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      LETTER H . Gektlehe * - —I think that the public mind is fairly made up upon two points . Firstly , that the H Reform Bill" h& 3 proTed a 'allure , and , Becondly , that no Gorernment can represent this country in accordance with the public interest which refuses to reduce expenditure to the capability of the nation to ]> ear it . Under these circumstances we are to consider how a GoTernment , not acting upon the above principle can hold office .

      Politically speakinjj , the Wli > £ middle class voters appear to be in a woeful minority , as compared with the Tory constituency ; and we must presume that the Whig constituency are not in favour of Tory principles . Yet do the Whig voters remain as a dead ¦ weight , exerting their influence no farther than lo assist their fallen . party now and thtn with a side shove upon some not-yet-esplcded crotche ; . You are- well aware that though comparatively annihilated as a pai ' . y , yet nevertheless your union

      with 4 , 000 , 000 of an organised body , would make the incorporated force cf industry too powerful to be successfully Tesisted by our oppressors . To your inactivity , therefore , the people are justified in ascribing their every calamity and suffering ; while the same cause justly deprives you ( in your present reduced state ) of sympathy from any party . In short , you have forged your own chains , and weai them whh a becoming ohiequiesness .

      xsow , gentlemen , with an iEfant war in India , and another in China , both requiring espeBsiye nursing ; with a starving population in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , all requiring force to keep them down ; with a idle aristocracy increasing at a prodigious rate , while all the land in the country Still remains in possession of hea ^ s of families , and ¦ while- the off-shoots ^ ausj ; J ^ p «^ rid ^^^ f ^ pjf ( church or state ; "Wft ¥ * i '' ^ lr " ^ S rr ^^ a ' cn ! ~ a-nd ! nj : and receiving an enormous fixed stipend for religious purposes , irrespective of it ? diminished . duties occasioned by di-sent ; with a military establishment augmented considerably in the twenty-Severn h year of peace ; wi : h a growing royrJ progeny , always objects of surpassing interest to tho ~ c wh . vo : e away public money , and the leaders of whyis owe their places to royal favour ; with the reeaactsert of : he " Poor Law Amen-iment Act / the whole levies and expences under which must now fall upon yon ; with a war tax bid upon your incomes in time of peace : with all tLcse and : cn : housand other pressures upon you , allovr me to ask hew you ( whose hones : energy , j jined trj- h that of the

      honest work :: ; " classes , would at once and for ever rid yourselves and them of the monster , ) can reconcile roar apathy and indifference to yourselves \ Are you 50 much in love with things as they are , that you siory in starving under the law , and perishing constitutionally I Or are you not aware that youjoppressors , while they would court your loyalty , laugh at yonr degeneracy and ycur want of selfrespect ' .

      2 sotr , . eertlemen , lea-ring altogether out of the quesi ; on the great , the ungenerous and unconquerable hatred which you bear personally to myself , allow me to ask you if ever folly , chlldi-hnes ? , and in eciliiy , was more forcibly poarfrayed thai , that which ycur drser :: o : i and deuuncfaiioa of the people ( by whose industry you Lve ) present I Suppose that I was the very worst of men ; would that furnish a jusriSable excuse for withholding your support from tee very best of Drh-eiples / and are vou not

      fully a-rrare 01 tne fact that the way to destroy me , is by surpassing me in hones ; toil , by exploding my fallacies , and developing the soundness c ; your own views and principles , by a ! eDdin :, - all local meetings , ( which cost you nothing , ) asd especially those where I am pre-est , and then ani t ' . ere , by following me , arguing with ice , and reasoniig whh me , court public approbation from tout Esperior kmze ' -cdee rather than from your superior f . rce ? " '

      You well know the great pG ' . ver which an hoa-: s recruit has over a veteran politician . Be a = ? -ired that the very novelty , added to the boldness < ji ' th ? experiment , would give to the experlai-iitar . rt a :: advantage of more than fifty per cem . ; an 1 as to clamour , noi ?? , confusion , and riot , it would be the very means of suppressing all and of rivitting attention ; and as to partialirv , where in the wide world

      is tcere a more rp . en-na sptcUiCie : can ; atten : Af British auiieace which fair d := cas 5 : oa ever insures I Approbation is then expressed wlrhja : clamour : deference is paid to honesty , though ia error ; and judgm = ni kccP' arm hold of the reins of prrjudict ,-, passion , and personal attachment . Gentlemen , the unfathomable cpesiion of " Free Trade" has teen selected by a e-.-w school of "/¦ . ' riical riidlarP whereon lo S ^ at vour siaiiovr und ^ r-

      £ tacdiEg =. Tiiia free trade means barter with all ihe world a ; a disadvantage to all the Jia : ; o :., = ave those poriions which from their present position could jnake fortunes during the spirl : of novelty and the balancing of demand and supply . Can the mind of man imagine a grosser absurdity than the idea of a nation with \ hTee K'ligs and three Qaeens , an old licit of R-jyai Princesses , and Royai Dukes , as state paupers with a debt ( cilied national ) of near a thousand millions sterling ; with an oversown State Church E = iabli .-hiceikt ; with four millions per annum ( more than the rental of all Ireland , that fertile and lovely laud . ) going to pay an army and navy ; with a u-e ' ess l = gal and police establishment : with oSccs without duties , created fur idiots to fill ; with a Civil List of worn-out whore- a-. d bastard ? .

      ana political prostitutes , ana ol-y .-d - ' aiucd / , f j-o . -a : with functionaries only rendered necessary t > j s ^ vpress the distemper which misrule has engendered ; with land held in sterility and barrenness in order that pjlkicil power may be carved out of its vast allotments : ; with a voluntary tax laid upon the d : 55 rnt : 2 ^ ma d , ii consequence of tha di jiu < t created by i pa-securing and unchristian Law Church : 3 ask , can the miad compass a wilder absurdity than the supposition thai a state so oppressed qsn trs-ie iipjn terms of equality whh the free nations of the world ? Griitlem-: n , England has been set mad in the d-aycf her prosperity , when her infant inventions gav-j her an exclusive command of the markets of

      thtwhole globe . England was the first among nations to pcEse .-s h .-rseU" of the powers of artificial production ; ani she had simultaneously the advantage , if advantage it can be called , of throwing the hand ? of other na-ions from pursuits of industry to the nfand managtinent of arms . Daring our long protracted war , England ,, under convoy of her navy , became the rju-cn of gmucglas : while , at the fame lime , wr . h ins people's money she paid svldier ;

      abroad fur fighting her battles . Then } ou commaadid ike markets of the world , and , a ^ a matier of co-arse , tne immense profits of the manufacturer ? £ nd the demand for labour enabled them to give ti ^ ri wagrs . Then England cheated all fore-j ^ ncrs , wcile sht wa ; robbing her own p-opic by mortgaging them and future generations for the payment of the war-iax . But when peace was proclaimed , and car ior-.-Un soldiers were not longer required i ; i thv b ^ ttk-S . ld , tLen was the " swe-rd turned i ; to a

      plough ^ -aare , ' and disbanded armies were devotee lo the p _ ir .-u ; ir of industry ; and , as a muuer vi coar .-e , other nations , sought to make themselve mdepe ^ dent , and betook themselves to manufactnr-rsj and in pr-jec-ss of lEprovement thej- tliscovered ihat England Lad i-o : only been the queen of smugglers , but that -lie asd also been the cheat of cheats . Dsri-, g a long and expensive war is cot the time for minute ttjJy , or deep rcfi-cticc . Our gold enabled other nations to stmd our commercial imposition ? . Foreign merchants were well paid as parties to the impoii'ion ; but when other nations began to

      manufacture for themselves , tnen accounts were balanced , and the English manufacturer stood in his true character in tas markets of the world . 2 \ o \ v , from that period to the present , all other countries have been manufacturing for themselves , some more and some less ; but the more being multiplied by the les =, will leave you in the quotient , the wonderful fiiracle of diminished foreign demand for 2 K 1 HSH manufactures ; which diminution ( if other countries ue governed wisely ) will keep goir g on "until at length our rulers will be compelled to make this country independent of all others , bj the culii-Tation of our own resources to an extent which will render the whole people independent of the whole world .

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      . Now , believe me . gentlemen , that all tariffs and income-taxes , and " will-o' -ihe-wisp speculations" to keep our expenditure by taxation up to its present amount , must and will fail ! and then , instead of the press of the country , the rulers of the country , the leaders of sections , and the political sponters having prepared the public mind for the only change which can save us , they will find society reduced to chaos in cos sequence of the complete and signal failure of their artificial policy . Gentlemen , allow me , in conclusion , to submit a simple proposition for your consideration . I will suppose society to be divided into one hundred different classes , the labourers constituting one of . the one hundred .

      It- is adniitied by all that " the people are the legitimate source ofaUpcieer" while it cannot be for a mement denied that labour is the foundation of all tcealih , Ni > w , my assertion is , that the ninety-nine classes ( not including the labouring class ) if enfranchised to a man , would not , nay could not , justly represent their unitedly enfranchised community Their interests would be antagonistic ; they would endeavour to gun advantaaeajhe jone over the otherj ^^^ mm ^^^^^^^^^ nai t ^^ afdn ' e ef the * one hnhdretlDting enfrauchised , could not do justice to their own order without at the ? amc- time administering thesanie ju ^ icetoevery class oi' ^ li ' ch sta-iety is composed . The result tt' the eni ' ranehisemeiit of labour would be a vast increase of all the resources of the country ; and of these increased resources every other class would have us due and righteous ihare . Enfranchised labour would fiud ii to be its interest to protect capital , inasmuch as those working at artificial labour coujd not find capital for the tmplo > mcnt of their own labour ; and , btlieve m " , that the whole people have-souse enough to know when labour has its fair share of proSr , and they have justice and honour ciivngh to award to hones ; industry and speculation the just reward of r : sk and vxertiou . " G . ntlemen , I thick , th ^ n , that we may safely coiidude that the Reform Bill has failed in its re-

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      sults ; while , if not , yet prepared to admit the fact , the firs ? visit of the Commissioner lo demand nearly three per cent , upon your income , will convince you of . the absolute necessity of reducing our national expenditure to the nation ' s capability to bear it . And , sendemon , belkve me to be sincere in my honest conviction , when I assert that nothing short of the iust representation of the whole people , as dtfined in the document entitled " THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , " ever will , or ever can , produce an equitable Reform satisfactory to all classes , or reduce the an > . u :. t of expendirure to the PEoPLE' 6

      . OD YOUR CAPABILITY TU BEAR IT . Gentlemen , I have the honour to remain , Your obedient humble Servant , I * EARt ; rs O'Connor

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      Times , the Whig Guardian , and the Whig-Radical Advertiser would play the same destructive and aitti-Chartist game , if it did not exactly suit the classes for which they respectively write 1 Now , just answer that ; and allow me ty remind you of ; a t ' evr very striking facts . Clayton is dead ; Hoeyis a cripple for life ; Duffy is s , dying man ; Holbeiry dead , and his wife an idiot ; Peddy Btill lingers in his living tomb ; Frost , Williams , and Jones are banished their native land , while every single soul

      who led the brave into the pitfall , and then abandoned them , aroeifrher skulking at home , living happy abroad , or provided for by the Government they so faithfully served ! Now , is that to be denied 1 The hero who would have recklessly sacrificed the ¦ whole of the West Riding of Yorkshire took shelter behind a flour sack , and fled ! while the Editor of ih&Star , whose advice and prompt exertion saved the lives of thousands , and spared the carnage * th&t ambition would have produced , is still at his po 3 t .

      . "These ( indeed ) are times to try men ' s bouisl " No man has wisdom who would say " starve on" to the starving man ; and no man has courage who ^^^ . ^ fl ^ J ^ f ^ f ^ -pbA ^ oahy theJeers afld taunts of a revolutionary and middle class press . Had ic not been for tho pending NoLtingham election , I should have been among you long since ; but now I embrace the first , the fitting opportunity . On Monday , I shall be at Halifax at noon ; and at Burnley iu the evening . I lay you under no restrictions , none whatever , beyond what your own judgment points out . I am bound over in a heavy

      recognizance to keep the peace ; and remember that already five criminal prosecutions have , iu fcurand-a-hulf years cost me above £ l ; 2 U 0 , aud that I was no party to one of them . Remember that I was . found guilty , f . vice at York by Special Juries ; once for publishing four lines from another paper ; and ouce for publishing two speeches , the one made by Jlr . D ; an Taylor , arid tho other by Mr . O'Brien ; and bear in mind , that I defended the speeches , though I suffered for their publication . Remember , that at York aud Liverpool many nun were convicted for merely being present at public meetings , where Fpeeches said to bo likely to

      lead to riot vecre delivered ; and bear iu mind that nothing would give your manufacturing magistrates greater pleasure than to be able to hire some ruiflau to implicate you and me either by bein # present at the dUivery of an hiilmnmatory speech , or by the employment of some firebrand to ca isc a disturbance . However , with a knowledge of these things before me , I go , because you demand my presence . I go , became I am n .: ol \ ed , come weai come woe , to staud by tho poorest of the poor . I go , because 1 have hope that my council will save you and our cause from those snares which faction is so busy in setting for you . Let your resolutions be strong , manly , and brave , but strictly legal .

      While the poor Irish aro starving , those who have plundered them are comfortable , and absent- ; when poverty ra ^' -s and threatens destruction , then I choose to be a party to throw a protecting shield over the destitute . Bear in mind , that the magistrates of Staffordshire haverenrwtd the spirit of liillD . They haro commenced the crusade against the Chartists , by apprehending Mason and others , and binding them over to take their trial , when they ioiifht justice at the . r hands for an outrage offered to Mason by a

      constable . RtoJlect that all the Man of Authority will have to prove against Mason will be , firmly , that he L a Chartist , awi consequently an outlaw ; secondly , that he , the Authority-man , has no doubt on bis loval mind , ti .-ai ihe speech of Mason was calculated to leal to a not . And he was right , for it did lead to a riot , but the Authority-man was the only rioter , while Ma ^ on an < l the C ;; artis : s wer ^ constables , and preserved the poace . It wonld be folly for mo to do more than to remind you

      that the Government is too strong to require isch a godsend as a pliy .-ic-tl force outbreak ja ^ t now . And that the parties wlio look upon such a calamity as a blessing arc tho Whigs , who would l-iin say to the middle chsscs , " Ah ! see . how we put lhe Chartists doivn , anJ how the Tories , have allowed them to meet and .-peak . ' ' 1 teil you that the Corn Law Repealers will move heaven anil earth to produce a revolution , from which they would hope to reap the spoils ; but I : ell them that they SHALL NOT .

      My beloved Friends , I am now going to make a vigorous and unceasing effort to cun-.-nt the head aud tail of Chartism—the leaders and the people—iu one firm union : and aiding as I shall , ihe tfforts of the Executive of your choice , I have only . how to implore that henceforth all idea of disunion and strife may be buried and for ever , and that wo may go vmh tho head , heart , and body of one giant man to the rescue oi' our common country . I have to request that no carriages be provided foT me ; that no expense be incurred ia the distressed districts , to mock poverty . I can pay my own expences , as I always have done ; and I can preach the gospel truth of Chan ism , as I have often done before , wherever a few of tho faithful shall be gathered togethir .

      Brothers , every thing is working for the great end ! In Gop ' s name , then , lkt us kot aid tyrants in THEIR E . NDEAVufKS TO Sl'BVKKT TIIK WILL OF THAT riiOViDE . NC .-:, WHICH DKSIUNS GOOD VOU ALL . Ever your devot-. d Friend , 1 ' CAROL'S OY ' O . VNOR .

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      STALYBRIDGE—Tiie Chartists of this place have resolved nut hereafter to ptnnit aDy person to lecture ia their room unless be produce Lis card of meinbtirthi'D in the National Ciiariet Association , and credential ' s from the locality wuence he may come . NOTTINGHAM .-Oa Monday evening last , the members of tLe Ghanists wetting at tbe Chapel , Riceplate , held their weekly meeting , Mr . K . T . Morrison in the cbair . Two shillings -was vo . ed from the Association Fund , aud a subscription entered into for tne use of the victims , liinos and Duffy , and agreed to for the same to be open-f .-r a Week , when the amcuut will be divided between them .

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      Hull . — Additional nominations to the G ? aeral Council : —^—The Rev . William Hill ; Mr . William Cfteesman , joiner , Edgar-street , Potteries ; Mr . Samuel polford , tailor , Ni > . 2 , Dagger-lane ; Mr . George Barker , engine Situr , Jessamine Cottages , EnglisU-streefc , EEading . —A public lecture was delivered hero on ; Tuesday , by Mr . Wheeler , of Londen , on the " Superiority of the Democratic , form of Government . " Mr . James , at tho conclusion of the lecture , addressed tho meeting with great ability . iCWDON Delegate Council . —Mr . J . Dowling in

      thochajr . The Secretary reported from the Committee fur drawing up rules and -regulation ? , and also-from other parties with whom he was deputed to ( rorrespond . Reports wero received from various localities , and a resolution received from the Broinp- ^ tofiknd Kensington locality ; it was resolved that th ^ i Committee appointed to investigate the charge agiin&t one of its . members be dissolved , and that the matter be investigated in open Council on Sunday next . The sum a ' f Ah . 2 j , was received from the Shoemakers , Foloy Place . Credentials wero received from Mr . Swatton , from Hammersmith .

      Queen ' s . Head , " Cajibridge-koad . —Mr . Duffield lectured at this placo ou Sunday evening last , to a goodly company , and gave groat gsLtisfaotioai . Mr . iipencev ia the chair . A vote of thanks to . t&j'lecturer , chairman , and host , ( ilr . Scurr , ) who severally returned thanks ; , in tha course of which , Mr . Scurr , tho landlord , regretted lie waa in his present unpleasant position , and declared he shoulu remain tirax to tho Charter , however ho may be persecuted . Tho Chartists of this locality , will hold their next ineetnft on Sunday cveniug , at the Sugat Loaf , Wc-Us-stvcet , M . il < j-end , Old Town . Great , praise is duo to Tucker and B / ig ! it , who stood ouiside in the wet , and invited the people in . The license of Mr . Scurr has been stopped and the house is . shut ud .

      Craven Head , Drury-Lank . —The provisional committee request tivat ai \ localities will seo their delegates attend on Tuesday evening next , at eif ; ht {/[ clock , at the above-named pluce , to give in a final account oi' money and tickers , appoint auditors , and transact other important business . For the satisfaction of the localities , it was moved " that a deputation of'threo persons bo appointed * to wait on tho Icc'see of tho Victoria Theatre , to know if

      the report , given in by the sub-Coniniittee , of tho receipts be correct . " —Carried . Moved , "That M'Carthy , Tread » ¦ » fell , and Peavce , form tho deputation . "—Carried . Moved " That tuo receipts of the Theatr < -y and the donations-, be printed . in the S ! iir . "—Carried . Moved " . That all persons connected in taking money or , checks , or in any way connected with tho business of the Theatre on the benefit ni . ^ lit , be desired , through , tho Stn ' r , to attend the committee noxt Tuesday evening . **—Carried .

      Donations received by Ruffy Ridley on account of Provisional Comuiitteo Fund . ' ¦ s . d . Mr . Hritchart . by Ruffy RMley ... 0 G * Mr . . Dobsoa of Hammersmith <> 11 Mr . Rogers , Lambeth •¦• ¦• •••¦•• ¦ *> *> Mr . Lucus 0 0 " 7 5

      VICTORIA THEATRE . 1 iNWKCE SHEET , CaJi paid at the Doors . £ s . d . : > Box ... ... ... ... o lo o \> , \ Hah' Box Ill 0 202 IM ... .. Hi 2 0 ' M ' 6 Gallery ... 9 l < i ( i CiA ... 22 2 U Tickets and cross money ... ... < J 3 I ) (> £ 7 . ~ > 12 0 Nnnibc-r of person- ? in the-house after half price Bjxcs , -23 ( j ; Pit , 720 ; Gallery , 924 .

      Ttckcts taken at the Doijrs . £ a . d . . ' )»! Box ... 9 l ( i 0 •_ ' ( ' Pit in Hox ... 1 ( J 0 . 7 : ; X io Box ... , 'i l . ' { ti ¦ u : ' , pit ... 2 'i i : j- o 11 IJoxin-Pit ... 12 0 . '>' . ' > Galli ry in Pit ... ... 1 (> " 0 ' iiii X to Pid 1 } : i 0 Cash m Pit Box 0 4 0 ' 172 Gu'k-ry 11 ] fi 0 o . ) Pit , in Gallery ... ... I \' . i 0 £ ¦ : >' & 9 G J . Licxs , Secretary . Sfii ^ CJiivnoNs received by Ruffy R ,. ! ioy , and paid into tlie hands of Mr , Kvall , on account of xMr . Chas . Suuthwoi , late Social uiiafionary ** : —

      3 d Robert Poulton 0 G J . EI . ilou * 0 ?> J . Preeco ... ( J o ' S . Giliurd ... ... ... 0 1 R . 1 ' . ... ... ... 0 4 A Friend l ) ti T . D . ... ... .... 1 ( . ) Mr . Dron ... ... ... y G Jlulfy liidley ... -1 1 2 » Jr . VVhoelur 0 ( i M . I ) . . 0 6 6 0 Ax a Mketinu of the Surrey council , on Sunday last , reports of a ilattcving nature wevo received from the various localities . A report was received from the committee ' appointed to a ; tend a public meeting , at G 9 , Great Guiidloid-street . iioro'igii ; and a locality was lormrd to meet at the Coil ' vo Rooms for tho future , uniii further notice . SuniihY . —The committee for getting up tho tea and concert , at , the MontpelievTavti ' n , avo earnestly requested to attend oir Sunday next , at three o clock precisely . Mill Wall . —Mr . Frazer lectured on tho principles of tho People ' ri Charter , at the Smith ' s Arms , on Monday evening . It is intended that , Quother lecture shall be delivered on Tuesday , nex * ., * when a new locality will bo formed . iN'ino perbons have already taken up their cards .

      Queen ' s Head , Cambridge Road—The Chartists of this locality aro requested , for tho future , to meet at Mr . Palmer ' s , Sugar Loaf , Church-st ., Mile End , iN ' ow Town . BZR ' raZN ' GHAnX ; - ^—People ' s Mali , of Sciknck . —A meeting of influptifial working men was held at the Public Office on Friday evening last , Mr . ' . Page' in tho chair . The meeting was convened by circular , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the working men of Birmingham would lend their

      nid in C"inplut * iii . y the -erection * . of the People ' s Hal . ' , a- ? tho Corauiiuco had not , fcutFwient $ vw < l-v for that purpose . Mr . George White , Mr . Corbett , Mr . Hinde , Mr . Jcnkiasoji , Mr . Emos , aa-d-others , delivered their sentiments on tho subject- An . excellent feeling prevailed , and it was ultimately agreed that a public meeting should be called , when tho business should be brought forward , and an appeal marlcio those tvho wished to forward fodesirab . ' eati object . Thanks wore voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Meeting . at tub Hall of Scienc .-: on bkhalk of Mk . J . G . lloi . YO j iKK .-r- A numerous and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Hall of Science , Lawrence Street , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on the h'j'isiioo of the lato prosecution .-: for biaspleniy . Mr . 11 'vise was uiuniniously called to tho chair , after which-Mr . John Mason , proved the . following r-. ' .- 'olutian . " Tnat in the opiuigu ot" this meeting , it is the natural and inalienable right , of every human being to express his honest and ¦ couzcivntious coiivictious on the subject of religion , any law or practice lending to prevent ( ho same being in opposition to tho bo .-t interests of society , and caieu ! ati . 'd only to produce immorality and -crime , " Mr . Macintosh seconded the resolution , and it was tarried unanimously . Mr . Soar then read a ¦ ml-moi-lal and petition embodying the views-of . the meeting " on .. the subject of the late prosecutions , -lla moved that they

      be signed by the chairman , and forwarded to Lerd Brougham , for presentation to the House of Lords , G . F . Muntz , for the Commons , and the memorial to the Secretary of State . Mr . 6 . White seconded the motion , after which Mr . J . G , Hplyoako delivered a long and able address in vindication of his conduct , and was loudly cheered by the meeting . The resolution was then carried unanimoubly . Mr . Edward Kicholls moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . James Betts , and unanimously agreed to . " That the beat thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the Northern Star , Weekly iJispatch , Sun , Cheltenham Free 1 ' ress , and the liberal press generally , for . their able and generous advocacy of civil and religious liberty . " A vote of thank ' s was then given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Aston street Meetings . —Mr . White addressed a meeting in the Chartist Room , Aston-street , oa Sunday evening last , Mr . Talbot ia the chair .

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      Monday Evening . —The usual weekly meeting was held at the room in Aston-strett ,- oh Monday evening last , Mr . Charles As-htou in the chair . The minutes of the council were tlen read over , from which it appeared that the council had passed a resolution of resigning their offices . Mr . Bough moved and Mr . Lyneli seconded a motion , to rescind that part of the minutes , on the grounds of the whole council not being unanimous on the i-ubject . Mr . White supported the motion , and affirmed that they had no ri ^ ht to proceed in that mauuer ; he . moved an addition to the motion , that each member of the council who wished to resign , should tender his resigna'ion to the meeting . Alter a long discussion in which thoretiruig members , Messrs , Williamson , Saunders , White , and others took part , the motion vvas carried almosG unanimously , JVIes .-. ro . Liu ^ on , FusseU . Newhouse , Welst ' ord , and Stewart , then

      resigned , and Messrs . White , Talbot , Yard ley , Ryan , Bough , and others , wevo nominated in their piacer ' . Mr . V / hito then gavo a report of tho proceedings of the directing ' council , and af ' unvards moved a vote of confidence with regard to the political hones ' -:, ' and iutxigvits of the rctuiny councillors , which was unanimously agreed to . The case of Messrs . Mason , Chance , an < l others , who have to appear at the Stafford aiid Worcester Sessions in a lew days , \ yas then brought forward by Mr . White » when , a dalenco committee consisting of . several most active 'females , in addition to the other nierabera , w-as-aj-p ' oin'ted , and a resolution agreed to , that the othtr localities in Birmingham be requested to act likewise . Tha comm >' ttee will meet at Aston Street , at twelve o ' clock on Sunday next . Notice-was then given , that Mr . Geo . Julian H-arney would address a meeting at Astun Street ca tho following Sunday , after wh ' ici \ the meeting separated .

      Mr . White addressed numerous meetings at Lyewasie and Stourbridge , on Wednesday , and at Ciiidley aud Dudley ou Thursday last . Tho cause progresses rapidly in tho mining d . st-ricts . DuMH . fcSrox Row Mef . tiso . —The usual weekly moting was held at tins place on Monday evening la > t , on tho open ground , opposite tho railway station , ¦ D . uddieston Row . Mr . George White again addressed a numerous assembly , ou the necessity ot raJlyiJVf round tho banji' -r of .. 'freedom , and joining t . he National Charter Association . He described t . ho . hollowness of tho proiVsssions of the Complete SutiVageitos , and warned the men of Birmingham oi the uKuimir in which they had . been deceived by the middle classes in the Reform Bill , and declared that ii ' ho fitood alone ho would op ; vosn every attempt that was mude to impose ou the working classes . Af ' ior adverting to various other topics he retired to attend an importunt meeting at the Chartist Room , in Aston-fctreet , which was w . ull attended .

      A meeting was held in-the field near tin Asylum , Summer-Jane , ou Sunday last , at eleven o'clock , which wa-t addressed by Mr . Georgo White . He also addressed a meeting at the same place , on Tuesday t ,-v , ning . Tho meetings at-this placj will be coiUinu-jd to be held at the same time , whilst the weather permits . Walsali .. —The numbers of this- locality held their weekly nucfing on Tuesday evening , when a liberal sub .-eripuon was oivuvd ti defend Mr . Mason and the othu's at the foilhcjiniug sessions at Stafford . The prt-ju . lico of tho C ; : n Law repealers agaiust . ua is fast giving way , and a strong feeling oxists m favour of Chartism . A visit from our noble champion in the cause , Mr . O'Connor , would produce iiiuoh good .

      Kk-dditch . —On Sunday last , Mr . Peter Rigby delivered two discourses to attentive audiences , lie gave very great satisfaction . We strongly recommend him to the notico of the Chartist world as a very talt uted but distressed man . -FS-L'ESB'ZZi'b . —We had a splendid meeting on M . O ' . iday , to hear Mr . Jahn Stavkcy preach a political serin m . Wa expect to luve a very flourishing association in the course of a week or two . Ol . pHAIVI . ~ 0 n Sunday last , Mr . Ross lectured to an ovcrfbwing audience in the Chartist Meeting Room , Groav . s-stroct . A great many strangers were , pre-eut . il-o made a- puworful ; appeal on the necessity of union for obtaining tlie Charter , as thu only means of destrovinji class moiiopolics .

      Weekly Meeting . —At the weekly meeting of the members which took place on Mond . iy evening last , tlie -fo-tlowmg resolutions w , ? re unanimously pas-ed , a tr-r a spirited disciission : — "That this-meeting ST .- 'ig ' y cnifuiro Mr . O'Brien aad Mr . II . Vuiconi , fur tji ¦ . ' . ;¦ £ ¦ vile and malicious ooiu- ' uct towards Mr . O'Connor , the Northern S . '/ jr , and tho NaJional Chartei- Association . " " That a vote of thanks be given to _ Vlr . Cooper ,, of Lt iccster , for tho spiruud mitinrr in which he 'questioned , and the manly rej .-ly he mad ' p In the fl ; m-y rcas-ons'why hf > . ( Mr . O'Brieii ) was notu tn ' mber of the National Charter Association ; and that this resolution b-j sent to the Northern Star and CimnnoniVFal'hinnan . for insertion . " " Tiiat o ;; e shilling be sent to tin-. Northern Star office , to : \;\\> i , a i ' unJ- to set up Mr . l ) uii ' y i : j some l ; i » d of ^ brsr . ino ~ . -s , a . nd wo would rccoiameud every town , viJLi ^ o , cv hamlet , where there arc any Chartists , to iio ike same"

      . DUEI . IW . . " . ' i Tho Irish Universal Suffrage Association held f . ' ioir usija . l weekly-moeiing in the GroaL Rooms , No . 14 , North Anac-stroct , on Sunday , the liHli , Mr . I ' atvii-k Raft . r in tho chair , Mr . W . 11 . Dyoit , Secretary . The Chairman said , that in accordance with a good old custom , ha . should call upon their talented , amiable , and excellent Secretary , whom he was ; !;' . ad to seo in good health and spirits , to read the rule ? and <> l \ jve ' s of the association . ' - It may appear ' tedious to those who are accustomed to listen to this preliminary to thoir proceedings every Stmday , nevertheless it is right and proper to r < ad the objects and rules if it were for no -other reason than '

      that of showing even to a single stranger who i favours us with a vi ,-it , tha ' , aro not what others I roprescnt us to bo ; that we are not Orange men , nor . Hibbon-nien , that we aro not Tones , nor are we Whigs ; that we ' abhor tho bx > -v , bloody , am ! brutal authora of the Irish Coercion Act aud the English Poor Law Amendment Act ; that wo arc neither ] O'Crmnoritcs nor O'Connellitn . ^ b . nt wesro C ; artist ? , ] true lovers of genuine unadulterated liberty ; that ; our motto is " Peace , law , and order ; " that " we are banded together Jiko one man , lawfully and constitutionally , lor tho purpose of obtaining Universal ' Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , the ; division of the Empire into equal electoral \ districts , each returning to Parliament an

      cqi ; al number of representative . ? , thus doing j equal justice to all parties ; tho abolition of the Property Qualification , which will " do away j with perjury in the highest tribunal , or , at least , the next to tlie highest tribunal iii tho . land ; for tho payment of our representatives ; that is , for the right to pay them , if wo deem it proper so to do . Now , said the venerable- Chairman , we soek for the j attainment of thoKtj great and glorioua objects , by ! no other miians . than by petitions' to Parliament , ' — " ( hear , hoar , ) which we shall continue to pour ¦ into tlvti House of Common * , froan time to time ,

      until ovt-ry liono . se wi , evt-iy ! ov-. r ofthe prosperi t ) of . the country , and the hupp : uess of tho people , shall become fully impressed- with the justice of granting us our rightP . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Before I sit down , said' tho Chairman , I wish it to be di .-tinccly understood that e-vei-y man . whether he be for or against any proposruou , siiaU have a fair hearing ; _ and cvr-n those who are not members shall be heard in opposition to any measure , provided that they keep to the rn ! "S , that is , to abide by the ordinary tad common-rules ^ !¦ ^ itimate distu ^ sion ; but , non ' o except mvmbers can vote upon any question . Therein nothing secniriaii ia our society .

      Mr . Henry Clarlr , rose , pi ; r-uunt to notice , to propose for adn . n * -5 cn to thr I : 'i .-Vi Uaiveiva ! Siiffrage As-oo- ' ation , Mi ^ vs . P-jlupk , Hanlon , Jam-s Coyne ( . - yi ) of Mr . C . Cjync , or ' C- ;>•! - ; rcot ) , ana Mv . Jas . Arra ^ trosg ,- Mr . Coyne , like in . iny others , had prejudices * against the Chav i ~ t ~ . but he happened to be as ; the Hall of Science , in Manchester , the night on which the Repealers , a ^ they exit themselves , ., made the attack upuu Mr . O'Connor and the Chartists , lie had mcationcd- to him ( VI r . Clark ) that the-gross misconduct , the b ' r ' uial conduct of the Manchester Repealers , and the mild , cool ' , generous ,-and" conciliating conducs aud sound reasoning of the English Caarasts , and Mr . O'Connor in particular , had determined Mr . Coyao to come boldly and rnanful ' y ' forward * to join their ranksin despite

      , of the puny threats of tho would-be Repeabr ? at the . Corn Ex ^ s-inge —( hear , hear . ) One of the other gentlemen whom he , Mr . Clark , had" the '¦ 'houour * -of proposing , was an elector in Dublin , and he was ready to join the other electors ia signing the pledge , that he would vote for no candidate for the representation of this city , but one that would give a pledge in writing to support no administration , but one thas would give its official advocacy to Uniyers ? jl'Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , Abolition ofthe Property Qualification , and Payment of Members —( hear , hoar ) . As for the Repeal Association humbug , every body see-j now , that it is not worth a farthing a week—( hi ,-iir , hear ) . Mr . William Woodword seconded the motion .

      Mr . P'Higgi . na said he hud very great pleasure ia proposing for admission in their Association , Mr . John Doyle , of Ballard , County Wicklow , Mr .

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      Patrick M'Nulty , of Keady , County Armagh , and his two respected neighbours , Mr . Smithj ofHalstoastreet , and Mr . B . MaguirtJ , of North Anne-street . These two gentleaoea took twelve months to study the rules and objects of the Association , and its objects and general tendency ; and after they most mature consideration , they have come forward to join it , and to give it every aid in their power . Their own words are that they never kney ? of any Association but this one establishment iu Ireland , for the .

      benefit of the whole peoplej without religious or sectarian distinction , and one of the reasons which kept them back so long from joining it , wai 3 entirely owing to what Mr . O'Connell so often said about its illegality—( hear , hear . ) He pledged his professional reputation that it was a transportable offence to belong , to it ; . but finding that that pledge did not deter the . people ftom joining , he then had recourse to personal abuse , calumny , and vitup _ eration ^ - ( hear , hear . ) Yet , ' after all , the Society is prospering' : truth aad justice will . ultimately prevail over prejudice and error . The accession of those gentlemen to our ranks affords one proof at any rate ^ -that 6 £ the power of truth over falsehood and misrepresentation . Mr . H . Clark seconded the motion ^

      Mr . Hudson said that he , was acquainted , with hundreds hi his own line of business or trade ( bricklayer ) who wore most anxious to join them , but who were deterred from doing so , lest they would be denouncedby Mr . O'Connell and his tyrannical satellites ; and thus force their employers to discharge th < im ,. le 3 t by keeping them they would lose their ' business . The day was when the . people wero afraid of Tory tyranny , but there never was such an infamous system of tyranny practised by Whig or Tory , as that which is now unblushiugly practised by tho Libornl O'Couneil party . He ( Mr . Uudson ) was told in this very room by aa O'Counellite that tho house they were in ought to be burned , and every « ne in ii who did not agree with U'Co > mell . ( Hear , hear . ) Was ever Tory tyranny equal to this ? ' - '

      M ' r . H . Clark rose and said that when he joined < he Irish Universal Suffrage ! Association ha little expected that any circumatance should ever arise ¦ which would make him feeiso proud . as-he then felt . He was uot oiily proud oLiiie high aad diatiuguiahed honour which two Hnndrea and forty W'bis countrymen conferred upon him by requesting hjm to proproso them for admission into the ranks of tho association , but he was proud of being a Counaught man ; the couhtrytaan of those brave and manly 'fellow , ? who had signed thepaper , the long list of two hundred aud forty names to bo enrolled as members of the Irish Universal- Suffrage Association— ( trem " . ndous applause ) . Here they are —( great choering ) ,

      Ilii should read the whole lidt over , with many of the names therein : ho was intimately acquainted . Some of those whose names he should read , diff . red with him -hi religion , and some of whom differed wiili him . a short time since in politics ; but , between the reports of the proceedings iu that rcom , and the liberal' and enlightened : articles from the . pen of tiic Rav . Sir . Hill , in the Northern Star , those gentlemen , have all become converts to the genuine and ' . philanthropic- doctrines -of " -Chartism ( hear , hear '*) Tho day was not distant when every lo ? cr of n ' sht and justice would glory in the name cf Chartist ( hear , hear . ) The primitive chribthuis were hua . ted , put to death in many instances , and

      persecuted for centuries for no other crime than that of adhering to the tiuo faith , in religion . We , the Clvirttets , 'have been hunted , persecuted , vilified , and traduced , for no crime under heaven but that of abiding by the true faich in politics ( hear , hear . ) But tho day of triumph is . at hand ; tlie people are beginning to open their eyes—to thiuk for themselves , to be no longer led by the uose for a farthing a-week to support drunken profligates whose debts tea publicans and tavern keepers , have been heretofore ' -more than once paid by penny subycnpiions , aiid to help to make a councillor of Tom Ray . Tom Reynolds and Tom Arkii ^ being now provided for , it is quite natural that the people would withdraw from a society that obtained £

      ¦ 10 , 000 from them , under the false . pretence , . of Repealing the Union , but for the real purpose of applying it , to their own uses ( hear , hear . ) What has become of the nioney I . What was dpne whh it ? Oh ! the people soe clearly enough that it is money that is wanted , and not Repeal . Why not bring the question forward in tho Hou 3 e of Commons , and let tho world judge of its merits by the arguments there . Oh no , that would not do , '' it must bo an open qnsstion for the Iriah people to agitate for . " Was there ever such barefaced delusion a . s . this ? But thank God , my countrymen , the brave Connaught m-on . are beginning to see through it , and the result of their enlightenment is the two hundred and forty men whom I now propose to be admitted members ( great clKerintj . ) ' ;

      Mr . O'Higgius , having been loudly called upon , rose aiid in " a clear and luminous speech , -which would not discredit any man , seconded the motion for tho admission of the two hundred and forty Counaught men . Mr , Dyott rose to bring forward the address of which he had given notice . Ho should not trouble them with many observations , as the address in itself was lengthy , and would explain its own objects . Tiic people of Ireland wero hoVvcVerslowly lapsing , buck into common sense . They saw that repi- ' al as at presLiit agitated , was a mere pretext for extracting the pence of the poor . Men were getting " dick" and " ffrodj" he quoted thoir own words , of ,

      being hunibugf-ed—( hear , hear , hear )—and at once allowed' that the obtaining of the Suffrage wa 3 the only .-thihij worth contending for—( hear . ) The Corn Exchange Association was dying of political atrophy ; its members were shrunk up , and its nionoy exhausted . America was offended and wuuld send no more , as the provident Bank man had been called " Mongul "Mooney "—( a . laugh )—Tvliich tvas certainly a bad return for the : dollars he had wit ) i such dexterity extracted from the . pockets . ofthe ' slave-holding , liberty- talking Yankees . In the address he had now to propose , they would find ; : n absence of nicknames or vituperation . It . was

      rendered . necessary , lest Englishmen should suppose all-. irishmen were slavish enough to . subscribe to the vile aad foolish threat made by the Sy lla of his country against the liberties of the working classes of the sister kingdom—( hear , hear)—and likewise to deprecate the ill feeling with which their unfortunate countrymen might be otherwise naturally received on tho neighbouring shores , whither biting distress arid rack-renting tyranny drove them to earn , by underworking the inhabitant peasantry , the means of holding the miserable patch of ground from which they derived a mere existence —( cheers . ) Mr . Dyott then read the address .

      Mr . H . Clark seconded the address . He was an Irishman , a Catholic , and long an ardent admirer of Mr . . O'Connell , through all his ticviou ' d . turnings and wild inconsistencies . But experience had shown him that though the people were madeabundaut use of by the so-called Liberator , their rights and their wrongs were set aside aud disregarded , while- the privileges of the wealthier and middle classes wero ¦ fiercely contended for , and in Some measure achieved . ( Hear . ) Mr . O'ConneU had never distinguished himself as the defender of labour ; on the contrary , he had made war ou the tradesmen of ' -Dublin , and had he not been vigorouslv confronted by them , would have still further curtailed their power of self-defence . ( Hear , and cheers . ) And he had now come out—the aristocratic cloven foot hiid again appeared —( laughter )—with a threat to extirpate the starving artizans of England , if laid hands

      | they on the bread for lack oi' which they-were famishing . ( Hear . ) Tiiis addre 33 was indispensable . It was not to be supposed that Mr . O'CoimelFs 500 , 001 ) fighting men were to march c ? i m'issc . No ; they would go in division . ' , aud the English labourers might rationally suppose , on the arrival of the Tipperarry men that tliey ' formed part of the . first brigade . ( Hear . ) Imaginatiou mi ^ ht readily convert their reaping hooks into-fa'ioliions , and their shillelahs . into musqucts . ( Hesr . hear , and laughter ;) Aud a collision might . ' take place fatal to their felloyv countrymen , and favourable [ o those who wished to trade on the respective prejudices of the people by prolonging their divisions . Ulear . ) He had ne doubt but the recommendation intheaddresswonld . be acted upon by the English CiiarfcistSi aad that with British money . Chartist principles would be brought back to this country . ( Hear . ) .

      Mr , O Conuell said he had no notion of defending his namesake , whose expressions and conduct were indeed ,: he regretted to say . in too many iKftances , indefensible : but he suggested the policy of coi ' tening some passages in the address . Mr . Dyott said he . always was delighted to hear the * speeches-and -suggestions . of Mr . O'Cmmj !! , who was a credit to the working classes , for the soundness of hiy views , and the extent of his information ; but he regretted that he could not ,. on-thepresent occasion , agree with him . They had too long temporised with truth for the sake of expediency , and what had "been their reward ? abuse of tho coarsest kind , and vituperation the vile 3 t and most imm .: > a

      sured . , Were they still to " bend low with 'bated breath and whispering humbleness 1 " No , but . in . tho g- nuine attitude of men determined to be free , they should reply , with the voice of independence , to every- threat and slander with which malignity xnd falsehood assailed them . ( Cheers . ) They had ions so already as regarded themselves . They had silenced ' tho fire of the Carn Exchange , and procured tacit toleration at all courts . Were they to permit their friends , the Chartists of . England , to ie used worse than themselves ? ( Hear . ) Against ; he uri-Irish and ungenerous sentiment , were " he to stand alone , he would contend , ( Cheers . ) Taey lould defend the

      absent with double the eaergy lat they would use in their own behalf , and not mtent ' with murmuring their indignation , they lould openly and manfully denounce and repel the irrow , intolerant , unworthy threat of Mr . Daniel 'Connell , whom they would only support whe ^ adj . jcating the generous and commendable principiB& \ '/• tt-, ' universal liberty . ( Cheers . ) >~ s 5 *? ' A ^^ Hl The address was then carried withouty ^\ d (^ fev » - ^~* / f entvoicOi and Mr . O'Connell being ewb& . ip tie / ' ¦/^ - •" -. i . air ,, the usual vote of thanks was passe ' dlo ^ Mi ^ - * ' L ^ : ^* ^ 4 fter , and the meeting separated , r" ^ . * W ' r Ji * S ^ P" ^ 0 ffi ^ l V ¦¦ ¦ ¦^¦ X ^ tf . pSt vll

      To The Industrious Portion Of The Middling Classes.

      TO THE INDUSTRIOUS PORTION OF THE MIDDLING CLASSES .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS oF NORTH LANCASHIRE . My dzax though starving Fi : ie > d-, —Forfoaie werks vast I huvc -waiched th < » proceedings of our body iu North Lancashire with intense iut-res * . I was aware that that district , being the fcrrncr 5 ea : of the haudlooin weaver ? , must EufFtr t-eyuiid most o hers from the deTouriug enemy , n : acr . ir . f-ry . I - * va ? r . 4 ht ; for machinery in the extreme north would , 2 ; a iraiter cf course , affect the price of manual labour deroted to the same manufacture , even in the extreme south . Nav , more : macii : !! ' rv

      in America would as much affect your wages , nudcr free uc . de , as machinery in Manchester wou'd . I : is true you are rtarvinp ; . I have watched ycur proceedings narro-wly ; and from tho = c proc ? edius ~ I learn t ' . vo jireat aiid whol ' -sonie It-siou-F : r-: "' y rhat our ^ 'rcat u :: fon nuiv teache- each i ca . r . y that i : coz > ti ' utes but 3 . component par : ot - -ud- 'ty , and ho . ds itself responsible in its evtry a ; t forrhe ' . h " -.-cc -ivhicii that act mayhav-.- upon society at lar ^ 'e ; and that the i-rr-.-n ^ th which it derives from the ieilow ~ h : p of other districts makes it too s ; r-jng in hope , to be led by the ? py , the coward , or ihe iraitor , into any ac : which -would peril tre aiiivt-rral cau ~ e . Second ; - ? , it convinces me that an

      iudi- ' ere :: on upon oar part i ~ th"j la =: remaining hope of faction . And now , -why ¦ Becauss for seven years we have hc ; d our meetings , attended by thousands and . en ~ of thoufa - . id ? , and miny sound , and good and aVie sp . ' eebc-s have been made by haudloom- weavers . Nay , I am buid to ass n that handloom-weivers haTe been the or ' -giuators , the ornaments , the prop and support cf the Chartist cau .-e . Thtir interes : ¦ was first attacked by machinery ; and when in the outset they called for aid , had theiT fellowmen flown to the rescue , uli would have been well . But no , the fir ? t Tict ins -were li » -Bghed at and derided in their sectional strv . ir ^ le aguin-t the moBHter in its infancy ,

      uu ' . il the assaarin that-sIctv thtm tnreate-ued al .-o to slay tvery sycceediug interert , aud then self interest rallied round the standard which the handloomweavers had r 3 ; --.-i . Bit that is not so much ii = e po ; :. t . Thi ; 5 i- it . In our struggles the prc-== have aiiowed us to pa > s unnoticed , or has given ns a destructive notoriety . Bui now , we 2 . d tLe Mjnchc *! er Guardian , heretofore iiij-at upon me-tiu-s held within its town , i ; ay " under its very no ^ e , ruciinig to Nort ' i Lancashiro' in guest of news to suit the palate of iis

      luscious reader-. And the Tunes , that hellish organ , ha ~ been moving heaven and earth to dibsatisfy you wi ' -h your IoCjI leaders , for what the ruffian calls their timidity . This id the first step in tyranny . The tyrant causes a split in the ranks l > y engendering suspicions and dissatisfaction betw-. en the leaders and the people . The leaders , it they are - weak-minded and thin-skinned , lose ali self-control , sacrifice judgment to zeal , and iu their attempt to Tripe oft a brand , -wh . ch should be considered sn honour instead oi a disgrace , they lost * their heads , and also the ptcDie ' s cause .

      Tiii ' s i : i ; idiou 5 af . tmpt is no : coufiaed to the Ttv . ic * ai ; d the Guardian . No ; 1 told you many a time a : id oft , ihas when the day of trial came , Whig and Tory middle ciasa that had any thing would shake hands : and so it is . The Manchd'er Advertiser , a paper which in the days cf poor d-pirted Csady advocated popular rigfcts , has nov . it appears , stepped into the raKks of our enemies , iieesley wriies me that a nip-t cowarOly and ii-. ^ raiit ini ^ rLpresentation is jiireu of a speech of his iu that paper ; and what rv . ' r—a has h-: I None whatever . Remember the

      tr : i : ; at Liverpool : n VW . A ? CJ . tf > p of a repuner , that kaew nythiug of reporting , got into the vriti : _ -= ~ -bus , and read old notes , pit as thi ii \ bW \ There i : was ; vrr . tteu down ;( Wbig Gosbel ) who ccrjid . contradict it I a . id s-. reral per-ous were found guilty and suif . red . Kcniember who the Jury .- ere , irho the iv ~ -lnc > s-s arc : icho the JuJya arc ,

      aiid ichr- > ~ the laws are . . J Now , I would council you to appoint three discreet p . rs ^ iiS of your own order , to agree to all reports sent to the Aar ; that course will protect the paper , and l ' urni-a the only defence you can have . Believe me , as to cla ~ s , ihere is no diff ' -r ^ nc-: between Whig and Tory ; neither is there inGove : ument . Thereisyetenoughof wealthinthehandsol t : ie middle classesfor ruin torally round , and we do Dot

      derive as muchstrengih from the junction of thefewwho join us as may be supposed . And for this reason ; their uniting is an act oi necessity rather than principle . It ias not even the merit of expediency ; so that when they leave their old order , they unfortunately leave behind them all that gave them strength , might , and influence , " the bit of brass ; " so that vre receive them as deserters , without their arms . Now , my friends , just allow me to ask you a plain cu-istion or two . Do you suppose that the Tory

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      MR . MASON , AND THE SEDGLY AUTHORITIES . TO EVERy MAX WHO LOVES JUSTICE , WHETHER HE BE WHIG , TOllY , OH CHARTIST . Lovers of Jlstice , —You tviil have learned that ihe authorities of Sialiard have resolved upon putting Mason and others upon their trial , for having dvm-nded justice at their haiuls , ior an insult . v » ffi"rcd

      to them by a brutal conr-tabie . Now bear in mind , thai our cause has gamed more strength from the vigorous manner iu wuieh , iu 1039 , we defended our prisoners , than from any other source ; and also bear iu mind that our desertion of that fair-play principle now , would veiy rationally lead our enemies to a belief iu our division , and would hurry them on ouce more in the same destructive course . We mu . , therefore , though poor , make a vigorous etl ' ort to procure a good , nay , the best defence .

      Iru- trial comes ou on Monday nex . !" , or Tuesday , the ' 2 ' 6 . h . A few pounds will do it—a lit ' . le froai tach . I will fMve my niiic , tli > uigh the Genera ! Defence Fund id ! mo between X ' . joU and i ' o ' UU out of j . ocket . You had better remit whatever each locality can afford , by post-office order , direct to Stafford , as no time should be lost . Yuu will know tome person of our cause tin re ; send him the money . You had better send it to ihe irta-urer of the Chartist Association . But pray tend it ; and 1 will thank him to pay ten shiiJiiigs on my account-Your faithful servant , Feaugvs O'Connor .

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      AND LEEDS GENEIAL ADYEETISIE .

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      YOL . T . NO . 241 . SATURDAY , JTJfE " 25 ~ ltoJij ~ ™ %£ ? ZS ^ £ ?* £ ™ > " i - - ¦ — i - . ¦ " ' — Z-JL ^ " - ' ¦ i , ' ¦ ' ¦ - - ™ m . ' ¦¦ i — i — — ¦ -..- ¦ ' —— i . ¦ — - " ¦ ^—^ ZZJZ ^^ - ' " : ~ "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct894/page/1/