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LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next i^i General Q-iarter Sessions of the Peace for the
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Borough ot Leeds , in the Gouuty ot York t Will be holden before Thomas FLpyviiB Ellis , the younger , E quire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the ' Court-House in Leeds , on Monday , the Eleventh day of April next , at Two o'Glock in the Afternoon , at which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others having business at the said Sessions aro required to attend .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS CASE FROM STASIFOJRD , COMMUNICATED BY MR . BAGLEY TO MR . 1 'KOUr , 229 , STRAND , LONDON . Stamford , Nov , 14 1841 . SIR ,- —Mr . William blade ? , the proprietor of the celebrated composition fur destroying rats and niice , was afilictsd wuh a severe attack of Gout the latter end : of last month , and was auff-i-iug tke most excruciating pains in consequence , when he sent to me for a box of Blair's Gout and Rheum&tio Pills , and to his surprise , two hoars after he had taken only two pills , ho was relieved from paiiij and in a fow days was able to follow his usual employment , lam , 'Sir , your obedient servant , ' R . Bagley .
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THE WHOLE CHARTER FOR ONE HALF-; / PENNY !! WITH ENGRAVING OF BALLOT BOX the SCHEDULES , &C . &C . " Every wforking man , for the charge of a halfpenny , can now procure for himself and family the above all-important document , and we sincerely hope the masses will now do a $ . "—Northorn Siar . EMMETT'S SPEECH ! Now publishing , Price One Penny , the splendid speech of Robert Emmetti Esq ., who was executed in Dublin , for High Treason , in the twenty-second year of his age .
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TO THE READERS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . THE Readers of this . Newspaper will have seen advertised every week for a long period an account of the benefits arising from taking PARR'S LIFE PILLS ; These accounts , from their undoubted truth , and the recommendations of parties who have tried the Medicine , have produced a very large sale , consequent on such recommendations . For the sake of unlawful gain j unprincipled parties have attempted various imitations , dangerous and disreputable ; and , in order to prevent disappointment , and guard against these impostors , it is seriously and pariicularly requested that you will , on purchasing the Mediciue , carefully examine the Government Stamp , and be sure it has the words "Parr ' s Life Pills , " in white letters , on a red ground engraved thereon without which it is an IMPOSITION .
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MEDICAL ADVICE . CO THE APFLICTEP WPH SCURVT , VENEREAL , OR SYPHILITI C DISEASES , RHEUMATISM , ARD NERVOO * OR SEXUAL DEBILITT .
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¦ ' ' . . ¦' " . ¦ VAUC fASJJEi WORKS . > v , Jnst published , price ^ - 12 mo . bound in . cloth , tjiIFTEEN LESSONS ON THjS ^^ NALt » GY I ! AND SYNTAX OF THE ENGLIbH LANGUAGE , for -the use of adult persons who have neglected the study of Grammar . ¦ . BY WILLIAM HILL . " Also , Price One Shilling , bound in Cloth * PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES , Selected from the best English Authors , and so arranged as to accord with tho Progressive Lessons in the foregoing Work ,
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CHARTIST P 1 M . S . IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED . MR . J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds , having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agency of thos » Pills , is authorised to give Twopence out of each Is . 1 hd Box , to be divided between the Executive and the Families of the Imprisoned Chartists . - ; . •; " '¦ ' ¦ ; ;;; .. . "; . : . -. " " : ; -. ' ; - ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦/ . , ' . ¦; The many Medioines lately offered to the public jWould have prevented the proprietor ^ ^ from advertising these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , did he not feel it aisduty to give his Buffering fellow Chartists an Opportunity ( by their affl ' . ctiou ) to for'w ' ard . ' - ' the cause of Democracy , and assist the families of their incarcerated brethren .
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" We beg each and all of our friends to aid m circulating thia invaluable tract , —English Chartist Circular ., '¦ '¦ - " . ' - - ¦•; " ¦ - "•¦ ¦ ¦¦'•'" . ' . ¦' . ¦ ' ¦ This day is published , price Twopence , AN ^ ADDRESS on the Benefits of General Knowledge ; more especially the Sciences of Mineralogy , Geology , Botany , and Entomology . By the late Rowland Detrosier . Third Edition . "We most earnestl y recommend thia little book to every ^ body . "—Examiner . *
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i * orovE ? fS . —Mr . Brophylecmral tere on Wednesday , the 23 ra ult » Tbe meeting , -which -was both numerous and attentive / were much delighted -with the doctrines of Chartism . Resolutions -were passed embodying the principles of the Charter , and for the formation of an Association . Twenty put down their Hamas as members . BATLEY . —Mr . Brophy delivered a stirring lecture to the Chartists and middlemen of this placa , on Thursday , the 24 th nit ; at the conclusion , several new members "were enrolled . Chartism is in the ascendant here .
Delegate Meeting . —A district meeting -sras held at Batley on Sunday last , -when delegates from the following places were present : —Dewsbury , William Robsha-w ; Batley , Abraham Fcx ; Heckmondwike , Joseph Atkinson ; Liversedge , James Charles-worth ; Birstal , Isaac Frost ; Dawgreen , Daniel Wilson ; Mr . Joseph Atkinson in tbe chair ; the following resolutions' -were moved and carried TmainmousTy : — "That every Association in the district do scad a correct list of payable ¦ members they contain to the next council meeting . " — "That one penny per member be levied-throughout the -whole of the district to defray the expenees of the forthcoming Convention , and that all places do send their levy to the next council in . eting cither by
delegate or letter . " — "That the delegates of the nexi council meeting do make arrangements with regard of engaginga lecturer for this district "— " That the next council meeting be held at Earisheaton , on Sunday , April 10 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in their Association room , adjoining the Swan Inn , "when deltgates from ths folloiriEg places are requested to attend : —Dawsbury , Heckmondnike . Clcckheaton , Bhkinsha'S !' , Birstal , Batley , Potsvens , Wakefield , Overton . 'MirSeld , Liver-Bedge , Horbury , and Gawthorp . " The accounts given in from the various localities -were cheering in the extreme , as far as regards the increase of members , ar , d the spirit ¦ which is now animating the people of this district
rARiSHEATON . —Two lectures -were delivered feere on Good Friday , by Mr . Brophy ; at the conclusion of the lectures , the following resolution "was passed by acclamation : —" That in the opinion of this meeting , the great and alarming distress which now prevails throughout the country , has been caused by class-legis" Sation , and that the only safe and ificteut remedy to restore trade , ensure prosperity to the producers and protection to the manufacturers and landlords , is contained in the People ' s Charter , and this meeting pledges itself to agitate for that nies > ure , and never to cease its exertions , until the rights t f labour' are fully represented in the Commons' House of Parliament " OV £ RTON Mr . Brophy lectured and formed an association here , on Saturday last Chartism was not iieard of isere before , The audience "was munerous and attentive , and at the conclusion , a great irumber entered as members .
WAK'EFIELD . —Chartism is silently acd effectually ¦ working great good in this Whig and Tory ridden town . The middle-class men &Te eagerly seeking for some measure as principle , t > remove Peel ' s new scheme of " easing the burthens of the people . " We tell them to look to the Charter . KiDBSaiaiNSTER . —Mr . Stall wood addressed the people o £ this place at the FretmaEOcs' Arms Iiia , on Saturday last , for the spuce of nearly two hours in a £ tr-iin if lerridanimation , lajin ^ prostrate 311 and every humbug , and showing the superiority of the People ' s Charter over every other organic reform . At the conelusion , he was universally applauded . Mr . Stallwcod delivered a second discourse in the same room to a delighted auditory on Sunday evening . Mr . Hitchin announced that the room would be open for the future every Sunday even ' sg .
Stassisglet . —On Sunday last , Mr . Joseph Brook delivered two lectures in the Chartists . Association room ifcTe . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . At the dose of each lecture discussion was inrited . HEFTOXSTALT *—The R : v . W . Y . Jackscn , of Manchester , gave a very impressive Iectare here , en Thursday , the 24 th ult , subject , " The remedy for national poverty . " The lecturer vras eloquent and convincinE , showing thstthe only remedy will be the People ' s Charter , . At the conclusion , several new members enrolled their names . OAK 2 XS 5 AW .-A public meeting took place here on Tuesday week , when Mr- Lmnd , the district lecturer , delivered an eloquent and effective address , cut of doers , to a large number of people , on the pr . Eculea cf the People ' s Charter . Eleven new mem-¦^ iTs were enrolled .
BEVSBiST . —Mr . Wiit , trie East and Sorth Riding lecturer , delivered aa excellent address in the Maiktt Place , lait Saturday , to a large concourse ti people . We are on the ascendant here . The recruiting sergeant is actively employed enlisting a many re-emits We have got 1 , 400 signatures to the Great Nationalthe largest petition that , ever went from this aristocratic town . DTJRHATYI . —At a meeting ef the Chartist body , held in the Association R- > o : n , resolution , a condemnatory ef the Manchester massacre , and cf confidence in O'Connor , was unanimously adopted . MANiFIELD . —Mr . Bairstow delivered a lecture in Mansfield Market Piace , on Monday , the SSib Li * t , to a large meeting . At the clo 3 e of the meeting , -3 ir Bairstow and Mr . Harrison were elected to sit in the forthcoming Convention ; and ^ sevenncw members were enrolled
CLITHSROE . —Chartism ra . this rotten Borough is winniDg its "sideninf way . We had a glorious meeting on Friday . Tte Mayor very kindly granted the Market Place for us to meet in ; but . owing 11 the wetness of the afternoon , the meeting was held in the large room at the Commercial Inn , when Mr . Beesly the district secretary , was elected unaidmousjy to sit in the fortiscoraing Convention . Mr- Lund , in a calm dispassionate manner , proved to the satiif iction -c f the meeting the superiority of the Charter c 7 ct all other remedies . Mr . Beesly addressed the meeting for an hour and a half ; and , at the conclusion , a vcte of thanks was passed to the Mayor , and the meeting separated .
BUBTOX-OK-rRENT-On Tuesday eve-meg last a lecture was delivered in the large room at Mr . Tyrack ' a High-street , to a larjje assembly , by Mr . Edwards , of Bradford , and on Wednesday evening at Swadlington , in their room , to a full meeting . . " . XJAV-SNTRY . —On Friday and Saturday evenincs , H > - . Mason delivered two spirited lectures at tiie Theatre , to very respectable and attentive andiences , on the benefit to bs derived by tlie obtaiument of the Cliaiter , and on the means for obtaining the Charter . After the lectures , a whole hog Charter resoln ; ion was carried unanimously .
BTTRY . —It having bten announced that that sterling advocate of the people's rights , F O'Connor , would address the men of this town on Friday evening , the 25 th ultimo , at Sivcn o ' clock , there was a very large meeting to hear him . Mr . Lonitx having been called to the chair , commenced the business of the meeting by stating that it would probabl ? be late before Mr . O'Connor could arrive , as he hsd to address the peopis of Manchester the E&me evemxr . IX-. Fletcher having forced bis -way to the platform began to Bay something about meeting Mr . O'Connor , but owing \~ i tbe noise ( caused by his interrnptisn of the meeting ! no ore but himself could tell what he said . At this stage of the proceedings , Mr . Bell , of Heywood , arrrived and was introduced tj the meeting i j address them until Mr .
OConnor should arrive ; he entered into the effects ; produced by class legislation , Ehowing that tbe working classes hid been continually producing more and more-1 find receiving less every yaar for producing it , whilst ' those who possessed a monopoly of potrer had been ; enabled to appropriate to themselves the additional "Wealth which the skill and toil of the industrious por- < tion of the community had produced . He went on to ' ahow the folly cf the working man placing any reliance in th » promise of either Whigs or Tories , that they ¦ we re both opposed to the interests of the " working ¦ classes , that they were mere factions , and that it was j not the interest of a faction to legislate for the good of ; the people . During Mr . Bell ' s address Dr . Fletcher ' again forc * d iimwif upon tbe platform , and stated ,. amidst the cries of reoegsde , traitor , &c , that he was not going to dance attendance on Mr . O'Connor , butthat he wonld go horns and leave a friend to iiiform .
him when Mr . O'Conner arrived . Mr . O C- did arrive . ; the Doctor ' s friend went to tell him , In ; he did not make his appearance * , perhaps when he heard that Ifr . O Connor had arrived , he became suddenly con- : vinced that it was far more comfoitable sitting by his [ own fire-side fh » n being laughed at by the men of Bury , j Upon Jlr . O'C . entering tlie hill , he was welcomed by \ . several rounds of applause , which having subsided , a ; young gentleman rose and read an address frcm the : working men of Bury to Mr . O Connor , thanking him ) for the bold and uncompromising advocacy of thtir ; cause , and pledging themselves to stand by him as long as ever he pursued the course which he . bad done from the commencement of his political career . ' The address having been moved and seconded , -was I about to be put , vrheu Mr , O'Connor rose , and said he ; efcoaid like to speak prericras to the address being put , \ foe there might be men there who ¦ would hold up their ] bands for the address , and afterwards , when they had j beard b' ^ n speak , might ins having done so ; In the I course of his address he showed up the humbug scheme of Mr . Starge , who , having placed himself at the head of a would-be party , Is striving to cause a split among the Chartists ; not for the purpose of getting Complete Suffrage , as he caUs it , bnt for the purpose cf breaking the Charter agitation aad getting a repeal of the Corn X&ws . Mr . O'Connor continued to address them for ; opirards ef an hour and a half , upon the injurious effects of class legislation , and concluded an ekquent speech by advising the people , if they wished to be raised - from their present degraded position , to agitate for I ' netting less than the Chart ; r without any alteration . \ Sir . O'Connor sat down amidst loud bursts of applause-Mr . Roberta was next introdnced to the meeting , and in-j a neat speech moved a resolution , condemnatory of all I -agitation except for the Charter and no less , and of , confidence in Mr . O'Connor , which was seconded by ; Mr . J . Jones , and carried unanimously . A -vote of ] thanks haling been given to the chairman the meeting j separated . - j
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STOUR . BRIDGE Mt . Stall wood , of London , lectured here to an over-flowing audience , on Good Friday , PAI . KBITH . —A meeting of the ChartiBts here took place on Monday evening last , in the Freemasons ' Hall , Mr . James M'Pherson in the chair . Aiter the business of the Association had been disposed of , a letter was read from the Birmingham Frost , Williams , and Jo-es Committee , which had been received by Mi . William Daniells , of Lasswade , and kindly forwarded by him to us , when the following resolution was proposed by Mr . William Taylor , seconded by Mr . James Anderson , and passed unanimously : — " That a District Committee be formed , to be called ' The
Dalkeith and Lasswade Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee , * whos « duty shall fee to get tip meetings , memorials , petitions , &c , in favour of the exiled patriots , and to act in concert with the Birmingham General Committee ; ani this meeting pledges itself to do all in their power to cause Frest , Williams , and Jones to be restored to their wives and families . " The follo-sfing persons -were ^ nominated on the Committee , ¦ with power to add to their number those who may be appointed in Sluiselburgh , Pithead , and Gore Bridge , For Dalkeith— Messrs . James M'Pherson , William Taylor , Robert Thomson , James Anderson , and William Urquhart For Lasswade—Messrs . Wm . Daniells , John Wyliie , and Wm . Hay .
IiASSWAOE . —Meeting by Moonlight . —A public meeting was heid here in the open air , on the evening of Wednesday , 23 rd inst , to hear an address from Mr . Robert Lowery , —Subject , " Failure of the anti-Corn Law agitation , and the union cf the middle and working classes . " Mr . John Stewart was called to the chair . Ibe lecturer spoke in his 'UtuVl able and convincing niimner , and gave general satisfaction . The meeting was very well attended ; a sprinkling of the middle classes being present , who begin to look with a mere fivourable eye on Chartism .
ARBROATH . — On the 21 st of March , Mr . Abram Dancan addressed the people of Arbroath in the pavilion . The place was crowded to the door . At the dose if the address the following resolutions were moved by Mr . William Fullar , jun ., and seconded by Mr . Alexander Chrieghton : — " Having heard the address cf Mr . A . Duncan upon the motion that we agitate for nothing less than the Charter , and the amendment for a full , fair , and frse representation ; also another amendment for equal legislative protection to all her Majesty ' s subjects ,- this meeting agree to abiue by the whole Charter , and look upon the amendment for a full , free , and fair representation as containing a just and excellent principle , but wanting
the security for it 3 successful application in establishing for the whole people the exercise of their rights ; and we regard all uho tdopt it as sacrificing principle for expediency . ' " This meeting regards the amendment , equal legislative protection to all her Majesty ' s subjects , as destitute in the recognition of any principle of richt on the part of the people to self-govern ment , being nothing more than the prayer of a slave to legislate for a protection which all people really free possess , and which those who have it not in possession ought to demand , and have it secured ta them by law . " The Chairman having put the resolutions to the meeting , they were carried with only one dissentient voice ; there bdng 700 people present .
LONDON . —Meeting of Trades' Delegates at THE Craven's Head Diury Lake . —A meeting of delegates from the varicus Trades Charter Associations assembled at the above place on Sunday , when preliminary arrangements ¦ were entered into , for the purpose of bringing out the Trades of London , for the Charter . CaJIBERWell . —Mr . Wheeler lectured at the Cock public house on Wedn-. Bday evening . Several members joined . LimeijoCse . — Ruffy Ridley lectured at the Victoria , to a numerous audience , on Wednesday last Chelsej—Mr . Wheeler lectured to the new locality at the Acorn , College-street , on Monday evening . Several members were enrolled , and the members , in future , will meet every Monday evening , at Mr . Martin ' s , Prince of Wales , Ltader-streeS .
DiSTKicT Council . —TMb body met as usual , on Sunday , Mr . Purcell in the chair . Considerable business was transacted , and a plan for raising funds for the Executive was lsid before the council , approved of , and recommended to the localities . The Liquidation Dtbt Committee reported , and all persona holding money en account < -f tbe lite festival , at John-street , were requested to transmit it to the treasnrer . Several sums were received on account of tfao Whig-made widows , and tbe meeting adjourned . Dispatch , Bride-Lane . —The Committee for supplying the Metropolis with ChErt ' st Lecturers met here on Friday evening , Mr . Tcrn&r in the chair . Several talented advocates joined the Committee , and they have nsw the pleasure of announcing that they have made arrangements by which every locality can be furnished with a regular supply of lecturers .
Teetotallers . Crown Coffee HorsE , Beakstreet . —Mr . Anderson lectured here to a numerous audience , on Sunday evening . Hit os . Miss , Globe Fields . —Ruffy Ridley lectUTefi here on Sunday last . Cjtv of London . —Mr , Brannon , from tbe Isle of Wight , delivered , en Sunday evening last , a very muchapproved-of opening discourse of a series of lectures he intends to favour the congregatien with who assemble in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey London O'Brien Press Committee . —A portion of the above committee met last Monday night , at the Dispatch Caffee House , Brids ^ laae . Fleet-street The committee are desirous that the localities of the Charter Association will send a member from es . zh to sit on committee * itb them , in avcordance with the unanimous ret-ommendatious of the London Delegate Conncil .
Albion Coffee House , No . 3 , Church-street , SHOREDITCU . —Mr . Farrtr lectured here on Sunday last . There will be a lecture here next Sunday evening at eight o ' clock , and every following Sunday at the same time and place . The member ' s meeting will be held on Wednesday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening . HAIjIFAX , —A public meeting was holden in tbe Chartist's Koom , Swan Coppice , on Monday , to confirm the election of Delegates to the Charter
P / 'tition Convention . Mr . John Crossland in the cnair . Mr . B . Rushtou moved the following resolution , -which was seconded by Mr . J . Illingwortb , and ably supported by Mr . Edwards , and carried unanimously , " That in the opinion of this meeting , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr , George Binns , and Mr . Lawrence Pitkethly 3 are fit and proper persons to represent the interests of the people of Yorkshire , in the forthcoming Petition Convention , and this meeting pledges iiself to give them its undivided support . "
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a better expose * of the wholesale trickery practised in the way of trade . Look at the devil ' s 4 x ^"* £ Jh » other expedMJcv cf deluding us . Go into a draper a shop , anla-5 sure as you live , you will nave jv he . told you as soon as you get in . The tale is , " Oh , we lose by this article and by that ; and though the draper may tell his son not to He , what can the son say , but Father , you live by lying . " " Yes , " says the father , " but it is i 1 the way of trade . " A capital excuse , indeed ! The lecturer next referred to articles which have appeared in the Dispatch , headed , " Tricks of the trade ; " showing how the people are imposed on by butchers , drapers , and the different trading classes . He then related thefollowing anecdote : —A grocerwhohad been smoking his pipe very comfortably in his kitchen ,
called out to Mb servant John , " Have you ¦ watered the tobacco ? ""Yes , sir . " "Have you sanded the sugar ? " " Yes , sir . " " Why then , John , you may oome down to prayers . " ( laaghter . ) Yet , however imposing it trade , you find them a very moral set of men ; you don't see them railing drunk about the streets . Oh no ; their system was pretty to the eye , but rotten at tte core . The lecturer pointed out the habits of the middle classes : ha Baid when travelling he had man y opportunities of meeting them in taverns , where they were carousing and making merry ; yet he always found that they contrived to get home in their carriages , eo that their drunkenness may not be seen . And yet they go to temperance meetings and censure tbe intemperance of the working classes !
" The poor man's sias are glaring , In the face of a ghostly warning , He is caught in the fact of an overt act , Buying greens on a Sunday morning . The rich man's sin's are under The rose of wealth and station , And escape the sight Of the children of light , Who are wise in their generation . The rich man has a cellar , And a ready l > ull ? r by him ; The poor man must steer For hia pint of beer Where the saints can't choose but spy him The rich man ' s painted windows Hide concerts of the quality ; The poor can't but bear The crack'd fiddle in the air , Which offends all souad morality . "
( Laughter . ) The Lecturer said he thought he had given a pretty clear expose of the morality of the middle classes ; he did not say there were no exceptions . He next spoke of the education of those classes ; he said to hear them talk , we should fancy they were the greatest philosophers in the world . Give the franchise to the working men ! O , never ; they would not know how to use It Gro among tie middle classes in any such place as Salisbury , and , instead of hearing tbem talk about political matters , on questions of phi ' sopby or political economy , you hear them descant on the merits of this horsa or that horse , about the state of the markets , and on how much it would take to fat a hog . ( Laughter . ) Such was their general talk . If you talk to
thesi about politics—about giving woiking men the franchise , you are accused of being a Caartist ; and they cry out immediately , " Throw him out of the window . " I have said enough , then , ( said the lecturer , )~ to shew you the morality of the middle classes ; and as to their education , I have shewn that it is not of that kind that will lead tbem to extend justice to the working classes . I ceme now to speak of their political consisteney ; and here , though I may laugh at their follies , I - cannot approach this subject but with tears cf sorrow . If those classes had heen honest , if they had fnlfilled the promise they made us , the People ' s ( Jharter would now be the . law of the land ; To their conduct was to be attributed the procrastination of the Ckarttr . As an esteemed friend bad said , all struggles originated with the working classes . Look to the
stiujgle of Wat Tyler , one of the neblest tf former times ! Did it originate with the middle class ? No , it was the work of a blacksmith , and some few others ; and if the woiking classes were not so confiding , wore they as we are , the noble objects of Tyler would have been accomplished . He differed with those who Eaid we ought not to be suspicious ; we had been too confiding , too ready to hoH eut the hand of fellowship . ( Hear , hear . ) After speaking of the so-called " Jack Cade , " and vindicating his memory from the aspersions cast on it by interested parties ; after eulogising Paine , whom he cal ed one cf the nobles of nature , he spoke of the agitat ' on for the Reform Bill ; it was commenced by the working , classes . The chief originator of it was one who was once a plough-boy , the celebrated Wm . Cobbett . Who contended then for the |
rights of the people ? Was it the Bhopkeepsra , or bull-frog farmers ? No , the wise and good among the working classes . They obtained justice for the middleclass , who , one would think , would extend power to us as they had promised to do , when they had the power . France would have been blessed with liberty and happiness , had not the juste mi'itu proved : treacherous to the populsur cause . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Read when you have time , tbe excellent work of Bronterre O'Brien , as therein yon will find an excellent expose of the conduct of the juste mV . cit towards the poor unenfranchised people . What did the middle classes of England do so soon as they obtained power by the Reform Bill ? Why , they got their representatives to pass the Poor Law Bill , which has proved so inimical
to tbe rights and welfare of the poor . They imprisoned five hundred tf your advocates ; they sent spies among you to entrap the -unwary , and a 3 the jurors , they doomed your advocates to imprisonment , where they were classed among felons . The judges or Magistrates had no power ; the middle classes chuckled iu the juryboxes over their victims . In the case of eur excellent friend Mr . M'Douall , they asked the judge whether there was no law to hang him . Look to the Wakefleld hell . '—what tales could it relate of the treatment endured by imprisoned Chartists . He advised the working classes not to trust the cause of Chartism into middle class hands . He n ferred to the conduct of the middle class of Birmingham towards Mr . O'Connor on a recentoccasion , and after showing it up in its proper
light , asked whether bucq was not sufficient to make us look upon them as enemies to the cause of Chartism } . ' He next read a portion of Mr . O'Connor's letter desciibing the murderous attack maile on him at Manchester by the partisans « f the Anti-Corn Law League , and then remaked that he had said enough l » show the morality , the education and political consistency of the middle classes ; though he belonged to them , he was ashamed of their conduct towards the working people- He had endeavoured to rouse the MteT to a sense of duty , that they may throw off the fetters by which they ar « bound . When the middle class saw the error of their way , which I despair of . I know you will receive them cordially . Bu 4 you will not trust them ; you will not place implicit confidence in them . As an earnest of their sincerity , if they are Universal Suffrage men , let them come down and enrol themselves in the National Charter Association—( chews ) . Let them act thus , and we will forgive them
for the past—then will we accept their services . The Editor of the Northern Star says that if the people run into danger , to the iiyury of the Charter , it shall be with their eyes open . For my part , 1 advise you to have nothing to do with the Sturgeites ; give not up one point of your Charter , and the middle classes must COme OVer to yon ; they seem quite sharmed at the Bound of the rattle-snake . They are coming nearer and nearer ; twittle , twittle , they go ; but by and bye they will swallow down the whole six points of the Charter . As the Editor of the Star says you should be watchful , I have found out . that the Chartists of Bath will do things qmtetly ; and that they will shew to the world that they are not to be imposed , upon by one new move er another new move . I have shewn that whatever maybe the conduct of other classes of society , neither the morality nor the conduct of the middle classes would warrant you in trusting them . The lecturer concluded amid great cheering .
On the motion of Mr . Fchse , which motion waa seconded by Mr . Phillips , a vote of thanks was given Mr . Marriott ; and one of thanks to , and confidence in , Feargua O'Connor and the Editor of the Northern Star , was unanimously passed . Mr . MjIBRIOTT returned thanks . Mr . Hopkins nex * made a . few observations in reference to the Sturgs move , which he could sanction by no means . After a few observations from the Chairman , he dissolved the meeting .
A special meeting of the Sturgites- took place on Monday afternoon , at the Baeaar Koom , Quiet Street , Bath , for the purpose of appointing three delegates to act on the " Conference" about to assemble in Birmingham . None but those who had signed the document of Joseph Sturge were to be admitted . Tickets were accordingly furnished the Stargites ; and many became eueh , that is , many 6 igmed Stnrge's memorial , for the pnrpose of obtaining admission to the meeting , so anxious were they to witness the proceedings About fifty Chartists , deteimiaed not to sign the eaid document , got tickets of admission , among whom was our reporter . Aa the tickets were not transferable , we bad some doubt as to whether we should be admitted . Our reporter was at fir&t denied admittance ; though he stated be case there as an authorised reporter . At last many of tbe Chartists who had tickets , began to remonstrate witii the door-keeper—a man once the
sub-secretary of the Chartist society at Bradford , but now in the employ of Messrs . Vincent and Philp . All remonstrance with him ww unavailing , till Mr . Philp came oat , and told bim to admit all who bad tickets . When our reporter entered , he found about twentyfive persons present ; and at no stage of the proceedings were there more' than 300 in the room , among whom you may include mere than fifty who had refused to sign Mr . Sturge's memorial . At the late Conference it was decided that a public meeting she nld be called to consult the public as to what should be done towards carrying out the principles of Mr . Sturge's declaration . Bat the Storgftcs were afraid to face a public meeting ; hence this nottr&n 8 ferable-tlckefc-meeting i A conference chosen by such meetings aa this , is to express the opinions of the great bulk of the middle classes on the subject of Parliamentary Reform !
The delegates chosen , are the Rev . Thomas Spencer , and Messrs . Vincent , and C . Clarke . Various persons addressed tbe meeting . Messrs . Vincent and Clarke
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said that at thb Conference they should Vote for nothing but the whole Charter : " . A Mr . Cleaver objected to such meeting ? being called by tickets ; ho said he was for a public meeting being ealled for the purpose o ! taking the sense Of the public at large on the subject which they had met to consider . The Chartists ^ had choaen a Convention , and he could not see what need there was for a Conference to meet in Birmingham . , Ha said something about using physical force , but the precise words we did not catch ; he was called to order by the Chairman , which caused a deal of uproar and confusion , which lasted for some tinie ; Ho was not snffered by the Chairman to explain himself . ' .- ' - . : ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ - ... • .
The Chairman ( Mr , Edrige ) was at pne time ; ah out-md-out physical-force man , and at a late Conference , he put himself id ' -aftghtigg posture , and implied by bis actions that we should not get what we wanted till we werewillling to fight for it . So much for the consistency of this man . The meeting broke up late in the afternoon . It was a aource of much regret to the SturgiteB , that there were so few present . .: ' : . 1 Copies cf an ad dress issued by the society formed last week by Messrs . Vincent , Philp , -ite ,-, were given away at the door by the doorkeeper .
On ¦¦¦ . SUNDA't Evening , Mr . Bartlett lectured at the room of the National Charter Association . .: ' . MR : Vincent delivered a sermon attheanti-Baeehus , on Friday evening , after which seruion , the memorial of Joseph Sturge was placed at the door for signatures . Many persons Were induced to sign from an idea that it-was the National Petition . Tula is stated on the authority of persons who are prepared to testify to the fact . At Tiverton , the memorial was signed by many persons who took it to be thu National Petition .
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BATH . CHARACTER OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES DRAWN BY ONE OF THEMSELVES . On tbe evening of Good Friday , a meeiing was convened at the room of the National Charter Association , to hear a lecture on the morality , education and political consu-t ncy of the middle classe * Mr . Twite , the treasurer of the society , was called to the chair , -who after a few observatteua , introduced the lectnxer to tbe meeting , Mr . MAE . S 10 TT ,- profeesorff Phrenology , then rose and said , that he must commence his lecture with his accustomed motto— " We will have the Charter . "—
ibear ) But to night , be continued , I mast have an additional text , one which I take from a good authority , it having an immediate bearing on my subject : it was from one of the best of men , Feargus O'Connor , a motto at all times important , but more esp- cially so no w ; it should be inscribed on tbe mantle-piece of every workingman . It is this : — " Now working men , I most solemnly swear and de clare that I would rather live under an irresponsible military despotism , with trial by Court Martial , than live under the Government of a middle class , with trial by jury , they being jurors . "
That is my text , bat it is necessary that I define terms , lest any mistake may arise on the part of my bearers . What do I mean by middle class ? Not lords , tings . EQ » ires , or any of the kind , as they come under the appellation of higher classes . I do not mean servile ministers , clerks , or small farmers , but the bu » - frog farmers , -whose wealth is produced by their aen ; I mean also brokers , shopkeepe . B , and I include parsons of every description . Whatever they do , it is of very little servioe to mankind , unlike lecturers who instruct mankind in philosophy and every thing that is nseful . I have now defined what I mean by a middle class , of all of whom I cannot speak in the
same terms of animadversion , for among this class , aa among the higher classes , there are many excellent exceptions , such as O'Connor , O'Brien , and such as our ¦ worthy friend Mr . Alderman Crisp , who have pat themselves on a footing of equality with the producers of wealth . < Hear , hear . ) Having said this much , I will now entsr into the subject at large . I will now treat of the morality of the middle classes : generally . Te jndge of tbem after their own opinions of themselves , We Should infer that they are the best people in the woili ; and teat , as the happy medium , all true mindednees , all the geodness , all the godliness were among them . They are so moral , so enlightened , as to be the most fit to govern this country . They coud call meetings , and write tracts for the moralising of Eociety ; and no doubt many persons present have been presented with some of those tracts , enjoining them not to run into gross immorality . I have f . jtmd many tracts designed to pervert the minds of tbe " lower orders" as you are called . Now , I hive had every opportunity , aa a professional man , of knowing the morality of the midle classes . Their religion is fanaticism , not pure , undented religion ; it is not to visit the fatherless ; it is not to walk humbly with your God : it was saying God , God , have we not glorified in thy name ; not what have we done in thy name ?—( hear , heaaA Their morality , from morning tm night , consists in retaU-triciery , in lying and cheating . 1 have heard many of them say that they were bound to cheat ; and a commercial traveller told me that it was bis object to do bo . These are isolated cases , but such conduct was general among what is called the middle class . Look to the speeches of Mr . Ferrand in tbe House of Commons ! Nothing can give
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct884/page/2/
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