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    fTKSjWBn . » I » rak—Mr . Bafrstow , the "West Biding Missionary eTthe ^ jtoonal CbJurt « Assods-¦^ i , " £ e « oraing to " # aTTanghtnnntn of the ite If erf Bi § jM JdWe ^ tt " £ *««» ** Dawsibury , pro-| fadire « 4 nfthe goWin » ud farne . " and of wnidrfi yj the NatEnaaT quarter Association : —> n $ fend » y « t ; Patosy i . BintaLTiu > Bdaj j laversedre , ¦^© Aneflifcy ;" ' Bewwary , 9 ttu » day : ^ jriraiuT . j " ric * j ; anaOsaett , < m Saturday . MeetingsvH . eofflm eQoee * ciieT « un «» t eight o ' clock , TtteBaHeals of theaboTB places are requested la take gtai tem akingtke meettngB public , so that the puKc mad tt » ybe roused . *"*"

    T 0 ? ~ P ^ 'J ° ¥ **»** . - *• ondarsfrad thAt the mhabitaate of York pornoae * binir » paMifl torner to l ^ . P . M . M'DHSlnSSL * August 31 st , jmthe large worn , En Ox W CkSe MuteW to eel ^ rmte hwie ^ femiXke ^ ffi ? where be haaibeen ranusfl , iaprisoned for twehe month * , for boldly dvooifcing the rights » f t >« people . Dinner to be on the table at half-past fiv . ibe rights of Ae people ^ aitor dame * is ow , to thoS present . Tickets , la . 6 d . each , to behad of Iff ^ ians , contetiraer . Wajagate j Mr . David Hall ton , at Mr . Thompeoa ^ B , North-street : and at the Sat Ox , JQattl . MMkaa . tntittfe 25 * « f ££ month . A limited nnmberoolywxU be sold . The following friwas of the people *» expected -.-The Bay WnT

    HiU ; Jolm Watkin * . Eeq Aialaby Hall ; and Mr Qarkson , solicitor , Bradford . ' ™ HTDE . -AI length we trust that the workine people are beginning to Bee their real interests , and attending to them in earnest . Our Institution , we hope , will no *» ger be neglected a * formerly . Paring the past wee * , we have had Monday eveniaa pablic meetings of the Bahseribers to the Board of & » BoSetT established by the work £ g da £ for tha purpose of procuring medical assistance for aU , with pnBetaakiy , wd without thoselengthy aad uuuihbmiuib e&Ued

    BMaeaHW uungs docfcerV bills bj the aid . ofismall subjcriptioiu of one halfpenny per week . On Wednesday evesine . Dr . Potter of ^ bridge , delirered the first of a course of ? ight lectures , on the beautiful science of Phrenology to be continued -weekly , until the course is complete On Saturday evening we had enacted the beaatifui sod instructive drain * , entitled , the " Xrial of Sir 'John Barky » o » f fed it i » * lfyg > f « 3 ^ Mg to add he was brdtighi in guilty , and execamTPoor Sir John , ne has a character as had almost as a Chartist agitator .

    PRESTON . —Preston is alive . They had lately a large meeting , at which the plan of national organization was adopted , and strong resolutions passed pledging the people to firmness and sobriety-the consequence of which was that the publican in whose hoase they met refused them his room for another meeting , although he was paid for the use of it . Re people may soon hare rooms of their own if they will build them with their money they now put into the pockets of such fellows as this . GLOUCESTER . —The people are arousing and bestirring themselves . The awakening impulse has been felt , and is being responded to . They had a jneetiDg on the 4 th , at which the proceedings at

    ijirnungnam , on the liberation of Lovett and Collins called forth the enthusiasm of the people to a very high degree . Resolutions were passed , pledging them to renewed exertion , and a committee was appointed to draw up an . address to the various Charter Associations in the county , on the necessitr of union and frequent communication with each other . The committee are desirous of communications with their friends at Cheltenham , Stroud , and nooten-under-edge , and others in the same county for the purpose of gaining any information as to holding public meetings on any other subiect which

    may tend to forward the cause . They press for all such communications to be sent to the secretary Mr Thomas Sidawaj , Magnett Committee Rooms ! Gloucester . VY e rejo : ce to see that , notwithstanding the little spirit of the magisterial and middle-class aen , the good Radicals of Gloucester are yet determined to hold up their h * nds . We give the following letter from a publican to their secretary as an evidence of vhe difficulties , against which they have fc > work Wd ; and as another proof of the Teafiness ennced by the middle classes to unite with the poor !

    July 23 rd , 1840 . Sib , —I hsTe taken the early opportunity of -writing these few lines , to inform you that there is a rumour Biade by persens , and has come to the gentlemen ^ ears , of a meeting held at my house on Sunday last , and to be continued ; and they have called on me and told Be that , if Qiere was any ether meeting they would tike the license from me . So , in consequence o " f { his , I cannot let you have the room . I should have been glad to hare accommodated you ; but you know the situation 1 stand , ia ; so by *>»?« you - ^ m proriUe yourselves with some other pbca I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Willum Bond .

    NORTHAMPTON . —Mr . Cardo ( late Member oi Hie Convention ) paid a Tisrt to thi 3 place on Tuesday , the 4 th instant , and in the course of the same evening delirered a truly interesting , ard , it i 3 to be hoped , beneficial address , to one of the most attentive auditories it has ever been onr lot to witness The chair was occupied by Mr . C . Jones , who , aftei * UndinE in general ierms to the policy being pnrsaeJ by the Whigs , and more especially their brutal and Dastardly treatment of Mr . F . O'Connor and others suffering on account of their political faith , introduced Sir . Cardo to the meeting , who , in a speecl : remarkable for terseness and power , gare the Whig ; snch a " irhacking" ( to use a vulgar phrase , ) thai will

    never be forgotten by their partizms here . The ¦ following resolution was nnanimously adopted : > * That thi 3 meeting , while it sympathises with , can- ¦ BOt but lament the apathy and compsratiTe disunion hitherto manifested amongst the working classesj : whilst before their eyes is exhibited an union amongst i their enemies , exerting a mighty but fiendish power , j and hiring , from amongst the working classes , those whom bad legislation has thrown out of employment , ¦ and those who , in consequence of bad legislation , i hare been totally deprived of the means far educa- '¦ Son , and who are consequently the idle , the ignorant , and the brutish ; that they are taking these our un- fortunate fellow sufferers , and dressing them up in ;

    rea jae&Hs and feathered caps , and equipping them i with instruments of murder , and leading them forth ' to pounce upon and to butcher their fellow sufferers ,: irtienever they attempt to resist the encroachments ' of despotism . Seeing that all this i 3 the effect of a : determined union on the part of our oppressors , this ; fluting , with holy determination , pledges itself to : jante heart and hand , and to do all in its power , low&rds effecting a National Charter Association : thronghout Great Britain , being conscious that , xwnhing but a National Union of the Working ! ClasBes will ever secure to themselves those rights ! ¦ which , as rational beings , they should be entitled to '> Possess . And farther , as this meeting disapproves > « all Bteel and powder argumentswhich are the '

    , f e 7 day arguments of a tyrannical government , it ' Bof opinion , that an active National Union of the noririns Classes would speedily secure to themselves i weir just rights , and thar without red jackets , fea- toerd caps , or instruments of murder . " 2 .- u That j was meeting hails with delight the liberation of ! Messrs . Lovett and Coiiins from the pangs of the ' wse and brutal Whigs , whose conduct towards those Persons con&ned for expressing their political opini- « i 3 ( especially those put to hard labour merely for j toe crime of being workingmen ) only tends to excite th « indignation of every lover of hi 3 species ; and ^ d ges itself never to cease its exertions until Frost , ' "illiams , Jones , and all political prisoners , be restored , to their homes and families . "

    [ . Receivsd too late for insertion last week . ] STJKDERI * AKD . —A meeting of the -Sunderland-Chartists was held on Tuesday evening week , in the Co-operative Hall , L&mbton-street . The attendance * u numerous . Mr . Hemsley was appointed to preside , and after making suitable comments on the objects for which the meeting was called , proceeded to read the plan of organiz&tiom as recommended by ft « Manchester Delegates and reported in the Star . The following resolution was then moved by Mr . Xuker , and seeoxuied by Mr . T » ylor , in a Tery t&trgetic speech , " That immediate steps be taken to incorporate the Durham County Charter Associ-* Bon into the National Charter Association . " A

    ^ solution was then moved by Mr . John Binns , and wnded b y Mr . M'Lean , * ' That this meeting view-DJf with disgust and abhorrence , the malignant and tapriacipled spirit of persecution shown by the P ^ seentors of Williams and Binns , and desirous " of e * P » seing its conviction , tbaft the evidence adduced ** the tnal did not suffice to support the charge Jj ^ ed against them , feel it their duty to declare , ~ J *» much of the alarm and prejudice which ex-* j *« d amongst the inhabitants of Sunderland as to *» 8 proceedings of the Chartists , having arisen from

    « e nnCTepresentitions of the local press , and j * p * i * Uy from the anfounded calumnies thrown-ont fJJhtStmderiand Herald , it will endeavour , as the •^ « e ana of preserving the peace of the neighr ^ bood , to snppress , as far as possible , the circu-«« on of ftut paper . " Both resolutions were carritd ^ "wously . The malignant part the editor of the « mutf took in the prosecution of Williams and f *?* *« laid before the meeting , and better at S * f « tiire day will it appear to certain parties tf " j * 6 ehoolmaster had not been abroad , ' ' for thai pfk woo feel themselTe 8 imprisoned inien their Jf *** " « w , may , in their greediness to satiate J ? " revenge whb a SoyloclPs " ponnd of flesh , " " " »« m his ear the mocking cry , —

    "I hate Mo , for he's a Christian . " SJ ^ rte of Sanderland , 'tis for yon to follow up ¦^ Rrit of the first resolution— 'twas you who de-5 ** * should be acted on . As the groundwork of ^ Paa , let every honest man immediately enrol r ™» wiinthe classes , for unless the foundation be Sr * » ¦ whereapon can . the superstruetnreie erected ! ^ aoout this , nothing will be gained ; disorganised ,

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    * S' ! K ? * powBrless ' o ^ anisa 4 oii which » ves jy the paltry sabscnpUon of a penny a week , proYe low " great a matter a UtUe nVe kindleth . " Sis « contemplation to hold a meeting Z ^ delegated » pot , at which thebest ncoans for fully carryiM oat the ' plan-in its detail * throughout SKSSSSSj ¦ "Hke ordered , and amongst these the possibility of immediately emplojink a miSonary . Let erery colliery in the meantimi eiSol its members ^ S ^ t to endeavo Y to aid in this . We wooW earnestly reoommend that whilst the classed do E ? fl £ i £ W ! dK iE or th 5 * " ** " «** of business , itoiS ^ -ff ^™ H ^? " ^ Pwhmt medium § £% lffuB l ° \ QtelUSenc « » introducing into £ iJ ? „ such works as Chanuing on " Self Culture , " or " On the means » f iZro ^^ i £

    labouring Classes , " or any other workVbV which of its dignity ; by which , in fact , the great maxim , within the temple of the . Charter , " Know thysetf " auiiberty i § \ nteU \ gmu the magmsion of Uberty and intelligence is vn an equal ratio . Our notions ftUJi ? « " « W ^« freedom progress , or rather freedom receives its development , as mnd advances . It is the ffrotcth of intelligence which constitutes man s nght to the Charter—a , poshion aeknowledged by our enemies , in their oft-repeated assertion , that we do not deserre the fraachjse because of « ur ignorance . Oh ! the surest and * he proudest b * sis oq which Chartism ean-rtand , is on theHwUl « t s the best claim a tyrant can have to h ? s power . So ^^ "Jf , ? ^ . loftiest agency on whichapwpte can erect their title to freedom . ,

    Foranationto be free ' tis sufficient that Bhe wills it . " As yet the people have been nothing , the leaders everything , Tne leaders have willed , the people nave followed in leading-strings . There has been no national mind , which has been mirrored in that ot the leaders—there have been ignorant passions °° £ « --f U taa been " sound and fury , signifying noting . " May we gain wisdom by experience , -Wise " our broken cause again in the spirit of u Mark hut my faii , and that which ruined me . " When each man has the intelligence to discern the rights which belong to him , and which are withheld by men like themselves—when they know the foundations on which that right is built—when , in , one word , each man is fit to be his oicn leader , then , and not till then , will the people have the moral daring to snatch up the gauntlet which humanity

    has dropped in her progress , and wield it in the Fpint of men who , "knotting their rights , " feel it their duty to maintain them . Men and vumen of Durham , we almost feel ashamed to ask of you the continuance of that Bupport yon have already so | generously offered to your friends in Durham Gaol . ' The forget-me-nots they are every day receiving , is ; thebest recompense they can have for the sufferings ! they undergo . " In the moral virtue generated by poverty , there is the strength of eternity . " Oh ; there is something grateful to the philanthropist in observing the thousands who store up from their scanty pittance the weekly mite to fling into the the treasury ; not to gain a name for charity and to ' be gazetted for their pains . No , it is specially the province of the

    poor' To do good by stealth , and blush to find it fame . " We are happy to state thai the prisoners have every indulgence allowed that perhaps any Chartist prisoners have . Still to the Bensitiyene&s of a cultivated intelligence , the distant rattling of the convictH chainB , the ' grating . of the iron doors and the vile loneliness round about , cannot but remind them they are not freemen . Oh ! ' ii 3 the sting of trots likt these that tells them they are men . We call upon every Chartist , as a duty they owe alike to themselves , and to those in prison , to extend still their charities to them ; not only Sunderland , but Stockton , Darlington , ( from which place 17 « . 10 d . has been received , ) Bishop Auckland , and Newcastle . BtU > ks may he had of Mr . Hemsley , at the Bridge Street Store , in which subscribers' names can be entered for weekly contribution ? , the same to be handed in to Mr . Hemsley weekly . It was recommended at the Tuesday night meeting , and it will be

    seen to be just , that the additional ha if-penny which has been given to the Star , do now go to the proceeding fund , as the prisoners of the districts hav » a claim upon the inhabitants which the other pri- j soirers have not . Brother Churt ' uts , —Tue best recompoHie your leaders can have lor all ther ! sn £ Ferin _ K ; --, and the best , answer you can return j to _ the sneers of your enemies , that "Charti ? mi 3 dead , " will be to unite yourselves without delay into an efficient , organised force-_ Their suffering is for you , thescoffa of your euemies are directed against you . ; the " success of the cause rests with you , and the benefit to be realised is for you . By the struggles i you have already gone through , and by the stiil greater you must jet be witness of ; by the tears ot imprisoned martyrs and by the cries of children made orphan * by their fate , by that love you bear to Frost , and by that laek of iote which sent him across the wide waste of waters to be

    " Alone with God— . " By these , and all the softest influences of humanity , forget not those in prison , for / jet not they are thefe for you . Be firm , be united , be just , and Hea-ven defend the right ! COLCHESTFR . —The spirit of Chartism i ? not yet extinct even in Essex , proverbial as it is for being backward in the march of intelligence . It is true it has slumbered for a short time , but it is rising with refreshed energies , like a giant from his repose . At a meeting held to celebrate the release of Lovett and Collins , a spirit of enthusiasm was manifested which affords hope of healthful progress ; the more promising , as nearly half of them are total abstainers from ali drink 3 which intoxicate .

    5 T . ANDREWS . —\ V e were fa . v 6 ur&d with a visit from that able and talented advocate of our cause , Mr . Julian Harney , on August 12 th . The meeting was held in Mr . Wemys ' s Hall , on that evening , Mr . David Black in the chair . Mr . Harney , in an able and eloquent address , showed the wrong 3 of the people of this country , and proved , to the satisfaction of all present , that the People's Cnarter was the best , in fact , the only means of removing ther-e wrongs , and of doing justice to the people . Being

    our public market day , the meeting was not so well attended as we could have wished ; but all who were there must have gone away with a conviction that the principles of the Charter were not those airy , visionary ideas they have been represented to be . We may mention that Mr . Harney ' s strictures on the conduct of the clergy has been the means < i ¦ doing much good , as even some of the middie classes have since been wishing to have some gentleman to come and preach the true doctrines of the Gospel : o the Guartists on Sundays ,

    CERES ( FiFE £ Hlfi £ ) .--Mr . Harney addressed a lar ^ e opeu-air meeting here on Tuesday evening , August 11 th . The main subjects dwelt upon by Mr . H . were petitioning , and the necessity of diffusing political information . In the course of his remarks upon the latter subject , the lecturer passed a wellmerited eulogium upon that excellent publication , the Chartist Circular , which he warmly recommended to the Bupport of his hearers . AB . BB . OATH . —Mr . G . J . Harney visited thi& place on Thursday , and delighted us with an elegant and . impressive lecture on the necessity of obtaining the Charter , and showed us the folly of the peopled torpitude and callousness on the subject . Mr . Harney . first went over the principal points of the

    Charter , which every sane man must approve of , and admit the necessity of it becoming the law of the land . He next showed us how the poor working man was robbed by the classes above him , and satisfied every one who heard him , that it was a syttem of plunder and . spoliation practised by every one above the poor labouring mau ; he also showed ua how we were galled by the priesthood , or the black slugs , as he justly termed them , and contrasted the doctrine preached in our day with that preached by the meek and holy Jesus , which teacheth tBatmashould do unto his neighbour as he would halve his neighbour do unto him . We consider Mr . Harney

    an able lecturer , well worthy the attention of the public ; he has made impressions on the minds of the people of Arbroath that never can be effaced . So great was the demand for circulars after the lecture , that the number usually ordered was altogether inadequate to the demand . He has promised to risit ns again soon ; we wi ? h it may be so . A few lectures of the same kind would do much good , and we have no doubt would add greatly to our numbers . On hearing of Mr . Harney visiting this place , vre vnuied on the chief magistrate concerning the meeting . What was his answer ! He candidly told ns that , as a magistrate , he was bound to suppress such meetings , but we might meet on the common

    unmolested . We aeccordingly did so ; the meeting was numerous and respectable . Mr . Harney was listened to for about two hours with great attention ; at the dose he su much applauded , « nd cheers , to the number of three times three , were riven for Mr . Frost , and the other worthy patriots that have suffered for the cause of ihe people and civil liberty . The moating then quietly dispersed .

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    JKBTTiiB . — -A public meeting was held here in eousequearoe of the liberation of Messrs * Lovett . Collins , and M ' Douall , the bills calling the meettie to take plaee in the open air ; but on account of the wetness of-the weather , it was adjourned to the Subscription School . Mr . Alexander Henderson was called to the chair , who , after * short speech , introduced Mr . G . J . Harney to the meeting ; and after he had spoken for half an- hoar , the people being not nearly all in , he removed to the side of the door , that persons both in and * ut might hear . Alter addressing them for a time , the weather becoming a little more favourable , and the house being full to suffocation , they removed to the front <) f Mr . M Gregor ' s inn , where Mr . Harney commenced

    a third time . He said they ( the people ) were like Daniel O'Connell with justice to Ireland—they were getting his speech by instalments ; but he did not approve of that system for gaining the Charter . The speaker went on to ehew how the National Petition was treated with scorn by the Legislature : he ad vised union among the people to obtain the Charter , he exposed . the profligacy of our rulere , the swindling Bystem of the Jews , and the corruption of the priestcraft . Mr . Harney said that the-night beit : f 60 w « . t , it wae unpleasant for them to Btand Iwrj : but he was agreeable to go on if they wished . TBi people said , " We are not sugar ; we shall not melt . Mr . Harney went on , and delivered an exceH * &

    and spirited address , which occupied an houran < three quarters , and was greatly applauded through out ; and concluded by challenging ~ &ny persoato come forward and contradict any statements bejup made , and not elander him after his back was tUfI §« A few minutes was given to- any one to do so , but no person offering to oppose him , three cheers were given for Mr . Harney , three for the Chairman , and three times three for the Charter , when the meeting quietly separated . This will let" plain John Campbell' see that he has not put down the Chartists in Kettle yet , and give the lie to Fox Maule , that the people are not wanting Universal Suffrage in Scotland .

    DUNDEE . —Foreign Policy . —At a great and oversowing public meeting , held in the Watt Institution , on Monday evening , August the 17 th , Mr . George Adams in the chair , Mr . Julian Harney , at the close of a lengthy address , which occupied upwards of twohoure in , delivery , moved the adoption of thefollowingresolutions :- ! . " That repudiating the treachery of the aristooratical , irresponsible foreign minister of this country , in entering into a treaty with the Russian Government , which treaty is a gross insult to the French nation , and calculated to plungeinto war two countries ( Britain and France ) whose interests are identical , and whose aim shoull be mutual , that of the enfranchisement of mankind , this meeting , in the name of the working classes of

    Britain , solemnly disclaim all participation iu such acts of infamy , and assure the French nation that the feelings and sympathies of this country are those of fraternity with the people of France . " 2 . " That the treachery so manifest in the management of the foreign affaira of this country , is but another proof that tho whole existing system is rotten to the core ; hence the necessity of reforming the House of Commons . This meeting , therefore , resolve stedfartly to adhere to the agitation for obtaining the Charter , convinced that its establishment can alone free the people of this nation from domestic thraldom—from aggression and degradation abroad , and enable them to bring to justice those usurpers who have betrayed the interestB and honour of the

    country , in . M rherson seconded the motion , and on being put by the Chairman , the resolutions were unanimously adopted with three hearty rounds of applause . The Secretary then read a petition of Robert Peddie , imprisoned in Beverley Gaol , upon a charge of sedition and conspiracy , also a communication from the wife of that person . The Secretary announced that a committee had been appointed to obtain subscriptions on behalf of Peddie . Mr . Peter Grahame , of Kirremure , then addressed the meeting , showing the necessity of union , if the people would obtain their rights . He was loudly cheered . Mr . Harney , a second time , briefly addressed the meeting npon the case of Peddie , making a warm appeal in bis behalf . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

    SKELDERSLOW . —On Wednesday , the 12 th instant , the members of the Skdderslow Radical Association met for the purpose of congratulating the liberation of Dr . M'Douall , Mr . John Collins , and Mr . Lovett . Snpper was on the table at nine o ' clock in the evening . After the plates were removed , Mr . John Jackson was unanimously called to the chair , and commenced by reading the first toast— "Dr . P . M . M'Douall ; aud may he live to see his persecutors , the base and perfidious Whigs , brought to justice . " Mr . Sykes responded in aneac and pointed speech , in which the Whigs came in for their share of tho odium . The Chairman then gave " . Mr . John Collins , the strenuous advocate of Universal Suffrage , and one of the sober , consistent , and

    straightforward representatives of the people iu the late Convention . " Mr . R . Beaumont responded , and said that the best proof that he could give of Mr . Collins ' s worth was to cause to be read his speeches since the commencement of the agitation . The Chairman then gave " Mr . Lovett , the valuable supporter of a free press against the united powers of both factions—Whig and Tory . " Mr . J . Broadbent supported the toast . . The Chairman then rose to give f 'Mr . Feargns O'Connor , and may he survive his imprisonment , and see the principles of equal representation , which he has so nobly defended , become the law of the land . " Mr . S . Lees responded . The Chairman then gave " Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones . " This " toast was received with a death-like silence ; and every countenance

    seemed to exclaim , Alas ! poor Frost ! There must have been one of the blackest deeds of treachery here ; there must have been something that has not met the eye of the public ; some designing , perfidious , intrusion , on the part of some of the pretended leaders of the people , but . in fact , some of the greatest traitors in the world to the cause of Radical Reform . The people will now use every effort that they can , by petitioning again and again , until these deluded men are brought back to their heart-broken wives and distressed families . Tho Chairman proposed our old ally , " The Debt . " Mr . M . Beaumont responded at considerable length . Mr . Lees then sung— " Come all True Britons . " A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and the company broke up highly delighted with the

    evening . TIVERTON , Devon . —On Friday , a meeting of the Radical Association of this town took place at the Golden Lion , West-Ex , to devise means to aid and support the destitute families of their suffering brethren in the North . The time of meeting arrived , and the room soon filled , when Mr . Harris ,, . * working man , was called to the chair , and proceeded to open the meeting , by stating the object for which they were called together that evening . Mr . Harris , in a plain but affectionate address , endeavoured to impress upon his hearers not only the necessity , but the bounden duty it was of them , and every friend to freedom , to come forward and aid and assist the families of those worthy men who are now suffering

    for the cause of liberty in loathsome dungeons . Tho chairman , after reoommending to his hearers , particularly the young men , to be moral in their social conversations , as well as in their public speeches , concluded by hoping that he Bhould soon see a great shaking among the dry bones of the Radicals of this empire , when they shall stand up a mighty , great , moral army , to the confusion of the Whig and Tory oppressor . He was followed by : Mr . Rowclift , Mr . Land , and other spirited young men . A collection took place , and there was collected £ 2 ds . 6 d . After which a resolution was passed to the effect that they meet that night week , for the purpose of reorganising the Association . A vote of thanks being given to the chairman , the meeting then broke up in good order and great

    decorum . OLDHAJtt . —The Radicals of this town have determined to have a public tea . in honour of Mr . M'Douall on the 29 th . Three hundred tickets have been printed for the occasion ; men's tickets Is . each , and women ' s 9 d . each ; and may be had at the following places : —Mr . John Ward ' s , Roy ton Road ; Mr . Thomas Taylor's , West-street ; Mr . Samuel Yardley , Eagle-street ; Mr . Thomas Smith , side of the Moor ; Mr . John Dodge , Market Place , and bottom of the Moor ; and the Socialist Store , Yorkshire . A public lecture will be delivered by Dr . P . M . M'Douall , and those having tickets for tea will be admitted by shewing the same ; and those not having tickets lor tea will be admitted by paying 3 d . each .

    ZttlDDI ^ ETOW . —P . M . M'DOUAU AND JOHM Collins . — Preparations are being mads to give to these patriots a public dinner on Monday , the 24 th of Anrnst , to be held at Mr . William Worsley ' s , the Ring of Bells Inn , near the church , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Also , arrangements have been made to hold a public meetisg in the Reformers' Chapel , at four o clock the same afternoon , when the above-named gentlemen will address the people of Middleton . All who are interested in these arrangements , are requested to exert them-Belves , and rally round the Charter and their friends I A glorious day is expected . * '

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    WBM-RXDCNG HBU 3 GATE MEETIMO . — AooordinRto a notice inserted in the Star , a Delegate Meeting waa held in -the large room , over the Cp-operative Stores , Dewsbury , August 16 , 1840 , Mr ,: Joseph Atkinson in the chair . Delegates present from the following pjaoea : — -Hudderafield , Mr . Thomas Vevera ; Heckmondwjke , Mr . Joseph Atkmsott « t Liversedge , Mr . Joseph HadHeld j Dewsbury and Dawgreen , Mr . William Moseley Stott ; Pudsey , Mr . James Mallinson ; Leeds , Mr . 'Andrew Gardner ; Bradford , Mr , George Fletcher : Lepton » Mr . John Smith . After each of the Dole-Kates had given a statement of the condition of their various { constituencies , the following resolutions JW » adopted : — . _ 1 st . Moved by Mr . Gardner , and seconded by Mr .

    -otott , * Tnatit is the opinion of this meeting that a Leoturer for the West-Riding of Yorkshire w highly necessary . " ¦ 2 nd ; : Moved by Mr . Gardner . * nd seconded by Mr . Fletcher , That Mr . Bairafow , of Queenshead , be engaged for one month arour Leoturer in the interim that the Delegates consult their constituents on the propriety of engaging him . or some imj&elsei , as © 6 t percent Lwp& } &" ; - ^ , ; tf ^ rd . Moved " by Mr ^ JletebwvMtd seconded by ^ r ^ Smith ,. * Thafelfaip meeting la of opinion that * acn principal townv , and JH » . Suburban villages , « nould proceed immiaaiately ^ o choose » perron to ¦ Mt as member of the * -Riding ^ fi gwicU » the nomination to ^ be returned ingtanteMSggr ^ tiing Secretary , * g * ffilm M > ¦ ¦*>» Pwvmoji flfl'CwiBil for

    appoint-^ 4 th . ' Moved by Mr . Hadfleld , and seconded by Mr . Mallinson , " That It is earnestly recommended to all the principal towns to proceed to the formation of a town or local council . " 5 th . Moved by Mr . Vevers , and seconded by Mr . HadBeld . " That the Viotim Fund Committee be requested to proceed with the distribution of the money collected forthwith . " 6 th . " Moved by Mr . Gardner , and seconded by Mr . Fletcher , « That Mr . William Moseley Stott , hairdresser , Town-end , Dewsbury , be appointed Secret

    ary for the West-Riding . " There was also a respectable person appointed treasurer , who has accepted the office . 7 th . Moved by Mr . Hadfield , and seconded by Mr . Gardner , That the first council meeting of the West-Riding be held in the large room over the Cooperative Stores , Dewsbury , on the 20 th of September , 1840 . ' * 8 th . Moved by Mr . Vevers , and seconded by Mr . Mallinson , " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the Chairman , for hia impartial conduct iu the chair . "

    WARRtKGTOH . —Young "John Frost . "—On Sunday , the 9 th day of August , by tho Rev . Mr . Richards , Curate of the Parish Church of Warrington , wa 3 christened the son . of James aud Mary Savery . On presenting the child to the Curate , the following short dialogue took place : —The Curate : What is this child ' s nama ' —Godfather : John Frost Savery .-Curate : Whoso child is it I—Godfather : My brother ' s , Sir .-Curate : Why do you call it Frost ; I hope it is not iu memory of that unfortunate man , Frost ?—Godfather : It is no use to tell you an untruth ; I believe it is .-Curate : I am very sorry to see you so ignorant . —The Curate then proceeded to perform a duty he did not half relish . — Sir : May we not ask , what business has a Curate to intermeddle betwixt a parent and child ?—But , Sir it proves the old adage , " that ignorance and impudence go hand in hand . ''

    LOUGHBOROUGH .-On Monday , the 17 th , the Chartists of this place assembled for the purpose of , electing a delegate to represent them at the delegate meeting to be held here on the 24 th . Information was given that Hathern , Long Whatton , Sheepshead , and . Mountsorrel , with other places , had elected delegates , and it was hoped that no place would be without a delegate or a letter . Mr . Turner wag called to the chair , when the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That Messrs . Turner and H . Bailey be the delegates for Loughborouga . — "That it be recommended to the delegates to prepare for a public meeting , to bo held oa the 24 th ; a strong memorial to her Majesty , describing the state of the working class ,

    condemning the mock representatives , do-nothing Parliament , and demanding that a Parliament be forthwith called together , that will consult the well-being of the people . "— " That the public meeting be held at the Ward ' s End , at half-past six o'clock in the evening . "— " That the delegates meet at Mr Leadesley ' s , the Old Eclipse , Ward ' s End , at eleven o clock in the morning . "—After the above resolutions had been passed , the case of Messrs . Vincent , Edwards , and Shellard was entered upon , for whom monies have been collected at Hatheru , Mountsorrel , aud LoughborouKh . It was then agreed that Messrs . Skevington and Baker be appointed to to and visit them on Saturday , the ' 221 , and tha ? they take them what uio ' . iey can bu . 'skv <) , « iso , whatever persons ma > bo cisposet : to sfmi . Alruadv

    eggs , pea £ , tea , su ^ av . ivc , with night <¦ .. >•< , is promised , but particulars ci ihe j-.-urucy , o \ . i ; ., will bo Sent next week . &EEOS . —Mr . Baikstow ' s Lectures . — Vniversal t > Household Suffrage . —Oa Tuesday evening , the Music Saloon , South Parade , was attended by a very largo and respectable audience . At the hour of eight o ' clock , n , y . idt ' . v Ltord sprinkling oflthe middle gentry were . i > b .-su-.- r . i in the Saloon , all of whom concaved thenibdv . ' ¦ wuh the greatest decorum and propriety . Tin ; Lii .-iiioss ot the meeting was bo . i ; iui by tiic uimiimous election

    ol Mr . Joues as chairman , who opened the meeting by readii'g the placard , and making a few remarks on the object which had convened them together , after which he callod his talented and worthy friend , Mr . Bairstow , to the attention of the audience . Mr . Bairbtow , on rising , was greeted by several rounds of the most enthusiastic applause , which subsiding , he commenced as follows . The law of wan and nature ia progresfiion . Instinot , intellect , thought , point to the diBtant future , in which the guerdon of their hopes shall be verified : —

    " Man never is , but always to be bless'd . " The Present—creature of the Past , parent of the Future—environs and casts its form aud pressure on him and bis contemporaries , moulding their natures influencing their characters , and sealing the signet of verity upon national destiny . On the past ho looks with contempt , Rot unmixed withal with suppressed veneration . The present is identified with him in all its peculiarities—in all his businesses his wants , physical , mental , Bocial , or moral—each unit of being whose aggregate is but himself—fills him with disquietude and unrest—being perennially assimilating to new elements—challenging other analyses—new discoveries and new ideas—compelling the incorporation of eternal , but before unrecognised rights—provision for new wants , and the discharge

    of new duties . He is all bustle , toil , and activity if not despair , abjuring tho past and tired of the present , he lives in the future . Memory has less Hope more , of play—Imagination flits athwart the rich strand" before , or the golden , glittering sky above him , and " goes sounding on its way , " pealing eloquent music , heralding brilliant prospects , majestic , free , and uncompclled . The lite of man universal , is the very echo of his time—an epic the pages of whoso cantos unveil the minutest fibre of every intelligent , finite being . All political agitations , social crises , &c , are but phases of this fact —are ' but'the-unforced , inevitable aspirations of mind for expansion—of man for improvement and happiness . The variety of opinion , the friction of

    class prejudice and interest , alternate disappointment , but evolve happiness iu the long run . Thus the object of this eve ' s Convention is the eliciting of truth—the comparison of remedies proposed for existing evils—tne investigation of relative tendencies , and the consideration of the condition of England question , with a view to the emancipation of every Briton from slavery to liberty , to civilization , and the rights of man . ( Loud cheering . ) The subject of the lecture was "The comparative merits and expediency of Universal and Household SufiVage . " ( Hear , hear . ) He contended that the farmer , viz ., Universal Suffrage not only surpassed the latter in its merits or value , but was likewise more expedient , because more adapted as a cure for all existing political evils—more practicable , because less obstruction would be opposed to its introduction and operation by the workine

    classes than Household Suffrage . ( Cheering ) That the opposite party chiefly pleaded for the partial extension of the franohise on the ground of expediency , he was fully aware . But a slight examination of the objections raised against Universal Suffrage , on the ground of its impolicy and lncxpediency , would , ^ e thou ght , speedil y be dispelled ; ( Cheers . ) He denned Umvereai Suffrage to be the enfranchisement of every adult , masculine and uncriminated person . The lecturer entered * into an elaborate defence of the abstract riiiht of every man to the Suffrage . Man was accountable to society and responsible to government for actions . Surrounded by every temptation to crime , the breach of any law subjected him to the sufferance of its penal awards . Houses a compound of bricks and mortar were responsible to no laws , human , or divino—were unintelligent heaps ' of inanimate matter—incapable of virtue as

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    they were unconscious of vice—yet were intended by a sapient class to be made the criterion of electoral fffJRff 1 ^* £ he onl distinction between which and the Reform Bill being , that for the formei it required imply a h-o-n-s-e —( great laughter)—while fjr the latter , you must pay a £ 10 rent per annum . Both proceed _ on the same unjust and irrational principle of subslitntin /? -, as the te * t of elective fitness , matter to mind—the senseless clod , to the undying , inde-Btructible 8 pmt and genius of man . ( Loud and longopntraued cheering . ) Why should a Shakspere , a Milton , a Newton , or a Shelley , be disfranchised Because he does not rent a house or pay the local rates r He is a labourer , a man of superior intelleot and transeendant genius , an unrivalled orator

    and a profound philosopher , unimpeachable are bis mraal * , unblemished his life , but he is a slave , a aerf , an outlawed alien , because , forsooth ! he is not a householder . ( Cheers-. ) Universal Suffrage would represent , and legislate for , labour ; Household would remesent a pile of stones or bricks , and legislate not nttfe . inhabitants , but merely one of them who should . have the great privilege of pamng , ' ¦ not earning , the rents , rates , taxes , and . tithes . . ¦ consequent on it * tenure . The Leoturer , then entered into a strain of rapidly expressed and powerful arguments for the uuiversal extension of the franchise , all along contrasting it with Household Suffrage , and showing both its superior merits and expediency . To the common objection of the difficulty of registration with Universal Suffrage , he offered most herculean and

    decirfvSMgUtoents . ^ One part of l » is contraet , how-^ X ^ KpecHulacly noveLand ^ onitsconolusiouhe was cheered aa though it would neV »^ cease . Uniteral Suffrage would enfranchise all members of the same family , resident under one roof , and thus prevent family divisions , domestic strife , and social schism . Household Suffrage would give the franchise to thousands not befofe in possession of it among the very lowest of the community—but would at once stamp different members of the same fanfltly—one with elective franchise—all the rest with the galling badge of inferiority and slavery . We can bear with the " respectable" in the possession of the franchise—the ten pounder—but bring the distinction of unrepresented and represented under the same roof , and you may well conjecture , but cannot

    aescnoe , tne amount ot strife , division , mutual hate , and schism , between son and father , lodger and tenant , brother and brother , transforming home into a pandemonium of wretchedness and grief . The Lecturer , next showed the strong improbability of tho middle classes ever succeeding in gaining the assistance of the working-men in their conspiracy for household monopoly and tyranny . After briefly descanting on the power of an organized people to effect the greatest conquests in changing their Government , aud acquiring their liberty by peaceful and bloodless efforts , he concluded , in a most glowing and impressive peroration , by exhorting the people to be faithful , hopeful , united , persevering , and successful in action till their object , the People ' s Charier , was obtained—when England should be one witio scene of universxl content , brotherhood , and happiness . On retiring , he was

    applauded most enthusiastically , which closed , the Chairman invited opposition , when a tool of the Whiga , a . fellow yolept Cathcy , rose and stammered out a Btring of the most drivelling absurdities and contemptible hyperbole , asserting that Universal Suffrage vvould cause nothing but " confusion * a » archy , disorder , plunder , bloodshed , and ruin . " He raved himself to exhaustion , fainted , and begged to retire , as he had " nout moor ' to say . Mr . Bairstowrose , and replied in a most masterly , cool , and argumentative manner , to the spooney , refuting him point by point , till the whole audience were convulsed with laughter at the tool of "Neddy and Co . " The creature not attempting to reply . Mr . Stansfield rose and gave a short address , full of wit and humour ; after which , votes of thanks were passed to the Lecturer and Chairman , by acclamation and deafening thunders of applause . The assembly then retired .

    BABKSLET . —The good men and true of ihis town have again commenced rallying their forces round the standard of universal freedom ; they are forming themselves into associations for the attainment of those rights which the sanguinary despots , who have so long ruled us with a rod of iron , have deprived us of . On Alonday last , an association was opened at the house of Mr . William Preston , the Railway Tavern , when the plan for organising the Chartists of Great Britain , laid down by the National Delegate Meeting held at Manchester , was read and unanimously adopted . A powerful address was delivered by Mr . David Black , which occupied nearly an hour in delivery , in the course of which he took a review of the conduct of the liberty-loving Whfgs since their accession to power , proving to demonstration that we are now labouring under more evils , and oppressive measures than before they commenced their reign of tyrannio misrule and

    oppression . He brought bofore the meeting the various tyrannical acts they have passed , all tending to destroy the lives and liberties of the wealth-producers of our fast falling country , and to bend them and their families to their degrading and despotic yoke of slavery and misrule ; in fact , it was admitted that a more sonl-stirring address was never delivered in this town . He concluded by a strong appeal on behalf of those who are now confined in the Whig hells , called prison ? , when he sat down amidst thunders of applause from all parts of the room . It was then agreed that three persons Bhould be appointed to draw up an address to the men of Barnsley , calling on them to be true to those principles which they have so often pledged themselves to carry out : such address to be inserted in the Northern Star . The evening was concluded by the singing and reciting of several patriotic pieces and songs .

    An Address to the Radicals of Barnsley and the surrounding District . " There is a -world where souls are free , Where tyrants taint not nature ' s bliss ; If death that world ' s bright opening be , Ah ! who would live a slave in this ?" Moore . Brothers , as yet , in Political Bondage , —The enemies of truth , liborty , and humanity , are now at this moment exulting in the fond hope that the cry of " Down with tyrants , who rule with strength and not with justice ! " is at an end ; they believe they can still carry on the work of depredation Tory misrule , and Whig domination have long trampled ns in the dust . While tho advocates of

    the tormer have been employed in crimsoning the land with blood , tho latter have starved us with their promises , got fat on our hopes , and drained every current of our country ' s resouroes . The aggrandisement of the few , to the degradation of the many , has been the favourite motto with both . Up , then , ye good men and true , and hurl your defiance at them , and show the two factions , who now lord it over you , that , like the phoenix , you will rise again from your ashes , and ride rampant over every opposition . Tell them , in a manner that oannot be misunderstood , that you know what your rights are , and how to demand them . Fellow-men , let us unite to put a speedy end to a system like the present : though we have borne disappointment and insult , even to a fault—though we daily suffer

    " The oppressor ' s wrong , the proud man's contumely , " still are we within the limits of endurance . Will you , who have hitherto fearlessly defied the craft and power of your enemies—will yon , the brave and honest men who have so often stood undaunted before the threats and power of tyranny—will you now allow yourselves to be enslaved by the weakest , the most contemptible Government that ever figured in this country ? Forbid it , Justice ! Yield , if ye prefer poverty to plenty—yield , and hug your chains , if ye prefer slavery to liberty—yield , if ye would sink beneath the weight of accumulated misery , and allow the despots to ride roughshod over your sinking and emaciated frames ! Lick the dust oa which you kneel before the oppressors . Bat if you be men , stand forward now , and once more defy the enemy , as ye were wont . A brave people wilt never be bullied out of their rights and liberties ; and surely the time is come when . the bravery of Englishmen should be shewn .

    Liberty , the gift of God above , Who would not die for thee ? Who would not shed bis heart ' s best blood , To make his country free ? Behold the hundreds of Nature ' s noblest spirits immured in the gloomy dungeons of Whig ascendancy ! See the men who have fought your battles , and defended your rights , compelled to sink and wear away their liberties and lives in wretchedness , misery , and almost forgetfulnese , by their own order . Arouse , then , ye men of Barnsley , and assist ii striking off the galling bonds of despotic infamy ! Show your oppressors that freedona pervades your breasts ! and all the waters of Whig and Tory domination cannot quench the flame 1 for Far better the tomb or the prison , Illum'd by the patriot ' s name , Than the trophies of those who have risen , On liberty ^ ruins , to fame . Do your work then lite patriots 1 Your country looks on ! In conclusion , we call on every tt »» Hw fl

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    ¦ ¦'* " yf ^ ^ : ¦ ¦¦;• ¦' « : ' .: ^ r ^ V 7- «« -y ^ d >^ 2 . man to stand forward now , » nd prove his unbounded love for liberty , and the inviolable attachment he has «• 1 * v * % ^ roild ba » 8 : <* P ° » Demdcratic Pnwlplegon which we vrtand ,: namely-rLifcexty to & 2 i ??^ J ? fi ' - ^ > onward , to tho conflict ! and M » y God defend the * ight ! Signed on behalf of the B « nsloy Democratic Association , AssociaifonRooia , AnffiSS "'^ " - ADDRESS OF THE CHARTISTS ^ OF SHEFFIELD TO THEIR FELLOW OPERATIVES .

    Fellow Townsmer ,-A Committee having been selected , for the purpose of considering the deSutoJ and p « £ tt <* bUity of . raising the m £ L to < SaSg able and commodious baflding , to be entirely » t tha service and In the possession of the warirtoit men that CommHtee now think it their doty , to address you upon this most ittpkDrtant » ubiect- « subject so closely connected with fie best fetereato of aU . . National intelligence creates a nation ' * prosperity . Intelligence gives power to the people to retfat oppression and the oppressor . Intelligence dlaarjna the tyrants and presenta them , to ^ aB « bey reaUy are , the mere * painted , useless , ornaments of the State . . Intelligence gives liberty to man , raises tie debased Blare ftwnttne

    state of the most contempiible . and rile reptilo &at crawls upon the face of the * arth , into the image of his Maker . We have halls , arid piiblio places of meeting , but they are all perverted by a seifish , priestly authority , or the more gross selfishness of those in power . No where can man drink in the pure stream of unadulterated knowledge , but more especially the true principles of the most valuable ef all sciences , the science of > » just and equitable Government The diffusion of correct information on political science ia what our unjust mien dread s they have , therefore , directed all their

    effitft * to prevent us ftom obtaining either a room , or 4 bnildinjr , to be entirely at our own service . Bat are w £ , as Englishmen , to be disappointed by their ehiiuisn . and futile e « orts 7 Are we , or can we , be satisfied to be intimidated by their frowns , or to continue the slavish inatosBneata of their pleasure . N 6 we think we heat evwy Bn ^ Uhraan , who cherishes the least spark of freedom frtthin him * exclaim « -i -will either be free , or I w » l R «| ah bj m hand of the op . preasor in the attemp ^' jr 7 f The first and mort d « airable ^ bjent of attainnumtin our progreM jQcJItpd . civil reform is , that as a aectiou of soctoyi 3 t 6 ; mate ourselves indAnmuw , * #

    every other W 8 f or claw , we cannot be so , unless tro have our own nieeHng , reading , and lecture roonis . if We have to borrow of others , we must oome to their terms , an-lthey will permit us to know nothing but what will serve their own interest Those who call themselves the higher classes , are in reality our oppressors ; and will they , who are themselves to be accused , or can they . rationally be expected , either to lend us rooms , or assist us in reforming them , or in bringing them to justice ?

    No ; we might as well expect the highwayman , when he has . robbed his fellow countrymen , to place himself at the bar of justice , and become his own accuser . We do not desire you to estrange yourselves , or to hate or abuse any portion ef British society . But tbe lion and lamb cannot repose together in pt . ice , unless the lion cease to devour and destroy ; and we must not purchase peace at the price of slavery One day ' s possession of true liberty is worth a whole life of servility and degradation .

    Let us then unite and exert ourselves to build a Hall , in which we can meet independently of any other party—where , when we meet , the Magistrates cinnot say , as thay now do to the publican , if you do not close yourioom against the ^ people , we will take from you your license and your livelihood ; or , if wa hire a room , they threaten to fine the owner £ 50 or £ 100 ; but if . we have a room of our own , there will be no publican or landlord to be fined . We can meefi when or how we please ; and shortly the imprisoned patriots will be at liborty te go throughout the lehsth

    and breadth of the land , to narrate their sufferings .-Many of .-them will not have changed ; they will hute their oppressors with a more deep-rooted hatred . They will be more determined , but more cautious . If we exert ourselves in proportion to the importance of the cause , we cannot but , nay , we must , succeed . The bulwarks , of oppression must be demolished , and a rational and just liberty founded upon its ruins . Thu ' a our own Interest , and the interest and happiness Of OUT , children , ! demands of us , as well as the liberty anct prosperity of our native country ,

    i . HALL FOR THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES IS * DESIRABLE , Firstly-fBecause their enemies have done all they can to prevent them from obtaining a room . Secondly—Because , on extraordinary occasions , or on public meetings of large societies , there is not a room ' sufficiently capacious to accommodate the numbers desirous of being present . Thirdly—Because we desire to educate our children , that they may understand their duties to their parents , ana , also , as husbands , fathers , and brethren ; and to implant fn their minds the bast principles Of moral ) religious , and civil science . Fourthly—Because it is very desirable to establish a commodioua working men ' s news room , that the cause of intelligence and temperance may progress with political emancipation and religious toleration .

    P . S . Wo earnestly recommend the following publications to the peonle - . —Northern Star , Scottish Patriot , Northern Liberator , True Scotsman , Statesman , Penny Nor ' them Star , Western Patriot , Trumprt of Wales , Advocate and Merihyr Free Press , Chartist Circular , Hetheriiujon ' s Odd FeMow , CCedves's Gazette , Halfpenny Magazine , Chartism , or a New Organisation of the People , by Lovett and Collirts . N . B . In accordance with this address , a public meeting will shorty bo held , of which due notice will be given . ,

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    UNIOX OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS MEN "WITH OPEUAT 1 VES .

    The following instance of the kindly feel ing ef tha middle classes was sent to us last week ; but the crowded state of our columns prevented its insertion . We now require for it the attentive consideration of every working man whose ears have been dinned with the senseless halloo of " Unite with the middle classes . "

    TO . THE EDITOR OF THE NORTIIERH STAR . As I conceive it to be a duty incumbent on every lover of truth and justice , to expose tyranny from whatever quarter it may come , or in whatever shape it may appear , I therefore , in compliance with the request of the friends of liberty in this place , beg you will insert in your , next Star the following instance of i ^ tty tyranny sought to be exercised bn'working , men for the very high crime of meeting to discuss their grievances . The comraittoe of the Working Men's Association , having made arrangements for holding a public meeting on Wednesday last , Mr . Malcolm , of Glasgow , and Mr M 'Donald , of Dundyvan iron Works , having ,

    according to request , promiBed to attend . As soon as the placard . announcing the meet \ ng made its appearance , the managers wore on the qki vive and immediately a report became current , that all who would dare to take a part in the proceedings wete to be turned away from their employment It is true that this had the effect of causing one or two to shrink from . their posts , but still we bad a sufficient number , whom neither the threats of an employer nor the terrors of a dungeon ' s gloom could frighten into tame submission j so we bad a meeting , and a glorious one it was . All declare that such a numerous , and enthusiastic meeting has not been held at Shetts since the year 1832 . Everything passed off to the entire satisfaction of all present

    On the following day nothing was said by the manager to any of us , although the report ran through the works that a few of us were to be discharr- < i . Well , on Saturday , when I went to receive ray fortnight ' s wages , I was told by the clerk that my wages "were stopped for a debt which ! owed the" company , and which debt according to agreement had to be paid off only at three shillings per fortnight ; I demanded a reason for this unusual treatment The clerk said he could tell me nothing about it further than that such were his orders . I then Went to the head manager , when , after some little quibbling , he informed me that my crime was that of attending meetings , where language was made use of which was calculated to create in the minds of working men prejudices against their employers . I told him I never had attended a single meeting at Shotts , where language of that

    description had been used . I said I had attended aad had taken a part in the proceedings of meetings , whose object was simply to obtain for ourselves those political rights to which we were justly entitled , but of wlndi we had been deprived by the evil machinations of selfconstituted legislators . In doing so , I admitted that we had spoken with some warmth , when treating on those laws and institutions whioh tend , to rob the working man of the fruits of his , industry . And stopping me short he said , " How could you sanction such proceedings ? No man of common sense , " be continued , " would eve * countenance such proceedings . " "Sir , " said I , " so far from withdrawing my countenance from such proceedings I shall always deem it my duty whenever I have an opportunity to exclaim against those laws and institutions whose tendency it is to oppress me and " my fellow men . " " O , * said he , " I cannot suffer such conduct as that . " and off he went .

    On returning from the office , I met with three of our friends , James Walker , David Ferguson , and William Law , who shewed me their tramping cards , of which the following is a copy : — " Shottslron Works Company have no further use for your services after the 22 d current , being this day fortnight . ¦ ¦ .. . "Signed , Chaslbs Baihb . " Now , Star , I have no doubt trat tbii act of tyranny In depriving the people of thorn men who took an aetiva

    part amongst them , will have the effect of stopping them from meeting-as they have done of late , but at the same time it will engender an inward hatred in the ) minds of the workmen against the despots who would chain them to the very mind , and that although they may deprive them of the privilege of meeting to express their sentiments , they- cannot stop them from thinking , nor yet can they divert them of the meant of acquiring knowledge , and I trust tbe time ia not far . distant when that knowledge will manifest ttielf in a manner perhaps little dreamed of by tho tyrant oppressor . p . R .

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 22, 1840, page unpage, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2698/page/1/