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B OTERRE O'BRIEN , H . F ., FOR NEWCASTLE . jTiom the following tetter from Mr . O'Connor , irMeh bu been banded to us £ or publication , ttw Qurtists Trill perceive thai it is Mr . O'Connor ' s decided opinion gut » petition to the Home , praying for the amending of tie return from Newcastle , on the ground tbat the jittiag members -rere not declined " duly elected " -vben the show of buds ms taken ; and their cot hsTiag been elected by & majority of votes afterwards , ( oo poU being taken ) must end in the leating of yr . O'Brien as the respresent&tire for Newcastle jlr . O'Connor , tco , it will be seen holds * similar opinion connected with the return of Cbartists as M-P- *« - in several other places ; sod he jlso expresses his determination to lure the eases fairiy tried . This is an important question !—one deferring of the greatest attention on tbe part of the tTjogliini . " To them -we commend it . If they , with # j } O'Connor , deem the straggle -worth making , they Till provide the means .
Another thing , too , in this letter , we would draw particular attention to -. the spirit of the proposed reso-Intion trith which the letter eo * dudes . We hepe to s « sble , next week , to shew the enemy that that spirit and resolution his actuated and been determined on by erery body of Chartists in the United Kingdom . The two fictions are looking on , most anxiously , waiting to see if they can find any means of cwaing " a split . * ' Chartists ! disappoint them I Shew them you are united in sentiment ; and , being se , can afford to allow different modes of action in different localities , where the people themselves are the best judges of what should be dona Promptitude in improving on the hint giTen to the Chartists by Mr . O'Connor , will prsve to the factions that all hope of " splitting" ns is gone for eTer . —Ed . ] York CasUe . 9 ta 15 tb month .
MT DEAK SIXCLaIB ., —I hare this moment received yours of yesterday , which I Bhall transmit by this day's post to my solicitor . Ton know that I am not Tery confluent of justice being obtained when I hare to appeal for it to faction upon feekaif of industry ; but In the case , as plainly stated by you , I have the assurance that the usurped victory of the twin derils can only be preserred for them throogh the grossest perjury . The great misfortune is that we hare a bird from each flock to contend against , and , therefore , we can bare do expectation of Tory perjury to oust a Whig , or of Whig peijury to oust a Tory , coming to our assistance . Tou will require something more from me than mere assertion ; and now pray attend to some commonsense ebservstions upon the Newcastle case . The duty
of the Returning Officer is to declare upon whom the election falls by show of hands , and to declare that man , or those men , ( if more than one is returned , ) who Bfr » n hare a majority , dnly elected . With that declaration bis office ceases ; and if the rfjected parties -wish , they hare , most undoubtedly , the power of appeal to a poll of tie electoral body ; but bad Mr . Bronterre O'Brien been there in person , and had he resigned after being declared duly elected , there is no power Tested in any person to reverse the return , until tie hour for closing the poll shall have arriTed , when the Terdict of the people may be reversed by the votes of the electors . But how much stronger does the case become , when O'Brien was not there to lecra : aid , if there , he coald not resign , nor could
be vacate his seat , otherwise than by accepting the •< ChUtern Hundreds , " or some substantial unseating situation under the Crown . Then how much stronger still doa the case of O'Brien become when bis seconder oVjects to withdraw him , or to be party to his resignation . ' If ow , let us test everything , both by common sense , and by practice . Firstly , then , for practice . The practice of moring and seconding resolutions in the Hcnae of Commons is , perhaps , the most aaalagous arguments which I can adduce in illustration . In such ease , then , the morer of a resalution , or ercn of an amendment , eusnot withdraw bis resolution or amendment , without the consent of the seconder . That ,
observe , only affects the active parties ; bnt see how umch stronger it becomes when I inform you that ej&er , or both , cannot withdraw a resolution or am « ndjDent without the consent of the House . Now , then , suppose Mr . Atkins and yourself , to be the proposer aad lecocder of a resolution , and the people to be the remsinder of the House , ppifhpr of you can withdraw your resolution without the consent of the ethtr ; neither can you , unitedly , except with the consent of the people , who lose all distinct character of electors and non-electors the moment the question is put and answered by show of hands : so much for practice from our iecchert ; and now for common sense .
Must it not strike every man , except a partisan voter , or the hired editor of a sheet of foolscap , that Hinde and Orfl , so far frojn being elected , were the only two persons in tie whole world teho had been rtjected : tcey , therefore , and they alone ot all others , are deficient in all the qualities of membership ; they have been ejected , or rather rejected , by the amstiivtioxal body [ I love that word "when it has a bit of fustian in it ) , and not restored to possession , or put into possession , by the court of appeal . The Sheriff has no pow * r beyond what the law gives him ; and the law upon that point ( being supposed that it would be only useful to faction as divested of all the quack , quibble , and ambiguity which renders it doubtful when appealed to by the people ] has been made plain and simple ; and the whole
rule of law from beginning to end has been violated by the sfcgriff This is ( fortunately ) not one of those cases where faction can say to honesty , " O , yon have your legal remedy against the Sheriff" Ko , we have n » legal remedy , because , in such case , none is prescribed fcy Js-if ; and out appeal is to a committee ef the House upon Honee-mad * laws , and -which I defy them , without perjury , to violate , by confirming the return made by the sheriff for Newcastle- Now , the case of Lo-wrie at Edinburgh is even stronger ; that is , the seat is more secure , because in Scotland no Property Qualification is required , and the most we can expect from a deckkm on O'Brien's case is his return , which caca o * be reversed but upon petition , for want of propeny qualification ; but , as no notice of such deficiency
was served publicly , by placard , puBhcation , or dedsntioa , cr otherwise , at the election ; and , as the qcaEficasaon of O'Brien was not , as it might have been , required to be proved , by the other candidates , even before nomination : as such course -was not pursued , a eemmittee cem'd not order the return to be amended ¦ opera a petition against O'Brien for want of qualification by substituting any other ti&ttia for hi * - Common sense will tell you thai Uiis rule holds good for the protection of th # idler ' s right , so that Jthey may not be set aside for the convenience of a Member . Edinburgh , Newcastle , Borderland , Ha wick , and , as far as I can learn , J ? ewport , art a' il governed bj like rule ; and ezeh . and
enrj one , with the blessing of God , I will try to the Btmost Colonel Thompson , of course , will follow his own plan ; but I am not squeamish about endangering the Best ef a WMg when I can substitate a working min for him . I am not in a position just ye : to advise upon all the Scotch cases , as I am not instructed of the several rtsults ; but I mutt sj that , in my judgment , the returning ofSeer for Paisley has taken the plain , ths , just , the straight , the kgsl , ai-d the honest course , by refusing to accept the lesircst-on of Thomason ; and , for kimself and the law ' s atisiaedon and fulfilment , goce with all to the poll , as the only means of rescinding the prior veidiet
Believe me , Sinclair , that I am right , although the lines tre not quite ripe , and though the day has not yet corns tlhcngh glory— eternal , ererlastJujglory be to folj it 13 on the swiftest wing o ! fast-flying time : ) for giricg the Stamp of real value to the opinions of the F > or man ' s expounder of law . As to your requett of me U become treasurer to the Petition Fired , my answer is , if the people ran trust , I shall obey , and in my hands their funds shall suffer ao diminution . 1 wish Mason had been able to get two electors of Giteshead sufficiently honest to propase and second him .
HovgTer , as far as Le could , he behaved like a man . Bceh men , of your own order , you must look to as ttpomders of your principles ; and pray do » ot allow tke old deserters to take the conducting of your election oot of the hands of the "fustians . " If y * u do , they * 21 , Ilk ? harpies , foul all that they lay their polluted hicda apon , 0 , is it not glorious , my beloved com-Hies , to s « e right thus struggling against might , and &e war carried into the very enemies' camp ? Would to God that I was rich enough to pay all the expences , *^ d to save my poorer friends from the burthen I but I Sffinot pay all .
Kndair , win y » u allow me to be present in spirit at yoar meeting ta Wednesday night , and to move the Knowin g resolution , which , perhaps , some of my fcstian friends , or all ot them , may second ? It is as Iwlo-jrs : " Res-Jived , that it is highly important that all diffc ^ nees of opizzicn which may have led to an apparently fi ^ erent course in different localities , and which may « je been justifiable for reasons besi known to those of ~~ Jinuasdiate neighbourhood , and been acted upon f £ tt « the past electicna , should now belaid aside ; and **** . &e whole of the non-electors' influence d » again » a mio rank , and remain , of themselves , and by them-Jj- ^ ea , ssertors of those rights contained in ihe People ' s ^^ a , without which they will never rest " fcsSed , and for which they will Btill struggle even to " * ceath . " Moved \ j 3 £ r . O'Connoraad seconded by -
, Sf t to work at once , and in full time I will put you r P ^^ ion of every step to be legally taken for the T » pg of yeur cause . We will try to have Newcastle r * " * d £ ? st ; 2-nd that will govern all the others . So , «*« for the rtal Member for Newcastle , James ^ xntene O'Brien ! I am , Dear Sinclair , Tours , very faithfully , - TZA 2 . GVS O'CO ' . ^ OE . x » Janes Sinclair , Gateshead . i i i
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^ ii A . "Woolwich cadet- to his friend IN THE EAST . " *? £ EAS Chcm , —When we parted in Bengal , in <» \ rT" ° f a " Cawnpore devil , " little did I imagine , " ^ . f 0 M * § ^ P ° old En gland , what s "BMiriQd- or " rumpus" was brewing in it , from , Ws End to John O'GroafJB , and actually extend-11 , Kd » ide into the hearfs core of the Emerald
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When I last left , just imsiediately after the French Revolution of 1 S 3 « , I left the labouring classes comparatively well oS , and , though far from being contented , yet they knew their friends , the Whigs , were agitating for s > Radical Reform in Parliament , and that with the people at their back , parading the streets with the cheering words , " Reform , Peace , and Retrenchment , " they would soon be able to drive the Tories oat of office ; and then , under their role , the land would be radiant with smiles of happiness and joy , and be , in fact , what it had never been yet , a " wilderness of sweets , " and a perfect " sea-girt Elysium . "
A prophet seldom gets much credit in bis own country ; and I was actually hooted and jeered at when I slightly alloded to the fact , that Whigs and Tories were " mn « h of a muchness , " aad though they tome , times squabble in joke to keep up the farce , ytt t h * y always agree and are in earu&st when they are abeut to plunder , and coerce the people . Since then , I have seen little to alter my opinion . The Whigs have now been nine years in office , and in consequence of gross cruelty , hypocrisy , and incapacity , to suit the wants ,
exigencies , and intelligence of the age , are cow going out , and must be replaced by better and abler men . For Tories to talk of replacing them , it would be quite as absurd as to imagine one of Peel ' s " spinning jenny" grandama , set to direct the machinery of one of Marshall ' s slave-mills or factories . Grandmamma would speedily set all in such glorious confusion , that not only « ne revolution , but five hundred revolutions , of the miscomprehended machinery would cause " chaos to come again , " and surely suck poor " Granny" into its terrible vortex .
3 n the House , and out » f the House , the Whigs have had vast majorities , and could have realised , without trouble , all their splendid promises for the future ; bat , instead of carrying out the intention and spirit of the Heform Bill , they b * ve , like Daniel O'Connell , with his •¦ Irish Repeal , " raised Btnmbling-blocks in their own way , for fear cf advancing too rapidly , and making the nation drunk with such a sudden accession of delights , ansuited to their weak heads , and still weaker sUmachs ! It was agreed , on all bands , that the change must be very , very gradual , and that it would t&ka the preparation ef years to fit all for the promised blessings .
The state physicians , acting on Malthusian doctrines , decided on drenching the nation with " e&nionsonp , " and •• akOlygolee , " and . by following the prescriptions cf Doctors Brougham , Bowling , Macaolay , M 'Culloch , with ft host of other heartless quacks , pedants , and c-xcombs , out cime tho new Po « Law . In a trice the land was covered with pauper-prisons and bastiles , and thousands of the unwilling inbcbitaEts of these living graves are now pining in inconceivable wretchedness , awaiting with anxiety the time when death shall
put * final period to tkeir sufferings . To keep down their murmurs , they organised whole regiments of city , town , and rural police , and , as stated by an operative in a laie speech on a hustings , " where a poor man used to keep his cows , a policeman now is stationed . " Thousands are out of employ ; for steam and machinery supersedes the necessity of mere manual l&bonr , and it is said that one man , woman , or child , can now regulate the working of 210 spindles , where formerly it required one person to each . -
How often have you and I talked over and admired the philanthropic exertions of a Sadler and an Oistltr , and have we not always agreed that they began at the wrong end ? Instead of agitating for a ten hours' bill for the murdered factory children , they should have petitioned for a limitation or restriction over tfie machinery , so that the factories n mills , &c should open and closa at stated hours . We agreed that , considering tiie tender age of the employed , they should commence work in summer at s « ven in the morning and end at one , and in winter at eight , and
leave off at two P-K . Thus they would have time for health , instruction , enjoyments , and all manner of comforts , and fit thtniBelves for being , what our Whig Solons would call it , worthy of the suffrage . Even in six hours they can do asmucia w * rk for their masters by machinery , as they could do for tL « whole six weekly days without it , and why should they n » t . hav « the benefit of such regulation . Then , indeed , " machinery" would be a blessing , but as yet it has been a dire curse ! However , I shall enter more fully on this important subject in my
next-W herever I go the extremes of luxury and poverty in this our beloved country prevail , and you cannot wonder mock that feelings of " envy , hatred , malice , and all uncharitableneas , are fast gaining ground between rish and p # or . " The priesthood does but add fuel to the flame , and the squalid appearance of the half-fed , half-did labourer in contra-distinction to that of the pampered and Lingbty aristocrat mates the difference But too apparent . Soma firtat change is OTidently brewing , and if some master spirits do not cause some fundamental principles to be acted upon speedily and practically , rivers » f blood will assuredly deluge the land . On whose heads this terribla curse will most deeply fall , the tell-tale time will discover .
The Tories say they can govern with the army—the Whigs with their new police . What sort of governments these would be , the people would soon ba made aware of , and from the specimens we have had heretofore of military law and police law , no great gift of prophecy would be-necessary to define it . You and I ought to know something of camps , courts , and soldiery , and if the Tories are mad enough to p . ace dependence on the army to arrest the revolutionary tide , why they depend on a very rotten stick . Since that glorious and tver-tobe-remembcred time when we used to cram Mother Boskeridge's fresh boiled beef , at the Royal Military Academy , Woolwich , and listened with reyerencs u >
the quadratics and fonnuls of Dr . Olinthua Gregory and Peter Borland , and with smothered laughter whtn Old Peg-leg Charley Warin , the French Master , occasionally favoured us with a lecture , ending invariably with the emphatic sentence , " He not lose his leg in being thrown cut of a bawdy-house wii . dow , bnt lose it fighting for his king and his country , by God ! " Since the time when we were drilled by Sergeant Major Fortune , of immortal memory , or put through our facings by Corporal Slirgsheep , or endured the eratioits of old Tommy West;—since the time Tiiea "we 'Were nurses or fags in the Cadet barracks , -with very little inUrndssion we have sojourned among soldiers acel
camps . Do you remember our old Moonshee Sherick Mahommed 1 Wkat instructive stories he would daily recapitulate , and what lessons he would give on civil policy . One cf his favourite tales wa 3 the following , 1 remember it as yesterday . "A noble kingdom , sitnated somewhere to the northward of the Himalayan mountains , hj a eyetem of class legislation , was rabidly falling into disunion and decay , and was bordering on intestine anarchy , and encroached upon by more powerful and anited neighbours . It was governed sometimes by a sultan , sometimes by a sultana , but the real power was ever vested in the different pachas , and the priests with some ladies of the Sultan ' s Hareru , and some gentlemen of the Sultana ' s bedchamber , it
¦ was divided , into three grand divisions . The green valleys , the rocky mountains , and the grazing lands , coaimoaiy ealied the beef-eating land , from the population being much addicted to the Jove ot fat beef and mutton ! They were ail distinct from etch other both in manners and language , and would have agTted very well ¦ were not the pachas and the priests constantly setting them by the ears , in order th ^ t ttey might plunder them more easily . { The poor old Jloonshee here observed , " that was the system in India of the English Christians -who , by their residents and agenla at the different native Courts , invariably acted upon this rascally principle . ") Livide el impera . Tiiia went on for a long time , but a day of
retribution came at last . A profuse and reckless expenditure "was netded to supply the cravings of their hirelings , and ihey borrowed from ail "whe would lend them . They also laid injpofrts on their serfs , or ryois , to such an extent , that they even heavi ) y-tax « l their rice , ghee , corn , bam ' ooos , and sugarcane . ' Misery and starvation were spr&ak over the lind . The Kjo : s- were reductd to feed on offal and garbage , and perished by thousands . The class just above them soon felt its daniiiiug effects , and , aft < r being despoiied of all , sunk down to the condition of Ry « ts ! Suiue of the minor Pachas even began to dread and tremble , and the whole kingdom was calling for relief from one end to the other .
The ruling Pashas were astounded , and when the whole people demanded payment of what they had borrowed frem tkem , they offered them •« hoondies , " or paper notes , instead of gold ruehurs , and silver rupees . In this crisis they were obliged to pay the arrears of the troops , and very soon they were fobbed off with " hoondies . " In such a dilemma , a council of wise men was convened by the people to deliberate on their sad state . The Pashas stiil thought they possessed the hearts of the soldiery , and many of the lukewarm foolishly thought so too , and talked of tho danger to be app ' rehended from spears and sabres .
All of a rodden , one of the -wiie men sprang to the ground , and emphatically addressing the perishing multitude , exclaimed , " Allah il Allah ! The pachas and the priests have robbed us of our lands , our gold , and our silver , and would leave us to perish in jungles , and to be devoured by tigers and jackals . This must not be . We will speak to the warriors—they have hearts as well as ns—tbty ^ re men as vrell as ue . The lands of the pachas and priests plnndered from -as , the sovereign people , shall be held ia guarantee for the payment of aD the warriors who may cheose to aid us in obtaining oar jast rights , and they may afterwards retire to the bosom of their several families with theii full tulub ; or pay for life !"
The question was laid before the warriors- They were sick of this -wholesale butchery , and , after % short consideration , gladly acceded to it . In a few short moons , ¦ srithont further bloodshed , or violence cf any description , the warriors departed—some to their own green lands—some to their cherished rocky mountains , and the rest eat doTrn nader the shade of their own vines and" fig-trees , in thsir deirl j bei oved grazing or beef-eating iands , while t-: e wto . V ; kingdom ¦ ffas one bright jubilee , redolent of plenty , peace , and happiness ! I mast n ? w say good bje . ReiLeTubeT me ki ^ diy to the " Old MoorBba , " if he stili is in existence - and , in toe m = anti 3 e , I beg te at sura you , My dear Chum , Of- i '~ e goodwill aad friendship of A WcofctvzrH CMDEiv
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CASE OF R . J . RICHARDSON . TO THB XDITOK OF THH KORTHKBH STAR . Sis , —Tour columns hare ever been opened to make known the grievances of any individual wbo might be suffering in the cause of freedom . Now , Sir , allow me to lay before you a statement of a series of circumstances that press heavily on me , and which threaten , at no distant period , to rain me , and bring disgrace npon oar cause . I have long thought of ray present step , and hare , np to this moment , avoided laying my case before the public , lest it should do ns an injury , but necessity now compels me to that which prudence might otherwise have forbidden ; justice to myself and my family commands it , and I trust that the public will make an allowance and appreciate my motives . In the years 1837 , and 1838 , 1 took a very active part ,
and expended very great sums of my own money , in forwarding the cause of Universal Suffrage , Having visited the great demonstration in Palace Yard , London , and in Hollowayhead , Birmingham , I resolved in my own mind that we would have a large meeting in Manchester , in order to forward the great National Petition . I got a committee , and we succeeded in drawing together the largest concourse of people ever assembled in Great Britain , upon Kersal Moor . At that meeting I was chosen to represent Manchester in the Convention . I did so faithfully , at a very great pecuniary loss te myself , as the peopl 3 of Manchester well know . When I went to the Convention in February , 1839 , I left a quantity of bills for printing and advertising the great meeting nnpaid , expecting
the committee at Manchester would collect the proportionate shares due from the country districts , and pay them off ; but , Sir , from tLat moment to this , those proportionate shares are unpaid , and the outstanding bil ) s are still owing . I was In the Convention six months , raining myself and ray family , and embarrassing my affairs . When I etvme home , before I had time to look around me I was obliged to fly over to Ireland to avoid being arrested . There I remained some weeks , with a police officer from Manchester in search of me , and obliged to hide myself in the day time , and creep out at nights . Circumstances cempeHed me to come home . I was arrested , put in prison , held to bail , tried at Liverpool March Assizes , in 1841 , sentenced to nine montis' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle , and served my time . Whilst in Lancaster Cattle I was served witb a notice from George Condy and Mrs . Jane
Leresche , proprietors of the Manchester and Salford Advertiser , to whom the accounts were justly owing , that unless / p * id the debt proceedings would be taken against me . I wrote to the Manchester ommittte , telling them I would not conio out of gaol to any triumphal procession unless something was done to pay those debts . Jl promise was made me that something should be done In the matter . I came ont of gaol in triumph , and hear it , Sir , I had not been out of gaol one month , but I was obliged to fly tnot from government persecution , for that I had braved ) but from the persecution of my friends , from & sheriff ' s officer armed with a writ . I was an outlaw for one month , and when I ventured from my hiding-place , I was served with an exchequer writ for fobxy pounds and costs , at th » suit of George Coniy and Mrs . Jane Leresche . I put in eppearance in the hope that my friends wonld bestir themselves . A committee was
formed in Manchester , tho matter was taken up by the South Lancashire Delegate meeting , and steps were taken to raise the money , but , Sir , from that moment to this ( the men of Oldham exceptcd ) the South Lancashire delegates and the committee at Manchester have done nothing . I am now in danger of being annihilated unless the people of South Lancashire and the people of England and Scottend come forward to my assistance . I will say nothing as to myself , my political character is before the world , and I leave the matter in your hands—if I fall no few cf our enemies will rejoice—if I stand I may yet be able to fight the battle of freedom . I appeal to the sense of the people , whether they think I have not done enough , spent enough , and suffered enough in the cause of the people that I should now be compelled to bear the burden of this debt alone , R . J . Richardson .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . SIR , —Enclosed you will receive a Post-office order , amounting to 15 s . 2 d ., for the benefit of Peter Hoey , being the proceeds of a subscription raised by twtntytwo hand-loom weavers , a carpenter , and a shoemaker . You may tell Peter Hoey that he owes this trifle to your generosity in mentioning his ci £ b in the Star . I am requesUd by the subscribers for the above sum to tender you our sincere thanks for- the Void and Btraigatforward manner that yon have advocated our claims for Universal Suffrage and the rights of labour , and to tel ! yon that we place our entire confidence in you as a leader of the people .
We have proposed a plan among ourselves for disseminating the grand principle of Universal Suffrage , and we wish that it was generally adopted ; that is , for every Chartist in the United Kingdom to purchase a Star , and tend it to Ireland , or any other place in Eogland and Scotland where our principles are least known . If this plan was adopted by every Charti&t who reads the Star , and repeated at short intervals , we are of opinion such a blaze of starlight would be thrown into the dark places of Ireland , that your " prick-theloop ' politicians could no longer carry on their nefarious trade without being detected . If yon would give this idea of agitating publicity in a more tangible shape , tre would be obliged to you .
In the course of a week or eo we intend Bending a Slar each to our brethren in Ireland . If tvery Cbartist could be prevailed on to Ao this , what au impetus would it give to the causa , at a very trifling expence ! We understand Peter Hoey is an Iriahmaa . The subscribers for the above are all Scotchman . So much for being prejudiced against the Irish I The Cuanists in this neighbourhood are doing well . ^ one takes tho least interest -whether Whig or Tory wins : no one cries " God save KiDg Richard . '" A meeting takes place this day in Kilbarchan , to Bettie abeut the nomination . The Chartists are sure to win at the fchow of hands . William Taylor . How Wood , near Paisley , 28 tb June , 1841 .
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THE LATE RIOTS AT COLNE—DEATH OF MR HALSTEAD—STATEMENT OP A POLICE OFFICER AS TO THE INNOCENCE OF
B 00 THMAN . The following communicatien has been handed to us for publication by a correspondent : — We , the undersigned , whose names are hereunto subscribed , do hereby sslemnly declare , that Thoma 3 Monk , a pelice-c-fficer , connected with the County Constabulary , No . 261 , did confess and state to us , that Thomas Boothman , who was convicted at the last Lancaster Assizes , and sentecced to death , for the murder of Mr . Halstead , at the riots at Colne , was not present at the said riots , and that , when the said murder was committed , the aforesaid Thomas Boothman was five miles from the place where the murder was perpetrated .
And we hereby further declare , that Thomas lilonk , the police-officer aforesaid , did state to us , that be was wiliing to have given evidence in favour of Boothman ' s innocency , but was prevented from so doing by the Superintendent of Police . We also further declare , that the above statement was made to us by Thomas Monk , the aforesaid policeoffiser , in the Masons' Amis Inn , within Burnley , he having been stationed at Burnley during the present fair , although bis regular station is at Crawshaw Booth , in the forest of Rossendale ; and we are ready to make oath of this our solemn declaration before any of the magistrates of the county . As ¦ witness our hands , this 13 th day of July , 1841 . TV . M . PaT £ , cabinet-maker , Rodney-street , Burnley . Thomas Fishwick X his mark , Exmoutb-street , Lane-bridge , Habergham Eaves . In the presence of Jawes Latcock , boot and shoemaker , Btithesda-street , BornJey .
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AN APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , FROM THEIR BROTHER CHARTISTS IN CARLISLE . Carlisle , July 12 th , 1841 . Fellow Men , —During the late borough election for this place , considerable excitement prevailed amongst all classes of society . Party feeling ran high , and the poverty of the people made them feel more acutely their wants and privations . The Mayor , in his great anxiety to preserve the peace of the town , caused to be engaged a great nnmber cf special constables in addition to the regular police force ; to which circumstance , we believe , may be attributed most of the mischief that ensued ; for the very appearance of this hired force only tended to supple and irri ' ate the minds of the people . As the Whig party were retiring from the hustings to the Crown and Mitre Inn , they were rather roughly handled by the crowd , but not half so much
so as we have seen Sir James Graham , and others . The police force were stationed in front of the inn ,, and as the party entered , some stones were thrown at the police from the crowd , when Mr . Graham , tbe superintendent , ordered hiB men to draw their staves and charge the crowd ; this they did in a fierce and ferocious manner . One of them , named Jardlne , more savage than the rest , rushed forward in the midst of the croTrd , and laid about him with his staff , both right and left , paying no regard to age nor sex , having strnck down a little boy about ten years of age , wbo could not get ont of the way . Jardine in consequence i f this brutalrty was struck on the head with a stone , which felled him to the ground , after which , it is said , he was struck by some one witb a stick . The consequence was , that he died in a few hours afterwards . One man has been folly oommitted on tbe coroner ' s ir . queet for themnrderof Jardiae , and another as an scctswry . It is believed that those men are
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innocent , and that evidence can be produced sufficient to clear them , providing a goad legal defence can be got up fortuem . The laws of the country demand that , Zt ! r ?? * " ' » 'M * trial—the laws of humanity forbid that the innocent should suffer t A commilttee has beea formed to get up theii defence and it is hoped that their exertJens may not be rendered powerless for wans of a little pecuniary assistance . Subscriptions will be received by Mr . Jamea Arthur , bookseller , Carlisle . As the assizes will commence in a few weeka all subscriptions must be seat to imxa % diate \ y .
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QL 0 RI 0 V 8 TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM AT SELBy . TO THE BDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Doubtless you will be astonished at receiving anything like an account of a spirited Chartist meeting from the hitherto sleepy town of Selby ; but at length we have aroused from onr slumber ; we have heard the death-knell of faction upon each passing breeza , and have resolved te join In the funeral procession . On Thursday last , we were visited by Mr . James Duffy , one of the liberated victims , and many were tbe obstacles against which we had to contend . We applied to the bellman , in the nttt instance , but he refused to cry a meeting for us . Upon being pressed for a reason , he declared that the magistrates had forbid
him . To work we went , however , and having , by word of mouth , assembled more than l , 00 » persons , we went in quest of a window in some friendly house , but , alas J the dread of non-renewal of license , loss of custom and patronage , met ns at every turn ; but , nothing daunted , and gaining strength from opposition , we proceeded to the Market-place , where a brave Chartist mounted the steps , and introduced Mr . Duffy , who , at considerable length , explained the blessings to be derived from the Charter , and the hopelessness of looking to either Whigs or Tories for relief ; he weighed both in the scalesgiving neither a triumph—and so convincing were his arguments , that the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —
"That we , the working people of Selby , have no confidence in either Whigs or Tories , and that we or © fully convinced that nothing short of the People ' s Charter will ever benefit the whole people . " The resolution was carried by acclamation and amid thunders of applause , after which , three hearty cheers were given for Feargus O'Connor and all the imprisoned Chartists . So great was the enthusiasm produced by Mr . Duffy ' s address , that aa many as could find room ia one house subsequently met , and upon the instant the names of twenty good men and true were enrolled as the nucleus of an association , which , according to population , bids fair to rival any in the country .
Sir , you will deem this meeting of due importance when I inform you that it was the first ever convened here by working men , and also when you learn that the opposition of the Whigs was great in consequence of the rough handling which tbe " old hack and cradled lord " received at our blistered hands upon their presumptuous appeal ; the one to the party acts of Belt and associates , and the other to a connexion with the house of Wentworth , which , judging from the sample that appeared in our market , must be a bad sack . Sir , we are satisfied to join in all expences for
maintaining a lecturer iu concert with out brothers of the WeBt Riding , and being within an hour ' s steam of your head-quarters , we shall expect constant visits from lecturers , which , 1 assure you , will not be lost . We are moat anxious to have a visit from one or both of our members . Mr . Pitkethly and Mr . Harney , for such we shall hold them to be , well knowing that all that was rotten was hired by faction to oppose them , while all that was sound waa prevented by poverty , as was well observed by Mr . Pitkethly , from attending to support them . We could poll one hundred to one for them . We are also most anxious to havo a visit from
the colossus of Chartism , the Hon . M . P . for Leeds , Mr . Leech , or Mr . Williams , his colleague , who were also defeated by hired factions . At the close of our proceedings a very handsome subscription was made for out Ul-troated Ixiah . friend Duffy . Who will now say that a prejudice exists in the English mind against Irishmen ? Our Irish brethren must give us less striking proofs of thankfulness for cheerfully allowing them to compete with ua , and take " pot-luck" with what faction and class legislation lias left us . They must and shall behave themselves . A Working Man .
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FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . MBS . FROST ' S FUND . At the usual weekly meeting of the Birmingham General Committee for the restoration of Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , held on Tuesday evening last at the Charter Association Room , Freeiuan-et , Birmingham , it was unanimously resolved , " That a copy of the letter sent to Mrs . Frost , with her reply to the same , be sent to the Editor of the Northern Star for insertion , in order to call the attention of the public to the situation of Mrs . Frost and family . Also , tbat the honorary members of this Committee be called upon to respond to the call of the persecuted wife of Mr . John Frest ; they being two hundred in number , may effectually assist her at the present moment . "
It was also resolved , "That Mr . Guest , the treasurer , do forward to Mrs . Frost tho sum of £ 3 108 . 7 ^( 1 ., being the amount remaining ia the Committee ' s hands of the Defence Fund . " By order of the Committee R . Thompson , > T . . . . T . P . GUEEN , f JOlnt-SeCr 6 tarieS - Birmingham , June 24 , 1811 . Dear Madam , —I am requested by the General Committee of Birmingham for the restoration of Mesera . Frost , Williams , and Jones , to inquire of you
personally ( so far as you please to make public ) aa to your position relative to certain property you bold , and the liabilities of the same , &c . &c . The Committee have beard such contradictory accounts from time to time , and wishing to serve the family of Mr . Frost by all means ia their power , regretting that the public have cot given them the means to have provided for tht wants of Messdame 8 Williams and Jones , the duties of the Committee having been confined to the creating public opinion in favour of the return of the victims themselves .
In conclusion , honoured Madam , I beg , in the name of the Committee , to invite you in the most cordial manner to use this Committee as a means , at all times , to make known your afflictions to the public through this Committee . I have the honour to be , Madam , Your humble and obedient servant , T . P . Gkeen , Corresponding Secretary To Mrs . John Frost , Montpelier Buildings , Bristol . P . S . I have enclosed a copy of our rules and objects for your use . % * All communications to be addressed for Cornmi nee , Mr . Guest , bookseller , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . 4 , Montpellier , Bristol , June 26 , 1841 .
Dear Sib , —I bog the Committee will accept my thanks for their kind inquiries into the state of my pecuniary affairs . I can have no hesitation in making them acquainted with the state of my circumstances , for I am not ignorant of the tfforts and exertions they are making on behalf of my injured and beloved husband . The property alluded to are certain premises in Newport , which bring me in £ 45 per annum ; the deeds of these premises were placed in the hands of our bankers for the sum of £ 200 had in the year 1836 : at that time we kept no banking account ; but Mr . Frost wanted that sum then , so borrowed it of the bankers , and placed bis deeds in their hands . We then opened an account with them ; sometimes the balance
was in our favour , at other times , m their favour . However , at the time of our calamity , there were £ 270 due to the bankers . I was advised to sell off our stock , which I did , and at a great sacrifice , as yeu may suppose . Oar prosecutors gave ua but little time with their Special Commissions , && I did sell off , and paid off every one to whom we were indebted . 1 also sent for our banking book , and was fully prepared to pay them . They delayed sending their account , and I was called upon by the lawyers to advance money for the defeace of my dear husband , under a promise that it waB all to be refunded us soon as the Defence Fund could be made available . I did advance , to the amount of nearly £ 400 , one hundred I had refunded , and no more . I quitted my house , left
Newport , and came to reside in Bratol , until , as I thought , the storm should have blown over . When I came here , I was in daily expectation of receiving back my money . I was also told that ^ he bankers were paid , but when too late I found my money was all gone the bank not paid , and to crown my afflictions , that £ iooo had been drawn from the French funds of my money ; in short that all my money was gone . I mention this in justification of my leaving Newport with a large family , when I ought to have remained and recommenced business , which I should have done , had I been permitted to keep What I had . I was invited to London , to Glasgow , to Meithyr , with a promise of support in business , but I could not commence anywhere without a capital , consequently , I chose to remain here with 8 very limited income , in preference to struggling with
business , without the means of carrying it on as I used to de . One consolation I have , and that is my dear and beloved husband is in happy ignorance of all this . You probably will and may naturally ast me who has been the cause of all UiiB wrong ? This is & sore and tender place to touch . I must decline answering , and I know yon will excuse me . This I must tell you , it was not Mr . O'Connor . He had nothing to do with my advancing money for the defence ; but yo » will see that advancing money for the defence , rendered me incapable of paying our bankers . This is the money the country is now calied upon to pay , for if the bankers sell the property , I shall be snipped indeed . I sincerely hope that Mr . Rogers , of London , has received the sums which I have seen acknowledged in the Slar , and then I hope tbat that trouble will soon be removed from my fnfn < ji
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In conclusion , I beg once mote to tender my grateful thanks to the committee for their kind sympathy , and for the interest they take in my welfare . I received from Birmingham £ 3 some time ago . The manner in which it was sent enhanced its value ; at the same time I can never have an objection to its being noticed publicly when necessary . It was Very acceptable , and I felt much obliged for it , and should there be at any future time anything to send , if It was but 5 s ., I should prefer its being sent direct to me , for then I should have an opportunity of returning my thanks to the parties who send , and there would be no delay . With my kind respects to the _ committee , I beg to remain , respectfully ,
DearSlr , Yours obliged , M . Frost . To Mr . T . P . Graen , Corresponding Secretary , &c . [ In connexion with the above correspondence , we have pleasure in giving the following letter from Mr . Pitkethly , from which it will be seen that the sum of £ 76 12 s . Sd . has been sent to our office , ia answer to his appeal for £ 69 . It will also be seen that tbe whole sum has been transmitted from the office to Mr . Rodgera the treasurer . —Ed . ] TO THE SUBSCRIBERS THROUGHOUT ENSLAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALES , TO THE FUND FOR THE RELEASE OF MRS . FROST'S PROPERTY . Hudder&field , 13 th July , 1841 .
my kind and generous Friends . —You have nobly responded t » that call , which your liberality and promptitude has constituted the proudest act of my life . During » few days at the close of tbo labours of the Petition Convention , with the aid of A few noble friends in London , we collected about tbirtv pounds ; arid arrangments were made before I left which insured a considerable sum in addition ; which , with what was previously in the hands of Mr . Rodgws , the treasurer , and some small outstanding sums which are , I understand , all got in ; all of which , together with yoar munificent Subscriptions transmitted to the Northern Star
Office , amounting to £ 76 12 a . 8 d ., ( which is also iu the treasurer ' s hands , ) will be immediately applied to the purpose for which it was subscribed ; for I feel confident Mr . Rodgers will lose no time to cample to the arrange meats . So in the confident anticipation that within a few days Mrs . Frost will be in full possession of a competency , I have the gratification to beg the acceptance of my best thanks for this additional proof of the liigh respect and esteem in which Mr . Frost is held throughout the country , And am , Brother Chartists , Yours most Binceiely anil most faithfully , L . PlTKEIHLY .
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THE MONSTER WHIGS . The following is a genuine copy of a letter by Mr . George Piaxton , in 1711 , to the Honourable H . Finch , afterwards fifth Lord Winchilsea , who , in his peculiar style , describes the then Whigs to be , what every discerning man has proved the faction to be , at this moment . " Now , as for Whigs , I have traced them out , and found them out , and find them predominant in all ranks and orders of creatures ; every part of the creation is troubled witb them , and you find no set of animals but there are Whigsters amongst them . " At sea and land , in saltwater and fresh , you have them . Thus , amoEg quadrupeds , you have tigers , wolves , badgers , boars , foxes , jncke . Ua , rats , wild cats , foulmarts , weasels , with many others . " Amongst birds , we have Vultures , kites , screech owls , buxzivvls , rooks , daws , carrion crews , hawks , jays , cormorants , magpies .
" Amongst fishes , aligatois , crocodiles , sharks , porpoises , pikes , eels , swordfisb , and gongers . " Amongst serpents , vipers , snakes , adders , scorpions , rattlesnakes . " Amongst insects , hornets , wasps , bugs , maggots , lice , spiders . ' In the kingdam of plants , there are nettles , thistles , hemlocks , tares , quicks , cockles . " But amongst men , they abound under the names of knaves , fools , haughty liypeoriies , discontented , discarded , sour , ambitious , proud , illnatured , silly , malicious , intriguers , wheedlers , covetous , cheats , flbyrchils , liars , atheists , deists , and nullifiUlatlS . In short , every tnau that is not loyal , orthodox , and honest , is a Whig . "
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TO THE WORKING MEN OF NEWPORT . Fellow -Townsmen , —The following is a statement of facts relative to the conduct , at the late election , of a member for the united boroughs of Monwouth , Newport , and Usk : — 1 st . On Tuesday night , June 22 nd , 1841 , at a meeting of the Chartists of Newport , a person propose J me as a fit and proper person to be nominated to bring the principles of the People ' s Charter before the public , to try to get a show of hands in favour of those principles . The proposition was seconded , and every man in tbe
room held up his hands for me . Before the meeting broke np , however , a man named John Morris proposed that Dr . Price , Of Nawbrldge , Glamorganshire , should be invited to come forward . Another person seconded the proposition . The secretary was directed te send a letter to Mr . Buttery , of Monmouth , to inform him of what had been done , and to ask him whether he and the Monmouth Chartists approved of the plan or not I enclosed the secretary's letter in the following one of my own : — " Newport , June 23 rd , 1841 .
11 Dear Bftteht , —You will see by the enclosed that our friends here have invited me to allow myself to be put in nomination at Munmouth , to give me an opportunity to bring our principles before the public ; and , if you cannot find a butter man so to act , I will do the best I can for the cause ; but , of course , not to go to the poll . " I believe some of onr friends have written to Dr . Price , of Newbridge , and invited him to come forward . " Will you be sokind as to let me know whether you approve of such a plan or not . " I remain , your Chartist brother . " jWlLLIAM EDWARDS . ' To which communication Mr . Buttery returned the following address : —
" Dear Edwards , —I should say by all means bring our principles before the public at the nomination , which will be an excellent opportunity to give both the factions a good dressing ; and , according to O'Brien's plan , if we can , muster a good majority by show of hands , you will in that case , when the world ragetb , be the legitimate organ of our wants and wishes . Since receiving yours the editor of the Beacon assures me , as his belief , tbat a Tory candidate will be in the field : if there Bhouhl , that ought not , and must not , prevent us declaring our principles as above , if we poll after for a Tory . Should tkere be any move on the carpet I will write to you immediately . If your bumble servant can ba of any service at the nomination , shall be very willing to render my humble service in the glorious cause that must prevail ere long . " John BurrERT , Monmouth . "
2 nd . I had nothing whatever to do with bringing Dr Price , a physical-force Chartist , forward as a candidate ; and I told the Chartists of Newport , before I went to Monmouth , that I would not nominate the Doctor , or support him In any way ; and as for Dickenson he was never asked to support him ; yet , If the Doctor bad arrived in Monmouth before the court was opened , I would not have allowed myself to have been put in nomination . At nine o'clock on the morning of nomination , the secretary of the Newport society came to the inn where I was and produced a letter from Dr . Price , in wlilch he stated that he could not b « in Monmouth , but that his friends might make what use they pleased of his name , or something to tbat effect A few of the Chartist electors of Menmouth , who were with me at the time , said it was no use to nominate and second any man , except he was present to explain our principles to the people . They ( the electors ) asked ma , then , if I would allow myself to be put in nomination , to which I replied , yes , as there Is no one else .
3 rd . I did not apeak to Mr . Blewitt , or to any of his supporters that day , until after the election was over ; and , as it respects money , so help me God ! I never received any to vote for any man , or not to vote for any man , or to prevent any candidate from coming forward , in my life . Men of Newport ! T think if you had repressed your violence till last Saturday , and read the newspapers before you condemned me , and even in outrage tried to destroy my property and even life , you wonld have thanked instead of having condemned me . But I freely forgive you , because you did it in the heat of excitement , and under an absurd belief in the false and foul charges of ^ discriminating enemies .
4 th . If there is any blame to be attached to any one , it is not to me , but rather to Dr . Price , and his own party . The Mayor of Monmouth gave the Doctor and his friends a fair chance ; and if an elector had come forward to nominate the Doctor , instead of Townsend , the lawyer , who is not an elector , all would have been right ; and , as there were two electors with the Doctor , 1 want to know why they did not come forward like men , and do their duty . I knew nothing of the Doctor ' s intention to go to the poll ; nor did I know tbat the Tories were going to support him . I am no Tory , and I think the Chartists who have voted for Tories have acted very Inconsistently ; though it is but little difference to the people which of the two parties are in power . I did not think of any Tory tricks when I went into court , nor that they were trying to make a fool of me . ¦¦
If ever a-man did his duty fearlessly , I did it tbat day . I gained all I wanted , namely , a show of bands in favour of the principles of the Charter . I spoke for nearly an hour and a half in elueidation of the principles of the Charter ; and I am sorry that the good I did to the cause that day should have been undone by the late senseless riots and demented violence . All who will read the above statement , may see that if the electors of Newport have been disappointed in consequence of there having been no opposition to Mr . Blewitt , it was not my fault I believe the time is not
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far distant when there will be another election ; let Doctor Price ' s friends and the Tories return him then , bat I will have nothing to do with him . I am , your injured friend , But still well-wisher , . William Edwards . Newport , July 6 th , 1841 .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE , FROM THE 24 th OF APRIL TO THE 13 th OF JULY ,
1841 . £ . s . d . Money in Mr . Heywood ' s hands , 93 Treasurer ... ... W 11 9 From Coventry , per Thomas Pain ... 14 0 From Mr . Campbeii , for sale of Cleave ' s pamphlet ... ... ... ... 0 2 3 June 7 , Penny subscription of tho East District of London , per Mr . P . Salmon , collected by Mr . Peaston ... ... 13 5 Do . Mr . G . Richards 6 3
Do . Mr . G . Wyatt ... 5 1 J Do . Mr . J . Sanders ... 4 7 Do . Mr . D . Cator ... 2 10 Do . Mr . W . Waters ... 1 9 Do . Mr . J . Jackman ... 1 8 Do . Mr . J . Mathers ... 1 8 Do . Mr . J . W . Parker 1 8 Do . Mr . M'Gartney ... 1 6 Do . Mr . Carey I 19 Do . Mr . Runtlo 1 $ Do . Mr . Thompson ... 1 4 Do . Mr . Turner 1 4 Sundries under Id . each 6 9 . } 2 13 2 18 , From the East Manchester Co-Operative Stores , per Mr . Maddocks ... 0 11 2 From Marple , per Nemo ... 0 14 O Do . per Mr . John Streets ... 0 0 6 28 , Mr . Sudbury , of London , per Mr . John Campbell ... 0 9 2 £ 0 , From the Working Men ' s Absociatiou of Fiuabury ... ... 0 10 0 Total money reoeived by Committee ' , 63 16 0 Total money paid by do . ... 32 13 1
Total money in Mr . lloywoo& ' s Bauds- ... 31 2 11 5 James Leech . Auditors , > Thomas Davjks . j J . H . Stanfield . President , Saml . Chambeiilaiw . Secretary , Peter Shokrocks . Treasurer , Abel Hetwood . £ s d May 23 , Mr . W . B . Jackson , of Manchester 10 0 Mr . Broadbent , of Ashton-under-Lyne 1 t 0 Mr . Duke , ditto 10 0 Mr . Duffey , of Sheffield 10 0 Mr . Hoey , of Barnsky 10 0
30 , Mr . Ridings , of Bradford ... 1 # 0 Mr . Rushford , ditto ... ... 10 0 Mr . Hutton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . EJizi Jones , of Tradegar ... 10 0 Jane 7 , Mr . David Lewis , of Abe ' rgavenny 10 0 Mr . James Goodwin , ditto ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Morgan , of Newport ... 100 Mrs . Ashton , of Barnsley ... 10 0 Mrs . Crabtree , ditto 1 0 0 16 , Mr . Smethies , of Bradford ... 1 0 0 Mrs . O'liriao , of Lancaster ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Brown ,, of Birmingham ... 100 Mrs . Roberts , ditto ... ... 10 0
Mrs . Peddie , of Edinburgh ... 10 0 Mrs . Bonbow , of London ... 1 0 0 July 6 , Mrs . Marshall ,, of Sheffield ... 100 Mrs . Booker , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Bennison , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Foden , ditto ... ... 10 0 Mrs . Holbury , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Penthorp , ditto ... ... 10 0 Mr . Bell , of Bolton 10 0 Mrs . Barker , of Manchester . ... 100 Mr . Barker , ditto ... ... 10 0 Mr . David Lewis , of Abcrgavcnny 2 0 0 Mr . Walter Meredith , of Ross , Breconshire 10 0 32 0 0 Expences of Committee ... .. 0 13 1 £ 32 13 1
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STAPrjEFORD . —On Wednesday , Mr . W . D ^ an Taylor lectured here on the science of government , the nature of the representative system , its present inequality in this country , class legislation as the first cause or national misery , and the mouo&oly of power by clmrcb . and fitate as the secondary causes of that misery . We have not often heard fiuch a dissection given of these two tyraut powers a * it was our pleasure to hear from the above-named gentleman . It was fully expected that the "Yellow Lambs" of Whig authority would have interrupted our proceedings but we had a very orderly meeting .
ICKESTOHB . —On Thursday , . Mr . W . Dean Taylor lectured here in the open market-place to a very large and attentive audience ; and although tho Whigs had threatened to break his head if he dared to come , yet , nothing daunted , he boldly stoou forth to advocate the rights and expose the wrongs of the industrious millions . The meeting ooucludoi with , threo oheers for O'Connor , the high-priest of Chartism ; three for toe Charter ; three for Frost * Williams , and Jones ; and three for Mr . Taylor , tfce lecturer . KOTTXWGEAIS;—Dr . M'Donall lecttsred to crowded audiences ia -the Democratic Chayei , RicepJa-CO , on the evenin gg of Thursday and Friday last , Ho gave general satisfaction , and great goyd has resultod .
DAIirriiSTON . —One of the most spirit-stirring scenes whiuu lias been witnessed for some time , took place here oa Monday evening , when Mr . Candy lectured to upwards of turea thousand people in the open air , at the Bull Stakes . Ho addressed them with great fervour and effect for upwards of an hour , duriag which ho entered into the . detaiis of the Paople ' a Chartor , explaining its objects and its demands , and expoa ' ng the viilanous system by" which the productive classes are robbed . He concluded amidst the cheers of the multitude , no person opposing him , or asking him any questions , although difcus&ion waa invited . Three cUeers were given for 0 "Connof , for the Chftfter , and for the speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones . We ought to remark thai -Mr . Candy -waited upon the surveyor of the highways previous to the lecture , to ask if be had any objection to the meeting taking place in the street , to which the surveyor replied that he might choose what part of tho town he liked , he would not disturb him .
K 3 KSXKSTON . —At the usual weekly meeting of tho Chartists of Kensington and Chelsea , held at the United Coffee Hause , George-street , Chelsea , on Monday last , after the transaction of the usual business , the following resolution w ^ s unanimously passed : — " We , the Chartists of Kensington and Chelsea ^ in publitt meeting assembled , beg to recommend to the Executive that immediate staps be taken to secure the seats of those unflincliiDg patriots Bronterre O'Brien and Geo . Binna ; and we further suggest that funds for that purposa be raised by levy or otherwisa" Mr . Stallwood ^ as appointed to lecture on the ensuing Monday , when all friends are earnestly requested to attend . At the close o £ tue lecture , -wtricli commences at eight o ' clock precisely , a discussion will tafce place between the members and a friendly party of their Irish brethren , on the comp : iraUye merits of a Repeal of the Union , a Repeal of the . Com Laws , and the attainment of the Charter .
AWRETON . —Mr . W . Dean Taylor leotared here on Monday evening , in the Market Pi ace , to an audience composed Of Tories , Bread Mongers , and Chartists . Mr . T . had not proceeded far , before a swell of a Doctor came to interrupt , by asking questions ; and , at tho conclusion of his question , he stated that slavery was occasioned . by want of trade . Mr . Taylor said he was happy he was furnished with a text , and he held up to ridicule the questions and statements of the medical gentleman . In a little while the Doctor introduced " cheap bread , " and the baatiles , machinery and the Corn Laws , as the annihilators of home slavery . Mr . T . then sat down to give him an opportunity or gpesitingwhile the audience called for him to mount the
, lUtal » m »»»* v V »* V ** *^ 1 ^ V ** *» * r»»™— » ^^ ™ — — ' — -: . rostrum ; but no , he believed retreating to be the better part of valour . Mr . T . entered into those questions with a masterly style of argument ; indeed , the Whigs will long remember the thrashing they received from hi 3 hands . The Honourable Doctor then finding his scheme all foiled by the attention of the people , and the rivetting eloquence of the lecturer , bought a quantity of penny loaves , and threw them amongst the crowd , and engaged a lot of Dan ' s Repealers to flipg penny loaves at onr lecturer . Our lepturer , nothing dismayed , pursued the course of his arguments , and tliaa completely foiled the cheap bread humbug . A collection waa
made at the conclusion , and the manner in which ha announced it was such as to cover with shame those who had money * and who went away , before the collection was made ; ia fact , one gentleman , a Tory , stood till the hat came up , put in Sis twopence , and then inquired if he might go . A number of Rushlights and Illuminators were sold , and this never-to-be-forgotten meeting concluded with three cheers for O'Connor , three for the Charter , and all its advocates ; three for all the Chartist prisoners ; and three for Mr . W . Dean Taylor , the long-tried and well-proved advocate of the Buffering millions Hurrah for the Charter . .
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