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OLD PASS'S LIFE PILLS . rpHE READERS of the Northern Star are X particularly requested to read carefully the following account of the BENEFICIAL EFFECTS of PARR'S LIFE PILLS , in Leicester and the Neighbourhood : — The following facts have been mentioned to Mr . J . F . WiKKS , the Agent for PARR'S LIFE PILLS , in Leicester , who has preserved the name and residence of each of the parties , which he is ready to > produce : — - J . C—— , Oxford-street , Leicester , aged 4 i , h » d
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_ . „„„ , CeuuiGS Spexck .-HV have neither time TSO ^ S U ££ ^^ tfS * -&w request wi < wr % JffluJif 7 &t i-itf not Josejifht of U . 1 f £ KW XB 8 P «) P" must stand over , ? f 2 ^ Tt »«» triU tee that » e have tnserted the iVg of Mr . Rogers on the subject . Ba * T io Oppbessiok imte tu , that John A > * f ~ currier , a man of deserting character ^' sterling af rit , one vho Aa , taken the mast ZjLf part in the eau * e , Tes * dxng at 13 , Mellxck s ~ ZfrZRustell-street , Bermondsey , hat been out ZrempteytMRt nearly all the winter ; and had it % j htm for a fete friends , must have perished fa the want of common necessaries , or lingered % } his days trith his famil y in a baslile ; that \ jLd- sis weeks since he got into employment \ ZtrL . and all went on well until Easter Tueson to at
l ^ vhen going uw * usual , he was Zffcrtd off the premise * . Upon asking for an \ jplanatio * , he teas told by the master thai he Vndnolhing to ia $ against him as to character or ^ jyyisf , but ihat the crime was that of losing Rosier Monday , and attending a Chartist meet-Un althoug h &ost of the men on the premises J * n keeping holiday at the seme time . The writer calls on the men of London to come for--sri and rescue poor Rose , with his teife and fog helpless children , from the tender mercies of the Poor Lav Guardians . t writes
cr » William Lngilbt . —A corresponden us ihat this baronet has permitted an old and unachth building to stand as an eyesore to the wn of Kpty fa fifteen years , rather than gcund thefeeiinps of an old tenant , vhose attachment to it teas unconquerable . The fact is ten creditable 1 o Sir William . I * TSi KOTICB TO COBKESPOSDBSTS in OUT last » eti * t jwj ** % 'A * words " We hate received a igUgr from the author of Daily Bread , a memhgr of the anti-Corn Law League" should have Iteti a letter from the author of Daily Bread to « member of the anti-Corn Laic League .
fssisansLD . —Out correspondent who sends its ^ iht report oJ ih * soctid tea party has omitted the datf had he no * made this omission it should left appeared . We have to request other , ccrrtspondenU to attend to this , as many commufaca&xns have recently com * to hand with a tike Jcskph RoKBtCK .. —We would have gladly obliged tom but realty have not space . fro CoKSTaST S . EADKK 3 ask , Was Mr . O Connor etcr brought up for judgment for the Hb f l on the ffcrminster Poor Lav Guardians ? No . —Has li eter been fined as well as confined ? No . WilTES HaSOS as&s—VvO—h Vr . O'Connor , or Mr . Hill , a member of ibe Sational Charter Association ? If so , hou > bug hare they been members ? SoBBi-Has either Mr . O'C . or Mr . H . contributed fund ef the above associa
^ Rf farthing to the - fc-A—bid Mr . O'C , in anp one of his numerous letters , ever exhort the people to join or support this association 1 fmgih—To what fund is the money appropriated vtich is sent to the Star Office for the wives and famiRei of the imprisoned chartists ? Ji hif frd question tee answer , that it is a / oafish one teeth i Mr . O'Connor first projected the National Charter Association of Great Britain : Mr . Hill vas one of its founders . His second question—Whether Mr . O'Connor or Mr . Hill have contributed anything to the funds of the association " is one of Hke character : tee shall simply answer it trtih a T « f . " Mis third question trill be best ( nattered by a reference to the letters themselves To Hi fourth , ve say , ask the Committee , or conrdt the balance-sheets regularly published in the
E Foster , S . Mateb , aid TL C&iSSS& . - ^ Their nations should be sent to the Committee , or to Dr . ST-Dwall . CiS ) vrites io say thai ovr article of last week has rendered the insertion of his letter unnecessary ; but that he vill address one each io Messrs Loveti , Collins , and Vincent .
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The amount for Convention in last Star , noticed from Unnfjield , shou'd have been from Liverpool . Tit Portraits for York were delivered to " Shearman 4 " Co ., carriers by railtray" on the 8 th , the panel was addressed JL Gill , Billon-street ,
Tori . Tht Exdl subscribers will receive their Portraits through Mr . Wilde , when he balance * his accouni ; Jiould he fail to do so , they will receive them -through the medium of another agent . JLA . V » Glasgow . —The Plates left our office on the ^ th of April . Sobs Caxtt , Eina-Sis letter has been sent to Mr . Gear-e , London , Xiaxlt all orfc Agetts i » the north send their erdrrt too late : if they xcish their papers earlier
they must send their order * sooner . Bufast . —The papers to Mr . Henderson were sent from this office on April 9 th . i . M'Clist'ck . —Apply to Paton and Love , Glasgow for the Plata ; they were sent with the ethers on April S / A . Wjl kuxs . —Call upon Mr . Jthnstn , cm Monday UzL * . AlGCST , Merthyr Tydvil , did not write anything in the the letter inclosing P . 0 . order : he ought , et least , to have written his name . The papers
nw / d not have been stopped if he had done so . J . Lisgaid , Sheffield , should tend his cash sooner , end he teovld get his papers : it came on Saturday viorning , last week , POLITICAL PE . IS 05 EE 5 * ' A 5 D CKAfcTEB . C 0 STE 5 T 10 ri FUJiD . £ s . d . Fwo Tredejar , Monmouthshire ... ... 0 4 © BncOiogtoa , by s few persms ... 0 17 0 - H . Hampson , Leeds 0 0 9 > tie National Charter Association ,
Monkton Dereral , Wilts 2 6 - Anchtetmndity , per J-Beaaie ... 0 5 0 - "W . Lewis , Brecon 0 0 5 - t fc-f Friends at Malton # 80 - J . RIley and A . Gardner , Leeds ... 9 10 - Bomge , Bear Strond 0 3 8 - Stonrbridge Cbartisto , per Mr . Chance 0 16 * _ Husky . EesrWJgan , per 3 . M . ... 0 10 t - * « rw Frieuda at Knaresborongh ... 0 S 18 - Gariton upon-Medloek 16 0 K > 1 TK& TITXS AJTD FAMLIES OP TH 3 IKCAECSBAXKD CHAiTISTS . ^ ron Itrersedge , psr 3 ^ . - penny 0 12 5 - Anthternmchty , per J . Beadie ... 0 10 0 - iL , Pentcmriile , « 1 0 FOB MRS . CLAYTON . * W Leicester , per Mr . Cooper , proceeds of - two v . tKDOi : 3 ., 0 12 0 TOB MBS . PB . OST . nom tlie Radical Association , KeighJey ... 1 0 0
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Wcdneiday Evening , April 21 . . J- ^ osed Mtodee at IsLiNGTo * . —Yesterday , an « 9 «« wais held before Mr . Wakley , M . P . at the os 1 < r > s - Head Tarern , Lower Road , Islington , « *»«' rtnaas of Mary Callaghan , aged 52 , whose wj was discovered in a shaiJow pond near the W ? u ' , 011 the ^ oniiDg of Sunday lir t . —PobS *^ ' F * ^ P 08 ^ . « at aliu ! e ed « L ¦ oclock on Sunday morning , he obseryfteiwT *? b ! ack floa : iDg in t ^ e P « "l opposite ouiion Arms . On going up , he discovered it wtce txMiy of a female ; at this time a man ^^ te tha rotd with a bundfc of sticks « nt inonlder , and on bein ^ called to , came , W 13 « - ^ j m Seitiag the deceased oat ; she nalh , r v de&d > ^ tney conreyed her to . the Wad J I " , church .-James Callasham , the hns-Hm ^ Jr dectased > residing at 12 , Kelso-pia . ce , Jg ^ roTe , aid the last time h . saw his wife * ien ? f >! " 7 eiTe o'rio « fc on Easter Monday , at wwi oroaght his dimier to him where he was hn ^ Z ^^ Tti&ad-town . He was the worse for te&Lt& - V » and wold aoi eat » ny , and the *» d " it Cn ij T ^ tta cb in consequence , apd We iiL j ^ * lon 8 t inie before she would tdJi ^ m a dmner again . " She was a most Sd oW ^ f ' j and hs WM not * » e that ^ & . ) Jr ^ elled .- wi any one who wonJd iaTe been her lod
*« sbC- Te ^ ' ^ - A femaIe « er fa the mcr ^ t ^^ ^ ee&sed , stated that the latter W « L 0 Ine . ? a EaBter Monday wHh her fans-^ ii" ^ ^ ^ - She came to her , and gave TiBr ^ Tf ^ * s ° nie duplicate to take care of , Wfi ct ^ L ^ * " 8 ° ™ 2 to a friend ' s house ; she ^ 4 * K herEmc& Mr-Semple , surgeon , who * id ttoL F ° * mortem examination of thobodT , kdtea ^ j ^ ^^ ^ as , ihat death te& aHn . J £ r » by d « wnia « ; there were no ex-* U to ^^ ^ T ^ olence . The Coroner suggested * f « m £ T ^ £ houId *» re corded ; to which ^ ttvr ^^" ' f « tamed the foUowing : — * ° ad ¦ ill ^ "ed was found dead in a certain *«» 5 M *» -i or ? what means she came there , ^^ de » bie degree of interest among the ^ " ^ Mid acquaintances of the poor woman , i * tffSSiS rf $ t $ e < in * ily ^^ » ° p iniott ^ bdirftfl ^ vj 115 one Portion String it as * titaSL 2 ** \ he deceased had beeifmnrdered , ** T thfV *^*? tba - * » ntinned life of > dUlL ?**?** had to endure , ultimately w 3 & 2 S&ZT which ' led her . ^^ pSL ^^ ssass ^ *?* « P ^^!» W 01 a ^ ' " * hose term of imprison-* " * to eSL ^ - ?> * ° ciiwsed her with threat-{^ ySrSn ? ^ ^ caie was a Tery exira-SStt-Ur ^ t H beeB <» Diniiited from Mar ; - ^ J ^' 1 » m ^ e attire , and by the name of 164 6 ke ^ , i ? efor 8 her S £ X wa 3 discovered ; fcad then , to one of the femalea in
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¦ authority , expressed her firm intention to de-Btroy herself . She stated also to the matron that her friends were in . independent cirenmstanoes . and that she had been , ruined by her unoleV footmur who abandoned her , and this indaocd her to assume male attire . She wa 9 for eight days in the workbouse at Kensington , under medical treatment where her sex was imdiscoTered . Mr . Burrell wd ' he should call upon the defendant to find sureties for her good behaviour for the next month j and , as the commitment would be made out immediately the turnkey who had brought her to the office had better at once return with her to the prison . The female offered no observation , and was immediately conveyed in a cab to the prison .
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Mrs . Clatton . —TV e have been directed by Mrs Clayton to acknowledge most gratefully , on her behalf , the following sums : — Collection * in Tib-street National . £ •«• <*• Charter Association Room , after the funeral sermon preached by Dr . MDooall , on Sunday , March 1 * th ... 1 5 51 From Joseph liowea , by R . Wood l 0 From Isaac Gleave , by ditto ... 0 1 0 By Richard Wood 0 0 6 Collections from a few friends , by James White ... ... 0 3 0 From Hnddersfield ... t > 2 3 0 .. Loughborough . ' . ' . ' "" © 4 3 „ Mountsorrel ... „ 0 3 3 „ Hathem i > % ... 0 8 € „ a Friend ' „ ' ! " « 1 0 -. Newton Heath " 1 0 0 .. Trowbridge . ' "" 1 0 _ the Friends of the National Charter Association 12 0 .. the Friends at Dodworth " . ' . . " 0 l 7 _ the National Charter Associ » tion'i Belper 0 10 „ the Marylebone and Paddington Vietim Committee ( second don . ) ... P 12 8 « . the Friends at Maaningham 0 4 6 _ T > x Bradford 11 ~ Derby 1 0 0 . » J . Smart ... ... .. . ... . q 1 0 _ Heywsod 0 l » - * -a
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GItAS&OW . —Gb £ at Anii-Slaveb . t Meeting . —A great public meeting of the inhabitants of Glasgow , called by public placard , was held in the Rev . Mr . Nisbet ' s Church . North Albion-street , when a wealthy Whig of the name of Mr . Nair , ( whose father was an out-and-out Radical of former days , and suffered incarceration in Greenock jail for advocating the principles now contained in the People ' s Charter , ) was called to the chair . The Charch was an overflowing bumper with ladies and gentlemen , for we could see but few of Mr . O'Connor ' s unshaven chiBB , blistered hands , and fustian jackets . Mr . Collins , delegate from the old Abolitionist Society of America , stepped on the platform amidst tumultuous cheering , and in a speech of two hours length repudiated , in a clear and forcible manner , the calumnies
nnder which he was suffering , referring to various documents , proving the injustice which had been done to him , and dwelling with particular force upon the uugallant and sectarian exclusion of the lady delegates , by the London Emancipation Convention , from the society which he represented . Mr . Collins , who is a young man of great talents , possessing strong democratic principles , which were manifested in hi 3 well-arranged speech , said that the great water vrbich divided him from his dear native land was but a mind ' s span , which divided the bodies though not the souls of Britons and Americans in the glorious cause of human liberty . ^ Our principles were whether woman , child , or man is to break the bonds and let the captive free ; that no real Yankee ever -wa 3 opposed to the divine right of Universal
Suffrage . The leading Chartists who attended were quite astounded at ths tremendous bursts of approbation which followed these sentimente , thinking , from ths appearance of the meeting , that they had got into a box full of well-dressed middle class men . —The Rev . Dr . King appeared , amid shouts and biases , as the defender of ths Glasgow Anti-Slavery Association Committee . The Doctor complained of being kept out of bed to such an hour , and then proceeded to show that Mr . Collins had to a certain extent misrepresented the Glasgow Emancipation Committee . He defended the London Committee in refusing the femaJe delegates from America , as they , said he , had no right to interfere in the affairs of men . A woman , said he , may kindle and extinguish fire , but who ever thought of making a woman ¦ a
fireman ! ** Tne Queen , " said a voice from the left of the speaker , ** is master-general of British firemen . " ( Great Janghter and cheering . ) The Doctor then proceeded to show the pitiful position of the black slaves , when a voice rung through the church , " And what is the situation of the white slaves of Britain and Ireland , Doctor 1 " Hia Reverendahip , however , did not seem to notice this interruption to hi 3 Cameronian appeal to the feeliDgs , when another voice , who seemed to watch the queer modulations of the Doctor ' s voice , sung out , in a drawling tone , " Scotland free or a desert . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) The speaker , after this stormy appearance on behalf of the meeting , shrunk into passive submission , declaring that he had little more to say , and in a drawling tone was in the act of piufying the poor
black 6 lave , when a stentorian voice roared out , ** Look at the white slaves ; " another individual , imitating the same drawling tone , set the whole Meeting into a roar , during which the Rev . speaker made himself scarce . Mr . Collins replied , making out the Doctor anything but a speaker of truth . — The Rev . Patrick Brewster , of Paisley , made a few observations on the subject , amidst cries of ** Question , question . " At thi 3 stage of the proceedings , the Chartists were getting fidgety , it being near eleven o'clock ; groups of heads were seen in deep consultation in every part of the church , the result of which made its appearance by Mr . Jack , late
secretary of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association , finding his way to the platform , and proposing , as a rider to a motion previously proposed , " That Mr . George Thomson , Anti-Slavery Advocate , should be invited to attend . " Mr . Jack's amendment was , That we have no confidence in Thomson , he having on a previous occasion pledged his honour that he would meet the working classes of Glasgow , and having violated thatjpublic pledge , he was no longer worthy of confidence . " Mr . Malcolm seconded the amendment ; whea Mr . Moir made his way to the platform amid the most tremendous cheering , which continued ** until roof and rafters a' did dirrel . " The Chartists now discovered
their real position , that nine-tenths of the meeting were Chartists , who , in many instances , had pinched the belly to cover the back , and that they had dresBed themselves up , thinking that their greasy trousers and fajtian jacket 3 would prevent their admission to the meeting , as was the case on some former occasions . 31 r . Moir , in his satirical style , cut right and left , Eparina neither age nor sex , country or clime , if they were Whigs . He wa 3 followed by the Rev . : > lr . Harvie , Mr . Watt ( Social Missionary ) , Mr . Brewster , and Mr . Collins ; when , according to the
suggestions of a few friends of concord , it was propo&ed aiid agreed to , that they should throw aside ev « ry difference and unite in paying a tribute of respect to Mr . Collins . A resolution was therefore unanimously carried , '' That Mr . Collins had received unfair and unjust usage at the hands of those persons forming the Glasgow Emancipation GommiUee . " Cheers were then given for the Charter , Feargus O'Connor , and the imprisoned Chartists , when the meeting broke up , a few minutes before one o ' clock in the mornine .
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Nottingham Election . —Thursdat . —The writ has been received , but no day for tho election is yet fixed . Our correspondent writes that it was expected the nomination would take place on Saturday , and the poli < if one ) on Monday ; or the nomination on Monday , and the poll on Wednesday . The Evidence agaisst Mjsteks . —A correspondent of the Morning Herald calls in qnestion the soundness of that portion of the evidence against iiLiters , which says that the sediment in the slops
contained in the vessel in the room where Misters slept , would not have been so copious on the addition of muriate of byrates , had it not contained the acid which constitutes a portion of alum . It will be recollected this point was brought forward to establish the fact that Misters had used alum to wash oat any blood that might have stained his linen , &c , and then emptied the liquid into the chamber utensil . The writer of the letter avers , by inference , that soap and water ahne would give & copious scdimeut on being mixed with muriate of byrates .
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^ CHESTEEPISID AMD BRiUBPTOJl .-At the wetkly meeting of the Chartists held on Tuesday evening last , the secretary handed in 2 s . 6 d . from a friend , for which the society returned him thanks ; after which the following resolutions were unanimous l y passed : —** That this meeting having read the plan concocted by Messrs Lovett , Collins , < fcc , do hereby pass a unanimous vote of censure upon the same , and as it is our opinion that the present plan is calculated to work out ( he salvation of our once happy country , we are determined to gite it our best support , ana shall treat as enemies of the people all those who have attached their names to the above document . " " That Mr . James Leech the President of the present Executive , be nominated to serve on the forthcoming Executive Council . " " That the members nominated by Chesterfield and Brampton , as published in the Star on the lOihinst . ; o serve on the General -Council be confirmed . "
Petition sheets will shortly be ready , when our in * nd £ will lose no time in obtaining signatures for the National Petition .
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wWh ^ T *~ a" ** k « kq 1 o * CHi&mis . . » t < Wn were . Fesent *» members o £ * he-Genaral V * £ «! . wwifflt uu Lambeth , Bermondsey , Wal-SiSh v , £ ^™ k * e « h ,, incite ^ Kmtf : of iSrSJ ^ fr # W&irwUi , on Sunday eyening «« . the following resolutions were agfeed 16 :-uesoijed nnanimonily , " That ii is iho opinion of tfau aeetingthat the attempt made by Messrs . Cleave , lovett , Collins , Yinceat , and Co ! , to form a new organisation , instead of aaastinff in carrvinz
out the one already in exutence , is ameani base , and traitorous attempt to divide the energies of the people , and paralyse their efforts in causing the Charter to become the l » w of the land . We , tnererore , embrace the present opportunity of pub-Jiciy denouncing the same , that our unsuspecting brethren may not be deluded thereby /'—Resolved unanimously , "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Editor of the Northern Star , for his able exposure of the fonl and secret movement of the enemies of the working millions , "
WA&WORTH AND CAKBSRWEX . T * . —At the usual weekly meeting , on Monday evening last , it was unanimously resolved— That we regret that such men as Lovett , Collins , Cleave , and Hefcherington , instead of joining with , and assisting in making the present National Association as effective as possible , should secretly attempt to establish another , the effect of which they must know would be to divide the Chartist body , and consequently retard the attainment of the object they profess to have so much at heart . We , therefore , determine to discountenance all such attempts , from whatever quarter they may come , and to continue onr present agitation until wo obtain our just and righteous demands . "
BB . OBZS 6 &OVZ :. —On the 13 th of April , it was unanimously agreed that Mr . Pitkethly of Huddersfield , be considered as Delegate for this town to sit in the Petition Convention in London . At a public meeting held on the same day , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That we the Chartists of Bromsgrove view with contempt and indigna tion , the circular sent forth by Collins , O'Neil , and clique , believing it % base attempt to crush O'Connor and the Slar . We further pledge ourselves to adhere to the Manchester plan of organisation , believing if it is steadily pursued , will ultimately -. i . wi ; ., ! . * l— m .. »^» K i ™ nf tVm lani . We denv .
in toto , any coDneotionWftn - «»«*« me »* - *«« nts ' " That we , the Chartjsts of Bromsgroye , do hereby solemnly protest against J . Collins sitting in the Petitions' Convention , as he is not a member of the National Charter Association , and we cannot p lace that confidence in him which ought to-be placed in a person filling that important station . " " That the best thanks of this meeeting be given to the Editor of the Northern Star for his able exposure of the foul and secret move of Collins , O'Neil , and Co . " " That ihoae resolutions be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . " After three cheers had been given for the Charter , three for O'Connor , and three for the Star , the meeting dispersed .
BIRMINGHAM . —Frost , &c . Restoration Committee . —The Committee held their usual meeting at the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last . The minutes of the former meeting were read and approved ; after which , several Dames were added to the Committee . Letters were received from the following places : —Porthyglo , containing an order for £ 1 ; Kinross , containing 63 . ; from Arbroath , with 2 s . 6 d . ; from Mr . Roberts , of Bath , with a money order ; and from Mr . S » ul , of London , inquiring whether the Committee had received 10 s . which he remitted in a former letter . After the correspondence was gone through , a long conversation took place with regard to Mr . Cullen , as he had
been requested to uke Mr . Moir ' a place in presenting the memorials to the Queen . It was agreed that the Committee should wait for his answer before any other steps were taken . The Secretary was requested to write to the Northern Star Office , for whatever monies they might have on hand for the use of the Committee . It was also resolved to hold a meeting at the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , for the benefit of the Committee's funds , in case Messrs . Pitkethly or Cullen passed through on their way to London . After transacting other business connected with the Committee , and discharging the bills which were presented , the meeting then separated .
ALTRETON . —Mr . Vickers , of Belper , and Mr . Simmons , of Sutton-in-Ashfield , addressed a very large and attentive audience on the imperishable principles of the Charter , in this Tory seat of corruption , in powerful and animated strains , which produced great effect on the working men of Alfreton , who are about to form an interest here . A powerful feeling now exists . Many publications are being taken in here on the Charter , which will do great good . WANDSWORTH . —The following resolutions were adopted by a numerous meeting , on Tuesday evening last : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the w new move' of Lovett , Collins , and Co ., is a decided attempt to destroy the present plan 0 ! organisation , therefore we consider it our imperative duty to meet it with the most determined oppposition . " " That the Editor of the Northern Star is eminently entitled to our confidence for his manly and honest exposure of the' Lovett and Co . ' s document , ' and for his powerful and onceasing advocacy of the rights of the working classes . "
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TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM IN THE PRIESTRIDDEN , AND POLICE-RULED CITY OF CHESTER .
TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND . Brothers , and Fellow Chartists , —It will be fresh in Tour memories that Superintendent Hill , and his Hillcoolies , by sheer intrigue and tyranny , put a stop to the meeting I called on my liberation from prison , and , for a time , arrested the movement within the city . Thby could not , however , eradicate the principles within , or banish discussion without the walls . On my arrival here , I was immediately informed that a room had been engaged , and duly licensed for preaching in , because on no other terms could a meeting place be engaged . Several preachers
were applied to , but on intimation from the police , they desisted . It became then a point of honour with me to meet the danger a second time ; and , having an old score to rub out , I felt but too proud of the opportunity . 1 am no hypocrite ; I hate all cant I am of opinion with O'Connor , that hy aping the forms of the bigotted church , ve strengthen the hands of the enemy . Nevertheless , I am ready to knock them down either with bullet or Bible , and , accordingly , a Chartist sermon was announced , by large bills on the walls , to be preached by Dr . P . M . M'Dooall , on Wednesday , the 14 th day of April , 1841 , in the Primitive Christian Church , at half-past six o ' clock .
Long before the time appointed , the place was crowded , and the chief Hillcoolie was hastening to the appointed place , when he w&s readily encountered by a friend at the cross . Where away so fast , Mr . Hill ? That little devil is back again , now mind , I'll hava him back where he was before . He has stolen a march upon me , d—m him . He has got bills printed in Liverpool and covered the town with them at night , daring my absence ; but by God I'il clear the place out , see if I dont . Take care what you are doing , Mr . Hill , said our friend . The place is licensed , and there is a fine of £ 40 and three months' imprisonment if yon interrupt a religious meeting . D—n religion , I know what sort of a sermon it will be ; I'll have them out .
I'll clear the place ; and off he trotted to collect hia coolies , and amongst others a meddling prieBt of the name of Taylor , well known in the city as Parson Busybody . The great man came , big with authority ; no person disputed his entrance , but whether be hud tasted a second draught , or heard of the determination of some staunch fellows to resist if blows were used , I know not . All I know is , that I went on with my sermon . It was delivered with a hearty good will , and I did not forget the police in tho corner . Every thing passed off with spirit and amidst great applause-A gentleman of the name of Vaughaa officiated as clerk , and rapped hard at the system in his prayers , and sifter bit own peculiar fashion .
This was the first fclow given hy the aid of the Bible , at the priesthood , and I believe that It Is the best book with which to floor a parson . On the Friday we had another crowded meeting , attended as usual by the police . It was , if possible , more crowded than the first , and preacher , lawyer , and shopkeeper were present Previous to the Friday we had an offer from a printer in Chaster to do any work for us which we might require . We had . likewise one or two offers of more convenient places to meet in ; so much for energy , perseverance , and being imjepnntlent of the police .
On Sunday , the 18 th , Mr . Vaughan preached in the same room to a crowded and gratified assembly . This gentleman is la the habit of preaching without fee 01 reward . He is one of the right sort , and unpaid as he has been , ha ha * been palled over the coals already by the gold-seeking preachers of his connexion . As he will loose nothing by forsaking them , and we will gain much by his co-operation in such a place as Chester , I thank his connexion for the service they have done us . ' ¦ On Monday , the 19 tti , another meeting was announced to be held in the same place , and our bills being
exhausted , a master shoemaker , of the name of Speed , who lives exactly opposite the cathedral , advertised the meeting in chalk letters upon his shutters . His house is aitoated in one of the chief thoroughfares , and the object of the meeting being made prominent to aQ , namely , "tiat a Chartist Association would be formed , " && the police and the parsons were very much annoyed , and the alarm being given , the whole crew of idlers came out like fat rats from a pantry . The Dean and Chapter came attended by a posso of poliee , and one of the jsextons bearing a bucket of water and a mop . They commenced with great industry to rub out the chalk letters , and out came the shoe-
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taaiet'f ' - ^ lhvlieat ^ Bpe ^ a ^ to see what was the matter , anft being * fe reality a great "Speed , " he put bis back against Wk own shatter , and ooolly . toM the Keyerend tb * D « an « a < l Chapter Parson Busybody and the HiU-cooUlefr to desist , or he would knock them down .. A crowd collected ; and various cries escaped the lookers-on . " , Ga home , and whitewash your own house . " "Aye , mpp your own black faces , - ' Begin where charity begins , and don't end there . " The parsons * howed the better part of valour , and retreated amidst aborts of laughter , with the backet and the mopstick , and the name they have in Chester is , the Knights of the Mopstldc , Lord Egliston , of course , to be grand master of the holy order . Mr . Speed received immediate notice to quit his house , which notice he very waggishly posted up on the church premises . > Tbus much for the church bucket and the parson ' s mopattck .
At seven o ' clock , we had a very full meeting , and after I hvl addressed the meeting , we passed unanimously the following resolutions : — " That this meeting agree to form an association , to be called the Chester Chartist Association ; and further pledge themselves to carry Into law by every legal and constitutional means , the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . * " That the Chester Chartist Association de agree $ 0 incorporate themselves with the National Chartist Asso ciation of Great Britain , and most cordially accept of , and agree to , the recommendation laid down by the Manchester delegates . "
Mr . apeed , shoemaker , was elected Secretary ; Mr . Prltchard , ironmonger and grocer , Treasurer ; and John Burchell , George Ttape , John Boulton , Richard Kirkham , John Vaughan , John , Unwis , and Thomas Jones , a Committee of Management and Council , for the City of Chester . Most ef these men are master tradesmen , and under care of the working men will be comparatively safe . A great number of members joined at the conclusion of the meeting ; and , in proof of the soundness of principle and determination now shown In Chester . I am authorised to say that Chester -will now and henceforward have her delegate ready on all necessary ccasions , and lecturers who now visit the city , will be hospitably entertained .
No collections were made in any of the above meetings ; and the Committee have pledged themselves to keep mn open and free meeting room for the apace of twelve months , by which time the Association will be My friends , I think these men , " whemlhivenamed , deserve the thanks of the country for their efforts in the cause , and very shortly we shall have the standard hoisted in those towns of Wales hitherto dead to our cause and ignorant of our principles . I have paid back another instalment to the Whigs , and verified my word to the people , when I said nearly two years ago , that I would begin the game at the gates of my prisou . I have done so , and I shall go on rubbing put score after score , until I have repaid minutes of imprisonment by days of labour in the cause , and days of solitary study by years of increasing efforts in the causa of human regeneration . I am , dear friends , Your faithful advocate and brother Chartist and Republican , P . M . M'DOUALL . PS . I shall be in Birmingham , on Monday , the 26 th day of April , and shall remain there until the meeting of the Convention , if I am to be a member of it . If not I shall publish a tour of agitation , which I intend to make in the South of England . Chester , April 20 th , 1841 .
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TO MB . LOVETT . Dear Sib , —As human beings are not infallible they are liable to err . Appearances frequently mislead the judgment ; therefore , persons committing themselves in any respect , whose motives are purely for the general good of mankind , deserve pity ; but they who designedly commit actions that they are convinced will injure any measure for the public weal must be viewed in a very different position . It is true I have signed the printed address bearing the signature W . Lovett The general tenor , as on auxiliary to the National
Charter A ssociatien , I approve of , if practicable , and consider some of the charges well founded , viz ., Useless expenditure in formal show , and , in some instances , passionate invective ; but these , in the present state of society , require time to erase . As it is by comparison we discern the real differences io objects , so it is by comparison of men ' s profession and the company they have associated with in the past , with their present profession and associates , that we learn if there is a change in principle , whether under the assumed garb of mild cant , honest bluntoess , or passionate invective .
Bat to return , to the address , "to be returned by return of post . " Why such baste ? This , upon reflection , I do not like . Mr . Collins objected to the meeting upon HolUway Head , Birmingham , for not being properly convened . For the same reason I object to my name being bandied in newspapers until your meetings are properly convened , nor even then if we are to be the tools of Par-Momentary knaves , or that knave , the BlgBeggarman —the Children ' s Factory Bill apostate . I should almost disbelieve a truism proceeding from the lips of Bee'zebub , the prince of liars , though he had redeemed his character ; but more do I disbelieve political knaves , and more still do I dread their hypocritical profession of honesty whose characters are unredeemed .
In conclusion , I consider knowledge is strength , if properly directed ; and division is weakness , with all the philosophy and learning in the world . If your object is division , strike me instantly bom your list , because I worship not &t the shrine ol Mammon . It you do , I pity you , And remain , A primitive Chartist in the cause of Human redemption , W . J . OSBORtiE , Nuneaton , April 18 , 1841 .
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¦ ¦ — ? TO TUB EDITOR OF THE NORTHEEN STAH . SIR , —It ia true that my name was affixed to the document sent me by Mr . lovett ; but , Sir , when I see such men as Daniel O'Connell advocating the plan there laid down , and at the same time not only threatening , but absolutely striving to abolish Chartism , I cannot have anything to do with any body of men so connected ; nor have I , or ever will I have , anything to do with Household Suffrage . No ; never will I consent that there be a slave-class in the British Empire . You will , therefore , expunge my name from the list published in last Saturday ' s Star . I am , dear Sir , Truly yours ,: JOHH Bi ' CHABBS ;" Hanley , Staffordshire Potteries , April 19 / 1841 . l ¦ ¦
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHER *? STAR . Sib , —As my name has appeared in the published list of persons who have attached their signatures to the circular seat by Messrs . Lovett , Collins , *« ., I beg to state that , at the time of signing , it , I had the greatest confidence in the henour , honesty , and patriotism , of the persons whose-name * appeared to it > It-bought is was doing good , and had not the least notion of any persons , bat real Chartists , being connected with it . I have sent to Mr . Lovett to withdraw my name . Hoping yoa will oblige me by publishing these few lines , I remain . Yours respectfully , . W . Woodward . Brighton , April 18 , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OE THE NORTHERN STAB . 8 iR , —In your paper of Saturday , I find a list of names that have been attached to the address of Lovett , Collins , and Company , and as my name stands in the list , I consider it a duty that I owe to ray brother Chartists to inform them of the reasons upon which I affixed my name to that address . You will observe that the answers to it were to be returned by the first post , so that little time was given to examine the plan proposed by the secret projectors of the new movement . I confess , that -without due oonsideratitn , I appended my name , under the impression that the proposed plan was intended to assist the National Charter Association at present in existence ; and wishing to do all in my power to forward the cause of civil and religious liberty , I affixed my name to the address . But , on considering for a little the proposed plan of agitation , I at once perceived that the
New Association would come in contact with the other Association , which has not got a foil trial ; and under the impression that it would be better to throw all influence in to aid it , and to rectify anything that -was not right , I saw that 1 had done wrong , and to rectify my error I wrote to Mr . Lovett , on the 10 th , to erase my name from the addrous ; so that 1 am surprised to find it in your paper on Saturday . I therefore inform Mr . Lovett and the rest of his associates in the New O'Connell Move , that I will not aid or abet any party , that would try to divide the united energies of a suffering people , struggling for their liberty . If they are not pleased with the present Association , why not alter it , and not be proposing plans that cannot at present be carried into operation . The new plan , I perceive , has the praise of Mr . O'Connell ; this is a warning to every honest man to withdraw his name immediately . I remain , yours , in the cause of universal liberty , Alexander Davie . Glasgow , April 10 th .
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^ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the list of signatures to the circular of Messrs . Lovett , Collins / and Co ., published in the Sun of the 13 th instant , appears the name of'" Charles Jones , Northampton ; " and as such insertion tends to convey an idea that be is the adopted representative of the Radical interest In this town , and thereby disparaging us in the esteem of oar Chartist brethren , we feel ourselves impelled thus publicly to avow , that Charles Jones is not a member , nor ia any shape identified with as , and that he must have received and signed the circular as a private Individual , owing to his former prominent situation as delegate to the Convention from North Wales . And at the same time we must record our sentiments to be , that we view the present conduct of Lovett , &c with suspicion and distrust ; or why embrace , with such avidity , the names of apparently obscure individuals to swell their list of signatures , and thereby deceive the friends of Reform ?
By inserting tbis in yonr valuable and extensively circulated paper , you will inform the unwary , further the objects ef the Chartists , and confer an obligation on the members of the Working Men ' s Association , Signed on tbeir behalf , In meeting assembled , John M'Fahlane , Chairman . Association Room , Northampton , April 19 th , 1841 .
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The "Rats" Escaping From The Trap
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? . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR . —I feel it to be an incumbent duty , which I ewe to my brethren and sisters in the cause of Chartism , to offer a few observations on a list of names which appeared in the Slarot last week , professing to be those who were engaged as principals in carrying but another plan of organisation , of which list my name formed one . I have for some time known , and very much admired the grand , the magnificent conception , so ably developed by the great philanthropist Pestalozzl ; and though I was satisfied it was impracticable te carry it
ont to its extent in the present state of society , yet I believed that if it were properly arranged , much which was useful might be accomplished . When , therefore , I received a circular , to which six signatures wero attached , five of whom I had long known , and four of whom highly respected , believing them to be sincere friends to the cause of Chartism , I concluded at onco that the plan would be submitted to the accredited organ of the Charlist body , for their consideration ; I unhesitatingly-gave , my approbation of the principles contained in the plan , but without the least design that my name should be published as one of those self-elected individuals who were to endeavour to carry it out .
I have been deceived , as many wiser men than myself have been before me ; and I have neither obstinacy enough to continue in a detected error , nor false pride enough to withhold the acinowledgemeut I- woald charitably hope that my former colleagues , who promulgated the document in question , have done it with a good and patriotic intention , and have been blind to the mischievous purpose to which our cunning enemies would turn it By subsequent information , I find that it bos been hailed as a Godsend by several of the Whig bit by bit Hetormera , ana has not only been lauded by some of their party journals , but has been honoured with the express approbation of the great Don himself . In fact , with their adroit management , they are aware that they could contrive not only to divide the Chartist body into at least two factions , bat , by directing their attention to the remote future , paralyse , if not destroy , the agitation for the present—upon the energy of which alone all our rational hopes of success ore founded .
Impressed with this belief , I bog to be distinctly and generally understood , that *! decline altogether any connection with , or encouragement of a plan capable of being converted into so terrible an engine of destruction ; and , if my humble name was capable of adding the least importance to the transaction , I hereby withdraw it . And I further earnestly solicit such of my former colleagues and friends of the days that are past , whose names appear in that list , and who have probably been deceived , like myself , to give the subject due consideration ; and , by following my example , deprive the mischievous instrument of the greater portion ot Its sting , and let the anticipated triumph of oar enemies be turned into a source Of mortification and defeat T . R . Smart . Leicester , 20 th April , 1841 .
The Forthcoming Portraits.
THE FORTHCOMING PORTRAITS .
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TO THE EDITOlt OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Mr . Editor , —I request that you will take my name from the list published in the Star of Saturday lost , sent to yon by Mr . Lovett . I expected , whea tho address was sent to me , that it was sent to the general body of the Chartists , not to a few individuals . I most solemnly protest against any division in the Chartist ranks . > Yours respectfully , William Thompson . Paventry , April 19 , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —I wish to have my name erased from the list of thofee that are affixed to Lovett and Co ) lins's address . The circular that I affixed my name to was sent to Diiventry , to a person of the name of Wild , who used to be a leading man amongst us , and is now a regular turncoat , and left the town ; but thinking that the address was a general thing , and approved of by the National Charter Association , a few of us met together , and thinking that the plan , so far as it went for educating the people and spreading information , to be very good , two 1 of us affixed our names to it . But since we find it will lead to a division amongst the people , we dissent from any such plan ; and as I find my name amongst those in your last week ' s iSlar , I wish to have it erased . Thomas Webb , ' Union Place , Daventry . April 19 th , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Pear Sir , —Having seen ruy name in the lost number of the Star , among "The New London Society of Ratcatchers , " as "Cato" has been pleased to call them , I beg , through you , to state , for the satisfaction of my friends and the public , that whea I received the circular signed per Lovett and Co ., I did not like the secrecy enjoined with regard to its publication , as I considered that a good thing could not have too much publicity . This , however , did not recur to my mind until too late . I received it on Tuesday , the 6 th instant , and it
being market day , I did not even read it through ; for when I saw the names of Lovett and Collins , men whom I knew had passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , and who so nobly stood out when in Warwick Castle , I signed it trith all my heart , and it was re-posted within one hour after I received it , not for a monient suspeotlng that there was any deviation from the straightforward course to that "consummation devoutly to be wished . " Consequently , I consider that I was little better than caught in a trap ; but having the power to extricate myself , I request my name to be struck from the list , as I renounce the new move and all its works ; and beg to subscribe myself ,
Yours , respectfully , Joseph Welch , one for the Charter / the whole Charter - ind nothing but the charter . High-street , Ledbury , April 19 th , 1841 .
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- •• . ? - ; . . - y ' TO THE EDITOR OB XHS HOB . THERN STAR . Sir , —I am very sorry to observe my name among the list attached to Lovetfs address in the Slar of Saturday last ; and I think it due to myself and my coantry to stato why it is there . When I received that address , I was on my way for Beith , in Ayrshire , to attend a public meeting . I glanced it carelessly over , saw they professed to stand for the Charter , and , reflecting that it was signed by Lovett and Collins—men whom the country had done 00 much to honour—I could not believe them ungrateful for the many favours they hod received ; and , more especially ^ when I saw the name of John Cleave , the announced London publisher of the Northern Star ; and when still further / I saw the name of Henry Hetherington , the victim of priestly tyranny and Whig malice , 1 never conjectured for one moment that I was in the
hands of the enemy ; but thought assuredly that it was a branch of the Grand National Association , and therefore appended my name , without writing one word in reply to the authors . Bat no sooner had I reflected on the nature of the address than I wrote immediately to Mr . Lovett , stating that if it was intended as an opposition Association to the one already in existence ,- I could be no party to such proceedings ; and as our cause required union and exertion , I never would countenance any plan whose object was to breed discord in the ranks of the people . Mr . Lovett must have been in possession of that letter , I should think , before he sent the list to the Star ; if so . I look upon it as cruel and unjust to append my name to the document , -when 1 had so distinctly expressed my disapprobation of the conduct 6 f its concootors . However , I have been caught in the rat-trap lor ' once . ' it is tn * first time ; it may also be the last .
I have freely and fully confessed my sins ; and I now earnestly implore my country to forgive my trespass . I am , Sir , Yours , truly , John M'Crae . Kllbachan , 19 th April , 1641 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct376/page/5/
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