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THE COWEltTIOK COBXBXXTTXIE . TUESDAY , Mat 25 th , 1841 . On aeeount of the members being engaged in preparing the petition for presentation , then was no business tzA&s&ctod *
WEDNESDAY , Mat 26 . Mr . Bmart wai called to the Chair . Mr . WilKm , one of the Westminster depatation , to then heard relative to an interview with Colonel Eva « s , " wbo iriabed to fee a deputation of tbe leading Chartista neet the liberal Memben of Parliament . —Mr . W . -wai wfenedtotheCoBBtyCoonea . Mr . Barmbj moved , " That at the presentation of the National Petition ia now acoompiohed , it therefore becomes the duty of the delegatet to dissolve ttai * 26 th
day earrent , the General Petition Committee , and return to their oooatitttents , forOhe purpose of reporting the sneeess of their mission , md summoning the provinoea to the electoral battle . " In support of bis motion be begged to read an extract of a letter from Mr . Cullen , who had left London ; and for himself he would contend , that , first , it wo * M be a loss of money to the cosntry , and , secondly , that they had no power to sit any longer . Mr . Ridley seconded the motion .
Mr . Martin said Mr . Barmby bad referred to the constitution of the Committee . What next had to do with their dissolution he was at a loss to know . He knew that the business was not yet perfected . They , he hoped , before separating , would send forth an address to the country . He considered that their meeting to petition was bat a shield to protect them whilst creating a feeling throagbost the country . He believed little more was gained from petitioning than this , ' that it gained publicity for them , and tbe opinien of the country was thereby strengthened . Toe opinions of the Ministers—of those faTourable to the cause , proTed that the Charter mast be gained before Frost , Williams , sad Jones can be freed from the fangs of tbe tyrants of New South Wales . Fox Maule had stated that the
peaceable agitation was proceeding—that peaceable agitation would gain the Charter . The proceedings which had taken place at the Crown aud Anchor had tsagbt them a lessoo ; a second or third lesson must yet be given them . We must gire an address before wb part ; we must look to all the plans of association ; we must get all the trades to act together . He beliered Mr . Barmby bad not thought enough of the affair , and be should therefore moTe , " That it is the opinion of this General Committee that their correspondence and finance business being unfinished , and an address to the country baring to be prepared , it is necessary to prolong the period for the final dissolution of the General Committee until four o ' clock on Saturday , the 29 th of May . - Mr . Morgan seconded the amendment
Dr . M'Douall was in favour of sitting two or three days , so as to bring up the accounts , and tbe address , especially an address to the country and the trades , after the victory gained the night before ; besides , it would be ridiculous to leave the unfinished accounts ; if theydissolTedatonee , they would do so without haTin | , or being enabled to produce any of their affairs , in a proper Tiew . ( Hear , beat ) Mr . Sfcerington supported the amendment . Mr . Ridley spoke in favour of the original resolution . Mr . Wall supported the amendment , as did Mr . lUse . Mr . Bmnby haYing replied , The Committee divided , when there appeared , For the amendment 7 Against it ... 2 Majority . 5
A Tote of thanks was then unanimously given to Mr . Hogg for his exertions in getting up the Crown and Anchor meeting . Mr . Hogg said he did not deserre thanks ,-for be had only done his duty , which he was always willing to perform . Thanks were voted to Mr . Wilson of Westminster . Messrs . Smart , H'Dauall , and Wall were then aevezally proposed , seconded , and elected a Committee to draw up an address to the country . Adjourned .
THURSDAY , Mat 57 th . Mr . Rose was called to the chair . Mr . Skerington moved and Mr . Ridley seconded , " Thata-rete of thanks be given to T . S . Dancombe , Esq , and others who supported his motion . " Carried mem . a ? x . Dr . M'Donsll was requested to draw up such address . Mr . SkeTington moved , " That a letter be sent to F . O'Connor , Esq ., on the subject of the balance belonging to the Convention in Mr . Pitkethly ' s hands . " Mr . Ridley seconded the motion , which was carried Without a dissentient voice . Adjourned till five o ' clock .
Thursday Erening . The Committee resumed . Mr . Smart brought up the letter of th * " ^ " to Mr . Dancombe . Mr . Martin moved the adoption of the same . Mr . Morgan seconded the motion . Put and carried unanimously . Thanks were voted to Mr . Smart for the said letter . Adjourned . FRIDAY , Mat 2 Sth . J'r . Martin in the chair . A letter was read from Bath . Mi . Smart "was appointed one of the Finance Committee , in tbe room of Mr . Barmby resigned . Messrs . Smart and Skevington were appointed a deputation to wait on T . S . DuncomVe , Esq , with the rote of thanks .
Dr . M'Douall moved "That the minute book , correepondenee , and papers of this Convention , be placed in the hands of Mr . Cleave , until a majority of the members composing this body shall demand the same to be restored to them , or any other person or persons ¦ whom they may authorise to receive the said papers ,
Mr . Ridley seconded the moton—put and carried . Mr . Skevington moved " That Messrs . M'Douall , Rose , and Ridley be a committee of nuance to superintend what moneys may arrive after to-morrow , and that after the delegates and all exptnees are paid , hand over the same to the Executive . " Mr . Smart seconded the motion—carried unanimously . Mr . Skevington moved " That all petitions that may arrive afcer to-morrow be referred to the London Petition Committee , and that they be requested to the same . " Mr . Rose seconded the resolution , which was agreed to . Messrs . M'Douall and Morgan were appointed a deputation to -wait on two of her Majesty's ministers , to know their intention in reference to the prisoners . Adjourned .
SATURDAY , Mat 29 . Mr . Rose in the chair . Dr . M'Douall moved— . " That Messrs . Smart and M'Douall be authorised j to borrow from Mr . Cleave the sum of sixteen pounds aevtn shillings and Sve-pence , and to convey to him ' the claim tbe Cenvention has to £ 3 5 s . now lying in his bands ; also the estimated balance of £ 6 in Laurence Pitkethly ' s hands ; likewise the subscriptions mentioted in the Star , estimated at £ 8 12 s ., as well us the future subscriptions which may be ferwarded for the use of the Convention , to the amount of £ 1153 . 5 d-, these items making in all £ 16 7 s . as . " - . Mr Morgan seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Wall moved— j |
" That in consequence of the negative answer . given by Mr . Cleave to Messrs . Smart and M'Douail , a letter be written to F . O'Connor , Esq ., jelative to the funds . " Dr . M'Douall " seconded the motion which was ¦ carried . The letter was then agreed to . Mr . Martin moved" That if there be a surplus arising from the funds cf the Convention , the sum of thirty shillings be distributed among , and t « , each of the three 1 Ixradon delegates , so as to make up their weekly i salaries . " j Seconded by Sir . Smart and carried unanimously , j The Address Committee brought up their report , ! ¦ Which was ordered to be received . " \ Mr . Martin moved— * i
" That the Address to the Country be adopted . " Dr . M'Douall seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Sieving ton moved" That having completed our business so far as we can , under present circamstances , we do now dissolve , and trust the country will follow up our exertions . " Mr . Smart seconded the motion , which was put and earned nem con .
Delegates present at dissolution—Messrs . Ridley , Martin , Morgan , M'Douail , Smart , Wall , and Ske-Tington .
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CARPENTERS' DINNER IN LONDON . ( From-our London Correspondent . ) The annual dinner of tbe associated bodies of carpenters and joiajere wa * held at the Highbury Barn Tavern , on MWday last . About 400 sat down , Mr . Chatfield in tin chair . After the reotoral of the cloth , the Chairman , after some prefatory remarks upon the rights of industry , gave "The people ; may the time speedily arrive when tbe rights of industry will be supported by the united -energies of the working classes . " Drank witk three times three , and one cheer more .
Mr . Sjktson , m responding to the toast , called upon bis fellow-workmen to unite for the purpose of preventing their masters from riding rough-shod over then . The masters said there was a diminution of trade . This he believed to be untrue ; bat if true , he could not see how that diminution of trade could sanction the decline of remunerating labour . If there was that diminution of trade , why not lower the hours of labour ! ( Cheers . ) It was , however , nothing less than an attempt to deceive working men , so as to reduce wages , and to increase the hours of employment . He would ask whether the interests of 150 , 000 or more of men belonging to the body of carpenters deserved to be protected ! Should the comforts of these men , their wives , and families , exist merely on the favour of men who had
by chance obtained a station in life which ' enabled them to be employers and not employed ! The body of the carpenters included in number as many souls as did the City of London 150 years ago when she gave laws to kings and Bwayed the monarchy . The carpenters contribnted more than any other class of men to the comfort aud enjoyment of tbe people at large , and to the elegancies of the higher classes and were they to remain in the same station in the nineteenth century which they occupied in the 16 th century ! The society before which he had then the honour of appearing had been formed for the purpose of protecting the interests of the trade , to destroy the antipathy which existed of the workman to unite with the mas er and that of the master to nnite with the workman
( Hear . ) The workmen were disposed to unite with the masters in one grand object , that of obtaining from those who ha ^ e made a fortune , a something to support the old and thosa past lalour , for those who bad not had the opportunity of preparing for the evil day . In conclusion , he would say , they ( the working men ) had no desire to oppose the masters , but they called on all to unite for the purpose of , as the toast he had the honour of speaking to said , sup porting the rights of industry . ( Cheers . ) Song" The four leafed shamrock . " Mr . Rowe , in proposing the next toast— " May the united energies of the Carpenters of London prove successful in supporting the rights and
privileges of the operative , stated that the utmost unanimity prevailed in the body of Carpenters , and that , instead of being divided into sections , they were about forming one common centre , so as to protect themselves against the tyranny of their competitive masters . ( Cheers . ) As an instance of their union , he had only to state , that a motion made at one of their last meetings , for erecting an asylum for the aged and infirm of their body , was carried unanimously . ( Lond Cheers . ) Drank with the usual honours . Soug— The Mountain Horn . " Mr . Clayton , in a neat speech , proposed— " The ladies , and may they always contribute to the social enjoyment of society . " ( Cheers . ) Drank with three limes three . Song— " My native hills . "
Mr . Tapkell proposed " The press ; and soon may it become the advocate of the working classes , and not the tool of tyranny . " He knew that the working millions had not the support of the press , which has lefc the working classes unnoticed . He looked to the press to be yet the pioneer in human improvement ; for , though unnoticed by the press , he believed the fault to be this—the working classes have not as yet raised their voices so as to be heard —( hear , hear)—but they lived in a new era , tha working classes had become an intelligent people , and their claims could not long remain unrecognised . They had the importance of right on their side ; and he felt assured that yet must tbe Government be obligtd to come to their
assistance . He felt strongly that the press , the press alone , could accomplish their redemption ; and proud was he to say that the working classes had now a paper which , week after week , advocated their rights . The Northern Star deserved the support of every working man . ( Cheers . ) Yes , that paper and thv little publications had done them , the working classes , " right good service . " There was another paper which had at times advocated their interests , and which had not opposed them , he alluded to the Weekly Dixpatch . ( Hear , hear . ) The voice of the people had >; one forth through the medium of the Northern Star— ( cheer *)— and he hoped to see that paper stilimore read . ( Hear , hear . ) The toast was then drank amid much applause .
Mr . Wall returned thanks on behalf of the Northern Star , and Mr . Dempset for the Weekly D ' ispilch . The Committee of tho Glasgow Cotton Spinners here entered the room , amidrt enthusiastic cheering , one of their body bearing a , richly chased teapot and snuffbox , for presentation to Mr . Jolm Newton , Secretary to that Committee . The fo 'lowing is the inscription on the teapot : — "Presented to Mr . John Newton , by the London Trades , for his untiring zeal as Secretary to the Glasgow Cotton Spinners' Committee , A . D ., 1841 . " The plate having been deposiud on the table before the Chairman ,
Mr . Lovett rose amid much and long-continued cheering , and said it gave him j > reat pleasure to see , not only so numerous an assembly , but the cordiality which prevailed . In communing with his own thoughts , he had often a-ked why meetings of this description were > . ot more frequent . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed it arose from the waut of means on the part of the people , through an unequal distribution of wealth . Let them for a moment imagine our royal mistress with her £ 300 a day , and her husband to play with his £ . 00 a day—Uitar , hear)—and then they would discover how it was that the working classes had not more time and means for rational enjoyment and information . To-day they had met to do honour to one of their own order , and to prove
; j i they were not unmindful of the cause of justice and humanity . The trades in general , with their friend Mr . Newton , banded themselves in the bond of humanity , and in the cause of justice . Their labours were successful , being influenced by the purest motives , to receive those individuals whom i injustice was about to sacrifice—( cheer?)—to prove i their innocence , and to render them ba < : k to their I wives and homes . Their friend Newton and his ' colleagues did all they could to render imprisonment ; sapporiable , and to keep their families , thus making ; imprisonment lighter . Night after night were i they engaged ; day after day , and year after year , ¦ did Jokn Newton exert himself , and they had met I that day to give a substantial proof of their rt ? pect i for such exertions , and he ( Mr . Lovett ) bad then to
present him , in the name of those assembled , with that proof of the general esteem which-he then . held . It waa not the artists ' s ingenuity I they admired nor the engraver ' s work , but the ge-\ nerous exertions which had procured a testimonial of so high a nature as he had then the honour of presenting to Mr . John Newton , in the name of sub-, scribers of the trades in general . ( Immense cheer-¦ ' ing . ) ! Mr . Newton , who was much affected , returned I thanks , and mentioned that even in the obtaiument : of the testimonial the poor Spitalfield ' s weaver had ¦ contribnted ; but he had to thank all . He had i asked for a character from tbe trades , and be could i say that inaeed they had that day given him a last-! ing one , which his children ' s children would honor . i ( Cheers . )
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman , the company adjourned till eight o ' clock , when dancing commenced , which was proceeded with till bright morn made it 3 appearance . Tbe tin-plate workers held their annual dinner at the fame house , and en the tame day . The farriers likewise held their annual dinner at the same time and place .
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OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . Resebve your votes ! Don ' t pledge yourselves to any one ! Steps are being taken by some of your brethren in ihe neighbourhood of Dewsbory to bring forward a Candidate of real Radical principles—not a mere scion of the Aristocracy
They purpose to have a meeting of Radical Electors from the different parts of the Riding , for the purpose of fixing on a fit and proper man . There are more than 300 real Radicals in the West Riding who have votes , and these can carry their man—ant man they choose ! Let them fix on one : let them
be determined to carry him ! Let them be prepared to split with either of the factions who will split with them ; and they will be taken by the hand by either one or the other , for neither can carry their man without them ! Reserve your votes , then ! Be prepared to act as is here indicated , aad you seat a eeal Radical for the West Hiding !
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LEEDS . —At the weekly-meeting of . the Chartist Association a discussion took ' place as to the' propriety of nominating two Chartists at the forthcoming election . One feeling seemed to pervade every member—that it was incumbent on them to bring two forward , but no resolution was come to upon it , on aeconat that it would be better to have a public meeting in some part of the town , bo that every individual might have the chance of saying who they shall be . —After this , a discussion took place upon exclusive dealing , and a resolution was adopted upon it , That we , the Chartists of Leeds , do pledge ourselves to support no person who does not support as in obtaining oar rights . " The meeting to determine upon Candidates will take place upon St . Peter ' s Hill , on Tuesday evening .
A meeting took place on Wednesday night , in the General Washington , West Ward , to determine what steps should be taken , and to see whether the Chartists there were in favour of bringing out two Candidates . Mr . Harris was called to the chair , when Messrs . Briggs , Clayton , Westlake , Gardner , Roberts , Walker , and Brook addressed the meeting . Various resolutions were submitted to the meeting , and among them was the following , which was adopted with the greatest enthusiasm : "That this meeting pledges itself to support two Chartist Candidates to represent this borough in Parliament , being satisfied that no Candidate who comes short of the Charter will ever endeavour to benefit the working olasses of this country ; and we call upon every honest man to do the same . "—On Monday , the tea for the benefit of O'Brien takes place , when several talented friends will be piesent and address the meeting .
STJTTON-IN-ASHFIEI . D . —The Chartists here have passed a resolution denunciatory of some Chartists in Nottingham , who allied themselves , during the election , te the Whig members , being pledged to vote for the political prisoners . BA&NSLET . — Weaver ' s Turn-Oot . — We have before noticed that the oppressive and dishonest conduct of the Messrs . Taylor , has forced out a large number of the miserably ill-paid workmen , who . at the best of times , are scarcely able to obtain bread ; but whom these gentlemen have thought fit to rob—we use the word deliberately—to rob of a considerable portion of the miserable pittance ' -which the state of trade and of society has left to them . The facts of the case we understand to be these .
For some time back there has been , and very properly , a uniform rate of wages paid to their weavers by the Barnaley manufacturers ; the Messrs . Taylor have thought fit to violate this uniformity in respect to one particular kind of work , by making their pieces ten yards longer without giving any additional wages . This , of course , gives them a dishonest advantage in the market over all the other manufacturers ; several of whom " in consequence'' informed their workmen , that unless some means were taken to pnt an end to this robbery , the result must be the forcing of all the other manufacturers to a like trenching upon the weavers' right s . Meetings of the workmen were holden , and resolutions passed , that the weavers employed on this particular branch of
trade by Messrs . Taylor , should strike work , and that so many of them as might not be able to find employment under other firms , should be supported until the Messrs . Taylor should be tanght a lesson of honesty . A great number of worthy and industrious families have been thus deprived of their means of living ; and the public of the town and neighbourhood have been appealed to in a very moderate and well-written circular , signed by a number of individuals , who have been appointed a committee for the turn-out weavers , and soliciting from their fellow workmen of that and other towns , and from the public generally , such support as shall sustain them in this struggle against oppressive might . We thiuk this a case that recommends itself strongly to the sympathies of working meR throughout the whole country . The interests of producers are at all times identical ; they are " one body , " and no member can be injured without injury
to all . We differ greatly from those who would rely on " strikes , " and struggles of isolated bodies of workmen against employers , as a general means for the improvement of their condition . But , while we hold , as we have ever held , that the only real protection , the only social salvation of the working man is to be looked for in the possession and exercise of legislative power , we yet trust that particular cases , and especially of bo flagrant a character as this , will at all times call forth the present energies of the people into such activity , as shall convince rascally middle-men that there is a bond of sympathy in the Erops by whom their houses are upholdeu , which olds them too firmly together to permit any one of these props to be absolutely broken . We understand that several individuals , duly authorised by the Weavers' Committee , are now engaged in soliciting contributions from the publio for the sustenance of their oppressed fellowa . We trust that they will be liberally supported wherever they may come .
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COL . THOMPSON AND THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AT HULL . On Monday evening , Col . Thompson , who is a candidate for the representation of Hull at the next election , met the members of the National Charter Association , in orcer to lay before them tha principles ou which ho came forward to solicit , their suffrages . The meeting took place in the Freemason ' s Hall , Mytongate , which was crowded to excess , notice having been given , by placard , of tho gallant Colonel ' s intention , and there would not be fewer than 1 . 500 persons present , including ol course , several of the supporters of the Colonel at former elections . On the motion of Mr . Samuel Healey , Mr . Worsdell was called to the chair .
The Chairman opened the business of the meeting in a short but appropriate address , in which he aTowed himself a thorough going Chartist , not merely in name , but in practice , as an advocate ol the glorious principles cf liberty . Mr . Samuel Healey read the address , of the Petition Contention , from last week ' s Star . Colonel Thompson was then introduced by the Chairman , and was received with tremendous cheering . When the applause had subsided , the gallant Colonel proceeded to avow himself a stanch and , as far as his humble abilities would . permit him , a determined advocate for the principles of the People ' s Charter . He had been one of its first promoters and concoctors . He was one of those
who attended at the first meeting at which it was mentioned , and which was held at the British Coffee House , Charing Cross . There were a many members of Parliament there , but for the life of him he could not tell where some of them had been since . ( Hear , hear , aud laughter . ) He was at the second meeting in Bridge-street , Westminster , at which the object was to dkcuss the measure ; but when he got there he found the - document ready " cut and dry" to their hands . He understood it had been drawn up by some working men , but it did not follow , therefore , that it shonld not be good . ( Hear , hear . ) Colonel Thompson then traced the Charter through its various stages of existence to the present time ,
when it hvl become 1 eared by its enemies , and supported by its friends , to an extent unparalleled in the whole history of public documents : and though it was not for him to say when it would become the law of the land , yet it required no spirit of prophecy to foretell that it would , that it must , ultimately be carried . ( Great cheering . ) It only required patience and zeal . He then alluded to the manner in which the Whigs were acting , and said they were determined , if possible , to deny the people the right of having even one representative of their own , while they ( the Whigs ) would , if they could , have two . This was a weak point for them , and therefore he hoped the people would advance , and that their efforts would be crowned with
success . He was anxious that they should have as many Members of the right sort as possible . He had learnt that their numbers exceeded three millions , and , therefore , they were surely entitled , in common honesty , to a fair share in the number of representatives . And , here , he should like to see the example set ; here , he should like to have something like a model election ; the example would be contagious , and would spread like wild fire through the length and breadth of the land . ( Lond and continued cheering . ) The first ship was not built water-tight ; many were construtted before one was got to float ; let them but once get one , and they would soon have a 120 gun frigate to batter tbe enemies of universal right .
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He next referred to a sentiment uttered by the president , in his opening Bpeecb ; who had pressed him rather hard , and said he ( Col . T . ) had not agitated for the Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) . ¦¦ , . ' .. The Chaibman . —What I said was , if I might judge from the past , you would not agitate . Col . Thompson said he would take it in that way . He had a great notion that if a man wanted to keep a secret , the best way was to put it into the newspapers . ( Laughter . ) He had been there , he had written for their principles , and he had published as much , and in as many papers as most men , and yet it was not known that he had done anything for the Charter . But he was not agitating , as his friend thought usefully , and in the same way that he did .
Men had sometimes different ways of accomplishing the same end ; and he thought he had kept up a pretty continual fire . The present system enabled them to pass laws to keep the working classes out ; he could find men amongst the working classes worth a hundred of some of the present race of legislators . The Colonel proceeded at some length in bis remarks ; but our space has so many demands'upon it , that , though we had prepared a full report , wo are compelled to lay it aside . He alluded to the colour of their banners ( white ) , and said some persons wondered what could have influenced their choice-y-he would tell them . White was the emblem of purity :
it was the poor man ' s colour , because it was easily obtained—( near , hear)—they could got plenty of n at any moment ; and even the ladies—if they happened to be pinched—would readily supply them with a square yard at any time : it was the colour nearest to fheir hearts . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The Gallant Colonel in conclusion said , he was their candidate ; he hoped his past conduct would be a pledge for the future . If he were elected , he should be every body ' s representative . He alluded to the crisis that had arrived in their affairs , and said that , however slowly they arrived at power , get it they must , as certainly as if they had it . The Colonel resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering .
At the close of his address , a working man in the hall , asked the Colonel ' s opinion of machinery 1 Colonel Thompson said , he thought the working classes had conceived an unnecessary alarm on thajt subject , because they must see that if machinery enabled a manufacturer to execute a larger amount of labour for less capital , he had that superfluous capital to pay the wages of workmen in other branches . Tbe operative wished to go on with his queries , but tho meeting thought the Colonel ' s address embraced all the points on which they required explanation . Mr . Healey then mov « d a resolution to the effect that the . members of the National Charter Association resident in Hull be appointed a non-electors ' Committee , for the purpose of securing the election of Colonel Thompson . This was seconded by Mr . William Webster , aad carried unanimously .
The Chairman then introduced the Rev . William Hill , who was received with loud cheers , and who rsad the following letter from Feargua O Connor , Esq . to Mr . Samuel Healey , in reply' to one sent by that gentleman to Mr . O'Connor : — York Castle , 23 rd 13 th Month of Whig Salary . My Dear Healey , —You very kindly write and tell me all your local news , and ask me for a line in reply . As the subjects you mention are the arrival of Colonel Thompson and our position in Hull , I shall offer a few observations upon each . Aud firstly of the Colonel . I look upon Col . Thompson as a man possessed of many , very many virtues ; he is one of the few of bis order I have ever met who was not either proud or mean ; he is
neither the one nor the other : he is honest as the sun , and I believe brave as a lion ; be is very affable , a quality which I regret being compelled to praise , howbeit it is one so rare of late , that in public men it is a virtue—nothing more desirable in a representative . You ask me about a coalition with the Whigs , to insure tbe Colonel ' s return . You mistake the term ; it is not a coalition upon which we make any sacrifice ; it is one by which we achieve our very object , the return of one of our own men . But let me be plain , and as blatue may be hereafter attached somewhere , let me saddle myself with my full share . I say , unite with the " Devil" or with the " Devil's Grandfather '' to insure tbe Colonel's election . Our objeet is to make the most of passing events , that is to insure as goodly a number as
possible in the House of Commons , who will constitute a real opposition and not a mere cog in the Whig wheel , only out of order when it wants greasing itself , and when greased , ready to grind max or malt Can you , for our purpose , find a better cog than Thompson , or one who will be more particular as to what the machinery he turns is to grind ? I say not Wh . n it was proposed to return me for Leicester—foolish word , it ( flipped my pen—I should have said to propose me . — it was mooted whether they could not better accomplish their , object with the Colonel . I was applied to , ami at once desired that I should be used as a tool to insure bis return . I proposed to form three committees , one at Leicester , one at Hull , and one general committee frum the two bodies , and that they should offer the
strongest party , who would coalesce , three of their choicest devils for the Colonel , but Colonel Thompson cou ' . d not make up his mind ; in fact , I look upon indecision as his greatest fault I could not more deeply commit myself in tbe Colonel ' s parliamentary arrangements , and you will admit that it was " con ainore , " when 1 tell you that not one line or message has ever passed between us upon tbe subject Having said so much upon tbe simple question of the Colonel ' s return , let me now say one word upon the compound of tbe Colonel and tbe Chartists . I have told you the Colonel ' s virtues , ( now tell you bis faults , 1 know of no vices . In doing this I must after tbe manner of " Plutarch , ' * compare O'Connor and Thompson , lam strongly of opinion , then , that while I am a whole bog Chartist , preferring the principle to
a sent , that tbe Colonel prefers a scat to the principle . Thus if I were to select tomorrow between seat and Charter , no man doubts as to how I should choose ; but 1 am strongly of opinion that if the quest ion was proposed to to the Colonel , Charter without seat , or seat without Charter , that tho Colonel would take the seat from a conviction , perhaps , that it would bt tantamount to tlie Charter . Tbe great fault that I find with tho Colonel is , that he is verycrotchetty ; hospeaksin parables , writes in parables , and I believe , thinks in parables ; however , he writes ami speaks sometimes in a manner and after a fashion which I cannot comprehend ; but the good man is at tho bottom , and to tlm I refer as my key to bis feelings . As to " physical force , " and the " new move , " always boar in mind that in your alliance with Colonel
Thompson , for electioneering purposes , you have a double duty to . perform ; ono to yourselves through the Clone ] , by insuring his faithful representation of you ; and the other to the country . Should an attempt be made to injure Cliartism . to slacken Chartism in its pacts , or to weaken its mighty strength by the minutest part of a weak mind ' s weakest thought , in order to serve the purpose of ColOnol Thompson ' s election , throw him over board without ceremony , scruple , or remorse . Physical force and the " new move" cannot bd discussed with any other motive than that of creating a division in our ranks ; lot no man persuade you that it can . Upon the principle of the " new move , " the country has already decided ; and its successful propounding in Hull could omy have the eftect of cutting you off from the great and mighty
body of which I rejoice to say you have become of late so worthy a member . Let me tell you a story about " physical force . " In 1833 Mr . O'Connell enlisted mo ns an Irish volunteer , when I paid £ l Is . for musket and bayonet ; that is , in Irish phrase , 1 paid £ , { . Is ., but I never got my arms . Well , upon that evening Mr . John Lawless , better known and deservedly known , by the name of honest Jack Liwltss , said to mo , " O'Connor , so you have enlisted ? " ' Yhs . " " Well , by G—d , " said Lawless , " it is tbe funniest corps I ever heard of , all armed , and the colonel ( O'Connell was colonel ) to have registered a vow in heaven not to fight" Now I can well understand the objection of that orthodox dignitary , Dr . Wade , denouncing the force by which bis living is insured ; but d—n me if 1 understand the denunciation of a man
y / ho purchased a commission , the terms of which were to cut down and order to be shot down every m ? n upon whom a WLig administration or a Tory administration looktd with jealousy , suspicion , hatred , or dread . The Colonel , made a sad blunder in denouncing the " physical force" Chartists at Manchester , near eighteen months since ; he lost all popular support by it ; but if injudicious and unfair then , how much more so now , when no parties save the " new move" men have mentioned the subject since August 1830 , nearly two years ; and they have only introduced it to make a split , while among themselves aro tho worst of all the physical force men ? I say the worst ; because they recommended it and then abandoned it , aud then denounced their own monster .
Healey , it is not fair that I should be eternally dragged out upon these distasteful subjects , to explain the fallacies and inconsistencies of others ; but hear me upon moral and physical force . If moral force means passive obedience and non resistance and tho surrender of all moral woithto hired physical force ; if it means that we are to stand in the market place and open our month and shut our eyes and see what Qoil will send us ; if our prospects are to retrogade as our demands increase , and as we progress in union and knowledgethen "d—n all such mere 1 force , " say I . If physical force means a determination to "Die a freeman rather than live a slave , * ' then am I an out-and-outer . Bah ! what do the humbugs mean about moral and physical force ? Is not all popular energy and moral force held
in subjection by physical aggression ? Are not Whig officers and Whig soldiers transformed as if by magic into the shape and physical form of every succeeding minister ? Thus , Col . Thompson is a Whig officer to-day and may be ordered to fight for one side of a question , and to-morrow he may become a Tory officer and be ordered to fight for the very opposite side . Is that the principle of moral force ? Just see the exposition o ? Admiral Napier , who was compelled to wage devastating war against " Mehemet Ali , " while he comes home and canvasses the electors of Marylebone upon the very principles of that Prince and praises him in all his actions ! Call you that an honourable use of physical force ? But stop ; expediency perhaps may be pleaded . The & 1 jnel will do for the Wbigs upon Corn Law principles , for the Tories upon anti-Poor
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Law principles , and for the Chartists upon Chartist principles . But don't you listen to the stuff of " you must march on , or it will be done without you . " I tell you that whatever is done without you , will be done against you ; and that you have nothing to hope for from any party bat yourselves . Recollect that the Colonel has been the loudest in hifl praise of Nottingham ; and therefore he must approve , and that most devoutly what our friends did there . But to conclude . Strain every nerve to return CoL Thompson ; but should his party deem It prudent , necessary , or expedient
to aim one single side blow at the god Chartism , in order to insure Whig support , throw them all over * board just as so much lumber in a storm , to save the vessel . And now , Healey , believe me , and I am a much more experienced electioneerer than the Colonel , that the constituency of Hull will never , never , never return Colonel Thompson . They would much rather prefer Hutt and James , and will leave " well enough" alone . The scoundrels ore now talking of letting their victims loose , but not for love of them . See what fear does ! I would rather rot here than owe my liberation to any compromise of my fustian jackets .
In fine , my friend , let us have no cobbling , bungling , surmising , or conjecture about my opinions . If the meeting is willing to hear my sentiments , read my letter from top to bottom ; bat 1 will have no guessing , no mutilation—all or none ! So fare well , with three damnations for the Whigs , and three times three cheers for God's and the People ' s Charter . Aye , it is God ' s ; for man is the work of his hand , and nothing short of the Charter can protect man . No compromise ! no surrender I no backsliding . ' no side thrust at tny monster 1 God , hov I nursed the darling infant when few would look upen it ! and now to Bee the lovely giant killed would break my heart , and send me prematurely to tho cold grave . Ever faithfully yourt , Feargus O'Connor ,
The Rev . William Hill then said it was not necessary at that time of the , evening for him to add one word to Colonel Thompson's excellent address , or to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter ; So far as his opinion could have any freight , he could assure them that with every word contained in that letter , in favour of Colonel Thompson , he most cordially and fully concurred . He entreated them to be careful how they suffered anything like a difference of opinion to spring up among thorn . They had , as his friend Mr . O'Connor said , one great object in view—to lay hold of passing events , and to secure as large a share as possible of the representative power which belonged to them . On the subject of the coalition , he agreed with the " cagedlion /' Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up .
From Our Third Edition Of Last Week.
FROM OUR THIRD EDITION OF LAST WEEK .
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[ FROM THE LONDON PAPERS OF FRIDAY . ] HOUSE OF COMMONS—Thursday . Mat 27 .
WANT OF CONFIDENCE . Sir R . Peel said he had felt it impossible—after the intimation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that Government meant to proceed with the public business , an intimation unaccompanied with one explanatory word—to refrain from bringing thus to issue the question whether they should be suffered so to proceed . He had judged it better to take that issue by the present motion , than to obstruct the supplies , or try the disposition of the House by any side-wind . The first of his two propositions was , that Ministers did not possess that confidence of the House which was necessary to carry their measures ; and it was a fact which would scarcely require any detail of proof . The evidence of it was recent and continuous ; and
if it were undented , then the other proposition nooessarily followed , that their continuance in office was at variance with the spirit of the . constitution , such as it had been ever since the aacession of the House of Hanover . In affirmance of his view he could cite the authority of every important writer , and the practical course of every Administration , in every case where the House of Commons had indicated that its confidence was withdrawn from the Ministry , the Ministry had retired . So had acted Sir R . Walpole —so Lord North , although with a majority of ten still supporting him—so Lord Sidmouth with a majority of 37—so Lord Liverpool on Lord WharnclifiVs motion—so the Duke of Wellington on King William ' s civil list—so the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel
himself in 1835 . The doctrine that Ministers were bound to defer to the House of Commons upon the question of retaining or resigning office , was that of all the great constitutional authorities of this country : and to that effect he cited stringent paspages from Mr . Burke , from Mr . Fox , and from Lord J . Russell ' s work on the British Constitution . He would refer to three events in the history of the present Administration , which peculiarly illustrated the evil of attempting to govern without the confidence of the House . The first was the appropriation clause , which , after so much excitement , the Minister ? finally abandoned . The naxt was the Jamaica Bill , on which these Ministers themselves expressed a strong practical opinion of the unfitness of
retaining office without the confidence of the House . The third was the budget . Let it not bo supposed that tho strength of the Crown was evinced by a specimen of its power to carry on the Executive Government against the House of Commons . The interests of the crown and that house were identical , and you could not intrench on the one without injuring the other . It was contended that Ministers possessed tVe confidenoe of the country , if not of the house . It was a dangerous resource , as Mr . Fox had observed , to assume tho sense of the country from any evidence except the votesof their representatives ; but this ho knew , that thero had been 20 elections since the beginning of ihe present parliament , only four of which had been won by Minister ? , aud 16 by their
opponents , who had then a clear majority of 12 upon 20 . It would not avail to talk of special circumstances as the excuse of the Ministers . They were not fit judges , of these circumstances , when jndtfment was to be given by them in their own Cause . It was pleaded that they meant to appeal to the people . He felt that great mischief must arise from such an appeal in tho midst of an attempt to excite the various classes of the population on the great question of subsistence . Government were about to stir that questiori * in the House of Commons , well knowing that they had not the power to carry it . They had abandoned the Poor Law question , which they had themselves professed to consider of paramount importance ; and Lord
John had given as a reason that there would be protracted discussions without final result , and long speeches , calculated only to curry favour with particular constituencies . Why , these were the very events he expected from the announced discussion of the Corn Law : and if his present motion would avert that discussion , that would be an additional reason with him to persevere in his course . He believed that their weakness was the main cause of all their embarrassments . The Post-office revenue had been given up only to conciliate those of their friends who had shown symptoms of defection on the Jamaica Bill ; and he believed it to be the same sense of weakness which had suggested the new schemes for the removal of protection upon corn and upon timbor . He had been asked to bid against the Government for popular favour . He would do no such thing . He had on various former
occasions expressed his opinions upon all the great consitutional questions of the 'day—upon ballot , suffrage , duration of Parliament ; but he would not precipitately and prematurely venture opinions upon temporary questions of finance . These , he repeated that he would take time deliberately to review . On Tuesday last he had supported the prerogative of the Crown against the interference of the House of Common ? , when the manly and consistent conduct of the Speaker had succeeded in rescuing the constitution , but the slcnderness of the force brought down by the Ministers on that occasion was a token that the prerogatives of the Crown were not safe in their hands . The present House of Commons had been elected under a new constitution of which Lord J . Russell had been the author , and under the auspices of a Government of which Lord J . Russell was a leader ; and it was this house which had indicated its want of confidence in Lord John's Government . If the
House had upheld the Ministers , they would have insisted on the reverence due to it : now that it declined to sanction their Administration , it was equally their duty to respect its decision . Much " talk" followed , in which Lord Worsley , Sir John C Hobhouse , Mr . p'lsraeli , Mr . Hobhouse ( Rochester ) , Mr . Liddell , SirH . Fleetwood , and Mr . Walter took part ; after whom carao " Lucky Tom , " whose sixth effort at a speech will not , we presume , fetch quite so high a price as some of his preceding ones . He tried hard to be logical , and to place his ministerial , oh urns upon the midway of a see-saw . He 8 aid , 8 uppose 320 members on each side , and suppose a body of 17 or 18 not attached to either party , but able inthis state of things tocontrol the balance . These few persons might throw out the financial measures of one Government after another ; and if each were bound to resign on finding itself in a minority , the
country could have no Government at all . He would distinguish between a defeat of Ministers in the administration of the existing law . and a defeat of Ministers in the attempt to carry some new law . Tne former check might call for a resignation , the latter would not . A Government was entitled also to consider whether its probable successors could carry on the public affairs more efficiently than itself . The Reform Bill , too , had materially akercd the principle : for since that Bill , occasional defeats of Governments had become { natters more frequently to be expected . If , therefore , this abstract resolution should pass , and Sir It . l ' eel succeed to power , there would be tew months in the year in which he would not be disagreeably reminded of his own precedent . Now , as to tho second part of the question , he thought that , np to this time , the Ministers had been justified in retaining offioe . "
The " talk'' was then adjourned till the next day , ( Friday . ) After this , some further "talk" took place about bringing in a Bill against bribery .
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Leeds Cobn Markbt , Tuesday , Joke 1 st 1 » ji -The arrivals of allkfnds of , 'Grain to . tbS & market are smaller than last week ; F-na fi ? . £ Wheat has made laet week ' s prices , but ' all iffij descriptions have been very dull sale . Ba . » w nominal . Oats and Beans in limited demand at b 2 week' s prices . ' ™* THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE W * i » ENDING Jcne 1 ST , 1841 . ^ Wheat . Barley , Oats . Rye . Beans . p Ore . Qrs . Qrs . Qre . Qrs . q ! T 2540 265 660 0 205 ^ £ * . ¦ & ¦ : ¦ - ¦ £ * . ¦ & . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ S . d . £ , j 3 3 3 1 9 Hi 1 4 8 J 000 1 17 ? i 0 ^ Lkeds Cloth Markets—Basiness i 8 . « , ! . paralysed . At the Cloth Halls on Tuesday v 2 Saturday , there was not the least demand for » description of goods , nor was there scarcely buyer to be seen in the market . The slight ex * . demand last week , wa 3 , as we an ticipated o « i temporary , nor does it seem at all probable tH withoutBome extraordinary change either in domestS policy or something else , business can long be caS on at all . nea
York Orn Market , Mat 29 . —The trifl ; . stocks of Wheat in the hands of farmers in tv * neighbourhood have made ours a sort of holirf market * and the business transacted in it for aSm ' time past has been excessively small OataTn ? Beans are more plentiful than"Wheat : the f nJ ? is in demand , at about 10 * d to lid per stowTw the latter at from 13 s to 15 a per bushel . ' * " * Maltoh Corn Market , May 29 . —We contiim » to have a limited supply of all kinds of Gab Wheat and Oats were without any alteration ! value . Barley , for grinding , was scarce , and ratW higher . Wheat , Red , from 56 s to 68 * . White dit £ 68 s to 76 s per qr of 40 it . Barley , 27 a to 30 a t * i ™ of 32 , t . Oats , lOJd to 11 Jd per stone . ^^ Hun , Coiur Market , June 1 . —There ha » bem another week of remarkably fine weather , and { S appearance of the country is most luxuriant in *
promising . Tnis in addition to the dull reports wa continue to receive from the large consuming markets , have their effect ou this market , caudal the demand to be quite confined fo retail purchasers although prices cannot be quoted lower , yet the business passing , either in bond or free grain jg of the least possible character . There has been » further good arrival of Wheat from abroad , whieh is almost wholly being entered for bond . Richmond Corn Market , May 29 . —We had t fair supply Of grain in our market to-day ; thoneh prices were much the same as last week :-Wheat sold from 7 s . 6 d . to 9 s . 6 d . ; Oats , 2 * . 9 d . to 4 s . Barley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 a . 6 d . ; Beans , is . 6 d . to 5 s . wr bushel . « " *
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Mat 3 ] , —We . have had a moderate supply of Beasts at market to-day , but something less in number than last week ; the quality has been generally pretty good for the time of the year , and prices are a ehadfl less than our last quotations . We have had a good supply of both Sheep and Lambs , the number considerably more than last week , and the quality middling . In the morning large prices were asked for both Beef and Mutton , but owing tto the very warm weather , the butchers and dealers were not
willing to comply , which caused a slow and heavy market . The best Beef was sold as high , as 6 $ < L middling and ordinary from 5 ^ d . down to 51 . Then was a few of the best Scotch Sheep in the wool sold as high as 8 d . per lb . in the morning ; beet clipped Sheep were sold at about 6 id . per lb :, middling Wethers and Ewes 6 J ., Lamb from 7 d . to 84 perlb ., agreeable to quality . There was a great depression in the market in the afternoon , and a good few of both Beasts and Sheep left untold at the close of the market . Number of Cattle at market ! —Beasts , 708 ; Sheep and Lambs , 5 , 301 .
Manchester Corw Market , Satubdat , Mat 29 -4 From Ireland and coastwise , the arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are again on the most limited scale ; but from abroad the imports of Wheat are large , say 16 , 339 quarters , and moderate of other articles . There is no alteration in the duty on Wheat , and tntrios of that article for home consumption continue to ba made , both from the ware house and ex ship . There was not much passing at
our market this morning , but the business done in Wheat . was at tho full currency of this day se ' nnight , and in some instances the 3 e quotations were rather exceeded . Prime English and Irish Flour was scarce , and commanded a ready sale at late rates ; but stale and inferior parcels were with difficulty disposed of . The trade in Oats or Oatmeal was confined to a limited consumptive demand , without material change in prices , whilst a general dullness prevailed throughout the trade in all other articles .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , May 31 . —• The arrivals of Grain , Fiour , and Oatmeal , to this port duriDg the last seven days , have been very light ; but from abroad we have received 17 , 189 qrs . of Wheat . 1080 qrs . of Barley , 1140 qrs . of Bern , and 8596 barrels of Flour ; and thero have been released for home consumption 5286 qrs . of Wheat , 1357 qrs . of Beans , and 933 barrels of Fiotir . At last Tuesday ' s market , the town ' s and neighbouring millers ( who had allowed themselves to become very bare of stock ) , were retail buysrs of Wheat to a fair amount , and an advance of 2 d . per bushel was quoted generally , the business resting chiefly , however , on fresh qualities of free Foreign ; in fact , either English or Irish Wheat formed a very small portion of the
eupply . The fine weather has since restrained purchasers within the limits of their instant wants ; holders , however , have not attempted to force , and prices remain without material alteration . Free flour , upon a moderate demand , has maintained previous rates . Throughout the week , both Oa ' . s and Oatmeal have met a limited inquiry , but , being at thesame time iu small supply , they have undergone little , if any , change in value . A cargo ef Rostock Barley has arrived , the quality fine , and is held « 5 s . 3 d . per 601 bs ., duty paid . Beans and Peasaskwt noted . In the early part of the week , a cargo of Baltic Wheat changed hands in bond at 6 s . per 7 Wbs ., and about 1 , 000 barrels of United States Flour have been = old at 22 s . 6 d . per barrel .
Smith field Market , Monday , May 31 . —Owing to the suppiy of Bsasts off aring co-day being , oath * whole , extensive , the weather very unfavourable to slaughtering , and the attendance of both London and country dealers limited , the Beef trade was in a sluggish state , at a depression in the currencies noted on this day se'nnight offrom 2 J . to iiiperolo , while upwards of 400 head were turned out unsold at the conclusion of business . From Scotland we
received 100 Scots and 300 Sheep by steamers . Sheep came freely to hand , yet the inquiry for them was or no means eo heavy as might have been anticipated ! and last week's quotations were well supported ; 214 Lambs were received , per railway , from the Isle oi Wight , while the , Lamb trade waa steady , at fall prices . Although the numbers of both Calves ana Pigs were small , the sale for them was h eavy , ** their quoted prices
London Corn Exchange , Monday , May 31 . — There was a limited supply of Wheat , Barley , Baann , and Peas from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk ^' this day ' s market , and the fresh arrivals of _ (/»¦ were very moderate . During the past week we imports ' of foreign Grain have been large , conj-istiB * of 33 , 794 qrs Wheat , 1202 qrs Burley , 5 , 83 a q « Beans , 1072 qrs Peas , 731 qrs Linseed , 21 q " Hcmpseed , and 2845 barrels Flour . Some millers and a few factors continue to pay the present &i « n duty of 23 shillings and eight ponce per orva want of more choice fresh thrashed Eng lish wnw at marketand they may continue to enter for con i
, sumption , unless the supplies of home-xroffn crease ; the more so under the influenco <» " ™ weather at the same time . There was a fairs- «» yj demand for Wheat , at tho rate of last Monday , « all the batter descriptions , really prime qaai »>» bringing full prices , whilst inferior sorts were " per qr cheaper , and very dull . Flour was < walt » » in valne , tbe best marks from ship meeting a « nooorate sale . Malt continues to be taken off in 1 ' »« " * qualities , choice samples realising about the can j of this day se ' nnight . Sales of Barley were - mo ^ j confined to grinding qualities , and such »™ W ); ~ L as much money . English Beans , from their twy *
rative scarcity , commanded quite as higi •» , whilst Egyptian , from their abundance , m «" quoted Is . per qr cheaper . There w » 3 . ^ Bnmoment passing in Peas , and this article J * *^ . changed in value . A slow sale took place for " £ » mostly confided to the consumers , who g * m ^ Z .. the rates of last Monday for prime heavy 4 "J » "SJ low samples and Irish screenings were « " »* £ . cheaper , but not sufficiently so to alter the en" * " * Linseed has been exported in some quantjtjr aonuj the past week , and a cargo of Rapeseed n *¦ gone away in bond , but the value of neither or » ar ticles was changed in consequence .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hamm eramitii , w * JJ Middle « ex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , » f 1 gJ Ing Officee , Noa . 12 and 13 , ¦ V ******^ : gate ; and Published by the aaid J ©« uoa H ° * £ , ( forthe said Feamus O'Connor , ) ^ ¦ Jv * ling-hquM , No , 5 , Marke ^ stoeet , Bntf «* internal Commuieatloa . existing befrwet » «« ^ . No . 6 , Market-Btreet , and the aaid NoM ^ IS , Market-street , Briggate , thui eonstltnu »» whole of tha aaid Printiig * nd PublUnml «^ " andPremiae * . . ' > ^ All Communication * must b * addressed , ( Pott-p * ' ¦ . J . H » bson , Northern Star Office , Leed » . Saturda y , June 5 , 18 « L
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CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER . I appeal to you on behalf of an individual who has suffered severely in consequence of advocating your rights ; the person to whom I allude , is Mr . William Butt « rworth . Mr . Butterworth has not been enabled to procure employment at his trade , namelj spinning ; the fact is , the factory despots of Manchester will not employ him on any consideration whatever . It is his determination to commence selling newspapers on Saturday the 5 ; h of June ; now what I want is this , that the readers of the Northern Star should immediately commence to purchase their papers of Mr . Butterworth , by doing this they would serve him without putting a single penny out of their own pockets . I would ask the Chartists of Manchester whether it would not be wiser to assist Buch Ja man to obtain a livelihood , than to do as a great many of the Chartists do by buying their papers from Whig and Tory nowsvendors \ Bear in mind by purchasing your papers fron Mr . Butterworth , you will enable him to go on advocating your cause , and also recollect that your indomitable champion , Feargus O'Connor , has recommended to you that you ought to deal with your friends ; hoping that you will take the remarks 1 have made into your most serious consideration , I subscribe aiyself , your brother Chartis ' , John Campbell . Salford , May 26 th , 1841 .
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Execution of Dashes . — Tbe Sun of Tuesdaj contains an account of the execution of Darmes , ( whe attempted to assassinate the King of the French ) at seven o ' clock on Monday morning , at the Barriere St . Jacques . It says : — " He walked barefooted , in his shirt , to the place of execution , his head-being « ave ? ed with a piece of black crape , in conformity ¦ with his sentence . There were bat few spectators , owiug to : he early hour at which it took plaee , and the a ] most moral certainty on the part of the citizens of Paris that the King would commute the capital pnnishjpent for imprisonment for life . Darmes was escorted from the prison of the Luxembourg to the &ot of Um guillotine by a strong military force . His bearing was firm , calm , and collected . To the last be revised u make any confession implicating others , and died more nobly than he lived . The spectators ¦ were unmoved , exhibiting neither sympathy nor horror , and when the blooay apparatus was removed < ii « P € r » ed peaceably w tbeir several homes . " ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1112/page/8/
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