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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1842.
    • JULIAN HARNEY TO THE CHARTISTS OF 1 SHEFFIELD.
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      DUNDEE . LORIOUS TRIUMPH OF PRINCIPLE - OVER DELUSION . The anti-Corn Law gentlemen , in acordance with the tactics of the party throughout the country , on hearing the result of Tarn worth Bob's fire months ' deliberation , resolved to get up a public meeting to denounce the sliding scale , to petition the House of Commons against it , and memorialise her Majesty for t ^ ie dismissal of the present Ministry . They presented a requisition to the ProTosfc , * signed by about 250 merchants , manufacturers , and shopkeepers , and he fixed the meeting to be held en Monday , the 28 th nit ., at one p . m ., on the Magdalen Yard Green .

      On the Wednesday previous , the Secretary of the Democratic Council , receiTed a letter from the Secretary of the Complete Suffrage Association , suggesting a conference between the Council and the Committee of the latter body , in order to come to an unanimous resolution on the Suffrage , as they understood that that question would come before the meeting at tha conclusion of the Gorn Law business . The council had previously resolved to more amendments to any resolution that might be submitted to the meeting , pledging them to agitate in any way ' on the Corn L&ws ; and , at their meeting on Friday evening , preparatory to the conference "with the "¦ Sfcurge party , " they resolved to adhere to their former decision ; and fire members were appointed to

      eonfer with the other committee . On their meeting , the Secretary of the Complete Suffrage Association Baid they wished to know what course ; he Chartists intended to pursue on the Suffrage being brought before the meeting . Ho was informed that they in thai matter would be guided by circumstances jthat in the event of a motion being submitted for complete or universal suffrage , it would be met by an amendment for the Charter , a&d that the Chartists would not agree to any resolution for any thing less . A copy of a resolution -was submitted to them which T&ceiTfid the approbation of almosi all iae members of Ihe Complete Suffrage Committee . This matter , then , seemed to be settled , but thea cime the question of questions . "How do youintend to acton the Corn Law question * " asked the Complete Suffrage Patriots . (?) There was the " rub . " They were told the cour 3 e

      intended to be pursued by the council—a course which the Sturgues considered to be " very unwise , very ill-judged , and calculated to iojure the cause of Chartism . " The deputation of course gave an opposite opinion ; it was policy they had successfully pursued with great advantage to : keir cause , as was evidenced by the formation of Complete Suffrage Associations among the middle classes , who would not have gone that length had it not been for the opposition given to the anti-Corn Law movement by the Chartists . Tie deputation wished one of the other party to move , second , or support the resolution , which was of a sort agreed to by both parties ; but none being present who would ¦ undertake to do iiis , it wa 3 agreed that six of each Committee should meet on Saturday evening , to make the final arrangement ; .

      They met as agreed upon ; but instead of settling about speakers , the time was spent in discussing the policy of opposing the resolutions on the Corn L % ws . The Chartists still adhering to their former resolve , the meeting broke up , the Complete Suffrage men declaring that the conference would do more harm than good , as they thonght it would break up their association . The greatest excitement prevailed on Monday j by twelve o ' clock , the streets were thronged with working men , hurrying to the scene of action ; a fixed determination to Etandby the right visible on their honest open countenances . By one o ' clock , 16 , 000 or 18 , 000 persons were COKgregated round the hustings .

      Edward Baxter , Esq ., was unanimously called to the chair . He opened the business by commenting on the conduct of magistrates , their refu-al to preside , and the holding of the meeting on the Magdalen Yard Green , instead of the High-street , during this inclement season of the year , "He contrasted the conduct of Provost Lawson , the present chiefmagistrate , in refnsiiig to preside over such an important meeting of tie whole inhabitants as . the present convened by himself , and the conduct of the Provost 3 , Hackney and Johnstone , who , when they convened a portion of the inhabitants only presided at the meetings . Ho read a letter he had received from the Town Clerk , stating that the magistrates

      tad learned that other business than that mentioned in the requisition , was to be brought before the meeting , and that an effigy of Sir Robert Peel was to be paraded through the streets , and afterwards burned in the Maxket-pl&ce , and expressing their disapproval of such procesdings , and holding him respcniible for the peace of the town . - He had reinrned for answer that he knew nothing of the effigy until that moment ; that he saw it in the street , and that the magistrates should now , as alway 3 , be prepared to preserve the peace —( cheers ) . He then stated the business of the meeting , enjoining them to preserve order , and promised a fair hearing to all who wished to address the meeting .

      Mr . Alexander Ealsos , manufacturer , in a speech composed of the usual anti-Corn Law arguments , moved ihe folio wing resolution : — " That this meeting considers the sliding scale of duties on foreign grain , proposed by Sir Robert Peel , S 3 an insult and a mockery to the patient and longsuffering people ; and this meeting believes that the GoTsmment would not have proposed sneh a measure had not the patience of the people , under their -wrongs , induced the aristocracy to believe that they would submit to anything however oppressive and unjust "

      Thi 3 was seconded by W . 6 . Baxter , Esq ., who apologised for the ^ absence of his brother , through indisposition , who intended to second the resolution . ' Mr . Johs Dcscak stated that he cordially agreed with the latter part of the resolution—the patience ot the people had emboldened others than the aristocracy to oppress them . The resolution was passed unanimously . The Rev . Mr . Gilfillam , in one of ihe most ludicrous and bombastic speeches we ever had the . misfortnne to listen to , moved the following resolution . " Tkat this meeting declares its conviction that the essential food of man is exempt , by the laws of nattrre and Providence , from all liability to restriction or taxation ; and that every interference -with its free exchange for the honest industry of the labouring classes is immoral and irreligious . " The Rev . Mr . Spesce briefly seconded the resolution , which was agreed to .

      At this Etage of the proceedings Daniel McEwen , Esq . j writer , was appointed clerk to the meeting . Thomas Sacsdkbs , Esq ., merchant , in moving the next resolution , declared bis conviction that justice would never be done to the people without a change in the representative system of the country . The resolntion was as follows : — " That a memorial to the Queen and a petition to -Parliament be presented from this meeting , in accordance with these resolutions , the memorial to the Queen praying that her iisjesty will dismiss from her Councils , her present Ministers as altogether incompetent and cnwilliDK to conduct the tffairs of this great nation on the principles of justice and humanity . " Seconded by D . McEtten , Esq ., who declared that lie wa 3 as great a Reformer as any man present , yet refused to officiate as clerk , because he anticipated an amendment being proposed . David retired amid the disapprobation of the meeting .

      Mr . John DcxcAS then came forward , and was received with loud cheers . He reviewed the speeches of the previous speakers , especially the effusions of the parsons , amidst loud bnrsts of applause . He characterised them aa hypocrites , for standing aloof from the agitation for the rights of the people , yet joining the manufacturers in their cry for cheap bread . He earnestly called npon the people to stand firm to their principles , and concluded by moving the following amendment to the resolution : — «• That it is the opinion of this meeting that theJaaiiY evils cf which the working classes of Britain have to complain arise principally from class legislation , ard win continue to exist , in one form or another , until

      the whole male population above twenty-one years of age , be in possession of the right of electing men to represent them in the House of Commons , accordinz to the plan of representation denominated the People ' s Charter ; acd , being convinced that the repeal of any bad law would fail to remedy the existing distress—( so long as the power of law mating rests in the fcand 3 if the middle and higher elasses alone )—and that it -would be a profligate waste of the means and energies of the people , and a mockery of their miseries to agitate for anything short of the full measure of their r-chts , Iiereby resolve to sgitite for the enactment into law of the People ' s Charter , and to give ns countenance or support to any movement for a less measure of justice . "

      ( Great cheering . ) Mr . W . Davidson seconded the amendment . He urged the people to be firm and rely upon themselves , as they could expect no support from either Y . 'kigs or Tories . Mr . Peterein supported the amendment . The Chairman then took the vote , -when the hands of the vast multitude were raised for the amendment , and few , very few indeed , against it . Tae Chairman declared the amendmert carried by a large majority ; we should say by at least fifty to one . His announcement of the-vote was received with rapturous applause , which lasted for some minutes . ; The Chairman wished to know if Mr . Duncan intended to embody the res&luiion iu j . petition . Mr . Dc > xa 5 said he had no objection , and moved a resolution accordingly .

      • The anti-Corn Law party then insisted thattte spjjxjt of ail the resolutions should be embraced in ihe petition . This was objected to by ihe Chartists . ilNw some discussion , Mr . Duncan withdrew his tBqffcSj and Mr . Psterkin , jun ., moved the -adoption j ^ fcjj ^ titjon embracin g the spirit of all the resolu-^ tJjfifflEQy ** Tfas seconded by Mr . A ? ex . Young . ^¦ hUKHPas Anderson moved that there be no vS 8 pw | 9 i » ich was seconded by Mr . J . M Pheesos , X ^ QMpNkta was supported b ' y Messrs . Wiguto >

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      On being put to the vote , tb . 9 amendment was carried by a large majority . A clerk being required to draw up the minutes of the meeting , Mr . John Hunter and Mr . James MThersori were severally proposed . On a vote being taken Mr . James MTherson wa 3 elected by a large majority , « . , After a hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman for his impartial conduct in the chair , and three cheers for the Charter , the meeting quietly dispersed . This was truly the most important meeting held in Dundee since the commencement of our agitation . On its decision depended the existence of Chartism

      ia this quarter , and it has really decided , it has strengthened us , secured our supremacy as the leading and only political party , and verified the prediction of the Complete Suffrage seers , for it has not only destroyed them , but laid the last clod on the grave of the poor " corn craikB . " Add Dandee to the list of victories . Right has obtained over might ; let those who have not yet met the delnders follow our example . On onr return from the meeting , we beheld the foolish display of the burning of Peel ' s effigy . Faugh ! Is this the " respectable" mode of agitation I

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      SINCERITY OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE MEN IN THEIR ADVOCACY OF CHARTIST PRINCIPLES . Every week , and almost every day , is now big with events tending to prove that onr advice to the people to " take care of themselves" ia the proposed and eagerly sought for alliance of their new friends , the Corn Law repealing " Extension " men , wa 3 founded on a- clear and right view of the character of these worthies . In our last , we noticed a great public meeting at Wolverhampton , in which it appeared from the face

      of the resolutions , of the speeches , and of the whole proceedings , that " the entire animal" had been bolted without the least wincing . The Charter was acknowledged , in the first resolution to be the first thing necessary to be gone for , as a means whereby relief from unjust legislation was to be had . The resolution was moved by one of their first-rate men ; it contained no reference to any distinct agitation for Corn Law Repeal now , but referred to the Cbarter as the thing to be obtained . Here it is : —

      " That the distress under which the people of this town and district are now—and have been for so long suffering—is caused by the laws which ro : trict the importation of food ; that the ministerial proposal for the amendment of these laws adds insult to injury by its mockery of relief ; that the certainty of such amendment being carried by the majority of the members of the present House of Commons , is a proof of the necessity of putting an end to these and other evils of class legislation , by such extension of the franchise as shall secure to all ranks of the people that full , fair , and free representation , as defined iu the People ' s Charter , to which on the principles of the constitution they are entitled . " The only other resolution , a memorial to the Queen , was of a precisely similar character ,

      praying : — "That , aa your petitioners have been denied justice by the House of Commons as at present constituted , they beg that your Majesty wiil take such measures as shall secure to your people a full , fair , and free representation , as defined by the People ' s Charter . " This memorial was seconded by a Mr . Kettle ; and a very pretty Chartist kettle he boiled . We have not read a more excellent Chartist speech thi 3 long time than than this same Mr . Kettle ' s speech , as reported in the " Plague ' s" organ , The Staffordshire Examiner , save that it smacks a leetle too strongly of Baillib Jaryey ' s " het poker . " That from a newly converted Whig is a thing of course ; and it was beside so nicely " bevilJed off" that it

      might pass , upon the whole , for a very capital initiatory Whig-Chartist introduction to the school of peaceful agitation . Take a sample of it from the Plague ' s organ : — "From all he had witnessed during bis time , he was now convinced that the representative system was defective ; and that nothing but a full , fair , and free representation of the people could lead them to hope for any justice . The legislative and execntive in this country were based upon the principle of aristocracy , and that alone . Labour was the only property not recognised by rho constitution . The principle of aristocracy had been tried and found wanting , The intelligence of the age had condemned it . The aristocracy bad cried " no

      surrender . " Let the people shout back again "to the principle of aristocracy no quarter "—( loud cheers . ) The repeal of the Corn Law would give them the key of the cupboard ; but "Universal Suffrage would give them the key cf the whole house—( great cheering ) . They had that day fully and fairly taken up thai question ; and it would be for them to say whether thay were to go on with it —( cheers , and cries of " yes , yes ") . Let them remember that they had tried the constitution , and the pinch-point must come soon . They all felt that they were upon the eve of great events —( hear , hear ) . Men had begun to contemplate things that were not talked about . Ho was not an advocate for physical force ; but there must be a mighty change , or the bonds of society will be broken a-nnder . "

      Now we ask gravely if a fairer seeming could be asked fur by the people than that which this meeting exhibits of a hearty co-operation of the " plague ' men with the Chartists , a determined effort for " full , fair , and free representation" ? So adroitly were all things managed that Ditfy who was there = aid that : — "Ho and his brother Chartists had come there tiat day determined , if any trickery had been practised , to acre an amendment ; but when he saw

      men conucg out honestly and justly , as the gentlemen around him had done , to obtain their rights then he" would Bay all opposition oughi to cease—to be buried and forgotten for ever . He would say , let them be peaceable , lojal , and just , above all things ; and constitutionally attend to their own rights . Let them go forth , and they would obtain the Charter . LeJ every man present join the Charter Association . He was proud to see the unanimity lhat prevailed amongst the middle and working classes of this town . "

      Certainly if anything betoken unanimity , and be calculated to give the appearance of sincerity to : the proceedings of the " Plague" men , this meeting did do so . What is the fact 2 What were its results Did it end in the whole bevy of " respectable" middle class " Plague" men go' . n * down to tho Chartist rooms and enrolling their names as members ? Weie the subscription lists to all the valuable public Chartist machinery for keeping up the agitation for , and ultimately securing " full

      free , and fair representation , as defined by the People ' s Charter , ' immediately swelled out with the contributions of ( heir new-born allies , that the mutual desire mSs ; ht bo speedily accomplished ? Not a bit of it ! It ended in Mr . Kettle ' s going down to the Chartist Room to tell the people honestly that his speech in the afternoon had been " all gammon ; " that notwithstanding his hatred of class legislation , and his anxiety for tho principles of the Charter , he had no purpose to have any . other connection with the Chartists than to use

      them as tools for tne carrying of Corn ht ^ Sf Repeal Hear him , a 3 reported by the " Plague ' s !* o ^ gan : — " Mr . Kettle proceeded to state that he was reluctantly compelled to harbour such misgivings as to prevent his formally joining the National Charter Association , until he should be better satisfied as to its Executive . He told them that he held in his hand a publication bearing the authority of Feargus O'Connor , which convinced him that that individual vrss an enemy to free trade , and one by , or with whom , no Corn Law Repealer , desiring to adopt the Charter as a means to an end , could consent to be led or allied . Mr . Kettle then proceeded to read and comment on several of the extracts from the

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      Northern Star , which , will be found in our leading article ; and conoluded by declaring that , as he could not consent to attach himself to a party by whose recognised heads the motives and efforts of the free traders were abused , and by whom free trade itself was condemned , he must receive an unequivocal assurance that the Chartists bound themselves to no men ( Feargus O'Connor , or any one else , ) who pursued that course i but that , on the contrary , they renounced the influence of all Buch persons , before he ( Mr . Kettle ) would complete the compact at issue . "

      Now , whether is this fellow a greater knave or fool ? He professes to seek the Charter a 3 a means to an end ; that end being the repeal of the Corn Laws ; he avows Iris conviction that the Corn Laws cannot be repealed until the people have that "full , free , and fair representation , as defined by the People ' s Charter , to which they are entitled by the Constitution ; " ho avows his conviction that the Corn Laws produce all the distress of the country ; that they must be repealed , and that they never can be repealed until the Charter has been got ; and yet he refuses to go for the Charter , because Feargus O'Connor , and the Northern Star , and some other parties , have denounced the "Plague" as insincere in their agitation I Could he have furnished better evidence of that

      insincerity ; at all events as far as he is concerned 1 If the Charter be the only means for Repeal ing the Corn Laws , and if the Repeal of the Corn Laws be the one great thingwanted , what need he care about any misoheivous influence of O'Connor and the Northern Star ! Surely the whole League , with its mighty array of " influence" and talent , and wealth , and ita many , very many " best possible instructors , " are more than sufficient to counterbalance any nugatory influence which might be exercised by one man and one newspaper ! Where then is the mighty boggle ? The rogues know that they dont mean to go for the Charter at all ; that they mean only , if possible , to " gammon the flats , " and

      they know that while the influence of Feaf * us aim the Star continues they oan ' t do it ; they will be too closely watched I Hence the organ of this Mr . Kettle , the "Plague" man—the Staffordshire Examiner ^ —in the very same paper which reports this meeting , oooupies faur mortal columns , exactly oneseventh part of hi 3 whole paper , with a laboured and most villanously Jesuitical justification of the course pursued by Mr . Kettlk , designed to quieten the consciences of the more honest of their followers , and to persuade ihem that though they voted for the Charter , and introduced it into their memorial to gull the Chartists ; that though they have : —

      "Apparently ( tho italics are his own ) extended the right hand of political fellowship and bent the knee of political obedience to the disciples and paid agents of the monopoly-supporting Feargus O'Connor—to the approvers of the blood-spilling Frost , Williams , and Jones , and to th " e perpetrators of the Tory-fermented disturbances at anti-Corn Law meetings . * * * ; . *• ¦•¦ * * The rational and consistent Reformers of this borough aTo no mobk Chartists or less resolute Corn Law Repealers than ever they were "

      Now , then , Chartists ! what say you to your new allies ? Did we not tell you that they were " pigs with soaped tails" ! ! Wolverhampton is not the only instance of this honourable dealing of the new converts to Chartism and "Complete Suffrage . " At Huddersfield , in like manner , they sought to carry with them popular support by uniting the Suffrage with the Corn Law question , in precisely like manner—as a means to an end . Their sincerity here , as at Wplverliamp * ton , appears in its true light when viewed in connection with the following placard , plentifully distributed on the day of meeting : —

      Corn Law Repealers . —Whatever resolutions you adopt this evening , respecting the Suffrage , take care that you do not let that question take the place of Free Trade and Cheap Bread . If you should sink agitation for the Repeal of the Bread Tax , in agitation for the extension of tho Suffrage , that Tax , with all its disastrous consequences , must continue for some years . But if you can honestly and cordially unite for an agitation of the two objects distinct , you are sure to succeed in getting rid of the bread tax in a very short time . ''

      However , the HuddersScld " lads" met them well and bravely ; their " Complete Suffrage" humbug , with which they hoped to get in the thin end of the wedge , was rightly shivered by Clayton , with his amendment" That it is the cpiniou of this meeting , that to securo a real , 'full , freo , and fair representation of the whole people in the Csmmons' House of Parliament , ' the whole of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , \ iz : Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Electoral Districts , must become the law of tho land , the whole of which are requisite and necessary to secure a real and efficient representation . "

      The people showed that this was their opinion by leaving the humbugs with just four hands to clap each other , and keep out the cold for their " Complete Suffrage" move . The thin end of the Wedge having been thus disposed of , Clayton again let fall the sledge-hammer of Chartism upon the thick end by moving , as an amendment to Mr . Copstack ' s motion for a continuance of the Corn Law agitation , " That the agitation for the whole Charter take precedence of all other agitations . " This floored tho hypocrites at once , and left honesty triumphant . So let it be in every place and our causa is safe , and liberty shall shortly greet us with her invigorating smile .

      We are happy to perceive that our counsels have not been slighted . The people have , in almost every place , recovered the falso step they made in one or two places , of joining with the traitors . Tho Merthyr Tydvil people , at a full meeting , hold on Monday evening , resolved" That every approach towards au union with the Corn Law League must bo regarded aa a direct step towards a betrayal of the Chartist cause ; and that every public meeting which neglects to affirm tho adoption of the People's Charter as the only remedy for the distresses of the people must be considered as compromising the great right of the working classes to a share in the making of the laws . "

      This is the true position for the people ; and the only safe one . Atd though in one or two places the English ChartistB have suffered their national failing of good nature and unsuspeotingnes 3 to betray them half into the toils , the Scotch lads are " wido awake' ' to it . ' All glory to the men of Dundee ! The " canny Scots" have done it well ! We have seldom been more delighted than we were on reading the report which appears in our present paper of ; the utter overthrow , discomfiture , and annihilation of the " corn craiks" by the "bonnie lads" of

      Dundee . They were , indeed , well mei ! Every fold of the foul serpent was laid open—every trick foiled ; a more perfect triumph could hot hare been obtained ; nor do we ever remember to have seen a display of more wily and well arranged tactics than those of the Anti-corn Law men on this occasion . They first felt their May through the medium of their friends , the " complete suffragists "—they then tried < : the artful dodge" of moving resolutions merely de . nunciatory of the evils of bad legislation ^ without pledging * even to any future line of

      conduct , in the hope of getting the blind side of the meeting by embodying , not the resolutions , but the spirit of the resolutions , in the memorialthe formal voice of the meeting ; which would have enabled them to breathe into those resolutions the foul spirit of patchwork , in the form of an exclusive or unduly prominent prayer for Corn Law Repeal . It was a deep trick , well played , and cleverly stopped . We fear nothing for tho people with bo much quickness and good sense about them , as this and tbo Huddersfield meeting shew . We defy any set of eophists , or tricksters

      in the world , now , to " palaver" them out of their watchfulness . They will keep to the right road , and they will compel all travellers to go with them or stand out of the way .

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      Public Funds , —To prevent mistakes , let it be especially noted ihaV all monies received by our Cashier for the yarious Chartist funds are acknowledged by him in the column of" Notices to Correspondents , " and that be is answerable only for the sums there advertised to have been received . Money Orders to this Office . —Our cashier is frequently made to endiire an amount ofinconveniehce utterly incoiiceivahle by those who have not multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often givenito make alt money orders sent here payable , to Mr . John Ardill . Seme orders dre made payable to Mr , O'Connors—some toi-Mr . Hobsdn—sortie to Mr Hill—some to ^ Star Office : all these require the

      signatures of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be got . This causes ah attendance at the post-office of , some times , several hours , inheri a few minutes might suffice if all were , rightly given— -ritot to meritibm the most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it . Several old agents , who certainly ought to know better , have often thus needlessly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , beg that all parties having money to send to the ' Slar Office for papersj by order , will make : their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; (/" , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves , let them not blame its .

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      A Host of Correspondentsrmust stand over . We have neither space nor time even to notice them To the People of Oldhaji and Bradford ,---. /! while banner , bearing the following inscription , " May ' theywhointakechaimto / 'slaveryever want employment" trimmed with green Jringer and two red tassels , with a black polished pole , was lent to Leonard A slop , ofOldhamifor the O''Con norDemonstration , and afterwards to the

      Bradford delegate , for me demonstration at Bradford . The owner of the banner will feel obliged to the Bradford delegate of the O'Connor Demonstration at Oldhcimi or to any other person that may have the same , by forwarding it to James Wheeler , No . 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester , Will \ Mr . ; West , of Macclesjield , be so good as send James Fox his address ^ Direct to James Fox , in care of William Robshaw , Good Samaritan Inn , Dewsbury .

      Has Mr . Cantelo , of Newport , Isle of Wight , received a letter , dated 10 th of February , IM 2 , and two other letters , that were sent from Brighton in the months of November and December , 1841 ? If so , Mr . N . Morling requests that he will oblige , by acknowledging the receipt of the same as early aspossible . Mr Lansdkll , of Marlbdrough-place , Brighton , has 7 iow a , slock of Puider ' s blacking ; and he will give ten per cent , of the profits to the Convention Fund for this district . Mrs . Holberry legs to acknowledge the receipt of 3 s . 6 d . from Mr . Hurley and a few friends in ¦ York . : \ :. V :. ... . ¦¦ . . ¦ - Bahnsley Odd Fellows . —The notice of their Sun'

      day school teachersmeeting on Monday evening next , at seven o ' clock , m the school-room , is an advertisement . ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦ Liverpool .- -The sub-Secretary ' s address is Evan Davies , Barnard APCartney ' s , News Agent , 13 , Cross Hall Street . Keighley . — The Easter Dues paragraph next week . : ' ' ¦ : < : :: ' . ' ¦ ¦¦ ' . ¦ - . ¦ ' ¦¦ . - ¦'' ¦¦ ¦; :. .- \ ' ^ Morgan Rhys . —The Plates he mentions were never given with ^ e Northern Star * Wm . Carruth . — Specify the Plates wanted . James Middleton , Brechin . —The Paper : was sent . last week . - . ¦ : .. ' ¦¦' . '"¦ ¦ ¦ ' -: \ . ¦'¦'¦ . . ' J . N . Ruthven . —The Agent he mentions has not ordered any Plates . ' FOR THE CONVENTION . . " . . . .. . V : - . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' £ b . d . From Mr . Simpson , per J . Parker , Camberweli ... ^ ... 0 0 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . FromMr . W . Coltman , Leicester ... 0 5 0 FOR MRS . FROST . From Mr . W . Norman , Ventnor ... 0 0 6 FOR MRS . JONES . From the Pllkington Charter Association ... - . " .. ... ... 0 1 G FOR MRS . WILLIAMS . From the Pilfelngton Charter Association ... ... ... ... 0 1 6

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      " What breast-plate like a heart untainted ? Thrice ho is aimed who hath his quarrel just , And he but naked though lo ' ck'd up in steel , " Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted . " , Brother PEMOCRATS .- ^ It is my painful duty to address you upon matters appertaining to myself ; a task to the man of sense always unpleasant , but tUe more so , when , as in ; the present case , duty , not only to myself , but to the cause of democracy , demands that I should epeak of others also , who are employed in sapping the strength of our organization , by calumniating the characters of those ia whom the people confide , and look up to as their leaders in their struggle for right i and justice ; ;

      A few remarks upon the proceedings at the late meeting in Paradise-square , ore uecessaiy ; at that meeting Messrs . Otley and Gill supported a resolution for universal suffrage and the ballot ; 1 seconded an amend - ment for the Cbarter , whole and entire , which , thanks to the sound principle and sterling honesty of the people / was carried by a triumphant majority . By way of excusing themselves for the false position they had taken up , Messrs . Otley and Gill stated that the resolution which they supported had been promised fcupport by myself and others , and that we afterwards retracted that promise ; that they , Messrs . Otley and Gill being honourable men , valuing their reputation arid their word , woukl not do the same , hence they supported the resolution . Now hear the facts of the case . . - : ¦ : ¦ : ¦¦ ; : ., - ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ' . . ¦ ¦ . ' . . • : ¦'

      It is true that on the TueBday eve preceding the meeting in the Square , a hasty and reluctant assent was given by certain members of the council to the said resolution ; but the folly of the step was seen almost as soon as taken , and at a general meeting of the council held next day * it was wssolyed that the sense of the Association at large should be taken that evening , and that , in the interim , the haity and ill-advised decision of the previous evening should be annulled . A meeting of members and friends of the Association took place in the evening , at which there could not have been less than five hundred persons present , when , with the exception pi three or four individuals , the said resolution was unanimously condemned , and it was resolved that an amendment for the whole Charter should be proposed whenever the meeting ( not then announced ) should take place .

      Messrs . Otley -and GUI condemn the council for having first promised a certain thing and then retracting their promiso . The doctrine of these gentlemen ia , that the council having done a certain thing , no matter whether right or wrong , the Association ia bound to submit ; a doctrine more subversive of the " sovereignty of the peeple , " was certainly never yet broached by Whig or Tory . Suppose we had a House cf Commons elected by Universal Suffrage , who , in their legislative capacity wero guilty of some erroneous or tyrariical act , according to Messrs . Otley and Gill the people are bound

      to submit because they have elected that : House of Commons . I think different ; my creed is , that the people can never be divested , or divest themselves of their natural and rightful Sovereignty , and that when their representatives fail to do right it is the prerogative of the people to over-rule their decision . Acting upon these principles , the Council submitted their vote to the Association ; by it that vote was ; condemned . The course to be pursued was marked out by the Association ; and , iu taking the part myself and others did take in the Square , we but obeyed the voice , and carried out the will of the people .

      Messrs . Otley and Gill would fiin have had you believe that it was a high sense of honour pn their part that compelled them ^ to support the ^ Whig-concocted resolution ; to believe them , they expected help instead of opposition from myself and those who at ted with me , ^ weet innocents ! What are the facts of the case ? . ; : ¦; ' A . .: / . . ¦¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . : ' ¦ - ¦" : ¦¦ .-: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; - ¦ . ¦ ¦; . ¦ ' .: '¦/¦' " ' , On Wednesday , the lGth , ( two daya before the meeting , ) by half-pasi two o ' clock , Mr . Otley had placed in hia hands a letter stating that the Council hatl annulled the vote of the preceding evening , and that the whole matter woald be brought before the Associatiob . In the letter Mr . O ^ was requested to summon his Council or Association for that evening , to know the decision of 1 the Assotiat oa meeting in Fig-tree lane . Here waa due notice given to JYTr . Otley that the vote of the previous evening had been rescinded by the Council , and that the Association would probably do the

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      aame . What did Mr . Otley do ? Did he come to Uie meeting in Fig-tree Lane , to learn tha sentiments of the people ? No * bat smeeting was h&&at the "Void . tical Institute , " and the parties there assembled Were , bjr Messrs . Qfcley , GUI , and Co ., ptodged to mxpport the humbug resolution . ' ^ ¦ But I maintain , that independent of the decision of the Association , the council was not bound to abide by tte original vote , that vote was agreed to upon certain conditions / the conditions were , that the Corn Law Repealers , as a body , should ^ give their support to the resolution ; was those conditions fulfilled ? NO ! True the resolution was supported by . t / Lr . Palfreyman , ( where , —aje where is Holberry ?) - ^ by the illustrious Mr . Wardle , by the patriotic Mr . Harvey , of Chartist

      Camp-meeting notoriety , who has been " all things by tarns and nothing long , " and by certain " gorbetweens , " to ' wit , Mr . "Naw-moye" Allen and Co . Bat , did Mr . Ibbetaon and the other " great gans" of the Anti-Corn Law men promise their support of the resolution ? ( Mr . Ibbettson will tell you , you are " too ignorant for the suffrage . ") Did the uody otthe Corn Law Repealers promise their support ? Did , or will , their , organ the Independent , give the resolutionltasupport ? No ! no ; H ' -re then the original conditions 'were not complied with . Messrs . Otley and Gill Jmew thia ; what humbug then on their part it was to talk their high-flown staff about '' honour" and •' reputation , " when , as their acts testify they were consigning you over to the Whigs , who would deceive and betray yon again , as once too often they have done before . *

      I have now a few words WiUx Mr . Gill paiticnlarly To believe this gentleman he is the most disinterested of politicians , and altogether above the thought of living by agitation , or accepting of anything from the people in return for his very important service ? . I do not think this gentleman worth any recrimination on my part , or I might show that Mr . Gill ' s services have not been , and are not of that disinterested character he Would fain have the public believe . ; : v : ' - ' : Mr . Gill thought proper to denounce me as being the paid tool of Feargus O'Connor . On the spot , and before he had time even to turn round , I challenged him to meet me at the close of the business for which the meeting had been convened , and there make good , if he could , his insulting calumny ; but , where was he when called for ? The bird was flown ; like some wrial sprite he had vanished ! " Tell it not in ; Gath , " the valiant denunciater had prudently withdrawn by a back dosr . ' - -- ' . ¦ -. ' ' . .-: ' ; :- " : ' ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ ¦ "'; ¦ ' - .: ¦' : ¦ ¦ . ¦'•¦ ¦ ¦¦ . v :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ;

      My friends , it is quite trae , that I am employed by Mr . O'Goninor as reporter , or comapondent for the NoiihemStar , an occupation ef which I am not at all ashamed . I mamtain I have as much right to receive ; payment in return for my services , as any cutler has to receive his wages at the close of his week ' s work . What sort of atool I am to Mr . O'Connor , I leave you to judge , when I solemnly assure you that during the six : months , I have filled the situation , I at present hold , I have not received a single letter , or solitary line of a letter from Mr . O'Connor . Mr . GUI-has--boasted , in hia private coteries , of what he could do—and what he would do ; that he could make me a pill 1 would not swallow , && &e . I now tell hhn that my publie and private character will both ditre and bear comparison with bis . I repeat my challenge , if he has any charges to prefer against me , let him meet me in Paradise Sqnare , and there , before the great body of the peeple will I confront him .

      Mr . Otley , too , has made " more free than Welcome " with my name ; but , wiser in his ; generation than his fdend Mr . Gill , he has confined his slanderous statementsto his owu shop . I know that he has repeatedly slandered me as being , or having been "in the pay of theTories . " / V At last I have the means of naming time and place . In his own shop , eri Tuesday , the 16 th of February , he there stated , iu the presence of the under-named persons , "That Harney * and other Chartist leaders , were , or bad been , in the pay of the Tories ; that he strongly suspected O'Connor was in their pay ; and always had suspected it since he wrote his letters to the Irish Landlords . " The persons who will testify to the foregoing , are Messrs . Clarkson and Fry , of Sheffield , and Mr . Wm . Johea , the North-Riding Ledtui-er . v I shall ba very brief with Mr . Otley ; I defy him to prove the truth of his dirty calumny .

      Let me whisper a word of cautiou to Mr . Otley . If his coijtemptibiecry- ^ " in the pay of the Tories" ia continued to be raised against honest men , it may be that the partieB raising that cry , toiK themselves be suspected by the people of being in the pay of the Whigs / ' - . ¦ - . . ¦ . ¦' , ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ . .. -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ; ¦ : . . ; " . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ - ¦ . - . ; . ¦' . . Brother Democrats , why am I slandered as being '' in the pay of the Tories \? " Because I will riot do the pirty wotk of the Whig ? . \ Vby am I denounced as being the" paid tool ofFeargus O'Connor ¦ ? " Because I will not be the " tool" of the humbugs who would sell you to the bloodiest and most hypocritical-of factions that over cursed a country with their existence . .. - '¦ ¦ .: \' ¦ ' - ; -. ' - ¦ ' " . ¦ ¦; .,- ? - ¦¦ ¦

      Friends and Brother Chartists the foregoing will have shown you that whUe the blows of faction are seemingly aimed at me , they are intended to strike down ono higher and of more importance to the cause than myself ; it is your incorruptible , unflinching champion O'Connor , whom these factionists would destroy . Thank God they wiUiulserably fail But "to be forewarned is to be fore-armed . " Can these men be Chartists who would destroy him who has braved the storm of persecution , and resisted every seduction to betray you ?

      No , brothers , no ; his enemies and denunciators are not to be trusted , they are WhiggisH to ; the hearts' core . Look at the Independent of Saturday last ; see : the contempt with which those who really represented you at the Paradise Square meeting are treated ! while Mistei' Otley and Mister Gill are held up as the leaders of " the intelligent division of the Chartists of Sheffield . " I wish these gentlemen ( the aforesaid ilistcrs ) joy of the raptures they must feel in the embrace of their new " doxy , " the loathsome old hag , Whiggery .: . - ^ -. .: ; . ;; ' ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦;¦ "/¦ ; . ;\ ¦ ¦ ' ¦' .. .,. ? : .. .

      Brother democrats , from the first day I set foot in Sheffield , to the present hour , my destruction has been sought by the faction meeting at the Whig trap , alias the Political Institute . I have tried concession and conciliation top long ; Henceforth , I treat them as ( what 1 take them to be ) enemies of the cause and of myself . With my past public life , and my every act and word , since I became a resident in Sheffield , to testify to my integrity , ^! huri defiance in their teeth " , and rely with fall confidence upon the support of the people , in whose service I have struggled and suffered , whose cause I have never betrayed .

      To conclude , never in the annals of our movement stood Chartism in the proud position it now occupies ; but beware , lest this seeming hour of our triumph should be the hour of our fall . The middie class are becoming converts to pur principles . Good . But , see that they become real , not sham converts . If they proposeto go with you for ono jot Ie 3 s than the whole Charter , have nothing to do with them . I they swallow the whole Charter , but make it a secendary object to the Corn LawRepeal , have nothing to do with them . If in joining you for the Charter . they tellyou it

      is necessary " to get rid of your present leaaers , " nave nothing to do With them ; If they are honest they wi 1 join yoa for the whole Charter—they will consent to make it the one object of agitation , as a means to on end—and , lastly , they will be content to fight under those who have been elected the leaders of the people . The middle class are powerless without us . The question then is , shall we put forth our giant strength merely to serve the interests of a class , or to wrest by one God-like effort the " rights of man , " from those whose ' erapire is built on tho" wrongs of man . " Can you hesitate ? No ;

      MenpfUie workingclasai , your delivery is in your own hands—the freedom or slavery of millions yet un ^ born hangs upon your breath . By every principle of virtue , by all your hatred of slavery , by all your hopes of freedom , by all your love of country and children , I invoke yau to be firm , unflinching—in short , to po YpttB pyiY . For myBelf , 1 nail the flag- of ••_ No Surrender '' ¦ :: to the mast , and though the good ship Democracy should sink beneath the fire of open enemies and trea 6 hero \ i 3 friiands , my last cry , ringing above the waves of popular delusion should still be " Five , vive laCharte / " ; : : : : / I am , Brother Democrats , Faithfully , yours , George Julian Harnet . Sheffield , Feb . 22 nd , 1842 .

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      Rochdale . —Mr . Duuivan , of Manchester , will lecture here on Sunday next , at half-past two . Mr . Gaudy , of Wolverhampton , on Tuesday evening , at eifthfi o ' clock ; aud Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , on Thursday evening . The chair to be taKeu at eight o'clock precisely . . Hebdkn Bbidge . —Mr . R . Wheelwright will address the female Chartists of Hebden Bridge , in the Association room , Hebden Bridge-lanes , on Wednesday , the 9 th inst ,, at eight O ' clock in the eveningi ¦ ¦ ... ¦' : : . ..-. ' .. ¦ ¦ r " . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : \ . . : : -. ¦¦ . - ¦' .: ¦> -: ¦ ¦¦

      York . —Triumphal Car IiOTTBRr . —In conse * quence of the continued applications for shares in ttio above lottery ^ and a few shares remaining yet unsold ; the committee have determined , in order to allow their frjerids , desirous of purchasing shares , a full opportunity of doing . s ' oito . postpone the drawing of it to Tuesday , the 15 th-insti , on which day it will positively take place , and the results published in the Star . ¦ ' - . ; ¦ ¦ . ;¦ . / ; ¦ .. . ¦ " ....- . / . . ¦ ¦; Maccleseield . —A meeting of delegates of the county of Chester , will take place hi the Chartist Association rooms , Watercotes , on Sunday , the 3 rd of April , when all tho delegates are expected to bringforward their petition sheets , and likewise to establish a fund fora county lecturer ; theConvention ifundmustatthe same time be transmitted to the general treasurer . .

      Leicesteb . —Mr . Cooper will preach in the Shaksperean rooms , to-monoW ( Sunday ) nighty at halfpast , six . Mr . Duffy will lecture in the same rooms : on Mondaynight , at half-past seven . ; , , . Chorlton-upon-Medlock . —A meeting will be neio in the room , York-streef , next Sunday afternoon , at half-paat two , for the purpose of taking into consideration , the best meahsof supporting the victims to a cause , which has , at length , bocome dear to the hearts of nearly the vfhole of the industiious millions . ; ¦ . ' >; : ¦ ¦ v - - " : ¦/¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ - , ¦ - ¦ ¦ •; . ,

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      Biholet . —A Delegate meeting wll be held in tha Forestersi C ^ uit ^ Yoik-steeet . Bin | 5 ley , on Sundaj the 13 th of March , at ten o ' clock in the Forenoon , when all p laces within the district are requested to send a delegate , as a lecturer ia engaged and will be in attendance rewy to commence his route . BBiSTOLr ^ A leetore will bepdeliyered in the room , No . 10 , Nelson-street , on Sunday evening next , by Ms . 3 , Forsbury , at half-piaflt six o ' clock . The New Female Asio ^ tion will hold their first meeting on Monday next , March 7 th , at seven o ' clock preciselyj at the room , 10 , Nelson-streefc It is requested that females wishing to become members will do so as soon as convenient .

      The Masons' Committee sit every Wednesday and Saturday nights , from eight till ten , at the Castle and Ball , Lower Castle-street , to afford every one an opportunity of subscribing their mite , and to give any information relatiye to the strike . SHEFSiEii . —Mr . JEUchard Otley will lectuie in the Political Institute next Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock ; subject , " as a nation becomes free the people becomes prosperous ; as a nation becomes degenerated , the people becomes enslaved . " On Monday night , Mr . Wm . Gill will open a discussion on the present agitation for the Charter , shewing that the working classes , if united , can obtain the enactment of the People ' s Charter as tho law of the land in spite of the present opposition . / V ; ; :

      Fig-tree Lane . —A lady will address the meeting on Monday evening next , at this place . Mr . John Marshall the liberated victim of Whiggery , is expected to be present , to give an account of bis sufferings . "' : . . . : .. ; - . 7 ;¦; . '¦ ... : - ¦ ¦ :. ¦ . . ;;•• • ¦¦¦ •;; '' . ¦ ' ¦ , ' - [ v- / : ¦ Fig-Tree-Lane . —A friend to the cause will deliver an address on Sunday evening , on the question of '' Union vrifch the middle class ^ Special Meeting . —A Special Meeting of the Members of the Association will be held on Tuesday evening . ; Eyery member is requested to attend .

      Mr . H . Candy ' s koute for next week : —Monday , Oldham ; Tuesday , Rochdale ; Wednesday , Todmorden ; Thursday , Hebden Bridge ; Friday , Mythomroyd ; Saturday , Queenshead ; and on Sunday at Bmgley . : ' - '' . - ; ' , - ¦ '¦'¦• ¦ V ¦ ' ; ' ¦ • '• ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ . - ., . - ; -V . ' . ¦ . ' '' ; / . ' ¦ Tower HamletsV—A delegate meeting will take place next Sunday evening , at the Carpenter ' s Arms , Brick-lane , at . six o'clock . ^ A Gbneral Monthly Mketing of the members will be held at the Carpenter ' s Arms next Tuesday , at which the usual balance sheet and some most important bnsintes will be brought forward . Mrl M'GBATiEi will lecture next Sunday evening at seven o'clock , at the Rose , Twig Folly , Bethnal Green . "' : . '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ - "¦ . ' ¦; ' " ¦''¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ " . - - .. . ¦ - ' ' ¦ '¦

      Twoor Three short addresses will be delivered next Sunday evening , by Messrs . John Prentice and Illingworth , at the Carpenter ' s Arms , Briok-lane , commencing at eight o ' clock . Mr . Preston will lecture at the Buck ' s Head inn , Jamea-street , Bethnal Green , next Sunday evening ^ t eight o ^ clock ^ Shoemakers , Star Coffee House , Golden Lane . Dr . McDeuall will lecture here on Sunday next . Failswobth , —Mr . Rankin , of Salford , will lecture here on Sunday evening . ; Manchester . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Grimn will lecture in the Association-room , Redfernstreet . ¦¦¦ ¦ .- " - ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . '• ¦ ¦ . ' .. ' '¦¦¦ :-:: - ¦ :- ¦ ¦ : / . ¦¦ - . - '

      The Town Council have taken the Hall of Science , Camp-field , and placarded the town announcing that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver three lectures therein , on Monday , Tuesday ^ and Wednesday , the 7 th , 8 th , and 9 thof March . STbckpoRT . —Mr . Candy , from Wolverhampton , trill lecture here on Sunday next . On Thursday next , our chief , O'Connor ^ w ill be with us . Salford , —On the 9 th March , Mr . Jonathan Pickering will lecture to the Chartist youths . poKiNFiELD . —Mr ^ George Johnson will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , in the National Charter Association room , Hall Green . BiNGLBYi--The Rev . W . V . Jackson will lecture in the Foresters' Court , on Wednesday , the 9 th iust . at eight o ' clock in . the evening .

      Saddleworth . —Mr . Pantrepact lectures atDelph this evening * . : ¦ . - . ¦ .. , ; ' - ¦'' ¦ ¦ : ' . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ :. . ' . •/ : '¦ ' ¦' .: ' ' . : ' :-. "' . ¦ ¦" s , z HoLLiNGWOOD , —Mr . William Griffin will lecture here , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' olpck . .: ¦ ' ; ' ' . - . ;¦ '" ' \~ . - ;' . - . =. '¦' - / V- \ : \ . ¦ ¦ - . '¦ " -,.- - "' ¦; /¦ Mr . Dean Taylor ' s route for the ensuing ^ week : —• On Sunday afternoon , at tivo o ' clock , on Nottingham Forest , if the weather permit ; evening , at Arnold , at Bix o ' clock . Monday , at Calverton . Tuesday , at Hucknal Torkard . Wednesday , at Hyson Green . Saturday evening , at the Pheasant , Charlotte-street , Nottingham . ' Lambeth . —Each member is requested to attend on Sunday next , at 1 , China Walk , aa business of vital importance to the Association will be brought before the meeting . The chair to be taken at three o ' clock / - ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦'' ¦^ - .: - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ; ¦ . " ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ - '• ¦ ''"' " : •' ¦ ' \ - ' ' ¦ ¦' ' . ' . -- ; . ;¦ . ¦¦

      Mh . Wheeler , Secretary to the London General District Council , will lecture in the hall of the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , next Sanday erening , the sixth instant . , ;¦ ¦ ' ¦[ ; . > - ¦ .. ¦ . ; - ¦ ; ; . ' , " ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ : ¦ . -v . ¦ " :. . . ¦ . : ¦;'¦' BERMONDSEVi—Mr . Benbow will lecture on Moaday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . The Members of the Dockhead Charter Association meet evbry Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the St . John ' s Coffee-house , New-street , Dockhead . It is expected no member will be absent on next Monday , as business of great importance will be transacted . ¦¦ ¦'¦'¦; ' . ' . .. ; . : . ¦'¦' .::-.: '¦ > '¦ ¦ ' ¦ * ¦

      Teetotal meetings take place every Wednesday evening , at eight o'clock , at the Working Man ^ Chapel , Dockhead . The cause of temperance is going on gloriously in this locality . The members of the Bermondaey Proyisioii Society meet every Monday evening , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , at Sheirtcliff's Coffee House , Abbey-street , Bermondsey-street . This useful society is doing good to the cause of the working class in this locality . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : v v ¦ ;¦• ¦;• • . FmsBUBT . —The Chartists of Finsbury are requested to attend at Lunt'fl Coffee-house , on business of importance to the cause . The Members of the Finsbury Public Hall <^ mmittee , and all others favourable to the projected Hall , are requested to attend at Lunt's Coffee House , on Tuesday evening next , when the Secretary will be prepared with the intended rules and regulations . ; ^ ¦; . ¦ : " .: ' : ' . ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '• '•' ¦ - ¦ ..-. : . ¦ . :- ¦;• ¦ ; . ; - ; , . ..- ' ¦ /¦; ¦ '' MARYLEBONE .--Next Sunday evening , Mr . Jphu Watkins will lecture at 5 , Circus-street , New Road , at half-past seven . ; ' v : :

      East End Shoemakees . —This body intend having a ballj concert , and festival , for tho benefit of the Convention Fund , at the Social Hall , John-street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday , March 14 th . Dr . McDouall will preside .-St . PANCRAS .--FeatherSj Warren-street , Mr . Frazier willlecture here on Sunday next . Hit or Miss , GJobe Fields , Mr . Knight will lecture here on Sunday evening . GoLD _ Beater ' s AkmSj Old Si . PancrasHoad , Mr . Spur will" lecture here on Sunday next . Westminster . —Ruffy Ridley ^ rill lecture on Sunday next , at the Charter Coffee HouBe , Strettctt Gronnd . ¦¦" . - ¦ ' : ' .. ' ? -: ¦ :. ' ¦ .-"¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦ -: ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' •'¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ - . ¦ - ¦'

      Leeds . —Mr . John Smith willlecture in the Association room , Cheapside , to-morrow night , at halfpast six o ' clock , and Mr . G . S . Nussey will leoture in the same place on Monday evening at eight o ' clock . .. ¦ -, ; ¦ - '¦¦ - . ' . - . - ¦ . . : / ¦ -. - ¦; . ¦ ¦ " , : .: . ¦ ¦ , ' -. HoLBECK .--Mr .-: G . Hobson and another gentleman will lecture in the Association room , to-rhorrow night at half-past six o' clock . Hunslet . —Messrs . Frass . r- and Stonehorise will leoture in the Association room , to-morrow night at half-past six o ' clock . ; ¦ Holbeck . —Mr . Hill will leoture here on Tuesday evening next . - / - ¦ ''¦¦; ' - ¦ .: ¦¦ :: ¦ ¦?>• ' ¦ . . ¦ ¦ .:. ' . , - ''

      WoRTLEY . —Me 33 rs . Chambers and Longstaff will leoture here to-morrow night at half-past six o ' clock . Woodhouse . — -Messrs . Chambers and Hobson will lecture at the Black Bull , on Tuesday evening at half-past seven o ' clock . Churwell , —Messrs . Fraser and Storehouse will leoture in the ; Town ' s-school , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . : MoiiLEY . —Messrs . Longstaff , Hobson , and another gentlemen will address the men of Morley , in the Town ' s-gchool , oh Friday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . ; ARMLEY . ^ -Messrs . Fraser and Chambers will lecture at the Nelson's Arms , on Monday nighfc , at half * past seven o ' clock .

      DEwsBURy .- ^ -A council meeting of the Dewsburj district j will be held at Birstal , on Sunday , March 13 tb . j in the room over the Co-operative stores . Business of great importance is to be transacted . Nottingham . —On Monday evening , a cbnyivi * meeting of Members of the various Operative Librt « ties , / will ; be holdea at the Rancliffe Arms , Sussexstreet , Nottingham . The chair to be taken at nine o ' clock . ¦ " '¦ . ' ¦ - i ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '•¦ . ¦ : . '' . ¦' . '¦¦¦' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ' ¦¦ ;¦ ¦¦ • . '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ .

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      CARLISLE . TO THE READERS OF THE STAR IN CAELISLE . As it has been Tery widely circulated that I had applied for the situation of Relieving Officer ( now vacant from the death of the late Mr . Hodgson ) for the district of Stannery and Rickergate , I beg leave to state , that I have never applied , cither directly or indirectly , for the above situation , nor have I any intention of doing so . As I believe the above report has been set abroad for the purpose of injuring my character in the estimation of my friends , I hope you will give insertion to this notice . I remain , Tour obedient Servant JAMES ARTHUR .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, March 5, 1842.

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      ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS . We have a letter from the wife of Zbphanuh Williams , telling us that hei is working in chains at Port Arthur . Are the / People satisfied with tm > ? Will they hug to their bosoms their new-born middle dassfriend 8 ^ the Coin : 'V : L ^ W ' ' ' : B ^ ipjBaliiig " exten 8 ibn " -grinders , who sent and kept him there , despite law , justice , or the expression of that public will which they are now so anxious to elevate into the power of constitutional law ? We say no more : let the people speak .

      Julian Harney To The Chartists Of 1 Sheffield.

      JULIAN HARNEY TO THE CHARTISTS OF 1 SHEFFIELD .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct964/page/4/