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"tXwSREStf —T * Proposed meeting of Dele-£ Tendon on the 12 th of April , recommended £ tlr O ^ Coniior in the . Star of Saturday last , w&s K ^ into consideration at * meeting of the Chartists ? £ wew * 7 » nd it was agreed that 6 s . be sent to * L « ar Office to assist in defraying the expenses of ^ I ^ Delfgates , and we pledge onreelree ton ? e ^ o ^ iost endeavours to earry out the benevolent *^ gofi 5 of our noble and disinterested friend and FfSwSSB&Y . — ° * &&& ** night kst , & meeting * T ^ cjijrtist * of DewBharj was held in the large * J « " orer the co-operative store , at -which Mr . JS ^ nr's letter , reoommending the assembling of ° ^* on £ undon on the 12 th of A p ril , was * j « nd responded to , with the greatest enthusiasm , 1 * 7 vl following resolution was agreed to : — " We , fPfWasts of Dewsborjjin public meeting assem-KLda cordially agree with the plan Jain down by tr o'CocBor for the assembling of a Convention in & * o * & * 12 * of Ai > ril , and we are determined ine ufcBl 08
TEr oar * 81 ™ * ° * oi our power : o tr toto efi ** * " * intent * ? ' " A collection was * j sjihe close of the meeting which amounted to ** \ ijilEngs , which we send with the six shillings fc ^ jPjgTEB . —The room at AH Saints' Open T * fi ]> d Jas * Monday night , and Mr . Cooper . r ^ Lsr of the Itiuminator , entertained and instructed T ^ a-die-c » for upwards of an hour , with a lecture © oii ~ s ' -o ^ 0113 Cocstitntion . " TJ 3 TJSHBOKO CSE . —On Moaday , ^ I r . Bairstow J £ Ued the working class , in tbe optn air , at
Tk'h baroign ; a * the close , cheers weTe men for S&Sd Lion ! lie Victims , ue # ar . the Charter , Sdice Speaker ; after which the Mends met in SSr Boom , when it was agreed to back the projjaed convention for a fortnight , by doing their part Js « aC * cripEons . « AC 3 i 25 PISi »— The cause goes bravely on k , ~_ Chkriiet ranks swelling continually—factions fgld ^ F terrified . Mr . West lectured on Sunday S * on the rights of tk « people . Mews . Lmney fLlBsrterwonb , from Manchester , addressed a toe m-eting , in the open air , on Tuesday evening . fi 4 a enthusiasm was manifested by the people , and »^ ro 2 'r e »! nuon unanimously adopted , denouncing In tiass , jectioaaU and partial agitation , and pledges she people to ths whole Charter , and nothing
amJDEESPZSK > . —The Chartists are very " r ^ ly tafc ? up O'Connor ' s recommendation of fron-reason , » d b » Te called a public meeting to deet * fl Viegwe thereto . The weekly Chart : ?! Beefed in ^ e room Upperhead-row , will be in f-njre icldea on Monday instead of Tuesdaj eTenh ^ - _ Yonn » persons wishing to become tract dis-Sbator- % can bi supplied by the secretary , on rao-rjij at dse weekly meeting nights .
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^ PH 0 PO 5 ED N ATIONAL PETITION , to be -.-ted tirroii > -fcoT 3 t the country , and entrusted to £ care of the Political Prisoners' Release and ( Jirier Petition ConTtntion . " J t # e Honourable the Comment of the United Kbicduw in Barliament Assembled ; fithu&Ue petition of the tco'k-ing dassei of Great Brit cm , SHEWi -H , —That there ore now in the several gaols fcci-ca : ih ~ kingdom , a number f persons confined fcrpoSiaisl « £ tDces , miny of -whom have suffered more gc tr ^ Ts nionihs of the most rigorous , offensive , uneszzzz -TnsZ . s ^ 4 illegal treatment , fcy Wing placed n » n is Htadiniil , or farced to perform otberdegraiing jerLsr in euxisioB ¦ wiih feluss , 3 ^ 3 eyen worss treated &J 3 iaOLS .
Ibit Cere has noi been a single committal for any ydSini cilrnce for the last £ ft ** n months , notvrith-Bsilug that s winter of almost nuyaralleled MTerity , esKpaded by great destitution , his occurred -within 1 h : peri < Dd , aadtiat a perfect orf anization and ir . oesssi-Slic 1 igi : &tion has btcu kent up by the workizg tiSSrS . Eat jew petitioners beg serk-nsly to direct the stteam c-i junr Honourable House to the strong , txcitt « . asd bitttiTtflectioM -which the following catakcK of the dispirity bet-ween ths mode of . adminisuri ^ ibe law to the -wealthy sjkI tbe poor preaectB of litjafeieat &dE ; ni * : ratian c-f tie la-srs s ^ they affect tiaSff ^ reit d » sses . Da : tL * Earl of CardirsD ha 3 been lately acquitted , * od j- ^ st ly untied , by a Jury of his Peers , njwn a d ^ rge of felony so icosily brought as to be incapable dt jaicfjing a ferdic : of gnilty , txfoK the highest focrt uf erimiBil jurisdiction , f-y the first la-sr efficer of ths Ct-vsto , -who , in all proasentiORB agaiiifit political « 6 sidsr& so ingeskaslj spread ill the rets of the latr , t ! to Ica ^ e do haje or cL&sw cf escaping , -whether pulty os ths cringe actcallj charged \ a - . bs iadictmeat , cr to be iEferentiallT judged of by vriat tie result niigb : hare been .
That jour petitioners hsre Hen a Peer of the Realm . ar . d aa efifcr in her Jlsjasry ' s serrice , -who in a -weli regclat-d state of goeiety sboald set an toample of jtoriiitj and obedience to tne laws , turned from the tax or the Court of Qneea ' s 3 i £ ca -pith consent of the Arrc—fT-GfEeri ! , and at ih- saggtsi'tioii of the Lord Chic : " Jlljucs , to piy ccmpensition fui hiTing nearly drCJired a ciiil officer of iia lifa in ths execution of his duty . ILit 7 ? -ar petinossrs hare learned that tie Hon , II .-. PiU ^ iei , an officer in her Majesty ' s Benrice , traj Issja iui : ^ « ^ je liTcippol Spring AMifcs , of inring « p : Kd the aisTor and c . ril authorities of "Wigan , in
Sir irtcauan of their duty , and that for such charge » js .-t fonad the said Hoa . Mr . Plitatet gtultj-, and the Ccisrt testenced him to twelTe months' imprisonment That ¦ B'bea one half the term of his imprisonment had exp 3 ed , ti » said Bon . Mr . Pltmtet vas liberated by order ¦ it the Murqni * of ? f ormanby . That your petitioner * bire also read the mock trial of Captain Doughs , sxpisdfoT ie ' . onj before Sir John Willisms , -when 6 s Eii ^ IT John Wiliiama maintained the right of fta principal iritMB to -withhold the only mattruil eriirsee which eonld be giren against the accused , * t 3 e bo law tfScer of the Cro- « ra sppearedin fnpport of & ! pos .-eation , learinf to the Judge the task of exa-Eisiyr asd cross-ei ^ iiiainz the 'witnessts .
izzibui Master iltciiurst , defesded by the AttorDeyteaal apon a charge of murder , and found guiity of an ss » T * t » ; manslaughter , upon the clearest testimony , Is c £ is » kjJt thrss years' Ttrsid- ^ st » ia ose ofberyisjmtj ' s prjr . e * , -srt'js he is allowel tha use of a turning kix , H-icthtr Tctais of amnsemfnt , asd not plaetd *?» " tie trealiiill , or set to acj sort of lab . iir . Era the iiirqui 3 of Normsoby has lately prevailed tm tie laisistrates of Ne-wcastle-upon-Tyne to » KE 2 oa a prosecution for libel against Mr . Robert « i ? T , late Major of Morpeth , and proprietor of the J :-fers LPjerater Eswspaper , while one John Bell , a * aii 3 » mac , -araj imprisoned for a period of six S-X 125 , for hanng , in the discbarge of his duty , as fcee to the said Mr . Blakey , attached bis name to feaid libel .
Eat the Marquis of >~ ormanby assigned as a reason a making Mich request of the authorities , "the v , ss « 3 sate of tie times . " Tz . iX your pitititraers consider that if such be a -JEKiible cause for the suspension of hostilities , those " *^ fcsT < suffered are equally entitled to the benefit ¦*^« i tt Blaiey , -who pleaded iciifcy , and -was liberated *?» ttteriag ' mxa his own r = * pgnir » jioe to keep the }«^ e . ^ s Ped'V fc , Drake , Brooke , Haldsworth , Wai r , ' ^ ' ^ i ^ ding , haTe undergone more than fsrtiye ^ Ci » " uaprisomneat at hird and degrad ; ng Ubcur , ^ ^ ^ * ° * pe 3 d fruni cue to two jezrs , aecord-= (_ to their rsspectiTe stntencts .
^ 77 * K » aad all " ef the said prisoners -were con-£ < A iip-ja tig eTidence of oae Harrison , who , upon 'S-Et amiEiasn , was proTed t'jhave been an approver f ^ fiJa ! cases , both in England aad Ireland to have -aeipt ea ia mz- antxtZLrizg &nd pzssing Ldse money _ ^ Tc v ^ a diaini 35 ed . from eereral situations for mai-^ -s » J ; tnd that the magistrates cf Bra 4 furd lately r- r **^ SiTeral casts brought before them , upon the ^ > ay of th said Harrison , and actually rtfused to r ]^ *» & 11 apon sefea ne-sr caaes , in lupi-ort of -which ^ J ^ i 3 Harrison iras the witness , stating that they 2 j * not belieTe the said Harrison upon his oath . ^ ¦~» John Clayton , an old rrnri ^ sentenced to tiro ^" iajriso saient . lately dit-d in XnrtrAl'erton Hon » e
«» fart ; tBi ; acn that it - ? ras fuund by the surgeon to ^ P ^^ - wit , that the said Clayton had from the ^ sawsEen : of his iirpriKffimeut btdng afiictc-d ^ Pst ^ rheutniti snj , and gout tesSLf P ^ tiosers are of opinion that the fca ^ SlLa ^ T ' -on contrastg strangely frith that of ^ --engj cf London , -who -w ere recently liberated £ . _ » , ^^ o ^ y f « r contempt of your Honourable , ^» , ajroa the mere assuranee of a surgeon that the better air acd exercise might iniare the health l ^ f ^^ Ho " -7 . Joseph Crabtree , and William jj ! T ~> UiTe » ufi " tjed m # re tlian twelTe montlis «;^ ffi ^ ^^ haj "> i Jabour , and upon Vhe silent s ^ the House of Correction at Wakeneid , for vJT * ? » public Tnr + ii-ni , -wh ^ rm nnt ths uliffhtAirt
^^^ ivreikiook place , nor fm theiUghte » t < » good was tha character of the * e men , that an j ^ the irmy and maeiittate of the V ? e » t-Tfe ^ v r ° rt » hire , offered to come from Wales , ** t Sa h *"' t 0 baU ^^ n P ° their * rrait ' ** idW mey for ttd prosectttion f&re them excel-^^ icten upon their trial . ^^ Biany political prisoners bvfe been liberated , ^ wog endured the fall term of their sentence , fet e wZ * ad a 11 'Sree that political prisoners ^ f tT * more * eTer £ ) y »< 1 itnoaiiniously treated ^ « »« aon ! tt felons . That in the aidst of the fefc a ^ J ^ f distress , the working clanei hare i » iv / Tv ^** b » und to pay seTeral thonmnd iwunds 106 thaol
WwT ^ * tiieir owa orfer > lfMl 8 ^^ *^« and r "P ^ ^ e » i ™ and families of between fcasj ^ u&fosd prisoners for more than twelre fcs te ^ J Petitioners beg fwther to eontmt the ^ fS ^ f ^ Bpon V ° Ki ial offenders , witti the Va " * "weneM Passed within the preeeat week , b 5 ^^ taHV TJp ° teau ! 10 B fel ° as "i < i notorious ^ s ielj ? . j T ? olher sentences recently passed *" *> aid nj-jdeaeaaaB ti : —
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That your petitioners beg to direct the Attention of your Honourable House to the following jeafceaees , recently passed upon the first class of crimteala not transported , and upon the first class of misdemesuaute not political , and to those passed upon the third cl& « s of Chartist prisoners , that is , tbosa who ha-re b « u c « mct « d of ths mere attendance at public meeting * , and out of which public meetings not a single -violation of the peace occurred . That your petitioners request your Honourable House U LOOK O . H THIS PICTURE ; THE * ON THIS . Sentences Passed Upon Sentences passed vpon Charfeloxs . tist Political
Offenders . Mas . Medhnret , conricted Peter Hoey , two yeans of asgraT&tedmanslanghler , and hard labour . baTing barbaronsly mur- Joseph Crabtree , two dered his school-fellow , jears and hard labour . Three year *; allowed full William Ashton , two pritilege of a debtor , and years and hard labour , to amuse himsftlf with a Henry Vincent , two turning lathe , which he jears . has put up in the prison . W . V . Jackson , two Defended by the Attorney- years . General . J . B . O'Brien , eighteen The following are sen- months , tences passed by the Judge Feargus O'Connor , eigbtupon the Northern Circuit teen months ( solitary conat Yoik : — finement )
Joseph Brewer , for bur- Isaac Johnson , twelve glary , twelTe mouths' im- months . prsonment , withoutlabour . James Buie , twelve William Marshall , calf months , stealing , twelve months Wm . Benbo-w , sixteen imprisonment and hard months , labour . G . H . Smith , eighteen * WffllamRsddock , cattle months , stealing , twefve months' W . Birker , eighteen imprisonment and hard months , labour . Isaac Rnston , twtlve George Jonea , horsa months , stealing , twelve months' Juiues Fenny , twelve imprisonment and hard meDths . labour . - George Smith , twelve
Anthony Percival , for months , stealing a pony , twelve George Bellamy , eighmoctis" imprissniaent and Uen ni ( nths . bard Isbonr . Jeremy Rigby , twelve e-. orge Lcathley peny months , stea ' . ing , twelve mtnths' Pcttr Hilton , twelve itnpris . inmEnt . and hard months , libiur . E . W- Brown , eighteen Elisabeth Thompson , for months , uttering base -coin , eight Timothy Higgins , eighmonths'imprisonment , and teen months , hartl labour . . Edward Rsiliy , eighteen Francis Simpson , for ut- months . t ^ ti = g base coin , twelve jamtrs Cowper , eighteen months'imprisonmcnt . aad months .
hard labour . R Eastwood , twelve Fr-nees Wragg , for ut- month ? , tering hase coin , six Joan Pilling , twelve monihs'im v r isoninent , and niontts . hard labour . James Hey wood , twelve Bichard CaUum and months . Bzmard Fox , for burglary , Robt . Gillihand , twdve twelTe months' imprison- months . civTit , anil hard laboor . Anilww Morgan , twelve Thomas Cr ' .-sslanrt , for months . horse-stealing , 12 months' Thtmas F&rrell , twelve imj rinonnient , and hari months , labour . Jonathan Merle , twelve John Wflitn , for stabb » months . Lnt ' SiinnEl Hflps-srortb , of JoiuG'H , twelve months .
ALerton , jmfnsoned four Joseph Bostock , twelve mentha . menths . | Charles Morris , twelve W 15 . Smith and James months . BrowB ,-foTburgla-ry . twelve James iluir , twelve months'imprisonment , end month " , hard labour . Willie , twelve John Smith and William months . Binns . for burglary , twelve Glennow , twelve months'iniprisoiiment . and m ^ nthi hard hibour . William Lorett , twelve Patrick Boyle , for man- months , slau-hter , twelve months' John Collins , twelve im prison rnent , and hard months , labour . , William Martin , twelve months .
Henry Thomas Turner , for cow-stealing , twelve months" imprisonment , and hard labour . William Smith and James Brown , for stealing property btloiiging to C . Wilson , ' Esq ., Smith one mcntii , and Brown four months' imprisonment . Creoree Johnson , for stealing three heifers , twelve months' imprisonment * nd hard labour . John Hook , for stealing two heifers , twelve months ' imprisonment , ' and bard labtur . Christopher Hall , for stealing a horse , a saddle and bridle , twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour . John Pybus , ftr stealing a heifer , six months imprisonment and hard labour . John Farnhill , for stealing in a warehouse , twelve Kionths' imprisonment and hard labour . Joseph Motley , for stabbing and cutting Joshua Xaylor , six months' imprisonment and hard labour . Christopher Hall , for stealing a mare , tw * lve months hard labour .
William Walker , for manslaughter , two months ' imprisonment . Robert Wilson , for bigamy , twelve montfes'imprisonment and haid l&tour .
MISDEMEANANTS , > OT POLITICAL . Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff , for a brutal asssnlt upon a policeman in the execution of his duty , and by which his life was endangered and bis health has been greatly impaired ; allowed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , with the concurrence of the Attorney-General , to compromise . Toe Hon . Capt . Plunket , for an assault upon the civil authorities of Wigan , while In the exicution » f their duty , twelve month ' s imprisonment without - labour , six months of which was remitted by the Marquis of . X ormanby . Lieutenant Cash , for the same assault as the lastmentioned , six months' imprisonment . Robert Blakey , Esq ., for a political libel , to enter into his own recognizances . The" servant of Robert Blakey , Esq ., ( a poor man , » imprisoned six months for merely putting his name , as the printer of Blakey , to the same libel .
That your petitioners do not mention the sentences for acts alleged to have been committed , but merely those Tot jaugtiaje uttered st public meetings , at which not a single Tioistion of toe peace © ccamd ; nfcither do ? om petitioners mention a great number of sentences of six and nine months for merely attending p -litical meetings . Tuat your petitioners ask if this picture does , or does not , show one law for tke rich and anotaer for the poor , ( all the political offenders , with \ iie exception of O ' -Brien , O'Connor , and Jackson , being working raen , ) and oct : law for the ftlon , and another , and more unjust one , for the political misdemeanant .
That your petitioners cannot avoid being struck vith the anomaly of the " Reform" which thus reduces crime lttely putished by death to an offence expiated by one half the punishment ir . flieted upon political offenders of the third clas 3 , while the punishment for political uffences has increased in proportion as the punishment for tnoiaii delinquency has been diminished ; tbus fully proving , that the greatest of all crimes is to complain of erirting abuse . Tliat your petitioner * cannot -without serious anguish
rtflect upon the fact , that , those very felons will now be placed upon- the treadmill or at other labour , with Crabtree , Bo * -y , and Ashton , and otters , who have already buffered 12 months imprisonment , and the horse stealers , cow stealers , and political offenders will bertJeased upon the same day , with this further brand , that the latter ¦ with good characters , and convicted of no moral off = nee , will be obliged to give security for their good behaviour , while the convicted rtbber will be allowed to walk off without mark , brand , or guarantee for his fntnre conduct .
Tnat in many instances the said felons committed to the North and East Ridings , will find political offenders who have suffered twelve months imprisonment , and will , upon the expiration of their time , leave the political offenders to suffer one or two more years at hard and degrading labour . That the fact of from fcui to five hundred persons being cenfined in England , for periods -varying from one to four years , and subjected to bard labour , must lead to a belief that we are afflicted with serious domestic distraction , which , in the words of Lord John Russell , must hare considerable effect upon onr foreign relations , Tliat the Republic of America , and the despotism of France , present a striking difference in the administration of justiceas compared with England .
, That »* riou » apprehensions as to the loyalty * f Englishmen roust prevail im fortiga countries , - when it i * known that between fora and five hundred -working men , leading themselves , have been at the nra time imprisoned for political offences , aad who * the doctrine is remembered , that "themost effective of all insurrectiODi is that which never actual ] - / bwakfl out , but which is always to be apprehended . That your Honourable Honse cwiD'ot expect that & people so treated will eitbxr support an aristocracy , or flglt their battles , if they are to be -denitd equal justice with the rich and therefore privileged orders .
That your petitioners do not occupy much of the valuable time of your Honoar » t >' ie House with the presentation of , or debate * « p <» , t heir grievances , bung
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well convinced that the House of Commons never can , or never will , do justice to the working classes until it is made the true reflation of their opinions , and a perfect representation of their wilL That your petitioners will not petition for any wlmlnistratlve improvement , bo long withheld , but will continue , by every legtl and constitntioasJ means Jn their power , to enforce their fair and just claim : to a repreb entative system , based upon the principles contained u . ' the People ' s Charter . That your petitioners request your Honourable House not to treat this their present petition with the same frivo lity and levity with which the National Petition for tlve Charter was treated ; because your petitioners beg most respectfully to assure you that they are In any thing bat a playful humour .
That your Honourable House may as well thinfe of turning the course ot the sun as of stopping tee agitation for , and fixed and determined resolution to have , the Charter ; and ^ therefore , the hopa of suppressing pnblie opinion bflkercecution is Tain , and should be dispolled from fH iniud if your Honourable House . That your ijpnourable House may , in tha coarse « f events , be very soon sent back to your constituencies , when ycur petitioners trust that all will be able to give a faithful account of their stewardship . Your petitioners therefore pray that your Honourable House will present a bumble address to her Majesty , praying that she may be graciously pleased to give immediate direction for the
liberation of all prisoners now confined in the several gaols of Great Britain for political offences . And that youT Honourable House will be graciously pleased to present Another humble address , praying that ber Majesty may be graciously pk&sed to gn . nl a free pardon to Joha f ^ ost ., Zsphaniah Williams , and William JonesJ " now suffering the penalties of expatriation in a penal settlement . And that your Honourable House , having done these things , will then proceed forthwith to pass tlie act entitled the People ' s Charter , without the slightest alteration iu tbe principles of the said act . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray .
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who wm confined in the sanie fc'aol ; that he was sent to solitary confinement for threo days , oa a charge of Bpeaking , which be ( Martin ) believed to be untrue ; tho Bolitary coll w * s bo cold and damp , that it was enough to give a man hia death i * the height of summer . The same individual was , at another time , deprived of his supper for apitthtg out in the yard , although his stomach at the time was overloaded -witV phlegm . At anothar time he was deprived of hi « « n nper for not keeping the step in returning froni chapel . These and other remarks , which the speaker adcf « c * 3 , showed the treatment political prisoners were ' nty ' scted- to , which called forth the disgust ot the assert&te 1 multitude . He concluded by movlog the resolution he had had put into his bands— " That T . S . Duricombe , Esq . be requested to present the petition to the Houa ^ of Commons , and Lord Brougham to the Peer * j 4 nd that Messrs . Wakley , Fielden , and General Johns * . » n bo requested to support its prayer in the House of Com ¦ mons , and Earl Stanhope in the House of Lords . "
Mr . John Arran , in a neat and mostexcellcnt speech , seconded the resolution . Mr . Dewhirst , of Manchester , was next called , who said that as so much had been adduced by the other speakers , it would be superfluous in him to occupy their attention . He would , therefore , content himself by reading a letter from Mrs . Peddie . A vote of thank * was given to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up to prepare for the tea-party and ball , which was holden in the Social Institution , and at ¦ which excellent speeches were made by Mesara . Burnett and Martin .
The remainder of the evening was spent In Singing Bongs , delivering recitations , and dancing . The evening ' s entertainment , concluded » t a seasonable hour with singing the Chartist National Anthem .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND , IRELAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALES . Brethren , —You are- about to bo called upon to increaae th . it power which of right belongs to you , in the election of persons whom you in your wisdom may think proper to guide the goodabip of Democracy , anil to-watch over your interests for the forthcoming eight months . Pwhapa in the annals of the world tfitru never has been a more noble btand m ; u 1 e by the working classes of any country , than that which ha 3 been m . ide by you , the Chartists of Great Britain , since the commencement of the late plan of organisation , to obtain for yourselves an equal and just share in the election of the Legisiativy Assembly of the nation .
You must be a-. vare that , owing to the objections which were raised by a few in some three or four places , and those same mm refusing to stand a 3 candidates for tbe permanent Executive , we deemed it tlie most prudent and judicious step to call a National Delegate Meetiug , to re-nioiltl the plan and to make it perfectly legal . The- meeting was called , and the Delegates aat four days in Manchester , and , after mature deliberation the otject for which thoy met -was obtained , by the production of the present plan , which we think leaves it out of tho power of the most fastitiious critic , or the most wily lawyer , to nibble utany single clause of it .
j Fellow Chartists , —The present is a most important I and port ' . utous time , either for good , or evil . That the presret hiikous sy&teni , with all its monstrous abuses , cannot exist much longer , must be evident to ! every person who has ^ iven tho question any or the least consideration . The trade < jf tho country is in sucu a stite which may cause a univers . vl stagnation at any moment—and which would shake tho present i commercial system to its foundation . The population of the unhappy , and alas ! unfortuu . ito , oppressed , and insulted Ireland , are jastly discontented with the war ' rule to which they aro and have been subjected . We have , in the collective wisdom of the nation , assembled in St . Stephens , the conflicting parties of the iua . nuf ? . < s turing and agricultural interest , coutending only who shall have most of the productions of j-our labour . We are on tho eve of a war with the free people of tha
United SUtos , -who are determined , if possible , to see justice done—men who , if they enter into warfare , have happy home 3 and a free country to contend for , while we , the toil-worn serfs of Britain , have neither comfortable homes , nor a country free . We , on the contrary , are doomed from the cradle to the coffin , to never ending slavery , inheriting from our sire 3 bondage , with all . Its concomitant miseries , privations , and destitutions , begetting another raca to treail tbe Bame beaten path of servitude and degradation . Hut thanks to the growing intelligence and exertion ot the puople , they n . « s now roused from the routine of thtir fosmtt euergiea , anil aro alivo to their own interests , and are moving with that » aal , perseverance , and determination which the glorious and hallowed causo demands , and is truly worthy of .
Brother Democrats , let us proceed flmly , and resolutely , and there is a sure prospect of a change for the better taking place . Yes , fellow-slates , we have every reason to 00 proud of our present position . We have given a broadside to every humbug set up by the middle classes , to cajole and deceive us ; they havo not dared to meet us fairly and honestly , but have fled to th » cowardly plan of calling hole and corner meetings , to evade foir discussion . The people , the nighty people , now ptrcuive that there is no hope for them but in their own exertions . The tenacity with -which they attach themselves to principles , and not to snen ; despbiug , nay crushing , every delusive agitation , and nipping in the bud every plot that might impede tha progress of genuine Democracy ; all this proves there isarlght Bpirit amongst the people , and that they will never again be satisfied with any instalment , or anything less than a fail measure of justice as contained in the People ' s Chatter .
Fellow-labourers in the causo of the millions , we wish expressly to call your attention to the election of the permanent Executive , wkich will consist of five in number . We hoije and tTUit that you will nominate and elect such men as ara known for their henest and upright conduct ; men who are alike sagacious and energetic ; nien who have integrity and resolution enough to guide the vessel of freedom through the troubled billows of political agitation ; in fine , men , in wbom you can placo the greatest reliance both in and out of danger .
We wish , likewise , to impress you with the Important fact that when , the permanent Executive conies into office ( which will feo on the first of . May ) funds will be required to enable them to carry on the work of sgitation . It hua been truly asserted that " money is the sinews of war . " How do Whig , Tory , Sham-Kadical , and other factions act towards us ? Why , by tho money tfeey suck and screw out of cur labour , thi-y bilbo the base hirelings of a prostituted press to misrepresent us and our principle * They employ , by the same means , spies , informers , and emissaries to
entrap ycu , when seeking your lawful and inherent rights . Then , if we would silence such unfeeling wretches , let us be determined to place the Executive on a proper footing . Agitate the country until every town and Tillage shall be visited by missionaries , and the immortal principles of our Charter planted in the bosom of every working man in the ! united kingdom . We strongly and urgently recommend every town ts remit , as soon as possible , the money now owins ? to Mr . Abel Heywood , treasurer , Oldbam-Btreet , Manchester ; and at the same tiiuo comnmnicato to the secretary an account of the auui so sent .
Brethren , we call upon you , by all you deem sacred and juat , to bestir yourselves thoroughly for the next fev ? weeks . Act up » n the advica of O'Connor , in last Saturday's Star . Let there be a Convention formed in London , for the treble object of assisting ttw brave patriots of the metropolis to agitate it . Petition tor tbe Charter ; not that we lead you to expect Universal Suffrage by that means alone , but merely to bring our opinions before the public , and prove that we ah all never rest satisfied until justice be awarded us , and for the purpose of using our best efforts for the liberation of all political prisoners .
Surely , if the franchise was ever worth contending for it is now . Fellow-countrymen , if you have any sympathy for that great and good man , John Frost , and hia two compatriots—if you consider Feafgus O'Connor of any utility , the man who has so steadily devoted so much of his time , talents , and fortune to the forwarding of the principles of justice—if yon can sympathise with the schoolmaster of Chartiera , with the father of the new ideas , J . B . O'Brien , and the hundred * of other political prisoners who haxo suffered » nd » r © now suffering impri 8 onme » t . and
privUion , unparalleled in the history of this country for political offence ? , we »> yt if you seriously reflect on these things , and upon your own wrongs and grievance * , you will leave no stone unturned—noefibrtuntried , to send delegates to London for a fortnight The time is pressing and short . Up , then , and be doing , and prove to our merciless oppressors that we are worthy of the > destiny of freemep , and that we will never cease or rest contented , mntil w « find ourselves possessed with those rights and immmnities to which justice and the laws ot Qodeatltte « a .
JxMEa LllCH , Prealdeal , ElCHABD LlTTLBK , JAMB » CaBTUDGB , Johk Camvbbll , Secretary . P . S . The returns of the candidates who hare been nominated for the permanent Executive , must he in the hands of the Provisional Executivo on the 4 th of April , at tho latest . They nm > t be addressed , to John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-Btieet , Shaw ' s Bkto , SaJford , Manchester ,
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OUSEBUIW .-At a general meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , the secretary read the new plan ot-organiaation , which washizhl y approved of by all preseat * MOUNTSO » RSli .-On Sunday , Mr . Bairstow preached two funeral sermons , on behalf ot the deceased Clayton ; in the afternoon , at Mounteorrel—in the evening , at Luaghborough . Excellent impressions were made , and handsome collections subscribed tor the relief of widow CJayton . N £ WCAST * E .-Mr . Deegan gave a lecture in Gatesbead , on the 4 th inat , oa the New Poor Law Amendment Bill , to a very . attentive audience .. Mr D . urged the propriety of adopting Mr . OConnofs advice , •¦»» . , for eT « y town and h amlet to petition i against its re-adoption .
Lecture—Mra . Martin « ave a lecture oa Saturday evening last , the 13 th instant , on the "Na-Uonal . Sins andISorrowa ; " after which there was a pet turn Wuuttjha New Poor Law Amendment . Bill submitted to the meeting , which was adopted u / ianimously . The Treasurer of the Newcastle Co nncil has sent lOs ., per post office order , to Mr . 0 S-oonor b Delegatefand , whiob was contributed by a few friends to the cause on Sunday . KIODERlKXNSTSn . —The cause of Chartism is proxreY 3 sing steadily here . COPTGLETON . —The cause of Chartism ia prospering in this town . Persecution for opinion and Chartism have raged to a great extent ; but it has now ceased . On Wednesday last we-were favoured by the attendance of 5 tr . JLianey and Mr . Butterworth , from Manchester , who addressed the people id good earnest , on the necessity of uniting for the Charter ; a great many i ' xesb membera wore added to our number .
SHEFFIELD . —The cause ie progregsrag steadily hero , gaming the confidence of the timid , and making friends of all . This is the second week of our little advocate , from whose exertions we expect much good . XONUOSr . —Mahtlebone . —The Chartists met on Sunday at the Mechanics' Institution . It was announced to the meeting that ,, during the week , £ 2 had been sent to Mrs . Clayton , and £ 3 8 s . for the General Victim Fund : a petition to tlie Commons , for . the free pardon of Feargus O'C « unor , was unanimously adopted : a resolution of thanks to Messrs . Peat , Boggis , and YV ^ all , for their patriotic conduct at the Crown and Anchor meeting .
CITY OF LONDON . —At the weekly mesting , on Monday . evening , at the Dispatch Coffee-rooms , Bride-lane , . Fleet-street , various important matters of business were transacted , —a report 01 which we hav * not room to insert , but which all tend to the gratifying conclusion , that the metropolis is taking her own placa in rit ^ ht earntst , » ud will soon form the very heart . of England . CHELSEA , KENSINGTON , AND BAIHtlWBR . SMI'm . —The Chartists of this district have resoived to meet every Sunday evening , in the large rooms , over the United Temperance Coffee House , Lower George-street , Sloaue-square , Chelsea , and to have a lecture delivered on each meeting night .
Laubeth National Charter Association . —All the officers of this Association resigned their offices , at the weekly meeting , held en Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at Casting ' s Coffee House , 19 , York Terrace , Borou / jh-road , in order to conform to the amended plan of organisation . The members of the late Association are particularly rcqnested to come up ou Tuesday next , March 23 d . to decide on a place to hold our future meeting ? , more cemraodious for our increasing numbers and for the discussion of other important matters . Bermon » sey . —Two excellent sermons were preached at the Working Man ' s Chapel ,, Dock Mead , en Sunday last . During the latter part of the day , some evil disposed person entirely destroyed the board , which was painted and put up at an expence of 30 s ., for the purpose of directing inuuirerd to tho chapel .
Nobtii Lo . ndo . v . —The Chartists meet regularly every Monday evening , at their rooms ( Star Coffoe House . Islington Green ) for the dispatch of business . A small , but select library , has been formed for the use of the members . Clerkenwell Grken . —Mr . Culverhouse delivered a lecture on Monday last , at Lunt ' s Coffeo House , on the best meaus of obtaining the Charter . Tho meeting was well attended , and the lecture was listened to with the greatest attention . A report has been sent to us , but we have no room for its insert ion .
Peckham . — -A correspondent writes us that Mr . Sydney Smifh , in lecturing on the Corn Laws , last Tuesday evening , was visited by Mr . J . B . Brown , a Chartist , whom he recognised as having been prominent at the Crown and Anchor meeting . At the conclusion of the lecture , Mr . Brown stood up to address the audience , which tho " League" man prevented by threatening to throw him off the platform , and by sending for Ihepo 3 ice . Such are tho " arguments" of the * ' moral-force men" now-adays !
WEST-BRISTOL AMD CLIFTON . —At the last weekly meeting of the Chartists here , resolutions were passed , approving of tlie Charter Petition Convention , commending White t Taylor , and others for their exertions at the Birmingham meeting ; commending * a ! so Worsdcll , Webster , and others , far their gallant stand against Mr . Burns , and the expediency-mongers at "Hull . Petitions against the Ne-Y Poor Law , signed by 528 persons , have been sent to Mr . Fieiden . City op Bristol . —At a public meeting , held at Mr . Simeon ' e , 1 , Temple-street , after the discussion of various other matters , the following resolution was uuauimousiv adopted : — " That we the Chartists
of Bristol , return our thanks to Feargus 0 Connor , Esq ., for his excellent moral-force plan , and do recommend the propriety of holding a public meeting for the purpose of carrying it out , and agree that , a 3 a first subscription , 10 s . be sent to be placed in tho bank , for tho purposo of assisting to pay a portion of the expences . " Bristol is still alivo , thoi ; # h forgotten by the general body of lecturers , agitators , &o . It , was stated , at the above meeting . in reply to the leader in the Star , upon the Corn-Law league campaijfli , that in Bristol , they ( theleague ) had called au out door meeting , and were fairly beaten ; tho Chartists being left in uncontrolled possession of their platform .
WOLVEUIIARJPTON . —At & meeting of Chartists , held on Tuesday last , at Mr . Mogg ' s temperance coffee-house , Snow Hill , it was resolved to act on the suggestions in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in the Star , of the 13 th instant , and to call a public meeting of the inhabitants for Monday next , at Mr , Mogg ' s , and at four o ' clock in the afternoon , CAFiXiXSlVS . —James Buonxerre O'Brien . — Several letters have been received from this unflinching patriot , ts regards hia treatment in Lancaster Caetlo ; and it appears that ho is not allowed to write for the press—a hardship to which few , if any other political prisoners , have been subjected . Thus Mr . O'Brien is doubly suffering ; for , were he allowed this privilege , he could earn several pounds per week , aud thus be enabled to keep himself and family . We understand a public me eting Is likely to be got up in h « behalt
Adoption op Mr . O'Connor ' s Plan at Carlisle . —A meeting waa held here on Tuesday night last , when , after some preliminary business was gon « through , Mr . O'Connor ' s plan for & committee of ten persons to sit in London , to forward the presentation of petitions , in favour of the Charter , of tho incarcerated Chartists , and Frost , Williams , and Jones , was unanimously adopted . For the purpose of carrying out the plan effectually , a § ubscription was then aud there entered into and a sum of one pound collected , which was ordered to be forwarded to the Star office , this morning . A large number of collectors wero appointed , * ud there is little doubt bu , Carlisle will be , as it haa always hitherto been , amongst the first towns in England , according to its population . We trust the people
will exercise a due discretion in choosing * person « well qualified to act in 60 important a capacity , lie tt ought to bo a person of the most active habits , at ¦ " the same wmo well < ju * Me < i to COateiS © Wittl COBr " 1 fideuoe , and be extensively informed on mftttotfl . of ^ politios ; so that he may be able tt meet objections * w whioh may be thrown in the way by insincere mem- «' bers of Parliament , who would not like to risk tnei * a popularity ; at the same time would rather net « xpow theneelvas in the House of Coanona , by Meaenunfi ' tho petitions of the people ; He horjid ; » k © b * qualified to correspond in the fullest '* annerir hi * constituents , as it will be * « re »' gratifi ^ ; tn t « them to receive frequent intellifr ^ aoo fr" ation who will have many opportunity o ** - »» < " } judging on men * nd thimga . ' orreetlj T ¦ W ¦ "
Mbkixc—Tho ChartUU wjfl meeting here on Monday . ^ ffic thvx fawrte'V and other important b- . - ^ 7 . « were nominated , » O * WICH .- - - £ •* ¦ ¦«•«» . - . . mined to appor * ne ^ artists here lane 1 detertion . ^ t » dol ' - aie to the Charter
Conven-^ 7 £ S Mon <* „ BCR 7 ,-ki tne weekly -meeting , held on or- * » reriinH ^ ns approving the new plan _ 01 j&toZ Tand ? & < £ « & P Wb' CoayeatiOD , rfero adopted .
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BftNCHBfcTEa- ^ &aWBfoal mnim preached by D * . M'Dousll on Sunday evenlnf last , ia the Chartlst-rooni , Tib-street , to V crowded and enthusiastic audience . The Bactor fat * universal satisfaction by hia mode of handling the « &bjecL At tbe condiuion , a collection was made towards the removal "' ¦ " —*¦ ' »>» ««> r > ntite < i to £ 1 5 % el the coffee to U&em « m , * . * ..,. ; Feargna OConnor ' a lettet was Rid , which called npar tne people to elect a Convention , » nd -vm taken up in the best « plrit A collectioa waa entered into to cany out the object ; and , although » collection had b « eo previously made for poor Clayton' * . femflf , the sum of 18 s . was subscribed towards the Contention .
f Habvkan-STReet . —Mr . Leech preasfeed CWJtoii"g funeral sermon in the Shoemaker ' a oad Tailor ' s Kooffiv I in the delivery of which he acquifSed hiriiielf ia * masterly style . The- Manchester people seem deSetf . mined not to be backward in their rtpport of ttd widow of Clayton , and the now fatherlesrehildren . Brown -street .- —Mr . littler preached * funeral " sermon in the Chartist-room , " t « a nuinerousrajsembly , for poor Clajtou ' s wife and children , mingka ^ rith symptoms ottllsgwt mi execration towi&iLr'the unfeeling , cruel , and unmercifal treatment of the ? Whigs . At the conclusion , it was announced that a conmlitte © had been formed to carry out the object contemplate *' by Feargus OConn » r , and recommended in huffcftter " of last week . ¦
The Manchester Leaguers I—The Corn lair League have been for Borne time baak moriagheaven and earth , for an overwhelming meeting at their main citadel ; finding , however , that Sh » Chartist garrison were preparing t » sally out up ^ them , and that they would certainly be driven frcSi the field , the poor Leaguers have sounded a retread recalled their bills , and postponed tbe meeting to a ^ further day . Thus has the Corn Law cock shown * the whito iea / thor , even upon his own dunghill , and the vaunted Corn Law League of Manchester daro not face the Chartists at , an open meeting , in their own town . The meeting was postponed to last night . We have not beard how it went off , but we know thatj if holdea , it wonld be "floored . " Poo * Leaguers 1 This is the last kick with a veneeance . Hurrah for the brawny arms of the moral foroe giant , Chartism . Who will sow talk of the power 01 tho middle classes ?
The MAKOHEsrssn LocAt Comhiitee hare received , since the last notice , the following Bums for tho wives and families of she MaacbeBter imprisoned Cliartists .-- —Tib-strce * dancing party , £ 1 lOa . Sli .. ; Tib-street box , £ 1 ; Mr . Buchanan's lecture on phantasmat { oria , l 4 s . 8 d . y Mr . Schoficld , 5 ? . ; Mr . pavis' boek , 6 s . 9 d . ; Brown-etreet box , 6 . s . 5 d . ; Patricroft , per J . Bradley ., 5 s . ; Silford box , 6 =. 9 d . ; books aud boxes placed in various parts of the town , 10 s . The CommLstee hope that those who have not sub 8 sribed their mite to these suffering families , will now come forward and assist them to keep up their weekly pay ; and those who have subscribed , it is hoped , will not slacken in thair exertions , but keep up tho agination , and get their friends to do likewise .
Mr . Leeoh lectured with great effect to a large audience in the Chartist Shoemakers' and Tailors' - room , 53 , Hardmau-street , on Sunday evening lasL . Lectures are delivered in this room every Sunday evening , and- Chartist meetings holden- every Tuesday evening . SAtiPORr > . — -The Chartisfcs-here are carrying out a plan of practical co-operation ; : they liave bo ugh kseven bags of flour this week , and divided it amongst them ; this ( fiocts a saving of twopence upon every twelve pounds , by enabling tlits&to purchase of tbe large dealers instead of the small ones . They purpose ,, hereafter , by co-operating , iu still greater numbers , to go to the corn mill instead of the warehouse , by which the amount of their saving will b « doubled . They meet in classes every Friday evening , and club their money together , for the purchase
of provisions . They buy flour * potatoes , bacon , caudles , ' soap , < fec , and divide tbem among each other , at prime cost ; thus there are no profits , thereis no money remains ^ on hand , and , consequently , there can be do cheating . Bnt our friends go beyond the mere distribution of wealth among themselves , they are also , as far as practicable , oanyiu ^ out the operative production of it for thenwelves , by employlug each other . Mes .-rg . Milhngton and Yates have been appointed bhocmakars , Sir . Bboberts , clockmaker , and Mr . Campbell , newovender to the Saiford Chartists . This is the way . to bring the bhopocracy to their sf rises . L < t but the Chartists of the whole kingdom actupon this Rlan but for one month , and it will . soon be seen who are the capitalists , and which of tho classes- are inos < , necessary to the other , the middle or the veoiking classes . The cause here has a most healthy apptarance .
NEWTON HEATH . —Mr . Gartledge attended this place on Sunday afternoon , for the purpose of preaching a funeral sermon for poor Clayton . A collection was made at the close which amounted to 8 * 9 d . Th « people and the preacher were alike affected , and all was conducted in an orderly manner . Mr . Elijah Dixon preachtd one on the same subject in ths evening . WAKHINGTON . —The Chartists met herein their rosm en Sunday . On the question berog put to dUcuat the propriety of establishing a Teetobd Chartist Society , there was an amendment made , that it be postponed on acceuut of the intimatien given by . Mr . O'Connor to expDss the fallacies of having too many meana to gain one end , which waa carried . It wa « then resolved , that the room be open * n Wednesday evening to tho Teetotallers , to discuss thoirr priaoiple * in connection with politics .
BpLTOtf . —Dr . M'Douall leirtared on Monday evening in the theatre . T < he notico was so short , that there was no time to placard the town ; notwithstanding , the house W 3 S well fiiled . The patriotic Doctor was received with enthusiastic and repeated declarations of welcome . WIGAN . —We are all alive here , and out of debt . We expect much good from Dr . M'Douall's lectures . Mr . Bairstow ' s lectures at Leigh , Lowton , and Hindlcy , have aroused all those places . POTrsaiES . —( Stafbobushire )—Messrs . Linney and Butterworth are producing a great impression ou their lecturing tour here . The want of suitable rooms for Chartist lecturing and preaching in found to be a great inconvenience . It is in contemplation to build two working men's institutions at Stoke and Hanley .
NEWPORT . —Mr . Black delivered a powerful lecture to a crowded audience here on Monday last . BXmDEB . —The Chartist church here is flourishing most gloriously , even beyond the expectations of its belt fiiends . The greatest obstacle that they have to contend with i&j the want of a large enough house , hundreds being disappointed every Sab- * bath , who cannot , by any possibility , get a corner to stand in . The results are also of the most cheering kind . Many who formerly opposed the cause ofthe people , are now among , the most eealous frieadar ^ - having been convinced that the only proof they- can . give of their love to God is , by showing thaii they love their brother .
CTJPAR . —( Fif £ . )—The Chartists of thi ^ . towa held their first social meeting on Tuesday , tbe { Hb , in the Weavers' Hall , Dead Wynd . Tlie ho » se . was a bumper one . Mr .. William Barclay delivered an address on Total Abstinence iu cotmec ' -ien . with Chartism . " Several- excellent patriotic a » ng 3 and recitations were # i * en , and all present .. appeared highly gratified . At the olose , seven 3 idividual 3 came forward and . enrolled themselves ^ aembers of the Association . SUTTON-XN-ASSFIELD . —Wd sr * up to thfr mark here , and doing well as to th ^ omovement , ^ though there is much distress amongst the bees . DURHAM CDUWTT .. —Mr . Deegr . ft has resigned his office * as lecturer .
SUNP 3 BRLAND . —Messrs . Williams and Bianaare preparing for another campaign , of opc-a-air meetings . Lvotures are in future tji be delivejad at the Life-boat House , every Sundfty ajieraoon , wcaiher permitting ,. . hove { kbx& Bri « htok . )—C } j , Monday awning , March * th > the Gbartuts of . Tinghiw commenced the first of a series of sallies from tVir garrison , into the suburban villages round Brighton . The p ! ea 3 ant little Tillage of ; How , situated abr ut tiro miles front Brighton , w » 3 the first that they intended to begin their political campaign in ; and righ ' . heartily were ihstf supported by the villagers and agjjcuHaral Jabourc ?* of the district ,. of whern ni » . ny were present The ; go < jd leeling
and- nnanimity that prevaaed Was grafrityi' jg to au . Threagh a mutake in the date , Monday >» s taken a * tbe fltk of March , the . natal day of the immortal William Ccbbett , and , a > tuch , Vas celebrated by th » -wllager * of Hove , and the raer , t » f Brighton . How ik could hivo happened we J "^ nr ; w not , but » o it waa . B » t thwa is an ol « adajj ' ^ - . .. better e arly than late . " At about eight o ' cloek , ' efc ^ , oom being full , tbo mee «^ ing ; -w » held at the SiJr l tbomt ji 0 behof preflent ;¦ thebaaiues * « f th % ^ < „ ^ jnuneneed by placing Mfc . Vi * r . o . « , WjgSSJ * * the chair . Excrfta * . pMtfM . ln ^ - d ^~« d by Mtsw . B ««« . ^ 0 ( Mward r loJS 7 Sl others ; many JW ^ Wj"W" " ^ diaSind Patriotic sonjs ^ ivea « dth « # ? PW' ; ho ^ U mot soon for « . t the pl . aiareto ^ ** -da ' tSS * mSU of fasoa and flow of mA . ' WO TTmOBA ^ -Fro » a ieon ^^ - ^ AOTTO « w «» -71 " iTillwa hkd » Ot IHB . W «
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GRAND DEMONSTRATION , AND RECEPTION OF MESSRS . MARTIN AND
HOLDSWORTH , IN BRADFORD . A public meeting , convened l > y requisition , Rt which Messrs . Martin anil Ho'dsvrcrth , two of the Whig victims , and lately inmates of Is ' orthallerton " Hell , " ¦ were present , was held in front of tbe Old Fellows ' Hall , on Monday last , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament f ^ r the release ot Fe&rgua O'Connor , Robert Peddie , and all other political prisoners . The meeting waa numerously attended , considering the poverty of tbe classes -who generally at ' . eud meetings of this description . On tbe motion of Mr . SMITH , Mr . Hodgso . n was called to the chair , who opened the business by rea-. iing the placard , and requesting that every speaktr might have a fair hearing , whether of the sa : ne opinion as themselves or not . After making a few other remarks , he cilled upon Mr . Henry Burnett to mov « the fiist resolution .
Mr . Burnett inovtd the resolution , which was as follows . — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the treatment political prisoners are subjected to in tho various dungeons throughout the country is cruel and unconstitutional ; and that wu hereby resolve to pttiUon tbe tiro Honsta of Parliament for a total remission of the sentencts , or mitigation of the punishment , by removiDg them to prisons where treadmills are uukno wn , an 4 where tho rules are less sttingent than thosu of the Houses of Correction . " After reading the resolution , Mr . Burnett delivered & lengthy address , which did him great credit , being fraught with some excellent remarks on the present state of affairs irenerally . Mr . Aldersos rose and biufly Bteonded the rtsolution .
Mr . KNOWLES , of Keighley , niOBt ably supported the resolution , and gave tbe Whigs and midule-class gentry ( we niein those ¦ who heard him ) such a dressing as they vriil cct easily forget . The Chaieman then read tbe petition , which was as follows : — To the Right Honourable and Honourable the Knightt , Citizens , and Burgesses , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled / The Humble Petition of the undersigned
in-, - i I ' . , ¦ I ' habitants of the Borough of Bradford , SHEWiTH , —That , in the opinion of your petitioners , the treatment of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . Robsrt Peddie , and other political prisoners , confined in various Gaols and Houses of Carrection , in England and Wale-, ia most unconstitutional and cruel . That Mr . O'Connor , formerly a Member of your Honourable House , is confined in a horrid dungeon , on the felon's sice of the prison , in York Castle , ¦ where he is denied free intercourse vrith his friends . That he is oniy permitted to exercise occasionally on one side of tbe felons' yard , to prevent his corresponding with any of the prisoners ; and then , if it should happen to rain , he is compelled to walk therein , or to retire np several flights of stairs to his dismal apartment , though there is an excellent d . iy-ruoiii attached to each yard .
¦ That your petitioners beg to call the attention of your Honourable House to the case of Robert Poddie , -wao was convicted , at the Spring Assizsa of 1840 , in York , for riot at Bradford , aud was sentenced to three years" Lard labour , in Beverley House of Correction , County of York ; and wh « has forwarded a petition to your Honourable House , containing a cata ogue of his sufferings , wi ^ cb , for cruelty , ( except in Northallerton and WakefitflU , ) stands unparalleled in the history of Britain ; and , in the opinion of yeur petitioners , is moraliy wrong and a Bin . That in the ( Jaol of Northallerton , six Chartist prisoners , whose sentence 'was merely imprisonment , were put to hard labour , on the trwidiuiU , contrary to law .
That William Brook , one of the said prisoners , who had beea convicted ef sedition ami conspiracy , at the sime time as Peddie , i » nd whose sentence was thr # e ytars , fell off the mill ; und , though he informed the Visiting Surgeon , that he was frequently troubled vrith a crauip , ytt he was forced , contrary to hia sentence , to work upon tlia wheel , for nearly one calendar month , uulil removed by an order from the Most Honourable tbe Secretary of State for the Home Dapartaent . Tiiat your petitioners have been icformed , that John Clayton , a CUaxtist , who lately died in Northallerton House of Correction , aad been sentenced to solitary confinement , upon a charge of violating the silent system .
That your petitioners hive every reason to believe , from what they have heard of ths conduct of the authorities of the prison , that he cima to bis death in consequence of the cruel manner in which he was treattd . That Wm . Martin , who had been confined in the said House « f Correction , Northallerton , was removed to Lancaster Castle , in consequence of the severity of the silent system , and of the tyranny of Wm . Shepherd , the superintendent That your petitioners have likewise been informed that tbe physical condition of the prisoners in the House of Correction , Northallerton , is deteriorated not only by the hard labour of the mill and the horrid silent system , but by tbefiltby manner in vrhich they are obliged to sleep ; that they have been for a fortnight at a time without a clean shirt , and their beds infested
with vermin ; that tho only place where they are permitted to wash , is at a stone trough in the y wd , and the superintendent is in the habit of coming to the yard gate and shouting to the petty officers to report the men for being too long washing themselves ; that some of the prisoners have been punished for using too much soap , which is a proof that the object of tho Governor is to enrich- himself instead of attending to the comforts of tbe unfortunate convicts . Your petitioners therefore humbly pray , that your H . nourable House will take the necessary teps to mitigate their sufferingi by a total remission of their sentence , or placing th «« i on the Debtors' Bide of the prison , or by removing the prisoners who are confined in the Houae of Correction to gaeli where the discipline is leu stringent , and the authorities more huruana And your petitioner * will ever
pray , Jrc ., ace Mr . Smith then moved that the petition now read be adapted , which waa unanimously carried , and fcfUrwMds supported by Mr . T » ttemll , of Colne , in one of th » not ; brilliant ipeeciies w » have heard fer come time . Mr . Makti * wm called to more the third resolution , and on coming forward w * s received with thunders « f applause ; at the conclusion of which , he said , Mr . Chairman and Fellow-workmen , —I am happy te see so large a number of the men of Bradford aroand me , and niore espec i ally bo , that you should be for the moat part of the same opinion ; after « ome other remarks , be went on to state the reason of hi » being arrested at Sheffield—his treatment in York Castle before bis trial —his removal to Northallerton Gaol , the treatment be received there , &t He next spoke of the treatment of Psul Holdswortb , one * f the Bradford Chartist * ,
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YQL . IY . N 0 . 175 . SATUKDAY , MABCH 20 , 1841 . ««» . ««««« *«« . » . „* , „ , j ~ . ¦ 3 . } . . . g | y « Jhiltiny per Quarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct371/page/1/
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