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      To Mt Bbother Chabtists.

      TO MT BBOTHER CHABTISTS .

      Ht Bklotkd Bbqihkrs Am) Fbiemjs,—I Have ...

      Ht bklotkd _Bbqihkrs AM ) _Fbiemjs , —I have been kept _soiiard at work , sines I last wrote to you , that I _ind it impossible to steal time for a letter a part from agitation this week . I intended one for Cobden . I can , however , only ** report progress . " FBIDAT . We had a _glorioas day In Manchester . I was np early , and went before breakfast about two miles to inspect a fine piece of ground that the Manchester wire-workers have taken as a means of supporting { Heir poor _, That 13- the real principle of ** Poor Laws . " On lay return to Manchester , Stevenson ' s Square , and every avenue leading to it , was crammed as early as ten o ' eloek _, to . form in procession to meet oar . * © ten ' Duncombe ; and when the forces .. started , it "was the largest beginning of a procession ever beheld , even in Manchester j but , alas 1 before half- past _^ eleven , the rain fell in torrents , and all were drenched to the skin , However ,

      as Chartists are ** neither sugar nor salt , " tbey Blustered again at half-past two , and filled tht . square . Prom thence we proceeded to the station , at a _quarter-past three , to meet " our sab . " Again the rain fell in torrents ; but not a man left the ranks . Again we proceeded to the Square , and had the Square again full , and another meeting . Mr . Duncombe received the fullreward of his honest services . At night one thousand sat down to tea in Carpenter ' s HalL and another one thousand were disappointed . We had a _l most glorious gathering . We petitioned at each out-door meeting against the Masters and Servants ' . Bill . 3 _fox __ the Ten Honrs" Bill ; for the Charter : and passed a resolution against Lord Eliot ' s _DtsfranemseiRent x > f Ireland Bill .

      SUKDAT . On Sunday , — "the better day the better _4 eedV ' —I addressed the u new-born" Chartists of Xeeds In their splendid hall ; and it was fall of one of the finest audiences I ever beheld . There is no circumstance that gives me so much pleasure as the progress made by my townsmen in the glorious cause . I do not get a better audience in any town in England , than at Leeds ; and all because they have now got a good meeting-room , as good as any jnthe kingdom . O that every town had as good a one . Manchester must look sharp , or Leeds will be on its toes ; it is already on its heels . At Leeds all are for the Ten Hours * Bill , and laugh at the masters' opposition . All are opposed to the Irish _Begistration Bill , and to the Masters ' and Tenants ' Bill ; and 1 need not say that all are for the Charter .

      KOffDAT _. On Monday morning I left Leeds for Manchester , and "Went to Oldham with onr noble friend Roberts . It seemed as if the whole population had assembled to meet ns at the Oldham Station . From thence we proceeded to lay the foundation-stone of the new Democratic College , The thing was a mile and a ialf long ; not of a j > rocession , aur of a aroriss _auss . It was a glorious demonstration of " WE aK AKD CONTEMPTIBLE CHARTISM . " Yon will see a report of the proceedings , which were most cheering . The new Hall , of which I laid the foundation-stone , will , at six to a square yard , accommodate 3 _^ 00 persons . Is not that " WEAK and

      CONTEMPTIBLE" * Oldham will return a Chartist Member next election . Mr . Fielden has lost much popularity by joining Stnrge in his abuse of the Chartists ; and should he attempt to nominate or dictate , lie loses his own seat . Oldham is in a £ ne position . The " shams" want to force the gallant General Johnson to resign , as he is too independent , in the hope of shoving some M political _ixdlar" in his place ; but I trust the good and faithful old Chartists will not gratify them with a chance of making fools of themselves . In Oldham they are all for the Ten Honrs' BQl , and against the Irish Registration Bill and the Masters' and Servants'BilL

      TUESDAY , On Tuesday we had a glorious meeting at Stockport , but JLotST Dick did not attend , and only one of his friends , a mad publican , was mad enough to take np cudgels for him . Here also all ar e for a Ten H ours ' Bill , and are against the Irish Registration Bill , and the Masters and Servants' BilL Cobdenis very unpopular in Stocknort , especially with the "LOUSY IRISH / 1 as he so lovingly calls them .

      WEDNESDAY . To-night I go to Bury . On IH » 2 SI > AT I have to be at Rochdale : and on

      SCSDAT I shall devote the whole day to Groeott _' s Chartist School , at Carpenter ' s Hall , —a glorious establishment—a great intellectual hot-bed . 1 trust that all who love knowledge will bring a trifle to aid in the undertaking . In the evening 1 shall address the meeting in "the Ball , when I wSl make a subscription to bring _M'Doeall back . On that occasion 1 . shall enter fully into the question of the Irish Registration BiD . I select that question now , as it is the most important tine ever yet submitted to the people of both countries .

      The "Whig Reform Bill was unimportant compared with this new Tory Reform Bill . For God's sake let us not be caught napping . We must have no difference with the opponents of this measure , or with the supporters of the Ten Hour Bill . This Tory Befonn BiB proposes a permanent mischief ; one Which we never could undo . The Enghsh press will not understand it ; the _Kngliah and the Irish people must . Don ' t stop for one moment to consider whether tie Whigs must eome in if the Tories go ont . Never mind that ; but think that if the Tories carry this bill , ion sever can jut ism onr ! How mark me , Englishmen : if this bill be carried you may immediately make np your minds to become willing slaves . Every one most join in petitioning against thi 3 Tory Reform Bill ; and surely , when I am opposed to sny old _tatjtAsrfRS , I must _consider it a bad measure . No time must be lost . This Bill must be strangled by

      public opinion . The Convention will doubtless petition against it ; and _wfll probably call a public meeting next week , in Stevenson ' s-square , on behalf of Ireland , and to petition against it . Never mind , that O'Connell is against it ; and that the Whigs are against is . Remember that our opposition only goes to ihe _OBSTRrcnos of evil , and not to _rrsz obstruct ! or ? or coon . London ought to call a meeting for the 22 nd , to petition against it—an outdoor meeting ; 1 , for one , will _attena it . All our speeches at those meetings should be mild , but forcible and convincing . Scotland should be np ; and every village , town , and city in the kingdom should petition , and call npon her Majesty to dis * miss those ministers who have so nnblushrngly and presumptuously transformed her promised boon into an act of the grossest opposition . Resist thb Bill ; and don ' t forget your vAves and little children at the g » _ma Lime—TEN HOURS FOR

      THEM . Ever jour faithful friend . Feargtjs _O'CONNOS .

      The Sheffield Chartists Axd Mr. H. G. Wa...

      THE SHEFFIELD CHARTISTS _AXD MR . H . G . WARD , M . P .

      To Tstk Editor Ot Ths Northern 5tabsra,—...

      TO _TSTK EDITOR OT THS NORTHERN 5 _TABSra , —The Sheffield Chartists having written to Mr . Ward , the Member for Sheffield , asking f or an explanation of certain passages in a speech of his , reported in the Sun newspaper of March 23 rd , and as that gentleman has thought proper to publish tbat letter and _hisjgply in the Weekly Chronicle and thB Shrffteld Independent , and as the latter is evidently a one-sided statement of the question at issue , may "we request that yon will give the published correspondence , with our reply , a place in the columns of yonr widely-circulated journal ! We remain , in the cause of truth , Yours , respectfully , The Sheffield Chabtists .

      ko . 1 . 45 , Silver-street , Sheffield , March 27 , 1844 . Sis , —At a numerous meeting of the Members of ; the Sheffield National Charter Association , held in ! their room , Fig Tree-lane , the Debate on the Fac- j lory Bui was brought under notice , when yonr i speeches , and vote , met with universal condemnation , ? particularly your speech on Friday , the 22 ad , as reported iu the Sun Newspaper of Saturday , the * 23 rd March . The following resolution was passed : nnanimously : — j

      "That , having heard the speech of our Member < we cannot say Representative ) , H . G . Ward , Esq _^ particularly that port alluding to the Chartists and th _& Chartist press , we deem it onr duty to correspond frith that gentleman , to ascertain if he is correctly reported , and , if so , to ask for an explanation , why le should gratuitously insult , in his place in _Parliament , a large proportion of the working classes , including a considerable portion of his own constituents . ; and likewise to ex press our decided disapprobation of the vote he gave on tbat occasion . "

      The following , Sir , are the words alluded 10 ; after Baying that the eondnct of the Lord Howickhad given _aureat "impulse" to the Chartist movement , the Sun reports i M He believed that all the theories which he bad heard in the course of this debate had been previously advocated in the Chartist press , and at those meetings at which Mr . Oastler and his _Jariy attended , -he regretted that tbe respectable names whieh were to be found amongst the leaders of the party to which be was attached had lent their auction to those _doctrines , which he had often heard

      before , but never before from men who were not too _tirnenlcnB to be seriously attended to ? ' w e wish to _* now _, Sir , whether the Chartist body , who seek for jrotection for their labour , are " too ridiculous to be seriously attended to" ! and we wish to state that , if _* ae principle of " protection" be a sound one , its _advocacy in the * Chartist press ** would not make it _fckej and if the principle of ** non-protection" be an _sasonnd one , its advocacy in the - _** . Leagne' press * oul 4 not make it true . .. _^ Hoping you will answer this at your earliest con'euenee , - . - - -- ' I remain , nn behalf of the Association , "With _jseatrespect , jour obedient servant , _^ John _Wbst . H _59 . _'W & ra , _Esgn _M . P

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      N . B . We wish , also , to know what class of workmen contend for working only four , two , or one hour per day !

      ko . n . Sib , —I expected the admonition , of which I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt ; for though it is always most gratifying to me to find myself npon good terms . with the National Charter Association , of Fig Tree-lane , we differ too widely on many important points , for our treaties of peace and amity ever to last long . In the present instance , yon have done me some injustice ; for , to the best of my recollection and belief , I applied the term " ridiculous" to doctrines

      not to men . The word waB ill-chosen .. It escaped me in the heat of debate . But if I owe an apology for it to any one , it wonld be , not to the Working Classes as a body , —for I sympathise with them too sincerely , and have too just an idea of their value , to speak lightly even of their mistakes—but to my own Whig friends , Lord John Russell , and Lord Howick , of whom I said " that I regretted to see them lending the sanction of their respected , political , names to theories , which , when brought forward by Mr . _Feargns O'Connor and Mr . Oastler , had been looked upon as too ridiculous to be seriously discussed . "

      \ I believe these to have been my very words . That you should dislike them , I _xjuite understand . Bnt you must , at least , do me tbe justice to allow , that I have never used stronger language " in my place in Parliament , " when speaking of the plans of your leaders , than I have done in Paradise Square , where I have always told you that 1 regarded them as wild and impracticable , but , above all , as calculated to inflict irreparable injury on yourselves . If I _thongbt that I could _fbotect" labour by Act of Parliament—using the word in jour own Bensethat I conld restrict production , without reducing the demand for labonr , and consequently the value

      of labonr , which wages represent , I wonld , as I said the other night , join heart and hand with Mr . Ferxand and Mr . Fielden , in support of an Eight Hours' Bill . Upon all moral and social grounds , eight hours of work are better than ten , just as ten hours are better than twelve ; nor do I see upon what principle such inestimable boons as increased leisure , improved education , and invigorated health , supposing tbem to be within our reach , are to be confined to tbe factory districts , when I know that four-fifths of my own constituents are much harder worked , and infinitely worse paid , than those employed in that particular branch of industry which Lord Ashley proposes to protect .

      Bnt it is my firm and unalterable belief , that he cannot protect any body ; and that any Legislative -attempt to alter the relations between Capital and Labonr in this country can only do harm . Tbey must be left to find their own level . I know that this is not the Chartist creed . You say that , by limiting production , the value of labour may be sustained and even enhanced , because there will be more purchasers for fewer goods , and the manufacturer , getting a higher price npon a smaller quantity , will be able still to pay the same wages to his men . It was to this that I alluded when I said that the argument of the operatives went far beyond a Ten Hours' B 01 ; for if it hold good with regard to ten hours , it will hold good equally with regard to eight , —or fonr , —or two , —or even one;—as was admitted by the witnesses examined before the Factory Commission in 1834 , whose evidence , quoted by Mr . Warburtoa , as well as by me , you do not seem to have seen .

      One of them said , " Bringing down the hours of labonr to ten will rather raise wages than lower them . " " It would continue in the same way , if work was brought down to eight hours . " u I think ii would hold all through , if you brought it down to oss hour . " ** The shorter time a man workt , the more he will gel for his labour , in proportion . " _ _, You forget two tbiBgs in this;—first , that Cheapness is the condition of extended sale , even at home ;—and secondly , that supposing we could establish a standard of price here , independent of the natural laws of Demand and Supply , in the Foreign Markets , to which we export £ 35 , 000 , 000 of manufactured goods annaally , we can never hope

      to maintain onr ground by any other means than superior cheapness— -the fruit of superior skill . There was no other reason for the virtual monopoly that we once enjoyed in many markets that we have now lost ; and if , at this critical time , when we are pressed on all sides by rivals almost as ingenious and industrious as ourselves , the operatives of England , in lieu of seconding the masters in their endeavour to improve and simplify the process of production , were unhappily to succeed in inducing the . legislature to hamper it by fresh restrictions , they wonld throw a decided preponderance into the scale of their opponents , and would live to learn too late the fatal character of their own mistake .

      For instead of new mills being bnilt , and fresh labonr required , the hands now employed in the foreign market would be thrown into tho home market . Wages iu every branch of industry would fall to the lowest level , because the more there aTe to share in a given quantity , the less must be the share of each ; and instead of that high scale of comfdrt which the well-employed operatives in the factory districts still enjoy , they would be driven to compete with you in a frantio struggle for bread . Snch are my convictions . Snch are the justification of my recent vote , and of the course which I shall take in the discussions on Lord Ashley ' s Bill . The principles , to which I appeal , are not " unsound " because denounced by the Chartist _PresB , or _* sound " because advocated by the Leagne , or by me . They

      sues , true or untrue , as tested by experience and feels , to which alone reasonable men appeal . But , believing as I do , that Lord Ashley ' s theories are founded upon the most narrow and superficial view of these tacts , —that the Commercial question , which he refuses to touch , is , in reality , the whole question , —and that without the clearest possible perception ofthe consequences of what he is doing , no man has a right to hazard so tremendous an experiment , or to encourage the delusive expectations , which your own correspondence with me proves that the very idea of its being seriously entertained by the Legislature _haB given rise to , —I must decline holding out the slightest expectation that 1 can so ill discharge my dnty to yon as your " Member " , —your " Representative , " you say 1 am not , —as to assist you in realizing your present schemes _.

      I have now merely to remind you that I have no personal interest whatever to bias me upon this question , to which I have given the most anxious consideration , because it affects you . I have read much about it , —heard much—and seen something ; and I affirm , withont any reserve that , with the single exception of the evidence given before Mr . Sadler's one-sided Gommittee , in 1833 , evidence so notoriously prejudiced and partial , so unscrupulous in its assertions , and so untrustworthy in its facts , that nobody now ventures to appeal to it , the result of every inquiry since made , whether by the

      Government Commission in 1834 , or by private individuals , like Dr . Cooke Taylor , or by the Factory Inspectors in their annual reports , proves , that making due allowance for those evils which seem inseparable from the social state , and which may be traced in thi 3 country more especially to the want of proper bnilding regulations in great towns , the labourer employed in factories _esjoys advantages possessed by no other class ofthe working population of England , a higher standard of remuneration , more regular employment , and a kind of work so light in earlier years , as to be compatible with the highest health .

      I only wish that I could see every intelligent operative in Sheffield in possession of the wages paid habitually in the establishments of Mr . Ashworih or Mr . Gregg , ranging from £ 50 to £ 70 , £ 90 , £ 109 , £ 143 , and £ 170 per family . Yon would view the matter then in a very different light , if Parliament were invited to tamper with a system producing such results , by gentlemen , who , like Lord Ashley , and many of his supporters , are exquisitely sensible to _^ _svils , which they think they can remedy at other people ' s expence , but blind to the fact , tbat they are themselves helping to produce those evils by laws which stint the general supply of food for the benefit of their own particular class ; for who can doubt that _^ in a country where the population is increasing at the rate of 1 , 000 a day the struggle for food is the primary cause of everything that is termed " overwork I "

      For these reasons , Gentlemen , I must repeat that , however sincerely I may regret this difference with you , you must not expect my aid in killing the goose with the golden eggs . 1 like popularity as well as any man , but I like truth better ; and unless you can prove my facts to be untrue , which Id © not helievei I shall prefer your permanent interests to yonr present applause , and vote against any further interference with adult labonr on the partpf Parlia ment , "believing that the working classes are mnch better judges of their own affairs than Lord Ashley or Mr . Charles Duller ; and tbat the question is one with which the House of Commons , as a body easily biassed by party , or personal feelings , and totally ignorant of practical details , is _pre-eminently nnfit to deal . I remain , Gentlemen , Your very faithful and obedient servant , H , G . _Wa-an .

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      LETTER III . 49 , Silver-street , Sheffield , April 9 th , 1844 . Sir , —On behalf of the Sheffield National Charter Asbociation I have to acknowledge the receipt of yonr communication , of the 2 nd instant , in reply to mine of the 27 th March , and I am instructed to forward you this tbeir reply , which has also been unanimously adopted at a publio meeting of the Inhabitants , convened by advertisement , and held this day , April 9 th . Wo are not conscious of having done you any " injustice "—at least snch was not intended—by inquiring if you were *' . correctly" reported : as

      that report admitted of no other construction but that you had applied tbe term " ridiculous" to " men" and not to " doctrines . " HoweveT , as you have disclaimed the application , and admit the word was " ill chosen , " and * ' escaped you in the heat of debate , " and further invite us to " prove your _faots untrue , " we cheerfully accept your explanation , and as cheerfully attend to your invitation ; although from the _decided tone that pervades your letter , we fear you have drank too deeply at the fountain of " Maltbusianism , " to allow us to entertain any great hope that the plain common _sent > e of working-men will make any lasting impression npon you .

      We think you are mistaken as to the " sense" in which we use the word " protection , " as applied to a Ten Hours' Bill . We do not believe that " production" regulates " demand . '' Nor do we believe that _restricting production wonld " lessen" the " demand for labour . " We hold that increased demand calls forth increased production ; not that _increased production produces increased demand . But the principle involved in a Ten Hours' Bill is _regulation , the great and main spring of social order .

      Not to restrict production , but to give more extended and uniform employment ; to restrain undue speculation ; to give to the honest trader a fair protection against his unprincipled and avaricious neighbour ; to prevent monthly gushes of _"Faosfzritt" and yearly u oluts' and " fanics , " with their consequent depreciation of labour and reduction of wages , which the present system compels us painfully to experience ourselves , and to witness in every department of manufacturing industry .

      That such _regulation would not " restnot production , " we infer from "facta and experience , to which alone reasonable men appeal . " In 1819 , when Sir Robert Peel ' s Act reduced the hours of labour to seventy-two hours a week , the consumption of cotton was 1 , 000 , 000 lbs . In 1131 , when the hours of labour were reduced to sixty-nine , it was 262 , 000 , 000 lbs . In 1833 , when the hours of labour of children under thirteen years of age were reduced to fortyeight , the consumption was 287 , 000 , 000 lbs . In 1840 it was 458 , 000 , 000 lbs , ; and we believe has since gone on increasing . It is said that ** like causes produce like effects f and we think the axiom will hold good in this case .

      As to the reduction of wages , if your own statement as to the "high standard of remuneration " be correct , it is a sufficient answer to that part of the question , without our having to enter into details . Hours of labour have been lessened : according to you , wages continue high . We hold " regolaton" to be necessary , —though we believe demand and supply to be the natural laws that regulate trade , —because we have now amongst us two kinds of supply , or _productive power ; the one " natural , " the other "artificial . " The " natural , " which is manual labour , is a consuming as well as a producing power , and is thus self regulated . The " artificial , " which is chemical and mechanical , is a producing , but not a consuming power and _DUIASDS _REOULATlOH _, "

      In 1792 , the population was 15 . 000 . 000 Manual labour , kairlt men 3 , 750 . 000 Estimated mechanical and scientific _newer ., 11 , 250 , 000

      Total productive power 15 , 000 , 000 Population and the productive power , being as one to one . In 1840 , the population wa ? 27 , 000 , 000 Manual labonr including WOMEN and CHILDREN . " 9 , 000 , 000 Estimated mechanical and scientific power , according to high authority . 600 , 000 , 000

      Total 609 , 000 , 000 Population and the productive power being as twenty-two to one . This , Sir , we think , _callslondly f or " regulation . " To regulate may not be in accordance with the principles of u Political Economy ; " but we think it is common sense , to the dictates of whioh , if the Legislature were to paj a little more attention , it would be all the better for all parties concerned . One of your objections to Lord Ashley ' s Bill is because you think the Sheffield artizaaa should enjoy the same advantages as the factory operative . Permit us to quiet your alarms on that head . The Sheffield artizans , being less depevdant on the large Capitaliststhan the poor toil-worn Factory slave , have

      done that tor themselves which the legislature has too long neglected and refused to do . They are now " regulating production" in the various branches of the Sheffield trade . Some are working ten hours , some eight , and some six ! ss they find it necessary . You justly _j ? ay "they are the best judges of their own affairs . " They find the system to work well for ifum . The middle classes , too , experience the benefits . The paupers are being taken from the parish , and are gelling their share of employment . The Colliers , too , in large bodies , are demonstrating the soundness of tho principle of * regulating" production . Other trades are following the example , with similar beneficial results . Why will you therefore , Sir , shut your eyes to these

      "facts , " and refuse to learn wisdom from those whom you acknowledge to be the " best judges of their own affairs" that you may speculate upon what are called " Logical Theorems" and " Political Axioms . " You say you believe "Lord Ashley cannot protect ) any body ; and that capital and labour should he left to find their own level . " It has long been onr opinion , that there can be no permanent "protection" for the working man , until he is enfranchised . 'Tis true Lord Ashley does not offer to give him the vote ; nor . do you , Sir . But there is this difference between ye : his Lordship takes a step in the right direotion _, by restraining , in a degree _^ the inroads that

      grinding capital has made , and is still making , upon the rights of labour ; while you would leave them to find their " own level . " We have long been at a loss , to know , what is the _^ level" that capital will assign to labour . For years has it been the hope of the poor toil-worn slaves , that they had got to the lowest" level '" "We can't be worse than we are , " was the melancholy reflection . Delusive hope 1 Each succeeding year , has' convinced them , that in tbe " lowest deep" there was a deeper still . Capital was not sufficiently gorged—and unprotected labour was compelled again te suffer . In your next communication , Sir , perhaps you will be kind enough to inform us , what IS the "Level" Capital will assign to Labour ..

      Your straining of-the argument down to working " one soon per day , " is totally leaving out of the question , the principle involved , — " regulation : " for with equal justice might we urge that if twelve hours labour are better , in a commercial point of view" than ten , —so are twenty-three better than twelve ! a mode of argument which all sensible men would justly consider " too ridiculous to be seriously entertained" ! On all moral and sooial grounds , you admit the argument is on our side . What then are your objections ! What is the " commercial" ground , which you say "is , in fact , the whole question" and " which Lerd Ashley refuses

      to touch . " As . we , however , have no qualms on the matter , we freely join issue with you on thai part ofthe question . We . cannot boast _ofhigft educational attainments ; but we believe " truth is powerful , and will prevail . " You say " cheapness is the condition of extended sale "; [ extended speculation we think would express it betterl ; " and that we can never hope to maintain , par ground rn foreign markets by any other means than superior cheapness , the fruit of superior skill "; " that there was no other reason for the virtual monopoly titat we once enjoyed in many markets that we now have lost . " We _thinathere were « therreasons . During

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      the continental war , England enjoyed all the advantages of peace . ' There was no devastating army marching through her land ; no insecurity for the investment of capital ; no burning or sacking of towns ; no let or hindrance to her manufacturing pursuits . , .,- Not , so frith the continental nations , many of who _^^ trl _^ _Sw our " rivals . " That was one reason , and we think the main one , for ? bur " virtual monopoly . " But peace came > and with it foreign nations tamed their attention to finding employment for their own people . Capitalists embarked in manufactures ; many nations being driven to it by the fraudulent nature ef our trade ; our " sow metal " cutlery ; our "devil ' sdust" woollens ; our " pastedaubed" cottons . It is notorious that these spurious

      productiqns formed a considerable portion of our export trade . 'Tis true we had " superior skill " ( or cunning and fraud ) , and could undersoil the foreign manufacturer ; but their Governments wisely enacted restrictive and prohioitory laws , to foster , encourage , and protect their own trade . ! Still " we must maintain our foreign ttade . " So we have kept " cheapening , " to tempt cupidity , by yearly giving increased quanties of goods for decreased quantity of value : and now as you well : say "the foreigners are almost as ingenious and industrious as ourselves . " What little difference did exist in point of skill on our part , your school of " philosophers" have destroyed by the free exportation of miichinery , by which foreign nations are enabled to have our newest designs in many instances even before _oursolves ; and therefore all reasonable men agree that our foreign trade is irrecoverably lost . But , Sir , " cheapness" is not always the fruit of " superior skill . " It is more

      often the fruit of unrequited labour ; for the wages of labour is one of the elements that enter largely into the cost of production ; and we find that as we have gone on " cheapening , " thf . wages of labour have _coRRESPONDiriflLY _decreased—thehomc market has been destroyed ; aud thia suicidal system of commercial policy has , we fear , " killed the goose with the golden eggs . " Wo thank you , Sir , for the admission that we cannot compete with foreigners but by " superior cheapness . " That , wo fearlessly assert , cannot be effected but by a reduction of the wages of labour ; tor foreigners have the raw material at home ; a cheaper motive power in water ; and our newest machinery freely exported . We have long been aware of this fact , and in our discussions with the Free Traders have frrquently urged it ; but they have as stoutly donied it . Your admission however , in all onr future _disoussions , will be an indisputable authority .

      But let us go to " experience and facts" to find out the benefits of "cheapening , " to maintain our " foreign markets . " In 1798 we exported iu _quantity , or official value £ 19 , 672 , 503 ; we received in real value £ 33 , H 8 , 6 ' 82 : in 1840 we exported in _quantity or official value £ 102 . 705 . 372 ! ! We received in real value £ 51 , 406 , 430 I !! so that in 1840 we had increased our foreign trade jive fold , and received but about one and a half times its value ! In other wdrds , had we been paid at the same rate for raw material and labour in 1840 , as we were in 1798 , wo ought to have received £ 171 , 000 , 000 , while we only did receive £ 51 , 406 , 4301 ! ! Rare blessing this , Sir ! We can afford to "grow rich by the loss ! " What a stupid set of dolts we are , not to

      be in love with the system , especially when we know that to effect this enormous satrifice the wages of labour have been reduced . This " fact , " Sir , may be taken as one answer why destitution prevails to suoh an extent among the labouring classes . But , Sir , the above is not the only effect of your •* cheapening : " for though the wages of labour are thusreduced , there is a large class who .-e wages must not be reduced : the tax eaters , the fund lords , the dead weight men , the placemen , and pensioners . Their wages are fixed amounts of money , not quantities of labour ; thorefore every "cheapening" adds to their income and our burdens , though with diminished means to support them . For instance ; suppose our taxation to be £ 53 , 000 , 000 ;

      that would _phrohase a given quantity of produce at present prioes . Reduce those price' one-fourth , and we should pay in produce £ 66 , 000 , 000 instead of £ 35 000 0001 Reduce priceB one-third , and we should say £ 70 , 00 * 1 , 000 instead of £ 53 , 000 , 000 !!! Reduce prices one-half , and we should pay in produce 79 , 000 , 000 instead of £ _* 3 _, 000 , 000 !!! Manifold and incalculable _benefits these , to tho hard working operative , who is doomed to be the paymaster 1 Keep " cheapening" by all means 1 Sir , we leave that portion of the argument for tho present . We think we have said sufficient to disprove your assumed facts , and establish real ones . At another time we may enter more at length into the question , if you give us the opportunity ; or if not , when you next appear in Paradise-square .

      The high wages " habitually paid" of which you speak , are , we fear , like " angels visits—few and far between . " If you mean by your statement to say that the general condition of the labourers in the manufacturing districts is good , or even tolerable , you directly impeach the veracity ofthe " Anti-Corn Law League ; " for that body , at their conferences , their delegate meetings ' , and at their gatherings of ministers , have put forth such tales of woe , such statements of the amount of crime , starvation , wretchedness , and misery in the manufacturing

      towns , as have caused the blood to curdle in our veins . You , Sir , cannot be ignorant of those statements : and both accounts cannot be true . " When doctors disagree who shall decide 1 " We leave you , Sir . and yonr friends to reconcile the discrepancy . We have only one other subject to allude to ; and that is , the lightness of factory labour in early years . Sir , it Ib not the' heaviness of the labour that we complain of ; it is the length of the hours of toil . Threading a needle is light labour ; but to work at it for twelve hours would be considered a physical evil .

      Sir , we do not ask you to " kill the goose with the golden eggs ; " but we ask for your assistance to beat off the robbers who are watching every opportunity to steal it from us . In conclusion we must express sorrow that you should have thought it necessary to publish our correspondence before it was concluded . We do not mean to say you merely wished a ene sided statement to appear ; but we trust to your sense of justice to procure the insertion of our reply in the same channels of communication , as your statement apptared in . I remain , Sir , On behalf of the Association , With due _respeot , Your obedient Servant , John West . H . G . Ward , Esq ., M . P .

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      Nominations for . Executive . —Bristol—George White , Ruffey Ridley , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Philip _M'Giath , T . M . Wheeler . Carrington—Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., P . _M'Grath , T . M . Wheeler , James Leach , Henry Dorman . Basford—Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., James Leacb , J H . Bairstow , P . M'Grath , T . M . Wheeler . Arnold—Feargus O'Connor . P . M'Grath , H . Dormon , George White . C . Doyle . Radfprd—Feargus O Connor , Dr . _M'Dduall , James Leach , T . M . Wheeler , George White . Bradford—Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Dr . M'Douall , T . M . Wheeler , David Ross . Tavistock —Feargus O'Connor , E « q ., t . Clark , P . M'Grath , T . M . Wheeler , Henry Rom . Long Buckby—David Ross , William Jones , Samuel Parkes , James Leach , George White . Stockport Youths '—James Leaoh , J . H . Bairetow , Christopher Doyle , F _, O'Connor , Esq ., P . M'Grath . Mill Bank , Sowerby—F . O'Connor , Esq ., T .

      M . Wheeler , P . M'Grath , H . Ross . Ruffey Ridley . Nottingham , Chapel Locality—F . O'Connor , Esq , P . M'Grath , T . M . Wheeler , Andrew Wardiope , Dr . M'Douall . Oldham—Feargus O'Connor , James Leach , Dr . M'Douall , William Bell , Samuel Kydd . Emtnett's Brigade—Philip : M'Grath , T . Clark , C . Doyle , F . O'Connor , Esq ., T . M . Wheeler . Nottingham , Byron Ward—F . O'Connor , Esq * James Leach , P . M'Grath , T . M . Wheeler , H . Dorman . Nottingham , St . Ann's Ward—P . O'Connor , Esq . ' Philip M'Grath , Henry Dorman , C . Doyle , T * _M _. _' _Wne _6 _la Dewrtmry—T . M . Wheeler , James Leach , David Ross , Thomas' Clark , Dr . M'Douall . Bradford , George-street _^ P . M'Grath , Feargua O'Connor , T . M . Wheeler , T . Clark , D . Ross . Lambeth—J . Leach , F . O'Connor , Esq ., : P . M'Grath , T . Clark , T , M . Wheeler . Colhe—F . O'Connor , _Esqt , R . Marsden , J . Leach , W . Dixon , J . H . Bairetow . Cllfheroe—F . O'Connor , Est ., P , M . M'D « n » lL Jamas

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      _Lsacb , J . H . Bairstow , D . Ross . Preston—James Leach , George White , J . H . Bairstow , T . Clark , T . M . Wheeeler . Salisbury—T . M . Wheeler . _Tadmorden—James Leacb , F . O'Connor , _jEsq ., C- Doyle . Dr . M'Douall , T . Clarke . Asbton-urider-Lyne .. P . M'Grath , C . Doyle , J . H . Bairstow , T . M . Wheeler , James Leach . Truro—George White , T . Clark , Patrick OHi _^ gina _, Feargus O'Connor , T . M . Wheeler . London , Golden Lion—F . O'Connor , Eeq ., Wm * Cuffay , P . M'Grath , A . Hunnibell , T . Clark . Hindley—J . H . Bairstow , C . Doyle , F . O'Connor , J . Leach , D _* vid Rosa City of London . —F . O'Connor , Esq ,, T ,. M . Wheeler , J . Skelt * n , D . Ross , P . M'Grath . i Birmingham—T . M . Wheeler , C . Doyle , Philip M'Grath , T . Clarke . Geo . White . Mertbyr Tydvil—F . O'Connor , Esq ., T . M . Wheeler , P . M'Grath , T . Clark , H . Ross . Working Men ' s Hall—F . O'Connor , Esq ., P . M'Grath , T . Clark , J . _Lsach , W . Jones . Standard ' of Liberty—F . O'Connor , Esq ., P . M'Grath .

      WIGAN . _—SOVTTH LANCASHIHE CONFERENCE . — The quarterly Conference of the District Councillors from various localities in South ; Laneashire , was _. held in the Chartist Association Room , Bottom of Hillgate _, Wigan , on Sunday , the 31 st ult , at ten o ' clock , A . M . Mr . J . Nuttall , of Manchester , was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Thomas _Divia , of Manchester , was elected Treasurer for the county , and Mr . C . Taylor , of Manchester , secretary . The minutes of the lust Conference having been read , were j confirmed , with the exception of the third and seventh , namely , " 3 rd That the Manchester division be subdivided into three , and tbat the District Councilman of the three divisions meet every three months . " " 7 th That the Council meet in the following places in rotation , namely , Wigan ,

      Manchester , Buty , and Bolton . " The following resolutions were then unanimously agreed to : ¦— " That the District Councillors of both the Liverpool and Manchester divisions meet every three months . " " That at each quarterly Conference the place of tbe next meeting be fixed . " " That the next quarterly meeting take place in Warrington , on the last Sunday in June . '' That the plan of organization and the price of cards be brought before the various localities , and that tbey instruct their representatives to tbe Convention thereon . " " Tbat tha propriety of a sick and burial society in connection with the Chartist body , be brought before the various localities , and tbe decision thereon laid before the next Conference . " " That we recommend tha attendance of the District Secretaries at the quarterly Conference . "

      " That each locality pay one shilling per quarter to the county fund , for each delegate sent" " That we recommend the Chartists not to join any parly agitating for a Ten Hours' Bill , against the Enclosure Bill , and tbe Masters and Servants' Bill ; but by public meetings and petitions strengthen the bands of those in the House of Commons agitating such questions as recognize the principles of the Charter . " " That Wigan , Warring _, ton , and Liverpaol , use their exertions conjointly , for the next three months , in furtherance of the principles . '' " That we recommend tbe Bolton district te hold a meeting on the propriety of joining the Manchester district , " " That we recommend Ithe various localities

      to look strictly to tbe moral character of their leaders . " The delegates having discussed various local matters , and reported how far the recommendations of tbe last Conference on local lecturers plan , Sunday schools , ice had been carried out , resolved , ««; That Sunday schools be recommended by tbe lecturers . ' ? " That total abstinence in officers and lecturers _s-f the Association be recommended . '' " Tbat tract societies and reading rooms be recommended . " After a vote of thanks to the chairman the Conference dissolved : at a quarter past five p . m . All the sub-Secretaries in South Lancashire are requested to send their address j forthwith to Charles Taylor , 28 , Stamford-street , Stretford New Road ,

      Manchester . West Riding Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was held in the Association fRoom , Pellon-Jane , when delegates from the following places were present ' . —Bradford , Central Locality , Mr . John Colo , New Leeds and George-street ; Clark , Horton ; Smith , Halifax ; Crossland , ] Sowerby , Wild ; Hudder 6 field , William Cunningham ; Leeds , Jones ; _Hebdenbridge , Marshall , Sutoliffe ; Wadsworth _rtow , Spencer ; Wakefield , _byj letter . Mr . Smith was elected to preside over the ! meeting . The Secretary read over the minutes of the previous meeting , when the following resolutions were adopted : — " That the minutes of tbe delegate meeting of tbe 3 rd of March be confirmed , with the exception of

      the first resolution . " - "That ] the West Riding Secretary be instructed to write to the Wakefield Chartists , urging the necessity of their immediately joining the Association . " Instructions to West Riding _Delegates in Conference : —That the cards be issued yearly , instead of quarterly , as at present , and that the columns on the back of the card be made out for that period . —That the scale of representation in tbe local or district councils be one for ten members or under , and one for every further ten payable members . —That if , in case the Conference considers there is no prospect of getting the land question enrolled with the Plan , that we recommend the old Plan , with the exception of the cards being delivered once in twelve months , the Executive being elected by the Conference , and

      their duties clearly defined . —That the Executive sit in Manchester for the next year . —That the next Conference be holden at _Leeds . f-That this meeting be adjourned to the first Sunday in May ; and that eaoh delegate take the opinion ! of hia constituents on the subject of making a small levy for defraying the current expences . The thanks of the delegates being given to the Chairman , the meeting separated . OfcDHAM—On Sunday last Mr . John Leach , of Hyde , lectured in the Chartist room , Greaves- at . After the lecture a meeting of tbe members took place . Mr . John M'Donald in the chair , when the following individnals wero nominated as fit and proper persons for the office of Executive Committee for the ensuing year , via , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . James Leacb , Dr . M'Douall , Mr . William Bell , and Mr . Samuel Kydd .

      SAIiFORO . —On Sunday , 7 th April , Mr . James Leach delivered a lecture in the National Churter Association Room , Great George-street , on the infamous Master and Servants' Bill now before Parliament , when be shewed forth tbe Bill in all its hideous deformity . LONDON . — Institution , _Turnagain Lane , APRIL 7 tu . —Mr . Dunn in the chair , tbe following were nominated ( oi _Executive _• — -Mr . T . 34 . Wheeler , Mr . F . O'Connor , Mr . P . M'Grath _^ Mr . J . Skelton , and Mr . B . T . Morrison . Hall , Turnagain Lane . —On Sunday evening , April 7 th , Mr , Overton in tbe chair , the Master and Servants' Bill article was read from the Star , Mr . Sherrard then delivered an eloquent lecture , which was warmly applauded .

      Somers Town . —On Sunday evening last a crowded meeting of this looality was held at Mr . _Duddridge _' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New Road , Mr . Hodge in the chair , when the ease of Dr . M'Douall was taken into consideration , and it was resolved that a subscription should be entered into for his benefit : 3 s . id . was collected . NORTHAlttPTON . —A publio meeting was held in the Market Square , on Monday evening last , to elect two delegates to tbe Conference to be held at Manchester , on the 15 th instant , and to adopt petitions to Parliament in favour ) of a Ten Hoars ' Factory Bill , and against the Master and Servants ' BilL Mr . John _Robbins , of this town , was elected unanimously to represent the town ; and Mr . Samuel Parkes , of Long Buckby , to represent the county district . Mr . Clark , of Stockport , then proposed the petition for the Ten Hours' Factory

      Bill , in a very excellent speech , in which he showed up the monstrous eruelties practised on poor helpless women and children . Mr . Parkes proposed the petition against the Masters andi Servants' Bill . On the petition being seconded and [ put to the meeting : both were carried unanimously . ! It was then proposed that the petitions be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting , and that Mr . Duncombe be requested to present the petitions to Parliament on behalf of the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to R . Vernon Smith , Esq ., Member for the Borough , for his vote on Lord Ashley ' s amendment ; and a vote of censure on Raikes Currie , the Free Trade Member for the Borough , for his vote against it . Three cheers were given for the Charter , and thus ended one of the most numerous and spirited meetings we have ever had on any occasion .

      BRADFORD . —On Sunday the Chartists of Little Horton met in the School-room , Park-place . The letter ofthe Executive was read from the Star , when the following gentlemen wero unanimously nominated for the Executive Committee : Feargus O'Cennor , Esq ., Dr . M'Douall , Mr . Wheeler , of London ; and Mr . David Ross , of Leeds . In the evening a _publia meeting was held according to announcement to elect a delegate for Bradford to the Conference , to be held on the 15 th inst . and following days . Mr . Waddington in . the chair , Mr . J . Smyth was then proposed , seconded , and unanimously elected . It was then arranged that collectors should visit the various localities ' and _request them to

      Contribute towards the expence ef sending the delegate . On Sundat the ; Chartists of the Central Locality met in their room , Butterworth ' s-buildings , when the following persons were nominated for the Executive Committee : Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Philip M'Grath , Henry Ross , Thomas Clarke , and M . Wheeler , the meeting adjourned to Sunday , kto-morrow ) at ten O ' clock , when a full meeting of the ] members is expected to attend , as business of importance will be transacted . The members of the M'Douall Committee met in the School-room , Park-place , when a local committee was formed , and the meeting adjourned to Sunday , ( tomorrow ) to meet in the Butterworth ' s-buildings , at two o'clock , in the afternoon .

      Halifax—On Thursday The Sth, A Public Me...

      HALIFAX—On Thursday the Sth , a _public meeting was holden in the Association Room , Pel . ' on Lane , for the purpose of _appointing a delegate to the Conference , Mr , Ackroyd in _tbecha'r , when Mr . John Lawson was duly appointed as _delegate . Af ' . er this business was closed the Master and Servants' Bill now before the House of Commons , was taken into _consideration , and the following resolutions adopted : — "That tht meeting view with indignation and alarm , a bill now befort , ' tbe House of Commons , entitled the Master and Servants' _BUK which in the opinion of this meeting , if carried into law , . is calculated to rob the labourer of every vestige of hit Mgiuts as an Englishman ; this

      meeting therefore resolve * that the legislature be petitioned , praying them hot to pass into law so abominable s measura" «« That the petition published in the Star be adopted by thia meeting , which was read and unanimously agreed to . " _«• That the petition fee signed by tbe chairman on behalf of the _meetia ? , and sent to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for presentation . " " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for his timely interposition as regards this bill , and his noble and praiseworthy exertions in watching over the interests of tbe people generally . " A vote of thanks was then given to tha chairman , snd the meeting dissolved .

      SHEFFIELD _.-.-FigtREE-lane On Sundayevening the Chartists met in the _abave room . When Mr . West read the article from the Weekly Chronicle en _^ titled the " new Chartist creed , Mr . ( _Jisborne and Mr . Feargus O'Connor . " on wbicb he commented at great length . He likewise replied to the fallacies of " Cotton Twist" on the Factory Bill , exposing their absurdity . Mr . _Brigga tben delivered a very sensible address , and was followed by Mr . Evinson in hia usual powerful manner . It was agreed to adopt a petition against the Masters and Servants' Bill at the meeting on Tuesday . On Monday _evening a tea party and ball took place in the above room . The arrangements were most exellent and tbe members and their wives enjoyed a splendid holiday treat t

      Purlic Meeting . —On Tuesday a public meeting _convened by advertisement , was holden to elect a delegate to tbe Manchester Conference , when Mr . John West was unanimously elected . Mr . West tbea read the correspondence with Mr . Ward respecting bis vote on the Factory BilL Mr .. West expressed some _sarprise at Mr . . Ward ' s haste in sending the correspondence for publication before it was concluded . It looked very much like a desire to publish a one-sided statement . He considered Mr . Ward ' s reply deserved an answer . Mr . Briggs moved that an answer be prepared and" forwarded to Mr . Ward , seconded by Mr . CartJedge , and carried unanimously . Mr . West read the reply ; when it was agreed te send it to the Sheffield papers and the Weekly Chronicle as well us tbe Northern Star , and iu the event of their refusing to publish it , to get the whole correspondence published

      in a cheap pamphlet and circalated gratuitously . Mr . West moved the adoption of a petition against tbe Master and Servants' Bill , and thai it be forwarded to Mr . Ward for presentation . His reason for wishing Mr . Ward to present it was bis repeated deprecation of any legislative interference between labour and capital , and as thb was an instance of most outrageous interference , - Mr . Word must oppose it , or stand convicted of political tergiversation . Mr . Cavill seconded it , With the addition that Mr . Parker be requested to support its prayer . —Carried unanimously . Mr . Briggs next moved a petition in favour of the liberation of poor Cooper , which was seconded and carried unanimously . Mr . West would not trust this case in the hands of Mr . Ward ; and therefore moved that Mr . Duncombe present it—Carried unanimously . After a vote of tkanks to the Chairman , the meeting separated .

      Nottingham . —At a meeting held in the Town Hall , on Monday last , Mr . Henry Dorman was elected "delegate for Nottingham to the Convention . Nottinghamshire . —At a meeting held at Arnold _, on Monday evening , Mr . G . Harrison was elected delegate to the Convention for the county district of Nottingham .

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      Mb. O'Cohnor Will Address The Chartists ...

      Mb . _O'Cohnor will address the Chartists of Manchester , in the Carpenter ' s Hall , on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) in the afternoon and evening ; and will be at Stockport on Monday evening . OtherConveation delegates will also bo present . London . —Mr . Ridley will deliver a lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Somers' Town , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . Spitalfields , —Mr . Davoc will deliver a public address at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . Westminster . —Mr . Grover will deliver a leoture at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , on Suuday evening next . Mr . James Mee will deliver a lecture in the South London Chartists * Hall , Blackfriars' road , oa Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock .

      Mr . A . Hannihell will deliver an address in the Political and Scientific Institute , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock . Mauyle * _one . _—Emheit Brigade , —Mr . Gardener will deliver a publio address at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Homer-street , New-road , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . A Mketing will D 8 holden at the Red Cross Coffee House , Red Cross-street , Cripplegate , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . An harmonic meeting will be held at the Feathers , Warren-street , Tottenham Court-road , on Monday , April 15 th , at eight o ' clock . The proceeds to be given to the veteran Richards , on his release from Stafford gaol . Soho . —Mr . Grover will lecture at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday , tbe 14-th inst .

      Working Man ' s Hall , Mile En » Road—The members of the above locality are _requested to attend on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Whitechapel . —The General Councillors residing in the Tower Hamlets , will meet at the White Horse , St . Mary-street , Whitechapel , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock precisely . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be holden at the Black Bull Inn , on Tuesday evening next , to commence at eight o'clock . Tailors' Protection Society . —A public meeting ofthe trade , and a Festival and Ball , will be holden at the National Hall , High Holborn , on Tuesday next , T . S . Duncombe M . P ., will preside *

      Important to the Working Classes . —A public meeting will be holden at the St . Pancras vestry rooms , 1-, Gordon-street , Gordon-square , on Monday evening next , ou the Ten Hours' and Masters'" and Servants' Bills . Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . Salford . —On Sunday next , Mr . Christopher Doyle will leoture in tho National Charter Association room , Great George-street ; subject r—The superiority of Chartism over every other * ism" as a means of amelioration for the working classes . Bury . —Mr . Norman , of Nottingham , will deliver two lectures in the Garden-street lecture room , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . Sheffield . —Ou Sunday Mr . Samuel Parkes , late of this place , will deliver two lectures in the room , Fig Tree-lane , in the afternoon at half-past two , and in the evening at half-past six o ' clock .

      South Lancashire Delegate Meeting . —The South Lancashire delegates of tho Manchester district will meet in Mr . Murray ' s room , adjoining the Carpenter ' s Hall , on Sunday next . The Secretaries desirous of being put on the forthcoming lecturer ' s plan are required to correspond on the subject with Mr . Jeremiah Lane , Hewit ' Court , George Leigh-street , Manchester . Halifax . —Mr . Bawden will leoture hereon Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock in the evening . Todmobdbn . —Mr . _Dzvid Ross will deliver two lectures on Sunday next ; one in the afternoon at two , and in the evening at sir o ' olock . Rochdale . —Mr . Wilde , of this place , will deliver two leotures on Sunday next , in the Chartist Association room .

      Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . A . F . Taylor , will lecture in the Chartist room , Greave ' sstreet ; subject : —A free enquiry into the legitimate resources whereby the labouring classes may secure a more equal distribution of the wealth of the country . Mosslet . —The Chartists of Mossley are particularly requested to attend in their Room , Brookbottom , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock Manchester . _—Carpeniebs' Hall . —The quarterly examination of the scholars ofthe Sunday School m connection with the above Hall , will take place on Sunday ( to morrow ) , when that " noble of nature , " Feargus O'Connor , Esq . has kindly consented to deliver an addresa on the occasion , and also to deliver a lecture in the evening . It is , therefore , hoped that the parents and friends of the scholars will attend . The examination will commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and the lecture at half-put . six in the evening . Collections will be made in aid of the school .

      Nottingham . —Mr . Pepper will preach in the Democratic Chapel , on Suuday evening next at six o ' clock . Liverpool . —The monthly meeting of delegates of the Liverpool division lof the South Lancashire District will take place at Present , on _Sunday _^ the Wth instant , at half-past ten o ' clock in the _TOorhing _; at the bouse of Mr . John Mercer , watch-maker , Hillock-street . Hevwood . —Mr . James Mills , of WhUworth . Trill lecture hero on Sunday next , at six o ' clock in tbe evening . '

      Barnsley . —On Monday next , a meeting will be holden on May-day Green at six o ' olock , te petition Parliament in favour of the Ten Honrs * BUL HVDpSBsriBlJ ) . —DjSTHICT MEMBBR 8 _/ MBKXlRa . — A fieneraL meeting of the members of the Hnddersfield District will he holden in the Hall of Science onSunday afternoon next , at two o ' elock , to consider the treacherous conduct pursued towarda the District by some of the members , at the meeting in Upperhead-row on Tuesday night last ; and to determine on steps to procure justice for all concerned .

      Leeds . —Messrs , MfGrath , Wheeler , and Boss , from London , will address the men of Leeds on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at half-past six o ' clock , in the _Bazwr , Briggate _^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_13041844/page/1/