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MOST Respectfully informs the Inhabitants of Sheffield and its Vicinity , she has commenced NEWSVENDING , and Retailing other Articles , hoping , by unremitting assiduity in Business , to merit the confidence and support of the Chartist Friends in Sheffield , and the Public at large , assuring them all Orders for their Papers and Cheap Publications will be promptly attended to . S . C . begs to tender her grateful acknowledgments to her numerous Friends , for their past sympathy and support , whose commands will at ail times have her best attention . N . B . Sarah 'Clayton , South-street , Sheffield Moor , bottom of Carver-street .
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JUST PUBLISHED , PART 1 , PRICE THREEPENCE . THE LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL , embracing a View of Ireland under the Commonwealth and Protectorate . Partly compiled from Documents and Manusoripts but lately discovered . By Samuel Gordon , Esq . Dublin : —Martin Keene and Son , 6 , College-Green . Leeds : —Hobson , Northern Star Office .
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TO TBS CHARTISTS OF LONDON . A GRAND BALL and CONCERT will take place in the Marylebone and Paddington Working Men's Hall , No . 5 , Circus-street , Mabylebohb , on Whit-Mon » at , Mat 31 , 1841 , in Aid of the Funds of the above Hall , wbioh has been taken at a very great expense by the Members of the National Charter Association , for the purpose of holding their meetings in ; when the Committee pledge themselves that no exertion shall be wanting on their part to render the Evening's amusement as
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BLINDNESS . MR . BAXTER has left Liverpool , and may be consulted Daily at his Residence , Bridgeman Place , Cockerill Spring , Bolton , ( personally , or by Letter , pre-paid , ) upon all Cases of Ophthalmia , or Inflammations , SpeckSj&o . jAmaurosis or Dimness of Sight , cured without Surgical Operation , or any restraint of Diet or Business . N . B . Mr » B . may be consulted at the White Horse * inSouthgate , Halifax , Yerkshire , on Monday and Tuesday , the 10 th and 1 . 1 th of May .
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Just Published , Price Two Shillings , Cloth , PAPER AGAINST GOLD , containing the His-X tory of the Bank of England , the Funds , the Debt , the Sinking Fund , and the Bank Stoppage ; also showing how Money is raised or lowered in value by alterations in its qualities ; and the evil effeots of the whole upon the Community . By Wu . Cobbett , condensed by Margaret Chaffblsmith .
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . To the sufferers from Bilious and Liver Cmplaintu HHHE unexampled success of Frampton ' g Pill of -L Health calls for particular attention . These Pills give immediate relief in all Spasmodic and windy complaintB , with the whole train of wellknown symptoms arising from a weak stomach or vitiated bilious secretion , Indigestion , pain at the pit of the Stomach , Bilious or Sick Head-ache , Heart-burn , Lossof Appetite , Sense of Fulness after meals . Giddiness , Dizziness , pain over the eyes , &o . &o . Persons of a Full Habit , who are subject to Head-ache , Giddiness , Drowsiness , and Simon ? in
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CHARTIST INTELLIGENCE OMITTED I N OUR LAST FOR WANT OF ROOM . CiTT OF Losdo >\—The Ckartists of thU Iocs' kity , ¦ whose meetings haTe been for some time holden a * i the Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride lane , Fleet-street ,, dow hold their meetings every Tuesday *????? ' ' * Political and Sdentiic Institute , 55 , Old Bailey . Salford . —The cause goes on here gloriously ; meet-STXttrgggsgl m .. j v . « u « olf in almost ail ior xns . j . qb ^ V ^^ IT ^ * ta brou ^ t up , to S ^ JoS TS Mends of truth and V ****™* *™ S ~ £ KriSatioii . Mr . Sauthuret of Oidham , the £££ SKtlMfen .. wtose «•*» ' « the cause haTe been ^ ited
_ ^^ n ^ Sourhood T / itb the Io . ^ eT making them with the embtems of the cards of ^ Se ^ pin the bottoiB afa . ha . t . He -has taken Z roHdordersfromOldhaia . Tfcey have appointed a eaacaittee one half etooton * ai the other non-electors , imminence actiTe operations to bring forward a Oartist candidate , » d teach the brace of plundering Actions , that tbeGtartists me resotred to do business < m their own toesut The ? hare sent £ 1 7 s . Id . to jja , Frost , and ace taking steps to haTe an oil painting < rf the immortal Bsamett , * d another of O'Brien , to ornament their rooms , or *• be used as fligs . The Cooperative stores atill go-o n ; and the Salford Chartists are Tery anxVoms that the * system may be adopted as soon as passible .
Path-Head , MiDLOiaiAS . —The Charter agitation finds all places , and this among the rest : —A public meeting has been held , which was addressed by several friends from Dalkeith- ; add at which a Tery good spirit was manifested , and 100 signatures obtained to the petition . Some tracts were distributed , and we hope much good may haTe beem done . Bikhikghail—A numerous meeting was held in Preeman-street , on Wednesday evening , at which 'resolutions vere passed , eulogising the exertions of the Convention , exhorting them to remain in London till the petition shall have been presented , and promising support ThejBirHungham Chartists call upon the whole
country to follow them in cheering on and supporting -the Convention . —The Frost Restoration XJom-KiTTEE haTe passed and confirmed unanimously , the -following resolatUn : —ResolTed , " That the Secretary be instructed to write to the ConTention , requesting them to get up a numerous and influential deputation to wait on Lord Kormanby , requiring of him , whether lie will procure an audience of her Msjesty for the deputation on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and , in case of his refusal , that the deputation take into consideration the propriety of appointing three personB , ie « ding in London , who stall present them the next LeTee day , as th ™ committee has no confidence in Lord Homanby .
THE CHARTISTS RESIDES ! I > DARTMOtTHSrSEET and the Ticinity , had a meeting last -week in Mr . Taylor ' s house . An interesting and instructive lecture was delivered to them by Mr . TV . D . Taylor . It was ¦ was determined to meet there regularly on Tuesday
evenings . Ijybbpool . —The Chartists here kare formed a discussion class , which meets every Sunday eTening , in the large room of Hnsgrave * B Coffee-house ,, at eight o ' clock . Arkold iXOTTlSGHAM . i—At the weekly meeting , en Monday , it "was resolved unanimously , " That the Chartists of Arnold pledge themselves to stand by the Jfation&l Charter Association of Great Britain , and countenance no man , or set of men , that would set on foot any other moTement—that they "will never cease yyha > ing till the Charter become tile law , and the
political -victims be enlarged—that they place unbounded confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and condemn the base wretches who would injure that patriot ' s charactertkat they will stand by O'Connor and the Star till death , presuming them to persevere in the cause they bsrt hitherto pursued—that they highly approve the conduct of those members of the Convention who protested against Mr . Collins—that they treat scornfully the base effort now "ikying to injure O'Connor through the sides of Frost- ^ and that they thank the Editor of the Northern Star , for bis noble advocacy ' of the people ' s cause . " " '•
Wobcesteb . —The Chartists met at their room in Friar-street , on the 19 th , and passed reselutkms , condemnatory of the " trap for tie unwary" set by certain friends—operatives—in the form of a petition against the Government Tariff Bill , in which the repeal of the Corn Lstts is insidiously lagged in as a remedy for the evils of the commercial system . The Chartists of Wor-. cestor were not to be so caught . They saw the hook ' sad , consequently , threw aside the bait with Tery little eeremony . A correspondent writes us that the tariff question excites much attent ion among the working men of Worcester and its neighbourhood . It-is nonsense to talk of remodelling the commercial system , with any view to the advantage of the " workies , " while the " sharks '" possess all the power of law Tn » ViT > g Whatever advantage might be obtained from revision of the tariff would now be an advantage only to the factions ; not to the people . Let the people seeare their Charter , and then it will be time enough to look into matters ol detail legislation .
Maksfield . —The Chartists here , anxious to do something for the prolongation of the Convention sittings , waited npon sundry " friends" among the middle classes ; but quickly found out their mistake The people must hops nothing from any but themselves . The National Petition has been signed here by 1 , 581 males , and 1 , 098 . Tobk . —On Tuesday evening , the lSth instant , the Chartists of this city met in the large room occupied by the Forester ' s , situate in Straker ' s-passago , Fossgate , where they now hold their weekly meetings , Mr . Demaine in the chair , when , after the usual business of the meeting , an investigation of the conduct of Mr . Charles Stuart , a member of the Council , took place , in consequence ef the part he had taken in the electioneering
movements of Mr . Barkley , a candidate for tke representation of this city , by calling upon the Chartists of York to support that genteman , "without haying previously put the question , " -would he support the People ' s Charter in case of bis being returned to Parliament ? - A majority of the Council considered that Jlr . S . had acted inconsistently by so doing , and requested him to attend a special meeting of the Council , for the purpose of explaining his conduct on that occasion . The meeting he attended , but refused to give » ny explanation , and treated the Council with contempt—insisting , that if any charge was brought against him it should be at a public meeting . Tuesday being the night of public meeting , a charge wa ^ accordingly made against him by Mr . Cordeux , for inconsistency of
conduct in the proceeding as above suited . Mr . Stuart then entered into a defence of his conduct by charging the Council with , what he termed , audacity and imprudence , in daring to call his conduct into question , and entered into a defence of Mr . Barkley's principles , Stating that because he advocated the Ballot , denounced fcribery , and admitted the right of the Suffrage , he ought to be supported by the Chartists of York . He charged the Council with dragging him before the public tkat night , and concluded by declaring that so Jsng as Mr . Baxkley maintained the principles ha expressed at the meeting on Friday , he cared no : by what name he failed them , he shonld sapport hi : a . JLi : ~ r a few remarks from Mr . Barley , in answer to a charge of inc .. insistency brought against Mm by Mr . Siuar :, in the
course of his address , for having moved ar . l carried an amendment in favour of Univers . -U Saffrs ^ e , kt the Jate Whig meeting , without having previously acquainted the Council of his intentions , although " the circumstances rendered it impossible for him to do so . Mr . Cordeax rose to reply , and expressed h ; s sorrow that Mr . Stuart shttild have indulged in so much passionate invective , instead of giving a calm f xplanation Of his conduct ; in fact , he considered ii no explanation « tali Mr . Staarr had contended that because Mr . B'Tkley advocated the Ballot , he ought to be supported by the Chartists « f York . He ( Mr . C ) thought different , —many of the Whigs , who are oar most inveterate enemies , being strenuous advocates of the Billot With respect to his denouncing bribery , both Whigs
and Tories had denounced the system , even with the bribe in their hands . Mr . B ., he agreed , had admitted the right of the Suffrage ; but when he heard him -with the Sams breath boast of his intimacy with , aod friendship for , such men as O'Connell and Hume , the former having offered to bring 501 , 000 men from Ireland , to put down Chartism , whilst the latter advocated coarss food as good eneugh for the workiiis cii- ^ es , he f-= lt justified in saying that the Chartists " of York hart no reason for placing confidence in such a man . Was it not a fact that the whole of Mr . Berkley ' s Committee were pposed to the Charter ? and had no : the chairman « f that Committee refused to sign the petition for the Testoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , when solicited to do so by Mr . Stuart himseif , on ; y a few davS
pre-Tiously , alleging , as his reason , that the Government were perfectly justified in the course they had taken against those exiled patriots ? Mr . Stuart had stated that he had been dragged before that meeting by the ConnciL This he ( Mr . C . } denied , as it was his own determination , and contrary to the wish of the CoiinciL Mr . Stuart , be contended , had not refuted the charge brought against him ; in short , the fact of Mr . S . having called for three cheers for Mr . Barkley , and neglecting to oil for the same honours , more justly due , to oar noble patriot F . O'Connor , was of itself inconaistant with the principles which Mr . Stuart professed , aad concluded by mo-ring the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Barley , " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the conduct of . Mr . a
Sfcaart , in attending a public meeting of Mr . Barkley ' s and calling npon the citizens of York to support that tTBatleman , without having previously put the question whether or not he would support the People ' s Charter in case of his return to Parliament , was hiehly censuxsble , and that we tke members of the National Charter Association will not place confidence in any man , or « nj set of men , who adTocate principles short of the whole Charter . " Mr . T ) . Halton proposed ,, and Mr . James Webster seconded the following amendment , " That we the members of the National Charter Association do place thfl utmost confidence in Mr . Stuart on that occasion , and do , therefore , return him our hearty thanks . " Tbs original motion was carried with only two dissestients-
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* Bbistol . —The Chartists of this city , at a meeting in the Hall of Science , after a lecture by Mr . Vincent , passed a resolution to the effect that " the ConTention finish their business before they return home . " Plv mouth . —The Com Law humbugs haTe been soundly beaten here by the " wakies ., Monmocth . —Mr . Black , of Nottingham , haTe been lecturing and preaching here with considerable effect . Derbyshire . —Mr . BairsUw labours , with great success , in this county ; lecturing , preaching , and privately exhorting whererer he may be . The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , his one continued text and theme . The present communication contains notices of his lecture at Ockbrook on Friday , the 14 th , his sermon at Derby , in the Market-place , to more than 2 , 000 persons , on Sunday the 16 th , and his lectures at Borton-on-Trent , on Monday and Tuesday , when he bad a glorious triumph oTer the brutality and obscenity of the " respect ables . "
Wilsdek . —A Radical meeting was held at this place on Monday eTening , Mr . Thompson in the chair . The meeting appointed a committee of three persons , Benjamin Hartley , William Cawcroft , William Eastwood , wool-combers , and a secretary , George Bairstow , weaTer . It was unanimously agreed that they join the National Charter Association as soon as possible ; and that they repose unbounded confidence in , and give their best thanks to Feargus O'Connor , and the Editor of the Northern Star . Stockpobt . —The Council beg leave to tell their brethren , that as the ill winds which have so long dispersed the Chartists of this district , like the accursed simoom , have now blewn over us , and that'we are again
uniting , determined to put all obstruction and diTision down , and taking principle as our guide , we are determined to put down all those party differences and personal squabbles which haTe so long distracted the good and holy cause in our district ; we therefore earnestly call upon all our brethren and sisters—Chartists , to arouse from their apathy and enable us once more to place Stockport in the position she once held , and no longer be a laughing-stock for the parties who are opposed to us , and who tell us that Chartism 1 b at discount—The ReT . John Williams Morris is deliTering ft coarse of lectures on the parliamentary history of England and Ireland , from the earliest period on record , down to the present time .
Yeotil . —There was a meeting of the Chartists held at this place , on Monday the 17 th instant , which was not Tery numerously attended ; but the zeal which was displayed towards the holy cause that we espouse , by those who were present , made amends for the smallneas ef the number . The bjeel for which we met was very important ; inasmuch as the proceedings of that meeting decided , whether the Chartists of this town should continue to be an organised body , acting in co-operation with each other ; or whether we should for the future be considered as a few isolated innividuals , each following his own particular Tiews . The business of
the meeting was as follows : —A ihort time after we commenced the Chartist agitation in this town , we took a room to meet in , thinking by bo doing , we should have a better opportunity of making known our principles , and , that it would be the means of augmenting our numbers ; but in consequence of the apathy manifested by the working classes of this town towards the Chartist cause , and the retrogade motion of some ef our members , we haTe incurred a heavy debt . The subject for discussion was , the best-mode of liquidating the same ; and to decide u ^ on our future movements . Mr . Hewlett was called to the chair . The
Chairman then proceeded to read a Tery encouraging letter from our worthy secretary , Mr . Bainbridge , who was unavoidably absent , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to , proposed by Mr . Stevens , and seconded by by Mr . Wheadon , " That it is necessary for the future welfare of this society , that we should know our resources ; we do therefore request the class-leaders to go round to the members of their classes , who are in arrears with their subscriptions , and apply to them for the same , and if they do dot pay them immediate . y to be considered as no longer members of this society . " Proposed by Mr . Stevens and seconded by Mr . Tucker , " That considering the embarrassed
circumstances under which we are now labouring , we do enter into a voluntary subscription to help to pay the above debt" After which some of the members volunteered to pay 3 d . per week extra , until the debt was discharged , rather than see the society become defnnct It was the opinion ef the members present , that much good might be effected if we had a talented missionary down in the west ; to make known the truths of Chartism , and to awaken the dormant energies of the people . But unfortunately it is net in our power to support one ; we think that it would not be the worst money which will be spent by the Executrve Council , if they haTe the funds at their command , in sending one down here .
Glasgow . —A meeting was held on the 17 th , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , College open , - ; at eight o ' clock , p . m ., for the purpose of transacting business connected with Char ter movements . After the Vice-chairman of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association had taken the chair , the Secretary , Mr . Brown , read the minutes of last meeting and the correspondence of their delegate in Convention . Some other matters of a private and pecuniary nature having been disposed of , Mr . C . ME wan roeo to stata Uiat the members of the Chartist Church had applied to Mr . Breweater to preach a sermon to that congregation , which he had done , the subject being the Scottish Poor Laws , and the rights of the poor to subsistence from the soil that gave them birth . For so deing , the Presbytery of Glasgow had
taken up the affair , which they had referred OTer to the Presbetery of Paisley , the upshot of which is that Mr . Brewester is to be tried before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , for a misdemeanour , and he runs a pretty good chance of being kicked out cf the Establishment altogether . He concluded by recommending that a public meeting be called in the Bazaar , in order to afford Mr . B . an opportunity » f lashing his brethren of the " black coats and cravats so white . " Messrs . Ross , M'Farlane , &c , supported the proposal . On the other hand , Messrs . Dickeon , Chisholm , and others , thought it was a subject which ought to be taken up by the members of the Chartist Church , and not by the Lanarkshire Association ; upon which Mr . A . Pinkerton remarked , that as a great number of persons
not at all friendly to Chartism would attend to hear the disclosures of Brewester , they should take that opportunity of making them swallow the Charter , as the only means of getting rid of the corrupt system altogether . This proposition was at once agreed to , as well &s the holding of the meeting in contemplation . Messrs Moir , Pattison , M'Farlane , M'Ewan , Jack , and Malcolm were then proposed as candidates to move and second the Cfearter . Mr . Pattison was objected to for the par t he had taken in the debate on the New Move . This was over-ruled , as Pattison had always been a consistent Chartist , whatever opinions he thought proper to hold regarding the characters of Lovett and
Collins ; besides , it was contended that as far as Glasgow was concerned , they had decently interred the remains of the New Move on the night of the 10 th instant , and they had mutually agreed te allow its ashes to sleep for the future in silent repose ; and so far as Mr . Malcolm was also concerned , he had lately shown such strong Whiggish propensities , that it was a question whether the great body of the Chartists would listen to him or not . Similar objections were expressed against Mr . Jack . Mr . Moir and Mr . Pattison were then appointed to move and second the Charter . A committee -was also elected to get up the uieelVng . A vjte oJ thankB was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting dissolved .
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MANCHESTER . —An important meeting was held in the Chartist Rooms , Tib-street , on Monday evening last ; the room was crowded to excess . The chairman , after a few remarks on passing events , said he would introduce the speaker who was about to address them , hoping that they would give him a candid and fair hearing , and at the conclusion , if he advanced anything contrary to truth , any one would be at perfect liberty to object to it , and he , as chairman , would pledge himself to obtain for him , or them , a peaceable hearing . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Charles Connor then rose , and said he came there at the request of his friends to address them that evening , and in doing which he claimed a right which he himself was willing to give to every man , namely , the freedom of speech ; and because he professed to
be the advocate of a measure that would , when obtained , give the same justice to one man as another , whatever might be his country , his class , his creed , and hi ? colour—a measure for the adoption and carrying out these principles , which would be for the ben- fit of the human race . There was a spirit abroad -wh ch all the opposition in the world could not quench , and a train of circumstances at work which would ensure success in the end , and that the people would never rest , nor be led astray , by anytfling les ? than the Charter . ( Loud applause . ) The principle ? of the Charter were known to them all . They had been so often and so well explained to them that it would be a waste of time for him to attempt to dwell upon them . He would , therefore , leave that subject to men much better qualified than he -was , an 3 would proceed to examine who the actual producers of wealth were . ( Hear . ) The producing class are those who toil in the fields , mines , workshops , and fisheries , creating or procuring food , houses
clothing , , and other necessaries , for the sustenance and convenience of society . Now , what was the condition of all those producers of human food ? One would naturally suppose that those who produce all the food of man—through whose hands the whole must necessarily pass—would be able to lay hold of as much as might satisfy their wants , ( that is the working portion of them ) ; but it is a fact , which could not be controverted , that those who produce all the food of ? ociety , are miserably fed . —Mr . C . then proceeded to depict the privations to which the manufacturers and artizans of this country are subjected , and then proceeded to enquire into the remedy he said : —Some tell us that a repeal of the Corn Law 3 would banish starvation , give every man plenty of work , raise wages , and make working-men jomfortable . How was this to be done ? They never ; ake into consideration the rapid progress of machilery , and the hundreds of hands which are thrown mt of employment every week , and the machinery Thich was being every week sot up is this country
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for foreigners . The speaker then adverted to the average consumption of cotton , &o ., which has been frequently alluded to of late , in the discussion ofethe subject adverted to . He read the petition from " Fielden ' a Factory Curse , " and entered upon a variety of topics through which our space will not allow us to follow . He concluded amid loud cheers . The chairman then gave out the notices , and several letters and placards were read from different parts of the country , which showed that the people were np , and at their post , and which received the plaudits of the assembly . Air . Griffin rose to move the following resolution ; he merely read and moved it , which was loudly cheered at the close , " That this meeting is of opinion that the sop thrown
oat at the eleventh hoar by the base , hypocritical , scurvy , doubled tongued , treacherous , unprincipled , rapacious , shameless , unblushing , hollow , tyrannical , greedy , insincere Whigs , is done for the purpose of deluding and deceiving ths people to misgovern the nation . In taking a retrospective view of their conduct , we find that they came into power with pledges of economy , retrenchment and reform . They said that the working classes were robbed , plundered , and enslaved by the Tories , who are hoary in crime , wrinkled in misrule , blind in prejudice , cruel in power , patronised for mischief , presumptuous in selfwill , the hatod , the despised , the vilified , the vituperated , the blackened , the blasted , the humiliated , the detested monsters . The Whigs were well
supported by the people for four years , and had a sufficient majority to carry any measure for the bettering of thefcondition of the many ; instead of which the organ of the Whigs , Lord John Russell , declared the reform a final measure , notwithstanding the promises they ( the Whigs ) made when out of power , to wit , that if the people would assist for the obtainment of the Reform Bill they in return would assiBt the people to obtain a full measure of justice for the people , and that they would never rest satisfied nntil the enslaved millions were in possession of those rights which truth , reason , and the laws of God and nature entitle them to . In opposition to which , when they considered themselves sufficiently fortified , they , by their acts and conduct told the
people in language too plain to be misunderstood , that may go to the devil for further indulgences . They have forced upon the people the infernal New Poor Law Bill , and to coerce the people in Bubjection , and to carry it down their throats whether or not , they established bodies of rural police ; they transported the Dorchester labourers and the Glasgow cotton-spinners ; have imprisoned four hundred of our industrious countrymen for telling the truth . By their tyranny and oppression , they have driven a vast amount of capital abroad , and thousands of the cleverest artisans to compete against and ruin us ; they beingei ther too short-sighted or dishonest to foresee and avoid it . They have held out all manner of inducements , and have fitted up ships for thousands to
emigrate . When the narrow-minded , superstitious , and bigoted Tories left ofBce , there was a clear surplus revenue of £ 2 , 665 , 000 , which the Whigs have not only extinguished , but have aotually created a deficiency of £ 940 , 000 , besides adding to the National Debt £ 60 , 000 , 000 , and consequently increased the interest . They gave a deaf ear to white Blavery , by treating their petitions with scorn and contempt , and voted £ 20 , 000 , 000 for the emancipation of black slavery . They voted a German woman £ 100 , 000 , and voted for £ 50 , 000 for another German pauper . They have added a great number of Peers , augmented the- Pension List , and increased taxation £ 5 , 000 , 000 . They have coerced Ireland , and slain the Canadians . They gave £ 70 , 000 for building
stables for horses , and only voted £ 30 , 000 for national education . They have brought the country to a most wretched condition . In 1832 the working olasses wtre denominated by the Whigs as wise , industrious , and peaceable subjects ; but they are stigmatised now as seditious , rebellious , and disaffected . Rents and taxes have increased , while wages have decreased . The commercial coadition of the country is most lamentable . The working classes are the only classes taxed , yet poorly fed , thinly clad , wretchedly housed , and treated like slaves . They deserve the contempt of every true lover of his species ,
for their recent base , unprincipled , flagitious , unconstitutional , decenoy—defying , hypoontical , meanly crael , sneakingly malicious , spitefuljy revengeful , and waspishly venemous treatment of Feargus O'Connor , O'Brien , and the rest of the incarcerated Chartists , and for kidnapping and banishing Frost , Williams , and Jones . Having taken a view of their conduct while in office , and found by experience that they have forfeited the confidence reposed in them , and believe them incapable of governing the country with comfort and satisfaction to the public , this meeting is determined to put no further trust in them . " Mr . James Leech said there was not a
sentence in it but what he perfectly agreed with . It gave no quarter to either Whigs or Tories , and he hoped the working classes would endeavour to maintain their own position in society , and scorn both parties . The resolution was carried amid loud apapplause . —Mr . Mahon moved the next resolution , " That the Editor of the Star be requested to give a full report of the meeting , coupled with a request that the Dundee Chronicle , the Weekly Dispatch , and the Scottish Patriot , the two Chartist Circulars , the Odd Fellow , Cleave ' s Gazette , and the Dublin World
would copy the resolutions , in order to show the sentiments of the Chartists of Manchester respecting both factions , Whigs and Tories . " A person from the body of the meeting seconded it , and when put it was carried unanimously . Mr . Butterworth and two others also addressed the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to Charles Connor , and the meeting broke np , well satisfied . —[ We received a very lengthy report of the above named meeting , but such is the demand upon eur space and the importance of passing events , that we have been reluctantly compelled to curtail the report . ]
[ We have inserted the resolution , above , verbatim , not feeling ourselves at liberty to alter the phraseology ; yet we cannot , and shall not , undertake to justify the unnecessary use of such a redundancy of harsh terms , however merited by the factions . ] Brown-street Chaetist Rooms . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson preached here on Sunday evening last . The rev . gentleman produced a glorious feeling upon the minds of his audience by encouraging them to persevere through good and through evil report , until the . Charter becomes the law of the land , and the people of this country are comfortable in body and mind . He afterward * announced that a public tea party would be held in the Brown-street Rooms , on Thursday in Whitsun week , for the benefit of that tried , valued , uncompromising , and noble patriot , now in Chester Castle , William Benbow .
STOCRPORT . —Carting the " Dead" Chartists . —A short time ago the Whigs boasted that the Chartists were dead ; but now , alas ! the poor Whig 3 are so far reduced in their probabilities of sticking to place , that they are praying , beseeching , and begging the support of the " dead" Chartists at the coming election ; this must convince plain John Campbell that theTe has been a resurrection , and therefore the day of judgment must be at hand ; prepare then , ye Whigs ; an offended , insulted , and oppressed judge , in a united people . Chartists , be up and doing , and remember the tender mercies of " the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs . "
LANARK . —Corn Law Agitation versus Chartism .. —The Corn Law party to give every semblance of popularity and importance to their movement , attempted to get the Provost and magistrates at their head , but in this they failed , as will be seen in the sequel . The declaration of ministers was hailed as a God-send , but they were not competent for the task , inasmuch as they did not dare to meet the public , lest they might sustain a defeat . Tneir first attempt was the getting up of a requisition to the magistrates to convene a public meeting , for which they got upwards oF 400 signatures , in answer to which the magistrates declined to interfere , but granted the use of the County Hall , for the said purpose . The next step was the invitation of two or three
dozen of the requisitionist , under a pretext of a preliminary meeting , preparatory to a public one , who met on Monday , the 17 th inst . When Mr . A . Hislop , ex-baillie , was called to the chair . The Chairman said something like the following . " Well , Gentlemen , I suppose ye a'ken what yere a'here about ; it is in order to get up a petition about the Corn Laws . " He took out a letter , and read it to the meeting , which he had got express from Glasgow that morning ; it was from Mr . Murray , Corn Law Secretary , which urged him to get up a meeting , and to procure as many signatures as possible . The letter also contained the draft of a petition , and he was anxious the meeting would adopt . After a good deal of desultory conversation about a general
meeting m terms of the requisition , Dr . Snirley reminded the meeting that a number of gentlemen had met in Edinburgh for the same purpose and were annoyed by a set of fellows ( meaning the Chartists ) who were so impertinent as almost to push the chairman from the chair . When the Learned Doctor had concluded his luminous speech the chairman advised them to take Doctor Shirley ' s advice , adding , if you had been w . ™ . * g & »* . * attended in ihe West Church , when Mr . Gillon was here , you would not think of calling any more public meetings . The Chairman seems to have had a vivid recollection of
^ n ^ 8 ign , al defeat which they ^ stained in December , 1838 , when the Chartists carried a vote of want of confidence in Mr . Gillon , M . P . in a meeting called by the Whigs themselves , although they were assisted by a Tory justice of the peace . Mr . J . Cunningham stated that they had nothing to fear from the Chartists , for they had sufficient moral power to put thein down . Notwithstanding , the Chairman proposed "That this meeting adop the Glasgow petition presently , and have no more meetings about it" Seconded by Dr . Shirley . Mr . J . Simpson moVed , That we call a publio meeting , in terms of the requisition . " Only two voted for the amendment
Mbs . Fbost . —Mr . John Cleave desires us to say that he has received for Mrs . Frost the following sums : —Mr . George Hall , late of Wakefield , 2 s . Sd ? collected by F . Green , ls . 6 d . ; Mr . G . Medley , Is . ; J . Hentley , Is . ; Maria Day , 6 d . j Brutus . 2 s . 6 d .: Typo , 6 d .
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SARAH CLAYTOF
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct857/page/2/
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