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Hxtddkesfikld —A district delegate meeting is to ba holdea on Sunday next , at one o ' clock , in the Cb&rust Room , D * lton , to which it behoves the Chartists in each locality to Bend delegates , with fall instructions as to the projected compromise in tie matter of eleeiin * delegates to the Birmingham Conference . We did hope that such a proposal would never hare been made bj the men of Huddersfield—men who have always hitherto been considered *• up to the mark . " We beg that the Chartists of Hoimfirth , Honby . Thurstonland , Lepton , Dalton , Kirineaton , and Yew Green will meet in their respective places this very evening ^ and , after they have read the article in another part of this Bieet on the question of the Conference and Comvro
B ? w £ * in * irncs their respecUTe delegates how to act on the Compromise qmstion at the delegate meeting on Sunday , ll ' ihe men of the Hndder ? field district do not acquit tbemEeives in ttis matter , as the people , from the hi ^ h character thej b&TB OitDeTtO boras , have a right to expect from them ; if they do not Tt solve to nominate four Chartists for the coming Coriference , and not to be instrumental to the nomination of a man who does not belong to rbem ; who 13 known only as a Corn Law Repealer ; who has lately jriven his money to aid th « Anti-Corn Law agitators to pnt dovrn Chartism , and whose only merit in the eyes of his quasi supporters is , that he has given £ 10 to be expended in the publication of infsmous and lying charges against Mr . O'Coxxob : if the Chartists of the H adders tield district do not
co their duty to onr holy cause better than to be instrumental in the return of such a man as this ; if they suffer him to be palmed npon them , to the exclusion of a Chartist , disgrace will be their portion . We 4 all npon them to avert this . Meet tonight ; and consider well what you do . Loxdos . —Mr . Preston will lecture on the Funded System , at the Clock House , Castle-street , Goiden- Eq-jaxe , on Sunday evening . ' Mr . Makus will lecture at the Gold-beater ' s Arms , St . Pancrss-road , os Sunday ; the ne ^ hojt ot tbe above hcuse is rtrderirg all the service in his power-to the s-uwess of tie cause , and . is about to form a larger room ^ oa bis premises , for the ac jommodaiiori of the audit-nce to the weekly lectures , which jsrapidly increasing . Cambee'well . —The members meet at the Cock every Monday evenirg at eight o ' clock .
The Members of the Britannia locality hare : taken the Charvist Hall , 25 , Star-street , Commer- > cial-road . East . There will be a meeting there on Sunday evening , at six , to take into consideration ' the condnct of the Executive . Mr . M'GBATH wni lecture at the Chartist Hall , 25 , Star-street Commercial-road East , on Sunday evening at eight o ' clock . &-cthwabk . —The Chartists of the borough of ' Southwark are requested to attend the next meet- , irg of their several localities , as important business i mil be bronght forn-ard relative to the election , of '¦ delegates to the Binning ham Conference . ' , Hoiiss' Tayekk , Ckvcipix-Lass . —A public meet- > ing will be held at the above piac ? on Monday evening next , at eitht o ' elock , for theparpose of electing persons to be put in nomination at the ensuing elec- i tion of delegates for the borough of Soulhwark , to i serve on the Birmingham Conference . !
To web Eajujtts-—Mr . M'Grath will lecture next Sunday , at seven o'clock , at the Chartist Hall , Grey Eagle-street , Biick-lane . The mhibees of the three following localities—Carpenters * Arms , Br ' ck-lace ; Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , and Woiking Man ' s Hall—are requested to aitend Eext Sunday eveniDf at eight o'clock , at the Working Man ' s Hall , 29 £ , Mile End Boad . Mosslet . —Mr . James Lesch , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture here on Monday . Sowesby . —On the 26 th of December there will be a Bail holden , at this place , the proceeds to go towards the Charti .-: cause . Tickets , males , threepence each ; and females , twopence each . The Kumber of tickets will be limited , so that an early application -will be necessary . The amusements of the evening will commence at five o ' clock .
ila . Sketisgto . v , of Lougbonrougb , will address ; the friends at Sheepshead , nexs Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock ; ard toe Longhborough friends in their , room , at half-past six the same day . j Hisdlet . —Mr . Isaac Barrow wDl preach in i TJindley on the morning and afternoon ef Sunday ¦ next . Those friends who have been disappointed [ by the former engagement not being attended to , owing to the seriouB illness he has Buffered by the j brutal treatment of a townsman of bis , may make i certain , God willing , that he will attend to the pre- j
sent arrangement . Engagements made with the ; friends at Ratcliffe Bridge were neglected from the j same cause ; if they wish for another engagement , j they will please to write without delay . Mruraow . —Mr . Joseph Wood , from Rochdale , ; will preaeh a sermon in the Chartist Association { Room , Milnrow . Kiskheatox . —On Snnday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the Association Boom , at six ' o ' clock . - I
Saxtobd . —On Monday after Christmas Day , the friends in "B alford intend holding a tea-party . : Tickets 9 d . each . ; Wigas . —On Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday j n ' ghtg next , Mr . David Ross , of Manchester , wiLL ; deliver three lectures in the Commercial HalL . The ; chair to be taken at « £ . hi o ' clock . - - Thuesto ^ lasd . —A lecture will be delivered in j the Democratic Chapel , Thurtonland , on Sunday , I Dec . 18 . at six o ' clock in the evening , by a friend to ju-tice and an hater of oppression . All classes are i invited . i Bbaefobd . —Mr . Bntterly , of Halifax , will lee- hire in the large room , Butterworth's BuUdings , on Snnday , at wo o ' clock in the afternoon . Admission free .
Thb mehbebs of thb Gesekal Couxcil will meet on Sunday , at ten o ' clock . A full attendance is requested , as business connected with the election of deiegat-es to the Birmingham Conference will be laid before them . Miu Smith will lecture in the Association Room , ^ Bow ' Back-lane , on the Currency question , as six o'clock in the evening of San day . The Cokjhttee of imjokt will give in their report to the Council on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . A public MEETI 5 G will be held on Monday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in from of the Odd PtUows' Hall , to elect delegates to the Birmingham Conference . It i- hoped every lover of liberty will feel it his duty to attend ; the chair will be taken precisely at two o ' clock .
Ma 5 CH . esteb—There will be an adjonrned-members' meeting , on Snnday morning , at ten o ' clock , in the Carpenter ' s Hall , Garrett-road . Miles Piatti 5 G . —There will be a meeting of members in this locality , on Sunday next , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Jff'TTisGHJM . —A public meeting of the Chartists of Nottingham and its vicinity will take place in the Democratic Chapel . Rice Place , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of consulting what steps are most suitable to be taken in reference to the charges brought against the Executive . ?» otti > ghah . —There will be a public dinner in hononr of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., at the sign of tbe Feargus O'Connor , Piat-street , on the 26 th of De ^ -emoer , dinner to be on the table at two o ' clock prccweN . '
K ^ ttark . —There will be a public tea and ball of the friend 3 of the Charter , on Monday , December 2 Qih . Tickets , nintpeace each , to be had of Mr . J . Saunders , news-agent , NortLgate , and of Mr . Thos . Siraiiit , pipe-maker , Chatham street . Early application must be made . All lecturers visiting Newark must corrc-i-pind eight days previeus , with Thomas Simnit , Chaiham-street , or they will not be engaged . Mr . Skevingi on tvill lectnre here on Tuesday , in the Association Room , at h-alf-pasi seven o ' clock . Oldham . — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered iu the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at six o ' clcck in the evening . Also on Tuesday next , Mr . Doyle , ef M&Dcheiter , will deliver a . lectnre in the above room , at eight o ' clock in ; ne evening , foi tbe benefit of ine political victims . Admission one penny . - ' -
EiRMiyGHAM . —A Delegate Meeting will bo held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , at two o ' clock en Sunday , December 18 Jj , to agree to a plan of local lecturing , and otherwise organize the district Each town is requested to send delegates . BrLFJER , DEBBisHraB . —A County Delegate Meeting will -be held at the house of Mr . John Vickers , Bridge-etreet , Belper , on Sunday next , at ten o clock iu the forenoon , when delegates from the- varioui branches in the county are requested to attend . Rochdale . —On Sunday next , Mr . Thomas Chadwick will prswii » iierjnoB at six o ' clock , Mr . Jakes Lkach , of Mtnehes * e * , will deliYer two lectures in the Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings next ; chair to be taken at eight o'clock .
Hixuax . —On Sundry next , Mr . B . Raahion will preach two sermons in the luge room , Swan Coppice , at two o'elock in tb * afternoon , and six o ' clock in the evening , when collection ! will be made for defray ing the gypfwv ^ t of the room . Bacut . —Mr . Dickinson , tbe Manchester Packer , will lectnre hen on Wednesday , M on the fallacy of the Corn law Repealers , and the superiority of the People * * Charter . ' SiT . vftaP Yout » & . —There will be * tea party and concer t held on New Year ' s Eve , in the Assoc <» tio « Boom , Salford , in aid of the defenee fund . Tickets 9 d . each ; to be had of Mr . Robert Rsmiden , 31 , Garden-s treet , » &d of Mr . William Copeland , hairdresser , GroenjEate , Salford .
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Dewsbubt . —A District Council Meeting will be held on Sunday , in the Lodge Room , over the Stores , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Delegates are requested to attend , as arrangements for a tea-party at Christmas , will be agreed npon . Mr . Ross , of Manchester , has been engaged to deliver a Beries of lectures , during Christmas week . A public MSETise of the Chartists of Newcastle and Gut&shead will be held in the Chartists Hal ) , on Monday evening , when business of importance will be transacted . Leeds . —Mr . J . R . H . Bairstow will deliver two discourses , to-morrow afternoon and evening , in the Chartist Room , Cbeapside , to commence &t half-past two and six o ' elock . DrrscoMBfc ' s Soiree Committee . —This Committee will meet to-morrow , at Mr . Duun ' s Temperance Hotel , at two o ' clock .
Mr . West , from Macclesfield , will lecture in the Room , Cheapside , on Monday night , at eight o ' clock . Mr . West will visit Leed 3 on Monday ; Halifax , on Tuesday i Todmorden , on Wednesday . Mr . Dickinson , the Manchester Packer , will visit the following places : —Bolton , Thursday 16 th ; WarrinRton , Sunday 19 th ; Wigan , Monday 20 th ; St . Helen's , Tuesday 21 st ; and Ormskirk-row , on Wednesday 22 nd iost . Sheffield , Fig Trbe Lank . —Mr . Samuel Parkcs will preach a political sermon on Sunday next , at half-past seven o'clock . A mimbeb ' s meeting will be held on Monday evening , at half-past seven o'clock . A festive ball in aid of the defence fund on Tuesdav evening at half-past seven o ' clock .
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BLACKBURN . —Mr . "William Beesley , of Accrmiiton , lectured here on Monday night . He will lecture on the land on Monday next NEWCASTLE . —The adjourned meeting of tbe delegates from the Counties of Northumberland and Dnrbam was held ! n the Chartist Hall , Newcastle , on Sunday , Mr . Frankland in the chair . Tbe minutes of the pTtvious meeting having been confirmed , the Secretary read several letters from snch places as could not send delegates to that meeting . Each delegate having reported the disposition of their constituents respecting a lectnrer , the following resolution was nnaniroonaiy
agreed to : — "That Mr . Hall , Northumberland Flax Mill , Ouseburn , be appointed Treasurer for the Lecturers' Fund for the Counties of Northumberland and Durham , and that as soon as each locality in the two Counties is wishful to enKrii ? e a talented lecturer , they shall remit the sum of five BhilHr . gs each to the Treasurer " That Mr . Sinclair , who is now elected Corresponding Secretary for the Counties of Northumberland and Durham be empowered by this meeting to make arraDgtmeiits with Mr . Win . Beesl ^ y to become lecturer . " The rest of tbe business was of a local nature , and a vote ef thanks having been agreed to to tbe Chairman and Secretary , tbe meeting dispersed .
THE CHARTISTS of Newcastle and Gateshead held their weekly business meeting on Monday etening as nsnal , Mr . George Qibb in the chair . The minute * of the previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr . Collins Landed in a list of the names of pewons wishful to bc-c me members . A similar list was banded iu by Mr . Young , b « th of which were entered on the books . Mr . Smith handed in the sum of 3 s . Sd . to the defence fund fiom Mr . Tarnbull , of Foreman ' s-row . Mr . Sinclair said he felt great pleasure in assuring tbe meeting that the sympathy for tbe victims of Tory cruelty and League treachery was greatly increasing throughout the whole district ; there was one little village which , on account of the rampant tyranny of the masters there , he was not at liberty to name , bnt would designate eb L . L . H . T . S . from which he received It . on last Saturday for the defence fund . Tbe inhabitants of Shotley Bridge and its vicinity bad shown themaelTes foremost in the ranks . Many now
present would recollect that tbe friends to a fair trial at that locality transmitted 16 s . 2 d . to the defence fund abent three weeks ago ; yet those nobles of nature have said that they are determined to procure justice for tbe ill-used victims , if money will buy it ( and you all know it cannot be acquired without money ); for no farther gone than yesterday , Mr . Joseph Saint , of Shotley Bridge , handed him £ 112 s . from tbe ffood men and true of that locality towards the same fund . Several small sums were paid into tbe same . Mr . Sinclair having stated tbe sum he now had in hand , Mr . Dees moved , and Mr . Fleming seconded , " That the Secretary r : qaest all collectors having books for the defence fund to hand in the tuna with the sums they have received , that the wcole may be remitted to tha General Treasurer as soon as possible . " Carried . Messrs . Frankland and Sinclair gave In the report of the delegate meeting , which was received , and thanks tendered t » them for their services ; and after transacting tome local business tbe meeting adjourned .
ON Sukday evening the public meeting in the Chartists Hall was addressed by Messrs . Learning and Sinclair , and a good many names were enrolled . ' SUNDEKLAND . —On Tuesday evening the Lecture Room of the Athetaum was crowded , for tbe purpose of electing delegates to the Birmingham Conference . Mr . John Hills was called to the chair and introduced tha business , after which he called upon Mr Thompson , solicitor , to move the first resolution , which was as fallows : "That this meeting views with feelings of deep interest and anxiety tbe forthcoming- Conference of the miJdla and working elapses intended to be held at Birmingham , and believing that if its proceedings be characterised by justice and wisdom , it may be tbe means of forming an irresistible union belweeD both
classes , hereby resolves to send four delegates to the said Conference . ' Mr . Taylor seconded the resolution in an excellent speech . Before the resolutiun was put , Mr . Dobbie asked a question relative to wbo the gentlemen were teat were intended to be proposed , which being answered , he intimated his intention of moving an amendment on the next resolution . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . John Bruce , grocer , then came forward and moved the second resolution : " That tbe following be the delegates—Messrs . James Williams , Thomas Thompson , solicitor , Roberts , solicitor , of Bith ., and Joseph Sturge ; that they be instructed to support the six points of the Chatter , or Complete Suffrage ai defined bj these points ; that they do not consent to any compromise of those
principles ; that they oppose any attempt to connect any other question with tbe Suffrage movement ; and that tfeey consent to such details only at may seem best calculated to secure to the people , as speedily as possi ble , the blessings of just laws made by their own representatives . " Mr . Chapplo supported the resolution . — Previous to its bring put . Borne questions were put by Mr- Dobbie and others . Mr . Williams was asked whether he would support the name of the Cha ter . He replied that upon that and every other question independent of tbe principles , be would exercise an honest judgment according to the reasons which should at the Conference be adduced . The resolution appointing the four delegates , 4 c was carried all but unanimously , only three bands being held up against it .
ACCRINGTON . —A delegate meeting was held at Mr . Wm . Beealey ' s Afebey-street , en Sunday afternoon . Delegates were present from Oakenshaw , Blackburn , P&diham , Clitheroe , Accrington and Burnley . An animated and friendly discussion took place , regarding Mr .. Hill and the Executive , which terminated in an address being drawn up and unanimously adopted-It was resolved unanimously— " That we pledge ourselves to strain every nerve to raise Mr . Beesley , the lion of North Lancashire , a competent defence fund . —That we take this opportunity of publicly informing Mr . Peter Rigby , that his services in North Lancashire are net reqairtd . " There will be another delegate meeting on the 1 st of January next , when every locality in North Lancashire is requested to send a delegate , as business of importance to the agitation will be transacted .
LEICESTER . —Mr . Cooper delivered two more discourses in the Ampitheatre , last Suuday , th ° » Eubjecis being , " the true nature of Christ ' s mission " and " the corruptions of CbristianUy % and fictions of tbe dark ages . " The evening audience was very large . On Monday night , Mr . C . selected " the history , religion , manners and customs , &c , of the Chinese , " as his subjeot , and the audience was again considerable . The receipts for the three discourses ( at the low admission of 2 d- each for the boxes , and only one halfpenny each for the pit and gallery ) amounted to £ 7 6 s . l ^ d . An encouraging proof that it will be possible , with all our poverty to keep open for Chartist purposes , this spacious building during vhe entire winter , is afforded by this second week ' s experiment . In addition to the above sum , 6 s . € d . was collected in the afternoon for the relief of a
poor Shaksperean , who had been compelled to take to hia bed through sickness , arising from biB long experience of starvation . During the summer , this poor man frequently resorted to the fields to eat trass , through sheer hunger ! This too , in a town filled with dissentere and professed philanthropists , viho have amassed splendid fortunes ! Another collection , in the evening , amounting to 15 s . 6 d . was made on behalf of M \ DonaJl , it will be augmented to 20 s . and then sent to Mr . Morling , of Brighton , from whom Mr . Markham has received a letter , ftitiDg the doctor ' s distress . Mr . George White of Birmingham , is to visit us next Monday night ; and on the Tuesday evening , our dramatio section are to attempt Home ' s Douglas , " the proceeds to go towards furnishing the wardrobe for the play of " Hamlet , " which will follow .
MORLET . —Thj working men of this place are teaching the middle-class shopkeepers a severe les-Bon : they are touching their pockets by depriving them of the profits of business in return for an insult to the ** lads ° by the middle-men , on the oocasion of choosing perochial constable * . Their spirits once roused means were not wanting , and now they are purchasing their own beasts and sheep , killing them and are selling amongst themselves beef and mutton at from l $ d . to 5 d . per lb ., according to the joints . The butchers stand aghast , and are astonished at the desertion of their shops ; but the principle is not yet carried out as far as it will be . Mr . E . P . Mud deliTered a lecture at the Cross Keys , Waltham , Lincolnshire , on Friday evening , to a very attentive and wspectWto-wdienee , upon the evilB resulting from the unrestricted aseoCmsAJunerj and steam power , being the first Chartist lecture delivered here .
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KEIGHLEY . —On Snnday , Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , preached the anniversary sermons on behalf of the Working Men ' s Hall , to crowded and delighted audiences , and gave a most effective lecture on the Monday evening . He also lectured on the previous Saturday evening . On the evenings of Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday week , he -visited Biagloy , Haworth , and Sibden , at all of which places he met with the most brilliant
success . DUBLIN . —On Saturday Ia 3 t , the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was largely attended both by strangers and members . Mr . H . C . Wright , from America , and Mr . Webb , * distinguished member of the Society of Friends , were present . The chair was filled by Mr . H . Clark . Mr . Dyott , the secretary , read the minutes , aud afterwards tho objects of the Association ; these last were very warmly cheered by the strangers in the room , many of whom had nf-ver heard a fair expose of Chartism before . Mr . Wright then addressed the assembly at considerrble length , and after Borne other business the meeting broke up .
¦ MANCHESTER . —At a meeting of the General Council and Council men from various trades in Manchester , held on Monday , it was resolved to recommend that all branches of the Charter Association , sending delegates to Birmingham , do empower them to meet previous to leaving that town for the purpose of revising and renewing the Orgauization and Laws , in order that they may be printed in a cheap form , and placed in the hands of each member of the Association ; and also to bring about a better feeling amongst some of our body . Carpenters' Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall , on Sunday last , by Messrs . Lane and Dixon .
wigan . —The Chartists of this place have been deprived of a place of meeting for BOme t ' un 6 j but have succeed at last in taking the large and commodious room adjoining the Waggon and Horses Inn , at the bottom of the Millgate , which they opened to the public on Sunday evening last , when Mr . Tillman of Manchester , delivered an instructive and interrs : ing lecture upon the occasion . The room which is capable of holding several hundred persons , was crowded to excess , and all were highly pleased with the doctrines advocated by the worthy lecturer .
East and North-Riding Delegate Meeting . — The above meeting was held at Selby on Sunday last , Mr . G . H . King , delegate for " York , in the chair ; Mr . E . Burley officiated as secretary . Letters were read from several towns in connection with , the meeting . Mr . Holliday and Mr . Sutherby were appointed to audit the secretary ' s book and balance sheet , which being found correct , were , on the motion of Mr . Jones , adopted . Mr . Jones moved "That Mr . Beesley be applied to to booome lecturer at tho expiration of Mr . Bairstow ' s term , and that the secretary be instructed to correspond with him on tho terms . "—Carried . Mr . Holliday moved , and Mr . Sutherby seconded , " That a delegate be sent to represent the Ea 9 t and North Ridings in the
forthcoming Confereuce . "—Carried . Mr . E . Burley , Mr . G . H . King , and Mr . J . Arnot * were nominated as caadidates ; the election to betaken immediately . After considerable discussion en the Executive Balance Sheet , Mr . Holliday moved , and Mr . Sutherby seconded the following resolution : — " That this meeting do hereby enjoin the members of the Executive and all localities , in all their- tran s actions ill the Chartist cause , to abide strictly by the rules of organisation . "—Carried . It was moved , seconded , and carried , " That the next delegate meeting be held at Selby , the first Sunday in February . " Mr . Holliday moved , and Mr . Sutherby seconded a vote of thanks to Mr . Burley for his gratituous services to the distriot , and to Mr . King for his able services iu tho chair . The compliment being acknowledged , the meeting adiourned to the 4 th of February
next . 7 ODMORDEN .-A public meeting was held on Wednesday week , called by requisition . James Fielden , E ? q ., and Mr . Henry Shepherd were elected delegates to the Conference at Birmingham . After the business of the public meeting had been gone through , Mr . Heury Shepherd tame forward , asdd / Iivered his views upon the People ' s Charter , and the steps that ought to be taken , both in and out of Conference ; he pledged himself to support the National Charter Association , and the Charter , name and all . Mr . Christopher Doyle next came forward , and delivered a very interesting , instructive , aud argumentative lecture upon the influence of war over our social , moral , and political welfare : he reviewed the war with China , and
brought some very appropriate statistics to bear upon the subject , suoh as the whole amount of tho ccst of eaob war , the number killed , the interest of the money spent as it had been added to the National Debt , This lecture had a great influence over the audience . After votes of thanks had been gone through , as usual , the meeting separated well satisfied . Mr . David Rons delivered two lectures on Sunday last , to very numerous and attentive audiences . At tbe conclusion of the second lecture , » vote of confidence in the Executive was Carried , with only about six hands held up against it ; and it was then moved that this meeting gives its sanction to Doctor M'Douall having his wages , as usual .
KXBBHEATOlf—The Chartists of this place held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday . After the local busing had been gone through , the following resolutions were carried : — " That we consider the condnct of the Executive not to be strictly iu accordance with the plan of Organization , nor according to the pure democratic spirit of Cbarti-m , but at the same time we are willing to make all allowance and consideration that can be mad « consistent with principle , and believe their errors to be more of the head than the heart ; and we lope that the matter will be discussed in brotherly friendship and amicably and speedily terminated ; that this meeting begs to express its entire confidence in Dr . M'Douall , and tenders him its warmest thanks for his past zsal , services , and sacrifices in our glorious cause ; and are of opinion that bis bereaved wife ought to receive her husband ' s wages allowed by the Flan of Organiznion , so long as he is a member of the Executive Committee .
SALFORD . —Mr . James Leach delivered a lecture in the Association Room , Great GeoTge-street , on Moaday evening , to a numerous and respectable audience . — On Tuesday evening the members residing la Salford , held their utual monthly meeting , when tbe sub-Secretary read tbe accounts for the past month , which gave general satisfaction . Arrangements were after wards made fox collecting the members' subscriptions in the various localities . The meeting then adjourned to next Monday night , at eight o ' clock , when a ll the members of the Association residing in SalforU , arc particularly requested to attend , as there will be busi ness of neat importance laid before the meeting .
LOKBON . — Ruffian Anti-Cobn Law League — On Thursday evening a ticket meeting of Section , No . 1 , was held at the Mechanics' Institution , Southamptonbuildings , Holbom ; about 1000 persons were present ; Henry Warburton , ex-M . P ., was called to the chair , and the usual quack doctrines of the League were dealt forth by Messrs . Villiera and Rickards , M . P ' s ., and a resolution of the same import was about being put to the meeting when Mr . Blackmore roBe to move an amendment ; this was tbe signal for tbe most discordant yelling and cries of " turn him out , " fee . ; the Chairman npon being appealed to , said Mr . Blackmore was out of order until tbe resolution had been read . Mr . Blackmore bowed to this decision . Tbe Chairman read the resolution , and Mr . Blackmore moved as an
amendment that they took into their consideration tbe propriety of sending delegates to tne Birmingham Conference . Tbe scene that ensued bafiks description . At . least a dczenof the League assailed Mr . Blackmore ; Kuffy Ridley coming to his assistance was immediately assailed by these well-dressed blackguards , and after a desperate resistance they were thrown over the balcony from the platform into tbe pit below . Ruffy Ridley was struck by one of the platform gentlemen with a stick , and his eye blacked and face seriously cut Mr . Blackmore was also severely bruised . Dr . Black came forward and deprecated such unmanly conduct . The chairman deprecated all violence , but thought Messrs . Ridley and Blackmore had brought it upon themselves . He declined putting their amendment , and the resolution
was of course carried . After several long and heavy addresses , another resolution was put to the meeting , when Messrs . Blackmore and Ridley again moved an amendment for the Charter , and gave tne respectables a severe lashing far their brutal conduct , and were of course heard with great impatience , though without physical violence being again employed against them . Mr . Spun from the gallery with considerable energy supported the amendment , but was Bpeedily cut Bhort by the chairman patting to the meeting , whether they would fcear him , which of course was carried in the negative , not more than six Chartists being present . The chairman again refused to put the amendment , and the meeting shortly afterwards separated , glorying in their brutal triumph and eulogizing their ticket plan
of admission , which had enabled them to act the part of ruffians without immediately meeting with that justly-merited retribution which must ultimately ensue if they persist in such utmanly conduct . The redoubtable Sidney Smith lectured an Friday evening ; at tbe School-room , under Bisbopafc'ate Chapel , Biahopsgateatreet , and fearful of meeting with a justly-merited vengeance for his conduct on the preceding evening , tbe room was packed with hired ruftUna , boys , &o . The meeting wm announced for six o ' clock , a time at which bnt few of the working elasaea can attend , and shortly after that period Sydney surrounded by a host of
Leaguer * , took possession of the platform , and Mr . Wilkinson , common councilman , was immediately moved into the chair without even the formality of being seconded , Mr . Manti protested against this llna of conduct , and was about to move an amendment when he was seiied upon by the respectables and thrown off tbe platform ; hU clothes being literally torn from hla back , a few friend * having with great difficulty made their way np to hia aaiiaUnee , a determined resistance was made , and Me Manti was again plamd npon the platforo . Daring the straggle m natter btJcer oonapicnoua tat tbe aiisofbi * body and tbe sbaUnww ot fcfa bntm , who appeared to act tbe
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part of leader to the hired ruffling-surrounding the platform , waa guilty of the unmanly act of biting in a Teiy severe manner , the thumb of a member of the City locality , and of kicking , in a desperate manner , and severely injuring , another member of the same body , and likewise the reporter of tbia paper . The cowards finding that about ten Chartists were a match for theirwholeforce persuaded their liberal chairman to send for tbe police , and tbe Chairman also stated that he would be generons enough to prosecute at bis own expense any Chartist who attempted to express his disapprobation of their unjust proceedings . Several policemen Immediately made their appearance , and Mr . Mantz and several other Chartists were hauled oot by a private door into an adjoining street , and
then set at liberty , the c » wards not daring to sustain the charge . Sydney thinking himself triumphant immediately began boasting that the glorious victory they had obtained on that and the preceding evening , at the Mechanics' Institution , over the miscreant Chartists , would ensure them uninterrupted meetings for the future . But , alas for the fallacy of human hopes ; this was the signal for tremendous disapprobation ; and from that moment scarce one word of the lecture could be heard beyond the precincts of the platform . The Chartist party was momentarily increasing , and the whole time was occupied in cheering and couiter-cheeering from the respective parties . In vain did the police take man after man out of the
room ; fresh rcctuits still entered . The harsh voice of Sydney was lost in the confusion ; and his bitter invective fell unheeded save by his own immediate employers . Mr . Mantz again mounted the platform at the opposite end of the room , and the Repealers seeing their party decreasing , and the Chartists rapidly increasing , prudently dissolved the meeting , nnd in the words of * he Morning Herald , " Scampered . off ! ' leaving the place In possession of the Chartists , who made it re-echo with their cheerB . " One of the city locality having stated that he had some Chartist ammunition in hfs pocket was given in charge to the police , who found , much to their chagrin , and the amusement of the bystanders , that the ammunition consisted of Chartist Tracts . ';¦' ¦¦¦
Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Park . ^—Mr . Knight delivored a very excellent leotuTe at this place . A vote of thanks was ' . ' Riven to Mr . Cleave , for his kindness in respondent ; to the application of George White on behalf of Mrs . Ellis . A meeting of the City of London Committee for Bending delegates to the Conference , was held on Wednesday evening , at the Globe Tavern , Shoe-lane , Mr . Wheeler in the chair . The recommendation of the General Committee with regard to the number of delegates , &c , was approved ; a quantity of subscription book ? were issued to members of tho Committee , and other steps taken to advance the object in view . The meeting then adjourned until Sunday evening , at half-past five o ' clock , at the same place . '•» .. ' - ¦ ;
Toweb Hamlets . —At the last Council Meeting of the Carpenters' Arms locality , held last Sunday , it was resolved— " The class collectors be ordered to give notice , to tho members to meet next Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , to nominate the members for tho General Council , at tho Carpenters ' Arms , Brick-lane . " 8 TROUD . — -At ; a ' meeting of the Chartists of Stroud on Monday last , the following resolutions were moved and carted unanimously : — " That a public meeting be holden on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , at the Globe Inn , Parliament-street , to elect a delegate for
Slrond to the Confeaence " at Birmingham . " " That we consider thu Executive have deviated from the path of duty as laid down in the Plan of Organization . "" That we oonsider a General Secretary quite sufficient to correspond with the different societies , and some responsible person as treasurer . " " That we consider the Executive to have praise due to them in their capacity as leoturers , and us suoh we consider them worthy of retaining that office . " We further beg to say that Mr . Bairstow ' s expences were defrayed while at Stroud , and his coach-hire paid from the town he ltft to some to Stroud . ¦
Removal of CHAKxrsr Prisoners ,- Messrs . Hemmings , Neal , the two Nixons , Garratt , Yates , Linney , and upwards of thirty other Chartist prisoners have been removed from Stafford gaol to the Penitentiary at London .
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A Boy Lost . —Samuel Cheetham , fourteen years of age , rather stout , and darkish complexion , had on , when he left home , fustian trousers , a reddish waistcoat , a man ' s coat with the laps cut short , a harding cap , and a pair of clogs . If any of onr readers . should hear or meet with him , they would much oblige his friends , who are in great distress , by giving information to Wm . Greenwood , collier , Siddle , Southowram , Halifax . Poisoning Case at Manchester . —We have already given tho particulars of the death of a man named Hunter , in this town , as supposed from eating porridge in which arsenio bad been mixed , with
tho apprehension of his wife on the charge of having administered the poison . An inquest has been held , and after a very lengthy investigation , the jury came to tho decision— That Mary Hunter was guilty of murder , and that the deceased camo to his death by poison , which was administered by his wife ( the prisoner . ) " The verdict was received by avast multitude outside the house with some considerable cheering , and when tho prisoner was depart ) rg she was assailed by hootiogs . The prisoner received the verdict with the greatest coolness , and appeared not at all affected by the decision . —Manchester Guardian .
TO THE EDITOR OV THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —I have seen with no small surprise , in your paper of last Saturday , ft statement purporting to have emanated from Mr . Leach , at a meeting of South Lancashire delegates , to the following effect : " The Hull Chartists were about to pass tbe Balance Sheet in the month of July last , when Mr . Hill entered the room and put a stop to it . " Mr . Leach has been misinformed . The Balance Sheet of last quarter never waa submitted to any general meeting of the Chartists of Hull ; If , therefore , the above statement has reference , as it appears to have ,
to the general body of our members , it ia substantially incerrect ; and I feel it to be my daty to call the attention of the gentleman who made the statement to that fact If , on the other hand , it has reference to the Councillors alone , I am given to understand that it is equally untrue . Air . Robert Jackson informs me that he was the person ( and not Mr . Hill ) who brought that matter before the Council , and so far from it being " about to be passed , " an animated discussion waa at that moment going on and the Council ci me at last to an unanimous vote to write Mr . Campbell for farther information . . ¦ .- "'
I conceive that I am acting correctly in laying the facts of the case thus briefly before the public , leaving it to the general meeting of eur members , which is called for next Monday , to acknowledge , as best suits them , the compliment which Mr . Leach has paid them as a body ; contenting myself with observing that , in so far as I am concerned , neither Mr . Hill , Mr . Leach , nor any other person , shall dragoon ine into the entertainment or expression of views hot in accordance with a strict sense of justice ; and from what I know of thu men of Hull , in reference to them I come to the same conclusion . ' I am , Sir , Tours , truly , W . J . HOLtlDAT . Hull , Dec . 5 th , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sm , —In the Sheffield Independent of lust Saturday , appeared a letter signed " John Marshall , " enquiring what had become of the monies collected and sent to the Star office far the purpose of bringing the remains of the martyred patriot , Clayton , to 8 hi fluid , but which , owing to circumstances , needless to be repeated here , wee not applied to the purpose for which they had been collected . Tne object of the writer of the letter has evidently been to bring odium upon the Chartists in general , and the Northern Slar in particular , by causing the unthinking to believe that the monies ia question bad been wrongfully appropriated ; such waa undoubtedly his object , otherwise he would-have written to you , instead of to that bitter foe of Chartism , the conductor of the Independent . I believe application has been made to Mr . Ardill to give up the money to Mrs .
Clayton , the widow of the deceased , but the money having been entrusted to Mr . A . for a special purpose , that gentleman has clearly no authority to give it up for any other purpose without the previous sanction of the parties who contributed to it . To bring this matter to an early settlement , I would suggest the propriety of the parties who in Sheffield and elsewhere gave any donation to the above monies , meeting in their respective localities to decide by resolution what U to be done with th « monies in question , and each locality to immediately communicate its resolution to the Northern Star . If I may be permitted to say a word as to the purpose to which the monies should be applied , I would respectfully suggest that they be given to the widow , Mrs . Clayton , who ia , I believe , in anything but prosperous circumstances , has many claims in point of family , * c , on the kindness of her friends , and is every way worthy of every assistance that can be ^
rendered her . ¦' . ¦ ' ;¦ " - ¦ , - •¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦ . • , . ¦ . '¦ : ¦ . ¦ . . "' . Toor'a , respectfully , ' GK 0 R « E JCLUK HARKS ! Shtffiald , No . 11 , Hartshead , Dec . 6 tb . 184 S . >
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MR . HILL TO THE NORTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES . Geentlemen , —I insert your letter to myself and others most willingly . If the excellent and patriotic spirit manifested by your letter pervaded all parties , there would be au end of that vile system of crimination and recrimination , slander and retort , plot and counter plot , which you so justly deplore as the diBgrace of our movement , and as hurtful to its interests . I fully reciprocate your sentiment , that " Union , necessary at all times , is more especially so at the present important crisis , when Government persecution is endeavouring to crush our movement . " But while I admit with you the necessity of union , I must also uphold that which is even still more dear and valuable— principle , and truth , and
honesty , These are tke first matters to be looked for , and , in their absence , all others are valueless , or mischievous ; and , while I bow with all deference to your mild censure , I must still think that in the matter of these " very unpleasant differences" I should have shewn a great lack of all these , had I not taken precisely the course I have taken , and even if ill consequences should result therefrom , which I cannot anticipate , the censure belongs not at all to me , who have done no more than was required by duty . The second paragraph of your letter , seems to have been written under , and is , at all events calculated to engender , a great misconooption . It talks a bout our ** agreeing to differ upon minor matters . " Now if the question were one of opinion or minor matters .
I would think myself deserving of a much deeper censure than the one contained in your letter if \ could at suoh a time have introduced it . But this is not the fact . The question is not of opinion , but of principle ; not of a minor matter , but of one absolutely vital to our cause . It is no less a question than whether we , as a body , be honest in the avowal of our principles , or whether we propound them factiously in opposition to the ruling power , while we ourselves pay no regard to them . The matter Of M confidence ''" ¦ ' or " no confidence" in the particular men whose conduct has given rise to the disousaion forms in reality no part of the question . If is
simply a question of whether the avowed principles of our association are to be recognized by us as an association or not . The Star is the only medium through which the members can communicate with each other , and hence its columns are of necessity the channel through which the investigation is conducted . This will appear the more especially necessary whenyouremeiaoer , asin justice toallaidesyou should , that "kind admonition" in the most full meaning of those words has been had recourse to , as far back as July last , npon the very same subject , but without producing any other effect than a more open and undisguised defiance of our principles and rules ; which the parties ventured to assure us they expected to find " hailed by the whole country with
delight" ! , . : I cannot agree with you in thinking that the terms in which my opinion has been expressed can be at all / airly designated " harsh rebuke . " The fact that "kind admonition" administered in the kindest-of all forms , by private , remonstrance produced only an aggravation of tho evit is proof enough that it was high time lor the pe .- pie tOBpeak out ; I called their attention to the facts that they might do so , and I did no more . If I have been compelled to the use of terms unpleasing to the Executive , you should remember that it was not " in sending the subject before the public , ' but in reply to the abuse of the Executive tor the performance of my "Very unpleasant " duty ; No mistake could be greater than that whioh you make : when you say that : —
"The language of Mr . Hill in sending the subject before the public , is calculated to i&jure the feelings of the Executive , and thereby cause rancour and ill-feeling to exist in our ranks . " ' -.:. ' I cannot permit this statement in your well intentioned letter to pass without convincing you df its being undeserved , by bringingfcgain before you the exact langaago"in which I did " send the subject before the country . " I first called attention to the matter in the Northern Star of Saturday , the 12 th of November ; and I did it in these words : —
14 THE QUARTERLY BALANCB-SHKET O » TBS ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦• . ' •¦'¦ . ¦ : . . ; . EXECUTIVE . V ¦ ' ¦ ' .- ' : '¦ ' ¦ - . ¦ - '¦ M This important document will be found elsewhere inserted . We call to it the especial attention of all members of the General Council , and , indeed , of all members of the National Charter Association . We hope that every man will read it carefully , and that every man will refer carefully to the plan of Organisation , and read them together . Wise , active , land honest pubhc servants always thank the people for theexercise of vigilance . Nothing is so necessary ancl especially at this time , as that the people should look well to the conduct of those who have the auidanee of their movement and the control of ihei * Innds , giving hononr to who a hoooor but be
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due , and according suoh cenEure or admonition as may serve to keep every foot in the strait and straight path . If the people have a fault , it is that they are frequently disposed to be too remiss in surveillance ; whereby small deviations from right practice , too often grow at length into frightful aberrations from principle , which compel them to cast off parties who with better watching might have long continued to be good and useful servants . We have neither time nor ppace this week for the directing of attention to many items in this document which we think specially deserving of regard . Whether we may do so next week or not , ire trust that the people will at all events make themselves intimatelT
acquainted with it ; that they will read ic carefully along with the plan of organization , and observe strictly the degree of faithfulness with which the fundt > passing through the hands of their acknowledged servants have been appropriated and expended in accordance with its provisions . We think the Executive have a right to require this of them ; it is well and necessary to exhibit palpably the contrast between the mode of management adopted in like matters by the factions over whom the people have no control , and by their own appointed and responsible publio servants . Nothing tends more forcibly to illustrate the value of our principles than the comparison between reckless class rapacity and stern democratic honesty . "
Now , Gentlemen , read that article again , and then say if there is anything in it at all" calculated to injure the feelings of the Executive" ; and remember that every word I have since said about it has been forced from me by the abusive violence of the Executive , because of my having thus simply called publio attention to the matter . Gentlemen , —I trust you now see that your kind suggestion to me to perform my duty in the least possibly offensive manner has been abundantly anticipated by me in this very matter . It was not
only my " right" as a Councillor of the Association , but my duty as a friend to the cause , and an honest Chartist , to enforce compliance with the rules and principles of the Association , as far aa my power went . I saw them grossly violated by the Executive ; I joined ray fellow Councillors , who first called my attention to it . in a " kind admonition , '' which WO sent to them privately , simply because I was desirous to avoid " criminating through the columns of a newspaper , thereby retarding the progress of our movement , and giving our enemies an opportunity of exulting over our weakness . "
For the same reasons , I did all I possibly could to prevent others who had taken up the matter from making it public and to induce to take a . like course of " kind" and private " admonition "; and when ai last , finding all this unavailing , I found my duty to ¦ " . send the subjret before the publio" imperative , I did it precisely in the terms which I have quoted above from the Star . Gentlemen , I have doae my duty . You have also done yours . Your " kind admonition' * I receive even thankfully ; because though given undst misconception it waa kindly meant . I wish tho like spirit of charitable and honest Chartism would pervade all men . I am , Gentleman , Yours faithfully , . ¦ 'i Wm . Hill .
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Newton Heath- —Some tima ago the overseers of this place called a meeting of the ratepayers to elect a number pf persons to act a 9 special constables under the New Police Act . But the ratepayers passed a resolution to tho effect , that the township waskin no danger , and had burthens enough to bear without finding men to go into other parts of the country , and return cripples , and become chargeable to the township perhaps for . life . The resolution for the non-election of constables was parried unanimously . The overseer took the news of the meeting to Mr . Maude at the New Bailey , he flew in a rage , and said , as the ratepayers had refused to appoint them , tne overseer must give him the list , and he would appoint them himself . Bnt
after referring to the Act he found that it did not vest such power in him , and he waB sorry for it ; but he would write to the Secretary of State upon the subjeot . But it did not end here . Mr . Rutter , the Coroner , recommended the overseers to call another meeting , and if the ratepayers refused to appoint the requisite number of constables , they might serve them with a writ of mandamus . In accordance with thia recommendation , the overseers called-another meeting of the ratepayers on Tuesday evening last . When the business was brought forward , the ratepayers carried a resolution " that the meeting be adjourned until Easter Monday next . " This was more than the overseers expected ; but the election of specials is put off until that time , and there is no doubt-, but if they attempt the same business again , that a further adjournment of the question will be the consequence .
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Leeds- Corn Market , Tuesday , Dec . 6 th . —Tin supply of Wheat and Beans to this day ' s market , ig smaller than last week , Oats and Barley larger . There has been a fair steady demand for Wheat and last week ' s price fully supported . Fine Barley no alteration , bat all other descriptions are very dull , and 6 d to is . per quarter lower . Oats . dull sale . Beans are very dull , and Is . per quarter lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF "WHEAT , VOR THE WEEX ENDINO DEC . 6 , 1842 .
Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea Qra . Qrs . Ore . Qrs . Qrs . Qxs . 2940 2414 3 . 55 419 22 £ a . d . £ e . d . £ e . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . 2 8 2 A 1 8 6 h 0 19 10 f 0 0 0 1 9 llf 1 12 3 J Leeds Woollen Markets . —There has been very little doing in the Cloth Halls , and the demand for manufactured goods seems to have been slightly checked by the rumour that the Chinese Emperor had declined to sign the treaty until after our own sovereign . The wool trade , however , is better , and the labouring population have more employment than they had a fortnight ago .
SKirroN Cattle Market , Tdesdat , Dec 6 . We had only a moderate supply of fat Beasts , bnt that of Sheep waa good . There being an average attendance of buyers , and sellers being anxious to obtain an advance in prices , the market was rather heavy , and prices for well fed Beef rather higherbut Mutton the same as last fortnight . Beef . 4 id to 51 d ; Mutton , 4 d to Sd per lb . 3 York Corn Market , Saturday , Dec . 2 . —We have a very throng market to-day ; for in addition to a good attendance of farmers , we have a great
number of servants wanting places . Whrat is much affected in condition by the weather , yet all de-oriptions support late prices . The same may be eaid of Bar » ley and Oats , bnt Beans are almost unsaleable . Huddbbs ? ield Cloth Market , Tdbsday , Dbo . 6 . —Our market thia day presented the same unhealthy condition as last week . Peace with China has not as yet generated a better state of trade here . Fancy goods were in most request , but prices are ruinously low . Winter now approaches rapidly and great numbers ore yet destitute of work . Wooh still remain heavy . :
Liverpool Cattle Mabket , Monday Dec . S . — The market to-day has been mneh the sambas last week , both with respect to price and quality , the greatest portion being of second and third-rate quality , which met with dall . sale , but any thin * good eagerly fought after , and sold at last week's prices . Number of Cattle at market-Beasts 1694 , Sheep 5048 . . ¦ ' . © Manchester Corn Mabket , —^ Satorbat , Dec . 3 , —For prime parcels of English Flour there was a fair enquiry in the early part of the week , which was checked on the receipt of the depressed ; report from Mark-lane ; subsequently the busimaa dona
was of a very limited character and prioes barely supported . Oatmeal was in moderate request at the Rrevions currency . Increased supplies OX Wheat * Oats , Flour and Oatmeal from Ireland , tbe total amount of which forms a very considerable import into Liverpool and Buncorn , may be noted ; whilst those elsewhere require no particular observation-With very sJ ; ght enquiry for any description of Wheat , few transactions in that article were reported at our market this morning . Flparwas also very slow sale , and 3 £ > 3 . per sack is an extreme quotation lor choice Whites . N © change <» n ' -be noted inthe value of Oats or Oatmeal , but the sales made fully supported the rates of this day se ' nnight .
^ Malton Corn Market , Dec . 3 . —We have very little business done in the corn trade to-day , our farmers generally do not seem willing to comply with the present low pricea . We notice no alteration in the value of grain ; Wheat , white * 2 s to-533 per quarter of 40 stones . ; Ditto , red , 46 a to * 0 s per do . ; Barley , 25 § to 27 s per quarter of 32 stones : Oats , 8 idto 9 d perBtone . WAEEFlELp CQKN MARKET . ^~" ^ Friday , Dec . 9 . —Our arrivals this week are very wu ? f / Wnds of Grain . Millers do not buy Wheat freely , but fuUy Is per quarter advance is obtained . Barley is sttady in price . Oats and Beans without variation in value .
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hla Printing Office ., Not . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Bri « fat «; and Poblkbad by the said Joshvx Hobsow , ( for the said F * AR « us OCOKNoa . ) athl » Dwal ling-honie , No . 5 , Mwket-rtreet , Briggatej afl Intiwn *! natnnnnnt ^ HnTi erriM ng ^^^ yw ^ a « gdl No . 6 , Market-street , and the said Noa . 12 and 23 , Market-street , Briggate , thu conftltattof Um whole of tbe said Printing and Publishing Office one Premise * . AU Communications most beadiresaed , Po » t-p « i 4 > 1 * Mr . BOBS « r « Nt-Oem Star Ofioe . Ut&- ' ¦ fttWfeft DNWtlr 10 , IMi .
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 27 th , 1842 . . ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' : ' " . ¦ ¦¦¦ ' s d :. . . Blooniflbury ... ... ... 1 0 Nottingham , Rancliff Arms ... 10 0 Sowerby ... ... ... ... 7 5 Carvers and Gilders ... ... 1 6 Crookford ' s Beverage ... ... 5 0 Wheeler ... ... ... ... 10 0 Star Coffee Shop , Golden-lane ... 4 5 " . . ¦ , . ; ' ¦ ' "; : v . ¦;¦ ¦ / - ' . ¦ ¦ £ 1 -+ 9 : ¦ * . ' ' -. J . Campbell , Secretary .
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THE NORTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES TO THE ^ MEMBERS OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , THE EXECrjTIVE COMMITTEE , AND TO MB . HILL ^ EDITQR OF THE " NORTHERN STAB . " Brother chartists , —Deeply impressed with the necessity of Union at all times , but more especially at the present important crisis , when Government persecution ia endeavouring to crush our movement by pouncing on those who have nobly stood forward in the
advocacy of our : just claims : and when professing friends , assuming specious names , sporting the varied colours of tbe cameleon , and resorting to all sorts of wily tricks to entrap u « , in order that we may servetheir base and sordid purposes ; we deem it necessary to offer a few sober remarks en the very unpleasant differences that now exiBt at head quarters , trusting that we may be able by these means to allay those . differences , wbich , in our opinion , ( judging from the appearance they now wear , ) threaten to Impair , if not destroy , our moral power and Influence .
We have witnessed with Borrow and regret many times the paper conflict j of men professing our principles , and as often have hoped that what we were then reading would be tbe last , that surely a time would arrive when we could agree to differ oa minor matters , without entering into a system of criminating and recriminating through the columns of a newspaper , thereby retarding tbe progress of our own movement , and giving our enemies an opportunity of exalting over eur weakness ; bat , alas ! we have been miserably disapppointed ; and it is again our painful lot to see the columns of the Northern Star affording material * for our enemies to revel in . to our own destruction .
Having carefully examined the statements , pro- and con ., thafc have appeared , we are obliged to sa . y that the conduct of the Executive , in misapplying the funds . Gf the Association , and departing from the rules of tbe Organization , is far from satifactory ; and we are also compelled to 8 iy that tke language of Mr . Hill in sanding the subject before the public , if calculated to injure tbe feelings of tbe Executive , and tkereby cause rancour and ill-feeling to « xiat id Aur ranks . We are decidedly of opinion that Mr . Hill , as a member pf the National Charter Association , bad a perfect right to call the aUention of his brother Cbutists to the Balance Sheet , and also to offer his opinion thereon ; nevertheless it would have been more satisfactory to us to have seen it couched in milder language : kind admonition rather than harsh rebuke we consider would have been better calculated to effect the object desired , therefore we cannot but attach blame to both .
: For expressing the above opinion we mean no offence to either Mr . Hill or the members of tbe Executive . oar sole aim being to neal if possible tbe breach thus made ; and in order to take from our enemies a chance of using weapons of our own forging against us , we are perfectly willing to bury in oblivion the past , and endeavour to concentrate an imperishable union of energy , fortitude , and perseverance , in order to free ourselves and our fellow slaves from , the trammels of oppression and misrule . // We have avoided going into the charges in detail , to
prevent foel being added to the fire , Cor we have learned by sad experience , that when once an affair of this or any other description is complained of , parties meddling in it have , by critisising and picking , unavoidably protracted the difference , and at length made it a difficult task to allay the mad passions thus roused . It is really sickening to be perpetuity at war amongst ourselves ; it is e oiigh to drive sterling patriots , ami useful members from our ranks ; it is therefore essential to smother those differences at ence . Let us profit by tbe past , and work f « ir the future with indomitable courage , perseverance and energy .
I n conclusion , we would respectfully suggest to the Editor of the Northern Star to prevent the pages of that paper from referring any more to this affair , that whenever he feela it hia duty to refer to the conduct of his brother Caartifits in whatever capacity they may be placed , to so convey his opinions as to give the least offdnce . : To the Members of the Executive we would also say , adhere strictly to the rules of the organisation . Place youselvea in a position that your brethren may not have cause to complain . To the General Councillors we would peint their attention to the rules and advise them to insist on the members in their several localities , a rigid adherence to the same , that the Executive may not have to complain of the seanty means &i their
disposal to perfect and mature our organisation . lo our Brother members we would say forcet the past ; let it goby as a paasingbreczj ; let no trait in your conduct give a handle to our enemies ; but let ^ it be sush that neither new movet new new move . Tory , or Corn-Law Repealer , may point the finger of reproach , and say there goes a Chartist ; let our motto be " Union , " our watchword Love , Truth our guide , and our Charter the object in view ; we may then bid defiance to Whiggism and Toryism , New Moves , and New New Moves . Their combined forces canntbaffla our efforts . The banner of liberty will proudly flatter in the breeze , despotism will perish , and oa its ashes will tread a free and a happy people . Digued on behalf of tbe North Lancasziiro x > oio gates , in district meeting assembled , ' John Smtth , Chairman . Accrington , Dsc 3 rd , 1812 .
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