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      . , He Agricultural Editor Of The P « Li...

      . , HE AGRICULTURAL EDITOR OF THE _P « LIEDS MERCURY . "

      _Jt Is Really Too Bfir< * &** J00 Sbonld...

      _ jt is really too bfir < _* _&** J 00 _sbonld build _^ in the air and _c * 11 nP ° n mB * ° _aiem 0 _^ In toot last tbe following amount of trash *¦

      _•• r— I _flpejrw - _. _juawarii Mr . O'Connor has bestowed upon our I " _CjjneTof anima dversion on this hopeful scheme j 1 _* 5 _& sn g the Chartists and _carding the Charter , a 1 _^ _AMeof tbe tour mortal columns which bear his P _^ _ae in t be Northern Star of Saturday week , we j * _£ _^ jfcttt ourselves - with little more than the state- _* _i rftf » feet . _™ Kp y » bat that -will go a good way j _^ Li * dispelling tbe pernicious delusion that he is _**? _rt ing to inculcate . It is this—Mr . O'Connor and _^ _Sbj _eomspondeni , Mr . Linton , the experimental _& V g ca _ihrw . quarter * of an acre of land , lennd their _^ _jLjons upon the su pposition , that the produce of * fwXwith more than one quarter of it in grass , j _ffirtbt r part wholly nnenltiTated , will supply

      " _iagitfDod , winter and summer , mrou « _bont the year , _y Z milch cowb ! New there is not a milk farmer _^ _ST _town cr neh _& _toourhood of Leeds , or of any _^ g _tgw n , - » bodoes not know perfectly well , that so _fLoi ante-quartets cf an acre producing food for * _ZZjcu it _rtquires more than two acres of the best J ? vith all the advantages of an unlimited supply of _^ J _eirures , to supply one cow through the year . _f _g _^ fl of three quarters of an acre of land supplying f _ejw , nine acres are required to feed that number , f _^ i _» elTe _nmes as much land as 5 r . O'Connor _Vj _je jfce _sr'TDnii destined to occupy this Chartist

      _^ _T jlr . O'Connor and Mr . Idnton would h 3 Te us _lygK thai 'Any have more skill in cultivation than all _Siisc tksl fanners in England , in the proportion of L _«^ to one- _DocMififcs there may be _improyements ' JL _jbc that by the aid of spade husbandry , strong _^ A _pgzt , _driiiTiii _? . and other appliances , perhaps _-ito tbf usual produce may be bad in some _favour-LiiaatiK _* . but that change is only to be effected _CjjiaTj _€ _»& . ;• of labour and of capital . As to the j _^ cb di _pretending to increase the p erm ent pro-L _jHfl of tee * _cii twelve-fold , no man tbat is not __^ _retsfl « _d himself , or that does not wuh to _prac-P _jjjtss ( tension npon others , trill ever entertain it . _~* _jjehEwn- if it were not loo absurd to obtain

      _^^ t & _AS _isperate _nusch' .. t _nsly on different classes _ggZy . If the _landlerca thoucbt that a tenant of j _^ _-soa ccu" _^ reali-e a profit cf £ _? 00 a-year by tbis -g _-jt cf krd , £ 3 Mr . Linton and Mr . O'Connor _I _jjg , hs _nz'Ji wonld go np 2000 per cent , at least at ¦ _wsot rent-day . Tbe fanner , if he took hia farm on * _m _toais , would be mined in six months ; the _— _•^ siE , ii £ e _5 _nd * : _ti by tbtse casHes in Vie air , would _,,. iz ii * Rail trade to _inrest his capital in farming _fj _^ _sa , and wonld find _himself in tbe Gazette before 3 oa cf the year ; the manufacturing operatives , & jad each taim half an acre of land on the _aDot-^ _gwtm , _wt . _ai _^ find tbat in « tt _ ad of this half an him £ J 0

      _^ _podorini » year , _oeadea paying him for _s _iisat . it _would not yield him a clear profit ef more _^ see- tenth of thst sum ; aud the _labourer in _hussar . _seei = g tb _* _hoIdeT of four acres of land _juBt 3 _^ 1 frsiE a station of life little Enperior to his owr , _^ pudg e _tosccept the wa _» es of 20 s . a-week , while _jaz eoapanvaa was to receive in the way of profit ; 4 j-d » _y for each day ' s labour that he bestowed upon gin _strti I _* nn . The consequence of tbis delusion 5 * Ream gstin _? by iir . O'Connor , would , if it _obtr * _tfedit , be mischievous to a great extent ; but _& _jMREry it _inToIres , aided by this _cxposcre , Trill _ge-asct tbe mischief . According to the calculations ifc _IJntoE and iir . O'Connor , Lord Harewood ' s _sstiflVz'yAJ _xctis wou ' d yield Lis Lordship or his

      _^ ex « fc _^' -h , £ 750 . 000 a-year , whereas at present fc zt _& i dees nut , probably , on this part of bis _rtsrj , FTOl _2 uce more than £ 20 , 000 ; so that bis _IzOap _iroa-u _Ttufit £ _T 30 000 _a-year by the discovery ] rail j iht- farmer's profit ; but making a clear _in-^ d £ _Tt > 0 . iUi- a-yeat "We haTe heard of bubble _cr «* _^ _qtiettiy . but the South _Sa bubble itself _t _£ nxlAE _£ Ij this Chartist Bubble , which can be aped only to the dreams of t > e alchen . ists in their _HBite tt > e philosopher ' s atone I The Corn Laws _xaXRlj now be abolished . The augmented revenues £ _Ciiy . ii' a-year from 10 , 000 acres of land , extend-B : _ssbly to all tbe land in tbe kingdom , will _superasthe claim for _foicciion , and iir . O'Connor and _iisxpeas may hasten to join the Anti-Corn Law

      _? nr . bir , r _? ad that again , and _xcad my letters io b _Ini Landlords , and you will f . ad tbat I allot _fs ifr _^ f cr the keep of fire rows through the Ts ; bet thai is grass land , without the application r z _& _kzt . Bet let me answer yon out of your own ki _Icr fanning ixiend inform ? you , and yon Touch _iis accuracy , that an acre will produce 92 _, & 25 safe of potatoes . Now multiply that number by 2 , _» s tbere is nine time- _' a ? much in nine acres E 2 B & _6 , and you hare o 36 , i > 34 pounds . Divide _Etij fourteen , and yon haTe a & . IZo stones , two _jce . _Diride yonr fonr cows , which nine acres _isaes are to _maintain , into that , and yon haTe _* 3 i suae ? of potatoes for each cow for the year ; _Eiaea diTide the 365 daTs in the year into that , _4 L _» . aG 3 ? 5 0 l potatoes for each cow lor tee year ; _Eiaea diTide the 365 daT _* in the year into that , _KTtwVTifind that it _lw « s _nearlv forty stones . . - " - _iV . _sxtoes a cay for each cow . An J then the next _Eastit I shall trouble you to do i ? Io get me a

      wam i;— 'IZZ 2 . _1 is , 560 pounds of potatoes a cay . _Jsr . _gra ? s mi'ik is the prooece of grass _Triihou : _xez ; _ardSe-al food produces milk with labour ; _sa ; jen csn ' t mysiify the thing . ii a yonr _cc-it ; mdniin about the rise in Lord = n * _eo & 's prup-: i ty , be pleased to _observe that we a _^ s purchase _fsir lan d at _twenty-nTe years pnr-8 _S . 1 SQ that the rise in _Talne , occasioned by labour , Skafier lease and not before , and the benefit _K-Sto the farmers and not to the Lord . Yon

      _^ 5 ae _Cnarxer wholly _ont of tha _q-iestion ; a » s . 2 cegsajy ingredient for re _£ nla-. D £ the _condih * if 2 _srga n aad _ale . Bnt allow me to _giTe you » K _^& _kzdIyadKce . Stick to tbe' Tub , ' Free _^ 3 _^ tod the Wool 3 Iarket ; they are questions 5 * 7 of c 7 _mpl : cs . - Aon thai yoa may tan _& _ie them 2 _SETiiee jc _^ r admirers ; but pray avoid subject E _^ iica Tea are most blessedly ignorant . i saH dtTote a -whole chapter in my forthcoming

      " 3 a > tae cacldalion of the _Alercury ' s o \ tx-TS £ _& _anticipanons from _tpade _cultiTation , _^ tbe hope thst yon haTe raised should _a-ss ihe shopkeeper and the tradesman to f- tf sad betake _themselTes to your _bonnde _JKidije , and lest the opera _' . iTe , the object of 3 _* 5 _^ ecal care , should abandon the cellar ai . d _Sasiag for a cottage and £ 290 2 s . ii . worth E _K _^^ Es . which you promise him as the reward

      1 aia , Sir , Your obedient SerTant , _FEABGC 3 _O'Cossox .

      Ctiariist Zzntettisence.

      _Ctiariist _zZntettisence .

      ^ 6tbhajtt ._On Sunday Last, The Discuss...

      _^ _6 _tBHAJtt . _ On Sunday last , the discussion on _^* _sd _Question Tras resumed with spirit , and _^¦ _Eore paid down their sixpences , determined to _^« 3 the olject . The _meeting was then ad-• y _& u _> _Sntidaj next , at two o'clock in the _after-^ te ihe exrz . iii _^ Mr . Wm . Miller deliTered a aa _^ _Kigctic _lecicj- t .- _, which gaTe general _satiafac-^ - _^ Monday _evening Mr . E . P . _MraddeliTered _£ = oe oa the Repeal of th ? _Vriion to a Tery _atten-^ - respec table audience , a goodly number of _^ _nepealeK kins nrerrr .: Tne _leciurer ure _^ d sa : cf

      _£ . - _^ J a cordial _ca-ion bttw . it the Chartists _^ _? _psaleis . At the c onehis- ' on of the kcture ii ' _^ MICab briiflr addressed the meeting ' Xi _& _yt ~ I - _^ dtriTe ' d in-m a Repeal to ihe fe 5 _J * f _^^^ f > f both cuuntrie .-. Iir . Mead _pro-^^ _f ch eers for _lU-peal and ; hc Charter , sad _ii-y _^}^ _Cnar ter a _^ d Rvptai . which _werehesii _' -. _^ - _^ -dto . A Tote of ' . hacks was then p & _s-ed _cA _^^ _w for the _hmaouruur mariner _he had i _^ _V . _^ address , _ard the meeting separated

      _^ IKct t-Zi _. t . _y A ?* _- ~ v ? nrn _Chabtists — At a fn : l _meet-^ ' v _^ _f _^ _iilsheid at their room , West-street , _^ -2 _^ _Tr _? ' " £ C £ 5 e _° _i oar incarc _^ _raied brother , _^ _p _^ . . . _^ y _'' . _taktii into _coci-id _^ raiion , and _^ _Qfe *? _" _^ _if wa s unanimou-ly _agreed to , * - - _^ _r : ° _* - ' _---ft-ed by the cbainna _5 , and sent _^ E _^ . _^ r E- . _EiQ _, M . P ., for _prc-reniation to _jj _^^ - _U-amons . _v -5 a RjjT _^ ?~ _CHj . sTi 5 M a _> d Repeal . —The ir i- _^ _c _^ 5 IEe a dvice of our Champions , _^ _otr l _^ f j r ' _coltirat « a kindly _feeh _^ g _^ _si £ i _^ i _^ _^ w _daTts , is being carried into _* y _**^ _^ ' _^ _ifoT a length of time , _owine — tae iceir ioi

      _t Pttfev JLieagne ana _« =, _^^ tr _J _^ t " 1 _*! 6 _^ eeD * t dagger ' s points ; but on _^^ _'dS- ¦ 4 _ctire a _^ _ema of boih parties _*** ¦; * UL _^^^ imilv ° _f action and _puresj _^^ SQordtr - _^ satisf y " the Repealers of the Cft _WairiJ l _? t-: CblLnilt 5 ' Messrs . T . _Qark , J . _^** _9 _b ar _^ * _P * three _ddllingB , and _be-?•» _Mm _» _T' i _. _^ * _^ _o _^ _'ded meeting in the _after-5 _?*^ _a _tk _^ 1 _^ 011 and Clirk addressed the _?^ _H _wasT _^ I 00 IE 5 8 nd P " _^ _^^ _SJjttnrS _^ _fe- _* _^ _d 11 _^ working men v * _fy * _eeeiTli t afcir _sp _^ ecbes were _enthnsias-7 *** tr _^ r _" _?• « ening , Mr . C Doyle , of t _^ _tfthe _Tv _£ _? _^ ent lectwe on the - _* _fteat » m I ?? * _^ A _^ ° _krge room was crowded bsk _-. i . _** - air . TK . _» _to _m _ _j . . _i- _~ i ;

      _JJnaeed a _>^*\ e ; _*** _* ftltbongh a Chartist , he 5 * _^ Ws _aw _^ . _^ . _" _S _^ _fortune to hear him I * » bb b _^ _Ttf bj * P _" 6 low of country , and _£ _^ <* aS _?* _^ bta * a true Irish heart . ** ab . " ai 8 nB MreeaTed _aj unanimous Tote of

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      Bostom. -On Thursday Last, A Meeting -Wa...

      _BOSTOM . -On Thursday last , a meeting -was _convened to hear a lecture on Justice , from a young _gentleman of WolTerhampton . The _meetine , which was numerous , was adjourned to an open piece of ground at the hack of the town , where Mr . Thomason , of Wednesbnry , addressed it for a short time , after which the youthfnl lecturer was introduced . He commenced , in a spirited style , with noticing the government as at present constituted , and showing that the absolute power possessed by ear rulers is unjust , and calculated to destroy the peace and harmony of society . After he had been speaking for about half an hour , Mr . Baldwin , a magistrate , came forward and asked him if he was a native of Bilston ? He replied that he was not . He

      then asked him his name ? The youth raid he did not feel himself at liberty to divulge it . What ia your business here ? he inquired . To address this , meeting ; I rectiTed and accepted an umtation , and f cning tbe meeting here congregated I rose and addressed them . I am not aware that I am doing anything illegal or contrary to the laws of my country bj so doing . —Bat can't you tell me your name , aud where yoa come from ? fee replied . —I come from "WolTerhampton , _ans-wried tbe youth ; but I cannot tell you my name . —Do you know you are upon trespass ? he inquired . —I am not aware cf it ; but if ao , 1 will desist—Wen , sir , will ycu give me your . name ?—Am 1 obliged to do so ? inquired tbe _janth . —Tea ; 1 bhould like to _know . —Then , sir , 1 do not feel at liberty to tell you , and 1 shall not do bo . — Here Mr . Thomason inquired if the Magistrate wished

      to _» up . rsede tbe decision of Baron Ralfe , which _gaTe tbe people a right to _consult about a redress c f their grievances in a peaceable ar . d _constitutional manner ? bnt he made no reply ; and the Secretary with some others , advised tbe youth to retire , and adjourn tbe meeting to the rcom . Having arrived at the room . 31 r . Wilcox , news agent , of Wolverhampton , was called to the _chsir , and in a short address _analjZrd the condnct of Mr . Baldwin , aud _showed that he was afraid of the grewing intelligence of the people , and therefore wished to stop their meetings . The lecturer again came fc r-• ward and concluded a useful and _instructive lecture ry calling upon them to unite and agitate , until the Charter become the law of the land . After a few words from Mr . _Thomason on tbe conduct of tbe Magistrate , the meeting broke up highly _pleasedjwith the proceedings of the evening .

      LONDON . —A Metropolitan Delegate Meeting was held o : i Sunday _aftemon , Mr . Wheeler _; in the chair _, os . waa received from the West End Shoemak « _: TS . Mr . _Miile moved " That b public mteting be held on Monday . Joao the 12 th , at the Political and Scientific _Institution , to petition _Parliament relatiTe to the treatment of Cooper in Stafford GaoL" Mr . Salmon , Jap ., seconded the motion , which was caaiied unanimously . Messrs . Wheeler , Fussell , and Slills were appointed a committee to prepare the petition , issue bills , ic The meeting then aJjourned .

      CITY OF _LOSDOS _POLITICAL AND ScJi \ NTlF ! 1 _> STITUT 107 _N . —Mr . _Maniz lectured here on Sunday lnufniog , and was listened to with great attention . In the _evening _iir . Martin having disappointed the audience , Mr . Stallwood say-plied his place and lectured on the Repesl of the Corn Laws to a large audience , and was highly spplauded . Mr . Brown replied to tbe arguments of tbe lecturer , and a discussion arise befween him and Messrs . Spur , Mee , and _Cimeron , which "was kept up with great Epirit until a late hour , when the Chairman , Mr . _Cbippenitale , ably wound up the _discission . Political axd Scie > 'tific Institution , Tcr . _naGaJN Lane—The shareholders of the boots _iustitutiun are _informed that no person will be allowed to Tote in the en * _uing election for S ; cretary , unless he has _raid up the full amount ol his Ehares .

      ON _Fb-idat Evening a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor , _Farringdon-street , for the purpose of forming a committee for supporting Messrs . G . White , Macartney , _md others . Mr . Shaw was elected to the chair . After considerable discussion Mr . Drake rooTed , and Mr . Springmcre seconded the following resolution , which was carried unanimously : — " That the _perTsons present do hereby form themselTes into a committee , with power to add to tbeir numbers _, for the express purpose of assisting and supporting those Chartists that are now , . r may hereafter become ? ictims ra London . " _Twenty-three n » m _< j were enrolled . Mr . Huffy Ridley was elected Secretary ; the election if a treasurer was deferred unti ! the ensuing meeting .

      _^ , Lion , _Caiurch-strett , London , it was _resoWed : — That a _« ea _™ »" d . _CWtfci _» _w . _igation of all questions relating to tLe interests of _enr body , we do now deckre { * _^ . . _^ lbat tbe EfcXt & rA most impor . _ta-t ba = _iness of < ur friends _sLuuld be tbe choice of an taut bciiness of < ur friends sLould be tbe choice of an Executive , capable of _investigating , arranging , and carrying out the oijrct for _whiih we have so long and ardentiy _stnwxlcd , feeling convinced that _without this be speedily _rccompiisbed , ixr _CiOie must continue to suffer , and that tbis being done , we shall be in the right , and most certain way to regain our strength , and create anew the full confidence cf the whole of onr

      members . " BXItTaiHGHATtt . —Tho _Chart ' . st shoe makers met at the Brita ' . _r . ia , Peck-lane ., u Sunday tTening last , and Toted 3 s . 6 d . to Mr . _George White _, the Birmingham _Tictim . On _Tttesdat eTening last , an important meeting was held at the _Salaon of ihe late Mechanic ' s Institution , for th « purpose of _petitioning Parliament en behalf of Riehards and Cooper . Large and attractive placards were posted on the walls during the afternoon , calling the meeting for half-past seTen o ' clock , stating that petitions should be _snbtnitted for adoption to be presented to Parliament on behalf of Cooper and the liberties of Ireland . Before the chair was taken , the place was crammed to suffocation . Mr . Eames was called to the chair . Mr . Arthur O'Neal , in a neat and clever speech , in which

      he referred to the treatment of political prisoners id former times , and the present refined means of tyranny to pnt down the rising spirit of liberty in this and other countries , moTed the adoption of the petition , which was seconded by Mr . Follows , Mr . Mason , in a most eloquent and impres-ive speech in which he sho wed ud the rascality of our | pre-ent rulers towards Ireland , and likewise the Ec « _5 ish , and _drarly showed that there _neTtr would be any permanent prosperity , either for the Irish ot English serfs , until both England and Ireland were freed from the present tyrannical laws that _oppress them , supported the petition , as did also Mr . Benjamin Hiil _^ -and Mr . T . P . Green . The petition was unanimously asjeed to , amidst thunders of cheers A Tore of thanks was tbtn Toted to the Chairman , to which htbritfly replied , and the _meeting broke up .

      The _tsval _mdnthlt Council meeting of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Charter Association was held at the Ship Inn , Steeihouse-lane , on _Sundav , M ' r . Cnance in the chair . Members of the Council irom the _foliowing places were present . — Birmingham , John Mason , John Isewhouse , John Fallow * , David Potts ; Dudley , Mr . Kankm ; _» ednesburv , Mr . _Tnomasson ; Lyewaste and Stour bridge , " Mr . Chance ; Kedditch , CoTentry , \\ arwick , and other p ' sc s were represented by letter . The secretary read ; _ov-r the minutes of the preTious Council which _wcrc confirmed . Mr . Chance on being _caikd upon to take the chair , said he w _^ beQ that some one-older in Ae cause than himsell had been called upon to fuifi ; the _effice ; but when he _reflected upon the _czAise tbat he was engaged in he considered the situation on _iciioarabie one , and he

      was sorry tbat there _wtre so lew present upon that occasion , but be considered it to be the prevailing _distressed state oi the _peopl-a tnat prevented their attendance . He then wished to know how many localities the _carnal hau been elected at j Sir . Fallows stated that the _wht-le had been elected at a public _meetin- in iiirmingnam . Air . _Ranktu gave in a simiiar report ior Pauley , and Mr . Chance for Lyewaste . The chairman th . u called upon the conned present to gh" in a repoit « - _•; _tl-. f . r r _ea ctive districts Mr . _Mascu , on b , f . ai . o _^ _Birmingham , said th * : owing to t-e aiui :: ii _.-a 'hut nad nad to be g ven' < j'L- new _organoid ; very lr . i . c progress _comuisceed system of

      h"d beeu made . He had a open air m _^ -. _ings on _SuLday morm _^ _oAc _aiiernoon which had hitherto been well _u-. tended , and promised , ere long , to be a sour ca _otmucn good and , t was the intention of the cuur . cn to a « . a tho _^ e _mee-hi's in future to enroll memU-r * to tne _Aaocia-SS and he considered from tbe good iedmg wmch _^ -led in Birmingham , that there was likcjr to he _^ _rv _gSd _As sociation before Ion * , ; as a proof he bid 2 state that their treasurer had one pound and « f »« _2 nce to hand in as funds for the _general _coun-S-uu _kSings of which was _roted from the A _.-ton _STef lociiiy , and _bctcu and sixpence from the _/ wew

      tinnV Air . Rankin then gaTe an accoun t oi _auuxcj . hJ _^ aid th * t on account of circumstances he was He _fftia - ? _% v . ttW wereaot in such a position sorry _w _^ _J _^ _hat they bos . ntended _^ ont _^ ns _^ rebTtbey think they Ly get on to adopt 5 «» _5 _f S _^ * n _^ Te in a Tery che _« rmore r apidly . _>^ o _» _F _^ jmd ftaTOua dmg _»« report _^ _p _^^ _lind Mr . Rankin seconddistricts . _Mj _- _^ f _P ° ! r ot 1 by the provisional ed _. that an * dd _ff ! f b ? _fg hand / ofTbe _wmmitiee _, committee "dptajed _^^ e h ; no _^ _^ S . _51 _SS _^** * **** adjourned till that day month .

      Bostom. -On Thursday Last, A Meeting -Wa...

      _LEICESTER— On Sunday last , delegates assembled at Mr . Cooper ' s _Ccffre-Rooms from Leicester , Hinckley , _Wigsten , Thurmaston , and 03 dley . Mr . Cooper , of _Wigston , was elected chairman . The objects of the meeting were stated by Mr . Bairstow—the question of incorporating the Hon : * Colony Scbeme with tbe People's Charter . An animated discussion took place , in which Messrs . Bairstow , Cook , Cooper , Gilbert , Kirk , Sketchley , Thomas , Boodle , and Ross , spoke at considerable length ; after which , Mr . Bairstow nioTed , and Mr . Thomas seconded a motion to the effect tbat the

      _delegates strongly recommend the people of the South Leicestershire District to pursue the agitation for the People ' s Charter ; but that It be left _opsn with any locality to establish a district fund for the purchase of land , but that in ail cases each member of the National Charter Association be recommended to pay id . per week for the support of the county organisation , "ieaTi * ! g it opti ; nal with any member thus _contributing to pay an additional _^ d . per week to the fund for the establi . sh ment of a Home Colony . It was also agreed that Mr . Bairstow should be tho countT lecturer .

      Ox Sunday last , Mr . Bairstow delivered two discourse * in tbe afternoon and eTeuing , t a large and atteutiTe audienceB . On tiie sews reaching the committee the week before lart , that tbe authorities at _Stafford were literally murderiDg our beloTed and noble defender of the poor man ' s rights , Mr . T . Cooper , . _i _meeting was immediately held at Mrs . Cooper ' s , to take into consideration what steps should be taken relatiTe in the case of that noble-minded individual , when they _rt-ro _' Ted to hold a _pnblie meeting on Monday , the 22 nd , to _petition Parliament en the subject At the hour appointed for the meeting , half-past six o ' clock , tbe meeting commenced _, when Mr . T . "Winters wa . j called to tbe chair ; Mr . G .

      Holyoake _, in a neat and tffrctive speech , detailed tbe horrors of prison discipline frarn personal experience , and _showed that if Mt . Caoper were to be permitted to remain tho whole of the two years on that diet , he certainly would be a murdered man , in the proper sense of tbe term . He concluded by proposing the adoption of a petition to tke House of Commons , which was adopted _tusanimouBly . Mr . Crow moTed , " That the petition be entrusted to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for presentation to the House of Commons . '' It was s _> ennded , and carried unanimously . The Chartist Anthem was then sung by tte met-ting , when three cheers w < -re given for iha Charter , three for Cooper , Capper , and Richards , and a ' . l political prisoners , three for O'Connor and the Star , and the meeting separated .

      BARKSX . _EY . —The Irishmen resident in this town , who at all timis haTe been tbe stea . iy friends « af D _. _mosracy , haTe formed a Repeal Association , _determine ! to rally round the green _standard of their country , and resolTed to cast to the wit . _i . s all _misgiTin _? of the Liberator , and to join heait and soul in the _struggle for their country ' s freedom . They haTe taken a large and _coumuxlious room , in which they held their first meeting on tho 21 st uit .. They a _' . sn held a meeting on Sunday eTening , Mr . Peter _Hoey in tbe chair . Tee committee who were appointed on the previous Sunday reported progress , and a number of laws for the local government were _proposed and carried _. The meeting was _addressed by Messrs D _*) y , C ' eary , O'Lea . ry . SeagraTe , aud others , and the _greatest _enthusiasm prevailed .

      MANCHESTER . The Chartists of this town have been honoured by a visit from _Commodore Mead , who deliTered two discourses in the _Carptn'er ' s Hall , on Sunday last , in the afternoon and evar . ir . g , to _crowded audiences . At the close of Mr . Mead ' s _evening lecture , Mr . Dixon cara <; forward and r _' _- _qvuVed the audience to _remain , as i : was the intention of tl _; e C _inimittt-e of _Management , ic order to saTe tin _: e , to bring forward a petition to the House of Commons f , ; r the remoTnl of Co _< ptr and Richards from Staff-rd G-iol . This announcement was reaiTed with _rcj-luro'is cheers . Mr . Knight was then called to the chaiir . and optned the _bui-ine . s in a neat and _appropriate _cpcL-oh Mr . Dixon inoTed the adoption of the _following petition : — To the _Honourable tbe Knighta , Citizens , and Burgesses in Parliament assembled . The Petition of Uie _iiJiubitunts of ihe Borouijh of _ituntzheyter _, in public met Una assembled ,

      _HUJiiii-Y _Siiewetu . — That Thomas Cooper a . _ui John K : charda were tried and convicted at tho _latassixes , held in Stafford , on a charge of conspiracy , and _ses-ttneed by the Court of Quten ' s Bench to be imprisoned , _Richards for one year , and Cooper for two yeavs , in Stafford Cunnty _Qaol That your Pttitioners haTe good reason _far belieTing tbat the _taid Thomas Cooper and John _Richards have been subjected to the most ciuel treatment since their arriTal ut the aboTe mentioned gad , by being compelled to liTe upon _tl . e prison diet , which is _compot-xd chiefly ui rotten _potatoes , thin water _grutl , and a very _insdeqiate portion of coarse bread . That the said Thomas C ¦ -per and John _Richaids Would by the assistance of tteir friends , be enabled to proTide their own f jod , but bava been strictly prohibited from so doiu _? , by parties haTing the _management of tbe aboTe pri _^ n .

      Tbat the said Thomas Cooper and John Richards have been strictly int . rdicttd from writing to , or receiTing any _comiuunicaUons ' rom tbeir friends . And , notwithstanuinp , their wives arc in a dyiDg state , they haTe not been allowed to receiTe uny information concerning ihem , from any source wi . a _' -cver . That the said Thomas Cooper has for a long time prior to his being _tunrlned in Staffi : ' ! Gaol , occupied his leisure time in literary pursuits , and consequently the deprivation of pens . h . b . and _yaper , to which he is at present _snljecttd , renders bis confinement peculiarly _irksosae and tedious . That the aforementioned prisoners baTe been prohibited from petitioning your Honourable House relative to the treatmeat ihey are at present receiTing from tbe officer * of the prisoi ..

      Tour petitioners therefore prey your Honourable House to institute an immediate inquiry into tho aboTementioned circumstances , with a Tiew to a mitigation of their sentence upon tbe said Thomas Ceoper and John Richards , or by directing the'r removal to any other of her Majesty's prisons , wk _^ re the _regulations are not so stringent . Aud yonr petitioners as in duty bound , will eTer pray . 2 Ir . Rankin said it gaTe him great plen . ure to second the motion , mor * particularly so as it was an act to save one of the people ' s friends from tbe cruel lash of class persecution . It was a well known fact that Co _pper was a sterling democrat , and that he had teen

      a terror to tbe factions , and that was the reason that he was now enduring the unjustifiable treatment we had beard read from the Star . He ( Mr . _Rinkim had Tery little hopes from petitioning tbe present House of Commons , but if they did not grant tbe prayer © f this petition , they must petition again and again , and neTer rest until Cooper was again at the head of his brigade . Mr Mead said he roBe to support the resolution for two reasons ; the first was , that Mr . Cooper was bis intimate and personal friend ; the second was , that he knew that Mrs . Cooper was in a veiy bad state of health , and this was enough to break poor Cooper ' s heart , _without being prohibited from writing to ber , and hear from her from time to time . Mr . Dixon , in

      wotiug the rasoiulion , bad said tbat Cooper was a rn . n us far _suprrivar to bis persecutors as is the meridian sun to _midnigV darkness . He ( Mr . Mead ) knew that to be _triif- As for Mrs . Cooper , and poor old d 3 meRichards , bo knew ' . but they weTe both in a dying state . Mrs . Cooper was one of the m- st amiable little women be ever saw , ar . d he believed a real Christian ; and as for old Mr K . cbaTds she was very old , quiet a cl ild again , and bed-fast , and in ber old age she must hnve her _paitaer _drasged from her and placed in a prison . The chairman then put the petition to the meeting , whir ! -, v-os carried without a disEe ; : tient Mr . Nuttall then moved , " That the petition , which had just been

      _adopts ! by this meeting , be sent to T . S . Duncombe , E _? q ., for _piewntation in tbe House of Commons . " The RtT . _' _w . V . Jackson , in an _eloquent and feeling speech , seconded xLe metion . whicn was cirried unanimously . Mr . Mtad than _moved , " Tbat . Messrs . Leader and Gis ' b _. rne be _rtqaatted to _sutport the prayer of the petition . " Cnried . Mr . D xon _iU' , Vv . d , " That the petition _bs . <• : -ucd by tha chairman , on behalf ef tbe meeting , and that it be sent forthwith ta . T . S . Duncombe , E .-q . " Carried arm . ecu . Tiie thanks of the meeting werj then Riven to the _tkaitm-n , and the people _separate * after beisg _upwaj-ds of three hours in the hall , which was almost suffocating from the

      numbers present . Lecture- —Mr . C . Dajie lectured on tbe Repeal of ths _Legislate Union , Ja Tuesday evening , in the Chartist room , Brown-strtet . Adjournment into the open air was called for , notwithstanding the rain was coming down in torrents . The numbers continuing t increase , it was thought advisable tir Mr . Dixon to go and address these outside , oud Mr . Doyle to continue j bis lecture inside . Accordingly a table was provided , , and placed on a piece of waste land behind the pre- j _mises , where Mt . Dixon addressed them for upwards of an hour , in tbe midst of a pelting rain , until betfa the ; speaker and the hearers were wet to the akin . The meeting broke up about ten o'clock , with three cheers for Repeal , three cheers for the Charter , and three for union . I SHERIFF HIM . —Mr . William Bees ley delivered a lecture at this place on Wednesday eTeuing week .

      LETHAM ( Forfarshire . )—On the evening of Monday , Uie 22 nd inst _., a public meeting was conTened in cur Tcwn-bali , for tbe _purposs of again raising Chartism , when Mr . Abram Duncan , from Arbroath , lecture i on the state of the country .

      Bostom. -On Thursday Last, A Meeting -Wa...

      SHEFFIELD . —Repeal and the Charter . — Tha mot-ting announced in last Saturday ' s _Siar , comj _mencod at six on Sunday evening , in the Fig Tree-1 lane Room , which was deneoly crowded before seven _; o ' clock . r _» ir . Clayton presided , and Mr . Edwin Gill ! read the newa from Ireland , received that eTenin _i ? i in the Nation . The reports of the Cork and Tippoj rary demonstrations were hailed with enthusiasm , ! while the soul-stirring articles of the writers of that | paper were listened to with breathless _interest , i broken only by loud plaudits of approbation . Mr . 1 _Brtggs next read the leading article of last Saturi day ' s Star , and while the " Saxons" had cheered the Nation , the " _MiUesianB" present were not less hearty in applauding the sentiments of the "Editor of i tho Star . Julian Harney read the letter of "Veri-[ _tas" to the Duke of Wellington , and after speaking | at some _length on tho subjects road to tho meeting , I _concluded by _proiosinn the following resolution for j adoption— ' That this meeting hails with _ctuhu _.-d-, asm tho _triumphant profjresi of the _agitation j jn Ire ' and for the repeal of the Legisla-: tive Union ; and this meeting calls with 1 heart and _voico on their fellow-countrymen to _sivze i upon tho __ present , opportunity to renew with rej doubled vigour the mora ) , _kgal _, and constitutional , _s-. _ruggV for the obtainrnent of the Charter , and ! there Ly fr _« e themsrlves from the curses of oligarchial ! _oppression , and establish ivstead the blessings of just I and national goviri _. _mei , * . " Mr . Evinson seconded j tho _resolution in a brief but excellent _uppech , Tho j resolution was unanimously adopted . The Chartist j National Anthem was then sung , and the meeting ! dissolved .

      i \ The _Repealvus and the " Northern Star . "I At the close oi tho above meeting , Mr . Julian I Harney accompanied by a number of friends _procr-eded to the _meeting of the Repeal Association . ; Tht < y were greeted with warm applause on their I entrance . Silence being obtained , Mr . Flannagan 1 moTed , * ' That the thanks of the Irish Repealers j were due , and were by that meeting gratefully awarded to the conductors of the Northern Star , for ! their _moport of the _Repeal eausr _* , and their _cousisteHt and long-continued advocacy of the rights of ] _opprcs _?' d Ireland" —( ch _' _-crs ) . The resolution was i seconded and carried by _acclamation . Mr . Julian , Harney returned thanks for Mr . O'Connor and I Mr . lli )] , tho proprietor and editor of th .. |

      Nor : hern Star , and after an address of some length ' concluded by tendering his _shilling as a Repealer . ' "I would , " said Mr . Julian Harney , " that , my means permitted mo to _fc ivo you twenty _shil-1 lings instead of om- ; but , as it i-, I give my mite . If you think that my name as a Chartist agitator , not ; altogether unknown , is likely to do you any injury 1 then take my mite , but not . my name ; but if my ¦ nanio and personal labours will be of any service to - you , then take both , and my mite , too '—( cheers ) . Mr . H . was then enrolled , and Mr . Flannagan moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr . 11 . as the 7 _firat Englishman aud Charii-t who , in Sheffield , had jmned their ranks . Messrs . Gill , Royston , Evinson , ; _Rriggs , and Clayton addressed tho meeting , and a : vote of thanks was given them for their attendance , aud services . Tho meeting then adjourned .

      Case ok Cooper and Richards . —A public meetii ! i . ' as _announced in the Star of last week , and hy public placard , was held on Monday evening last , ia Paradise-square . Shortly after six o ' clock , Mr . liri _^ s w as called lo the chair , and iu a brief adJn . 'S _opened tho _btiMiief _* . Ho concluded by calling on Mr- Gill to move the peti iou . Mr . Edwin Gill _uddresbcd the meeting at great length in a truly exc . il . nt sp _^ ch , and concluded __ by proposing a pcitiou in _accordance with _tbw _object for winch the rri ' . t _' . a a' had _asscmbleo . Mr . llarrity briefly _r- _' -coi . ded the petition , which wa 3 adopted _unaiiitufii _.- ' . On tho motion of Mi " . Harney , the petition w _i- _t'ldirad tube sent to Mr . Duncombo ior _preseutalio . , after which tno meeung broke up .

      Ihf Irish Arsis Bill . —Shortly after _saven oVh k , the second meeting in Paradise-square , comm < _- .. ced by the appoinment of Mr . George Erinsot , as chairman . Tno Chairman read the placard f »! linu' the meeting , and made a few appropriate rei . arks . Mr . Julian Harney , who was received with applauso , also addressed tho meeting at great Ui " -. v . i , nud concluded by moving tho adoption of a petition _against the bill . Mr . Briggs seconded tho motion ; and it was ably supported by Mr . Edwin Gill . Tne Chairman put tho question when tho peikiuti was adopted _unatiiuioualy , followed by three rounds of applause . It was resolved that copies of the V' _• i ' _. _io'A _i-Uould bo sent to Lord Clanricarctc and Mi . liuucoiubu for _prVsciittition to both Hoe . sr .-s ot Pa ; . ; iniLnt . A vote of thanks to tho Chairman aiai _iSv' _.-o hi ' art-stirriag cheers for "Repeal and lr . iai ! a . na'icn , " and " three for " the Charter and Kngia ; ,. . . Y . 'c ; " closed the proceedings .

      NOT ' _tiNGBAM- The Chartists here met at the ' Dcmocra'ic _Chaptl , on Sunday morning , when it j was rt _^ olvi . _i that Mr . T . Clark , of Stockport , bo ' . _reqarrtfd to _iiivc an address in tho Democratic Chap '; , Rice l \ aco , on Monday evening , June the 12 ih , u _: io : i the sulj-ct of the Repeal of tho Irish , Legi .-i . nivc Union ; : _nid also that a delegate _mceti inn bo . _I . v . _'d on -Sunday morning , Juno 4 th , in the Democrati . ' _Ch'ipri . Tho various localities iu Not-| tinghum are _rtepiested to appoint persons to attend . i as bm ;' ni - > of a very important nature will bo laid | before thin . \ The _CuahtisTs meeting at _tbu sign of the Ftargus i O'Conutr , have voted : fivo _shillings fur Mrs . Cooper , 1 which has been forwarded to her by the treasurer , of that loca ! itv .

      KETT £ KiNGr — \ _spirited meeting was held m , ' this town , on Tuesday la « t , to petition Parliament ' on behalf ot Mr . Tnomas Cooper . Mr . William i Whituig was c :-iiact to the chair . Mr . Thomas Pari _nsh moved , and Mr . Edward Jenkinson seconded , i tho following resolution— ' That in tho opinion oi ! this meeting , the treatment of Mr . Thomas Cooper , ! in Stafford _Giol , is cruel aad tyrannical , and at . variaucc with every piinciple of justice . " Carried _unanimously . Mr . John Wilmot moved tho adop-[ tion of a petition , in a it n « _ti . y speech , in which he ably defended Mr . _Cuopiia _iVir . MattbiaB Wallis { _secanded the petition , 'ilio petition waa carried J unanimously , and . ufitr a vote of thanks to the chairman , and a _« ood _number signicg the petition , j the meeting separated .

      Subscriptions Received Ey Mil. Cleave. G...

      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED EY Mil . CLEAVE . GENERAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FL'ND . _£ S . d . Previously acknowledged oi } _' 2 11 _lljj Proceeds of _raffl-3 of portrait of M'Doual , presented by Mr . Young , _Ncwcast ' eupon-Tyae .. « 1 6 ° Rochdale 1 3 _<> A few Hatters , Rochdale J 0 6 0 ' Mr . Tanon 0 10 Mr . _Nnbbs 0 1 « Collciion , Carpenters' Hall , Manchester 2 7 7 A few fHftiau cutters , ditto 0 o U A fi-iem _' , ditto ... <> 1 0 Wisbeach , per Anderton 0 5 0 Friends , . _Yl-s-rs . Fisher ' s works ,

      Radfor . i 0 3 9 Great bridge , Dudley 0 5 0 Ma- Booth , ditto 0 1 10 Tip . en „ ¦ ... 0 4 b ' Mi . _Duffinhl , ditto 0 0 ( i Hot- ! ey Hill - > - 0 10 0 Rochea-ter and Strood 0 4 0 Tongr . vail Flannel Manufactory , _Glamorganshire ... 0 5 ( i Stockport 1 0 ti Na _^ ' _s _lltaiii , _iMan . -fi . ld-road , Nottingham 1 0 ( I _Hal-ihawmsor 0 5 0 '

      aiielston and Bjythorpe . 0 10 0 Uiverton 0 7 < i Col iecion at camp meeting , Hyde ... 0 7 0 Penritu , per Arthur , of Carlisle 0 2 c , Wiizsn 0 14 ( l Lambluj ' , Notts 0 11 0 Collection in room , Oldham 0 -8 71 Ditto , ditto 0 8 ( i Subscription books , ditto 0 12 D _% Waterhead mill , ditto 0 10 1 Messrs . Crow _ttnd Tyrell , Leicester , ( sale

      of _beverage , by Mr . Cleave ) 14 0 ? Messrs . Stubbs and Barrow , Knutsford 0 1 10 Belper 0 4 0

      £ 518 I llf * Two shillings was sent by Messrs . S . and B . but they very foolishly affixed an old postage stamp to their letter , and double postage was , therefore , charged . FOR MR . M ' DOUALL . Previously acknowledged 33 2 4 j Leeds , per Mr . W . Brook J 9 0 Mr . Bell 0 10 £ U 12 4 * FOR MR . COOPER . Tipton , per Mr . Duffell 0 3 8

      Subscriptions Received Ey Mil. Cleave. G...

      LOUGHBOROUGH . —On Monday evening , a public meeting was held in the . Market-place , Mr . Payne in the chair . Two _petitions were a »* ¦ _** _-i :. \ one for the proper treatment of _Messrs . _CooDor , Richards , and Capper , tho other' aaainst tho Irish Arms Bill , and for the Repeal of the _Uhjor . They were adopted unanimously . Mr . Skevtngton spoke to both of them , to the satisfaction of a _numerous assembly . Thoy were forwarded to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for presentation . On Tuksday Evening the Chartists met at the roota , at tho Charter Hotel , when it was agreed that in future the meetiiig on tho Monday evenings should bo held at that place , and . ach evening it . should be announced on what , evening in the week tho meeting should be h 11 J in tho Marketplace .

      STAFFORD . —A public meeting was held on Monday evening , at the _Temperance Coffei .-Roon ..- ' , in this town . Mr . Fisher _wai called to the chair . . Mo _.-srs . Wheeler , _Paikes , Sheffield , and Arthur , of ; Carlisle , addressed the audience at considerable j length ; and the apathy in which this town has been lately plunged was in a great- degree removed .. Votes of thanks were _unanimously given to the above gentlemen , and likewise to the chairman . Barnsbury Park—A meeting of this locality was held on Sunday evening , when 3 i . b'd . was collected for the Victim and Defence Fund , nad in . Ii . in aid of Gtorgo White . A lecture v . _il-1 bo delivered at _thib _placo on Sunday _evouiui ; .

      ROYSTON ( Herts . )—Mr . Brown came into this town last week to give a lecture on Chartism ; out of his proceeding arose matter for 'i s ? _u-sicn , which was appointed to take place the _fcliowing evening . During the progress of the secoiii lecture , many annoyances were caused by ungentle manly interruptions from tho young men of broad cloth , _whi _^ h caused tho dissolution of the meot _. _ing ; which interruption has caused such an enquiry _aiout Charti-n . that should Mr . Brown or any other able lecturer _corae this way , he will be received . BULLWELt . —Mr . Wm . Lilly , of-Nottingham , delivered a lecture on Bullwell Forest , on Sunday evening last , upon tho subject of thu wrongs of Ireland ; at the conclusion of which it wa _^ resolved , that a public meeting be heid at tho suno time and place , on Whit-Monday , to adopt a _petition iu aid of the Repeal of the _Utiiou .

      TODMOHDBN .-Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , lectured hereon on Tuesday night and cave ntvz , l satisfaction . At tho conclusion , a _rollwtiou wa 3 made , amounting to £ 1 16 s . 8 _» l . for Dr . M'Douall . PRESTON . —Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , lectured hero for four evenings in succession to delighted audiences , and at the clwseof the _la _^ t _lecture the full-wing resolution was _agreed to . — " Tbat we , tbe inht > . bitaats of Prtston hero assembled , do decbre that vvt ) most heartily _sympathize with emr Irish fellow countrymen in their struggle for Repeal ; and earnestly hope that the day is not distant when they will enjoy the iaestfmable privilege o _. _governing themaelves , not Hko the _people of _Eiiglaiid , in name only , but in _renlity .

      BRADFOHD . —On Sunday the members of thn council met in their room , Butterworth's-buildings , Mr . Clarko in the chair ; Mr . Bishop paid in 5 ,. the balance of his account as delegate ; Gocdman .--end , per Ty tier , 2 s , G ' . l ; Caiitral Chartists , 7- 7 u . ; Manningham , by Wm . Idson , fdr the defence . * Tha following resolutions were unanimously carried : — " That a public meeting bo held on Whit-Mouday , at one o ' clock at noon , to petition Parliament on behalf of Messrs . Cooper , Richard .. , and Capper . "" That a petition against the Irish Arms Bill be

      proposed at the meeting on Whit-Monday . " " That we use our utmost exertions on behalf of the Repeal of the Union between England and Ireland , as wc believe it but justice that the people of Ireland should be governed by laws made only by the King , Lords , and Commons of Irelanel , in Parliament assembled in that country . " " That eaeh locality do bring to the treasurer , by Sunday , their share of contribution now due , aud also the amount of defence money iD the various localities , as the defence money is to be sent off immediately . "

      * No bum mentioned here . On Sunday Evknino a lecture was delivered in _Butterworth ' _s-builiiinga , on tbe fallacy of th © assertions that Ireland as a nation exists only by the Union . The chairman announced a lecture on the land for the following Sunday , to commence at seven < a ' clock . On Monday tho members of the Repeal of the Union met at the White House . Brcadstoiies , when a largo sum was paid iu by the war dans as the week ' s collection . Great excitement and hVamcss seemed to prevail in the speeches and reeoiu : ians , passed at tho mee ing . _Cuaduhkn , _ni : ar _CuTHEnoE . — On S'inday , Mr . Thos . lobotson , of Bradford , pr ¦ ached here . He _j . _"ivi ! the greatest satisfaction , an : at the close a collection was made for this victim- ; of class _ursrulc

      M . _ANCHK 5 . TKR . —Oil Wednesday evening last , . Mr D . Ross delivered his last of a course of lectures on Elocution ; the proceeds to go t « the funds for buildine a Chartist Hall in _Manchester . Sel _. _ston . —A camp meeting v . as held on Selston Common last Sunday , at two and -ax . For some inie it was rumoured about that , Mr . Cook , the magistrate , would come and _brint ; his foia _^ e and disperse tho meeting , and take the speakers up . At two o ' clock in the afternoon , the " lads" from Sutton and the neighbouring _villagers Mmc up . Mr . John _Osborn- first addressc' tiie _meJRiu in a short speech ; after which Mr . George Ilairison

      of _CiUverton , addressed the lar « e _assem ! lage , and during the time he was speaking , up came Mr . ; Cook , the magistrate , with one of tho blue bottlo men , ou horseback . They went through the crowd , and placed themselves , ono to tic right and the other to the left ef Mr . Harrison . Here they . stood some time , while Mr . Harrison wis showing how I they acted in the _Bastile . Mr . Cook here went to the constable , and said it was not a political sub- i ject , so they both rode _oif _amui- * t tho laughter of ' tho people . We held the meeting as _< ain at six very peaceably . We are doing our best here for Cooper , bv getfc _ng up a petition for him . Wo have also sent _lUi . to e _leuve for tho Dtd ' uiee Fuud .

      New Radford . —On Tuesday , _** . _¦ , had a public meeting litre to petition Parliament for a mitigation of the sentence of _Thoma-i _Coe-per , of Leicester , when strong resolutions and a paitton were udsm- . mously _adeiptcd . Huddersfi . _i . d . — At the me . ' .. _icg at the Asso- ciatiou room , Upperheadrow , va Monday night , it was agreed that the night of meeting should be I changed from Monday to Tut ;< _ia-y . The meeting will consequently be held on Tuesday uext , and i every succeeding Tuesday . Brighton . —At a public mee ! ing held at tho Cap of Liberty , _Pi-uland-strcet , Bri _^ atoti , on Monday evening , on behalf of ! _Mv . Th . ' mas Cooper , a petition to the Hou _. sc ot Gammons wa . unanimously adopted . It wa- fc'nt tn C _^ _tam l ' _i i . ell , M . P ., fot presentation .

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      To The Chartists Of ^' Ll'li: Birmingham...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF _^' _ll'li : BIRMINGHAM MIDLAND COUM'ii .- CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Friends , —You sr .: a ! l doul sa - aware of the _-ent' -uceawarded to buv of >• . •! . iio _- . liur Ch _.-irtists _, Mr . George White , namely _uiy . v _rai . a . i . s imprisonment in the Q , ueen ' . i i'rsou , i ' _-J you ciu .-i be aware that , deprived of iho power ot supporting himself , ho becomes , as a _nei-c _^ ivy eoi . _^^^' . _ience , dependent upon the party who-.- prmcipie . i ; . o advocated , seeing that his lost , ot _uticrty i- tho result of such advocacy . It is at _oia- ; ¦ n ; _.- oi _, -aeivj duiv and the most _soui . a poi . i .. i t > dfi > rivi >

      ptrs _^ _ciuion of iu sting— feM" tin- iirmdi : _derivt-ei from such a cour .. ' . ia two _iold : — _Flr _.- 't , you hohl out a preianim to honesty , aud i i-rntirage men to boldiy -. _a' . i L . aeir _opiaranand _uaHnichiiigly defend them , tv _cv \ . u snow them that they shall no ' , suffer in men f . nporal inter * _--sts by suc n conduct . Stccad , you la .-iroy the elf-act which persecutors ever have in view , namely , to intimidate and ruin their victims . vV . _' _it-iever the _objects of persecuiicu have been _adeeiiau iy _.-tupported , the only parties injured were tho- ' - . van _^ . ught to injure—no surer _cioae of disarming _ryran y or bigotry can _bviiuUipted , than to res-cue" V . _'tic . _ima from its

      _sanguinary grasp . Of G _^ u _rgo White ' s claims to _support f . om the Char , istsof tbo Birmingham di v _. ict , uotinn _^ ne-d be said , for . urely his value to the cause can bo wel ! estimated by all who take an in'e . r .-it in passing events . His claims to tupport inn-it be based upon his honesty and iidelity , auU wher _« those are undisputed notning more should bo asked . I am directed to urge upou all parties the immediate nece * _sity of contributing to the purpose I have named , in order to prevent Mr . Whito losing the privileges and comforts to which his situation entitles him , but of which he may be deprived if notade quate . y supported . On behalf of tho comn . ttee , II . Cu : i . ton , Secretary . Communications to be addressed ; o the Secretary , Mr . White ' s , 38 _Bromsgrove-screv ., _Birmingham .

      The committee will meet on _^ ami . y , Juue 4 : h , at seven o ' clock ia tiio evening ar Ay . Astou-strest Room .

      Address From The Chartist Govs Cillors O...

      ADDRESS FROM THE CHARTIST GOVS CILLORS OF MARYLEBONE TO Tiff

      CHARTISTS OF GREAT-BRITAIN . Brothers in the Cause , —It gives ns heartfelt concern to think of the present disorganised state of our association ; we find all onr energies wasted ia fruitless labour for want of a straightforward plan _, of action ; we have been led to investigate the cause of our present situation , and v ? e consider it to consist chieflv in the want of steady and consistent council . We , therefore , earnestly entreatfour brother Chartists to proceed at one * to the election of a new

      Executive , and let it ( ihe Executive ) be called upon _tosugstpst such anitadments as maybe _necessary in the old plan of organisation , which is all that ; we think it needs , and then instead of keeping our body in an unsettled state of constant agitation and Trouble , lei us _proceed _onco more to agitate the tody politic , of the public . The force of publio opinio ; :, which _t-uoeeoeicdin obtaining the abolition of negro . _-iiivery , cannot , if properly directed , fail in _obwinr . s > the emancipation ot British slaves _. We rotniin , brothers ,

      i ours , in the bonds of _fraternal Love and fidelity in the cause , Sam pel LARe ; B , _Charlts Hutchi . vgs , William Clahk , John Godwin , Wm . _Wont . EDG !; , John Phillips , Ben Woodward , George Whitchurch , James Pakf . ; . Vincent Pares , suL-Se-John W _' . _tkins , cretary , A lfrfd PACKER-Chairman

      The Repeal "War." Where Will It End? Lor...

      THE REPEAL " WAR . " WHERE WILL IT END ? _Lord Ffrench has been _dismissed from the commission of tho pea re— -Daniel O'Connell ar . d eight others keen him company . That is the firs ' , act of coercion . What will follow , for it cannot ' en . 1 there ? Who will be the next martyr , for there must _aspured ' iy be _oth-ra ? The first step has been takenwhen shnll wo _sr-z-. th" last i Tho first blow has botn _s-tijck—who shall ray when tho contest shall _t-. rtr . inaie I The first outrage upon the constitution _i-a j been , pprpntraicd—can ivy hope that this _proceeding will not culminate in an attempt at ua uestruction _* But in this , at least , we feel a

      pridewn are not ! tho perpetrators of that outrage We have not "laid ban- s upon the Ci . u-. utution "—it' is our opponents who have " dared " to do it . We have not violated any lawwe have not infringed any privilege—we have not elane anything of which even our enemies complain » -. bordering upon _illegality . It is thoy _wha have _plntae ! _themselves in tho wrong . Ic is they who huve * not hesitated to violate the _constitution which protects our liberties , our propel lies , and onr lives . Wn owe this violation of our rights and libertie . io our English rulers , and it is most appropriately consummated by our English Chancellor . We could not hope that he would have con-ideration for our grievances—we could not hope tha : ho would to . a-

      rate our efforts to _repress them . He does not lie bv until we shall have violated the y- ace , for that I . e . finds we will not do . Ho does not withhold coa \ -- » cion until we are guilty of illegality , for he sr ¦¦ thai we _Unow the law and will obsowc it . It is the old story of the lamb which destroyed the purity of the _stream unon the wolf , though the wolf drank : iearer Iho source . We are making the stroaai of peace _fliw impurely , says Lord Stigden . Tnat caia _: be , my lord , is our reply , for tho source is above u- , ana i : is only whei that source gets fiithy that its impurity can offend . We canuot , indeed , admit its purity , but it is we who should complain , not you . Your charge cannot be true . Oh , but says the lord , not noble , you purpose mingling impurities with it

      aud therefore to prevent you , i shall demolish ail your liberty of action—I shall stop your powers of riiotion . I shall deprive you of all privilege oi' remedying fho condition in which you find _yourselves involved—because the exercise of your riirht _.-i threaten tl . e immunities which I claim for cy to . autrymen . Well , my lord , you may do this , but wa . a \ ja have _tchieved it , how much nearer are you to thi aceoHipii _.-mcnt of your designs ? How much aru you advanced in the road you would force in to travel ? You have deprived many magetrates oi the commission of tho peace , becauH ; tl ay have expressed their _detcn-iinaiioa to seek for the repeal of an Act of Parliament ,. Y . an . awa ' attempted to degrade them _because their acts have elevated them in the opinion of _ihoii

      _cviiiiuynien . iou havo placed a brand upon i ,. em becan _^ they havo dared to proclaim tba' . r .: . £ to their _allegiance to their _Sovereign , . they . \) v . _- » their country . You havo attempted—you wovili ! no ., my Lord , succeed—to degrade them . You hu . v ; succeeded in _degrading the country whose power- - _vcu wield , and of whose disposition to coerce , yen _nav _.-thusfuvvnehed another indubitable proof . For you do not , my Lord Sugden , pretend that you _ru ' t i . a this _har _^ _h fashion because cf the breach of any law . You do not ohar _^ e the Repeal _meetings as illegal . You do not charge that the expression of opinion by any magistrate in favour of _RepL-al _1- * not legitimately his right . My Lord , you could _h-.: —you dare not do it For jour legal vep ' . ra . _'i . j . ' . you dare nut . You will not _pii-clsim tha . ii ma ... when he accepts the Qiecn ' s comma . iar , iu

      preserve Oie ptace , has _dc-pnvod hiir 1 - _° ! f oi all power e > _i acting fot' his country . You _wwld not assert mat he must forget the obligation- wh : eli he owes tbe land of his birth , because it may _plaait . the whim e > r tho convenience of a minister _[¦ . . _-Jcsirit ? You admit that the Repeal meetings nr- not "illegal . " If would be . strange , iiidead _, if nn English lawyer rhouid proclaim the r li \ , of asssmbiii . . _^ to petition to be illegal ! But you say that th' ; ad mitted legality of thoso _aasembla _^ es "docs n _^ x diminish their inevitable tendency to outrage . '' You do not condescend to tell us why , Lord Sugden . Yau are cunning , shrewd , astute—wc arc unsophisticated , simple , plain ; our minds can , however .

      follow a logical conclusion . We can _understand a deductionfrom a fact . But . we cannot perceive " au inevitable tendon y" to a result of which _wd have the evidence of our senses , and the concurrent testimony of our country into , in contr . aa > r . _Ut , n . Wc know that Repeal meetings havo not _created outrage . We know they have not provuked to violence . We know thct th _^ y have n ot _suggested violent dissensions , it is tiuo that unfortunately violence in one instance followed a meeting for Repeal , but the men who committed it were o . ¦! / anticipating the deeds of the Irish executive ! in attempting to suppress the rights of his fellow-countrymen . Wretched and ignorant , as well as excited and misled , a brother ' s lluod stains his bauds .. But how much is he not in reality less guilty than thoso who , with _eyery obligation to forbear , a ' _ei . ! with the

      most perfect knowledge of the most probuble consequences of their conduct , have not hesitati d to interfere betweeu the Irish people and the _ex |« . a , uu of opinion , andwho proclaim their anxiety to _>! a their fuMle , ineffective best to violate their _constituiiona _^ liberties . But did Lord _Sugdou , in thus depriving a number of gentlemen of the commission of t ' _ne peace _, ever stop to calculate its consequences ' _- . Lord Ffrench has presided at many meetings of hia countrymen . He is trusted by them , honoured by them —ho will be now enthusiastically loved by them . His Lordship ' s sons , in addition to the political c . _nims which this attack will giv . j tham . will concentre _iij themselves , and in turn will _ymid ihe generous sympathies which generous you'h excites . Mr . Boy Ian has many claims upon th _t _.-. t _.-r-i of his countrvnieii—will this diminish their : ? Mr .

      Fitzgerald is too young in life to have at-ai . . _niaijh popularity—this pitiful effort to annoy , at c ; a c -ucures it to him . And Mr . _Somers—O yes , _ti-o men ofS . igo _vill surely dismiss him from their surr . ee because J . > rd Sugden cannot endure Repeal _rs And the O Connells , sou and father !—they aia ? completely hors ( iv combat ! But what will b _« the impression of tha people from this arbitrary act ? They see that iy - A . yyA . y - with them is enough to place him who _m-uut ' eu _' s it under ban— . hat h deprives him not only of

      profit , but of honour . Does that _increase their affection for the air . horities \ They see that men in whom they couth ! e will net bo permitted to dispense justice . L that intended as an incentive to their obedience to the law ? What ia meant by this act ? Is war to be declared against the people I Will the meetings be permitted to continue ! Or is it supp _' .-ed that they shall be ie _^ " dangerous to the _.-nK-ty ¦ - f the state , " wneu they are not attended by _magisn-atos I Is that your Saxon wisdom , my Lord _Sundea ? If your letter has not hat . " complexion , " w . n ' . will it " come to ?"

      And what is meant by telling us that we may not pursue a legal _course because it has been " declared against in Parliament ? " Aro we not to petition , because Sir Robert Peel declares he will not grant what wedetnand ? Is it , meant to be _convoyed that the right to assemble and petition is in this country to depend upon the will of a Prime Minister ' And is that the way the Lord Chancellor of Irelanel interprets the oousitutioni My Lord , beware of what you do . You do not _kiio-. v os . You are incapable of understanding us . You . bcKovo that you cau over ) ower us bv _missivj _. _^ as incorrect and inelegant in construction , as _t-hey are harsh and coercive iu intention . But wc . know the rights the constitution gives us . My Lord , rely upou it that it is unsafe to deprive us of them , either by the dictum of a Chancellor , _orbyineaas raor _* cumbrous , but not more arbitrary . — _Werky I ' .-eaman of Saturday .

      Singular Bequest.—In A Recent Case For C...

      Singular Bequest . —In a recent case for compensation oa the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway , on which occasion Sir W . Follett was _retained for the Company , and Mr . Fitzroy Kelly for the _ddl-nJaa ; Tuck , who claimed upwards of £ 8 , 000 ( or ia . _ad , which _lie Jury returned a verdict for i'i at "* ., Mr . R . H . Gurucy , the banker , stated , on his cr . a-t , _examination by the Solicitor * General , " that he nau never travelled by rail ; that ho was an eiuray to ic ; had opposed tha Norwich Railway ; and had left a , sum of money ia his will to oppose the _txtc-i . i . oi . af railways generally . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_03061843/page/1/