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MOST Respectfully informs the Inhabitants of Sheffield and its Vicinity , she has commenced NEWSVEND 1 NG , and Retailing other Articles , hoping , by unremitting assiduity in Business , to merit the confidence and support of the Chartist Friends in Sheffield , and the Public at large , assuring them all Orders for their Papers and Cheap Publications will be promptly attended to . S . O . begs to tender her grateful acknowledgments toller numerous : Friends , for their past sympathy and support , whose commands will at all times have her heat attention . N . to . SARAH ^ € rxrroN , South-street , Sheffield Moor , boitoont Carver-street .
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ty&T PUBLISHED , PART 1 , PRICE ¦ THREEPENCE . mHE LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL , em-X bracing a View of Ireland under the Commonwealth and Protectorate . Partly compiled from Documents and Manuscripts but lately discovered . By Samuel Gordon , Esq . Dublin : —Martin Keene and Son , 6 , College * Green . LeedsjprHobson , Northern Star Office .
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tO ? BE CHAKTISTS OF LONDON . A GRAND BALL and CONCERT will take xx place in the Mabylebone and Paddington Working Men ' s Hall , No . S , Ci bcus-street , Marylkbonb , on Whit-Monbay , May 31 , 1841 , in Aid of the Funds of the above Hall , which has been taken at a very great expense by the Members of the National Charter Association , for the purpose of holding their meetings in ; when the Committee pledge themselves that no exertion shall be wanting on their part to render the Evening ' s amusement as effective as poBsible . Iu the course of the Evening , a selection from "Wat Tyler . " Mr . Tipper , a Chartist , will sing the favourite Song of "The War Cry ; " and several Comic Songs in character , by Mjp . Thomas . Double Tickets , to admit a Lady and Gentleman , Is . 6 d . ; Single Tickets , Is . ; to be had at the following places : —Mr . Christopher , George-street , Foley Place ; Mr . Savage , Mechanic ' s Institution Tavern , Cjircus-Btreet ; Mr . Ford , 17 , High Row , Knightsbridge ; Mr . Murray , 18 , Fitzroy Place , New Road ; Mr . Lunn , New Ejid , - Hampstead ; Mr . Rosa , 20 , Regent-street , JCennington Crotm ; and Mr . Lovett , Sec . Pro . TejH ^ lS , Shouldam-street .
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f ^ JFusT Published , Price Two Shillings , Cloth , PAPER AGAINST GOLD , containing the His-¦ L tory of the Bank of England , the Funds , the Debt , the Sinking Fund , and the Bank Stoppage ; also showing how Money is raised or lowered in value by alterations in its qualities ; and the evil effeots of the whole upon the Community . By Wit . Cobbett , condensed by Margaret Ciiappelsmith . Price One Shilling , GASKELL'S POPULAR COMIC SONGS , Complete . This Edition contains the whole of the Songs that wero published in five former Numbers at Sixpence each . Price Three Halfpence , RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN INSTITUTION FOR THE FORMATION OF COMMUNITIES BASED ON CHRISTIANITY , intended to be known as the Christian Co-operative Joint Stock Society , instituted in Manchester , September , 1840 . Price Sixpence , BRIGHAM ' s REMARKS on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement upon Health . Every man who values bis health ought to be in possession of this Book . Price Fourpence , CHANNING'S LECTURES on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of the Community . Price Sixpence , THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF GHOSTS , DEMONS , AND SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS , Generally , fully , and familiarly Explained and Illustrated . By R . Buchanan . Price One Shilling , Originally Sold at Five Shillings , MUDIE'S EMIGRANT'S POCKET COMPANION . To those who are about to Emigrate , this book contains much Information that is highly useful and important . Manchester : Hey wood , Oldham-street ; and may be had of Cleave , London ; Hob-on , Market-street , Leeds ; and all the Agents of" the Northern Star .
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2 CHARTIST INTELLIGENCE OMITTED IN OUR LAST FOR WANT OF ROOM . CiTr OF Xosdox . —The Ckartists of this locality , Vhose meetings have been for some time holdcn at the Dtapsicfl Cififee Booms , Bride lace , Fleet-street , now hold their meetings every Tuesday evening , at tne Political and Sdentiic Institute , 55 , Old Bailey . Salford . —The cause goe * on here gloriously ; meeifags are held and leetoree delivered by one or another Smart continually . The spirit of the people is kept tony up , and show . iUelf in almost all forms . The ivtoion of white hats is being again brought up , to . Hgamniish the friend * of truth and justice from those qf ^ t . legislation . Mr . Smithurst , of Oldbarn ^ the talented Chartist lecturer , whose exertions for the cause 2
ta that neis&hboarhoodhave been Tinted with the loss of bis employment , has set up Chutist hat manufacfcner , making them with the emblems of the cards of Bumbership in the bottom of the hat He has taken several orders from Oidham . They bare appointed a committee , one half electors and the other non-electors , to commence active operations to bring forward a Cfcartist candidate , and teach the brace of plundering &etfc > os , that the Chartists are resolved to do business -an their own account . They have sent £ l . 7 s . Id . to f cJTu . Frost , and are t **' ng steps to have an oil painting flf the immortal Emraett , aad another of O'Brien , to ornament their rooms , or to be used as flags . The Cooperative stores still go on ; and the Sulford Chartists s » very anxious that their system may be adopted as Boon as possible .
Path-Head , Midlothian . —The Charter agitation finds all places , and this among the rest : —A public meeting Las been beW , which was addressed by several friends from Dalieith ; add at which a very good spirit was manifested , and 100 signatures obtained to the petition . Some tracts were distributed , and we hope much , good may have bees done . Birmi 5 ghaK . —A numerous meeting was held in Freeman-street , on Wednesday evening , at which re-¦ otofcion * «•* passed , eulogising the exertions of the Convention , exhorting them to remain in London till tbe petition shall have been presented , and promising ¦ ttpport . Th , e ] Birmingham Chartists call upon the whole
eoontry to follow them in cheering on an < l supporting ( he Convention . —The Fsost Restojutioa Combtittee have passed and confirmed unanimously , the following resolution : —Resolved , " That the Secretary be instructed to write to the Convention , requesting Shorn to get up a numerous and influential deputation to wait on Lord Norman by , requiring of him , whether be will procure an audience of her Majesty for the depotation on behalf of Froct , Williams , and Jones , and , in ease of his refusal , that the deputation take into consideration the propriety of appointing three persons , raiding in London , "who stall present -them the next Levee day , a * this committee has no confidence in Lord Hoxm&nby .
The chartists bxsidkxt is Daktmouth-sthebt « nd the vicinity , bad a meeting last week in Mr . Taylor ' s house . Am interesting and instructive lecture "was deuvered to them by Mr . W . D . Taylor . It was was determined to meet there regularly on Tuesday evenings . Liverpool . —The Chartists here have formed a discussion class , which meets every Sunday evening , fat the large room of Muigrave ' s Coffee-house , at eight o'clock . Ass old iXOTTiSGHAM . )—At the weekly meeting , an Monday , it was resolved unanimously , " That the Chartists of Arnold pledge themselves to stand by the Rational Charter Association of Great Britain , and
countenance no man , or set of men , that would set on toot any other movement—that they will never c * as 3 agitating till the Charter become the law , and the political victims be enlarged—that they place unbounded confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and condemn the base ¦ wretches who would injure that patriot ' s characterthai they wiil stand by O'Connor and the Star till death , presuming them to persevere in the cause they bavfe hitherto pursued—that they highly approve the -conduct cf those members of the Convention who protested against Mr . Collins—that they treat scornfully the base effort now making to injure O'Connor " through tbe sides of Frost—and that th 6 y thank the Editor of the Northern Star , lor Ms noble Advocacy of the people ' s cause . "
Woecestee . —The Chartists met at their room in Friar-street , on the 19 th , and passed reselutions , condemnatory of the " trap for the unwary" set by certain friends—operatives—in the form of a petition against the Government Tariff Bill , in which the repeal of the Corn Law 3 is insidiously lugged in as a remedy for the erils of the commercial system . The Chartists of Wor-. eestor ware not to be so caught . They saw the . hook ' snd , ewHsequently , threw aside the bait with very little eeremuBy . A correspondent writes us that the tariff question excites much attention among the " working men cf Worcester aud its neighbourhood . It is nonsense to talk of remodelling the commercial system , With any view to the advantage of the " ¦ workies , " While the " sharks" possess all the power of law making . Whatever advantage might bg obtained from » revision of the tariff would sow be an advantage only to the factions ; not to the people . Let the people i 9-eure their Charter , and then is will be time enough to look into mailers of detail legislation .
Massfield . —The Chartists here , anxious to do ¦ ometiiing for the prolongation of the Convention sittings , waited upon sundry " friends" among the middia classes ; bat quickly found ont their mistake . TN » people must hope nothing from any but themselves . The National Petition has been signed here by 1 , 581 males , and 1 . S 98 . Tosk , —On Tuesday evening , the 18 th instant , the Chartists of this city met in the large room occupied by the Forester ' s , situate in Straker ' s-passage , Fossgate , Where they now hold their weekly meetings , Mr . Demaine la the chair , when , after the usual business of the meeting , an investigation of the conduct of Mr . Charles Stuart , a member of the Council , took , place , in consequence ef the part be had taken in the electioneering
movements of Mr . Barkley , a candidate for the represmtati * n of this city , by calling upon the Chartists of York to support that genteman , without having pre-¦ fionsiy put the question , " would he support the People ' s Charter in case of his being returned to Parliament ? " A majority of the Council considered that Mr . S . had acted inconsistently by so doing , and requested him to attend a special meeting of the Council , for the purpose of explaining ' his conduct on that occasion . The meeting he attended , but refased to give say explanation , and treated the Council with contempt—insisting , that if any charge was brought against Ida it should be at a public meeting . Tuesday being tbe night of public meeting , a charge was accordingly made against him by Mr . Cordeux , for inconsistency of
eondact in the proceeding as above stated . Mr . Stuart then entered into a defence of his c # nduct by charging the Council with , what he termed , audacity and imprudence , in daring to call his conduct into question , ssd entered into a defence of Mr . Bark Ley ' s principles , stating that because he advocated the Ballot , denounced hribery , and admitted the right of the Suffrage , he ought to be supported by the Chartists of . York . He charged the Council with dragging him before the public that sight , and concluded by declaring that ao long ss Mr . Birkley maintained the principles he expressed at the meeting on FritUy , he eared no * , by what name he called them , he should support him . After a few remarks from Mr . Barley , in answer to a charge of inconaistencv brought agaiut him by Mr . Smart , in the
worse of his address , for having movtd . and carried an Snendment in favour of Universal Suffrage , at the late Whig meeting , without having previously acquainted the Council of his intentions , although the dreamstances rendered it impossible for him to do so , Mr . Cordeux rose to reply , and expressed his sorrow that Mr . Stuart should have indulged in- bo much passionate invective , Instead of giving a calm txplanation of bis conduct ; in fact , he considered it no explanation at all . Mr . Stuart had contended that because Mr . Berkley advocated the Ballot , he ought to be supported by the Chartists » f York . He ( Mr . C ) thought different , —many of the Whigs , who are our -most inveterate enemies , being strenuous advocstes of the Ballot "With respect to his denouncing bribery , both Whigs
¦ sid Tories had denounced the Bystem , even with the bribe in their hands . Mr . B ., he agreed , had admitted the right of the Suffrage ; but when he heard him with she same breath boast of his intimacy with ,-and friendihip for , sush men as OConntll and Hume , the former having offered to bring 5 O » , O 0 # men from Ireland , to put down Chartism , whilrt the latter advocated coum food ai good eneugh for the workine clos ^* , he ftlt justified in saying that the Chartists of York had no season for placing confidence in guch a man . Was it Hot a fact that the whole of Mr . Birkley ' s Committee wwe « pposed to the Charter ? and had not the chairman of that Committee refused to sign the petition for the fcestoration of Frost , Williams , and Jonw , when bolicited to do ao by Mr . Stuart himself , only a few days
previously , alleging , as his reason , that the Government Were perfectly justified in the course they had taken against those exiled patriots ? Mr . Stuart hud stated that be had been dragged before that meeting by the Council . Thii he I Mr . a ) denied , as it waihis own determination , and contrary to the wish of the Council . Mr . Stuart , be contended , had not refuted the charge brought against him ; In short , the fact of Mi . S . having called for three eheers for Mr . Barkley , and neglecting to U for the same honours , more jasUy due , to Mr noble patriot F . O'Connor , w&i of itself inconsistent with the principles which Mr . Stuirt professed , ¦ Bd eoaclBded by moving the following resolution , Which was seconded by Mz . Barley , " Taat it is the
epuio * of this mevtinf , that tbe eonduet of Mr . C Ptoart , is attending a public merting of Mr . Barkleyi ¦ fed eaiiiag spos the citlrau of York , to rapport that fttUuue , withomt having previously put the question wfc * th * r or not be would support the People ' B Charter Ib CM * of his ratsra to Parliament , was highly censunbto , and that we Ike members of the National Charter Association will not place confidence in any man , ot * oj set of men , who advocate principles short of the Whole Charter . " Me D . Halton proposed , and Mr . James Webster aeeoftded tbe fallowing amendment , " 5 * 1 ** * » **>• members ot the National Charter Aaso " •***¦» do place the utmost confidence in Mr . Stuart on ¦« . occasion , » ad do , Uiere £ «* a , return him our hearty wo * s » " The original motion w » Carried with only two iHssraitirmts
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BfiisTOL—The Chartists of this city , at a meeting in tbe Hall of Science , after a lecture by Mr . Vincent , passed a resolution to the effect that- " the Convention finish their business before they return home . " Pltm » t : th . —The Corn Law humbugs have been soundly beaten here by the " wakies ., Moxmoutb . —Mr . Black , of Nottingham , have been lecturing and preaching here with considerable effect Derbyshire . —Mr . BairsUw labours , with great success , in this county ; lecturing , preaching , and privately exhorting wherever he may be . The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , his one continued text and theme . The present communication contains notices of his lecture at Ockbrook on Friday , the 14 th , his sermon at Derby , in the Market-place , to more than 3 , 000 persons , on Sunday , the 16 th , and his lectures at Burton-os-Trest , on Monday and Tuesday , when he bad a glorious triumph over the brutality and obscenity of the " respectables . "
Wilsden . —A Radical meeting was held at this place on Monday evening , Mr . Thompson in the chair . The meeting appointed a committee of three persons , Benjamin Hartley , William Ca wcrof t , William Eastwood , wool-combers , and a secretary , George Bairstow , -weaver . It was unanimously agreed that they join the National Charter Association as soon as possible ; and that they repose unbounded confidence in , and give their best thanks to Feargus O'Connor , and the Editor of the Northern Star . Stockport . —The Council beg leave to tell their brethren , that as the ill winds which have so long dispersed the Chartists of this district , like the accursed simoom , hive now blewn over us , and that we are again
uniting , determined to put all obstruction and division down , and taking principle as our guide , we are determined to put down all those party differences and personal squabbles which have so long distracted the good and holy cause in our district ; we therefore earnestly call upon all our brethren and sisters—Chartists , to arouse from their apathy and enable us once more to place Stockport in the position she once held , and no longer be a laughing-stock for the parties who are opposed to us , and who tell us that Chartism is at discount . —The Rev . John Williams Morris is delivering a course of lectures on the parliamentary history of England and Ireland , from the earliest period on record , down to the present time .
Y eot i l . —There was a meeting of the Chartists held at this place , on Monday the 17 th instant , which was not very numerously attended ; but the zeal which was displayed towards the holy cause that we espouse , by those who were present , made amends for the smallness ef the number . The ebject for which we met wm very important ; inasmuch as the proceedings of that meeting decided , whether the Chartists of this town should continue to b « an organised body , acting in co-operation with each other ; or whether we should for the future be considered as a few isolated innividuals , each following his own particular views . The business of the meeting was as follows : —A short time after we commenced the Chartist agitation in this town , we took a room to meet in , thinking by bo doing , we
should have a better opportunity of m ^ ing known our principles , and , that it would be tbe means of augmenting our numbers ; but in consequence of the apathy manifested by the working classes of this town towards the Chartist cause , and the retrogade motion of some ef our members , we have incurred a heavy debt . The subject for discussion was , the best-mode of liquidating the same ; and to decide u ? on our future movements . Mr . Hewlett was called to the chair . The Chairman then proceeded to read a very encouraging letter from our worthy secretary , Mr . Bain bridge , who was unavoidably absent , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to , proposed by Mr . Stevens , and seconded by by Mr . Wheadon , " That it is necessary for the future welfare of this society , that we should know our resources ; we do therefore request the class-leaders to go round to the members of their classes , who are in arrears with their subscriptions , and apply
to them for tho same , and if they do dot pay them immediately to be considered as no longer members of this society . ™ Proposed by Mr . Stevens and seconded by Mr . Tucker , " That considering the embarrassed circumstances under which we are now labouring , we do enter into a voluntary subscription to help to pay the above debt" After which some of tbe members volunteered to pay 3 d . per week extra , until the debt was discharged , rather than see the society become defunct . It was the opinion ef the members present , that much good might be tfilcttd if we had a talented missionary down in the west ; to make known the truths of Chartism , and to awaken tbe dormant energies of the people . But unfortunately it is net in our power to support one ; we think that it would not be the worst money which will be spent by the Executive Council , if they have the funds at their command , in sending one down here .
Glasgow . —A meeting waa held on the 17 th , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , College open , at eight o ' clock , p . m ., for the purpose of transacting business connected with Charter movements . After the Vice-chairman of tie Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association had taken the chair , the Secretary , Mr . Brown , read the minntes of last meeting and the correspondence of their delegate in Convention . Some other matters of a private and pecuniary nature having been disposed of , Mr . C . M'Ewan rose to stato that the members of the Chartist Church bad applied to Mr . Brewester to preach a sermon to that congregation , which he had done , the subject being the Scottish Poor Laws , and the rights of the poor to subsistence from the soil that gave them birth . Fot so deing , the Presbytery of Glasgow had
taken up the affair , which they had referred over to the Presbetery of Pais ' ey , the upshot of which is that Mr . Brewester is to be tried before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , for a misdemeanour , and he runs a pretty good chance of being kicked out of the Establishment altogether . He concluded by recommending that a pnblie meeting be called in the Bazaar , in order to afford Mr . B . an opportunity ef lashing hU brethren of the " black coits and cravats so white . " Messrs . Ross , M'Farlane , &c , supported the proposal . Oa the other hand , Messrs . Dickson , Chisholm , and others , thought it was a subject which ought to be taken up by the members of tbe Chartist Church , and not by tbe Lanarkshire Association ; upon which Mr . A . Pinkerton remarked , that as a great number of persons
not at all friendly to Chartism would attend to hear the disclosures of Brewester , they should take that opportunity of making them swallow the Charter , as the only means of getting rid of the corrupt system altogether . This proposition was at once agreed to , as well as tfae holding of the meeting in contemplation . Messrs Moir , Pattison , M'Farlane , M'Ewan , Jack , and Malcolm were then proposed as candidates to move and second the Charter . Mr . Pattison was objected to for the part he had taken in the debate on the New Move , This was over-ruled , as Pattison had always been a consistent Chartist , whatever opinions he thought proper te bold regarding the characters of Lovett and
Collins ; besides , it was contended that as far as Glasgow was concerned , they had decently interred the remains of the New Move on the night of the l # tb instant , and they had mutually agreed te allow its ashes to sleep for the future in silent repose ; and so far as Mr . Malcolm was also concerned , he had lately shown such strong Whiggish propensities , that it was a question whether the great body of the Chartists would listen to him or not . Similar objections were expressed against Mr . Jack . Mr . Moir and Mr . Pattison were then appointed to move and second the Charter . A committee was also elected to get up the meeting . A v . fce of thanks was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting dissolved .
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m MANCHESTER . —An important meetiDf was held in the Chartist Rooms , Tib-street , on Monday eveniug last ; the room was crowded to excess . The chairman , after a few remarks on passing events , said he wonld introduce the speaker who was about to address them , hoping that they would give him a candid and fair hearing , and at the conclusion , if he advanced anything contrary to truth , any one would be at perfect liberty to object to it , and he , as chairman , would pledge himself to obtain for him , « r them , a peaceable hearing . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Charles Connor then rose , and said he came there at the request of his friends to address them that evening , and in doing which he claimed a right which he himself was willing to give to every man , namely ,
the freedom of speech ; and because he professed to be the advocate of a measure that would , when obtained , give the same justice to one man . as another , whatever might be his country , his class , his creed , and hia colour—a measure tor the adoption and carrying out these principles , which would be for the benefit of the human race . There was a spirit abroad which all the opposition in the world could not quench , and a train of circumstances at work which would ensure success in the end , and that the poople would never rest , nor be led astray , by anything less than the Charter . ( Loud applause . ) The principles of the Charter were known to them all . They had been so often and so well explained to them that it would be a waBte of time for him to
attempt to dwell upon them . He would , therefore , leave that subject to men much better qualified than he was , and would proceed to examine who the actual producers of wealth were . ( Hear . ) The producing class are those who toil in the fields , mines , workshops , and fisheries , creating or procuring food , clothing , houses , and other necessaries , for the sustenance and convenience of society . Now , what was the condition of all those producers of human food ? One would naturally suppose that those who produce all the food of mas—through whose hands the whole must necessarily pass—would be able to laj hold of as much as might satisfy their wants , ( that 18 the working portion of them ) ; but it is a fact ,
which could not be controverted , that those who produce all the food of society , are miserably fod . —Mr . C . then proceeded to depict the privations to which the manufacturers and artisans of this country axe Bubjected , aud then proceeded to enquire into the remedy he said : —Some tell us that a repeal of the Corn Laws would banish starvation , give every man plenty of work , raise wages , and make working-men comfortable . How was this to be done 1 They never take into consideration the rapid progress of machinery , and the hundreds of hands which are thrown oat of employment every week , and the machinery which was being every week got np la this country
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for foreigners . The speaker then adverted to the average consumption of cotton , &c . which has been frequently alluded to of late , in the discussion of the subject adverted to . He read the petition from "Fielden ' s Factory Curse , " and entered upon a variety of topics through which oar space will not allow us to follow . He concluded amid loud cheers The chairman then gave ont tbe notices , and' several letters and placards were read from different parts of the country , which showed that the people were up , and at their post , and which received the plaudits of the assembly . Mr . Griffin rose -to move tbe following resolution ; . he merely read and moved it , which was loudly cheered at the close , " That this meeting is of opinion that the sop thrown
out at tne eleventh boar by tbe base , hypocritical , scurvy , doubled tongaed , treacherous , unprincipled , rapacious , shameless , nnblaghiog , hollow , tyrannical , greedy , insincere Whigs , is done for the purpose of deluding and deceiving the people to misgovern the nation . In taking a retrospective view of their conduct , we find that they came into power with pledges of economy , retrenchment and reform . They said that the working classes were robbed , plundered , and enslaved by the Tories , who are hoary in crime , wrinkled in misrule , blind in prejudice , cruel in power , patronised for mischief , presumptuous in self * will , the hatod , the despised , the vilified , the vituperated , the blackened , the blasted , the humiliated , the detested monsters . The Whigs were well
supported by the people for four years , and had a sufficient majority to carry any measure for the bettering of thelcondition of the many ; instead of which the organ of the Whigs , Lord John Russell , declared the reform % final measure , notwithstanding the promises they ( the Whigs ) made when out of power , to wit , that if the people would assist for the obtainment of the Reform Bill they in return would assist the people to obtain a full measure of justice for the people , and thai they would never rest satisfied until the enslaved millions were in possession of those rights which truth , reason , and the lawB of God and nature entitle them to . In opposition to which , when they considered themselves sufficiently fortified , they , by their acts and conduct told the
people in language too plain to be misunderstood , that may go to the devil for further indulgences . They have Forced upon the people the infernal New Poor Law Bill , and to coerce the people in subjection , and to carry it down their throats whether or not , they established bodies of rural police ; they transported the Dorchester labourers and the Glasgow ootton-spinnera ; have imprisoned four hundred of our industrious countrymen for telling the truth . By their tyranny and oppression , they have driven a vast amount of capital abroad , and thousands of the olererest artisans to compete against and ruin ua ; they beingeither too short-6 ighted or dishonest to foreseeand avoid it . They have held out all manner of inducements , and have fitted up ships for thousands to
emigrate . When the narrow-minded , superstitious , and bigoted Tories left office , there was a clear surplus revenue of £ 2 , 665 , 000 , which the Whigs have not only extinguished , but have actually created a deficiency of £ 940 , 000 , besides adding to the National Debt £ 60 , 000 , 000 , and consequently increased the interest . They gave a deaf ear to white slavery , by treating their petitions with scorn and contempt , and voted £ 20 , 000 , 000 for the emancipation of black slavery . They voted a German woman £ 100 , 000 , and voted for £ 50 , DOQ for another German pauper . They have added a great number of Peers , augmented the Pension List , and increased taxation £ 5 , 000 , 000 . They have coereed Ireland , and slain the Canadians . They gave £ 70 , 000 for building stables for horses , and only voted £ 30 , 000 for
national education . They have brought the country to a most wretched condition . In 1832 the working classes Wire denominated by the Whigs as wise , industrious , and peaceable subjects ; but they are stigmatised now as seditious , rebellions , and disaffected . Rents and taxes have increased , while wages have decreased . The commercial coadition of the countrv is most lamentable . The working classes are the only classes taxed , yet poorly fed , thinly clad , wretchedly housed , and treated like slaves . They deserve the contempt of every true lover of his species ,
for their recent base , unprincipled , flagitious , unconstitutional , decency—defying , hypocritical , meanly cruel , sneakingly malicious , spitefully revengeful , and waspishly venemous treatment of Feargus O ' Connor , O'Brien , and the rest of the incarcerated Chartists , and for kidnapping and banishing Frost , Williams , and Jones . Having taken a view of their conduct while in office , and found by experience that they have forfeited the confidence reposed in them , and believe them incapable of governing the country with comfort and satisfaction to the public , this meeting is determined to put no further trust in them . " Mr . James L : ech said there was not a
sentence m it but what he perfectly agreed with . It gave no quarter to either Whigs or Tories , and he hoped the working classes would endeavour to maintain their own position in society , and scorn both parties . The resolution was carried amid loud apapplause . —Mr . Mahon moved the next resolution , " That the Editor of the Slar be requested to give a full report of the meeting , coupled with a request that the Dundee Chronicle , the Weekly Dispatch , anathe Scottish Patriot , the two Chartist Circulars , the Odd Fellow , Cleave ' s Gazette , and the Dublin World , would copy the resolutions , in order to show the
sentiments of the Chartists of Manchester respecting both factions , Whigs and Tories . " A person from the body of the meeting seconded it , and when put it was carried unanimously . Mr . Butterworth and two others also addressed the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to Charles Connor , and the meeting broke up , well satisfied . —[ We received a very lengthy report of the above named meeting , but such is the demand upon « ur space and the importance of passing events , that we have been reluctantly compelled to curtail the report . ]
[ We have Inserted the resolution , above , verbatim , not feeling ourselves at liberty to alter the phraseology ; yet we cannot , and shall not , undertake to justify the unnecessary use of such a redundancy of hush terms , however merited by the factions . ] Brown-street Chartist Rooms . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson preached here on Sunday evening last . The rev . gentleman produced a glorious feeling upon the minds of his audience by encouraging them to persevere through good and through evil report , until the Charter becomes the law of the land , and the people of this country are comfortable in body and mind . He afterwards announced that a public tea party would be held in the Brown-street Rooms , on Thursday in Whitsun week , for the benefit of that tried , valued , uncompromising , and noble patriot , now in Chester Castle , William Benbow .
STOCBPORT . —Courting the m Dead" Chartists . —A short time ago the Whigs boasted that the Chartists were dead ; but now , alas ! the poor Whigs are so far reduced in their probabilities of sticking to place , that they are praying , beseeching , and begging the support of the " dead" Chartists at the coming election ; this must convince plain John Campbell that there has been a resurrection , and therefore the day of judgment must be at hand ; prepare then , ye Whigs ; an offended , insulted , and oppressed judge , in a , united people . Chartisis , be up aud doing , and remember the tender mercies of " the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs . "
LANARK . —Corn Law Agitation versus Chartism .. —The Corn Law party to give every semblance of popularity and importance to their movement , attempted to get the Provost and magistrates at their head , but in this they failed , as will be seen in the sequel . The declaration of ministers was hailed as a God-send , but they were not competent for the task , inasmuch as they did not dare to meet the public , lest they might sustain a defeat . Tneir first attempt was the getting up of a requisition to the magistrates to convene a public meeting , for which they got upwards of 400 signatures , in answer to which the magistrates declined to interfere , but granted the use of the County Hall , for the said purpose- The next step was the invitation of two or three
dozen of the reqaisitionist , under a pretext of a preliminary meeting , preparatory to a public one , who met on Monday , the 17 th inst . When Mr . A . Hislop , ex-baillie , was called to the chair . The Chairman said something like the following . " Well , Gentlemen , I suppose ye a' keu what yere a' here about ; it is in order to get up a petition about tho Corn Laws . " He took out a letter , and read it to the meeting , which he had got express from Glasgow that morning ; it was from Mr . Murray , Com Law Secretary , which urged him to get up a meeting , and to proeure as many signatures as possible . The letter also contained the draft of a petition , and he was anxious the meeting would adopt . After a good deal of desultory conversation about a general
meeting m terms of the requisition , Dr . Shirley reminded the meeting that a number of gentlemen had met in Edinburgh for the same purpose , and were annoyed by a set of fellows ( meaning the Chartists ) who were so impertinent as almost to push the chairman from the chair . When the Learned Doctor had concluded his luminous speech , the chairman advised them to take Doctor Shirley's advice , adding , if you had been at a meeting that I attended in the West Churoo , when Mr . Gillon waa here , you would not think of calliag any more public meetings . The Chairman seems to have had a vivid recollection of
the signal defeat which they sustained in December , 1838 , when tbe Chartists carried a vote of want of confidence in Mr . Gillon , M . P . ia a meeting called by the Whigs themselves , although they were assisted by * Tory juBtice of the peace . Mr . J . Cunningham Btated that they had nothing to fear from the Chartists , for they had sufficient moral power to put them down . Notwithstanding , the Chairman proposed " That this meeting adop the Glasgow petition presently , and have no more meetings about it . "Seconded by Dr . Shirley . Mr . J . Simpson moved , " That we call a public meeting , in terras of the requisition . " Only two voted for the amendment .
Mas . Feost . —Mr . John Cleave desires us to say that ha has received for Mrs . Frost the following sums : —Mr . George Hall , late of Wakefield , 2 si Sd . ; collected by F . Green , Is . 6 d . ; Mr . G . Medley , U . ; J . Hentley , Is . ; Maria Day , 6 d . ; Brutus , 2 * . 6 d .: Typo , 6 d .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct381/page/2/
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