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GEifiLEHEfj—Since I wrote ray last letter , I leara itat a deputation of Manchester Shopkeepers has been appointed to wait npon Sir Kobert Pee ] , with the hope , no doubt , of inducing him to do something to alleviate jour present distress . They will " be TroefuHy disappointed , and for this simple reason it is wholly oat of the power of any Minister now to do more than to feed one portion of Bociety for a short space apon another portion . Such has been the Invariable practice of the Reformers for the laEt ten
years . The Whigs governed the nation ' r and the Irish section constitnted their Parliamentary force . The Irish complained of the pressure of tithes ; and , instead of benefiting the unrepresented people , the "Whig GoTernment fed the landlords upon twenty-£ t 6 per cent , of chnrch property ; and in turn they would have regaled the borough interest , which is the manufacturing interest-, with a slice of the landed s poil , had not the latter taken timely alarm , and disbanded the Whig Ministry .
Kowy Gentlemen , your turn has come ; and the landed interest , being in the ascendant , says to the manufacturing and shop-keeping classes , "Asjou profess an identity sf interest , you shall live npon one another . '' " The tariff will increase trade , and cheapen food , and the shopkeepers and manufacturers most pay the Government £ 2 18-. 4 d . per cent , for the reduction : " so ssy 3 the Prime Miaistcr . Gentlemen , —If prejudice has not wholly blinded you , I pray your attention to the strict analogy between your position as regards the tariff and the income tax , and ihe operatives' position as regards
a repeal of the Corn Laws , and reduction of wages . You contend that the reduction in the price of consumable articles consequent upon the tariff ¦ will no ' s be a fair set oS against . the Income . tax of £ 2 13 s . 4 d . per . cent , while at the same time you stoutly contend that a repeal of the corn Iaw 3 would enable the operative class to submit to a reduction of their wsge 3 . You have i > een tanght so to jumble and confoand all political questions , that it becomes a work of no easy character to keep your minds to any one pdnt . However , I shall shew yon howyou have been juggled npon the
question of the incoma tax ; and I Ehall further show you that your difficulty to meet it arises from that poverty -which has been created by machinery and from thai alone . Take the tariff and the income tax , withont refersnea to labour—and never was so great a booa offered to all classes of society as that measure would confer . I will bring your minds to bear upon the measure in the kos ; simple form , and will take a 3 an Illustration of my argument , the lowest amount of property selected for direct taxation—one with an income of £ 150 per annum . Such a person would be liable to a tax of something
less than £ 4 IQs . yearly . . Now , I will not go into the several articles whose prices will be affected by the tariff , and which yen may , cr may not , use as you please . Timber , bread , coffoe , wearing apparel , as well as many luxuries , I shall pass over , and come at oace to the point . ] Sow , suppose a man , having an income rateable at £ 159 per annum , to C 0 S 5 CI 2 ? in his family threo pounds of meat per dsj- j asd suppose tie tarjS" to reduce Jhs pries by ens penny per pound , ( which it Trill , and by more than double that sum , ) ihe reduction , in such case ,
upon his tamily joint would amount to £ 4 11 s . 3 d . per annum . In proportion as the income tax payer is elevated in the social scale , in the same xitio does his advantage increase ; because luxuries to him are almost indispensib ' es , and the reduction cpon them comes into his credit account against the £ 2 IS-. 4 d , per cent . For instance ; a can with an income of £ "" 2 , 000 per annum , will pay about £ 55 tax ; &nd he will live , as he does now , for £ 300 per annum less than he now can . "But ,.. gentlemen , in ihe icine ratio as produce is cheapened , DOES the Bf 2 DE 5 OF TAXATION BECOME Ah" ADDITIONAL
PRES-5 THE rpo . f LLBiCB ; that is if political economists and all others are right , who assert thzit labour is the sonTce of a'l wealth , " Sow . gentlemen , for the very same reason that a . repeal of the corn laws would not better the condition of the wortirg cb . ; ses , will the tariff not benefit jours . Cheap and dear are relative terms ; and you will find it much more difficult to live upon reduced fare , while machinery is destroying yonr customers , than you would to fare sumptuously npon olden price ? , if your easterners were in fall employment . Tncie is one question which von have
no : been taught to ask yourselves in your several examinations into the causes of your distress , and the mean 3 for your relief . You have noi been taught to consider from whence "free trade" is to come to tour sheps ; nor how an extension of cominerce ' OT reduction of the piiee of provbi&n is to beneS : you who have nothing to do with ? £ Oi > rcT ] c »\ but who have every thing to do with consumption Now , whether do yon think it wonld be better for you that calico was Is . peryardi or 5 d . T If it was a shflljng , all those who are employed in its
manufacture wcnld spend their share of the difference with you ; while the difference between that amount and 5 d . 13 & Mad of boim 3 bald out to cheap-bnying foreigners to accept a present of so much English labour ; all of which is a direct loss to you , and a direct increase of the amount of taxation , which you will 7 wm haTe to bear at a fixed money rate-Behold , how differently monied men are dealt with by the Government , to the labouring classes . Let us , for argument ' s sake , suppose that one half the holders of Government stock will come under
the rate-p 3 ying standard of £ 2-183 . 4 d . percent , the tax . in £ neh case , would amount to somewhere about £ i' 20 , 000 per annnm . Now the advantage of ihe tariff , to znsny , will amount to fifteen per cent ., and mare ; whila all ( even the nntaxed holders ) will derive a benefit of at least ten per cent . Thus , will the graduated advantage derived from the tariff by the fnndholders vary from 7 to 15 per cent . Large holders will hare an advantage of at least 15 per cent , when all comes into operation ; those of middling incomes who pay the tax , ay for £ 150 to £ 30 B per annum , will have an
advantage of 7 per cent , after payment of tax—or 7 per cent profit on the tariff ; and those with increased incomes will have an advantage of 10 per cent . Th £ t is , a man with an income of £ 149 per annam , will be able to live as he do * 3 now and to have 15 or 10 per cent , more at the en I of the year , in consequence of reductions made by the tariff . You must observe that I do not select the funded property as a correct standard of amonnt of tax to be paid ; for lacking the critical knowledge as to the number of holders and amounts severally held and rateable , I cannct give you a correct analvsis . But this
1 can do for jon ; I can from the altered position of the fundholders , make a general Enm of tax-receivers with fixed incomes , and show ycu that by the diminution to them yon may measure the increased burdens of the conntry . I * LAEOUH they must be paid , and labour they will have J net in kind , BUT IN COIN OF A FIXED V A LUEI coin stamped with its present Talne , and not -with the Talue which it bore when the labour of the unborn was pawned to them . Por instance , last year there were sold something over £ 50 , 000 , 000 sterling of English labour to foreigners ; whereas , the same amount of prodc-e , if sold in 1798 , weuld have brought nearly
£ 2 to > O 0 , Ot ; o sterling !!! This is a loss within the Jtsr to labour of £ 150 , 000 . 000 ! while the fnndhclders' £ xed property , paid by the labourer ? has b&tn increased by fifty pc = r cent , besides the increase * b value consequent npon a decrease in the value of labour ! So that , in fact , this table of sale presents es with the startling reality that labour which brought twenty shillings in I 798 , in 1841 only brought fi ? e shillings !! So mach for the happy difference between & gigantic foreign trade and a certain home B&ik et' . So much English labour was worth twenty shillings in 1798 in onr own market , and the same amount in 1842 is worth five shillings in iie foreign mart I What a beautiful thing this highsounding term , extension of trade" is 2
r » ow , Gentlemen , I show you what extension of trade" is ; and hew it makes it difficult for you to pay £ 2 IBs . id . per cent . npon capital made at home , when foreign speculators have driven your customers to beggary . The Tories will wring your last farthing from you ; and then you will understand that cheap * na dear are relative terms , and that a "big loaf" for * ptcny will be dear to a man withont a farthing io cyiiwith ! The labourer cannot buy bread , be-
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cause machinery does his work ; yon cannot pay taxes because the labourer cannot buy your goods ; and all the powers on earth under the present system cannot mako you one whit better ; because , should the " free-trade" party , now struggling for pre-eminence , ever succeed , ( which may God in his mercy forbid , ) in three years from this date , THREE MILLIONS would be an over-population , in a conntry capable of supporting 50 , 000 , 000 of a population and more ! Yet , you join in the cry of emigration , while every poor man who leaves his country is a portion of your profit going off .
Get what ia called '' free-trade ' th ' 13 month , and admit that the demand for British produce in the world will be thereby qaadrupledjin less than six months thfre will be new and improved machinery in existence to supply the demand , without the employment of as many hands a 3 even the number at present engaged ! For always bear in mind that ' ¦ extension of trade" means inducement to people who do no : really want to buy your produce , and which can only be effected by substituting cheap for dear , arrinsial for manual labour . In fact , England -may now be advertised thus , — " STOCK
SELLING OFF AT RUINOUS REDUCTIONS /' Gentlemen , in my r . txt letter I shad show you how the resources of this country may , by thuir proper development , be extended to an amount which would even yet render her " the envy and admiration of the world , " and the terror of tyrants . Gentlemen , I have the honour to remain , Your obedient humble Servant , Fearqus O'Cosxob .
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . MR . O ' CONNOR'S YORKSHIRE TOUR , CONTINUED FRO :. l OUR LAST . My ieae Friends , —It was briefly noticed in last week's Star , that I visited Bingley on Wednesday last ; but it was not stated that I addressed the congregated thousands at considerable length ; and , still more curious to reiare , I was requested by the Chartists to comment upon the Whigs' last stretch . Now , whit will any man say to this fact ! For a series of years , invention's brain has been racked to find out an employment for me in tho Whig
service or " the Tory Eerrice ; h made no difference , but a tool I must and should be in the hands of one party or the other . Well , all devices having failed , what will my friends suppose is tho occupation that the raoral-force Whi ^ o Lave D . 0 W assigned to me ? - "Why , no more or less than that" I am now in pay of the Tories , engaged for the purpose oi pre ? f } ring the price of the cr-unliy ! " What say you to that ? ! Do not tho fools know that such au honourable office I would and do chec-rfully fill , without further pay or reward than the delightful reflection that I hadbiulkcd the
moralforce Whigs in their hope of re .-toring their party by a physical move made by tho psople , during which the moral-force ruffians would quietly look on until the danger was over!—I addressed a tremendous congregation of men and women at Bingley , and took a show' of hands for the whole Charter , name and all . We then proceeded to Keighley in procession , and assembled in an open space , over 20 , 000 strong . Mr . Firth was cailed to the chair . I need not tell you that I spoke at great length , and the remonstrance was unanimously adopted . " We Immediatsly adjourned to the Chartist
place of meeting , where an excellent soiree was held , and which was very well conducted . I was obliged to speak before the ceremony of tea-drinking was over , as I had to meet Acland , at Halifax , ou the same evening , at e 5 gh » o'clock . I left precisely at seven , and reached Halifax ( twelve miles , over a shocking road ) at five rcir . utes before ( and not five mi-uies after ) ei . ht , as stated in the Star , and proceeded instantly to the Odd Fellows' Hall . An account of the proceedings which took place , you have seer ; but you cannot , evn from that , form any notion of the Tilne of the triumph . I do assure you most solemnly and without aifee-iation , that 1 feh
ashamed of the exposure whicb I was compelled to make of my opponent's ignorance and incapacity . No creature in discussion ever yet received a more continaons and complete trouncing than did Mr . Acland from the beginning to the end . But one thiDg which he told me , as he said , in confidence , must not be kept hack . No , no ; I am Hot just the man to keep the secretE of the League . Now , let every man pay particular attention to the following disclosure , coming from the principal spouter of the " Plague . " Acland-said to me , — " Well , Mr . O'Connor , we shall either have a repeal of the Corn Laws , or the Charter in three weeks . " Mr . O'Connor—" Indeed ! how ?"
Mr . Acland— " Well , I tell you , in confidence , that the object of the League ' s present meeting in London , 13 to take into consideration the propriety OF STOPPING ALL THE MILLS UPON A GIVEN DAY !! AND THEY WILL DO IT ! :: !" Now , this piece of mfdnated villany requires but Ynile comment . O . ' how loud these men were in condemning the assertion of the Duke of Newcastle , " that H E had a right to do what he liked with h ' i 3 own . " Eat , my friends , observe , that even here class legislation sti p 3 in to mar
the League ' s unholy prcjec ; because the Tories , knowing that the move is a political one and they , ( the Tories ) being miny of them larse mill-owners , will not join the ** base , brutal , and bloody" Whig masters ; but , or . the contrary , would make a fine harvest of Whig inanity ! This Whig scheme , therefore , must totally fail . No thank * , however , to the League ! But should they partially try the experiment , I shall have no hesitation in meeting them , and defendinz their " hands" against their treason . Let them try THAT , and provisions will soon become " cheap" enough ¦!!
DEWSBURY . On Tuesday I -visited Dewsbury , where a-meeting was called in the Cloth Hall , but it was so crammed that we were forced to adjourn to the Market Place , where we had an immense as ^ mblage . Mr . Tuse Brooke , that excellent mau and honest Chartist , was called ' to the chair . I spoke till dark at night , and was followed by Mr . Brooke . We took a show of hands for the Charter , name and all , and also against the infernal Poor Law Bill , and both
were unanimous . A drunke . 'i fool of a master , named Taylor , who is mote clever at reducing wages than any thing else , endeavoured to create a disturbance , but was compelled to stagger into a gin shop , to hide his ugly form from the people ' s si ^ ht . Dewsbury is fast falliiig in the scale of comfort ; a . firm of three large masters has got hold of the whole labour marker , and that firm i 3 weakly amassing and laying up in capital all that bslongs to the labourer and the shop-keeper . Tnere are numbers of excellent Chartists in Dewsbury .
YORK . I am accused by those who cannot dream of the strength of our cause , of exaggerating our numbers , and of giving partial accounts of our meetings . How could anything more tend to lessen me in the estimation of the rery persons , who would be thereby led to suppose that our cause was rather a shadow living in my own imagination , than a BubBtance JaaEed on principles and to b « realised by our . strength . In fact no person receives
greater shocks of astonishment than I do . The meeting in York on Friday last places me in that position ; for were I to attempt even a description of it , I should be laughed at by all save those who witnessed it . I was met at the Station by a vast concourse , with a band and a vciy large black banner—the largest I have ever seen . This banner was procured for poor Holberry ' s fnneral : upon one side was " Thou shall do no murder , " and npon the reverse an appropriate qaotation from Scripture .
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We went in procession to the Market Place , where such a concourse of pining shopkeepers and declining working men assembled as was never before seen upon any occasion whatever in that ancient city . In fact , ail appeared to ba perfectly astounded . That excellent Chartist , Mr . W . Burley , Secretary for the Riding , was called to the chair ; and after an able opening of the business , he invited any of our opponents to discussion , and threw down the gauntlet , challenging ail parties to produce one single charge of immorality or bad character affecting any of the Chsrtist body in York . Mr . W .
Cordeux , as perfecs a gentleman as breathes , a mem * ber of the York Associaiion , moved tho remonstrance , which being seconded , I was called upon to support it , and which I did at confiderable length . It was carried unanimously amid thunders of applause , the shopkeepers holding up both hands for it . This meeting completely paralysed both factions in York , and has given a great stimulus to our causa in the parson-riJdea city ; and in fact there breathes not upon earth a finer or more pure baud of patriots than those associated under the Chartist principleaia York .
HEBDEN BRIDGE . On Saturday I leit York for Hebden Bridge , and at Luddenden-bar I met a procession , wliich , before we reached the village , numbered more than 20 , 000 persons ; and curious to say our meeting was held in the field of one of the special jurors who found me guilty at York ! Tho platform was at the foot of one of those beautiful hills for which that beautiful vale is bo justly celebrated ; and the hill side was one living mass of living . Chartist , giving their support by their -presence , and their approval by their cheers to tho business of the day . I spoke at great len&th , and took a show of hands for tha Charter , name and all , and every finger was held up .
We proceeded from this lovely spot on our way to Todmorden , at six o ' clock , and overtook the procession within two miles of the town . Tho numbei'd were great ; but we had not gone far , when the rain b ^ gan to fall in torrents , drenching every soul to the skin . I was to have addressed the people in the open air ; but a large building was procured for the occasion , capable of holding over 5 , 000 persons . We wcro compelled to abandon the open
air meeting ; and , so heavy was the rain , and the building being a mile distant from the town , the room was not nearly full ; whereas , fead the evening been fine , it -would not have held one third of thOSQ who wonld have cheerfully been present . To praiso the position of the Todmorden Chartists would be superfluous , as they are known to have done as much for the cause as any Association in our movement .
Thus concluded my last week's tour . I ~ owbeg leave to announce . as follows for next week : —On Tuesday , the 19 ih , at half-past seven , I shall be at HuddertS ' . ld ; on Thursday , at eight , at Bradford ; on Friday , at eight , at Holbcck ; on Saturday , at seven > at Todmorden again , iu consequence of bein A' obliged to leave so early on Saturday la ? t . And now , one word for all . I -will not , on any account , be induced to a ldres 3 an open air meeting . I EuSV-red , most s ^ vcrvly , during the last fortnight from this cause .
While at Leed ? , 1 shall arrange for three nights in that place , when 1 shall deliver three lectures upon the following subjects : — No . 1 . Capabilities of Great Britain and Ireland . No . 2 . Machinery and the Corn Law 3 . No . 3 . The means of extricating sll parties from their present distress , and of turning machinery to a national , instead of a class , advantage . I will discuss thesa three subjects with any one , or any number of persons ; and 1 thu 3 give all a fair opportunity of preparing themselves upon the questions . I sha . I have much pleasure in dining with the Sutton-in-Ashikld men , according to invitation .
I am , my Friends , Your faithful Friend , . Feargus O'Con . vob . . Wednesday , July 13 \ , h , lS 41 .
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i > IO > : KW £ AUM 0 UTiI . —On Tuesday evening , the usual weekly mooting was held herd , Mr . Djbbie in toe chair . Tee attendance vraa small . Air . Williams and Mr . Chappie addressed the meeting . IiIVSRPOOi . —A general meeting of the Ch&rti sts of tbis tovm -Was held on Sunday evening last , in the Association Boom , when the cases of Mrs . Holberry , John Mason , and — Brooks , were severally taken into consideration , with a view to the raising of a fund fur each . Mr . - M'Cartney made a powerful and nffectiDg
appeal to the met ting on behalf of the widow of tho Tictimised Hoiberry , and called upon them to renew their exertions , and redouble their efforts , to destroy the oppressive system which had brought to an early and premature grave . ne who was bold , honest , and patriotic euongh to stand foremost in tU 8 dfefenCQ of the risbts and liberties o : the toiling and oppressed millions . A resolution was piv > ea to tbe effect , that a subscription be forthwith set un foot for Mrs . Holberry , and to continue open until thr 2 nil instant / after which date a subscription is to be tmereo into for Mt . Mason and Mr . Brook .
ON Wzdnesdat eAemntr last , a public meeting was held in the Association Koo ; n , when the building ¦ was crammed to er . ff . > cauon . for tbe purpose of meiuoria . ising her Majesty , and rtmonstrating with the House of Commons ' on-tac recent rejection of the Kational Petition . WSITWOKTH , —On Sunday last , according to appointmt-nt , an open air reciting was held at Lobden , i . tar Wflitwortu . There were upwards of one thousand people piyseut , who wt-re -iri-rtssed by Messrs . Baoth , Stott , Afchley , Leach , of R -chdale , and Lane , of Manchester , who were , listrnrd to with great attention . Tno ni « i of W nit worth , tak cg advantage , and availing themselves of the services tif the speakers , procured a room , and called a Hitching for bix o ' clock in the evenin ? , when an association was formed , and nineteen members enrolled .
HUDDSRSFIEtB- At a meeting In the Aebocia ioD Room , Uppt , rb > a ,:. row , on Tuesday night , it was resolved that as Miany < t the Chartists as can possibly attend , Bba . ll meet on Tuesday , the 10 th instant , at six o ' cl ' . » ck in tbe evt-nii ; g , in t&e above room , to form a precision to meet F . O'Connor , Esq ., and escort hini into the town . Sheffield . —Mrs . Holberby . —Ina letterrecsived by Mr . Hjrney from T . S . 0 . 1 ' acoinbe , E * q , M . P ., that gentleman requests tfcaE hw na'ae fJr five pounds may be piaceii on tie subscription list for the widow of the murdtred patriot , Samuel Holberry .
State of the Town . —Progress of Chartism . — The amount p ;» id to the u gtuar ticket poor in money , bread , &J-, for the w «* k « na : ng July 2 nd , was £ 93 18 = s . Tae amount paid to tbe casual poor in money , bread , ic ., for the same week , was £ 424 12 i ; being a total of £ 518 10 s . for that week only ! Distress is Bteadily progressing ; dny by il ^ y new cases of misery and wretchedness are brought under onr notice , but want of space will n <_ t at prestLt permit us to particularise We tire keeping up the steam of agitation . On Suncay last , Mr . Harney addressed two meetings , the
first in the afiernoon at inUi&e , to which place a goodiy number , of the Suiffieid Chartists accompanied Mr . Harney . The proceedings were enlivened by the singing of some excellent Chartist hymns . The seccsi meeting yroa held in the evening , in Doctor ' s Fields , and was numerously attended . Mr . Harney addressed the assembly far upwards of an hour and a half , and was followed by Mr . Evison , who delivered a brief address . All pasBed off highly satisfactorily . .
On Monday evening , a public meeting was held in Paradise-square , to adopt a memorial in behalf of Brookes , Peddie , and Foden . Mr . William Wxagg was called to the chair . Mr . Harney addressed the meeting at great length , and concluded by proposing tae adoption of the memorial Mr . Edwin Gill seconded the memorial , which was unanimously adopted . Mr . Evison then shortly addressed the meeting . An adjournment to Fig-tree-lane then took place , wbere Mr . Simuel Patkes delivered an en « rgetic address , which closed the evening ' s proceedings . We have enrolled upwards of fifty new members stnea last week ' s report was written .
Holbeck . —The R-iv . "W . V . Jactson lectured in the Chartist Beom ou Monday evening last , to a Tery attentive audience . Several new membars wer enrolled .
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B 9 STOK . —Mr . Duffy has visited this placa , and delivered three excellent and impressive lectures on the principles of the People ' s Charter . As soon as tho few bat zealous Gbartiata pf Boston knew that Mr , Duffy would Tisit them , they at once set about making arrangerceuts so as to make the best of the speaker , as the principles of the people ' s Charter are but little known in this agricultural district , and they concluded that he should speak In the Market place , on Wednesday evening , that being market day . A large bill was exhibited to that effect Long before the hour appointed numbers might be seen In groups in different parts of the market place , anxiously ^ waiting to ' . hear what the Chartista had to ssy . Unfortunately Mr . D . could not speak ont of doors , and if ho had attempted he would
hav » b 8 sn ordered down , if not , as the patristic Mason was , pulled down without warning , the authorities of the place being dreadfully alarmed ; the Tory-mayor and several magistrates were to be Beet in tho Marketplace , In close conversation with the Superintendent of Police . By the hour appointed for the ineeting vast numbers were assembled Sn the Market-place , and expressed , much , disappointment , asr the general impression was that the mayor had prevented the lecturer from addressing them . Up to this time 3 Ir . D . had remained in-doors , when one of the Chartists suggested that Mr . D . aud his friends Bhould walk through the Martet-pJace , when one of the ' itte ' st ludicrous scenes ever witnessed took place . As soon as the crowd discovered that the lecturer was in the Market-place , a large concourse of persons surrounded him , all anxious to got r glimpse of this wonderful thing / a Chartist , as if he bad been some mdnsterV More curiosity could
not bave been evinced . Mr . D . wejit round the Marketplace followed by vast niimbera , tho police also followingj-and rtated to Mr . p . that he was responsible for all this . The Chartists took advantage of the crowd by informing them that Mr . D . vrould lecture the next evening in a large room that had been procured for the purpose . The Blue Bottles were all on the qui vice , and tried to make some distBrbanca , but the Chartists said " It ' a no go , my lads . ' * knowing welt that vrould not bB tba wny to get Chartism established in the tuwn . On Friday and Saturday evenings Mr . Duff / delivered three eloquent lectures in a large room to oroweled audiences ^ and the lectures havie flone us much good , and have removed , a mass of prejudice which existed against us j several joined the association , and many more are ready . We have now got the Chartist banner unfurled in this place , arid if we could have another lecture many would rally round its standard .
NORWICH . —The Council of the ChartiBt Association of this city lately sent Mr John , Hun-ell a short tour for the purpose of arousing the . people of Norfolk to a sense of thoir wrongs . The first place be attended was Lynn , in which place he waa treated in the roost baadsorce manner . He webt , from I ^ nn to " remote village a short way off , where the Hunters were holding a camp meeting , but tho owKer of : the field and waggon nil awed Mr . Hui ; rcil to speak from it ; the consequence was , tbe people ' s nilnda were directed to their wronga Ihe poioted out to thtim th& way to emancipate thsinselves nieiitilly and physiciliy . The Ranters on seeing this prevailed on the parties to allow them to tjik-s away the waggon and forms from the field . They c- > ra * menced stripping the Sold , and gave Mr . Hurrell a comfortabie ride , though he was noMing forth all tae time . - Mr . H . lectured in Lynn nnd then went to Bury , at which place he was at first treatod rather cautiously ,
but be desires to return his sincere 'thanks to the men of Bury for the handsome manner in which they treated him . He bad to announce the nioeting by going round the town with the following hand-biU placed iu front and b-hini bis hat , — "An address ¦ wilt be delivcreil upon the-state of the country and its remedy , in ¦ the Market Place this evening , at seven o ' clock , " The reiult was he addressed two meetings , On :. th ' . 3 first evening there was a good me ? ting with a tolerable spriDiiiing of the middi' * class . Theve was no announcement of the second meeting , but Mr . H . commenced by ; reailin' } the letter- ' of O'Connor to the middle classes , and by the time he had finished there -was a good collection of persons o ' . i the spot . He then gave them a long lecture which gavi ? great satisfaction , After leaving Bury he walked fifteen railesj then rode to Norwich , anil got in time enough to address tbo people ol Norwich in the marketplace ;
CEPXFOB . D ATSD GREENWICH . —We had an open-air meeting in the Broadway , Dsptford , on Wednesday , the 6 " ta instant . There would have been a great body of people but the " blue devil 9 " interfered , and we were obliged te aiijoum to . our friend , Mr . Morgan ' s , grocer , Church-street , D * ptjor& There we bad a good lecture , aud a Rood muster of people . On Sunday we had Messrs . Mania , Sp , nctur , and otherB , for tbe first time , to preach a CUurtict sermon . They were not disturbed ; by tho blu < w . The auriiericie mustered very strong . After the sermon * . we : at'journed to the Priuce of VV " a ! e 3 Conv . e-hoi ! se , Greenwich ; there Mr . Speneer explained the . Six Points ' of the Charter , and gave Kieat 8 ati ( ifact ' on to tbe body there asseniblGti . Wo passed a resolution on Sunday , that the secretary be instructed to write to Mr . O'Connor , to ascertain -when or whtthet hs . will oblige the Chartists o £ D « ptfonl and Greenwich by attending a public meeting on Black heath , to remeiistrate the House' of Conitnons , and memorialisa the Queen for the attainment of the
Charter . O 7 / DHAM . — On Sunday lost , Mr . Bropby lectured in this place to a crowded audience , and gave general fiat : sfuct : on . . ( Weekly Meeting . —At the weekly meeting of tbe members , the following resulution was unanimously agreed to : — " That a public meeting be held in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , on Monday , July ISfciJ , for the purpose of passing a mempral to the Queen , and a remonstrance to tho House of Commons . That this resolution be aeht to the Northern Star for insertion . ' ? EYE , NORTHAMPTONSniBE . —A public open air meeting was held in tuis remote village on Sunday last , when an excellent spirit prevailed , which was exemplified at the conclusion by a collection of 8 s . in aid of tbe Lecturing Fund , wbich has been transraittetl to , and received by Mr . J . M . Farlan , Northampton ; County Secretary , who has also received 43 . of a previous collection , making a total of 12 a .
SADFORD—CbaTtisni . wears a better aspect now than for a longtima past . We have , ' . . 'during tho last few weeks , almost doubled our paying members . A spirit of unity prevails in our ranks , pnd all bids fair for progressing at railway speed . We have divided the town into districts , and have appointed a collector to each dibtrict , HiKi wo find this plan to work well both for collecting subscriptions and getting new members , as the colkcVjrs , when they go their round have an opportunity of enrolling many persons , which under any other syntem we ceuld not have done . On Suni > ay afternoon , the youths held a camp meeting on Sbaws Brow , at two o ' clock . It is intended to hold these meetings every Sunday afternoon during the season , at the same time and place , should the weather be favourable , if not , they will adjourn to tbe Char ' . ist Room , Great George-atroeti Salford .
Mr . John Leach , -f" Hyde , lectured hero on Sunday evening , to a respectable audience . At the conclusion of his lecture several persons enrolled themselves members of tbe association . On Sunday evening last , Mr . Mitcbeson , a shop : keeeper , who has jointd our association , gave sixpence to commence a fund for the support vi Mason and others , as recommended ia last week ' s Star , and prpmisBd to pay sixpence per month for the same purpose so leng as it is required . \ .: ¦ ¦' ' / . - . ; ' WOLVBHHAHPTON .-Mrv H . Candy preached poor Holberry ' s funeral sermon in the Old Gardens , Htifford-strest , on Snnday last , to a -very large congregation . His discourse produced a marked impression on his audience . Six fchiiiings and eishtpence was collected for tho widow . : / : Walsall —On Sunday last , Mr . Fraser Pearson was appointed lecturer for this district far one fortnight by the delegates assembled here .
Tipton . —Mr . Fraser Pearson delivered a stirring lecture here on Wedaesday to many hundred persons . Several new members were enrolled . Netherton . by Dudley . —The seeds of Chartism were sown here on Suiklay morning , by Mr . Fraser Pearson , who delivered a ; . ' -in . ost impressive sermon . He made an impression that promises a yery prolific harvest . He delivered a lecture on Monday evening , and notwithstanding the rain fell fast , -vast crowds attended . An Association is to be established for the
winter . ¦¦ ¦ . . .. ; . ;;; . . . - . ' . ¦ . " . - ' "" ¦ .. . ' ; - ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .. : ¦ ¦; : . ; Princes End . — There has been an association formed here after a great deal of tr nble . Mr . ' . ' Candy volunteered to come on the first night , to break np the ground , but instead of breaking it up as he thought , be only strengthened the people in their prejudice , . showing them the abases of religion instead of anowing them their just arid aUenabie rights . Butit is without any disrespect to Mr . Candy that this is Inserted . Mr , Linney came on the Monday niifht following , and delivered a lecture on the Six Points of tfce Charter , and has continued coming ever Bince , with the exception or t
two nights . This deficiency was filled op ^ Mr . Soar , of Birmingham , and Mr . Froggat of Bilston , who both gave very able lectnrea on the destitution of the many , while tbe feware wallowing in riches . ^ Mr . Linney lectared on Monday night , July the 11 th , on the Corn Laws , showing if they were repealed under the existing circumstances it would be pf no permaneut benefit to this country , but instead ot a Wessmg as they call it , it weuld bo a curse ; but now the seed of Chartism is sown here it promises good harvest , for we now- uumber upwards of one hundred members in the association . —Correspondent .
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tOIvDON . —The Watkins Teatimonial Committee met as usual , ou Sunday morning last , Mr , G' ) uidi « g in the . ' . chair . One thousand copies of the address were ordered to be printed for distribution . Several presents were handed in to the Committee for tho raffla , when the Committee adjourned to Sunday lnorninir nest , at ten o'clock , when it is hoped all members will then be present In the Evening , Mr . John WatSfns deUvsred an highly instrnctive leclura on the System , throughout the whole of which he was loudly ai > p 2 ad 4 ed .
Lamiseth . —A meeting of youths was held on Sacday , thti I 0 : h instant , at the Charter . Hall , 1 , China VValk , Lambeth , for the purpose of forming a Youths ' Charter Association . A good muster was in attendance considering : it was but a preliminary meeting , Those present Kifero instiuted how to conduct their Dasiness . A class Was then formed , and the meeting adjourned t . d Sunday nekt , at three o ' clock . It is rtqnested thab the parental of yontba conneeSea -with the assnaiation exert their infltenee ia taa working ouV of the nfco 7 O obj out . v Mu . ItiiFFT Ridle y lcotured at China-walk , on Sunday evening , to areipeotable and attentive auiiienco , after which a collection was inada towards building the new Hall . Mb . Ruffy Ridley delivered a lecture on Suuday last , at 1 , China-walk , aud also anther at the same place oh Tuesday / The sum of tea sliilHnga was voted fco the Executive , and five sbillinga to tho -svidow Holberry .
Ax A MEETiiSG of the Baimondsey locality , at the Horus Tavern , on Monday , it waa resolved thai fifteen shiUings be forwarded to ths Executive , and ten- ' sail , lings to Sir . Miller , as a moiety or money Isat the locality for the late ^ demonstration . ; HAMMEnsMiTn . —Tfle members met as ^ usual , at the Black Bull , ou aionday evening . After the transaction of the usual business , the sum of 2 s . 6 d . was yoUd . to Mrs . Holberry , aiid 2 s . 6 d . to Mr . Hinde . of Shoreham . The / delegat 3 to t&e London Council was instructed to voport the same , and retjue&t all the metropolitan lOCilitiea to adopt a similjr course . M . & Balls lectured on Sunday evening last to a good audivHce , at the Albion Coffee House , Cliuichutreet , Shoveditch .
Rising Sun , Oxford-Street , Stepney . —Mr . Soutuie lectured hero on Suuciay evaniug to ths satiafaqtion of the auciienoo . Mr . Wilson al « o addressed the meetini , ' . After transactiug other bunawi , tho meeting adjourned . TEEtoxAiXERs , WArERtoo-ROAD . — -The members of this locality met aa uauai at the Brittsnnia Coffee-House , on Monday evaning ; Mr . Andra . ws rtported from the united mef-ting of tte Coanc ' sis , and * amah pleasuro was expressed at the approaching union of tho bodies . The meeting decided upon having lectures given regu-arly on Monday evemasa , and Mr . Andrews was autiiorwed to . apply to Air . Whc-eler to furniau them with lecturers .. After tea sattletae ^ t o £ otlitr ba £ > ines 3 the meeting adjourned )
Chelsea . —The raembsra of thia flout < ishiti « locality met as usual at the Stag Inn , Fulham Road , Mr . Moore in the chair . A General Council-was elected . The auditors appointed reported the correctness of the accounts , aud gave a flattering statement Of the progress made during the quarter . Messrs . Djwlinsr , Wheeler , Corbett , and others of the Commi ttee , reported regarding the bait to tako plrvca un tha 25 ' ch of July . Considerable other bu&inesa oonnejetad with the locality was transacted , when Mr . Rulfy Riaiuy lecLuTsd to a nutuorous audieuce on the system of Governriiunt prevailing in Great Britain , laying baro its vises and liefornutitv shewing the many keff 22 tu . 1 l remedy which had been applied , and the utter inuti . ' Hty of the ¦
repeal 01 tho Cora . Laws , unltas accuuiptoiad by other aud greater legislative changes . He drifted on the deceit and inook humanity of ajauy of the L 53 SU 0 , and concluded a much-applauded address by caliiag upon them , in the name of ail they , fc ; .-ld dear acd sacred , to stand firm by their Charier , and never to desert those who had through every danger and t-lifiiculty renaained true to their cause . Mr . Ridley Sit down amid great applause . It waa unauimousiy resoiyed that thesURl of sixpance pa » week should bo contributed from thf ; funds to the support ef tho wives of Mason and the the other victims to tj-dnny in StaiTardsnire ; and : the example isheld , out to a ! l ths Londja localities as worthy to be followed .
Shoemakers—Clock House , Castle-street ; Leicester square . —Mr .. Ford in the cbair . The delegate lepurted . froin the united meeting , wbich gave satifcfact , ieu to the audience , Mr . Farrer dbliyered ' an able and instructive lecture . ; at its conclusion tiie ' .-atuu . of sixpsnea per week . whs unanimously voted to Mrs . Mason and the other SiaffJrdsiiite vicUins . until the period of their incarcerition should iiavo expired . City of London . —Tho inombers resident in this Jocaiity held their usual weeSly raeetiDg on Tuesday , at 55 , Old Bailey , whun , after the transaction of local business , Mr . VVisedall moved , and Mr . Gardener seconded , "Tfi ' at . tfce folJowinx ? locaiitias receive a vote
tif thafika- for their assistance in aiding us to defray the expences of the Crowu anrf Anchor maeting , " whicn waa carried unaaimou&Iy . Tlicso looalitieB were—St . Maryiebone , Sa . 4 d . ; Cliiaa Wa | k , lambeth , 53 . ; Stratford and Ei 3 c Easi-x , 33 . 6 d . ; Clcck Hauss , Castle-stMet , Leicester- > quare , lOil . Mr . Gardoner Oien proposed the following rtHoluticn : —" That we , the members of the City of London locality , rto form ourselves into classes for mutual instruction , " v > hich being seconded by Mr . Overton , was carried unanimously . It waa then announced that a general meeting of the members would be held en Tuesday evening next , for the consideration of important business , aud the meeting adjourned to that time .
. Mr ., Faiiber lectured on Tuesday evening last , at the School B wnij King-street , Co : upton-atreet , Clerken-¦ vjell , to a good audience , and was much applauded . EriuiiNGBASi . —People ' s Hall . — -A crowded meeJing was heid at the Public Office , on Wednesday ever-iug , July 6 th , for the purpose of duvising the best mean ' s of erecting this building . ; Mr , Councillor Pago was called to the chair , Mr . Jenkinson , the Secretary , read the placard 'cditia the niuoting ; atter which various resolutions cocnsct'id with the object for : which tba meeting was caiied vrere carried unanimously .
Frost , Wili . tams , and Jones' Restoration Committee—This body held their wetkly meeting at the Chartist Room , Aston-street , on Tuesday evening last * Mr . Lynell in the chair . The letter which deecribed the villanous treatment of the above -mentioned victims waa read to the meeting from the Northern Star , after which a sub-Committee was appointed to draw up an address to the country on tbe sueject . A letter was ordered to be sent to Mr .. O'Connor respecting the memorials to be presented to the Queen , likewise a communication to G . F . Muntz , Esq ., on the subject of a petition froia Biriningcaza , which tne . Conimittfce wish to be presented ti Parliament on behalf of these victims of Whiggery .
Delegate Meeting on behalf of MR- mason AND THE OTHER PRISONERS IN STAFFOHD GAOL . --A . numerous meeting of delegates from the surround : ing towns was held at the Chartist-room , Biue-lane , Walsall , on Sunday last The fellowin ? persons were present : - ^ Birmingham , Ashton-streefc and Steelhouaelane , Mr . C . Ashton and Mr Charles Thorpe ; Mr . A . F . uasell was sent from another locality ; Stafford , Mr . G . flarrison ; Tipton , Mr . F , BathurBt ; Weanesbury , Messrs . John D ^ nks . B . Banks , T . Danks , and William
FAirburn ; Walsall , Messrs . C . Goodwin and John Griffiths ; Dudley . MesBrs . Cook , Pearson , audBankih ; Bilston , Mtssrs . Davis , Linney , and Bodgers ; Great Bridge , Mr . Henry Booth . Mr . John Griffiths was appointed chairman , and the balancs sheet of the defence fund was paased . A petition to Parliament was ordered to be drawn up , and ah address . to the cpuntry on behalf of tbe prjsoasra ; and after various other important business wan transacted , it was determined to hold another meeting on the 24 th of July , at Dudley . "' ' " . ¦' . : ' .. ' ¦ ' ' ' .- . . .-. ¦ . '' .. ' . - . ¦;¦'
STEELHO 0 SELANE Meeting . —The members of tbe National Charter Association belonging this locality met at the Ship Imi , Stoeifaouse-Tane , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . HorBley in ibo chair . Mr . Soa * read an address to the -. 'Irish ¦ ¦ Universal . " Suffrage Assooiation , which hehad been requested to draw ug . The address was warmly applauded and unanimously agreed to . Mr . J . Ernes delivered a iaost instructive und argumentative address , which was warmly applauded . After which , Messrs . Thorpe and Fellows were appointed to act on the Committee for the support of the families of Mr . Mason and other men imprisoned in Stafford gaol , each locality in the town having likewise elected two for the same purpose . It was resolved that the rules of the Association should be read ^ every evening of meeting previoub to the traBsacfclon of business . The ) sub-Secretary was ordered to write to the Executive for sixty cards , and after the transaction of the usual routine business the meeting eeparated . ;
Mqnpat Evening Meeting- —After the conclusion of the opeii-aiT msfeting , at Duddeston-row , the raembera repaired to Astba-street ' , for the purpose eftransacttiigttie usual btis ' mssa . The room waa crowded , and Mr . Peter Henley waa icailed to the chair . He delivered a Bhort anfl appropriate address , after which Mr . ; Talbert , sub'Secretory , read the rflinutes of the last Council meeting , which were passed Unanimously . Mr . White then addressed the ; assembly on their improved position and good pioEj ^ ctB , and , after the other buainess waa itatisaoted , tn . ft ' members separated .
A sTdN-sxREE-jMEETiN 6 s .---Thautual meeting was held at tue A 8 ? . ociation Koom , Aaton-sfaeet , ou Sonday evening , Mr ; Willianison in the chair . The meaUng was address&d by Mr . Gaorge White .
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ruBLip meeting —The open-iir . r esfctbgs v > tftSx are held in . vanous parts of Birmingham are pkdacing | mmense benpflt to the cause . A healthy and eaergstle tone is thereby i » f « ii ; 6 d 1 i « to the Chartist movement , aa tna workiBg men who attend them are te be Been life so many digcusffen classes , formed into small gi \ nip ? -n the fields , . both at Du-idcston-row aad SaTCmer-lMiu . Mr . White addressed a numerous assembly near the > Vulcan Fpumiry . on Sunday moininjj last , at eleven o ' clock , and at-nin at tL « 5 same place on Tues'lay evonin ? . He _ also abends every Monday cTsuiug in the lari ? 8 fietd nt Duddesfwi-rowV : - - ¦ ¦ :
:... - - Shoemakers' Meeting . —Tha members of this patriatJe trade hold their weetly mefcting 3 at the houser of . Mr . Marsh , Britannia Inn , Peck Lane , e ^ eTyTuesd . iy evening . At their laat nreetiag , Mr . Maeee in the chair ,, a Bpirited atinres 3 was delivered by Mr .: Thomas Si > ar , who was warrtily Epplaudetl . Saveral resolutiora woro passed , and addressea delivered by Mr . ' Gh ' -. Whtre , Wr . P . Honiey , and ' others ; and it wasres&lved that tho m ; mbers snooli each act as collectors ^ Ia thair taro , as their nanies stand on the book . '
TJull—rAt tho weekly tnetting of tlio Conncil five shillings was Voted to Mr . Mason and the cthtr . soven Sedsley victims atv ^ arran . «» s > m (> rits made for a eoV . Dction at tho Ren « s . Vnlef » iin !; riext Mpridsy eveiiing . ' . t&a ' I 8 th Inat . ; it'is aJso their intention ; to sabsoribe moutlily to the sujipott of the vlctirns and their families , and they hopo the As 3 f > oiation 9 through the country will do the sauie , for notbips wider the present accursed s ?* izm -will tend inors t . o ' ch'ck the { hirst for the hlooS . of our shiest leaders yiannoVily supporting thorn when incarcerated for adv « catine our causa . ¦'¦ ' '
Bradford . ——The pood ciusb progresses here silently but : rar ? ly ; dnrln ? . the past w-ek there fiss ¦ been ; no meetings of a-. ty not- % At tlif > different meetipeij ( if tho localities members are cor . imnzHv bshift added to'the . ranfes- ' , of tba' National - Charter As ? "cfntion . "A deep KftneaUon h « s bc&n frit in -the bosom of every . ' . Chartist a . fc the hard fite < -f poo ? Frost Si > hs . tears , means , an ^ l lamentnti ns , are exprcsse'i by every one who belong to ourjauks . Curses , both lou-i and deep , have bean heaped on the heads of bis merMlesa opprefsnrs ; but we see no hope of his refease until tlia Charter be maietbe lav oi' ihaUnd . Than M every Chartist ' - 'labour with heart and soul , and work as . if the cause depended on him and him alone ; let U 3 never rest satisfied until the Charter be made tho Ia ?? of the land , and the maxnanimon ? Frost , and his compatriots , be restored to tli ^ ir faniiiif-a .
Yeadon Moor— On Sunday afternoon last , a meeting was held at the above pjac-j : % t tvro o ' clock , wh ? w Mr . Aldersoh deiiverad anesce 5 k-nt lectara on Cfcartisv ... The meetinjs ; was a 1-mje one . Mr . Aldersoa . waa minutely questioned on the Corn L ^ Wa by a number of Corn Law Repeaiera . Mr . A'iders ' oa had no ass- ' stant . The meeting wijajidjijurned to nfxtS'inclsy week stth 8 samo hour an < i place , -when a disettssion w-IU taste ptaca on ths Corn i , nrW (? , ArrfiRLET BRIDGE . —lvressrs . Ald&rson , E ^ aTds , Ddwcirst , avd SwJib atien fsd ¦ ' - 'ia ' Seting at this place , which ' 'was Wll attenrled , anil au 8 > J 50 C ! ii * ,: on , f .- > yaie « 1 ; six iriem ^ srs were eriroli-jil id the ass-.-. eiativa , T : iis ia a new locality : v- 'e never had a raeetins ? hero h ^ re .
CONGLEXON— Air . J .. 'H ? i ' h Copper , from Tuiistall , preacii'jfl tvvo F . ? rmonsin the Chartist room , in C 'n « leto n , " on Siimiay last ; atureT ^ l sermon for poor IIo ^ . berry in the evening , from the elx-. h C- ; aptr : r of St . - Luke , ant : the t' -ranty eoventh vsrse , to a nuUiercus anil very atttmtiva audience . Newcastle—The vatefcly IusiDPsa nifietirf ? was held as usual oh Monday evenine , Mr . J > scs in tfee chair . After the transaction of ' . local' busintss , Mr . Co « kburu , ve » oit « 'd tia iec' . n-r-Bg -t ^ nr , to the high cratification of 'ths westing . At M ^ -rp ' i : "fc . a and at ' Aliwick ha has bean pecttUttr . y&uccessfiil . '
AMBLEV-Tiie Chartist &ig was unfurled hera on Ssturday last ty Ivlr . Cockhurn , ¦ who .-Ificturad to aa auclieT 5 Co comprisir > s » almost the Trfcol © p"pu ' st ; 6 jl Of this and the d'Sjiieiwt . ' . -villases of -TV " aVk-- . worth and R'K ' . Cl'fi ' tt Btidfte . A vevy cordial reception was given to him , avid atlbe conoinsioft < f his Ucf ure a number of m » Rsbers were enroiled in the National Charter Assoevfttion . : ¦ Wahbington . —At the W € ft ? y meeting here , on Morid ; v 7 , a subscription "waa co : ! imene 4 d on bobftlf of Mrs . Holbcrty . Mr , Mason , an-- i tha other prisraers . ; Hetwood . —Mr . Eell Icc ! i ; rc-d btre on Tuesday oveni ;) g , to a uurauxms m < - ( -Mvi ^ . He was followed by M r . Lofflas , frum Ratc 3 : fl " .-, and by a friend from Roohda ' e . . .- '¦ :
, LouGiumouGii — The-Chartfsts hero con . tiim ' o- to niet ^ t ni ( iiff ' -rcuf parts of tho tcvu thrca nights ia the week . Last week , on p . 'ie oi' the r . i ^ Vit-:, s'ciiea and water wtro thrown , and- on the W-j-Jnesday in ^ 'ht m tho Market Placo ; bat the ¦' parties are known , andthvy ha'l better beware . On Monday last , Mr . Cooper , of : Leicester , dtlivercd a Vcrv spirited and . interesting a-j .- ' vess at the top of'ths Now Row , near the Barracks , to an aitpuiive and numerous assembly , the '' SSun of Fyesdoin'' being sur-w at the commencement , -and . 'the' "Chartist Njitioaal Afitliem" at the * elos » v- ' - Threo chcejs , urith one ch < ierinpre , were jiiven for . ' the ' Charter , O'Coanor , aiid the return of Frost , WiUiams , and Jones . Ten fresh members were en oiled ; and to shew ; the terror of the ' ¦ v / eulthy ., - tha Eoidisr-s were , in coiiPOqueuce of tbo mesiinjj , confined to their barracks for the night , ^ Tuesday last , Mfssrs . Jarrntt avid Buckuall adilressed the . peoplo hero in the Market Place . : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' . '¦ ' , ¦ - . - . . - ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' "¦ " ¦" , '¦ ¦
Rotherham— --Glorious DKMO ^ STfiATZo . v i . v FAVbi / it of ' the Peoplh's . ' Chaktek .--Mr . T .-B . Smith visitedTi 3 en Saturday ni ^ lit lastj arid delivered a lecture in the Association Room , to a rot numerous , but most . a « ent ! 7 e audieuoo . -.: H « frtatsd afvthe ' , conclusion , ; that if a ^ 'ocabUyhe wonid deliyer another . 'lecture oh TiieP'iay evening , in theopen nir . Preparations were . " . ihsfaiitly made , placards v ^ ery ) issued , and a nohle spirit manifested which threw the town , alici especially tho truckling teetotalers , into coustonnvrion . Tho liitter Hcaied that they intended to hold a meeting or the satna evening , aud that the Cnarlists hud contrived t-heira in a spirit of opposition ; thig etatc-ment was false , as ns Chartist ktiexv of the tcaperance eaiherine
until Tuesday , and the placards caliintf the nieetin ^ were issued , on Monday . At the appointed Hour , Mr . Smith , accompanied by his friend .- ! , repaired to the Markec-pJace , and after Mr . Si ' ephen- Peacock had , as chairman , opened the business of tha eveniii / f in a fevv well-timed remavtsi Mr , Smith comraeiiceU his address , whtch lasted . nearly two hours , and carried conviction to many aa honc-3 t hean . Mr . Smith took a review of the pre-eat distress of the . . . .. cbantr-y , ' traced in a clear and ; lucid rnanDer , our history from . toe days of Alfred , and explainod the six points of tho Charter with the most powerful effect . The meetvi > s could not consist cf Jess than 2000 , including almost all ihe r ? spec _ tablea of Roth ^ rham , who , with one or . two exceptions , listened \ yith the greatest attsation . Sottie of tho teecotailsrs eiicle ' . vourcd to s " nb"rrupt the meeting by slight groans , arid some one in tho crowd threw a affiaU . stone at , ths spcak-r : but
the '" meeting was most peaceable , and the conduct of rlie gentlcmeh was euch as might bo imitated with adranta ^ e in other places . Some few of the too ' s of faction endeavoured to cs ^ rcho their v 6 c ^ i : if > n ra a small way , one wisMhst for Mr . Sniith's ircprisor . - meut ; another , exclaiuiint ' , "blast him , I could miil him j and a third , ( a roHceman ) , Vti&pcrJng that the fellow * was welt paid ; and when asked for proof , replyinjSf , " why , brcauso I think he is . " Ai the ciose of the lecture , Mr . Smith mado some statements which have thrown confusion into tho temperance ranks . He stated that on the . occasion . -of . 'his " - 'last visit to Rotherham , he v / as iijvited to lecture to tho Teetotal Society , and promised to do so on his nrxtvisit . He received for arswer , that his offer was friendly accepted ; accprdin < if ) y he v , Tote to the Secretary , stating when lie should be in Eotherhami and his readiness tn fulfil his promiso , to which he received the following reply : — , " College Road , K-jfoerbain , July 2 , 1842 .
« ' SIR , —In reply to yonr note : received last ni * $ ht , I have to inform you that yonr kind offer to give tUe Rotherham Teetotal . Society a Jecture was discussed by the members of tho committee , the last tiraa you was at Rotheibaru , and that the decision of tho committee theii was , that such c-ff-r be respectfuily declined , in accordance with the rules of tho association , ¦ which , expressly provide , that no party politicd or eectatiaa opinionsi'baallowed . "I readily believe , for one , that yonr statement of not introducing such matter is perfectly true ; but , iw we are circumstahced at RotherhaiH , it i ? our only Safe plau to steer quite clear of all danger in this respect j and , a 8 a loyet of true temperance , which I have fevtry reasoa to believe you to be , you will , I hope , see pur hitherto . ttrictiy adhered-by ruie . could cot B > f «; iy » on this occasion , be dispensed with . :. ¦ - . . ¦ -. '; . ;¦ . . . '¦ .. . . 'I remain , , j " Youra mo&t respEctfuliyi
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" Mr . T . B . Smith , Leeds . " The reading of thia production was prcdnctive of inuch merriment . I ^ Ir . S : showed that either a barefaced lie had been written by — - ~ r or that a lie had been told by the deputatipn which waited upon him on his last visit to Rotherham , and said be would leave the Committee and their Secretarx , to settle this between them . He then pointed out the consequence of so explaining the rule of the Temperance Society as to exclude persons holding particular political opinions or religious ones from it 3 platforms . He showed , that if this interpretation was correct ,
it must exclude Whigs and Tories as well as Chartists , and men of all religions , &s every one oi then * held party and sectarian opinions , and asked the teetotallers present what they thought of a society which proclaimed . by inference that nobody but a man without principles or ¦ opinions of his own jwfts fit to appear as its advocate 1 Mr . S . concluded by recommending all to become total abstainers , but not to sign the pledge until a newsooiety beorgamsed . This demonstration will bb of immense importance to the cause , here , and we look ibrward to another visit with much pleasiDg anticipation as to tho result ' ¦ - ¦ . •^ ' :- ' :: - ' - ' ' : ' '";¦ ^ ' vi' ¦ - :. '¦ ¦
. .. ; _ .. . Halifax , —Lectnrera coming to Halifax are hereby required to give due : nctica thereof ( three cays afc least ) and also to give their address in order that they may be given to understand whether their services are required or net ; Lectarers ceglefltiBg this notice shall- in no case be engaged . Address B . Batterly , sub-Secveta . ry , Back Aibiou-strcet .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct762/page/1/
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