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J HA v E great pleasure ( and no small share of pride ) | JL in submitting the following encomium upon my j little Compilation , the POOR MANfS COMPA-! NION for 1843 , to the notice of the public generally ; convinced that the lovers of hight and truth will be pleased , with me , that this three-penny-worth of " Facts and Figures" is calculated toj be of use in guiding the public mind to a correct appreciation of several political and social schemes ] of amelioration advocated by the advanced sections of the Reformers . The letter , in which testimony to this effect 1 ^ Uumo liy a gentleman whoso % w » l opiuiuu I value more than that of any other man breathing , is , as will be perceived , a private one to myself . I take the liberty , however , to use it in this public manner ; satisfied that Mr . O'Connor will not object to my doing so , as its publication can only have the effect of accomplishing his own desire ^ ensuring the increased circulation of what he deems a good and useful book ; useful , I hope , to the Poor Man and to the Poor Man ' s cause . ! Jos . ; Hobsoi * . Leeds , Nov . 21 st , 1842 . ¦ London , Nov . 19 , 1842 . My dear HOBSON , —You will see by the Evening Star , that I have made a good use of your invaluable little book ; the very best that ever appeared in the English language , and one which bas taught me that I was a fool till now . You should have ; called it the " Whiff Economist . " It is splendid . The taxpayers on toe platform started again , when I read the extracts from it . But I have not had time to do it justice . I forget the increased expence ot sending Frost and others out of the country . That item is frightful . Your book should be in every house , from the palace to the cobbler ' s stall . It is the very beat book ever published : and I beg of you to accept my thanks for it . ' What labour it must have cost you in the compilation . '; Your ' a , very thankfully , FEARGUS j O'CONNOR , P . S .- ^ Our meeting was gloriou * . The Shams are routed for ever ! Not a Chartist would nibble ! . ' The following " Opinions of the \ Press" will bespeak , in some measure , the worthlof the little ompilation : — " We have here the most efficient mtdtum in parvo that we have ever seen . As a " Poorj Man's Companion "— a book of ready reference upon many subjects in which he is vitally interested , and of information upon matters which he ought to know—it is the thing which every poor man needs ; as a text book for political lecturers it is invaluable . j " There is aa a u > u it of information contained in it which we never before saw crammed into so small a compass . Facts , figures , tables , and calculations , all of them regarding matters of national importance , am ! all arranged and made ready for general and immediate i use—affording at a glance almost whatever information j can be wanted—stud the whole book , jwhile a few I bappy and juoic ^> u 8 comments afford a kind of guide to the uninitiated in statistics for their application and use in the various matters of civil and social polity which may come under contemplation . "—Northern Star . I " The excellence of tbe calendar seotion of this multum in parvo , is of the first order ; and it might put all the Francis Moores that have existed since the days of Noah into tbe shade on the score of utility : and yet we have in this bijou , for threepence , twenty times the information pretended to be given in the veritable " Francis" for double the money . ( When [ will humbug and the Stationers' Company dissolve partnership J ) The statistical and argumentative portion of the " Poor Man's Companion , " presents claims to the attention of every man ; and tbe intellect must , indeed , be obtuse , that canu ^ t derive useful information from it There has been much reading and deep n flection in the present compilation . ' ¦ ' Weekly Dispatch . i " This is one of the many and cheap political almanacs published for 1843 ; and it contains so many particulars respecting the amount and application of the taxes " raised from the industry of the producing classes , " aud such a quantity of valuable statistical information , that it may safely be contrasted with any similar publication . It is compiled from Parliamentary and other documents , by Joshua Hobsou , tbe printer and publisher , of Leeds , who seems to have spared no labour to bring together such details as bear upon the leading ^ questions of the day . Curious particulars are likewise given of the ' employment of the population / the annual value of real property in England and Wales , the trade of tbe United Kingdom , « to ., at the charge of threepence . Tbe ' Poor Man' may thus obtain a ' Companion' that he cannot fail to find full of information of a useful aud interesting nature , and that renders this political Almanac well worthy of support from the classes for whom it is peculiarly prepared and adapted ^"—Af orning Advertiser . * 1 * * * Parties residing at a distance from a bookseller may have a copy of the Poor Man ' s Compauion seat to their residence per post , by Bending their address and five postage stamps to the publisher . The Poor Man ' s Companion may be had at the Publisher ' s Offices , 5 , Market Street , Leeds , and 3 , Market Walk , Hudderstield ; of J . Cleajre , 1 , Shoe-Lane , Fleet Street , and J . Watson , Paul's Alley , Paternoster Row , London ; A . Heywpod , and J . 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^ ~ j — - — - ~— = ^ = g Now publishing I in Penny Numbers , and Fourpenoy Parts , VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY * complete from the Original in Six Volumes . Part 13 is published this day , and Part 15 will jpontain the tH ) r page-to Vol . I ., and a most admirable likeness of the celebrated Author , engraved on steel . The Publisher , in order to k ^ ep his word to tho public , has doubled the quantity in the last two partsu without increasing the price so as to bring the wirkfwithm the price of Ten Shillings , at which the whole will be completed . Also , The DIEGESIS ; being a Discovery of the Origin , Evidences , and early History of Christianity , never yet before ) or elsewhere , so fully and fai ' hfully set for . th . By the Rev . Robt . Taylor , A B in Penny Numbers , and in Parts price Fourpmce . THE DEVIL'S PULPIT , by the RevtretKi Robert Ta y lor . A Series of Astronomo- Theological Leotures jJelivertd by this celebrated Orator . In 48 Numbers , Twopence each , or in two Volumes , Cloth , price fftne Shillings . W . Dugdde , Printer and Publisher , No . 16 , Holy-Well-street . Strand , London .
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¦ fflBe there , 1 attended two meetings of delegates , rihitis delegates wh " o are members of the National iwtgf Association ) met to consider the dispute jfSrein Mr . Hffl and the ExeenSve , and * after iti appeared to me to be irrelevant discussion for ^ ro n ^ ts , the matter irasleft no better than « , pv found it , if not worse . * ThB Executive and their friends complained of Mr . ¦ naFs conduct ; others jnsiifiedhis position ; while a Sh-d party preferred grave and serious charges Sst ^ rtaln members of the Execute . As io the fecniea saidio oast between Mr . Hill and the Exer& .- that is a matter between the above parties , fethdr inamdual capacity . The Executive insinn-Sp OT threafen , serious charges against Mr . HilL With these things , as an Association , it appears to TOBTon haTenoihiBg to do . Regarding the > charges I ^ j ^ ibe ExecutiTe , it 13 not only jour right , bntit I ^ our imperative duty to aaske the most searching fLLtrx : therefore 1 would earnestly impress upon
t » q the neeessty of appointing a committee to » dU &e books , with poative instructions to require fhn Secretary to show ? ouchers for all monies paid « n Meonni of the Executive , aiid such vouchers is SLrm detail , to the last shilling , , as well as entries in the books ^ in detail , of aU monies receiTed by the TJxecctrre . By ihese means alone can yon see wWha your funds have been properly expended , and * fre each locality an opportunity of knowing wheiher their payments arc duly accounted for ; « Ta above all , by these means alone -can you do fnsrice to the character of the Execntive . The VxecniiTe , in order to have themselves set right ^ fth the conatry , were in duty bound to have de
nanoeo * Ms ordeal . 1 pressed it on some of them with -tfhom I met at Birmingham . I also urged it on a EUffiber « f the delegates . J told both that without thi 3 ihe connirj would neTer be satisfiedjw B 0 resolutions , however favourably expressed , « r ¦ yhereTerpassedjWorildjin the absence of the most searehiBK inqairy into the Executive ' s books , satisfy ^ tSs toid"thai John Campbell had said -that the ^^ OHanon © Ire Mm a balance Of wages , ai d that be will not give up the bocks till that balance is paid Mm . I idP 6 x ^ ™ ^ P ^ Mr * Campbell yaralii , in * d 0 J > & ) g this course , iBJnre his own case , and sbeTf himself grievously ignorant of his positioii . 3 Ie cannot hold the books . "Without this enquiry -uio tan tell whether wages -are due to him or not ?
3 he csusein which we are engaged demand this , the the character of your serrauts demand it . When flus is done , then , and not till then , does it become tie Executive to put Mr . Hill on his triaL If it item and- Mr . Bill , it is between yon acd ihem . TotthaTe erred in leaving thematter to be discussed between your servants and any other party ; but though yon may have done wrong in not puitinf the matter to right earlier , that is no reason yon should continue in the wrong now . I tender you the same advice 1 did to them . I told Leach he was iDJari ng himself ; that he ought to demand a comjmttee to audit their books . I hope James Leach is possessed of too much good sense to overlook flris . Let that committee be now appointed . Let
it be a committee of clear-headed business men ; men "who will place the matter in a clear and indisputable light before the coantry . Let the Secretary supply that committee with a journal of the Execnfrre ' s tours during the last season , shewing ibe same of erery locality visited ; where their expense was paid , either in part or in whole , also the amount of cash paid them oTer and aboTe their expenses . Let eTery locality be corresponded with by some responsible parry . requringa statement of all transactions with the Executive . Let these be compared , and see whether they will correspond with the statement wodneed by the Executive , and Jet the result be published . Any attempt short of fins to establish thB innocence of the Execmive , jnnst and will prove abortive . Let the conduct of Mr . Hill be subjected xo an cqoallj searching in--cniry , and ^ ould the offences with which some
charge him be established , the country will judge Mm accordingly . A public meeting may be a fitting tribunal in Mr . Hill ' s « sse , bnt the man who would attempt to bring the case-of the Executive before a pnblic meeting , or as some spok&ofj a meeting of delegates , betrays ignorance of law . Money ma-ters are to be settled—it 13 not the mere politician that is to be consulted In Jhese matters , it . is the dry-inatter-of-fact-biisiiiesstp * ti that must be bronght to play . Speeches will not make up figures , nor will opinion , however high it may run , supply or prevent the means of Striking a balance ; facts alone can be found to suit the painstaking book-keeper , while party spirit and prejudice may supply the necessary means to suit the purposes of the wily politician . Trnsiing these facts will be taken as they are given , in friendship , I subscribe myself , Your brother labourer .
In ihe cause of suffering humanity Johs CoitjrBora Glasgow , Jan . 2 , 1 & 43 .
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THE LATE BLRMEsGHAM COHERENCE . The Metropolitan Chartist Delegates met on Sunday , » t the ^ rational Charter Association Hall , Old BiUey , thus commenting the campaign far 1 S 43 , with the first day of the new jew . Ihe object of the meetmg was to receive a report from the delegates who had . arrived inXoodon , of the proceedings -which had come under their notice , in the exercise of their delegation at the poX Birmingham Conference . Messes . Dron , Mayuard , and Knight , were the members of Conference present . Mi . iludge , delegate frem ilsrylebone , - was called to the chart .
2 b . Maynard opened the business iy a reference to ihe oVjecto for -which the Conference had bees eon"Tfcnbd , snd alter a geueral descriplien of the assembling of the Conference , 4 he appointment of Mt Jos . Starge to the chair , slid other matters , proceeded to state tha motion of Mr . Begga . " That Mr . Sturge ' s BIO , -under the name of The BUI of Bights , * should be the Bill for uiacnaaon . ™ He then narrated the vmrse taien iy 2 Sx . I ^ vett , whose amendment submitted that "the-People ' s Charter" be the BUI ; and the farther amendment ; of Mr . Somere , a Scotch dtlegate , "That both Bills be laid on the tshle for discussion . " That proposition had redncea the Chartists to a great dilemma ; bat ' Hr . Lcrrett pressing his motion , hrontht the
siatter to an issue ; and "when the question had thus come to a choice between principles , ths Chsrtist delegates had do other alternative than to ¦ rote fer ihe "People ' s GfaBrtei , " and the result was , the ^ lorious majority of ninety nine in frronx of that docnm € Bt—iapplsnse ) Mi . Maynxrd tbes described the withdia'wal from the chair , and from the Conference , of ilt Stnrge , and the secession with him of his party . The Charter was then discussed , point after point , and among the alterations made in it -was ore in the danse KOafiDg to "felons . " In the original docnmen * it was provided that no man convicted of felony could be afterwards elegible for the enjoyment of the Elective -Franchise ; bnt more mature considers lion mggesied a re 3233 £ ion in this poirt , it appearing hard
* her a man had paid the penalty of his tff-nce , and * afe £ ed the Jaws of his country , still to pursue Mm with a vindictive spirit , and mark him as a victim for perp = lnal eavil disabHiry and pnblic punishment tfce laws , civil and rdigicras , regarding a mm as sgain dear in the eye ol the world , and restored to eommnnhj with his feUow-eitizais , after he had undergone thB jmnifihmEnt » - » arded to his transgression . Taiicg thiB view of the matier , and reaBoning fnithtr , that many , in their "S 2 A and thoughtless periods of youth , commit effaces , from » Mch , in iheir sober and nflecttve time of mBnhood , they -sFonld cirint and abstain from , it - * ja wmsdEotd ly those who bestowed attention on thB subject , that it Tronld ^ be hard to brand and ai ^ qralify a man for life , for a
misdeed s > commuted . And on that view of the matter , the clause -was relaxed ; and the man who mitht noiortnnaiely be fonud jmilty of felony , would , should the Charter become ihe law of the land , after paying the penalty of his offence , and being thus purged , be deemed * ' once more a . xnan , " and « HgIMe lor the franchise , and all other civil rights . 3 dr . Maynard then proceeded to say , that Ob a motion made by him , to alter the clause regelating *• residence" from three months to one month , a discussion followed , in which he urged that men "very fregnently JSnd it desirable to change their residence
"Within three months ; and that in l&nclon , in particular , men -were continually changing it . The motion , after foil consideration , -was , however , lost , and the original clanse of "three months residence , * ' was therefore decreed to stand as part of the BilL Having aUnded to a variety of other topics , Mr . Jaaynard , -who " » zs -heard throughout vrith attention , eondnded by Hating that a reeolntion moved by Mr . Parry , led to an smkable dese of the Conference . It was of a siost conciliatory nature , proposing to give to every ttau piofesang the same priudples as themselves , but pfikrmg sa to the mode of carryisg them out , the ^^ stopporiunity to do so- in the manner ha micht
j ta * l * st ; and that as Ihe Stmgite party had seceded &om thfc Cjnferaice , and were still pursuing the same Ppuriple as the Chartista , they [ thB Chartists ) should Rive to them She same right of ihinMcg and acting " » Mca they daimed for- ^ EmselveB , and allow them to " ^ " Khcut suiy obbtructioiL The motion , after an "gj * ? debate , arcs , howerep , lost ; bnt a * omep ^ J ^ Sar one , dratni up ana proposed by Mr . ueT ^ , Ccbeox , was carried , and in five minutes a """? « good ieUowEbip was tfiEcled between the ^ S ^ PMwa . . ^^ aran aea presented himself , and entered into a Jf ^ v of idditkaal delaila of hb and liis colleague ' s ™« H > n 4 o ae Conference—K > me of than of a serious , awaae of m amusiDs character , The Chartists , he « = ajrxed , acted noily ^ and instead of being "kicked ££ ™ tie Conference , " as the ^ wdoy Times had said T * iBi ^ £ rf ^ ^^ came cff "nctorions , carrriDg their \^ T * * fiyiuc coloura . I" Bravo »¦> « nd tries of
-JZ ^ f -l iEat J } They bad every reason to fee satisfied » B « , ^ If ^ 1 rf the Corftxence , iBeoewed eries of lA ^^ j ^ f ^* ^^ «» iaMF- » ^ fled ™ & fiiMnTlt - ae Sxoi 8 eite parry Trt ^ t elsewhere to n ^ ** " *> & , but tfefi ChartJEts meely iept their inXi . 5 * * * fbat had ""^ i ^ **™ a P > trer a ttnannnicatioEssdih the others , thtys-cald , nudfT ^ S ^ * haTe renfl »« d thfcmi . ^ Tes we ut raLoo 2 &r 2 ir-. ii to ^ aj ) liable to true vpcitaUon . " ^ S 3 " 6 « 3 arecunt ef the conduct of \' -x . Pialp ,
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whichile described as nothing short of treason to the Chartist cause . Never , he said , did man cut a stranger figura . Bis -words -were , that he had always considered the Charter a moat perfect document , until he had read the . second bill j and that he must now consider it as most defective . He had a duty to perform , and in making a choice be was bound , therefore , to give a preference-to the Second Bill . " Now , continued Mr . D . the second ; bill was not read « t all ; it would have taken jfoe hours to read , and he { Mr . Don ) -waa of opinion that Mr . PbOp had never read it The preamble of the bill vas absolute nonsense , Mr . Dron then comp imenfed Mr Pott for his great exertions in his
c aracter of delegate , in support of the Chartist eansa , and particularly for his efforts to effect a union between the twojparties . ThB worthy delegate then entered into Ihe creation of " the Executive , " -which -was broughtainder discussion at Birmingham , and communicated fhat a Committee of " Five" was recsmmended to be appointed to investigate the matter in London . He went at length into the subject ; but the particulars have already been so often before the pnblic , that it is unnecessary for ub here to report them . They have already lal to much angry feelinj ? , aod we would ratherf « throw oil upon troubled waters , " tT" ^ otherwise . ¦
Mr . Knight felt that it would give great satisfaction to many in that Hall , and to the Chartist public ouf of doors , to hear that Mr . O'Connor had pledged himself to interpose his friendly mediation to ha ^ e the subject dropped in the Horihtrn Star . He then w $ nt on to state how much Mr . O'Connor had to put up with at the Conference—first bullied on one side , 3 hen on the other , and eulogised that genflemsrAm his great forbearance—a forbearance , he added , which exalted him ( Mr . O'Connor ) in the minds of most who witnessed it—( hear )—and which he ( Mr . Efnigh ^ wished all Chartists , for the sake of union , and the advancement of their canse , would imitate—( applause , and renewed cries of " Hear . " ) The reports having here dosed , Mr . Cnffay gave notice to aU parties having collection books ont , and mocey to pay in , to attend on Tuesday ( to-moirow ) evening , at thetDespaich Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-streeL
I ETENIJTG MEETING . A densely crowded meeting was held in the Hall in tl ? e tvening , Mr . Overton in the chair , to which Mr . Sie ) ton , who appeared as a substitute for Mr . Harris ( indisposed ) , delivered a very able and instructive lecture on the laws of nature , and the constitntisn ol man . " Ji . t the condusion of the lecture , which was heard tkraozhont with attention , Miss Snasannab Inge moved , arm Mr . Secretary Salmon seconded a vote of thanks to the lecturer .
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THE SUCKING PIGS AND THE " WHOLE I BOGS . " The njich-wisbed-for , loug-talketi-of Conference has been Held . The professed advocates of union have met the working classes m discussion , wherein the equality of man was to have been a recognized principle , whatever question should constitute the basis of discussion . The adoption by the SrcKi ^ G Pig Chxstists of the Six Points , for which the ** Whple Hng Chartists" contend , was an implied guaxaut . ee tnat the minority would be ruled by the majority . Such were our anticipations ; and now we proceed to comment upon the proceedings as a whole , unwilling to nibble at them in their progress P « ahaps ihere never has been in any country ,
certainly not in England , a meeting of more importance th > n that to which we refer—not very important in its result , as it affects any political measure , bnt allimportant in its developement of political character . Before we set forth the purposes for which this Conference . was called together , we must make a passing observation upon the positionin which Mt . StCrgb has placed him&elf . So long as Mr . Stcboe in his individual capacity , could be consistently separated ^ from Mr . Stusgb in his corporate capacity , wejstretcbed a point to shield his name from ihe odinm Attached to a party . We had not , till now , any opportunity of testing the real character of Mr . SiJjbge . We are of course understood to speak in political language . We are aware of the
difficulties-with which the lsader of a party is EUTrounded , aiid can make due allowances for acts of apparent inconsistency . But when we find a leader himself complaining of the prejudices which his class and parry entertain against those whose alliance they oonrt , and yet being foremost in augmenting those prejudices , then must we in candour admit , that however his ostensible object might have bees just and conciliatory , as advocated by him as in ^ ndividual , his real motive is only to be learned throngh the acts of his party and supported by him . History , then , does not furnish any two characters pore at variance than the character of ilr . Joseph Stcbgb in quest of popularity , and Mr .
Joseph Sturge the advocate of liberal principles . The legal maxim , •* qnem facit per aliam , facit per se , " he who acts by hi 3 agent acts himself , is a very wholesome maxim , and one by which we shall henceforth test Mr . Stcrge ' s political value . Before we recar to the part performed by Air . Stubse oni of . doors , we shall glance at the objects for which the Conference was called , and the materials of wfiich the friends of purity of election would have constituted their Parliament . In order to aid us in the anveatiga ion , we here insert the address of Mr . ^ Stoege himself , setting forth the purposes forwhicii the . Conference was convened . Ii runs thus : —
[ Here follows the Stnrge council ' s address , which as we have several times given , we omit to save space . — Ed . N ^ i . J I Now the very first paragraph of this address admits that the Conference was called to deliberate upon the essential details of a bill , and not to say aye to kny measure that might be proposed by Mr . Stcbgb and his friends . Next we come to the materials of which the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union wonld ( if allowed ) have constituted this Conference . , And here , let it be borne in mind , that Sir . Stcbge is the President of this litter of " Sucking Pig Chartists ; " that not a move is made withont his coneHrrence;—that he is not only the head-piace , bat the pocket-piece , of this minor majority society of Liberals . The mode resort-ed to , then , by the Council was this : —They he ^ d secret correspondence with Aeir friends in those several towns in which
delegates were returned ; and withontotber anthority than ihe e £ -parte and fabricated evidence of their friends , they proceeded to form the body into three classe ? . So 1 , containing all those to whom no objections were made by their own party ; No . 2 , containing from seventy to eighty delegates reiurnedbytbe people , and to whom frivolous objections were made by the Sturge party > and ^ o . 3 , the condemned list , against whom grave objections had been made . In the discussion upon this part of the subject , Mr . Aehabak puscAX , delegate for Arbroa-th , made tim following pithy observation— " Mr . Chairman , I shall say -in % one word upon those lists . How , 1 want to knew , does it happen , that I find my name , against whose election no objection bas been made , in list No . 3 , while I find in list No . 1 , the names of parties admitted for the same town , who werenever leturnrd at all V
Surely , to enlarge upon this brief observation would be bnt to insnlt our readers The good Eense of the Conference overcame this glaring attempt of ¦ the Stcbge party , and all were admitted , subject to objections . Onr next duty is , to consider the amount of population represented by the minor majors . It not nnfrequently happens , that the position of a leading politician will attach an amount of importance to his acts , which may supersede that torwhich the combined acts of many , but less knoirn , " would be emitlcd . In the Conference , however , we recognize no such individuals on the
minor side . Their party consists of the rejected or the d « serters from all , and may be termed a refuge ior the destitute . If we omit Paddt Brewsxeh , the world would have heard bot httle of the others . In looking over the list , however , we find that villages with a population of 2 , 000 or 3 000 sent four Sucking Pig Chartists , while the large populous towns and cities , without exception , returned Whole Bog Chartists . As we mean to devote a series of articles to this union Conference , we shall , for the present , merely touch upon the most glaring acts of the seceders .
Tt&e ? jivndred and eighty-Jive delegates meet in Confer | nbe npen the invitation of Mr . iTTOGB to deliberate npen something to be psoposed to them . A division upon that something takes place , when it appears that for the Stubge object 93 record their votes , not S ± - S 3 was the number ; 185 vote against Mr . StiIrg ^ , not 193 as recorded ; 73 are absent , about 50 of which number were returned for a specific purpose , namely , to support the Charter . They were engaged very improperly in arranging a tea-party at another part of the town . Upon the annoHD cement of this division , Mr . Stubge aud his friends retire from the Conference , and subsequently pass a resolution that they are the Conference . Now , we ssk , if evir insolence or presamption like this was known ! lt ' may , however , furnish a very excellent
precedent ; and as , curious enough , the snpporters of Mr . YnxLERs npon the . Free Trade question in the Honeeof Commons , and theEupportersof Mr . Stubge upon the same question—( for , disguise it now as " ihey may , Free Irade was their object , )—out of the Souse of Commens , was S 3 ; every lion has his jackall , and should Mr . Tiluebb sad Lord Joh . n JRcsskt . t . adopt the precedent laid down by the ** Sucking figs , " all they have to do , npon their nbxi trinniph , is to leave the House , and declare themselves thp Parliament , We regret much that this precedent was not established by Mr . Stdbgb upon the recent Nottingham election case ; inasmuch as 1881 would have constituted a majority over 1885 ; and Mr . Stubgb might , npon the same principle , have declared that he only went there to be returned , and not to be defeated .
We invite particular attention to the third para * graph m Mr .-t ^ reKGB ' s address , which says" 3 . To endtavonr to ascertain how far the friends of uurestrictfc § and absolute freedom of trade will unite with us tdrobtain ssch as Act of Parliament on their feting EitiEfifid that tb ^ new ] y at quired fracc&ise will be used in lavoar of Mich tteidom of trede . "
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Now , Mr . Stiteoe was well aware of the hostile feeling that exists throughout the country to the Corn Law League ,- snd let ns presume that a proposition had been made to assist that body , which would assuredly have been the case had the Sucking Pigs succeeded in their first prosition . Suppose , we say , that such a proposition had been made , and had failed , might not Mr . Stokge aud his party have declared , with equal truth aad propriety , that the minority were the majority , and that the co-operation of the Conference was thereby pledged to the League . Suppose we take Mii Cobden's recent fishing for Chartist support at Manchester in connexion with this third paragraph , and the opportune time at which the bait
was thrown out , was previous to . the- assembling of the delegates at Birmirgham , and upon the eve of the great gathering to be held at Manchester and in London . Can , we ask . any man in his senses entertain a reasonable doubt that the whole thing was an impudent free-trade trick to remit forces for th « restoration of the old Whig faction upon a pledge of free-tradei Snppose this third paragraph had been acted upon , how easy would it have been to stretch the point , and construe it to mean a pledge to support those in the first instance who advocate free-trade principles . The bubble has burst , however , aud with it has vanished the hope of that
union , which was merely intended to make the stroDg stronger , and the weak weaker . We trust that Mr . Joseph Stdege will have now learned , that if he mixes with Bweepsjhe must expect to get seme of the soot . He must not longer hope to preserve one character as Joseph Sturge phiianthropiBt , and another as Joseph Stcbgb member of the Sucking Piq Association . He has made a most nnfortunate political blunder , which in the opinion ot Talleyrakd is worse than crime . He must now repair the blunder as best he can ; he has deprived the people of the power of assisting him , because , if a few censure , he is bound to consider them a majority .
To-day we have spoken of the leading character in the national drama ; to-morrow we may have a word upon the parts performed by the subordinate actors , as well as a few observations upoa the " Bill of Rights" drawn up by Mr . Boothbt , ( we understand , ) whose presence as an expounder of its several clauses , was in our opinion indispensable ; and why such course was not adopted we are at a loss to know--especially as Mr . Sp £ Nceb declared that the exposition of itB merits by itslramer had quite captivated him , and it might have captivated the majority . —Evening Star .
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had it not been for the generous support awarded to him by the poor people—a fellow who must have been supposed to have made up hte mind upon the principles before he hired himself to advocate them —one who waa elected to the high office of an Executive Councillor , to have ventured upon such a declaration before those : with whose penco his every stitch was purchased 1 This preaching , long-faced hypocrite , with " our glorious cause" on his lips , and treason to that cause in his heart ! Again we ask , was any treachery equal to this \ We were prepared for the desertion of Harry Vincent . We knew that he could not long bide in the unclean ranks ; he , however , has deserted ns with a better grace : he has
gone over to the enemy for money . Philp went over in the hope of getting pay . Vincent has the advantage of having first made his bargain ; while Ph / lp has rendered himself valueless even to the humbugs , inasmuch as we feel assured that no body of honest working men would ever again Ullow this preaching pedlar to address them upon " oob glorjovs cavsb . " Why did this weak-minded young man thus confirm every suspicion entertained of his honesty , and justify those who were chastised for suspecting him ! . Perhaps the people will now see not only the justice but the necessity of keeping a watchful eye npoa those whom they pay for doing their work , and will be more cautious in future how they heap those with reproach , who , seeing further
than themselves , entail upon them that odium which is sure to follow the slightest , refleet , ioa upon favourites . We hare felt it a duty thus to direct attention to thofle two gentlemen ; and if the wholesome chastisement which they wil , l assuredly receive , were not likely to operate as a warning to sinners in a leBS degree , there are othersy whose doubtful condnet while in tha Conference we would now comment upon . They have , however , we trust , learned a wholesome «? sson . They have discovered , that in an assemblage of from 300 to 400 honest working men , who , after their work of three or four days is done , are onco moxe to return to their daily toil , faction cannot raise its head as in a Convention sitting for months , and consisting of from thirty to forty leaders ; many lookirg for jobs , and seeking for means to destroy all who are supposed to stand in their way . ' ' The delegates , that is , those
who expect benefit from the Charter , and who are honest in its advocacy , took the full measure of every man at the late Conference . This was its great , its inestimable value ; and if ever the people meet again through their representatives , we hope that it will be for a time so short that faction cannot mature itB projects , and in numbers of honest blister-handed working men so great , that designing knaves will not be allowed to serve their factious purposes , while receiving the people ' s money for doing the people ' s business . The working men have now had a taste of the manner in which some would have done their business . Thank God , the honest fellows were thereto do it for themselves , otherwise we should have been sold neck ac d crop ; and some of our lecturers would have gladly embraced the goldeij opportunity afforded for establishing a union , of the terms of which we have had a fair specimen .
We rejoice that our London representatives have borne honourable testimony to the forbearance of Mr . O'Connor , and that he has not furnished faoVion with a single charge against him during the whoLe of this trying struggle s while not a few complaints are communicated off the disgraceful manner in which that gentleman was attacked by many professing friends of the Cfharter . One Chartist lecturer observed , upon rising to support Mr . Parry ' s motion , and alluding to Mr . O'Connor , " Now , THEN , WE ' LL $ > KaW THE BADGER . " Upon the whole , we most cordially congratulate the people upon the opportunity afforded them of seeing , hearing , and judging for themselves ; and
in the results they will have discovered some jastification for those , who seeing all , cry out mad dog , when their fiiends stand in danger of being bitten . Let the people now reflect upon the damage that their cause would have sustained had Mr . Philp been one of ] the Executive Committee . We shall return to this subject again and again . We have not yet touched upon the speech of Mr , Lawrence Heywokth , of Liverpool , delegate for Reading , and in which this self-styled philanthropist let the cat out of the bag , when he saia , " We don't obj « ct to your principles or to your name ; WHAT WE WANT TO GET RID OF IS YOUR LEADERS , " pointing bis finger at Mr . O'Connor . —Evening Slor-
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THE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .
Sir , —In proportion as the cause of freedom progresses , and as means are adopted which are calculated to improve the condition of tee oppressed ; the enemies of truth and the hirelings ijof faction , txett themselves to destroy its it . fluence , and under the pretence of giving information , deal out garbled statements ; and like a canning adversary whose only object is to gain a paltry victory , or effect scmie mercenary purpose— they endeavour to confound circumstances and persons , to throw odium on the characters ' ¦ of those who have partially mixed in the procfetdingo , aud ttins create prejudice where they are conscious of inability to prove anything against them by facts .
The Birmingham Conference , which was looked forward to with so much anxiety by the most liberal and intelligent part of the community , to tffdct a union of alt classes , desirous ef obtaining the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , bas been thus seized upon by our enemies , who not only aBsert that it has failed to do that for which it was convened , but that it has stamped disgrace upon us by i showing that we are inconsistent with our principles . Whig and Tory are alike rejoicing over , and seeking to turn to their own ¦
account , what they term the split" and the *• explosion '' , and aa might b 6 expected , the enemies of reform are most inveterate Against the consistent and deter , mined enemies of corruption , and attribute it to " the violence of the physical force Chartists " , and arb rather oily" in their rum a ks upon the suffragitesthey call it an " attempt to amalgamate the oil of the Complete Suffrage with the vinegar of the Chartists ;"' but these remarks v are perfectly' consistent with the inconsistencies into which the opponents of democracy must fall . i
We cannot be surprised at the advocates of oligarchy assuming that one is more than two , or that one-third of a body is the whole , for this is in perfect accordance with their reasoning upon moral aud political subjects , though it is doubtful whether they would apply the B » me species of , logic upon other subjectsfor instance , if there was » mixture of gold , and when half a pound of gold was taken from it , there was a pound of gold left—would they assert that it waa all dross , because it had consisted of one-third dross . But we can appreciate their motives in endeavouring to attach the practices of some of the professed friends of democracy , to the principles of the Charter , and understand why they are notable to distinguish betwixt those who opposed practices , ' inconsistent with its principles ,
and those who resorted to such practices ; but how men who claim " priority" * in the caqse of democracy can furnish materials for , and then nvike use of such arguments , is only to be accounted for , by taking it in connexion with their other conduct . The absurd and anti-democratic ' conduct of the Complete Suffrage party , cannot admit of palliation or defence ; for were we to admit that their intentions were perfectly honest , and that in the fulness of egotistical vanity , they imagined that } tbey atone were capable of " preparing a bill to be submitted to Parliament for securing the jost representation of the whole people , " jet even in that case their actions are entirely at . variance with the principles of just legislation , and which must be the result either of bad motives or ^ gross
ignorance , and display snoh an utter want of ability in calculating the tendency of actions , as to make them contemptible as sdvocateB , and dangerous as colleagues . The professed object for which the Birmingham Conference was summoned , ! was to secure just representation for the people , or . ln other words , to substitute power delegated from the people , for power assumed over the people , jand yet the first act of the Complete Suffrage Council Wb to assume to themselves a power over the delegates of the people , aud to exclude from , or include in the Conference whom they thought proper—but they found it to be beyond their reach on account of the . 'firm stand made by the practical democrats—and acts 1 , 2 . and 3 , were given up ; they next assume a light to dictate to the Conference a bill which had been only prepared and seen by themselves , and which , from its sizj and complex character , it was impossible to consider in a period ten
times as long as that for which we were met , and btcauBe the Conference resisted this arbitrary conduct , they in defiance of a principle which forms the basis of democracy , refuse to comply with the decisions of a majority , though by submitting any subject to a vote , each by expecting that the minority will acquiese if the decision be favourable to him , likewise is bound to abide by the decision of the majority if the decision is against him , and If this principle is not acted upon , then la democracy 5 farce , representation useless and the ties which hold society together destroyed—yet this principle bas been violated by those aspirants to " priority , " and they not only retire , but upon meeting by themselves , they , with all seriousness , Bet about proposing a resolution that they were the Conferenceto determine that ninety-four who agreed with them are superior to , and a majority over , 193 who differed from them . And this Is from the professed advocates of political equality , and aspirants to " priority" in the
cause . - : These facts must either prove that their intentions were dishonest , ( as Lawrence Hey worth informed us , ) or else that they are entirely ignorant of moral and political truths , and , that whilst they profess to oppose men assuming authority tney aisume authority themselves , to serve their own purpose , in direct opposition to those general rules which , they tell us they are exerting themselves to advance . j . remain , sir , : Yours truJy , R . T . Morrison .
Nottingham , Jan . 3 rd , 1843 . * The Rsv . E . Miall , in Conference , December 28 th , 1842 .
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CLASS-MADE LAWS HAVE MADE ITS VICTIMS , LET US ENDEAVOUR TO RELEASE THEM . Fellow Working Men , When I sent the advertisement to be published , which has appeared for the last few weeks , and which states that I will give four shillings to the Executive and one shilling to the Victim Fund out of every one hundred pound weight of beverage ; I say , my friends , at that time it struck me very forcibly that the Victim Fund stoed much need of augmenting , and I think bo still , as yon may see by
their letter ; and I also think if we may judge from appearance , that the country evinces but little disposition to support the cauBe of Chartism through the Executive , inasmuch as neither mjBelt not Messrs . Crow aud Tyrrel has had much to add j to their funds for some weeks past I therefore propose that the whole of the five shillings per one hundred pounds be given to the Victims' Defence Fund , and it shall appear as before in Mr . Cleave ' a Subscription List weekly , until the assists are over , when we can make fresh arrangements as the times may reqnire .
Now , my friends , it remains with the people , whether those men who have been made victims for no other crime than that of demanding justice at the bands of our oppressors bo ( eft to the clemancyi of a merciless judge and a time-serving jury , or ( whether they shall have funds sufficiently supplied which will secure to them justice ; and we must remember that there is only a few weeks to raise this money in , and we should also remember that we that , are at liberty are so only because the law has not gob bold of us , but that we perhaps may have Baid and done more towards the downfall of tyrants than those whom it is our duty to support . I
I now leave the matter in your hands ; and only have to say , that I pledged myself in 1819 never to re&t until we were free—I never have nor never will . Roger Pinder , Hull .
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MORE MIDDLE CLASS-SYMPATHY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR
Sir , —In some ot the numbers of your paper , published last summer , you kindly inserted 1 the manner in which I bad been persecuted by th « influence of the Anti-Corn Lnw Plague in Newcastle-upon-Tyne . In your paper , from time to time , appeared various accounts of the exertions I bad made to forward Chartism in the County of Northumberland . There I continued until dire necessity , and the influence of faction , compelled me to come to Scotland . There are , however , few of your readers , except those who know me iu the places where I have laboured , ) that are aware I want my sight I have always been able , by my own industry , to obtain support , and when elected as a councillor of the National Charter Association , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , my name appeared in your columns as a mattrasB-maker . i
Now , Mr . Editor , I am about to relate a case , of disgraceful tyranny , such as has seldom appeared in your paper . I came down to Edinburgh iu search of employment , but having found none , I was compelled to apply for work at the Asylum [ for the Blind , an institution supported by the voluntary contributions of the public , and Ihe majority of its directors are clergymen . They agreed to employ me on the 1-Hh of November last ; but on the day following , wtien I went to work , judge » f my surprise , when I jwas asked if I had not lectured tor the Chartists ? Upon answering that I had , I was informed that I could not be employed until further consideration ; aud on the 28 ' . h of the same month , the former resolution was recalled , the committee declaring they would give work to no Chartist . \
Now , Sir , what will the public think of this ? and from what I have heard of your writings , I know what you will think of it , and that you will take the earliest opportunity of giving it insertion in the People ' s paper . I now conclude myself , . Yours , i A determined Chartist through life , JOHNlCOCKBURN . Edinburgh , Jan . 2 nd , 1843 .
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It appears from a Madrid journal that the officers who evacuated the fort of Ararazanan , at the instigation of the French Consul , still remain at Perpignan , and refuse to return to Spain . Messrs . Blof ^ ld & Co . of London , Map Sellers to the Queen , have published a most splendid Geological Map of Great Britain , j It is one of general utility to the private gentleman , the merchant , the manufacturer , and the agriculturist , and it would form a handsome ornament for the library , the hall , or counting house . —See advertisement .
Frightful Accmikr.—On Thursday Afternoon Last, About Two O'Clock, Mrs. Judd, The Wife Of Mr.
Frightful Accmikr . —On Thursday afternoon last , about two o ' clock , Mrs . Judd , the wife of Mr .
Judd , haulier , of riUgwenlly , having received a letter of importance for her husband , went out for the purpose of carryine ; it to him . She had proceeded but a few yards , from her own house , in th « direction of Pill , when , crossing the new tram-Toad which leads Jo the dock , a locomotive engine came up at a moderate pace . Mrs . Judd appeared to those who happened to be near at the moment , to be engaged in thought , a she was looking on the
ground , and taking no notice whatever of the approaching eftgine , which at length struck her and knocked her down , and before the engineer could stop it , the wheels had passed over the upp ^ r part of both her thigHsj crushing the bones to atoms in an instant . The iiiifoHunate woman was immediately removed in t $ is ; frightfully mutilated condition to her own house , which she had left in health and spirits but a few minutes before , and where death , released her from her suff rings in six or seven hours after . Mrs . Judd was about 35 years of age . —Mw mouthshire Metlin .
To Obtain Beer prom Chalk . —This is an easy and common process , and may be put in practice a 3 follows : —Go § 0 a respectable pubHc-honse , having first taken a residence or lodging in the neighbourhood . When you wish for beer , resort freely te the chalk , and go on , getting as much as you can upon this principle , until it becomes unproductive , whea you may try It In another quarter . —Punch ' s Almanack . An Extraordinary Loaf . —On Saturday last , in the shop of Messrs . Hart and Leslie , a loaf of excellent light bread ; was exhibited , six feet in length and 17 inches in width ,, mads from half & sack ot Hour , and weighing 141 lbs . The price named was one guinea . It was baked in Moulsham by Mr . Charles Craske . —Esde * Herald .
Sir Felix Booth . —On Wednesday last , the Magistrates heard , in their private room , an extraordinary charge ^ gainst Sir Felix Booth , of a very revolting nature ; preferred against him by his nephew . The ex Sheriff of London declaring that it is an attempt to extort money from htm , has expressed his determination to hava it probed to the bottom , and the case was adjourned to Tuesday . — Hull Rockinfiham of Saturday . Public Excommunication from the Church . — A scene of rare occurrence in the present day , took place in the parish church of Messing , in this county , on Sunday , the 25 th alt . Daring Divine sorVtce the rector called / from the congregation a young man and woman , " and in the presence of all those assembled , expelled them at opposite doors from the sacred edifice . 4- £ ' s * ier Herald .
We regret to state that portions of a wreck were cast on tf ^ e shore of Killibegs , during this week , which leave no doubt but that a mealancboly loss of life and property has occurred at sea . On the inside of onobf the boards' cast on shore , are the words " John Swain , " and on the outside of the same board are the words " Thomas Richardson . " Portions of tfiecabiu , and cabin furniture , were also thrown 6 n ihe beach , and some oars branded " T K" or " TR ., " for the brand is not very legible We cannot indulge in the most remote hope , that auy of the crew escaped . —Sligo Champion . Richard Murphy , the steward of General Sir James Kearney , who was lately fired ac by some assassin near his master ' s house , expired on Thursday night , from the effects of the wounds he received —Kilkenny Moderator .
Ingenious Contrivance . —Wonders never cease An engineer at . Brussels , named Luppcn , has invented , says a Brussels paper , a galvanic telegraph , which he has set up in his own house , No . 12 , Hue de la Paille . and in fiiat of M . Ledegunck , in tho same street , which , altflough the apparatus is comprised in a small case not more than four inches cube , and forms a very pretty chimney ornament , enables those gentlemen to interchange whole eenterces , and in fact convert with each other for hours together . *
Worthy of Imitatiqn . —John Hulings , E q ., of Presteign , recently made the liberal reduction of ten per cent , on the rental of his Radnorshire estates , conceiting ; that from the heavy losses the farmers of that ! county experienced during the wet season of 1841 , lin the deficiency of crop « , loss of sheep , and the . low price of wool , the present depressed state or ] agriculture must be especially felt by them . —Hereford Times .
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Registered , ; Elizabeth O'Connor Fox Newsome . he daughter of i Edward and Mary Ana Newsome , of Hanging Hgaton . On Christnpaa Day was christened , at St . Thomas ' s Church . High-street , Dudley , by the Her Mr . H . Cartwright , Charlotte Emmett Frost Wright , and Sarah Feargos O'Connor Wright , daughters of William and Hannah Wright .
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THE "POLITICAL PEDLARS . " The agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws being las ivehad long anticipated ) at length red need to a mere practical form of advertisement , as puffy as " Reform your Tailors' Bills , " or the celebrated " Hollowaj's Ointment , " and not measuring more than a finger ' s length of handy Whig Lords , and Ex ifiic als , "we can spare time from its further exposure , to follow up the consideration of a much more important snbject . We had thought it quite bad enough that the whole country should be insulted by Mr . Joseph Sttjbge and his party , without being farther subjected to the tannts of the root from whence the faction sprang . The Morning Chronicle , relying upon the succpss of that trick
intended to be played off at Birmingham , maintained a very dignified silence pending the arrangements . As we before observed , St . Thomas ' s Day was a great day for England ; 8 nd while the Chronicle devoted columns to the Ward elections of some free-trade fools , not a word did that paper contain about those elections which more interested the working classes ^—no , that would have been " infra dig .. '" The Chronicle ' s place was that of a camp follower , aud the time for action was after the battle . Oar contemporary appears now to regret the resnlt of the Birmingham Conference exceedingly ; aud would saddle all the odium of the sudden irruption upon the deserted instead of upon the deserters . It is a difficult task ,
we admit , for the leading journal of such followers as the Whigs , to shape a course that would have the tffect of pleasing that Mosaic piece of art . We did ; think , however , as the Chronicle had ** left us alone in onr glory , " while struggling for a fair representation of the whole people , that we should have been saved from its slovenly interference when ihe battle was over . We had imagined that the 8 ih clause of the Asbbunon Treaty was a bone to pick , which would have required our friend ' s every device , and all his spare time and space . However , as the Chronicle merely shows its teeth and cannot bite , we pass the comment upon the defeat of faction over without further notice , and come to a consideration of the parts played by some
of the subordinate actors . Old hands inform us that it is a . good plan , when a house is infested with rats , to singe one , and let him loose , and that the smell will drive the others out . We imagine , however that any less cruel plan , likely to be as efficacious , would be a welcome substitute . We have tried this experiment and found it to succeed . At differmt times we found ourselves called upon to direct attention to the conduct , of some professing Leader . When we find a working man abandoning labour " altogether for politics , we are impressed wiih * belief , that he is either very honest and enthusiastic , or very lazy and treacherous . But when working men are paid a certain salary for agitating , then have we a right to
look for their support , their full > nd undivided support , of those principles , to advance which they hire their services . We must presume thit the Chartists , at all events , do not advocate Charti-m for mere gain , but from principle , that our lecturers , unlike the free--trade demagogues and the u sack-pig" squeakers , have selected their parts from admiration of the principles of democracy . In our endeavours to keep some of those gentlemen in the straight road , we have been more than once , or one huadred times , denounced as denouncers ; while , marvellous to say , the only two men whoso political integTky we have questioned , and for doubting whom we ourselves have been abased , now stand before the country self-convicted of one of the most flagrant acts of treachery ever jet committed against principle . The Chartist delegates had gained a complete
victory over their pretended friends , the question in dispute being apparently nominal , but really a trial of how far the opponents of the Charter conld seenrely go , in destroying first the name , then the leaders , and then the principles . To have made our own onion more perfect , when abandoned by the minority , should have been the object of evtry honest man ; and to keep out of sight the " Bill of Bights , " the antagonist of the Cnarter , and upon which the separation took place , should have been the desire of every prudent man . Messrs . Williams and Philp , however , anxious for a very unenviable notoriety , took npon themselves to effect a change in the minds of men who had shown that they could not be seduced by sophistry . The dogged opposition evinced to the Charter by Mr . Sttjrge and his party , had the tfftfci of lallying tbose delegates who magnanimously consented to take both Bills into consideration at
once . Bnt Messrs . Williams and Philp could not endure the humiliation of serving in heaven , and therefore commenced their hellish design of forming a third party . But we shall proceed at once to comment npon their conduct . Having by a vote decided npon the course to be pursued , we had no right to expect that the harmony of the Conference wonld be broken in upon by two delegates who had stood prominently forward in support of the very measure which they had been paid , and well paid , for snpporting . Mr . Willums may tell us that he has not been paid ; but we tell him that he has , and well paid too , by the support he has received in his business from those who placed confidence in him . However , we shall proceed .
The preamble of the People ' s Charter is proposed , and Mr . Williams , in a most incomprehensible speech , places ih « preamble of the rejected Bill in opposition to it , and actually has the presumption and audacity to propose its substitution for that of the Charter . As Mr . Williams has expressed a desire to know " What a base comprtmise is V that was one , is onr answer . For now more than three years the twistings of Mr . Williams have been matter of disenssion among Chartists . The very suspicicn attached to some of bis movements should have made him more cautious , and he should have embraced the golden opportunity to set himself right and to place his revilers in the wrong ; but no —the recruiting party ior lecturers was abroad , and
some recommendation vras necessary . It we . have jnst reason to complain of the conduct of Mr . W illiams , what , languag 6 must we use to stamp the treachery of Philp 1 This man has branded himself as the veriest hypecrite that ever disgraced society . He has committed frequent breaches of faith , and has been pardoned . He received the people ' s money as a member of the Executive , as a lecturer , and as a jonrnalist . He received that mosey for his advocacy of the Chartist principles . He is appointed one of five persons to carry ont the principles of that Bil ); for years he has lectured npon , and undertaken to snow , its superiority over all other hnman concoctions ; when
lo and behold , as if by magic , he sees the error ot his way , and the light shines npon him throngh what to ns was utter darkness . The preamble of the People's Charter was short , simple , plain , and explanatory of the principles contained in its enacting clauses ; and what says this doubl $ -oyed , this wellsteeped advocate of Chartism ? " Mr . Chairman , our glorious cavse requires all our energy , and our object should be to heal those distracting differences -that have crept into onr ranks ( we omit the fide-thrust at Mr . O'Coskor . ) : We should consider the best means of preserving union , and should set an example , of liberality . I confess that bd to this time 1 was the firm advocate
of the People s Charter ! but since I have read this document , I am convinced of tny error , and now 1 see alt the glaring imperfections of the People ' s Charter " ( jood ( iod I Did ever treachery equal this I What ! a fellow who would have starved
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MARRIAGES . On Saturday , at Bethel Independent Chapel , Wortley , by ihtf Rev . R . L . Armstrong , Mr . Charles Hogg , clothier , to Miss Martha Smith , both of Horsforth . This being the first marriage solemnized at the above place of worship , tie parties were exempted from payment of fees . On Dtcembe * 30 th , at the Superintendent Registrar ' s Office , Preston , Mr . John Joseph Berienguiei-j of Birmingham , to Ann , eldest daughter of Mr . Thomas CoultherBt , shoe-maker , of Friargate , Preston . r
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DEATHS . On the 29 th ult ., at Richmond , in the 35 ih year of his age , Ambiose Clement , Esq ., surgeon . On Saturday ^ week , aged 37 years , of fcyphna fever , Mr . John Barker , relieving officer for the township of Stinsfeld , in the Todmorden Union , which office ho had . held from its-formation in 1838 : his kindness endeared him to the poor , by whom he is greatly larijanted ; and his steady obliging demeanour and integrity , had secured him the confidence and respect of the inhabitants of the township .
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