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^ IMPORTANT TO CHARTISTS . This day is published , Pries o »! y One Feunj !! rpHE RIGHT OF THE POOR to tho SUF-± FRAGE of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER : or the Honesty and Justice of- the Principle of UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE established- and maintained , by the late William ¦ Cobbett , M . P . for Oldham ; together with Mr CobbeU ' s Address to the Farmers and Tradesmen of England , on their Treatment of the Poor .
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NEW CHARTIST PEKIOUIC-air . rpHE MIDLAND COUNTIES' ILLUMINAX TOR , Price Three-halfpeuce , is Published every Saturday Morning , by Mr . Seal , of Leicester , and may be had of Mr . Cleave , Shoe-lane , London ; of Messrs . Sweet , ( Nottingham , ) Skevington aud Eveleigh , ( Loughborough , ) Jlea ] , ( Derby , ) Vickers , CBelper , ) Burgess , ( Hiuckley , ) and all Booksellers in the Kingdom , by application to Mr . Cleave , London , or to the Publisher , Leicester . 11 The Illuminator we hesitate not to pr or ounce infinitely superior in style , matter , » ud composition ,
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OLD PARR'S UFX 2 PILLS . THE READERS of the Northern Star are particularly requested to read carefully the following . account of the BENEFICIAL EFFECTS of PARR S LIFE PILLS , in Leicester and tho Neighbourhood : — The following facts have heen mentioned lo Mr . J . F . Wiints , the Agent for PARR'S LIFE PILLS , in Leicestbr , who has preserved the name and residence of each of the parties , which he is ready to produce : —
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nyAS Ceiusos Spesce . —Fe Aat > ff neither time « ar fpace to comj ^ y with /» w request in our \~ esent number ; £ u / tri // not lose sight of it . I & £ E «> Of THE PEOPLE must S < Onrf OCW . O rsrCK BEADLET . — WV AflCC »«> ' «»» - iitSpH Tcbskb tritf *? **< # ue Aave inserted ( he * l , llfT of Mr . Rogers on the subject , . £ 5 K * f to Opp&essios writes us , that John Rose a earner , a man of deserving character and ' sierlivg merit , one who has taken the most aciire pirt * ifie cause , residing at 13 , Mel lick ' splace , RusseU-strett . Bermondsey , has been out Q emp loyment nearly all the winter ; and had it . not been for a fete friends , must have periihed for the want of common necessaries , or lingered ad his days with his family in a hostile ; that mhout six weeks since he got into employment
twain , and all went on well until Ezder Tuesjjcy , tehen on going to tefi'i as usual , he was ordered of the premises . Upon asking for an £ m ! anaticn . he was told by the master thai he had nothing to say against him as to character &r aln >\ i \ es > but thai the crime was that of losing Easier Monday , and attending a Chartist meetjnr , although most of the men on the premises trere keeping holiday at the same time . The trrUer calls on the men of London to come forv-ird flarf rescue poor Rose , with his xcife and fxt helpless children ^ from the tender mercies of ¦ fa Poor Laze Guardians . C 3 William Isgilbt . —A correspondent writes us thai this baronet has permitted an old and unsich . it / Iw'ding io stand as an eyesore to the
toirn of R [ p ! ey for fifteen years , rather than gound the feehngs of an old tenant , whose attachaent to it was unconquerable . The fact is cert creditable to Sir Wi // iam , U tfl / KonC £ TO CoKRESPo . NDE . NTS in OUT la&t vetk ' s paper , the words " We have received a letter frGm the author of Daily Bread , a mmler of the anti-Corn Law League" should have Ittn a letter from the author of £ > aily Bread TO ammber oftlie anti-Corn Law League . r jgxEKfisiD- —Our correspondent who sends us th e report of the social tea party Jias omitted the fete : had he ) iot made this emission it should hare appeared . Wt have to request olher cor respondents to attend io this , as many commu-¦ nicotians have recently come to hand with a like
( usustcn . Josiph Foebcck . — We would hace gladly obliged fcsi , but realty have not space . I ^ o O o ^ so-ST Rkadebs asic , Was 3 fr . O'Connor ever brought up for judgment for the libel on the Wanaitister Poor Laic Guardians ? No . —Has he ever been fined as well as confined ? No . ¦ ffilTEK MiSOJf OjJcsj ^_ / j Mr . O'Connor , or Mr . HiU , a member of the Sational Charter Association ? If so , hou > fag hate they been members ? Stand—Has cither Mr . O'C . or Mr . H . contributed one farthing to the fund ef the above association ? Tjxrd—Did Mr . O'C , tn any one of his numerous
letters , ever exhort the people to join or support this association ? f&mh-To what fund is the money appropriated ffhich w stnt to the Star Office for the wives and famlies of the imprisoned chartisti ? T « hitfirst question we answer , that it is « foolish one 10 ask ; Mr . O'Connor firti projected the National Charter Association of Great Britain : Mr . Hill vas one of ilt founders . His second aueition" Whether Mr . O'Connor or Mr . Bill nave contributed antthing to the funds of the association' ' 11 ant of like character : we- tJiall simply answer it triih a Yes . " His third question trill be beit ansrrered by a reference io the letters themselves To his fourth , tee say , ask the Committee , or consalt the balance-sheets regularly published in the
TL Pqsteb ., S . iliTES , and R . Crakker . —Their questions should be sent io the Committee , or to Dr . M-DouaU . Cuo vriles to say that our article of last week has rendered the insertion of his Utter unnecessary ; but that he vill address one each to Messrs . Lovttt , CoRnt , and Vincent , lass Resshvw . —The viailer shall be noticed . Johs BiXFom— We hace seen the letter , and shall attend to it , A . GiiDSES . —We cannot interfere in the disputes of diftrent bodies of Chartists . We think it unadvisable to publish the resolution . A 5 TXBKB of valuable communications f rom almost cMparts of the count .-y are necessaril y omitted , pardyfrvm the press of opinion on the " New
Move" and parity from ihe laieneu of the arrival of many of them . We suppose the pubhe vill never learn that we go to press on Thursday . We have generally by the last day ' s pod as la ant / letters at tcould , did tee insert all , % ear $ fill the paper , and we not unfreqxitntly git o hundred or more on Friday , after the paper hat been at press twelve heurs . SCBCGn 05 THE D . RATH OP A LaDT . —A Word for troth and justice ; Charier hymns , So . % and several other poetical favours declined . iiMxs Sjsclur . —Better write under cover . Idtajd Claitos , Hxhddebsfield . —next week . Coxsia 5 T Readeb . —Factories haue no right to run en Good Friday . Lord Brougham is not dead Iku ire know of .
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Tin smouni for Convention in lest Star , noticed from Mansfield , shou'd have been from Liverpool . Tkt Portraits for York were delivered to ** S ! iear-« 2 n 4 " Co ., carriers by railway" on the 8 , 'A , the parcel wot addressed R . Gdl . Bilton street ,
Tori . Tu Hull tultcribers will receive their Portraits through Mr . Wilde , when he balancet his account ; should he fail to do so , they trill receive them through the medium of another agent tLA . Y , * ^ GtM& } yr . —The Plates left our office on the 6 th of April . Joss Cahet , ExKTEfi . —His letter has been sent to 2 Ir . Ciface , London . Siisit all oua Agetts in the north send their cdert too late : if they with their papers earlier tiuy must send their orders sooner , oasisz . —The papers to Mr . Henderson were sent
frm this r . ffice on April 9 lh . « . H'Cu . vT . CK . —Apply to Paton and Lore , Glasgoafor Vie Plates ; they were sent with the tthers on April 6 rA . " «• Alitx— Cat ] upon Mr . Jthn ^ en , on Monday next . F- Axscst , Merlhyr Tydcil , did not write anything in the the letter inclosing P . O . order : he ought , tt least , io haze written his name . The papers itouldnol hare been slopped if he had done so . - » . LttGARD , Sheffield , should send his cash sooner , and he tcouid get hit papers : it came on Saturiay morning , Uni u-eek . K'UIlCAL PKISOSERS' AND CHABIEB COJCTEXTIOX
FCSD . _ £ t- d . "om Tredeesi , Monmctthshire 0 4 - Bridlington , by a f . w pers . ns ... 0 37 0 - H . Hampson , Lteds 0 * 9 ~ tla National Charter Association , Mouckura DsTerel , "Wilts 2 6 - A nd-ujninrlitj , per J . Rezdie ... q 0 - W . LeTTii , Breeon 6 0 5 - » fe » Frinndi at Mslton 8- 0 - J-Riiey ma A . Gardner , Leeds ... l « - fiiaict . rear StTond 0 3 0 - Stoarbrid ge Charges , per Mr . Cfcanee Oil 0 - E ^ r- setr W . £ ? . b . ptr J . M . ... 6 10 ~ * fcW Friends it KnaTesborough ... 0 3 10 - CliMlU , a upon-M&dioci 10 0 KJi TKS TTITS AXD FAMILIES OF THE I . VCAKCE&ATKD
_ _ CHAKTISTS . " ° a Irrerasd ge , per Mr . Ftnny 0 12 5 - iMhtam uebty , per J . Keadie ... » 10 0 - &-, Pentoariile , ... 0 10 - ^ FOK KRS . CLATT 05 . " ® Leicester , per Mr . Cooper , proceeds of two sermons 0 12 . P 0 S MRS . FKOST . 2 * afeRadical Association , Keitfdey ... 1 « 0
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f ^ OH OCB L 05 D 0 > - COBL&ESPOSDEJTT . Wednesday Evening , April 21 . ia ^ - ^ ra MrnDEB at Islixcto * . —Yeswrday , an OldS ^ f ^ before M * - Wakler , M . P . » t the thT » "• * TaTera » L 0 ^ " R " oad , Islinirton , bbvJ ? m r of 3 ! ar J CaUa ^ han , aged 52 , whose Gatt ^ C 0 Tered iB a Etailow pond near the See n ** i ? , lh " ^ ing of Snnday Jart . —Po-SSS * , H ?* 237 > - deposed , that at a little « d JL ? v- ° , k 0 D SnDday morninp , be cbserr-4 t ^ r bIack fioatinS " » tte P ° nd <> PVosite UeJSt ^ a femal e ; at this time a man » er h \^ $ il" 1 tbe road ^^ * bundI < » of sticks 1
« a » ri » T" ' un o *" * canea vo , came , * W oSf p ^ getting the deceased out ; she ntltsTnf t \ * T » and lh £ y conTejed her to the * Sd . or ti a Charc ^ -Jattes CalLurham , the has-UaoS J ?* dee ^ Eed , residing at 12 , Kelso-place . 4 ? lS ^ ? md the kEl *** h » » w hi * wife * kn ^ ^ elTe o cl (> ck on E ""* Monday , * ir » v . ? S ^ T d « ner to him where be was W « « . ? tlttd-toTnL He was tbe worse for * e « asd ! S l *> and WttM not eat any , and the *^ Tit » ,. T 7 xnoch in consequence , and **»« iL j- ^ * lcEK time *>«*«» Bhe W ^ «* a »™ L imatT aKain . " She was a most ^ q £ i ?^ V - ,. » snot aware that * be Ik dr u , \ . -Znh an J 0 Ee who wodd iare been
*** ' honZ . I T , Der - A fenisle »* t * * ?»« aed >«! f deceased , stated that the latter K ^' sdi ^ \ on EaEteT Monday with her has-** & Wri fUlni KE - ^ MEe to her , and gave WnetliVt X &E < 1 £ ome ° P ^ cates io take care of . NaoUem v Wa 5 Ko 5 n >{ l 0 a friend ' s house ; sbe ^ f ttde I heT fIECe . Mr . &mple , snr < £ « on . who ?** the ami / 0 ** K 0 JUm examination ofthebwdv , WU , r S 01 ! he h £ d come to wag , ihat death erEvU , f ;^«< i Pi drowniait ; there were no ex-S HUM *? Jioletco . The Coroner suggested *• jS , ttlT ^ Sl f m be KMrded ; t" which ^ « « fiud and returned tbe foUowiDg :-
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fbat the deeess ^ d was found dead in a certain pond ; but how , or by what means she catr > e there , there was no evidence to show . " [ The case excited a very considerabb degree of inreresfc among the neighbours and acquaintances oF the poor woman who setmed to be pretty equally dmded iu opinion as to the cause of death ; one portioa giving it as their belief that the deceased had been murdered , while others declared that the continued life of misery the deceased had to endure , ultimately wrought her np to a state of frenzy , which led her to seek peace in Belf-destraction . l
Ai Qu £ en-Sq . uahk Police Conrt , yesterday , the GoTemor and Chaplain of the Penitentiary , Miilbank , brought np a yoong' woman , whose term of imprisoument expired that day , and charged her with threatening to commit suicide . The case was a very extraordinary one . She had been committed from Marlborough-street , in male attire , and by the name of George White ; she remained at the prison a considerable period before her sex was diicorered ; and she had then , to one of the females in author : ty , expressed her firm intention to destroy herself . She stated also to the matron that
her friends were in independent circumstances , and that she had been ruined by her uncle ' s footman , who abandoned her , and this induced her to assume maie attire . She was for eight days iu the workhonseatKensiDgron , undermsdieal treatment , where her sex was undiscovered . Mr . Bdrrell said he thould call upon the defendant to find Bureties for her good behaviour for the next month ; and , as the commitment would be made out immediately , the turnkey who had brought her to the office had better at once return with her to the prison . The female offered no observation , and was immediately conveyed in a cab to the prison .
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Mes . Clatton . —We have been directed by Mrs . Clayton to acknowledge most gratefully , on her behalf , the folio mng sums : — £ . R . d . £ . s . a . Collections in Tib-street National Charter Association Koom , after the funeral sermon preached by Dr . M'Douall , on Sunday , March lith ... 15 5 } Prom Joseph Lowes , by R . Wood 1 0 From Isaac Gleave , by ditto ... 0 10 By Richard Wood 0 0 6 Collections from a few friends , by Jamea White 0 3 0 1 10 Hi From Huddersfield 2 3 0 - Loughborough o 4 s ~ Mountsorrel 033 .. Hathem 0 2 6 - a Friend ... VII _ Newton Heath 10 0 „ Trowbridge ISO - the Friends of the National Charter Association 9 12 9 _ the Friends at Podworth ... ... 0 1 7 ~ the National Caarter Association , Belper 0 19 .. the Marylebone and Paddington Victim CommUtee ( second don . ) ... 12 8 ~ the Friends at Manningham 4 6 Bo . Bradford 11 t -. Derby 10 0 - J . Smart « 1 0 _ Herw » od .. ' . ... 0 l « 6
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BRADFORD . —Bhadfobd Couet-Housk . —On Wednesday last , ilr . Buckle , of Leeds , a respectable looking gentleman , wad charged at the Court-House with having forged a bill , the amount of which we did not catch , and purported to have been drawn on a house in Liverpool , and afterwards pam to a Mr . Denby . The house upon which the bill was purported to have been drawn could not be found out in Liverpool , which gave rise to these proceedings . After a hearing of upwards of two hours , he was committed w > York Castle , to take his trial at the assizts . John Tempest , of Clayton , was charged by the inspectors with having embezzled weft in his potsession . Mr . Clarkson was for the defence . It bein ^ proved to th « satisfaction of the bench that the weft in question had been purchased from respectable spinners , the case was dismissed .
Accident . —On Thursday week , ashoi" . kiDg accident occurred to a person of the name of J ofpph Lee , a workman employed at the Copy Stone Q , aarry , in this town . The chain by which the stones are drawn up broke , and the stone which they were drawing at the time it'll to the bottom , a distance of several yards , alighting on the leg and foot of Lee . He was immediately removed to the infirmary , when amputation was found necessary . 5 ciciDs —On Friday last , a person of the name of Sutclifftf , a dealer in salt , residing in George-street , put a period to bis existence by b&nging himself . We are informed thit the cause of his commmiug the rash act was intemperance . An bquest was held on Monday , aud a verdict of u temporary insanity ' returned .
Cob > Law Tea Pasty . —After the tea was over on Monday night , the pressure at tfte door was very great , for the purpose of gaining admi&sion ; and 10 such an extent at one time , that one of the repcaltrs , a maltster , not living a hundred miles from the Odd Follows' Arms , Manchester Road , made his appearance outside , aud gave to &ftw individuals a sum of money , saying , ** Go ami get some ale ; it will do you more good than ^ uyihiag you will hear inside . " Tbe monej was spent at the Commercial Inn , when the healths of Feargus O'Connor ,
Esq ., and all incarcerated Chartists , wa 3 drunk at the expence of a repealer . Robbebies . —On Monday night , or early on Tuesday morning , some villain or villains entered the pigeon-house of Mr . C . Hepptr , Tyrrel-tquare , and stole theret ' rom several pigeons . Not cou-. ent witb the first night ' s booty , the place was again entered on the following night . The entrance was tffected by removing part of the Elite . It appears tbe robbers were not greedy , for out of from tbirij to forty pigeons they only took three ; but these of a particular breed .
Odd Fellows' Hall . —The Odd Fellows' Hall here , ^ uich oulj a short time ago was closed as a place of meeting against the Cnsriists and Socialists , ( uo doubt thiukiD . ' ; these parties woula defile the rery walls , ) has lateiy been fiiWd up as a Theatre , and is now tenanted by a party of strolling players . Was betwixt Bailiffs and Prisoner . —On Wednesday last , three bailiffs , belonging 10 the Court of llequesta , armed with cndgels , proceeded to White Abbey , to levy an execution on the body of a woolconjbi ; r . Darned Meicalie , residing in that neighbourhood . Metcalfe , not wL > hiug a situation in -Wapplng Barracks ( that is the prisou ) turned rusty , and would not proceed . A regular scuffle ensued , wliich ended in blows , the bailiiid coming off second best . Metcalfr , after hard fighting , made his escape , to the no smali moriificaiion of the three Dogberries , who showed the colour of their claret .
LIVERPOOL , —The late David Roberts . — Friends , —it is my painful duty to anuounce to you that , on Thursday afternopn , April 35 . h , Dav , u Roberts ceased to exist . It bad been for sometime apparent that death was the certain issue of tun disease . Under ihs circumstances , it will be sufficient 10 say of him that he " lived and died a man . ' ' The loss 01 his services , ( irom the invincible eoura ^ , and indomi'able perseTerance he en all occasions evinced , ) will be a severe blow to tbe cause of tJje people here . From tbe trifliDg amount of interest taken in his case by the professors of Democracy , in' the country generally , I conclude they are not very anxious to hear more on the subject . ' I shall , therefore , cenclnde by asking them with what consirtehcy can they expect oiherB to fill up the va cuum his death has occasioned , when the neglect he had experienced at their hands is , presumptively , a ?
surely hia successor ' s portion 1 Nevertheless , in justice , I must not neglect this opportnnity of tendering the widowed Mrs . Roberta ' s gratituoe to those who have extended the hand of benevoience as well as duty . There has been received from a poor but worthy man , in the neighbourhood of Newcastle , 6 d . ; from Mr . Seal , of Leicester , 4 s . ; from engineers , for support , per Mr . Barnes , Si . — several of them not conneced with the Chartist body . The tailor ' s trade body of this town , to WLich Mr . Roberta belonged , made two subscriptions to meet the case ; they first realised about £ " 2 10 s . ; the second £ 3 10 s . ; he was much esteemed by them ; and here , as elsewhere , they have acquitted themselves as a patriotic body . With this assistance , and the private aid of his more immediate friends , he was , on Sunday last , in accordance with his own request , " Borne to the earth by the crew be died with . " " Peace to hia manes . " — G . Lotd .
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CH £ &TERF 1 £ U > AMD BRAMPTON .-At tbe weekly meeting of the Chartists held on Tuesday evening la £ t , the secretary handed in 23 . 6 d . from a friend , lor which the society returned him thanks ; after which the following resolutions were unanimous ; y passed : — " That this meeting having read the plan concocted by Messrs Loveti , Collins , &o ., do hereby pass » unanimous vote of cetBure upon the Fame , and as it iB our opinion that the present plan is calculated to work out the salvation of our once happy country , we are determined to give it our beet support , aad shall treat as enemies of the people all those who have attached their names to the above document . " " That Mr . James Leech the President of the present Executive , be nominated to serve on the forthcoming Executive Council . " " That the members nominated by Chesterfield and Brampton , as published in the Star on the 10 ; h inst . to serve on the General Council be eolifbmed . "
Petition sheets will shortly be ready , when our friends will lo-e no time in obtaining signatures for the Isational Petition .
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LONDON . —At a meeting op Chabtists . at which were present the members of the General Council resident in . Lambeth , Bermondsey , Walwouh , aud Wandsworth , in the county of Surrey , balden a : Wandsworth , on Sunday evening last , the following resolutions were agreed to : — Resolved unanimously , " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the attempt made by Messrs . Cleave , Lovett , Collins , Vincent , and Co ., to form a new organisation , instead of assisting in carrying
out the one already in existence , is a mean , base , and traitorous attempt to divide the energies of the people , and paralyse their efforts in causing the Charter to become the law of the land . We , therefore , embrace the present opportunity of publicly denouncing the fame , that our unsuspecting brethren may not be deluded theroby . "— Resolved unanimously , "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Editor of tho Northern Star , for his able exposure of the foul and secret movement of the enemies of the working millioBB , "
WAXiWORTH AN » CAICB ^ RWELV—At the upua . 1 weekly meeting , on Monday evening last , it was unanimously resolved— " That we regret that such men as Lovett , Collins , Cleave , and Hetheringion , instead of joining with , and assisting in making the present National Association as effective as possible , should secretly attempt to establish another , the eff : ct of which they must know would be to divide the Chartist body , and consequently retard the attainment of the object they profess to have so much at heart . We , there-Tore , determine to discountenance all such attempts , from whatever quarter they may come , and to continue our present agitation until we obtain our just and righteous demands . "
BROMSGB . OVE .-0 n the 13 th of April , it was unanimously agreed that Mr . Pitkethly of Hudder .-field , be considered as Delegate for this town to sit in the Petition Convention in London . At a public meeting held on the same day , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That we the Chartists of Bronisyroye view with contempt and indigna ticn , the circular sent forth by Collins , O'Neil . and clique , believing it a base attempt to crush O'Connor and the Star . We further pledge ourselves to adhere to the Manchester plan of organisation , believing if it is steadily puroued , will ultimately establish the Charier the law of the land . We deny ,
in toio , any connection with Government agentB . ** That we , the Chartists of Bromsgrove , do hereby solemnly protest against J . Collins sitting in the Petitions' Convention , as he is not a member of the National Cnarter Association , and we cannot place that confidence in him which ought to be placed in a per-on filling that important station . " That the best thanks of this meeeting be given to the Editor of the Northern Star for his able exposure of the foul and secret move of Collins , O'Neil , and Co . " " That these resolutions be Bent to the Northern Star for insertion . " After three xsheers had been given for the Charter , three for O'Connor , and three for the Star , the meeting dispersed .
BIRMINGHAM . —Frost , &c . Restoration Committee . —The Committee held their usual meeting at the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last . The minutes of the former meeting were read and approved ; after which , aeveralnameB were added to the Committee . Letters were received from the following plaoes : —Porthyglo , containing an order for £ 1 ; Kinross , cont&iuing 6 s . ; from Arbroath , wiih 2 s . 6 d . ; from Mr . Roberts , of Bath , with a money order ; and from Mr . Saul , of London , inquiring whether the Committee had received 10 * which he iemUted in a for ., er letter . Af-er the correspondence was gone through , a long conversation tuok place with regard to Mr . Cullen , as he had
been requested to take Mr . Moir ' a piace in presenting the memorials to the Queeu . It was agreed that the Committee should wait for his answer before any other steps were taken . The Secretary was requested to write to the Northern Star Office , for whatever monies they might have on hand for the use of tho Committee . It was also resolved to hold a meeting at the Cuanist Room , Freeman-street , for the benefit of the Comaiittoe ' s funds , in case Messrs : Piikethly or Cullen passed through on their way to London . After transacting other businsss connected with the Committee , and discharging the biil * which were presented , the meeting then separated .
A 1 FRET 0 N . —Mr . Vickers , of Belper , and Mr . Simmons , of Sutton-in-Abhfield , addressed a very large aud attentive audience on the imperishable principles of tbo Charter , in thi * Tory seat of corruption , in powerful and animate * strains , which produced great < ffect on the working men Of Alfreton , who are about to form au interest here . A powerful feeling now exists . Many publications are being taken in here en the Charier , which will do great good . WAKDSWORTB .-The following resolutions
were adopted by a numerous meeting , on Tuesday evening last : —'' That it is the opinion of this meeting that tho * new move' of Lovett , Collins , and Co ., is a decided attempt to destroy the present plan of organisation , therefore we consider it our imperative duty to meet it with the most determined oppposition . " "That the Editor of the Nor / hern Star is eminently entitled to our confidence for his manly and hoiieft exposure of the ' Lovett and Co . ' s document , ' and for his powerful and unceasing advocacy of the rights of the working classes . "
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TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM IN THE PRIESTRIDDEN , AND POLICE-RULED CITY
OF CHESTER , TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND . Brothers , and Fellow Chartists , —It will be fresb in your memories that Superintendent Hill , and his HilleooHes , by sheer intrigue and tyranny , put a stop to the meeting I called on my liberation from prison , and , for a time , arrested the movement within the city . They could not , however , eradicate the principles within , or banish discussion without the walls . On my arrival here , I was immediately informed that a room had been engaged , and duly licensed foi pre&ehirsg in , because on no other terms couid a inettiuii place be engaged . Stveral preachers
were applied to , but on intimation from the police , they desiated . It became then a point of honour with iue to meet tbe danger a second time ; aiid , having an old score to rub out , I felt but too proud of the opportunity . I am no hypocrite ; I hate all cant . I aw of opinion with O Connor , that by aping th « forma of the knotted church , we strengthen the handg ef the eneiny . Nevertheless . I am ready to knock them down either with bullet or Bible , ami , accordingly , a Chartist i-erraon was announced , by large bills on the walls , to bo preached by Dr . P . M M'ttouall , on Wednesday , the 14 th day of April , 1841 , in the Primitive Christian Church , at half-past six o ' clock .
Long before the time appointed , the place was cr . ivt . led , a . nd the cMer HiUcool e v ? a 8 hastening to the appointed place , when he was readily encouutered by a friend at the cross . Where away go fast , Mr . Hill ? That little devil is back again , now mind , I'll hava him back where he -was before . He has stolen a march upon we , d—td him . He has got bills printed in Livtrpool and covered the town with them at night , during my absence ; but by God I'll clear the place out , see if I do . pt . Take care what you are doing , Mr . Hill , Mid cur friend . Tbe place is licensed , and there is a fine of £ 40 and three months' imprisonment if you interrupt a reHckus meeting . D—n religion , I know what suit of a seroiun it will be ; I'll have them out ,
I'll clear tbe place ; and off he trotted to collect his coolies , and amongst others a meddling priest of the name of Taylor , well knotrn in the city as Parson Busybody . The great man came , big with authority ; no person disputed his entrance , but whether he had tasted a second draDght , or heard < -t the determination of gome staunch feilows to resist if blows were used , I know not . Ail I know is , that I went on with my sermon . It was delivered wi'h a hearty good will , and 1 did not forget the police in the corner . Every thing passed off with spirit and amidst gr « at applause . A gentleman of the name of Vaughan officiated as clerk , and rapped hard at the system in Ms prayers , snd after his own peculiar fashion .
This was the first blow given by the aid of the Bible , at the priesthood , and I believe that it is the befit bock with which to floor a parson . On the Friday we bsd another crowded meeting , attended as usual by the police . It was , if possible , more crowded than the first , and preacher , lawyer , and Bl : opkeeper were present Previous to the Friday we had an offer from a printer in Chester to do any work for us which we might require . We had likewise one or two offers of more convenient places to meet in ; so much for energy , perseverance , and being independent of the police .
On Sunday , the 18 th , Mr . Vadghan preached in the same room to a crowded and gratified assembly . This gentleman is in the habit of preachiDg without fee or reward . He is one of the right tort , and unpaid as he has been , he has been pulled over the coals already hy the gold-seeking preachers of his connexion . As he will loose nothing by forsaking them , and we will gain ranch by his co-operation in such a place as Chester , I thank his connexion for tbe service they have done us . On Monday , the 19 th , another meeting was announced to be held in the same place , and our bills being
exhausted , a toaster ehoemaker , of the name of Speed , who lives exactly opposite tbe cathedral , advertised the meeting in chalk letters upon hia scatters . His house is situated in one of the chief thoroughfares , and the object of the meeting being made prominent to all , namely , " that a Chartist Association would be formed , " &c the police and the parsons were very much annoyed , and the alarm being given , the whole crew of idkrs came out like fat rats froHi a pantry . The Dean and Chapter came attended by a posse of police , and one of the sextons bearing a bucket of water and a mop . They coniuieoctd with great industry to rub out the chalk letters , and out came the shoe-
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maker " with great Spefid" to see what was the matter , aud being in reality a great ¦ " Spetfd , " he put his hack , against his own ahutter , and coolly told the Uovwerid tlio Dean and Chapter Parson Busybody and the HiUcobUics to desist , or he would knock them down . A crowd collected ; and various cries escaped the lookers-on . "Go home , and whitewash your own house . " "Aye , mop your own blackface * . " "Begin where charity begins , and don't end there . " The parsons showed the bettor part of valour , and retreated amidst shouts of laughter , with the bucket and the niopntick , and the name they have in Chester hi , the Knights of the Mopsflck , Lord Eglinton , of j course , to be grand master of the holy order . Mr . Speed ^ reoeived immediate notice to quit hU house , which notice be very waggishly posted up on tbe church premises . Thus much for the church bucket and the parson " s mousUck .
At seven o ' clock , we had a very full meeting , and after I hid addressed the meeting , we passed unanimously the following resolutions : — That this meeting agree to form an association ; to be called the Chester Chartist Association ; and further pledge themselves to carry into law by every legal and constitutional means , the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " " That the Chester Chartist Association de agree to incorporate themselves with the National Chartist Association of Great Britain , and most cordially accept of . and agree to , the recommendation laid down- by the Manchester delegates . "
Mr . Speed , shoemaker , -was elected Secretary ; Mr . Pritchard , ironmonger and grocer . Treasurer ; and John BurcheU , George Trape , John Bonlton , Richard Kirkham , John Vaughan , John Unwin , and Thomas Jones , a Committee of Management and Council , for the City of Chester . Most « f these men are master tradesmen , and under care of the working men will bn comparatively safe . A great number of members joined at the conclusion of the meeting ; and , in proof of the soundness of principle and determination now shown in Chester . I am authorised to say that Chester will now and henceforward have her delegate ready on alt necessary ccaslons , and lecturers who now visit tho city , will be hospitably entertained .
No collections were made in any of the above meetings ; and the Committoe have pledged themselves to keep an open and free meeting room for the space of twelve months , by which time the Association will be fairly on its legs . My friends , I think these men , wham I have named , deserve the thanks of tho country for theiv efforts in the cause , and very shortly we shall have the standard hoisted in those towns of Wales hitherto dead to our cause and ignorant of our principles . I have paid back another instalment to tbe Wbigs , and verified my word to the people , when I said nearly two years ago , that 1 would begin the game at the gates of my prison . 1 have done so , and I shall go on rubbing out score after Bcore , until I have repaid minutes of imprisonment by dayB of labour in the cause , and days of solitary study by years of increasing efforts in the cause of human regeneration . I am , dear friends , Ymir faithfnl advocate and brother Chartist
and Republican , P . M . M'DOUALL . P S . I shall b « in Birmingham , on Monday , the 2 C , th day of April , and shall remain thore until the meeting of the Convention , if I am to be a member of it . If not J shall publish a tour of agitation , which I intend to make in the South of England . Chester , April 20 th , 1841 .
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TO MR . LOVETT . Dear SIR , —As human beings are not infallible they are liable to err . Appearances frequently mislead the judgment ; therefore , persons committing themselves in any respect , whose motives are purely for the general good of mankind , deserve pity ; but they who designedly commit actions that they are convinced will injure any measure foT the public weal must be viewed in a very different position . It is true I have signed the printed address bearing the signature W . Lovett . The general tenor , as an auxiliary to the National
Charter Association , I approve of , it practicable , and consider boiuo of the charges well founded , viz .. Useless expenditure in formal show , aud , in some instances , passionate invective ; but these , in the present state of society , require time to erase . As it is by comparison we discern the real differences in objects , go it is by comparison of men ' s profession and the company they have associated with in the past , - with their present profession and associates , that we learn if thare is a change in principle , whether under the assumed garb of mild cant , honest bluntness , or passionate mvectivy .
Bat to return to the address , " to be returned by return of post " Why such haste ? This , upon reflection , I do not like . Mr . Co ' ilins bjectod to the meeting upon Hollaway Head , Birmingham , for not being properly convened . For the same reason I object to my name being bnudted in newspapers until your meetings are properly convened , nor even then if we are to be the tools of Parliamentary knaves , or that knave , the Big Beggarman —the Children ' s Factory Bill upostate . I should almost disbelieve a truism proceeding from the lips of Bee ' . sebub , the prince of liars , though he had redeemed his character ; but more do I disbflidva political knaves , and more still do I dread their hypocritical profession of honesty whose characters are unredeemed .
In conclusion , I consider knowledge is strength , if properly directed ; and division is weakness , with all the philosophy and learning in the w « rkl . If your object ifl division , strike me instantly front your list , because I worship not at the shrine of Mammon . If you do , I pity you , And remain , A primitive Chartist in the cause of Human redemption , W . J . Osborne . Nnneaton , April 18 , 1841 .
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TO T 11 E EDITOR OF TilE NORTHERN STAR , Mr . Editor , —I request that you will take my name from the ltet published in the Star of Saturday last , sent to you by Mr . Lovett . 1 expected , when thu address was sent to me , that it was sent to tbe general body of the Chartists , not to a few individuals . I most solemnly protest against any division in tbe Ciiarti .-. t ranks . Yours respectfully , William Thompson . Daventry , April 19 , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOft OF TIIE NORTHERN STAR . 1 Sir , 1 wish to have my name erased from the list of those that aro affixed to Lovett and Collins ' s address . The circular that I affixed my name to was sent to Daventry , to a person of tho Dame of Wild , who used to be a leading man amongst us , and is now a regular turncoat , and left tbe town ; but thinking that the address was a general thing , and approved of by the National Charter Association , a few of us met together , and thinking that tho plan , so far as it wont for educating the people and spreading information , to be very good , two of us affixed our names to it But since we find it will lead to a division amongst the people , we dissent from any such plan ; and as 1 tind luy name amongst those in your last week ' s Star , I wish to have it erased . Thomas Webb , Union Place , Daventry . April 19 th , 18 « .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear . SIR . —Having seen my name in the last number of the Star , among " The New London Society of Ratcatchers , " as " Cato" has been pleased to call them , I beg , through you , to state , for , the satisfaction of my friendB and the public , that when I received the circular signed per Lovett and Co ., I did not like The secrecy enjoined with regard to its publication , as I considered that a good thing could not have too much publicity . This , however , did not recur to my mind until too late . I received it on Tuesday , the 6 th instant , and it
being market day , I did not even read it through ; for when I saw tbe names of Lovett and Collins , men whom I knew had passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , and who so nobly stood out when in Warwick Castle , I signed , it with all my heart , and it was re-posted within one hour after I received it , not for a moment suspecting that there was any deviation from the straightforward course to that " consummation devoutly to be wished . " Consequently , I consider that I was little better than caught in a trap ; bat having the power to extricate myself , I request my name to be struck from the list , as I renounce the new move and all its works ; and beg to subscribe myself , Yours , respectfully , Joseph Welch , One fob the charter , the whole Charter , . and nothing but the ( jha . rtsb . High-street . Ledbury , April 19 th , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sir , —It is true thai my name was affixed to the document sent me by Mr . Lovett ; but , Sir , when I see such men as Daniel O'Counell advocating the plan there laid down , and at the same tirao not only threatening , but absolutely striving to abolish Chartism , I cannot have anything to do with any body of men so connected ; nor have ! , or ever will I have , anything to do with Household Suffrage . No ; never will I consent that there be a slave-class in the British Empire . Von will , therefore , expunge my name from the list published in last Saturday ' s Star . I am , dear Sir , Truly yonrs , John Richards . HanUy , Staffordshire Potteries , April 1 » , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I am very sorry to observe my name among the list attached to Lovott ' s address in the Star of Saturday last ; and I think it due to myself and my cotintry to state why it is there . When I received that address , I was on my way for Buith , in Ayrshire , to attend a public meeting . I glanced it carelessly over , saw they professed to stand for the Charter , and , reflecting that it was signed by Lovett and Collins—men whom the country hod done 90 much to honour—I could not believe them ungrateful for the many favours they had received ; and , more especially , when I saw the name of John Cleave , the announced London publisher of tho Northern Star ; and when still further , I saw the name of Henry Hetherington , the victim of priestly tyranny and Whig malice , I never conjectured for ono moment that I was in the bands of the enemy , but thought assuredly that it was
a branch of the Grand National Association , and therefore appended my name , without writing one word in reply to the authors . But no sooner had I reflected on the nature of tbe address than I wrote immediately to Mr . Love ' ut , stating that if it was intended as an opposition Association to the one already in existence , I could be no party to each , proceedings ; and 88 our cause required union and exertion , I never would countenance any plan whose object was to breed discord in the ranks of the people . Mr . Lovett must have been in possession of that letter , I should think , before he sent the list to the Star ; if so , I look upon it as cruel and unjust to append my name to the document , when I had so distinctly expressed my disapprobation of the conduct of its concoctorp . However , I have been caught in the rat-trap for once . Itis the first time : it may also be the last
I have freely and fully confessed my sins ; and I now earnestly implore my country to forgive my trespass . I am , Sir , Yours , truly , JOHN M'Crae . Kilbachan , 19 th April , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —In your paper of Saturday , I find a list of names that have been attached to the address /)? Lovett , Collins , and Company , and as my name stands in the list , I consider it & duty that 1 owe to my brother Chartists to inform them of the reasons upon which I affixed my name to that address . You will observe that the answers to it were to be returned by tbe first post , ao that little time was given to examine the plan proposed by the secret projectors of the new movement . I confess , that without due consideration , I appended ray name , under the impression that the proposed plan was intended to assist the National Charter Association at present in existence ; and wishing to do all iu my power to forward the cause of civil and religious liberty , I affixed my name to the address . But , on considering for a little the proposed plan of agitation , I at once perceived that the New Association would come in contact with tbe other
Association , which has not got a / air trial ; ana under the impression that it would be better to throw all influence in to aid it , and to rectify anything that was not right , I saw that 1 had done wrong , and to rectify my error I wrote to Mr . Lovett , on the 10 th , to erase my name from the address ; so that 1 am surprised to find it in your paper on Saturday . I therefore inform Mr . Lovett and the rest of his associates in the New OConnell Move , that I will not aid or abet any party , that would try to divide the united energies of a suffering people , struggling for their liberty . If they are not pleased with the present Association , why not alter it , and not be proposing plans that cannot at present be carried into operation . The now plan , I perceive , has the praiaa of Mr . O'Connell ; this is a warning to every honest man to withdraw hia name immediately . I remain , youra , ¦ in the cause of universal litarty , Alexander Davie . Glasgow , April 10 th .
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TO THE EDITOaOF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Tn the list of signatures to the circular of Messrs . Lovett , Collins , and Co ., published in the Sun of the 13 th instant , appears the name of " Charks Jones , Northampton ; " and as such insertion tends to convey an idea that be is the adopted representative of the Radical interest in this town , and thereby disparaging ua in the esteem of our Chartist brethren , we feel ourselves impelled thus publicly to avow , that Charles Jones is not a member , nor in any shape identified with us , and that he must have received and signed the circular as a private individual , owing to his former prominent situation as delegate to the Convention from North Wales . And at the same time we must record our sentiments to be , that we view the present conduct of Lovett , &c with suspicion and distrust ; or why embrace , with such avidity , the names of apparently obscure individuals to swoll their list of signatures , and thereby deceive the friends of Reform ?
By inserting this in your valuable and extensively circulated paper , you will inform the unwary , further the objects ef the Chartists , and confer an obligation on the members of the Working Men ' s Association . Signed on their behalf , In meeting assembled , JOHN M'Faklane , Chairman . Association Room , Northampton , April 19 th , 1841 .
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; TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN BTAB . Sir , —I feel it to be an incumbent duty , which I ewe to my brethren and sisters in the cause of Chartisrii , to offer a few observations on a list of names which appeared in the Star of last week , professing to be those who were engaged as principals in carrying out another plan of organisation , of which list my name formed one . I have for some time known , and very much admired the grand , the magnificent conception , so ably developed by the great philanthropist Pestalezzi , » nd though I was satisfied it was impracticable te carry it out to its extent in the present state of society , yet I
believed that if it were properly arranged , much which was useful might he accomplished . VVhen , therefore , I received a circular , to which six signatures were attached , five of whom I had long known , and four of whom highly respected , believing them to be sincere friends to the cause of Chartism , I concluded at once that the plan would be submitted to the accredited orean of tli « ChaxtiBt body , for their consideration ; I unhesitatingly gave my approbation of the principles contained in tho plan , but without the least design that my name should be published &a one of those self-elected individuals who were to endeavour to carry it out .
I havo been deceived , as many wiser men than myself have teen before me ; and I have neither obstinacy enough to continue in a detected error , nor false pride enough to withhold the acknowledgement . I would charitably hope that my former colleagues , who promulgated the document in question , have done it with a good and patriotic intention , and have been blind to the mischievous purpose to which our cunning enemies would turn it . By subsequent information , I find that it has been bailed as a Godsend by several of the Whig bit by bit Reformers , and has not only been lauded by some of their party journals , but has been honoured with tbe express approbation of the great Pan himself . In fact , with their adroit management , they are aware that they could contrive not only to divide the Chartist body into at least two factions , but , by directing their attention to the remote future , paralyse , if not destroy , the agitation for the present—upon the energy of which alone all our rational hopes of success are founded .
Impressed with this belief , I beg to be distinctly and generally understood , that I decline altogether any connection with , or encouragement of a plan capable of being converted into bo terrible an engine of destruction ; and , if my humble name was capable of adding the least importance to the transaction , I hereby withdraw it . And I further earnestly solicit such of my former colleagues and friends of the days that are past , whose naiuea appear in that list , and who have probably been deceived , like myself , to give the subject due consideration ; and , by following my example , deprive the mischievous instrument of the greater portion of its sting , and let the anticipated triumph of our enemies be turned into a source of mortification and defeat . T . R . SMART . Leicester , 20 th April , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAU . Sir , —As my name has appeared in the published list of parsons who have attached their signatures to th « circular Bent by Messrs . Lovett , Collins , &c , I b- g to suite that , at the time of signing it , I had the greatest confidence id the hanour , honesty , and patriotism , of tho person * whose names appeared to it . I thought it was doing good , and had not the least notion of any persons , bet real Chartists , being connected with it I have sent to Mr . Lovett to withdraw my name . Hoping yon will oblige me by publishing these few lines , I remain , Yours respectfully , W . WOODWABD . Brighton , April 19 , 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct852/page/5/
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