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jbxjous to make all eireniastanees conduce to the flo tation of the means necessary for ensuring it through the latter medium . The greatest step towlrds this which , has beta jet taken , is the unseating of the Whigs . Whipped from the mess , the hun . gfj wolves -will howl most ravenously ; and though RcssEii and a few others similarly gorged with Church and people plunder , may prefer political extinction to the chances attendant on the recognition of right principles , there are not a few , on whose b&ckB the hair grows more thinly , who will be r eady enough to swallow pledges of any character , mating to the chapter of accidents , to furnish excuses for their violation . To make these the
unwilling instruments in the accomplishment of their own professed intentions , we mast hare thir ty or for ty thorough-going Chartist Members in the neit House ; more than that we may hare , if the people do their dnty , and the dissolution com es not too hastily on ub ; and these will go hold the balance of the nation ' s power 43 to make the nation ' s will to be respected in its own House . For the procuring of this band tJ [ Teter&ns to battle with the factions , eTery means BU £ t be instantly put , and incessantly kept , in operation , to convince the ten-pounders that their holding of the franchise is a trcst , and that their
personal interest will be best served by the honest ted faithful discharge of that trust . Let but the people learn to know their friends » ad to avoid their enemies , and they have done Kaeh towards the attainment of their object . No thing , however , is well done , in which anything which might have been done is left undone . The people must not only see to the exercising of their jnst influence over the ten-pound voters now on the register , but they must see that the law be made to do eTery thing for which faction has not utterly incapacitated it towards
their own enfranchisement . The next register must hiTe upon it every thorough-going Chartist , who by isy fair construction can succeed in preventing the factions and their paid agents from depriving him of the power to vote . We must have done with all fastidiousness abont " rates" and " shilling" paying . P * y anything ; submit to everything to get on the register , and so to obtain the means of fighting the psople ' s foes with their own weapons . As useful and necessary instructions for this purpose , we have eopied the following from a ootemporary , and recommend it to the attention of out readers : —
"BOW TO EXTETD THE STTFfiJGE . " ETery person , who is in the occupation of xny house , YKthoute , ccanting-hoase , shop , workshop , stable , jbed , or other building , worth £ 10 per year , it entitled to be on the register of Toters for the city or borough in vHeh it is situate , if he has been in occupation of gacb premises from the 31 st of July list ( 1840 ) , or is arrersl such premise * in succession , is the same city or
borough . " It is necessary thai it should be clearly understood trtat the revising barristers hold to be ' Houses , ¦ vrareionaes , couniiBg-bcvses , shop * , and other buildings , ' which are &s follows , viz : — " ' House . —A house is a sep&ate dwelling , approached by % door from the open air . ' " Any person therefore occupying apartments , and hiving contr ail over the outer door , is held to be a holier , although he may allow others the use of such door . As jeme misunderstanding has existed on this subject , it ahodd therefore be particularly obserred that the posjetsicm of a separate door ia only necessary for tttoee -who ritimfor a house , aad sot necessary for the occupiers of warehouses , counting-houses , shops , < kc " ' Warthotue . —A warehouse is a store-room for ypprrhaTnVnw or goods used in trade . '
" ' Cotoittfff-house . —A counting-house is a room in which a person in trade keeps his books and accounts , whether it be a separate building , or only a room in & house for that purpose . ' " Shop , —A shop is a place for the sale of goods , or room in which manufactures are carried on , as a workshop , which may be either a detached place , or a room In a house used as such : so that a tailor , shoemaker , &c holding an apartment or apartments , and working in oce * room worth is . per week is entitled to be os the register . ' " ' Other Baildinas . —Msj be a stable , shed , storebonse , stall , separate buadiug ased as an office Or KhOOl , hot-house , cow-house , ' &c .
" Any person , therefore , occupying any such premises u above described , worth 4 s . per week , and not rated for them , should immediately claim to be rated , m the Refenu Act requires all persons either to be rated or to have claimed to be rated . " The overseers do not always consider it necessary to alter the rating where the landlord pays the rates , more especially for shops , < fcc ., being part of houses ; bat if the psrty claiming should be rated , he can deduct the amount from his rent " So form of claim to be rated is absolutely neces sary , s Terbal application to an OTeraeer being sufficient ; but the following may be adopted : —
A CLAIX TO BE BATED . " To the Overseers of the parish of j " I hereby grre you notice , that I occupy a , I at Xo . , ia street in your parish , and I claim I to be rated to the relief of the poor in respect of such [ premises , is order that I may fee entitled to vote in the j election of Members of Parliament for the city of West- j minster . Bated this day of 1 S 4 i ( Signed ) of ¦ " I nstructions . —Insert the came of the parish , and : the nature of the premises , as house , warehouse , count- j iaj-hosse , shop , irorkshop , stable , shed , or as the case J msy be ; and the name of the street , court , &e . ; put in ! the date , and sign the names of the claimant , and his ! place of residence , at full length . Give this claim to an j overseer , and carefully preserve a correct copy ; the ' person -who serres the claim should immediately write , ' on the copy to whom the claim -was delivered , and the ; day of the month , if any poor ' s rate be due in respect of the premises occupied by the claimant , tender the ' amount . If omitted from the list of voters on fte 31 £ o / ' hiy , claim to be ngis ' ered on or before the 25 th of Awnis L "
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On Saturday next , we shall give the portrait of Eauoett to our Yorkshire subscribers ; on the following Saturday , to those of Lancashire ; on the Saturday after , to those of all other places . Price of Paper , -wiih Portrait , 6 Ad .
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AiBEOATH . —Mr . O'Connor will havemuch , pleasure w accepting the invitation of his good friends of Aroroath upon the conditions formerly named . « sbxhts Tronu—Mr . O'Connor acknowledges the receipt of the Utter from Merthyr with inexpmsiife joy ; thirteen thousand rignaiurei Jot the Charter arid the Repeal of the Vnion , is a banquet vsarlh going to ! THX Chahtjst Seats . — We have received a long , &&e , and satisfactory opinion of Counsel , with mnute instructions for our guidance as to detai l * , in the recovery of the Edinburch , Newcattle
, Norwich , and Sundcrlana seals , now usurped by the erumy ; which tee shall lay before our readers next week . Mr . O'Connor has undertaken to furnish a legal and formal draft of Petition , which must he -presented tritftin fourteen « wj / J afler Parliament meets . For the present we can only assure our hearty readers that , according to the opinion of Counsel , the seats will t * recovered . **• CPCoKxoa appears in a great fury tciih us , and ice must say very unreasonably , for having in-*** kd o . notice of his health beiiig drank by on Grange Society , at Horton . We thought Mr .
O Connor had loo extensive a knowledge of the People of England to have been led into the error that tfe term Orange implied anything like the recognition of Irish Orange princip l es . Is he not awa .-e that Orange is the Reform colour in iorkshiTe , and many other parts of England ? ® ia that the Orange Society teas a ' Reformers ' Society ? ' WetTustthatthiserplanatienvriUbea sufficient apology to Mr . O'Connor for withholdm ™ 9 ha furious letter on the subject . ** Uisiast AG 2 XTS should say immediately the * t * g their Plates are to bt tent . Those near can "QVe theirs ? rt / i'HUinn ml th * «? .. « n ,,-. ' -, ^ ^ ov /
Ti- » wf N ?*" ly ° y in S hew they are to befoncarded . w « aots POR , Jatocbs are declined . ' * , v , SI >* h e " ^ se nd ^« eract address , «* ««« communicate tcit / i him on the means of "aw ^ yino his " strange intelligence" to the proper k * y ^*^*^» *• l *~ ffh tong must stand over for awhile .
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W . Clarke , Jtw . —He are sorry not to have his approbation , but cannot help it : we think he takes a / oe restricted view of the subject . We have no doubt then are some individual localities in which , at the late elections , the Ballot might have served , to tome extent , the people ' s cause ; thai , however , is not the question . The question is , whether it would not , as a general practice , militate against us in the present stale of the franchise—and tee are decidedly of opinion that it would . B . Stott .- ^ We think his present tong not i » Qood as his former one * h . Mehbkb , of the Weslkyas SotiETT sends us a letter to ( he Wesleyan Methodists of Manchester , from which we give the following : — " / wish our
ministers minutely to examine Mr . O'Connor ' s letters to the Irish landlords , especially that in the Northern Siar of July 24 th . Now , what I wish is , thai every preacher of our society ( especiall y the present conference J would examine that letter , and either plainly and candidly refute , and point out its errors ( if there are anyj , or otherwise candidly embrace , and use all their influence to accomplish its object . In my opinion , it points out a full , complete , and only remedy for our present temporaf national calamities . And this I do , and must , and will believe , till J see it fairly refuted . I wish all Hit ministers of Chrht either to print out Mr . O'Connor ' s errors , or otherwise to embrace them
as important truths , and use ail the means in their power to accomplish the same . And I beg respectfully to tell them , that if they intend to be made extensively useful to the sotUs of men , they must june begin by manifesting far more regard than they have done for their poor , pined , naked , backs , bellies , houses and bodies . Indeed , the best way of doing good to men ' s souls is to " heap coals of melting love upon their heads , " by doing good to their bodies . Brethren , some of you have reed Mr . O'Connor s letter : I advise you all to read it : and as you have a majority of our preachers among you at present , put it into their hands , and a ± k their candid opinion upon the same . " W . H . CEONJJt , of Newport , has trritten us a long
letter in contradiction to the statements contained in the letter of Wm . Edwards , inserted in our last paper . Mr . Cronin denies that Mr . Ed-- wards was proposed at all as a fit and proper person to bring the principles of the Charter before the public—such motion never being put at all \ but , on the contrary , the meeting were unanimous in favour of JJr . Price , —it being , however , understood that in the event of Dr . Price declining to come forward , Mr . Edwards was then to be invited . Mr . Cronin asserts positively , that Mr . Edwards did promise , not only to support the Doctor , but to nominate him at the hustings . Mr . Dickenson , he says , teas not asked to support Dr . Price . Mr . C , after some lengthy
remarks upon Mr . Edwards ' s conduct , says , addressing him : — " You say , If the Doctor arrived at Monmouth before the Court opened , you would n » l allow yourself to be put in nomination . AW , Sir , I ask you , what did you leave Newport for ? was it not with an idea of putting yourself in nomination 1 I ask you again , what length of lime the hall was open before I announced to the people that Dr . Price , the Chartist candidate , teas come t If you answer true , you will soy , not twenty minutes . You know there were different applications made to the Mayor of Monmouth , requesting him to admit Dr . Price as a candidate ; you know I sent in a printed bill to the Mayor , which contained Dr .
Price s name , giving the Mayor to see that there was a candidate in the field ; but no answer came bach . But you were a little more kind when you were applied to , and sent the following answer : " You must do your oitn work yourselves when the time comes . " Now this proves the time was not come , though you say the Doctor was not there in lime . You then go on to say that a friend of the Monmouth electors , icho was icith you at the time , asked you if you would have yourself put in nrminntion 1 to which you replied , ' yes , as there was no one else . Now , mark , there were no Monmouth electors there , with the exception of Mr . Buttery , who accompanied me to the Inn . Let Buttery answer this .
The question was never asked by Buttery , or any other , in my hearing , relative to you being put in nomination . I told you , in the presence of Mr-Buttery , that Newport decided in favour of Dr . Price , and that you knew it . You then said you had nothing to do with the Newport people : that it was the Monmoulh people you had to do with . I asked you if you were going to put yourself in nomination ? You answered * Yes , ' I told you the doctor was coming , and you were to nominate him . You said you wou'd not nominate any man . unless he ttere present to explain our principles to the people . I then remonstrated with j / pu for your conduct ,- when , at last , you consented to propose him if he came in time . " J . L ., Makkikch . —His stanzas next week .
A ReaDEB- in Drogheda , is informed , that the tracts he mentions , with any others , may be ordered of Mr . Cleave , London , through the medium of any bookseller . As E- ngixeek , at Bath , may send all his papers by past to any bedy in Ireland , and they will go free . He may address them to P . M . Broph ' y , 4 , Wormwood-gate , Dublin , or to Joseph Mac Donald , 122 , High-street , Newry , or to T . P . Broody , 13 , Crosshall-street , Whitcehapel , Liverpool , who is the secretary te the committee for sending Northern Stars to Ireland , and who will , doubtless , dispose of them to advantage . W . L . FlSHEE . — We admire the patriotic spirit of his letter , and are sorry that we have not room for its insertion . J . W . Sausburt . —His address nsitweek : too late for this . We shall bt glad to find room for his reports regularly .
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S . S . L ., Tunbridge Wdlt . —Direct to the office will be the most certain . Thomas Drake thunks those friends who sent the letters to him in Beverley "hell , " and must be excused answering , as the Governor oidy informed him of their arrival ; but thought it adviseable not to deliver them . A Lo > i > o . f Svbscbibeb . —If he will favour vs irilh his name and address , and name the person he receives his paper from , he shall have an answer .
F ., Newcastle . —The whole of the Papers for the Newcastle district were posted last week at ha ! fpdst one , on Friday , five hours before the departure of the mail to No > manton : they should have arrived at Newcastle on Saturday af ' . ernc-on , same as the previous week . Hove they came to be delayed till Sunday we cannot tell , but suppose thty were sent to Manchester . We hate applied to the Postmaster-General respecting the delay .
POB THB WIVES AJO ) FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ ,. 8 . d . i From s few Chartist masons at Wolverhampton , per T . Brongball ... 0 4 S , . FOB BICHAfiDSON , MANCHESTER , i From Mr . Cook , Dackinfield 0 1 0 j _ a friend near Wakeficld 0 15 0 , TOR A PRESS FOR J . B . O ' BRIEN . : From IXrtnfenaline , per J . I > ryBdaIe ... 0 6 i \
FOB MES . FfiOST . From G . Elliss , Leeds 0 0 3 _ the society of siop-eutters , meeting at tba Sieye , Little Alinoriea , London 8 6 0 „ a few friends at Stannigton , Bear Sheffield , per W . Ludlam 0 6 0
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RODEVLANE , GENERAL COUNCIL . William Grimsbaw , weaver . John Ogden , dyer . Joseph " Eckersali , dyer . William Sbaw , * ub-Treasurer . Thomas Doodson , sub-Secretay .
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LEEDS . —Charge of Baps . —Oa Monday last , William Carter , a decent looking man from HoJbeck , was charged wilh having committed a rape on Anu Bartliffe , an unmarried woman , on Thursday night last . The woman was found oh Hanalet Moor , at eleven o ' clock at night , by a watchman , in a state of exhaustion , and with evident marks of ill-treatment . From the information she gave , the man was taken into custody , bat when the ease cam 8 to be beard , it appeared that she had been drinking with the man and some others , at a public-house on the Dewsbnry road , and she not wishing to say that she made any resistance , or any outcry , the charge was dismissed . The BrewstkbSessioks . —We are given to onderstand , that the Brewster Sessions for this borough have been fixed to be held on Monday , the 36 th of August next .
Rewards to Police Officers . —On Friday last , at the weekly meetiDg of the Watch Committee , a reward of . £ 3 was awarded to Sergeant Hepworth , who has been for some time acting as inspector j and a reward of 30 s . to policeman Sotheran , who is acting as sergeant . Fihbwobks —On Monday evening , Mr . Hadfield , of Sheffield , gave his promised display of fireworks in the yard of the White Cioth Hall . The evening was at first highly favourable , bnt a threatened shower at near eleven o ' clock had the effect of rather curtailing the exhibition . The principal pieces , however , and a very considerable number of minor ones were Jet off , and these fully sustained Mr . Hadfield ' s previously obtained and well-deserved colebrity . We are sorry the company was not so numerous as it ought to have been to have remunerated the artist .
Sudden Death . —On Tuesday evening , an inquest was held at the house of Mr . Spink , Black Bull , in Land ' 8-lane , before E . C . Hopps , Esq ., on the body of Franci 3 Stubbs , a book-keeper , late in the employ of Mr . Pearson , carrier . He was found dead in bed on Monday , and rumours were spread that he had taken poison . These rumours were set at rest by & postmortem examination , which showed the entire absence of any thing wrong , and proved that he had died from natural causes alone , and the jury returned a verdict accordingly . The deceased was 35 years of ace .
WOX . VEBHAMPTON . —The working men of this place , have acted with a degree of spirit , and in a manner which must prove to the " education mongers" that they , at least are not without intelligence . They viewed with disgust the conduct of an official named Castle , who , some weeks ago , was charged with an indecent assault upon a young female , and being determined that their sentiments should be known , they got up and presented the following requisition to the constables : — 11 Gentlemen , —We , the undersigned inhabitant householders of Wolverhampton , hereby respectfully request you to conyene a public meeting of our fellow townsmen , to take into consideration the propriety of addressing the commissioners under the Wolverhampton Town Act , upon the subject of the conviction of R . Castle , inspector of police , for an indecent assault upon a young female , named Mary Warner : —
Robert Willcock , tin-plate worker , B . Walton and Co . ' s , Old Church-yard . James Suliy , tin-plate worker , B . Waltonand Co . ' s Dudley-road . Benjamin Rowland , tin-plate worker , B . Walton and Co . ' s , Temple-street . William Smith , jappauner , B . Walton and Co . ' s , Poutney-Btreet . Wijliam Laws , tin-plate worker , H . Fearncombe ' s , Poutney-terraee . William Dal ton , tin-plate worker , H . Fearncombe ' s , Dudley-road . Richard Tyrer , japaufier , H . Fearncombe ' s ,
Vauxhall . William Mogg , baker , Mogg ' s Temperance Coffee house , Snow-hill . Samuel Bryan , tin-plate worker , E . Perry ' s , Merridale-Btreet . Edward Banks , j&panner , E . Perry ' s , Graiseleystreet . William Williams , warehouseman , E . Perry ' s Merridale-street . Ben . Pnrshouse , coffeemill- maker , William Corns ' s , Bloomsbury-street . Samuel Parkes , coffee-mill-maker , William Corns ' s , Tanhouse-laue . Thomas Horton , warehouseman , Walton , Walker , and Co . ' s , Snow-hill . John Marsh , brassfounder , Walton , Walker , & . Co . ' e ,
Cleveland-street . James Manning , ironfounder , T . and C . Clark's , Pdrk-strett . Adam Stanley , warehouseman , T . and C . Clark ' s , Horseley-fields . Junes M'Connell , warehouseman , T . and C . Clark's , Horseley-fields . Henry Bagot , stock-taker , Chillington Iron Works , Portland-place . Charles Newton , miilmaB , Chillington Iron Works , Gough-street . John Jones , engineer , Chillington Iron Works , Ettingshall-lane . Benjamin Cox , puddler , Chillington Iron Works , Bilston-street Bridge . Edvrard Tudor , blast furnaceman , Chillington Iron Works , Walsail-street .
In compliance with this requisition , Mr . R . S . Walker , one of the constables , to his credit be it spoken , convened a meeting , which took place at the public-offi ; e , Wolverhampton , last Tuesday evening . Mr . Wilcock , a working man was called to the chair ; after which , eo numerous was the attendance , an adjournment was made into the open air , where the ^ workiea" showed their majesty . It was no political meeting , but was called to prove whether society was to be outraged and industry insulted with impunity ; and if an official of the town was to ride rough-shod over the feelings of the mechanic and the artizan . There were eight resolutions proposed , and carried unanimously , seven or eight thousand stalwart arms and blistered bauds being held up for each . The speakers Were all of
the working class , but all their names we have not been furnished with ; amongst them , however , were Messrs . Wilcock , Mogg , Manning , and Candy , who did themselves great credit . The principal resolution was to the effect , that if the Town Commissioners do not immediately dismiss Castle , the meeting , as rate-payers , would not pay the townrate ; and pledging themselves , should any ratepayer be distressed , to support him ib any expence which might be incurred in resisting that rate . Votes of censure were passed on the magistrates before whom Castle ' s case was preferred , and on the proprietor of the Wolverhampton Chronicle ; after which , the meeting having lasted for nearly lour hours , dispersed , after a hearty rote of thanks to the chairman , and to Mr . Walker , the constable .
RICHMOND . —An Extraordinary Circvmsta . ncb . —A Cheviot ewe , the property of Mr . Halph Fen wick , of Gayles , near Richmond , lambed a single lamb on the fir ? t week in May last , and after au interval of ten weeks , she produced another lamb , which she is cow suckling , and has quite discarded her former one . BRADFORD . Female Lecturer . We perceive that a lady named Ch&pelsmith is to deliver two lectures on Monday and Wednesday evenings , iu the Social Institution . She professes to grapple with gigantic evils , and to discuss their remedies . The first lecture is to be " on the present condition of our country , the Charter remedies ; progress of machinery and competition ; proofs that our foreign trade is lost never to be restored , and that a change in the arrangements of society is necessary and unavoidable . In the second lecture she proposes to consider the Corn LawB and the National Debt .
Dreadful ajjd Fatal Accident . —On the night of Thursday week , Mr . Peter Laycock , of this town ,. spirit-merchant and brewer , was killed under very ; extraordinary aud painful circumstances . Our ! Bradford readers need not be informed that he had i lately built a magnificent building at the top of Ire- gate , for the sale of spiritB , which might juBtly i aspire to bo called a gin palace . A large portion of the stone for the building had been quarried out of j the site , and the excavation formed into cellars , as ' deep as the building was high above the ground , viz ., three stories . Behind the building this deep ; quarry lay uncovered . At the bottom water bad i been bored for , which ascended into a hoe in the ! bottom two or three yards deep , and filled it with '
water . Mr . Laycock had begun to build some rooms on the back part of the dram shop , and bad gotten them a little above the ground , and laid a number of deal battens a foot broad , and about an inch and a half in width , ed # eway as rafters or supporters for thb floor . This floor was corered with planks , aud loaded very imprudently with an immense quantity of stones , &c . On the night in question , Mr . Laycock went upon this floor about six o ' clock , with one of the masons to view the work . As he was returning the floor gave way , and he was precipitated to the tremendous depth below into the bole filled with water ; besides beipg followed by the stones on the floor ; the battens in giving way had
twisted sideway , and brought down upon him a large quantity of the newly-built superincumbent wall . Very prompt assistance was obtained , but it was about an hour before the stones could be removed and he could be got out of the water ; of course , we need not say quite dead . It is believed that before he reached the water , he fell with his head against a projection of rock , as it had hair and blood on it ) and would therefore be killed on the spot . He was conveyed home on a door covered with a sheet , and accompanied by hundreds of people . His wife ( a second one ) was Dear Preston at the time , but was sent for . He has left fonr children by a former wife . No accident that has . occurred in this town has ciased such a sensation .
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NOSFOLS . —Moee Blessings op the Bas-TILE 8 . —A correspondent at Norwich haa handed us the following , which he requests may be added to the black catalogue of atrocities perpetrated under the sanction of the Whig-concocted starvation Jaw . The statement is in the handwriting of the . unfortunate victim , who , at the dose of a long and induBtnons life , unsullied by any other crime than poverty , is doomed by the irresponsibles to worse than death . Our correspondent Bays :- — William Marjoram , « ged seventy-seven years , Was ordered by the humane Governor of the Swainsthorpe Union House , Norfolk , to work in the gravel pit ; being unable to do such work , he withheld from the unfortunate man the tea and sugar allowed to the aged . The case having been referred to the surgeon , he ordered
that he should be allowed it Marjoram was then ordered to the pump , which work was aim too hard for him . He went into the home the 31 st of March last year , and upon inquiry found from his age that he ought to be allowed beer and tobacco , as there were younger men allowed those articles who did not work at all . After enduring this specimen of Wiiig mercy for fifteen weeks , he applied to the Board for beer and tobacce , who Informed him that they had nothing to do with it , and that he must apply to the Governor and surgeon . He did to . They sent word by the nnwe there would , be no more allowed but to those wbo then had it . The next morning be refused to go to work , u all the young men were doing nothing all daylong ; nig tea and sugar were taken from him for this , aud he was left no other drink during the severe winter but cold water . " Truly ,
" Man's inhumanity to man , Makes countless thousands mourn . " , OLDHAM .-Mr . Hill preached two sermons m Grosvenor-street Chapel , Oldham , on Sunday last , to very numerous and attentive congregations . WAKEFIELD . — Railway Offencb . — On Thursday last , a lad named Philip Douse , from Ossett , was charged at the Police Oflfoe , before J . Hold 8 wojrlb , Eso ., M . P ., with placing a piece of iron called a " chair , weighing about 28 . bs ., upon the rails of the Manchester and Leeds Railway , near Healey Mill . It appeared from the evidence of a lad named Joseph Holroyd , aged fourteen , that he , along with his younger brofcherj went with the defendant on the previous evening to the railway , and the defendant put the iron on the rails , and
asked witness for some band to tie it ; he did not give him any , bat told him to come away , as he was doing wrong . Witness ' s brother , aged thirteen , corroborated this statement . They wont away , leaving the iron on the rails . An engine driver deposed that he was going on the up line , when he discovered the iron upon the down line . He immediately stopped the train , and took fcho iron off . It was fixed as firm as it could be , withoat being tied . They passed the down train at Cooper Bridge . Mr . Holdsworth , addressing defendant , said it was a most serious and awful offence , and he felt it his duty to punish him ; he should fine him £ 5 and costs , and in default of payment three months' imprisonment , and he hoped it would be a warning to him and others . The defendant was committed .
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MR . R . J . RICHARDSON AND HIS APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE CHARTISTS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE . TO THE CHARTISTS OF SOUTH LANCASHIBE , AND , THROUGH THEM , TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UMTKD KINGDOM . FELLOW jLaBOUBEBS in THE CAUSE OP TEUTH asd Jcsticb , —We have Been the Northern Slur of July 17 th , in which is a letter , signed R . J . Richardson . In that letter your honesty U questioned , aud a foul libel attempted ou your character . It is our anxious desire thar even-handed justice be meted out to every man , we , therefore , attended at the Advertiser office , and procured a correct statement of the matter alluded to in Mr . Ricbardson ' s letter . The facts of the
case are as follows : —The amount of the whole debt brought against Mr . Richardson , on behalf of the Mancheater Political Unlen is £ 16 16 s . 8 J . Murk , out of thiaaum there were £ 5 5 s . paid for printing 1 , 000 reports of the first Kersal Moor Demonstration . This was a private speculation of Mr . Richardson ' s own , and now he brings this debt of his own against you . There is in the account £ 3 for printing 1 , 500 cards of membership for the Manchester Political Union ; these cards were sold at 6 d . each . The amount of the 1 , 500 cards , when sold , and sold they were , is £ 37 10 & Now , mind the £ 5 5 s . of his own speculation the people have nothing to do with , and deduct the £ 5 5 a . from the £ 16 16 s . 8 d ., and you have left £ 1111 s . 8 ., and to meet this expense there ought to be £ 37 10 a . ; bo
that this might be comfortably paid , and a balance of £ 25 18 s . 6 d . left . Mr . Richardson knowa very well that when be was remonstrated with by the working men in Newall' s Buildings , on the unneoataary and extravagant expences he and his patty were going to , Mr . Richardson ' himself replied , " Never mlad the money matters ; there is enough of that Yon get up the people ; we will see that the money is right" By whose authority , or for for whose benefit , were 1 , 000 reports printed ? Where axe the books Of the Union ? Who were the money stewards , auditors , treasurer , < fcc . ? Where are the minutes of the Union ? Let tbese things be produced , and we hesitate not to eay , but the working men of Manchester and its
vicinity will pay every just claim made upon them , when fairly brought forward and clearly proved . The reading of Mr . Richardson's letter might lead people to believe that he was unju&tly treated by the working men of Manchester for his services in the Convention , and that he made great sacrifices by attending that body . The answer to that part of his letter is , that he received £ 5 per week , besides travelling expsnees ; and , as to him attending the Palace Yard meeting , at bis own expence , it is utterly false . The fact is , there was money collected , and his expences paid to and from London on that occasion ; ao that you have a plain statement of facts ; and , if others are required , we assure you they shall be forthcoming . As such you must judge for yourselves . Joseph Linnet , Chairman . James Wood , Secretary . Thomas Heames . Paul Faihclough . Samuel Chahueblain . Henky Nuttall , James Wheeler . James Harrison . National Chartist Association R . oms , Tib-street , Manchester .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir , —I am rejoiced to inform you , and , through you , the country , that London is shaking off its sleep , and will soon arise " like a giant refreshed . " In spite of the backward-move men , there is a revival of Chartism in London ; the associations in the different localities are being re-organised , and they will , in future , take especial care to avoid the sunken rocks which broke them up before ; in a word , they will be aware of the Lotettites . The leaders in London hare libelled the men , to excuse their own supineness ; but the men axe now awaking , and will shake off all intimidating and treacherous friends " as dew-drops from a lion ' s lnanu . "
But what I am most rejoiced to tell you is , that the trades are coming out The masons ( all honour to them !) haTe led the way ; tHe coppersmiths have followed ; the tailors are likely te be tbe next , and we shall have all the rert in their turns ; with the exception , perhaps , of the carpenters , as they are most under the benumbing Influence of Lovett and Co ., the Loadon torpedos . When tbe trades are all out , they will carry London , asd London will carry the Charter ; if not , the country will without it We shall soon have a trade wind , and then we Bball sail merrily on to the harbour where the full tide of the people will roll in and fill op the measure of content to all . I am also happy to Inform you that a Female Chartist Association is being formed in London , so that if the men won't lead , the women will , and then see if the men won't follow .
Our greatest perils are among " false brethren ; " we have bard work of it ; but we shall " reap in due time , if we faint not " I am , dear Sir , Your fellow striver in the cause , John Watkins . 9 , Bell-Yard , Temple-Bar , 28 th July , 1841 .
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FROM OUH LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , July 28 fh . The utter stagnation in politics , affords to the scribblers of both faotions time for speculation , as to the probable issue of events , whether Sir Robert Peel shall have the reins of Government , or the Whigs , by some desperate coup de main continue to hold office ; indeed , it appears that from Lord John ' s city manifesto , that the present Ministers intend to be politely kicked out of office , and are only waiting
[> r the foot to be placed to their seat of honour , so as o enable them to fall down gently after receiving notber quarter ' s pay , the receipt of which they are etennined to have . Though both , parties are shewa % that they are hungry and poverty-struck , there 3 much to hope from the gradual yet sure steps rtiich the friends of Chartism are taking , and the ctivity which begins to bo exhibited here in Lonon , and which I hope will soon assume a more old and determined front .
Tower Hawlets . —The members toad two meetings in this borough on Sunday evening last , one at the Charter Coffee House , Brick-lane ; the other at the Freemason ' s Arms , North street , Whiteehapel . Saixt Pancsas . —The members residing ^ eremet on Monday evening last , at their room , the Feathers , Warren-street , Mr . Henwood in the chair . Some new members were enrolled , and the meeting , after some entertaining discussion , wm dissolved . im
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Borough op Marylebosk Election Committee . This body held its meeting last Monday evening , Mr . Gwdfellow in the chair . Mr . Beck moved , and Mr . Humphries seconded , " That a supper be given to W . Villiers Sattkey , Esq ., our late candidate , and the electors who supported him . " The motion being cvrried , a committee was appointed ; to conduct the getting up of the supper and the meeting separated . Tower Hamlets . —Registration COHaiTTEE . — Upwards of 500 claims to be rated have been made by this body , which is working well .
Hoxto . \ . —On Saturday evening last , a meeting was held for the purpose of opening a new rogmin this district , in Plumber-street , City-road . Mr . Hall was called to the chair ; after an animated conversation , members were enrolled , and the meeting was adjourned to the Tuesday evening ; when there was another meeting . Mr . Watts in the chair . Mr . Wall attended and addressed the meeting at some length . Cur op London . —A concert was given here on Monday evening last , in ai i of the election committee fund . Many patriotic songs were given , and the company separated much pleased with the evening ' s amusement . Trades'Hall .--A public meeting to forward the building of a London Trades' Halt , was holden on Tuesday evening last , at the Social Institution , Whiteohapel .
The anniversary of the Martyrs to Russian despotism of the year 1826 , was commemorated on Monday last , by a meeting of the most democratic portion of the Polish , Italian , and German refugees , at the Archery Room , Bath-place , New Road . Mr . Worzsll was called to the ohair , over which were placed the names of " Pestel , " " Bastuzly , " " Muraview , " ¦•• Rvleier , " " Kochsyski , " the live martyrs . Mr . Lucas moved the following resolution , "That this meeting of the democrats of the various nations , believing in the rights of nations and the rights of individuals , declare
that the memories of the martyrs put to death by the Emperor Nicholas , in 1826 , are dear to every friend to liberty , whatever may be his country ; that their cause is the cause of humanity , consequently , the cause of man , and declares itself to repudiate the doctrine of non-intervention . " The resolution was seconded , in French , by a gentleman from Hayti . Several gentleman addressed the meeting in French and German , and Major Benowiski in English , after wb . i 0 b . 4 the meeting broke up . Ball . —The ball in behalf of Bronterre O'Brien will take place on Monday , August Qnd . at the Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , Marylebone .
Tower Hamlets . —Through an unavoidable circumstance , Mr . Wall was not able to reach the Tower Hamlets until a late hour on Sunday last . His lecture was postponed until Sunday next , Aug . 1 st , at half-past seven precisely . Lecture . —Mr . Spurr will lecture at the Freemason ' s Arms , North-street , Whiteehapel , on Sunday evening next . Election of delegates fob the Middlesex County Council . —At the last meeting of the members of the Charter Association , held at the National
Charter Coffee-house , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , Mr Newby in the chair , it was resolved that the Sociaj Hall , 81 , High-street , Whiteehapel , be engaged fo the election of delegates on Tuesday , August 3 d . r The following bill was then agreed to : — "A public meeting will be held at the Social Hall , 81 , High-street , Whiteehapel , on Tuesday , August 3 rd , 1841 , for the purpose of electing delegates to carry ouc the views of the permanent . Executive of the National Charter Association of Great Britain . "B . Newby , Chairman . "E . Thikk ell , sub-Secretary . "
St . Pancbas . —A public meeting will be held on Monday evening next , at the Feather ' s Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , to elect delegates to the Middlesex County Council . Chair tobe taken at eight o ' clock .
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George Feargus O'Connor , son of George and AmBesvrick , of Sheffield , was duly registered oa the 27 th instant . On Tuesday , July 20 th , was duly registered . James Robert Emmett WeBt , son of John and Mary West , of Union-street , Dams , Macclesfield . Lately , in Selby , the son of Joseph and Sarah Jordau was christened in the name of William Henry Vincent . On Sunday last , in the Abbey Church , Selbf , the son of Richard and Mary Mabbo . was christened Feargus O'Connor Mabbot . Prior to the ceremony of Bprinkling , Mr . Amen , a little Bleepy-looking
pigmy , whose altitude does not exceed fonr feet , squeaked out " What is the name ! " The sponsor then handed to him the name written on paper , on reading which His . pigmyship looked wonderful things , and with a sigh and sob , thus addressed his earthly master , —** Feargus O'Connor Mabbot , 01 what a shame for working people to call theuf children bo many names !* ' " YeB , " answered Q 13 Reverence , *» I suppose they vrant to have the child hanged . " He then asked the trade of the father , and where he was employed , which none need marvel at . as the holy man declares it to be "the duty of all Christians to do all in their power to strangle democracy , which , he ia sorry to say . i * making rapid progress . " Poor fellow {
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On Monday last , at Dewsbury , by the Rer . Thomas Allbutt , vicar , Mr . Wm . Ward , clothier , of Oasett , to Arabella ; younge 3 t daughter of the late Mr . John Goenay , bu'eher , of Wakefield . On Thursday last , at Harrogate , Mr . James Wil « man , mill owner , to Miss Mary Ellis , both of Batlej Carr , near Dewsbury . . Same day . at Latda parish church -jj Frederick Calder , Esq ., ' B . A ., of St ; John ' s College , Cambridge , and one of the University Masters of the West Riding Proprietary Sehool , to Jane , y © anges | daughter of Mr . Thomas Wade Appleyaxd , of this town . - ' . : ¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦¦ ' . ' ; . ¦ ' .. ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ; . ' ¦/; ' ; , ¦
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THE MONMOUTH PLATE . Specimens of the above splendid En ^ raring are nOw in the hands of oar general Lancashire Agent , Mr . Hejwood , from whom the other agents will recciTe theirs as . usual ; in the hand 3 0 ? Mr . Guest , Midland Counties Agent ; asd in the hands of Mr . Cleave , our general London Agent . Specimens shall "be sent to our Other Agents , with their Plates of Emmett . We request the particular attention of oar Subscribers to this magDifirieni Engraving—the most splendid « ver gi > en with a newspaper .
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EXTENSIVE FAILURES . Glasgow , July 24 . —A great sensation has been created in the commercial oircles in this city , and over the west of Scotland , by an extensive ma of bankruptcies which have taken place during the last three days amongst the ehawl-manufacturers and shawl-merchants of Paisley . We extract a notice of the occurrence from one of the local papers , but , in addition , our correspondent of Glasgow writes that the leading causes of the disasters in business which have for some time been going on in that city have been principally the extensive connections . that have been formed with America , tbe crippling of trade from the embarrassment in that country , owing , in a speoial degree , to the restrictive provisions of the British commercial code , which prevent the Americans from meeting their
engagements by the transmission- of the superabundant grain on that continent , aa article which was at the time much wanted by the suffering manufacturing population in Scotland . The embarrassments which have now burst out at Paisley , to the consternation of all whoareacquainted with the town , as we have just stated , took their origin in those of America , in 1837 . Since that time most of those who had been in the American connexion have been carrying on business under great difficulties ; and in too many instances , we are sorry to state , they have been making goods and effecting sales more with the view of meeting former engagements , than with tbe intention of realising profits . The great object seems to have been with many just to effect Bales , that , with a run of new bills , at whatever cost they could be obtained , they might turn their hand , and remove those running , as they fell due .
It is almost needless to state , that a necessary consequence of such a system of doing business has been to drive houses with real capital fairly out of trade , or , at least , to make them temporarily suspend their transactions , which to a great extent , has been the case in that quarter for sometime past , and thus a limited and unhealthy market has been left almost entirely in the hands of persevering speculators , whose principal means of existence was the sacrificing of tbe property of those who have been so simple as to trust them with it . To such a reckless length has this practice been carried on in Paisley , that in the present run of failures there are several instances of young men , who within these few years were well known to have
commenced without capital , and who have now gone down—the lowest of them for upwards of £ 5 , 000 , and Bome of them for as much as £ 25 , 000 . The current paper of one shawl merchant in that town , who failed this week , is said to be ia one bank no lees than £ 50 , 000 , and in aHother £ 30 , 009 , independent of smaller sums in the other banks ; and a considerable part of the houses in this range of connection which has gone to the wall , have paper afloat to the amount of from £ 20 , 000 to £ 40 , 000 . After these statements it cannot but be obvious that the banks are greatly to blame , by their first encouraging speculation in thus discounting to so enormous an amount , and next , as is clearly understood to have been the case , in suddenly withdrawing their support , regardless of the result , and from ho better motive that can be discovered than
the whim of those who direct secret affairs in the bankers * parlours . In addition to the circle of failures at Paisley , rumours , which we are afraid are too ' well founded , are this afternoon afloat , of some extensive failures in this city ( Glasgow ) likewise , which are qui ^ e certain to bring down a great number more . Indeed , such are the surprise and consternation , and such is the uncertainty of what houses are really down and what houses have merely suspended payments , combined with the reports » gaiD 6 t others tliat are perfectly solvent , that we conceive it unsafe to comment further on these affairs in this communication ; but , as soon as the result is more fully known , we shall not fail to lay it before the public . Neither shall we fail to trace to its source and expote what may appear to be the cause of such an uuwholesome and improper state of things , in this or any other commercial country *—Morning Chronicle .
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At Durham , on Tuesday , Mr . Crawford , son of the late Member for the City of London , obtained a verdict of £ 150 damages against the Durham and Sunderland Railway Company , for injurios received while travelling ou the iine on tho 3 rd of November last . His cheek-bone was broken and forced into the socket of the eye , and though he had not a grey hair in his head at the time or the accident , within a month after , the whole bair became perfectly white . Finding thb Bod y op a Man tjndeb Peculiar Cibcumstancesl—On Monday night last two men , brothers , named Tubbey , were employed to empty a privy used by the workmen in the London Dock * , but tbe soil of which is outside the dock wall in Pennington-street . In removing a large flag stone which covers the cesspool , the pickaxe of one passed through some substance floating on the top ot the
soil , and which the men took to be a bundle of rags , On looking at it more closely the men discovered ft to be the body of a man , but in so advanced a Rti ; ie of decomposition that not a feature was discernible , and it presented a frightful spectacle . It was takes up , and a shell being procured it was removed to the bone house of the parish of St . John , Wappirij ; , to wait the coroner's inquest . It is impossible from the construction of the building on the dock suit-of the wall that the deceased could have fallen among the soil , and there is little doubt that he came by his death by tumbling into the hole ou the Pennin ^ tohstreet side two years ago , when the place was iaat emptied . The deceased , judging from his having an old pair of canvass trousers on , appears to have beca a sailor , but what his age was it would be quite ; tnpossible to conjecture . Information of the circumstance has been forwarded to Mr . Baker , the coroner of the district , in order to an inquest being held 09 the body .
Release or Mr . Mkdhuest pbom Pbison . —This person , whose ca . se . has lateiy acquired renewed interest in the eyes of the public in consequence of the erasure of the name , of Mr . H . Moreton Dyer from the commission of the peace for the county of Middlesex , was on Saturday last , released from his confinement in the Houseof Correction , CoJdbath-fif . 'di , upon an order sent down from the Home-office , li appears that for Borne time his health has been oa the decline , and thac since the interference of Mr . Dyer in bis affairs tho symptoms of an internal
disease , the early stages of which had prtviov .-lj manifested themselves , have been greatly aggravated . To such an extent had these symptoms increased that it was found necessvy to call for the advice aad assistance of an eminent physician , whose opunoa was of a nature to induce tho visiting justices oi the prison to forward a certificate as to the s ' . ate ot th « patient to the Marquis of Normauby . Subsequent visits tended to confirm the original impression of the medical attendant as to the danger of tho asiaclr , and further certificates were sent to the Noble
Marquis , describing the character of the disease , accompanied with the expression of a conviction , l \ ,: iX unless Mr . Medhurat were get at liberty the wor * t result was to be anticipated . The excitement created in the mind of the prisoner by tho recent proceedings , arising out of the alleged proposition of the ex-magistrate is supposed to be the cause to which hi 8 present condition may be attributed . Failure of jme Totoes and Newton Banks . — The utmost consternation and gloom were spread through this town by the failure of these banks .
Many an honest yeoman who came to market com * fortable in mind and pocket , went away almost broken-hearted .- On Saturday afternoon , ana during Monday , the town was crowded by people , who came in to inquire , in most cases , alter their lost aiL > It was painful to hear the numerous erica of sudden , distress into which hundreds of honest and iuuuatrious persons of all classes have been thrown . Ia many cases this has been rendered more severe from this being the time the dividends on the funds aie paid . — -Devonshire Chronicle .
Exxiu . oRDiSABY EscAP « from Prison . —Pi . vmobxh , Sunday , July 25 . —ThiB morning , when Cook , one of the town sergeants , took '' their breakfasts into a cell where three men were confined , one of them , named Raudell , who is audcr sentence of transportation for fourteen years , snatched the prison keys from Cook ' s hand , and with them inflicted a violent blow on his forehead , which knocked him down and stunned him . He then produced a knife , and using threats , he stripped off the town-ser ^ eat ' a trousers , and put them oa himself ; be pocketed Vnv sovereigns and twenty-shillings in silver , and Cook ' s watch ; he took a frock-coat from a fellow pribon ; r , and having with cords lashed the town-sergeant oa the prison bed , with his face downwards , he took a
bundle of spare clothes under his arm , and made kis escape . It was some time before the police , who are in another part of the building , heard the disturbance . On their reaching the cell they found the other prisoners unfastening the cords trom Cook , who was obliged to be put to bed in his own appartment . One of the remaining prisoners is called Martin ; he is under sentence of transportation for seren rears ; the other is undergoing an imprisonment for six months . They both declare they were afraid to interfere in consequence of Randell ' s threats . The oscaped convict , in the year 1837 , was sent to the
huiks for seven years , for a robbery . In consequence of good conduct he was freed after four years' imprisonment . He had only been at liberty sixteen days when he stole a cheque for £ 40 or £ 50 from the master of a ship lying here . For this robbery - he was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation at our last assizes , about three weeks since . He is a native of Harbury , in Warwickshire , about twentysix years of age , five feet six inches high , stout built , sallow complexion , freckled , oval visage , dark eyes , and hair aud eye-brows light brown . He is a butcher by trade , but assumes the manners of a sailor .
MrsTEBious Case . —By particular request , wo readily give insertion to the following singular particulars : —About three weeks ago , a lemale , nearly twenty years of age , and apparently well brought up , who calls herself Amelia Parsons , was detained by the authorities of Plymouth , having been wandering about the quays at midnight , without an / means to procure a shelter , and being , as she alleged , just arrived from London . She refuses to give a proper account of herself ; and tho only information which has been incidentally obtained from h ? r is , that she deserted her father's house eighteen months since , and went to London , where she procured a livelihood by working for a bazaar in Parliament-street . She quieted her employ in consequence of a quarrel with another female with whom she lived , and left London about two months since with £ 2 11 s ., and can assign no reason for coming to Plymouth . She is the youngest of six children ( two sons and four daughters ) , kas uo mother living , was educated at a
boarding school , andean speak French . She appears to have resided some time at Brighton . She persists in a determination never to discover her father ' s condition , placeof abode , or the cause which led her to desert fier friends . She will attain the age of twenty on tht 28 th inBtant ; she is well made , and her height is five teet one inch ; hair dark brown , and worn plain ; eyes dark brown ; features oval ; complexion dark , freckled , and small ; teeth good , and white ; expression agreeable ; voice pleasing , and deportment easy . She is dressed in a mousselinde-laine gown of red , blue , and drab colours , a light mohair half turnover , and a Email black silk bonnet , liued with white , andher linen is marked "A . P . I . As it is most earnestly wished that she should bo restored to her friends , such information as may lead to a discovery of them is solicited by Mr . William Truman Harris , Governor of the Corporation Guardians of the Poor , Plymouth .
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¦ DEATH 3 . ¦ . . . ;¦;¦ . . .. . !? . On Tuesday morning , In York , in the 86 th year © f her age , Mrs . Turner , relict of the late Mr . John Turner , of Selby . ' On Saturday morning Ust , at Grove Terraee , im the 67 th year of his age , after a protracted illneta ^ borne with pious fortitude and reefguatfon , 'itjtk Wolstenholiae , Esq ., AId « nw 0 , « f Yock .
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THE WHIG REFORM BILL . No matter who may murmur at the recent triumph of th » Tories at tbe hustings , the Whigs have no right to complain . They had the manufacturing of the Reform Bill , and tbe effect of the measure baa been that ia nine years it has given the Tories an overwhelming majority . Tbe Whigs , however , do complain , and bitterly complain , but defeat has not improved their understanding . They are compelled to acknowledge that they have been driven disgracefully from many places where they wore heretofore thought omnipotent , but they refuse to admit the true cause of their discomfiture . They are not unpopular—if we ate to credit themselves —it ia only the people who are apathetic . Had the Reformers who are entitled to tbe franchise registered
their votes a glorious majority for the Queen and her ministers would have been the sure result How is this difficulty to be overcome , and Whig ministers , who will do nothing for the country , scoured in their occupation of Downing-street' The Mornivg Chronicle is ready with a eut-and-dry plan which will doubtless meet with due consideration . The liberal electors , it seems , will not take the trouble of attending at the Registry Courts to seek the right of the suffrage , and the Chronicle recommends that the wealthy and titled should exert their influence to urge their dependants to come forward , and even contribute to defray tbe expence of registration . This done , the Chroniote is confident
the Whigs must be restored to office in a very Short time . " The battle mutt be fought at tbe Registry , " will now be the cry ; but It will quickly die , without ever putting much money in the pockets of barristers and attorneys . There are throughout the country millions of disfranchised persons anxious to obtain the suffrage , and from whom It is unjustly withheld . What would the Chronicle think of conferring it upon them ? Ah ! here is tbe point that bothers the Wh ' g , and exposes him as a hypocritical and empty pretender . He would make vain professions of liberality ; but is nevertheless as unwilling as tbe Tory to extend the constitutional privilege of tbe people . —World , Dublin paper
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TO THE EDITOE OP THE . VORTHEB . f STAB . SiR , —Could jou prevail upon any of the Chartist leaders to give lectures on this subject , we are of opinion the circulation of the Star might be doubled , and the cause strengthened in the same ratio . If those valuable letters of Mr . O'Connor , upon Agriculture , could be pushed into every Irish cabin , we might calcn ' ate upon the assistance of a goodly number of the fritze coats in favour of our principles . We consider it to be the duty of every man , more especially Irishmen residing in this country , to send a Star to Ireland , to let the labourers know their rghts , ana knowing them , nnite with the workies of this wmntrv in demanding Universal Suffrage . Had
this plan been adopted before Lowerv went to Dublin , he would in all probability have been heard , and instead Gf groans we should have had cheers for the Chartifts . How can we expect men to be Chartists -who nerer heard of the Charter ! Our principles beirg founded on universal justice , have only to be seen to be at once adopted . Bat they must be sept into every cottage before we can count on a majority in our lavour . Let every Chartist become a missionary in the good cause by sending a Star , or otter democratic paper , and success ¦ will most undoubted ? attend our efforts . Yours , William Tatxor . Howwood , 22 d July . 1841 .
Six copies hare been sect to P , M . Brophy , 4 , Wormwcod- ^ ate , Dublin , and ijx copies to Mr . Jos . M'Docald , Chartist Secretary , 119 , High-street , Newry .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct390/page/5/
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