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T. DTOTC0KBE, M.P.
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With the Northern Star of this day , the subscribers will receive a most excellent likeness , got Bp in first-rate Btyle , of the Presenter of the National PErmoJf of 1 & 42 , signed by 3 , 500 , 000 British subjects . To make that memento of the form and figure of the Chartist M . P . as valuable as bay be , we havo procured from a friend the following notice of the political labours of Mr . Dmcombe ; bo that the reader will have his life in words along with the pictoral representation of hte person . PUBLIC LIFE AND SERVICES OP THOMAS SL 1 NGSBY DTJNCOMBE , ESQ ., MJ . " Though bom of the aristocracy—he belongs to the people . " The Honourable Member for Finsbury is one of the lew who prefer the approval of the people to the follies of party . Spurning to soil his hands with the misdeeds of the aristocracy , he has left theii ranks , in which by birth he was placed , and he is now the pride and the hope of democracy . He is the eldest son of Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., of Copgrove , a very small Tillage in Yorkshire . His father is tie only brother of Lord Feversham , of Dnneombe Park , and his mother was the eldest daughter of Doctor Hinchliffe , late Bishop of Peterborough . The founder of the Duncombe family appears to hare been Sir Charles Duncombe , who was
Zord Mayor of London ib 1709 . In 17 i 7 Anthony Daneombe was created Lord Fsversham , but the title fcecajne extinct in 1763 in consequence of his dying without issue . The present Lord was created in 18 * 26 Be married the d&nghter ot tbe Earl ot Dartmouth . Two of Mr . Dancombe ' s brothers are in holy orders , and Lord FevsrBham has conaidwable church patronage . Several of the family have occupied seat * in Parliament The Hon . Capt Arthur Duncombe sat for East Bstford In 1 S 30 . He van rejected afterwards far his opposition to Beform ; bat in 1835 he was re-elected . Major the Hon Wo . Dancombe represented North Yorkshire for some years ; and at length fog his violent Tory pi ill ! W ¦ h * j * Mj bis seat . . Sarxonwtod with relatives » oeh as those whom ire have enumerated , educated in tbe lap of
luxury and fashion , gifted with great personal attractions , and with a disposition lively and social , it might Slave been expected that other pursuits would have entirely occupied Mr . Dun combe ' s mind , and that the protection of th « poor would not have been the object of his care . This , however , has happily not been the ease . He entered Parliament for Hertford in the year 2 S 26 , together with Mr . Byron , and from that period he has been the unflinching advocate of everything conducive to the public welfare . Before ths election bis opponent was Mr . N . divert , the late member for the Borough , but he withdrew ; and on the day of no-Biination , the candidates were Messrs . Byron , Duneombe , and Bnlwer . There were 393 votes for both Dancombe and Byron , and 301 for their opponent .
At first tbe Hob . Member spoke but little in Parliament , although he voted very regularly . Wita tbe Exception of presenting petitions , his debut in the Bouse was on January 31 , 1828 , when he defended the conduct of Sir Edward Cjdrington at Navarlno , although he considered that engagement an " untoward event . " Oa this occasion he spoke very briefly ; but in the following month he made a bolder effjrt It was concerning tbe mysterious thange in the Ministry , which took place in 1828 . This speech , which pro-Toked Sir Robert Peel to attempt a reply , at once
stamped Ur . Dancombe as a formidable opponent of the aristocratic party . It was one of those trite , dsz-Sling , independent speech ** which characterize the subject of our sketch . The next effort was in favour of Catholic Emancipation , for which be presented a petition in March , 1829 , from Sheffield and the neighbourhood , signed by 32 , 000 adults . Upon the introduction ot tbe Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform , in Hay , 1831 , be ' gave it his strenuous rapport , alledging that it was the commencement of the downfall of monopoly . About the middle of the Session of 1831 Mr . Dancombe race rapidly into notice and estimation .
The borough of Aldborouxb was originally placed in Schedule A of the Beform Bill ; in other words , it Was to be disfranchised ; but the Tories made an effort to place the borough in Schedule B , which would leave ft with the right to return a member . Mr . Duncombe , on the 27 th of Jnly , showed up this job , and moved that what be called " the rottsn stinking borongh" be placed again in Schedule A . He proved that it was a me : e nomination borongh , tbe only real elector being tbe Duke of Newcastle . Lord Stormtunt said Mr . Dancombe ' s own brother was one of the constituency of Aldborough , and be asked the Hon . Member for
Hertford , if be meant to include him , in the charge of corruption which he had made against the borough generally ? Mr . Dancombe replied in gallant style ; and after a sharp debate , bis motion was of course lost In toe following August , an affair took place in tbe House of Commons , which showed tbe bullies and plunderers that in Mr . Duncombe they had caught a Tartar indeed . Gonlbourn brought a charge against Lord Durham for ImTing = M *«> d impiu > mij in itepuct of » northern election . Mr . Duneombe , a * Lord I > orbam ' a friend , said he would not ait still and bear him traduced ; and he added that "be would meet the side-wind
charge as it deserved to be met , and pronounce it to be a base and wicked calumny . ** Amidst roars of *¦ chair , chair , '' and other Babel-lite noises , tbe chairman told Mr . D . that " in his calmer and more sober moments be would sot use such terms . " Duncombe nobly replied " that lie was calm and sober enough , and that be meant what be said . " Peel , Hardicge , Inglis , and a host of others , fell fonl upon the Hon . Member ; but be would not budge an inch . He declared that " nothing should induce him to retract the atntiment be bad uttered , until that which produced it bad been withdrawn . He cared not what penalty he sight incur . If that penalty were imposed npon him lor telling tbe troth , by that truth he w * s nevertheless
tody to abide . " Amidst all kinds of threats and intreaties to " explain , " Mr . Duncombe stuck to bis text even to the last ; and , from that day to this , does € oulbura stand accused , without any palliation , of hiving uttered " a base and wicked calumny . " It was a glorious triumph for tbe young member , and it caused the brawlers of faction ever afterwards to obserre towards him a respectful silence . Such a man was not Ektly to find favour in the eyes of any of tbe aristocracy . Tbe Marquis of Salisbury , who had great influence in Hertford , was much annoyed that Mr . Dnneombe should represent it ; and this annoyance was greatfy increased by Mr . D a . bringing the conduct of the Marquis before Parliament , for illegally interfering in elections .
A strong contempt of the assumption of merit when it does n < rt exist , has at all times been a strong point in Hr . Danecmbe ' a character . On Lord Ebrington ' s celebrairi motion , just after the Lords had thrown out the Beform Bill , he delivered a speech , at which tbe hair of Sir Charles Wetheral fairiy stood on end . Whilst ridiculing the peers , be ( Mr . Duncombe ) was called t * order ; and therefore , he said , " as he might not talk abont the peers of the present day , be would say ¦ What Ds Foe said of tbtm , a century and a half ago , viz , — " Wea ^) , however got , in England , makes Lards of mechanics , gentlemen of rakes ; Anjquity and birth are needless here , Tis impudence and money makes the peer . "
He followed up this attack upon the peerage by exposing some discreditable trick of Lords Salisbury and Teruium , relative to a pretended address frsm tbe county cf Hertford , to Wiiliam IVth , by which it was songbt to represent thtt county as hostile ta reform . The erposxtie of the practical falsehood of which the two t&b ' e Lords were guilty was most complete ; and their ire against 31 r . Dane © a be knew no bounds . He made himself still further obnoxious to this " order" by asking tbe most searching questions re l ative to the intrifcnes which was carried on May 1 S 32—and he ridienied the idea that any reform was to be expected turn the Tories In exposing their imbecility , from the rjyal Dukes downwards , he spoke of the illustrious Cumberland and the sapient Gloucester—and amidst the £ trcc party contentions « f the day , Mr . Duncombe ever occupied a foremost part , true to bis principles and tbe people .
Late in 1832 a Bill was brought before the House to prevent Bribery at Elections , into -which Mr . D . vainly endeavoured to introduce claov-g which w « = uld materially have improved it . He sought also to prevent Ptsers from interfering at elections , —and witb these labours his carctr as Member for Hertford closed . A general eltcdon took place , and it pleased tbe Marqnis of Salisbury that Lords Mahon and Ingestrie Khouia sit for the town which Mr , Dunccmbe bad represented so welL Their Lordships were returned accordingly , the numbers of tbe votes being , for Lord iDgestrie 432 Lord Mahon ... ... 381
Mr . Duncombe 329 Mr . Spalding 1 S 6 ^ Ir- Dnneombe petitioned against this return , and the two Iwdlings were declared to have been not duly e <** ted . The Committee also reported that bribery and fretting had been much resorted to at the election . Tbe new writ for Hertford was for some time sus-I * Ed * d ; and a formal resolution was passed by the SUuifc of Commons condemning the corrupt practices » tbe town . Hi . Duncoabe being relieved from Parliamentary duties , Eho-wed by bis attendance at public meetings , * c- > that his most ardent desire was still to serve bis ountry .
A vacancy occurring in the representation of the en-WJtened and liberal borough of Finsbury , by the de-Pwtare of Mr . Grant for Bombay , in 1834 , Mr . Duneombe was mort honourably elected to succeed him ; * nd nere , „ , representative more beloved by bis constituents . He was no sooner in Parliament again than be commenced his former vigorous onslaught upon cerrcptioa . In July be assailed Church rates : he op-??« and defeated an attempt to carry a robbing tithe r ? *« Upvrell in the county ef Cambridge : he also r ? * forward a motion ig&irat 4 oggn 3 g in the atmy , ^ •* spoke in favour cf a searching irqnlry into the f ^ tion of the lordly borongh of Warwick . In 1835 fc ^ Pfie very ably in favour of Lord Morpeth ' s amend-^ tst cpon the address in reply to his Majesty's speech : «* otjtct of the amendment being tbe extension of
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reform ;—and during the " Sibbath Observance Bill " be resisted a canting attempt to close the coffee houses on Snnday . The Spanish mission of Lord Elliot was exposed by him : —he espoused the case of Colonel Bradley , and he opposed the Lords amendments in the Corporation Reform BilL In a feeling speech on Foreign affairs , in February 1836 , he recommended the English Government to urge upon the French Ministry to grant the prayer of Prince Polignac , for his liberty , upon condition that he , his wife and children expatriated themselves . He said that that wife and the mother of those children was a British Butjjet , and constquently had an additional claim npon British sympathy .
Erom this period il 836 ) Mr . D . has spoken bo often in Parliament , that it most suffice to notice some of the more important measures in which he ha » been engaged . Foremost amongst these muBt be placed his continual remonstrances against tbe manner in which magistrates axe appointed , and also against the fantastic tricks , and odious injustices , which they perpetrate with impunity . The trickery of what was called " a Parliamentary Survey of Church lands , " was laid bare by the Hon . Member ; and ever since May , 1836 , the New-Poor Law has had in him a resolnte foe . Again
and again has be endeavoured , though in vain , to improve tbs Registration Courts . No man laboured more strenuously against the stamp duty on newspapers , and he baa done bis utmost to shield benefit societies from the disastrous injuries which pngnatical legislation ) MpMtttr * i « poifrtbem . The exposure of jobbing in railway , shares was m subject to which be successfully applied himself in 1837 ; and whilst supporting the Beer Bill , be told a humourous anecdote of a Yorkshire parson , who let his parsonage house for a bearshop .
Mr . Duncombe began tbe session of 1839 , by moving an amendment to the address , in reply to tbe Royal speech . The amendment was seconded by Mr . Ward . It was to the following effect ;—" That the amendment of the representative system , enacted in 1832 , had disappointed the people : that it was not and could net be a final measure , and that it was the dnty of the house to take immediate steps towards its farther improvement . " He supported this amendment in a most powerful speech , and after a long debate , only 86 members voted for it , whilst 426 recorded their votes agaiuBt it . At the commencement of Lent in the same year an obscure attempt to suppress theatrical repres ntations on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , was made by tbe Lord
Chamberlain , at the instigation of tbe maw worm ecclesiastics , who delight in curtailing the happiness of the people . Nothing could exceed the folly of this attempt ; for , as the Lord Chamberlain ' s authority extends only to Westminster , all tbe theatres beyond that district might be open as usual February 28 th , Mr . Duncombe made a motion in Parliament by which this foolish endeavour was npset . On behalf of the actors be said , "he did not see why , if Mr . Rice , of Downing-street , received his salary on Wednesdays and Fridays in l * nt , Mr . Rice of the Adelphi ( Jim Crow ) should be deprived of his . " So completely did Mr . Dancombe turn this humbug into ridicule , and so tkorongbly did be display its cant and hypocrisy , by enumerating the Lenton dinners , 4 c , in which the
clergy and others indulged—that be earned his motion by a large majority , much to the joy of tbe Thespians . But her Majesty ' s Ministers , did their best to prevent the resolution thus passed from being acted upon . Undaunted by their petty intrigues , and firmly attached to tbe independence of Parliament , Mr . D . on tbe 11 th of Much , moved a resolution , condemnatory of tbe conduct of ministers ; but be withdrew , on a pledge being given by Lord John Russell that all he wanted should be conceded . Frequently did Mr . Duncombe urge upon Parliament the necessity of further reform , and , in March , 1836 , he did so in a speech which may be considered his -master piece . Only eighty-one voted with him , whilst more than one of the pretending Reformers strongly reminded him of " the impolicy of taking such a course at the present time . " After holding up to
scorn tbe bungling and dangerous nature of tbe City and Metropolitan Police Act , he resisted an attempt to get £ 10 , 000 for the i > oliee in Birmingham , and only found two others to sspport him . ' In Stockdale ' s celebrated case , he showed that the House stultified itself at every step , and that it was afraid of coming into contact with tbe Courts of Law . It was Mr . Dancombe who first called tha attention of yarJUment ta tile atrocious case of Jehn Thorog * od , whose cruel imprisonment for several months for non-payment of 5 s . 6 d . church "rates , will be fresh in the memory of alL Toe House lamented this imprisonment , and pledged itself by a solemn tesolutiob to amend the laws concerning Church Rates ; in the following session , Mr . Duucombe introduced a bill to effect this amendment , which was thrown out by a majority of 117 to 62 . He was equally unsuccessful in his opposition to the Poor Law Bill .
In March ; 1840 , Mr . Leader m * ved an address to the Queen for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jor , es ; and Mr . Duncombe supported it . As a question of law , he held that the statute of tbe 7 th of Anne , c 12 , with regard to the delivery of the lists to persons accused of treason , was so clear that it only required a reffrence to Johnson ' s Dictionary , and not to the fifteen Judges , to understand it . It was so plain that tbe feeling of the- country was ' that if these unhappy men eotZd not be legally erecuiml , they could not be legally traraported . " Oalj seven members voted for the motion , viz . Messrs . Leader , Hume , Dnneombe , Fielden , Disraeli , Hector , and Wakley . The protection of individuals has always been a feature in Mr . Duncombe ' s conduct . When a poor man named Cone was sent to prison under circumstances of unprecedented crnelty by a parson justice , Mr . Dancombe Vbted for a Committee to inquire into the case ; and be exerted himself nobly t * rescue L ? veU ar . d Collins from the hardships they
endured in Warwick gaoL In May , Mr . Duncombe presented a petition from a large meeting at Br id worth , in Yorkshire ,- complaining that Mr . Feargus O'Connor was treated in York gaol tbe same as burglars , felons , and repnted murderers . They stated tbe indignities be bad to endure , and contrasted bis treatment with that of Sir F . ^ Burdatt , Cobbett , and others . The facts of this odious case are well known , and will never be forgotten , so long as a hatred of oppression lives in tbe bosoms of Britons . Tbe treatment of Henry Vincent was also denounced by the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and the tyrants who were its authors were made to quaii before his sarcastic and powerful eloquence . — When tbe petition of Mr . Baines , the Leicester Church Rite martyr , was presented , and the Whigs wished to refuse it , Mr . Duncombe gave it bis support , and warned the Hocse apainst persisting in making further encroachments upon the right te petition , which be said the people would not and ought not to bear .
To Mr . Dancombe were entrusted an immense number of petitions for tbe release of persons in gaol for political offences , in 1841 . On tbe 25 th of May , he called attention to tfaese petitions . One had 1 , 300 , 000 signatures of the industrions classes . There was also another from Manchester , with 9 997 signatures , and others from sundry places with signatures to the number of 4 S , 884 . These prayed , first , for the liberation of the political prisoners confined in tbo gaols of Great Britain ; secondly , for a free pardon to Frost . Williams , and Jones ; and thirdly , for the Charter . The debate upon the first of these three prayers was so recent that we need only say it was lost by the casting vote of the Speaker .- Mr . Dunoombe ' s exertions for facilitating the registration " of voters are well known .
Having been again triumphantly returned for Finsbury , he elicited from Sir Robert Peel in the first debate of the session , that there was alarming distress in the country . In February hs voted against there being any duty on corn , and he voted also against a twenty shillings duty . Well aware of the dreadful abases of the . gaol system , be moved for a committee to enquire thereinto , but without success , —althongh recent disclorores mast now compel the legislature to take the subject up . To tbe Income Tax he gave all tbe opposition in his power , —and alBO to tbe Rural Police . Of the " Gilbert Unions" be has been the uncompromising friend , and spared no pains to rescue them from the merciless grasp of the Poor Law Commissioners . Of bis more recent proceedings it is
unnecessary to speak furthtr , for they are fresh in tbe minds and hearts of the public . In Mason ' s case be behaved nobly—tbe ineulttra of M'Douall , at Deptford , were duly chastised by him—and when be stood in the House of Commons , presenting the great National Petitisx , he occupied a position which be would not exchange for all tbe money which corruption could collect , nor for all tbe tinsel honours which power could bestow . Throwing to tbe winds the sneers of the " ignoble great" who surrounded him , he proclaimed himself tbe champion of tbe poor . He forced upon their , ' . ' dull ears" the heart-rending tale of public sufferine , whilst grateful thousands of those upon whom affliction had fallen learned to pronounce his name witb respect and affection .
Tbe above statement of the services of Mr . Duncombe relates chiefly to thos « which he has performed in Parliajnent But in point of fact these are only tbe key to the great exertions which he has unceasingly used for the public welfare . There is bo great question affecting public liberty to which be does not devote himself , by attending public meeting * , by giving audiences , and holding a very exteniin * correspondence . One of the best tests of his popularity is the amazing number of petitions with which he if entrusted for presentation . Courteous and accessible to all , he i » a general favourite- Even- hi » enemies in politics give him the praise due to a kind , gentlemanly , sincere , and upright man- Hi * personal appearance is greatly in bis 'favour , —and whilst tbe aid of his tailor and of the toilet are not disregarded by him , he is anything but a fop . As a speaker he is feaijeas , but ccmpoBcd ; and it is impossible to turn him from bos
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purpose . Whenever he speaks he takes care to understand his subject . He uses facts witb great adroitness and applies Bly sarcasm witb immense effect Tot renegade Sir James Graham baa had most paiuful proot of this . The popularity « f Mr . Duucombe is rapuHj increasing . He is in the prime of life , and much ma > yet be expected from him . There is not in Parliament a more sincere and determined fritnd of the peoplthan " HONEST TOM DUNCOMBE , "Finsbury * s Pride and England ' s Glory .
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Beoihee Conspirators—You who have " conspired" with me for now more than seven years to propogste tbe glorious principles cf democracy by argument and reasoning , and who met on the 17 cb of Aug ., at Manchester , and there " conspired" to save life and property from destruction , an to guard " the . pooi from the snares that were set for them ; you , " conspirators , " who were unknown t 9 each other until yott wet upon the 17 tb ; you , " conspirators , " who were openly elected in July to meet on the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , " who are charged in an indictment forhaving originated routs , riots , and tumults which took place on tbe 1 st of
August and pheviousdays ; yon , " conspirators , "who sat witb open doors , and admitted every person who chose to seek admission ; you , " conspirators , " wko refused to receive a deputation from the Trades' Committee because it would be illegal ; you , " conspirators , " whose manly address had the magical effect of turning what threatened to be physical revolution into a sudden calm ; you , " conspirators , " who were compelled to abandon a public place cf meeting , lest tbe flocking of crowds about you should lead to a breach of tbe peace ; you , " conspirators , " who are all honest men , and many of whom , to ny own knowledge , have walked ten miles in pelting rain , and in the dead at sight , in hunger , refusing a purseof gold from the League ; you , " conspirators , " Authority is greatly alarmed at you !
1 learn that many poor fellows who have been served with a law process which they did not understand , went off to Liverpool under the apprehension that they were to be tried there ; and I write this letter to set your minds right upon the subject The effect of the paper with which you tave beeen served is to lemove your trials into tbe Court of Q'ietn ' 8 Bench ; not that you are to be tried in Westminster Hall , but thut yon are to be tried at Liverpool in the Nisi Prius Court , and by special jury instead of being tried in the Criminal Court by a petty jury .
Now , you " dirty devils , " what do you think of yourselves and your leveling system ? There is elevation for yon ! bringing you nearer your peers . This course , however , enables me now to answer many applications which before I could not reply to . As a matter of course , you who have families will be anxious as to tbe probability of being tried at a Winter Assizes ; and as you suppose I can answer everything , many look to me npon the subject ; and ond querist actually asked me— " are you going to have another special commission to try us" ?
Tbe effect of this process is , that we cannot now be tried at a special commission , as tbe Queen ' s Bench has not jurisdiction over such a tribunal !; we must now be tried at the General Am jj , or at the bar of the Queen ' s Bench , before the Judges of that court . I have complied witb all that the law reqmreB for those under bail , and those in the indictment who have not yet been taken . 1 have so far saved them from being attached and imprisoned
without trial . M Douall and all have complied with all that is now required of them ; and , although I am very cMtiotu about giving advice , I would strongly recommend every man , against whom true bills have been found and who is now in tbe country , to procure tbe reqnired amount of bail and surrender , in order to save themselves from being out-lawed , the effect of which would be to deprive thtm of all their civil rightswhat a loss l—and to place them in a much worse position if taken .
Many parties write to me to know bow they are to get a copy of tbe indictment The way I got it was by paying TEN founds , audlknow of no other means . I cannot spare it for the present , but on next Saturday it shall appear in tbe Northern Star , For my own part , except for tbe enormous expense , I should be well pleased with the dodge ,- although the object is to make much ado about nothing . I ; is
evidently done with the intention of making scarecrows of us , to frighten tbe Lsagne npon the one band , and to unite the landlords and money-lords upon the other band , by showing tbe great Importance that Her Majesty ' s Government attaches to the affair . For myself , I would much rather be tried by a special jury , than by a petty jury for any other political offence than that of opposing the League ; and I would much rather be tried at Westminster Hall
than at Liverpool . However , you may rest assured that tbe best defence that the profession of the law will admit of shall be made for you all . I have no more to say now , but to call on you to set to work for the Birmingham Conference . The elections have commenced well at Birmingham . I tha ; . k my friends ; and assure them that , with my consent , they shall not be sold to the League . Let every delegate elected be a man of sound head and honest heart , incapable of being tempted by money , or swayed by
" blarney ; " men who will come Charti&ts , and go home with their NAME . " THAT S THE TICKET FOR SOUP . '" Mark , again I tell you , that in my opinion Mr . Sturge is a man who would make any sacrifice to soe his fellow men happy ; but then it is not with the man , but the party , that we have to deal ; and they are " free-traders" to the back bone in every thing but legislation . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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MR . O'CONNOR ON THE " EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT , " AND THE LAST -NEWMOVE" TO DESTROY CHARTISM . TO WJi . WM . BROOK , LEEDS . Dear Brook , —You will believe me when I assure you that bad it not been for Mr . Cleave , your letter to tbe editor of the Statesman would most probably never have reached sny eye , as I neither read or bear anything about that paper . I shall now do merely enough to satisfy the meeting of delegates , who , in my opinion , would have done wisely not to have meddled with the question , and would thereby have deprived mischievous persons from raking at it under tbe pretext of reply ng to questions or resolutions , I now learn that the editor of tbe Statesman asserted ou the flftk of November that
I was tbe author of the " extraordinary document , " and on the twelfth the same gentleman chargun me with repudiating the " extraordinary document" in the Northern Star . Had be charged me with the authorship alone , and had my attention been directed to it , I should have left it unnoticed , and had HE charged me witb authorship and subsequent repudiation of tbo " Extraordinary document , " I shonld have still left it or him unnoticed . But when it appears that Mr . Lovett , who is now I find manager of , and one of the Provisional Committee for keeping that paper together , is given as the author , I shall » ay just enough to satisfy the public , without opening a loop-hole for controversy , which , after all ,
appears to me to be the object aimed at I was charged with the authorship of the National Petition . I never saw that document till it was in print . I never suggested a line in it , nor did I hear of it till I aaw it in the columns of the Scottish Patriot . I am now charged with the authorship of the " Extraordinary Document . " And now hear my reply . So help me Cod , I never » aw it in manuscript , nor did I ever hear of its existence until after it was in print ; nor do I think that the delegates were justified inattribuUng it to one who is now out of the country . The editor says that I should have contrailieted tbe rumour , or have acknowledged the authorship before . Upon what grounds , pray 1 What . ' contradict every guess of tae Statesman—every fabrication of Mr . Lovett , and every searching of every
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insidious rascal , who chooses to play the part of spy under the mask of monitor . No , no ; I am not going to aid villains in the support of tyrants . Surely you must see the plot ! at least Ida But observe how this poor silly man felustea away about what he know * nothing . He raves about minorities being governed by majorities , and about the propriety of men acknowledging their own acts , and rants away about cbe cowardice of O'Connor and the Executive repudiating the Extraordinary Document , " and receives tbe evidence from the examination before the Manchester magistrates . Now , just hear this one fact .
rhe placard in question never was , directly or indirectly , fassed or adopted by the delegates ! iind yet this Billy fool is raying away . But , don ' t you see that he is just looking for that which he shan't bave T evidence to back Mr . Griffin , correspondent and reporter for the Statesman . Now , Brook , hear another thing . So far from repudiating the "Extraordinary Document , " tho Northern and Evening Stan were , I believe , with few , if any exceptions , the only papers in the Kingdom that did not even publish it ; and I never , in either , wrote a word , not one word , of comment upon it !
Now , then , I trust , I have said enough upon the subject to set it at rest u far as I am concerned ; but I cannot allow a false impression removed from my owa shoulders to fall with increased weight upon others . I never shrink from more than my share of responsibility , and I will net stand justified at Mr . M'Douall ' s expense . The flight of M'Douall , and the pitiful insinuations and denunciation of him by tbe Statesman , are breaking bis poor wife ' s heart , and arming authority for his destruction ; while the resolution which you transmitted to the Editor of the Sla ( esman would lead , to the belief that M'Douall had
fled tbe cauntry in consequence of the " extraordinary document . " It is too hard that I should be thus dragged into a controversy about such matters . Why , the Government could not have applied any portion of the secret service money to a better purpose . But still you shall know it . M'Douall did not fly the country in consequence of the " extraordinary document . " Mr . M'Douall fled the country upon MY ADVICE . M'Douall fled tbe country , because four honest working men had given bail in the amount of £ 600 or £ 700 for bis keeping the peace ; and I knew , had be been tried before a jury of the league ,
while the public mind was mad , that be would be convicted , ond four honest men reduced to beggary ; and besides my regard for him and them , I did not wish to have all future Chartists prisoners , a portion of whose sentence may be to find sureties to keep the peace , obliged to rot in gaol for want of sneb surety ; and I will undertake to say , that when tbe public mind is purged from that prejudice created by Lord Abinger and the Statesman , that he will come and boldly stand his trial , and establish his innocence . M'Douall deserves the thanks of every honest man for leaving wife and child , and country and home , with a broken heart himself , ra ' . ber tban break the' hearts of those who placed confidence in him , and whose ruin would have been
a certain consequence of his facing the raging fury of a disappointed faction . I am sure that your own good sense and the good feeling of the delegates whose resolution you transmitted , will point out the injustice , indecency and impropriety of allowing our enemies to moke tools of you for the furtherance of their own base and mischievous ends . One tbing I must assure you of , that , as I have carefully avoided every topic and expression npon which controversy may b © based , not onaetagto line of farther comment upon tbe subject shall be admitted in the columns of tbe Star witb my consent . Mr . Lovett need not explain , as I am wholly indifferent upon the subject ; and if he should feel any desire to do so , it must be in . his owa paper , the Statesman .
Mr . Cleave has denied the charge in the most positive terms , and I give him perfect credit I have known him for nearly ten years , and I never yet knew him to be guilty of a' single act of meanness . In conclusion , I must say , that I have heard and read of many , very many strange and curious things , but never one at all comparable to this NEW MOVE for destroying , TturB , truly , FeahgusO'Connor .
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HUSDERSFIXXD . —Mr . T . B . Smith of Leeds , preached three sermons in the Assaciation room , Upperhead-row , on Sunday last They were attentively listened to by a numerous audience . A Chartist Delegate Meeting was held at Yew Green on Sunday . The greatest unanimity was exhibited . The meeting was a very animated one , and a more determined spirit in favour of the Charter could not be desired . ( Tbe following resolutions were passed : — " That tbe secretary be instructed to correspond with T . 8 . Duncombe , Esq , inviting him to visit Huddersflyld the first opportunity . " "That Mr . James Leach be sent for to take a fortnight ' s tour in Huddersfield and district" "That a levy of twopence be made throughout the whole district , to cover the late expenses . . - .
SHEFFIELD . —Lectures . —Two crowded and enthusiastic meetings were held in Fig-Tree-Lane Room , on Sunday and Monday evenings . On Sunday evening Mr . S-imudl Parkes delivered a lecture on " Prison Discipline . " Mr . P . delivered a most interesting and ttloquent address . , On Monday evening , Mr . Evinson having bee i called to the chair , Mr . Edwin Gill read tat Editor ' s addvess from the last Saturday's Northern Star , on the threatened new Special Commission ; Mr . G . afterwards delivered an impressive speech , urging bis hearers to take up the case of the victims . A number of collectors were appointed to receive subscriptions for the Defence Fund . Mr . Harcey then addressed tha meeting and was followed by Mr . Parkes . The meeting concluding by singing the old favourite " rally around him , " and giving three hearty cheers for the Charter . .
Chartist Ball . —The first of these entertainments cameuOou Tuesday evening , and was well attended by a highly respectable company ; dancing was kept up with great spirit until near twelve o'clock , when the last tune of tbe musicians warned tha ligbt-hearted and light-heeled votaries of this fuacinating amusement , that it was time to resume sober thoughts of home ; the hint being taken tbe company separated highly delighted witb the evening ' s pleasures . Another ball will bti held on Tuesday ntxt , and every Tuesday during the winter , in the Fig-tree-lane Room , in aid of the local defence fund . So laudible an object "will , we ate certain , ensure the attendance of all well-wishers of the cause . ¦ DEFENCE FUND FOR ME 8 SRS BARNEY AND PARKES , NOV . 16 , 1842 .
£ 8 d Cosh in hand , November 8 th ... ... 112 Ah Collected by Samuel Dale ... ... ... 1 4 " AFriend ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Hoole ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Harmonic Meeting ... ... ... ... 0 4 5 ^ Mr . Cartledge ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 lj Collection in Fig Tree Lane Ruom , Nov . Hth ... ... ' ..: ¦" . ... ... 0 7 3 Collected by Samuel Dale ... ... ... 0 1 A Small sums under sixpence ... ... ... 0 1 6 * Geerge Green ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 * AFriend ... ... ... ... ... # 0 3 Proceeds of the Ball Nov . 15 th ... ... 0 8 5
£ 3 0 0 Samuel Clayxom , Secretary . The " PiAGUE" And the ? 'Press Gang . " —The Independent of last Saturday contains the programme of tbe " Great Anti-Corn Law Demonstration" which will come off on the 23 rd instant . Mr . Richard Gobdea , M . P ., Mr . John Bright of Rochdale , Mr . Rawson of Manchester , and Mr . B . R . R , R . R . Moore , of the tame place , are announced as the evening ' s attractions ; nothing is said about our " . liberal" M . P ' s . " This splendiferous affair is to be held in tbe Mnsio Hall—tbe tickets for the tea to be one shilling and sixpence each ,
the " dona' to be accommodated with reserved seat * for two shilling * aBd sixpence . The mobocrary of Complete Suffragists , &c , are to be admitted to the gallery at sixpence a-head 1 Of course we , Chartista knew better * what to do with our sixpences than to replenish tbe pockets of the Stephensons-Bquve bordes witt them . The Independent in the first place announced that on the day following , namely , the 24 Sh , there would be » private meeting in the morning , of the principal merchants , Ac , to bold a confab with Cobden and Co ., and in the evening « a meeting of a more public character . " This would just have suited
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the Chartists ; but , well says the proverb , ' blessed are they that expect nothing , for they will not be disappointed ; ' for , ' tell it not in Gath , * the Independent of last Saturday announces that tha intended ' public ' meeting had been abandoned ; the reason assigned for which wag , that * that the gentlemen from Manchester could not slay in Sheffield a second night' (!) Ha ! ba 1 very good—very . Of course , ' Breakers a-head" has had nothing to do with it ! That discretion is the better part of valour has often been asserted ; the Sheffield Free TraderB show that they understand its force and propriety by acting upon the good old adage— " He that fights and runs away May live to fight anothsrday . " Our Chattist friends may be on the look out , for , if all ' s well , wo'U find them better employment on the 23 rd , than giving their sixpences to hear the humbugs of the Free Trade jugglers .
The Iris of . last Saturday contains the correspondence between the Home-office and the authorities of York Castle , touching the death of the martyr Samuel Holberry , published by the Government as far back as last July , shortly after the decease of the murdered patriot , and lately republished by those Whig sympathisers , the Morning Chronicle and Leeds Mercury . The IHt bos now joined the yelping pack of Whig hypocrites , and , in a leader on the subject , strongly denounces the treatment of poor Holberry , winding up thuB : — " We trust the whole affair , both as it affects tbe surgeon , the visiting magistrates , and Sir James Graham , will be properly sifted fcy Parliament , and that the country may be shown that the law does not sanction tbe retaining of a man in prison , even as a criminal , when a premature death , at variance with his sentence , can ba the only result "—Byron says—*• O for a forty-parson power To sing thy praiae , hypocrisy . "
We have not forgotten , if the Iris has , that it was while Lord Normanby presided at the Home Office that poor Holberry ' s health was destroyed in Nortballerton House of Correction ; and bo long as his Lordship wus in office , prayers and petitions were all tried in vain to procure the removal of the sufferer to a better prison . On the present admiuistation coming into power , Sir James Graham ordered the removal of Holberry to York Castle , —no thanks to Win for that , the victim of Whiggery was only removed to York Castle there to perish and expire , with none but " filthy dungeon villains" to receive bis last breath and close his sightless eyes . Aye , in God ' s name , let the whole affair be sifted—but let it be the whole affair ; let tbe conduct of the " liberal" Lord , as well as that of the renegade
Baronet , be sifted to the bottom . A word with th « Iris : How is it that this correspondence was not published in its columns in July last ? Parliament was sitting then ; and if any good was likely to be effected by the publication , that was the time . Moreover , Holberry ' s death was then fresh in the public mind , —why did not the tender-hearted conductors of the I / is publish tbe correspondence at such a time , when pointing it out to the attention of their readers they might have appealed to them to help the widow , and thereby save from distress the unhappy partner of the unfortunate victim assassinated by Whig and Tory tyrants ? O no , that would not have served any party purpose ; and notwithstanding the mocksentimentalism of the many-coloured " thing , ' * we
know that the parties ( or one of them at any rate ) connected with it ate not in the habit of extending tbe hand of benevolence , even though tbe object be the widow of the very man whose cold ashes ate now disturbed to serve the purposes of his vile Whig persecutors . Is proof required ? When the publisher ( who is also , we believe , part proprietor ) of this refuge for the literary destitute was waited upon by persons authorised to collect ; monies to defray the charges of the funeral and for the assistance of the widow , insult , not aid , was the donation of thU " Liberal . " Faugh ! the whele thing is loathsome and
revolting ; but for the sake of bringing the Tory Government into further odium , the sympathy of the MorninffChronicle , the Leeds Mercury , and the Sheffield JWs for poer Holberry would never have been heard of . The people understand this , and while they hate and detest tho brigand faction at ptoaaat in po « rer , they , If possible , still more loathe the infamous crew whose tools "conspired" ( a fashionable word now t ) against poor Holberry , plunged him into a horrible dungeon where they destroyed bis health , and then handed him over to the tender mercies of" the Tories to finish the murder they ( the Whigs ) had in the first instance made sure and certain .
LONDON . —Mr . Whiteborn lectured on Sunday evening , at the Eagle , Exeter-street , KaighUbridge , to a good audience , on the benefits of co-operation . Several members took shares , and the lecturer was much applauded . ' -. Mr . Cook lectured on Sunday evening , at the Gold Beaters' Arms , upon the influence of prejudice . Tbe audience was crowded , several members were enrolled . Considerable discussion ensued regarding the accounts © f the Executive , and several items were deemed very extravagant Mr . Gardiner addressed the Chartists , meeting at the Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Pork , on Sunday evening . Mr . Knight was to have lectured , but , owing to a mistake , did not attend . A subscription was entered into for the victims , and a box for that purpose purchased .
St . Pancras . —Mr . Fussell delivered a mest able lecture on Monday evening , at the Chartist Room , Tottenham Court Road . Mr . Boxall occupied the chair . The lecturer showed the advantage ot a firm union amongst the Chartist ranks , and the impropriety of attacking any other section of the body for a mere difference of opinion . He earnestly advised them to look well to their own organization , to keep a watchful eye on all attempts to subvert it ; and , while they showed by their conduct that they were anxious for a union based upon principle , and calculated to promote their ftrand object—the attainment of the Charter . After the lecture , a discussion took place ou the subject of union witb the middle classes in which the lecturer , a middle class gentleman , Mr . Goodfellow , Christie Wheeler , Coben , and several others took part The minutes of the Io 3 t meeting bavins been read onA confirmed , Mr . Lucai reported from the metropolitan
delegate meeting ; but , owing to the lateness of the hour , the subjects of the report were deferred . Mr . Breckhall reported regarding the taking of shares for the erection of a local hall . Mr . Humphreys attended as a deputation from Somer ' s Town regarding the formation of a borough council . A letter was read from Mr . Gammsge , of Nortoamptoa , stating his intention of lecturing there on the Friday evening ; but , on the motion of Mr . Farrar , the Secretory was ordered to instruct him to defer it to Monday . A committee was formed to get up a weekly harmonic meeting , for the benefit of the victims . Mr . Lucas brought forward the Deptford affair , and the conduct of a member in reference to that subject , and , after on explanation from Mr . Weeeler , the member alluded to was ordered to attend , and explain , on the ensuing meeting night The victim-money in hand was voted—one-half to Ellis , and the other to the General Fund . The meeting then adjourned .
The Committee for arranging regarding the approaching Conference met on Sunday morning , and agreed upon certain resolutions to be laid before the meeting on Wednesday evening ; and Messrs . Black , Wheeler , and Neesom were instructed to prepare an address to be laid before the meeting for their approval previous to issuing it to tbe public Working Mens' Hall , Mile-End Road . —The council of this locality met on Tuesday evening , when it was resolved that we should get up a public dinner , concert , and balL Mr . O Connor has consented to preside on the occasion . Messrs . Bradford , Frazer , and Shaw , were appointed & sub-committee , for the purpose of carrying the above proposition into effect The entertainment will take place at Mr . Hemingway ' s Saloon , King ' s Arms , Mile-End Rood .
Croydon , Surrey . —At our meeting , held at tbe Bald Faced Stag , on Monday evening last , Mr . Segrave in the chair ; tbe following resolution was passed : — " That the forthcoming great Birmingham meeting is of paramount importance to the Chartist cause , and as this meeting is fearful tbe ultimate measures of tbe Complete Suffrage Association may not be in union with the strict principles of tbe Charter , it is therefore adviseable , at this all-important juncture , the friends of universal liberty should use every exertion to maintain their prominent position in the country , by not
admiting interested parties to swamp the opinions of the working classes . " As a means to this end , it is resolved — " That we , the Chartists of Croydon , are willing to open commuaications with any society , or societies , in the county « f Sr-rrey , for the especial purpose of uniting their imbsoriptions to defray the expence of a delegate , or delegates , attending the aforesaid Birmingham Conference , men-who will not compromise any part , pareel , or name , of the People ' s Charter . " For this purpose the treasurer is authorised to receive subscriptioms . I
RSADXKCr . —The Chartists ef this place have decided that Uw Executive who are at large , with the assistance os the Executive pro tern ., are sufficient to manage tbe affairs of the Association until the period of time fixed by the organization for a new election . SOWERBT . —Mr . Barker of Manchester , preached at this place on Sunday the 13 th instant , from these words , — " RememTMr those that are la bonds . " Toe attendance was more numerous than for some time past .
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SAiFORD . —The Chartists of Salford are doing their work nobly ; they are determined to crnsli the present system of misrule and oppression by every legal means in their power , as they have proved by tbtlr indefatigable exertions at the late election for the Commissioners of Police . And , notwithstanding the many obstacles thrown in their way by the factions , they finally succeeded in returning seven thorough-going democrats . They have also commenced a system of exclusive dei ; ng , which is fast bringing the ahopocrata to their sensas . Tho plan is a simple one , and at the same time one that is working well , Inasmuch as it is affording the workiu ? c awes the onpoctwaity of
pwtcflasmg flour , at twopence per dozen lower tban they can get the same article at the ( bops , They havB opened two houses for tbe purpose—one in Dawsoa-street , Broughton-road , and the other in Raffle-street , near Garden-lone ; where they sell floor at the first eost , with the exception of one halfpenny per dezea as an acknowledgment to the woman of the house for cleaning ; and during the last week they weighed out nineteen sacks of flour . The consequence of which in , taat the shopkeepers i& this neighbourhood have been compelled to come down is their prices . Tae reason for giving this publicity is , that the working classes may see what they can da if they are determined ; and we hop * they will adopt this or some similar plan , ta teach tbe factions that they are not the powerless things that they imagined , bnt that on them and them alone have the shopkeepers to depend for their livings .
BRADFORD . —The Chartists of Manchester-road met on Sunday morning , several strangers werepraaan ' The principles of the Charter were explained , r discussion took place on the best means of obtalnil ^ the measure . Five new members were enrolled . " The Chartists of Goodmansend met at the hOBJV of Mr . Goldsborough on Monday , and enrolled three new members . Various Chartist papers are read every Monday evening . They adjourned to Monday evening , when & lull attendance is requested as the subject of a delegate to the Sturge Conference will be considered .
The Chartists resident is the central part of Bradford , met in tbe room , Butterworth ' s-buildlngs , on Sunday morning , at -ten o'clock , when seventeen names were entered , the principles of the Charter explained , and a number of tracts were sold . This locality promises to flourish , as tbe numbers are all yerf anxious for political information . Thk kehbers of the General Codncil held their meeting on Monday evening , when there was a very full attendance . Several sums of money to relieve tbe victims' faruliies were paid in , nearly all the locali ties are well attended , and Chartism is again erecting its democratic head in Bradford . The following resolution was adopted : — ¦ That oter Secretary , Mt
Smyth , be requested to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., find Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., faviting them to a festival to be held in Bradford on tke 20 th of December . " This motion was received witb joy by all present All persons holding scarfs belonging to tbe Chartists of'Bradford are requested to bring the same to the conncil on Monday next , at eight o ' clock . Mr . KiTcma preached In the Chartist Room , Brad * ford , on Sunday evening , and notwithstanding the . storm of rain , the room was nearly filled . Three shillings and threepence was taken at the door , after the sermon , for the victims . An iateresting discussion took place on the benefits of Chartist preaching , when it wag adjourned to Sundiy next , at ten o ' clock a . m .
Great Horton . —Mr . John Walker , of this place , has received the sum of ten shillings from Mr . Isaac Wilson , of Brompton , near Northallertou , for tho family of Mr . . William Brooke , of Northallerton Home of Correction . Little Town . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . B . Smith , of Leeds , delivered an excellent lecture in the Chartist Association Room . He gave a very humourous account of his arrest and subsequent imprisonment , and advised those present to apt the part of men and be determined never to rest satisned until the People ' s Charter be made the law of tbe land . A vote of thankB was given to the Lecturer , when the meeting separated highly delighted with what they had heard .
Mr . John Wajlkzb , of Great Horton , received from Isaac Wilson , of Brompton , the sum of ten shillings , on behalf of Win . Brook ' s family . DUDLEY . —Mr . Samuel Cook has received for Mr . Mason , 6 s . from the shoemakers of Nottingham , and is . for the Defence Fond from the Chartists of Greta Bridge , and 2 i 3 . for Mrs . Mason , from a friend . BRIGHTON . —Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , gave two lectures at the Cap of Liberty Inn , Portland street , on Wednesday and Thursday week , oa the principles of the People ' s Charter .
ACCRXNGTON . —A delegate meeting of this district was held at Blackburn on Sunday . Delegate were present from Accrington , Sabdin-Bridge , Padibam , and Harwood . . The following resolutions were agreed to that William Beesley shall lecture at each locality in North Lancashire district , to commence his tour on Monday , the 21 st . That the next delegate meeting-be held at Accrington on Sunday , the < th day of December next , when each locality in tbe district is particularly requested to send delegates ; toe meeting to commence at one o ' clock . The appointment of a district lecturer and other business of great importance to tbe district will be considered .
LEWES , Sussex—On Friday last we were visited by Mr . R . G . Gamaiage , of Noithampton , accompanied by Mr . Allen , of Brighton . Mr . G . lectured to a delighted audience , and excited the admiration of all present Mr . G .. concluded an able and argumentative lecture by appealing to his auditors in a very powerful manner , to support by every means in their power , toe Northern and Evening Stars , and the Chartist Circular those enemies to abuse in every form , and noble advocates ot the liberties of the people . At the conclusion , a vote of tbanks was unanimously carried to the lecturer for bis address , also to the Chairman , after which the meeting broke up .
SOUTHAMPTON . —On Monday evening last , according to previous announcement , a publio meeting was held at the Long Rooms , to hear a lecture on the present state of -society , and the People ' s Charter , by Mr . R . G- Gammage , who gave every satisfaction . BILSTON . —A ball was held on Monday night , in the Chartist Room . A very comfortable party assembled on the occasion , and a merry evening was spent The Chartists of this locality held their usual weekly meetjng in the Association Room , Staffordstreet , on Thursday evening . Mr . Froggat occupied tbe chair , and in a very excellent speech explained tbe objects of the People's Charter , its merits , and the necessity of union and perseverance to obtain It Tbe worthy Chairman concluded by introducing Mr .
Thomason , who , in a most able and explicit addiess , which lasted an hour and a half , set forth in a lucid manner tho numerous evils that are the consequent attendants of laws made by a class possessing privileges from which the great body of the people are excluded , and the beneficial effects that woud be the result , if the people of this country were invested with the right to exercise their legitimate power in the choice of the Legislative body , that untit they possessed that power which is their just and unallenable right , there was not the least prospect of any amelioration of their present degraded condition . Mr . T . concluded by most impressively imploring they would never cease agitating until the Six Points of the Charter , whole and entire , were made the law of the laad .
Sunday Evening . —The meeting was numerous and a most attentive disposition was evinced by all present . Mr . J . Cidiey was called to tbe chair . Mr . Thomason delivered a very instructive discourse , wherein he depicted tbe evils inflicted on this country by the system of money-mongering , the frauds of unprincipled capitalists and gambling speculators , the grasping avarice of millocrats and their tyranny over the working class through the desire of accumulating wealth , the poverty and misery the working class were subjected to in the producing ot that wealth , and the unjust means used to preveut them eojoying that which their severe and unmitigated toil produced . The facts related by Mr . T . in tbe course of bis address excited the most lively symptoms of feeling in all who heard him . After the lecturer concluded , a collection was made for Mr . Linney , which amounted to 3 s . 8 d .
WARWICK . —At the usual weekly meeting of tha Chartists here , several encouraging letters were read , one containing £ l 12 s . for Defence Fund raffle tickets from " the Chartist friends of Stratford-on-Avon . " 9 s . 6 d . was handed in to complete the engagement of 5 s . per week for White ' s support , leaving a balance doe to Mr . French , from the Birmingham funds , of 13 s . 6 d . for that account . Arrangements were made that a party should attend at the Saracen ' s Head , from seven o ' clock till ten , every night during the week , to read the Evening Star London paper , after which , an interesting discussion . was held on the " Sturge Conference question , " and ultimately the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —• ' That this meeting deem it
the duty of the Chartists to send delegates to the Conference at Birmingham , not as ' factions oppositionists , " bnt as firm and rational patriots , who are resolved to maintain and guard the principles of the Charter from any sectarian Innovation that would weaken the confidence , destroy the hopes , or forfeit the co-operation of the working classes . That we recommend firmness of mind , with gentleness of manners , honesty of purpose , and sound experience , as qualifications . essential to be sought for in the selection of delegates . That in reflecting on the present anamolous , artificial , and distracted state of society , on the evil effects of prejudice , and the baneful influence of the aristocratic prediliotiona and vanity that unhappily operates npon every class of
society , not excepting the working men themselves , w its tortuous ramifications , we are led to think that the formation of a society as an auxiliary to the ' National Charter Association , ' Is a subject requiring . the grave consideration of our Chartist friends , as our great poU » tlcal agitation , under existing require more than one wheel in its same time we hope and trust that expediency , will ever induce the relinquish their own organisation , or measure otreform 4 ess than 'the whole and entire ; and as te the name as sanctified by the blood of our tinual persecution we yet endure , a virtuous designation which shall our children , and the glory of future ¦ ^ 0 £ ¦»¦«
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