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£ 7 a E UKITE ^ HARHSTS GREAT B ^ iHsEf aw ) Sisna » ,-A » yon awake ! If ! i ' . « e rouse you from your Ehuabera . You »* ' ^ JT to the call made in the behalf of onr l ^? wends . FwsW Williams , and Jones , and eO ^ VhTeSression of yoor feelings to the foo t of « f £ ? rone in their behalf , after lukewarm and pre-* , 2 fSndB had deserted their duties , and left *•* ti SSh . And will ye shew less sympathy , & * ^ fTifest less affection , will je exercise less * ffije n now TOuhaTe . learnt the aggravated snffer-^ f 'S bd ored friend , O'Connor 1 Will je i * . ° , v . t mm to be made a sacrifice to the hatred l ? ta 5 rf ^ U «* *<***** ** Finality , and r vurie without lifting up your TOices to reach fit . « a"J ' , gjdjy persecutors and oppressors ? ^ ¦ tVt ^ f w recapiwlat * all that he has said , 11 lJ De T- ^ Tpjed . on ourb « half , to induce you to come fj r » riT . _ ,- ^ rr ices , and are disposed to do the
Bimos * : d 7 ° - f Toed yon of this new attempt to The ^ . ^ jS ;« Jy you will not , by your silence ies !^ , t ^ 0 M , become participators in ihe devilry , •¦ 'J ^ ie of lawyers , "accessories af * r ^ nir * Vs can reach your eyes Parliament will ori U > Ked for th ' ir usual do-nothinjf , or , do-^^ S ' ous . Up , m friends , * nd let us find f » ^ t £ empl . -ymeat ! Let our pennons , or &m * J ^ ± f I care not which , be poured within I SfSM Sib * Stephen ' s , in full number , weight , ^!^ Lre in hi * behalf , and couched in as strong ? , ^ as the forms of the bouse permit , and their r *^> lT and rigbs honourable throats eaa-swal-S ^ for " aefr " fcesion , never mind it . If we ¦* ' ? «» te them ashamed of themselves , ( and to Ta S blush I acknowledge to be an nndfir-K c . lB ! ekhiJi « akin to blackamoor washing , ) let ^ IpLT pnriaim them to the whole world for w £ fter r « Ih are . There are a few mea amongst V \^ m » hai Louse , who will undertake t © present Merest rc - " r ** i ** " *? . „ , , - -, , „ 5 ^^^ ui j ^ C
,. 5 . MUiions , ana woo »»«« uv »»« « , ^ S how * indication at such . foul , rack a truly * 5 £ . nuoe the cowards tremble and turn pale . vJ fflT ' riends , let their uzmei be handed down to 2 ^ -Vkt the T > en , acd in the paj ? e of the histo-*^ ;< a * V 5 Ah . Nero's and the Caligula's PrJ ' utfiadSe Chine ' s and Syphari for rv conspiracy and treason . 1 would . Jso ,
S ^* . , ZZ \; defereace , propose that petitions be a . * se Smi'd -o her M 3 es'y . There will be , I trust , ffiikt > fiudirs ^ eaters , and 1 should like irwV ; nily bformod whit kind of tiling these Iw-T-mvjihiEj :. p » ple- < nilin ^ minis - ers of fieri ^'¦ iAt ' iot car sins , 1 suppose , bave rode , aud wo-aw -o ride , roug hshod uv . rcur prvitrate necks , a MTin-Bi f ^ r our foil ; in thrusting mem into
I " hit * « "wr ong- a disLk ^ , generally , to iong D =--Jea . J 5 J - Ig ion ^ s P \ - Tne pnneiDii ;^ j ^ jj ^ ' n is to niTi-afy yud eiici-jud what is in l 4 lf pi := " ^ 3 simple ; conjusii'g the minds and Kidiv . i * je unJer » taadinsjs of tho ? e who are mfornu-s :- tacuijh to be doom-rd to read and bear Kb , }• r . vir hearts be r ' ijn , which I osjieve and K ^^ r - ' srf , I have wriuui quite e :. oash for the fcijwse , f my ac dre > s ; Lut if , u ^ furiui .-attly , there lire i oa > fi ' o are n-jt s < - , aJJjtbin ^ 1 co ^ id add KrodJ i » ^ s ° "' w s : ' their , thu' I kn ^ ihened fcj Ifittr : o i dtzru columus in the Siir . T . R . Smart . Leicester , 25 ; h Janayxy , ; 843 .
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^ J ) D 5 ES 5 0 ? THE EASi LoXDOX FEMALE TUIAL ABSTINENCE ASSOCIATION . SuiEi ' -i ^ d Coimhtwoses , —The age in which re lire i- - r « : riups , we « i-.-a : itiuariibie aau iajportai .: ap in tss wjtU ' s h ' u ; .-ry . We see niuititud- i liiss ' . y rf-jchvsg fur vh = fuuniain ' knowieuge . 'htnz t j- Uis git-rious > an of iruiii La dbpt-llini : teeaui- ! jf snprra : i :: ^ 3 sad the n : b : s of err-- > r , fruit : heitffiis ciin-i . AUiioat ircivflib' . e iuipn- 'Ytmena arv a 3 a > 5 ui lue aits aad scares ; ti : e bouanini Auti-wr fiH Good ghoTcrs dovm hia b ; tssing . aa-i causr- » tbe &ri u brine forth abun-osuUy ; Jtt , struiga to relate , 2 ui «; & 11 ^ is pro ; per ; ty , at no period of time was xs& m i more unhappy and misera . V . e cuadition . isrnog \ euple and plenteous LarTcsu ; the markets
inaea Triifl provisions , wartiiousis ¦ with dotiing ; i-ji sa indUitrious , nungry , and naked working popuijas . The principal causes TrMcii have prweuced this ti sate are three in number—namely , adfinhnftss . oicpcntioa , &nd ignorauee . Ooi ra \ trs bave legislated , ndssiil continue to legislate , unjos ^ j . They deriti aprjirifal of tieii revenue from the DcCtsskrifcs -A fe , and the -rices of the people . Parliamtntajy docu-£ Lts ¦ will proTe , tfcat the dcty on mait , spirits , wine , td tobacco , comprise the greater portion of the reame . Add to this toe Lax'g on fvKxi , tc , and it will e fotiDd Lba : three-fonrths of the revei . na is derivetl « s those two sources . Onr clergy preach contentment Bd passive obedience to the U > iiinr and care-worn
sury mechanic and l&ooorer ; while a numerous EKacg jray cf red and Uae-coaied solditis are cj , it the bidding of their t . Seers , to tnfoice subaoc to arbitrary lava , with , the bayonet and eadaon . Tils only practicable means to rtmedy the riud ^ wUcb-we labour , an lrenoTste society , isio iaaaun the nse of all intoxicating drink » , to become a iiiiicg in . 1 strictly moral peopl « , and acquire sound > caai fcowladge . It is necssiry to abstwu from all rs ^ drijisis . Btcinse the meat -valuable medical testimony , acisdiTidnai experience , prove them to be highly inirisa Vi , b ** lth ; and tbeir certain effects are likewis * i dauoEslize and destroy the power &n 4 energiw of
Sal It ii necessary to abstain , as an example to onr aisads lad children ; for how can we expect our off-> r 3 f t » fee sober , virtcoos , and dutiful , if -sre do not L&tuce ibaa by our good conduct . Dear sisters , reasier it is at the Sre-side , on the domestic h « xrth , i 'is socil rlrtle , a : home , when tha first relish for it * btiiiom drickj it imbibed . It i * tie first sadjsroiu glass of friendship , the sip from the ¦ o ' -isfi hand , that sow * the seed of future druni-^ kifcn H * i > i * seeesrary to abstain , becatise that portion ^ tekamed viges -which is now Bquandered away at B ptt-Locse and ^ in-palaee wouJd enable us to strcore W&xzi . xA proper education for our children , in ac-^ r Osae * ^'• b &ar views and fe * Un s . We should no ¦ aar nbai' > , to our chilurea weiring the garb of iiii the poiicy
^^ Kj , d ^ rs 4 ing number-badge of » tbj . Oaly think of the working man " s sons and s ^ -m being ticketed , like prixe sheep ! 2 ) e-» ld aj > 3 n this fv ^ the charity and policy badge V atioas ! schools , is the remnant of the ancient ¦ ttoE ' s « rf « collar- TVhy should onr feelings be ¦ otaded bT seeing the fingtr of ecorn pointed at our ^ Uosa , * od the appellation of ' charity brat" applied m issa ? a . well-regulated mind disdains servility ¦ Q CRBjinj . ^ ^ t ,. ^ t&eir Church and State m *> * edueati » n for our children , which is only cal-P ** to debase the mind , and render it subservient to fj sserest ; let us teach our offspring to do to others £ ^ 7 Tpuld others should do unto them . * - We aa ih » tain from all intoxicating drinkj with
E ^ benefit , even at those critical times when ^ J frTe hitherto been co aadered mos t needf ul and ¦ " ¦ gsWT aeceary . Some of us have proved it by ¦ Tr *^ ? 61 * 61 " * ¦ therefore yon may safely rely upon ^¦^ wKeaony , ¦^**» , » elave been hitherU ) considered inferior to K ~^; P »*« i of intellect , and truly the want of proper K ~ t ** " ** made u » appear so ; but we . much doubt ¦ | ^* e uns vould have be ^ n the case had we pos-^ r ~\ * 8 opportunitit * of acquiring a projjgr ¦ " ^ * W = h the other sex has cdjoyed . Let us Biix ^ f to r * more this reproach , by embracing rrery ^ wp « aaa ^ of cultaTating and improving our minds ifflS ?*' entrtit 7 oa to tliii , that you may be abie ¦ ^** ' * *»» d eiucatian to your offjpring , and train ¦ L r ~ mad * " « the way of truth and virtue .
B 5 a ° Lf !? eu'ltt 5 ed . at jour want of ability and know-¦ j ^* j- » pplicaiion and perseverance will achieve BL ^ imA * be o nt > ialf of maakind acquire their know-^ T < Kfficaities - P « haj » s at no former period ^ m » * ^ feffiaie character * xhibited so much ^^^ G aphyed so much briihdncy of talent , as is the ¦ T ^ The presa teems - ^ th vsiuabie writings , ¦^ ""caons of women . Bemember , if we bestir ¦ L \™ ffl these atiiiers , our husbands cannet keep ^~ T Tsry shame : pride will stimulate them to KL- T Tben bow delightful it will be to see a ¦ ^» « trife between husband and wife , trying to B j 1 ? " « in knowledge and morality ! ¦ 1 " * folly for men t » complain of misery and K fcjJ * make m effort to ^ nJ ^ ve it Let us urg * ¦ Lt ^ ads , sons , and brothers to throw off theii
¦ ££ ?• the heavy tax on that filthy weed , tobaooo , by ¦ Irom it . ¦^^ so , sisters and country women , nnite with as ^¦ jj ^**? » grand effort to ameliorate our condition , « g ^* "e tb plague-spoU—partial legislation and ^ t JW ^* from society . Unite with as to obtain jj ^ y * " 1 pbarter ; Jtt us form Total Abstinence BjT ^ j ^^ tioiis , without delay , in every town and «^ f amwghcmt ^ e United Kingdom ; nor cease ^ R ~ J * S «* a oar exertions sre crowned with saeceas . Bv » tj 7 * forfet , that more than four hundred B , ^* «»»» men have bees imprisoaed by those ¦ "[^**» Uve on our hard earnings ; and shall -we ^ r ® 6 band that U raised to destroy us ? Never » « said that we , who are the advocate * of equal » £ « so de * d to our owa intenafta as to lead us to ¦ J ** « those thiags that debase the mind , and give K ^^ eaemy-¦ Jf ^ ttioa , we implore you to remember the con-¦ ^ r ~* rOItt » of the noble-minded Vincent ' s Address
lC ^ 16 Ill ! e ' nameiy— "That nu Government K ^ »« 2 istaad the iast claims of a people who have ^ r " * eonrage to conquer tbeir own rices . " ^ B We remain , H y Sisters and countrywomen , Hr 2 WOT l m tte canse rf Miveaal redemption , i ^ lus £ ^ s op the Bast Losdos Fekxlb j /^ - ABSTISE 5 CE C 3 AETI 5 T ASSOCIATION , ¦ r ^ U on Rooms , 166 , Brick-lane , ¦ * * - » ias , London , January £ 5 '» b ,, lsil .
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LONDON . —A * a special meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , rendent in the City of London , held at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride Lane , Fleet-street , on Jaa . 2 iih , 18 < 1 , Mr . Saunders in the chair , it was resolved unanimeusly , " That the County Council be iasteucted , with tlie other localities , to call a public meeting as early as possible , for the purpose of giving further instructions to Messrs . Spurr , Neeaom , and Boggis;—Lord Noraanby refusing to receive them as a deputation , with a Memorial agreed to at a public meeting of the inhabitants of London , held at White-Conduit House , on the 4 th of January last , in favour of that ill-nsed patriot , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; and that this locality an willing to defray any reasonable expencs attending the same . " It was was t&ea further aoanimously reeolved : —" That this metting are of opinion , that the minds of a vast majority of the thinking portion of tiie people of this
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great metropolis would have been acquainted and reconciled ( previous to this period ) to the sacred principles ot our Charter , and would hare become eealous supporters in the laudable struggle for the attainment of tiie same , if the Chartists of London had been united in giving their pscuinary aid , to procure efficient CnartUt lecturers , in accordance with the example ot onr friends in other parts of Great Britain ; and that this meeting do support , and taraestly recommend these our views to the consideration of the members of tbe other localities of this metropolis , with a view to obtain their co-operation , through the medium and management of tbe County Council . " It was then
announced to the Society that Mr . Cleave had kindly offered to this Association , for their bentfit , 100 of tUe new Black List , 100 of the Drunkard " s Coat of Arms , twenty copies of tb 8 Victims of Wb'ggery , twenty Cobbetfs Traetg ; and the meeting returned their grateful thanks for tha same . It was then carried nniml-; nou « ly that the Council h » instructed to use every means to gut np a gnat demonstration in fcvonr of Henry Vincent , up < . n his rele . isa from prison , and that they rccommeml the Bame to the other localities' . Several new members wpre enrolled , subscriptions paid , and voluntary contributions made to tl ; e Victim Fund . . " -,
The North London Charter Association , one of the oldest in the metropolis , has recently been re-organised ; a short code of simple laws has been adopted ; lectures , discussions , and readings take place on Monday eveciDg-s , at tbeir place of mertin ^ ( the Star Coffee House , Islington Gretnj ; and , still further to aid the dissemination of sound political knowledge among its members , it has been determined to establish a library , for rtference and circulation . Though small in number at present , the Ass'iciatioii promises to be of some serried to the cause of sound Chartuin .
LXTEBPOOI .. —The causa ib progressing here with more rapidity thati can be imagined , considering the powerful influence we hav « to contend with . Mr . JJ ^ irstow ' s lectures converted some who have tiuce joined us . We had jrreat difiirulcv in getting a place for him iu this Whig and Tory ridden town . iJo . vevcr , we applied to th-3 Suc . al Bya . rd , who generously nave us the u $ e of the Hal ! of Science , Lord Nelsyu-sireet , Jor the twu lectures , or on any other occasion , wlieu we want it ; tor which we be £ Jeave to return our sincere thanks . We are determined to rc-Jeeru the character of this town , and no longer to be a drag chain to the movement . WIX . TSBIIIE . —Th « Countj Council will meet at Mr . Tudirey ' e , Monktou Deveral , at ten o ' clock , ou Sunday morning , February 7 th . It is hoped that every town and village , that can make it convenient , will send a delegate .
WESTMINSTxB-The National Charter Association meets at the Marlborough C ' oft ' oe House , Great MarJborounh-sirert , Uoldeu-Mjuaje . On Sunday Jast it wa * r-sojvf-d . that ihc Council have mg truci ; on to report ? he motion of Mr . Cater , as to ihe nece 3 .-ity ot having a paid lecturer for London . Mr . Wall lectures to-morrow night . REDDITCH . —Ou Sunday , Mr . Wm . Clements , of Brorc = grove , preaciied to a highly-atuntivo and respeciable congregation , in tho Naiional Cliavter Associa .: ; c-n-roo : us , Wjudiuiii-hill , M . ) unt-p ! t * at > aiir , Iiedditch ; iwotcrmous were delivered , one iu the afternoon , at ha ' if-i > a ? t two o ' clock , aud the other in
the tveuir . g , at six o ' cloct . In the course ot hi * sermon ? , Mr . C . made sonm beautiful allusions to the Charter , pointing ou » . the dnty of the working clasi to strive tor their liberty , which appeared to give great satisfaction . Appropriate hjmuB were t-ung front Watts ' s collection . After each service a collection was mideat tho door , towards defying the expence of fitting up the rooma , &c . which amounted to the liberal sum of ten shillings and tenpeuce three farihinji ^ . Tbe rooms will contain about une hundred and thirty comfortably seated ; many more could stand . The place was crammed . All appeared perfectly satisfied , and at the close quietly retired to their homes .
SOUTH LANCASHIRE . —Delegate Meeting . — On Sunday , January 24 th , a meeting of the above description was held in the National Charter . Association Room , East Manchester . Mr . Thomas D&viea was elected to the chair . Delegates present : —Thomas Davies , Tib-street Ward , Manchester ; Jamca Cartledge , Brown-street ; Mr . Hume , Salt ' orcl ; John Fovstou , from ihe boot and shoe makera ; Jospph Eckersley , Unsworth ; Samuel Yaruly , Oldham ; Joseph . Rogers , Newton Heath ; Edward Whitworth , Middleton ; JonaK Schofield , Droylsden ; I > aao Isherwood , liadclifftj Bridge ; and Juhn Dickinson , Pilkington . We were highly pleaded to pee delegates from places which had not sent anv before ; at the same lime , we regret that
those places which have been most punctual were somewhat neglectful , which should not be , for , if ever the Charter was worth anything , it is now . The business commenced by every delegate paying in the levy , towards the support " of the lecturer . The following resolutions were carried unanimously : —1 . That the Lecturers be requested to recommend a small publication , called the Midland Countiet IUnminutor , and a lecture delivered aod published by R . T . Richardson , of Manchester , on the Rights of Woman . 3 . That no lecturer be allowed to go to any place , only the one to which he is appointed , without consulting his brother lecturer , and that no
town or village invite a strange lecturer , without Srat informing tbe person appointed or the plan for that time . 3 . That this meeting engage Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , as lecturer for South Lancashire , for the month ensuing . 4 . That the arrangemeats made b ? Mr . Baimoiv , for visiting the various towns in South Lancashire , be null &od void , excepting Salford aud Droylsden , which that gentleman has , by request , engaged to attend before he leaves for Yorkshire . In justice to the men present , wo are happy to say , that the most kindly feeling existed during the discussion , and the business was done in a manner which reflected great credit upon the working-men .
MANCHESTER . —A flame of enthusiasm seems to animate the breasts of the people of Manchester and surrounding vi '/ lages , at least of tha true Democrats , since the Leeds meeting . On Sunday afternoon , according to announcement by placard , Mr . Bairstow delivered an eloquent lecture to the people at Newton Heath , in the adult school room , which was well filled ; alter which he gave a description of the demonstration at Leeds , that elicited the plaudits of the audituoe . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and it was moved , seconded , and carried without a dissentient , " Thai the best lhauks of this meeting be given to the delegates who assembled at Leeds , for their strict adherence to tie principles of the Charter . " On
Sunday evening , Mr . Bairstow delivered a lecture in the large school room , Failswortb ., to a numerous assembly of " hard hands and t ' nstiau jackets . " He also gave a detail of the doings of the Chartists at Leeds at this place , which was loudly cheered , and a vote of thanks waj given to ihe delegates for maintaining the principles of tbe Charter , boldly and nanfnlly . A vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman was given , and the meeting dispersed highly edified . On Sunday evening , a meeting was convened for the purpose of hearing Mr . Littler , member of the Executive ; but before commencing big lecture , as Mr . Doyle had been detained iu Rochdale , Mr . Griffin was called upon to give a sketch of
the Leeds demonstration . He commenced by giving a detail of what had not appeared in the Star , and then commented upon the leading articles of the Leedt Intelligencer , the Mercury , and the Timet , and rem srked that if those papers wnicb have been amongst our most inveterate enemies could give us credit , surely n could not be without merit . He was loudly cheered throughout , and the stepa taken by the Chartists seem to have pleased them to a high degree . Mr . Littler delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture , in which he strongly recommended his hearers to adopt the total-abstinence principle as a powerful auxiliary to the spread ol Chartism . On Sunday evening , the Tib-street room was orammed almost to 8 ufi \> cation Mr . Leacn
delivered a powerful lecture , shewing up the present system in its true colours , amid the repeated cheers and plaudits of tho assembly ; after which , Mr . Griffin rose and gave a long account of the proceedings at Leeds , commented upon , the leaden of the three Loede paper * , and at almost ever / sentence he was impeded bj loud cheering . The people appeared to be wrought up to a pitch of enthusiasm , and evinced determination to st ck by the Charier » t all hixards . A rote of thanks was moved by Mr . Leach , and seconded by Thomas Daviee , to the ' Delegates assembled at Leeds , for so nobly defending the principles of the Charter . A rote of thanks to Mr . Leacn , Mr . Wheeler , chairman , and to Mr .
Griffin were all carried amid tremendous eh « ering . On Monday evening , Mr . Leach delivered a lecture to the Salford Chartists . The people Beemed to be animated with fresh rigour and firmness . Mr . Lrrach is expected to deliver a lecture in the Carpenters' Hall , on Mouday eveninj next , by the request of the Trades ; subject , ' * Tbe insufficiency ot Trades' Uaions to sustain wages . " Great interest is taken itubig affair , and it is supposed thai the large room will be crammed , be baring made such a powerful impression the last time he h&adled that point in Tib-street , after whioh the trader will form themselves into Chartist Associations * Hurrah for theCk-arter !
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lVWt « B . —Mr . Bellamy ' s Liberation froh Lancash * Castle . —At a meeting held during the week , ( our correspondent doe 3 not name the evening , ) Mr . Bairstow , having been invited to leattae here , the friends obtained the uso of the Hay ? Mr . Aitkins' chapel , which is capable of hohJing fire hundred persons . About two hours before the commencement of the lecture , Mr . Bellamy agreeably surprised the Chartists , by iris sudden , and quite unexpected , arriral from Lancaster Castle , ( where he has been confined fifteen months , ) having obtained a respite of three months . Mr . Bellamy apjiiears to enjoy excellent health ; a » d has undergone no change of principles . The chapel was completely flllcd , owing to the excitement created . At the conclusion of Mr . Doyle ' s keture , three eheera was given for O'Connor ; the Lecturer , aud tha Charter .
PBUEBTON .-On Monday night , this towa was visiKMl by Harrison , the spy , who was discovered there ; and , by the activity ot oue of the Chartists , taken Jbiefore tbe Guardians on Tuesday , for leaving hi * family chargable . The leuieut ex offiuio Chairumao ^ however , let him loose again pou society , on [ jig prjEJfjng to pay when he-got work ; and would 1 W » f | l ? vr the IOjj . reward for his apprehension . MILNEOW .-Mr . Poyle , of ^ Manchester , lectured hero on Sunday last , to a crowded and respectable audience .
HANLEY , POTTERIES . —Mr . Candy , ot Birmingham , lectured in the room , adjoining the Golden Lion Ian , on Monday last , amid tremendous applause . Three cheers wire given , for Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; for Fro&t , Williams , and Jones ; for Urouterre O'Brien , Vincent , Poddie , and all the . mprisoned Chartist 3 ; and the Northern Star . Mr . Catuty will agitate the Putteries , aud proceed thence to arouse Nuaeaton , Rugby , Leamington , and Warwick . Ai the conclusion of the above lecture , bevenl members Were enrolled , including six or saveu female : * , who catno forward aud enlisted under the riorum banner of Cbarti&ta .
O&DHAXK . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the Nationa Charter Association-room , Gi ' cave ^ -sireet , Oldtiam ; that in the afternoon , by Mr . Henry Smethurat , OMham ; and theoiher in the evening , t » y Mr . James Greaves , of Austorlands , mar Oldham , to crowded audiences . Ou Sunday next , Mr . Charles Connor , of Manche . stBr , will deliver two lectures in the National Charier Association-room , Greaves-street , Oldham ; tho first at two o ' clock in tlio afternoon , aud tho other at six in the evening . GALASHIEtS—The quarterly melting of the Galdsiiiels Working Mi'nV Association was held in the Salmon Inn assembly room , on Friday evening , the * 22 nd of January , when the Committee gavs an account of their stewardship , whioh communicated universal satii-ficiion ; and a new committee of Che right material was elected .
The late CoMMiTrEK got up several tocial meetings , at which addresses u . ii' 1 regular lectures ou various sul'juuts wero delivered , such as-- " On the eif ' tfcts of UL'upotts'Ui ; '' " Tho Principles of fhe Charter ; ' "The Ea ^ tora Question ; " "' The Holy Alliance ; " inc ., &c . Thore were , also , numbcrle .-is ongir . a ! aud select patriotic sougs , recitation * , &c , ^ ivHU by excellent purlurmcrs , who n * ve their services , thereby cuibiiug tho Comumteo to expend £ 5 in ; 0 A : ing the hall for their moetiuga ; sending 10 s . io the bndiitiKS rase , Edinburgh ; Bending / I . l- > . to Mrs . l ' eddie ; and 14 a . to the fuud tor the wives and families of the incarcerated Chartists ; also furnishing the committee-room ; and , what is best of all , there is a tnile in the fund yet . The recommendations of the Border Council , which mat at Jedburgh on New Year ' s Day , will shortly he carried iuto practice ; aud Galashiols will btilt prove a town where , save Chartism , no political party exists .
NEWBVROB . —A e > plit having taken place in the Secession church h « re , as was formerly announced , the party leaving applied to the sessiou tor a disjunction , tho session declined to grant the prayer of their petition ; they then applied to the presbytery for a supply of sermons , but , owing to an informality , the reverend body laid the case aside . This informality ( not laying their petition before the session previous to its presentation to the presbytery ) was not intentional on the part of the petitioners , but , from au unnecessary delay on the part of the presbytery clerk in not sending the necessary information until ten or twelve days after being applied to ; the
deputation had to return home with this consolation , that only o « e of the revereud body wished a committee to enquiro into their grievance without delay . A rever . nd brother declared that to appoint a committee would be attaching too much importance to the case ; the people of New burgh thought otherwise , having resolved not to trouble that reverend body any more with it . Ye sticklers tor the Charter give in your verdict and say who are the mea that would create a demand for Chartists' Kirks ; or whether the spiritual interests of the people or the temporal interests of the clergy are questions of most importance in the ecclesiastical courU of any
denomination . Soiree . —A Cfeartist Soiree was held in the Masons' Hall , here , on old Hansel Monday , when the meeting was addressed by sereral speakers from the neighbourhood . 8 UNDBRLASD —Liheiution op Williams and Binss . —Monday , the 25 th instant , being the day on which it was expected that these indefatigable patriots would leave the dungeon iu which they had been confined for advocating the cause of the Buffering millions , crowds of people began to assemble in front of the prison at an early hour . At half-past ten o ' clock , a deputation from the council of the Sunderland Charter Association , received the liberated patriots at the prison gates , and conducted
then to a carriage , drawn by four horses , which had been provided to convey them to Sunderland . The council having seated themselves in another carriage , which was also in attendance , a dense mass of people , who had now assembled from all parts of the county , moved in procession , accompanied by a band of music , and banners bearing patriotic inscriptions , to Pradford ' a Temperance Hotel , where a public breakfast was provided by the Chartists of the city of Durham , at which Mr . Andrews was called upon to preside . After giving " the people , " as the first sentiment , tho chairman proceeded to propose' Hon » ur , health , aud happiness , to Williams and Binns , the talented and unfiiuohing advocates of tha cause of truth and justice , " which was received with
tremendous applause . Messrs . Williams and Binns , in returning thanks for the manner in which the sentiment had been received , expressed their determination to renew the labours for which they had suffered imprisonment ; they had told the judge , ou their trial , that , if imprisoned , such was iheir intention oa their liberation ; they were determined to redeem the pledge they then gave , and never cease to agitate until the great principles for which they contended were earned into complete effect . The following sentiments were also given , and responded to by Messrs . Deegan , Hume ( of Newcastle ) ; Maw , of Middlesbro '; Lavraon , of Coxhoe ; and M'Arthur : " The Charter ; and may it soon become the law of the land ; " " The Northern Star , and the
Democratic Presi ; " " O'Connor , and the imprisoned Chartists , " " Th « Chartists of the ' City of Durham , and may they be organised on a firm and permanent footing . " About one o ' clock , the procession again formed , and after parading part of the town , proceeded to a place called the Sands , immediately contiguous to the city , where the people , numbering upwards of 3 , 000 , were addressed b y Messrs . Lawson , Deegan , Williams , and Binns , who endeavoured to remove from the minds of their hearers , the prejudices which had been created by the misrepresentations of the enemies of Chartism , and to show them what it was that the Charuats really wanted ; tbe people , notwithstanding the efforts made by a few despicable wretches who fatten on the present
corrupt order of things , to create a disturbance , listening to the different speakers with a degree of interest and attention not to hare boen expected in this strong hold of clerical influence aud imposition . At the close of the meeting , three hearty cheers were given for Williams and Binns ; three for Froft , Williams , and Jones ; three for O'Connor and the imprisoned ehartists , Sec . The procession was then again formed , and the people , after escorting the carriage * oat of tbe tows , dispersed . Oa tbe arriral of the carriages at Houghton-le-Sprinf , a crowd of people bad assembled to reoeire the liberated patriots , who , after briefly addresaing the inhabitants on the great principles of tbe Charter , partook of tea with
a great number of their friends , at the Golden Lion Inn ; after which , they attain set oat for Sanderland . Between two and three miles out of the town , they were met by groups of people , wh « had walked out on foot to meet then , and who began Io form a procession behind tbe carriages , to escort them into the town , which they entered about half-past seven in the evening . In marching along the streets , the mass of people who bad joined the procession could not amount to fewer than 30 , 090 . Had the procession taken place in day light , the scone would hare been one of the most imposing ever exhibited in Sander land . The procession halted at the Golden Lion Inn , where energetic addressee were delivered bj Messis . Deegan , Williams , and Binns . The whole of the proceedings of the day were conducted with the strictest order .
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NEWCASTXE-TJNDER-LYNE . -Mr . Candy gave two Chartist sermons here on Sunday last , to crowded audiences ; he was recently sent out to lecture by the council and committee of the delegate meeting held in Birmingham . BARN 8 WBT . —The society , recently meeting at the Railway Tarern , ha * remored itssittiDgs to Mrs . Hoey ' s . KXDDERXSXNSTSR—A Chdbch Clehqyman and Chartism . —The Couneil of the National Charter Association of this town , met on Monday evening laBt , for the dispatch- of bosjness , when one of its members ( Wm . Chorlton ) informed the Council that he had been in communication with a friend of his , a clergyman of the Church of Englandand that he
, h * d received a letter from hint , which , as he considered it contained matter of the greatest importance , he thought it his duty to lay before the Counctl . The letter was accordingly read ; and the Council were of the same opinion ae Mr . Charlton , and also thought that tho country at large should know of the proceedings of the present ministry . An extraot of the letter , therefore , wiil not be altogether uninteresting . The most troportaat b as follows : — " Preachers ate now exertiHg themselves to prevent their people Jbecoming Chartists , and in papers , accompanying tfie Queen ' s letter for national education , the awful increase of Chartism is specified as one of the hoirible evils ; to correct which , » due attention to the Qaeen ' sJetter is urged to be
absolutely necessary . I read all to my congregation , as was my bounden duty , and strenuously did I urge them to encourage education ; but I told them I hoped and believed that the spread of edw : atioH among the poor would inevitably spread Chartism , for that Chartism was neither more nor less than granting to every man his just rights in society , and thus turning serfs into free men , and so making the British Constitution what it ever ought to nave been , in practice , but never waa yet ; When tho poor man could feel that his well-bomg was as well looked after as that of the rich m » o , and his person and property , however contemptible , as equitably and justly regarded by law and government . No eSoxi , will now be spared by preachers of all sorts to put
down Chartism . It will be regarded as worse than the Jacobinism of by-gone days ; but I think it will be all in vain . The more the poor know of it , the more they must be convinced it is their only safety , aod the comprehension of it is in a rery small compass . Tell the Kidderminster Chartists that every one of them should possess the little book of the Charter for himself , and another copy of the same to give away to any acquaintance not already acquainted with it . " It was then moved aud seconded , that the above extract be sent to the Northern Star for insertion , that its readers may uudersLanu how the
present Government intend to act . By the abovo extract , the Chartists of this country will perceive to what extent of means the ministry would resort , to stay the progress of Chartism ; but , as is stated in the above extraot , it will be of no avail . Chartism is too deeply rooted in the breaeta of tho millions to be eradicated by the hypocritical eloquence of Mother Church , and the cause is too just a one for those who have already embarked in ic ever to disown it . To the Chartists , then , we would say , peraovere in this truly noble and just cause , ever keeping in view the uottos of peace , law , and order , and Universal Suffrage , and no surrender !
NEWCASTLE . —The Dei > e « atk Mebtihq for tho county of Northumberland , took place on Sunday , !! i the Nf . voiotlo Council IIjoui , according to announcement . The Delegates having taken their seata , Mr . N . Frankland , of Newcastle , was unanimously called to the chair ; and Mr . J . Sinclair , of Newcastle , was elected secretary for the day . The secretary read sereral letters from different places , where they were willing to acquiesce with whatever measures might be duly adopted by the Delegates , the same as if they were there present , at the same time assigning satisfactory reasons for their absence . Mr . James Morris , of North Shields , said , that there were some as good Radicals in his town as could be found in England , and although they were persecuted on all sides , so that they could not get a commodious ,
place to meet in , yet they were determined to push On towards the grand mark , and ro ° t satisfied with nothing short of the whole hog . They believed that a county lecturer would do much goodjn this quarter , and were willing to contribute towards his support . Mr . Isaac Bruce , of Ouseburn , said , that there were above seventy payable members in his district , who were determined for the Charter and no surrender . They vren in a rery flourishing condition , and would most cordially contribute towards tbe support of a faithful missionary . They had engaged a school room in Bykor Buildings , capable of containing up wards of 300 comfortably . Mr . Peacock , ot Ken ton , said that there were two or tkrt classes of stauuch Chartists in his locality , which number he
believed could be quadrupled by a visit or two from a spirited lecturer . They dareiiot ueet in public houbss , but they were at all times heartily welcome to the us * of his house . They would likewise contribute to a missionary . Mr . Frankland , of Newcastle , said that the association which he represented would giro their most hearty support in behalf of a missionary , providing an efficient person was appointed ; but they were really heart-sick of the procrastinating and indolent conduct of their late missionary , as having done by far more injury to the cauto instead of good . It w&s then r « tolved , " That a committee of five , includingtrtasuierand secretary , be appointed , to carry the arrangements into effect ,
respecting raising funds for the occasional employment of a lecturer , until the next County Delegate meeting . " " That Mr . Mason be retained as occasional lecturer , until the next Delegate Meeting . " " That the missiouary be required to give a written account of his mission weekly to the committee , that they may publish the same if thought requisite . " " That the secretary be requested to draw out a short address to tho towns and villages of Northumberland , requesting their attendance at the next County Delegate Meeting , " " That this Delegate meeting do now adjourn uutil Sunday , the 7 th of February , when they will meet in Mr . Wilson's school room , Bykcr Buildings , ai ten o ' clock | a . m . ;" strangers may enquire at the house of Mr . John Hall , Lime-street , Oueeburn .
The Council hit here on Monday night . Minute * of last meeting , and report of delegate meeting , were read by the Secretary . Contributions are going on Well . A lengthened discussion took place , ou the propriety and necessity of denouncing the Newcastle ( middle c ! as ?) Observational Committee , who continually seek to bring the council into disrepute , because composed of working men ; and who disowti us because we proclaimed them renegades , when they left our ranks for those of the foreigu policy humbugs . It was ultimately determined to take no public steps at present . A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Ouaeburn Chartists , to see about arranging a tea-party for M'Duuail .
BRISTOL . —The Whigs of Bristol appear to spare no expense in endeavouring to lead tbe people after their tail again , knowing that they are politically destroyed , if the working class keep aloof from them . In order to raise their execrated , sinking party , they hare , tor ion « time back , taken to the Corn Law delusion , thinking to get the workies to run after the shadow of a large loaf , painted to deception by them , and lose , or leave , the Charter for another and wiser generation ; but the present appears too wise for Whiggery—albeit the deceitful faction are rery wily . Being thwarted at their Corn Law meeting , and their lecture at the AsAembly Kooms , they hired the Hall of Science , and threatened the Chartists with the police . Still failing in
their attempt , they betook them to the exploded Whig triek of close meeting by circular . . Finding their go « da unfit for public sale or gift , the Hall of Science was again taken for Wednesday , the 20 th inst . Circulars wero printed , and addressed to such of the inhabitants as they deemed gullible . Men were employed to deliver them . The circular , as stated thereon , waa to be tho ticket of admission . Of course , but tew Chartists were present ; not being sufficiently gullible to be presented with circular tickets . The old Whig back * and vaster * were about the platform , aud a smart master of the middle olass formed the audience , who were feasted by the lecturer , Mr . Paulton , with his usual details of corn , cotton , machinery , dormant capital , &o . He appeared to think the people of this country hare bellies aa large as coal arises , for he talked of our taking the surplus corn and timber of America , Prussia , and tbe German State * . His appeals ,
however , appeared to be wasted on his auditory ; but few seeming willing to join for each a hopeless agitation ;; and , unless the dying faction can find some better subject to amuse tbe people with , they are doomed to die unheeded , pitied by none , and execrated by the majority , who will sing their requiem in a Chartist ehwrus . To hasten their end , the Chartists should bestir themselves , hare a Chartist lecturer for Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts . It is the shabby Whigs who descend to every meanness to prop their desperate cause : —the base Whige , who treated Feargns O * Conuor with erery ^ ungentlemanly , mean , despioable , annoyance ; aa also , ouv talented friend , O'Brien , and the host of patriots ; and nowsay , " Oh , come with us fora cheap loaf , cheap labour , cheap manufacture , and large profits . Workies , keep your eye on them . Chartists , | p \ e the word , and yoar pence , and thereby fill 0 ^ e na tion with Chartist lecturers , good and true .
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\ y ^> ^ A ? faffc ^ cr ^ .. f JZ ^^ ^ V ^ v ^ ±£ U ^> 7 Mi ~¦ ^ t ^ y ^ H £ VW 0 O » .,--Arm-CoR £ ^ wisM » . Chabtwsi ; —H ^ y ^ jiKl and tbe neighbourhood have of late been placarded wiih very Jarg « I ^ i 2 Ponncing that a meet , ing would bo held in a shed lately occupied as a u *!^ Zl ; near Wrigley Brouk . for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for a . total repeal of the obnoxtoi * Com Laws , and that several Members of Parliament , magistrates , reverend gc . its ., esquires , factory masters , and attornies , would aduresa the meeting . The meeting was convened for January 23 rd , and tha chair to be taken , at half-past six O ' clock in the evening , br& Grundy , Esq ., magistrate . The room , whkh is said to be capable of holding moi'Q than 6 , 000 persons , bad
been well lighted with gas ; anfi a rery large platform erected and carpdtei ) for the occasion . Several appropriate T niottoa ' bung over the chairman ' s head , which were— " Ho fixed duty , " "No Corn laws , " an * " Free Trade . " It has been stated by good authority that the expenses incurred on this occasion were morethan £ i 0 . Before the meeting commenced , the spacious platform waa ascended by tbe Chartist leaders , and a few of the middle class , apparently shopkeepers , and factory bookkeepers , orerlookers , &c At seven o ' clock , J 8 r . Grnnd f took the chair . Aftera fewintro * ductory remarks , the Chairman introduced Mr . Lee , ( attornoy ) who said , be beliered the eril » of this conn * try were owfeg to the Corn Laws . They were obnoxious to the welfore of the commercial , manufacturing ,
and labouring iotere&fcrof this community . // repeated , the merchanto , HHiDsfacturers , and the labourers , would be greatly ben «« tted thereby . If repealed , it would increase the la > wsr , ( " We hare enough" ); it would increase tkedenoarifor labour , and consequently , the labourer's wages Jroa * d be raised . ( " No , no" ) He then read the lesorottea wWch lie would propose to the consideration » f thnfc Meeting , which was as fol-Jowa : — " That tbeexisting Corn Law is ( u principle unjust , and in practice grleroosly oppressive - s exi&ting only for the benefit et a small and rich minority to the ptejudiae of a large . majority ; limiting the demand f » r labour and reward for industry ; whilst at the same time ii enhances the price and tbe difficulty of obtaining that which in necc-snary to bnia existtafcu . " Me
T . Aiken , factory master , « e « etH > ed the reKOlutlon ^ wbicb he read , and said tho Cbr » Laws were utijnst in principle and grievously oppressive ia practice . He fioped the men of Heywood would be no longer gulled as they had been , t&roam from all parts of th « room . ) Tha men of Heywood got tip a petition to eoth Houses ot Parliament sonia time since , praying for a total repeal of tbe Cora Laws , and there were none scarcely in tho whole of this tow » , he was glad to gay , but signed that petition . ( Cries of , " because they were forced to sign it ; it were ftjj cooBtin ^ -hoase , and we bad to go and sign . ") Jf we wanted taxation removed—( cries of , " we must ha' tTntversal Suffrage , " )—we most repeal tbe Corn Laws . Bis friend before him mentioned the increased demand fur labour , aad some
• ne interrupted him ; ' hut be would cull that man a fool ; for increased trad * would iecreasu the labourer ' s wugea . Mr- Wa \ ker , M . P .. of Bury , 1 ad very little to sny that evening , on account ef . hig bod health . He knew no other means of bene&ttittg tho labourer than — ( criesof , "Universal Suffrage ;")—the repeal of th » Corn Lvwa . Universal Suffrage might do the thing , but he did not know . Mr . Xillmau , of Manchester , then came forward , to propute an amendment . A s-peaker before him had also hoped that the people vt Heywood would no more be gulled . He should not have been there that evening , If be liad never bten gulled—if be hud never bteti deceived by the rery party of gentlemen of the Corn Liw League . The people had petitioned the Houses of Parliament , and
their prayers Were jeered at , laughed at , spumed , and cast under tho table , by those who pretended to be the people ' s friends . Although hee-ndenmed the Cora Law as an » vil , he would nut assist iu its repeal under tlie present franchise . He ttu-u rt-ad over a ktatement of wages as paid ou the continent , wbiih appeared rery low , and a > ked , how was it possible » or our English manufacturers to compete with ths foreigners ? How was it possible to-cany cotton over tho sea , thousands of miles manufacture it in this country , and then c « nvey it back again , and there sell it cheaper in a country where there was scarcely any taxation whattrer ? " The thing was impossible . Now , if the Corn Law was repealed , the English manufacturer would have to reduce his workman ' s wages , to be able at all
to compete with foreigners in foreign markets . One had spoken before him , who said that the place in which we were met ought to have been filled with looms , and the peuplo engaged at them ; but he ( Mr . Tillmam said the room was fur tetter employed in discussing the public wrongs . The people had a right to a fullrepifesentatk'nin the Commons'Housi of Parliament , without which they would never be enabled to better tueir condition . He then proposed , as an amendment , " That it is the opinion of Ihis meefiDg , that , until the Charter become the law , of the land , we shall not be able to repeal the Corn Law , or any other bad law , and that therefore the Charter shall be our only object " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Ward came forward , and siid he opposed the League in-attempting to repeal the Corn
Law , because the working , people could not be really benefltted without Universal Suffrage . Under the present franchise , the labourer lived according to the manufacturer ' s conscience , which was at the starvation point . It was true that thousands of labourers were pining out of existence , at a time when all the markets in the world were , filled with necessaries of life of every description ; yea , even abounding with luxuries , yet the capitalists , with their full faces and big bodies , were still crying for " Trade , trade . " Many of the previous speakers had mentioned the importation of flour into this country ; but he must say that all which was brought into England was not eaten by the people , but was sent back again in the shape of cotton goods . Entland was said to be the admiration of the world ,
and he wu certain it was indeed to be admired for its craft , and powers of deception ' . Without the fnnchlae , we shall gradually go worse and worse ; and with it , we should always be in a prosperous condition ; and he said , if any one was disfranchised , it was he who produced nothing , but lived as a drone en the produce of others . ( Cheers , and hear , hear . ) He would : beg leave to sit down by seconding the amendment . Mr . John Bright wished to make a few remarks on a diatinction between the resolution and the amendment He said , after reading them both , there was no contradiction in th « amendment to-the resolution . The question was , whether the people of this country should now struggle for the repeal of the Corn Laws or for the suffrage . He said ho bad no objection to asy extent
of the franchise . The man was a slave—yea , an ass , if he had not a rote in the making of the laws by which he was governed . Which way was the best to better the condition of this country—tke repeal of the Corn Law , or the obtaining of the suffrage ? ( Cries of " Tbe suffrage ! " ) He did not wish to claim all tlat the League called for . He Wa > t glad to think the people would not be gulled . by either the name of Whig er Tory . He would advise the people to obtain all the good they could , and not . reject any measure that was alculated to bttter thtm — Mr . Job Plant said the question was not whether the law was a bad one or not , but whether the people ought to struggle for a repeal of the Com Law , or -for the suffrage . He considered the people baring oi . oe been gulled ,
ought not , yea , it was not their interest any more to seek half measures , but to gi the whole hog , and hare the Charter . ( Cheers . } The Chairman then introduced Mr . Suarman Crawford to the meeting . After the cheering had subtided , he said , he never expected he should hare had to address the meeting ; but be was " on bis way through Heywood from Leeds , where he had been advocating ths rightsof the people With regard to the Corn Laws , although he was a landed proprietor , be must say they were uijust and injurious to the cowitry . He did not think there was any man who would be so far deceived as to think that tke Corn Laws were a good to him . The cheaper food was . Mid the more independent was the labourer of his employer . As to machinery , he thought
there existed an error among the people on that point j but he must say they might as well attempt to stop the flowing of the ocean , an to prevent the progress of ttiis power . He said tbe people bad a right to the franchise , and that the rich oaght to assist them to ebuin it . There had been that joint manifestation In Leeds on tbe question of the rights of the labouring class . He said he could venture ohe Suffrage to any extent among the people . He would advise that tbe rich join the people , and proceed for the Suffrage , and that tbe working class woold not interrupt the Repeal of the Corn Laws . ( A person in the meeting , "That's ths most honest chap that ' s got np to-neet . " ) The Corn Laws were no good to Ireland , but rathe * an evil . He had only to state he had been called on by the people of Sochdale to stand a * a candidate at the next eltetion . ( A shout of
" may you get in , " amidst eheets which lasted for some time . )—Mr . Butter worth , of Manchester , said , that if ever there was a philanthropic speech delirered , thai was one just spoken by Mr . Crawford . He could not . support tho present Corn Laws . He bad once keen deceived by the gentry ot the league ; and , there / ore , b could not support the object of this meeting . Befora lie supported them in tbe Repeal of the Corn Law ., h * would bare in the , shape of security to himself an / i fellow men . the Charter . He assisted the middle els / s in 1833 , and was deceived in 1 S « 0 ; he was stiigfUnt for tbe rights ot mankind , and was , by the mi »' , dJs class , thrown into Lancaster C *» tle , After sow . e few remarks aboat tbe rights and dities of th » people , afld the aristocratic robberies , the spndter cono »\ ided . —Ths Chairman then read the resolution and ti > . e amendment ,
to gir * a proper understanding of they , to the netting ; after wkica , he desired all who w&e la faro * r of th » amendment to hold up both ibei ? hands , when a forest of hands appeared , oorerinj < &e heads of the assembly . _ ^ - H « then d « sired all those , who we » in farow oMb * - - ^ resolution to hold up both theta bands , when bs ** T « rj few could be seen . —Tb > CbaJrmasi deslared the «• - •!«• tion lost , and the Kmeniment passed . Than ** wart voted to tbe Cha ' . rnian ; throe cheers we » given for Mr . O'Connor ; th . fee for the Chattel ; and three fa * Frost , William * , , nd Jones , and all tbe Imprisoned Chartists . It is said that on a rery low estimation there were r ^ ot less than 3 , eo » persons in the room at once , all rj whom behaved themtelre * { says oar © orrespond ent } like Quake ™ . Tfin nswWW .-IfitFtJJ separated .. / oont hair-past ten o ' dodkJJ * 1 * 7 > V \ P £
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TO THE WORKING CLASSES OP BIRMINGHAM , THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS , AND TOWNSHIPS . Fellow Tictiks , Beothk& Slaves , —We now appeal to yon , as the most virtuous classes in society . We now ask you what benefit you nave received from the other elasses who move above you as taik-m&sttrsand oppressors , but their legalized demand for plunder , the labour of your bands ? Who , now , will deliver you from the degraded position you occupy ? Will a middle-class crew , who frown en all equality ? Whoso misdeeds mark them to be as ricious and corrupt as the Government they uphold ? Can you look up to an aristocracy of title or wealth ? They who have blasted peace and liberty in ages past , will they deliver you ? You answer . No .
Can you appeal to any tribunal that recognises yon or your order ? Have you any hope in the Commons " House , either by petition or remonstrance ? We tell yoa—no , empha . tically . no . Can any bodies of ' nien insph » you with confidence or h « ft equal to tbe task of reading or signing a petition to the Hoase of Lords , where sit men in person , who have been tbe political hacks of all administrations , who , it they retained £ hei * proper names . would be a disgrace on the community ; whose elevation to high rank , stamps you as stares ; dooms yon to disgrace , to a moral degradation , and hopelessness in life ? Such your hopes front this estate , this branch of the LexBsature . Ns , you will exclsim—so do we .
Can you , who toil too late and too early , muster enough of hope or confidence to apply to the "Throne " for redrt > s of your grievances , where several different families bavesat in opposition to tbe r ill of our forcfathere , and while there are vhings bebmii the thronegreater than the throne itsel /? Aek yoursrfres what liberties yon possess , or can have , whilo you have royalists and state-pauper dulls to inaintain ? Will the mitred gentlemen assist yon ? Ab , no . Tney partake . « F the general pm ; s and plunder with the privilfged few . Tnen , fellow-countrymen , we publicly proclaim our determination not to eater into any alliance with s , ny class who have deceived us or cajoled yon , nor go onestep to sare the sinking trading community . We despise , as trickiU-rs , thuae who go foT local reforms , and leave the old villanies in existence . We are proud to aee such knares die in the estimation of the working cissies daily .-
With pleasure do we behold an organised plan of action going ttiraugh the land— the ' National Charter Association , " — to obtain the people ' s Charter . The plan is glorious -, it has swamped all other societies ; bcij-. g the cheapest and tbe best , it bids fair to produce the best results . The working classes b * gun the scheme , —they continue it ; . and those who have opposed it should seek ether employment . We proclaim them political traders to all intents aod purposes ; legal ghosts , doing the work of the public prosecutors—trading tra : tur 8 . ' The rirtoes of tbe associations must be , to leaTO the people better thin such associations found them .
We pledge ourselves to give way for more honesty ot purpose , to more intellect , to more riemocracy , to ujoje knowledge . ; yea , and to ino-e pov * er to do f-xx ) . We will scboo ! those of our brethren politically , who are ignorant , that ! hty miy advocate their political tqu . iiity . and the People ' s Charter shall not be a " final njr ^ iiure , " nor can it be a hea ' -ail of our grievances . No . fellow-c-mntryjiun ; jour nural wortk , ycur : nt * -ilecnia 2 gitauiess tunsz shine fortii in every comps . ny tou enter . Make converts to Univtr ^ al Suffrage , obtain justice by demanding yi-ar rights , question those wLu plunder you and live by your labour . Do so , on all occasions ; just ask them to shew their superior intellectual endowments , their right to trample on you or yoar order . Dispute with them their right to a vole , whilst yon are cot represented at alL Shew them how their property is protected , whilst your labour is swallowed up by their hungry wolves , tbeir idlers .
In conclusion , brother slaves , we ask your assistance to free ourselves and families from poverty and death . Fvrske all your old amusements aad haunts , leave all useless engagements , denounce all petty and paltry considerations , and go at once for your political equality , die People ' s Charter , Give yoar children better laws , bett « e-ABcations , than you yourselves possess . By order- of the Birmingham National Charter Association , f . P . Greek , Wii . Lii . ii Herbert , Joh . n" Bahbatt , JOHM Ll ?< ALL , William Bough , W . Smallwood , J . WiLLIAMSOJi , ROBEKT H 0 PK 3 SS 0 . 1 . Isaac Pens , Sub-secretary .
As the Council intend to have this address printed for general circulation , the friends in the surrounding districts , and associations , can have any quantity they choose to subscribe for , by sending their order and remittance to Mi . J . Barrett , painter and glaxier , WbitehaU-street . Birmingham .
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TO THE MEN . OP NEWCASTLE-T 7 POX-TYNE , AND NORTHUMBERLAND . Patriots . ' Englishmen . '—It becomes every day a more iaiperativ ^ duty , that we should resume active and energetic operations , for tbe diffusion of those exalted sentiments of freedom , which inspire tbe heartbrut en slave to grasp the tyrant's golden sceptre , and prostrate his recrtaot unsparing arm , to resuscitate those noble characteristics of Englishmen , to awakes infinite energies of mind , and to develope public opinion upon tho- > e great measures of legislation , which cominand the consideration of the suffering sons of labour . Can you reflect on tbe condition of your class , ( if yon
hare a single virtue to excite K-flecVion , ) without contemplating the fatal consequt-nces of your sullen , soulless , yes , your criminal apathy ? We demand your immediate exertions ; in the name ot erery principle sacred t » man , we call upon you to delay not another moment , in proving that you have integrity , virtue , patriotism , and honour , to contribute your share of influence in this magnificent * trncgle , for the salvation of our common country ; a cause too sacred , too glorious , too just , for the basest slave to doubt its ultimate triumph .
We appeal to yoa , men of the North , as patriots , as husbands , as fathers , —to yon en whom all the obligstisns and duties of a country and a home devolve ; to consider that while all the misfortunes , miseries , and degrading tMks of toil-doomed slavery , fall to the lot of the artisan , the miner , and the labourer—that justice proclaims yon - wronged—that reason , religion , and philosophy elevate you to the highest distinction of class , in the division of the Bocial body . You , the source of all wealth , the fountain of all power , by whose industry and ingenuity England has snrpassed the world in the fabrication of the m- > st costly and essential manufactures ; who hare erected large and magnificent cities , and stored them with immense riches ; who hare transformed tlmest ererr Tillage in England into a
mart of merchandise j whose commerce has extended to tbe confines o' the habitable globe ; whose arms have vanquished the most powerful empires—are you to sleep on the cooeh of slavery ? The proud soul of an Englishman revolts at the idea . To exalt your country and debase yourselves—to render your country glorious by ysur bravery , yourselTes deprared by your submission—to enrich tyrants by your industry , and silently and murmurless permit them to plunder yon—to venerate and tremble before your oppressors—while they despise you for your ignorance , and trample upon you for your cowardice * No , men of Northumberland , your country commands yon to . the fi ^ ld of freedom ; yoa must respond to tbe voice . Every district of importance in Britain is appointing able and virtuuus men to enlighten and instruct the -working classes , in those great principles of political liberty , justice , and
equality , and all those measures of legislation which affect the condition ef the various classes of society . Why is such an important disaici as Newcastle and Northumberland without a missionary ? but it nsust not be so longer . And we , the delegates of a variety of districts assembled on Monday last at the Chartist Comneil Room , agreed to make this appeal to you , and hereby reqnest a delegate from each village and factory , or an individual favourable to tbe cause , to attend for the above purpose at the Chartist Council Boom , held in Mr . . Wilson ' s school , Byker-bnildings , Ouseburn , on Sunday , the 7 th i > t February , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; when , by a peaceful , judicious , and prudent agitation , our triumph will be rendered inevitable . By order of the County Delegates' Meeting , Jamks Sixclaib , Secretary . January 28 , 1841 .
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[ AND LEEDS GENMAL ADVERTISES .
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Y 0 L . IT . NO . 168 . SATURDAY , JANUARY 30 , 1841 . r * £ ZSSZiJZ 122 '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct842/page/1/
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