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BATH . PT 7 NERAL ORATION OX THE DSATH OF
HOLBERRY . On Sunday ait-raoon list , a funeral oration WE 3 d-I-fetiu f % Mr . EaiUrrt , en the dtath of poorEolb ^ ry , at 2 * o . 3 . Gillo ^ ay-ruildizig ? . The room -was £ Ked ¦ with highly Tt-spectable p-ople , among vthcni w .-e many if the ftmale sex , whose bes ' - 'ms Beemed to slow ¦ with fve . iz . ss of in . U . nse itvaifniVca towarcs th ^ se "who vrcre the undoubted causa oi Hojberry ' B dtath . jJt . Ttvite took the chair , and briefly introduced Mr . Baktlzxt , v ; ho spaxe to the ffilowing tfrpci . JIt frltEds , w
to his memory . And as the enemy ir . iiy attempt to i St-gaiitise hia t&arscter , as well now that he is dt ? ad : £ 5 irhcn he was living—for the tongue of interested TiLaay can . n&Tt « r ba at test , —it U my intention to ; st- - w that his conceit -was worthy of imitation , and j tLat . he was no irillir , nor assassin , no spoliator—> ( bear , hearj—thongh he wished to assassinate ail in- i justice , and to spoil the base designs of the enemy . ' Lrt me ask , -was he a trartjr bKC 3 asa he wished to i foijnd GjTcxnKient on the affections of th # people , and to mate sll existing institutions conform to the Epirit , yr . inzs , zr . d Intelligence of the ajre ? Was he a traitor b * eins 2 he -visaed socirty frora the highest to the le-= ? £ 5 t , to be responsible to laws made by and for ail ? j "VTa ? he an assassin because he desired to prevent the recurrence ef "war -which has sacrificed so many millions . of h-nm' -n lives , and entailed noon us inch a load of ;
cVLt llut onr conntiy ins consequently b : irn reduced ; 1 rc-ta the highest pitch of prosperity and happiness to ths Tery depth of niis ^ iy , and that her ever regaining fcei farmer proud p iitioa among mtions in regard to trade and con-njtrce , is almost despaired of ? * W ^ s lie an a =-i 5 rin because lie Wan « ed to get . lid of these nrm ^ ttrral disttnctiOES "Which Separate one class from anothtr , ¦ w hile they inflict j ttpan the country the evils arising from the want ' of nnion among the people . "Was he an ns » winp be- j cause he ¦ wished the poor labourer not to be toned out i of House and home , driven from country and kindred ' : at the caprice of some -wealthy lord , or because of op- { plosion ? Was he a spoliator because he -wanted the ; p oor to lire in the larjd of their birth , or to hare a fair > day ' s wares for a fair day ' s work ? Was he , in short , j
a spoliator because ha wanted to put those now dignl- ] fied into titled apes , on the level of men practising the golden doctrine *• J > o nnto others as you would they j should do nntoyon , " and acting np toto the rule " that ' those aloue who work shall eat ? " Oh , no ; hB wa « no j traitor , no assassin , no spoliator ; he did not want to \ rcb the rich for the sake of giving to the poor ; he did ' not want to pull down one class to pat another in their ' stead . He wanted justice to be done unto all ; for tbsfc I object he Btrugeled , and in the advocacy of it he fell a ! victim-to . the oppressor ' s power . In the perfect know- tedgaof all that he suffered , his mental agony and physical deesy , s 32 good Chartiets wai ay , as I do now , a \ IIioukhkI times welcome bs his death tons all raster ; tfesa submit to the oppressor—( cheers ) . We here : ' raiproc&fce oor tows never to rest till the death of the martyrs has beea atoned for by the establishment of
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these principles on our behalf for vrkicb this patriot gave up his 1-fe on the shrine of his country . Thongh Holberry was a yoang man , like myself , naturally enthusiastic in all that concerned his country , be it not snpposed"tbat he -was indiscreet or ill-advised in tb . 9 COaTSfl he lock . You all kno- « r on what evidence I and my friend jBalwell were sent to prison . You know well that the witnesses against us were men who had neither tfcs fcar of man or Gad before their eyes . My suffering ¦ wa s nothing compared to what Holberry endured—he had been two years in prison , kept from all ftlendly-inttrooarse with his friends , not allowed even to interchange a smile , or kind word , with one who loved him as dearly as btr own life . When he found that he was sinking , that he was daily getting worse , he wrote a letter to a
friecd , in which he Baid , ' that unless he shortly was restored to liberty , be should sink into the grave ; ' and ts show the spirit of this good man , let me state that in this very Bame letter he said , that he would rather that such should be the case than he become a burden to bis friends . ' Yet so pure a spirit , so good a man , met with bo sympathy from his enemies ; no , they must-indnige their thirst for persecution in the blood of the martyr . ( Cries of shBm& ) The Secretary of State , though he bud certificates from the doctor of the prison , stating that Holberry -would not long survive if not discharged , did not see grounds to justify him to rc-commend her Majesty to grant his discbarge . Now , friends , let me ask , would it not have be-n better that Holberry had died at once on the scaffold ?—( hear ,
bear , )—for in that case he would not have lingeredhis enSl-rings would soon have been over ; the cares ab . yut hia -wife , whom be thought was unprovided for , "would not long have haunted his solitude , nor the " proud man ' s contumely" nor "insolence of office " lene disturbed his repose . But he was not sentenced to death ; but then he was poor . Had fce been a rich man , he would not have died in prison . The Whig Secretary of State did not suffer Mr . O'Connor to diu in prison ; nor Mr . Roberts long to remain there , after it was known that he was in ill health . Thus we per-CtiiTe that wealth has every privilege , every advantage , while banest poverty is pttss-.-d to the earth—( hear , bear . ) Is this right ? Is this consonant with the Christian doctrine , ** do nnto other 3 as you would , be
done by ? " This distinction will be made till the working classes are represented in the House of Commons —{ cheera- ) Holberry knew this ; bs saw -with in "ignation that this unjust distinction was made , cantrary to all Bound morality and divine law He £ 3 W , too , in sorrow , upon what plea the poor man was obliged to starve in a land of plenty . He saw feow unjustly things were munnged ; he saw a state church shallowing up annually twelve millions of money , -wrung from tae toil and sweat of ths industrious millions ; Le knew -we have the Queen receiving every year more than is fuunci necessary to carry on all the affiirs of the American Govt-rsjuent He knew , too , that the army and navy C' -st npwards of fourteen millions every year in one
"way or another . He knew all tint , and , -with such kTso-wlrrfjje , is it surprising that he became a Chartist eeitst « r ? He knew that Chartism was the only means i-f » eine < JT ; ng this state of thiDsS ; heDce he becani 9 z ^ ilously affected in its advocacy . Let us , then , eh&risfl his memory in our souls , and let us imitate his conduct so go » d , so patriotic L « t us show to the ¦ Kv-rld that he has not disd in vain , and let us teach the eLtmy tb % t his death—that the death of Claytonthat the imprisonment ; of 300 aiid more of our brethren —that the banishffit-nt of Frost , Williams , and J < -ues , hare l ; ut served to animate us to new exertiona L-t ni / i the enemy , by any m * sans . drive us from our ho ) y purpose . Let the ipiiit of the depaited dead hwer ronrs'i , and cheer us en . Oar cau » e is good , and \ fu must make ud our minds to gufivr for its saks .
R-.-me " ^ bir Christianity its introduction into -wMv . d liHt-srith deadly opposition . Every new truth , if it in m > j wise militated against tho irt <; r « ats of H = rod rulers , or Iscariot priests , fc . is fceti Euro to procure fir its prep-ur . dcr their bitterest hatred and persecution . But , M me ask . has not p ^ rs ^ cntion ever failed in its oV-j-ct ? Did the banishment of iluir , Pilmer , and Girrold , Reformers of ScstJand , prevent Reform taking place in 1832 ? Did the ex-effieio informations during the administration of Castlt-reach , intimidate the people from the pursuit ; of justice ? Was the J « ve of liberty destroyed by ths mimic ? of Sydney , of Einimt ' , or of any other .. f the martyrs ? Let the three million signatures to the NatU-nal Petition answer .. > o , th 9 love of liberty cannot be destroyed :
it is as eternal as the hills . » nd all-pervading like the elementa "which gave cs ife and motion . The speaker bete pointed out in w-irm lassnage the prrgTves liberty has ma ' " -in various parts of tLe world ; he ref . rrrd to Switz-iland , America , Spain , ac < l Mexico , and other countries as places , where < Jeaioc » atic principles had bten estsbJished in despite of perf-cntion and all the powers of the enemy . He ni-xt obsrrved , the pst'p'e here s ^ e ihs » t the same pystftm is at vrork -which for years has irflicted immense misfery on the country , in hreitinguptue hom ? 8 of once-hay-py familits , in ruining our trace and commerce with other nations , in
Sii-im : our ? 3 'ls ind work . .. ¦ uses -with victims , ana oar lunttic asylums -wuh tb > -s ^ wbonv excessive cive and toil ? . t > 1 s * vea * . comcqj < -tt i > n ths evils arising from this sj ' t-in , have d iven to manners . ThcUSjTids upon tjiJtitllJiij fall every fear victims to this s ^ bltm ; Vet for S'riV ! E ^ to gtt riii tf it poor Holberry , on the evititnee of spirs , -was ca ^ t into prison , -where he di = t ! aftea l " . ifcfe ?; n ^ illness . 7 Le spe-iker wtrA on to > .-xb-rt h : ~ audience to imitate the tsjiiipie of so rocci a man as Hol !>_ rrrevidently -wa ? , r-i . d then ap : ealt 4 to h ' s au 4 ience fin behalf of the victims Pt-dtiie and Brvk . He corciuced a long a- ? dr ~ i 3 , of which the above is but a brief sketch , amid r ., uch acplause .
3 * r . - > I . Toog huprd the Chartists of Bath woul-i h ? c-rae moie actife t } : ar ^ ev ^ r ; he ws , of opinion that Chartism -would fl uri ; h as wtli in B ~ th a- in any pur . of the c- 'intryj were all there alive to t . cir dutylhe--r . "hsar- ) Mr . PH 1 LP 3 -was prond to hear that ex-ertions were gcintrto be n ; 3 d& to rou . 'e tl . t > city . Mr 3 ' vltvell next spoke ; he hoped all would be nen-. r ; hg -would do hi > p , rt in a ;! taiir-g the cityfcheera ) H-j wruld dtlivtr , if those present liked , a l = c : ur ^ n- ~ t if on 5 ay e- ? ening in that room en the evils of class legislation— ; chetrs . ^ . .-Uier a v-jtc of thanks to Mr . Bartlttt , for his r .-V-7 e ^> , the rae ^ tirg >) rcke up in evident gnoil sj . irits . Haif-a-crovm -was colltc ' -eti at the rtour fur Vat victims Pedf'ie and B-oo > , according to the call of the E iitor ol the y > orikern Siar .
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who were moving under the guise of being Chartists , had no end in view but the repeal of the corn laws . Mr . Hatwabd said it was evident that we were noticed . The Bath Journal had spoken loudly agatast the treatment Holberry received in prison ; and thai paper had , when ? peaking of tke distress of the country advised the use of physical force . What would be said of that ? There was a chango 1 Mr . Phillips rese again , and observed that he had learned from List Siturday's Sun that the anti-Corn Law Lsagne were about to get up another petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws ; and that they had applied to Bomt leading Chartists for assistance , but had not been successful— - ( hear , bear , hear . ) Mr . P . Ba ! d it was evidentthat Govemmentbtvd sent out spies , and he hoped the people would be on their guard . Mr . Hopkins and Mr . Fcrse were the persons who next addressed the meeting .
Mr . Babtlett now rose to move the second resolution in regard to Mr . Roebuck ' s conduct on the occasion of the debates in the Commons on the Nat' . onal Petition ; but owing to-there being not 10 full a meeting as he wished , he thought it proper , and he had been advised by Mr . Twite- - and other friends jronnd about him , to postpone tb . 8 consideration , of this subject till another occasion , when ample justice can be done to it It was therefore deferred . Mr . Roberts next spoke . After the usual compliments had been paid , the meeting broke up .
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HOUSE OF LORVS-Fridai / , July 8 . The Mines and Colliers' Bill was referred to a select committee , Lord HatheHTON intimating that on Tuesday he would move that evidence be taken by the committee respecting the MIL The New Tariff Bill was read a third time , and passed , after a division , when fifty-two voted in its favour , and nine agiinst it . Tile Railways' Bill was yea-3 a second time .
Monday , July 11 . In the Lords the Duke of Buccleuch reported that it was the opinion of the Select Committee that the Collierits and Mires Bill should be proceeded with ; it was accordingly read a second time and ordered to be committed . Tie Marquis of Clakiucarde introduced a Bill . to indemnify the witnesses to be examined concerning Snobury , which Lord Bronj ? ham aaid their Lordships conid not disfranchise without taking evidence for themselves . ' " ..--. Lird Brocgham in a long speech , full of details and rich in illustrations , called their Lordships' attention to tho state of the eountry and concluded by moving that the petitions he had presented on the state of the country be referred to a committee to inquire into the bu ! lie distress .
The Eiri of Bjpo . v opposed the motion , which had ns other oi jeet in view than the repeal of the Cum Laws . A ilekitt : enf-ued , which lasted till eleven o ' clock , in which Lords Kinnaifd , Clanricarde , Stanhope , Melbourne . Ridnov , and Wharnc ? iff « touk parK On a tiivihioD the motion for the Committee was negati-veii by Gl to 14 . Their Loidsfcips adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , July 8 . Theadjournul ( Inbute on Mr . Wallace ' s motion for taking into cjhsiik-ration the distress of Uie country vvas resumed . A fur various motions for the adjournment of thisois ussicn , Mr . Wallace s resolution were put , and were negatived by 174 to 4 y . Th > - House vent into a committee of supply , 2 > '' ° forma afttr which some other business waB disposed of , aud the House aoijourned .
Monday % July 11 . Mr . Sharjia-s Cbawford saitl he had to present a remonstrance from the inhabitants of Rcchdalo , in public meeting assembled , complaining of the distress of the country , which -was to the effect—1 . That the pi-rple of the United Kingdom are r . ow MifiVring unparalleled distress , as proved by various Parliamentary- srifl other documents ; 2 . Tb .-it deaths from litstitution , and commission of crime from absolute want are daily occurring aud rap : Uy increasing . &c . ; 3 . That nut only are the working classes snnfe to the ileeptat iliatr < . f 3 , but the middle classes are rapidly desc-ndin ^ to the s irne state :
i That during the fexustence of this condition of the poople . t )) e annual pro < 5 action of wealth from the repourc s of the empirs has increased in a remarkable « ie ? rve ,-an anwniily which can orny be accounted for by tLt ^ moiiijpoly of political power , the-unjust usurpation of authority , aad the consequent bad Government of the isation ; 5 . That f " e great mi's of the people are not reprcstn . ed in Parliament ; thit , therefore , legislation is conduct- < i for the "beneSt of a class , nnd not for tho ii-iteT-iis of thu E . reat b «> 'iy of the peopk >; G . Tb . ii the unfiufrunchiseri pooyla b ?; vo petitioned hun' ^ ly snd rf-peattdlv wittcut the smallest tfi ' tct , or tve-u a }» rosp ? ct vf rel : cf ;
7 . That 3 300 . 000 people prayed by petition to be t'eird at the bar of y- ? ur House , but that hearing was i ' i-n : ufi , and at tha same time their ebjects cruelly misrepr * rented ; 8 . Tiat the people , thprefors , have no hopes of r . ( ireKs from a Huuse of CjTnmcns constituted as the » . r / -stnt ; 9 TLat the people assc mbled on this occasion now submit this ! a « t declaration to your Honourable House , ilttj-ly deploring the ul * -r disregard J * y your House of their petitions , a ;; d rirer . ' iit'g the consequences to which that disregard may lead ;
10 . Tue people now ;« sambled hereby declare that they wiil take snch peaceful and legal steps to remedy tiifcir condition as the wcil being of society , the stcurity of property , and thtir tstr . mo suflfarings imperatively demand . ( Signed , on behilf of the meeting , ) Thomas Livesev , Ctiairman . The Speak eh intiraatc-d , tl ^ lt in such a flhape it coulrt-ii » t be r ^ c » -7 V ^ ii . Mr . S . Crawford ir . qaired whether there was any standiriK rule or order of the Huuse against receiving such a document ? The hPE . AKEu said , it wos contrary to the practice of the Huuso to Tteeive papers framed as remonstrances .
Mr . T . Buncombe presented a petition from Shef-Sc'd . pray ! :, k' for an in ( iU- ry into the cause of the death if S-iimifl H' > lbfrry . -who w ; is imprisoned in York Castle f .. r a political < fft . nce , and who bad recently f-xpired there . The p-titieners were of opinion , that the m'f-a ior Uie government of gaols were uot properiy a'tended U > ~ ; and that , if thuy had been , the life uf Hoi ! . < ry DiJgM hav ., bec-n sa-veti . Mr . T . DU . NCOMBE « ave notice that he fih"Uld ninve t ) uit the r- niainir : g supplies , except those for China , S ^ ria , ana CV-. » da , be granted for tkrea months only . Mr . Leader comp ' a '; icfJ that the Treasury subs had )• kot-d bim by rcaidint ; th ^ . MuDicip . il Corporations B < ii a third t ! iuu , confurj to thfc . r agreement-with him . sU R Pcei pitikded tutti ignorance of any BUch act or llltcliliull .
SirJ ? . Pfel , in moving , the Order of tbe Day for a C » inmi t « -e of Supply , entc-red ' into an explanation of L- > rii Pa : ! n ( -rsroii " s stati-nn-nt that Lard ^ Auckland had been a ? kea by the Turics to retiiain in the Government of Inoia S-r K bert denied that the Government bad 'inr ^ - pjiy suc d thme , thon-b he could not answer for ths conttnta of Lord E ; lenhorou « h ' s private letter . Loni P ;; IriifmM ) . T <* pt .-ved and justitie'l his statement . A brief c-jiivei-i ition then to <> k place about tbe Aftihan war , and the c » nf 1 uct of the Directors . Mr . Hogj ? stated tbat rto sucn propc-ai as thaE attributed to Lord Elienliorouch should bavo be * n officially made ¦ without tbe Far . ction of the Directors , and ns th « y knew nothing of it , be implied that no ' -snch i > S ^ ial communication had ever been made to Lord Auckland .
On the motinn for coins into a Committe of Supply , Mr . YlLLlEP . s moved for a Committee of the whole House to consider of repf-a'ing the Corn Laws , and the snl'ject occupied tbe House till twelve o ' clock , when it divided . Tee numbers w ,-re—231 for a Committee of Supply , and 117 for Mr . YilHtrs * motion . ¦ " .. The motion was support -d by Mr . Yii iers himself , Mr . Hindlty . andothtis , but principally by Mr . Cobden . Lord John Rus--ell ,-wno-vrtGt further than even Lord K'iwick approved of , and L ^ rd Howick , supported Mr . ViUiers . Sir . R . ben Pel was their principal opponent . In the course of his speech he aatounced tho cjnciusioh <; f the comuiercia tre : ity wirh Portugal . Fatiguing as tbs dthatca may be—for ¦ even the great impartailJ 6 of tfc « suVj-ct cannot reri « : m its weariness—they ara not contincfcd -withuut having considerable influence on the Houss .
Th « House aftervrar « ls went into a Committee of Supply , voted a sum for Canada and other public services , Bat till three o ' clock , and then adjourned .
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VALE OP tEVSN . —Mr . Robert Xowery visited this place on the 7 th iastanti and spoke for upwards of two hours . He alao lectured at , Benton , on Saturday laBt , and preached two Chartist sermons on Sunday ,. DENNT|—Mr . Abraham Duncan lectured here on the Cth instant ; WATH . —We have had two lectures delivered here on the principles of the People ' s Charter , by Mr . Linley , of Rotberham , and an Association formed , and twentyfive persons enrolled their names . He was to have delivered another lecture on Thursday , the 7 th instant , but the middle classes had put their heads together , and would hot let him , have a bit of ground to stand upon .
SOUTH SHIELDS . —On Sanday afternoon , Sir . Williams , in compliance with an invitation , visited this place , for thepurpose of delivering an address on the death ¦" of Holberry ..- ; " Tho place selecbBd for the meeting was on the Benta , or aea Banks , ; . -opposite Tyneniouth . It was admirably adapted for the purpose , and a noble assanibly there was . It was estimated that there were upwards of 2 , 000 present . Mr . WilliaHis , aft « r britfly stating the facts relative te Holberry ' s conduct , arrest , trial , coiivietion- and imprisonment , then proceeded to show why Jiolberry bad embraced- Chartist principles ,, and why , in an erring moment , he had . been led to use the weapons of his oppressors , in endeavouring to arrest by night what bad been denied to the calm demands of justice . The
general scope of his address was aa follows . •• -Holberry wa 3 a working man , a producer of ' wealth . That which he , along with his brother millions , produced , he was not permitted to eDjoy ; instead of that , poverty and toil , and suffering was hie portion—while he saw privileged idlers wallowing in the superabuhdant weaith which he and his class had produced . Common aense , and a sentiment of justice , tiugkt him this was a grievous wrong . Oppfessiori , therefore , made him feel , feeling prompted : him ' to inquiNv » " < i ••*» think aoout the cause , or causeB , of such , an unnatural and unjust state of things—inquiry- and reflection led to a discovery of the grand , of the aU-comprehensive cause © f his sufferings . That cause he found to " be ; that he was subjected to the operation of laws affecting his labour .
liberty , and happiness , which laws were made by ethers , by the idlers , the drones ; and therefore for them , and not for him . He laboured for the benefit of his bretbreD , to mahe known the cause , and ' with the fiiends of human right , he combined to removo it . He petitioned for its removal . His petition and the petitions , of millions was treated with contempt , and insultingly rejected . ( Hear , bear ) He was told by o . e of those privileged law makers , that . he " might as well petition the rock ef Gibraltar '' as that body . Their acts proved its truth , and Holberry believed it . He not only saw the petition of plundered millions treated with cruel neglect , but he also saw those who had dared to advocate the cause of the ' oppressed , seizid upon , drageed before the tribunals of the
oppressors , there condemned' and consigned to a dungeon residence and felon ' s treatment . This , acting upon his sensitive sympathetic neture , maddened him . Having Suentbat this fraud and oppresssion was cornaiittc'd by force , ho concluded that as the oppressors wijte deaf to reason and honour , they might bo alive to fear ,-—the fear of beiiig compailed to disRorge by force what they had got or maintained by forcBi . The vilo oppressors knew what was working in the mind of Holberry an < 4 bis brethren , they then fore sent amongst them the insidious and perfidious ' / spy to fait the flames of patriot indiKna . Uo ' n ^ ' an'd to report the progress of their . .. hellish' work . Plots were formed , tut their stcrets were made known , the ¦ en emy .-was-prepared ; and when the h <; ur for action arrivisd , the oppressors pounced upon their unsuspecting victims—Holberry was such a . victim . For this he was convicted , condt-mned ,. imprisoned , tertured , deutroyed . Mr . Williams , in Bu ' puort . of the latter statement , anal s zed tlie
evidence given before the Jury , which evidence clearly proved that the ' . parties' holding ' Holberry in bond , knew that disease -was waking rUpid inroads on a once powerful constitution . They knew that that disease was the result of mental agony , by long confinement , unsuitable diet and other privations-. tt > which Holberry was subjected , knowing tho fHct of disease , the cause of it , its progress , and his approaching death , according to all the ordipiiry anil juac process of riiasouiusr , it must be inferred that tiiey either actually intended that Holbferry shoulti be destroyed , or they were-altosetu ' . r iiiditfereut as to the result . In either case , they who held Holberry in such bondage , under such circumstances , were deserving ai least of the severest reprobation . They deserved in fWfc the legal punithiuent annexed to such a serious and inhunian offence . Mr . WilliamB 'then- concluded ' - . 'by an inipwsBive' appeal on behalf of Holberry s widow and faanily . The sum of £ L 7 a . 9 d . was collected .
BISHOPWEABIttOUTa . — Sir , —The Chartists of the New Town cIsps , Bishopwearmputh , at their ¦ weekly ineeting , assenibled on Saturday , tbe 9 th of July , I being appointed chairman am directed by that class to atete unto you that havinj taken ^ the Northern Star from its first commencement to thia pn'flenttimo , they feel it their boumlen duty to acknowledge , rsftcr matUTP consideration , its coKvms ha-vo at -all tirnes been directed to tho prnera ! Rood in the cause of Chartism ; t ^ . ey thtrefore have unnniinously passed a \ yote of coriflrirnce in ita editor , the Rev . Mr . Hill , for his uncompromising integrity in upholding and maintaining thu rights aid lihsrttes of the labouring classes of this country . —EDWAJipSt a TEit .
SUNDEKfcAND . —On Sunday evening : last , at six o ' clock , Mr . Williams lectured on , the Town Moor . ; An the niot ' . o of his address , be took the following words — "D ) not rich rmm oppress ye , and bring ye bufore tho judgment seats ?' ¦ ' - This he applied to the persecutiou of Cbartist political Rtfortners , and particularly : to the case-of Mr . Mjison and the ; Stafford , victims . There -was a good auditnee , and at the close of Mr . Wjliiams ' B address the sum of lfls . 9 d . was collected towards the Stafford Victims' Fund . \ MANCHESTEn . —Caiipentbks' HaxL .-tA puVlie uiettlng -was held in the above hull on Suhflay afternoon , to hear a lecture delivered by Mr . Biirstow . On tho motion of Mr . D tnavan , Mr . Tinker was . ' called to the chair . Mr . Bairstow . delivered a long anil , able
address , in the course of . which .. ' . liv-allttaion to the distress of the ' country ., he said : —Look at . the conditiori of the people of tho town id which we stand , the emporium of comine ' rce , and wb : » t dp we see ? Vast numbers in the bastile , hundreds " . immured in the body and soul-destroying factories , and . tbousands who are campel ed to ask alms . •'¦¦ "Wore they willing idlers ' we would not pity them , or consider them worthy of a si ;^ ht or of our sympathy . But when " we find 20 000 in this town out of Employment , unable to ¦ be R -brwad , unablo to get relief , andno tribunal to give them justice , it is therefore time thit wo united to '" 'dejtroy the ' rnon . ster class legiMatioa that . has produced Midi a shite ot * things . Tne sons of Britain are not Wifttthcy fvinerly Were . S ' . arviition'has . vjestroyod all that sou ; and en .-rcy that our forefathers poxsessocl , Xtic COU ; t ' . tioa of . th' ) British ov > t * ative 5 s woi ? s thnn tUn fiivv ;\ gu in his , wi ^ .
waui , or the cannibal of New Z Jiiaii'i ; r » nd this S'a ' c of things exist , in Chrrstiau Ep ^ lsnd in 5 he nititte * nvh century , afttr a ttit years" - reform j and notwithstanding the sad and deplorable oimrtition of tho woikina classes , the manufacturera nru ditannined to make is worse , for in S : otli : port last night the . . cottot . i spinners received notice of afuithsr reduction of fifti : en ptr cent , in th > ir w ^ gus . At P . itrioroft , last niiiht , th ^ re -were forty niechanica disehiir ^ ed . In Boltuii thare are eight thousand out of employment ; and in Wigan the state of the people is dreadful ; many of them renauin iu bed the whole of ths day to bt'flj . the cravings of hunger . In Livrt- ' pnijl ' ¦ ¦ th'i ; re aiv ' iiitj .-th . rce thousand persons risa froiu their btda each . iMorninsf , not k owing were their breakfast must come from , hi Aecriugton , - with a population of ' liir . o tlibuyarid ,: th ^ r . c arc not more tban one . hundred , fully , an ' -plo-yed / In Cuii / e th hand-loom weaver ' 'has to weave one hundred '" aud
thirty yards of cloth for 2 s . Od ., and . m many cubi-s , to carry it seven or eight miles . Iu Birmingham there arc twenty thousand out of e . mploj'in . ent , and the poorrates have doubled this year . In Shefflald there arc from fourteen to fifteen thousand out of . employment ; and such are the demands upon the / poor-rates that tijey are four times as heavy this year as they tvuro last- ' . In the town of Leicester tbo condition of the people is shocking ; they ha'l -banded / themselves in companies of twenty or thirty persons to go and besc , anrt the rost ^ stmt u s bad put a stop to thetri , and now-, if five or six peor fellows , with poor clothing upon their backs , are standing together in the street , the police take them up . The number of persons iu Leicester , empioyetl in the frame-work department , in 1818 , wsis thirty-two
thousand ; and their wai ? es were 28-j . per week . In 1836 , the number was thirty-six thousand , and their wages 7 a . 6 d . per week . In 1841 , the number whs forty-six , thousand , ' and their wages 4 s . per week , anA this only ¦ when tliey had work ; out of this , also , thoy have to pay rent for their franies , working or not , and it is no uacommon thing for a man to be out « f work for two or three weeks , and when he gets work the whole of his week ' s work ia -. stopped by the master for frame rent . Mr . Bairstow then gave a dreadful account of the condition 6 f the agricultural labourers , whose lot was not better than the manufacturing population . He concluded by tracing all this to the result of class legislation , and exhorted to unity on behalf Dt
the Charter . Mr . Bairstow sat dewn amidst the repeated applause of the meeting , —Mr . Kitght then proposed Mr . Hampson , wholesale pirovjaion dealer , of Anooata-stteet , as a member of the NiitioDal Charter Association , which was seconded by Mr . Chamberlain , and carried unanimously . — -The Chairman then called upon Mr P . Robs , who , on rising , - was greeted with a burst of applause . He addressed the meeting for a short time in his usual eloquent manner , and laid before them some appaling accounts of destitution which he bad been an eye-witness to amongst the hand loom weavers at Blackburn . The thanks of the meeting were given to Messrs , Bairstow , Ross , aad the Chairman , « nd the meeting separated . V
IK THE EVENING , at half-past six o ' clock , there was another meeting in the above Hall . On the motion of Mr . Johnson , Mr . Bailey was uuanimoualy called to the chair , who opened the meeting in a short but appropriate speech , and introduced 'Mr . Jk Campbell , Secretary to the Exeettive , who delivered an eloquent lecture . . ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ - .- I ' " '¦ . ¦ : " - ' ' - '¦ ¦' . '
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BINDLBV , hear Wigan . —Mr . Bell lectured here oh Thiirsday week , to an audience of 700 .. '; * ¦ the meeting was also ably addressed by Mr . James Hyslop , draper , WigaB . - ' : -: . '" ¦ ; . ¦ . ; ., y \ ¦ - 1 . ;; - ¦ : ¦ - ' .. ¦ ' ., ¦ : . " ' ¦ ¦' : ;¦ " : / ¦; . ' . - . \ - ' \ HAZ . SHAW OTOOH —Mr . William ..-Bell lectured here : on Monday evening last , on the present distress of the country , its cause , andretnedy . - . .. ;¦ MIDPI . KTO ? ! . —On Sunday evening last , Mr J . R . H . Bairstow delivered a lecture in the Chartist Chapel , Middleton , on the present position of the people and the People ' s Charter . The discburse was one of the most excellent we ever heard . He clearly and eloquently depicted what was the cause of the distress of the industrious millions , and very forcibly shewed that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would bring contentment ; and happiBess to this once glorious but now niost distressed people of this empire . At the con » elusion four new members were enrolled .
GLASGOW .- —Mr . Robert Lowery delivered two lectures here taBt week , on the ovenirigs of Tuesday and Friday , in the Chartist Church . Mr . towery travellea from Arbroath that day , and tha boat bavins ; , from adverse windB . been detained on the passage between Arbroath and Leith several hours beyond her time , be did not arrive in Glasgow till a few minutes to ten o ' clock ; but the interval was well occupied . Mr . James Proudfeot took the chair , and Mr . Moir being called upon , addressed , the meeting at some length , amidst rapturous applause . Mr . Kidd was next called upon , but did not proceed far when Mr . ; Lowery was announ « ced , on which Mr . Kidd sat down , saying he was then to listen not to speak . Mr . Lowery rose amidst loud
checrSi" and having britfly stated the cause of his detention , entered upon his suhjtct , naruely— ' The present distress , its cause , and the necessity of a union of the honest of all classes to remove it , " which he handled in a clBar and masterly style , shewing the contempiuoua pretensions of the framers of the Reform BUI , the total fail are : of that measure , theglobm that now threatened tUis country , ; and thei utter absurdity of expecting relief from , either Wiiigs or Tories , who are both intereflted in . tb 6 system . He { M * . L . ) yrould t « u them that even those who flittered themselves that they at least could elude it would suffer ; no wis ; lom , no bravery , cauld save them from the impending storm . Hud ireds of the middle classes were being reduced to poverty , and legs able to bear it than thoaa who had betn
inured to it . He referred to the treatment of the poorj and said the virtuons poor concealed their poverty , aud despised the relief tenderod under the New Poor Law and . the despots of Somerset House ; in projf of which mauy had . destroyed both their offspring and themselves : rather than submit to the ipfemal Baatile system . If the Whig and Tpry systems had brought the country to this , what guarautea could either of them ( the factions ) give that they could cur * the evil through a Tory system . He dwelt with great effect on thb condition and treatuient of the people of Ireland , who unfortunately but too readily lent themselves to fight tha battles of thia aristocracy , but he would ask , did the aristocracy not think that the Irish could learn to flKht for
thaoiselves as well as for the aristocracy . Lat them try and see whether the aristocracy had nut been tried and found wanting ; they had now a long trial of an aristocratic fomi of government , and it had failed to procure the o ' rjoct for which all governments were appointed , viz tha beneat of tbe great mass of the community , therefore it wa 3 high , time to change- the-system . Ptel could prove that taxition on articles of conaumption had reacned its limits , but in whatever , shape taxes might be laid on , the working classes mubfc pay it . He alluded to the compluintB againat the peopla f ^ r having urged their claim 3 so ; earnestly at ' -public meetings called by other parties . Siiarman Ci'uwfoM , tha advocate of the . middle classes dM tha sima to Peel
in tho House of Commons . He niovcti an amend nieut to the tanff to promote his own object , . The Corn Law repealers talked a great deal about cheap bread , but they nevei tald the peop ! e how . to get possession of it . H « was as . fond of a choap loaf as any nun , but he knew they had no chance of getting a cbeap loaf till every swindler was turned out from behind the counter . Mr . Lowery spoie for an hour and a quarter in a strain of inipassioned eloquence , defending the Wholo principles of the Gharter . He concluded by calling on the people to stand truo to themsflves , and sat < lowu amidst loud and repeatid c ' ueeriug . —At the second Kcture , upon ' the Chartists , their remedy , the progress of their principles , and their present position , " he said they
began the agitation without experience and without much talent , but they progressed—thuy created a-greatpublic opinion in theii ftivoui' ; they had suffered porsueutiou and starvation , but they made their principles respected . He defied any man to point to any other rnDvenient that could be conipared to that of Chartistu in point of consistency ; , persevevence , and virtue . Ha spoko for an hour and a half , and concluded one of the most - eloquent lectures we ever hail the pleasure of 1-istening to . ' . flhi-idflt the hearty greasings of , the meetinjr . On the motion of- Mr . Rass , a vote of thanks to Mr . Lowery y ? as cavried by acciamation .-r-Mr . Lloyd Jones delivered his fiirewell . ' address on Sunday last , in the Hall of Science , . when-he said "he never would appear ogaiu as a public lecturer . " . ¦ . . -
DERBY . —On Tuesday morning , a large concourse of people was assembled in tae Market-place , to hear a sermon from Mr . Thoriiaaon on the death of Holberry , when , uf . er singing the hymns composed for the occasion , Mr . Theniason pr » ached a most powerful and eloquent Barmen . A ctiUcciion was made for t 2 i « widow . Mr . Thoiiiason delivered a lecture in the Chartist Room , Willow Br ^ w , to a crowded and respectable audience ; on the necessity of union , in the evtminff , which was well received , and created a favourable impression on the audience . -One-of . the lari ? cs > t arid most enthusiastic meetings ever held in this town was on Monday night , to adopt the memorial ai ; d remonstrance to the House of Commons , ihough the nicht was damp and wet , the assembly was immense .
M r , Fewn was called to the chair ; Mr . John Johnson proposed the adoption of the memorial to her Majesty , in a Bhort Bpeech , replete with common sense arguments and reason . Mr . Win . Chandler seconded the memoriaf . Mr . Thoraason supported it in a speech occupying nearly one hour and a half , in which he showed the evil workings of the system—exposed the expenses and extravagance of tho state and crowncompared the expenses of our Government to that of America—the evils resultuig from a state churchshowed the deplorable state of the country—the necesr Hity of a chRngev-and concluded by aa eloquent appeal to the roiddle and working classes to join the' Chartists to effect' their country ' s redemption . G . a the chairman asking if any one had any remarks or
opposition to make , a Mr . Campbell , Social lecturer , stepped forward , and in his usual manner commenced by -stating , that he wa 3 a Chartist , and had been for a quarter of a century ; and then attempted to pull the Charter and Chartists- ; to pieces , ridiculed the term Umversnt Suffrage—advocating home' colonization , and after advertising hia own lecture for the night following , conclxiiled by challenging Mr , West to a public discussion , on the relative merits of Chartism and Socialisar . Sit Thomason , ' a . few words , replied to Mr . Campbell , much to the satisfaction of the meeting , and on th « uieui ^ iial being put , a forest of hands was held np in its favour , nnd uot a solitary one against it . \ Ir . I * . Rflcsja then proposed a remonstrance to the H < mse of Gommon 8 , and Mr . Eiios Ford seconded it .
The chairman thtn introduced Mr . West to the meeting as the lecturer for the county . Mr . West COHinit . nced by nceeptmg the challenge of Mr . Campbell , and then in one of the most eloquint ; and masterly speeches upset and refuted the objections raised against the ChattiUs , by the niemfeers of the House on the last debate ; shewed up in his true colours , that Shoy Hoy Roebuck , and addressed the meeting for the space of an hour and a half , or nearly , livettiug tbe attention and enthwsaism of ths audience . Some idea may be formed of both the . speeches by the people staying amidst several showers of tain , from seven , till after ten , to listen to them . On the remonstrance being put
every hnnil in the meeting was held up , representini . ' one ' -great nnd vast -fore ' it of hands . Mr . Si . ssons , jun . moved , and Mr . Pritchard seconded , "That Mr . Fieldcn M . P . for dklfeayn . be requested to present tho remonstrance totheHouse of CommonB , " which was unanimously carried . Mr . Thomason moved and Mr , West seconded , a vote of thanks to the chairnian for his able and impartial conduct in the chair . The * -chairman returned thanks in p , neat and appropriate speech , and the meeting broke up . Arrnngements are being made for the discussion between Mr . West and Mr . Camp bell , ind / it is expected to come off the three ^ rst nights of the Week after next .
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QuEENBHEAO . —A public meetiDg was held . ' -fa this village on Saturday last , in the Roondbill Chapel , fox the purpose of adopting the petition and memerUL Mr . John Bates was called to the chair . Mr . C . Shackle ' ton inqyed the first ^ resolution , condemnatory of the Governnient . It was sBconded by Mr . J . Snowden , and carried . ' Mr . J . Moore moved the remonstrance , which was seconded by Mr . X Shaw , and carried * aftef being ably supported by Mr . B . Rushton , from Ovenden . Mr . Philip Noble ni&ved the memorial to her Majesty which was seconded by Mr . J . Bentley . finpported by > Ir . Jackson , from Manchester , and also ; carried . Tbanks were th ^ n given to the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed , lit . Jackson preached three , sermons , in the same place on Sunday to pverflowfeg audience ? . Collections wer » made after each sermon towards erecting a chapel for the Rev . Gentleman , amounting to £ 1 16 a . 5 ii ¦ :
K OTTINGHAM . ^ -CHARTIST MOVEMENTS ; ^ Oil Sunday mortiing , the 9 th instant , in the Dembcratle Chapbl ' , Rice Place , Mi . Oats in the chair j thfl minute of last meoting bt eanflmied , tha following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That - ' a discussldn society , meeting be held In the democraHc meetltir Rice Piace every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock . " " That the services of no lecturer will ba accepted who does not- correspond a week previously with the Secretary , and bring bJs card of membership and credbntials from the last locality where he was engaged . " All comniunications rhust be forwarded post-paid , to Mr . Jimes Sweet , Goose-gate , Nottingham . —SAMUEL Boon ham , Secretary .
Mr , T . Clark , of Sfcockport , lectured on Monday evening , July the 11 th , at Rice Place Chapel , upon the Extension of Commerce . This talented young man has won for himself golden opinions here . ; ¦ The ; chapel was crowded to suffocation . We have added / eighty members to our boily this week . ; . The Council met at one o ' clock oa Monday , MrJ Skevingtb : ! in tbe chair , When the following resolutions were artopted- . r- ^ Moved by Mr . Oats and seconded by Mr . Blatherwick , "That a county delegate meeting do take pl . ico , to be holden at Calvert ^ n on the 25 ch instant , at ten o ' clock iu the forenoon to take into cansideration the propriety of engaging a lecturer , and to u-ausact other business of importance . " Moved by Mr . Prcrc ^ er and seconded by Mr . Biatherwick , " That the memorial and remonstrance be adopted at a public meeting ta be holden on Monday , the 18 th of July insfc . "
Chartist Doings—Last week , I visited and lectured , at the following places : —pij Sunday , at Caivertoa ' i where I preached twice , one a funeral sermon for S Holberry . On Monday , broke new ground at Blidwi / rth , a large village six miles from Calverton , to which place some of the CalvertoB men accompanied me . We had a very (» 6 od meeting , and there is every prospect of success . OnTuesday , I went on to Lambley , where I lectured to a go 6 « lly number of out-attd-outers . From theuca I ' - ' .. went to Newark-on-Treiit , and lectured to a crowded " meetiDg ; a good sprinkling of middle-class men attended . On Sunday ; 10 th instant , I preached to some thousands in the afternoon , on the Forest here , and our tatfcntedyouug friend T , Clark , of Stockport , lectured , and' excited a deep feeling and many tears
from t&e fearful pictures ot human misery which he drew ,- he lectured again in the evening to seven or fight thousand , and I think I never heard such a touching ajip ' . al to the reaswi , such ready wSt . and cutting-satire from any person ; This young man ia likely to prove " a gem of purest ray serene . " 1 listened wiyaelf ' with the utmost delight , and I am sure a general delight ; waB manifested by : the assembled thousands Thirty new uiesiibers were added to eur numbers . Ms ; Clark will lecture again this evening , at the Democratic chapel , Rise-place , upon extension of comrnerce ; aiid .-I shaii set i . ff for Ruddingtou , to lecture there , at sii : o ' clock . Things are progressing here . Johnny Pinchgut ia at work . Hurrah for the Charter , the death-warrant of class tyrants — £ . P . Mead . —Nottingham , July 11 th , 1842 . :.
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From the London Gazette of Friday , July 8 . BANJiRBPTS . . John Hdwkins . Holyport , Berkshire , farmer , to surrender July 14 ,.-at 11 o ' clock , August 19 , at two , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr ..: Riishbiry , Wiiiiam-strfcet , Pentonville ; official assignee , Mr Belcher . ¦ ' . . ; ¦ " ; .. JchnPritchar-l Graves , Mortimer-street , Cayendishsqua ' re , auctioneer , July 14 , at three o'clock , August 19 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Harrison , Walbrook ; official assignee , Mr Belcher . . : ¦ ' ' ¦ . ' . ¦ : .- ' ' : : ^ . ¦' ; .- ¦ ; ¦ •' . ' -V ' John Hooper , Austinfriars , and Regent-street , Waterloo-place , -tea dealer , July 21 , August it ) , at one o ' clocfc , at the Bankrupts' Gourfc . Solicitor , Mr . Hardy , Chancery-We ; offisial assignee , Mr . Graham ,
Basirighall-strbfct-DiyM Pan , Tipper Tbames-street ^ Bayswater , coal-merchant , July 18 . at half-past ten o ' clock , August 18 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , MfSfrs . Manning and Son , Dyer ' s Buildings , Holborn ; cfHeial assij ? nee , Mr . Turquand , Copthall-huildings ; George Thomas Fortin Johnson , Norwich ,-chymiBt , July 18 , August 19 , at two o'clock , at the Koyal Hotel , Norwich . Solicitor , Mr . ; Taylor , Norwich . . ' ¦ V- . -. ,. James Brookbanks , Dudley ; -Worcestershire , merceri July 20 , August 19 , at ten o ' clock , at the CoraTnioners ' - roorns , Manchester . Sbl . citor 8 , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn fields ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington , Ma . Chester . V ¦ ¦ -. ' ¦ -. ¦ ' ; ¦ ' --. -. ¦¦ " . , ¦• ¦ - ¦ '
Samuel Evans , Oswestry , Shropshire , linendTaper , July 19 , Au * i ; uEt 19 , at three o ' clock , at the Commissioner ' s-rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincaln ' smn-flelds ; and Messrs / Sa ! e and Worthington , Manchester . ¦ ' .. '¦'¦' . ' .. . Hamilton , Wood , Slanchfster , and Wat ! ing-street j London . ' stuffmercbant , July 20 , August 19 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Commissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Stevens , Wilkinson aid Satchell , Qjeen-streefc ; and Messrs . Xee , Leeds . ; Thomas and William W > ison , Manchester , hat-trlmn \ ing-mannfacturers , July 25 , August 19 , at two o ' clock , at the Commissioners " -rooms . Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son . and Weatherall , Temple ; and Messrs . Bagshaw and Stevenson , Manchester .
James Johnson , Manchester , quilting-marinfacturer , July . 23 , ' August 19 , at two o ' clock , at the ConimiBsioners ' -roomS i " Mancheater . Solicitors , Messrs . Makinson and SauderSi Middle Temple ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester . John Sparham , Froston , SurTolk , miller , July 12 ; August 29 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Globe Inn , Bury Ht Edmunds . Solicitors , Messrs . Chilton nnd Ackland , Chancory-lane ; and Mr . Wing , Bury St . Edmunds .
PARTNERSHIPS DTSS 0 LYED . J . Wilson arid W . Dawson , Oldham , Iiancashire , stonemasons . , Gladstone , Farie , . and Tasker , Liverpool , iron-merchants : so far as regards T . ; M . Gladstone . J . Hargreave and Son , Leeds , woollen-cloth , manufacturers . Vallance and Henry , Liverpool , mefchiints . G-. Farrar and Co ., Prickleden , Yorkshire , sctibbling-millera Wallett and Wopdw-ard ,.- Wakefl ^ ld , Yorksbife , equestrians . Armistead and Tunstall . Barrowfurd , Lancashire , spinners ; and J . Tunatill and Co ., jfanchester , commission-agents . '' . " ¦
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , July 11 . : ' BAN'KUCPTS . . ' .-. .- ' George Henry Harnaon , merchant , Moorgate-streefy City , to surrender , July 22 , and August 23 attwelve , ivi ; the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official-assignee , Birchin-iane ; " solic tor , Boxer , Moorgate-screet . Samuel j acobstm , picture dealer , NewcasUe-upouryne , August 4 , at tleyea , and August 23 , at one , it the Binkrupt Commission room , Newcastle-uppn-Tyne . Solicitors , Jones and Cooke , Gray's Inn-square , London . ¦ :. -.- ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦"• . ' ..-. ""• ' . ¦ ¦¦ . " . . ; ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ . '¦ ' . ¦ . '¦ ... : ¦ : John Clegg , silk manufacturer , Manchester ^ July 2 ( 5 , arid August 23 , at twelve , at the Commissionera " - toQins , - Mancuester . Solicii ^ rs , Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple , London ; Bagahaw and Stevenson , Manchester . . ' : "¦'¦ -. v ; . ¦ ¦ ' v : - . - ' —
Thomas Endlcotfc , innkeeper , Bath , July 28 , and August 23 , at twelve , at the Angel Inn , Bath . Solicitor , Jones and Blaxland , Crosby . square , Bishopsgatestreet , London ; Hellings , Bath ; . : ; Lewis Durlacher , picture dealer , Westminster , July 2 G , at twelve , and August 23 , ; at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Edwards , ofEicial assignee , Frederick ' splace , Oiu . Jowry ; solicitor , Walford , Grafton-Btoeet , Bond-street . ; ; ¦ ¦' ; ' ' : . ;^; . "' , ' ; ¦ '¦ ¦ "' .. : - " .. ' ¦" :. . ' . '; ]¦ - David Barbpur and John Norris , soapboilers , Liverpool ,: / July ; 2 S , and August 23 , at two , at the GJarendoihrpdnis , - Liyerpoo ) .: . Solicitora , Booker , iiverpool ; Holme , Loftua , and Young , New Inn , London . ¦ . /' . . ¦ V -. ' . ' ' :- --: '• ¦^¦ ••• -.- - . ' • : " : ' ; . '; - ' . :... '" - ' •¦ "'¦ ¦ ¦' James Fisher , draper , Chorltoh-upon-JJediock , Lancaster , July " 20 , and August 23 , at eleven , at the Commissionera ' -rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Appleby , Aldermanbury , London ; Gliver , Manchester . ;
Richard Williams , farmer and maltster , Alvingtpn , ' July' 27 , and August 23 . at ¦; e leven , at the Bsar Inn , Newnham . Solicitors , Blower and Vizird , Lincoln's Inn-flelds , Lpndou ; James and Son , Newnham , GlouceBtershire . . ¦ - ¦ - -. ' . ; . : ; :: James Evans , iron founder , Dirwen , Lancashire , July 25 and . August 23 , at eleven , at lie Commis sioners ' -rbonu , Boltou-le-Moora . Solicitors , . Jph ndqUj Son , and Weatherall , Temple , London ; Blabr , Maa cheater . - , ¦¦ - .- . - .. .- . ' ¦ ' ' - ; , "¦ : . ' - ; . ; ... ' . " .: ; ' . ^" ' S- ' : t ? - ^* - Edward Stephens Messiter and Frederick Meesiter , tailors and drapers , Molmeabury , WUta , August , 1 , ai two , and August 23 , at six , at the Angel . Inn , Chippenham , Wilts . ; Solicitors , Millard and Adams , Cordwainers ' -hall , London ; Chubb , Malmesbury . '" . % ¦ :
William . Parr , shopkeeper ; SmaUthoroe ,, StaBbrd ^ shire , July , 26 , at ; four , and August 23 , at twelfe , Jk the Lsopaid Inn , Barslem , Staffordshire . Solicitors , Wolston , Furhivals ' s Inn , London ; j ; and W . . Wwrd , Buralem .-v :- ¦ - ; . ¦ . . - ' ¦ . ; J - . .. ¦•; . ' - . u : '¦ .- ;;« ' ¦ i-i ?('> J ' ;^ -:. *; , y-:->\ Peter Humphreyp , buUder , ^ Cholemondefe ; Chjabire , July 30 , and Augosfc 23 , ateloyen , at the . HopPpJelnnj Cheater . Solictora , Harper and Parry JpneB , Whit church , Shropshire ; Vincent tind Sherwood , King ' sbenchv ? alkjTemple * Londoai :- ;; ^; - ^ . ¦ ''¦• -
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STOCKPORT . SHOPOCRATS * MEETING—JUSTICE AND FAIR- j '
. KSSS OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES . A » oin « TDady sgned Tequisition caving hsen pre-1 Bented to the Mayor , to eonTene ^ public meetineof t ? ie ( ehopfceepers , innkeepers , aud re-. ail dealers , and owners ; < « fcottM 5 e property , fas called a mestin ? at ten o'clock j j i Monday forenoon , at the Court House , for com-j meacing business . So deep an interest did these " in- j telligents" take in the meeting that there -wtre only j two' * in the room : Outside the Court R-x > m dcorj stood ths working men , and the rain falhVj ? in tot- j
rents . Two Dolicsmen and a leather-lipped preventive ! were placed outside , to stop the Coartists from going- ; in . Abont ten minutes past eleven , the Mayor and a } few understrappers entered the room , vrhen tbe Mayor f proceeded to taie the chair . At this time there were about fifty or sixty intelligent proflt mongers and pro- j perty men in the room . Seeing they would have no t meeting , the Mayor issued orderB to allow the working "i men to come in , to fill up the vacant space . In couse- 1 gneace of tiie rain filing so very heavy , the greater i paat of the working men bad gone homa Two resolu-1 tioiis , relathjg to tie distressed state ot Hie Borough I ¦ were passed , "fften i t
Mr . BigshiW , & ; Liberal , " ( which is , by the way , ] & "very convenient term , ) proposed a resolution to the j effect- that the restrictions on commerce were the cause j ef the distress . j Mr . Wood 3 aconded the resolution . Mr . Taom&s Ciark then came - forward , amidst the ; acclamation of the meeting . He said he had ibst day listened to the recital of facts of the most i <; vo ! tou ; nature . Ha heard of men of property bei : g almost rubied , of Bbophef-ptrs having espectatiojs cf going to the BiStile . He was sorry to find such an amount of
distress , beciuse ths woiking class was the greatest Buffertra . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear , hear . " ) i Mr . Clirk went on at some length to ascribe the distrtss which h 3 d be ? n so feelinsly portrayed to the operations of class legislation , and not solely to that of tha laws restricting commerce . Having made sonis I aHusion to the di- 'pu ^ tien recently sent to London , net ty the inhaMtan -s o ! Stoctport , bat by aoont ssme Jmadred or SO cf shop \ sJs , the Major rose and loVl < Ht . Glarte he hid no right to broach his Chartist priccipUs at that me ^ lrnfr .
2 vIt . Ciari—Oh , indeed , Sir ! Why d d you not stop the precediag sywakers when they introduced tha qifction of the Corn Laws ? Ths Mayor—That is q . - aite different Ten kncir Mr . Clark they did not mention the Charter . Mr . Clari—1 am aware cf that ; and that is the very reason -why I do -mention it . Ths : Mayor—Then , Sir , I cannot allo-sr you to proceed . ilr . Ciaik—Then , Sir , you neither can nor . shall j > TeveHt me from procreding . I , Sir , have aa much ri ^ ht to EuTance my cpiri . ^ ns as any other individuaL TL-s Mayer—But befurv you proceed , en what ground do you demand a htarizs ? ? 3 ) j yen come under any of thoss several denominations ?—you are net a shopkef per . ct anything cf that sort ! Mr . Ciaifc—O y-:-s , Sir , I have the honour to rait SHiGiiirst the profir-ni-mger's . ( Lacrhter and cjnfosiun j Tie Mayor—Yon must not go on . Mr . Ciiri—I must so on .
Tne meeting by this time had becoms quite uproar . ousj the intslligents roaring like m : iQ " DuLs , the -wortinginen shouting " go oa . " The ilayor tried assin ; o get a be ^ rluj , bnt the worting men ftvre SO disjUbted JLt his conduct , that they -would not tvit a word he bad to say . He then tnmea to Mr . Clark in the most supplicating manner , as much as to £ sy " do pacify them . " Mr . dark then rose isd got him a hearing . F . e stated that he had alw « j 3 Aci- ? d fair to-jrards ths Ctarxists , "bet tbis lime he toped we shou ; d all be unaniciOiii Kuw he hoped Mr . Clark would not disturb the uianr mity of the meeting .
ilr . Clirk—Its trae , the two first resolutions passed ur-or . po . sed , ss they reb-ted to d : s :-css only , hai the third proposes &s a remedy , the repeal of the hi-srs restricting commerce ; all the other six speakers were sl ' o ^ ed to say -whatth ^ y thought proper * ; bm whsn he rose to propose a 3 a -remeJy the People ' s Charter , he was told he bad no right ; but he should , to settle the question , move an amendment Iot the People ' a Charter —icaeeisand groans ) . Having rtad thsamEndmuit , be -eras jrrocseafn ^ to ? ptaK to it , wien the Mayor rose in a fit of r ? ge , ans said he should not allow Mr . Clark to say anythins about the Charter . Mr . Ciaik—Yon cannot help y-surself . I am only exercising a right ¦ 5 ? h . t : a tha laws of tiis country , bad as tb&y are , have guaranteed es .
Here tbe Mayor again interfered , ar ; . i the scene which ensued beggars description . Pvt-bvliied re&pectablts damning ihe Chaitktsand Mr . Ciari , for disturbing the harmony of the metdug . The -workingmen standing firm to their order , and dtcliring that Mr . Ciark slould be heard ; the W ^ yor . expressing his d-terminatio- not to hear the Charter mentioned . The uproar still continued , and during the interval of Mr Clark ' s rising and the Mayor interrupting him , several ** intelligents" had bsen s Jit out to scrape together all the things they could possibly find , to assist the respectable bullies ic putting Mr . Clari down .
"When thcSd enoir'aiies retumsd -with their yelp : ng enrs , the Mnyor Eai < he wonld pnt it to the meeting frhetier or not Mr . Ciaih should be heard . This Mi . ( Jla-k protested against , as hs saw through the tnc ' s . The Mayor , however , locked by his things , put it to the Sieeting , when he declared the majority to be against bearing 3 ir . C ; ark . This s . nsoiiLC'imtnt vras received by the " ptt / p e ' s frievds" with ; the most vociferous Cht ^ ricg . and evtry possible dtfinonsteiticD of jo ? . Tinshed with tLc - . r triumph over the people , they conducted themselves in tie most beastly Hianner towards Mr . Clark ; irnprecanons the mr > 8 t a-s-ful -were heap . d upen hi 3 devottd head ; threats of violence were nsed , zsd . would haTe bstn carried oat towards him . -were it net thzt the " respectibies" knew the «• workirs" could bf \ X them at tint gaise .
Mr . Ciark , after the decision . f the Mnvrr , protesteJ against their conduct . an ( t pointed out to the people the , gross partiality of the M ^ yor . He then cailtd on the working men to retire , tad leave them , as they 'Were a disgrace to the t-. wa . cans- on ? ntiy net St associates for Intelligent working men ; ana also thaS 3 meeting £ houlu be Ittfiil in their own room at seven o ' clock that evening , to adopt a protest against the proceedings of that day , and also one to he ? Maje--tj * s Government , protesung against the dtiu ' . ition that had been appointed by about one hundred " * hop-boys a few nights before bein ^ received S 3 tie rerreaentitives of the people . Tbe -vs-oiking men then retired , and ltf I the ve / mia to themsslves .
At eight o ' clock io the evening one of the most numerous said enthu ? i £ s : ic meetings held here for some time took place in the large room . Bomber " s Bruw , vhen resolutions condemning the pot-bellied do-nothings were passed , and also a protest to the Government , pointing out £ hvt th = deputation from Srockport had bren appointed on ' y by about o e hundred persuns , metabera cf tbe aati-Corn LiT 7 League , and giving th ^ m to undcrst-Jid that they had na connection with the ptopie .
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PUBLIC MEETTXG TO ADOPT THE MEMORIAL A >\ D THE REilO . VSTRANCE , On Monday evtniaglast , a puhlic aieetinc took pl : K : e according to a :-nounctmpnt in the Star , at No . 3 , G . illo-¦ way B . iildiBirs , for the above-3 tateti purple . On"Mr . J . Twite being cali ^ d to the chair . Le briefly statwl his 7 i = -K- s of vhe present state of the cjuuiiy , an < 1 of tbt prosnttta of our party . Mr . Phillips , in a straightforward speech , proceed- "i to sbe -w -what good couid be ii ( -nt- hy ea ^ h man nsinz hia tonsjue and influence to the furtherance of the CnartUt cause . Erery man was cap i-jie of rioing s ' -m-thlag in that -sr-y , and he trusted U . ert , -would t no ap-. tlij—no back-wardsvs ? "n the part "f Uie ChkrllS ' . S of B-h —( epplausc ) Tije time had come when we all sht / nid bestrr ourselves .
Mr . BEER said , on beint called upon to speak tfeat it'hari betn remaxki ' d that a still tonsue sbe ^ -s a wive hold ; and fce thcaght he sNiuld be -wise if br fo ;! owed tn ^ t adrice . However , permit him to say that our oij-rct "was not so much to tumb up FpHLk-.-. rs as to f » er e- » = ry ir > a . n to use his icflu-.: nca in making c ; . uveit 3 to our priccrples , by talking an ,: ut and advocatine them in private and in the workshop—thear , hear . ! We shoul ;! tLus endenvour to instil into ths minds of others a love cf liberty , whir . h "we Btek . Mr . C . Bolwell now rose and said that they were a-B-are that in consequence cf the rfj ^ tinn of lh * National Petition by the Houj > e of Conimois , it hid been decidednpon to remonstrate -with that House , and to memoiialise the Qneen on the * u ij *« t . Such a lint of procsdure may be useless in so far as it may aff-ct the Commens' House , but yet it -wis showine a proper spirit iif iessBtanent . It-was clear to ail that sometiing mast be dene , the distress every where pressing
on the people , was doing its work ; yet they seemr-d apaihttic—they were sleeping . It n av bfc that they vere thus faking rest for ths purpose of DeiD ^ the better able , by and bye , of bati ' . iua with the enemy . Some had , no doubt , fallen back thinking that they saw no prospect * f success ; but he would ~ a « k -where was tbiperson -who , eonsi- ering what had been done , conld say we "were not in a better position now than some time ago?—ittar ) We had steadily advanced , and wtre steadily advancing . The leaders of the people had improved-by experience— many , if iiot sll of them , were capr . ble of standing argument with the en-rruy in an enlightened assembly . We thus had become better prepared to raise np an enlightened public opinion , to ¦ which the Government ms- ~ t ukimaWsy yielii . " Wht-n tha middjs men saw a necessity for the establishment of the Charter , they would come out and unite vritn us ; and tiut xiecessiiy tihej will soon discover . Mr . B . Concludfcd by moving the f-jllo wing resolution ; —
"That thisTne ^ -ting feels called upon to remonstrate with ths . House of Commons , on its rejection of the National Petition , which called for an enquiry into tht caused of the eristin * distress , with a view cf applying a remedy ; and which prayed that tbe House * would forthwith pass into a law the People ' s Charter . That the House of Commons , having denied us all such enquiry , and refused us justice by withholding onr rights as set forth in th * ssJd Charter , we think propsr to memorialise Her Majesty on sacb an hnportant occasieny asldnf Her to gite an audience to persons who will lay the sufferings and grievances of tbe people dearly before Her , and praying Her Majesty to dismiss Her present mlfliitew , * ndio caU to Her councils men who will make tea People ' s ' Charter a a cabinet measure . " : ' Mr . MOSEs Yotjkg seconded it ; ana it was put from the chair , and carried unanimously . .
^ Mr . Uolweix read the remonstrance and the memorial submitted to the country for adeptien by the late convention ? which were unanimously agreed to . The Chairman here rose and aaid that this meeting would do g # od ; It would shew to the country that the Chartists of Bath are moving again ( Sear , hear . ) He was happy to find that the working men had their eyas open , and ^ were net to be deceived by those who wished to deceive bs . He wm of opinion that the middie-men
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F&ench Ba > T ) of Robbers . —The trial of thirtyseven of a band of sixty-nine thieves and robbers , organised into a systematic Association , has occupied the Court of Aesizes for tea days , eadirjj ? on Saturday last . It is impossible for us to enter upon the details of these protracted proceedings ; suffice it to say that the acts of these malefactors embraced every species of depredation and oatrage that the ingenuity and daring of such men could devise and
accomplish . The Jury were five hours and a half in considering their verdict , and at ten o ' clock declared the whole of the prisoners guilty , some with aggravating , some extenuating circumstances . The Court retired to deliberate upon the judgment , and remained out till one in the morning . The President then delivered sei . tence , condemning the prisoners to various punishments—from thirty years' hard labour at the hulks down to five years * simple imprisonment . Among the first category there were eight women .
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RECEIPTS - OF THE EXECUTIVE , FROM JULY 7 th TO JULY 12 th , INCLUSIVE . ; £ . . s . d . Manchester Painters ... ... ... 0 8 4 Do . Carpenters ... ... ... 0 4 0 Hollingwood — ... ... ... * 0 8 0 Pig-tree Lane , Sheffield ... 2 4 0 Mossley ... ... ... ... ... 1 4 G 4 shts ) . n . ... ... ... ... «•» . 0 5 0 Cheltenham- ... ... ... .... 0 10 0 Democratic Gbapol , Nottingham ... 1 10 Rancliffe Arms , Nottingham ... ... 0 11 0 'S hoemakers , Nottingham ... ... ..... 0 5 0 Hyson Green ... ... ... ... 0-2 6 NewLentott ... ... ... .. ' * .. 0 2 0 Hull ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 10 Hunslet ¦ - .... ... ... ... .. « ¦ 0 7 0 London—An Enemy to Oppression , per
Cleave ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 LoHdon—Crown Coffee House , Beach-streefc , per Cleave ... ... ... 0 2 0 London—rSomers Town Class , per Thomas Hema ... ... .. / ... ... 0 4 4 Salfbrd Yodths < ... » . ... ... 0 10 Salford ' - " -. i 0 6 4
Middleton ... ... ... — — 0 2 e Stockport Youths ... ... ... 0 8 4 Liverpoor ' ¦¦ «•• ••• - ••« 0 16 6 Total income for the week ... # 11 14 8 Deduct . « ... ... ii . O ; 5 0 £ 11 9 8 The Manchester Painters have paid in 83 . 4 d ., S 3 of which was acknowledged as anonymous in . last week ' s Star * which must be . deducted from the gross income this week . ; John Campbell , Secretar y *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct762/page/6/
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