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LEEDS,—Ibqcests.—On Friday sight, so inquest was held at the house of Mr. Hirat, the Dake?
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TO THE UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES IN THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . WE , the Undersigned , CALL A PUBLIC MEETING of the Unemployed Operatives , to beheld in the Vicar ' s Croft , on Monday the 7 th of Jone , to commence at Eleven o'Clock , to take into Consideration the Cause of our present Distress . JOSEPH BEST . JERH . MURPHY . JOHN ELLIS . JAMES STEAD . CHARLES BATTY . THOMAS WOOD . MlfiHAKT , LAW .
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! On Saturday last was published , price Sixpence , No . 6 , of THE PEOPLE'S MAGAZINE : A Monthly Journal of Religion , Politics , and Literature . BDI 18 D SV JOSBPH BATHER STEPHENS . The Number for June eontiins : —I . Conversations on many thiDgs II . The Factory Slave . III . Pernicious effects of Party . IT . Present alarming aspeet of Society . V . Words of the Wise . VI Virtue in Youth . Til . The Blessed Ends of Wedlock . VIII . The Pulpit and the People . IX . Old Prineiples applied to Modern Practice . X . Song and Muiieas a part of Public Worship . XL Tidings and Tokens : —1 . Is it yet too Late ! 3 . " To Let ?' 3 . Want of Confidence in Ministers . 32 Pages Beautiful Letter Press , Royal Octavo , For Sixpence !
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Leeds Court House , 31 st May , 1841 . AT THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LEEDS WATER WORKS COMPANY and PROPRIETORS OF SHARES therein , held at the Court House , in Leeds , on Monda y , the Thirty-First Day of May , Obo Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty One , pursuant to Notice duly given , and of an Act of Parliament passed in the First Year of the Reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria , intituled " An Act for the better supplying with Water the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds , in the West Riding of the County of York , " for tne purpose of eleoting Nine Electors of the said Comninv far ihei nnfiiiinir Year .
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»* , JAdress of the CommlBee of Jhe General Cortveidion 1 of the Indvstrtea Outset , held ia London , in Uar . isu- .. : > . . ^ oiow coOTBTireif , ahb Bbotheb Chartists , Jwt&re pwented tbfr Kktfonal J ^ Bao . ud have r ^ Ilt our deHberatiTe riftmga to ft clow . Tb » last SVreaneeJTed it Ti ^* to perform is now before fTfefiw * n « Pf tirf » valedfctwr « d * e « . ^ Mlow OoanttynTen , —Onr labora have aofrlwen the ui i » portert beearae wfcare not altogether attained 2 ? objects . ] Weh * ve fceH viit asS . important meet 5 L . Ve to *« S * * " •* *» NI * * o the ennwft- ' o ! { Jf ^ on ; ve h * T 8 aimA wa ' tftsa ^ ardturttie ^ lB ad-* Ja « r . « & * ve piaeedtbe migrtrm ^ ofsignafettei T ^ e ' shonlden of eigiteenbaveiBHl patriotic irorkfustian ' etthe uniform oflaboftr of of
the . ja * , . , 2 s ^ eeii seen *• the bar the House Commons j ~ the firs * t * 1116 in t&e . erer maaotaMe history of Nation , ( jtej **} - time it appears there ihe voice S ^ Bg&wi ' sftaa be heard J , and the powerful hand 7 jj ^ nrtrj has rolled the complaint of okb million iid > HiLF of people to 4 be- footstool of . boasted jLjg sad pretendeS mercy . - . Are these effbrts-to be J ^ d ? a * vdOim to . be »« 4 fe 4 st ? Jtt $ tt prayer to rjjpnjned ? and the prisoners to be still in the dungeon ? ^ a iiis TotB of . onemaa , » ofiei » lb 3 QL , bexiflfeaHit £ rL « e sains * the 4 de of opinion , and battle with it in £ & >* ? We hare sadoms doubla . We hesitate % o feTWi sny nope of merey *» ytmr tortured leaders , ^ 4 e wiDlieTCrwnn * 1 yon to bejf their liberation ^ Government at a favour ; : -when -we oaght to Sgree it as an act of justice . We Trill not ask you to lar isaswooia
i pecs jnstiee man sne nnigs , we desire Ski look for mercy from She Tories . . ^ Tbe period is &st approaching when tie fate of both ^ g be irrecoverably sealed . We stand npon a jnst and j-uu ^ tal p Hodple , and prrrldent iate has given us a iiwsi powerfnl enough to liberate the captive , and ^ j i fciai to that home aronnd whose Hbertfes Universal g&fn will reat a wall el brass , und within whose rib bo slate ahaD breathe , nor injured labour mourn . : Brethren , to you , the electors and non-electors , we wappeal to ti » tribunal of yoor reason ; webHngosr j ^ rijint , and into yonr hands -we resign the-sacred MS reposed in us . Do toot tfaty , as we -have done -a , Bind yourselTe * ' together . in one mighty phatai . Prepare for , the approaching electoral battle . S&niar , M'DoaaU ; Vinoait , Moir , are in 4 be « dd as wjdslas . Send them after the Petition , and let fire Skat of sturdy arms foree your TJ | pwBh |§ ji Till 1 r ^ nnons" Hoiae , Z ^ ^^^ -StfWV ***** nftis at tee retow tie baLaaoz of paver icithoul .
Form election Committees , appoint local and general jjg ^ orers , to provide the sinews ef war . Keep alocf fiass . boih factions in the battle , and at the critical amesl be prepared to rash in ; strike one blow at ef enemy at a time , and let the blow be one from thieb they nerer can recover . We have received { gain impalpable evidence , that in several places giber of the factions will split their votes with our eudidues , that is to say , a Tory and a Chartist , or j ( SsrtL-t and a Whig can be returned . ] f ton desire any of your leaders to watch in the aemj * s camp—if you desire a sentinei over the midijgfci plottjngs of your adversaries—if yon desire the Qarter—provide the requisite funds for the ensuing simreie .
Mr-O'Connor has offered readily to provide the qna-ESetUons asd most generously" to furnish his liberal teirionfor a Chartist candidate , everywhere and anyfisEre . The first thing you have to do is to destxoy jmt enemies , especially , the bastile Whigs and the Xil&isisc . hacks . The second thing you have to aim atis tie return of your iiieads ; we refer you to the i » i of voles on the Prisoners' Release Petition , an 4 Tc leave you to sift the grain and throw away the chaff a 1 whirl wind of bitter corses . May the political ojstaiee of Whiggery be utterly destroyed and tie jjl&iietion of the bereaved wife , of the orphaned daM , tnd of the white , headed parent , pursue the gudea into privacy and ding to them like burning amuy upon a diseased conscience .
Doto with the hypocritical and defrauding crew to fia lowest region of political damnation . There let Sign remain out of office and in torture . Let them fete refuge under the shades of official memory and fie vish we have for them is , that they may cling to one ipeeaMa retrospect with as much tenacity as they have tee to the gown of the speaker or the seals of s&e . Ton have the list of votes before you . * The miaority vs esUeetiTely support and keep faith with ; the ma-) kSj we individually denounce and will exterminate ; & absentees we most bitterly condemn and consign to jrmte life and home legislation .
The ayes have been honourable , the noes insnltm ! j hostile , and the nothings have exhibited a wanton gait of contempt , degrading to the character of man , ki perfectly consistent with the conduct of aristocratic Hjreseatatives , and rather ominous of tfeeir future paa&m . We cannot pass over the conduct of the amber for all Ireland , who absented himself after a ¦ ratten and declared promise to vote . The factory AM asd the prisoners h » re been consistent ^ created tjhim , and allowing him that solitary merit of the cbat , we must record it as our deliberative opinion , Sbu his absence can only be liable to one of two construction—it must either have been constructive treason , or Dfatmiate duplicity .
Brethren , we confidently leave our cause , the cause rf the prisoners , and the rights of labour , in your tends . Use yosr power with resolution , and before your firmness the proudest of your enemies will be Teak . TTe have two recommendations to offer to ycu before « conclnde : — First—to marahal the trades of this great nation , by tbose energy and efforts the Reform Bill was carried , ad by whose aid and assistance now , the Charter may te trimnph&ntlj- carried . Secondly—In the ensuing election , we advise you to late up the dr « aded weapon of exclusive dealing ; and fa so vote , no custom , no Chartism , no trade , no Suffaje , fit money , be your watchwords to alarm and
RiaJly—Brethren let us cast aside , at this great aaas , &U division \ n& animosity . Let us be soldiers of Stt tame army ; and before the victorious millions let &e power of our oppressors be dissipated and forgotten . let the swakeneu reason put down Whiggery first , and TnrjTsn next ; and , like unsettled spirits wacdering wa the Und , may they fade away before the intelli-£ aee of man , until not one vestige of faction remains topics ihe prospects of liberty , or interfere with the Bgtk of labour , & prepared then , fellow countrymen , for the worst k « a Jhe Whigs ; be ready to s « renre the most for your-* fts ; ind rest assurvd that the greatest crime you as commit against your ciuse , against yourselves an 1 ? nff country , is to be apathetic when freedem bids you
*»» , and sluggish when victory is secure . ^ toning you our sincere thaiiks for your continued fcSdenee , We remain , Tour faithful and unchanging brothers in the cause of liberty , mercy , and truth , P . M . MT > ocall . John Skktixgtos . Thomas J . Wall . Rufft Ridley . T . R . Sxakt . WX . ilABTIK . Wx . Horga . v . Joh > ' Rose . * iThs list of votes was sent herewith ; but as we * " * pven it in Mr . O'Connor's letter , it was needless to J ^ iT * p » ce with it here : our readers can refer . —
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better salted to the altered condition of man , must be adopted . . Time , it is allowed , makes more converts than reason j and tone , politically speaking , is most rapidly progressing . You have proved the liberality of yonr opiniftns , and , though you do not aa yet adopt all the principles contained in our creed , yet we have a hope , we truat -a well-founded one , that your enlightened minds will lead you , at no distant period , to join with ob fox the attainment of those objects , which , as-we know them to be just and right , we believe them to be
essentially necessary to th * political salvation of our beioved country . We earnestly hope that we have removed from your minds the prejudices which the calumnies of our enemies may have implanted . W * have asked , we continue toasX for ao more than the renewal of our ancient institutions ; and we cannot in this be justly stigmatized aa visionaries , or enthusiasts ; and we solemnly disavow all intention of involving our country in anarchy , . convulsion , and bloodshed . The purpose of our agitation has been , and continues to be , the improvement of the social condition of the sons of labour , and their elevation in the moral ¦
We have , through your assistance , obtained a great moral victory , and we ardently wish to follow up the blow : we , therefore , humbly , but earnestly , request that you wooM . be pleased unitedly to use your influence with the Marquis of Normanby to obtain for our imprisoned friends the whole of those advantages of which tite accident of a single vote has deprived them . We are , Gentlemen , With much respect , Y « ar obliged awaits , T . R . Smart , John Skkyi > gton , Tbojias Jobs Wall , William Motigaj > , p . m'docall , Rufft Ridley , Joh 5 Rose , William Martin .
55 , Old Bailey , May 28 , 1841 . The Albany , May 31 , 18 * 1 . Gentlemen , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 2 Sth instant , and beg to express the sincere gratification that I experience from the very kind and flattering terms in which you are pleased to notice my humble exertions upon the occasion of my having hid the honour of presenting to the House of Commons the petitions of nearly one million and four hundred thousand of the industrious classes ef my fellow-countrymen .
During the present adjournment of the House « f Commons it will not be possible for me to convey to those gentlemen who afforded their generous and talented aid to my motion the pleasing contents of your present address ; but be assured , the moment that Parliament re-assembles , I will make a point of communicating to each and trery one of them the high consideration and grateful sense you entertain of their distinguished services . The moral triumph ( as you justly designate it ) which you obtained on Tuesday last , will not , I am confident , prove a barren victory , it being impossible , after the opinions expressed on both sides of the House , and the decision come to ., that her Majesty ' s Ministers can do otherwise , or would wish to do otherwise , than take the subject under their most serious consideration , with a view , as far as . is consistent with their sense of duty , of giving immediate effect to the Tecoided wish of the House of Csmmons . For these reasons , and under
all the circumstances and difficulties with which this case is surrounded , I cannot help feeling that it would -be most impolitic and inexpedient on our par t , at this moment , to interfere further with either the Government or the prerogative of the Crown ; and as you 'have hitherto done me the honour of being guided ij mj advice throughout this very important business , I hope you will continue to me your confidence , and forgive me -when I earnestly entreat you , as I now do , to leave the Government , at present unfettered and unbidden , to proclaim , of their own accord , if they should so think fit , that amnesty to political offenders which I feel confident , after the Bufferings they have endured , would , as an act of grace , be universally approved and applauded by all classes of society . With best wishes , 1 have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Tour faithful servant , Thomas S . Duscombe . To Messrs . Smart . M'Douall , fee .
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Dan has been to Manchester ^ , and a sorry reception has he had ! He arrived in the town on Tuesday—wa 3 met by a procession , which for meagrencss and sorry condition , excited the risibility of all who witnessed it . - There never were more than one thousand persons in it from first to last . The Carpenter ' s Hall had Been taken for " Dan to speak in ;" and an admission fee , varying from 6 d . to 2 d . charged to see the lion . On Dan ' s arrival at the Hall , however , he found it was not a qnarter filled , there not being , according to the Manchester Guardian , more than " several hundreds " inside . To "hold forth I" to empty benches , in the large aud important town of Manchester , was more than Dan would
hazard : he therefore flatly refused to enter the Hall , bnt said he would address " the people " (!) outside . This was communicated to the " several hundreds " . inside , who " had paid for a sight ;" and they looked rather queer . On being assured however that their money would be returned , they left the place , some being fortunate enough to get their " brass " back again , others not so . _ By these means Dan managed to secure for himself an audience of abont 3000 persons ; certainly not more , at any period of the proceedings . The meeting indeed , w& 3 a complete failure ! The Manchester Guardian , in reporting it , ambiguously f , ayB the number assembled outside amonnted to "several thousands . " There were , good Guardian , " several thousands" present ; but 3 , 000 was the very outside , including those who were present from sneer cariosity to get a glimpse at the " great lion . " The meeting was -not attended by ihe Chartists , as it was
called to further the cause of Repeal of the Union ; and as Dan was announced to take part in the anti-Corn Law Meeting on the succeeding day , they determined to let him have his own way for once . They determined to let him have a demonstration all to himseli—and see what he would get by it . He was miser ably disappointed . A dinner was held in the evening , attended by about three hundred persons ; and the Guardian describes the repast to have been a very "indifferent" one ! Not a single man of any note or standing amongst the Whig party was in attendance , either at the " out-door meeting of three thousand'' or at the dinner . Stung to madness at the reception he had met with , Dan declared that he would not stop for the meeting on the succeeding day ; and be accordingly set off from Manchester by an early London train , on Wednesday morning . " He went—he saw" and he ran away !
[ The above account we have from a friend who was present in Manchester on Tuesday , and who moved amongst all parties likely to get information from . We " therefore place great reliance on his statements . The following is from oar own Correspondent ; and it will be seen that be corroborates the above report in every particular ]
Daw ' s Repeal Meeting . On Tuesday morning , werepaired to the Carpenters ' Hall , fcr the purpose of hearing Daniel O'Connell deliver a lecture on the Repeal of fhe Union . The announcement , in the placards calling the meeting , was for eleven o ' clock ; bnt at that time , there were not more than sixty persons outside , and about the same number inside . The arrangements were to charge one penny for the body of the ball , threepence for the gallery , and sixpence for the platform ; after sitting there till the reporters began to think that he would not come , and began to shew symp toms of impatience , Mr . R . J . Richardson , in company with two other gentlemen , went round collecting the admission money , and just m they had
finished this part of the business , the sound of a drum was heard at a distance , which seemed to cheer our Bister countrymen , and caused them to think they would have a chance very shortly of seeing the "great man ; " but alas ! we were surprised by Father Hearse entering the hall , and informing the people that they must go outside , as the populace had carried Dan along , and had prevented him froa coming in . He then turned round and told the reporters that he would nake way for them if they would go with him . From this we were led to suppose , that there mnst be a noaerous assembly
outside , when , to our great astonishment , there were not more than eighteen hundred people at the very highest calculation , * number which the body of the hall would have held conformably , and , indeed , if we take the women and children from the above number , there would remain about twelve hundred ; sot more than half would have gone into the room , in consequence of the penny admission , to that we were led to suppose that in order to make the best of a failure , they were willing to Jet those who .. had paid receive their money again . From the excitement created by the band and Dan ' s carriage , there&were not more than three thousand
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when the meeting closed . Mr . Hearne walked before us , and we £ ot to the carriage with the greatest ease While speaking abont voting for liberal measures for England , he waa accosted by a working man , who asked him if he voted for the Factory - Bill . At this moment a confusion arota and some said , "There ' s a Chartist ; " others BfcW"Kill himf and others cried , " Bring him hp tflMifli © carriage . " However , the working man came up ^ !>»!» , prepared to reason with him about the faottry tftiestien . M What was that Bill , what waa the ^ U r asked Dan twice , and he said "it was another Chartist lie . " Jnst as the young man caraebp * e 4 li *« a rriage to ; speak to him , Dan turned nmfift-aad sara he would hold so conversation witfr fe » . Dan declared himself a teetotaller , bnt Very bitterly denounced the Order of Rcchabites , and bid his conntrjmfin not to own them , ' or-have anything to do with them . He denounoed the Chartists as Orangemen , and said but very little about the Repeal .
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CXTT OP LONDON . —The CharttBte here having a hall of their own , at 55 , Old Bailey , make good use thereof , by having lectures delirered twice on Sunday , besides other evenings . ' ~ " Mabylkbone . —The men of St . Maryjeb fljifc . jmeet at their room , Circus-street , New Row , # b Sunday evening last ; and , on Monday evenqjy , gave a ball in behalf of the Victim Fadd , which was most nnmeronaly . a rt * yfod . Iftfcghag was contained till an eatlf bouf afinorn . The greatest credit ^ s due to the managers for their care in the conducting of the ball . St . Pancras . —The Chartist 3 held their weekly meeting , at their usual place of meeting , on Monday evening last .
BRADFORD ( Wilts ) . —A public tea meeting was held in this town on Saturday last , to congratulate Mr . Henry Vincent on his release from the dungeon of the Whigs . The room was elegancy decorated with laurel and flowers , and surrounded by the portraits of Vincent , Frost , O'Connor , and other patriots . The meeting was addressed at length by Messrs . Vincent , W . Roberts , Esq ., Philp , avid Bolwell . Mr . Vincent received the hearty congratulations of his friends . On Sunday afterhooD , Mr . Vincent preached a sermon to a large concourse of persons . He shewed the practical bearing of the
Gospel of Christ , and urged upon all Christians the necessity of enforcing the practice of Christianity in all the public and private affairs of life . At the cohclusion of the discourse , a collection was made for Mrs . Frost . On Monday and Tuesday evenings , Mr . Vincent gave two lectures to very attentive audiences . Wiltshire is rousing again , and all will be activity and perseverance in the west . Mr . Vincent intends to bring out the indicator on the 19 th of June . The people have been apathetio since the incarceration of Mr . Vincent ; but his presence ia these parts will throw new life into the masses .
tODGHBOROUGH . —On Tuesday evening , in consequence of Mr . Martin ' s arrival in this town , on bis way from London to Sheffield , it was agreed that a meeting should be held at Mr . Skevington ' t ; , Charter Hotel , Swan-street , for the purpose of hearing an address from that gentleman . Though the only publicity given was in naming it to a few of the class-leaders , yet the people kept pouring in so numerously , that it was deemed prudent to adjourn to the Bull-ring in the Ward ' s end . Mr . Skevington having addressed the meeting in a speech full of good sense and patriotism , introduced Mr . Martin , who , in a most eloquent appeal , for the space of two hours , laid bare the vile conduct of the Whigs and Tories . After which three cheers were given for the Charter ; three for the Xorthern Star ; three for O'Connor and the other victims ; and three for Messrs . Martin and Skevington . The meeting then quietly separated .
SHEFPIEW ) . —The Corn Law " Plaguers" have had another "demonstration'' in Paradise-5 quare , at which , so far as we can judge from the reports ifiven by their own organs , they seem to have been well beaten , as they ara everywhere , when they dire to take the open field . We have not received any account of this meeting from our Chartist friends at Sheffield , which we hold to be a great neglect of duty on their part . GATEBHEAD . —The members met at their new rooms , opposite the FJying Horse . Oakwellgate , when it waa nnanimonsly agreed that the correspondence between Mr . Hutt , M . P . and the Gateshead Chartists be published . There has been a debating society held here for the last month , which
will be of great benefit to the working classes , as any person is allowed to take a part in the discussion , whether he be a member of the Association or not . The question for discussion at present is the Corn LawB ; so that any one who is wishful to gain a knowledge of them , has here an excellent opportunity . The discussions are held on Wednesday evenings , at eight o clock , when as many as can are requested to attend . The council meet on Tuesday e ? enings , and the members on Sundays , as usual . The Toom ia open for reading all the rest of the week . The members , and as many as are friendly to our cause , ara requested to attend on Tuesday evening , as it is intended to bring a Chartist « andidate forward at the forthcoming election .
BIRMINGHAM . —The Police again . —On Satnrday evening last , a meeting was held at Gosta Green , for the purpose of explaining the principles of Charti 3 m . Messrs . White and Taylor attended for the purpose of addressing the meeting . They had scarcely commenced , when two policemen , Nob . 327 and 371 , stepped up and ordered them to desist . — Mr . White demanded their authority for interrupting a peaceable meeting , and was told that they had orders to disperse all political meetings . Mr . White then proceeded to take their numbers , and insisted that they were exceeding their instructions . Ttie " blue bottles" tamed rusty , and insisted on Mr .
White ' s name and addms , declaring their determination to bring him before the Magistrates for a breach of the peace . Mr . White insisted that they had no authority to interrupt the proceedings , and stated that as they seemed to object to political meetings , he would advise his friend Taylor to preach a sermon . They then caused the cart which was used as a hustings to be removed , and with the assistance of a Bergeant , No . 34 , after taking Mr . Taylor ' s name and residence , and creating a regular row , they at length succeed in dispersing the meeting . Such are the fruits of the police sjsiem . Nothing like living in a free country !
Chartist Meeting ax Freeman-steeet . — The Chartis-ts of Birmingham held their usual weekly meeting at their room in Freeman-street , on Monday , Mr . Jusbet in the chair . Mr . Whiteintroduced apian for tho establishment of a reading room , for ihe accommodation of the Chartist body , which was well received . It is intended to establish one through the medium of shares of fiva s-hillings each , and there is little doubt of its ultimate succeeB . — Mr . Wm . Dean Taylor , Mr . Harper , and others , afterwards addressed the meeting , on the present prospects and principles of Chartism ; after whioh All . Markham , of Leicester , made an application for a lecturer to attend the Ami-Corn Law demonstration at Leicester . Mr . Taylor was deputed as a proper person . After the transaction of the remaining business , the meeting separated .
REDDITCH . —The two first open air meetings that were ever held at Redditch took place on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday last , when Mr . George White attended . On the first evening , he explained the objects and principles of Chartism ; exposed the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , and challenged them to a discussion on the following evening . —On Thursday evening , he went fally into the doctrine of cheap bread , and pointed out the cheatery and double-dealing of the free traders . He was much interrupted by a drunken fellow , who seemed to be set on by a knot of shopkeepers , who dared not attempt a defence of their views , although respectfully invited to a discussion . The meetings were the largest ever held in Redditch , and have completely opened the eyes of the working classes on the subject of Chartism .
WALSAIX , —Mr . George White has delivered two lectures on Chartist principles , and the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , in this hitherto Whig-ridden place , on the 2 nd and 3 rd of June . CAMBERWELL . —Our Association is increasing and we are determined to agitate for nothing less than the Charter . No Whig elap-trap for us ; let the two base factions fight the battle by themselves , we will have nothing to do with them . We must not make any false steps bat be united , be firm , be determined , and the Charter is ours . At our meeting last week , & vote of thanks was given to Messrs . Martin and Cleave , ' for their bold attack upon that base misanthrope and lying traitor , the big beggarman of Ireland , » t the Crown and Anchor .
ODDHAM . —At % public meeting assembled in Oldham , on Friday , May 28 , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from that tried friend of liberty , George Julian Harney , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — That inasmuch as the accusers of Mr . George Juliai Harney have failed to come forward to prove their accusations against him , this meeting considers them as false , slanderous and malicious . "
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THE DISSOLUTION CRISIS . TO ~* FHE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALES . Brother Chartists , —A dissolution of Parliament is at hand ; be ye prepared for the crisis . It is recommended by our friends that we should be provided witk ; candidate 3 that will ' advocate Chartist principles . If there is a Borough in England , Scotland , or Wales , in which my brother Chartists believe they possess the means of returning at least one to Parliament , I am acquainted with a gentleman , who is and has been an advoeate' of our principles before they bore the name of Chartism , and he will go . its whole length —will advocate the release of all political prisoners , and the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones—the repeal of the Poor Law Bill , he ever having been the consistent opponent of that measure—will advocate a national and rational system of education under the controul of the people . He is also in favour , like Colonel
Thompson , of a repeal of the Corn Lawb . : The Gentleman is duly qualified , according to law to sit in Parliament . He is about forty years of ageis about to retire from the profession to which he is an honour ; he id alike' independent of Whig and Tory , and wouldfdevote his 1 whole lime and talent to the interest of his constituents , his sole desire to sit in Parliament being tp render himself useful to hia conntry . He Would be willing to pay all expences that are legal and strictly ' necessary ; further than this he will nojt go , believing that an M . P . is the servant of the people , and that if he buys them retail he will sell them wholesale . ' •' Brother Chartists , —I have known the gentleman for years , and most cordially recommend him to your notice ; he is not a great speaker , but a good worker—if a constituency stand in need of a good representative and a honest man , The gentleman is also the advocate of
temperance . They can apply for further information , postpaid , to Edmund Stallwood , occasional lecturer , and member of the National Charter Association , 6 , Little Vale Placej Hammersmith Road , near London .
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"^ >; ' WJEDjfe ^ Y ^ c ^ cD . - ' * Tho Lords did not sit . ' , The Commons were again occupied with the " No confidence question , " the debate on which was again adjourned . ¦ . ^¦¦™ : ""'^
THURSDAY , JtrwB 3 . The . Commons were further « eot > pied : for several hours on the " no confidence" debate . Several Hon . Members spoke , and the debate was again adjourned till Friday . .. ^
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LATEST PROM CHINA . A copy of & Gazette ' Extraordinary , containing the latest official intelligence from China has been published . The character of this intelligence ¦ is important . It may be summed op by seating , that Canton is vikiually in poattpasios of ouaiHoora .
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William , in Waterloo-street , before John Black- born . Esq ., on tho body of Joaas Foster , a dyer in the employ of Messrs . Chadwick . Theideoeased was twenty-three years of age ; and en Wednesday night week , daring the fire at Mr . Howard ' s mill , he waa desirous to eross therire * togo to it . It would seem that the boat being on the opposite side , he jumped in to swint over , as be h * d ; frequently done before ; but , being now in a state of intoxication , he met with his death . There were no mark * ; of violence , and a verdict in accordance with the circumstances was returned . On Saturday , an
inquest was held before the same ' Coceoer , at the Punch BowJ Inn , Hunslet , on the body ef Alexander Tattersall , a weaver , fifty-three years ef age , who was found dead in bed on Thursday mwraiug . The verdict of the Jury was •* Found dead . " On Monday morning , at the Waggon and Horses , on the body of a little girl named Susannah Loogbottom , who , on Saturday , was playing at Holbecb , near a brick-yard , when she was ^ un over by a cart laden with brieks . There was no- blame attached to the driver , and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned .
WiiPT-MoNDAT . — -The various Sunday Schools congregated together as * usual on this- day . The children of those comprising &e Union ,, assembled inffirC « &ifttTldth Hall yard ; the CatheAJcs at their school in Park-lane ; the Unitarians at their school in Park-row ; the . Wesleyansatttheir different chapels ; and the Church scholars at the chrarehes . The day was one of festivity . The Botanical Gardens were open to such as chose to avail themselves of the privilege at three-halfpenoe each . Ii > the evening , the annual meeting of the Sunday School Union was held in East Parade Chapel .
Firework * . —On Monday evening ,.. a splendid display of fireworks waaexhibited in the yard of the White Cloth Hall , by Mr . Hadfield , from Sheffield . There was not a very numerous attendance ^ and we fear that the talented artist would lose by his speculation . The various pieces displayed great ability , and some of them were superior to any thing of the sort we had previously seen . Ancient Free Gardeners . —On Whit-Monday , the members of the JPalnyTree Lodge , No . 210 , of the Luyal Lodge of Ancient Free Gardeners , held their fifth anuiversary - at the house of Widow William Baxter , the . Wild Man Inn , Quarry Hill ,
where , after spending the day in various rural exercises , they sat down at six o ' clock to regale their appetites with a moat splendid and sumptuous dinner , provided for the occasion by their worthy hostess , which not only gave the utmost gratification to that highly worthy body , but the greatest credit to the hostess . The evening was ; spent in high glee and good humour—and they parted ( as they wish to meot again ) in the most perfect confidence in each other . The usual toasts were given—not allowing politics to mar their evening ' s glory .: they shielded themselves from wild influences and discord , and entered on fthe first duties of the
call—Obi blest charity—sweet advocate tor those Who ailent shed the tear for bitter woes ! The Blooming Rose lodge , No . 2 B& , Horsforth of the Loyal Order of Free Gardener- ) , ( Ancient ) assembled on Monday last , being their fifth anniversary , at the house of Host Farrar , the Black Bull Inn , in the above jolly little village , where every athletic exercise , tending to give them a charming appetite , was entered upon- by that hearty and generous body of men . At two o ' clock , the members sat down to look at a charming bill of fare , which somewhat reminded us of the " olden time , " and which they discussed in a manner that gave their worthy and high-minded Host ho just reason to complain , as nothing gives him greater pleasure than seeing good and hearty men in his Lodge-room . The evening was spent in the greatest hilarity and harmony ; aud the spirit manifested gave U 3 Bomo notion of " Come to the tomb , but not to weep ; Here freedom ' s holiday we keen . "
Correspondent . Mr . Hick will address the people on Hunsletmoor , ( weather permitting , ) on Sunday evening , to commence at six o ' clock : The Census . —During the present week , or today , a schedule must have been lift with every householder , or occupier of separate apartments in every town throughout the country . These schedules must be filled up , and they will be called for on Monday . Inconvenience will be spared to the householders , if they are filled up before being calledfor ; but , where this cauuot be done—where
it unfortunately happens that there is no member of the family who can write—the enumerators will fill the schedule up when they call , receiving their information from the head of the house or his wife . Our readers should understand that the names of those persons only who have slept in the house on Sunday night , the 6 th of June , ( to-morrowj ) are to be inserted in the return . By an act passed in the present session , persons making a false return , or refusing to make any return at all , are liable to a penalty of five pounds or not less than forty shillings , at the discretion of a magistrate .
BARNSX . E ? . —Peter Hoey . —The Committee appointed to carry into effect the doctor ' s advice relative to Peter Hoey going to Ireland ,. that he might inhale his native air , as a means of restoring him to health , have borrowed £ 5 , twenty of the members having guaranteed the payment of the same . Every disposition is manifested by the town to liquidate the debt incurred , but owing to the turn-out , it will be a very diflicult matter to do it at present ; therefore it is to be hoped that every friend to liberty and foe to oppression will assist not only in paying this money , but also in the support of this poor martyr , while he remains in Ireland . Subscriptions will be received in the following places - . —Star Office ; Mr . John Field , Kingston-place ; David Pilmore , hairdresser ; John Green , hairdresser , Wilson ' s Piece ; John Vallance , Cropper-street ; or any other member of the Committee . /
Tubn out Weavkb 8 . —The weavers of Messrs . Taylor are still out ; a meeting was lately holden on May-day Green , to hear the report of Messrs . Alexander , Terry , Sykes , and Shaw , who had been deputed to Leeds to solicit from the trades of that town the assistance of their brethren . Their report of promised support wa gratifying , and there is nodoubt that the working men of Leeds are well disposed to roako common cause with their brethren at Barnsley . We sincerely trust that these oppressed men will be upholden in their struggle against their tyrannical taskmasters .
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SRAFTESBURT . —A Chartist meeting was held here on the 24 th ult . Excellent speeches were made and resolutions were adopted , organising the Chartists of this neighbourhood into a body , incorporating them with the National Charter Association , and p ledging to increasing and incessant exertion , till the Charter shall become law . HINCKIiEY . —Tbis deeply depressed manufacturing town was visited last Sunday by Mr . Cooper , editor of the Illuminator ; and although the frown of power was used to stop the delivery ef truth is the streets , yet the factions have heard something which they will not soon forget . In the morning , a large number of operatives from Hinckley , Earl
Shilton , Sapcote , Burbage , and other villages , filled with oppressed framework knitters , were add ressed ; at Sapcote Gap , an open space by the aide of th © highway , situated centrally for the manufacturing population of South-west Leicestershire . In the afternoon , an address of nearly two hours was delivered , in a spacious square in Hinckley . A sprinkling of middle-class men and religieuse strayed among the crowd of working men , and while some sneered , others evinced a gradual conviction that the earnest plea for Universal Suffrage , and the annihilation of class legislation , was really founded in justice . The orowd was very large in the evening , and the attention and excitement of the auditory
were increasingly kept up for about three-quarters of anhour , when a "thing , " called the » Parish Beadle , " stalked up to the speaker , and pompously said , "I discharge you from holding forth there !" Mr . Cooper demanded this rascal ' s authority . The official replied that he had authority , and if the lecturing was not put an end to , he would take the lecturer into custody . Mr . Cooper , therefore , told the people to think of what they had heard , and to disperse quietly . It was not , however , until Mr . C . had returned to the ground , and again entreated the working men to go to their homes , that the square could be cleared . , The operatives fixed their eyes
with looks of gathering vengeance upon ihe man of the truncheon , and it was evident that half a word . would have been enough , as a signal , for driving him from the ground . It was afterwards learnt that the fellow had been directed to accomplish this feat by the attorney to the Lord of the Manor , a Wbuz tyrant manufacturer . A room , it is expected , will soon be obtained , and an Association formed by the Hinokley working men . They showodJhMjheir , Sunday ' s lesson had not been lost u JBBHjraJiffiEl jV twenty of them marching op , in gallant styfipmggtj ;« % a distance of thirteen miles , to the great JBMfifiiPr ~ - Leicester Market-place , 6 a Tuesday . ^ La ^^ S ^ M x \ Had vasAuv
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POLITICAL PRISONERS . 10 £ S . DITXCOilBE , ESQ ., A ? vD THE REST OP THE HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE C 0 SIMOX 3 HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT , WHO BROUGHT FORWARD A > T > SUPPORTED IKE NATIONAL PETITION . 6 otTLBJCE > " , —We , the undersigned , duly and con-^ ioaally elected representatives of the otherwise presented millions of the operative producers of **! alth , feel it to be our bonnden dnty , as it ia our * % ed pleasure , to present yon oar heartfelt thanks •*« part you have so nobly , so humanely , and bo J ^ callT taken , on the behalf of our incarcerated
™ " « si , " many of -whom are yet suffering in the filthy p-J&oo of the felon , and ¦ with worse than felons' fare P ^ ftauhnient for crime , if crime it can be called—P * jny cages being present at a public meeting ; in P ** i for an excited expression of feeling ; and in no E * Ueompaaied by acts of violence , or resistance to t * j ? 2 iorities . The expression of our thanks indivi-E ^? collectively , may , perhaps , justly be deemed F *^**** to ihe great servieei you have ren dered : Jr * we prepared to do more . Accept , then , gentle-|* 7 'Jkrough us , the heartfelt benediction of the I 2 *** d wife , the lisping prayer of the « uffering | c ? 2 *** 'P * eehlets gratitude of the eomfortteti r" *« , and the faltering blessing of the hoary-beaded
r *> jar what you have done in behalf of those sear and j ? to &eir hearts ; and we d » uM not that you will Evtypreeiate the honest reward thus gratefully and Et ? 0 *** 1 * bestowed , by those who bave nothing T ^* offer for yonr acceptance . L 5 *« da » we now are , on the very verge of a great ££ ** crisis , it would not be wise on our part * , on G fttMiou , to eater into any detail of the political Itolr ttledsy" Mu » y of xhB members of your body , pa **! condescended to see u personally , have r ? P * a » ed to express their opinions on the leading at this time so of the
E ^* mch ocespy mmch puttie JjT ™* For yourselves collectively , yow opinions Ij ^ wrued is your vote * . We are ant happy to find Swwi * 1 rf i 5 noi * « e , wnidi have so long clouded m-ofeTJ ? ' * ° * ** " ° * Ti < ii «» > " irhi <* »**» Bm ^ *** him aw&y from the right line ot reason and mZ 2 £ * apidly passing away -, that the bright can of | E £ ?«* « , already arisen above the horiaon , has f Jj aih ghtened tkousands and tens of thousands EL . Jr ?** mBa » " > d that eveH statesmen are beging ^» leel that the present state of society eannot PinL . 1 ^ " * longer without the utmost peril m ° w institutions ; and that another organisation .
Dan O'Connell In Manchester.
DAN O'CONNELL IN MANCHESTER .
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U 5 EDS . —PublicMekting .-ChabtistCandidates . —On Tuesday evening last , at six o ' clock , a public meeting of the Chartists of Leeds , was held on St . Peter ' a Hill . It v » as converted by placard , and was numerously attended by the " fustian jackets , " who listened patiently and attentively to the excellent and spirit-stirring addresses of the speakers , and presented a favourable contrast to the more noisy and outrageous conduct recently dismayed at meetings convened and attended by the respectables . " This , however , is nothing new at Leeds ; the working men have on previous occasions been held up as examples of good sense and propriety of demeanour . Soon after half-past six o ' clock , Mr . Harris was called to the ohair , and , after having opened the
business of the evening by reading the notice by which the meeting was convened , he called upon Mr . Parker to propose the name of a candidate . Mr . Parker , in thecoursoof avery long address , 6 aid that the working men never had such aa opportunity as they had at present ; if they were united aud determined , and felt so disposed , they could return two men , who would represent them fairly . Hitherto they had been misrepresented , and surely they would not any longer suffer such a state of things to continue , but send men , whoever they might be that offered themselves , who would truly represent the suffering people . He alluded to the promises which had been held out by the Whigs during the tea years they had been in power ;
promises which had been as surely broken as ever they had been made . What booa had ever been received from the Whigs 1 ( Cries of" none , none . " ) Yes , they , had received one boon ; the Whigs cried out for national education , and while they voted £ 70 , 000 for building ( jtables , £ 30 , 000 was all they oould spare for the education of all the people in the United Kingdom i and while they said that kings ' heads should roll in the dust , had dressed the Queen in breeches and . tka King in petticoats , during their agitation for Reform , which wastogiveall equallaws and equal rights , they had incarcerated six hundred of their fallow men in prison for merely speaking their own sentiments ; besides enacting the infernal new Poor Law , to separate man and wife , mother
aud infant , m their hellish bastues , and providing themselves with a police , to enable them to carry their horrible sohemes in 00 effect . He ( Mr . Parker ) would sooner sond the devil himself into the house , than he would send a Whig , and he hoped all would do the Barae ; the character of the Whigs was made up of hypocrisy and duplicity . All that they ( the Chartists ; wanted was their right , their whole right , and nothing but their right—that waa the Charter , the whole Charter , ana nothing but the Charter . They wished for no more—they would accept of nothing less . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Parker went 011 at great length , lashing the Whigs most unmercifully ; aud not forgetting the other faction in their tnrn . He concluded by proposing Mr .
James Williams , of Sunderland , as a fit and proper person to be put in nomination for this Borough at the ensuing eleotion . Mr . James Illingworth seconded the motion . Mr . Andrew Gardner proposed Mr . James Leech , of Manchester , as those cond candidate ; and his nomination was seconded by Mr . Roberts . The Chairman then put each candidate's name to the meeting separately , and for each the whole of the hauds in the assembly were held up , and the most rapturous cheering followed the announcement . that the choice was unanimous . Mr . Brings , after an address of great talent , then moved the following resolution : — " That it is the duty of every non-elector , as well as elector , to exert every effort—to use all their influence and interest—and to bring all their energies to bear upon this most important subject—viz . the return of
Chartist Members to represent their interests in the Commons Bouse of Parliament . " This was seconded by Mr . William Hick , who said he had a very large number of facts to lay before the meeting , facts whioh would occupy several hours in their detail , but as it was getting late , he would not then occupy their time , but reserve his speech for a more favourable opportunity . The resolution was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously , amidst t : reat cheering . Three hearty cheers were then given for the Charter ; three for E . O'Connor , Esq ., and all imprisoned Chartists ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three for the owner of the ground on which they had met—the good old king ; " after which three dreadful groaus were hurled at the head of Neddy and the Whigs , and the meeting separated about nine o ' clock .
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Jo The Working Men Of Knglakd , Scotland, And Wales.
jO THE WORKING MEN OF KNGLAKD , SCOTLAND , AND WALES .
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AND LEEDS GENERAL IDTEEflSEE .
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vol . it . -ho . 186 . Saturday ; june 5 , i 84 i , gMC * , ^ Sf ^ t ^ r' - °
Leeds,—Ibqcests.—On Friday Sight, So Inquest Was Held At The House Of Mr. Hirat, The Dake?
LEEDS , —Ibqcests . —On Friday sight , so inquest was held at the house of Mr . Hirat , the Dake ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct552/page/1/
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