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TV TOST Respectfully informs the . Inhabitants of iVl Sheffield and its Vicinityvefce ha 3 commenced NEWSVENDING , and Retailing other Articles , hoping , by unremitting assiduity in Boldness , to merit the confidence and support of the Chartist Friends in Sheffield , and the Public at large , assuring them all Orders for their Papers and Cheap Publications will be promptly attended to . S . C . begs to tender her grateful acknowledgments to her numerous Friends , for their past sympathy and support , whose commands will at all times have her best attention . N . B . Sarah Clayton , South-street , Sheffield Moor , bottom of Carver-street .
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JUST PUBLISHED , PART 1 , PRICE THREEPENCE . m HE LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL , em-J . bracing a View of Ireland under the Commonwealth and Protectorate . Partly compiled from Documents and Manusoripts but lately discovered . By Samuel Gordon , Esq . Dublin : —Martin Keene and Son , 6 , College-Green . Leeds : —Hobson , Northern Star Offioe .
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TO THE CHABTI 3 TS OF WNDOX . A GRAND BALL and CONCERT will take place in the Marylebonb and Paddington Wobkino Men ' s Hall , No . 5 , Circus-street , Marylebone , on Whit-Mon » ay , May 31 , 1 . 841 , in Aid of the Funds of the above Hall , which has been taken at a very great expense by the Members of the National Charter Association , for the purpose of holding their meetings in ; when the Committee pledge themselves that no exertion shall be wanting on their part to render the Evening ' s amusement as effective as possible . In the course of the Evening ,
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Mrs . Shaw , wife of Mr . Shaw , yeast dealer , had been for a great length of time afflicted with a severe internal disease . To use his own expression , " paying doctors for her had beggared him , so that at last he was compelled to send her to the Infirmary ; there she received no permanent benefit . Having heard of "Parr ' s Pills , " he purchased a small box ; she began to mend immediately on taking them , and two more boxes have cured her . She is as well as she ever was in her life .
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Mrs . Stephenson , of Cottragham , five miles from Hull , has been severely afflicted with a bad leg for more than ten years , and during that period has tried all kinds of medicines , but without any permanent relief . After taking four small boxes of Parr's Pills , she is able to go about her day ' s business in a manner which for comfort has been unknown to her for above ten years . Signed , Edmund Stepbenson , her Son . WitnesB—Joseph Noble , Hull , May 8 , 1841 .
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" To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Pills . " Mrs . Ann Lamb , of Haddington , in the Parish of Auborn , bought two small boxes of Parr's Pills , at your Agent ' s Medicine Warehouse , Mr . Jamei Drury , Stationer , near the Stone Bow , Lincoln , for her son Jesse * ; who was suffering very badly from Rheumatism in the hands , knees , and shoulders ; he is seventeen years of age , and in Bervioa , but was obliged to leave his place from the complaint . The two boxes completed a cure on him , and Mrs . Lamb bought a third dox of Mr . James Drury , last Friday , for him to have by him . ani to take occasionally . He has now returned to his place , free from Rheumatism .
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CHARTIST INTELLIGENCE OMITTED IN OUR LAST FOR WANT OF ROOM . City of LOJJDOJf . —The CfcartiBts of this locality , -whose meetings haye been for some time holden at the Dispatch Coffise Soonu , Bride lane , Fleet-street , now hold their meetinp every Tuesday evening , at the Political and Sdenta&c Institute , 55 , Old Bailey . Sjojobd . —The caaae goe » on . here gloriously ; meetings are held and lectures delivered by one or another almost continually . The spirit of the people ia kept fully up , and shows itself in almost all forms . The fashion of white hats is being again ]?» ngbt up , to distinguish the friends of truth and Justice from those of dLss legislation . Mr . Smithurst , of Oldbua . the talented Chartist lecturer , whose exertions for the cause
in that neighbourhood hare been Tisited with the loss of his employment , has set up Chartist hat manufacturer making them with the emblems of the cards of membership in the bottom of ihe hat He has taken seTeral orders from Oldham . They haTe appointed a committee , one half electors and the other non-electors , to commence active operations to bring forward a Chartist candidate , and teach the brace of plundering factions , that the Chartists are resolved to do business on their own account They have sent £ 1 7 s . Id . to Mrs . Frost , and are taking steps to have an oil painting of the immortal Emmett , and another of O'Brien , to ornament their rooms , or to be ustd as fligs . The Cooperative stores still go on ; And the Salford Chartists axe very anxious that Xheii system may be adopted as soon as possible .
Path-Head , Midlothian . —The Charter agitation finds all places , and this among the rest : —A public meeting has been held , which was addressed by several friends from Dalkeith ; add at which a very good spirit was manifested , and 100 signatures obtained to the petition . Some tracts were distributed , and we hope much good may have beea done . Bibmingham . —A numerous meeting was held in Freeman-street , on Wednesday evening , at which resolutions were passed , eulogising the exertions of the Convention , exhorting them to remain in London till the petition « h * n have been presented , and promising support The'Birmingham Chartists call upon the . whole
country to follow them in cheering on and supporting the Convention . —Thb Frost Restoration Committee have passed and confirmed unanimously , the following resolution : —Resolved , " Thit the Secretary be instructed to write to the Convention , requesting them to get up a numerous and influential deputation to wait on Lord Normanby , requiring of him , -whether he will procuraan audience of her Majesty for the deputation on behalf of Frort , Williams , and Jones , and , in case of his refusal , that the deputation t&te-into consideration the propriety of appointing three p&rsons , residing in London , who stall present them the next Levee day , as this committee has no confidence in Lord Normanby .
The Chartists resident is Dartmouth-street and the vicinity , had a meeting last -week in Mr . Taylor ' s house . Aji interesting and instructive lecture was delivered to them by Mr . W . D . Taylor . It was was determined to meet there regularly on Tuesday evenings . Liverpool . —The Chartists here kave formed a discussion class , which meets every Sunday evening , in the large room of Musgrave's Coffee-house , at eight o'clock . Arnold iX ' ottixghaiu—At the weekly meeting , en Monday , it was resolved unanimously , " That the Chartists of Arnold pledge themselves to stand by the National Charter Association of Great Britain , and
¦ countenance no man , or set of men , that ¦ vroold set on foot any other movement—that they will never c « as 3 agitating till the Charter become the law , and the political victims be enlarged—that they place unbounded confidence in Feargns O'Connor , and condemn the base wretches who would injure that patriot's characterthat they will stand by O'Connor and the Star till death , presuming them to persevere in the cause they have hitherto pursued—that they highly approve the conduct of those members of the Convention who protested against Mr . Collins—that they treat scornfully the base effort now making to injure O'Connor through the sides of Frost—and that they thank the Editor of the Northern Star , for his noble advocacy of the people ' s cause . "
Worcester . —The Chartists met at theiri-osm in Friar-street , on the 19 th , and passed reselntions ,, condemnatory of the '' trap for ths unwary" set by certain friends—opeittives—in the form of a petition against the Government Tariff Bill , in which the repeal of the Corn Laws is insidiously lugged in as a remedy for the evils of the commercial system . The Chartists of Wor-. cestor were not to be so caught They saw the hook ' and , csEseqaently , threw aside the bait with very little ceremony . A correspondent " writes us that the tariff question excites much attention among the working men of Worcester aiid its neighbourhood . It is noDsense to talk of remodelling tile commercial systtni , with any view to the advantage of the " -workies , " ¦ while the " sharks" possess all the power of law making . Whatever advantage mifiht . be obtained from a revision of the tariff "would r . oio fee an a Wantage only to the factions ; not to the people . Let the people secure their Charter , and then is will bs time enough to look into matters of detail legislation .
Mansfield . —The Chartists here , a : ixiou 3 to do something for the prolongation of the Convention Eiuinga , waited upon sundry " friends" among the middle classes ; but quickly found ont their mistake . The people must hope nothing from any but themselves . The National Petition has been signed here by 1 . 551 males , and 1 , O 9 S . Tobk . —On Tuesday evening , the 18 th instant , the Chartists of this city mst in the large room occapied by the Forester ' s , situate in Straker ' s-passage , Tossgate , where they now hold their weekly meetings , Mr . Demaine in the chair , when , after the usual business of the meeting , an i nvestigat ion of the conduct of Mr . Charles Stuart , a member of the Council , took place , in consequence ef the part he had taken in the electioneering
movements of Mr . Barkley , a candidate for ike representation of this city , by calling upon the Chartists of York to support that genteman , ¦ wit hout having previously pet the question , " would he support the People ' s Charter in case of his being returned to Parliament ? " A majority of the Council considered" that Mr . S . had acted inconsistently by so doing , and requested him to attend a special meeting of the Council , for the purpose of explaining his conduct on that occasion . The meeting he attended , but refused to give any explanation , and treated the Council with contempt—insisting , that if any charge was brought against him it should be at a public meeting . Tuesday being the night of public meeting , a charge -was cccordingly made against him by Mr . Cordeus , for inconsistency of
conduct hi the proceeding as above stated . . Mr . Stuart then entered into a defence of his conduct by charging the Council with , what he termed , audacity and imprudence , in dari ^ g to rail h is conduct into question , and entered into a defence of Mr . Barkley ' s principles , stating that because he advocated the Ballot , denounced bribery , and admitted the right of ths Suffrage , he ought to be supported by the Chartists of York . He charged the Council with dragging him before the public that night , ani concluded by declaring that so long as Mr . Birk-ey maintained the principles hi expressed at the meeting on Friday , he cared not by vrhat name he called them , he should support him . Afttr a few remarks from Mr . Barney , in answer to a charge of inconsistency brought agai ' -st him by Mr . S : uir ' .. in the
course of hia address , for having moved and carried an amendment in favour of "Universal Suffrage , zz the late Whig meeting , -without having previously acquainted the Council of his intentions , although the circumstances rendered ii impossible for him to do so , Air . Cordsux rose to reply , and expressed his sorrow that Mr . Smart shtul-i have indulged in . so much passionate invective , instead of giving a calm explanation of his conduct ; in fact , he considered ii no explanation atalL Mr . Stuart had contended that because Mr . Birkley aivoeited the Ballot , he ought to be supported by the Chartists « f York . He ( Mr . C . ) thought different , —mmy of the Whigs , who are our most inveterate enemies , being strenuous advocates of the Billot With respect to his denouncing bribery , -both "Whigs
and Tories had denounced the system , even with the bribe in their hands . Mr . B ., he agreed , had admitted the right of the Suffrage ; but when he heard him with the same breath boast of his intimacy with , and friendship for , such men as O'Connell and Hume , ths former having offered to bring 50 » , 000 men from Ireland , to put down Chartism , whilst the latter advocated coarse food a ? good eneugh for ths working classes , he felt justified in saying that the Chartists of York had no reason for placing confidence in such a man . Was it not a fact thai the whole of Mr . Birkley ' s Committee "were epposed to the Charter ? and had not the chairman of that Committee refused to sign the petition'for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jone 3 , when solicited
to do so by Mr . Stuart himself , only a few days previously , alleging , as his reason , that the Government were perfectly justifed in the course they had taken against those exiled patriots ? Mr . Stuart had stated tint he had been dragged before thai meeting by the Council . This he ( Mr . C . ) denied , as it was his own determination , and contrary to the wish of the Council . Mr . Stuart , he contended , had not refuted the charge brought against him ; in short , the fact of Mr . S . having called for three cheers for Mr . Barkley , and neglecting to call for the same honours , more justly due , to oat noble patriot F . O'Connor , was of itself infon-• istent with the principles which Mr . Stuart professed , and concluded by moving the following resolution , "which was seconded by Mr . Barley , " That it is the
opinion of this meeting , that the conduct of Mr . C . Stuart , in attending a pnblic meeting of Mr . Barkley ' s Kid calling upon the citiaans of Tork to support that gentleman , without having previously put the question whether or not he would support the People ' s Charter in case of his return to Parliament , was highly censurable , and that we tie members of the National Charter Association will not place confidence in any man , or » ny set of men , who advocate principles short of the Whole Charter . " Mr . D . Halton proposed , and Mr . James Webster seconded the following amendment , i " That we the members of the National Charter Asso-: dation do place the utmost confidence in Mr . Stuart on j ttat occasion , and do , therefore , return him our hearty I thanks . " The original motion was carried with only two dlaentiaitB .
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Bristol . —The Chartists of this city , at a meeting in the Hall of Science , after a lecture by Mr . Vincent , passed a resolution to the effoct that " the Convention finish their business before ttiey return home . " Plymouth . —The Com Law humbug * have been soundly beaten here by the . " wakies ., Mokmouth . —Mr . Black , of Nottingham , have been lecturing and preaching here with considerable effect Derbyshire . —Mr . BairsUw labours , with great success , in this county ; lecturing , preaching , and privately exhorting wherever he may be . The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , his one continued text and theme . The present communication contains notices of his lecture at Ockbrook on Friday , the 14 th , his sermon at Derby , in the Market-place , to more than 2 , 000 persons , on Sunday , the 16 th , and his lectures at Borton-on-Trent , on Mondayand Tuesday , whan he had a glorious triumph over the brutality and obscenity of the " respectables . "
Wilsden . —A Radical meeting was held at this place on Monday evening , Mr . Thompson in the chair . The meeting appointed a committee of three persons , Benjamin Hartley , William Ca wcroft , William Eastwood , wool-combers , and a secretary , George Baintow , weaver . It was unanimously agreed that they join the National Charter Association as soon as possible ; and that they repose unbounded confidence in , and give their best thanks to Feargus O'Connor , and the Editor of the Sorthern Star . Stockport . —The Council beg leave to tell their brethren , that as the ill winds which have so long dispersed the Chartists of this district , like the accursed simoom , have now bl « wn over us , and that we are again
uniting , determined to put all obstruction and division down , and taking principle as our guide , we are determined to put down all those party differences and personal squabbles which have so long distracted the good and holy cause in our district ; we therefore earnestly call upon all our brethren and sisters—Chartists , to arouse from their apathy and enable us once more to place Stockport in the position she once held , and no longer be a laughing-stock for the parties who are opposed to us , and who tell us that Chartism is at discount . —The Rev . John Williams Morris is delivering a course of lectures on the parliamentary history of England and Ireland , from the earliest period on record , down ti the present time .
Yeotil . —There was a meeting of the Chartists held at this place , on Monday the 17 th instant , which was not very numerously attended ; but the zeal which was displayed towards the holy cause that we espouse , by those who were present , made amends for the smallness ef the number . The ebject for which we met was very important ; inasmuch as the proceedings of that meeting decided , whether the Chartists of this town should continue to be an organised body , acting in co-operation with each other ; or whether we should for the future be considered as a few isolated inniridoals , each following his own particular views . The business of the meeting was as follows : —A short time after we commenced the Chartist agitation in this town , we took a room to meet in , thinking by bo doing , we
should have a better opportunity of making known our principles , and , that it would be the means of augmenting our numbers ; but in consequence of the apathy manifested by the working classes of this town towards the Chartist cause , and the retrogade motion of some of our members , we have incurred a heavy debt . The subject for discussion was , the best-mode of liquidating the same ; and to decide ny on our future movements . Mr . Hewlett was called to the chair . The Chairman then proceeded to read a very encouraging letter from our worthy secretary , Mr . Bainbridge , who was unavoidably absent , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to , proposed by Mr . Stevens , and seconded by by Mr . Wheadon , " That it is necessary for the future welfare of this society , that we should know our resources ; we do therefore request the class-leaders to go round to the members of their classes , who are in arrears with their subscriptions , and apply
to them for the same , and if they dodot pay them immediate ^ to be considered as no longer members of this society . " Proposed by Mr . Stevens and seconded by Mr . Tucker , " That considering the embarrassed circumstances under which we are now labouring , we do enter into a voluntary subscription to help to pay the above debt" After which some of the members volunteered to pay 3 d . per week extra , until the debt was discharged , rather than see the society become defunct It was the opinion of the members present , that much good might be effected if we had a talented missionary down in the west ; to make known the truths of Chartism , and to awaken tie dormant energies of the people . But unfortunately it is net in our power to support one ; we think that it would not be the worst money which will be spent by the Executive Council , if they have the funds at their command , in sending one down here .
Glasgow . —A maeting was held on the 17 th , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , College open , at eight o ' clock , p . m ., for the purpose of transacting business connected ¦ with Charter movements . After the Vice-chairman of tie Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association had taken the chair , the Secretary , Mr . Brown , read the minutes of last meeting and the correspondence of their delegate in Convention . Some other matters of a private and pecuniary nature having been disposed of , Mr . C . M'Ewan rose to state that the members of the Chartist Church had applied to Mr . Brewester to preach a sermon to that congregation , which he had done , the snbject being the Scottish Poor Laws , and the rights of the poor to subsistence from the soil that gave them birth . For so d 9 ing , the Presbytery of Glasgow had
taken up the affair , which they had referred over to the Presbetery of Paisley , the upshot of which is that Mr . Brewester is to be tried before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , for a misdemeanour , and he runs a pretty good chance of being kicked out of the Establishment altogether . He concluded by recommending that a public meeting be called in the Bazaar , in order to afford Mr . B . an opportunity of lashing his brethren of the " black coats and cravats so white . " Messrs . Hsss , M'Farlane , &c , supported the proposal On the other hand , Messrs . Dickson , Chisholm , and others , thought it was a subject which ought to be taken up by the members of the Chartist Church , and not by tha Lanarkshire Association ; upon which Mr . A . Pinkerton remarked , that as a great number of persons
not at all friendly to Chartism would attend to hear the disclosures of Brewester , they should take that oppartunity of making them swallow the Charter , as the only means of getting rid of the corrupt system altogether . This proposition was at once agreed to , as well as the holding of the meeting in contemplation . Messrs . Moir , Pattison , M'Farlane , M'Ewau , Jack , and Malcolm were then proposed as candidates to move and second the Charter . Mr . Pattison was objected to for the part he had taken in the debate on the New Move . This waa over-ruled , as Pattison had always been a consistent Chartist , whatever opinions he thought proper to hold regarding the characters of Lovett and
Collins ; besides , it was contended that as far as Glasgow was concerned , they had decently interred the remains of the New Move on the night of the leth instant , and they had mutually agreed to allow its ashes to sleep for the future in silent repose ; aud so far as Mr . Malcolm was also concerned , he had lately shown Euch strong Whiggish propensities , that it wis a question whether the great body of the Chartists would listen to him or not . Similar objections were expressed against Mr . Jack . Mr . Moir and Mr . Pattison were then appointed to move and second the Charter . A committee was also elected to get up the meeting . A v > te of thanks was then given to the Chairman , wh = n the meeting dissolved .
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MANCHESTER . —An important meeting was held in the Char : ist Rooms , Tib-street , on Monday evening last ; the room was crowded to excess . The chairman , after a few remarks on passing events , said he would introduce the speaker who was about to address them , hoping that they would give him a candid and fair hearing , and at the conclusion , if he advanced anything contrary to truth , any one would be at perfect liberty to object to it , and he , as chairman , would pledge himself to obtain for him , er them , a peaceable hearing . ( Cheers . ) Sir . Charles Connor then rose , and said he came there at the request of his friends to address them that evening , and in doing which he claimed a right which he himself was willing to give to every mannamely ,
, the freedom of speech ; and because he professed to be the advocate of a measure that would , when obtained , give the same justice to one man as another , whatever might be his country , his class , his creed , and his colour—a measure for the adoption and carrying out these principles , which would be for the benefit of the human race . There was a spirit abroad which all the opposition in the world could not quench , and a train of circumstances at work which would ensure success in the end , and that the people would never rest , nor be led astray , by anything less than the Charter . ( Loud applause . ) The principles of the Charter were known to them all . They had been so often and so well explained to them that it would be a waste of time for him to
attempt to dwell upon them . He would ,-therefore , leave that subject to men muck better qualified than he was , and wouid proceed to examine who the actual produoers of wealth were . ( Hear . ) The producing class are those who toil in the fields , mines , workshops , and fisheries , creating or procuring foodj clothing , houses , and other necessaries , for the sustenance and convenience of society . Now , what was the condition of all those producers of human food ? One would naturally suppose that those who produce all the food of man—through whose hands the whole must necessarily pass—would be able to lay hold of as much as might satisfy their wants , ( that
is the working portion of them ) ; bat it is a fact , which conld not be controverted , that those who produce all the food of society , are miserably fed . —Mr . C . then proceeded to depict the privations to which the manufacturers and artizans of this country are subjected , and then proceeded to enquire into the remedy he said : —Some tell us that a repeal of the Corn Laws would banish starvation , give every man plenty of work , raise wages , and make working-men comfortable . How was this to be done ! They never take into consideration the rapid progress of machinery , and the hundreds of bands which are thrown ont of employment every week , and the machinery which was being every week got ap in this country
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for foreigners . The speaker then adverted to the average consumption of cotton , Ac , which has been frequently alluded to of late , in the discussion of the subject adverted to . He read the petition from " Fielden ' s Factory Curse , " and entered upon a variety of topics through . which our space will not allow us to nllovr . He concluded amid loud cheers . The chairman then gave out the notices , and several letters and placards were read from different parts of the country , which showed that the people-were up , and at their post , and which received the plaudits of the assembly . Mr . Griffin rose to move the following resolution ; he merely read and moved it , which was loudly cheered at the close , " That this meeting is of opinion that the sop thrown
out at the eleventh hour by the base , hypocritical , scurvy , doubled tongued , treacherous , unprincipled , rapacious , shameless , unblushing , hollow , tyrannical , greedy , insincere Whigs , is done for the purpose of deluding and deceiving tho people to misgovern the nation . In taking a retrospective view of their conduct , we find that they came into power with pledges of economy , retrenchment and reform . They said that the working classes were robbed , plundered , and enslaved by the Tories , who are hoary in crime , wrinkled in misrule , blind in prejudice , cruel in power , patronised for mischief , presumptuous in selfwill , the hated , the despised , the vilified , the vituperated , the blackened , the blasted , the humiliated , the detested monsters . The Whigs were well
supported b y the people for four years , and had a sufficient majority to carry any measure for ihe bettering of thelcondition of the many ; instead of "which the organ of the Whigs , Lord John Russell , declared the reform a final measure , notwithstanding the promises they ( the Whigs ) made when out of power , to wit , that if the people would assist for the obtainment of the Reform Bill they in return would assist the people to obtain a full measure of justice for the people , and that they would never rest satisfied until the enslaved millions were in possession of those rights which truth , reason , aud the laws of God tnd nature entitle them to . In opposition to which , when they considered themselves sufficiently fortified , they , by their acts and conduct told the
people in language too plain to be misunderstood , that may go to the devil for further indulgencies . They have forced upon the people the infernal New Poor Law Bill , and to coerce the people in subjection , and to carry it down their throats whether or not , they established bodies of rural police ; they transported the Dorchester labourers and the Glasgow cotton-spinners ; have imprisoned four hundred of our industrious countrymen for telling the truth . By their tyranny and oppression , they have driven a vast amount of capital abroad , and thousands of the cleverest artisans to compete against and ruin us ; they beingeither too short-sighted or dishonest to foresee and avoid it . They have held out all manner of inducements , and have fitted up ships for thonsands to
emigrate . When the narrow-minded , superstitious , and bigoted Tories left office , there was a clear surplus revenue of £ 2 , 665 , 000 , which the Whigs have not only extinguished , but have aoiually created a deficiency of £ 940 , 000 , besides adding to the National Debt £ 60 , 000 , 000 , and consequently increased the interest . They gave a deaf ear to white slavery , by treating their petitions with scorn and contempt , and voted £ 20 , 000 , 000 for the emancipation of black slavery . They voted a German woman £ 100 , 000 , and voted for £ 50 , 000 for another German pauper . They have added a great number of Peers , augmented the Pension List , and increased taxation £ 5 , 000 , 000 . They have coerced Ireland , aad slain the Canadians . They gave £ 70 , 000 for building
stables for horses , and only voted £ 30 , 000 for national education . They hare brought the country to a most wretched condition . I a 1832 the working classes were denominated by the Whigs as wise , industrious , and peaceable subjects ; but they are stigmatised now as seditious , rebellious , and disaffected . Rents and taxes have increased , while wages have decreased . The commercial coadition of the country is most lamentable . The working classes are the only classes taxed , yet poorly fed , thinly clad , wretchedly housed , and treated like slaves . They deserve the contempt of every true lover of his species ,
for their recent base , unprincipled , flagitious , unconstitutional , decency—defying , hypocritical , meanly cruel , sneakingly malicious , spitefully revengeful , and waspishly venemous treatment of Feargus O'Connor , O'Brien , and the rest of the incarcerated Chartists , and for kidnapping and banishing Frost , Williams , and Jones . Having taken a view of their conduct while in office , and found by experience that they have forfeited the confidence reposed in them , and believe them incapable of governing the country with comfort and satisfaction to the public , this meeting is determined to put no further trust in them . " Mr . James Lsech said there was not a
sentence in it but what he perfectly agreed with . It gave no quarter to either Whigs or Tories , and he hoped the working classes would endeavour to maintain their own position % society , and scorn both parties . The resolution was carried amid loud apapplause . —Mr . Mahon moved the next resolution , " That the Editor of the Star be requested to give a full report of tho meeting , coupled with a request that the Dundee Chronicle , the Weekly Dispatch , and the Scottish Patriot , the two Chartist Circulars , the Odd Fellow , Cleave ' s Gazette , and the Dublin World , would copy the resolutions , in order to show the sentiments of the Chartists of Manchester respecting both factions , Whig 3 and Tories . " A person from
the body of the meeting seconded it , aud when put it was carried unanimously . Mr . Buttenvorth and two others also addressed the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to Charles Connor , and the meeting broke up , well satisfied . —[ We received a very lengthy report of the above named meeting , but such is the demand upon eur space and tho importance of passing ovents , that we kave been reluctantly compelled to curtail the report . ] [ We have inserted the resolution , above , verbatim , not feeling ourselves at liberty to alter the phraseology ; yet we cannot , and shall not , undertake to justify the unnecessary use of Buch a redundancy of harsh terms , however merited by the factions . ]
Brown-street Chahtist Rooms . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson preached here on Sunday evening last . The rev . gentleman produced a glorioud feeling upon the minds of his audience by encouraging them to persevere through good aud through evil report , until the Charter beccmes the law of the land , and the people of this country are comfortable in body and mind . He afterwards announced that a public tea party would be held in the Brown-Btreet Rooms , on Thursday in Whitsun week , for the benefit ot that tried , valued , uncompromising , and noble patriot , now in Chester Castle , William Beubow .
STOCRPORT . —Cuurting the " Dkad" Chaktist 3 . —A short time ago the Whigs boasted that the Chartists were dead ; but now , alas ! the poor Whig 3 are so far reduced in their probabilities of sticking to place , that they are praying , beseeching , and begging the support of the " dead" Chartists at the coming election ; this must convince plain John Campbell that there has been a resurrection , and therefore the day of judgment must be at hand ; prepare then , ye Whigs ; an offended , insulted , and oppressed judge , in a united people . Chartists , be up and doing , and remember the tender mercies of " the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs . "
I 1 ANAB . K . —Cokn Law Agitation versus Chartism .. —The Corn Law party to give every semblance of popularity aud importance to their movement , attempted to get the Provost aud magistrates at their head , but in this they failed , as will be seen in the sequel . The declaration of ministers was hailed as a God-send , but they were not competent for the task , inasmuch as they did not dare to meet the public , lest they might sustain a defeat . Tneir firat attempt was the getting up of a requisition to the magistrates to convene a public meeting , for which they got upwards of 400 signatures , in answer to which the magistrates declined to interfere , but granted the use of the County Hall , for the said purpose- The next step was the invitation of two or three
dozen of the requisitionist , under a pretext of a preliminary meeting , preparatory to a public one , who met on Monday , the 17 th iust . When Mr . A . Hislop , ex-baillie , was called to tho chair . The Chairman said something like the following . " Well , Gentlemen , I suppose ye a ken what yere a' here about ; it is in order to get up a petition about the Corn Laws . " He took out a letter , and read it to the meeting , which he had got express from Glasgow that morning ; it was from Mr . Murray , Corn Law Secretary , which urged him to get up a meeting , and to procure as many signatures as possible . The letter also contained tho draft of a petition , and he was anxious the meeting would adopt . After a good deal of desultory conversation about a general
meeting in terms of the requisition , Dr . Shirley reminded the meeting that a number of gentlemen had met in Edinburgh for the same purpo-e , and were annoyed by a set ef fellows ( meaning the Chartists ) who were so impertinent as almost to push the chairman from the chair . When the Learned Doctor had concluded his luminous speech the chairman advised them to take Doctor Shirley ' s advice , adding , if you had been at a meeting that I attended in the West Church , when Mr . Gillon waa here , you would not think of calling any more public meetings . The Chairman seems to have had a vivid recollection of
the signal defeat which they sustained in December 1838 , when the Chartists carried a vote of want of confidence in Mr . Gillon , M . P . in a meeting called by the Whigs themselves , although they were assisted by a Tory justice of ihe peace . Mr . J . Cunningham stated that they had nothing to fear from the Chartists , for they had sufficient moral power to put them down . Notwithstanding , the Chairman proposed " That this meeting adop the Glasgow petition presently , and have no more meetings about it . " Seconded by Dr . Shirley . Mr . J . Simpson moved " That we call a public meeting , in terms of the requisition . " Only two voted for the amendment
Mas . Fkost . —Mr . John Cleave desires us to say that he has received for Mrs . Frost the following sums : —Mr . George Hall , late of Wakefiald , 2 a . 6 d collected by F . Green , Is . 6 d . ; Mr . G . Medley , Is !' J . Hentley , Is . ; Maria Day , 6 d . ; Brutus , 2 s . 6 d .: Typo , 6 d .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct551/page/2/
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