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      GsRTLEttEN , —Never , in the whole course of my lif « did I receive a bit of polhical intelligence , with one half that pleasure that I experienced upon reading your truly patriotic , virtuous , and manly resolutions . O » how the heart of every honest man Trill leap for joy when leading the glad tidings that appear in this week ' s Slar . Such a union is what I have been long . wishing for j and its reception will confirm my oft-repeated assertion—that \ h& mrfdng classes were not ofily not averse to , but were sincerely anxious for a union with the middling elaases upon principle .

      Gentlemen , had not our manly bearing , oar perseverance , indomitable courage , and strict adherence realized our real value in the political market , when would you have considered a union with us to be valuable 3 Never J no , never ! 11 Had we allowed ourselves to be made the sport of every passing breeze , and a toy in the hand of each new inventor of a political creed , you would , and properly , have left us to that fate which sooner or later ia huts to await the »• slidin ^ -seale " patriot . But , alas ! Gentlemen , how tLo deserters of aH complexions from our hardy rants must now blush , and especially the objectors to © ur namt 1

      when they find you magnanimously and bravely adopting our principlss , and under the very name by which they have gained strength , and been stamped on our hearts . What force can cow affright us ! What foe can now vanquish us ! Just for one moment turn your attention » the sad havoc which the monopoly of avaricious masters has made ofyonr order in the Potteries % eight TH 0 T 3 SA 5 D men on sfoiie , boldly resisting the tyrants ' > 8 irok % la profit stolen from you on the full amount

      of the- wages they should receive . Was it not time , then , that you should have cast one glance at the destitution which machinery and class-legislation were creating around you ! and now that you have taken a Step ia adv&xce of your order , do you , in the satisfaction of those on . whose labour you depend , recognise any thing like the swagger of the bully , or the threat of the proud conqueror ! No ; your adhesion to the people ' s principle is received as it ought to be , as a proof of your judgment , and as a iest of your sincerity .

      Gentlemen , we may now look upon the Charter A 3 being ou the high road to completion ; and then how gratifying to your minda to reflect , that Burnley was the first town in England where that alliance which sealed it was contracted . Yes , in truth , and on my eouI , I thank yon ; I thank you for myself , and still more do I thank you on behalf of the millions for whose welfare I have incessantly toiled . And now hear me , and believe me . I am ia their confidence , and I trust I deserve it , as I never shUl "betray it ; , and upon their part I pledge myself that your noble resolve will Co more to preserve the peace of the country , than all the

      physical power at the command of our rultrs . Yes ; the poor fellows ( whose patience and ea Jurauce is subject of universal encomium , but which has nevertheless failed to procure for them any relief ) will bow cling with fond hope around the twig you have planted . Again and again I would impress upon you the fact , that the owners of machinery are the sbop keepers * greatest enemies , whilst those employed at manna ! labour are their only support . Ihe brawlers for cheap bread have beggared both yon and the people , and would stiil dupe you into the belief that an increased trade for itia . ninm . ta machinery would replenish jour empty Coffers ,

      and £ 11 the poop ! e * 3 empty stomachs ; but yon , thank God , become wise in your generation . How my heart does rejoice as I contemplate the result that year patriotism must produce throughout ihe land . In very truth , gentlemen , you have in one hour done more than our common enemy , ihe League > with all their means , could effect in an age . The shopkeepers of Burnley will be a household phrase in every honest mouth . The people will thank you for youx resolution , and will back you whh their power . You have but to go oaward and the day of the triumph of principle is not far off , and then will you reap more than ample

      reward , from the consciousness that you were the first to rescue your country from the oppressors ? grasp , » d to diffuse throughout the land ih&l pease which we love , throngb , the blessings of abundance , which alone jboth you and the people require . Erery man of small real capital has been buushed from the field of honourable and legitimate speculation , by ths gambling of an overgrown moneyocracj , until at length the veritable middling classes had no alternative but to abandon the land of their bhth in quest of a resting-place in foreign cliaie 3 , or to restore their own country to a fit and proper situa tion for labour and honest industry to lire and thrive in . You have prudently adopted the latter alternative . You know that your exertions on behalf of justice can insure you your proper position

      in your uauve land , while your manly English countenances blnsh at the idea of becoming voluntary exiles—rendered a portion of surplus population by a crew of hard-hearted , grinding , Malthusiau philosophers . Had you confined your exertions to a fortherance of what 13 called Free Trade , yoar townsmen would have looked suspi-© ously upon your motives , and contemptuously upon your judgment . You are bow much more powerful than the whole Corn Xaw League . You Bay challenge the whole fraternity to discussion , as to the relative value of your nostrums for general and permanent relief , and yon would find the people at your back , while they would find themselves vanquished , deserted , aad covered with disgrace , by those whose poekets they have emptied , while they profess an anxious desire for their welfare .

      Gentlemen , in conclusion , I have not word 3 sufficiently expressive of my feelings to thank youindeed , I have not t-1 can only say thai you have E&de me the proudest man in existence , because by jour adoption of the principles for which I have so long contended , you establish the fact that I and my fellow-sufferers have suffered unjustly . I advocated them when their adoption would have prevented the present disires 3 ; you have adopted them , to stop it and prevent its recurrence . And now for your

      satisfaction allow me to assure you , that all the wealth of the world could not buy us or turn us from cur righteous path ; neither can the power of tie Government affright us from our agitation . Only one party win deeply fesl the force of your censure , 1 mean those who , despairing of oar success , have falsely aiandosed us in the eleventh hOuT from » desire to acquire notoriety amoBgst the great and tie powerful . You have my thanks , my warmest thanks , Gentlemen , and I feel assured that you will secure those of the united Chartist body .

      I am , Gentlemen , Your obliged and faithful servant , T , _ , „ Fexbges O'Cowfoa Leeds , July 20 , 1842 .

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      QXiDHAHL—On Sunday last , Mr . Bonake , of Mandbester ,-delivered a very instructing lecture , in which be showed the eneroehmenU that , the men ia power were daily making on the rights and privileges of the labouring man , and the causes which bad brought on so much misery , destitution and want On Monday evening , acccording to previous notice , a public meating was held in Uie Chartist Koom , Greaves-street , when the remonstrance to the House of Common * and a memorial to the Queen , as recommended by the late Convention , -were-unanimously passed ; also , that the remonstrance be sent to John Fielden , . ^ isq ., Tor presentation , and that Gen . Johnson be recr uested to support the same .

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      SADD 1 EWORTH . —Mr . P . M . Brophy delivered a lecture in the Charter Association Room , Saddleworth , on Tuesday evening , July 19 th , to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture , several members , both male and female , joined the Association . BAfcFORD . — -The friends here complain bitterly and with much reason , of the negligence of local lecturers to attend their appointments . They have been disappointed eight or nine times ; but are yet , thanks to their own spirit , progressing well . On Tuesday evening , the members held a meet * ing iu their room , to take into consideration the propriety of building a Chartist Hall , when a committee of eleven persons were chosen to take some effective measures for that purpose .

      _ The plan we have taken of dividing the town into districts , and appointing a collector to each district works well ; and we earnestly recommend it to all ourChartist brethren throughout the country . Ilkestonb . —Mr . West lectured here on Thursday se ' nnight , to an attentive and admiring audience . On . Tuesday , at the weekly meeting , six new members were enrolled . Lambeth . —Mr . Sewell lectured here on Sunday , at No . 1 , China "Walk . Old Basvobd . —Mr . T . Clark lectured here on Tuesday last . Fourteen new members were then enrolled . Northampton . —Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture at this place on Monday evening last .

      Burton-on-Thent . —On Monday and Tuesday evenings large meetings were held here , in the Market Place , to hear two lectures from Mr . West . Considerable excitement exists in the town , owing to a " great" man having decamped with all the money that was in the Savings' Bank ; and a Mr . Tidd Pratt has come down from the Government , to make an offer of 18 s . in the pound , if the depositors will accept it . HAWICK . —On Monday last a public meeting -was

      held in the Chartist Hall , it being an adjourned meeting from the previous Monday , to take into consideration the cue of Mr . Mason and hia companions , in whose persons the persecution of the principles of justice to all has been again commenced . On both evenings several eloquent and feeling addresses were delivered , and it was resolved that the meetings should be held weekly , on the Monday evenings , for the purpose of noticing and commenting on any important occurrence connected -with the movement , Three speakers are provided for Monday next .

      OXFORD . —The first opportunity which has offered itself of publicly testing Chartist principles in this city , took place on Wednesday evening last , and the resul was triumphant In pursuance of the plan of agitation agreed en by the Anti-Corn Law Leagae , a gentleman of this city who attended their sittings , called , by handbill , a publie meeting of the electors of Oxfo . d , for the purpose of memorialising our representatives to support any proposition which might be brought before the House of Commons , for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . James Josiah Faulkner , ( chairman of the Board of Guardians , and a . thorough Chartist , ) -was called to the chair . Mr . Towle , a member of our town council , and one of the Corn Law League , opened ttis Vttocefedinas , in a speech deprecating the

      com laws as the immediate cause of the distress now pervading tha country , and pointing to their repeal as a remedy for tbe evils under which the labouring classes and tradesmen are alike suffering . He designated them as a robbery on industry , a check to commerce , and subversive of evtry principle of international and social intercourse , as carried at the point of the bayonet and the cannon ' s mouth , and in direct opposition to public opinion , lie pointed to their Repeal as a key to the revival of national prosperity , and as a salve to every Bore ; but admitted at the same time that be was a Chartist , and would rather drop Corn Law agitation than adopt any course which would retard the enfranchisement of the plundered millions . Mr . T . concluded by proposing a requisition , calling on our dry

      Members to support every attempt to repeal the corn laws which might be ma ^ e in the Houso of Commons . Mr . Joseph Faulkner seconded the proposition . Mr . Hurcomb , one of the Guardians of the poor of this city , said he felt it bis duty to rise and propose an amendment on the proposition of his friend Mr . Towter Too long had tbe working classes been deluded by the professions of those who now monopolised political power ; too often , he trusted , had they been deceived ever again to rely on other exertions than their own for the attainment of those rights which ari 3 tocratio misgovernment UDJnstly withheld from them . Whilst he denounced the Corn Laws as unrighteous , unjust , and tyrannical , be maintained that they were the offspring of class-legislation—that if every man had possessed

      tbe vote to which , by nature and justice , he is entitled , those laws would never have been enacted—that the fact of their beirg carried at the bayonet's point , aud the cannon ' s mouth , fully demonstrated this position , and proved at once tbaV Universal Suffrage WOuld have prevented the infliction of that monstrous eviL He separately argued the necessity of each point of the People ' s Charter , to secure and carry out a ful ) and fair representation of the people in a House at present miscalled theirs ; but in reality representing every interest save tbe people ' s . Popular control , alone , he argued , could prevent the lavish expenditure which had reduced this country to the 6 tate of distress at present ixiBUDg—popular control alone "would place in the people ' s House men who , like the patriots in the time of the First Char Us , discussed grievances firBt , and granted supplies afterwards ; who levelled the Star Chamber , and all other monarchical impositions iu the dust ; but whose firmness and determination , he feared .

      their degenerate successors had not the courage to imitate . He was rapturously cheered when he spoke of a tottering , bauble crown , supported by a wicked , overgorged , and worse than useless hierarchy , with ita concomitant evils of deans , canons , prebends , and every species of ecclesiastical excuse for plunder—men who , while they assumed to themselves the right tO direct tbe minds of their fellow-creaturts , violated in practice every moral pi-incise they professed to teach , and by their actions gave the living lie to their belief In Christianity : by an aristocracy , whose ideas of legislation seemed to consist solely of keeping up army , navy , church , colonies , diplomacy , and other institutions , as receptacles for tbeir own relations and dependents . For their benefit , he stated , unjust wars were undertaken , and immense establishments kept up at an expence through direct and indirect taxation of the enormous sum of two millions per week , while Government dared not even call out the real constitutional

      force of the country—tbe militia . He urged on ihe electors the necessity of looking for men of principle instead of men of pocket , of scorning tbe paltry bribe offered to them , and looking to their permanent interests by supporting those candidates only , whose public conduct entitled them to their suffrages . Mr . H . conc . uded by moving a resolution attributing the Com Laws to class legislation , proposing the People ' s Charier as the only remedy , and pledging the meeting to use their utmost exertions to secure its passing into law . Mr . Coitan seconded the amendment in a short speech , and urged the injustice of a repeal of the Corn Laws unless accompanied by an equitable adjustment The Chairman then put the amendment and the original resolution , when the Charter was carried by a majority of four or five to one . Thanks were voted to the Chairman , and the meeting aojo-urned . A subscription has been commenced ia Oxford for M « . Holbeiry .

      DON CASTER—Chartist Meeting . —On Monday last , one of the beet attended , and we may add best regulated ; meetings of Chartists that town has ever experienced , took place in the Town Hall of that borough , sanctioned by the Mayor , whose kindness on all sucb occasions ought to be recerded . The great attraction of the evening was the attendance « f Mr . Taylor , lecturer , from Nottingham , dns netice of which bad been given by the Cnartiat body of that Uwn , in widely circulated placards and handbills . The hall was crammed to excess , aud tha body of tbe Court was veil filled , also the magisterial benches by tbe leading members of the Chartist Association . —Mr . John Waller , being duly propsBed , was unanimously called to the chair . Ee stated in plain bnt honest terms the object

      of the meeting , which was to hear from the lips of Mr . Taylor , from Nottingham , bis opinion on . the existing state of affairs in this country . It would be s waste of time ou bis part te detain the audience further , but he -was sure they would be instructed and gratified , when they heard the lecturer , to whom he requested due attention . —Mr . Taylor now came forward ; and having thanked ths meeting ( or the full assemblage he saw before him , proceeded to explain the points of tbe People ' s Charter , and during hfs illustrations tbe greatest applauie was elicited . Bis exposition of the Church a&d State robberies , perpetrated under , and sanctioned by , both Wblgs and Tories , called forth the most

      marked indignation of the meeting . He ultimately besought ft unien of the middle and lover filwy , by which means a most complete triumph would be obtained over their enemies . Things were now reaching such an approximation to complete starvation . and misery as this country never before witnessed ; unless , therefore , some better and more prompt means were adopted than Sir Robert Peel or his predecessors had attempted , the worst consequences would foll « w to the aristocracy . Mr . Taylor made a most luminous speech , which obtained several converts to tbe cause , and he was vehemently cheered at the conclusion . The meeting , after a vott of thanks to the Chairman , separated .

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      Jf EWCASTUS . —The Chartists of Newcastle held thai * Easiness meeting In their Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market / on Monday evening , July l&i Mr . Jamea Parvia having been unanimously called to the chair , the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting , which were confirmed ; likewise , a letter from Mr . O'Connor , wherein he pledges himself to favour the Ohartitto of Newcastle district with the promised VW 6 between tbS lBih and termina « o « of AUgBSt ( being already engaged for every day until the 16 th . ) The secretarylikewise read from the Starthe ' proceedings of tb « Manchester meeting of the New Executive on the 4 th Instant , - when Messrs . Phenix and Sinclair were deputed to wait upon such of the middle classes as are favourable to our cause , and solicit contributions to the National Tribute Fund . Mr . Dees laid his

      balance sheet of the Convention Fund before the ConnoJl , which upon being compared with the secretary ' s account , wan found correct , and received as such . Mr . Cockbnrn then delivered a very soul-sUrring farewell address to the meeting , being necessitated to leave thia district for the Bouth in quest of employment , having lost his situation here because he opposed the Corn Law humbug , Mr . Falvey ; at the end of Which be ., resigned his seat as a member of the General Council , whereupon Mr . Stephen Biaos moved , and Mr . Finlay seconded , J < That the secretary bo inBtruoted to furnish Mr . Cockbum with credentials as a lecturer and an honest Chartist ; stating at the same time , that be was discharged from his employment here through the lit ' fluence of the League / because Mr . C . opposed Mr . Falvey ' s humbug when in this district '' Carried unani mously . ..- . / - ¦ ' . ' ::.-: -. ' ' - ' .. ' : .. , ' ' . " .: ¦ ¦' , " ¦ " / ' - ' . ¦' -. ¦' .: - \ .

      BIRMINGHAM . —Open Air MEETlNGs . -TIiese assemblages are adding greatly to the strength of Chartism in this town , and a plan * is in contemplation by which they may be carried on more vigorously . The result of those open air addresses proves that it only rtquirea exertion and perseverance to make our cause triumphant , as the working men gladly embrace our principles when they hear them explained . Oil Sunday morning last , Mr . George White addressed a numerous audience pear the Vulcan Foundry , Summer-lane ; at the conclusion of his address , he enrolled twenty-three persons , and on the proposition of jVIr . S . Barratt , of Whit tall-street 5 s . was collected for Mrs . Holberry . On VIouday evening , Mr . White addressed a large meeting at tbe Hallway Station , Duddeaton-row , ia

      which he exposed the plottlngS of BOOie boobies calling themselve Orangemen , who were endeavouring to Bpread a report through the town that there was a conspiracy on foot for the purpose of setting fire to Birmingham . This was trumpeted forth by one of their squad , called AUday , in a stupid pamphlet , which he publishes monthly ; and in . which , after using the most scurrilous and blackguard language towards the Chartists , he proceeds to inform the public that he 4 s in possession of facts to prove that the Atheists and Jacobins are forming a conspiracy to sot fire to . Birmingham ' .. He had waited on the magistrates that day for the purpose of compelliug Allday to give information of the plot which he asserted was laid to destroy property , as he considered it the duty of every man- to bring such pnjects to ligbt . AUday was present , but declined giving the information which hehad so solemnly

      declared he was in possession of . He therefore thought there was a plot in existence , which was manufactured by the two or tbree boobies , called OraDgemen , meeting at a pothouse , in Dadley-streat . But It anytbing calculated- to injure the persons or property of the peaceable inhabitants was in existence , h « had pledged himself to the magistrates on behalf of the Chartists of Birmingham , that they would assist in bringing the offenders to justice . He warned bis bearers to have nothing to do with secret plots or conspiracies , it was the interest of the Chartists to keep strictly within the pale of the law , as nothing would gratify the base Tories more than an opportunity of destroying their organisation . He dwelt on various other topics , and retired to Asbton-street , at the conclusion , accompanied by a large number . Upwards of twenty members were enrolled .

      A 8 HT 0 NiSXREETMEETiNGS . r-A meeting was held at this place , at the usual time on Sunday evening , Mr . Charles Ashton in the chair , when ^ an address was delivered by Mr . ' White */ after which the meeting separated . Monday evening . —The usual weekly meeting of tbe Chartistfl was held at the above room on / Monday evening last , Mr . Walter Thorne in the chair . Three members were elected to fill up the vacancies in the General Council , after which Mr . Charles A « hton was elected to represent ; this Ideality at the delegate

      meeting , to be held at Dudley on Sunday nexl . Mr . Saunders brought forward a prpposition , setting forth what might be expected from the Tories , after the manner in which they nave treated Mr . Maaoa , and recommending that all Chartist lecturers should procure licenses as preachers . Mr . Williams supported-- 'M r . Sauudera ' s vsews in an able and enttiusiastic address and was lomDy cheered . Mr Peter Henley opposed it , and moved an amendment , which was carried by a majority of one . Thus ended a spirited and businesslike meeting .

      CoUNCiii Meeting . —A meeting of members of the General Council belonging tie the various localities , was belt- ! at the Ship Inn , Steelhousc-lane , on Sunday last , at tbree o ' clotfc Mr . Peter Henley was appointed chairman , and Mr . George White , secretary . The business for which the meeting had besn called was then read over by the Secretary , namely , "To take into consideration the best mode of organising the town and consolidating the power of each- locality—to amend the mode of collecting—to consider the propriety of calU ing a conference of all the members to elect delegated to a general delegate meeting of the counties of

      Warwick , Worcester , Gloucester , aad Stafford , aad adopt such other measures as might be deemed advisable for the creation of a cordial feeling of co-operation in the town . " A resolution moved by Mr . White , seconded by Mr . Fussell , web unanimously agreed to , affirming the necessity of securing the above desirable objects ; but it was thought that it would produce a bettor effedt by giving a wetk ' s further notice . Mr . Fusaell therefore moved , "That the meeting be adjourned to Sunday next , at three o'clock . " Mr . F ^ Corbett seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Each member of the G eneral Council will be expected to attend on Sunday nexf .

      Mrs . Holbeert . —Mr . J . Barratt collected the sum of five shillings last Sunday morning at a Chartist meeting , near tbe Asylum , for Mrs . Holberry , and paid it over to Mr . Gaorge White , ihe friends intend collecting down there for three following Sundays . Public Office . —Tory CdNSPiRACv Manufacturehs . —On Monday last , as soon as the drunken and other cases were disposed of , Mr . George White rose Vo aodTfcBs tbe magistrates . He said he cpiiBideied it the duty of every man to inform the magistrates of any plot or conspiracy against ibe life or property of any person or persons ; and as he understood that an individual then present was aware of a plot being in existence among some men who were termed Atheists and Jacobins , for the purpose of destroying the town , he would call on Mr . Allday to lay his information , before tbe Bench , as if such , conspiracy did exist the public ought ia be made acquainted with it He then read tbe following extract from a pamphlet published by Mr . AUday : — , - -. - ¦ : . r ' "i - V ¦ ¦ . ' , ¦ ' - ¦ ' •; : ' :- ' : - ' "V- . ' , ¦ ;

      " I calmly , soberly , seriously , and solemnly assure yon , that 1 am fully acquainted with the ramificationB of the diabolical plots against the peace and the security of this kingdom ; I know that Foreign Agency is at work to produce in this country anarchy ^ nd confusion ; I know that Ireland is on the brink of : open rebellion , and that ; thousands of * sympathis 8 i 8 ' In the United States , France , and Belgium , are ypanting for the opportunity of helping her . I know that secret ribben lodges , and secret Jacobin aud atheist clubs , are established here . I know that Birmingham—the town of my nativity—the town I love , is to be 'the centre' of the incendiary and sanguinary movements ; and knowing all this , and animated by all the sincerity which a pure devotion to the institutions of my country ,, and that strong conviction of public daty ; ^^ which bave ever upheld me through Hll my arduous public exeniona , I have resolrisd ^ COME WHAT Ma * , to warn you against the dangers which surround you . "

      Mr . White said that if such was the case , it was high time it should be made known ; for as Mr . Allday pror fessed to be such a loyal Orangeman , he thought he could not shew it better than by immediately bringing the parties to justice . The magistrates—What is your object , Mr . White ? Do you wish to prefer a charge against Mr . AHday ? Mr . White—I am now preferring what I xonsider to be a very serious charge . I have read on extract from a book written by Mr . AUday , wh 6 is now present , from which it appears that he is aware of b > conspiracy of a most infamous nature being in existence , and if he refuses to reveal trie matter he most ba iook « d upos as a conspirator Jiimselt , , V i » MagUtrate-r-Yoor onject , I sbortd suppose , ! ¦ to challenge him to bring rorward bis proofs ? Maglstrate - a Clerk—Pwhapa the cap fits ?

      ^ Mr . White-r-It fits you qnlte ; ai nmch as me , for I should not like io have xay gooda burned by Mr . AUday ' s conspiracy , ner weald you like it either . ^ motive for attending here wias , in the first place , to teat Mr . AUday on the truth , otnlsaasertiona , and flecondly to vindicate the characJIaR « f the Charttats , with which body I am coipaected , from the foul aspersions , endeavoured to be c » st on them by another part of the article from . ' Wui « a I have read , the extract , and to assure the jiaaUtrates ~ on behalf of the Chartist body , that the-v -will assist them in bringing any partjf to justice ' ffho attempts a breach of the feace . Tb / j Maaifitratea then retired .

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      BIDEPORD . —North Devon—Mr . Powell lectured here with great succe&a , on Wednesday and Thursday evenings . ¦ . ; ' . - . ; ¦ : } '¦ : ¦' / . ¦ " ¦ . '¦ ' ' : y '''; ) :- ; ¦'¦ - '¦ ¦ ; APPtEDORB . —Mr . Powell lectured here on Friday evening .- . - - . ; ' ' ¦ - '¦' , ¦' , ¦¦ - ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . : ¦¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ " ¦'¦ . ' - '¦ ¦¦ -. BARM STAPLE . —Mr . Powell lectared here on Saturday evening , ; ; .. _ . „• • ' ;¦• : ¦ - ¦ . ^ ' . ¦ . ¦ - ' -:, ¦ . ¦ .-. ¦ . J WBDNESBXJHY . —A f uneral sermon for Holberry was preached hete on Sunday , and Us . 4 d . collected for . . tha - ' -wJidoir .. ' : ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ - ¦ :-1 ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' - - ' i : : '¦ ¦ ' : '¦ ' ¦/ .. - , " ¦ " ¦ - : ' : STAtCT BRliDGF . —On Sunday evening last , Mr Daniel Dunavon , from Manchester , delivered a most energetic and argumentative lecture in our Koom , to a large audience , and when the lecture was concluded a number of men came forward and enrolled their names A vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer and the chairman , and the meeting retired very highly satisfied . - ¦ :: ¦ :- ¦' , ^ ' ¦"¦ ' ¦ - - ' - .. - .. - ¦ : ' ' ¦¦' / . '¦ . ' - . -.. ¦"¦¦

      XAWCASTEB . —Mr . Mitchell delivered ah able and ifl » tructive lecture here on Friday last , July the 16 th , to a large and attentive audience , and gave general atlsfaottOB to « Jl « iarheard hrm . ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^< : DEWSBURY . —A District Council Meeting was held at LitUetown , on Sunday last , when delegates were present from tha following places : —Dewsbury , Batley Carr , OsBett , Batjeyi Birstal * Wakefleld , Cleckheaton , and iittletown . ¦ After tha auaucial bu&ineas of the meeting was transacted / th « following resolutions were agreed tot— "That every association in the district is particularly requested to send a delegate to the next Council Meeting , as arrangements will be road * for the engagement of a lecturer for the district " " That every nssociatipn in the district is requested to send their quota for the Executive ^ " " Tha t the nex t Council Meetiag be held at Dawsbury , on Sunday , July ' 31 st , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , in the large room over the Co-operative Stores .

      ABERDEEN . —The usual weekly meeting of the Northern District Charter Union was held in their Hall , 38 , Geqrge ' s-street , on Monday evening last , Jtily 18 th , Mr . A . M'Donild in the chair , who opened the business with ,-a . n introductory' address , in which he reviewed at some length the great progress of ths movement in Aberdeen and other places througbeut the country , an'd concluded by calling on the working classes to come forward boldly and rally round the standard of freedom , and the day would soon arrive that would crown the Charter with success . Mr . M'Pherson and Mr . Henry followed in the same strain nt great length , and was loudly cheered by Uie assembly . The Rrinntes of the previous meetings were then read and ceuflrmed ; after which a liat containing fifty-nine names was handed in

      from the Aberdeen compmakers , who bad unanimously come forward as a body to enroll themselves members of the union . We hope many more will follow their noble example , and we will soon have a union here that all the ( powers of corruption will never be able to overthrow . Mr . AVaddle then stated that tb « sum of £ 1 15 s . 2 d , had been sent to the Gsneral Treasurer of Scotland , for the expences of the Central Committee , and the same amount to aesist in paying up the debt of the Glasgow Charlist Circular . It was then agreed to hold a public meeting in Castle-street , on Thursday ^ the 21 st inst , being the day appointed by the general assembly of the Church of Scotland as a fast day for

      tbei distieBH of the ceuntry and the ttaie of the church ; ' the . Chartists , therefore ^ have resolved not to lose an opportunity of telling these black-coated gentry that the working men of Scotland have had too many fast days of late : ; . in fact , every day has been a fast to too many of them , and we are of opinion , that if theyhad made It a feast-day , they wpnld have been nearer the point of Christianity ; A hearty vote of tbanks was tendered to the combmakera for their noble conduct in coming forward and registering their namea amongst those men determined to be free . After some business of less importance , the meeting broke up , highly delighted with the evening ' s proceedings .

      The Female Charter Association met on Wednesday last , when Mr . Henry delivered his second lecture en the land , and gave great aatlefaction . After a vote of thanks to Mr . Henry for his excellent lecture , and the usual business had been transaoted , the meeting separated .. . "'¦' ¦ . ¦ _' : ¦ ... ' ' : " '¦ ' .-. ¦ ' ¦ . ' : ' : ' :. ! :,. : : - ' .- " : , - On Friday evening tast , a districS meeting was beld at tbe top of Jack's Brae , when upwards of 2 , 000 persons were present , and fxcellent addresses were delivered by Mr . A . M'Donald , and Mr . A . Henry on the present distress of the conntry , its eause , and remedy , and the urgent necessity for ail good citizens to unite for the salvation of our beloved country . —Correspondent . .

      MANCHESTER . —At a public meeting held in the Chartist Room , Brown-strtet , July 18 th , 1842 , Mr , Thomas : Riilton in the chair , the following memo ial was moved by Mr . John Baker , seconded by Mr ; Wra . Dixon , and supported by Mr . Gabriel Hargreavea , and curled unanimously , and ordered to be forthwith sent to Sir Robert Peel : — :

      Totte Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel , Tha memorial of the above meetiJig—Shewexh , - — Tour memorialiats have proved themselves , by their peaceable conduct , friendly to peace , law , and order , and who are , for the sate of themselves and their country , willing to dp all they can to prevent any outbreak , or violence , on the peaceable subjects , of this realm . Your memorialists have jusi grounds to fear that the public peace is in danger , as parties calling themselves members of the Anti-Corn Law League ^ who are mannfacturera , shop-keepers , and publicaDa ; who find they cannot now obtain such large profits from a starving people , have declared against paying the income and other assessed taxes ; and the manufacturers are threatening to stop their mills .

      Your memorialists , therefore , have now fonnd out who are the real disturbers of the public tranquillity , and as they , the middle classes , manufacturers , shopkeepers , publicans , and other Whig members of the Anti-Corn law League , were called upon by Lord John Russell , in the yea * 1839 , " to form themselves into associations , and Government would furnish them with arms for the protection of life and property , '' we , your memorialists , therefore , request ; you to follow the aforesaid precedent , and send to ua immediately 10 , 000 stand of arms , in order that we may protect the lives ; property ) peace , and liberty , of oarselves and fellow countrymen , from the threatened violence of the before-Kientioned parties . And your memdrialiBts , as in duty bound , hereby phdge themselves to attend to their duties . Signed on behalf of the meeting , Thomas Bailton , Chairman .

      ACCRXNGTON .--Mr . Dixon , the anti-Corn Law deputy , from Accrington , gave a publ io account of his mission , in the Baptist School Itoom , on Friday evening , the Rev . M& Harbottle in the ebair . The speaker entertained his audience for about an hour and a half with » recital of his journey to Londciri . The number of delegates and thia laborious -work they went tbrooga , the interyiews they had with d ! fferent members of Pa * -: liament , stating they had one with the Duke of Sussex ; and one with . Sir Robert Peel , the manner in which Sir Robert came in and stood and looked round , and then eat down . How the deputation began to inform him of people eating dead calves , and nettles , what a Boftening tfiftct it had upon Sir Bebertrrhow it made him totter and fumble with his fingers like a yonag

      woman that is in atudy ^ -how Sir Robert went off as firm ' - < W ' a ro « k , by telling ^ Vbem he would ; see that their reports ehoad bo Jbrought before the Heuse ; after which be concluded without giving the people any de . finite advice . He sat down , and in a little time rose again , and saying he thought the deputation deserved a vote of thanks he retired , no one oiEFering to move tho vote . Mr . W , Beesley rose , when several parties objected to Mr * Beesley being allowed to speak ., A considerable amount of uproar and confusion followed : and seeing no chance of being fairly hisard , Mr . B said , I shall deliyor a lecture on Wednefldaynight , m Chapel-slreet ; and come to the door , We ' ll bave one now , ' ¦ ;" ¦ when the people began to rash oat of the door to a place opposite tbe school in a stone yard , where Mr , Beesiey addressed the meeting for tha space of half an hour , and concluded by moving the folio wing resolution ;

      ~ M That we , tlie jnbabitanta of Accrington and its neighbourhood are not the ^ constituentsV- ' . of Mr . Bixon , for we never elected him ; and that we will advocate nothing less than the SixrPointa of the People ' s Charter , name and all . " SL person of the name «/ H . T . seconded the resolution ; upon which one of the Corn Law Repealers rose and said , * ' t beg leave to move an amendment ; " and it was seconded . . Mr . Beesley said , "I will not be . like you in tha room , I will put it faivly- All , you who are in . favour of the amendment put up your i ^ bt hands . " Wheni !» w ^ & ^ ^ Vhw * were about ten hands held up . " All y «» who aw of a coniwwy opiniou put up your ri ^ bii hand ; " wh « a a foraat of haada we « e held » p . Mr- Beesley said , " All yoa who elected Mr . Dixon put up your hands i * . when not one band was to be seen . Three oheera were than given for Feaigua O'CouuorV and three for the Cbarter name and alL -

      Ekbatum—In the report of the public meeting of Chartists at Eye , pubUshed in last week ' s Star , will be fonnd thefoilowing error in the announcement of subscriptions : —It is stated that eight shillings was collected at the conclusion of the meeting , which sum ^ as transmitted to , and received by , Mr . J . M'Farlan , County Secretary , Northampton , aloag withj ^ Krahillings previously collected , making a total cf ivxlve fihUlings ; it should have been five shillings previously collected , making a totjil of THIRTEEN shillings .

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      LJ S ' ? - " ^ MnS * as held in DjrWen oil the 14 th inst , to establish a Chartisi Association , when nearly twenty enrolled themselves » a meabets . Wo expect in the course of a week or two that on * membe ) s will iocreasekthree c * fourfold . AU present unanimously declared their determination to stand by and suppoi t . the ptinciplea of the Charter . ¦ BOTBSRO&iSir . —Mr . Kid , from Glasgow , lectured here a few days ago , to the great sitiaractfon of his audience . . '¦ . - . '¦ ; ¦ . ' - •'¦' ;¦• '" ¦'¦ ' - ' ¦ . ' ' ¦ ;' .-- - '; . ; ' ¦ : - '/ . "¦ ¦" ' -: " . - . I > OUGaBOROTJGa . —On Sunday a delegate meeting waa held here , when it was agreed to continue Mr . Duffyis « ervices for another fortnight ; also to hold a camp meiettDg near Black » rook , on Sunday , Joly 21 st , at two o'clock in the afterndon . ; V On Mohday Evening . Mr . Sfcevlngton delivered an address to the middle clasa Twelve new member * were enrolled .

      WiTWicK . T ^ Mr . Duffy visited this placeion Tuesday , Jttly 12 , and addressed o nameroos assembly . At the close of which , thirty-five members were enrolled . Baring the week he visited Belton , Castle DoDlDgtcn , Kegsworth ,. East Lcaie , and itdaghboiousa , enrolllus to all about eighty member * - East Xeake ;— A camp meeting was held at thia place , on ^ Sunday last . Messrs . Duffy , Pepper , and Jarratt attended . ' ,. - - ¦¦ Sheepshead . —Mr . Daffy lectured here on Monday . Seventy . six members were enrolled .

      Z * fOTTINOHAM AND ITS VriCINITT . —CHARTIST Doings . —Mr . Mead , of Birmingham , preached to many thousands upon the forest , on the present distress and destitution of the working classes . Many new members , amongst whom , are some of the middle mea , Joined the aBSsciatioio . In the evening Mr . Gaorg « Harrison preached a funeral sermon to ten or twelve tkousand upon the foreBt . On Sunday evening -me . T . Clark , ef Stockport , lectured at Hucknal Torkard , to a very large meeting . Commodorei Mead preached the same evening at Arnold Democratic Chapel , to a crowded ; congregation , a funeral sermon ; for Samuel H 6 lb » rry ; some of the poor Irish reapers were smiong « t the congregation ; three lads frem Connaught ( Catholics said big Dan was a big lascal , and he would never have another penny of their money at- all at all .

      Great Meeting of the Starving MiLtioNS . —On Monday ,: at half-past one , a numerous meeting comprising many thousands , waa held in the Market * place , ; for the purpose of adopting tbe remonstrance ! to the ne'er-do-weel ' s o * the muckle houss . Mr . Caning , ton , a working man ; no , a man wL'lmg to work , put not able to get it , Was un ^ imouBly elected chairman , and opened tho business of the meeting ^ n a neat speech , and then c < l ( ed upon Mr . Barker to move thefirab resolution , namely : — " That this meeting views with deep disgust and indignation the conduct of the classelected House of Commons in their rejection of th » People ' s Petitianj and thtJr subsequent conduct in refusing all ecquiry into the distress and destitution hovr 80 fearfully prevalent in the nation , and that ; we

      hereby do jidopV the remonstrance agreed upon by the National Convention Of tBe Working clasass . " Mr . Barker after a few very excellent remarks then , read the remonstrance from the Star , and Mr . Souter seconded the resolution . The Chairman then called upon Mr .: E ; P . Mead , ofBirmingbaBi , to support it . Mr . Mead delivered a long and humourous speech in hia best style . Mr . Sweet rose to propose the second resolution , and . after going on & few minutes a shopocrat was heard t » aayi ¦¦ * ¦ Oh ! oh '! Jemmie Sweet , the barber ! " with , an air of derision ; but the little fellow gave him a . shaving with a far worse razar than that with which he shaves bis Chartist customers ; Neptune ' s razor , used when lubbers pass the equinoxial line , is a fool of a thingto that with which Jemmie shaved bis brother shopocrat .

      Our friend Sweetvia a little man , but Mr , Ydrdwani Boon found out his mistake . Big as he thouaht himself , our little Chartist- barber fairly took him by the no 3 ei and lathered hini like winking , then after three or four strokes of his democratic gapped iron-hoop-rnzDr , Bent hiB customer ' . it * ' to soothe his agonies with the pity : and bisses . of h \ 8 Vf jfe and : a pipe ' pi' yirglnia . Mr . Sweet then read the raenioiial aniitha resolution , which , was as follows : — - * . ' Resolved , ' . ¦ that as the sovereign is the fountain-head of British justice , or supposed to be so , and that we feave no ¦ hope whatever from the selfelected House of Commons , as a last resource we are deterBiined to make an appeal to the Queen , and da adopt the memorial agreed to by the National Convention of the working classes , and that ourChairman be

      authorized to sigh the same on behalf of this me 9 tihg . " Mr . Gtorge Harrison , late member of the National Convention , a grey-headed veteran democrat , rose to second the resolution . He said it was the forlorn hope of the people—the last time of asking . He supposed the banns would bp foirb . idden . We ! J , what then ? After the people had tried all constitutional and legal , moral and peaceable means , without avail , then they must fight , if they conld do no other ; but the appeal to the Crown was not the last thing . —Could not a passive resistanceto taxation , and many other things be devised ? Rutv the banks , empty the churches , stop the tithes , and put an end to the spinning jennits . Mr . Harriaon then went into the machinery question at some length , and concluded by sayinx he cordially seconded the res&lution . Mr . Clark , of Stockport , supported the

      resolution , in an eloquent and impassioned speech of considerable length , and sat down amid the reiterattd plaudits of the assembled thousands . Ajvote of confidence was proposed in Mr . F . O Connor and in the Rev . Wm .: Hill , by Mr . Caister , and seconded by Mr . Long , mire ; who passed very high : encomiums upon both those gentlemen . Mr . Kerry moved a vote of thanks to T . S . Duncpnvbe , Esq . M , P . ; sepohded by Mr . Charles Oats . Three cheers were given , with a vote of sympathy in he suffdrihga of Frost , Williams , and Jones , Howel Jones , and Roberts , and all ot-her Whig victims . Mr , Mead read a letter from Mrs . Frost , received by him that day , which stated she had that ni > letter of the kind stated in the papers , but aUtbose she has received inyariably praised hi * jMiprs . The meeting ; which ^ aa a very en » thosiastic one , then concluded . Hurra for the Charter ! We go on rapidly * :

      leicester . — globious : victoby oter the Combined Forces of tUe anti-Corn Law-League ASD Sham-Chaii'IJSTS V V—Ou Thursday se " nnight , Mr . Murray , the anti-Cprn Law lecturer , from Manchester , made his appearance in the Town Hall , to deliver a . lecture on the corn and provision laws . He was making a commencement , but waa met by cries from all sides of the Hail of V We'll have a chairman ! " ' . . ' 'Mr ; . Murray declared that he came to lecture on his own bead ; that the Mayor had granted the use of the Hall ; and on that account he would not Bubmit to the dictation qf any body of men , Whether they were a majority or a minority ; and if that meetiDg attempted to force a chairman upon him , he would not lecture at all ! -IJpoii this ahnouncemenfci the brave

      "Shakspsreari" brigade sallied forth in ; gallant style , stating they were nbt going to be hnmbugged by him in that way ,- but they would have a-chalrman . ' - It was put to the meeting whether the lecture snould be given with a chairman or without , when they were nnanimous , with the exception of seven hands , that a chaurman should be appointed . It Was then moved that Mr . Wm . Smith , Uie Chartist hatter , take the chair , which was seconded from all parts of the Hall ; and , when put to the meeting , he was ^ unanimously elected , with the exception also of seven . Mr . Smith then delivered a short address to the workies , and calied upon the lecturer to proceed } but he still remaine ' d stupid , and would not speak a word : Mr . Beedbam then roaei and asked him whether he intended to lecture ? He said " No 1 " "Then , " said Mr . B . "You had . better go home ! " Still he was stationary . : Mr . Hull , the anti-Corn Law Secretary , forward

      also advised him to retire , when Murray came , and declared that fee would still stay there , until the time was np that would have been consumed in hia lecture ; and , as to a chainnan , he would have none . Jet the people say : -what they would . ;; A jscene of confusion and uproar feen eccunred , which was upholden Until the time had expired that the lecturer would hava occupied in the . delivery of his addiessi when Mr . Beedham proposed * and Mr , Giinn seconded , " That thia meeting pledges itself to agitate for nothing sbork of the People ' s Charter , and to oppose any agitation that falls short of the same . "—Carried unanimously . Mr . Murray now made his exit , amid the groans of the assembled bnnflreds { tbe ball was full . ) Mr . Beedbam proposed tbrtei cheers -tor tne Cbaiter ,: three for O'Connor , three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , three for Cooper ( the . general of the Shakspereans , ) in hia absence , and three groans for the League , which were allhe&xtilj given ; :

      ¦ / Another defeat of ihe ; League . —Last Monday night , Mr . Bairstow , with the ShakspeariaDS , . attended ; aVihe New Hall , purposing to bear . Mr .: Murray ' a lectttte on Corn Law liepoai . Tbe KepeaJers fcaving taken tfiia room for Mi - M- > in consequence of his defeat on the preceding Thursday night There might be 1 , 200 in the room wnen the lecturer entered it As soon as he caino forward , Mr . Bairatow asked him if he would allow discussion at the elose of the lecture , to which , after a great deal of circumlocution and evasion , he gave a decided negative ; wbereupn Mr . Bairstow stood forth , and stated to the working men that te bad pressed Mr . Marray to allow debate at his lectureV finish , that Mr . M . had flatly refused , and that ha , ( Mr . B ) would advise the working men to retire from the Hall immediately , to the Marketplace , where he would deliver a lecture on the Repeal of the Corn Laws , and expose the hmnbngging cf the

      League No sooner said than done . Instantly the working men rose in one dense body , and , amid most terrifta yelling , groaning , and . hooting , Uft . thirty repealers aU atone in their » loxj , whiUt Mr . Murmy stared the most ghastly aatoniabment He nerer M at any time in tho HaU , M » any _ a 9 * Shakspearian brigade left We bad Market-place , aad Mr . Bairstow gave for full two hours * and then agam address for the following night in the the same subject , challenging Mr . whole of the smaller guns of Leicester had got 3 , 000 at our meeting in those of our lads who wenfc j back to the Charter against Com Law Rapeal j Mr . Murray ' s spouting , so that they seventy Repealers present at the moat " keeping up the steam while the away . " The Corn Law ' gents gave re-organizing their Anti-Association , be retained for a length of time in

      To The Shopkeepers Of Burnley.

      TO THE SHOPKEEPERS OF BURNLEY .

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      BKHOP AUCK&AKD . —On Sunday , Mr . C . Con-» or addrtssed a meeting in Bishop Auckland on the jessed state of the country ; at the close of which me sum of five shillings was collected for Mrs . Holberry . v Bcddeesfield . —Agreeable to announcement , Mr . r . u Connor paM the Chartista of this neighbourhood eis ioDg-promised visit ; and , notwithstanding the cravy fell of rain , trhieh bad descended { or several fv !^ ^^ " vr * tt « iniensi excited by Ids presence , " ? . ' ae Circus , -vrhieh was taken for the occasion , and JnTii f * caJ > tKe rf boldiagfrom 8000 ^ 10 , 000 , was toa ^ f " iM those applying for admission . Great numbers r ; . Ktuia home , unable to hear one word . Four **««»* <* laosie volunteered their services , and played " iQernjy ai ^ ,- ^ gtjg ^ . aecomBanied witn baEners .

      rv V ! p « aiM arrived ft little before tbe time apt ™ " *! for the procesBioTi—a circumstance which preo pLT " ^^ C 05 t 8 4 * y * At the appointed time , Mr . v uaoio * made hia appearance in the Circus , when Thateft ^ ^^ lonS' tnret "pontaneousiy from alL v _ , f *™*> who formed a . considerable number , -were ^™ » Joia in a » e applanae , whieh appeared to act J ^ r ^ y on tie mind of tbe noble patrirt . Mr . **«« wiaw wag caned to the chairandin verlew

      , , y *^«« . fcfeodnced' the people * champion , who im-- ^ atwy stepped forward , and deKvered one of th « ^ fi eanU& . tjgnmaitattve , and beautiful addresses " « wa « erej Hj ^ ened to . All appeared determined "j atca every trorf—a more lespectabla meeting ff * i not b » wished . At the conclusion of the address , » took the sense of the meeting upon the Charter , wme and ^ vhen ^ tel ( i Bp ^^ hands . He then r 1 ^ 16 * 6 * all who had not enrolled their names as

      « anbers to do so without delay , as the book was then I ** ? - A vot » cf heartfelt gratitude was next given to ~ £ O'Connor , for the honour be hid done them ; after ""^ a vote of thanks to the chairman , and three caes three cheers for Frost , Willkms , and Jonea , and «» nieetb g returned peaceably to tttir homts .

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      EViPORTANT MEETING OP SHOPKEEPERS , AT BURN 1 ET . THE CHARTER UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED . "The most important meetiag ever held in Englandimportant in its composition , and more important in its results—was held at the spirited town of Burnley on Monday evening last It was called by John Spencer , Esq , constable , on tbe following requisition feeing presented to Mm : —

      " To John Spencer , Esq .., Constable of Burnley . " Sib , —Wb , the nndersigned , do respectfully request that you will call a meetiag of the Shopkeepers of Burnley and Habergham-Eaves , on an early day , to take into consideration the distress which prevails amongst that body generally , and to consider the propriety of uniting -with the shopkeepers of Manchester and ether towns in sending a deputation to London to wait upon ~ the Members of the Government , to urge upon them the necessity of adopting meant for affording immediate and permanent relief . " William Lomas , grocer Wm . Hughes , ironmonger Toos . Slater , pawnbroker IU Wood , clothier Thomas Hindle , draper Oates Sagar , draper

      W . Waddington , Btationei J , W . Annisgson , druggist Geo . WMtehead , grocer Robert Broxup , grocer John 3 > ant , grocer William Gregory , tanner H . Pickering , brush maker George Sutclififl , tinner H . Holland , coSee-houM J . W . Scott , watchmaker keeper Jas . Eaetham , ironmonger Henry Hargreaves , grocer Samuel Smith , draper Petei Phillips , druggist William Heap , ironmonger Richard Sagar , draper Joseph Suteliffe , co-opera-William Heaton , druggist tive store Hindle RawdifFe , grocer David Horner , grocer John Pollard , grocer William Muschamp , grocer Thomas Wilkinson , grocer William Wilson , grocer Joseph Fletcher , druggist . E . & B . Manley , grocers

      B . Honlding , shoe maker . William Horner , tea dealer George Senior , tea dealer Richard Broxup , tailor John Sntcliffe , grocer . Thomas Broxup , saddler J . Sutherland , pawnbroker William Astin , grocer John Clegg , stationer William Thompson , hatter Robert Wilson , grocer Richard Howard , druggist George Bro-sra , draper Lotd & WMtwoith , grocers T . S . Dewhirst , stationer Nathan Smallpage , draper John Clemesha , grocer Ralph Lomas , grocer Joseph Core , grocer H . D . Fielding , grocer John Heap , shoemaker T . Rickard , bookseller James Richmond , grocer John Harker , tinner John Wood , shoemaker Henry Hale , grocer ' James Heys , corn dealer Francis Todd , de .

      At the time appointed in the requisition , the schoelroom , in which the meeting was held , was well attended by the shopkeepers , ic Mr . Wm . Lomas , wholesale grocer , was unanimously called to the chair . In opening the proceedings , he said that he did not expect to be called into that situation , for the Constable , John Spsncer , Esq , he had expected , would have occupied the chair ; but he had received a note from that gentles&sn , stating that he would have had great pleasure iu presiding , only b « hadMnother meeting cf a charitable nature to attend . AiMr stating tbe object * ^ jf tbe meeting , ana describing who he CODsiderad shopkeepers , &c ., he called upon Mr . Fletcher , druggist , ta address tbe meeting .

      Mr . Fletcher responded to the call in a brief , bnt energetic manner , depicting the distress that existed in the town and neighbourhood , giving his opinion of what should be done to alleviate the distress , &c ., and sat down amidst tbe applause of the assembly . Mr . Wilsox , grocer , next addressed the meeting , stating hLj opinion of tha Chaitists ; he declared himself ' a Chartist to the back boss , asd hoped the day was cot far distant when those principles would be fairly appreciated and established . He sat down amid thunders of applause . Mr . Axsjxgson , dmrgist , then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Houldisg , eorriw&inei ' ' —

      " That this meeting views with alarm the present unparalleled distress and sufftring experienced t > J the pioduAli've classes in the manufacturing and commercial population of the United Kingdom , mere especially those who reside in the town and neighbourhood of Burnley , many thousands of whom are entirely depending for thtir subsistence on parochial relief at cbaxita . bte contributions , without having the most remote prospect of again obtaining employment ; that vast nnmbers of

      sober , honest , and industrious artisans in ibis town have never been chargeable to the parish on any former occasion- ; and very many others are already reduced from comparative comfort to the most abject poverty , who have not yet applied for parochial aid , although their scanty income does not enable them to purchase a sufficiency of the necessaries of life ; and it is an ascertained fact that in theBornley Union there are upwards of 13 000 persons , being about one-fourth of tbe population , in the condition of paupers . "

      The resolution was earned unanimously . Moved , by-Mr . Thomas WILKINSON , grocer , and seconded by Mr . JOSEPH FLETCHEE , druggist : — " That in const quecce of tha extreme poverty of so large a portion of the population , and tbe numerous failures of manufacturers and tradesmen in this district , many are deprived of a large portion of their former trade , and have now to contend with powerful difficulties ; for the shopkeepers and innkeepers pay a larger amount of local rates and taxes , in proportion to their means , than any other class in the community , and they are aware that their local rates must be shortly augmented to a larger amount than has ever been known before , and that for a considerable time past their trade has been diminishing with reduced profits . " Carried nnanimously .

      Moved by Mr . Hughes , ironmonger , seconded by Mr . Wilson , grocer : — " That this meeting solemnly believes that the safety and well-being of the community will be seriously affected by the much-longer continuance of this state of distress . "—Carried tm&nimou&ly . Mo-red by Mr . 5 ooTB"W 0 RTH , gTOcer , and seconded by Mr . Shctt , tailor and draper : — 11 That it is the opinion of this meeting that « las 3 legislation is the primary cause of the distress that now exists , and that permanent relief to the shopkeepers and others cannot be afforded until labour is fairly represented in the Commons' House of Parliament ; we , therefore , pledg-e ourselves to ass \ Bt ( by all legal and constitutional means ) our nnrepreseuted fe 3 ] ow-conntrymen to bring about an organic change in the representative system . "—Carried nnanimously .

      Moved by Mr . * Holland , coffee-house keeper , and seconded by Mr . Thomas Slater , pawn-broker : — " That a memorial be prepared in accordance with the foregoing resolutions , and presented to her Majesty , praying her to dismiss from her Councils her present ministers , and call into " tffice th 0 S 8 who Will pledge themselves to make the People's Charter a Cabinet measure . " Carried unanimously !!!! It was then agreed that a Committee of five should be appointed to carry out the resolutions ; and that tbe Chairman should sign the memorial to the Queen on behalf of the assembled shopkeepers . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated , giving three hearty cheers for the -Charter .

      Thia meeting has made a strong impression in favour of the Charter . The business was conducted in an agreeable and enthusiastic manner . Every resolution was carried withont a dissentient hand Being held up . The several speakers described in glowing terms the great distiess that prevailed . The principles of the Charter , name and all , were fairly and boldly taken up and discussed . Class legislation was proved to be the bane of society ^ the People ' s Charter theantidote . A namper of the working classes were allowed ( withonfc ticket ) to enter the room by the courtesy of the Chairman , who gave every one a privilege to express

      his opinion ; but withholding the right of voting from any but shopkeepers . The workies behaved themselves admirably , and would not on any account give a single voter thus letting the several resolutions be settled by the shopkeepers themselves . And to their credit be it Baid , they did their work nobly and patriotically . They have now fairly taken np arms In favour of right against might ; this is as it ought to be . The last resolution moved by Mr . Holland was received by rounds of applause ; the Chairman declaring it to be a ' clinker ; ' and carried by acclamation . The whole proceedings terminating with perfect good humour and good will amongst all classes assembled .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct898/page/1/