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Atbgciocs Outrage . —The PoV . ee Gazette contains information that , on the first of March , a ™* of sawyers feloniously assaulted Mr . John Wilton , one of the propietors of the city of Cork patent saw mills , and threw a quantity of vitriol , or some other burning liquid , into his fa-ce , by which he h& 3 been in iminent danger , and has lost the sight of one eye . Two of the perpetrators of the outrage are apprehended ; but others , whose names are given , absconded , and have probably gone to London . Their names are Daniel Larrig&n , J . Drew , and J . Quick , the latter of whom has his arm marked with hie initials , "J . Q ,, " and ia described as a great mimic , and capable of personating many cli&racters . He is baliavedto be dressed as a sailor . Mr . Wilton
himself , and also her Majesty ' s government and the corporation and citizens of Cork , have offered rewards , amounting , in the whole ; to £ 150 , for such information a 3 may cause the apprehension and conviction of the offenders . Dreadful Case of Infanticide . —An inquest was held by P . B . Faulkner , Esq ., on Friday , the 22 cd instant , at Everton , about three miles from Bawtry , on the body of a newborn m& 9 child , prom evidence it appeared that the deceased wa 3 an illegitimate child of Mary Mimes , a servant in the family of the Rev . Mr . Smith , of Everton , in whose family Bhe had only lived two months . She was taken ill on the 21 st , and Dr . Hall , of Retford , was sent for , when he at once discovered that she had recently been delivered of a male child . The girl declared her innocency at first , but afterwards stated that
she had been delivered of a male child , a very small one , which she ha . d given to the dog ; but upon a search being made , Dr . Hall discovered a foil grown male chi ] d , wrapped op in a piece of gown , and placed between the mattrass and feaxher bed on which she was ly ^ ng . It presented a shocking spectacle , for not only had the child ' s throat been dreadfully cut , even throngh the spine , but the month of the child had been cut on each side , as if to stop its cries . The girl subsequently con ' essed her guilt , and tinted that she had cut the child ' s throat with a biscuit knife , which was found aiterwaxes on-the sink , in the back kitchen , covered with blood . The jury returned a verdict of ** Wilful Murder" against Mary Milnes , who was committed by the coroner to take her trial at the next assizes for the county of Nottingham .
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TO THE ED 1 TSK OF THE KOBTHEKX STA . E . Sir , —In my repoit of the atate of Chartinn in Mon-Eeuthsliire , it appears I made a mistake by saying that there "was no association in rxiitence in Newport There ia an associitlon there ; and also they had been engaged in obtaining signatures before I visited them in ttie Easter-week . I have to apologise to my Newport friends for these unintentional misstatements ; also tbst the chief Chartist Association was in Mertbyr I'ydvil , Glamorganshire , —andhot the only one , but tfcat there "were several small ones in thfi neighbourhood . Mobgas Williams .
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TBS 6 ET-RID-QF-FFARgXTS PARTY , & ~ ST > TEEIB 2 fEW " NEW MOTE . " TO ISB ED 1 T 0 B OF THB KOBTHERK STAR . Six , —It "was my intention to have addressed yon at some length upon the move now being made foi the reorganization of the Ixnrett party nnder a new leader ; but the report , in the Star , of my speech , in detailing the state of my district , into -which I introduced the nyings of Messrs . Levttt and party , is so correct ana fall , that I am enabled , without mneh pressure upon yonr vaJnable space , to perfect the picture "which I meant to present to yon . The facts of the case then are briefly these—ilr . Lovetfs disclosures irere as follow : — " That they were not , si Birmingham , suffic i ently strong to get rid of the name of the Charter , that he did not find fault with Mr . OXJonnelTs abuse- and denunciation of the Chartists , and that they , the " new Bove" men were sot in a position to acknowledge a coalition vsith O'Connell ; but that , erelong , he would join them . "
That tbeir -whole and sole object , as well as a sane man couia judge , was to destroy the popularity of Mr . O'Connor , and the cJrcnlaUon of the Northern Star , and to supply its place with a newspaper of that party ; and Sir , need I do more to confirm the correctness of my view * h « r « quote far yon a passage from a letter from Monties © , received by ilr . O'Connor , and shown to me . This is the extract : — " Yesterday week , after Joseph Hume was returned for these boroughs , I , as one of the deputation , waited upon fr » tn to take onr petition sheets , "with 1 , 954 signatures , which I hope , by this , the Convention has received . He kindly received us , and promised to support the Six points , and will enter more into details afterwards . He then began slap , « We want to get up a paper to supersede the 5 &W ; get rid of Fesrgns O'Connor and all his hot-headed followers . There is Lovett , Vincent , HetiieriBgton , CoUIes , and a good many more , who are doing all they can to bring about that so-nmchseeded object "
2 f o » , Sir , need I say more , -when every working man reflects that the said Joseph Hmne has been the pivot , from first to last , upon which the " new move " party has turned . Connect this with the mandate issued by Daniel O'Connell to his followers , to enrol themselves as members of the " new move" party . If thii is not cruel persecution of a man for the purpose of ruining Wrrij and frh « i breaking up that p&rty ^ witn which he has acted from the commencement , I know not what is . And now , Sir , the grand qnestdon is , are we , as working men , to desert all car friends fer the vain gratification of our old deluders ? A letter has
been » ent to th » Convention , signed by S- Wade , charging me-withfalstheod , as a spy ; but I hurl back the charge in the teeth of the said S . Wads and hu > 11 new move ; " and I assure them that I have daily received letters of congratulation from my constituents for my noble and straightforward conduct , in thus exposing their hypocrisy and deceit , hoping they will yttieam the art of manly honesty to the working classes , I conclude myself , Your obedient servant , In tie cause of Chartism , Geoe ge Habbiso > , Member for the Midland Counties of the National Convention . London , April 27 , ISi 2 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE 50 STHER 5 STAS . Siu , —The fono-sriug verbatim copy of a letter from R . J . Ridnrdson , of Manchester , was received by the Chartists of Colne last \ retk . . " . Herewith I send you a copy of the Statesman , the Nonconformist , and the Birmingham Journal , in order that you may see something like an impartial account of the proceedings of the Conference lately held at Birmingham . I fear your minds may be biassed by -what I consider to be gross misrepresentariona in the Star concerning that body . I am exceedingly
anxious that the woikixg classes should fee freely and honestly informed on all Blatters tonebing the great question of radical reform , and more especially those who have ehewn me their especial maxks of favour . I am aware the men of Coine will judge impartially , nothing extenuate nor set down aught in malice , " nor yet Fofffcr their adnds to be biassed by any hssd , however popular he may be , or he-wever po-werfnl . I codsider the Conference to have acted nobly , generously , and -wisely—fearless cf either one man or another , and utterly regardless cf party or faction .
Banish from your minds foul suspicions , and judge charitably . Sturge ' s movement I freely believe to be an bocfcst one ; and -whatever course your men take , act infltptnoently , and according to the honest dictates Of the coe science . Prom your obedient servant , B . J . Richardson . The following answer has been returned by the Chartists of Colne to the foregoing communica tion : — Sib , —We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27 th , together with the newspapers , as stated in the same .
I duly submitted its contents to the consideration of the council of onr branch of the * National Charter Association , and they resolved to calla general meeting of the members without delay , to take the united opinion and advice of the general body . Accordingly , we had a fall meeting of the members l&ct Thursday evening , asd the result was the pasting of an unani mous vote cf confidence inFeargua O'Connor , Esq ., and the Northern Star newspaper , for their tpifl '" cW"g and straightforward advocacy of the rights of the working classes , and deprecating any movement that m * j have th * least tendency to derange , or bring into contempt , either the old faithful and honest leaden , or even to change the nsme of tbe original movement in favour of the People ' s Charter .
The Chartists of Colne regret that asy difference of "pinion should exist f > Tnnr > £ * t- persons "who professedly w the same objects in view , and more especially those » a om they , but a little while ago , looked upon as burni&g and Bhinieg lights in the foremost ranks of Cbar-S * a , and confidently looked to thtm for examples of to &slsteney , stability , and perseverance in their onward * Tee to obtain e § usl justice far their sa&ring fe ; Jowc etB&yjneB ; bow keen and scnte mmt be the ciisap-
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poirrtmene when they find those -who once enjoyed tbeir C onfidence , tnrniDg aside and forming a coalition ""'iVn pae who has been the greatest stumbling block in the way cf our political regeneration , we mean Danittl O'CoTinell . To pl 3 ce confidence in a weathercock politician of this description would be the very height of folly and inconsistency . The men of Colne see no reason , as yet , to desert O'Connor asd the Northern Star , and if the Sturgifees were honest in their adoption of the principles of the Charter , wb see no reason why they need to assume a new name , except they intend to get rid of the old leaders , and the Northern Star . If this be their object , the men of Colne will be no party to such a proceeding . By order of the public meeting , THOMAS Wadbington , Chairman . Colne , April 25 , 1842 .
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( Continued from our sixth page . ) &nfl comforts of lifa The restrictions on land bore chiefly en the working classes ; the greater portion of it was let to tenants whose occupancy ensured them a vote . The restrictions which he was anxious to remove be had stated in the motion be made in the House of Commons . There were the leases , -which In . many instances only allowed one-fifth to be cultivated for grain ,, -while four-fifths were laid ont in parks , < fca , or occupied in grass land , for the fatting of cattle . He had moved , in the House of Commons , for leases to be granted in perpetuity . The tenant would then have some Becurity fcr his improvements , and would lay ont his capital with the confidence of having a return .
The law of distress -sraa another rosfciiction on the land . According to this law , the landlord could follow the eooda or stock of the tenant for a period of twenty-one days , if , through a dear rent or other circumstance !' , he was compelled to quit his farm . This law of distress was a privilege which was granted to no other class of Bociety . If he was to purchase . £ 300 worth of goods , and was to sell them the next day , and then to become bankrupt , they could not issue a distress upon the goods , bat could only obtain redress by entering an action ; but with the agriculturist they would have the power of immediately seizing the property . He also in th £ House of Commons advocated a Corn Rent , net , as some persona foolishly imagined , a rent to be
paid in corn , but a rent regulated by the market price of the Cora ; and also that where , according to the present tenure , the land was let at too high a value that a jury , composed of the neighbouring fanners , should have the power to assess the value in a similar manner to that by which railroads , or other public works , were maxaged , vJz . that private interest should not stand in the way of public good . If these principles were carried into operation , instead of having a deficiency , we should have a redundancy of home-grown corn . Th « manufacturers greatly complained that owing to the restrictions on food , instead of exporting the manufactured goods , they exported the raw ma . tsrial , er the goods in a half-finished state . The same applied to the land . This was tbe raw material ; and ,
if it was properly cultivated , every sere , with the exception of the waste lands , might be brought to a high state of fertility , as the market gardens around the metrepolis . He unhesitatingly affirmed , in tha teeth of a'l the political economists , that two millions of ^ acres , if cultivated in the best manner in which it could be done , would supply with wheat the whole of our present population—( hear , hear . ) He knew that Whig political economists would deny this , but they could net refute it . Off this quantity of ltnd they might produce property to the value of one hundred millions of pounds , fen acres , if well cultivated , would produce two , three , four , or five hundred pounds worth of prodnce—and over the whole kingdom in proportion . Some had objected to these subjects being
Broached , lest they should alarm the landed proprietors . Sir Robert Peel had pretty well alarmed them already ; bat they were still more alarmed at the Chartists . But the Charter would , if carried into law , be their true salvation . Sir Robert Peel had an eje in advance : he saw the object the Chaiti * t 3 had in view , he saw that the landlords were dull of apprehension on this subject —that unless they agreed to give up a portion they wenld risk the safety of the whole . Peel pursued the same line of policy with respect to Catholic Emancipation , also with regard to the dissenters , in 1829 . Be would ask them whether they would rather labour for themselves , or for others—whether they would rather spend the whole of their lives in the close , heated air of the factory , ot a portion of it in inhaling the pure
breezes of heaven ? When they raise the cry ef more bread , if asked what jsrodnees bread ? they say wheat If tsied how wheat is produced , they say from the land ; thtn instead of allowing yourselves to be victimised by a set of Jew jobbers or greedy speculators , if their object be really to benefit the poor , to cloths the naked , and to feed the hungry , why do not they point to the land at home ? -Instead t-f benefltting the speculator by increasing the number of towns , from which to draw the averages , he would advise them to increase the number of producers to put more laid into cultivation . While machinery was dirtcted as at present , it wonld be impossible , even if they obtained the Chwter , to prevent themselves from being placed in a situation of dreadful dependency on other nations , unless they adopted tbe
Extern of small iirmE -, this was the only measure by which "they could counteract the effects of our rapidly increasing mechanical powers ; this would give employment to those who are now victims to our artificial state of society . It had been said they wanted to make an attack on the landed property of the kingdom ; he denied that they had any such intention . The Poor Law Amendment Bill was a direct attack xipon the property of the -working classes ; they only claimed tbe power cf protecting themselves from such attacks by having a resource on which they could fall back . If China could snpport her immense population by cultivating six millions of acres for food , surely we , with only a population of seventeen millions , could grow sufficient food off fifty millions acres of ground , all more
or less capable of cultivation . It was a blasphemy upon the God of creation , a rack libel upon their country , to state that England could not prodnca a sufficiency of food for its inhabitants . Let them get the power of representation , T > y -which the present poFSiSSors of the land had been enaH&d to carve out taeir position , and the landed proprietors would speedily , for their own interest , bring tbe lands into the market to be let for small farms . They would discover that s profitable retail trade was far superior to a losing wholesale market The Irish Reform Bill gave to Ireland a complete landed franchise ; it enabled them to eject their Catholic tenantry , and caused a great influx into the British manufacturing towns ,- instead of being a benefit it has proved a curse to tbe British
labourer . The land of Ireland was chiefly in the bands ef Protestant proprietors . They soon diacovered , in the first elections , that the Catholic voters had too much spirit to betray their country , too much pride to be meanly bribed into acquiesence ; and tbe consequence was , that they were ejected by hundreds , and their email tons turned into pastures . This was oecasioned by the land being rented on the o \ A feudal terms , modiSed in name , but similar in spirit . He thought that Chartist lecturers should dwell upan this subject ; that they should make themselves well acquainted with its bearing ; that they should impress upon their
audiences the great capabilities of the land , and the importance of having it to fall back upon when they should have obtained the Charter . This would show that they were not as some parties asserted , eternally bawling for the Charter , and talking of nothing but the Charter . It would sbowtbat when they removed thepresent system they were enabled to supply its place with a better one . They need not fsar to arouse the prejudices of the landed proprietors . Their doctrine was based on reason and on justice , and nothing would stand against it If there was one class cf Bccltty who were meie interested than another in this subject , it was that class which had Dersecuted and reviled them—it was those men who in
the jury-boxes had condemned them to imprisonment and txile—the ihopkeepers . The sianufaeturer purchased his raw matt-rial in a foreign market ; the profits which he accumulated he expanded in the purchase of land ; scarcely a tithe of his income did he circnlate among the shopkeepers . But every labouring man that earned £ 50 a-year put a great portion of it into the pocket of the shopkeeper . If the man was thrown out of employment for one year it was £ 20 out of the shopieeptr's . pocket If a million of men "were thrown out of employ it prevented the circulation of fifty-two millions every year through tke hands of the Bhopkeeper . This -was . the true cause of the distress among the shopkeepers : their chief customers were unable to purchase good ? . This uas the origin of the tariff and
the income tax . Sit Robert found that when the working classts could not find tbe means to purchase tbe necessaries of life , it re-acted upon the customs , and made an empty txchequer , and compelled the Minister to look elsewhere for a substitute for those indirect taxes which could no longer be wrnrg-from . the people . It had forced from the Government the couftssion that tbe working class were the key-itone of tbe arch , the foundation on which the whole fabric rested . This resource felling the Minister , he bad been compelled to tax even the Queen upon the throne . He implored those present not to suppose that bt-canse itej felt no interest in agricultural pursuits , that the itudy of this question would not benefit them ; if out of a populati 6 n of 100 , 000 men , 20 , 000 were to be taken out of tbe manufacturing market , and settled upon the hied , it would relieve tbe market of its surplus hands , and benefit the whole ; agriculturalist
and manufacturer could then shake hands , and co-operate for tbeir mutual benefit ; but this sever could be the case until the surplus labour population was located upon the land—upon the soil of their native country . They wonld then not only be producers of tbe necessaries cf life , tut also good consumers of manufactured articles . He had endeavoured , as far as time would permit , to lay before them , —undefined he allowed , — to lay before them the advantages to be derived from the occupanc ef the land when free from its present restrictions . He had from the shortness of the time been compelled to leave much to be filled np by their owe ideas . He intended to write six letters in the Chartist Circular upon that subject ; he thought that trie pre .-eut " wis a fitting time for fearlessly attacking the tviis cf tte present system of landed monopoly ; that the t me had arrived , when the country had a rigct to < j-uiand -what were tba ulterior benefits to be dtmtd from ibe Charter : it would , in short , give
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them an increased power of production , and would also confer upon them a more equitable distribution of the wealth produced . ' .-:-Mr . Pitkethly seconded the motion . Dr . M'Doaall was highly gratified with the address of Me . O'Connor , but thought that , as the question might lead to discussion , it -would be advisable to postpone it that they might proceed with the mote immediate business of the Convention ; that of getting the National Petition in a state of forwardness for presentation , and for the transaction of other business connecttd with that subject Mr . Philp thought the subject which Mr . O'Connor had so ably bandied was one of paramount importance , and that they could not devote sufficient time at present for its discussion ; he therefore agreed with JDr . M'JJouall that it had better be postponed . Several other members expressed a similar opinion .
Mr . O'Connor having agreed to the suggestion , the discussion on it was postponed . Mr . Beesley moved , and Mr . White seconded , that the Petition Committee report " Dr . M'Douall stated , that owing to the pressure of business , they bad not been enabled to do anything with respect to the Petition . They wlahed for the assistance of tbe whole of the Convention . After some little discussion , . Mr . Bairstow moved that the Convention resolve itself into a committee forgetting the National Petition in enter for presentation . Mr . Lowery seconded the motion . Mr . M'Pherson had a motion on a subject having a similar bearing to that of Mr . O'Connor ' s , but he was willing to postpone it . The motion was then carried . The Committee , after transacting " considerable business connected with the Petition and the procession , received a deputation from Marylebone , with funds for the Convention , and information regarding tbe processioD . A vote of thanks was given to the deputation . The Committee then adjourned until nine o ' clock on Wednesday mominp .
Wednesday , April 27 . Mr . Duncan in the chair , Mr . Leach in the vicechair . Present—Messrs . Harrison , Beesley , Pitkethly , Bairstow , Bartlett , Leach , Tnomason , Doyle , Ridley , Morgan Williams , Mason , White , Woodward , Campbell , Duncan , and M'Pheraon . The minuteB were read and confirmed . Mr . White reported from the committee appointed to wait on Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir James Graham ; but had not been able to procure an interview . Mr . Pitkethly was added to the committea . Mr . Ridlev suggested that they should wait upon those Members of Parliament favourable to their views , and request them to wait , with the deputation , on Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir James Graham .
Mr . Mason moved that they appoint a committee to make out a list of those Members of Parliament upon whom it would be advisable for them to wait He thought the members of the old petition committee would be the most desirable persona to be selected . Mr . Ridley seconded the motion . The motion was carried . Messrs . Pitkethly ami Moir appointed . Mr . Moir read a letter from Eiderslie , in Scotland , stating that they sent a petition , signed by double the nnmber of the last petition .
Petitions were received from the following places . - — Burnley , 2 , 600 . Cheltenham , 5 , 800 . Dewsbury 2 , 400 . Ha- » ick , ... 3 . 0 V 4 . Todmorden , 8 , 400 . Carlisle , ... 8 , 880 . Bradford 7 , 709 . Jedburgh , ... 565 . Banbury , 1 , 800 . Donne , .... 1 , 200 . Ditto , 2 , 200 . Perth , ... 1 , 200 . Bradford , 908 . Frome , ... 3 , 000 . Bury , 2 , 200 . London , ,.. 424 . Bilaton , 5 , 400 . Bilston , ( second ) 2 , 400 . Leith , 7 , 200 . Malvern , ... 990 . Irving , 1 , 600 . Stroud , ... 4 . C 0 O . I ) nafetmliae 4 , 400 . Irving ( second ) 1 , 200 . Paisley , 2 , 000 . Leamington , 1 , 800 . Mr . Ridley having resigned on the Petition Com mittee on account of the pressure of business , Mr . Pit kethly was appointed in his place .
A letter was read from Mr . T . P . Green , of Birmingham , stating the disturbed state of that district Many riots had occurred ; numbers of men bad been wounded by the swords , ic of the soldiers ; and that the whole district was iu a very excited state . A letter was also read from Sheffield , written by Mr . G . J . Harney , statiDg the ill health of poor Holberry , and pressing his case , and that of the other prisoners , upon the notice of the Convention . Mr . White read a letter from Redditch , containing a vote of thanks to their representative , and likewise to the Convention , and expressing tbeir censure upon Mr , Shaman Crawford for his conduct in not postponing his motion in tbe House of Commons . A letter was read from Denny , speaking highly of the Charter and the Convention , and pressing upon their notice the merits of tbe qvestioa of total abstinence
A letter was read from S . Wade , stating that he had seen a report of Mr . Harrison ' s speech in the Northern Star , and being chairman of the first meeting alluded to , he was bound to say that the statement of Mr . Harrison was false , and he would advise any members of tbe Convection if they wished to attend their meetings to do it openly , and not In the capacity of spies . Mi . Harrison explained that be was ready to prove tbe truth of his statement And so far from being a apy he had lodged in tbe house where the meeting was held , ever since he had been in Lsndon , and he still lodged there . It was the room he always used . Mr- Leach recommended that an address should be laid before the country , advising them to keep from all expressions of violence , &c , and likewise to lay their true position before the country , as it had been reported that they were divided in sentiment and broken into factions .
Dr . M-Dou&H perfectly ajree-d w 5 th the issuing of an address on the disturbed state of the country , but thought that the statement regarding disunion was SO perfectly unfounded , that it would be wroDg to notice it . . ¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ "• Mr . O'Connor expressed bis high admiration of the unanimous manner in which their business had been conducted . Several other members expressed similar opinions ; and various extracts from letters were read stating their confidence in the Convention and determination to support them—they were highly pleased with the unanimity which existed .
Mr . O'Connor read a Setter from Montrose stating that since the election of Joseph Hume a deputation had waited on him to request his support to the Petition . Tbis he agreed to . He would support the six points of the Charter ; but they should have apaper to put down the Star , and remove the present hot-headed leaders : Messrs I *> vett . Hetherington , and others were engaged in that movement . Mr . Doyle moved that an address be drawn up , to the people of the empire , calling upen them to refrain from acts ef violence , as that would materially ipjure the
causa Mr . Woodward seconded the motion . Mr . Duncan stated the distressed state of the people of Arbroath , in Scotland . Other members gave similar accounts . Mr . Beesiey moved the following amendment , " That no address be pat fertb at the present , but that we leave it to the judgment of the people to act as they think bestin their present destitute condition . " He thought it was useless to address men who were starving . They
might alwajs be addressing the people to remain in a state of qniesence ; the time was come ¦ when it was impossible ;© nger to remain passive and quiet Mr . Philp seconded the amendment He thought it useless to issue another address . Tn the last they had recommended the people to remain firm and quiet The people in those districts where the disturbances existed were starving , and they would pay no attention to any address . Mr . Williams supported the amendment
Messra O'Connor , Moir , Mason , M'Pherson , White , and Woodward spoke in favour of the original motion , which was carried by a great majority . Messrs Leach , Philp , White , and M'DouaU weie appointed the Committee to draw np the address . Mr . O'Connor wished it to be an instruction to the committee that in the addreBS they should express their regret that the people should be in such a condition as to be compelied to seize food where it eoald be procured , and they Bbonlci show that thia oould not be the case if the people were truly represented . Mr . Pitkethly brought forward the Bubject of the Bill sticker who had been arrested and fined . Mr . Ridley engaged that the man should attend on the following morning . Several members had leave of absenoe to forward the business of the various committees . The subject of the petition of Mr . Hindes , of Shorehim , was brought forward .
Mr . O'Connor stated that they had done all in their power in the first Convention to procure the restitution of his pension . Mr . Woodward stated that through the exertions of Mr . Dnncombe the man had procured s > return of his pension , but that the . present Tory Government had on their accession to tf 3 . se immediately taken it off The subject then dropped . Mr . O'Connor thought they would be wanting in their duty , if they did not return a vote of thanks to those working men who had got up the excellent and crowded meeting on the previous evening . It was a novel feature to tea such a meeting at the Crown and Anchor , on an occasion when money ira * charged for admittance . He should therefore move that a vote of thanks was due , and was hereby given , to the getters up of the Crown and Anchor meeting . Mr . Dwyle seconed the motion .
The Convention then adjourned until the following morning , and the various committees proceeded witn their arduous duties . Business now thickens upon them . AH motions requiring discussion are postponed until after the presentation of the petition . Members of the Convention on this afternoon will proceed to visit those M . P . ' s whom they may be likely to influence to aid in procuring the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the other political prisoner ? .
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I Thursday , April 28 . Mr . Duncan in the Chair . Mr . Leach Vice-Chair . Secretary called the roll ; Messrs . Beesley , Leach , Bairstow , Doyle , Roberts , Harrison , Bartlett ; Moir , Stallwood ,. O ' Connor ,- ' ' Woodward , Philp , Rid ! ey , Duncaii , Pitkethly , White , Campbell , Williamsi and Mason were present . Credentials were received from Mr . O'Brien ; rainutes reati and confirmed . A letter was read by Mr ; White , from Birmingham , describing the state of the disturbed districts , and the number of wounded and prisoners in the late riots . ' - .. / ¦ ' ' !¦ :::.: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ,. ¦ - . -- ,. . • • -: ¦ ¦ ; . . - ¦ , . - . ¦ ... ¦ ¦ ; Mr . Harrison report « d from the Islington Green meeting . .. - ¦; . ,. . - -v-r ' - . ' . ' . ¦¦ , ; . - ¦ . - - . ' . ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' - " , ¦ ; -. Mr . Leach reported favourably from a meeting of hatters he had attended . They were going to come out m the procession . ; Mr . Moir read a letter from Scotland , enclosing a small amount of money .
Mr . Mason read an extract from a letter received from his District , stating that the factories were being closed preparatory to a reduction of wages , and that the country was in a vei-y excited state ; Mr . Moir reported that the Glasgow . 'Petition contained 78 , 062 signatures . * Extracts from various other . letters were thenread . A letter was received from Southampton , respecting the expences of the two 'Delegates from that District . It was referred to the Financo Committee . A letter was received from Preston , in Lancashire , stating that their two Members of Parliament had agreed to support the National Petition , and to vota for the return of Frost . Williams , and Joses . The cotton-spinners , in a body , had come over to the Chartist Association .
„ Mr . Campbell read a letter from Watford , in Hertfordshire , containing money for the Convention , and » lso petition-sheetp . A party was going to attend the procession , and they bad likewise engaged a brass band . Mr . Pitkethly stated that it vras impossible to wait on the various Members of Parliament respecting Froat and the political prisoners , owing to the shortness of the time . He moved that a ciroular be printed , and sent to them , rf questing their support to that object . Mi \ Rialey seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Mastwi moved thai , in addition to the five members already on the Petition Committee , five others be added . Mr . Woodward seconded the motion , which was carried , and Messrs . Woodward , Stallwood , Doyle , Piiilp , and Harrison were appointed .
Mr . Moir read a letter from the director of the Glasgow Association' stating that they ^ had received a letter from Mr . Lowery , respecting the plan proposed for the better union of the English and Scotch Associations . They had taken every step to '" render their organization as efficient as possible , and were communicating with the differeut centres for that purpose . . Mr . Campbell read a letter he had received from York , stating that they wore getting up a memorial for the release of poor Holberry . That they had requested the doctor to sign it , but he had reiusbd ; but they had since ascertained that the doctor had transmitted to the Secretary of State the nature of Holberry ' s disease ^ And it w as their opinion that if steps were taken at the proper time and in the proper quarter , they would be able to procure his release . . '
Mr . White stated that in addition to 32 , 000 signatures he had presented , he had received 10 , 800 from Birmingham , and they would continue to procure more , up to Saturday evening . From places in Worcestershire and Warwickshire he had received 8 , 200 , and from a small agricultural village , Bidford , he had received 291 signatures , and 209 from Weston , near Ross , in Herefordshire . He bad also received three flags from Birmingham for the Demonstration . The various committees appointed , reported the progress they -were making in their labours ; and the Petition Committee stated , that at the lowest estimate they could l not fold up one million of signature in less than than twenty hoars , and that to fold the three millions would take 60 hours labour .
Signatures were then received from the following ing places : — Bristol ... 11 , 000 Parkfield ... ... 367 Lynn ... 1 < J 7 Bridiiugtou ... 200 Leamington 2 , 800 Al / oa 250 UJverstOne 2 , 000 Chester-le-Street ... 1 , 200 Ayr ... ... 800 Paisley ... ... 2 , 000 Plymouth 4 , 400 Skipton ... ... 1 , 200 Rickmanworth 700 Ipswich ... ... 1 , 4 W Potteries 8 . 800 Stockton 1 , 200 St . Andrews 1 , 700 Norwich ... ... 2 , 250 Newport 3 . 006 Castle Eden ... 1 , 400 Monmouth 1 , 200 Newcastle-under-Lyne 1 , 200 Heckmodwike 4 , 300 Plymouth ... ... 4 , 400 Ayr ... ... 800 Warrington ... 4 . 200 DeverHls ... 2 , 239 Plymouth ... ... 1 , 400 Colchester ... 2 , 250 Skiptou 1 , 400
Plymouth ... 3 , 200 South Molton ... 1 , 000 Kinross ... 1 , 200 Ayr . * . ... 600 Nantwich ... 600 Twickenham ... 137 Watford ... 491 KDightbbrJdge ... 1 , 200 Alfreton ... 1 , 400 Glasgow ... 78 062 Merthyr ... 2 , 734 Iikes ' wn .,. ... 3 , 000 A letter was read from the Secretary of the National Association , stating that at a meeting of the city of London division of that bodyj held on Tuesday evening , they had passed a resolution emphatically denying , the statements made by Mr . Harrison , regarding the two meetings which he had attended , and averring that his statement was a tissue of falsehoods and misrepresentation , and that they had appointed a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Peat , Woodward , and Wade , to enforce the above resolution .
Mr , O'Connor moved , that as the Convention was now broke up and divided into committees , they should appoint an early day after tbe presentation of the petition to hear the deputation . Mr . Beesley seconded the motion . Mr . Bairstow thought they should be sufficiently occupied with more important business after the presentation of the petition ; he therefore moved that the depntation be now heard . Mr . White seconded the motion . He thought that it would be impossible to attend to that subject after the presentation of the Petition , unlesa they neglected more important subjects . Mr . Philp wished to ascertain whether the deputation could conveniently attend at another period before he could vote for the motion .
Mr , Bairstow thought that even if the present deputation could not attend at another period , the National Association was hot so weak in numbers that they could not procure the attendance of other members . Mr , Mason moved that the deputation be receiveda ten o ' clock oh the following morning . Mr . Woodward seconded the motion , The Chairman . ) then put the motion and amendments ; Mr . Mason ' s received only two votes , and Mr . O'Connor ' s was carried by the casting vote of the Chairman . . The roll was then called , and the Convention adjourned until the following morning at nine e ' clock . . :
The remainder of the day was occupied in folding , pasting , and otherwise getting the petition in readinebs . In size it already greatly exceeds that of the potition last presented , and upwards of a million of signatures have yet to be added to it . London is nobly doing its duty , in regard to obtaining signatures ; there will be five times the number procured to this than to any previous petition . [ The reporter of the Northern Star begs to oorrect an error that , owing to the pressure of business , he fell into respecting Mr ; Bairatow ' s report of Chartism in Leicester . The number of Chartists in connection with / the All Saints' Open body is
140 , and liot 400 , as stated in the Star . Instead of a female Bchoolbeing established , it is only in contemplation to do so . Prom the report in the Star , it might be in / erre ^ that Mr . Bairstow was the originator of the Sunday School , whereas it was founded and conducted by Mr . Cooper , to whose efforts the , present flourishing state of Chartism in Leicester is mainly to be attributed . It was the Roy . Mr . Mursoll who made the statement at a public meeting , and not Mr . Biggs , that if the Cbartisvs would not join the Sturge party , the Sturge party should be compelled to join them . ]
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are not disposed to abandon it now , whenits banners wave triumphant over all other national standards . Each succeeding day makes converts to your principles , proving to the distressed of all classes that it is only through their truth and justice that they can be freed from the errors and wrongs of class legislation . As the process of conviction and conversion goes on amongst those tb&thaye been hitherto opposed to y oil , various offers of unioniand support will be proposed to y ou , modified , according to the knowledge , prejajudioes , feelingi , and position in life in which the parties may be placed . Some will only perceive , or acknowledge , yeuiprinciples in part ; others will acknowledge them entirei bat object to your designation of them , or the manner in which yon struggle to attain them . To the first , your answer must be
your conviction of the truth of your cause , and your hdpe that time and honest inquiry will impress that truth on them ; to the others , that you have no cause to be ashamed of yonr name , and cannot abandon it to suit the prejudices and fastidious taste of those that may ever and anon arise to find fault with it , while they adopt the principles it designates . A name to be fairly judged , ought to be so by the principles it represents , and not by the actions of any person or persons that may have borne it ; for those that act not ia accordance with the principles , are not entitled to the name : therefore , those that adopt our principles , and shrink at their name , evince" a weakness of mind which we lament , as showing them unequal to the stern and unbending purpose which should nerve the patriot in his contest against wrong sustained by prejudice , falsehood , and persecution . : ' ¦ ¦¦" . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' .. ' - ¦ ¦' . "¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -, ¦ ' .-. ' .. : ¦ ¦ : ' ' - ¦¦
We look to you , then , fellow-coantrymen , to proceed wisely and firmly in the work in which we are engaged ; keep your present organization , adding to it the power that increased experience gives yoUi remembering that on each and all of you rest the responsibility of making your principles and their name respected in . yoar own persons . ( 3 o on , then , in the oven course of justice and right—hail with pleasure all movements , based on the Charter , that may arise to assist you in attaining your objects . If men are so weak as to object to your name , bear with them—quarrel not with them aboat a name ; but do not imitate their weakness by abandoning your own ; insist on a sttvn adherence Jo principles ; let these be your guide ; watch earnestly for auy wavering or compromise in theso that profess to be with you for yours—then , atid not till then , condemn and resolutely oppose them ,
but M all your opposition to your foes be guided by mild firmness , appealing to the truth of your cause for success ; have faith in that trnth , and rest assured that , if the people honestly do their duty , it will triumph over falsehood , wrong , and oppression . ' We / re ' maih , &o . A . Duncan , Chairman . Wit . Beeslv . E . Stallwood . J . MThersow . J . Lfach . € r . Habrison . J . R . H . BAias-rovr . P . M . M . 'JDouali .. C . Doyle , M . Williams . W . P . Roberts . R . K , Philf . G . Whitb . W . Woodwahd . F . O'Connor . R . Ridley . N . Powell . J . Mason . R . Lowbbt . W . Thomasson . J . Mom . L . Pitkethly . S . Bartlett . J . Campbell , Secretary .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tr / EBDAY , April 26 . Mr . Redingtqn , tbe Chairman of the Southampton Election Committee , reported that a Member of the House , Mr . Fleming ( one of the Members for Hampshire ) had refused to answer certain questions , on reasons which the Committee had not considered valid . Mr . Fleming , who was in his place , gave a short explanation , in which he stated that be had taken a leading part in collecting subscriptions , to defray the " Btrictly legal" expences of the election hut he declined , as a man of honour and a gentleman , to violate confidence reposed in him , by giving particulars . Mr . Fleming then withdrew from the House . A discussion arose on the motion that he be ordered to attend in his place , and be informed by the Speaker that he must attend the Committee , and' answer the question . :
The motion was carried ; and on Mr . Fleming ' s return to his place , the Speaker read the resolution to him , to which the Hon . Member bswed , and sat dewn without observation . Elisibeth Ann Lucas , and the surgeon of Newgate , were examined at the . bar , respecting the health of Obadiah Lucas , confined in Newgate for prevarication before the Ipswich election committee ; the lady being the sister of the prisoner . After some conversation , Lucas was ordered to be discharged . Sir Robert Pke ; l , in reply to Mr . O'Conuell , stated that he expected the treaties entered into between this country and Texas would be ratified by August next .. " . ¦ ¦ . ' : ¦ ' ¦' Sir James Graham gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill for the renewal of the Poor Law Commission on Thursday the 5 th of May .
Mr . O'CONNELL rose to move for a select committee to consider and report upon the state of spiritual destitution of the Catholic soldiers serving in India and China . Mr . Bingham Baring said that sufficient provision Was already made for the spiritual instruction of the Catholic soldiers in India , and did not think the proposed committee would elicit more information than was already accessible on the subject Mr . Huhe and Sir H . Hardinge addressed the House , the hitter of whom hoped that Mr . O'Connell would not persevere in his motion ; and after some observations from Sir R . H . Inglis , it was withdrawn . ¦ '¦ „ "¦ ¦ .. - . : " ¦ Mv . Et . phinstone rose to move that it will be
expedient for this House , at an early period , to resolve itseif into a committee of the whole House , for the potpose of considering the act 55 George III ., C 184 , with the view of imposing legacy and probate duties , oil succession to real estates , of the bsob 6 amount as are now imposed by the said act on succession to personal property . The Chancellor , of the Exchequer contended that such a tax would only fail on property which was sot under marriage and other settlements , and which was usually in the hands of the smaller proprietors , and that it would sot prodnce what was estimated . Mr . Hume thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad made out a good case in favonr of the motion . Mr . Ewart and Mr . Wallace supported tbe motion .
Lord J . RUSSELL , while admiting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had . produced a Bound objection to the motion , thought that something like equality might be introduced into the application of the taxes on real and personal property . Sir Robert Peel , after referring to the contradictory charges brought against him of deceiving the agricultural interest , and of truckling to it , declared that he could not regard this motion and discussion in any other light than a renewal of the debate on the income tax , and an obstruction of the progress of the bill . Mr . Ellice supported the motion , 'with the hope of obtaining a complete review of the whole system of our taxation on real as compared with personal property . ¦¦ . ' . . . / ' : ; - :. ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . '• " ¦ '' - ¦¦ " ' . ; . "' ¦ ' ¦ .
Dr . BowRiKG proposed an amendment to the motion , that the proposed tax on land should be taken as a substitute for some of the burdens which w ^ igh m « at heavily on the industry of the country . Lord HowiCK thou ght that the inquiry contemplated by the motion could only be satisfactorily undertaken by a government . T he business of an opposition was not to propose taxes , but to object to them . A legacy duty was in itself a most objectionable tax , and he was not disposed at present to vote in favour of an extension of it On a division the motion ( Dr . Sowing ' s amendment having been withdrawn ) was rejected by 221 to 77 .
Colonel FOX moved for " copUa or extracts from any recent official information received by her Majesty ' s government from the Cape of Good Hope , respecting the present relations of the colony with the independent Boera who established ^^ themselves at Port Natal together wth any information as to the treatment of the natives of South Africa by the said Boers ; also any instructions that may have been sent to the Governor of the Cape of Good . Hope on these subjects by her Majesty's government " Lord Stanley said that the subject to which the motion referred was singular and ^^ interesting . These
Boers , dissatisfied with the protection afforded to them by the Cape authorities , bad migrated , penetrated through the Caffre country , and had established themeelvea at Port Natal , as independent of the British Crown . But the Government were resolved not to permit any infraction of the righti of sovereignty possessed by this country dyer the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and , therefore , though not anticipating any collision between the Boers and her Majesty's troops , they could not permit them either to assert / their independence , or to enter into treaties with any of the native tribes ! . He agreed to the motion , with the omission of the word •¦• ' independent . " /
After some conversation , the motion , as amended , was agreed to . /¦ ¦' ..- ' . " . - . . .. ¦ •¦ ¦ . ... ¦ ¦¦ ¦' .. ;//¦¦/; . Mr . Burroughs entered into sonje explanations , vindicating the magistrfltes and constabulary of Norfolk , implicated in a motion by Mr . Thomas Duncombe , made before Eaater , relative to the treatment of a poor meudicant . - : '•¦¦' ¦ •¦/¦¦• :. . ¦¦ ., ¦ . : '¦ . ' . ¦ /¦/ - . . / '¦ : ; - ' - , " ''; ' ;; . ' Z ^ ' Mr . Thomas DUNC ^ MBB ! contended that all his statements had been borne out , and read » copy of a letter from the Homecffice , giving Sir Jamea Graham ' s decided disapproval of the conduot which had been pursued by the constabulary . V After some conversation respecting the businesa of the House , and leave given to Sir James Graham to bring in a bill for the management of : the new model prison at Pentonville , and anojfchet . biU for the appointment and paymeiit of parish constables , tbe House adjourned . /
Wednesday , Aprilil , There being only twenty-two . - ' Member ? present- a * at four o'clock tb . a House adjTorned .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I am sorry to trouble you , but the ^ Howirig ia the reasfon for tny intrusion . , , ¦ ¦; - ¦ - ¦ - . v At the meeting of tho Convention held April 20 th , and reported in your last number , a gentleman of the name of Harrison has sadly misrepresented me . By seizing hold of one or two phrases , of -which I made use , and by interlarding them with matter of his own , be has contrived to make me say much that I < iid not say . " I am anxious to set myself right on one or two points . "¦¦ ¦ -. ¦ - : '¦ ¦ .. '¦ ¦ - ' -:. ' : ¦ ' :.
Mr . Harrison , it appears , was present at two meetings of the National Charter Association , on the evenings of April 12 th and April 19 th * and ha relfltes to the Convention what he then and there heard , aid I hope 1 may say without ofFence , vrliat ho did not hear also . He charges me With saying , on the 12 th , that " the Chartist lecturers Were a drunken , dissipated Bet of men . " I never did say this , and for this simple reason—I dont believe it What I did Bay was " that the system of paid lecturers had a tendency to make men mere pothouse politicians . " And from my own . experience . I know this to be a factinnmay instances . But I never -uttered so . unjust iond sweeping a charge against Chartist lecturers as that attributed to me by Mr . Harrison . The remarks I made weid expressly confined to the effects of a system which i think injurious upon some who profit upon it , not upmi all who are engaged it .
I also beg to assure you that I never said the Nor / hern Slur was inconsistent , as Mr . Harrison supppH ^ A . or mistakes . On the contrary , I think the Northern Star one of the most consistent papers in the country . Bufc I did say , that " the Northern Star awl its success , not to its strict love of truth , nor to its ability , nor to the absence of fieif-laudation of its proprietor , but to the ample reports it gave cf the proceedings if the working classes . " Ami although it is of course indifferent to you what a humble individual like mysalf may think abbot your labours , I added , " ¦ ¦ I never woold join / in wholesale deHuuciation of the Northern Star , which I believed to have contributed in many ways to the progress cf democracy . " These are the only corrections I have to offer of Mr . Harrison ' s report of the meeting of the 12 th . On the 19 th , Mr . Harrison imputes to me tb « following : — / ' .. . - /"/ .,: ' . ; /¦ . ; '¦ ¦
" lyir . Parry also stated that they were an ignorant body of men ; that their conduot was very bad ; that they got themselves greatly into debt , and that he had been in company with thirty of them , not one of whom was acquainted with the details , or yet with a single detail , of the Charter . He also stated that they were resorting to such low means to get funds , that they were going to take a theatre , and after that have a grandfeecL" . ' .- " ; ¦ ¦ - / . / ¦' . - ¦ ' : ¦ .. ' // . -, ' - // My answer is that I was not present at the meeting of the 19 th , so that Mr . Harrison must either have wilfully stated that which is false , in order to calumniate me ( which , I don't think , because he conld have had nopossible motive for doing so . ) or he must have mistaken some one else for the real Simon Pure , or tha reporter of the Northern Star must have misreported him . But whichever way the mis-statement is accounted for , it cannot affect me , as even Mr . Harrison must allow that I could not make a speech at a meeting which I did not attend * : .
The observations of my friend , Mr . lovett , on tha evening of the 12 th inst , are even more twisted ana perverted than mine by this same Mr . Harrison . But I could not prevail upon him , Sir , to write to you on the subject : He has more of the rhinoceros about him . than I have . His epidermis is more tough ; and ha actually had the hardihood to tell me " that he did not care a fig what Mr . Harrison or any one else Ba ! d about him . He would rather be judged by his actions than by the reports of others . " ?' ifeel eoflyinced you will not refuse insertion to the above . I have of ten remarked that you readily give a pace in your columns to complainants ; and I am sure you will admit that I have not complained without a cause . I am , Sir , Respectfully your ' B , John Huwffrets Parut . London , April 25 , 1842 .
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The infant dangbter of John and Mary Ana Hebden , of Ouseburn , was baptised on the 10 th of April , Mary J " rpst 0 'G ! onnor Emmet Hebden . Baptised , on Monday week , by the Rev . William Hill , minister of Bethel Chapel , John Frost , soa of William and Mary Paget , of Hull . fiaptiscdjon . the 10 th April , John Frost Compton , the infant son of John and Mary Gorapton , ef Catterick Buildings , near Baker Bar . Registered , April 19 th , at Sheffiold , Feargns O'Connor Walker , the infant son of Benjamin and Sarah Walker . ; On Sunday , April 10 th , waB baptised in the parish church of Wigan , by the Rev . Mr . Bissett , Mary O'Connor Fro > t Pixon , second daughter of William , and ElicnDixoB . . . ;'" ¦ '
Baptised , at the Collegiate Church , Wolverbampion , on April the 4 th , John Feargna O'Connor Dann , son of John aud Sarah Dunn , Northampton-street , Wolyerhampton . At GIossop , on Easter Sunday , by the Rev . C . HoWe ; vicar , Heury Feargus O'Connor Lawton , e « n of Elizabeth LawtOD . A few weeks since , at Hoxton new church -wag baptizsd , after our inestimable patriot , Robert Feargu 8 O'Connor West , son of Mr . Daniel West , of 12 , t'lxard-street . Also John Frost Witideler , eon . of Mr . John Wihdcler , 26 , Plumber-street , City-road .
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The speaker next made some smart comments upon . the despotic- conduct cf one Nicholas Smirke . -who isi caUed the " king of the TeetotaUers of Snnderlaad , " , and who is not less despotic than the ce > e&rated aiiu \ more distinguished Emperor of all the Rs ^ ias , He concluded bj moving a resolution : — That it is the opinion of tlus meeting that tne conduct of ihe Committee of the Saiiderland Total Abstinence Society , towards the juvenile members , has been base , hypocritical , and unwarrantable . " The reso-Intion was immediately seconded , and on being pnt to tbe meeting , ( not by the Chairman , who refused ) , -was carried unanimously . The decision appears to bare given great satisfaction to the "working classes , not only because it was justified by the conduct of the committee towards the juveniles , but al ? o , because tbeir conduct towards the Chartists of Snnderland who comprise tie bulk of their members , had exhibited similar basenes 3 and hypocrisy . —Correspondent *
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On Sunday lasi , by the Rev . J . IJIair , Mr . Allen Armatage ,. of Huddersfield , to Miss Sarah Ann GledhiJl , of this town . •' -. - . . On the 185 h inst ., at St . Mary ' s ennrch , Barnsley , Mr . Charles Horbury , to Miss : Elizabtib , ; sixtk daughter of Mr . Thomas Wilkinson , of Union-Btreet , of the above place . , _ . . ' .. ' ^ ^ On the same day , at Silkfiton church , near Barnsley , Mr . George Kenworthy , ironfowider . to Ann , youngest daughter of ^ the said Thomaa Wil ? kinson , all of Barosley , , v v ¦«¦ ^ t «_ ¦ On Tuesday last , at Lenaal chapel , York , by too Rev . Charles Payton , the Rey . George Duna , Independent minister of Thorne , near Doncaster , to Ann , the eldest daughter of Mr . Banks , Lord Mayor ' s WalkjYork . ; ¦ ¦; - . "" ¦¦ . ¦ . ;/•/ ' / : ¦/ :- ' ; . /
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow CouNTBTMKN , « -The members of the National 'Convention , in the reports made by them of the present position and future prospect of the Chartist cause , have stated / that much excitement prevails in various parts of the country , coheerning the different movements directed against the present system of government , and theiparticular line of action we have adopted for the attainment of our pinciples ; we therefore , conceive it to be our duty to give you our advice as to the propgr" courfie which should t > e pursued in regard to tbe 3 e divisions . It is our unanimous opinion , adopted after mature deliberation , that yon go on wish yonr present movement for the People ' s Charter , whole and entire ; firmly
adhering even to thb kame . Extend yosr present orffanisation in England , and Scotland , and Wales . Unite your energies for » n attainment of that object for which you have go nobly struggled during many years , amidst reviling , persecutions , and misrepresentation . Turn neither to t , he ^ right hand nor to the left . Keep the even tenor of your way on principle alone . Extend the right hand of cordial wolcome to men of all ranks , classes , and creeds , to induce them to unite with you in the great struggle for national regeneration and enfTanohisemtnt . / :
The People ' s Charter has become a household word : its principles are engraven on the hearts of miJliocs of ourfellow-countrymfrh ; and thename is endeared by the recoUectionB of the long sufferings endured , and perseverance exhibited , in its behalf . Amidst , adversity and prosperi&y , ia the hours of wrsecution and distress , we scorned to deny it , and
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 30, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct888/page/5/
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