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THE CONVENTION OF MINISTERS . TO IHB BD 1 T » B OP THE SOBXHEKS STAB . Sib , — On Sunday erasing , the 8 th instant , then wsa rerb&l notice given in two or three of the dissenting lapels in t »»™ town , staling that » meetiog would be held on the following morning , ( Monday , the 9 th , ) at ten o ' clock , in the vestry room of Mr . Gray ' s ehapet , College-lane , tor the purpose of electing & delegate to the convention of ministers , which is to meet in the ensuing week , at Manchester , When I entered the room , it a quarter part ten , there TO OHly a down persona assembled , and at no time of the meeting did the number exceed thirty-two . Bat ¦ what surprised me the most was the thin attendance of ministers ; for though there are twelTe dissenting congregations in Northampton , there were only four or fire pastors present ; whether the others had notice of the meeting ^ —^ —
oi not I cannot say ; bat if they had netice it showed tha t the majority were either apathetic respecting the question , or did not agree in the objects of the meeting ; and if they had not notiee given them , it snows that the few wished to hare it all to themselves . At the time I entered the room , those present were eon-¦ rendrg with , and asking each other , as to what the real object was ; whether the delegate wss to be elected by and to represent the opinions of the ministers , or the dissenters of Northampton in general ; and when the BeT . Mr . Gray assumed the chair , I pnt the aboTe question through him to the meeting , stating that if the delegate was supposed to represent the dissenters in general , of the town , I should protest against one going from that meeting . A verbal resolution was then proposed by the Rer . Hi . Ifilnsr , Independent minister , to the
effect" That two delegates be elected to represent the dissenters of Northampton , at the conTention of ministers about to be held at Manchester . " I mored an amendment . - — " That if any delegates were sent from that meeting , they would merely represent the opinions of the Ministers present , or that this meeting do now adjourn until proper notice should be given to the Dissenters of the town in general . " But , Mr . Editor , that would not do ; so the Rev . Mr . Phillips , Dissenting Minister of Earls Barton , and bookseller , in Nottingham , moved as a second amendment : — " That at a meeting of Ministers and a few friends , esQed by verbal notice , it was resolved that two delegates be elected to attend the Convention of Jlinistea , shortly to be held at Manchester . "
As the last was near the truth , I consented to withir&v my amendment , if Mr . Hilner agreed to withgr&w hii motion which he consented to do , and Mr . Phillips then moved his amendment as an original BOtion acd it was carried . It was then moved " That Messrs . Bennett and Milcer , both Independent Ministers , should be the delegates elected . " Sni ihis would not suit Mr . Gray , who is a Baptist , jgad who perhaps expected to have the honour of being one of the delegates ) and he suggested that the delegates should not be both of one denomination , but that one should be an Independent and the other a Baptist , or so .
Well , how was this to be ordered ; one gentleman suggested that three delegates should be sent , \ ihat would have been oae out of every eleven that there -was si the meeting . ) I remarked that the meeting had just decided that the number should be two , and it -would not be very tnnness-like to undo what they had just done , when Messrs . Bennet and Phillips seeing thattteir proceedings were the most ridiculous that could possibly be imagined , charged me with attempting to cpset their meeting , and questioned my right to attend or take any part in the business , ily right I vindicated and established , and repelled their charges by challenging Mr . Bennett or any other inhabitant of the town , to meei me in public meeting and discuss the question of the Com laws , telling them that I was opposed to the lepe&l cf these laws without other remedial measures ; tnd if Bennett did not think my talents good enough and fuficiently respectable for him , I would find him toother man , but the advocates of free inquiry did not accent the challenge .
As they could not agree as to who should be the delegates , the meeting rescinded their former resolution and separated without doing anything , Mr . Phillips telling them to go , as they bad allowed 31 'F . irlane to spat : their meeting . Mr , Editor , what must we think of the Convention , if its members ire elected at snch hole sad comtr meetings as tht above was evidently iniended to have been . Tours in the cause , JOR > " M'FARLA > "E . Scarlet Well-yard , Northampton , August I 4 th , ISil .
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TO THX SD 1 T 0 S OF THE JtORTHEB > " ST . tR . Sill , —As the Pont-y-Ty-Prydd Provision Company eTjvripvivR much difficulty in obtaining what th ^ y "want from the wholesale dealers , for ready mojity , will you be £ 0 good as to make the fact known in the columns of the Star , in Grder that some of . your Chartist correspondents may refer us to some bouses " who do not consider it their interest to make a political distinction between the money of Chartist companies , and that of the factions . To remove all doubt on this point , I beg to transcribe a copy of one of these invidious distinctions . Tours , &c , We Psice , Porth-y-glo . " To VTm . Price , Forth-j-zlo .
" sir , —We are m receipt of your favour , and are much obliged fot the preference cf your order , but had ratLer decline the account altogether , aa we are only in the habit of doing business with regular grocers , and net companies of the description you represent . *• We are , Sir , your obedient servants , " JOS . TBiV £ S 5 < 5 c . ? 0 > 5 . " London , « th May , 1541 . "
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EIGHT OF WAT THROUGH WESTBOURNE GROVE . TO THE ED 1 I 0 B OF THE NOETHEJLV STAB . Sis , —Permit me , through the medium of your journal , to call the attention of the inhabitants of Paudicgton and Msrylebone to the stoppage of & right of way , at the end of Westbourae Grove , a Eew rosd running in the direcaon of tie Western Riilway terminus to XotUnghiB-Selds , and which , until lately , ( when the " improvements" were extended a field ' s length , ) was free to every class of pedestrians who had occasion to pass that way . I have spoken to Mr . Jones , the builder , of Westminster , on whose premises ( last Louse in the Grove I considered an opening ought to be made , but he objects to it for Several reasons—the chiefest < and most frivolous ¦ of whith is , thai it would defeat his intertk-ES oi keeping the road " select" " If , " said he , " a ttorcttLfare Were to be made , the poor people
( mirk this , ye labouring classes ; would pass this way ; ami : cark , ara'r . .. they do destroy eTerythiB ^ so . " I told tin 1 knew wo much of the induitrLus clasps to bslicTe that . But even admitting his assertion to be true , I believed they ithe industrious classes , paid for everything , and mase the rich what they are . " Tes , " aid he , " bat I should not like them to pass this way ; you know one likei to keep the place as select as one csa . " And £ o lie poor are to go " all ruuud Riibin Hood ' s Biro , " as the saying is , tscanse one roan has taken it into his head to make what should be a most necessary thoroughfare " select . " IT pea my word , what nsxt ; Are no ; the icdustrious classes trampled upon sadEpnn . ro esongc already , lha ; this " Select" " remxast of mortality" must needs add additional reproach ¦ Bpi-E their boLour , by calling them " destroyers of everythire " and rerreseEtinE them as rot even fit to
pats ao'sra z road . I appeal to tie inhabitants ui this great Hi&tropcuis , to know if they "srill a > iow inch an in-Eilt to pa ^ s -unnoticed . I appeal to the parish authorities , to every membtr of the Piddingtcn Ytstry , to knew if they—who are appointed as guardians of tLe people ' s rights , and repressers of the people ' s wrongs" * iil sanction such a stigma on the characters of their iudmrieus poor , as they most assuredly will , unless tb * T sxvuse thcEiEeVTfcs &e cue man , and insist Tipon an opening btiE 2 nis . de for their acccmmodaticn . TrustiEg that you will insert the above on the etriifcst occasion , 1 remain , A foe to every species of oppression , HENRT D 0 T \ ELL GRIFFITHS , >" o . 11 , Winchester , Ruw , Eugware Kc-ad . LcesLe , Anrcst lo ' rh , Ib-il .
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THE TEN HOrRS- BILL . " 0 TES EDI 70 S Or THE SORTHEB- N STAR . SlB ., —Some of your eotempoTaries of the Whig and Whig-Radical schools have , within the last few -wee 3 : , Eitafestfcd ? ifcii chegrixi in c-tnsequtEte cf the Chartists liding in the overthrow of the tnChristian and iuLnic ^ n « J = ' - ^ m "" -i-: cb obtains in tte mills axd factories cf civilized Britain . " The bead acd front of * ur offexdiBg" appears to be £ n inactiviry en our part in reference to the repta ! of the Cora Lavs , while at the same time vre labour to
deliver the victims of Mammon from their horrid state of thraldcm . I have locked otct tbeir Inenbrations in the hope of finding scnifcthinR approximating to argument , yet I find not the leas : scintilla of that nec £ s-* ary commodity ; acrimony and declamation are . alene the component ingredients of their incoherent reveries ; this being the case , I am Baved the trouble of analy-22 g the compound prepared by Dr . Smiles and Co . However , as they are evidently ignorant of the -rie-ws « td o > ; ecU cf the Chartuts , allow me , throngh the eoluiMs of ycur jouma ] , to tall those murky-brained pnyEcians ,
1 st That we ars opposed to , and war against every * P&des _ of Elavery , whether ir-flicted upon the rising generation , or upon the adult ; and moreover , that ear hwtairy is not circumscribed to cur native soil , bui ateiiQs to cvtry clime , tribe , and creed ; ^ e dtsire tie D ^ dcm , aad consequent happing ? , of the -whol ; ^^ race ; therefore we act cot irconslstently . ^ nd . That we have invariably denounced tie fyf * ° * emploriug children in factories to that pro-^ sed period -svhiwj the most eminent of the faculty " « e d eclared their nature to be unable to sustain with " ^ purity . RsoludotB , - condemiiatory of the tvil ,
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have repeatedly emanated from the varieus public meetings convened by the Chartists ; the subject has employed the p « ns of our ablest writers , and it has arrested the attention of the conTention of Chartist delegates assembled from different quarters of the empire . Therefore it is no new doctrine engrafted upon Chartism for expediency sake . 3 rd . That the benefits to be derived from a repeal of the Cora Laws is merely ideal , while thow which will accrue from a restriction of machinery will be real aad substantial , beth in respect to the physical , moral , religious , and political welfare of the present and succeeding generations . Therefore we pursue not an airy phantom to divert the attention of the people from the pursuit of intrinsic good . i _^
4 th . ' We have not advocated the utility or necessity of the Corn Laws ; we b * Te only questioaed the motives of the " League , " who have , perhaps unintentionally , shewn the cloven foot , by declaring it to be impossible for the English manufacturer to compete with his foreign rival except by a reduction of wages , which they find it impossible to effect without a repeal of the Com Lawg , which they say , would produce a reduction in the price of the workman ' s loaf . We have received no guaranteefrom the ' ' League" that the continental manufacturer will , in case of a repeal of the Corn Lairs , convert his bleach grounds into corn fields , his mills into barns , and his machinery into implements of husbandry . We have not yet been shewn how the agricultural labourers will be provided for , and that an influx of the tillers of the soil into
our manufacturing towns will not afloct the operatives theretofore resident These things are left unnoticed by the " League "; therefore we should be inconsistent , noee-led , purblind dolts to co-operate with the " League ; " seeing that we seek the vital interest of all , and consequently , cannot desire to see our oppressed brethren in the agricultural districts thrust into bastiles , starved off the land of their birth , oi transported to the wilds of Australia . Dan is the pet of the " League . " This " Moses of Ireland . '" sold the factory child ' s cause for £ 1 , 800 , and in connection with the sale , the Priests of Mammon imagined that the cause was slaughtered ; however , they have found out their mistake—the cause still lives in Bpite of the " Moses" and the bloodmoney . This is the sore . Tours truly , Wil . BlDZB . Leeds , August 17 th , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SORTHEBN STAB . Sir , —Will you permit me to acknowledge having received from Mr . William Russell , of Nottingham , 280 Xorihern Stars , 70 Chartist Circulars , 70 IUuminalors , and about 50 Miscellaneous Tracts and other Journals , 30 Extinguishers , and 60 Chartist RushliyhU , to light our way out of the meshes the- Whigs have laid for us , and oblige , Yours truly , Joseph Macdosald . 122 , High-street , Newry , Ireland .
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LONDON . ( From our oim Reporter , ) On Friday last , the Braziers and Coppersmiths held their first meeting as members belonging to the Chartist body . Mr . Ebbesea was called to the ehair . A deputation from the masons , consisting of Messrs . Wilson , Hogg , aid Walton attended . Mr . Walton was called upon to address the meeting . He said he hoped he should not be trespassing on the patience of the company present , if he -were to describe the principles of the Charter , and the manner of uniting to carry its principles out- Mr . W . proceeded at great length to expatiate on the Charter , and then proceeded to review the system which now holds
sway in -England ; he held that a system which permi' . ttd five eaters to live on the produce of one worker must be rotten to the cors . 'Hear , htar . ) The Chartiits had been accused of wishing to injere their fellow man . Xow , their ithe Chartiit / motto was , justice to all , and injustice to no person . The workmen of England had bsen for soaie tifhe united in Trade Societies . He knew those societies had been productive of no small amount of good ; yet , had they succeeded to the extent which had been expected from them ? He would say boldly , no ; and why had the } - no ; done ail the amount of good they might produce ? Simply because the power was in the bands of their oppressors . Every interest wr . s protected and represented in the Commons' House save the working
interest , and all classss but the working men had members to protect their interests , and was it cot , therefore , time tfcat they , the workies , should obtain that control over their own affairs , < tc , as to prevent their liberties from being at the mercy of a set of tyrants ? ( Hear ard cheer 3 ) We : e not the trades and those connected with them treated shamefully ? He would only take the condition of the trade be now adureised , and he would ask whether the coppersmiths and . braziers were not rieht in seeking to keep up their body , by not allowing persons who had not served their time , to be placed on the same footing as those who had ? Why , the surgeon , the lawyer , ami other pTofessionais were not allowed to practise until they had goce through their deCTeea . / Hear . )
Mr . Hogg said he had a few words to address to the meeting . He found them in a melancholy situation , having to depend on the public , and why , because they had struck against an act of tyranny—( hear )—and , yet , he could not heip asking what a few strikes &f that kind could do ; why , they might be called in to perform some necessary work for tte masterB , and , then , in a little time be thrown upon the wide world again , whereas if they would make an universal strike for the Ctart' ? r , ' they would not be afterwards subjected to the law » s it now stood ; they would then be protected from the provisions of the Combination Act , -which EUDJectedthtm at any time , iwhen it pleased the powers tia : he to put them in force ) to transportation . Instead of having a Cvl . -Sibtborp to represent the people , they ¦ wouiu , if the } - - would but unite , hsTe men from their o-ffn ranis -who would protect their interests ; bnt till ihrj aiiae forward determinedly to obtain the Charter , no change in tLeir conditioa would be achieved . ( Hear , h < 2 T . I
Mr . W . ilsc-n sa' . d he was claci to find , thit so many of the coppersmiths and briziers had enrolled themselves members of tte Chardit body . Too long had the people l < een trampkd on—too long bad a system which ground the pjor and gave to them nothing tut poverty , been pursued . TeS , they heard of deaths through starvation , at . d ytt the parliament which would inquire into their condition , so its to Temore some of their e-rils , granted £ ioo , cuo a-ytar to an elderly lady . A system was supported by which men , who had never Been each other , were brought into the field to slay each other , under the idea of fighting for the glory of their country , and by this means a debt bad been contracted so as a number of persons should live on the industry of others . When y > zT& those principles of bad goyernment to be exploded , and the principles of industry , love , and virtue , to supplant them ? >* ever , he would say , till the people were honoursbly represented , and that would never be till the Char : « r was gained . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Dullam said that they ought to fee mnch obliged to the gentlemen for their attendance there , and he must say he had heard more truth spoken in the short time the gentlemen had been speaking , than he ban heard foi a long time . 'Itey had pTored , indeed , that there was a moral feeling amongst Chirtists which he had beea ied to bsii-ve they , the Chartists , did not possess ; bat h ? found them reasonable , nay , most reasonible . . Mr . D . then tco ' k a riew of the circumstances onier which the hiaziers and cc-pptr .-miths were sufferirg . and concluded by ftdYisin ^ jaii rrestnt to become thr-tiiM .
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The Chairman addressed the meeting in a sensible speech , and at some length ; after which the tracts presented by Mr . Watkins were distributed , members were enrolled , and the following gentlemen were nominated to tana a portion of tUe General Council : —Mr . Ives H . Ebbedsen , Sub-Secretary ; Mr Thomas Dullam , Sub-Treasurer ; Messrs . Dawson , Bails , Wynn , Phillips , Harrey , and French .
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DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their Ubual weekly meeting at thir great room , No . 14 , North Anne Street , on Sunday last , Mr . William Woonxrcrd in the chair . Mr . Braphy , tte secretary , read the minutes of the last meeting , which was coRfirrued ; he also read letters from Mr . John Rielly , of Navan , and Mr . T . M'Douall , of Newry containing eleven names te be enrolled as members ; he also read letters from Mr . TV . Kossell , of Nottingham , and ftom Messrs . Wright anrl ClaTke , of Stocfcport , all of which were received with loud applause . Twentyfive new members were enrolled , and notices for the admission of as many more were banded to the Secretary , after -which the Chairman introduced Mr . Ptiter
Hoey , late stuaent iu her Majesty's College at Wakefifcld . Mr . Hoey said it gave him infinite satisfaction to aee so orderly and well conducted a meeting as that he vras then addrtising . The time ( he said ) bad come when the working millions ought to be united , and he was delighted to see that the threats and machinations of a loose and perfidious party had not had the effect of damping the spirit of true patriotism . He concluded an eloqutnt speech by describing the treatment he received at the hands of the Whigs which called forth the sympathy of the meeting and their disapprobation of the conduct of Whigs and tlieii supporters . Mr . M . Graves said that he agreed with Mr . Hoey that the
people of England were sot the enemies of Ireland ; they were a people suffering the same privations as the Irish , and all these privations arose from claas legislation . With regard to Repeal , he could wish that every county in Ireland had , like the states of America , a government of its ova ; but K-peal without an extension of the Suffrage would only keep them in their present state . Mr . T . Wo&d said that if ever he felt proud it was on reading the Rev . Mr . Ryan's letter . Although a Protestant he never bowed to the idol of the " Orangemen ; " nor did he ever drink " the glorious , pioas , and immortal memory ; " but he hoped he would have the honour of bowing to the Rev , Mr . Ryan , the
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Catkolie priest , and of drinking the health of so good , w pious , and so patriotic a man . Mr . O'Connell ( not Dan ) rose and » id , that as a Romin Catholic and a Repealer , he conld nee nothing illegjfl in being a member of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , nor did he see any thing contrary to the dilates of his religien . Mr . O'Higgins rose to propose 6 ha admission of some membera , of whom he had given nbtiee on the previous Sunday . He said Hat while he was on his legs , he would take that opportunity of mentioning a fact which had come to his knowledge in a manner that could leave no doubt npon his mind as to the authenticity of the information , and he was rare that the members of the Irish Universal Association would be delighted to bear ft Some persons who were kind enough to honour taeir meetings with their presence had carried tfceir - ^ -
good intentions ao far as to give a pretty accurate report of their meetings to Mr . O- 'Ferrall , the Chief Commissioner of Police . Now , he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) hoped , and he was sure that © very member ot this society would join him in the hope and the wish , that their proceedings would be regularly reported , and nnt only laid before the Commissioners of Police and the Irish Executive , but before the Throne itself . ( Hear , hear . ) He might venture to say , that in the event of Her Most Gracious Majesty being made fally and fairly acquainted with the objects , roles , and proceedings of this Association , Bhe wonia not only patronize and encouraje it , but declare , as no doubt she will do one day or other , that the members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Associa , tions , and the British Chartists , are the only men upon whom she can rely In the time of need . Thanks were carried to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .
BELFAST—The ChartisU of this town held their quarterly meeting on Tuesday , the l » th instant , Mr . T . Hebblewaite in the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by reading the rules of the society and explaining its objects . The booka of the society being audited by two members appointed at the last meeting , a balance sheet was laid before the meeting and adopted . The members then proceeded to the election of a committee and officers for the ensuing three months . Mr . Donald M'Pherson was unanimously appointed Treasurer , Mr . James Hebblewaite , President , and Mr . F . Mellon , Secretary . After the election of the committee ,
several letters from England were read , which gave the lie to the assertion that the working classes of that country are enemies to Irish liberty ; a letter was also read from Armagh , requesting some Slar $ and Tracts to be sent The Chartists of this town have mnch to contend against , but opposition only makes them more zealous and determined in the cause they have espoused . Mr . Francis Mellon baa received from our friends at Hollingwortb , a parcel containing 27 Stars , 70 Glasgow Circulars , 10 copies of Mr . M'Bouall'a Churlkl and Republican , accompanied with a letter from Mr . John Campbell , of that place .
SOUTHAMPTON . Ths National Temperance Association have dissolved , and the members thereof have joined in the struggle for the Charter . LEICESTER . —Names of new membera axe being received daily . The Sunday night discourses in the market-place have resulted in the deep conviction of hundreds , that Chartists are right , and numbers are coming forward to confess it A new train of circumstances seems likely to increase the excitement Chartists having so often been twitted with a neglect of " education , " Mr . Cooper gave notice that he would commence a series of familiar lectures on science , and made respectful application to the Mayor for the use of the Guildhall . His Whig Worship , however , had not yet digested his mortification at Chartist
electioneering movements , and refused to grant the Hall , but without condescending to give a reason for his refasaJ . The loom afe- All Siints' Open was , therefore , xesorted to , last Monday evening ; and while scores were compelled to go away , the crowd of working men that remained , and wedged the room , sat or stood to hear a lecture on geology , from the lips of one of their order who has devoted his nights and days to self-cultivation . That audience would have put many on assembly of the " higher orders" to the bluan , and they remained for well nigh two hours , an assembly of working men and women , old and young , with the sweat pourng down their earnest faces from the heat of the room—their eyes beaming with eager and gratified intelligence—their attention never drooping , to the last , although they had passed the day at labour—and
their firm and fixed look testifying that , notwithstanding tho malicious taunts of their enemies , they have minds of their own , and can comprehend subjects that involve even the weightiest thoughts . The pleasure experienced by the delivery of this introductory lecture has Jed to the framing of another requisition , which , after it has been signed as numerously as possible , it is intended , again , to present to the Mayor , for the use of the Guildhall . These splenetic displays of the mortified Whigs , thus aeive , not to strengthen their own drooping cause , but to cement working men in their efforts to master the tyranny of class-rule : —the event will be , either that Mr . Mayor will be foiled , and be compelled t » grant the room , or he will raise such a noise about his eara aa will lastingly annoy not merely himself , but his party .
STRQUDWATER . —The Chartist Association held a general meeting , at their Association-rooms , on Monday , the 9 th instant , when the circular from the Executive was read , and the route through the districts that the Executive : intend taking was also read , when it was unanimously agreed to open collecting booka , and solicit subscriptions and donations to . assist in defraying the expences of the Executive in their lecturing tour . Subscriptions will be thankfully received by the committed . MANCHESTER . —Last week the anti-Corn Law party issued placards calling upon the working classes to assemble and form themselves in procession and proceed to the field of Peterloo , to celebrate the ever memorable event of 1819 . About eight o ' clock on
Monday evening , according to announcement , a large number met at the Old Cross , who formed themselves into procession . The band struck tip and the flags and banners which were exhibited at the late meeting , in Stevenson ' s-square , were flying , when the procession , beaded by Finnigan , proceeded through the various streets , to the field of Peterloo , having , in their way thither , obtained a great accession ot numbers ; these added to the people already assembled to await the arrival of the procession , would make several thousands . Mr . Moore , an operative , was called to the Chair , Who called upon Mr . Finnigan to move the first resolution , which was sceonded by Mr . Cararn ; and , after a few pointed remarks by the veteran Wheeler , npon the conduct of both Whigs and Tories , it was put and carried , Chartists and Repealers voting for it Mr . M ' Gowan was called upon to move the second resolution , in doing which , ho avowed himself to be favourable to every principle contained in the Charter , but
while he did so , ho would assist auy body of men who wished to abolish any one monopoly . Mr . Daley , another of the Corn-Law lecturers , seconded it Mr . Doyle moved as an amendment : — - " That the Corn Laws are obnoxious ; but justice will never be obtained for the -working classes , only by a law based upon the principles of Universal Suffrage . " This was received by loud cheers from all parts of the vast assembly . Mr . Linney seconded the amendment . The Chairman took a shew of hands for the amendment which was followed by tremendous cheers . He likewise put the resolution , and without the least hesitation declared the amendment carried by a large majority . The resolution being made known , the meeting commenced cheering for Feargua O'Connor and the Charter . The conclusion of this meeting was the same as it would have been at former meetings , if fair discussion had been allowed , without intimidation or physical force .
TfrOBSXiEV . ——Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the large Room , Fleece Inn , Mossey , on the principles of the People's Charter , to a large and respectable audience . Mr . John Mason occupied the chair . The lecturer exposed the inconsistency of contending for any thing less than the Charter . The lecturer gave great satisfaction to the meeting , after which several -were enrolled . This clearly proves that the people of Mossley are no longer t , o be kept from , asserting their rights . The members of the association wish to know if Dr . P . M . M'Diuall can deliver a lecture here on his way to Yorkshire ? if so , they wish him to acknowledge it in the Staroi Saturday next , together with the time he can come .
BRIDGETON .-A public meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgeton was held in the Chartist Hall there , on the night of the 10 th instant Mr . James Black was called to the chair , after which Mr . Donald M 'Murphy tried to make an impression on the meeting in favour of the Whig eight shilling duty on corn , and their curiona new plan of reducing the price of sugar . He was followed by Mr . Rodgers , who , in reply , proved from documents drawn up by Mr . M'Culloch , the celebrated Whig Malthusian Scotch philosopher , that the eight shilling duty would raise , instead of reducing the price of corn . He was followed by Mr . Cameron , who produce ddocutneate , and made an eloquent speech , which for sound argument and clear reasoning , baffled the corn
question advocates . Tue house was crowded to suffocation , while the crowd outside and round the windows evinced , by their conduct , the deep interest which they had in the proceedings inside . In fact , the Whig ten pounders , namely , Messrs . Nimo , Blue , Wilson , &c gave the corn part of the subject up , and stuck to the sugar affair with all the tenacity of flies in a treacle can , the feet of their understanding sunk deeper and deeper , until the wings of their imagination were totally besmeared , while their efforts to defend the Whig ministry were met with jeers and laughter ; consequently , the sugar agitators gave up in hopeless despair ; votes of thanks were then given for . Messra Cameron and Rodgtrs , and cheers for Mr . O'Connor and the Charter , when the meeting dissolved .
Chartist Church . —Mr . Roy delivered his lecture on the necessity of first gaining the Charter before Teetotalism could be triumphant . The house was a bumper and the audience well satisfied with the powers of the lecturer ; consequently , Mr . Roy has passed the college . A very keen discussion took place after the lecture -, Mr . Roy summed up , -when the meeting dissolved . —These meetings are no w becoming a general topic of conversation , while men and their wives , young men and their sweethearts , attend for the pnrposo of bearing the Chartist students pass in review before their respected professors . Mr . Cuirie has received a number of invitations from various difitriets , a proof that bis lecture was appreciated .
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RTJTHERGLEN . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Rutherglen was held in their Hall , on the 9 kb instant , Mr . M'Nain in the chair , when it wa « unanimously agreed that they should meet weekly , and receive lectures from the students of the Chartist College of Glasgow , and that a discussion should take place after every lecture . M >\ GHIes and several others spoke on the subject ; after which a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , when the Rutnerglenonians dispersed , resolved to co-operate " with their brethren in Glasgow . , . _ _ . —^^— - ^—— . ^^—
NEWPORT ( Monmouthshire ) . ——On Tuesday evening , the 10 th instant , a council of twenty-one persons assembled at the hoosa ot Mr . Jonih Williams , Llanarth-street , for the purpose of enquiring into the conduct of Mr . W . Edwards , at the Lite election . Ou the previous day , the Secretary and two of the council casually met Mr . Edwards in the street , who appeared very angry at the insertion of the notice in the Star ot the 7 th instant , at the same time expressing a desire to meet U 3 if we would allow him nine persons on the council who were not Coartists nor belonging to the body . This was of course objected to , Hetheniutimatud his intention of being present , and that he should not bring more than two or three friends with him . At eight o ' clock , the time appointed , Mr . Edwards entered ,
as did the whole of the investigators . After making some preliminary arrangements , Mr . Benjamin Francis , merchant , was called to the chair . He opened by calling on the person who intended to prefer the first charge against Edwards to come forward , when Mr . Cronin presented himself , and said that he had two charges to make . " First isaid Mr . Cronin ) I charge him with acting in coalition with the Whigs . " Here Mr . Cronin detailed what took place from the time that Dr . Price was first proposed , up to the nomination at Monmouth . He laid the case so clear , that it was selfevident that the charge was established . Hereupon Mr . Edwards stood up , and asked if he should be allowed to reply to each charge separately . The Chairman replied that he was at liberty to do so if he
thought proper . Edwards then said that Cromn ' s charge should be proved before it was allowed to operate on their minds . Mr . W . James came forward , and proved that charge in a clear , distinct , and unanswerable manner ; after which , Mr . Edwards rose to reply . He said : " Mr . Chairman , I have nothing to say to this charge . Every word that Mr . Cronin has said is true . I own I have acted wrong ; and it was nothing but ambition that led me to do itl I have ( said he ) sustained a great loss ; therefore I am willing to forgive , if you will do the same . " The Council replied— " No , we will not be sold again . " Mr . Cronin then proceeded to the second charge : "I charge him with accusing Mr . Feargua O'Connor with treading in the same steps a 3 Daniel O'Connell , and that he only
wanted to get popular with the people , and drag a long tail after him , and then he would sell the people , as Dan did . " Here Mr . Edwards called on Mr . Cronin to prove this charge ; and Mr . Cronin named Mr . Jonah Williams . Mr . Williams rose , and substantiated the statement Mr . Edwards replied , that he thought Mr . O'Brien's plan was preferable to Mr . O'Connor ' s ; that it was on that ground he differed with , and accused , Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Charles Grove brought forward the third charge . He said he saw Messrs . Edwards and Dickinson , on the evening prior to the nomination , go into Mr . Ble witt's bank . Before going in , he saw them in company , and secret conference , with Mr . Desmond , clerk to the bank ; that Dickinson went into the bank first , and Edwards walked up and down for a time outside , and then darted in also . Here Edwards rose , and declared , that " he was not in -that bank but once since he came from prison , " and that was
absnt three weeks after . Mr . John Morris was called on to prove this charge . He said I cannot tell whether he went into the bank or not , but I saw him go inside of the door passage . I did not go to the door to look after him up the passage or entry . Mr . Edwards would not stay any longer ! We requested him to stay and hear the decision , but be declined . The Chairman summed up , and the following resolution ¦ m& drawn up by the Secretary , and signed by nineteen of the Council , viz : — " That this Council are of opinion that Win . Edwards is guilty of the charges preferred against him this night , und we , the undersigned , do now warn the country to be aware of Messrs . E ; lwards and Dickinson let them go where they will . " Two of Mr . Edwards ' a friends refused to sign for some reason , but said he was certainly guilty . Mr . Dickinson , conscious of his guilt , did not attend the investigation . W . H . Cronin , secretary ; Benjamin Francis , chairman .
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GLASGOW . —Glasgow is a mass of agitation ; political and misery meetings now occur every day , and hundreds of plans of peace and violence are regularly proposed , discussed , and rejected , for the amelioration oi the people ' s condition . This day , ( Monday , the l ( i ' . h inst . ) a large meeting of the unemployed hand-loom weavers of Glasgow and neighbourhood assembled at Nelson ' s Monument , Glasgow Green , for the purpose of devising some measures of relief . Poor fellows ! they were in a sad pitiful condition—covered with rags , without tho means of existence , many of whom had not tasted a morsel of food that day . They agreed that a memorial should be drawn up , setting forth their forlorn condition ; but who was to be , and where wero they to find , a writer \ Aa I happened to pass , aa I regularly do , from Bridgeton to the Gorbals , where I work , it being at the breakfast hour , and
many of them knew that the correspondent of the Northern Star did pass that way , wero on the watch —consequently , I was hailed . I shortly addressed my fellow tradesmen , and retired with a deputation to my own house to write the memorial , while another deputation was dispatched to my manager , in order to let him know what I was about . The memorial was written , and we were back at the meeting within three quarters of an hour . I read the memorial , which wa 9 universally adopted , wfaiie I retired to my work amid the cheers of the meeting . At the outskirts stood their starving wives and helpless children ; their exclamations of "' God bless you I" were more congenial to my mind than all the lofty expressions and sinister rewards of the rich and tfw powerful . They appointed a deputation to carry tho memorial to tho authorities , aud , I have since heard , were successful . —Correspondent .
A Meeting of the active leaders of the hand-loom weavers of Glasgow and corresponding villages in Lanark , Dumbarton and the Renfrewshire * , was held in the Chartist Church Session-house , on Saturday , the 14 th , Mr . Charles M'Gregor , oi Pollokshaw . Kenfrewshire , in the chair ; Mr . John Wilson , of CaHon , acted as seoretary . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs . Clelland , from Toll-Cross ; Mr . Adam Smith , i ' rom Pollokshaw ; Mr . John . Alian , of Parkhead ; Mr . M'Kay , of Bridgeton ; Mr . James Black , Mr . J . M"Noisli , of Laneside ; Mr . M'Gavany , of Black-quarry ; Mr . Wm . Hoag , ot Belshill ; aud a number cf others , upon tho painful and miserable condition in which they were placed , the grinding nature of their employers , and the accursed nature of the Government , and the absolute
necessity and paramount importance of acting in concert with the friends of the Charier , iu behalf of the principles of that celebrated document . It was then agreed upon on the motion of Mr , Clelland , seconded by Mr . M'Kay , in rather lengthy speeches , which were loudly cheered , " That an address be drawn up , setting forth their past and present condition , and calling upon the 800 , 000 hand-locm weavers of Scotland , England , and the North of Ireland , to unite in a great and glorious union , and struggle for their rights , and at the same time oppose the pitiful conduct and merciless oppressions of their employers . " Messrs . M'Kay , of Bridgeton ; Clelland , of Toll-Cross ; and Wilson , of Calton , were then appointed to draw up the said address . A vote of thanks was then given to their old veteran Chairman in three loud claps of weavers' thunder .
Bridgeton . —A public meeting of the hand-loom weavers , was called by tuck of drum , and held in the Chartists ' -hall there , which was crowded to suffocation . A long discussion took place , after which they agreed to adopt energetic measures for their general amelioration . CARLISLE . —Another Victim of Whig veng eance , or BA . REFACED PARTIALITY OF TWO OF THE BOROUGH Magistrates . —On Saturday last , Wm . Blake , was brought up at theTown-Hall , charged with a violent assault on a policeman named William Johnston , on the 29 th of June last . This was another cage arising out of the late election . We had thought that Whig vengeance would have been satiated with the sacrifices made at the late assizes .
One young man of good character , and who was the sole support of an aged father , upwards of seventy years of age , whose only misfortune was having been at the late election , and whose only guilt was having struck a policeman a blow in return for two which the said policeman aimed at him , transported for fifteen years . Five others imprisoned for terms varying from six to two months , aud required to find heavy sureties to keep the peace for two years , bail , which we are much afraid their friends will naver be able to procure ; but the monsters seem never to be satisfied . In the case before us , tho most disgraceful and disreputable means have been adopted to obtain evidence , both by the police and the magistrates . George Boyle , a boy fif teea years of age , who is in the habit of coins up and down gathering rags and
bones , deposed as follows—( or rather , we should say , answered questions put to him by the Clerk to the Magistrates , who has a happy knack of so dictating his questions as to make out a case against the prisoner)— " J rememember the 29 th of June . There was a disturbance that evening . I was amongst the crowd . It was about twenty minutes past nine o ' clock . I was standing close to Mr . Chambers ' warehouse . I saw W . Blake , the prisoner , there . A police officer was going up behind the walls . He was going quietly on , and not striking at any one . He was dressed as a policeman ; but had no stick in his hand . The crowd were very riotous . The prisoner eame behind the policeman , he put his hand in his breast , and took something out like a piece of cane with a head on it , with which he struck the policeman on the head , and he fell down . I saw blood oome out of his head . " C ? 9 J $ -tXAffli&ed b / . Johi ) ftraVE ^ . * solicitor , in
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behalf of the prisoner . — " I have been in Carlisle since the 29 th . I have ne rer mentioned the circumstance before . I know John Armstrong . I recollect the last Assizes . It was before that I saw John Armstrong . I told him that Keut , the police offiow , said he would give me a sovereign if I would give evidence against this man . Kent also promised I would get fifteen shillings further if I would cure evidence . I know that several men were tried for rioting on the 29 th of June . Kent came U > me and said , * I heard you were at the election at the not / He Raid . - . * . Did-vou aee a man felled J' and I said
« Yea ! I saw No . 9 . ' Kent then said , « If you will tell me the man who felled the policeman , 111 give yon a sovereign . ' I told him I did not know th « man ' s name , but I told him what clothes he ^ ad on . Kent said , he would give me his hand for a sovereign . ' I understood it was closing the bargain , and that I would get a sovereign if I gave the evidence . Two night watchmen fetched me ( rat of bed this morning at three o ' clock . " f We cannot refrain from remarking , in this place , that while Mr . Saul was cross-examining the witness , and likely to elicit answers in favour of the prisoner , he was moat unfairly interrupted by the magistrates . ]
Cross-examination resumed—I mentioned the subject to John Armstrong , and John Barker , Mr . Cockburn ' s foreman . John Armstrong said " Don t tell of tho « aan , " and I paid "No , " He said , " Far fear you may get killed . " By the Magistrates—It was in consequence of those threats that I did not give evidence before . [ What threats 1 What docs Mr . Salkald mean by construing a simple observation into threats !] William Johnston , the officer , deposed to his being knocked down , but he could not tell by whom . He stated most distinctly that his number was 15 , and not 9 , aa the boy bad stated .
Mary Robinson , a girl of thirteen years of age , was then called .. She simply deposed to having seen the man knocked down , but couid not swear to any one . She stated that her mother had said to her , last Monday , that she was not to swear against any one , as they were two lone women , and might be murdered . She meant another woman and herself . Notwithstanding the disreputable character of the evidence , the magistrates committed the prisoner till the Sessions , to take his trial , or find bail , himself in £ 25 , and two sureties of £ 25 each . This man must be defended ; but where are the means J Our appeal in the Star has only been aaswered in two instances . The Cbops . »—The weather for gome time back has been very broken , and fear 3 were entertained of a complete failure in the corn crop . Potatoes are selling at from 4 d . to 4 hd . per stone .
Mb . James Arthuk , of Carlisle , begs to acknowledge the receipt of 7 s . 2 d . from William Martin , ot Bradford , collected around Little Horton and Manchester-road , to aid the defence of those young men , who wero tried at the late assizes for murder , riot , and assault . HAWORTH—The Rev . Mr . Winterbottom , late minister at the Baptist Chapel , West-lane , Haworth , preached his farewell Bermon in that place on Sunday . BARNARD -CASTLE . Odd Fellows . —The United Brothers Lodge , No . 883 , of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows , held their seventh anniversary , on Saturday last , at the house of Ana Barker , Ship Inn , Bauk . 109 of the brothers dined . The dinner gave general satisfaction .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , August 13 . BANKRUPTS . George Anton and George Duncan Mitchell , Marklane , corn-factora , to surrender Aug . 21 , at half-past ten , Sept 24 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-streot Salicitora , Messrs . Amory , Sewell , and Moores , Throgmorton-street ; official assignee , Mr . Gannan , Finsbury-square . James Newham and George Pearson , Byde , Isle of Wight , linen-drapers , Aug . 23 ; at three , Sept . , at twelve , at the Pier Hotel , Kyde . Solicitors , Messrs . Hardwick and Davidson , Cateato-n-street ; and Messra . Randall and Eldridge , Southampton . Joseph White , East Cowea , Is ! e of Wight , shipbuilder , Aug . 24 , at eleven . Sept . 24 , at four , at the Fountain Hotel , "WestCoVes . Solicitors , Mr . Lambert , Raymond-buildings , Gray ' s Inn ; aud Mr . Hosfcins , G ^ sport and Portsmouth .
George Newton , Martock , Somerfietshire , builder , Aug . 31 , Sept . 24 , at ten . at the George Inn , Tlminster . Solicitors , Mr . Cragg , Harpar-street , Kcd-lion-square ; and Mr . "Vining , Yeovil . Henry Clifton , Worcester , proctor , Aug . 23 , Sept . 2 < , at twelve , at Messra . Hydes aud Tymbs ' , solicitors , Worcester . Solicitors , Messrs . Hydes and Tymbs , Worcester ; and Mr . Hall , New , Boswell-court , Lincoln ' s Inn . . James Smith , Thomas Engley , and Bryce Smith , Manchester , Scotch and Manchester ¦ warehousemen , Aug . 28 , Sept . 24 , at two , at the Commissioners'Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Sale and Worthington , Manchester ; and Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . Abraham Foster , Bridgewater , Somersetshire , draper , Aug . 23 , Sept 24 , at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Jenkins and Abbott , New Inn : and Messrs . Clarke , Bristol .
William Loeh and John Losh , Manchester , calieoprinters , Aug . 31 , Sept . 24 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Abbott and Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square ; and Messrs . Bennett , Manchester . Gaorge Thompson , South Shields , victualler , Aug . 30 , Sept 24 , at eleven , at t ! : c . Bridge Inn , Sunderland . So-UcitorB , Mr . Hodgson , Broad-Btreet-DUildings j Mr . Wilson , or Mr . Waiira , South Shields .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED , G . Thompson and E . Cresswell , Manchester , attorneys . —D . Art ! iurandB ~ B . Tophaxn . Manchester , packers -H . Ashtoii a ;; d W . WiUiuell , Liverpool , merchants . —R . and T . K Chappeil . Manchester , fustian-manufacturers . —D . Haijgh and J . S tad field , Wakefield , woolstaplers . — M . Wilkin and M . and A . Wilkin , Liverpool , shipagents . —J . Smiih , R . Beacock , T . Tannet , R . Taylor , S . Fletcher , and A . Archer , Leeds , machine-makers ; so far as regards R . Tiiylor , S . Fletcher , and A . Archer . —P . Ganter , J . Ganter , M . Weildoogle , M . Ganter , K . Imbri ' . y , J . Tritschier , L . Brugger , and A . Zepfel , Huddersfitld , German clock-makers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug , 17 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Howson , grocer , Leeds , to surrender Aug . 28 , at ten , and Sept . 28 , at two , at the Commissionersrooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mtssrs . Battye , Fisher , and Sudiow , Chancery-lane , London ; Mr . Shackleton , Leeds . Benjamin Wright , draper , Madeley , Salop , Aug . 26 , and Sept . 28 . at eleven , at the Crown Inn , Bridg ^ north , Svlop . Solicitor , Mr . Bigg , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , London ; Mr . Potts , Salop . Anne Casacuberta , merchant , Manchester , Aug . 27 , and Sept . 21 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . . Solicitors , Messrs . Nonia , Allen , and Simpson , Eiirtlett's-buildlngs , Holborn , London ; Mr . Norris , Manchester .
John Ibrcy and Richard Dierden , alkali manufacturers , Sutton , Lancashire , Aug . 27 , and Sept . 28 , at one , at tte Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Norris , Liverpool ; Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , Bartlett's-buildings , Holborn , London . Charles Trapps , victualler , Abridge , Essex , Aug . 28 , and Sept . 28 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Wbitmore , Basingall-street , official Assignee ; Solicitors , Ling and Harrison , Bloomsbury-Fqnare .. ' Nathaniel Claughton , fulling miller , Dixon-mill , Yeadon , York , Aug . 24 , and Sept . 28 , at twelve , at the Comraisaioners ' -rooins , Commercial-buildings , Leeda ; Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisber , and Sutllow , Chancery-lane , London ; Mr . Higham . Brighouse , Halifax . James Ciutchett , pawnbroker , Stroud , Gloucestershire , Aug . 2 G , aud Sept . 28 , at eleven , at the George Hotel , Stroud . Solicitors , Messrs . Shearman and Evans , Gray's-Inn-square , London ; Mr . Herbert , Palnswick : Mr . Paris , Stroud , Gloucestershire .
William Fawcett , manufacturer , Manchester , Sept . 8 , and 28 , at twelve , at the CommhBionerB ' -rooiiiB , Man-Chester . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensman , Basing-Iane , London ; Mr . Bennett , Manchester . Thomas Nutter , brewer , Paul-street , Finsbury-square , Aug . 26 , at half-past eleven , and Sept ! -28 , at half-past twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Cannon , Fiosbury-square , official Assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Taylor , Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-rew . Thomas Atkinson , grocer . Lancaster , Sept 10 and 28 , at eleven , at the King's Arms Inn , Lancaster . Messrs . Robinson and Dodson , Lancaster ; Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , Elm-court , Temple , London-Henry Medley and William Backhouse , oil merchants , Leeds , Aug . 24 , and Sept 28 , at ten , at the Commissioner ' 8-tooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mr . Lambert , Raymond-buildings , Gray's-inn , London ; Messrs . Snowden and Preston , Leeds ; Mr . Smith , Leeds .
Edward Sturcbfield , horse-dealer , Church-street , Paddington-green , Aug . 25 , at half-past eleven , and Sept 28 . at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street , official Assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Bicknells , Manchester-street , Manebestersquare . William Henry Lamport , silversmith , Plymouth , Aug . 25 , at half-past one , and Sept . 28 ; at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street , official Assignee ; - Mr . Lloyd , Cheapside . Fredererick Jones , draper , City-road , Aug . 25 , at one , audSei . t 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Cannan , Finsbuiy-sqaare , official Assignee ; Solicitor . Mr . Humphreys , Queen-street , Cheapside .
John Frederick Lewis , -woollen-doth manufacturer , Ebley , Gloucester , Aug . 28 , at half-past twelve , and Sept 28 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Canaan , Finsbury-square , official Assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Yenning , Najflor , « ai Robias , TofcenJiQuaeyard / iethbwy . .
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TO THE EDITOB OP THE KORTHEB ^ STAB . Sis , —I take the liberty of troubling you on a subject which our association thinks is of the most vital importance to the "whole Chartist body , and which we conceive that you should , in the Star , notice as promptly as you possibly can , in order to put every real Chartist upon his guard , so as to enable us to put down the nuisance which I now lay before you . Soon after the last Northern Political Union commenced , a few uvuld-be-thoughi middle-class men , shopocrsts , at Newcastle , thrust themselves into the council ; leaders of it they "would be ; its funds they kept at their almost sole disposal ; nene but themselves "would be allowed to hold office , either as president , treasurer , ic , they seeking to gain a popular name , in order to get a run to their own shops . They kept the Union in a state of turmoil , and brought it to the close it had , solely through their own incapacity .
Alter the close of the Northern Political Uaion , a EpirH of apathy and distrust "was felt by the working population here , uati ! the present organization of the >" auonal Charter Association commenced , when the association here gathered strength , and at the present moment every prospect of success appears ¦ , when lo ! the parties alluded to , finding , no doubt , their tills rather low , and seeing the people beginning to move , think it a good time for them to be stirring , and to swamp the Charter Associations by getting up a Northern P litical Union again ; they , of course , to be the sole managers and directors , as before , of its fnntfa .
In order to get their political union brought about , and thus swamp the Chartists , they held a meeting at the Clarendon Arm ? , the other day , to unite , as they said , all classes of Reformers—for the Whig cheap bread bndget no doubt—as they , having the elective franchise , invited " Brown Bread Joseph ; " whilst our associations were bringing forward Broaterre O'Brien . They have now at their shops , I assure you , a list , or prospectus , for the reorganizition of the Northern Political Union , "which , on any known Radical coming in , they present to him to sign , intending , as soon as they can get as many signatures as will enable them to pack a part of a room , to call a meeting , and raise themselTesin head and chief , and bring money again to their tills , now getting very low .
The Chartists determine to resist the attempt With all their energies , and no doubt they will be able to ¦ upse t them- I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , J . H . Oosebum , August 17 , 1 S 41 .
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Deptford . —The Chartists met as usual , on Sunday laat , when the bye-laws for the society were confirmed . Mr . O'Bryan delivered his first lecture . Subject : — " The Charter , its objects , utility , practicability , and means of obtaining it . " After some further business the meeting broke up . A subscription has been entered into here for the purpose of aiding the funds of contested elections , as also for the banners , dec Tower Hamlets . —The female Chartists held their second meeting on Monday last , Mr . Simmons in the chair . On the nomination , the following members were elected on the council : —Mrs . Downs , Mrs . Icor ae , Mrs . Newley , Mrs . Gray , Miss Sellers , Mrs . Slater , Mrs . Wm . Simmons ; treasurer , Miss Simmons ; secretary , Mrs . Simmons . The council will meet every Monday . The monthly meetings on the first Monday in every month , when the balance sheet "will be ready for the inspection of the members .
Westminster . —On Sunday , Mr . Stallwood delivered a most powerful ami argumentative lecture on the People ' s Charter as a means of remedying the present unnatural artificial state of fodety . and completely demolished all the specious counter agitations which have been set on foot for the purpose of distracting the attention of the people from the grand remedy . The lectnrer , in the course of his address , alluded to TeetotaHim , a * a means to assist in carrying out the agitation for the Charter . In this view , he was supported by the Chairman , Mr . Dowline , which brought on a
friendly discussion , in which Messrs . Hogg , Ridley , Wilson , Wheeler , and other members took part The decision come to waa , th&t though teetotalism -was very good in itself , yet it was imprudent to mix up any other ism with Chartism . The sum of S 3 . was sent to the Victim Fund , several members joined , and an excellent spirit was exhibited . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and lectnrer . Mr . Ridley was announced to lecture on the ensuing Sunday evening , at the same place , and Mr . Stallwood at the Political and Scientific Institute , Old Bailey , on Sunday evening , August 22 nd .
Chelsea . —On Monday last , at a public meeting of the Chartists tsf Chelsea and its neighbourhood , Mr . Whitehorn in the chair , after the usual business connected with the locality and the delegate meeting was transacted , it was resolved that a public festival should be held on Monday , August 30 th , at the place of meeting , United Coffee House , George-street . Chelsea , in aid of the Election Fund for seating O'Brien and Binns in the Cjmrnon 3 House of Parliament . Mr . Ford announced bis intention of making the Association a present , to be raffled for in aid of the same go&d purpose . Dr . Webb not being able to attend , in consequtnee of a circumstance connected with his professional duties , Mr . Wheeler was requested to supply his place , and addressed a very numerous and enthusiastic audience on the evils of a standing army , showing the ill effects it produced , both in a political
and moral point of viaw . demonstrating in a satisfactory manner that a standing array was only necessary under a despotic and tyrannic form of Government , and that under an improved system of legislation , based on the principles of the People ' s Chaittr , the standing army Riight be reduced to a merely nominal amount . The lecturer was highly applauded throughout , and sat down amidst universal approbation . Several new members vrere enrolled , and much enthusiasm was evinced at the prospect of the "whole of the trades of the metropolis speedily enlisting themselves under the banner of our glorious Charter . The Secretary stated that he bad remitted 18 s . to the Star tor the political victims , 13 s . being from Chelsea , and 5 s . from Westminster . The meeting then adjourned , with a vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman . Dr . Webb -will lecture on Monday evening , the 22 nd inst . ; chair to be taken at eight o clock .
CA > iVERvri : Lt axd waLworth . —The Chartists of this locality held their usual weekly meeting on Monday Bight , when the following resolution was passed : — "That a vote of thanka be given to Mr . White , for his persevering conduct in the cause of the National Charter Association , and that we consider such men as Messrs . Collins and O'Neil as beneath our notice . " The Eastern Division of the Boot and Shoemakers' Charter Association , met on Sunday evening last , at the Bull and Bell , Ropemaker ' s-street , Moorfields , when several new members were enrolled , and eight perctms -were appointed to meet sixteen of the stonemasons , on Wednesday evening , to form deputations to wait on the West End body of shoemakers . The meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next , to the Star Inn , Xo . 1 , Golden Lane , Barbican , City , for tho transaction of business .
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Masons' Bodt . —On Saturday evening last , the Masons held their usual weekly meeting at their room , the Craven ' s Head , Drury-lane . The chair waa taken
at half-past eight , when the minutes of the last meeting having been read were confirmed . Fire hundred copies of the address were ordered to be printed for circulation amongst the trades . It was resolved , " That the three trades now organised , be called upon to form a committee , so as to make arrangements for waiting on the various trades . " Mr . Watkins delivered a spirited and excellent address , "wherein be pointed out the reasons of the failure of trades societies to keep up a beneficial state of society for the working classes . Mr . Wall was announced to lecture here on Saturday next .
Martlebone . — On Sunday evening last , Mr , Watkins delivered a lecture here ; his subject being " In perils amongst false brtthren . " Ho commenced by stating that nothing could be worse , or more fatal , thaa false brethren . He then divided false brethren into three classes , the treacherous , the timid , and the mercenary . He considered that Chartism had nothing to fear fro ~ n persecution , but all from false brethren ; for persecution had bern tried , and failed ; Jt was the treacherous , false brtthren , who , when victory is in our favour , leaves ns , or strives to put us in the power of
others ; but the class they had to fear the most from were the parties who wished to live upon agitation , and to keep up that agitation for the Bake of lucre . After the lecture , a vote of thanks was proposed and seconded , when several questions were put to Mr . Watkins , who replied to them ; and in answer to Mr . Powell , stated that he was willing to meet Mr . Watkins , according to the plan he ( Mr . Watkins ) had proposed . Mr . Neeaom then put a question to Mr . Watkins , relative to the authorship ot s letter in a late number ot the Star , which Mr . Watkins avowed . A vote of thanks was then carried , and the meeting separated .
Fjnsbubt . —The members held a meeting here , at Lunt ' s Coffee-house , on Monday evening last Mr . Fussin was called to the chair . After the enrolment of several members , the minutes were read and confirmed . Mr . Culverhouse rose , and addressed the meeting as to the propriety of becoming members of the Political Institute . After some conversation , in which Messrs . Wall and Watkins took part , the subject was dropped , and Mr . Spurr rose for the purpose of complaining of the conduct of Mr . Campbell , which he described as tyrannical towards the electors and himself , and destructive to the principle of Universal Suffrage . He declared
he would throw himself upon the country toe them to take up the case . Mr . Hogg moved , and a member seconded— " That a public meeting be held relative te the affair . " Mr . Watkins moved— " That the question be determined in that assembly , whether Mr . Campbell was censurable or not" The amendment being put , was carried . A resolution was then proposed — " That Mr . Campbell be not censured , he having acted up to the laws of the Association ; " to which an amendment was moved— " That Mr . Campbell is censurable for his conduct , inasmuch as Mr . Spur had never given up his card . " The amendment being put , was lost ; aud the original motion carried .
Tower Hamlets . —On Sunday last , Mr . Preston continued his lecture .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct393/page/7/
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