TO TBE WORKING CLASSES J-- -• ¦ ¦ ham-road ' . 1 - - . ' "" ""'•V^^-'^^v •• ¦• - - - .. ,;-> .- -• - -.,, -U'i'^road, Kingsland. The chairman, Mr. .VWwk-$i?7^^^> -(§£" namhaim-; "' • My Friends - Xrs Ju ... and MessrsMessrs.. GilbertGilbert., GrantGrant., TownsendTownsend., , Russell, . Su * long letter from .tliffe, ; ; Boggis, Stowger, arid :Co*v Tou must not expect a Tery doUyevod sduilfivUe.speeches, which elicited the me tliis week, as I am fully engage-l in pre- most enthusiastic}*-applause. Resolutions were ' their paring my Balance Sheet for the Conference ; a_doj*ted oxpreg^e^ofs in admiration of tho con- duc t ' the ahs / and I think, althoug h the honest Editor of tlie of. 'Hurf^an defending their rights, kndreprobatUi^ "Examiner" would draw a comparison between theV invasion" of 'Hiingary ; by Russian troops, and me and Nxsg Hudson, that I shall stand be- also Refilling *upori Groat' Britain to protest against fore that Conference, as the Trustee of the Budh invasion. Thanks were voted to Uie chair, and poor man's funds, in such a position as no the mefeting broke up with three cheers for Kossuth, Bern, and.tlio success _- .p t the Hungarian patriots other trustee ever occupied ; and then I shall . ; teach the Editor of the "Examiner" a lesson . - Sympathy On behalf of the Hungarians is rapidly "that he willnot be likely to forget, as ho may extending; or .ritthor showing itself, throug hout the rest assured tbat he has caught a Tartar. country. **' A1 .phblib' meeting, on the plan:^pf the Snig's End—-where the Conference is to he London 'meetings;' was held last week at Birming- mortgaged to the trustees info Jhe^ ham. : At Manchester an influential requisition-, to held—is within a mile and a half of Low- for the money to have but little effect, for tho gallant Hungarians .authorities and Generals and that they considered sw^ng* snips of^r Gwoian advanced by the Societ had hitherto bonten this tyrant Haynau and all tfi(| tneu- , ^ras-^oud the Mayor to caira town's meeting has been got up of y • and when redeemed conduct to merit the indignant reprobation of c^ewfea^^'fhmie' of Ifa ii haads, and within eight or nine miles other Austrian «ene4*alsthat bad as yet taken a yaririo sealed'tho'dobm. avid signod.' At: Leicester ,;Leeds, Huddersfield, ntid by the members, the title deeds will tm - sed nations- (Cheers.) > * -:" • ¦> -".- '* ;^ :' -; ofe :¦ ; Mathon, so that the delegates will have an be pre- field. (Cheers.) Even now that the Russians h$& " ¦»? \ j TJ^is^espotism. -(Great Kcheeririg.).'* He, qthor important; towns iueet-ings^re. lo be or have sented to them b 1 . **%•. Headi,am, M.P. for . NewcastleVuppn-Tync, •^ffw-^^ed/wit^ , opportunity of seeing a hundred and thirty of y the Trustees, and then- been called in it had only been to he beatejg| seooij ded Ueen heiu this, woek.. ;At ''Edin burg h preparations the resolution, ahd'in doing. ' so 'tbbk'ocoa- , '.WW-Mp-AM < payments and other connexion with the Society (Cheers.) The gallant Bern—(loud and continue ¦Wj lPMf arl'jj eiygmado .with't object ; and a sub- \\ ~: the hovels I have bruit for my dupes, and two S- '-'Jnnrk .that tlie .enthusiasm and 'ekcitemeht ni&iae' applause:-),, A Briti f will cease. cheering)—from thc first day that he ' 'i! I(!°^PJ sh^fleet.on tlie. way to scri ptidn .'has beeri' commenced on behalf "of the Y*C -school-houses, and they can also form a just met with ttiji .he w-ttnessed that ^^ wit^plcisufefwere Trieste, might "'"strike a^ " . Russians, did not fail to remember tho mode ml¦SlotEH ? - .evenih g blbjr *for another!noble Hungaria-tt>*efugees it Folkestone. ::¦ ' :¦ > the land and situation of Mathon. confined/withi-i-the walls W'the-'spacibiis^uild- state—^-the^' 'Republic'" of Venice.- '*! (Renewed" cheer- estimate of . which he was wont to treat them when he was? ' MATH O N E S TATE . m m whichvthey had f assembled j but --went forth ing.) Byron had said of that glomus city Yo*orfaithful friend , :-r ; ¦i : ' fighting for the , liberties of Poland, and adopting? >^ - 5ti; [ .' ' ; it '' " ' .* " * " - t i x "":" 1 •'¦ *'-¦ " *£ %- ¦'. ti' I * " "* ." Persons anxious possessed of part U*e< centre of the kingdom * stHdv prevailed/ .;¦- ¦ ' ;¦; ¦ ¦ LORD PALMERSTOK'S GREAT SPEECH. Feabgu tb become that mode of treatment when he met the Russia ! :.- ¦ . " —-——.——-—- Lostanuwon,, .- . ¦:. 7 • ¦ ' s O'Connor. of the Mathon having the pi *|eough ;thej ieavt3 of -the people.; in * the couhfry :•? . '*-" . i/Her.lWrteen ^huniheayearsofifej- Som donej " : V ' -ENGLAND'S .FOREIGN ; POLICY*. ' property, and not hordes on the plains of Hungary^ he had beaten aiid: -generall ¦ y. He hoped that before long meetings ft* j i . i.lSiiiks, likei a. sea-weed, intowhence she rose.'': .' ¦¦ means of paying the whole of the money in dispersed them. -(Cheers.) He had " ' ' " * ' driven them ? ?r WJ-M" tortile present would be held in. ;But if She had :. : . . 10 TUB EDITOH OF THE MOninEHN HTAR .v-jfei one payment may their wishes by im- out of TransylVania more than once no!"*JS 1 l - i b^ , realise , and he had every district of^ngland /andihoi o6£fesSed he wWs' slie .h'ad{risen;jttgain|>and for more}:than ei Dbar Sir,--I occasionally read thc more limp-or- NATIONAL FBEEHOLD BENEFIT doubt that Bern and Dembinski -W? . ghteen mediately qualifying for the Ballot for as , and Gebrcev .and- ih ^e first meetingon the ' rate months past Had maintained lier independence tant debates in the Housos of Lords and -Commons, the other Hungarian generals would succeed in ,the; ^S^-iv **> , in BUILDING SOCIETY. many shares as they may require-to take in i#*?3?¦tf kpn Placc in the town which he -bad the spite of the iai-mies and tlic-fleets of Austria. (Loud and herer.liave l been so astonished as oflatotj .1 Enroll ed ^ end in drivlngWoth-RuBsians and Austrians bacKj in honour to^represent.. : " - hoar nothing'but of Lord Palmerston's great speech ( p»r««znt to Actof Parliame ntJ the Society. According to the rides, -1hps6 di ' (Cheers.) . : y^:- ¦cheerg*;)V It was.disgraceful- to-., Britannia—-who sgrace to their own country. (Loud cheering,-)' ¦ ' ou our foreign policy. I have road it; and at the SHARES, £15 EACH. persons who shall be first • sliecessM in the ¦ ti iP 'W^ was P^ andWried amid¦ ¦ consider-' si-fled herself sovereign of the seas, to have allowed Let them assist those gallant fellows - by^-caus'ittg* aoio enthusiasm. - v ' — - '' ';' ' - ¦ '*• ' - ' •^ ¦i " risk of bein-j ridiculed—and ia the face of critics Entrance Fee, per Share, Oxe Shilling. Ballot, if not wanting the mone/ advanced, their own government to . recognise their indepeiiir 'her elder ' sister so long to 'bear the brunt of V-^^/^^onMp.,' moved the nest resoVa,- 'an unequal -struggle.'- and commentators—pronounce tho speech iii que3- Directors. the right to siich dence. (Cheers.) Let them strongly appeal to the- tion. -lie ' Ho most unequivocally and may sell to any other person spoke aDhlaudin-*-lv of the ffallatitvpffftiftjii;'heartily adop^-tte-princiDlo so well laid down in tion nofrgrcat ; it is crafty, wordy, and cunning., Feabgcb O'Coxnob, Esq., 1L P.; advance. fovernment. (Hear, hear.) Let them tell Lord:ma T ably does. One Irisii measure has escaped thee"* .4. Ji*LJL2Ji2^ " cry ;" or-what h which so many of its bre-* -^TlhTn at the moment when it is most another WIndications^^* are* dreary limbo into - ' ¦ , cause " worth working for. Encumbered Estateats BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAtfD AND • BUILDING SOCIETY. Eo ¦grflrrwpofflWtttt English capitalists aremay looking " case the thren have fallen—the Advance your Kent is Saved nflSed-vhen not wanting that this may be the anticipated from On an ,—you become your own Land and Householder. see in what way ^y mos producee Bill. Much good is it; butfi cannot insert your address until' we fo Snd to low prices of agricultural Mr J Mathias —We money, and at tne same time fact that w remembering that a Bill with the same objecttt Patrons.—T. S. DoscoJBE, Esq., JLP. T. Waklev, "Esq., "M.P. B. B. Cabbell. Esq., SLP. L. J. Hassakd, E»q., M.P. know you are. authorised to receive subscriptions by the safely invest e be the rule in this counU y, i Tlie Commercial Bank of London Covent Garden. London. . we have a discovery must, in futur , was passed last year, which ent rely brokeon Bankers.— (Branch), G, Henrietta Street, Chartfsts of the east of benefit the country, more advanced ot tne XobAmi Q$tt.—So. 13, Tottenluun Court, Sew ltoad, St Taucras, London.—Dasiei. WuvuAJt Runr, Secretary. MB. MATHIAS Scragg, secret*"*}-to the committee at Stock- out-wdl do more clearly perceived by the down, or, rather, was so impracticable that ittS shilling fro m W. Moms, of Tmt- which-if vigorously carried inevitable corol- port, has received one pauperism, disease, partyf Thoy see, also, the was never worked, we confess that our antici-* -** Aheaxoed is Three Slci-ions. Value of Shares and Payments for Investors. wsde,.ftr Mr. John West . - . , „ . veaJs to banish with a dimi- receipt of the following sums n five than all the lary, that it will be impossible , moderate—doubt predominates^ Fun Share .. .. £1*20—payment of 2s. 5d. *§ Week, or 10s. 6d. per Month. J. Sweet acknowledges the , mid misery from Ireland, heavy local pations are llalfSliarc .. .. CO — 1 *2i — 5 3 sent herewith, vi*. *-F<* E V' TI Fu 1-'- F m A r- dleness, do nished income to bear their former — Bichardwf ii, Gd1 j Mr. Bro1? ivn ?J n>l or Parliaments could over hope. Qu-u-ta-Share.. .. 30 — 0 74 — 2 8 — BurL'm. lsGu* ; Mr. ^ , Sd ; Thu e4S s of Cabinets The great majority o , Ss.-—tpz Macnamaiu 's Vefesce of fifty square and public burdens. A volunteer measure, introduced at the in- Applicants arc requested to state in tlieir form the Section they desire to he a Member of. Colonel Hutchinson fo, aT century. Only think dent upon Ooitft So Scevevo-is*, -Soacr-roBS*; or IIew-mption Fees.—The present Entrance tve, includin g Certificate, Utiles, ix., is 4s. Fond.—Mr. II. Haw ksley, bd; Two Frien ds, ls ; Mr. them need not be depen of the commercial interest b Lordl. Fob Coffai" and OraE -A-From the of and, it tliey stance y per Share, aad "is. lid. for any part of a Shave. Price of Rules, including Postage, ls. Cliipmdalc , 6d. up the oil ofthat dimen - favour, or Ministerial patronage ; s which the} Colonel Ilutchinson, Ss; hmg of the French, 7d; Victoria ocean and ngnt Brougham, ha been carried, by 01WECT3. Lenton, 8s ; itancliffe Arms, ls ; Seven S^ SS : he form an independent Country party, j members to build Dwelling Ileuses. , 5th.—To give to Depositing Tavern, New of tho iodine and laws relative to Bankruptcy have been classi- Is**-—To cnaul- Members a higher rate of In- Stars, os (id ; Eagle Tavern, Is (id. 2; to fa/nothing for economy in the National Expenditure, thoy « _ Freehold •*«*•* **"« is yielded by ordinary modes of investment ChabtistI-eisoseks.—y. e arc very sorry demand for. tbe fied , amended, and reduced to a code. Prac- • nd. To afford ihe means of purchasin-: both 6*I* "o enable Parents The Kim-dale that vino«rar ! The every-day and do good and.^i LeaseholdrL.oc»l,nl GEORGE BEXRY SMITH AND THE FOUR TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR. This conduct requires no comment from us. So each member had belonged to the society. With Oldham I But, though there was no Btain upon the KTRimAT.T;CHARTIST PRISOXERS . regard to meeting to say if they were still in favour of Ten much for these geserous bexefactors I the first of these items, namely, ' 'entrance name of the late member for Oldham, there was a » Deab Sib,—Tou will oblige us by inserting the Hours. (Crica of Ay, eight.") Wore there anv We wish to state, in conclusion, that wo deeply re- tees, the balance-sheet gives £44 8s. 6d., whieh stain on Oldham itself. (Cries of " Hear, hear," IO THE "EDITOROP THE XOBTHEBS STAB. enclosed letter in your forthcoming number, in gret the necessity having to refer thus publicly to sum shows the only, « Kv?Ti' ° ,0V?ntbe l0V,rs? M M-) Ho found, » of entrance of 228 members «"} " Yes, yes.") Let tlie truthful working men of b Pla V i-m Sm,—I have lon been the object of calumny and reply to one which appeared in your columns last such matters. imagine whereas the i*a11 V'"1- ««* had tested the Yet our friends can scarcely Secretary has charged for 370 members, Oldham take care to scrub out that stain. Cheers.) opinion?*n; ^of the! operatives- ' in persecution, not only by the government, but by week. We are, youra truly, the amount of annoyance to which we have been —being just 142 members more than ever joined Let every man here that town bv ballot ; f ew—of our Chartist George White "Daxie*t, reason with his neighbour ; that only five persons had voted some—now a brethren. Let , Doxovaj *. subjected by these parties. We understand that the society, and ho for them from ask him whether he for eleven hours ; has taken money does not blush/ when he re- and that of tho entire number, four Grocott's letter be inserted, and the cause will be James Leach, Jobs West. the delegates who assembled at Todmorden , have the very birth of The number of 228 flects that John Fielden only did not the society. , a man of universal vote, lhe medical gentleman who moved the seen. I am truly grieved to be thus obliged to Kirkdale Gaol, near Liverpool, Julv 24th, 1840. made an arrangement by which we shall be in members would have given as members' contribu- acceptation, had heen ejected from ""the reso- spend my time by writing in self-defence tions " repre- lution declared that ten hours were cnou'«h for any , while mv future released from further vexation on this score. , for the time over which the balance-sheet sentation of Oldham. (Cheers,) He was not ' energies might be more profitably expended in extends one to work in a factory ; tho operativesVc-ved by THE KIRKDALE CHARTIST PRISOXERS. We are fully aware that our minds, and yours also, , £380, and the sum that has been acknow- going to talk about the merits of that bill defending the liberties of our degraded and ledged , or evidence and by personal experience that they op- should be occupied with subjects of graver impor- under that head by the Secretary, in his ba- about compromise ; all argument on the head pressed countrymen. Still 1 should be -wanting lance-sheet greatly benefitted in health by working for that in TO THE DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND. tance than that which appears in these letters, but , was £225 9s. 2d. Is it not clear that the was unnecessary. But there was ono thought period only; they had also proved beyond all due respect towards my moral character, if I si- " the fact3 which have been disclosed, tend to show number of doubt BnKrHKEJ*,—Whilst the friends of liberty must members charged for were never in the which struck him in Manchester the other dav that they devotedly attached lentlysubmitted tothefalse statements—and, by this the low condition to which the Chartist organisa- society, and that himself, which ho might perhaps were to the act ; tho feel deeply grieved at the prostration of tho hopes tho Secretary, in paying do well to repeat He hap- act was passed for them ; and what earthly reason time, false impressions—madeby the four designing of our continental brethren tion is reduced, and point out the necessity of has taken just what he pleased ? He has not been pened incidentally tb make use of this , and the unequal tied b expression was there, then, for change ? Messrs. Ashworthand men, viz., White,Leach, West, and Donovan/without struggle in which the Hungarian amendment. We, therefore, trust that the real y numbers ; his rule of action has been his " that the laws of any country were merely tlie re- patriots are en- will renew tbeir exertions in own win Greig were the first parties in that neighbourhood an effeit on my part to counteract the effect of their gaged, and deplore the apathy which friends of democracy . The Trustees of the society say that they flection of the conscience of that osuntry." The malignantly-concoctedmanifesto . exists in this our present pros- think him to attempt to violate the act ; they were also the Tou are aware, country, we, who participate the good old cause ; and although justly entitled to what he took, but per- effect which tbis had on the .iu«i<*-.*.3* and the chair- with you in those and loomy, let us remember that haps it parties who sent for agricultural labourers to their Sir, of letters appearing in the Star, dated 11th feelings, and whose aspirations pects seem dark g would have been bettor had he sot down men was so striking, that ho thought there must be Jane for the final triumph and justice is on our side. Let each man who wnat ie works, and afterwards threatened to send them , under the head of "Kirkdale Chartist Pri- of democracy are no less truth took over and above his wages as a " sepa- something in it ; and since then hc found that there " ardent than your own , feel professes our principles cast off his apathy, and, on rate item. back again if they would not petition for a repeal soners, emanating from White, Xorman, and how humiliating and degrading is the task which is We deny that he had any right to exer- was a great deal in it. What sort of a conscience Donovan. These letters—in addition to some pre- our release, we shall again unite with you in vindi- cise any sueh of the corn-laws. Would thc operatives, then , make again forced upon us hy somo professing Chartists liberty with the funds of the society. must tllGl'O ho in this COtton district, where tho law a compromise with ¦? vious ones—caused the Manchester Victim Com- cation of onr common rights. Remember that The rules lay such men as these If thev did at Manchester. In addition to this we have to down what he was "justly entitled of England was defied ? ( Hoar, hear.) To scrub what guarantee had they mittee to mate an appeal, in the language of com- , though our Continental brethren aro conquered, that the next stop would suffer the natural anxiety which we feel concerning A ,„ hc had no ri ht t<> take more. Was he that conscience clean, and then smooth and polish not be for twelve hours " , to the Chartist Council of this and the free interchange of thought suppressed by notn amplyi S ? ( Hear, hear. The best plaint locality, of our homes and families, from whom we have still to remuneratedfor anv extra trouble which it, this agitation would, hc thought be very useful thing to do was for tho poor men to which I am a member ; the result was the " League of Kings," the love of justice anil been call upon the , another letter endure a long separation but columns of at in tl"3 early stage of the to the gentry, and especially to tiiose who sat upon rich to obey tho law, and to m , as the liberty cannot be expunged from the human heart. *IZI i y T emorialise the queen coming from our body, which appeared in the Star a the Star have been renewed attack upon » which lie has charged ?or " rent the bench. He would tell them an anecdote in to support them in their l , h d l opened for a Arouse, then, you who still possess " liberty of £ Iffi (£1/^P? - oya l ty. (Cheers.) She fortnight after t e e ay was owing, I presume, to U3, we have no alternative but to defend ourselves. ,* !?f r ° Is' 6d*)-the office being bis own point, to show what sort of a conscience thero was had received their medal in testimony of her satis- your backwardness in not giving it earl speech," though in a limited degree, and uphold the ™pn vatc house at Ho had the y insertion. We venture to assert, that no political party, in any Hammersmith, and the rent iu this district. anecdote from an at- faction at the passing of the act. The Speak er of This letter contained partlythe sentiments of the suicidal con- red banner of true Democracy. Remember that Ce eovei*in the whole rent ofthe torney in Manchester, who some years ago settled country, can furnish a parallel to the though they houseiK?? w 1 °? S tlie House of Commons had alluded to the question Council, and partly the statements of the Victim to whom we refer, have been defeated, and a number of Weprotest against that item of £16 -7s. Od. in that town. A case was brought to this attorney: duct of the misguided creatures us immured in ine uct as a settled one ; and the intention ofthe legislature Committee, which were attached after we, the what purpose these letters a prison, we are not yet van- is that the Secretary received all the it was a complaint against a .millowner in Preston, had been set forth as we cannot perceive quished ; for money, and he did ~ to tlie Messrs. Ashworth, in a Council, had appended our names. It is evident that are calculated to serve, seeing that their style and just what he pleased with it. The who was charged with having'defrauded his work- letter from alr. Freedom's conflict once begun, rules provide that Horner, tli o inspector, who stated this, our letter, has given great offence to George tendency must lower usin the estimation of the pub- " the monies of the society shall people by altering the machinery of a sort of clock that it was tiio opinion of the law-officers Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, be placed in the Land and Labour Bank of the White, JamesLeach , John West, and Daniel Dono- lic, and bring the very name of Chartism into disre- , where they which showed how much work was done. When crown that ten hours, and no more, were meant by van; hence their virulent attack, Though baffled oft , is ever won." would have borne interest at thc rate of £4 per cent, thc finger of the clock pointed to 40 and unmerited pute and contempt. We should not demean ourselves per annum , CO, or 80, it the act to he worked. For himself, he would sooner abuse npon myself. The Tictim Committee came were it not that there We are, your Democratic brethren, ; but out ofthe sum of £384 12s. 9id.— indicated that so many yards had been done. The by noticing their ribald abuse, _ Geohoe White. which the give up business than violate it; for bv relays it again to thc Council, and threatened to resign their James Leach. Auditors sav had been recoived up to tho millowner, however, altered thc machinery so that are some insinuations therein to which wc shall Johtt was impossible to tell who performed good work, or -fuact'ons if we did not consent to convene a special West, DanieIj I/OXOVAX. time of their rcport-£80 only had been deposited the finger pointed only to 70 when 80 yards had ac- refer, and then leave the remainder of the incon- Kirkdale m the bank who performed bad. Thc shift system seemed to be members' meeting, in order to afford them an op- float peaceabl Gaol, July 24th, 1849. . By what authority did tlie Secre- tually been done ; so that out of every 80 vards a scheme invented gruous and disgusting mass to y into tary retain the difference there was by the very devil himself. portunity of laying their complaints before the said oblivion. , and thus deprive the a robbery of 10. The attorney, who was (Cheers.) They were not suffering members of the interest which it would have onl a at Bolton , be- members; "wc therefore complied -with their To those who are not aware of the origin of these THE y young practitioner in this countv, thought cause their' masters kept to the act DIRECTORS OF THE "NATIONAL CO- made had it been placed in the bank Pro- that i fc wns very singular ; but if they ¦request, when all communications were read by scurrilous attacks, it may be as well to state that, OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY TO THE ? that a man of great wealth, permitted tbe present violation of it to go on at matters in dispute. bably the Trustees were also of opinion that the piety, and liberality should be charged with such an Ashton, Stalybrid onr secretary, touching the some time since, one of our friends, with whom MEMBERS. secretary was ge, and other places, they might From what transpired I conld clearly observe the we correspond, published a letter in the .Star "justly entitled to do so." Here we offence, but seeing that his clients' case was a very depend upon it that , in give the report of tho trustees good' ho br Bolton also would havo to con- baneful effects of calumny and misrepresentati on. which he called the attention of the Chartist bod , and, like the one, ought it before the magistrates. cede. The millowners talked of forei y Gentlemen,—From notices which hare appeared " balance sheet " it will speak for itself They gn competition, Under these circumstances our Chartist Council and made a few remarks on T , :— were satisfied with the guilt' of the humane but it was home competition tliey had to dread to onr position, the in- in two recent numbers of the Aort/icrii Star, you will and benevolent gentleman , and deemed it necessary and prudent to transmit to you sufficiency of the amount which the Manchester NATIOXAL CO-OPEKATIVJE BEJJEFIT SOCIETY. , and fined him under nothing else. The masters of Bolton e have learned tho fact, that we did not deem it pru- some .act ot parliament. Immediately , howev r, their conclusiveremarks upon the conduct of White, committee were enabled to allow ns; and also urging dent that We, the undersigned, having accepted the office of afterwards, deserved the highest praise, and in conclusion he you should send any further sums of Trustees, liave been appointed (by the Directors and Mem- to the surprise of the attorney, thc magistrates iforman, and Donovan, as instanced in their letters the chums which he considered we had on the money to the care of the secretary, Edmund Stall- should propose three hearty cheers for them. The " bers) to investigate the accounts ofthe aliovc Society, from shook hands in the court of justice with the crimi- meeting then ga ve dated 11th of June. I posted a copy of a letter people. In the same number of the Star, there ap- wood, until the termination and publication of the tlie commencement up to tlie present period. ¦ throe times three cheers. ¦ ¦ '¦ nal whom thoy had convicted, and the gentleman Resolutions affirming coming-fromGrocott on Monday, perhapsyou did peared a letter from one of our fellow prisoners, result of an inquiry into the monetary accounts ' ..-. .. £ s. d. oven wished thc determination of the not receive it tiU Thursday ; at aU events you ob- Daniel Donovan describing Wc find the receipts amount to .. .. 348 12 to shake hands with the attorney. meeting to stand by the Ten Hours Act were una- , the condition of his kept by him—and which was then pending—should Di "No," said he jectedio giving Insertion to either my letter or the family, in which he alluded to And the expenditure to...... 301 4 8J " wc don't shake hands with tlie nimously adopted. some money being have been communic:ited to you. The inquiry and criminals we convict ;" a d h letter of the Council, not without a tew forwarded from London for their use n all t at the gentleman ¦IM one-sided , which he result, such as they were, have been placed before Leaving a balance of .. .. £47 8 1 said was, laughing, -which you made in favour ofthe assailants. supposed was withheld from them by the that "they had been too sharp remarks, Manchester you, and should have heen submitted to the Direc- for him." A system had MANCHESTER. I confess your mode of procedure increased my in- Tictim Committee. He wrote several times to that grown up, which had ac- tors previous to their appearance in print ; but the Thh'ty pounds of whieh is in tlie "Banlc, and the remainder tually tainted the moral atmosphere At a meeting of thc factory overlookers of Man- dignation, and Mr. O'Connor being in this nehrh- Committee for an explanation, and received no reply, thojight it ; and if no trustees have proper to publish them in hands of General Secretary and local Agents. change took place, what could wc chester and Salford bourhood I directed my steps to that gentleman. and he consequently took it for granted that his Brother -memhers,—The principal objection expect but de- , the following resolutions were without our knowledge, or we -would have dis- of the Direc- struction ? But he had something else to mention. unanimously adopted :— He received me in a cordial manner, and said : statement was correct. These letters called forth tors is. the cliai-ge for Secretary's Fees, and Kent for Office , claimed them at the time. As the Directors of the It was only the other day that Sir E. Armitage said " That it is thc opinion of this meeting that the " Smith, yonr letter, as coming -from the Council, a long and abnsive epistle from the Manchester Society, it now only remains for us to state what and which we have particularly investigated. *We find tliat the nvcrage number of members, as stated, amounts to the that it was a very improper thing for the millowners Ton Hours Factory Act is a measure which, if shall be in the Star next Saturday, together with Council, in which wc were charged with falsehood, were the reasons which induced us to caution you number charged ; hut from the irregularities of strictly, carried out and abuse. We local to break tbe law ; tbat it was a very improper , in accordance with its spirit, is Grocott's, sent to you." I observed, my object ingratitude, replied to this state- against making further remittances ; and having Agents, we find it impossible to give correct data tvhen thing for the magistrates not to calculated to improve In appealing to Mm had no reference to the letter ment, and gave a description of the ill convict those who the moral, physical , and in- usage we had satisfied you upon that point, and made you sensi- memhers joined the Society, the Secretavy having charged broke thc law ; for, if it was tellectual condition of signed by the Council, but I solicited the privilege received at the hands of these discovered that thc factory workers ; we, parties, and showed ble of the real position of the Society, which ought 338, to remunerate him for his services as founder, which there wns a law for the rich and none therefore l individually to ihat infamous catalogue that the factscontained in the we think Mm justly entitled to, but, perhaps, it would , for the poor, , give it our decided approval, and declare of rep ying letters of Messrs. to have been done by the Trustees in their report, the whole country would be thrown into our firm determination alse assertions issued against my character "Norman and Donovan were ' have given greater satisfaction if it had heen made a sepa- confusion . to resist, by every means ia of f , by , not only correct, but we will then make you acquainted with the only Still, the'wovthy magistrate did not say that the our power, any violation infringement " three «aol companions. Mr. O'Con- remained undisputed. We concluded rate item. , , or evasion White and Lis , by expressing conditions upon which we can consent to further The Secretary's Fees are now charged m strict accord- law should be kept; but that it should be so altered of its god-like provisions. replied, and said : , our determination to live on felons nor inunediately " Smith any- ' fare rather than connexion with it. ance with rule, and the Office is now discontinued. as to suit thc will of those " Tha t this meeting may have to say in a letter concerning submit to the insults and parties who had broken anticipates with horror and thing you slanders of these parties, In order to the settlement of the first of these We, the Trustees, in conclusion, call upon all Agents to it. Nor was that all. Hc at last alarm the spirit of insubordination character as an answer to any send in their returns immediately, and that, stated , forsotting winch will inevi- your , charge against and requested our friends to mate such arrange- points, *we give in its entirety the only monetary for the future, that the Queen had just knig ~ ° tably result from the avaricious shall be inserted." the rules must he strictly attended to by local Agents and hted him for his ondca- and inhuman con- you, ments as would release ns from their further an- document which has yet been published, and it will, ' vours to prevent the poor man from breaking the duct of a portion of tho law-breaking manufacturers Mr. Editor, I shall waste as little of my paper as noyance. The epistle which appeared in the Star General Secretary, that a Balance Sheet may *be issued of course, answer for itself. quarterly, wliich will be the means of increasing our num- law, that in the course of a little time, if the.settle- in these districts, Tliis meeting, also possible in defending myself in this dirty afiair, but of Saturday last, instead of giving the " conclusive , cannot too "O o 4 u « 6 O » o -4. .o ca ll bers, and make it a veritable NATIOXAL BENEFIT ment wliich he wished for could not he obtained, strongly denounce the conduct of those magi he coil tent with merely attempting to counteract particulars" promised by these parties is a confir- strates , SOCIETY. . and if thc millowners continued to work by relays, who sanction brea ches of the poor man's law, in the effects which might accrue from what seem to mation of all that we have stated concerning them, "' !-* H r-t . iH »H rH James Guissbt, ) a open defiance of the William Shute, J-Trustees. he himself should lso begin to work by relays ; opinions of the law magistrates, be serious falsehoods ; in the meantime. I shall and does not even attempt to refute the facts pre- that is, if other parties broke the law, he also would and the Queen's Attorney-General and Solicitor- ingenious statements wbich these e» James Fearce, ) -pass over many viously referred to; but as it contains some cow- • break it! Thore they saw the mind of Lancashire General." , ardly insinuations to which our silence mi ive *"* "With respect to this " report, " we have to observe, men have palmed upon the public. Do not, Sir be ght g again. Why, if lie were to search round the uni- " That the thanks of this meeting are due importance, we are induced to notice them. that wc do not understand the arithmetic which, at , and afraid of losing them ; men, like all other things, verse ho was sure that he could not find , in the are hereby most cordially tendered to those manu- should only be estimated according to their intrinsic In the first paragraph they say, " "We could a tale S* ° 2s. per head per annum, for one year and seven r most ben ighted recesses of heathenism a national facturers who have paid due deference to the law worth. Your Kirkdale correspondents question unfold but do not like to wound the " ¦3 8 months, for 330 members, makes £58 10s. as se- , , public mind. „ « sP " mind so blunted to the truth, so dead to moral con- relative to factories ; and wo recommend all those •whether I have ever laid them trader any pecuniary This is an old, and rather stale trick of cowardly re- • S S-S ** *' 8 cretary's fees.'' We make tbat sum stand for 370, Jh . * " ' "g g „- ' " ' to • M • victions, as the mind of thc millowners and magis- whom they employ to bo diligent and attentive in obligation. So, I do not consider I ever have ; putation slabbers, who, willing to wound, but but deny the right of takinfi* for either of those num- h| g-i 1 t bers. And we repudiate thc report in which it is trates of Manchester, Sir E. Armitage himself being promotingthcii-employors' interests ; and wc further though I must say, I was peaceably at home when unable to strike, endeavour to effect their object by H I § the example ; and yet he was one of the best of niost respectfully solicit these manufacturers—in two of my Chartist brethren came last year as a inuendoand insinuation; and, underpretence of not " « ' a 11* S set.forth, that the secretary was "justly entitled" ' them—the very best. (Cheers. ) He (tho speaker) justice to themselves, from feelings of humanity, deputation, and requested me to solicit a few of my wishingto " injure the cause," or " create division," "* " "% • • • " *¦¦ to have taken thc money of the membors for these °— Ie *2ti fl j;o t*i £*a "2*w c hoped, when Sir Elkanah read that, he would sec to preserve the peace of thc district, tho safety of friends to contribute to the Defence Fund. I readily skulkingly disseminate the poison of their foul fictitious numbers. the wickedness of his position. [After somo further life and property, for tho greater stability of the ¦&¦ This passage from the " report" of the consented, and procured for them near five pounds breath. Such characters as these have done more S ills "g < remarks, Mr. Oastler concluded amidst loud and re- empire, and the mutual interests of all ,—to co- in one day ; in a few days after I obtained for them injury to the Chartist cause than the united oppo- HO . A § § I S g " trustees" is valuable, as showing in what a pretty with S 2 . . . 3 ¦ . state the peated cheers.] operate , and assist us in our endeavours to an- another live pounds ; true, tbey paid me for my time, sition of its opponents could accomplish, and many ¦ books of the society have been kept . „ c§ | , « (3-« t Samuel Fielden*, Esj . said he felt much leasure nihilate, at once and for ever, 7Jil t-- «O r$ u o et^ ••- "-' "Wc p the system of shifts as I had te pay other men to do my work. I have of our best men have had their reputations befouled " find tbat tho average number of members, as in coming before the working-men and relays which is now •9 S js. -b is. ¦§ -a a of Oldham, who being carried out by un- ; a as chairman, I by such detestable slime ; but it shall not avail these g g S, . * stated , amounts to the number charged ; but from the occasionally given my mite nd, *?• - c ---; S 0 "- » moO-** "- behaved so kindly to his fa ther : for though some principled men, who by it corrupt the morals of whether I have not faith- men. "We def h a d a i * irregularities of the local agents, wo find it impossi- leave others to determine y t em n their t le, wh ch, as far as , did not treat him well at the last election, he was the factory hands, increase crime, and destroy health A ¦ •S»J8j£'H ? -*r 2 ble to ive correct data when the members joined fully discharged my duty towards those men, by ad- we arc concerned, they may unfold as soon as it a ' I ** -5- **.S"eoSS"J«a g always con vinced that he had the hearts of the and life. a^* ? " the society." The secretary was at no loss for such vancing every possible argumentin order to induce suits their convenience. It may then keep company working-men, and he died in that belief. He (tlio our audiences liberally to contribute on behalf cf with the other " tales" wliich they have - ' unfolded" r-, I NlRSfiliS S 5 data when, he was taking his fees, as he then . « p-} f-) THE NORTHE RN M. - :, m amul _ -*____~?^^ _ -r***^^^- and ^ronr reZchinachingg the 8 ^ ^^ .. counts of the indiccment, tbTnninthMl , ..„ ..- LATEST FOREIGN NEW b. - ot death to have which charged the cause , been by m a,, round the neckot the said a conventional armistice between Denmark an TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT •aaUo«*»'tt* an'':^ »* » " OP THE ••tv inff ahandkerckief Ann ¦Bitpmal i*3aviiament MORE GLORIOUs viCTOItIES causing strangulation Prussia. BRITAIN. , H Newton , and then and there . bv TTcDDEnsFip.Ln.-At a meeting of memhers hold . HUNGARIANS. Newton did The house then adjourned at half-past nine Temperance • me-*ns of which the said Ann then and SATURDAY, Jolt, 28. \iomhv lastusi aiat the Buxton-road iving' o'clock. on Monday , VIENNA; Jui* 28. - After , g » ^ there die, &c." The pvisuner , who hud been mut- —Their lordships met at her. Democrats,—We are compelled delegate to the Georgey ma.ched at 1 HOUSE OF LORDS. The House of Commons did not sit. Brot instructed to sup- tho sHp on the night of . tho lGth , tering for some minutes, said , iij never did , 'clock to forward bills. At two o'clock tlie appeal to -you in behalf of the wife Sdistrict be 1 ° of th T«fia. : that twelve o t. to a-rain ffi ' cne the Ncograd road, northwards my lord : 1 never touched hei' mght. Oh, was given by commission to sixty-five TUESDAY, Jul 31. M'Douall -who of the Directors, if they propose to by math the ^ royal assent and famUy of Dr. , has for the poit2?, t tuethe vviews-^v.*, " dis- mountains, teaching at Balassa Gy^u gentlemen, gentl men, gentlemen, lhe jury, hav- requested HOUSE OF LORDS.—The Oraxge Outrage.— r-nuiDanv. and to give the public and private bills A conference was years devoted his time and money to valley of the Ipoly, ho continued his W^ *£ ing asked some further question* ot his lordship, in- amendments The Earl of Rodex made an exculpatory statement last eleven thw- »veig «? bythe Commons with reference to the ofthe people's rights now at expenses, broad easy road which runs along, timated that they.were not likely t'- agree, and ^gain on the Irish P.or Relief Bill which was granted. respecting the late homicides at Dolly's Brae in the the advocacy , and is ,' dXeff tUcir share of the ltuna &»»*)*™- , ? ' loi ' , and from thence gained retired in the custody of the sheritt. Loth Judges The amendments to by the Com- county of Down, which went to show that he had imprisonment in a felon's cell for his same under the Friendly Society s Losoncz pursuit mo- , as finally agreed suffering ^t ' rlmodel tt Georgey, having baffled lludiger's at t ended divine service at at. Chad's, and mons were received and ordered to be considered been influenced on that occasion by a desire to pro- the sacred cause of liberty. Surely, °» « tho levy for the delegate s expenses lie^ hist then , devotion to v That ceeded from Itima Szombath to Roscnau. shortly before one the court was once more opened and the house then adjourned. mote peace. those for whom at Jaszo, , on Monday, ifc is the duty of he has strug- met the Russian outpost of the north - and in a few minutes crammed in every part by the two The Marquis of Laxshowxe declined to pass any d a com- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-—This house met at gled to alleviate his sufferings as far as in their feu=M^A delegate and in this neighbourhood he game multitude, who surrounded the Court-house lace rc- opinion on the statement of the noble Earl until the !,« AH. James Taylor was appointed ine Rus- anxious o'clock ; a lengthened conversation took p The Doctor says, " For himself plete victory over a strong corps, an e *rly hour in the morning. At one o' islation during inquiry into the circumstances connected with the power lies. with constei - from clock specun-r thc precipitate march of leg were his famil sian garrison at Kaschau was struck Baron Rolfe and Justice Erie entered the court in Beusal, Chairman of thc affray had terminated. he cares not, y only provided of an un<-*ft - lhe lastfew davs. Mr. nation at the sudden appearance £ their robes. The prisoner was again placed at the Committee of Wars and Means, declared he was so Some other business was also despatched, and " which, we are sorry to say, they are and the wai for ; rian army. The new burgomaster _ , and the jury sent for. They entered the bwj incapable of bestowing upon their lordships adjourned till half-past two o'clock ' they are often destitute of the common St. Misivoiez. bar overwhelmed as td be not for committee there established fled to evident traces of exhaustion in their degree of vigilant atten- on Wcdncsdav. defence, and bearing coun- private bills the requisite necessaries of life—a fact which renders the The garrison dropped all thoughts of and having answerea to their names characterised the scenes which HOUSE OF COMMONS.—In this Ilouse which that they desire and de- Kaschau, tenances, , inti- tion ; Mr. Disraeli 's imprisonment doubly severe. The cause, aKiow the world the Magyars entered without opposition. _ had not agreed to their verdict. through this haste as disgraceful ; Mr. met at twelve o'clock, thc discussion of the audit Doctor ¦ - ¦ important mated they —Mr. bad occurred in Liverpool Sserve to be free. . , , „,„ ,:-„ in a strategic point of view, is a highly was * «hen sworn, and bills at thc cud of clauses inroduccd by thcllouse of Lords into thc Committee for managing Mrs. -At the genera1 meet ng Paskie- Clem ent, surgeon, in reply to A.GLIOMIY attributed the gush of %lmZZ\yn C«. olace On this account it was fortified by os " too much York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Amalga- M'Douall's affairs, started hor in business in Darlison in the chair, the commis- lia ron Rolfc's questions, dep ed: " I have attended the session to the obstruction created by of th branch, Mr. T. wich and made thc head depot of the and mation Bill was anticipated by a motion, founded last, hoping that what she programme was d»c»8Sod. Mr. Massey,<-ne of the jurors, given him medi- talk" at the beginning ; and Lord J. Russell deli- March received from Sst propositioii in the sariat supplies from Poland and Gallicia. From inion that the time upon the merits of the bill, that the Lords' amend- d - " That the Com- Theiss cine, but 1 am of op has arrived cately alluded to thc same cause, and to the number which the country, together with the profits arising It was then moved aud seconde , Georgey marched towards the , into ments be considered that day three months, and that Mr. O Connor do Kaschau when his confinement longer would be dangerous to of amendments on the motions for goiug sup- from the shop, would enable her to support Ly be not wound up, ho was to cross at Tokay and Tarzail. the was carried, upon a division. _ " The above was carried which are his life. -'— Baron R 'lfe : Gentlemen, is there any ply ; whilst Mr. Disraeli, on thc other hand, pro- bills and children. Sin on the Directory. detachments left on thc other bank The Lords' amendments upon various public herself Unfortunately, the re- means for paying oft Russian likelihood of your agreeing ?—Foreman : No, my testing against restriction of debate, threw the bv a large majority. As to the iSricvablylost. Tbe Theiss is, as in the past whose measures were were considered and agreed to. mittances from the country are " like angels- suggested and agreed to by Gallicia lord.—Baron Rolfe : That is, there is no reasonable blame upon the government, forward again the much the dissatisfied , it was the line of operations. The road to Mr. Hume then brought visits, few* and far between " scrip m the hands w nter probability ol vour agreeing ouymir vird ct ?—Fore- ill prepared. of the Rajah ofSat- ; and we are sorry several members, to place their one side, and communications arc Greene mentioned a agitated question of the claims on others to do tke S open on man : Not the shadow, mv lord. — The Baron : Sir J. Graham and Mr. and ended in to add that, in the way of business, the sup- of Mr O'Connor, and they call on the other side with Dembinski. _ evils attending hurried tara, which gave rise to discussion, become his own property, and established Then, gentlemen, you are discharged. Goaler,'let practical example of the counted out shortly after port has not been equal to the unavoidable s-ame It would then from our Berlin correspondent brings On tliat day clauses had been intro- nothing, thc house being pay off the dis- A despatch the pris-'iiei* remain in custody,—The court then legislation. Difficulties he could sell one of the estates to of the taking ot Temeswar by railway bill which four o'clock. outlay, , consequently, press upon seconded by us the confirmation adjourned and thus a second time terminated duced bv the other house into a August 1. satisfied. It was then moved and That placo was stormed on the , the ¦were the same, mutatis mutandis, as the abandoned WEDNESDAY, the Doctor's family, and their circumstances " That we have ^ho Hung arians. trial of this most unprecedented case, in which a Messrs Pickersgill and Stubbs, Rukawina was killcd.-Zte7t, News. Kailway Audit Bill, and the house was placed in thc HOUSE OF LORDS.—Their lordships met at urgently demand immediate assistance . ce in Mr. O'Connor, and beg of him to 13th ult coroner's jury were discharged without a verdict, principle of half-past two o'clock disposing of some full confiden IN RUSSIA ! dilemma of being obliged to adopt the , and after Hoping Dr. M'DoualFs friends will make au isk the Conference to carry on the Company under CONSPIRACY and two assize juries also, after confinements of discussion, or of rejecting the rail- preliminary business and iving thc Royal assent to recently that bill without g first rules, and then, if there is anything like Tbe Polish papers state that a traveller, twenty and seventeen hours' dura t ion, tbe conclusion •way bill, to the r-rrievous injury of the parties. a large number of bills by commission, effort in behalf of his wife and children, we are, the ht news a union of sentiment, wo believe the Company will arrived fron/st!Petersburg h, has broug of tvbich witnessed the novel scene of a court of jus- J. Russell, admitting the importance of The Marquis of Laxsuowxe then read the your faithful brother democrats, insurrection, -Lord
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