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THE JiErTCASTiE ELECTION. j K) THE ED HOB. OF THE XORTHEBJ* STAB. I 1
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Srs , —From « n expression made ose of in s leading , rticle ' lie »< jed " The Contested Seats , " in Uiis day * Star , i aa «* H ** * * hfi < a * *** opinion regarding the ! Newcastle eiection therein poplishrd , I rofer that it 15 proposed to petition against both the individual *; retained by the Sheriff It is with » aeh diffidence ' QaX I Tronld Tentare to Impugn tb « propriety of a i eonne sanctioned by sash high legal authority u I have I bo ioabt was eoosnlted in this case ; but siljee it j sppesis to me that petitioning against both Ord and Hinde is directly calculated to prevent the return of jlr . O'Brien , I am induced to Trite you on the juhject . . j Thae being two members returnable for Newcartle , j O'Brien alone could not ( as stated in the case , and reiterated in the opinion ) have the show of hands ; either Ord or HiDde must ostb been asaociated with him ;
and as there vrere more bands held up for Hinde thin i for Ord , it follows that Hinde ' s position is equally j favorable ¦ with O'Brien ' s , and that if the petitioners ; jncceed in annnBiog Hindei election , the same decision >
Til ] prevent O'Brien horn taking his seat . O'Brien < ckims his seat on the ground that he had the sbov of i binds in his favour , and that no poll « u taken to reverse that decision . Hinde ii limilarly dieamshnced , tad Ord alone , of the three candidates , stands in the iDomalotiB position of being nominally a M .. P . vrithont ] either show of hands or poll , but simply by the dictum ' of the Sheriff , whose representative he is , and not that ' ol the men of Newcastle . I -ronld suggest then that Ord alone should ho ' peuiioDed against . In the article I tare alluded to , it is said " as to KewcasUe , -we hare nothing to expect from a party i committee , as each faction has a seat to defend . "; Should both be petitioned against , this will , no doubt , ' proTe true ; but if the return of Ord alone be impogned , lEj Tories who may form part of the committee will Skeij be more disposed to do justice t-h » ti if the drcUion affected tbe seat ef one of their own party . j
Should yon publish these hints , they may be of use te the parties concerned . [ Tour ' s , it , A . M . Edinburgh , Augut 7 tb , 1811 . j p . 5 . —At the election for Fif esbire the Sheriff declared i tfcit John Duncan , Esq ., ( Chartist candidate ) had the j majority at the show of hands . No poll vas taken , ' but Capfc Wemyw ( a Whig ) ia returned- You may therefore add this seat to the list . . ,
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• NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists held their usual . weekly meeting in the Xtmocxstic Caapel , a goodly ' Bdnber hsve already paid for the new cards of men :- [ bsrship , which will be issued oa Moaday next for the fist time by the Executive . ; KEWCASTIiE . Pcblic Meeting is the . Spitial . —Last Wednesday eTening , a meeting -was ' htdd here , Mr . Sinclair in the chair . Mr . Morgan ; ncved the following reaolntion ¦ srhieh was seconded by ' Mr . Mason , and carried unanimously . " That this
Bating pledffta itself to agitate for nothirg short of the People ' s Charter , being conaciousth&t nothing less than afa'iaad free representation in the stats can remove the distress of the suffering millions . " The Chartists fce'& their "weekly meeting tin the Chartists' tooto , Gajjeellars Head yard , ) on Monday evening , Mr . MaSii in tlie chair . Tne Secretary read tbe minutes of last meeting , likewise a circular -which he had rectived from the Executive . The treasurer reported the contributiens for the week "which are greatly on the increase . CfoT" *™ is progressing rapidly .
OLCHAM . —On Sunday last , Mr . R . K PhiJp , of Bttb , one of the Executive of the National Charter , Association , delivered two argumentative * nd animating fecvares in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street . He : commenced by stating he "was greatly pleased with the i pbn of conducting the meetings , and said , that whtn he got back to bis own locality he would recommend its adoption . The ChaBiists of Oldham , at their weekly meeting , on Monday last , jmaniinoasly agreed to the following resolution : — " Thai ye disapprove of tie plan recommended to be brought before the delegate meeting at Hebden-bridge . on Sunday , the 15 th instant , vhich appeared in the Star of last Saturday , respecting I county demonstration , for this reason , that , in consequence of having to go ten or fifteen mUe » , the loss
of time , acd the great expencfi that would be incurred by attending such a demonstration , our opinion is ttat u would be a failure , particularly it a time when the labourer is so much bound down with low ¦ wages tnd short of employment . That , witii respect to a Kational Petition , tbe Executive having taken up the question , we deem ix imprudent to interfere so as to e ' -ash with their proceedings ; we consider -we shonid sot ba doing them justice , after having placed them in the responsible situation we hsve done ; &cd we are farther of opinion that all national q-oestions to be ' igitAttd or petitioned for , ought to proceed from tbe body , so that we may have orre xentiat point to look Ecto , that all localities may move and act at one and ' tbe « t " ° time , * nA tat one and the same object . "We \ are favourable to a Kational Petition , but that all pajiiQiiB should have only one olject . "
B 1 ACKBURW . —Mr . CaaipbeJl lectored ten on Monday . Tbe Musical Hall , which is capable of holding s-00 persons , was densely crowded . Mr . C . addressed than about an hour , after which Mr . "WTUliam Beesly , from Acrington , addressed them in a speech replete with good sense , in sn excellent strain of elo--CTieoe * . The ir . eeting vas highly gratified With the proceedings . —Mr . C . left 100 cards for those already enrolled . There are upwards of 100 members joined already ; and every likelihood of having more . B . ackbem will soon take its stand as one of the most prominent t * TT > s for the Chantr in Lancashire . The friends
here consider a delegate meeting of Is orth Lancashire ought to be held in Bl&ckb-cra , on Sunday , the 5 th of September , to better arrange the Koithern divmou . let , then , Haslingcen , ColDe , Burnley , Padih&m , Accmgtoa , Iancastf-r . P .-esfcjn . Chorley , Clitheroe , Borsren , and ail the intermrdiate tcwrs and villages send delegates fca the house of Mr . > Hck : e , bookseller , King-street , lid take steps immediately to carry oat the plan of orcsEirstioD , by fcmplcyiBg 2 lecturer t » spread cai holy principles , ted let them , if able , employ Mr . Ricbard Harsden , who served them eo -well and so faithfully in the first KJETention .
BAEJJSIET . —The Chartists held their weekly EiifeUiig it Mr . Hcvj ' s house , on Monday night . An air-maud discisicm toi ^ i place « n tbe necessity of asicing a ekgite to the forthcoming sascUDg a ; Bebden Bridge ; ilr . Julian Haroey "was unanisiously elfccted to represent the men of Barnsley at thai mrti-IES- A vote of th ^ nt-s tras nnanimously given to the Bev . Hi . ELI , for his able advocacy of the poor mans X-jfets npon all occasions ; but more particularly for hisi ile expcEure of the inferucl miscreants who are conti-J ^ ally peTpetrsting tha most diabolical crimes in the
niKa of jostice , in that bioated VPhig hell-hole at "i iefidd . A vote of thanks was also given to the Eev . ilr . Byaa , P . P ., of Donnf . tate , in the dioctse of Ifeblin , for so noWy coming forward to join the ranks r f the men who are seeking real justice fer all m&nkai'i- AfVer the general buEinas * Lad been gone trough , tie Irish members of the association resolved thtmsdves into a committee upon Irish affairs , -when * n address from xhs Working Men " s Association of Brog-licda , which appeared in thB Dro £ heda Arjm , ol &e SCrth . of Jaly , was lead -, that papei -was committed to th = iunea and "was bnrced accordingly .
TODMORDSN . The "reekJy meeting of the Chartists took placs &s usual , on Monday night , when several names were enrolled . The fallowing res-olntions were unanimously passed : — " That five shillings be HM to the Kational Executive CouncU , wiU : a promise « 23 ore at some future time . " " Tha . t there be 3 oei £ 5 ate sent to Hebden Bridge to tee forthcoming "degate aeetinr , and that Robert Brook be the legate . " " That the delegate support the suggestions ° * the Eiiitor of the ~ Sor ; hern Star , L e . that a petition 05 presnteA to the Hoase of Commons , in 1 * 42 , P ^ Jins for the Charter to become the law of the land , " * " That We Marshall wait upon James Taylor , « Sochdrie , to see -srbttSer he can * attend the public tamer iaunded to be given to Dr . M'Poual ! . "
ABERDEEH . —The National Association of Abtr-^ a fcr ' cieTating the moral and intellectual standard ® &e people , " precursory to the Charter , has recently ^^ s s desperate effort to declare existtEce in the place i birth , bat the luckless effort was a death stToggie . f ^ ° J fellow ! the silence of the grave skes hsr eeforth tu ccliEcEtcd lot . —Mr . Jvhn L ^ gge , one of the chairtt , it is rumoured , had actually withdrawn at the JBy pg r . » d his name -was placarded and advertised fa ^ msb . the -whale of the locality , in official station , faere ' ? ris also another name not very crtdiiably held n to nttcrif . y in the saa ; e document , tbroughcu : tbe ^ P ^ e , as the mover < A a bigot ? ed resolution , wiich 'f ^ g read at the meeting above referred to , tbat inctf-7 * 3351 Wia heard to declare the statement was fake , and
^ P ^ mittfcd be would prove the assertion by reading ~*^ » 7 terms of the real resolution , from the t * rv ^« i lead MS . drawn up on the platform , submitted to ^ P ^ Scd by the Charter Tnion of Aberdeen , on May *™ \ Bj request he niovesl towards the Chairman ani ^ P ^ std , that a resolution previously passed by that * ay , sad pabliihed in the Xer&eni Star of May Sth , j ™ the truly faud statute , which being disputed as to ^^ F-srt , by amend meet upon amended motion he * « yed andsccceeded in a resuindondimply declaiatcry - ^»^ 3 rmer one , viz ., •¦ That thosegentlcni-Ji cf the ~?« ^ bo recommended the adoption of the Lovett !~ C ?' - ^ scheme by this Tnion , be required to give ? ~ P recantation , cr henceforth be excluded from ^ L" He stated that the recommendation was written r * signed , and handed in due form , the recantation
ir ^ d » pffensre , inereJy witidrawa 2 ct crfrom the ^™? : as was evident by the question being subtJ ? > ac ^ cvncorreEce declined by the subscribing ^^ esof the council , and none else . He therefore recene ^ -1 ° " niTIi 0 n I ^ iraess , as an ac : of justice to all ,, . v 4126 '" ' ^ ^ i correeticn shoul J be cirtalatel as fur i n * niarepresentatiun , by those who tad given enr-^ T to the letter , and icquircd wou ' . d they do it ? ^ Eo > - don % iv— Cormpw . ierd .
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&AZ . XSBT 7 &T Tbe tisaal weekly meeting was held at Mr . Wilkinson ' s , Marketplace , on Monday evening , 9 th instant , when Mr . Wilkinson , agent for the Star , and general news agent , delivered an address , which was duly applauded .
STOCSPORT . —According to announcement , Mr . PhUp addressed tbe Chartists of Stockpoct , oa Monday evening , in his usual calm and instructive Style . THOKNTOW . —One of the " victims of Wbjggery , " Thomas Drake , who has lately been released from Beverley hell , after suffering nineteen months of torture in tbat accursed inquisition , having returned to his home and family , his fellow-townsmen of Thornton determined to celebrate his release from tynany ' s fangs by holding a meeting , dinner , dec . A requisition having been presented to tie Constable of Thornton , requesting hun to call the meeting , and that gentleman having assented , placards "were posted through the district It 'was one o'clock when the chair was taken . At that hour an excellent gathering was assembled . There were present Mr . Bell , of Manchester ,
Messrs . Smith and Alderson , of Bradford , and others Mr . John Illingworth "was called to the chair . Mr . Joseph Rouse moved the first resolution—" That , in the opinion of this meeting , the only remedy for the existing distress and difficulties of the country is in making the People ' s Charter the law of the land . " Mr . James Leech seconded tbe resolution , "which was supported by Mr . Ball , of Manchester , and adopted unaaimansljr . Mr . Thomas Roase moved tbe second resolution— " That the more speedily to carry out the foregoing resolution , it is absolutely necessary that the working and the middle class do unit © together in one firm bond of union . " Mr . Alderson , of Bradford , seconded the resolution , which was supported by that sturdy veteran in the good cause , Mr . Benjamin Rushton , of Halfax , and carried unanimously . Mr .
samntl Stoak moved tbe third resolution— " That this meeting pledge themselves to become members of and support the Xational Charter Association , as the only way to obtain a redress of grievances and the restora tion of their rights . " Mr . George Grey seconded the resolution , ¦ which was ably supported by Mr . Smith , of Bradford , and unanimously agTeed to . Mr . Harney than addressed the meeting in a lengthy and spiritstirring appeal—illustrating the People ' s Charter , and showing the necessity of union . A vote » f thanks was given to the Constable , for his kindness in having called the meeting ; and three cteers having been given for Feargus O'Connor ; three for O'Brien and all
the victims ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; i&nd three for the Charter ; the meeting formed in procession , and , with banners flying and music playing , ; proceeded through the town to the Waggoner ' B Inn , i where was prepared the dinner in honour of Mr . ; Drake . The room was tastefully adorned with laurel , &c &c , and the arrangements were such as to rtflac : 1 crest credit os all concerned in the labours of the day . ' The guests having done full justice to the yeiy excsllent '• dinner provided by " mine host , " several excellent and ¦ appropriate toasts were given , which were responded i to by various gentlemen , and the hilarity of the meeting was prolonged to a late hour .
SAIiKSXTS . —A social meeting -was held in the Free Mason ' s Hall here , on Monday evening , the &th enrrent , the proceeds for the benefit of the Lecturer Fund , Mr . William Taylor in the chair . There was a full and most respectable company , the hall being nearly 1 full ; - the meeting was delighted with some comic and sentimental singing , recitations , and addresses upon political subjects , thus blending instmstion 'with amusement The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Potter , Cociburo , and Porteous , of Dalkeith , and Mr . ; William Daniells , of Lasswade . The -meeting was 1 kept in the best of spirits by the imitative powers of ilr . Milne , of Edinburgh . After three cheers for the ; Chairman and speakers , three cheers for the Charter , and three cheers for Feargns O'Connor and the imprisoned Cbartirts , tbe meeting broke up in the best humour .
: | NEWARK . —On Saturday last Mr . Skevington delivered an able and talented lecture in a large room at : this towD , on the principles of the People ' s Charter , but in consequence of ifc being an awkward night for ' tbe working men to attend , several friends prevailed upon him to stay and give another oa Monday evening , ' which ho di J to & very numerous and attentive audience I The rooai which is capable at holding several hundreds , was crowded . The lecturer frequently eiicited great applause , and at the conclusion three hearty cheers were given to the lecturer . About twenty enrolled their names &s members of the National Charter Association .
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ASCENDANCY OF THE PEOPLE . Fos a moment we leave the people out of our present consideration , which is the relative value of the respective social , poh : icaJ , and politico-social parties in the State ; and before we introduce our hero , " The People , " to our readers' notice , we shall attempt fairly to class each party according to their influence . The four great political estates we estimate thus : — Firstly , the Press ; secondly , the Commons ; thirdly , the Lord 3 ; and fourthly , the Monarch . Of the social bodies , the dealers in fictitious money , and who thereby command our monetary system to a certain extent , be they Whigs or be they Tories , deserve the first notice . They also command the labour market , and have , both d : rectiy and indirectly , a powerful influence orer the actions of the millions in times of adversity as well & 3 in . times of prosperity . The j may be denominated the movement pressure of Whiggery from without ; while the priests of nearly all denominations , with the most wealthy of their 3 'xka , who see perfection in things as they are , may be fairly admitted to constitute the out-movement
btaff of the Tories . The electoral body , in itself , cannot be v « ry influential , as it is compelled to blow hot and cold ; mayhap , a majority of the Commons being the representatives of & minority of the electoral body ; and thus does the majority lose all preeminence in the House of Commons . As long as a struggle was carried on inside for popular rights , " oar hero" lost all distinctive character , and became a very docile force , moved by the press at will , for the support of some undefined principle , ard never could " the People" have appeared as a deduct politic-al party , bo long as they placed a blind reliance upon others to do for them what they must do for themselves .
Tee great force given to the non-electors during ; he two first years of Reform , when three hours of each day were set apart for debating their petitions , was the foundation-stone of that powerful temple which the people have been since engaged in erectirr . And however the wily Whigs succeeded , as hosts , in ill-treating the quests whom they had invited to their House , yet do we fearlessly assert that the seed -of democracy was for the first time well sown , and in proper ground , during the years 1333 and 1834 . Those petitions , which flocked in by thousands , taught the Government and
representatives that theTe was another and a more powerful party than their lessors of power . The Reform Bill taught them nothing : they were ignorant enongh to suppose tbat the whole excitement in favour of Whiggery was created by those who hoped to be enfranchised by the sweeping ' principle that taxation and representation should be co-extensive , while the fact was that Peterloo , the six acts , persecution of the unstamped press , and the long reign of Tory misrule , added to to the great promised change , had wrought the whole public mind up to a pitch of insanity against the old offender , Toryism .
In those days how easily were the populace wooed and won , aiid to what madness roused by a siDgle 1 ihaung speech in the House , or a single blaring
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article in a sevenpenny newspaper . Yes , they had an electrical effect ; and the fire of patriotism was Bare to communicate the sparks of its burning eloquence to stacks , farm buildings , and machinery , the supplanter of man ; and all of which the poor were taught , by the mild Reformers of the day , to look upon as their natural enemies . About this time , we say , the character of our " hero" was unformed ; but long service in the Whig camp , and a close observance of the duties performed by the press-gang , added to a succession of sore and vexatious disappointments , taught him wisdom from
experience ; and , passing over the last ten years of of his probation , we now introduce him as the commander-in-chief of all those sections , parties , and powers , to each and all of which be bent himsel | in succession in the days of yore . W « have witnessed , and aTe daily witnessing fresh instances of" the People's'' strength . Firstly , we find an appeal from tbe throne , under the captivating tide of relief , not only not thanklessly but ungraciously received , and answered in the language ef total indifference . Seoondly , we find all appeals to the passions of the People formerly commanding easy access to their hearts , their heads .
and their most violent actions , and now , redoubled by an increased and cheaper press , falling harmless at the feet of democracy . If the wisest man had been told some ten years since that the monarch , backed by three hundred of the old favourites of the People , a large majority of the press , the influence of masters holding command over life itself , the terrors of the law , the thunderiug eloquence of the dissent church and a portion of the law church , the horrors of the cold bastile as a last resource , and the delightful anticipations Of " PLENTY TO DO , HIGH PROFITS , GOOD Wages axd cheap bread ;"—the invitation to erect " barricades , " the requisition to ask for " bread or
blood ;"—the gallant recommendation to decapitate obnoxious ladies , and trail their lifeless heads through the gutter ; if , we say , the wisest man had been told that all such inducements would fail to produce sny other effect upon the people than % strong resolution and firm resolve to resist the impious temptation , and to placs reliance upon their own powers , put forth at their own proper time and in their own way , —the wisest man would have laughed and said , " 0 , the press is all-powerful , it will do it !"
Has not the press , then—heretofore the politics . ' firebrand of the nation—lost all power for evil I Has not the Monarch lost all power of persuasion } Have not the Commons lost all popular respect Have not the Lords been passed over in public consideration as a party not worth a thought ? Has not the Charcn lost its hold upon prejudice ? Have not the masters lost all controul over tho 69 whose
very lives are at their mercy 1 Have not the moneymongers in their assault upon labour , and the rights of the people fallen victims to their own in . fernal machinations ? And are not the Tories , through their leading organ and their most popular popularity-hunters , compelled to speak respectfully of the people , and seriously of alterations in the two great measures to which they , in common with the Whigs , gavo their undivided support !
The Poor Law Amendment Act , tho Times tells us , must be all but repealed , and its provisions and workings taKen away from the Commissioners and placed entirely in the hands of local boards , and outdoor relief extended to the pauper . Upon the other hand , Lord Ashley revives the factory agitation which has lain nearly dormant for some tirae , and rather significantly on ths approximation of Downing-street by his political friends , seeks prominency for a course of action which its advocates—ourselves especially—have hitherto sedulously regarded as sacred to benevolence , and disallied from party . However , we take them as " signs" from the Tories—a kind of bidding against the Whigs ; for this , however , there is no occasion , for tho people are now anti-Whig to a man , as they ever have been anti-Tory .
Upon the other hand , we find the Whig press making daily discoTeries that ihe very things for which the Chartists have been prosecuted are the very things for which they themselves now declare . For ten yeare they have had the means of doing these very things which they not only refused to do , but which they persecuted others for asking them submissively to do ; and , alas 1 oue short month of reflection on their tour to the other side of Downing-street , has taught them the jastice and propriety of adopting a completely new course . Ah ! these are the things which disgust the people , and teach them that pelf ,
not justice , is their object , and " expediency , " net " principle , " their means . How could it be otherwise ? Was any , the mo 3 t stupid , ignorant enough to suppose that men would see all the comforts of the few daily increased , and their comparatively ir : significant difficulties remored , while the grievances and wants of those who caused tke improvement and remored the difficulties , increased in the came ratio ! If the rich man can now make more of his time , and save his money by travelling as far in one hour as he was wont to travel in four , will not the poor man also begin to
look for a corresponding improvement for himself in the change ? If a man can now , by attending machinery , earn £ 200 a-year , instead of £ 20 by the old process , will he consent to work harder , and a greater number of honrs , for a less remuneration 1 and will he receive a 3 a boon that law which tells him that his child shall only devote the whole livelong day to eating , walking to and from slavery and slaving , while the master , by machinery , makes all the profit , and holds dominion over his very life ? Because he was fool enough to believe that a " free trade" in postage would have the effect of
lightening his burdens by some millions of pounds a-year , do his tyrants suppose that he will mnch longer consent to make good a million of a deficiency , although productive of an increase of aristocratic correspondence , and a reduction upon the postage of bankers , traders , and merchants 1 Are any fools enough to imagine that a people so educated as our people have been in the school of adversity , csn be again duped or led from the high road of Reform down the bye-ways of expediency ? No , no : and any scheme now tried to insure
a kind of sectional outside-support for the old foe , will fail to produce other sensation than that of scorn and contempt for a faction who woold give jost whai they cannot withhold , while they would much prefer the free exercise of their olden sway . The days of bit-by-bit Reform are gone , and the new light of Mr . O'Cosnell , who irow declares himself for Triennial Parliaments , Household Suffrage , and the Ballot , and tho glimmer of the Times and the Tories' will shine with equal dulness through the chinks of Chartism .
We ever have asked , ana ever shall ask , for an equal share in every improvement for the working classes ; and if a man can earn plenty for his wants in twenty minutes by macainery , insteadof working , as of old , twdve hours for the same amount , reason , justice , and prudence declare that he should not work more than twenty minutes , and also that every minute of after-work is an unjust competition against himself in his own labour market . Such ever has been , and such ever shall be , our demand for the people ; an equal advantage from all improvements , to that which other classes derive from those improvements , and which the people are certain to achieve if they only , by union , preserve their ascendancy .
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MR . O'CONNOR'S REPLY TO THE HON . AND REV . BAPTIST NOEL . We beg to claim the very best attention , of every workiDg man for the able the searching and conclusive reply of Mr . O'Cotraoa to Mr . Noel ' s" Plea for the Poor / ' which will be found in oar fifth and sixth pages . We regret that the people have not more organs for the circulation of sound doctrines , inasmuch as we feel convinced that nothing could long withstand the demands made on behalf of the working classes , if tho same facilities were afforded
for the publication of sound views as are presented to those who argue tbe people ' s cause for their own benfifc , or according to the prevailing political fashion of party or of the day . This is a document which all must retain as a book of reference . We need make no apology for a scarcity of leading articles this week , as the space could not be better occupied , or more pertinently to the times and all engrossing , topics of the day , than it has been by Mr . O'Coiraoa ' s letter .
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DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association of this place held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . Charles Freebatrn in tbe chair , who opened tho business of the meeting by stating its objects ; after which , a man , who was admitted by courtesy , and who said his name was Luke Kelly , "a Repeal Warden , " rose and insisted on his right to address the meeting ; and although he was told by tbe Chairman that none but members had a right to speak , yet he persevered in a most outrageous raanntr , using language which' would disgrace a blackguard . He said the meeting was composed of Orangemen , and that he would put it down , to effect which he called for a cheer for O'Connell . Mr . Patrick O'Connell ro 3 e , and said ho
was a Koman Catholic , a member of tho Irish Universal Suffrage Association , and also a Repealer . He saw nothing in the principles of tho People's Charter to which any Roman Catholic could object Mr . O'Connell ( the " Liberator , " as he waa called ) wrote the Charter ; and all Dan or any other person could say against hia ( Mr . P . O'Connell ' s ) opinions would not alter tUem . It ( said he ) we are wrong , we are the willing sacrifices of our own folly , and . are ¦ willing to be sacrificed at the shrine of our country , to which alone we are answerable for our conduct The speaker concluded a powerful speech , which would have done credit to the Liberator himself , amidst great cheering . Here the meeting was again disturbed by the " personal friends of Mr . O'Connell , " as they called themselves , a Mr .
Reynolds , a nailer , and one Tom Ainger , another nailer . Order being again restored , Mr . O'Higgias read a speech of his , published in Freeman ' s Journal of the 18 th of January , 1837 , which was a complete answer to the accusations of Ainger , and the others who joined him . Lnke Kelly and his party now became furious . Kelly jumped upon the form , and said they would put down the meeting ; that he ( Kelly ) -was tho friend of O'Connell , the Liberator , and that those who assembled in that room wore his enemies : that they were a Society paid and supported by the Tories . It was apparent that Luke Kelly and those who were with him thought to create a not , in which they were foiled by the cool , steady , and good temper of the meinbsrs , and by Mr . O'Higgins telling them tbat the house
was his , and if they would not conduct themselves la a peaceable and orderly manner , be would take means to compel them to do so . Kelly and his friends then declared that Mr . O'Connell and every member of hia family had pronounced a sentence upon Mr . O'Higgius eight years ago , declaring him a slanderer , and setting forth , as his and their reason , that be ( Mr . O'Higgins ) bad brought certain charges against a Mr . John Reynolds 'Which ho did not prove , and read a paper , which lie got from the Corn Exchange , to that effect . The ruffians were then ordered to leave the room , and were shewn out to the street-door : iu passing between the room in which the meeting was held and the dwelling-house , one of " Mr . O'Connell ' s friends' * to « k ft stone from his pocket , and broke a large square-of glass in a window . Soon after this , a party © f police arrived , tho serjeant ef whom naked for the owner of the house , declaring , at the door , that he bad no right to enter without permission . Mr .
O'Higgins invited the serjeant and his patty in , and , on being admitted , they said that four or five men had stated , at tbe Police-office , that there was a riotous and illegal meeting in that house ; and . in consequence of this information , he and his party felt it their duty to come there to preserve the peace , but that he had never seen a mure orderly or peaceable meeting in his life . Mr . O'Higgins explained the objects and rules of the Association , and handed the Serjeant and hia party each a copy ef the objects and rules . The police retired , declaring that the rioters were all outside and not in , and that they would prevent them from doing any mischief . Mr . Henry Clarke , Mr . John Dwyer , and Mr . James Howard were admitted members . Several notices for the admission of new members were given , and thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , highly delighted with the triumph they bad gained over the " personal friends of Mr . OConneU . "
LEICESTER . —Tho audience attendant on Mr . Cooper ' s political preaching in the Market-place , last Sunday night , was more numerous than ever . A resolution is now avowed te raise a commodious building wherein rational worship and instruction can be had twice a-d-iy , 011 the Sunday , and sufficient accommodation can be provided for all other meetings of working men throughout the week . Mr . Smart gave the first of a series of lectures on tho People ' s Charter , on Monday night , in the room , at All-Saints'Open ; and Mr . Cooper follows , next Monday night , with a familiar lecture on " Geology , and tbe advantages of a knowledge of science to working men . " Messrs . Smart and Cooper purpose lecturing oa politics and science alternately . Previous to tbe commencement of the lecture , a poetical address , writton by Mr . Smart , by way of invitation to our " caged lion , " was read and agreed to
by the meeting . A resolution was also passed to the effect , that a petition , for the "restoration of Frost , Williams , aud Jones , aud for passing tbe People ' s Chatter Into a law , should be , forth-with , put in course of signature , for Leicester ; and that drafts of similar petitions should be forwarded to the care of our frienda in Melton-Mowbray , Hinckley , Shilton , Countesthorpe , Wigston , Kibwortb , Thurmaston , and in short , all towns and villages in the county where it is possible to obtain names . It is intended tbat all these petitions shall be committed to the bravo aud patriotic F ^ argus , by deputation , when be honours the eye of the Midland" with a visit , after the expiry of the term of his incarceration . The next business of the committee will be to determine on the uianntr in which the people can best demonstrate their regard for their honoured champion , -when he conies amongst them .
SALFORD . —On Sunday last , Mr . Lrnney delivered a powerful and eloquent lecture in the Chartists ' -room . Mr . Linuey exposed the factory system and showed up the blessings of the New Poor Law in its true colours . On Monday evening , a members ' meeting was held for . the purpose of forming an , Election Committee , as it is intended to try what the middle classes are made of . This body intends to become the agents for the Northern Star , the week after tbe portraits are given . Mr . Campbell has handed over his subscribers , as he thinks the Association should have the benefit of the Star . The subscribers will be furnished with these papers , the week after the portraits are given , on Saturday mornings , as usual . Mr . Sumuer , East Marketstreet , near the Town-hall , Salford , will be appointed general agent : tbe subscribers will receive their papers there instead of at Mr . Campell ' s .
HALIFAX . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Charles Connor delivered an excellent lecture in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Halifax , on the subject of the Corn Laws . Mr . Connor invited discussion ; but although there were two Whig tools present , neither of them had anything to say . Tbe people listened patiently to Mr . Connor ' s long and able address , which he concluded by exhorting them to agitate for nothing less than the whole Charter . At the termination , cheers were given fur the Charter , for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for O'Connor , and thanks having been voted to the lecturer and the chairman , the meeting separated .
PRESTON . —Mr . Campbell lectured here on Tuesday night to a good audience . The Preston Chartists are re-organizing themselves , and are going on well . Our correspondent , in referring to Mr . Marsden , of Preston , says , " Although I was glad to meet a man of Mr . Marsden ' s sterling worth and integrity , yet was I sorry to meet him iu his present position . Is it just or right that a man whose honesty has been tested like his should be doomed to go into a factory , to be driven like a slave , as hundreds of thousands of our countrymen are ? " He suggests that the delegate meeting , which will take place in Blackburn , on Sunday the 7 th of September , should take steps to secure his valuable services as a lecturer for North Lancashire . FOLESHIUi . —Mr . George White lectured here to a numerous audience , on Saturday evening .
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GAINSBOROUGH . —On Friday , the 6 th inst , Mr . Skevington visited tbe town of Gainsborough , where he lectured on the principles of the People ' s Charter , and the state of the country , to an attentive audience , in the Iamb Inn Room . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer and Chairman . There is now an Association of about twenty friends , with every prospect of success . The County of Lincoln is mnch in need of a lecturer , which , if they had , great good would be effected . UNPUHT . —On Friday evening Mr . Vevera and Mr . Chaa Conner visited the village of Xiiodley , where , up to the present time , the principles of the Charter were but indifferently and lukewarmly spoken of . Mr . Vevera occupied the chair , and in a few brief remarks , introduced Mr . C . Connor , who , in his usual strain , explained the principles' of tha Charter . His lecture occupied more than an hour , and a favourable Impression was made for the Charter .
MELTHAM . —On Sunday , Mr . Connor visited Melthom , whete also he had a glorious meeting . Cf ) VBNTRY . —Mr . George White lectured here in his usual excellent Btyle on Friday evening last . The meeting was numerous ; several members were enrolled ; and at the olose the sum often shillings was esllected to defray expences . The cause prospers gloriously . MHBDf . —O'Connor and O'BaipN ' s Demonstration— -The men of Xeeda have-come to the determination of doing honour to the brave patriots , O'Connor and O'Brien , when liberated from prison ; they are acting with zeal and energy in preparing for the event The committee met in the room , Cbeapside , on
Taesday night , when wh » t monies had been collected were paid over to the treasurer . If every week follows up what was done on Tuesday , there is every promise that tbe demonstration in Leeds will outshine every other place . Let the men ot Leeda and the out-townships see to this , they can do it if they like . The committee came to the determ ination of holding a meeting weekly in the out-townships , taking them in rotation , and make a collection for thn demonstration fund . The first meeting will be held at the Swan with Two Necks , Woodliouso , on Wednesday night , te commence at eight o ' clock . The friends in Woodhouse are respectfully requested to make necessary awangememts ; as many of the committee as can make it convenient will attend . Mr . T . B . Smith is expected to be present
The Association held Its weekly meeting on Monday night , when many respectable persons were proposed aa members , after this was done , two friends addressed tbe meeting , and then a new council was elected for the ensuing three months . The thanks of the meeting were tendered to the late president for his active and efficient exertions during the time he has held office . After he had acknowledged the compliment , the meeting broke up highly pleased with the growing success of the Society . The men of Leeds have H now in t * eir power to m . \ ke the society a strong and influential body . Let every member prove by his conduct that he hks the cause at heart , by endeavouring upon all and every occasion , to spread the seeds of Chartism everywhere . Let them act as Town Missionaries .
O'Brien's Press Fund .--J . Ogden has receivod of Timothy Thatcher , contributed by the King George on Horseback Charter Association , 5 s . From che Charter Association meeting in Bethel Chapel , Burker ' s-gate , Nottingham , 5 s . Duffy , ihe Sick Chartist . —Received since our last for Mr , Duffy by Mr . Hick : — s . d . James Walker , Leeds 0 6 A Chartist , ditto 0 6 Ditto ditto 0 3 A few friends from Horsforth ... 6 7 Mr . Veveis , Dog Inn , Huddersfield 5 2 D . Weatherhead , Keighley ... 5 0 18 0 Duffy wa 3 out this morning for the first time , and , calling at our office , we were happy to see he appears to be recovering , although still very weak . His medical adviser writes as follows : — I certify that James Duffy is in a very delicate state of health , and I beg leave to recommend him to tho waters of Haxrogate . Charles H . Ronayne , M . D , August 12 th , 1841 . It is quite necessary that Duffy should attend to this advico , which we are sure the people will enable him to do by forwarding their assistanco as usual .
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Coventry . —A public meeting will be held at the ChartiBt meeting room , Park-street , on Friday evening , the 20 th instant . Ail lovers of freedom are invited . Edinburgh . —The delegate meeting about to be held in Edinburgh , is fixed for tho 23 rd of August . The subjecta to be brought beibro the meeting aretho better organization of the county ; to issue an address to the county , iu order to remove the prejudice that at present exists ; to bring out a monthly tract ; and to appoint a lecturer for the county . Lamberhead Gkeen , near Wigan . —Mr . William Dixon will lecture here on Sunday , August 15 th , at two o'clock , and in the Chartist Association R > om , Mill-gate , Wigan , at eight o ' clock in the evening .
Ttdisley Bank . —Mr . Dixon will deliver a teetotal lecture at half-past two o'clock , and a political lecturo at half past six , on Sunday , August 22 ud . Keiohley . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , will preach two sermons on Sunday next , towards a fand for defraying the expences of building him a new preaching place . Services will be in the afteruoou and evening , and collections made after each . New Leeds . —An adjourned meeting of the Chartists of this district will take place on Sunday next . Tho good men and true are particularly requested to attend .
NoTiiNfiHAM . —On Sunday , August 15 th , Mr . W D . Taylor will preach at Nottingham Forest , at two o ' clock , and again at six in the evening . —On Monday , he will lecture at Bedston ; Tuesday , at New Lenton ; Wednesday , at Radford ; and on Thursday , at Lamley . West Rainton . —On Sunday morning , August 15 th , at half-past ten , Mr . Williams will speak at West Raintou . Bishop Auckland . —On Sunday evening , August 15 th , Mr . Williams will speak on the Bait , at halfpast six ; and on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , lie will speak at West Auckland Green . Sondekland . —On Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , Mr . Binns will lecturo at the Lite-boat House .
Hkbden Bridge . —MryOBrook will attend as the Leeds delegate at Hebden Bridge , to-morrow ( Sunday ) , as announced injast week ' s Star . Derbtshirb . — Mr . Bairstow will lecture at the following places at seven o ' clock each evening : — At Loughborough , on Monday , August 16 ; Holbrook , on Tuesday , the 17 th ; Duffield , on Wednesday , the 18 th ; Ripley , on Thursday , the 19 th ; Alfroton , on Friday , the 20 th ; South Winfield , on Saturday , the 21 ; and will preach in Belper Market Place , on Friday evening at balf-past five o'clock . A collection will be made at the close of each lecture , to afford the friends of Chartism an opportunity of aiding the funds .
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IMPORTANT LETTER
The following important letter is from Samuel Wells , Esq ., Barrister and Common Councilman of London , on the Chartist elections , more especially the Sunderland eiection : — ' Fire-Office , 8 th August , 1841 . Dear Sir , —I am much obliged by your fetter , and shall be most happy to hear from Mr . J . Williams , in the meantime I send you some cases * which have been decided , and which appear to me , according to your statement , to beat strongly upon Mr . Binns ' s case . If you determine to petition , / will Jlnd one counsel gratuitously . Mr . Binns would , I Ihink , be relumed ; at any rate there would be another election-, But I think Air . Binns would be seated , la baste , Ycnrs most respectfully , Samuel Wfxls . Mr . Jos . Robinson .
P . S . I will also draw the petition . CIHEXCESTER CASE . * There being no regular demand of poll , he in whose favour the number of veices was first declared on the view , held duly eleeted . He who has the greatest number of voices on the view , elected ; unless a poll is demanded by his competitor . If no poll is demanded , election by tbe view sufficient 1 Whitelock , 393 . A meeting is intended to be held at Suuderland on Thursday evening to consider what steps should be taken in reference to this subject
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THE DROGHEDA ARGUS AND THE LOYAL DROGHEDA TRADES' ASSOCIATION , Versus PE ARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS . TJ THB EDITOR OF TIIE DROGHEDA ARGUS . Sir , —An Irish Chartist has just seut me a copy of the Argus of July 3 lst , containing " an address of the Loyal Dfogheda Trades Association to the working classes of Ireland , " aud to which address you have prefixed the following editorial frontispiece : —
" Chartism . —The Loyal Duogheda . Trades * Association . —Tbe Loyal DrogbeiJa Trades' Association , have put forth an address to the working classes iu Ireland , cautioning them against having anything to do with Chartism . The address chows up Chartism and its leaders in proper style . We wonder ¦ what ¦ will Feargua say for himself . How will he defend himself ana bis party from the allegations here set forth ?" Sir , this is an invitation , nay , a challenge to reply , and an implied promise of course , that my reply shall have piibLicatioa through the same channel that-contained the indictment . I accept the challenge , and rely upon your sense of justice for publication of toy answer . You 3 hall see my reply in the Northern Star of
Saturday the 2 let . 1 could not let you havo it this week , in consequence of the great length to which my answer to the Hon . and Rev . Baptist Noel ' s pamphlet ha 3 run . In the meantime , fcir , theallefations , as you properly call the grounds of appeal , eiiig very old and musty , will suffer no great damage by a further week ' s keeping . Sir , I care not however venomous , vicious , or fabricated the allegations contained in any indictment against myself and my party may be ; I will answer , and I undertake to say , manfully and satisfactorily refute them every one . However diffioalt it may be to defend an outlawed , beause a surplus , population , ( made such by man's artifice ) against the exuberance of Irish loyalty , which at present
swells the hearts and quickens the pulsation of the hyper-loyal Irish , yet do I fearlessly join issue with the Loyal Drogheda Trades Association ; and I venture to say they will soonreceive an injunction from head quarters to discontinue the controversy . Meantime , Sir , I assert for the present , as I undertaka to prove next week , that there is not a single sustainable count in the whole long column of accusation : not one : it is an awkward toss up from the cold and heartless and ignorant saying 3 of others , made up in a hurry for an immediate feed for tho poor Irish who are beginning to ask for their share of agitation , and among whom the Star has sown the clean seeds of righteousness .
Sir , I ask for discussion ; I will neither blink , balk , or evade anything ; and , therefore , I thank you tor you implied promise of opening to me your columns for all honourable and gentlemanly controversy . Sir , you shall have no hard names or scurriilous epithets from me ; my cause is sufficiently strong to rest upon its own merits . In conclusion , Sir , 1 shall thank you to insert this letter as an advertisement in your paper of the 21 st it will serve as my apology for not having soenar replied to the Lojal Tradesmen of Drogheda . You will please transmit your charge for advertising to Mr . John Ardill , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and
the amount shall be sent by return . Sir , as I am now about to engage myself in addressing six letters to Mr . O'Mailey , upon the question of a Repeal of the Union , and as of course the Loyal trades of Drogheda are ah Repealers , I take the liberty of asking you if you will publish my letters as advertisements , at £ 2 10 s . each , that is , £ 15 for the series Tfte Argus is taken at my office ; and , perhaps , you will havo the goodness to give your answer , with names at full length , in your notice to correspondents . The Star of the 21 st shall contain the address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades Association , at full length .
I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Fbarqus O'Connok . York Castle , 11 th of 16 th month of Solitary Confinement . [ Since the above came to band we have also received a long reply to the address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades Association , from the Chartist body of that town . It is an able and spirited document ; and it will be for Mr . O'Connor to decide whether or not it shall stand as a substitute in our next for his promised rejoinder . One thing is quite certain , however , that no man belonging to the Chartist rank has rendered more essential service to the cause than
the Whig invalided Peter Hoey , whose presence at Drogheda , however Mr . O'Connor may be made the object of attack , is the real casus belli of the Loyal Association of Trades ; and it must be flattering indeed to the recent inmate of Wakefield , to ihink that his humblo exertions in the cause for which he has so nobly suffered , reouirea the personal attendance of the " Liberator" himself to obviate theix effects . Yes , in truth , Monday wiil be a proud day for poor Peter Hooy , when he sees Mr . O'Connell dragged in triumph by an association of Shopocrats to neutralize by bJarney tho stJDgiDg truths propagated by an humble Irish sufferer in the cause of genuine liberty .
While upon this subject , we cannot avoid expressing our regret that Mr . O'Connor has not , aayet , received much more than £ 2 for the relief of the WhiK-made invalid . Surely , surely , some little Stir will now be made to support our Irish friend struggling for ours and his own country ' s liberty , aud bearding opposition in the very stronghold of faction . ]
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" The Chabtists HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES MORE ACCURATE CALCULATORS THAS TH £ MIDDLE CLASSES . WhZTBER THEIR KOsTRt'M WOCLD HAVE ME . VDED MATTERS IS SOT . VOW THE QUESTION ' , BUT THE RESULT HAS SHFWK THAT THEY WERE CORRECT IN THEIR OPINION—THAT IN THE PRESENT STATB OF THE REPRE-> vE-NTATJ 05 , IT WAS VAIN T 0 TH 15 K OF A REPEAL OP THE C 0 R 5 XONOPOLT . ******* Political power 15 THIS COTJNTRT , THOUGH IT RESIDES IN A COMPARATIVELY SMALL CLASS , CAN ONLY BE EXERClsrD BT THE SUFFERANCE OF THE MASSES . "Morning Chronicle ( organ of ihe Whig Ministers J , Fridoy , Juty 16 ih , 1841 .
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THE CONTESTED SEATS . We publish tha following directions for the mode of procedure respecting the " Contested Seats ;" by it will be seen that a petition must ba lodged within fourteen day 3 after the meeting of Parliament , and tbat it must be accompanied by securities ew teredinto by n > t more than'four persons for the sum of 41 , 000 to cover expences . This the Committee must look to , and no doubt the required securities of four persona worth £ 259 each , may be easily found . However , it is our duty to announce the fact , while it is the duty of the people to provide the means .
MODE OF PROCEDURE ON AN ELECTION PEfTTIOW , The petition must bo subscribed by some person or persons claiming therein to have had a right to vote—or to have had a right to be returned—or alleging himself to have been a candidate . The Petition must state with certainty the facts intended to bs relied on in evidence— -and th «^ title of petitioner to petition—the charge must be stated in the form of complaint , and not of mere recital ; the prayer must be specific . The petition must be presented within fourteen days of the sitting of the House .
Recognizances , muBt be entered into before the petition be presented , —the petitioners in £ 1000 , with not more than four sureties in a second £ 1000 ; there may be one , two , ¦ three , or four sureties , but nofc more . Tho conditions of the recognizances are for payment of costs which shall be adjudged payable by the petitioners , either to witnesses or the opponents of the Petition . No Petition will fee received unless at tha time it is presented , it shalr be endorsed by the Examiner of Recognizances , that the recognizances have been entered into and delivered to him with the necessary affidavits thereto annexed—the recognizances mar be entered into before the
Examiner or a Justice of the Peace , before whom each of the sureties must make an affidavit that ho is possessed of property of the clear value for which he shall ba bound by his recognizance , above what will pay his debts , aud such affidavits must be annexed thereto—the Member petitioned against , or the electors admitted to defend the return , may object to the sureties for insufficiency , improper description * &c . ; thote objections must be delivered in writing within ten days after tha petition is presented if the sureties reside in England , or fourteen if in Scotland or Ireland ; these objections are to be heard before the Examiner of Recognizances within five
days after they are delivered , who may examine witnesses on both sides , and whose determination ia final ; and he is then to report to the Speaker whether or no the sureties a " -e objectionable- : If a petitioner prefers it he may pay any part of the sum of £ 1 , 000 , ( not less than £ 250 , ) into the Bank of England instead of having sureties After the time for objecting to the sureties has elapsed , the Examiner of Reoognizancea 13 to make out a list of all Petitions on which he has reported that the sureties are unobjectionable , in the order iu whioh he shall have reported them ; the committee for trying the Petition is then formed .
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At a late meeting of the Dublin Repeal Association , Mr . O'Connell observed— " Conquest— conquest is the cry ! But let the Tories beware ! They shall walk over tfie dead bodies of Irishmen ere they shall subjugate the people , or destroy their flOTlTIllSKPl liberties ! " K 1 * A R All the Lawyers on the Welsh Circuit are s ~~ * r-. \ , . , starving . There has-, been little or nothing to do / v , M- \ j 4 ; I ^ ji * there in the way either of civil or criminal business ^ -V . vS *' , ^"" ^ iv * and at the Denbighshire Assizes there was only o » •''¦* ' y « - ' -l -j-i 'V \ j ? email case of rape ; but " what is'that-amongst ai / i ^^^ r ^ 11 ^ many "—lawyer ? . I / -A" \ 5 \ - ; * -l > fc £ ! fe HJWVdS ^ E
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X ^ 7 / TO THE EDIT 6 B OP TUB NORTHERN sr ^ pr " SIR , —In reply to a resolution In the Starot Saturday lost , Baying , that Mr . Spun ought to have been called to the sittings of the Executive in preference to Mr . Philp , allow me to state that Mr . ThickfU , one of the sub-Secretaries , wrote to me informing mo , that Mr . Spurr , at a meeting in Clerkenwell , gave in his card of membership , and moreover , Mr . Sporr is not 009 of the General Cooneil . ao that we acted perfectlgr correct in sending for Mr . Spnrr . Mf letters to Messrs . TuicMU , Watts , and Sparr , with their answers ; ate ready for publication any moment the public require them . John Campbell , Secretory .
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; VOL . IV . NO . 196 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1841 . """^ S , "' ™ , ^™ ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct392/page/1/
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