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LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS. N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next General Quarter Sessions of the PeaoS for the
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Borough of Leeds , . in thaCounty . or York , will be holden before Thomas FlowerT Ellis , the younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds on Monday , the Eleventh day of April next , at Tvyo o'Clock in the Afternoon ^ at which time and place all Jurors , Constable ^ Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others having business at the said Sossiona are required-. to attend .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS CASE FROty [ STAMFORD , COMMUNICATED BY MB . BAG ' LEY 10 MB . PHOUT , 229 , STHAND , LONDON . Stamford , Nov , 14 . 1841 . SIR , —Mr . William Blades , the proprietor of the celebrated composition for destroying rats and mice , was afflict ? d with a severe attack of Goiit the latter 6 ud of last month , and was suffering the most excruciating pains in consequence , when he sent to me for & box of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and to his surprise , two hoars after he had taken only two pills , he was relieved from pain , and iu a few days was able to foil jw his usual employment . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , R . Bagley .
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THE WHOLE CHARTER FOR ONE HALF-( ; FENNY !! . " " WITH ENGRAVING OF BALLOT BOX the SCHEDULES , &c . &o . " Every working man , for the oharge of a halfpenny , can now procure for himself and family the above all-important document , and we sincerely hope the masses will now do so > . "—Northorn Star . EMMETT'S SPEECH ! Now publishing , Price One Penny , the splendid speech of Robert Emmott , Esq ., who was executed in Dublin , for High Treason , in the twenty-second year of his age .
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TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . rpHE Rejtder 3 of this Newspaper will have seea X advertised every week for a long period an account of the benefits arising from taking f * ARR'S LIFE PILLS . These accounts , from their undoubted truth , and the recommendations of parties who have 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 letterSj on a red ground engraved thereon , without which it is an IMPOSITION .
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VALUABLE "WORKS . Just published , price 23 . 12 mo . bound in cloth , FIFTEEN LESSONS ON THE ANALOGY Jb AND SYNTAX OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , for the use of adult persons who have neglected the study of Grammar . ; .,. BY WILLIAM HIlTfr . Also , Price One Shilling , lound in CWth , PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES , Selected from the best English Authors , and so arranged as to accord with the Progressive Lessons in the foregoing Work ,
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CHARTIST PUU 6 S . IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED . MR . J . HOBSOI ^ , ATbWfigni Star Office , Leeds , having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agency of those Pills , is authorised to give Twopence out of each Is . l ^ d' B 6 x | to be divided between the Executive and the Families of the Imprisoned Chartists . ¦ ; .- ¦ > . ¦¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ . V ; - ' ; . ; " ' : ' . ^ : ^ - .. ¦' . •'¦ ' ' ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ : ' [' m . ' ¦ The many Medioinea lately offered to the pnblio would have prevented the proprietorfrom advertising these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , did he not feel it his duty to give his suffering fellow Chartists an opportunity ( by their affliction ) to forward the cause of Democracy ^ and assist the families of / their incarcerated brethren . 7 ;¦ __ ' ¦ ¦ - ' Work
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MEDICAL ADVICE ; TO THE AFFLICTED WITH SCURVY , VENEREAL , OR SYPHILITIC DISEASES , BHEUMATISM , 7 AlfI > NEBVQDS OB SEXUAL DEBILITY . MR . M . A ^ LKINSON ^ SURGEON , &c . ' ' 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds . And every Thubsday , at No . 4 , George Street , Opposite East Brook Chapel , Bradford , HAVING deyoted 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 suo « cessful treatment of " . '» - ¦
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FOTOVENS . — : « Ir . Bropby lectured kere on Wednesday , the 23 rd ult . The meeting , wfaicfe 'was both numerous and attentive , ¦ were much delighted -with the doctrines of Chartism . Resolutions -were passed embodying the principles of the Charter , and for the formation of an Association . Twenty put down their names as members . BATLEY .- ^ -Mr . Brophy delivered a stirring lecture to the Chartists and middlemen of this Dlacs , on Thursday , the 24 th ult ; at the conclusion , several nevr members were enrolled . Chartism is in the ascendant here .
DELEGATE MsT . iisa .-A district meeting was held at Bailey on Snnday last , when delegates from the following places were present : —Dewsbury , "William Rob-Ehaw ; Batley , Abraham Fox ; Heckmondwike , Joseph Atkinson ; Liversedge , James Chsrleswortb ; Birstal , Isaac Frostj Dawgreen , Daniel Wilson ; Mr . Joseph Atkinson in the chair ; the following resolutions were moved and carried unanimously : —" That every Absotiation in the district do send a correct list of payable members they contain to the next council meeting . " — " That one penny per member be levied throughout ihe whole of the district to defray the expences of the forthcoming Convention , and ihat all places do send their levy to the next council meeting either by delegate or letter . "— "Thatthe 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 at Earlsheaton , on Sunday , April 10 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in their Association
room , adjoining the Swan Inn , when delegates from the folio-wing places are requested to attend : —DcWsbury , Heckmondwike . Cleckheaton , Birkinshaw , Biratal , Batley , Polovens , WaiaSeld , Overton , 3 dirfield , Liversedge , Hoibury , and Gawthorp . " The account 3 given in from the variou 3 localities vrere cheering in the extreme , as far as regards the increase of members , and the spirit which ia now animating the people of this district . BAKLSBEATON . —Two lectures were delivered here on Good Friday , by ilr . Brophy ; at the conclusion
of the lectures , the following resolution was passed by acclamation : —" That ia the opinion of this meeting , the great and alarming distress which now prevails throughout the country , has been caused by class-legislation , and that the only safe and efficient remedy to eestore trade , ensure prosperity t « the producers and protection to the manufacturers and landlords , is contained in the People ' s Charter , and this meeting pledges itself to agitate for that measure , and never to cease its exertions , until the rights of labour are fully represented in the Commons' House of Parliament . "
OVBRTON . —Mr . Bropby lectured and formed an association here , on Saturday last Chartism was not heard of here before , The audience was numerous and attentive , and at the conclusion , a great number entered as members . "WAKEFIELD . —Chartism is silently sndeffectnally working great good in this "Whig and Tory ridden town . The middle-class men are eagerly seeking for some measure as principle , to remora Peel ' s _ new scheme of " easing the burthens of the people . " We tell them to look to the Charter .
KII 3 DEB 2 fflNSTER . —Mr . Stallwood addressed the people of this place at the Freemasons * Arms Inn , on Saturday last , for the space of nearly two hoars in a strain of fervid animation , laying prostrate all and every huEiVag , and showing the superiority of the People's Charter over every other organic reform . At the conclusion , he was universally applauded . Mr . Stall wood delivered a second discourse in the same room to a delighted auditcry on Snnday evening , ilr . Hitchin announced that the room would be open for" the future every Sunday evening . SiAS 5 i 5 GiBT . —On Sunday last , Mr . Joseph Brook delivered two lectures in the Chartists Association room here . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . At the close of each lecture discussion was invited .
EEPTOKSTALL . —The Rev . W . T . Jackson , af Manchester , gave a very impressive ] -: cturo _ here , en Thursday , the 2 ith ult , subject , " Tbe remedy for national poverty . " The lecturer was eloquent and convincing , showing that the only remedy ¦ will be tha People's Charts * . At the conclusion , several new members enrolled their names . OAEEKSHAW . —A public meeiinj took place here on Tuesday week , when Mr . Lund , the district lecturer , delivered an eloquent and effective address , out o ? doors , to a large number of people , on the principles of the People ' s darter . Eleven new members were enrolled .
BEVSRXiSY . —Mr . West , the East acd North Bifiirg leetarsr , delivered an excellent address in the ^ Market Place , last Saturday , to a large concourse ci people . We are on the ascendant here . The recruiting sergeant is actively employed enlisting a many recruits . We have got 1 , 400 signatures to the Great Nationalthe largest petition that ever west from this aristocratic town . UTJRHAM . —At a meeting cf the Chartist body , held in the Association Room , resolution , a cendcmnatory ef the w » mnhi « tCT massacre , and of confidence is O'Connor , was nnanimonsly adopted . MAK 5 FXELD . —Mr . Bairrtow delivered a leeture in Mansfield Market Place , oa Monday , the 28 th last , to a large meeting . At the close of tbe meeting , Mr . Bairstow aad Mr . Harrison were elected to sit in ths forthcoming Convention ; and ^ sevennew members were enrolled .
CtlTHEROE . —Chartism in this rotten Borough ia -winning its widening way . We had a glorious meeting on Friday . The Mayor very kindly granted the Market Place for us to meet in ; but , owing to the Wetness of the afternoon , the meeting was held In the large room at ths Commercial Inn , when Mr . Beesly the district secretary , was elected unanimously to sit in the forthcoming Convention . Mr . Lund , in a calm dispassionate manner , proved to the satisfaction of the meeting the inperiorlty of the Charter over all other remedies . Mr . Beesly addressed the meeting for an hour and a half ; and , at the conclusion , a vote of WianVK ttss passed to ths Mayor , and tie meeting separated . BURTON"ON-TRENT . —On Tuesday evening last a lecture was delivered in the large room at Mr . Tyrack ' s High-street , to a large assembly , by ilr . Edwards , of Bradford , and on Wednesday evening at Swadlingtoa , in their room , to a full
meeting . DAVrKTRY . —On Friday and Saturday evenings , Mi . Mason delivered two spirited lectures at tbe ^ Theatre , to -ray respectable and attentive audiences , OH the hen&fit to b-a derived by the obtamment of tts Charter , and on the means for obtaining the Charter . After the lectures , a whole hog Charter resolution was carried unanimously . BXJBY . —It having been announced that that sterling advocate of the people ' s rights , F . O'Connor , -would address tha men of this town on . Friday evening , th& 25 ta ulfeme , a \ bbvcq . o ' clock ., tlieie ms & very large meeting to hear him . Mr . Lom&x having been called to the chair , commenced the business of the meeting by stating that it would probably be late before Mr . O'Connor could arrive , as he had to adfir < jss the peepls of Manchester the same evening . Dr . Flstchtr having forced his way to the platform began te say something
about meeting Mi . O'Connor , but owing t 3 the noise fcause 4 by his interruptien of the meeting ) no . ote tut himself could tell "whatlie said- At this stigs of tbe proceedings , Mi . Bell , of Heywood , awriv ^ d and -w&s introduced to the meeting to address them until Mr . O Connor should arrive ; he entered into the efftcts produced by class legislation , showing that the working classes had been continually producing more and wort and receiving leas every year for producing it , whilst those who possessed a monopoly of power had been enabled to appropriate to tbemselTes the additional ¦ wealth which the skill and toil of the industrious-portion of the community had produced . He went on to show the folly of tbe working t" * " placing any reliance in th » promise of either Whigs or Tories , that they were both opposed to the interests o ? the -srorking classes , that they were mere factions , and that it was not the interest of a faction to legislate for the sood o ' f
the people . During Mr . Bell's address 3 > r . Fletchi again forced himself upon the platform , and state * amidst the cries of renegade , traitor , 4 c , that he to not going to dance attendance on Mr . O'Connor , bi that he would go home and leave a friend to infor Mm when Mr . O'Conner arrived . Mr . O'C . did arrivi the Doctort friend went to tell him , but he did n make his appearance ; perhaps when he heard th Mr . O'Connor bad arrived , he became suddenly co Tineed that it was far more comfortable sitting by 1 own flre-ade than being laughed at by the aen of Bui ¦ U pon Mr . O'C . entering the tua , he was welcomed ' , Kveral rounds of applause , which having subsided , young gentleman rose and read an address from t working men of Bury to Mr . O'Connor , thanking h for the bold and uncompromising advocacy of tk .
cause , and pledging themselves to stand by h ss long as ever he pursued the course which had done from the commencement of his political care The address having been moved and seconded , -a about to be put , when Mr , O'Gonnor rose , and said should like to speik previous to the address being pi for th 6 re might be men there who would hold up th hands for the address , and afterwards , when they h heard him speak , might rue having done so . In t ! course of his address he showed up the humbug schei of Mr . Stage , who , having placed himself at the he of a would-be party , is striving to cause a Eplit amo the Chartists ; not for the purpose of getting Compl Suffrage , as qq calls it , but lot the purpose of breaks the Charter agitation and getting a repeal of the Ck Laws . Mr . O'Connor continued to address them
upwards ef an hour and a half , upon the injurious effe of class legislation , and concluded an eloquent spee by advising the people , if they wished to be raii from theii present degraded position , to agitate nothing less th ^ the Charter without any alteratl Mr . O'Connor Eat down amidst loud bursts of applan Mi- Roberts was r > ext introduced to tee meeting , and a neat speech moved a resolution , condemnatory of agitation except for the Charter and no less , and confidence in Mi O'Connor , which was seconded Mr . J . Jones , and carried unanimously . A vote tfaanka having been given to the chairrmn the meeti separated .
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STOURBRXDGE . —Mr . Stallwood , of London , lectured here to an over-flowing audience , on Good Friday . OA 1 KEITH . —A meeting of the Chartists hero took place on Monday evening last , in the Freemasons ' Hall , Mr . James M'Pherson in the chair . After the business of the Association had been disposed of , a letter was read from the Birmingham Frost , Williams , and Jones Committee , which had been received by Mr . William Daniells , of Lasswade , and kindly forwarded by him to us , when tbe following resolution was proposed by Mr . William Taylor , seconded by Mr . James Anderson , and passed unanimously : — " That a District Committee be formed , to be called ' The
Dalkeith and Lassw&de Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee , whose duty shall fee 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 Frest , Williams , and Jone 3 to be restored to their wives and families . " The following persons were nominated on the Committee , with power to add to their number those who may be appointed in Musseiburgh , Pathead , and Gore Bridge . For Ddkeith— Messrs . James M'Pherson , William Taylor , Robert Thomson , James AnSerson , and Wiiliam TJrqahart . For Lasswade—Messrs . Win . Daniells , John Wyllie , and Wm . Hay .
I . ASSWADE . —Meeting by Moonlight . —A public meeting was held here in the op « n 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 . Tie lecturer spoke in his uroil able and convincing nmne ? , 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 Mareh , Mr . Abram Duncan addressed the people of Arbreath in the pavilion . The place was crowded to the door . At the cIosb of the address the following resolutions were moved by Mr . William Fullar , jun ., and seconded by Mr . Alexander Chrieghton : — "Having heard the address of Mr . A . Duncan upon the motion that we agitate for nothing less than the Charter , and the amendment for a full , fair , and free representation ; a ! so another ameEdment for equal legislative protection to all her Majesty's subjects , this meeting agree to abide by the whole Charter , and look upon the amendment for a full , free , and fair representation as contskung a jost and excellent principle , but ; wanting
ths 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 amendment , equal legislative protection to all her Majesty's subjects , as destitute in the recognition of any principle of right on the part of the people to self-government , being nothing more than the prayer of a slave to legislate for a protection -which all people really free possess , and which those who have it not in possession onght to demand , and have it secured to them by law . " The Chairman having pnt the resolutions to the meeting , they were carried with only one dissentient voice ; there being 700 people present .
LONDON . —Meeting of Trades' Delegates at the Ckaves ' s Head , Druuy Lane . —A meeting of delegates from the various Trades Charter Associations assembled at the above place on Sunday , when preliminary arrangements were entered into , for the purpose of bringing out the Trades of London for the Charter . Caiiberwell . —Mr . Whseler lectured at ths Cock public house on Wednesday evening . Stveral members joined . LiMEHorSE . —Ruffy Ridley lectured at the Victoria , to a numerous audience , on Wednesday last Chelsea . —Mr . Wheeler lectured to the new locality at the Acsrn , College-street , oa Monday evening . Several members were enrolled , and the members , in fature , will Hieet every Monday evening , at Mr . Martin ' s , Prince of Wales , leader-street .
Disteict Council . —Thi 3 body met as usual , on Sunday , Mr . Purcell in the chair . Considemble business -srss transacted , and a plan for raising funds for tbe Executive was laid before the council , approved of , and recommended to the localities . The Liquidation Debt Committee reported , and all persons holding money on account cf the lata festival , at John-street , were requested to transmit it to the treasnrer . Several sums were received on account of the Whig-made widows , and the meeting adjourned . Dispatch , Be . ide-Laxe . —The Committee for supplying : the Metropolis with Chartist Lecturers met here on Friday evening , Mr . Turner in tbe chair . Several talented advecates joined the Committee , and they have n * w the pleasure of announcing that they have made arrangements by which every locality can be furnished with a regular supply of lecturers .
TEETOTALLERS , CBOWN CoPFEE HoCSE , BEAKstheet . —Mr . Anderson lectured here to a numerous audience , on Sunday evening . Hit or Miss , Globe Fields . —Ruffy Ridley lectured here on Sunday last . , Ci tt of ik > : « i > os . —Jlr , Brannon , frem the Isle of Wight , delivered , en Suaday ^ ening last , a very mnchapproved-of opening discourse of a series of lectures he intends to favour the congregation with who assemble in tha Institute , 55 , Old Bailey London O'Brten Press Committee . —A portion of the above committee met last Monday night , at the Dispatch Coffee 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 reeommendatioTis of the London I > elegate Council .
AXBio . v Coppee House , Xo . 3 , Church-street , SSOBEDITCH . —Mr . Farrer lectured here on Sunday last . There will be a lecture here next Sunday evening at eight o ' clock , and every following Sunday at the same time and place . The member's meeting will be held on Wednesday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening . J ^ t ^ JftV A ^ ^ —A public meeting was fcolden in the Chartist ' s Room , Swan Coppice , on Monday , to confirm the election of Delegates to the Charter
Petition Convention . Mr . John Crossland in the chair . Mr . B . Rushton moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . J . Illingworth and ably supported by Mr . Edwards , and carried unanimously , " That in the opinion of this meeting , Peargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr , George Binns , and Mr . LaTrrence Pitkethly , are fit and proper persons to represent the interests of the people of Yorkshire , in the fortneomin ? Petition Convention , and this meeting pledges itself to give them its undivided support . "
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BATE . CHARACTER OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES DRAWN BY OITE OF THEMSELTES .
On the evening of Good Friday , a meeting was convened at the room of the National Charter Association , to hear a lecture on the morality , education and political consistency of the middle clause * . 31 r . Twite , tbe treasurer or tbe society , was called to the chair , who after a few obscrvatieus , introduced the lecturer to the meeting . Mr . Marriott , profeEsor cf Phrenology , then rose and said , that he mast commence his lecture with his aCCuStOIDeil motto— " We will ba ^ e the Charter . " — ( bear . ) But to nicht , he contiiiue-1 , I muBt hava an additional text , one which I take from a good authority , it having an immediate bearing on my subject : it was from one of the best of men , Feargua O'Connor , a motto at all timeB important , but more csptcially bo now ; it should be inscribed on the mantle-piece of every WOxkingQl&ri . It is this : —
"Nowworking men , I most solemnly swear and de dare that 1 would rather live unJer an irresponsible military despotism , with trial by Court Martial , than live under the Government of a middle class , with trial by jury , they being jurors . " That is my text , but it . is necessary that I define terms , lest any mistake may arise on the . part of my hearers . What do I mean hy middle class ? Not lors ^ , kings , squires , or any of the kind , as they come under the appellation of higher classes . I do not mean servile ministers , clerks , or BmVIl farmers , but the bullfrog farmers , whose wealth ia produced by their -men ; I mean also brokers , shopkeepe s , and I include parsons of every description . Whatever they do , it I is of very little service to mankind , unlike lecturers
who instruct mankind m philosophy and every thing that is useful . I have no-w defined " what T mean by a middle class , of all of whom I cannot speak in the same-terms of animadversion , for among this class , as among the higher classes , there are many excellent exceptions , such as O'Connor , O'Brien , and such as our worthy friend Mr . Alderman Crisp . who have put themselves on a footing of equality with the producers of wealth . (" Hear , hear . ) Having Baid this much , I will now enter into the subject at large . I will now treat of the morality cf tke middle classes generally . Te ; judge of them after their own opinions of themselves , [ we should infer that they are the best people in the I world ; and that , as the happy medium , all true i mindedness , all the geodness , all the godliness were i among them . They are so moral , so enlightened , as to be the most fit to govern this country . ( They cou'd call meetings , and write tracts for the i moralising of society ; and no doubt many persons
Dr « sent have been presented with Borne of those tracts , enjoining them not to run into gross immorality . I baVB . fouad many tracts designed to pervert the minds Of the " lower orders" as you are called . Now , I have had every opportunity , as a professional man , of knowing ihe morality of the midle classes . Their religion is fanaticism , not pure , undefined religion ; it is not to visit the fatherless ; it is not to -walk humbly with your Grod : it was saying God , God , have we not glorified in thy name ; not what hav 9 we done in thy came ?—( hear , hear . ) Their morality , from morning tni night , consists in retail-trickery , inlying and cheating . I have heard many of them Bay that they were bound to cheat ; and a commercial traveller told me that it was his object to do so . These are isolated cases , but such conduct was general among what is called the middle ctesi Look to the speeches of Mr . Ferrand in tke House cf Commons . ' Nothing can give
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& better expose" of the wholesale trickery practised in the way of trade . Look at the " devil's dust , " and the other expediency cf deluding us . Go into a draper's shop , and as sure as you live , you will have a lie told you as seon as you get in / The tale ia , " Oh , we lose by this article and by that ; " and though the draper may tell his son not to lie , what can the son say , but " Father , you live by lying . " " Yes , " says the father , « ' but it is in the way of trade . " A capital excuse , indeed ! The lecturer next referred to articles which have appeared in the Dispatch , headed , «« Triefcs of the trade ; " showing how the people ate imposed on by butchers , drapers , and the different trading classes . He thenTelated thefollowing anecdote : —A grocer WhohM been smoking his pipe Tery comfor tably In hia kitchen .
called out to bis servant John , " Have you-watered the tobacco ? " " Yes , Bir . " "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 I
" The poor man's sins ate 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 uncer 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 saints can't choose 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 souad 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 of those classes ; ha said to hear them talk , we should fancy they were the greatest : philosophers in the world . Give the franchise to the worfnng men ! Os never ; they would not know how to use it . Go among the middle classes in any such place & 3 Salisbury , and , instead of hearing them talk about political matters , on questions of j-hi'sophy-or political economy , you hear them descant en 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 talk . If you talk to
them about politics—about giving working men the franchise , you are accmsed of being a Chartist ; and they cry out immediately , " Throw him out ol the window . " I have said enough , then , ( said the lecturer , ) tOBhCW yon the morality of the mvKHe * classes ; and as to their education , I have shewn that it is not of that kind that will lead them to extend justice to the working classes . I ceme now to speak of their political coasisteney ; and here , though I may laugh at their follies , I cannot approach this subject but with tears cf sorrow . If thosa classes had heen honest , if they had fulfilled the promise they made us , the People ' s Charter weuld now be the law of the land . To their conduct was to be attributed the procrastination of ihe Charter . As an esteemed friend had said , all struggles
originated with the working classes , Look to the struggle of Wat Tyler , one of the noblest of former times ! Did it originate with the middle class ? No , it was the work of a blacksmith , and some few others ; and if the working classes were not so confiding , wcro they as we are , the noble objects of Tyler would have been accomplished . He differed Tvith those who said we ought not to be suspicious ; we had been too confiding , too ready to hol 4 out the hand of fellowship . { Hear , hear . ) After speaking of the so-called " Jack Cade , " and vindicating his memory from the aspersions cast on it by interested parties ; after eulogising Paine , whom he called one if the nobles of nature , he spote of the agitat ' on for tbe Beform Bill ; it was commenced by the working classes . The chief originator
of it was one who was once a plough-boy , the celebrated Wm . Cobbett . Who contended then for tbe rights of the people ? Was it the shopkeepers , ar bull-frog farmers ? No , the wise and good among the working classes . They obtained justice for the middleclass , 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 juste milieu proved treacherous to the popular cause . ( H > : ar , hear , hear . ) Read ¦ when you ha" 7 a time , the exct-llent work of BroilteiTO O'Brien , as therein you-will find an excellent expose of the conduct of the juslc mileu towards the poor unenfranchised people . What did the middle classes of England do so soon a 3 they obtained power by the
Reform Bill ? Why , thty got their representatives to pass tbe Poor Law Bill , which has proved so inimical to the rights and welfare of the poor . They imprisoned five hundred of your advocates ; they sent spies among you to entrap the unwary , ami as tbo jurors , they doomed your advocates to imprisonment , where they were classed among felons . The judges or magistrates had no power ; the middle classes chuckled ia the juryboxes over their victims . In the case of our excellent frieDd Sir . M-DocaJl , they asked the judge whether there was no law to hang him . Look to the WakefleHl hell!—whattaiesc 0 uld . it relate of the treatment endured by imprisoned Chartists . He advised the working classes not to trust the cause of Chartism into middle class hands . He referred to the conduct of the
middle class of Birmingham towards Mr . O'Connor on a recent occasion , and after showing it up in its proper light , asked whether such , was not sufficient to ruak'ius look upon them as enemieB to the cause of Chartismj ? He next read a portion of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter desciibing the murderous attack ma ^' e on him at Manchester by the partisans ef the Anti-Cora Law League , and then remaked that he had said enough te show the morality , tha education and political consistency of the middle classes ; though he belonged to them , he was ashamed of their conduct towards the workiDg people . He had endeavoured to roasa the latter to a sense of duty , that they may throw oft' the fetters by-which thtyaro bound . When the niifitllB class saw the error of their way , which I despair of .
I know you wul receive them cordially . Bui you will not trust them ; y-. u will not place implicit confidence in them . As an earnest of their sincerity , if they are Universal Suffrage men , Ht them come down and enrol themselves in the National Charter Association—( cheers ) . Let them act thus , and we Will forgive them for the past—then "will we accept their services . The Editor of the Northern Star My . 1 that if the people run into danger , to the injury of the Charter , it shall be with their eyes open . For my part , I advise 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 rattle-snake . They are coining nearer and nearer ; twittle , t-wittle , they go ; but by and bye they will swallow down the whole six points of the Charter . As the Editor of tbe Star says you should be watchful , I have found out that the Chartists of Bath will do things q » ietly ; 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 the conduct of other classes of society , neither the morality nor the conduct of the middle classes -weald warrant you in trusting them . The lecturer concluded amid great cheerinc .
On the motion of Mr . Furse , which motion was seconded by Mr . Phillips , a vote of thanks was given Mr . Marriott ; and one of thanks to , and confidence in , Feargus O'Connor and the Editor of the Northern Star , was unanimously parsed . Mr . M-aruiott returned thanks . Hr . Hopkins next made a few observations in reference to the Sturge move , which be could sanction by no means . After a few observations from the Chairman , he dissolved tha meeting .
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said that at th& Conference they should vote . for nothing but the whole Charter . > A Mr . Cleaver objected to such meetings being called by tickets ; he said hie was for a public meeting being called for the purpose of taking the sense of the public at large on the subject which they had met ta consider . The Chartists had chosen a Convention , and he could not see what need there was for a Conference to meet in Birmingham . He said something about using physical fores , but the precise words we did not catch ; he was called to order by the Chairman , which caused a deal of uproar and confusion , which lasted for spine time . Ha was not suffered by the Chairman to explain himself .- '¦ ¦¦ " . .. - : ; - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : '• . ¦ V .: - .. " ' .
The Chairman I Mr , Edrige ) was at one time , an out-and-out physical-force man , and at a late Conference , ' he put himself in a fighting posture , and implied by hia actions that we should not get what we wanted till we were willling to fight for it . So much for the consistency of this man . The meeting broke up lato in the afternoon . It was a source of niuch regret to the Sturgitea , that there were so few present . ; . - Copies of an address issued by the society formed last week by Messrs . Vincent , Philp , ic , were given away at tlie door by the doorkeeper . On Supdat Evening , Mr , Bartietfc lectured at the room of the National Charter Association .
Mr . Vincent delivered a sermon attheanti-Bacchus , on Friday evening , after which sermon , the memorial of Joseph Sturge was placed at the-. door for signatures . Many persons were induced to sign from an idea that itwaa the National Petition . Tnis J 3 stated oh the authority of persons who are prepared to testify ta the fact . At Tiverton , the memorial was signed by many persoiia who took it to be the National Petition .
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A special meeting of the Sturgites took place on Monday afternoon , at the Bazaar Koom , Quiet Street , Bath , for the purpose of appointing three delegates to act on the " Conference" about to assemVle ia Birmingham . None but those who had signed the document of Joseph Sturge were to be admitted . Tickets were accordingly furnished the Sturgites ; and many became such , that is , many signed Sturge ' 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 should 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 Chartist society at Bradford , but now in the employ of Messrs . Vincent and Philp . All remonstrance with him wbs unavailing , till Mr . Philp came out , and told feim to admit all 7 ho had tickets . When our reporter entered , he found about twentyfive persons present ; and at no stage of the 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 decided that a public meeting ahcu ! d be called to consult ths public as to what should be done towards carrying out the princV plea of Mr . Sturge ' s declaration . But the . Stnrgfcca were afraid to face a public meeting ; hence this nottransferable-ticket-Tneetins ! A cocferenae chosen by such meetings as this , is to express the opinions of the great bulk of the middle classes on the subject of Parliamentary Reform !
The delegates chosen , are the Rev . Thomas Spencer and Messrs . Vincent , and C . Clarke . Various persons addressed the meeting . Messrs . Vincent and Clarke
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct748/page/2/
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