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      Cl atton , the Chartist , has died in r « orthallerton madhouse . ' Whiggery I where is thv sting ? " Justice I " behold thy victorrl ^ can scarce ^ t ™ * ourselves ¦ jnth comment upon the late of a poor but honest njan . For six weeis he had been dying , and not till Thursday did his disconsolat e family reeeire intimation even of his illness . He died , they say , on Sarurd » 7 morning , a few hours after the < & A intelligence had reached his family ;

      and , when it ¦ was too late for the -wife ot cliil ' i to dose ^ husband and the parent ' s eTe to look upon the Whig victimthe ' departed Chartist—the triumph of the ]^ s ; Clayton vent to the mad h ouse a ^ ' man ; ' he leares it a corpse ] We yTjst that every burial society will at once send us some Email donation ; that we j ^ v bury our dead at home ; and not gflow our ' first victim to lie in the precincts of the madhouse in which he expired .

      Yes ! poor feUow ! he is gone ! peace be with him I The last kind office that re can do for him is to have his remains removed , up on some Sunday , to his native town , Sheffield , where his mourning friends can Day their last tribute of affection to the dead body of a Chartist who died « a natural death " . ' 2 2

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      fiSEP& _ . \ - ATl 05 Ai ; CHARTXB ASSOCIATION . —ThlS meet ? stfl ] on'innes to improve , and the number of rSnlirs is weekly increasing . So great has the influx ^ ite Bembers been , that the Council hare been rafter tbe necessity of looking out for a more commodious place of meeting ; the one they now have Cane too snuH contain the meetings of the members . We are happy to state that they have sue-Seded in securing a very suitable building , with a rood £ ali « rr . formerly used as a chapel , situate at fhHorner of Cbeapside , Shambles , which will be

      <) naied wmorro w ( Sunday ) when Mr . John Arran , of Brsdfbrd , will preach in the forenoon at balfmss tec ; and Mr . Benjamin Rnshton , of ' Halifax , in STaft erao ^ n at half-past two . Mr . Joiin Arran w 23 lecture in thseveainjj a : ha . f-six ; Mr . R-j . -hton mil also lecture on Monday eveaius ; at ei >> bt o ' clock , Then collect J 2-= will be mad- ; after each meeting , towards fining ux > the room , and on Tuesday evenin g x general ceeiing of the members of the a <; s . v ^ ition will tike place , when members of every "Ward Aseoc-a-ion * re urgently requested to attend , as business of * ne greatest importance will be

      bro agnt beiore taem . REDDir CH— On Wednesday even- ' ne , the 23 th tlu , Kessrs . Coins and O'Neii visited this pla . ee , * nd spoke in the Association Room , at cov . siaerable lai ^ a , M > a crowded audienc * . Clivers were tjiven « the conc . ntlon for ibe runrn of Frosx , Wilham ? , i&& Jones : U'Connor and tho oiher victims of "WMggery ; and Messrs . Collins and u'Neil , who were ' enthus- »« -tical . ' y applauded . BEVONPORT . —On Tuesday , the fir ? i Cb 2 riis ; meeting ever beld in this town , was held ia Mr . Trenown ' s ? a £ e school rooms , Seller ' s Ope , to rne-Bonauzeth ? Queen , and petition the Commons ^ for iae pardon ar , d reswriiion of the "VVe-ch miri ' yrs , * sd other ti > Mms of Write tvrani ' . v . The room

      contained about between three a" > i Jour hundred persons , » ndvrs 5 w-1 ; liDed : Mr . Andrew Cuniaings h the chair . The Cnr-mm , ifier reidinu the _ p ] aexri for casing : he meeting , introduced Mr . Z . P . Mad , of B : nnmgn . am , & 3 the mover of the fir .-t resolntion : — " That this meeting is of ormr . ^ n lha : Jahn Frost , Z ? > &smah Wiil-. ams , and W . llUm Jones , were illegally tried and banished from their native land ; and it hereby pledges itself to ase a 22 leiral and constitutional means in its power to effect their reswr&tion to their country and sorrowing friends and distressed families . " My fellow slaves , for by that appellanon caa the working class be designated , ana this is exclusively a . wonting class meeting ; we neither expect nor ask the assistance of

      either factions , Whig or Tory , nor of ehber the aristocratic or sbopocratjc classes . We working men have happily taken oar affairs into oar owa hands at last , we " rely solely upon our own united efforts . Tnnizn jackets and hard hand =, are the best pbyiic * l workmen ^ and they will prove Dr . Fr * nklin's maum to be correct : ** . If you want your work done , &sk some one to do it , irnt , if you w&nt it well done , do it for yoorselres . " We have trnsted fine coks , and titles , aad what the world calls " respectability , " too long—we now see our error ; weh&ve determined toihew those , wio think themselves exclusively wise , prudent , eloquent , and respectable , that we bava tact , talent , ability , and nerve ? ufndsnt foi our own purposes . We know the power of

      numbers , the strength of unity , the effect of perseverance . We have not read our New Testaments » nd forgotten the importunate widow and the unjust judge ; the degrading epithets of swinish malcituue , trttial rabble , rebellious torca and dagger-men , we throw back in their teeth , and point them to their otto menagerie at St . Stephen ' s , sad their house of Lereditiry numbskulls , who are born but to legislate aadnde . A 3 our brother Smith , of Plymouth , is better prepared to enter into details of the trial of the Welch H&rtyrs than I am , and is to second the resolmion , I shall confute myself to the constitufesuJ right of petitioning ; but before I enter upon tlut put of my subject , I wonld s : ate to this meeti& £ oy perfect conviction that these men were selected vieams , condemned and doomed before they ifffe eatr&pped , by tbe cursed spies of Whig tyranny , « d as rnuea so , as were Goiao , Faux , Tiusuewood , Itepwrd , Muir , the Scotch martyrs , and others , tb victims of Tory spite . What is high treason ? A tiifrig our forty waggon loads of pen&l acts cannot dsfoie . English law is like tbe Chinese alphabetfieta y > be learned . Even big Baa 0 ' ConneU , ^ Teat I » t Loa , and great political humbug as he is , aumits Jik , md acknowledges his ignorance . At a : ievents , there is one point in our law that Blacks' ^ ne mikes perfeetlj plain—viz ^ wb « n a legal doubt arises upon trial , the prisoner has a clear title to the benefit of % desbt , and on acquittal in consequence . But tsii hu been denied fo tbe Welch victims . Mr . Sad combined in & strain of vehtmtnt

      eio-3 aaee for Borne time , and waa sneceeded by Mi . JohnSmitb , agent , at Plymoath , for the Star , who rose to second the resointion , and , ia a clever and Rested speech showed , to the perfect satisfaction of 5 * f meeting , the perfect innocence of the Welch ttwyrs , as to any treasonable intentions , and ex-?» ed with much logical Ekill , the trickery and t&aasrj of the Attorney-General , and the cruel ¦ ttaaictiveness of the spy-employing , liberty-hating , SBek-reforming Whig-humanity-mongers . Mr . Bser ^ T ^ d tie setond Tesolnnon , " Thai the memorial * d petition , whieh he read , and which are those Copied by ihe Plymouth friends , be also adopted by ^ mseting . " hli . Gin secondtsd tbe resolution in » aeK ladverr pith-y little speech . Mr . Hor « ewiH

      «; jTtd the third resolution , That distress and ^ ry , resulting from misgovernment and clisa-^ won , wonld neTer be remedied until tbe ^ VVs C 3 ur : er became the law of the land . " Mr . ^ sJna seconded the resointion , and , ia a speech of ^ iffidenble length , went iato many of the existing ^ 1 * 1 shewing the law of primo ^ enitare to be the ~ t E ^ s ] parent of all aristocratic abases . Messrs . g ^ ys iad Smith tben sung & duet , Down , down , t& ^ flisv , " Three cheers were given for the Charter , " 2 * 6 for the pjKrioi JUartyrs and Feargus O'Connor , ' Sa araacal honours ; three gro&ns for the Wbjg ^ T o ^ tyraais , and tremendous , ones too , were •^ . grrea ; » vote of thaakB to the Chairman was * ried nkMamonsly , and thus ended our first Char ~

      ? « apM | n in Deyonport . Tbe folio wi ng evening , * tf . Meid , of Birmingnam , delivered an instructive fcctc re npoa the Corn » nd importation Law 3 . Sl&sgow . —A meeting was held on the night of 2 ^* y week , in St . - Ann ' s Church , to hear an 7 ®^ address from Mr . H'F&rl&ne , introductory ^^ crse of lecture * to be delivered weekly in that r ™ by Qualified persons ; and after each lecture ^ . opportunity will be given for individuals to ¦ s * f forward for discussion any pl&n or proposal jP * ^* y be considered likely to aid or accelerate ^ J ^ rtist cause . On tbe present occasion , tbe ? "toer jielrrered » n eloquent and interesting ad-^ S j which wag repeatedly cheered by the audience , •* & ttale and female , who had mustered pretty r *? £ on the occasion . At the conclusion of the 5 ?^ * gentleman rose and proposed that a school r ° Wa be opened for the children of Chartists , and

      r « persons might be found among themselves who ^ ww volunteer tbeir services as teachers . Tnis ^ Sf" 100 * m seoonded by Mr . Malcolm , in » : £ ** of considerable length . Mr . Gardner conr ^ . wiitaqnaMed teacher should be proTided Swtt > and thit * t ^* of political catechism , j « toe manner of the religious or shorter cate-^^^ arawn up by the Assembly of Divines in A «« mitter , Bhonld be drawn up , and printed for 5 ** e of Chartist schools . Several other indij * " »« took part in the discussion , during which T ^ aiiariane stated a Bchool of the description j ^ P&ted nad been established in the Vale of JJT ™ . where from WTeaty to eighty fthildren Z ^?^ . and were instructed in true republican Fgaples . They were taught to caU their teacher J «* f i * mstead of the old Blatish term " master , " j , « tt they were not to pull off their nats or jjj ^ w to any man , or address in any other terms ^ J *?! or brother , any individual , however ^ eonught be bis station in society . Another fcaSww B ? ane ^ d had been established for a tesoafZ Sme ^ toe ^^ e ° f Patrick . A nom Bridgeton mentioned that they had

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      protection of the law —» protection they eonld wnt ensure till labour was fairly represented in ( he People's House of Commons , upon tne principles contsia « d ia the People ' s Charter . ; Mr . Leach then eat down , amidst the most deafening cheers imaginable , having made an impression which can never be obliterated . The Chairman then rose and requested , that whoever might hare anything to state , in opposition to what the lecturer had advanced , would comer to the platform , when several gentlemen addressed the meeting , confirming , the position Mr . Leach had taken . Mr . Tillman then rose , and said he should not detain the meeting many minutea , bat he thought it was useless to attend lectures unless the object of the lecture was kept in view ; he should therefore Mbmitf

      with the permission of the ehairman , the foUowing resolution : — " That it is the opinion of thia meeting that a Delegate meeting should he held on Wednesday , the 10 th of February ^ OK the National Charter Assoeiation Room , Tib-street , Manchester , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of carrying one the object of the ieef we . " Ttts resolar tiqn heing seconded by Mr . Butterwonh , in » concise speech , was carried without a dissentient ' voice . A question was then put to Mr . Leach , as to whether he would » d ? ise the present Trades' Unions to dissolve , and Join the Charter Associations , for the accomplishment of political power . Mr . Leech , in answer , said ^—No , he would not advise them to break , but , if possible , tostrengthen themselves fifty-fold . He- illustrated his idea by the following figure : —SupDceins there was

      a tiger in a cage , of which the wires were half broken , but etili sufficiently strong to- retain him within its limits ; for the Trades' Unions-to abandon their present organisation , would be ae foolsBh as going to break the wires of the cage , and allow tho monster to pounce opou the aurrounaing ^ multitude . EJut , instead of doing ao he would advise-tbe Trades ' Unions to maiatain their present position ; at the same time join the Chartists , and assist in-ob ' aiuing that power whieh would enable them to furnish the cage with new wires , and keep the tiger ( capital ) within its own bounds . —Mr . Littler moved three times three cheers for all the incarcerated Chartists ( done effectually ); three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three for Feargus O'Connor and the Northern Star ; and three for Leech . Every on » was carried with enthusiastic cheering . A vote of thauks was given te the Chairman .

      KEWPORT ^ -MoimouiHSHiBE . The-oaueegoes on hravelv iu this town . There was a spirited meeting on Monday tifgnt , st tlw Llanarth Inn , when Mr . Williams adOresaed the assembly at some length . A committee ( consisting of Messrs . Meak « r Greenland , Whito and Daviex ) is formed here tO prosecute the scoundrel spy Fewin , who porjjjTed himself last Monmoiuh sessions , as was noticed in ? the Star at the time . Evidence can bo adduced that will implicate some . ' of the "heads" of the coouty ,. and lay bare oue of t « e basest conspiracies that ha * been known For ?« me timo past . All communicationaniH 8 t be directed "J . Hitckings , care of Mr . Jame * Horaer , Newport , Monuioutuehire . "

      STOKE-UPON-TRKNT . —Mr . Candy , whowa appointed by the Council of the National Charter-Association , iiirnarngbam , to agitate the variou » towns in the StifiB ) rdshire Potteries , visited this > place on Thursday week , and met with a very cordial and welcome reception by the council and members of the National'Charter Association . They had ? Borne difficulty in obtaining a room , as none of thepublic-houses woulci , or dare , allow the use of their rooms , At . lasi the connaittee , hearing that a large ' malt house ( thanks to the teetotallers !) was empty , , went to its owner , a-Church and Kiug man , who 8 greed to let it for . 8 s ; the money was paid and th © key secured , and the cryer / was sent ronnd to proclaim the meeting . However , the owner of the room , having being worked upon by his Whig and Tory friends , wished the contract to be broken ; but , no , the Chartists kucw better than this , so they of ihe

      kept possession key , and met in the evening , in spite of a # ood deal of altercation , and many efforts to prevent them . meeting .. Mr . G . B . Mart was called to tbe chair , and there were between four and five hundred persons present . Mr . Candy then delivered an able , eloquent , and effective lecture , on the principles of Chartism , which was enthusiastically received . The Chairman afterwards addratsed the meeting again , and deciared , in behalf of the Chartists of the Potteries , that comewhat might they would not join ia any agitation but that for the People's Charter . Three cheers were given for ' Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and the Northern Star , for" the exiled patriots and incarcerated victims , and for the lecturer . The last expression of approbation'brought Air . Candy on his legs again , and , amongst other thinga , he explained the rules of the association , which caused thirty members to enrol their names .

      NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Mason , the county lecturer ,, delivered a most impressive lecture , in the Chartist Reading Boom , Byker Buildings School , to an overflowing audience , which appeared to have a great effect . A good many , enrolled their names as members of the Association . After the service was orer ^ the Council and , members of the Association were requested to remain after the dismission of the congregation , when it was carried unanimously , " That a discussing society be now formed in this School Room , to commence on Tuesday evening , the 2 nd or

      February , at seven o ' clock , and to be continued weekly . " After a suggestion from Mr . Sinclair , it was agreed that alter the first night they alter the night for discussion from Tuesday until Wednesday evenings , so as not to interfere with the arrangements of our Newcastle brethren , whose Council business is transacted on Tuesday evenings . It was likewise agreed that thu sum of 6 s . be sent to the Newcastle Conncil on next Tuesday evening . The weekly contributions from class-leaders are augmenting every week . .

      Lecture . —Mr . Mason delivered a very spirited lecture , in the Joiner's Hall , to a very numerous and attentive audience-, if we are allowed to judge from appearances . ' We anticipate that much good will accrue to the cause of Chartism , by his determination to deliver a series of lectures in the same place . As the Social Institute here intend to occupy the Hall , in giving a tea to Messrs . Williams and Binns , of Sunderland , on Sunday , the 7 th , Mr . Mason ' s next lecture will be delivered , in the same place , on Sunday , the 14 th of February , at half-past six in the evening .

      Tea PARTY .- ^ The United Committees Newcastle and Ouseburn , having met , according to appointment , to make preparations for the tea to be given in honour of that tried friend of the people , Dr . M'Douall , it was agreed that Messrs . William 3 and Binus be likewise invited to the tea , &c . ; and that Mr . William Smith , and Mr . Timothy Maugban be deputed to wait upon them , and invite them thereto . Council Meeting . —The Council having met at eight o ' clock , for business , on Monday evening last , the treasurer reported the contributions for the week , which are still on the increase . It was resolved" That the thanks of this Association b « tendered to Messrs . Markham and Seal , of Leicester , for their manly conduct in refusing to connive with that enemy of the human race , Daniel O'Connell . "

      Dr . M'Douall will deliver three lectures , m Newcastle , as follows : —In the New Lecture Room * Nelson-street , on Friday evening , the 12 th February j and in the Musio Hall , Nelson-street , on Saturday , the 13 th , eaoh night at seven o ' clock ; and in Byker Buildings School Room , Oasebara , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . CABi . XS'liJB ^—Council of the Carlisle Radical Association . —We understand a meeting of thi * body took place , the other evening , for the purpose of taking steps to re-organise the association and of co-operaiing with the country districts—to aid the funds for the incarcerated Chartists , and otherwise assist the movement . '

      AUCKLAND . —Public Entry op Messiedbs Williams and Binns into the Avcklands . —After the Darlington tea party on Thursday , Messrs . Williams and Binns proceeded , on Saturday morning , down to the Aucklsnds . On arriving at Shildon they were recognised by a group of Methodists , who , along with a religious blue devil , had not forgotton Mr . Binns . They looked like a tribe of unbelieving Jews , who were asking eaeh other if any good thing could come out of Nazareth ; but , on arriving at the South Church , they were met by some hundreds of Chartists , with their green and white banners floating gaily in the breeze . The arrival of Messrs . Williams and Binns was the signal for several hearty rounds of applause , aad

      tbe two patriots drove on to Bishop Auckland , along with Mr . Dawson of that place * and partook , of some refreshment . In the mean time , the people began to muster ia the Market-place , and ia the course of half-an hour after the arrival of Messrs . William ' s and Binns , a procession was formed , accompanied by music and banners , to eeoort the twogentlemen through the town to West Aaektond ^ The procession marched off in the following order : A large green banner , inscribed WilliaBiB « aa-Binns , the champions of the people fVband ; » body of Cbartists ; a tri-oolour « d flag : — " The HeroV corned the liberated riotims ; a carjrisge ^ another bodt of Chartists ; a green and white flas , with .

      u Universal Suffrage ? w * South Church banner , •* Welcome Patriote , " in gold letters ; the Sonny - Brow flag , ** We are industrious , ye ^ starriBg /* followed by more Chartists three . "a-breaBt . Ia . this manner they walked for upwards of ti » re © miles , through rain , to West Auokland Greenr when a rforions demonstration was held onder the traet > which was addressed by tit . Deega ^ chairman , toa Messrs . Williams and Binns . Between three awL fonr hundred Bat down to a tea in the ereniag , j ^ A i » ii < a . thentmoBt harmony and enthusiasm prevsiled ^ OB uVXi iV ^ v Sunday morning , Mr . Binns preached ^^• JWW *^ t ^^ V' \ to a good audience , in thn 'Jnfinnnlrnnm OTTOMjir . n i afternoon , Messrs Williams and Binns addS 3 * Kr ^ . ' i ) - noble meeting which was held on Bishop JtHp ^ f ;? '< ^ # > CS Batts ; and though there waB noprote « tioJt « 4 fi ^ Nt . . / c / < Sr the storm of snow , yet , the people inujdM *< fS : | B ^ - , ' :- ^ ?~ j ' in spite of wind and weather ; and & gooOp ) nCu 9 fr < - ~ / ^ " ^ S ? yna made for thenuisionarj ftaxd . ^• fW -- * & £$ ? . [ ! i ^ > i ^

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      agreed to open one there also . A Committee was then appointed to enter into the necessary arrangements for carrying into operation so excellent an object . Mr . Pattisoa then rose , and in an eloquent appeal to the meeting shewed the power of the press ; snd concluded by bringing forward a pla . n which has been some time under cons ) deration by the Central Committee for Scotland , for establishing a Joint Stock Printing Establishment , to be divided in one thousand shares at £ 1 per share . The speaker concluded by shewing the great usefulness of such an establishment in forwarding the movement , by the printing of political tracts , and other works , in a cbeap form , < feo . Mr . Pittieson delivered an address on the same subject , on tbe following evening , in tbe Infant School Room , Calton , to the Chartists there , and was well received . — Correspondent .

      WAXiSAXaXt . —Mobaliit asd Purity of the M . 1 DDUB Class Electors . —During Monday afternoon , this boroagh was in a state of great excitement . Mr . Wilkins , the barrister , Mr . Bassett Smith , Mr . Charles Brookes , Mr . B * cbe ( of Dudley ) and several other gentlemen , addressed the electors on -tbe Tory side , and some 50 delegates , with " Slippery Jemmy" at their head , and Mr . "Jaw Bone Smith , " at their tail , harangued their friends . The speech of Mr . Wilkins produced an extraordinary effect . The learned gentleman s reply to the popular candidate ' s twaddle on the mighty subject of Corn Law Repeal , caused Mr . A eland and hie coadjntors to look Bomewhat foolish . In addition to Mr . Wilkins ' s eloquence , Acland had to contend against Mr . Nightingale , of Manchester , a Chartist

      of great talent , who completely exposed the humbngof tbe Anti-Coru Law agitation and the execrable accompaniments of " Slippery Jemmy ' s" character . At three o ' clock ou Tuesday morning , a party of drunken ruffians , of the lowest description , assembled in front of the New Inn , calling out , ' Turn out our voters , and that Tory orator , Wi ) - k ' . na . " Their requests were , of course , pot attended to ; whereupon they commenced breaking the windows of the inn , and endeavoured to force the front trates . The Conservatives inside tbe bouse , about 20 iu number , armed themselves with weapons of various descriptions , and placed themselves in the gateway rea jy to give tbe scounJrds a warm reception . Scarcely had they assembled when the large gates

      were forced , auJ a most terrific encounter took plice . Acland ' s ruffian ? , although five times the number , aad all armed with bludgeons , were driven bick into ihe sueet , and the gates were again dosed . Another struggle to force the gates succeeded , and another tremendous fight took place , when Adand ' s party were a ^ ain defeated , and the £ 3 i& 3 closed . A third attempt immediately cotnnn-ac . pd , and an additional number ot the respectable " moral force men" having again assembled , tho gates were again forced and broken down . To de ? cnbe the scene at this time is impossible- The Conservatives were partly driven into the hou 9 e aud into the yard . In consequence of & cry of " Hear Acland , " tbe ruffians retired , and listened to an

      haranjiue . Some person then mounted Mr . Marlow ' s step ? , whether Acland or one of his hirelings deponent knoweth noi . Soon after the speaker bad informed tbe physical-force gentiemea ihat he > hculd go home , tr . ey returned to the New Inn , and co : umcuced groaain ^ . Tni s midnight howling waa cuniinaeJ for some time , when they were pleased to depart , threatening to return . They did not fulfil , however , thtir promise . Tne IandiorU and 5 * veral of his guests were severely injured . Two of them were carried into the house covered with blood and wounds , and almost senseless . It ia certain that many of the other gang were also severely injured , as the Tories freely used the weapons wi ; h which they armed themselves , consisting of pokers , tongs , fire-shovels , brooms , mop-sticks , 4 c . There were

      three ladies in tha house , besides the wife of the landlord , who were , as might be expected , in a state of distressing excitement . A gentleman who visited the town on business from Birmingham on Monday morning , gives the following statement of the nvans re ? orte * d to by the " league" to carry the election : — " On arriving in the town , at ten o ' clock in the morning , I was accosted by the wife of a small manufacturer , with whom I bad eome dealings , and who begged of me to assist in releasing her husband , who she said had been 'kidnapped' by the Acland party , and bad be * n in custody at the Dragon Inn since the Saturday night previous . Being a stranger iu the town , and less liable on this account , as I imagined , to insnlt and violence , I proceeded to the head-quarters of the 'league , ' at tbe 'Dragon , ' where 1 witnessed a scene which I shall not soon

      forgot . I passed unchallenged through the kitchen , and five or six rooms , up stairs ; the whole of which were crowded with men and women , most of whom were in a beastly state of intoxication , and all were indulging in the grossest excesses . There seemed not the slightest restraint on the morals or decency of tbe party . Many of the men , and the women too , boasted openly of the money they had received from the ' Manchester gentlemen , ' which I learned had been freely distributed amongst them , on the plea of recompensing them for the injury which they would

      sustain in voting for Mr . Smith . Bein ? unsuccessful in my efforts to find the person of whom I went in search , I lost no time in leaving a place which resembled a paodemoninm more tnau the habitation of rational human beingB . " The system of kidnapping , " appears to have been extensively carried on , and it is now pretty well ascertained , that a number of agents in tbe employment of tbe " leaguers , " seoia-ed tbe town on Saturday and Sunday nights , for the purpose of capturing all doubtful voters and keeping them in custody till the hour for polling arrived .

      GATESHEAD . —The members of ihe National Charter Association met on Sunday , January 31 st , at their place of meeting , Oakwellgate , Mr . Murray in the chairJ when Mr . Cross delivered a lecture , which gix& general satisfaction . Messrs . Williams and Binns are expected here to-morrow , to a tea meeting . This Association is going on in a very healthy manDer at present . We enrol four or six every week . The members met at six o'clock in the evening , when some resolutions w ere passed , to the effect that the present Council remain in office till the usual period of three months expire , when a general election shall take place . Members are requested to attend the weekly meetings as regularly as possible . The Committee appointed to enquire after a room , have not met with one convenient , as yet . ^

      BIRMINGHAM . — Pdblic Meeting . — ( From our own mrrespondenL)— According to previous announcement , a numerous and apirited meeting wag held at the Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . George White , of Leeds , ¦ who bis been appointed the correspondent for the Northern Star for tills district At the honi appoiuted for the commencement of the business , Mr . White appeared in the Hall , and was loudly cheered by the assemWy . > Jr . Bean was called to tbe chair , and opened the proceedings in a neat and effective address , in the course of which he passed a high eulogium on Mr . Wflite , for hit political consistency and sufferings in the Ch&rtist cause . He « rould not trespass further en tbeir time ,-but would at once introduce him to the

      meeting . Mi . White then stepped forward , and was cordially greeted by tbe meeting . He addressed them to the following effect : —Men , women , and fellow snfferers of Birmingham , we have met here this even-Ing for tbe purpose of considering the best and Bpeediest means of removing from the industrious classes of this country , tbe enormous load of misery and suffering by winch they are pressed to the earth , and endeavouring to emancipate ourselves from the trammels of 'Whig and Tory oppression . He said th » t Chartism wiih him was a principle which he bad imbibed with whit iwght be jwtif deened his first thoughts—it was the remit of conviction arising from calm and deliberate inreatigation .. When he looked at tbe thousands of niked and starving creatures who might be hourly

      met with is our large towns , and contidered at tbe same tcne that those very miserables were they who crested-fcU the wealth eryoyed by the voluptuous and profligate idler , he could not avoid examining into the causes ws ^ ch bad produced such an unjust and unreasonable 'jtBt * of things . Thousands of hand-loom weavers in tfeia country and Scotland were obliged to subsist on from six to seven shillings weekly , and some of them had even to support families on that paltry pittance . "Ah ! bnt this is the resnlt of our artificial and commercial arrangements , " says the political economist . He for one would maintain that every man who was trilling to work should be amply provided for , or else be was robbed of that to which he wai entitled . There wa « no necessity for him to tell the people of

      Birmingham tbe wrongs and privations tnty -were subjected to . This town had been the arena for political discussion for tbe last ten years . He thought they wouldagree with him , that they had been ill-used by the aristocracy , and deceived by the middle classes ; it wai , therefore , quite clear , that if anything was effected for the b enefit of society , it must be dose by the working men themselves . It appeared to him that some men were extremely desirous of making the working classes believe that they could not conduct their af&ira without the assistance of the middle classes . Not , if they -wanted any pr » of on that point , it wm abundantly furnished by tho late meeting at Leeds , where the representatives of the working men proved themselves infinitely supsrior in talent and intellect to the aristocratic Bnd miiole-clMs Bpwkkers ; but although

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      he objected to allowing the middle classes to resume tbeir former position as leaders , he should feel glad if the well disposed amongst them would assist tbe people in struggling for "the whole Charter and nothing less . " From the spirit which had been manifested that evening , he had no doubt but that tbe men and women of Birmingham would , ere loDg , » ccnpy a prouder position than they ever yet held ; a new spirit was now abroad , namely , the spirit of investigation and enquiry . Men were not cow respected because they wore fine coats , big wigs , or gowns ; and tbe knowledge of the people wonld ultimately remove the barriers that had been erected through ages of minute and superstition , between the people and the enjoyment of those comforts which the enlarged means of the country would

      admit ot He then proceeded to show up the Tftrlous vill&nies practised on tbe people , exhorted them to union , energy , and perseverance ; and stated that as some important business had to be transacted , and that he BhoaM have other opportunities of addressing them , he wonld conclude by thanking them for the attention with which they had listened to his address , 4 t the kind reception they had given him , and sat down amidst the applause of the meeetmg . The Chairman then rose , and stated that several resolutions which had been agreed to at the late Council Meeting would be submitted for their approval . He would therefore call upon Mr . T . P . Gr « n , to move tha first resolution . ( The resolutions will be fouud in the report of the Council Meeting . ) Mr . Green went through an account

      of the various means which had been resorted to in order to place the Chartist principles in a good position in the district , and st-ited many reasons why Mr . Geo . Binns , of Sunderland , should beiavited to Birmingham , as lecturer for the district Mr . Kou-se seconded tb * resolution . He thought Mr . Binns a very proper person to fill the important office . The Chairman then put the motion , which was carried unanimously ; he then called upon Mr . Candy to move the second resolution . Mr . Candy , who has been lately lecturing through tbe Potteries , and other parts of Staffordshire , stood forward , and ww loudly cheered . He said that the b ^ re mention of tbe person ' s name in whose bebalf be stood before them , would be sufficient U > produce the hearty concurrence of the metting . Ho meant " Fvarius

      O'Connor . " This announcement was received with enthusiastic and long-continued cheers , and clapping of hands . When the cheering had subsided , Mr . Candy proceeded to paint out the enormous sacrifice which Mr . O'Connor bail marie on behalf of the people . He had travelled thousands of miles in their behalf , sacrificed bis money , his health , and ultimately that which is dearrr than Yife , bis liberty . ' Jt appeared from the Northern Star that tbeir noble friend was subjected to all manner of indignity and insult , and he considered it the imperative duty of all honest men to insist that anch proceedings should be put a stop to ; he felt ereat pleasure in informing them that throughout Staffordshire and other places that he had visited , the same feelinc bad been

      evinced as tha * displayed this evening , namely , the greatest indignation for the contemptible Fioundrels wbo were th-n persecuting their friends ; and a lively sense of gratitude to Mr . O'Connor , for the many and great sacrifices fc « La-1 ir .: ule on their behalf—he would therefore most cnrrtially propose tha resolution . Mr . Henry Green seconded the resolution . He considered Mr . O'Connor the father of the present movement ; he had aroused tLe energies of the people , and i > ad imparted information to tb ^ m-which would remain th rough all ages—and wa * entiJe . i to tbo grdtitade ot the woriing classes of this country . The resolution waa then put and carried amidst loud and repeated cheering . Mr . Srnallwoad proposed the ntxt resolution . He considered it to be the duty of all true Chartists to do

      honour to those who bad suffered in their cause . Messrs . Vincent , White , and Binns had suffered In the "Whig dungeons , and ho had no doubt that , instead of their imprisonment damping their ardour , it would be found that , if possible , they were more determined than ever ; indeed , they had & proof of it that evening . He went on at great length to denounce the ^ hypocrisy of the parsons , and sbowed the necessity ef the people uniting for the attainment of their just risfets . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Southwell , of London , who made a very clever and humourous speech , in the coarse of which he dealt some heavy blows on the present eorrupt system—he exhorted them to think forthemnelres , and defended the principles of the Charter as being founded in truth , and defied all the sophistries of its enemies to shake their position . The resolution was then pnt by tbe Coairtnan and carried

      unanimously . Three enthusiastic cheers were then given for the Charter ; Fe&rgus O'Connor ; and Frost , Williams , and Jones ; after which the meeting separated . A large number of females were in attendance , and several of the most influential member * of the former Political Union , and it was generally remarked that the meeting was a specimen of the good and kind feeling which formerly prevailed . The Cbartists of Birmingham are now taking the field in good earnest Meetings will be beld every Tuesday evening , at the Hallwf Science , Lawrence-street , and it is confidently expected that Birmingham will be itself again . Arrangements have been entered Into , for providing lecturers for every meeting ; Mr . Dean ot Warwick , will deliver * lecture on Tuesday evening next , and Mr . White , of Leeds , on the Tuesday following . Tickets tor the soiree in honour of Messrs . Vincent , White , and Binns , may be bad at any of tbe booksellers in Birmingham .

      Committee foe the Restoration op Frost , Williams , ant > Jones . —The above Committee held their usual weekly meeting at the Hall of Scietioe , at six o'clock on Tuesday evening , Mr . H . Green in the chair . Tha minutes of the last weekly meeting were read by Mr . Thompson , one of the Secretaries , and confirmed . Mr . T . P . Green , as Corresponding Secretary read the correspondence for the past week , which was very cheering and satisfactory . He stated that memorials had been received from Stafford , Worcester , Norwich , Middleabro' , Newport , Siroud , &c . It was then resolved , "That f . 000

      adhesive stickers be obtained from Mr . James Cartledge , 34 , Lomas-street , Manchester , with the following inscriptions : — ' Remember Frost- Williams , and Jones , ' and ' The Charter , and No Surrender . '' The Committee recommend all persons favourable to the cause to purchase them and use them generally . The Committees , Associations , and other bodies , who have held public meetings in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , or who may hereafter do so , are requested to get their memorials or addresses engrossed , and remit them to Mr . Guest , bookseller , Steelhouse-lane , aud also to assist in raising funds to carry out the objects in view .

      Notice . —The Council of the Birmingham Charter Association request the Committees of the various Associations in tha district to forward to them , at their earliest convenience , an account of the particular day on which they would wish to hold their meetings , in order that a proper arrangement may be made l ' er the regular and punctual attendance of tbe missionary for the district . Address to " J . Barratt , Whitehall-street , Birmingham . " ROCHDALE . —On Sunday last , Mr . Tillman lectured here in the afternoon , and Mr . Bairstow in the svenine , as well as ou the following day . Mr . Batter worth will lecture on the 7 th .

      WESTBURT . —At the usual meeting of the body on Monday last , the Association here resolved that a memorial should be forwarded to Lord Normanby , to try to prevent further prosecution against Henry Vincent ; that a demonstration be got up to welcome him , and that the delegates recommend that the said demonstration be gut up by the county of Wilts , and ihe Managing Committee of Trowbridge ; and that Henry Vincent , shall proceed through Westbury , that being the first place of persecution of the Chartists . The requisite arrangements were entered into , to carry out the demonstration .

      I-QTJGHBRO ' —The National Ch ^ btbb Association met on Monday , when Messrs . Pratt , Reynolds , and Jones , were chosen to represent this town in the District Council . After other business had been transacted , the wish of Mr . Slee to meet Mr . Skevington in the Chanist ' s room , on the subject of the Corn Law again , was agreed to . Mr . Slee was then introduced , who stated that his friends considered it would not be well to meet there , as we were not in repute with the middle-class . Mr . Skevington then stated that , if Mr . Sloe ' s friends would give him as many tickets for the poor as he needed , he would meet him anywhere . So the matter rests at present .

      News fob ths Unbepbesettted . —An M . P . on a visit to one of his poor tenants , in the neighbourhood of Loughborough , said ** That out of 7 s . per week , a man with a family might live well , and out of 93 . they ought to save sufficient for illness , < fec . " Need tbe people wonder tbey are so wretched when they are mis-represented by such characters ! ASHTON . —Mr . James Cartledge , of Manchester , delivered a yeij interesting lecture on the moral evils of the standing army , in which he related a

      numoer of facts to show the prostitution and misery produced by these conservers of the peace , ana destroyers of the morals of the people ; after which a vote of thanks was carried unanimously to the lecturer . The Chartists of Ashton are beginning to stir themselves ; they have removed to a commodious room in Wood-street , where they have lectures every Sunday evening . It was given ont that a recital would take place on Saturday evening , when *• John Frost and his Gaoler" would be recited ; also , " The Chartist Prisoner's Wife aud Daughter . "

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      BUSOEBSFXEXiV . —At the weekly meeting of the National Charter Association , it was agreed to hold asocial tea party , for the benefit of the wives and familios of the imprisoned Chutists . As soon as a room and other arrangements are completed , the publio will have timely notice . All the members who hare not yet received their cards , may have them by applying to the secretary , on Tuesday evening next , at the meeting room , Upperheadrovr . OIjDHAW . —Mr . Leechthe Chartist missionary

      , lectured in tho Chartist Association Room , Greavesstreet , to » numerous audience , on Wednesday week , in the course of whioh he shpwed the utter impossibility of stopping the inroads the usurers were making in the value of labour , unless Universal Suffrage became the law of the land . —Ou Sunday last , Mr . Charles Connor , of Manchester , lectured iu the same place . The room was crowded to excess , and a great number could not get admittance . —On Sunday next , a friend from Ashton-under-Lyne , will preach in the afternoon , and in the evening a lecture will bo delivered by Mr . Lewis , of Oldham .

      Turnout of Colliers . —The colliers still refuse to resume their work , at the mastets' prioes . Throughout the neighbourhood of Oldham the inconvenience is already great , and must speedily become very serious . We hope a speedy reconciliation will be effected , or the consequences will be most di'artrous , should any stoppage of the factories be occasioned thereby . Bff . & $ TOtm . —On Tuesday evening Jaji , a discussion w&a held at the Hope and Anchor , Marketstrict , between the Chartists and the members of the Parliamentary Reform 1 Association . The

      subject for debate was— " Whether or no it is good policy on the part of the Chartists opposing every measure of reform proposed short of the principles contained i » tbo People's Charier . " Messrs . Arran , Hoduson , and Munin , contended for tho affirmative ; and Messrs . Jackson , Farrar , Wilkinson , and ' Johnson , for the negative of this proposition . The discussion was continued until olovtu o ' clock , and it was unanimously agreed that it should bo adjourned to TueaJuy evening next , to be held in ilia eatno place , ami commence precisely at eight o'clock . All pamed are admitted gratis .

      LONDON . —Westminster National Charter Association . —Ai a meeting held at the Marlborough Coffee House , Great Marlborough-street , Golden Square , ou Sunday evening last , it was resolved" That auy member of the Association , who shall bring up suven members in one quarter , shall receive an enamelled card of the same kiud as those got up lor ihe benefit of tho viotiina . " Mr . Wall lectured hero , according to promise , to tho great gratification of a numerous aud respectable audience , by wnom he was rapturously applauded ; after

      which , Mr . P < jat addressed the meeting , wheu eight new members wow enrolled . It was then , resolved — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mi-sbm . Wall and Peat . " Mr . Wall will give another ks-ture on Sunday ni « ht , at eight o ' clock , subject— ' What should the By stem of education ot the working elzasea embrace I" Is was also resolve J " That 2 s . 6 i . be takou from tho funds to defray the expeucos uta meeting o » behalf of 'hat much injured : iuj undaunted iriend of the working classes , Fear-^ u . s U'Connor , and to hear tho deputation to whom the Homo Secretary refused an interview . "

      The Incarcerated Victims . —The St . Marylebone and I'aduiiigcun Victiiu Committee iutoiid having a concert and ball at Mr . Savage ' s Mechanics' Institution , Circus-street , Now Road , on Thursday , Feb . 18 th , for the benefit of the wives and families of the political victims . Tho concert , in which Messrs Summers , Baker , Thomas , Brown , Mrs . Joy , Miss Norton , and other vocalists will perform , to be in two parts ; the celebrated overture , " Tancredi , " by Mr . Ambrose , and a comic medley dance by Mr , Thomas , between the parts . Tickets to tbe ball or

      the concert , sixpence each , to be had at the following places : —Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane ; Magnet Coffee House , Drury-lane ; Wright's Cuffse House , 117 , Charlotte-street , Somers Town ; Hill ' s Coffee Houee , 17 , Homer-street , Crawford-street ; Mr . Murray , 18 , Filzcoy Placs , New Road ; Mr . Barrett , 15 , Market-street , Fitzroy Market ; Mr . Hornby , 16 , Northam ' s Buildings , Somers Town ; Mr . Thomas , 13 , Hertford-street , Fitzroy-square ; Mr . Fard , High-row , Kni ^ htabricige ; aad at the bar of the above tavern . The concert aud ball to commence at eight o'clock precisely .

      HALIFAX .- National Charter Association . — This Association held a council meeting in tho afternoon of Sunday last , in their Council Room , Brunswick-court , Hayley-hill , Northowram . After the money matters bad baen settled , a resolution was passed , that Mr . Vincent be invited to pay a visit to Halifax . O'Connell ' s visit to Leeds seems to have given fresh vigour to tho movement , as the Associa tion has added considerably to their numbers since that event , showing , that while Dan says one word in favour of the puffrago , the working classes , who are to carry it , will confirm it by their actions , in supporting the Association .

      BARlfSZiEY . —Charter Association . —There was a large meuting of this body on Mouday night , at Peter Hoey ' s ; after the receiviug ef contributions , aud the enrolment of members , the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — " That it behoves us , as Chartists , to ex Dress our determination never , under auy circumstances , to recede from the proud position we occupy as a political body : moreover , we shall never suot » r ourselves to be led away to agitate for anything less than the People ' s Charter ; at the same time , we would be glad to see the middle classes come forward and save themselves from inevitable ruin , by co-operating with us for the attainment of the political rights of all classes of

      the community . " "That the thanks of this association sre justly due and hereby given to the Leeds Committee for their preparations to welcome that profligate trickster , Dau , and likewise to the Chartist Delegates , for the able manner in which they defended the rights and privileges of the industrious classes , before some of the present lawmakers , in Marshall ' s Mill . " It is earnestly hoped that all the associations throughout the kingdom will rally once more , knock at the portals of the nick-named constitution , and pour in their petitions from every town , village , and hamlet ia the nation , so as to disturb that false security which they now enjoy , and which they think they have gained by the profligate persecution of poor Chartists .

      SHEFFIELD . —The Chartists had a meeting here , on Mouday nit ^ ht , ia the room iu Porter-street , when tbe sum of 18 j . was collected for the widow ot the late John Clayton , who died from the treatment he endured in Northallerton gaol . Arrangements are made for holding a discussion class on Friday evenings , and it was agreed to discontinue the Sunday evening meetings . HALIFAX *—The council of the National Charter Association met here on Sunday afternoon , for the transaction of business , when it was agreed to invite Mr . Vincent to Halifax , The cause is rallying here , as members who were lately nagging , now come forward with increased energy , since the Leeds Demonstration . SOWEBBY . —The Chartists here have taken a part of the old workhouse to meet in .

      STOCKPORT . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Butterworth delivered a lecture in the Association-room , to as crowded an assembly a ? we have had since Mr . O'Connor visited us . Mr . B . gave great satisfaction to all present , excepting the police , whom he never consulted about what would meet with - . a welcome reception . Mr . S— , of this order , who has embraced as many names , and been connected with as many parties as there were colours in "Joseph ' s coat , requested that Mr . B . would please to stay at home , and not come to Stockport , tormenting his delicate and moat immaculate conscience I

      Concset . —On Tuesday evening , a grand concert was held , for the benefit of Mitchell , Davis , and Wright , and for the purpose of getting up a demonstration to welcome these worthy patriots from the Whig dungeon , on their entering atockport , on the 13 th of this month . The attendance was such as did honour to the people of SUckport . A full band was engaged for the occasion , and a number of professional singers , all of whom acquitted themselves well . The evening's diversion consisted of comic songs , recitations , and patriotic addresses : Mr . Bairstow , Mr . Tillman , and Mr . Doyle rendered every assistance possible . The room was crammed to suffocation . The ticketB of admission were fourpence each ; and the proceedings were such as to exceed the most sanguine expectations of the industrious and indefatigable liberty-loving men of the committee . It was conduoted entirely onUhe Total Abstinence principle .

      RATCUFFE BRIDGE . —On Sunday , afternoon and evening , Mr . Leeoh , of Manchester , delivered two lectures , in the Association Room of this pWce . At the close of the evening lecture , a vote of thanks was tendered for his Valuable services . A good collection was made on behalf of the incarcerated patriots ; an d a great number of the Chartist ^ Circular were Bold . This place , once so diligent and forward , will , ere long , take the same stand in tbeB ' . ruggle for political existence as ever .

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      BLACKBUBir . —A National Charter Asaociatipu has been formed here ; at present the meetings are held every Sunday night , at six o ' clock , in a School Room , in Salford . WXAMCHSVT . ER . ——On Sunday evening , Mr . Smithurst , of Oldbam , preached a most excellent sermon in the Radical Association Room . A gentleman from Burnley also addressed the me « ting , strongly urging the adoption of total abstinence . There bad been a tea party at that town ; after which , although there were 400 present , and held at a public-house , only one gill o ? ale was drunk during the evening , Mr . Tillman at this time arrived from Rochdale , and wished just to inform the audience of the groat triumph achieved at Hey wood . He eaid there was a good report in the Star , but still it did not , nor could not , say everything . Mr . T . gave a most cheering account .

      Mr . Peter Shorbocks has received from Perth five shillings each tor Mrs . O'Briea and Mrs . Vincent . Mr . Abel Hetwood exhibited a number of figures of the phantasmagoria , in the room , Tib-street , on Tuesday last . The charge of admission was a penny—the receipts to be devoted to the Victim Fund . Lectvbe by Mr . Leech on Trades' Unions . — On Monday evening , a publio meeting was oonveued ia the Carpenters' Hall , for the purpose of hearing our talented friend , Mr . Leech , on this subject , which has caused great excitement among the Chartists , Trades' UDions ^ aod the working men generally . The town was numerously placarded , in order to give due publicity of the time and place of meeting ; and , although 2 J . for thegaliery , 31 . for the platform , and Id . for the bodv uf tha hall was

      charged for admission , the capacious room was nearly filled by eight o ' clock . Mr . Butterworth rose , and moved that Mr . Doyle , lately liberated , do take the chair ; seconded by Mr . Whitaker . Mr . Doyle took the situation of Chairman , amidst the repeated acclamations of the large assembly . Mr . Leech , who was most vocijerously cheered for several , minutes rose and said , * it would be perhaps thought necessary to explain to this meeting his motives for bringing before the publio the bubject of this lecture . They were as follows : he felt deeply convinced that the Trades' Unions did not in themselves possess sufficient spirit to shew the aggressive power of capital over the rights of industry ; he would examine the causes which had brought

      Trades' Unions into operation . 1 st . The graspiug avarice of tho employers over the property of the employed . 2 nd . Not only the desiro , but the necessity of protecting their only property , viz . their wages , against the power of capital . ' 6 rd . Because the property of the working man , the wages of industry , is not protected by law , whilst all other property arising out of the same labour is pro ' ected by law . Dr . Adam Smith , ia his Wealth of Nations says , " That there is no valuable property but that which has been made valuable by labour—for instance , the stone that lies useless in the barren rock is not valuable property , but when the industrious skill of the stone getter has brought it from tbo bed of nature , it then becomes valuable property ,

      because the industry and skill of tne man hai imparted to it a value which it did not originally possess , which -goes to prove that , the labour aud skill of the man were the property , and not the stoae upon which the skill and labour were expended . Now , said Mr . Leech , I would have you follow this till now useless stone , through all its various stages , as it passes through the hands of skilful and industrious artisaus , till it arrives at its resting-place , when it forms an ornamental and useful part of a beautiful structure , calculated to hand down to posterity a lasting monument ot the skill and enterprise of the age in which such structure was reared and perfected ; and that at each stage in its progress it acquired an additional value , according to tbe labour and skill bestowed upon it , by the able but ill-used artisan . This proves to demonstration

      that there is no real value in question but that which labour alone hath given . Why , then , should this labour be despised and trampled upon , whilst ail other property arising from it is rendered sacred in the eye of the law \ Why should tbe only property upon which the subsistence of the labouring man depends , be left open to the avaricious and grasping power of the unprincipled capitalist , whilst even the cold and inanimate stone upon which the intelligence and industry have been exercised , is amply protected by law , that would subject the artisan , who has made it what it is , to fine or imprisonment , should ho dare to damage the produce of his own industry , which has now become the property of the rich ; whilst the rich man has the

      power , and is supported by the myrmidons of the law of his own creating , in taking away the wages of the poor man , without assigning even a pretext These were the causes which had brought Trades ' Unions into existence ; let us now Bee how far they have accomplished the objects for which they were established , namely , the protection ot labour . In 1810 , the spinners of Manchester turned out against a reduction of wages , and , after struggling against the aggressive powers of their employers four long months , wore compelled to return to work on the terms of their tyrants , at the enormous sacrifice of £ 224 , 000 . Thoy again turned out in 1819 , which ended in similar results to that of 1810 ; another turn out of the same body in 1826 ended also in the

      triumph of the masters , snd a loss to the working people of £ 2 OO , O 0 § . The total loss to the work people by these strikes , amounted to no less than £ 600 , 000 ; note , a sum that would have purchased 10 , 000 acres of good cultivated lands , and left £ 200 , 000 to have purchased implements of husbandry , cattle , poultry , or live stock ; or , if it had been expended in the furtherance of their political rights , they might at the present hour have been amongst the most potent people of the earth , instead of being ^ they are , despised aud trampled upon ; the most degraded of the human race . The cotton spinners of Preston , in a strike that will long b « remembered , ia consequence of the misery it entailed on them and their families , ended in a loss to the working men of

      £ 70 , 01 * , to which must be added the sum of £ 40 , 290 , given from the funds Of the union , makiug a total of £ 74 , 343 , whilst the total loss to the town at large amounted to £ 107 , 196 . Numbers of the spinners were not allowed again to resume their employment , even on the masters' terms , but were compelled to travel the country as walking monuments of the fieudish power of capital oier those whose sweat and toil had brought it into existence . Others of their fellow mea were immured in prisons , for that which waa called conspiracy and intimidation , whilst numbers of the femaie sex . were driven to prostitution , to save themselves from famishing ia tbe land of their birth ; a land teeming and abounding with every thing that is calculated to inspire joy and happiness ,

      because of its fertility , and the proverbial iuduatry of ita inhabitants . Working men , look at these facts , learn wisdom from the past , and so shape your conduct for the future , as not only to deserve , but immediately to obiain those rights which can alone secure to you the full rewards of your industry , and so break ihe binding trammels of monopoly , avarice , and injustice , which have rendered you dependent on the caprice of oallous-hearted usurers , and degraded you below the meanest of God ' s created creatures . The Glasgow turn-out of the cotton spinners which lasted seventeen weeks and five days , and which , like all the others , ended not only in a loss to the town of Glasgow of £ 200 , 000 , but also in the transportation of five of its most worthy citizens , battle

      for having stood forth in the front of the , cheering on the producers of wealth in the arduous struggle of virtuous right against the fiendish might of their tyrannical oppressors . The total loss to the county of Lanark from strikes which were all unsuccessful , amounted to £ 500 , 000 . The workmen of the Potteries resisted a reduction ou a law occasion , which ended in a defeat , and cost them £ 150 , 000 . The strike of the Leeds mechanics , after being protracted twelve months , and at a loss to the working men of £ 187 , 080 , concluded by the men being compelled to surrender to the terms of their ejnployera . A turn-out , which took place at Bradford and its neighbourhood , and which continued ten months , ended also in the triumph of capital over industry , with a cost of £ 400 , 000 , besides large sums of money , which were subscribed to support them , from 152 different places The next strike he would refer them to , was that now which

      pending , between the colliers and the masters , had already cost , at the least calculation , £ 50 , 000 . How this strike might end he knew not , but most sincerely wished in the triumph of those meritorious and useful men , who . though they laboured through life in the regions of death and darkness , received little more than one halfpenny for getting lewt . of coals , whilst the poor people of Manchester , who oonsumed the coal , pay 8 d . per cwt . for tbe same ; nearly the whole amount going into the pockets of the speculators in profit . Mr . Leaoh went on raising question upon question , closely reasoning upon each question in a style that seemed to met and fix the attention of the congregated thousands ¦ $ Bhomugin a masterly manner the flagrant injustice of the » oaopol « er and capitalist ; the in # fficienoy ot the trades unions , as at present constituted , to shield succesafttlT labour asainst the usurious , and unrighteous roroadt of capital ; the necessity of the working men of this and other towns , and indeed of the whole country , uniting for the purpose of procuring fot labour the

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      YOL . IY . NO . 169 . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 6 , 1841 . PMC % " ^ g ^ , nS 7 "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct365/page/1/