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SIy Beloved Fbjesds—I ^^ mucl 1 iimQ lax writing this week . My chest and back are sore , and very sore , after the battle last night , in Tvhieh we Bmashed the renegade Stephens , and the Tory bloodhounds . I did intend saying & word this week about the delegate meeting to be held on the 17 tb , » t Manchester , and to express & hope ihaiJt would \> & well attended , as I / errantly and anxiously * Zpecfr at that meeiing to smo&er , and for ever , all -eaase or chance of bickerings and to lei our
Exeeutire work with the whole body of Chartists at their back , to push forward and achieve the desired end . Now lei one thing which I say hare its due effect : Ko power on earth shall induce me to join in any -cabal—so let all who hope to profit by any disunion ia which I may be expected * o take part , give over ihe pursuit ss vain and hopeless . When I tender nzy support to a body , I do it openly andundisguisealy . Tfcat support I have tendered to the Bxeentive body , and while I am , and ever Bhall be , . ready to review their acts , manfully , I never will « pen any breach , but , on the contrary , try to heal alL I mention this circumstance in consequence of some communication I hare received , and to which
2 shail not reply otherwise than as above . 1 am , your true , your faithful , And uncompromising friend , . " . Feasgcs O'Coxkoh . Nottingham , Wednesday . P . S . —As to inviting me to meetings for the next ¦ week , I cannot attend , as really I require and must have a week ' s rest . I could not stand . On Saiui-< iay I am to be brought up before the Magistrates bare , which cuts off one day . ~ F . O'C .
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, BBADFOKS . —On Snnday , a mee-Ung was Held at Sirkenebav . Messrs . Smyth and Fletehei addressed the meeting on the principles of the Charter , and disiribnted a qcantity of Chartist tracts , and S 9 ld a number of Chartist Circulars ; they also held a meeting at Bierley , in two places , and delivered tracts . At Bowling they held a meeting , at eight o'clock in the evening , / ween Messrs . Ibbetsorr , Smjth , and Fletcher , spoke on the advantage of having the People ' s Charter made law . These meetings are making converts to our principles at a railway speed . On a Sunday the people , ¦ wi thout danger or loss of time , ' or the master ' s or overlooker ' s eyes being on them , can hear the princi p ! ss of the Charter expounded , and the means to be adopted for their accomplishment , by enrolling themsslves members of tile If atioual Charter Association .
MAS 05 S AEJI 3 . The Chartistsletting at the Hasans' Arms , held their anniversary on . Monday . Between fifty and sixty sat down to 3 good supper , which it fleeted great credit on the worthy landlord-After doing ample justice to the good things set before them , the cloth "was removed , when the yonuger portion of the company commenced to trip it on the l . ght fantastic toe . Dancing having , after a britf space , ended , Mr . Pintler was called to the chair , whs briefly addressed the meeting , and gave * ' The People the source of all power . " Mr . Edward Huilcy responded in a very neat speech , ilr . Boss , sen-, sung " Old England awake from your sleep . " The chairman then gave " Feargus O'Connor , Esq . and the Chartist Advocates . * " Mr . Smyth , responded . Mi . Asfcley sang " The ExDe of Erin" in excellent Style , and was leudly applauded . The Chairman . — " The Charter , and may it speedily become the law of the
land . '' Mr . Hodgson responded . Mr . Dtarlove sung ? ' The New Policeman in plain clothes . " The next toast was " 3 ? rest Williams , and Jones , and may they speedily be restored to the bosoms of their families . " ilr . Fletcher responded . " The memory of Henry Hnnt , and all who had struggled to sow the seeds of Desomcy during their live ? . " Mr . Smith responded . Mr . William I ^ ai-sh ;;] gave a recitation , ilr . James Smith , recited " Wat Tyler ' s protest against the Taxes-, " likewise rt The speech , of Catalini to the Eoman Senate . " Mr . Ashley sung " My Bonny Erin , O . '" in go * d style . The party separated highly gratified , several Irishmen declaring their opinion that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would benefit the country , and that they would die for it . The roem was t&iteinlly decorated ¦ with portraits , and . asTeral banners fiottered in the oretK from mmy af . the windows in the vicmity .
Ms . HEyBT Eqdgson , who - was elected delegate to the Conference about to he held at Manchester , has taken oat his card as member of the Complete Suffrage Union . SI-i-NCHEsrEK-RoAD . —Mr . Peter Rigby addressed the Chartists of this Dlaee , on Tu = aday evening ; at She conclusion , Mt . Rigby - was questioned by some Chartists , who had joined the Stnrgites ? they were answered satisfactory to the assembly . 15 b . SMTTHxnd Mi . Hurley lectured at ike Rose and Thistle , on Tuesday evening , ( to a meeting of Irishmen , ) on the Repeal of the Union , and the People ' s Charter . After the lecture , a discussion took place "with an Irishman , on the Chartist leaders , ¦ which ended In several taking e&rdg of
membenhip-TE . E ; CHABI 1 SIS of Bradford held their usual weekly meeting , m Battfciwot ' ih'a Buildinga . After arranging the mission for Sunday , it was resolved that an agency be established to forward the circulation of ibe Chartisl Cirndea ^ aad the secretary was ordered to vzxte far five hundred Circulars , to sell , on Sunday , in the country places , si the Chartist meetings , they being greatly inquired for . BixkssshaWv—A meeting was held , on Sunday afternoon last , in the open air , and was addressed by Messrs . Smyth , Jennings , and Fletcher , on the Charter versus the Corn Laws . A meeting was also held at the same place m the evening , which was very numeronsly attended , when Mr . James DewMrst preached apolitical semen , which was well received , and did a great deal of good .
HQLME-LA . KE-ESD . —Mr . Tbbetson preached a sermon on the death of poor Holbeny , at this place , on Sunday evening list A collection , was made for the widow of the unfortunate victim . Idle . —Mr . Arran preached a sermon , at Idle , on the death of Holberry . A collection was made for the po-sr disconsolate widow . Little Hobios . —A lecture was delivered , on Sunday evening last , by Mr . Harley , on general politics . Mr . Brook also addressed the meeting . A resolution was agreed to that an agency be opened for the sale * f the Korthem . Star newspaper , to C 0 TnTnRr . ee on Saturday week , the profits of which are to be appropriated towards paying the rent of the Association Room . Eight subscribers gave is their names .
LEICESTERSHIRE . —The agitation in the town still goes on triumphantly , while in the villages our principles are being rapidlv established . Mr . Cooper visited Conntestborpe on Wednesday sen-* irignt , and enrolled twenty-fire members—bringing up the cumber of the newly formed Association there to seventy . Mr . Beedham visited Sileby the next night , and commenced forming an Association ij enrolling : thirty seven members . The same night the Political Pedlar " held a ticket meeting at the Kew Hall , and was received with wonderment" by the Sturgeites and sham-Chartists . A few of the Shopkeepers contrived to get into the HaVl notwithstanding the select way of holding the meeting , and did notiai ! to remind the little man of John Frost
but there was no response from the pedlar . He was quite dlgnifiedj and seemed rapturously happy among his new comrades , the middle classes . The Bams night the judges of assize entered the borough , and were saluted -with " Spread the Charter , " > nd u WeTl rally arortnd him , " sung by bauds of Shak-Epereans , who followed ibe carriages up to the cude-door ? , where a bevy of constables rushed out and seemed greatly alarmed j but our lads merely lang ^ ed and stood their ground . Judge Parke , who was on the bEBeb ; when Frost was triedi was one of the fall bottoms" saluted after this novel Chartist mttbod . Sir . Beedham preached twice in Leicester , oe Sunday last , and enrolled ten . Mr . Cooper preached at Sheepshead ( in the North of the county )
, on Snnday morning , and afterwards proceeded to the camp meeting , near Blackbrcok , ( a stream runni ng throngh the Chamwood forest bHis . ) Messrs . Skermgton Mid J&rrett , of Loughborough ; Pepper , of A ' oraanton , and brave James Duffey , addressed the people ( who were abont -3 , 000 in nnmber ) in the siternoen , and Mr / Cooper preached to them at night . The ground was central between Sheepshead , Belton , Harhern , Whitwick collieriesj &c , and the Chartist fire scattered thronghout the day cannot taa to burn gloriously throughout the neighbourhood .. During the list three weeks S 97 members have been enrolled by the adefatjgibie Duffey , in North Leicestershire at the close of the Bresenfc week he comes into the
aontnern Division of the Shire , when it ia expected me labours will be succeed by the annexing of ¦ iundreds to our organization . He it to stay in the & > uth 4 nring the whole fortnight . Mr . Cooper will he absent on a second tonr , through Birmingham , -ftteton , the Potteries , Manchester , JLeeds , &o . By * he union of the two divisions of our conntry , we have thus happUy provided for keeping np the work when any of our workmen happen to oe withdrawn for a brief period . Mr . Beedham visited Whetstona on Monday afternoon , and Narborough at night ; and commenced Associations at each place by enrolling thirty-Beven / members at the former , and forty-seven at the latter village . The Bame night , Mr . Cooper addressed the M brigade , " in the open
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air , at the bottom of Hnmberstone Gate—enrolled Vwelve new members—&ad alterwaxds read over the monthly statement of accounts , when it appeared that" the Sbakspereans had expended on their own locality , daring the month of July , the sum of £ 8 43 . 5 d . Considering the starving circumstances of the poor framework-knitters , this does not argue ill for their heartiness in the cause of the " rights of labour . " This is in addition to 223 . raised for Mrs . Holberry , and the contribution for Mason ' s fond . Since the suspension of the Commonwealths man < we have got up the circulation of Cleave's Chariisi Circular Atom four dozen to seven dozen weekly ! Let other . Chartist Associations imitate the conduct of the "Shaksperean Brigade . "
Shkepshead . —The cause of Chartism progresses here at a railway speed , and Monday the 1 st of August , will be remembered in Sheepshead ; no sooner was it announced that a tea party was to take place , than several shopkeepers , alive to their own interest , came forward and followed the example of their brethren of Burnley , and enrolled their names , and took out their cards of membership . Some sent tea , others sugar , bread , butter , and bought tickets , and distributed them to their poorer brethren . Mr .. Bean has let us a room , capable of holding 300 persons . Ninety-eight sat down to tea . At eight o ' clock , Mr . Duffy , our district lecturer , deliv-ered an . animated lecture to one of . the largest meetings ever held : &t Sheepshead . At the close , 264 members enrolled their names as members of the National Association .
GltASGOW . —Gobbals—The adjourned discussion on Con Murray's lecture , on " the past and present position of Chartism , " took place last Friday evening j Mr , J . Cumeron in the chair . The Hall Tra 3 er © wded , Mr . John Colquhoua read a letter from Mr . Con Murray , who was unavoidably absent . The lecturer was supported by Mr . Dennis il'Millan , Mr . James Downs , Mr . J . Colquhoun , and several others ; and opposed by ilr . Joseph Kerr , and Mr . — Welsh , an Irish Kepealer—a young man of considerable talent and agreeable manner , but UDfortunately biassed through his early attachment to the enemy of Chartism , Dan . At eleven o ' clock , on the " motion of Mr . Burns , seconded by Mr . J . Colquhoun , the debate was adjourned to that night month , ( the 26 th August . ) A vo < e of thanks was then given to the chairman , three cheers for the Charter and Feargus O'Connor , and ths meeting
quietly broke up . —The spy system appears to be again set on foot . Last week a letter was received by one of our friends in Glasgow , dated Dundee , snd signed by two individuals of Tfhom none of U 3 in Glasgow knew anything , requesting our friend to forward the same to the secretary of the unemployed , stating that a meeting of delegates had been held in Forfar on the 20 th of July , by whom it was recommended to all the unemployed * to rise in their various localities , go to the landlords , and in case of their being abseiit to go to the farmers , and demand food and raiment , but not ioinjure life and property j also to organise under good leaders , in hundreds and in fifties . Our worthy friend , after due deliberation , resolved to send the letter to its proper quarters—the flames , where it tells no more tales . Be the parties whom they may , Mr . R . very properly determined to have nothing to do with them .
HrrHFEGLEX—A spirited out door meeting was held . here on Monday evening ia front of the Town Hall ; 'Mr . Gillis in the chair . The meeting was addressed at considerable lepgth by Mr . Kidd , from Glasgow , on the present distress , its cause , and remedy ; after which a resolution was moved , tracing all the evil to class legislation , and pledging the meeting to join the Rutherglen Charter Association . " This was supported by Mr . J . Colquhonn , who administered a severe castigation to xhe master clas 3 , who , in almost every instance , study to grind the working man to the starvation point ,
and referred in support of this to the conduct of some masters in Rutherglen , who at this moment have a number of their workmen on warning , because they had the manliness to refuse to submit to the abominable truck system . The resolution was earned unanimously . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Win . Brown of Bridgeton , who spoke at 5 OD 19 length , amidst the plaudits of the meeting A vote of thanks was given to the strangers who had addressed the meeting , also to the chairman , and the meetiDg , which was numeronsly attended , broke up a few minutes before ten o ' clock .
A » 'DER ? TOJf . —A public meeting was held here on Monday evening , in the Chartist Hall , to hear addresses from Messrs . Moir and MeF&rlane , both of whom spoke with their usual energy , urging the people to entire union , and pointing to the Charter as rlie only sheet anchor . The Hall was completely crowded . Toixaoss . —Pursuant to the resolution of the public meeting held here last Monday evening , and which was addressed by Mr . J . Moir , and Mr . John Golquhoun , a meeting was held in the Chartist Hall on Wednesday evening , for the purpose of enrolling new members , when seventy came forward and joined . Hurrah for Tolcross !
ABERDEEK . —On Wednesday evening , July 28 , the usual weekly meeting of the Female Charter Association was held in the Hall , 38 , George ' s-street , when Mr . Henry delivered his third lecture on the land . —Snbjecfc , ** Have not the poor as good a right to support from the land as the landlords have to the land . " The hall was crowded to suffocation , and many hundreds had to go away unable to gain admittance . At the conclusion of the lecture eightytwo of the bonnie lassies came forward and received cards of membership . Since then lists of names have been handed in to the secretary containing upwards of one hundred more .
Lbicesteb Outdone . The Northern District Charter Union met , not in their Hall as usual , for as last week no hall in Aberdeen could have held them ' so this week the Halls of Aberdeen could not hold them . We noticed in our last wtek ' s report that a number of trades came forward in a body and joined the Union . Their example has been nobly followed up on this by all the operatives of SpriDg Garden worksr and the mostoi" those of Broadford , and a great number belonging to other trades , who marched to the Hall with flags of their respective orders , where they were joined by the committee , and other members , with the flags and banners of the Union ; these united and marched in grand procession , attended by the patriotic band of
the Aberdeen Flaxdressers to the Inches . Among the various devices , a black one belonging to the unemployed had the following from Jeremiah —" They thatT > e slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger , for these pine away , stricken through for want of the fruits of the Seld- " ' Twas a grand and imposipg spectacle to see so many thousands of human being 3 hitherto the degraded slaves both mentally , morally , and physically of the more designing and baser part of their race , now aroused to a sense of their wrongs and the causes which produce them , aud knowing their rights as men , are deternrned to wrest them from the tyrant ' s grasp , and to leave freedom as a legacy to their children . On their arrival at the Inches they were addressed by Messrs . M'Donall , Hendry ,
Legg , and M'Pherson , ( the latter acting as chairmas . ) Mr . Legg moved , and Mr . Henry seconded , " That a requisition bo got up to the Provost , signed by all classes , able to contribute , requesting him to levy an assessment on the inhabi tants according to their substance , for the purpose of alleviating the distress of their unemp loyed fellow-townsmen . " On the motion being put , it was carried unanimously ; after which the meeting broke up , and marched back in peaceful procession \ the spectacle on their returniDg was grand and imposing ; no t less than ten thousand-were assembled together on this occasion . The windows , on both sides of the streets , were densely crowded by the richer portion of the inhabitants , from Borne of whom the procession wasche ' erea . No such multitude has been collected
in favour of our principles since that stern patriot , Feargus O'Connor , visited our northern city . No placard , drum , or bell , was required to call this meeting together ; it was altogether one of men determined to be free . Let our friends in the South imitate our example , and the struggle , though sharp , will be short ; and peace and plenty will again visit the poor man ' s dwelling , and haggard want will give place to kind hearts and happy homes . A meeting of the unemployed was held on the Inches , on Saturday , when several resolutions were pased , and among the reft , one to request the Provost to call a . public meeting of th « wealthier olasses , to devise some means to relieve their present distress .
CovBRTBT . — "We had a very crowded meeting on Friday evening last , to hear an address from Mr . T . M'Lean , which . gave great satisfaction . We had also a" political seimon from Mr . Holmes , sen ., of Foleshifi . on Sunday evening ; and on Monday evening , Mr . Jobi Starkie lectured to a very large audience , on the capabilities of the land . Several came forward and enrolled their names . HoLBECK . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . T . B . Smith preached a very powerful and impressive sermon here , selecting as his text the first eleven verses of the 37 th chapter of Ezekiel . At the _ conclusion , Mr . 5 . announced his intention to give a lecture in the same room on Wednesday evening , August 10 . —The Chartists of this locality feel greatly indebted to this gentleman for his unceasing exertions to promote the cause of Chartism ..
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BiNGtEY . —Mr . Hill preached two effkt'vo and impressive sermons , on Sunday afternoon and evening , to crowded congregations , in the Forester ' s Court PILKINGTON . —The Chartists of this locality held a special general meeting on Monday evening , to take into consideration the document passed at the Leicester county delegate meeting , when , after mature deliberation , the whole of the aforesaid document was unanimously adopted , and the following resolution passed : — " That this meeting is decidedly opposed to the changes in the national plan of organization recommended by the Executive Committee of the National Charter Asso ciation , as well aa with the proposed conferences , preferring , —if a meeting be necessary , —a national delegate meeting , to be he 24 in Manchester , and calls oa the Executive Committee to publish , through th « medium of the Northern Star , a better explanation of the people ' s money . "
STOCKP 0 RT . —On Sunday evening , Messrs . Littler and Doyle , of Manchester , delivered argumentative and interesting addresses on the present state of the country . At the close of the addresses six new members were enrolled , Ashton-usdeb-Lyne . — -Mr . Smethuist lectured here on Sunday . Several new members were enrolled . Mb . Sakdy Challekgeb . is appointed sub-Secretary to the Ashton Chartists ; and all communications for that body must be addressed to him , at his residence , Mill-lane , Ashton-under-Lyno . . , HoLLiMGWOBTH . —Mr . Leech , of Hyde , leWnted here on Sunday last to a numerous and attentive audience . A very good sum for the National Tribute to the Executive was collected , which sum will be augmented at our next meeting ; and it is hoped that our Brother Chartists throughout the kingdom will not lose Bight of this laudable object Nine new members were enrolled .
WiNCHCOMB . —On Saturday last Mr . RurTy Ridley visited us , and gave a lecture in the open air to a large assemblage . . USES , ( keab Manchesteb . )—On Saturday last , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered two lectures in the Chartist Room , VVaterhead Mill . Subject for the afternoon lecture— "What is likely to be the result of machinery , if the present unjust system of legislation is allowed to continue . " The lecturer very ably showed the bad effects that machinery produced in society as at preseat applied , when he concluded by calling upon the audience to become Chartists , and aid iu the struggle to prevent the ruin which was awaiting this country , if the
Charter was not soon made the law of the land . Subject for the evening ' s lecture— " Tlie only way to turn machinery to a national , instead of a class benefit . " The lecturer very ably contended that nothing but locating the people on the land would ever bring real happiness to this conntry , and , to prove hts position , he showed them the produce that might be raised from five acres of land , if laid out in the following manner : —One acre would produce four sacks of wheat , two sacks of corn , and forty loads of potatoes—that is , twenty-five loads for the family of the producer , fifteen ditto for the cow and pig , a quarter of an acre for cabbage and potatoes , 2 | acres pasture aad meadow land , for one cow and one horse : half an
acre for garden and orchard . He divided the labour as follows : —for fallowing two days , cross-cutting two ditto , harrowing one day , drilling potatoes one day , manuring two days , covering one day , weeding four days , cabbages and turnips six days , shearing and gathering harvest four days , getting potatoes eight dayp , ditto turnips , &c , two days , thrashing wheat six days , winnowing one day , taking is to the mill one day , cleaning the corn after it is ground six days , mowing and bay-making six days , total number of days employed fifty-three days . The speaker went on to state that if the land was divided and cultivated in the above manner , the people would have plenty of everything to make them happy . The speaker then gave the value of the
produce at the present time , namely , forty loads of potatoes , at six shilling per load , £ 12 ; lour sacks of flour , 250 lbs . per sack , £ 9 ; two loads of meal , at £ \ 10 s . per load , £ 3 ; cabbage and turnips , £ 4 ; 104 lbs , of butter , at one shilling per lb . £ 5 4 s ; fourteen quarts of milk per week , at twopence per quart , i £ 12 2 s . 8 d . ; the above produced with lifty-three days' labour . The speaker then went on to show how long a man would have to work iu the cotton branch at the present rate of wages , to earn as much as the man with tho five aores of land , when the speaker concluded by calling oa the audience never to rest satisfied till the Charter become the law of the land . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer for his able services , and the meeting separated highly satisfied with what they had heard .
SHEFFIELD . —The news of the arrest of Dr . M'Douall reaehed Sheffield on Wednesday evening , within half an hour of the breaking up of the great meeting in Paradi ^ e-equare , at which was gained that glorious triumph for democracy reported elsewhere . Mr . Harney immediately posted the news outside hiB residence , summoning a meeting for the same evening in the square . By half-past seven , some thousands of persons had assembled , to whom Mr . Edwin Gill read the news from the Sun , and after a few comments , adjourned the meeting till the next evening . Thursday evening a very large meeting assembled in the equare . Mr . Gill read from the Sun * the examination of Dr . M'Douall , and concluded an excellent speech by proposing a
resolution Denunciatory of the infamous and unconstitutional interference with the right of public meeting and freedom of speech , by the lick-spittles of Toryism . " Mr . Samuel Parkes seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . After singing "We'll rally around him , " the meeting dissolved . Friday evening , a crowded meeting of the members was held in Fig Tree-lane , room . Mr . Harney read the late address of the Exeoutive , several paragraphs of which it was resolved to seriously consider at a future meeting . Some other business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned . Sunday last , Messrs . Harney and Evinson , with a numerous body of the Sheffield Chartists visited Loxley , and from there adjourned to Wedsley Hills , where an excellent meeting was held , which was
addressed by Messrs . Harney and Evinson . A goodly number of the villagers residing in the neighbourhood were enrolled . ^ Sunday evening , Mr . Parkes preached a Chartist sermon on the lofty ground overlooking the Bridge-houses , Sheffield , his subjectbeing" the right of the people to the fruits of the earth . " Monday evening , a large meeting was held in Roscoe-fields . Mr . Parkea addressed the meeting at great length on " machinery and the fallacies of the Corn Law Repealers . "Messrs . Harney and Errinton also addressed the meeting , and having sung a Chartist eong the meeting dispersed . On Tuesday evening , at a crowded meeting of the newly enrolled members , Mr . Edwin
Gill delivered a lecture on ** The distress of the country , and the remedy for existing evils . " Mr . G . clearly traced the present distress and degrada tion of the working classes to the operation of bad laws , the natural fruit of class legislation . Mr . G . showed the rise and progress of the oligarchial power in this country , from the peried of the Norman invasion to the present time , proved that the Charter was the only remedy , and concluded by briifly explaining its principles . Mr . G . was repeatedly applauded in the course of his interesting discour ; e , for which a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded him by the meeting . We ( the Figtree-Irners , the" whole hog" men ) now ( August 2 nd . ) number above one thousand three hundred ! Hurrah
for the Charter . Hawick . —The weekly meeting was held in the Chartist Hall , on Monday night Mr . Davies gave an account of the proceedings of the deputation sent to Selkirk last Saturday ; they held a meeting in the market-place , which was more numeronsly attended than any similar meeting ever bad been in the town . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Cairns , and then by Mr . Davis , and the people listened attentively for about three hours , and appeared to take a great intenst in what fell from the different speakers .
After Mr . D . had given an account of his mission , it . was resolved , that deputations be sent to Other towns ia the district , Jedburgh , Newcastleton , &o ., and that a subscription be immediately cntv ? ; d into to defray the expence . —An out-door meeting was held here on Wednesday last presided over by Mr . Hunter , and addressed by Mr . Davis at considerable length on the present alarming state of the country . The meeting -was numerously attended , and the speaker was listened to with the greatest attention .
BaxsTOL .-On Sunday evening , accordibg to annoucement , Mr . Bair&tow lectured in Bear-lane chapel ; the congregation was highly respectable , being chiefly of the working class , and many well-dressed ; as thB papers generally remark , there were k sprinkling of the thinking of the middle class , indeed as the factions press woold say a motley mass , aye « andliercin was its great Chartut beauty , that they eat where they would , promiscuously side by side , as Christian brethren , the poorer and the higher , the ftisiian and fine cloth , apparently courting that union so much needed , and displaying that brotherly love that was once according to history the chief characteristic of Christianity , but alas , bath long state fled from the edifices , pompously dedicated to Jesus . Mr . B . again lectures to-morrow evenin g at half-past six on Brandon-hill , weather permitting ; if not , in Bearlane chapel .
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LONDON . —Mr . Farren delivered an excellent -address to a crowded audience , at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , on Sunday evening last , and was much applauded . A collection was made for Mr . Sadler , a deceased brother . Leicesteb Square . —Mr . Rouse delivered an excellent lecture at the Clock House , Castle-street , on Snnday evening . The sum of two shillings and sixpence was oollected for the victims . The two shillings and sixpence announced in last week ' s Star for Mason , should have been for Mrs . Holberry .
Thb Committee for conducting the case of the Deptford Chartist prisoners announce to their brethren of the Metropolis that they have unavoidably incurred a debt of £ 6 6 s ., which they feel assured the different localities will take prompt means to ensure the payment of , that their high character for hononr and integrity may be maintained . Money for the above purpose can be paid to Mr . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Kdightsbridge ; Mr , Lucas , Little Coram-street , Somer's Town ; Mr . Dron ^ dyer , Oakley-street , Lambeth ; and on Sunday afternoen , at 55 , Old Bailey .
Stab Cofpejb House , Golden Lane , —The trade society of Ladies * Shomakers , late of the Cannon Coffee House , having met at the above rooms , it was unanimously resolved , '•* That the Men ' s and Women ' s Branch of Shoemakers form one locality to be called The United Chartist Association of City Boot and Shoemakers . " Mr , Wheeler lectured upon the * evils of a standing army ; after which five shillings was oollected towards defraying the expenses attending the illegal arrest of Dr . M'Douall . Mr > Walkerdine read the report of iha Auditing Committee , from which it appeared , the two Associations had from M » y 29 th to July 24 th , received £ 5 9 a . 9 £ d , and expended in the same period £ 4 6 s . 9 id;—balance in hand , £ 1 33 . : Old Bailey , 55 . —A concert was held in this room on Tuesday evening , 26 th July , in aid of the funds of the National Charter Association .
Council Meeting . —Mr . Salmon jun . reported the proceedings of the sub-committee appointed to draw up rules and regulations for the mutual instruction classes . Mr . Wi ' sedaH moved , — " That we hold a concert in every monthj" seconded by Mr . Westray , and carried . The concert then determined on engaging a van for the Watford excusion . A subscription was also proposed for a Bilk banner to accompany the vans—it was agreed to commence the subscription immediately , and lay it before the Bionibers next meeting night , Mr . Wyatt gave notice of morion , — "That we take into consideration the address of the Executive next Couucii night . " The concert then adjourned .
Kingston , SuBRET .- -A large public meeting was held at the Old Crown Inn * on Tuesday evening , to hear an address frpm Mr . Ballsj of London , who spoke for an hour and a half , in a most eloquent and convincing manner , in favour of the principles of the Charter . He was loudly cheered throughouJ A number of members were enrolled . . STEPNEY ; ---Mr . Anderson gave a most excellent address ou Sunday evening , at the Rising Sun , Oxford-street , to the audience assembling at this place , and concluded , amid general applause . Mr . Spencer had previously addressed the assembly with great effect . The suoi of 23 . 9 hd . was collected ; for the widow ai : d orphans of the deceased Peter Sadler * The meeting then adjourned . Cambrrwell . —The Chartists of this locality met at the Rose and Crown ; Mr . MarBhatl in the chair . The following resolution was carried unanimously :
— " That , for the better relief of the widows of our departed brothers , ( who have fallen victims to Whig tyranny and Tory oppression ; , ) also the wivep and families of those brave' men who are now incarcerated for advocating the pause of liberty and justice , that a fund be immediately established , through every locality in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , to relieve them according to their several necessities . " A full report of the Deptford Chartists was laid before the meeting , which was received with satisfaction . Three shillings was subscribed to assist them in liquidating a debt incurred for getting up the . Blackheath meeting . The cause goes bravely on iu Deptford ; stop it who can !
A GKEAT open AiB Meeting was held at Lock's Fields , Walworth , on Tuesday evening , to take into consideration the outrage upon public liberty by the arrest of Dr . M'Douall , and others , at Deptford . Mr . Blackmore moved the first resolution ; : — - " That this meeting view the recent attempts upon tha liberty of the subject , at Stafford and Deptford , aa a virtual suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and do hereby condemn every means which may be used to deprive the people of the' right of publio discussion . " Mr . Pedley seconded the resolution , which
was supported by Mr . Maynard , and carried unanimously . Mr . Keen moved the following rosolutiou — ' That we consider the late outraga upon the peoplo to be one of the results of class-legislation , and that the only meaus of preventing such pecurrenoey for the future is by uniting to cause the 'People's Charter to become the law of the laud . " Mr . Parker seconded the resolution , whioh also was passed unanimously . The hfcur growing late the meeting then , dissolved , with three cheers for tho Charter , three for M'Douall and Feargus O'Connor , and threefor Frost , Williams , and Joues .
Bebmonbs ey . — -The capacious rooms of the Ship Tavern , Long-lane , were on Monday evening crowded to excess , in the expeotancy of hearing an address from Dr . M'Douall , but ther doctor being obligated to be in Nottingham , Mr . Philp kindly supplied his place . Mr . Maynaid moved , and Mr . Kemplay seoonded the Following resolution : — " That thismeeting view with horror and alarm , the awfully distressed state of the labouring population of this country , the manufacturer , the artizan , and agrioulturist being alike upon the brink of ruin ; starvation and misery stalking ; abroad ; and ttns of thousands not haung a pillow on which to lay their
heads ; and being fully satisfied that this state of things arises from a system of class legislation , we therefore pledge ourselves to use all lawful arid , peaceful means to restore to every man that right which by nature ho is heir to—a voice in the representation of the country , agreeable to the plan laid down in the document called the People ' s Charter . " Mr . PhiJp , in a long and powerful address , during the delivery of which he waa inceBsantly applauded , Bupported the resolution , which on being put by the Chairman , was carried unanimously . Sixteen per-Eons took up their cards of membership , and the meeting dissolved , y
55 , Old Bailey . —Mr . R . Cameron lectured here on Tuesday . The city Chartists and the female Chartists have met iu th <* room during the week for the dispatch of business and tho enrolment of members . A Teetotal and Charter Locality has been also formed . ¦ '¦/¦ ¦ . ¦ The Chabtists of the city met at the above place on Tuesday eveniug , August 2 nd . Mr . Hawley was called to tho chair ; The sum of five shillings was voted towards defraying the expences occasioned by the arrests at Deptford .: . Other business' . was transacted . Mr . Browhl then delivered an eloquent and spirited address on the advantages likely to result from the connection of Teetotalisui with Chartism , after which the meeting adjourned till nextTuesday evening . ; ^
Newcastle . —The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly busiuess meeting on IVIonday evening , in their hall , Goat inn , Cloth-market ; Mr . James Purvis having been unanimously called to the chair , and the minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr . Sinclair gave a report of the deputation to Oaf ebnrn , to which he and Mr . Frankr land were appointed on last meeting night , which was highly satisfactory , and in accordauce with the suggestiou or tho good men and true of Ouseburn * Mr . Sinclair proposed and Mr . WatsOn seconded , V That a meeting of delegates from all parts of Northumberland and the adjaCentdistrictofpurhaBi , be annoanced to ;;; be holderi in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-marketr Newcastle , on Sunday , the
14 th inst ., at one o ' clock , to make : arrangements for the reception of the real champion of our principles , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., who . has promised to spend a week with us immediately after the National Conference , and to consider the propriety of sending a delegate to the conference at Alanchester , on _ the 16 th in » fc . ' It was carried unanimously , and it is hoped that the inen of the Tjne aud its environs , will come forward on that occasion , and show the factions that oppress ub , that we are determined to be free ^ -tbat we are their unwilling slaves , and that no man or body of men can long withhold from us those richts to ¦ whioh we are euutled by the law . of
God and of common humanity . Hurrah then for the Charter , name and substance . Mr . Dees moved , and Mr . Frui ^ and seconded , " That the best thanks of this association be presented to Thomas S . Duncombe , Ef / d .. M . P ., for the able aud Btraighforward manner yb which he advocated the rights of- the people ift the case of Mrji Mason and ms co-patnow , in that ^ ihk of corruption , the House oTCommons . Cwrivd tmiHiinioasly * -Moved by Mr * ^ loamoj secOTided by Mr . Livin « stone v tl That the above re-Bolr / iion be sent to the Stor , for insertion , and that th / i Secretary be instruoted to transmit a copy of the sf / jne to Mr . Dancombe by post . " Carried unanimously . . : ' ;; ;¦¦"'¦ :. ¦ ' ' ¦ . - ; ' r . ^ ' ¦ ¦¦¦'
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DDMTRIES .-Tho Chartists of this town have , for a considerable period , been in the habit of holding public meetings in Queensbury-square * principally for the purpose of reading extracts fron the Star and the other organs of the movement , and delivering addresses , so as to disseminate political information among that portions of the community wnich , owing to the poverty induced by the evil effeots of class legislation , has no other means of of attaining a knowledge of the rights of the people , and the duti « 3 which , ia the present crisis , devolve on them . These assemblies being in the highest degree peacable and orderly , and condncted , moreover , with that cautious boldness whioh form 3 so prominent a feature in the Scottish character , were
never interfered with till lately when taking advantage of the paltry meal-mob , noticed iu the Star a week or two bacK , and hounded on by thV recreant conductor of the local Tory journal , our magistrates ! , in an insolent , as well as uncalled-for and unconstitutional proclamation , ibtimated their intention of suppressing them , by taking all actively concerried into custody . Immediately on the appearance of this docament , a public meeting was convened with all speed , and resolution passed , which , while afllrmthe right of the inhabitants to hold meetings in any public place whereno obstruction of the thoroughfare was created , appointed a committee to coiTespoud with _ wveralfeminent l ^ arauth ^ ities , unorderto obtain the exact bearing of the law on the Bubject >
and advised the discontinuance of the , meetings in the square until such time as the committee had perfected its inquiry , and the public indignation produced by the folly of the . authorities had subsided . Thiatcommi ^ eoaccortiDgly entered upon its Jabours aud having obtained ihe KQuiSite information and satisfied itself ag to the illegality of the steps taken by - - ' the xnagistrates , a -coaclustoii to which the able and luoid advice of Mr . O'Connor greatly assisted ^ called a publio meeting in the old place for the eveaing'of Monday last , to takeinto corisideratioh the present ; alarming state of the country , and propoupd measures for relieving the general distress . Meanwhile , however , the jacks-in-offiee began to perceive their error and to confess that they had
committed an overstretch of authority in issuing the proclamation . , Bailie N- — -, one of the 6 ? guers of that document , having in the course of a conversation with a membfir of the Chartist Association , distinctly stated that he and his feilow-magistTate& know "that they had not law to put down such meetings ^ " gravely adding , " but if yespeaktreason , ye ken we can tak ye up , " afact , by the way , new pefhapa to the worthy Bailie , but pretty generally understood nevertheless . Monday ' s meetfng was perhaps the largest open air one ever held in our good town . Mr . James Kirk , cabinet-maker , was called to the chair , and Mr . A . M'Asland , after a luminous and effective speech proposed the following resolution , which was duly seconded and carried
by aeclamatipn : — " That this meeting , while deeply lamenting and earnestly sympathising with the deepseated and widfe-spreadipg distress which , orjgia&ihig in the densely-populated manufacturing districts , has already extended its baleful ramifications to our own doors , and while denouncing that selfishness which has brought this mighty nation to the brink of ruin , declares its conviction that , spurning the delusive nostrum proffered by the perfidious Whig and the truculent Tory , the only hbpa of the riatiort lies iu the adoption and forcing into operation , in the teeth of both factions , of the principles contained in the People's Charter : inasmuch as by the wise , just , and beneficent provisions of that glorious measure , every man having a yoicein the election of his parliarxiemtary representativeno particular class
, will have the power to exempt itself from taxation , aud all burdensj be they great Or small , will bo equitably spread over the community . ; { Moreover , there * will be no class of persona the produce of whose labour must be purchased in preference to what maybe obtained cheaper elsewhere , that is , there will be universal freedom of trade , thus workins ; out the principlo of the greatest happiness to the greatest number , the only principle which can regenerate our onoe happy conntry , now surely and rapidly falling from her high place among the iaations ; through aristocratic tyranrny and misrule . " ~ A vote of thanks was theu given to the bnAirman ; and after three cheers for the Charter , three for O'Connor , and the Star , and the same : number for
the Dumfries Working Men ' s Association , the meeting , Which ( with the exception of an interruption by one of the Dumfrias-Sbire rural police , who was walked off to the lock-up inBtanter ) had been peaceable and orderly throughout , quietly separated . Tho blue devil was brought up before the Police Court to-day . Some delay took place owing to the refusal of the individual who gave him - into custody , to take the usual oath , from religious scruples . The sitting Bailie , the wise man of Gotham , whoseopinion with regard to the law relating to treason I ha ? e given above , refused his affimatioa , alleging that he '' Ken't o ' naebody but Quaakers that
couMna tak an oath , " and appealed to the Town Clerk . Thaigentloman , after a not very intelligible speech , referred the matter to the Sergeant of Burgh police , who speedily settled it by declaring that " everybody did it . " The case was then proceeded with , aud at the conclusion , the magistrate departing , for reasons best known to himself from the charge of obstructing a public meeting , fined " blue 8 kin" five shillings for being drunk and disorderly . The affair has produced a deal of excitsment in the town j and , within the last fortnight , upwards of fifty new members have been received into our association .
OXFOBD .--Oa Wednesday , July 27 , Mr . jKuff y Ridley delivered an address on the People ' s Charter to a large assembly in Paradise Square , in ^ is city Many persons of respeotability attended , amongat hnndiede of the working classes , when the Cnarter was adopted aa the best and only remedy for the present appalling distress in this country . Mr . Harcomb , Mr . J . Faulkner aod others were called on by the Chairman to second the efforts of Mr . Itidley , -who were so well received that another meeting was announced for the same place , on the following evening , which was also well attended , when Mr . Towle , a town councillor ,
and a late delegate to the Anti-Corn-Law Conference , delivered his sentiments warmly 6 n that sul-jeot , but a great majority of the meeting looked on the : bread and provision tax as only one of the evils that afflict and depress us . Mr . Towie said that lie looked with suapiBion on any party who endeavoured to draw off the public mind from this one gigantic evil , of . 1 million a week collected not for Government taxes , but for the landed interest , and as it ties their hands ¦ while it took their money , all other grievances were but as a niole-mir to a mountain . The Ckartists , howeyerj upset bis special pleading , aud the Charter i nhme and aH , was unanimously adopted .
¦ GLDHAM . —Mr . Brophy delivered a most energetic and ii ) 8 trucling lecture , on Sunday evening last , in the Chartist Ropra , Grace ' s-BtTeet ,. The ipojii was crowded to oveirlowing with both . English and Irish , who paid great attention to the lecturer throughdufc his address . The ' subject was the Repeal of the XJnjou qetvFeeu . England ; and Ireland . The lecturer proved from history that fifty-three acts had been passed by the legislature affecting the liberties of the ; Catholics , all of ^ which were enacted under Whig Government . He also showed that unless the labouring classes of Ireland got political power they would never . be benefltted by a repiiaV At the weekly meeting of the members the follewing resolutiod were unanimously
passed , namsly i-rr" Tbat this meeting place irreproachable Confidence in the Executive Committe , for we axe of opinion that the blame heaped upon them by certain parties is nucalled for , and has ,- " . a tendency to injure and weaken our cause , especially iu tho general enrollment of members , for early in ' ouv joining the Chartists a resolution was passed and a depntation sept to the Provisional Committae , with a determiuation that we would not submit for our names to go , and we ore still of the lame opinion . '' That with reseat to thfe addresses of the-Executive , the more they yet circulated the better , and we do think they are perfectly justified in sending them to any papeic where they can have them inserfced . ' ¦ .-,.
^ PARTICR .-r-A public meeting of the inbablfemts of iPaitick ' was held in ^ the Mason's Lodge Hall , on the eveaing of Thursday week , foe the putpose o £ hearing ah address from ; Messrs . CuUin arid Gilles ^ ie , from Glasgow . The speakers dwoifc at considerable length upon the apathy and indifference which brooded over the minds of the people at the present time ; and urged updn them & 61 necesaity of coming forward in their giant strength , and never cease their exertions in the cause of liberty , tilt the People ' s Chatter is the law of the land . Votes of thanks having been awarded to the speakers and chairman , tho meeting then broke ¦ npi . V-- ; ¦ / ::.: ¦ ¦ -: y : - ' -: . ¦ ¦ : ¦>¦ - \ v / - ' ¦ : ; - ¦ ¦ ' - - . W-: ¦'
-BEBDEN BRIDGE . —On Friday evening , a eoncert and ball took place in the democratic chapel , onder the management of a committee of the youtlj * Tne toom was set offyiith some of the portraita of th « most prominent of the Chartist agitators , evergreens , flags , bannets , lands « aj « s &o > The company , which was numerous , was graced with many of the fair « ex . Some excellent musicians were in attendance , and contributed in nosmall degree to ^ the harmony of the eveniiig . To complete the wnole ,- a goodly company of Bingerade ^ lighted the company at intervals with some lively and appropriate song& In the course of the evening several recitations were given ; and niafllc and dancipg were continued till a late hour , when the company separated highly delighted with the eTeuiog ' aentextstomignti
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^( PtiZmA ; 'Y ^^/^ f ^^ : ^ n /;^ -wxAs ^ s / tfAv * .. ¦ jisutsj TAVXSTOCK —On Monday evening one of the best meetings we have witnessed for a long time , was held in the open air , near the Guild Hall , Tavistock . Mr . Powel moved the adoption of the memorial to the Queen . He spoke upwards of an hour to a large and attentive audience ; amongst wnonV were many of the middle claSs ^ He was followed by Charles Arnold , xeh » seconded the presentation of the memorial in a speech which did honour to Mm . After which , Mr . Yellonrt , a young man , who bids fair for usefulness , a local preacher , closed the meeting by calling on ail present to come forward and aid the good cause . There v eh o present about six hundred persons , and ou the motion being put , there was not a dissentient . Many took
cards . . Mr . Powel ' s Tour , in TJzvon . —On Tuesday last week , Mr . Powel lectured at Lane Head ; on Wednesday , to a large asdiencs at Harrabridga ¦ and Btarted afterwards for the ieuth of Devon . CAHXJSX . E . —rive members tf the council © f the Cbarfcist Association-, held their usual weekly meeting at the Council Room , STo . 6 , John-street , Mr . Willia / n Knott in tha chair . The minutes oC the Iuat niteting wereibad over acd coaflrmed , after which several sums were paid to the treasurer , ( Mr . James Arthurj from several , of the localities . It was then moved by Mr . James Arthur , and seconded by Mr . Wni . BJjrtfce , and carried enaairaeusly : —« Xhat tho sincere and heartfelt thanks of this Council ar » due and are hereby given to
T . S . Duncwnbe , Esq ., M . P ., for Finsbury , for his talented and persevering * exertions in Parliament in behalf of tu » working chisses of this country , and more especially in presenting th » National Petition , and tho petitions ofM isons and ot&ers , and the gieafc anxiety he has displayed respecting the t / ranniciil attempts to suppress public meetings , where the peot > ie have : peac&-ably assembled to discuss" their grievances . " The Council then atf , jounie < 1- . ' to Mr . Blythe ' s beaming ma-Chine room , Where the Socretery read an exeeHent addiesaon the prosecution and death of the late Samuel Hoibarry . ¦ We fegret to ha- - ?© -to state that very law persons were in attendance . After the address waa delivered , a cpllection was uifide for the widovr of Holberry , when Ssvldd . was recotyfid by the Treasurer , in addition to the : three shillings collected ' on a > former
ocoaajon . ¦ ¦ ^ . ; .. . ¦ . . ¦ :, . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . '¦¦ ¦ . ' . - ' ; - . - . ¦ ¦¦ . '• " ; ' BROCKMOOR—Ou Sunduy , July 24 th , aJessrs . Froggett and tinney preached two excellent sermons in the open air at tha above place . Mr . Froggett in the afternoon , and Mr . Joseph Honey in the eyenipg , in . improvement of the"d ^ ath of Holberry . The sum of 103 . 9 jdi Wai collected rowar 4 » : pftyJri g the arrears of tent due at Bilston , for the ; Chartist meeting rooai , to which purpose it has been applied . After the services thirty names were enrolied . Webnesday's Meexing . —The gooii produced on Sanday , was fully demoastratsd on Wednesday evenin !? , by the unusual assembly of persona at Our meeting pom , the spacisus piaos being so crowded that we found it lieceasary to adjourn to a piece of : land adjoining , . xvhen Mr . lAavhy , in a powerful , aad energetic Bpeech , addressed the people , but was ooligeil t * i > Conclude hastily on account of the rain , which iellia torrents . ¦ . ¦¦¦¦ ¦ •'¦' '¦ ' ¦'¦ '•¦'¦ ... ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ - ¦'"'¦ ¦
CHESTERriELU . —The ChMtists in this ipcaMty held their-Weekly meeting on Monday evening last , at thehonse . of Mr . Tnemas Taylor , Beet well-street After the usual business of the meeting was . gone through-, the sato-SecretaTy read : the article on the plan of 0 rgari Z ition and the resolutions passed . ' ait the lyicestershirc duiega ' te meeting , which gave great satisfaction . A v ote of thanks was moved by Mr , John Rycrof fc and aeconded by John Wigley , to Thomas Stingaby Duccmnbe . Ejq .. M . P ., for his noble advocacy of . Air . J . Mason and ocher 3 in the House of Common ' s , * and >•> Joseph Huiilp , Etq , for seconding . theisawe , it wascarried neni . eon < , after which the meeting separated . / ; ¦ . . . v Mr . SAMUEL Hawlhy Smijh , of Ckesterfleid , ha ? been nominated to serve on toe General C-jiiu ' cil , in the room of Mr . WiUiamHolnr ts , who has ltffc the town .
HULIi . r-A well-attended meeting was held in the Freeniasdn ' s -Lodge , on Monday evening , when : Mr . Daan Taylpr delivered a most ' eloquent and argumentative lecture . A collection was made at the end of tha meeting iiiaid of the Staffordshire victims . Lectures . —Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , delivered a lecture on our glorious principles to a J : ; rg 6 nu .-fi . hsr of our . townsmen , oh the west side cf the Humber : 'Duck basin , on Tuesday evening . THORNX . E 1 T . ——On Sunday last , Mr . liichmond preached a funeral sermon on tho death of Saumai Holberry . He conbluned by a powerful appeal to his audienqe on bshalfof tha widow . The sum of ten shillings was collected , which will be forwarded to tha treasurer . - .:: ¦' . .. - * * -. . '¦ : f 1 '; . ¦¦¦' .,: * -
BTAtYBEiPGB . —On Friday , the 20 th of July , one of the-largeat and most enthusiastic meetings we have eve ? seen iuthia locality was held for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of putting a period to the enormous : reilactipna that are now being made by the manufiictuiers in general . Mr , Ft-nton , of Ashton , was called to the chair , who in a shore speech opened the business of the niefetiug , at the conclusion of which he said that n&tbibg shore of political power in the hanc-lB of the peopla would ever remedy the evil cf whieh the meoting complained . Mr . 8 . Challenger moved the first rasolukion to th « effect ' " -Tiiat . ' itis the opinion of this meeting that reductions in the price of labour ^ are injurious not ; only to the inanuficturera , shopkeepers , but to ' all ; classes tdTthe conim * anity ;; and
this lueeting pledges itself to . resist by e-vsry legal means in iw power auy reduction that is or may be offered . " Mr . W , Stepherison in seconding the resolution gave some startling facts of the poverty-stricktiu state of the people ; he ^ gave the namb s of five persons , three women and two men , who , on the testimony of credible persons died of actual starvation . Several voices in the meeting said that ishat be said was true . Mr . Pilling , of Ashton , inoved , and Mr . Milligan secerided the folio-wing resolution : /— il That this meeting tegreta the necessity the labourei * s are under of living at Variance with employers , ancl are of opinion that if xeduftions are to go on as they have hitherto done , destitution , starvation and ruin will be the cohscq uence ,
therefore' we pledge outscWea if a reduction is offered wewill cease to labour or return to our employment until we have a fairday ' s wago for a fair ( Jay ' fl ? rork , and we are of opinion that this can only be obtained by the Charter becoming the law of the land . " Mr . T . Starar moved , and Mr . P . 51 . Brophy seconded a memorial to Sir It , Peel , for 10 , y 00 stand of aims to protect the lives aud property ( labour ) of the working classes of Stalybridge . JTrom ; those who are refusing to pay the . property tax ; The resolutioas were all carried unanimously , after which there were given three deafening cheers for Feargus O'Connor , the People ' s friend ; three for the exiled patriots , Frost , Williams , and jonea ; and three times three for the People ' s Charter . The numbers present were estimated at frouv 10 , 000 to
; 12 , 000 . * ;; : ¦ : '¦• .. „; * . : ?' i . " - ' * ,- ' . " - ' .-V . - ; . - ¦; . -:. - - / : - . ' .- ; :: Lectures were 1 delivered here on Saturday evening by Mr . PiM . Brophy and Mr . M'Cartney , of Liverpool . PADb . lNG-TON . —On Sunday Mr . Clark , of Stockport , delivered two very able and instructing , lectures on the distress Of the conntry , and shewing the Char ter to be the only means of remedying it . At the clote twenty-one newmembers wereenrolied .. . :
Chartism Reyivino on the . Boeder . ^—"' Chartism is dead , " said-. the exulting bravado . Hoy it waa only niaitned , and mangled ;; and victimized by him and his myrmidons—rif weary , - and dormant , and quiescent for a while , it ha 3 been only the soporific fcffecfc : — " Hope deferred ni . iketh the heart sick ; ' Narrow is the limit between despondency and desperation ; but while "Universal Sufferifig and General Levy are driving hard to work out the ' - finale of the Persecutor General's Tragedy , it becomes , the : provis . ' : of General Agitation to kflFect such a diversion of either force as to defeat alike the fatality ; oftach extreme . Despondency cannot avert impending destructiondesperation ' may only : hasten ; it on . The Tariff ¦ will continue to augment our embarrassments ; the
Income fas to bo « xacfc 6 d with stoic indirference , " tiiJf the parties aggrieved ' by them shall learn the . wisdom of swelling the onward movement , which alone 1 is destined to paralyse the rampant faction , whoso creatures they are . Imbuing our minds witfe these facts , and equally conscious that our true policy is aggression , rather of adventurous than offBpsive chaiacter , We hava some time resolved tp rally < Jur aluinberingenergies , and to bestir ourselves on this side the border , as emulous of pur Worthy compatriots * who are making such noble pragression on the other . At Hawick we have recently held successive out-door meetings , at which the firm but conciUatory addresses of p \ nr unsurinking and faittifal advocate , Davis , have been doing good service . The weekly meetings in the Chartist Hall are also re 8 umed , arid we are receiving regularly accessions of msmbers . We-. besan to . extend bpetetions on Saturday .
last , when Messrs . Davis , Cairns , and - Craig ; , visited Selkirk . MiyCaiins opened proceedings by a slashing onslaught on the stronghoid of couuptiou , as though ha would leave nothing to be .. ' , done but enisring the breach and completing the conquest .. Mr . Davis followed by directing attention to the unparalleled extent of existingfdistress , traced its instrumental production to . the ' grasping landed iateiiest , the pecjilathig frauds of the monetary system , -with its bonuB to the capitalists , augmented . taxation and unmerited pensions , for the ¦ "just and necessary war ' of class interests against those of the public , the ayaricious grasping of the millocrats to the ruin of luanual operations , oyer-prodnctioa and choking M ^ evlits dust '^ cqqahy : c ^ c ¦ Urri ¦ og ¦ with tho infamous Corn Lawiotteuniyers ^ stagnatloa He appealed to the judgment of commoa stnae as to any hope of melioration , either for the small trader or shopkeeper
from tbeexploding systemof oppression . and asto the absolute necessity of reaching fundamental meastires equal to a radical change . An exposition in vindicati « n of the Charter "was thengiven , and the annexed resolution submitted i- ^ -- " That this raeetliig deeply ' cqMclens that the present unparalleled dUtreisa tesulte fconi the misgovernment of class legidatioh , and is iiuBeparable from it , we can entettoin 00 hope of deliyeranee fwnj the disastrous consequences to be anticipated , but fJcom the salutary proviaioH * of tim P ^ pple ^ B Caart € r . ? : v JJhia waa supported by Mr . XJ . superior marmer , reflecting ; however bound in his own stuin » s cf poverty '—the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct900/page/1/
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