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Hail was crowded to suffocation ; many west awxy Trho «* ald not gain admittaaet . Tbe gallery wat ercwded witb well dressed femalet . A number of * iag « rs fma the various places of worship attended , who perforratd th ^ ir duties to the satisfaction ef the audience . The learned gentleman was listened to witigjeat attention , aca irade on impression on the minds of his hearers in favour cf tbe Her . Join . Stephens wfcieh will not won be erased , A collection was made at the conclwioa of each sermon , to which tee female * in particular contributed liberally . Proclamation . ~ A Queen Proclamation narlag keen ported upon tfee walls of the town , it was tiioaskt expedient to call a public meeting oh tbe
1 S ± , to prepare the minds of the people for the coming West-Biding Meeting . Peter Hoej was called to tie chair , who opened tbe biisicess of tbe sieetiag by calling upon Jos . Crabtree to move- a resdaaaa , wko addressed the meeting at great length . Tfee raotetioa b * ncg been seconded by Mr . Geo . Utt&y , tbe B # t . Mr . Hart aidreastd tbe meeting at great length ia support . There were also several other speakers . The followJHg resolution was pat and carried unanimously : — " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that tbe penple of this coantry , iiaTe a constitutional right to meet together for tbe purpose of making their grievances known to tbe Gorerement and tbe crowa ; and as a great meeting will be held on the 21 st day of tbe present month at Peep
G .-een , for the purpose of making known to our So ? ereigu Lady tie Queen the real state in which the workitg ciaexs are at pnseat , and Brewing to her that their di&tresafg have been brought about bj the eorrnptiena that hare crept into the government « f this exmtry , tbe meeting pledges itself to do all in its power-tQ-ettost-a good attendance , and not to tai # with them arms of any description , as under present circumstances it would be illegal , and might perhaps injure onr cause by endangering tbe lives of tbe people , and destroy tbe peace of the nation . ' A -rote of thanks was giteB to the Rev . Mr . Hart aaito the Chairman , after which three cheers were ciren for tbe Rev . Mr . Stephens , and three cheers for Feargua O'Connor , the Cocveatioa , and Mr . -Oasiler .
^ Aosthfrx TJxios . —The member * of- tbe Northern Union beld-tbcir weekly nceeting oh Moeday evening weei at * even o ' clock , Mr . Joha "Wid-< 5 op in the chair . Tke meeting was addressed by tie chairman , Peter Hoey , and others-, after which the followiag resolution was proposed and carried ^ niaBimooslj : — "That the pernm * who have casvas ? ed the Fbopkeepers of this town , for tbeir support to tbe National Rent , and tbe Stephe n *' s Defence Fund fee requested to draw out a list of those who have compiled with their solicitation ? ; the list to be read each and every meetiBg nig ^ t , by the chairman or secretary , as a * preface to tbe business-of tbe meeting , axd an index te exclusive dealing . "
Akdsle ^ : r > o-RTBER > ' Union . —The member * ef the Ardsiey Northern Union met on the T ' -h iastaat , Mr . W . Hardnran was . called to-tie chair ; a creat number of new members were enrelled ; tbe sneering was addressed by Mr . George Hepwortb , Mr . J . Robinson , and others ; after which tbe following resolnrioa was proposed and carried : — "That it is the tinty of every man to aid and assist by every meaE * ; n bis poa-er , those who are in any way persecuted for adTocadog the cause of thepoor ; w ' e therefore pl * cce ourselves r » Ao all that we are able " b- > th iaa . Tiiuaily aad coUeedtei y , to rescue our in . -d-r ' atigabie . incorruptible , and indomitable cbamy-oz , th ~ Rev . J . Srepben ? , from the thraldom of if ?? 5 Cfrc : ic > - » prr ^ ecators , ana that ire ccEnnecce s Swb » erlpilon for tne said purpose . "
SALFOSD . A Co ? t or x Letteb Addressed to the LOSS LlEUIESiST OF THE COUNTY PaLATI . VE OF LANCASTER , BT THE SECRETARY OF THE SALFORS KaDlCAL ASSOCIATIOH CMt Lord , —I am icstrneted to apply fo your Lord-nip , as Lord Lieutenant of tbe Cocnty PaJatine of Lancaster , on behalf of the Salford " Radical Association , for a proper snpp ' . y of accessary arms . - ior the proteccioa of lif * and property , as recomir . r ^ ded by Loid John Ro * sen , in various letters aif .-rtsed to the Lord LifcateDant * of dirTsrent ccaLt-es . I have taken care to ascertain tbe precis Ermber 6 f members ab : e k > kear arm ? , with their ass and r&nJeoces . I be * respectfully to request tiat yocr Lordship ^ riil eee d « w , B anna as tbe ¦ enereenc-y may require , far the ui * of twelve b ^ sdrtd sen . All of them nay be safely trusted with their use .
I am , Your Lordst . i p ' j ObrdieiTt Mjrvant , Jabez Bakkowcloxtgh , Honorary Sfccrfetary . A-rser-iation Hooms , Ns . 30 , S :. S :-pben '« -5 treet . Radical Associatiok . —The Defers nf ih $ ^ -33 cTu ^ i 3 bo 5 y held their usual weei ' y nn-eu ^ on Monday evening last , in tbeir own mtcucg rocra-There w as a very good attendance of mMnhere , the rocm being craHixed to the ecilir . g . Mr . P . Eawas caiied to tbe chair . After reading tbe procec-disg * of tbe Coavention from tbe London Sun New » - r-iper , End earobing a nuraber of new members aco
ira ^ sEcnrg other haziness of tbe As > oeiatii , n , Mr . -John Campbell mored , " that there be a Secretary appointed la the rcoai of Mr . "W . "Willii ! , wbo aas tendered his resignation ia cor ^ tqaecce of s .-. me difference \ ctween i-imself and tie MarcbtsttT Councr . l ; be Legged to zaove thai Mr . J . Birrowelough be appointee ia bis place . " ilr . B- » aid , before tie Eiotion wa . j put , hs cculd only pit-dge k : m * elf to act nil the cad of the present quarter . Several member ? spoke in favour of tbe appointment . Tee motion was then put , and carried with acclamation . Dr . Enlme moved that tee large and comnodious room i ? . Ercugbton Road be taken for the c ? e of the Union . —Agreed to ananimoa ^ ly . Mr . John Carapbs- ' l ro-e to ra ^ ve a very important re-olution , and ,
5 a ao .-. r sj , he b-jped to have the auppsr : of all present . Tse speaker detailed at co ^ siutjabic ieng-th t- ? object of tse JBDtidO , which appsa .-fd to meet v . kh ; ns approbatioa of tbe meeting .. Mr . C . cosc : ^ -td by injvicg tbe fcllowing rt-silutioa , which vrzz sec-o-ded by Jilr . E . Cas . ddy : — ' - That this Asso ; ia : ion rc .-pecifuily iafo iu < Mr , TbrniA * A ^ wood , that th ? y view hi * declaration on rec « iri 3 g the deputadca wi : b tie 2 fatioDal Petition ¦ sri : b sn-pr ise , fl nea he st ? . ttd to the ; Membe r * of the ConTectio : i that he wci " . d . rot introduce a Bill foacded oa the Per-p . e ' * Charter , becaase it would i , ive to the people
of Irelaaci the sane proportion of xn-zabeEg . according tj the population a * England woald have ; a proposition , he stated , he could not agrrtre to nad ' .-r the pre .-ent condition of Ireland ; we , the Members of this Association , bertby declare , that Ireland ought ana shall have an equal share ia the repr ? - * eota .: ioa with England , aid on do other principle will they support the Bill proposed to be introduced by Mr . Attwood in the Hou « e of Common * . '' ' A ^ ter a vote of thanks to Mr . AnyoH Daxbury , as Treasurer to : he ArS'iciiuoBj ths meeting adjourxie ^ to HcEriav ceit .
ASH ^ OK-US ? DSS-iVJTE . TO THE 5 DITOR 3 OF THB > "OrlTHS 1 lS STAB .. Ge . vti . eus > -. —We we kittj to V OPliCPfl to 'IifoBi Ttt that ih- eoi > -ue : of iu Mazutr ^ tej » nd Cimsjiioi-. nr'ra of Poiic » has > eea tveh . daring the W : foTtr . isbt , that n hr . ve Been in imminent danger of kaTiisx seriou * dU . 'orbance ? -crsited hire ^) y a . set of fellows thxt iare been appoinseJ to uiist the r-fficers regnUrljr on iuty ie keep order , when , in lact , ihere Jus not been anj attempt at riot , except what has Deen caused fcy th « very per »» n * acthori ^ d to preaerre order
an-3 ^ ui-tnras . La » t ereaii ^ I , in eonse 5 UeDte of tiieae qaoziizza peacemaker * hi'dtuig wemen m tieir rftiirn home from their ¦ ia fcror * , an 3 , in fart , every person or every sge if they dared to stand -to -tali to each Whcr m the atrrr- ' t , a * UxmMv , an im-npnse concourse of twn cc-nirT ^ aled in the pnblic sqcaret -ani street * , and every policeroia , o " : d or new , tbst ciiae in Tiew , wa * h ' asftd , groaned , and , U some instance , » tonc ^; and Kad it nut been f . "> r ih * tiraely inttrfiTence of kiuc of the Chartist iczieTt , tils mo * t serious eensequences wonld have ensued .
Sow , GentleiBftt , we wish to know how lnr . g thii utate of thinss u to cenliaue ? We h » re hita-r-oke ^ t ! be bird workin £ p >> pilatioft in ekeck ; but this c&nunt la » t V > D £ , a * iioiVm ^ lfss thin a peraizneat s ] trnd » a in th-ir sita ^ ty-n will ijlajih « vfeiett ferment ; a » a 5 \ ti * faetorie «> . er ^ , Krith ons ot tVr > -exjMptiaB « , » re on short tiste ; «> d when th * j » nrke 4 CH li 9 K » x-y ^ ei . thsy eoaUl seareeiy ii ^ e ; hence , we are con--i-r » ced , tiiat notiiag le «* : hia ue Cuarter will Skiafr UiU ia Isstrwta and persecuted co&izBnsit / . H- ^ ius yoo wiE insert tik # ibove , » e are , Gentlemen , jcxu ce * i fmnii ,
The Rawcals of Ashtox . AsbtoB-naaer-Lyae , May 15 , 1 &J 9 . ItCCH © A 2 » E . Fire ^— On Frid ay morniog week , ab « ot three o ' claek a Sre broke out i » tbe machine » bop belonging to Mr . Frederick Greenwood , in thia town , machine-maker ; in a few minate * the wbole of tbe premises was in one whole flame . fn « fire-engines were on tbe spot immediately , bat » o rapidiy did the fire advance that th * whole of tbe building bfccaoe a mw of raias . By tbe exertion * of the firemen the devouring element wa * got trader Wfore it had spread its d ? va * tadon to » be adjo ' iDicsr pre-Ei ^ es . The property was not iusured which will be a most disastrous aff « iir to tb * proprietor who ia an industrious young man with a tery young
faaily . ' a Dekoxstbatiok . —The Radical * of Eochdale ar » making great preparadoB * for tbe forthcoming demonstration to bs held on Kars& > $£ « 3 r , qb Satard * y in Whitr-ia-yreei ,
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Seksiblb Folks —Such are the effects of the present state of our political affairs opon jrreat Humoersof the pDpulacion of thU tovm , that number * of benefit societies in this toxn are going to the Sanluforthe money rtey have deposited tW . If : his plan be followed throughout tbe country , what will the - money-jobbers think P [ Let the benefit societies invest their funds in the meaas of mutual employment , and then with Universal Suffragethey need not care what the moaey-jobbera think . — Eds . ]
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHRRX STAR . Dear Sirs , —I beg tbe nse of a small portion of your valuable spice , to acnonnce that , if not sick , dead , or arrested by tbe Government , I shall shortly vmt , in succession , all tbe principal cities and towns in tie United Kingdom , for the purpose of ae . ivencg public lectures on tbe present state and pnwpecta of the co : mtry . I shall deliver three lectures in oacb of the large towns , and one in the small ones—the funds to b ? applied totne establishment of a daily ne wspaper in London or Lancashire At a crisis Hie the presunt , it is of vital imDortance
to our cause to b . &ve , at least , one thorough representative of Democracy in thepress . Sach . a representative shall min 9 bft , if I can but raise the ways and means . Until tbe simultaHeoos meetings are disposed of , I cannat nams tbe day or week on which I may visit any particular place , but in the course of my route through tbe North of England and Scotlaad , I shall avail myself of tbe best means of publicity that circumstances will allow . Trusting , Gentlemen , that you will give me what asn « taace yon can- towards the saccess of ray enterprise , and merely thanking yon for past favours ,
I remain , with bf st wishes for tbe continued sue cess of your invaluable J eumal , Yours very sincerely , Jamps Broxterre O'Brien EirEungham , May , 15 . 1839 .
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GBJTERAL COJTVEiTTION . BIRMINGHAM . Tuesday , May 14 / h . Thi 3 day , the Convention commenced its deliberations in Birmingham , at Lawrence-street Chapel , Mr . Bailie Craio , delegate from Ayrshire , in the : ha \ r . Mr . Lotett , the Secretary , read the minutes of the last meeting ; after which , ' be read the manifesto from tbe Convention to the people of Great Britain , when tbe deliberation on it was resumed . The manifesto , after dwelling on the injustice and oppression practised upon the working classes , concludes with ten qcestions , which are to be put by tbe delegates to the pesple at the simultaneous meetings , among * which , tbe foliating are the mo ? t prominent ;—
Are they prepared , in theeventof the Petition acd Charter bting rejected , to make a run upon the Backs , and convert their paper into gold ? "Will tbey refuse tbe payment of all rates , renr ? , and taxes ? "Will they keep a sacred month ? Will they cease Tead ' . Bg all papers opposed to them ? Will they start Chartist candidates at the next election ? Are they armed ? &e . & ? . Mr . Hickikg wai of opinion that their duty at present was mt-rely to superintend tbe presentation of the National Petition , acd that they should not have recocrse to ulterior measures . If the petition W 3 s rejected , then the manifesto might be adopted ; but uloI then , all allusion to the measures advised ; e the manifesto should be avo ' . ded . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . _ O'BniE ? i was opposed to the issuing of the Manifesto as a document sanctioned by the Convention . That would he illegal , and would subject the Delegates to a prosecution for a conspiracy sgaiim pr-ipertT .
Mr . O'Connor objected to the Mar-ifesto as being calculated to create a sectional warfare between the pecple and Government , which will undoubtedly , take place if the people refuse paying rents , rates , and taxes . ( Hear . ) If the Convention rtcommend * it , they ( the dt- 'egatr- ) should be tie fir-t to act upon that reeomaundation , the result of which would be , t > . e immediate lt-s .- of oce of thtir or ^ ac . - « , as he ( Mr . 0 "ConBor ) would be seized for rent , rates , and taxes the moment he refused their pajment . ( Hear , bear . ) He w-is opposid to the refusal of reading Dewspapew hostile to them , as hty shnuid be acquainted with what their ene-nie *
say again : them . ( Hear . heaT . ) He was , « ati .-fWd that tbe cliuses refemJ to , wruld , if carritd out , creite a war of Jabocr apaiost capital , and be injsrious to thrir c _ u ? e . While he wcnld Rot deny to , at the pabiication of ihe dacument will give tfee people tirse to colder and digest it , - ( hear , hear ) yet he would ester his sol . ran protest against au : B- that wonld create a national warfare , as tbey should act not di- » junc l " . « t ' y bvit in hariaoay , tbe Convention always occupying the ferfmes : post of darzer . ( Ciecr-. ) D :. Taylor re 2 ommer ! ded the adoption of the Manifesto , a » did also Dr . llactiouall . Mr . Richardson ? tron 2 lv recoramer . ied the run
cpon tne Banks . . Mr . Moir followed on the samp side . Mr . Carpenter , in a ttroa ^ and ar « utn ? ntative speech , movta the adoption of the Manifest * . Mr . Lowest seconded the motion . Af"er a very protracted discuwion , on tbe motioH of Mr . O'Connor , the clauses azainst tie payment of rents , rates , and taxes , and the readicp of news . paper-i ho ? ti ! e to the Convention , were expunged ; after which , with a few slight al-e : a ^ iou =, the Manifesto was adopted bv a majority of 12 .
fi ' cdneiday * May 15 . .. Mr . Duncan- ir . the chair . . Mr . WniTTtr . delf ^ ate from Liverpool , rerfmed m crn ^ eq-uence of the manifesto Lavii . jj been adopted by the Convention . Mr . Deegan . also , since its adoption . . ? . t refused to arjixer when his name was called over , and had hiruwlf marked absent . The attendance of members waj excaedixgly thin . Mr . Richaedsos said , tbtt as their mnster-roll was' daily dimiEislang , they should , before all hnd tone away , wind np mitters . ( Hear , bear . ) With this vie «• , he proposed , the appointment of a cornrait ^ e to examine all the accounts bsfore they were pi : bl " . shed , aad abo to ascerlrun what portion oi ihe correspondence © f the Convention ^ honld be r ^ tsined or destrovpd .
The committee was appointed , and after a very protracted di « cnssifm , it wn . s rv « i >!\ vd , that the Minute and the Notice Books , and Conver . ti- » n property i-hould be If ft with Mr . L ^ veti , their secre-: » rv , nr . til t ' re Convention re-5 . ? s-mbl > 'd . Mr . Richaudsox moved that : h =. > Convention reasseriible in Lcadon en the l » t r , f Ji : lv , The lEonoa having b : en seconded , _ ^ ir . O'Brien- moved , a . * an ainendment , " That the Conveniion reaiseicLle in BirmiiigLam on the lstofJu-y . "
ilr . O'Connor feconded the amendment . ' On the quf 5 tion Veii ?^ put , the lunendxnent was carried by a rmjority of 19 . Mr . Woor . novsE rcov ^ d th- » appointrnent of a comin ttee of emer ^ eucv . consisting of five , who-hon ' . d be empowered tocaO the Convention together before the 1 st of Ju ' y , should the commhtce think fit . His object in making this Jnot : or > , ¦ vraj in ca ^ it > h 0 Uld bd lir-c ^ Ss ary , in co : < eqajncs of dad in . ' -arrecriuTl in Faris , to tall th- » J « leg . itvs together be ' orethe appointed time . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor sngg-stod that tbe Serretary shonld be directed to comrnurncut' ? with the dtlegate ? , and that , on the recor . im-cdntion of a majority , be should call the Contention together . ( Bear , hear . ) On the ' morion of Mr . Richahd ^ on , it wx- » resolved that all the monetary concerns of the Convention
should be closed on Satnrdfiy previous to the departure of the Delegates to attend the simultaneous meeting . * . Mr . 0 'Connop , recommended thnt tbe working classes rhocld held tbeir gTeat meeting on Friday in Wbit ? un week . " The Convention was ocenpifd npvrnrds of an hour in appointing Delegates to atterd the limultaceous meetings . Thanks were voted to Colonel Wemyss for hU geetiemanly and soldier like conduct during the late disturbance in Ajhton-UD'ier-Lyrje . }> Ir . Cciains proposed that the De !? g » tea shonld apppoint substitutes to take their places in the Convt-ifticn . in case oTanvfurther arrests .
ilr . _ O'Connor objected to tbe propo&itioB as being illegal . If they were arrested , their constituencies will send up nevr Delegates . ( Hear , hear . ) He wdhH now advert to the arrest of Mr . Vincent . H * had carefully read the evidence against him , and could not find the slightest ground fer bis detention . ( Bar , bear . ) Tbe Whigs gay "Perish the faction . " ** J ) own witb tbe Tours . " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor saw nothing in that language that should send Mr . Vincent to prison . However , he mu 5 t not be allowed te remain there for waat of Bail . It was
tbe duty , uay the policy of tfce Convention to bail Lim out , even ajraiDgt bij will , and to bail ont every other Delegate now under wrest . As Government might otherwise imprison tbe other Delegate * , in order to retard the operations of the Convention , if it w £ v ? aware that Mr . Vincent and tho others -will not £ 0 out on bail . ( Hear , bear . ) F , ven the poor fellows in Mnncb . ester wbo were dfr . lnded by the Spy Higsnnsou , must not bo oeglected or he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would go down and assist thesi both with his purs « and hia advice . ( Loud cheers . ) After some further business of no publio imporasee , tbe C-nveBtioa dissohed its ^ U fw tfie day .
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Un l ' ue . <( ley QJght , an open air xuvetiug wju oeltl at Holloway H ^ ad , which was aidrewed by Mr . O'Connor and other delegates . The announcement of the revolution in Paris was hailed witb the most dea eniug cheers .
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SERMON OF THE BEV . MR . STEPHENS . On Sunday morning tbe Rsv . Mr . Stephen * addressed an immense assembl y in Shepherd and S ' aepberdess Fields , London . The sermon wa ? altogether one of those unique specimens of . eloquence which no other man is capable of delivering . After the usual preliminaries of Divine Servipe , and some prefatory observations , Mr . Stephens aaid" Were it not for the extraordinary power exercised by the chnrc \ , by tba ministry , and by tbe professedly Christian priesthood , you never could have the political tyranny which now ex ' uU in England—it , coild not exist a sinek we ^ k . If every clergyman ia London ward to deal oat an eyenbanded truth—on the right hiiad to the poor , and on the left hand to the rich—an even-handed law on the right hand to the low , and on the left hand to high- an e » en-handed blessing on the on i hand U
the lower clatses , and on the other hand to the upper classes—an even-handed curse , and irerecur *? ij and blessings , truth and righteousness , fairl y * and fully , and impartially , and divinsly preached in England for seven days , the end of the seven days wonld be the end of tae political tyranny that is practised upon the people . ( Loud cheers . ) But there is no such man . They only read one side of tbe leaf—the other side is blotted out , or pinned dewn , or underscored , and interpreted , and explained away until it means just nothing at all , or worso thau nothiag at all . I was arguing ( as an instance of this ) not very long ago , with one of the most learned , the me it able , and professedly the most liberal of tbe WesleyauMathodist Conference , on the subject of the New Poor Law Bill , taking it for granted that he , as a minister of Jesus Christ , must equally with myself condemn the infidel provisions * nd principles— tin cruel provisions of th * t
damnable enactment—and in the course of my argument , going to show that no man , no Parliament * no Legislature , no power on earth had any right to separate tae husbind from tbe wife , and the child from the father and mother , whsn no crime was committed , I brought forward that passage of Scripture , " Whom God hath joined let no man put asunder . " And what think you was the aanfn of that man of Goi ? What think yoa was tin interpretation of the Conference expounder of tbe will of God , hU Master ? "Oh ! " say * he , " th * t has nothing at all to do with it . It miaas nothing at all of the kind—it only refers to the question of ecclesiastical and legal div jrces . 11 only means that in our courts of law , the principles of " the law beine adiusted to
the principles of Christianity , man ougM not by law to he divorced from his wife except upon very sufficient grounds , and for very extreme reasons * , but as to tbe poor man , and his wife , and bis child , I have a right , " says he , " I have a right to take the pojr man ' * wife or child , if he enmes to mo for relief . ( Shame . ) Because , " 8 % ys he , "I am not called upon , 1 am not required , I am not obliged to give him anything , and if he come to me for something , and I choosa to « ive it to him , then 1 have a perfect rijjht ta make whnt conditions and stipulations I plei » e . " ( Shame . ) The name of tkat gentleman U the Rev . Thomas Galland , Master of Arts , Qneea'a Collage , Cambridge , and I did not intend to hava mentioned bis
name , but the London people are , I b ; liev ? , so curious , and 1 d . n ' t know but what it is quite as well . If all my mistakes—if all my falsehoods—all ray phrpnz ' es are to ba made matter ot such public notoriety—I don ' t know but that it is quite as well that the profound discoveriei in philosophy and morals of s-ich Chri < tiiin men as the Re » . Thom * u Galland should also becoms matter of public notor iety , that tV . ey havj all the credit and rec ^ ivo all t-e gratitude of tbe people , in the same way as I am mads to bear on my poor shoulders , like the = capt * goat of old , the sins of a p . ^ tj p ' e , and carry them into the wilderness of persecution , of imorisonment , and , for anything I kuow , the care of death also . ( H » ar , and cheers . ) Not , the drift of what
I feave hitherto said feas gone to shew that in religion , ic endeavouring to attain to tbe knowledge of the will and the law of God , we are to reject and refuse to acknowledge every interpretation—every adm tted { . rinciple—every ^ cknovrkdged rale which will not square with the clear , the undoubted and the indisputable law of Gi d . Why doesroy textwiv there is but one li-w ^ ivor , unless a man trans ' - grei . sed , as against the pnaetraents of other la wgivL-ry , who would assume to themselves , either with name of God or as sent of God , to be the law ' s man and God ' s man ? My text says " There ia one lawgiver , " that is to say , harinjf jound out God and learned his will , anj known his wny , be on your guard . Stncd on the watch , " and whoever comes before you kk
an . 1 says 1 im u th-sliw , this is the wny , " bring tho law ani the way to the touchstone of God ' s law and God's will , h that manV anthority be from God , it cannot contradict the revealed , the communicated , tli * established authority of God , as made ki : o ' . vn in this hook . Jf that manV pow *> r be ef God—2 s 1 shall treat npon more fully this afternoon , when I come to explain to the people who may hear m- % the meaning ol the pa ^ age in Scripture , which says "The powers that he are ordaine-i of Godthere is no power but come * from God . If that man ' s power be divine—if it is a pewer to be obeyed , it must square with tbe iniini'e . 'tatioiis made of ' the po-serof God in the Holy Scr ipture . " , otherwise you nave an ambassador , atrer h : iving giwn credentials
of the trnth of his embassy , making a coromanication of terms to the in'Hvictunlii to whom he iswiit which are at variance with the will of his master who spnt him to make that communication . There is another important reflection which shonld ariss from this pai ^ age of Scripture—'' There is odc lawgiver . " What , thf > n , ii the law he has given ? I shi ' . l not this morning speak of any Jaw on wl . ich there can be a dispute . My opinion is , that if all the Javr . * of God on which there can be no dispute , vrcre made known by man to man , there would not be any dispute about any otLer of tk " i «« law 8 . My opinion is , that if you sectarians , you Methodists , yen Unitpri . ics , you Churchmen , and you Cathulics , wereto m » -et together and say what are thfi points
_ which we all hold in common , you would not be many minuter—you would not be cne minute before yon fount ! one point , at least , which you nil held . If , having four . d that point , you ug ' reei to w << rk thit problem o- ^ t—to practise that principleto fulfil th ;\ : law , and bind yourselvf . s together in the borxl of lav ? , not to fall out—not to fight alwut p ny other dispnted points until that precept were fiil ' tiiled , by the time you had fulfilled it you would be . « o rnnch ia love with the law of God . and so much in 2 ov >? with ene another , that yon would say it is cot worth * while fighting at all now . Von would find out another principle , and another , an 1 another , and nnoth' r , until you acknowledged that God was ) ov ? , and that tbe worship of God
consisted in loving your neighbour , eve . ry man as he loves hhn-e' . f . I ihink that is the sum of religiocthe beginning nnd the end of it ; and if we love oar neiehbMrs is . o-. irwlves ; if we wish to do so ; if we i < r > ve to do so ; if we asked each other to lend their help to carry out that principle , ihere could be no dimming as ' . o whether a church should be built with a steeple or vritfeout cne ( hear , bear ); or as to whether wn should be called to our worship by the rirg of bv-lls , or by a simple clock , or as to whether a clergyman should officiate in a scrplice , or in p lain apparel . There would be- no dispute as to the Trinity nnd th * Unity—as todissentand established f . iith . No , if brethren would dwell together hi unitv—i , instead of ( laarrellir .-e about the teeth of
auise sn'i of cammia , if tbt ^ y attc-mled to the judt ' - meat and tli-i laws ^ hich are fu ' . fiik'd , then it would he said of them , as it was said of the Christians of oil , ' -See hovr thess Christians love one another . " "H ^ rf-by shall men know thnt ye are my disciples , thnt ve love one another ; ' and to love one another is to do all the good we have it in our power to do , and remove all the evil which we fiud in oor path ftswe proceed to do that good . I ask yoa , then , and 1 shall read the , answer to this question in your own minds , rathsr than take up much more ol your time in replying to them , I ask you what is the law which God in my text is said to be the giver of ? Go to the Book—you will tiud it there . The first law that I re .-ul anything of , and I hold that that law i 3 as good novr as it was then , es right and as it then
powerful as was ; tbe first law I ru-ad anything abo-it is the law which God pave to man , by virtue of which man . ijpon his obedience to Ui 3 t law , has thn produce of , and an abundant grift ciency of all this world has or can bestow . God made man , and bl-s » sd him , having first made all things , ami srud that they were gcoi . He then took maa and the woman , whom he had made to be , not his bond slave , not his drudge , not bis substitute , not his ' representative in toil , not his proxy in slavpry and in drudgery , but the womaa whom he had made ' ¦ to be an htlp m-eet for him . " God took tho two Mid said , " hereafter ye = ire no longer twain , bat out-. " Man shnllleave his father nnd mother , and shall cleave unto-his wife , and they two shall be ono flesh . Anu \ o them both thus , brought together , and thns made one , God said ,
stretching ont hn arras of mercy > having spread the carpet -underneath their feet , and the sheltering canopy over and above their heads , God said to them , " All that is 1 made for yon—all that ia I give to yon—all that is is no longo * mine—' tis youri , 1 have made it over to yon—it is mine in chief , but vouts in trust—it is mine by creation , 1 have made it yours by possession and b y use . The heaven * , even the heavens belong unto the Lord , but the earth hath he given -unto the children of men . " Ari yon children of men ? Spring yon from the loins of your fathers •—from the loins of the first father of man ? If you do not , then are you not in the covenant . But if yon be sons of Adam , sons of Go j , the earth is yours every inch of it—every blade oi grass , every ear of corn , every fruit that hangs in j gold-n glowing ripeness from the tree in harvest time is y ours—the gold , and the silver b yours : the
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cattle upon a thousand hills are your *? food to «* t , clothing to pot on , shelter to sctsea yen from-the cold or nest are your * . With your home > the » pot of all ottrra where yon have chosen tomakdyour saat , to build your nest , to raw your younr . Yoa have a right to a home—to the safeguard )} of home : t » the comforU of horns , to tha joy * and happiness of home ; and the man who is without a home is a maa whom society hu ribbed of hi * inherent right , and that man has a ja * t quarrel against society , where there is » body of men without homes , and ereryman w without a home whose rating place u nof . n . 11 to him that God wonM h »* e it . But whan I talk of hone , I don't meam the mnd-walled cabin , tuo narrow cub ; when i talk \> i home , I don ' t msan the tumble-down hotel , with as many families in it as there are rooms—some ten
or a doz m lying m ona room , as many f * t square—When 1 talk ofhome , I don't mean husbands and wives pigging together—three or foar families driven to shelter like srins , to herd like cattle in soms other man ' s house , who takes more rent from each than he ought to hare in right for all . When I talk of home , I don't m ^ att the narrow dirty back-slums of London , where th ? re is pxwtence bat no life , where there j * - slavery and wretchedness , an 1 toil ani bandaga , a living death , bnt hpntf of Ae fenfoj " monb of life . Atif ! , whe ' n I talk bf homa as t&a right of every mm , f mean a house fit t * live in—I mean hoase with rooms enough for a man anlJri * wife to turn about in . When I talk of home , I am a » t speaking of a oostic visionary homa ; I orn not spaaking of a dreaming romancinir horns : bo- F
mean a sang , comfortable , convenient , and happy home . I will never rest , so help mo God , if he lends m 8 health aai gives me strength , nntil every working man , and pity it ie that I shonld have to speak of any one class of working men rather than another . I hate the word—I wonld not use it if I were not compelled , and that you would not otherwisa uaderatind me . If tWe b « one class that dous not work , tin class . that doss not work stands in tha road and will ba ridden ovir . I shall not rest aatil evary industrious virtuous maa aba'l have auch a home as beinr m ^ a of mind em well as body , mada of spirit ani well taiieaKmade of tha workmanship a « hewtp . flie - worship ofGbd , srichahonseas he reelii satisfied uod m hut infinite gpodrfe » i an i mercy intended him to have . I will not call re Christian hrathwr ..
for yQa have not co-ae np to that mark in England y et . I will not r < wt , Englishman—and we are hardly that—we are not Eotgluhmen a « our forefathers were , © r we * hoald never have borne wbat we have boras ( bear , hear ) , or evar endured what we ha » e endured , but would have thrown off the load that has bean so long npon onr shoulders . Fellow , men for there is a spirit of mmhood yet , althangh it is amoaldering and almost smothered up wuh asiw . Fellow-men ! I will never rest until everj industrious virtaoa * coantrymaa « f mine has such a house as will enable him to have at least on * bedroom for him « eirand his wife alone ; one b » d-room at least for every two of his children ; and if he has a lodger , one bed-roam for that lodger aloa 8 . Talk you of tae profligacy of the labourini * daues ! talk
yoa of the vice and the crima indnlged in and committed by the labouring classes ! why , if therrt wera no vied—if thera were no crime among the labouring classas , then would they be angela . and not m ? n . Hovr can the labouring cla ^ sei be without vice , when you drive them to herd together like swine ? How can they avoid being vicious , when m > tfe and female of three or four families ara huddled together in one hoval ? Haircantheyba without vice when their cabi as afford them no convenience for brewing their own beer , andif they want a cap they must go to the alehouse for it , and run all the chauces of those evil commuaicatioas thit corrupt good manners ? Talk yoa of the rice of tho labouring classe ? , yea who deny them wages on which to live , b y means of which to bring ui > tbeir famine *
in tne tear of God— » a the nurture and admonition of the Lori ? " Vice ia the labouring classes !—and w that thrown in their teeth by those who drive them to desperation—Those untitutionj compel them to be , whether they wUl or not , the slaves of circumstances , which circumstances inevitably run them into mia-ry andmia ? Why , the other day , before a committee of theTlouse of Commons ., appointed to inquire into the combinations existiug cu ^ * meu aDd m ? n ' *» i masters and masters ' , baentf Allison—no great friend to our aidi * of the question—the Sheriff of Lanarkshire , wh-jn speakuigof tha factory system , used words to this elbct : —He declared that the system of factory labour , the extent ^ tbe duration of time they had to work the oppressive character of the labour , had inri . uv < i
* uch eff ^ cu upon the bolici of the people , aud upon toe tempers of ttie people , that he conceived it impossible to prevent a rerolation , unfed * a Ten Hours' Protection Bill w « re granted : and . when speaking of the effects of the factory Ubour on the moral * of the people , he said —( and if I had said it I should hava been a libeller of the factory system—if I had said it I should have been designated a liar—if I tad said it I should have been a hltHy aud indecent monster ; bnt Sheriff Allison said it , aud then-fore it is true ; he said it , and therefore it is proper and becoming ; whether he said it or not , I know that much more than that is trne , aud therefore I repeat theBabstance of hi » . viJence -he said that "tae hcrdiDg together of boys and girlg , of young men and women , of male and female . in mius
me and round tbe mills , produced , along with the other c msequences or factory labour in the physical and moral frame , such moral conUKioa , that it was » w impossible ( mark the words !) as impossible for a female born a . d reared , and bred up in the factory system—as impossible fur ihat woman not to become a prostitute , as it would be impossible for her not to take the small pox , or tfphns fever , or cholera morbus , where any of those dueases might for the time be epidemic . " ( Hear , hear . ) And it must be so . Extremes always meet- extreme « r tyranny leads to the extreme of revolutionary phrenzy , and it ought to do eo . 1 hate revolution in th- ; abstract —! hale revolution in idea , and I pray God never to see revolution practically if society can be renovated without it , which I verv mneh
doubt . ( Loud cnes of hear , hear . ) And if society cannot be renovated without it— -if tke Laws of this oar lawgiver , the first part of which—the first decree of which in , that every industrious , virtuous man should have a home , and the blessings of home—the joys ot wedlock—the joys of childrenthe j oys of domestic pleasure and domestic occupation —if that law of God cannot be carried into effect , —it tho sens of the soil of England , aft : r they have toiled for eight hours , cannot have wherewithal to procure bread enough , and to spare—if they easnot Uavi > , as God meant them to have , all they require for the reasonable enjoyment of life , then .. 1 my " Cry havoc , and let slip the dogs of war 1 " ( Loud chwrs . ) Revolution by force-r-revolBtion by bloodrevplution by the sword—revolution by the mnaket revomtion
— by the cannon—revolution by fire as bright as the criminal is sinful in the sight of Cod , unless there be just cause for it . But if the rich will not * How the poor to live—if the great and high , and powerful lawmaker , who has usurped God ' s Authority , who employs all tbe engines which the devil can supply to him for the carrying out of his pnr-P ° ' £ - ; rf lhe " on
men lay their heads together , let strong men put tbeir shoulders together , let quick wen pat their fo < t together , and toot to foot , shoulder to shoulder , heart to heart , and ana to arm , let ihe men of England , voTthy sona » f ¦ worth y sires , let ihem march onward . * , bearing ou their btutners " Gob and our Rights . " ( L-W cheers . ) Ged and oor rights ! God and our rights , and the God of Battles will go with them ; the God of Justice will give them tbe victory ; the God of Mercy will vt-ry soon enable them to lay down the' sword and take np the olive branch of peace , everj man sitting under his own vine and bis own % tree , none daring to make him afraid . ( Cheers . ) I am not afraid In London , in tbe midst of wars and rumours ot wars—in the midst of midnight arrests and assassin anus , and
unconstitutional proclamations—in the midst of every diabolical scheme to entrap , to ensnare , and to destroy unsuspecting , innocent m * n . i am not afraid 10 London to say , that if there be an infidel nation m the woTld , that infidel nationis England—if there be an atheistical government in the world , practicall y atheistical , which Bays in it * heart •? There is no God , let us do what we list with the people , "' that government is the government jnst gone out , and , thank God , gone out for ever . ( Hear , hea > . ) Go to tbe Book , and you will fiud that the lawgiver who has laid down these laws for man , who has . be . stowed the > e right * npon man , go to the Book , aad you will fiud that wheresoever any government or any class of men shall take up hid name and use it in vMD , shall usurp his authority— -shall attempt to domin eer over his fellow-creatnre * , these men aiw not his serva&u , battheafenUandiastnimen ^ oiSatan . I intendod this morning , had time pe ? mUtaiir , toh » ve
gone through the system of ear social and political economy in England—to have gone through some of the laws , particularly of the last f ft j yean , in B&gland , and to have shown yon that . tha lawgivers on earth are , in their legislation , ntfceiiy opposed to ihe legislation of Heaven . Time * however * willnot suffer that , and I shall close by reiterating in your ears , and 1 hope it will have an echo in your hearts , "There is Birr ore Lawoitek . " He ia abfe to save you if you resist unjuajt oppression in obedience to His commandments ; and I wish it to be clearly understood that the resistance , active lesiataaee , the resistance by force , to nnlnst oppression , k as high a virtue in the sight of God as obedience ia when the enactments of the Parliament or of the oaontry are in accordance with the laws ef God . We are to obey when the Uwa are good , and to disebey when the laws are had—we are to yUld up our homage to the rulers and governors of the land whan the mien and governors are a terror to evil dcen , and a , praUe
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to them that do well ; bnt when they are a terror t < . X ™ " ^ *> well , asaow they are , aad a pr * i «© L t « ttem that do Hi , as now , we are not to ebey , we ar . to disobey—we ara to cast off our aUtMriaucc . and I maiBtrin , I hmre maiataiiied for tt » Jb 3 three JUIV , tfcat the allegianee th « people of England are canditioaally required to piy to the Government of the eonntry is virtually at an end . ( Load cheers . ) I harepreached ^ tj or thrw yisaro- ^ pire ^ itto-day . OurbHt ^ tnd if we h « d «» t » l « r written in the world , we have the lawwrittenin the book I bold in my hwi-Oar law rulers say that allegiaoce and proteotoongohiuii in haal together . JC theGoviri ,. ment « an _ proteet my property « ad person , theal ambonndto pay obedience to that Gorern ' msut ; lint if the G ivenuxtent win j » ot » pr-c ^ nnot
protect my person or property * then I en no alkgianee to that Government I ask yon whether the Government of Eagland protects tho people «( England f ( Cnes of " No , no . ?> - Ar * the Spitalfield weavers protected ? Thay work their twlve , four ^ teen , or sixteen houra a * oay . Can one man in a thousand of them gat more than twel «* shdllinzd a-week ? Tke hand-loom weaver * in my country work fourteen and sixteen honra s-day , 7 and nat one in a hundred get more , than saves or eight shillings a-weak . ( Liad cries of * Shim 9 . " > I hav <» seen . as I told yon at the Crown and Anchor , girls of eight jears old , at the smithy before the anviL working iron with the hammer like a smith , winter and « Bmmsr , frottnx in the morning till eleven fat night , and on the Tuesday &U the awht through .
¦? , raf f" « eao earn ei § hteeap ? nce a-weefc ! ( Hornble . ) Ani the mother ! nave seen at the aufil working A » same length of time , anot while that at work her poor child was barned CO death , and that mother , working tbe sane length , of time , earns three shuhags a-week . A » d I have seeatte gAmdraother , I sawaU three , the child * the mother , and the grandmother— I saw all three , the child eamia « eigtuwHipenca , the mother thrae * h lUnM ^ and- the grandmother two shillings . Now , I want to kn « W whether these poor wretches owe any all-giance to the laws of EnKlani ? ( Cries of" None ") T , I want to know whether tha factory labourer * , the » pianew , the carders , the piecers , tha acavengers . the weavers , thd dreasera , whether , thw owe any alleiriatteeto tha _ laws » o { Eoglandf iwant to knSw
whether the handicrafts , men of your calling , for you are alt newly alike-r-you ire very . liut coming down to one level , and if that Poor Law had bean allowed to go on you would have been down , toone level prett * oe * riy by thifl time . If it had not b «« n for two or t ? T ^ B ^* min , and it aaems there is aamatbing for all kmd » ef m < 5 n to do , even mad men are of wmi kurtof we ; bat w lat a plight ouut we be in , and what a G jv < jrnm
reinmrots of tb « hae . The ssldiers are not nsed to be bitten , b « they are bittm now . I hare the honour of bemg charged , and shall have the pride of beiuir tried bj » ad by , unless , instead of being L . i lhw 3 P ?* whlch *¦ * «^ Jat ' more likely ; bat I have the honour of standin ? charged with the high crime ef seduction ! seduction of the military —( laajfhter , )—xad it is quite true . I amgailty—I havesidaead tha bold brave English soldier from the love or strange women to the love of on ^ -his own true lass . I have sedussd the aflfaotions of the brave British soldier from wandering ta aad fro over the Balds , ani hvrs broa ^ kt his affjeeioashome , aod lodged them m his wife ' s lap . I havd in a thousand and tea thonsmi instances , in tha army and out of thd army , taught m < jn to love their wives even as Chrut loved
th 9 Church and gava him- »? lf for it . Ohrwt died for as , and I have taight nwa to die for their wives— Christ shsd hid blood for the Ciurch , and I have taught man to sha j their blori for tbeir wives . I have « e laced the soldiers and thecivQians . I have thaak G > d an army with banners and an army witiioat banners , which cui mare than match all the arras which Infidelity , and Atheism , and inrernal cruelty caa bring agaiast it Oh ! yes , one or twomiioieti have stopped that law—hive beaten that law . Oae or two m id men by stopping that law have hindered the wages of the people coming down to fh > level « f tha S / italiiali labonrers , the Laoca * hire haBd-iaom cotton weavers . One or two madtnea by lifting op their hands , and saying h there w one law e ^ rer . " That is all I have said to-day . If this book be a lie , it is not of my teUinff—if it ba
Bad , it is not of my making—if it be part and parcel of the law of England , I cannot help it . But it is so—it is part and parcel of the law or England , and it is by Act of Parliament declared tabe taa l * w of G ^ d-by Act of Parliament it is appointed to be read in Charches , and it is appointed not to be read in vain in yonr leaving thi » morning . And this book , declared in decrees to be part and parcel of tbe law of England—t * ua book says there is bat one lawgiver . I will obsy the Queen and the laws , when the laws in the Qqeen ' s land are according to this book , ani I will help ths Qaeen and help the laws against all comers who would awjbey the enactments of this book . Bat I will 'dwobfl f them , and do all that lies in my power to lead others to disobey them , for I arn ta
taugat m -j bidu that it ii better to obey God than maa , when man would require to be dene that which God Almighty kims . df ha * prohibited . Js tbe New Poor Law , is the projected Rural Police for the present degraded and demoralized condition of the people of England ? I have lone since taken nay last farewell of the higher and wealthier classes . I began with them before I was mad . I b ^ ganto argue when even Aoy acknowledged I was no bad dicpatant . But after th « y refused to hearken , aft * r they tarued a deaf ear , and began toblart aud enrse , and damn the poor , as in my hearing they have done a thaus&ad times , then I said , I tarn to the people thrauelvre ; I am oae of them , I sink or swim with them ; and now amongst the people , I will do all that lies in my power with the middle classes or
against tliera—with the higher classes er against them—with parliament or against it—with the crown or against it . I will do all in my power te lead the people to think aad to believe , and to act upon the belief that th * re is bat oae lawgiver . X care not for an act of parliament—it is a lie , it m waste paper , or it ia worea than waste paper—it is a He , iit is treason , it in blaspbeay , unless in i ? a fundamental principles aud its general provisions it goes to work ont the happiness of roan , to promote God ' s glory in the highest , by conducing to establish peace and extend and perpetuate God ' s will among men . Believe no lawgiver , save tfee one declared to yon . Therefore give your live * iate his hands . God can take care of those whodo their utmost to perform his will . He is able to save and destroy ; and if this Book betrue . God
wfll destroy , he is able to destroy , nnd not many yean * most likely not many months will roll ovet our heads before God does destroy all those who—he njs do it by the sword —« U those who rex the widow , and afflict the straugtfr , and defraud the hireling of hia wages . The greatest crime on earth is unjustly keeping back from another that which you ought to givr , that which they have a right to have at your hands . God will dretroy all those who remove their righteonsland-marki !—who make the blind to wander out ef the way—who oppress the poor , the needy , the afflicted , the desolate , and the widow , and the Iktherleos . I am not an enthusiast—1 am not & visionary . I b « ve talked nothing this morning about sacred right , or the milleBium , or nobody knows what , er ean toll whats , or if they co ^ ld .
woald befonad to be nothing at alL All shell and bo kernel—all husk , but nothiag to eat within . I hare tpokeo words that every nan may andentand . snd that every man may for hinoself *» y -whether these words are true or not . Without , then , beinq an enthuoast or a vudonary , my coatrLction i * that the people of England , if at . this moment they are determined to carry the Book of God , the Word of God , the Spirit of God aloag with them , will , at length , perhaps noon , bnt at length will gain the victory ; but it most likely will be > , if the middle das <« en and the Government classes set themselves against the laws , most likely through blood , and if nothing bat death can do it , I . pray God to give the people wudom to do it well , and power to do it tboronghly , and grace after it is done to establish such an edifice , oa the basis of truth and jastice , as shall give ckrioDa lodeto
iQ ^ Bt and entertainment every member of the aocial fnmily—bearing in mind in all tiey do that there is but one Lawgiver , who can ruk > » save those wbo acknowledge and do his will , who can and will destroy those who do not respect and submit to his authority . This afternoon 1 intend to preach on Primrose-hill , and in tke evening if tha weather be fine ( whatever the weather be it will b ^ -fine enough forme ) on Kensington Common , at halfpast six o ' clock , and then I hope that I shall have done a good day's work , and thai the mtn of X « ondon , who believe what I » ay to he true , will he none the worse for a good walk o * a fine day , hearing werds , which , whatever else tfcey may have toreeommand them , are true , ani sucht as no other man in England at thu hour , dare stand tip and boldly proclaim . And now I pray the blesatag of God the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , may be with you and amongst you to-day aai for evermore Amen . ¦ ' ¦ ¦• - - . " - . ' .- - -: ii . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦
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SLAYERY YERSUS LIBERTY . SOUTH MtABQABBlUM OSAVI > MMAjL l ^ EMOI ^ TRATIQN . A PUBLIC MEETING will be Held on KJBHiL SAL MOOtt , es the Twentynr * a of May , 1839 , for the Purpose of taking into Coo * nderarion tbe beat mcantf of obtaining the PEOPLES CHARTER . The Chair to be taken at Tea o'Clock in the ForeEoon . " ' ' "' '" ¦ - ¦¦¦' . : .- ' ; : . ' - ¦ ¦ MEW OF tfOOTH UUtCJLBBiaMt Ton are hereby ealled upon once more to come forth ia your majestic Myriad * , to ubew to the hearts « ewed Factions , tb « t have so laid prostrate tb » Liber ^ e * aad Eights of the indusKrionj and nowacknowledged intelligent Million * of this fast-fadina Emporium of the W 9 rl «~ fading because oft beriaipolitic and tyrannical fetters , that yon will no longer tamely submit to Use arrogant and withering-Rule which has so long disgraced thia beawtifal Land of Promise , poteaning and impairing the energy of its iadu 8 trioa 8 ani overbartheded Fopulstion ;^ -diafr you are determined to be Free : —that Faflaa . the
Kxoaaeaa or Wisdom and or Liberty , has toeked ^ iate yosr hearts , and found temples in which to set m her altars , never more to be thrown- dowa by the cojMpiriag bandg of the heH-leagned Facttens-of W * ig and Tory plunderers ;—that , smarting unuer the culpable neglect of your Progenitors , yoa- a * ready to lay down your Lives topnrcha ^ e Liberty , as aaiaheritkncp to your Children . Coae fortiij the » , in ' ; a banner befitting the Sovereign Majesty of » great Natlbn ,- ' and shew atone * you are resolved nolinger to , succumb to the iron Bale » f a few despotic ; * fd ignorant Tyrants , who know not that the nrkb '
and , glory of a great Natioa esseatially eottswti in ? the happiness of its Inhabitant * . Make ready , the » —gird up your loins , and rally r » and the Standardt of . Freedom to be unfurled on Kerad Mo < wv Con » t thes ^ voder the motto of "Peae ? , Law , aad GMar , " and demonstrate to thd World that Britijh Free--dom mast be something more than a name —that ifr mast be really seen and felt , enjoyed , and wisely appreciated by you who have go long groaned- and suffered under rtie atl-grasping Factions who haste so long uranopolised your every Comfort , by basely depriving yoa of eVery natural right of Citizfen < - skip . Prepare , then , and make tke 25 th of May , In Liberty ' s era a grand and glorioas day .
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RADICAL DBMOW 3 TSATIO 2 I IDT SIMtTLTANEOUS MEETINGS TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN TO DISCARD BOTH FAC- ^ TCONS OF WHIG AND TORY . T 1 HE RADICAL REFORMERS OF HULL 'X . and the surrounding District are hereby informed that a MEETING will be held in the Victoria . Rooms , ou Tuesday , the 21 st Instant ^ iprthe above'Purpase , when'M essrs . HARTWELI * and BURNS , Members of the National CoaVmitiftn , * re appointed M ' i 3 Jioaaries to attend the Meeting . The Chair te be taken at Half-past Six o'Clock .
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Just Published , Price Twopence , 4 BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHIC iL DRAWING of tae MONUMENT erectel to the Mennry of THOMAS PAfNE , by tha Foes of Tyranny in every shape . No Maa has done more for the rising Liberties of his Countrymen than Thomas Paine , ani every Laver of " Coziraon Sense , " and Friend to tbe " Rights of Man , " should not be without this Tribute to his Memory . Published by A . He ? wood , 56 and 69 , Oldhamstreat , Manchester ; J . Hobson , Northern Siar Office , Leeds ; Hetberingtaa aaJ Cleare , . London ; aad all Booksellers .
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LEEDS WATER WORKS . "VTOTICE is hereby giren , that ia pursuance of 1 . 1 an Act of Parliament made and passed in the first year of the Rsiga of Her present Blajesty Queen . Victoria , entitaled ¦ * fc An Act for better sapprvinir with Water , theTown and Neig hbowfcoad of Leeds , in the West Riding of -the County of York . " A general Meeting of the Leeds Water Work * Company , and the Proprietors of Share * therein , ^ rill be held at the Court House , in Leed 3 , on Monday . the T reaty-geventb day of May instant , at Twelve o ' eloek at Noon , for the porpo «« of electing Nine new Directors of the paid Company for the ensuing year , parsuant to tbe said Act . By order of the Directors , ROBERT SARR , Law Clerk to the said Company . Leeds , May 6 th , 1839 .
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This day is published , complete for 2 i . THREE SERMONS DELI VERED in London on Sdxday , the 12 th of May , by the Rev . JOSEPH liAYNER STEPHENS , revised and corrected by the B » t . gentleman hinuelf . Landon : printed by Thomas White , 59 , Wycha Street , and sold by Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; A . Hsywood , 60 , Oldham Street , Maacaester ; James Guest , Steelhouse Lane . Birmingham ; W . Ibbotson , Halifax , and all other Booksellers .
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KN OX'S SPIRIT OF DESPOTISM Eleventh Edition , in 8 vo . price It . 6 d . Dedicated to all the Liberal Members of tbe British ; Senate , and to all the Friends of Civil and RelLdou Liberty throughout the world !!! THE SPIRIT OF DESPOTISM , by Vicbsimus Knox , D . D . Author ef " Literary and Moral Essays / ' &e . &c . Eleventh Edition . With . Life and Portrait of the Author , including Copious Notes , historical , biographical , critical , and explanatory ; to which is prefixed , a Preliminary Disser tation on Government , Law , and Reform .
By two Literary Gentlemen , THE FRIENDS OF THE PBOPI ^ . " Ne work is better calculated than the Spirit of Despotism to untold the deformities and t » excite a detestation of arbitrary power . " Y idt 4 uiho * l » , IJfe * London : John Bennett , 4 . Thr ^ e T « n Passage , Paternoster Ro * f ; wild by Simokin < aqd MarehalL Stationers' Hall Court . * *
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BLINDNESS . MRv CHILD begs to anneunoe-bjs intention of visiting the following Town * , vsx .: Carlisle ^ Bush Inn , Monday and Tuesday , the-: 20 th' and 21 st of May ; Newcastle , Mr . MofiH ' s , King ' s Head ^ Blackett Street , Wednesday , ^ arsflay , Frid ay ^ and Saturday , the 22 Hd , 23 ri , S ^ th , and 25 th ol May ; Durhtun , Waterloo Hpjel , Monday and ! Tuesday , the 27 th and 28 th ; X ° * k , Wednesday and , Thursday , the 29 th and 30 ^ , Qf May ; from them Mr . C . will proceed to HulV where he williemaia . until Thursday the 6 th of Jqne » Mr . C . will visit the * $ ov » Tow * s evew eight r ^ T * « Ad ^ ce Gratis . ^ Hours of Attendance froaa lv to 3 .
N . B . Mr . Child , S » n ^ having taken aa his permanent reudeace in Sirmingbam , may b « consulted ™ lf « 7 day aJk No . 19 , Hagley Row , Near Ae Five Way * , Edgba * ton , iirmbghlmT *
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WWTICB TO ^ -OPERATIVE SOCIETIESs T HIS "J ^ ^ otit *» * l >» t a ' lketi ' ng « f Dele ^ mi JSr i 03 * & 9 Afferent Co-o ^ urattv « Societie » wUl take plaja ^ ^ fte Co-operatw Stores , No . ljOL W « We , Budaersfield , en Whjt Mondiy , Maf ^ a » J > U 8 iiM «< ^ oommroce at » jne o ' clock in tk * : 2 SUSS \ *^ P 6 ate ma * , V furnished wi ^ «« 4 ^ UaVifroin > th e society hft >? E RJsents » ABRAHAJt WRNBR ^ Secv Co-operative Store * , Hudderefteld , May 7 , 1839 .
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STOLEN or Strayed « ro » ttejwsie , of Joi ,,, . Harrison , ot Bridge JEr ^ in !* # *> , ^ ^ parish of Kirkheaton , on theSrd iastant , a Bull and Mastiff DOG , principally of a good white colour , the left ndeof hu face , the left ear , and a small spot a little below the right shoulder being Wack- bt answen te the napte of "Jack . "—Whoever ' has found the woe if lost , and will bring him . to the house of David Tho » vtok , Beanmont ' s Arms , Kirkheaton , or if etolen , will ghre information to lead to Ae conviction of tbe Offender , Bhall be handsomely rewarded . If aay one . keeps him mfter thU notice , he wiU kt jwiecttted , ••^ wm mf ter lopton . May S , 1839 ,
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. .. •¦ - " -- -. .... . i —p . " » ' ¦ ¦ ' «* BAT BEDUCTXQX IK CATS , T OB * * c ** . HENRY J A COBS is now Selling off the whole ef his Taluahle gtock of Qtob , ? ur » , 8 ie » i » c ° nfVence of hw retiring from business . # t- a ¦ ¦ * k ^ " ?*' ** * ay ne wi ^ -& ?••» MbM Stode cheaper than any hpnse in the nti ^ bmanoodv r Best London . niade caps from itu t » 5 s . 6 d . AUo a great quantity of other Fancy Cap * at reiaenable price * . *¦ ¦' **? , Market Walk , Hodoersfield , May 8 . 1839 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1057/page/5/
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