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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS.
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To The Imperial Chartists.
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .
My Beas Feiekbs,—Since I Last Addressed ...
My Beas Feiekbs , —Since I last addressed you * I have attended meetings at Derby , Bel per , and the potteries . I spoke in . the theatre at Derby , and my party say that my speech has done them a great deal of good ; that more than _paj 3 me . We had a _yery glorious procession at Belper , which paraded the whole town , and had a triumphant meeting in the Market-place ai three o'clock , and again at half _, past eight , when in that small Tillage near 6 , 000 persons stood the thunder and the rain , and cheered me on in my coarse . They are Sue fellows in this loTely spot j a spot intended by Nature for man ' s peaceful residence .
I left Belper in an open carriage after three o ' _clotk . in the morning , to ge thirty five miles , up and down hills , to the Potteries . Bairstow and a friend from Staffordshire accompanied me . I got wet through , as it rained Yery heavily . I dried myself at Ashbourn , and started again for eur destination . We assembled within a mile of Lane End , - _~ the place were the lada beat the cavalry and made them retreat . In thi 3 town the people -are all born m arksmen . I learn that a lad of fourteen or fifteen could kill a crow flying with a stone .
When we armed ai Lane End I thought that all the world had come there . The town was literally fulL Thongh the rain fell in torrents , eTery window and house top was crowded . The poor fellows sent a carriage and four for ma , and in front was a splendid military band , and in advance the female Chartists , about 300—God bless them—with their band , each woman bearing a wand . They intended to lave marched me thus about eleven miles , but cut it down to seven in consequence of the rain .
We had a glonou 3 gathering of thousands at Hanley , and our Chairman , whose name I am ashamed to say I forget , opened the business like a Chartist . I spoke at some length , as did Bair stow , and Capper , and Richards ; but the speech Was that of Robinson , a working man—he made one of the most powerful appeals to the people I ever beard . At _seyen , I addressed them again , is a large yard , and-tbeytell me that they were well pleased , indeed delighted . I was very much knocked up , and started on Sunday morning , at a quarter past four for London , for three days' rest .
To-morrow , 1 go to riottingham , and from my labours there I expect some Teal fruit , not in Whig or Tory money , but in Chartist principles . Ah , my friends , what a proud position for the WJag and Tory spy , to whack them both in turn , and then to ask before the people WHO PAID ME ? Now IS THE TIMS TO dams MB , while J am thrashing my henefactors !
Had Saturday been a fine day all Staffordshire would have been a-stir f but as the people of many towns through which the procession was to haTe passed were disappointed , I hare promised to visit them again during their holiday in summer , and I will do it . And I will go to _Coalbrook Dale upon their first holiday , as I _lesrn ihat much good may be expeckd there . In fact I will work the flesh off m y bones but I will have the Charter .
Read all my letters on the land , m the Chartist Circular , and then you will learn what i am working for . Hurrah for Sturge and Nottingham , or for the Devil , if ho supports the Charter ! Ever your faithful friend , _FsiBGrs O ' Co-snob , London , Wednesday .
To The Irish Universal Suffrage Associat...
TO THE IRISH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . Beloved _Cottntbtmbh and Friends , —That my real motives have at length been shadowed to your jEind ' s eye , through the mist with- which prejudice , batted , and misrepresentation had so long enveloped them , rejoices , consoles , and comforts me . Tour address tells me that I have not laboured altogether in Tain ; while yonr approval of my past career will add strength and vigour to my future actions . Yes , my countrymen , a union of the oppressed of both nations is -what I have unceasingly endeavoured to bring about , being well assured that disunion is tyranny ' s strength and the tyrant ' s only hope .
Kin * years' ago , I found that the setds of bitter hatred and jealousy of Englishmen had been success tolly sown in the breasts of Irishmen , and while 1 confess myself to have been then , not altogether free from tbe prevailing prejudice , 1 exercised reason is aid of WSJ _judgment , and at length 1 came to the conclusion , _» _fckto facts have since _confirmed , that if English lavs r __ _fcad oppressed Ireland , Irish law-makers bad gone far - —~ trr » _ppiBi » _Jtterty , and _aga & aata every _Twafciy of _Eng lish independence . I pass over all time antecedent to the promised millenium which Reform was to have produced , and start ¦ with 1832 , when the return of forty-three Liberal members gave hope of our country ' s regeneration . I cast a backward glance at the sacrifices made and
the supposed triumphs gained by the brave electors who were then called upon to exercise their maiden franchise , Their sufferings were painful and many ; yet were they endured with Roman , nay , with Irish fortitude , because in the fulfilment of sworn and patriotic pledges they recognised their country ' s restoration from provincial degradation to national independence . But alas . ' my country sowed in hope , but have reaped in sorrow ! riot a single promised benefit baa been conferred ; while the only aim of those who promised freedom has been to prepare the mind to wear its shackles with quiescence and submission . I have seen my country set up to ancVion in the House of { jommons , and bar freedom bartered fox places , pensions , powerand patronage . I have seen those who coerced
, her caressed by those who were coerced ! while Irish liberty lay bleeding at the feet of the " base , bloedy and brutal Whigs . " I have been insultingly asked to sign a resolution of confidence in one of my country ' s destroyers ; but I alone refused to be a party to the unnatural deed . Since then I have narrowly watched the progress of events , and I have discovered that Irish patrietism has degenerated -, while the sole object of her leaders has been to prepare the way for a secure retreat , by tempering down the public mind to that settled state ef hope through : resignation , which -ever has been the temporary shield of those who profess to love liberty while they fatten upon abuse , and look _cpon the dawn of freedom as the warning that to its close have
their occupation is drawing . I endeavoured to create a kindly feeling between the English and the Irish people . I have laboured hard and incessantly to draw tfep _distinction between the English people and the _English oligarchy , who equally oppress the industrious of both countries ; and although my life has been aimed at , and my blood has been shed upon the English stage while fighting in my country ' s cause , yet has reason buret the trammels with which a profligate press and hired demagogues had so long and so successfully bound the Irish residing in England ; and , at length , I see a kindly feeling growing np between the slaves of England and of Ireland , which promises to end in a union of sentiment which knaves cannot sever or tyrants resist .
Ala * i my countrymen , reflect for a moment upon the many powerful interests which have been , and which Btill are , opposed to naked poverty and unreqaited industry . Here they are . The Queen and her royal household . The Lords with their _coniroling power . The Commons with their illimitable influence . The Bishops witn their political power and their religious influence . The _Priesthood cf all denominations , save a few good Irish Catholics . The army , the navy , the police , the bench , the bar , the fundlords , the landlords , the magistrates , the jury class , the press , the local authorities , placemen , pensioners , and idlers of all denominations . The capitalist and mast-r-dass , the _shopkeepers , and middling class , the aristocracy of labour , the authors and publishers of the age , the Poor Law staff , steam power , and though last , not least , those who are too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour ; and the philosophers who eke out a livelihood by watching and moulding themselves and their wares to suit the market of public _opinion .
Well , my countrymen , such are the _combined forces against which _r aked poverty presents her virtuous and invincible front , and behold the breaches which h 6 r storming elements are making in the citadel of corruption thus garrisoned with all the forces of vicious and recognised authority . The duties of a politician struggling for right against such an array of might are manifold _^ and instead of marvelling that I have _ss many enemies , iny only wonder is that my principles and my nudeviating adherence to them should have fathered around me , and my brother leaders , a force _stfficien . ly stroDg to bid defiance te the invaders of our rights , and to lead te a fair presumption that energy , perseverance , Courage , and judgment-will ultimately triumph over the combined forces of oppression and misrule . three which
MY countrymen , there are stages through a great movement must pass : —Firstly , the creation of * ublie opinien ; secondly , the organisation of public opinion ; and thirdly , the direction of public opinion _. In ordetto insure the success of these required undertakings I have established a free press in this country , farintbe midst of political confusion r look to the press „ the means by which order is to be prcauced from chaos . By its means I have been enabled to laj ' the prevailing opinion of the people once in every week before the people . I have thus united parties who were formerly nnknown to each other , and have given to each locality not only the strength of its own position , but have added to it the strength of those at a distance struggling for the same oljeei . Glasgow is now a political portion of Manchester , and _Shtfheld adds strength to _Newcastle , while the young growth of _Cbsrtism in Ireland adds confidence to the English band of patriots , and gives joy to my heart to think that in the battle for freedom Ireland will not remain neutral .
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"Within four years and a half , I have had to defend myself against five expensive government prosecutions , and to endure sixteen months of solitary confinement in a condemned cell , my only crime being that of having established a press , in which vice was made to see its _hideousness , and virtue and honour were shewn to exist among the children of industry . But I have not suffered in vain ! for now I behold the despised star of Chartism shining in the ascendant , and gradually , bat successfully , dispelling the- mists with which ignorance and prejudice had clouded the political hemisphere . Yes , Chartism is in the ascendant , and why should we rejoice at it * triumph ? Because to its influence we look not for the destruction of life and property , but for the preservation
of both . Not for liberty which would degenerate into licentiousness—but for freedom tempered with reason and discretion . Not as a license to man to give reins to his lust—but as a means to curb his licentiousness Not as the triumph of the grosser passions over the intellectual qualities of our nature—but as a means ef subjugating passions and evil propensities to the controul of reason . Not because it would vitiate public pinion , —but because it would purify it as the fitting -ordeal to become arbiter between conflicting opinions , and from whose decisions , and from whose alone , a fair verdict of approval or disapproval , of guilt or of innocence , can be expected to emanate . Not because it would increase immorality—but because it would make dissipation hide its head for very shame . Not because
it would increase drunkenness , —but because it would make intemperance a crime . Not because it would create revolution and domestic strife , —but because it would insure a kindly feeling among all classes of _socie _^ r , and give to each an interest in the prosperity of all , and to aO an Interest in the prosperity of each . If ot because it would pull down the rights of capital , —but because it would establish the rights of labour as the only _sure foundation upen which the temple of capital can be safely erected . Chartism would in -a tenfold degree increase the productions of both countries by developing their natural and influential
resources ,- while it would cause a more equitable distribution of the increased wealth , instead of _presenting the Bad anamoly which Britain now presents , namely more money than ever was before in the hands of the few and more poverty than ever was before known afiVcting the many who create all the wealth . The people in their wisdom ask upon whose side is the wealth ? and the answer is , upon the side of the represented ; and upon whose side is the poverty ? and the answer is , upon the side of the _unrepresented . For these reasons , my countrymen , do I love Chartism , with all the faults and crimes which malice has heaped noon it
We are called destructives , yet have we shed no blood ; we are called destroyers , yet have millions of Btarving and industrious men , women and children , borne two winters and as many summers of heartrending distress and unparalleled deprivation , without the destruction of a penny-worth of property ; nor in that time have the Chartists been charged with a single political offence , even against laws which by legal ingenuity may be coDjured from the statute book to mean anything , and thrown before a jury ready to give any " construction to them . We have been called torch and dagger men , and physical force men , by wretches who have by thsir admonitions _caused streams cf Irish blood to flow , and then shrunk from the consequences ! while I am ready to face the storm and expoBe the murderers . I did not advise the brave fellows at Rathcormae to face a military force in order that the odium of the infernal tithe system should be strongly
shown . No ; but when they did so , I defended them -, and instead of their English brethren loading them with foul epithets and reproach , they ministered to their wants , and from their " scanty means alleviated their distress . " Then they were not torch and dagger men . When Walstown , _Churchtown , _and Carrickshaugh resounded with the moans of the wounded , Englishmen did not then revile . When for seven days and seven nights , I faced the bayonet and the Babre , to . return Mr . John O'Connell , for Youghall , then my courage was made subject of national approval ; but when the bloody Whigs conspired to rid their Russell of the opposition ef onr noble Prost , and when perjury had awarded to him an untimely end , then were all the crimes that malice could invent saddled upon tile innocent back of Chartism , and then were the Chartists held up as the impeders of all progressive Reform 2 Thus , my countrymen , has vice deformed the face of virtue to make a mask for its own
delinquencies . But , go on ; go on , I beseech you . Ireland owes to England some reparation for the inj arias she has inflicted upon ber ; but if Ireland had a Wellington , a Castiereagh , and a Reynolds—thank God she has had an Emmett , a Fitzgerald , and has an O'Higgins . Yes , she has had her patriots , who were prematurely consigned to the cold grave : and she has in the living an embodiment of the principles for which they suffered . Must it not delight every honest man to see one
Irishman against whose fair fame all the missiles of mahce and of slander have been aimed , yet bold enough and strong enough in virtue to raise his voice against him ' , btfore whese influence a Boyle has withered , a Lawless has died , an O'Gorman has been destroyed , and a Shiel has been silenced f Yes , O'Higgins , yon have boldly stood in the breach 1 while the adored and venerated Father Mathew , the real liberator of his country , is surrounding you with the genius of judgment emancipated from the trammels of intoxicated and besotted prejudice .
My countrymen , the great fault which I have discovered in political leaders is this : many , in their own Baal , have attempted to use public opinion before it was ripe for action ; while others , by denying to it a triumph that was within its reach , have paralysed it for the time , and rendered it Jess confident in its own omnipotence ; while we , the leaders of Chartism , have acted upon that principle in moral warfare which enabled Espartero to achieve the freedom of his country , —we have encamped eur forces under the citadel of corruption , and are now actually starving the garrison out Thus has industry the satisfaction to know that if the drones have consumed the honey that belonged to the bees , the drones themselves must starve when the hive ceases to send forth its riches . '
- " My countrymen , be not alarmed at the efforts now being made by artful and designing men , in their endeavour to take our camp by surprise . They cannot enter under false colours , or have hope of gaining possession of our matured movement by a profession of our principles . No , my friendB , whatever colours the old ship Corruption may sail under , we know the crew . LlBEBTT IS OUR AIM , CHaBTIST IS OUR NAME ; and by our aim and name , and by none other , shall 4 , 900 , 000 cf freemen be known throughout the political world . Industry is awake ; ber principles are indelibly imprinted upon the heart of every working man in th 9 land ; and , though millions should suffer , yet will each leave the world better than he found it , until gorged tyranny will , after a succession of reverses , be compelled to open the sanctuary of the constitution , within which broad cloth and fustian , the peer and the peasant , shall meet upon perfect equality in the eye of the law .
This , my beloved countrymen , is a state of thlBgs worth living for , and worth dying for . Liberty in every age has had her martjrs . We are for peace , law , and order ; but , if attacked in our peaceful retrenchments fey the brute force of unconstitutional authority , then , as freedom ' s friends ,, we must prepare for freedom ' s martyrdom . The field , the transport , and the scaffold have bome their victims erenow . Emmett sleeps in peace , but his spirit still lives , and his name bears no reproach ; for the mind cannot contemplate a more gorgeous spectacle than pinioned _viitue surrounded by the minions of faction , as hired ministers of death , marching to execution with firm foot and cheerful countenance . The scaffold , so appalling to conscious
and detected vice , loses its horrors ; while all the Babie emblems of death that paralyse the stoutest criminal , are to him as bridal favours , bespeaking Ins re-unioa with departed kindred spirits . His mutilated obsequies are honoured relics ; his funeral procession a joyous _moviog festival ; his grave the venerated sanctuary of martyrdom , and his name a never-dying , everlasting spirit—a theme on which memory loves to dwell—a source from whence it draws its sweetest , fondest , latest recollections . Go on , then , brave sons of my country , ever foremost in deeds of love , of philanthropy , and arms . The voice of knowledge shall yet silence the cannon ' s roar , and the neighing of the war-horse shall be lulled in the bnsj _buza of industry .
Ever , ever , and ever , My brave countrymen , Your faithful and devoted friend and countryman , Feakgus O'Connok .
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( Private Correspondence . J There have been made , during the past week , very energetici efforts ( considering his advanced age ) on the part of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , to wake the geniaa of Repeal agitation in Ireland ; which , since the astounding fact _^ that all the money , ten thousand excellent good pounds sterling poured into the coffers of the Corn Exchange , had dwindled unaccountably down to spine £ 200 was published to the world , had betaken itself to the d--en _sk-sp of apathy and the dark dr , cam of despair . Tho _meetings had become merely nominal ; and though O'Neill , Daunt , the Rev . Mr . Gioves , and Tom Ray went _through the hebdomadal farce regularly , their '" associates" wera few , their audience miserable , and their collections , even swelled now and then by a pecuniary godsend from the folks t ' other side of the Atlantic , nothing to boast of .
In this crisis an effort was indispensible , and despatches were forwarded to the father of the movement , explaining to him the ricketty state of his bantling—that as much a . the dry _narsea to whom he had _commit'ed it could answer for was its existence till he arrived . He came , and though it would have been more paternal to let the sinking infant dia decently in seclusion and quietude , he insisted on dressing up the sickly brat _ in the most showy maimer , and again presenting it to the publicg _^ _zjibr admiration and acceptance . "A few have been deceived by the momentary hectic which illuminated tho puny _creature's cheek , _biit _coinmpn-senss ( an excellent judge in these matters ) pronounced everywhere ''' . that the original
constitution of the babe had been unsound , and that it would _be _useless to _jro to further expsnee to prolong an existence painful to itself and its friends , and contemptible to its enemies . Repeal , we mean Dan _U'Couaeil's Repeal , is as good as dead . Wo have had , Sir , all _kindd of Ward meetings , at which the Liberator publicly declared that he knevr _ot no other society in Ireland than the Repeal Association , at the same moment that our petition was handed to him , and from which he shrunk like the devil from hoiy water . The fact is , ¦ ho is rabid with jealousy and disappointment ; he finds the people are beginning to thinkj despite allhis repeated Offers to be not only purse-bearer , but sense- _, cartier to the Irish nation .
. •* . Ireland , '' Baid he , some lima ago , " hasnothing to hope from a Parliament : returned by the present cohstituenciep . '' "In the name of heaven , then , " said a a _sensible ex Repealer to me , "how does he expect to get -the Union Repealed without " going to work in oarneit to change those cohstituencier _. ? " Bah . ' Dan docs not care a button about anything whatever beyond getting in the coppers . By the way this may be called , in _contradistincuon to the forthor or " button agitation , " the '" farthing movement , " no one being to contribute more thah . one farthir . ga week , unless they like ta do bo . Surely this is the last kick .: The Lord Mayortold his dupes that he did not immediately say it himself , but some very smart and trust-worthy
persons nad , that there were 1 , 500 , 000 forged signa tures to the Chartist petition , arid that though it was a very _allowable thing to break men ' s heads at an election in Cork for exercising the franchise _aa they wished , yet to writo another man ' s name even with his own consent , on a petition _sheot , was an offence of heinous turpi . tn ' dci and what Tom Ray had never yet _doneiaw / ai _^ as he was at caligrapiric manufacture . He appealed to the two or three gathered together , ( in some cases their ward meetings numbered at their most tlnonged period from ten to fifteen ) whether lie had done well for Ireland . lie had got several hundred thousand pounds for himself and his family , but then he had given up the forty shilling freeholders , and settled the tithe rent charge
firmly on the landlords , who would never ask it from the peOple , an course . He had put Lalor Shiel into Parliament , and made him a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital ' ; since when he had never squeahed . for repeal as all at all . Wasn't that doing good to the people ? He had shipped off Marcu 3 Costello and benched Brady ; wasn ' t tHaf serving repeal 2 He had got his son-in-law a placa in the Hanaper , since when a _chauKo' camo o ' er the _spirit -of his dream , and he was hot now a repealer . But why should he tire _tht-m with a list oi * their triumphs _^ of all tho se who had sold and given up counties , and abandoned . boroughs , lor the sweets and _substantials of office ? Let him now come to their civic successes .
Behold in him the Wmtyngton of real life . Some said hi 3 being Lord Mayor so late in life savoured of a political anti-climax ; but ho was sure they were members of tho late corporation . Look to the right and then to tho left . On one side was Fusbos _Arkins , a shear fellow—a -.. g _reater adept than Lord Stanley himself at _thimble-rigr-how did the tag-rag and bob-fail of Mary's lane' shout in that eventful hour when his tailor was made his sword bearer I Some were disposed to call this anomalous , bnt that was absurd . What matter who was sword-bearer to him wio had a vow registered in Heaven never io use one , unless , indeed , it was when he mustered the 500 , 000 Tippc-rary boys , to put down those rascally Chartists , who refused to starve
magnanimously . ' On tho other side was _Ptckmninny Curritt —• he begged his pardonj now _Cnrran . He maintained , no matter what was said to the contrary , that he was big enough to carry the mace , even when they got the Greek crosses added to it—for although such crosses were not orthodox , they were better than none , and they should have them . Would not Coohist lift up its head and rejoice now the broken little _grocer was entrusted with so congenial an ensign of authority 1 There should bo a general clatter of coffins , and rattliDg of breastplates , in that death's head and Cross bones locality . Look next at Marshal Saxe-Reynolds- how gently be has roared—that whilom made the welkin ring—since he was mado chief seller of
distressed chairs , tables , bedsteads , & _Q .. Tom Ray , too , he had helped to put ; in his terms , and Ton ! would soon come to terms with any Government that would give him a better salary than they could _, —thus they _wOuld get rid of part of the _Corn-Exchange dead weight , and make room for some one else . As to poor Clements , he did not know well what to do with bim ' . ; 'he * . and Councillor Davis , were two such very clever fellows , and eo independent , that despite Lord Ebrington ' s anthema , they gave up all the business they had ( none at ail > and joined that association . Ten . shillings a-week was a poor allowance for _suoh promising young men , and even that must be stopped now the £ 10 , 000 was expended . Let the generous people ,
then , for whom so much has been done , and from whom so little has been taken ; come forth with their farthings—tho minute £ 150 , 000 is collected in farthings , or that 4 , 000 , 000 male adults 6 ign a petition in Ireland in its favour , thai moment Repeal is carried _^ -unless : tho money slips awayj as the £ 16 , 00 J did , as fast as it comes in . _Thelaberatox ' _s appeals were answered by a oheer for buttons , ditto ibr farthings , and the same for repeal . Next week I 'Will report progress , and , if you allow me space , adventure a sicetch of some of our public men here , as the liberal press ef Ireland is liberal , in a truly Irish _way—tlmt is , they most impartially exclude any view of the oa ? e , save their own and their masters ; who that master is , Mr . Staunton , cf the Register , ' w . hf * was turned out of a _nseetiog once for d _^ _rmg to defend himself , can tell .
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STALKY BRIDGE . —On Sunday evening an excellent lecture was delivered in the National Charter Association Room of this town , by Mr . G . Rowe , from Oldham . BLACKBURN . —The cause progresses well here Mr . Beesley , late M . C . for North Lancashire addressed the Chartists in the Music Hall , in an impressive speech , the effect of which was seen in the enrollment of fifty-two new members . The Chartist youths of Blackbum have formed themselves into a society for united exertion on behalf of the Charter . They have sent us an address to their youthful fellow townsmen , which we cannot insert for lack of room . We bid them God speed .
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OXFORD . —The cause has received an additional stimulus here from the recent visit of Mr . Bairstow to this city . It having been ascertained that he had made _arrangements for a lectnre at Witney , preparations were immediately made for his reception here , and a requisition , signed by twenty respectable electors , including four members of the Town Council , was presented to the Mayor , requesting the use of the Town Ball Yard , for the purpose of a public meeting . That gentleman , however , refused ; and handbills were immediately issued , announcing that Mr . Bairstow would lecture on Tuesday evening , in a large yard belonging to Mr . _Towle , and kindly offered by him for the purpose . Upwards of a thousand persons attended the meeting , and the lecturer afforded the most entire
satisfaction . He showed the injustice of a confined constituency , and the evils continually arising from Government by a class , whose interests were not identified with those of the poople at large . He clearly traced our amount of taxation and consequent distress to an absence of a salutary influence of popular control . With a masterly hand and ov _< _rpouring eloquence he treated the various points of the People ' s Charter , and showed that the absence of any one would destroy the effect of the harmonious whele . Throughout his lecture he enlisted and carried with him the feelings of his auditory , and at the conclusion of an excellent address of an hour and a half s duration , the following resolution was proposed : —" That this meeting considers that the present appalling distress among the
operative classes , and insecurity of property among the wealthy classes , are to be diretly traced and are fairly attributable to class legislation ; and deems the principles embodied in the People's Charter to be the the only effectual remedy for the grievances of which people ' eomplain , and under which the country groan *" The resolution was strongly supported by the mover and seconder , who urged the necessity of organic reform , as the only means by which the rights of the poorer classes can be secured or maintained , and ridiculed the farce of playing any longer at the game of Whig or Tory , reoommending the people to look after the management of their own affairs , in public as well as private life . The resolution was unanimously carried . A meeting afterwards took place at the Three
Tuns : a most convivial evening was spent , and several members proposed to the Association . So great was the satisfaction Mr . Biirstow had given , that a general request was made to him to favour us with anothor lecture on Thursday evening , to which he cheerfully consented . Handbills were issued accordingly ; and the use of a large space , named Paradise-square , having been obtained , he met a second and an increased Oxford audience , on the joint subjects of the Charter and the state of the country . Embracing the various topics of interest contained in them , he again enlisted the sympathy and the feelings of those whom he addressed _, and did ample justice to the questions on which he treated . At the _conclusion of a long and spirited lectnre , the resolution of the preceding evening was again unanimously carried , and the meeting broke up , as the previous one had done , with the most perfect order
and highly delighted after votes of thanks to the lecturer , the chairman , and the gentlemen who had obliged their fellow citizens with a place of meeting . An adjournment took place to _thesocitty's room , where a mos ; convival evening was spent , during which several excellent speeches were made , in responses to the various toasts given , and where the kindliest feeling was shown among all classes . We understand that the visit of Mr . Bairstow to this city has been of great service in removing some of the prejudice hitherto existing against Chartism , and in paring the way for a cordial union among all classes of reformers on fair and equitable t- _'rms . He left Oxford on Saturday morning , accompanied by Mr . Philp , highly delighted with a reception very different from what bo _Cipectod here ; and liuping that a connection so favourably commenced will ere long be renewed .
WITNEY , tOxox . )—Mr . Biirstow , accompanied hy an Oxford friend , arrived here on Monday , and found that fear of truth , which always haunts , the _oppressor , had induced a paltry attempt to prevent his being beard . The Witney Chartists bad hired and paid for a room , and issued band-bills , announcing a meeting for this evening ; but the landlord ef the bouse having received an intimation that if he allowed it to take place , he must abide the consequences , the money was received back , rather him subject them to probable ruin . Not satisfied with this , the crier was sent round the town by our opponents , to state that the meeting would not take place . After considerable trouble , another room was obtained ; but the crier , on being applied to to announce it , refused , as be feared it would cost bim his situation . Nearly one hundred assembled , notwithstanding ; and , after a little time , it was agreed that an out-dobr meeting should be called on Friday , and a preliminary lecture given on Monday
evening , which gave the highest satisfaction . Mr . B . returned to Oxford on the following morning ; and on Friday ha again made his appearance in Witney , accompanied by Mr . Philp , and fire Oxford friends , who was engaged to lecture that evening at Cheltenham , bus was unable to proeeed further , owing to the horses _bfing taken from the coach , by wlich he was to have gone . At the appointed hour , a numerous meeting assembled on Wood Green , when Mr . Bairstow ably explained the principles of the Charter , and elicited continued and general approbation . Mr . Philp followed , and was _equally well received , as were also the different speakers throughout the evening . A similar resolution to that paa-ed at Oxford was unanimously carried , and the meeting broke up in the most peaceable manner , evidently delighted with the truths which they had beard , and expressing a hope that the Charter might soon give them those rights of which they have been so long deprived .
NORTHAMPTON . —Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , lec-Iectured here in the Market-square , on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings , to large and attentive audiences . On Monday night , at the general meeting of the Chartists of this town , Dr . M'Douall was nominated one of the Council , and also a proper person to be re-elected to serve on the Executive . A resolution of thanks to the Convention , was unanimously passed . HOLLING WORTH . —On Saturday evening a
Chartist tea party took place at the New Inn , when lou and upwardB sat down to tea , amongst whom were a large number of well dressed females . After tea , Mr . R . Wild , of Lower B : im , was eallftd to the chair . Mr . P . Donivan from Manchester , addressed them at length , and was _listened to with attention , and concluded a very good discourse amidst great applause . The chairman then announced that the rest of the evening would be spent in dancing , singing , and recitations , which continued to be kept up with great spirit and enthusiasm till midnight .
_WYTaoXJttROYD . —A public meeting was held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel , at this place , on Friday week , when a large and attentive audience were congregated _^ and were ably addressed by Mr . Duffy , from Sheffield . Also another meeting was held on the Wednesday night , _jwhen a Council for the next six months was elected . HETWOOD . —Mr . M . Roberts of Bury , delivered a very interesting lecture to a numerous and respectable audience , on Sunday evening last . In the course of his address the lecturer showed in a clear and convincing manner , the injustice practised by the higher class upon the working class , through the _instrumenta lity of class legislation .
STOCKPORT— On Sunday night the Chartist body of this locality mustered in their numbers to hear a lecture from Mr James Leaeh , of _Manchester . He entered into his subject in his usual mild , argumentative , and reasoning manner , and produced an effect of the most beneficial nature . At the conclusion he received a unanimous vote of thanks . Several members wc-re enrolled . CHESTERFIELD . —At the weekly meeting of the Caartist 3 held in their house of meeting , in Beet wellstreet , on Monday evening last , Messrs . James Leach , Dr . P . M . M'Douall , George White , Birmingham , and John Campbell , were nominated to serve on the nevv Executive . After which Mr . OConnor ' s letter to the Imperial Chartists was read , which gave great satisfaction .
_SUNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr , Williams lectured on the Town Moor , to a large nnd ni . st attentive audience . The Town Mission preachers were preaching a short distance from the spot where Mr . Williams _Btood , but as soon as be commenced they abruptly conclu ; ed . Mr . W . severely tasked the present teachers of religion for their base smothering of the vital truths of Christianity and their new application of its principles to the present condition of society . He showed that the Christian religion was not a religion of particular precepts , the importance of which might vary as the circumstances to which they applied varied , but it was a religion of general principles , which were capable of universal application , which _were as important now and would be for centuries , as they were the first time they were promulgated .
Bbidge Street Chapel . —On Monday evening , the usual weekly meeting was held in this place , Mr . Blenkhom in the Chair . Mr . James Taylor delivered an excellent address upon the importance of a full representation of the people ; bis arguments and illustrations were exceedingly good and appropriate . Mr . Williams followed by an address on the Ballot , as the means of securing a faithfnl expression of the popnlar wilL Mr . W . clearly proved from the present condition of society , the relation between labour and capital , the dependent condition of the mass , that without the Ballot , the Franchise would soon become a mockery of justice . He then noticed and satisfactorily replied to the various leading objections te the Ballot .
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_LEICESTER . —The _Shaksperian Association of Leicester- Chartists now numbers 1 , 350 . The factions have bereft ua of a room to meet in ; but , nothing daunted , we hold our meetings beneath the blue canopy of heaven , r inging of the Charter and O'Connor in the open streets , till the middle classes stare and quake at the noise . Oar agitation is kept tip in the most vigorous form ; and not only the town but the surround _, ing villages are being impregnated with Chartism . On Wednesday night before last , our beloved chief , O'Connor , was expected at eight o ' clock at night , to lecture in the Amphitheatre ; but he did not arrive till near ten . His reception was more enthusiastic than ever ; and for more than an hour he held us breath-Iras with attention , while he described the present state of the country in his own peculiarly piquant and fervid style . Last Sunday , ; Mr . Cooper preached in the Infirmary Square , in the morning , from "Be ye all of one mind . " ( Peter ) in Russell
Square _;; in the afternoon , from " Miserable comforters are ye alii" ( Job ) and in the Market-place at night , from " My soul is wearied because of murderers . " ( Jeremiah . ) Mr . Beedham preached at Great Glenn in the morning , at Oadby in the afternoon , arid _Wigstown at night On Monday afternoon Mr . Cooper lectuied at ; Great Glenn , and in _Hutnberstbne Gate , in the town , at night . Tonight ( Tuesday ) he is to lecture in Infirmary Square , at seven , and to meet the Chartist shoemakers at eight ; and to-morrow he is to lecture in Russell Square at seven , and to meet the Chartist woolcombere at eight Mr . Beedham lontured at _ThurmaBton on Monday night He is to lecture at Belgrave to-night ( Tuesday ) and at _Anstey to-morrow-night It is already determined to erect a building by five shilling _jaharea , to be taken- only by Chartists . The ; subscription list amounts already 'to _jfilitT : no part of the money , bowever , will be" paid down till Mr . Cooper receives , promises for £ 2501 but that will _aoon be .
_SHEFFIELD—POLITICAL lNTXiTiDTE . —On Friday evening , we wete favoured by a visit frem Mr . R . K Philp , of Bath . Although no previous notice was given , except by word of mouth , the large room was crowded by the working men of the town . Mr . Richard Otley was called upon to take the chair , who iu a brief speech introduced Mr . Philp to the meeting , who Was received amid much cheering . He commenced by showing the extravagant « penees of the Qaesn compared with the President of America , proving to the meeting that the more they paid to support royalty the more were they oppressed . I shall not attempt to give you even an outline of the lecture , whieh gave general _satisr faction , but confine myself to the concluding remarks of Mr . Philp , whiah I am sure will have the desired effect
amongst the really intelligent portion of the people of Sheffield . He had not come there te explain the six points of the People's Charter , for he believed that there was not one in that meeting that did not understand the principles as we . 1 as he did . He came there to promote union and good feeling amongst them , for it was owing tit disunion in the Cha ttet ranks that made their enemies look upon them with contempt He was sorry to say that he had not been in any large town ( with the exception of Derby ) tut there were divisions . He- did not mean by this to dishearten them , but on the contrary to endeavour to unite all partieB , and he hoped he should have the satisfaction of leaving the good peoplo of Sheffield once mere united , —( loud cheering )—that he might go to the ' next' town and tell
them that the people of Sheffield have buried all their former differences , and agreed to agitate together for the one and sole object—the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) In onetown that he had visited , party feeling ran so high , even in public meetings , that he could not refrain from shedding tears to see the peoplo placa themselves in direct opposition against each other , but this ho hoped would for ever cease . For his part he had resolved never to denounce any man that was favourable to the People ' s Charter , even if he did not go quite so far as he did , but that he would hold out the right land of fellowship _toall . He had felt the lash cf _deauncia--tion for a certain line of conduct he had pursued . This he thought was not right . He Claimed the _wime privilege for himself _ob he would allow to others , to forward the cause in every possible way . He would now conclude , pledging himself to agitate for the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing leas than the Charter , with
tenfold vigour . He again hoped that a union would be come to . He then concluded amidst loud cheering . —A member of the Institute then arose . He said , that to carry out the suggestions of Mr . Philp with regard to a union being formed , he would propose the following resolution , " That four members of the Political Institute be appointed to wait upon four members of the Fig-tres-lane Association . " This resolution was seconded by a member ef the last mentioned association . The Chairman said that he arose with great pleasure to put this resolution ; as an individual he should give it _hia support < It was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously , amid loud cheering , not one band being held up against it A vote of thanks was proposed to Mr . Philp for his able lecture aud carried . In returning thanks for the honour that they bad done him , fee said he hoped the Fig-tree-lane Association would come to the same unanimous conclusion . —Correspondent .
Fiq-Tbee-Lane . —Mb . Philp . —This gentleman visited Sheffield on Thursday week , and the same evening addressed the members and friends of the Charter Association in their room , Fig Tree Lane . The room was densely crowded . Mr . Philp delivered a lengthy and excellent address ; and , at the conclusion of his discourse , enrolled twenty-three new members . On Sunday last , Mr . Philp preached in the afternoon to a very large audience _Obsenibled in the Haymarket Mr . P . preached a second sermon in the evening , in the Fig lree Lane room , which was crowded almost to suffocation by a highly respectable audience , who appeared to be well pleased with Mr . _Philp _' a exposition cf the _prinicples of Chartism . HEADING . —The Chartists of this place had a seiree on the 17 th . Several excellent speeches were made .
BIRMINGHAM . —State of the Movement . — The Chartists of this important town have determined to exert ( themselves to extend their organisation for the Charter , and have appointed an Executive Committee , composed of one member from each association . _Meetings are held in various parts of the town on Monday and Tuesday evenings , and it has been determined to hold open air meetings in various parts of the , town , to arouse the people to a sense of their degraded situation . Monday ' s Meeting . — -An open air meeting was held at the Railway Station , Duddeston-row , on Monday evening , at half-past seven . Mr . George White addressed them at great length , and . explained the manner in which the working classes Were oppressed and plundered by the present _eystem . He Bhowed the utter
hopelessness of looking to the present Parliament for an amelioration cf their condition j and dwelt with peculiar stress on the necessity of the men of Birmingham entering heart and soul into the present struggle for life and liberty . He called on every man present to join the National Chatter Association , and use their influence to induce their fellow workmen and neigh : hours to follow their example , and concluded by declaring his determination of holding a meeting on that spot every Monday evening , and of walking in procession with those who thought proper to accompany him to the Association Room , with those who intended to enrol their names . A number of men present wished to form a procession then , but it was ultimately agreed to defer it whilst next Monday evening , when all those who are tired of slavery , and anxious for freedom , are expected to attend . Down with tyranny J
Association Room , Aston stbeet . —The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held at their room , in _AstOn-street , on Monday evening last An address was delivered by Mr . Smith Lindon , rand arrangements entered into for taking the ballot for the forthcoming election of the Executive ; after which the meeting separated . Steelhouse Lane Meeting . —The meeting of this body was held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Taylor , printer , in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Maion and others , and a conversation took _placeas te the best mode Of _strengthening the Chartist cause in Birmingham ; after which the meeting separated .
Shoemakehs' Association . —The members of this patriotic body connected with the National Charter Association held their weekly meeting , at the Britannia Inn , Peck-lane , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Healey in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . E . P . Mead , and Mr . George White ; and , after choosing three members to their Council , Mr . Henley was chosen a member of the Birmingham Executive , and Mr . Magee , secretary ofVthe Association . A lecturer will attend every Tuesday evening . Black Hobse Ass 6 ciATiON . r-An address was delivered to this spirited body oh Tuesday evening last , by that talented , advocate of the people ' s cause , Mr Thomas Soar . ¦¦' : ¦
Lys Waste and _Stodbbbidge . —Mr . George White addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting in the open air , at Cross Walk , Lye Waste , on Wednesday last , Mr . Goodfellow in the chair . This district , which has been the seat of the late riots ; as they were termed , promises to be , ere long , the strong- bold of Chartism . Mr . White lectured on the same evening in Stourbridge . - : STOCKPORT . —At a public meeting held on Monday night , at the Millgate hall , resolutions . were submitted for the forming of an association on the Sturge principle of Complete Suffrage . iA majority of the meeting , however , _^ thought the already _established Chartist organization preferable , and an amendment to that effect waft _acwrdingly carried .
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LONDON . —— Walwobth . —On Whit-Monday a grand public festival took place at the MonpelierTavem Walworth , to assist in defraying the expences incurred by the lata demonstration . Lambeth . —The members of this locality are determined to assist by all means in their power | n obtaining a better organization of the metropolis , which they consider the plan of the Executive ' . is calculated to effect , if properly carried out The existence of a District Council _icthe Metropolis is a thing long wished for , and at last adopted . - Mr , Dron and Mr ; Jago were elected by the above locality to attend at the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , on Sunday , June 5 th , as delegates to the above body . Wandsworth . —The Chartists of this locality met at the house of Mr . Fox , Frogmore , on Monday evening , when , after the usual business was transacted , the nomination for the General Council Was proceeded with .
DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Associa - tion held its usual weekly meeting on Sunday , Mr . W _" Connor in . the chair . Mr . H . . Clarke , sub Secretary , read the minutes . Several new members were proposed , and -some subscriptiona handed in _froa the country , by Mr . O'Higgins after which , Mr . Freebaun _, in a most feeling and affecting speech , took a review _uf tho ; present disastrous condition of the working classes in both countries , ground down to the earth as they Were by tyranny and Oppression of every kind . He plainly shewed that this Was all owing to the selfish legislation of the class-returned Members of that assembly called in mockery the People ' s _Hsuse . Several other speakers afterwards addressed the meeting . JB RAD FORD—Little Hobton . —On Sunday evening lost ; Mr . ; J [ i » jth _lectured in the Chartist ' s Association Room , on the Repeal of the Legislative Union ef Ireland :
GLASGOW . —The Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association met in their Hall , College Open , on Monday evening last , Mr . Kyle in the chair . The minutes of last meeting being read , _MrLaing moved that the resolution of the public meeting '' - held in St Ann ' s Church , on the evening of the 16 ch instant , recommending the directors . to call a general meeting of the Association to consider the propriety of dissolving the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association and resolving themselves into an _Association , to be called the Glasgow Charter Association , be approved of . The _resolutioDf was unanimously _agreed to . A Committee was then ; appointed to call a meeting in terms of the above resolution , and to prepare rules and regulations for the new Association .
ASHTON—The Chartists of Ashton held a very large tea party in their room , on _Friday , when above 350 sat down . After tea , the public were admitted at twopence each , and the company amused themselves by siLging , dancing , and reciting until a late hour , OLDHAM . —Mr . Storer , of Ashton , delivered an address in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , on Sunday last , wherein he depicted scenes of the most appalling destitution _produced by the present system _. On Tuesday Evening , Mr . John West delivered a most energetic address to ah attentive audience , and gave general _satisf action . MANCHESTER . —The fustian-cutters of this town have formed themselves into an association in conjunction with the National Charter Association . Nominations to the Genebal council , Manchester . —Mr . P . M . M'Douall , surgeon ; _Rav . W . V . Jackson ,
_COAIiBKOOK I > AIiE . —On Monday evening Mr . Mogg delivered a lecture at Watling-street , Weillngton , and afterwards formed an association _^ between sixty and seventy names _Wtjrie taken down ; about n > _e hundred persona attended the ; lecture . On the same evening , T . 'Hiilford , of Coalbrook Dale , _delivered a lecture to about four thousand persons , at Oaken Gates ; from sixty to one hundred names were taken . An association has be _«? n recently formed there , by tho joint exertions of Messrs . Mogg and Halford , which , in less than one month , has enrolled more than _oiiis hundred memberB . On Tuesday evening , Mr . Mogg _delivered a lecture to an attentive audience , at _Broseley , where We Intend to start an association ; forty-five names were taken . At Coalbroek Dile , in less than ten weeks , we have enrolled more than two hundred and sixty members in our _association .
_NEWCASTZiE . —The Provisional Committee , selected by tho delegate meeting in South Shields on the 16 th inst , to carry the plan for the better organisation of the Chartists of Northumberland and Durham into effect , met on Sunday afternoon in Mr . Binns _' s , _iPfun- _^ tre « t , Newcastle , Mr . Stephen _Birins in the chair on the motion of Mr , Hall Mr . Sinclair was elected Provisional Secretary , who gave a very satisfactory report of the _businesij _conferred upon him at the last meeting . After some discussion upon the subject , the following resolution was agreed to unanimously : — ' * That the Secretary be instructed to correspond with the other districts , directing their attention to the plan as inserted in the fourth page of last Saturday ' s Star and requesting to know the opinion of the Chartists in each ideality respectively upon the subject , and
soliciting their co-operation if it should meet their approbation . " Several sums were paid in to the Missionary Fund , and if the districts continue to come up as some of them have already dona , we hope to be prepared to ; engage a missionary in the course of a week or two ; and as it will answer no good purpose to engage a . lecturer nntU we have a sufficiency in baud to defray his expences hither , and remunerate him for his first month's labours , we hope all persons _desirons of a lecturer being engaged , will send a remittance for that purpose , to Mr . J . Sinclair , No . 3 , Pipewfillgate , Gateshead , who was elected treasurer for that fund . A flrst-Tate lecturer will be engaged as soon as tho necessary funds are procured . The meeting adjourned until next Sunday , when it will be resumed in the same place at three o'clock In the afternoon .
The _Chabtists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , as usual . The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed , and thanks were voted to Mr . _Duncombe , M . P ., for his speech in the _Heuse of Commons . BRISTOL . —Complete Soffkage Union . —A meeting of this union was held on Tuesday night , May 25 th , at Mr . Clement ' s , 2 , Lower Castle-street About twentyrtwo persona assembled , who were admitted by ticket , and at half-past eight , Mr . Clement's commenced business by reading over a rule of the union to the following effect : — " That no person be allowed to
address a private meeting of this _association , except he be a member . " He then read a few of the objects of the union , and stated that Joseph Sturge went further than the Charter , that is , that a person convicted of crime should have a vote five months after the conclusion of his punishment . —( Of course the rule read prevented any contradiction . ) A question was put to Mr . Clement , how many members Wire present , or if sny ? And the answer was , " there are none . " No discussion was allowed ; an intimation was given that a public meeting would be held for discu 3 ; . ion , which would bo open to all . We were likewise told that the trades were coming out .
STROUD . —At a meeting of Chartists on Monday , the following resolutions were carried unanimously : — " That we , the members of the Stroud Charter Association , viewing the wars at China and India as unholy , unjust , and anti-Christian on the part of the British Government , emphatically denounce any Government , supporting , upholding , and Continuing such wars in opposition to the people of this realm , and pledge ourselves , 83 lovers of peace , to cripple the resources of war by non-enliisting and abstaining from exciseable articles . " - _^ " That we , the members of the Stroud Charter Association , hail with delight the opportunity
afforded the electors and non-electors of Nottingham to establish the purity of election , and urge upon them to ubO every exertion to maintain tho power of the people in the election of Mr . Joseph Sturge . "— - "That the Council of the Stroud Charter Association deem it a duty incumbent upon them to render every assistance in their power to enhance the cause of the people , and destroy the power of the adversary . We ; therefore , earnestly , though painful . ' y , exhort those members who , by non-subscriptions , render us powerless in tho hands of the enemy , and cripple us in the maintenance of public estimation , once again to come to the help of the weak against the mighty . "
Monkwearmouth —Since the last report from this place , the Chartists have been deprived of the use of the room in which they met ; the landlord alleging as a reason for refusing the further use of the room , that he was afraid that he would be deprived of his license by the magistrates if he permitted the _Chartista to meet in his house . This is mere pretence ; he ought to have considered this danger , if danger there was , before he consented to let his room for the purpose . The fact is , heexpected it would be the means of drawinga
good drinking trade to his house ; in this We are happy to know that he was disappointed , as at the close of last meeting , not more than four persons out of 2 . 0 ft or 300 remained to drink . The Chartists of _Sunderland , because they are almost universally _tcetotaUers in practice , cannot get a room at a public house ; wa are glad of this , and wish that publicans throughout the country had similar cause to refuse the use of their rooms . The practice of holding our meetings at public-houses , wo regard as attended with many injurious _conaequences to our cause . —Correspondent *
_Failswobth . —The Rev . W . V . _Jackaen lectured in the Charter Association Room , on Tuesday evening , te a crowded audience .
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_^ mmmmm BiYDE . —A public meeting w the inhabitants of Hyde , was _hald infche Working Men ' s Hall , on Wednesday evening , to adopt the remonstrance to the House of Commons . Mr . Stephenson , a working man * was called to the chair . Mr . Candlet moved the remonstrance , wWch was seconded . Mr . C . said it required a few observations from him , as it had been recommended by their _representatives _j _» the Convention ; he would therefore read the re _^ moiistrauca _, and let it speak for itself . _Jlo then read thoremdnstranceand be = reed leava to move its
, adoption ; and & at down amid loud cheers . Mr John ; Leach seconded the motion , and it" wag supported by Mr . Dixon , from Wigan ; On the _rehionstrance being put from the chair it was carried without a _disseatiejit A vote of thanks was _«* . _*« T . _puncombo , E 3 q . ; M . P ., for his adrocaoy of the people ' s cause in the _Housa of Commons , on the motion for the people ' s agents to be heard at tiia bar of the _HoaKs . Thanks being voted to tho Chairman , the meeting separated . Several new _membera were enrolled .
• _DnKENFiEtD . — -On Monday last , a man whose name , we _understaRd , is James O _^ den , lost his life in tho following manner . The deceased was employed as a browman at the new pit at Dukenfield , aud on the day in _question had basn putting on a new rope , and whilst doing somcthiug with"te at the top of the pitj ho was preciDiiated from the top to the bottom of the shaft , a distance of more than three _hundrid yards , the deceased has left a widow ; and seven chi . 'dren to lament his loss . OLD BASTOnv . —Mr . W . Dean Taylor has been nominated here a 3 the candidate for the next Execntive CountiL . ¦" •' . ' . . ;¦ ¦' _^ ¦ Sal ? 6 ed . —Mr . Campbell _^ the general secretary ef the National Charter Association lectured here oa Sunday night to a _rcsptciable audience .
Ratcliffe Bridge . — -Mr . James Leach , of Man Chester , -lectured in the Chartist Association Raom , hi this place , on Tuesday evening last , ' . ?• Oa the present distress of tho working classes , and the cause of that distress . " ' / . -. Cleckheaton . —Oh Monday evening last , there was an out-door meeting held here , to hear a lecture from Mr , North . There was a very good attendance _^ Mr . North ap ' _oke upwards of an hour with great effect btt the six points of the Charter . Several members were enrolled . DONC aster— On Sunday evening last , Mr . S . Paries , of Sheffield , preached an excellent sermon in our Association Room . Chartism is gaining ground in this aristocratic _, town ; and we believe th 3 t a visit from air _Feargus O ' Connor would be the means of a great ingathering- to the National Charter Association in this place .
Newark , —Mr . P . M . Brophy , from Dublin ; deli vered two lectures hers on Monday and Tuesday _evau ings , to very attentive audiences . ¦ - ' -
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