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SOTTISGHAM ELECTION . ( Continued from our Seventh Page . ) At half-past six o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor arrived at BeesJon , accompanied by some friends from Nottingham , and proceeded to an open space , where & temporary hustings had been erected . There was an excellent nr-ister of all classes—middle and working . Mr . Beggs was called to the chair , and after expatiating , at considerable length , upon the character and pretensions of Mr . Sturge , as fitting him for the duties of the office to which he aspired , and a very spirited appeal to his audience , as to the necessity of rendering their assistance , he introduced Mr . 0 Connor . Beeston is within the Borough of Nottingham , has twenty-nine voters resident in it , and belongs , for the most part , to Mr . Charlton , who was the colleague of Mr . Walter , on the Tory side , at the last general election .
Owing to this ownership of body and mind , much stspidity may reasonably be expected to exist among The stock ; but it proved far otherwise . When Mr . O'Connor presented himself ,-he was slightly cheered , and piercingly scanned , every eye being rivett-ed upon him . He had no . gone far in I 13 address , when the effects of Tory , arguments , drink , began to manifest itself in the faces and expression of a knot of politicians just under the speaker to his Tight . After two or three interruptions , Mr . O'Connor turned sharp upon them , and said— " Will you shut
your mouths and open your ear 3 , you fools , if you don't wish to die in ignorance ! " The confounded appearance of the intruders caused much merriment and a laugh , and caused a temporary cessation of their interrnpnon ; however , Johnny Barleycorn again went to work , and a ? ain did the knot commence , when the speaker turned contemptuously on them , and said , " Ah , hold your tongues , you poor fools ! " He then lashed them for aboat five minutes , ¦ until at length they were glad to beat a retreat amid the scoffs of their sober brethren . The speaker then continued his address for more than an hour , and gave general satisfaction .
At the conclusion , Mr . Beggs read the address of j the non-electors to the electors of Nottingham , which being moved by Mr . Roberts , and seconded i by acclamation , was carried unanimously . j The Chairman then dissolved the meeting ; but j Mr . O'Connor again presented himself , and paid , " I j tell yon what , I am not going to work myself to j death to gain rights for you which I don ' t require j for myself , if you consider it a compliment to lend j your aid . I see you are dummies , tongue-tied . I must j come among you three or four times thi 3 summer to [ open youT voices ; and as I am here now , I will give 1 yo _ the first lesson in Chartist music . Come now , j give me three cheers for the Charter , name and all , j and no surrender . " And three such cheers were I I j ; | | I i | ] ) : i i
never before heard in Beeston . "That ' s very good , " said O'Connor ; " now then for Frost , Williams , and S Jone 3 , " and three thundering cheers were given . I "Capital , capital , " repeated the music roaster ; " I ] would soon make Italians of you all . Now then < for the bass—three groans for the Tories , " and . every j throat joined in harmony . Bravo I bravo "! re- sounded from all sides . "I never heard a more pro-j miring set of pupils , " said O'Connor , ' I knew I coald knock spunk into you f and ho departed to meet the j Chartist Association , a brave and spirited body , ; who have kept the true principles alhe in spite of Whig damp and Tory extinguisher . Shertly after- wards he and his friends started for Nottingham , to meet the people in the Market-place- i I j j i I ¦ •
TUESDAY NIGHT . j When Mr . O'Connor and his friends . arrived from Beeston , they were met by several thousand persons , j who immediately formed a procession , and marched in good order—singing Chartist songs—to the Mar- j ket-place , where t aey arrived at twenty minutes to ' nine o'clock , and where was collected an assemblage j larger , mnch larger , than that of the preceding evening . Every man and woman , who witnessed j Tuesday night ' s gathering , one and ail declared , that they had never seen such a sight in the town of '; Nottingham . " Mr . Roberts , who had accompanied Mr . O'Connor ; to Beestou , was unanimously called to the chair , and simply introdneed - \
Mr . O'Connor , who , upon presenting himself was received with deafening cheers and waving of hats . He said , my brothers , I have worked like a black to-day , and yet I an as fresh as a four-year old , because I find that I have succeeded beyond my most sanguine expectations in eradicating from the Tirtuou 3 working man's mind those feelings of vies and dissipation which the interested factions . have alternately engendered among the innocent poor for their own personal aggrandisement . Yes , working laen , the task that I have undertaken , is , thank God , rendered comparatively easy by the noble soil that I have to work upon ; and I find that debased as the burgesses and non-electors had become , by
the struggles of legislators and factions , yet so commanding is virtue that the"fire-brand , " the "leveller , " " the destructive" has maderapid progress in-the . substitution of reason for passion , of virtue for vice , and of thought for hasty and intemperate action . He then went on in a rapid strain to point out the rights of all classes and how they were to bs acquired , and preserved when obtained ; and at quarter past nine * he requested the dense multitude to form into procession , jan . d . marefc to J £ r . Bean's room , where he -understood Mr . Sturge was then addressing-the people . Thi 3 was instantly complied with , and the Market-place , a 3 if by magic , * in less than five
minutes vras an empty space . On arriving at Bonker ' s-hilJ , it was discovered that Mr . Starge had not been there , and that the door leading w the platform was locked , while thousands were congregated around it ; whereupon it was decided that a cart which was in the yard should be wheeled among the crowd , and that Sweet and others should address them , till the key of the room , which wa 3 gent for , should arrive . After some delay , and the key not being forthcoming , Mr . O'Connor monnted the cart and again addressed the multitude , who , in a few minutes separated , cheering for Sturge and liberty , and promising to meet Mr . O'Connor again on the following evening at Bunker ' s-hill , at eight
o clock . The result of this sober excitement is , — that not a drunken man is to be seen—that scores of voters , who have made-a practice of selling themselves , ha > e voluntarily pledged themselves to support the man of the non- elector £ choice ; and notwithstanding the state of debasement to which interested faction had redsced the electoral body , yet it is now confidently supposed that the return of Mr . Sturge is beyond doubt . The newly acquired position of the people of Nottingham should aave a powerful effect upon the non-electors of the whole country . It bnt requires sound marshalling and a proper direction to render it omnipotent ; and although there was a great jealonsy among the
whigsat first , about O'Connor coming and bis influence , yet his straightforward conduct and manly assuranes , that heneeforth in every struggle , the 4 , 000 , 0000 Chartists shall take part , has beaten down and is fast annihilating the ungenerous prejudice which misrepresentation had raised against him . The Chartist cause is progressing here at a railway spetd . We continue to receive the congratulations of all parts of the Kingdom for the vinuous struggle -we are making for the accomplishment of a" sound nnion upon principle ; while we shall , as we ever have , resist a union which would call upon U 3 to compromise a hair's breadth of our principles , or a letter of our name , or a single one of our old and TS . IZD leaders . We ballot for the Executive next week ; and , though Mr . O'Connor declares that he
is a member of thirty-four Associations , he bas also joined our ? , and taken out his card , to entitle him to a vote ; and in the discharge of which we most sincerely trust that all will see the propriety , nay , tie absolute necessity , of following the wise- suggestions , contained in the Editor's recommendation . A bad Executive , or an ill-managed Executive , —and onr cause would perish ! while a well-selected body would give increased confidence to our ranks , and insure a good support for the prosecution of their objects . Any one donbtful person upon the Exeeutive , would deprive that body of the funds so abr-o ! n ? ely necessary for carrying on the war against the enemy ; therefore , let us have an Executive of known out-and-outers ! whole-hog Chartists ! 1
THURSDAY . The public mind in Nottingham at the present moment is in a state of unparalleled , but sober excitement . Last evening ( Wednesday ) , Mr . O . ' Coanor announced his intention of addressing the people from the platform which has been erected at Mr . Bean ' s Chambers , Bnnker ' s Hill ; and , although meetings have been held every evening since Thursday last , yet so excited is public attention upon the present great political Btruggle going on at Isottingham , thattheolde 3 tgentleman connected with the pcess of the town has declared that during his time there sever wasso large or so enthusiastic an assemblage as thatwhich collected last evening on Buhker's-hill . Mr . Sturge had arrived in Nottingham . on the previous evening , and Mr . O'Connor announced in the Marketplace , that Mr . S . would attend at Buirker ' s-hill on
the following evening , to answer any question that any person might wish topropose to him . Mr . Sturge had summoned a meeting at the Fox and Hounds public-house , for half-past seven o ' clock , and Mr . O'Connor at Bunker ' s-hill , at eight o ' clock ; the Tasfc space in front of the platform was densely enmded , and the adjoining streets began to fill . Mr . Nathaniel Longmire was called to the chair , and introduced Mr . O'Connor , who spoke for a considerable time , when Mr . Sturge , accompanied by Mr . Vincent , Mr . Biggs and other friends , was seen making his way to tho scene of enthusiasm . Mr . O'Connor immediately announced Mr . Sturge ' s presence , and upon presenting himself to the immense multitude , he was received with cheering and waving of hats that lasted for at least five minutes . When silence was restored , Mr . Sturge spoke as follows : — " My fellow countrymen , I have thought it a daty which I owe to you aad myself to appe « before
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| you in order that no mistake as to our respective posij tions may hereafter occur . I have no hesitation in | repeating , after mature reflection , that I stand here ; as the advocate and supporter of the document 1 entitled ths People ' s Charter—( cheering , which I drowned the speaker ' s voice for many minutes , fol-¦ lowed this announcement , from all classes composing i the vast assemblage . ) I am aware ( continued i Mr . Sturge ) that the principle to which the middle classes principally demurred was Annual j Parliaments —( hear , hear )—bnt then , friends , have I not the recent proceedings and exposures in the ! House of Commons , as to the corrupt means of proj curing a seven year ' s lease of power , convinced even j the most sceptical that the only way of correcting the tvil is by counteracting those influences under
which the system is practise ! ?—( cheers)—and that can only be accomplished by making elections an-! nual , when tho spendthrift of political speculation will pause before ho will venture upon the expenditure of thousands upon so short a tenure—( loud cheers . ) Another question upon which I embrace the earliest opportunity of explaining myself so as I not to be misunderstood is that of physical force . Now 1 am one of those who wonld rather forfeit ' my own life than deprive a fellow-creature of his in | the prosecution of him—( cheers)—and , therefore , : my friends , I am opposed to that parade of physical force which may be seen in your streets recruiting amongst the youthfuland innocent portions ef society | for the purpose of preserving a military establish-! Hjent , for no better purpose than that of protecting i a few speculating Indian opium growers in their
attempts to uphold an injurious traffic—( loud cheers I and" brave , " Sturge ) . I think , my friends , that a ;• general system of prosperity would produce the . blessings of uninterrupted peace "—( loud cheers . )—i Mr . Stnrge , after some other remarks , expressedhim' self highly gratified at his reception , and at the ; sober manner in which they were now prosecuting j their object to its close . He then said , I now stand i hereto reply to any question that any friend in the assembly may think proper to propose to me , and I ) shall be prepared to give a candid answer to all or | any who may honour me . This announcement was i followed by one general burst of applause , and after I a long pause , and no question being pnt , Mr . O'Connor again came forward , Mr . Sturge still standing in
! ¦ ! front of the meeting , and asked—Brother Chartists , am I not now more than repaid for any service that I have rendered to our representative—( cheers)—in his absence!—( cheer ? , and " You are . " ) He then ! answered , or rather exposed , some objections made to Mr . Sturge in the Tory Journal , and concluded by asking for a show of both hands from all who were satisfied with Mr . Sturge ' s declaration of princip ! e 3 , when a forest was held up , followed by clapping like thunder . Against him there were none . He then proposed three cheers for Sturge and the Charter , which were given in style ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and three for the honest electors who will vote for : Sturge . The meeting then called for three for O'Connor and the Northern Star ; after which , Mr .
\ ! ¦ ¦ : ! Vincent was announced and briefly addressed the meeting upon themeans atthepeople ' s own command , if properly used , to effect their purpose . Mr . Vincent was labouring under a severe attack of influenza , ! which , however , did not prevent him from making ia very deep . impression upon hia audience . It should be stated that at the commencement of the proceedings a beast was made drunk , dressed oat ! like a jackdaw with scraps of blue paper , i and was placed jast in front of O'Connor , and made several attempts to interrupt him ; he was before the door of the celebrated Bunker ' s-hill publie house , a Tory receptacle for the sale of conscience ; ! but both he and the wire pullers who stood behind , him , got snch a lashing from Mr . O'Connor that ; they were glad amid the cheers of the sober work-; ing men , to hide their patch-work Devil .
Mr . O'Connor , at the close , announced that he would address them again on Thursday evening , in the Market-place , and that when the writ arrived he would abandon his bed and rest , and never lay head upon a pillow till Sturge was proclaimed their representative . The meeting then formed into procession and peacefully paraded the streets , singing Chartist songs , with O'Connor at their head . Mr . Sturge by his manly and straightforward conduct , is winning the affection and confidence of all , and there appears now but little doubt of his success . Great attempts were at first made by a clique of let-us-doall-ourselves-whig 3 , to get rid of O'Connor ; but the wkolo body of the people would not stand the gam mon , so at length they have come to reason after reflection , and see that their strength is in the workies . The Tories are rabid , and afraid of the the old canvasser , Mr . Gold . Hurrah for Nottingham 1
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The South Lancashire delegate meeting will take place on Sunday , in the Association Room , Brown-street , Manchester , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Boltox . —Mr . D . Ross will lecture in Bolton on Sunday evening , and attend a public meeting in the open air on Monday . Mr . W . S . Elli 3 will lecture at the following places in the Staffordshire Potteries : —Longton , on Monday , June 6 th ; Borslem , Red Bull Inn , Tuesday , the 7 th ; Hanley , Market Place , Wednesday , the 8 : h ; Stoke , Market Place , Thursday , the 9 : h ; and Tunstal ! , Market Place , Friday , the 10 th . At seven o ' clock iu the evening .
Colne . —There will be a camp meeting of the Chartist 3 of Colne , Skipton , Birnoldswick , Carlton , Keighley , Sibden , Connonley , and the neighbouring villages , on the hill above Carlton , called Pinna , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) , at two o'clock in the afternoon , to take into consideration the state of the country . London . —Limehocss- —Mr . Frazer will deliver a lecture on Wednesday next , at the Victoria , Coltstreet , Limehouse , on the subject of co-operation and Chartism .
Rotherhithe . —Men of Rotherhithe , a free public lecture will be delivered by Mr . Roberts , of Bermondsey , at Bailey ' s Temperance Coffee House , Church Passage , near Rotherhithe Old Church , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Subject" The Repeal of the Union , and the means to obtain it . " London . —Mr . Illingworth will lecture on Sunday evening at the Three Crowns , Richmond-street . Reg est-street . —Mr . Mantz will lecture at the Crown Coffee House , Beak-street , on Sunday evening . Old Bailet . —Mr . Balls will lecture at 55 , Old Bailey , on Sunday evening next . Mr . Rouse will lecture at the same place , on Tuesday evening .
Shoreditch . —Mr . Sewell will lecture at the Albion Coffee House , on Sunday evening . Mile End . —Mr . Farrer will lecture at the Queen ' s Head , Cambridge Road , on Sunday next . Marylebo . ve . —Mr . Seuthie will lecture at the King aad Qsicen , Foley-place , on Sunday evening . Fulham Road . —Mr . Farrer will lecture at the Stag Tavern , on Monday evening next . Limshocse . —Mr . Fussell will lecture at the Victoria , 3 , Colt-street , on Wednesday evening next . St . Paul ' s . —Mr . Anderson will lecture on Monday evening , at the Grotto Coffee House , Old Fishstreet . Clerkenwell . —Mr . Wheeler will lecture at thn School Room , Kng-street , on Tuesday evening . Bath Place , New Road . —Mr . Rouse will lecture at the Archery Rooms , on Sunday evening .
Old St . Pancras Road . —Mr . Anderson will lecture at the Gjldbcater ' s Arms , on Sunday evening . Brick . < Laxe . —Mr . Martin will lecture at Carpenter ' s Arms , on Sunday evening . Old Street . —Ri . ffy Ridley will lecture at the Cannen Coffse House , on Sunday next . Golden * Lksz . —Mr . Fussell will lecture at the Star Coffee House , on Sunday evening . Leicester Square . —Mr . Wheeler will lecture at the Clock House , Casile-street , on Sunday evening . Globs Fields . —Mr . Ferguson will lecture at the Hu-or-Miss , West-street , on Sunday evening . Mabvlebone . —Mr . Rcffy Ridley wiil lecture at the Working Men ' s Hall , 5 , Circus-street , Newrow , Marylebone , on Sunday , June 5 ih , at half-past seven o ' clock .
Horns Tavern , Berhondset Locality . —Messrs . Rose and Ball were elected to serve on the delegate meeting , on Sunday next . Each member is earnestly requested to attend a special meeting on Monday evening next , for the purpose of balloting for the Executive for the ensuing year , and also other important business . Potteries . —A public meeting of the Hanley and Shelton Charter Association will take place , on Monday evening , June 6 : h , for the purpose of electing & member to the Executive GounciL All the members are desired te attend . Messrs . Skevisgton and Baker will pay their Chartist friends of Whitwick , a visit on Monday next , at ten o ' clock , and address them on the present prospects of Chartism- Mr . Smart of Battle Flat , is expected to meet them and assist them .
Cambebwell . —Members of this locality are particularly requested to attend on Monday next , at eight o ' clock p . m ., at the Montpelier Tavern , when business of great importance will be laid before them . Notice . —The Provisional Committee , appointed to carry out the benefit at the theatre , request all localities to see that their delegates attend on Mondav evening , June 6 th , at half-past eight o'clock , at " the Craven Head , Drury-lane , for the purpose of paying in all monies on account of tickets sold , and giving in an account of those unsold , as ^ 40 must be paid previons to the opening of the theatre doors , on the Wednesday evening ; all persons holding ticketB , not previously settled for , will = be expected to settle the same on Thursday evening , on the 9 th day of J . br ? j at the Craven Head ^ At ialf-past eight o ' ek > tk <
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Stalybridgb . —Mr . Jeremiah Lane , from Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the National Charter Association Room , on Sunday evening , the 5 th of June , to commence at six o ' clock . Geobge Evans's Route . —Red ditch Green , June the 8 ih ; Studley , the 9 th ; and Bridford the 10 th . A Delegate Meeting will be held at Wednesbury on Sunday afternoon , upon very important business , and delegates from the following places are requested to attend : —Dudley , Walsall , Tipton Sedgley , Wolverhampton , Darlaston , and Wednes bury . Dewsbubt . —The Dewsbury Chartists are required to attend their rooms over the Stores , on Tuesday the 7 th day of June , at eight P . M . to transact important business in connexion with the the Executive .
Babkslet . —Mr . P . M . Brophy , of Dublin , will deliver a lecture on the necessity of union and perseverance , for the obtainment of the People's Charter , on Monday evening , June 6 th , in the large School Room under the Odd Fellows' Hall . Lecture to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Admission , one penny , to defray expences . Halifax—Mr . Brophy , of Dublin , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Lecture Room , Swan Coppice on Monday evening , June 13 th . The chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Hdddebsfield . —Mr . James Shaw will lecture on Wednesday evening , June 8 ch , in the Association Room , Dalton . The chair to be taken at eight o ' clock Discussion invited .
Honley . —A district delegate meeting will be held here on Sunday , the 12 th of June , at one o'clock in the afternoon . Those parties having Repeal sheets are requested to hand them in to the District Secretary on that day . Oldham . —On Sunday next , Mr . James Poatefract will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at six o'clock in the evening ; and at Waterhead Mill , at two o ' clock in the afternoon of the same day . Camp Meeting . —On Sunday , June 12 th , a camp meeting will be held on Oldbam Edge , to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six in the evening . Mr . James Leach , Mr . David Ross , Mr . C . Doyle , and Mr . William Bell are expected to attend .
Bradford . —A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow , ) when a number of friends from Bradford will address the meeting ; to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Keighlet . —A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held on Moss Carr , Long Lee , near Keighley , on Sunday , to-morrow , at one o'clock in tho afternoon . Messrs . Dewhirst and Edwards from Bradford , and other friends , will address the meeting . Mr . Doyle from Manchester is also expected . Mr . Edwards will preach in the Working Man ' s Hall in the evening , at half-past five o'clock . Dewsbury . Distbict . —A District Council Meeting will be held at Mr . Benjamin Bromley's , Batley , on Sunday , June 5 th at two o ' clock in the afternoon , Delegates from the whole of the district are desired to attend .
Mr . West ' s Route . —Monday June 6 th , at Heckmondwicke ; Tuesday , Earlsheaten ; Wednesday , Overton ; Thursday , Hanging-heaton ; Friday , Birstal ; Saturday , Dawgreeu . Dawley Green . —On Monday Bronterre O'Brien , Esq ., will deliver an out-door lecture at Dawley Green , at seven o ' clock ; and an in-door lecture on Tuesday evening , either in that neighbourhood or the neighbourhood of Ironbridge . Baildon Ghekn . —A Chartist camp meeting wiH be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , on Baildon Green , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr . Arran and others will attend . BiBKBSBHAW . —Messrs . Dewhirst and Edwards will lecture at this place on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock .
Little Hobton . —Mr . J . W . Smyth will lecture in the Chartist Chapel here , on Sanday ( to-morrow ) , at six o'clock in the evening . Subject— " Machinery and capital . " Monkwearmouth . —Mr . Williams and others will speak at this place on Tuesday evening next , at eight o'clock . Dubham . —On Monday , June 13 th , Mr . Williams will lecture in the Market Place , at seven o'clock in the evening . Mr . James Duffy lectures at Sheffield , on Monday , June 6 th ; Chesterfield , on Wednesday , the 8 th ; Matlock , on Thursday , the 9 th ; Belper , on Friday the 10 th ; Sntton in-Ashfield , on Saturdayjthe 11 th ; Mansfield , on Monday , the 13 th ; and Derby , on Tuesday , the 14 th .
Stafford and Salop . —A delegate meeting of the counties of Salop and Stafford will be held at Newport , Salop , on Sunday , June 19 th . Mb . John Pepper will preach at Kay worth , near Nottingham , next Sunday if the weather permit , at two o'clock in the afternoon , and at six ia the evening . Sheffield . —Mr . P . M . Brophy will address the Chartisis of Sheffield , on the site of the Old Sugar House , top of Sheffield Moor , on Sunday , June 5 : h , at half-past two o ' clock . N . B . If the weather is unfavourable , the meeting will assemble in the Figtree Lane Room . —In the evening Mr . Brophy will deliver a second address in the National Charter Association Room , Fig-tree Lane , at half-past seven o ' clock . Political Institute . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , a friend will preach in the above plaoe , at half-past seven o ' clock .
On Monday Evening , at seven o ' clock , the ballot will take place for the election of the new Executive , when every member is particularly requested to attend . Lecture . —On Monday evening next , Mr . William Gill will lecture . Subject— " What constitutes real liberty !'' Admission free . Handsworth Woodhouse . —Mr . Samuel Parkes , from Sheffield , will preach at the Market Cross , Woodhouse , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o ' clock . Ackworth , neab Pontefract . —Mr . G . Julian Harney will lecture at Ackworth on Wednesday evening , June 8 th . A public meeting will be held on Thursday , the 9 th , to adopt the remonstrance aad memorial .
Newton Heath . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport , wiil lecture here on Sunday evening next , at six o'clock . Birmingham . —Mr . Smith Lindon will lecture on Tuesday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock , on the open ground near the Asylum , Summer-lane . Heywood . — Mr . Smethutst , of Oldham , will lecture in the Association Room , Hartley-6 treet , tomorrow evening ( Sunday ) , at six o ' clock . Hollinwood . —Mr . Wm . Bell , of Heywood , will lecture here on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock . Shaw . —A public lecture will be delivered here on Wednesday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . Bibstal . —Mr . West will preach here on Sunday , at half-past two o ' clock .
Birkenshaw . —Mr . West will preach here on Sunday evening , at half-past six o ' clock . Wakefield . —Mr . Brophy will lecture on Tuesday next , in the Corn-market , at eight o'clock . Holmfibth . —Two sermons will be preached in the Association Room , June 5 th , at two o ' clock p . m . by Mr . G . Brook ; and at six o ' clock in the evening , by Mr . J . Bray , on behalf of Mr . Christopher Wood , who is suffering in Rothwell gaol , in consequence of having proposed one of the Chartist candidates at the last West Riding election . For so doing he was dismissed from his employment ; and tho consequent embarrassment has ended in his being lodged in Kaol .
Holbeck . —Alecturowjll be delivered , on Sunday ( to morrow ) evening , in the National Charter Association Room , Holbeck Bridge , by Mr . Briggs . Tho lecture to commence precisely at six o ' clock . Bibstal . —Mr . T . B . Smith will lecture here on Saturday ( this evening ) , " On the acquisition and true use of knowledge . " Doghouse . —Mr . T . B . Smith will preach three sermons here on Sunday ( to-morrow ) ; in the morning , at ten o ' clock , "On the duties of Christians , in reference to the social and political arrangements of society ; " in the afternoon , at two o ' clock , " On the evils resulting from an indulgence in vicious habits ; " and in the evening , at six o ' clock , " On the valley of dry bones . "
Belfast . —Mr . Bernard M'Cartney , of Liverpool , will be ia Belfast on Tuesday next , June 7 th , by the steam-packet . Manchester . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , two lectures will be delivered in the Carpenters' Hall ; in the afternoon by Mr . R . K Philp , from Bath , and in the evening by Dr . P . M . M'Douall . ' Geuebal Meeting . —A general meeting of Chartists will be held in the Carpenters' HalL , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The members are desired to be punctual in their attendance . Newtoh Heath . —A Chartist camp meeting will be held here on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when the following gentlemen are expected to address the meeting : —Mr . Wai . Bell , from Hay wood , Mr . D . Ross , from Manoheeter , and Dr . M-Douall .
LEcrcRE . —Mr . R . K . Philp will lecture in the Association Room here , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the evening . Leeds . —Mr . William Holiday will lecture ia the Association Room here on Sunday evening , at liatHpast six o ' clock . Woodhoese . —Mr . John Smith will lecture in the Association Room hare on Wednesday evening next , at eight o'clock .
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Abmley . —Mr . Fraser will lecture in the Association Room here on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . ¦ - ¦;; ' . : ' .. ;¦; ¦ ' : ' . ; /; ¦ " ¦'¦¦• ' ¦/ . . / : ¦ : ; . Hunslet . —Messrs . A . Smith and Newhall will lecture in the Temperance News Room , oa Tuesday night , at eight o'clock . Mb * Mason ' s Jtouta : —On Sunday , at Astonstreet , Birmingham , at seven in the evening ; at Walsall on Monday ; at Tiptoaon Wednesday ; and at Dudley on Thursday . " : A special Conference of Chartists will be held at the Black Horse Inn , Prospect Row , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , to which all the members are particularly invited , as business of first importance will be brought forward .
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EXTBACT OF A LETTER FBOM SAMUEL HOLBERRY . ° York Castle , ^ ay ^ 4 th , 1842 . " Mt dear Harney , —I receivec ! yours of the 22 nd , and am . sorry . to inform you that I get worse in health eveay day ; I eannot digest aufflcient food ; to \ fluppoit ' iny ^ bod 7 : vand ^ ali [; : ttie ; . medicineJ ' ' \ have ; ' laken has not in the least benefited me ; my side is very bad , and the blisters , io . seem to do It no good . I am reduced to such a state that I can scarcely crawl . York Castle is a very bad place for a sick man . I hope you will look after thy petition and get as many signatures as possible . I return my sincere thanks for your kindness , and hope your endeavours will be crowned with
success . «« I remain , your afifectlonate friend , "Samuel Holberrt . " "Mr . G . J . Harney . " Progress of Chartism . —The members and friends of the National Charter Association assembling in Fig Tree-lane Room , have commenced holding open-air meetings on the Sunday , which will be continued during the summer and autumn . A meeting was held on the afternoon of Sunday last , at Attercliffe . which was addressed by Mr . Harney At the olose of the proceedings , a considerable portion of the persons present adjourned to Darnall , a village about a mile from Atterpliffe . Mr . Ed win Gill aad Mr . Harney addressed this second meeting ; the villagers appearine ; to be highly gratified by the proceedings . A meeting was held in the Fig Treelane Room in the evening , which was addressed by Messrs . Gill and H * rney .
Female Charter Association . — -At a meeting of the Female Charter Association , held on Monday last , in Fig-Tree-lane room , the following address to the Female Chartists of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , was unanimously adopted , and ordered to be forwarded to the Northern Star for publication : Sister desiocrats , —We need not tell you that the chief ruler of these Realms is a female , supported at a most enormoua expense , whilst poverty and wretchedness pervades this once happy land ; experiencing , in our families , the evils of the existing order of tbingSj we deem it our duty to lift up our voices in vindication of our natural right to live upon the terms
prescribed by heaven , i . e . to have food and the necessaries of life for our families , in return for the toil © f ourselves and our natural protectors ; Where , let us ask—where are now the honest , independent artizingthe manly peasantry , and t ! ae small farmers , with their smiling wives , and cheerful families , of once " merry England '? Go to the factories ; there you will see men and women emaciated and wretched , their children an offering to mammon , by too early and unnatural labour , crippled and wasted , or brought to an untimely death ;—the bastile union workhouses contain the degraded , pauperized peasantry , —and the email farmers , the once proud yeomanry of England , are annihilated .
Shall this state of things continue to exist—or rather say , shall we proceed from bad to worse , until all are plunged in irretrievable ruin ? God forbid . Or , if this fail to move you , then listen to the cry of the starving thousands walking through the land in search of work and unable to find it ; gaze upon their pale faces and attenuated frames ; behold the agony of your sister-women hearing the erf of their famishing children for bread and unable to supply their wants ; think of your brother-men slain by famine and the awful despair of widowed women and orphaned children ; and then ask yourselves if this is the will of Heaven or the work of God ? Ah , no ; God is good The flocks upou a thousand hills , the fruitful vallies , and the bounteous harvest , all proclaim his goodness to
mankind . God willed that man should live by the sweat of his brow , but cruel man compels his brother to starve in the midst of plenty . Sisters , we live in an age distinguished from all preceding times by the intellectual progress of the working classes ; the industrious millions hayc began to think for themselves , and have discovered that the great cause of all the evils that affect them 1 b class legislation ; a most important sign of the times is the wide-spread contempt with which the working classes now regard the trade of butchery and . ' 'blood-spilling heretofore dignified with the title of the profession of armF . This augurs well for the future , and affords us a bright and buoyant hope that the time
is not far distant when men will refuse to become the hired murderers of their fellow men , and when the reign ^ of violence and tyranny wil l give place to the empire of peace and justice . Sisters , we appeal to you to help your brethren in their warfare against the despotism of class legislation , that we may have equal rights and equal laws by the establishment of the People's Charter as the law of the land . In conclusion , we beg of you never to forget our petition , signed by three millions and a half of the starving people , spurned o it jected by the proud aristocrats of England . Sig i ed on behalf of the Female Chartists of Sheffield , ANN HARBISON , Chairwoman .
Public Meeting , —At tho weekly meeting of the Chartist body , held in the room , Fig-tree Lane , on Monday evening last , Mr . Itoyston in the chair , the following address was unanimously adopted : —
TO THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM . Brother Democrats , —Understanding that an election is about to tike place in your town , we wish to address to you a few wordB expressive of our ardent hope that you will , in the approaching contest , give your undivided support to Mr . Sturge , who has pledged himself to support In Parliament ( if returned thereto ) all the " points" of our glorious Charter . The Chartistsipf Nottingham bad the honour of glviag the death-blow to Whiggery . We trust In their patriotism and energy to strike the first blew against the antagonist faction , whose career , from first to last , has beeu stained fay blood , and readered odious by its crimes against humanity .
We gave our hearty approval to the policy pursued by you upon the occasion above alluded to—a policy which , though decried by the " base and brutal" Whigs , and by . certain questionable Chartists , has been shewn by ' ' its results to have been the wisest Btroke of policy ever made fey a great political paity for the establishment of its own princ iples and the subversion of the tyranny arrayed against it . : ¦ ¦¦ : We have expressed our disapproval of the movement , at ' the head of which is Mr . Sturge , believing that our organisation is competent to achieve the ledeniption and freedom of this country ; but Mr . Sturge having pledged himself to support our principles in Parliament , and in
the event of failing to give satisfaction , to retire at the bidding of the people , we hold we are but doing our fluty in advising you to promote his success . The Chartists of Nottingham , and all who approved of their policy when -they overthrew the dastardly Whigs , were denounced as" Tory tools . " You have now the opportunity of showing ; to the world that you are not the " tools" of either faction , that bent only upon the triumph of our cause , " principles not men" is your motto , and having destroyed one faction you will afford your help and aid to crush the last supporters of despotism , whose political existence must be annihilated era the peop le of England < xin hope to establish national happiness upon the equal rights of all .
You are how called upon to cheose between Toryism and Democracy , to choose between a man who founds hia claims for your support upon his hatred of one bad law , and another who demands your support upon the ground that he will exert his abilities to destroy classlegislation , the prolific source of all bad law ? . Mr . Walter , if elected , would undoubtedly support the present government ia its general policy ; that government is the last support of aristocracy ; moreover , Mr . Walter will not assist you to obtain your Charter , through which alone can you hope to procure the repeal of the New Poor Law , and every other tyrannical law inflicting wrong and oppression on the sons of toil , Mr . Sturge will , and therefore should be supported and returned as your representative to Parliament .
Brother Democrats , the eyes of millions are uponyou . The Tories , true to thoir character and creed , have treated with contempt the national demand for justice made by a long-suffering people . You have in your Lands the power to avenge that insult . Uprbuse ye , then , men of Nottingham ; and let the tyrant-masters of England know that ye can and will resent wrong and contumely , and vindicate your claim to freedom . Be your votes and vsices for Sturge and the Charter , ! and may your glad shouts ¦ of victory . sound the death-kuell of tyranny and corruption , and proclaim to the world the triumph of liberty and truth . '¦ ¦' - - ( Signed ) MORTON ROVSTON , Chairman of the Meeting . George Julian Hajrney , Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association .
Political Institute—Oa Monday the deputation appointed to wait on the Fig Tree-lane Chartists , with a view to the effecting of a junction , reported that there was no probability of this being effected . Thanks were voted to the deputation . A resolution was passed strongly condemning the corrupt practices so notoriousJn the constitution of our exeeatWe bodies , aad fraternising with _ tbJe men of Nottingham in their patriotic detenrjination to effect the purity of election in returning Mr . Sturge , upon the principles avowed by that . gentlemen . A memorial to tho Archbishop of Canterbury was adopted , praying his Grace 4 o use his influence for the obtaining of justice , in civil and religious matters , for the people , instead of promoting _ begginft under the spurious appellation ot-onarity . . Jbxceuent speeches w 'ere made by Messrs . . Gill , Otley , and ethers Several hew members were d ? nrolled / and ihjBiest spin ' t was manifested .
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BRADFOBD . — -Anniversary . —Upwards of 100 members ef -.. No * 1 Lodge , " Royal Jason" of the Independent Order of the Golden Fleece , Bradford Unity , sat down to a sumptuous dinner , provided by the worthy host and hostess , Mr . and Mrs . Smith , Shoulder of Mutton Inn , Bradford ; after having done ample justice to the good things on the table , the Secretary read over the state of their finances , which was very flattering and prosperous . It was agreed that £ 103 should be deposited in the hands of their bankers . After the cloth was withdrawn , a band of music , in military dresses , was ushered into the room , to enliven the company , which was very large ; Binging and dancing commenced , and was kept up uutil a late hour of the evening , when the cempany separated , highly delighted with the prosperity of the lodge , and the harmony and brotherly w . v ' e that existed amongst them .
Horton . —FuNEKAi , PROCESSi 0 N . T-On Sunday last the members of the Independent Order of the Golden Fleece , B . U . attended the funeral of brother George Bowles , of No . 14 , Good Intent Lodge , held at the house of Mr . John Reid , Kings Arms Inn . The company was very numerous and respectable ; the processioniwas headed by the president and the vicepresident of the Lodge , with their insignia ' -of office— -, a silver star . The members each wore a black silk scarf , and white gloves . '; P . G . M . Gattenby , after the interment of the deceased , read the funeral oration of the Order , in a very solemn manner . The . members then formed in procession again , two abreast , and went over the grave ono on each side , and deposited every one a piece of evar-green therein .
Little Horton Teetotal Band . —About five months ago , a band of music , bearing the above title , was formed in this village , consisting of twenty-one members , each pledged to the principles of total abstinence . Some of the parties have since broken the pledge , and wished the band in consequence to be called the * ' Moderation Band . " A division took place , jvhen there appeared for the original name , twelve : against it , eight . One of the parties remained neutral . The teetotal party otered the others the drum for their share ; they were dissatisfied ; and accordingly on Thursday morning , in the absence of the landlord of the Temperance Hotel , where they met , they entered the house , and took forcible possession of the drum , box ,: books and money which it contained , and decamped therewith .
SHEFFIELD . —Atrocious Outrage by a Soldier . —A most brutal outrage was perpetrated by a corporal of the Queen ' s Bays ( quartered at the barracks in this town ) , on Friday last , May , 27 . It appears that on the afternoon of that day , a young man named Ashberry , respectably connected , with two or three companions and their dogs were passing the barracks , when one of the dogs ran into the yard , and was struck by one of the soldiers , upon which one of the young- men said , " Come , you will let that dog alone ; you'll j ? et marked for that ; I shall know you again . " The soldier replied—II Yes , you b— - —r , I shall know you again ; I shall mark you out . " The four young men then passed on . Corporal John M'Kinnon , who was in command
of tho guard , took the sentinel ' s carbine from him and saying , "Come , let ' s walk intof theb—rs , " pursued'the party fifty or sixty yards up the lane ; he _ first struck at a young man named Dalev but missed him ; he then struck at Ashberry , and felled him to the ground by a two-handed blow ; with the butt-end of the carbine on the back part of the head . Ashberry was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary and received every attention , but fears were entertained at first that the blow was a fatal one . M * Kinnon . was taken into custody , and on Saturday was examined before Wilson Overerid arid W . J . Bagshaw , Esquires . Several witnesses deposed to the foregoing facts ; and it was given in evidence that on returning to the barrack-gates M'Kiunon remarked that '" he had served the b—^ -r right , " adding that "he would have served him right if he had killed him . " It seems that the stock of the carbine was broken with the
force of the blow . On the other hand , three soldiers of the Queen ' s Bays , who appeared as witnesses for the prisoner , stated that much abusive language was used by the young men in the first place . The case was then remanded till Tuesday . Oh Tuesday , the prisoner ( who in the meantime had been allowed to remain at the barracks ) was again brought before Wilson Overend , W . J . Bagshaw , and Hugh Parker , Esqrs . Mr . Palfreyman , who , as on . Saturday ^ ap-r peared for the prosecuting parties , urged that the prisoner had beeii guilty of wounding Ashberry with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm , and should be committed for trial on the capital charge . The Magistrates could not see that the charge of wounding with intent &c , was proven . Unimately , the prisoner was liberated on bail , two sureties of £ 20 each , to answer the charge of assault at the sessions . We understand that , on Tuesday , Ashberry was pronounced to be likely to recover , though not yet absolutely out of danger .
Leeds New Improvement Bill—This Bill ; has been referred to a select Committee of the House of Commons , before whom tho respective claims of the Town Council and the Magistracy ( . the former to have the entire management of the Act , and the latter to have an ex officio part in that management ) have been urged by Counsel ; and : the decision of the Committee is , by eight to six , that the Executive shall be vested in the Town Council alone . This is as it should be . The Town Council is an elected body . As such , they will be reachable by those who will have the rates to pay , should there be need- to reach them . 1 h . am \ xtumaxty mfiss , the hodge-podge sort of an Executive originally proposed , formed partly of elected Commissioners , partly of mombers
ef the Town Council , self-elected , and partly of the ex i ^ cio Magistracy , not elected at all , would have been a most harmonious and a most responsible body to the rate-payers at large ! The decision of the Committee of the House of Commons , to vest the Executive power in the hands of one body alone , responsible for its acts to those from whom the money to be expended has to come , will give unmixed satisfaction to all but the Magistracy themselves , who , no doubt , will be most woefully chagrined at the loss of patronage they have ^ sustained in being cut-off from all connection with the Execution of the new Bill j should it become law . There may be , and there is , strong opinions as to the wisdom of the decision of the Committee in vesting the
power in the Town Council , as the best body that could be found or formed . The only reason why we rejoice at the decision of the Committee is , that they have fixed upon , a body responsible : a better body would have been found in a Board of Commissioners , directly elected by the rate-payers under " the Act ; and this was what the inhabitants determined upon in public meeting assembled ; and for this determination they became subject to the abuse and misrepresentation of the interested , who were anxious to have in their grasp all the patronage the Execution of the Act would confer . The Committee have also made some other alterations in the Bill , particularly one relating to the expending of large sums of money raised by the rate-payers
without their direct consent . We find this alluded to in the following terms , in a Whig paper , published in a neighbouring town : ¦—'' The samo Committee haye also struck out the clause restricting the Executive to the expenditure of j 8500 in any one year , unless with the consent of the ratepayers in vestry assembled ; and left it with the Council to declare what improvements shall be made , giving them full power to expend and to ¦ ¦ 'borrow'any sum of money they may think necessary ; Holding the opinion that the Council and not the Magistrates , is the body in whom the Executive ought 10 be vested , we nevertheless object to the removal of the very wholesome controul which the £ 500 clause would have given to the ratepayers in vestry
assembled over that Executive . It is true the Town Council are popularly elected , and responsible to the burgesses at large ; but in the expenditure of large sums of money for making very extensive alterations and improvements , it would bo quite as well if they were required first to oonaultthe ratepayers on the subject , who have the ways and means to raise . If , however , the ratepayers have lost this wholesome check , through the busy meddling of Messrs . Hobson , Frazer , and a few others of the same stamp—and they alone are to blame for it ^ there will exist the greater necessity for a vigilant eye being kept upon , the representatives in the Council ;" This may bo received " as demi-official . It was manufactured in Leeds . by ahangerron of the Whig camp ;
and may be taken as a sample of the reckless misrepresentation and lying resorted to by the squad to bolster up their lying cavise . The writer regrets the loss of the clause restricting the outlay of more than £ 500 in any one year , without the consent of the rate-payers in vestry assembled : and he charges the loss of tfeat clause upon Messrs . Hobson and Fraser I The daft fool ! Why the clause itself never would have had existence , had it not been for Mr . Hobson ! It was moved by him , and carriedby the vestry , on his motion , in spite of all the efforts of the Whig party to prevent It 11 ! And it has now been got rid of through the influence of the Whigs in the House of Commons' Committee 1 VVitk the latter portion of the Whig scribe ' s remarks we fully concur . "There will exist
the greater necessity for a vigilant eye being kept upon the representatives in the Council , " now that they are likely to be entrusted with powers' so large and comprehensive asthe new Act will Confer . Aye , arid ¦ * ' there will exist the greater necessity" for the people having more representatives on ; that Council than they now have . ' The seekers after patronage must not have it all to themselves ! Let the working fpebple look out ! There should be committees formed immediately , to see to theregistrg of working men voters . Plans of action should also be laid down ; candidates sought out , and fixed upon ; the probabilities and chances of success duly asoertairied ; the enemy ' s camp fully reconnoitred } and all preparations made for a vigorous sally next November . We commend this work to the ynme--diatejiotice of the working men .
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Adjoubned Meetiijo on the Leeds Ijiprovbment Bill . —Every owner arid occupier of property in the Borough of Leeds should bear in mind that the adjourned meeting for tfae consideration of the New Improvement Bill , will be holden on Wednesday evening next , in the Court House , at sevea o ' clock . The decision * of the Common ' s Committee , as to the Executive , and the rejection of the clause limiting the expenditure of the rate-payers ' money to £ 500 , without their own consent , renders the meeting important . Another question will also have to come before it . More than £ 500 has been already taken out of the pockets of the ratepayers by the Improvement Commissioners , to pay LawYera and Survevota' bills connected wiih this new improvement scheme ; and it will have to be decided upon by the vestry , whether this spending of the people's money was justifiable or not . Let every one interested Be presents - /
BOLBECK . —A Cbartist sermon was delivered injthe Association Boom . Holbeck Bridge , on Sunday evening last , by Mr . J . Hall , to a numerous and respectable audience . —On Wednesday evening a Chartist lecture was delivered in the same room by Mr . John Smith . The room was well-attended , and the lecturer gave great satisfaction . A Bpirit of Chartism prevails here . HUDDERSFIEIiD . —Cojimisseration op x Whig Factohy Lord . —A well-known millowner has been manifesting his usual sympathy to the poor . A widow had her husband killed in the mill alluded to , at which time they were ia arrears for rent three pounds nineteen shillings , to the said
iriillowner , whose extreme benevolence prevented him from exacting the same . Since that time she has been supported by her son , on whom she solely depended . Unfortunately , however , the son met the same fate as his father in a manufactory belonging to a Blue Lord , a short time ago ; the proprietors of which gave orders that the poor widow should be removed into their neighbourhood , where they would support her . This desire to protect the widow having reached the ears of the former very pious * nd humane millowner , he immediately ordered the furniture to be stopped until he received his three pounds nineteen shillings !! We understand the widow offered what little she had , which was refused . " :
Serious Charge against a Relieving Officer .- ^ On Friday last , at the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Huddersfield Union , the report of a committee appointed at a previons meeting , to investigate charges seriously affecting the character of Wood , one of the relieving officers , was laid before the assembled Guardi&ns . The charges made against him were , first , that he had refused a female pauper relief ; secondly , that he had behaved in a criminal and brutal manner to her . The evidence as to the former fact was complete , as it appeared from the notes taken by the clerk of the statements made , that the female applied to Wood , for relief , at Slaithwaite . and was refused . The evidence as to the second charge was contradictory , the pauper denying
it in the face of two witnesses , who swore that such was the faet . The conclusion come to by the committee was , that the charge made had been substantiated , and they left the matter in the hands of the Board for their decision . Some discussion ensued upon the report , one portion of the Guardians being of opinion that the case was of such a character as to require to be laid before the Commissioners , while others urged , that as such a course must end in the dismissal of the relieving-onicer , by which not only his situation in their Union would be forfeited , but he : would also be disqualified from holding any similar situation in any other , it would be better to allow him the opportunity of resigning . The latter course was adopted , and in order to afford time the matter was allowed to rest fora week . ¦
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Mr . O'Connor wiU address the people of Hyson Green , near Nottingham , at half-past six o ' clock , on Wednesday evening next , the 8 th ; the . chair to be taken and the proceedings to commence precisely at half-past six p ' olock , as Mr . O'Corinor has to address the people of Nottingham on the same evening , at eight o ' clock , on Bunker ' s-hill .
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TO THE FUSTIAN JACKETS , THE BLISTERED HANDS , AND UNSHORN CHINS . My Dear Friends , —While I am working more like a horse than a human being , there is a set of idle , dissatisfied ^ SBivelling fellows , who , while they do nothing themselves , make a practice to snarl at all that others accomplish . However , I rely upon facts and not upon noise , for proof of the success of some of my tactics . You will recollect how I was assailed for my anti-Whig policy , when I first
anrioiinced it from York dungeon ; but , my friends , with what pleasure dolnow refer to my prophecy-I then stated that when the Whigs found their old opponents stedfastly seated on the Treasury benches , they would go mad before the dogdays ; and that , if we Showed that our agitation commanded more strength than the Anti-Corn Law , or any other agitation j the Whigs , after throwing off the bile of their wrath against the Chartists * would at length be compelled to form their opposition upon our principles .
Now then , for facts , not noise ; and mark what has transpfred even within the last week . Mr . Sharman Crawford brought forward his motion against the income tax , in which he stated that it wasubjust to lay on anewtax , orany tax indeed in the presents imperfect state of the representation , and contended for the Suffrage ; and what followed t Why the exact fulfilment of my prediction : — ** Mr . O'Connell confessed that the motion might have been made ia a more convenient form , but still he could not cancur iu all that had been advanced . by the Riftht Hon . Baronet . There was an impression in the minds of Hon . Members who had obtained their seats by no unfair means , that if the time
should come when the alterations whioh they thought necessary were definitively refused to be made by giving a bona fide suffrage , the period might also come when they would be induced to give more obstruction to the measures of Government than hitherto . That it was necessary to purify the House from bribery was no longer a matter of declamation , but of positive proof . The Right Hon . Baronet must not be surprised , therefore , if he met with further opposition to a Government which would not consent to further Parliamentary Reform . "
Now ; , then , my friends , in the above few lines ypa have the fulfilment of my prediction . Mr . O ^ Connell has now stated the principles upon which opposition to Government is to proceed , and that it is to be based upon a dernand for a "bona fide" suffrage , which means Our suffrage . Hence have we succeeded , after a seven years' struggle , in establishing the first opposition to the construction of the House of Comriions , and no matter whether or no that opposition shall be sincere , public opinion will have something to speak through , and is now , thank God , too mature and honest to be again duped . : "
I told you that tha Whigs would promise an organic change , when all hope of holding possession of the loaves and fishes ; by promised administrative improvements had fled ; arid that they would cease to be angry with the nation , when to the nation they were compelled to look for support . Added to this , after the 5 th of July you will see the landlords in all but open revolution against the new tariff / and the fundlords , and the Church . So that out of party chaos at last must come Chartist form , order , and rule . So much for general policy ; and now as regard Mr . Sturge . In all my letters I said that . he wa 3 too good for his party , and his speech last night has well
con vinced me of the truth of my assertion , ai as of the fact that Mr , Sturge ' s greatest' difficulty i 3 Ui reconciling his own order to the apparent magnitude of his conceptions . The old practical Whigs of trie late administration now no longer represent the theory of Whiggery ; public opinion has thrown them over-board , and is fast rallying round tne principles of the People ' s Charteri We have stooa like men , and will stand to the death ; andas _ t" 8 mountain would not budge towards Mahomet , mahomet has at length moved towards the mountain . So let the eaves-droppers and assassins fire away » while I hold my stand on the mountain top .
Ever ' your friend , ¦ Feargus O'Connor . Notiiugham , Thursday , June 2 d , 1842 .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , June 3 rd—We have a large supply *? Wheat this week ; the trade is slow , and bujew stand out for a reduotiori , which holders are . no * generally disposed to submit to , consequeutly little business is done . Barely nominal . Oats are s" . per stone ^ and Shelling Is . per load dearer . Beans steady . No alteration in other articles *
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