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Pe as Fbiescs , —Of course my present posi--n be » a > P P ° ^ 7 fe * letter apon the ** ** we ^ s S tar Mayhap that while yon ki 5 L ^ tf&is » I may be onee more the inmate of ^ fwL W « U i be Itai •¦ it may , when ay * . j L rtfc beitloBforbcrtflbort , I mil retam ^^^ andiminisbed awu , and I trust with f 7 * ^ 4 eoBg&otioB and intellect . I most bow ^^^ tbe war ^ andagticipate some separation : p 4 * jV , jg ^ e power of innocence to resist the * w ^ rfo pi * 6 " ' ^ i ort tiBe ^ " ^ ** deTOted * ° y wrriee ^ 11 perfera i » the shape of advice . Heir me ad «** ¦* » * k * Te STB ' GGLKD with you ^ L ^ jiaii ten years , as man never stbimmslkd " * « tr o ^ er , and with a sincerity that none can fr * Many obstacles hare been thrown in oar * & $ gf which , from time to tine , we hare *^ g . anUl , at length , we hare become so ?
V rfftl as to beaterrorio syrante , aBaaBttunwinj ? fv the " » 7 ° * Jnisrnle . I sever for one ** L j ai tertained the foolifih notion that I should ** the f * B& ° i *** ** w , when those for whose ** f i " , is framed discovered that I was neither ^ fb safht , soldi « intimidated from the advocacy *[\!!« eme , I k * * ^ * * ° P T ^ co-opera-^^ support , especially when I ask nothing ^ bm ^ j w j 0018 * 1768 ' y ° o 0011 ^ * ° « yo " ^ " 3 i at cause sustained itself through my "" ^ » a < i the absence of better m * n , fei many
. wsforetime ; and it is as v * jn » o ; e now a * - n was ^ All , thea , that 1 require of yon is to keep the ^ Mjrk ' alkhi , until , if removed , we shall once zL j « is the jjorions straggle . * r ar » Tsdf 1 » tk nothing ; but I beg for the wives ij ^^ j es of » y brother prisoners . Do not ? V ^^ « yea will thereby augment the terror * J * r jjW ' Md the power of faction . If yonr new fLes , wk « «*»? I * 76 *• OT » Jy onr P 1 *** 8 . ah * U at abandon then
! Iui « lia < B < theaselvea , oaoe ; as ^ Tui sot * Wr country ' s good , will be their * , jgjfca them uadersUnd and instruct them-5 ^* 5 p » 4 » subject of rural porsaite j and see fvL , ketste upon the Land , its capabilities , and rtTiewiaM tf * ""^ Uf 6 Md ° * PP nome ; for * Jj Ld spot it , that after ail , in the Cottage on the t ^ d is ; ae only ssA asylum for the sons of toil , now « 4 t Isabel by machinery , and surplus by
overpr L * so ably filled by my friend and your fnai the Ber . Win . Hill , should he share a felon ' s fyj . ^ iE , dcriD * onr abscise * , be supplied by one . hire the most unbounded confidence , m « s in whose councils I have found ac wisdom : one who understands onr position ; t * a hearty in our cause ; who knows onr grievjHrt jed the remedies for them . fe Star has snrviTed all the shocks of the op--&& , and shall survive the worst that is now j ^ pl u it . For , after all , the great object of the ¦ cent persecution is to destroy the Star . But as rj . m * 7 they auespi to " rue Oiympus , " or to ti ^ e sbb from its course .
Be frs ; love we another ; unite as one mu ; and , iwtail , cultivate a friendly understanding with TOil njlitathren ; for . belieTeme . e ' erloDg , all the ietiof kb « r will see wiih but one and the Fame fjt ; «> 4 nick , jagfle , and ehieane will cease to bind ti » ndeRtandin ^ . Fight the Leagus to tfct irt , ' kt & yoo don : beat thtm they'll beat you , > j » a ro * * » oirx > T emxbtais thb wotioh of j .:,:. « jc nrs res L&igcs ! If , to-morrow , they vet srwg < MB |( h to form an Administration out of feu prtt , yoar slavery would be complete . The P » cr La * KH md the Rural Police Bill were the Irgaoptartini w their newly-created power ; and mm Mb tan supreme , and both would lose their btttHMi a th « ir further enactments for the proetnuK if ikWor . Of all the horrors that could
jrarj ujea to me in the dongeou ' s gloom none ttik ^ nl the abnouneement that yon had formed ujkrfckrUod with that hellish faction . Look to jtc fsiim and the Lasd ! and let faction of all ittcnitwcs " waste its sweetness on the desert u " 1 iiTt Bade the best arrangenieata , in cosjunctMi »^ i mt inestimable friend and adviser , Mr . feckft , tia : eirrumstacces would admit of for the iefc » rf » li : while my mind is made up to go to jifcttsi * morrow as I would go to a bridal fecTk . eaviseed that the puny endeavour of the C'en U eroeh us will have the effect of giving a toiu itresfth to our principles .
, ' jW kits you , my poor but honest friends . If & « riide « ru you , I will remain your friend to tie is ; ind trhes I return from the dragoon ' s WMa . ibbdd faction have scattered joevi will pee ion nlly yoa and make you a frem terror |* « J Jmh tyrant that may present himself . ; i | U 1 repeat that I wiu . break oppa £ ssio «' s ilii , 01 OPPSISSIOH SHALL BBjEiK HT HEABT . ^ IHE CH ARTER , NAfcE A > D ALL , AND 5 u sUREE ^ DJLR , be yuur motto , and Union miK « cbword . ETer your devoted friend , Feae « us O'Cowxoi . La-coc , Wednesday evening .
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^ BlRMtMGKAJK . —Tailors . —A meeting of the ^ -jvje ^ ubeid » t tie Kojal Oak , LitUe Charles-^^ oajiioDtoy evening . Mr . John Burton wu * . «* . - the daa . Tte Cbairman opened the bu » ine « r , ~ fc * yeD **! ** £ * % thai a few friends of the trade : " ~ -- " . "f ^ Cw they bad resolvrd upon forming * ffifcltai « o ijtolitical soei * ty , independent of the A-r socrty , « Bd be hoj * d -jvst -fiey won ] d be nnMJ-£ V ^ f ™^** Mr . Charlei Thorp mov td ard i » Tv .. ^ ^ fc * ood « l : be following resolution : — 1 3 ha «
rf ^ , " r **** aild ^ ff = riDg -which h&ve so long ^^ Qf 7 been caused bv that aMnuln evii t * - ^^^* ' ^^ ^^ ^ n ^ Ectd tha t nothine short ^ rajcaBoit of the principles M contAiBed in the Mt etrf /*" " ** tte p « wpl * '» Charter can r ^ rider l 21 Z , Z ***" * ^^ opj ^ irsaed artizing of these [ bmrf * *^ resrfTe to enrol ourselves as Hjfcmllsrtjr ^^ g him MJd Midland Coonties LhArter kt-i rf ^ v f * conviction thst a powerfnl *» ' lfcw ^^ g d * M * " the on ] y mean 8 whereby ^ igj ^ f « waEe n : wiil become the law # f tbe » e ^»' i rr ^ t BUoa * M Passed nnapimons ]} -, after itr > = t . te d MdiTid Mii handed in their Eub-IT ^ . v " f 7 eH : beri of ^ e aaodatioa—Messrs . E . ailNTLrf !* Xei ] a " * fc ' -ectfrd sub SecretEry it * - . T ' P * km- Mr . . T . '' . V . n lkum tSon * / . r . n-
„ ^ W " ' " ddres »«« the Hse * t-i £ id a most enera » 4 ei 1-Zw v fctowrf * e necessity o . ' the difierent ^ vatteT ^ ? SdTfc ! int 0 Pascal bodj . as the *» »« Sbi ^ U 1 IES theiT ^ right ! - Tile ^ allki o { * s * d- ^ T si * tn ^ ili-M »«> n for bis *« s . tiea ! h " ° ^^ i " ^ foi his conduct in ihe tj « ef vT * . ^ WM a . djrmi ed till Monday evea-^ i ^' ! ¦ at lhe * ame P lace - ' trt 6 re t * fctii « J fT ^ . J ^ T "" 13011 ^ !) « ° »«» ne to mett every « ui | tiii further notice . tr ^ Silf n TI 5 a - ° Son-lay , the first meetine ^ CotrtLV % *** ° 1 the Birmingham and Hid-** * s dedJ ^^ Aisocation assembled , aceorda Us ew ^^ ^ previous delegate meeting , B ^ aih * r ! r " ^ matBrin 8 pr ? P" measmes fc -Sa j t ? " ^ orgtnizition throughout the fca k 0110
bai »^_ " " ^ c , Wo : ct » ter . and Staffjrd . ^ fcW rVfm , ?* . ^^ « o : ce » ter , and Stafford . 01 S ^ S ^^*^ 8 P ! se " »« VrvenU-^ XT ?^ ' ^ - : aasoa - Mr - >* e' -hcu * e Mr . Fir ' Hr t ^ " Pau - ^ d ) Ir - WeMord ; ^ l . ib Wrt ^ r ^ n : Co' « try , Mr . Hemming * ; ^¦^ BfeaiXr !/ " Wilii&maon , and iJr . TVatta : 2 ***^ M , ' r F&TO « : BilBlon , Mr . White ; r 8 St > fePo ~ L ° OCffeUow ¦»«» ifr - Chsnce ; Lje *** : WaSrU Bedditeh ' - E- c ^ » <* d Mr . I 87- ^ -S ^^ rtki and Mr - p erki ^ : Old-1 P « U * S * a ^ -ff ^ d snd Bromsgrove , by letter . s ^ « s ^ r ? , to vbe chair -He ^^ HaT »^ . u ftel the Mei * ht oi the tetk
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present It wai over ail things necessary in public afiaira to render even tbe snmberlesa undertakinga aoccessfnl that men ahooUt vadetxtaad cleaily their position : and , bad the Injunctions of . the delegate meeting bees properly respeetei , the explanation now reqaired would have been onneoawarv . Thi » , hewever , waa always the result , when isdlridaa ] opinion over-ruled tbe opinions and decisions of bodies . He begged to state to Mr . Donaldson that at the meeting of delegates , it was agreed that the wbole list of names thea nominated should be submitted for election in e&eh locality , ao that tbe council might be invested with the highest moral influence which tbe public voice could confer en a delegated body . For by this mode of constituting tbe council , each member
would possess the confidence of the entire localities , u well as the particular place which he would directly represent , and no one would gain a seat without carrying with him the esteem and universal confidence of the people . Such a body , guided with wisdom , would soon prove a formidable power against despotic authority . A public meeting was to be held on the day following the delegate meeting , and h wu fully arranged that the whole list nominated to serve as council for the ensuing three mouths , would have then and there been elected , so that each councillor would have held his > eat in virtue of the pnbHc f vote ot tie people of Birmingham until the various localities eoold have held similar meeting *
How this had been set aside be did sot inow—be had to leave tbe meeting . Mr . Donaldson—Had that been done ail voold have been right Mr . Maaoo—We most therefore proceed a * a provisional coundL' He waa proodto witness the numbers then present , and the spirit which pervaded them , it augured well for future success . Several of the members expressed their satisfaction , and suggested that they should proceed to conaider whatever measures bad been prepared by the provisional committee . The Charnnan then called on the secretary to read the plan , which would be afterwards discussed seriatim . The secretary read the plan as fellows : —
1 . That the Union comprehend the following places in the counties of Warwick , Worcester , and Stafford , v-2 ., Birmingham , Warwick , Worcester , Stafford , Leamington , Coventry , Wolverhampton , Bilston , Walsall . Wednesbury , Darlaston , Redditch . Bremagrove , Stourbridge , Lye Waste , Dudley , WestBromwich , Tipton , Oldbury , Smethick , Great Gredga , Nuneaton , an eh such other places as may hereafter desire the assistance of tbe association . 2 That the Union be called the Birmingham and Midland Counties Charier Association . 3 . That a General Council be elected every three months for the government of the Union ; the members to be fairly and proportionally choeen from all the localities .
4 . That a General Delegate Meeting take place e&eh three months , to receive the report of the Council , audit the accounts of income and expenditure , and nominate a sew Council for the succeeding three months . 5 . That the whole list ef candidates be submitted for election in each locality , where they shall have the power ( proper reasons being assigned ) to reject such names as they may think proper ; tbe General Council having the power to judge whether the objections are sufficient to refuse snch persons as may be objected to . 6 . That there be a President , Secretary , &c 4 Treasurer chosen by the Genera ] Council frem amongst themselves . 7 . That the members of the Council will adopt , individually and collectively , every proper means of raising funds to extend the Association , and promote tbe sacred objects for which it is instituted . ft . That the Association hold inviolate the document
entitled the People ' s Charter . 9 . That any of the umcers of the Association betray ing the principles b * is entrusted to preserve , or railing to do his duty should he see those principles endangered by designing men , or daraa&ing tbe interests of the body by misconduct , shall be subject to expulsion by vote of the General Council . 10 . That the Council employ their talest , wisdom , and zeal , to cultivate patriotism , to diffuse intelligence , and inspire the whole of the members with tbe love of liberty—to promote social intercourse , esteem , brotherhood , and temperance throughout our Association . 11 . That the Council , as boob as possible , devise some means of raising a fund for the relief of members in distress , misfortune , and sickness , and to take such other measures as may conduce to the general welfare of the working classes .
12 . That the Association be ever ready to co-operate wi'h their suffering fellow countrymen in an ; measures for . National re-orgMUiition which may hereofUr be adopted . 13- That agiUtJon in tbe places cowprebended in the jurisdiction of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Charter Association be essentially , for the time beiug , under the snperinteodence of the General Council . 14 . That Sub-Treasurers be appointed for tbe various localities , to receive subscriptions for the general fund . 15 . That the contributions of the members be voluntary and is proportion to their means . The plan having been read , Mr . Reece proposed , aad Mr . Ball seconded that the first article be adopted . After some discussion , in which Mean . Donaldson ,
Mason , Fallows , Reece , &nd Farmer took part , it was agreed to nem . am . Mr . Chance moved , and Mr . Watts seconded , tbe adoption of the third article . Aereed to without discussion . Mr . Newhouse proposed , and Mr . Baeeo seconded , tbe adoption ef the fourth article . Mr . Hemmings said be was afraia tbe experce would be great , having delegate meetings so frequently , as some had to come a great distance . The rest of the members considered that it would be very injurious to the canse , to boldtbem less frequently than once in three months . Agreed to nem . con . Mr . Reece proposed the adoption of the fifth article , aod Mr . Welsford seconded it . A lengthened discussion ensued , in which all present took part ; ii was finally agreed to withont a dissentient The remaining articles were then agreed to without rjjy discussion . On the motion of Mr . Mason , it was unanimously agreed that the Council recommend the formation of Provisional Committee * immediately in the various localities to aid in carrying out the
measures agreed npoa Mr . Fallows was elected President pro tan ,, Mr- Mason , Secretary pro tern ., and Mr . Keece , Treasurer P > o tern , and the following gentlemen were appointed sub-Treasurers . — Mr . Fallows , Birmingham ; Mr . Wright , Dudley ; Mr . Robinson , Coventry ; Mr . -Dinks , Wednestury ; Mr . Griffiths , WsOsall-, Mr . Stevenson , Worcester ; Mr . CbaDce , Stourbridge ; Mr . Forrest , Lye Waste ; Mr . Bali , Oidbnrv ; Mr . White , Bilston ; Mr . Bromlee , Leamington ; Mr . Donaldson , Warwick ; Mr . Nichols , D . irlaeton ; Mr . E . Cook , Rfcdditch . The Council then adjourned for a monti- On Monday evening , the montfey Conference of Birmingham Chartists was summoned to meet in the Aston-street Room ; but , « nch -was the crowded state of the place that an adj ^ nmrntnt was carri ed nnanlmously to defer tbe meeting one wtek . The CoBference will meet again on Mondaj evening , the 8 th inrt ., at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Malt Sht . vel Urge rovm ,
Prineessstreet-KEWTOWK , , Montgomeryshire ) As has been the case at other places , the Dissenters here have fiercely attached the Factories' Bill ; the working men , however , have been at thtir posts , and taking the good r-arts of tie tili as an instalment , have thrown overiccrd the petition for its atter rejection , and carried amendments in snpport , not only of a regular system of education , bat also in favour of tbe stringent clauses which so pinch tbe manufacturing tyrants , who wish to keep the power in their own hand * of torturing their slaves as they like . KEWCASTLE . —Mr . Beesley lectured in the Chartist flail , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Sunday evening , on the fallacy of the arguments of tbe Anti-Corn Law Leacne .
Tbe Chartists held their weekly business meeting on Menday evtning , Mr . Young in tbe chair . Tbe minutes of the previous meeting havicg been read and confirmed , the following resolutions were unanimously ayewl to : — " That tbe secretary be instructed to remit to Mr . Cie 3 ve , as treasurer to the Defence Fund , the twenty-six shillings realised by the sale of Jl'Douall ' s portrait , presented by Mr . John T . Young . " " That a requisition be got up to the Mayor to call a public meeting to petition Parliament for the adoption of the People ' s Charter . " " That means be ustd to ascertain when Mr . O'Connor can come to Newcastle , and , if possible , fix the Betting so as to have him present " 11 That persons be appointed to make out a list of the various localities that are likely to send persons to assist in re-organizing the district" " That such places be written to , requesting them to send persons to attend a meeting to be held on the day of the meeting in tbe Guildhall . "
EPXNBTJRGH . —Mi . Dickinson gave his second keture in Whitefleld Chapel , on Monday evening , to good audience . © TJNDEB . —On Saturday last , we were honour ^ by a visit from Mr . Archibald M'Donald , from Aberdeen ; who is at present thrown « ut of bis employment for bis steady adherence to the cause of the people . He delivered a lecture oa the above evening , On tbe past history , present position , and future prospects of the Chartist movement" After votes of thanks to tbe lecturer and Chairman , the meeting quietly separated , highly delighted with the lecture . Os Momut etisj . ng , Mr . Robert Peddie , of Edinburgh , delivered a lecture on the " dreadful destruction and sacrifice of human life at the shiine of existing institutions . "
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GLASGOW— Cruel tmatjjent op thb Unemployed . —For a considerable time past several hundreds of these poor men have been employed in levelling some ground at the west end of the town , contracted for by tbe relief committee ; and , in order to encourage tbe men to do well , this humane committee resolved that tbe men should work it by tbe piece , or tUey should bave no work . This , to say tbe least of it , wss charity with a vengeance J Piecework at snch a job to tradesmen who had never wrought » day at out-door labour in their life was cruelty In every sense of the word . However , the poor follows were glad to accept of it , and wrought with as much alacrity as though they had been brought up to it , and well paid for it . For some weeks , the work being
favourable , they earned from 7 b . to 9 * per week-Circumstances are now altered , when tbe men should from two months' practice be able to work harder , for some weeks past they bave not earned above 5 s . per week ; that is , when they bave bad full time ; but , from wet weather and other casualties tbe great body of them run from is . to Ss . 6 d . Tbe work is paid by the square yard . A meeting wan held on Tuesday , in Mr . Miller ' s Arena , to bear a report from tbe treasurer , Mr . Bennett About 1 OeO were present The report was . moat minute , detailing every penny received and expended . On the n . otion of Mr . James Adams , sesecosded by Mr . J . Colquboun , and carried by acclamation , a vate of thanks was tendered to Mr . Beanet , for his services as treasurer , and his untiring efforts in behalf of tbe poor .
LOCOES . —Mr Archibald M'Donald , from Aberdeen , lectured here on Friday last . A committee was than appointed , and votes of thanks given to the chairman and lecturer , when the meeting btoke up , highly delighted with the information they bad received . BRADFORD . —On Sunday , tbe Chartists of Little Hortoo met in tbe school-room , Park-place , when the plan of Mr . O'Connor , for Retting on tbe land , was ( 'iscussed and adjourned to Tuesday evening . Tbe sum of 5 s . wascollected for the defence .
On Svudat Afternoon , tbe council met in their room , Butterworth Buildings , when the following sums were paid in for the defence;—New Leeds , 3 s . Id ; George ' s-street , 3 s . 2 rt . ; Wapping , la . ; Three PigeoDB . Ss . 6 J . ; Daisy-bill , 3 s . ; Thomas Story , Is . ; A . B , 6 d . ; A . S ., 6 d . ; J . C , 6 d . ; B . E , Is . ; J . Bulmer , 3 d . The council adjeurned to six o ' clock in tbe evening , to enable the collectors to make up their books . In the evening , the following sums were paid in : —B . B . Lane , Is . 2 d . ; New Leeds , 9 i . ; Shear Bridge , 2 s . 2 a . ; Little Horton , 5 s . The following resolutions were unanimously carried : —•• That the council do meet , for the future , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening . " " That this meeting do adjourn to Monday evening , at eight e'clock , to meet in the co-operation sbop . Chapel-lane , when all books for tbe defence are to be brought in .
On Mo . nday evenina tbe council met at the cooperative shop , in ChapeMane : the following sums were paid in for tbe Defence Fund : T . M . Is . ; J . Greenougb , Is . ; Holms Lane-ends , 4 s . 3 d . ; Idle , pei Sugden , 3 s . ; per Wm . Keale , 3 s . 7 d ; G . Bishop , Is . ; S . Turner , la . ; Bottomley , 9 d . ; J . Crowtber , 9 d . ; Mrs . timitb , 6 d . ; Clarkaon , 6 d . ; Shear Bridge , < d . ; Bottomley , id . ; White Abbey , Is 6 d . It was resolved " That a public meeting be held on the 16 th of May , to take into consideration the establishing of a Chartist book and stationery shop , tbe meeting to be held in ibe
large room , Butterwortb's buildings . " " That the sum of £ 2 12 s . 3 d , be paid to John Arran to assist in defraying his expences to London . " " That every exertion be made by tbe members of tbe Council in their various localities to raise subscriptions for tbe Defence Fund . " " That Mr . Smyth do continue to be agent for tbe Council , to sell tbe Northern Star , and other Chartist publications , and that tbe Chartists be requested to use their influence to circulate tbe Northern Star and other Chartist publications , in the neighbourhood where they reside . "
On Su . nday Evening Mr . Arraa lectured in the Council Room , on tbe present state of aociety . At tbe conclusion four and sixpence nu ojUacted for the defence , . v . : . On Monday evening Mr . Smyth jeetursd in to Association Boom , White Abbey , on ths ConpRBdPro * vision Laws ; at the conclusion It ed was eolsitttd for the defence . TBS Ch aBTISTS of New Leeds met in their room on Sunday morning , . f h « meeting was thinly attended , and an adjournment took place to Sunday ntxt at ten o ' clock in i be forenoon , when it is hoped that every member will attend , as every exertion must be made on behalf of the Defence Fund . The sum of 3 s lOd was collected and ordered to be paid to the council for tbe defence .
SUJ * DEBI * AWD— Tbe ladjofthi * place have taken a new room to bold their meetings in , and are progressing in the right way . Beesley has been lecturing , and has roused a new spirit among them . SrwsxiiSft—Mr . Beesley lectured here on Moodsf'HMght last , in tbe lecture-room of tbe Whole-hog "Chartist Brigade . Five new members were enrolled . MANCHESTER . —SWTH LANCASHIRE DELS * g ate Meeting . —The South Lancashire delegates held theisfusual monthly meeting , on Sunday last , in the Chartist Boom , Brown-street , Manchester , when there were delegates present from the following places : —Manchester , Mr . Jobu Nuttall , Mr . Wm . Grocott , Mr . William Gresty , Mr . John Siddeley ; Halshaw Moor , Mr . James Gukell ; Holliuwood , Mr . Joseph Brierly ; Stockport Youths , Mr . James Hibbert ;
Oldham , Mr . Richard Haslem ; Salford , Mr . Ralph Buckley ; Chartist Painters , Mr . Peter Cameron ; Rochdale by letter . Mr Nuttall was unanimously called to the chair . The Secretary lead the minutes of the last meeting . On tbe motion of Mr . Gresty , the minutes were confirmed , with tbe exception of that part cf them which referred to tbe address to tbe South Lancashire Chartists , which had not been attended to by the committee appointed for that purpose . The following sums were paid in by the delegates : — SOI- 'TH LANCASHIRE FUND . £ s . d . Carpenters'Hall 0 15 0 Stockport Youths 0 10 Chartist Painters 0 2 0 Ashton-under-Lyne ... ... ... 3 4 Oldliam 0 10 8
£ 1 12 0 IBJSH FUND . £ S . d . Carpenters' Hall 0 16 Stockport Youths 0 10 Oldham ... 003 £ 0 2 9 After a very pleasiug discussion upon the best means of arousing tbe various localities to a sense of their duty , in whieh Beveral of tee delegates took part ; the following resolutions werepaesed : — " That each locality announce through the Star the name of the lecturer and time of meeting . If this is not attended to the local lecturers will not hold themselves responsible for any disappointments that may tskd plase . " " That the Secretary do write to the varions localities that have no delegate present , tbe result of this meeting . "
" That each delegate come prepared to the meeting with the opinions of his locality , concerning tbe engaging of a lecturer for this division of the county , and that the Secretary do request those places to which he writes , to forward to him , betwixt and the next meeting , their decision upon this matter . " " Tbat the levy be discontinued for tbe Dext month . " "That each delegate lay before his constituency the subject of the levy , And that they report accordingly at the next , delegate meeting . " " That the Secretary do write to Mr . Henry Harridge concerning his non-attendance to his appointments during the present plan , and also to ascertain if be intends being put on the forthcoming plaa as a Chartist lecturer . " " That this meeting do adjourn until this day month . " The thanks of the delegates were then given to the Chairman , and tbe meeting separated .
Carpenteb's Hall . —Two leetnres were delivered in the above ball on Sunday last , by Mr . Cbristoper Doyle . Tbe audiences were not bo large as usual , but listened with marked attention to the remarks of their old and tried friend . ' LONDON . —A pnblic meeting was held on Friday evening , at the small room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , in support of the bill brought into the House ot Commons by Mr . Elphinstone ! ' for establishing a court for marriages and divorces . " Mr . Veraon having been called to the chair , in an eloquent address , showed the evils of tbe present system in a social and political point of view . Messrs . Tasker , Brook , Ridley , Wheeler , and others addressed the meeting . A resolution and petition founded upon the bill , but carrying its provisions still further was adopted , and a deputation appointed to wait upon her Majesty ' s ministers to secure their support to the Bill as amended by the resolutions ot the meeting .
Cbotdon , Sua . EE ! . —At the usual weekly meeting here , on Monday evening , at tbe Bald Faced Stag , Mr . Paul was called to tbe chair . After , taking into consideration tbe proposed plan of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for ameliorating the condition of tbe working classes , the meeting most cordially coincided with the proposed plan , and pledged themselves to do all in their , power towards carrying the same into effect
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A » ADJOUBNED MEETING of the Council of the Natwrjal Charter Association resident in London was held on Sunday afternoon , at the Hall , Tnraagain-laoe , Mr . Rohson in the Chair , when , after considerable discussion , the fourth and fifth clauses were carried by large majorities . The sixth clause was amended as follows . —** That on the first Monday in every month , s > pnblic meeting of the Chartists resident in London shall be held , before which the proceedings of the Executive and the Council shall be laid for their approba tion , and fox the satisfaction of the country generally . " The seventh clause was altered in the following manner : " That tbe accounts of the Executive shall be audited
by five persona chosen at the monthly public meeting , who shall report the result at the next ensuing meeting . " Tbe eighth clause was agreed to , with the addition of , or any other member of the Executive , " and the alteration of the word " removable" into " suspended . " Several other amendments were proposed , having tbe effect of reducing tbe number of persona necessary to carry tbe provisions of this rule into effect , but they were all negatived by large majorities . The ninth clause was adopted , an amendment to reduce the salary of the Executive having been lost by a considerable majority . The Council then adjourned until the following Sunday , to meet at the same place , at two o ' clock precisely .
A Public Meeting of the Shareholders of tbe Political and Scientific Institution was held at the Hall , 1 , Turrragain-lane , on Monday evening , to receive the balaoeo sheet inf the alFjIra of the Institution , to elect a secretary , decide upon his duties and salary , and also to decide upon the double return of Messrs . Kuox and Williams , as directors ; Mr Wartn&by was called to the chair , and after some discussion regarding the order of business , Mr . Salmon read the balanee sheet , from which it appeared that the receipts up to March 25 th , 1843 , bad been £ 284 15 a . 6 gd .. the expenditure £ 297 17 s . Old ., and tbe liabilites , £ 278 19 s . Od . After
some slight discussion , Mr . Wyatt moved , and Mr . Wheeler seconded that three auditor * be appointed , which being carried , the election fell on Messrs . Sew « Il , Bolwell , and Stallwood . A letter of resignation was read from Mr . Knox for the office of director , and from Mr . Koighton for that of Secretary . Three separate motions were then made that the salary of tbe Secretary should be 10 s ., 20 s ., and 30 s , per week . Considerable discussion took place , in which Messrs . Ceave , Parker , Wystt , M'Frederick , Read , Stallwood , and others took part , and the meeting eventually adjourned until Tuesday evening next
The General Council of Surrey met at No . 1 , China Walk , on Sunday last Tbe discussion on tbe land was gone into and again adjourned . Mr . Knighton gave notice of his intention to resign tbe secretaryship in consequence of acting as secretary pro tern , to tbe commiitee for getting a hall . It is hoped all will attend on Sunday next , in order to appoint a person in his place . Mrs . Peplow made a demand of one pound for posting bills on account of the Surrey Demonstration . Messrs . Brown , May , and Knighton , urged the necessity of its payment . One shilling was collected for tbe purpose , 6 d . of which Mis . Peplow gave to tbe Victim fund , which with 8 d . otherwise collected was handed to the secretary . Several important matters were gone into and the council adjourned until Sunday next I
MR . Brown lectured on Sunday evening at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane , to a numerous audience , and was much applauded . The chair was filled by Mr . Bolwell , who addressed tbe meeting at some length . Messrs . Wheeler , Salmon , and others also ndddressed the audience . A Meei ^ g of the Anti-Corn Law League was held on Monday evening , at the Horns Tavern , Kenniogton . A slight rumour of their intention having got abroad , tbe Chartists of that district prepared to oppose them . Mr . Warbarton took tbe chair , at which time tbe attendance was very limited . A resolution was moved and seconded in favour of a repeal of tbe corn laws , when George White , Ruffy Ridley , Mr . Brown , and a few other Chartist speakers having arrived , they attempted to gain an admission to the platform , but were immediately assailed and thrown down by tbe Gents in possession . Riot and confusion were now the order of the evening ; the police were sent for , and tbe
speakers in vain attempted to gain a bearing . Order being eventually restored , George White moved , and Ruffy Ridley seconded , an amendment for the Charter , but such * 9 M the confusion which prevailed , that even tbeir stsja ^ rlan lungs were unable to secure them a bearing . After three hours of interminable disagreement , cheering and hissing from the respective parties , tbe chairman essayed to put tbe resolution and amendment , when both parties claimed tbe majority . A division then took place with tbe same result , and between eleven and twelve o'clock the meeting dispersed . The League in this instance , by delaying to announce th « meeting until the last hour , rather stole a march upon the Chartists , but they took nothing by their motion . The Soutb London Chartists , anxious to show to tbeir brethren that they are still on the alert , adjourned to the parlour of the houve , and made arrangements for a large open air demonstration on Kennington Common for tbe ensuing Thursday . '
Paddington . —Mr . George White lectured here on Sunday afternoon . Ten new members were enrolled on Monday night . Lambeth . —At a meeting of members in this locality , the subject of the land was discussed , and after an animated discussion , was adjourned till next Friday , then to be considered in connection with the question whether a repeal of the Corn Laws would render the land easier of obtainment ! The discussion to commence after the lecture . Mr . Rainsley will lecture here next Tuesday eveeing , at eight o ' clock . The Camberwfix Locality met as usual to transact their local business on Tuesday evening .
The SoMEfibTOWN Locality met on Monday at the Goldbeater ' s Arms , and after transacting business received a deputation from the Marjlebone locality to request our co-operation in gettiug up a public meeting at Hampatead Heath on Whit-Monday . A committee of three was appointed to aid in the above otject . Notice of motion wa 9 given for next Monday to consider whether it is advisable to continue or discontinue the Sunday evening lecture ; the members are therefore earnestly requeued to attend to consider the above and other important matters , on Monday next .
Chartist Triumph over Anti-Corn Law Physical Fokce . —A . beautitul specimen of the real difc ^ 'sitiou of those pretended friends of the working classes , was exhibited at the Horns' Tavern , K ^ nniDgton , on Monday evening last . Immense placards had been poskd for a week previous , announcing a public meeting for the above purpose , and at the time for commencing business , Mr , Warburion , of dissecting notoriety , was called to the chair ; after which the Rev . Mr . Burnett , a dissenting paison , moved the first resolution , and delivered a long and prosv address . The resolution declared ifca * the land of England being incapable of growing sufficient for the Bupport of the poplation , it was Decenary to struggle tor a repeal of the corn laws . " hust
The motion being seconded by a person on the - ings , the chairman proceeded to read the resolution previous to putting it to the vote , whereupon Mr . George White , of Birmingham , who attended the meeting at the request of the Lambeth Chartists , arose in tbe body of the Hall , and addressed the chair . Mr . Warburton asked the name of the individual who desired to address the meeting , and on Mr . White ' s name being announced , loud cheers were given by the Chartist party , responded to by hisses from the broad cloth gentry on the hustings . An indescribable scene of confusion followed this exhibition of feeling , and shouts of" Good the hustings White , " arose from all parts of the crowded and spacious hall- Mr . White then proceeded towards the
hustings , and Messrs . Ridley , Rouse , and other active Chartists moved forward at tue same time . This was the signal for a general row . The Anti Corn Law men oa tbe platform riBing in a body , clenching their fists , and placing themselves in a fighting attitude , headed by the parson , who had moved the firBt resolution . Mr . Ruffy Ridley being the first to ascend the hustings , was unceremoniously knocked off by the fighting parson , another of th « gentry at the same time striking at Mr . White , but having missed his mark , Mr . White seized him by collar and threw him into the body of the meeting , and tbe Chartist body proceeded at once to contest the platform , hand to band , and in five seconds put the whole troop of well-fed middlemen to the rout . Tbe Ami-Corn Law men attempted to take a table which was plaoed on the huBtinga with them , but it was wrenohed from them
by force , and Mr . White immediately mounted it amidst the enthusiastic oheers of the meeting . Messrs . Warburton and Co . immediately dispatched a messenger for the •* Whig body guard / 1 alias the police , and on their arrival they again ascended the hustings . The uproar was now at its greatest height , and Mr . Warbarton endeavoured to make tbe police do that which hiB cowardly squad were incapable of , but finding them reluctant in the natter , be ordered them to take Messrs . White and Rouse into custody ; this they al « o declined , aud Mr . White still held h > s position on the table , wel supported by hia friends . He attempted severa times to obtain a hearing , bnt his voice was drowned by hisses and yells from the Anti-Corn Law party , lie then challenged them to discuss the proposition put forth iu their first resolution , and told them that as they had failed , iu their attempt , at fighting , they
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should have a chance of trying the more creditable and peaceable mode , namely , free discussion . A . violent altercation took place between Messrs . Warburton and White , when some rough compliments were exchanged . The excitement was now at its highest pitch , the cheers of the Chartists , and hisses of the anti-Corn Law men formnig a most discordant noise . A slight pause now took place , caused by mental exhaustion , and Mr , White again commenced an attack oa the fallacies propounded by the anti-Cora Law party , he was hissed by the League men and loudly cheered by the Chartists , and in tbe midst of tbe coufusion , Mr . White addressed those in front of the platform , and moved an amendment to the first resolution . Another storm was then created , in the midst of which Mr . Warburton declared the meeting dissolved . Loud shouts of " Ridley take the chair , " resounded from all quarters , upon which the Chairman again
resumed his position , and was again received by groans and yells , mingled with , " Go down you Whig humbug , " " Off you body suatcher , " &c , &c . Mr . Ridley then ascended the table , and seoonded Mr . White ' s amendment . He was loudly cheered by the meeting , bat could not ; gain a hearing through the noise of Repealers , wbo were backed by the " blue bottles , " The noise and confusion created by these pretended Liberals had the effect of causing hundreds of the working men to ietire in disgast , as it was quite clear those polite gentlemen would remain as long as they had the police to protect them ; and , seeing the improbability of anything being done , we left the meeting , whilst Mr . Ridley was still on the table , previous to which three cheers was given for O'Connor and the Charter . Mr . Rtuse , above alluded to , is the man who stood by Mr . O'Connor when he was bo basely attacked in the Town Hall of Birmingham . A Looker On .
Lambeth Youths . —Mr . Brown lectured to this body , at Mile-end , on Sunday evening , after which an interesting discussion took place . Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , delivered a talented lecture on Tuesday evening , at the Hall of Science , John-street , Tottenham Court-road . Mr . Fussell lectured * n Sunday evening at the Flora Tavern . Babnsbury Park . —10 s . was voted to the Defenoe Fund . A Public Meeting was held on Tuesday evening at | Hemming way ' s Saloon , Mile End-road ; Dr . Bowkett having been called * to the chair , addressed the meeting in the usual talented manner . Mr . Frazer moved the following resolution : — " That this
meeting considers that the evils under which the country are suffering owe their origin and continuance to class legislation , and that the investing the whole people with legislative power by the enactment of the People ' s Charter is the only remedy for such evils . Mr . Frazer in an eloquent manner supported the above sentiments , and in apoligizing for the unavoidable absence of Mr . O'Connor , congratulated them upon the presence of Mr . Hill , editor of the Northern Star , and Mr . G . White , which was received with tremendous applause . Mr . Sherrard ably seconded the resolution . Mr . Hill , on rising to support it , was greeted with enthusiastic cheering , waving of hats , handherchiefa , &o . He stated that he thought they had appointed him to a
sinecure office he had all his life been fighting against ; they had assigned him a post with no duties attached to it . The resolution needed no support , it supported itself to tbe understanding of every honest man , and they had already given him sufficient indications that they were satisfied with it . The time was nearly gone by when { Englishmen , and especially working men—mea who had no interest bat the common interest of mankind needed argument to convince them with reference to the subject of tbe resolution , and he would not insult their understandings by attempting to shew that nature never designed , nor nature ' s God contemplated that despotism should erect its horrid front and desecrate the fairest forms of creation .
They knew the evils they had to endure , aud the source of those evjl ^ . They needed only information as to the remedy ; this was the true , correct , and moat important field for their inquiry . They must persevere in their agitation ; they must concentrate thir energies to the attainment of their moral , political , and social rights ; they must endeavour to make all the powers which now worked against them work for them ; they must make nature stand for the first time in the history of mau right end up , the Charter was the lever by which they could lift any weight no matter how ponderous , and to obtain it they need but to unite their euergies , to concentrate their actions into one focus , and no power could stand against them ; tbe union he
recommended was a union not of the tiger and the lamb , the hawk and the pigeon , the kite and the sparrow , not a uuion with those whose interest it was to thwart them in their holy struggle , but a union among themselves . Let the working men be united among themselves before thev went about claiming the aid of the middle classes . There was power enough in the hands of the men of London , if united in the holy cause , to laugh to scorn the opposition of any Government . View it with its boundless streets , its innumerable courts and alleys , it was indeed , as Cobbett termed it , a " mighty wen . " Let anyone reflect upon the immense mass of working men the re stowed away , all of whom were , or ought to be , C ^ arlists , and for
whose enfranchisement the Charter was designed . See these meu , crawling like slaves upon the face of God ' s earth—men whose intelligence called into existence all the splendid edifices and improvements they saw around men whose sinews formed that which their intelligence designed—if these men could only see their own interest , and conoentratedly pursue it , the very shadow of opposition would vanish . It need only to be known that they were united . It needed only for the flag of uuion to float over their heads and tyranny would crouch before them like a spaniel dog . Mr . Hill addressed the meeting at considerable length , and departed amidst the rapturous plaudits of the assem-> ly . Tue resolution was then unanimously carried . Mr . Brown , in an eloquent and long address , moved , and Mr . Illingworth seconded , the following
resolution : — " That , notwithstanding the difficulties we hare to contend with from the apathy of some , and the persecution of many of the middle and aristocratic classes , those here assembled determine that they will continue to exert themselves unflinchingly in every legal and constitutional manner for the attainment of that object for which they have so long struggled , namely , the causing the People's Charter to become the Jaw of the land . George White , in an eloquent and humourous manner , addressed the assembly for upwards of an hour , and was greatly applauded . The resolution was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Mantz moved , and Mr . Drake seconded a vote of thanks to Messrs . Hill and White , and a condemnation of the Government for their persecution . Messrs . Wheeler and Frazer moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who made a suital le reply , and the meeting dispersed .
NOTTINGHAM . —The Female Chartists of Nottingham met at their room , St Anne-street , on Monday , when a lecture was given by a member on tbe political righto of women . Tbe room was densely crowded . Each member being allowed to bring tbeir female friends . A unanimous 4 bte of thanks waa given to the lecturer . At the close of the lecture a subscription waa entered into to enable the members to purchase books for tbe use of the Female's Adult and Children ' s School . IWACCLEBFIBLD . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport , delivered two lectures in the Chartist Room , on Sunday and Monday night last , on the people's distress and its remedy .
OLDHAM—On Monday evening last a spirited discussion took place in the Chartist Room , on the subject of the Land . Tbe speakers with great energy expressed tbeir anxiety of immediately commencing some practical operation , in order to alleviate the suffering which we are daily experiencing through the introduction of ; improved machinery , and with great warmth urged the j necessity of falling back on the land , which was tbe | only source for our salvation . At tbe conclusion a goodly number enrolled tbeir names with a determination of carrying out tbe above object The meeting was j then adjourned to Sunday Dext at two o'clock in tbe afternoon , st the same place . ' 8 XS 6 BT . —At the usual weekly meeting held here on Monday , it was agreed that 5 s . should be sent to ! the Defenoe Fund . This is the fourth subscriptiea from this small place amounting in all to one pound even shillings .
DUBLIN . The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting oa Sunday evvting last , at six o ' clock , at which hour the meetings will hie held until the latter end of August . On the motion of Mr . Woodward , Mr . Rafter was called to the chair . The venerable Chairmaa said that it afforded him the most ineffable satisfaction to bave the opportunity » t announcing to the meeting that the Chartists bad outlived prejudice and ignorance , —combined as both were with malignity and aerdid peculation , and plunder of bis poor , duped , deluded , and warm-hearted countrymen —( cheers ) It was no longer a transportable offence to be a Chartist in Ireland —( heat , hear ) . The great liar and flippant Whig had been forced by the opinions of the law officers of the down in England , and tbe opinions of the Judges at the recent trials , in that coun-
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try , to shift bis ground , and now has the consummate meanness to accuse tbe members of this association with Infidelity and Socialism—( hear , hear ) . But the old cheat will be found out yet—( hear , hear , hear ) . If the poor people whom he ebeats out o ! their money under the false pretenee of repealing tbe Uuion with it , knew but a tithe of bis roguery there would not be one stone upon soother in bis house in Merrlon-sqaare in fonr-andtwenty hours after . Look , too , how bis cause bas ever been tracked with the blood of his countrymen . Do we not all remember the oath be swore before high Heaven that he would never pay one farthing tithe , and the horrid and impious denunciations which be hurled at the devoted heads of those who would pay tithes ? Look
at all the bloody nnatoned-for murders that followed from bis ad vies ; fourteen peraens shot dead at New * townbarry , on tbe ever-memorable 18 th of June , 1831 ; nineteen killed at Carrrickshock , on the 14 th December following ; ten murdered at Castlepollard ; seven at Wallstown ; five at Moselain ; twenty-three at Kilkeel ; besides several others , and poor widow Ryan's son , at Rathcormac , on Christmas Eve , 1834 . And , in addition , the numbers who died martyrs in the prison * through Ireland . Seas of blood bave been sbsd by following tba advice of this wieked old man ; and after all a base compromise was entered into upon the tithe question . Tithes bave been converted into rent , so that the people must pay—( hear , hear . ) But then the people should know that Maurice O'Connell has
nothing to live on but tbe odious impost tithe . He married Bind on Scott's , only daughter whose wbele fortune was n tithe , and no doubt he takes care of the tithe at any rate—[ bear , hear . ) He never proposed a measure yet that he did not betray when he found it his interest to do so . Lat any one who doubts this read bis letters to Brie , upon the Catholic question , and how be worked bimBelf to oil for the purpose of getting a vote of confidence f . om the Catholics of Ireland ; bnt thank God he was disappointed and defeated in his wicked attempt to sell the Catholics of this Empire . Before be put the Repeal in abeyance he prevailed upon John O'Brien , Tom Arfcina , and that great gooae , Brennon , the poor rate collector , to pass a vote of confidence In him , at the Tirades' U . ion . soon after which tbe
Repeal was pqt in abeyance , and' bis son in law—tbe beautiful and elegant repeal member—Pitzsimon , hopped off to the Whigs , and sold the county Dublin to a Nen-repealer , fora fat Whig place—( hear , hear . That ' s true , we know that )—Depend upon it thst tbe greatest godsend he could get now would be some sort of ceerciou act , because that would give him an opportunity of kicking up a great dust about tyranny , behind which he would retreat with tbe thousands of pounds be bas got from tbe people . This is what he is looking for . The scheme is a deep one , but he has been at every aerfc of scheme to make money by a short cut since ever I knew him . Well I remember what my lamented friend , the late Very Rev . Dr . Hamill , said about him It has come to pass . I shall mention it
upon , a future occasion . H 6 calls us infidels . Let him answer tbe admirable arguments of our excellent countryman Con iMurray . It ib by raising the hue and cry against us that he hopes to escape detection and exposure himself . But thank God vte are rising as we ought to do in public estimation . The people are beginning to see . that the shillings of the poor will not Repeal the Union . They are beginning to doubt that this year , 1843 , is the Repeal year . They ask how can we Repeal the Union when we cannot return Repeal Mefflbers for the cifcy ot the county of Dublin ? How can we Repeal the Union when we cannot prevent the passing of an Irish Arms Bill ? It is heart-rending to see bow the people are cheated . Mr . Rafter resumed his seat amidst tbe repeated acclamations ef tbe
meeting . Mr . Dyolt read the last day ' s minutes , and the object * and rules of the Association . He then proposed tot admission , Mr . Simon Tobin , iron-founder , and Mr . Patrick Carr , carpenter , who were admitted . Mr . Dyott said that he regretted yery mnch to be forced to bring under tbe notice of the meeting the strange conduct of some of tbe members of the Association , men connected with his own trade , letter-press printing . Tbe men to whom be alluded were all Scotchmen . And it would be in the recollection of tbe meeting that those men bad solicited to became members of the Association at a tiBie when Mr . O'Connell accused tbe association with the crime of being composed chiefly of Scotchmen and Englishmen ; nothing daunted , we hailed the accession of tbe Scotch type founders to our ranks ,
we receive them as brethren . For a while they attended our meetings . They began to fall off ; the reason assigned tben was that we held our meetings during their Kirk hours—we changed the hoar of meeting from two o ' clock in the day to six o ' clock in the evening , ef which change they received due notice ; they said that this hour interfered with their evening prayer . They attended our meetings occasionally . But what be Mr . Dyott complained of , and what be conceived the whole Chartist body had just cause to complain , is , tbat upon several occasions during tbe winter months when large parties were brought into these rooms for the purpose of overthrowingus , and of which our Scotch friends had due notice , instead of coming like men to our assistance , they absented
themselves upon all those occasions , leaving us to fight the battle of ignorance , intolerance , and prejudice , as well as we could—( Shame , shame . ) Well , it was consolatory after all , that we were not defeated , for ben we are gay , hearty , and triumphant , cheered on by the conscious rectitude of our own principles and tbe approbation of every good man in the community—( cheers ) . We regret the defection of our friends . We are not angry witb them , but sorry for them . It is but just to ourselves to say tbat were we in England or in Scotland , and acted in a similar way we should look upon ourselves as' traitors to our principles—( hear , ) .
Mr . O'HigqinB said that there was a notice of a motion on the books for a vote of thanks to Mr . Crawford for having defeated the emigration / swindle . Mr . Crawford bad justly earned not only tbeir most cordial thanks , but the gratitude of the wbole community for having defeated one branch of this nefarious project—( hear , hear ) . The other branch of it—tbe Catholic Emigration Swindle , tbat in which he regretted to say tbe Very Rev . Dr . Tone , is concerned has not been brought before Parliament yet He begged leave to save Mr . Clarke ' s motion for tbe next day of meeting . The thanks of be meeting were tben voted to Mr . Rafter , after which the meeting separated .
COGGESBALL , Essex . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartist Association , on Monday evening , tbe attention of the members was called to a paragraph in tbe Star of Saturday last , by which it appeared that the Chartists of Croydon had spoken of the late meeting in a very handsome manner , and likewise accorded a unanimous vote of thanks to the Chartists of CoggeshalL It was resolved that the best manner in which we could respond to the friends at Croydon would be to follow their example , and immediately the sum of five shillings was collected for the defence fund .
MANCHESTER . —The Chartist youths held their weekly meeting in the Association room , Browustreet , on Tuesday evening last , when Mr . William Dixon addressed , them , upon the necessity of the young men of this country applying their minds for tbe purpose of obtaining knowledge , not only upon questions of policy but upon every branch of useful learning . The youths have opened the above room on Saturday and Monday evenings for amusement , tbeir object being that of preventing the youths of Manchester , if posiible , from attending the ' free and-easy' and the singing saloons , by which so many are led from the paths of virtue . Admission , gentlemen , 2 d . ; ladies , Id . The amusements are conducted upon total abstinence principles , no person allowed to bring intoxicating drink into the room . There is also to be a public lecture in th < j above room , on Tuesday evening in each week , admission free .
NAS 4 TWICH . —A public meeting was held in the Chartist Room , in this place , on Monday evening last , when Mr . Dix o ^ , from Manchester , delivered a lecture upon the land aud its capabilities , to a highly respectable audience . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was given to the obairman and lecturer and the meeting separated . BRADFORD . — On Tuesday evening the Rev . Thomas Spencer , of Bath , lectured in the Temperance Hall , on Complete Suffrage . TODWOaDBN .-On Sunday last , Mr . David Ross , of Manchester , delivered two lectures in the Odd Fellows' Hall , both of which were very well attended . At the conclusion of the last lecture a vote of unlimited confidence was unanimously passed ia Mr . Robert Brook . Mr . Brook started for London by the eight o'clock train on Wednesday night .
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TO THE CHA . RTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Brethren—You will learn by this week ' s Star the turn which affairs have taken , and the present position in which our friends are placed . I shall not dwell upoa the particulars , but I write to ask you most seriously to consider the glorious victory which most , ere long , crowa our movement , if we do our dnty . We most hope for the best , but we must prepare for the worst . Our friends are poor ; tbeir families bave already suffered much ; and some of them have bad hard work to raise the means of coming to London . It was necessary that they should come , and this occasioned much expense .
I know one wbo has had to borrow the means necessary to ensure his appearance in Court ; and that , too , under circumstances to which I will ( sot now allude farther . All this expeace , direct and indirect , is thus Incurred in vain , and will be incurred over again , should the court overrule the objections raised by counsel , snd proeMd to judgment Yoa have not more , and it msy be less , than ftmoath to prepare the funds necessary to . complete our triumph . Now , let every man be at hia post , and do all be can to aid in giving a legal , psaeeable , bnt determined death-blow to despotism and misrule . I do not call upon yon to aid the ** men : the
« auM ia moie your ' s than theix > s , and I will fox once appeal even to the principle of self , let it not be said that while a few were ready to sacrifice their all for the cause , tbe thousands of wotkisg men failed to support them , and that , too , -while the pipe and pot went freely round . We must bam an ample defence fund provided , and that without delay . Up then , Wf >\ v Vi p , \ PPfe be doing , and God blesa you . tTT . ^ Cvt , J— ^ Your " s , in the good cause , /^ " ^ it ^ - ' -l ¦ - ¦ I ~/ Z \ ~~\ t . b , sute' s , ^ j _ ' ^;^ A London , Ma ? K , 1843 . /< ' /? ^ ^** c , ° \» y / A w ^ V& ™ ra U VIS 'vatti . ww
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