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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , will be holden ' -before Thomas Flowjer Ellis , the younger , -E ^ guire , Recorder . of-the ; said Borough ,, at the Court House in Leeds , on Monday , the Eleventh day of April next , at Tvyo © 'Clock- " . 'in the Afternoon , at which time and place . all ' . Jurors ' ,. Constables * Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persona bound by Recognizances , and others having business at the said Session ' s are required to attend . And Notice is hereby also given , that all Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard at the opening of the Court oa Tuesda y , the Twelfth day of April next , jindnot on the thii-d day of the Sessions as jheretofpre and that all proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on . the first day of the Sessions . By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peaee for the said Borough . Leeds , 14 th March , 1842 .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS CASE FROM STAMFORD , COMMUNICATED BY MR . BAGLEY TO MR . PKOUT , 229 , STKAND , LONDON : , Stamford , Not , 14 . 1841 . SIR , —Mr . Wiliiana Blades , the proprietor of the celebrated composition for destroying rats and mice , was afflicted with a severe attack of Gout the latter end of last month , and was suffering the most excruciating p&iiw \ q consequence , when he sent to me for a box of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and to his surprise , two hoars after he had taken only two pills , he was relieved from pain , and in a few days was able to follow his usual employmen . u I am , Sir , your obedient servant , R . Baglky . Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills *—The neverfailing effects of Blair ' s Gout and Kheumatic Pills , curing every description of Gout or Rheumatism , has secured to them a celebrizy unequalled by any medicine of past or present times . They not only give relief in a few hours , where the patient has been driven nearly to madness by excruciating tortures , but restore to perfect health-in . an inconceivably short space of time . —See Testimonials of Lieut . Masters ( ofHawley , nearBa ^ shot )) late of the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies , who was invalided home by a Garrison order ; the Rev . Dr ; Blom .-berg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr . Miskin , Dartford ; Mrs . Chambers , Maidstone ; Mr . Cosher , Beaconsfleld ; Mr . Richard Stono , Luton , &o . 3 to ., which demonstrate this preparation to be one of the greatest discoveries in Medicine . They are equally speedy and certain in rheumatism , cither chronic or acute , lumbago , sciatica , pains in the head and face , and indeed for every rheumatic or goiity affection ; in fact , such has been : the rapidity , perfect ease , and complete safety of this medicine , that it has astonished all who have taken it , and thero is not & city , town , or village in the kingdom , but contains many grateful evidences of the benign influence of this lneaicine . Sold by T . Prout . 229 , Strand , London , Price 2 s . 9 d . per box , and by his appointment , by Heaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Haiyh , Smith , Bell , Towns-§ na , Baines and Newsome , Sxneeton , Reiahardt , JLeeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Dennis & Son , Moxon , Little , Hardman , Liimey , Hargrove , Yark ; Brboke& Co ., Walker & Co ., Stafford , Faulkner , Doncaster ; Judson , Harrison , Linuey , Ripon ; i ' oggitt , Coates , Thompson , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Cameron , Knaresi > ro '; Pea 3 e , Oliver , Darlingcou "';• ¦ Dixoh , Metcalf ' e * Langdale , Northallerton ; RaodesjSnaith ; GoldtiWpe , T adca 3 t 8 r ; Rogerson , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brico , Priestley , Pontifract ; Cordwell , © ill , Lawton , Dttwson . Smith , WakaSeld ; Berry , Denton ; Suter , Leylandj Hartley , Parker , Dunn , Halifax ; Booth , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbrid-ge ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Waite , rioirogate ; Wall , Barnsley ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout tb kingdom . Ask for Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and observe the name aad address of " Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each bos of the Genuine Medicine .
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THE WHOLE CHARTER FOR ONE HALFPENNY !! WITH ENGRAVING OF BALLOT BOX tha SCHEDULES , &o v&c . " Every woiking man , for the charge of a halfpenny , can now procure for himself and family the above ali-iiaportant docuisent * and we sinoerely hope the masses will now do ti ' - > . "—Northorn Star . BMMETT'S SPEECH ! Now publishing , Price One Penny , the splendid speech of Robert Emmatt , Esq ., who was executed in Dublin , for High Treason , in the twenty-second year of hiB age . EMMET ? AND IRELAND ! Just published , price Is .., an interesting Memoir , from authentic sources , of the lamented patriot Robert Emmett « incidentally detailing the Origin , Progress , and disastrous Termination of tho Irish Insurrection , 1803 , &c . Embellished wita a splendid 3 t « iel engraved Portrait .. This edition includes tho ¦ Trial , celebrated Speech , &c . &o . " This littlo work is calculated to keep in remembrance the name of one who felt , and felt deeply , his country ' s wrongs ; a man who , in endeavouring to redress them , fell a sacrifice to the schemes of the most biood-thirsty faction that ever governed , or rather mis ^ ororned Ireland . We hope the book may have an extended circulation . "— Weekly Dis ' patch , ASK FOR THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR ! PRICE ONE HALFPENNY ! "This noble , though humble , ally in the glorious cause of the . People is , ; we-are happy to perceive , pursuing its onward march , and , if properly encouraged , cannot fail most efficiently to aid in the cause of right and justice . The number before us ( 25 ) , besides other highly interesting matter contaiue tho' People ' s Charter' ontiio . Thus every working man , for the charge of a single halfpenny , can procure for himself and family an authentic copy of thia most—this a ) l-5 mportaut document ; and we sincerely trust that the whole of the masses will gladly avail thcr * iselvea ot the opportunity . We perceive that the whole of the back numbers are in print , and can be obtaiuod for one shilling ; a work at the price , containing so large au auT ^ 'uit of really useful inforciation , we are not acquainted with ; and we hope that every Chartist will aid in its circulation . "—Northern Star , The work can be had in Monthly Parts 6 d . each . THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , Containing the Remedy for National Poverty and Impending National Ruin : or the only safe way of Repealing the Corn Laws , by enabling each Working Family in Britaiii to produce a "CHEAP LOAF" and a " BIG LOAF" for themselves at Home J By F . O'CONNOR , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , and late iMsoiier for : Libel in York Castle . Addressed to tho Landlords of Ireland . Every Young Man should read the Drama of WAT TYLER ; price Twopence ( originally publishing at 4 s . 6 d . ) , by Robert Southey , Poet Laureate to her Majesty . " Every lover of his species should make an effort to circulate this ; splendid and truly invaluable poem . "—Patriot . Price Twopence . DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST PRIN ^ CIPLES OF GOVERNMENT ; by Thos . Paine . This PampLlet isaxnastcrly defence of the right of every man to the possession of the Elective FrauohJse ,
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MEDICAL ADVICE , TO THE AFFLICTED WITH SCURVY , VENEREAL , OR SYPBILITIC DISEASES , RHEUMATISM , AND NERYOCS OR SEXUAL DEBILITY . MR . M . WILKINSON , SURGEON , &o . 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds . ¦ And every Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , Opposite East Brook Chapel , Bradford , TTAVING devoted his studies for many years ex-XI clusively to the various diseases of the generative and nervous system , in the removal of those distressing debilities arising from a secret indulgence in a delusive and destructive habit , and to the successful treatment of VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC ; DISEASES , Continues to be consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night , and on Sundays till two ^ -and country patients requiring his assistance , by making only one personal visit , will receive such advice and medicines as will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual cure , when all other meanB have failed . In recent cases of a certain disorder a perfect oura is completed in one week , or no charge made for medicine after that period , and iri those cases where other , practititionershaye failed , a perseverance in hi 9 planv > vithout : restraint in diet , or hindrance from business , vfill ensure to the patient a permanent and radical cure . . v : -It frequently happens that in moments of thoughtlessness a person imbibes a disease where suspioion is least likely to be excited ; this state of security leads to a want of caution which aggravates the nature of the complaint . But where immediate application is made , the corroding poison is checked in its infancy , smothered ere it takes root , and destroyed before its venom can effect a perceptible appearance in the system . —Where tlie disease hftS been allowed to exist and remain , the more cause have we to fear the undermining influence of tnia poison , and a mere removal of its external appearance is not to be depended upon ; a thorough cure must be achieved to prevent a return of the disease and leave the system free from all iufeotion . A complete knowledge of the symptoms and tieati ment of these insidious and dangerous diseases , can only be acquired by those who are in daily practice * and have : previously gone through a regular course of Medical Instruction ; for , unfortunately , there are hundreds who annually fall victims to the ignorant use of Mercury and other dangerous remedies ^ administered by illiterate men , who ruin the constitution by suffer ing disease to get into the systenv which being carried by the circulation of the blood into all parts of the body , the whole frame becomes tainted with venereal poison , and most unhappy consequences ensue , at one time affecting the skin * particularly the head and face , with eruptions and * ulcers , closely resembling , and often treated as scurvy , at another period producing the most violent pains in the . limbs and bones , "which are frequently mistaken for rheumatism ; thus the whole frame becomes debilitated and decayed , and a lingering death pats a period to their dreadful sufferings . What a grief for a young person in the very prime of life , to be snatched out of time , and from all the enjoyments of life , by a disease always local at firstj and which never proves fatal if properly treated , aa all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or ignorance . } v Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of his Patients as a guarantee for cure , which he pledges himself to perform , or return his fee . For the accommodation of either sex , where distance or delicacy prevents a personal , visit , bis PURIFYING DROPS , price 4 s . 6 d ., caa be had of any Of the following agents , with printed directions so plain , that they may cure themselves without even the knowledge of a bed-fellow . _ They ars particularly recomiaended to be taken before ^ pereons enter into the matrimonial state , lest the . maiscretions of a parent are thesource of vexation to him the remainder of his existence , by afflicting his innocent but unfortunate offspring with the evil erupiieas of the malignant tendeucy , and a variety of other complaints , that are most assuredly introduced by the same neglect and imprudence . . . ' . . . AGENTS . . ' x ^ F ^^ t ^ n ^^ f ^ ^^ ^^ ate ^ andMr . Coble ' s Bookseller , Market-place . Leeds . —At the Times Office , and of Mr . Heaton , ViBriggate . : : VVakefield—Mr . Hurst , Bookseller . Halifax- ^ Mr . Hartley , Bookseller . Huddersfield—Mr . Dewhirst , 39 , New-street . Londou—No . 4 , cheapside , Barnslpv- ^ Mr . HarrJBOn , Bookseller , Market-pi . |? rk-M J- Hargrove ' s library , 6 , Coney'Street . Kipon—Mr . Harrison ^ BookseUer , Marketplace . . Knaresboro' and High Harrogate— Mr . Laflcdale Bookseller . v > ft ¦¦ Manchester— Mr . Watkinson , Druggist , 6 , Market * place . : ¦ ¦¦'¦'¦ : ' ¦ ¦ . ' . ; - .: ; .. ¦ . - . ; .. - - .- - . Beverley—Mr . Johnson , Bookseller . Bostons-Mr . Noble , Bookaeller . Louth—Mr . HurtoQ , Bookseller . Liverpool—At the Chronicle Ofilce , 25 , Lord-street . Sheffield—At the Iris Office . - . Persoas residing in the most remote parts canTiaye the . drops transmitted to them by post ( pre-paid , ) carefuliy seoured from observation , by remitting 5 ftm a ; lettGr . - , .. ¦; . ¦ ¦/ ' :.,- ;;¦ ¦¦ - . ¦ . ; ¦ . - . '¦¦ ¦¦ . ; ; - . : ¦ " . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ;¦• Mr . W ., is to be consulted every day at his Readence , from Niuein theMorniag till Ten at Night * and on Sundays ii-orn Nine till Two . OBSERVE-13 , TRAFALGAR-ST . LEEDS . PR IVATE ENTRANCB » fi 7 . NU < B-STBEKr :,.
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TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . npHE Readers of this Newspaper will have seen JL advertised every week for a long period an account of the benefits arising from taking PARR'S LIFE PILLS . These accounts , from their undoubted truth , and the recommendations of parties who have tried the Medicine , have produced a very large sale , consequent on such recommendations . For the sake of unlawful gain , unprincipled parties have attempted various imitations , dangerous and disreputable ; and , in order to prevent disappointment , and guard against these impostors , it is seiiousiy and particularly requested that you ' will ;\ on purchasing the Medicine , carefully examine the Government Stamp , and be sure it has the words "Parr ' s Life Pills , " in white letters , on a red ground engraved thereon , without which it is an IMPOSITION . ' . OLD PARR ] Life is not life , unlesss 'tia blessed with health , Tbo' rich in fame and unincumbered wealth , Tho' under sunny sky or frigid polar star , Life without health is nought—then hail to thee old p aeb . ' What mighty treasures are by thee revealed , More than Peruvia's mines can ever yield ! Not rich Golcoada ' s glittering diamond rare Can purchase health , —then hail to thee OLD PABR . [ 'Twas thy high purpose to make known to man , The power to lengthen out on earth , his little span Of life , —which erst was woe and cars , But now is bright with joy , thro' thee old p ark ! Thousands late racked with agonising pain , Now feel new vigour thrill thro * every vein ! Disease no longer shall their pleasures mar ; They bless the day thoy heard of thee OLD PARB ! Hail glorious boon ! hail gift benign ! Go forth from polo to pole , to every clime , Let every land , both near and far , Possess the blessing left by thee OLD PARB ! * The author of this humble rhyme dictates is with a respectful feeling of gratitude to the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills , whioh have been , under the blessing of God , a means of restoring him to a new life after a long period of aggravated suffering . London , April 20 . J , R . B . The proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills beg to state that they atta <; h neither merit Of importance to the above lines , but present them to the public as the effusion of a joyous spirit liberated from the thraldom of a prolonged and aggravated state of mental and bodily suffering . They are published at the request of the writer . EROX MB . MOTTERSHEAD , CHEMIST , MABKET-PLACE , MANCHESTEB . " To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills . " GpiTLiEMEN , —I feel it my duty fot the good cf suffering mankind , to send you this true statement of the astonishing effects which Parr's Pillsi have produced upon me , and also upon my wife and daughter . Myself and wife have both been strangers to good health for nearly twenty years , until we accidentallyheard tell of your pills , which we have taken for several weeks , and their effects apon us have been almost miraculous , both , now feeling young , strong , and in health ; my daujKhter , also , has found them equally beneficial . •* You may refsr any one to me who at all doubts the truth of this , aud you may make any use you think proper of this Testimonial . " I remain in healthy " Your obliged grateful servant , "James Leschebin , " Grove Place , Ardwick , near Manchester . " Witness—John Whitwobth . ¦ " May 18 , 1841 . " " William Wild , No . 1 , South Street , Manchester hereby publicly states , that after being put of health for a many years , although he liad used every means recommended to him vtithout snecess , chanced to hear of Parr ' s Pills , which have done him more good in a few weeks , than all the physic he has taken for years . He earnestly recommends them to the sick and afflicted , having proved their infinite value . ( Signed ) "May 20 , 1841 . " . "William Wild . " EXTRAORDINARY CASE . — -Mrs . Joseph Simpson has been severely afflicted , for the last 30 years , with a Violent cough and difficulty of breathing . The affliction has been so severe that she could not fulfil her domestic obligations . She took cold when only 15 years old , and the cough never left her till she took Parr's Life Pills . She had tried almost every kind of medicine , and had taken laudanum in large quantities , but nothing afforded relief . She heard of Parr ' s Pills about last Christmas , and as soon as she had taken about half a box she found herself completely curedj and waa never afflicted in the slightest manner during the severe weather that followed , and is now bettor in health than she has ever been in her life . This cure does indeed appear miraculous , but for the satisfaction of the most incredulous , she has kindly consented to answer any inquiries , either by personal application , or by letter addressed "Mrs Joseph Simpson , Church-hill Close , Old Lenton . near Nottingham . " ¦ CAUTION-BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS . In order to protect the Public from imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamp 3 hayeprdeied "Parr ' s Life Pills , " to be engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each box , without which none are genuine . „ P fic e Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d . and family boxes lls . each . Full directions are given with each box . _ Sold by mos ' 5 respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and Country ; to be had wholesale of Edwards . o 7 , St . Paul ' s , London . _ Wholesale JSigents—Mr . Edwards , Sf Paul ' B Church-yard , London ; J . rloBspN , Star Office , / Mar-Ket-street , Leads ; and may be had also of Messrs . Bell and Brook , Druggists , Boar-lane , Leeds : Spivey , Huddors&ld ; Blackburn , Bradford ; Sweeting Knaresbro ; Rayner , Sowerby Bridge ; Booth , Rochdale ; Sams , Stockport ; Sagar , Heywood ; Hughes , Middleton ; Cromptpn , Bury ; Bell and Co , Ashton i Lees , Slayleybridge ; Taylor , Hyde ; Bennett , Leigh j Brooke , Deivsbury ; and all Medicine Venders . Gratis . —The Life and Times of Old Parr , 32 pages , with Engravings , may be had gratis of all Agents .
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CHASTIST PILLS . IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED . MR . J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds , having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agency of those Pills , is authorised to give Twopence oat of each Is . lid Box , to be divided betweett the Executive and the Families of the Imprisoned Chartists . .: '¦ : . . ' ' ' ' ¦¦ ¦' . ¦ .. '' .. - . . ¦ ' ,- ; . ' ..- ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ' :-- -. The many Medicines lately offered to the public would have prevented the proprietor fromadvertising these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , did he not feel it Ms duty to give his snffering feUow Chartists an opportunity ( by their affliction ) _ toforward the cause of Democracy , and assist tha families of their jb (» rce > rated brethren . .. '¦ To no one is health so important as to the Working Man , when deprived of it his means of subsistance are suspended and his sufferinga aggravated by reflections on his poverty , and the helplessness of his family . - - . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦¦•/¦ •¦ :- . ¦¦' - ¦' . ' : : - . ¦ " . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ :- - ¦ „ ¦ . /¦ ,. ' These Pills are not put forth as a cure | for all dissases , but their use will avert much ' of the illneaB usually affecting the Working Classes . The Proprietor has witnessed with pleasure their extraordi nary efficacy in numerous instances of loss of appetite , head ache , heart burn , palpitations of the heart , bilious and nervous diseases , pains in tha stomach , and other symptoms indicating an imper * feet action of the Digestive Organs . To those of sedentary habits whose trades confinfl them in an unwholesome atmosphere , and perhaps for hours together in a continued postBre , thereby inducing habitual costiveness , indigestion , and nervous debility ^ they are strongly recommended and have been found of essential service , as they enable the system to throw off those morbid accumulations which occasion disease , at the same time strengthening and giving tone to the stomach , and invigorating the whole system , by these means establishing health on a firm foundation . Until Agents are appointed generally , those persons who wish to try them can receive a box , with ample directions , post-free , by sending One Shilling in silver , and two Postage Stainpa , in a pre-paid Letter , to Mr . J . Ho ^ son , Star Office ^ Leeds . Applications for Agency will be attended to , and the terms sent by return of Post , by writing either to Mr . Hobson , or to the Proprietor . All Letters to ; be Pre-paid .
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M We beg each and all of bur friends to aid m circulating this invaluable tract , —^ English Chartist Circular . This day is published , price Twopeaee , AN ADDRESS on toei Benefits of Ganeral Knowledge ; more especially the Sciences of Mineralogy . Geology , Botany , and Entomology . By the late Rowland Detrosior . Third Edition . " We most earnestly recommend this little book to every body . "—Examiner . Important Work by the same Author . Now on Sale , price Threepence , Sixth Edition , , AN ADDRESS on the Necessity of an Extension of Moral and Political Instruction among the Working Classes . By the late Rowland Detrosier , With a memoir of the Author . " This is the best piece of composition on the subject to which it refers in the English language , written by a man of unconquerable zeal , Burpassing talent , and true patriotism ; who raised himself from among working meii to the admiration of the good and intellectually great throughout the kingdom , and who devoted his life to the improvement of his kind . Ho man can know his duty to himself and his children who has not read this powerful tract . "—Maidstone Gazette . " Now Publishing in Weekly Numbers , at Three ^ ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ - pence , ' . - ; '¦ ; : ¦ . :: . ¦ A VINDICATION OP THE RIGHTS GF WOMAN ; by Mary Woolstoncraft . Revised and Re-Edited ^ x * If women are to be excluded , without having a voice , from a participation of the natural rights of mankind , prove first , to ward off the charge of injustice and inconsistency , that they want reason . " : ' . ' - ,. ' . ¦ ¦ ' ' .. ¦' •; ' ., " - . '¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦;¦ ¦ . ' ¦ - . ¦ ' ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ - ¦ .. . ' '¦ "This hi ^ h-minded woman has created an influence which defies calculation ; she produced that impulse towards the education and independence of woman which other writers have developed ^ " — ¦ Westminster Review , April , 1841 . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Hobaoji , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; Heywood , Oldham Street , Manchester ; and may be had , on order , of all the Agents for the Northern Star throughout the kingdom .
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POTOVENS . —Mr . Brophy lectured here on Wednesday , the 23 rd -nit . The meeting , "which -was both numerous and attentive , were much delighted "with the doctrines of Chartism . Resolutions were passed embodying the principles of the Charter ; - an 3 f 01 the Ioanation of an Association . Twenty put down their names as members . BATLEY . —Mr . Brophy delivered a stirring lecture to the ChsrtMs and middlemen of this rslace , on Thursday , the 24 th ult ; at the conclusio " n , several new members -were enrolled . Chartism is in the ascendant here .
DELEGATE Meetisg . —A district meeting was held at Batiey on Sunday last , when delegates from the following places were present : —Dewsbury , William Rob-Ehaw ; Batiey , Abraham Fox ; Heckmondw&e , Joseph Atkinson ; Liverseflfe , James Charleswortb ; Birstal , Isaac Frost ; Dawgreen , Daniel Wilson ; Mr . Joseph Atkinson in the chair ; the following resolutions were moved and carried unanimously : —" That every Association in the district do send a eorrect list of payable members they contain to the next council meeting . " —*• That one penny per member be levied throughout the whole of the district to defray the expeEees of the forthcoming Convention , and thai all places do send
then levy to the next counts ! meeting cither by dslegate or letter . "— "That the delegates of the next council meeting do make arrangements with regard of engaging a lecturer for this district "— " That the next council meeting be held at Earbheaton , on Sunday , April 10 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in their Association room , adjoining the Swan Inn , when delegates from the following places are requssted to attend : —Dcwsbury , Heckmondwike . Cleckheaion , Brrkinsbaw , Birstal , Batiey , Potovens , Wakafield , Overton , Mirfleld , Liver sedge , Horbury , and Gawthorp . " The accounts given in from the various localities were cheering in tb . 9 extreme , as far as regards the increase of members , and the spirit which is now animating the people of this
district . EARLSHEATON . —Two lecture were delivered here on Good Friday , by iii . Brophy ; at the conclusion of the lectures , the following resolution was passed hy acclamation : — " That in tbe opinion of this meeting . the great and alarming distrsas TThiefe now prevails throughout t&e country , baa been caused by-class-legislation , and that the only safe and efficient remedy to restore trade , ensure prosperity te the producers " and protection to the manufacturers and landlords , is -contained in the People's Charter , and this meeting pledges itself to agitate for that measure , and never to cease its exertions , until thB rights of labour ar& fnUy represented in the Commons' House of Parliament . " OVEBTON . —Mr . Brophy lectured and formed an association here , on Saturday last ChartiEm was not beard of here before , The audience was nuinwcns and attentive , and at the conclusion , a great number entered as members .
WAKKPISLP—Chartism is silently and tSectually working great good in this Whig and Tory riddsn town . The middle-class men are eagerly seeking for some measure as principle , to remove Peel ' s " scheme of " easing tie burthens of the people , " "We tell them to look to the Charter . KtBDERHUNSTEIL—Mr . Stallwood addressed the people of this place at the Freemasons' Anns Inn , on Saturday last , for the space of nearly two hours in a , strain of fervid animation , laying prostrate all and every humbug , snd showing the superiority of the People ' s Charter over-every other organic reform . At the conclusion , he was universally applauded . Mr . Stal'wood delivered a second discourse in the same xoom to a delighted auditory on Sunday evening . Mr . Hitchin announced that the room would be open for the future every Sunday evening .
Staxmsglet . —On Sunday last , Zklr . Joseph Brook delivered two lectures in the Chartists Associatiaa room here . The lecturer gare general satisfaction . At the dose of esch lecture discussion was invited . HEFTONSTALL— The Rev . W . T . Jackson , of . Manchester , gave a very impressive lecture here , en Thuraday , the 24 th ult , subject , " 1 h& remedy for natioral poverty . " The lecturer was eloquent and ec-cvincinr , shoeing that the only remedy will be the People ' s Charter . At the cotelusion , several new members enrolled their names . OA 2 &NSHAW . —A public meeiizz took plsso here on Tuesday weei , when Mr . Lsod . the district lecturer , delivered , an eloquent and effective adilresa , out of doors , to a large number of peupie , on the principles of the Psople ' 3 Charter . Elevan new memoes were enrolled .
BEVSRLEY . —Mr . West , the Eist and Xorth Bicir ^ lecturer , delivsred an excellent address in the Market Place , last Saturday , to a large concourse ef j > Bopie . "We zre on the ascendant here . The recruiting sergeant is actively employed enlisting a many recruits . We have got 1 , 400 signatures to the Great Xationalthe largest petition that ever went from this aristocratic town . D"OB . HAJKI . —At a meeting ef the Chartist body , beld in the Association R : > om , resolution , a condemnatory ef the liBDchester massacre , and of conS . d&nce . in O'Connor , ^ ras -unanimously adopted . IttATtSPXBLD . — "Mr . Bairsiow deliverea a " lecture in Mansfield Market Place , -on Monday , the" 28 th List , to a large meeting . At the close of the meetine , Mr . Bairstow and Mr . Harrison were elected to sit in the forthcoming Convection ; and ^ seren new members were
enrolled-CXiXTHEROB . —Chartism in this rotten Borough is winning its widening way . We had a glorious meeting on Friday . The Mayor very Madly granted the Market Place for ns to meet in ; i-at , owing to the ¦ wetness of the afternooDj tie meeting "Was held in the large room at the Commercial Inn , when Mr . Beesly , the district secretary , was elected unanimously to sit in the forthcoming Convention- Mr . Land , in a calm dispassionate manner , proved to the satisfaction of the meeting the superiority of the Charter over all other remedies . Mr . Beesly addressed the meeting for an hour and a half ; and , at the conclusion , a vote of fhanfru was passed to the Mayor , and the meeting separated .
BUBTOJf-DN-TRENT . —On Tuesday evening last a lecture was delivered in the large room at Mr . Tyrack- ' s High-street , to a large assembly , by Mr . EdvFards , of Bradford , and on Wednesday evening at Swadlingtoa , in their room , to a full meeting . DAVENTRY . —On Friday and Saturday evenings , Mr . Mason delivered two spirited lectures at tbe Theatre , to very lespeet&ble and attentive audiences , on the benefit to be derived by the obtajnmenl of tlie Charter , and on 3 ie means for obtaining the Chsrtei . After tke lectures , a whole hog Chartei resolution was carried unanimously . .
BURY . —It having been announced that that sterling advocate of the people ' s rights , F . O'Connor , would address the men of this town on Friday evening , the 25 th ultime , at seven o ' clock , there was a very large meeting to bear him . Mr . Lomax having been called " to the chair , commenced the business of tbe- meeting by stating that it wonld probably be laie before Mr . O'Gonnor eould arrive , as he had to address the p ^ cpi- ; of Manchester the same evenisg . Dr . Fletcher bavin ? forced his way to tbe platform began to gay sojnethii !^ about meeting Mr . O'Connor , Lut owing to the noise ( caused by his interruption of the meeting ) no * oce tut himself eonld tell what he said . At this sts ^ e of tbe proceedings , Mr . Bell , of Heywood , arrrived and was introduced to the meeting ta address them until Mr .
O Connor should arrive ; he entered into the effects produced by class legislation , showing that the working classe 3 had been continually producing more and more and receiving less every year for producing it , whilst those who possessed a monopoly of power had- been enabled to appropriate to themselves the additional ¦ wealth which the skill and toil of tbe industrious portion c * the community had produced . He went on to stow the folly of the working man placing any reliance in the promise of either Whigs or Tories , that they were both opposed to the interests of the working classes , that they were mere factions , and that it was not the interest of a faction to legislate for the ? ood of the people . During Mr . Bell's address Dr . Fletcher again forced himsslf upon the platform , and stated ,
amidst the cries of renegade , traitor , it , tLst he was not going to dance attendance on Mr . O'Connor , but that he would go horns and leave a friend to inform frVn , -when Mi . O'Conner arrived . Hi . O'C . did arrive ; the Doetort Mend want to tell him , hul he did nrmake his aopearance ; perhaps -when he heard that Mr . O'Connor bad arrived , he became suddenly convinced that it was far more comfortable sitting by hh own fire-side than being laughed at by the men of Bury Upon Mr . O'C . entering the hall , he was welcomed bj several rounds of applause , which having subsided , t young gentleman rose and read an address from th < woriing men of Bury to Mr . O'Connor , thanking hin for the bold and uncompromising advocacy of tkti causeand pledging themselves to stand by hin
, as long as ever he pursued the course which he had done from the commencement of his politics ! career . The address having been moved and seconded , was about to be put , when Mr , O'Connor rose , and said he Bhould like to Epeak previous to the address being put , for th 6 re might be men there who would hold up their hands for ibe address , and -af terwards , -when they bad heard him speak , might ina having done so . In lhe _ course of Ms address he showBd up the humbug scherue . of Mr . Stage , who , having placed himself at the head of a would-be party , is striving to cause a split among the Chartists ; not for the purpose of getting Complete Suffrage , as he calls it , but for the purpose c-f breaking I
the Charter agitaSon and getting a repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . O'Connor continued to address them for upwards sf an hour and a half , upon the injurious effects of class legislation , and concluded an eloquent speech by advisicg the people , if they wished to be rai ^ Q from their present degraded position , to agitate for nething less than the Charter without any alteration . Mr . O'Connor sit down amidst loud tursts of applausa Jlr . Boberts was next introduced to the meeting , and in a neat speech moved a resolution , condemnatory of all agitation except for the Charter and no less , and of confidence in Mr . O'Connor , which was seconded by llr . J . Jonas , and carried unanimously . A vot * of tfr / nfru having been given to the ciairmin the meeting restated .
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STOTJRBRIDGE . —Mr . Stallwood , of London , lectured here to an over-flowing auaience , on Good Friday . DALK . EITH . —A meeting of the Chartists here took place on Monday evening last , in the Freemasons ' Hall , Jlr . James M'Pherson in the chair . After the business of the Association had been disposed of , a letter was read from the Birmingham Frost , Williams , and Joaes Committee , which had been received by Mr . William Daniells , of Lasswade , and kindly forwarded by him to us , when tbe following resolution was proposed by Mr . William Taylor , seconded by Mr . James Anderson , ar . d passed unanimously : — " That a District Committee be formed , to be called « The
Dalkeith and Lasswads Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee , " whose duty shall fee to get up meetings , memorials , petitions , fee , in favour of the exiled patriots , and to act in concert with the Birmingham General Committee ; and this meeting pledges itself to do all in their power to cause Frast , Williams , and Jon % 3 to be restored to their wives and familifcs . " The following persons were nominated on the Commictee , with po—er to add to their number those who may be appointed in Musselburgh , Pathead , and Gore Bridge . For Dalkeith—Messrs . James M'Pherson , William Taylor , Robert Thomson , James Anderson , and Wiiliam Urquhaii . F-or Lasswade—Messrs . Win . jDaniells , John Wyllie . and Wm . Hay .
XjASSwADE . —Meeting by mooulight . —A public meeting was held here in the open air , on the evening of Wednesday , 23 rd inst , to hear an address from Mr . Robert Lowery , —Subject , " Failure of the anti-Corn Law agitation , and the union of the middle and working classes . ' Mr . John Stewart was called to the chair . The lecturer spoke in his usnal able and convincing manner , and gave general satisfaction . The meeting was very well attended ; a sprinkling of the middle classes being present , who begin to look with a more favourable eye on Chartism .
ARBROATH . —On the 21 st of March , Mr . Abram Dancan - addressed the people of Arbroath in the pavilion . The place was crowded to th « door . At the close of the address the following resolutions were moved by Mr . William Fullar , jun ., and seconded by Mr . Alexander Chrieghton : — " Having beard the address cf Mr . A . Duncan upon the motion that tra agitate for nothing less tuan the Charter , and the amendment for a full , fair , and fr « e representation ; also another amendment for equal legislative protection to all her Msjesty's subjects , this meeting agree to abide by the whole Charter , and look upon the amendment for a full , free , and fair representation as containing a just and excellent principle , but wanting
the security for its successful application in establishing for tlie whole people the exercise of their rights ; and we regard all who adopt it as sacrificing principle for expediency . ' " " This meeting regards the amendment , equal legislative protection to all her MajeBty ' s suljc-cts , as destitute in the recognition of any principle of right on the part of the people to self-government , being nothing more than the prayer of a slave to iegislate for a protection which all people really free possess , and which those who have it not in possession onght to demand , and have it Becured to them by law . " Xha Chairman having put the resolutions to the meeting , they were carried ¦ with , only one dissentient voice ,-taere feeing TOO people present
LONDON . —Meeting op Trades' Delegates at the Cbayes ' s Head , Druky La * e , —A meeting of delegates from the various Trades Charter Associations assembled at the above place on Sunday , when preliminary arrangements vreie entered into , for tbe purpose of bringing out the Trades of London Tor the Charter . OiJiBER'WZLX . —Mr . Wheeler lectured at the Cock public house on Wednesday evening . Several members joined . LiHEHorsE . —Rnffy Ridley lectured at the Victoria , to a numerous aadience , on Wednesday last . CHELSEA . —Mi . Whede * lectured to the new locality at the Acorn , College-street , on Monday evening . Several members were enrolled , and the members , in fatare , will meet every Monday evening , at Mr . Martin ' s , Prince of Wales , Leader-street .
District Cocxcil . —This body met as usual , en Sunday , Mr . Purcell in tbe chair . Considerable business was transacted , and a plan for raising funds for the Executive was laid before the council , approved of , and recommended to the localities . The Liquidation Dsbt Committee reported , and all persons holding money on account cf the late festival , at John-street , were requested to transmit it to the tieasnrer . Several sums were received on account of the Whig-made widows , and the meeting adjourned . Dispatch , Bhide-Laxe . —The Committee for suppljing the Metropolis with Chtrfcist Lecturers met here on Friday evening , Mr- Turner in the chair . Several talented adveeates joined the Committee , and they have new the pleasure of announcing tbat they have made arrangements by which , pvery locality can be furnished with a regular supply of lecturers .
TEETOTiiLEB-S , CROWN CoFSEE HOUSE , BEAKSTREET . —Mr . Anderson lectured here to a numerous audience , on Sunday evening . Hit or Miss , Glose FiELDS . —Ruffy Ridley lectured here on Sunday last . citt of £ ont > o >\—Mr , Bracnoo , frem the IsIb of Wight , deliTered , en Sunday evening last , a very muchanproved-of opening discourse of a stries of lectures he intends to favour the congregatisa with who assemble in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey London CBbie ^ Psess CoxaiiTEE . —A portion of the above committee met last Monday night , at the Dispatch CoSee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street The committee are desirous that the localities of the Charter Association will send s member from each to sit on committee with them , in accordance "with the unanimous recommendations of tbe London Delegate Council .
ALBI 03 CO ? FEE HOCBE , NO . 3 , Church-street , Shoeebiich . —Mr . Farrer lectured here on Sunday last . There will be a lecture here next Sunday evening at eight o ' clock , and every following Sunday at tha same time and place . The member ' s meeting will b » held on Wednesday next , at eight o'clock in . the evening . HAIIFAS , —A public meeting was holden in the Chartist's Room , Swan Coppice , on Monday , to confirm the election of Delegates to the Charter
Petition Convention . Sir . John Crossland in the chair . Mr . B . Rushton moved the following resolution , wiicK was seconded fay Mr . J . IHingworth i ^ ud ably supported by Mr .- Edwajds , and carried unanimously , " That in the opinion of this meeting , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr , George Binn ? , and Mr . Lairrence Pitkethiy , are fit and proper person ? to represent the interests of the people of Yorkshire , in the forthcoming Petition Convention , and this meeting pledges itself to give them its undivided support . "
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BATH . CHARACTER OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES DRAWN BY ONE OF THEMSELVES .
On tbe evening of Good Fnaay , a meeting was convened at the room of the National Charter Association , to hear a lecture on the morality , education and political consistency of the middle cl . ifse . ' ! . Mt . Twite , the treasurer of the society , -was called to tie cbair , who after a few observations , introduced the lecturer to the meeting . Mr . Marriott , professor cf Phrenology , then rose and said , that he must commence his lecture with his accustomed motto— " We will l ; ave the Charter . " — < fcea ? . ) But to night , lie continual , I must have an additional text , one which I take from a good authority , it having an immediate bearing on my subject : it was from one ol the best of men , Feargus O'Connor , a motto at all times important , but more especially so now ; it should be inscribed on the mantle-piece of every workingman . It is this : —
" Nowworking men , I most solemnly swear and de dare that I would rather live unJer an irresponsible military despotism , with trial by Court Martial , than live under the Government of a middle class , with trial by jury , they being jumrs . " That is my text , but it is nece ^ iry that I define terms , lest any mistake may arisa on the part cf my hearers . What do I mean by middle class ? Not lords , kings , Equires , or any of the kind , as they come under the appellation of higher classes . I do not mean servile ministers , clerks , or smill farmers , but the bullfrog farmers , ^ hose wealth is produced "by tbeir men ; I mean also brokers , fatopkeepes , and I include ¦ parsons of every descriftioji . Whatever they do , it is of very little service to mankind , unlike lecturers
who instruct mankind in philosophy ana every thing ; that is useful . l"ba- ? e tow defined what I mean by a j middle class , of al ; of whom I cannot speak : n tlie same teras of aniHia-Jversion , for among this class , as I among the higher classes , there are many excellent ex-; ceptions , such as O'Connor , O'Brien , and such as our ! worthy frieid Mr . Alderman Crisp , who have puttheiui selves on a footing of equality with the producers cf ; wealth . ( Hear , hear . ) Having said this much , I will ! now enter iato the su ^ ect at large . I will now treat of the mo .-ulity cf tfae middle classes generally . To \ judge of them after their own opinions of themselves , \ we should infer that they are the best people in the i world ; and that , as the happy medium , all true ] mindedress , aU the goodness , all the godliness wera j among tfcem . They are so moral , so eal ^ titened , ; as to be the most fit to govern thi 3 country . i They con'd cnll meetings , and write tracts for the
; moralising of society ; and no doubt many persons '; present hsve been presented with seme of those tracts , = enjoining them not to run into gross immorality . I have ; failed many tracts designed to pervert the minds of tbe " lower orders" as yon are called . Now , I have . hed every opportunity , as a professional man , of knowing ihe morality of the midie classes . Their religion ¦ is fanaticism , not pure , undeSleti religion ; it is not to visit the fatherless ; it is not to walk humbly with your God : it -was saying God , God , have We not ' glorified in thy name ,- net what hava we done in thy iaame?—( hear , hear . ) Their morality , from morning I till night , consists in retail-trickery , in lying and cheatiDg . I have heard many of them Hay that they were bound to cheat ; and a commercial traveller told me i that it was his object to do so . These are isolated ; cases , but such conduet was general among what is called the middle class . Look to the speeches of Mr . i Ferrand in . tbe Boose of Commons ! Nothing Can give
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a better expoBe of the wholesale trickery practised in the way of trade . Look at the " devil ' s dust , " and the other expediency of deluding ns . Go into a draper ' s shop , and as sure as you live , you will have a lie told you as seon as you get in . The tale is , "Oh , we lose by this article and by that ; " and though the draper may tell his son not to lie , what can the son soy , but " Father , you live by lying . " " Yes , " says the father , " but it is in the way of trade . " A capital excuse , indeed ! The lecturer next referred to articles which have appeared in the Dispatch , headed , " Tricks of the trade ; " showing how the people are imposed on by butchers , drapers , and the different trading classes . He then related the following anecdote ;—A grocer who had been smoking his pipe very comfortably in his kitchen ,
called out to hia servant John , " Have you watered the tobacco ? " "Yes , sir . " " Have you sanded the sugar ? " " Yes , sir . " " Why then , John , you may oome down to prayers . " ( laaghter . ) Yet , however imposing ia trade , you find them a very moral . set of men ; you don't see them relling drunk about the streets . Oh no ; their system was pretty to the eye , but rotten at the core . The lecturer pointed out the habits of the middle classes ; he said when travelling he had many opportunities of meeting them in taverns , where-they ¦ were carousing and making merry ; yet he always fOUDd that they contrived to get home in their carriages , SO that their drunkenness may not be seen . And yet they go to temperance meetings and censure the intemperance of the working classes !
" The poor man ' s sins are glaring , In the face of a ghostly warning , He is caught in tbe fact of an overt act , Buying greens on a Sunday morning . The rich man ' s sin ' s are under The loss of v ; ealtb . and station , And escape the sight Of the children of light , Who are wise in their generation . The rich man has a cellar , And a ready butler by him ; The poor man must steer For hia pint of beer Where the sainta can't choo 3 e but spy him The rich man's painted windows Hide concerts of the quality ; The poor can't but hear The crack'd fiddle in the air , Which offends all sound morality . "
( Langhter . ) The Lecturer said he thought he had given a pretty clear expose of the morality of the middle classes ; he did not say there were no exceptions . He next spoke of the education cf fcbose classes ; he said to-hear'them talk , we Bhould fancy they were the greatest philosophers in the world . Give tbe franchise to the working men ! 0 , - never ; they would not know bow to use it . Go among the middle classes in any such place as Salisbury , and , instead of hearing them talk about political matters , on questions of jhi ' sophy or political economy , you hear them descant on the merits of this horse oi that horse , about the state of the markets , and on how much it would take to fat a bog . { Langbtfil . ) Such -was their general tslfe . If yOB talk to
them about politics—about giving working men the franchise , you are accused of being a Chartist ; and they cry out immediately , " Throw hits out of the window . " I have said enough , theD r ( s . ii < i the lecturer , ) to shew you the morality of tbo middle classes ; and as to their education , I have shewn that it is not of that hind that will lead them to extend justice to the working classes . I cerae now to speak of their political coc-Bisteney ; and here , though I may laugh at their follies , I cannot approach thia subject but with tears of sorrow . If those classes had been honest , if they had fulfilled tbe promise they made us , the People ' s Charter weuld now be the law o ? the land . To their conduct was to be attribute ;} the procrastination of tha Ckartt ? . As an esteemed friend kad said , all struggles
originated with the working classes . Look to tbe straggle of Wat Tyler , one of tha noblest of former times ! Did it originate with the middle class 1 No , it w ; : s tbs work of a blacksmith , and some few others ; and if the working classes were not so confiding , were they as we are , tbe noble objects of Tyler would havo been accomplished . He differed with those who said we ought not to be suspicious ; xre had been tob confiding , too ready to hold « ut the hand of fellowship . ( Hear , hear .- ) After epeuking of the so-called .. " Jack Cade , " and vindicaticg hia memory from the aspersions cast on it by interested parties ; after eulogising Paine , whom he cal . ed one tf the nobles of nature , he spoke of the agitation for the Reform Bill ; it was commenced by the working classes . The chief originator
of it was cna who was ouce a plough-boy , the celebrated Wm , Cobbett . Who contended then for the rights of the people ? Was it the shopkeepers , © r bull-frog farmera ? No ; the wise and good among the ¦ wor king classes . They obt-. ined justice for the middieclass , who , one would think , would extend power to us as they had promised to do , when they had the power . France would have been blessed with liberty and happiness , had not the jj&Us lail-hu proved treacherous to the popular cause . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Read when you have time , the excellent work of Eronterro O'Brien , as therein you wi ] I and an excellent eapox of the conduct of the juste > rjteu towards tbe poor unenfranchised pe . apie . What did the middle classes of Enginud do so suon as they obtained power by the
Reform Bill ? Why , they ^ ot their representatives to pass the Poor Law Bill , which has proved so inimisal to the rights and welfare of the poor . They imprisoned five hundred of your advocates ; they sect spits among you to entrap the unwary , and as tha juror ? , they doomed your advocates to imprisonment , where they were classed among felons . The judges or magistrates had no y-ottbt ; the middle classes chuctled iu the jurybOXeB OYer their Victims . In the . case of onr exceJlent friend ill . M'Douall , thsy asked the judge whether thtre was no law to bang him . Look fc . j the Waiefle . ' u hell!—what tales could it relate of the treatmunt-endured by imprisoned Chartists . He advised the working classes not to trust the cause of Chartism into middle class hands . He referred to the conduct of the
middle class of Birmingham towards Mr . O'Connor on a recent occasion , and after showing it tip in its proper light , p -aked whether such was not sufficient to make us look upon them as enemies to the cause of Charthmp He nexi re : ul a portion of Mr . O'Cnnnor ' 3 letter describing tbe mnrdsrous attack mails- on htm at Manchester by the partisans © f the Anti-Corn Law League , and then remaked that he had said enough te show the morality , th « educatien and political consistency of the middle classes ; thongh he belonged to them , he was ashamed of their condnct towards the working people . He had endeavoured to rouso the latter to a sense of uuty , that they may throw off tha fetters by ¦ which thty arcs bound . When the middle class saw the error of tbeir way , which I despair of .
I Snow yon will receive thorn cordially . Birt yon will not trust them ; you will not place implicit confidence in them . As an earnest of their sincerity , if they are Universal Suffrage men , let them come down and enrol themselves in the National Charter Association—( cheers ) . Let them act thus , and we will forgive them for the past—then -will -we accspt their services . The Editor of the Northern S ' cur i-ays that if the people run into danger , to toe injury cf tho Charter , it shall be with their eyes open . For my part , I a- ' vise you to have nothing to do with the Stprgeites ; give not up one point of your Charter , and the middle classes must
come over to you ; they seem qu ; te ebarraed at the sound of the rattlt-su . ike . Thuy are coming nearer and nearer ; twittle , twittle , they no ; bnt by and bye they will s-waiiow do-wn the whole six points of the Charter . As the Editor oi tii « Star says you should be watchful , 1 have found out that the Chartists of Bath will do things qaietly ; and that they will shew to the world that they are not to be imposed upon by one new move er another new move . I have shewn that whatever may be the conduct of other classes of society , neither the morality nor the conduct of the middle classes would warrant you in trusting them . The lecturer concluded amid great cheering .
On the motion of Mr . Fub . se , which motion was seconde : ! by Mr . Phillips , a vote of thanks was given Mr . Marriott ; and one of thanks to , and confidence in , Feargus O'Connor and the Editor of the Northern Star , was unanimously parsed . Mr . M ^ Skiotx returned thanks . 2 Jr . Hopkins next made a few observations in reference to the Sturge move , which he could sanction by no means . After a few observations from the Chairman , be dissolved the meeting .
A special meeting of the Sturgiteg took place on Monday afternoon , at the Bazaar Room , Quiet Street , Bath , for the purpose of appointing three delegates to act on the " Conference" about to assemble in Birmingham . None but those who had Bigned the document cf Joseph Sturge were to be admitted . Tickets were accordingly furnished the Sturgites ; ai ) d many became such , that is , many Bigned Sturge ' s memorial , for the purpose of obtaining admission to the mesting , so anxious were they to witness the proceedings . About fifty Cbartista , determined not to Bign the said document , got tickets of admission , among whom was our reporter . As the tickets were not transferable , we had some doubt as to whether we Bhould be admitted . Our reporter was at first denied admittance , though he stated he came there as an authorised reporter ] At last many of the Chartists who had tickets , began to remonstrate With the door-keeper—a man once the
sub-secretary of the Chattist society at Bradford , but now in the employ of Messrs . Vincent aEd Philp . All remonstrance with him wbs unavailing , till Mr . Philp came oat , and told bim to admit all who had tickets . When our reporter entered , he found about twentyfive persons present ; and atao stage of the proceeding's were there more than 300 in the room , among whom , you may include mere than fifty- who had refused to sign Mr . Sturge's memorial . At the late Conference it was decided that a public meeting shcu ' . d be called to consult the public as to What should be done towards carrying out ths principles of Mr . Sturge' 3 declaration . But the Sturgitca were afraid to face a public meiling j hence this nottransferable-ticket-meeting ! A conference chosen by such meetings as this , is to express the opinions of the great bulk of the middle clashes on the subject of Parliamentary Reform !
The delegates chosen , are the Rev . Thomas Spencer , and Messrs . Vincent , and C Clarke . Various persons addressed the meeting . Messrs . Vincent and Clarke
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said that at the Conference they should vote / or nothing but the whole Charter . A Mr . Cleaver objected to Buch meetings being called by tickets ; he said he was for a public meeting being ealled for the purpose of taking the sense of the public at largo on the subject wiaich they had met tdcoxisider . The Chartists had chosen a Convention , and be could not Bee what need there was for aCoiference to ^ meet in Birmingham . He said something about using physical force , but the precise worda we did not catch ; he was callad to order by the Chairman , which caused a deal of uproar and confusion , which lasted for aome time . Ho was not suffered by the Chairman to explain himself . ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' . . . "¦•¦¦ ,. - •¦ - . •;¦ ; ,.. - ' ¦ .- - ; /
The Chairman ( Mr ,. Edrige ) was at one time , an out-ind-out physical-force mail , and at a late Conference , he put himself in a fightiug posture , and implied by his actions that we should not get what we wanted till : we were willling to fight for it . So much for the consistency of this man . j The meeting broke up late iii the afternoon . It was a source of much regret to the Sturgifces , that there were so i ' ew present . ' Copies of an address issued by the society formed last week by Messrs . Vincent , Philp , ice ., were given away at the door by tbe doorkeeper . On Sunday Evening , Mr . Bartlett lectured at the room of , the National Charter Association .
Mb . Vincent delivered a setmon attheanti-Bacchus , on Friday evening , after which sermon , the memorial of Joseph Sturge was placed at the door for signatures . Many persona were induced to sign from an idea that it waa the National Petition . This is stated on the authority of persons who are prepared to testify to the fact . At Tivsrton , the memorial was signed by many persons who took it to be the National Petition .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1155/page/2/
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