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TO THE READERS OF NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS.
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The speaker next made some smart comments npon the despotic conduct of one Nicholas Smirke . who is called the "king of the Teetotallers of Saaderlaad , *' and who is not less despotic than the celebrated and more distinguished Emperor of all ihoRusBias . He concluded by moving a resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of the Committed of the Snnderiand Total Abstinence Society , towards the juvenile members , has been base , hypocritical , and unwarrantable . " The reso lution was immediately seconded , and on being put to the meeting , ( not by the Chairman , who refused ) , was carried unanimously . The . decision appears to have given great satisfaction to the working classes , not only because it was justified by the conduct of the committee towards the jnvenilea , but also , because their conduct towards the Chartists of Sanderland , who comprise the bulk of their members , had exhibited similar baseness and hypocrisy . —Correspondent .
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Atrocious Outrage . —The Police Gazelle contains information that , on the first of March , a number of ? awyer 3 feloniously assaulted Mr . John Wilton , one of the propieloreof the city of Cork patent saw mills , and threw a quantity of vitriol , or some Other burning liquid , into hia face , by which he h& 3 been in iminent danger , and has lost the sight of one eye . Two of the perpetrators of the outrage are apprehended ; but other ? ,-whose names are given , absconded , aud hare probably gone to London . Their names are Daniel lorrigan , J . Drew , and J . Q , uick , the latter of whom has his arm marked with his initials , "J . Q ^ " and is described as a great mimic , and capable of personating many characters . He 13 believed to be dressed as a sailor . Mr . Willon limself , and also her Majesty ' s government and the corporation and citizens of Cork , have offered rewards , amounting , in the whole , to £ 150 , for such information as may cause ths apprehension and conviction of the offenders .
Dreadful Case of Infanticide . —An inquest was held by P . R . Faulkner , Esq ., on Friday , the 22 nd instant , at Everton , about throe miles from Bawtry , on the body of a new born male child . From evidence it appeared that the deceased was an illegitimate child of Mary Milnes . a servant in the family of the Rev . Mr . Smith , of Everton , in whose family Ehe had only lived two months . She was taken ill on the 21 st , and Dr . Hall , of Retford , was sent for s when he at once discovered that she had recently been delivered of 3 male child . The girl declared hex innocency at Erst , bus afterwards Btated that she had been delivered of a male child , & very mall one , which she had given to the dog ; but
upon a search being made , Dr . Hall discovered a fall grown male child , wrapped up in a piece of gown , aud placed between the mattrass and feather bed on which she was lyng . It presented a shocking spectacle , for not only had the child ' s throat been dreadfully cut , even through the spine , but the mouth of the child had been cas on each side , as if to stop its cries . The girl subsequently confessed her guilt , and stated that she had cut the child's throat with a biscuit knife , which was found afterwards on the sink , in the back kitchen , covered with blood . The jury returned a verdict of " Willful Mnrder" against Mary Milnes , who was committed by the coroner to take her trial at the next assizes for the county of Nottingham .
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TO THE EDIT 6 B OF THE KOBTHKBJf STXR . Sia , —In my repoit of the state of Chartism in Monmouthshire , it appears I made a mistake by saying that there was no association in txUtsnce in Newport . There is an association there ; and also they had been engaged in o"btainiiig signatures before I visited them in the Eastenreei . I have to apologise to my Newport friends for these unintentional misstatements ; also that the chief Chai .-fcist Association was in Merthyr Tydvil , Glamorganshire , —find not the only one , but that there were sevexal kt " nTi ones in the neighbourhood . HOEGAX WlLUAHS .
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THE GET-RID-OF-FEARGrs PABTY , AND THEIR XEW " NEW MOVE . " TO THE EDITOB OF THE S 0 B . THEKS STAB . Sir , —It was my intention to have addressed you sit come length upon the move now being made for the reorganization of the Lovett party under a new leader ; but the report , in the Slar , of my speech , in detailing the state of my district , into which I introduced the sayings Of Messrs . Lsvett and party , is so correct and foil , that I am enabled , without much pressure upon your valuable space , to perfect the picture which I meant to present to you . The facts of the case then are briefly these—Mr IiOYett ' s disclosures were as follow : —
" That they were not , at Birmingham , soffic ' ently strong to set rid of the name of the Charter , that be did not find fault with Mr . O'Connell's abuse and denunciation of tbe Chartists , and that they the " new xiove" men were Hot in a position to acknowledge a coalition with O'Connell ; but that , ere long , he would join them . " That their whole and sole object , as well as a sane man could judge , was to destroy the popularity of Mr . O"Goimor , and the circnlation of the Northern Star , and ia supply its place with a newspaper of that party ; sad Sir , need I do more to confirm ths correctness of jay view than quote for you a passage from a letter from Montrose , received by Mr . O'Connor , and shown to me . This is the extract : —
" Yesterday week , after Joseph Hume was returned "for these boroughs , I , as oce of the deputation , waited vpon him to take our petition Eheets , with 1 954 signatures , which I hope , by this , the Convention has received He kindly received us , and promised to support the Six points , and will enter more into details afterwards He then began slap , 'We want to get up a paper to . supersede the Star ; get rid of Feargns O'Connor and all bis kot-rie&aed f olloirers . There is lovett , Tincent , Hetberington , Collins , and a good many more , who are doing all they can to bring about that so-muchneeded object . "
Now , Sir , need I say more , when every working man reflects that the said Joseph Hume has been the jpiTOt , from first to last , npon which the " new move " party has turced . Connect this with the mandate issued by Daniel OXJonnell to his followers , to enrol themselves as members of the " move" party . If this 1 b not cruel persecution of a man for the purpose of ruining him , and then breaking np that party with which he frag acted from the commencement , I know not what it And now , Sir , the grand question is , are we , as working men , to desert all our friends for the Tain gratification of our old delnders . ' A Ibtter has been lent to the Convention , signed by S . "Wade ,
charging me with falsthsod , as a spy ; but I hnrl back the cbsxse in the teeth of the said S . "Wad « and his " new move ; " as 4 I assure them that I have daily received letters of congratulation from my constituents for my noble and straightforward conduct , in thus exposing their hypocrisy and deceit , hoping Ihey will Jet learn the ait of manly honesty to the woriing classes , I conclude myself , Tski obeaient servant , In the cause of Chartism , George Habbisok , Member for the Midland Counties of the National ConTentzon . London , Anril 27 . 3 S 4 2 .
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TO THE EEIIOH OP TUE X 0 BTHE 3 . K STAB . Stb , —The follovrwg xerbalim copy of a letter from E . J- Richsrdsen , of Manchester , was received by the Chartists of Colre last week . Hrrewitb I sind you a opy of the Statesman , the Nonconformist , and the Birmingham Journal-, in order that you may see something like an impartial account of the procetdings of the Conference lately fcsld at Binnin £ bam . I fear your minds maybe biassed by what I consider to be gross misrepresentations in the Star concsrning that body . I am exceedingly
BEEious that the workicg classts should fce freely and honciily informed on all Kiatters touching the great question of radical reform ,, acd more especially those Who have shewn me their especial ran-i-tr * of favour . I aai aware the nirn of Coins ¦ will judge impartially , " nothing extenuate nor set down aught in malice , " nor yet suffer their minos to be biassed by any man , however popular he may be , or however powerful . I coe-Eider the Conference to have acted nobly , generously , End -siseJy—/ earless of either one man or another , and Utterly regardless of party or faction .
Banish from your minds f > ul suspicions , and judge charitably . Sturge ' s move » ent I freely believe to be an honest one ; and ¦ whattveT course your men take , act independently , and sccor&isg to the honest dictates ol the conscience ^
From your obedient servant . i R . J . RlCHAEDSOK . j The following answer has been returned by the , Chartists et Coin * to the foregoing cosmraBica- i tion : — I SiE , —We have to acknowledga the receipt of your letter cf the ITtfl , together with tbe newspapers , asi stated in the same . j I duly Eubmittfcd its contents to the consideration of the council of ocr breach of the National Charter ] Association , and they resolvui to call a general meeting of the members without delsy , to take tbe united ; opinion and advice of the gtneral body . Accordingly , i we had a full meeting of the members last Thursday evening , and the result was the passing of an unsnl- j morn vote cf confidence in Tesigas O'Connor , Esq ., and ;
H » e Northern Star newspaper , for their ppninchtEg and straightforward advocacy of the rights of the working j classes , and deprecating acy movement that may have j thft least tenaeiaey to deraage , oi bring into contempt , j either the old faithful ar . d honest leaders , or even to ; change the nsme cf tbe original movement- in favour , of the People ' s Cfcarter . j The Chartist * of Celne regret that any difference of , opinion should exist EEioDgsi persons who professedly had the Eame ot jects ia vitw , and more especially those j whom , they , but a Htt ' e while ago , looked upon as burn- j ing End shMEg lishts in the foremost ranks of Char- j tism , taa coDfi ^ taiiy looted \ Q thtm lot examples oi j conHjUncy , stability , and ptrseverance in their onward . course to obtain equnl justice for their suffering fellow- i eoontrymen ; bowfeeenand sect * must be the dj&tp-J
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pointment when they find those who once enjoyed their confidence , turning aside and forming a coalition with one who has been the greatest stumbling block in the way of our political regeneration , we mean Daniel O'ConnelL To place confidence in a weathercock politician of this description would be the very height of folly and inconsistency . " The men of Coins see no reason ,, as yet , to desert O'Connor asd the Northern Star , and if the Stargitea were honest in their adoption of the principles ot the Charter , we see no reason why they need to assume a new name , except they intend to get rid of the old leaders , and the Northern Star . If this be their object , the men of Coins will be no party to such a proceeding . By order of the public meeting , Thomas Waddington , Chairman . Colne , April 25 , 1842 .
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NATIONAL CONVENTION . ( Continued from our sixih page . ) and comforts of life . The restrictions on land bore chiefly en tie working classes ; the greater portion of it was let to tenants wUose occupancy ensured them a vote . The restrlctiona which ha was anxious to remove he had stated in the motion ha made in the House of Commons . There were the leases , which ia many instances only allowed one-fifth to be cultivated for grain , while four-fifthB were laid out in parks , &c , or occupied in grass land , for the fatting of cattle . He had moved , in the House of Commons , for leases to be granted in perpetuity ^ The tenant would then have some security for his improvements , and would lay out his capital with the confidence of having s leturu .
The law of distress was another restriction on the land . According to this law , the landlord coute follow the goods or stock of the tenant for a period of twenty-one days" , if , through a dear rent or other circumstances , he was compelled to quit his farm . This law of distress was a privilege which was granted to no other class of society . If he was to purchase £ 300 worth of goods , and was to sell them the next day , and then to become bankrupt , they could not issue a distress upon the goods , but could only obtain redress by entering an action ; but with the agriculturist they would have the power of immediately seizing the property . He also in the House of Commons advocated a Corn Rent , not , as some persons foolishly imagined , a rent to be
paid in' corn , but a rent regulated by tbe market price of the Corn ; and also that where , according to the present tenure , the land was let at too high a value that a jury , composed of the neighbouring farmers , should havs the power to assess the value in a similar manner to that by which railroada , or other oublic works , were managed , viz . that private interest should not stand in the way of public good . If these prineiples were carried into operation , instead of having a deficiency , we should have a redundancy of home-grown corn . Tho manufacturers greatly complained that owing to the restrictions on food , instead of exporting the manufactured goods , they exported the raw material , er the goods in a half-finished stats . The same applied to the land . This was the raw material ; and ,
if it was properly cultivated , every acre , with the exception of the waste lands , might be brought to a high state of fertility , as the market gardens around the mefcrepolis . He unhesitatingly affirmed , in ths teeth of all the political economists , that two millions of acres , if cultivated in the best manner in which it could be done , would supply with wheat the whole of oar present population—( hear , hear . ) He knew that Whig political economists would deny this , but they could not refute it . Off this quantity of land they might produce property to the value of one hundred millions of pounds . Ten acres , if well cultivated , would prodnce two , three , four , or five hundred pounds worth of produce—and over the whole kingdom in proportion . Som e had obj ected to th ese subj ects bein g
eroached , lest they Bbould alarm the landed proprietors Sir Robert Peel bad pretty well alarmed them already j but they were still more alarmed at the Chartists . Bat the Charter would , if carried into law , be their true salvation . Sir Robert Peel had an eye in advance : he saw the object the Cnartuto had in view , he saw that the landlords were dull of apprehension ou tbiB subject —that" unless they agreed to give up a portion they would risk the safety of the whole . Peel pursued tbe same line of policy with respect to Catholic Emancipation , also with regard to the dissenters , in 1829 . He would ask them whether they would rathar labour for themselves , or for others—whether they wonld rather spend the whole of their lives in tho close , heated air of the factory , or a portion of it in inhaling the pare
breezes of heavtn ? When they raise the cry ef more bread , if- asked what produces bread ? they Bay wheat If asked how wheat is produced , they say from ths land ; then instead of allowing yourselves to bo victimised by a set of Jew jobbers or greedy . speculators , if their object be really " to benefit tbe poor , to clothe the naked , and to feed the hungry , why do not they point to the laud at home ? Instead cf bentfitting the speculator by increasing the Eumber of towns , from which to draw the averages , he wouid adviEe them to increase the number of producers to put more land into cultivation . While machinery was directed S 3 at present , it would be impossible , even if they obtained the Charter , topreveut themrelves from being placed in a situation of dreadful dependency on other nations , unless they adopted the
system of small firms ; this was the only measure by which they eonld counteract the effects of our rapidly increasing mechanical powers ; this would give employment to those who are now Tictims to our artificial state of society . It had been said they wasted to make an attack on the landed property of tbe kingdom ; he denied that they had any such intention . The Poor Law Amendment Bill was a direct attack upon the property of the working classes ; they only claimed the power of protecting themselves from such attacks by hayiDg a resource on which they could fall back . If China could support her immense population by cultivating six millions of acres for food , surely we , with only a popnJation of seventeen millions , could grow sufficient food off fifty millions acres of ground , all more
or less capable of cultivation . It was a blasphemy upon the God of creation , a rank libel upon their country , to state that England could not produce a sufficiency of food for its inhabitants . Let them get the power of representation , by which the present possessors of the land had been enabled to carve out their position , and the landed proprietor * would speedily , for their own Interest , bring the lands into the market to be let for small farms . They would discover that a profitable retail trade was far superior to a losing wholesale market . . The Irish Reform Bill gave to Ireland a complete landed franchise ; it enabled them to eject their Catholic tenantry , and caused a great influx into the British manufacturing towns ; instead of beiD 2 a benefit it has proved a curse to the British
labourer . The lana of Ireland was chiefly in the hands ef Protestant proprietors . They soon discovered , in the first elections , that the Catholic voters had too much spirit to "betray their country , to ^ much pride to be meanly bribed into acquiessnee ; and the consequence was , that they were ejected by hundreds , and theii small firms turned into pastures . This was occasioned by the land being rented on the 61 & fendal terms , moiH ' fied in iisme , but similar in spirit . He thought that Chartist lecturers should dwell span this subject ; that they should make themselves well acquainted with its -bearing ; that they should impress apon their audiences ihe great capabilities of the land , and the importance of having it to fall back upon when th&y should have obtained tee Charter . This wonld show
that they were not as some par ties asserted , eternally bawling for the Charter , and talking of nothing but the Charter . It would show that when they removed thepreseni system they ¦ were enabled tosnpply its place with 8 better one . They need not fear to arouse the prejudices if the landed proprietors . Their doctiine was based on reaeou and on justice , and nothing would stand against it If there was one class cf society who were mere interested than another in this subject , it was that class which had persecuted and reviled them—it was those men who in the jnry-boxes had condemned them to imprisonment and exile—the shopkeepers . The manufacturer purchaFed his raw material in a foreign niatket ; the profiiB
¦ which hs accumulated he expended in tbe purchase of land ; scarcely a titbe of his income <* . id ho circulate M ) f > nj the shopkeepers . En * every labouring man that earned £ 50 a-year put a great portion of it into tbe poefcet of the shopkeeper . If the man was thrown out of employment for one year it wrs £ 20 out of the shopkeeper's pocket . If a Bullion of men wera thrown out of employ it prevented the circulation of fifty-Vwo millions every year through t :-. e hands of the shopkeeper . This was tfie true cause of the distress among tbe shopkeepers : their chief custonieTS wera unable to purchase good ? . This was the origin of the tariff and the income tax . Sir Robert found that when the
working Classes ccnld not find the means to purchase the necessaries of life , it reacted upon the cnstoins , aud made an empty exchequer , and compelled the Minister to look elsewhere for a substitute for those indirect taxes which could * no longer be wrurg from the people . It had forced from the Go-VsTEnieDt the coiifcsAvn that the working class were the iey-btoce of \ he aur ' n , the foundation on which the whole fa ' oric rested . This itsource failing the Minister , he had been compelled to tax even the Queen upon tr . e throne . He implortU tuose present not to suppose that because they felt no intertst in agricultural
pnrsuits , that the study of this question would not benefit them ; if out of a population of 100 , 000 men , 20 , 000 were to be tsken out of the manufacturing market , and settled upon tbe land , it would relieve the market of its surplus hands , &nd benefit the whole ; agriculturalist and manufacturer could then shake hands , and co-operate for their mutual benefit ; but this never could be the case until the surplus labour population was located upon the land—upon toe soil of their native country . They wooiri thtn not only bo prodncers of the necessa ries tf life , hut aW gooii consumers of manufactured Eludes . He biul endeavoured , as fir aa time would
permit , to Li } ' before fcteni . —undefined be allowed , — . to iiy Detore them ( he advantages to be derived from ihe oecupaDo of ttie land when free from itB preser t restrictions . li « had from the thortneisB of the t yj e brtn couipsilea V . > iva've much to be tiilea up by ' jtm ir «» n lout . Hb liiltnitti to ¦ write sis lotters ; jq ^ Chartist Circular uj / On that subject ; he thonr ^ + tj ^ j Ua « pj e- -eiii was a huing time for fearlessly Stacking iLti uviw < -f tfce present extern , of lauied monopoly ; tnut tbb tnic Lao arrived , when the c- ' ^ utry ti ^ ^ iifeht to C-. nisn ' . t what vvtra the u . t : rL- - _ . ttn « £ t 3 to be denTed . ( mui the Cbaritr ; it voul . - * j ^ ^ qj ^ gjve
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them an increased power of production , and would also confer upon them a more equitable distribution of the wealth produced . Mr . Pitkethly seconded tha motion . Dr . M ' Douall was highly gratified with the address of Mr . O Connor , but thought that , as the question might lead to discussion , it would be advisable to postpone it that they might proceed with the more immediate business of the Convention ; that of getting the National Petition in a state of forwardness for presentation , and for the transaction of other business connectwl with that subject . Mr . Philp thought the subject which Mr . O'Connor had so ably handled was one of paramount importance , and that they could not devote sufficient time at present for its discussion ; he therefore agreed with Dr . M'Donall that it had better be postponed . Several other members expressed a similar opinion .
Mr . O'Connor having agreed to the suggestion , the discussion on it was postponed . Mr . Beesley moved , and Mr . White seconded , that the Petition Committee report Dr . M'Douall stated , that owing to the pressure of business , they had not been enabled to do anything with respect to the Petition . They wished for the assistance of the whole of the Convention . After some little discussion , Mr . Bairstow moved that the Convention resolve itself into a committee forgetting the National Petition in order for presentation . air . towery seconded the motion . Mr . M'Pheraon had a motion on a subject having a similar bearing to tkat of Mr . O'Connor ' s , but he was willing to postpone it The motion was then carried .
The Committee , after transacting considerable business connected with the Petition and the procession , received a deputation from Marylebone , with funds for the Convention , and information regarding the procession . A vote of tfeanks was given to the deputation . The Committee then adjourned until nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning .
Wednesday , Apnl 27 . Mr . Duncan in the chair , Mr . Leach in the vicechair . Present—Messrs . Harrison , Beesley , Pitkethly , Bairstow , Birtlett , Leach , Thomason , Doyle , Ridley , Morgan Williams , Mason , White , Woodward , Campbell , Duncan , and M'Pherson . The minutes were read aud confirmed . Mr . White reported from tho committee appointed to wait on Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir James Graham ,- but had not been able to procure an interview . Mr . Pitkethly was added to the committee . Mr . Ridley suggested that they should wait upon those Members of Parliament favourable to their views , and request them to wait , with the deputation , on Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir James Graham .
Mr . Mason msved that they appoint a committee to make out a list of those Members of Parliament upon whom it would be advisable for them to wait He thought the members of the old petition committee would be the most desirable persons to be selected . Mr . Ridley seconded the motion . The motion was carried . Messrs . Pitkethly and Moir appointed . Mr . Moir read a letter from ElderBlic , in Scotland , stating that they sent a petition , feigned by double the number of the last petition . Petitions were received from the following places : —
Burnley , 2 , 600 . Cheltenham , 5 , 800 . Dewsbury 2 , 400 . Hawick , ... 3 . 074 . Todmorden , 8 , 400 . Carlisle , .... 8 , 800 . Bradford 7 , 700 . Jedburgh , ... 5 G 5 . Banbury , 1 , 800 . Doune , ... 1 , 200 . Ditto , 2 , 200 . Perth , ... 1 , 200 . Bradford , 900 . From © , ... 3 , 000 . Bnry , 2 , 200 . London , ... 424 . Bilston , 5 , 400 . Bilston , ( second ) 2 , 400 . Leith , 7 , 200 . Malvern , ... 990 . Irving , 1 , 600 . Stroud , ... 4 , 600 . DaufermlineMOO . Irving ( second ) 1 , 200 . Paisley , 2 , 000 . Leamington , 1 , 800 . 2 fr . Ridley having ies ? gned on the Petition Com mittefi on account of the pressure of business , Mr . Pit kethly was appointed in his place .
A letter was read from Mr . T . P . Green , of Birmingham , stating the disturbed state of that district Many riots had occurred ; numbers of men bad been -wounded by the swords , &c of the soldiers ; and that the whole district waa in a very excited state . A letter was also reid from Sheffield , written by Mr . G . J . Harney , stating the ill health ef poor Holberry , and pressing bis case , and that of the other prisoners , upon the notice of the Convention . Mr . Whits read a letter from Redditch , containing a vote of thanks to their representative , and likewise to the Convention , and expressing their censuie upon Mr , Shaman Crawford for hia conduct in not postponing his motion in the House of Commons . A letter was read from Denny , speaking highly of tbe Charter and the Convention , and pressing ppon their notice the merits of the qvestion of total abstinence
A letter was read from S . Wade , stating that he had seen a report of Mr . Harrison ' s speech in the Northern Star , and being chairman of the first meeting alluded to , he was bound to say tbat the statement of Mr , Harrison was false , and he would advise any members of tbe Convention if they wished to attend their meetings to do it openly , and not in the capacity of spies . Mr . Harrison explained that he was ready to prove the truth of bis statement . And so far from being a spy be had lodged in tbe hausa where the meeting was held , ever since he had been in London , and he still lodged there . It was the room be always used . Mr . Leach recommended that an address should be laid before the country , advising them to keep from all expressions of violence , &c , and likewise to lay their true position before the country , as it had been reported that they were divided in sentiment and broken into factions .
Dr . M'Ddu&U perfectly agreed with the issuing of an address on the disturbed state of the country , but thought that the statement regarding disunion was so perfectly unfounded , that it would be wrong to notice it ¦ ¦ ¦ - Mr . O'Connor expressed his high admiration of tbe unanimous manner in which their business had been conducted . Several other members expressed similar opinions ; and various extracts from letters were read stating their confidence in tbe Convention and determination to support them—they were highly pleased with the unanimity which existed .
Mr . O'Connor read a letter from Montrose stating that since tbe election of 3 oseph Hume a deputation bad waited on him to request his support to the Petition . This he agreed to . He would support the six poiuta of the Chatter ; bnt they should have a paper to put down the Star , and remove the preseLt hot-headed leaders : Messrs . Lovett , Hethenngton , and others were engaged in thst movement . Mr . Dojle moved that an address be drawn up , to tbe people of the tmpire , calling upen them to refraiu from acts of violence , as that would materially injure the cause . Mr . Woodward seconded the motion . Mr . Duncan stated tbe distressed state of the people of Arbroath , in Scotland . Other members gave similar accounts .
Mr . Beesley moved the following amendment , " That no addre&s be put ferth atthaprenent , but , that we leave it to the judgment of the people to act as they think best in their present destitute condition . " Rethought it was UBeleBsto address men who were starving . They might alwajs be addressing the people to remain in a state of quiesence ; tbe time was come when it was impossible longer to remain passive and quiet Mr . Philp seconded the amendment . He thought it useless to issue another address . In the last they kad recommended the people to remain firm and quiet The people in those districts where tho disturbances existed ware starving , and they wou ; d pay no attention to any address . Mr . ¦ Williams gnppo ted tbe amendment Messrs . O Connor , Moir , Mason , ftl'Pherson , White , and Woodward spoke in favour t-f tho original motion , which was carried by a great majority .
Messrs . Leach , Philp , White , nnd M'Douall weve appointed the Committee to draw up the a idress . Mr . O'Connor wished it to be an instruction to the committee tbat in the addrtS 3 they should express their regret that the people should oe in such a condition as to be compelled to ssizj food where it could be procured , and they should show that tbia could not be the casa if the people were truly represented . Mr . Piikethly brought forward the subject of the Bill aticker who had been arrested and fined . Mr . Ridley engaged that the man should attend on the following morning . Ssveral members had leave of absence to forward the business of the various committees . The iubjtct of tho petition , of Mr . Hindes , oE Shoreham , was brought forward . Mr . O'Connor stated that they had dona all in their power in the first Convention tor procure the restitution of his pension .
Mr . Woodward stated that through the exertions of Mr . Duncombe the loan bad procured a return of his pension , but that the present Tory Government had on their accession to office immediately taken it off . The subject then dropped . Mr . O'Conrjor thought they would be wanting in their duty , S ' l they did not xeturu a vote of thanks to those wording men who had got up the excellent and crowded , meeting on the previous evening . It was a novel '^ stnre to see such a meeting at the Crown and Anc jqx , on au occasion when money was charged for ad' ziittance . He should therefore move that a vote oC t '^ SLnkn was dne , and was hereby given , to the getters up of the Crown and Anchor meeting . Mr . D * yle stconed the motion .
The Convention then adjourned until the following morning , and the various committees proceeded with their arduous duties . Business now thickens upou them . AU motions requiring discussion are postponed until cfter th © presentation of the petition . Members of the Convention on this afternoon will proceed to visit those M . P . ' s whom they may be likely to influence to aid in procuring tha return of Frost , WiUwniB , and Jones , and tho other political prisoners .
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Thursday , April 28 . Mr . Duncan in . the Chair . Mr . Leach Vice-Chair . Secretary called the roll ; Messrs . Beesley , Leach , Bairstow , Dpyle , Kobert 8 , Harrison , Bartlett , Moir , Stallwood , CrConnor , Woodward , Philp , Ridley , Duncan , Pitkethly , White , Campbell , Williams and Mason were present . Credentials were received from Mr . O'Brien ; minutes read and confirmed . ¦ . A letter was read by Mr . White ; from Birmingham , describing the state of the diatnrbed districts , and the number of wounded and prisoner * ia the late riots . . . ¦ :. - ; ¦ ¦; ' ,. . '¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ . • ¦ ; .. • : ¦ ¦ •¦• ¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ . ... ¦ ¦ :. . ..:. ; . Mr . Harrison reportod from the Islington Green meeting . -- .. '• ¦ .- ¦ .: . - . ¦ . . . . - : . .. ¦ . ; , ; ¦ ¦• - .. - .. : " .:., ... ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Mr . Leach reported favourably from a meeting of hatters ho had attended . They were going to come out itt the proc ession . Mr . Moir read a letter from Scofcknd , enclosing a small amount of money . :
Mr . Mason read an extract from a letter received from his District , stating that iho factories were being , closed preparatory fo a redaction of wages , and ^** the country waa in a very excited st ate . * . Mr o j [ L ^ ? orted ^ at the Glasgow Petition contamed 78 , 062 signatures . Extracts from various other letters were then read . A letter was received from Southampton , respecting tae expences of the two Delegates from that District . It was referred to the Finance Committee . A letter was received from Preston , in Lancashire , staling that , their two Members of Parliament had agreed to support tbe National Petition , and to vota for lha return of Frost , Williams , and Joaes . Tho cotton-spinners , - iii a body , had come over to the Chartist Association ;
^ Mr . Campbell road a letter from Watford , in Hertfordshire , containing money for the Convention ; and also petition-sheets . A party was going to attend the procession , and they had likewise engaged a brass band . Mr . Pitkethl y stated that it was impossible to wait on the various Members of Parliament respecting Urost and tho political prisoners , owing to the shortness of the time . He moved that a circular be printed , and sent to them , requesting their Bupport to that objeot . Mr . Ridley seconded tke motion , which wascarried unanimously . Mr . Mason moved that , in addition to the five members already on the Petition Committee , five others be added . Mr . Woodward soconded the motion , which was carried , and . MflaisrJB . Woodward , Stallwood , Doyle , Philp , and Harrison wore appointed .
Mr . Moir read a letter from the director of the Glasgow Association stating that they had received a letter frota Mr . Lowery , respecting the plan proposed for the better union of the English and Scotch Associations . They had taken every step to render their organization as efficient as possible , and were oommunicatiiig with the different centres for that purpose . Mr . Campbell read a letter he had received from York , stating that they were getting up a memorial for the release of poor Holberry . That they had requested the dootor to Bigii it , but he had refused ; but t hoy had fliuce ascertained that the doctor had transmitted to the Secretary of State the nature of Holberry ' a disease . And it was thoir opinion that if steps were tako ^ at the proper time and in the proper quarter , they would be able to procure his release .
Mr . White stated that in addition to 32 , 000 signatures he had presented , he had received 10 , 800 from Birmingham , and they , would continue to procure more , up to Saturday evening . From places in Worcestershire and Warwickshire he had received 8 / 200 , and from a small agricultural village , Bidford , be had received 291 signatures , and 209 from Weaton , near Ross , in Herefordshire . He had also received three flags from Birmingham for the Demonstration . The various committees appointed , ' reported the progressi they were making ia their labours ; and the Petition Committee stated , that at the lowest estimate they could . notfold up one million of signature in less than than twenty hours , and that to fold tho three millions would take 60 hour 3 labour .
Signatures were thtn received from the following ing places : —' . ' . Bristol ... 11 , 000 Parkfield 3 G 7 Lynn ... 197 BridJington ... 200 Leamington 1 , JJUO Alloa ... ... 250 UJverstone 2 , 000 Chester-le-Stresfc ... 1 , 200 Ayr 800 Paisley 2 000 Plymouth 4 , 400 ' Skipton ... ... 1200 Rickmanworth 700 Ipswich ... ... l , 40 fl Potteries i 8 . 800 Stockton 1 , 200 St . Andrews 1 , 700 Norwich 2250 Newport 3 . 000 Castle Eden ... 1400 Monmouth 1 , 200 Newcastlo-under-Lyne 1 , 200 Heckmodwike 4 , 300 Plymouth .. ; ... 4 , 400 Ayr 800 WarrSn ^ ton ... 4 * 200 Deverills ... 2 , 239 Plymouth ... ... 1 , 41 ) 0
Colchester ... 2 , 250 Skipton ... ... 1400 Plymouth ... 3 , 200 South Molton ... L 0 O 0 Kinross .... 1 , 20 . 0 Ayr ... ... C 00 iN ' amwich ... ( i 00 Twickenham ... 137 Watford ... 491 Ivnightsbridge ... 1 , 200 Alfretoa ... 1 , 4 < JO Glasgow ... 78 062 Merthyr ... 2 , 734 Iikeston ... ... 3 ^ 000 A letter was read from the Secretary of the National Association , stating that at a meeting of the city of London division of that body , held on Tuesday evening , they had passed a resolution einphaticaiJy denying the statements made by Mr . Harrison , regarding the two meetings which he had attended , aud aven-ing that his statement was a tissue of falsehoods and misrepresentation , and that they had appointed a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Peat , Wood ward , and Wade , to enforce the above resolution .
Mr . O'Connor moved , that as the Convention waa now broke up aud divided into committees , they should appoint an early day after the presentation of the petition to hear the deputation . Mr . Beesley seconded the motion . Mr . Bairstow thought they should be sufficiently occupied with more important business after the presentation of the petition ; he therefore moved that the deputation be now heard . Mr . White seconded the motion . He thought that it would be impossible to attend to that subject after tho presentation of the Petition , unless ihey neglected more important subjects . Mr . Phijp wished ro ascertain whether the deputation could conveniently as tend at another period before ho could vote for the motion .
Mr . Bairstow thought that even if the present deputation could not attend at another periodj the National Association was not so weak in numbers that they could not procure the attendance of other member * . Mr . Mason moved that the deputation be received a ten o ' clock on the following morning . Mr . Woodward seconded the motion . The Chairman then put the motion and amendments ; Mr . Mason ' s received only two votes , and Mr . O'Connor ' s was carried by the casting vote ef the Chairman . The roll was then called , and the Convention adjourned until the following morning at nine o ' clock .
The remainder of the day was occupied in folding , pasting , and otherwise getting the petition in readiness . Ia 6 iZ 3 it already greatly exceeds that of the petition last" presented ^ and upwards of a million of signatures have yet to be added to it , London is nobly doing its duty , i a regard to obtaining signatures ; there will be five times the number procured to this than to any previous petition . [ The reporter of the Northern Star begs to correct an error that , owing to the pressure of business , he fell i . uto respecting Mr . Bairstow's report of Chavtiam in Leicester . Tho number of Chartists in connection with the AU Saints' Open body is
140 , and not 400 , aa stated in the Star . Instead of a femafo school being established , it is only in ront > mpjpiion to do so . From the report in the S . ar , it , mitf ' nt bo inierredthat Mr . Bairstow was tlio originator of tho Sunday School , whereas it was founded and conducted by Mr . Cooper , to \ vho « o efforts' til © prosenfc flourishing state of OharUjjn in Leicester is mainly to . be attributed . It was tho Rev . Mr . Mtnsell who mado the statement at a public meeung , and not Mr . Biggs , that if the Chartists would not join the Sturge party , the Sturge party should be compelled to join them . ]
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TO THE CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow CountryheNj—The members of the National Convention , in the reports made by them of the present position and future prospect or the Chartist cause , have stated that much exciteiaenfc prevails in various pum of the country , concerning the differ ^ eat moveineiitulu'ectid against the present system of government , and . tho ' particular line of action we have adapted for the attainment cf our pine j pies ; we , therefore , conceive it to be our duty to give you our advice as to the proper course which should be pursued in regard to these divisions . It is our unanimous opinion , adopted alter mature deliberation , that you go on with your present movement for the People ' s Charter , whole and entire , fihmlv
adheb-JNG EVEN TO THE NAME . . ¦ , Extend your present organisation in England , and Scotland , and Wales . Unite your energies for an attainment of that , object tor which you have so nobly struggled during many years , amidst reviling , persecutions , and misrepresentation . Turn neither to the rif ? nt hand nor to the loft . Kecp ^ the . ever ., tenor of yoar way on principle alone . Extend t' ^ mht- 'haud-of cordial , welcome tumea . of all rar ^ g , classes , aud creodc ? , to irid . ucb . thtm to unite wit ^ you in the fircat a ' . rugslo for national regeueratio A . ail ( j eufi-ancuiscm-nti' . The People ' s Charter has become ; a ' jouseliold word : its p ' . iiieip ' . ts are eii ^ ravttn on -th y hearts ot Biillioss of oupfellow-cpnntrj-mf ' n ; anc , thenaine k endeared by tho recollections of tho ' iong sufferin ^ j endured , and perbtvurauca cxhiWte ^ in Its behalf Amidst adversity uud prosperiiy , in the houra ol persecution aud . distress , wo scorned to deny it , anc
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are not disposed to abandon it now . when its banners Wave triumphant over all other national standards . Each succeeding day makes converts to your principles , prov . ng to the distressed ot all classes that it is only through their truth and justice that they can bo freed from the errors and wrongs of class legislation . As the process of conviction and contersipn goes on amongst those that have been hitherto opposed to you , various offers of union and Eupport will be proposed to you , modified , according to the knowledge , prejur judices , feelingti , and position in life in which the parties may be placed . Some will only perceive , or acknowledge ^ year principles in part ; others ; will ackriowledee them entire ^ but object to your
designation of them , or the manner in which : you struggle to attain theoo . To the firstjyow answer niust be your conviction of the trnth of your cause , and your hops that time and honest inquiry will impress that truth on them ; to the others , that you have no eause to be ashamed of your name , and cannot abandon it to suit the prejudices and fastidious taste of those that may ever and anon arise to find fault with it , while they adopt the principlea it designates * A . name to bo fairly judged , ought to be so by the principles it represents , and hot by the aotibns of any person or persons that may have borue it ; for those that act ; not in accordance with the principles , are not entitled to the name : therefore , those that adopt our prihcipieS i and shrink at thoir name , evince a
weakness of mind which we lament , as showing them unequal to the stern and unbending purpose which ^ hould nerve the patriot in his contest against wrong sustained by prejudice , falsehood ,. and persecution . ¦ " ' ,. - .- : ;/ ' - . ' ; - . - . - " '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ . Wo look to yoni then , felldw-coBntryraen , to proceedwisely and firmly in the work in which we are engaged j keep your present organisation , adding to it the power that increased experiencoi gives you , remembering ; that : on each and all pf you rest the responsibility of making your principles arid their name respected in your own persons . Go on , then , in the oten course of justice and right—hail with pleasure all movements , based on tho Charter , that may arise to assist you in attainirig voitr objects ;
If men are so weak . as to object to your name , bear with them—quarrel not with them about a name ; but dp hot imitate their weakness by abandoning your own ; insist on a stera adherence to principles ; let these be your guide ; watch earnestly for any wavering or compromise in those that profess to be "with yon for yours ^—then , and not till then , condemn and resolutely oppose them , but let all your opposition to your foes be guided by mild firmness , appealing to the truth of your cause for success ; have faith in that truth , and rest assured that , if the people honestly dp their duty , it will triumph over falsehood , wrong , and
oppression . We remain . &c . A . Duncan , Chairman . Wm . Beesljt . E . Stallwood . J . M'PHBaso ? r . j . Leach . G . Haurison . J . R . H . Bairstow . P . M . M'Douall . C . DorLB , Mi Williams . W . P . Roberts . It . K . Philp . - G . White . W . Woodwabd . F . O'Connor . R . Ridley . N . Powell . J . Masow . R . LOWEKT . Wi THOMASSON . . J . Moir . L . Pitkethi . y . S . Bartlett . J . Campbell , Secretary
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , A phil 26 . Mr , REfirNGroN , the Chairman of the Southampton Election Committee , reported tbat a Member of the House , Mr . Fleming ( one of the Members for Hampshire ) bad refused to answer certain questions , on ruaaons which the Committee bad not considered valiA . ¦ . -- . "¦ ¦ : ¦ ; . ¦ - .-. ¦ : ^ : "'¦ ' . Mr . Fleminq , who van in hia place , gave a short explanation , in which he stated that he had taken a leading part in collecting subscriptions , to defray the " strictly legal" expencea of tha election ; but be declined , as a man of honour and a gentleman , to violate coEfllenca reposed in him , by giving particulars . Mr . Fleming then'withdrew from the House . - A discussion arose on the motion that he be ordered to attend in hia place , and be informed by the Speaker tbat he must attend the Committee , and answer the aiiestien . :
The motion was carried ; and on Mt . Fleming s retnrn to his place , tha Speaker read the resoluiion to him , to which the Hon . Member b a wed , and sat down without observation . Eliaibeth Ann LucMt and the aargeon of Newgate , were examined at the bar , respecting the health , of Obadiah Lucas , conBned in Newgate for prevarication before tho Ipswich election committee ; the lady being the sister of the prisoner . After some conversation , Lucas was ordered to be discharged . Sit UOBEKT Peel , ia leplj to Mt . O'Conaett , stated that he expected the treaties entered into between this country and Texas would be ratified by August next . - ¦ . ¦'' ' ¦'' : ¦ . ' ; : ... '¦ ¦; - , ¦ . " : . : ¦ ' . Sir James Graham gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill for the renewal of tbe Poor Law Commission on Thursday the 5 th of May .
Mr . O'Conneli , rose to move for a select committee to consider and report upon tbe state of spiritual destitution of the Catholic Boldlera serving in India , and China . Mr . Binghaji Baring said that sufficient provision was already made for the spiritual instruction of the Catholic soldiers in India , and did not think the proposed committee wottld elicit more information than was already accessible on the subject . : Mr . Hume and Sit H . Hardinge ; addressed the House , the latter of whom hoped that Mr . OCbnnell would not persevere in hia motion ; and after soine observations from Sir R . H . Inglis , it was withdrawn .
Mr . EtPUiNSTONE rose to move that it will be expedient for this House , at an early period , to resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , for the purpose of considering the act 55 George III ., c . 184 , with tho view of imposing legacy and probate ; duties , on succession to real estates , of the same ampunt as are now impoaed by the said act on succession to personal property ; The Chancelloe of the Exchequer , contended , that such a tax would only fail on property whic ! ri was not under marriage and other settlements , an a Which was usually "in .-, the handa of the smaller pr jprietors , and that it would not produce what w « s eatimated . Mr . Hume thought that tho Chancellor of the " fixchequer had made oat a good case in favour of the motion . ..: ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦¦ ¦ ' " : . . . ' . . " ¦ ' Mr . EWAR . T and Mr . Wallacb Btippbrted the motion .
Lord J . Rtjssell , -while admiting that the Cha- acellor of the Exchequer had produced a sound objection to the motion , thought that something like equality m Ight be introduced into the application of the tax « a on real and personal property . Sir Robert Peel , after referring to th a contradictory charges brought against him of dece iving the agricultural intsiesi , and of truckling to it , declared that he conld not regard this motion and discussion in ariy other light than a renewal of the debate on tbe income tax , and an obstruction of the progress of the bilh Mr . Ellice supported tha motion , w ] th the hope of © btainiug a complete review of the wb / oie system of our taxafon on real as compared with , personal property . ¦ . . ¦' ¦ ' . .. ' .- . ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ '¦ ' . ¦ •' . . ' ' . -
Dr . BowRiKG proposed an amendmen t to the motion , that the prbpossd tax on land should br t taken as a substitute for some of the burdens wh Jch weigh most heavily on the industry cf the country .. iord HowicK thought that tueinq niry contemplated by the motion could only be sstisfa ctorHy undertaken by a government . The business of an opposition was not to propose taxes , but to object to them . A legacy duty was in itself a most objection able tax , and he was not disposed at present to vote in favour of an extension of it . - t - ! On a division the motion ( Drv' Bowrins ' s amendment having been withdrawn ) wns rej flcted by 221 to 77 .
Cjlonel Fox moved for " cor , iOs or extracts from any recent official information re jeived by hen Mrjssty ' s government from the Cape o f ( j-, od Hope , respecting the present relations of the co ipny vrith the independent Boers who established tb emselvea at Port Natal togsther wth nny informal , { pn aa to the treatmentof the natives of South Africa \> y the saM Boers ; also any instructions that may have . been sent to the Governor pf the Cape of Good Hop « on these subjects by her Majesty ' s government . " ——Lord Stanley said that the subject to which tha motion referred was . ' Angular and interesting . These the to
Boers , dissatisfied wit ^ protection afforded them by the Cape author" j ties , had migrated , penetrated through the Caffra c xmntry , aria had established themselves at iPort Tfat ji as independent of tha British Crown . But the f ^ overninent were rfisolyed not to permit any infraction cf the iight * , of sovereignty Bosaessed by this country < , vtt the colony of the Cape " of Good HogO ; and , ther , « fore , though not anticipating any collision between ' ± e Boera and he * Majesty ' s troops , they could riot penr iit th ^ ni either to assert thBir independence , or to filter into treaties lirith any of the native tribes . He r ^ reed to the motion , with the omission of the word Mm * dependent . "
After s jrae conversation , the motion , aa amended , was agreed t ;¦' ;; ' ¦ - ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - .. ; - - ; ,. ¦ ; - . \\ . ^ J- . ;> ' v . v Mr burroughs enteredintb some explanations , Tindlcat r ^ g the njagiatiAt ? 8 and constabulary ol Norfolk , ^ T bleated in a motion by Mr . Thomaa Duncombe , ma » le b * " ibre Easter , relative to the treatment of a poor men-• ^ iicant ¦ . ¦' "¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ . . '¦ .. ' ¦ . ' . ' - . " . - ' ¦' . ¦ ' : . '' . ¦ ' . ' •¦ - ¦ . " : ' - ¦' . Mr . Thomas Duncombb contended that all hia ^ statements had been borne out , and read a copy : of a Ittter from the Home-office , giving Sir James Graham ' s decided disapproval of the conduct which bad be 8 n pursued by tho constabulary . . . After scino conversation respecting the business of the Honse . and leave given to Sir James Graham to bring In a bill for the managomerit ot the new moacl prisbn rt Fentonville , and another bill for tho appointment aud payment of parish eonfltables , the House adjourned . /
Wednesday , April 27 . There being only tweuty-two Members tresent at at four o ' clock tii 9 House ad journed .
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V TO THB EDITOR Of TBE NOBTilEJljf STAB . Sin , —I am sorry to trouble you , but the following ia the reason for my intrusion . - - ,. ,., „«« : At the meetiDg of the Csnventipn held April 20 fch , and reported in your last cumbsr , a gentleman of the name of Harrison has sadly ; misrepresented me . By seizing hold of one or two ptiTases of which I made use , ^ ^ and by inferiarding them with matter of ^ ^ hia own ,, he has contrived to make ine say uiach that I . did not say . 1 am anxious to set jnyself right on ons or two POinta . ¦ : } , ; - .: ' ' ¦ ; " - '¦ : . . }; -. ¦ : . ¦' . . -- " - ' . ' - ' ¦ '¦ '
Mr . Harrisbn , it appears , waa present at two meetuigs of tbe National Charter Associatioa , on the fivenings of April 12 th and ¦ .- April 19 th , and he relates fo the Convention what he then and there heard , aid I hops I may say without offence , "What he did not hear also . He charges me witbsayini ? , on tn © 12 th , that " the Chartist lecturers were a drunken , dissipated set otmen . '' , 1 aerer did say this , ana for this simple reafion--I don't believe it . What I did say was " that the system of paid lecturers had a tendency to make men mere pothouse poHticiana . " And from my own experieuce , I know this to be a fact in many instanees . But I never uttered so up just and sweeping % onarge against Chartist lecturers as tb . it attributed tome by Mr . Harrison . The remarks I made were expressly confined to the effects of a system which I thinfc injurious upon some who profit upon it , not upon all who are ; encaged it .- ' '
I also beg to assure you that I never said the Northern Star was inconsistent , as Mr .. Hnrrison ' supposes , or mistakes . On the contrary , I think the Northern Stair one of the most consistent papers in tho country . . But I did say , that > l iheN&rt ^ ei-n Star owed its . success , not to its strict love of truth , nor to its ability , ho * totheabsehcebf self-laudation of Its proprietor , hut tothe ample reports it gave of the proceodings of the working Classes . " And although it is of couteo indifferent ip you what a hunible individual like mysalf may think about your laWprs , I added , "I never would join in wholesale deRuncifttion of the Northern Star , which I believed to have contributed in many ways to the progress of democracy . " These are ; the only corrections I ha , ya to bfftir of Mr ^ Harrison ' s report of the meeting of the 12 tb . On the ' lflth , Mr . Harrison imputes to ine the following :- ^ - - : ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ -. - ' - ¦ ¦ ' . ¦' :. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - .- ¦ . ¦ •; ¦ -
"'Mr . Parry also stated that they were an ignorant body of . . men ; that their cbriduct was very bad ; that they got theniselves . greatly into de bt , aad that be had . been in company with thirty of thejn , not one of whom was acquainted with the details , or yet with a single detail , of the Charter . Ha alao s'tated that they were resorting to a « ch low ' means to get funds ; that they were going to take a theatre , arid after that have a grandfeed . " My answer is that I was not yresent at the meeting of theaSth , so that Mr . Han-ison must either have wilfully stated that whicn is fijlae , in order to caluni niate me ( which , I don't think , because he could have had no possible motive for doiog so , ) or he mast . Iuive miataken some one else for tha real Simon Pure , or the reporter of the Northern Star must have misrepbrt « d him . But whichever way the mis-statement is accounted for , it cannot affect rab , as even Mr . Hatriaon must allow that I could not make a spesch at a meetutjf which I . did not attend . * . - ' ¦ - ¦ ' :
The . observations of ray friend , Mr . Lovett , on the evening " of -the 12 th inst ,, . are even more twisted and perverted than , mine by this same Mr . Harrisph . But I could not prevail upon him , Sir , to yrrite to you on the subject He has mora of the rhinoceros about him than I hava . His epidermis is more tough ; and he actually had the hardihood to tell me " that he did not care & Qg what Mr . Harrison or any one else said , about him . He would rather be judged by his actions than by the reports of others . " I feel eonvinced you will not refuse insertion to the above . I have often remarked that . you readily give a p ace in your columns Vo complainants ; and I am sure you will admit that I have not complained 'without a cause . - . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ . / . '¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . ; , '¦ ; . ¦ ¦ I am , Sir , Respectfully your's , JOUJf HUMFFBEyS PaBRT . London , April 25 , 1842 .
I have just learned that Mr . Peat was the gentleman who ; made the observations erroneously or filselj attributed to me .
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The irifatit daugbter of John and Mary Ann Hebden , of Ouseburn , was bapfmed on the lOtn of April , Mary Frost O'Connor Emmet Hebden . \ Baptised , on Monday week , by ; the Rev . William Hiil , ministier of Bethel Chapel . John Frost , soa of William and Mary Paget , of Hull .. - ¦ _ | ' Baptised , oi \ the 10 th April , Jobti Frost Compton , the infant son of John and Mary Corapton , ef Catterick Buildings , near Barker Bar . ¦ _ ¦ . . ¦ Registered , April 19 th , at Sheffield , Feargus O'Connor Walker , the infant son of Benjamin and Sarah Walker . -
. .. On Sunday , April 10 th , was baptised iu the parish church or Wigin , by the Rer . Mr . Bissetb , M < iry O'Cimnor Fro-t Dixon , second daughter of Wilham and Ellen JQixoH . , Baptised , at the Cpjlegmtft Cuurcn , Wolverbanipton , on April the 4 th , John Feargus O'Connor Dunn , son oi" John and Sarah Dunn , Northampton-street , Wolverhaimpton . ' .- : - At Glosiop , oft Esster Sunday , by the Rev . C . Howe , vicar , Henry Feargua O'Connor Lawton , son of Elizabeth Lawton .
A few Weeks since , at Hoxton new cbarch . wa 3 baptized , after our inestipa&ble patriot , Robert Feargua O'Connor West , son of Mr . Daniel West , of 12 , Lizard-street . AUo John Frost Windeler , eon of Mr . John Windeler , 26 , Plumber-street , City-road .
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^ B ^ ^ ^ ^ W * - ^ - ~— — - - - - v - - - On Sunday tost , by tho Rev . J . Blair , Mr . Allen Armatage , of Huddersfield , to Miss Sarah Ann Gledhill , of this town . . t . t » i Onthel 8 ( hinst ., afc Si , Mary'schurch , Barnsley Mr . Charles Horbury , to -. Miss Elizabeth , wxth daughter of Mr . Thomas Wilkinson , of Unioa-street , of the above place . ; -. .,, \ .. . ¦>¦• Oh the same d > y , at Sukston churchy near Barnsley , Mr . George Ktnwprthy . ironfound 8 r . to Ann , youngest daufjhtor of the said Thomaa W « - ^ n ^ uesday last , at Lendal chapel , York , by the Rsv . Charles Paytan , tho Rev . George Dunn , Independent minister of Thorne , near Doncaster , to Ann , the eldest daughter of Mr . Bauks , Lord Mayor's Walk . York . : ' . < . ' \ ¦ : ' ¦ - . ¦; ' " ; - . ¦ ¦ ¦ -::
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 30, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct428/page/5/
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