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THE PEOPLES CHARTER . A PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of LONDON , SURREY , and their Suburbs , will be held on EASTER MONDAY , April 12 th , 1841 , To call upon the Legislature to enact the People ' s Charter , And to Elect Delegates to sit on the approaching Convention for the restoration ot the Incarcerated and Transported Victims . A Working Man will take the Chair at Twelve o'clock precisely . The Delegates from the Country , and who may be in London , are invited to attend . By Order of the Committee , THOMAS WALL , Sec .
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OLD PARR'S LIFE PILLS . fllHE READERS of the Northern Star are X particularly requested to read carefully the following account of the BENEFICIAL EFFECTS of PARR'S LIFE PILLS , iu Leicester and the Neighbourhood : — The following facts have been mentioned to Mr . J . P . Winks , the Agent for PARR'S LIFE PILL 5 , in Leicester , who Las preserved the name a » d residence of each of the parties , which he ia ready to produce : — ¦ . . ... . -. " -.. ... , ed 44
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OiBSAM . —At * public meeting of th « Chartists j nidham . on Thursday week , fte following reso-SrWe unanimously agreed to :-l . "That a drtwtatioB of t * n good raen , from ibe vanoa 3 towns Jfireat Britain , be seat up to London , to meet ! as * on the 12 th of April , to be called "The Politi- 1 •«? Prisoners' liberation and Chartist Petition Con-1 toSb- '" " That Dr . P . M . M'Douall is a fit ! iad proper person to represent Oldham in the forth- j earnin g Convention , to sit in London . " 3 " That ^ pSiaoa . vrflieh appeared in the Star of March j « fcL be Copied . " 4 . " That a tea-party take place j \ n Ch&rust Room , Greaves-street , on East « r j JIoDdaJ ; tea to be on the table at four o ' clock in i th « iftensoon . " After tea recitations , songa , and j fazasg * 31 ^ P ^ ace , f ° * he entertainmeat of ] A » erasing , when the band will be in attendance .
jtAj < Chester . —A meeting was convened to beheld ** Tib-street room , oa Wednesday evening , to bar R . J . Richardson deliver a lecture on the jkptiiofthft Union ; but owing to unavoidable cirjCTsaoees , that gentleman could not attend . As Biaj repealers hid come on purpose to hear a lasure , i ; was suggested that Mr . J ^ hn M / Growan dsodd address them , who kindly consented , and © so for a considerable time , in & strain of elomsA and m&nlv argument . A resolution to the
efeei that the Charier -would ba the most effectual jaaas of accomplishing the Repeal of the Union ; gad sa amendment , that the repeal agitation should pnweed unmixed with any other agitafcioa ; were boi pat , rnd afterwards withdrawn , to th » satisfjesoa of all parties . A . debate , in which several pokers took part , -was entered into dnring ihe reedag , in the best possible spirit . Repealer ? and CSanssts left the room with every , manifestation of fDod feeling to each other .
. JSCSSTER . —Mr . Cosper addressed a considerable jaiieaee in the room at All Saints' Open , last Sodsr nighf , and administered tha Chartist teefefal pledge to seTen persons . On Monday night , a public meeting was held in the Town-hall , and a jeScon to Parliament adopted , for the release of Mr . Peddie , confined in Bsvariey Honse of Correcikm . Mr . Burden was chairman ; and Messrs . Sasrt , Cooper , &c . addressed the meeting . During ik reading of poor Peddie ' s pethion to tbe Marquis rfh ' orsaaiibv , ( from the Star , ) and of lira . Peddie ' s
letters , such a powerful feeling displayed itself as its no : been witnessed for some time . The hearts of the WsAg tyrants would bare qjailsd , if they esnld haie witntsscd it . Two verses , breathing a WE 2 f < si the captWe ' s deliverance , were sang to the air of the . Xariacal Anthem , and eheers ffiTen for tbe Caarter , Frost and his companion ? , and O'Connor , at the close of the meeting . The petition has been transmitted to 3 Ir . Thos . Dun combe , for pre-Benkaoa . Six more took the Chartist teetotal pledge ere the meeting broke up .
. 0 s Ttesdat Etui 5 g , a publie meeting was held in lie room a ; Ail Sainss' Open , when , after considerable discmaoB , ihs new plan of organization ¦ wm adopted . Twebemore took the pledge at the dose of this meeting , making ( with the sixty-three to whom Mr . Vincent administered it ) eighty-eight Chartist teeroraiiers for Leicester . Focz Shillings were collected as a commencing subscription ia aid of the eiptnces of the Eiecutrre . WICDIESEX .- ' -Satxt PaNCBas . —Tbe Chartists
Mi tSeir neilj mKtiag en Sunday fcTeixiug last , at fesiroom , Brook-Etrefet , Hampstead Road , Mi . Thcs . "Will is fts chair . After the usu&l pr&limlnary busi-Desi , Jlr . H . Moriey opened the discussion , " Will the Kptil o £ the Corn Laws benefit the working daises ? " Betas folio wed bj Messts . Con worth , Viaer , Laurie , » i othcSL The diicussini , at a late boar , -e ras adjwmed to the Sunday following . Petitions were ( Weredto be prepared in beialf » f BronUrre OBrien , 5 e « ijti ! O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , and > H other Tictims .
; fiii > i Pa 5 cras Tictim Committee- —This highly uefal aid indtf&tigable body held its weekly meeting « Wednesday -week , Mr . Fern in the chair . The Secrete ; reported , " Thlt the demand for ticktU for tbe Ijtm ixd Tall , fci Easter Wedcesday , at the Social «¦» > » is so great that the Sub-ccnimittee , to ensure « j * fert , had lunited the number of tickets . " The g » air » reported , ¦ ' That the dear baliuce from the art fsstitil-sras £ 5 . ; the ext > ences bting 410 / 35 . $ d . Satheretanu £ n . 3 s . Gd . "—Adjourned . tAKBETH . —At a meeting of the members of the «^ 1 Charter Association , residiag in the aboTe *»! k 7 . on Tuesday last , it tras announced that Mr . rssBeB -srill dslirer a lecix&e on the following Tuesday wans ? , at 54 . Webbs-row . Dake-street , TVaterlco-road , » Sae aE Eemben ars requested to attend .
EaiSTOIi—On Tuesday erening , a public meeting « tte mhabitaBU was held at the Hall of Science , u > Me ttto coarideration the petitioning of' Parliament £ yf , rdease of aH political pris-jners , aad for the 2 * J « J CisrUr , nhen reso ; ctions in faTcmr of these f ^ "ffsre a-io ptcd , after excellent speecbi-s frum ^ -. Glsrk , Tud ., r > Bolwe ll , W . Jloran , Osbozzx . ^» as , ¦ of Xfc-srpcrt , late of Oakham Gaol , ; Simeon , ^ f- 'tp ; and ilr . M organ -wis chosen as Drlegate . - ^ - 'J ^ nCO piisc-Es Eiu « t hare be . n prestxt afone «» - Ctetg the meeting . We regret that ^ re cannot Ai * t a acre lengthy ac-jee from -want of re ^ ce .
^^ EELASD .-On Thursday eTeuitz . a public g * xj , of the inhabitants of SacJerlaiid was holder totahr , > peratiTe HaU ' "trhen 3 Ir - I ^ gan was unani-^ 7 e ened delegate to the Petition Convention . CT ^ J a-tensoon , Mr . Binns deUTered an excellent ^ j ^ : ' * = Life-Boat House , ob the adTastages ei Q aZ ? ' " ^ auxiliary means in obtaining the is tfc i ^ eauaience was reij large and atttntire . tf ^ ri ? - eoUeetioa "" ^ made in aid of the funds * Chutist Association . ^? E £ ii ITE , hali _ _ Ob SaDday eTeaing > M ,. & *^ s lectured here . His subject was— " Chii * - " ^ -g ^ a tidings to tie poor . ' ¦• jj ^^ CX . —Oa Suiday last , a meeting of the in-° ffc nr ** beld at wbicn resolutions , approving ^^ -v Uamor ' s Petition Conrention plan , and tbe idteS ^ i ^ PPearfcd in the Star , were unanimously j ^ T °° Sunday , Mr . Lowery preached two serfcso dM mm . " ^ attentiTe audiences ; and on
"feii [ T . ? rsninentitiTe lectures ever heard here , on feaal ^ reii ? ious Uberty necessary to mental and S » to ^ i 7 1 I * 0 Temeilt cf m * D ; " at the clo 8 e of '" ¦ hich ateTtetl ** T ^^ cheera f 0 T Mr - Lo ^ ery ; thr e * Oxw , ^ ? Cli flinchingfriend of the people , Fergus feseW for Fr 05 t - Williuni , and Jone *; &nd ^ ind i ^^ * rcer * Chartisti At th « conclusion , Q ^ r wass , tato -a ^ ibaj jam M M meEber > of s j ^ JTT ^ awtlst Church , and a committee was ap-** o * mI ^? tte aeceesary anangementa for estab-^ Z ^ Wlth M ^ ttle delay a * pos » ible . ^^* OK . —PcBL 3 C MEETDfa—Thi * hot-bed of •^ rvhr ^ ^ * tT ^ w ^ T eTeniag ' by Mr . Bair ** » ^ rr ^ ahire t ^ r ^ t L ectotr . There is **¦ Wnrt ™ ^ thit " ** m"Tni" » ted- this town .-? V ttTwS- ^ t * 1111 "' 11 »™ d through Bepton , Wr f Jr . * 1 * 1 *? 81 ^ aoxions to bear , while some
«^ j ^ if ? **< wl be » » bid armed themaehres -mth ^ fcJT . " . «» purpose of attacking him by ***« Mt -rT * befas * erinwd priorto thfi commenc © - ^^ Ma&eu , he began by asserting bia ^*^^ **** ' P ° ma and peacefully to enunciate $ ^» f « i « Byand all pdUeal questions , iden-* | l >^ Pto » ^ qDfistJt > M ^^ H" "ft . "terty , *•**« l ^ j ^ JPf 0 ? 16- Hi . remarks , confaasteA **• tth ^ i 2 ?^ titm ** ae T 01111 ? arl » toeratlin « ? a * SoS * "* ^ * elIci « 1 <»< 1 cneen from tto
^ S WC" ^ " 4 expowa tba » ea of tbe ^ Prfnta-TJr ^ 0 ^ and ^ Mbed up « n nttmerous 2 ?* 1 ' Cbi ^ ? R aed fcriatSm , point by point , the ^ '' k ^ wJS i ^ . 0 ** 111 * 1 ^ 11 ^ ind conTlncing ^ i ^ i ^ . 1 ^ 11 * 11 ^ of repeated cfceeriag from ^ lood ^ f J 801 ^ 11 *^ by bidding his audience a !^*« pon * ew # "to to irllIdl ' ¦» * lmort Bna-^* * So ^ ifi k 9 from **» S 1111 " meeting , ¦ Good ^ toWSJ'SL 1 > liBto * ^^ ^ lately S ^ W ^ L ™ ^ 1840 * 8 haaa ' «* 8 »^ him , ^ tSfeSS ^ ^^ * abM » ed » one b » ° ^
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SALFORD . —There was a lecture in our room on Sunday eTening last . The room was actually suffocating . The whole borough is ^ jetting alive again . The co-operation system adopted by the Chartists here is tfae only practicable and jnat one established . Some families save as much as fourteen-pence per weel in their present provision dealing . A conversation , to the following effect , took place between a provision dealer and a Chartist during the past week . We will not mention names : — Shopkeeper—What is the reason , Mr . Chartist , yon do not get your flour and bacon from me as formerly ! Chartist—Because I can buy them of as good a quality and much cheaper than you will Bell them
to me . S . —How do you prove that—I buy as cheap as anybod y else ! C . —iSay , but ton do not ; you get all your stuff on credit , bnt we pay ready money . S . —You pay re&dy money do you , eh—whom do you mean by " we" ? C . —Why the working men to be sure . We club onr money together , gp and buy our provisions wholesale ; by this means wo save 2 d . on the dozen of flour , 2 d . on a pound of bacon , Id . per ponnd on candles , 2 d . per score on potatoes , and other articles in like manner . S . —Oh ! you will get tired of such -work , you may take my word for it . Some one will run aw * y with yonr money .
C—Never fear , Mr . Shopkeeper , that is what you want . Ours is not a store where there is any great sum of money in any body ' s bands ; we have now three houtes , where we divide our goods among ourselves ; we are determined no longer to be fools to b © putting money in the pockets of shopkeepers , to keep them lazy and idle , to clothe their wives in silk , and their daughters in satin , while ours are in rag 3 . Goodbye . Mr . Shopkeeper . S . —( alone)—What the devil will become of us ! The ? e fellows , since they have commenced studying politics , and reading that damned paper tbe Northern Slar , and such publications as the Chartist Circular , hare begun to take their own affairs into their own hands , I am afraid we must become Chartists too .
On Monday evening the anticipated discussion , on the progression of mankind , took place . The Chartists are organising into classes again . Mr . Little moved , and Mr . Richards seconded the following resolution : — " In consequence of the long-tried , unceasing , and honest exertions of Ma Campbell , secretary ^) the present Executive , in the cause of democracy in Salford , that we consider him a fit and proper person ro be nominated as a candidate for the permanent Executive of the National Charter Association about to be electod .
BT 7 RTO : f-ON-TRSNT . —This Tory town was visited last Monday by tbe Derbyshire Chartist lecturer —Mr . B&irstow—the first visit ever paid to it by a Chartist lecturer . The bellnian announced the meeting for the Market-place , at seven o ' clock , -where , at that " time , an immense concourse had assembled , who manifested the liveliest desire to hear Mr . Bairstow . He mounted a chair by tbe Obelisk , when a lusty bnt good humoured -p ubiic * n asked him what the Charter meant , to -which Mr . B . instanter replied in a most argumentative , lucid , and convincing strain of reasoning on the principles of tha Charter , to which the entire meeting and the gentlemanly publican gave their hearty assent and unanimous applause , with the solitary exception of one b&- "knieht" -ed toper , -who , by his devoirs to the
* Moiiy god , " baa got baif seis over , —but on interrupting Mr . Bairstoir , he -was speeAUy ptwlievi out of the meeting by a number of tie Burton lads , who Btood lite a firm phalanx around Mr . B ., hung in silence up « n bis lips , and caught every sentiment with the loudest demonstrations of applause . While Air . B ., in concluding his address , which lasted two hours , was adverting to the physical force by -which the system is upheld , a voice muttered ' Xe-wport , Jfewport , " to which , with the rapidity of lightning , and a Bcathing glince of withering scorn , he replied , ' Talk of Newport by the side of Waterloo . ' " and brought up a most powerful and thrilling picture of the present accursed system in all its departments . At the end of his lecture threeloud spontanepus and moat enthusiastic cheers wert given by the whole meeting , without any one proposing them , while hundreds of warm hearts responded in kindest wishes and prayers to his " good Bight . " A bigotted shopocrat attemptedin
, the course of the lecture , to instigate one of the town police to put down Mr , Bairstow , but the policeman generously stated that he was there as a preserver of the peace and not a disturber , and that " the lecturer ' s statements were true to the letter . " After the dispersion of the assembly , of whoai there were not le : 5 than 1 , 200 , a number of friends accompanied Mr . B . to his lodgings , where he enrolled a number of members of the National Charter Association , who will meet weekly and co-operate with the _ county and town of Deibj . The Charter , Mr . Bairstow , and the neeting , is now all the topic in Barton . Prosptcts are most auspicious for a flourishing interest here ; hurrah for Chartism ! instead of " strong ale , " in Burton . The tide is turned , aaid itTvill follow till it empties itself into the great ocean of truth and justice . Mr . B&irstow will probably visit BurUn again in the course of four weeks .
PRESTOK . —On Friday e , teniug last , ihe Chartists of Presten met in their Room , Avenhani-street , to hear a lecture from Mr . Butterworth , who in a plain , straightforward manner exposed the conduct of the Montymongers and Profitmongers , and contended that neither life , limb , nor labour -would be prstected by the law , in the same manner as the property of the higher and middle classes was . He tben in a very sarcastic strain unmasked those clerical hypocrites who gull the people by preaching ' passive obedience and non-resistance , " ¦ who , living in affluence , have the effrontery to tell their hearers it i * the will of Divine Providence that the great portion of mankind should be poor , and that they ought to submit in patience and not complain . After exhorting them to union and energy , he concluded » most insfcrncTve lecture . —The doors of the Association Room
• were then thro-wn open to the pubac , as had been announced by placard , kc . to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the petition that appeared in the Star , and devising means for the expences of tbe convention . Mr . R- Watson being voted to tbe chair , 3 Ir . G . Haitcn read t 5 = e petition to the meeting , and , after making a few remarks on tie propriety of agreeing to it , moved its adoption . Mr . E . Swiudlehurst , in & neat ij » eech , Eeconded the proposition ; which was spoken to L"J 31 r . S . Mnrphy , and unanimously adopted . Sheets for signatures are laying at the Association Boom , Avenham-street , every evening after six o clock .
NEWPORT ( Walesi . —We have received the following protest , to which , in jastice , we cannot refuse insertion : — " We , the Chartists of Newport , as a body of tie National Charter Association of Great Britain , do hereby enter our protest against Mr . John Collins , declaring him not a proper person to sit on the Petition Convention about to be formed in . London . We learn , from list -week ' s Slar , that he has entirely denied being a Biember , and rtfuses to join the National Charter Association of Great Britain ; therefore , we . as a body of the above Association , will not , nor cannot ,
pl-ce confidence m him , or any other man , or men , sitting oa such Convention , or in &ay Traj- transacting business for the great bulk of tha people . We view such nien with suspicion , and as traitors to the gTtat cause we arc labouric z for ; other places may do as they will , but we lite men that -will go ' the -whole hog , tkat is , for ' Universal Snffrage and No Sarrtuder . ""—The Chartiits of this town highly approve of Mr . Morgan Williaas , as a fit and proper person to « it upon the Petition Convention , and will do their utmost to support him viiile in I ^ ondoB .
IS Tills PART of the eonntry , it is a general rule to pay respect to the dead , by decking the graves with flowtrs ; Sunday , the 4 th instant , being what is called " Flowering Sunday , ' early in the morning groups Jof men , women , and children were wending their way to the church-yard , witk baskets of flowers in their hands , to pay a token of respect to their much-loved deceased parenti , friends , and relatives- Amongst the rest , tbe poor fellows who fought and bled for liberty , -were not forgotten ; their graves -were elegantly strewed with fljwera ; hundreds of people came running with their presents , nntil the graves were completely covered with flowers . The Chartists were busily engaged In decking tbe graves , ( four in number , ; after which the following line * " -were written in iaige hand , and placed at the head of each grave .
' Here lie the valiant Mid the brave , Wbe fought a nation ' s rights to save ; They tried to set tbe captives free , But fell a prey to tyranny . But st il l they ahall not be forgot , Tho' in the grave tbeir bodies rot ; The Charter shall our watchword be , — Come death , or glorioua victory ! On the grave of brave Shell -were the lina » -tts » t appeared in the Star about five months ago : —" * ' Wb . o fought for freedom more than life ; '" jv Wii& gave np all to die in strife ; The young , the brave , no more a slave , Immortal Shell , that died so w « ll . He fell , and sleeps in hononr ' s grave . "
BIRMINGHAM . —An able dUeonrveiras delivered on Sunday evening last , in tVe Chartist Meeting-room , Freeman-street , by Mr . W . Dean Taylor . Previous to tbe chair being taken , Mr . T . P . Green read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on Christian Chartism ; it was loudly and repeated ]? cheered , tbe females being the most enthusiastic in tbeir plandits . Tbe room was well attended and promises to -work irondera in this town . Frost , &cx , RE&TOBxiieM Comiutike . —Tne above committee held tbeir weekly meeting at tbe Chartist-room , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Bridges in tbe chair . Mr . Jacob Hawkins
and Mr . John Moore , of Trowbridge , were elected honorary members . Letters were read from Mansfield aod Cardiff , tbe fetter acctmpuded with St . and a memorial . It was resolved that all memorials should be forwarded to Mi . Gtaeet as saos as possible , in order to have them ready for presentation whea U » e deputation arrives in the MfctropaiiSi A ditfflMson took place on Mr . Mob ' s letter , an * the secretary was instructed to correspond with that gentleman , if possible to indue * toiin to s « t witti the deputation , as he was approved of by the various publie meetings throughout the comitry .
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TO THE BDITC-R OF IBE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —You will oblige the Victim Fund Committee by giving insertion to the following few lines : — TO THB CHAHHSIS OP GEEAT BRITAIN . Fellow-Codntbtmejj , —You have & duty to perform which demands your immediate attention and support ; » duty which every Chartist Bhould perform , in honour of suffering justice and humanity , to aid and assist the sufferine victims of a rile and vicious Government , by subscribing one penny in Eister week , as recommended to jou for your consideration , by your representatives when mei in Manchester in February last . Let every Chartist and every lover of tbe cause of pure aud incorruptible Government lend their aid ; let every man in every place where the cry of the widow has been heard , and where the spirit of freedom has pl anted her & % g , attend to the denanda that the sufferers have upon them , and heal them ; let all and every
one , this week , do their duty ; let all monies be sent to oar Secretary , Mr . P . Shorrocks , 70 , Gin-street , where they will be properly applied and acknowledged in the Star of justice to all . Our monthly balance sheet should hav « appeared this week ; but owing to the Easter week subscription , we have detained it another fortnight ; so that we can immediately acknowledge the money sent before the end of the next month , as to give every satisfaction to all subscribers . We need not say more , but do your duty . Mm . Maddocks . J . Wkbler . A . Melville . Wu . RlJSHTOK . J . MlLLINGTON . S . CBAJdlKRLANE , President . P . Shobbocks , Secretary , 70 , Gin- * treet , Ancoats-street , where all atonies for the Viotim Fund mmst . be sent . Manchester , April 8 th , 1841 .
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? TO THE EDITOB OF THE 1 EEDS MEBCUBT . Sir , —Your ungentlemanly attack upon my character in the foul-mouthed language of Billingsgate , as exhibited in the report of my address delivered at the Chartist meeting held in the Cloth Hall Yard , after the Corn Law meeting had be « n dissolved by the chairman , fully justifies the general opinion held of your lying capabilities , or you would never have designated me " a low blackguard character , named Parker . " I have been fourteen years in business on my own account in Leeds , entitled to , and ever exercising , my right of voting for Borough Members of Parliament ever since the Reform Bill ; and I defy all tbe men in Leeds—yourself into the bargain—to prove you ever beard me utter a blackguard expression , or commit one blackguard or low dirty action .
After being four yearaa teetotaller , and three times that number of ye ^ rs before the public as agratuitoostacturer and preacher of the gospel of peace and good wittto ' man , yon may imagine I am set unknown . I get my living by . hard working as a smith , and I have done work for some of the n > 03 t respectable parties in Leeds—one for the last thirteen years , aaother twelve , another eight , and many others for several years together ; now , let these say whether I am a law blackguard , or not ; and then the world may believe it . These know me , they know I pay for w ^ hl get , and as far as man can , owe no man anything but lova I pity 6 ucq a poor creature as yourself—compelled to resort to such wicked means to bolster up a false and oppressive position . Was there ever a paper so filled ¦ with lies , as the Mercury of last week , and you , a professor of the religion of Jesus Christ too—you are a precious specimen of a professor—a blind leader of the blind 1
I question , after all , your ability to injure me , jjou are bo well kmown to be a common and unprincipled liar ; bnt no thanks to y « u on that account— " your purpose ( pod is equal to the deed . " You have attempted to rob me of my good name to enrich yourself ; but the -wicked will fall into bis own snare . What I possess I know wtll how it has come ; and you should not be surprised if I object to the system of worse than highway robbery practised by the worst government that ever cursed the sheres of Britain . Is it to be wondered at , tbat with my blistered hands , I am become a Chartist ? My resolve is taken , and if I can do it , th « whole fabric of corruption shall tumble down about your ears , and therefor * I advise you to shift your quarters quickly—leave off lying—speak the truth , auJ then folk 3 will begin to wonder , and you will be safe . Till then I defy you , and live Your unconquerable opponent , Joseph Parkeb .
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the left ; and having justice for the foundation of our claims , truth and sincerity as the rule of our argument * we cannot fail in ultimately achieving our freedom and securing our rights . And as to these moral philosophers , we can well afford to make a present of them to Dan or the Corn Law Repealers , and I therefore suggest that they be disposed of accordingly . I am , Sir , your very obedient servant , H . Boss .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tobsdat , Araii , 6 . Mr . Hawis presented petitions . ' from the Medical Practitioners of Cockermouth , in favour of Medical Reform Bill , also petitions from Dissenting Congregations Is Hampshire and Essex , against church-rates , and petitions from individuals in favour of the release of Feargus O"Connor , and for a free pardon for ' Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . Dennistoun presented a petition from alasipow , praying for Universal Suffrage , and against the Corn Laws . ¦ , Mr . Wakley presented a petition from the Camberwell and Walworth Charter Association , praying the House to remit the sentence on Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; also a petition from Salford , praying for the remission or the sentence on Frost , Williams , and Jones ; also a petition ttom Finsbury , praying the House to institute an inquiry into the principles of tha Socialists .
A letter was read by the Speaker from Sir R . Stopford , acknowledging the vote of thanks passed by the House of Commons to himself , and the officers and men under his command . On the motion of Viscount Palmewton , it -was agreed that the House at its rising should adjourn until Tuesday , the 2 « thof April . % Lord Palmebston , in reply to a question from Mr . P . Howard , stated tbat tbe Portuguese commission for the settlement of the claims of British subjects were still occupied with preliminary inquiries , which required to be brought to a close before any of those olaims could be settled .
Mr . EWART then brought forward his motion tot an address to her Majesty , praying that she would be graciously pleased to appoint a Minister of Education , one whose duties should be to lay annually before Parliament a return showing the progress of education throughout the United Kingdom . Tlie Hon . Qentlemaa , at great length , stated the practice in foreign countries , contending that the greatest advantage must accrue to Great Britain from the adoption of the continental eystem . One great advantage that would follow the adoption of his motion , would be the establishment of public libraries , tfce want of which was a reproach to the character of the country . Mr . W . S . O'Bbien seconded the motion , and contended that the next duty of the State , after that of the protection of life and property , was to make provision for the instruction of tne people .
Sir G . Grey said he should not be doing justice to a question of such importance if he entered fully into it in a H « use so thin ( about fifty members ) . He believed the state of the House was to be attributed to the day on which it was brought forward—the last before the adjournment—and to a belief that it would not be brought forward , rather than to any indifference on the part of the House to the subject . He could not , however , agree to the motion of bis Hon . Friend , because , after the recess , a report from the Committee of Privy Council upon tho subject of education would be laid upon the table , which would give very full informat \< ra oil that subject , and might prove to tbe Hon . Member that the necessity for the appointment of a minister of education would be in a great measure superseded . He would suggest to the Hon . Member to withdraw his motion for the present , and bring it forward when tbe estimates on education would be before the House .
Mr . Ewabt acceded to the suggestion , and tbe motion -was accordingly withdrawn . Mr . Hume then moved for the appointment of a select c « mruittee to inquire into the present state of the national monuments and works of art in Westminster Abbey , in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , and in other public edifices ; to consider , the best means for their protection , and for affording facilities to the public for their inspection as a means of moral and intellectual improvement for the people . Mr . Mackinnon was of opinion the adoption of the motion would be conducive to the public welfare , though he was apprehensive lest it should be considered as the adoption of a principle that all cathedrals should be thrown open to the public .
Mr . LiBOUCHCBG would not oppose tbe motion , and , as the committee would be probably appointed , he thought it would be advisable to postpone any discussion on the details for the present , and wait until the report of the committee should be laid on the table . Sir R . Inglis made ¦ ome observations in opposition to the motion , though he was quite aware it was useless for him to do so in the thin state of tha HOUM , and more particularly so aa it was supported by her Majesty ' s Government . Lord Morpetu , in allusion to a remark made by Sir R . Inglis as to a risk to which the cartoons in Hampton Court had recently been exposed , said tbat the Chief Commissioners of Woods and Forests went recently to Hampton Court , and he believed precautions were now adopted to prevent any danger of future accident to those inestimable work * of art .
The motion was then agreed to . At the request of Lord Valmertlon , Mr . Hume postponed , until after the recess , his motion for papers rotative to the destruction of the steam-boat Carolinethe Noble Lord remarking that a discussion might em barrass existing negotiations . Ttie House then adjourned .
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Wfst-Ridiko . —Mr . Arran will lecture at tho following places : —Bradford , on Saturday ( this day ) , April 10 th ; Halifax , on Sunday , the lUh , at six o'clock in the evening ; Heckmondwike , on Monday , the 12 th ; Huddersfleld , on Tuesday , the 13 th ; Lopton , on Wednesday , the 24 th ; Homey , on Thursday , the 15 th ; Sowcrby , on Friday , the 16 th ; and at Illingworth ' , on Saturday , the 17 th . Also at Queenshead , on Monday , the lOch ; and Keighley . on Friday , the 20 th . —The West-Rid ing Delegate Meeting will be held on Suuday , April 18 th , in th © largt room orer the Co-operative Stores , Dewsbury , at which it is hoped a delegate will be present from every town ia th » Riding . Soutii Lancashire . —The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will ba held on Sunday morning , April 18 : h t at tea o ' clock , in the Charter Association Room ? , Brown-street , Manchester .
Lectures . —Mr . James Leech will lecture at tho following p laces : —On Monday , April 12 th , at Denton ; on Wednesday , the 14 th , at Chorlton-upon-Medlock ; on Thursday , the loth , at Mottram ; on Friday , the 16 th , at Milnrow ; and on Suuday , the lb ' : h , at Ratdiffe . Mr . William ButterwOrth will also lecture at Chowbent ou Suuday ( to-morrow ) , April 11 th . Wandswobtu . —A lecture on Universal Suffrage will be delivered here next Monday week , by Mr . Benjamin Huggett . BfiiiMONDSKV . —On Tuesday evening next , at the opemiig of the room , a lecture will be delivered on tho principles of the Charter , when we shall be happy to have tha attendance of our members and friends . Oldium . —On Sunday ( to morrow ) Mr . J . Greaves , of Austeriands , wiil lecture hi the afternoon , and Mr . J . Leach , of Manchester , in the evening .
Staplefobd , near Nottingham . —Mr . Dorman will preach in the Democratic Chapel , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) . Halifax . —A public meeting will be held in the Chartist-room , back of Waterhouse-street , over Lynch ' s Coffee House , this evening , for the purpose of electing a delegate to attend the West Riding delegate meeting , on the 18 th inat . ; after whioh the adjourned discussion will be rosumed , on the best form of Government . Chesterfield . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Chesterfield and Brampton , on Tuesday evening last , the secretary brought up the report for the past quarter , which was adopted , and the
following resolutions were unanimously carried . " That » public meetiug will be held on Tuesday evening next , for petitioning Parliament for the release of all political prisoners ; the recal of frost , Williams , and Jones ; and for restoring to us our rights as Englishmen , by making the People ' s Charter the law of the laid ; chair to be taken at half-pa 4 t six o ' clock . " " That a social tea party will be at the same place , at five o ' clock on Kaster Tuesday ; Mr . R . Ottley , and other friends from Sheffield , are expected . " " Tbat our next weekly meeting be held on Sunday evening next , at six o ' oloek , when it is hoped all members will endeavour to be at their post / '
Stockton . —The Chartists will hold a publio meeting here on the 12 tb , when Mr . Williams will deliver an address , to commence at half-past one o ' clock . Sundebland . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) afternoon , Mr . Williams will lecture at the Life Boat House , at half-past two o ' clock ; and on Sunday evening , at half-pasi six o ' elock , Ml . Deegan will lecture in the Co-operative HaU . LnciSTBsu—Mr . Cooper , editor of the Illuminmtor , is to preach in the toodo at AH Saints Open , tomorrow ( Sunday ) evening ; and * tea meeting , for the discussion of plans and prospects , teetotalistn , a library , a mono clean ; a clothing club . < fee ., is to take place o » the following ( Easter Monday ) afternoon .
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Mr . Moor , in his book on Hindoo Infanticide , page 127 , advertises , that he has a letter to dispose of- He is talking of Indian and Persian letters , antf impressions , of the seals of government , in bia possession . " Among other subjects of like value , ( he says ) I am fortunate enough to possess aa unopened letter , written by the late great mogul , Shah Mlum , to a personage of high , consideration , with his signet unbroken . Any virtuoso desirous of ennehmg-bM cabinet with ao great » curiosity , may h ** WMi modated with it oa reasonable term * . "
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Registered at Leeds , on Tuesday week , Joh Frost , son of Andrew and Sarah Gardiner , 69 , High-street , Leeds . We have had two baptisms lately in the Belief Church , Bridgton , which surprised gome of OUT Whig friends of light weight notoriety , viz ., John . Frost , 8 on of James Hart , and Feargus O'Connor , son of William Johnston . ¦ Mary Anne Helm , wife of . John Henry Helm , Moklej-atreet Birmingham , was safely delivered of a son , on the 13 th ulc , which was duly registered Feargus O'Connor Helm . March 2 S » christened at Alexandria , by Mr Thomasson , in the Chartist Church , Margaret Thoniasson Johnston , daughter of Mr . James Johnston , of Alexandria .
The son of David and Elizabeth Davis , of Merthyr Tydvil , has been duly registered John Frost Davis . On Monday , March 15 th , Mary , the wife of James Collins , Berry Brow , near Hudderafield , gave birth to a son , and was duly registered , Feargus , ob tho 29 t . li March , in honour of the friend of fre « dom . Christened on Sunday , the 28 ; h March , at the Glasgow Christian Chartist Church , by A . Cassel ? , Allies Feargus O'Coanor , daughter of Mr . William .
Wilson , of Glasgow . Duly registered and were baptised on Sunday * Match 28 ihr by the llev . Joseph Rayner Stephens * at the Wellington-road Meeting-room , Charlestown , iu the presence of a very numerous and respectable audience , Stephens Feargug Arthur , son of Joseph , and Raobael Booth , Hurst Brook , near Ashtonunder-Ly ' ne . Also , Mary Ann Frost O'Connor , daughter of John and Elizabeth Thorp , Hum * Brook . At the close of the baptism , the Rev . Gentleman delivered a most eloquent address which fc » Y © great satisfaction .
A Reason fob Naming a Young Patriot . —On the 3 d of March , Mrs . Mary Buchanan , of Manchester , the wife of a Chartist , was safely delivered of a fine young son , and en the 6 th the father went to have him registered , when he gave bia name , Arthur Feargus O'Connor Buchanan . The Registrar held up his hand , and with a sarcastic smile asked what was my reason for oalling him all these names , and if one was not sufficient ? As he wanted to know my reason I would tell him , { and did as follows : " Should it please God to spare his life and mine , aud that bemieuld ask why he was called called Arthur
these names , I would tell him he was after that noble patriot , who for striving to redeem his country from the thraldom of an oppressive Government , was exiled to a foreign land ; and Feargus O'Connor ,. after that noble patriot , who for advocating the rights of the oppressed is now suffering imprisonment ; . Believing them to be good and virtuous men , I called him after them , and hope he may imbibe their glorious principles . " The wife of Mr . Wm . Dearden , of Rochdale , was safely delivered of a fine son on the 11 th of March , which was duly registered Henry Feargna O'Connor Dearden . , Mr . William Robson , of King ' s-row , New Northroad , Hozton , registered his son on Monday , April 5 ih , as Henry Feargus Bronterre Robson .
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MARRIAGES . On Sunday , the 4 th inst ., at the Baptist Chapel , Minchinjihampton , by the Re v . J . Dunn , Mr . Charles Steel , cloth-dresser , to Eliza bteel , only daughter of Mr .-John Steel , of Pig House , near On Wednesday , the 7 th inst ., at Bilton , by the Rev . Mr . Mackereth , Mr . B . Wood , juh ., winemerchant , of Leeds , to Mary , eldest daughter of Mr . J . Wilson , of Sinithwaite . near Thorp Arcn . On Tuesday last , at Driffield , Mr . John Julian , joiner , to Miss Esther Ezard , niece to Mrs . NichoW , of the Black Swan , at that place . . On Monday last , at the church of St . Crux , in ohn
York , by the Rev . J . Crosby rector , Mr , J Webster , veterinary surgeon * Wneldrake , to Charlotte , eldest daughter of Mr . George Pieroy , farmer , K " fixl > v ¦ ¦ ' On the 3 rd inst ., at Bebbintfon Church , by the Rev . Andrew Knox , A . M ., Charles Mealy Aldis , Esq ., of London , to Mary , Becond daughter of the late George Nisae Hill , Esq ., Chester , On the 1 st inst ., Mr . Edward Hepper , of Manchester , to Hannah , daughter of the late Mr , Jam « B Landers , of Sheffield . _ On the 31 st ult ., at the Independent Chapel , UlverstoTje , the Rev . J , P . Jones , the Congreg * - tional Union minister at Furness , to Mua Elizabeth Drakefbrd , of . Tamworth , Warwickshire .
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THE NEW " NATIONAL" MOVE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOKTHERN STAR . Lambeth , 4 th April , 1841 . Dear Sir , —It ia extremely painful to my feelings to be obliged to appeal to my democratic brethren , through tbe medium of t ^ eir own journal , on the present occasion ; bat having considered it my duty to struggle for yean against a party who , pressed in the garb of friendship , have systematically proved themstives to be our greatest enemies—in fact , the only enemies we have to fear—and fearing to create disunion ¦ when there v » as tbe "appearance of co-operation , I have been cautious of civing publicity to my long-settled and det-p-rooted conviction , that these political wolves in sheep's clothing were acting as a drag chain on tbe wheels of the Universal Suffrage wazgon , and that too ia
its uphill efforts ; thus making its application the more severely felt—a conviction which is the result of a close association -with , and a cartful observation of the conduct of these gentlemen , for the la » t five years . But now , ¦ when their plan of opposition to tbe national will has assumed a tangible form , and there is no longer any danger of my causing the disunion , they having di £ « united themselves , I think it would be unwise In ine to let this opportunity slip of cautioning my brethren , who are honestly engaged in the cause of political and social improYcYsitut , against the insidious attempt that ia now being made to district their attention from the great movement ia which they are embarked , to divide their energies , and weaken their unanimity in tbe most complete organisation , and most approved system of solution , "which lias ever yet existed among the working people of this or any other country .
I received the other day a circular containing an addre&s to the " leading Chartists of the United Kingdom , " requesting their tignature and co-operation in furctimg a National Association !! for the political , raoral , and social improvement of the people ; but , instead of signing this document , or descending to a personal correspondence with auy of the six conspirators , whose names are attached to it , I rather choose thus puliicly to disclaim auy connection with this party ; to protest against tho vile attempt to break through the phalanx of true hearts and strong arms which now surround and protect the citadel of Chartism ; a :. < l to denounce the base and servile tools uf the " bast ) , brutal , and bloody faction , " who thus lend themselves to the performance of the ungracious task of burting the movement , uader the speciuus pretext of improving the political , moral , and social condition of the people .
There is already ( and I am proud to say it ) a great National Association formed in this country , with the principles of which these men profess to agree . Why , then , do they seek to destroy that by the formation of another , having ostensibly the same objects ? This , to say the least of it , smells of O'Counellxsm so strongly , ; hat , iu my opinion , the omission of his name to the circular in question , ia an error which ought at once to be remedied ; and , for my part , Mr . Editor , I cannot allow these praters about the ignorance of the masses to lay the blame of the evils , which arise chiefly out of the vicious legislation of the highly-educated and very
i » moral aristocracy , on the shoulders of their more virtuous , though less educated , brethren . And , to tell you the truth , Sir , I should be very ioth to trust my children to be taught morals at such a school . As to the educational department of the scheme , I fancy honest Joe of Kilkenny wiil be entitled to the credit ; and the blessings we might enjoy under present circumstances may safely be attributed to the late Member for Bath , who has evinced such a sympathy for the poor , that be womld throw them on their own resource * with diminished means , and give them cheap bread , more work , and less wagw , by a repeal of the Corn Laws .
In order , therefore , that we may know our friends , the names of these three patriotic gentlemen ought to be added to the list of six which grace the frontispiece of this new edition of the Permy Mcyaxitie , which is to divide the sheep from the goat « , and fit and prepare us to receive pot full measure of justice . N < y ) t » - 'rt'Bi , » H due deference to the superior -knowledge of fnjfcjrnmaculate teachers of morality , I cannot discover sucEs-rast amount of crime of any s « rt among the claw to W $ 3 cli I belong aa should , on a comparison with tboae . wbo at present possess the power of being dragged or driven to vote for their masters , disqualify as to exercise the right * of citizenship . Indeed , I & ** perfectly satisfUd tbat & > y comparison of the kind , would shew » uch a balance in our favour , as would convince ' oar sapient , would-be-achoolmasten— these of them at leut who can afford to be honest enough t * act according to the dictates of sincerity—that their
laboon ought to commence with their employers , and , like the great moralist of old , cry aloud against tbe crime * and wkkedneM committed hj thoie in authority—tcoorge the moneT-changers from the templeproBOttOM woei agalmt the oppressors of the poor , and those " who , by adding house to house , deprive their brethren of iheir fair share of the ample and continual &apt which the God of all has provided for ail ; and having aUeneed tbe scribes and pharisees , and the great expounder * ef the laws , who live by lying and deceit ; and ,. havinjLbv these means procured an abundant lupprj of food for a starving population , tben let them tun to the poor and preach contentment , and their lkboaz will be light , I > et them bave bnt the jxiutfr to improve tbel * political and social condition , and then let tfeem look for morality in the contented raind , in the reciprocal performance of ooial obligations , and in the amelioration of the Institution * of oUr common country . In the mean time let us presi onwards in oar straightforward course , toning aside neither to tb » ifebt nor
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct374/page/5/
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