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Ajcdoter— Lord Huntingtower , a Tory , has addressed the electors as an anti-Poor Law candidate . Asglesbt . —It is rumoured that Mr . Merrick , the late candidate , will contest the county with either the Hon . W . 0 . Stanley of Colonel Frederick Faget , the Whips . Ashtok-usbeb-Lttte , —Mr . Hindley is canvassing to ensure his re-election . Atlesbury . —Mr . Rickford having withdrawn , Mr . Rice Clayton stands with Mr . Hamilton .
Basbust . —Vincent is in the field here , and has issned a Tery pithy and straightforward address to the Electors . The Oxford Chronicle h& 3 been lately trying to be witty , at the expense of Yincent ; we advise him to look out , for assuredly hi 3 thick head Trill ring if it be not too much cracked . We learn by a communication from Banbnry , dated Monday , that Mr . Yincent made a glorious entrance into Banbary , on Friday , with bands , banners , and flags , with which , and thousands of ike people , he was met a mile and a half on the road , and as he neared the town , the concourse of people became immense . On their first meeting Mr . Y . he was saluted by the greetings and welcome of the muhitude , and the air resounded with their cheers . Mr . V . spoke a
few words to them , and the procession marched into town , the bells ringing , music playing , and the people cohering , till they arrived at the Market Place , where , from the steps of the Market Hall , he addressed the mass amidst universal shouts of applause . An active canvass is going on . v 4 th every prospect of success , although the cunning Whig ? are doing their best to prejudice the liberal and more Radieal of their neighbours against him , by stating that he is an advocate for physical force , exclusive dealing , & . c . &c ; but at present , all appears safe . On Monday night , Mr , Tancred called a meeting of the electors ; this was to have been exclusive , even Vincent was not to attend ; but this would not do , the electors would not have it , and consequently , after two bills bad been circulated , announcing the meeting , first at the Theatre , then
at the Flying Horse Inn , ii ( the meeting ) waa * j thrown open to all . Mr . Tancred and Messrs . [ Harris and Cobb addressed the meeting . Mr .- ; Vincent teas not alfowtd to speak . At the close of this , meeting , Mr . V . incited the eltctors to meet him *; and be would address them from the window of Lis i own Committee Room , and also invited Mr . T . _ and challenged discussion . The people assembled at ; eight o ' clock—somewhere about the number of -4 , 000 , or 5 , dO 0 , and listened with breathless attention to a ! full disclosure of all Mr . T . ' s sophistry ; and also to j a statement of his own views ok politics , after :, which they quietly dispersed . He was to meet the Sectors on Tuesday evening last , in the Theatre , j to which meeting he invited his opponent , Mr . j T&ncred , that their principles may be mutually ] stated , explained , and submitted to the audienee for j approval . - -
Bkverley , at present representtd by Mr . Lane [ Fox and Mr . Hogg , will continue to return two Conservatives . Bradford is at present represented by Mr . E . C . Lister and Mr . Buifield , two Ministerialists . 31 r . Lister retires in favour of his son . Mr . Hardy -will Btatid again on the Conservative interest , with a moral certainty of snecess . Bktdgkwaiek . —Mr . Co « rtenay , whose son was one of the passengers in the unfortunate President , retires . Mr . Broadwood , the other sitting Member , has again offered himself to the electors , with Mr . Forman , a stanch Conservative . Bath . —Lerd Dancan has consented to stand with Mr . Roebuck , as the second Liberal candidate . He joined his fellow-candidate last week .
3 bhtokd Corsrr . —Lord Charles Russell has issued an address signifying his intention of resigning his seat for tee county in the event of a dissolu-: tion . A Conservative , says the XorlhampSon Herald ,. ' will be put forward in the person of W . Astell , E-: q ., ef Evenon House , many years a Director of tie East . India Company . ; Bn > ¥ TXT . ntv . —No names of Tory candidates are yes fixed upon to oppose Mr . Muntz ana Mr . Scholefield ; but Mr . Richard Spooner , an anti-Poor Law man , is ; he favourite of the party ; and Mr . W . C . * Alston , Mr . Whateley , Mr . Siapleton , Mr . Barker , and Mr . James Taylor , the banker , are all mentioned for his coadjutor .
Bolto . n . —Mr . Cobdtn having accepted tbe j requisition from Sioctport , does not stand for ; Bolton ; the only candidate , therefore , in the field is . Mr . Ainsworth . Mr . Boiling , it is said , will retire , ' and two Conservatives will be brought forward .: . Mr . Edmund Ainsworth and Mr . Andrew Knowles , are tbe only Liberals at present talked of as likely 5 to be invited . —Manchester Guardian . —During the past week , many electioneering squibs have been displayed on the walls of this tewn , amongst which , the most worthy of notice was one beaded " A Voice from O'Connor ' s Dungeon , " in which a l-.-ng ex- ' tract from Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , " To those who love freedom and bate slavery , " grren , in which lie protests against a compromise being made vriih
the Tories to obtain his liberty . This is tbe firs : time the Whigs have made honourable mention of their victim since his incarceration ; but the Chartists were determined not to allow any portion of bis writing ? to bs used for unworthy purposes by the Whigs ; and , accordingly , another placard , headed " Twenty-six voices from Manchester Infirmary , " giving the Whigs credit for the late unconstitutional and brutal doings in th * t town , was placed in juxtaposition with the above . The Tories promise to bring two good men and true-into the field , but have not yet named them . The anti-Corn Law party , after the loss of Cobden , experienced some difficulty in finding a man who "would stand a chance of receiving the support of
all parties of Reformers ; but they at length succeeded . On Thursday , the electors were apprised by circular that on that evening Dr . Bo wring would oifer himself far their suffrages in the Temperance HalL A resolution was passed , pledging the meeting w support him . From this meeting tbe non-e . ectors were carefully excluded - _ by the precautions of the " Leaguers , " which being protested against by Bome of the electors ; ii ¦ was afterwards agreed at a private meeting of the Doctor's friends to call a public meeting , and on Saturday , a public meeting having been called , tbe Donor addressed the inhabitants of the town , electors and non-electors , in copfession of his political faith . He declared himself favourable to Universal
Suffrage , the Ballot , and Annual Parliaments , and , in answer to various questions pnt by Mr . Dayle , he ataied his readiness to vote for the People ' s " Charter , he having been one of the ten who drew up that document ; but he would not say , with a great Dumber of the people , that he would have the whole Charter and nothing less . He would take less if he could get it . If they were offered aa £ 8 qualification he would take it ; and then a £ 6 ; a £ 4 ; until no property qualification remained at alL Beingasked if he would endeavour to reform the factorv system , and vote for a ten hours' bill ? ( Hear and cheers . ) Dr . Bo wring thought it a nice question to decide upon . He did not think it right to say to tbe of
parents children that they should be prevented from patting them to work where and when they pleased . But he -would nevertheless vote for every measure calculated in his opinion to ameliorate the condition of the factory workers . - He would not agree io any propositiOH for wiping off the national deb ; ! The Doctor also said he should Tote against all useless places , pensions , and siDecures . —A motion approving of the Doctor , as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Bolton , was proposed , seconded , and carried . — Thanks were al < o voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , afier a grand scramble for about half a cart load of Anti-Cora Law tt&sh , which the repealers threw amongst the people .
Bhambes axd Seoeehah . —Lord Edward Howard has met the electors . BaiDGsoKJH . —An active canvas 3 has been personally instituted by each of the three candidates ; Mr . Whhmore and Mr . Pigot , the present two Tory members , and Mr . Frederick Howard , a Liberal . Bristol . —The correspondent of the Brighton Gazetie names other candidates besides Sir Jam ^ s Graham ; Mr . Herries , Mr . Tindal Bruce , and Mr Bailee , son of Colonel Hughe Duncan Baillie , the ' member for Honiton . The last u supposed to be the candidate selected . Mr . C . Biisset and Mr . Tripp are the Tory Candidates , Buckingham ( Coekty . )—Mr . Scott Murray , saceeeds Mr . Harcourt , in conjunction with Sir W . L . Young and Mr . Dapre . Buckixg&uc ( Ctty . )—Sir Thomas Freemantle and Sir John Chetwode are the Conservative candidates .
CASDiGAKSHrEK . —Mr . Pryse , tbe present Whig member , does not intend to offer himself for this town again . —Standard . Cahusle . —On Saturday last , an emphatic address was issued by the Chartists . It has created a considerable sensation throughout the town and has given rise to a long leader in the Carlisle Journal ; which , frankly admits the truth of the statements therein set forth . Should a Tory candidate be brought into tbe field there is a great probability of his being returned , as nearly all tbe old freemen troold support him . tioqch it will be a diffienlL marter ro unseat Mr . P . H . Howard one ofthe present ttentbera , for he is Tery generally respected far the Biany favours he has obtained for individual electors . As for Mr . Marshall , the other member , he u one of the most useless members that sits in the House of Commons , capable of nothing but discusting wine and walnuts .
Cheshthb , Nosm . —A subscription has been opened at Stockport , to defray the cost of Mr . E . J . Stanley ' s re-election , and defeat the coalition of the Tory candidates , Mr . T&tton Egerton , thepresent member , and Mr . Cornwall Le ^ h .
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Carnarvon Boroughs . —Mr . Bulkeley Hughes will be opposed by a brother of one of the Queen 8 Household , Lord George Paget . Cheltenham . —Mr . John Butler has issued an address in which he states his intention of contesting the borongh with the Hon . C . F . Berkeley . He stands forward as " an independent Conservative , and unconnected with any petty clique or party . " The nephew of Lord North wick will be opposed to Mr . Berkeley . Cornwall , West . —Sir Charles Lemon has announced his intention of retiring . Cambridge . —The Hon . H . Manners Satton and Sir Alexander C . Grant are in the field as the Conservative candidates .
Cirzxcbstes . —Mr . Joseph Cnpps , the present Conservative member , retires . W . Cripps , Esq ., his son , and a barrister of great talent and respectability , will , it is understood , Btand in tbe room of his father . Colchester . —Mr . Sanderson and Sir C . H . Smyth have addressed the electors , announcing their intention to come forward again . Denbigh Cocntt . —It is rumoured that Mr . Myddleton Biddulph will contest this county . The Hon . Mr . Cbolmondely will retire , to make room for his cousin , Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , who recently attained his majority . Denbigh Boroughs . —Should Mr . Wilson Jones decline seeking the honour of again representing this district of boronghs , Mr . Towiisend Mainwaring will be the candidate on the Tory interest . He will be opposed , we learn , by Capt . Myddleton Biddulph , of Chirk Castle .
Derby . —The friends of Mr . Strutt and Mr . Ponsonby , the present members , are actively canvassing m their behalf . Derstshire , South . —Lord Waterpark and a eon of Mr . Gisbome are named as the Ministerial sandidates ; and Mr . Colvilie and Mr . Mundy on the Tory interest . Devon , North . —Mr . Buller , who was defeated in 1839 by a majority of 4 S 0 , will be brought forward by the Liberals , in opposition to Sir T . D . Aclandand Mr . Buck . Durham , North . —There is some talk of Mr . Spearman being brought forward for the Northern Division ; but whether it be as the colleague of Mr . Lambton , or that Mr . Lambton intends to resign , Cwhich is the prevailing opinion , ) i 3 yet unknown .
Durham , South . —It is rumoured that Mr . Pease retires ; and Lord William Poulett , a Conservative , and brother of the Earl of Darlington , will be returned in his stead . The Morning Chronicle announces Mr . Henry Vane , a relative of the Duke of Cleveland , to stand with Mr . Bowes on the retirement of Mr . Pease . Durham ( City . ) The Tory candidates are Mr . Fitzroy and Mr . Shepherd . Mr . Grange , a barrister , will contest with them for the Liberals . Exeter . —Lord Lovaine , a Conservative , has announced himself a candidate to represent this city with Sir William Follett . Fbcme . —An opposition to the return of Mr . Shepherd , the present Conservative me » ber , is spoken of , but as yet no person is named as his opponent .
Falmouth . —Mr . Fresnfield and Mr . Hutchings withdraw . The only candidate in tie field is Dr . Bo wring . Flintshire . —Tbe Honourable E . M . Lloyd Mostyn opposes the present Tory member , Sir Stephen Glynne . Flint Burghs , —Sir Richard Bulkeley has addraped the electors in the Liberal interest . Mr . Dnndas , a Whig candidate , retires . Gloucester . —The Liberals have announced one candidate , Captain Frederick Berkeley , who was rej -cted some years since ; and have also forwarded a requisition to Mr . Phillpots , the present Member , who has announced hi 3 intention to Btand again . Grantham . —Sir Montague Cholmley , Bart ., a Liberal , wiil contest this borough . The Tory not namfed .
Harwich . —The Globe announces " one of the Secretaries of Her Majesty ' s Treasury , " and Mr . John Bagshaw , as candidates for the borough . Hastings . —A Free-tra-de and electioneering dinner has be-. n ^ ven to M r . Robert Holland , the Liberal Member . Mr . Planta , the old Tory Member , is canvassing . Hertford County . —Mr . Hale has declined to stand fur the Tories , on account of ill health . The Hoaourable Dudley Ryder has consented ; and a subscription of £ 10 . 000 has been made to return him free of expense . The Liberals have invited a second Reformer to stand with Mr . Rowland Alston , the Honourable T . Brand , in opposition to Mr . Ryder .
Hertford Borough . —In this borough an attemp , it seem ? , is to be made to turn out Mr . Cowper ; and it is said that Sir M . Farquhar is to stand with Lord Mahon . At present nothing decisive is known . Jedburgh . —Mr . J . M . Balfour conies forward agaiiist Mr . Robert Steuart . Ips-wich . —Mt . WasoB baa addressed the e'ectOTS Kiddeeminsteb . —Mr . Godson attended a public meeting of the electors on Monday . He spoke with great confidence of de f eating the Liberal candidate , Mr . Rennie . Knaresborough . —Mr . Ferrand is the popular candidate . Both Mr . Langdale and Mr . Rich have relinquished their pretensions ; and Mr . Ridley Coiborne having ascertained by a convass that a ministerial candidate ba . 3 no chance , has also retired .
London City . —The Conservative Association for the City of London have fixed upon four candidates to represent the City in Parliament . The four candidates are Mr . Georee Lyall , Mr . John Masterman , Mr . John Pirie , Mr . Wolverley Attwood . Lancaster . —Mr . F . Da > hwood is convassing Lancaster as a Freetrader . Mr . P . M . Stewart , a former Member , is also Fpokcn of . Lichfield . —A Captain Dyott , rumour Eays , will undertake to spend some money in opposing Lord A . Paget . All such opposition will be fruitless . Liverpool . —Lord Palmerston and Sir Joshua Walmsley will oppose the present sitting members , Lord Sandon and Mr . Cresswell .
Malton will still return two ministerialists . It is completely a nomination borough in the hands of Earl Fiizwilliam . Mr . Childers , it is expected , will "continue to be one of its representatives , and the other seat will be a refuge for Lord Milton or Lord iiorperb , after their defeat in the West Riding , or perhaps , it may be occupied by the Hon . W . Went worth . Malmesburt . —The Whigs have put forward Mr . James Howard to oppose the Tory candidate , Mr . L . A . Burton . Marlow . —Mr . Hamden of Little Mailowisthe Conservative candidate for this borough , in opposition to-Sir William Clayton . Merthyr . —Sir John Guest will be opposed by Mr . Homfrey , a large ironmaster , and a Btanch Conservative .
Midhurst . —Colonel Sir H . Seymour is mentioned as liEeij- : o stand on the Conservative interest . Middlesex . —Mr . Byng and Lord Edward Russell are spoken or as the Liberal candidates . Colonel T- Wood and Mr . Henry Pownall have taken th « field in good earnest ; it is extremely doubtful whether the liberals will start two candidates . Mo . vMorrir and Newport Boroughs . —Mr . Rolle of Hendra is the Conservative candidate . Morpeth . —Major Hodson Cadogan , a Conservative atain . opposes the Hoaourable Mr . Howard .
Nottingham . —Mr . Walter has issused an address to the electora , in which he declares himself in favour of a fixed dutv ou corn . He will be accompanied by a son of Sir Francis Bnrdett . Sir J . C . Hobhouse and Mr . Larpent are io come forward in the Liberal interest ! the latter gentleman appears to possess a lar ^ eshare of fortitude ; for . he will cert ainly again be rejected , and that , too , by a large majority . Sir J . C . Hobhouse should be also sent to the right about . Northallerton wijj be gained by the Conservatives , and Mr . Wrightson will be superseded by Mr . Edward Lascelles . Newcastle . —Mr . Ord has again offered himself to the electors of Newcastle . Newport , Isle op Wight . —Mr . Gisborne , the Member for Carlow , has been named by the Liberal electors to stand with Mr . Blake .
Northampton . —Mr . Payne is mentioned as a Tory candidate . . Dr . il'Douali , the Chartist , also intends to start for the borough . Newcastle-twdkb-Ltme . Mr . Buckley announces himself as a candidate on Conservative principles , in conjunction with the present respected Member , W . H . Miller , Esq ., M . P ., in the room of S . De Horsey , Esq ., who retires at the ensuing dissolution . Oldham . —George Barlow , Esq ., a large manufacturer , and Elijah Hibbert , Esq ., a magistrate of the borough , have been spoken of on the Tory side ; but nothing certain has as yet transpired , save that one candidate will be brought oat . Pxmbboxs . —Mr . J . M . Child baa addressed the electors &s a candidate who is an advocate for an " abolition of all monopoly . "
PETERBOBOueH . —Mr . Tfconiai Gladstone , late M . P ., for Leicester , and brother to the Members for Newark and Walsall , will stand for this borough , with every proepeet of success . The Whig candidates are expected to be Mr . George FitzwilBam cad Sir Robert Heron . Pontefract . —Mr . Milnes , the present Conservative Member , is sure to be elected , and Mr . j Massey Stanley has consummated his disgrace with j the electors of this borough by his vote of confidence , in the Ministers . Lord PolUngtoB , a Conservative , will replace him . —Herald , I
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Richmond will of course return two Whigs . Sir George Strickland , it is said , will find refuge here . Sir R . Dnndas retires ; and there is to be some chopping and changing between Mr . Wentworth and Mr . J . Dundas , who , if not elected for the Orkneys , will be returned for Richmond ; but , should he succeed , Mr . Wentworth will probably retain his Beat . Ripon will again return those two eminent lawyers and stanch Conservatives , Sir Edward Sugden and Mr . Pemberton .
Reading . —Mr . Fyshe Palmer's age and infirmities have induced him to retire ; and the Radicals , says the Times , have partly succeeded in persuading Mr . Pigott , of Heckfield , eldest son of Mr . Pigott Conant , of Sherfield . near Basingstoke , to stand . Mr . Charles Russell , who formerly Bat for tbe borough , is one of the Conservative candidates ; the other is Viscount Chelsea , eldest sod of Earl Cadogau . Rochdale . —Mr . Sharman Crawford , invited by a requisition , entered the borough in procession , and issued an address . He was well received by the Reformers , and the Chartists give him their support . Mr . James Fenton is carrying on an unostentatious but very successful canvass . Rochester . —Should Mr . Bernal not come forward again , it is said that Mr . Ricardo will oSer himself .
Rutlandshire . —The con » ty will witness a conlest for tbe first time these eighty years . A correspondent describes the celebrated electioneering agent Croucher as having been busy since Monday last , engaging inns and publio-houses at Oakham , and making other due preparations to return a good Tory , the Hon . W . H . Dawnay , a son of Lord Downe ; who is introduced to the constituency by Mr . Fineh of Burley Park . Salford . —The prospects of the Conservative candidate are-hi ^ hly satisfactory . Scarborough . —Sir John Johnstone , a Bon-inlaw of the Archbishop of York , and * ho at the last election was only nineteen behind Sir Charles Style , is considered to be safe . Sir F . Trench is also certain . Shaftesbuby . —Lord Howard , eldest son of the Earl of Eth ' ngham , is named as a Liberal candidate .
Sheffield . —The Tories announce two Tory candidates , Mr . David Urquhart , "the celebrated Eastern diplomatist , " and one of his followers , Col . Taylor . Shrewsbury . —The Tory Member , Sir Winifred Jenkins , and Mr . Slaney . the Liberal member retire . Major General Sir Love Parrs is the Liberal candidate . Mr . D'Israeliand Mr . Tomlinehave signified their acceptance of the invitation conveyed in a requisition from the electors . Staffordshire , Norih . —The Hon . Mr . Baring , retires from the representation , but will be succeeded by Mr . Watts Russell and Mr . Charles B . Adderley , two Tories . Stafford Borough . —Two Conservatives are promised : Mr . William Holmes , the Tory Whipper-in , and Captain Carnegie , nephew of Lord St . Vincent .
' Stockport . —Mr . Antt-Corn Law Cobden hasac' cepted a requisition signed by six hundred of the ' electors of Stockport , requesting him to come for-¦ ward as a candidate at the approaching contest . ] Somerset ( West ) . —The Radicals intend to put Mr . Charles Tynts in nomination in the room of I Mr . Sandford . j Southampton—Tbe canvass of the Conservative , candidates , Charles Cecil Martyn , Esq ., and Lord ! Bruce , ha ? been entirely successful . Bets are freely i offered , but universally declined , that they head i the poll by a majority of l # 0 . j Stroud . —It is expected that Mr . Symons will ' stand in the room of the *• little" Lord John . j Sussex —Mr . John Cobbett , who appeared on two former occasions , refuses to come forward i unless by a requisition of 300 voters , which , it is ! said , he cannot obtain . j
Tamworth . —Captain is coming forward to oppose th ) present members , Sir R , Peel and Capt . A'Court Thrisk . —Sir Samuel Crompton ( ministerialist ) retires in favour of Mr . Harland , now member for Durham , who will be opposed by the Hon . C . S . Wortley . Tiverton . —Should Lord Palmerston be again brought forward for this borough , the Conservatives will show fight , and in all probability with two Fuch good Candidates as will shake him from his seat .
Tower Hamlets . —( From our London Corres ~ pondent . J—On Saturday , the Chartists in this borough , started Mr . E . Perronet Thompson , the son of Colonel Thompson , in opposition to Colonel Fox , the nominee of the Whigs . A most numerous meeting of tbe electors was holden on Monday evening at the Greenland Fishery , Stepney Green , Mr . Frascr in the chair , fer the purpose of hearing Mr . Thompson . Mr . Thompson commenced by stating that the honour cf representing the Tower Hamlets had not been sought for by him , and , indeed , when first asked , he felt astonished that one so unknown as himself should have been selected , but he could feel that the reason why he had received so numerously & signed a requisition , was on account of his
relationship to one of the oldest and staunchest Reformers . Aa a young speaker , they would forgive him if he did not express himself so fully as it was wished . He would state that ia his opinion the first essential for good Government , for permanent good Government , was the extension of the suffrage . He would go for no half measure . He would support the measure of Universal Suffrage , for he considered nothing short would content the people . The voter required protection from aggrandised wealth ; the Ballot was in his opinion the best means to remove the difficulties under which the voters labour . He was against legislating for the agricultural interest alone , or the commercial er manufacturing , but for all . The representation should
then be given not to boroughs , or cities ; bu t to electoral districts . As in the ordinary course of life people took care to have an annual review of their affairs , he thought therefore there should be annual election of members , which be was convinced would not have the effect which some supposed ; viz ., that of depriving a good man of his seat , but would act in the contrary way , that of securing him his seat for life ; indeed it would be quite Sufficiently long for any member to learn his business . He considered the New Poor Law unfair in principle and harsh in detail ; it was for the supporters of that measure to prove that any part of that bill was good in any point ; he was for the total annihilation of the bill . ( Cheers . ) He was against that principle which obliged one man to pay for the use of the church , which another
man used—( hear , hear)—and in connection with this he would vote for the destruction of those oppressive courts called the Ecclesiastical Court ? . ( Cheers . ) The opinions of his revered relation as to free trade were well known . In those opinions he participated and would carry them out . In conclusion , he would state that be was the advocate of freedom of conscience and the politioal liberty of all . ( Cheers . ) In answer to a question , Mr . Thompson stated that he should vote , if returned , for the liberation of all political prisoners . A resolution in favour of Mr . Thompson was unanimously passed . The men of the Tower Hamlets have proved by bringing forward Mr . Thompson , that they have courage , and the position which he now holds its alone owing to the working Chartists of the borough , though backed by none of the leaders .
Wakefield . —Tbe Hon . W . S . Lascelles will not be unopposed . A requisition , numerously signed , has bjen presented to Joseph Holdsworth , Esq ., who has agreed to stand on the liberal interest . Walsall . —Mr . J . N . Gladstone has announced his intention of again offering himself for this borough . Warwickshire . —It is said that Mr . Bracebridge intends to contest tho Northern division of the county with Mr . Dugdale and Sir Eardiey Wilmot . For South Warwickshire the present members will be re-elected . Westminster . —We understand a requisition , most respectably and numerousiy signed , has been prepared for the arrival of Sir Willoughby Cotton , entreating that distinguished officer to consent to be pnt in nomination for Westminster at the approaching election .
Weymopth . —Lord Villiers and Mr . G . Hope are up ; they will probably be anopposed . Worcestershire ( East ) . —At present the two conservative members , Air . St . Paul and Mr . Barneby , are the only candidates . Whitby , —Mr . A . Chapman ' s re-election is certain . Winchester . —Mr . East and Mr . Escott have issued addresses , and together commenced an active canvass . It is said that Mr . Mildnuy will not again offer . Wycombb . —Mr . Bernal , a son of Mr . Ralph Bernal , has come forward in conjunction with Mr . Daahwood , on tbe Whig-Radical interest . Mr . Freshfield and Mr . Alexander are the Conservative candidates .
Yorkshire ( East Ridiwo ) . —This Riding , at present represented by two stanch . Conservative * Messrs . Bethell and Broadley , will evince its sense of their consistent services fay again returning them to Parliament . No opposition is at present expected . Yobkshirb ( Wsst RiDiKQ ) .-The Ministerial candidates , Lords Morpeth and Milton , are to be opposed by the Hon . J . S . Wortley and Edmund Beckett Denison , Esq . A good Chartist will , it ia expected , be pnt in nomination .
York . —The return of the present Conservative member , Mr . Lowther , is certain . Mr . Dnndas , the present Whig member , retires . Mr . Sergeant Att ' -herlev , on the Conservative side , and ilr . H . R YorAe , Ministerialist , will contest the second seat .
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J | a AV *» * S ^ A * SCOTLAND . Argixeshire . —Mr . Campbell , of Monzie , again comes forward on the Conservative interest ; and as Jet he is without an opponent . Mr . Campbell , of slay , the sitting Member , does not stand ; and we do not think any other will be hardy enough to do so . Ayrshire . —Here there will be no contest , and Lord Kelburne will be allowed to walk the course . Berwick . —Two Ministerial candidates , it is said , will be returned here . Mr . Hodgson , a Conservative , will , however , contest the borough with them . Edinburgh ( City ) . —It is whispered in certain circles that Sir James Forrest has indicated a wish to contest the represntation ef Edinburgh with the clique candidates , Sir John Campbell and Mr . Macaulay . .
Haddington Bur « hs . —The old hack of the Treasury , Mr . R . Steuart , is to be opposed in the Hadddington and Jedburgh burghs , by Mr . Mait-] and Balfour , of Wittinghame , a stanch Conservative , who has made a most successful canvass of the electors . Lanarkshire . —A highly influential and respectable meeting of the Conservative Association of this county was held at the Black Bull , Glasgow , when Captain Lockhart , of Milton Lockart , was proposed
as a candidate on the Conservative side , in room of the sitting member , who retires . A requisition , not numerously signed , but from the liberal clique , has been forwarded to Buckingham Palace , beseeching the Queen ' s Master of the Household , the Hon . Mr . Murray , to stand as the Radical candidate . It is supposed he will accept , and if he do so the contest will be keen , although there is uo doubt whatever of the success of Mr . Lockhart . Renfrewshire . —P . M . Stewart , Esq ., has arrived , and iB to starts for the county of Renfrew on the Liberal interest . The Conservative candidate is Wm . Muro , Esq ., Caldwell .
IRELAND . . Bandon ( Borocgh . )—Capt . Stuart , of Limerick has been invited by some of th- ? electors to offer himself ; but his coming to the poll will not disturb Mr . Sergeant Jaokson ' s return . Cashel ( Borough . )—Mr . Waldron , a Dublin calico-printer , is spoken of for this borough . Cork ( County . )—Lord Bernard , ( eon of the Earl of Bandon . ) and one of the Leader family , are the Conservative candidates for this county . Dublin ( CitY . ) -Mr . J . B . West , Q . C ., and another gentleman of Conservative principles , will fight the battle of the constitution in the metropolis with the great agitator . DundAlk ( Borough ) . )—Lord Jooelvn is canvassing this borough on the Conservative interest .
Kilkenny ( Borough . )—Mr . Smithwick , a repealer , puts out Master John O'Conuell ' s candle . It is said ke is provided for . Kinsale ( Borough . )—A "liberal of great eminence" is announced for this borough , but the name is as yet a secret . Louth ( County . )— -Mr . J . Chester and Mr . R . M . Bellew stand on the Radical interest , and will be opposed by Mr . Fortescue , of Stephenstowu , and Major M'CHntook . Mayo . —The Earl of Altamount has 6 ent circulars to the electors of this county without expressing any political opinions . It is rumoured that Mr . Brown will be provided for in the colonies , and Mr . Blake will retire , it is said , because his father does not consider the honour Worth the expense . The Honourable Mr . Dillon has kept silent on his politics as yet .
Mallow ( Borough . )—Sir Denham Norreys will net allow his personal ambition to endanger the liberal cause . He declares himself for tho Ballot , a fixed duty , and freedom of trade . Newrt . —Viscount Ncwry and Mourne willbe ^ the candidate for this Borough on the Conservative interest . Mr . Ellis retires . Queen ' s County . — -The Hon . Thomas Vesey and Sir Charles Coot will oppose Mr . Fitzpatrick . Ross ( Bohough . )—The Radicals have touched the £ 1 , 000 on nomination , though they know Mr . Tottenham must be returned . They have abandoned repeal ! Tralee . —Maurice O'Connell ia the only candidate as yet in the field . Westmeath ( County . )—Mr . Pollard , of Castle Pollard , comes forward with another eminent landlord to rescue the county from the priests .
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SOUTH LANCASHIRE . —Delegate Meeting . —The above meeting took place on Sunday , June 14 th , in the Chartist Room , Brown-street , East Manchester , when delegates were present from the following places Mr . Thomas Davies , for Tib-street , Manchester ; Mr . John Cartledge , Brown-street , Manchester ; Mr . John Joyson , Hardman-Btreet . Manchester Mr . Jaa . Holmes , Hume and Chorlton-upon-Medlock ; Mr . J . F . Craig , Salford ; Mr . Henrj Chappell , Oldham ; Mr . William Watchem , Shaw ; Mr . Joseph Eckersley , Unsworth ; Mr . Robert Tender , Newton Heath ; Mr . Jonah Schofield , Openshaw and Droylsden ; Mr . Joshua Briggs , Pilkington ; Mr . Thomas Dootson , Rooden Lane and Prestwich ; Mr . Thos . Lowe , Warrington ; Mr . James Cartledge , Liverpool ; Mr . James Bowet , Stalsvbtidge ;
Mr . John Butter worth , Milnrow ; Mr . John Leech , Hyde ; Mr . Thomas Stoner , Aahton ; Mr . Martin Ireland , Bury . [ The Council wish most respecfully to request thai their friends at Bolton , Rochdale , Mot tram , MUWIoton , Hey wood , Failswotth , and RatcIifFe , will not neglect to send a delegate to the next meeting , which will be held in the same room on that day month . ] Mr . John Curtledge was called to the thair—The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The financial accounts were examined and found correct , and each man tendered in his quota of money from his constituents , towards the support of the South Loncashire Lecturer . E ? ery delegate then proceeded , in due order , to give an account of the progress of the cause in his district , in doing which' they all declared that their constituents were disgusted witb
tbe Whigs of Manchester for tbeir late conduct , and pledged themselves to assist the Manchester Chartists by everj means which lay in their power . They considered it a national quishen , and that the insult offered to the Chartists of Manchester ought to be considered an insult to every Chartist in the Association . The Whigs began at head quarters first , fancying that if they succeeded tliere , they could take every other town afterwards . They gave great credit to the Chartists of Manchester , and conceived they had achieved a moral victory in shewing that they only wished fair discussion to promote tlieir cause , instead of the bludgeon , & < v which had been resorted to by their adversuries . They were aware that were the Chartists , to m ; i be the least resistance , they would have to beat police , iouliers . and all other force which could be arrayed
against them . Tbe following resolution waB then carried without a dissentient : — " That we the delegates present conceive it to be our duty—a duty which we are determined to fulfil—tocall public meetings in every town and village around Manchester forthwith , at which collections shall be made towards defraying the expences incurred by the Manchester Chartists , for the purpose of openly and fairly meeting the " bloodies" in free discussion , and to bring justice the instigators of the Manchester butcheries . " 2 d . ' That a new plan of lecturers be drawn up , and that Mr . Cartledge be appointed to get them done by the proper time . " Mr . Baby being present , tbe delegates requested he would allow his namo to be put upon the plan as a lecturer . In answer tt » which Mr . B . said that it was high time for every man who had the least spark of
philanthropy or patriotism , and who possessed the least amount of talent to come out ; therefore he could not have any objection . Mr . John Leech was next proposed to be added to the plan . He rose and said be felt honoured at buing chosen to be put upon the plan as lecturer . He could assure them that though he might not have the talent of some men , he had , he trusted , " spirit and determination second to none in bis capacity . There was a wan of his name who hod gained the respect of the Chartists of this kingdom . He ( Mr . Leech ) would fallow ia his footsteps . His lectures should be his motto , and his namesake ' s principles his principles . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Storer , Mr . Raukin , Mr . Roberts , and Mr . Q , were also oxrried as fit and proper persons to be added to the plan . The following protest against the
proceedings of tbe Corn Law Kepealers of Manchester was read and adopted : — " We , the Chartist Delegates of South Lancashire , wish to enter eur protest , collectively , against the cruel , unfair , and atrocious conduct of the Manchester ' bloodies' assembled in Stephenson ' s Square , ou the 2 nd of June ; for the mean , low , and cowardly manner in which they acted to arrest the progress of free discussion . It ia our firm conviction that the Mauchester authorities are highly culpable for not preserving the peace of the town , instead of laughing while their fellow creatures were being helplessly bludgeoned . We consider tbe man , or men , who could maliciously , and , no doubt , for the worst of purposes , circulate falsehoods to cause jealousy , as wa& done on that occasion , amongst the working classes , to be our must direful enemies—and we look with utter contempt upon the conduct of the individuals who attacked the Chartists at Carpenter's
Hall , when-about to meet to censure the conduct of tho parties to the Stephenson ' a Square butchery . Although thoia ignorant and deluded peraona have nearly murdered poor old Wheeler , cut and wounded Mahon , and nearly ilUed Cairna , besides brutally boating many others of our best friend *; yet are we determined to persevere in propagating our just and ucred principle , until even those men , who then acted so brutally , shall see their folly and our sincerity , and ultimately be induced from a sense of justice and self protection , to join us in contending for their and our xighta , immunities , and privileges ; and which are laid down in the document called the People ' s Charter . Furthermore , we particularly enter our pretest against the conduct of Sir Thomas Potter and Charles Walker , Esq ., magistrates , who were on the hustings of the Corn Law Repealers ; and also that of Ric&ud Cobden , Etq ., Chairman , on the occasion in
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sanctioning each unlawful and outrageous conduct Haying had » true specimen of Mr . Cobden ' s conduct towards working men , we call upon the people of Stockport to reject him at the approaching election , and never allow a man who couM preside over a meeting where such barbarities were committed to misrepresent them in the Commons' House of Parliament . Th * proceedings of the anti-Corn Law League during the past week have proved them to be the advocates of their own particular interests , to the destruction of all others : it has shewn that they are not favourable to , but that they flinch from , open and fair discussion , and that they have resorted to all means , however unfair and despatic , to silence the real advocates of the people ' s rights , and to gain their ends , either at packed meetings in doors , or
-what has been wrongfully termed public meetings out of doors , and thus giye » & hireling press an opportunity of misrepresenting the sentiments of tho people ef Mancheater and its vicinity . " Mr . Leech was re-elected as the lecturer for South Lancashire for the next month , he having given satisfaction during the last . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , Mr . John Cartledge , and to the Secretary , Mr . James Cartledge , for their unpaid and voluntary services in the cause of the people . The delegates sat upwards of seven hours , every one wishing to do what he . could to forward the cause in which ha was engaged , and to give satisfaction to his constituents . Instead of having their spirits in the least damped by the late occurrence , they appeared more enthusiastic . Two shillings and ninepence was collected and given to Cairns .
MANCHESTER . —On Sunday evening last , the Tib-street room was filled to overflowing with an enthusiastic audience by half-past six o ' clock , whick was composed of English , Irish , and Scotch people of both sexes . The attack made upon the Chartists in this town by the anti-Corn Law party has caused a great excitement in the public mind and raised the sympathy of many who looked upon the Chartists with contempt before , but who are now amongst their most zealous friends and supporters , who have given tokens of their sincerity by joining the association , and are willing to subscribe towards the expenses incurred , and the support of the victims of the " bloodies . " Mr . Joseph Linney was called to the chair , and , in the course of his remarks reprobated tlie parties who calumniated
the Chartists by representing them to be in the pay of the Tories . He said the sore place consisted in the working men being able from taking a retrospect of both Whigs and Tories , to come to a common sense conclusion , which was , that neither were the friends of the working classes . ^ Cheers , ) The only difference was , that the one was a professed friend- but always proved an inveterate enemy , while the other was an open Joe and stuck to his profession . Mr . Mahon rose , and was greeted with a burst of cheers , but no sooner did be lift bis hat off than the tune was changed to execration for the Whigs , at seeing the plasters on bis head and face , placed to cover and heal tbe wounds which he had received while in the discharge of his duty , peaceably and
constitutionally . At this time , a still worse sight presented itself . Poor Cairns cam « into the room , and shewed his face , which had been dreadfully mangled and disfigured ; a murmur and a thrill of horror ran through the whole meeting . Mr . Mahon said , the Charman had told them that be would tell them how he got his beating , but he could only tell them that he had been dreadfully beaten , and that was all ; but served as he had been , it did not deter , him from crawling to the meeting on the following day . He then went on to exhort his hearers to still more determined perseverance , and he would say , let no man be considered a Chartist unless he would have his name upon the books as a member , and subscribe towards carrying on the work—( cheers)—and bye and by « they would out
number all the factions put together , which would be the best way to prevent his head being broken again . He could not allow the excuse of poverty for joining . He knew something about the books , being once the secretary , and from his own observation he could say , that the weavers had always paid better than any other branch of artizans , though getting less . He then compared the commttees and the Executive to the Parliament , who was weak if not well supported from without . So it was with the committee whea not supported by the members of the society . After touching on many other points , he told the people they never could expect redemption only through their own exertions , and the medium of political power , and gave notice that the five rooms would be filled shortly to hear lectures ;
after which collections would be made towards defraying the expenses—fur , notwithstanding all the money they had received from the Tories , he believed they would have to pay it themselves . The Chairman , after making a few remarks , said he would then introduce Mr . Leech , who had been appointed to lecture that evening . Mr . Leech rose , and said that , notwithstanding the rowB , riots , and tumults , tho many heads that had been broken , the blood which had been spilt , it appeared they could have a good meeting in Tib-street yet—indeed , he believed it almost aa possible to cover the San with a blanket as to stop the people from meeting , to demand those rights which they have been deprived of by factions who have trampled them under foot by tbe iron heel of despotism and tyranny . The
parties who had been mancevering last week labour to prove to the people that if their designs were carried into execution , namely , a Repeal ef the Com Laws , the wages vt the working classes would rise , This was , inriet-d , fine logic from the very parties who had more than any other been tbe means of bringing wages down . ( Cheers . ) He had been in conversation with a gentleman who had observed that it was not in the power of the masters to raise wages . Mr . Leech asked him why they did not prevent them falling when they were double what they were at tho present time . The fact was that the masters , cotton lords in particular , would not care how small the wages were so long as they could keep them in servility , and make them into slaves . ( Hear . )
After so much niiiery , starvation , and wont which had existed in the land , and the people had been bambooz . cd and cheated for nine years , it had resjlved itself into the question as to who should have office-O , said some of the Whigs , you must keep in our friends . ( Laughter . ; Mr . Leech considered it a worthless question as to who should hold office with the working classes . It was a question at any rate which had not sufficient merit about is as to justify one party of working men to break the heads of another patty . ( Hear , hear . ) Those rery men that bad been the instigators of the bloody affair in Manchester would bring the Charge against the working men , and plead it as a sufficient reason , as sufficient evidence , that the working classes were not qualified to possess the political
franchise , that they were too ignorant , as fully exemplified in their conduct towards each other . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Leech then -went through a detail of the persecutions , prosecutions , and iniprisenment which the Chartists have suffered for their endeavours to achieve justice not only to themselves but to those who had been persuaded that they , the Chartists , were their greatest enemies . It had been said that the Chartists were enemies to a repeal of the Union , but would Sir Thomas Potter , Captain Sligh , or Gibson give them a repeal of the Union ? ( No . f These men had by falsehood and calumny stimulated tht m to break the heads of their only friends , and would afterwards turn round and laugh at them . But bad it forwarded the cause of the repeal of the Corn Laws ? No , he maintained the
Whigs have given themselves a fine slap in the face . ( Cheers and hear . ) Nor had it done any good to the agitation for the repeal of the Union . He did not lay blame to the reasoning portion of tie Irishmen , because be knew that they were as much opposed to such like conduct as the Chartists . The parties who had perpetrated those acts of cruelty weie men who cared little about anything but a glass of ¦ whiskey and a stick . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sorrj to say that it had injured a many poor men who had to go into the villages to pick up a living by selling a few things . It had caused great hostility against them , he had been in a village where a great many had declared they would not purchase things from men who had committed sueh deeds as those in Manchester . Those
men who were upon the . hustings in Stephenson ' s-square would make merchandise of England and Ireland had they the power . A man had told him that the manufacturers of England would never be satisfied until they could compete with the foreigner . What did competition mean ? Why , the very word itself means sorrow , tears , and blood . ) ( Hear , hear . ) It meant that the people of France must starve the people of England , to satisfy the avaricious appetites » f a aet of grasping moneymongers , or that the people of England must starve tbe people of France , that was the real definition of competition . ( Cheers . ) But it was not eo much competition that , even themselves had hi view , in trying asjd jev were at the present time , to stake society uMpcentre , but it was the lost kick of a
withering , graceless , and rotten faction . ( Hear , h « ur . ) Mr . Leech said that they , the people of England , could not do with three parties . There should , at all events be one destroyed , and it the people could bring them together and set one to destroy tho other , the one remaining would be a , target forth © people to fire at . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Leech then went into a detail of the principles and effects of the competitive system , aad stated the wages obtained in countries against which the English people had to compete , giving at the same time , the price of provisions in those countries , as compared with the price in England and the rate of house rent , 4 c . He glanced at countries where they had Cora Laws , and at thpw which were without , and drew the inference that where they were cursed by class legislation , the Banie evils existed ; and where the people enjoyed more liberty , they where more happy . Why wu it that the
operatives of t 2 ; ose countries could do better with five shillings , than the people of this -with fifteen or twenty ? simply because they hav * not £ 2 » , « oo , ooo of interest to pay fox national debt ; £ 16 , « Q « , 00 « for the civil ; £ 5 u , » 00 , 000 local taxeaj £ t , * 9 » , 09 » ton clergy totpout the most horrible ap « ri « s of blaapheinv , in proclaiming to the world that-all the poverty .. and wretchednesr which existed , was in accordance with the will and pleasure of Deity . It mattered not to them—the working classes---what law wa » repealed * o luag wUkoiu waa unprotected , and ao long as a privileged class had tho power to monopolise all the benefits which might accrue from repealing a bad law . Those men who had been Wczing forth the good aexue of the workiDg classes one day , and telling the country through an hireling press , that the working classes had sealed the doom of the Cors Laws , and that the fiat of the intelligent i psratives has ^ oce forth , » nrt that their monopoly waa tlnkiiig—would tell » working man to
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bis teeth , that he was too ignorant to posses * m ~ franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) Could they but «» tha £ men's hearts , they were as black as On ; and the whn £ of their scheme was , that they wanted the working classes to assiat them to obtain a Repeal of the Corn Law « , while they ( the working classes ) must £ content to be aiavet . jH « ar , hear , and loud cheera ^ Tho speaker continued that the middle classes Bev » would concede to the people theit just rights nntil th » were forced . Then , such being the case , the woriin . men should not make themselves into tools at n , « - bidding , and his word for that , they would « oon L o , Z ? to join them for Universal Suf&age . As a stri ^
illustration or toe consistency of a middle-class raw ? Cobden told him that he -would not allow himself t be put in nomination fb » any town , aad thevervn «* week wrote an address to the electors of Stocknm + and again , when they found they had been beaten ^«» at meetings called at eleven o ' clock , when a great ntmT ber of slaves would be shut up and could not » Tf « veto for freedom , and when they had been cloLw watched m the surrounding districts , and further «?« knew that the Chartiste could carry a resolution for Z Suffrage at Ashton . Droylsden , Newton H « atb FaC worth , Stockport , Eccles , and Warrington , PrenticA favourite walk , they hit upon a knack of packine iT 2 meetings , so that a sufficient number could get ronnrt the rostrum and prevent the working olasses jrettin » near it . - Finding that they got severely exposed th «
then resorted to physical force , and being too bii cowards themselves they were compelled to hirat body of working men to break the heads of anotrJ body of the same class . And these gentlemen are those who cry out against the cruel and aberninabla CornLaws , and who have so very ranch compassion for the poor that they would actually wish to * iva them a ^ large loaf and high wages , ia order to compete with the foreigners . Ah , the base hypocrites ! they would not care the toss of a button if all the artizaiu » f Manchester were upon an emigration ship , if the * could only make the machinery do the work . ( Cheers j He would promise them that their kind acts should not be kept in the dark . They must not think that it would end there . They have settled tho question w
to their motives in the out-townships . He ( Mr Leech } would promise them when he met any of theia in discussion again , he would take the liberty of just bringing it to their memory . It would not last lone the men they bad made tools of would soon begin to see through their policy , and ' seeing their error would join the Chartists in declaring liberty , not only for Englishmen , but Irishmen likewise . ( Cheen . ) In allusion to the pitiful cry of Twy gold , " the speaker said , he could tell them that they , the Repeal era , the Whigs , offered to pay him ; he could tell them that the Tories offered to pay him to go into tbeagrf cultural districts to counteract tbe statements of U » Kepealers ; but he treated them both with contempt He belonged to the working men , and th « y adhered to
principle , and he and they would go together . ( Cheen . ) He could have gone into the agricultural districts with a good grace ; but when the question was put to him , be wished to make tbe agreement with them , tbat while be denounced the cotton lords , he should be at liberty to denounce the landlords , and every other class of so ciety' who prevented the people from obtaining thair rights . ( Hear , hear . ) O , aaid they , that was Chartism , they could not allow that He , Leech , said it was , and be was glad to hear them form such an estimation of it iCheers . ) Mr . Leech then argued that labour was tbe foundation of all wealth , and asfced how it was that a Rothschild ceuld realize in profits no less . than 5 , 0 * 0 ot e . o ' co per week , and Baring and Company 5 , O 0 » , OI 0 per year . They had net produced it , and those who produce
nothing had nothiag to give . It was simply because labour was unprotected , and thus every man who wished to gamble and speculate was at liberty . Every encouragement was given to the profit mongers ( He ' ar , hear , and cheer ? . ) Mr . Leech then showed how much cheaper the people of Salford were obtaining their goods , and playing the d 1 with the shopkeeper ? . As much as 2 d . 3 d . asd 4 d . per pound was saved out of some articles—and aaid , that shortly there would be A similar shop opened in that district , as the Salford one was doing gloriously . Another instance of the distributions of wealth . He , not long ago , was at Had . dersfirld , and while there he inquired the price of » waistcoat-piece for his own information . He was told that it was three shillings per yard . He came to Mm .
cheater , went to a shop in Market-street , and inquired -what they sold it at ( the very same quality ) and he mi told seven shillings and sixpence . He was not surprised at that , because he knew they had large rents to pay and high taxes . They had to pay £ 29 , 000 to police . They would go worse every week . Why , because when those shops were built , wages were better , and the peopie were enabled to purchase the goods . Therefore , taking off the wages had , as a matter of course , taken away the money which rmeriy found its way into their tills . ( Cheers , and " well done Leech . " ) It did not matter whether this law or that was repealed , tbe whole system must be -changed , and the people most have political power to protect themselves , and when that was done , away would go the influence cf both
cotton lords and landlords , this could and would bo done ; ' and up will rise the people from long-bound slavery and bjndage . When the people have the will they : have the power . ( Cheers . ) Had tho surplus population ( Whig phrase ) been put upon the land to cultivate for themselves , as they left the factories , the soil of England and Ireland would have been like a beautiful garden . The masters had ruined each other by their competition with each other , when they found that by double-decking and self-acting , they could not come into the market and carry the same profits , they , madman-like , lowered the people ' s wages , and by so doing very much lowered the market and there they found themselves in the pit dug for ethers . Mr . Leech then drew a woeful picture of
the wrongs and sufferings of the people « f Ireland , and shewed why the produce of that country was consumed by the npn producers , whilst those who produce cannot get enough to supply tbeir physical wints . He glanced at the clap-trap of Lord John Rnssell , for endeavouring to increase the revenue by bringing down taxation , and concluded by exhorting every man to be at his post , assuring them ( his hearers ) that a great crisis was at hand . The speaker was loudly cheered In retiring from the rostrum . A question was * put which was satisfactorily answered . A gentleman from Chester , sn eloquent speaker and a new convert af lerwards addressed the meeting , giving a detail of the opposition he bag met with since joining the Chartists , yet he was determined to proceed . The people were excessively crowded and the room was like a bath .
Brown-street . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Whittaker gave a very feeling address on the necessity of laying aside all religious prejudices , and uniting together for the purpose of gaining our political freedem . As a Roman Catholic , he was determined to denounce the men professing the fianie religion a * himself , but which men were a disgrace to sny religion , fer the conduct they had exhibited in Stevonaon ' ssquare , and at Carpenter ' s Hall , the week before . The Chairman then called upon Mr . James Cartledge to address the meeting , who , in a humorous style , opened a fire upon the Whigs , which raked them fore and aft , till they vrere fairly ' cleaned out . "
STOCKTON . —The " plague" have had a private meeting here to agree upon a public petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws . The Chartists were on the look out , but did not hear of the meeting till it wm over , so setiot bad they been in their movements . There were not more than eighty persons present , and these , our correspondent observes , " the most fnconsistent men in the town . " They boasted loudly that they would not support any candidate who would not pledge himself-to vote for a repeal of the Corn Laws , while , at the same time they agreed to support Lord Harry Vane and Mr . Bowes , neither of wliom will promise U > support their humbug policy . They threaten , a pub' 18 meeting afcer this ; they had better try it on . The Chartists are ready .
KERRIMC JR . —At a public meeting held here , » few days ago , we had the pleasure of hearing for tne first time an explanation of the glorious principles oi the People ' s Charter . A goodly number were a »« mWea under tbe clear canopy of heaven , at the time ol u » meeting , eight o ' clock in the evening . Mr . J . G'bson , Jvm ., tookthft chaw , and introduced Mr . John Wilson , a most indefatigable advocate , who delivered a more excellent and spirit-stirring address ; which lasted nearly an hour and a half , and which gave great satisfaction ; at the conclusion , cheers were given for the Caa «« f » and a vote of thanks having been carried to . tbe lecturer , the meeting separated .
KENSINGTON The fustian jacketed mwM , bearers of the national petition , determined not w slacken in their exertions for the good cause , got up , « their own expense , a public meeting in Tork-stre 61 * Westminster , on Thursday week , and invited vxw * M'Douall U lecture on the rights of labour and tben > roads i ^ ade upon them during successive government * The place was crowded with hundreds of anxiow listeners , and many were compelled to leave for w » of accommodation . Mr . Ridley late M . C . wm caJha w the chair , and opened the proceedings in an exeeuey address , and was followed by Dr . M'Douall , in an eu ^ Jent . and energetic lecture which occupied an how * w * a half in its delivery . At ita conclusion , Mr . W" »» moved , and Mn Wheeler , seconded , the adoption « » petition to the House of Commons , denouncing tbe »» atrocious bludgeon attack made upon the w " ^ Manchester , and praying for an inquiry into the circow stances connected with the same . After the lecrarej
the masons , Dr . M ' Douall , and other friends , adjoarnw to the Blue Anchor inn , where arrangemente ** " * % tered into for the purpose of bringing ont the & ** £ the metropolis ; it is confidently believed tft ««" whole body of masons will join the IT » taoii * I CM «» Association , and that their example wUl tol < W **> l Mveral other trade * . The proceedings conctaded w » a variety of excellent songs and redUtiom , and »• £ dmi JSroa lh « Doctor describiog bJ » tow In the l *» " » CSUXTSMHASX .- — -Mr . Henrf Vtawnt S *** thw »« hthHtown , on his road to Banbwy , » * " £ that town , when * by request , he uidtemA »• "Tl ber . of the Mechanic' Institution , In their ip » f £ joomi . M * . William Holies in ther chate ** £ conclusion of Mr . Vtocentfe a 4 dre » , itwat *®~" jj — " That a wtocriptioh be eomnwneed *^™ 5 : defraying the expenoei of the Baabnry elec *< & ° * % VineenU behalf The subscription wm entered uuj and a good collection waa nude in the room . a * T ^ conclusion , three cheers were given for Mr . "f ^ Yincent ; three forFeargus O'Connor ; three iw " ^ Pens Qaskell ; aid three for th « Charter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct384/page/6/
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