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    _ ROYALTT AT A BlSOOCST IK u THE ClTY OP IHB Viwaied f toitr » -The Zwm <* ] ££ * £ f £ * # « aelancholy tidings respecting tbYmeeS « J ^^ . t" * f . « - ^ e never witnessed amoresignal tl ^ t hedfwl ' l * i of 5 t *« » y- Positively , teL ^ ^ three d J ? P " to *• Court House , ana the proceedings did not last ( as the Chronicle said ) for half an Sour ! S It was a poor , pitiful , paltry , impotent , wretched proceeding . "Shame upon Limerick that did not cite a yell against the pot-boy .- World . 3 East Cumberland . —We are happy to be able to announce that a Conservative gentleman will offer himself to supply the vaeanev caused bv Maim-Vio Jt ^ T ^ TT ^ S X-TiS % ? UZ

    A # ionbys death in tha representation of East Camb € rlaad . -Carft 5 fe Patriot .-The Constitutional ? d 2 W K °° ? % L ^ " ^ Mtt 8 K «™ . Bart ., of iw « £ * * h U V £ j Ho ? ' pentlenuui being High Sheriff , is disqualified , and they therefore , it is said , regard Mr . Hazell , of Dalemain , as the object of their choice , —Newcastle Journal . Sheriffs' Dbwjsb to the Jcdges . —On Wed-5 Jf da I' f & ** $ ¦ entertainment was given by the Sheriffs to the Jud ges in the Hall of the Royal Hos-SSiffw ^ if " ^ ft Sheriff Erans id jg . Sheriff Wheelton presided . About one hundred sat fhTl ^ p i ? & . Sheriff Wheelton proposed the healths of Lord Chief Justice Denman ami the Judges of England , which hia Lordfihip duly acte « * * & £ * ****** the honour whici the Sheriffs did themselves by their late conduct . He then gave the healths of the Sheriffs , and after a

    numoer ot other toasts , the company broke up at naif-past nine . v& ^? " ^ ° ? ^ Sixt £ snth CEWreBT .-Queen ww * ^ v 5 m hcr * Uetieth J « . « tbus described by that finished courtier , Sir Walter RaleigK He pictures her " riding like Alexander , hunting like w ftu ' ^ \ f v Venus ' « entie win < * blowing ner t&ir hair about htr pure cheeks like a nvmDhsometime sitting in the shade like a goddes / , somen ^\ f ng ' . Uke &D * * > ^ metime playing like v / Apneus *

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    M \ Mik »^ tAMhM % Jh HSWB , The Revjuiuk . — We publish to-day the usual Quarterly return of in » revenue , which exhibits an increase on toe quarter of- £ 211 , £ 99 , and a general Increase on the whole year over that ending on the 5 th of July , 1839 , of £ 147 , 433 . The items are thus distributed : ¦—The quarterly increase on the Customs js £ 266 , 601 ; on the Excise , £ 141 , 640 ; on the Stamps , £ 82 j 228 ; on the Assessed Taxes , £ 7 , 436 ; and on the Crown Lands , £ 2 , 500 . The decrease , on the other hand , arises chiefly from the Post-effice revenue , which shows a deficiency over the last quarter of £ 269 , 000 ; and together with a diminution of £ 10 , 494 on the miscellaneous charges , reduced the general increase to £ 211 , 699 . —Herald , of Monday . . HEWS .

    It has bew remarked , as a peculiar coincidence , that Gould was a potman , Oxford a potman , and CourToisier originally a waiter . At a coxykkkncb of the Roman Catholic clergy held in Ennis on Thursday , it was unanimously resolved to make repeal of the nnion the primary aim and object of their future political operations . — Limerick Chronicle . We rxDKssTAND that Thomas Fowell Buxton .

    Esq ., i 3 to be ert * ted a baronet ; a tribute to untiring zeal in the great cause of philanthropy , joined with exemplary personal worth , which will give general satisfaction . —Globe . DtSTBTxriVK Fire . —A very destructive fire broke out at Crediton , eight miles to the north of Exeter , on Friday evening , which ultimately consumeo . twenty-two houses . The houses were mostl y inhabited by labourers and mechanics , and much distress will be experienced by them .

    A Petition to the Quesk , signed by nearly 15 , 000 respectable householders , praymg her Majesty "to grini permision for a fair to be holden in Hydepark in the month of August next , in honour , of the birch-day of Prince Albert , was presented bj Mr . Thomas Dunsombe , at the LeTce ou Wednesday Jast PnriSHME 5 T op Death . —Mr . Fitzroy Kelly has fixed ihe second reading of his bill ( which stood for Wednesday last , but on which day there was * ' no house ") for Wednesday next , that being the first open day , and the only day in tbe Parliamentary ¦ w eek not claimed by Ministers .

    Cbockfokd ' s Club . —This celebrated club is about to bs discontinued , the proprietor , Mr . Crockford , -from some reason ina : "has not transpired , having ancoimeed his intention of relinquishing his interest in ihe establishment ; Some of the servants have received ihe usual notice ; no ; £ iii £ , however , is as yet finally determined cpon . The Poljcb Fobcs . —The Birmingham Tories { we d » earnestly hope not all of them .- have petitioned tbe Lords that the Birmingham Police may be permanently placed in the hands of Government . - -Birmingham Jottrnvi .

    No jus but a brute or a fool will insult a woman with conversation which he sees gives her pain ; nor will he dare to do it if she resent the injury with becoming spirit . There is a dignity in conscious virtue which is able to awe the most shameless and Abandoned of men . Refrese > tatio 5 of Scrret . —Mr . Long , or Sir D . Barclay , will stand for Snrrey on the Liberal interest , in consequence of the vacancy occasioned in tbe representation , by the death of Lord Arden , and the accession of the representative of Surrey to that title .

    REFaESKXTATio * op Liverpool . —We have received a letter from a private friend in London which announces a fact which we have read with surprise , and submit to our readers with regret . It is stated that Mr . Creaswell does not mean to continue one of the representatives of Liverpool longer thin the duration of the present Parliament . —Liverjtool Mail . Persecution of the Jews . —A public meeting took place on Friday at the Egyptian Hall , Mansionhouse , for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of the citizens of London with the Jewa of " Damascus , who had lately been subjected to the most cruel persecutions in that country , and their detestation of the atrocious calumnies which had circulated agxinstthem .

    J > - GLA 5 CI 5 G over the Calesdar of the pm ners for trial at the Warminster Sessions , we find that there are thirty wbo can neither read nor write ; and there are twenty under twenty years of age . Among the latter i 3 a child , nine years of age ! charged with stealing two sovereigns and seveDpence-haifpenny * he property of George Mauley , of Corsham . There is also a boy of twelve years of age , and there are ¦ two of thirteen . —Devixes Gazelle . Dttsdee . —Trade does not improve here ; for * kflougl » & good many linens have been sold this week , prices are as low as ever ; and in some instances , lea than our quotations have been accepted . The export of linens in May are above 14 , 000 pieces short of that in the corresponding month last year , and our importation of flax , to tbe 20 th ultimo is abore 1 . 500 tons short of that to the same period in 1 B 39 . —Scottish Pilot .

    Distress ih Paislbt . —Great distress conrinnes to be felt sunon * the hand-loom weavers of Paisley , and the number of persons idle is very considerable . In the eourt * of last week it was ascertained , ^> n an inquiry which began with the Council , that at least -eighty heads of families had been without work for the last month , and that their families were , in consequence , suffering great privations . A meeting is to be held to concoct measure * of relief . —Argus . Hawiol . —Ekigbatiok . Daring the last four

    iaontli 3 , a number of single individuals , newly-mar-: ned couples , and also families , have left this town * ad the surrounding districts for foreign lands , partcalariy America . Of many of them , we can bear tesumony that they were not of a Testless and discontented" disposition ; but we believe were pushing and in dustrious individuals , and skilled in their wioo 3 aroeations , as agriculturists , shepherds , me ~ | > uj !] c 3 , artisans , &c ; but who , from experience , nnd that industry does not meet its proper reward in mis country . —Kelso Chronicle .

    At Griu > HAii , on Friday , Mr . Marshall , tbe bookseller in Stationers ' -coart , attended before Mr . Alderman Brown to put in bail to an indictment found &t the last Old Bailey Sessions for publishing a scandalous , impious , blasphemous , proiane , and maacious libel concerning the Christian religion . ice work so described is understood to be the complete edition of Shelley ' s Poems , and the prosecution « got up by the Socialists , in revenge for the re-« etit punishment of one of their agents . The bail "was accepted .

    Whes he * Majesty was pleased to houonrthe -Kojii Hospital at Greenwich with her presenee on s = uarday ro * , she directed , the pensdoneB of tk * ± !(^ T U 6 il () uld be xratified by a festival w > ^ e held in honour of that occasion , the first of her f ajesty s reign : this will take place on Tuesday fcfcxt ; when these old sailora will drink heryouth-« i sovereign ' s health in good stout ale , and , in all j ffobabuny , fill up the places of those deiiaqaents toennuobBrJ whom her Majesty directed to be P » ruuD&a . Calamttocb Fike . —Early on Wednesday morn-™ £ iasi an alarming and destructive fire broke but n * "S 2 f P ^ - ** Mr- Wo rdey , roiler-Hawei , aini Messrs . Ainscow and Tomlinson , machine ^ ers , of Derby-etreet , in this town . The loss is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The pre"" sea and stock are , we believe , partially insured , jfiouga we have not heard to what erxtPTit i-n tv =

    Aorwjch Union Ofiice . —Preston Chronicle . Rn > B 2 S * XTAT 10 * OF WoaCESTEBSHlHE . —It ifi sp ^ i , and we understand on good authorithy , that ¦ M -T - . Robert Scott , of Stonrbridge , one of the county ^ gistratea , Will be bronght forward trith Mr . Hol-« a 3 for the Eastern Division . Colonel Davies con-HBu es so unwell , that be will , it is reported * , decline ° *« rmg himaelf again for the city , and that Captain ynmington will become a candidate . —Worcester Ji ntrnal . REP aESEKTATio * or BoLTcm . —Those who pretend » t * best acquainted with the designs of the ConwrvfctiTe panjr . in this town assert , that in the event J * general election , Mr . Boiling will again come T ° rw * rd as a eaindid&ifl for t >>« snflTni < 7 <« nf » 11 tV . n .

    thi t * & Tories in tbe borough . It is also said " «^ ord Newport , eldest son of Lord Bradford , " ^ w the other Tory candidates . —BolUm Free ^• ett . ai ^ iB ^ AGAC ! - —At the Snrrey Sessions , held * ^ udford , on Thursday , Mr . Dunn , the snitor of ^ Burdett Coutts , preferred a charge of assault ftp ^ ^ T ^ Mr . Crawley , tbe landlord Ik ** i ^ Z Hote 1 Norwood * » nd two servants of ^ f estabiiahment for an assault upon the said gen-Sgg * « the Park Hotel . The Jury , after a short the flrf * » * eta" » e d * Terdict of acquittal for all J « LaereadaittB . The Conrt wae o-owded by parties « its seighttonAood to witness tbe foolery , and the 0111 id not close till ten o ' clock at night . ^ Co tepoKDEKT has made a suggestion to na , eaSL ^ , "V ? ^ i * receive attention . The plan is ^ ajwyadoped in America . A brass ticket ia o- Hi to every passenger for everv box or m /> V » t » « f dup licate which

    I ^^ » of is fastened to such ; ti , v * ^ station the passengere produce I Sru ^ fe * 1 *?™ k "cb ^ ge their own I <« ii « 5 lL I e waDt of Mme ^ cb arrangement has I ^ tII ^ lxwM » ** sonie loss on Beveral raUI 1 * tt toifi country . —Eastern Counties Railway . ¦ I iuL ? ^ ° t ? Ei > that Mr . Thomas Babington " I ^ w ^' i , ^ ? to u « nioved from the War" I * Wf * t Ireland . Lord Normanby , as we stated " ' I Wid * * tW ? ^^ is to go to Paris as Amf 1 * a ^ L **? Court of the K % & * French , I ?«* . IKFP * th . Home ^ ffije by Lord Mor-- * 1 WtaJr T ?™ Howick remained firm in his ad' I ^^ ct ^ , v ^ tere ^^ ^ fi " 1 reToU > th « I ^ i his t tt . Home-onlce wa 8 intended for him ; i ' -l " f uBDv 7 ° ,. p ha T ™ 8 again revolted , and the - ¦ "I irr seoaeQ 2 hf w ^^ "» t 0 ^ appe&ranoe , fi ^ l s « fiSSSS » r ?* ' M&caulaj " t 0 be tbVman .-

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    HOUSE OF l . OB . VS . -Monday , July S . The Drainage of Settled Estates Bill was referred to a Select Committee . The second reading of the Chimney Sweepers Act , called forth a good deal of discussion . It vr&a proposed to send the Bill to a Select Committee ; but it was eventually referred to a Committee of the whole House . Their Lordships again resolved into Committee on the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) BilL

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    HOUSE Oi" COMMONS . —Monday , Ju ! y e . After much discussion , the WeaTers Churches BUI was passed by 181 ayes , 93 noes . A new writ w&s ordered fer East Cumberland in the room of Major Aglionby , deceased . The Speaker informed the House that he had received a notification from Mr . Tomline , to the effect that Oat Gentleman did not intend to defend Ms return for Sudbury . Mr . Greene , in answer to Sir J . Graham ' s inquiry said that it was his intention to press forward the Goods on Canals BilL

    Sir B , Peel addressed to Lord Palmerston certain most important inquiries relative to the state of OUT relations with China—inquiries vbich Lord Palmerston answered in s very unsatisfactory fashion . The Noble Lord admitted , however , that although the order in council , authorising reprisals on the Emperor of China , appeared to expose to confiscation the property of the subjects or other powers trading to China , yet , practically , no such result need be apprehended , inium ^ n as oroers to the contrary had been issued to the commanders of British vessels . Lord Stanley , in consequence of the late period of M « sion , xcithdrtv , his "Registration ot Yoters ( Ireland ) BuL " Lord John Russell announced that the Government BQIj on the same subject would also be withdrawn .

    Lord John Russell deferred till Thursday the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill , as he had certain clauses to propose in accordance with the suggestions of the Archbishop of Canterbury . A resolution tn Commerce and Navigation having been mored by the President of the Board of Trade , 'srith the view of carrying into effect the Austrian Commercial Treaty , Mr . Herries pointed out , at great length , the manifold blunders on which that treaty is based . A lone discussion followed .

    The House afterwards resolved into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill , in which masy new clauses and amendments were moved . This Bill occupied th © remainder of the House ' s Bitting .

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    TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAU . Deab Sib , —I think you would do right in saying something in your next paper on the propriety of seizing the opportunity afforded by the liberation of Collins and Lovatt , ( producing , as it will do , considerable excitement , ) of convening a large delegate meeting , not only for congratulation , but likewise for delibera-U » n , between the English and Scottish Chartista a thing much ne * led to establish unity . © f purpose . Lanarkshire held a large public meeting In Glasgow on Tuesday last , and app « lnted Mr . Malcolm M'Farlane and myself to represent them in deliberation , and likewise to invite them ( Collins and Lovetti to Glasgow . Ihmdee ia to send a delegation , and I hear that Ayrahire-will do so likewise .

    Now , it were a sad pity if the English be behind in this matter , when the Scotch are sure to be there . We must establish a fellow-feeling between the two eountees , and no time is more likely to effect this object than the coining Birmingham meeting . You , Sir , might say something which would induce the proposed meeting in Yorkshire ( which must be a failure as far as Scotland is concerned ) to merge into that of Birmingham . TArmrksMre ia in high hopes . I never witnessed a more spirited meeting than that which was held in Glasgow to appoint the delegates .

    Yours , truly , Abthub G . O'Neill . Glasgow Circular Office , July 4 th , 1840 .

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    TO THE EDITOB OP THE NOBTHEBJf STAR . lv Sl £ - -1 feel the necessity of addressing a few lines through the columns of the Star to the working classes of thu district , on the apathy they have shown towards their incarcerated friends , and those that bare jet to stand their triois at the next assizes , for advocating the eaase ot « oppressed people . I ask those who have acted as leaders of tbe people ( and may not have to stand a political trial ; what for months past they have been doing , that no meeting has ever been held to disapprove of the base and tyrannical conduct pursued towards our unpaid and unbooght friend Feargus O'Connor , of Vincent , Edwards , M'Douall , Roberts O'Brien , Richardson , Martin , Benbow , John Bdl , and every other man who may have suffered in advocating the Peopled Charter .

    Men of tbe North , to your shame be it spoken , you have done nothing ; nay , you have never even subscribed towards the law expenses incurred at the last a&sizes in this town , which was advanced by Mr . Thos . Gray , to pay the traversing of James Ayr , Mason , Thomason , and Deryr ; that Dt Hume had to pay all his law expenses himself , and again to be tried at the next assizes , with Ayr , Thomason , and Mason . You men of this district nave not the reason to com-Plain of the lowness of wages like those of Yorkshire Lancashire , and other districts in the South and North and yet you are far , Tery far , behind them in acting tbe par t of brothers , for you have , to all appearances sunk beneath the level of the slave , or you would never have betrayed , nay , ever deserted , those friends who have and caused

    supported the tyrants to tremble and shrink from their eloquent appeals on your behalf , while the base and cowardly traitor to the people ' s cause , Fife has received honours and rewards , ( heaven aave the mark , ) from the bloody and brutal Whigs for having urged you on to acts of violence against the aristocracy ( as the men of Swallwell and Winlaton can testify > but yeur good sense would not allow you to become Ms victims ; he turned round , and , as Mayor of Newcastle , whicu without your aid he never would have been ! He then turned round and attacked you on your return from an unarmed meeting , ( which if yeu had followed hu advice , you would have been armed to the teeth ) and is now , at the top af nia ambition , a Whig Don Quixote knight . I call on you , the men of every district to come forward in defence of your friends with aid according to your means , then yon will

    show-That you can stand before your tyiants with unblanched terow , Aa < i though you were once toil-worn men , yet ye are not so now . Your sincere friend and well wisher , In the cause of Truth and Justice , John Gilchbist , Labourer . P . a I trust that the other districts , both North and South , will assist by calling on the men of Newcastle to do their duty , and by which means it will be Been that the country have noticed their apathy .

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    CASE OF MARTIN , THE CHARTIST . House of Correction , Northallerton , July 2 , 1840 . My Lobi > Ma * o . ins , —It is now three months since I first addressed your Lordsbip for the purpose of drawing your Lordship's attention to my situation . I wwild not have troubled your Lordship if I had not been aware that I am the only person under conviction of a seditious libel who has been committed to a House of Correction ; and from the kind feeling displayed by your Lordship towards prisoners of the same class I fully expected that your Lordship would have acted in accordance with the principles of equity , and meted me a share of justice , to which I haTe as undoubted a right as any other British subject

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    But your Lordship , in yonr letter of the 25 th . June , actually asserts that I have not sufficient ground to prove my right to be placed even upoo a level witii ^ T * ^ murderers , middle-class forgers , and common robbers , who have been permitted to remain ia the S 00 ™ 7 dungeons of York Castle . But , as it seems that I cannot be removed to York without your Lo » d-1 P ¦ troubling her Majesty , and , as I am not inclined to be irksome to our moat Gracious Sovereign , I hope your Lordship will grant me the favour to be permitted to remain in custody without being compelled to . J ^ U ^ . ^ ^ . ' *» . y ° !«*** <* the 25 th- Juae ,

    labour , with the frequent use of pens and paper , as I am only permitted to write occasionally , and then in the evening when I have left work . If your Lordship will allow me those trifling privileges , it Will provo that the working classes are not totally neglected by their rulers ; but should your Lordship refuse , it will proclaim aloud , in the ears of the working millions , that , until the Charter becomes law , degradatien and misery , in conjunction with contempt , are the only favours they need expect from an aristocratic Govern ment

    I am , my Lord , One of her Majest ' s most dutiful and loyal subjects . W . HabTI . n To the Most Honourable the Marquis of Normanby .

    TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOMHEB . N STAB . Dsab . Sib , —I hope you win pardon me for the trouble I have already given you ; but I must again draw upon your patience , by requesting you to notice in your Correspondence of next Saturday , my previous request of desiring Mr . L . T . Clancy to favour me with the Weekly Register of March 28 , 1840 ; and he will oblige me by directing it to 39 , St . Andrewgate , York . The one he kindly sent me before was the Morning Register , ¦ which ia useless to me . Youtb , respectfully , W . Martin .

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    KNUTSFORD QUARTER SESSIONS . TRIALS OP THE STOCKPORT TURN-OUTS FOR CONSPIRACY . nP ^^ ' ^ K lwi several © f the workpeoole eon-SwvLir * '« n f : ? * ? f power-loom weavers , at wockport were indicted at the Sessions , by the t oS ^^™' ' « aociation , for conspLSy to raise the rate of wages , for riota , and for assaults , --uiere being vanoua counts , for the purpose of punishing the defendants in some way or other . The uib KNUTSFOttn CfcTTAPTttP cggCTnvg

    u were taken before the Grand Jury as early as Monday who were so amazed at the character of tne indictment , that it occupied their attention between three and four hours before they could find true bills upon any of the counts ; and , even as it wag , there was a division of this middle-class jury llf ^ wl ; ^ ¦ 0 M ™ .. by » majority of one , although the Chairman , in his charge to them at the opening of the Sessions , had taken some pains to instruct them upon what constituted a conspiracy , nintmg also that their duty was to find the bill , if they thought there was a case of facts for inquiry by the Court , leaving it to the Court to judge as to the

    The case in Stockport had been looked upon by all parties—both masters and men—as one of the most vual importance to all manufacturing communities ; and , accordingly , on the above day , in the atternoon , the Knutsford Sessions'House was the arena wherein the battle was to be fought , Trafford rraaord , Esq ., presiding as the Chairman . Mary Bradley , Charles Gordon , James Bancroft , von bail ) and Aridrew Mor an were called upon to plead to an indictment , charging them with having , on the 19 th ijf May , conspired , and by threats and menaces , to prevent other persons from working for Messrs . W . and J . Bradshaw , cotton manufacturers , at btockport , and did endeavour to force Buch persons to leave and desist from their work and labour in which they were employed at Messrs . Bradshaw ' s , as such masters and employers . There were other counts varying the charge .

    There was another indictment against Bradley and Bancroft , for having , on the above 19 th , together with five hundred persons assembled , in breach of the peace , for continued together for two hours or more , and for conspiring to raise the rase of wages of the power-loom weavers , then usually paid to weavers , and with force of arms , making an assault upon one Betty Staudjsh , in pursuance of such conspiracy . Other counts varied the charge . A second indictment charged Gordon with riotously assembling , with 50 # other persons , on May 19 ib , and making a great noise in breach of the peace , to the terror aud fear of her Majesty ' s subjects . Another count charged him with having conspired and Confederated With Others to raise the rate of wages then given in the town , and with having , by force of arms , and in pursuance of such conspiracy , made an assault upon M > ry Hopwood .

    The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the indtetments . Mr . Tbafford , ( the son of the Chairman ) , with whom was Mr . Townsend , appeared as Counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr . Cottinqhah was engaged for the defence . Mr . Tbafford having stated the case , ' called the following witnesses : — Wm . Cooke , who said—I am an overlooker at Messri . Bradshaw ' a factory , St . Peter ' s Gate , Stockport . They employ about two hundred and forty women weavers . The general strike of the weavers took place on the 7 th of May , before which time good women weavers were getting from four looms

    between 17 s . and 18 s . a week . The reduction was one-twelfth , or about Id . in the shilling . They gave notice to leave the week the reduction took place . [ Here all the witnesses for the prosecution were ordered out of Court . ] The abatement took place at all the other mills in the town . Processions of the turn-outs marched several days that week ; saw them several times in great numbers ; hundreds passod by our mill while I stayed ; did not remain till they all passed . Bradley was in that procession ; only saw her once in the procession that week . About forty out of the two huudred and forty accepted the reduction and remained at their work . Tae mill stops at half-past seven o ' clock at night

    , Turn-outs kept congregating opposite the mill every night , and after the 14 th of M * y , they increased every day to some thousands , consisting of men , women , and children ; those who had struck work being amongstthefemales congregated . Detachments of from thirty to forty continued to walk opposite Messrs . Bradshaw ' s mill , one man being usually placed between two women , which is called picquetting . Thoy generally came at half past els at night and continued to march backwards and forwards until the mill stopped , and afterwards . During the time the hands were leaving their work , they were notioed by such of tho picquet as knew them ; they then drew out , and followed tho hands , acoompanied

    by a crowd , to their homes . . Remembers Thursday the 14 th day of May . On that day , about thirty or forty of tbe picquet assembled opposite the lodge door , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , waiting for the hands leaving the mill for dinner at twelve . They stopped all the time the hands were in the mill and then took them to their houses respectively ; and having brought them back , went away about half past one o ' clock ; did not see any of the prisoners that day . The picquet , by attending at noon , had an opportunity of noticing every person who worked in the mill . The picquet came again at night , some beiug the same party , and others with them . On Tuesday morniujr , the 19 th , between six and seven .

    the hands usually coming to work at half-past five , saw the picquet in front ot ' the factory ; gaw Bradley join tha picquet . and observed her walk up and down for a length of time . At noon , Sarah Walmaley , one of the weavers , left the mill , and on her leaving saw Bradley coming from towards the postoffice , and meeting Walmsley , she pointed at her , sayiug " that is one . " The picquet then followed Walmsley , as did a large mob ; Bradley pulled a man by the arm , and he also followed with her . Walmsley was not accompanied by any person from the mill ; there were upwards of 500 persons in the erowd . Witness followed them as far as the post-office , which is about 120 yards from

    the mill , and heard them shouting after her " knobstick , " and pointing at her ; " kuobstick , " he understood to mean a person who worked for under prices against others who had struck for higher wages . Walmsley was in the midst of them ; and they kept treading upon her heels all the way . She was so much frightened , that I believe she has not been well since . Went back to the lodge ; aud in a quarter of an hour saw Bradley again opposite the factory . About thia time another weaver at Messrs . Bradshaw ' s , Betty Standish , was followed by the . picquet ; her husband was with her ; the picquet were alongside ; and a large mob was behind , pushing and jostling both of them . The same

    picquet Drought them trom their dinner back to the mill , where the husband is also employed , aB a knobstick . Saw them on their return pressing against Betty Standish , and one person made an effort to throw her down with their leg , but ehe fortunately recovered herself ; the same woman kicked her , and then ran away . On seeing these attacks , witness ran down the steps into the mob and , taking her by the arm , conveyed her into the lodge , she being much frightened at the time . As each of the weavers came in , they were followed by about 500 persons shouting and hooting them ; there were both men aud women . Saw a large mob making towards St . Peter ' s Gate about half-past

    one ; and me and Lucas , another overlooker at Bradshaw's , ran in that direction , and found that the mob had got Susannah Bentley against a lamp post ; she was one of our weavers , and working at the redHced . prices . They were shouting , hooting and jostling her ; she is a cripple , and was much frightened . Lucas went up to her , and led her through the mob , and I followed . Her dress and cap were torn ; and as we went towards the mill we were pushed and jostled all the way . The picquet came again at four o ' clock , but did not see any of the prisoners there then . When the engine stopped at half-past seven at night , the weavers at work were so much alarmed , that they durst not leave

    the mill together , and therefore went out one and two at once . The picquet followed Mary Ann Cooke ; and me and Mr . W . Bradshaw also went after them towards Pickford ' s Brow , where I saw a woman strike her on the shoulder . Saw Charles Gordon amongst them ; and he looked very much ashamed of being there ; the mob kept calling out "knobstick . " I then went back to the mill George Nield having received directions to accompany Mary Ann Cooke home . The mob threw slatch and stonea at me . Went home with Mary Hopwood . another weaver ; and the picquet and the mob followed us to Hempshaw-lane * did not see any of the prisoners there . Was employed every evening to see the hands safe home , and to protect them , if possible , from violence ; and was regularly hooted and insulted . The next dav ( W * A .

    nesday ) can't say that I saw Bradley ; but that night part of the weavers durst not go home , and were compelled to remain in the mill au night Cross-examined by Mr . Cottikgham—The mob fluctuated on every occasion ; oan ' t say that I saw the same identical mob twice , it was composed of men , women , aud children ; but the picquets comprised twice as many women as men . Did not know whether the mob came to Bee whether the women could march as primly as men ; the marching of the Picquets occasioned the assembling of the mob . Their object was to keep the hands away from working . Do not know that the mob came to see a review . Can't sat that my masters or their property received any injury either from vitriol , stabbing , oi wounding , but stones and slutch were thrown and persons " punched . "

    Examined by the Coukt—The 200 hands being prevented from working , and other proceedings to alarm the weavers , undoubtedly was an injury to both the masters and their hands . Croes-examinatvaaj resumed—Do not know how mash benefit my masters have by their works : not

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    what they will get by the reduction ; they strive hard enough to get something . Had heard of the wealth orthe cotton manufacturers ; but do not know that Mr . Orrill , of this town , died worth £ 100 , 000 ; witness ' s masters , he believed , had not made that much . The weavers struck also at Orrell ' s factory . Can't say anything about poor masters and comfortable weavers . The weavers get from 17 s . 'to 18 s . each , off four looms , independent of the helpers . Had 110 under him , and they would average that amount one with another ; had fifty-five women and wenches , out of which twenty were power-loom weavers , getting under the reduction 17 s . a week clear , and two loom weavers , 12 s . 13 s . and 14 s . The / start at half-past five in the morning , and the Hwiiuu -t-x ^ .- _; » .... . . ..

    o U g . u O »« . patt seven at night . and , allowing two hours for meals , makes the labour twelve hours a dav . The reduction is not l $ d . ; it is only Id . or ljd . at most at our mill . Got back safe on ail occasions ; though was " soused " many a time . Ke ^ xammed by Mr . Trafford—The object of all the picquets appeared to be the same thin * uJai T £ ™ t * no m er '" tolTOke * in the same mill , said-Remembers Tuesday , the 19 th May . Early in BrXv « V ° - *\ f me da * ' -S ^ oft « d Bradley walking backwards and forwards in the Ki |* nooa ^ ey were there again marching as H Ka ^^^ - of the weavera ^ ave the mill , followed by tho picquet and the crow ^ ilE

    E 5 TS , * ° Uting 7 ™^* " Witness then corro ^ borated the part of Cooke ' s evidence which relates to Susannah Bentley . Cautioned the picquet which Ban ernft lH ° rt - W&lked b « ii the cJowd Bancroft andBradley were in the picquet , who , 2 ? i 3 n $ r 'i ° lted ^ pushed us all ? he way to the mill . There was another picquet at night * saw Bancroft thereat seven , but did not notice Wdley . baw Banorof t again in the picquet on Wednesday , and again at tea time ; kuevf him well , ho havin * wove t JT ' l , * no at Bradsnaw ' - Bradley had workedM ' siok" at Bradshaw ' s , but had left a little before the reduction .

    Cross-examined by Mr . Cottinoham— The reduction will be above Id . in the shilling upon an average ; we have different kinds of work . Mr . James Bradshaw said he carried on the business of a cotton manufacturer in conjunction with his brother William . In consequence of the depressed state of trade , was compelled to lower the rate of wages pajd for weaving . Trade had been bad a long time ; and were working at a loss . Owing to the reduction a strike took place , and a picquet walked up and down in . front of the lodge . Was absent when the picquettrntf commenced ; but returned on the 21 stof May . Knew Moran ; saw him in the picquet on Friday , the 23 d . Sarah Walmsley came out of the that

    E » t on day ; and on Moran seeing her he said , . Now , then , follow her . " Immediately on uttering those words , a part of the picquet followed her ; and they continued the picquet fashion silently . I followed them as far as the Post-office , and going up to Moran said " Now , you ' ll not deny that I heard you say to them Now , then , follow her ;'" to which he made no remark . I had full opportunity of seeing him . The picquet came again . The hands complained to me of being frightened ; and , at their request , I accompanied several to protect them home , they being afraid to go home themselves from the 'tear of the picquets . Examined by the Court-We had the police there often ; but they did not apprehend until they saw a direct breach of the peace . They , 8 aid they durst not actotherwise , not from any fear of the crowd , but under the impression that they could not

    interfere after the directions they had received . We have both magistrates and police in Stockport The Chairman observed that the police were pound to act , or what were they for but to prevent breaches of the peace , which had in this case been clearly proved to have existed from Monday to Thursday . It was astonishing to him . Why had they not apprehended ; instead of leaving it for that court . [ Mr . Trafford said several apprehensions bad since taken place . ] There ought to have been apprehensions in thecourae of Monday or Thursday—there were tripping up the heels of the weavers , and assaults of various characters ; and yet he did not hear that any of the police interfered . What were they for ? They came there with their fine clothes ; and what did they do in extensive breaches of the peace of such a nature I Policemen were not to sit by their fire-sides , when they were the most wanted , or what were tho use of them .

    Mr . Traffokd explained that between thirty and forty had been apprehended on different charges . The police could not be in every part of the town at once , the turn-out being a general one . David Moran , manager at Messrs . Bradshaw ' s , said , he saw Moran leading up a picqwet at dinner time ou Friday , the 22 ud , opposite the mill . Saw him follow witness ' s sister , aud had observed him very aotive in the picquets of Wednesday and Thursday . Did not observe him follow anybody but my sister ; but in the picquet . Cross-examined by Mr . Cottingham—None of the prisoners had worked at Bradshaw ' s except Bradley , and she left before the turn-out , having only been working " sick . " Peter Standish—My wife worked at Bradshaw's

    at the time of the picquetting . Remembers leaving the mill with my wife ; the picquet said " that is one ; " believes it was said by Mary Bradley . We were going home to dinner , and were afraid of violence . Saw Bradley there ; she was present close to us when a woman put her leg out to throw down my wife . [ Alluded to by Cooke . ] Cros 8 » examinedty Mr . Cottingham . —Five mills are out yet . Do no * know whether a majority of them are gone to work . Been here since Sunday . Betty Staudish—Am one of Me 3 sra . Bradshaw ' s weavers . Remembers going with my husband on Tuesday , the I 9 ch . at dinner time . We were picquetted home , followed by the people . The picquet walked backwards and forwards while we were at dinner ; at twenty minutes before one some person knocked loudly at the door , saying , " Turn out , it is one o ' clock . " Had shut the door because I did not

    like them to look at us in the house . They marched me back again to my work , picquottiug me all the way . Saw Bradley in the picquet . Remembers some one attempting to trip me up ; Bradley was in the picquet then . Left the mill that night at nine o ' clock , being afraid to leave before . Mary Ann Hopwood , another weaver , remembered Cooke , an overlooker , taking her home on Tuesday night , the 19 th of May , from Messrs . Bradshaw ' s ; there was a picquet before the factory when I left . Charles Gordon was one of them ; he headed the picquet which followed me home ; it is a mile to our house . They shouted , and threw stones and slutch . The crowd came close to me all the way , and kept pushing me , and throwing stones at me , gome of which struck n * y bonnet . The mob stayed opposite my door , but do not know whether the picquet was there . Was much alarmed .

    Cross-examined by Mr . Cottingham—There were children as well as women in the crowd ; the stones came from the crowd . Was not harmed , but frightened . Ann Lewis—Am a weaver at Messrs . Bradshaw ' s . Was going home to dinner at about twelve o ' clock at noon of the 19 ih of May , and was followed by a man and two women . Bradley was in the picquet . Some one said , •» We are going to take thee home . " Asked them if they would support me and my child ; and they answered , If thou wilt come out , thou shalt share as wo share . " I replied , "But your share will not support me and my child , and therefore I would go to work . " They followed me , and I ran into my uncle ' s houso . On Wednesday morning they surrounded me again ; and 1 promised them , if they would let ine go quietly , I would come out when my notice was out , but if they molested me I would not come put at all . Bradley brought the picquet to me that morning .

    Sarah Gledhill , another weaver at work at the same mill , was also followed home by the picquet , &o . on the evening of the 19 th . and was very much frightened . The next night , she and other weavers were so alarmed , that three of them remained in the mill all night , as they durst not go home for fear of the picquet and the mob . Saw the picquet before the mill till ten , and heard them till twelve . Susannah Bentley , another weaver , heard some one threaten her on the 19 th ; they were picquetting her home ; it was in St . Peter ' s Gate . Part of ( he mob were , abusing me , and they said we will leb-you ^ o this ; 4 ime , but if you go toSrork again , we will make it a warning to you . "

    Wm . Hough , sergeant of the Stockport police , remembers the turn-out of the power-loom weavers in May , and the picquetting which succeeded . On Wednesday night , the 20 th , there were between four and five thousand persons opposite Bradshaw ' s mill . Some parties were taken up by me , Mr . Sadler , and two others . The crowd behaved very ill ; both the officers , the weavers , and their employers were stoned , slutohed , and " punched . " Cross-examined by Mr . Cottingham—Was obliged to use my stick iu self-defence . Walters and Bramall took four to the police office , and were stoned all the way . They were taken before the Magistrates , bailed , and discharged , on promising never to go near there again . Do not know how many miffs there are in Stockport ; is not aware of the number that are gone in ; nor can I just recollect how many turned out . There are seventeen mills ; and they are all in now , for what I know . This closing the evidence for the prosecution ,

    Mr . Cottingham addressed the Jury' for the defence in a very able speech . The Chairman having summed up , The Jury consulted and returned & verdict of Gut / ty against all the defendants . The Chairman sentenced Gordon to nine months ' imprisonment , and Bradley , Bancroft , and Morgan , to twelve months each , in Nether Knutsford . There were two other indictments against Bradley , Gordon , and Bancroft ; but no evidence was offered upon them ; and a verdict of acquittal was entered .

    William Wright , John Wild , Jane Lowry , Mary Ridgtoay , and Mary Ancoats , were indicted for having , on the 4 th June ., conspired to raise wages and prevent other we « erp . from working for Messrs Wo .

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    ISl ? ^ weavers to desisffromthw The same Counsel appeared in this case . J 8 ? ' V" ! ?* *** havin * oalled « w * l witnesses , sss ass * sutogether ™ ° ^ rTd ' a ^ ssr ^ - * B * * ° ^ **» The Chairman- Just show us the strength of your C&SB * „ * £ T « AFFORD-We show a common object . Ihe Chabman thought there was a case for the Mr . Cottinghak proceeded to addrp « ?»« . , —

    „ but one of the jury stopped the Learned Counsel tront proceeding , by saying that the jury was clearly of opinion that there was no case . The Chairman became enraged at the verdict ; and persisted that there was a case . However , it was their verdict , and not his . The defendants were then discharged and after % few observations had been addressed to them by tuft Chairman , the sessions closed late in the evening .

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    AGITATION IN SCOTLAND . Universal Suffrage Meeting . —A meeting of the Anderston Universal Suffrage Association was held upon Monday last . After tbe minutes of the former meeting were read , it was proposed , seconded , and unanimously agreed , that a Cencert for the benefit of . the Association do take place upon Friday , 17 th July . The following letter was read to the meeting , being an answer received for a petition for the dismissal of her Majesty ' s Ministers , and the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all other political offender * . ( FROM GENERAL JOHNSON . ) 18 , Pall Mall . June 26 , 1840 . Sl& »—I . yesterday , presented to the House of Commons the petition you did me the honour to intrust to my care , by your letter of 11 th instant , and be assured at all times I shall support tho just rights of the people , who , in my opinion , ought all to have & voice in sending Members to Parliament .

    I remain your obedient Servant , W . A . Johnsox . To Alexader Blair , No . 14 , Bell ' s Land , Cheapside St ' Ca ' lton . —A general meeting of the Calton and Miteend District of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association , was held on Wednesday last , Mr . Isaac in the cha'r . The Secretary read the minutes of the two previous meeetings . The Treasurer then read a list of "his transactions fur the last six months , which appeared to give general satisfaction . The old Committee having tendered their resignation , having been in office for six months , when the following individuals were ap « pointed : —M * . John Methven , Chairman ; Mr . Thofc Graham , Treasurer ; Mr . Adam Dickinson , Secretary .

    Directors-Messrs . Pettigrew , M'Gregor , M'Mcnimy , Martin , Baird , Brovra , Whita , Aitcheson , and Crafe . After vrhigh , Mr . A . Dickson rtad a tetfcr from Mr . Wakler , acknowledging the receipt of a petition from Calton , signed by nearly two thousand . Mr . ADickson came forward to move the following resolution : — " That this meeting , seeing the conduct of the shopocracy towards their brethren of the unenfranchised « l : i 8 ses , ~ in not assisting them in the attainment of their rights , according to their former promises , and likewise their conduct in keeping np tbe price of provisions ia this locality , that we , this night , appoint a Committee for receiving shares , and to start a provision Btore ot

    our own ; and likewise to fix what each sbate ought t » be . " After speaking at some length on the subject , it was ably supported by our talented friend , Mr . Gardner , who was present to address the meeting . Ho spoke at considerable length on the conduct of various parties in the State , particularly the clergy and the shopocracy in not assisting them in their lawful struggle , and concluded an able address amidst groat choiring . Tha motion was then put to the meeting , and carried , unanimously , and a Committee appointed to carry it into practical operation as early as possible . A vote of thanks waa then given to the Chairman , and tha meeting broke up .

    Meeting in Partick . —A public meeting of tha inhabitants of Partick was held in the New Hall , oa Wednesday evening hist , Mr . John Fagge in the chair . Tho Chairman having stated the object of the meeting , called on Mr . llobert Geddie to move the first resolution . After a few remarks upon the subject , Mr . Geddio read and moved the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the conduct of the Government towards political offenders is unprecedented , unnecessary , undeserved , harsh , cinel , and implacable , and sufficient to render tha Government , under "Which it is perpetrated , odious and

    detestable in the eyes of any Christian people . " The Chai * - man then called upon Mr . R Malcolm , from Glasgow , to second the resolution ; in doing which , Mr . Malcolm , treated at considerable length the state of affairs , and the present aspect of the country . Mr . John Anderson moved a resolution to petition for the liberation of the incarcerated Chartists , and the recall of Frost and bis companions . Mr . Walter Currie , from Glasgow , aMy seconded the resolution . Mr . J . Strathera read and moved & petition founded on the foregoing resolutions ; Mr . Jack , from Glasgow , seconded the adoption of the > petition . Thanks were then voted the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed .

    Pubiic Meeting in Saltcoats . —On Thursday , the 18 th ult a public meeting was held in the Queen * Anns Hall , for the purpose of getting up a petition for the immediate release of Mr . O'Connor and other patriots , confined for political oflunces , in the gaola at England . Mr . William Good being calkdto the chair , introduced Mr . Young , of Galston , to the meeting , wh » delivered a very spirited address on the evils of clam legislation , and exposed the system of plunder , by which Whigs and Tories have brought the country to the verge of ruin . Mr . Young concluded his address which lasted about an hour , and gave great satisfaction , by exhorting the Chartists to persevere in their exertions for Universal Suffrage . The petition in behalf of

    the incarcerated Chartists was unanimously agreed to . On Monday ., the 22 d current , another public meeting was held in Mr . Drysdale's Hall , called by the committee of the Universal Suffrage Association , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to memorialise the Queen , for the release of John Thorogood , the vic tim of high church tyranny . The resolutions were all carried unanimously , and a petition was thereupon agreed to by the meeting , which was exceedingly well attended , and upon the whole , on * of the very bat that we have had in Saltcoatea . A social meeting is to take place this evening ( Thursday ) to raise money for tb » families of the imprisoned Chartists and other purpose * Chartism goes on swimmingl y .

    Univfbsai . Suffrage Meeting . —On Thursday evening last , a _ splendid meeting of the inhabitants of Black quarry , Port Dundas , Spripgbank , and Woodside , was held on the Blackquarry Green , Mr . Robert Lang , portioner , in the chair . After a very pointed and appropriate speech , the Chairman introduced Me Robert Malcolm , jun ., of Glasgow , who delivered a . lengthened address upon the present position of political parties , and the duty of reformers of every class at this crises . He was applauded throughout . An active

    and efficient committee , to manage the Charter movement in this district , was then nominated , and unanl mously elected . . We understand these out-door meetings are to be continued during the summer months ^ weather permitting . It is evident , from the teg * attendance at this meeting , and the marked attention paid to the different speakers , that Chartism here baa taken a deep hold upea the public mind . If kept op with spirit , and addressed by judicious speakers , sod meetings cannot fail to be productive of great service to the popular cause .

    Collins and Lovett . —A committee having bees recently appointed by the Kilmarnock Branch of tbs Ayrshire Universal Suffrage Association for the purpoos of corresponding with Messrs Collins and Lovett , " with . a view to their visiting this place as soon as possible after their liberation from the clutches of the liberty loving Whigs . " The following is a copy of a letUr received from Mr . Collins on tbe subject : — " Warwick Gaol , June 24 th , 1840 . " Sm , —In reply to yours of the 16 th inst , which we received a few days ago , I beg to state that Um health of my valued friend William Lovett is such that

    at present he cannot make any engagements for visiting Scotland , and with reference to myself , I am so kef * from any knowledge of what is taking place in ihe poli tical world , that at present I cannot fix any time worn I shall visit you ; 'but as it is my fall determination t » do so at a very early period , you may rely upon my writing to you as soon as I can decide upon the exact time , and I assure you , that if I can by any means make it convenient to visit Kilmarnock , I will do m . Please to give our best respects to OUT friends , and believe me , yours truly . - "JOHN COLLINS .

    " Mr . John Kerr , Regent-street , Kilmarnock . '' Public Meeting in the Glasgow Lyced *—A public meeting of tho inhabitants of Glasgow and county of Lanark , was held in the Lyceum Rooms , or Tuesday evening , to consider the propriety of sendfiqff delegates to . tbe Great Demonstration , to be held at Birmingham , on the 27 th inst , on the liberation « T Collins and Lovett from prison . Mr . Colquhoun befog called to the chair , Mr . Currie rose , and , in a speedfc of considerable length , insisted that Glasgow , to testify her gratitude to Lovett and Collins for their exertkoa , and to welcome them to liberty , ought to send op delegation . He moved the following resolution *—"That a delegate or two be sent from the county ioC Lanark to the demonstration to be held at TI 1 ini 1 ii | Tnii

    on the 27 th , on the liberation of Collins and Lovett !" Mr . Rodger seconded the motion , and Btienuaaslj ' urged the necessity of supporting the fond * . Mb . Cullen disapproved of sending a delegation , and pm ~ poaed as an amendment , that a congratulatory address should be seat The amendment was seconded . Considerable discussion took place on the subject , the proposition of sending a delegate being opposed by MessHk M'Farlane , O'Neil , and others ; and supported by Me , R . Currie , W . Currie , Gardner , Jack , and others . Th » two motions being put , the original one was carried by a very large majority . The following persona -wo » then nominated to stand as candidates , viz .: —Mean * . Ross , Pttttison , M'Farlane , Moir , Rodgers , Walker andQ'Neil

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    BRIGHTON . Brighton Radica * Association The quarterly meeting of the Brighton Radical Association was held on Wednesday evening , July 1 st , at the Globe Inn , Edward-street , and waa most numerously attended an unusual determination of spirit was evinced ; on the walls of tbe room were suspended some splendid banners with appropriate mottos , and playing with the breeze ( outside ) which at times blew a gale , was hanging a splendid purple flag . On one side was embla . zoned in gold , " Union is strength , " on the other , that which tyrants fear and feel , and tremble at— " Tht Sovereignty of the People . " We believe that the men of Brighton have again rallied ; they are determined to work in right earnest They evinced a spirit en that

    night , that has ahe-wn to the deserters" of the cause in Brighton , that there &m left yet , aspiring souls to the shrine of liberty . The chaff has been sifted from the corn that will be sown in the future proceedings of the Chartists of Brighton , and suck an harvest , we hope , may be produced , as will justify us in saying , " that the men of Brighton have responded to the call of justice . " That they will succeed in gaining the laurelled crown of liberty is our ardent wish , for the exertions of the men of Brighton have gone far to arouse the sleeping energies of the men of the South—that they will aspire to that honour we have no doubt ; they have heretofore done their duty , and the past must be a guarantee for tbe future . All they seek for is the

    happiness of the masses . To the enactment of the ' Charter" they look for redemption , and nothing less than that Charter will satisfy the men of Brighton , though they may be opposed by political " regicides" of any party . However Slight they may be , Slight as they aw , they are not feared by the men of Brighton ; though they change like the chamelion , though their envenomed shafts oi spite and petty tyranny may shower from one end of Brighton to the other , yet they fall powerless . Wherever met by honest working men they are treated with contempt , scorn , and detestation The men of Brighton rely on themselves , fearless of tbe power of any Slight despotic " regicide- that may be ready to sacrifice them " when the bell rings" the alarm .

    The following report of the Managing Committee for the quarter ending June 24 th , 1840 , was submitted to and passed unanimously by the Association : Gentlemen , —in making , as usual , a report of the proceedings of the past quarter , your committee feel deep regret that the retrospect is a cheerless and unsatisfactory one . There is , however , tbe consolatory reflection that the spirit of Chartism is not only imperishable but inextinguishable ; but has , on the whole , been extending its influence in very despite of the exertions of sleepless

    , many-fanged persecution to repress it This is a consolation indeed : and your committee believe , that however Chartist Association * in this and other parts of the country , may have fallen off in numerical strength , this circumstance is no proof that Chartism is narrowed in its influence , or that its a-lvocates are really less in number . Chartism , however odious be the character with which our interested opponents may invest , is , after all , but the joint offspring of Justice as its father , and political Truth as its mother , and these are imimperiahable and indestructible as the firmament :

    above us . Political appellations may be blotted out from the dictionary , but the principles of justice and truth cannot be erased—they are eternal ; and Chartism , while it remains , bnt another name for these principles , is eternal too . TyranayTnay hunt us do ira—tki mighty O 9 t » may viUify the politick character we assume—and bad and unprincipled fellows in our own ranks , may mar our efforts and check our progress , still , while deadly wrongs exist , and tyranny mocks the sufferings of the millions , the oppressed will personify justice under a new name , and that new personineation a lallyiDg point for the concentration of theil strength j hence has Charfciam arisen , and nothing but concessions to the loud , hitherto laughed at , yet reiterated demands of justice can or will put down Chartism . But those in power are either too blind to see tkis , or too fool-hardy to heed the

    warning voice of a wronged and insulted people . Thus it is that the retrospect of the last two years is yet further embittered by the fact that nearly three hundred of our ranks have bad to endure , and still endure a gaol discipline that ia considered too hard even « r felons . Yes , fellow-members , we have had to bear the soul-harassing reflection that a murderer has been treated with a courtesy—with a kindness , and consideration which were deemed an unwarrantable concession to political victims that may justly be declared to be some of the noblest men in the country . We have had to endure the reflection that such men aa Lovett and Collins , and Vincent , O"Connor , O'Brien , and many others have been degraded beneath the level of convicted miscreants , as if patriotism and philanthropy wtre deemed virtue no longer ; and an advocacy of political justice are less commendable than felony 8 Hd DrUtil £ * imioality .

    Your committee may remind you that during the past quarter the wretched situation of some of our noblest advocates has engaged our sympathy and consideration . This has been more particularly the case with Feargns O'Connor , Bronterre O'Brien , and Henry Vincent , and it is with great pleasure that your committee have noticed the exertions that have been made by several members of Parliament in behalf of Messrs . O'Connor , O'Brien , Lovett , Collins , Vincent , fcc . And now to revert to the affairs of our own Association . That the number of Chartists in Brighton is in the least diminished , your committee does not believe ; but that tbe value © f well-organised associations is little understood or appreciated is a lamentable fact which your committee

    sincerely deplore . That this is peculiarly the case in Brighton , your committee do not say , for the same evil has been , and is experienced in many other parts of the kingdom , but , connected with this , there is an indisputable fact , namely , that while trivial causes can sever and break up our associations , it is hopeless to expect that much good can result from our agitation ; our opponents seeing that a straw will divide us , they will not fail to split us into impotent sections , and laugh at our weakness . This subject has been strongly commented on in former reports of your committee , and again they say to you , tbat the concentration of the working classes into well organised associations , is an absolute necessity , if those classes would be powerful

    It is , therefore , gratifying to learn , that in many parts of the kingdom the working men are re-organising themselves , and most sincerely do your committee trust that the working men of this town wilKnot "be the last to so valuable an example . With these observations , your committee beg , in conclusion , to inform youf that it will be your duty to-night to elect six committee-men in the place of Messrs . Jackson , Reeve , Good , Virgo , Russell , and Ayres , and to refer yeu to the balance sheet of the accounts . Signed by the Committee . July 1 st , 1840 , After the adoption of the report , the election of the officers waa proceeded with . The Treasurer and Secretary ir ^ eCted : *? Tacancie <> ^ the committee were filled up : a vote of thanks was presented to the out-going committee : a vote of thanks was presented to the Chairman , and at eleven o ' clock all was quiet

    Thus passed off , we believe , one of the most numerously and enthusiastically attended quarterly meetings of the Brighton Radical Association since its establishment All was unanimity , order , and concord . Not the slightest disturbance interrupted the harmony of the meeting . Once more , we hope the men of Brighton have made a stand against the oppressors and persecutors of their country . They have commenced the contest nobly ; and , we hope , they will sincerely proceed in the honest course they have again tracked out We call » n them not

    to loose the opportunity which is now held out to them of again becoming the leader of the agitation in ike south . I ** them stand by their Charter . despite of any pposition they may meet with . Noslight barriermust that be , that can prevent the working classes from holding tiieir peaceable and legal meetings . Let them proceed with determination , —let their every resolution at every publk meeting , " town , " or " vestry , " be framed on UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ! AND NO SUBBENDEBM ! and all the eonceited and unwphisticated humbuggery of slightlj interested opponent * will meet with its due rewanL

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2692/page/3/