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      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the Gountrof York , will be holdeo ; before' Thomas FlowjeR Ellis , the younger . Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough ,, at the Court House in Leeds , on Monpay , the Eleventh day of April next , at Tvvo p'Clock in the Afternoon , at wkich time and place . all ' . Jurors ' ,. Constables * Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and qthors having business at the said Sess ons are required to attend . And Notice is hebeby also given , that all Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard at the opening of the Gourfc on Tuesday , the Twelfth day of April next , and not on the third day of the Sessions as jheretofore ; and that all proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on the first day of the Sessions . By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of tho Peaee for the said Borough . Leeds , 14 th March , 1842 .

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      BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS CASE FROM STAMFORD , COMMUNICATED BY MR . BAGLEY TO MR . PROVT , 229 , STUAND , LONDON . ' , Stamford , Nov , 14 . 1841 . SIR , —Mr . William Blades , the - . proprietor of the celebrated composition for destroying rats and mice , was afflicted with a severe attack of Gout the latter end of laat month , and was suffering the most excruciating pain < s in consequence , when he sent to me for a box of glair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and to his surprise , two hoars after he had taken only two pills , he was relieved , from pain ,, and in a few days was able to follow his usual employment * I am , Sir , your obedient servant , R . Bagley . Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills—The neverfailing effects of Blair ' s Gout and Kheumatic Pills , curing every description of Gout or Rheumatism , has secured'to- them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times . They not only ^ ivo relief in a few hours , where the patient has been driven nearly to madness by excruciating tortures , but restore to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time . —See Testimonials of Lieut . Masters ( of Hawley , nearBa « 3 hot ) i late of the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies , who was invalided home by a Garrison order ; the Rev . Dr ; Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr . Miskin , Dartford ; Mrs . Chambers , Maidstone ; Mr . Cosher , Beaconafleld ; Mr , Richard Stone , Luton , &o . &c , which demonstrate this preparation to be one of the greatest discoveries in Medicine ; They are equally speedy and certain in rheumatism , either chronic or acute , lumbago , sciatica , pains in the head and face , and indeed for every rheumatic or gouty affection ; in fact , such has beeii the rapidity , perfect ease , and complete safety of this medicine , that ic has astonished all who have taken it , and thero is not a . city , town , or village in the kingdom , but contains many grateful evidences of the benign influence ' of this medicine . Sold by T . Prout . 229 , Strand , London , Priee 2 s . ¦ 9 d . per box , and by his appointment , by Heaton , hay , Alien , Land , Hai « h , Smith , Bell , Townse _ iia , Baines and Netvsome , Smeeton , Reinhardt , i ^ eeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Dennis & Son , Moxon , Little , Hardman , Linaey , Hargrove , Yark ; Brooke & Co ., Walker ¦ & Co ., Stafford , Faulkner , Doncastar ; Judson , Harrison , Linuey , Ripon ; Foggitt , Coates , Thompson , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfield ; Ward , Riohmond ; Cameron , KnaresW ; Pease , Oliver , Darlington ; Dixoh , Metcali ' e Langdale , Nonhallerton ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Gold . t& > rp 6 , Tadcast 8 r ; Rogerson , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford i Brico , Priestley , Pontafract ; Cordwell , Sill , Lawton , Dawspn . Smith , WakeSeld ; Berry , Denton ; Suter , Leylandj Hartley , Parker , Dunn , Halifax ; Booth , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Waite , Hoirogate ; Wall , Barnsley ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout tb kingdom . Ask for Blair ' s < 3 out and Rheumatic Pills , and observe the nanie aad address of " Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " impressed upoa the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Geuuine Medicine .

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      THE WHOLE CHARTER FOR ONE HALFPENNY !' . TTTITH ENGRAVING OF BALLOT BOX \ V the SCHEDULES , &o , &c . " Every woiking man , for the charge of a halfpenny , can now procure for himself and family the above ali-important docuiacnt i and we sincerely hope the masses will now do bV—Norlhorn Star . EMMETT'S SPEECH ! Now publishing , Price One Penny , the splendid Bpeech of Robert Emmatt , Esq ., who was executed in Dublin , for High Treason , in the twenty-second year of iiB age . EMMETT AND IRELAND ! Just published , price Is .., an interesting Memoir , from authentic sources , of the lamented patriot Robert Emmett incidQutally dotia . Uing the Origin , Progress , and disastrous Termination of tho Irish Insurrection , 1803 , &c . Embellished witk a splendid 3 te ' el engraved Portrait . This edition includes the Trial , celebrated Speech , & 6 . & . O . 11 This little work is calculated to keep in remembrauce the name of one who felt , and felt deeply , his country ' s wrongs ; a man who , in endeavouring to redress them , fell a sacrifice to the schemes of the most biood-thirsty faction that ever governed , or rather mis ^ ororned Ireland . We hope the book may have an extended circulation . "— Weekly Dis ~ patch . ASK FOR . THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR . ' PRICE ONE HALFPENNY ! " This noble , though humble , ally in the glorious cause of the People is , ; we-are happy to perceive , pursuing its onward march , and , if properly encouraged , cannot fail most efficiently to aid in the cause of right and . justice . The number before us ( 25 ) , besides other highly interesting matter contains tho' People ' s Charter' entU'Q » Thus every working man , for the charge of a single halfpenny , can procure for himself and family an authentic copy of this most—this ail- ; mportaut document ; and we sincerely trust that the whole of the masses will gladly avail thcraseivea ot the opportunity . We perceive that the whole of the back numbers are in print , and can be obtainod for one shilling ; a work at the price , containing so large an an > »> ut of really useful inforciation , wo are not acquainted with , * and we hope that every Chartist will aid in its circulation . "—Northern Star . The work can be had in Monthly Parts 6 d . each . TH E L ABO U RERS' LIBRARY , Containing the Remedy for National Poverty and Impending National Ruin : or the only safe way of Re pealiuif the Corn Laws , by enabling each , Working Family in Britain to produce a " CHEAP LOAF" and a " BIG LOAF" for themselves at Home ! By F . O'CONNOR , Esq ., Barrister-at . Law , and late IMsoner for : Libel in York Castle . Addressed to the Landlords of Ireland . Every Young Man should read the Drama of WAT TYLER ; price Twopence ( originally publishing at 4 s . 6 d . ) , by Robekt Southey , Poet Laureate to her Majesty . "Every lover of his species should make an effort to circulate this splendid and truly invaluable poem . "—Patriot . 1 " ' . ' ' ¦ Price Tieopence . DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST PRIN ^ CIPLES OF GOVERNMENT ; by Thos . Paine . This Pamphlet is ' a rnastcrly defence of the right of every man to the possession of the Elective Franohiee ,

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      "We beg each and all of bur friends to aid in circulating this inTaluable tract . —^ English Chartist Circular . This day ia published , price Twopence , AN ADDRESS on the Benefits of Ganeral Knowledge ; more especially the Sciences of Mineralogy , Geology , Botany , and Entomology . By the late Rowland Detrosier . Third Edition . " We most earnestly recommend this little book to every body . "—Examiner . Important Work by the same Author . Now on Sale , price Threepence ,-Sixth Edition , AN ADDRESS on the Necessity of an Extension of Moral and Political Instruction among the Working Classes . By the late Rowland Detrosier , With a memoir of the Author . " This is the ^ best piece of composition on the subject to which it refers in the English language , written by a man of unconquerable zeal , surpassing talent , and true patriotism ; who raised himself from among working moil to the admiraiion of the good and intellectually great throughout the kingdom , and who devoted his life to the improvement of his kind . Ho man can know his duty to himself and his children who has not read this powerful tract . "— -MaidstoneGazette . . '¦ '•'

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      Now Publishing in Weekly Numbers , at Tbree-¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ - pence ' . -- ' ; ' ; : ¦ . :: . A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS GF WOMAN ; by Mary Woolstoncraft . Revised and Re-Edited ^ ' *• If women are to be excluded , without having a voice , from a participation of the natural rights of mankind , prove first , to ward off the charge of injustice and inconsistency , that they want reason . " : i '¦ : ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦' ¦ .. - ' .: ' ., "¦ : ¦ . ¦ " - . . ¦ , : ¦ . ' . - . . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ - - .. . . ¦ ' " Thishigh-mindod woman haacreated an influence which defies calculation ; she produced that impulse towards the education and independence of woman which other writers hare developed ^ " —Westminster Review , April , 1841 . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane ; 'H . ohson ^ NorthernStar Office ^ Leeds ; Heywood , Oldham Street , Manchester ; and may be had , on order , of all the Agents for the Northern Star throughout the kingdom .

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      TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . HP HE Readers of this Newspaper will have seen X advertised every yreek for a long period an account of the benefits arising from taking PARR'S LIFE PILLS . These accounts , from their undoubted truth , and the recommendations of parties who hare tried the Medicine , have produced a very large sale , consequent on such recommendations . For the sake of unlawful gain , unprincipled parties have attempted : various imitations , dangerous and disreputable ; and , in order to prevent disappointment , and guard against these impostors , it is seriously and particularly requested that you will , on purchasing the Medicine , carefully examine the Government Stamp , and be sure it has the words " Parr ' s Life Pills , " in white letters , oh a red ground engraved thereon , without which it is ' - an IMPOSITION . * OLD PARR ! Life is not life , unless ? 'tlH blessed with health , : Tho' rich in fame and unincumbered wealth , Tho ' under sunny sky or frigid polar Btar , Life without health is nought—then hail to thce old p abh J What mighty treasures are by thee revealed , More than Peruvia's mines can ever yield ! Not rich Golcoada ' s glittering diamond rare Can purchase heaHh , —then hail to thee OLD PAEB . I 'Twas thy high purpose to make known to man , The power to iwigthen out on earth , his little span Of life , —which erst was woe and cars , But now is bright with joy , thro' thee old p arr ! Thousands late racked with agonising pain , Now feel new vigour thrill thro' every vein ! Disease no longer shall their pleasures mar ; They bless the day thoy heard of thee old p arr ! Hail glorious boon ! hail gift benign ! Go forth from pole to pole , to every clime , Let every land , both near and far , Possess the blessing left by thee OLD PARB ! * The author of this humble rhyme dictates is with a respectful feeling of gratitude to the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills , which have been , under the blessing of God , a means of restoring him to a new life after a long period of aggravated suffering . London , April 20 . J , R . B . The proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills beg to state that they attach neither merit or importance to the above lines , but present them to the public as the effusion of a joyous spirit liberated from the thraldom of a prolonged and aggravated state of mental and bodily suffering . They are published at the request of the writer . EROX KR . MOTTERSHEAD , CHEMIST , MARKET-PLACE , MANCHESTER . " To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills . *• Gjentlemen , —I feel it my duty for the good cf suSbring mankind , to send you this true statement of the astonishing effects which Parr's Pills have produced upon me , and also upon my wife and daughter . Myself and wife have both been strangers to good health for nearly twenty years , ttntU we accidentally heard tell of your pills , which we have taken for several weeks , and their effects upon us have been almost miiaculous , both now feeling young , strong , and in health ; my dauihter , also , has found them equally beneficial . •* You may refer any one to me who at all doubts the truth of this , and you may make any use you think proper of this Testimonial . " I remain in health , " Your obliged grateful servant , "James Lescherin , "Grove Place , Ardwick , near Manchester . " Witness—John Whitwohth . " May 18 , 1841 . " " William Wild , No . 1 , South Street , Manchester hereby publicly states , that after being out of health for a many years , although he had used every means recojawended to him without success , chanced to hear of Parr ' s Pills , which have done him more good in a few weeks , than all the physic he has taken for years , lie earnestly recommends them to tho sick and afflicted , having proved their infinite value . ( Signed ) " May 20 , 1841 . " . "William Wild . " EXTRAORDINAHY CASE . — -Mrs . Joseph Simpson has been severely afflicted , for the last 30 years , with a violent cough and difficulty of breathing . The affliction has been so severe that she could not fulfil her domestic obligations . She toot cold when only 15 years old , and the cough never left her till she took Parr's Life Pills . She had tried almost every kind of medicine , and had taken laudanum in large quantities , but nothing afforded relief . She heard of Parr ' s Pills about last Christmas , and as soon as she had taken about half a box she found herself completely cured * and waa never afflicted in the slightest manner during the severe weather that followed , and is now bettor in health than she has ever been in her life . This cure does indeed appear miraculous , but for the satisfaction of the most incredulous , she has kindly consented to answer any inquiries , either by personal application , or by letter addressed "Mrs . Joseph Simpson , Church-hill Close , Old Lenton . near Nottingham . " : CAUTION—BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS . In order to protect the Public from imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stampshayeordeied "Parr ' s Life Pills , " to be engraved on t he Government Stamp attached to each box , without which none are genuine . „ ?™ l M \ ^ " 28 > 9 d - and family boxe 3 11 s . each . Full du-eotiong are given with each box . ¦ :. ¦ Sold by mosd respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and Country ; to be had wholesale of Edwards , 67 j St . Paul's , London . ^ Wholesale Agents—Mr . Edwards , St . * Paul ' s Church-yard , London ; J . rloBspN , Star Office ,: Mar-Ket-street , Leads ; aud may be had also of Messrs . Bell and Broofti Druggists , Boar-lane , Leeds : Spiveyw HuddorEfkld ; Blackburn , Bradford ; Sweeting Knaresbro ; Rayner , Sowerby Bridge ; Booth , Rochdale ; Sams , Stockport Sagar , Heywood Hughes , Middleton ; Crompton , Bury ; Bell and Co , Ashton ; Lees , SLayleybridga ; Taylor , Hyde Bennett , Leig ^ h 1 Brooke , Detvsbury ; and all Medicine Venders . Gratis . —The Life and Times of Old Parr , 32 pages , with Engravings , may be had g ratis of all Agents .

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      MEDICAL ADVICE , TO THE AFFLICTED WITH SCURVY , VENEREAL , OR SYPHILITIC DISEASES , RHEUMATISM , AND NERVOUS OR SEXUAL DEBILITY . MR . M . WILKINSON , SURGEON , &o . 13 , Trafalgar Street ^ Leeds . And every Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , . Qpp 69 ite East Brook Chapel , Bradford , HAVING devoted his studies for many years exclusively to the various diseases of the generative and nervous system , in the removal of those distressing debilities arising from a secret indulgence in a delusive and destructive habit , and to the successful treatment of VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC ; DISEASES , Continues to be consulted from nine in the morning till : ' ten- at night 4 and on Sundays till tvro , —and country patients requiring his assistance ^ by making only one personal visit , will receive such advice ana medicines as will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual cure , when all other means have failed . In recent cases of a certain disorder a perfect cure is completed in one week , or no charge made for medioine after that period , and in those cases whera other . practititioners hue failed , a perseverancs in his plany - -vrtttiout restraint in diet , or hindranc * from business , will ensure to the patient a permanent and radical cure . : -It frequently happens that in moments of thoughtlessness a person imbibes a disease where suspioioa is least likely to be excited ; this state of security leads to a want of caution which aggravates the nature of the complaint . But where immediate application is made , the corroding poison is checked in its infancy , smothered ere it takes root , and destroyed before its venom can effect a perceptible appearance in the system . —Where the disease has ¦ been allowed to exist and remain , the more causa have we to fear the undermining influence of tnia poison , and a mere removal of its external appearance is not to be depended upon ; a thorough cute must be aohieved to prevent a return of the disease ! and leave the system free from all infeotion . A complete knowledge Of the symptoms and treat-, ment of these insidioas and dangerous diseases , Caa only be aoquired by those who are in daily practice , and have ^^ previously gone through a regular course . of Medicil Instruction ; for , unfortunately , there ' are hundreds who annually fall victims to the ignorant use of Mercury and other dangerous remedies ^ administered by illiterate men , who ruin the constitution by suffer ing disease to get into the system , whioh being carried by the circulation of the blood into all parts of the body , the whole frame becomes tainted with , venereal poison , and most unhappy consequences ensue , at one time affecting the skin , particularly the head and face , with eruptions ana ulcers , closely resembling , and often treated as scurvy , at another period producing the most violent pains in the . limbs and bones , "which aro frequently mistak 6 n . for rhcuuaatism ; thus the whole frame becomes debilitated and decayed , and a lingering death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings . What a grief for a young person in the very prime of life , to be snatched out of time , and from all the enjoyments of life , by a disease always local at first , and which never proves fatal if properly treated , as all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or ignorance . v V Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of his Patients as a guarantee for cure , vfhich he pledges himself to perform , or return his fee . For the accommodation of either sex , where distance or delicacy prevents a personal , visit , his PURIFYING DROPS , price 4 s . 6 d ., can bo had of any Of the following agents , with printed directions so plain , that they may cure themselves without even the knowledge of a bed-fellow . They ars particularly recommended to be taken before persons enter into the matrimonial state , lest the . indiscretionsOf a parent are the source of vexation to him the remainder . of his existence , by afflicting his innocent but unfortunate offspring with the evil eruptions of the malignant tendency , and a variety of other complaints , that are most assuredly introduced by the same neglect and imprudence , . . ' . . . AGENTS . . ' JlvLL—At the Advertiser Ofi . ce , Lowgate , and Mr . . Noble's Bookseller , RIarket-place . Leeds . —At the Times Office , and of Mr . Heaton , 7 jBriggate . : - \ : ¦ .:: . Wakefield—Mr . Hurst , Bookseller . Halifax—Mr . Hartley , Bookseller . Huddersfield—Mr . Dewhirst , 39 , New-street . LondQU—No . 4 , Cheapside , :: Barnslpy-- ; Mr . Harriaon , Bookseller , Markct-pl . York-Mr . Hargrove ' s Library , 6 , Coneystreet . Ripon—Mr . Harrison , Bookseller , Market-place ^ Knaresboro'and High Harrogate—Mr . Langdalfl Bookseller . ° . .-,. fi Manchester—Mr . Watkinson , Druggist , 6 , Market * place . — : •• ¦ - ::. . - ¦¦¦ - " - ¦ -. Beverley—Mr . Johnson , Bookseller . Boston—Mr . Noble , Bopkaeller . Louth—Mr . Hurton , Bookseller . Liverpool—At ^ .. the Chronicle Ofiice , 25 . Lord-street . Sheffield—At the / m 0 ^( 56 . Persoas residing in ihe most remote parts cahiiaye the drops transmitted to them by post ( pre-paid , ) carefuliy secured from observation , by remitting 5 s . m ' a :. ; letter . ; - -:- . , - '' ¦ ¦¦ ' .. :- ^ - , v- : . ¦ .: ¦ . - . ¦¦ ¦¦ . ; . v ¦• . , ¦ ' :: ¦ '¦' ; Mr . W ., is to be cbnsnited every day at his Rea * dence , from Nine in theMdrniag till Ten afc Night * and on Sundays U-om Nine till Two . OBSERVE-13 ; TRAFALGAR-ST . LEEDS . Private Entrance , S ^ Nhe-stbekt , ' : , .

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      CHARTIST PILLS . IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED . MR . J . HOBSON , Northern ^ Star Oflice , Le ^ ds ; having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agency of those Pills , is authorised to give Twopence out of each Is . lid Box , to be divided betvfeen the Executive and the Families of the Imprisoned Chartists . ' . - ' - . : . " /' ^ : , ¦ ,.. - .. . - ¦' .-:. ' - : ¦ : - ^ ' . } . ¦;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ The many Medicines lately offered to the public would have prevented the proprietor fromadvertiBing these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , did he notfeel it his duty to givehis anffering fellow Chartists an opportunity ( by their affliction ) tofor ^ ward the cause of JDemocracy , and assist the families of their incarcerated brethren . . ' ' To ho one is health so important as to the Working Man , when deprived of it his means of subsistance are saspended and hia sufferings aggravated by reflections on his poverty , and the helplessness of his-family .. " - -. ' ¦ ' . ¦• ¦•/¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ' ' - ¦¦ 'V ¦' . -:-: . „ ¦ ¦¦ ' 11 - "These Pills are not put forth as a cure | for all diseases , but their nse will avert much of the illness usually affecting the : Working Classes . The Proprietor has witnessed with pleasure their extraordinary efficacy in numerous instances of loss of appetite , head ache , heart burn , palpitatioaa of the heart , bilious and nervous diseases , pains in the stomach , and other symptoms indicating an imperfect action of the Digestive Organs . To those of sedentary habits whose trades confine them in an unwholesome atmosphere , and perhaps for hours together in a continued ^ pOstare , thereby inducing habitual costiveness , indigestion , and nervous debilityi they are strongly recommended and have been found of essential service , as they enable the system to throw off those morbid accumulations which occasion disease , at the same time strengthening and giving tone to the stomach , and invigorating the whole vsystem ,-- by these means establishing health on a firm foundatipn . Until Agents are appointed generally , those ^^ persons who wish . to try them can receive a box , with ample directions , post-free , by sending One Shilling in silver , and two Postage Stamps , in a pre-paid Letter , to Mr . J . Ho ^ son , Star Office , Leeds . ^ . ;¦;< Applications for Agency will be attended to , and the terms sent by return of Post , by writing either to Mr . HoBSON , or to the Proprietor . All Letters t o ; be Pre-paid .

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      POTOVENS . —Mr . Brophy lectured here on Wednesday , the 23 rd nit The meeting , which was both numerous and attentive , were much delighted "with the doctaines of Chartism . Resolutions were passed embodying the principles of the Charter ; -and for the loHnation of an Association . Twenty put down their Hamas as members . BATLEY . —Mr . Brophy delivered a stirring lecture to the Chartists and middlemen of this place , on Thursday , the 24 th tilt . ; at the conclusion , several new members were enrolled . Chartism is in the ascendant fcere .

      Delegate Meetisg . —A district meeting was held at Batley on Sunday last , when delegates from the following places were present : —Dewsbury , William Bob-Ehaw ; Batley , Abraham Fox ; Hecfcnondwike , Joseph Atkinson ; Liversefife , James Charlesworth ; JBirstal , Isaac Frost ; Bawgreen , Daniel Wilson ; Mr . Joseph Atkinson in tie chair ; the following resolutions were moved and carried unanimously : —" That every Association in the district do send a eorreet list of payable members they contain to the next council meeting . " — "That one ptnny per member be levied throughout the whole of ths district to defray the espenees of the fortlicoming Convention , and ilo . i all places do send thfiil levy to the next course ! meeting : cither bv

      dslegate or letter . "— "That the delegates of the next council meeting do make arrangements with regard of engaging a lecturer for this district "— " That the next council meeting be held atBarisheaton , on Snndsy , April 10 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in their Association roam , adjoining the Swsxi Inn , when delegates from the Following places are requested to attend : —Dewsbury , . Heckmondwike . Cleckheaion , Birkinshaw , Birsial , Bailey , Potovens , Wakafield , Overton , Mirfleld , Liversedge , Horbury , and Gawthorp . " The accounts given in from the various localities were cheering in ths extreme , as far tis regards the increase of members , and the spirit which is now animating the people of this district .

      EAR 15 HEAT 0 N . —Two lecture were delivered here on Good Friday , by ilr . Brophy ; at the conclusion Of the lectures , the following resolution was passed by acclamation : — "That in tfce opinion of this meeting , the great and alarming distress ¦ whicb now prevails throughout tae country , baa been caused by-class-legis lation , ana that the only safe and efficient remedy to ¦ restore trade , ensure prosperity te the producers and protection to the manufacturers and landlords , is -contained ia the People's Charter , and this meeting pledges itself to agitate for that measure , and never to cease its exertions , until thB rights cf labour are- fully represented in the Commons' Honsa of Parliament . " OVEBTON . —Mr . Brophy lectured and formed an association here , on Saturday last Chartim was not ksaid of here before , The auoiencs was nuxnt-roas and attentive , and at the conclusion , a great number entered as members .

      WAKEFIELB . —Chartism is silently and effectually ¦ working great good in this Whig and Tory riddsn town . The middle-class men are eagerly seeking for some measure as principle , to remove Peel's " new scheme of " easing tie burthens Of the people , " We tell them to look to the Charter . KUJDERIttlNSTER . —Mr . Stallwood addressed the people of this place at the Freemasons * Atpis inn , on Saturday last , for the space of nearly two hours in a , strain cf fervid animation , laying prostrate all and every humbug , and showing the superiority of the People ' s Charter over-every other organic reform . At the conclusion , he was universally applauded . 3 Ir . Stallwood delivered a second discourse in the same xoom to a delighted auditory on Sunday evening , ilr . Hitchin announced that the room would be open for the future every Sunday evening .

      SIAXXJS-GI . ET . —On Sanday last , Mr . Joseph Brook delivered two lectures in the Chartists Association room here . Tie leelarer g 3 T « general satisfaction . At the dose of esch lecture discussion was invited . HEPTONSTALL . —The Rev . W . T . Jackson , of . Manchester , gave a very impressive ' rctnre here , en Thursday , the 24 th ult ., subject , " Tiie lemed ? for national poverty . " The lecturer was eloquent and * ecn-TiariTir , sho"Eing tint the only remedy will be the People ' s Charter . At the conclusion , several new members enrolled their names . OAKEKSHAW . —A public meek : 2 . ? took yl&so here on Tuesday week , when Mr . Lsod . the district lecturer , delivered an eloquent and effective adiiresa , out of doors , to a large number of peupie , on the principles of the Psople ' 3 Charter . Eitnrra new members were enrolled .

      BEVSRIiSY . —Mr . West , the East and North Bidirf lecturer , delivered an excellent address in the Market Place , last Saturday , to a large concourse cf people . We tie 02 tae ascendant bere . The recruiting ser ^ tunt is actively employed enlisting- a many recruits . We have got 1 , 400 signatures to the Great Nationalthe largest petition that ever i ? ent from this aristocratic town . XJXJRBAM . —At a meeting ef the Chartist body , beld in the Association Room , resolution , a condemnatory ef the Manchester massacre , and of confidence in O'Connor , was -unanimously adopted . T&& 3 S&FZSLB . —~> it . ~ Bsir £ low delivered , a lecture in Mansfield Market Place , on ilonday , the 28 th List , to a large meeting . At the close of the meeting , Mr . Bairstow aad ^ lr . Harrison were elected to sit in the forthcoming Convection ; and ^ seven new members were enrolled .

      C&XTHEROE , —Chartism in this rotten Borough is winning its widening way . We had a glorious meeting on Friday . The 3 Isyor very kindly granted the Market Place for ns to meet in ; iat , owing to the ¦ wetness of ths afternoon th _ e meeting "was held in the large room as ths Commercial Inn , when Mr . Beealy , the district secretary , was elected unanimously to sit in the forthcoming Convention . Mr . Land , in a calm dispassionate manner , proved to the satisfaction of the meeting the superiority of the Charter over aH other remedies . Mr . Bessly addressed the meeting for an hour and a half ; and , at the conclusion , a vote of fhinVa was pissed to the Mayor , and the meeting separated .

      BUBTOW-ON-TRENT . —On Tuesday evening last a lecture was delivered in the large room at Mr . Tyrsck- ' s High-street , to a large assembly , by Mr . Edwards , of Bradford , and on Wednesday evening at Swadlington , in their room , to a full meeting . DAVENTRY . —On Friday and Saturday evenings , Mr . Mason delivered two spirited lectures at the Theatre , to very respectable and attentive audiences , on the benefit to be derived by the obtainment of tis Charter , and on ike means for obtaining the Chart * 1 After tne lectures , a whole hog Charter resolution was carried unanimously . ,

      BURY . —It having been announced that that sterling advocate of the people ' s rights , F . O'Connor , would address the men of this town on Friday evening , the 25 th . ultimo , at seven o ' clock , there was a very large meeting to hear him . Mr . Lomax having been called " to the chair , commenced the business of ths meeting by stating that it would probably bs laie before Mr . O'Gonnor eould arrive , as he had to address the peepi-: of Manchester the same evenisg . Dr . Flstcber bavin ? forced his way to the platform began te say scmetliii :-abont meeting Mr . O'Connor , Lut owing to the noise ( caused by his interruption of the meeting ) no oce tut himself eould tell what he said . At this sta ^ e of the proceedings , Mr . Bell , of Heywood , armved and was introduced to the meeting ta address them until Mr .

      O Connor should arrive ; he entered into the effects produced by class legislation , showing that the working classes had been continually producing more and more afid receiving less every year for producing it , whilst those who possessed a monopoly of power had : been enabled to appropriate to themselves the additional wealth which the skill and toil of the industrious portion of the community bad produced . He went on to show the folly of the working man placing any reliance in the promise of either Whigs or Tories , that tiey were both opposed to the interests of the working classes , that they were mere factions , asd that it was not the interest of a faction to legislate for the ? ood of the people . Itaing Mr . Bell ' s address Dr . Fletcher again forced himself upon the platform , and stated , of traitorkcthat he

      amidst the cries renegade , , < ., was not going to dance attendance on Mr . O'Connor , but that he would go bom * and leave a friend to inform } , ; . „ , -when Mr . O'Conner arrived . 2 dr . O'C . did arrive ; ths Doetort friend veeni to fcell him , fcui he did not make his appearance ; perhaps when he heard that Mr . O'Connor bad arrived , he became suddenly convinced that it was far more comfortable sitting by his own fire-side than being laughed at by the men of Bury Upon Hr . O'C . entering the haU , he was welcomed bj several rounds of applause , which having subsided , s young gentleman rose and read an address from ths working men of Bury to Mr . O'Connor , thanking him for the bold and uncompromising advocacy of tbtu cause , and pledging themselves to stand by bin as long as ever he pursued the course which hi had done from the commencement of his politics ! career The address having been moved and seconded , was

      about to be put , when Mr , O'Connor rose , and said he should like to speak previous to the address being put , for there might be men there who would hold up their handsfor the address , and -af terwards , when they had heard him speak , might m-3 having done so . In Ibe course of Ms address he showed np tbennnibng scbemej ol Mr . Stage , who , having placed himself at the head of a would-be party , is striving to cause a split arcong the Chartists ; not for the purpose of getting Complete = Suffrage , as he calls it , but for the purpose cf breaking : the Charter agitation and getting a repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . O'Connor continued to address them for upwards sf an hour and a half , upon the injurious effects of class legislation , and concluded an eloquent speech by advising the people , if they wished to be rais « 2 from their present degraded position , to agitate for netning less than the Charter without any alteration . ] 2 Jx . O'Connor sat down amidst loud bursts of applause . ; Mr . Boberis was next introduced to the meeting , and in j a neat speech moved a resolution , condemnatory of all agitation except for the Charter and no less , acd of ; confidence in Mr . O'Connor , which was seconded by ¦ Hx . J . Jones , and carried unanimously . A vote of . thanfru having been given to the cfcairmin the meeting ; wptzated . i

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      STOURBBIDGE . —Mr . Stallwood , of London , lectured here to an over-flowing auaience , on Good Friday . DALKSITH—A meeting of the Chartists here took place on Monday evening last , in the Freemasons ' Hall , ilr . James M'Pherson in the chair . Alter the business of the Association had been disposed of , a letter was read from the Birmingham Frost , Williams , and Joaes Committee , which had been received by Mr . William Daniells , of Lasswade , and kindly forwarded by him to ns , when the following resolution was proposed by Mr . William Taylor , seconded by Mr . James Anderson , ar . d passed unanimously : — " That a District Committee be formed , to be called « The

      Dalkeith and Lasswade Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee / whose duty shall be to get up meetings , memorials , petitions , &c , in favour of the exiled patriots , and to act in concert with the Birmingham General Committee ; and this meeting pledges itself to do all in their power to cause Fr&st , Williams , and Jou % 3 to be restored to their wives and families . " The following persons ^ denominated on the Committee , with po ^ er to add to their number those who may be appointed in Mnsselburgh , Pathead , and Gore Bridge . For IHlkeith— Messrs . James M'Pherson , W 3 lliam Taylor , Robert Thomson , James Anderson , and Wiiliam UrqntarL PorLasswade—Messrs . Win . X > anie ) Js , Joan Wyllie , and Wm . Hay .

      LASSWAD 2 . MEETING BY MOOULIGHI . A public meeting was beld here in the open air , on the evening of Wednesday , 23 rd inst , to hear an address from Mr . Robert Lowery , —Subject , " Failure of the anti-Corn law agitation , and the union of the middle and working classes . ' Mr . John Stewart was called to the chair . The lecturer spoke in his usual able and convincing manner , and gave general satisfaction . The meeting was very well attended ; a sprinkling of the middle classes being present , who begin to look with a more favourable eye on Chartism .

      ARBROATH . —On the 21 st of March , Mr . Abram Duncan - addressed the people of Arbroath in the pavilion . The place was crowded to th « door . At the close of the address the following resolutions were moved by Mr . William Fullar , jun ., and seconded by Mr . Alexander Chrisghton : — " Having liesrd the address cf Mr . A . Duncan upon the motion that Ta agitate for nothing less than the Charter , and the amendment for a fall , fair , and free representation ; a ' so another amendment for equal legislative protection to all her Msjtsty ' s subjects , this meeting agree to abide by the wnole Charter , and look upon the amendment for a full , free , and fair representation as containing a just and excellent principle , but wantinc

      the security for its successful application in establishing for the whole people the exercise of their rights ; and we regard all who adopt it as sacrificing principle for expediency . " " This meeting regards the amendm-mt , eg . rial legislative protection to all her Majeaty ' s s-aljccts , as destitute in the recognition of cay principle of right on the part of the people to self-government , being nothing more than the prr . yer of a slave to iegislate for a protection which all people really free possess , and which those who have it not in possession ought to demand , and have it secured to them by law . " The Chairman , having put the resolutions to tlie meeting , they were carried with , only one dissentient voice ,-taere &einz 700 people present

      LONDON . —Meeiisg of Tkades' Delegates at the Csaven's Head , Drxtey Lane . —A meeting of delegates from the various Trades Charter Associations assembled at the above place on Sunday , when preliminary arrangements were entered iato , for the purpose of bringing out the Trades of London for the Charter . CaJiberttzli .. —Mr . Wheeler lectured at the Cock public house on Wednesday evening . Several members joined . XiMEHorsE . —Ruffy Ridley lectured at the Victoria , to a numerous aadience , on Wednesday last CHELSEA . —Mi . Whede * lectured to the new locality 3 t the Acorn , College-street , on Monday eveniag . Several members were enrolled , and the members , in future , will meet every Monday evening , at Mr . Martin ' s , Prince of Wales , Leader-street .

      District Cocscil . —This body met as usual , en Sunday , Mr . Parcell in the chair . Considerable business was transacted , and a plan for raising funds for the Ext-sutive was laid before the council , approved of , and recommended to the localities . The Liquidation Dsbt Committee reported , and all persons holding money on account cf the late festival , at John-street , were requested to transmit it to the treasurer . Several sums were received on account of the Whig-made widows , and the meeting adjourned . Dispatch , Bbide-Laxe . —Tba Committee for suppljing the Metropolis with Chtrtist Lecturers met here on Friday evening , Mr , Turner in the chair . Several talented advocates joined the Committee , and they have n » w the pleasure of announcing that they nave made arrangements by which every locality can be furnished ¦ ffith a regular supply of lecturers .

      Teetotallehs , crows Cofsee HorsE , Beakstreet . —Mr . Anderson lectured here to a numerous audience , on Sunday evening . Hit or . Miss , Glose Fields . —Ruffy Ridley lectured here on Sunday last . Cut op Lokdo >\—Mr , Br&Enon , from the IbIb of Wight , delivered , en Suaday evening last , a very muchapproved-of opening discourse of a stries of lectures he intends to favour the congregatisn with who assemble in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey Losdos © "Betes Psrss Coxmittee . —A portion of the above committee met last Monday night , at the Dispatch CoSee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street The committee are desirous that the localities of the Charter Association will send a member from each to sit on committee "with them , in accordance with the unanimous reeommenaatious of the London Delegate Councfl .

      Albio : * Co ? f KB HausE , No . 3 , Church-street , Shobediich . —Mr . Fairer lectured here on Sunday last . There will be a lecture here next Sunday evening at eight o ' clock , and every following Sunday at tha same time and place . The member ' s meeting will b * held on Wednesday next , at eight o'clock in the evening . HAXIFAS , —A public meeting vras holden in the Chartist ' s Room , Swan Coppice , on Monday , to confirm the election of Delegates to the Charter

      Petition Convention . Sir . John Crossland in the chair . Mr . B . Rushton moved the following resolution , which , was seconded by Mr . J . IIIinffWOTth | ^ nd ably supported by Mr .- Edwards , and carried unanimously , " That in the opinion of this meeting , Feareus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr , George Binn ? , and Mr . Lawrence Pitkethiy , are fit and proper persons to represent the interests of the people of Yorkshire , in the forthcoming Petition Convention , and this meeting pledges itself to give them its undivided support . "

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      a better expose of the wholesale trickery practised in the way of trade . Look at the " devil ' s dust , " and the other expediency of deluding ns . Go into a draper '* shop , and as sure as you live , you will have a lie told you as soon as you get in . The tale is , "Oh , we lose by this article and by that ; 'V and though the draper may tell his son not to lie , what can the son soy , but " Father , you live by lying . " " Yes , " Eays the father , " but it is i : i the way of trade . " A capital excuse , indeed ! The lecturer next referred to articles which have appeared in the Dispatch , beaded , " Tricks of the trade ; " showing how the people are imposed on by butchers , drapers , and the different trading clasBas . He then related the following anecdote : —A grocer who had been smokine his pipe very comfortably in his kitchen ,

      called out to his servant John , " Have you watered the tobacco ? " " Yes , sir . " "Have you sanded the sugar ? " "Yes , sir . " " Why then , John , you may oome down to prayers . " ( laaghter . ) Yet , however imposing is trade , you find them a very moral . set of men ; you don't see them relling drunk about the streets . Oh no ; their system was pretty to the eye , but rotten at the core . The lecturer pointed out the habits of the middle classes ; he said when travelling he had many opportunities of meeting them in taverns , where they ¦ were carousing and making merry ; yet he always found that they contrived to get home in their carriages , SO that their drunkenness may not be seen . And yet they go to temperance meetings and censure the intemperance of the working classes !

      " The poor man ' s sins are glaring , In the face of a ghostly warning , He is caught in the fact of an overt act , Buying greens on a Sunday morning . The rich man ' s sin ' s are under The rose of wealth and station , And escape the sight Of the children of light , Who are wise in their generation . The rich man has a cellar , And a ready butler by him ; The poor man must steer For his pint of beer Where the sainta can't choo 3 e but spy him . The rich man's painted windows Hide concerts of the quality ; The poor can't but hear The crack'd fiddle in the air , Which offends all sound morality . "

      ( Laughter . ) The Lecturer said he thought he had given a pretty clear expose of the morality of the middle classes ; he did not say there were no exceptions . He next spoke of the education cf those classes ; he said to hear them talk , we should fancy they were the greatest philosophers in the world . Give the franchise to the working men ! 0 , never ; they would not know how to nse it . Go among tae middle classes in any such place as Salisbury , and , instead of hearing them talk about political matters , on questions of jWsopby or political economy , you hear them descant on the merits of this horse or that horse , about the state of the markets , and on how much it -would take to fat a hog . ( Laughter . ) Such was their general tsllc . It you talK to

      them about politics—about giving working men the franchise , you are aocased of beit ? g a Cnartiat ; and they cry out immediately , " Throw hiis out of the window . " I have said enough , then , ( s . iid the lecturer , ) to shew you the morality of tho mMdle classes ; and as to their education , I have shewn that it is not of that hind that will lead them to extend justice to the working classes . I ceme now to speak of their political cod-Bisteney ; and here , though I may laugh at their follies , I cannot approach thia subject but with tears of sorrow . If those classes had been honest , if they bad fulfilled the promise they made us , the People ' s Charter would now be the law o ? the land . To their conduct was to be attribute ;! the procrastination of tna Ckartt ? . As an esteemed friend fead said , all struggles

      originated with the working classes . Look to the straggle of Wat Tyler , one of tha noblest cf former times ! Did it originate with the middle class 1 No , it w ; is the work of a blacksmith , and some few others ; and if the working classes were not so confiding , wero they as we are , the noble objects of Tyler would hava been accomplished . He differed with those who said we ought not to be suspicious ; we had been too confiding , too ready to hold « ut the hand of fellowship . ( Hear , hear .- ) After speaking of the so-called " Jack Cade , " and vindicaticg his memory from the aspersions cast on it by interested parties ; after eulogising Paine , whom he cal . ed one cf the nobles of nature , he spoke of the agitation for the Kefonn Bill ; it was commenced by the working classes . The chief originator

      of it was cna who was oace a plough-boy , the celebrated Wm , Cobbett . Who contended then for the rights of the people ? Was it the shopkeepers , er buU-frog farmers ? Noj the wise and good among the ¦ working classes . They obtiined justice for the niiddJeclass , who , one would think , would extend power to us as they had promised to do , when they had the power . France would have been blessed with liberty and happiness , had not the JMle milieu proved treacherous to the popular cause . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Read when you have time , tho excellent work of Bronterro O'Brien , as therein you will find an excellent atpox of the conduct of the jusle i / Uleu towards the poor unenfranchised pt-. apie . What did the middle classes of Engird do so soon as they obtained power by the

      Reform Bill ? Why , they ^ ot their representatives to pa 38 the Poor iaw Bill , which has proved so inimical to the rights and welfare ot the poor . They imprisoned nve hundred cf your advocates ; they senb spits among you to entrap the unwary , and as tba juror ? , fchey doomed your advocates to imprisonment , where they were classed among felons . The judges or magistrates had no yovrer ; the middle classes chuctie . i iu the jurybOXea OVer their Victims . In thd ease of oar excellent friend 2 > lr . M'DouaH , tlisy asked the judge whether thtre w . os no law to bang him . Look tu the WaSefle . 'd bell!—what tales could it relate of the treatmu : it endured by imprisoned Chartists . He advised tho working classes not to trust the cause of Chartism into middle class hands . He referred to tha conduct of the

      middle class of Birmingham tow ; irda Mr . O'Connor on a recent occasion , and after showing it up in its proper light , . " . aked whether such was not sufficient to make us look upon them as enemies to the cause- of Charti ^ mj ? He next re : ul a portion of Mr . O'Cnnnor ' 3 letter describing the niDrJsrbua attack inatle- on him at Manchester by the partisans ef the Anti-Corn Law League , and then remaked that he had said enough te show the morality , th « education and political consistency of the middle classes ; thongh he belonged to them , he was ashamed of their condnefc towards the working people . He had endeavoured to rouso tha latter to a sense of uuty , that they may throw off tha £ t * tters by which tiity arts bound . When the middle class saw the error of tbeir way , which 1 despair of .

      I Snow yon will receive thorn cordially . Birt you will not trust them ; you will not place implicit confidence in them . As an earnest of their sincerity , if they are Universal Suffrage men , let them come down and enrol themselves in the National Charter Association—( cbeersj . Let them act thus , and we will forgive them for the past—then will we accspt their services . The Editor of the Noriliem Siur says that if tbe people run into danger , to tne injury cf tho Charter , it shall be with their eyes opeD . For my part , I alvise you to have nothing to do with the Sturgeites ; give not up one point of your Charter , and the middle classes must

      come over to you ; they seem quite charmed at the sound of the rattlt-su . tke . Thuy are coming nearer and nearer ; tvittle , twittle , they po ; . bnfc by and bye they ¦ will swallow down the whole six points of the Charter . As the Editor of the Star says you should be Watchful , I have found out th ? . t the Chartists of Bath will do things qaietly ; and that they will shew to the world that they are not to be imposed upon by one new move er another new move . I have shewn that whatever may be tbe conduct of other classes of society , neither the morality nor the conduct of the middle classes would warrant yoa in trusting them . The lecturer concluded amid great cheering' .

      On the motion of Mr . Furse , which motion was seconded by Mr . Phillips , a vote of thanks was given Mr . Marrio'vt ; and one of thanks to , and confidence in , Feargus O'Connor nnd the Editor of the Northern Star , was unanimously pa . ~ s . sd . Mr . Mab . kiott returned thanks . 2 Jr . Hopkins next made a few observations in reference to the Sturge move , which he could sanction by no means . After a few observations from the Chairman , he dissolved the meeting .

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      said that at the Conference they should vote ^ or nothing but the whole Charter . A Mr . Cleaver objected to such meetings being called by tickets ; he said he waa for a public meeting being called for the purpose of taking the sense of the public at )» rge on the subject wfaich they had met ta consider . TJb « Ciiartlsts had chosen a Convention , and he could not see what need there was for aCoiference to ' meet in Birmingham . He said something about using physical force , but the precise words we did not catch ; he was called to order by the Chairman , which caused a deal of uproar and confusion , v * aicb . lasted for some time . He waa not lanffered by the Chairman to explain him * self- ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦/ \ -.- - ' : - ' " / -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦• • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -

      The Chairman ( Mr ,. Edrtge ) was at one time , an out-And-out physical-force mail , and at a late Conference , he put himself in a fight ; ug posture , and implied by bis actions that we should not get what we wanted till we were wilHing to fight for it . So much for the consistency of this man . { The meeting broke up late in the afternoon . It was a source of much regret to the Sturgites , that there were so i ' ew present . : ' Copies of an address issued by the society formed last week by Messrs . Vincent , Philp , &c , were gi ven away at the door by the doorkeeper . ON Sunday Evening , Mr . Bartlett lectured at the room of , the National Charter AsaociEtion .

      Mr . Vincent delivered a sermon attheanti-Bacchus , on Friday evening , after whica sermon , the memorial of Joseph Sturge waa placed at the door for signatures . Many persona were induced to sign from an idea that it was the National iPetition . This is stated on the authority of persona who are prepared to testify to the fact At Tivertoa , the memorial was signed by many persona who took it to be the National Petition .

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      BATH . CHARACTER OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES DRAWN BY ONE OF THEMSELVES . On tbe evening of Good Friday , a meeiing was convened at the room of the National Charter Association , to bear a lecture on the morality , education and political consistency of the middle classes . > 5 t . Twite , the treasurer of tbe socisty , -was called to tie cbair , who after a few observations , introduced the lecturer to the meeting . Mr . Masriott , professor cf Phrenology , then rose and said , that he must commence his lecture with his accustomed motto— " We will l : ave the Charter . " —

      'tea ? . ) But to night , be continual , I must , have an additional text , one -which I take from a good authority , ' it having an immediate bearing on my subject : it was . from one 0 ! the best oi men , Feargus O'Connor , a i motto at all times important , but more esptcially so j now ; it should be inscribed on the mantle-piece of erery j workingman . It is this : — I " Nowworking men , I most solemnly swear and de I dare that I would rather live under an irresponsible i military despotism , with trial by Court Martial , than ^ live under the Government of a middle class , with trial I by jury , they being jumrs . "

      That is my text , but it is necs ^ sry that I define I terms , lest any mistake may arise on tbe part of my ! hearers . What do I mean by middle class ? Not lords , I kings , squires , or any of ths kind , as they come under 1 tbe appellation of bigher classes . I do not mean ¦ servile ministers , clerks , or small farmers , but the bullj frog farmers , whose wealth is produced "by their ¦ men ; I mean also brokers , bDopkeepe . s , and I include -parsons of every description . Whatever they do , it ; is of very little service to mankind , unlike lecturers ; who instruct mankind in philosophy and every thing ; that is useful . I'TiaTe tow defined what I mean by a 1 niiddle class , of al ; of whom I cannot speak in tlie '< same terns of auiHis iversion , for among this class , oe

      ; ; j , j ; ; j among the higher classes , there are many excellent ex-I ceptions , such as O'Connor , O'Br ien , and such as our I "vrorthy frieiu Mr . Alderman Crisp , who have puttheiui selves on a footing of equality with the producers of ; wealth . ( Hear , hear . ) Having said this much , I will j now enter iato the suWect at large . I will now treat i of the mo .-ality cf tfae middle classes generally . Td i judge of them after tbeir own opinions of themselves , \ we should infer that they are the best people in the i world ; acd that , as the happy medium , all true ] mindedcess , all the geodness , all the godliness wera I among them . They are so moral , so ealiglitened , ; as to be the most fit to govern tbl 3 country . j They con'd cr . ll meetings , and write tracts for the \ moralising of society ; and no doubt many persons ¦ present have been presented with some of those tracts

      enjoining them not to run into gross immorality . I have f , > u ^ d many tracts designed to pervert the minds of the " lower criers" as you are called . Now , I have bed every opporttmity , as a professional man , of knowing the morality of the midle classes . Their religion is fanaticism , not pure , nndeSled religion ; it is not to visit the fatherless ; it is not to -s-alk humbly with year God : it was saying God , God , have we not glorified in thy name ; net what havs v > e done in thy name?—( bear , hear . ) Their morality , from morning till night , consists ia re tail-trickery , in lying and cheating . I have beard many of them say that they were bound to cheat ; and a commercial traveller told me that it was his object to do so . The £ 9 are isolated cases , but such co : ; dnet was general among what is called the middle class . Look to the speeches of Mr . Fezzand ia tbe House of Commons ! Nothing can give

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      A special meeting of the Sturgfitee took place on Monday afternoon , at the Bazaar Room , Quiet Street , Bath , for the purpose of appointing three delegates to act on the " Conference" about to assemMe in Birmingham . None but those who had Bigned the document of Joseph Sturge were to be admitted . Tickets were accordingly furnished the Sturgites ; and many became such , that is , many signed Stnrge ' s memorial , for the purpose of obtaining admission to the meeting , so anxious were they to witness the proceedings . About fifty Chartists , determined not to sign the said document , got tickets of admission , among whom was our reporter . As the tickets were not transferable , we had some doubt as to whether we Bbould be admitted . Our reporter was at first denied admittance , though he stated he came there as an authorised reporter . At last many of the Chartists who had tickets , began to remonstrate with the door-keeper—a man once the

      sub-secretary of the Chattist society at Braaford , but now in the employ of Messrs . Vincent and Philp . All remonstrance with him was unavailing , till Mr . Philp came out , and told him to admit all who had tickets . When our reporter entered , he found about twentyflve persons present ; and at no stage of tbe proceedings were there more than 300 in the room , among whom you may include mere than fifty- who had refused to sign Mr . Sturge's memorial . At the late Conference it was iecidod that a public meeting Bhcu ' . d be called to consult the public as to what should be done towards carrying out ths principles of Mr . Sturge ' s declaration . But the SturgitcB weie afraid to face a public meeting 4 hence this nottransferable-ticket-meeting . ' A conference chosen by Buch meetings as this , is to express the opinions of the great bulk of the middle clashes on the subject of Parliamentary Reform ! The delegates chosen , are the Rev . Thomas Spencer , and Messrs . Vincent , and C Clarfee . Various peraons addressed the meeting . Messrs . Vincent and ^ clarte

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct592/page/2/