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~~~~ " ~~ giEanKGHAM . CHABHS T MEBT ^ AT HOLLOWAY _ -h ware issued caffifl * » meeting of the Charft ^ S-SSam , on Monday , Sid inrt ., for the ** rf ? X ££ g P » rli » m « it for the release of all P ^ *?^ aTi ^ « d » o to elect a person to supe-CBB& *""* TV * placard * emanated from the Na-^^ SassS ^" ™» ^ " « ^''^ LcretKT- ' 0 = «»• following *» I !«*» " 5 fl ** ' ^^ atedl inviting the men of Birmingham to ^ T ^^ mSm and elect a man thay well kn « r , *»!* a ? 53 * Cantab **« ONeU > ¦»* <**««« i » P ^ - ivKe -nggoa n » placed on tbe ground as fl ^ . « md iihilf-P ** twelve , Mr . ChiswcU-wu 'Kftte ehur- He opened the business in a brief <^ . ^ booed the meeting would giTe every man * ^ a ^* d theni » fair and impartial hearing . He * ^ LT ^ toWm . Martin to moTe the first ret K « i introoMK ;*»¦ the
¦^ S ^ r iuwx addressed meeting as citixans of . * J , S £ H » 7 *»* * <*»* usembled to * dvo-B *^^ ue of food government , a * d offering w * v and to rescue from the dungeon tbe Tictima *? S ^ d » a « P «* ^ m now ^ to * 1 torture , tS £ a * toJ r t * nds unparalleled in the history of *^ jri& A Ts * t deal had been said about a union of S ! Middle »» d -rorlang classes ; -who hindered the ^ wj * das sa from uniting "with the toil-worn millions ? S-w -reretieJ ' &t present ? -when they had such an Vanity of shewing their sympathy , for the men ** >« grferiEg in the Whig dungeons , who were UtisSxT *? criffls , but on the contrary were Tirtuoua J ^ Ito - » ere liring in a state of society , where
\ n _ ni * t eemnnt crime vntawii pnnianment ; ana S » j Bwase they had power . The meeting was rt « e that b * had Buffered eighteen months' imprison-^ jf 8 r « i « iin ?» « £ > od speech at Sheffield— ( laughter ) ^ jbh , i horaestealer to sentenced to six months , total « f " shine . " ! He had suffered for advocating vw jfc * 3 of bis own order ; and wben they itw * persecuted for merely holding a con-!! Ltsons opinion , it was the duty cf honest men to mitsaca oppression . Was it not time to unite , when « w 0 * rech things in existence , and by so doing mm the eTfl ? He next called their attention to the mi Government ; lft them look , for instance , to
ife forming and liber *! Lord ilelboume , w&o Hau feez fort ? years » Tory . He -was the 'man Wbo had msnd » TOte of thanks to the Peterloo bntchers . Lord p ^ jgs staa tu the Talleyrand of England , being a ragiir fixture at D ;> waing-sfreet , where he had nestled in the lact twenty-seven years . He hoped the people VBt a ^ amraed to get rid of them and little Finality ^ fcp lad h eard of poor Holberry , who had been sen--teBeed » four years * imprisonment for declaring w sains the Qasea , and had to spend that time in ¦ Vatlatetan Howe ef Correction , under the silent
grean , which w « a aggravated by the greatest mon-COTiad most Mbumnn scoundreLs being employed to curjii oat H-eiberry had been sentenced to three ixji Baliary oeaicement on the evidence of a man wli iad been tberee times imprisoned for felony . A * d vbcs be compta 4 ned to the doctor that his feet were rrtkd throogh 4 orture of the treadmill , the Governor ' s bos idrised tiie doctor not te listen to him . ( ShaH&j Booko wa * aestsnced to three years' imprisonment for Eli BBS 18 M 9 B , and bis son to two years- Fattier and xa a : sear « ach ola ; r ; and the poor old man w&s « ect
to toBarj cco&nement on bread and water , for the hixi n ™* * f off = riEg a bit of black bread to his son , mi ni often threatened with punishmeat f # r shedfjiyj ta ^ . ; Shame , shame > He i&kfcd thsm , as EBjiahma , whether snch a state cf things was to be r aited , aed whether they "were not revolted < to unite in oeda to rsmoTe it ? There was bat one way , namely , to aCy rocd the Charter . If the working classes were deiessiaed to be tree , their own energies were sufficient to » fT nm pi >« h it ; the wo ^ jng daises forraed the very biSJ of txittj ; aad 8 &tt is the ease in arciiitectuit , S 3 aba was ii in politics , nunelr , tbat rain was airm the most certain , Theo it began at the
bottos ; rein bad not only commenced wkh the working eliaa , bet it had nearly finished its work , and that wat & reason why they demanded the -Charter . He nen afied their attention to the case of Brooke of Bradford , who was seduced by a spy « aQed Harrison . Bewat placed on the treadmill «> ntrary te law , and althoosa -iie complained that be was troubled with a eaap thtcngb the exc ^ sj-re latw « r h « bad to undergo , no iwace tu taken of his statement Well , then , they h * di » aid U slated that the working classes should anise wife -what was termed " site middle class ; it was the miiftk ciiss who upheld the present accursed system ; taey bad ihe power of alterini ; i : if they thought
proper : Why , then , should they trouble themselTes about a eaion wish their -sr ^ rst and Mtteiest persecutors ? Was ft eot they who had incarcerated James Bronterre O'Briea , the people ' s school maater , and who were seeking to destroy thatfzknd oi tie people , Feargus O'Conner » Why , then , talk of « Baon wii them ? Penth-xpe » nd others , had been induced to plead guilty , » ander an understanding tbat they would be liberate * for to doing , but those middle-men broke their promi » e * ari toe men were sentenced it > % . long and barraaasg JatprisoBxaem . Peddie Was being tortured to snA a Jsgresia Bererlej Home of ConeeUon that his life wai endangered . He also was the Tictim of Harri » oathe-spy , who had been employed by the middledasKi . He thought he had stated sofficient to proTe to
them that their liberty depended solely on their on effort * , and hoped that the statement he had made World sake tbtm resolTe to bare the Charter , and not to « o begging to any men to get it for than . The Garasttiad been termed enemies to life and property . Hfc ibaaJdlile to know - whether Fear ^ ns O'Connor or ¦ Lord HtiboBiK was the greatest enemy of life sadjaraptrSy . JieJboorae , Knaseli , aad-Ca were wholeaksanieren of the people ; he could j > rore them to j * so . Vhj not make them answer for it before the dh of tfcsa counay ? He hoped the men of Birminghia Taold unite , acd shew to the rent ef the country aa eaa ^ Troriiy of imitation : he hoped they would noto ^ be gaiied b y Uje Btam-Kidicalfl , Hume , Roeooet , W * rburton , and Co ., who adriaed them to
emigr . te , Tkikt their own country was ca { K * le of making « saxj comfortable . He thanked them , as an Irishpas , for Sa patient hearing they had « i * en him . They aaapTfa the 13 e to the truckling middle « laes of Ireland and tie ii j Begranaan , who staled thai the people m » ^^ Ud no s T Pathy for Ireland or Irishw ^ wj v ^ pwple wmplained of distress they ITT" ™ tride " * " ? d ~ that ^^ w ^ eree and r ™ * " * were declining ; he wooid aay , perish ^**_ tlu » the people should be the « erfs they ¦ a ^* !^ 7 tbe &et 0 ry * yBte « n- They should go and ^™ wad and care-worn looks of the anfortunate ^? 7 « i * to , and then ask themselves what benefit the ^ ~^ s ' 2 * S deriTcd from commsree ind Tnn . Tinfiir ^
_ * Sh ^ J * boald establ : j h their right te the land , if iSrT / l *™ done mtil ^^ had the Charter ; w « m ^* v Chart «' . they could elect persons who ^* " » Ute good laws . He therefore ho »© d they » 2 » ? i whole hog for the Charter , witW . taking «* TsLTwl 'm 0 D 2 erSl He again thanked them for bj i » £ » . TTf * ttey had P Ten b ™ » ^ cooeluded > » o ^ tbe feUowing resolution : — of Vh . ^ L 0861 treatment experienced by the Tietims Q-B a *^ W UJr Wld middle-class apies , in ti « rsriooa J ^ a Aroaghoat the country , and the inixunan r wStL ° , r pncdied » tb * Hous&s rf Cor-Q . onfc ! r saoU ° » this oppressed land , pr » ves beyond « f &ebut ^ f ** 1 aad Woodthiraty dis po sition oe ^ . " * treacherous , and imbtcUe Whig GoTern-Ht r t ^ ff ] 3 tourb "dge , seconded tbe resolution . Sir . v JL ~ T siIe' 1 ^ able and ample manner in which
1116 PJfclr r P ™? 06 ? 1 the resolution , and shown up ^¦' i ^ ft -iS ™ 11164 for MnL He maintained aua to k ^ ^ ddle classes who incited the GoTem-T **** sJT ' T' ** C ^ ti * - HB also had been ^ teftuii »» deoonacin ? tlidi brutal conduct . He ^ todtoL v ^ J ^^ ^ spies t o ""Ife hLm - " » teb thaf ^ . from * 4 T 0 » tinghispriderp : es . The "tfe ilc 7 £ -,, T Taded ^ I » nd , and the hopelessness hia 6 s ^ Z ^ Omg ^ r-hing for the people , had made regsn to t >^ * ° strn ? ele f « r the Charter . With get ijs wJi 7 . 9 aestIoa of legality , he was resolyed to i 41018 litS JP ^ hle ; bat be ironid not be deterred " * <*« eort ^ v Pnnciplei under any pwtenee . He ' r » ^^? ««» aa tee molntion . " 2 * ^ S ^ pat ^ «» i » tio » . * m «•; ? l . th ^ ZATL 0 a P ^ Posed the next resolution , i ^ ^ » WM jLT ?? 1 Others ^^ to address the meet- i resola S * » i , ¦ Dnef « Possible . Although the first ] " ^ B « WB » H v ?! onailt ' seeond w " important I ' ^^ uS ^ Tf . ™ 8 begin by re * dins h ^ teIt ' ! Blil . B-- ? .. _ ^ T ! Ji » JB and mi > iffrT - » tiii . >> ovirf . »„ i
^^ to wh ^ VJB * m tte wrld - and the per-1 ^** xa £ iL b ? * 80-C 4 lJed Kefonning GoTem-l POrtl *« U » e ^ l u no hope for the iBdustriousl ^ *• r *> SnDi ' ^^ Pt ««« # the establish- 1 2 t ! f SwSSS * *—w «» i ««» - £ ^ fte ^? pitl 1 tttt > M U ** tefc" «>« ii i LS ^ fiffw" ^ ^ ftttare ; u ^ *«» I ? **^!^ " OTes P « n « 'ble Government ;; S , * »» JorS ^ £ ^ oPP ^ tion to the wishes i W , " * & 7 ibl ^ "t . on . The g . Ternment of ' fc *<^?^ L ^^^ ^ ^ P « ts-the ! Cf *• Lerd . ^ . ^ legS - ^ Qaeen wjtthej ff- l ie l £ Z ^ ^ 7 , and the CommoMhe nned
Sn > tWi ZT" ^ * representative ^ Body , S 5 ^ S 2 ^ * y ? A fow thousand , we ^ e * £ ^* «* it ? sW ' Zf teraed ' "funded him of ! S ^ wy ' sjisr ^ | S ^* 3 S 5 EJi / Kie rf tiS * » - ^^ Houses held I * *• asme c ? wf" eB > fa tte name of "sme « JUUee wd comaon mum , he !
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• would decltre tb . em an irresponBibw gov « riment , who h * d proved by their conduct that they hated and detested the poor . They had in this country Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal ; one took care of their bodies and the other took care of their souls . The Lords Spiritual kept them in mental blindness , and titie Lords Temporal kept them hungry and naked . He theft proceeded in aa able manner to prove the irresponsibility of the government , and concluded his address by moving tbe resolution . Mr . Arthur O'Neil seconded the resolution . Tbey
had heard a vast deal of discussion ; and , no matter bow they aight differ upon other points , they were agreed upon this . He was happy to find them at Holloway Head , and in the presence of one who had . adTocated the Charter in opposition to foreign policy . He saw a person in the meeting who had-mixed himself with the foreign policy agitation , and would tell him there what he thought 7 > lr . ONeil then proceeded to censure tbe conduct of Mr . Cardo , who happened to be standing on the outskirts of the meeting , and concluded by advising them to cho « se a prop « r person to represent them in London . wk
Mr . -. cardo then proceeded through the meeting , asd mounted tbe hustings . He said he claimed a right to speak , as he had been attacked by Mr . O'Xeil . He thought Arthur O'Xeil should be the last man to act as he had done , for he had his suppert when in Glasgow , and it was also well known that he ( Mr . Cardo ) never forsook the principles of the Charter . ( Why did you not keep to it , then ?> He maintained that he had kept to it , and was sorry to find them in such a divided state . Tbey were cursing their country by their divisions . He was surprised to ¦ ee two sorts of bills posted , both professing to be for the same object , and was sure that was not the way to get the Charter . ( Cries of " How are we to get it , tbta . '" ) He would tell them that crying there would not get it for them . This remark caused renewed uproar ; after which Mr . Caido denounced Mr . O'Xeil xs a public liar , and stated his determination to prove him 60 . After some further altercation between Messrs . O'Xeil and Cardo , tbe latter left the meeting .
Tbe Chaisma . n then pnt tha resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . George White moved the adoption of the petition whek appeared in the Star . He said that there appeared to be a misunderstanding in the coont ; y with regard to what was termed the divided state ef Birmingham . He maintained that there was no division ; there was but onejpolitical association in the town , which mei at Freeman-street , on Monday and Wednesday evenings . Another body of men met together aa a church , -which thej had an « adout > ted right tO d *; he only wished it to be known that there was only one political society amongst tbe Chartists . He tbea read the petition , and after a few other remarks , concluded by moving it for tbe adoption of tbe
meeting . Mr . Sacndebs , of Bromsgrove , seconded the adoption of the petition , and made some clever remarks . Mr . John Colliks sapported the adoption of the petition . He could not allow the present opportunity to pass without making a few remarks . He cordially agreed with the resolutions , and considered tbey had done credit to tbe parties who drew them up . His friend Taylor had dwelt on the wealth of the country , bat it was a i&meat&ble fact , that the wealth of a country was not the happiness of a country . The resolution justly censored * Government with liberty on their lips , but hatred in their hearts . He then proceeded to sbew tbe st ^ te of misery and destitution U which the people were reduced , and instanced the case of the waotan I ^ ongley , who inurdrrcd her infant in a fit of despair , brought on by want , * nd declared his unalterable attachment to the principles of the Charter . He concluded by supporting the petition .
The petition was then put from the chair , and carried unanimoBSlf . - Mr . G . Whits proposed Mr . Martin , late inmate of 2 f orthallerton House of Correction , as a proper person to act oa the proposed Convention for the superintendence of the petitions . He knew no man who would be more oaefoi , as Mr . Martin had been an inmate of tbe prisons , which formed the -chief ground of « oaiplaiat , and , consequently , was prepared with the necessary information . He had already been chosen by- tbe members of the National Charter Association , asd by Frost ' s Committee ; but as they were advocates of fair-play , aid wished everything to Ix done in the most public manner , it was determined to take the opinion of as opes air meeting . Mr . T . P . Gb ££ > * ronld second the aomination of Mr . Martin : He believed him well qualified fat the nice .
Mr . Benjamin Hjt . t , rose to prop * se that Mr . John Collina . be the delegate for Birmingham . He thought it would be an everlasting disgrace if tbey were not to do so . Mr . Collins had served them failhfnlly JU the Convention . He did sot propose him « ut of any disrespect to Mr . Martin , bat he thought they shonid not go one thousand miles to seek a roan wben they had one of their own townsmen to do the business . Mr . Hill , sen ., seconded the nomination of Mr . Collins . The Chairman the * took the sense of tbe raeetteg . A larg « number of hand * were held up in favour of both candidates ; but xbe Chairman decided that the majority were in favour ot ilr . Cwllins , yrho was coosequently declared duly elected . Mr . COLXiss thanked tte meeting for their v » Vc , and promised to perform bis doty to the best of his power . A committee was then appointed consisting of eleven persona , amomgst whom -were Messrs . O'Neil , MartiBj White , Hill , Taylor , Barrett , and tiTe others . A vote of thank * was then given to the Chairman ; three cheers for the Charter , Feargus O'Conaor , the XorPiem Slur , and Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the meeting dispersed .
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BIRMIKGHAat . —Mrs E . Buott . n and Familt ' js Support Fwd . —The Chartists of Birmingham and the surrounding distrists are respectfully informed that the Committee for conducting Mrs . E . Brown ' s Support Fund have removed their sittings from Moor-street to the Committee Boom of the Ccristian Chartist Chapel , where they will -coutiuue W meet ani . il farther notiee . Hours of attendance , from half-past seven until nine o ' clock on tbe Taesday evening 3 . Birmingham National Chahteb Association .
—A meetiDg took place a ; their room , in Freeman-street , on Monday evening last , at which Messrs . JL&rUQ and Taylor delivered spirited addresses . A deputation was appointed to wait on Mr . Collins , te ascertain whether he still objected joining tbe National Charter Association . The deputation , on their return , stated that Mr . Collins had informed them that it was not his intention to joiojhe Association until he was perfectly satisfied of its legality ; and that it -was his intention to consult Mr . Roebuck on the subject . The answer was received amidst lond murmurs of dissatisfaction .
FaosT , Sec . HtsroiuTioy Commiti-be—This Committee held its weekly meeting on Tuesday evening , * i the Chartist Meeting Room , Freeman-street , Mr . Henry Grfeen in the chair . After the routine business was disposed of , a letter was read from Mr . L . Pitkethly , stating his willingness to present the memorials to htr Majesty . The financial affairs of the CommHiee were then duly discussed , and a resolution passed , authorising the Secretary to send circu l ars to the various towns , soliciting remittances for the purpose of enabling tbe Committee to make their final arrangements , and that the Editor of tbe . Star be requested to call public attention to the same .
Delegatb Meeting . —A meeting of delegates took place on Sunday last , at the Chartist meeting-room , Freeman-street . Delegates were in attendance , and letters , approving of the proceedings , were received from the following places : —Coventry , "Warwick , Nuneatoa , Redditch , Stoiirbridge , Ra ^ by , Worcester , Staffordshire Potteries , and Birmingham . Mr . Charles AButon was called to tbe chair . He called on the sub-secretary to read the correspondence ; after which Mr . Barratt read a list of tbe moneys he had received from the various towns in tbe district , together with the manner in which he had paid it . It was then moved by Mr . Chance , of Stourbridge , and seconded by Mr . Buckney , of Coventry- ^ " That Mr . Barratt ' s accounts be
received 6 y this meeting , and passed , " This was unjuumoofily agreed to . ( The Bums received have already appeared . ) The following resolutions were then agreed to : —1 st . " Aa it is absolutely neceBSiry tint proper leccorera should be appointed , for tbe purpose of propagating Chartist principles , it is the opinion of this meeting that all towns and associations in this district be requested to subscribe a fortnight ' s contributions in ad ranee , or more , if convenient , £ ot tife purpose of raising a fund for the employment of missionaries , and that the same be forwarded aa gptedv as oossible to the Bab-9 ee * etary
! of tbe Naticasi Charter Association , Birmingham . " Proposed by Mr . George White , and seconded by Mr . Chance , of Stonrbridge . 2 nd . ' * That each ikwiety , composed of less than fifty members , pay 2 s . 6 d . per week towards the maintenance of lecturers , and where there are more than fifty , and less than one hundred , tbat they be requested to pay 5 s ., and soon in proportion . " Moved by Mr . Cook , Redditch , and seconded by Mr . Chance . 3 rd . " That the orgainsation of the Birmingham district proceed upon the plan of EelectiDg principal towns as central points—namely , Birmingham , Worcester Stourbridge , Coventry , and Is ' ew-
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c&sue-under-Lyne ; each district to he Visited once is a month , and the lecturer to remain one week in each locality ; payment to be forwarded in advance from the places to be visited , at the rate of 30 a . for e » ch week ' s services . " Moved by Mr . Bickney , and seconded by Mr . Barratt . CITY OF lONDON .-A meeting of Chartists and friends was held on Sunday evening last , at the Globe Coffee House , Fore-street . CripplegaU , to establish an eastern City locality of Chartists , as the neighbourhood appears exceedingly adapted for that purpose— - it being crowded with the working classes . After the usual business of its -formation , it was agreed that a committee do sit from seven till ten o ' clock , on Sunday evenings , u % the above house , to enrol members ,
till a more suitable place can be procured . Monday evening , March 29 . —At the usual weekly meeting , held at tbe Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride Lane , Mr . Wilkinson in the chair . Messrs . ParkeT , Roger , Grey , and Hogg were proposed for nomination to sit on tbe Petition Convention . Mr . Parker declined , and Roger Grey , not being sufficiently known , the last named member was consequently nominated . It was moved by P . W . Parker , and seconded by D . Cater , that a loan of 14 s . ( being 2 d . per member ) from the funds of this locality shall be advanced , to assist to defray the expences of the general public meeting , to take place at White Conduit House , on Easter Monday next , for the election of members to the " Petition Convention . " Unanimously carried . Mr . J . W .
Parker read a petition to the House of Commons , praying for . tbe People ' s Charter to become the law of the land , without the least possible delay , at the conclusion of the reading of which he moved its adoption , and to be signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting . It was seconded by Mr . D . Cater , and uaaniuiouBly agreed to . Tuesday and Saturday evenings , tbe committee site to receive monies , at the Dispatch , Bride Lane , from those friends who are desirous to attend tbe deputation to York , to meet F . O'Connor , Esq ., on his liberation from the fangs of his tyrants ; also , to receive the subscriptions of tbe shareholders of the banner for that occasion . It was agreed that tie
members of this Ice tlity do finally meet at tbe same place , to give in their books , with the whole of tbe penny general subscription moneys for the victims , on Won day evening , the ID th inst . Mr . Parker , in giving in his report of the Petition Committee , stated that they had succeeded in the liberation of Mr . Edwards , and the removal of Mr . Carrier to another gaol , wher e be is allowed to write one letter a week to his friends ; but feared they had not at present made any interest in behalf of Messrs . Frost and Peddie , Whose Yery Hamas appeared tu frighten the entmiea of jUAVioe into hysterics . In the course of the evening , several members cautioned those who intend to attend the
meeting on Wednesday , and all other meetings that may be got up to humbug the people , to use the greatest decorum , snd not allow Sydney Smith and Co .-the least chance to substantiate the lies they so maliciously assert of the Chartists ; after which the chairman left the chair . BIARYLEBOKE . —Weekly meeting , oh Sunday , March 2 Sth , Mr . Huntwell in the Chair . The national petition , which appeared in the Sorthern Star , was read and adopted , and sheets ordered to be got so as t * commence getting signatures to it . The meeting
that is to take place at White Conduit House on Easter Monday , to receive the Country Delegates , was agreed to . The deputation which wita appointed to Whit on Mr . Bankey , lo request him to become one of the Petition Convention , gave in their report , that Mr . Sankey must decline through ill-health , which he is very sorry for . The Secretary announced , that after the sermon which was preached for Mrs . Clayton that afternoon , the sum of 12 s 7 * d was collected ; and 2 s 10 id was collected in the room that evening for a distressed brother .
LEICESTER . —Mr . Smart was nominated delegate to the Prisoners' Petition , ic Convention , at a public meeting , held in the zoom at All Saints' Open , last Monday at noon ; the petition in tbe Star was adopted by the meeting , and 10 > . were subscribed towards the expences of the Member * of Convention . On Monday night , Mr . Henry Vincent delivered a third lecture in the Kew Hall . Notwithstanding its being a wet night , a large audience were assembled , and expressed their repeated and increased grat > fiction , by frequent plaudits . The closing lecture , on Tuesday nijhr , was , per haps , the ablest of the Beries , and Lulcwster has seldom witnessed such an enthusiastic scene aa was presented on that occasion . While the young and powerful orator was fervidly and pathetically describing the fiery ordeal
through which our fathers in reform passed , Mr . Geo . Bown , a highly respected and consistent veteran rose , involuntarily , at tb « enunciation of the -word * Jacobin , —and being instantly recognised by the audience , an electric burst of overwhelming applause echoed through the hall , daring which , the grey-haired and venerated sufferer in persecutions of past days , advanced to the platform and grasped Mr . Vincent's hand , Tbe cheers were loud and long , and the sight was deeply moving . At the close of this lecture , Mr . Vincent administered the Chartist Teetotal pledge to sixty-three individuals . The excitement was of tbe most pleasing kind , and pervaded the whole audience so completely , that it is believed one hundred names would have bten obtained to the pledge , if it had been introduced earlier in the
evening . Mr . Vincent has created an immense feeling in Leicester , aa well among the middle bs tbe working classes , and it is not intended to let it dia Mr . Cooper , editor of the Illuminator , announced that be would preach in the Ciiartiat room at A . U Saints' Open next Sunday nigta , at six o ' clock , and that on the following Sunday night , either himself or Mr . Markham would repeat tke effort . Next Monday night , also , a public meeting will be held for petitioning Parliament to release poor Peddie ; and on Tuesday night , the members of the National Chartist Association meet to elect a Sub-Secretary and Sub-Treasurer , In pursuance of the new plan of organisation . A reading-room and library , weekly lectures , &c , are in projection ; and prosperity , hitherto unexperienced , is sanguineiy looked-for by the Chartist body in Leicester .
BATH . —On Monday eveninglast , pursuant to public notice , a meeting of the adherents to the principles of the People ' s Coarter , was held in Kingsmead-r » om , KiDgsmead-square . The weather proved verv unfavourable ; nevertheless upwards of 60 * persons assembled . Mr . Alderman Crisp was called to the chair amidst loud applause . The worthy gentleman commenced by stating tbe object of the meeting to be to gather together the friends of the Charter ; to or ^ e upon them to concentrate all tbeir energies towards the object they had in view . He proceeded , in an emphatic manner , to show the injustice the unrepresented people were compelled to endure , dwelt upon the severity and injustice of tbe existing Poor Laws , and c » nvjncingly argued that the only hope the people could entertain for an
amelioration of their condition , rested solely upon themselves , and that justice would be done them sooner or later , according to their union , their perseverance , their determination . He , therefore , hoped the people of Bath would , withreeewed energy and zeal , be found straggling against the robbers of their rights , and the iniquitous system at present upheld against the people ' s wilL Mr . C . called upon Mr . T . Bolwell . and sat down amid loud cheers . Mr . Bolwell was glad to see such a cheering meeting before him . And as he beheld many old faces he had before often seen , but who bad latterly , through some unknown cause , been seldom In their proper places ; and as , also , he found the present meeting attended by many of tbe middle classes , he would enter upon a detail of the proceedings of the Charter
Association during tbe last three years . Mr . B . then went on to show the amount of difficulty which had been overcome ; tbe heavy expenses incurred In standing np against persecution ; and could tell them what would be cheering , that after all the difficulty and opposition tbey had encountered , they , an association of poor " degraded" working , * meu , " unfit for the excercise of political power , " had pai & their debtB , and quitted their late premises honourably , unlike an aristocratic poll tioal BOCJety , which had recently expired in thesame city , leaviDgtheir confiding creditors minus several various amounts . ( Loud cheers . ) After calling upon the people for renewed energy and exertion , Mr . B . Bat down amid the applause of the meeting . Mr . R . K . Philp said he should , as
they had heard of what had been done , call their attention to what they new ought to do . The democratic spirit largely prevailed in Bath ; the population of this cuy were remarkable for their patriotism and love of liberty , and it only remained for them to unito in indissoluble union , for them to beat down every enemy tbat should arise against them . Nothing would obtain the people ' s rights bat their exertions ; and fathers , mothers , and children were all bound by their ties to each other , to lend a helping hand to the cause of universal liberty . If a thousand persons in Bath would but contribute one penny per week each , they would be enabled to raise a glorious hall in which to assemble and spread political truth . ( Cheers . ) They eould have Bcboole
for the education of the children of working men and women in the right principles of equality and brotherly love ; they could hare libraries and reading-rooms , and as knowledge was power—the power which they needed to promote their success , he would call upon all who loved the cause in sincerity no longtr to delay , but at once unite to effect their object , which by perseverance they could assuredly accomplish . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . C . Bolwell next came forward , and took a glance at the position , of the people , and the chances of their eucc « ss . He could mark a determination on the part of the oppressed , which was not to be mistaken . They were become a cool and a thinking people—a people determined to use every lej ? al eiFort to establish their
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rights and liberties . After many excellent observations , which were repeatedly cheered , Mr . Bolwell sat down , and was succeeded by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., who followed in the strain of the previous speakers . He alluded to the atrocious proceedings in the oases of Cardigan . Waldep-ave , &c , the aristocrats , and Hoey and Hodge , and other poor working men . He did not regret these things , because it wonld do more than anything else to open the eyes of the people—to shew them the existence of one law for the rich and another for the po » r , and would
extend the spirit of Chartism far and wide . Mr . Roberts spoke at scfme length , amid hearty plaudits . It was then announced that a commodious room at No . 4 , Westgate Buildings , had been taken for the purposes of the Association , where evury information might be obtained . Mr . Clarke proposed , and Mr . Philp seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which were given heartily ; thanks were also given to the proprietor of the room , and the meeting , which , without exaggeration , was highly interesting and cheering , and throughout which a gloriOUS spirit prevailed , separated peacefully .
The Petition Convemiion . —The Chartists of Bath have voted £ 1 to be seat to the Convention Fund . A Subli c meeting will be held next Monday evening , at lo . 4 , Westgate Buildings . LANCASTER . —A meeting was called by the Mayor , in compliance with a resolution of the Town Council , Uh be held at eleven in the forenoon of Wednesday , to petition Parliament for a revision of the commercial tariff . ¦ , The petition having been proposed and seconded ; Mr . J . T . Laud , a working man , proposed an adjournment to half-past seven at night , that the working classes might attend , as he intended moving an amendment before it was put
to the meeting . An amendment was moved by the Tories for the exclusion of the Corn Laws from the petition ; and after some squabbling , the motion tor adjournment was carried by a majority . At the adjourned meeting in the evening , Mr . Lund moved an amendment to the effect , thai thin meeting petition for nothing short of the People ' s Charter . Tho amendment was seconded by Mr . Hamson , but the Mayor , acting as Chairman , refused to entertain the motion , and the meeting refused to entertain any other until that was disposed of . At tho close ol the meeting , in which they were Completely defeated , three cheers were given for the Charter , three for F . O'Connor , and three groans for the Whigs .
BARKEIiBV . —On Sunday last , a funeral sermon for Ciayton , was preached in the Odd Fellows ' Hall , by the Rev . Win . Hill . A collection was made for the widow , amounting to £ 2 2 s . 7 hi . Expences , including rent of the Hall , bills printing , &c , being defrayed , 14 s . 2 d . remained for the widow . It had been intended after the sermon to submit the National Petition and M'raoriais on behalf of Feargus O'Connor , and Frost , Williams , and Jones , to the adoption of the congregation , and notice to that effect had been been given on the placards announcing the service . The proprietor of the room , however , was waited upon by tiie Magistrates ' Clerk , attd remiuded that the room was not licensed
as a place of worehip . He was informed , however , that their worships would most kindly overlook the violation of law in that respect , provided that the petitioning business was not persisted in ; but that , if such a desecration of the Sabbath were tolerated , his license , as a publican , would certainly be in danger . This being represented to Mr . Hill on his am ml , he at once advised the people not to compromise tho interests of an individual , but to give up the petitioning , having the sermon only ; and to call a public meeting , at which their petition and memorials could be adopted . This was determined on , and the meeting is to be holden in the Odd Fellows' Hall this day ( Thursday . )
BRZD 6 ETON . —A public meeting of the inhabitants was held here on Wednesday last , Mr . Richardson in the chair . Mr . M . Cullen , of Glasgow , delivered an impressive address in behalf of the incarcerated Chartists , and also recommendatory of the petitioning scheme , as proposed by Feargus O'Connor . After which seven resolutions were proposed , and efficiently spoken to , by Messrs . Watson , Black , Fortune , and others , which were finally agresd to . There is no lack of spirit manifested by the Committee of this district , which has lately been reiavigorattd by a supply of fresh materials , which seem to work well , and under whose bauds tbe Sunday school and other uudertakings have assumed an appearance of prosperity that must be highly gratifying to every friend of the cause .
8 AZ 1 FORD . —The Chartists here are going on rapidly . Their numbers are increasing weekly ; their room is getting too small for them , aud they will have to take another one , larger . They elected a fresh Committee . There is an amusement class held in their room on Wednesday and Saturday evenings thus while it affords recreation , it also keeps them from the gin palace . The discussion on the progression of mankind will be re-opened on Mouday evening , the 5 th of April , at eight o ' clock precisely . The question of capital and labour will be discussed
on tho following Monday , 12 th of April , when two gentlemen from Manchester , of the Adam Smithian Political Economy school , will be met on this important matter . The co-operation among the workies continues , with increased numbers ; ten bags of flour were purchased aud divided among themselves . Provision dealers , look out ! The working men begin te find oat their own interest ; they now purchase flour , bacon ,. potatoes , soap , and candles . The Chartists owe nothing ; the accounts were audited , every thing found correct , and a balance in hand . They wish the government could say as much .
BRADFORD —( Wiltshire ) , —On Tuesday evening , March 23 , a public meeting was held in Whitehill Chapel , iu this town , for tho purpose of adopting the political prisoners' petition , and rallying the Chartists of Bradford around their glorious standard —the People ' s Charter . The chapel was crowded in every part . Mr . Haswell was called to the chair , and opened the business by announcing the object for Which the persons assembled had been called together . Mr . Reuben Nibblet read the petition , and , in an able manner , moved its adoption . Mr . Carrier seconded the motion , and powerfully urged the people to a performance of their political duties . Mr . Charles Bolwell , from Bath , next addressed the meeting , pointing out the right Of the people to the
Charter which they had demanded , explaining the first principles of Government , and exposing the iniquity of the rulers and the sufferings of the ruled in the present day . Mr . R . K . Philp , from Bath , next addressed the meeting upon the necessity of union and determined perseverance . He showed the advantages to be derived from brotherly coroperation . The two latter speakers entered upon the objects of the meeting at some length , and were repeatedly cheered . Mr . Morgan Williams , of Merthyr Tydvill , was chosen to represent Bradford in the convention . After votes of thanks , cheers , &c , the meeting broke up , having established good feelings , and a determination to " move on to victory . "
BRISTOL . —The Chartists met at Mr . Simeon ' s , Temple-street , Mr . Clarke in the chair . It was unanimously resolved : — " That a public meeting be held in the Hall of Science , Broadmead , for the purpose of passing tbe National Petition . Mr . Edwards , lately » prisoner in Oakham Gaol , will be present snd address the meeting . A Committee was formed for the purpose of getting up the funds necessary lo defray the expenoeB . " WEST BRISTOL AND CLIFTON—At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of this district , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That five shillings be sent to the Star office towards the Petition Convention Fund . " " That we do recommend the Editor of the Star to print » sufficient quantity of the National Petition for the whole of the country , and that the various districts be recommended to instruct their &ub-secretaries to obtain the number they want for headers , or placards , at the Star Office . ' *
HAWICK . —The Hawick Branch of the Chartist Total Abstinence Border Union , held their second social meeting last night , in the large hall of the Commercial Inn , which was crowded to suffocation . The meeting was addressed by Anthony Haig , James Gray , and Alexander Hogg , which with tbe excellent singing , recitations , and instrumental music , appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the audience . We augur great benefit to the cause from these meetings , if properly conducted . REDHUTB , ( Cornwall . )—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday , O'Connor ' s letter to O'Malley was read ; several capital speeches made , and several new members enrolled . An attempt to levy an impost on the Inhabit touts in tbe shape of a rate for the Rural Police has
been res-sted and defeated by tbe workies , and middle men are now " toddling" round- to " th ^ ir order" for subscriptions to defray the expenses . Mr . E . P . Mead is ab * ut being engaged as lecturer . The Committee of the Rcdruth Association request that all bodies of Radicals requesting the services of Mr . £ . P . Mensewill immediately apply to the secretary , Mr . J . H . Longmaid , from whom all letters , pre-paid , will meet with immediate attention , until an arrangement can be made by having appointed a treasurer for a missionary fund ; snd they would beg of all those who are engaged in tbe straggle for freedom to rally their forces , and by sending a delegate to Redruth on Good Friday to eater into proper arrangements for the better organisation of all
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BURNLEY . —On Sunday , the 14 sh of March , an excellent and impressive sermon was preached in the Chartist Room , on the death of poor Clayton , from the words contained in . Isaiah x . 1 , 2 . The room was crowded to suffocation , by an attentive audience . Many were the tears that were shed during the delivery of the sermon . The preacher dwelt , in a sympathetic strain , on tbe sufferings of Clayton , and made a forcible appeal to his hearers on behalf of the Whig-m&de widow and fatherless children . At the close a collection was made , which amounted to 23 s .
Lecture- — On Taesday evening last , a meeting was held in the large Assembly Room , Royal Oak Inn , to hear Mr . Bntterworth , of Manchestsr , deliver a discourse on Chartism . The large room was well filled with an attentive audieuce . Mr . Butter worth pointed out , in a clear and lucid manner , the causes that afflict society , and the necessity of having possession of the elective franchise , in order to enable the working classes to protect their labour from the grasping maws of the several " ocracy ' s " that laid their unholy paws upon it : and concluded by exhorting his audience to union and perseverance , in order to obtain their just rights . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr . Mooney , of Colne , and Messrs . Tattersall and Beaumont , of Burnley . A vote of thanks was then gUen to the Chairman and to Mr . Butterworth , three oheers to
Feargns O'Connor , and the imprisoned Chartists , and three cheers for the Northern Star , When the meeting separated hi / gbly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings . The cause flouriphes here , the hearts of the people are set upon the Charter , they allow no clap-traps to draw them aside , but seem determined to have " the whole hog , bristles and all . " Teetotahsm and Chartism are linked together , expecting by these means to bo better enabled to win their winding way against ail opposition , and wouW advise every Ctiartist in tho United Kingdom who is not already a teetotaller , to lose no time in dashing the intoxicating cup from his lips , for remember the words of John Cleave , at the Palaceyard Demonstration : —'• Every glass of ale or gin that is swallowed by a working man , adds another rivet to the chain that binds him . "
STJNDERLAND . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Deegan , lectured in the Co-operative Hall , on the principle of total abstinence , and the duties of the Chartists to adopt them . We are happy in being able to state , that the majority of the Sunderland Chartists have already pasned from them the intoxicating cup , and intend , to advance the same , to hold meetings every Tuesday evening in the Co-operative
Hall . DURHAM . —Chartism in this city has evidently taken firm root . On Monday ovenin # , a noble meeting was held at Mr . Bradford ' s Temperance Hotel , in a large room which the Chartists have engaged for weekly meetings , when an able and convincing address was delivered by Mr . Williams upon the object , principles , and tendency of Chartism . — Mr , Lawsou , of Coxhoe , also addressed the meeting with excellent effect . In the course of his address
he strongly urged the formation of a Chartist store in the city of Durham . He stated that upwards of 100 ahares had already been takes , although no public meeting had been held , and he bad little doubt but that ere long a flourishing store would be established in the city , and be found of great service to tho cau-ie of Chartism . At the cltse of the meeting a number of Chartist circulars and other Ch&rtist papers were sold and distributed , and the wholo proceeding affords the strongest reason for anticipating the establishment of a flourishing society .
BRADFORD . —At the usual weekly meeting held on Saturday evening last , a letter from YVill ^ ni Brook , an inmate of Northallerton House of Correction , was read , after which various resolutions connected with the movement in that locality were unanimously carried . WtACCLESFIELD . —The adjourned meeting of the delegates of the county of Chester wasbeld on Sunday , according to announcement ( There were delegates from Stockport , Congleton , and Macolesfleld , likewise a letter fr # m Middlewich , announcing thoir inability to send a delegate ; but stating that they would abide by the decision of the meeting . The principal business of the delegates was to appoint a lecturer for tb * county ; but when the amount of enrolled members in the various
towns , were laid before them , they found , that at present ,-they would not be able to support one . The delegate from Congleton stated , that he v ? as instructed to state the district of the Potteries would be witting to join with Cheshire to have a lecturer for the district . This statement was well received , as it was considered that a populous district would be preferable to a county which has Its towns scattered so widely , and accordingly it was proposed and seconded , that the meeting adjourn to Sunday , April 25 th , and that tbe Potteries be invited to send delegates to the Meeting . The meeting to be held in Congleton , as the most
Central town . Good reports were given respecting the fitatoof the Chartists in Sandbach , Nantwich , Northwich , and other places ; and it was agreed that Mr . Linney , of Manchester , should visit all those places in the course of next week , to arouse them to a sense of their duty . During the interval , until next meeting , there is to be an exchange of local lecturers , and the the necessity of organisation to be impressed on tbe minds of all . We are going on -well here ; our members are increasing , and we have established a Chartist Total-Abstinence Society . The members are in great spirits . Mr . Linney lectured on Sunday , in a room of Mr . West's .
HtJDDERSFIELD . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists on Tuesday evening , a full representation of the political bodies in the town and neighbourhood , was given in by a committee appointed to enquire into the state of such , and it was resolved that should any party call a public meeting for any purpose , the object of the Charter should be introduced and show the country that its principles are predominant in this neighbourhood . The out-townships are requested to attend the next meeting on Tuesday evening next , as some important business is to transact .
honkt .-On Sunday , tho 28 th day of March the inhabitants of Houley attended at the Smithy Place School , to hear a sermon preached by Air . Josh . Bray , for the benefit of the wife and family of poor Clayton , the Whig victim ; but , at the time the door should have been opened , they were informed that they could not have tbe room , by orders of the " pious" John Robinson , who had sent a letter to the person holding the key . But when charity is the object of men . some one is always ready to hold out the hand of fellowship . Without any application , the Socialists offered their room , wuiuii wtui Muwpbvuiuiu ot ^ wni ££ cfiaviuii
, vvu > assembled . A collection was made , amounting to 10 s . ( 3 d . The disgust which the people felt at the base and disgraceful conduct of the tyrants under a cloak is widely Bpread . The inscription over the door of the school ought to be blotted out , aa it appears the leaders do not act up to it . It is as follows : — " To do good is our aim . " We would say to do contrary is evident by their works . The above sum is transmitted to J . Leech , which will be forwarded to its proper destination . Also , received from Berry Brow , by John Gleadhill being subscribed by a few friends at the above place , for the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , 6 s .
STOCKPORT . —On Sunday evening , in . accordance with an invitation from the Chartists of this town , Mr . Butterworth , of Manchester , late member of the Chartist College , at Lancaster , delivered & lecture , in the large room , Bamber ' s Brow , to an audience , numerous , attentive , and respectable . He commenced by remarks upon the death of poor Clayton—gave a description of the sufferings endured by him while in prison , in consequence of the unjust punishment inflicted upon him by the prison discipline . Mr . B . went at great length into the torture which the pri-oners had to endure , from hia own observation and from information which he bad received from Mr . Martin , who has lately been liberated from Northallerton : and called upon the
people to support the widow of Clayton . Mr . Butterworth next adverted to the position of affairs , and complained bitterly of the masters for reducing the wages of their workmen . The master hatters were struggling to reduce the wages of their men , in consequence of which a turnout had taken place , and if they gained their object now , they would not be long before they attempted again and again , and ultimately the workmen would be compelled ^ to work at th » masters' own price . He obieryed that the master hatters had met and proposed a resolution to tho effect , that the cotton masters were reouested to discharge every man who gave anything
towards assisting the hatters while they are turned out . This was , what he considered , conspiracy of the masters against the labour , life , and limb of the workmen ; and were the workpeople to attempt anything half so bad , they would be brought up , and sent to prison , and tried under the Combination Act . And it would alw * ys be the case , so long as the real producer was unprotected , and the consumer protected . Mr . B . then glanced at the rapid advance of machinery , and the great mischief it was doing at present , by being put in competition with manual labour . A few years ago , there were thousands of block printers in this '
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country , who earned tolerable wages . A . ntax&lrib was invented , which threw many oat of employment * and brought the wages of those in employ « w » - aidentbly lower . And , at the present time , wen ii a machine being got up which will supersede block printing , and , consequently , do without that bodj of men altogether . In the Potteries , he was , he believed , correctly informed , that a machine had beea invented , which will be eqaalto , and supersede tho labour of , three or four hundred men in tlr manufacture of pots . &c . &c . The Parliament knew this ,
and yet have no sympathy for these men , unless it was such as a lion would have to a cat ; or , u Sheridan Baid , " Like vultures to cover and devout them . " He here related an anecdote of a working man , who asked his master ( a very religious man ) whether he was not afraid of going to hell for bating his hands I The master replied that he bad left off reducing his hands , and would never attempt it again . The man seemed pleased at this , and hope * he would stick to -his word . Yes , eays the master , I shall have no nted to reduce them again , because I shall Bhortly be able to do without them altogether ! Here , Mr . B . said , that it was flesh and blood against iron , wood , and steel . ( Hear , bear . ) But the working classes will not be the only
snfferers in the end . The middle—the shopkeeperswere beginning to find it out , that the till was frequently empty . Then , if the working people did no | get wages , they could not lay it out in purchasing provision and clothing . ( Hear , hear . y And the very same circumstances which have brought down the working classes to starvation point , would in the end bring the shopkeepers and the owners of cottage property to bankruptcy and ruin . ( Hear , hear . ) The middle class—the -manufacturers—have created a _ monster which will destroy themselves . Who will pay the taxes when manual labour is done away with ? Will- the wood , iron , and steel t No . ( Hear , hear . ) But they must , be paid . The Queen . Bishops . Albert , the parrots , monkeys .
and dogs , must be fc , ept . Wht will pay tbe taxes ? Why they cannot get it from the working men , because they have not got it . But they will get it , as a matter of course , where it is to be had . ( . Hear , hear . ) The machinery which has been competing against manual labour will , iu the end , compete against itself ; indeed it was doing so new . HenO&j the quantity which has been exported to France , America , Austria , Belgium , Switzerland , and many other places . The great manufacturers will bV eating up the small ones ; he with most capital will provide the best machinery , and will thua beat the man with less capital , aud of course inferior machinery . The consequence will be the ruin of the small try , the cottage property owners and the
shopkeepers . ( Hear , hear . ) Th « middle ei&ss , the shop-keepers , the manufacturers foresee this . They can see that this competition will ruin them . Yet although they do see this ; and dread its approach , they will nibble , shuffle , and tryallmanoBUVres soonei than they , will join the working people , the real producers . They will suffer bankruptcy and ruin before they are prepared to join the working classes to obtain that ; power which will protect both capital and labour alike . ( Hsar . ) Every single act which these men do is calculated to make things worse , and he believed great sacrifices would be xn&ae before the people were redeemed from their slavery , bondage , and their attendant evils . ( Hear , hear . ) Clayton was sacrificed for trying to remove a otate
of things which were bringing himself to starvation . elaveTy , and want , and which would be entailed , upon his offspring . ' But , said Mr . Butterworth , it would take a long time and a great deal of forcible argument to induce a man who receives £ 20 , 000 or £ 30 , 000 for believing that things are right as they are , to believe to tbe contrary . ( Laughter . ) So long as the people are taught in the various churches and chapels that the people are just , in the condition which God intimated tkey should be ( leaving wicked men out of the question ) , g o long will they be ulaves , at least so long as they believe such trash . ( Hear . ) And , by-the-bye , the Mechanics * Institutions are as bad as either the churches oi chapels , for there they tell the people that they
should not ask for a full belly or good coat , until they have become educated . That to give him his rights , to give him what will feed and olothe himself and family , would only make him more miserable . In short , that which would make them comfortablo and happy would only make them miserable . ( Laughter . ) Ho man ought to be allowed to invent machinery to do away with manual labour , ( indeed it ought to be allowed the greatest crime to do so ) , unless he is at the same time prepared to let the people have tbe benefit arising from it . That man who does so proves himself to be one of the greatest v / llains to society . And we might just as well try to stem the ocean as stop machinery militating , against the interest of working millioBS . without
giving the people * pow , er of the law which governs beth master and tho workman . It is not true that this artificial state of society cannot bo altered . By a proper and judicious arrangement and distribution of the wealth produced , every man might obtain a sufficiency to maintain himself and family . He therefore would recomfiiend the people to union and perseverance , though by doing bo , it might subject some to imprisonment . It appeared that the Whigs had not done arresting yet—they had taken Christop her Dean , of Manchester , last week , and according to what some of the hacks in office said , they have not done yst in Stockort . If there were any of their spies , tools , or lickspittles present , he hoped they would go and tell
their employers that the people never would cease so long as such a state of things existed . He hoped they would tell their employers he never would cease himself , so long aa he saw a system like the present fraught with injustice , misrule , and extravagance on the one hand by those who produce nothing valuable to society ; and on the other , slavery , poverty , and starvation to those who are the producers of all wealth . So long as he witnessed * such a state of things , he would not cease denouncing it , let the consequence be what it may . ( Cheers . ) This was not the time to humbug the people , tbia is a time when the people must sp « &k , and he thought it would take much to convince them that the middle class were not the most inveterate enemies to
the many . They are the people who choose the Parliament who have passed all the bad laws which disgrace the statue book . Could anything be more fitndish , more devilish , than the conduct of the master hatters towards their workman ? It was the middle class who transported the Dorchester Labourers for conspiracy forsooth , for protecting their own wages , who transported the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and who have filled the English prisons 1 Mr . Butterworth again referred his hearers to the ( what he called ) damnable act of the cotton masters and the master hatters , who could so unblushingly tell a man that if he gave hia brother a crust for resisting oppression , he must be turned into the street . And yet the organ of this
party had said it was time to stop public meetings , because the working man had courage enough to meet these masters , and tell them to their teeth of their unprincipled conduct . Because they d&t 6 to go and open their mouths and tell them that they were telling untruths . There was one gentleman at the laU-great meeting who boasted of not having reduced his hands for a long time , and because he was not allowed to tell lies by wholesale without being contradicted , be went away in a huff , and by seven o ' clock the next morning , this man , who had shown bo much charity and sympathy for his hands previously , gave notice for a reduction of two or three shillings per week , —( shame , )—and when asked why he did so , ho replied—that if they were
determined to oppose him at public meetinga , he would make use of his power and right in bringing them down in their wages . ( Execration . ) Mr . Butterworth said tbat there were two powerful parties already organised , and when they united the Government must . tremble , or concede to the people their just rights . All working men , of every sect , JDustgo together for a political object , and then go where he may for his religion . ( Hear , hear . ) While they were disunited they were helping those who wished to oppress them . He believed that if Christ was to come again , that the tyrants of the present day would crucify him if he preached the Bame doctrine as he did when he first earn e . He did not only preach spiritual happiness , but he
wished to see the people temporally happy . People might tell him ( Butterworth ) that « t was the will of God that things should be as they are . But he did not believe that it was the will of God there should be 6 , 000 , 000 of slaves in this country . Ho did not believe that one claaa should live in idleness , extravagance , splendour , and luxury , at the expence of the other . He did not believe that it was the will of God , that while there was an abundance of every thing for the sustenance and support of the whole human family , that it ehould be locked up , and thousands of toe people starving . He did not believe that it was the " . wiil of God that man should be ever parted from his wife and family : and , lastly , he did not , believe that it was the will
of God that things should remain in snch an abominable and tmchmtian-like state as they are at the present time . But , » n the contrary , he believed that it was the will of God that peace , happiness , and plenty should bo the lot of every man in existence . He hoped the people would not expect God to work a miracle for their deliverance : they most not expect any supernatural assistance from the Deity , in removing those things , when he had already givem them sufficient power . The masters would rather go to seme canting parson , who told them they were doing right , than go to a working man ' s meetinf , where the present system was exposed ; if they
called it bad they would - not call it wro » g , for it was out of the power of language to pourtray it in all its deformities—producing prostitution , theft , crime , murder , and every thing vicious and bad . By way of conclusion , he believed" that if the people would rise , en matte , and declare that this system should not continue , it would not last twenty-four heurs . He spoke a few words , recommending his audience to support tho widow Clayton , and fist down amidst cheers . Mrs . Clayton ' s letter was read , which was well received . A vcteof thanks waB given to Mr . Butterworth , and a collection , amounting to 83 . 9 d ., was made towards the removal of Clayton to Sheffield ,
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