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FIVE A PENNY TRACTS . No . 1 , THE QUESTION , "WHAT IS A CHARTIST ? " ANSWERED . The friends of the People ' s Charter axe earnestly requested to aid in causing this Tract to be extensively circulated , the price not allowing of any expense being incurred in advertising it . No . 2 , AN ADDRESS TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , & WALES ; written by Henby Vincent , in Oakham Gaol , and containing the signatures of nearly 150 Political Victims and leading Chartists in all parts of the Kingdom .
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Gateshhad . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Gatesbead was held on Wednesday evening , tiie 16 th , for the purpose of considering the propriety of selecting a candidate that would really represent them is Parliament ; Mr . James Sinclair in the chair . Mr . Cross moved the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . W . Henderson , and carried unanimously—vi * . Resolved— That the non-electors of this boronsh pledge themselves to exercise their legitimate influence in promoting the election of a mac whose principles best meet their approbation . " Mr . William Cook , in a very able speech , in wfaieh he showed in proper coIootb the villany of this administration of which Mr . Hott was s ¦ BDDorter .: then Terr beautifully analized the
ambiguous bait which Mr . Hntt had thrown out . to « tieh the electors of Gateshead , in the Ehape of , an address . Mr . C . was loudly cheered throughout his very eloquent address . He moved the second reso-JatioD—* That this meeting recommends to" the electors of Gateshead the necessity of supporting candidates pledged to advocate the principles of the People ' s Charter—to rote for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the liberation of all political prisoners . " The resolution was carried Hnanimonsly . Mr . Kirker proposed Mr . John Mason as a fi ; apd proper person to represent this Boroutch in Parliament , which being seconded ij Mr . P . Murray , and pnt from the chair , was earned unanimously . Mr . Mason was then introduced to the meeting , and w&s hailed with the most enthusiastic cheers . Mr . M ., in a very energetic speech , gave them an outline of his political opinions . He would " go the whole hog" for the Charter : he
would struggle for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the liberation of all political prisoners . He would use bis endeavours to repearthe Tillanoas New Poor Law , And every other law oppressive to the majority of th « nation , &a , 8 tc . f 4 re . hit . Martin moved , and Mr . Morgan seconded , ia a kumorou 3 Bpeech , the following resolution , viz . — B That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Tory party ought to bring forward R . S . Surtees , Esq ., as a candidate for this borough . "—Carried . Mr . Cross moved the fifth resolution , seconded by Mr . Henderson , and carried unanimously , viz . — ** That this meeting cannot find epithets sufficiently strong to deprecate the cowardly and bratal conduct of the Whig Ministerial clique in hiring "bludgeon men to force their unreasonable aod treacherous arguments at the recent meeting in Manchester . " Thanks and three cheers being given to the chairman , the meetiag separated . Several names were enrolled at the conclusion of the meeting . -
Stockton . —The ladr' are all alive here . Lord Harry Vane paid Ms respects to the good folks of this place on the Wednesday in last week , as candidate for the Southern Division of the County of Durham , The noble candidate amused the men for some t ime , and was heartily laughed at . Some questions pat to him by Mr . Maw , touching his support of Universal Suffrage , seemed to produce a chemical effect upon his physical constitution , aad , with various personal contortions , he housed himself in the Black Lion , from the window of which he had been speaking , as speedily . as possible ; after wbieh the people retired to the Hall of Science , where they were addressed by Mr . Maw , in as excellent and patriotic speech . Cheers w * re given for the Welsh martyrs , for Feargus O'Connor , and all the other Tictims . "*
Stocxpobt . —Candidates fob the Borough . —In compliance with a requisition of the inhabitants of Stockport , calling upon Mr . Bairstow to come forward as a candidate at the coming election for the representation of this important borough in the Commons' House of Parliament , upon Chartist principles , he arrived on Tuesday week , ior the purpose of personally explaining his views . On Wednesday , a numerous meeting was eonveaed at the large room , Bomber ' s Brow , Hiligate , and Hr . Bairstcw addressed the people at great length , shewing how they had hitherto been deceived by both Whig and Tory . At the conclusion ^ a resolution was carried unanimously , " That Mr . Bairstow and Mr . George Julian Harsey are fit and proper persona to represent this borough in the Commons ' House ot Parliament , and that they deserve the support of all friends to the interests of the ' working
classes . " Up to this ape T&nous reports were in circulation as to what step the Chartists would take at the coming election , consequently , the announcement of two more candidates being brought iuu > the field created excitement amongst both the factions , as both parties had been canvassing for many weeks . On Thursday Mr . Bairstow ' s committee issued a splendid placard convening a meeting in the , Marketplace , that evening , to give an opportunity to 3 Ir . Bairstow to explain his views , and likewise to giTt the electors and non-electors a chance of hearing npon what principle *; he claimed their support , The meeting was called for eight o ' clock , but loag before that time people were seen coming in ail directions to the place of aeeting . At eight o ' clock the nnmbers were estimated to be from ten to twelve thousand . It is our firm , conviction that there coald not have been l « ss than the latter calculation .
A message was sent to the committee to inform , them that the people had assembled numerously , and that it was time to commence business . Accordingly , Mr . Bair 3 tow , accompanied by two others , repaired to the meeting . Mr . Joseph Carter was called to the chair , who observed that there was their old and well-tried friend Mitchell , present , who wosld first address them ; after which Mr . Nathan Bairstow , the ever ready and faithful advocate of the rights of the hitherto enslaved millions , would address them . ( Loud cheers . ) He would , therefore , not take up any of their time by any remarks of his ovrn ; but would at once introduce to their notice the anflisching advocate of the People ' s Charter ,
James Mitchell , late member of the College , at Chester . Mr . Mitchell rose and was greeted with long , loud , and enthusiastic cheering , clapping of hands , < Ste . He said a time had arrived when it behoved the working men of Stockport , to shew to the faclioBs that they were something in the scale of society- ( Cheers . ) A time had arrived when it behoved them , as woiMng men , to let the country understand that they were not that degraded race of beings which the enemies of the people and an hireling press had represented them to be . ( Cheers . ) There had been a time when the working people —the despised Chartists were scorned and scoffed at . They were not then called upon to e-xerciae their influence , in favour of a faction , but
they were then called upon to use their influence on behalf of a candidate who wonld , if returned , Tote for their political enfranchisement . ( Cheers . ) In walking out that day he had met with another gentleman , who was likewise a candidate for the Borough , at an Inn , sign of the Bishop Blaize . He caught him by the arm , and asked him whether he would have a word or " two with Mitchell . He ( the gentleman ) tHrned roand and looked at him , aad asked him ( Muchell ) whether he was an elector or not . Mr . Mitchell replied by saying he was not . Mr . Coppock waa by at the tinus , who also told him that he ( Mitchell ) was not a voter . The candidate then said that his business was with the electors , and not with him—'
a non-elector . ( Here a many voices cried out " name . " Mr . Mitchell said it was the humane Stephenson ' s-squarecbairman , Mr . Cobden . ( Groans . ) The speaker went on to say thai if a person could afford to rent a £ 10 bouse , he was not worthy of Mr . Cobden ' s notice , unless it was , by the bye , to witness , as he ( Cobden ) did , one party of working men breaking the heads of another party . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) It had been stated by the Whig party that the Chartists were in the pay of the Tories , and that they were endeavouring as f ar aslay in their power to assist the Tories . Now , in answer to that , he ( Mitchell ) would ask when it was that be , as an inhabitant of that borough , took sides with the Tories ! They all well knew that , previous
to hi * arrest , he was employed by Major M . ar » - lasd for five years , and while he was under his mploy , he opposed him at the first election , and , consequently , ran the risk of losing hi 3 situation . He would- not praise the Major as a Tory , for he detested both ; but , to give the d 1 his due , he was a good master . At another time , when he was working for Mr . Thomas Steele , that gentleman called his band 3 together , and told them he considered the Major a fit and proper person to represent the people of Stockport ; he ( Steele ) would support him Himself , and requested that all the hands would accompany him - to the bastings ' : & < this his blood boiled within him , and he told him he woald do bo such thing .. Then- again , when Mr .
Davenport put up as candidate for the borough o Stockport , be was the favourite among the people he , howevcr ^ iiistead _ of 5 unpfirtiBg the Major , spok at every meeting where he had a chance , in favour o Uoyd and Davenport . Mr . Mitchell then WBnt m to say that if he had the least inclination to tab side with the Tories , it would have been when h < w&s in a good situation under the Mayor , and no when he had nothing w lose . ( Cheers . ) " Hi would support neither Whigs nor Tones but suppor a candidate who cams nearer his own principles , &a < ene who has offered himself and who the ; wouU hare a chance of hearing shortly , and that gentle man was Mr . Bairsww . . ICheers . ) Mr . Mitchel then denounced Mr . Cobden for his © oridnet as Chair
nan of the Ssephenso& ' s-squaxe . butchery , and remarked that however much he ' might have respected him before , that be saw sufficient on that occasion to give him a surfeit and to lead him to the Conviction that he ww not the man for Stockport . ( Hear . ) A man who could uutlusttingly stand by and witness the blood of bis fellow creatures being spilt without taking the least step * to prevent it , but on the contrary , 2 acgh and rejoice" at it , was not the man for him . ( Hear , hear . ) Hg conducted that such a man cauld not hare much . " jjittjiiifogft ^ the "working classes ; ths . i he vras a mhk ^ c&jKTTqaii only ana would vote fcr Their ic-; jgamteyqitfr XUtar- ) The speaker thru commented ~ JHHfet&B laB ( jth : Bpcn the conduct of Mr . Theme ,-the ^ WWM ^ kttwHb Priest , and said he would spsak the - - v * £# 3 $ ?* - - ; - ' - - * e ¦ ; - - ~^ fe " *^ J » S * = £ * . - * _* ' * \ .
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sentiments ef his mind honestly and impartially ; he believed he did all he could to prevent his countrymen from reserving to such brutal conduct . After giving priest Tborne credit for his candour at Stepbenson-square , and touching on many other topics , he concluded by exhorting the electors and non-electors to nse their influence on behalf of Mr . Bairstow , as a candidate who would , if returned , so further than any other candidate then in the field soliciting their suffrages , and sat down amid the plaudits of the vast assembly . The chairman then rose and said , that be had the pleasure to introduce that eloquent advocate of the people ' s rights , Mr . Bairstow . ( Load cheeriag . ) Mr . Bairstow then rose , and said he came
before them that evening for the purpose of explaining to them his political principles , and to answer any questions bearing upon his political life and opinions which might be asked by the parties present , and likewise te explain the reasons why he had consented to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of that borough ia Parliament . No doubt the idea of a Chartist coming forward and contesting the election of so important a borough as that of Stockport , might cause many an antiquated Tory to laugh , and many aa hollow hearted Whigling to curl the Dp of contempt ; be could allow the grimacing hjseaas to laugh and sneer at bis expense , as that seemed to be their only original propensity . They knew , from painful experiment , that the Whigs would not hesitate at the perpetration of any crime , however dark , nor any deeds , however atrocious , to effect their own sinister and mercenary objects . ( Cheers . ) Without being in the least
affected by the supercilious , grovelling conduct of the Whigs , he would proceed in the task be had undertaken , catting away right and left , so long as the nation was cursed with saeh a cowardly , imbecile , and cruel faction . ( Cheers . ) Although he had consented to offer himself at that important crisis , he wished it to be distinctly understood th&t he had not the slightest conception , at the coming election , of gaining a majority of votes . The Whig rag , the Slockport Chronicle , had denominated the Chartista of Stockport a mere nominal party ; but they were going to prove whether it was so or sot . It had been said they were weak and powerless , but they would test the truth for once , and they ( the Chartists ) will have learnt in what their strength con-Bisfced , and what force they had , and would prove who were their real or professed friends , and would out a veto upon the false delusions of many who professed to be the friends of the industrious millions
to their face , but when tried were foun * to be , by their actions , their avowed and inveterate enemies ; and if be gained nothing el » e , he and they wonld do that . In even doing bo much , they were justified , because it would bring the Whigs , Tories , and Chartists to an understanding with each other , which was , he considered , a very desirable and essential point to arrive at . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Before the Nottingham election , the Chartists were sneered at by all the hireling presa iu country ; but the conduct of the Chartists on that occasion had proved to a demonstration , the strength of the Chartists , when they think prudent to put it in force , more than anything the Chartists had done since the name of Chartism was
heard—( cheers)—at > d since that , the factions had been compelled to acknowledge them as a party . ( Cheers . ) Tho Chartista of Nottingham brought forward a liberal man as a candidate , but the Whigs wonld sot support him . Mr . Bairstow then gave a full explanation of the conduct of the Whigs during the election , and analyzed the principles of Mr . Larpent , and remarked that , because the Whigs would uot support the Chartists , they would not support them , ana the result was that the Conservative gained the seat . Since that event , the Whigs have denounced the Chartist leaders as Tory Chartists ; the press has been equally as severe in declamation in wreaking their vengeance , so much so , that when a person who is said to be a Chartist , attends a publio meeting ,
and claims a fair and impartial hearing , if the Whi fcs have the power either by physical or moral means to prevent him from obtaining a hearing , they never hesitate to put it in force . ( Hear , hear . ) The Bpeaker commented npon the conduot of a Whig druggist , who had put a paper in his window , certifying that at a public meeting the evening before , at which Mr . Bairstow was present , it w& 3 aD but unanimously passed , that Mr Bairstow was a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Stockport aloDg with Major Marsland . He said that if this lying and officious druggist had lived forty or fifty miles from the place where the meeting was held , he Bhould not have been so much surprised , and again there would have been more
excuse had it keen a month from the time when the meeting had been held ; bnt when it was within three hundred yards of the house where this ambitions druggist lived and put up such a lying Btatement , ana indeed in loss than twenty-Bix hours , between the close of the meeting , he could attribute sech base , mean , loose-minded villany , te nothing but the consistency of Whiggery . ( Cheers . ) Here Mr . Bairstow read the resolution alluded to : — " That this meeting is of opinion that Mr . Bairstow and George Julian Harney are fit and proper persons to represent this borough in Parliament . " The Whigs were the best adepts at lying ; they lie so often that they are best satisfied and more in their element , when they are hatching them . Their
tongues were hung upon a swivel betwixt truth and falsehood , and their propensities for the latter , overbalanced the former , and thus gain the mastery , and produce what the Whigs appear to take most delight in—scandal , calumny , and unblushing b « refaced lies . ( Here a score voices cried out that no such resolution as the druggist alluded to was passed . ) They could not conceive , said the speaker , the difference betwixt telling lies and truth , aad if eveT they did tell the truth , it was only by mistake ; but Bonaparte was ambitious , the Duke of Wellington has been ambitious , and many other mea have been ambitious ; and , forsooth , this druggisr , in order to show that he espoused Whiggery , that he was a consistent member of the fraternity—that he
could play his part in the game—and that notaing , however dirty , mean , and atrocious , came amiss to him , coald , for the sake of blasting tho characters of the Chartists , and rake up all the prejudice and odium of the deluded and unthinking against them —went home , and wrote a paper , and construed the name Harney into Marsland . ( Shame , and numerous voices " Name . ") Mr . Bairstow—Why , it wasthey ' eleptPauen , of Heaton Lane . ( Groans , and orber mark ? of execration . ) The speaker then castigated Cobden and his party , who profess to wish to tfive the people a big loaf , and could tarn up their eyes like a duck at thunder , could pull as long a face as any saint , exhibited all tbe symptoms of benevolence and charity , with as mealy a mouth
and oily tongue as the biggest hypocrite in Christendom . 0 , said the speaker , what bowels of eompaBsion those guardians of the poor—those kind hearted benefactors of the poor , those men who had so boldly audmanfallydenoancedthecruellandlordsforrobbing the poor . In a word , these men who never studied their own interest , so that by their labours they ooald benefit the poor—who coald almost go on their knees one day on behalf of the poor and next day hire a number of working men to break the beads of their fellow creatures with bludgeons , and while the poor helpless creatures were being slaughtered in their presence , called it a fair demonstration of public opinion . ( Execration . ) Was such a cold blooded wretch as that a fit person to
represent the people of Stockport . ! ( Cries of " No . " ) Why did the pretended friends of tbe labourer not join the working classes to obtain their political right * , which would enable us , not only to R-jptal the Corn Laws , but protect labour . ( Cheers . ) What would the middle classes do without labour ? Labour , which cut all the navigations and constructed the railroads ; labour , which made the raw material valuable , which tilled the land , produced all the bats , coats , shoes , and all the necessaries of life ; which erected the mansions sad splendid palaces ; and lastly , without which the world would soon be a desert ; from the king to the peasant , all had to subsist upon it : and though it did all that , yet it was the only thing which was unprotected .
God had said that man should eat his bread by the sweat of his brow . St . Paul declared that those who would not work should not eat . ( Cheers . ) Here Mr . Easby , the Editor of Bob Logic ' s Budget , got upon a wall , and began addressing the people ; a general rush was made towards him , which stopped Mr . Bairstow for a Bhort time ; bHt no sooner was it found ont , than they groaned and biased him down , and came back again to the speaker , and those who stood by him . Mr . Bfcirstow then broke off his former discussions , and ex > posed the Whig trick in sending their tool to disturb a peaceable aeeting ; after giving the Whigs and Mr . Easby a sound thrashing for their attempt to disturb the peace , he continued to say that the
whigs may attempt the same game at Stockport as they had played ia the Staffordshire Potteries . They , perhaps , would - resort to the same means as they had resorted to at Manchester , where his life had been threatened . But ha would have them to understand that if there was no protection afforded for the life and property of a ChartiBt—if they were cot allowed peaceably to explain their principles , there should be no security for tho lives and property of the Whigs . If they were determined to stop the mouths of Chartists , tho Whigs would find that others could play the same game towards themselves . { Cheers . ) He bad come thereto assert
the rights of man ; he wauld continue , fearles ¦ of consequences , to advocate those right * , and woald never cease tiU the working people were in possession of a voice in the legislature of the country —till labour as well as property was protected . — ( CbeeT-. ) He would set both parties at defiance , and teach the people not . to be led astray , but for the future to be determined to play their own card , irrespective of either party . The achievement of those objects which thty had so loug been in pursuit of , would tend to secure the peace , happiness , and prosperity of the nation . The working millions had declared that they would never reEt satisfied until they were brought into Political existence . They had not hitherto been looked upon as bavin 2 any part or lot in the happiness
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and prosperity of the nation , yet oa the working classes depended the existence of all other classes . Mr . Bairstow then drew a horrible picture o f the New Poor Law , and the three Devil Kings who sat at Somerset House , and asked whether they would have a man who supported them to represent their interest in Parliament . ( Load shftuta of ** No . " ) Then down , down with Cobden , and the infernal New Poor Law ! ( Load cheers . Several women" We won't have it / ' ) Mr . Bairstow then commented on tht proceedings at Manchester , in a strain of manly and forcible -and oatting language , and concluded by protesting against tbe return of Mr . Cobden for Stockport ; and on withdrawing was greeted with loud cheers . Mr . Isaac Johnson rose
and said he had been delighted with the sentiments uttered by their candidate , and was glad to hear that the Chartists of Stockport had come to the resolatiou to support neither party . He detested the New Poor Law Bill from the time it was passed ; but where was Major Marsland when it passed 1 ( A voice— " In the House . ") Then ( said tbe Bpeaker ) he bad given it his support , and he thought he deserved denouncing as well as Cobdea , and hoped they would not return him to Parliament . A gentleman of the name of Williamson then stepped upon the platform to pat a few questions to Mr . Bairstow . Mr . Williamson— * Sir , will you Tote for a repeal of the Corn Law , if returned to Parliament ! " Mr . Bairstow said be deemed the Corn Law to be nnjust
in principle , oppressive and injurious in its operation , and ruinously fatal in its effects . He detested it as a monopoly ; be would rote for its repeal when the working classes grasp tbe suffrage , with whioh to control the benefits of such a change , oonvinced as he was that , nnder the present limited suffrage it never would , or coald be repealedthat the working millions must first be enfranchised ere that law would be repealed . ( Loud cheering . ) When tbe People ' s Charter was made the law of the land , then , and not till then , would he vote for its repeal . ( Cheers . ) The result of its repeal at present wonld simply be a transfer of the power of plunder from the hands of landlords to the cotton lords , money-mongers , and our
soiditant enterprising manufacturers , whose interest it « as to carry labour to tbe cheapest market , in order to ensuro a flourishing trad ..-, always deducting the loss in the . prices obtained from the wages of the artiz&D—not from the profili of the speculating master . ( Load and repeated cheers . ) There * fore , he waB a Corn Law Repealer with the Charter in his hand . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Williamson—Sir , will yon , if returned to Parliament , vote for the repeal of the New Poor Law . ! Mr . Bairstow said be was , under all circumstances , a decided enemy to that Bill , and woald voteiur its unconditional repeal . ( Rapturous applause , which continued Fome moments . ) Mr . Williamson—Sir , will you in Parliament vote for a repeal of the law
of primogeniture ! Mr . Bairstow said be was a decided enemy to the law of primogeniture ; its tendency being to transmit tho property of the father to the eldest son , leaving the ' rest ot the family , who had neither learned to toil nor spin , like " Solomon ' s lilies" —( hear)—the one to the church , another to the army , a third f or the navy , and the last for the law , thus forming a pestilent swamp , prolific of nothing but paupers , sharpers , or cunmog peculators . ( Great cheers ana laughter . ) Opposed to all grievances as he was , he would , therefore , vote for the annihilation of that master-piece of aristocratic abuse and monopoly . Mr . WillitmsoB—Sir , will jon vote tor a repeal of tbe legislative union between Great Britain and
Ireland ! Mr . Bairstow—On that subject there existed much error and misapprehension . He was happy that the gentleman had put fiat question . Great prejudice existed among the Irish in that country , from Paniel O'Connell terming them Tory Chartists and Orangemen , S » c . But why abwse tbe Chartists as opposed to Repeal of the union , until he had proved that they were either tbe only opponents of Repeal , or opponents at all ! ' ( Tremendous cheers . ) He told his followers to bludgeon them , beo&use they were not friends to Repeal . But why bludgeon the Chartists any more than Lord John Russell , Lord Morpeth , and other ministerial lackeys , who are as greatly opposed to a repeal as the suncbest Orangeman in the United
Kingdom , and yet he coalesces with tho same party , who refuse repeal , and who , by his own reasonings , are Orangemen . ( Loud and continued cheeiing . ) But it was a foul and foundationle&s falsehood that the Chartists generally and himself personally were opposed to a repeal of the Uuion . One of the cardinal principles of the Great No them Union , founded by tho patriotic and martyred Feargns O'Connor , was for a repeal of the Union . ( Enthusiastic applause . ) So much then for the Orange Chartist , Feargus O'Connor and bis wild associates ( Cheering renewed . ) He was a repealer of the Union . He wished Ireland to have an independent legislature suited to her wishes , representative of
her inhabitants , Catholic and . Protestant alike , to see her a nation , not a province . He would vote ior a repeal of the legislative Union , disbelieving as he did that H . > pre-ent agitators wished not to effect their avowed o' -jeot . Mr . Wiliiainson , —Sir , Will you vote for tii « separauoa of Church ana State ? Mr . Bairstow—He haa ever looked upon the establishment ot any creed , or doctrines , as binding on the belief , and compulsory support , by the whole of a couatry ' s population , as pregnant with the most dreadful results to the morals , condition , and peace of society . Christianity needs no such artificial appendages , or gilded trappings , as those with which the etato had encircled it . The
attempts oi men to establish the Christian religion have ever proved abortive—the worst enemy to religion could not have hit on a more effective expedient to swamp practical Christianity in heartless hypocrisy , hollow profession , and blind and stupid b . 'gotry . ( Cheers ) The existence of our Established Church was tantamount to a right in the rich rector , assinine vicar , to plunder the conscientious dissentient of his property in the shape of rates and tithes , sheaves , or the Irish peasant ' s screaming pig . Look at the butcheries of Rathconnac and Newtoubarry ; look at the hittory of establisbmeats in all times and countries , and one uniform but appalling pioture would present itselfof dogmatism , intolerance , bigotry , fanaticism ,
proscription , persecution , and bloodshed . He objected to the lordly bishop being fed in luxurious extravagance wrung from the heart of the toiling labourers , while preachiug a religion of benevolence and compassion io ;" &e poor . ( Cheers . ) He objected to the enormous expenditure of oar national church costing more than all the other churches of Christendom united together . ( Shame . ) He wished to see every party , reli ^ us or otherwise , stand or fall by the voluntary contributions of its supporters . He would therefore most decidedly vote for the separation of Church and State . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . Williamson—Sir , will you vote for the People ' s
Charter to become the law of the land ? Mr . Bairstow ( humorously;—Aye , to a dead certainty with all my heart . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) He would stand by it till death and then his spirit should assist posterity . ( Renewed cheers . ) Y <; s , that Charter shonld yet outshine every cloud and illuminate the world ' s horizon . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . Clarke then moved that Mr . Bairstow is a fit and proper person to represent the Borough of Stockport in Parliament , seconded by a person , put by the chairman and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman and the assembled multitudes left the meeting , admiring the talents and eloquence of their new candidate .
Mabylebone . —Spirited meetings are held here every evening by our Chartist brethren for the promotion of the election of that thorough-bred Chartist , Villiers Sankey , Esq . We are happy to learn that the requisition presented to him by the electors has been so numerously signed . He is certainly a man of the right sort , and will be an honour to any constituency : he has ever adhered to the principles of tbe Charter , and , through good and through evil report , has undeviatingly advocated the interest of the productive classes . We have long known him , and can truly say that his talents and principles entitle him to universal Bupport . Let the electors and non-eJectors of Marylebone be " up and doing . " They , no doubt , know their duty ; we tell them to perform it .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , June 18 . BANKRUPTS . William By water , Hemington , Leicestershire , carpenter , to surrender June 25 , at eleven o ' clock , July 30 , at ten , at tbe King ' s Head Inn , Loaghboroagh : solicitor , Mr . Scott , Lincoln s-inn-fields . David Hilary Stonham , Liverpool , coppar-mercbant , July 8 , 30 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooma , Liverpool : solicitors , Means . Tincent and Sherwood , Temple . D » rid Edward * , Pembroke , miller , Jane ts , July 30 , at eleven o ' clock , at tbe Dragon Iaa , Pembroke : Mlicitor , Mr . Dean , Essex-strset , Strand . Joseph Aspden , Rochdale , Lancashire , cotton-ipinner , July 3 , 30 , at twelve o ' clock , at tit * Commissioners ' - rooms , Manchester : solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Johnson , Sob , and We&therall , Temple .
R \ ch * rd Howard Hoskins , Manchester , dealer , July r , 20 , at two o ' clock , at the Commitaionera ' -wotas , Mancheater : solicitors , Messrs , Milse , Parry , MUao , sad Morris , Temple . George Sterling , Jan ., Newcastle-opon-Tyae , boot and shoemaker , July 12 , at one o ' clock , July jo , at two , at the Bankrupt Commissioo-rooM , Xewcastte-apoa Tyne : solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher , and SndUw , Chancery-lane . Robert Spencer , NewcasUe-upon-Tync , scrivener July 12 , at eleven o ' clock , July 38 , at one , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-npon-Tyne : solicitor , Messrs . Bell , Brodrick , and Bell , Bow-church yard .
Edmund John Phillips , Bristol , victualler , July 2 , 30 , at one o ' clock , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol : solicitors , Messrs . White and Whitmoie , Bovlford-row .
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James Holt Heron , 'Jonn gpetr Heron , James Knight Heron , and Arthur Heron , Manchester and Wigan , cotton-spinners , Jaly 6 , 30 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Commlssloners ' -iooms , Manchester : solicitors , Messrs . Addiington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedfordrow . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . '¦ " . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ; ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ; DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . Q , Ward and T . Morton , Manchester , watchmakers . HhieW and Roberta , Liverpool , law-stationers , H . F * rrar and Co ., Bradford , Yorkshire , batten . Bagnall and White , Manchester , Manchester-wacehoasemen . W . Atherton and W . Laurence , Chorley , Lancashire , cotton-manufsoturers . B . S . and E . Walker , CUftOnand Hartshead , Yorkshire , coal-masters . Poarteand Jack son , Manchester , merchants .
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From tin Gazette of Tuesday , June 22 . Richard Bowley , broker , Commercial B&le-rooma , Mincing-lane , to surrender Jane 29 , at two , aad Aug . 3 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy : Belcher , official assignee , Drew , Bermondsey-street . Thomas Benjamin Proctor , lunatic asylum-keeper , Stockwell , Surrey , June 29 , at half-past ten , and Aug 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy : Graham , BsBstagball-street , official assignee ; Kirkman , King WMianwrtreet . John Goods Caporn , linendraper , July 2 , and August 3 , at twelve , at the George Inn , Bedford : Clowes and Wedlake , Temple , London ; Eagles , Bedford . Daniel Sharp , merchant , Southampton , July 3 , and August 3 , at two , at the George Hotel , Southampton : Daman , Stead , and .-Tylee , Romsey , Hants ; Allen and Mortimer , Clifford ' a-inn , London .
James Blanch , ironmonger . Bath , July 6 , and August 3 , at eleven , at the White Lion Inn , Bath : Wansey and Tagart , Ely-place , London ; HasseU , Bristol . John Rawllngs , Innkeeper , Gloucester , July 1 , and August 3 , at ten , at the office of Mr . Washbourn , Gloucester : White and Whitmore , Bedford-row , London ; Washbourn , Gloucester . James Overton , coach and harness plater , Queen-street , Grosvenor-squnre , Jane 30 , at two ; and August 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy : Lackington , official assignee , Colenun-etreet-buildinga ; Gomm , Edwardstreet , Portmansquare , Henry Molyneux , watchmaker , Lombard-street , July 3 , at two , and August 3 , at eleven , at the Court ot Bank , , raptcy : Groom , official assignee , Abchureh-lane ; M'Duff , Castle-street , Holborn .
Hugh William Morgan , grocer , Alford , Lincolnshire , July 6 , at three , s > nd August 3 , at eleven , at the Publicbuilding , Louth : Willis , Bower , and Willis , Lothbury , Loatlon ; Mason , Lincoln . William Selkirk , engraver , late of Birmingham , fJuly 2 and August 3 , atone , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham ; Araory , Sewell , and Moores , Throgmortonstreet , London ; Bray , Birmingham .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct385/page/6/
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