicitors , Edward Amis Chaplain , Gray ' s-inn-sauarej Middlesex ; Stubbs and Rollings , Birmingbam . ; : ;; . .- ' ; -. '¦ . ' - " .. : ¦ ¦'¦ ; '¦ ¦'¦ -. . ; . '¦' :. -. '¦ -. ' ¦ . ' - . ¦ : WiUiam ChaTrtock , plnraber , Albion temce ,: Wandsworth-road , Surrey , March 22 and April 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , Abchurch-lane , official assignee ; solicitor , Bebb , Argyll-Btreet , Regent street . . ' : ' . ¦'¦ ¦ - ¦' - ., . - '¦"¦ . ' . ¦¦'¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . , ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ .. ' ¦ . ¦ , : \; . ; ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ . ¦ '''

      Geerge Annesley Thompson and Benjamin Jamea Thompson , ironfouhders , Wylami Northnmberiand , March 31 , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .: Solicitors , Meggiaon , Pringle , and Manisty , King ' s-road , Badfordrow , London ; Brokett and Phillipaon , Newcastle-. upon ^ Tyne .. ' ; . ' •; . ' ; . ''; : ' ' - : " : ¦' ¦/¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . -- ' :-: ' ¦/ ¦"¦'

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct745/page/3/