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IRE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1842.
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Smnevial IBavUament*
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COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE.
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WATKINS S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS. '
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SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THa "NORTHERN STAR." " •
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" While I stall live let me not lire xa Tain . " ¦ - Chabttst Bbethken , —I have a few discourses , delivered in London , equal in nnmber with the points of the Chmer . —these 1 propose ( if Gad spares me ) to send , wtek after week , to the people ' s paper till the whole are instated . They may afterwards be gathered together and printed in a separate form , making one little book , Which I should wish the Chartists to consider my legxcy to them . It is all I have to leave them . Keep them , then , for my ss&e , and let it be said" Though dead , he yet Bpeaittb , " Your faithful brother unto death , John Watxins . Buttprswi , near I / ondon , April 6 , ( my buta-day ) , 1842 .
LECTURE L "It is good to be z ? alously affected always in a good cause . " *— ( JaL 4 ih Chap ., 18 th Tcr . Eretheen is the Csvse , —I trill £ « t endeavour to show wherein it is good to be zsalously affrcted in a good cause . Secondly , —Why or -wherefore we should be « aloosly affected , and always so . And , lastly , — ¦ what it is that constitutes a cause good . Concluding ¦ with an exhortation to follow this precept of St . - Paul , Who himself set a conformable example . " It is good to be E ? rUoasly affected al ways in a good cause "—good both for the sake of the cause and of our ourselves- Wish vre not aiw-ys to < 3 o g&od ? — -wish we not to be jroo-i—iii ^ h "we not to enjoy what ia good ? " We shall iSect all these in&es by xsaionsly affecting
a good csnse . And oh 1 that there was more of goodness on earth—that there -was less evil in us . God . made a good -world—he saw and pronounced that all things -were 3 , 006 . —how could they be otherwise , when they came but of the bands of goodness itself J Man himself he made good , but men have sadly degenerated . Not content ¦ with the general plan of creation , man left it acd " found out many new inventions . " He differed from his Maker and -what has been the consequence ? He ha 3 become the dupe of bis errors—the slave of his own passions—tee Tictim of his own freewilL He has gone i ariker out of God ' s Tray , the further he has gone on his own . He has , in a man er , ceased , to be God's creature , and has become the creature of the eTil circumstances which ae has created fur
himself , an-5 by which he is surrounded . He is no longer a simple child of natare—be is now an artificial being . In shoi t t" ^ . ™ is tjiro&d a monster-Oa ; ward creation looks as fresh and fail as at its With —the sun shines as brightly—the skies smile as blue , —the air brt&ihes as freely—rivera flow as litupidly into the receiving sea—grass grows as green—birds sing as blithe—and the earth brings forth as abundantly all things . ' ¦ heri and tree , and cattle , and creeping thiEg , " after toeir several kinds , as at first How happens it thai man alone—man uf all created beings formed the noblest , . fitted the most perfectly lor happiness—min to whom dominion over all ibe , "fish , fowl , ana beast was given—who can hare the use and enjoyment tf all—that man should be more miserable ,
Biore abject—that . h » should suffer want and woe more than the very worm itself ? iian lives at variance with his fellow man , with all things , -with God himself . Not content - « -ith the -world that G id made for him , and With thi way tiiat God appointed him to -srals inman mutt needs have a world of his own , and walk in his own way . Not content with natnre ' s law , he has made laws for his own governance in direct opposition to nature . Xct content vith a God in Heaven , he has set tip an earthly god , and the dominion which his Creator gave him over all things on eartii , that dominion be has yielded up to kings and prieits to be exercised over himself ; and thus it is that he has become a more miserable thing than the very worm he treads on . Man has dethroned God , and put an usurper in his place—a king whose evil passions are invested with pjwer , and made plagues cf—hi nee come wars , pestilence , and famine—and , as if . it w&s
not enough that man ' s body should be thus enslaved by tyranny—b ?« sonl has been nEchain . ed by supeistition ; and kings and priests ara despotic allies , leagued rnfiaus against the happiness , the freedom , toe very life of man . "What mutt man do ? What can he do I He seeks the enfranchisement of his body , and is opposed by kingcraft—a power ffbich himself raised over himself , —if he seeks the enfraDchisment of his mind , he is met by pTies' . ersit—& power taken in hand by the other . What ought man to do ? That which man ¦ will do ; he will ariBe and go to his Father—yes , he will go to God , and say to Him , " Thou that inadest me , and gaves ; ma life—lo ! I left thee , and made asto mjssif 3 kisg asd a priest instead t f thee , and they have bertf ; m 3 of my Jivicg—of all the rights ¦ which taou didst give me at my birth . I am no longer man , I am 3 mere slave ; let do thou inspirit me arresh , and I will be born again—T . ¦ will again be free , as beeomes ite son cf such a Father I "
" To be goud is to be happy . " Man ' s folly sad -wickedness have beeo ponitiied by his consequent TniFgry . 1 £ h& ¦ would again be happy be must be good . But alas ! ¦ we ata indisposed to goodness—v ? e have so locg bren evil that b&Ui Las bicoaie a second nature in us . We Ere evil and have made tvil laws , and our children , though born cotupar-tivfely good , soon grow evil-on account of the evil Ivws and institutions of their fathtrs . liey are talced to slavery—trained to siu . Shall we not arnni these evil laws—abolish them and make better ones ? Were the people of one mind they could break the bonds that bind them as easily as Samson broke the green withes . But drink , like a Dililao , has
shorn miny of their strengths—it betrays them to . the foe . "Kings fcitd us—priests blind us , and we are made but the sport of our oppressors—we are not good —we do not do good—we hinder others from doing it , and goodness -which is to tne taste of the unvitiated soul as £ we « 5 as boacy to the tongue , woich never loathes bui grows sweeter the longer it last- * . We know noli this goodness . K we knew it we should feel it—we should love it and Boon grow like it—we could not endure the tviL Our . constant cry would be , " Who ¦ will show us any good ? " Wfcat then is good I It is good , -we are told , to be s = aloasly affected is a good cause .
To be zealously affected I Tes , wa are not merely to be afecled but 10 be z = aL usly affected . The fact is , we cannot do good to a cause unless we engage in it zealously . No iukewarmness—no backwardness—no partial measures—no compromise . We must bs ready to do all and to dare all . We must look at nothing but the cause and press onward t j it—turning not , stopping not , retreating not We must fix our eyes at the priza ¦ we at , and strain every nerve to itacb it . Obsta-¦ cles we must sanaannfc—opposition w « mn&t oTercome — -alluremeDta we must disregard . Where we cannot elimb , we must cat through , like Hannibal in his passage ever the Alps J We must ga n the cause , though ¦ we lose all t ? g-j . hi it—ws LiUst gain it . though , we lose ourselves . It will be a crown of iifj to ns , though we
die that mom = nt A wreath of immortality , " though ws pariih that iiisiiat . We dishonour a good cause , if we do net pursue it z-alotuiy , and moreover we are sure to lose it smd to disgrace ourselves . Lit . no man enter the lists who is not pr-parfcd to run zealously , as if the cau ^ e dej > cnued upon himself alone , and as if he alone would possess the pr " , ze- In 3 good ca dse all that run obtain—aye , . bey \ tuore shame to them ) " who do r ot run -will share the ben ^ rit of it , as -which of us rta ! l not T' Tea , fc-ven they trb . o xna ^ = tiemselTva stxrmbliDg fc } ock 3 in our way , or who come against us . It is 3 noble rsce , fl : fir itioH aad demi-gods : and the spirits of juit iatn msdo perfect , watching our struggles , are our spectators in heaven ! Be z ^ aiunsly affected J
What shtuld we pursue wits z ^ al , if not a good cause ? Wita v » hat z = al we pursue triflts , follies , aad evil things , the same seal in a good cause would ensure it . Were we as good as we are evil , we should be good enough . A good cause is not oaJy good for one , but for all : and surely the goodness of tbe cause , the good we feel in being affected to it , sLouU inspire ns with z ± aL Lfet no faint hearts ccms among us ; let them be exptlled if they do coma , for they will impair our z ; al . The Marquis of Dondee , when galloping to the charge , shot a waTeriBg young friend , beeinsa he was lariat that others would be irfrrcted with his fear . Courage ! J > o cowsrda ; Nor should we be zealously affected byflts and starts , bnt al ^ rayg . " It is good to be zialoaJy affected always in a sooa . cauEe . "
Some men are ir-aS ? to advance "with us till they meet with difficulties—then they fall back : others will advance and OTtTcome the first difficulties , but do not persevere to the eiid ; they are not zealous always . let them go ta the ant and taka a lesson . That little insect , though loaded with a grain of corn , will climb ever every obstruction in its way ; it seeks not an easier or round-about path , bat mounts directly over ; and if you lay the obstruction before it again and again the moment after it has c imbed it , it climbs it again . We cannot work too auih nor too long in a good cause ; ¦ We should be always at work " in season and out of season . " " Wiiat thine hand findeib . lo do , do it with all tijy might" Die , or do it It is not only good , it is not only the best thing we can can do , but it is absolutely necessary that we should be zealously affected in & good cause—necessary to the success of the cause . Pot see ! ' what there is to oppose us . First and foremost , there are ourselves ; aye , -we haye none -each foes as ourselves ; there ia ottT indiffereuee , our iafloiecce , to overcome ; our ignorance , onr principles , to contend with j thtre is above HI our tboidv . our dread of ridicule or opprobrium or persecution . We w&st ' to gain what is good without the trouble or expence of gaining it—we wast it given to h * . Like Macbeth we are irreselute vodetermined , disaffected , and say , — " If eha&ee trill have me king , ejnnce may crows me Without my stir . " Having overcome ourselves * e shall have less difficulty ia ovEreominf ontward opposition .
W « eooqaer all things when we conquer fear . But how niw- we to conquer fear ? faoir bat by the help Of love -which casteth out feat ? l * fc aa teel realonaly affected aod we shall aot know fear . Let os call on Ood to inspire us with affection , with seal , with enttmjriasm . v Ttoymay ealttmniate us , imprison us , slay us ; bat ire shall smile at the calumny , bear imprisonmeat with forlitSde , « d die with delight ! for if we be » ell-ifected &n «* il Trill turn law good—all things ¦ will work together for our good—we shall not be over-« oa » e ti vnX , bat orezctn * trril wiUj rood . We av %
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be Teady to endure evil , but not to inflict it ; a good cause requires good means to a good end . In bondage or in exile we must exclaim , "It is good to be here , for the sake of the cause . " Our enemies say , "Evil , be thou my good ; " but we must return good for thtir evil . We must contrast ourselves with them and then the bystanders will make a comparison in our favour ; and you muBt know it is the bystanders that possess the balance of power—they turn the scala The indifferent portion of mankind comprise , the great ; st number ; . f we can engage their sympathies in our behalf—if we can make tbem our allies in the cause , victory will surely and speedily be woa . The common interest of mankind requires that the good
cause should succeed , and be sure they will judge our causa good , if they see us good—the bystanders see mott of the game—they are the JasS judges—we shall have them -with us , and that soon . But let ua not wait for them—let us go on without tht-m , just aa we would do with them , and our success . jf nothing else , will bring them to us . Motives of pity , of gratitude , of interest will actuate them , if better motives fail Let us be just to eur cause and they will eventually be generous to us . Look at the reward ! but what of teat ? a good cr . use rewards itself , for it is good to be engaged in it ; it is our daty and we will do it well by beisg zealously affected ; and if we should net gain the cause for eurselves , wa gain it for our children—we gain it for our God 1 ( To be concluded in our neiL )
Ire Northern Star Saturday, April 9, 1842.
IRE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , APRIL 9 , 1842 .
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THE INDIAN NEWS . The great news of the week 13 the confirmation of the whole fearful intelligence we had had previously received from India . Something like 13 , 000 brave ' ellowshave "bit the dust" to gratify the appetites of our " extension of commerce" men . We give the Vf hole details from the London papers , and must refer to them for particulars , vrhile we refer to the letter of our excellent friend , the Woolwich Cadet , for an exposition of the real state of things in India . We had purposed giving an article en the Indian policy of the " Extension" party this week , but have not space for it . We may rernrn to it hereafter .
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MR . W . B . FERRAND , M . P . We regard this gentleman as one of the most useful men vfho ha 3 sat in the House of Commons during our time . His energetic and philanthropic assanlts on the strongholds of tyranny and avarice and selfishness in the commercial system have entitled him to the thanks and approbation of all working men . "We are most happy to learn that the working men see this , and Sir . Febband receives their encouragement to persevere in his philanthropic course .
A Correspondent writes us that a deputation of working men waited on him at his residence , Harden Grange , on Saturday last , for the purpose of having an interview with him on the track syttem . The deputation was very kindly received by the honourable member , when he entered fully into the subject , and assured the deputation that it was his intention to persevere ; that he was furnished with evidence on tne truck system that would astonish the world ; and that he had a number of letters from clergymen , magistrates , bookkeepers , and others , assuring him that they were ready to substantiate on oath , before the House of Commons , the charges he had brought against the anti-Corn-Law-Repealing
Tmck-master-millocrats ; and , that as a proof of the good which had resulted from his exposure in the House of Commons of the Truck System , he had received letters from Lancashire , containing accounts of masters giving up the Truck System ; and that the Government Agent in Birmingham , for procuritg fire-arms , had issued orders to the masters of the factories , who make those implements of slaughter , that if the wages of their workmen were not paid iu the current coin of the realm , all orders forihe future would be withdrawn . The deputation left the Honourable Member highly pleased with the manly , ; trai » htforward , and uncompromising foe of the Truck System and the accursed New Poor Law .
It will be seen from our Parliamentary report taat Mr . Febrasd has given evidence of his intention to persevere fearlessly and faithfully in his -course , by giving notice of his purpose to move a resolution of the House for the full and adequate protection of working men coming to give evidence before Coramiitres of the House appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed by them , and also for the condign punishment of all who should intimidate or persecute such witnesses ; and also that he should move for a Select Committee
to inquire into the frauds , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by manufacturers in the United Kingdom on the men in their employment ; extending also to the treatment of working men in mine 3 and collieries , and on railways . Thii is what ought to be . We hope the working men of the whole empire will take care to supply Mr . Febbasd with plenty of facts ; and that they will take caTeto send him nothing but facts , whereon to found his useful and necessary series of investigations .
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THE CONFERENCES . We have neither room nor time to do more than jnsi ; refer our readers to the reports of the Stubgeite and Chartist Conferences at Birmingham , which they vrill find elsewhere . We do most heartily and most sincerely congratulate the people on the good sense they have almost universally evinced in avoiding this last , most specious , and most dishonest lura from the plain path of principle . The attempt to substitute for the ¦ well-defined and well-understood terms and principles of the People ' s Charter , the vague anything , nothing , or whatever-yoa-please " declaration" as a
lond of union , was an evidence only of the utter want of penetration , which the " extension" men stiil expected to find among the people . They have now , we apprehend , discovered their mistake , and their vexation and dishonesty is alike apparent in their mode of getting up and managing their " Conference . " We refer to their different and unfair modes of admitting delegates with and without examination , as detailed by some of their delegates at the Chartist meeting on Monday ; together with the means which we know to have
been used to prevent the election or reception of delegates likely to advocate the " details" of the Charter . One of the delegates from Bradford informed ns that in that good town several Stargite Liberals pledged themselves prior to the election to defray the whole expences of the delegation ; but that as soon as they saw that Chartists had been elected , they not only refused to contribute one farthing towards the expences , but that letters were immediately sent off to Birmingham to apprise the " authorities" at the head quarters of Sturgism of the misfortnne which had happened , in order that some quibble might be iavented to prevent their sitting ; and that the parties whose duty it was to sign the credentials of the delegates made much hesitation about doing so , and , at last , did it only on condition Of being wholly exonerated from any share of the expences incurred . Now considering that this " Conference" was called expressly to collect opinions on the proper " details " necesBary to be attached to Mr . Sturge ' s "
declaration of the principle of Universal Suffrage , " that the Chartists were invited to sign the 'declaration th&t they might be entitled to vote for delegates , can anything speak more plainly than such conduct , the rank dishonesty and trickery of the whole business , and the necessity of the people's doingjost what they have done ; letting the humbugs see that they know them , and know how to estimate them .
Thus let the people . ever act ; let them adhere firmly to principle in a visible and tangible form ; let them hold by the advances they have made instead of turning back to meet the laggards ; let them fortifj themselves with patience , prudence , and ruplute : let them write " toward" on their
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colours , and "No Surrender" on their foreheads , and nothing can or shall resist them . We had written so far before receiving by Thursday afternoon's post the report of the first and second day ' s proceedings at this Conference , to which we now direct attention with much pleasure . The same post brought us also the following from F . O'Connor : —
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Beloved Friends , —I have only time to say that the Sturge Conference has adopted the Bix points of the Charter whole and entire , and tomorrow comes on the baptism , that is the christening ; but thanks , everlasting thanks to the good men of Bradford , and some other good fellows , they will not allow our name to be changed .
We have twenty-five choice delegates on the watch . Birmingham is in a most tremendous state of excitement , as well as the surrounding districts ; but , fustian jackets — sous of labour , rely upon the prudence and courage of your leaders . And new I come to the great question . It ia twelve o'clock at night , and the messenger is waiting for the little I can say .
MEN OF THE MIDLANDS , Here it is then . Your representatives have resolved upon holding a public meeting at Birmingham on Monday next , at eleven o'clock . I will be in Wolverhampton at three o ' clock on Sunday , and will briefly address the people ; then I start for Bilston , where I will speak shortly at &ix in the evening . At six on Monday morning , we stait from BUston in procession , after the Wolverhampton mea shall have arrived . On the road , we shall meet the men of Walsall , Dudley
Bromsgrove and the other Chartist garrisons * and thus arranged and marshalled , ( no maa carrying even a walking stick , but with band 3 playing and colours flying , ) we go to Birmingham to attend the publio meeting . No carriages ; we all walk ; and should our principles be acknowledged , and our name not changed , we shall have a jubilee : bat should any even the slightest change be attempted we will meet the " new move , " and strangle it iu the cradle . I shall give 110 opinion upon to-morrow ' s proceedings , but shall be prepared for the worst .
Working men , then , be at your post . Your Birmingham brethren have a demand upon you ; unaided they have battled faction and beaten tyranny . They invite you to help them ; come , then , in your thousands , your tens of thousands , your hundreds of thousands to the jubilee or the rescue . Faction is trembling , we will paralizs it and destroy it . My beloved Friends , Monday the 1 lth , the eve of the forthcoming Convention , will be such a day _ as England never saw .
I shall write you along letter to-morrrw for the Second Edition , waen I frhall be in possession of the whole of the tactics of the Conference . Till then , adieu ; and may the day be propitious , the assemblage great , and the righteous cause successful . Ever your friend and Servant , Feargus O'Connor . Birmingham , Wednesday , past twelve , at night .
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6 . Remember that we go to presa on Thursday ; th&t one Bide of the paper goes to press on Wednesday ; that we are obliged to to on filling up the paper the whole week , and that , therefore , when a load of matter comes by the last one or two posts , it unavoidably happens that much of it is omitted "; and that it is therefore necessary to be prompt in your communications . All matters of news , reports of meeting * , &c , &creferring to occurrences on Friday . Saturday , or Sunday , should reach us by Monday's post ; such as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday evening ' s post ; Wednesday ' s occurrences by Thursday ' s post ; and Thursday ' s news by Friday morning ' s post , for second edition . Any deviation from this order of supply will necessarily Bubjtct the matters so received to the almost certainty of rejection or serious curtailment , and we tote no blame for
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7 . Finally , remember that -we have only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we hava no interest in preferring one town or placo to anbther , because ours is not a local but a national paper ; that we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the masses of matter whick come to ua , to hold the scales of Justice evenly—our flrst object being the promotion and tsiiiiaBcament r according to our own best judgrnent , ef , the success of the gruat aud good cause ; and our second , thie ' . distribution of our time and space so a ? to give least cause of complaint ; that we are alike bound to this course of aciion fey inclination , interest ,- and duty ; and that , ' therefore , it ia useless and senseless for individuals to
fume ana fret , and think themselves ill used because their-.-communications may not always be instifted , or for societies to trouble their heads and ¦ waste their time in passing votes of censure upon wb for dtvoting too much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thingwhichthey think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing ¦ which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for out consideration , and foi the exercise of oar discretion and judgment , which , we assure all partita , shall be always used , so far aafwe are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any ono , and without bbiug allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings .
BOOKS for Review may be left for this Office at Mr . John Cieuve ' s , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London . To Agents —A . great portion of the Orders of our Agents wfyich should , be iii our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several ... weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have come on the Friday' often ' . This may be occasioned by the delays of tho mails , owinj { to the weather , but there , certainly is no reason why the Agents at Hull , Liverpool , and even { Jarnsley and Bradford , should send theix Orders to reach the Office just at the time the papers are going out of it . Anv
Orders not in the Office on Thursdays cannot be -attended to ; aiid auy papers returned in piisequenco ot orders being late will not be edited . ' ... CORBESPOXlDENTS OP ... THE NORTHERN STAR . —' London—X . Al . YVhee . er , 7 , -Mills ' - Buildings , Knijihtfibritigo . Mandiester---W . Qviffin , 34 , Loinaastreet , Bank Top . Bii'minghum—George White , 29 , Bromsgrove-street Newcastle—Mr . J . Sinclair , Gateshtad . SuHderla ?>< i- ^ Mr : J . Wiliiam . s , Messrs . Williams and Umns , booksellers . Shejield—^ lt . G . J . H ; irney , news agent , 33 , Campo-Iane . . Bath —Mr . G . M . Baitlhtt , 8 , Triuity-place , Walnut .
Chartist Addresses . —TM General Secretary—Mr John Campbell , 18 . Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester Chartist' Blacking Manufacturer—Mr . Roger Pinder , Edward's-square , Edward'spiace , Pottery , Hull . Secretary' to the Frost , Wit-Hams , and Jones Restoration CommWee ~ 3 . Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell ' s Baru Road , Birmingham . —J . T . Smith , Chartist Blacking Maker , 1 'avistock-strett , Plymouth . Debby . — -rThe friends of this neighbourhood
having communications for the Star , or otherwise affecting the Chartist movement , are reguetttecLlo send them to Mr ^ Thomas liriffffs , care of Mr . John Moss \ shoemakct \ Plumptre'bquare , Darletj'tane Derby . Public Funds . —To prevent mistakes , let it be especially noted that all monies received by pur Cashier for the various Chartist funda are acknowledged by him in the column of 'Notices to Correspondents , " and that ho is answerable only for the sums there advertised to have been received .
Monet Okdehs to this Office— Our cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience utter / y inconceivable by those who have not multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parlies not attending to the p ' ain instructions so often given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . ^ JOHN Aud . iuL Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson—^ some to Mr . JIUl—so » ie to Star Office : all these require the signatures , of the person in whose favour they are drawn . before the money can be got . This causes an attendance at the pr > st office of ,
sometimes , several hours , when d few viinules might suffice if all tvere rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of , payment sometimes caused by it . Several old agents ^ who certainly ought to know better , have oft ^ i thus needlessly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , bey that all parties having money to send to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ahdill ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; if , therefore , they find their neglect td produce inconvenience to themselves , let them not blame us *
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The 29 . from Morley , for the Manchester sufferers , insett-d in last vreek ' a paper , Bhould have been 2 s . 6 ( 1 . " . ¦' . ¦ ¦ ' " - ¦ :.-V- , ¦ ¦ ¦] ' ¦ . ' . . ' ¦ ;¦ . . . -: . ; James Davidson , Dundee . — -A parcel has been sect to Miss Burns . .- ' ...-Thomas Bushby , Gra : zth 3 m ; M'larn , Xeith ; Mrs . White , Gatesbtfad ; Bolwell , Bath J Bailay , Cockermouth ; and Johnson , Beyerley , will please make their post-office ordere payable to Jetra ¦ . - Ardill . ¦ ' ' ' " " : . ' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦¦¦ .. ' " ' : : Miss Burns , Dundee . —The Plates / were sent last week .
FOR THE MAN CHESTER SUFFERERS . £ fl . d . From Holbeck Charter Association 0 5 0 „ , a few friendB to Chartism at Potovens , near Wakefield ... 0 7 4 ^ an enemy to all Tyrants , Mansfield ... ... ... 0 0 6 „ the Chartist Association , Salisbury ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 ^ Wakefield , per Mts . Lancaster © 4 S „ the Female Association , Lseds Q 2 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From C . F ., Brnintree , Essex ; .. 0 0 6 _ Crow and Tyrrell , Leicester , for Chartist Breakfast Barerage 2 0 0 FOR TUB CONVENTION . From Win . Johnson , flix-dresser ... 0 1 0 „ eight Chaitists at Morton , near Bingley ... ... ... ... 0 1 6 ^ the Chartist Association , Denholme , per H . Candy 2 6 „ a friend , ditto , ditto ... l 0 - ¦ 0 3 6 \ , the Society of Canterbury , per G . P . ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 FOR MRS . FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS , AND M . RS . JONES From eight Chartiuts at Morton , near Bing ey ... ... ... 0 1 6 ^ Wakefleld , per Mrs . Lancaster 0 3 6
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The meeting of this much talked of body commenced on Tuesday , April the 5 th , at the Waterloo Rooms , Waterloo-street ; Mr . Joteph Sturge was unanimously appointed to the : chair ; Mr . Morgan was appointed secretary . After the preliminary business had been transacted , Mr . MYALt , Editor of the Nonconformist , moved a very long resolution j condemnatory of class legislation . : Mr . H enry Vincent seconded it in a clever speech Mr . Thomas Steel theti addrcsssd the meeting , in which he abused the Tories , and the wild and mad Chartists who followed Feargu 8 O'Connor , and was assailed by loud crie 9 of " Shame . " Mr . J . B . O'Brien rose to order ^ and said that if such proceedings as those adopted by Mr . Steel were allowedj it would break up the Conference altogether ^ The resolution was then carried unanimously . The Rev . Mr . Spencer , of Bath , then moved : — " That the suffrage should be extended to every man twenty-one years of age , of sano mind , and not disfranchised by a jury of his country . " He said that he had advocated those principles for more than ten years . He had also advocated the abolition of the Property Qualification , and the Payment of Membera of Parliament for their services . He once held the opinion that none should vote but those who could read and write ; but he had long since given up that opinion , and thought that every man ought to have a vote .
Mr . Richard Warren , of Manchester , seconded the motion . Dr . Wade supported the motion , and said that he had three or four votes , and it was a shame that he should have so many and the working classes bb without . He said they talked about Poor Laws , Corn Laws , and Starvation Laws , and about emigration , but let those emigrate who had plenty to live on , and leave those behind that would be of some benefit to the country . : , Mr . Parry , of London , Mr . Adams , Editor of the Aberdeen Herald , Rev . Henry Lolly , Mr . Wm . Loyett , Dr . Ritchie , Mr . Robert Martin , of Leeds , and many other delegates supported : it . The resolution was carried unanimously . This finished the proceedings of the first day .
WEDNESDAY'S MEETING . The Conference met this morning in the Committee Room of the Town Hall , and , after the minutes of the preceding day had been read and confirmed , letters were read from Tunbridge Wells , Northwich , Gallashiels , Burton-upon-Trent , Francis Place , Esq ., Mr . Clarke ; also one from M . r . Arthur O'Connor , of Paris , from which the Chairman read several extracts , approving of their proceedings . Mr . A . Prentice , of Manchester , moved that Vote by Ballot be adopted by this Conference , ; in a speech of considerable length , Mr . Taunton , of Coventry , seconded the motion . Mr . Jenkins , of Warwick , supported the motion . Tom Steele , of Ireland . Messrs . Parry , Spencer , Mr . Burton , of Newark , Dr . Wade , Dr . Richie , of Edinburgh , Mr . Adams ^ editor of the Aberdeen Herald , Mr . Vines , of Reading , Messrs . Richardson , Chorlton , and a many other delegates , supported the
motion . Mr . Mitchell , of Aberdeen , moved that the country be divided into equal electoral districts . Mr . Miles , of Oldham , seconded the motion . Messrs . Prentice and others also supported the motion . Passed unanimously . Mr . Lawrence Tax lob moved that there be no property qualification . He did so in an able speech . Mr . O'Bbien seconded the motion , in which he showed ; the absurdity of any qualification , and repudiated the idea or property being injured or destroyed in consequence of its abolition . Messrs . Perry , Vincent , Speucer , Dr . Richie , T . B . Potter , of Manchester , supported the motion ; and it was agreed to unanimously . Mr . Parry moved "That the election expences of members be paid out of the public purse as well as the wages of Members of Parliament . "
Mr . W ixtam , of Coventry , seconded the motion . A vast number of delegates spoke to it , most raising objections against the money being paid from the . state lands , and contending they should be paid out of the county rates . The motion was resisted by some , and at length Mr . Wit tan agreed to a proposition declaring , " That members of Parliament ought to be paid by the public , and all legislation expences defrayed also . " .- .. ' ¦ : ¦¦ ' ¦ . - - . . . . ¦ The motion was then mianimonsly agreed to . The meeting then adjourned to dinner .
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it . You say "that large Bums of money have been devoted to the purpose of seduction . " To seduce whom ? The Readers of coursa . When , then , the people learir that " Sunderlahd ; Leicester , ^ htffleld , and Birmingham" are to be the grand points , of attack , they naturally infer that these are places where the w « rk of seductipn ' had been so far successful as to render the attack more easy and safe . " ,, .. i . , Now , it so happened that in all the other places naraed , there was already divisions arid persons mow openly accused as being traitors ; therefore thepother and unimpeached leaders of those places , had not tb . 9 same reason to consider your letter an imputation upon them ; but in Sunderiand , we have had no such divi . sions ; we hate had none who were impeache 4 or conviptad of being traitors to the cause ; there ia Bcarcely any but Mr . Birins and myself that have been engaged in advocating the cause ; therefore suspicion , if it fell on any , must necessarily have fallen upon os .
Was it not much better then , that we should afford you the opportunity of satisfyiog the people , rather than allow their minds to be racked by groondless feara and suspicions ? : ;; That an attack has been made in other places will proye your correctness with reference to ' them , but as regardsSunderland ; I think you have been mis-informed . No attack is , I believe contsmptut'id . Indeed , any who have had an opportunity of witnessing the defeats which the opponents of pur cause have met with here , will deem it iraprpbable that they should be so fobliBh asto contemplate any . ' furth er ¦ attacks . - : ¦ - . " ; There are one or two additional subjects in your letter , which : deserve for my- own . vindication some explanation ; but I mu 3 t briefly pass them by . My second letter respectiug Messrs . Vincent and Pbilp , upon which you smartly comment , I have vindicated'in a reply to a Correspondent of the Star . : ;
I "disclaim making auy " sly thrust"' at you in 1838 . What I then wrote , I did minfally and fairly to yourself ; you bavo not fairly stated the object of that letter , but it is quito unnecessary to enter upon that sul'jecfc now , ¦'¦¦' . - . . . ' . - . " ;¦ ¦; ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ -. ¦ : :. ¦ - ¦ - . ' ' - . ' ¦¦ .. ; . . ' ¦ ; : ¦ . My conduct in defending poor Deegan , in 1840 , 1 . am prepared , if neceasary , to justify . I really think , however , that at this tims , it would display very bad taata to rate up disputes whiph ought to be forgotten and forgiven . - ¦ ¦ .- ¦ . .- " . '"'"¦ .. - -. ¦' . - '¦ .. ¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦ Now , however , for a revelation which will astonish yon . I HAVE SIGNED STUROES DECLARATiON , and therefore you may deem it necessary to move a vote of censure upon me ; but before doing this , I hope you will give me notice of your intention , that you will let aie know the time and place , and endeavour so far fco accp'iriniodiitB nva aa to give me a chance ot beikg PBESENT to DEFEND MYSELF .
It may . however , be as well here to inform you , that I only fiigiied the Declaratiou , as a record of my opinions respecting the right of the people to the Suffrage , bat that I REFUSED TO SIGN THE MEMORIAL , or DO AUGHT MORE , lest I should compromlfle myself by agitating with the party . ! ¦ ' , ,- ! am , Sir , Your * respectfully . J . Williams .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday ,. April 5 . The House having resolved itself inta committee on the Gorn Impbrtation Bill ,. Mr . BaRclat , upon the ninth clause , providing foi the ascertainment of the averages , moved a resolution , " That it is not expedient to add to the number of the towns whence returns are now made . " This appeared to the Chairman , to be an informal motion , but Mr . Chlldera raised the same question by another amendment- Tliis was opposed by Sir Robert Peel , but the low . tone in which the conversation was carried on made it difficult to collect the tenour of his observations . The discussion was then continued , chiefly between Mr . Hawea and Mr . Gladstone , the former imputing , and the latter denying , that the towns proposed to ba added bad been purposely selected from'districts producing low-priced corn , in order to keep down the rate of the averages .
Sir E . KNatchbull vindicated the intentions of Government . ¦ . ¦ ¦ - . ' . •¦ \ . ' ¦ '¦'¦' ::. ' .: '¦*'¦¦¦ , ¦'¦ ' ¦ Mr . Villiers desired to know with what other object those towns had been selected , in a bill the aim of which was notoriously to keep up the rents of the landlords ? He scouted the notion of treating the measure as a concession or a setttement ; it waa merely a confession of the error in which the opposite party had theretofore persisted ; and it Would be t&e people ' s business to go on agitating till they obtained a real relief . . " ¦; . > ¦;¦' . - ¦ '¦ ' : ¦ ¦ - .. ¦ . ¦ ' - ; . - ¦ - ' / . '" : Mr . Labouchere , with reference to an opinion formerly expressed by him , admitted that he had much overrated the extent to which the averages were likely to be reduced by the enactment now under eoMiBideratton , it wa . B difficult to judge precisely what ita effect would be ; and he wished to see the account of the averages in the towns of the old . list kept separately from the averages in the towns of the new list
Lord WORSLEY thought that the new list of towns would not materially lower the averages , nor aufflcient ? y protect the agricultural interests . Mr . Howard regretted that Sir Robert Peel had not included corn in that general reduction ef duty which had formed the ptinciple of his tariffi : Mr . AGLroNBT ; wa 3 only more and more convinced by all the argumentation upon this difficult machinery that the sliding scale was an inconvenient device , and that the only true principle was that of a fixed duty . ¦¦¦ - . ' - . ¦ ' ¦ ; , ' . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦ . - . ' - . ' ¦ " . " : ¦ ' ' : ¦ . : ¦¦ - ^ . ' . ' . ' " ¦ ¦ . " : ' ¦ ' . " ¦ .. ' ¦ ¦ . ' Sir B . PEEL , ¦ without meaning to deny that tha frauds in the takiDg of the averages had been somewhat exaggerated , yet ¦ felt persuaded that they had existed to some extent , and that the introduction of a larger number ef towns would go Ut to prevent them . ¦ ¦ - ¦ -. ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ; ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . . ' . : ¦ ¦ , - ¦ . - ¦ "¦ ¦ ,. : ' ¦
Mr . J ? . Stewart approved the extension of the list of towns , but wished to . know why the market-towns of West Lothian were net included ? Sir B . Peel said , that if Scotland had been included , so must Ireland ; and that would have changed the whole plan of the averages . , . Dr . BowRiNC believed that it was a plan which would injure the consumer by raising prices . After'this discussion , the amendment was withdrawn , and the committee proceeded wish the next clause , also relating to the regulation » f the averages . > Mr . WAKLEy here complained of tha effect likely to be produced on the averages by the inclusion of sales of inferior corn ; in which view he was supported by Mr . ; Hawes . But Mr . Gladstone apprehended that no such quantity of inferior corn was likely be to included as would at all materially affect the averages . .
Mr . Aolionby Buggested , thafe in each return , all corn ; bearing less than a certain proportion to the COIU Of highest price , might be excluded - and Mr . Wakley declared his intention of moving a clausft hereafter for the o \ iviation of the mischief . On the clause enabling the Treasury to remove inspectors , ¦ - ¦ - . . . . ; ¦ .. ' . ' ¦"' . ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : s' i ¦'¦'¦¦' Mr . Aglionby © xgtesaed a constitutional jealousy of Government influence . Sir R . Peel endeavoured to quiet : hia apprehensions ; and : Colonel Sibthorp remarked upon the ungraceful effect of such a iBuggestion proceeding from the other side of the House , which led to somo sparring between him and Lord Worsley . When the twenty-seventh clause Was in discussion ,
Lord Worsley proposed that instead of fixing sue Weeks as the period from Which the averages Bhpuld be deduced , the committee should fill up the blank witti the petiod of ten weeks . * Mr . Palmer , of Berkshire , conenrrfcd in the wish to exteail the period , Mr . Qladsxqne feared that such an extenfiioh would prevent the due relief to the consumer when the price was rising , and defeat the due protection to the growerwhen the price was falling . Mr . P . Stewart recommended it to I ^ rdWoraley to withdraw his motion . :. :.- ¦ .. ' - ' Mr . Christopher was desirous to extend the period . His object in SUpportirig that extension was not to raise prices , but only to keep theni steady . He denounced the frauds of the speculatorsL Colonel Sibthorp opposed tne extension .
Lord Ebrington would have preferred ten years to ten weeks , for then there would have been practically afixedduty . "¦ . •¦' ..- ¦ ¦ . ¦ 7 - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ; ' 7 . ¦ . ¦ .---, ' Colonel Wood ( Middlesex ) thought the frauds of the speculators very much exaggerated , and expressed hsa disapprobation of the proposed extension . Mr . Palmer ( of JEisex ) inveighed strongly against the specuiatorff . TWhen two : or three other members had said a few words each , : . Sir B . Peel declared his conviction , that the safest course , ; both for the consumer and for the grower . Was to adhere to the six weeks . : Mr Hawes said , he could hay « und « srstood the advantage of a very short or of a very long period , but not of an intermediate length of time like ten weeks . Ta © Committee than divided—¦ For the amendment .... * . „ . 37 Againstit . i . ^ .. w ... ........ 242
" Majority ......,. ; ..,... 205 The Committee proceeded to elanse 29 , upon which Mr . Childebs moTed , that iuit 1 the 1 st of May , 1843 , the import daty should be regutated by averages taken only from the old list of towns ; but after that time ,, by averagea taken from all tna towns in th « schedule , unless Parliament should meanwhile direct otherwise . ' 77 .-- -. - ' ¦ . ;]¦/ . ¦ - On this motion the Committee divided without » debate : — ; - , 7 •' / - ; - ' . ; . ¦ .. r . ¦ . '¦ ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -7 - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦ -. ., ; ¦ : For the amendment .,.,,,.,. 69 Against it > . ; ........... ; ... ; . 202 Majority . .. ; .. ¦ . ; . ; . ; . 133 The danseaf printed in the BUI having been gone through , some discussion took place upon additional clauses proposed by Lord Woraley , which , however , were withdrawn witLoat division .
Colonel SlBTHOaP , In proposing another elanM made some obswvktioai about the probable danger t » the landed Interests from Mine of the reductions In Uw tariff ; ' upon which .
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Halifax Notice . — . 4 // persons ho / ding Petition sheets for the Great National , in the Halifax district , are particvlarly requested to hand them in . on or before Monday , April 10 th , to the Association Room , or to the Secretary for the district , 31 , South-street . By attending to the above , they will prevent much unnecessary inconvenience , as one of the delegates to the Conve 7 ition is expected to call there . Received by the Treasurer of the Chartists of Redfearn-street . Manchester , the sum of IQs . Jrom
Dr . Hulley in support of the National Convention . C . Lek , Birmingham . — We know nothing of the address to which he alludes . We have ayain and again given notice that it is impossible f or us to insert such addresses ; yet we have them constantly crowded on us , as though such notices had never been given at all . The " breach of politeness ' is certainly on the part ef those who , in defiance of our published inabilities do insert them , still ' send them ¦ la >« s . Charlks Kouse , Hackney ; Road . —There is nothing in his letter which has not been said in the Star
twenty times . Neglect of Lecturers again . —A Stockport Correspondent writes us— "Oh Sunday night last , we had the largest and most respectable audienee ever assembled in our room . " lie then goes en to complain bitterly , and justly , that this larue and respectable audience , after waiting patiently for more than an hottr , dispersed without having any one to address them , this Stockport speukers being all fulfilling engagements elsewhere : Mr . Clarke at Roohdale : Mr . Mitchell dt Manchester ; and Mr . Carter alMacclesfield : while Mr .
Crowder , of Lower Moor , Oldham ,, who ought to hve been at Stockport , neither attended to fulfil his engagement nor assigned any reason . This will not do ¦ ' persons who either cari ' i or won ' t fulfil their engagements , must avoid making engagements . National anti-Tobacco and Temperance Society . —Mr . George Fiinn , of Bradford , wishes his name em-olling < as a member oj this society . A Block Printer , Pendlkton . — WV have sent his letter to Mr * Heywood . Charles Duncan . — We have really had enough of
thediscussionbettveenhimaud'Mr . O'Brien . The Chartists of the East and North Ridings must immediately forward their Petition Sheets to the Secretary , Edward Burlcy , 19 , Biltofi-street , Layerthbrpe , York : also their quotes of Conventwn Funa . J . G . Stratton . —Apply to Mr . James Leach , Tibstreet , Manchester . Ms . H . Cand y wishes to inform his Wolverhampton friends that he will be with them on Sunday , 24 lh of April , when he will deliver two lectures in the open air . And as regards the assertion of ¦ A / r .-. G . Wynn , Editor of the Staffordshire Examiner , Mr . Hy Cmdy is quite willing to meet him , or any one , to give a fair explanation . of anything required , face to face ~ : 7
Irish Universal Suffrage Association , —We are requested by the President of this Association to state that ^ E . F . Dempsey is not secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , nor was he ever elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Brpphy Mr . W . H .,: Dyotf , prihtrr ^ bookseller , and stationer , No . 26 , North King-street , Dublin , is the Secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to whom all papers and communications should be addressed . , ' .: Bath .- —The notice of Mr . O'Brien ' s lectures came after our last week ' s papers for the Bath post were printed . 7 Mb . Geobge Black requests us to state that he has received , in aid of the loss he e > , duredaskort time ago , the underneath subscriptions from the following places : —
£ fl . d . Newport , Monmouthshire ... ... 6 16 2 | Merthyr TydVil ... ... ... 0 10 e Abergavenny ... ... ... ... 6 10 6 . Pontypool ... ... ... ... 0 6 6 Coaleen ... ... ... ... 9 4 7 ^ Sevenoaks ... ... ... .,. ft 0 9 Newpoit , Isle of Wight ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Mason . and another friend ... 0 1 0 Francis Vevers , Daybrook ... ... 01 0 . Shiffiold : ... ' ... ... . ,- . 073 John Rogers , jun . ... ... ... 0 10 Blake-hall ... ... ... ... 0 ? ¦ 9 j " . Old Biasford ... ... # 3 2 Skegby ... ... ... ... 0 ? 0 Nottingham ... ... ... ... pi 5 r Radford ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 ; ¦ ¦ .- ¦;;¦ _ : ¦ - . ¦ ¦ :. ¦ ¦ ¦¦ , . ¦ ¦ - / . ; ' - .. ¦ &u ; . - Tee National Petition . —Many persons write to us to know what they are to do frith the Petition sheets now iti their hands full of signatures . The Executive will doubtless Untie general instructions on the matter . Noticr . —Mr . H . Candy finishes hit engagements in the West Riding < m Saturday .: Alt letters for him , for the present , must be directed to him at Mr . Sl&ter ' siCordwainer iChapel'atreet i Hanley Staffordshire Potteries .
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TO MR . O'CONNOR . Dear Sir , —As yon have now distinctly disclaimed any intention of imputing traitorous , or dishonourable conduct to me- , or Mr . Binns , in the letter which appeared from you in the Star of February 19 th , I might hero have had the pleasure of concluding by thanking you for your explanation , had you not laboured a little ingeniously , though unfairly , in making my conduct , in asking you the said question , appear to be absurd , unnecessary , and unwarranted . . . , ' ' . ' - ' ¦ . ' . ¦ . . ¦ . ¦' . . 7 . ' . ¦ \ " - ¦; ¦ - Let me here give you the paragraph from your letter of February 19 th , which has formed the subject of discussion : —
" Large iuins of money have been devoted to the puriiosa of seduction . Sunderiand , Leicester , Sheffield , and Birmingham , are to be the four grand points of attack . We will beatthem . " 7 After waiting until we had had an opportunity of practically -proving . our integrity , and postponing any notice of your latter until after the expected " attack , " I did at length , when there was no symptoms of any such attack , deem it necessary to address a letter to you in the Star of March 26 th , in which , commenting on yonr letter , 1 say- — "It appeared from that letter , that the party had been so far successful as to : have secured four places which were to ; be made the grand points of attack . These were Glasgow , Shenield , Leicester , and Sunderiand . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . .- . ¦ ' . • ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦•¦ ¦ '¦" ¦
"I will venture to assert , that to none was the intelligence more astounding than to the Chartista of Sunderiand . They knew that BUCh a Scheme Would not be attierapted ; unless sonie of the advocates of Ghartiam ia Sunderiand had become paitie » to it ; and seeing that Mr . Binns and myself had been completely identified with the rise and progress of Chartism in ' this town , and had confessedly exercised a very great influence amongst the Chartist body , they considered the assertion of Mr . O'Connor to be virtually a strong imputati © n against either the one or the other , or btfth Of us . We were urged to notiee it . 1 declined > knowing that time would prove who were honest , and Who warer not , and that we should speedily have an opportunity in Sunderiand of giving the imputation a practical refutation / ' 7
Now , Sir , if you wUl read this attentively , you will find that not one only , bu 6 the Chaitiata of Sundetlaacl did generally consider the above paragraph from yoiir letter to contain » strong imputation against the leaders here , and not only in Sunderiand , but , I assure you , througbont the County of Durham , the impression that " something waa wrong in Sunderiand" was quite general . ... ' ,- ¦ . ; . ' 7 ¦ .-7 : ; - ¦ . 7 ' .--: . ,-7-- t To prove t » you that it was neither my blindness nor over sensitlyeneM that caused me to ask you for an explanation , I could , 1 have no ^ doubt , get theaigaacares of a thonsand Chartists who would testify that they considered yon * letter to be an imstttation on the leaders at Sunderiand . ¦
I beg also to remind you that , some weeks before my letter , Mr . Binns addressed a private letter to you for an explanation . Your engagements have probably caused it to escape your attention .: hence the necessity for my letter . 1 do think that on reading the above quotation from your letter r you will candidly admit that it will bear the construction that has been put upon
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Complete Suffrage Conference.
COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE .
Watkins S Legacy To The Chartists. '
WATKINS S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . '
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Determined to commemorate every great national event connected with the present ** movement , " Mr . O ' Connor has entered into arramjemerite for presenting the Subscribors to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of
THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to ^ the House of Commons . This Plate will be as much superior to the Engravings already given with the Star , as they were to any ever given , with any other newspaper . It will be divided , as it wero , into throe main compartments . The first will represent the Dele-« ATEsin Convention ASSiMnLED , previoustO 8 iauing with the Petition to the House of Commons , Tne cent'e and largest compaitment will represent the Procession ccompanving the Petition to the House , ibe Petition itself , the Bearebs of it , aud the People , when passing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third compartment will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when " laid on the table f being a general view of the Interior of the House of Commons , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair being prominent features .
In addition to these ma > n compartments the npper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , eaoh one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Publie Building passed in the route from the Convention Rooms to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane ' s Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . Mary-le-Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland Hoo&e , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The Admiralty , Tne Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , Tne Treasury , Westminster Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the House of Common .
There will thus be given , upon one very large sheet , Nineties Splendid Pictures , all bartnoniouBly combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of tho most important movement eTer raade by tho English people in favour of liberty . The terms upon which the Plate will be issued are as follow : — * Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months from the 9 th of April will be entitled to a Plate . We do not promise to haveic ready at that Cime , though in all probability it will be ; yet we do not promise : lor the work will be one of such
a character , and will need such careful aUeuuon on the part of the Engraver , as to defy any one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . If the plate is not then read 5 , . every subscriber is at . liberty to cease his subscription , holding his ticket , &fld receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day il is presented , just as if he had continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . Wo will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will have to pay .
Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription lists , and in all cases furnish the Hibscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given for subscribing for the Star for four months . As soon as possible , specimens shall be placed in the hands of the Agents .
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Splendid And Costly Present To The Readers Of Tha "Northern Star." " •
SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THa " NORTHERN STAR . " "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct885/page/4/
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