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TTPWARDS of Three Hundred Thousand Cases U of well-authenticated Cures , by Morison ' s Pills , have , through the medium of the Press , been laid before the Public , which , to the unprejudiced is ( as the Bale of the Pills continue to show ) a sufficient proof of the truth of Hygeanism . For Agencies in the West Riding , apply to W . Stubbs , General Agent , 47 , Queen ' s Terrace , Roundhay Road , Leeds . Sold by Mr . Walker , Stationer , Briggate , and Mr . Heaton , Stationer , Briggate .
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CHARTIST HOUSE OF CALL , LEEDS . HALL'S TEMPERANCE COFFEE HOUSE 32 , CALL LANE , LEEDS . rpHE great want of a Good , Clean , Central 1 House of Call for all Chartists visiting Leeds has been generally felt ; but now the want no longer exists . At a recent meeting of the Members of the Chartist General Council resident in Leeds , a resolution , recommending the above Coffee House , aa a Central , Cheap place of accommodation for Chartist Lecturers , and Chartists in general , was unanimously passed . Mr . Hall , the host , being a Member of the Association , will be enabled to give every information connected with the Chartist Movement in Leeds to Strangers . H . STONEHOUSE , Sub Secretary . Leeds , Nov . 22 od , 1841 .
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WELCOME ! WELCOME ! NOBLE PATRIOT ! WORKING MEN OF HUDDERSFIELD AND ITS VICINITY ! Arouse—arouse ! aid join the ranks of Freedom , shake off the chains of servile bondage . Be Men—Men determined no longer to be Serfs , or wear the galling mark of Slavery . Up , then , in your wonted might , aud show to your Oppressors you know how to estimate snch Men as O'CONNOR , who will BE IN HOLMFIRTH , at Twelve o'clock at Noon , on Satubday , Decehqeb 4 th , 1841 .
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f jtrfl ^^"'} jWUb ^ R r C . GRIMSHAW AND CO ., 10 , GOREE , PIAZZAS , LIVERPOOL , "nESPATCH fine First-Ciass SHIPS , of large ton-XJ na /? e , forNEW YORK and NEW ORLEANS , in which Passengers can be accommodated with comfortable berths in the Cabin , second Cabin , and Steerage . Persons about to emigrate may save themselves the expence and delay of waiting in Liverpool , by writing a Letter , addressed as above , which will be immediately answered , the exact day of sailing and the amount of Passage-money told them ; and by remitting one Pound eaoh of the Passage-money to Liverpool , by a Posi Office order , Berths will be secured , and it will , not be necessary for them to be in Liverpool till the day before sailing .
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ir « . W . Aukss next veeh , T » N Abkrdbb ? . —All the Utters addrtued to J . B . ffBrigand received at thu office before he left Leeds , uxre deHoered to htm . There hat been one received since he left , but do not know that it was the one they ask about . It wot tent to London , core . ofJ . Wstkhu . jM W . Babotield , Cahtbbbobt . —Say what the 10 * . is for . A Cok 3 Xakt "Rf *™^ Ltsh . —Shouldhave given hit naote . Bebkabd M'Cikikit . —If furnished in tvffinenl time , the meeting shall be inserted to the extent of two or three columns .
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FOB THE SX £ CCTirs , £ . a , d . From the O'Brien Contested Seat Fund , Newcastle , * eot by the Chartists of Oldham 0 10 0 » A . B . Alfretan 0 0 6 TOB THS O'BBIEM PEE&S FCKD . The working men cf Haddenneld 3 12 0 Drwliirsrt Nock printea do . ... 0 16 6 Mosney * do . do . 0 11 6 From Aberganrenny , per T . Ingrain o 13 6 F yBOST , WILLIAXS , AKD JOKES . An IrishwomuM nute , London ... 0 0 Ol
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LEEDS . Gxs Ex * LOSiOH .-7 Conriderible alarm was excited on Wednesday evening list , by an explosion of gas at No . 1 , Si . JamesVstreet . The familj had been annoyed & 11 the afternoon from an escape of gas , bat neglected to take any steps to have it remedied , until about half-past fire , when a person applied a lig ht sear the p ™ fc pipe in a cnpboard , and an imm ediate explosion took plaee . The Gas Company ' s Bjen were promptly at the place , and , upon exammtjaoB found tbe main pipe broken , which had been occasioned by the sinking of the ground after
% branch drain from tae house into the oommon sewer had been made , the parties haying neglected to support the main in its original position . yfe think the above circumstance is a strong yotrre for increased core and vigilance on tin part of the Water and Gas Companies , the ftrmer by the greatest care to prevent damage to the gas pipes , either from present breakage , or the subsequent settling of the ground ; and the latter to nse every possible eare in hiring their mains and hnneheB properly repaired and made secure when the trenches are open .
TOBK . —Opshisg or a New Lodgk . —The 144 lodge of the Leeds Independent Order of the Ark , vras opened on Monday , at the boose of Mr . George ilorlej , Crown Inn , Hungate . An excellent supper yns partaken » f , and the erening was spent in much conviviality . Losdos Adjocbhkd Delegate Mebtog , Craven Bead , Drury-lane , Mr . Butler is the chair . The sinstes were read , w&en a Delegate moTed that the portion Tclaung to the pipe makers , be struck out . After some lime discussion , the original minutes were confirmed . Mr . O'Connor , from a society of painters meetingiin Grosrenor Mews , handed is £ 5 . Mr . Orley , plasterers , St . James ' B-street , £ 5 , and it would be continued weakly . Mr . Alston , painter ,
Horse and Groom , Portland-Street , £ 10 , and would gnbscribe £ 5 per month while the strikelasted . Mr . Jackson , carpenters , Qaeen ' s-He&d , Acton-street , Gay ' s-Ins Road , sent £ 20 last and sow £ 20 more . Mr . Alston also paid is the Bum of £ 4 Is . 6 d . private subscription . Mr . Goddard , stone sawyers , £ 5 , hoped to be able to bring the same sum every week . Mr . Dunbar £ 2 7 s . 6 d . from private friends . Mr . Biky . from bookbinders , sorry their funds were so low , but at their last strike had borrowed £ 40 from the maaons , which they were now repaying by a levy of 2 s . 6 d . per man , and would raise other subscriptions if necessary . Mr . Simpson , carpenters , £ 3 . M . Ryan 16 b . from friends . Operative London Stonemasons * Society , sot able to advance any more money
this week , as they had a great many members oat of employ , whom they were assisting , lest dire necessity should compel them to accept of rae tempting ofiers of Grisselland Peto ; bysodoinghe believed they were essentially benefiting the men on strike . A discussion easued as tt > the best means of collecting subscriptions , whether by lists signed and sealed by the chairman of the masons' committee or by books ; it was decided that the subscription ' lints should be adopted . Mr . Armstrong Walton detailed several particulars connected with the strike , and the great progress the cause was making in the provinces ; he also informed them that several of the men who had gone is at Woolwich and Nelson ' s
Monument had since turned out . Mr . Worthington stated that at the last strike they had received great assistance from the stone quarries , and that the men at stone quarries at Dartmouth , from whence Messrs . Grissell and Peto procured their stones , were willing to strike if properly supported . The chairman announced that £ 20 had been just handed m from the society of tin-plate workers meeting at the Ben Johnson , Bath-street , Coldbath Fields . A diseuBsJoc took place , whether twelve or fifteen shillings should be allowed to the masons on strike , but it was ultimately left in the hands of the masoas' committee , and after the transaction of other business , the meeting adjourned .
DUBLIN . —The eaase of the people , in opposition to that of their enemies , is daily advancing When I speak of the people , I must be understood to mean no other than the working classes , who , in the second city of the British Empire , appear to be more wretched than in any other city is the world . The shopkeepers of Dublin may be divided into three classes . The first look with ineffable contempt upon the working classes , by whom they live , and but for whom many of them would be in some Union Workhouse ; the second class are those who depend entirely upon the patronage of the aristoeney , both Whig and Tory ; and who look on all persons who do not agree with them in admiration of their patrons as enemies to their country . The third class have a few honest men amongstA them ; bat , owing to the circumstances by which they are surrounded , they will not , or they dare not , think for themselves , but blindly foflow those who are
working the ruin of their country . As a proof that the working classes of Dublin see their positioc , and what they have to expect from this sort of people , "who live upon profits , the Total Abstinence Societies , and o ; her benefit societies , are forming -themselves into joint-stock companies , for the purpose of keeping the profits of their labour for their own use ana benefit , aiid thereby show these ** independent Bbopkeepere- " their real condition . The Le-Tee which took place on Wednesday , the 17 th ins ; ., was the most nnmeronsly attended of any that we have had for a great number ol * years . It is not Kddwhethertbiswasowingto the presence of Mr . O'CocnelL , as Lord Mayor , or to an effort on the Part of the Tories to suBtain the present Government . Itwas rather ludicrous to Bee the medal of King William , tjj e j , joi o f tj , e Orangemen , appended to the gold chain , and dangling on the pions bosom of the liberator . " Some of the profane were heard to say .
" Oh ! mighty Daniel can it be , That this is all remains of thee ?' The last speech of Mr . O'Connell has given much annoyance to some of his most sanguine adherents , in consequence of the indefinite manner in which he has now mentioned when the Union is to be Re-Pealed . Start net , ye English Repealers , the question will not be brought forward by Mr . O'Connell , until the young Prince opens the Irish Parliamtnt » £ Tieeroy of Ireland , which cannot be until the J ew 1862 , when Mr . O'Consell has pledged himself to E » Te the Union repealed . A great many persons arenowTery anxious to Bee Feargus O'Connor in rarliameni , in order that ha might , after the expiration of nine years since the last ** prenature ' tosenssion , bring forward another " premature" discosaon of the repeal of the Union . —Correspondent .
Cardiff . —Masons' Sthiile . —Afull and spirited aeetiBg of masonaand other trades was held in the ur ^ e roum at the Car peii ^ rs' Arms , on Monday erenmg , the 22 nd , Mr . David Hopkin in the chair , resolutions approving of the strike , and a detersunation to support them to the utmost , were proposed , seconded , and ally snpported by the Chairtt * n and Messrs . Crichton , Jones and Black . The BPe * ksrs showed , in a convincing manner , that the Working classes are powerful only by union ; and * nat ii ij only by having political power , snch as the Uiartcr wili pve , that any permanent good can be done for them . The base conduct towards the arsons , shown by the Weekly Dispatch , the Weekly OAronide , the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian , and otner papers , was severely commented on . and
mea-BaT proposed whereby the proprietors of these papers mgbt severely feel the power of the people . a vote of thanks was jpven to the conductors of the norVterji $ iOr ^ jj ^ pa per had alwayB been open » nutters concerning the strike , and for their inform advocacy of the rights of the working eiasses . The Chairman handed in a letter eontain-™ $ nve shillingg from Dr . Price ; the earpenters onion voted £ 10 , and handed in a subscription of « -t > a . ; the subscription from the rest of themeetfg was 13 s . 3 d , A delegate from the ship carpen-«* s explained that every member of their body at waiff must giTe fcjg fcanctfon before they can draw jn eir money from the bank , and as this was the case , « ey had not yet come to a conclusion . The total raa of the above ig £ \ i 78 . 94 . Thanks were , toted w me Chairman , and the meeting separated .
UMf rCATIOir vmm lG 5 oju ?> cs .--On Thursday the J-wfc , » . mewing was held in the Town-hill , at mid-* j * £ > Jo the purpose of voting congratulatory adr ™ 8868 *« &e Queen and others . A sum of money » " » eoiiected for buying blankets for the poor , ana *™ semente were made for a feed among them-
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BARNSLET . —Coau'It Explosioh . —One of the most awful and distressing accidents that ever took place in this town , m it ever fell to oar lot to record , happened about balf-past six o ' clock on Monday morning . Just as the men got to their work at Mr . Twibell' s colliery , a fire-damp explosion took place , and no less than fifteen of our fellow creatures were burned to death , and five note are only just alive . The alarm and excitement that have been created is the town and neighbourhood , it is impossible to describe . At aa early hour the bank at the pit was covered with thousands of people , all anxious to ascertain tho fate of the unfortunate sufferers . This moarn / ol catastrophe has filled the whole tows and neighbourhood with gloom : and the
distress ef the relations and friends of the unfortunate victims is beyond all description agonizing . The deprivation to then will be truly grievous and irreparable ; and we trust Borne public effort will be made to soften , so mnch as sympathy and charity can soften , its sad effects . Fifteen bodies in all have bees got oat of the pit , quite dead , their naues being as follow : —Three of the same of HisohelinV-an ancle and his two nephews . James Deacon and his son , a grown up youth . Walker , ( who lias left a wife and child J Scboley , and Mitchell . There is something particularly toucning in this latter man ' s case ; he had brought three bodies to the pit-bottom , and was in search of a fourth , when he fell a sacrifice to the dreadful and subtle elamant and his own ex .
eriions . Three brothers of the name of Walton , and a fourth not likely to recover . Thompson , Schofield , Pease , and M'Car ty , the latter an Irish lad , literally roasted . The depth of the pit , which we are informed | is but badly ventilated , is about 180 yards ; and though several rumours are current as to the cause of th » explosion , but little ol a very eerUia character can yet be said of it . All , howerer , agree that it originated in one of the men going with a candle into an unsafe part of the pit for his tools . The concussion was heard and felt too a ~< an immense distance . It was like the report of a field of artillery , and shook down a wall near the pit . A young man named Walton was blown out of the corve , whilst descending the shaft , and literally dashed to pieces ; whilst , singular to relate , two
others who were deeoatding with him escaped with but little injury . This was the first time he had attempted to go down to his work since being severely burnt about three weeks ago . One of the most singular traits of this distressing accident , was the preservation of two of the boys descending in the corve before adverted to . Although actually blown oat of the corve , they dropped into it again as it went down ; whilst , as we have stated , their poor companion fell to the bottom and was killed . So abundant and overpowering was the baleful vapour which occasioned thu dreadful calamity , that it was observed to ia&ne from the shaft-mouth for full three minutes after the explosion . An inquest was held on the bodies on Tuesday , and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .
HTJZiZi . —Public Mxetixo it th « Towk-Hall . In compliance with a requisition , signed by 124 householders , a large proportion of whom are voters , the Mayor has appointed a meeting to be held in the Town-Hall , at one o ' clock , on Monday , the 6 th of December , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to take into consideration the present defective state of the representation of these kinddomsin the Commons' House of Parliament , with a view to its amendment . A soiree will beholden in the evening , at the Freemason ' s Lodge .
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7 S ^ a . DEMONSTRATION IN HONOUR OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ES Q . On Tneaday but , the above demonstration took place , and the display made on the occasion of the moral power ot the people baa proved that the men of Roch dale are not last is showing their love for liberty , and their » t ** J' *< mf 1 > t to O'Connor , for his firm adherence to the principlai of Universal Liberty , and jojtloe to the whole human family . Eirlj in the morning , groups began to arrive at the Chartist Association-room from various ¦ ocroonding districts . As the hour appointed for the meeting began te draw near , the anxiety ef the people became intense . Parties were in waiting at the Railway station to convey the intelli gence of his arrival to the Committee appointed to
carry oat the demonstration . At the hour of twelve o ' clock at noon , a carriage and four drove up to the station , accompanied by the two wtnr « h » . i ^ and a great number of the friends ot oar cause , 'who , upon the arrival of Mr . O'Connor , formed into procession ; and , beaded by the marshals , and the powerful band of the Chartist Association , proceeded down Duke-street to the place ef meeting in the Butts . There were several very beautiful Sags in the procession—one from Todmorden in particular , a silk one , with , the representa-¦ ticn ol a bee-hive in the centre—on the reverse , a furious bull , punning a nest of Bishop aristocrats , and other wholesale plunderers of the people . On the arrival of the carriage at the place of meeting , Mr . O'Connor was greeted with tremendous cheering , which lasted several mimite * .
M * . GEOaGEHOWE , jeweller and watchmaker ,-was called on to preside . Mi . J « bs Leech moved a resolution to the following effect : — " That in the opinion of this meeting all the poverty and destitatioa which at present afflict the manufacturing classes of this country is tae result of class legislation , and that the only , remedy will be , to make the People ' s Charter the law of the land ; and that this meeting agree again to petition the House ef Common * immadittely to piste the Charter upon the Statute book ; and that tbis meeting pledge themselves never to rest until the whole of the people are taken within the pale of the constitution . " The res » lntion was seconded by Mr . Jos . LIS 5 ET .
Mr . QfCoNKOB . then rose and made a brilliant speech , which was londly cheered , but for which we havt not room . We understand , however , that his unmerciful flagellation of the Sun newspaper , for a leading article on Monday last , wherein the monster direets . tbe incendiaries' attention to Buckingham Palace and the Museum , was responded to by cheers and " bravo Ftargus , " which lasted for several minutes . The distinction made by O'Connor , between an innocent and unoffendirg 'woman and an irresponsible monarch , -was very beantiful Upon the whole , he gave the " firebrand press" a tremendous castigation . Thus wtites onr correspondent We regret not having space for Mr . O'Connor ' s admirable speech . The meeting was attended by several thousands , who showed by their conduct that their motto was " Peace , law , order , " and that they will never be satisfied with anything less than their jast and legitimate rights .
At the conclusion of the meeting a procession was fenned , and proceeded through the principal streets , accompanied by the band , Sags , &c- Mr . O'Connor was saluted from the -windows of several friends of the cause , as the carriage proceeded through the streets , with tokens of respect and esteem . The precession finally accompanied Mr . O'Connor to Mr . Tweedale ' s Hotel , Bailie-street , where he was again greettd with loud and enthusiastic cheering .
TEA PABTY IN THE EVENING . At five o ' clock , the hour appointed for the public tea party , the Temperance Institution , adjoining the Theatre , was beautifully decorated with banners , flags , mottos , and devices belonging to the association , when npwards cf 4 u 0 sat down to tea . Oa > lr . O'Connor entering the room , he was greeted -with loud cheers . The partv enjoyed thenzselve 3 in mirth and harmony until the hour appointed for the public meeting in the Theatre . LoDg before the hour appointed the Theatre was crowded to suffocation , and numbers went away unable te obtain admission . Mr . Qeokge Howe was again called to the chair . The first tosst of tie evening was " The People , the source cf all legitimate power , " ¦ which was responded to by Mr . James TaTLOr , in a very neat speech .
The Chairman then gave " The People ' s Charter , and may it soon become the law of the land . " Mr . Thomas LivsEY was called on to respond . He said be fras glad the committee bad selected taat saoject for him to respond to , for he flrmly believed that this ceuntry would never be justly legislated for until the principles of that Charter b « came law . "Under our present system of legislation we bad every kind of property legislated for except labour . The Landowners , the East and West India Proprietors , the Church , and the Law , had each their representatives , and each was protected , and by their political power were enabled to extract a great amount of wealth oat of the labour of the people ; but if labour was lepresented the system voni . be put an end to . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )
[ At this stage of the proceedings the harmony of the meeting was in some degree interrupted by a Tory churchwarden , who appeared to be in a state of intoxieaton . He was appealed to on his impropriety , and shortly afteiwirds took his departure ] The speaker proceeded—There is now a plan ef emigration proposed to remove the present unemployed portions of the community . II the Government wanted to remove acy of the usekea classes of this country , let them begin by emigrating all the Bishops , parsons , aristocrats , lawyers , amd other pert * of society—( loud cheers)—whose only labour i * to lire on the best of the land , and to be planning how to wring another farthing from the starving operative . If we had at the present time a great number of unemployed labourers , they should look at the eanse , which was owing to excessive
taxation , by which the starving people are prevented from purchasing the goods of the manufacturers , and thereby giving increased employment Be was sorry that the town of Rochdale was to-morrow to be plaoed under the power of the Rural Police ; it was a disgnee to the Tory party , who had petitioned -for them , and thereby stamped their character with infamy . He called upon the people to single out the parties who bad signed the memorial for their introduction , and if they dared to come before the public , to mark such infamy by every means within their power . He thought that Rochdale , above all other places , ought to be exempt from such an unconstitutional force , for they had shewn themselves capable of managing their own afiairs , by sending to Parliament a aian who was an honour both to them and the country which gave him birth . Bat their introduction was the result of dutppointe party
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motives , and the people would never forget the party that had caused th » ir introduction . Tae act will be the means of * M » Qiti ftff n g the last hopes of a faction that have arer oirtibfaJabed themselves by crushing the liberties of the people . Mr . Livsey resumed his . seat amidst protracted cheering . The next tout was " Frost , Williams , and Jones , and may they speedily be restored to the bosom of their ^ t fQ inftiatfl families . " Mr . Joseph Linnet responded in a very feeling and affpfttionarft manner . Mr . John Leach then presented an address to Mr . O'Connor , which he did in a complimentary speech . An address was also presented by Mrs . Sarah Ashworth , on behalf of the females of Rochdale .
Mr . O'CoNNoa , in reply , addressed the assembly for upwards of an henr , in a speech replete with glowing eloquence , convincing argument , and deep pathos , which was only interrupted by the enthusiastic cheers of his auditory . The concluding toast was " The Laneaahlre witches , " which was responded to byj Me Thoma 8 Cook , in a short and humorous speech , which was well received . At the conclusion of Mr . O'Connor's speech , he called upon all the parsons in the meeting to come forth and join the Association , and appointed Mr . J . Livsey treasurer for the M'Douall Fond .
After the meeting , the band struck up , and dancing commenced , which was kept up to a late hoar , to the evident gratification of the youthful portion of the meeting . Thus concluded one of the most orderly meetings ever held in this town , and it cannot fail to be beneficial to our rightful cause .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LOUGHBOBOUGH . Mr . John Skevington . Mr . Win . Stevenson . Mr . William Priestley . Mr . James Jones . Mr . John North . Mr . Samuel Bucknall , sub-Secretary . Mr . Thomas Ereleieh . sab-Treasurer .
NEWCASTLE . John Pickering , smith , Hill-street . James Frazer . ' shoeaiaker . Macford ' s-entry , Northumberland-street . William Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market . J . R . C . Crothers , bookseller , 2 , ShakeBpearestreet . John Cockbum , mattress-maker , Barliff-gate . Nathaniel Frankland , quarry-man , Bell-street , Arthur ' s-bill .
James Purvis , 18 , Swan-street , Gaieshead . James Kirker , shopkeeper , Oakwell-gale , ditto . Edward Soorneld , saddler , ditto , ditto . Wm . Dees , coaohmaker , Pilgrim-street . Robert Harrison , shoemaker , Buckingham-street . Stephen Binns , blacking-manufacturer , Nun-street . John Condon , tailor , Pilgrim-street . Timothy Maugham , tailor , Clayton ' s-conrt , ditto , sub-Treasurer . James Sinclair , foundry-man , Pipewellgate Gateshead , sub-Secretory .
STAFFORD . William Pepton , shoemaker , Friar-street . William Wood , ditto , Cottage-street . Willonghby Wilke , ditto , Topping-atreet . Thomas Follows , ditto , Gaolgate-street . Henry Harriss , ditto , Eastgate-street . William Halden , ditto , Forgate-straet , sab-Trea surer . Samuel Ward , ditto , Friar-street , sub-Secretary
HEWABK . Thomas Simnitt , p ipe-maker , Chatham-street . Richard Collins , butcher , Mill-gate . Frances Morley , tailor , Philadelphia-place . Frederic Houghton , Cooper , Barnby-gate . John Jallands , tailor , Chatham-Btreet . James Sannders , rag-merchant , . North-gate , sub-Treasurer . Benjamin Hutehinson , wire-drawer , Mill-gate , sub-Secretary .
ALFBSTON . William Williamson , Derby Road . Mark Gamble , No . 2 , Nesbit Row . Henry Topham , Chapel-street . Christopher Gibson , Nottingham Road . Joseph Darley , Campheld Lane . Lawrence Anderson , Copton Lane . John Cross , Copton Lane , sub-Secretary . Isaac Ward , Common Side , sub-Treasurer
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN . MT LOBD , > UK IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP , —I should have presumed to address you a few days past , had I not felt a delicacy in trespassing on your valuable time , at a period when you must have had ample employment in receiving the effice and honours of civic dignity , to which you have been lately exalted ; but aa the excitement and bustle consequent upon such an occasion are , by this time , I should hope , greatly
abated , and your Lordship is now beginning to feel yourself at home in your new quarters , I may , as an Irishman , be permitted to 4 sk—was it indispensible that the man whom the people of Ireland bo long confided in as a friend and a patriot , should accept the office of Chief Magistrate for the City of Dublin ? or was it merely to enjoy a triumph over the fallen faction whom you displaced ? If the latter , I will only say I do not envy you your glory ; but if the former , I ask , of what bentfit to Ireland will be your acceptance of snch an office ? Will the cause of Repeal gain anything by such a course ? I rather think that many persons will take example by your Lordship , and be Repealers in private , but not in public
My countrymen have ever been too credulous and confiding , and this your Lordship has had maDy proofs of ; they have ever given you eredit for consistency , without even irquiriug whether yon merited it ; but they must be blind indeed , if they cannot now see you in your proper colours ; for not content with the many thousands of pounds which they voluntarily contributed to enrich you , you covetted the paltry toys of office , and to procure them " registered a vow" that no man should know yeur political opinion * . Now , my Lord , I have no objection to your silence , or to your office ; nor do I begrudge you the honour of feasting on venison presented by the officer of a Tory Government ; but I do feel hurt to . see my fellowconntrymen made the willing tools of yoar cupidity and ambition .
There is one thing , however , which gives me a great deal ot pleasure , and wb : ' ch X nave so doubt Will gratify your Lordship exceedingly -, namely , as you have been heretofore outrageously violent in your denunciations of Chartists , and would by every possible means attack the character of ' * Torch and dagger men , " to show that yea have now the opportunity to examine , and the power to punish , should yon find any sack within your jurisdiction ; that you have the will to de so there can be little doubt ; therefore , if we find no convictions amongst the seven hundred honest Chartists of Dublin , you will be obliged to admit that Chartism is not so " terrible a thing" as your Lordship has taken so much pains to represent it 1 have no doubt your Lordship will keep your promise as respects your silence on political matters , bat I have no wish , save to furnish you with a few hints occasionally , which your Lordship can either muse upon in your easy chair , or reserve until heaven releases you from the solemn engagement yau have so voluntarily made . I have the honour to be , Your Lordship's most obedient , Humble Servant , W . H . Clifton . Bristol , 74 , West Street
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secution , and in Brandreth ' s death cell had laid me down nightly on my prison bed of straw to dream of the future when tyranny should wither and die . and equality , freedom , and justice reign triune sovereign of a liberated world . In that town where those musings of enthusiasm were nurtured , which at a subsequent period found Tent in speech , and brought down upon me the denunciation of open enemies , and the slander of pretended bat false friends , I was called madman , fool , traitor , &c . &c . And why ? because I spoke what I felt . " O , could I feel what I have felt , or be what I have beenr-
—Says the poet ; bat , that nay not be;—tis a hard lesson to learn , to a young heart beating with the love of troth , that : " language was intended net to express bat to conceal man ' s thoughts ; " bat , 'tis a lesson that all most learn , and all mast more or less act upon . Talleyrand has been denounced as a monster for giving expression to the above sentiment ; he was a monster , no doubt , bat he was but a little monster ; the great tyrannic monster ] s society , that practically proclaims and enforces the above role . Am I asked , do I act upon that role ? I answer , yes ! for I do not now speak all that I feel . I feel more than tongue or pen can tell—much more ! In that town of Derby I once had friendsu friends of my youth ; " perhaps by them I am now forgotten . But why pursue the subject further ! the recollections of the past are painful , and if they recall a few gleams of sunshine , they serve but to render the darkness of disappointment more visible .
We reached the Derby Station about ten minutes past four o ' clock—that station with its innumerable offices and rooms of refreshment—its gaa illuminationit * scores of earrfaget and engines—the countless throng intent on business , pleasure , or other pursuits , that nil its walks in one twenty-four hours—is one of the proudest trophies of man ' s skill and labour to be found , probably , in any part of the world . Bat a murderous social , or rather anti-social , system poisons all . The men whose ingenuity and toll have here made beauty and solidity to everywhere greet the eye—whose right arms here have wrought that which to be appreciated most be seen—these men , nature ' s nobility , are treated as outcast Pariahs by those who profit by their toil ; eves on these railways , these " modern improvements " on the old system of travelling , your " third class passenger" is treated worse than the dog of the aristocrat , —aod why ? < & Because he is poor !
•' . Mow long by tyrants shall the earth be trod ? How long thy people trampled on , O God ? " I had hoped to have been able to have spent an hoar in Derby , but finding , unless I took the first train , I could not leave until balf-past seven , I had no alternative bat to proceed . Accordingly at balf-past fear I left Derby in the train fox Nottingham . I sat next a geatleman , whom , entering into conversation with , I found much opposed to the railway system of travelling , on the ground that the " third class passengers " were treated with neglect and insult Finding ourselves agreed on this point , the conversation tamed npon the present state of the country and public affairs generally . I found my new acquaintance to be » bitter foe of the aristocracy and a stanch Cora Law repealer . The Chartists , of course , came in for their share of abase for opp » slng the philanthropic schemes of the cheap bread
gentry , my acquaintance expressing his conviction that the Chartist leaders were in the pay of the Tories . Taking no notice of this last absurdity , I set about showing him the impossibility of the middle classes carrying a repeal of the Cora Laws unless aided by the working men . I justified the conduct of the Chartists in standing out for political enfranchisement , and I natter myself made him half if not wholly a convert . He admitted that the suffrage was the right of the people , bat feared it w « nld only be obtained by bloodshed ; that I showed him was a vain fear ; that would the middle class honestly join the people , the Charter would be made the law without the shedding of a drop of blood , or the loss of a single life . He assented but doubted if the middle classs would join the people ; bat added , that sore he was Reform most come , or Revolution would come . Having reached Nottingham we parted .
At eight o'clock , I addressed a crowded meeting In the democratic chapel . I was most heartily received , and shall long remember with pleasure , the kindness with -which I was treated by the Whig-hating Chartists of Nottingham . The cause is steadily progressing ; the worst obstacle is the extreme poverty of the working classes , but where men ' s hearts are right this difficulty nay be surmounted . Justice demands that I should here pay a passing compliment to that honest patriot James Sweet , who is regarded as the life and soul of the movement in Nottingham . He has the universal confidence of the people . Long may he enjoy what he so well deserves .
Thursday , left Nottingham per coach for Mansfield , on my way to Button ; oar road lying through a part of the far-famed Sherwood forest , the scene of the exploits of that immortal king of good fellows , "bold Robin Hood . " I was not aware until too late , that at one point of the road I was within a mile of Newstead Abbey , had I been aware of this in due time , nought should have hindered me treading the " holy ground , " sacred to liberty ' s noblest bard . But on m ? next visit , I will atone for my past offence—nothing shall then prevent me worshipping at the poet ' s shrine .
Reaching Mansfield I found certain friends waiting my arrival ; intheir company 1 proceeded to Sutton . At seven o ' clock I addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting in the Hope Inn , Mr . Joseph Alvey in the chair ; I most do the men of Sutton the justice of saying , that of all the men I have met with in England , they appear to me to be the most determined and hearty in the cause . They nobly supported the first Convention , and bad all England been like Sutton , the Charter would then have been law , but such was not the casa . Well , have the men of Sutton allowed this to damp their spirits , or destroy their energies ? No ; on tbe contrary they are now , as before , in the van of the democratic army , steadily extending their organisation , collecting funds , and procuring signatures te the petition . God speed them , is my prayer , and may the men of every other locality reading this— " go and do likewise . "
Friday , went to Mansfield ; I here found that our " old friend -with a new face , " Mr . Murray , of Manchester , late of Liverpool , was to lecture the same evening on " Corn Law Repeal . " Mr . Murray's visit was very fortunate , aa tbe Chartists not having a room where they could hold a largo meeting , had intended to have called the people together in the Market-place ; this owing to the state of the weather and extreme cold , was impossible , as such I agreed with the Council to summon our friends to hear Mr . Murray . They needed little summoning , and by halfpast seven , the room ( large and' commodious ) was well filled with Chartists and Corn Law Repealers . Mr . Hamilton proposed that Mr . Dutton , a Chartist , should take the chair , some person proposed another gentleman , whose name I did not catch . A show of bands was taken , when by a sweeping majority the Chartist chairman vras elected .
Mr . Murray then delivered his lecture , upon which I need say nothing . I then replied , and after speaking about half au hour , moved the adoption of the following resolution : — " That while this meeting consider the existing Corn Law to be unjust and oppressive , and one that ought to be erased fn in the statute book , thay are also of opinion that the said law is but one of the numberless evils under which the working classes labour , the result of class-legislation ; and this meeting pledges itself to agitato for no measure of reform short of the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Murray moved the following crafty amendment : " That the Corn and Provision Laws are unjust and ought to be repealed . "
About fifty hands were held tip for the amendment , and from two hundred and fifty to three hundred for the original motion . Three cheers for O'Connor , three for the Welsh martyrs , and three for tbe Charter and no surrender , closed the'triumph of the good men and true . Last Saturday ' s Star exhibited the awful distress prevalent in Mansfield—need I add that circumstances are doing what argument failed to effect—and the " good old cause" moves on . The services of Mr . Dean Taylor , as county lecturer , have been productive of immange good . Mr . Taylor is warmly respected by the Nottinghamshire Chartists , and his highly successful labours ¦ will entitle him tv > their esteem .
Saturday , I returned to Sheffield . One word with Mr . O'Connor . The Nottingham Chartists are most anxious to know when he will visit their good town . As one of the first places to rally round the banner of Radicalism at bia call , five years ago—they thinfe they should not , and I au sure they will not , be forgotten . George Julian Harney .
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THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —It rejoices my soul to see another number of the Chartist Circular , which , from its tardy arrival this last -week at this sink or cesspool of Toryism , I bad begun to fear had gone to that bourn from which only the immediate energy of oar Chartist brethren can rescue it I do , however , solemnly trust that they will not suffer this real catastrophe to happen . I should regard the circumstance as a just and general misfortune—a deep and melancholy shade thrown over the otherwise bright path of political regeneration . Every working man in the whole breadth of tee land should carry the Chartist Circular in his bosom , and read it to his dear wife and children at his meals . It is printed and composed for his benefit , and should be worn next bis
I have pondered much on the , to me , solemn notice addressed "To tbe Chartists generally , " in No . 40 , warning them of the critical situation of the Circular , and do trust it will be responded to ina manner worthy of men united in the snered cause of freedom . I do fervently truss that the Chartist brethren of tbe United Kingdom will carry it triumphantly through ita present unassured course , and I have great satisfaction in stating that , on my reading the appeal referred to above , and the remarks connected with it , and the letter of onr Chartist brother which precedes it , to the Committee of the Chartists here , they readily and unanimously resolved to adopt his suggestion , to take a down
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copies weekly , for discretional and gratuitous distribution . Supposing , Mr . Editor , the National Charter Asso ciation to extend at this time over 250 towns , if each locality would agree to take a dozen copies for general use , this would call for 3 , 000 copies ; and if the promiscuous sale in the same towns were only eight copies in addition , this would make the demand to be 5 , 000 , that Is , 250 multiplied by 20 , which I trust would prove a remunerating number ; bat if otherwise , I would recommend that at the end of the present volume or section , it were raised to a penny , which I am assured no real Chartist would object to .
Lejb o > make a simultaneous national movement to place the Chartist Circular in a situation at prosperity , and to afford its meritorious editor that satisfaction , in regard to its publication , which his labours and his outlay of capital justly entitle him to . Respectfully and sincerely yours , A Chartist . Liverpool , Monday , Not . 15 th , 1841 .
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ATTACK UPON MR . LOWERY , THE CHARTIST MISSIONARY , AND MR . CHRISTOPHER COYNE , OP CAPEL-STREET , DUBLIN . 10 THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Mr . Coyne called upon me and complained of having his name included amongst the names of the party who made the brual attack npon Mr . Lowery , in Henry-street , in August , 1839 , and for which they received the marked approbation of the Lord Lieutenant and the thanks of Mr . O'Gonnell . He said that he was in the room when the-attack was made npon Mr . Lowery , bnt that he did his utmost to prevent it , and to obtain a hearing for Mr . Lowery , by whispering to those over whom he thought he bad influence , not to beat Mr . Lowery , but to hear him . The reason why he did not speak out was , that he did not wish his name to appear before the public at the time . He says he is a Chartist in principle , and is therefore desirous to relieve himself from the charge which appeared in the Northern Star of the 13 th instant Patrick O ' Higqins . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Nov . 22 , 1841 .
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^ THE CROWN AND ANCHOR ADDRESS TO O'BRIEN . We have reoeived , on this subject , a letter from Mr . Wat kins , which we think it right to publish , and which is the last we mean to publish on the matter . Mr . Watkjns says : — " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . M , —My friends in London have pressed me , very much against my awn inclination , to notice several misrepresentations that have lately appeared in the Star . I am so accustomed to these things that they hare no effect upon me ; but my friends say that they may take effect against me in quarters where the facts are not known . Well , then , in reference to the O'Brien address . I , as Secretary to his Committee , in London , was appointed to draw up that address , which was adopted by the Committee , and became the address of the Committee . In my capacity o f reporter to the Committee , I forwarded the address in an isolated form ' to the Star . How it came to be inserted in the report of the Crown and Anchor meeting , you ,
Mr . Editor , have already explained . It was not my business , but the business of tbe Reporter to the Star to report what took place at the Crown and Anchor ; in his absence , a friend did it for him it appears . I was appointed to read the address to Mr . O'Brien , and to present it to him , when , on reading it , I got to the passage " There never was a press , &c" Several individuals objected to it , upon which Mr . O'Brien rosa to check me ; but aa tbe general applause of the meeting oreiboie the individual objections , I proceeded to the end , mindless of tbe interruption that bod takes place . The address was not put to the meeting , nor presented to Mr . O'Brien , therefore he could not , as Mr . Nagle is made to say , tear it to pieces . The address was a verbatim copy of the one adopted by the Committee .
¦ ' To every word in the objected passage of that address , I stand . Time nor circumstance has not yet allowed any press to represent the interests of working men in their fullest extent . Let the emphasis be laid where it was meant to be , and no honest mind will object to the
passage . " A reflection has been cast on the O'Brien Committee for convening the Crown and Anchor meeting on the same evening that a benefit for Carrier was to take place . The Committee , aa they were in duty bound to do , merely acted in accordance with O'Brien's instructions , who himself fixed that evening , unknowing of Carrier ' s benefit ; and there was no time to apprize him of it Both places were filled ; those , therefore , who complain most must be fond of complaining . "I am , Sir , Your ebedient Servant , John Watkins . M 20 , Upper Marsh , Lambeth . "
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James Tarnbull , of Seaton Deiavel > had a son duly registered there , oa the 14 th alt ., Thomas Feargus O'Connor Tarnbull . The son of James and Sophia Graushaw , of Mile End , New Town , has been baptised James Feargus William Grauahaw . The infant daughter of George and Ann Vernon , of Staly bridge , was born August 12 , and duly registered Ann Frost O'Connor . The infant eon of Joseph and Mary Ann Harris , of Bristol , has been baptised Joseph M'Douall Harris . The infant son of William and Elizabeth Pendleton , of Manchester , born on the day that O'Connor wan released from prison , has been baptised Feargus O'Connor Pendleton . , The infant son of George and Hannah Uttley , of Warley , near Halifax , has been baptised Feargus O'Connor Emmett Uttley .
Registered , at Leicester , on the 12 th lnst ., William Feargos Frost Winters , _ son of Mr . Mr . Thomas Winters , of that place . On Snndsy last , was baptised at the Parish Church , Ashton-under-Lyne , Alice O'Connor Hague , daughter of John and Hannah Hague , of Charlestown . Born at Hngcart Houses , Hindley , near Wigan , on the 20 th October , and registered on the 2 nd of November , Feargus O'Connor Critchley , son of Jonathan and Mary Critchley , silk weavers . Lately at Hindley , near Wigan , the wife of William Anderton . shoemaker , was delivered of a son , which was duly registered Thomas O'Brien Anderton .
The infant son of Thomas and Betty Wilson , of Herod , was born on the 9 th , and duly registered on thei 10 th of August , John Frost Wilson . Baptised by the Rev . John Whitby , at the Independent Chapel , Ipswiob , Oct . 31 st ., MaWina Janet Feargus O'Connor , daughter of Donald and Mary MThereoD . Baptised at St . Nicholas Church , Nuneaton , on Sunday , October 17 , the infant eon of Thomas Pickering , Attleborongh , by the fkHjaf ^ Feargaa O'Connor John Pickering . £ y _ 2 jvx * - Baptised and duly reristeredg ^ feSQJKsdtilM Parish Church Hexham , ^ nmirfnpffiJCTWMsim of Samuel and Hannah Co w ^ ffi ^^^ p ^^ .
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A TRIP TO NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . Invited to visit Nottingham , Sutton-in-Ashfleld , and Mansfield , and accepting the invitation , I left Sheffield at two o ' clock ob Wednesday , Nov . 17 th , taking the train ( or rather the train taking me ; to Derby ; a hard frost the previous night had dried the streams , covered the earth with its wintry mantle of white , and made the atmosphere piercing cold . I shall not pretend to give a description of my ride to Darby—enough that about a quarter to four o ' clock we reached the station at Helper , and now I began to feel myself at norue , the country was not new to me ; but though 1 had travelled the road several times between Derby and Belper , I could scarcely believe my senses when , after a few minutes' rapid whirl the well-remembered pleasant little village of Daffieid glided ( apparently ) by me , a few minutes more , and Derby "hove in sight . " There was the town where I had while yet a boy braved per-
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BALANCE SHEET OF FESTIVAL TO MR W . CARRIER .
£ . s . d . 81 tickets sold at 2 s . 6 d . each 10 2 6 131 do . do . at Is . 6 d . do 9 16 6 84 do . do at Is . do 4 4 0 Subscriptions , by T . S . Dunoom . be , Esq ., M-P 5 5 0 Ditto , M . Miniken 0 2 6 Ditto , Mr . Sidey 0 10 SundrieB 0 5 0 Profits on Ginger Beer and Apples .... 0 9 5 & £ 30 5 11 J EXPCNSITU&E . Paid 247 teas at 8 d . per head , as per receipt 8 4 8 Ditto use of Hall do . do .... 2 12 6 Ditto six musicians , at 3 s . 6 d . each , do .... 1 1 0 Ditto printing 500 bills , do .... 1 14 0 Ditto advertisements in Morning
Advertiser and Northern Star , do .... 0 8 0 Ditto tickets and stationery , do .... 0 0 0 Ditto balance to Mr . Carrier , do .... 16 5 9 k
£ 30 5 11 A Auditors , G . Wyatt , and D . Cater ; J . Hawley , Treasurer ; J . W . Parker , Secretary .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct406/page/5/
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