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GIVEENOCK- —On the evening of Thursday , the Sth instant , Ftargns O'Connor , Esq . delivered a lecture on the ruinous sate of the country , in the Mechanics ' HalL Mr . Boyle , ship carpenter , in the chair . Mr . Boyle haying read the placard which announced the meeting , introduced Mr . O'Connor who commenced by remarking on the bad policy of charging three-pence for admission to the lecture , more especially at this time . One penny he said was sufficient for any-working person to pay for a Clsartist lecture , and he hoped the comndttee of the Universal Suffrage Association -would remember that , ib future ; however , he wsb not ene of those who required the countenance of crowds , or the huzis of th& TBibt' . tude , to cheer him onwards in the coarse he had hitherto pursued , and was now pursuing
He was satisfied that iba course he had tasen was the only one by which the Charter could be obtained , and to that course he would adhere till the Charter was the law of the land . He was now on his way back to England , and he had resolved to devote his last hour in Scotland to addressing the -working men of Greenock . He bad sat in the Scottish Convention as the representative of the birth-place of the immortal Wallace , and he was bound to say that no part of Scotland had been more ably represented in the Convention than the town of Greenock . Had all the delegates who sat in the Convention , been possessed of the honesty which characterised the delegates from Greenock , he would have bad a very differ * nt tale to tell of the Convention . It ¦ was the want of honesty , as well as the lack of union
which were the causes of weakness in the Scottish Chartist ranks . He was sure from what he had seen in the Convention that the WMgling Chartist leaders of GiasgoT , iad gone over to the CornLaw repealers . Glasgow and i- a Buburbs had sent no less than seventeen delegates to the Convention , which consisved of but siriy-one in : ^ and but for himself and those who acted with , him ,. he believed it was the intention of the little Whig ! ings to have led the Chixti&ts wholly oves to the _ Com law leaguers . It was these same Httle Wbi / lings -who have divided the people , also en Qje Kf . tional Petition , which was drawn up by the Eiglish " £ xeoatiYe . They could cot endure tbe idea of that 1 ^ etitkai containing thretttnes and -out tcord in favour cf poor oppressed Ireland . But be would t « U . the Chartist
Corn Law leaguers of Glasgow thst the wbJt 3 slaves -of Ireland would be emancipated by die Charter ., the selfsame hour ifeat those -ef England Kid Scotland were emancipated . In his -opinioa , therefore , not enly should theTepeal of the TJnion he ^ ennmerr . led in the petition , bat every other grievauce ^ that oou id be aimed by the people , collectively an £ in&viduallv , should be < leiailed in it . The indescribable misery which per-Taded 4 fe « -whole empire , he -said , was clearly attri-Imtable to class legiatetien . Soae of the more immediate casses of the stagnation of ts&de , and of starvation , were detailed in the petition , aed how were these to be nmoved till they 'were made-pfcin and palpable to om I > eartles 3 rulers ? And how were they to be made isown to them unless thoy be enumerated in the
petition ? The-fiiscnssion which would take place on the preseniatCoa-of the . petition would be made known to all throngh the Whig anoTTory journals , and by that aseans tb&Ciiajser would be carried , like every other 'useful reform , out of deors before it was carried in doers . In the swan time , the people in "their endeaveore to carry the Chaiter were left to their own resources , . and but for the discord -sown amongst , them by deceitful leaders , he -had no doobt of their ultimate success . The Whirling \ 6 iasgow leaders were for giving up their Conner mode of attending public meetings , and of moving the usual amendment ; but we consideredthat discussion was the mainspring of legislation ; and a public-meeting is the only opportunity that Chartists
rave of making iheir principles known . It is the law -of the realm that every man has a right to attend every public meeting , aad state his opinions respecting the objects of the meeting . And it was with infinite pleasure 4 hat -he vested for honest Mr . Boss ' s motion , -which was < n . m ' ed in the Convention to that effect . The privileged class considered the intelligence , moral -worth , and talents of the working people beneath their notice ; but , at innumerable public meetings they have already , and he hoped they ever would , make themselves and the principles of the Charter invincible . The Corn Law repealers were now moving heaven and ¦ earth to divert the millions from the Charter . They ¦ were in the practice of even quoting scripture to adorn their hollow sophisms . He , too , had read tbe Bible often , and often , and with attention , but he had
searched in vain for a fixed duty ; and , as to a sliding scale , he could not fin ^ it therein . We are reminded by them of what auien effected during the agitation for tbe Btfarm BilL Well , and what did the Reform Bill ¦ uo for tile working people ? It procured nothing for t&em but -disappointment and starvation . Nothing is required , say the Com Law Leaguers , but a repeal of the Corn laws , to make the millions rich , and Britain a paradise . This is all delusion , however . Only give the millions the Charter , and somewhat less will serve &em . Paisley contained at this moment no less than fonrteeen thousand indiiiiiaaia , who wars pwishia s -with cold and hunger . A similar state of -gringo rmfrhj , soen prevail in Greenock , and if such should . be the case they would bear in mind
that class legislation rather than the accursed Corn Iaws had given rise to it A fellow of the name of Ark wright , a mere shaver or perri wig maker , had ¦ acquired the trifling sum of thirteen millions sterling ; &o $ by scraping chins ; that were few handsome a plum te obtain by beard shaving , but , by a sort of tiass-Iegisxation-protected-mechanism ; which enabied Trim to shave tbe white slaves ol the fruits of their ¦ fan ] . When he was in Greenock last autumn , he was told thst one of the ship-builders had nrrnsd his men off for walking in the procession which the Chartists fead got up in honour of his visit to tbis part of the kingdom . Upon inquiry , he discovered this same shiphoilder was a psper-money-man , and he advised the ywtttn to go and demand gold for their pound-notes . To
¦ what extent this advice had been followed he hid not learned , but he believed the men were soon taken back to their work again . Paper-money is one of the greatest « nrsss tha working-people suffered from , and by it he liad reasons to fear Greenock would shortly be like Paisley , one of tbe plague Epots of corEEiereiai rain . Hundreds , he was informed , were daily nocking into ii from all parts of tbe kingdom , while tea half of its operatives were out of employment Even the shopkeepers of GreeaocJ :, like those of every other town , ¦ sere Buffering from the stagnation of trade , but in a great measure they have themselves to blam ^ . They were almost t- > a man oppossd to tha political enfranchisement of tbe working people . Their interest , they imagined , vls at the antipodes of that - > 1 the
nonelecicrs , bat they were very grossly mistaken . Wero the fourteen thousand starving people of Pjistey receiving , instead of threelialfpencs a head weekly , frcsa ten to twenty shillings each , tbe shopkeepers of that town would < rrtarnly be in a more flinr-sMng condition than they now are ; but in a better condition they never vnil be till the Charter becomes the law of the iasd . "VVhtn the people become the source of sAl power as they are said to be , they may then expect a permanent revival cf trade ; bnt ' uet till then . He ftJt confident that t ^ ere was no remedy for the taunt misery ^ hioh was daily eating its way into the firesides ¦ of tbe middle class but the annihilation cf c ' ass legislati ' - 'r > . The much-talked of Government scheme of emigration wa 3 a mere clap trap to divert the people
from the Charter , as class legislation -was inSmtely worse to brfr in thsbest of cur colonies than at Lome . Over-popuistion was also an imaginary bugbear , z 3 it ¦ was well known that , under just Government , Britain * cu ! d sustain ten times her presort inhabitants T ^ n millions Trere paid annually to the wolves in sheep ' s eJothicj :, to the luxurious priesthood , vrbo devoured evtry rreen iL 5 i : g . A coiiferesce cf the ^ reives had met lately &t Manchester , to concoct some pknfor the it peal of the Ck-ra Laws . They spent two rajs in discussing -whether thc-y should pray , and cthsr two whether thr-y i-henM discuss , and the who ! e aSair ended like all the other clip traps of * heCornL * -w repealers . ina bottle of scoke . after j £ 20 . 000 hid b&en squandered . He woaldrtlati an anecdote Illustrative of i ' tie conduct of the wo ' jves .
Thtre was s Certain Mr . iiackraken , who Jived in the neighbourhood of a luxurious-liTiEg Bish . p . This B-shop entertained large parties at his pahce on partfenJar occasions , aad he-would send for > 2 r . Itfackraken now and th&n to make him the butt of the company On oae occasion Mr . Mackraken was shewn up . When he entered the parlour , "My Lord , " said he , " your tithe proctor lias been to my house -srith a tithe account of £ 20 against me . Now , my Lord , as I never entsr your church , I nsve no right to pay tithe . " " O , but Me Mackraken , tie church is always open for you , and if you ntvsr enter it the fault is your own , and ol
course you must pay tithe . John , shew Mr . Mack-Taken down stairs . " Shortly after Mr . Mackraken ealled on his Lordship , and presented him with an acscuntof £ 20 , for shaving , hair-dressing , tec " You J « ver shaved me , Mr . Mackraken , " quoth his Lordship , " O , but , " quoth Mr . Mackraken , " my shop is still open for you , and if ycui Lordihip has never got shaved tfaera the fault is your own , and of course you must pay the VOL" Tha moral was , that the wolves cared not a straw how they acted ; their livings were secured by ciass legislation , smd they set public opinion at defiance . We were told that God never sent a mouth
Without sendinr nnr vith : t . i . jt witbout sending meat with it ; yet it was « trange that all the meat went to the rich man ' s house , while the mouths were generally most numerous where there was no meat , mis was a gross perversion of justice , and the natural order of things . With fora aduions of si £ nat « r « i to the * ational Petition with what grace could the heavenbom Tory ministry refuse the people * demands ? They might refuse their demands , but he would advise them to consider tha consequences of such refusal ere it be too late , Three poiitieal parties could not exist in tbe state . The Whigs expected a resnntcSon from a
zepsal of the Com Laws , but the hopta of the base hypocrites vUl pe .-lsh -with four millions of signatures ¦ to our petitloa . Tne tyrannical Torie 3 must grant the Charter , or retire from uifice . Ho-ever he had done one man ' s work ; no man in Britain had Rrought harder or more sincerely for the Cbsrur than he had done . He had received ncthiug for his labour . Same were afraid of the enactnjssfc of tia Charier , but their fcara -wfcre gronn-ilesi He WJ hunssif a landlord , and ha was eertain that he wcuid lira aiore securely after tha Charter has becoae the Jaw of the Jaud , than any landlord will do prior to that coriod all would bs more
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secure , satisfied , and t „ - _ ^ j ^ ^ enactment of the PeopTe - s Charter , thr A % \ a po ^ fe f « the nation tote under the pr ^^ ^ ygt ^ ^ ^^ Tni 8 wa » \^* ' 5 ^ nBSe f , aad when the Charter w » obtained , he rnigh' ^ w ^ l say this is partly my work Mr . O Connor v „ £ ^ i ^^ to with the utmost attention and respect throughoat , and conemded amidst the t j ^^ plaudits of ail present The foregoing rep jrt jj it ^ worthy of tb » name has been wi ^^^ mostly from memory , « nd the ideasrather t' jib the exact expressiona of MT . O'Connor it has been q ^ j . -yjah to preserre , and instead of the polished Is ogssgte of the gentJeman and scholar , the words are * jh ^ of ^ uiitarate plebian . Mr . O'Connor left the b £ \ the instant the lecture was « onoluded to take his j xasage for England , by one of the Liverpool at
steamers . q ^ j own delegates then considerable length r . ^ ted what had transpbed in tfee late Convention , aj 1 ( i tK ,,, they had TOted on tha various topics brongfc j before it , after which a vobe of thanks was moved . ^ j ^ th which was carried , though not unanimous ] f % A few of Mr . Brewstert admirers wh » were prese nfej -aemnrred to the vote of thsnkB , and assigned somr , nftfeer odd notions for doing so . When the ^ parties however came to understand the apparent & £ " aceuce , and the objections started by the minority , th iy were readily and fairly answered . Tha vote of t £ aria we may take it upon us to say , was passed all but u asni » 8 Bsly . Before the meeting separated a future r lasting was spoken of for the purpose of discussing ' iK ^ drgerence between the Corn Law Repealers and the So&agti Exteusionists . No final arrangements however ¦ were entered into , so far as we have beard , bat we think a discussion of the kind would do little harm
were it conducted with the same good feeling , which characterised the short palaver which wound up the conclusion of Mr . O Connor's farewell lecture . —Cor-\ i * epondeaL ! GLASGOW . —CONTIMJATION OF THE SCOTTISH I Convention . —On Tuesday night , the delegates having [ adjourned from the Church to the Session House , the j -discussion en the propriety of the Chartists attending public meetings was again renewed , which continued for a short time , when it was moved and carried" That the delegates should suspend their proceedings , in order to afford an opportunity of hearing Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture for the benefit of the hand-loom
weavers . Leciobb . —Mr . George Allan , weaver , of Pollockshaws , was called to the chair , who introduced the lecturer to the audience , amid raptor , us cheering , after which Mr . O'Connor proceeded , in a strain of feeling eloquence , to depict the miserable condition and increasing destitution of the hand-loom weavers of this country , took a view of the evils flowing from the present system of machinery , poinWd out the happy results that would flow from a system being adopted of locating the industrious classes on the soil , < fca ; he also administered some severe bits to the Whig-Chartists . His lecture throughout was rapturously cheered , and the force , reasoning , and correctness of the position which he had tiken up was admitted by all parties
present After a vote of thanks , which was given with long-continued cheering , to the lecturer , the delegates again formed into Convention , and renewed their discussion , when Mr . Lowery , of Lasswade , moved an amendment— " That they approve of the Chartists of Scotland exueising their right of attending public meetings , and pressing the consideration of their principles by amendments and discussions , if the lecturers , speakers , or chairmen of said meetings propose any resolutions , or motions , where we , as a body of said meeting , consider it necessary to oppose or move amendments thereon . " Mr . Rankin seconded the motion of Mr . Pattison , with Mr . Lowery"s additional amendment . After some further discussion , the delegates adjourned to Wednesday morning , when the discussion was again renewed , and a considerable number of the delegates having spoken upon the subject , when it appeared , from the general opinions given , that it
mattered not what decision they came to , as the people would necessarily judge for themselves what kind of meeting they should oppose , and how they should use their discretion , so that this question may be said to stand as it was . The committee appointed to draw up the petition gave in their report , and read a copy of the petition , which caused considerable discussion , after which it was agreed to adopt the petition as drawn np . Mr . Lowery then rose , and moved that , to prevent discussion among the Chartists , we recommend that all those districts , towns , or places , that have passed the National Petition for the People's Charter , as drawn up by the English Executive , to go on with the signing of the same , but that , in future , as the extraneous introduction of matter in the petitions for the Charter has already caused discussion and disunion , the people be properly consulted hereafter . After a lengthened discussion this was agreed to .
- Wednesday Evenixg Sitting . —A Committee was appointed to draw up a new and improved plan of organisation for Scotland . Mr . Brewster again brought up his " under no circumstance ? ' affair , when enly four hands were held up for it , all the other delegates voting against it On the announcement , the Rev . Gentleman left the Convention in a huff The Organisation Committee now ga-rc iu Uielr report , wtien tne following plan of organisation was agreed to , namely , that six centres be appointed in Scotland instead of one , and that each centre have & Secretary to correspond with the General Secretary in Glasgow : — Fiest , or Westers District—Lanarkshire , Renfrewshire , Dumbartonshire , Ayshire , Argyleshire . The centre to be in Glasgow . Secosd , or Northern District . —Aberdeenahire , Banffahire , Morayshire , Nairashire , Inverness-shire , Sntk-: riandshire , Caithness-shire , Ross-shire . Centre , Aberdeen .
Third , or Southern District . —Dumfries-shire , Kirkcudbrightshire , Wigtonshire , Selkirkshire , Roxburghshire . Centre , Dumfries . POL-RTH , OR SOUTH MIDLAND AND EASTERN DISTRICT . —Edinburghshire , Haddingtonshire , Berwickshire , Linlithgowshire , Peebleshire , and the south of Fifesbire . Centre , Edinburgh . Fifth , or Xorth Midland District . —Forfarsfcire , south and east of Perthshire , north of Fifeshire , Kincardineshire . Centre , Dundee . Sixtii , or Western Midland District . —Stirlingshire , Kinross-shire , Clackmancanshire , west of Perthshire , wcit of Fifeshire , Stirling , Alloa . Centre , Dunfennline .
Ajfter a high enlogiumhad been passed upon the charac ter of Mr . William Thomson , Editor of the Chartist Circular , and tho now defunct Scottish Patriot , by Mr . O'Connor , he was elected the General Secretary , to sit in Glasgow ; h ; s duty to correspond with the Secretaries of the different centres , and to continue to edit the Chartist Circular . A statement of the situation and circulation of that periodical was then given , when a resolution was unanimously adopted to extend its circulation . A motion was also agreed to for the liquidation of the debt of the Central Committee . The sum of £ 35 103 . 5 id ., being the balance in Mr . Proudfoot ' s hands , raised on behoof of the political martyrs , was then disposed of according to the necessities of these sufferers . Af tsr some other business had been discussed and . disposed of , unanimous aud hearty votes of thaDka were given to Mr . George Ros 3 , Treasurer , and Mr . John Duncan , Chairman , when the Convention dissolved .
[ In the report of the Convention in the Star of last wetk , a rather ludicruous error occurred , which apparently throw the names of the delegates in the wrong positions , and to which I beg leave to . plead partly guilty ; it occurred in consequence of - ¦ my inserting at the top of the list of delegates Mr . John Neilson , Grecnock , when I should have inserted freeenock first , and then Mr . Neilson . Paisley , Messrs . Glasford , Brewster , and Cochran ; Perth , Mr- John Cree , and ho on , until it comes down to Gorbsls , when the name of Mr . Walter Currie is omitted , he having been absent in search of his credentials , -which he had forgot to bring
along with him ; and , in the hurry of business , when he returned with thtm , I had forgot to insert his name ,- it was the case with tho Paisley delegates ; they were not admitted for the same reasons , uctil after a discussion and decision of the delegates had recognised them as delegates ; and hence tbe reason why their names crept in at the end of the list ; it is also inserted in tke list Perth , when it should be Beith , Mr . M'Crae ; Mr . Cree , of Perth , andM'Crae , of Beith being two different persons , representing two different places . Some of the delegates' names are omitted altogether . This they have themselves to blame for , not having been there in time . —Correspondent . !
CHARTIST CONCSRT TN THE ClTT HALL , ON THE 3 rd January . —The singing at this concert was of the most splendid description ; but unfortunately the audience was cot so numerons as was expected , which may be attributed to the severe depression of trade , and the heart-rending poverty which pervades the working classes of Glasgow at this inclement season of the year . The ball , after the . concert , was kept up till an early hour in the morning . Bctheeglen . —Mr . O'Connor addressed his constituents here , on Thursday , at two o ' clock , p . nu , and received their hearty thariV « for ^ m services . He left Glasgow at six o ' clock the same evening , in order to attend a soiree at Greenock .
STOCKPORT . —On Saturday evening , the Chartist room of this town was crammed almost to suffocation with youths : the entertainment was excellent ; they -are making rapid progress . The regular charge for admission is one halfpenny ; out of which they pay rent , purchase a number ef tracti for distribution , forms for the accommodation of the members and membership cards , books for a library , and other necessary articles , and have now on hand a few pounds . They are about to establish a reading room , in wh ' ch will be held discussions on the principles of the Charter and various other topics , if they proceed for a short time as they bave begun , tha room which is capable of holding six hundred will be too smalL They move -systematically and surely , and are a credit to the movement .
On Sunday evening , there wa 3 an overflowing audience to hear Mr . Dona van , from Manchester , . who lectured on tho present awful state of the nation . He recommended the Charter as the best means for removing the manifold grievances under which the . people are suffering . Mr . Grif&n put a few questions , which he answered satisfactorily . A vote of thanks was tendered him for his services . ¦
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. , i BELFAST . —The National Petition has been adopted l here , and the cause is progressing . The absolute neoeai sity of the Chartist * to Iceland being incorporated with s the Irish Universal Association was , at a recent meeting , taken seriously isto consideration , and believed to be b the only means whereby the protection of the law could 1 be secured . Great difficulty is experienced in tnis town a to procure * proper and suitable place in which the breb thren could conveniently assemble . " We are truly in 3 the position of David of old '' hunted like partridges r on the mountains ; " but though we are " oppressed , we 9 are not overcome ; " and depending on the known juab tice of our cause , we are still determined to persevere . . The individuals who have espoused our cause here are o most determined and indefatigable in their endeavours ,
and by every legal means possible will further the prosperity of the People ' s Charter . The great mass of tiie people here have bo long been accustomed to consider themselves bound to stand a * a " mighty bulwark " against the " sweeping tide of popery , " as they themselves call it , which , they imagine , was ever ready on the slightest inlet of liberty to annihilate themfrom the face of Ulster , that they cannot easily be brought to consent to " a perfect equality of rights . " So muoh have their minds been prejudiced both from the pulpit and the press , and themselves held the blind dupes and the bound slaves of their imagined superiors , that they
can hardly believe one who tells them they are even of the same species and destined by their great Creator to enjoy equal rights and privileges ; because hitherto an almost midnight darkness has clouded their political horison ; but now that the day-Stor of liberty has arisen—that the agitation of the People ' s Charter hna aroused the influence of our sister island on its behalf , we trust , ere long , to behold Ireland to her utmost extremity unitfng in this great struggle for equal rights and liberties to the people ; and then would our most gracious sovereign embrace the People ' s Charter from tbe throne , and the cabinet regulate its counsels in accordance with the mandates of the nation ;
LONDON . —Social Institution , john-steeet , Tottenham Court Road , Jan . 8 . —This far-famed place of amusement and instruction was thrown open for the benefit of the London delegate Council , on Thursday , January 6 th . The entertainment was got up by a committee ef that body , and consisted of a grand festival , including tea , conceit , and ball . Feargus O-Connor , Esq ., was announced ( per placard ) to take the chair ; but In consequence of his being elected a member of the Scotch Convention , Mr . J . Fuasell was called to the chair ; the duties of which he filled most ably . The whole of the tables in the Large Hall were well filled with tea , coffee , bread , butter , and cake , which was served up in excellent style . The tables having been cleared , Mr . Fuasell rose and said he felt
highly honoured in being called on to preside over so numerous and respectable a meeting . He was sure they preferred principle to men ; yet , at the same time , they would all have been delighted to have had Feargus O'Connor amopgst them . ( Loud cheera . ) The great display of patriotic sentiment he saw before him , convinced him that the day of human regeneration was approaching . Class legislation affected all ; e trusted , therefore , they would all co-operate in the good work . Knowing that thosa by whom he was surrounded bad imbibed the glorious principles of Chartism , he trusted they bad come with tbe determination to hear all , and render the evening as convivial as possible . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Ridley proposed the first sentiment , "May the People ' s Charter soon become the law of the land ; and ky its influence redress the many evils under which this country labours , and be the means of conferring peace and happiness upon mankind . " Mr . Ridley and
Mr . M'Grath supported the sentiment in a splendid speeches . Mr . Martin introduced the next sentiment , a ? follows : — "May all classes become sufficiently a wakened to their real interest as ta adopt the People's Charter . " Mr . Knight supported the sentiment The Chairman now announced that they would retire to the conceit room , while the hall was prepared for the balL Mr . Wall having given his services most ably and efficiently acted as master of the ceremonies In the ball room , the dances , from the country dance to the highest quadrilles , were executed in a style that weuld not have disgraced Almack ' a , Mr . Ruffy Ridley presided in the concert room . The evening ' s amusement was enlivened by the talents of Messrs . Cuffey , Whltehorn , Ridley , Master Ridley , Pacbker , Fussell , Farrer , Clegg , Stallwood , && ; Mesdames Whitehorn , Pipe , Scot-V&rdin , Waggett , act ; Glees , duets , songs , and recitations , wer e given , and the harmony and conviviality of the evening was kept up much to the satisfaction of the
numerous company . Globe Fields . At the meeting of the members at the Hit or Miss , 79 , West-street , on Sunday evening , Mr . E . Pickersgill in the chair . The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . J . Thorn gave in the report of the proceedings of the County Council , which was received . Various other business being disposed of , it was ordered that the class collectors do summons the members to attend a general meeting to be held next Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock / on business of the utmost Importance to the Association .
¦ sTEnN ditioiok of "Root and Shoemakers—On Sunday evening last , this body of Chartists met in the large room at the Star Coffee House , Goldenlane , to hear a lecture from Mr . Stallwood , on the Principles of the Charter . Previous to the arrival of the lecturer , the meeting was ably addressed by Mr . Night and Mr . Martin , when a short discussion took place between the latter gentleman and Mr . Dean , on the sul'jtct of Free Trade . Mr . Stallwood afterwards delivered a soul-stirring lecture on tbe Charter , the meau 3 to accomplish it , and the benefits that would flow from its accomplishment Eight new members were enrolled . IHACCLESFIEI . D . —Mr . Joshua Harrison , shoemaker , Bridge-street , and Mr . Jonathan Farrell , weaver , Brickfields , are chosen on the General Council , and Mr . John Walker , sub-Treasurer , in the room of Mr . Wm . Frost , resigned .
nARUN 6 TON .-Mt . O'Brien delivered two lectures here on Thursday and Friday , the 6 th and 7 th instant , to nnmerous and attentive audiences ; the lectures have done immense good . He pointed out in a clear , masterly , and logical manner , the innumerable evils that trBict society , and showed how all mankind might be made happy , without doing injustice to any one . STONEHAVEH . —Mr . Jolta Legge , from Aberdeen , delivered a lecture , on the principles of tke Charter , to an attentive and crowded audience here , on Thursday evening , January Ctb . Mr . L . spoke for upwards of an hour and a half , in a most argumentative and enthusiastic manner , in which he clearly proved the people ' s constitutional and inherent right to the suffrage . He also very lucidiy went over the National Petition for 1842 , and showed that the list of grievances there enumerated were grievances in reality , and ought , therefore , to be prominently laid before the so-called representatives of the people .
LONG BUCKLEY , NEAR DaVENTRT . —On Tuesday evening week , Dr . M'Douall delivered a lecture to a numerous and respectable audience at this place , in which he exposed the fallacy of the Corn Law repealers , the corruption in Church and State , the cant and hypocrisy of those persons who refuse to assist the people in their struggle for justiee , and ascribed -U . the evils of the country to the monster , class legislation . The National Petition was unanimously adopted . .. : UPPER WARLBY . —Mr . Kuowles , from Keighley , on Friday last , delivered a brilliant lecture at this place , on the present political condition of the people of this country , showing that a repeal of the Corn
Laws will not permanently benefit tho working classes . It had been arranged for Mr . 'Knowles . to deliver two lectures , one in tha Association Room , on Friday evening , and another on Saturday evening , in a locality where the people do not so mueh as know the meaning of Universal Suffrage . An inn-keeper ( who was formerly a Whig ) was applied to to grant the use of his large room , which he readily consented to do , but , on the day before the meeting , he refused it , alleging aa his reason , that he was afraid of losing his license ; but the true case was , because discussion was earnestly requested at the close of the lecture , and the Corn Law repeal clique dared not meet Mr . Knowles . .
MAN CHESTER . —The lecturers plan for the next quarter is come out , and may be aud by applying to Mr . James Cartiedge , secretary . There are now in Manchester and district , twenty-one good lecturers , which is an emphatic illustration of the progress of the cause , aa many of the persons whose names appear on the plan , could not for twelve months , speak with any degree of confidence before an audience more than a quarter of an hour or bo without notes , but now they can deliver lectures which occupy two houra with perfect composure , and highly interesting to the . listeners .
Lecture . —On Sunday evening at the Chartist Association , Redfem-street , Manchester , Mr . H . Candy , from Wolverhampton , delivered an able lecture to a crowded and attentive audience ; the subject—Monarchy and Republicanism—the evils of one and the benefits of the other . The lecturer ably laid down the entriuous expences of royalty and the prorL '^ acy ° * courts—tha burdens of a State Church , and the evils and curse of hereditary and class legiBtlation , aho \ . ' 8 d that monarchy was the parent of error and the mother of decay ; he then beautifully entered into the princ iples of Republicanism or representation , satisfactorily'' shewing an immediate necessity for a change , and forcibly laid
down the principles of the People ' s Char . « r , as the only guarantee for the oppressed millions ° * England . At this period of the proceedings , all at once there was a noise on the stairs and . several hnzzis . When Mr . F . O'Connor made his appea wnce in the room , having just arrived in Manchester iAom Glasgow , the enthusiasm and the hearty congratulations with which he was received by an audience of up ware ' of a thousand , totally stopped , for several minutes , the proceedings of Mr . Candy , who , when silence was restored , brit fly concluded his lecture , and the Chairman , Mr . Murray , introduced Mr . O ' Connor to the audience , who was received amidst the cke&ra and
heartfelt expressions of joy by his hearers . To enter into a detail of the able and talented address of Mr . O'Connor , which lasted nearly , two hours , would be more than is in our power , tuffico it to . say , he spoke fearlessly on those great and glorious-principles calculated to make the working classes happy , and sat down amidst universal applause .
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OTJSEBURN ^—Chartism is progressing here ; we continue enrolling members every time # e meet The Beading Room Is open every evening for the members aud public A general meeting of the members takes place every Sunday morning , owing to the pitmen not being able to attend at any other time , and lectures and discussions every Tuesday evening , at seven o'olock . COLNB . —Mr . James Duffy delivered a most' excellent lecture to the Chartists of this town , on Friday , the 7 th instant , in the large room , Windy-bank . At the conclusion , three cheers was given for tile Northern Star and O'Connor ; three for Frost , WUUama , and Jones ; and three for the Repeal of the Legislative Union . Several new members were enrolled .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct413/page/2/
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