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WHAT IHOULP A ? f ATIOK DO » What should & nation do "When its "wants and woes abound . ; When tha many by tbe few Are in filling fetters boond ; j ^ d to-morrow brings more ills than to-day ? ¦ When the Bicile of Hope is gone . And when Patienoe , -with a groan , As Despondence takes her throne , Hastes away 7
Wren the mania for place Ssna as strong as lore of life , Ae * " ! -co meanness or disgrace , I . « regarded in tbe strife , At . 1 tha statesman ' s unsought pledge proves a lie ? When a daylight robbery On the puree of Industry K ^ eps tfce bowl of Luxury Riot high ?—Wben tha Church and State are foes , But to serve some earthly ends ? When a million tell their woes . > * or can find a hundred friends ? TWea unequal law and might rampant reign ? A - Uie joy his serrants otto t > rer poverty ' s last groan , When Abaddon on his throne LaHEiiS fttrmfn J—
Wb-n a iisbon comes to this , What can save it from the tomb ? Din tbe stroke no tyrant miss , When "was plan'd Oppression ' 3 doom , Ard the might of myriads leagued dealt tha blow ? Would the counsellor be "wise Sceh a step that would advise ? Does the Power that made the skies Answer , Ko ? "Were a moral sally made In a unity of mind , By the throng who toil for bread , By the -wrong * d of human kind , " rVc-nld the phalanx proTe tfto weak for foe ? Not a despot in the land , Bnt ¦ would quail before the band , Ana in accents meek and bland , Bight bestow . Jane 14 , IS 41 . & C M .
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THE COMING STRIG&LE . C-f . rtLsts haste : the tisie ha 3 come , " When Whigcuin mast be overthrown ; Tht : Co ^ flie : cames , no tampering make , For promises fcswe ' er so great Are base , deceitfnl ; boOow-hearted ; S : and by the Charter , be not parted , And let ' this watchword be your cry , D ^ wn . ' Down with Whiggery I Be not gulled by Corn Law Quacks , Fsmask their selfish , sordid acts , Swcrre not a point bnt firmly stand iTritnoTeable ; a glorious band Who would be free , then strike the blew . At strugcling Whigs , thus you mil show A strong desire for liberty , DtstroTirg Whiggery .
Their race is run , disgrac'd by deeds . Well root them ont as nauseous weeds ; Then Chartists gather 1 round them borer , Destroy them cnce and 'tis for ever , Their flickering minds foretell their doom Ana hastens on "bright freedem ' s bloom , Tfcea let your -watchword be the cry , Down ! Down with Whigsery ! Ghaiow , 21 st June , 1541 .
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¦ ^ THE TWO KILKENNY CATS . A yexcSgx-jby E . P . Head , Ctoriisi MissioTtary . Ocb : tUn be aisey all of ytz . until I jist emplore y < . a Tolisttti not a moment- "boys to eithti Whigs or Tories , Tis long-enough these factions bascbave humbug'd this poor nation , They os ' iy jist for power and place kick up this botheration ! And sing moll rowe , spit , splutter , scratch and bite , End BiEg moll ravr . Theyre lite to the Kilkenny cats so fanTd in Irish story , The Whig he is a white cat , and a black cat is the Tory ; The lory swears the Whig is black anil anther of all eTil , The Whig declares the Tory is own brother to the de-riL And sinss moll row , &c .
The Macfc cat ' s Bobbty Plausible , and cattcxwauls with grace , sirs , Tils white cafs John Finality and once was Jehu Bnli " s pet cat . Till be ihoWd his base venslity—and grew a bounce and fret cat . And sings moll row , 4 c And sow these cat 3 ssi up their hacks and make a Blighty ruction , And ail their Whig and Tory hseks are beat upon distraction : The Bishops will the Tory back , and be bis bottle holders , And Das supports his little Jict— on his iaferaal Eh&aidfers .
So sings moll row , it The black eatsqual ' . s for Church and Qui ^ s—the white cai ' s ftry pious . And , by his m-jck hnmacity , detijns to sell snd bny us ; TheTury stsij hia jec-nun slaves , Vd male the pet-pie ClTJl , The Whigs have built us liTing graves , and shown us a vine deril . And sings aioll row , fcc . The Gom Law Lumbug Wacky cries , is by the Whigs in-rented , To make enr serfs their lords despise and recder discontented , Oth .: you , the Corn Law sboaM rccale cell . ' Tcmder and bine blazes . ' Cries on ; the nnehty beggar-mas—atd his "white pei he praises .
And sings moil row , See . He arms his finest pi&iniry , and points them to the Chartitzs , And praises that big ruffian who at cricking skulls is smartest I His Whiszish friends look on with glee to see the street ran g ? re now , TTMle Din to his fins pisantry bawls ont hurrah . ' encore cotr . AnI sings moll row , 4 c . Therefore , my honest Chartist friends beware what ye arci ' oLsig . Tell s-xn see how the ruction ends , so never mind . their juf-wing ; Ths cizse of ore or tother cit I'd hive you take no part in , The promises of this or that ' s my eye ana Pegsj ilsrtiD And all moll rotr .
Bnt och : be aisev jewels sH , and lever micd th = ir Equsllicg . And dou't cistharb the theares at all nor stop their catterwanizng ; Jist let Dan use both tooth and nail and din I ' se will be bound , sirs , They'll fight till not an iccli of tail of eii = r wiil be found , sirs . So » rig moll tov , it Yet , if indeed , ye vcul taks part , and join the mighty ruction—Tht black cat join wid tzzid and heart—send White ' y to destruction ., Ard when we're settled Whig acciants , asd terrible the score- is 11 : We'll s * e whr . t th ' . a ue the asiouats—outstanding with the Tories . So sin ? moll row , Sec
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BTOCKPORT , —A MOST CE 3 PZSATE OrTRAGE . —OKSLACGHT A > "D SaTaGB BrTCHKKT CPO . N THE . ? XACEABLE I . VHABITASTS BT 7 H £ lBSSBXES , XT THK ' , ^ snGrnos of the Whigs asd Coks Law Re- * eaizss of this Towti . —It Ttill be seen , in another j P * n of our paper , that Mr . Bairstow addressed ' fte electors zad nen-eleciors cf Stockpori , on Tlrarfaay evening , June 17 th , in the Market-place , : tod that while he tras doing so , a Mr . Easbj ; a ; we L » w lecturer , at the request of two leading j "tigs of tbe town , mounted a wall about forty T ^ rds from where he tras speaking , and began like- ; * jse to address the people , e"ridentiy for the purpose i
« crtaiin * : a diFturbance , and prevent theimpres-i urn -wkicn wae being made bv Hi . Bairstow ' s ! exposure of tbe Whi ^ pwty . The peaceably dis-| wed cried shame of bjm » and eTen Mr . Sadler , "sperintendem of the Police , wa 3 beard to say that « was do ; -right forEasby to try to disturb the ¦^ 'ifg , and therefore he did nc ; approTe of such toaanct ; bnt , however , he toek no steps to put an ™ to it . The people , who left hearing Mr . Bair-• ww to bear Easlfy , soon eaw through the ma- ; *? nTcring of the Whigs , ard commenced hissing ; ™ until he was glad io make bis exit , bnt without j « eemng the least injury : and Biimovr was still ' « ° re EeTere cp > c-n the Whigs , which was better fccerred ' ^ than before . The mee ::: ^ dispersed with- ° tfie least breach of the peace being committed . ' . oo weTer , ^ , Whigs hit npon another plac ; they
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sent for Finisigan of Manchester , an anti-Corn Law lecturer , and the leaders of the Union Repealers , who were accotnoaTried by many of the Irishmen , who led on the butchery at Stpphenson ' s-square . and Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester . They arrived in town on the Friday in good time , in order to drill the O'Connelitea for the e-sening ' s attack . To excite the Irishmen to madness , those who were not teetotallers "were served up with a drop of the crater ; and to make the arrangements more com plete , likewise to ensure as great a number of Irishmen as possible , Faulker , the bellman , was sent throireh the t « wn crying a lecture to be delivered by Mr . " Easby , as eight o ' clock in the evening , in the Castle yard . Market-place , in which he would shew
the foolishness of the Chartists for denouncing Dan O'ConneH ; onr correspondent heard him , and immediately warned the Chartists of what he had good reasons to believe was brewing . About seven o ' clock in the evening , the Irishmen assembled in their various districts and afterwards joined in one body , and marched down the Hillgate , to tbe Market-place , carrying in their hands sticks , stave ? , pokers , and bludgeons of all dimensions from a crow-bar to a walking-stick , headed by Jlr . Easby , Finnigan , Terrance , C . Neil , Daly , and Kelly . About eight o'clock , the time announced by the belhnan , Mr . Easby opened the meeting by attempting to vindicate his own character , as to ' being the Editor of Bib Logic ' s Budget , at the expence of
the Chartists leaders . He likewise said , that : t was stated in the Star , that if Daniel O'Connell came to the great meeting at Lf eds , he was to be murdered , cons * quently he ( . Ea = b > ' ) could not blame the Irishmen for what had been done in Manchester . He proceeded u » attack the Chartists ; but no one taking the least notice of him , he , after a speech of about eeveu or eight minutes , sat down , ilr . Fmnigan then adcressed the meeting about five miuutes , aad while doing so bellowed ont a tirade ui abuse against the Chartists , but finding no one to oppose them they became exasperated . Mr . F- then sat down . Mr . Easby rose again and began praising himself , when a waggish lad about sixteen years ofage cried out , " Thou art a bonny denl to ma !; e a
God of . Tne meeting had cot then been assembled more than twenty minutes . Tiie signal was £ iven— " Pcterloo" was shouted— : he shilalahs were brandished , and they then began in the most cruel , blood-thirsty , and brutal manner to beat , indiscrimiiiately , man , woman , and -child , and in their lury trampled upor . both womeu and children , knocking men s ha : s on ^' and treading them under their fret , breaking heads , &c . which eon-ir ; ued tor about twenty minucS . In one instance there ¦ vrcre no k ~ s than nvci cowardly brutes laying on one- i- -or : r helpless woss&a a : tho same time . B ; g , lut ' . ; , lu ^ ry si ^ -: til ! , rich and pr-or , ycung and old , Whig , Tory , E ..-d Cl' 3 itit ?* shared ih ? sauis fat " . Wnilo ihis was £ . i : i : ir nil- Deoc ' e wrTc > e--n in all Gi . - tciioi " . s vrtiterhu goii : g onpeople w .- -r ? ? e-n in a . lci .- ( c ; it > usv . - j :: eriiig
, in tatir l > io : > ri , whh th-: ¦ heads , fare--, arm-, and hinds cat anci mangled in the most horrifying manner . Tiie Irishmen ran up and ii-jwd the btreet , brandishing their staves , ice . ad though they had ' . rir . njphtu o ~~ t some ^ reat tuemy . A ^ eniU-aiaji oi t-iie aunie ot Taylur , a doctor , and in poiiiics a Conservative , was coming down the Church-gate at the time , m compaiiy wiih his lady ; the Irishmen attacked him an-i bea : him in a nioit dreudtu ; manner , knocked him donn and cut his head and face in six or seven diiLrent peaces , and broke one of his fingers . One rutSanly fowa d be ^ an tu bea t h ; s laJy , a :: d had it :. oi been for a \ uang inao ) , who was near , running aad knocking the viilaiu down , and saving the
blow , Mrs . Taylur ( who is daughter to Mr . Lomax , proprietor of the S . ockport Advertiser , ) would have been serv-ed as bad as . her husband . All this was done in the presence of the Mayor and the police . Mr . Taylor was carried into the Court R&oni , ai > . d a . ' iersvards ' conTeYcd homein avery weak Stare from tie loss of blood . The Irishmen would a ? 5- mble together and brandish their sticks in triumph for a " short time , after whwh the ? would commence again upon every person whom they mot in the avenue leading to the market ; this they followed up-1-. about half an hour , at the end of which titn « findiaij co raore b »^ ads upon which to exercise their shillfci&hg they formed themselves into a procession a-ud , pioeeeded out of the market place . After this , each par : 3 * n-e . nt to thoir hoiiit-s , itjci ^ he ieadf-rs of theS : ephenst » n ' i-square and Caipesicr ' .- - Hal ] butchery , and likewise the Stockpcn butchery were allowed " io make the best of their way ; o Manchester
and no attempt whatever made by the police io take them . iii ' . o cuitoriy . Oi \ the following cay one of the ieaders of tbe Irishmen was brought before the M :-, gH : ra : ; s , who were actually so severe , so hanh , and so cruel , as to bind him over Vj * . eep the peace iVr six mon-ns . On Saturday , several sight disturbances to ok place in the mssKet caused by tho hostility of the English against the Ir . sh i ' or the receu ; oecurreuces which have taken pbee and the forin * -r preventing the latter from having a siauding , and throwing stones into tbeir egg Daskets , & . c There are several firms who have discharged many of the Irishmen aad giveu notice to others ; and thus i ; is thai many of the good and well meaning will have to suSVr f r thecoiiduet of the savage and the braral . On Sa : nrd : iT eveningln ; e , as the Irishmen taru&d out of several public houses , ihey began abusing every one they came near aud screams ot murder , < kc , were heard many times ccring Saturdav n- ' ght andSniida . ' * momirg .
EA"S , NSLEY , —A public meeting of the weavers was held en M 27 Day Green , en Monday , Jv . ne 21 st , and they wtre addressed , as usual , by Messrs . Alexander , Terry , Mouldes , and others . On Turidiy . great excitement was produced by a rumour that Messrs . Tayior were willisg to accede to the just demands of their weavers . A large p :: b ; ic meeting was held in the evening , at six oVock , to consider the best course to be adopted at ths present critical moment , when it was resolved that th- Messrs . Taylors weavers should not return to their work until their affairs were satisfactorily adjusted by the Committee . RICHMOND . —Hay Hauvest . —Some fields of trass , were cut , last week , at Richmond , and some prime hay has been got . but the hay harvest has not become general- We have hid some fine rain this werk , which wa 3 much wanted here .
Committal —Sarah Snggeu , servant to Mr . Win . Croft , of Richmond , draper , was brought before the sitiing inagi-trates , 021 the 17 th instant , by . Mr . J . Whiring , polica officer , charged with feloniously stealing oue . piece oi siik lace , and one wire basket , the property of Miss Mary Croft . Committed to take her trial at the next Sessions for the Borough . Rephe 5 ' . 5 Tatio . s . — The Hon . J . C . Dundas and the HlT :. W . ^ . Ridley Colborne arc candidates for the representation of the borough of Richmond . KNARESBRO' .-. Murder , —One of the most coi'i-biooded murders that ever took place in this neighbourhood since the days of Eugene Aram , has been pv-rpetrated in this town , npon the body of Joseph Cocker , of the Old White Hart Inn . Tho rnnrder t-ook place between twelve and two o ' clock on Saturdav morning last ; being commit-ed by three
young men , two of them near neighbours ot the viciim ; their names are Henry Nutter , John Bullston , and Charles G : bb , who wire apprehended at three o ' clock the same morning . The oldest of the three is not more than twenty-five ye-. irs of age . Ti : e deed is t-ipposed to have bi-en perp-trated by an old hammer head , a poker , and a knife . The head of C-. i-ker was . mos : dreaafuily beaten , both on the 02 "k part and-temp ' es . The three Emrderers were :- .: J by a neighbouring women , who went out of : ' :. back door , and looked over a wall , when she saw , ihrcuiih a back window , three > men standing over him , and heard them say to each other , that they Tro-ald put him into the cellar . The woman went dirt ctiy t'j the front door and sh ^ u ' . ed "Cocker' ' rw : ce ; bat no one answerer / , the dour was locked ; she went back and got her husband up . who loaded
a pisiuJ ; bat tbey escaped in the menu r . me . AJarin ffj « -: oon given ,, and a ' many were soon in search cf Them and siieref-4 ed in taking tht-m within two hoars af ' ttr » he alarm . They did not get more than iour or five &liiiiing ? from his poekrt . An iuqucst was heid ihe same afurpoon before Mr . "WooJ , coroner , and a re = pec : able jury . The inquest occupied ne 3 r-y fix hours , and rhe Jury pronounced a verdict of il wilful murder" against Burliscon , and against Nutter and Gibo , for aiding and abetting therein . All the prisoners have been committed fo ; trial in th »? Ca _ st ! p of York .
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Gov £ ? .: s"ME > 'T Cen . vs—The tables of the population cf Glasgow have not yet been completed , but we are given to understand that the returns , as compared vriib , the census of 1 * 31 , will give the total amount of population at nearly 270 , 000 souls . A statement fsom Xobwich says : — " Hundreds of people in this city are now one of employment , and are parading the market-place . Many are earnestly hoping that there may be ' a good sharp contest' at the election , that they may have an opportunity of selling themselves for good round sums . "
SpoxTA 5 £ ors Combustios . —An instance of spontaneous combustion , arising from canvass soaked with oil to make it waterproof , is mentioned in the Bath Chronicle last week . The canvass had been laid is a heap in the Etable , and in the course of the nigh : it burst into a flame , but the fire was discovered in time to prevent ihe destruction of the bniidiE" ; . A Shark caught off Bsightos . —One of these voracious monsters of the deep has been for sereral days exhibited in Brighton by seme fishermen , who caught it about fifteen miles off Brighton . It measured upwards of six feet in length .
O'COXXELL AM > THE FaCTOBT CHILDREN . —When I first " agitated" the north on behalf of the factory slaves , wherever I went I was sure to find a helper in a Reman Carholic priest . But soon after O'Con-Dell received £ ] , CCO from Manchester an order came from their bishops 10 his clergy , that " they were no lODgtr to inunVre in the factory question . " Tkat fact was communicated to me by a Roman Catholic priest , who regretted that , for that reason , he could not aid me .- Oastler ' s Fleet Papers ^ No . ' 26 .
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Obsthucti . vg the Police . —Charles Bennett , coachman toLord Castlereagh , was brought up before Mr . Twyford , at Bow-street , on Saturday , npon the following charge : —Sexgeant Bratidoak stated that he was on duty at Drnry-Jane- Theatre ou Friday night , when the . defendant was ' there waiting for his Lordship ; his carriage was in that position which caused an obstruction , and he begged of the defendant to move , but he refused ; finning it was nseless to remonstrate with him upon his conduct , as ho said he acted under the orders of his master , which
if he did not obey he should be discharged , ho then took him into custody , and sent his Jordship ' s carriage into tho green yard . He further added that the defendant was guilty of the same sort of conduct every night . Tae defendant said lie was very sorry if he had done wrong , but it was the order of his master . Mr . Twylord—You are old enough to kuow better , and I shall iniiiet the full penal'y , and if your master likes to pay it for you , so much the better . You are fined 40 s . Defendant instantly paid the fine , smiled , and walked out of the office .
Alleged Affixitt to tub Hoyal Family . — Extraordinary Statement . —A poor distressedlooking object , who gave his name George Higgs , horse-agent , of Bombay , appeared before the London magistrate , a few days ago , and made the following extraordinary statement : — His story went . to . state that , about half a year ago he came over to England with a present from the Imaum of Muscat to Queen Victoria , by the ship Higgins , Captain Heath , to Liverpool—ihe present was two Arabian horses and their foals . At Liverpool he received , £ 20 , and . £ 10 for the groom tha : attended him , ar-d this was a ) ~ i
the money he had aad ; the horses wero taken from him aud s ; u : up to L-.-ndou ; he was a child of 'George IV ., by M .. ss Hughes , nle ^ of S ; r EJ ward . llughci , who died when he was three years of age , and he had documents to prove ir . It further appeared , that the applicant ( whose countenanco certainly bore a great resemb ' ance to that of Georgo IV . ; , had recently endeavoured to obtain an interview with several of the Ruyal Family , but without effect . Applicant was proceeding in the recital of various other matters relative to tho t-riuh of his
statement , when ho was stopped by Mr . Long , who , believing him to be in dimes .-, gave him Is . and referred Lim to tho ovvisxrs ot the pari&k ( one in Westminster ) in which he last slept . Vert Liberal . —A correspondent at Chelmsford informs us that on Thursday morning last , a daughter of W . C . Weils , Esq ., was xaarrifd at the new Independent cb ' apei , London-road , by the R * v . J . Mark . The ringers of the church entered the belfry to celebrate the event by gre&ting the happy coupje with a i-fAi ; but scarcely had ihey cou'uieuceu than the church ck-rk entered the sac-red edifijo iu breathless hasip . v . irh a not- ? , informing them that the recor , the Rev . C . A . St . John Mildmay , objected fo the ringing , and desired the rn ; ger 3 at once to des ^ t and uever again to touch the bells iu celebmiou ol a wadding , unless the parties were married at church .
Love isa Hatfielp . —Geo . Payn ? , a simple-looking yokel , was placed at the bar , at Marylebone Policeoffice , ou Saturday , charged wi ; h having hiolcn 2 < . e ^ i . from the person of a tall gawky young woman , named Clara WkJcson . Mr . Long Uo ( Clara : ) 2 \\> w , what have you to say aga nst the prisoner!—Clara ( curtseying : ) Please your honour , I came up from Kingston , in Oxford ? hire , aud have been haymaking at \ V \ liesvien ; last night ai ' ier work I and a young oiiap named Robinson went down to the bottom of the hay fit-Id and went to sleep , and in the morning when I woke up I found tho prisoner lying aside of me ; I told him if he didn ' t behave himself decently and be off I'd give him a slap on the face , and lie then rolied away from me several yards ; I didn ' t tell Robinson about it , and went off to sleep again , and when both of us not up at suarire , I put my hand in my pocket , and discovered tha : all my money was gone . Robinson said that
in cl few hours afterwards he accused Payne of" fHo robbery , when he denied all knowledge of theaffjir but subsequently gave up to witness a portion of tho money . Mr . Long : How much u ^ d ho Rive you 2 Witness : A sixpence , four fourp ' . nay-p i tce * . two halfpence , and a farthing . Police-constable 234 S said that the prisoner was given into his eharg .- , and on his being f-earched , no more than a fanning wss ibnr . d in his possession . Mr . Long ( to the prisoner : ) What ' s your answer to this ? Prisoner : Whoj , zur , the noight afore , this here young gal axed I to lay with her among tho hay , and last noight she axed he , and in coorse we both 011 us did so . I didn ' t think 110 harm on it , and I thoald worry loike obleege her in the same way again if she wished it ; I warn't so close alongside on h ^ r last noight as she says I was ; and I'll swear I hadn't a morsel _ of her property she say 3 -tw los-t . Mr , Long : What do \ ou say about the money you gave to RubiKSon 1 Prisoner : He comes to 1112 and said
a > he'd had nothing to eat a good while , and was a starving ; eo I puts ray hand in my pocket , and gives him all I had about me ; the money was nobody ' s but mine . Mr . Long said it was useless to proceed farther in the case , and discharged the prisoner . A Few Facts i > ' Regard to Elections . — In cities aud towns-county , having thc : r own sheriff , the writ under the great seal is sent direct to such sheriff , who immediately on receijit tkereof roust make proclamation , appointing the day of election , not sooner than four days nor later than eight days from such day of receiving the writ . For boroughs ,
not having a sheriff , the writ is directed to the highsheriff of the county , to hold an election for knights of his shire , and for bureessus of the boroughs within the county , and within three days the high sheriff addresses a precept to the mayor or other returning ofneer of each borough , who , like the sheriff of a city or town-coisnty , must make proclamation of proceeding to election , not sooner than four days nor later than eight day * from such day of proclamation . In the counties , the high-sheriff must , within two days after the receipt of tbs writ , in like manner make proclamation of his county court , to be held not sooner than ten days nor la ; er than sixteen days from that date .
Education and Crime . —At a meeting of " the Greenwich Society fur the Acquisition aud Diffusion fif Useful Knowledge / " Dr . Murdoch referred to some statistical details , to prove that the best educated counties of England were the most moral . Westmoreland took the lead in this respect . In that county there was but one criminal to every 2 , 201 persons . In Essex there was a criminal to every 425 persons , and in Warwickshire one to every 384 persons . And what was ; he reason ? In Westmoreland there were double : ho means ef education to those existing in the oilier two counties . It was calculated that , the chances of a person without education becoming a criminal were 2 , 200 to 1 ; those of an individual with an average education , 10 , 000 to 1 ; and those of men having received a superior education , 50 , 060 to 1 .
Morality of the " I pphr , " " Higher , " am ? " Educated" Classes—Some days tiuce , the Earl of Mouutcashel , while presiding at the auuual meeting of the London Society for the Protection of Young Females , related the following extraordinary circumstance , which his Lordship stated had reached him through a source which couid leave no doubt whatever of its authenticity : —A young , handsome , and accomplished lady , of most respectable family connections , residing in tho country , had received a pressing invitation from a lady , at ' tne west end of the metropolis to cume to town , and spend a few weeks with her . The young lady accepted the invitation , and rame to town , where she was received with great kindness , and trea'ed with great attention . In a short t-me after her arrival , the lady who
had given her the invitation to- > A her to a fashionable shop at the west end , : 'n . , ' , after 1 oking at various articles , and inak'ng some purchases , her frund requested the young laiiy to remain in the shop for a few minutes , while she merely went to theother siJe 0 ' ' the street , saying sh « would return a l most immediately . The young la-. iy of course consented , aud her friend left the shop , to return , as the suppo : ^ d , in a few minutes , but in this supposition Shu wa ? disappointed- ^ f-. tr seme considerable vime had elapsed , a female of apparently accomplished manners , addressed her , and after stating tbat she had observed her anxiety at the absence ot her friend , and her awkwardness as a st ) anger being left so , offered her a seat in her carriage , to take her to the house of her friend . The young lady
expressed her gratitude for what she considered to be extreme kindness , and accepted the offer . She was then ushered into an elegant carriage , with a ccaehnua and foo'man in costly liveri « s , and driven away , as she believed , towards the residence of her friend . Going along , however , she observed she did not think tho coachman was going in the proper direction ; but the lady , her conductress , assured her they were . At length the carriage drew up , and her companion assured her that th « coachman muss have mistaken her directions , aud had driven to her own house instead of that of the young lady ' s friend . She then requested her to walk in for a few moments , while * he gave some directions to her servants , and was Bhown into an apartment , and as soon as she eutered the door was locked , and there she was kept for some considerable time . At length , however , the door was opened , and a gentleman , who he ( Lord Mountcasheil ) was ashamed and sorry to say , was a
clergy » an of the Church of England , was admitted to her . The object for which he was introduced , there could be no doubt about ; but some idea might be formed of his shame and mortification on beholding not a stranger , bat a young and virtuous lady , with whose person and friends he wa 6 very intimately acquainted , and he being actually the clergyman who had prepared the lady for confirmation . The lady , it is needless to say , escaped the dreadful outrage intended to be committed on her ; and though she had mentioned the facts as he had related them to a lady , a friend of his ( Lord Mounttashel ' - s ) , who repeated them to him , she had never disclosed the name of the clergyman . In conclusion , his Lordship said he had mentioned this circumstance in order to show the extraordinary lengths that were gone to entrap persons , even iu tho higher ranks of life , into infamy , and ' . he necessity , ou tho part of the meaibirs of the Society , to use their utmost efforts to check them . —Globe .
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Whig Honesty . —In the Morning Chronicle of Friday last , appeared a leading arfciclo , in which it was asserted that"the taxes remitted by tho Whics during the last ten years amounted to ¦ £ 7 , 157 , 000 , instead of 6 , 373 , 000 ? as had been asserted in some Conservative statements . , This statement ( of the £ 7 , 157 , 000 ) was declared to rest upon Parliamentary returns , and of course was to be taken as accurate . Yet in the same paper of Saturday , the very next day following , we find a reprint of another statement , concocted and published at Manchester , in which , by tho simple expedient of setting every thing down twice over , tho taxes remitted by the Whi ' gs In those ten years are made to amount to £ 1 . 5 3 G 8 . 000 , or nearly double the former statement And thid pices of " enormous lying . '' althuugh utterly at variance vnth its own declaration ot" tho vory day before , the Morning Ch oiiicle has the decency 10 recommend to be ' * extensively circulated throughout the country \"—Times .
Shocking Occurrence . —On Tnursday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , as two workmen , named Harris and Heathoott , in the employ of Mr . Neville , bricklayer , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , were ongaged in digging a cesspool at the residence of Mr . Fairbank , grocer , Goswell-street , an adjoining one suddenly burst in upon them . The poor' fellows attempted to escape , and had just readied the top of the pit , when they were so overpowertd by the foul air , that they let # 0 the ropo , a « d were precipitated to the bottom . Assistance was immediately procured , and tbey were extricated from iheir perilous situation without Ios 3 of time , but it was not until the lapse of about half au hour that Mr . Simpson , pur ^ eon ,. who attended them , succeeded in restoring them to a sense of consciousness , and even then it wss deemed necessary to convey them to tho hospital , where they remain in an extremely weak and low state .
Whig Jobbery . —It is rumoured that Lord Normanby is to go to Paris , fo enable him to retire npon an ambassador ' s pension . There was a time when , if a Ministry in aboyanee did such thin . as , an impeachment would have been tho consequence . Look-a-Head Chartists — The London shopocrats aro feeling tho smart ; trade in London amongst the worthies , is terribly dull , and there are no hopes of improvement ; indeed , were not , the elections progressing the poor follows would die of ennui . As it : , the debtors' prisons and insolvent courts present sufficient evidence- that the system is tottering , and that to patch up tha old worn-out cotmitution is out of the question . The pitcher has been onoetoo often to the well , and , though they should attempt by binding it round with whip cord , to make tifo of it
again , it will never r . old water . Chancellor Baring may , in the cool and deliberate tna-nnor , wbinh marked his cc-iiduct whilst dipoing into the servants ' fund , : ilia- " Sivincs Banks" ismo forth the rairs from the Exchequer , Ivit wttl that suffice ? will adding to the debt , and consequently annual interest , increase the means of a falling rovenuo ! Tho money gamblers arc p .-rPectlv perplexed and instead ( . f seeking U \ r a rise orfa'l tliey are merely belting ovl finality John and the ohaviccs of his election . Tho manufacturing interest is arraying itself against tho agricultural , and the commercial interest gloomily watches over coming events , some persons belonging to this latter class aro in high extacies at the prospect of a chance at the speculation in corn , whilst the majority are sulkily inclined , and the docks are nearly deserted .
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ALVA . —Election Movements in Clackmannan and KiNROSS-SiURE . —The cause of Chartism and the people goes on most gloriously here ; but that the country may understand our true pwsitioa , wo will briefly state it ClacktnannansUire is the smallest county in Scotland , and it way l >« said t ») have been tha pocket county of tbe AK-rcrombie and Adam families , and in t' e 3 e times an election for the county caused less stir than a family rtimit-r . After the passing of the Reform Bill , it was unitud with Kinross , the neighbouring county , iu sending a representative ) to Parliament . Thut act called > nto existence a number of electors , composed of farmers and proprietors of houses in fhe villages . Thii . se electors in guueral have professed Whig
priacipv . % and four Units Admiral Adam has eat in tha H-iform P . irliani' -nt as a representation of these counties . During these elections , the whole working population of the villages stood forward with all their popular demonstrations in support of the Admiral , aud , io unauinunu was their decision iu hia btilia'f , that no Tory dareil think of thu 30 counties . But a ch . inga has coma over the working population , and thuy aro now as unanimous and determined to extinguish both tha factions , as they were zealous to support the oue anil excommunicate the other . Wa feel it perfectly confident to be a truth when wre state that nowhere iu this country does Chartism reign so triumphant , anci nowhere is tho electoral body so compUtely broken up , dispirited , and chopfallen . Our forinor representative ,
Admiral Adam , one of tho most miserable Ministerial hacks and Parliamentary poltroons that ever made his awkward bow upon tho flooT of St . Stephen ' 8 , has resigned tlie . se counties into the hands of Colonel Abercroinby . ' Would it be balieved that although the working clans wto so unanimous in supporting this naval baboon tbat ho had the temerity to vota against the National Petition , although it wai the most numerously signed that ever left these counties , which is so much misrepresented . Wo had a visit from his successor an the 17 th ; his chief recommendation is that he is to vta ! k iu the footsteps of his predecessor . He began in Tillicoultry at eleven o ' clock , where six or ei »? ht of the most dirty lickspittes of its electors m ; t this gallant warrior , who would not know hia
grandmother across a small room , although he stands upon the half-pay list as a Colonel of tho British army . The intelligent portion of the electors , as well us tlio Chartists , declined to Lave anything to do v / ith such a b <; lo and corner exhibition , so the Colonel's tutrce and exit in this placo had moro a resemblance of a- small club , than any other thing we can compare it to . At ou « o ' clock the same day the gallant C"lonel drovo tip to the head Inn , in the town of Alva in a hackney coach . Upon all former occasions of this hind , banners were streaming in tho breeze , and music reverberating- in tl . e glen ; but these glad sounds and pleasing sights artnow ext : ucui . « hed so far as honour to a ten pound suffrage is required ; they are all new reserved for the triumphs of the Charter . Upon -tlw f . ; ce of the Corn
Law Kepeaiers wiis written "hope deferred . " Upon the faces of the Tories a sort of leering triumph was visible at tha shattered and prostrate condition of TVhiggery . Among the Chartist electors and non-electors there beamed that proud satisfaction which seemed to say , " Wo h we proved the hollow-heartudness and rottenness of Whigyery , and it belongs to its now to bury the dirty infected carcasses of both YVhigsaud Tories , which we wil ) do at- the day of nomination at Dollar , whtn -we shali carry our Chartist candidate , Air . A brain Duncan , triumphantly over Whiggery . " A requisition of the Chartist electors was presented , requesting the Colonel to address an out-door meeting . This ho politely but firmly declined , although the meeting was standing outside of the Inn where he then
was . About an Lour was passed betwixt the Colonel and the electors in discussing the extension of the Suffrage uad Com Law Repeal , without coming to any tLing like an understanding , -when Mr . David Harrower , secretary to the Chartist Association , appeared , and proposed nine questions to the candidate , of a most thorough searching nature , which he answered with the monosy liable " No : " with the declaration that he bau never beard such questions before . When further intt-nogat ' .-d by this young champion of ths Charter , if he thoui ? tit that the responsibility to piy the national debt extended beyond ihe peeiaye and those who elected tbe House of Commons ? his rtply was that they ware no more let-ponsible than tbe whole body of the people .
At this stugc of tuo proceedings , an elector , whose K . iiiicaiism has been of forty years standing , Mr . M'llenzie , declared with great emphasis , that were the Apostlb Paul to preach such doctrine he would not believe him . To the honour of the electors of Alva , not t » ne of them &aid a word in his favoiir . No omi proposed him as a fit und proper person to represent this or any other place . Alas ! to fall so miserably low , within sight of thtj ancifct . t and honourable house of Abercrombie . Who can say after this that Chartism need fear the factions , either single-handed or combined . —lathe evening , a large meeting was held in the public green , at which Mr . D . Harrower read tho questions he had proposed to the Colonel , and proposed tbe five foll 8 win § resolution * , which were seconded by Mr . Andrew M'Kenzie : —
" 1 . We , the Chartists of Alva , in public meeting assembled having read in the Northern Star , of a cruel and bloody attack npon the peaceable inhabitants' ef Manchester , in public meeting assembled for tho discussion of tho great principles of liberty , perpetrated under the authority of the magistrates and the forces at their disposal for tha suppression of riot , anarchy , and disorder . 2 . Their nou-iuterference for the protection of the peaceably disposed is proof to us tbat they acted in concert with the lawless and disorderly Com Law repealers of Manchester . 3 . We trace the whole of their
proceedings to that arch-traitor , Daniel OConnell , who is the minion and tool of the base , bloody , and brutal Whig government , who are desirous to drown the demands of the oppressed for liberty and security to their life , liberty , and property , in their own blood . 5 . We iook upon this attack from tbe Corn Law repsalers as a first of a series of plots to suppress tho demand for the Chatter . We call npon the people everywhere to be firm , united , prudent , but at the same time resolute and determined , as the Charter movement will soon extinguish all the other floating questions with which this country is at present cursed . "
These resolutions were all unanimously carried . Mr . A . Duncan was then called upon to comment upon these questions and resolutions , which he did in a very effective manner for upwards of an hour and a half , at the close of which he announced himself as a Chartist candidate for these counties . Mr . D . Harrower proposed that CoL Abercronibie was on unfit and improper person to represent these counties ; and Mr . Andrew 6 I'K « i z \ e proposed that Mr . A . Duncan was a tit and proper person to stanrf for Clackmannan and Kinross-shires . Both of these the meeting unanimously offirmed . A vote of thanks was given to Mr Gobv ; - < e Rattrey , for his conduct in the ctair , and the meeting . separated . This is our first act in tho election draina , and the peopJe have gUikivisly triumphed .
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STOCKPORT . —Tbe Chartists sent the bellman round * n Saturday evening , to announce a public meeting in the Bombar ' s Brow Room , the next day at two o ' clock , where some of the proceedings of the Stoekport butchery would be laid before them . About tbat time our . correspondent went to the room -which shortly after was filled with an attentive and respectable audience . Mr . James Mitchell was called to the obair , who opened the meeting by reading a placard strongly denouncing the brutal conduct of the League , which placard had been issued by the committee . iMr Mitoheli commented upon the proceedings of the Fridav evening's business , and stated he was very sorry thit such should occur amongst the working men of England and the working men of Ireland , and that
if they were allowed to proceed , tbe same feeling would be created in the minds of the English people , as was iu the year 1798 , -when they were taught by the bigots of the day to look upon tha Irishmen as something bad and monstrous : Then it was not so much to be surprised at that a little hostility arising out of prejudice should exist Bat at the present time , 1841 , when the-yhad assembled together , worked together , and amongst the working classr-a there existed no jealousy , no hatred , it was really a pity that the enemy of both should be able to set one working man destroying the other . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Mitchell went into" the subject at great length , deprecating the Corn Law repealers for their atrocious conduct in hirine bludgeon men to silence owen and fair discussion ,
and concluded by declaring' himself favourable to a repeal of the TJnion , and so were the Chartists generally . Mr . Ch 3 ppeH said he had made tip his mind to . take nopjirt in the coming electron , as neither party vrere the friends of the working classes ; but after seeing the conduct of the Whiga on Friday , he hnd come to the conclusion to den « unce the party who would act bo basely as the Whigs did on that occasion , and he would do all in his power to prevent Cobden from getting in . He said he would get a num down and hold him dewn if he knew ha was going to vote for the Whigs . He worked for Gobden vory industriously last turn , because he considered him best in the fibld , and indeed , up to Friday , he was quite
favourable to him ; he had heard of the doings of ritephenson ' s Square and Carpenter's Hail , but he would not let that ever prejudice his mind . But , a *' ter seeing the conduct of . his ( Cobden ' s ) party , on Friday night , and likewise the magistrates on the Saturday , ho was determined to do his duty . Mr . Chappoli then proceeded to Bay that Mr . Daniel O'Conuc-U was at the bottom of it , and that ha was tho bi > rg-st traitor that disgraced either England or Ireland ; he cared not whether there were Irishmen present or not , he should continue to denounce him .,, ov any other man , who would act as he had clonp . -Mr . O . then reviewed the public conduct of Daniel O'Coimell , and then commented : upon tho labours of Feariins O'Connor , showed whit sacrifices he had made in the public cause , the moaey ho lias expended at various periods , Jtc . &o ., and then put the conduct of tho two men in
juxta-po&i-tion to each other , and asked ¦ what Dm had . given out of the thousands which he had received from the public , and after exposing tha conduct of the magistrates for their shuffling manner on Saturday , and touching upon many other points , he sat down much applauded . Mr . Bairstow denounced Dan , and contrasted the conduct of the two men , showing how the one ha-J gained . the confidence of the people , while the other wa 3 universally despised and detected ; Feargus was tho working man ' s friend , and Dan was the man of the middle class , and , consequently , opposed to jhe interest of the working c ' ass . Mr . Doyle delivered a lecture in the evening , iu which ho was equally severe upon Dan ; after which , a procession of about five hundred accompanied him to the railway , which caused great exoiternent in tho town , as the " bojs" were abuut with their sheMjihs .
I 3 i . 'HBY . —On Sunday last a delegate meeting took place at the Northern Star Tnn , Darby , at which delegn . u-3 from thu following places were present , namely , BelptT , Hobbrook , Burton on Trent , Heanor , Swanitick , Stiipleford , Alfreton , Ilkiston , and Derby . The followresolutiona were ngreed to : — " That Mr . Thomas JJriggs asfc as socretary . " " That Mr . Bairstow bo reeJectcd for three months , to commence after the expiration of his time at Stoctport . " " That Ddan Taylor bo vcqutfsk'tl to accept the office of lecturer for this district , on the saino terms as Mr . Bairstow for one month , his
labours to commenca instantly , and if he cannot attend , that Mr . Matsdcn be written to . " " That Bv-lper be the contro of its locality . " "That Chesterfield b 3 tha centre of its locality , and that Derby be the centre of its locality , ami that Barton , Stapleford , Jlkiston , Ilcanor , ic , ifcc . be in the Derby locality , and that each locality be responsible for the labour each respective locality xcceivos . " " That a voto of tlr . mks be givt-n to our chairman for his able and impartial conduct in the chair . " " That a report of this delegate meeting be sent to the Northern Star fur insertion . " The am » e is flourishing in this district
The Chartists of Derby , at their weekly meeting , held on Sunday evening , passsed strong voles of censure and expulsion on Messrs . Turner , Skevington , Hail , and Twiss , for their efforts in aid of Whig usurpation , ii \ having become membcxs of committee and canvassing agents for Mr . Gisborne and Lord Waterpark , the Whig candidates . CHESTSRPISlfD . —On Monday , a most peaceful nnd well-conducted assembly of Chartists , listening to an harangue from Mr . Win . Martin , in the Marketplace , ( the meeting having been called by the Town crieri , were brutally interrupted and dispeised by the mayor and the police . The people had tho good seneu anil munly courage to go quietly away , without mauling the wretches as they well deserved for thtsir insolent interference . Shall we ever have enough ef class-rule under Whig management ?
GLASGOW . —The Son ok Mr . Frost . —As everything connected with tho circumstances and family of this exiled patriot is deeply intertsting to a vast portion of the population of this country , we deem the following relation will not be out of place . About six or seven months ago , Mrs . Frost wrote to Mr . George Hoss , requesting him to use his influence in procuring a situation for her only son in some medical establishment in Glasgow . Mr . Ross m : tde the subject of tha letter known to a number of influential Chartists , and it was not long until Mr , Moir learned tbat a young man was wanted in the Glasgow Old Apothecary Hall . Mr . Hoss lost no time ia making application to the proper quarter , and although the gentleman whom he applied to was a Tory , and knew that the young man
in whose behalf tho application was made was the only son of the revolutionary Mr . Frost , of Newport ( as he termed him ) , he immediately agreed to engine him , in preference to a number of other applicants . The consequence was , that youug Mr . Frost shortly after arrived in Glasgow . He appeared to bo in rather n delicate state of health , and about sixteen or seventeen years of age . He bore a strong resemblance to his father , and was remarkably intelligent . He soon gained the esteem and affection of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance : he gave great satisfaction to his employers , and had the honour of making several improvements in the establishment : but , alas ! it was soon found that
our cold climate did not agree with his constitution , and it was soon perceived by his friends and medical advisers that a return to his nativo air was absolutely necessary . He accordingly left Glasgow with the Commodore steam-packet for Liverpool , on his way to Bristol , last Siturday , accompanied by the feeling and patriotic Mr . George Ross , who has been te him like a second father . He was accompanied to the boat by Messrs . Moir , Ancott , M'Crea , of Kilbarchan , tiie editor of tho Scottish Patriot , -nnft several other gentlemen , with whom ho took an affectionate farewell . Mr . Ross accompanies him al ! the way to Bristol , and on his return he intends to visit the " caged lion" at York .
WAiRKINGTON . —The friends have had a teayarty here , nt which the proceedings were of the most pitasing and exhilarating character . Many patriotic toasts were siven , and responded to by Mr . James Leech and oti-iera , during the evening . The meeting was uoji . lucteil on teetotal principles ; and we are most happy to learn that the greater part of the Chartists of WaningtOM are teetotallers . MANCHESTER . —On Sunday last , Mr . Biyley iielivered a most satisfactory-lecture , in th « Tib- » treet room . The lecturer evinced an extensive acquaintance with the social anomalies of tha prtstnt system , arid with the princip ! ' s in which moral crime originates . Mr . J . Leech delivered a very impressive lecture in Brown-strebt room . MIDDLESBHO ' . —The Chartists of this place held a public meeting in the Working Men ' s Reading Room , Newcastle Row , when spirited addresses were delivered by Messrs . Sutherland , Holliushead , and Maw .
ASHTOJV-UNDE « -tr ^ E . —The Chartists here are beginning to rouse , as it was from a deep slumber in which they appear to have been ever since the memorable 12 th day of August , 1839 . On Sunday evening last , we had the room we meet in almost crowded to suffocation , and every pewon present appeared to tako a deep Interest in tho question th « y were met to discuss , viz . what course ought we to pnrsue at the approaching election , some contending fur an address to the electors and non-electors in favour of Mr . Uindtey , the piaseiit Member and others tbat as thcro is no other candidate In the field , we take no steps in t !; a affair at present , but if the Tories bring out their nun , we do call a public meeting , and invite feoth candidates to attend there to be examined by one of the members of this Association , respecting his views on the Charter , fee . Daring the discussion , which lasted nearly throe hours , a mest brotherly feeling
prevailed At tbe clese , the following resolution was adopted : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that we as a body have nothing to do with either Whig or Tory ; but tbat tf there is to be an address in support of either one or the other , it must emanate from a public meeting called for that purpose . " On Sunday alone we enrolled twelve members in the Association , aad we now have some hopes that the men of Ash ton will resume that position they once held in the Chartist ranks . O'Connor ' s and O'Brien ' . i letters , the Convention ' s address , and M'Djua'd' s opinion on the above suljectwere read by the Chairman , and gave great satisfaction , A debating and reading class have been farmed in connection with the society , and much good is expected to emauate from them . - Men of Ashton , remember the only measure to benefit you is the Chaster , the whole Chatter , and nothing less than tbe Charter . Hsrrah for the Charter , and no surrender !—Correspondent .
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BlRSilltfGftATH . —Cuabtist Meeting . —A . meeting was held by adjournment , on Monday last , at the Railway Station , Duddeston-roWj to hear the report oftho non-electors * committee , appointed at the meeting held on the previous Monday evening , Mr . T . P . Green in the chair . The Chairman hoped that tho meeting would be conducted' in the same orderly . manner as that which they fead shown on former occasions . Mr . Thompson then proceeded to read Feargns O'Connor ' s letter to the meeting , which he performed in admirable btyle . The letter gave great satisfaction , aud was received with loud cheers . Mr . George .-White next addressed the meeting on the necessity of the working classes bestirring themselves at the forthcoming elections . He
exhorted them not to baled away by / names or high sounding terms , but to judge all candidates for tueir support , by their previous conduct . He then commented on an address which had been issHed by T Attwood , and showed upitshoJlowness and deception . He also took a review of the conduct of MsssrB . Muntz and Scholetield , as Members of Parliament . The great mass of men who had formerly been termed Whigs had now given themselves the name of "Liberals , " and pretended to have a most pious horror of the general conduct of the Whig Ministry ; bnt they nevertheless voted for them on all occasions where their existence as a Ministry was likely to be endangered . Thus , as far as the people were concerned , those men were Whigsand nothing else .
, He-then shewed that the Chartists had nothing- to do with either of the factions , but that they should erect the standard of pure democracy , and be determined to rally ronr . « l is . Mr . Thomas Attwood and others , who were disappointed in their ambitious schemes , had denounced the Chartists as physiisalforce men ; but they were not termed bo v ? h ^ n they ran blindly after Attwood and Co ., and it no man else did so , he would prove , from Mr . Attwood's document , en the hustings , at the nomination , that it was sheer Whijrgery from end to end . He then proceeded to draw a picture of the misery and suffering that exi 3 teU in the nation , after niue years' of Whig reform , and concluded by an earnest appeal to the working men , to
co their duty at the forthcoming election , by showing their contempt for both Tory Spoouer and the . two . ' Liberals , " and hold up their heada for men of their own choice . He was loudly clieered at tha conclusion . —Mr . Wilkinson read the minutes of the committee 1 , amongst which was an unanimous resolution , " That Mr . George White be . nominated as one of the Candidates . for Birmingham , oh behalf of iho Chartists arKl ' working men . '' The following resolution was then tm > ved , seconded , aud cair-td unanimously , " That ihemuiutes of she uoii-ekotors commit- 0 be now confirmed , and that . no man shall receive iho support of this meeting who will not plnd ^ e S'i mpf iito vote for the Charter , vviinJo and entire . " . Tiie Chairman then announced that it was tho dei-erininaiion of the non-electors' committee to hold meetings . at the Railway Station , Dudtfcsionrow , evary Monday ovenmg , until tho conclusion of
tno election . Ho then declared the meeting adjourni'd to Monday evening next , at six o ' clock . — Mr . White informed the meeting that he t-h ' ould address all persors who required information on ou Chartist principles , at the Chartist meetiug room , Freeman-street , that evening . Three cheera wore then girtn for the Charter ; after which a great number of people accompanied the Committee to the Chorttst room , Freeman-street , where they were addressed by Mr . White , Mr . Williaaisoiij aud others . —It is 'die intention of tho forty mi-h who compose she non-ulectoro' committee to proceed from the Chartiss ' room , Freemeu-street , to tho place of meeting every Monday evening . —A lecture will be delivered ou Wednesday evening next , at the Chartist room , Freeman-street , on behalf of Mr . Brown , now a prisoner in Warwick gaol .
BSiiSTOH . —At the . numerous meeting which waa heid at this place last w « ek . After two resolutions had been passed in favour of the Charier arid the National Charter Association , a third in favour of the" Members for Wolverhampton , was moved by Mr . Candy , and supported by Mr ; -Winri , Editor of tho Staffordshire Examiner . Mr . G . White moved as au amendment-, that if the aforesaid Members would pledge themselves to voto for and introduce the Pcoplo ' s Charter'into the House of Commons , they shouM receive the support of that meeting ; and if ihey would not , that they should be considered enemies of the people . After astorray debate , in which Mr . White denounced tho resolution as a Whig trick , the amendment was carried unanimously—thus proving that the brave colliers and miners are not to be gulled .
DUBi-IW . —The Charter Association of this place held the most animated meeting that ever took place here , on Sunday , June 20 tb , Mr . Dillon in the chair , who ia a clear and dispassionate manner gave the " base , bloody , and brutal Whigs" their merit . Mr . Brophy next " addressed tbe meeting in support of the principles of the People's Charter , and proved in a vari ^ sted and tragical speech of great length , that the Whigs were the real Tories , and that they were the great enemies of the producing classes , and that Daniel O'Doublefacc , being their supporter , is au enemy to the producing and unrepresented classes of . Ireland and Britain , although the pcor and half-starved Irish contribute to his support , some £ 14 . 000 or £ 15 , 000 per year . He said that as
a working man , ho was opposed to the Corn Law scheme of bettering tho condition of tho people , by a repeal of that measure , and proved that nothing short of the adoption of " the principles of the Charlerozn ever get for the people equal rights and equal laws . Thia speech ; called forth the ire of a Mr . Tooe , who said tha Chartists were the advocates of Tory principles , that they ( iho Chartists ) wero opposed to the Whigs and cheap bread and sugar , and wo never had a better Ministry than the Whigs if they had not been opposed by the Tories and the Chartists , and he said ho held the Chartists accountable for tho language of the Tories to tho Catholics of Ireland , as regards the " mummery of the mass . " Here the . chaifman interfered , aud Mr . Brophy replied in a masterly manner , to the
sophistry ol this Whig advocate . Air . Brophy was followed by Messrs . M'Mahcn , Robinson , O'Connor , and a Mr . Rice , from Manchester , who gave the Whigs a benefit . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Houghton , and seconded by Mr . Hyland 1—"That we ,, the Chartists of Dublin , do highly approve of the great moral forbearance of the Chartists of Manchester , while under the brutal treatment of the physical-force anti-unionists , and Cora Law repealers , and Whi ^ supporters of Manch ester . " Moved by Mr . M'Mahou , aud seconded by Mr . John Robinson : — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the electors of Rochdale for selecting from Ireland that sterling patriot and friend of tho People ' s Charter , Sharman Crawford , Esq ., there not being a constituency in Ireland honest enough to return such au honest man . "
MAB . KINCH — At this town , on Friday , the 18 th inst ., we had a display of Whig overbearing and dictation , that excels all we have seen in the ami-Cora Law movement in : this part of the country . On tho night of the above date , according to public advertisement , a meeting of the inhabitants of this place and neighbourhood was held in the Apron Society Hall , to consider the most proper pian of action to bo adopted by the Chartists at the approaching election . Mr . Peter Ballingate was called to the chair , and stated in a few words the object of the meeting , and then called upon Mr . Win . Melville , who rose and read a resolution to the meeting , the purport of which was , that the Whig Government was unworthy of confidence , and
that this meeting refrain fioni assisting or countenancing the Whigs in auy way whatever . Mr . M . enforced the propriety and necessity of acting in this manner by ,-a lengthened speech , " showing the faithlessness and tyranoy of the Government in a masterly manner . He thea moved that his resolution be adopted by the meeting . Mr . George Grcig seconded it , and impressed upon the meeting the necessity-of doing so , in a feeling manner , and concluded by declaring that he would never vote for Whigs more . Mr . William Tullis , Auchmuty paper mill , then rose and read a counter resolution ' to . the meeting , and moved it as au amendment lo the previous' resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Baxter , Bakonie spinning mill ; an able
discussion then followtd , which lasted some hours , during which Mr . Baxter acted in a-most disorderly manner , interrupting Mr . Melville to such an extent , that calls were frequently made to him by the audience to hold his peace , or else they would put him out . After every thing was arranged i ' or taking the sense of . the meeting upon the resolution and amendment , the chairman desired those in favour of the amendment to hold up both their hands , and they for the resolution , to hold up their right hand , h was evident to all avound the chairman , that there was a considerable majority in favour of Mr . Melville ' s resolution ; but the chairman hesitating a little in giving his decision , the Whigs called out to divide the house , which was
ultimately agreed to , and in the division " of the meeting , Mr . Tullis , Auchmuty , and Mr . " Smith , ditto ; and Mr . Baxter , Balgonie Mills < and Mr Drummond , his brother-in-law , acted the most disgraceful part I ever saw . They went thrpuah the house ferreting out their workmen , and driving them to their end of the hall-: We saw Mr . Baxter pulling some of hia men by the collar , and they refusing to go , and asking others what they were doing on that side of the house , and oiderbg them to the other . Mr . Drummond was engaged hi the same way . Messrs . Tullis and Smith aefed a part nearly akin to it : but many of their workmen , rather than
be driven against their will , or incur their aaaUr' % displeasure , left the place of meeting ; and others nobly braved their natters and stood by the Charter . As soon as this scene of beastly coercion was terminated , without going through tho formality of counting , the Chairman viewing both parties , declared he thought the Wbigs had a majority j bnt instead of a defeat to the Chartists , it will have a very different effect ; it will have the effect of stimulating the ChartistB to greater exertions in the good cause , and the coercive villany of tho Whigs will add to our number , and we will soon see these archpolitical jugglers , the finality Whigs , annihilated as a party in this caaairj . rt-CorrtaaouUnU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct712/page/3/
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