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i^^a^» _——GREAT MEETING AT DERBY.
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the people of Derby , Belper , and o&er placet net , byagreoaeat , on Monday week , to express p ^ S ^ , their approbation , ef the pnaeinles upon vhkh the People ' * Char ter was framed , —to sympathise with , and render rapport to the Rev J . K . StepheBS—and to appoint delegates to represent thfir interests at the forthcoming National Convention . "Here were fifteen banner ** the procession , © a -which , among others , were the feBowing inscriptkaul—• Aodif yef © to war in yew land agamet the eneay that oppresseih yon , then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpet * , and ye shall be reaeznketed by the Lord your God , and you shall besared fanny onr enemies ! , * We unto them that decree unrighteous decrees to tarn aide my people from judgment , and to take war tte rights of mj people . " e ** injustice hath raised her head in tbelaad , and Ai tfa * AoM no sword 'let Aim tell his garmatt and *«* - . "—LlTKEXXtt . " freedom ! battle once bejena , Beq * eatii' 3 from bleeding's !* toaon , Tboagafeafied » ft , i « « rer iron . "
« To your Tents , G Israel !" * If we are too ignorant to make taxes , we are too igaorant to pay them . If we are tootgnorantto xaake laws , we ok 4 m ignorant to obey them . " " Ye shall not oppress one another , bat thon shalt fear thy God , lor I am the Lord thy God . "Leviticus , u The land shall not be sold for ever , for the land is mine . "—JOd . *? Who murdered the Canadians , and burned the lweseof God and the "bodies ef the ^ dead ? The sa&te men who oppress us . " ** We unite to conquer tire enemies of oar country . " 44 Peland , thoo art not forgot ; there is a swelling tide that yet shall purify thy ahsres and blast the tyraat ' s pride . " 44 Who continues flogging in the army ? The lose and brutal Whigs aud Tories . " " More pigs and less parsons . "
Two loaves of bread , labelled " taxe V and « nntaxed , " were exhibited in the procession . The proceedings being arranged , it was moved and seconded , and carried unanimously , That Mr . Thomas Meakin , ef Belper , do take the chair . Mr . MtiDH then addressed the meeting . They , aaindrndoals , were considered to be labouring men , aad of no importance in society . As they weie sensitive beings , nowever , capable ef feeling oppression , it was necessary id them , though others decriei tiiem ^ to consider themjefres of importance . As they "were the pillar upon which property rested , they might to oe considered as the fulcrum of society ; but instead of being so , the working classe * were regarded as a mere nonentity . It was , then ,
necessary at the present time that they , as individual * , should take an intcrestin the movements taking place in < &aereat parts of the country . For what end were theyauniBg ? Net for the . destruction of property , aor fa-toe sacrifice of life . They detested , abhorred erea tfce thought of either . ( Cheers . ) What they wanted was the attainment ef their rights . ( Cheers . } Where was the individual so base as to assert they had no rights to attain ? There were persons who said that the working men ought to be the ras § a 3 s of the man of property ; why should they bese ? These men professed to abfcor tie ancieut system of vassalage—why then . did they adhere to taepresent system ? Who accumulated the wealth of the property-men ? Who "built their mansions r "Who made the roads ? their pleasure-grounds ? their
p * du ? Wto guided the plough ? The labouring man . ( Cheers . ) Since tnen , it was the artisans who moved the wheel , theyhsd aright to a share in legislation , ( Cheers . ) The man of property profe < - » ed to say that tie working man had no right . Where was the criterion to be placed in point of justice ? A man with two Chouses , might say to the xuan with one , " You have no right t » representation , " and . the rnan with three houses might say the . same to a man with two , and so they might g * o ion throughout the property classes of the country , to the exclusion of nearJv the whole . The fact was .
thai every man , arrived at years of discretion , had a perfect right to a share in the representation ; and all they wanted was thi * . After stating that he wqaid isave it for others to state the objects of the meeting more in detail , the chairman called upon them to exercise great decorum and erder , to pay every attention to lie speakers , andto listen patiently to any one who might wish to come forward to confront the arguments of their friends . They were sensible that their claims were based upon just grounds , and therefore they feared not opposition . ( Loud cheering . )
_ Mr . Thoslas Meads proposed the first resolution : —** That considering the evils , political and social , that afflict the industrious classes of this country to be caused by the present unnatural sys-Tesn of legislation , and believing that the only remedy for the evils is to be found in the establishment of a just legislative system , the basis of which shall be . the right of every man to a voice in the making of the la w * he is called upon to obey ; this meeting hereby adopt the Kadonal Petition , and People ' s Charter , demanding , and providing for the practical establishment of , Dnrrersal Sni&age , Equal Representation , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , no Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . " The first and natural inquiry was , what were tkev
assembled here for ? What was the cau . se of this general movement ? Why were there ten thousands here , and there , and eUewhere ? What was the reason of this great conflict ? Was it merely to see , and hear the sentiments of characters designated a portion of Che swinish «¦ multitude" ? No—they ¦ were assembled for a great national purpose ; tbey lnew the cause from which their degradation , misery , and suffering emanated , and they had determined not merely to assert , but to proclaim and demand , their rights . ( Cheers . ) He did not desire to raise the passions to the injury of themselves , but to derate the sensitive powers of the mind to a consideration of their present degraded state , and to induce unity and determination . Why were the
millions put to suffering ior the support of a few thousands ? The working classes were descended from the same parent ; they were equally sensitiTe ¦ with their raperion—had equal propenai : ie * and desires for comfort , happiness , peace and prosperity . Then why enslave ana degrade them ? They were refused equal rights as being too ignorant—then why not make them wise ? Was it their fault they were in this state ? Were they the authors of their wn poverty ? Had they made the choice of their occupations , their place of residence , and their common situation in Efe ? No ! They were the beings of one common parent , and entitled to tbe common blessings ef an Almighty Being . ( Ch * er * . ) Then what m the reason tbey did not enjoy the "bounties of Heaven ? If they did not enjoy them , it was not their fault , and there certainly must be
aIsmtsomewhere . Nature had not designed it ; Reason had not designed it ; Heaven had aot designed it , consequently it must be the work of man . Then by the works of man , "b y the exertions of Heason , by tbe force of tbeirmoral power they must wrench that unhallowed power otrt of the hands of the raerriles * few , who had ridden rough-shod over them so long . ( Cheers . ) If they were strangers to each other in person , they were not « o in their wants aod snfferLigs . And as they were not stranger ; in this respect , let diem be more firmly smiled .-Apathy , and a well-founded accrt nation of ignorance or , store properly a nnaapplicatksi of their talents tad been the cause of tbev present degenerate state . Had their forefathers taken care of their own righu
aad * i the rights of the children , and taught them upon their hearths aad n their schools , the working dastes would not aow have been miserablethey would not now htrce been assembled on Chester-green .. It was well for tbem to know each other ; and he would honestly and fairly tall them , ' for bj « own part , that he was a Republican . The system of Monarchy had been the curse of the world . If they had had no King * or Queens , they would not hare been in their present condition . This might sound han < h tomiada more fickle than his own , but he would appeal to the Bible in support « f his propoaiaan . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Did not the Almighty tell the people tlLat if tbey fubmittfid to the Pagan system , they would be 01
orwrn wooa ana axawen oi water—in fact they would be , as they wer « now—slaves . ( Hear . ) The sppakerproceeded at some length to ceacant upon the amount of taxes annually required to maintain the Monarthial system m this smaU island , xn tB »« oorse of wnicb . be did aot spare the" « black tribe" ( clergy . ) He also aBuded to the con » 6 totion « f the anny , illustrating the syrtem by sunn * that Hiete ni a handsomely paid officer to every three oribBrmen—theofficm , when collected in a body being capable of forming aTery pretiy regiment for toe scroce of Don Carlos . There wanted a stop pnttiag to these things . Aj rational men , they abhwred "ti » idea , of phyactl force , bat they could BotKbaat to thi&n going sa the mxt eeatary u theyW done tbe lau . If a laerilce was to b « ^¦ da if diey cottldrjot make legislator * listen by ts&a menns—it wauld become them aj men , at kmdBarenta , to base d » sacrifiee in their on d ™
to ortertturt their poaterity , Blight eojoy the fruiu of tnor exertions . ( Continued applause . ) A * the resabatum inkighsad indicated , , th » Uw « oi their eonnfcy - . were what thejr had to Jgat for . The changes nought , afiected their happiness , their peace , and-UM » prb » perity . Had they sot * right to a 'vuce in the reprejentaoon ? After awoe further zemarke , and calling upon his hearen to consider theaaelTef as a-poroon of the eommunity interested xn f aod le ^ alaooa , and to act a § men , the speaker coaclodfd byjnoving the resolution . MtWitixuw seconded the reaelun ' on in a briej apeedi . They were entitled , to petition , and noJ metely to petition , bat to demand their righto . Dare * 5 ^» f ^»« eaot eati ! W fco tkm : ' By raiting theywoild be able to attain a mil measure « f JBOce . ^ wfld . tfcey aot ? (« A yft" ) Then lei tae ^ nw ao » - Tot ^ -call the wortinp men ienorant Howminjiaiott wen Qtta in the House of Peer *
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How many nonentities were seat te the Common * , merely to- nftesent £ be interests of their own patrons , . and who 4 » nol consider the working chase * ? But the ; eoald wtd would make them regard their rights . ( Cheenk ) Let them , however be peaceable , orderly , aad obey the laws until tbey could get them altered , and they should be altered . ( Cheers ^ If they united , they would aooomplvh'ail they desired by peaceable means . Aod , having once gained their reedom , they wooM go home ' smiling to their families , in the enjoyment of every domestic comfort . The ChaAmak aanoonoed that George Julian Harney , of London , would support the resolution .
Mr . Hakxet tbea mouated the platform , aad was received with loedcfeeer * . He spoke as follows : — My friends , before I address you collectively , I must say a few words to certaw individuals whose presence here this day is more than probable . 1 allude to spies and informers ; aad , if there be present any such traitors to their fellow-men , I tell them to note down every word i may utter , and duly and truly report the same t » their infamous employers . ( Cheers . ) Fair women of Derbyshire , brave men of Derbyi I am prosd and happy once more to meet you . To many of you I am not unknown ; to the rulers , to the magistrates of Derby I am aot unknown . Three years ago , on a winter ' s eve&ing , I was drareed from mr home without the least notice , and
consigned to a dungeon by tbe magistrates of Derby , because I had committed the hsinous offence of telliag an unstamped newspaper—because I had striven to set the press ef England free . ( Cries of 44 shame . " ) Yes , my Mends , I was for six months confined in a bastile . because I dared , in defiance of wicked and infamous laws , to give to the working classes that untaxed knowledge which they have the right , te enjoy . The tyrants bound me , but could not subdue me . They destroyed my emdneaa—they took from me my means of subsistence , ana sent me forth a poor , friendless boy , to find on the road what subsistence I might . They sent me away friendless and forlorn 4 but I return to Derby not as I departed . I come back to look tyrants in the teeth , in the
proud character of a leader of the people—as one of the chosen chieftains of the brave men of tbe Nurth . ( Loud cbeers . ) I stand before yon this day m a delegate to the National Convention , representing the city of Norwich , the counties of Northumberland a&d Durham , and likewise a portioa of Cumberland ; and I come , my friends , to tell you what in the present state of the North of England . Ah . ' well may Whig and Tory tyrant * tremble at this meeting , fearing , as they do , that it is but the prelude to causing the men ef Derby to assume that triumphant front of defiance toward * their oppressor * which the men of the North have already assumed . ( Cheers . ) The tyrant * may affect to hold us in contempt , but in their hearts they tremble . ( Cheers . ) I have
today seen the Shopocracy of Derby standing at their windows and their door-ways , affecting to sneer at our procession—to sneer , because we , tie poor—we , the oppressed—we , the too-long rafiering people , have not this day displayed the silken banner and the gilded motto . 1 tell these big-bellied , parseproud , ignorant Shbpocrat-, to look to their tillsto stick to their counter *—to fawn , and crawl , and creep to their Aristocratic patrons , but not to sneer it us , who have too long borne with their sneers ; or . if they do , kt them take tbe consequence . *—the day of retribution may arrive sooner than they look fir . I dismiss them in the words of the poet of liberty—the bard who died in the cause of freedom —immortal Byron : —
M Call ye this an idle threat ? Crimson tears may follow yet !" My friends , on last Chrmmas-duy , the day cm which , accoifding to sacred records , the Redeemer of Euankiud was born , —on that day , I met in the streets of Newcastle-npoji-ryQe , one hundred tnousand of the brave Northerns , and on that day , as we this day are doing , we raised our voices to heaven upon God ' s green earth , and under the cauopy of God ' s own skies , we swore by our homes and our altars we swon * by our wives and our children—we swore by tne God of our fathers , the oath of men determined to be no longer enslaved—we swore ta live free or diei ( Great cheering . ) In addition to Newcastle I visited many . of the surrouudine towns and ti 11 bp »»«
in Northumberland and Darham . I visited the hardy colliers on the bank * of ths Tyne , and I tell you , my friends , that the hand * that handle the pick can , if needs be , handle the pike and the sword . ( Cheer * . ) As eome proof of the spirit that animates those districts , I may inform you that , previous to the demonstration held on Christtnas-day , it was rumoured that the intended meeting would be interfered with by the soldiery , as on a former occasion . The neighbouring villages sent their delegates to the Political Council of Newcastle to know if they ( the men of the surrounding districts ) were , on the day of the meeting , to bring their arms with them ( Cheers . ) . Again , on the news of the arrest of our glorious auvocate Stephens reaching Northumberland
the nllages that eve assembled by moonlight , and on the following day , ( Sunday ) they sent their delegates to the Council to know \ f they xcere to begin ! ( Chetre . ) But one word vat wanting from thuir leaders , and the people would even then have struck such a blow , as would have made despots quake and tyrants cower . Leaving those districts I visited Cumberland , and at Carlisle 1 had tne honour to make a speech which , thanks be to God , frightened the Saopocracy . At DaLston , in Cumberland , I attended a meeting called by the drum and fife , one man marching in front , sxrord in hand , and another bringing up the rear with hit musket—arrived at the heaa of a street , he in the rear fired off his musket , and he in frent proclaimed , sward in hand , that the
meeting would be held in such a place at xuch an hour ( cheery ); and the men , when they came , brought their valking stick * and bread and cheese knives with them . This is the way to ( aril and to hold meeting * . Believe mt there is no argument Wee the sveord—aiid a musket is ujiioweeraUt . ( Loud cheer * . ) I have also visited Lancashire and Yorkshire , and I tell you , my friends , that Peterloo has not been in vain—that the factory system and the New Poor Law have dope their work everywhere : the people are enthusiastic and determined . I have visited Manchester , Preston , Bury , Ashton , Stal y bridge , Leigli , Bradford , and aeveral other places . In Ashton and Stalybridge , I came in persmal contact with the devoted followers of
Stephens ; I found that his flock not only loved but adored him , and I tell his oppressors that those men , aye and those women too who adore this righteous man will shed their hearts' best blood ratlivr than fallow him to be sacrificed . ( Cheers . ) Men of 'Derby ! Women of Derby ! you will also itUnd by our beloved Stephens ? ( Crie * of " We will . " ) If yen will , then , give him three hearty cheers . ( Three enthusiastic cheers were accordingly given . ) That is well ; I thought you would protect him ; but how protect him ? I will tell you—you must freely give your pence to support him , to enable him to dash the oppressor from the judgment * seat , and then by God's help he will triumph over his enemies : or should destiny have decreed his falL then
them are those who will take his place—men eer * tsinly ' not possessing a tithe ef ms magnificent talents , but who would have the burning zeal , and honest heart that he powesges—mea who would fearfully avenge his fall . But fall he never shallfor if the pence fail we will try the pikes ! ' If gold ¦ defeat u&— we . will try the virtue of steel / ( £ nthu > siastic cheering . ) We have met here to-day to demand our rights we have assembled here to tell our tyrants they shall tyrannize bo longer . We demand Universal Suffrage , because we believe that Universal Suffrage will bring universal happiness—for msx \ - versal happiness there shall be—or our tyrants shall fiad to their cost that we will have universal misery . ( Cheers . ) We will have happy homes and altars free ,
or by tne t > od of our sires , uur oppressors shall share tat misery ' we have too long endured . ( Cheers . ) The aristocracy and ihojjocracy say the system works well—allow me to illustrate tie working of the system . In the Derby Mercury of last week , I find , under the head of ** Police , " that a man of the name of Thomas Williamson was brought before the magistrates charged with begging in the street * . It appears he had before been charged with a similar offence—that is , he had been guilty of being hungry —he had been guilty of wearing , a bad coat , of having no shoes to his feet , and , like Jesus Christ , no place wherein to lay his head . He had bmi imprisoned for these crimes ; and—would you credit it , my friends ? this audacious criminal was found
guilty of the . like offences a second time ; he was provld to have been guilty of being as hungry on the day of his discharge , iront ^ aol as he had been on the day of his commitment ! ( Ironical cheers . ) The Derby iSercury states that the magistrates found him guilty of being a rogue and a vagabond , and sent him to hard labour in the , Houe of Correction for six weeks . ( Cries of " Shame ! " ) Now , wish all due deference to the , reporter for that paper , I think he hu conunitted a slight mwtftte in his r eport—the rogue and vagabond were tobeW&d . not m the person of the poor destitote creature found ft olty of being poor , but in the periois of those selfimportant magistrates that sat upon the beHch . ( Cheers . ) Nowforanofterilmrtration . Inthesaate number of the Derbg Mercury , I find an advertise ^ meat respecting a bine greyhound bitehi supposed to be gtokn or strayed , - The adwtiieaumt taies that
whoeser will return her to the ownar will be well rew " ; rded , and whoever detains her will be piwecated with the utmost rigoor of the law . Now observe the care aad anxiety exhibited on behalf of theblne greyhound bitch , and contrast it with the fate of f bomas Williamson : there is no reward offered : for nim , though * traying from his home—for he had bo home to stray from—no one is threatened with the wngeanee of die law for harming him ; on tbe conirwy , he is punished with the u utmost rigour" for the « me uf being poor . Oh ! my friends , whe would not rather , in the present state of society , be » blue greyhound bitch , in preference to being a ^ . fa- ( Ironical fcheera . ) But , I ask , shall this bloody state of things continue ? Forbid it . Justice ! Forbid it , Vir tue J Forbid it , Me * of
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"Snatch from the ashen of your ores , The embers •( their former tires , And he who in the strife expires Will add to theirs a name of fear That tyranny shall quakeito hear , And leave hu tons anpp ? , a fame . They too will rather die than shame ; For Freedom ' s battle , once begun , Beqveathpd by blaeding sire to son , Though baffled oft , is ever won . " My friends , we demand Universal Suffrage because it u ear right , and not only because it is our right , but because we believe it will bring freedom to our country , and happiness to ' our homesteads : we believe k will give us bread , and beef , and beer . What
is it that we want ? Not to destroy property and take life , but to preserve our own lives , and to protect eur own property—namely , our Labour . We are for u Peace , Law , Order ; " but if our oppressors shall break the peace—if our tyrants shall violate the law—if our despot * shall trample upon order , then will we fall back upan the Constitution , and defend the few Eematning of the blood-bought righto left us by our fathers . The Whigs shall sever violate the Constitution of this country , as they have done in Canada . They charge tu with being physical * force men j I fling the charge back in the teeth of these canting ^ Liberals . Let them call to mind their own words and deeds during the humbug Reform agitation ; let them remember Derby in a staut of anarchy ,
Nottingham and Bristol in flameu ; tibove all let them look to Canada—have they not sent forth the women and children to perish in the mow ? have they not fired the cottages and desolated the hearths of the Canadians ? have they not burnt the temples of the living God and the bodies of the dead ? Again , I say , we are for peace , but we must have justicewe must have our rights speedily ; peaceably if we can—forcibly if we most- ( Land cheers . ) The want of Universal Suffrage haa enabled our oppressors ao long to ride rough-shod over us—the want of Universal Suffrage has allowed the horrors of the factory syxtem so long to contiuue—that bloody system , deforming the bedies and debauchiug the minds of our children . Oh ! y « millowners and factory-lords ! How will ye answer ior the wholesale murders ve
have committed—how will ye answer at God ' s judgment seat for your crimes against humanity ! The want of Universal Suffrage has enabled the Whigs aud Tories to frame that bloody law ; the New Poor Law . The New Poor Law is step the first in the Philosophical system , by which the Whigs and Maithnsian Liberals hope to rule England . Step the second is to be the establishment of a Rural Police to enforce their damnable Act , and to sDence tbe murmurs of the people } but if the Whigs shall dare to attempt the establishment of that un-Engligh , unconstitutional force , rather than have in every hamlet , on every footpath , on every highway , a mercenary spy—rather than have such a damnable state of things—I say
" Cry havoc , and let slip the dogs of war . " ( Load cheers . ) And what think you , my countrymen , and what think you my fair countrywomen , is to be step the third in this hellish system ? Why that your third er fourth child shall be torn from its mother ' s breast , aud then and there put to death . ( Groan * . ) Yes , my friends , gome atrocious scoundrel under the anonymous cgaature of Marcus , has dared to propose thid system of wholesale murder—has dared to propose that your third or fourth new-born babe shall be taken from you and stifled with a certain species of gas , and this the villain calls " Paiule . « extinction ! " I wish we had Mr . Marcus here ( cries of "Aye , lad , " ) , I would only take him down to one of the mills at the hour of leavin g work , and
there the mothers and the maids of Derb y should be his judge and jury , and then God help him ! ( Cheers ?) I could promise him he would soon be extinguished—though I could not promise him " painless extinction . " ( Laughter , and cheers . ) With the bloody law of Marcus in force only one atep more will be wanting to complete the system , and that will be a law to authorize the millowners , the Factory Lords , aad the Shopocracy generally to put you to death when worn out—to shoot you as mad dogs when you are no longer of any use to them : but this
shall never be . ( Cries of Never ! " ) We will make our country one vast , howling wilderness of desolation and destruction rather than the tyrants shall carry out their infernal system . ( Cheers aud cries of " we will . " ) They say we are top many—that population increases faster than the means of subsistence , if so let those leave the land who do not loveuuBur let those who werk not leave the country , andWhtn . the Aristocracy betake xhemselve * to Van pieman ' s Land , and the moneymongers to the devil , ' take my word for it there will be enough left for you and me . But we will not leave . the land of our sires—we vritt not quit the sail that gave us birth .
" If bugs molest me as in bed I lie , Shall 1 desert my bed for them ? Not I . I will arise and every bug destroy , New make my bed , and all it * sweets enjoy . " ( Load laughter and cheers . ) My friends , our country may be compared to a bedstead full of nasty , filthy , crawling , Aristocratic and Shopocratic bugs . In answer to our calumniators who say we wish to destroy property , I answer , we will not destroy the bedstead , but we tciii annihilate the bugs . ( Great cheering and laughter . ) We will put down our oppressors , but our country we will save . ( Cheers . ) Again 1 ask what do we want ? We want that every man should have his wife , and every woman her husband—we want that every lad should have bin lass , and everv
lass her lad—we want the husband to be able to maintain his wife in comfort without sending her to the damned rattle boxes- ^( hear , hear , and cheers)—to be able to rear up children on his own hearthstone without sending them to those hell holes , the factories . ( Loud cheering . ) We want a state of things in which every young man ehall be able , without fears for the future , to take unto himself a wife and fulfil the laws of nature and of God . ( Cheers . ) That man is a beastly scoundrel , a naaty filthy villain , who tells me I have no right to a wife because 1 am too poor to keep her . If any man should be deprived of his wife , it w the rich man who can afford , aud usually doe * , keep women besides . Men of Derby , we will have our wives and our sweethearts , and , if needs be ,
we will defend them with our own right arms , with our heart ' s best blood . ( Loud cheering . ) 1 have given you to understand that the men of the North are armed , / invite you to follow their example . ( " We will . " ) You have a right to be armed ; the Constitution enjoins H upon every man a « his duty to be armed ; fulfil , then , your dnties , exercise your rights , and then your tyrants will listen to your petitions and grant yoar demand * . Imitate the brave men of theNortb—look to the spirit there manifested —as exhibited in a paragraph to be found in that honest y advocate of the poar man ' s rights , The Operative , of Sandav last , which stated that in the neighbourhood of Newcastle , a sturd y democrat , worthy of the olden time , cast lota with his wife as to whether his coat or her cloak should be sold to purchase a musket . ( Cheers . ) The lot fell upon the
coat , it wag sold and the musket purchased ; thus fulfifling the command of Scripture—* ' He that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one . " ( Loud cheers . ) .. Time was when every Englishman had a musket in his cottage , and along with it hung the flitch of bacon ; now there was no flitch of bacon , for there was no musket ; let the musket be restored , and the flitch of bacon will soon follow . ( Loud cheering . ) I will not further detain you this cold day but thanking you for your patient attention , and kind reception , I will retire , repeating to you that you will get nothing from your tyrants but what you can take , and you can take nothing unless you are properly prepared so to do . In the words oi a good man then , I say— " Arm for Peace , arm for Liberty , ara for Justice , arm for the rights of all , and the tyrants will no longer laugh at your petitions . " Remember
that" Our green flag glitters o ' er us The friends we ' ve tried Are b y our ride And the foes we hate before us !" Mr . Harney retired amidst enthusiastic and long continued cheering . Mr . John Page very briefly proposed the second resolution . He would not detain them , as it wai a very cold day and they would have other opportunities of hearing his sentiments . The resolution was : — tt That George Julian Harney , ef London , and ——Skevington , of Loughborongh , be * elected Delegates to represent these districts in the Convention for the purpose of enforcing by all constitutional meana the just demands of the people ; this meeting pledging themselves . He * er to relax 1 a these demands until they hare obtained their National , Social , and Political Rights ; and this meeting farther pledge themselves to support their Delegates by every means in their power , and under any circumstances to protect aod defend them both morally and physically . ''
Mr . Whmah Pabkissok seconded the retolu » tion . . ; Mr . Thojui ^ Collumbelu ( of Derby , ) here mounted the driving box of a fly in which the r eporters were fixed , close by the hustings ,- and addressed the meeting in a short speech , in which he exhorted them to exhibit in all its strength their thoral power , and to let physical force be their last resort . Mr . Sbevinctos ( of Longhborough ) felt somewhat peculiar on tilt * present occasion , having to present
himself before them for the first time as a delegate to the National Convention . He heartily thanked them for the honour they had conferred upon him , and all he had to ray wag , that he should endeavour to do his be& to serve them . If he faltered in bi » dntjr , why then let them withdraw their support from him . He trusted that their hearts were engaged in the same cause in which himself and others were engaged , to achieve'to the working population of this great eooutry a fair day ' * pay for a fair day ' s labour . " ( Cheers . ) A « their friend ( Collumbell ) had said , he tnuted that their moral energieg | would
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bema 4 etappf to achieve the objects they had in view , before bringing rotb operation their physical power . What does moral force imply ? Why , that ther « is a power behind ready to substantiate and support it . fLood cries of hear , hear . ) And he was sure that , if Government once got to know that they had the means of taking what they asked for , it would not deny their humble requests . But no long a « the people go , like beggar * to the door , GoTOmment wouldoaly lan ^ h at them . - Let them go as men determined to have their right * , and they would obtain justice . He would illustrate thia position by referring to a letter he had neon at Leicester , wherein it wa » said that » f it was customary for every person to carry a pirtol with him , there would be no
highway robberies : and if Government knew that every working man had a brace of pistols hanging over his mantel-piece , would they oppress them ? (« No , no . " ) He was happy to « ay that their fears were already excited . A respectable manufacturer of Louguborough called upon their Treasurer the other day , and wished him to take a glass of ale . He wondered what could possess him to be so generous . ( Laughter . ) Of course he began to talk about whut was going on , and said that he understood they ( the Chartists ) had got 400 pikes at Sheepshead . The Treasurer replied that he could not say wbat they had got at Sheepshead , but ha wished to be candid , and would tell him ( the manufacturer ) that until he had the right to vote he should consider himself a slave . " How bo ? " " Why * " he continued , "I have
not the power to vote for the men who make laws , who press me into the militia and the marines , and who make laws by which food is taxed ; and so long H « ey possess the power to make these laws without my consent , I shall consider myself a political slave . " ( Hear , hear . ) « ' Well , " said the manufacturer , "if you can show me that the majority « f the people are for Universal Suffrage , I may eoncede . " The Treasurer replied that hp was convinced , en a division , the majority would be found to be 00 . If he ( Mr . Skevington ) were to ask them to-day which they would prefer , a little loaf or a big one , ho knew what they would say . ( Cheers . ) The speaker then proceeded to relate a case against the New Poor Law . He declared that a person was
sent from Loughborough to the Nottingham Bastile —the individual died , and he was buried Withont his friends being apprised of bia death . On the Monday after he was buned on the Friday , two of the deceased ' s daughters called at the workhouse to see him , wheii they were met at the door , and told that he was dead aod buried . Let them ask themselves how they would like such treatment ? ( Groans . ) Was it not high time to put a stop to such proceedings ? ( Cheers . ) He wanted no shedding of blood ; but the Manchester Chartists had said a month or two ago'the time was near at hand when there would be a fearful reckoning between the working population on the one hand , and the aristocratic classes on the other . He would not detain them
longer than briefly to observe , that he was anxious that every man nhonld be governed by law * which either himself or his representative had had power in making . He wanted the poor man to be paid for his labour , to enable him to sit by his own fireside comfortably ; he did not want to see the bloom of the wife gone , and the children half famished , but he wanted them to be fed as well as the dogs and horses of the Aristocracy . There were the principles which he should go to the National Convention to advocate , and irthe scaffold should be his reward for his exertions , he would fearlessly meet it ; ( Cheers . ) He meant to tell the Government and the aristocracy that tbey should not amavs fortune *
out of the sweat and blood of the poor—that the poor should no longer be starved to supply their luxuries . Let them go on manfull y ^ and boldly do their duty , and then they would have no shedding of blood . " Every man mar keep a gun , though he may not want to use it . But so long as you are without them , six soldiers will be able to drive you ; but when Government knows that every man can go home and fetch his gun . and Bay , "Oh , if you mean to be at that game , two can play , they will grant oar requests . " He concluded by saying that he would do hu best to aenre them . If he failed to perform bis duty , let them put a white feather in his tail , and drive him before them . ( Laughter and cheers . )
Mr . Thos . Also * proposed the next resolution : — "That a general fund being essential to the support of the Delegates of the People in Convention assembled : that the following persons , Messrx . Cotton , Skevington , Clarke , Neal , Truscott , and Rewcantle , with power to add to their number , be appointed a Committee for the collection of the National Rent . " Mr . Stcthe . v Johnson , of Derby , moved the next resolution— "That this meeting view with just ab ^ horrence the infamous perMecutiun of the Rev . J . R . Stephens by tfce corrupt tools of the Whig Government , and rightly appreciating the noble services in the cause of suffering humanity , of their persecuted friend , pledge to render to him their aid in nia present struggle with the oppressors ; assuring their friend that under any circumstances they will protect and defend him . "
The resolution was seconded and carried ; after . which the last speakei again stepped forward and moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his able and impartial conduct in the chair . Thanks were given with three times three . The Chairman briefly returned thanks , concluding by hoping that they would return to their homes without leaving a stigma behind them . On retiring from Chester Green , the asHembl « d multitude , with bands , banners . < fcc . as in the morning , followed the delegates they had elected to the Ceaventiou ( Messrs . Julian Harney and Skevington ) through the principal streets of the town to the Market Place , w , here Mr . Harney again shortly addressed them , congratulating the men of Derh y upon the orderly conduct that day , and the
determined stand they had made against aggression ; he thanked them for the honour they had conferred upon him , assuring bis constituents that he should go to London prepared to "do or die . " At his request the people gave three cheers for that persecoted friend of the people , the Rev . J . R . Stephens , " —three groans "for his ba < e , brutal , and bloody Whir oppressors "—threecbeeri "forFearguaO'Cou-OOr , Bronterre O'Brien , and Richard Oastler "—three groans * for Daniel O'ConneU "—and three cheer ? "for the Lajtmes of Derbyshire , and the Radical Women of England generally . " After giving three times three cheers lor their delegated , the people quietly retired to their respective homes . The proceedings at the hustings commenced about one and terminated at about twenty minutes past four o ' clock .
Thus ended the glorious demonstration of the men of Derby , without affording any pretext to their paternal magistracy for making a Peterloo harii of them . All necessary preparation was made : the military and yeomanry corps were held in readiness for a moment s notice , to cut the throats of the people , if but a window had been broken , or the slightest infringement of the most perfect order taken place .
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ADDRESS OF THE FEMALE POLITICAL UNION OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE TO THEIR FELLOW-COUNTRYWOMEN
— ¦ " Well ye know What woman is , for n « ne of Woman born Can choose but drain the bitter dreg » of woo Which ever to the oppressed from the opprcwora flow . "
SHELLEV . Fellow-Countrywomen , — We call upon youtojoinusand help our fathers , husbands , and brothers , to free themselves and us from political , physical , and mental bondage , and urge the following reasons as an answer to our enemies and an inducement to our friends . We-have been told that the province of woman w her home and that the field of polities should be left to men ; this we deny ; the nature of things renders it impossible , and the conduct of those who give the advice is at variance with the principles they assert . Is it not true that the interests of our fathers , husbands , and brothers , ought to be ours ?
It tbey are oppressed and impoverished ; do we aot share those evils with them ? If so ,, ought , we not to resent the infliction of those wrongs upon them ? We have read the records of the past , and our hearts have responded to the historian ' s praise of those women , who struggled against tyranny and urged their countrymeu to be free or die . Acting from those feelings when told of the oppression exercised upon the enslaved negroes in our colonies , we raised our voices in denunciation of their tyrants , and never rested until the dealer * hi human blood were compelled to abandon their hellborn traffic ; but w ? have learned by bitter experience that slavery is not confined to colour or clime
. and that even in England cruel oppression reignsand we are compelled by pur love of God and hatred f wroDg to join our countrywomen in their demand for liberty and justice . : We haye seen ( that because the husband ' s earning * could not support his family , the wife has been compelled to leave her home neglected and , with her lafant children , work at a soul and body degrading toil . We have sees the fether dragged from his home b y a ruffian press gang , compelled to tight against those that never injured him , paid onlv 34 b .
per month , while he ought to have had £ 6 ; his wife and children left to starve or subsist on the scanty fare doled out by hired charity . We have seen the poor robbed of their inheritance and a law enacted to treat poverty as a crime , to deny migery cbnsolafaon , to take from the unfortunate their freedom ; to drive the poor from their homes and their father land , to separate those whom God has joined together , and tear the children from their parents' care ; - this law was passed by men and supported by men , who avow the doctrine that the poor hare no right
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to live , and that aa all wise and beneficent Creator has left the wants of his children unproridea for . ¦ For yeart we have struggled to maintain bur homes In comfort , such as our hearts tdW us should greet our husbands after their fatigaing labours ; Year KanlTo e no F < wpect of beinfr realised , onr hnson ? fS " ^ I ' 8 V °° n ° oW half furnished , Z t « ? f ? ' ¦ ** « Wldren uneducatedthe fear of want hangs over our heads ; the scorn of the rich is pointed towards ns ; the brand of slavery ^ on our kindred , and we feel the degradation . We are a ^ despised caste ; onr oppressors are not content with despising ourfeelb gs , but demand the control of our thoughts and wants ^ want ' s bitter bondage bmds « tote feet ,, we are oppressed beoansewe
52 *?^** r ° S ' aelladn ^ oflden ^ and the sympathies of nature , are not for iL the solace of our homes , the endeannentB of our children and the sympathies of our kindred are denied us-and even » u the grave our ashes are laid with disrespect . We have searched and found thatthe cause of these evils is the Government of the country being in the hands of a few of the upper and middle classen , while the working men who form the millions , the strength and wealth of the country , are left withont the pale of the Constitution , their wixhes never consulted , and their interests sacrificed by the ruling factions who have created useless officers and enormoas ualariea for their own aggrandi 8 ement- ^
burthened the country with a debt of eighteen hundred millions sterling , and an enormous taxation of fift y * four millions sterling annually , which ought not to be more than eight millions ; for these evils there is no remed y but the just measure of allowing every qtjjien of the United Kingdom , the right of voting in 4 election of the members of Parliaments , who have to make the laws that he has to be governed by and grant the taxes he has to pay ; or , in other words , to pass the people ' s Charter into a law and emancipate the white slaves of England . This is what the working men of England , Ireland , andScotland , are struggling for , and we have banded ourselves together in union to assist them ; and we call on all our ftllow-countrvwomen to join us , ' ^ We tell the wealthy , the high and mighty ones of the land , our kindred shall he free . We tell their
loraiy dames we love our husbands as well as they love theirs , that our homes shall no longer be destitute of comfort , that in sickness , want , and old age , we will not be separated from them , that our children are near and dear to us and shall not be torn from us . We harbour no evil wishes against any one , and ask for nought but justice ; therefore , we call on all persons to assist us in this good work , but especially those shopkeepers which the Reform Bill enfranchised . We call on tbem to remember it was the unrepresented working men that procured them their rights , and that they ought now to fulfil the pledge they gave to assist them to get theirs—they ought to remember that our pennies make their pounds , and that we cannot in justice spend the hard earnings of our husbands with those that are opposed to their rights and interests . ¦
Fellow-Countrywomen , in conclusion , we entreat you to join us to help the cau se of freedom , justice , honesty , and truth , to drive po-veTty and ignorance from our land , and estaWish happy homes , true religion , righteous government , and good laws .
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• STATE OP THE COUNTRY . Cockebmouth . —We have had a pretty display of Whig « valour" and Whig "manliness" in this town thig week . These worthies , who are in every way adapted for the dirty work at which they have shown themselves such masterpieces , convened a public meeting in the Mechanics' News Kopm , by posting up hand-bills in the town , for the purpose of taking into consideration the Corn Laws , the meeting to take place yesterday ( Wednesday ) evening , at eight o ' clock , but somehow or other the bell went round , about two hours before meeting , stating , that the meeting would be held at the Court House . But woe to these would-be politicians ! Immediatel y after this , the bell went a second time , calling upon the Radicals to attend at the Court Hou > eto
frus-, trate , ifpossible , the operations of these "Reformers , " and by half-past seven , the doors of the house were literally besieged . The hour came , and the crowd began to look anxiously towards the door ; but they were doomed to make the most of their patience for half an hour longer , when a messenger was dispatched to the News Room to wiquire the occasion of the delay , when a worthy , in the xbape of a Poor Law Guardian , made hia appearance , beastly drank , in company with another being , who , upon being asked the occasion of the delay , began to " show fight , " and divers other grimaces , more befitting a pantaloon than " gentlemen" It appeared that thei *; " creatures , " in company with a certain foreman , an aspirer to the
"Smiles and soft caresses " of the Whig faction in this town , had been turned out by them to inform the crowd that they thought proper to adjourn the meeting , as th . y were u afraid " they would be beat by " clamour . " So much for the first attempt at Anti-Corn Law Agitation here ; and it is to be hoped that they will drop the question altogether .
Bishop Wearmouth Radical Festival . — On Tuesday eveuing we had a glorious Radical festival , which was attended by many of the pitmen and their wives , from the collieries in the neighbourhood . The County Charter Association is rapidly increasing in numbers , especially in the colliery districts . The Marquis of Londonderry , at the Tory feed held here last week , honoured us with his abuse , and appears quite alarmed at the growing disaffection of hia "honest collier lads . " Hao-qatk . —At the weekly meeting of this
Association , on Monday week , the following resolutions were agreed to :- " let . That this meeting views with feelings of abhorrence and indignation , the wicked and diabolical conduct of the Whig Government towards that noble and patriotic friend of the people , the Rev . J . R . Stephens . "— " 2 nd . That we , the members of this Association , do immediatel y enter into a subscription , and use every lawful means in our power to augment the fund now preparing for the defense of the Rev . J . R . Stephens , at his approaching trial . "— " 3 rd . That we take the
present opportunity of expressing the greatest confidence in those noble patriot * of liberty , Mr . F . O'Connor , the Rev . J . R . Stephens , Mr . Oastler , and others . "— "itb . That a request be made for the insertion of these resolutions in the Northern Star newspaper . " Leith . —At a very respectable and enthusiastic meeting of the Edinburgh aud Mid Lothian Universal Suffrage Association , held in the Cordwainera ' Hall , Leith , on Monday week , open to the pablic ,
and called by placard , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That this meeting , highly gratified with the very satisfactory intelligence from Birmingharn and other parts of the country , in reference to the onward progress of Radicalism , feel themselves called upon to make increased exertions m the sacred cause ; they do , accordingly , pledge themselves to support the National Convention for Universal Suffrage , both by their purses and their persons to the very uttermost . "
RoTHERHAMv—There has been a glorious meeting , by moonlight , at Rotherham , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition , the People ' s Charter , and the Collection of Rent . Upwards of sixty members of the Working Men ' s Association sat down to substantial dinner , at the house of Mr * . Kirk , the Sign of the Ring of Bells , who deserves great praige for the accommodation and attention , which she at all times evinces to the comfort and convenience of ihe working classes . After dinner they adjourned to a spacious piece ofground adjacent to the Red Lion Inn , where "Mr . Dixon took the chair . There could not have been less than from three to four thousand people present . Colonel luompson opened the business , by stating , that
u ^ came rrom Sheffield , to attend their meeting , under the impression that it had been called for the p urpose of petitioning for the repeal of the Corn i-awa alone j However , finding that they were determined to adopted the Charter , &c . and thus obtain political power and thus be enabled to remove not only the Corn Laws , but all other grievances , he would not disappoint them of a ¦ peech ; he would explain to them thto reasons why he bad voted for the original motion , instead of the amendment ^ at Sheffield , on Monday . He would yield to no man in the advocacy of the justice and the propriety . of granting full political
power to the working men . Still , holding the Opinions which he had done for twelve yean , respecting the Corn Laws , he could not consistently have done otherwise than vote for their total repeal : but he could not see , by thus voting , that he threw any particular obstacle in the way of the working classes obtaining those just and inalienable rights which he knew they ought to demand . Mr . L . Pitkethly , of Huddersfield , Hilloughby Wo od ^ Esq ., of Camsall Hall , near Doncaster , Messrs . Beal , Gill , and others from Sheffield , attended , who , with Messrs . Taylor , Burgess , Lawson , Geggie , ably snpperted the series of resolutions for Annual Parliaments , Tote by Ballot , Universal Suffrage , &C . &C . &C . '
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intS ^^ Th * Ea l ; PF . GkANTixLK . -A rnmour pre . vails that his excellency is about to relinquish his diplomatic post . He is expected to leave Paris in a few days for London . _ The Crowm Pbiucb gs Bavahia left Munich for Rome on tbe 19 th January ., The departure of the King also for Italy has been fixe * for the I 6 th of February . * . .. A Hebrew-German Journal , called Jevnith <««««» , haajost been started in the free cilr of ftankfort . This is the fourth jonrnal of the kind that ban been originated fa that city . m . V . ? k * ?* Sussex met with a slight accident while stepping but of his nhaeten atl « BnM »
*•«•* , but his Royal Highness is going on well . < n £ - THB jtfft of January , the oldest of the iw rei 8 ° V ° f ^ roP ^ Charl es John ( Bernadotte ) Se ^ st ?^ ' 7 ^ 76 * Tear . The ZJL - KhT » * f b ^ ' ^ -W" Swedish Majesty , are the Kingef pru 88 la and the King of the French , hvrt » S ^^^ Y last , two Mexican flags , taken the FortTs T ^ T r T Dder Admiral fii ^ S Biter Bit .-A noble lord a short time ase an IJs s'SSft-jsst . srSts S- ' Ssswas . ftsSS lady will not distinguish them . Y < mare 3 ate my lord , said the pawnbroker : your lady has stolen a march upon you ; these stones are false , I benahfc
roe diamonds ot her ladyship , a twelvemonth ago ! Indian Rktort . —A few years ago a professor of region in the Midland District , who owned a distillery , reproved an intoxicated Mohawk for jrefeting drunk , telling him that he must not do it , that he was very wicked , &c . The Indian replied , You very good man . Me very good Christian ! You make whiskey— me drink it . " The reprover was silenced . —American pajier . /•* ¦¦¦ _ Thb Factions and the People . — The S ^? i Tory' rovincia ! P P * Bering at
, _ . P " « the Charusto , and uttempting to turn the Universal Suffrage agitation into ridicule . This is in bad taste , to say the least of it . Three millions of work ing men , who , in . the event of a foreign war , would be the mam stay of the country , are entitled , under any circumstances , to be treated with respect-but their title to be so treated is still stronger when it is considered that they ask nothing more than what the principles of the British Constitution recoirniM as their 3 ust right . —Scots Times .
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. ^ 1 ¦ AGENTS FOR THE NORTHERN STAR . Orders and Advertisements received by the undermentioned Agents : — Almondbury—Mr . Midgley , near Hnddersfield . Ashton—Joseph Hobson . Barnsley— Lingard , New Street , Mr . Gfflbanfr , Postmaster . ' Bath-J . Cogswelt , 5 , Chandos Buildings : Croker , union Passage ; Batley—J . Fearnride , Hair Dresser , nearDewsburj . Buigley—Mr . Harrison , Bookseller . Jiirstal— Mr . J . Buckley , Grocer . Jiirinrngham—Guegt , Steel-house-lane , Mr . Cooper News-Agent , Union Street ; M r . Taylor , New « - Agent , 3 ? , Smallbrook Street ; Messrs . Mansell and Co , News-Agents ; Mr . Plastans , Dale ¦ find ; Mr . FaulknerDale End .
, itotom—Ainsworth , Sweet Green : Lawson , Brad-D « h . ? w- ft * 5 F- Gardner , News-Agent 3 ro 4 ford ~ J . Ibbetson , Market-Place ; G . Hopkins , . Goodman ' s-End ; and C . Wilkinson , Southgate . Brtstol—J . Chappell , No . 1 , SoutheyV Buildings G . Payne , No . 21 , Castle MiU-Street . Brtgheuse--E . S . Keir , Bookseller . Burnley—Butterwoftb , ll , Cannan- » treet ; T . Rickards . Bookseller , Blucher Street . Bury—Binns ; Mr . Kay , Boekseller . Carlisle—James Arthur , 28 , Rickergate Street . Charley— Mr . Woodburn , Lancashire . CollumploH—ThomasMitehel ] , Post-master . Cockertiiouth—R . Johnatoue , Bookseller , Cumberland . . ¦ ...
Co / ne—H . Earnshaw , Printer ; Baldwin , High St . Coventry—Rushton , News-Agent , Silver Street . Darlington—Olivet , Printer . Z ) ea « 6 ary—T . Brooke , Market-Place : S . Healevi and J . Fletcher , Poat-office . Derby—Mrs Parry , News Agent ; and Mr . N . Neale , 32 , Sadler- ^ gate . Doncaster—Messrs . Storer and Stainton , White Bear lun . Edinburgh—M r . Frazer , 65 , Princess-street . £ Han * -Richard Grasby and John Tong . trome—MT . Hodder , Anchor Inn , Catherine HilL Oreenacres Aioor- ^ Mr . Holt . Glasgow—Mr . H . RobinsonTrongste : Mr . Join
, Irazer , 31 , Nelson Street ; and Air . John f Cumnung , 16 , Hutchiuuon Street . branUiam—Mr . J Bushby , Bookseller . Glwisop— Mr . J . W ^ tes , Post Oftice . Glossup-Dute—Hlx . J . Nutter . Halifax—U . Barker , Wade-Street : R . Wilkinwn , Cross-Field : W . Ibbeteon , Union-Street ; W . Midgley , Russell-Street ; Mr . Walker , Bull ureen ; Mes-sr * . Hartley and Walker , Booksellers ; and _ Mjr . Philip Platts , Ripponden , near Halifax . « iii .
Hebden Bridge—T 3 J > awaon . Heckmnndwike—Mr . Chadwick . heyimod—A . Smith , Brearley-street ; J . Kay , Church-streetr and Mr . J . Heywood , Boekseller , near Rochdale . Hightovm—Wm . Lister , Bookseller . Honley—J . Homfall . Horbury—G . Holroyd . HolmfirtA—Mr . Joseph Crpssland . Huduer » Jield—C . Tinker , Market Walk ; Mr . Northrop ; Mr . Jno . Hanson ; Mr . S . Dickinson , 1 King Street ; and Mr . Greenwood , Dalton , near Hudderurield .
Hull—Blansbard , Chnrch-side ; Mr . Joseph Noble , Market Place j Mr . T . B . Smith , Post Office ; and Mr . T . Wild , News Agent , No . 4 , Blanket Row . Hyde—John Rather . Hanley , Potteries—Hr . Pilgrim . Idle—Mr . T . Jenkins , Post-master . Ireland—Arthur McCornick , Coleraine , CotuitT Derby . * Keighley—Mr . Garnett . . KnaresborougA—Hawkndge , Temperance Cofiee House
Kettering—Mr . Harding . Kendal—Mr . Z . Smart , Strickland Gate . Leicester—John Seal , Town Hall Lane . Lockwood— Jonathan Battey . ' /<«* £ —Pargiter , 32 , Kirkgate . Lees—James Greaves ; and W . B . Micklethwaite * Leigh—3 . Cooke , Post office . Lancaster—R . Airey . Lindley— Edward Shaw , Liverpool— T . Smith , Scotland Place , and Murray 43 . GreatCrossHallStreet , * Lougkborough—Thomas Eveleigh , top of ttieMttrtet Place . London—J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , FleeWtreet-Hethenngton , 162 , Strand ; and G . J . Hamey ! 9 , Evangelist ' * Court , Little Bridge Street Blnckfnars . . ^
Macclesjield—John Stubbs , Waters . Manchester—A .. Heywood , OUham-Street Ma njj firfd ^ ospph Woodward , Watson fa Yard . ^ . Church Street ; andM . Jarvis , Lawn . , * MoUram—Qldh * Bi , Middlesbro ' . —Medd . Middlet ov— % Wild ; and W . Homnan . Northamptorir-Wm ,, Jones , Horse Market . Newcastle--R . Cnrrtlthers , N e ws Agent ; D . France andCo ., Side . Norwich—J , ; Darken . New Mills—R . Smith .. ¦ ' .
tottingham—Henry ^ ^ Ingrain , News Agent ; and Mrs . Smith , Tradesman ' s Mart . OldkatH—Mn ^ Buckler , Lord-Street . W&y—T . Hblmea , Post Office . Patitejfr-Aitken , S 5 » Gasfle-Btreet . Pon <>/ j ^ -iMr . Jones , w ; 8 ^ hmaker , MonmoBthshire PfMton-r-6 . Bateman , Observer Office ; and Mr . . Grime , Hair Cutter , 31 , Bridge Lane . Pocklingtqti—3 . Inghain ,. Currier . Padi / tatu—Va . t 6 , Booktseller . > «» cA « tofc—Shepherd , Ghurchisule ; E . Ifngley . and H . £ iord . . . ¦ '¦¦' ¦
Sqddleworth—^ William Mnrgatroyd , Old Del pn . Shaw— -T . Micklewaite . Sheffield— -Lineard , Divnridn-Street ^ Keller , 19 Hartshead ; Baracl <> D « h and Pashtey , Silver St ; and T ; Wiley , News Agent , ^ H » ymaTket Slaley Bridge-rrjolm Deegany at the Iron flridre and Taylor . < :-w , u .. > - ¦¦> ,.-, ? -, - ¦ -. ' Stockpert-Weji Chester-gate ; J ,, Wacfehaw , 112 , Fklwwd-s ^ t ; tod 8 . Bayley ^^ hn Street . Sunderland— Williams and Binna , Bndfa Stn >« t S ^ . tn : Mfiejd- ^ jf , HCi' ^ S ^ and Lewis Mallatrat , Gfroeer . ^ , ^ ' Sel 6 y—T : B . Snutti , ^ o ; £ Gowrthp rp e Street ; and St ^ pitoh- ^^ Tasker , Bo ^ seB ^ i - Stanhoperin-Wtardale-43 . Tinker . ^ riorotv ^ otoGilfott , Post Office . lodmarden—i . Walton ; and ^^ Chambers . S ^^^^ * ' «?» Agent , ' Silver Street 11 0 110 NorthGate
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i ^^ a ^» _——GREAT MEETING AT DERBY .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 9, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1044/page/6/
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