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"CnooUGH 0 F FINSBURY CHARTER ^ ° MEETING . ( jUporUi hy our » v * CarresptmdenL ) n » Tnesd * T evening , * BwtiD * , convened by j ^ rffSdWr adTe rtiBemeate , wis held it the P ^ aWf ' " aiy Road , for the purpose Us H ^ edS f t ? rivertisenwats ) » of petitioning the * ? ! SSB to « int the people their just political * $ X ££ g & » PCS * Cb « ter to becom . Sff" i ATlMid . '' The chair w&s announced '«> Sfifflit Sht 0 > cl 0 ck J > ' «^> ' *> nt long ifta feffir ; the number of persons in » ttendu <* was , ^ % bonnd to » j , rery neoxwdoilile , and •"^ W half filling the room . At length , however , SfBenee of those present . haTing teen strained 'H-Tntraost tecsion , Mr . Balls moTed , and Mr . £ Si 2 e « de ? ft » t Mr . R . Cameron do take the Er / trfaieh was carried-• The Chaisxa 5 s&id , they had assembled , on the . J- , 1 * occasion , to give expression to public senti-** Vl ind *« P * ii « ° & Parliament to grant the K . tfcsr political rights , by making the Charter i ^ T ^ Ttha land . ( Cheers . ) He congratulated
JtlZLjme , and ihe people ceperally , on the Tvide aTof ri > e principles which they advocated ; sPT ^ jg , jrhich were no longer narrowed and £ S bx class or party but the guiding rules of rtcteasiVe body , earnestly engiged in the "work of " ^ aT-egeDeriiion . ( Cheers . ) They had no : ^^~ 'he assistance of ether classes of society in !!^ n £ ' -p tnbiic meetings ; neith er with their purses i ^ e * inS ^ eace , cor their talents—( hear hear)—fcr £ ood public speakers -were now found among ^ -T- vhj- sen , as nature knows no distinction of t&Tl Oeers . ) The -working classes demand S ^ ce unreasonable or unconst itutional ; and their Sands are simple , because they are honest . They j grnasd that the representative principle shall be lirrW out Jor where representation ends , despotism in otters
wins . In ! i : 3 country , as wen as , pron-TJLe snrevis her bounties with an unsparing hand ; « rjV 4 r . ds of our feliow-beinp are starving fo Wsiicsi of plenty . ( Hear , hear . ) I * , was said , Z the enemies of the Charter , that if : he Charter were carried , it would unsettle property ; yet the Oartists covet co man ' s property : sit they demand JL they covet , is a fair remuneration for their hhozr ( Load cheers . ) Those who have held the irrez » E < &is power for generations past , have % ** & P ?** ' « d haT , ,, been ** t& * *?«** kncar \ iwii
»« ni » Witt tae peOPJe . . j me -n * : * S « t * * llndcd to the late demonstration in the north , and also to the attempt of the Radical psrty , in fee Boise of Commons , to form a reconciliation b-ff « en 4 « w ^ asd working classes—a reconeffiiro" Dost desirable to be effected , certainly ; but ™ Wu * to be effected , must be based upon just prin-¦ -wind sot founded en a compromise . ( Loud Seers . ) Considerable outcry was being raised airn pinicukr grievances ; but he ( the Chair-^ " csiied cpon them to bear of notmsg but their rwu = r ( Hear . ) The prejudices of the middle sj
j ^ je are roo ted , that they are either in the i 5 h > , or the * £ *;> is in :. . f » i , is everything they talk jb . ^ j . l Lassb-ei . ) la conclusion , Mr . Cameron eicnei thts , £ 5 Cbanists , aud therefore as men e ? so factios , sxd of no party but the great party of & * j * - ? k' to ?•> : ; down strife and party antagonism ; fclh " rdvin ^ ' upon their cause as that of truth , ttd resiis 2 = nrred that that cause never had been cor em be ) irjured by free discussion . The worthy Cfciirais s £ > dcirn amid much applause , 3 Ir . UicE-ied SfuPlR ttes called npon to more fefist resolution . He never thought of the Charter , E lie a ^ in whic h they were all engaged , vruh-» E 5 feeiicj ; a strong conminglirsj of joy , sorrow , and
j great ceai of riisgcsi ; he felt joy , at reflecting ; i « eTerj Eaa would be made , by the adopiion o ! ibe Charter , that in reality wh ; ch he is now only in Elite—a free-born Ergiishman : he felt sorrow that id mssy of the working cliss were indifferect or j ra ' . beiJc to ibe cause of their own rights;—and he feis dispzn , doj unmixed wi : k costempt , at the BinMT ra which the advocates of those principles ire treated . Mr . Siut then referred to the scattj jKerdaaee of tbe jnenmg , which he attributed to EHSriency of adver . 'isement ; and eutertd upon a ires and exeeedinsiV elaborate statistics . ! statement .
drawn up by Mr . Fielden ; coac ! uuing a lengthened Stress by observing , that thing 3 never would b * kr . a mi"il the peopie iLnite and take their sffiirs ' their own hands ; until the thousands of half-Eim-d aid ill-fed labonrer ? , acquire a proper inflasee amoag Ejill-owuers , money- mongers , and landiobkr ;; acci exerted themselves by every iseans in aair power to obtain a redress of ^ rievances , thai In £ iaLd oight be in reality w :: at it was now only KHdaaQly , ¦* ihe pr > de of the world , aud t ^ . e envy Oi Eraandi ! : ^ niiioas . " it . Spurr resume-i bis seal laid mats , applsase , na . vic ^ previously m . oved tilt i-ic > Di ! 0 s cf the Sr > t resointion : —
" That tils meetinr , being convinced that the ensctr meat of the People ' s Chsrtsr wcsld put tke pecj- 'e in possesKoa of tbe p-D ^ -er t « repeal all oSaoxious snd tnjast b-ws , by Tiich a prfTDf jed few lare Jr ^ islateti 1 st themsslTej , instead of the iB ^ sses ; and that it Toold be the best instnmart whereby » e sa « y ztaove Ssil gross oppression mtder which tlie people safer , ad tease tite rigttt * and properties of all cia « es ; ve feffefore resstw oar solemn p ! er " ge to use every exar-Sfatowgssae tie people , and cause it to be made Sehv of thelsnd . "
3 Ir . Balls secendfid the resolution , which pledged SameetiEg to seppart the principles of the People ' s Osier , by exteadiuj to TroriLng men the riglii of ijiisza voice ia the election of tbose who maie tbe tnTidch all ire called on to obey ; and which , b .-cafeg ths vote of the elector , -aronld render threats Bseasnd briberj- p owerless ; whist , by the adoption of iszTsx PariiaiEtata , it -roa-d bring the represtcta-Swisto acre frequent contact \ rita Us ccustilueEts ; Efl , a a Eia ; ter cf cosrse , the faithful servant -would hn-dtetti , zni lbs UEfa-thfal one rejected . Sach tcs the tiiee jrijEs . 17 points ot the Charter : —
i- To extend to ev ^ -rj- man equal political rights , i To seethe ihe Ire- t-xtrri = e of tbose rights ; and 5- Toitadi ? the repr = ses . tauve responsible to tijose I ? Them he ms elected . -iirerting to the rexnt deinor . str 3 tioD ct L ? efls , Mr . « a »« ad , hsiej-. . rt 4 at the re-ult , and looked forward Ktsonsedegree of hop-to iu producing Eome effect a tiiOK l ^ islxtors -vrho now create unbearable taxation , Bi tan ; » desf txr to the coiup ' . aints of the p&ople , « rspadlng them bj bad and unnatural lavs , such as as Poor Isv , the G ^ me Law , and the Cum Law . •^ a . hesr .: The pii , j . ; e have oa . ' v to nnite and thev
Wii iffman irreastible ba .- . d , ecainst which the bayonet ~ & «• musiet will bs powtrliss , end the po ' . ice" ^ Secaa astless . In conclusion , the ypeaier adverted Sos attemptno-wEiiiia ^ w continue the "hellish " wliT forten yesrs losger , and expressed it as hia a etffincijon , thai the factions \ roo-d 50 on eppress-2 ? a * people , until i ; became 2 . ousstion whether rr-^ a ^ s would not be a vlrtne . Hoping that all would o = a forward aad join the National Charter issocia-•* " * iueh alone they coaJd demolish tjTuacy , M ai * _ « p the stecdard of democracy , Mi . Baals Bit s 5 ** » Eid lond aEd reneral cheering
B ¦ v ? " ^ °° eame forward to support the resolu-^^ vi 2 » pledged hinistlf , as tbU * resolution , if •^^ ^ oald pledge thtm , to renewed and contir ^ eiEKJcrs to caase the People ' s CUarter to become « J »» of the land . The Gli . be , the Whig evening g ^ fc * otter day , in allusion to the Leeds gathering , « i ^ ds aa -Eponaa t declaratfca ; it had called on all - -a-i eo reason against CL \ rtism , to subscribe to ^ tirUi ; dsclarjcg it to be " h-: £ h tims fur every : *•« riT-a a rsison for the faiih that : s in him . " £ * " ¦ ' ^ ^ - then combatted the aipimenta of r « J"O a-drccaU ; edncational or intellectual suffrage , ^ "aaeace to a universal and residential edification . t ^ coatesded that the claim to ruirersal
Saf-2 = rasolT ^ d fcself iito a mere " aai- 'ial" claim . ^ T * - « : fce Mr . M . > Tra ? not to be deterred from £ ^* attf aright , because it was called an " ani ^ al' - ; eren though the -writer had state tl such a claim ^ Sw T * eriinated froui » community of bears , fcss ti * * " £ 3 ! inal claim is it , to demanJ protection tf tJr ^ ^ ' ' ^ ? or % th * cornmoniry be ia danger f » M , stop pe' : l ad robbed by thase who are more * lj ^ ai" "' ^ ^ e worting classes pnt forw ar d this S ^ " to the Suffrage , to prutec : Uatiaselvcs ^^ le ^ ilised plunder , on the part of the lawj ^^ arhoaid tou ttreaty millions sterling to West t Faaters for one nailion of blaci slaves , at the d , ^ - ^ **? Tc ; -e a whire man in England t-= ^ 1 . "" . * ? '— -s than nothiBg , and that it -R-as vror ±
fcT t ^ J * * 'J c * him cut of the country . They Lad tj hf ttn J 2- ^ ^ middle class legisla :: un ; ifj " "ifocid ask in what respect " bad it 5 * da ¦ llnPr 0 TeiI'ea- upon the government of " * * t Zff- ^ txncj—ihz " nttural protectors , " as they « a » ^ ' ° * the P «» ple » If there were asy d ; : r = r-* ££ ¦* " eed i : ¦*" »* , that Jiov , the crime of bri ' jtry , Xjtf L * * * ° loutiiy decried by the present ^ Vhig Cijt - 'kt < Jle Pferiod cf the Be . ' orm Bill—a crime of 5 ^^ " of ; ha blviest political dye—was double the isn , ? . & was before the pacing of that iaea-X ^^ a * as si extrfeiasly Uberal , " that one Hon . ' •^ itoi ^^ 1 durin ? ia discussion , " it actually Ia » 0 Bh lia breatil ' ' liberality' was so great " ** toe 37 ° carlD S '> u by txten . ling the fraattsa fcfJ ^^^ tweli * -y- < JIie years of age , of sound « 5 tr ~ 7 v ^^ ied by crime , who h ; s been resident Ha * 'Jj ^ 4 m &E 7 £ " fcn pJace ; acd he cared not what ^ aui - ? ° P il > ' ^ " ^ her aa auimal" claim , or tfcT "J ~ f'K &age , or Charter Suffrage , it would , at " ** fcteJ ^ JT " ai ! ray the ^^ compiaining , if it did ft - ^ EiM m condition of ^ s peopla Until you ^^ a&s' ^ fi ^ P ^ - " conclusion ) , continue to ' ^ ssr . Zf . f * nlt , ard get aU you can to enlist ^ tiVrrl feaDer ' * « d the more effectual ] y you do *** idfi m ^ 7 you are t 0 S&l the Peop / e ' s Char-^* 2 » , ., ef ^^ i : v-i ¦* & the ivisoa , and all W&ff tfcs ^ i ^^ ent , are in firour of Uni-3- >'« 7 r ! f u ?> ^^ -u , with the standard of the hf ei ^ fk " - re ! thcr Wh 1 ^ Turife 3 : ti ^ : & aavent is come . s Ljud aad pro-^^ oiuUoa ttsj pat ) ^ cailled > — -j « to move the second resolution : —
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" That tie recent triumph at Leeds , in farour of equal political rights , for the whole people , over orpedieney , faction , and interested trafficters in politics , is another proof ( if wanting \ of the ability and determination of the working classes to obtain their just political rights . We , therefore , strongly iuipreas upon the minds of our ftllow-men , throughout the nation , the necessity of not countenancing or assisting any body of men who shall seek any enactment short of the full measure of . tights contained in the People's Chirter . " He ( Mr , Peat ; would not g » orer the ground which had been traversed by the preceding speakers ; but they had & duty to perform ; and it was a melancholy one — a victim has-been made ; and though he -would not call it a " murder , " he would state that poor Clayton entered Xorthallerton a hale man , and is now brought 8 ut dead . ( General indignation . ) Thus it is not enough -for the liberty-loving "Whigs to silence men who dare give vent to the expression of their honest
convictions—they inflict on their vietims all the polished tortures of the odious Inquisition . ( Htar , hear . ) As to what had been said about " animal" claims , he < Jlr . Peat ) would reply , " Though you clothe me in gorgeous apparel , and place me in a palace , and let me fare samptuoasly every day , yet , without my suffrage , I am a slave , and "I spam the proposition . " ( Loud and general cheering . ) HaTing adverttd to the recent defeats of the Whigs at Wateall , Canterbury , and other places , Mr . P . . concluded by congratulating the meeting on the increasing circulation of the democratic press ; there was their o-B-n Korthem Star , — iloud cheers , )—the SooUish Chartist Circular , and now they had another able and excellent auxiliary in the English CtLzriist Circular ; the united circulation of which greatly exceed that of an equal number of papers belonging to either of the factions ; to -whom he would say , " tyrants tremble , for the day of rttribution is at hand . " { Ht&r , hear , and Toud cheers . )
Mr . Taphell seconded the resolution . It had be * n asserted that the working classes had " no stake in the country ; " but , he would ask , who raised all the buildings , cut the canals , and built the briilges ? Who , bat the working clashes ; -who had deposited their isVour , and , therefore , have a deep interest in the lani Mr . T . then adverted to tbe n * ctssiiy of a Trades * Hall being erected in the Metropolis ; the working classes , said he , can afford something for missionaries to go abroad ; they can fill taverns , and suj-port other institutions ; if they -vtjuM gather up their energies , and ipp ' y these means to the appointment cf home missionaries , they would raise a foundation for the Charter , and the position they demand must be theirs . ( Loud applause )
It was here announce a by Mr . Spurr , that the deputation -which had been appointed by the great meeting at White Conduit House , to wait on the Marquis of Xcrmrnby , with a memorial , relative to the treatment of Mr . Fear £ ns O'Connor , having been refused an interview triih the Home Secretary , hart called a meeting at the Social Institution , Jchn-stieet , Tottenham Court Road , en Monday evening next , to place before it the correspondence on the subject , and to resign their trust , or otherwise , as the meeting might decide upcu .
[ Two or tkree persons , with subscription-boxes , at this period , traversed the room for collections in a : d of the erpence * of . the meeting ; daring which , a gren * portion of the assembly ( ourselves included . ) quitted , at half-past ten- A portion of this report was transm it ted by the morning riiiway ; yet , owing to the length of the remainder , and the bcur of closing tlie pos ; beinif close at hand , we are compelled to postpone several articles of general Bet * till to-morrows Utter . ] ^ —^—
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MR . DEEGAN AND THE NORTHERN STAR . On Monday night , a Special General Meeting of the Members of the Charter Association was held in the Co-operative Hall , Lambton-street ; to take into consideration the truth of certain charges preferred against Mr . Deegan , by a writer in the Northern Star of Saturday last , and also the comment thereon , made by the Editor of the Star . Mr . Dobbie was called to the chair . He very earnestly exhorted the meeting to take the matter into their consideration in a miid , just , and proper Bpirit ; they could not , he said , pass the matter by ; it was forced upon their attention ; they woa 2 d be dishonourable if they bought to avoid it ; and , therefore , ho urged them to enquire , firat , whether the charges
were true , and , if true , whether they required to be published , and justified tha observations and reply made by the editor of the Northern Star . He called upon Mr . Kirker to address the meeting , as he understood that gentleman had prepared a resolution to bring before it . Mr . K . then came forward , and introduced the question in a plain and sensible manner , stating it to be the duty of all present to " put tho saddle on the right horse . " He stated , that the charge made against Mr . Deegan was , that he had held the Star up to " ridicule and scorn" more than once ; ( hose were the very words of the letter in the Star ; this he denied . Ho also s&id , that Mr . Decgan , although he had made some observations respecting tho '" Leeds meetiDg , " did so in a mild
and gentlemanly spirit . There were statements in the letter wliicn he kuew were utterly fatee . Mr . Deegan he heard on the evening in question , and he was sure that he did not accuse the editor of falsehood , in ktatiiig that the editor had not been promised s > report from the Leeds Times : what Mr . Deegan did say , was very different ; he ( Mr . D . ) had s&id that tno Star ought to have had a reporter there , at the meeting , and not to have trusted to the Leeds Times . Mr . Daegan , he also observed , had never charged the editor of the Star with placing his name at thu bottom of the list ; he ( Mr . D . ) said that he aud Messrs . Lowery and Mason were all placed very far down in tho list , but did not say by whom ; and that he considered , after the expenco
wnich the people of Sunderland and Newcastle wero at , iu sending Messrs , Luweiy and himself , it was not doing them justice to act so , especially , too , when his ( Mr . Deegau ' s ) speech was not inserted in the Star , although given at great length in the Leeds Times . These and snoilar oboerratious were made by Mr . Kirker , and other gentlemen who wero present on the eveuing when Mr . Diegan lectured . Mr . Williams afterwards rose and said , that though not present as Mr . Deegan ' s lecture , he thought it was very singular , 1 hat no one , but the writer of the letter , could remember that the language of Mr . Deejran was such as attributed w him . ( Au individual here exclsiined that he would take an oath , one etatemen : in the letter wad true , namely , that Mr .
Deegan nad coiitr-idictea the eiitors statement respecting the promise of the Leeds Tttms . ) Mr . W ., however , said , that admitting that every other paragraph in iho letter was true , it would not sustain the summing up , in which Mr . John D-.-egan was accused of charging tho Editor of the Star , with hold .-ng him up to public rt'probanor ; , and treating the paper and its conductor with scorn and ridicule ; he therefore considered the statements in the letter did not support its charge ? . Mr . RadSey . ( the au . thr .-r of the lf . ter , ) was heard in rep : y . lie merely reiterated Lis assertions iu the letter ; bus produced no other evidence in support of his statemeut , when , having gat down , Mr . Kirker cama forward and proposed the following resolution : —
Moved by Mr . Kirker , and seconded by Mr . Wilson" That this meeting having ssen a letter in the Sorthem Star of February 6 th , professing to give a re ]^» rt of a speech delivered by -Mr . Deegan , in this Hall , considers the said liitttr to ba substantially false in its sUteiutnls , and written from a mean and malignant motive to injure Mr . Deegan in the estimation ot the Chartists of Iina . la . wl-, and this sueeting further considers , that even had tlie statements bten as true as they are false , the irrittr would have shown more manliness , honesty , and wisJoiii , either by preferring his charges to iir . Bte ^ an , or bringing the conduct of the latter before tho Chartists of SunrieriaDd ; and this meeting , therefore , considers the writer of the said letter deserving of censure for his rashness , or meanness , and entitled to apologue to Mr . Deegan , -whose statement * he has misrepresented , and to the Chart : *' . b ot Souderlaad , to wh-Jia he has acted so unwarrantably . "
Carried , with five dissentients . The next resclutiop , moved by Mr . Williams , seconded by Mr . Austin , aiid oarried unanimously , is as follows : " That thia meeting expresses its surprise , regret , and disapprobation of tho conduct of tho editor of the Xortitern Slur , in inserting a letter containing such statements , from an individual of -whose capacity or credibility he knew nothing , and founding therein a aevere and u-njuat attack upon the gsuural and private character of Mr . D * egan , intrciuciiig also charges aad statements with which the public have nothing to do ; and the publication of which was not only uncalled for , but unfeeling , and unwise , and most seriously calculated to injure tae Chartist cause , without in the Kast promoting the private or public interest of its proprietor and conductor . "
Mr . William ? , in snpport of this re ? oVJ , > n , mid . hat it was exceedingly painful and unpleasant for him to have to bring forward such a resolution ; he certainly could have no personal interest in tlie matter . Oa the contrary , hia personal interests were with the Star , as their general interests were ; but it could not injure the circulation , or usefulness of the Slar , to point out its faults , in a pru ^< jr spirit ; and whether it did or not , was not m much the question in the present instance , as he conceived that it had abused its tremendous power ; that it had displayed a spirit , which , if submitted to , would crush all independence of soul in the leaders of the people ; that it might one day become a vile here ^ y to doubt its infallibility , or to ' differ , in the slightest degree , from the manner iu which , upon any occasion , it was conducted . He , therefore , considered that the people , that every honest man , was bound to protest , in
a mild , but firm spirit , against the bad spirit it had displayed towards Mr . Deegan , a gentleman , whom he , within the last two weeks , hud heard frequently recommend and support the Star he considered that the editor had even given Mr . Deegan Jess justice than he ( Mr . \ Villiams ) h&distt with when on his trial for sedition ; for on thai occasion there was a full report of Jiis speech in short , hand , to be produced against him ; the witnesses were men who were known , who could be crofs-examiiltd , and sifted ; but Mr . Deegan was condemned upon the unsupported testimony of one man , of whom neither he , the Chartiats of Suuderland , nor the editor of the Star , knew anything . The individual had only been enrolled amongst them three week ? , and this was not the first instance in which he had attempted to create disturbance . The resolution was carried unanimously .
The last resolution ( moved by Mr . Hemsley , socondeJ by Mr . Monarch ) was &b follows : — " That , having had the services of Mr . Deegan for a psriotl of four months , we feel bound , in justico to him , to state that vre have ntvsr known h ' m attempt to injure its circulation or usefulness ; on the contrary , we consider that he has , on every Stting opportunity , endeavoured to aid both ; and , during the whole of the said period , -we consider thut he Las laboured in the most talented , energetic , and praiseworthy manner , displaying , both in Lis public and private conduct , an txam ];! e which only requires to be faithfully followed by others , to ensure the speedy and coaipiete triumph of our just aud holy cause . " Carried unanimously . The meeting then broke up in a peaceable manner .
[ We give the whole report of this somewhat singuhr meeting , speeches and all , just as we received it from Air . Williams , the mover of the very " mildspirited " vote of cenr-nre upon us and the reporter of the meeting . The persons who constituted this meeting have a perfect right to form their own opinion 011 any , and every , public matter which comes under their observation ; aud we , though certainly not bound to do it , have no manner of objection to afford them the most oxtonsive mods of publishing that opinion , notwithstandingtho severity of its personal bearing on our own conduct and character . But though we have no objection to do this , we ha . ve a great objection to become a party to any
fallacious representation of the powers or importance of the " authority" by which this censorious opinion is fulminated . The Talua of the resolutions will be soon fteen . They are the opinion of just so majiy persons as voted for them aud no more , and the number of persons who voted for the resolution of censure upon the Editor of the Northern Star was just t wenty-three . There arc , it seems twenty-three persons in Suud ^ rland who hold the opinion that the Edicor of the Northern Star ought to submit most meekl y to the iE&iction of caluuiDny and misrepresentation , Vrithont even giving such explanations as should leave them to stand ou their owu legs . We rlissant from the opinion of those twenty-three persons ; and we maintain that the terms of the reso-
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lution m which they have chosen to embody that opinion are utterly unwarranted by the facts to which they refer . We made no " attack " on Mr . Doegaa at all . We merely stated facts in explanation of an attack eaid to have been made by him upon us ; and we made that statement iu tho kindest and most forbearing | spirit . Tho resolution censures as for inserting a letter from au individual - ^ " ot . whose capacity and credibility wo knew nothing . " The person who drew up this resolution , and the twenty-three persons who adopted it , certainly knew aothine about the extent of our
knowledgo upoit- ' that subject . We perhaps know more than thoy jure aware of . It may turn out thai we also know More of the movements and intrigues , and more of tho " capacity and credibility" of various parties in Durham and Sunderland , than some or them either suppose or desire us to know Siuce tho above was written ,-we hare recoired from Gates-head a letter signed " Charles Cross , " purporting to emanite from a meeting of tho Association , and stating that they have never heard Mr . Daegan ' say one disrespectful word of the Northern Slar or its editor . " —Ed . J
BmiflINGHA " tt . —On Monday evening , the 8 th instant , a dinner was held a ; the Vulcan Tavern , among a number of the members and friends of tho Christian Chartist Church . The spirit of brotherly hilarity pervaded those present . Some excellent speeches were given , and some very excellent ahd patriotic toaAts most enthusiastically responded to . Mr . Collins , iu proposing oue of tho toasts , save an interesting account of the various even ' . s that are now conspiring ft increase tho prosperity of Chartism . Ho proposed the following : —" May the middle classes soon see their interest , and duly join us in our Charter agitation ; but iot our maxim still be as it has cvet been , ' with them if we may , without them if we must . '" A cheerful and brotherly feeling pervaded the whole of the proceedings , and at a late hour the meeting broko up .
Si . \ 'CE Sabbath last , a fevv of the members of the Christian Cnurch have collected for the family of our deceased brother , Clay ton , the sum of £ 1 3 s . 9 d . as the best testimony of their sympathy with those who sufFjr in the holy causa of justice and mercy . The subfcr . bersare auxioua that this be transmitted direct to iho family . It has also bean resolved , that next Sabbath evening , Mr . Arthur O'JS ' eil will preash a funeral sermon in the Christian Chartist Church , Newhall-street ; and also as a mark of respect lor our deceased brother Chartist , that the Church be put in mouruiug .
Chartist Meeting . —A public meeting of the Charter Association took place at the Hall oi Science , Lawrenco-street , ou Tursday evening . The platform presented a niost unusual and novel appearance ; a large white banner , surrounded by crape , being phced in front , on which w « , s the following inscription in bJa : k letters , — " Clayton , the first ChartiKt martyr , died in Northallerton Gaol , January 30 , 1841 ; under the merciful Whig Government—PtACK b . ; wiih hjm " Tho painting was executed by . Mr . Uarratt , of WhU
last , the melancholy account of the death of Clayton , and concluded by calling on Mr . Penn , the Secretary , to read the minutos of the last meeting . They were accordingly read and confirm ; d . Ho al « o read a letter from Mr . Geo . Bimis , of Sunderland , declining for tue preaonc to becoming their missionary . It was then staled by tke Chairman , that it was the intention of the Council to write to Mr . Win . Martin , formerly an iumate of Northallorton House of Correction , but at present confined in Lancaster Castle , ri questing him to become their missionary , as his twelvo months' impriooaineut would end on tho 4 tl of March . He then called upon Mr . Win . Dean Taylor , of Warwick , to deliver a lecture . Mr . Taylor then cam © forward , and was heartily
choired . He said that the m ^ aucholy circumstauco commented on , in tho Star of last week , would cause him 10 deviate from what he had originaUy intended . There was cause for sorrow upon this occasion , and in another respect there was caUoO to rrjoicu ; for when the Government bogan ; to take li ; e , there was some hope of calling public attention ! o the murderous system pursued under th « sir superintendence . He then wtnt ou to state the various facts connected with Clayton ' s death . Why was he im « riroaed 7 Was it because lie wanted to set the country on fire ! No ! if he had , ho would have been better treated ; as a proof of which , he mentioned tho case of Jonathan Martin , aud others . No ! he had been imprisoned , because he was
a . Chartist ; ot , m other words , a aiaa who wished 10 ba free himself , and wished to make others freo also . He probably was not a leading advocate for the Charter ; but notwithstanding that , tha fact ot' his being imprisoned on account of his principles , proved that , if he did not preuch truth , he practised it . In like manner , had hundreds ot men been imprisoned , under various pretences , it was true ; but what was the real cause I He maintaiia-d that it was for truth's sake ; and had they been tried according to truth , not one of them would have seen the inside of a prison . But what was the truth for which the Chartists had been imprisoned 1 It was this— " I pay taxes , and have a right to vote as to the manner in which those taxes
shall bo disposed of . That was the r « al cau . se of ail the persecution which had taken place . There had boon a vast deal of sneering about equality ; some fiiid , You can't make men equal . " He knew that Nature had made certain 1 inequalities—with thosu ho had nothing toUo ; but when a . Government made inequalities which ought not to exiat , with that he had aright to interfere . It was ior siuipurting these truths that poor Clayton met with his untimely aud melancholy end . It wad in order to defiiie what the people mcuui by equality , that tho People ' s Charter had been drawn up , that all migiit read and judge for themselves . He then read fiom the Northern Star , " Twenty-five Reasons for being a Charti 3 t , " and commented on them in an
able and eloquent manner ; and explained the meaning of the various points in tho Charter , illustrating his views by referring to facts of daily occurrence , and ably pourtiayed the evil consequences which had arisen from misgovernment , amidst th » repeated cheers and laughter of , tho meeting . He also showed the manner in which poverty is oppressed by wealth , and gave an able exposition of the fallacies of the crotchet-mongera , especially the anti-Corn Law brawlers . He remarked that the political quacks had often tried to patch up the rotten and loitering system , the effect of which was , that a 01 . ee happy peoplo had been reduced to the lowest pitch of misery and destitution . The reason of this vva « , that none of their nostrums wore founded in
truth . What was it that brought ' . ho Charter into fcx \ 3 ttnco ? It was forced into existence by a bloodthirsty Government , aad a covetous and overbearing Church , which had blinded the people , and kept thaiii i : i ignorance , in order that the Government might pick their pockets with greater facility . The eifci'gy were also to be found in the foremost ranks of tyranny ana persecution ; but persecution was nothing u ' o'w . Muu o' principle had bee ; i persecuted in all ages , and one particular class of persons wore always foremost in search of blood—the blood of houest Bi-m and patriots . He need haroly say he meant the Priesthood . It , was priests who crucified Christ ; and , without going to other times , or other countries , for examples and proofs , he would rtfcr them to
the parsou v » ho preached the blood-thirsty sermon at , Newport during Frost ' s imprisonment . The clergy had at all times proved themselves tho eiietuics of liberty ; ho did not mean to exclude any of them h ' uzn this sweeping charge—both Dissenter and Churchman were alike culpa , biu . What were the iutcutiuns of those who prosecuted the Chartists 2 Ho hail 110 doubt they thought that by so doing they would put down the spirit of liberty , and crush it forever ; but they had proved themselves fools for their pains , ll&i they succeeded \ Had they altered a siugie man ? They had one of them at present on the platform ( meaning Mr . White ) , who he well knew was , if possiblo , moro strenuous than ever . They found the multitude of patriots who had been
in the damp cells and duugeens , as soon as they again breathed tho air of lleaveu , felt their former love of liberty again springing up within them , with renewed vigour ; proving beyond the possibility of doubt , that truth could not , and never would be , extinguished in the minds of honest men . What did the ministers of religion mean by the various texts of Scriptures which they so often quoted concerning brotherly love , peace , cliarity , and good-will , and afterwards belieing it , by huutiog after their brothers' blood , and helping to bolster up a system which has sent thousands to au untimely grave through want and privation ! What were they to
call such men 1 Nothing else but canting hypocritei , who pull long faces in order to sake great gain . He wished to impress on their minds that , although he thus stigmatised the teachers of religion , he meant not to wound the feelings of any man professing any particular doctrine ; he wished them to examine for themselves ' , and see how far those persons' preaching coincided with their practice . He then concluded by a soul-stirring and pathetic appeal on the sufferings and death of poor Clayton , and said he could not choose a better sentence to finish with than the concluding sentence on tho banner before them— "Peace be with him . " . Mr . Taylor then
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retired , and was loudly and repeatedly cheered by the audience , who expressed great satisfaction at hit-S ^*? « loft » ent Iocture .-Mr . Buratt then moved , "That Mr . Dean Taylor bo appointed lecturer Cor this district for ono month . " He thought him a very proper person . The Birmingham Council had received letters from Redditch , Coventry , Worcester , and other places , requesting the a * . fendance of a lecturer ; he , therefore , thought it highly necessary that one should be immediately appointed . —Mr . James Neal seconded the resolution . —Air , T . P . Green objected to choosing a lecturer without first consulting the other towns who were interested in the matter . Ho had no objection to the resolution which had been proposed , upon any other grounds ; he only wanted to see that the rtquisito sum should be forthcoming fer tho payment ot ' hia wages . —Mr . Rouse stated , that a late delegate meeting had empowered the Council to choo .-e a ; iy per .-on they thought would answer tbo purjKai ? , « nd that they
agreed to furnish their quota towards payiug his wages . —Mr . Penn stated that ho had received letters from various places , requesting the Council to appoint a missionary , and as they had written to several , and been disappointed , ho thought they could not do better than agree to tho resolution , ai he had no doubt but that the require J amount would bo forthcoming when wanted . —Tho Chairman » ai < i that the Council had been censured t \> r not appointing a missionary ; and ho thought they had better make a clioice at once . —After a fow more words from Mr . T . P . Greon , and others , the resolution was put and carried unanimously , amidst loud cheer * . —Mr . Dean Taylor then thanked them fur tho honour they had conferred en biia , and promised to discharge the trust reposed in him to the best of his power . A vote of thanks was-then given to Mr . Taylor and the Chairman , and the meeting separated .
Frost , Ac . Restoration Committee—A me- 'ting of the above Committee took placo 0 : 1 Tuesday last , at the Hall of Science , Lawrence'btrec-t ; Mr . iJouse was unanimously called to the chair . . Mr . T . P . Green read letters from soveral places , one from Chesterfield and Bramptou , containing ( ivo thiiiuiga for the uso of the committee ; from Tavistoc ); , statiug that a public meeting had been h *; ld , and a memorial adopted , and £ \ Is . was enclosed fur the use of the committee . Mr . Green then ealkd tho attention of the committee to an important letter from Newport , signed "John William *; " iterated , " That the Chartists of Newport , bad determined to prosecute a spy , who had made son ; e important admissions , which it was thought would deeply
implicate some of those who had taken au active part iu the prosecution of Frost , & « . The foiu-v suted viiat inquiry had been made as to tfeoprobaiil = cost of the prosecution , and they found it woh'J be £ 50 ; tho Chartists of Newport , therefore , rtq'sux-d as .-. iita « co from their brethren in other towns . " ilr . Green considered it to be tho duty of all honest men to shew up the base viliany of such wretches ; it wae , through the means of such as these , that their friead , Frost , was now suffering , aud if it had not tiie effect of restoring him , it would form another argument in favour of the Charter . He bop »; d the contents of the letter would not bb lost sight of . The following resolution was then moved by Mr . Bough , and seconded by Mr . Blake : — " T ! tu this committee
do recommend to tho whole Chartist public , the necessity of assisting their brethren of Newport , to bring to justice the Whig spy , now in MoninoulJi gaol for perjury . " Mr . Green then read a letter from Manchester , to which tva . s appended a copy ot a petition . The letter stated that it was the intention of the people of that place to send l , 6 G 0 petitions , with twenty-five or thirty signatures to each . It also complained of the negligence of fomo who had been elected honorary members of tin ; committee , and sent a number of names to be add ; -A to tho list of honorary members ; the letter was signed "James Cart ledge . " Various bills were then handed in , and paid . Mr . Wai . Barratt wished that some steps might be taken to cause the various towns to send their memorials and fund .- ; as somi as
possible , for the purpose of carrying out the objects of tho committee . After a short conversation , it was considered that tho notico in last week ' s Star was insufficient , as there was other business to transact that evening . The meeting adjourned to the following Tuesday . The following are tho names oi those who were elected honorary members ;—George White , John William , ? , Newport ; George Babi » gton , Win . Shcaver , Win . Roach , Christopher Roll * , Wm . Wynn , Thomas P . Field , Peter Moors , Frederick lticharason , Wm . Holt , Wm . Arnold , Manchester .
Brown's Support Fuhd . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Committee for raising funds for the support of Mrs . Brown and family , during tiie incarceration of her patriotic and excellent husband , held at Bill ' s Coffee House , on Monday laat , Mr . Battam in the chair , > lr . Horseley handed into the committee the sum of = £ 2 , as a donation of Mrs . Dean , of the Market Hall . Mr . W . H . Cotton having tendered his resignation , it was moved by Mr . Phillips , and toconded by Mr . Faliowp , that the
resignation of Mr . Cotton be received . Messrs . Styles and Trueman wero elected members of the committee A public lecture will bo delivered in tho Christian Chartist Church , by Mr . O'Neil , 0 : 1 Monday evening , the 22 nd inst ., on behalf of the above-named patriot . Admission , threepence ; wlicn all friends of freedom , and lovers of patriotism , are invited to attend . The committee meet every Monday evening , at Bill ' s Ccifee House , Moor-street , where all subscriptions and donations are thankfully received .
Mns . Roberts . —Cash received by J . Guest , 93 , Stcelhaust- aae , Birmingham , foe Mrs . Roberts . £ s . d . Acknowledged in Slar , January 16 th ... 8 5 11 From tho National Victim Fund per Mr . Sharrocks 0 19 10 ^ Tho Journeymen Curriers , Birmingham Edward Edisburgh 0 10 0
£ 9 15 PA TO THE CHARTISTS OF SfRMTiVGHAM AND THE SUHROUNDISG DISTRICTS . Fellow Sufferers , —Your patierce has been long tried , and perhaps almost exhausted , by t ! te length of time that has elapsed since tho delegate meeting waa called at Birmingham to appoint a lecturer for thr > three counties . Wo applied to Mr . O'Neill and faik-d ; to Messrs . Harney and Binns , but they hnd other engagements ; -we , therefore , could not avoid the apparent waste of tiiue that has occurred , but -we Lave now succeeded at last in obtaining a lecturer , Mr . Dean , of Warwick , late of Leeds , that will advocate our cause with the bewitching power of eJ * quence and the force of argument . We earnestly request you , brethren in the cause of truth and justice , to aid and assist us all in yowr power in supporting our lecturer ; if we expect freedom , we must labour for it ; if we expect justico , we must struggle for it . Truth will triumph , and the moment that public opinion is formed in our favour , tLat moment our triumph is gained . Then let us push on the glorious cause of liberty , that peace may be ours and our children ' s for ever . Signed , in behalf of the National Charter Association resident in Birmingham , Isaac Penn , Secretary .
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DRCY 1 SDEN . —On Tuesday evorung , Mr . C . Connor , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in ti e Association Room of thia place . Before entering the room , the proceedings ot the cotton-masters had been related to him , which completely disgusted him , warmed and stimulated iiis mind , a :: d prer-ared him to give the tyrants a good lathing . The facts of the weavers' turn-out will be found in another part of the paper . The speaker continued for two hours , in ono sixain of manly argument , and touched upon the factory svstem , the Corn Laws , the
laudlord ? , and the whole horde of-plunderers , giriuK emphatic illustrations of the inroads and encroachments which have been made at various periods upon the labour , rights , and liberties of the industrious millions ; and brought chapter , verse , aud figures to corroborate his statements , and in every point acquitted himself in a masterly style , lie produced a good impression , and concluded amid the vociferous cheering of the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to the speaker and Chairman , and the meeting broke up , highly delighted with the evening ' s proceedings .
SHEFFIELD . —We were wrong in stating that the Chartists of Sheffield had discontinued their Sunday evening meetings . The theological discourses are diseentinued ; but the meetings are hold « n as usual . On the whole , the cause seems to bo progressing well and steadily here . At the weekly meeting la * t Monday , 1 Is . were collected for the wives and -. families of the imprisoned Chartists . It was also determined on that a dinner should be got op in honour of Mr . William Martin , on his liberation on the £ th of March . Tho price of the tickets was fixed at la . 6 d . men . and Is . women ; and arrangements were made whereby tho poor might be accommo dated by having thoir tickets and paying for them by instalments . Zaalously affected for the good cause , tho brave Sheffielders have also resolved to have a cheap local organ for the expression of their voice in their own neighbourhood—the profits , if any . to be devoted to the building of a people ' s hall .
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X « UU 1 > B«—Lhctubk on Bbitjsh Inl . h . —Mr George Thompson , the well-known ant , « iavery advocate , and atent of the British India society , lectured in the Mn » ic Hall , on Tuesday evi imsj Wot . There was but * sprinkling of persons present oa th « platform , consisting chiefly of members 0 : < . ne Society of Friends , of both sexes ; bat the body of the Hall was tolerably well filled . Mr . Thompson entered at great lengtb ' into the opium quc > . > t > , tha objects of the British India Company , ti- Slave Trade , the conduct of the East India Company , the history of the rise and continuance of Briton power in India , the 'gross -injustice done to anu sulferod by the native population , the slavery system iu the united States , and the proposed remedies tor these evils—all of which sufcjeots the lecturer-handled with great power , eloquence , and ability , awl succeeded , in producing , in thu minds of his audience , feelings of sympathy with our British Indian Mlotrrecuais 01 >! mci
suojects , ana deep interest in me -iog and distress whii'b 1 he . made . The m » a .- Mr . Thompson propo ^ d for the abolition o . f slavery in tiie United Sutcs , and distress in British India , were » he consumption of East Indian cotton and cobatT'j , and a , cliango in the land-tax and govenaental 8 . 0 tsesof India * , which h-.: wUended would destroy thr uecesoi ' ty for the u eof « fcive labour in Amcrirji . ant , bj developing tho resources of India , and atiV ? * '¦¦» «{ a market for the consumption Of English niaiai . : uroa in exchange for the above-mentioned article , ' jvato the condition of tho native from misery anc Mrvation to comparative cbmfort . and independence The lecture occupied two . hour * ii » th ^ deliver / . In thus ' noticing Mr . Thompson ' s lecture , it may ;> tbe amiss to add , that although wo do not deny ¦ . ¦ propriety of aiding the starving and wurrine East Indian , we cannot overlook the abvindi- . t aud undeniable evideneo of misery , piivatiun , y « . J suffering , wide and e ' eep at homo , in our owu c-iiutry —auduvtn in our own town—which have el ' . ioiM as
strong , though not a ) extensive , upon ptiijju- sympaihy and benevolence . But it is useless to i- ok to private charity aud benevolence for tho re « Jr-s 3 of grievances at home or abroad ; no remedy run be applied until the people become fuliy an i fairly possessed of political power , as guaTauteeii :. them ' . > y Universal Suffrage . * We ivoulU chal'e . 'M ' ¦¦ ' the most determined foe to popular Government t' show how u people , the mo 3 i . ignoraut , corrupt , u'ia debased , could have cqualltd the pTOfl'guoy , v ¦ : ; -. lity , aad inhumanity of tho aristocrauoal British U . vernuvs cf India for the last half century .
The Socialists . —In consequence of the purchase of the Music Saloon , South'Parade , for the purposes of tho Mechanic ' s ; Institute , the Socialists are now deprived of a meeting place in Leeda , at lea-: for some time to come . Placards were posted tlf on ^ h ' out the town last we-k , headed " Death oJ SfviaJism in Leeds , " and announcing that addresses w . ¦• 5 < j be delivered at the Siloon on Sunday last , i > j Mr . Fleming ( Editor of the New Moral World j a .-. d Mr . Mackintosh , Socialist ML-eionkry . Num ^ rou : - audiences were present , in the morning and ait tnoon , to hear Mr . Mackintosh . In the evening , : br room was crowded throug ) jont , "froai six to nine 0 dock . Mr . 1 'lciiiin ^ lectured upon the identity of Svi .-. Tiiism with primitive Christianity , and upon SociaK-na as th only remedy for tha evilsbf society . In the- > . urse of hia address , ihe lecturer referred to various ; .. ilhoritic ' 3 in support of his position ; and quoted fV- m the New Testament to substantiate his views . The most fixed attention and intense interest were manifested
throughout the service . Collections vrtro made during the day , when the sum of J 610 v . v-. < cow tnbutcd towards the erection of a Hall of Sconce , which , a 3 it was intimated , will be before Ior / j commenced . It is an event worth recording , u ; lha history of the strufjdes made by the working classes , for their political and social redemption , that a few svorking men have obtained and kept possession of a building like ftte Music Saloon , for more than three years , during which time num-roua opportunities have been , thereby afforded J « v the friends to the pcopta'a cause generally , to give publicity to their views and principles . We Jrusfc that a liiilding equally commodious , and eligible for similar purposes , wiii be . soon erected , puch - x one 0 eic # isuuh rtquired hra large and important town like Leeds . A Social Festival was also held in the Miirio
Saloon , on Monday evening , when upwards of 200 persons of bj ' . h sexes wera present . After tea dancing commenced ; and country dance , qusdriUe , and wal ; z alternated with -son ^ a and glscr- ; ron » amateur vocalists . Doses of " laughing gas' were administered , and produced the most Jud : 'rous effects on those who inhaled it . Mr . Flerniug officiated as Master of the . Ceremonies on the occasion , and # ocd order , decorum , and cbeerfi- 'l and rational enjoyment prevailed throughout thoc \ siing . As this was the last occasion on which those present could have au opportunity of enjo :-ii : j » a similnr-traat , the parlies kept the festivities up until an early hour the folio wing morning .
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( PHOM THE LONDON PAPEHS CF FRIDAY . )
HOUSE OF LORDS . The Earl of Devon asked the Noble Secretary for the Home Department , if it . was true thru the valuator of the Poor Law . Union of Cloghere- 't , m the County of Tipperary , when called upon t > read his valuation book at a meeting of the Guaviians , had read the names , adding to the first name read , ' Tory , ' to ihtt secoiid name , " Tory , " to the third name , " Tory and disturber , " and so on . 'This was a proceeding eo extraordinary that he felt it necessary to call the attention ot the Noble Maiquia to the subject . The Alarquis of Normanbt said that this wag the first intimation he had of such an occurrence , but he should cause inquiries to be made respecting it immediately . He must say , however , from hig knowledge of tho assistant commissioner , thut the accuracy of the etatement was to be very much doubted .
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Lord Cardigan ' s Trial . —The following witnesses have been summoned by the House of Peers to attend and give evidence at the trial of Lord Cardigan on Tuesday next : —Thomas Hunt Dunn , Sarah Dunn , Sir James Eglinron Anderson , Knight , M . D ., John Bueain , Thomaa Bickneli , and George Charles Flefcoher .
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_ - COXHOS—Oa Tneslay last , a tea party was given at thia spirited TillA ^ e , to Messrs . Williams and Bintis , -when tip wards cf one hundred sat down to tea , after ¦ which a publis meeting -was held , the room being crammed to excess ; excellent addresses -vrere delivered bj Messrs . Lxwson , * Til js . Hepburn , ( the "well kno-sro leader of the pitmen , ! Binns , Williams , and Maw . An ere ^ Ueci spirit -tras displayed .
CASH . XUGTON . —On Wednesday evening , & public tea 'was given to the same ei-Btkuien , in th 9 joint stock store room , above Mr . Bnu : g ' s , grocer , Priestgate . The room was beautifully decorated , and all around the walls were hung purtraits uf the most distinguished patriots of the past and present day . Aboul one hundred sat down to an excellent tea . After tea , Mr . bwiotoo was called to thu co&ir , who in a ne&t aad aens'ble address , gave The people , the source of poweB . " Mr . Deegan responded , and g » Te " The People's Charter ; may we apeediiy obtain it . " The Chairman Uiea gave " Health and happiness to Messrs . Widiams sud Binns , the champions of Chartism in tie conBt 7 of Durham . " Messrs . B : nns and Williams rr turned thanks , and expressed their determination to renew their exertions , and never to slacken their
energies until victory crowns the people ' s canse . After tbeir addres&es , a beautiful sang , composed fur the liberation oi Wiiliaius and Binns , was tung by two sweet little girls , the Misses Foster ) , who acquitted themselves in a manner to earn the rapturous plaudits of the meeting . " O'Connor , and the liberation of all iayrisoned patriots ;* ' " Frost , William ? , and Jones ;" " Mr . Iteegan , and thanis to him for his talented and z-salous services , " with oihtr sentiment * , were ! given in the coarse ef the evening , and spoken to by Messrs . Dtegan , SwinUm , Binns , and Williams . Other frietda favoured the company -with recitations and songs . At the clu 3 e of this part of the proceedings , the fiddltr appeared , atd those who ccnld , tripped it on the " litht fantastic t * e" till an early hour the followirg
morning . Chabtist Discussion Socieit . —A society of this nature - ** recently been formed amongst a number of Chartists , resident at the west end of Bisbopwearmouth . which appears likely 10 be productive of much good , both in * correcting and maturing the views of its members , and eliciting the talent for public speaking , now so intich wsated . On Saturday evening , the question discussed was , whether Republican or Monarchical institutions , are txst calculated to promote the happiness of the people ? An interesting discussion was held , in which 3 Iessrs . BleDkfcorn , Ridley , Williams , and other persons took part , the opinion * cf the majority , or , we dare fay , the whole number present , were in favour of Yankee government .
SVTKDERLASV . —PfELIC TEA TO WiLLIaMS and Binns . —On Monday evening last , the Chartists oi Sunderland gave a coble prctf of their affection for the above talented , zealous , and faithful advocates of Chartism , by a public tea , which was held in the iarge room of the Gulden Lion Ian , Suiiderland . The rocm , which wai appropriately and elegantly decorated with . Tario-as banners , portraits , io-, presented , wbir-n the company ( between 303 and 400 j were assembled , a fine acd impressive appearance . At one end of the room , rext the pia : furm , th ; re was a suitable erection for the accommodatiun of tbo Sucderiand Mechanics ' Institute Band , who voluntarily tendered tbeir very valuable services on the occasion . Several friends from Durham , Shields , asd Newcastle were present , a
circuii-siaDce which proves the unity of feoling that exists , and which ought always to distinguish those who are labvuriog ' to advarcs ti . e universal interest After tea , Mr . Joan Heicsley was unanimously called to the chair , whec , having addressed a ftw introductory remarks to the meeting , he gave tha first statiimnt : —•• The people , may they understand their importance and power , and unite to uttain their just rights . " ( Loud cheers ., Mr . Deegan responded in an eloquent addriss , in ths course of which tie pointed out the line of conduct , public and privite , which it was incuiubtnt upon the Chartist Keformers to adopt ; showing thit as true political chaises rr . ust be based upon true moral priuc ' : >; c =, it was , ther ^ fure , the obvious duty of the t&op ' . e , to improve themselves in every possible way . to
His addreis wts Jis ^ ned with res pectful attention , and r- ; ptttroaily applauded at its conclusion . The Chairman n-xt calied up ^ n Mr . M'Artiiur , of Durham , to ^ , 'ive a re-citation ,- when he favoured the company with a very excellent one , en the " freedom of the mind . " The Chairman Etx ! ^ ave " hea ' . th , honour , and happiucta to ouryuangsnuuoble friends , Wiliiaiasand Binns , , may they continue to devote tht ; ir energies and talents to th ' . ir country ' s otfise , and live to witness the tri-¦ umph of those rulKeous principles for which they so ably struggleti ; " received with loud and convicuad cheers . Mr . Bians rose t-J rctarn thanks , after which he addressed the meeting in hi 3 usual elegant and impreasive ¦ style . He was followed by llr . Williams , who in a : humorous and able address passtd a splendid , but ' wejl merited enlogiuai upon the yoong men of Sunder' laad . both for their . Etinch pa , triotism , and the
gene-1 ra . 1 exceUtncy of- their personal charaefcer and conduct , exliorting them in a most impressive Eiinner to perseverance in their honourable career , 1 $ the only sure ; means of earning happiness for themselves , and doing good to their country . A duet , " The Huntsman ' s Chorus , " was here executed in £ n 9 style , by Mr . and Mrs . Fairbaiin . Mr . Deegan next proposed , " Feargus > O'Connor , the people ' s champion , may he , and ill im-: prisoned patriots , speedily be liberated from bondage . " ! ( Three times three hearty cheers ) . Mrs . Sykes after-< ' -wards favoured the ' company with a beautiful song . | Three times three cheers were given fcr Frost , Wili liams acd Job < * ,- three cheers for the- Slar , the band , and the chiiniian , ater which the company dispersed . i The entire procerdings were conducted iu the best spirit , and it is but jastice to add , that the band , which ( played betwetn tLe variucs addresses , contribmted I greatly to promote ibe pleasure of the company .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Lord Listowel took the oaths and bin seat for tli 9 Borough of St . Aiban's , and Loi'd ilastnor for the borough , of Rei ^ aSo . Sir E . Knatchbull obtained leave to bring in a Bill providing for the appointment and payment of parish constables in England aad Wales . Lord Sandon brought under consideration of the House , by moyiug lor a' series of returns , the state of the negotiations between Great Britain and Portugal , relating to the claims of British subjects , arising out . of the war of restoration . The Is ' oble Lor dcomplained of the great delays which had iaken place , and was anxious to ascertain whether there was any likelihood thai these claims would be adjusted according to the original agreement , or whether they would be settled on any satisfactorily principle .
Lord Palmerston regretted that ho was not able ; to say that those claims bad been entirely sutJied but since the close of last session great progfe . ' .-.- ? had been made , and he hoped , ere long , that thi settlement of them wouid bs brought to a conclusion . A commissioner had beon appointed by Portugal , and another by Great Britam .,. ' and the Belgian Minister accepted the effioe of arbitrator , in the event of any diilerence between the commissioners . Una piiut of difference was now pending before him , and upon its decision , the business would be soon terurnated ; as ,, upou the principle laid down in that one poinf , all the other matters , which were chiefly of detail , would be easily disposed of .
Mr . II . Baillie moved for the appointment of s select committee to inquire into the condition of the islands and Highlands of Scotland , with a view to affording relief to tho inhabitants by moans of emigration . The Hon . Gentleman stated that the distress in these d ' mriet 3 was . caused by the distraction of tho manufacture of kelp , by the reduction of tho duty on bxrilld , artd iherc remained no hope of a remeay except by removing the population to sorao other country ; and various circumstances pointed out Canada as the country moat eligible for them to be sent to . On iho fcuggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Bjiliie consented to al ! er the resoluium by tho introduction of the words , " to consider the practicability of affording relief by means of emigration . ' ¦ After a few observations " from Mr . W . S . O'Briek and Mr . M . Philips , the motion was agreed to .
Ou tho motion for the second reading of tho Tithe Composition ( Ireland ) Bili , Mr . Shaw complained of the hardships inilicled upon the Protestant clergy of Ireland by the delays which have taken place in the repayment of arrears of tithes to the clergy . They were told by Lord . \ felaourne , in the House of Lords , that they would receive 70 per cent , upon those arrears , and they consented to give up the other 30 per cent . The result , however , was , that they had only received . 6 j . 10 A . ia the pound , or 33 per " cent instead of 70 ,
Mr . Pigot said that the delsy arose from a great number of errors in the returns of the value of tithes . Those errors had beea rectified in the course of the Ia 9 t summer , and the most active steps had since then been instituted , and , in most instances successfully , in tho local courts , to recover the arrears outstanding . These exertions would be persevered in until the whole were recovered . The House then adjourned . . - "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct843/page/1/
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