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LABOURERS' LIBRAE ? , ¦ ¦ CONTAINING THE REMEDY for National \ J Poverty and Impending National Ruin ; or the only safe way of Repealing the Corn Laws , by enabling each . Working Family in Britain to produce a "CHEAP LOAF" and * . "BIG LOAF " for themselves at Home I By F . O'CONNOR , Esq , Uarrister-at-Law , and Prisoner for Libel in York Castle . Addressed to the Landlords of Ireland . Also , now on Sale , ft Comolete LIST OP THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS , For a Penny ! Give Orders for " Labourers' Library" immediately . Printed and Published by Joshua Koeson , No , 5 , Market Street , Leeds : and by A . Heywuod , Manchester ; aud J . Cleave . London .
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M'Douall's Chartist and Republican Journai , WILL Bg CONTINUED , AFTER THIS DATE , DNDEB THE TITLE OF M'DOUALL'S CHARTIST JOURNAL AND TRADES' ADVOCATE . rpHE Leading Article will explain the reason -L for Changing the Name . The Factory System will be continued in the Journal ; likewise the New Poor Laws and the Rural Police Questions v , ill be immediately considered . There will bean
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IN THE PRESS , And will be Published on Saturday , August 28 / A , A PAMPHLET on the CORN LAWS , in which JA . will be found Statistical Tables from the most approved Authors , and from Parliamentary Documents , on the Prices of Food ; on Wages ; the Currency ; Exports ; Imports ; the Land and its resources ; the increase of Trade and Machinery ; clearly proving that the Repeal of tho Corn Laws will be of no real benefit to the Producer , without other accompanying Measures : and thus forming a useful Manual to the Chartists in meeting the eophii * tioations of the Corn Law Repealers . By John Campbeli , Secretary to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . May be had of Cleave , Shoe Lane , London ; of Heywood , Manchester : Hobson , Star Office , Leeds ; Guest , Birmingham ; Paten and Lave , Glasgow ; and at all the Chartist Association Room in the United Kingdom .
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HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA , HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA , HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA , having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED severe ! DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDPNDS , which ( though they are NO LOTTERIES ) offor many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES , HEINE BROTHERS , at HAMBURGH and atLUBECK . are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBUTIONS . Persons desirous to Purchase for the next Distributions may receive , PREVIOUS to giving any orders , the PROSPECTUS and PARTICULARS , upon addressing a line to
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Mary Smith , the w . i ' o of Joseph Smith , of Sheffield * was safely delivered ct' a daughter , on the 24 th July , vfho has since be on dtiiy registered Elizabeth Feargus O'Connor Smith . ' . Last week , the infant ? on of George and Rebecca Finch , of New Basford , near Nottingham , was duly registered Wallace Feargus O'Connor Finch . On Sunday last , at' the Roman Catholic Chapel , Nottingham , by the Rov . R . W . Willson , the infant son of Charles and Ann Roberts was christened John Frost Roberts . Feargus Bluudeii . ton of Joseph and Ann Blundell , shoemaker , was duly registered and baptised in St . John ' s Catholic Chapel , Wigau , by the Rev . Mr . Ivloran .
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MARKIAGES . On Monday last , at Si . John ' s Church , in this town , Mr . William Richardson , shoemaker , to Miss Elizabeth Lord , both of Leeds . On Monday last , at the parish church , Loughborough , by the Rev . Mr . place , Mr . Bairstow , Chartist Lecturer , to Isabella , daughter of Mr . James Harris , of that town . On Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., at Salem Chapel , Otley , Mr . Rogers , of Farnley , to Miss Houldiig , of Otley . Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , by the Venerabld Archdeacon Mupgrave , D . D ., Jeremiah Stansfield , son of the late Jeremiah Rawson , Esq ., of Green Royd , to Sarah , youngest daughter of the late Samuel Stead , Esq ., of Halifax , solicitor . On Monday last , at Driffield , Mr . Jeremiah Lamplugh , saddler , to Miss Miriam Watson , dressmaker , both ef Driffield .
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On Saturday morning last , at her house in Tower Place , after a long and severe affliction , aged 63 , Elizabeth , relict of the late Mr . Richard Sherwood , hosier , kc . s High Oosegate , York .
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iBBjiTtni . —In Mr . 0 " Conner s letter to the Rev . Baptist Noel , for 200 J 6 j . of flour will bake into SS 5 ibs . of bread , " read 280 lbs . of flow tnll bake into d 65 ! bs of bread . £ p . — -J / ttrf have been axnare that ten page * of closely written doubU-poot manu&rrtpi , tcnich wauid make more than four columns of printed nailer , is a demand upon a weekly newspaper ahich cannot be honoured . J 3 JSHMB 5 ts Maschestkk . —Mr . O'Connor has remitted a past-office order for 10 s . for the use of the poor Irishmen whose address to him appeared in our last .
jls . M'Docui . —Mr , Ardili hat seen Mr . O'Connor respecting the letter of Mr . APDouall , and Mr . O'Connor has given orders tJiat his . teish be complied xcith . &s E 5 GI 55 EB op Bath . —If he trill fold up his Siars lengthways , in one parcel , leaving the ends exposed , and direct them to Mr . Bernard M Ozrtney , 13 , Cross-hall-street , Liverpool , they v- ' iQ be duly received , and devoted to the cause . Thb Add&ess of ihe Rotherham Secretary is : Mr . Wm . Lakeland , True Briton Yard , Westgate , fotherham . SAJtrat Goat , Nobwich . —We have no remembrance
ofibe dialogue to tchich he alludes . ExBAlciL—The name of WalAngham Martin was appended ( 0 a letter in our last by mistake : it shftdd have been William Martin . Eobek SxrrciATFB , Halifax—We have before stat % dthat ire had not space for the insertion of theypv&h to which he has directed our attention . " = ^ ^ Geosge Powkll ^ Beadfobd , Wilts . —We have no means of answering the queries he has put to us as to his French trip . T C \\ T ¦ TW 11 i ^ T % H I I U' tt nmm ** A . 77
0 . w . n AiJonuniiii "c iu c J (*»• > J . B . Tn of Stockpert , can hate no difficulty in find- ¦ ing Dr . M Douali in Manchester . We do not ; know the exact address of the Doctor ' s residence , i but any letter addressed for him to the care cf \ Mr . Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow , ] Manchester , would find him . \ Wisgate Chxktists . — We advise them to apply j their funds in accordance zeith tchat they state i to be their own general opinion . " j J . "Waxkcts . —Sis letter was duly received , but cannot appear . There is no need for the caution he rias observed this week . No one about our j office would be mean enough to intercept a communication . His suipicions are groundless . \ A Woolwich Cj-DXT received—reserved for anszcer '< neil week . ' ¦ Db . M'DotAii received—reserved for answer neit | veek . \
J . Matthias , Bermondsey . — Will see nest week . jtis , Sahthl . Hbaxxy , care of Mr . Lundy , ironmonger , Mytongate , Hull , the Secretary to the Jltui Association , ¦ wishes to be made acquainted tritA the addres * of each secretary in the East Riding , that he may communicate with them on business of importance . Jos eph Pelusg , Londos . —We most likely condensed the report he alludes to because we had no > space for the vchole of it . Piteb Hoet—On Saturday last , the llth instant , Mr . O'Connor enclosed half of a £ 5 note , Xo
730 , of the firm of Scott and Co . York , to Mr . Hoey , addressed as requested in Mr . Hoey ' s last leller : as he is now in Dublin , we fear the letter met / bs mislaid , and therefore tcish ? i [ r . Hoey to enquire after it . Bichaed Spt-rh . —His letter reached us on Thursday morning . We had not iime even to read it through , A Letteb , bearing the Westbury post mark , has been received , conveying information respecting the " Warminster Libel / 1 Will the writer comvumitaie his addrtssJ
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A . Lowest . —Do not know . FOB TW"E "WIVES JOT T-iStrLIES OT TECS EfCUJRCERATKD CHARTISTS . £ . B . & Jrom Kensington , Hammersmith , and Chelsea 0 13 0 _ Westminster , per W . Wh&ley ... 050 CHA 2 TI 5 T COyTZSTET ) SEATS . Plan OltLham -- * ° .. the Chartist Association , Ha-srick ... 0 10 0 ^ Jairgrisves squad of masons and labourers , Dewartown 0 8 0 FOR MKS . FSOST . Prom 12 . TiHrbeU , Xondea ... 0 0 6 JOB PHXSS FO 2 J . E . O"BBJ £ >\ TromJ . W 0 0 3
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BILSTON . —At & meeting , held on Monday last the following resolution w& 3 unanimously carrfed : — " Tkat the uamks of tiiia meeiing be giTen vo lylr . Candy , for his zealous labours as a lecturer in this district . " LQT 7 GRBCROT 76 H . —On Monday evening , at a meeting in tie Market-place , Mr . Smart , of Leicest-er , delivered an excellent address , on the present state of ; ie country and of Chariism ; after which an vidress was adopted , to be presented to the Conference of Ministers at Manchester . BATH . —A highly respectable meeting of the middlo xnd VFCiiing classes took place last Tuesday erenicg , in the larre room , Kingsaiead Square , for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . Henry "Vincent , on the present position of affairs , and in defence of the
jTiprpia of trh 5 ch he is the -well-tnown adrocate . At edit o ' clock Mr . Vincent , Mi . Aldeman Crisp , acd Hi . OliTer , Temperance Lecturer , entered t ± ie room , sad -were receiTed Trttii lend ciieers . Mr . Alderman Crif ? -s-as usanhEouslj- called to the chair , and intiobxei Mr . Vincent , who at some Ifsgth proceeded to shrw the causes that led to the defeat of the "Whigs K the late election . He said that four years ago the CiartiJts hid cl&arly pointed out that , unless the TViigs took tceir staEd -srith the people , another election ¦ weald be their total ruin . He ridiculed the notion of Conserratian haTicg triniaphe < i ) and il'ustrated several prc'positioiis to shrw that the democratic p-icdple Si > criihei ] is Timorously as erer . He proceedea to
esplaja . the p-riad ples on -which Goremment ought to be founded , and to shetr the end it ought to hare in Tiew is the happiness of the goTSTLei He had been F ^ secuted for asserting that onr Government did not enst fc-r the berefit of the goTeroed . >' ear 3 y tws years of ccrreetkcal iirprlsoEnjent hai been inflicted upon him , "bat he no" » fjt it to be his duty to declare , before a more intellisent Jury , that the British system of GcTscnifc ^ t existed on 2 j to uphold the power and irezl-b . cf the few , and to ens ' sT * and d ^ rrade ^ the Rasj . L .-ud cheers- 3 ir . Vincent precitded to show that the faii Erasure of justi-e c-cmtaiiied in the People ' s Chany c : n ] d be as easiiy obtained as the smaUesi Oiranic chaiurs . Be shewed that th = &Tistoerrs . er sroald
utTgr pern to the popular will unl- es c lapelled by a ^ rorg a ni : j of -nrti ? , intelligenc ? , and courage . Mr . Vincent ' s address was of grea : length , and at its ecaelasion 3 Tote of th ^ -nVs 1 ^^ giTtn to him and to the Cfeirmm . BROliXSGHOTrS . —Mr . G ~ cr ? e "VThite addressed f » 0 Ei = ttir-s at this p ^ aee on Tt ^ Tsizj and FrlCav « s ; c-3 Izursfe j in the Ckircist-room . and en FAds . ? tvn ^ z -: tie iiartet pjace . Mr . X ' attLew Hsyle * c * -s-i a chairm-n en both occarions . At the con-^ zsion of hi s address in the M artet-pls ce . Mr . "White z&agea zny TTti g or Tory to come forward , and * jste iLi' j c-r . jeciiuss , bat none appeared , although fcTaai of ttism -were grcmHing on tie cutstirts cf ^ - ^ Ktizg . Three hearty cheers -were then ciTen for « White , after which the metting ^ pirated . The ^ EJiitre of this town are in a mes t wre tched co--ct 2 ' ' ., chfidrtn ef nine vr ten years of age i-ein ? ^ nipsUfe-i to thump at the nail blocfc , in orJ ? r to jsast ± rir mothers , . . wha also work at nail maiine
-j wr ^ curr ioc-d for tie rest of tee miserable family . ^ Giund txa Paett i > D Ball . —The tickets for £ * iia t-arty and hail , to take p .= ce at Lawrence-street ^~ J-d , m honour of the Executive , hare been place I « w& hap ^ s c . f Tarious indiTidnals for distribution ; -57 n ^ T be i ^ d Of j Ir _ Q . aestj -jjj ^ -j astnt . Steelh ^ e ^; iir . Taylor , e 6 ts agest , S . m ; l : br&o ) :-. ? trtet , or 1 ^ : aci&e ? of the CduscU of the National Chnr -r ¦^
--c . i'jc . n . T ^^ . S . —O-C 0 . V > -OE AND 0-BaiES ' S DEMOS 5 THA . ^ . " / . * :. . - c-iEi : jinee mi on Tuesday night , vh-. n n s-t ^ T ^ 7 f ei "" " - ' ^ er there should be a dinner or ^ X ^ j , " " vr ^ ° were for th « totree argued that J ^*^ & L . en , with their farailics , c ^ ul-d not get to the iMr ? ' " £ CC : illI - t cf its grwter expence ; but that if tirr , ' ^ l ''' " ^ ' -hoat hiif the price of a di / iner , ™ o . t-r ,- cf a LunBy wcali go , which would cause ^ If ^ -f ^ to be T = ry mcth increased . After a long t ^ Z , 5 ' 1 ras e ^^ ' -d — ** » soiree should take ^* 0 ' ZyixV'ls prt-Ccfiica te £ ot up to escort the PcbfS » iE * " ° ~^~~ : yTr : a - ^ committee was ap-Sr ^ ; ° , f ? I-tr intend the gKt ' ng up of fiags and ; " * C * . " ' ; ^ occasion . The mtt tin g for tti : week S . ^ 4 ^ ^ J * t * et <) ' - school-room , Euntlet , on 'Uiro ' c o ^ r " * t ki : e 2 ilh ^ lsUint ' ^ czn ^ zce at
^ t ^^ T - ^ - O 3 SIE 5- S DEH 0 SSIKAT 10 N . —A fiionTffT on ^* iBe * day night in the Lsdze - fcrS— % &waa " ** a T ^ o X « ks , Woodhsuse , in ei ^ " ^^ i iL : s obi « ti Mr . Brook was caiicd to the 1 . " ^;^ " . f ^ J i » trodnc * d Mr . Gardner , Mr . S , t 3 . ~^ ^ d ilr . I . B . Smith , to the meeting . j ; ¦ : a ^^ Lt ^*^ ^ " ^ & **' ¦ f ^' -ifacuon : at its cor elusion : -= dun ^ ic mad 6 for tbtf i ^ moj ^^ rjon Fand >
sutLC'i . tics for a speciiio pubiic purpose . Jlr . Mauue said he really could not interfere in the mn ' . ier . ils . Jones aad his friends must apply to ihe llijor aad Boroughreere for perffiission to , imtr the Hall . Mr . Jones said ihat kid already j been granted ; and he , as a minister , was kept out by £ n ; rrc £ puusible seli-eleeted body , to Trhom lie Jiad g . Ten no PyTV ^ r . He oa > - li t to have been prebcCx aticeiocr
« r * a « dT" -H 0 DG 3 y n 3 5 ht aanrmore persons were t ^ **?**»*¦ ILe HoBKfcol d Suffrare A ^ c * Hbi ^ " ^ a T € ? y lov ehb - for ^ 5 " « : fce * iV ; ,., 7 " r *^ e persons trbo have entered the & : " ^ " ^ r ^^^ n were member * of the " Fox ia , i di ' , T- ^ . - "R " eEtii £ e gave an ^ idress whic' - Br > i r ^ cannQtraKe ^ uity . At its concinsiy- ' , 31 .-Br . - i " . af . a reP ?« cf the dtlca . ' . c meetir . y at Hc ^ - : ffi ^ Urs ^ t » CeCiE ^ g aTs crtat satisfytios . The C&bg' . i ~ T * v- ^ c-en si : i ed to hare a crand deaionEtra-** a& a .-i- "'^ 0 TeTafcir ' ^^^ L ? & ( 5 £ TiU occe m , rc .. i
. e . en ot ait tua ( Joumuutes appointed j Dy ^ Ise C-j&feiencc . Mr . Maude again repeated i t . iat he could iiut iiiicriere , tvhen Messrs Jones , Backajian , aud Ca .. pbcil said that immediately ; ou l&iTm ^ tlie court they would agaia present theiu .-eiTcs ior acir . ' . isior :, atA it' refused , sunimon , il-. i ps . r ; y Jvr unlawful obstruction . He also a = ke « i ( Mr . . Yl-iude ; f lit ccuid suajmu ^ s Mr . George Tj : rv ^ j , ih- j secruury , ^ o i :. ^ acd tho advues ^ , i ;^ r hi ^ ex ^ aic :-. 2 ur . 3 Jiu-Je replied that he could j i . oi answer ; he question . Ii . c pjjties then qui . ted ; ihe court , which ' . t ^ s de : tf « iy cro wded . They pro-1 ceeded rjascdiaielj : o the hali , aiid oeing obstructed ) i icok the ftaniei of ihs pvrcpjie Trip did , sp , ; and
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CLERICAL ANTI-CORN LAW CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER . This " palaver" commenced on Tuesday last , and was numerously attended by dissenting preachers from all parts of the kingdom . Perhaps one reason for this may be found in the fact that " tree quarters " were provided for them , the class being notoriously fond of snen proofs of affectionate regard in return for their disinterested labours for the pHbJic weal . We shail not trouble our readers with any account of the &aying 3 inside of the Town Hall , further than to indicate their nature and the fitness of the assemWy by two facts . First , that the first forenoon was occupied in discussing , in a very noisy manner , whether they should pray to God or not , and if so , who should do so ; being unable to decide upon the latt « r point , they resolred not to pray at all ! Of course the Deity did not hear this discussion , and will not , therefore , be offended at the neglect of his professed servants .
This is one specimen of the manner in -which the Conference occupied its time . The second is . that notwithstanding the array of men with D . D ., M . A ., F . R . S ., fcc , appended to their names , bo little were they conversant with the subject they had met to consider and pronounce as opinion upon , that Mr . Cobden , . a layman , was called upon to address a long speech to these learned and reverend agitators , in order that they might not be altogether in the dark as to its nature and bearings . There can be no donbt that the " League" relied upon this Conference as a means of enlisting the religious prejudices of the masses in their favour ; and thus securing , by a side-wind , what they have hitherto , been unable to get by fair meansnamely , popular support . In this object , however , they have been signally foiled by the very uawieldy and unmanageable nature of the materials they
. ! called together . So far from producing the convioi tion , or even the semblance , that they are thus supi ported , the facts we are about to narrate hare proved j that the ministers themselves have no sympathy with / the masses , are nawilling to meet them , and that the League" are afraid of fair and open deliberation - on the question . I Tbe " address" calling the meeting was addressed to " the ministers of ALL religions denominations j throughout the Unhed Kingdom ; " and they were ! " earnestly invited to zfree and friendly conference i on the subject of the laws which restrict the supply ; of food to the people of this country , and the principles on which such laws are based . " They were I urged " for a while to lay aside their sectarian and \ partisan differences , and on the hallowed ground of i Christian charity to assemble for the purpose of ¦ bettering the condition of fami-hmg multitudes . "
They were called upon " as friends of humanity to ' plead the cause of the poor , " " as expounders and de' fenders of the laws of immutable justice , " and " as ' patriots burning with a loye of country to make an effort to put away the occasions of disaffection and ! animosity , and to restore peace and harmony among , a now distracted people . Suca were the promises ; —now for the performance . [ On Tuesday morning , a number of preachers de-; legated from Christian Chartist Churches , and from : congregations of Rational Religionists , sent in their claims of admission to the Committee . Among these were the Revs . John Duncan , of Edinburgh , Wm . Thomason , Vale of Leven , Arthur O'Neil . Birmingham , W . Jackson , Manchester , — Alderson , ' Bradford , ChristiaJi Chartist minisiers ; and the i Rev 3 . Lloyd Jones , London ; Robert Buchanan , Manchester ; and Alexander Campbell , S : ockport , ministers of the Rational Religionists .
The Committee appointed to issue tickets of admission and billets to the Ministers attending the Conference , referred the credentials of the ministers above named to a self-elected committee , which they were informed would meet in the afternoon at three o ' clock to determine on their eligibility . This committee accordingly assembled and sat with closed doors—they called for no witnesses on thf parts of those whose claims they were adjudicating uponthey did noi even permit them to be present to offer any explanations or arguments on their own behalf , bar guided by their prejudices and bigotry alone , they came to resolutions which ba ' d the effect of excluding from the Conference ,
the waole of the parties we have enumerated . So much for clerical notions of justice and fair play ) After this , talk of inquisitions ; abuse the Ecclesiastical Courts , if you can , svreet liberal enlightened Dissenters ! The Revds . F . Beardsall and M'Kerrow were appointed by this irresponsible acd inquisitorial committee to convey their decision to the applicants . Previous to their reading it , Mr . Jones on the part of himself anci friends , denied the power of the committee to sit in judgment upon ais claims , and protested asatns . the validity of their decision , whatever it was . If adverse , he should test their power to exclude him by walking into ihe room without any ticket , in . order to bring the question before a
ma ^] sir £ ie . The "Kev . Gentlemen seemed considerably taktn aback at this declaration , and both of them explained that in reading the resolutions to which the coinmittea had come , they were not to be supposed to be giving utterance to their personal sentiments , but merely acting as the servants of ihe committee . After some further conversation , Messrs . Jones , Buchanan , and Campbell , waiked up stairs to the door of the Town-iaii s . t apart for the entrance of minister ? . The doorkeeper requested their tickets , bu : they push ' ed quietly past him and eff = cted an entrance , althcuga from the crowded itaie of the place , and the nature of the arrangements they were still ouUideofihe a ^ inbly . Tbe Rev , — Iviassie . one oi the&tcre : arie =, imu-jdiaiely ordered
them to retire . Mr . Joijes nui-Jly refused , and Eaid he had come there k » try ~ h ' : s risfi :, and siiould not leave untii requested to de to by a constable . Mr . Massie emerged from the doorway in a high slate of excitement , vovrina that he weald " ^ ive them into custody , whoever they were . ' Mr . Cooden appeared oh the stairs , evidently labouring under great excitement , and fully aware that ibis bold and decided stroke , togt-rher with the wild and injudicious course of h . s clencal allies -weie putting the fiairhing stroke to his anticipations of innnetice from the meeting . Alter considerable delay , during which the most earnest entreaties were made to the gentlemen nainid , that they would withdraw quietly , two of
the polic-e mdde their appearance under the command of the in . spiet . or of iuisa-. ces ; and Messrs . Joces , Buchanan , and CaapbLii were formally j ; iveninio charge by Mr . M ^ sie . Tho whole party then proceeded into the Towa Halt Police-office , v . htre ihe chax ^ j vras received by Mr , Sawley , tmd La . il entered for the appearance of the prisoners at tLe Coar : House on the following day . On leaving the o £ 3 ee , which they ditf in coinpauy with a lar ^ e number of frier is in proetr ^ ie ; i , the imraeUi-2 ciowd in Iro ^ t of the Hull seciatd to manifes : ih . e utmost interest and sympathy in the affair , and the excitement increased as they passed ' . Lvonga' lbs sire . is Co the Hall of Science ,
Camp-On the following day , ( Wednesday , ) the case was heard before l )? . niel Maude , E-q ., the sitting acgis : rate . - Mr . Jones had supceaned the Chairman and Secretary of the Conference , to give evutuce , as to the authority by which the doors of a public Conference were closed against him-j Mr . Ma ^ .-: e being svrorn briefly stated ihe charge j 3 g 2 . inil the prisoner * . Mr . . Maucie ? aid that they would see it vras improper for ititm to force ai ' entrance into the Hall , "without an invitation from the Committee . They might a 3 well do i so into the private house cf one opposed to their i dc-ii- 'i . " » o . Mr . Junes said that was the very poin : I he ¦ svirhed to ascertain , whether this was a private i or pub : ic m : eiiEg . The facts were simply these : j ' * A >' a ! k'ii £ . i Conference ot Ministers of all Reii- ! gious iJ ^ oniiiiaiioiii" was called in Mancb . es-1 t-. r . ^ He was the legally sworn Minister of a legally licensed eon ^ rd jiation of religionists ;! ar . d he wfaLed to know if , after the Mayor and ; Borou ^ krtcTe of Manchester hs . 4 granted the use of j ; he Hall to " the ministers of all denominations , ' j a .-tii-eltcied Conimitiee could step in and exercise a power uf ielection with rer-pect to those ministers j v » Lo _ c 2 me zi great expense of time and money to [ aviii tLtmseives of liie privilege granted by t ' aeiS >
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DAN AT DR 0 GHEDAJ As we intimated in our last week ' s paper , Dan has beea obliged to go to Drogheda , to counteract the effects of Mr . Peter Hoey's sojourn there for a few weeks I He is sorely galled ! and , as all galled jades do , he wi . vces . From the Dublin Monitor of Tuesday we take the following . See his notice of Peter Hoey , and his doings . Mark how he calls upon the Irish not to listen to him ! Ah ! right well does he know , that if ouce the Irish po . r can be got to Ihtcn to their brethren , the English poor , there is an eaci at once to humbug and " rint ! " Mark , too , what he says about circulating the Xorthern Star in Ireland ! l ) o tho English poor want anything more to tell them it is their duty to send their Stars among their brethren ? Surely not ! with them then , we leave it .
After a good deal of ' blarney" respecting Household Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , and the "honest Ballot , " Dan says" Why do 1 say these things to you , but because a set of knaves are trying to delude j \ . u on this subject ? I allude to Feargus O'Connor and the Chartists ; and I understand there is a fellow , named Peter Hoey , who r-.-sidos at Paddy MuTphy ' s , in Windmill Lane—( laughter ;— -n-ho is one of that party . ( Groans . ) But while you avoid him do norhing to him . " A Voice—TVe will send him back to Feargus . i Lauxhter . i
" Mr . OConnell—Oh , no , do not do that . ( Laughter . ) P . iss him by with contempt , but do him no injury . ¦ ¦ Hear , hear . ) But at the same time let him do no injury . Feargus O'Connor has got a newspaper for praising himself , btcause no otter psrson will praise Lim : if he does cot abuse me much in it , it is because he found enough of persons to abuse nvj without his doing so . There is not an Orangeman in the l " . ni or z T « ry in Ireland , or any person of th . it I arty , from the Marquis of Djwnshire down to Feargus O'Connor , that doe ? not abuse me . ( Groans . ) I appeal to the people of Droghcda , is it a recommendation to their , that the foul-mouthed blackguards are in the habit of abasing me ? i ~ So , hcm I have spent forty years of ray life in strolling for £ eland , and I am , thank God , sun net so oia but that I should work twenty years : uore ?>¦* OM Ireianri . 'Tremendous chewing . ) Is it not a suspicions circumstance that there is not a single
Orangeman in Drogheda that does not agrte with Hoey i ; j a' -utiijg me—not a miscreant of the old corporation —the poor half-fed rats—that will not join him in his abuse of me . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) Not one of those fellows that will not agree with Hr >? y in abusing me . iHear . ) I ask , is the man honest in Droghfctla that will listen to a scoundrel q £ that kind abusing me . and circulating Feargus O'Connor ' s newspapers . iGries of no . ) I am as little afraid of death as any person ; bat I wish to tell you that wheu I went to i ^ eds to attend the meeting there , Fuargus O'Connor wrote a letter in his paper urging the Chartists of England to assassinate me . ( Tremendous gToaning . ) All I ask you is to let the people know that fact The Chartists in England are joining the Socialists ; they are called there nothing bnt ¥ eargnsites , and if you ^ ranted to hu-re your blood soM for blood-money , the Chartists are the persons that would do it . ( Hear . )
We shall have something to say afterwards to Master Dan respecting the " urging to assassinate . " For the ' prc-HC-nt wo let ihe He staud just as it fell from Dan ' s ugly momh .
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| Peeilous Ady £ . mi-ke . —As a party of about twelve young people frcia South Petherton were la-st week on a tour ol" pleasure to Bridgewater , Bristol , Bath , Clifton , < 5 cc , on reaching the summit of the cliffs at the latter place , two young men of the number , Jacob Hodges and Benjamin Hebditch , ventured in the suspended basket which swings beneath a bar of iroD , about 700 feet in length , at the altitude of about 252 feet above the surface of the water , a situation , in case of accident , which bids defiance to earthly helps and sounds . Our bold adventurers had proceeded about two-thirds the distance across the river , when the life-rope , the only meaus by which they could regain the starting point , suddenly
snapped asunder , and coued itself , unfortunately , around the rigging of a steamer that waa immediately passing beneath . For some moments the vessel drew the basket in its downward course , many feet out of its vertical position , when it loosened its hold from the ship and was hurled to and fro over tiie centre of the river , and produced a panic not to be described in the feelings of those who . stood on tho cliffs witnessing the alarming situation of their feliows . A kind Providence , however , prevented their destruction by means of the opposite rope , which , by great dexterity , was caught before failing from the cliff . Human strength was speedily called into full exercise , and they were eventually drawn back safe to laad . —Cheltenham Journal ,
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIB , —I send you the enclosed letter for Insertion , that tbe country may see what sincere democrats there ore in Salisbury . Mr . Wilkinson is a noble fellow ; but the letter will speak for itself better than yours , truly , » , > = « d , ¥ fJBIil ) een . Secretary . Markefcrtreet , Silisbary , "Council Room , August 9 tb , 1841 . " Dear Campbbli ., —At the mating of the Salisbury Council and members of the National Charter Association of . Great Britain and Ireland , Mr . Welch in the chair ; agreed that the fourth put of our months' subscription should be sent to the General Treasurer , after which the address from the Executive was read , and a subscription immediately entered into towards
raising the £ 100 recratred by the Executive to carry out their plan , and although our number of members are but twenty-one in the whole , tnat is , fourteen men , foul women , and three children , there was present seven members and four friends to the cause , from whom was collected seventeen Shillings , and it was agreed that twenty shillings should be sent to tbe General Treasurer , and to get the other three shillings from the absent members , or friends , at all hazards . Our little band of democrats was determined to set an example which they trust will be followed by every council throughout the Queendom . If each and every council or sab-Secretary will collect twonty-shttlings for every twenty-one members , I am persuaded the Executive will have sufficient means to carry the Charter .
"My dear Sir , should it be supposed that our council consist of men in the middle class of life , I would rectify that error by stating that we are all working men , and some of us not half employed , but those of us that are a little better situated , make ' up , when money is called for , for our more humble brethren . I have therefore sent a post-office order to Mr . Hey wood , for the sum of £ 1 3 s . lid ., that Is , 2 s . 7 d . being the fourth part of the last months' subscription and donations , and Is . 4 d . for six plain cards , and the postage , and twenty shillings towards the £ 100 required by the Executive . " Since I last wrote to you , John Fry , of Firherton , Salisbury , has joined the association ; I must send you the number of bis card the next time I write ; my not being- present when he was admitted , my assistant omitted taking his number . " Yours , most respectfully , " John Wilkinson , Sub-Secretary . "
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¦ ^»> TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Mb . Editor , —Giving the readers of yoar paper portraits , as you are doing from time to time , is praiseworthy , as well as useful ; but , why do you confine the partr&Ata to the benefactors of the human race , and to those who are suffering under Whig vengeance , inflicted during Whig domination ? Why not give the portrait * of those by whom harsh , vindictive , and unjust punishments are inflicted ? Why not give portraits of those who are abject enough to become tools in the hands of a ministry which , by its unprecedented punishment of political prisoners alone ( saving nothing of its other acts ) has condemned itself to everlasting infamy ? The portraits of L d N y , et hoc genus omne ; and of Visiting Justice Mr . B ^ d H h , cum sociis aliis , with brief memoirs of their benevolent proceedings , ought , by all means , to be put into the hands of your readers with all reasonable expedition . They would be useful remembrancers . I have some Idea of the gTeat expence which would necessarily be incurred by such a measure ; but Bni&U rills make a large body , when turned to and collected in one now ; and a email additional weekly price to your papers would soon raise a fund tor this object adequate to tbe cost . —Yours , &c 18 th August , 1841 . ZETA .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Honoured Sir . —It is with feelings of pride , gratitude , and exultation , that we at this time address you , seeing that the time draws nigh when the iron hand t > f despotism will relinquish its hold of one of nature ' s noblest nobles , when , like the giant refreshed , you will emerge from your living tomb , again to battle with , and throw down , the strongholds of tyranny and superstition , when again your voice shall be heard by the suffering , unenfranchised , yet patient people , rousing them from their sleep of apathy to that work—that glorious work—which you , by the confession of our common enemy , have been
acknowledged to have first brought to any head . Yes , we receive you as our " High Priest , " and gladly will we worship at the altar of your officiating , whilst you promulgate the lovely , free , invigorating , pure , unmifitified doctrines of our glorious Charter . Yes , we accept you from their hands , as our High Priest , " as we did in 1832 , from that hoary headed traitor , O'Connell . We accepted the gift , and , thanks be to God , never have we had cause to rue . Then gladly do we again receive you , in your new character , from the " base , bloody , and brutal" enemies , whose censure is our glory , and whose praise would be our condemnation .
In thus publicly inviting you to Huddersfield , we beg to state ( with no ordinary feelings of exultation ) that you will be received with open arms and confiding hearts by your truly loving and grateful brother associates in the arduous struggle of right against might ; and though you have been immured within the dungeon ' s gloom , yet has the spirit which you infused been spreading its genial and enlightening rays on thousands , who , previous to your incarceration , were sleeping in the death-like shade of Whigxery and Bham Radicalism , but which have now burst their narrow bounds , and liKe the ruler of the day , infuse fresh strength and vigour around .
Come , then , most noblo Patriot , and reap the first fruits of thy toil in our strengthened ranks ! Gather pleasure from the knowledge of having been the first husbandman who threw the seeds of Union amongst an often-betrayed and easily confiding-people ; but never can thy thirsting soul rest content until the full measure is meted to where justice points . Hasten , then , to reap this small harvest of joy , the presage of greater and more lasting proofs of thy labours of philanthropy and iove . Come and behold the toilworn , bliBter-handed slaves of toil and mammon
smile . ' —in their misery—upon one whom they look upon as the great deliverer of themselves and their rising generation from the iron hand of bondage and slavish degradation , to which they by the superior cunning of their rulers , have been reduced , and are still held , but which soon must break to countless atoms before an enlightened people . We remain , honoured Sir , On behalf of our Brother Chartists , Your ' s , evor truly , Joskpii Thornton , Edwaud Clayton . H uddersfield , August 18 , 1 « 41 .
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MR . RICHARDSON AND THE MANCHESTER COMMITTEE . We had flattered ourselves that , as far as we were concerned , this case was done with . Mr , Richardson has , however , sent usanotherletter , which ho says " we cannot , in justice , refuse" to insert ; because " wb have allowed" the other party to introduce fresh subjects into their reply . Surely by this Mr . Richardson does not mean to say that we should have been doing our duty , had we suppressed the "fresh charges" the Manchester Committee brought against him ! The term " allowed" would almost seem to imply this ; and , indeed , when Mr . Richardson forwarded his last letter , he accompanied it with a note to the effect , that , as we might
rely on all he said to be truth , ho hoped we would admit of no reply i But this did not accord with our notions of justice and with our invariable practice . We had "allowed" Mr . Richardson to make his appeal to the public . In that appeal he impugned the conduct of the Manchester Cfaartisfca ; therefore we were bound to " allow" them to reply . They did reply—and in bo doing brought charges of a most damning character , if true , against Mr . Richardson . We were therefore bound to " allow" Mr . Richardson to rejoin : we willingly do bo ; and then we were also bound to insert the answer . That
answer we admit contained "fresh" charges , —and charges , which , if true , completely deai-roy all Mr . Richardson ' s claims to confidence or respect from the Chartist body . We therefor © feel ourselves bound to " allow" Mr . Richardson to reply to them , which , as will be seen by the subjoined letter , ho does by an expression of contempt .: but having thus " allowed " Mr . R . to appear again on the field , we are also in fairness bound to allow the other party to return the compliment , should they deem it proper to do so . Then the public will have the case fairly before them , and will , no doubt , duly deal with it , as it deserves .
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MANCHESTER . BOROUGH COUKT , MOHDAT , AUGUST 16 . ( Before D . Maude , Esq . ) PREACHING IN THE STREETS . James Smith and Alexander Campbell—the former , we believe , one of the town missionaries , and tbe latter a lecturer on socialism—appeared to answer n charge brought against tfaem by Mr . Neaie , inspector of nuisances , of obstructing the street Mr . Neale stated , that several complaint * had been lately mode at the Town Hall respecting tho obstruction of Victoria-street , and about Victoria Bridge , from persons collecting in large crowds , and holding discussions on religious subjects ; and , in consequence , fee had been directed by the commissioners to remove the obstruction . Tie preceding evening , he went to the Exchange meeting , and to the Victoria Bridge meeting ; large crowds were assembled , and Campbell was speaking on the virtue of women . Witness Trent up to him , told him be was an officer of tbe town , and that he wanted to speak to the meeting ;
but Campbell refused to let him speak until he had done . In two or three minutes , he gave over speaking ; and witness then told the meeting , that th « authorities would not allow the streets to be obstructed , and that they must retire peaceably . Campbell said he had a respect for authority , and he retired ; but Smith got up and said , he believed a decision had been come to in the Coatt of Queen ' s Bench , with reference to preaching in the streets , and that it was allowed ^ Witness told them , that that did not refer to a place where they had a local act , and that they bad better go home . Ho then read to them a clause in the act relating to the obstructing of the streets . Campbell then came back , and abked for his number . Witness told him he bad not one , and that he was ft servant of tho commissioners of police . Campbell then stated , it was quite evident that he ( Neale ) was in a state of intoxication , which was quite false . Witness tken gave the defendants into custody , and they were taken to the Town Hall .
John Kay , also an inspector of nuisances , corroborated the last witness ' s testimony . Campbell then addressed the court in his defence . He went , be said , about seven o'clock , and found Mr . Smith addressing an audience . He remained a quiet spectator and listener for about twenty minutes ; but , as Mr . Smith , during his address , stated something which he ^ Campbell ) considered it his duty to the public and . - ' himself to reply to , he began to speak ; and the audience increased and continued to increase , but they were a quiet and orderly audience . Mr . Neaie came , and asked to be allowed t <> speak to the meeting ; but he ( Campbell ) told him he would finish first . Mr . Maude—Then it was purely accidental your being there . Campbell said , not at all ; he had been there
for several Sundays to stand the torjenS of abuse ; there were a number of people went there under the name of Christians ; they usually vilified socialism , and he , as an agent of that body , wished the public to be guarded against theai . Mr . Neale came , as lie had stated ; be did not say that he was in authority , and he sraelled strong of drink . He ( Campbell ) left the place some yards ; and then his friends asked him if he were going away , allowing this man ( Smith ) to vilify him in liis absence . He returned , and found Mr . Smith addressing the people , and Mr . Neale allowing him . He told Neale that he was net acting fairly ; and Neale then ordered him into custody , seized him like a tiger , and kicked him , though he did not offer the least resistance .
The defendant , Smith , then stated that he was a duly authorised preacher , having taken out his license in that court ;• and he was preaching in that capacity in the streets . He gave public notice , that the footpaths must be kept clear ; and while ' he addressed the people ou the lam of nature , aa laid down in tbe Scriptures , the footpaths were clear . Mr . Maude—Can you say It was a decent and proper thing for tbe public streets to ba made the arena of these disputes ? Smith—I publicly announced , Sunday after Sunday . tti&t I would havo nothing to do with discussion . Air . Maude—But you cannot do that in the streets . Smith I beg pardon ; while I spoke , the footpaths were clear . Mr . Maude—But the public streets are for traffic , and not for preaching . If you want to preach , you may
take some place of your own ; and there you may preach as long as you please . Smith—I understood from the decision of tho Queen ' s Bench that we have a right to preach , if tbe footpath and roads are clear . Mr . Maude—No doubt Smith—Then it was clear ; but when Mr . Campbell came up , he unfortunately took his station to our right , and it is just possible there might have been an obstruction . Mr . Maude—I dare say your motives are good ; I do not want to question the motive ot any one ; but it is quite clear that there is great inconvenience , and the inhabitants who want free access to their housts complain greatly . Why can't you take some building or some field of your own ? Smith—Am I to underataud that I am not to preach , in
the streets ? Mr . Maude—No , you are not to obstruct . It is not whether people can contrive to pass through the crowd ; but the streets must be kept clear . Campbell—I give you uiy assurance that I will not obstruct theBtreets , on condition—Mr . Maude ^—I will have no conditions . Smith—1 have no intention to obstruct tbe footpath . Mr . Maude—But you must go farther ; you must not obstruct at all . Get into any building , and there is no wish to stop either of you . The defendants then both promised that they would not obstruct any public place in future ; and Mr . Maude told them they were dismissed , but they were both of them liable to be prosecuted , and certainly would be if they obstructed tbe streets .
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Correction op a Mjs-statement . —A correspondent from Bradford writes ai follows : —" Seeing a paragraph in Ia 3 t week ' s Star , headed ' More of WakefioJd Hell , ' my attention was drawn to it ; and found that a person of the nam 9 of Geo . Clarkson , of Sheffield , stated that he was iuforraed of the death of one Emanuel Hutton , comber , confined in SViikefield House of Correction eighteen months , for riot at Duwsbury : I consider it to be my duty to correct the statement . Hutton was liberated on the 21 st of May last , and is stilt living , but in a delicate state of health . He was confined for riot at Bradford , and not for riot at Dewsbury .
ExECUTroN of John Sklf , for the Murder of Jemima Stimpson . —Norwich , Aug . 14 . —From the time of his conviction , Self was tmcuiiaiiigly attended by the ministers of religion , by tho chaplain of ti : u Castle and the curate . Their admonitions and exhortations drew the confession from him which has been already published , liis co . id act was indicative of penitence to the last . He was duly impressed with the enormity of his crime , and manifested a desiro to make his peace with that Judge before whom he would shortly appear . At an early hou :-, numberbegan to assemble on the Casile bill , among whom were many persorat ' rom Hethersett , Wymondham , and the adjacent country . The hill being covered with stock , the confusion was very groat , and for some time there was a total suspension of business As usual at such public exhibi ? : oii 3 , aU sorts of abandoned characters collected opposite the Castle-gate ,
and showed that they enjoyed the spectacle raifier than were awed by it . The parents and friends of Self had visited him during the week , to whom he is said to have expressed great penitence and contrition . Precisely as the clock struck twelve , the culprit emerge * . ! from the prison door , accompanied by tho chaplain and the usual officers . lie had an officer on each side , but did not seem to require any support , but walked to the drop , a distance of about thirty yards , with a firm step and demeanour . When he mounted the drop ho had a p : rson holding each arm , the chaplain and governor of tho gaol being also on the scaffold . The instant ho mounted , the executioner turned tho prisoner ' s back to the multitude , and put the cap over his eyes . The ropo was quickly adjiisted , the drop fell , a"d to all appearauce , he died without a strnggle . Previous to the crime for which he suffered he had borne a good character .
Latest from China . —A letter has been received from Macao of the 27 th of April , put on board tho steamer at Bombay on the 19 . h of Juno , after the mail and other despatches had been embarked . It is to the following effect : — " Macao , April 27 . —The Chinese local Government has violated tho agreement made with Captain Elliot for the renewal of trade with British subjects . We are also surprised to find that Bince the 1 st not one thousand chests of tea have found their way out to foreign vessels by smuggling . We had hopes of doing something in that way , but the unexpected vigilance and activity of the Chinese mandarins and soldiers have disappointed our hopes for the present . About the 17 th a chop arrived from the Emperor , couched in the most violent terms , ordering all authorities , civil and military , in the provinces of Canton , to destroy all the teas , rhubarb , and other articles necessary for
the English barbarians . This order is rigidly obeyed , and probably one-half of the crop of teas is already destroyed , and the work is still going on . Indemnity is promised by the same chop to those whose property is destroyed , and rewards for those who discover secreted articles . We further 2 nd in the same chop political intercourse with the English interdicted , and the lately-appointed Commissioners ordered to retire . Numerous fire-vessels and rafts had been sent down the river among the foreign shipping , by which several vessels ana cargoes have been injured , but no total loss . Our Commander is deliberating on the propriety of moving all vessels below the second bar into a wider part of the river . A report prevails , but to which no credit is attached , that some British subjects were kidnapped by the Chinese on the night ot the 25 th . But little is doing in south of Formosa in opium . "
Moke than Bargained fob . —A magistrate in the neighbourhood of Todmorden , in his anxiety to procure " cheap" bedding for hi 3 cattle , has been in the habit of purchasing the refuse Btraw from the Todmorden " barrackB , " and using it in his own stables . The family however , he got about bis ears from this course , rather surprised him . He found that bugs were as plontiful as blackberries ; and that they seemed to relish the hides of tho " souperior classes" as well as those of the swinish multitude . To such an extent did this family increase , that the parsimonious justico found it necessary to cleanse the "Bugean stable , " and completely refurnish it . Very typical this of what we shall have to do with the Westminster Augean stable ! We have got a swarm of things there worse than bags ! They are much larger , and take more filling !
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Friqhtfui . Accident . —On Saturday last , * n mquest was held at the George Inn , iiexley , Kent , upon the body of Isaac Henry Watson , aged 58 , aa engineer . It appeared by the evidence that the unfortunate man was employed on some repairs m Mr . Carnion ' s water-mill , Besley , and while m the act of screwiHg on a nut to one of the beanugs , Jua clothes caught a wheel of 10 feet diameter , and 15-horse power , and which was making 120 revolutions in a minute . Tho deceased was orawn into the mill , and crushed to death in an instant . The Coroner said that , during any repairs in future it would be better that the mill should not be at work . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was acoidentally crushed to death in a water-mill . ' The unfortunate man was a widower , and has left seven children .
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By Friday morning ' s post we have received a long report of a meeting held on Wednesday evening , in the Chartist Room , Tib-street , which was addressed by several of the rejected Ministers , and also by Mr . Hill , the Editor of the Star , who was in attendance at the " Conference , " in his official capacity of Minister , and admitted . We have not room for the report as sent , at this late hour , and can only give the following , which relates to tbe Conference . The remainder of the report we Bhall give next week . " Mr . Hill briefly detailed to the assembly the proceedings of the conference of ministers during the day . Tbe Conference had been addressed by many ministers in most clerical style . Several resolutions had been adopted by the conference
declaratory of the general prevalence of privation and distress among the working classes of the community ; of the calamitous result of that distress , and of the duty of the Ministers of Religion to give the subject their bes t attention , in order to the devising of a remedy for the many evils of the system . These he was glad to acknowledge and heartily to concur in and vote for . But upon a fourth resolution being proposed , connecting all the calamities and mischief of society with the operation of the Corn Laws , exclusively , he had applied by private note to the chairman for permission to speak , previous to theresolutionbeingput tothevote ; but that reverend functionary refused the permission , and cast himself upon the protection of tbe conference for support in
that refusal . That protection was afforded to him , and he ( the rev . speaker ) w . a 3 compelled to give a silent vote against the resolution , without any opportunity of arguiDg the question being afforded to him . A minister in the body of the meeting rose and protested asainst the doctrine of the chairman , that none but ministers appointed , should be permitted to speak to the resolution ; but bis protest was unheeded . " From the above it will be seen that the "Conference" have taken all possible means to prevent discussion upon the questions they were ostensibly called together to consider ! Hone are to speak but those the managers appoint ! No amendments are to be received or listened to ! and this is the Evangelical mode of conducting public business ! This is "free discussion" ! Out upon them ! what
humbugs ! Truly they have made themselves the laughing-stock of the whole country ; and any decision they come to will be sure to be respectedas it deserves J Truly did ihe Spectator describe the class , when he said that clericals were the least mialijied , of any body of men or women in the Kingdom , to interfere in such questions a . s the u League ' have called them together to dabble in ! and it was not without cause that our fore-seeing friend , the Mercury , doubted the prudence of the step , and prayed that they be guided to a just decision ! well knowing they were not able to arrive at such o > themselves 1 The Spectator and the Mercury both know the calibre of parsons 1 We have not received any account of the meeting at the Hall of Sciecce on Thursday night , nor of the hearing of the case Mr . L . Jones was to bring before the magistrates . Perhaps next post may bring us some word ; if it does , we shall give it in our Third Edition . r n »^ fgfj »« ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ^^^^ M ^^ M - - — - . 1 n r ¦ ¦ i—i i ¦ a ~ fc ~
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returned to the court for the Bummons , when they would compel the production of the authority by which they were refused admission . So far tbe reporter was a witness of the proceedings ; but was then compelled to leave **—*— - *— tb tha meantime , arrangements had been made for a meeting orirtfe rtgeCTCT * » . joi « 4 ~« and the public at tbe Hall of Science , on Thursday night , when the nature of these occurrences , and their bearing on the questions of "free" discussion and free trade would be fully entered into by the various speakers . Here then , however , we have already a full exposure of the hollowness and partisanship of this boasted Conference . They professed to be the
friends of the people ; to plead the cause of the poor ; yet they exclude , by measures utterly at variance with the free spirit of Britons and the common usage of well-informed public bodies , the representatives of the very parties whose welfare they profess to seek ! The million and a half of Chartists who havo proclaimed their strength by legally petitioning PfisUttment in favour of their own views , and wAf » constitute not only the largest party in the country , but also include the great bulk of tho working classes ; the Socialists who , next to them , are tlie most influential party of the people—the parties who , taken together , most truly and completely represent the feelings and sentiments of the working classes of Great Britain , have been refused a voice in this " free and friendly conference , "
which has by this act thrown off the disguise , shown the cloven foot , and proclaimed itself a middleclass cats-paw—a new instrument for advancing the interests of the commercial and manufacturing aristocracy and for rivettiug still faster upon the necks of the labouring classes ? , the chains wherewith they have already so deeply loaded them . The bubble is burst ! The infl&ted bladder of wind has had a hole pricked in it , and the contents have escaped ! The lauded aristocracy will laugh at the cheat ; and the people , who know both , will be still more impressed with the necessity for eschewing all connection with the interested or blind guides oi cither party , and of more zealonsly applying themselves to the acquisition ot that knowledge and union by which alone they can hope to achieve their otto emancipation from the trammels of both .
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2 SAXCHESTSR . —On Tuesday evening a public meeting w * s held in Tib-street Chartist Boom , when a vote of tbanka wag tendered to Hi . Joseph Iinney and Mr . C . Doyle , for their conduct at Peterloo , on Monday evening ; after which Mr . Tbomaaon and Mr . Duncan addressed tbe meeting , showing thtn »~ -j - " OT vnnrwimt is Scotland . ox-AIiTBRTDGE . —Mr . James C&rttedge , of Manchester , delivered a lecture to a numerous and attentive audience , in the National Charter Association-room , ou Sunday last . At the dose of the lecture several persons enrolled their names as members . A larger room is taken , capable of holding zip wards of 300 persons . THTJB . O , Cobitwaxl . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists oh Monday evening , it was determined to open a subscription for a missionary fund , and Mr . John Ende&n , agent for the Star , was appointed the treasurer .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I promised you I should write no more upon my case , whatever my eneiuieB might say . I write now to inform you that you have allowed them to introduce fresh subjects into their reply , totally irrevelant to the case ; by doing so you cannot in justice refuse to allow me to reply to what I conceive to be malignant slanders , invented to injure me in the estimation of the public . But , Sir , their censure is praise to me ; their inventions prove that they could not refute my last letter , therefore , do I treat tbem with that contempt they have so jast ? y merited . The list of names attached to tbeir letter , is only a greater proof of the conspiracy ¦ which the public , with whom I leave my case , will duly appreciate . I remain , Your obedient Servant , B . J . Richardson .
P . S . To James Leech , who I see they have dragged into their clique , I beg to refer the following passage frcm the address of the Executive : — " To secure the popular voice , Universal Suffrage must be made the basis of any new agitation , and all men who have the good of their country at heart should prove it by sinking alt minor differences , laying aside all silly abuse , and burying all former feuds and malice . " He who signed that address should be the last man to enter into feuds aud malice .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct393/page/5/
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