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      T. Duncombe, M.P.

      T . DUNCOMBE , M . P .

      With The Northern Siar Of This Day, The ...

      With the Northern Siar of this day , the subscribers will receive a most excellent likeness , got Bp in first-rate style , of the Presenter of the _jkTTONAL Petition of 1842 , signed by 3 . 500 , 000 jBritish subjects . To make that memento of the fom and-figure of the Chartist M . P . as valuable as may be , we have procured from a friend the following notice of the political labours of Mr . Duncombe ; Bo that the reader will have his life in words along frith the pictcral representation of his person .

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      Public Life And Services Of Thomas Sling...

      PUBLIC LIFE AND SERVICES OF THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . " Though born of the aristocracy—be be ' . engs to the people . " The Honourable Member for Finrbury is one of the lew who prefer the approval of the people to the follies of party . Spurning to soil hi * hand * with the misdeeds of the aristocracy , he haa left their rank * , in which by birth he was placed , and be ia now tiie pride and tbe hope of democracy . He is the eldest son of Thomas pnnoombe _, Esq ., of Copgrove , a very small villa-re in yorkBbire . His father i * tbe only brother of Lord "Feverabam _, ef Duncombe Park , and hi * mother was the eldest daughter of Doctor Hinchllffe , late Bishop of Peterborough The founder of tbe Duncombe family

      _apr-ears to bave been Sir Charles Dancombe , who was Lord Mayor of London in 1709 . In 1747 Anthony Puncombe was created Lord Ftversham , but the title became extinct to 1763 in consequence of hi * dying without issue . The present Lord waa created in 1826 He msnied the daughter of the Earl of Dartmouth . Two of Mr . Dancombe ' s brothers are in holy orders , and Lord _Feversham has considerable church patronage . Several of tbe family bave occupied seat * in Parliament . The Hon . _Cspt Arthur Dancombe sat for East Ketford in 1 SS 0 . He waa rejected afterwards fer his opposition to Beform ; but In 1835 be was re-elected . Major the Hon . Wm . Dancombe represented North Yorkshire tor some years ; and at length for hia violent Tory politic * he lost bis seat Surrounded with relatives such as those

      whom we bave enumerated , educated in tbe lap of luxury and fashion , gifted with great personal attractions , and with a disposition lively and social , it might bave been expected that other pursuits would have entirely occupied Mr . Dnncombe ' * mind , and that the -protection of the poor -would not hare been the orgect of bis car * . Thi * , however , baa happily not been tbe nee . He entered Parliament tor Hertford in tbe year 2826 , together with Mr . Byron , and from tbat period be has been the unflinching advocate of everything conducive to the pnblic welfare . Before tha election bis opponent waa Mr . N . Calvert , the late member for the Borough , but he withdrew ; and on the day of no-- _* ai ation , the candidate * were Messrs . Byron , Dancombe , and Bnlwer . There were 393 vot _* s fer both Dancombe and Byron , and 301 for their

      opponent-A : first the Hon . Member spoke but little in Parliament , although he voted very regularly . With the _exception of presenting petition * , bis debut in the _Houae waa on January 31 , 1828 , when he defended the eonduct of Sir Edward C _^ _drington at Navarino _, although he considered that engagement an " untoward event . " Oa this occasion he spoke very briefly ; but in tbe _fouowing month he made a bolder effort . It waa concerning the mysterious change in tbe Mi * . 'istry , which took place in 1823 . This _speech , which provoked Sir Robert Peel to attempt a reply , at ooce

      stamped Air . Dancombe as a formidable opponent of the aristocratic party . It was one of those trite , dtzaling , independent speeches which _characterize tbe subject of onr sketch . The next effort waa in favour of Catholic Emancipation , for which he _presented a petition in March , 1829 . from Sheffield and the neighbourhood , signed by 32 , 000 adults . Upon the introduction of tbe Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform , in Hay , 1 S 31 , be ' gave it his strenuous support , alledging tbat it was the commencement of the downfall of monopoly . About the middle of the Session of 1831 Mr . Duncombe rose rapidly inte notice and estimation .

      The borough of _Aldboronih was originally placed in Schedule A of the Reform Bill ; in other word * , it was to be disfranchised ; but the Tories made an effort to place the borough in Schedule B , which would leave it with tbe right to return a member . Mr . Duncombe , on the _27 _LO . of July , showed up this job , and moved that what he called " tbe rotten stinking borough" be placed again in Schedule A He proved tbat it was a mere nomination borough , the only real elector being the Duke of Newcastle . Lord Siormcnnt said Mr . Dancombe ' * own brother was one of the constituency of AidbGrougb , and be asked tne Hon . Member for

      Hertford , if be meant to include him , in tbe charge of corruption which be had made against tbe borough generally ? Mr . Duncombe replied in gallant style ; and after a sharp debate , bis motion was of course lost . In tae following Angnst , an affair took place in tbe House of Common * , which showed the bullies and plunderers tbat in Mr . Dnncombe tbey bad caught a Tartar indeed ; _Goulbonrn brought a charge against Lord Durham for having acted improperly in respect of a northern election . Mr . Duncombe , as Lord Durham ' s friend , said be wonld not ait still and hear him traduced ; and he added that "be would meet the side-wind

      charge as it deserved to be met , and pronounce it to be a base and wicked calumny . " Amidst roars of « ' chair , chair , ' * and other Babel-like noises , tbe chair-, man told Mr . D . that " in his calmer and more sober j moments he would not use such terms . " Dancombe : nobly replied " tbat be was calm acd sober enough , j and that he meant what he said . " Peel , Hardinge , ' Inglis , and a host of others , fell foul upon the Hon . Member - but he would not budge an inch . He decla- j red that " nothing ahould induce him to retract the \ sentiment he had uttered , until tbat which produced it _, bad been withdrawn . He cared not what penalty he ! jmzhi incur . If that penalty were imposed npon . bim j tsr telling the truth , by that truth he w ? s _nerertheless ;

      ready to abide . " Amidst all kind * of threats and in- ; treaties to " explain , " Mr . Duncombe stuck to bia j text , even to the last ; and , from tbat day to this , does ; Goulbum stand accused , without any palliation , of , luring uttered " a base and wicked calumny . " It was ¦ a glorious triumph for tbe young member , and it caused J the brawlers of faction ever afterwards to observe j towards bim a respectful silence . Such a man was not \ likely to find favour in the eyes ot any of tbe ariato- j eraey . The Marquis of Salisbury , who bad great , Influence in Hertford , was much annoyed that Mr . j Dnncombe ehculd represent it ; and this annoyance was j greatly increased by Mr . D ' s . bringing the condnct of ¦ the Marquis before Parliament , for illegally interfering j in election * . j

      A strong contempt of tbe assumption of merit -wben it does not exist , has at all times been a strong point in Mr . Duncombe ' _s character . On Lord Ehrington _' s celebrated motion , just after tbe Lords had thrown ont the Reform Bill , he delivered a speech , at which the hair of Sir Charles Wetberal fairiy stood on end . Whilst _dditDjing tbe peers , he ( Mr . Dancombe . was called te order ; and therefore , he said , " as he might not talk about the peers of the present day , he wonld aay What D ; Foe said of them , a century and a half ago , Viz — " WeaHb , however got , in England , makes Lords of mechanics , gentlemen of rakes ; _Antiquity and birth are needless here , 'lisimpudence and money makes the peer . "

      Me followed up this attack upon the peerage by exposing some discreditable trick of Lords Salisbury and Veruium , _relatiTe to a pretended address from the county cf Hertford , to William IVtb , by which it was sought to represent that county as hostile te reform . The exposure of the practical falsehood of which the two noble Lords _wtre guilty waa most complete ; and their ore _against Mr . Duncombe knew no bounds . He maufe himself still further obnoxious to this " order" by askirg the most searching questions re ' ati-re to the Jntrikues wbich was carried on May _3 S 32—and he ridiculed the idea that any reform was to be expected from lb * Tories In exposing their imbecility , from the r . > jsl D « ikes downwards , he spoke of ihe illustrious Cumberland and tbe _sapierd Gloucester—and amidst the fierce party contentions « f the day , Mr . Dancombe ever occupied a foremost part , true to bis principles and tbe people .

      Late in 1832 a Bill was brought before the House to prevent Bribery at Election * , into which Mr . D . vainly _endeavoured to _introduce clauses wbich would materially have improved it He sought also to prevent Peers from interfering at elections , —and with these labours bis career a * Member for Hertford closed . A general election took place , and it pleased the Marquis of Salisbury that Lords Mabon and lngestrie should sit for the town which Mr . Dancombe had represented so welL Their Lordships were returned accordingly , the numbers of the votes being , for

      Lord lngestrie -J 32 Lord Mabon 3 S 1 Mr . Dnncombe 329 Mr . Spalding ... . _ lt-6 Mr . Dnncombe petitioned against this return , and the two _lordlings were declared to have been not duly elected . The Committee also reported that bribery and tre & tir _. g had been much resorted to at tbe election . The new writ for Hertford was for some time suspended ; and a formal resolution was passed by the Bfctse of Commons condemning the corrupt practice In tbe town . Mr . Duncombe being relieved from Parliamentary duties , showed by hi * attendance at public meetings , * t , that hia most ardent desire was still to serve bia country .

      A Tacancy occurring in the representation of the _en-Igbtened and liberal borough of _Finabury , by tbe departure of Mr . Grant for Bombay , in 1834 , Mr . Duncombe wa * moat honourably elected to _Buceeed bim ; and never was a representative more beloved by hia _-eonstituenta He was no sooner in "Parliament again than he commenced h ™ fanner -rigorous onslaught upon cerrnption . In Jnly be assailed Chnrch rate * : he _opposed and defeated an attempt to carry a _rebbing tithe Bill for TJpwell in tbe county ef Cambridge : he also brought forward a motion against logging in tie army , "• _" _¦ d he spoke in favour of a Bearching inquiry into the _corruption of the lordly borough of Warwick . In 183 S he- " -poke very ably in favour of Lord Morpeth * * _amendffiert upon the address in reply to his Majesty * speech * . the object of tbe amendment being tbe extension of

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      reform;—and during tbe " Sibbath Observance Bill " he resisted a canting attempt to close the coffeehouses on Sunday . The Spanish _misaiou of Lord Elliot waa exposed by him : —he espoused the ease of Colonel Bradley , and be _opposad the Lords amendment * in tbe Corporation Reform BilL In a feeling speech on Foreign affair * , in February 1836 , he recommended tbe English Government to urge upon the French Ministry to grant the prayer of Prince Polignac , for his liberty , upon condition that he , hia wife and children expatriated themselves . He aaid that that wife and the mother of those children was a British _sul > _ject , and consequently had an additional claim upon British sympathy .

      From this period _11 * 536 ) Mr . D . has spoken » o often in Parliament , tbat it must suffice to notice some of tbe more imp * rtant measures in which he haa been engaged . Foremost amongst these must be placed his co-itinual remonstrances against the manner in which magistrates are appointed , and also against the fantastic trick * , and odious injustices , wbich they perpetrate with impunity . The trickery of what was called " a Parliamentary Survey of Church lands , " was laid bare by the Hon . Member ; and ever since May , 1836 , tbe New Poor Law has had iu bim a resolute foe . Again

      and again has he _endeavoured , though In vain , to improve ths Registration Courts . No man laboured more strenuously against the stamp duty on _newspapers , and he has done his utmost to shield benefit societies from the disastrous injuries which pragmatical legislation has inflicted upon them . The exposure of jobbing in railway shares wa * a subject to which be successfully applied himself in 1837 ; and whilst supporting tbe Beer Bill , be told a humourous anecdote of a Yorkshire par-son , wbo let hi * parsonage house for a beershop .

      Mr . Duncombe began tbe session of 1839 , by moving an amendment to the address , in reply to the Royal speech . Ihe amendment -was Btconded by Mr . Ward . It was to the following effect;—" Tbat the amendment of the representative system , . enacted in 1832 , had disappointed the people : that it was not and could net be a final measure , and that it was tbe duty of the house to take immediate steps towards its further improvement " He supported this amendment in a most powerful speech , and after a long debate , only 86 members voted for it , whilst 426 recorded their votes against it . At tbe commencement of Lent in tbe same year an obscure attempt to suppress theatrical repres ntations on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , was made by the Lord

      Chamberlain , at tbe instigation of the maw worm ecclesiastics , who delight in curtailing the happiness of the people . Nothing could exceed the folly of this attempt ; for , as tbe Lord Chamberlain ' s authority extends only to Westminster , all the theatre * beyond tbat district might be- open as usu & L February 28 th , Mr . Dancombe Za & de a motion In Parliament by which this foolish endeavour was upset . On behalf of the actors he aaid , «* he did not see why , if Mr . Rice , of Downing-street , received his salary on Wednesdays and Fridaya in Lent , Mr . Rice of the Adelphi iJim Crow ) should be deprived of his . " So completely did Mr . Duncombe turn tbis humbug into ridicule , and so thoroughly did he display it * cant and hypocrisy , by enumerating the Lenten dinners , < £ c , in which tbe

      clergy and other * indulged—that he carried his motion by a large majority , much to tbe joy of the Thespians . But her Majesty * Ministers , did their best to prevent tbe resolution thus passed from being acted upon . Undaunted by tbeir petty intrigues , and firmly attached to tbe independence of Parliament , Mr . D . on the 11 th of March , moved a resolution , condemnatory of the conductof ministers ; but be withdrew , on a pledge being given by Lord John Russell that all be wanted should be conceded . Frequently did Mr . Duncombe urge upon Parliament the necessity of further reform , and , in March , 1836 . be did bo in a speech wbich may be considered his master-piece . Only eighty-one voted with him , -whilst more than one of the pretending Reformers strongly reminded biui of " the impolicy of takiiig such a course at the present time . " After holding up to

      scorn the bungling and dangerous nature of the City and Metropolitan Police Act , he resisted an attempt te get £ 10 , 000-for tbe police in Birmingham , and only found two others to support bim ! In Stochdale ' s celebrated case , he showed that tbe Houae stultified itself at every step , aud tbat It wa * afraid of coming into contact with tbeCourteof Law . It was Mr . Dancombe wbo first called the attention of Parliament to tbe atrocious case of Jehn Thorogood , whose cruel imprisonment for several months for non-payment of 5 s . 6 d . chnrch rates , will be fresh in the memory of alL The House lamented thi * imprsonment , and pledged itself by a _aolemn resolution to amend the laws concerning Church Rates ; in tbe following ji & _udon . Mr . _Duriconibe introduced a bill to effect this amendment , which was thrown out by a majority of 117 to 62 . He was equally unsuccessful in his opposition to the Poor Law Bill .

      In March , 1840 , Mr . Leader moved an address to tbe Q-aeen for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and Mr . Duncombe supported it As a question of law , he held thatthe statute of the 7 tb of Anne , c 12 . with regard to ihe delivery of the lists to persons accused of treason , was so clear that it only required a reference to Johnson ' s Dictionary , and not to the fifteen Judges , to understand it- It was so plain tbat the feeling pf tbe country was " that if these unhappy men eould not be legally executed , ihey could not be _legacy transported . " Only seven members voted for the motion , viz . Mess *** . Leader , Home , Duncombe , Fielden , Disraeli , Hector , and Wakley . Tbe protection of individuals has always been a feature in Mr . Dancombe ' s conduct . When a poor man named Cone was sent to prison under circumstance * of unprecedented cruelty by a parson justice , Mr . Duncombe V 6 ted for a Committee to inquire inte tbe case ; and he exerted himself nobly te rescue L _*» vett and Collin * from tbe hardships tbey

      endured in Warwick gaoL in May , Mr . Duncombe presented a petition from a large meeting at _Bridworth , in Yorkshire , complaining that Mr . Feargus O'Connor was treated in York gaol the same as burglars , felons , and reputed murderer * . They stated the indignities he ha'l to endure , and contrasted bis treatment with that of Sir F .-Burdett , Cobbett , and others . The facts of this odious case are well known , and will never be forgotten , so Ions ; as a hatred of oppression lives in the bosoms of Britons . The treatment of Henry "Vincent was also denounced by the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and tbe tyrants who were its authors were made to quail before hi * sarcastic and powerful eloquence . — When the petition of Mr . Baines , the Leicester Church Rite martyr , was presented , and the Whigs wished to refuse it , Mr Duncombe gave it his support , and warned tbe House _against persisting in making further encroachments upon the right te petition , which be said the pt-ople would not and ought not to bear .

      To Mr . Duncombe were entrusted an immense number of petitions for the release of persons in gaol for political offeDces , in 1841 . On the 25 th of May , he called attention to these petitions . One had 1 , 300 , 000 signatures of the industrious classes . There was also another from Manchester , with 9 . yy" signatures , and others from sundry places -wiih signatures to the number of 48 . 884 . _Tht-se prayed , first , for the liberation of the political prisoners confined in the gaols of Great Britain ; secondly , for a free pardon to Frost . Williams , and Jones ; and thirdly , for the Charter . The debate upon the first of these three prayers was bo recent that we need only say it was lost by the casting vote of the Speaker . Mr . Dancombe ' s exertions for facilitating the registration of voters are well known .

      Having been again triumphantly returned for Finsbury , he elicited from Sir Robert Peel in the first debate of the session , that there was alarming distress iu the country . In February be voted against there being any duty on corn , and he voted also against a twenty shillings duty . Well aware of the dreadful abuses of the gaol system , be moved for a committee to enquire thereinto , but without success , —although recent disclosures must now compel the legislature to take tbe subject up . To the Income Tax he gave all the opposition in his power , —and also to the Rural Police . Of the " Gilbert Unions" he has beeu the uncompromising friend , and spared no pain * to rescue them from the merciless grasp of tbe Poor Law Commissioners . Of his more recent proceedings it is

      unnecessary to speak further , for they are fresh in tbe minds and hearts of the public In Mason's case he behaved nobly—the iDsulters of M'Douall , at Deptford , were duly chastised by him—and when be stood in tbe _Houf-e of Commons , presenting the great National Petition , he occupied a position which be would not exchange for all the money which corruption could collect , nor for all the tinsel honours which power could bestow . Throwing to the winds the sneers of the " ignoble great" who surrounded him , he proclaimed himself the champion of the poor . He forced upon tbeir " dull _eara" the heart-rending tale of public sufferint :, whilst grateful thousand * of those upon whom ¦ . miction had fallen learned to pronounce his name with respect and affection .

      The above statement of tbe service * of Mr . Duncombe relates chiefly to thcee which be haa performed in Parliament . But in point of fact these are only the key to tbe great exertion * wbich be baa unceasingly need for the pnblic welfare . There ia no great question a & _eting public liberty to which he doe * not devote himself , by attending pnblie meeting * , by giving audience * , and holding a very _extenaiae correspondence . One of tbe best tests of bis _popularitj * Is the amazing _naraber of petition * with which he is entrusted for presentation . Courteous and accessible to all , he ia a general favourite . Even hia enemies in politics g ive bim the praise due to a kind , gentlemanly , sincere , and upright man . Hi * personal appearance is greatly in his . fcvour , —and whilBt the aid of hi * _tailax and e £ the toilet are not disregarded by hi _' ja , he is anything bnt a fop- Aa a speaker be ia fear ' . esa , but _camjMsed i and it is impossible-to turn hira frem . bis

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      purpose . Whenever be speaks he takes care to understand his subject He uses facts with great adroitness and applies sly sarcasm with immense effect Tn _* - renegade Sir James Graham ha * bad most _painful proof of thia The popularity * f Mr . Duncombe _is * rapidl _> increasing . He is in the prime of life , and much ma > yet be expected from him . There is not In Parliament a more sincere and determined friend of the people than "HONEST TOM DUNCOMBE , 'Finsbnry _' a Pride and England ' s Glory .

      Feargus O'Connor To His Brother "Conspir...

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO HIS BROTHER " CONSPIRATORS . "

      Bboiheb Conspirators.—You Who Have "Coos...

      BBOIHEB Conspirators . —You who have " coospired" with me for now more than Beven years to propogate the glorious principles of democracy b ) argument and reasoning , and who met on tbe 17 th of Aug ., at Manchester , and there " conspired" to save life and property from destruction , a _ to guard the poor frem the snares that were set for them ; you , " conspirators , " who were unknown to each other until you met upon the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , ' who were openly elected in July to meet on the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , " who are charged in an indictment for having originated routs , riots , and tumults which took place on the 1 st of

      August and previous days ; you , " conspirators , " who sat with open doors , and admitted every person who chose to seek admission ; you , " conspirators , " wbo refused to receive a deputation from the Trades' Committee because it would be illegal ; you , " conspirators , " whose manly address had the magical effect of turning what threatened to be physical revolution into a sudden calm ; y ou , " conspii ators , " who were compelled to abandon a pubiic place of meeting , lest tbe flocking of crowds about you should lead to a breach of the peace ; you , " conspirators , " who are all honest men , and many of whom , to my own knowledge , have walked ten miles in pelting rain , and in the dead of night , in _hunger , refusing a purse of gold from tbe League ; you , " conspirators , " Authority is greatly alarmed at you !

      I learn that many poor fellows who have been served with a law process which tbey did not understand , went off to Liverpool under the apprehension that tbey were to be tried there ; and I write thia letter to set your minds right upon the subject The eftVct of tbe paper with wbich you have beeen served is to remove your trials into the Court of Queen ' s Bench ; not that you are to bo tried in Westmbuter Hall , but that you are to be tried at Liverpool in tbe Nisi Prius Court , and by special jury instead of being tried in the Criminal Court by a petty jury .

      Now , you " dirty devils , " what do you think of yourselves and your leveling system ? There is elevation for you ! bringing you nearer your peers . This course , however , enable * me now to answer many applications which before I could not reply to . Asa matter of course , you who have families will be anxious as to the probability of being tried at a Winter Assiz . es ; and as you suppose I can answer everything , many look to me upon tbe subject ; and one querist actually asked me— " are you going to bave another special commission to try us" ?

      The effect of thiB process is , that we cannot now be tried at a special commission , as the Queen ' s Bench has not jurisdiction over auch a tribunal ; we must now be tried at the General _Aesizn , or at the bar of the Queen ' s Bench , befere tbe Judges of tbat court . I have complied with all that the law require * for those under bail , and those in tbe Indictment who bave not yet been taken . I have so far saved them from being attached and imprisoned

      without tria l . M'Douall and all have compiled with all tbat is now required of tbem ; and , although I am very cautious about giving advice , I would strongly recommend every man , against whom true bills bave been found and wbo I * now in tbe country , to procure the required amount of bail and surrender , in order to save themselves from being out-lawed , the effect of which would be to deprive thun of all their civil rightswrist a _fooa / mad to _piaca thorn in a mnch _woraa position if taken .

      Many parties write to me to know how they are to get a cepy of tbe indictment The way I got it was by paying ten pounds , ai . d I know of no other means . I cannot spare it for the present , but on next Saturday it shall appear in ths Northern Star , For my own part , except for tbe enormous expense , I should be well pleased with the dodge ; although the object is to make much ado about nothing . It is evidently done with the intention of making scarecrows of us , to frighten the League upon the one hand , and to

      unite tbe landlords and money-lords upon the other band , by showing the great importance that Her Majesty ' s Government attaches to the affair . For myself , I wouid much rather be tried by a special jury , than by a petty jury for any other political offence than tbat of opposing the League ; and I would much rather be tried at Westminster Hall than at Liverpool , However , you may rest assured tbat tbe best defence that tbe profession of tbe law will admit of shall be made for you all .

      I have no more to say now , but to call on you to set to work for tbe Birmingham _Conference . The elections have commenced well at Birmingham . I tha * . k my friends ; and assure them that , with my consent , they shall not be sold to the League . Let every delegate elected be a man of sound bead and honest heart , incapable of being tempted by money , or swayed by "bvirney ; " men wbo will come Chartists , and go home

      with their NAME . " THAT 3 THE TICKET FOB SOUP . _'" Mark , again I tell you , that in my opinion Mr . Sturge is a man who would make any sacrifice to see his fellow men happy ; but theii it is not with the man , but the party , that we have to deal ; and Vuy are " free-traders '' to the back bone in every thing but legislation . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .

      Mr. O'Connor On The -'Extraordinary Docu...

      MR . O'CONNOR ON THE - 'EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT , " AND THE LA . ST "NEW MOVE " TO DESTROY CHARTISM . TO MR . WM . BROOK , LEEDS . Dear Brook , —You will believe me when I assure you that had it not been for Mr . Cleave , your letter to the editor of the Statesman would most probably never have reached my eye , as I neither _rBad or hear anything about that paper . I shall now do merely enough to satisfy the meeting of delegates , who , in my opinion , would have done wisely not to have meddled with the question , and would thereby have deprived mischievous persons from raking at it under the pretext of replying to questions or resolutions , I now learn tbat the editor of the Statesman asserted on the fifth of November that

      I was the author of the * ' extraordinary _document , " and on tbe twelfth tbe same gentleman charges me with repudiating the *• bxikaobdisam » _ocuuiiST" in the Northern Star . Had he charged me with the authorship alone , and had my attention been directed to it , I ahould have left it unnoticed , and had HE charged me with authorship and subsequent repudiation of the " _Extraobdibaby document , " I shonld have still left it or him unnoticed . But wLen it appears tbat Mr . Lovett , who is now I find manager of , and one of the Provisional Committee for keeping that paper together , ia given as the author , I shall aay just enough to satisfy the public _* without opening a loop-bole for controversy , which , after all ,

      appears to me to be the object aimed at I was charged with the autherahlp of the National Petition . I never _aaw tbat document till it wa * in print- I never * _nggeeted a line In it , not did I hear of It UU I * aw it in the column * of the Scottish Patriot . I am now charged with the authorship of the " Extbao * dihabt Do . CUMEH . X . " And now hear my reply . S * help me God , I never aaw it iav _manuicript , nor did I ever bear of ite existeBoe until after it wa * in print ; nor do I think that tbe delegate * were justified _^ attributing it to one wbo is now out of the country . The editor say * that I should have contradicted the rumour , oa have acknowledged the authorship before . Upon wbat ground * , pray ? What ! contradict every guess of tbe Statesman . —every fabrication of Mr . Lovett , asd « wy searching of every

      Mr. O'Connor On The -'Extraordinary Docu...

      insidious rascal , who chooses to play the part of spy under the mask of monitor . No , no ; I am not going to aid villain * in the tupport of tyrants . Surely yon must see tbe plot ! at least 1 do . * But observe how tbis poor silly man blusters away about what he know * nothing . He raves about minorities being governed by majorities , and about the propriety of men acknowledging their cwi acts , and rants away about the cowardice of O'Connor and the Executive repudiating the " Extraordinary Document , " and receives the evidence from the examination before the Manchester magistrates . Now , just bear this one fact .

      The placard in question never was , DIRECTLY OR indirectly , passed OR adop ted by the delegates ! and yet thi * silly fool Is raving away . But , don't you see that be Is just looking for that which he shan't have ? evidence to back Mr . Griffin , correspondent and reporter for the Statesman . Now , Brook , hear another thing . So far from repudiating the "Extbaordinary Document , " tho Northern and Evening Stars were , I believe , with few , if any exceptions , the only papers in the Kingdom that did not even publish it ; and I never , in either , wrote a word , not one word , of comment upon it !

      Now , tben , I _trusty I have said enough _upan the subject to set it at rest as far as I am concerned ; but I cannot allow a false impression removed from my owb shoulders to fall with increased weight upon other * . _JLaeier shrink from more than my share of rear _^ _majmnty , and I will net stand justified at Mr . _MOJouair * expense . The flight of M'Douall , and the pitiful insinuations and denunciation of him by the Statesman , _^ _axe breaking bis poor wife ' s heart , and arming authority for his destruction ; while the resolution which you transmitted to the Editor of the Statesman would lead to the belief that M'Douall had fled the country in consequence of the "extraordinary document . " It is too bard that I should be thus

      dragged into a controversy about such matters . Why , the Government could not have applied any portion of the secret service money to a tatter puipose . But still you shall know it . M'Douall did not fly the country in consequence of the " extraordinary document . " Mr . M'Douall fled the country upon MY ADVICE . M'Douall fled the country , because four bonest working men bad given bail in the amount of £ 600 or £ 700 for his keeping the peace ; and I knew , had he been tried before a jury of the League , while the public mind was mad , that be would be convicted , and four honest men reduced to beggary ; and

      besides my regard for him and them , I did not wish to have ail future Chartists prisoners , a portion of whose sentence may be to find sureties to keep the peace , obliged to rot in gaol for want of such surety ; and I will undertake to say , that when the public mind Is purged from that prejudice created by Lord Abinger and the Statesman , tbat he will come and boldly stand his trial , and establish his innocence . M'Douall deserves the thanks of every honest man for leaving wife and child , and

      country and home , with a broken heart himself , rather than break the- hearts of those wbo placed confidence In bim , and whose ruin would hive been a certain consequence of his facing the raging fury of a disappointed fiction . I am sure that your own good sense and the good feeling of the delegates whose resolution you transmitted , will point out ths injustice , indecency and impropriety of allowing our enemies to make tools of you for the furtherance of their own base and mischievous

      ends . One thing I must assure you of , that , as I bave carefully avoided every topic and expression upon wbich controverty may be based , not one single line of further comment upon the subject shall be admitted In the columns of the Star with my consent . Mr . Lovttt need not explain , as I am wholly Indifferent upon the subject ; and if he should feel any desire to do bo , it must be in hia own paper , the Statesman . M » . _Cloavo haa douled the _Abarpa In the _TOOSt positive terms , , and I give bim perfect credit I bave known him for nearly ten years , and I never yet knew bim to be guilty of a single act of meanness .

      In _conclusion , I must say , that I have heard and read of many , very many strange and curious things , but never one at all comparable to thia NEW MOVE for destroying , ' _Yeurs , truly , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Btjddersfiexid.—Mr. T. B. Smith Of Leeds...

      _BTJDDERSFIEXiD . —Mr . T . B . Smith of Leeds , preached three sermons in the _Association room , Upperhead-row , on Sunday last They were attentively listened to by a numerous audience . A Chartist Delegate Meeting was held at Yew Green on Sunday . The greatest unanimity was exhibited . The meeting was a very animated one , and a more determined spirit in favour of the Charter could not be desired . The following resolutions were passed : — " That the secretary be instructed to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq , Inviting him to visit Huddersfield the first opportunity . " •* That Mr . James Leach be sent for to take a fortnight ' s tour in Huddersfield and district" " That a levy of twopence be made throughout the whole district , to cover the late expenses .

      SHEFFIELD . —Lectures . —Two crowded and enthusiastic meetings were beld in Fig-Tree-Lane Room , on Sunday and Monday evenings . On Sunday evening Mr . _Sauiuul Parkes delivered a lecture on " Prison Discipline . " Mr . P . delivered a most interesting and eloquent address . On Monday evening , Mr . Evinson baving bee i called to the chair , Mr . Edwin Gill read the Editor's address from the last Saturday ' s Northern Siar , on the threatened new Special Commission ; Mr . G . afterwards delivered an impressive speech , urging his bearers to take up the case of the victims . A number of collectors were appointed to receive subscriptions for the Defence Fund . Mr . Harney then addressed tho meeting and was followed by Mr . Parkes . The meeting concluding by singing tbe old favourite " rally around him , " and giving three hearty cheers for the Charter .

      Chartist Ball . — -The first of these entertainments came off on Tuesday evening , and was well _attended by a highly respectable company ; dancing was kept up witb great spirit until near twelve o ' clock , when the lust tune of the musicians warned the light-hearted and light-heeled votaries of this _lascinating amusement , that it was time to resume sober thoughts of home ; the hint being taken the company separated highly delighted with the evening's pleasures . Another ball will be beld on Tuesday next , and every Tuesday during the winter , in the Fig-tree-lane Room , in aid of the local defence fund . So laudible an object will , we are certain , ensure tbe attendance of all well-wishers of the cause . DEFENCE FUND FOR MESSRS HARNEY AND PARKES , Nov . 15 , 1842 .

      £ _s d Cash in hand , November 8 th ... ... 1 12 Ah Collected by Samuel Dale ¦ ' 1 ' 4 ~ AFriend ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Hoole ... ... ... 0 0 6 Harmonic Meeting ... ... o 4 5 j Mr . Cartledge ... ... o l ' lj Collection in Fig Tree Lane Iiuom , Nov . 14 th .. . ... ... .. ¦ o 7 3 Collected by Samuel Dale ... o 1 4 Small sums under sixpence ... ... ... o ' . I 6 * _George Green ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 * AFriend ... ... ... ... ... # 02 Proceeds of the Ball Nov . 15 th ... ... 0 8 5 £ 3 0 0 Samuel Clay ton , Secretary .

      The " Plague" And the "Press Gang . "—The Independent of last Saturday contains the programme of the " Great Anti-Corn Law Demonstration" which will come off on the 23 rd instant Mr . Richard Cobden , M . P ., Mr . John Bright of Rochdale , Mr . Rawson of Manchester , and Mr . R . R . B . R . R . Moore , of the same place , are announced as the evening ' s attraction *; nothing is -aid about our «• liberal" M . P ' s . " This splendlferou * afluir ia to he held In the Music Hall—the ticket * for the tea to be one shilling and sixpence each , the " dons ' ' to be accommodated with reserved seat * for

      two _shtltinga and sixpence . The moboerary of Complete Suffragist * , io ., are to be . admitted to the gallery at sixpence a-head ! Of course we , Chartist * knew better what to do with our sixpence * than to replenish the pocket * of the _Stopbensons-squar . e horde * with them . The Independent in the first pbice announced that on the day following , namely > the ? . 4 tb , there would be a private meeting in the mornb- _jg _, 0 f _the principal merchant * , 4 c , to bold a confp , \ -ith Cobden and Co ., and In the evening ' a mee ' v , ing of a more public character . ' Thi * would just bave suited

      Btjddersfiexid.—Mr. T. B. Smith Of Leeds...

      the Chartists ; but , well says the proverb , ' blessed are they tbat expect nothing , for . tbey will not be disappointed ;* for , 'tell it not in Gath , ' the Independent of last Saturday announces that the intended 'public ' meeting had been abandoned ; the reason assigned for which was , that * that the gentlemen from Manchester could not stay in Sheffield a second night' (!) Ha ! ba ! very good—very , Of course , "Breakers a-head" has had nothing todo with it ; That discretion ia the better part of valour has often been asserted ; the Sheffield Free Trader * show that they understand ita force and propriety by acting upon the good old adage— ¦ He that fight * and run * away May live to fight another day . " Our Chartist friends may be on the look out , for , If all ' s well , we'll find them better employment on the 23 rd , than giving their sixpences to hear the humbugs of the Free Trade juggler * .

      The Iris ot last Saturday contains the correspondence between the Home-office aiid the authorities of York Castle , touching the death of tho martyr Samuel Holberry , published by the Government « 3 far back _es last July , shortly after the decease of the murdered patriot , and lately republished by those Whig sympathisers , the Morning Chronicle and Leeds Mercury . The Iris has now joined the yelping pack of Whig hypocrites , and , In a leader on the subject , strongly denounces the treatment of poor Holberry , winding up thus ¦ —• " We trust the whole affair , both as it affects the surgeon , the visiting magistrates , and Sir James Graham , will be properly Blfted by Parliament , and thilt the country may be shown that tbe law does not sanction the retaining of a man in prison , even as a criminal , when a premature death , at variance with his sentence , can ba the only result . "— -Byron says —> " " O for a _forty-pnrson power To sing thy praise , hypocrisy . "

      We have not forgotten , if the -Iris , has , that It was while Lord Normanby presided at the Home Office that poor Holberry ' s health was destroyed in Northallerton House of Correction ; and so long as his Lordship was in office , prayers and petitions were all tried in vain to procure the removal of the sufivrer to a better prison . On the present _administation coming into power , Sir James Graham ordered the removal of Holberry to York Castle , —no thanks to him for that , the victim of Wbiggery was only removed to York Castle there to perish and expire , with none but " filthy dungeon villains" to receive his last breath and close his sightless eyes . Aye , in God ' s _i-ame , let the whole affair be sifted—but let it be the whole affair ; let the conduct of the "liberal" Lord , as well as that of the renegade

      Baronet , be sifted to the bottom . A word with the Iris : How is It that this correspondence was not pub _« _lished in Its columns in July last ? Parliament was sitting then ; and if any good was likely to be effected by the publication , that was the time . Moreover , Holberry ' s death wa * tben fresh in the public mind , —why did not tbe tender-hearted conductors of the Iris publish the correspondence at such a time , when pointing it out to the attention of their readers tbey might bave appealed to them to help the widow , and thereby save from distress the unhappy partner of the unfortunate victim assassinated by Whig and Tory tyrants ? O no , that would not have served any party purpose ; and notwithstanding the _mocksentimentalism of the many-coloured " thing , * ' We

      know that the parties ( or one of them at any rate ) connected with it are not in the habit of extending the hand of benevolence , even though the object be the widow of the very man whose cold ashes are now disturbed to serve the purposes of his vile Whig persecutors . Is proof required ? When the publisher ( who is also , we believe , part proprietor ) of this refuge for the literary destitute was waited upon by persona _authorized to collect monies to defray the charges of the funeral and for the assistance of tbe widow , insult , not aid , waa the donation of thiB "Liberal . " Faugh ! the whele thing is loathsome and

      revolting ; but for the sake of bringing the Tory Government into further odium , the sympathy of the Morning Chronicle , tho Leeds Mercury , and the Sheffield Ins for pour Holberry would never have been heard ot . The people understand this , and while tbey hate and detest the brigand faction at present in power , they , if possible , still more loathe the infamous crew whose tool * " conspired" ( a fashionable word now !) against poor Holberry , plunged him Into a horrible dungeon where they destroyed his health , and then banded bim over to the tender mercies of the Tories to finish tbe murder tbey ( the Whigs ) bad in the first instance made sure and certain .

      LONDON . —Mr , Whiteborn lectured on Sunday _evt-ning _, at the Eagle , Exeter-street , Knightsbridge , to a' good _au-iicucc , on Mo benefits of co-operation . Several member * took shares , and the lecturer was much applauded . MR . Cook lectured on Sunday evening , at the Gold Beaters'Arms , upon the Influence of prejudice . The audience was crowded , several members were enrolled . Considerable discussion ensued regarding the account * of the Executive , and several items were deemed very extravagant . Mr . Gardiner addressed the Chartists , meeting at the Flor _; i Tavern , Barnsbury Park , on Sunday evening . Mr . Knight was to have lectured , but , owing to a mistake , did not attend . A subscription was entered into for the victims , and a box for that purpose purchased .

      St . Pancras . —Mr . Fussell delivered a most able lecture on Monday evening , at the Chartist Room , Tottenham Court Road . Mr . Boxall occupied the chair . The lecturer showed the advantage of a firm union amongst the Chartist ranks , and the Impropriety of attacking any other section of the body for a mere difference of opinion . He earnestly advised them to look well to their own _organization ; to keep a watchful eye on all attempts to subvert it ; and , while tbey showed hy their conduct that they were anxious for a union based npon principle , and calculated to promote their grand object—the attainment of the Charter . Afcer the lecture , a discussion took place ou the subject of union with the middle classes in which the lecturer , a middle class gentleman , Mr . Goodfellow , Christie Wheeler , Cohen , and several others took part . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Luca- reported from the metropolitan

      delegate meeting ; but , owing to the lateness of the hour , the subjects of the report were deferred . Mr . Brockhall reported regarding the taking of shares for the erection of a local hall . Mr . Humphreys attended a * a deputation from Somer ' _s Town regarding the formation of a borough council . A letter was read from Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , stating his intention of lecturing there on the Friday evening ; but , on the motion of Mr . Farrar , the Secretary was ordered to instruct him to defer it to Monday . A committee was formed to get up a weekly harmonic meeting , for the benefit of the victims . Mr . Lucas brouRht forward the Deptford affair , and the conductof a member in reference to that _surjset , and , after on explanation from Mr . Weeeler , the member alluded to was ordered to attend , and explain , on the ensuing meeting night Tbe -victim-money in bund was voted—one-half to Ellis , and the other to the General Fund . The meeting then adjourned .

      The Committee for arranging regarding the approaching Conference met on Sunday morning , and agreed upon certain resolutions to be laid before the meeting on Wednesday evening ; and Messrs . Black , Wheeler , and Neesom were instructed to prepare an address to be laid before the meeting for their approval previous to issuing it to the public-Working Mens' Hall , Mile End Road . —The council of this locality met on Tuesday evening , when it was resolved that wa t-hould get up a public dinner , concert , and ball . Mr . O Connor has consented to preside on the occasion . Messrs . Bradford , _Frazsr , and Shaw , were appointed a sub-committee , for the purpose of carrying the above proposition into effect . The entertainment will take place at Mr . Hemingway ' s Saloon , KiDg ' s Arms , Mile-End Road .

      CROYDON , SURnEY . —At our meeting , held at the Bald Faced Stag , on Monday evening last , Mr . Segrave in the chair ; the following resolution was passed : — " That the forthcoming great Birmingham meeting is of paramount importance to the Chartist cause , and as this meeting is fearful the ultimate measures of the Complete Suffrage Association may not be in union with the strict principles of the Charter , it Is therefore _adviseable , at this all-important juncture , the friends of universal liberty should use every exertion to maintain tbeir prominent position in the country , by not

      admiting interested parties to' swamp the opinion * of the working classes . " As a means to this end , it is resolved — "That we , the Chartists of Croydon , are willing to open communication * with any society , or Bocletlea , in the county ef Surrey , fox the especial purpose of uniting tbeir _BUbscriptions to defray the expence of a delegate , or delegates , attending the aforesaid Birmingham ( _conference , men who will not compromise any parti paMel / ox name , of the People ' s Charter . " For thi * p _** rpo * e the treasurer la authorised to receive _BubBerlptien _* .

      _RBASINO . —The Charttrt * of thi * place have decided that the Executive Who are at large , with the assistance o * the Executive pro tern ., are sufficient to manage the affairs of the Association until tbe period of time fixed by the organization for a new election . SOWERBY . —Mr . Barker of Manchester , preached at this place on Sunday the 13 th Instant , from these word * , — " Remember those that are in bond * . " The attendance was more numerous , than for some time past . ' -

      Btjddersfiexid.—Mr. T. B. Smith Of Leeds...

      I SAtPORD .-The Chartist * of Salfofd aie _folc _* _^ _^ _^ _^ ' I tbeir work nobly ; they are determined to crush the present system of misrule and oppression by every legal means in their power , as they have proved by their indefatigable exertions at the late election for tbe Commissioners of Police . And , notwithstanding tbe many obstacle * thrown , in their way by the factions , they finally succeeded in returning seven thorough-going democrats . They have also commenced a system of exclusive dealing , which is fast bringing the shopocrats to their senses . The plan is a simple one , and at tbe same time one that is working well , inasmuch as it ia affording the working classes the opportunity of purchasing flour at twopence per dozen lower than tbey

      can get the same artiole at the shops , They have opened two houses for the purpose—one in _Dawaon-street , Broughton-road , and tbe other in Knffle-street , near Garden-lane ; where tbey _eellfloUr at the first cost , with- the exception of one halfpenny per _dozsn as an acknowledgment to tbe woman cf the house for cleaning ; and during tbe last week tbey weighed out nineteen aaeks of flour . The consequence of which ia , that the shopkeeper * in thia neighbourhood have been compelled to come , down in their prices . The reason for giving this publicity ia , that the working classes may see what they can do if they are determined ; ami We hope they will adopt this or some similar plan , to teach the faction * that they are not the powerless things that they imagined , but that on them and tbem alone have the shopkeepers to depend for theu * livings .

      BRADFORD . —The Chartists of Manchester-road met on Sunday morning , several strangers were _prasa _^* The principles of the Charter . were explained , discussion took place on the best means of obtalnlt . _. the measure . Five new members were enrolled . Tiie Chartists of Goodmansend met at the boose of Mr . Goldsborough on Monday , and enrolled three new _membars . Various Chartist papers are read every Monday evening . They adjourned to Monday evening , when a full attendance is requested as the subject of a delegate to the Sturge _Conference will be considered .

      The Chartists _resident is the central part of Bradford , met in the room , Butterworth ' s-buildings , on Sunday morning , at ton o ' clock , when seventeen names were entered , the principle * of the Charter explained _, and a number of tracts wore sold . This locality promises to flourish , as the members are all very anxious for political information . The members Of the General Council beld their meeting on Monday evening , when there was a very full attendance . Several sums of money to relieve the Victims' families were paid in , nearly all the localities are well attended , and Chartism is again erecting its democratic head in Bradford . The following resolution was . adopted : — " That our Secretary , Mr .

      Smyth , be requested to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Inviting them to a festival to be held in Bradford on the 20 th of December . " This motion was received with joy by all present All persons holding scarfs belonging to the Chartists of Bradford are requested to bring the same to the ' conneil on Monday next , at eight o ' clock . Mr . KiTCHiN preached in the Chartist Room , Bradford , on Sunday evening , and notwithstanding the storm of rain , the room was nearly filled . Three shillings and threepence was taken at the door , after the sermon , for the victims . An interesting discussion took place on the benefits of Chartist preaching , wben it was adjourned to Sunday next , at ten o ' clock a . m .

      Great Horton . —Mr . John Walker , of thia place , has received the sum of ten shillings from Mr . Isaac Wilson , of Brompton , near Northallerton , for the family of Mr . William Brooke , of Northallerton _HOUBO of Correction , Little Town . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . B . Smith , of Leeds , delivered an excellent lecture in the ChartiBt Association Room . He gave a very humourous account of his arrest and subsequent imprisonment , and advised those present to act the part of men and be determined never to rest satisfied until the People ' s Charter be made the law of the land . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer , wben tbe meeting separated highly delighted with what they had heard .

      Mr . John Walker , of Great Horton , received from Isaac Wilson , of Brompton , the sum of ten shillings , on behalf of Wm . Brook ' s family . DUDLEY . —Mr . Samuel Cook has received for Mr . Mason , 6 s . from the shoemakers of Nottingham , and 4 s . for the Defence Fund from the Chartists of Greta Bridge , and 2 d . for Mrs . Mason , from a friend . BRIGHTON . —Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , gave two lectures at the Cap of Liberty Inn , Portland street , on Wednesday and Thursday week , on the principles of the People ' s Charter .

      ACCRINGTON . —A delegate meeting of thi * district was held at Blackburn on Sunday . _Delegates were present from Accrington , Sabdin-Bridge _, Padihatu , and Harwood . Tbe following resolutions were agreed to that William _Beesley shall lecture at each locality in Nvrtb Lancashire district , to commence his tour on Monday , the 21 st . That the next delegate meeting be held at Accrington on Sunday , the 4 th day of December next , when each locality in tbe district Is particularly requested to send delegates ; tbe meeting to commence atone o ' clock . The appointment ef a district lecturer and other business of great importance to the district will be considered .

      (• EWES , Sussex . —On Friday last we were visited by Mr . K . G . Gammage , ef Northampton , accompanied by Mr . Allen , of Brighton . Mr . G . lectured to a delighted audience , and excited the admiration ot alt present . Mr . 0 . concluded an able and argumentative lecture by appealing to bis auditors in a very powerful manner , to support by every means in their power , the Northern and Evening Stars , and the Chartist Circular ; those enemies to abuse In every form , and noble _advocates of the liberties of the people . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was unanimously carried to tbe lecturer for his address , also te the Chairman , after which the meeting broke up .

      SOUTHAMPTON . —On Monday evening last , according to previous announcement , a publio meeting was held at the Long Rooms , to hear a lecture on the present state of society , and tbe People ' s Charter , by Mr . R . G . Gammage , who gave every satisfaction . BILSTON . —A ball was held on Monday night , in the Chartist Room . A very comfortable party assembled on the occasion , and a merry evening was spent . The Chartists of this locality beld their usual weekly meeting in the Association Room , Staffordstreet , on Thursday evening . Mr . Froggat occupied tbe chair , and in a very excellent speech explained the objects of tbe People's Charter , its merits , and tbe necessity of union and perseverance to obtain it The worthy Chairman concluded by introducing Mr .

      Thoma-* on , who . in a most able and explicit address , which lasted an hour and a half , set forth in a lucid manner the numerous evils that are the consequent attendants of laws made by a class possessing privileges from wbich the ' great body of the people are excluded , and the beneficial effects that wou . d be the result , If the people of this country were invested with the right to exercise their legitimate power in the choice of the Legislative body , tbat until tbey possessed that power which is their just and unalienable right , there was not the least ' prospect of any amelioration of their present degraded condition . Mr . T . concluded by most impressively imploring they would never cease agitating until tbe Six Points of the Charter , whole and entire , were made the law of the land .

      Sunday Evening . —The meeting was numerous and a most attentive disposition was evinced by all present , Mr . J . Cadley was called to the chair . Mr . Thomaaon delivered a very instructive discourse , wherein be depicted the evils irjflicted on this country by the Bystem of money-mongerlug , the frauds of unprincipled capitalists and _gambling speculators , the grasping avarice of millocrats and their tyranny over the working clan through the desire of accumulating wealth , the poverty and misery the working class were subjected to In the producing of that wealth , and the unjust means used to prevent them enjoying that which their severe and unmitigated toil produced . The facts related by Mr . T . in the course of bis address excited the most lively symptoms of feeling in all who heard him . After the lecturer concluded , a collection was made for Mr . Linney , which amounted to 3 a 8 < L

      WARWICK . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists here , several encouraging letters were read , one containing £ 1 12 s . for Defence Fund raffle ticke _i from " the-Chartist friends of Stratford-on-Avon . " 9 s . 6 d . was handed in to complete the engagement of 5 s . per week for White ' s support , leaving a balance due to Mr . French , from the Birmingham funds , of 13 s . 6 < L for that account . Arrangements were made that a party should attend at the Saracen ' s Head , from seven o'clock till ten , every night during the week , to read the Evening Star London paper , after which , an interesting discussion was held on the " Sturge Conference question , " and ultimately the following resalution was unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting deem it

      the duty of tbe Chartists to send delegates to tbe Conference at Birmingham , not as ' factious oppositionists , ' * but as firm and rational patriots , who are resolved to maintain and guard the principles of the Charter from _, any sectarian Innovation that would weaken the confidence , destroy the hopes , or forfeit the co-operation ci the working classes . That we recommend nrmnesa at mind , witb gentleness of manners , honesty of purpose * and sound experience , as qualifications essential to , be sought for in the selection of delegate * . That in _rejecting on tbe present anamolous , artificial , and distracted state of society , on tbe evil effects of prejudice , aad the baneful influence of the aristocratic predUictio _*** - and vanity that unhappily operates npon every alas * of society , not excepting the working men tbemaelve * , to

      its tortuous ramification * , we are led to think , that tha formation of a society as an auxiliary to tha ' National Charter Association , 'I * a subject reqrnring the grave consideration of our Chartist friend * , a * car great , _jjoll tlcal agitation , under existing _cireuuMtauce * , may -require more than one wheel hi its _matiiinery j at ths same time we hope and trust that ne , conaid _^ ration of expediency , will ever induce toe _working classes to relinquish their own organization , or to _f _^ gitate for any _meeiure of reform less than ' the P / jople ' a Charter , " whole aud entire ; and as te thenamp , , - * hold it now . as sanctified by the blood of our _ruartyrs , and the continual persecution we yet endure , hence we claim it a * a virtuous designation which shall yet be the pride ot our children , and the glorj of future posterity .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns5_19111842/page/1/