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My Beloved Fbiekds , —The success of our cause ai Nottingham , does in truth surpass my most Banpjfcje expectation ; and to a . judicious following up of the example there set . I look with confidence fbr ihe establishment of onr principles . I am here to gajrf , to protect , and watch over your rights and interests' I am jonragent ; andyonr thanks are myonly rewar d . I did not think it possible to hare presented ro 6 h a front of virtnonspoverty to the omnipotence of old ! The higher classes , as they are styled , are aejeajided . Not a drunken man is to be seen in NoV > f ^ jfonn J while . ibe English and Irish know no distinction of country—all fighting under the naiYers&l banner .
This is blazing weather to travel in , 8 jid attend three meetings a-day far apart j bnt I djd it yesterday j and from the moment the wr . t arrives , till the herald proclaims our victory , I s \ nll not lay my head apon a pillow . But , my friends , I am sorry to tearn that some jrifling misunderstanding ens' ,-3 as to the fulfilment of my Yorkshire engagemen * ^ In mj letter of the ireek before last , I stated tb & foys in this week when I would visit Yorkshire , v . nfess I got permission to defer it ; and I rejoice f /> ^ y that I have received letters from every plv ^ to which I was pledged , cheerfully granting ir ie the required indulgence It is an indulgence to , get wet through three times
» day . Yet , notwi ihstanding , I learn that I was expected in York ? ' & ] & this week . Now , this is unjust , as in my 1- 3 tter alluded to I put off my -visit for a week , frf jm setaal inability to perform the work ; and , by reference to that letter , it will at once be seen ^ At I nominated this weektmly if compelled by jo « r rigid demand to comply ; bat that I asked for 1 ^ - ^ tfli the pendin g election terminated . And now I f ^ convinced that I need only assure jay friend & » ji -over the country , that the nonelectors 0 / JTetSngham consider my presence indispensible- _ j 0 convince all that my abandonment of the caur * here jost now would be fraagfet -with great evil .
I f jamot describe to you the state of sober and TiriT ons excitement to which the pbblic mind has bee ; brooght ; and to lose the battle would ba ehf jgeafele ^ pon those who woul d l esse n its value , eT en by tbe r amonnt of one individual . "When we win the victory , for wm tee must , and ' ritfj then I Ehall have some glad-tidings to carry you ; bat ,-until then , all must excuse me . I am , My beloved Friends , Your devcted Servant , FsifiSUS O'COSNOB . Notfingham , June 1 st , 1 S 42 .
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Sktkust —On Monday evening Mr . Arran cehvered an impre-sive lecture in the Croft belonging to Mr . JDenby , London Tavern , Shipley . The attendance exceeded all expectation , and the attention of the-aadienee was rivetted to tbe last . BoiBBy . —A good meeting was held here on Saturday night last . Messrs . T . B . Smith and Edwards addressed the meeting in explanation of the principles of the People ' s Charier . Kxreat attention-was paid and a number of Chartist publications Tvere
¦ Staxtcsglet . —Mr . T . B . "Smith preached three times in the Association room , on Sunday . The congregations were not large , fcut the deepest "attention was paid , and we hope some geod was done Salford . —A publie meeting was held at the Town Hall , on Tuesday evening , when a lecture was delivered by Dr . P . M . M Douall . The Hall was crowded in every part . Mr . M'Douall spoke for spwards of two hoars in his usual animated and energetic manner , amid the repeated plaudits of the Reeling . .
• Bckt . —Mr . James Leaeh , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the Working Man ' Hall ; Garden--sfcreet , on Monday evening , « a the rights of labour . Tke cause is going on well here . Mr . O'Connor ' s -skit did as a great deal of good ; our Association has increased rapidly ever since . Dr . M'Douall also -delivered a lecture on the evils of monopoly and class legislation , in the above Hall , on Wednesday , evening to a large and respectable audience . BrsrsBUBT . —Mr . West teetered here on Wednesday evening , at the Market-cress , to upwards of 2980 persons . Ecddsbsfield . —On Sunday last , two eloquent * cd powerful lectures were delivered in the Hall of Science , by Robert Kemp Philp ,- member of the Executive Council ; after which thirty-three persons ¦ sere enrolled as members .
A-sociahoh Book , Uvtxkhx absow . —On Tnesdss ^ night last , we had a very numerous attendance , sad . a vote of thanks was unanimously given to KebertKemp Philp for his able services on Sunday last . Guiselzt Moor . —A Chartist camp meeting was announced to take place here on Sunday last , at two o ' clock in the afternoon ; by which time many were assembled together at the spot , and hundreds from all &e snrronndnig villages were seen "wending their way -towards the place , among whom "there were many who had come a distance « f several miles : all of whom were anxiously awaiting the arrival of Messrs . Kitchen , Hammond , and Arran ,
who according to the last weers Northern Slar , were -expected to address the meeting ; but we regret to say , ( to the mortification snd -dissatisfaction ef « U present , ) that not one of the speakers made his appearance during the whole af the afternoon , which caused a general feeling of disappointment t * . pervade the whole . [ These neglected appointments must really be put a stop to . Gentlemen may use their own discretion afeout suffering themselves to be announced for meetings , lectures , &c j bnt ibe appointment , once made , -should be Ecrnpaloasly kept . The public must net -be played with in this mann er . —Ed . N . 5 . ]
PHESTCN . —At & special meeting of tiie Preston Chartiata , held this evening , the following resolutions wtre adopted j — " That it is tfca opinion of this meeting that we should have a delegate meeting-of North Lancashire , to -consider the best way to give -effect to Mr . Marsden ' a address to cause tLe people ' s Charter to become the law of tht > land . We hereby call npon all tie organised bodies of JTerth Lancashire to eend delegates to Blackburn on Snndaj , tbe 12 th of June . *' " That Mr . Richard Marsden be put in nomination for the ^ Executive Committee . " ASHTOK . —Mr . Bayley , of Manchester , lectared in the Chartist Association room , last Sunday evening , to an attentive audience ,
SUBLXN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association ield its usual meeting on Sanday last . After the minutes were read aod some routine business gone through , Mb Secretary read the answer of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to the address forwarded to tie Slar , from Ireland . It was lewdly and most enthusiastically cheered , and seemed to find an echo in the breasfof essry TT 1 R ' in tbe room , "whether a member or not Mr . Dyott said he should not detain them by any lengthened remarks . If their association had done no other good than to elicit that lucid , incontrovertible , and pathetic expose cf how Ireland had been treated by those whom she trusted , it had done tbe State some service . ( Heat , hear . ) Bnt that association had done more ; if it had
aofc been able to totally eradicate prejndice , or completely to dissipate isnoranee , it had by the strength of its arguments and the shaf 3 of its ridicule , brought intolerance into disrepute , and to a great degree silenced vituperation and denunciation- ( Hear ) A shallow and ¦ un worthy insinuation "was now all that the "weak inTentionof the enemy dared to venture on . The public mind -was fast breaking up ; the crude attempt at repsal bad failed ; that unmeaning cry was beginning to fail upon the ear of its once ardent but orten disappointed followers , and O ' Connell himself saw and was forced to admit its hopelessness without a change in the constituencies . ( Hear , hear . ) But the agitation of the liberator himself , changeful , fitfol . flickering , inconsistent
as it -s-as , had lost its magic ; there was no longer any enthusiasm—tbe Com Exchange treasury hzd run dry , sx 4 though farthings were made a legal tender , even poverty ' s coin itself was not forthcoming . sHear , hear . } Oat of this apathy and discontent the country would shortly arise and claim the Charter . He appealed to all ¦ who had an opportunity of conversing with the people , Whether they were not rapidly coming round to their views—returning to common sense , and admitting the Becesrifcy of securing the franchise f , -r protection " and redress . Thus prepared , the people only waited the cry cf ' onwards' from tie general who had before led then to victory ; and those who watched events closely would find in the Tnccilations of Mr . O'Connell , and the occasional overtures he made ( with , be must admit , a very bad grace , ) to Chartism , indications that the tiaie
¦ Was rapidly approaching when to secure tbe popularity he had acquired , that great rr > r most consent to guide and cease to controul the public sentiment ( Hear , fees . ) Mr . O'Connell ( not Dan ) , made some very pertinent argumentative remarks , on tbe way in which the lower classes bad been treated by the men to whom fiiey had grren their money and their confidence . Nothing conld be more flagrant than tbe fact that almost all the old agitators after climbing to ambition ' s pinnacle on the shoulders of the people , had kicked away the ladder to which they owed their elevation . ( Hear . ) SeTeral other speakers addressed tbe meeting , and the Secretary having giTen notice that he would on next Sunday submit tha draft of am address to the people of England on the present position of their affiurs , the setting separated ,
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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . Kobottle . — On Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., Mr . Bairstow Tisited this place and delivered a most excellent lecture on the effects on society of the present legislative system , and the probabla atate of the working classes under a government ¦ which would have for its basis the People ' s Charter ; although there is tmly about sixteen houses in this village , yet we had a meeting of between 300 and 400 people who came fwm tbe surrounding Tillages . Nobottie ia situate in the midst of Lord Spencer ' s estate , and the greatest part of those who were present , live and work vtder his Lordship , and we believe are better off than agricultural labourers in most districts . Mr . B . has made a great impression on the poptt tetion ef these Tillages , and concluded a soul-stirring address by appealing to the labourers to join the National Charter Association .
NoKlHiMpr « N . —Mr . Bairstow delivered a Host splendid lectare . in our Market-place , on Thursday last , to a very iarge and respectable audience . DELPH . —The cause of Chartism prospers well in Saddlewortfa . We have an association with double the cumber of Members that we have ever had at any former period , and our enemies are resorting to every shabby action that they can think of to put us down , and for w&ich purpose one of our Saddleworth constables when we post any printed bills announcing a Chartist tecture , tears them from tap walls , and if we smnmoK'him we are afraid tbe magistrates will decide the case'against us , because there is that fellow on the bench that prosecuted poor Dawson of Lees , for taking the chair at a Chartist meeting ; We posted bills about a week ago , announcing David Ross ' s lecture , and two of oar members saw him tear one from , the wall when it bad only been up a few hours .
STTUDUET . —A public meeting was field here on the 2 Sth alt when Mr . George Ev&ns delivered an excellent lecture in tbe open air . At tbe -close of the lecture , three cheers were given for the Charter , and three for Fiost ,-Williams , and Jones . BIDFORD . —Mr . Gteorge Brass delivered a lecture here on tbe People ' s Charter , in the open air , to a vast host of tbe working and middle "classes . At tbe close of the lectare , the peopie with one accord gave three tremendous cheers for tbe < 3 harter and three for the ¦ Northern Star .
CH ^ TERFIEIiD . —On Monday evening last , the Chartists held their weekly meeting in Beetwell-Btreet The Secretary banded in five shillings from a friend to tbe cause of freedom , after which a vote of thanks was unanimously carried to onr friend for his gift In consequence of persons aanoonclng lectures to be given at Chesterfield , without corresponding with the Secretary previous to their announcement , the following resolu tion was carried unanimously : — " That no lecturer will be paid for his services here , except be has received an invitation from the ChattUt body of this locality , and no ene is expected to attend unless he has written to the Secretary and received an answer from him wishing bis" ( the Lecturer's ) attendance ; no Lecturer will be acknowledged who -carrnot ehow his card of membership or his credentials trom the locality to which he belongs . "
MACCLBS 7 IEZA . —Mr . Boyle lectured here on Snnday night with great effect , and gave an account of bis stewardship in the Convention . A vote of thanks was- awarded him . A delegate meeting assembled here on -Sunday . Much dissatisfaction was stated to exist in tome portions of tbe district , on account of the many defalcations in the Convention and lecturer fund ; owing to which no efficient steps conld be taken for tbe appointment of a lecturer . It was resolved unanimously , " Thst Mr . Mitchell , of Stockport , be
recommended to the Chartists of Cheshire to take a tonr through the county , and that be send a route of such toor to the Iforthern Star , so that each locality may be -duly prepared to receive him . That the next montb ^ aeeting of delegates be held in tbe Chartist Rooms at Hszlegrove , on the last Sanday in £ une . That tbe County Secretary do enjoin all tbe associations in tEe ^ toanty to send a delega te to that meeting , fally prepared to carry into effect the dividing of the county into two districts , for the two-fold purpose of saving expenee and tbe better organization of the county . "
OAKHAltt . —The Chartist banner was unfurled here for tbe first time on Sanday , when one of Mr . Watkins's sermons was read to a very attentive and respectable aadienoe , by Mr . Win . Cooper . DBWSBTJRY . —Mr .-Philp lectured here on Friday . Two new members were enrolled . HARKSLEY—The Chartists of Borosley held their usual weekly meeting in tbe large room nnder tbe Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday evening , when , after the enrolment of ten or dwelve new members and renewal of-cards of membership , Mr . Arthur Collins was
¦ called to the chair . Mr . Peter Hoey , on behalf of tbe -Cooacil reported tbe proceedings of the Council , when a di * eassi&n arose as to tbe powers invested in the hands of the Council , which terminated in a resolution being . passed for their . guidance in future . Mr . Eneas £ > 4 l § y then brought forward a resolution relative to the-classification or the better collecting of the contributions cf tbe members . . After a friendly discussion it was . postponed until a future meeting . —All comHHini c&tioae for Mr . P . M . Brepby , in future must be addressed to Mr . Joseph WiUdnson , Pease-hills , Bluoberstxeet , iBamsley .
ROCHDALE . —On Wednesday , the 25 th ultimo , Mr . "West , of Maccle&field , delivered a lectare on the Corn Lairs , in tbe Assembly-room , Toad-lane . Mr . Bright , the leading Repealer of Rochdale , had been invrfced-to attend , and wss present . Mr . West cur tailed bis address , to giv £ the Repealers time for disceaeion , which be invited . Mr . Bright put some questions to tbe lecturer , which he answered satisfactorily to the meeting , amid load cheers . Arrangement * were then made for a discusion between the abovenamed gentlemen on the fallowing evening ; each party to have equal time , asd Mr . Bright to open the debate , -or subject— " To what extent would a repeal of the Corn Laws , under existing circumstances , benefit the working classes ? " On Thursday evening , at the time appointed , the room was well filled . Mr . Thomas Livsey was un . animoH £ ly called to the chair .
who in a few remarks introduced Mr . Bright to open the debate , which he did , bnt never attempted to show to tbe meeting how far a repeal of the Corn Laws would increase the comforts ef the operatives , but stated that England did not posses the means of making its people happy ; and that an increase of trade had advanced wages , which statement was ably refuted by Mr . West , amid rapturous cheers , who clearly showed np the system which reduced the wages of the operatives of this country and destroyed the best market of tbe world , tbe home market" Many of the League who were present looked unutterable things while hearing the castigation the unholy system they uphold received . The discussion was conducted with great good humeur on both sides , and much good has it done car cause . A vote of thanks was given the Chairman , and the meeting broke up .
East and Nokth-Ridikg Delegate Meeting . — The above meeting was held at York , on Sanday last , when the following delegates were present : —Mr James Grassby , Hull ; Mr . J . S . Jordan , Selby ; Mr . Thomas Harrison , Scarborough ; Mr . William Robinson , Malton ; and Mr Wiliiam Cordenx , York . TVIr . Jordan was elected chairman ; Mr . E . Barley , secretary ; - The first business brought forward for the consideration of the delegates , was the decision of the delegates at the meeting of the first of May , with regard to certain funds , raised by tbe East and North Riding , for the support of the Convention ; but on account of a deficiency cf funds to defray the expenses of tha district for the past four months , had been voted by them for that purpose , and the support of a
lecturer . An opposition was got np by a few of the men of York , which ended in the overthrow of the proceedings of the delegate meeting of the first of MBy , and consequently no leeturer could be engaged . Part cf the money , then in tbehan ^ s of the treasurer , ¦ was sent to the Convention Fund , and tbe remaining , with the consent of the subscribers , towards defraying tie espenees of the district , and the support of a lecturer . A letter was read from Leeds , stating that they considered it highly presumptuous for the York Association to take the step they had , particularly when passed with the consent of their own delegate . After considerable disenssion , Mr . Grassby moved , and Mr . Cordeux seconded , the following resolution : — " Tbat it is the opinion of this meeting , that Mr . Barley acted in accordance with the instructions of the last delegate meeting ; but it is also the opinion of this meeting , that tbe resolutions of that meeting were injudicious , inasmuch as they should have taken the Thmotion
opinion of the varieus localities .. " e was carried . Letters were then read from various quarters . Mr . < Jrassby moved , and Mr . Harrison seconded , that a lecturer "be engaged , which was carried . Moved by Mr . Cordenx , seconded by Mr . Grassby , that Mr . Bairstow be engaged , if possible , if not , Mr . Dean Taylor be engaged , which was carried . Moved by Mr . Harrison , seconded by Mr . Grasaby , tbat the lecturer be engaged for three months , to have thirtyfive shillings per week , which wae carried . Moved by Mr . Cordeux , seconded by Mr . Grassby , that tbe next delegate meeting be held at Pocklington , on Sanday , the 21 st AugnBt , when each locality must send in the number of enrolled members ; which was carried . Itwasmeved that Edward . Barley be secretary , and Rober t GUI , treasurer for the district Moved that the above proceedings be sent to the Northern Star for insertion , which was carried . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and tbe meeting then broke up ,
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WINCHCOMB . —On Monday last , we had a large and attentive audience here . Mr . Milsom , from Cheltenham , lectured on the state of the country , particularly on the condition of the poor children buried alive in the coal mines , ctrongly contrasting their state with what they would be if enjoying the benefits of tbe gospel as laid down by God himself , but kept from them by wicked and hypocritical rulers and tyrants . ; concluding his just and appropriate remarks by recommending unity and perseverance among all Reformer ; . LEICESTER . —Oar Shakspertans now ( Jane 1 st ) number 1 , 610 . W « joined 103 last Sanday alone , after three discourses in the open air , by Mr . Cooper .
Mr . O'Brien lectured in the New Hall , on Monday night : Mr . Cooper intimated tbat be had some qaestions to ask the lecturer , but was prevented by Mr . O'Brien being taken HL Mr . O'Brien remains in Leicester , and the greatest solieitude is manifested by every Chartist for his recovery ; but their respect for Mr . O'Brien ' s talents will not prevent the Shaksperian Char tists from telling him their mind on certain points . Chartism , real Chartism , proceeds with giant steps in Leicester ; we axe too throng to give long reports , bnt vfill try to find time for a more fall and distinct account of what is doing in Leicester and the county very soon .
MONKWEARMOUTtt-On Tuesday evening , a noble meefmg was held in this place in the Chartist Hall , which they have nove engaged . Mr . Evans was called to the chair , who having in an appropriate address introduced the business , called npon Mr . Cbapple to address tbe meeting ; Mr . Chappie did so In an able and impressive address . He was succeeded by Mr . Dobbie , with good effect At the close , many Chartist Circulars and other publications were sold * BRADFORD . —Little Horton . —A numerous meeting of the members and their friends was held in the Char tist room . Mr . J . Robinson , sen ., was called to
the chair , and briefly introduced Mr . Smith to tbe meeting , who delivered an excellent address on the currency and the great national incubus—tbe debt ; explained tbe manner it had been contracted , namely , for putting down liberty at home and abroad . The thanks of the meeting were voted to the lecturer for his services , when the meeting separated , highly delighted with tbe lecture , fa the coarse of another fortnight , a Sin day School will be established for the purpose of teaching reading , writing , and arithmetic to tbe members and their children . One penny each will be charged for those who write and are taught arithmetic ; the proceeds to go towards the rent of the room .
A CHiETTST Camp Meeting was held on Guide Moor , on Sunday afternoon last The meeting was well attended . Messrs . Hammond and kitchen preached each an excellent sermon on the occasion , when the meeting was adjourned to that day three weeks . Gjldersome Street . —A Char tist Camp meeting was held at this place on Sunday afternoon , the 29 th of May , which was very numerous and attentive . Messrs . Dewhirst and Edwards addressed the meeting at considerable length on the People ' s Char ter . At the conclusion of the meeting , it was given out that a camp meeting would be held at Morley on Sunday , the -5 th of Jane , at two o'clock in tbe afternoon .
White Abbey . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Joseph Broot delivered a lecture on the position of the working classes of this country , and exhibited the great distress which the workies as a body had to endure , and showed that all this misery and distress arose from class legislation . A resolution was adopted by the meeting , pledging tbem never to cease agitating till class legislation was abolished , and the People ' s Charter made tbe law of tbe land . Mr . Brook spoke for npwards of an hour , and was listened to with great attention Mr . Townsend was Chairman , who impressed upon tbem the necessity of union . One new member was added . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and tbe chairman , when the meeting separated . A number of scholars of both sexes Are taaght to read and write , on the Sabbath day , in the Association Room , by tbe members .
DUCKENFIBLD . —Tbe Rev . W . V . Jaokson , of Manchester , lectured in tbe Association Room , on Monday . The room was crowded to suffocation . He delivered a yerj eloquent leotsre . STOCKPORT . —On Wednesday evening last , a public meeting was held on Brinks way Banks . Mr . Thomas Clark , in a speech of great length and sound argument , exposed the evils of tbe present corrupt system . —On Sunday night , M' - -John Campbell , Secretary of the Executive , lectared to one of the most numerous and respectable audiences ever assembled in oar room . Tbe lecturer proved beyond a dcubt tbat nothing short of the Charter , whole and entire , would permanently benefit the working classes . He continued for an hour and a half , ia an able and argumentative manner , to expound his views , and though be had visited as several times before , he never appeared to such advantage .
A qbe . it public MEETira was held in tbe Marketplace on Monday evening , to adopt the Memorial and Remenstrance . Mr . Joseph Hibbert was called to the chair . Mr . Thomas Webb , in a brief and effective speech , moved the first resolution ; Mr . Thomas Davie seconded it ; it was then pat and carried . Mr . Thomas Clark mov ^ d the adoption of the memorial ; Mr . James Johnston seconded it ; Mr . Beesley supported it Mr . John Wright moved and Mr . Carter seconded the remonstrance , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then passed to Messrs . Dancombe and Leader , and tbe other members of the House who supported tbe prayer of the people ' s petition .
TODMORDEN .-Mr . West , of Macclesfleld , lectured in tbe Odd Fellows' Hall , on Friday night He went through the objections raised against the Charter nnd the Chartists in a talented and arguraentive style , and completely refuted them all ; the lecture throughout was listened to with great attention ; and it called forth repeated bursts of applause . At tbe close of the lectare fifteen new members were enrolled . On Monday eight Mr . R . K . Philp delivered an interesting and taiented address to about seven hundred persons . At the cloBe of the address , sixteen came forward and enrolled their names . We cow number seven hundred members male and female .
CLECKHEATON . —On Monday night , Mr . West lectured here to an attentive and respectable audience . The middle classes , "who were present in great numbers , were forcibly struck with the exposure of the present banking system and its effects on the commercial interests of society . A fine feeling exists ; and notwithstanding persecution is rife , the principles of the Charter are making great and rapid progress . WAHEFZSZtO . —On Tuesday night Mr . West addressed a very numerous meeting in the Corn Market . He entered into an explanation of the workings of the present system in all its various bearinga ;—the funding , the banking , and the free trade systems , and their different bearings on society ; and concluded a most instructive and intelligent lecture amidst the most evident signs of satisfaction by the assembled multitude .
Trowbridse . —A new Chartist place of worship has been lately opened here under the auspices of Mr . Job Rawlings , who , in a printed address to the public , informs us that bis services have been interdicted in the places whe e he formerly dispensed the word of life , because of iis inviting the clergy to cooperate with him in procuring civil and political rights for the people . He has named the chapel Hope Chapel . Daikeitii . —On Monday evening last , that excellent friend of mankind and consistent advocate of their rights , Mr . John Fraser , of the True Scotsman , delivered a lectare in tbe Masons' Hall , to a large and respectable audience . The meeting was highly pleased with the lectare , which they acknowledged by tendering a vote ef thanks to the Lecturer . Three members to the association were obtained , one of whom presented the association with a handsome donation .
Swiktom . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Samuel Lirjley , of Rotherbam , gave a lecture on the Charter in the open air . He was listened to with fieep attention . At the conclusion he adjourned to the Ring of Bells Tavern and enrolled fifteen names . A Ceuncil of five was then appointed , consisting cf the following : — Messrs . A . Angus , John Whitehead , Wm . Johnstone , Samuel Armitage , sub-Treasurer , W . Giltenden , sab-Secretary . Notice was then given that a lecture would be delivered there on Tuesday next , by Mr . Linley . IDLE , near Bradford . —On Monday evening last , a meeting was held here bv the Caartists to adopt the memorial to to the Queen and remonstrance to the House of Commons . Previous to the meeting the village band played several lively airs . A large assmblage of people took place on the Green . Mr . Sugden was called to the chair , who opened the
bueineBs by reading the requisition convening the meeting , and introduced Mr . William Raistrick , who read the address of the Convention , and moved its approval . It was seconded by Mr . Murgatroyd , and carried unanimously . Mr . TLomaa Lee moved the remonstrance . It was seconded by Mr . Cordingley ; Mr . Jennings , of Bradford , supported it ia a handBome speech , which was well received . Mr . Smyth , of Bradford , also spoke to it , and on the Chairman putting it , every hand was held up , not one against . Mr . Willliam Gill moved the memorial to tae Queen , Mr . Wood seconded it , and it was ably supported by Mr . Henry Edwards , and carried unanimously . Mr . Thomas Lee moved a vote of thanks to the Convention . Mr . Raistrick seconded it , and every hand held up for it . A vote of thanks was tendered to the Chairman by clapping of hands , and tbe meeting separated .
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C "' « E » OE . —a large public meetingwas held on Enfield , oh Su , uday afternoon , May the 29 fch . The day was beautifully fine , and there could not be less than twenty thousand persons present . Mr . Hodlam , of Preston ,, w ^ aa called to the chair ; he opened the meeting wittr * few appropriate observations , and introduced Mr , Marsden , from ; Preston , who came forward amidst loud cheers , and entered into a lengthy statement of our prospects ; told the working men to take their owu affaita into their own hands ; thatjhey must rely on their own strength , their own energy , arid perseverance for the attainment of their jusfc and inaliea § ble rights , and concluded by reading the following document : —To the enfranchised portion of the community , and all those
possessea or political power . •' Gentlemen , —You have hitherto governed » B , whilst our part in tho state hath been bnt to toil , to pay , and to obey ; We have performed our part . With an immense debt , created by war and heavy taxes , still national credit hath been maintained ; the nation ' s dignity supported , and its wealth yearly increased . ^ You must admit that it was your duty to have protected our labour in return , but reckless sepbulators have been allowed to indemnify themselves for their loss , the result of their avaricious schemes , by reductions in our wages . , Thus , year after year , have our wages been sinking , whilst a Corn Law ; has been supported , keeping provisions at a nearly uhvafyjbg price , in order that the class of landowners might
continue to receive the same' amount of rental . To make matters worse , machinery has been introduced to an e ^ tentJipi as nearly to supersede mauual labour ; and now , whilst one-half of the working population are deprived of all employment , the other half find it difficult ; to sustain life with all their toil . For twenty years we have petitioned and implored , but in vain—first , for a removal of the Corn Laws , then for Boards of Trade , and a diminution of the taxes ; and the only way iuwhich Government has acted in reference to us , has been by an endeavour to silence our complaints in dungeons and bastiles , and getting rid of us by emigration . Our prospects are now gloomy in the extreme . Nothing now presents itself but starving to death on pur
native soil—the land which our sires so nobly defended . We are now become convinced that appeals to you aro useless ; you have destroyed our confidence ; the hopes so long and fondly cherished are for ever blasted . Henceforth , on our own strength , and the justice of our cause , shall we rely ; and look wuhin ourselves for the elements of another and a better state of things . We long not for anarchy—we pant not for blood ; but we cannot behold our wives discontented and unhappy , and our children famishing for bread s without an effort to relieve them . You who profess to be our friends , and would advise U 3 to be patient , ease the paugs of hunger ; or if that be not in your powers be silent ; otherwise we can no longer view you as
i ' riends , but only as enemies m disguise . It is criminal to tell the starving to be patientj and proves yoar sympathy to be but rank hypocrisy . You profess to admire the forbearance we have hitherto manifested , and cry out peace , peace , whilst a war of famine , created by Mammon , is sending thousands to premature graves . What is your motive \ We are not assassins ; wo wish not for plunder ; we wish bat for a fair remuneration for our labour , and to have that labour protected . It is all that we to live by . We have no access to the land ; that is monoDolised by a few . It is not in the
nature of things , that the majority of us can ever possess wealth sufficient to purohase machinery . Ought then , we ask , a few wealthy capitalists to be allowed to monopolise our only remaining means of subsistence ? Is this justice ? Is ihis protection 1 Either give us labour for which we are to be properly paid ; or if machinery must do the work , let us share the produce . Can any desire be more natural and just ? But to whom must we apppeal with so reasonable a request f Will landowners permit us to cultivate the land for ourselves , or will millowners allow us to enjoy the wealth derived from these machines ! Yet these are our law-makers
—to these alone we aro necessitated to appl y ; and , though our request to us appears reasonable and just , to them it appears the most extravagant desire imaginable , and is scouted as such accordingly . On what , then , do you who affect to sympathise With us ground your hopes ? Is this feeling and disposition on the part of our rulers about to change f Experience answers never ; and that our present destitute condition is but the natural results of classmade law . We , therefore , tell our talers calmly and deliberately that we can no longer bear the system of slow murder which they seem intent on following up . Better die by the sword than die of hunger ; and , if we are to be butchered , why not commence the bloody work at once . ( Immense
cheering . ) Life hath no charms when all prospect of happiness is Kone , for happiness cannot exist without contentment ; and where is contentment to be found without a sufficiency to satisfy the cravings of hunger , and something like comfortable food and raiment . The majority of our countrymen will never stand by and see injustice done when those who feel the bitterness of oppression nobly defend themselves —( hear , hear , and cheerB ) , but crawling sycophaaoy and servile submission disgust every rational mind . We claim to bo ranked as < 5 itiz 9 ns , not as slaves . We wish the nation ' s will to be law , feeling assured that the bulk of the people can have no interest in the present state of things , with the ballot to protect each in the
enjoyment of his political privilege—wealth would not corrupt , nor numbers intimidate , and the exercise of the mental faculties of reason and judgment would alone decide in the choice of pur governors , and man be no longer taxed without his free consent . We tell the Premier to call to mind his own expression , when Cobbett reminded him of bis being the son of a cotton weaver—tho Premier replied , that no generous man would block up the avenues to pHblic favour and distinction . W here would the Premier be , if he was the Bon of a cotton weaver in our day . Would he not find the gates to those avenues barred against him , and yet he is ungenenerouB enough to strive to keep them for ever barred . Let him now think himself doomed to the
loom , or the mill , incessantly toiling , through life in poverty and rags , and he will inwardly rejoice , when in our assembled multitudes , under the Canopy of heaven ^ we solemnly declare that allegiance to our unfeeling rulers is no longer due . Is it not a &hame for the Premier to receive £ 5 , 000 per year , or more than £ 90 per week ; from an impoverished people ? Is it not Wrong for many of the peers and peeresses to be in the receipt of pensions and holding sinecure offices ! Is it not scandalous to retain hundreds i > £ women pensioners . Is it not wrong to allow the tithes to be wholly absorbed by the Church , whilst the aged and destitute , for whom they were in part intended , should be wholly unprovided for ? Is it not highly unjust to permit the same amount of interest upon the debt to be paid when the greater cheapness of labour hath made money so much more valuable , and when £ 1 will procure as much of our labour as double tho sum would at the close of the war and when that debt was contracted ! Is it not unjust in the landowners , for the same reasons , to keep up the Corn Laws V Can any man put his hand to his heart and say that the present salaries for officers of . '' state should continue to be paid , whilst wrung from so much , poverty and wretchedness as that which now fills the land ? Against these things we war , and appeal to the understandings of all , and ask whether we are not justified in demanding their instant removalV— ( great cheering . ) Mr . Tattersall
from Burnley , rose , to support it , which he did at some leng ' th , and retired amid loud cheers . Messrs . Swindlehurst and Mooney theii addressed the meeting , and was well received . At this stage of the proceedings , a Mr . Marquis , from Burnley , rose to make objections to some sentences uttered by Eomeof the previous speakers , and spoke amid great confusion , and seeing that his remarks was not in due season , he bid them all a good afternoon . Mr . Tattersail and several others replied to Mr . Marquis , and . deliyered some speeches rather too zealous and straightforward
and it is much to be doubted whether their harangues will have a-beneficial efftct or not . A . vote of thanks was then put and- carried to Mr . Oldham for his impartial conduct in the chair . It was generally reported and understood that Mr . Beesley , from Accrington , and some of the Executive would attend ; but they failed to do so . if they had attended it would undoubtedly have had the effeot of keeping back some very violent speeches that were uttered , not very much to the credit of the Chartist cause . Some person or persons in the movement are highly censurable , but who they are remains to be told .
City of London .- —At the usual weekly meeting , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . C . We&tray in the chair , _ after the usual business was transacted , the following proposition was adopted , — " That the members of this locality view with pleasure the noble and energetic exertions of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , for their bold , manly , arid fearless manner of carrying oh the agitation to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land ; and in order to carry pa the same with vigour and determination , we beg to recommend our brother Chartists throughout the country the following simple plan to commence the new Exeoutive , viz ., that each Bub-seoretary request every member in his locality to subscribe one pennyY
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separate ) which according to the number of members will raise a handsome fund to commence with , and recommend to those friends who are desirous , and can afford it , to be liberal on this important occasion . ' * Two delegates were then elected to the oounty delegate meeting , to take place at the Northern btar Coffee House , Golden-lane , on Sanday morning next , the 5 th inst . It was then announced that a general meeting should take place on Tuesday evening next . It is hoped that every member will be in bis place on that important occasion . At the
usnal weekly meeting of the females resident in this locality , on Tuesday evening last , Mrs . Windier in the chair , some new members were enrolled , and other business transacted . It was then moved , seconded , and carried , that two shillings be voted from their funds to Mr . Wm . Jones , of Liverpool , as an approval of his exertions ernce his short stay in London ; after whioh the meeting adjourned to Tuesday evening next , at seven o ' plook in the evening , when they earnestly impress upon their sisters the necessity of co-operating with them in the cause of Justice and humanity .
China Walk , Lambeth . —The : Chartists of this locality held their usual weekly meeting . No business of any importance was transacted . Mr . Humphrey was nominated to the General Council , in the room of . Mr . J . Thorp . The members are earnestly requested to attend en Tuesday next . Mr . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday evening at the lately opened Association Room , King street , Clerkenwell , to a crowded audience . Mr . Smith occupied the chair . At the conclusion of the lecture , Messrs . Cohen and Beesley ably supported the views of the lecturer , and a gentleman present eloquently Contended for the right of female Suffrage . Several members were added to the Association .
Monthly Delegate Council . —The Provisional Committee have appointed Messrs . Lucas , Nagle , and Fairchild to attend on Sunday morning , at the Star Coffee Rooms , Golden Lane , to receive credentials from the delegates elected to the above Council , until proper officers are appointed . Brompton . —On Tuesday evening ^ the members of this locality met , as usual , at the Brompton Coffee House ; Mr . Matthews in the chair . The report of the deputations from Hammersmith and West * minster was received . Messrs . W . Matthews and K . Ridley were delegated to attend the monthly delegate Council , at the Star Coffee House . Mr . Campbell Was nominated for the Executive , and other business connected with the locality was transacted . ' ¦' . " . " ¦ ' ¦ . " ' . - ' ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ -. - . '•¦ . '¦ '¦ ¦ ., ¦¦ ¦'
Surrey . —At a late meeting of the Surrey Council the following resolution was passed : — " That each person holding tickets for the late tea and concert at the Moritpelier , be requested to return the same , or the money , on Sunday next , from three to five o ' clockj to the Secretary , at 1 , China Walk , Lambeth , as tbe Committee are desirous of settling all accounts . Tickets not returned will be considered as sold . " It is also requested that all persons having sold tickets for the Theatre on Wednesday , June 8 th , residing in Surrey , will pay the same to the County Seoretary , on Sunday , at the above place , and likewise an account of all uusold tickets . All members of the Council residing in Surrey are earnestly requested to attend at 1 , China Walk , on Sunday next , at three o ' clock .
Helmet Court , Strand . —During the whole of the last week several thousand handbills were circulated , announcing a public meeting at the rooms of the Juvenile Democratic Association , Helmet Courtt Strand , for the purpose of remodelling the abovenamed Association . The chair was taken precisely at eight o'clock , by Mr . Donald Crane , a young man , who , by his individual exertions in 1839 , succeeded in founding the above-named Association . The room was not so full as might be expected , which may be attributed to the Ieotare delivered at the Political Institute , by Mr . Jones , from Liverpool . After the President had gone through the usaal forms of announcing the object of the meeting , the Seoretary
read the constitution , objects , and laws , the whele of which tend to the attainment of universal justice , universal happiness , and Universal Suffrage . The Secretary commented at great length on the benefits that would arise from the attainment of the Charter . At the conclusion of the Secretary ' s comments , Mr . Huggett , from Lambeth , addressed a few words to the meeting , calling upon them , in the most emphatic terms , to unite themselves , and to make slow but sure strides , as it was by these means alone they could obtain their long-withheld rights . He intrp » duced a friend , Mr . Byall , who volunteered to lecture in aid of the funds of the Association , " On the progress ; of democratic rule , " on the evening of Sunday next , at seven o ' clock .
Bethnal- GREEN ^ -Mr . Duffield addressed tbe weavers meeting at the Buck's Head , on Sunday evening . .. : ' . r ' . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ '¦"' . - ' ¦'¦'¦¦ ' : ;¦ ' .- ' St . Pancras . —Dr . M'Douall lectured at the Arohery Rooms , Bath-place , New Road , on Sunday evening . WjELLiNGBOROUGH . —On Saturday ^ Mr . Bairstow delivered an address to a very attentive audience . On Sunday he preached a sermon in the Marketsquare , to a large congregation . On Monday he delivered a lecture on Broad Greea , to a large and attentive concourse of people .
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THE LIST OF NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATEE FOB THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TH E NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Names of Candidates . | Where Nominated from . 1 . P . M . Brophy , Arnold . j Honley . I Newton Heath . I Manchester . 2 . James Leaoh . { Huddersfield . Lower Moor , near Oldham J HulL ¦^ No rwich . Salford . Salford Youths . Brighton . Manchester , Crs . and Jrs . North Shields . Hey wood . Banoiiffe Arma , Nottingham . 3 . John Campbell , \ - Bromley-street , Not
ting-Halifax . Slioreditch . Rochdale . Salisbury : Mytholmroyd . ' . - : '•¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Bury . - '¦ .. ' ¦¦ J Lynn Regis . ' ¦ . ¦ ~ ) Barns ! ey . Mary-le-Bone . STew Qreen . Union Coffee H ., Nottghia 4 . P . M ; . M'DoaalI > f Camberwell . J Shelton . I Bradford . I Queenshead . / Oafliale .
5 . Ckriatopher Doyle , Stockport . 6 . Thomas Copper , Leicester ; 7 . J . B . H . Bairatow , I ^ ^ , ' y Staley bridge . 8 . JohnWeat , Macclesfield . " ) Stockport Youths . j YeoyiL a R K Philn ^ Lii mbetQ . ;/ e Sheffield PoUtlcal Institute J Leicester , ( All Saints Open ) V Lancaster . 10 . Wm . Beeflley , \ - Cljtheroe . ) Accrington . 11 . Ed . Stallwcod , Hammersmith . 12 . John Skevington , Loughboro ' . V Butchers'ArmSjNottingh . 13 . W . Dean Taylor , \ Noah ^ Ark , ditto . ^ * ' f King George on Horseback ) OldBasford .
14 . Morgan Williams , Merthyr Tydvil . 15 . Ruffy Ridley , X L p a » craa . ' ¦ j Somcrs Town . 16 . Wm . Jones , Delph . 17 . John J . Fussell , Finabury . 18 . J . W . Pttrlcer , Teetotal Chartiat London 19 . John Mason , Birmingham . 20 . George White , Bristol . 21 . Bernard M'Cartney , Liverpool . 22 . W . V . Jackaoh , Milnrow . 23 . Richard Marsden , Preston . 24 . Edward Clayten , DewBbury .
By instruction from the Executive I append Messrs . Fossel , Paiker , Mason , White , M'Cartney , Jaakson , Marsden , and Clayton ' s names . to the list published in the Star of Saturday last . The polling will commence on Monday , the 6 th day of June , and must positively close on the Monday night , the 13 th of the same month . I beseech the aub-Sacretaries and General Conncillora to give every member an opportunity of voting on some evening nest week , or on Monday , the 13 th . ;' ' ¦ lam , ' Your faithful servant , J . Campbell , Secretary .
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Chartist Beverage . —Due to the Executive from Chartist beverage , from the Chartist Provision Store , Hawick , per Anthony Haigh , 6 s . Chartist Beverage . —The following are the sums ne to the " Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , " from Messrs . Crow and Tyrell , for Chartist Beverage sent off by them to the following parties : — . ¦ ¦ ¦ ^; V , - : : __ : - " >¦ - ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ^ v ,, ; . - / £ & A .
Mr . Joshua Hobson , Wholesale Agent for Yorkshire .. > ¦ . ¦ ; . w . ... Q 15 9 Mr ; James Leach , Wholesale Agent for Lancashire ... ... : ' . »;¦ 0 18 . 0 Mr . Win . Mogg , Wolverhampton ... 0 6 8 Mr . Baird , Boiton ... ... ... © 3 9 Mr . John Walker , Jan ., Stockport ... 0 1 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... 0 1 6 Mrs . Smith , ditto ... . ; . . ... 0 1 6 Mr . JoneB , Wolverhamptoa .. ; ... 0 16
:-: ¦ : . : ; . - . ' /¦ : >¦ ; , .: ; ' _ :: ; . ;¦ ¦ V- £ 2 9 Q Chartists ! Bee how easily the expencea of tha agitation may be borre , and you keep money in your pocket at the Bame timsl
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IMPORTANT MEETING 0 * the MECHANICS OF MANCHESTER . A general meeting of the above body took place in the large room , Sherwood Arms , Tib-6 treet , on Tuesday evening , May the 31 st , to take into consideration the propriety of joining the National Charter Association . Mr . Nuttell was unanimously balled to the chair ; Mr . Bell and Mr . Whittaker attended as a deputation from the Carpenter's National Charter Association ; and Mr . James Leach and Mr . John Bailer , as a deputation from the National Charter Association .
Mr . Bell , in a brief manner stated the nature of his mission and the necessity of the trades joining in the movement for political emancipation of the industriouB classes of this country . Mr . Whixtakkr said it was with pleasure and a considerable degree of diffidence that he appeared before them on this occasion ; with diffidence , on account of his own inability and the limited extent of hi 3 , taleatst 6 do justice to the great principles they had met to , examine , but with pleasure , to see so many working men . assembled together after the toil of the day , to assist by their united intelligence to adopt such measures aa in their united wisdom
was the best calculated to remove the present distress that affects society . As a member of a trade ' s union ; he had { bund that they were not capable of giving that protection to the working man that his case required , and therefore he considered it to be the duty of the trades to unite with the people iu one grand and holy union to destroy the demon , ci « legislation . Mr . Whittaker then explained th Charter point by point , in a masterly manner , and contended that the cause of all pur evils was class legislation , therefore the - inost effectual' plan to remove the evil was to destroy the cause by the enactment of the People ' s Charter . The Chairman next introduced
Mr . Leach , who said he would much rather nave heard some one of the mechanics give their sentiments npon the subject . Mr . Leach went into a minute explanation of the origin of trades' unions , and the canse that brought them into existence ; and in his usual cool , deliberate aud convincing manner , carried conviction home to the minds of his hearers , that nothing less than an entire change in the system of government would ever benefit the people of this country . He addressed the meeting : for upwards of an hour , and clearly proved that trades unions , without political rights , would neve ? effectually protect the labourer from the avarice of the classes that live upon their industry , and sat down amidst the repeated plaudits of the meeting . Mr . Booth made a few remarks upon the statements made use of by Mr . Leach ; and that gentleman replied . '
Mr . Haley moved a resolution deploting the present distress of the working classes , and tie disposition of the masters to reduce the wages of the men in their employment . : - Mr . Robinson moved as an amendment a declaration , and certain rules of the Complete Suffrage Association . This called forth a warm and lengthy debate , in which the following gentlemen took part : —Messrs , Robinson , Haley , Bailey , Dixon , and others , when the original motion was withdrawn , and the following amendment to Mr . Robinson ' s motion was moved and seconded , "That we , the mechanics of MancheKter , do forthwith join the National Charter Aeeooiation , and that a committee
of nine , with power to add to their numbers , be appointed , to'carry out the foregoing principles . " On the amendment being put to the meeting , there was a forest of hands in favour of it , and when put to the contrary there appeared only three against it . On Mr . Robinson ' s motion for complete suffrage , See ., being put to the vote there was four in favour of it . " The . following gentlemen were then appointed as the committee : —Mr . John Bell , Mr . James Haley , Mr . A . Nuttle . Mr . James Burns , Mr . John Teasdale , Mr . E . Whitaker , Mr . Richard Dunn , Mr . James Newton , and Mr . H . Douglassbaw . This meeting speake volumes in favour of our cause . This once aristocratical trade has come out boldly for the principles of democracy . ¦ '
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IMPORTANT MEETING AT HEYWOOD
On Monday last , one of the largest public meetings was held in the Market Place that has taken place ia the recoiled ioH of the oldest inhabitants . The last out-door meeting held in this town was during the agitation for the Reform Bill , called by tha middle classes ; and in point of numbers was far short of this meeting , called by the working men of Heywobd . The Market Place was one mass of living beings ; there could not be Ie 38 than from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 persons present . The manufacturers were out to the quick to see the working men go from their work , in their thousands , to hear the pure principles of democracy propounded , and the rights of labour explained . One of these modern Shylocks said that he would rather have given ten pounds than the meeting should have takea place ; and two of the professed friends of the people
who signed the requisition to the churchwaxdena to call the meeting , although the understanding was , that if the churchwardens refused to call the meeting ( as was certain to be the case , they being of the high Tory school ) , that they ( the requisitionists would call the meeting themselves on their owa responsibility ; as soon as the placards were posted , these two worthies got small bills printed ; stating that , aa undue liberty had been taken with their names , they . never having authorised any person to post their names upon the walls of the town , as taking part in calling the meeting . But , notwithstanding this twaddle , the working men were determined hot to be done out of their meeting by the treachery of pretended friends or the intimidation of openfoes . ; . ¦' .... '¦' . " ; " : ¦ ¦" . '¦ ¦ . ¦ : '" : ' , " ¦ - . ¦ ¦" ' - Mr . Smith , a working man , Was called to the chair . ' - " .,. '¦ ¦ ¦; ;; " " : ¦ ' '¦ '¦' . ' ¦ : ' : ' ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ' ' . ¦ . ' . ' . - ¦
Mr . Wm . Bell moved the remonstrance to the House of Commons , in an able and argumentative speech , in which the lords of the long chimneys came in for their share of a severe oastigation inflicted upon the capitalists for their merciless treatment of the labouring classes . Mr . Bell concluded by readine ; the remonstrance , which was seconded by Mr . Fletcher , and supported by Mr . Campbell , General Sscretary of the National Charter Association , : h a powerful speech , in which he ably exposed the workings of the present system and all its effects . upon the labouring part of the community , and concluded his eloquent address by appealing to the working men upon the necessity of their becoming members of the association . The remonstrance being patfrom the chair , was carried unanimously .
Mr . John Bell moved the adoption of the memorial to the Queen , and said he was not in the habit of public speaking , he therefore would content himself by reading the memorial . It was seconded by a -working man , and supported by Mr . Dixon , from Wigan , in a few brief remarks ; on its being put to the meeting it was carried without a dissentient /; : . . ; ;; . ; ¦ ¦ : . . . . - " ¦ ¦' . ; . " . ... ' , ' - . . "¦¦' ' .. - ' ¦ A vote of thanks waa given to T . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . j and J . Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., for the manly manner which they advocated the people ' s cause in the House of Commons . Three cheers were given for Mr . O'Connor and the Northern Star , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones . After the thanks of the meeting were voted to the Chairman , the assembled thosands separated in a peaceable and orderly manner . This meeting will not soon be forgot in Hey wood ; it was decidedly the largest and most orderly meeting ever held in this town . : -
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CoalbrOokdalb . —On Monday evening Mr . MogjK delivered a lecture to about three or four thousand persons in the Bull Ring , Oaken Gates , and Mr . T . Halford said a few words in conolusion , Tweatjeight members were enrolled . ¦ ¦ DiwLET drREEN . —On Tuesday evening Mr , Mogg delivered a lecture at Dawley Green , to betweea one and two thousand persons . Nineteen members were enrolled . The canse goes on here trinmphant . ¦; OLDHAM .-r-6 n Sunday last , Mr . John jjeach delivered an energetic address , j n the coarse of wfiicS he exposed the duplicity of the middle class , Jfl ; their pretences to join the Chartists to obtain real juBtice . •¦ ¦¦¦ - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦' ;¦'¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " - " ^ : ¦;¦ ; /¦ -. ^
^ Calverton . —The Chartists at this village metloa Monday ^ night to make arrangements for the te paxty , which is to take place on the last Monday ia July . ^ Mr . O'Connor has kindly promised Mr . Harrison that he will pay him a visit on that day . The surrounding villages of Arnold , Basford , Hysou Green , Carrington , Radford , Bulwell , Hucknall , Lambley , Woddborough $ Epperston , Oxton , and Blidworth will be expected to attend . An early application for tickets is indispensibly necessary , as onlj one thousand tickets will be issued . The processioa will start from Nottingham , and persons in each village will be appointed to sell tickets at the price of one shilling each .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct433/page/1/
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