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      * . . " _* - J ± _MRSCOOPER'S PLAN OP _ORGANIZATION . ' To the Editor of tiie Evening Star . SiB , —I have now included in my prep- " _jjed " Plan , " all tb . 8 emendations which seem to me desirable , after Jarring Hia advantage of my brethren " _^ opinions- of this _mportant matter . Among tbe _del _^ g / . _te * who surveyed my scheme last Saturday _momfe _g * - _^ _exs com prised some of the Krandest heads aad _nv , ogt energetic minds in the movement ; andia _addition to tbe anthority ¦ whi ch their names -affords me , \ might , once more , add , fiiat in private conversation 1 have , Ions ago , received ior my proposed acherjie- or lor the major part *! It , _ipprovahs on _^ _-fce part of iir . O'Connor , Dr . _Jd'DouaH , Mr . Hill , _jdj friends Bairstow and Harney , ssd many _otteex well-known advocates of onr

      cause . On the _aflvroeof my brother delegates , and to aToid _eifirely Q » ii _^ si difficulty of a Convention leaving an _^ HgHtB _Whina it—the word *« Executive" is entirely left © Hi til tbe Plan . The five chief officers of the _Animal _XSouvention , _itwill be Been , exercise all tbe neces soy inactions of an Execntive body—bnt do not lie _Bnderthe illegality of being specially appointed for such _a purpose when the Convention breaks np : the function * of each member of tbe Annnal Convention , _-dScers inelnded , remain in them throughout the year—50 * b _* t- they can fill np vacancies , ic , or jive other counsel for the welfare of the general body . Praying my brethren to take up the subject _earnestlyand instantly , I subscribe myself , Sir , Tours respectfully , Thomas Coofeb .

      . Leicester , January 2 nd , 1843 . HIXUTS . S Or A _XSKTIXC OT CfiASTJST _DEUEGATES _, HELD IS _BISMlSGH _^ _Hj OS THE LAST _Dil OF THE TEAS , 1842 . " 2- "Resolved , that the Plan of Organization , submitted to tMsmeeting , by Sir . Cooper , of Leicester , be commended to the consideration of the members of the . Rational Charter Association "throughout the localities , and that iMr . C . be requested to send a copy of his plan for insertion in th _§ Evening Star _, Northern Star , and Ckartid Circular . " 2 . Resolved , that Mi . Cooper be employei to make any _emendations which have suggested themselves to him aa desirable , during this discussion .

      " 3 . Resolved , that the members , in their localities , be desired to come to a decision on this _subject as soon _sb possible , and that the country be recommended to prepare for electing representatives to serve , on the , First Animal Convention / to be beld in London in the month of April next . " 4 . Besolved , that the country be recommended to elect tbeir delegates to tbe said Convention on the same p lan , and in the same proportions to tbe localities , practiced in electing delegates to the Convention , held In „ London in the month of April , 1842 . " 5 . _Xesolved , the country be recommended , to empower tbe delegates to the ' First Annual Convention , ' to take tbe whole Plan of Organization , again into consideration , and to give it the stamp of fall representative authority .

      Signed ) James leach , of Manchester . George White , of Birmingham . John West , of Derby . William Jones , of Liverpool . * John Mason , of Birmingham . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester . Thomas Clarke , of Stockport . James Tickers , of Belper . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham . iEdward Clayton , ef _HnddersSeld . Samuel Paries , of Sheffield . _BeigaminHushton , of Halifax . Thomas _BaOton , of -Manchester . Peter Hoey , of Coventry . Moses Simpsen , of Hanley ( Potteries . Luke Thos . Clancy , of Brighton . Edward Barley , of Tori . James Green , of North with . Samuel Cowan , of Liverpool .

      Wm K . _Mflsom , of Cheltenham . Joseph _Sturmey , of Stonrbridge . Charles Thorpe , or Birmingham . Bernard Bromgoole , ot Warrington . Wm . Talbert , of Birmingham . Alfred Anthony , of Arnold ( Notts . ) John Wllmot , of Kettering . William Feast , of Brighton . Geo . _Kichardson , of Birmingham-Charies GWilliams , of Liverpool David Pott , of _Birroingbnm . John Chance , of Stourbridge . James Sanders , of _'PrrmiTigfram John Allinson , of Stockport . MeQin Moore , of Blackburn . Thomas Welsford , of Birmingham . Wn . _Watkjss Wsss , of Hammersmith , i Chairman . ) ThokaS Cooper , of Leicester , ( Secretary . ]

      PLAN OF ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CHABTEB ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN , ( Recommended for the consideration of the Peop _' e by a body of Delegates , assembled at _Birmingham on the lad day of the year 1 S 42 . ) OBJECT OF THE _ASSOCIATION . 1- The object of the National Charter Association of Great Britain ahall be the obtaining , by lawfnl and peaceful means , all those political lights set forth in the document called " The People's Charter . "

      _MEILBEBSHIP . 2 . E & eh member ef the Association * b _* _t \ avow an entire approval of the principles of the People ' s Charter ; shall have his or her name enrolled in one of the yearly registers of the Association , by one of iti sub-Secretaries ; shall _receive a yearly card of " The _Uational Charter Association , ** paying for it one penny ; and shall contribute , if able , one penny per calendar month _| to the General Fnnd of the Association , _GEXKRAl GOVEEJvMEST . 3 . The general government of the Association shall be vested in an Annual Convention—to be assembled in London , in the month of April of each year , and to dose its sittings at the end of three weeks , or earlier , if convenient .

      4 . The said Annual Convention * _hall be composed of delegates from Chartist districts ; the delegates to be -elected by ihe people in public meeting assembled ; the -districts , and the number of representatives from each to be arranged by the first Annual Convention , and re-arranged by succeeding *™ ti » i Conventions , as need may arise . 5 . The first bnsiness of each _Annnal _ConvenUon shall be Sie election of . a President , Vice-President , Treasurer , Secretary , and _Tice-Secretary ; the powers of each of these officers , and also the powers of each member of the Annnal Convention _sfran be resident in them for one conventional year .

      o . The President of Convention _ihafl hold Presidential sittinga , at the several periods of three months , six months , and nine months , succeeding each A "mm ) Convention : that is to say , in Manchester ,- for one ¦ week , in the month of July ; in Birmingham , for one ¦ week , ia the month of October ; and in Bristol , for one week , in the month of January . At the said Presi . dential Sittings , the Tice-Preadent of Convention , the Treasurer of Convention , the Secretary of Conven tion , and the Tics-Secretary of Convention , shall attend aad assist the President in the discharge of his duties to the Association .

      7 . The _Secretary of Convention shall be the only annual officer ocenpying hia entire time with tbe genera ] business of the Association ; all questions relative to the government of the _Assoriation , arising in the periods intervening between the _several Presidential -Sittings , or between any one of those sittings and the sitting of Convention , shall be referred , by the localities , to the said Secretary of Convention . 8 . Appeals , on questions of government , shall if thought necessary by the localities , be made from the Secretary of Convention to the next ensuing Presidential Sitting ; andannal appeal , on snch questions , shall , il _ibonjbt necessary by the localities , be made from the Preadental Sitting to the next ensuing Annual Convention .

      _t-OCAL G 0 VE _& 5 HEKT . _S . The local government ot the Association shall be vested in a body of General Councillors of the _Abso--ciation , -chosen on the first Monday of December , hi _?« h year , in their respective localities , in snch _numbers , and after such mode , aa the resident members _snay judge fit _^ and the said General C » _uncfllors shall th £ _eT _^ > ffiM ° _**** _^ _** Jannary * «> _win « _i . ° " _As _? b-Be « e _*» y and sub-treasurer of the _Aasodait by the members 0 f the Association , shall alse reside _^ ur _^ _g co _nveation in the _^ _, _„ £ «*

      _iaEGisraATroji . IL _EaA _^ Secretary shall be furnished by fht with _awnihly claas-papers , arranged on a uniform plan from tune to tame , at the October Presidential Sittina In tbe yearly registers the snb-Secretaries shall entei the names , residences , trades , age , fianchise , and amount of _iunily of the members in their _respectove localities , sad _flie amonnt of pecuniary pay . _jaents by eaeh membet The monthly class-papers jhaH be formed te receive from twelve to twenty names with columns for _peenniajy payments . 12 . The Secretary of Convention shall receive from each sub-Secretary a monthly classified account of the number of members in his locality , and ' shall publish the same for "fixe information of the Association at large , insneba mode , and at such periods , as shall be _^ termined on , from time to time , bj the Anm . _^] Conventions , and the Presidential Sitting .

      _GESESAl yVKD , __ 13 . The -General Fund of the National Charter Association shall be formed by the collection of one penny , on the first Monday of each calendar month , from each member of the Association who tan afford the same j by the _cjrsgeof one pamy for each card of

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      membership , renewed on tbe first of January in each year ; by the payment , on the part of the localities , of such sums for the yearly registers and monthy classbooks as shall be agreed upon , from time to time , by the _A-rmna . _1 Conventions , or the Presidential Sittings ; and by such ether voluntary contributions on the part of the members of the Association as may be devised and agreed to by their general good-will in case of emergency . 3 li . From tbe said General Fund shall -be defrayed the travelling expenses from and to their localities , of the representatives to the Annual Conventions , together with tiie allowances , during the period of Conventional sitting , of sixty shillings per week to the Secretary , fifty shillings per week to the President , Tice-President , Treasurer and Tice-Secretary respectively , and forty shirtings per week to _eachjothef member

      • f the Annual Convention . From the said General Fond shall also be defrayed the travelling expenses , from and to their localities , of eaeh officer of the Convention attending the Presidential Sittings mentioned in Rule 6 , together with the allowances during the said sittings , of fifty shillings per we * k to the Secretary , and forty shillings per week to the President , } Tice-Presldent , Treasurer , and Tice-Secretary respectively—provided each of those officers attend the Presidential Sitting . From the said General Fund shall also be defrayed the weekly salary of forty shillings which the Secretary of Convention shall receive throughout the remainder of his year of _ofiice . And , from the said General Fund Bhall be defrayed all other contingent expenses of tbe Annual Conventions , Presidential Sittings , printing of registers , cards , and , in brief , all the general expenses of the National Charter Association .

      15 . The Treasurer of Convention shall receive from each Sub-Treasurer a monthly remittance of the _)> ecuniary payments made in his locality for the purposes of the General Fund , —and shall publish an account of the same , as well as of his current disbursements , for the information of the Association at large , in sueh mode , and at such periods , as shall be determined on , from time to time , by the Annual Conventions , anel the Presidential Sittings .

      LOCAL _FUSDS . 16 . The local funds of the Association shall be raised by the collection of one penry on the remaining Mondays of each calendar month , from each member of the Association who can afford the same , and by such other means , and after snch mode , as tbe members of the General Council resident in each locality may devise . _GENERAL LBCTUB . EBS . 17 . The Annnal Conventions and Presidential Sittings shall have the power of employing general lecturers , either for breaking up new districts , or for the performance of agitating service for-specific purposes in districts already _organised : the number of snch general lecturers , the periods of their engagement _^ . and tbe amount of their remuneration , to be determined by the state of the general fund and tbe necessities of the Association .

      _PENALTIES . IS . Any general or local officer of the National Charter Association found advocating a compromise of Chartist principles , joining any society having for its professed object a leas measure of political justice than that contained in the People ' s Charter , or signing assy document testifying his willingness to receive a less measure of political justice than that contained in the People ' s Cha r te r , shall be forthwith deprived of office by the body of members in general meeting assembled , in or throughout tbeir localities . IS . The general and local officers of the Association shall eaeh and all be liable to deprivation of office by the body of members in general meeting assembled , in and thnragnout tbe localities , for defalcation in accounts , misappropriation of the Association's funds , or gross and wilful neglect of duty . supply of vacancies ..

      20 . In cue of the death , retirement , removal , oj dismissal of the President , Tice-President , Treasurer , Secretary , or Tice-Secretary of Convention , or any oi all of them , before the expiring of the Conventional year , their office shall be filled by thoBe members ol the Convention respectively , who had thB next highest number of votes for either of tbe said offices , and in case of the death , retirement , or disqualification of any of the said members of Convention who had the next highest number ef votes for either of the beforementioned offices , the members of the Annnal Convention shall address public letters from their residences , respectively , to the members of the National Charter Association , declaring for what member of the Convention tbey vote to fill tbe vacant ofiice ; and the vacant effice shall be filled by the individual named in the majority ef sueh declaration *

      SI . All vacancies occasioned by the death , retirement , removal , or dismissal of sub-Secretaries , sub-Treasurers , or General Councillors of the Association , shall be filled np by the body of members resident in their respective localities , in general meeting assembled , within one fortnight of the occurrence of such vacancies . MEANS FOB THE ATTAINMENT OF THE GREAT END . 22 . The members of the National Charter Association shall actively promote the Parliamentary election of candidates espousing the principles of the Pe _» ple _" B Charter , preferring snch Chartist candidates as are legally qualified to sit in Parliament .

      23 . Th » members of tbe National CharUr Association shall also attend all public political meetings , and there , either by moving amendments , or by other legal and peaceful means , enforce a discussion of tbe People ' s rights and claims—bo that none may remain in ignorance of what Chartists seek , nor any have the opportunity of propagating or perpetuating political ignorance or delusion . 24 . The members of the National Charter Association shall earnestly recommend each other , by precept and example , to the practice of temperance and

      uprightness;—to cultivate the inteEect and moral feel ings;—to fulfil the golden maxim— " Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you ; " —to trade with each other , and assist each other in case of sickness or distress , and in finding employment;—assured that tile growth of each and all in intelligence and virtue will be the best and surest guarantee for success in the pursuance of their great and grand object—the establishment of liberty aad happiness for the _millions , by the passing of " The People ' s Charter" into the law of the laud .

      The Eoetheen Star. Saturday, January 7, ...

      THE _EOETHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1843 .

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      Wb presume that , by this time at all _eventB , the mind of the people will be pretty well settled upon the fact that onr worst suspicions of the _Stttrge men have been more than realised ; and that our often expressed opinion of their policy was the result of a pretty clear perception of their true character . The Conference being over , and the excitement it was calculated to produce having had some little time to subside ; it will naturally be expected that it should occupy some portion of our attention and remark , as a passing circumstance a historical record of the day .

      We proeeed therefore to point the attention of our readers to the facts of this Conference , as they successively occurred , in proof and corroboration oi what we have always thonght and said of the motives and purposes of the parties by whom it was projected . We always saspected the sincerity of those parties ; we never supposed that they had any such purpose as that about which they affected to seem anxious—a union with the working classes , for the object of "full , fair , and free 7 ' representation We believed them always to be enemies in their hearts to the principles they pretended to

      espouse ; we believed always that their purpose was , under the pretence of seeking Union , to make and perpetuate division in the Universal Suffrage ranks . We never concealed our suspicions from the people ; bat we did not magnify those suspicions into facts : we left tbat for the Complete Snffrage men themselves to do . We advised the people not to trust them ; but we also advised them not to interrupt or denounce them . We advised the people always to deal with them cautiously , but yet kindly , and with friendliness ; that if our suspicions should be wrong ,

      and if they should turn out , after all , tv ; fce honest , no obstacle might be thrown in the way of their achieving the beneficial purposes which they avowed , pnr tone upon the matter has been sorely annoying to them . Tbey have seen the probability of its frustrating their wily projects , and they have been very restless onder the apprehension . Hence the incessant efforts of their secret emissaries , as well aa of their rowed advocates , to break down by any means ,

      no matter how vile , the plaguy " watch tower . ' _»™ . ? bem 8 lE 0 mnch cayPed at for oni illiberal _jealousies" and _" unworthy suspicions" b , a few honest and good natured , bnt very shortsighted persons in _oht own ranks . We doubt not that the events of this Conference will have fimy shown these latter parties " _wljo ' s who , " and "what ' s what" j while they justify the derisive smile with which we have regarded the exertions of the former gentry . The whole facts of the Conference , and the whole bearing of its authors , from its yery first

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      opening , _i-jfibrd evidence that no design for anion in _pnrsua . i of a common object was entertained by any hxA the Chartists who had gone there ;—that Storge and his whole clique of movers , so far from wishing union , were , from the first moment , determined not to unite . Their plans were well laid , and their operations craftily conducted , for moulding the Conference to their own ends or destroying Us

      efficiency ; for successfully cajoling or defying that publio opinion of which they had courted the expression . And in case of their being unable to do this , their dernier ressort , the leaving of the Conference en masse , was determined upon before ever they came to it . We prove this out of the mouth of Stubge himself , whose opening speech anticipated and contemplated a retirement from the chair .

      The first move of the Stubge men was to defy public opinion , * and impudently to block oat by wholesale such delegates as they despaired of making tools of . This had been craftily provided for in the circular convening the Conference , which made it imperative that the credentials of each delegate should be sent to the Council some days before the Conference . This move did not escape our notice at the time . We suspected its purpose and watched the result . The result was just what we anticipated . The Conncil , finding a large number of the delegates returned to be men with whom it was

      hopeless to tamper , resolved on the bold step of refusing to them tickets of admission ; and score after score of Chartist delegates were told as they arrived , that their elections were disputed and that the Council , could not give them tickets . The ferment which this produced showed the Council thai " it would not do "; that it displayed the cloven-foot too nakedly , and that it was consequently sure to defeat its own purpose . After many meetings , therefore , and mnch consultation , another "dodge " wa 9 had recourse to , the " list" system was invented ; " list number one" was manufactured as " the

      Conference , " to whom and to whose Bense of right , the admission or rejection of all the other delegates should be committed . Tickets were therefore given to the objected Chartists ; but they were to sit _conditisnally on the vote of the selected " list , '' who were to have power , if they thought proper , to reject them all at once and in a ma _« _s , without further inquiry or ceremony , by a single peremptory vote . True , the Council made the shew of liberality in recommending that a portion of them should be admitted by vote ; but we are wicked enough to suspect that they calculated pretty strongly that the

      prepossessions of their friends would be too powerful for the " recommendation " , or that their shrewdness would see through the " dodge , " and that therefore despite the " recommendation , " they would be rejected . W e are by no means sure that secret instructions to this effect were not circulated among the Complete Suffrage delegates . In any case , never was proposition . more insulting to a deliberate body made thah that of the Complete Suffrage Council , thus to constitute the Conference of their owd picked men , many of whom had no right , by their

      own rules even , to sit there at all , aud to recommend that these parties should admit the rightful representatives of the people by a vote ! It was certainly as finished a piece of impudence as we bave lately seen . It was met , however , as it should be , by the Conference ; and the " artful dodgers" were shown that "the trick would not take "; that the Chartists whom they had invited , having too much spirit to be impudently shut out , had also too much sense to be thus _ineolently and degradingly " let in" .

      It is quite clear , as we have already intimated from the opening speech of Stubge , that all this had been anticipated in their " councils " , and that they had made up their minds to the course of action which they afterwards adopted , m case of " the worst coming to the worst " . That fact might , so far as they are concerned , excuse our further notice of the matter ; but we hold that every circumstance rightly used , is fraught with valuable information to the people . We shall proceed , therefore , to analize the doing 3 and sayings of the Conference with a

      view to public benefit . We proceed to tell the peoplo wW wo chink of It ; what we think of the acts done by it ; what we think of the several actors concerned in it ; and what we think of the results of it as a whole . We shall do this honestly and candidly ; dealing unfairly by no one ; having no purpose to " denounce" any one , but without any regard to the " denunciation" howl . For the proceedings of the minority Conference , and generally of the Complete Suffrage parties , we shall , as we did before , take their own organ , the Nonconformist , as _i > ur text book .

      The next point of nete after the constitution and opening of the Conference was the appointment ol a tribunal before which all contested and disputed claims should be tried ; and here again the " dodgers" Bhowed themselves " wide awake " . The " Complete list" of the Rev . Mr . Brewster was to be sure a " little too bad ; " it was seen at once to be beBide the mark , and was scouted by his whole party . Poor Brewsteb is a sad mar-all ; wherever he appears , he is sure to " put his foot in it "; and , simply because he is too honest for the party with whom he works . He carries his whole character

      engraven on his front ; and tells people at once what he intends . This policy fits ill with the wily amalgamation of hypocrisy and cunning which constitutes the basis of the Sturgemen ' s operations . His straightforward proposition to appoint at once a committee of friends was seen to be no go , be . cause it was sure to do the very thing it did doprovoke a counter list ; and the Council well knew that if " Greek must meet Greek " , they would find themselves behind . Designing men always prefer stratagem to struggles

      The Sturgemen saw that another " dodge" could be played here . The functions of this committee were all-important ; they might yet decide the game . And hence the cunning motion of the Suffrage men , " that the nine names first drawn out of the hat should be the Committee . " Twenty-six nominations had been made—only nine were wanted . A little dexterous shuffling might manage to secure them by this process the whole , or nearly so , of the Committee ; at all events they had chance luck in their favour ; while a vote " of the Conference upon the merits of each man was almost sure to constitute

      the Committee of men who would do right . We saw a few of those who are called Chartists , voting on this motion with the ** artful dodgers , " among which were three of the delegates from Leeds , and two of those from Hull . We understand the excuse made to be , that it was a matter of minor consequence ; and that the time of the Conference wonld have been saved by the _hap-hazard mode . Tbe constituents of these parties will , of course , give to this excuse what weight they please . _Tous it is only , in the mildest view of it , an evidence of gullibility , that should make the . people very careful how they again trust the judgment of parties who have shown that they can be so easily imposed on . Fortunately , however ,

      the majority of the Conference thought differently and a Committee was appointed in whom thai majority had confidence that the matters to be brought before them would be honestly decided ; aud judging the character of the Complete Suffrage men from the conduct of their body as a whole we might probably conclude that that vote saved the Confeneace . This was evidently Mr . Bbewsisb _' s opinion , who in his ravings of disappointment at the rejection of his " Complete list , " warned hiB " Sucking Pig" friends moBt bitterly that they would find enough of room and place for repentance of the course they were pursuing ; and who , as the Dext best thing to his own " list , " supported the 4 hap-hatird" _raatioa of his more subtle friendB

      We eome now to- the grand struggle of the Conference upon the resolutions of Mr . Beggs and upon Mr . _Loveit ' s motion . Upon this we shall have so much to say _illuminative of the real animus and character of tbe " _Suekmg Pig" party ; so much to say of the many . in _^ _eakus _pufcdls dug by

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      faction for the advocates of principle ; so much to say of the clear developments of middle olass character ; and so much to say of the oily faces and yet treacherous hearts of some seeming and pretended Chartists , that we apprehend it might protract _thiB article to a length greatly beyond what oar readers would desire . Wo therefore , for the present , break off , and shall resume at this point , next week .

      The Executive.—Mr. Cooper's Plan Of Orga...

      THE EXECUTIVE . —MR . COOPER'S PLAN OF ORGANIZATION . _Wshad purposed to have no more of the Executive matter ; save what might appertain to the fulfilment of their ohallenge , if they ever do fulfil it . But it seems that " there is no pleasing them . " The opening of the Star to an exposure of their conduct was a mighty offence , of which they and their friends complained loudly ; the closing of its columns to the controversy seems to have suited them still worse ; and , as will be seen , they requiredthat the report of this , their own meeting , called by themselves , should be inserted _. Now we have shut out very many columns of wholesome strictures on their conduct from nearly all parts of the kingdom , simply because of the cry of " unfairness" set up about the using of

      the Star against them , notwithstanding that it was at the same time open to their replies . However , we will please them if we can . We have great pleasure , therefore , at the especial _raquest of Mr . James Leach and his colleagues , iu agaiu opening our columns for the insertion of this report . The report reached us only to-day ( Thursday ); we have , therefore , no opportunity to comment on it this week ; but reserve our right to do so , if necessary , at a future opportunity . We are given to understand that it is deficient in many statements of fact , aud that some of its statements are inaccurate , at which we do not at all wonder , considering the character of the meeting , which the Secretary ( Mr . Coopkii ) describes as a " Bear Garden " .

      The last Balance Sheet is also published elsewhere in our present paper . We have not yet read it . With respect to Mr . Coopeu ' s Plan of Organization , which our readers will perceive is recommended by some of the individuals who were present at the Conference , we can only at present refer to it , and request that its provisions may be carefully read . We can give no opinion on them now ; but may probably do so in our next . The matter is one in which the people should not act hastily . They should mind what they are about ; as a false step _generally taken might entail fatal consequences .

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      _Euhata . —Ih the report of the Conference proceedings , in our sixth page , 4 th column , 3 rd paragraph from the bottom , for " Mr . Lowery should oppose the motion , " read , Mr . West should oppose the motion .

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      Tpr. Secretaries Of The Shoemakers' Soci...

      _Tpr . Secretaries of the Shoemakers' Societies held in Sunderland , Greenock , and _Newcastle-on-Tyne , will oblige by immediately communicating with S . Clark , Pied Horse , _Chiswell-street _, Finsbury , and state their address . Ma . Peter Foden , of Sheffield , would be glad to know the address of Air . Peter Shorrocks . Will Caroline Maria _WiLLuws send Tier address to Susannah Inge , 23 , Great Warner-street , Clerkenwell , London , as she wislies to communicate with her 1 A Political Marttr . —His second communication has been received . JOHlf Mooney , _Colne . — We have already stated tltal

      we cannot _insert lists of Council received at this office after Wednesday morning . He will find the list he sent on Thursday in the Star of ( his week . With respect to his other report , we can only " cut our coat according to our cloth , " and curtail long reports when we have not room for them , nor time lo set them up . Correspondents muU remember that we have only a given amount of space and time for everything . Falkirk Chartists . — We do not preserve copies of communications when not inserted . We do not remember the one they allude to . B . _Buttehlkt , Halifax . — We only received the report of _tjie Halifax election after the delegates had gone to Birmingham . It was then cf no

      use . Thomas Stanford , Nottingham . —The heading was ours : t _. had reference to the money actually paid by the Chartists of Nottingham to the icamp in question . D . M . Millar , Glasgow . —Tiie letter of Daniel O'Connell lo which , he refers was in our second Edition ; it was only omitted from the first by being ( ueidentally lejt out of his parcel by our Reporter and _eonsetiuenlly not recieved soon enough . R . and J . — We have no room .

      J . C . Grady must stand over till our next . " A Chartist" must consult an attorney . 0 . P . Q . — We have no recollection of the matter . H . B . _Marlky . — We decline answering ; not conceiving the question to be a fair one . We have already given Mr . Farra ' s statement , and think that ought to satisfy Air . Afarley . A Subscriber , Ashley Wolds . —Fes . Send cash J or what you want to J . Hobson , _Northern Star Office . Is " The Feast of Kings" original 1 We rather < Uubt .

      J. Brewer.—Send The Money To Mr. John Cl...

      J . Brewer . —Send the money to Mr . John Cleave , 1 Shoe-lane , Louden : he Ib treasurer . T . Mills . —Call again about the 10 th ; they will be sent by first parcel . THOJU . _& . Holbrook . —Six weeks for each . To Agents . —Those Agents who have received theii Accounts are requested _^ to send the amounts due immediately . for the national defence fund . ' £ . a d . Prom Inverness , collected by a few friends during the Christmas Holidays ... 0 IS 0 ~ Sunderland , per Q . Esplin ... ... 0 19 6 _ Quick Stavers in Sowerby ... ~ 0 ll 0 ~ the Chartists of Hoi beck , by John Davies 0 6 0 FOR MR . ELLIS'S DEFENCE . From Henry Shann , Wortley 0 3 0 FOR MRS . ELLIS . From an aged Female Teetotaller , Tavistock 0 l 0 FOR THE CHARTIST DELEGATES TO THE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . From C . T ., Britons do your duty 0 1 6 _~ Fish , Witham 0 10

      Stockport Court Of Requests.—Embez-8leme...

      STOCKPORT COURT OF REQUESTS . —EMBEZ-8 LEMENT BY A SUB-TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .

      On Tutsday Morning Last, William Conway,...

      On _Tutsday morning last , William Conway , shoemaker , Windmill-street , appeared to answer a summons to show cause why he did not pay the sum of £ 4 8 s . 2 d ., due by him to the members of the National Charter Association resident in Stockport . Mr . James Mitchell , a member of the Association , stated the case . The sum of £ 4 8 s . 2 d ., was made up from _£ he pence of starving weavers . It was entrusted tb his ( Conway ' s ) oare as treasurer . He had already paid 2 s ., as part payment . The body had waited with great patience , expecting Conway would see the propriety of refunding the money , but all to no purpose ; and , as a last resource , they were compelled to bring him thus publicly , and try if he would brave the law , as he had done the Assooitien .

      By a Commissioner—Do you owe the money ! Conway—I do not owe Mitchell a farthing . Commissioner—Do you owe the money to the Association ? Conway—I never contracted a debt with Mr . Mitchell iu my life . Mr . Mitchell—Did you not receive the money from the Association . Conway—I don't owe you anything . Commissioner—Answer the question—do you owe the money to the Association ! Conway . —I never did owe Mr . Mitchell anvthing . Mr . Mitchell—Did you not pay Mr . Johnstone two shillings as part payment of the debt , at the same time promising to pay the rest weekly t Conway . —No ! I never paid Johnston or any one else a single farthing .

      Here Mr . Coppock interposed , and stated that Mr . Mitchell could not recover the debt , as _Conwaj was a partner ; but that each individual membei must summons him for their separate shares . Thus the matter ended . As Conway was a paying memberatthe time he committed the fraud , the debt could hot _be . recovered excepting by « ach member appearing against him for bis share , which would cost more money and trouble than the wretch is worth ! Note . —The two shillings Were paid by Conway , and entered in the books of the Association , but the system of proscription is so rigidly carried out against all that are known to be Chartists , that the individual who became treausurer subsequent to the robbery being committed , durst not appear in court against _C-iuway , fearing that immediate dismissal from his employment would be the result .

      Balance Sheet Of The Executive -Council ...

      BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE -COUNCIL JOF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , ENDING DEC . _Jlsr _, 1842 .

      RECEIPTS . Cards . £ s d Almondbury ... ... — 0 19 Birmingham , _Aahton-street — 0 10 4 Steelhouse-lane —• 1-10 Barnstaple ... i ... ... 50 0 0 0 Bristol , Youths ... ... — 0 . 6 _# Broomsgrove ... * .. 50 0 0 0 Bristol , J . N . and J . George — 0 2 0 Belper ... ' ... ... 100 0 0 0 Baruoldswick ... ... 70 0-0 0 Bilston , Mr . Linney ... ... 200 0 0 0 Bingley ... ; ... ... — 0 3 4 Bath ... ... ... — 0 4 6 Burnley ... ' , ... ... 50 0 8 4

      _Brighton , Mr . Morling ... 50 1 2 10 Mr . Flowers ... 50 0 8 4 Basford ... ! ... ... _ftO 0 14 6 Clithero ... ... ... 50 0 0 0 Cheltenham ... ... — 0 13 4 Cockermouth ... ... 60 0 0 0 Coalbrook Dale j ... ... TOO 0 11 1 Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beverage ... — 3 0 0 _Crockford's ditto ! ... ... — 0 5 0 Carlisle ... ... ... 200 10 0 Chelmsford ... ... ... — 0 2 £ Carrington ... ... ... — 0 4 0 Cullingworth ... ... — 0 8 0 Chatteris ... ... ... 1 * 0 2 0 Dalton ... — 0 13

      Denholme ... ... ... — 0 2 0 Deptford ... ... ... — 0 12 C Exeter ... 25 0 0 fl Friend , Sussex ... ... — 0 2 6 Mole ... > _ 0 0 . 8 Hanley aud Sheltbn , Mr . Simpson 50 0 0 0 Upper . Hanley , Mr . Richards 300 0 6 0 Honley ... ... ... _ 0 2 6 Haslingden ... ... ... 50 0 0 0 Hawonh ... — 0 10 Idle ... . ... ... - _^ 0 18 Kirkheaton ... ... ... — 0 4 8 Kettering ... ... ... _ 10 0 Keighley ... ... ... _ 0 4 2 _Kiugston , ... ... .. __ 0 2 6 London , Wheeler , ... ... 110 0 IU 4 Simpson , ' ... ... 84 0 14 6 Islington _^ ... ... — 0 2 0

      Tower Hamlets , Females , — 0 5 0 Westminster , _Southie , — 0 2 S Clerkenwell ,... ... 36 0 6 0 Marylebone ,... ... 100 0 8 4 _Bermondsey ,... ... 25 0 5 . 0 Cleave , \ ... ... 100 0 0 C Bootmakers , Brittain _niaCeffeehouse , j ... ... — 0 2 0 Stuff Hatters ... ... 6 0 11 0 Brompton & Knightsbridge , 0 10 9 Rock Locality , Carpenters , 0 2 1 Shoreditch , ... ... — 0 3 0 Milend , Shaw , ed . cds . 4 0 2 0 Lambeth , Youths ... 12 0 2 0 Gold Beater ' s Arms ... — 0 2 0 Camberwell ... ... — 0 2 6 Tower Hamlets ... — 0 2 6 Star Coffee-house ,

      Goldenlane j ... ' ... — 0 17 5 Bloomsbury ... ... 12 0 7 0 Three Doves , Tailors ... — 0 2 0 Marylebone ... ... — 0 3 0 King aud iQ , ueen , Foley-st . — 0 8 0 Sc . Pancras ... ... 25 0 4 2 Hammersmith ... — 0 9 0 Finsbury I ... ... — 0 4 0 Carvers and Gilders ... 18 0 5 0 Clockbouse ... ... 36 0 6 0 Leicester , ! Cooper ... 540 0 0 0 Leeds ... ... 200 2 0 0 Liverpool , 12 ed . cds . and ... 80 0 0 0 Loughboro ... ... ... 300 0 0 0 Longton ... 120 0 0 0

      Lewes ... ... ... _ 0 3 0 Llanledoes ... ' ... ... 20 0 0 C Manchester Youths , ed . cds . ... 6 0 0 C Manchester Fustian Cutters ... 80 0 0 0 Manchester Mechahios ... 52 0 0 0 Manchester Smiths ... ... 50 0 0 0 Manchester Painters ... ... — 011 0 Manchester Shoemakers ... — 0 8 0 Nottingham Democratic Chapel — 0 10 . 0 Nag ' s ( Head ... — 0 10 O Raacliffe Arms ... — 0 10 0 Robin } Hood ... — 13 0 Norwich ... ' _ 0 10 0 Preston ... ... ... 35 0 0 0 Rotherham ... ... ... loo 0 0 0 Ross ... ... 100 0 0 0

      Richmond ... ... ... — 0 5 0 Salisbury ... ... ... _ 0 4 2 Sowerby ... ... ... _ 0 5 5 Stafford ... 1 ... ... ___ 0 5 0 Star Coffee-house ... — 2 12 0 j Sheffield ... ed . cds . 12 448 0 0 0 Political Institute ( Harney ) 300 0 0 0 _Sunnyside ... ' ... ... 90 0 0 0 Sheerness ... ... ... 0 2 0 St . Albans ... ... 16 3 0 0 0 Shipley ... _ 0 0 8 Todmorden ... ... ... _ 10 0 Tavistock ... ... ... is 0 10 2 Worcester ... ... ... C 4 0 0 0

      Wilton ... _ 0 3 C _Wilsden ... ... ... — 0 13 Yew Green ... ... ... _ 0 3 2 Yeovil ... ... ... _ 0 6 0 Total Income ... £ 34 16 0 EXPENCES . To 5 , 000 Cards printing ... ... 5 10 0 To 13 weeks' wages for Leach ... 0 0 0 Ditto , ditto j M'Douall ... 6 0 Q Ditto , ditto Bairstow ... 7 12 0 To Postage for 12 weeks ... ... 2 17 2 I ' o Stationer , ditto ... ... ... 0 17 2 I ' o Newspapers . _* . ... ... 0 8 6 Secretary travelling _Ifrom Liverpool to

      London .. ; . ... ... 2 2 0 Error in Tavistock account ... ... 0 11 0 Due to Treasurer last Balance-sheet ... 113 ? , £ Secretary ' s wages for ; 15 weeks ... 7 4 2 _£ Total Expences £ U 16 0

      To The Members Of The National Charter A...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Friends and Fellow-labourers in the cause of injured humanity , —In taking the liberty of addressing you on a subject in which I feel as much interested as though Ij was one of year members , and with which men are { connected , on both sides , for whom I entertain the highest respect ; my object is not to take any particular side in the matter , but to point out to you what I told many of your friends at Birmingham , what I consider your duty to be , sot only to yourselves , but to all concerned , and the only means by which the matter can be set at rest .

      While at Birmingham last week , attending the Conference , I observed with painful feelings the spirit created by the disputes between the Executive and other parties . This spirit , I am sorry to find , is not confined to the { Executive on the one hand , and an individual or two on the other ; but on the one hand are found large numbers complaining against tne Executive , and , on the other , as may _oaturally be supposed ; , others complaining of what they consider unjust attacks on the Executive . While there , 1 attended two meetings of delegates , ( that is delegates who are members of the National Charter Association ) met to consider the dispute between Mr . Hill and the Executive , and , after what appeared to me to be irrelevant discussion for two nights , the matter was left no better than they found it , but rather worse .

      The Executive and their friends complained of Mr , Hill ' a conduct ; others ( justifiedhis position ; while a third party preferred ! grave and serious charges against certain members of the Executive . As to the disputes baid to exist between Mr . Hill and the Executive , that is a matter between those parties , in their individual _capacity . The Executive insinuate , or threaten , serious charges against Mr . Hill . With these things , as an Association , it appears to me you have nothing _tq do . Regarding the charges against the Executive . it is not only your right , but it is your imperative duty' to make the most searching inquiry ; therefore I would earnestly impress upon _pou the necessity of ( appointing a committee to ludit the books , with positive instructions to require

      the Secretary to show vouchers for all monies paid on account of the JExecutive , such vouchers ta show in detail , to the laist shilling , as well as entries in the books , in detail , of all monies received by the Executive . By these ; means alone can you see whether your funds have been properly expended , and give eaoh looality jan opportuaity of knowing whether their payments aro duly accounted for ; and , above all , by these means alone can you do justice to the character of the Executive . The Executive , in order to j have themselves set right with the country , wer e * in duty bound to have demanded this ordeal . I pressed it on some of them with whom I met at Birmingham . I also urged it

      on a number of the delegates . I told both thai without this the country ! would never be satisfiedthat no resolutions , however favourably expressed _, or wherever passed , would , in the absence of the most searching inquiry into the Executive ' s books , satisfy the country . \ I was told that John-Campbell had said that the Association owe him a balance of wages , _ard that he will not give up the books till that balance is pa . _'d him . I hope this lis not true . Mr . Campbell wou Id , in adopting this course , injure his own case , and 6 hew himself grievously ignorant of hie position . He ca . inot hold the books . Without this enquiry who ca . i tell whether wages are due to him cr not ? The cau : _^ in which we jare engaged demands this , ihe eharac _^ r of your servants demands it . . When

      To The Members Of The National Charter A...

      . . this ia done , thf , n , and not till then , does it become the Executive , to put Mr . Hill on hia trial . If it can be _ehevri that Mr . Hill is guilty of what is insinuated against him , let it be done in due course ; but do not mix up that with the charges against your _servants . Let Mr . Hill be as base as he is repre * senteu , that is no reason why yoa , as an Association , should not look strictly after your own servants Mr . Hill is not the only one who charges them with not having done their duty ; the matter is not between them and Mr . Hill , it is between you and them You have erred in leaving the matter to be discussed between your servants and any other party ; bat though you may have done wtong in not putting the matter to right earlier , that is no reason you

      should continue in the wrong now . I tender you the same advice I did to them . I told Leach he was injuring himself ; that he ought to demand a committee to audit their books . I hope James Le ach is possessed of too much good sense to overlook this . Let that committee be now appointed . Let it be a committee of clear headed , business men * men who will place the matter in a clear and indis » putable light before the cojntry . Let the Secretary supply that committee with a journal of the Executive ' s tours during the last season , shewing the _^ name of every locality visited ; where their expense was paid , either in part or in whole also the amount of cash paid them over and above * their expenses . Let every locality be corresponded

      with by some responsible party _. Tequringa statement of all transactions with the Executive . Let these be compared , and see whether they will correspond with the statement produced b * y the Executive ; and let the result be published . Any attempt short of this to establish the innocence of the Executive , must and will prove abortive . Let the conduct of Mr . Hill be subjected to an equally searching inquiry ; and should the offences with which some charge him be established , the country will judge him accordingly . A public meeting may bo a fitting tribunal in Mr . Hill ' s

      case , but the man who would attempt to bring th © case of the Executive before a publio meeting , er aa some spoke of , a meeting of delegates , betrays ignorance of law . Money mat ters are to be settled—it is not the mere politician that is to be consulted in these matters , it is the dry-matter-of-fact-businessman that must be brought to play . Speeches _wjll not make up figures , nor will opinion , however high it may run , supply or prevent the means of striking a balance ; facts alone can be found to suit the pains-taking book-keeper , while party spint > nd prejudice may supply the necesssay means to suit the purposes of the wily politician .

      Trusting these facts will be taken as they are given , in friendship , I subscribe myself , Your brother labourer , In the cause of suffering humanity John _Colquhoun . Glasgow , Jan . 2 , 1843 .

      To The Editor Of The Northern Star. Sir—...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir—On Sunday la 8 t , one of those authsritea denominated a constable , made his appearance in onr Association Room , for the fourth time , he being , as is always the case , drunk , which to us is a source of great annoyance ; immediately he began with his usu % l blackguard language , and threatening what he would do . He _brought four other constables with him , but they were sober and gave no annoyance whatever . The drunken constable demanded our books , which are oar individual property , we having formed a library for our mu t u al inst ru ction . He also demanded our license , which we on a former occasion produced , when he demanded to see it . He has also intimated a threat of Betting Ere to our meeting place , it being in a lonely situation . We desire that you would point oat the line af conduct we should pursue , and give it in the forth * _uoming Star . By so doing you will oblige the members of the Association of Siddall . Joseph Denton , sub-Secretary .

      To The Editor Of The Northern Siar. Srr,...

      to the editor of the northern siar . SrR , —Seeing iu your Star a letter signed Thomas Rail ton , imputing to me something of a very serious nature , my character being at stake , necessarily compels me to this explanation , and I do it with no unfriendly feelings to the writer , or anyone else . The writer's first charge is , that the Star of tho 10 th of December , stated that I received my credentials from the delegate meeting , and the certificate , & c . My reply is , that my certificate and credentials were given me by " order" of the aforesaid meeting , and if I have stated that I got them from the delegate meeting and the Council , I am not far wrong—the act of the one was by the order of the other .

      The writer says , I " pleaded guilty" to some charges brought against me . and by using the words " pleaded guilty , " he would have your readers to inter that I had done something of such a dark dye , that it came under the denomination of guilt , and therefore I *• pleaded" poverty . Now , Sir , allow me to say , I did not plead , I merely made a plain statement of my inability to pay debts that I had brought on myself through my voluntary and disinterested exertion , in thesacred cause in which I have been engaged . No one at that meeting charged me with any guilt but this , and I

      think no one doubted the purity of my motives and the goodness of my intentions , but the person that was destitute both of ** honesty or courage ; " aye that person who was not summoned , I could prove that that person is the cause of my having to come sixty miles to answer to that which I should not have had to answer , but for the foolish report he had set abroad to damn me , at my first coming out _} and under his calumnies 1 have suffered this seven months , and which is an old grudge of these thirteen years' standing , 1829 or 30 , and through the same persona * influence the infamous Griffin wrote to Halifax condemning me as a spy .

      Now I gave notice through the Star of my intention to be at the delegate meeting a month previous . Why did not that person meet me ? I came from Yorkshire , and he had not to come ten yaids , as he lives close at hand . Now although that person did not appear at the meetings of the delegates or the council , both the delegates and the council were made acquainted with what that gentleman had to bring forward , and the council at last heard my

      answer . Sir , the only charge that can be made against me is , that in my zeal to serve the cause , I have got into some small difficulties that I oannot meet ; I believe altogether they will not amount to forty shillings , and at the time this matter first began were not twenty . There lies my guilt , and I hare had it hanging ou my mind until it has made my life miserable . It shall spread no further . I return my credentials ; and although I have done that against the Repealers and Manufacturers that has shut me out from getting employment , I cannot bear the anxiety of mind that I have suffered any longer . I shall fulfil my prc » sent engagements and retire from political agitation , s , nd likewise give notice that I shall appear before -he council of Manchester next week , and am willing to explain and answer any thing required .

      I beg leave to thank the various localities that I have served , for their kindness to me , and I wish _, them success in the glorious cause they are struggling for . Auy one wishing to correspond with me , may direct to Mr . Brown ' s Coffee House , New-cross , Manchester . Yours till death , Thomas Dickinson , The Manchester Packer

      Turkish Fashion On Making Coffee.—People...

      Turkish Fashion on Making Coffee . —People of all _casse-i in Constantinople use these drinks . A good cup of strong coffee may be had for a farthing , and a glass of sherbet for a little more . Their coffee is made in a simple , easy manner , and most expeditiously . When a single cup is called for , the attendant in the coffee-house puts hot water into a little copper pan , or rather pot ; puts it over a charcoal fire for an instant to make it boil , then adds a proportion of well-ground or pounded coffse , either alone or mixed with sugar , _recurns it again to the fire to boil far an instant , and the _cofEje is made . It is poured , boiling hot , into a small porcelain cup , and handed to the oustomer ; the coarser grounds quickly subside in a few seconds , whilst cooling down to the _drinking point . Disagreeable at first , a taste for this strong unolarified coffee is soon acquired . It is an excellent and safe substitute for a dram , —Dr . Davy ' s Notes and Observations .

      The Hanwell P \ uper , Lonati . c Asylum . —Five years ago , that benevolence which prompts to holy deeds induced the present matron of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell ( Mrs . Bowden ) to make an attempt to infuse some of tbe joyousness of the great Christian festival amongst a selection of the demented inmates of that institution . From thirty to forty of the female patients were thenentertaind for the first time in the baziar ward , whioh was decked with evergreens for the ocoasion , with music , tea , and other suitable refreshments . The party separated at an early hour , and was closed by the singing of the Evening Hymn . Nearly three hundred of the female patients , for the most part she incurably insane , were assembled together on

      the eve of the present New Year , ( Saturday last ) . A small room adjoining the gallery was decorated and fitted np as a refreshment-room for the Visiting Magistrates and other visitors . After the patients had partaken of tea and cake , they mingled in the dance with the attendants , to the _mcic of a pianoforte . There were present to witness this interest ing spectacle , besides the superintending physician _. Dr . Conolly , the officers and their families , two of _tfie Visiting Justices—Messrs . H . Pownall , and J . Bailey . Among the visitors was the celebrated Mainzer , who also kindly lent his aid for the gratification of the party , and sang two or throe p leasing melodies on the occasion . These entertainments to the insane , simple as they are in themselves , are _femnd to have permanently beneficial effects .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns5_07011843/page/4/