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    • MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF GLASGOW.
    • VAN BZTTCHIHtli ON FISTUIA, Sac. Fettrlh Edition. Just published, in 3co n cl&ihbds., enlarged* Price 7s. 6a\
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      E ACT 3 and OBSERVATIONS relative to a snecc ^ f'J node of Treating Piie =, Fktula , Hcmorrhoidal Excrescences , Tumours , and Strictures , ¦ w ithout cat . isg or confinement ; illustrated vriili nnmercus cases : boiDg a familiar exposition of the practice of S . J . Van LutchclL , Surgeon Accouclieur . Pabiisied by H . Renshaw , No . 356 , Strand ; sold also by ibe Atithor , at his Residence , Ko . 16 , Percy-£ tre =:, * Bedford-square .

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      ciJ-iiiiHi-cci ; tc ; cur . s ei > : tiyLSS . MR . BAXIi : ^ 1-te of E-ill , ( p ' ease to observe tlie narac . ) vrho has restored w sixht so miny hrti . dri- ^ s of ii ; ii : v : daali , elsiij cf " ivhou ur . vo tc-oi ! bimd for a uv . 21 l . fr cf years , ai : d iviii nliu ^ c hi-nrcif to euro all external Jjiseasea ui the £ ye , jjimiiess of & £ atj 6 cc . without blistsrs , bleeding , seton , issaci / "or any restraint of uiet . Cataracts I cannot cure , as I make no tiie of an Instmifi € nt to any Eye . In cases of An ; auro = is , I can tell if there Do any hopes the first application ihat I moke to the Eye , and I will not detain any patient longer thr . n one hour .

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      t a ' iri £ iems . rka . ble properties of Medicines bare JL erga ^ cd Lie su = r : ic 2 of icaiiiii ^ d m all ages , » cd ro tie sigaeky , incu ? try , a ^ a g ^ od ioruiae o : iajairets , ths w-rid is inasb ; ed lor rcany -vuluabie ci * coT 2 ric « . Aciong tiucc arc some which h&ve namtaiaea ' tieirciaiai to disdncdon for along period oftm-. and have ccrs . ^ iiiiC'cd approbation as reai adiidcn- ta the ge ^ er *! s : oek . Tne COSJJIAL BALM OF STR 1 ACUM lay : elaid 10 Zhli Ci ? i ; i : cr : C-2 . a » r-r > rr > TP « 3 T haa l-. ifr . a . wo been cLsz-Qxsrea wh ; - ; - h p rove ; so generall y bcEtS-ia : in d-g-r .-ij rs of the serve 33 srsu-ra and of the di ? £ -b-

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      TMMEDIATE BENEFITS offered to the Public J- Life and Fire Insurance Rates reduced SO per Cent , per Annum Lower than any other Office . Life Annuity Rates calculated on Equitable Principles!!!!—For Example—for every £ 100 deposited , tats Association will grant the Annuity placed opposite the Age of the party depositing ; from - £ 50 and upwards in proportion . Age SO to 40 to 45 to 50 to 55 to 60 to 65 to 70 to 73 £ . s . i I £ ¦ e . \ £ . s . 1 £ . s . I £ . s . I £ . s . £ . s . 8 0 0 8 10 9 0 9 10 10 10 12 10 15 10 per cent p- ct p . ct p . ct . p . ct p . ct . pr . ct . 75 t <> : > o

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      LIFE ASSURANCE RATES . Ace 2 fl to 25 to 30 to T > 5 to 3 S to 40 to 45 to 50 Pr , ;; i .. f 1 11 i ^ 1 15 i £ - 1 4 . 2 G 1 c 2 10 ; £ 2 : 15 | 4-iTE This Coiapauy make no Charges for intermediate A ;; ps under 50 Years . Flr , E ' INSURANCE RATES . Common Insvka-ncl . —IVivaio Houses and Shops ( BOt . * ia z 2 . ruous ) is . per ctnt . ; liazardous , 2 s . ; double huzardous , 3 s . 6 d . ; Farming Stock , Is . Gd . INDEPENDENT WF . 5 T MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY , epp ¦ •¦ ¦? ito the Bazaar , Baker-Street , Pcnman-Squarr-. London ; South St , Daviu ' s-Stre&t . Edinburgh ; lujn-rim-Strcet , Glasgow ; aud Sa ' ckville-Strcet , Dublin . Empowered under tha several Acts ^ f Parliament of 14 th George 3 rd , c . 48 ; 22 d George Srd ; 53 rd George 3 rd , c . 141 3 rd George 4 th , c . 92 ; and 1 st Vic . c . 10 . MANAGERS .

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      TO THOSE V . T HO ARE SUFFERING FROM VENEREAL Oil ^ YPHILITIC DISEASES NERVOUl- OR SEXUAL DEBILITY , SHEUMAilaM , SCURVY , SCOKBUTIC ERUPTIONS , AND ALL DISEASES ARISING FROM IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD . iaa . i ^ A'icxnaT , surgeon , Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Hall ^ London , and Honorary jjLembtr of ihe Loi . don Hospital Medical Society , fyc . ~ T"T * AVING devoted his 5 tu irs for manv year * JH exclusively : o the Tari ; u < ui-ca .-es of tbi t ; er tr&iive orgasm , 10 u . z S ' jcc ^ - ; u 1 tri-aiinem o ! the veueres . 1 and py ^ hi : i : ic d .-ta- 't--- , and to th ; removal «~ f iboso d , s : r ' - .- ? -: Dg nervous seiisatio . » . aud bodilj : ' -firmit : e ? , ^ rl .-irg from . \ n iniuifjoLce in a dflurive and destructive bnoit , cominues . 0 be consulrod from iiue in the morning tiii ttu at night , and on Suadavs from sine tiil two , at

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      HOLLOWAY'S UNIVERSAL FA . MILY OINTMFNT . ^ Cepy of a Letter from Herber » Mayo , Esq . F . R . S ., Senior Surgeon to . Middlesex Hospital , asd Professtr of Anatomy and Pathology , King's College , London , &c . 6 ce . To Thomas Hollow ay , Esq . Sir , —Will you excaee this informal answer P Tht Ointment which you have sent me has been of use in ALL the case 3 in which I have tried it ; send me , if you ple ^ e , some more in a few days' time ; I have enough for the present . Yours truly ,

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      ENGLISH TRAVELLERS WILL MEET WITH THE BEST ACCOMMODATION , AND A HOME AWAY FfiOM HOME , AT MRS . HUSSEY'S , THE SKIP KOTSL , 45 , Rce de Le 'Em , Boulogne Sue Mer , FRANCE . EVERY ATTENTION is paid to Cleanliness and Comfort ; the Charges more Reasonable than at any other Hotel in Boulogne . The Table De Hote is furnished vnth every luxury . Private Families equally vrell supplied . Coach House and Stabling attached to the Hotel Boulogne , Dec . 26 th , 183 D .

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      TO MR , WILLIAM BYRNE . SIR , —You have declined to make your Complaints public lest you should injure our . Usefulness . We boro-ar ihe Motive , lut pity the Error you Lave ct-mniiiicd in not v . errcivi :: g that Character and UrctVilness r . iy be rs vffectnkHy injured by . sapp ' my as by an open bumbavdmeut . We do not know that you have injured citlier , because , as your Character 13 ll too firmly established " to bo injured , ours mny have been saved by tho sanio cause . When tho '' fitting time" comes we shall be happy to know your Complaints ; for up to this Moment we are ignorant of any Cause you have to make them . We are , Respectfully Yours , WILLIAMS AND BINNS . Bishop Wearniouth , Dec . 23 , 1839 .

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      i KEPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS . ( Abridged from the Scottish Patriot . ) From the report oi' the prcoeedings at last Saturday ' s public meeting in the Town Hall [? iven at leHgrh in last week ' s Stir , ] oar Chartist friends will perceive that the Whigs , alias the Corn L * w Repealers , were most SigDally defeated in tafclr att ^ mtil frn rniaa a now anifnf ;»« : _ : <• _ tutu attempt to raise a new itation in opposi ion

      ag to the Charter Movement , which , if joined in by ihem , would Repeal these and all the other bad laws that oppress the people of this country , and that they shewed themselves in their true colours , retainer , as they did , to acknowledge the right of the working classes to a voice in the making of the lawn by which they are governed , and taxed to support . We are awirrd , that if they had only expressed their vfiilingnt . s upnu that occasion to go along vvi'h the , masses tor Universal Suffra-e , after having tried another petition for a repeal at

      rkevj secured restriction . " , they wouli have ra-i . --iii-5 ihts Jcauing fp ' rits who gave them such u •^ ecesslu : opposition , and lifcctually routed then ! , as they des .-rv « d to be ; nay , more , that their petition woiiui have been unanimously signed by the Radicals , 'ihia they reused to do , ant ! by ^ heir c- » v . dtio in declining to put the addition moved by Mr . Pattison , to one of their re ? ol « Uone , they at once dia gusted the working classes , and hundreds of their o ^ mfritmda who mustered up ^ n the occasion , and in our opinion , effectually put an extinguisher upon themselves a-i a political party in this city . Smarting under their merited defeat , thc-y thought they would

      have better success with the eit-ciors , and accordingly , they called a meeting , which came off yesterday , in the Trades' Hall , and such an exhibition ot partiality and unfairness we never wimebsed upon any former occasion . The Chairman , of course , at tho instigation of the Whigs who surrounded him , acted in a mo . st shameful and partial manner . However , we will let the proceedings speak for themselves . The meeting waa held at two o ' clock , and the polfce having got instructions to refuse

      adcmtan . ee to all who might have the appearance of being working men , excluded great numbers , arid none but tnoefe dressed in broad clotk got admittance—as a matter of eour <»? , the Hall vvas packed even before the proceedings commenced , On the hustings we observed nearly the name parties who occupied those in the Town Hall . The adverti > ement said tho meeting was for the purpone of considering the propriety of petitioning for a repeal of the Corn Lav . s , but tho getters up seemed disposed to hear only their own side of the question .

      Alexander Johnston , Ei ^ ., of SnieldrmU , the President of tha An i-Corn Law Association , havnij / called the meeting , conceived he had a right to occupy the c- ; ur , aud accordingly dratted into v , before consulting the electors present , and commence ! an baranj-ue . Mr . Oswald , M . P ., then came foTwar . l amidst a srorm of hissec , cheers , and cries of " hear the old wire . " H * saiJ , —Gentlemen , in proposing the first resolu ' . ijn , Is-ali detain you hut a minute or two . I is ? . hn / , gt unnecessary for me to enter minutely into this qumion , it bus been ho often discard before Uiat 1 heliavo we are all intimatel y acqusiinttd with i :. We all know th- ' . t thu Corn

      Layrs UTe hurtful to the country , and . I hope that this mee'iug will com ^ to the resolution ot' petitianipg for a repeal . Whatever we do mutt be done immediatel y , as the Corn Law repeal is one of the greatest urgency . I am altogether opposed to those law ? ,, because I conceive them to be unju 3 ; . No class nf men in this country sboJd be allowed to f ax ; he people for their own particular benefit . Ojr opponents haw brought forwa-d a great many plausible arguments , which they deem sufficient to prove that the Corn Laws do goodt-i the trade of the country . Bui we need go no further into the subject than to allude to the fact , that hud the Corn Laws

      never existed , we should have markets in Ameiica , where , at tne present moment , we have none ; for what forced America to compete with us in manufacture , but tfce existence of these laws ? and these laws have made the United States a manufacturing country . My opinion is , that these laws are not only HBJuitt buc impolitic . I know no other means te get them repealed but b y petitioning the legislature . ( Hisses and cheers . ) Although I know that the majority of those legislators have an interest in keeping these laws on the Statute Bwk , still I ara convinced that if the demands of the towns of England , . S « otlwid and Ireland ^ will Jaio all togetM and crtjae forward , ' and ohevr that they are

      determined never to cease agitating until they get them repealed , not many years will elapse before i-uch repeal must and will take place . We ought to be nnanimoutt ; because if we are Dot , the Tories will take ad vantage of our disunion arid seize upon the Teigna of Government . Mr . Oswald concluded by proposing the resolution , which was then read by Mr . Murray , Secretary to the Ami-Corn Law Association . Mr . John Dennistoun , M . P ., seconded the sesolution .

      Mr . Purdie , Secretary of the Universal Suffrage Electors' Association , new rose amidst a storm ot cneering from the Radicals present , hisses from the Whigs , and much confusion . When ne could obtain a he « rin * , he spoke to the following effect : — Every one knows ttiat I am in favour of a repeal of the Corn Laws , and , I dare say , most of thos * present also know that I am in favour of Universal SuUrau . e . . ( Hisxes from the Whi gs and cheera from the Kidicals ) Gentlemen , continued Mr . P . 1 wish yoa to go about this business like man who are rcuiiy noxious for a repeal . A previous speaker ha * toia jou tnat thi * is the question of questions and why will you noc go calmly and Beriouok- into the discussion of it ?

      ( Hisses and cheers . ) One party nameiy , the landowners , caII the merchants and manu . actjrers swindlers , and you retort ia equallj uncoartenus iems . Now , 1 wish to ihrow roystlf in between you , and in behalf of my working brethren to endeavour to bring about an amicable arrangement . ( Hear , hear hisses and cheers . ) And in addressiug you , the middle classes , I must say that you are men who have broken the most sacred bonds you have pledged yourselves , aad broken through these pledges ; jou have promised to assist the working classes to obtain justice and fair represeatation ; nayy you have actually promised to give them the name political privileges as yourselves — ( hisses and cheers)—and when have you ever attempted to fulfil your engagements , ? ( Much cheering from tne Radicals , and most disgraceful

      exhioitions ot brute noises from the Whigs . ) You acknowledge that the deaiands of the working classes are 'jus : ' in the abstract . You say that it in not fair that any class of men should enjoy a monopoly for their own exclusive benefit ; yet , you yourselves are a proof of the working of tkis principle . ( Hisses and most diabolical howls from the \ N nigs , and a rallying cheer from the Radicals . ) Have , the mercnants anl manufacturers not no * the same power which the landowners had before ihe passing of the Reform Bill ? Yes , they hare as much power now as they had in the ye ar * 1834-5 ; ' . and why would they not move in this question of questions then ? ( Renewed howling , and much cheering . ) Was not the same Corn Laws existing then , and was there not the same disparity between the one class and the

      other ? ( Ye < > yen , hisses , and cheers . ) J , therefor ? i « conclude . teat jit . is not the Corn Law aloce that ia producing all tke starvation and wretcbednesa which has been alluded to . There must be other causes which work along with it . It is quite clear , however , that it ia not the Corn Law alone . ( Hear , hear , and hisses . ) I have thrown myself amongst you this day , that you may adopt some measure by which we may eo ; ne to an amicable arrangement . It is impossible for you to carry this or any other gree . t national question without the aid of the working classes , and therefore you are just now in the position of Ner © , when Rome fell—yoa are iiddling . ( Laughter . ) You are abusing each other , and in

      that way allowing the great question to slip through your fingers . You are denying the maesea their rights . ( Renewed howling , hisses , and cheers . ) You are also denying them the right to come forward and discuss with you the proper ways ol repealing these laws . I saw numbers of men at the door with white jackets refused admittance . ( Hisses from the Radicals . ) . Now , these men are more nearly and keenly interested in this question than those on these husting * , who talk so loudly about repeal . These men are starving , perhaps , because of these laws , and yet you would ahut them out . ( Hisses and groans . ) I appeal to you , a 9 you value your owe interests , td , conciliate the good feeling of the working classes . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 am a

      Cfeartist , and do not deny the name . ( Howling , hissing , and cheering . ) 1 do not think T have said anything to make any one hiss . ( Cheers . ) I have come here from the best of motives , for the best of purposes , and amongst gentlemen , I expected to be treated as one . ( Renewed cheering . ) I tell you once , and I tell yeu truly , if you do not take a proper course now , you put yourselves in euch a position that you never will be able to obtain suoh a repeal . { Great cheering and howling as before . ) He did not rise to move any amendment—he was not prepared to move one , but had taken that position that he might be enabled to do good by endeavouring to unite botb . clashes . Mr . F , concluded amidst hisses and cheers . '

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      Mr . W . C . Pattison , member of the Universal Suffrage Commits for Scotland , now made bis appearance , and * as loudly cheered . He said , as I was the proposer of the addition to one of your resolutions , in the Town Hall , I wish to give veu the reasons wkich induced ma to do so . ( Hear , hear . ) You will recollect that at tho time whea your own lecturer , Mr . Paulton , was in this part of the coantry , he plainl y and distinctly stated , as his farm opinion , that he was convinced these lavs could not be repealed without a large extension of th ? buttrag , ? . JCheerB , and a hiss . ) Now . Mr . Choir

      rcan and txentiemtn , I was then of the opinion that these la *? 8 could be repealed without an ext ^ nion of the Suffrage , but Mr . PauUon taught me otherwise . ( Loud cheering . ) At the late in .-etin ? in the lown Hall , I said that in tMs very hall you took cp the question of representation in connection with t ! ie movement for re-psal . Tnis wag denied by Mr . Murray , yoar secretary , who , Ibclitve , did not recoll .- ; ct that it s-as not at tho rneedn / held before tae sutiag of tho Anti-C . > m Law Coaventioc , but the oao ny ; d immediatel y thereafter . At that riec-c i ? S 1 u rg-u the propriety of not taking up the auction ol the esteoion of the snffiapej but thela ' e Mr Cnuguud Mr . Weir , lata fiiitor of Ilia Art-us . ^? s ^ 7 V * " ** -l y » , c * s *> to ^ tho middle tTr-lr ? n ^ tviae th * question ia 6 ; L ' r > ' n Jh d ° ers - - that time I had e . nisj nred the quesaon ( . i awnMl m , <> „ . « . »; , „ ne

      / ' til " Jlti * n * * V- » V » fc « \ M HVDHl / uatrWr ^ " ° t ) f P ° ] ilic 8 > bot y ^ ur J f w-viaced me to th « cout . ary . And your r w Vr ' * n * l think l have a right to do so ot » reu , « l oi thesa law 8—I wish th-ir iiaia-diate l ^ mo tre'C ' n M Vil 1 ^ ^ at I cSder 2 tne mo , t re ^ oii ,, ble and rational mode oi doing so Mr . P . iukou was your paid lecturer , the a Woe ? e of yo , rviewB-and he it was whu fi ^ ' t convict ml nut witliout a large exteusion of the Buffra Kd thone laf .-s could not bo repealed . ( Great cheaiw ) ' He was my teiichor ia tlii » matter . Now , I 8 iv , it i 8 uufdri p jou to Lax us with wai-t of judgment , and want of h ; iie ^ ty , when yo ^ r own adrocato taught as ih ^ tfo views . Now , 1 would consider that if von

      artftfatished that Mr . Paulton was corroat —( cried oi " ny , ai" )^ a ^ d it not , why not ratuer eud-. 'avour to coaviace than alienate the m . idd of thd working classes from- your proceedings ? ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Dennktoun rose to answer Mr . Pattison ' s a-gdiaents . Onr limita Hll not permit us to givt ; alt i . w remarks . They were to th < j effect , ho -rover , that ao was not ans worab ' . t > for the doingd of tl-o Whigs , becuss ha did not bdonj to them , nor for Mr . r < i . ulv ; u s epiair .-us . Th .. ChairmE . il taenput the resolaiion . which was carried . Mr . Alex . Graliam proposed the next re-solution . in a 1 . ag o : i-i .. ow ^ riiil speech . It was sococde i by Cor . nci'lor H-. ir ; i » . J

      iAr . R- > b \ ict Li-i-. t , in a soeech of consitlerabl ^ ability , raov .-d at ; liKiaudmrmt in favour of Unive .:. al Suftrage . H- ^ ent ended that from a ibul source r pure stmbi could uevex Hot ; uad from bad Ugislatn ) n g < od law « could nevjr proceed , lie argucti that the HnGtifrancbisji . , having no hand iu tho m . ikirg of th 3 law » , vrere th howl-, aad the most uemoniacal yehsi f rom tae geatbiaea eieotoTS , and cbebring from trio K . dLca . s , who , wo are sorry , did noc muster in btsch uuiaccrs as we expucted .

      Ihe Chiurrnan said , 1 am v ry sorry that Mr . L-MiK han .. thought it hia duty to mako such an amendment . I leave it to this meeting whether or not it siioild bo put . ( Tremendous uproar , which roiled every attempt made by the Chairman to put the original motion . ) I ask , ia it not irrelevant to puc m : jcu an rsm ndment ? ( Cries of " ye ? , yes , no , iio , Jiissos , " nad confusion . ) Air . Oswald ros ^ to order , and attempted to got a heat-in ? , but i . is voice was completely drowned in th « uproar , during which Mr . Purdie also endeavoured to makj biinself heard . The Chairmau , although repeatedly c-iiled uponr « fu « ed to put the

      , uranndment b o , for ^ the motion , aud guch was the uais » and confusion , that we could not perceivo whether it evor - ? as put at all . Mr . Moir , at the top of hia voice , shouted , " That is another proof ot Whig justice . " A ! so cries of " Hear Mr . Oswald , " " Hear Mr . Purdie , " hi-ses , and great confusioD , during which Mr . Purdie v ? ake'l over the seate , and took his place upon ihe huntings , apparently to tho pjreat di . scomfiture of tiis Whi # > , one or t « ro of whoai cried " Put him down . " " Try it , " sud Mr . Purdie ( Hisses , howls , auA ev « ry kind of forest language irom tho Whiga , and an unimating cheer from the Radicals )

      lho Cuairman tbec appealed to th 9 meeting whether rh . i pr . ceediijgg h \ d t . ot baen conducted " fairly . ( Loud cnes of "No , no , " " Ail on ono side , " hisses , and contusion . ) Mr . Furdie again endeavoured to obtain a hearing . Mr . Oi * ald was , however , heard to say , that it was certainly indecorous for any one to speak upon a mctiou that had been already put and earned . . Mr . PsrJie agreed with Mr . Oswald , but maintamed thut he had addre ^ 'd tho cha r before the motion was pat . ( Cries ol ' ' Pat him oat , " cheers , and hisses . ) Tht ; Chairman , howevor , gav , as his opinion , that Mr . Davidson should be heard .

      Mr . D ., who had ri « en to move a resolution , was fairly Uooted iato his seat . Bailiu Heddarwick also endeavoured to obtain a beari : iK , t- 'ut contented himscl ' , seeiiii ? th »> noise and coiiiV . tiiwii that prevailed , with seconding Mr . Davidiion ' . s r- « o : u . iuu , not oca word ol which was heard beyond v ; h > re Mr . D . himsr-lf sat . Tf . e Chairman th ? n called upon the meeting to hear Mr . Purciie . Mr . Walter Buchanan , in a great fury , protested against Mr . P . ' s beiuc he . ird . Mr . Purdie . tJAid . Lc had been tall that ho was now at liberty to speak to the last resolution—that resolution , however , he had never heard .

      Mr . Murray filially was allowed to read the resolution , to w hich Mr . Purdie spoke at some length , in a most abl . M and convincing manner , and concluded by proposing an amendment , to the effect that Universal Suffrage was the only way of repealing tha Cora Laws . Mr . Moir was then allowed to second Mr . P . 's motion . In doinK so , ho delivered one of the most cutting and sarcastic speeches , and literally tore Whig policy and Whig measures to tatters . He " » a * he&rd to an end , with less interruption than was expected . At the close of Mr . Moir ' s speech , the Chairman

      again refused to put the amennment , and appealed to the meeting for approval to his conduct . Mr . P . then left , declaring , "it was a downright j aggie . " ( Cries of" a new Chairman , " hisses , groans , and a general hubbub ensued , during which , the Chairman cilled , for the third time daring the evening , opon the meeting to support his authority . ) He then pnt the qHestion to tho meeting , whether he should put the amendment or not . ( Load cries of " This i * another specimen of Whig justice ! ') A majority of hands appeared against patting it , when the motion was put and carried , amidst hisses , groans , ho clings , and great confusion .

      Councillor Whitehead then moved that a petition to Parliament , founded on the resolution , be drawn up and sent to Mr . Oswald for presentation . Seconded bv Bailie Mitchell , and apparently agraed to . The meeting then proceeded to disperse under the espionage of Captain Millar and a pone of police , who threatened to extingash tha gas it the meeting did not quietly retire . All passed off in the most cimfounc ed confusion . Wo may remark , en petuant , that the Whigs intended to bring forward other resolutions , but ' sf-emed in the end very elad to crv " hold , enough . " 3

      Tlu ' s finished the most amusing display of the spirit of Whiggcry thac this city has witnessed for many a day . They miy think that in carrying their motions they iiave achieved a great victory , but they may rest assured that they did far more to di « play ttieir o » n impotency and shamefal selfishness , then they have furthered their objects . Their salf-olected Chairman may take credit for tha clever manner in winch he swindled the mbtions past ; but although he strangled free discussion , and , with his party , howled down all opposition by prate force , still the records of last Saturday's meeting stand a proof that clique baseness can yet meet a deserved pnnisament troiu the iuteliig . snt operatives of Glasgow .

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      * THE ADDRESS OF THE LONDON ASSOCIATION OF UNITED CHARTISTS IN REPLY TO AN ADDRESS ISSUED BY THE WORKING MEN OF SHEFFIELD . " Brethren , Working-men , and Fellow sufferers , —We , the members of the London Association oi United Chartist * in meeting assembled , having carefully and attentively real , and coolly , calmly , deliberately , and dispassionately discussed-, tae merits of a call made on you in an address , purporting to be from the working meri of Sheffield , requesting you to lay-aside all parcy strife , and assist by your hearty co-operation to get up an

      agitation for the repeal of the Corn Law , feel it a duty incumbent on us , knowing as wo'do the opinions , wishes , and feelings of the great body of London Chartists , together with a majority of the other working and industrious classes in the metropolis , to come forward at this important crisis , and honestly , fearlessly , and' manfully make known to yon our opinions thereon , and tke line of conduct we are determined to pursue in regard thereto . As men , knowing your / ights , and having in view the glorious priza of your high calling , we warn you to Dewaire of tho sophistry , canning , and chicanery of our numerous , able , aid talented , but dishonest am

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      unprincipled opponents ; who , like han * rv woW never acruple to pat on rfieep ' . clothbg , S SS "BfetLren ,-We acknowledge the Sheffield ' address to be a well-written document Artnit- ; eon . iderable talent and ability , an ? i ' ns ^ eS 8 well calcQlated to attain the object of its author " ' " To a euperficial reader it appears beautiful to the eye and captivating to the heart ; but to one who understands the rights of man , and the first principle of Government ; who is not so much in love with outside appearances as internal worthw&o pays more attention to facts than to fictionwho studies the motive which actuates by tke action * ep 3 c £ e ! ° W 8 ~ lt U atthe be 8 tbut l ^ e a painted ¦ "We are called on to lay asile party strife , and SS ? ^ to -gitatS fo ? a r " piaUf foniSatioa in k f ^ assnmin g *»* * K <* ^ no of

      £ T ! Z lf ** f m ^ th ^ induslr ous c ) ass < g , the cmis- of the vorkictr mecV-anics ? rK ¦ s , nS , and Bgricultaral labour , raKSSdifflkriS " ¦ an d or ev . ry one who get tLeir bread ^ by tk ^ S ol t-. ^ -ir brow , —tne saina ca ^ se lor which Mr \ tt ^• ood , the ! at , member for B . rmingha ^ ^ J ^ tSd the htmm&l Petition to themis . Tablv-corVuot cla ^ T Elected , and chw-Jegiilatinif H * B-e TcS&ZSZ ¦ In fact , it is the caTJ 80 of every truly pattiotic and really political honest man in the kingdom . Jrt- ' n' fo " ow ; . conlltrymen , ours is no t the cause of party-or of faction , seeking to aggrandise and eiAck ourselves at the expense of damage of any mdSiS member or united body of the wmmunitr But it is the cawe of justice , reason , truth , and fighteoas . Z %£ Stf £ S 5 £ S £ 2 * *« -& * Si

      "Our object in addressiag you ia to expose the wickedness and craft of those who , renouncing £ l principle ( except a bad one ) , are endeavoX to Kof v T t 0 8 a t rifi , ? , Pr inciples on Ihe altar of expediency , by leaving tha people to join a party comprised of . avaricious , grks / ng monev . m uTv , K' ^^ P itaUsts , and rich minXSE ? " Ihe q-sarrel of tho factious party we areSS to j om is v , rth the lauded aristocracy of the cSy ¦ iSS ? - ^^ ? Sht v thei l battle wUho ? ssilsig ^ ssi aud we shall sssu ^ edly obtain it Ot > JeCt * ' « r rtfl n ¦ ; i - P ossibilit 7 of obtaining a repeal ^ te ? a ^ "Sssss ^ i working closes joining the league , smrl eon , wTftSS

      wuat J uage Tmdal defined to be troB 5 -n , wdwdl have . no ^ uaraatea thac a similar law would not bS enacted in the iolbwing one . ' Or if we had a gaarantea that no snch law should be re-enacted aicain ( which we . cannot haw ) . wo - aeny that the iruits of repeal would bs » ' en « t a » --re promised . For wkiie it would make work plenty , it would lower wages . Henc ? , to tupport our fttmdies we m ^ st work longer hours , and working . longer hoorc would keep largo numbers out of employment , and Jeaye no timb for such who had work lor tho cultivation of the mind , and taking recreation necessary to the erjjoym > nt of health . ih-rrtfore our condition then would be worse than

      tt is at prrseat , of which the repealers are well aware , and of which you may be well assured by t ' -jeirofi-n arguments ; tor they say if this law is repeaied they ^ sill be able to compete with foreiinerg in tha foreign . markets ; whereas they know , and we know too , that taking oft" the duty of £ 186 , 000 ^ per annum from the corn will not enable them to do bo , unless a considerable reduction of wages followed , which xrould , as a natural consequence . . But then they refer us to tke time when wages were high and bread cheep , and infer that such would be the result of the repeal now ; whereas there is n& similarity between that time and the present , and no such conclusion can fairly be arrived at .

      • Whan wages were comparatively hig '; , and bread cheap , there was not that competition in the ; foreign markets there is now , neither had foreigners J established manufactories of their own , or got oar >¦ best and most improved machinery , and our % most able and skilful workmen , aa they now * have . " Therefore , t * hope to better the condition of tha working classes by s mply repealing the Con $ Laws is as great a delusion as evsr was practised , and as complete a humbHg as ever wai attempted . >

      " As well might the repealers endeavour to per > suade us that closing the stable-door after the hors < is stolen will satisfy the owner , as that repealing thi i law will maka our condition either mentally , mo >• rally , socially , or physically better . No , we * believi If it would muKe it much wor = e , and therefore refsEM > tc assist bv joining in tke cry of repeal . This law v only one branch of a very rotten arid corrupt tre ^ , ' which has too long encumbered the ground , and art whose , root we have laid the axe ; and while some wre foolishly crying cut off this branch , which in above their reach , We will uproot the tree . Or to use another metaphor , while some are crying four feet water in tiie hold , all hands to the pump ? , wa persuade the people to stop the leak ; and white others with lirnpus shells having boles in the bottom are foolishly trying to bail the water « ut of the vessel

      ot stat-, we 8 hallput her in the dock and give hty a thorough ropair ; and while the Corn Law league is trying to remove an effect , wo will unitedly endeavour to remove th ? cause ! And to that end , biethran and patakers of the same hope , we invite you to ' continue ^ ith us in the same straight-forward , tones' , andhonouTa . b \ epatkofma » ly independence , and .. side by side with us , as men alive from the dead , p irsuo the course towards the temple of ui . iv-epal liberty , contesting with your numerous ecevoiei ( under whatever name ) every inch of ground , and Kive ocular demonstration of your lov ? of freedom by opposing this league whenever and wherever it may siiew itself . Being so determined ourselve ? , vre hope yon -will sti . 'l go with m in coatending for rhe best gift of God and nature—self-government . We anbjeribe ourselves , :

      ( Signed by the council ) George Boggis , grocer , Chairraan . * Richard Spubr , Carpenter , Se ; retary . John W . Parker , tailor , Treasorer . R . f . StfDBURY , carpenter . W . C . Morrison , printer . John Passerll , bricklayer . William Spines , baker . Joseph Rainsley , upholsterer . David Cater , brass-founder . James Peat , carpenter .

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      : —^ w»—— Fire at Brighton . —On Thursday evening a fire broke ont in tae extensive premises at the bottom of St .-James ' s-streflt , formerly known as Lucombe ' a library , but new applied to tho purposes of a fancy warehouse , and called the Old Steyne Bazaar . Tii © Baziar , on the lire being extinguished / presented a mast deplorable scene . The destruction of the property it contained v . as complete . The origin of tha calamity isunkuown . The woman wbo had chariro ot tbe

      placo states that she left it quite safe , with , tho gas-lights burniug , and they were found alight when thedoor wasb : ok « n opeu . Itwas impossible ^ Bave anything , and the preservation of the mass of building by which the Bizaar is surrouuded may be attributed to the exertions of those present ( among whom Paine , the hall-keoper , wa « , bs usnai , foremost iu activity and skill ; , the abundant supply of water , and the absence of any draught of air . Hal the fl Ames broken through the second floor , the consequences might have been most disastrous .

      Prize Fighting . On Thursday morning there was an attempt to get up a pugilistic comh afc ^ on the . Rice Hill , at Brighton , which it cost our local authorities considerable pains to defeat . Ift seems that on Monday or Tuesday last a fight was * planned at a low public house in Darby-plac * between a man named Smith , an umbrella-maker of : this town , and one Luke Lock . It was to Come off - en'Thursday , on which day , notwithstanding the ^ torrents of rain which were fallirg , some thousands of people collected at an early hoar . On receiving > information of what was going on , the High Conata- b ) e and hie Headborougbs set off lor the spot to preserve the peace . They broke into the ring , and despite the hissings of the mob , captured one of the pugilists , - Lock , who was seated on the knees of

      his second . Smith made bis escape , and took refuge in the before-mentioned public house which was . tilled with above a hundred persona of thelo * -Mt grade of society . Here he attempted to bar himself in by placing a bedstead against the door of the . chamber in which he was , but Solomon ascertaining-where he was , broke in and captured him . Yesterday morniEg both jnen were brought up before the Magistrates , and exhibited a couple of blaok eyes each , the effeebs of the unfiaiahed combat of the previous day . They are both light men , of « very . sinister conntenances . Mr . Basevi gaid they musi each find a surety iu £ lQto appear to answer the charge on Monday , or , in default , be committed till thac time . Tha men were then put back , and warrants issued against the seconds on the above occasion . — Brighton Herald ! ¦ '¦ ¦~ 2 ! && < ' '

      Trial of Frost . —The trial of Frost and his : fellow-prisoners will commence on the 31 st . We % have heard that one of the physical-tbroe Chartists , at a reeent meeting , seemed almost desirous thai Frost should be execated , for , added he , "If he is reprieved Chartism will be at an end . !•' Let the Government ponder on this . They may i © certain that the severest measures of justice will not fail to excite the most savage acts of retaliation ; oa the other hand , mercy will be equally f oje to appeasa the arjgry passions of the ChartiatB . — nilis / iire Independent , v / ¦ ¦

      Meeting Of The Electors Of Glasgow.

      MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF GLASGOW .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2665/page/2/