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      • 9 THAT SHOULD A NATION DO ? yfiialb should a nation do When its wants and woes abound ; TjOieii tbe many by the few ± Te in giiling fettes bound ; ADd to-morrow hrlngBmore ill * than to-day ? When the a&ile of Hope is gone . And -when PaJienee , with a ' groan , ^ s Despondence takes her throne , Haitesaway ?

      trheB the mania for plaee Seems as strong at love of life , And no mtwinw or disgrace , Is regarded in the strife , _ iDd the statesman * uwengbt pledge proves a lie ? When a daylight robbery On the pnrae of Industry Ksepa the bowl of Luxury Blot high ?—VTh&i the Church and State in foes . Bat to 8 erTe aoa * earthly ends ? yfhen a million tell their -woes , Vor can ft ™* a handred friends ?

      • R-fcen nneqnal lav and might rampant reign ? At the joy hU servants » wn Over poverty ^ last groan , "VThen Abaddon on hi » throne Tahb 4 »« amfcfw J __ TTbev a nation comes to this , What can care it from the tomb ? pid the stroke no tyrant miss , When "vaa plan'd Oppression ' s doom , And the might of myriads leagued d * alt the blow ? Would the counsellor be vise Such a step that woald adrise ? Does the Power that made the skies Asnrer . No ?

      Were a moral sally made In a unity of mind , By the ttiT"ng who toil for bread , By the irrong'd of >""""» kind , would the phalanx prove too weak , for foe ? yot a detpotinthelansl , But would . quail before the band . And in accents meek and bland , Right bestow . Jine 14 , 1841 . G- C M .

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      THE COMrNtf STRUGGLE . Chartists haste : the tune has come , Ween Whiggiem most be -overthrown ; The Conflict comes , no tampering make , Far promises h » ve ' er so great Are base , deceitful ; hollow-hearted ; Stand by the Charter , be Dot parted , And let this watchword be your cry , I > awn ! Down with Whiggery ! Be not gnlled by Corn Law Quacks , Unmask their selfish , sordid acts , Swerve not a point bat firmly stand Immoveable ; a glorious band Who would be free , then strike the blew , At struggling Whigs , thus you "Will show A strong desire for liberty , ¦ Destroying

      Whiggerytrkeir J * e * is no , disgrae'd by deeds , Well root them oat as naoseoas -weeds ; Then Chartists gather ! round them horer , Destroy them once asd tas for erer , Their flifTrgwn ; minds foretell their doom And hastens on bright freedom's bloom , Then let yoar -watchword be the cry , Down ! Down with Whiggery ! Qascow , 21 st June , 1841 .

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      THE TWO KILKENNY CATS . A SeaSmgly E . P . Mead , Chartist Missionary . Oth ! thin be aisey all of yez , un % I jist emplore yez To listen nota moment boys to either Whigs or Teries , Tii long enough these factions ba * ehave humbag * d this poor nation , They only jist for power and place kick np this botheration . ' And sing moll rove , spit , splutter , scratch and bite , and sing moll r # w . They ' re like to the Kilkenny cats so fam'd in Irish rtory , The Whig he is a white cat , and a black cat is the Tory ; lbs Tory swears the Whig is black and anther of all evil , The Whig declares the Tory is own brother to the devil . And sings moll row , dec .

      The black cat ' s Bobbey Plausible , and catterwanls with grace , sirs , The white cafs John Finality and once was Jehn Bull's pet cat . Ell he shoWd his base Tenality—and grew a bounce and fret cat And sings moll row , &c And new these eats set np their backs and make a mighty rnetioB , ^ tiA jJI their Whij zmd lory rm /» v » are bent zzpon distraction : The Bishops will the Tory back , and be his bottle holders , And Don supports his little Jack—on his infernal shoulders .

      So singa moll row , &c . The black cat squalls for Church and Queen—the white eats Tery pious . And , by his mock humanity , designs to seHI and boy us ; The Tory arms his yeoman slaTes , to make the people civil , the Whigs hare built us liTing graves , and shown ns a Dine deviL And sings moll row , < fcc The Corn Law humbug Macky cries , is by the Whigs in-rented , To make our serfs their lords despise and render discontented , Oeh ! you , the Corn Law should repa ' . e och . ' Tander and bine blazes . ' Cast out the mighty beggar-man—and bis -white pet he poises .

      And sings moll row , &c He arms his j £ « tt pisastry , and points them to the Chartists , Aad praises that big ruffian -who at cracking skulls is smartest . ' Ei » Whiggish friends look on with glee to see the streets run gwenow , nbite Dan to his Jfne pisantry bawls ont hurrah ! escort now . And sings moll row , < Jcc Therefore , my honest Chartist friends beware what y « are doing . Tell soon see how the ruction ends , so nerer mind . their mewing ; The cause of one or tother cat I'd hare you take no _ . part in , The promises of this or that ' s my eye and Peggy Martin And aD moll rayr .

      2 to oeh . ' be aisey jewels all , and nerer mind their squalling , * ad dont disthnrb the iheaves at all nor stop their catterwaaHng ; < at let Din use both tooth and sail and din I " se -will be bound , sirs , They'll fight till not an inch of tail of either will be found , sirs . So sing moll row , ic . ret , if indeed , ye will take part , and join the mighty ruction—The black cat join wid hand and heart—send Whitey to destruction , And when we ' re settled Whig accounts , and terrible the scoreis !!! n ell see what then are the amounts—outstanding with the Tories . So sing moll row , &c

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      8 TOCKPORT . —A most desperate Octiugs . r * WfSUCGHI ASD SAYAGB BuTCHEBT TTPO 3 THE * HCBABLE I 5 HABITA 5 TS BT THE IfilSHKE * , AT THE « ST 16 AT 1 O 5 , OF TBS WbJSS A ? O ) C 0 B 5 LiW RjSp * AiKKS oy this Tows . —It will be seen , in another >*** of our paper , that Mr . Bairstow addressed 2 « electors and non-electors of Stockport , on ihursday erenia ^ , Jane 27 th , in the Market-place , « 4 thai whfle be was doin ^ so , a Mr . Easby , a ^* n Iatt lectarer , at the request of two leading "« gB of the town , mounted a wall about forty ^• "tffi om where he was speaking , » ad begin , like-J * e to addrea th « people , eridently for the purpose ™ crextin * a distnrbaaee . and prerent the

      nnpres-* a »\ ach was beinf made by Mr . Bairrtow ' s ^« nre of tha Whijj party . Tbe peaceably di » - gJ W cried shame of his , and eTen Mr . ^ dler , ^ Permtendent of d » Poliw , was heard to say that « J £ « not right forEasby to try to disturb the em * g ' V tbcre ^ ® he did not approTe at such raanct ; but , howeTer , he took no steps to put * n £ L . l The ^ ° P ' wfeo lefl bearbxMr . Bair-« w u > hear EiBky , soon Eaw through the mah ^ ^ ihe ^ ' > . and commenced hissing J ^ . natil he was glad to make his exit , bat without cce / fmg the least injury ; and Bairetowwas still wl- ? f " " ^ P th e . Whi ^ s , which was better ^ jea than before . The meeting disperse d with-„ " -e Jeasj brescij of the peace beiBg committed . " ^ werer , the Whigs hit cpon another plan ; ifcej

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      sent for Finnigan of Manchester , an anti-Corn Law lecturer , and the leaders of th « Union Repealers , who were accompanied by many of the Irishmen , who led on the butchery at Stephenson's-square , and Carpenter ' s Hall , " Manchester . They armed in town on the Friday in good time , in order to drill the O'Connelites for the evening ' s at > ack . To excite the * Irishmen to madness , those who were not teetotallers were serred up with' a drop of the crater ; and to make the arrangements more com plete , likewise to ensure as great a number of Irishmen as possible , Faulker , the bellman , was sent through tha town crying a leetare to be deliTered by Mr . Easby , at eight o ' clock in the erening , in the Castle yard , Market-place , in which he would saew

      the foolishness of the Chartists for denouncing Dan O ' Connell ; our correspondent heard him , and immediately warned the ChaiKsta of what he had good reasons to belierd was brewing . About seven o ' clock in the evening , the Irishmen assembled in their rarious districts and afterwards joined in one body , and marched down the Hill *; ate , to the Market-plaee , carrying in their hands sticks , stave * , pokers , aud bludgeons of all dimensions from a crow-bar to a walking-stick * headed by Mr . Easby , Finnigan , Terrance , C . Xeil , Daly , and Kelly . Abont eight o ' clock , the time announced by the bellman , Mr . Easby opened the meeting by attempting to vindicate his own character , as to being the Editor of Bob Logic ' s Budget , at the expence of

      the Chartists leaders . He likewise said , that it was stated in the Star , that if Daniel O'Connell came to the great meeting at Leeds , he was to be murdered , consequently he ( Easby ) could not blame the Irishmen for what had been done in Manchester . He proceeded to attack the Chartists ; but no one taking the least notice of him , he , after a speech of about seven or eight minutes , sat down . Mr . Finnigan then addressed the meeting about five minutes , aud while doing so bellowed out a tirade of abuse against the Chartists , but finding no one to oppose them they became exasperated . Mr . F . then sat down . Mr . Easby rose again and began praising himself , when a waggish lad about sixteen years of age cried out , " -Thou art a bonny devil to make a

      God of . The meeting had not then been assembled more than twenty minutes . The signal was given— Peterloo" was shouted—the shilalaha were brandished , and thej 4 h . ea began in the most cruel , blood-thirsty , and brutal manner to beatj indiscriminately , man , 'woman , and child , and in their fury trampled upon both women and children , knocking men ' s bats off , and treading them ander their feet , breaking heads , &c . which continued for about twenty minues . In one instance there were no less than five cowardly brutes laying on one poor helpless woman at the same time . Big , little , Insty and tall , neb . asd poor , yonag and o ]< i , Whig , Tory , and Chartist shared-the same fate . While ihis was going on , people wpreseenin all directions weltering in their biood , with their heads , faces , arms , aBd hands cut and mangled in the most horrifying manner . The Irishmen ran np snd down the street ,

      brandishing their staves , &o . as ihonga they had triumphed over some great enemy . A gentleman of the name of Taylor , a doctor , and in politics & Conservative was coming down the Church-gate at the time , in company with his lady ; the Irishmen attacked him an < i beat him in a mast dreadful manner , knocked him dowa and cut his head and face in 312 or seven different places , and broke one of his fingers . One ruffianly coward began te beat his lady , and had it cot been for a young man , who was near , running and knocking the villain down , and saving the blow , Mrs . Taylor ( who is daughter to Mr . Lorn ax , proprietor of the SLockjiort AdvertUtr , ) would have been served as bad as her husband . All this was done in the presence of the Mayor and the police . Mr . 'Taylor waa carried into the Conrt Room , and afterwards ' conveyed homein a very weak state from the loss of blood . The Irishmen would

      assemble together and brandish their sticks in triumph for a short time , after which they would eommence again npon every person whom they met in the avenue leading to the market j this they followed uplor about half an hour , at the end of which time finding no more heads upon which to exercise their shillelahs they formed themselves into a procession and proceeded out of the market place . After this , each party went to their bouses , and fie leaders of the Stephenson ' s-square and Carpenter's Hall butchery , and likewise the Stoekport butchery were allowed to make the best of their way to Manchester and no attempt whatever made by the police to take them into custody . On the following day one of the leaders of the Irishmen wa 3 brought before tbe

      Magistrates , who were actually so severe , bo harsh , and so cruei , as to bind him over to keep the peace for six months . On Saturday , several slight disturbances took place in the market caused by the hostility of the English £ gainst the Irish for tbe recent oecarrenees which have taken pl&ce and Jheformer preventing the latter from having & standing , and throwing stones into their egg baskets , < Sco . There are several firms who have discharged many of the Irishmen and given notice to others ; and thus it is that many of the good and well meaning will have to suffer i- > r the con duet of the savage and the brutal . On Saturday evening late , as the Irishmen turned out of several public houses , they began abusing every one they came near and screams of

      murder , &c , were heard maoy times daring Saturday night- and Snndaj morning . BAT 1 NSXj £ " 5 ? . —A public meeting of the weavers was held on May Day Green , on Monday , June 21 st , aud they were addressed , as usnal , by Messrs . Alexander , Terry , Mouldes , and others . On Tcesday , great excitement w&a produced by a rnmour that Messrs . Taylor were willisg to accede to the just demands of their weavers . A large public meeting was held in the evening , at six o ' clock , to consider the best course to be adopted at the present critical , moment , when it was resolved that th- Messrs . Taylors weavers should not return to their work until their affairs were satisfactorily adjusted by the Committee .

      RICHMOND . —Hat Habvest . —Some fields of grass were , cut , last week , at Richmond , and some prime bay has been got , but the hay harvest has not become general . We have had some fine rain this week , which was much wanted here . Committal —Sarah Soggett , servant to Mr . Wm . Croft , of Richmond , draper , was brought before the sitting magistrates , on the 17 th instant , by Mr . J . Whiting , police officer , charged with feloniously stealing one piece erf silk lace , and one wire basket , the property of Miss Mary Creft . Committed to take her trial at the next Sessions for the Borough . REPfiBSE-VTAimv . —The Hon . J . C . Dundas and the Hon . W . is " . Ridley Colborne are candidates for the representation of tas borough of Richmond .

      KNARXSBRO . — . Muhdeb . —One of the most cold-blooded murders that ever took place in thi 3 neighbourhood since the days of Eugene Aram , has been perpetrated in this town , upon the body of Joseph Cocker , of lbs Old White Hart Inn . The mnrder took place between twelve snd two o ' clock on Saturday " morning last ; being committed by three young men , two of them near neighbours of the victim ; their names are Henry Nutter , John Buliston , and Charles Gibb , who were apprehended at three o ' clock the same morniDg . The oldest of the three is not more than twenty-five years of age . The deed is supposed to have been perpetrated by an old hammer head , a poker , aud a knife . The head of Cocker was mosi dreadfully beaten , both on the back part-and temples . The three murderers -were in-ard by a neighbouring women , who went out of

      the back door , and looked over a wall , when she saw , through a back window , three men standing over him , and heard them say to each other , that they weuJd pnt him into the eellar . The woman went directly to the front door and shouted " Cocker " twice ; but no one answered , the door was locked ; she went back and got her husband up , who loaded a pistol ; but they escaped in the mean time . Alarm was soon given , and a many were soon is search of them and succeeded in taking them within two hours after the alarm . They did not get more than four or five shillings from his pocket . An inquest was held the same afternoon before Mr . Wood , coroner , and a respectable jury . The inquest occupied nearly six hoars , and the Jury pronounced a verdict of " wilful murder" against Burliston , and against Nutter and Gibb , for aiding and abetting therein . AH the prisoners have been committed for trial to the Castle of York .

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      Governxest Census . —The tables of the population of Glasgow have not yet been completed , but we are given to understand that the returns , as compared with tbe census of 3831 , will give the total amount of population at nearly 270 , 000 souls . ; A STATotEXT fsok Nob"wich says : — " Hundreds of people in this city are now out of employment , and are parading the market-place . Many are earnestly hoping that there may be ' a good sharp contest' at the election , that they may have an opportunity of selling themselves for good round sums . "

      Spowta . veoi 3 Coubcstion . — "An instance of spontaneous combustion , arising from canvass soaked with oil to make it waterproof , is mentioned in the Bath Chronicle last week . The canvass had been laid ia a heap in the stable , and in the course of the sight it burst into a flame , but the fire was discovered in time to prerent the destruction of the building . . ; A Shame , caughi of ? Bmghtos . —One of these Toracious monsters of the deep has been far several days exhibited in Brighton by 8 * me fishermen , who caught it about fifteen miles off Brighton . It measured upwards of six feet in length .

      O'CowinEu . iro the Factoht Children . —When I first H agitaied" the north on behalf of the factory slaves , wherever I went I was sure to find a helper in a Roman Catholic priest . But soon after O'Conuell received £ 1 , 000 from Manchester an order came from their bishops to his clergy , that " they were no longer to interfere m the factory question . " Tfeat fact was communicated to me by a Roman Catholio priest , who reoretted tfeat , for that reason , he could not aid me . — Oasiier ' s Fleet Papgn , No , 2 € .

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      Obstbucti . vg the Police . —Charles Bennett , coach man toLord Castlereagh , was brought up before Mr . Twyford , at Bow-Btreet , on Saturday , npon the following charge : —Sergeant Braddock stated that he was on daty at Drury-lane Theatre on Friday night , when the defendant was there waiting for his Lordship ; his carriage was in that position which caused an obstruction , and he begged of the defendant to move , but he refused ; finaing it was useless to remonstrate with him npon his conduct , as be said he acted under the orders of his master , which if he did not obey he should be discharged , he then took htm into custody , and sent his lordship ' s carriage into the green-yard . He further added that the defendant was guilty of the same sort of conduct every night . The defendant said he was very sorry if he had done wrong , bat it was the ordeivof hiB master . Mr . Twyford—You are old enough to know better , and I shall inflict the full penalty , and if your master likes to pay it for you , so much the better . Yoh are fined 40 s . Defendant instantly paid the fine , smiled , and walked out of the office .

      Alleged Atfixjtt to the Royal Family . — Extbaobdhjaby Siatemeot . —A poor distressedlooking object , who gave his name George Higgs , horse-agent , of Bombay , appeared before the London magistrate , a tew days ago , and made the following extraordinary statement : —His story went to state that , about half a year ago he came over to England with a present from the Imaum of Muscat to Queen Victoria , by the ship Rifgins , Captain Heath , to Liverpool—the present was two Arabian horses and their foals . At Liverpool he received £ 20 , and £ 10 for the groom that attended him , and tkis was all the money he had had : the horses were taken from

      him aud sent up to London ; he was a child of George IV ., by Miss Hughes , niece of Sir Edward Hughes , who died when ne was three years of age , and he had documents to prove it . It further appeared , that the applicant ( whose countenance certainly bore a great resemblance to that of George IV . ) , had recently endeavoured to obtain an interview with several of the Royal Family , but without effect . Applicant was proceeding in the recital of various other matters relative to the truth of his statement , when he was Btopped by Mr . Long , who , believing him to be in distress , gave him 1 b . and referred him to the overseers of the pariah ( one in Westminster ) in which he last slept .

      Yesy Libebal . —A correspondent at Chelmsford informs us that on Thursday morning last , a daughter of W . C . Weils , Esq ., was married at the new Independent chapel , London-road , by the Rev . J . Mark . The ringers of the church entered the belfry to celebrate the event by greeting the happy coaple with a pe » l ; but scarcely had they commenced than the church clerk entered the sacred ediiioe in breathless haste , with a note , informing them that the rector , the Rev . C . A . St . John Mildmay , objected to the ringing , and desired the ringers at once to desist and never again to touch tbe bells in celebration oi a wedding , unless the parties were married at church . Love ij » a Hatpield . —6 eo . Payne , a simple-looking

      yokel , was placed at the bar , at Marylebone Policeoffice , on Saturday , charged with having stolen 2 s . 6 Jd . from the person of a tall gawky young woman , named Clara Wickson . Mr . Long ( to ( Clara : ) Now , what have you to say against the fri soner!—Clara ( curtseying : ) Please your honour , came up from Kingston , in Oxfordshire , and have been haymakiDg at Willesden ; last night after work I and a young chap named Robinson went down to the bottom of the hay field , aud went to sleep , and in the morning when I woke up I found the prisoner lying aside of me ; I told him if he didn't behave himself decently and be off I'd give him a slap on the face , and he then rolled away from Be several yards ; I didu \ tell Robinson about it , and went off to sleep again , and when both of us got up at

      sunrise , I pat my hand in my pocket , and discovered that all my money was gone . Robinson said that in a few hours afterwards he accused Payne of the robbery , when he denied all knowledge of the affair , but subsequently gave up to witness a portion of the money . Mr . Long : How much did he give you Witness : A . sixpence , four fourpenny-pieces , two halfpence , and a f&ubiDg . Police-constable 234 S said that the prisoner Was given into his chargo , and on his being searched , no more than a farthing was found in his possession . Mr . Long ( to the prisoner : ) What ' s your answer to this ? Prisoner ; Whey , zur , the noight afore , this here young gal axed I to

      lay with her among the hay , and last noight she axed he , and in coorse we both on us did so . I didn ' t think no harm en it , and I should w « rry loike obleege her in the same way again if she wished it ; I warn't so close alongside on her last noight as she says I was ; and I'll swear I hadn ' t a morsel of her property she says she lost . Mr . Long : What do you say about the money you gave to Robinson ? Prisoner : He comes to me and said as he'd had nothing to eat a good while , and was a starving ; so 1 puts my hand in my pocket , and gives him all I had abont me ; the money was nobody ' s but mine Mr . Long said it was useless to proceed farther in the case , aud discharged the

      prisoner . A Few Facts ijt Regard to Elections . — In cities and towns-county , having their own sheriff , the writ under the great seal is sent direct to such sheriff , who immediately on receipt thereof must make proclamation , appointing the day of election , not sooner than four days nor later than eight days from such day of receiving the writ . For boroughs , not having a sheriff , the writ is directed to the high-8 h « riffof the county , to hold an election for knights of his shire , and for kureesses of the boronehs within

      the county , and within three days the high sheriff addresses a precept to the mayor or other returning officer pf each borough , who , like the sheriff of a city or town-county , must make proclamation of proceeding to election , not sooner than four days nor later than eight days from sach day of proclamation . In the counties , the high-sheriff must , within two days after tbe receipt of the writ , in like manner make proclamation of his county court , to be held not sooner than ten days nor later than sixteen days from that date .

      Education a , nd Crime . —At a meeting of " the Greenwich Society for the Acquisition and Diffusion of "Dsefal Knowledge , " Dr . Murdoch referred to some statistical details , to prove that the best educated counties of England were the most moral . Westmoreland took the lead in this respect . In that county there was but one criminal to every 2 , 201 perpoas . In Essex there was a criminal to every 425 persons , and in Warwickshire one to every 384 persons . And what was the reason 1 In Westmoreland there were double tbe means ef

      education to those existing in the other two counties . It was calculated that the chances of a person without education becoming a criminal were 2 , 200 to 1 ; those of an individual with an average education , 10 , 000 to 1 ; and those of men having received a superior education , 50 , 080 to 1 . Morality op the " Uppeb , " " Higheb , " and " Educated" Classes . —Some days since , the Earl of Mountcashel , while presiding at the annual meeting of the London Society for the Protection of Young Females , related the following extraordinary circumstance , which his Lordship stated had reached him through a source which could leave no doubt whatever of its authenticity : —A young , handsome , and accomplished lady , of most respectable family

      connections , residing in the country , had received a pressing invitation from a lady at the west end of the metropolis to come to town , and spend a few weeks with her . The young lady accepted the invitation , and came to town , where Bhe was received with great kindness , and treated with great attention . In a short time after her arrival , the lady who had given her the invitation took her to a fashionable shop at the west end , aud , after looking at various articles , and making some purchases , her friend requested the young lady to remain in the shop for a few minutes , while she merely went to the other gide of the street , saying she would return almost immediately . The young lady of course consented , and her friend left the shop , to return , as

      she supposed , in a few minutes , but in this supposition she was disappointed . After some considerable time bad elapsed , a female of apparently accomplished manner ? , addressed her , and after stating that she bad observed her anxiety at the absence of her friend , and her awkwardness as a stranger being left bo , offered her a seat in her carriage , to take her to the house of her friend . The yonDg lady expressed her gratitude for what she considered to be extreme kindness , and accepted the offer . She was then ushered into an elegant carriage , with a coachmau and footman in costly Iiveric 3 , and driven away , as sho believed , towards the residence of her friend . Going along , however , she observed she did not think the coachman was

      going in the proper direction ; but the lady , her conductress , assured her they were . At length the carriage drew np , and her companion assured her that the coachman must have mistaken her directions , and had driven to her own house instead of that of the young lady ' s friend . She then requested her to walk in for a few moments , while she gave some directions to her servants , and -was shown into an apartment , aud as soon as she entered the door was locked , and there she was kept for some considerable time . At length , however , the door was opened , and a gentleman , who he ( Lord Mounteaahel )) was ashamed and sorry to say , was clergyman of the Chnroh of England , was admitted to her . The object for which he was introduced , there could be no doubt about : but some idea might be

      formed of his shame and mortification on beholding , not a stranger , bat a young and virtuous lady , with whose person and friends he was very intimately acquainted , ' and h « being actually the clergyman who had prepared the lady for confirmation . The lady , it is needless to say , escaped the dreadful outrage intended to be « ommitted on her ; ud though she bad mentioned tbe facts as he h&d related them to a lady , a friend of his ( Lord Mountcashel ' s ) , who repeated them to him , she had never disclosed the name of the clergyman . In conclusion , his Lordship said he had mentioned this circumstance in order to show the extraordinary lengths that were gone to entrap persons , even in the higher ranks of life , into infamy , and the necessity , on the part of the members of the Society , to use their utmost efforts to check lh&in- —Giofa .

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      Whig Hokestt . —In the Morning Chronicle of Friday last , appeared a leading article , in which it was asserted that the taxes remitted by the Whigs during the last ten years amounted to £ 7 , 157 , 000 , instead of 6 , 373 , 000 , as had been asserted in some ^ Conservative statements . This statement ( of the-SC 7 . 157 . O 0 O ) was declared to rest apon Parliamentary returns , and of coarse was to be taken as accurate . Yet in the same paper of Saturday , the very next day following , we find a reprint of another statement , concocted and published at Manchester , in which , by the simple expedient of setting every thing down twice over , the taxes remittedpy the Whigs In those tea years are made to amount to £ 15 , 368 , 000 , or nearly double the former statement . And this piece of " enormous lying . " although utterly at variance with its own declaration of the very day before , the Morning Chronicle has the decency to recommend to be " extensively circulated throughout the oountrv I "—Times .

      Shocking Occurrence . —On Thursday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , as two workmen , named Harris and Heathcott , in the employ of Mr , Neville , bricklayer , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , were engaged in digging a- cesspool at the residence of Mr . Fairbank , grocer , Goswellstreet , an adjoining one suddenly burst in upon them . The poor fellows attempted to escape , and had just reached the top of the pit , when they were so overpowered by the foul air , that they let go the rope , and were precipitated to the bottom . Assistance was immediately procured , and tbey were extricated from their perilous situation without loss of time , but it was not until the lapse of about half an hour that Mr . Simpson , surgeon , who attended them , succeeded in restoring them to a sense of consciousness , and even then it was deemed necessary to convey them to the hospital , where they remain in an extremely weak and low state .

      Whig Jobbery . —It is rumoured that Lord Normanby is to go to Paris , to enable him . to retire upon an ambassador ' s pension . There was a time when , if a Ministry in abeyanee did such things , an impeachment would have been the consequence . Look-a-Head Chabtists . —TheLondon shopocrats are feeling the smart ; trade in London amongst the worthies , . is terribly dull , aud there are no hopes of improvement ; indeed , were not the elections progressing the poor fellows would die of ennui . As it ; the debtors prisons and insolvent courts present sufficient evidence that the system is tottering , and that to patch up the old worn-out consitution is out of the question . The pitcher has been once too often to the well , and , though they should attempt by binding it round with whip cord , to make use of it

      agaia , it will never hold water . Chancellor Baring may , in the coot and delibarate manner , which marked his conduct whilst dipping into the servants ' fund , alias " Savings Banks" iVuo forth the rags from the Exchequer , but will that suffico ! will adding to the debt , and consequently annual interest , increase the means of a falling revenue ! The money gamblers are perfectly perplexed and instead of seeking for a rise or fall they are merely betting on finality John and the chances of his election . The manufacturing interest is arraying itself against the agricultural , and the commercial interest gloomily watches over coming events , some persons belongin g to thi 8 latter class are in high extacies at the prospect of a chance at the speculation in corn , whilst the majority are sulkily inclined , and the docks are nearly deserted .

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      AiVA . —Election Movements in Clackmannan and Kinross-shire . —The cause pf Chartism and . tbe people goes on most gloriously here ; but that the country may understand out true pesvtioa , we will briefly state it Clackmannanaliire is the smallest county in Scotland , and it may be said to have been tha pocketcountyofthe Abercrombie and Adam families , and 4 n these times an election for the county caused less stir than a family dinner . After the passing of the Reform Bill , it was united with Kinross , the neighbouring county , in sending a representative to Parliament That act called into existence a number of electors , composed ' of farmers and proprietors of houses in tbe villages . These electors in general have professed "Whig principles , and four times Admiral Adam has sat in the

      Reform Parliament aa a representation of these counties . During these elections , the whole working population of the villages stood forward with all their popular demonstrations in support of the Admiral ; and , bo unanimous was their decision in his behalf , that no Tory dared think of these counties . But a change has come over tbe working population , and they are now as unanimous and determined to extinguish both the factions , as they were zealous to support the one and excommunicate the other . We feel it perfectly confident to be a troth when we state that nowhere in this country does Chartism reign bo triumphant , and nowhere is the electoral body so completely broken up , dispirited , and chopfailen . Our former representative , Admiral Adam , one of the most miserable Ministerial

      hacks and Parliamentary poltroons that ever made his awkward bow npon the floor of St . Stephen's , has resigned these counties into the hands of Colonel Abercromby ! Would it be believed that although the working class were so unanimous in supporting this naval baboon that he bad the temerity to vote against the National Petition , although it was the most numerously aigntd that ever left these counties , which is so much misrepresented . Wo had a visit from his successor on the 17 th ; his chief recommendation is that be is to walk in the footsteps of bis predecessor . He began in Tillicoultry at eleven o ' clock , where six or eight of the most dirty lickspittles of its electors ni 8 t this gallant warrior , who would not know his grandmother across a small room , although be stands upon

      tbe half-pay list as a Colonel of the British army . The intelligent portion of the electors , as well ai the Chartists , declined to Lave anything to do with such a hole and cotneT exhibition , so tbe Colonel ' s entree and exit in this place had more a resemblance of a small club , than any other thing we can compare it to . At one o'clock the same day the gallant Colonel drove up to the head Ian , in the to wn of Alva in a hackney coach . Upon all former occasions of this kind , bannbrs were streaming in the breeze , and music reverberating in the glen ; but these glad sounds and pleasing sights are now extinguished so far as honour to a ten pound suffrage is required ; they are all now reserved for the triumphs of the Charter . Upon tbe face of the Corn Law Kepealers was written "hope deferred . " Upon

      the faces of the Tories a sort of leering triumph was visible at the shattered and prostrate condition of Whiggery . Among the Chartist electors and non-electors there beamed that proud satisfaction which seemed to say , " We h lye proved the hollow-hoartedness and rottenness of Whiggery , and it belongs to us now to bury the dirty infected carcasses of both Whigsand Tories , which we will do at the day of nomination at Dollar , when we shall carry our Chartist candidate , Mr . Abram Duncan , triumphantly over Whiggery . " A requisition of the Chartist electors was presented , requesting tbe Colonel to address an out-door meeting . This he politely but firmly declined , although the meeting was standing eutsida of the Inn where he then was . About an hour was passed betwixt the Colonel

      and the electors in discussing the extension of the Suffrage and Corn Law Repeal , without coming to any thing lite an understanding , when Mr . David Harrower , secretary to the Chartist Association , appeared , and proposed nine questions to the candidate , of a most thorough searching nature , which he answered with the monosyllable "No ! " with the declaration that he had never heard such questions before . When further interrogated by this young champion of the Charter , if he thought that the responsibility to pay the national debt extended beyond the peerage and those who elected the House of Commons f his reply was that they were no more responsible than tbe whole body of the people . At this stage of the proceedings , an elector , whose

      Radicalism has been of forty yeate standing , Mr . M'KeDiie , declared with great emphasis , that were the Apostle Paul to preach such doctrine he would not believe him . To the honour of the electors of A Iva , not one of them said a word in his favour . No one proposed him as a fit and proper person to represent this or any other place . Alas ! to fall so miserably low , within sight of the ancient and honourable homse of Abercrombie . Who can say after this that Chartism need fear the factions , either single-handed or combined . —In the evening , a large meeting was held in the public green , at which Mr . D . Harrower read the questions he had proposed to the Colonel , and proposed the five foil * wing resolutions , which were seconded by Mr . Andrew M'Kenzie : —

      " 1 . We , the Chartists of Alva , in public meeting assembled having read in the Northern Star , of a cruel and bloody attack upon tbe peaceable inhabitants ef Manchester , in public meeting assembled for the discussion of the great principles . of liberty , perpetrated under the authority of the magistrates sod the forces at their disposal for the suppression of riot , anarchy , and disorder . 2 . Their non-interference for the protection of the peaceably disposed is proof to us that they acted in concert with tbe lawless and disorderly Corn Law repealers of Manchester . 3 . We trace the whole of their

      proceedings to that arch-traitor , Daniel O'Connell , who is the minion and tool of tbe base , bloody , and brutal Whig government , who are desirous to drown the demands of the oppressed for liberty and security to their life , liberty , and property , in their own blood . 5 . We look upon this attack from the Cora Law repealers as a first of a series of plots to suppress tbe demand for the Charter . Wecali upon the people everywhere to be firm , united , prudent , but at tha same time resolute and determined , as the Charter movement will soon extinguish all the othet floating questions with which thil country is at present cursed . "

      These resolutions were all ananimonsly carried . Mr . A . Doacan was then called upon to comment upon these questions and resolutions , which be did in a very effective manner for upwards of an boor and & half , at th » close of which he announced himself as a Chartist can * dldat * for these counties . Mr . D , Harrower proposed that CoL Abercrombie was aa unfit and impropai person to represent these counties ; and Mr . Andrew M'Ker zie proposed that Mr . A . Duncan was a fit and proper person to stand for Clackmannan , and Kinross-shires . Both of these the meeting unanimously affirmed . A vote of thanks was given , to Hit . George Kattrey , for his conduct in the chair , and ttusnwf dng separated . This is our first act in the » election idraina , and the people have gloriously tri « ftphod >

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      STOCKPORT- —The Chartists sent the bellman round , ' « n Saturday evening , to announce a public meeting in the BomJbar's Brow Room , the next day at two o ' clock , where Borne of the proceedings of the Stockport batchery would be laid before them . Abont that time our correspondent went to the room which shortly after was filled with an attentive and respectable audience . Mr . James Mitchell was called to the chair , who opened the meeting by reading a placard strongly denouncing the brutal conduct of the League , which placard had been Issued by the committee . Mr . Mitchell commented upon the proceedings of the Friday evening ' s business , and stated he was Tery sorry that such should occur amongst the working men of England and the working men of Ireland , and that if they were allowed to proceed , the same feeling would

      be created in the minds of the English people , as was in the year 1798 , when they were taught by the bigots of the day to look upon . th « Irishmen as something bad and monstrous . Then it was not so much to be surprised at that a little hostility arising out of prejudice should exist . But at the present time , 1841 , when they had assembled together , worked together , and amongst the working classes there existed no jealousy , no hatred , it was really a pity that the enemy of both should be able to set one working man destroying the other . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Mitchell went into the subject at great length , deprecating the Corn Law repealers for their atrocious conduct in hiring bludgeon men to silenceopen and fair discussion , and concluded by declaring himself favourable to a repeal of the Union , and so were the Chartists

      generally . Mr . Chappell said he had made up his mind to take no part in the coming election , as neither party were tbe friends of the working classes ; but after seeing the conduct of the Whigs on Friday , he had come to the conclusion to denounce the party who would act so basely as the Whigs did on that occasion , and be would do ail in his power to prevent Cobden from .. getting in . He said he w . mld get a man down and bold him dewn if he knew he was going to vote for the Whigs . He worked for Cobden very industriously last turn , because he considered him best in the field , aud indeed , qp to Friday , he was quite favourable to him ; fee had heard of the dointji ? of Stephenson ' s Square and Carpenter ' s Hall , but bo would not let that ever prejudice his mind . But ,

      after seeing the conduct of his ( Cobden'a ) party , on Friday night , and likewise the magistrates on the Saturday , he was determined to do his duty . Mr . Chappell then proceeded to say that Mr . Daniel O'Connell was at the bottom of it , and that ha was the biggest traitor that disgraced either England or Ireland ; he cared not whether there were Irishmen present or not , ho should continue to denounce him , or any other man , who would act as he had dono . Mr . C . then reviewed the public conduct of Daniel O'Connell , and then commented upon the labours of Foar ^ us O'Connor , showed what sacrifices ho had made in tha public cause , the money he has expended at various periods , &o . &o ., and then put the conduct of the two men in juxta-position to each other , and asked what Daa had given

      out of the thousands which he had received from the publio , and after exposing the conduct of the magistrates for their shuffling manner on Saturday , and touching upon many other points , he sat down much applauded . Mr . Bairstow denounced Dan , and contrasted the conduct of the two men , showing how the one had gained the confidence of the people , while the other was universally despised and detested ; Feargus was the working mau'a friend , and Dan was the man of the middle class , and , consequently , opposed to the interest of the working class . Mr . Doyle delivered a lecture in the evening , ia which he was equally severe upon Dan ; after which , a procession of about five hundred accompanied him to the railway , ' which caused great excitement in the town , as the " boys" were about with their shelelahs .

      DERBY . —On Sunday last a delegate meeting took place at the Northern Star Inn , Derby , at which delegates from the following places were present , namely , Belper , Hobbrook , BurtononTrent , Heanor , Swanwick , Stapleford , Alfreten , llkiston , and Derby . The followresolutions were agreed to : — " That Mr . Thomas Briggs net as secretary . " " That Mr . Bairstow be reelected for three months , to commence after the expiration of his time at Stockport . " " That Dean Taylor be requested to accept the office of lecturer for this district , on the same terms as Mr . Bairstow for one month , bis

      labours to commence instantly , and if he cannot attend , that Mr . Marsden be written to . " " That Belper be the centre of its locality . " " That Chesterfield be the centre of its locality , and that Derby be the centre of its locality , and that Bnrton , Stapleford , llkiston , Heanor , ic , &c . be ia the Derby locality , and that each locality be responsible for the labour each respective locality receives . " " That a vote of thanks be given to our chairman for his able and impartial conduct in the chair . " "That a report of this delegate meeting be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . " The cause is flourishing in this district .

      The Chartists of Derby , at their weekly meeting , held on Sunday evening , passsed strong votes of cen-Bure and expulsion on Messrs . Turner , Skevington , Hail , and Twiss , for their efforts in aid of Whig usurpation , in having become members of committee and canvassing agents for Mr . Oisborne and Lord Waterpark , the Whig candidates . CHESTERFIELD . —On Monday , a most peaceful and well-conducted assembly of Chartists , listening to an harangue from Mr . Wm . Martin , in the Marketplace , ( the meeting having been called by tha Town crier ) , were brutally interrupted and dispersed by the mayor and the police . Tbe people had the good senBe and manly courage to go quietly away , without mauling the wretches as tbey well deserved for their insolent interference . Shall we ever have enough » f clasB-rule under Whig management ?

      GLASGOW . —The Son of Mr , Frost . —Ab everything connected with the circumstances and family of this exiled patriot is deeply interesting to a vast portion of tha population of this country , we deem the following relation will sot be out of plate . About six or seven months ago , Mrs . Frost wrote to Mr . George Ross , requesting him to use his influence in procuring a situation for her only' son in some medical establishment in Glasgow . Mr . Rosa made the subject of the letter known to a number of influential Chartists , and it was not long until Mr . Moir learned that a young man was wanted in the Glasgow Old Apothecary Hall . Mr . Hobs lost no time in making application to the proper quarter , and although the gentleman whom he applied to was a Tory , and knew that tbe young man in whose behalf tbe application was made was the only son of the revolutionary Mr . Frost , of Newport ( as he termed him ) , he immediately agreed to engage him . in preference to a number of other applicants . The consequence was , that young Mr . Frost shortly after arrived

      in Glasgow . He appeared to be in rather a delicate state of health , and about sixteen or seventeen years of age . He bore a strong resemblance to his father , and was remarkably intelligent . He soon gained the esteem and affection of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance : he gave great satisfaction to bis employers , and had the honour of making several improvements in the establishment ; but , alas ! it was soon found that our cold climate did not agree with his constitution , and it was soon perceived by his friends and medical advisers that a return to his native air was absolutely necessary . He accordingly left Glasgow with the Commodore steam-packet for Liverpool , on his way to Bristol , last Saturday , accompanied by the feeling and patriotic Mr . George Ross , who has been t « him like a second father . He was accompanied to the boat by Messrs . Moir , Ancott , M'Crea , of KUbarchan , the editor of the Scottish . Patriot , and several other gentlemen , with whom he took an affectionate farewell . Mr . Boss accompanies him alt the way to Bristol , and on his return he intends to visit the caged lion" at York .

      C TARAINGTON . —The friends have had a teaparty here , at which the proceedings were of the most pleasing and exhilarating character . Many patriotic toasts were given , and responded to by Mr . James Leech and others , during the evening . The meeting was conducted on teetotal principles ; and we ara most happy to learn that the greater part of the ChattUts of Warrington are teetotallers . MANCHESTER . —On Sunday last , Mr . Bayley delivered a most satisfactory lecture in the Tib-street room . The lecturer , evinced an extensive acquaintance with the social anomalies of the present system , and with the principles in which moral crime originates . Mr . J . Leech delivered a very impressive lecture in Brown-street 100 m . ¦ ' IH 1 DBLESBRO ' . —The Chartista of this plaee held a public meeting in the Working Men ' s Reading Room , Newcastle Row , when spirited addresses were delivered by Messrs . Sutherland , Hollinshead , and Maw .

      ASHTON-CNDER-X . YrfB . —The Chartists here are beginning to rouse , as it was from a deep slumber ia which they appear to have been ever since the memorable 12 th day of August , 1839 . On Sunday evening last , we bad the room we meet in almost crowded to suffocation , and every person present appeared to take a deep Interest in the question they were mtt to discuss , viz . what course ought we to pnrsue at the approaching © lection , some contending for an address to the electors , aud . non-electors in favour of Mr . Hiodley , the present Member ; and others that aa there is no other candidate in the field , we take no steps in th « affair ab present , but if the Tories bring out their man , we do call a public meeting , and invite both candidates to attend there to be examined by one of the members of this Association , respecting his views on the Charter , &c During the discussion , which lasted ¦ early three hours , a most brotherly

      feeling'prevailed- At tbe clese , the following resolution was adopted : — " That It i % the opinion of this meeting that we as a body have Bothing to do with either Whig or Tory ; but that tf th « w is to be aa address is support of cither one or the other , it must emanate from a publio meeting called for that purpose . " On Sunday alone we enrolled twelve members in the Association , and we now have some hopes that the men of Ashtou will Ktumo that position they once held in the Chutist ranks . O'Connor ' s and O'Brien ' s letters , the Convention ' s address , and M'Douall ' s opinion on the above subject were read by the Chairman , and gave great satisfaction . A debating and reading class have been farmed in connection with the society , and much , good is expected to emanate from them . Men of Ashton , ronieuiber the only measure to benefit you is the Charter , tha whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . Hv . rrah fur the Charter , and no surrender!—Correspondent .

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      BIRMINGHAM . —Chabtist Meeting . —A meeting was held by adjournment , on Monday last , at the Railway Station , Duddeston-row , to hear the report of the non-elcctord' committee , appointed at the meeting held on the previous Monday evening , Mr . T . P . Green iii the chair .- The Chairman hoped that the meeting would- be conducted in the same orderly manner as that which they had shown ou former occasions . Air . Thompson then proceeded to read Feargag O'Connor's letter to the meeting , which he performed in admirable style . The letter gave great satisfaction , and was received with loud cheers . Mr . George White next addressed the meeting < m the necessity of the working classes bestirring themselves at the forthcoming elections . Ho

      exhorted them not to be led away by names or high sounding terms , but to judge all candidates for their support , by their previous conduct / He then commented on as address which had been Jessed by T . Att wood , and showed upitshollo wnesa and deception . He also took a review of the conduct of Messrs . Muntz and Soholefield , as Members of Parliament . The great mass of men who had formerly been termed Whigs bad now given themselves the name of ••• Liberals , " and pretended to have a most pious horror of the general conduct of the Whig Ministry ; but they nevertheless voted for them on all occasions where their existence as a Ministry was likely to be endangered . Thus , as far as the people were concerned , those men were Whigsand nothing else .

      , He then shewed that the Chartists bad nothing to do with either of the factions , but that they should erect the standard of pure democracy , and be determined to rally round it . Mr . Thomas Attwood and others , who were disappointed in their ambitious schemes , had denounced the Chartists as physicalforoe men ; but they were not termed so wheii they ran blindly after Attwood and Co ., and if no man else did so , he would prove , from Mr . Attwood's document , on tke hustings ,, at tbe nomination , that it was sheer Whiggery from end to end . He then proceeded to draw a picture of the misery and suffering that existed in the nation , after nine years * of Whig reform , and concluded by aa earnest appeal to the working men , to

      do their duty at tho forthcoming election , by showing their coatempt for both Tory Spooner and tho two" Liberals , " and hold np their heads for men of their own choice . He was loudly cheered at the conclusion . —Air . Wilkinson lead the minntes of the committee , amongst which was an unanimous resolution , " That Mr . George White be nominated as one of . the Candidates for Birmingham , on behalf of the Chartists and working men . " ' Thefollowing resolution was then moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , "That the minutes of the non electors commit ; c be now confirmed , and that no man shall receive the support of this meeting who -will not pledge himself to vote for the Charter , wholo and entire . " The Chairman then announced that it was tko determination of the non-electors' committee to hold meetings at the Railway Station ,

      Duddestonrow , every Monday evening , until the conclusion of the election . He then declared the meeting adjourned to Monday evening next , at six o ' clock . — Mr . White informed the meeting that he should address all persons who required information on on Chartist principles , at the Chartist meeting room , Freeman-street , that evening . Three cheers were then given tor the Charter ; after which a great number of people accompanied the Committee to the Chartist room , Freeman-street , where they were addressed by Mr . White ,. Mr . Williamson , and others . —It is the intention of the forty men whocompose she non-electors' committee to proceed from tho Chartist room , Freemen-street , to the place of meeting every Monday evening . —A lecture will be delivered on Wednesday evening next , at the Chartist room . Freeman-street , on behalf of Mr . Brown , now a prisoner in Warwick gaol .

      BILSTON . —At the numerous meeting which was held at this place last wrek . After two resolutions had been passed in favour of tbe Charter and the National Charter Association , a third in favour of the Members for Wolverhampton , was moved by Mr . Candy , and supported by Mr . Winn , Editor of the Staffordshire Examiner . Mr . G . White moved as an amendment , that if the aforesaid Members weuld pledge themselves to vote for and introduce the People ' s Charter into the House of Commops , they should receive the support of that meeting ; audit' they would not , that they should be considered enemies of tke people . After a stormy debate , in which Mr . White denounced the resolution as a Whig trick , the amendment was carried unanimously—thus proving that the brave colliers and miners are not to be gulled .

      DUBLIN . —The Charter Association of this place held the mo 3 t animated meeting that ever took place here , on Sunday , June 20 th , Mr . Dillon in the chair , who ia a clear and dispassionate manner gave the " base , bloody , and brutal Whigs" their merit . Mr . Brophy next addressed the meeting in support of the principles of the People ' s Charier , and proved in a varigated and tragical speech of great length , that the Whigs were the real Tories , aud that they were the great enemies of the producing classes , and that Daniel O'Doubleface , being their supporter , is au enemy to the producing and unrepresented classes of Ireland and Britain , although the poor and half-starved Irish contribute to his support , some £ 14 , 000 or £ 15 , 000 per year . He said that as

      a working man , he was opposed to the Corn Law achome of bettering the condition of the people , by a repeal of that measure , and proved that nothing short of the adoption of the principles of tho Charter can ever get for the people equal rights and equal laws . This speech called forth tbe ire of a Mr . Tooe , who said the Chartists were the advocates of Tory principles , that they ( the Chartists ) were opposed to the Whigs and cheap bread and sugar , and we never had a better Ministry than the Whigs it they had not been opposed by the Tories and the Chartists , and he said he held the Chartists accountable for the language of the Tories to the Catholics of Ireland , as regards the " mummery of the mass . " Here the chairman interfered , and Mr . Brophy replied in a masterly manner , to the

      sophistry of this Whig advocate .. - ' - ' Mr . Brophy was followed by Messrs . M'Mahon , Rokinson , 0 'Connor , and a Mr . Rice , from Manchester , who gave the Whigs a benefit . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Houghton , and seconded by Mr . Hyland : — "That we , the Chartists of Dublin , do highly approve of the great moral forbearance of the Chartists of Manchester , while under the brutal treatment of the physical-force' anti-unionists , and Corn Law repealera , and Whigsuppbrters of Manchester . " Moved by Mr . M'Mahon , aad seconded by Mr . John Robinson : — "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the electors of Rochdale for selecting from Ireland that sterling patriot and friend of the People ' s Charter , Sharman Crawford , Esq ., there not being a constituency in Ireland honest enough to return such an honest man . "~

      MARKINCH .-At this town , on Friday , the 18 th inst ., we had a display of Whig overbearing and dictation , that excels all we have seen in tbe anti-Cora Law movement in this part of the country . On the night of the above date , according to public advertisement , a meeting of the inhabitants of this place and neighbourhood was held in the Apron Society Hall , to consider the most proper plan of action , to be adopted by the Chtxtists at the approaching election . Mr . Peter Ballingate was called to the chair , and stated in . a few words the object of the meeting , and then called upon Mr . Wm . Melville , who rose and read a resolution to the meeting , the purport of which was , that the Whig Government was unworthy of confidence , and that this meeting refrain from assisting or

      countenancing the Whigs in any way whatever . Mr . M . enforced the propriety and necessity of acting in this manner by & lengthened speech , showing the faithlessness and tyranny of the Government in a masterly manner . He thea moved that his resolution be adopted by the meeting . Mr . George Greig seconded it , and impressed npon the meeting the necessity of doing so , in a feeling manner , and concluded by declaring that Be would never vote for Whigs more . Mr . William Tullis , Auchmuty paper mill , then rose and read a counter resolution to the meeting , and moved it as an amendment to the previous resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Baxter , Balgosie spinning mill ; an able discussion then followed , which lasted some

      hours , during which Mr . Baxter acted in a most disorderly manner , interrupting Mr .. Melville to such an extent , that calls were frequently made to him by the audience to hold his peace , or else they would put him out . After every thing was arranged for taking the sense of the meeting upon the resolution and amendment , the chairman desired those in favour of the amendment to hold up both their hands , and tbey fox the resolution , to bold np their right hand . It was evident to all around the chairman , that there was a considerable majority in favour of Mr . Melville ' s resolution ; but the chairman hesitating a little in giving his decision , tbe Whigs called out to divide the house , which was ultimately agreed to , and in the division of the

      meeting , Mr . Tulhs , Auchmuty , and Mr . Smith , ditto ; and Mr . Baxter , Balgonie Mills , < snd Mr . Drummond , his brotber-iri-Iaw , acted tbe most disgraceful part 1 ever saw . They went through the house ferreting out their workmen , and driving them to their end of the hall . We saw Mr . Baxter pulling same of his men by the collar , and they refusing to go , and asking others what they were deing on that Bide of the house , and ordering them to the other . Mr . Drummond was engaged in the-same way . Messrs . TulKs aud Smith acted a psrt nearly akin to it ; but many of their workmen , rather than be driven against toeir will , or incur their mastor ^

      displeasure , left the place of meeting ; and othere nobly braved their masters and stood by the Charter . Ab soou as tbiB scene of beastly coercion was terminated , without going through the formality of counting , the Chairman viewing both parties , declared he thought the Whigs had a majority ; bat instead of a defeat to the Chartists , it will have a ¦ ver y different effect ; it will have the effect of stimulating the Chartists to greater exertions in the good cause , and the coercive villauy of the Whigs will add to our number , and wo will soon see these archpolitical jugglers , the finality Whigs , annihilated aa a party in this country .- —Correspondent .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct858/page/3/