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      _ A Ship On Fire.—Southampton, June 30.-...

      = s ^~ COBDE VS ADDRESS TO H 1 S- - * CO ^ SmUERW EXAMINED . I 0 iaB EDI 10 K OF I HB STAR OF FREEDOM . * r , When a man of mark , such as Richard r ^ rlslltm address to theElecW the , m * ^ ' S is esSmed a public document , and con-Bd h ^ all Sortant That Eich ard Cobden ? tl 22 SXas taeBritiahHou . eof Con , if considered to be above an average man is End dispute . behave long noted in Im tbe , dis-SLi-hin " ' qualities of tbe class he represents , — „ £ rv and perseverance . He has been a fortunate 22 ° - ' success and victory are his . He lias been a Xar man ; feme and opportunity are his . ILaxi Cobden has not yet proved himself to be a Stesman . At this moment he alternates between S , Mrt and the future . He stands on what he has

      Ame he speaks to the present time ; tue tuture win J" and more of him than he has vet ehadoved forth h the document before us in his address totho elestors nf the West Riding of "Yorkshire . Mr Cobden is an advocate of Free Trade , and claim s the credit of representing the opinions of < nineteen-twentieths ' of the population of England . He shall speak for himself . 1 * 31 not insult tout reason by offering to 5 « I » f ? Z ?™? ° " J ^« F a noVicv which seeks to create an artificial scarcity ofthe •^^^ SS toS" Iteaecwriiy for ar ^ menthas been su-; SShy the experience of the last sis years , which has de-£££ ttted to * afree importntion ofthe necessaries of life confers aot ^ v creat material advantages , hut that it Promotes the SSSLfSk throus hthe moralinfinences that flow

      £ om an abundant and Vsy satisfaction of then : ffg-eu ^ In avv-rd , Free Trade 11 R 3 accomp lished the , aun . of «*« g «™» 2 by enriching and strengthening the nation , while it hasNnflfffledI me dare of ihe philanthropist by carrying . ^ f ^ X ^ Sf £ tbehomesof those who live by the daily labourof their »^ espreis ' ngthese sentiments , I am gmng »»«»»« to theeonvic t ' w and feelings of nineteen-twentieths of the population ot tbe kingdom . . i j The phraseology of that paragraph is general , and partakes very much of the fashionable mode of getting rid of difficulties . What does Mr . Cobden mean by the' bounties of Providence , ' if by the' bounties of Providence » be meant the g ifts of nature . Mr . Cobden will discover that the land and

      all that is under and above its surface are the ' bounties of Providence / the ingenious inventions of man are the 'bounties of Providence , ' and among the children of toil there is ofthe fruits of the same an ' artificial scarcity . ' Nest to the evils of an 'artificial scarcity' may be ranked those arising from an « artificial p lenty . ' A p lenty which does not , like the rain from Heaven , fall on the just and the unjust , bat which makes the vineyard of the rich man fat , and mocks the poor man in his sufferings . Has Mr . Cobden any remedy for such anomalies ? If he has let it be named . Ii he has not , in the name of decency , let him talk no more of'artificial scarcity and the 'bounties of Providence . '

      « The necessity for argument has been superseded by the experience of the last six years , & c . ' From the first Mr . Cobden has cried down all argument on principles , and the experience of these past sis years has only proved that Free Trade has not remedied the social eviU of British society—it has not , as a rule , carried ' comfort and happiness to the homes of those who live by the daily labour of their hands . ' The poor wte return , lately quoted in the pages of this j ournal , is a triumphant answer to all such boasting . Such ' statesmen' and '

      hilanthropists' as have had their aims' accomplished ' by Free Trade , as set forth by Mr . Cobden , are not of our school ; aud if ' nineteen-twentieths of the population of the kingdom' can be satisfied with ihe accomplishment of such aims—such a promotion of their * higher destinies '—such a ' satisfaction of their physical wants' as are reflected in the poor rate and emigration returns of this country , as a portion of the dissentient ' twentieth , ' we pity their ignorance , and , as heretofore , we will strive to enlighten them .

      Think of Mr . Cobden ' s declaration , ye starving Hig hlanders , ye perishing stockingers , ye wretched weavers , ye refractory wool-combers , ye over-worked colliers , ye badly-paid shoemakers , tailors , and watch makers of London , Liverpool , Northampton , Stafford , and Coventry . Think of it ye serfs of the soil , ye workers in factories and workshops . Take note of it ' ye engineers , who , on the authority of Mr . Cobden , ' waxed fat and kicked . ' All of you are they that

      'live b y the daily labour of your hands . You are they for whom Mr . Cobden professes to speak—you are the men , who , on his authority , are enjoying an abundant and easy supply of your p hysical wants . ' If all be well with you , as the honourable member for tha West Eiding asserts it is , why do you complain ? Cease your murmuring , aud when Mr . Cobden speaks , answer ' So let it be . ' Should Mr , Cobden be in erro * , it will behove you to correct him .

      We desire no ' artificial scarcity , ' no return of one-sided Protection , * but we know that this ' prosperity ' anthem , which Mr . Cobden chaunts so merrily , is a death-song to tens of thousands ; that unlimited competition is a curse , and not a Messina : ; that clteapness , the god of his idolatry , is , to the toiling millions , a merciless monster , iron shod , and trampling under its hoofs ali that is dear to humanity . This is not a 'prejudice , ' as some gentle monitors would hint . » Such a conviction is based upon facis—rests upon a knowledge of principles , which , like water , will find their level ; and we repeat , that unlimited competition , which is the beginning and the ending of Mr . Cobden ' s Free Trade , is only war in a new dress—conflict , not concert ; it

      never yet saved a people—it never will ; its triumph will prove to be the humiliation of labour , and that 'Empire of Cheapness , ' which Mr . Cobden has for sixteen years laboured to establish , will , when fully established , be filled with the victims of unenli g htened selfishness j and in it will be heard , weeping , wailing , aud gnashing of teeth . We speak ' hy the book ;' and are , for that reason , not prone to be in error . We refuse , for mere convenience sake , to chime in with error , however popular it may be * , and while we would deplore any attempt to disentomb the buried corpse of a one-sided Protectionist policy , we reject Free Trade , or unlimited competition , as wrong in p rinciple , injurious in practice , aud ruinous in the end to the true interests of mankind .

      We do not , like Mr . C aUden , cry uown reason and argument . We do not believe jn the doctrine of' infallibility , ' whether its cita » el be Rome or Manchester * and , though strong in < wr convictions , we are open to all fair controversy , ami will , when confronted , he found at oar post . Certainl y we do not see anything in the social condition of the working men to justify Mr . Cobden in his assertion that ( he necessity for argument has been superceded by experience . " On the contrary , we think experience has proved the necessity for argument ; and we refuse to bow obediently , even at the bidding of the member for the West Eiding " , who has been not inaptly called the ' Sir Anthony Absolute of politicians . '

      The doctrine of unlimited competition—of which Mr . Cobden is , in Parliament , the leading advocateis destined to lose its hold on | the minds of observing aad thinking men . Mr . Samuel Laing—the most Valuable of all our travellers , and one of the most deservedly popular of living English authors—has , ii . his most recent work , declared that regulation and cooperation are necessary to keep competition in check . Mr . Laing is not one of tbe 'horse-shoe idiots , ' as Mr . Cobden , in his famous Leeds speech , declared the farmers of England to he . He is not a ' mo ^ opolisfc . He is not a 'little loaf advocate . He is a scholar , an observer , a thinker ; and , as aa authority against unlimited competition , cannot he charged either with ignorance or personal interest .

      Mr . Cobden still entertains the opinion that other Nations will follow the example Bet by England ; and freel y reciprocate her Free Trade commercial policy . ^ Ir . Cobden ' s earlier prophecies on that head have turned out to he mistakes . He now expresses a ' belief in the universal , though tardy , triumph' of h 's own principles . We tell him that his ' . belief' is oppos ed to facts ; and for that reason will prove to "S a delusion . Climate , soil , habit , instinct , andlaw are apposed to his 'belief / and until all these can be changed , his scheme of unrestricted exports and imports will be hazardous in practice , and end in disa PPomtment .

      "hat Mr . Cobden ' s hopes are may be learned from " >* following paragraph of his address : — 55 , 5 * ti » e present , however , it is oar duty , by one more strong and j-njrjj expression of opinion , to establish upoa an imperishable « mnnSS ^ PrinciPle of commercial liberty . That the advocates tr » n ^ 2 ° should have made another special appeal to the coonis t « i ! f ' > an 4 Q" 1 S retarded other important public qnestions * Bm w ^ S ^ tted so Saras oar domestic interests are concerned . * Wi « tf 0 nsoIe « n « elves with the belief that the decision now iofiaj ™ " ^ *« ne to by the electors of England will have a salutary ^ ttteri * " Htoerto other nations have regarded only as *^ fia »» nentOTr * ree 5 T « de measure * the reversal of which e 8 « n constantly threatened by the party now in power .

      _ A Ship On Fire.—Southampton, June 30.-...

      They will shortly see a second Protectionist government repudiate Protectionist principles . Then will commence the inflnenca of our example upon foreign countries . I do not shrink ftom avowing my oehefiu the universal though tardy triumph of a principle which has been demonstrated in our own case to involve the well-being of the people and the prosperity of the government . With the general diffusion of liberal commercial principles , I shall expect with confidence the growth of a more fra- k and generons international spirit , and , in spite o the backslidings of some from whom I had expected better things , and who kaTe involved us in the cost of fresh preparations of war , I do not hesitate to declare my conviction , that Ihe final triumph of Free Trade , which England is now about to consummate , will be the strongest guarantee that human hands can give for the observance of that divine precept which t nioins' p ; ace on earth and good will towards men . "

      The greatest * Monopolists' we know of are the Manchester cotton spinners , the very men who are Mr . Cobden ' s friends , and whose interests he advocates . What they aud he mean by ' no monopoly ' is liberty for them to use their Capital in the way which to themselves is most advantageous , A kind of ' liberty' which implies to all who are weaker than they , submission and subjection . A ' fraternity ' which undermines the foundations of ' Justice , ' and whilst its advocates use the words , ' peace on earth and good will towards men , ' tried by their practices at home and abroad , they are the authors of * war on earth and hatred among men . '

      We ask Mr . Cobden , and all who think with him , to point out to us a single instance in which unlimited competition , internally or internationally , has not proved injurious to the best interests of humanity . India and Manchester , China and Bradford , America and Leeds , all tell the same tale . When called upon , we are prepared to submit an array of facts in evidence of all we have said that cannot be overcome by any species of cant , whether such cant he political or religious .

      In all that Mr . Cobden urges against our present electoral system we heartily concur . Our present electoral system is faulty from beginning to ending ; it is wrong in principle and practice ; it rests upon absurd Property Qualifications , is prejudicial to tbe interests of Labour ; opposed to a just representation of the interests of all , and demands immediate consideration , with a view to its entire reconstruction . The readers of our letter of last week will not misunderstand us , when we adopt with approbation Mr . Cobden ' s words : —

      I trust that the people of England will for their next task undertake that reform in our electoral system which is called for by the sfate of public affairs , and which is necessary to bring into harmony the theory and practice of our free constitution . Gracchus .

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      Mazzisi And M. Ricoiardi. To Ihe Editob ...

      MAZZISI AND M . RICOIARDI . TO IHE EDITOB OF TUB STAB OP FBEEU 0 M . Sib , — -Allow me briefly to reply to M . 3 Jadaud ' s correction of my " many errors . " First , let me explain that when I said " some Socialists , " I used the word tome in limitation , not of those whom Mazzini addressed , but of those who thought it well to quarrel with him on account of bis address . There is a Spanish proverb— " He begins a quarrel who strikes tbe second blow . " The second blow here ( which needlessly made the quarrel ) was struck only by some Socialists : a very small minority of French Socialism .

      I am by no means aware that M . llicciardi" is in a better condition" than myself "to know the facts" of the Italian war . It is true that" M . llicciardi ia not a blind admirer of Mazzini . " But he is a blind opponent ; which is hardly a " better condition . " And as he puts up for an historian , his blindness does not excuse his departure from facts . M . Nadaud , though I doubt he has read Ricciardi ' s history , may assert his accuracy . I impeached it on one most , important point , and M . Nadaud cannot defend him , but waits "his answer . ' ' M . Nadaud does however take upon himself to explain that M . Ricciardi blames Mazj ni " for not having carried war

      into Naples—not before the fatal overthrow of Novara , but after , as a means of easily recovering from it . " If M . Nadaud will refer to his quotation , on May 18 th , of the very remarkable letter of M . Ricciardi , he will find these words : — "Naples once gained would in all probability have obviated the fatal overthrow of Novara , or at least afforded means of easily recovering from it" " It was impossible but that- without the aid of the latter ( Naples ) Piedmont should finally succumb" "To remain moveless beside Naples ... waa as much as consenting to perish as soon as she ( Austria ) should have overcome Piedmont . " Is this after or before ?

      I will impeach M , Ricciardi ' s accuracy again . In his letter of June 16 th . M . Nadaud quotes his opinion of the "deleterious influence" of Mazzini at Milan , of his " exciting discord , " as justifying M . Louis Blanc ' s assertion of Mazzini ' s " sacrificing to his own Utopia the necessity of not detaching Piedmont from tbe common cause . " I repeat , as anj historian M . Ricciardi should be acquainted with facts . He would then know that the very opposite , of his words is true ; that Mazzini gave his most strenuous help towards obtaining union , deferring to it all his views of that Republic , which Af . Nadaud , or M . Louis Blanc , calls an - 'Utopia . '' Here are Mazzini's own words from the programme of his " Italia del Popnlo . " M . Nadaud will also find them quoted at page 100 of" Republiqueet Royauteen Italie . " George Sand ' s translation , Paris , 1 S 50 : — " Let us

      embrace each other upon the common ground which circumstances assign us : Deliverance of the country , expulsion of the foreigner who threatens it . We will study together what are the most active and efficacious means for war against the Austrian ; we will point out to governments the way which must be taken in order to conquer , and we wilt march on it with them . Oar first t bought te the war : the second , unity of the country : the third , what form , what institution may assure its liberty and facilitate its mission . " These words characterise Mazzini ' s whole conduct throughout the Lombard war . And these words of forbearance were written even after the bad faith of the royal party had become openly apparent . But M . Ricciardi ' s temper may be judged by the expression of " Mazzini , issuing from his retreat . "

      You see , M . Nadaud , that I contradict M . Ricciardi ' s accusations , direct and indirect . Certainly it is not for me to disallow your crediting them . I speak for the sake of my own countrymen , who will take my word at least in preference to that of M . Ricciardi . For the rest , I am glad to find that the attacks upon Mazzini's character are sinking into mere complaints , that his conduct does not meet the approval of the " clever man" and " accurate" historian , who "had his name been Giuseppe Mazzini , " would have made his triumvirate remarkable by " seizing a musket and electrifying the youth of Itaiy . " Why was he not there at that period I For the future , let us only hope that he will not write the history of Socialism . No wonder so electrical a genius despises the " pompous uselegsness" of Mazzini , though lie merci-Miy aitowstfte other triumvirs ( not forgetting Saliceti ) to escape his pompous censorship .

      1 have but one word to add on the unfortunate remark that " no French writer has more than Louis Blanc contributed to the reputation of M . Mazzini . " The reputation of the defender of Rome does not depend upon French writers . And if it did , it is to far higher names than that . of Louis Blane that it could safely appeal . I r . rn , sir , yours faithfully , Bratitffood , Juno 23 th . W . J . Lisios . [ We wish the disputants in this war of the pen would infuse a little less of gall and vinegar into their compositions . We agree with Mr . Linton , that ' the reputation oi the defender of Eome does not

      depend upon French writers . " But why add the succeeding sentence ? Op inions may differ as to tho eminence of French writers , and Mr . Linton has a right to his opinion . But with all deference , we must be permitted to say that not the voice of partisans , but the voice of euemies , as well as friends , has ( long since ) placed the author of " Ten Years" in the first rank of literary eminence . Louis Blanc does not profess to be poet or romancist ; but as historian and political writer , he is , to say the least , not second to any of his contemporaries . \ Ve have yet to learn who is his equal . — -Editor . ]

      Reason Fob A Dark House.—" Why Don't You...

      Reason fob a Dark House . — " Why don't you knock a hole in tbe wall and let the light in ? " we said to a poor Irishman . Faith , your honour , I am not fit to be seen in it , " was the reply . A Bhoad Dwjixciios . —A ship from Port Glasgow was recently lying in the harbour of New Orleans , when an Irish emigrant one day came on board , and thus addressed tbo cook , who was also Irish— "Are you the mate ?" "No , " said he ; but , " I ' m the man as boils the mate . A Hard Name . —A man named Stone exclaimed in a tavern , "I'll bet a sovereign I have the hardest name in the company . " " Done 1 " said one of the company ; " what's your name ? " " Stone , " cried the first . * ' Hand me the money , " said the other , " my name is Harder . "

      Chaxcbbt . — Every animal has its enemies . The landtortoise has two enemies—man and the boa constrictor . Man takes him home and roasts him ; the boa constrictor swallows him whole , abell and all , and consumes him slowly in the interior . Just to does the Court of Chancery swallow tip a great estate ! A Yaskbe , who came over to the mother country some time ago , and who was asked , on going back , how he liked Great Britain , — " Well , " he said , " England was a very nice country , exceedingly fertile , well cultivated , very populous , and very wealthy ; but , " said the Yankee , I never liked to take a morning walk after breakfast ,

      because the country is so small that I was always afraid of walking over the edge ;" Sublim sly Impudesv . —A young spark ( says the " Public Balance " San Francisco paper ) , who boarded at one of our DrinciDa ' l hotels , had managed for a long time , by one arti ' fice or another , to postpone the payment of his bill . At last the landlord became quite impatient , and , stepping up to his iavenile boarder , slapped him gently oa the shoulder , and asked him for the money . « I have not a red cent , about me at present , " was tbo laconic reply . » But , my A »? a ; r " . aid the landlord , " I cannot afford to keep , a & £ . honse without being paid . ? "Well , " exclaimed thJyoSfgjmilosoDher , « If you cannot afford it , sellout to tome one that can . '

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      Stss" Our Friends Will Oblige Hy Forward...

      StSS" Our Friends will oblige hy forwarding reports of Chartist meetings , and other Democratic proceedings .

      Chartism. Review Or" The Late West Ridin...

      CHARTISM . REVIEW Or" THE LATE WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . ( Concluded . ) Bbotheb Deuocbats ,-To rightly appreciate the thoroughly legitimate ( not " Legitimist" ) character of the delegation that met at Bradford , it must be recollected that an attempt was being made to form a new society , but no one had as yet become members of it . All the localities were called upon to give an opiaiou as to whether they vrevo in favour of it or not . Under these circumstances any locality had a right to send a person to represent their opinions on the subject . Who were the delegates who disapproved of the "new move ? " Two of them represented Leeds , the largest town in Yorkshire , and one that has been connected with the Chartists from the commencement ; yet because the Leeds delegates were opposed to Mr . Jones and

      his plans , he declares they had no right to be there . Keighley , that has had a society over since the time that the " Black Dwarf" was published . Sowerby , which has contributed more money to the West Riding fund than any other village . Queensheau , which every old reader of the " Star" will recollect , has been an active Chartist locality ever since O'Connor formed the Radical Associations , and which has only been inactive for a short time , because we could get no room to meet in , . but during the time that we have been in this situation ' we have collected together £ 120 towards building one . All tbe old Chartists were called together , when the delegate was selected , and they were unanimous in their determination to oppose the acts and policy of the * ' Smashers . " Wheafcley , which has never had its Association broken up . Ovenden , which has for years been in the habit of occasionally sending delecates to these

      meetings , as is proved both by tho minute and the cash books . Elland , an old Chartist locality , which every Chartist lecturer who has travelled this country will recollect , Mr . Jones complains that the delegate . was elected at a public-house ; a circumstance which I maintain does not disqualify him . Northowram , at which place I assisted to form a locality fifteen years , ago , aud at which I have occasionally lectured ever since , Mr . Jones states that tho delegate from this locality elected himself ; another falsehood . The delegate stated that they , like many others , were in a state of disorganisation , but the Chartists had been called together , and furnished him with his instructions . His credentials were signed by two old and wellknown Chartists , one of whom stood bail for me in 1842 , wheu I was arrested on suspicion of being eneaued in the

      " plug war . " Lower Wader , which has always had an Association , and which , it will be recollected , sent a colegate to the Manchester Conference last year , Mr . Jones states , in his paper , that David Lawson , one of the delegates from this place , acted as chairman at the meeting in Gibbet-lane when the delegates for that locality were elected ; which is another falsehood . The chairman of that meeting was" James Dawson , " and not "David Lawson , ' ' as stated by Jones . The Gibbet-lane locality , which has been in existence upwards . of two years , and the members of which are those who " formerly met in Bullolose-lane , before they were forcibly ejected from that place , and robbed of the furniture by the party who arrogate to themselves the sole right to hold an association in Halifax . The " Labour and Health" locality , which is the oldest Chartist house in

      Halifax !; a party having met there , for the purpose of securing Parliamentary Reform , long before Chartism was known , and which has lately been much strengthened by parties who have left Broad-street , on account of the intoleranca manifested there , and by numbers of others ^ who have left to escape from the ravenous jaws of tho insatiable " begging box , " whose hateful ehink ' has become a perennial sound at that place . This party now forms the strongest locality that has for some time existed in Halifax . The Democratic Association , at Bradford , which engaged Mr , Jones , and paid him tbe last time he lectured in Bradford , aud which no one can say is a newly-formed locality , and the association which has been formed at Mitchells' coffeehouse , Bradford , by a number of men who did not like to abandon the principles , but who wero determined not to be

      made the mere puppets m the hands of Mr . Jones . It is not the first time that Bradford has been divided into a number of localities , as Mr . Cameron seemed to think . It was formerly divided into four localities , and they all sent delegates to the West Riding meetings . Let us now look at some of those delegates who were sent to support the "Smashers . " There is Cinder-hills , where about four of the members of the Broad-street locality lire ; these men met , and appointed two of themselves as delegates ! There is Pudsey , which never paid a single farthing to the West Riding expenses . In fact , I believe no association ever existed at this place , and the delegates evidently elected themselves , as is shown by their

      credentials , which wero signed . by Mitchell , one of the delegates , on behalf , as he said , of the Committee , which Committee no doubt consisted of his colleague and himself ! Then there was Robert Roper , of Bingley , who was elected , according to his own statement , by three others and himself , in defiance of the members of the association to which they belonged . Shortly after he had taken his seat , one of the members from ' the Bingley association followed him , and handed in the following Tetter . " To the Chartist delegate meeting , —Gentlemen , I beg to inform you that the Bingley Democratic Society has not sent a delegate to this meeting , and if there be quo pretending to represent the same , it is a forgery .

      " Yours , & c , W . Halum . " On tho reading of this letter , Mr . Roper gave the abovo explanation . Yet notwithstanding this barefaced piece of imposition , Mr , Jones and his party , who objected to Leeds and other large localities being represented , were quite ready to accept the aid of Mr . Roper , and attach his name to their list of genuine (?) delegates . From this it will be seen , that notwithstanding the number of names which they managed to scrape together , only four Chartist localities were represented by them , namely—Halifax , Bradford , Midgley , and Huddersfield ; and as the two former places are divided , only two places could be said to be united on the question . When Mr . Jones penned his report ho must have known that it would be contradicted , but he no doubt considered that the parties who read it would never see any other . I hope , however , that those who read this v ? iil be at the trouble to show it to his readers .

      He states that I was sent for to Croft-street , whither he aud his party adjourned , after the breaking up of the meeting , and that I refused to go ; which is as pure a fiction as the "Arabian Nights Entertainments . " Though , if they had sent for me , I should not have gone . After they came back from that place , he sent for me into another room , where I found him surrounded by the gang who had come from Halifax . His object in sending for me was to read a letter which I had sent him , in reply to one which he sent me concerning the former Manchester Conference . When I heard it read , I heartily wished that he would give it publicity , for I did not know that I bad written anything so good on that subject . He likewise read a number of certificates from the delegates who had met at Manchester , denying that they had acted under his influence ,

      Did any one imagine that tho men would write themselves down as asses 1 Of course not . Ho then denied , in the most positive terms , that lie had ever - written to me , advising that Yorkshire should be formed into " astate" of itself , appointing its own Executive , & c , and challenging me to produce the Jotter . Of course , not having it with me I could not ; but I will now give tho whole paragraph ; and if Mr . Jones will appoint three of his friends in Halifax , on whom he can rely , I will meet them with two of my friends , and show them tbe letter . And after that , for his further satisfaction , I will send it to London , where I will appoint three persons to meet himself and two of his friends ; and if he docs not accept these conditions , let him stand branded as a liar and a traitor . The paragraph is as follows : —

      Could not all lorfcslurc form itself into an o-ganised Chartist body ( as though no assoeiilion were in existence ) , having its osvn local Executive and devoting all its funds , all its talent , nil its attention towards the organisation of tlie county , the establishment of fresh localities enrolling members , nnd spreading intelligence by the tongue acd pen . Let it be a Chartist organisation complete ivithin itself . The italics arc his own . The letter has already been read by some scores in Halifax , so . that whether Mr . Jones agrees to my proposal or not , denial is out of the question . C Shackmstgn .

      P . S . —Since writing tbe above , information has reached me that the delegates from Pudsey elected themselves , as there is no Association there ; and that their credentials were made out for them after they got to Bradford . There is no doubt that this is true ; for the credentials are dated for Sunday , the 13 th of June . —C . S .

      Chbmeshaw.—A Meeting Of Friends Favourab...

      Chbmeshaw . —A meeting of friends favourable to the Chartist Executive Committee elected by the whole Chartist party , took place at their late meeting room , at the People ' s Institute , Regent-street , on Tuesday evening , June 22 nd , to consider the best means ' of supporting the legitimate head of the Chartist body . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —Proposed by Messrs . Adams and Hemmin : — " That . we . being members of the late locality ofthe National Charter Association , and disapproving of the present attempt at usurpation in the Democratic ranks , feel it our boundeh duty to use bur every endeavour to counteract the same . We therefore resolve to form ourselves into a locality in connexion with the real Executive Committee which was elected by , and with . tho consent of , tho whole . Chartist body . Pronosed bv

      Messrs . Hemmin and Glover : — " That E . Sharland be appointed secretary pro tern . " Proposed by Messrs . J . Payton and Sharland : — " That we' adjourn : to Sunday morning next , at eleven , o ' clock , at 253 , High-gfcree ^ for the purpose of enrolling members , ' and other business . " Several now members were enrolled , and the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —Proposed by Messrs . Glover and J . Payton : — " . Should aay member of this locality take out a card of membership of any other , he will cease to be considered a member of this locality , and his name shall be erased from the books forthwith . " Proposed by Messrs . Adams and Willis- — "That we recognise every newspaper advocating the princi ples of Democracy , but hold tbe supremacy of none . " The meeting then adjourned to Sunday morning next , at eleven o ' clock . —Ed . Sharum ) , Secretary .

      Bradto . ro Elkc « ok . —At a meeting ofthe Chartists of this town on Monday evening ; the question of the propriety of bringing forward a Chartist candidate at the approaching election was anxiously discussed , aud it was unanimously resolved— " That G . Julian Harney be . requested to came

      Chbmeshaw.—A Meeting Of Friends Favourab...

      forward . " The meeting was enthusiasticall y unanimous in fcheir desire that Mr . ; H . should appear on the hustings as the working man ' s candidate .

      Invasion Of The Right Of Meeting. On Mon...

      INVASION OF THE RIGHT OF MEETING . On Monday afternoon a crowded public open-air meeting was held in Bonner ' s Fields , to take into consideration the late act of the government , in having suddenly suppressed the open-air discussions ofthe working classes in that locality , by the interference of armed police . W . A . Hows , Esq ., occupied tho ehaiv , and stated tbe objects of tho meeting . The birth-right of Englishmen , he said , had been invaded , the right of assembling for the free expression of their sentiments had been interfered with by the Home-Secretary , on the plea that their meetings , which had been held in the same place for many years , were obstructions , and that indecent and blasphemous language had been made use of . He had frequentl y attended the meetings and never heard any such language uttered . It was not tho disposition of tbe peoole of th *

      Tower Hamlets thus to act . He had forty years' experience in the locality , and could testify , with feelings of pleasure , to the steady advance which had been made by the working classes . There was no reason why the liberty of the subject should be more interfered with in Victoria-park than in Hyde Park , where real obstructions were occasioned by the throng of carriages of the aristocracy . It had not been shown that there was any act of parliament to warrant the police in the step they had taken ; they were not to be bludgeoned as they they had been , and were , prepared to prove that public opinion would now send back the swords of those who attempted to interfere with freedom ignominiously back into their scabbards ; and that those who had been so maligned by the Home Secretary were worthy of possessing the great rights of Englishmen . ( Hear , hear . ) C . F . Nicholls then moved the following resolution : —

      That this meeting , composed of all shades of religious and political opinions , hereby testify to the peaceful and orderly assemblage of her Majesty ' s subjects in Bonner ' s fields on Sundays for several years past , such assemblages Shaving met to discuss questions affecting their social improvement , to advance the cause of temperance , and to hear addresses influencing their earthly amelioration , aud their eternal welfare . That these quiet and calm assemblages have , without any caution given or warning used , been suddenly suppressed by the presence of a body of mounted and armed police , who will neither permit persons reasonably to converse together , nor arrest them when thus engaged , but arbitrarily listen to , in . terrupt and separate such persons , without assigning a reason , or giving them the opportunity of trying the question by law . That this meeting considers the capricious and unexampled interference of their paid servants , the police , a most dangerous infringement of tho right , of public speech afforded by the common law of England , and is determined to make a stand against an act that is at once aggressive , ill-liberal and unconstitutional .

      The meeting he saw before him gave a direct denial to the calumnies which had been uttered by the Home Secretary , The men who were in the habit of meeting in that spot weekly had never outraged public decency . When their representative ( Mr . G . Thompson ) appealed to the Home Secretary oh the subject , that functionary had boldly asserted that indecent , obscene , and blasphemous language had been made use of , to the annojance of the locality . The Home Secretary must have been misinformed , as he had stated that which was at variance with tho truth . It was no doubt an attempt of the Tory government to put down public discussion . They no doubt would like to introduce the acts of Lord Castlereagh ; but public opinion would soon convince the Derby government that such an attempt would very soon be put down . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Jambs Savage seconded the resolution .

      A . S . Axrton , Esq . ; spoke at some length in support of the resolution , and was loudly applauded . He had heard the persons he saw before him accused of blasphemy and obscenity . The decorum he saw gave a flat contradiction to such a foul calumny . ( Hear . ) It was most essential that at all cost the right of public assembly should be vin - dicated . There was no law which sanctioned the late unprecedented interference of the Home Secretary . ( Hear . ) The police had not the power to interfere unless sanctioned by the law of the land . The police were not to be the tools of the government , but the servants of tho public , out of whose funds they were paid . ( Hear . ) -There was only one way in which ho could account for the late attempt to disallow meetings on that spot , and that was that it was a part of the Crown lands . If this was the ground upon which the Ifome Secretary had interfered , then the people

      had the House of Commons to appeal to , and by which he hoped they would get redress , ( Cheers . ) G . Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., next addressed the meeting . He had travelled in many foreign parts , and he had always found his countrymen protected in propagating their peculiar views as missionaries , even at the expense of running down the religion of the country in which he was residing . It was hard if the same liberty was not to be found at home . He regretted that the reply he received to his remonstrance from the Home Secretary was most vague . It had been re ported , by whom he could not remember , that blasphemous and obscene language had been used at these meetings in Bonner ' s-fields , bufupon what particular occasion he could not ascertain . ( Hear . ) He trusted that whoever might represent them in the next parliamen t would make it their business to move for every tittle of evidence upon which this arbitrary andlllegal step had been taken .

      Mr . Nkwton supported the resolution . He said it had been stated that the attempted suppression of these meetings had risen from the complaints of certain inhabitants who had characterised- the proceedings as immoral and obscene . Let such inhabitants come forward and state their case ; and if not , wo can claim exoneration for ourselves . The interference had been made because the government wished to suppress the growth of public opinion , ( Cheers . ) They did not dare to interfere wi : h in-door meetings . But he was in favour of the question being voted ; and he had no doubt that subscriptions would be raised to carrjr out this object . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted . Dr . Oxley then rose , aud moved ;—That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Home Secretary on the matter . and apprise him of the resolutions agreed to hy that meeting .

      Mr . T . Huni , in seconding the resolution , said , that the maintaining a ri ght depended less on statute books than on the spirit of tho people . He did not believe that such an invasion of public liberty as that they had been considering , would be suffered in America . Were the government to succeed in this , they would not stop at that point ; and if energetic steps were not taken , Englishmen would have to hold meetings to resist the violations of other liberties . ( Cheers . ) Mr . F . CuRson briefly supported the resolution , and thought that this was but tho commencement of the struggle . The characters of the Bonner ' s Fields meetings

      had been misrepresented . " Wo held such meetings to improve our minds , and show the higher' orders that we are' lower' only by reason of our being compelled to toil for our bread . " ( Cheers . ) The resolution was . agreed to unanimously , and , after a brief speech by Mr . Palmer , Messrs . Williams , M . P ,, G . Thompson . M . P ., W . Newton , Acton , Ayrton , C . T . Nicholls , Dr . Oxley , ? . Cuvson . T . Hunt , W . A . Howe , and W . Palmen , were appointed to confer with the Home Secretary , arid after the usual honours to the Chairman , this large meeting dispersed .

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      ^R "We Shall Be Glad To Receive Eeports ...

      ^ r "We shall be glad to receive Eeports of Prowrcas from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations aud Stores , iu England , Ireland Scotland and Wales . '

      %G~ The " Association Gazette " Having C...

      % g ~ The " Association Gazette " having ceased to appear we place our columns ai the disposal 0 / our Co operative friends . If open to the public }> ress , the Conference on the 20 th of July , ivill be attended by a . fecial reporter from this Journal . —Editok .

      Forthcoming Co-Operative Conference. The...

      FORTHCOMING CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE . The following resolutions have been adopted by tbe promoters of the Working Men's Associations : — That a Conference of delegate ! from the various bodies enjtagfd in practical oo-operation be requested to meet in London on Monday , the 26 th of ^ July , with a view to consider tbe best mode of making available the facilities afforded by the Industrial and Provident Societies' Act' for the progress of Co-operation . That the following questions be submitted as the principal points for the coniideratjon of the Conference . 1—As to the propriety of all Co-operative Associations enrolling themselves under the new Act . 2 ,-Astothe extent to which it is desirable that Co-operative Associations for similar objects should adopt rules formed on the same model .

      m « t ^ n ii ? - ° ? not b e a rule for a 11 Co-operativeEstablish . ments to sell all articlee exactly for what thw we . . « Mi 3 ^ J ? M v £ ha . ' ? Pf , , be advantageously taken for the establishment or extension of institutions for the purpose of giving unity and force to the Co operative movement , f s-TJK ? „ 7 . wh . at ^ ps should be taken by the Co-operatn ™ fn ^ J 0 entelmt ? cMMMtoniriUi other bodies which arf no ' tirictIy co-operative in their character . 6 .-Whether any and what portion of the profits of Co-operative plied * e caPUalised atl <* how the same shoulS be apaJrovWen ^ a PPlied as m nWn e » rj ^ whtt 8 te P ^ ldbetak en for the establish-Sovment Mmp » pw as the organ of the Co-operative

      Ml cfe i ? lerydedrabIeihat as many co-opsrative bodies as possin fmS . . e f $ TS & £ at th * Conference , it is proposed that any vZ o 1 « e 1 dZSgatet ' eS 8 hOU , d ^ " ^ * *«««» pur ' The rules of representation will be the same as those of the Bury Conference of Delegates , held on Good Friday , llsTnnmely :- ¦ JtiZt ^ i ^ l ™ ^** J ? Beni ^ aUTuTployortion to its number of members , in the following mannpr vi ? -For every society of above twelve and under - oS ^ HWfwdvfSSE bws , one delegate } one hundred and twelve ! twe ? delegates ; and StaSKT ° ? C SWd Tmbr above on « ^ ndred andHe , one delegate . In consideration , however , of the distance which the delegates from some parts ofthe country willh ™ tw-eT a deleaeKffi allotdZe ' nlMg 5 * * m 6 mbera under one hundred be n 0 t

      reStWelodeUel ? * * ° the fallest Particulars as to their SoIleltt ' nlS' $° S * y' a Fes «* to ^ offeredby the Arnm ^ m ^ T . te 3 and /*« « endi of Co-operation , gat ? . msdtf for Priding lodgings for the dele . ^ SStjg ? ' *? ,. Wte Si- Castle-Btreet , ( which is being * Z «» « L b L tb £ Nof , Jh L < md < lw Working ; Builders' Association to hold 300 persons ) for the purpose * of tho Conference .

      ^Vest Riding— An A Dj Ourned Conference,...

      ^ Vest Riding— An a ourned Conference , comprising repreaenUtim ftom the several Cooperative Societies of Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Pudeey , Yeadon , Wilsden , Bing-

      ^Vest Riding— An A Dj Ourned Conference,...

      u ' an Howarth , was held in Bradford on Sunday last Mr . Holmes , ol Leeds , occupied the chair . A draft of rules u I ! 16 mana £ eoient ° f 'he pro osed union , to he denominated the " Northern Union of Co-operative Societies , " was submitted to the meeting , and , with a few verbal alterations , 'greed to . It was also resolved— " That the seat of the Central Committee , for the first year , should be located in Leeds ; and a list of names of gentlemen , well known for their services in the cause of Association , together with the

      President of each Societ y in the Union , was agreed to as torming tjie executive for the first year . " After about three f m ! . j , beration the Conference broke up , the unanimity m their deliberations being a favourable indication of the luture usefulness of tbe Union—the first of the kind , we ueiieve , in existence . Mr . Lloyd Janes , of London , was present , and , at the request of the chairman , favoured tbe meeting with a few explanatory comments on the new law of Induitncl Trading Societies , which ia now only awaiting the Koyal aaaeut to become law .

      Guide To The Lecture-Room. Literary Inst...

      GUIDE TO THE LECTURE-ROOM . Literary Institution , John-street , Fitzroy . square . —Julv 4 th ( 7 i ) a Lecture . J *" Hall of Science , City-road . —July 4 th ( 7 j ) , Thame * Cooper , 'Life and Character of Sir Walter Raleigh . ' National Hall , 242 , High Holborn .-JuJy 4 th ( 8 ) , P . W . Perfitt , ' The Civil War—Cavaliers and Roundheads . ' South Loudon Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road . —July 4 th ( 7 ^ 1 , Charles Southwell will lecture . Social Institution , Charles street , Old Garratt , Manchester —July 4 th ( 11 a . m , ) , BiscussBon .,, ( 7 p . m . ) a Lecture . Areopagus Coffee and Reading Room , 59 , Church-lane , Whitechapel . —Every Sunday , Monday , nnd Wednesday ( 8 ) , a Lecture or Discussion . City Forum Coffee House , 60 , Redcross-streot . —Every Sundav , Monday , and Thursday , ( 8 i ) , a Lecture . Commercial Hall , Mrilpot street , Conmercial-road-east . —Theoogical Discussions every Sunday morning ( 11 ) . Sunday evening ( 7 ) , Tuesday ( 8 ) , Thursday ( 8 ) , and Saturday ( 8 ; . Progressionist Hall , Clieapside , Leeds , July 4 th ( Gil . a Lecture . Temperance Star Hotel , Swan-street , Briggate , " Leeds . —Every Wednesday ( 81 a Discussion .

      , Working Men ' s Academy , Fdgar-street , Preston . —Lecture every Sunday at 10 J a . m . —Discussion every Sunday evening . East London . Literary Institution , Bethnal-green . —July 4 th ( 11 a . m . ) , a Lecture , Eclectic Institute , Denmark-street , Soho . — Every Friday ( 8 J ) , Mr . J R , O'Brien , Home and Foreign Polities . Every Sunday ( 7 *) , oa Moral and Social Science ,

      Frightful Collision On The River. On Thu...

      FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE RIVER . On Thursday a collision of the most alarming and frightful character occurred in the river Thames , offNorthfleefc Point , by which the Duohess of Kent , Ramsgate steamer , the property of tbe Commercial Steam Navigation Company , Captain William Humphreys , commander , was run down by the Ravenabourne , Captain Bacon , tho property of the General Steam Navigation Company , and bound to Antwerp with nearly 200 passengers and full cargo . The following particulars of tho accident , gathered on the spot at the time it took place , may be relied on . It appeares that the Ravensbourne was steaming down the river with full tide in her favour , immediately in the wake and iust on the starboard side of the Meteor , Gravesend steam boat , and arrived nearly opposite Northfieet Point about two o ' clock . On nearing the Point the Duchess of Kent ,

      Ramsgate steamer , was coming up the river againtt tide and hugging the southern shore—the tide running very strongly . The Ravensbourne was about three parts over the river on the Kent shore , and , as she approached Northfleet Point , appeared to take the starboard tack , and as she neared the Duchess of Kent coming up , the latter crossed , apparently with the object of passing between the Ravensbourne and the Meteor , when , in an instant , consequent on the heavy way on a large and powerful steamer like the Ravensbourne , and on her having the tide with her and being in full steam , before the Duenesa of Kent could cross her she ran into her bows about twenty feet from her figure head , or just before the windlass on tho starboard bow . The crash was fr . ghtful , and tbe Duchess of Kent , after heeling backward from tbe violence of the shock for a moment , was found to have her starboard bow completely

      stove in , and nearly cut in two . She immediately began to fill and to commence sinking , bows foremost , The seene among the passengers , a large number of whom were ladies with children , is described as truly frightful . A rush was made en masse to the after part of the vessel , and women with children were seen clinging to various parts of the sinking ship . The Captain of the Ravensbourne , finding that the Duohess of Kent was rapidly sinking , backed , and the rush made by the passengers of the Duchess of Kent to get on board of her was dreadful , and women with children in their arms bec . ime so frantic that they rushed in their fright to the still sinking part of the ship ; at this moment the Meteor arrived alongside , and the passengers and crew wero literally dragged on board of her , and on board the Ravensbourne , with one exception . This was a gentleman named Hale , a brewer , of Broadstairs , Isle of Thanet , who

      being infirm , could not be reached , and , still remaining on his seat , went down with the vessel , which iu a few minutes sunk , bows first , almost perpendicularly , the keel being lifted as she sank twenty or thirty feet out of the water . The captain of the Duchess of Kent , it is only justice to state , was , with the exception of Hale , tho last to leave hia ill-fated vessel , and his escape was truly miraculou * . A rope had been thrown from the Ravensbourne over the stern of the Duchess of Kent , and fastened , and as the last portion of the vessel reached the water he seized the rope nnd was hauled on board . Mr . Hale , although unable from infirmity to assist himself while on board the vessel , most extraordinary to relate , the moment he reached the water struck out and kept . afloat until rescued by oneof the boats lowered from the Meteor . The scene of consternation which prevailed after the Duchess of Kehfj had sunk , both on board tho Ravensbourne and the Meteor , can be better imagined than described . Mothers , fathers , husbands and wives , who bad become separated , some being taken on board the Ravensbourne , others on board the

      Meteor and the Topaz , which had also arrived at the moment the Duchess of Kent went down , having missed and being unaware of the fate of each other , were to be seen running about in the most frantic manner , making inquiries as to the safety of their relatives . Oue lady on board the Meteor was in a most frightful condition , as she stated that she had left her two children asleep in the cabin , and was on deck at the moment the vessel struck , and had not seen or been able to glean any tidings of them . , It is also stated that at tbo moment of the collision nearly ' the whole of tho passengers ( about seventy in number ) were on deck ; but it is believed there were some few in tbe fore cabin , and as there are some still missing , it is i feared they may have gone down with the vessel , the belief f being , in consequence of the immense power of the Ravens- bourne , that at least twenty feet of the bows of the > Duchess of Kent were cutaway by the crash . This belief f is justified by the fact that from tho moment of tUo . collision i to tho time tbe Duchess of Kent entirely sank beneath the j surface of the water was little more than ? flight or nino o minutes . The fore cabin must have filled immediately .

      As soon as the consternation created by the catastrophoio had in some measure subsided , the boats of the variousis vessels which had arrived at the spot were stationed in thaie vicinity of the sunken steamer , with a view to pick upip any bodies which might float out of the wreck . Thelie Ravensbourne and tho Meteor , having the rescued passenmgevs on board , proceeded on to the Terracepier at Graves-asend , where the aftrighted passengers weio landed and nius-istered , and , r . s before stated , it is believed that some 1 ' eTCfl arc missing ; but from the confusion which stili prevailedcd anything like accurate information could not bo obtained . .

      Incidents of the most exciting character took place . ASAS tho . Duchess of Kent was rapidly sinking , a gentleman was-ai observed rushing up one of tho paddle-boxes with a littktk girl in his anus . Tho Meteor w ; is then approaching tc tc render aid , and so groat was his excitement that in thcthc desire to save tho child before the Meteor hud iwciioioJ within ten or twelve yards of the sinking ship , ho raiseifeed her up with the view of throwing her on to tho Meteor , bubut at the moment the shrieks of the passengers on board thdhc approaching vessel restrained him , and thus tho child wasvas saved from inevitable destruction .

      As soon as tho alarm was given Captain Humphreyteyt adopted every means to ensure tho safety of the passcngersjsrs , liumbering between sixty and seventy . In his efforts : h ( h ( was assisted by the captain of tha RavensboiU'ne , andthithi captain of the Meteor , a Gravesend boat , which was closlosi i by at the time the collision took place , and backed he he engines when the danger became apparent . By the uniteiiten efforts ofthe crews of the three steamers , and the fcimelnel use of their boats , all tho passengers , with the exceptioitio ' : of one , wero got safely on board the Meteor or the Rarenrenf i bourne , Captain Humphreys remaining to the last on boaroar the sinking steamer , with the oue exception alluded to , wh wh i was an old and deorepid gentleman , who went down witwit

      ; the vessel , but rose again immediately to tho surface of tbf tin water and was rescued by one of the boats of the Metoofaoi ] The remainder ofthe passengers , were taken on board tid tt : Ravensbourne , and landed at Gravesend . There was ob ii this occasion less luggago- than usual on board , and it it stated that nearly the whole baa been recovered , Capta ; pta , HumphrejB feels confident that all the passengers we : wei < saved , notwithstanding the short time that elapsed betwetweu the collision and the sinking of the vessel . It is sunpostpoSH S , S 7 £° thafcthe fore P arfc of theBunkenve » we » aa must nave _ been cut off . The Raversboume received red u material in jury , and after landing the affrighted passengemge ) at uravesend proceeded on her passage towards theB ( eB « gian coast .

      R J *• Camau Sr-—A Gentleman In Jtewcasf...

      r j *• CAmAu sr- —A gentleman in JTewcasfclo was aas ai plied to some time ago b y an Irishman in his employmeymes to see if he could assist him in the investment of a hundrindrr pounds . " A hundred pounds ! " said he ; " where hat hai you picked up snob , a sum ? " " It ' s all my wages sincfiincn came to work for you , your honour . " "But how have y , ve y ? lived in the meantime V " My wife keeps the house , aae , as w aTe < w a v , fcI !? rn ^ what ,. doe 8 y ° ™ fe w ww at * / Why , the truth is , your honour , she goes « es « every day with the children and cadges . "—Glasgow Cat CM stitutxonal . - . Captain Vivian has addressed a letter to the electoratows Bodminin which he

      , intimates that he will not m a » 'j solicit their suffrages-hia participation in the proceediieediiii connected with the recent duel between Mr . Smythe ihe Colonel Romilly having alienated an essential portion of in of ; support by which his return had been effected . &? ° l . Hobktai roa Diseases of this Chi ' 6 hm fernnffi ^ r T he T on Wednesday , at the . rifcSS LtverpoolHrtreet , Henry Tucker . Esq ., in the chair . Souih Eabikrk RMMw .-Trafflo receipts for the w ; he wv f ^? Jl M 18 B 2 * W 1 * . 7 d . Ditto , Jane S 3 , 108 , 1 « * i 7 , 06 l to . M . Decre » M ia 1853 , £ l , m ia . lid .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03071852/page/5/