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      THE NATIONAL DAILY BREAD SOCIETY AND THE "NORTHERN STAB . " TO THE PROPRIETOR AND CONDUCTORS OF

      THE " IfORTHEBN STAR . " Gektlkhkh , —Since you hare occupied two eo-Inmns of jour last week ' s paper for ^ e leading article censuring and abasing me , andnusrepresentipg tfleobjeets of the society originated by me , you w 8 l not in common fairness deay me toe right of " i /^ he first place , then , let me say distinctly that in signifying , through the medium of a placard , my intention to address the inhabitants of Manchester on tbe sabj&ct of the Food Taxes sod the People's Q uarter , I had no dears whatever that it abeuld be nnderstood I was Mr . Hill of the Northern Star .- h really is an honour I do sot aspire to . Indeed , if lite article in last week's paper is the production -of Mr . Hill of the Northern Star , and that is a

      jpeeimes of his mode of writing and his train of thinking , I should deem it a degradation to be mistaken for him ; at the same time I was not aware that he was bo very eminent a gentlemen—that he was thi Mr . Hill par excellence—that it was necessary to put on my card of address , Mr . Hill , lrat not Mr . Hill of the Northern Star . If jou intend to say that the People ' s Charter was inserted on the placard with a view that Chartists night attend and hear , I can hare no hesitation rasavind such was my object ; for it is proper , they should receive some information on this subject besides that which they derive through the Northern Star . If you fear the effects to be produced on ' the reasoning powers of the Chartists that they should hear any lecture or address , or read any works which treat upon the Food Taxes , as well as the People ' s Charter , lest they should become converts to the

      opinion that both are important subjects , I advise a bulletin , or perhaps a bull might be more characteristic , to something like the following effect : — HKiwrw all men by these presents , that -we , the proprietors and oondneton of the Northern Star , do prohibit all Chutist * from attending any lecture or public TiiociUog , or from reading any publication , when tt » sabjeet of the Bread Tax shall be mentioned in aoagonctioa with the Charter , kst they should imbibe 4 he lttrfHeal doctrine that starvation and famine are « vfe to be avoided , under pain of incurring our high ttafrteasnre . Any parties offending against this our 2 mperial r Cliartt * t proclamation shalf be prohibited from ttaowftg n ^ -tbsir caps aad shouting three cheers for tttjoino * , and shall be prohibited from having one of 4 b * five men aHotaents to be awarded to all aood QtartfaOa when we , the conductors of the Northern Star , abail become the Government of toe country .

      CKvea at our prmting-omee , in Leeds , under our ban d * and Mais , this twenty-sixth day of October , one ¦ ibeusod sight hundred and forty one . " By Order of the great O'Connor , "( Signed ) WiiLUM Hill , "Editor of the Northern Star . " It is utterly false that the Words " People ' s Char"tor * were inserted in larger oharaeters than the womJb B Food Taxes , " as you have set it forth . One of the placards in question is lying at the office of the Leeds Times , and one at Mr . Hey wood's , Manchester , that those who choose to satisfy themselves by the evidence of their own sight that the writer of the Northern Star has been frailty of a gross falsehood , mav have the opportunity of doing so . The words

      "food taxes" were in larger type than the " People s Charter , " and it was distinctly stated that the ad-• dnea would be en the best mode of obtaining the repeal of the food taxes . " Now it was not likely that Mr . Hill , of the Northern Siar % was going to advocate the repeal of the Food Taxes , for we all know that the condoctors of that publication are opposed to the repeal of the Corn Laws and recommend as a substitute allotments of fire acres of land to each individual ! Perhaps whilst on this subject , without being so tmeoorteoas as to ask Mr . O'Connor how they are to obtain the laud , adding , " Don ' t you wish you Bay get it , " I might be allowed to inquire whether , if the land is divided into five acre pieces ,

      mad each individual has five children , it is calculated this wjjl sHb-divide into five acres more for each , or it they have discovered that there would iheiL be only ope acre for each ; moreover if each of these proprietors of one acre sub-divides it again amongst his five children , "the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children even to tin-third and fourth generation , " in a way that trill leave very little land for each . You" appear to exult over the description of the Society gives by the Leeds Tims * , which was also given by the Sheffield Iris , namely , that it was an organised plan , perfectly legal and justifiable , in a moral point of view , for breaking the law . Now I sever gars it that description . What says the title page of the book , " Daily Bread , or Taxation without Representatioa Resisted , being a Plan / or the Abolition of the Bread Tar ; " that is what I called it , neither more nor less , and probably this

      10 what the Editor of the Leeds Times might intend , thftt is to destroy , to break np a bad law . My baring quoted the Leeds Times does not amount to anf adopting his opinion . I shall most certainly anMiol the gentlemanly opinion of the Reverend fitter of && Northern Star , that the founders and afeettorBofibe Daily Bread Society are either the -BMBstiooorrigibie fools , " or worse , out I shall not ffcen be understood as subscribing , to that opinion . I perceive you say " 'tis a 4 eep- devilish plot , and well laid . '' How an incorrigible fool should be ca--pftble of that is not very dear .. With regard to this -opinion of the Leeds Times , it so happened that I addressed a letter to the Editor of that paper , to eorreei his description of the society , after I saw his phraseology was takes up by the Sheffield Iris , but my letter was received too late for insertion the week it waa sent , therefore I said it might be withheld as rather out of

      datela stating , in the introduction to Daily Bread , that I ^ as ~ in no way connected with the persons who have taken the name of Physical Force Chartists , " it must be obvious I kad no desire to be understood there were others besides them who would not lie down tamely to submit to the vilest injustice . I see nothing irreconcDeable in that with saying thai " I consider it a mistaken course to stimulate the people to acts of violence . " I have never taught the doctrine of passive obedieuce and non-resistance , or that -the wmr-ini j " if a man smites you on one cheek , offer him the other also , " is to be interpreted literally . I have never denied the right of an oppressed people in extreme eases to resorting to

      extreme measures , bat it is one thing to entertain the opinion of what might be done under particular circumstances , such as it is hoped may never occur , and to stimulate the people to acts of violence , such as the riots at Newport , without any probability of good results . I assure you , Gentlemen , you utterly misconceive me and my objects in supposing that I am unfriendly to the People 3 Charter , or that I would , wheB the repeal of the Corn Laws was obtained , do nothing more for obtaining the full riehts of the people . " From mv early youth np to the present time , I have undeviatingly held the opinion and maintained it , both publicly and privately , that every individual of sound mind , arrived at years of discretion , paying taxesrTvaB justly entitled to a voice in the election

      of the persons by whom those taxes are imposed ; but , in entertaining that opinion I was not necessarily bound to subscribe to the document called the People ' s Charter , as being the only form or mode of obtaining this right , or to submit to the dictation of every person who chooses to take the name of Chartist , without understanding the true principles of liberty . It so happens that I have ten children —( a . very awkward fact for the subdivision of my five acre allotments under the newvregime )—only one of whom iB of the male sex ; 1 " should like them to live under wiser laws , andiaWB administered with more impartiality than those . under which I exist .

      Applying the principle of taxation and representation being op-extensive , I ask , is it just there should-be oni ^ oneT ste amq ^ grt thew ^ n ~ 1 nTtfvWualsi seeing that all the'ten will be equally required to contril > tfte to the reveime of IKe country by a tax on every artlote-tb * y consume 1 Yet there would be only oa $ vote for sal the ten under the the People ' s Charter . I do not .-addoca this to prevent the People ' s Charter being songhfc for earnestly bjr those who consider it fike one thmgusedfol . It might be inconvenient to embarrass the measure with the f ight of female ^ nfirage just now ; bnt that right is very properly Ijegjmning to txlte some attention , and will still in&re . ¦

      I bare had some experience in the world , and have had some connection with the public press . 1 will not undertake to say that any single paragraph unfavourable to the Charter may never , by possibility , have fe&n 3 its way into the columns of the paper with which I was connected ; but thus much I can say , that no one has rrilh my knowledge , and I can undertake most certainly to say that no article or sentence written by me Has been unfavourable to it . At the same time , I think those who take more particularly the name of Chartists would be greatly , disappointed at the results , should the People's Charter ever become the law of the land . When the French nation shook off their old rulers half a century ago , and obtained their National Assembly , a body resembling , in some measure ,

      what migkt be expected under the People ' s Charter , their sittings were repeatedly broken in npon by the people with shouts of " Bread ! Bread ! not so much discoursing . " On one occasion when the members were dj « TO « png an amendment on the penal code , the populace rushed in , vociferating " What is the use of the penal code . It is bread we want . ** That is precisely the want of the Tfrgliftli nation at present , and though I love liberty too well to advise a people to barter their liberties for bread , 1 think it a very unwise coarse to direct their attention away from the means of obtaining a supply of food at" the present moment , seeing that the same operation which will obtain their food , will strengthen their own hands , and weaken those of their oppressors . Is there not famine raging in the country 1 And are we to be prevented

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      from obtaining a supply of food now , because Mr . O'Connor has for some reason which he knows and which we shrewdly suspect we know , put his followers on a false went , by holding out the hopes of five acres of land for each individual , and because another " patriot" says that we ought net to ask for a repeal of the Bread Tax , without embarrassing the question with equitable adjustments between randholders and landholders ! Can the inhabitants of the country eat the land ! Will the produce which is to be yielded from these sterile soils , when reclaimed in the year 1850 or 1950 , feed the people in 1841 and 2 , or keep them from dying of starvation f Will it bring back to life those who are daily perishing of hunger ? Is it not recorded in the very ; paper which

      contains the attack upon me and the Daily Bread Society , that there are 19 , 930 individuals at thiB moment in the town of Leeds , waose average incomes are only Hid . per head per week ! less than twopence per day ! Vet are there places in a still lower state of destitution even than Leeds . Out of this scanty income of 11 id . the food tax takes at least 4 | d . It is as clear as the sun at noon-day , that not only would the effort of the abolition of the Corn Law be to relieve these individuals from the taxof fourpencefarthiog , bat that it would increase the wages o f the employed and give employment to the unemployed by creating a market for their labour in exchange for the food to be imported ; yet are several of the leaders of what they have chosen to call the Chartist movement ( though it has muoh more the characteristic of a Tory movement ) denouncing the repeal of

      the Cora Laws ; and here is Mr . O'Coanor ' s paper ; censuring me for producing a plan by which they may be abolished . So far from being opposed to the people being the proprietors of the land of the country , 1 hold the opinion that the land of the nation belongs in equity to the nation , and that the day will come when it will be seen that it is for the interest of all , that it should be cultivated for the benefit of all , though not in five-acre allotments ; but I hold there a something else to what the people are entitled to still more thin to the land , and that is the fruit ef their own labour , which they are unjustly deprived of by the working of the Corn Law . If they are sot intelligen' enough to establish tbeir title and obtain lndSputed possession of the fruit of their own labour , they are not likely to obtain possession of the land .

      If you are really in earnest in wanting the Charter , call upon your Chartist followers to aid in carrying out the measure I have brought forward instead of vilifying it . Do that , and bo far from not assisting to obtain the Charter , I have a plan ready to give you , by which you may get the Suffrage in six months , and perhaps , as you call this " a deep devilish plot , and well laid , " you will acknowledge the other to be so also , though I will not acknowledge either to be plots but plans of action . When say I have a plan for obtaining the Suffrage , I say it deliberately , but I will not communicate it to men who shew themselves unfriendly to the principles of liberty , and who would perpetuate famine in the land . If I were one of a few educated Europeans living amongst a number of badly organised uncultivated

      Ksquimaux or Carribs , and we from our superior intelligence though fewer in number , were able to rule the natives , although I would not consent to any ruling them ; that 1 did not believe to be for their good , yet depend on it , if I believed they would injure me when they had the power , I would take care ' 0 keep them out of power . They should have no suffrage , no power in ruling us ; and when in this country , I see those who , from consulting the public press ought to be the most enlightened , teach the opinions and find followers that it is right to perpetuate famine . 1 say if any thing would make me doubt the propriety of Universal Suffrage , it would be this low state of moral and intellectual cultivation , and the Tories in coquetting with some of the leaders of the party , ( we don't say which ) are playing a game fraught with the most dangerous oensequences to themselves and the whole nation .

      You say , referring to us , " The rascals well know the characters of those with whom they have to deal . They know that a strong Tory Government may not be trifled with . " And you say , moreover , " It is a plot for taking advantage of the extensive unpopularity of the Corn Laws . " So far from this , it was written more than three years ago , when the Corn Laws were not so very unpopular , and it was published in March last before the Corn Law agitation had taken much hold , and when tho Whigs were in office . I have foresoen and predicted years since , that this famine must result from such a law , aad I grieve to say , that I fear the worst of it has not yet come . If by stating that we are a section of what you call tne ** Plague , " you mean the anti-Corn Law League , you greatly err , I am as die-connected from them as from the Northern Star ; my plan of action is too bold and thoroagh-going for them .

      Your statements that the proposer of the plan wishes to see the population thinned by the military is base and wicked , and comes with an ill grace from one who seems to wish to see them thinned by famine . It therefore , however , beoomes necessary that 1 should state the mode of operation which is now contemplated by the Daily Bread Societies , besause what would have suited in March would not suit in December , it was then proposed that vessels with foreign corn should be brought to England for the people You say , and that then the people were to be snot . Now , I have stated at a public meeting , and I repeat it , that I would deem it wrong to advise any other party to a course what I had not the courage to practice myself . I certainly would not advise the people to riot at Newport , nor any other port ; but if I had

      been so unwise as to stimulate them to Bucta a course of action , I should faava judged it proper to be there to assist them , and not have gone to Scotland to keep out of danger ; and I have said that on the arrival , of a ship with food for the people , I would myself be one of ten or ten hundred , or a larger or smaller number , who would go down to meet it and claim a small bag full , if so appointed by the council ; but thtt . I would go only with steady , sober , intelligent men , and on the condition that they would go entirely unarmed and undertake to conduct themselves peaceably and orderly . If they so conducted themselves , ( and I know enough of the good conduct and intelligence of the operative class , that numbers are tol be found who would so conduct themselves ,

      notwithstanding the disorderly conduct of some who have attended public meetings in Manchester ) ; there is no probability that the military would interfere ; nor is it probable I would go with the expectation of being shot at . At the same time in making ubo of the qnotation trat there were men who would not endure the aristocratic domination , so long as the light of Heaven existed for those who hid life , and graves for those who would die in the cause , I wished it to be understood that we were not to be bullied or intimidated out of our rights by the Tories ; for that there were men who would peril , aye , and even lay down their lives voluntarily in such a cause , if , by so doing , they could emancipate the survivors . Is this , stimulating the people to acts of violence \ I believe not .

      As the winter months would be unfavourable for importations of Foreign Corn , it is proposed that with the pence of the subscribers , whether one or more millions , Foreign Corn or Flour should be purchased in the bonded warehouses in England , and a formal demand made to the Queen or to the Government for its liberation . I have not advised , I do not advise any arming to take it . If I thought such a course safe and wise , it would not be necessary ; for the moral force brought to bear on a Government when oae or two millions of hungry people demand their own food , locked up from them after they have bought and paid for it , must be such that a Government could not refuse it . Governments exist only as the creatures of public opinion . What would be the opinion of the Government that should withhold the food under such circumstances !

      If you ask what would be the course , in the event of its being refused , —my answer is , I don't think it would be refused . If it was we might deliberate what would be the next course . I think it would be admitted we had approached 'Httle nearer to Corn Law Repeal , and that the subject would then , at least , be understood by the nation . There is one poumo which perhaps might be right if we were Tefused , namely , to dissolve the societies , and give the Corn or flour in bond to all the destitute and hungry . If they choose io break the law And smuggle it out , I suppose the members of the society would not be responsible after the society shall have been dissolved . If smuggling it out was violating the law , I would certainly give my opinion that it was at least no violation of the law of morality for a Btarnng man to break the law of the landowner , which locked up his own food . You may think it

      such a dreadful thing to break the law ! Are there not a hundred musty old statutes nnrepealed which the world has outgrown t Did not the publisher of your paper break the law , when he traded in unstamped newspapers and suffered impris&pfifentfurjt ? I am not quoting this to censure him ;! think it honourable to him that he did resist , and , therefore assist in the destruction ofsaehalaw . We have outgrown the Corn Law ; it cannot , shall not , last . On a former occasion , I mentioned smuggling as beneficial to the community . Smuggling is an evasion of the law . What does Colonel Thompson say in his Essay on Free Trade ) "Smugglers are Gad Almighty ' s knight errants , to protect honest men from knaves and blockheads . " A capital definition of smugglers , and I hope they will eostisne to exist until the whole taxation of the country shall have been transferred from the shoulders of die labourer to those of the landowner or the ffapiti ^ ' ^ i or both .

      Bat whatever may bo my individual opinion on the subject of obedience to bad laws , the objects and constitution of the Society are to keep within the law ; and , instead of your throwing out insinuations as to a misappropriation of funds , or to speak of a self-oonstitnted Council , you might , had yoa possessed a particle of candour or fair dealing , have stated that the collectors were to consist exclusively of residents in the place , and known to the subscribers . Moreover , that the constitution was Universal Suffrage , each subscriber having a voice in the election of the Council .

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      The teaching and advice of the Northern Star having terminated in causing the prisons of EngUnd to have been filled with persons breaking the law , and bj their indiscreet proceedings throwing back the cause , their advice loses all its weight whefi they caution their readers against the perfectly legal sot of uniting their funds together to pnronase food . Illegal indeed J In what light would Queen Victoria and her statesmen appear to posterity , if it had to be recorded in history that , there being a famine in her reign , by Act of Parliament the people were found guilty of high treason , ia endeavouring to obtain a supply of food . We can fancy the form of indictment : —

      " Whereas , certain evil-disposed persona , in danger of perishing of hanger , did traitorously and feloniously conspire together to purchase penny rolls or pennyworth * of flour , against the peace of oar Sovereign Lady the Queen , her crown and dignity . " So far from wishing to see a breach of the peace , I believe the mode I have pointed out to be the only way of preventing it , for unless it is done , there will be breaches of the peace . Men will not lie down and die-quietly . There will be outbreaks , and fearful one *; and then advantage will betaken of them to pass Jaws to encroach on our liberties . It ia that I wish to see this prevented that I have

      produced a mode oi having the question brought to an issue peaceably and orderly . It is from the ranks of the true friends of liberty that I look for the moat zealous co-operation . There are goodnwn and true amongst the Chartists , who will not be led Or masked by leaders , even though ., they be editors or proprietors of Northern Stars ; and if you continue to give the people bad advice , your reign over them will quickly end . Think of the matter again , if indeed yoa are in a position that you can judge impartially , and see it as it really is—a desire to benefit mankind , by one who is thoroughly acquainted with the working of the law , and its misohievous influence on society .

      I am , Sir , Yonra , &c , James Hill , Author of Daily Bread , the Bread Enters ' Advocate ^ & 0 ., Not Mr . Hill of the Northern Star . Manchester , 26 th October , 1841 .

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      SPIRITED PUBLIC MEETINaritf BRAD

      FORD , IN WILTSHIRE . According to engagement , entered into by them at the late delegate meeting in Bath , Mesara . Bartlett and Pnllps , of Bath , held a large meeting in Bradford , in the room of the Chartist Association , on'Tuesday evening se'nnigat . The audience consisted principally of females , who seemed to take the liveliest interest in the proceedings . We were tony to learn that many of our Chartist friends had suffered much from the recent bank failure at Bath . That event , lamentable as it if to such individuals , baa caused a stagnation of trade generally in Bradford . Such is the poverty -stricken state of the place , that the Poor Law Guardians have been obliged to relax the vigour of the law by granting oat-door relief on a huge scale . Notwithstanding thJ * , the people generally are starring here .

      Fifteen years ago , this was "* flourishing little manufacturing place , containing no less than twenty seven master manufacturers , and , at the same time , a well * employed and happy population . At that period , fifty double pieces a week , in one factory , were manufactured by human hands ; wages were high , while the necessaries ' of life were cheap and plentiful . At the present time , there are but two master manufacturers in the place , and they have not half work for tbeir men to do , few as they are , since machinery , to a great extent , has superseded manual labour . Wages are now low , money scarce , and the necessaries of life consequently very dear . The best paid in the factories are tbe slave-driven , aa they are called , individuals who are employed to exact as much labour as possible from tbe poor factory slaves . In tbis state of things , the people cannot be otherwise than dissatisfied . But they evinced do symptom of irrational excitement at tbe meeting ; they listened attentively to all that « u said .

      Mr . W . Mansfield was called npon to preside . He merely introduced Mr . John Hasw ell . Secretary to tbe Association , to read tbe National Petition , which was approved of . Mr . Babtletz was next introduced to the meeting , and waa warmly received . H « said that , as the evening was far advanced , and as it was the intention of himself and friend to return to Bath that night , he should be at brief as possible . Bat having come se far for the purpose of addressing them , he felt bonnd to make some general observations on the present state of tilings , respecting the progress of the cause , oar object * and prospects . ( Hear , bear . ) He appeared among them , tbe Chartists of Bradford , at a time of great distress , which they all felt more or leu : when manufacturers

      were falling to ruin , tradesmen becoming bankrupt , and banks failing , in all parts of tbe country . Yet it had been said by those who rule , that there was no distress —that we were enjoying the halcyon days of prosperity—that all was going on welL 8 acu assertions , coming from those who are in power , most convince us that thef . are ignorant of- " J&to -stale ef the country ; ., . afed tfthat ,, -theesfare * . . tfiey * will take po m ill immrrt ^ Bm ^ Sii ^^ lBg grievances , or to restore happiness and pease to this perishing country . He had beard « inoe his arrival there , that the parsons round about that quarter were engaged ia carrying out the schemes of committees appointed to promote emigration to Australia . The parson at Holt had married twenty-eight persons who had

      not , who could not have contracted a liking for each other by courtship , as the solemn compact was hastily entered into merely -with a view of getting a free passage out ( Shame , shame . ) Well may yoa cry' shame ; shame upon tbe parson who has engaged in this immoral work . ( Cheers . ) Another- parson , said Mr . B . had been engaged to get another twenty eouple married in a village a few miles eut of Bradford , and to send them off as soon as possible . ( Cries of "Att true . " ) And now , friends , said Mr . Bartlett , will this degrading emigration &cbeme better your oondltlon T Will it stave off the evil day that is rapidly approaching , when from foreign circumstances , as well as from the peculiar position in which we stand at the present time , England will be involved in immense difficulties , to get eut of

      which it will require all the skill of our wisest states-, men . Emigration may lessen for a time the pressure upon the land , but it will not give employment to you whose labour , through machinery , is no longer needed ; it wont give vent to English manufactures : on the contrary , it will be , it has been the means of driving such manufactures from foreign markets , as those markets , through the skill of some of the best artisans , who were driven by oppression to migrate from this land of misery , can be better and cheaper supplied by home industry . ( Hear , bear . } It was tbe madness of our statesmen to have forced people to emigrate in the first place ; we were never In need ot mote land to raise means for the sustenance of our people . England possesses all the elements of national greatness , she has

      sufficient territory , and could furnish sufficient food and employment for a population three times as numerous as the present . Her commercial decline may be attributed to various combined causes . Some are contending for a repeal of tbe Corn Laws as a means of affording relief . He ( Mr . B . ) was of opinion that neb repeal would not bentfit the working classes ; it would not give them more employment nor cheaper food ., . If it caused a demand in foreign markets for oar goods , that demand would be to a great extent supplied by machinery ; and if it reduced—as it certainly would—the price of bread , the agricultural labourers would consequently suffer from reduced wages . They would be driven into the towns , to swell either the amount of poor rates , or to divide with yoa the little labour you now possess .

      ( Hear , hear . ) It is not the repeal of the Corn Laws that we require to induce foreigners to Uke our manu-. f&ctures , and as a proof of thi * , we lejirn that the merchants who bring corn into this country , will not take oar dear and inferior goods , bat nywiflfcve gold . ( Cries of '' Nothing is more true . " ) Beitee gcjld £ ¦ leaving the country . ^ banks failing . and . artJaaus ttarvhig ,. and pauperism increasing daily and hourly . ' If we could manufacture things cheaper , and to ^ jfet / than foreigners can , we might find vest for oar Jgoodt ; bat this we shall not be enabled w to ~ ? dN > ; . nrar » ly by the repeating of the prooibfUon ' ot' importation , — other remedial measures are required ; snob as a reduction of taxation ; the doing away with tithes , and useless places and sinecures . ( Cheers . ) > The whole thing

      wants to be entirely reformed . ( Cheers . ) Mr . B . next spoke of tbe National Petition , and urgmLall present t « get It numerously ijfned , and to baefc the labours of tbe coming convention . JHe conjured them to'yke heart . We bad made great progress notwithstanding peraacatlon ; we were now the strongest party ia tte ikate . ( Cheera ) Oar numbers were increasing , and that & feeling which some cherished towards Us at one time has partly died away . It was In Sie nature of the human mind to love the truth ; aid though it had hitherto been trammelled by the BdesttoodTwho are intererte-l in keeping VoopWlpiga eSfc * , and saturating their m \ n < 3 « with HaTish difetriaeOiN * witoess ^ early In air part * of Europe thSattempuXtiw human Sd to aswrt the rights and liberties ef a « &Ll ( Cheers ) a hired priesthood , and bad abolish * tithes . ( Cheers . * It badiUsoabollahedaU lwreS ? ^ SJ-SS -inde ^ lte of the atr fcueof Lo « irhStoZ —— imh

      , ^ TFu . r * —~ —•• " »«»«» v * | . rauipce ana His despicabiecourt . How loaf }« FranXto ^ toaldni of its choice < the king of the . barrlcadk ) tJVtteaSer T ^ L ^ ^** with a desire of npbAaini dW monktah fartltaUens , suited only to tt * di 3 ! iK 3 wl £ S 5 tbB ^ flmeBOftaaMmttonln SiMto y ^ lSL ^^ with each ottar to uphold their fell dSntenTtho people have learnt a deat lceson 6 ^ « Senee , and their desire is to govern themselves ; IVfo » here " it ia bo in Norway and Sweden , w ^ e 8 e ^ Thare ¦ roeededinMtabuahing » pubBea * IiXtK ? towat chearimtf In Mexteo tbe aune idffSt& ' thS ! the priests have lost the power to overawe the moltitude , and monarchical institution *; are no longer respected . ( Cheers . ) This desire , said Mr . B ^ h no more than the spirit of Chartism—that spirit which has become too strong to be controlled in England and which i * spreading daily . He came there that night to

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      route the Chartists of Bradford to action , and to urge them to renewed exertions . He had Buffered in their cstue , and if after nine months' dreary Imprisonment be had not slackened in hU efforts , and had not been dispirited , they certainly ought not to complain , but should rouse themselves ene and all , —( cheers , )—and resolve never to remain quiet , nor cease agitating , till jtutioe was meted out to them , their grievances redressed , and happiness and peace were restored to their desolate homes . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . B . after continuing in this strain for some time , concluded by stating that he wall willing to render his services whenever they may be required . ( Cfceew . ) ;

      Mr . A . Philps said they had heard a noble petition read , and he hoped it would be well signed . Talk of only four millions of signatures ! What could O'Connor , O'Brien , nnd the rest of our leaders be doing , that we are to be satisfied with such a paltry number , compared to the whole population ? Four millions , Mr . Chairman ! We onght to have twelve millions , and nothing less—( laughte »> -for is not our cause a good cause , and are we u ^ t ' aH , suffering from want tO , my friend * , we are . Jn a dreadful state ; oar dear brethren are leaving the country , and tbe cursed parsons— coned because of tbeir foal deeds—( cheers ) are driving them away . ( Cheers . ) I see ( said Mr . P . ) many happy , smiling faces here ; and it grieves me to think that they should be robbed of their bloom through

      care and privation . It would be bettor that others should be robbed of the land . I Cheers . ) Do they not rob us of our due t Have they not stolen the land from the rightful owners ? ( Hear , bear . ) And yet , because we ask to be permitted to live npon the aoil , and not to be forced to leave oar own dear country , they call as revolutionists , and say we want to divide property ! Let them make good use of the land / and not by taxation rob as of the means of obtaining some —a fair portion of the produce ; let us cot be taxed without our consent—( cheers ) ;—let us have a voice in making the laws , and let us not be forced to work and starve at the same time . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) If we bad the land , we should make good use of it O'Connor had proposed a means of giving every man a

      large and cheap loaf , but his advice 1 b not heeded . O , this could be made a bappy country ( Men and women ot Bradford , bestir yourselves : carry out the plans of your Executive . Let us all be active . If we could get four millions of signatures , we should strike terror into the enemy . He hoped that when the petition was ready to be presented , it would be followed to tbe Houses of Parliament by at least twelve hundred thousand people . ( Great cheering , and aensatien . i Aa , my friends , you seem delighted ; such a number round the Parliament House would create some stir , and make the Tories quake with fear . ( Hear , hear . ) And these people should resolve never to depart , or suffer anybody to depart , from . the House , till the prayer of the people was granted . ( Cheers . ) The House of Commons could not resist the demands of a united and

      resolute people . Croon , then ; make converts to your principles ; win over the middle classes to your aid ; meet peaceably together , and discuss matters among yourselves . Women , yoa must be active , for we can do nothing without you . ( Several female voices , " We will , we will . "; He hoped they would . When we have the Cnarter , we shall not have all we want The House of Commons must be cleansed ; we must do away with tithes , and everything ( hat presses heavily on industry . ( Cheera . ) We want the comforts of life . ( Hear . ) Let mo urge you , then , to join th » National Charter Association , and to contribute towards its support ; they could all do something in that way . Mr . Philps , after some few more observations , ctmeluded an interesting speech , which gave evident satisfaction .

      Mr . Bahtlett wished to make a few observations respecting some matters of importance . He rose to observe that the object of the Chartists was not to possess themselves of the land ; it was not to take away power from any , but to give it equally to all . ( Cheers . ) He wanted ail classes to be represented . The Charter waa but a means to an end . We wanted semething more than the Charter . If the Charter was passed into a law to-morrow , the people would have a great battle to fight . We want the power of sending good meu into the House of Commons to make good laws , and to look after our interests . ( Cheers . ) The few friends the people have In that House at the present time were Influenced either by the aristocracy , or the middle classes . Mr . Roebuck did not speak out aa

      he onght : he truckled too much to these classes . [ Mr . Esau here asked Mr . Bartibtt in what respect had Mr . Roebuck committed himself . ] Mr . Bartlett continued : Be it remembered that I ased my Influence at the last election to get Mr . Roebuck returned , because I thought be would serve the people faithfully . I am asked in what respect has Mr . Roebuck committed himself . To that question I reply that he did not act right in quiting tbe House when Shaman Crawford prepoaed his amendment to the address : he did not act prudently in proposing that the power possessed by the three basbaws at Somerset House should be vested ia tbe hands of the Secretary of State , a more stupid motion , considering who is the Secretary of State , was not proposed to the Homse since the palmy days of Sir Francis Burdett ( Great Bwdett . ) Why , good God , what must Roebuck have been thinking about at the time . [ Mr .

      Esau thought that the secretary would be Influenced by the House of Commons , and obliged to act mildly . ] Mr . B . said that was a Tory House , and though it may , for political purposes , relax the rigour of the poor laws , or deal leniently with the people , it would ever fall to use it * power for the public advantage . He liked Mr . Jioebaak * . general conduct , bat no friendship should induoo him from speaking oat on an occasion like the present Mr . R . had rendered great service to the cause ; no man since the days of Romily had advocated democratic principles in the House of Commons more ably than he had done . There may be reasons to excuse his receat conduct He has buffered much physical pain , and I hope , said Mr . B . —in fact , I have no doubt , that when Mr . Roebuck has recovered his health , he will be found fighting with tbe enomv in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) Mr . B . spoke for some considerable time , but space obliges as to withold his remarks .

      The Chairman proposed that a vote of thanks should be given for tbe excellent addresses they bad heard that night Three cheers were accordingly given for Messrs . Philps and Bartlett , likewise three cheers for the Executive , 0 Connor , and the Welsh exilea Mr . John Haswell proposed that a fall report of that meeting should be published in the Star- ( Cries of " Yes , let us have it in our glorious Star . ) Mr . Smith seconded tbe motion * which was passed unanimously . Messrs . Bartlett and Pbllpa then departed amid the congratulations of all . This meeting has produced a good spirit in Bradford . Hurrah , for the West !

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      LONDON . ADJOURNED MEETING OF DELEGATES FROM

      TRADES OF THE METROPOLIS . To take into consideration the best means of supporting the masons now on strike ; to make arrangements for pnblio meetings on their behalf ; and likewise to take such steps with regard to the London press , for its misrepresentationsof the masons , as might be deemed expedient . The rule of admitting none but accredited delegates was strictly adhered to ; yet the spacious room at the Craven Head , Drury Lane , was crowded to excess . Reporters from the Morning Advertiser , Weekly Dispatch , British Queen , Sun . New Moral World , and other papers were present . Mr . Worthington being placed in tbe chair , called on the Secretary to read tho minutes of tbe last meeting , which was done , and with a slight alteration , they were confirmed .

      Mr . Wouthington then read a copy of a letter which had been sent to Messrs . Qrissell and Peto , and likewise advertised , calling upon them or Mr . Allen to come forward and debate the charges which had been made against him . He explained that their reason for se doing was , the Editor of' the San stating that if Messrs . Grissell and Peto did not contradict the charges on this evening they should believe them te be correct , and act accordingly ; he also stated that the parties to whom Allen had been guilty of this unmanly conduct

      were in attendance to prove the troth of their statement ( Cheers . ) He could assure them that public sympathy was greatlyaroused oa their behalf . A meeting of the inhabitants of Woolwich would he held on Thursday , the 28 th , to express their sympathy with them , and their determination t » aid then in their struggle . A bill calling the Woolwich meeting was then read . Mr . Worthington then referred to the necessity of a correct Trades' Directory , and trusted they would take the subject into consideration . Reports were then received from the various delegates .

      Mi . Gbkeh , carpenter , reported that , at a special meeting of their branch of the trade £ 50 had been voted ; and that nothing that could be done , either by levy or subscription , should be found wanting on their part He alluded to the £ 20 brought last evening being stated by the press to be from the carpenters ' body , and informed the gents of the press that it was only from a small branch of them . Mr . Gibbs , carpenter , had brought them . £ 10 , and bis body Uad pledged themselves never to desert them in funds or otherwise , unless their conduct deserved such treatment ; and he did not believe such Would be the case .

      Mr . Baker , plasterer . They had appointed a committee to sit weekly with books for subscriptions ; tbe result of Saturday ' s subscription was £ 6 , which he would hand over to them : the major part had been collected from men not in onion ., There should be no htckwardnees in raising funds from the body he represented . V Mr . DoTLB , carpenter . HU body was unanimous in the approbation of the course adopted by the masons ; they bad seen the evil of having too much money at the beginning and none at the latter end ; so they had agreed on a weekly subscription , which he would continue to forward even should the strike last a twelvemonth j bat he had no . doubt , if they acted with spirit , of bringing It to a speedy conclusion . Much had been said about the press and public sympathy , bat if they remained true to each other , they could do without the aid of either .

      Mr . Toplin , carpenter , had brought them £ 50 , and assured them of future support . Mr . BuTlSB , carpenter . His body had passed a resolution , pledging themselves to support the masons ; and on Monday evening they would meet to decide the amount , &c The last speaker had said they did not

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      cue about the press ; this was not the opinion of workibg men generally . The press was a mighty engine ; bnt tkey most take means to direct it for their benefit Mr . Thomas . The lVondon operative masons , had voted £ t 6 , and would centtaue theto support throughout their struggle . Mr . Thorns , carpenter ; his body was unanimous in favour ef supporting their fellow-workmen in distress , and had called a special meeting to decide the amount of money they should remit Mr . Rawliss , tailor ; hlfl body felt thankful that it lay in their power to render them assistance , and had called a general meeting to decide the amount They would support them if necessary for twenty years—( laugh )—aye . and they could dp bo easily by weekly subscriptions . ( HeUpbear . )

      Mr . TuhneR , tailor ; his body was nnantaona in favour of supporting them in tbeir righteous straggle They were but a small society , bnt would do all in theii power . They should meet on Tuesday to decide upon the best method of raising tbe necessary funds . Mr . Howlett , tailor ; owing to their society having recently lost tbe sura of nearly £ 150 , they were short of funds , bnt would de all In their power to assist them . Mr . Blackledge , plasterer , had brought them £ 20 , and should be always ready to assist them . Mr . Cochrane , painter ; theirs was a benefit society , and its funds were not available ; but they agreed , as with one heart , to support them . He had brought £ 10 .. ¦ 1 , -- . ¦ . .... "¦ ¦ "¦ .. Mr . Clark , painter ; theirs also was a benefit society , but he had brought them £ 10 , and would continue their support until they were successful .

      Mr . Hotchikson , carpenter , had sent them £ 20 ; and when they saw what line of general conduct was laid down by the masons themselves regarding a levy , they should be prepared to take farther steps . Mr . Maxwell—Plasterers were not aware of the meeting last week , but they were unanimous to give up all the funds they bad got . Mr . Welxeb—Tne Sorrey plasterers had agreed upon a general levy of Is . per week . Mr . lYLBB . —Tailors-folly agreed with the masons , aad meet on Tuesday night to decide on best means of giving their support Mr . O'COKNOR—Benefit Lodge of Painters , they would support them , and meet on Monday to decide upon the means . Mr . DdDDS , painter , also a benefit society , sympathised with them , and had agreed upon a meeting to raise the necessary'means . ' '

      Mr . Alstone—Painters ; they had pledged themselves to support them , in every way , both with hand heart , and pocket They had , agreed upon a weekly subscription of Is . per man daring the strike . Mr . Shephmbd—Tailors ; his body would not be backward in coming , forward . They bad always been the first and foremost in opposing every description of tyranny and oppression . .. Mr . Wilson , plasterer , Was delegated fr » m some friends who had agreed upon a subscription of Is . per week during the strike : he also made a similar report from a number of carpenters . Mr . Barnard , carpenter—HU body folly agreed with the masons , and would render them their support :

      Mr . Simpson was delegated from the General Union of Carpenters . They bad called a meeting for the following evening . In tbe mean time he had not been idle , bat bad collected between £ 3 and £ 4 subscriptions . It was announced that owing to it being their meeting night , the Bricklayers Societies conld not be present till a late period ; but they were unanimous in tendering their support The Saddlers requested a circular might be . sent them : they bad not yet been informed of the meeting . Observations of a similar nature were made about the Corkcuttera , Goldbeaters , &c A Delegate explained with respect to the Corkcutters .

      A letter was read from Cheltenham , announcing that they had had a public meeting , and were unanimous in rendering their support Tbe Tailors , who were the strongest organised body there , had resolved upon a subscription of Is . for the first week , and 6 d . afterwards ; and the Cabinetmakers would follow their example . They had also denounced the conduct of th « press , and had no confidence in it They had passed a vote of censure on those " blacks" who had gone from their neighbourhood , and should think of them when they returned . Mr . Lovett moved a vote of thanks to the proprietors , &c , of the British Queen for their impartial report , and for the proprietor announcing be would always insert their proceedings . He also included the evening Sun in his vote . Seconded by Mr . Jenkins .

      A Delegate remarked that he could not agree in the vote of thanks to these papers . If they wished to thank them for doing their duty , there was the Northern Star and other papers that had a prior claftn . Look at the past conduct of the Sun in stating that the whole body of the masons were led away by sixteen or seventeen discontented men ; and had they forgot that the proprietor of the British Queen , Mr . Anderson , had been for many years the editor of the Morning Advertiser , a paper that had oft-times vilely misrepresented them , and which they had been compelled to administer many hard rubs to , in order to get faith / al reports . The speakwthen went into the conduct of xbxtAdverliser , t regard to the Glasgew Cottoa Spinners , Ac , and said that when * he waited on Mr . Anderson on that subject , he was told by him that be would not be bullied into acting contrary to his own judgment ; bat they passed a resolution which caused him to alter his tune ; bat were these the papers or the men they woe now going to give a vote of thanks to t

      The Cha irhan stated that the saljeet of the press would presently be brought before them . ' Mr . Walton stated that in reference to the holding of a public meeting , it was the opinion of the masons ' body , that a meeting at the Crown and Anchor , and at the White Conduit House , Would prove highly advantageous to tbeir interest , by disabusing tbe public mind of the prejudice the press had raised against them . - Mr . Turner moved " that a public meeting be held . " Mr . Graham seconded the motion , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . Butler moved , " That it be held at the Crown and Anchor , on Wednesday , the 3 rd Nov . at seven o ' clock in the evening . " Mr . GlynN seconded It An amendment was proposed for the Mechanics' Institute , bat ultimately withdrawn .

      Captain Acherly was appointed by tbe stonemasons of Stowe-on-the-Wold and Cirencester , to convey assurances ef their sympathy with them . He would make them a present of £ 10 , on condition of having the meeting at the Crown and Anchor , in tht > Strand . The Captain made some other observations , and the resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Wartuaby moved 'iTbat a committee of twelve persons , selected from the various trades be deputed to assist the Masons' Committee in getting up the meeting . " Mr . Watkins seconded it , which was carried , and the committee appointed .

      Mr . Armstrong Walton , before entering into the question of the press tendered them , on behalf of his body , his most heartfelt thanks , for the liberal manner in which they had come forward to their support . He fully agreed with the observation which had fallen from Mr . Butler , that the press was the most deadly weapon which could be directed against them ; but it rested with them whether they would support those papers which calumniated and misrepresented them and then refused insertion to their replies . He then read some extracts from the Times and commented in an eloquent and able manner upon them , alluding to the contradiction wh ' ch Mr Johnson had given to the statement that they had made use of violent and threatening language , and stated that this contradiction had destroyed all the paltry

      efforts of the Times to blacken and destroy their character in the estimation of the publi £ He did not complain of their giving insertion to Messrs . Grissell and Peto ' s letter , of the 4 th of Oct but he did compJaia ot their refusing insertion to their reply . They then dejnonstrated that they were only the organ of the wealthy and powerful , and that they were at length determined upon endeavouring to crash and destroy the interests of , the working class . He then read tbe extract , stating that the men had entered into a conspiracy ot rogaea to eat up the vitsla of toe nation , not a conspiracy of working inen , bat of the aristocrats and the capitalists . These conspiring rogues were ' eating them up , not only piecemeal , but wholesale ; bat thank God the time had gone by , when working men would any longer allow others to trample upon the fruits of their labour . Men had now too much intelligence to submit any longer to such serfdom . ( Load cheersj I have

      now done with the Times . ( Cries of " So has every one elBe . " ) Mr . Walton , then , in an able manner , exposed tho lying inconsistencies of the Morning Advertiser , and in allusion to its attempt to frighten by Government coercion , said the time-was gone by when they could put down the trades by coercive measures . They bad passed through the ordeal of the Whig opposition . At the time of the onion everything was then used against them , except actual physical force ; and the instant they attempted that measure , it woold give the deathblow to tbeir tyrannic power . He called upon them to cease taking in those papers , erasing those houses where those papers which Were opposed to their interests were taken in , and concluded by thanking them for their candid hearing , and he would ever fight their battles when needed—would ever raise his voice against every oppression , whether inflicted by a tyrannic employer , anapsta * foreman , or an oppressive Government ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . Tfios . Short , Secretary to the mason ' s Society , said , be stood before them as an opponent to a paper be once much approved of , and to which be had been a contributor two years—he alluded to the Week / if Dispatch . Mr . Short then read an extract from tht Dispatch , where it stated that the masters were compelled to adopt stringent rules to enforce the necessary arnoont of labour—( shame , shame ) --and also another extract , stating they were obliged to adopt measures to keep the men from habits of laziness . He then read the placard issued by Messrs . GrisseU and Peto , stating that they were intelligent and industrious , and a letter from Mr . Barry , stating he was fully satisfied with the amount of labour performed ; be showed , from these

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      documents published previously to the attack uwm the masons , that the Dispatch had wilfully and natl ciously calumniated them , and had refused iosertt to their letters , under the plea that it wonliTWd b controversy . He admiredihe condnct of the Dkoaa relative to the New Poor taw , aitd other measures !** from its treatment of than , he would denounce W a&r use his utmost inllaence > 4 £ prevent it being taken { h i * any hoose used by the masons ; and his frifloenee ** ¦¦ not trifling ; for It extended over the three kfiadW

      Mr . Snort then made some excellent observations mZ the conduct of the Dispatch , aupported-by workS men , turning against and-denonnciog their eomblasS for the redress of grievances , while It was' weD * % * £ that all other classes were already combined to- mSi aad oppress them . ( Mvehr cbeering > It was attnOtmZf that the men who had come to substantiate the cam against Mr . Allen wished to retire home if thetps vices were not required . : , ; . "

      Captain Achbblbt suggested they , should addrte the meeting , bat all were so satisfied , that it wasmt versally disapproved ofc y ^" Mr- Donning , in a lengthened speech ; contend * that the only way to reach the brains or tha sea of justice of an Editor of a paper was by effertiat an increase or decrease of the sale—that newspsDar principle was a vendible article to be sold to the . birW bidder , and blamed the apathy of the people teTnoi supporting those papers which would advocate theS Interests . ~* Mr . Bush called the attention of the reporters * nd he knew they woold insert it , to the following reaoln . tion—it affected their interests : — ~ ~* ¦

      "Hat it Isthe opinion of this delegate meeting &ai the conduct of the Morning Advertiser In making ' sui unjust and malicious attacks upon the masdn'sbody an * its Editor refusing to insert their replies , is unjnstani unmanly ; and this meeting pledge themselves to-usi their utmost exertions to influence their bodies to-oak no house where this paper is taken in ! " ¦ Mr . O'Connor seconded the resolution , and salt they most bear In mind that , by adopting this tneasirfc , they were not only opposing the papertbnt also its prk prietors , the Licensed Victuallers . Sorely aoobjeet&iiife could be raised to this resolution either by the reliJriaS public , or by the teetotallers . : ^ T ?

      The resolution was unanimously carried amid gwaj applause . ¦ ' . ' - ¦¦ . .. ^ * ' ~ ' - ' a ' ^ : ' \ . ^ - ^' Mr . Robert Anderson remarked that there ; 1 m something strange about the gentlemen of the pf «|| i He had long observed they never failed to eaten st something to « nd « avonr to iDJure the canae of the work ing classes . He wished to" contradict that portion « f his speech where the > Morning Adcerthxr , iHspdUL &C made him say that their funds " were exhMm ^ it was a falsehood . He than alluded ; , to the cpadcjjt < f , the press in the ease of the Ashton spinsters ; X « fi sf the whole would be brought before ttie \ public mettiafi bewonld not occupy more of ^ thelr tiuifl . ^" Mr . Twner moved a similar resolution respeeSac the base conduct of the Weekly Dlsp&dL : ' T / » Mr . Clark seconded the resoratioh , and itWar ^ ried with tremendous applause ; '; - ' ¦ ' ^ / , - " ' ;" - A strong resolution was also passed , dea / winclngW conduct of the treacherous daily Times .- ¦ :- ¦ ~ !

      Mr . Lqvett moved a vote of thanks to tbeproarfsfar of the British Queen and Statesman . ' ¦¦ }• - ^ T *' Mr . Jenkins seconded-tne motion . [ ' An amendment was moved that the vote of ' thasiir be adjourned till that a » y three montbt ' ^ "T Mr . Bush seconded ; the amendment , who admtoM tend some hard hits at the conduct of its propMetorS carrying for their support " / v * Mr . 8 hepherd said the Northern Star and ^ jrtwsfcj . Sun were far more worthy of a vote of th » 5 a thai ^ s papers proposed . ; ' ' / [ The amendment was then put and carried ne « j , unanimously . -- v \ ~?> Mr . Anderson moved , and Mri WALioir-si ' conded— ' ¦ . - ¦ - . - •"¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ . ¦ "¦ "" •* . ¦ - - >>

      " That this meeting watch strictly the conduct of W press , and support Only those which test advocate tbtt general interest" - \ I ^ j Carried unanimously . j Mr . B M'Donald here entered info a cheeringiql count of tbeir position and future prospects , u { doubted not of bringing the strifca , *? a saccestfnl & ¦ mination . ••/ y . Mr . Carter stated that apprentices were dmaipi from the works at the new ' Houses of Parliament , tsT cause they would hot instroel the new h » 6 ds-howb perform their work . This statement / cculd ba * Mb . stantiated on oath . ' - «< Tj % -7 ' Mr . Worthington called their attattieSi tojtbeiak . jeot of a Trades' Directory . ,-V \ ^^^ A vote of thanks was passed to the-Ciainttn , if ' the meeting adjourned to tha ^ dayweek . ; ^ ^ ^

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      Hacknet . —Wednesday , 27 th of October , WtastDtT Temperance Hotel , Mr . Saundem : in tbe eoa& 7 fc Stall wood delivered an adtinwa occupying ntw two hoars on the People's Charter , ' &e . « Hj . was . listtMdfe with the greatest attention , and highly applsnsVd Several of the middle classes were present , and atpressed their approbation . Mr . Rowland spoke inirat . roboration of the views ofthe'lecturer , to the sst § la > tion of the meeting . A deputation attended frbiltb * O'Brien Press Fond Committee , who werewell ifecelfftL A vote of thanks -was given to the lecturer and d » t roan . ^ Mr . Rgfly m ^ ' ^ 'T *^ Hf r ~ Tl' jTp jlffi ' Tuesday . ¦• ¦ ¦ .. ' /¦? v * t- ' ' " - !••• - •'¦ .- ¦ _ - •¦¦* ' ¦ ] ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' . •¦ ¦ ' I- '' ; ' - ' ' ¦' ' ¦ i : Limehousb . —Mr . RoffytfttdJey lectured atttntdrtol room , Limehbose Causeway , on Tuesday , to a attmeria audience and much good wai effected . 7 ;

      Re ading . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler having to be on hi ness at Reading , on Tuesday , the 26 th , consulted wift a few friends as to thebast means of ' getting np . a meeting . It fortunately happened that It- ^ as the tnwtiftf- - nlght of the Reform Registration ' Committee , TmUnf at Mr . Price ' s Large Rooms , Broad-street ; a few Otali tists friends attended , and ^ Mi ^ Chamberim w > s , W « l Into the chair . Tharoom wascrowaed .. Most '~"«§ t auditors being of the middle" plaSaT jf > . WhaWiadressed them on the principles of the People ' s Cl ^ rta , Showing their superiority over thole' advocated . tyUJ other party , and demonstrated that no real good cattld be effsetod until its principle * became the lawo / ite land . He was loudly eheereVdoring the whote of W »

      address , and sat down amid great applause , and strange to sayj no - 'bppositloh -was attempted . The C&i £ rtafii then gavaas a toast " The Charter , the whrieCbarta , and nothing less than , the Gbaiter , " trmch was dnak neatly unanimously . The health- < jf-Air . ' Wheeler wu then drank , aad great enthusiasm was exhibited . ' A great many names have been given in to join the Natioosl Charter Association , and ere long ibis Whig and . Toryridden town will presenb a bold Chartist ifroiit agsftrt the enemies of the working classes . Any Chanitt !«• turers or speakers ; , who-paw through this town oAthdi way to and from the metropolis , would be conferring a benefit on the cause by giving a passing call upas . Mr . CnamberiJn , Grape-passage , Castle-street . ' i

      Cith op London . —Mr .. Stallwood lectured at tW Council Room , 55 , Old Bailey , on Thursday , Oct . 28 th , upon the Corn Laws , much to the . satisfaetioa of the audience . ' At its conclusion , a spirlteA-disoa si « n took place , in which Mesars . 'Mills , Cstor , Pickasgill , and others , took part A ~ vote of thanki tu passed to the lecturer , for his able e > tpv $ e ot th » ( 30 Law humbug . . . ; . ' , A Middlesex—On Sonday , Oc 4 31 st , Mr . flfo RWtey in ihf > chair . After the tranaaction ef the t&ul business , and receiving reportt manV of which wen a a cheering natore , especially Uaoie from HactoCi Limehoose , and Reading . Deputations and lectwefl were again appointed to the various ioealities . " ^ Ridley was allowed to vacate the cbairand Mr . Cnftf

      , was called to occupy it Mr . Ridleyv tbani . in * « p «* of great eloquence , moved the f « llowfn ( 5 ¦ resbftttaw"That this Council looks upon" Mr . Wa ; tfa ' n ' i ««^ to be the personal act of an iadividoal , and in ho pJ connected with the principlefr . of the People' * ? 6 « r f * # or its advocates , which , was seconded by Mr , GMf fellow . After a lengthened discussion , in whicb « fl » delegates took ; psrt , Mr .. PickersgUl niovedfaiill amendment , " That we take no notice of the wbj » , which was secondedrbt -Mt . Hogg . The ^^ j , tion was cftrrtedv-with four dissentients . Jto- ^^ S , moved , and Mr . Simpson seconded , " That a «« wWf be appointed to superintend the ralstBg : of aMttaV tion , for the widow Rudd , and tosoggest sndl » ° ^

      as ihonld be advigable for regulating foneraVpfW 8 " ^ in the event of a member of the Charter ^^ y t being deceased . " After considerable oppo « ljw"j motion was carried , and the committee appoin * aj « ¥ * business was transacted , and tb » meeting adjon ™** * Westminster . —Mr . Wheeler lectured , £ * Charter Coffee House , Steetton Gronad , eo Stt * w Oct 3 lBt , on the evils of . a standing army , u » 2 Charter as a remedy to remove this disgrafl *»<¦ country—this heavy , drain upon our . resouwar JJ lecture wan much approved of by a highly toWBgj and respectable audience . Many copies of t * i' * 7 j Petition were disposed of , and M * Wheeler to **™ 3 to procure 100 copies of it . Two members j «*^ 2 the causa is steadily progressing in this dentelv ps » S neighbourhood

      . - - . . Woolwich —A pnblle meeting of ^ to \ rt >^** this place was held on Thorsdajr evening , fLS In the Theatre , which was crowded to excess . JJPJJJJJ from the mason ' s body detailed thennmerotis S ™ tSC to which they bad been subjected \ j the tJ ^ j ^ S Mr . Carter read the correspondence between . ^ Ju- * Messrs . Grissell and Peto . . Resolutions , comnwiw ^ them for their conduct in striking , and plMP */ ^ their support were unanimoasl ^ caBied ; as ** JL t resolutions , denouncing the condact of tm ^ Z Morning Advertiser , aad WeeO ? JHspaldt , **^ misrepresentations of the ma » oni , and , their Je ™* l inanrt » h «{ p ronli « a . AtthA conclnsion of tfi eBW ^^

      some little confusion took place-, throagh » i » S * S oondoot of Captain Achatly , who was eventoftWJS in the brawny ams of one of the masons , *" * £ deposited on the outer aide of the ^ - . tJSi meeting , to take their caw and the conduct <*? zT 2 into consideration , will he held at the Ct ° **^ Anchor , Strand , on Friday , Not . 4 th . ^ " ¦ . ^ Tailors . —Mr . Wheeler lectured at the Bed - - Windmill-street , Golden- ! qosre , onTbursdsy e ^; to an excellent audience . Sabject-Clau J . *^^ An interesting diseuaslon followed . ^ ^" "flM joined . Class Leaders , &c weie appojatsd , ana — ,,-spirit in the csase evinced . ' '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct728/page/6/