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THE NOETHERN STAE SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1842.
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EARTHQUAKE IN ST . DOMINGO . TEN THOUSAND LIVES LOST . The American papers received by the A r cadia infoim u- that an appulii'jg catastrophe had befallen i ! . e i-isr . d of St . Domingo . Thai island was T . su-cd on the 7 ih ult . "with repeated and severe shocks ef ifi . rch-, ; : i ' ik-r , which had emirelv demolished ihe to-srn of Co p-:- 113 Tiie- j , and it was calcalai-ed had destroyed the lives of 10 . 003 of its citizens . Other towns on the same side o : the isliEd had , it was feared , shared in iLe de-cia : ioa . Ice tu ^ ra of Cspe Haytien ha 3 emirel y ^ disappeared , a-. d With jt two thirds of its population , ivxiich aaouctrd to about l , ' , l 00 inhabitants . A fire brikcuL' ; airsr the earsbqiaie , which destroyed the powaer laagszirce , and with it the miserable remnant v : the ijihjbiiaats wao had esc 3 ptd the . earthquake . Tn-i toTTiis cf S ; . Nicholas and Port Paix are also said Vj hi destroyed .
_ The following are extracts from tb . 3 correspondence of the New York papers : — The principal destruction cf life , of which we have a : i aoc : u : ; t , was at Cape Hayf . en , whieh place was entirely destroyed . 1 c * contained irretn thousand iiihabitanis , two-thirds of whom are thought to be dead . The approach of the earthquake was indicated fS Port-au-Prince by great heat , ard heavy clouds that covered the neighbouring hills , and fallowed the direction of the south-wes ; to the north-east . The vessels at anchor , some of the sailors report , experienced the shock long before they saw the houses agitated , which seemed to indicate that the . shock came from ihe west .
There were two shocks at Por :- » u- ? rinea Tery distinctly felt , the first nns so long as the second , ¦ v . hioh , lai-t c-ndnred about threo minnie .-. Every peTiOD 4 IroTe % M S et C 1 K ° ; Ee hourf ? . and the streets ¦ were nJed with the Lffd ^ hJed population , A little longer , ss \ 3 the Patriotj&ud Port-au-Prince would h-ive been the theatre of a disaster similar r ^ 3 + ^ 377--1 , of-which dispirons year tfec remeEfDrasee was ij =-hii > £ lut > all minds . The Pair ' tou also say ? - , ins- ; there i ? hardiv a house or a wai ! that has n '^; suflticd a l . - . tie , So : es Jiavc become almost uninhs . buaule . The front of the Senate House , where tee arms 01 the KtpiibKo are sculptured , ia det&ehedj aa £ Ux-Eeri , lie interior was unin fared .
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On the Saturday night succeeding and on Sunday , there were other shocks . Mass was interrupted , and the penons present ran hither and thither , while many women fainted . On Monday morning at twelve o ' clock there was another shock . The weather all the time was changeable , now extreme heat , now rain , now fair , and now signs as if of a storm . On Tuesday , again , there was another shock , and since then , says the Patriote , " it seems to us that we walk npon a quaking earth . " St . Mabc—A letter from this town says , that the earthquake was felt there with violence . Many houses were seriously damaged , and some destroyed , but no loss of life is mentioned .
At Gonaives the shocks were yet more serious . The greater part of the houses were overthrown . A fire broke out at the same time , and there was not a drop of water in the town . All the houses that were not burnt suffered from the earthquake . It was in the streets that the writer of the letter giving this account was inditing it . The church , the prison , the palais national , the treasury , and the arsenal were all destroyed . This letter concludes at eight a . m . by saying" It is only half an hour since that we felt a very great commotion . At present we are ignorant of the number of persons killed or wounded . All Hh prisoners who are not buried in the ruins escaped . God grant that Port-au-Prince may not have experienced such a disaster !"
Cate Haytien . —The town of Cape Haytien has entirely disappeared , and with it two-thirds of the population . The families that could escape fled to Fossette , where they were without an asylum , clothiDg . or provisions . The President of Hayti has given orders to the physicians 2 nd officers of the hospitals to leave the city immediately , in order to give succour to the distressed . Other aid of all kinds was about to be despatched by water to the distressed . In addition to the above disastrous intelligence
from the Cape , a courier arrived from the city a few hours previous to the departure of Captain Morris , who stated that a fire broke out after the earthquake , which on Monday , the 9 th , destroyed the powder magazine , and with it the miserable remnant of ihe inhabitants who had escaped the earthquake . The town 3 of St . Kicholis and Port Paix are also E&id to be destroyed . Other pans of the ialands had not beAi heard from when Captain Morris left ; but it is conjectured that ail the towns of the north are a mass of ruins .
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THE MEETING NEAR CLITHEROE . Nothing affords us more real pleasure than to see parties whom we have thought it our duty to admonish prove themselves worthy of our esteem and the people's confidence . In last week ' s Star , we commented strongly upon language said , by the Manchester Guardian , to have been holden at a meeting near Clitheroe , by Mr . Maksdex
Thinkicg that language , if used by Mabsden , to be decidedly calculated to do damage to our cause , we expressed that opinion pretty firmly . Mr . Mahsoen , it seems , has been belied by the Guardian , and so , as the applicability of our remarks depended on the aeenracy of the statement , the whole falls harmless , so far as he is concerned . Mr . Marsdek has written to us the following letter , to which we have much pleasure in drawing attention : —
" TO THE EDITOE- OP THE SOUTHERN STAB . " Sir , —I ^ eeply regret , in common with many others , your lengthened remarks on the meeting at Enfield . I do assure you , honestly , that what I am reported to have said ia the Guardian and other papers is not true , however much you may imagine it to comport with the general teDonr of the address which I read to the meeting . I appeal to any one whe was sufficiently near me to hear fully what I did say , whether I am not now stating truth .
" Mnch as I detest a dungeon—hurt as my mind hath often been by reading of the Bufferings of Peddie and Holberry , and when thinking of the banishment cf Frost and his compatriots , still the terror created was Dot suScient to overcome my dislike of , aud lonse of degradation consequent npon , makiDg a statement in opposition to the knowledge of so large a body of jay countrymen as was assembled at EnfleJd . " Your Clitheroe reporter w » 3 not , I think , justified in
making tkose remarks at the end of his report which appeared in the Star . I have been at many meetings in all , and have frtqusntly heard language far stronger than any which was uttered at Enfield , if we except one speaker just at the close of the meeting . This person did not occupy more than five minutes at the most ; he is a man unused to public speaking—a plain , blunt , honest John Bull-like character , and spoke the unadulterated language of nature .
" I canreadily conceive that the men of Clitheroe , who ¦ were at the meeting , might consider that there was F-jinething like unfair play on tne part of those who took the lead thereat ; and hence probably influenced ycur reporter to make those remarks of which I complain . I saw them go away evidently dissatisfied , and fe '; t grieved owing thereto ; but I can assure them that the men of Pxtston knew nothing about my address before I arrived at the meeting , and that we entered
into no previous arrangement whatever . They themselves consented to elect Mr . Odlam to the chair ; and I had no idea , bef jre I heard kirn call upon me , at what part of the proceedings I should be Introduced to the meeting . The time occupied by the address was considerably lengthened by the opposition of Mr . Marquis , owing to tha replies matfe thereto ; ; md ¦ when they were finished , it was considered time to close the meeting , owing to the distance which many hod to go .
" By inserting the above in your forthcoming Star , much ill feeling may perhaps be allayed , and 5011 will greatly oblige " Riciiaud Mahsdeh . " We give this letter thus prominently , not more in Justice to Mr . Marsdkn as a contradiction of the injurious report , ihan aa affording a refreshing contrast in its manly and reasonable sfjle , to the rituperanons of the self-important personages , who , without a tithe of the cause for it , haie mide so many
months' bluster about" denunciation" and" dictatorship . " Mr . Mabsdejc deJends himself promptly and spir itedly ; but without descending to the level of a fool or a blackguard . We have also received resolutions , which we insert elsewhere , from the Chartists of BiackburD , and from the North Lancashire delegate meeting , fully exonerating the other speakers at ihe meeting from the charge of violence , and declaring that the language imputed to them was not used at all .
We are most happy to be able to record this , to the credit of the leadeiB of North Lancashire , and hope long to see them , as now , prudent and patriotic energetic and discreet , in the full enjoyment of the confidence of those who know them best . Such men have nothing to fear from denunciation . "We beg the people to remember that every word of advice given in last week ' s Star is equally applicable to the circumstances , and loses nothing of its impertarjcs by being shown to have no reference to those men . Let it be the psople's care to see that the rcachioauons of the enemy be always aa abortive a ? hitherto .
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THE EDITOR OF THE " NORTHERN STAR " TO HIS READERS . Thanks ! my kind , patriotic friends ! The broad sheet which I here present to you affords the gratifying sight of a people as united in sentiment as they are bold and discriminating in character . From East to . West and from North to South ; throughoat the whole surface of the land , my appeal has been responded to ; and the result ia what I expected—that Englishmen lose none of their national love of " fair play when they imbibe the freo
doctrines of the Charter ; and that the health-inspiring breeze of liberty , as it is quaffed by the squalid sons of poverty and labour , carries with it an acuteness of intelligence and of perception , which enables them to see things as they are . You are as sick then of the hateful system which has so long frittered away our strength as I am . You think , as I do , that the people's paper should be otherwise occupied than with the vapouring jealousies of a few men to whom the public cause is evidently valueless , except so far as it may minister to
personal aggrandisement ! 'Tis well . Wo now understand each other . I feel the ground firm beneath me . I shall have no fear for the result of that policy , which , whatever might have been your answer , I should most undoubtedly have pursued , because I know it to be right . -I regard , the - resolutions which I this day publish as ao many evidences that a public man who does right and acts consist ? ently , need fear nothing , either from the growling of the bears of faction in the wood , or the hissing of the serpents of faction in the camp .
My aim is to be useful ; not to shine ; and , therefore , I perform uses , irrespective alike of approbation or disapprobation . But it is always pleasing to a man to find that his uses are appreciated ; and , therefore , while I accept the demonstrations of your confidence , and the expressions of yonr thanks and your regard , as that to which I feel that my labours h&ve entitled me , and not as mere marks of grace and favour , I feel all the honest pride and gratification from them which a good man should feel . The most gratifying thing
in the whole matter , to my mind , is the universality and unanimity of these declarations . Without the possibility of communicating with each other , the whole Chartist body seems to have spoken with one voice and with one spirit . Only two resolutions of a different character have come to me from the whole country . Tho Chartists of Leicester , meetiDg at All Saints Open , and those of Portsmouth , of whom I never before heard , have honoured me with their condemnation . Be it bo . I can well affard to set against them the testimony of all England .
I should , in any case , in reference to these denunciations , " have done that which I shall now do . But I shall do it with all the greater comfort and satisfaction , knowing that I have with me the whole body of the people in approbation . I shall , while I continue at the Northern Star , exercise over all pnblic men and measures such watchfulness as best I may ; I shall comment freely , but in respectful and gentlemanly terms as I have always done , on
all the public acts of all public men . I shall always open the columns of the Star to any reply which may confine itself to tho question , and which may avoid falsehood , wilful misrepresentation , and scurrility of language ; whenever a party descends to these practices , as the bawlers about "denunciation" have recently done on so large a scale , I shall civilly " bid him good bye , " and shut tho door in his face ; leaving him to vent his abuse elsewhere , as freely as he may please .
From this time the organ of the people's movement shall not be prostituted to the vapouring jealousies of would-be democrats . It shall offer , as it always has done , a bold front to the openly avowed enemy , a close cover to the honest friend , and a vigorously wielded " cat" to the skulking traitor to the cause of right . With an earnest determination to spend my life in the strugle after right , I am , Yours faithfully , Wm . Hill .
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The Executive . —We have received from Mr . Job Atterbury , of Nottingham , secretary to the Chartist bootmakers of that place , and sub-secretary to the National Charter Association , eight voting papers , which he says were loo late for the Nottingham parcel . They exhibit the following numbers for the respective candidates : — M'Douall 7 , Campbell 6 , Leach 7 , Cooper 2 , Bairstow 5 . Skevington 1 , Dean Taylor 3 , Brophy 3 , West 2 , Stallwood 1 , Beesley 1 , and Jones 1 . Ma . Wm . Martin begs to acknowledge the receipt of 13 * . from the Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashfield for Samuel Holberry , which has been forwarded to him . . Mr . C . Meakin may expect a letter
from York in the course of a month . The Squabbles . — We perfectly reciprocate the feeling of J . W . Smith , of Mansfield , upon this subject . It is abominable that the journal of the movement should be continually occupied with the bickerings and jealousies of individuals to a distraction of the people ' s attention and to the injury of their cause . It was high lime to put an end to it ; and , please God , it &hall be put an end to . Mr . Sweet wishes to acknowledge the receipt oflOs . from Mansfield for the use of the non-electors ' committee . Andrew Hogg , London , having received 85 . Id . from Mr . Owen , of Southampton , for a political
purpose , paid it to James O Brien , for his Press Fund . John Swan . — We can at present give no answer to his question . William Coor £ R . —We can give no ¦ answer to his Question . We should think it doubtful that his position could be sustained , Legal Questions . — We have almost every week a number of Questions sent to us on various subjects of dixpuied property , disputed tenancy , alleged frauds , and other law matters , requesting our opinion and advice . In the absence of Mr . O'Connor , who is otherwise occupied in securing the peoples cause than sitting down here , we
cannot answer this class of questions ; it is useless therefore to send them . Not knowing the intricacies of the law _ with professional exactitude , were we to advise we might in many cases mislead and harm the parties instead of serving them . Dr . M'Douall desires us to announce in the Star that he has received £ 2 8 s . for the masons , for theatre tickets , making the receipts in all £ 31 9 s ., and leaving two debts still unsettled . Stabs to Ireland . —T . C . Grady , near French Park , County lioscommon , would be grateful for a few rays of Stir light . Mr . J . Watkins . —Thanks for the evidence of-his friendship . We are quite aware of the whole
move . D . T . Sheridan . —Never mind ihe animal ! let him lie away . To notice him would be more damage than any he can do to us . A Calico Printer . —We have not room . Mr . Thomas Short has received 10 s . from the Chartists of Bingley , in behalf of the masons laic on strike . Mr . R . Payne , of No . 43 , Cromcr-street , Gray ' sinn-road , is desirous of entering into a private correspondence with any of ihe active friends of
the Charter in . the undermentioned towns in Kent , vis ., Rochester , Chatham , Sittingboume , Canterbury , Tonbridge , § c . Notice . —The Chartists resident in Bristol will bear in mind that the weekly meetings of the Association are heldin Bear-lane Chapel every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , instead of Monday , as hitherto . M . Sore , Birmingham . —fits communication is too late for attention this week . Failsworth . —The petition and letter on the Poor Law came loo late .
Mr . N . Morling , of Brighton , w very angry icith us for not inserting his letter in reply to Mr . Allen . Had he adhered to the truth and the question we should hate inserted it . He chose to assert , in the jtrst instance , that Mr . Alien represented himself as speaking the opinion of parties with whom he had not oonnulled on the subject . He must have known this to be false ; and as his whole " reply ' hinged upon this falsehood , we of course refused to give it . J . A ., Bhefvield , O . D ., Beltast , W . J . M'Allan , P . D ., and a great number of other individuals m various parts of the country , hearing testimony by their letters to the estimation in tchich the editor of Ihe Northern Star ts holden by his readers , have severally eur thanks for their kind expressions of regard . We regret the impossibility of publishing their ktUrs for lack of tpare .
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Walteb Mason . —We wish him better sense , and less of petty and malicious resentment . Arthur O'Neillnot of Birmingham , but of Manehesterj obliges Us with a long dissertation oh pur editorial delinquencies . He starts of with this assertion ;—"In the Editorial which appeared in your paper on 1 Saturday , April 16 th lost , you charge the : ablest and most consistent democratic writer of this or any age , namely , J . B . O'Brien , with treachery to the cause of the Charter in the Sturgb
Conference . " He knows this assertion to be a liey andyetfonnds : upon it the whole of his long objurgation . Most likely Mr . O'Neil will consider himself "denounced" by this notice 1 but tue can't help . . that . ¦ -.- ' ; ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ .: •;• ¦ . ¦ . , : ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .. ' ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ . - . •; ¦ ¦ ' . - . Joan Williams , ' the wife of Zephaniah Williams , heg $ to return her thanks to the good Chartists of Todmordern for the donation with which they have so kindly favoured her . Robert Rhodes . — We have no room . Mb . Robert Kemp Philp . — 'Tis to no use parties sendmg here resolutions about this person , de ~ nuncialory or ¦ otherwise , we shall not insert them . We desired , a fortnight ago , that 710 more expressions of opinion might come to this office about him . We staled our reasons for making the request . We think those reasom sufficient , and shall abide by the determination we then took . S . CBkTViOov > , —Noroom . James Garth Marshall . —His long communication was ? iol received until shortly before going to press ; it shall have our attention next week .
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John Martin , Castle Douglas . —Yes . A Constant Subscriber , London . —We have no recollection of having received at this office any . thing for the Executive from the produce of Mr . Ball ' s blacking . We Lave not time to refer : if anything has been received it will have been announced . We cannot teU whether the Executive have received anything from that source or not . JOHN West , Lewes . —Send a letter and give the address . An answer will be sent by post . FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ a . d . From a few members of the Camberwell Burial Soolety ... ... 6 1 0 FOR JAMES DLFFY . From the Chartists of Matlock ... 0 10
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The silence which we have maintained may be construed into apathy , or to approbation of the conduct of Messrs . Vincent . and : Pnilp . We beg to assure our Cbartwt brethren throughout the kingdom that it lias resulted from the pureBt of motives ; lest our speaking out ahould injure the good cause by extending th * division . But the very infamous and base letter ' of ' Mn R . K . Pnilp has convinced us that to remain silent any longer would be a gross dereliction of duty . He states that the division in Batb was not caused by himself ami Vincent . The fact is , they called a meeting at Tucker ' s Coffee Hotel by circular , at which meeting Mr . Vincent declared that the time for separation was come , and that he could not co-operate at the old place of meeting with thtt quarrellera , as he designated those who did- He called all those who resisted his policy cabal raisers . In his opposition to the friends of union , Mr . Fhllp was his right band
companion . . : : > v Mr . Philp intimates that the resolution "which appeared in your papVH was spurious ; at least bis introduction of the ward " purporting" ¦ eems to imply as much . We beg to aay it was the 6 ona Jtie resolution of the Chartists meeting at 3 , Galloway-buildings . We believe their loud professions of patriotism to be perfectly insincere . We have beard them insinuate , and they have bt « ome adroit In putting one thing for another ;—we haVe beard them whisper their doubts , suspicions , opinions , and beliefs , all tending to the iiijury of the Cnartiat cawflo , or some of its nnflinchiug advocates . Having , watched them through their serpentine career , wedono t nesitateto cbarge them with being deceitful and utterly follow . And now for evidence . We a& wrt that Mr . Vincent allowed the Sturge document to ky to hw Chapel for signatures , and Invited his audience to Mgn , advantages
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which were denied the People ' s Petition . When this conduct , was complained of as a neglect , with - other omissions equally glaring , the very democratic Vincent declared that ; he would not be dictated to b ? the rabble or coerced by the mob 1 They have given circulation to the foulest calumnies for the purpose of destroying the reputation of those whose honest hearts prompted them to oppose their crooked policy . Their conduct proves that they know not the value of a good name , and they have forfeited their own , if they ever possessed one ; and we will undertake to say that in Bath , at least , their names will ever be associated with infamy ; ' As public characters , they have broken every , law which honest and honourable men respect Strangers to self-respect , they possess all those faults , follies , and errors they impute to others . ;
We beg to inform you that the commodious rooms spoken of by Mr . Philp are now entirely deserted , and the whole affair broken up . Jas . Chappel , Sub-Sec . \ . Jos . Twite , Treasurer . * g Hugh Babtletx , g Wm . Chew , 5 Wm . M . Youn g , T 3- J Arthur Philips , . g . Alfred Mexley , fo . Abraham Miner , .-S 5 John Hopkins , § William . Lomax , g G . M . Bart Lett , O Henry Pagb . ' Bath , July 13 tb , 1842 .
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The results are now manifesting themselves at Bristol , and many other towns , in the rearing of a mixed party of backsliding Charthts , Whigs , &cwho tell the Chartists they go further than they , because they are willing to give the franchise to criminals after they have been released fm months from prison . Do they not know that a ma& , after he has suffered the punishment awarded , to bis crime , is not tainted with crime in the eyes of the law , and , consequently , after six months residenee in some locality , would be eligible to vote under the Charter ! - ' •/ -: V V '¦' ... ' - '¦ :- ¦'¦ :- ' ¦ ¦ : — ¦ - ; ¦ ,- .-: '
These , and a few other cut and dried observation ? , which I mentioned in my letter of the 4 th of June , form their stock-in-trade ; yet these foolish complain * ings serve to create divisions among the workine class , draw them into parties , and prevent the amalgamation of all into one great , powerful national body . : . ; - / . ¦ . ' ; ' ¦ - ' ' - . '¦ ,. . ' . .. '¦ , ; : ' ; : ¦ ¦ , . ¦' : . :: r % ' : ' i . '¦' ' ., ¦¦ The party press , too , puts in its quota to effect division . The Bristol Mercury calls the new-fledged Complete Suffrage party , just formed here , " the intelligent portion of the working classes . " Yes , they will , it ia said , have that portion of the working class who 6 eek the offices of foremen in the work-shop , and when obtained , are ten times more tyrannical than the middle class themselves ,
serving the employer at the expence of the trade they rose in . They will have the aristocracy of labour , who ape the gentleman , and despise the plain , sensible , honest operative ; a class of selfish beings who have not the moral feeling and courage to make the least sacrifice to serve the cause of their suffering order , and therefore have not joined in the struggle for right , but will join the middle class , as there is nought to fear : besides , it is respectable , / and these the corrupt press of Whiggery will dub the intelligent . To form such parties ' our pretended friends have aided the middle classes last Whiggish move . And for to prevent these fatal divisions
labouring and partisanships , the Editor of the Star has been termed a " dictator , " and several in the Chartist ranks have echoed " the senseless cry . Why , my fellows , the language of dictator is , you snail . Now , hath this been the language of the Editor of the Star i hath it not rather been the language of a friend t—ye should , ye will , I warn you;—come , brothers , let us reason together , setting aside the passions that so easily beset us . Let us look over the file of Stars irom the beginning , and see whether there is any proof of this grave charge of dictator ; the result , I feel confident , as a constant reader of the Stai ; will be that we shall discover nought but good advice and timely warning from the Editor , and shall therefore universally declare him a true friend , and award him our best thanks . J . - ¦ . Bristol .
The Noethern Stae Saturday, June 18, 1842.
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THE POLICE MURDERERS . We have but just room and time to refer our readers to the report elsewhere given of the shooting down by the bloody police of Ennis , of scores of starving men , women , and children ; for mere fun aa it might seem , to prevent their clamouring for , bread . Thirty-eight of the " force" have been com . muted for trial charged with wilful murder ; anil already is the * ' bloody old Times , " in the genuine spirit of Toryism , seeking to pave their way for an . acquittal ; though it is proved that they fired , not only without , but in defiance of , the orders of their officers . Thi 3 is but another instance of that to which we have scores of times called the people ' s notice , as the regular habit of the
bloody faction ; and especially the worst portion of them—th ^ middle classes . When their infernal systen > 3 of monopoly have made human vermin to abound , every artifice is tried to entrap them into collision with their armed myrmidons , armed and kept purposely and avowedly to " keep down" the " surplus population . " The present instance will suffice to show how slight and clumsy a pretext they are fain to improve , as opportunity ; and may demonstrate to the people not only the necessity of obtaining legislative power , that they may do justice to themselves ; but the necessity , while the power of faction does continue , of acting cautiously , wisely , and prudently ; to avoid the certainty of death , by furnishing the slightest pretext for an onslaught by the armed myrmidons of power .
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-S . Bw . 3 UaN . ED SrEEIING AT THE KIS'i S HEAD . Mr . Bills in the chair . Mr . Mat ^ ard propored tnat an address should be drawn tip to hsr Majatty , express ? n ? their feelings and wishes at the present momentous crisis . Mr . EdwaSDS seconded the motion-Mr . Feegtson , in a long and eloquEnt address , ¦ waka drew down trem&ndcns appiasse , laid bare tbt fsils of ths present system , and snowed dearly the beautiful fitness of the Charter as a remedy ; be aTso impressed upon hia audience the utility of establishing Chartist schools , end of impressing the female sex with the advartiges to be derived from t&e adoption cf oar pritci tiles .
Mr . Paekee perfectly coincided -with ev ^ ry sentiment ¦ which had to eloquently been expressed by the last speaker , bat wa 3 opposed to addressing her ila . jssty , seeing there ^ ras no prospect of her ever receiving £ uch an address as the meeting would adopt . He should propose the following amendment : — " That "while this meeting begs to express its horror Et assissinatioa , it cannot but think that the mest effectual mode of preserving and protecting her Majesty ' s life is " ry calling to her councils rcch men as ¦ will causa class legislation to cease , end thst this meeting hereby ciprai their disapproba . tiaa of the concoct fcf the at
Ca 3 umia of the meeting held this d ^ . y the Town HaT ! , ia the Borough of Southward , 'Rho by a . quibble eD- ' t . ' : Tfurec ] tosuppruis the will of the majority , the £ - - -iu < e rti-j jrity having given th-i-ir opinions in ac-corda .:: c * Tritri the preceding part of tLe ics-iutioa . " Mr . CiyFAT , ia a spirited and elcjaent manner , SrCvnlc- the amendment . -Jr . F . ur . cniLD , s ^ nier , in an able Tnanuer , sepptrt ^ d tuu nuK'adment . an >! in a lucid manner shoTed hovr S : r hobcr : Peel ' sTar . ffand Income Tax B ' . lis vroald drive the middle classes into the rants of the Chailist * .
Mr . W 3 ! E £ les . and others addressed tha meeting br :-Sy in support of the amendment . Mr . MaY . nard having frithdratrn the motion for s : > not : r .- > s , the resolution was carried unanimously . A iubsciiption -was entered into that the aoove ' re-* jiution mistt be inserted iu the daily pjpsrs as an a-JTeit ^ njfeiit . A v : j- we •">! tiiar . ka -was givin to Mr . Bowler , for the r : ar ^ 2 tr iu -which ha had supported them a * , : he Town Kill . A -ynte cf thanks vras zlso giy- . a to the Chalr Eu _ r ., ani the meeting dissolved .
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LOYALTY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS . T A public meeting was held on Monday , Jane 13 th , * t the Town Hall , Sonthwark , to present a congratulatory address to her Ms jesty on her escape from assas sination ; atone o ' clock , Mr . Jackson , in the I absence of the K- " ah Bailiff 'through indisposition ) took the cfcnJr ; -Mr . " Wood , MP ., and other gentlemen , occupying the platfarm . The atteDrfance inu very limited "with the exception of the -working men , -who ; as usual , mastered in their Majesty . The Rev . Mr . Houghton moved an address congr&ttilatins her Majesty on her escape from assassi nation .
Mr . . Apslet Pellett seconded the adoption of the address : bo was we 1 convinced that whatever difference there might be among them on political subjects , they would all agree in their detestation of assassination . He was well convinced there was not a Chartist present who wonld consent to attain the highest summit of his political ambition , if it was to be -pTccuTta . by the weapon of the assassin—( cheering . ] Mr . Balls rose to move an addition to the address ; bnt "was refused a hearing on the gronnd of being a son elector ; the requisition calling the meeting stating that it was a raeetin ? of electors . After some further delay , it was put to the meeting , and decided that Mr . Balls should be heard .
Mr . Bails , in a very able manner , proposed an addition to the address , calling upon her Majesty to dismiss her pres * - "t Ministers , and to call those to her councils who wonld make the Charter a Cabinet measure , ar . 'l thereby remove crime , dissatisfaction , and disloyalty from the land . Mr . Bills then showed in an eir-ouent manner tfcat in the eye ' df God all were equal ; that the misery and wretchedness of the poor deferred commisseration equally ¦ with her Msjtsty ; and that by passing the proposed addition they would show tneir loyalty not only to their earthly SoTereign , but to Uiat Almighty Kuler , who regarded with the fame intT <_ £ t tL 3 life cf the peasant as of the crowned head— -great cheering . ) Mr . B'JWleu , hat manufacturer , moved the adoption of the aidition , ecd was lou-. 'ly cheered .. Mr . Jea > 'es sfconded the motion .
Mr . BEiKSE , in his peculiar derisive manner , thonch that the -diatrtss of the country could not 1 je so great as was seated , seeing that they were compelled to be zJways bringing it btforeihe public , fearful lest it might "be forgotten . Ho objected to any deviation from the object cf the mtetiaz : the Chartis-ts were perambulating the country with a memorial expressive of their views to her Msj = sty , and need not disturb the present meeting . Several other geDtlemen wished the addition to be witbtirasra , aad they would sign a rtqaisition to allow the Chartists the use of the HalL Mr . Bowler wonld not consent to withdraw the xd'iitior ! . If the gsntlemen of the borongh wonld sign a trqaisitioa they would not attend , but wonld de so merely to get rid of the opposition .
Mr . MiTSAiD ably supported tho addition , and shewei thst thtir own addresses and memorials stood eo chance of ever reaching her M : ge * ty , and it was only by tsi . n ^ advantage of cccisions like the present that their ft-eiings could reach the thrcr . e-Mr . Farker , in a ' feeling manrer , supported the addition , and uhjscted to mettinss l > k ' e the present one being called previous to the trial of the prisoner , as they Wire calculated to raise a prejudice against him . Mr . Paiker then shewed up , in glaring colours , the assassicaticn now taking place in itdijy , the coal mines , and in tiie factory districts , and spoke in terms of bitter indi £ X 3 Uon of the massacre in Ireland ; and stated that insttad of seeing a meeting like the present , he shenld have liked to ste the men of London meeting ia their tens of thousands , denouncing such horrible misrnie .
Hi . Doesox was Eorry to sse an addition moved , &s it would deprive them of a number cf signatures to the sd-tress . The Rev . Mr . Hot"GHTO > - wished to withdraw the Ecj . irtss , as he could nos consent to "have M 3 name conpied with the addition , but this the meeting would not all-jw of . The Chaiujiax then put the address , when it was negatived ny a great majority . But the gentlemen insisting that it was 3 mistake , he insisted npon putting it a < aiH . This was acceded to . bnt th = Chairman would put it eo ether tray than the address first ,- and , if that -was carried , he trou ' . d then put the addition ; but he would not pat the two tog ^ ihcr , nor "would he pnt tha addition , -uiiless the original address vris hnl carrir-: ? . This gave great dissatisfaction to the meeting . Mr . Wood , M . P ., and other gentlemen vsinly erdej-Vinred to induce the meeting to piss the address , iusd then they wenld pat the addenda .
Mr . Wheeleb clearly exposed the trickery of the Chairman and his supporters , and called upon the ¦ working den to remain firm to their addition . After upwards cf an hour ' s delay , tha original address was put , and six hands held up for it ; against it the wfcolebody cf the meeting . Thus these loyal gentlejner wculd throw overboard all their x ^ al- for her 2 > l 2 JestY"a welfare , all their pa ' riotlMn and loyalty , rsv . tT than allow the wants and f-. thngs of the ghat jr . ass of the cosiimitdty to reach , the royal ear . Mr . Mat ^ ard moved an ^ cjoumniint to the Kic g ' s Ilesd in the Borough , and administered a severe castieal ^ cn to the Chairman and tis adherents , fox their thvB ' -v . g conduct-TtTse cheers were given fur the Charter , " i ; . h ' z . and ths meeting adjeorntd to the King ' s Head .
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TO THE REV . WILLIAM HILL . Dear Sir , —It is with pleasure that I inform you of the following decision of the Council of the Hull National Association , which has been called forth by the man ; and unwise attempts so plentifully bestowed of late upon yourself , the Northern Star , and ita ' 'brave and uncompromising Proprietor . We deeply sympathise with you for the many uncalled-for , bat Bhabby attempts , to destroy yon in the estimation of the people . . ' ¦¦ : . . .: ¦ ¦ ' v . ¦ - . ' : \ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ,. ' : Go on , Sir , as you have hitherto done ; fighting the good fight of democracy , and let the would-be-great , and all-sufficient , rail on—the people have their eyes open—rthoir object is good to observe ; they only want to get rid of the Star snd its Proprietor , and then a long farewell , for at least a century , to the freedom of thiepeople .
Wo think it absolutely necessary that the" press should criticise the conduct of public men ; they whose motives are pure can have no objection to have their motives and actions freely inspected . We trust the people will always have sufficient discernment to judge between reproof and denouncement . We think , Sir , you need no other dictation than the mighty people . We have no doubt bat that they would soon perceive it , should you ever attempt to deceiye them ; but whilst you have their confidence and esteem , yon may defy the attempts of both open enemies and professing friends .
Trusting that you may long live to be a terror to the tyrant , and a just censor of all that would mislead the people , I remain , . In the cause of Freedom , James Ghassbt , sub-Secretary . Resolved— " That it is the opinion of tb . 13 Council that the Rev . Wm . Hill is fully entitled to , " and has the entire confidence of the Chartists of Hull , for the able , talented , and patriotio manner in which he has conducted the Northern S ^ ' m times of the greatest difficuUyand danger ; and that we view the many and insidious attacks upon that gentleman as so many unmerited insults upon his talents and perseverance . We also lament the present differences between several of the people ' s leaders whom we sincerely respect , and hope they will lay aside all differences , and join band and heart to combat with the common enemy . "
Sin , —If you think this and the foregoing worthy a place in the Star it is truly at your eervlce . James Qeassby , Sub-Sacretary . Hull ) junel 5 , l 842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —After having carefully read your address to your readers , I find it becomes , ( arid a pleasant one it is , ) my duty to throw my mite of approval into the ordeal now at work on the structure you have raised to democracy . ¦ I may remark , that since your commencement as Editor of our Star , j have been a constant reader and admirer of your principles . I have narrowly watched your observations , both of men and movements ; and , though you have never before seen an article from my pen , I have ever been ready , had I seen the least deviation from principle , to have attacked in own fortress . I ownwith
you your , pleasure , 1 have never seen cause for censure , much less attack . I have also paid some attention to the movements of our leaders , and to your remarks upon these movements , and have invariably been satisfied with these remarks . I much admired your conciliatory answer to Mr . O'Brien's very scurrilous letter ; and , with you I am sorry to find Mr . O'Brieu become bo easily daped by the Complete Suffrage party . PerhapB I wrong them ; but for the soul of me I cannot believe that party sincere . I did and still do believe that that Conference was got up for the very purpose of gulling the Chartists . I cannot give J . O'Brien credit for his courtesy to the Editor of the Star . I do not
name gratitude . I have observed Mr . O Brien ' a interest advocated in the Slar , in terms which , only true friendship could dictate . But we must make allowance for humaa nature ; the brightest morning is sometimes marked by a small epeek in one corner of the horizon , which , springing up , becomes a great cloud , and getting between us and the sun , obscures its glory , and leaves us in obscurity at mid-day . We have seen that cloud removed , and the evening brighten up as the morning glory . Perhaps tho allusion may yet apply to these luminaries we have been in the habit of looking up to , and they Will yet enlighten our path to the mountain of liberty !
Yours , Sir , is a station , than which , perhaps , never mortal occupied a more important one ; and nobly have you filled it , No clap trap , new move , or insidious Conference , has been allowed to eater our camp , but your penetrating eye has seen it from afar ; and from your watch tower the masses have been warned of the approach of their disguised enemy . Shame on them , they never show front in an honourable way . I live in a priest-ridden . Toryridden , Whig-ridden , lawyer-ridden district . But , thanks to the Star , that is still guiding pur steps in this heterogenous mass , there is still soeqc noble souls who know , and do appreciate , your noble conduct in the cause of liberty .
Toconoludeithen , I have never yet seeuasentence ( from you ) in the Northern Star , which , in my opinion , was liable to cenBtire ; and , until I can see anything in that light , neither denunciation , disagreement with , nor censure of , these sentimenta , whether from Lovettite , Sturgcite , PhilpUe , or any other ite , shall draw me from the support of tht Slar of our liberties , and its worthy Proprietor , aud straightforward Editor . " Then let us pray , that come it may , As come it will for a'that , That honest men the world o'er Will brothers be an a that . " Mr . Editor , I have the honour to be , a Member of the Edinburgh , or National Universal Suffrage Association , And your very humble Servant ,
Robert Allan Edinburgh , 95 , Abbey Hill , 13 th June , 1842 .
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DICTATION , DENUNCIATION , AND BACKSLIDING . TO TUE ED 1 T 0 K OF THE NORTHERN STAR . "England expects that every man will do his dttty . " This , Respected Sir , will bo sufficient apology for my seeking , through the medium of the people ' s stanch friend , the Star , to utter my opinions upon tho above subjects in the present crisis of our movement . ¦ ' " , . ' . '¦ ' •¦ . ¦ ' ¦ '¦ . ' . -.. - ; . ¦ ' ;¦ '¦ . ' : ¦ " ¦ ¦ - I take it for granted that the maintenance of our present advanced position as a true policy cannot be
gainsaid by any professing to be a Chartist—that it is tacitly admitted that a retrogade movement would be fatal to our beloved object , the attainment of our political rights ; that as united Chartists we shall be all powerful against the ruling faction ; but , as divided into Corn-law repealers , Sturgeites , O'Connorites , or any other ites , we shall be weak as water , unable to resist even their encroachments on our yet remaining rights ; that therefore our true policy is to maintain our present vantage ground , and from thence extend oiu operations .
If , brother Chabrtists , this is our true policy , whether was it nobler to mildly warn ( as did the Editor of our besfc serrant , the Star , ) those who were assisting the middle-class Whigs to raise a party among the working class to cavil about a name , and thus to sow discord and effect division ; whether , I say , was it nobler , on the part of our tried friend , Mr . Hill , to gently warn the backsliders of their fatal policy , or to have allowed them to proceed until they had drawn away many of the more confiding portion of the Chartists after them I or .
indeed , whether was it nobler and wiser to denounce them « b traitors ( as idid some of the Chartist body , using their right publicly ) , or to have waited until they had done us the greater amount of mischief 1 Being publicly denounced , they conld plead thereto "; but this should not be done in coarse epithets , but j n th < 3 langnago of common sense ; that would have commanded respect . If they have chosen the former course , they must blame only themselves if they fall injmblic estimation ; for the day when swagger and ribaldry would carry weight with it is gone I hope . lor . ever .. - ' ; . -- -:. : - - - . : -. ¦ - . ¦ - ¦ .:-. , - .. - -. ; : . ¦" ;• , - . - . ¦' / ¦ . ¦;'¦ . ¦ ¦ ; Som « of thesa changine policy men de 3 irad to be iUgfid by the results of their new policy ; let them .
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BLACKBURN . —At a delegate meeting held in this town , on Sunday , the 12 th June , the following resolutions were unanimously carried : —1 . " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that for the farther advancement of the Chartist cause , and for the purpose of checking the growth of that : misery . Which has so long overshadowed the land , a delegate meeting be holden in Colne , on Sunday , the 3 rd of Jajy , for North and South Lancashire , including the whole of Yorkshire ' , ' and that we earnestly urge every Association to tako the subject into their most serious consideration . The meeting to take place in the Chartist Room , Windy-bank , at one o ' clock in the afcernoon . " 2 . " That we deeply regret to observe the manner in which the report of the Enfield
meeting was given in by the Clitheroe reporter , and think that the language used at that meeting did not justify the reprehensive remarks made use of at the close of the report . We also wish further to state , that the advice f aid to have been given by Marsdcn about the people arming themselves and making up to Buckingham Palace , and whiohhas been so largely commented on by the Star , never was , we emphatically assert , attered ; and that Messrs . Marsden , Tattersal , and Swindlehurst possess the confidence of ourselves and also the places which we severally represent . "—J . Thornton , Chairman . P . S . It must be particularly remembered that Colne is the most central place which could be pointed out , and also that every Association is particularly requested to furnish their delegates with credentials .
At a meeting held in the Music Hall , this evening , it was unanimously agreed that a vote of confidence be given to Mr . Richard Marsden , of Preston , Mr . Mooney , of ColrieV Mr . Tattersall , of Burnley , and Mr . Ol . dham , of Preston , for their straight-forward conduct at the Enfield meeting , and that we fling back in tho teeth of the base calumniator , the Manchester Guardian , its wilful and base lies ( viz . that he would do any thing to injure the people ' s leaders ) , for there was never , such language made use of . ' - . - . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦• ' . - ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . •¦ . ' ....
EcccES . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting was held in the Market-place , when the following resolution was unanimously carried : — ' That , in the opinion of this meeting , the alarming distress which prevails , and the high price of provisions , render it absolutely necessary that the working classes should adopt some means to lower t he price of beef , butter , arid milk . " The resolutibti was moved and seconded by working mien who prefessed to be in the receipt of good wages , and was supported by Mr . James Cartledge , of Manchester , who , in a lengthy speech , clearly showed up the monstrous system of mohopoly that existed , and exhorted hishearers to sepure the People ' s Charter to protect themselves . Other speakers addressed the meeting . The numbers of which were not less than l > 0 O .
Calverton . ^ —The Association met here on Monday night ; and after the business of the Association was done , a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the tea party , which is to be held on the last Monday in July , when Mr . O'Connor will attend . Near S 00 tickets have already been issued , and tbe other 500 will be issued in the course of a week or ten days . Persons are requested to communicate with Mr . -Geo * -. Harrison , from Radford , Hyson-green , New Basford and Carrington , as agents of those places for the sale of tiakcts . A booth will be erected for the accommodation of all friends ; and all the tickets must be sold a clear week previous to the day of tea . Mr . O'Connor will proceed on the Tuesday to Mansfield and Sutton , to visit the good and true of each
P » ace . . ¦ ' ¦ . . .. ; . - •¦ ¦ , ^ : ' - ¦ . ¦; . ¦ , ' - . . '¦'¦ ; Derby . —The following resolution has been passed : — "That before any person can lecture in any of the Associations in this county , he shall first correspond with the respective secretaries , to ascertain whether they can receive him ; and that he bring proper credentials from the Association to which he is a member , or from the Executive . Mr . Mead , from Birmingham , delivered a lecture in the Market-place , to a large concourse of people , on Monday night ; and Blr . Duffy , from Sheffield , addressed a crowded audience on Tuesday night , in the Assooiation Room , Willow-row . At the close , Mr . Duffy received an invitation to visit us again on next Sunday , when he will deliver a second discourse at six o ' clock , iu the Association Room , Willow-row .
SwiNTON . r-Mr . Linley , of Rotherham , lectured here on Tuesday evening . Five members were enrolled , uther lectures will be delivered here on Tuesday evening and on Thursday evening . CARLISLE —The Council of the Carlisle Chartist Association held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday evening , June . 1 . 1 thy at the Council room , John street , Caldewgate , Mr . James Arthur ia the chair . After the Secretary had read over the minutes of last meeting , several sums of money were paid in to the Qisiler subsoriptiou fund . The Secretary
was then instructed to write to Mr . Campbell , Secretary to the Executiye , giving an account of the persons for whom the people had voted to serve on the forthcoming Executive . Mr . Joseph Broom Hanson then stated that he wished to postpone his motion for a public meeting , to carry out the views of the late Convention , until the new Executive was formed , as they would in all probability issue instriictioa to the people as to the course of procedure they ought to pursue under present circumstances , ultimately it was determined to get up a public meeting as early as possible .
MANSFIELD—The Chartiats of this locality are informed that in future the Association will meet on Monday evening , in Mr . Pool ' s large room . Unionstreet , Westgate .
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BASPdaD . —Notts . —At a meeting of the Chartist body of Old Basford , June 13 th , the meeting unanimously pasEei a vote of confidence in the Editor and proprietor of the Northern Star . ABERDEEN . —The usual weekly meeting of the Northern District Charter Union was held in their Hall , 38 , George-street , on Monday evening , June ; the 13 th , ' Mr . James M'Pherson in the chair . After a brief introductory address from the Chairman on tha news of the week , the minutes of ; the previous mettings were read and confirmed . A letter was read from the Secretary of the Complete Suffrage Association ' i in answer to a letter he had received from the Charter Union , requesting their co-operation at a public meeting , to beheld on Saturday , the 18 th instant , for the purpose of adopting the rcmonatrarice to the H 0 U 39 of Commons and the memorial to the Queen , the
letter stated that their request would be laid before the Committee as early as possible . It was then agreed that the election of a new committee , which should have taken place next week , be postponed until a new coriatitution be drawn np for the Northern Diatrict Union ; and all those members not renewing their cards at the end of six weeks from this date will not be recognised as members . Mr . HiU'a address to the readers of the Northern Star was then read to the meeting ; likewise a paragraph irom the address of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association ; after which Mr . M'Donald moved the following resolution , which was seconded , and carried by acclamation : — ' ! That this Union places the greatest confidence in Mr . Hill , the Editor of the Northern Star , and tender to him their heartfelt thanks for the able manner in which he has so long and ardently advo * cated their rights . " The meeting then broke up .
Bradford General Council . —On Sunday , a large meeting of- this body , wa 3 held in the room , Batter worth-buildings ; several delegates attended from Idle , Staaninglcy , and other places ; out-door meetings were aranged to take place during the weekv On Sunday , June 19 th , it was resolved . to hold a camp meeting at Yeadon ; and on the ^ rsfc Sunday in July , it was resolved to hold a camp meeting on Adwalton Common , the Secretary to correspond with Halifax , Dewsbury , Leeds , and HLuddersfield , requesting their co-operation to make tha meeting as public as possible .
Chartist Meetikg . On Thursday evening w ^ ek , a Chartist meeting was held in the Chartist Council room , and from thence adjourned into the open air . Back of George-street . Mr . P . M . Brophy addressed the audience , for upwards of an hour , on class legislation . He concluded by calling on the youthful part of his audience to imitate their Irish brethren , and not to enlist into the army . Avote of thanks to the lecturer was carried by acclamation .
Chabtist Sermons —On Sunday lastj Mr . Jackson from Manchester , preached three excellent sermons in Spring-street Chapel , Wapping , in which h . e fully exposed the system under which the working classes of this unhappy country groan . The afternoon and evenibg services were crowded to excess . Mr . Jackson ' s sermons have produced au impression that will not soon be forgotten . A colleotion was made at the close of each sermon which amounted altogether to nearly £ 6 .
BIRMINGHAM . —Directing Committee . —The Committee held its first meeting at the Ship Inn , on Sunday last , and on the motion of Mr . Saunders , Mr . J . Wilkinson was appointed chairman , and Mr * George White , secretary , pro tern . \ The resolution which waa passed at the Black Horse meeting was read ; after which a long conversatiou was held as to the best mode of proceeding to secure a large and commodious place of meeting . Messrs . White and Soar were ; app !> inted to that duty and ordered to report at the next meeting . It was then resolved "That the sub-secretaries and collectors' connected
with trie National Charter Association , should be requested to attend the next meeting . And that a correct list of the members and collectors names and residences should Jbe provided for the use of tha committee . '' It was' also resolved '' That all who were willing toaidress publio meetings should be requested to attend the next meeting ; " after which a plan will belaid down for carrying on the movement with more vigour . The meeting then adjourned to threa o ' clock on Sunday next , when they hope to meet the sub-secretaries , collectars , &o ' ., at Mr . Al * rsh 8 , Britannia Inn , Peck-lane .
Ofen Air Meeting . —Mr . George White addressed a meeting near the Asylum , on Sunday forenoon , at half-past eleven , and will attend at the same place on Sunday next at eleveii o ' clock . He also addressed a meetiag at the railwxy station , Duddeaton-row , on Monday evening , and at each place laid down the necessity of union amongst the working ol ^ asea , a 3 the orily means of remedying the evils that exist . The meetings will be held asusual . The Editor oe the Northern Stab and his Accusers . —A meeting of Chartists was held at ids Ship inn , Steelhouse Lane , on Tuesday eveniiiK laVt , Mr . Mavitty in the chair . Mr . Packer moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr .
Emes : ' r-- ' That we , the Chartists meeting at ihe Ship , Steelhouse Lane , do entertain , as we have hitherto done , the greatest confidence in the h nour and abilities of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the proprietor , and the Rev . William Hill , the editor , of truly the people ' s paper , the Northern Star , and do hereby pledge ourselves to uphold them and it ( tho Northern Star ) so long as they continue in the manly , straightforward course they have hitherto pursued ; and that we , the ' Chartists meeting as above named , do consider that all Chartists are bound in gratitude , for their past services in our cause , to pass such a vote of confidence at this lime , seeing that it has become a settled plan of pretending
trieuda to attack those gentlemen directly , bat Oftener indirectly , and under the name of Chartists , those gentlemen ' s honesty in the cause of Chai t sra . That we have likewise noticed with sorrow than the Executive Committee have allowed themseke-i to be dragged into the dispute between the editor and oue of their own body . With all due respect and gratitude for their public conduct , as a body acting for the Assoeiatiori , we cannot but think they have made that circumstance to apply personally to themselves which ought to have been confined to the two parties only ; aad we are further of opinion that if the editor of that paper is to be tied down in the oranner Messrs . O'Brien , Philp , and Vincent
seem to wieh , that i 3 , that nothiug but what may be to their credit be noticed , let their conduct be ever so contradictory as public men , would be , to all intents and purposes , carrying out what our greatest enemies would be glad otV-namely , putting the gag upon the Northern & . ar and letting any pablio m » n or men play any prauks they pleased , and the consequence of . that would be the breaking up of the ChartiSt body . " Some of the moat active Chartists ia the town were preseus , and the whole agreed in passing a high eulouium ou the honesty , -ml , and ability of the Rev . William HiU , as the editoi * of the people ' s paper . Tae reaolation was carried unanimously . ; ;
•' : Walsilt ,.- —The ChaTtists of this locality met in their room on Sunday week ! , to h < ar a senaoa from a young gentleman of Wolverhamptoa , which g » re great satisfaction . On Tuesday ^ Mr . Maaoniec tured at tho Windmillj in the open air , to an atteaiiva audienoe . ¦
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