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TT PWARD 3 of Three Hundred Thousand Cases \ J of weU-autlienticated GureB , by Morison's Pills of the British College of Health , having , through the medium of the press , been laid before the Public , is surely sufficient proof for-Hygeianism . Sold by WVStubbs , General Agent for Yorkshire , Queen's Terrace , Roundhay Road , Leeds ; and Mr . Walker , Briggate , and Mr . Heaton , Briggate ; Mr . Badger , Sheffield ; Mr . Nichols , Wakefield ; Mr . Harrison , Barnsley ; Miss Wilson , Rotherham ; Mr . Clayton , Donoasterj Mr . Hartley , Halifax ; Mr . Stead , Bradford ; Mr , Dewhirst , Huddersfield ; Mr ; Brown , Dewsbury ; Mr . Kidd , Poutefract j Mr . Bee , Tadcaster ; Mr . Wilkinson , Aberford ; Mr . Mountain , Sherbnrn ; Mn Richardson , Selby ; Mr , Walker , Otfey % Mr . Cbllah , East Witton ; Mr , Langdale , Knaresbro' and Harrogate ; Mr ; Harrison , Ripon ; Mr / Bowmoii Richmond ; Mr . Grasby , Bawtry ; Mr . Tasker * Skipton ; Mr . Sinclair , Wetherby ; Mr . Rushworth , Myth « lmroyd .
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HOLLAND'S BALSAM OF SPRUCE , fo COUGHS and COLDS . The Twrenty-Fourth Testimony in favour of this extraordiaary Medicine : — '' Liverpool , Feb . 20 * 1841 . " Dear Sir , —it is with feelings of the most lively gratitude that I convey to you a knowledge of the cure that I have obtained by the use of your Holland's Balsam of Spruce . . I feel it incumbent upon me to make you acquainted with my case * though unwilling to put myself forwardj yet I conceive it a duty due to society that my testimony should be added to those which I perceive you have inclosed with your medicine . My case was odo of that numerous class which unfortunately ate of too frequent occurrence in this variable climate , namely , cold
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CHARTIST PU ^ LS . IMPORT ANT TO THE AFFLICTED . MR . J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds , having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agekcy of those Pills , is authorised to give Twopence out of each la . 1 £ d Box , to be divided between the Executive and the Families of the Imprisoned Chartists . / ' : ' . ;/¦; . " . ; .. .. ¦ :.. . ¦" . ¦'¦ ' - \ - . " .. ¦ ¦ , ; The many MedicineB lately offered to the public would have prevented the proprietor from advertising these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , did he not feel it hia duty to give his suffering fellow Chartists an opportunity ( by their affliction ) to forward the causa of Democracy , and assist the families of their incarcerated brethren . to
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . CASE FROM LUTON , BEDFOBDSHIKB , COMMUNICATED BT MR . PHILLIPS , CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST , TO ME T . PKOUT , 229 , STRAND , LONDON . ' Luton , Bedfordshire , Oct . 19 , 1841 . SIR , —I feel desirous of expressing to you the great beaefit-which t have received from the use of Blair's Gout and Rheum tic Pills . I have fcr several years been afflicted with Rheumatism and Gout , tbe attacks of which were excessively severe During one of these painful visitations a kind friend presented me with a box of Blair ' s Pills , from the use of which I found immediate relief , and very soon entirely recovered . At a subsequent period I was so severely attacked that I thought it would be unwise to delay placing myself ander medical care . ¦¦ which
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CAUTlOlf TO ^ LADIES . - THE PROPRIETORS " 'OF KEARSIiEY ^ S ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS , find it incumbent on them to caution the purchasers of these PiUs against an imitation , by a person of the name of Smithers , and calling herself the Grand-daHghter of the late Widow Wemh , but who has no right to the preparing of them , the Original Recipe having been sold to the late Q . KeabsLby , of Fleet-street , whose widow found it necessary to make the following affidavit , for the protection of her property , in the year 17 S 8 : —
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TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN ¦ ; . ;¦ ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ' .:. ¦ STAR . . . _ ' ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' THE Readers of this Newspaper will have seea advertised every week for a long period an account of the benefits arising from taking PARR'S LIFE PILLS . These accounts , froin their undoubted truth , and the recommendations of parties who have tried the Medicine , have produced a very large sale , consequent on such recommendations . For the sake of unlawful gain , unprincipled parties
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VALUABLE WOEES . Just published , price 2 s . 12 mo . bound in cloth , FIFTEEN LESSONS ON THE ANALOGY AND SYNTAX OF THE ENGLISH LAN . GUAGE ; for the use of adutt / persons who haiij neglepted tte study of Grammar , ; i BY WILLIAM HILU The Lessons , in ibis Work ^ ar e intended " solelj for the use of nativesu They are divested , therefor © of all those hair's-breadth aistinctioHs and unnecas Bary subdiviaions in Analogy , which , if at all usef ul , can only be useful to foreigners . The science of Grammar is disentangled , in this Work from the folds of mysticism which have so long enshrouded it . The absurd and nniaeaning technicalities , which pervade all other Works on Grammar , are exchanged
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MEDICAL ADVICE . TO THE AFFLICIED WITH SCTJRVT , TENEREAIi , OB SYPHILITIC DISEASES , RHEUMATISM , IIID HEEVOBS OR SEXCAL DEBH . ITY .. MR . ^ SURGEONj&c , 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds . And every Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , Opposite East Brook Chapel , Bradford , HAVING devoted his studies for many years exclusively to the various diseases of the generative and nervous system , in the removal of those distressing debilities arising from a secret indulgence in a delusive and destructive habit , and to the sue * cessful treatment Of ~
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ARKO& 9—On Sunday evening last , Mr . Dean Taylor preschcd in a chapel which will "hod four hundred peeple , and was crowded to suffocation . His discourse gave universal satisfaction . At the close-of Mr . Tsylert discourse , the son of Mr . Isaac and Emma Thorp lras dnly christened Feargus Thorp , 5 DTJCKINTIELT } . —Mr . George Johnson lectured on Senday Evening , in the GhartiBt Boom , Hall-green . — Mr . Cteorge Roberts having resigned his office as sub-Secretary for " 3 > UGkinneld , Mr . James Locket has been appointed . GREAT MARIOCT , Bccxs . —The great National is obtaining nnmerous signatnres here . The good denizens of Mailow axe most anxious to receive a vlait from Mr . Feargos O'Connor in a few weeks , when the weather will permit of a meeting under the canopy of heaven .
READING . —The Chartists of this town were visited last week by Mr . Mead , from Birmingham . Dr . Perry , of Hore Chapel , kindly grantad them the use of the school-room attached . to his Cnapell , which ¦ was tastefully decorated with laurels , evergreens , &c On Tuesday evening , Mr . Mead was announced to lecture on class legislation . The chair was taken by Dr . Perry , who opened the meeting by reading the placard . He considered it the duty of every Christian minister to do all that lay in his power for the benefit of the people , to follow the example of that great Reformer , Jems Christ , who was himself a working man , being a carpenter , and labouring with his hands . He trusted the timo was approaching when , the ministers would follow his example , and that the Church tt Liberty would reign triumphant throughout the land—igreat applause . ) Mr . Mead then rose , and was londly cheered . He said the subject they were met to consider was one of the greatest importance ; and he trusted to prove to their satisfaction that all the evils we now suffer-arose from cur system of class legislation . Mr . Mead then entered into the evils of a state . church , which he showed was one of the effects , as well as one of the causes of this ty ' A , as they form the characters of oar present legislator He then adverted to the Game and Trespass Acts , asserting that in the year 18 S 6 , he saw forty-two in Ipswich goal committed under these acts , the eldest of whom was not fifteen years of age . The lecturer then referred to the abuses in our naval and military services , and related many ins-tances of tyranny and hardship , which he had seen during the time he was a lieutenant in the navy . Odc in particular , of a M . Taylor , son of the Mayor of Yarmouth , who was master ' s mate on board the same ship ; they had taken a vessel , and he was put as pr za master on board of her . He had torn his trousers in the action , and took a bit of nankeen off a bale t > need them . Foi thi » he xfus sentenced to receive 959 lashes , which were immediately inflicted , and the man died in a few minutes after he was slung into his hammock . ! Great sensation- ) The lecture occupied nearly two hours , in its delivery , and was much applauded at its conclusion . Mr . James Ironmonger moved the following resolution : — "That , in the opinion of thismeeting , a 1 the evils which we now suffer are the effect of class legislation , seconded in an able manner by Mr . Major , and carried ¦ unanimously . Mr . Q . Wheeler moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer , -which was seconded by Mr-Pilgrim . Mr . Mead britfly addressed them , and the meeting concluded by singing one of Mr . Santey's songs , and giving tkrea cheers for the Chatter , &c Wedxesdat Evening . —Dr . Perry ' again occupied the chair . Mr . Mead lectured on the rights of labour , when , in a lncid manner , he explained tee right of the labourer to the first fruits of the soil , and exposed in an able manner the emigration swindle , shewing clearly that the most valuable right was that of it presentation , and was that which gave a value to all other lights . He Telated numerous anecdotes of the working classes attaining to great eminence in literature and art , and concluded by deariy shewing the'fallacy of a repeal of the Corn Laws benefitting the labourer under existing circumstances . Mr . James proposed the following resolution , "which "was seconded by Mr . Truss : — " That we are fully aware of the evil effects of the laws restricting the importation of food , and the other unjust laws passed by Parliaments that have usurped the rights of legislating for the nation ; bnt it is further rewired that this mteting is of opinion it is useless to expect thetr repeal from a Parliament founded on a property qualification , and based on less than Universal Suffrage , protected by the Ballot , Annnal Parliaments , Equal Districts , and Payment of Members . " The meeting then sung one of Mr . Mead ' s songs , gave three cheers for the Charter , and three for Frost , "Williams , and Jones . Thtthsdat . —The lecture was on the evils of a Stste Church , and in a lecture of two hours * duration t \ e lecturer shewed np " the old lady , " in all her naked deformity . At its conclusion , the National Pttition ¦ aras read and adopted . A vote of thanks to Dr . Perry and the deacons of the chapel was carried by acclamation . The attendance on all the lectures was numerous , more especially on the last evening , and great good has been effected , more particularly among tSe middle classes , who , influenced by the example of Dr . Perry , Mr . Junes , and ethers , are rapidly joining the Charter tSandard . COATERIEGE . —A public meeting of the inhabitants ef Coatbridge and vicinity , was held in tcs Toniperanee Hall , on Thursday , March 3 rd , at seven p . m . ; Mr . John Wighton in the chair . The National Petition was adopted "unanimously . The meeting was then addressed by Mr . Jamieson , from Airdree , who conveyed some beautiful remarks" on the present state cf labour , sad that eating cancer—tie aristocracy , who like the loeorts , eat cp every green thing . Mr . Bnxiie alse addressed the meeting at considerable length . , as rilso did Mr . Paterson , from Airdree , who gave general satisfaction ; the htnr bong late , the meeting gave a vole of thanks to the Chairman , with three cheers for Feargus O'Connor and the Charter , and quietly departed to their homes .
Out-Dcoh Meeting . —On Thursday , March 3 rd , a large out-door nutting of the East D . strict of the Miners' Chartist Association , was held at the Canal Bank , about a half-mile east of Coafbridge , the hour of meeting being eleven o ' clock a . m . ; and although the day was wet , there -were about 700 miners on the spot by half-past tweWe ; Mr . Alexander Dobbiewas chosen chairman , who opened the meeting "with a speech beaming withintellifence , calling on all to come forward and join the Chartist racks , and also recomintnciDg all who were at the meeting , who had not signed the National Petition , to go to a house about fifty "yards off , where there were sheets for signatures lying on a table tbers . The wetness cf the day deprived as of having She sheets at the meeting . The report of an out-door meeting on Clyde Banks being read , which contained a plan of reducing the stock of coal in the market : bat
did not meet the approbation of tins niec-ting . Mr . John M'lVsy moved " that as the plan proposed " Vy the Western district for j > do ring the stock of material in the market , would tend to enrage onr employtrs at ns , and the effect would be a great numtrer discharged , and tfcere -were too many poor tradesman idle and EtrCTTilig already , and as the plan proposed by the Western district -would only keep about 27 . CC 0 carts out of the market weekly , he moved that they hold a public outdoor meeting of the trade every Thursday , and that every ¦ workman be idle on that day , wMca "vriil be the means cf keeping nearly 4 . 700 carts cf coal unworked every ¦ week , and not be molested by our employers . It was seconded and carried nnaaiinous 7 v . Robert Smith moved , " that we meet on Thursday first , in Glasgow Green , and request a deputation from tie trades to attend ;" also carried , when the meeting broke up with three cheers for the Charter .
CARLISLE . —Triumph of Chartism , and Concessions of the Anti-Cobs Law League . Tfevtr since the first visit of Mr . O'Connor to Carlisle , ¦ when the Chartist Association was first established , did Chartism occupy so proud and eitraced a position , as it does at the prestnt moment . For a long period we Were treated with scorn and contumely , our leaders reviled and misrepresented—and the whole body charged with , crimes and intentions &f the most diabolical character . The police establishment was increased —watchmen were put on to protect property from the torch of the Chartist incendiary—tbe yeomaary cavalry ¦ were called out to ensure the peac ^ and safety if the town—th 8 Mayor taking nf jge in the Ci ± tie , lest he might be burned in his own house at midnight—mock
proclamations were issued by the alarmed ana ttupid borough magistrates , ranfcjng it something approaching to high treason for tie Tillanous CLcrtists to collect a few pence t * defenrl their persecuted and prosecuted friend * . We wtre reviled and . t-ted by the middle classes , who lock e . Tery opportunity cf throwing discredit and ' contempt on our cause ; they chuckled , demon-like , at the cold-blooded treatrnfeiit and unmeritei sufferings of the peopls ' s bt » t friends . In short , we were despised and degraded—impudently insulted as spoliators and robbers . But we drooped not under this Ioa 3 cf insult and persecution ; but with mein erect , and look severe , we pursued the even tenor of our way , conscious ef the honesty and justice of the eause in which we were embarked : nor have we ever
allowed an opportunity to eeespe , when there -was a chance of proclaiming the justness of our demandsnntil ve have made our enemies to quake with fear at ths dazzling effulgence of trnth and justice ; &je : even the undaunted champion of the League—the powerful and immaculate George Thompson , hssfelt the potency of our reasoning , though clad in simple and humble guise , compared with his matchless eloquence and powerful declamation , and has become an advocate for the Charter . Those who , some shorttimeago . -despised and persecuted us , are now fast joining our ranks : hundreds are admitting the justness of our clajnis , and express themselves willing to join us in our righteous warfare
. But eTen under those cheering circumstances the people must be aware that no delusion is again practised -upon them by the middle classes . Let them remember the treatment they met with at the hands of « ame middle class after they Sad assisted them to earry the Reform BilL Sinee the return of the four * 5 viP ^? T lrT d * PatfeB ««> m London several meetings -of that body have been held , at which they bare expressed a strong desire to get up a public mtetir . ? , but some of them are afraid of opposition from the Chartisti ; others are willing and anxious to go for the whole Chaitsr , seeing that there i » no hope fat improvement bat In the adoption cf those principle * of which we bare been long tie hum bis bat zealou advocate * .
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LOKDON . —The stone masons of Dmry-Iane locality held their fcsttal weekly meeting on Saturday evening last The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed , a letter \ w » read from Mr . John Campbell , Genera ! Secretary , highly approving of the establishment of a Trades Council , and the masons intend to proceed forthwith to consult the other trades upon the subject ; and as the County Council have expressed their approbation of the step , as atao several of toe trades , no doubt exists that a council will speedily be formed , and that it will be of great utility in advancing oar glorious cause no one can deny . Several cards of membership were taken np , and a . rote of thanks having been given to the chairman , the meeting adjourned . City of Losdos Ladies' Shoemakers—This body meet on Sunday evening at the Star Coffee Rooms , Golden Lane . They have been compelled by the room becoming too small for them , to appoint a committee of three members to look out for another .
New Locality of Teetotallers . Messw . GoodfeUow , Leigh , Watts , Ford , and Shepherd , of the London Council , attended at the Crown Coffee House , Beak-street , Begent-street , on Sunday last , -when it was resolved " That a locality should be formed at that house to co-operate and unite with the . National Charter Association . Upwards of twenty members joined . Shoemakers—This body met , as usual , an Sunday evening , at the Red Lion , Portland-street , Polandstreet . Mr . Wheeler lectured upon the principles of the Charter . Tailors . —Mr . Wheeler addressed a meeting at the Red Lion , Kiog-street , Golden-jquare , on Sunday evening , on the various forms of Government , and the rape iority of the Charter . Messrs . Latouche and Shepherd also delivered their sentiments , and the chairman closed the business in an able speech .
Tailors , Three Crowns , Berwick-Street . — Mr . Leigh delivered an able oration , at this place , on Sunday evening . Westuinster . Ruffy Ridley lectured at the Charter Coffee House , Stretton Ground , on Sunday evening . Shoemakers , Clock Horss , Castle-Street , Leicester-Square . —Ruffy Ridley lectured here on Sunday evening . Subject— " Class Legislation ; " the deformities of which he exposed in his nsual forcible nmnner . At the conclusion tf the lecture a committee was appointed to watch over the conduct of the socalled liberal presy . A resolution was passed that this locality should co-operate with the other localities of shoemakers , for the purpose of arousing the whole trade , and the various councils were appointed to confer on the subject .
LONDON District Couxcii ~—Mr . Drake in the chair . After the transaction of considerable business , and receiving several written communication * , the balance sheet of the council was read , and Messrs . Seal and Shepherd appointed to audit it , previous to its being published in the Slar . Messrs . Fussell , Knight , Wilkins , Langwith , and Drew , were appointed a committee to consider the plan of the Executive respecting a new method of organization for the metropolitan districts . Fourteen individuals , one selected from each trade , were appointed a committee , with power to add to their numbers , for the purpose of more effectually agitating the trades of London and its vicinity . A resolution was unanimously carried , requesting the various localities to appoint a committee for the purpose of obtaining , by shares or otherwise , a central Chartist halL Alter the transaction of other business the council adjourned .
Expenditure of London Delegate Council from its commencement , August 8 , 1841 , to February 27 , 1842 . inclusive . £ s . d . Debt due by previous Council 0 17 3 $ Expences of delegation to York ... ... 4 10 9 Expences of Crown and Anchor meeting ... 17 15 0 Do . White Conduit meeting ... 6 5 0 Postage , Stationery , &c 1 5 0 Rent of Council Room 3 9 0 Salary of Secretary 1 17 6
35 19 10 J Expendiinre of Festival at John-street , January 6 th 11 19 6 Total Expenditure ... £ 47 19 it Total Receipts 50 8 6 Total Expenditure 47 19 4 Balance in favour of Council - ~ £ 2 « 71
Babt owing to Council ( included in the receipts ) for sale of Festival Tickets ... £ 2 18 0 T . M . Wheeler , sub-Secretary . Edward Searle ) . _ ,,, » - „ Jous Shepherd } Audltori . Receipts of the London Delegate Council from its commencement . August 3 , 1841 , to February 27 , 1842 , inclusive . £ s . d By Snbscritption at Crown and Anchor ... 6 17 1 By do . White Conduit 2 3 0 Private Subseripti . n 0 19 11 Receipts , Old Bailey Lecture Boom 0 7 2 .. St . Pancras 2 16 Tower Hamlets 4 7 9
Globe Fields 15 3 _ Finsbury ... 1 3 10 . „ City of London 2 11 6 „ Kensington and Chelsea 20 0 „ City of Westminster ... ... 0 13 4 „ Stonemasons ... ... ... 0 10 0 Whitechapel 6 2 3 „ Wai worth and Cambcrwell ... 2 8 9 Shoemakers , Golden-lane ... ... ... 1 0 9 | Tailors , Three Doves 0 17 o " Tailors , Red Lion ... " 0 5 0 Tailors , Three Crowns 0 6 4 Tailors , Bricklayers'Arms 0 10 6 Hackney 0 4 6 Albion , Shoreditch ... 0 2 6 Liiaehouse 0 3 0
31 1 6 Receipts cf Ball at John-street 19 7 0
Total Receipts ... ... £ 50 8 0 Li jibeth . —Great Meeting and Defeat of the anti-Corn Law League—Tuesday evening a public meeting was held in the great room at the Horns Tavern , Kensington , " To consider the best means to be adopted to obtain a repeal of the Corn Laws , &c " There were nearly 1000 persons present , andats ^ ven o ' clock , a Mr . Cash , a Corn Law Repealer , was cailed to the chair , -who addressed the meeting tt great tenjth , as did als > o a Mr . Haynes , a lecturer from the anti-Corn Law Association and several others , and a resolution irasmored to the effect , " That the Corn Laws were
obnoxious and ought to b « at once repealed . " The Chartists mustered strong on tbe occasion , and Messrs . Brown , Eiigfett , Blackmore , Goldsmith , and others spoke at some length , and an amendment was subsequently proposed , to the effect * ' That the wrongs of the people would never be redressed until the Charter had become the law of the land . " Tha resolution and amendment were subsequently put from the chair , and the latter was dec ared to be carried by a large majority , much to the annoyance of the anti-Corn Law parties . Three hearty cheers were given for the Charter , and the meeting separated . [ This was accidentally omitted from our last EdO
Broad Silk Weavers . —An adjourned meeting of the band-loom bioad silk weavers , to hear the report of the Relief Committee , and to censure and call upon them to resign for the calumnies they had caused to bs inserted in the public papers regarding the meeting of weavers addressed by Feargus O'Connor , took place according to annonncenunt . Mr . Thorne , having been called to the chair , read the . placard cilling tbe meeting , and hoped they would give every speaker a fair and impartial hearing . Mr . Clause , the Secretary , explained the reason the meeting on the . previous week had not been held at the Knave of Clubs . Mr . Fox , one ef the Committee , attempted to address the meeting in explanation of his conduct , which was met by groans and hisse ? . Mr . Britton hoped that if the
Committee bad acted wrong , they would overlook it . Considerable discussion here took place respecting the power with which the Committee had been invested . The minutes ef the latt meeting were than read ana confirmed . Mr . Berry moved that they receive the report of the Committee , -which being seconded , Mr . Wilson moved , and Mr . Cross seconded that thereport in the Morning Herald be read . This -was carried by an immense majority . The Chairman then read the report , which was denounced by the meeting as a complete tissue of lies . Mr . Palmer maved , and Mr . Pearce seconded , that a shew of bands be taken as to whether the Broad Silk Wcavera ' s Union were not the fittest body to call a meeting of the trade , they being the parties who called the acting which Mr . O'Connor addressed . Mr . Berry , in a long rambling speech , attempted to insinuate that the weavers as a trade had nothing to do with that meeting —( laughter and cries of shame ) . Mr . Wilson said the
objections urged were frivolous and vexatious ; the great body of the weavers were Chartists , and determined to maintain their political opinions ; the Committee had maligned them because they were not consulted and could nek reap a pecuniary benefit from it Oat of upwards of three hundred at the meeting , there were not , at the highest computation , more than fifty who were not weavers . He moved that a vote of censure be passed on the Committee , which was seconded by Mr . Finnett . Messrs . Acklom and Homsby , two of the Committee , then insisted upon being heard in their defence , and occupied the meeting until the time to dose the house had arrived . Mr . Wilkins , on remonstrating with them on this conduct , was pushed by them off the table , and great confusion was caused , during which the meeting was adjourned until the ensuing Saturday . Tbe meeting was an excessively crowded one , and nearly the whele expressed their disapproval of the conduct of the committee , and their belief that nothing but the Charter would benefit their condition . ' . ¦ " ' NEWARK . —The cause of Chartism progresses h * re . Four new members were enrolled at the lact met ting .
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DUNFERMIXNS . —Mr . O'Brien , by invitation , visited Dacfermline on Tuesday , the 1 st of March , and delivered a lecture in the evening , by setting before us the injustice of our laws , and their bad effects upon society ; the remedy and the goed that would result to the community from having these laws changed and reformed . A futile and unsuccessful attempt at opposition was get up by one Merrison . : , PERTH . —Mr . O'Brien has been lecturing to the female Chartists of Perth , to their great satisfaction . A notice was sent to us last week , but not received till our papers for the Scotch posts were printed .
AYR . — -The Chartists of Ayr have been well supplied with lectures ef late . Mr . Thompson , minister of the Chartist congregation , Greenock , lectured on the present aspect of affairs , and gave great satisfaction . He delivered three eloquent discourses on Sunday to large audiences . Mr . Thompson is a decided favourite in this place . The Secretary of the Working Men ' s Association followed on Monday evening , by delivering a lecture on the benefits arising from a Repeal of the Corn Laws under class legislation . The attendance was
numerous . After the address , the meeting took up the subject of the National Petition . The Scottish Petition was moved and seconded . Some of the meeting were of opinion that the Scottish Petition would not be numerously signed , and that to preserve union , it would be better to adopt the petition emanating from the Council of the English Executive . An amendment , in accordance wilh the above opinion , was duly proposed and seconded , when , after considerable discussion , the Chairman divided the house , and the amendment was declared carried .
PAXSUSY . —Great and Glorious Triumph of thb People and Real Chartism over middle Class , Sturge , and Humbu g Chartism . —Here , on Thursday evening , March 3 rd , a public meeting of tbe inhabitants was held in the Rev . Mr . Baud ' s Cburcb , St . James's Street , the Lord Provost in the chair , for the purpose of effecting a union of the middle and working classes upon the Joseph Sturge suffrage plan of reform , when a great many of the middle-class men , and clergy of the town , backed by Provost Henderson , of Whig-Radical notoriety , appeared upon the platform , before agorious display of working men , with a little sprinkling of the middle class , the place being crammed to snffocation . Of course the Provost was called to the chair , and the Chartists , in courtesy , offered no
opposition , reserving their upright and manly decision to a more important occasion . The business of the meeting was opened by the Kev . Mr . Kennedy proposing the first resolution , to the effect that prudent , active , and vigorous measures be taken to secure to the people a full , fair , and free representation in the Commons ' House of Parliament . Tho speaker laboured long and hard to convince the meeting that this was the soul of the Charter , the only difference , in hia ' estimation ., being that it wasted the name ; but the Chartists , ever awake to this species of cajolery , told hint several times that "it would not do , Mr . Kennedy ; that is not our Charter ; we will not be satisfied "with less tbau the six points . '' The resolution was seconded by the Rev . Mr . Cairns , one of the delegates to the late Corn
Law Conference in London ; when lo ! to the astonishment of all present , the Rev . Patrick Brewster came forward , and told Mr . Kennedy that be had created a man of btraw , and had concluded his hour and a half ' s contradictions by giving his ghost of suffrage a kick , when he tumbled over , and was no more heard of . Roars of laughter followed this expression , with cries of " Yes , yes . " Brewster pleaded his own cause nobly , reading a very severe and sarcastic lesson to his brethren the clergy , and the middlo-cLias men in particular , and concluded his able speech by moving , as an amendment "tho Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter , " as our friend Mr . O'Connor has said , " snout , bristles , and al . " The working men were rather taken by surprise , as th ^ y had an amendment the same in substance as Bre water's ; but seeing that he was in the right track they gave way , and supported him . A Mr . Osborne seconded the amendment . The
Chairman put them to the vete , when a forest of blistered bands were held up for the amendment , and I am within the truth when I state that only forty were held up for the original motion . The Chairman declared the amendment carried by a large majority , when three cheers were given for the Charter , throe for the exiled patriots , Frost , Williams , and Jones , and lost , but not least , three for the giant patiiot , Feargus O'Connor . The working men of Paisley have nobly done their duty on the present occasion ; after suffering the extreme « f destitution for the last nine months , their devotion to tbe Charter of their liberty , amid all their serUus calculations and dreary forebodings , really to say the least of it , redounds to their honour , and deserves the thanks of the imperial Chartists throughout the empire . Farewell , then , and for ever , middleclass and clerical humbug in J ? aisley ! The people are resolved to stand or fall by the Charier 1—Correspondent . ¦
.:-..-BEBDEM BR . IOGE .-Ut . Brophy , late secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , lectured hereto a crowded audience , on Thursday week . At the conclusion several new members were enrolled . CHORLTON-UPON-IKEDL . OCB 1 . — On Sunday an animated discussion took place upoa the best means of supporting the victims to the cause of Chaitism . The question sti 1 stands open , the meeting being adjourned till half-past two o ' clock of the afternoon of next Sunday . On tbe evening of the same day Mr . Tillman delivered a lecture on politics as connected with the duties of private life . Mr . Tillman will hold a meeting of tbe females of Manchester , on Wednesday , the 23 rd of March , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose" of submitting to their consideration a plan of general education .
BRISTOL—On Sunday evening a lecture was delivered by Mr . Forsbury , at No . 10 , Nelson-street , ' after which , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Simeon , seconded by Mr . Copp , " That in the opinion of this meeting , the conduct of our firm , resolute , and indefatigable patriot , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in placing our Charter before every meeting of thej anti-CornLaw League , sometimes to the imminent danger of his life , is deserving of tbe esteem and gratitude of every lover of his country ; and that so long as he
continues in his present course we will , with all our energy , be ever ready to show sur gratitude and love to him , by rallying round our Charter , determined not to surrender one inch of ground , and further that we will support with all our means , the people's paper , the Northern Star , " Carried unanimously . The Association hold their meetings on Monday night , at 5 C , Castlestreet , and Tuesday nights , at the Friendship , Brown ' s Row , Bedminster . O ; her localities are about to open and upon the whole Bristol wears a healthy appearance as regards the people ' s cause . '
BISHOP AUCKLAND . —Mr , Charles Connor delivered a lecture hare on Sunday , to upwards of one theusand persons . . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Charles Connor delivered a second lecture in the ChartUts'Hall , Goat Inn , on Tuesday evening last , upon First Principles in relation to Government and Society . Several names were enrolled after the meeting . . On Mojtdat , the 5 th , Messrs . Hartley , Johtistone , and Sinclair , according t » appointment , attended the meeting of the pitmen , on Sbaddon ' a Hill , Black Fell . At ten o ' clock , tbe hcur of meeting , in addition to the good and true from Jarva , Hepburn , and various other places , who surrounded the flag "which waved in the breeds , on the top of Shaddon ' s Hill , surmounted by the cap of liberty . The pitmen of the Sherriff's Hill district , turned the shoulder of the hill , preceded by the Sherriff's Hill band , dressed in a neat uniform , playing the celebrated air , :
" Scots wha hae wiWallace bled ;" and were most enthusiastically cheered on their approach . After the business for which they ha . d met was disposed of , Mr . J . Southern , of Sherriffs Hill , Was unanimously called to the chair , who , in a very appropriate address , urged upon them the necessity of union and its effects , and concluded by introducing Mr . Sinclair , who followed in the same strain , and in elucidation shewed that of all the men who attended there thatnone had that effect that the good men and true of Sherriff Hill had , in the organised-like manner in which they did their duty , and he could attributa their conduct to no other cause than that they had a National Charter Association at Sherriff Hi 1 , and were prepared as one man to do their duty , whenever their own
interest , or that of the people , required it Mr . S . then read the National Executive ' s address , explanatory of tbe principles of the Charter ; and having again urged trie necessity of forming Associations in their respective villages , concluded by proposing the adoption of the National Petition , which was seconded by a gentleman whose name we could net learn , and having been put from the chair , was agreed to unanimously . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman , the meeting separated , many requesting to be allowed to canvass for signatures to the Petition in their several localities , which was willingly granted , and sheets furnished for that purpose . The three delegates from Newcastle procured nine hundred signatures that day . Messrs . Cockbura and Sloane , the delegates to the meeting at Avenue-head attended , but due
publicity had not been given . It is true , it appeared in the Gaieshead Observer , but all the pitmen in that district read tbe NortTiem Star , and as it was not announced in that paper , they knew nothing of the affair , consequently the meeting was very poorly attended . A good many came from Cowpen , bu : as no speakers on the pitmen's business were there , Mr . Cock burn was requested to address the people assembled on the principles of the Charter , which he did in grand style , urging upon them the necessity of uniting as one man for the acquirement of the Charter , as the only means of making anything iike a stand against tyranny , whether local or national . Mr . Cockburn was well received . All present signed the National Petition , and the men of Blyth extracted a pledge from Mr . C . that he should come and address them on the principles of universal freedom at Blyth , on Saturday , 26 th instant
Tbe Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly meeting on Monday evening , Mr . Cross in the chair . — The Secretary having read the minutes of lost meeting , the test of the evening was spent in receiving the reports of the two public meetings on Saturday as above . The Committee appointed to collect the petition sheets reported that they received sheets containing upwards of 60 , 000 names . All country places having petition sheets are respectfully requested to hand them into Mr . Jsmes Sinclair , No . 3 , PipeweU-gate , Gateahead .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct421/page/2/
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