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      Uach paper belonging to th © " Establishment" bza three noticei drain ? th » year , headed Urns : — ' Advertisers Trould do -well to look here ; " and then follow * a list of the relative riienlation of tberr several journala , according to the Stamp Returns . Last -week , the two Whig papers pnblisbed at Leeds , the 2 f « t »> jr and Mother Goose , took the earliest opportunity" of congratetetiBg themselves apon what i » td eome : white * e look ^ th » o sisan « 3 toaiBhHW ^ npoa wti » ti « FMt .

      AH that d »» b * < i kto moA Tirfonragetti entn d ^ individually and collecaVely , la » been demB * -to jaake the nation stand aghast next " Retum-day , " and < tt » P « " oeJ 1 * **» S ° * !****> ** declare , by & « fatt of the Star , the fall of -CHiBTisH . H * Proprietor has been gagged . O'Brienhas been forbidden to write to the Star , and only forbidden xj ^ g 5 Jor . Onr eooespondence baa been stopped lot « £ ieh » word when Parliament meets ) . The " Bicb Oppressor" has made a newspaper an article of luxury to the " Poor oppressed . " Emigration has ml ted many of onr readers to foreign shows , ilsny have been dismissed from work , for reading

      the Star . Many , rerj aany , in cottnliy districts , walk , on a Saturday night , after a ¦ week ' s toll , as many as three , fosr , five , or six jjules to tie county town , fearful of taking the Star from the tillage agent , nnder the a *» of the Tillage tyant Oar friaub too , haw , many of them , pisM for onr demise , whD » , tbey Sired not openly confess the treason . We h » Te been " fustians and blisters" against ' * broad-cloth and kid-dona j" and bow do we stand ? Wby thus . ' . - . , - Onr friend , the Mercury , some time-ago , offered * -bet of eome £ 50 , when we asserted that hit "« old

      ^ ork" wassoidte 2 d- «?^ Mtoi «^ d «« 3 ¦^ morniag- We did BdTfcondescend to enter npon a yp » vhleh might have been quibbled out of : bat now we ofier oor friend a " cool hundred , " and " to past the coals , " upon each of the following results .: — One Enndred Pounds , that for the last six months the circulation of the Siar is more than the drcnlation of the Mercxry , the Leeds Times , and

      twentyeight other papers : that is , more than thirty provincial journals , the two Leeds Whig organs , the Mercury and Mother Goose being two of the number : this thirty making abont one-seventh of the ¦ whole of the provincial newspapers of England . One Hundred Pounds , that the circulation of the Siar bests the united circulation ef &J 1 the nes-spapers in the great manufacturing town of Manchester , the Great Gua rdian being one of them .

      One Hundred Pounds , that the circulation of the Star exceeds the united circulation of all the newspapers i-we believe ten . in number j published in the great commercial town of Liverpool . One Hundred Ponnds , that the circulation of the Star beats that of tke London Times . Ona Hundred Pounds , that the circulation of the Star beats the united circulation of all the other Morning Papers , — Chronicle , Htrald , Advertiser , and Post One Hundred Pounds , that the circulation of the Star exceeds the united circulation of the Leeds Mercury and all the London Evening Papers , —Standard ,

      Globe , Courier , znaSwi . One Hundred Pounds , that the Star exceeds , in circulation , one-fourth of the whole Provincial Journals of England , and the L esis Times shall be one of the number ; that is , that the circulation of the Star exceeds that of the Leeds Times acd fifty-four other Provincial J ouraals . One Handred Ponnds , that the increase in the circulation of the Star , on the last Stamp Returns , exceeds , BT OSE HCMB . ED ASD F 1 FIT THOr-SA > 'D , the increase of any other Paper , Daily or Provincial , in tha empire .

      One Hundred Pounds , that during the w ' aole period , not one pap « r h « -i left our office on Sale or Return . One Hundred Pounds , that the sum of £ 2 has not been spent in Mils or posters , announcing or puffing the Star during the same peri » ± One Hundred Pounds , that the j > cs . Ejlse of the- Sta :, for the ( juarcer fn ^ Vng in Deeemfc ^ r , as compaied ¦ with the quarter ending in June , exceeds the tfiii * clrcU 3 Hon ur stvctti tsvjsc \ jj more f ^ p " fifty thousand copies . One Hundred Pounds , that ironi January , 1 SOS , to

      December , 1 S 40 , the Slur has circulat ed more papers than the Leeds Mercury has circulated since the meeting of the first Reformed Parliament in 1 S 33 , a period of eight yeaTS . One Hundred Pounds , that , in the last quarter , the Star beats the Leeds Mercury , the Manchester Guardian , and the Morr . iirj Chronicle , unitedly . " And One Hundred Pounds , that the iitcrej ^ e of the circulation of the Star , for the last quarter , exceeds the whole circulation of the Great Manchester Gvardian and Mother Goose ,. This is— OT 7 B , NEW YEAE'S GIFT , and which we "would not offer till we had ascer tained whether onr readers , by their 2 Vew Year ' s work , -were entitled to it That they are so , let onr broid sheet , on this day , bear ample testimony . Who can see the half-choked , crippled , stunned slave , thus devoting one ef his only days of relaxation to the cause of the expatriated patriot , without offering- to his mind , at Jeasi , the consolation to know that his party and his Paper are in the ascendant ? We have not the " numerous changes" to which Mother Goose , in her new prosptctus , lays claim , to boast of . ^ o . We have been true as the needle to the pole , whether in the storm or in the sonshine l bearic

      the smiles or taunts of faction as things indifferent . We started -with the " Fustians" in the race . We have run our two first heats well , —and won them . We are in good heai i , and nothing jaded , for a third start : and r . MvrBSAL Suffrage being our rinsing-post , we will lay our hand on the goal , or gaiiop over every obstacle , being determinfcd to die in the course , —or win the plait-Let this Jumounefcment be proclaimed in the palace of Royalty ; in the mansion of the Peer ; in the Aristocrat's house ; in the Infidel ' s church ; in the biitchfcr ' s siiyjjLUrr-hoUffe ; and in the maiketplace : and let those -n-ho hold power by other title than thai which flows from the sovereign source whence alone legitimate power can spring .-

      - LOOK O > " THIS , A > T > TREMBLE ! Let the " prowling guager of the poor man ' s forbearance B&e his foliy in any further attempt to bring agitation to the level of his will , aad relinquish all notiaa of making politics a profitable tride . Let the slave mongers , education mongers , emigration mongers , and legality mongers , in this rtcognki liberty , knowledge , land at home , and a power stronger than law , and tremble . How many friends -will bite their poor lips and whack their corned toes with very anguish , upon tte perusal of this unwelcome intelligence . The Star

      is & phenomenon . It stands the enemies Bhock and the friends ' good nature . How remarkable , that every papar professing Chartism , should , in its expiring moments , and while in the last throes , grasp , like a drowning man , at his best filend , and attsmpt to take the Star , in his VinitTiaCT , along with him to the bottom . The sure , the unerring sign of dissolution , is a nibble , —a good-natured one , of course , —at the Star . Since July , 1 S 39 , many of our / ,-iends have attempted to make n partakers in that eternity to which they have homed themselves ; but we still live , while they might have lived on with us had they but continued

      'i the same coarse . Wshsve more than once asserted that either tyranny orthe Star must give way . THE STAR WILL NOT . What , then , is the inference ? That tyranny must !!! The Star is now the national herald ; the nation's mautb-piece . The Star circulates in every county in England , Scotland , and Wales , and in fourteen IRISH C 0 UKTLE 3 , which Is worth all . It circulates in France , America , the Canadas , 2 sew South "Wales , and etber foreign parts . We Bend to one London ag'i&t more papers ~ than ft London Evening Paper publishes for its whole cireulation . We send to one T- "nd ™ i agent more

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      - fspm than all other provincial papers unitedly going Into the metropolis . Is this not " Blrnam wood coming to Daosinane V and does tbis not bespeak the rise of Chartism , —of fustian Chartism , ¦ within smell of the royal dog-kennel ? Does this speak with trumpet tongue to thoce who wou'd dare attempt to slacken the pace of Radicalism oa the charge ?

      Is not this a refreshing . New Year ' s gift lot the toilworn slave ? Six months without puff , portrait , or bill ; our very first trial of subsUntiv * Chartist strength , and no " unnatural" circulation . Whig vengeance , where is now your sting ? Wben the proprietor casts his eye on this announcement , may he not be proud in the confidence which he has reposed in his best , his truest , his only friends ? Well and truly may he say , that he has not six friends out of the order of blistered hands fustian

      jackets and unshorn chins . , The " Establishment , " have taken onr leader * -whole sale , and oai original matter retail ,, and baWe neither acknowledged the one , nor said" tiitwkyakv for the other . We h » v » r « tngte-ba&ded , unaided and alone , is England , buffetted ^ p& enemy , atet , tfeafoe , and oo ^ erej ^ i ^ a * fe gpln , ' ^ 6 pjwt t ^__ witbool ** mQ ' , b ^ BP ^ I ^ ooWe ttsk was imposed ¦ - - irpoit ui , that the ecnumns of the Siar , within the period alluded to , have developed the whole science of politics in a manner so clear , that tbe most obtuse must now understand bis rights , and know how to attain , and , having obtained , how to defend them .

      No organic change can now be turned into moonshine —no 8 » cond Reform hoax can be played upon our " ignorant" scholars . If the Star had lived in 1 S 32 and 1 S 3 S , Haut would be yet alive ; Reform would have been organic change , instead of political transfer ; the Corn Laws would have been repealed , the Debt would have been paid ; the Bastile stones would have remained unquarried ; the police tmclad , the Whigs unsuspected , the Toriss unknown , and the people undisturbed .

      In conclusion , then , we present to the world—to the friend of the " poor oppressed" and the enemy of - the "rich oppressor , " the Northern Siar , the unflinching advocate of every man ' s rights , the lover of freedom , and hater of oppression . The " Northern Star , " in 1841 , will be what the " Sorihern Star" has been since its birth , and will be till its death—the scouege of ttraxts ; THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE , LAW , AND OBDEI ^ IF THE PEOPLE AB . E ALLOWED THEIR SHARE ; THE ADTOCATE OP MORAL FORCE WHEN

      STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST TTRA > NT , BUT OF PHYSICAL FORCE IF NECESSARY TO RESI 8 T AGGRESSION AND MAINTAIN RIGHT . We present the Northern Star in 1841 , the people's paper , fat away at the head of the " rich oppressors' establishment . " For this position we thank our friends . We deserve it , else would it be an insult to their judgment to suppose that we could have attained it We take our leave with the reassurance , that we are and ever will be for the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the charter .

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      GRAND METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION , AND OVERFLOWING MEETING , IN FAVOUR OF FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES , AND ALL POLITICAL VICTIMS .

      ( Reported by our London Correspondent . ) On Monday , the Jon ? -proj « cted meeting , to memorialbe the Queen and both Houses of Parliament in favour-of the restemtia / i of tb * Welsh naffyrs , » t' 3 tbe liberation of all political offenders , took place at Whit * Cnnduit House i and , notwithstanding the bitter state of the weather , —snow , sleet , and a piercing wind prevailing incessantly throughout tbe day , —the immense room could not contain one half of those who presented thems « l ? -es for admission ; and iv is by no means an exoneration to say , that twice as many were disappointed ( including the ¦ whole of tbe united societies of carpenters , who did not leave work till six o ' clock . ) aa those who were

      accommodated . As early as half-past three o ' clock the Tower Hamlets National Charter Association arrived at Clerkenwell Green , where they -were soon joined by the Finsbury Association , and shortly after by the Lambeth men ; it was , however , nearly an hour before the members of the Marylebone Association made their appearance , during which period the pariies remained on the green , amid the " pelting of the pitiless storm , " without evincing the slightest sjmptom of impatience or discontent ; nor , indeed , throughout the long and wearying march , from one extremity of the metropolis to the other , did the mo 3 t insignificant expression of disunion pr-sent itse ) f throughout the day . At length the well-known sound ol

      " Come o ' er tbe heather , Come a' thegither . Come both late and early , " was heard issuing from the direction of Ray-street , played in a masierly maoner , by a capital band ; and in a few minutes more , the MarvleboDe and Kensington men had joined their brother Chartists on the Green ; a very short time now sufficed to marshal the procession , which moved forward towards the _ White Conduit House , four a-breast , in the following manner : —

      Banner . Finsbury National Charter Ass&ciation . Baud . Kensington National Charter Association . Banner . East London Teetotal Chartists . The Committee . Lambeth National Cnarter Association . Band . East London Democratic Association . Banner . Westminster Nation il Charter Association . Banner . St . Luke ' s and Tower Hamlets' National Charter Association . Band . Marylebone and Norm London Charter Association . City National Charter Association with Banner .

      Tne respective bands played popular airs throughout their route ; and the cutting sleet added to , rather than deteriorated , the general effect , by inspiring the observer vrith an involuntary mental tribute to the devot : on » firmness , and earnestness of those engaged in this procession , of whom a great number were females . Before entering White Conduit House , we will give a slight sketch of some of the banners . That which headed the procession was a gigantic tricolour ; to SAppart which , owing to the violence of the wind , required the constant aid of six persons ; this banner bore the names of the . Welsh marzyia on the alternate colours ; and , had tbe afternoon been fine , would have ,

      doubtless , produced a very interesting effect . The next banner was a neat silk flag , formerly belonging to the National Union of the working classes , the standard of which , as well as the corners , bore crape emblems of sarrow , and the supporters on either side wore rosettes of a vermillion hue , bordered with black crape . Another bore the inscription , " Oh , legislation ! why should men nnite to obtain justict ? " The othtrs -were severally ornamented by various devices , and inscribed with appropriate sentimental mottos . The whole closing with a banner similar to that which headed the procession , inscribed " Liberation of all Political Victims . " At the doors of the place of meeting , the p

      ersons appointed for that purpose drew np in a firm line on each side of the doorway , and thus successfully resisted numerous attempts made to destroy the order of entering the arena , which , it waa already seen , would be unable to contain more than a moiety of those desirous of participating in the proceedings . At leristh , as many as the ouilding could possibly contain , having been admitted , one of the bands was stationed on the hustings , or stage ; where they played the air of the Marseillaise Hymn , the woros of which were afterwards sung in good style by Mr . Johnson , preparatory to the chair being taken . The whole ol that immense assembly joined in the chorus at the end of each

      stania" March on ! march on ! all hearts resolved On liberty or death !" producing a truly interesting effect , by the Busical precision with , which the aceompairmeat ^ Has executed .

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      WEST-EIO TiSf MEETING . . '" - ^ s-r' -a . T ¦¦ . ¦ ' r' ^ A ' * ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ THE FOLLOWING REQUISITION * . ^ f ^ B XORI ) LIEUTENANT OF THE WEST-, RIDING , was presented to his Ltt ^|| j | : . f » Mondays the 4 thof January , 1841 : — To thi Right Honourable the Earlf «/ l&v *^ &-&opd Lieutenant of the West-Ri ding « f the Mat rr Please toue Lordship , \\ j ; :: Y- ' tQfe ' WE , the Undersigned Inhabitant HousehoSa ^ vBf the West-RkHng of the County of York , request yoor Lordship to Convene a Publio Meetintr : Cttte lnpabit » nt 8 of the West-Ridiog , to beheld id Leeds , oo Thursday , the 21 st Day of January , 1841 , ^ T l ^ ie ' fpji o'Cioak in the Forenoon , for the purpose of Addressing her Majesty to Di&mias her present flfujigenj , and to request her to call to her Council men who will make Universal Suffrage a Cabinet nte » 8 uro . _ Thomas Vews , HuddersBetd . - - Wm . Winter , Wakefield . Edward Wniiame , Huddersfield . ; Win . Wiloox . JLeada ,-Matthew MesseDger , Huddersfleld . r . John Talbofc , WakeQeld . J * bn Horbery , Huddersfield . ^ iJ g «|«* J Ding w * JJ ,: taed , ; James H » rei $ ,. Robert Jones , Combmaker , Leeds . Thomas Shackleton . * . fc ; Joseph Hadfield , Carpet Manufacturer , Heck'BbonJai Taylor . ^ ¥ mu m ^ r -tt ^ a ,. ' ^ Sa-mneTSwahi , Leeds . :, . ^ x-i Thomas G ) llmor f Hudderafield . ^ W Try nor . &" MSI- " P Thornton , wHudderdleldv . .- ...., - " ¦ Joa . Bobsoitf Printer , and # ubl » o « , Leeds , . r ^ ffeTJoseph Raehwortn . Hndder ^ SeJd ^ '** ¦ r JosephJon « SiShoemaker , 'le « d 8 . ^ ; ^ . ^| W ^ dward Clayton , tfuddersfield . ¦ / ta « tott ¥ eih } y , Draper , HuddtesteW , ^ UW Jonn NeweU . : - «** SSob , SnoDman , -Hoddersfield / »^ Thomas Taylpr . > -HfttfalF&fimB Woolfldrter , Huddenrfleld . > William Swallow , Wakefield . ' - ^ TtfSes Shaw , Huddersfield . " . .. - Michael Hunt , Waketield . William Bond , Huddensfield . John Brook , WakeHeld . George Taylor , Huddersfield . Andrew Gardner , Leeds . Benjamin Ciayton , Huddersfield . , Benjamin Knowles , Leeds . James Hall , HuddersBeld . / &c , &c , &c , &o . His Lordship having respectfully Declined to accede to such request , we , the afore-named Requisitors , hmb 7 CALLA PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSE , TO BE HELD ON HOLBECK MOOR , OJT THUBSDAT , JAJTUARV TWJEMfTTr-CTBST , 1841 , AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK OF THE FORENOON . Leeds , January 5 , 1041 .

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      Although the hour for taking the chair was announced for seven o ' clock , it was found imperative to begin the proceedings an hour earlier ; so that , at six , Mr . Prat , a journeyman carpenter , was called to the cb& ' r . and opened the business of the meeting in a brief address . He said , they were aseembled that evening on a most important and a most sacred occasion . They had met to petition the Queen , as the chief magistrate of the empire , and botn Houses of Parliament , " to release Frost , Williams , and Jones ( who had been illegally and unjustly transported ) , and to liberate all other political offenders . " In short , they had met to evince their sympathy with all who were suffering for their adhereuce to the

      principle of the People ' s Charter . The appearance of such a numeroud assemblage on that ocoasion , gave the most satisfactory contradiction that could be given to the idle boast made by the Attorney-General some time ago , at Edinburgh , that the principles of Chartism were extinct . ( Cheers . ) They had nerer , for a single moment , deserted the principles of the Charter , nor would they cease to agitate till those principles became th « law of the and . ( Loud cheers . ) The Government have increased the standing army , and the number of their epies and bludgeon-men ; but this did not deter them . Would they forsake the principles of the Charter for such as these 1 (" No , never . ") No , they would not j for although their operations had lately been less mauitest , they had not been the less certain or

      effeotive . ( Cheers . ) It was not the province of a Chairman to cuter largely into tho business of the meeting over which he presided ; and especially should he refrain from doiug so , seeing around him bo many men of talent , members of his own class—the working class of Britain . He was not one of those who would encourage a resort to violence for the achievement of their rights , but he would Bay , of those who had resorted to it , that they had been driven to it by the tyranny of their oppressors . It augured well for their cause to see so numerous an attendance of female * , aad to witness tbe devotion with which they had sndured the ioolemeut weather through so many hoars ; » nd i | aa eminent aujthotuy had fetn&rked that ** For a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it ; " a celebrated poet had no less truly observed of woman , that

      " If she will , she will , depend on t ; And if she won't , she won ' t , there ' s an end onV iLoud cheers . ) He ( the Chairman ) would say to the women whom he saw around him , " do to your children as Hannibal of old did to his son ; let the first wordB they lisp be Frost , Williams , and Jones , and success to the People ' s Charter . " This would be true Christianity ; by implauting in their young minds the golden precept , of " doing to others as they would others should do to them . " He next warmly eulogised the characters of tho Welsh

      martyrs , and concluded by observing that Chartists are always determined to have free discussion ;—icheers , )— if any individual in the meeting should wish to address them , he should have a fair hearing ; but if any of the emissaries of the Whig spy-mongers should attempt to disturb the'r proceeding--, he trusted the prompt and unanimous expression ol tho meeting would convince them they were mistaken in their customers . Mr . Peat sat dowa warmly applauded . Mr . Balls proposed the first resolution : —

      " That this meeting , being of opinion that the trials of Frost , Williams , and Jones , were illegally proceeded with , as proved by the decision of the Judges , call upon the Government to order the return of those persons to their home 3 and country . " It gave him great pleasure to see so numerous and respectable a meeting of his countrymen and countrywomen , laudably assembled to evince their sympathy for three of the best men , and most most moral characters that this country ever knew . John Frost , in particular , was especially estimable as an honest , upright man , and a just magistrate ; a man who saw that the working class was the class from which all the wealth oi' the country sprung ,

      and that the idle few , who produce nothing , were feedng in idleness on the labour of the many ; and who was convinced that the only remedy for this state of things was to widen the gates of the constitution ; for which bold " and honest course he wa 9 marked out by the Whigs as a fit subject to be got rid of . His companions , too , were men whose hearts panted for the liberties of their country ; yet to murder such men a 3 these , the gallows was actually erected at Newport . Had they been tried simply for murder or robbery , they would have received the benefit of the point raised in their favour by counsel ; but being political offenders , the Whi ^ s were determined to sacrifice them , and they would have been murdered had not the voice of the

      people prevented it—the voice of the people alone ? aved their lives , and that voice must now restore them to their families . ( Cheers . ) This meeting must be followed up by similar meetings in other parts of the metropolis , and by petitions . If they could contrive to have three or four thousand petitions presented every week during the approaching session of Parliament , they would so annoy the Government , that they would soou be glad to liBten to their prayer . ( Hear , bear , and loud cheers . ) No man should think himself too humble to petition for this purpose , and every head of a family should make it a point of duty to do so for himself and family . ( Cheers . ) But in all circumstances of their political progress , never lose sight of the principles

      of the People ' s Charter ( cheers ); none of the factions had ever come forward to discuss these principles with them ; and not being able to put them down by argument , they have had recourse to the policeman ' s bludgeon , the soldier ' s bayonet , the treadmill , aad the silent system . ( Groaning . ) However , they may now look forward to the time when they would have by their side a Vincent—( loud cheers)—an O'Brien —( cheers )—a Peddie—( cheers)—and that undaunted champion of the people's rights , Feargus O'Cennor . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The approbation they had jast expressed on the mention ot the name of Mr . O'Connor , convinced him they respected that gentleman ; let them , then , show their sympathy for his unjust treatment , by endeavouring to lighten his punishment ; and they might rely on it that nothing would sooner effect this , or cause his weary hours to fly more swiftly

      away , than a knowledge that the people have done , and are still doing , their duty to th « Welshmartyrs , bearing in mind O'Connor ' s parting advice ; "turn neither to the tight hand nor to the left ; but go right on for Universal Suffrage . " The Whigs have been setting the Foxes and Geese , in conjunction with the r » n < -receiver of Ireland —( here there was a cry of " three groans for O'Connell , " which was heartily responded to)—to divert them from the sacred objects , by getting up an agitation for Household Suffrage , which would enfranchise the agricultural labourers , who dare not vote but as the clergy and the landlords wish , and would exclude the intelligent inhabitants of large towns ; but the working cla 6 S * 8 were not to be humbugged by it—( a voice , " Nol it ain ' t likely ">—if the Whigs think the people are going back , they are mistaken , for , instead of going back , they are determined to go forward ; and

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      \ e ( Sir . Balls ) would tell them that the time is not far distant when the people will not be satisfied even with the Charter —( loud cheers)—the time is not far distant when they will only be satisfied with arepubho . ( Three spontaneous cheers for a republic were given . ) The expression of feeling which had just taken place convinced him of the truth of what he asserted —( hear , hear)—and the Government and aristocracy may rely on it that it they wanted to secure property and establish

      mo-Daichy on a firm basis , they must grant tho people their full political rights . ( Loud and continued cheering ) Th « Attorney-General had talked loudly and largel y about " vindicating the laws , " but if the law must be vindicated , let ttiat meeting shew him that humanity and jucdee must also be respected ; let them adopt for their motto , " Frost , Williams , and Jones ; Universal Suffrage aud No Surrender !" Go on , right on , and none need despair of eventual and complete success . ( Mr . B . sat down amid renewed applause . )

      Mr . Cameron , in seconding the resolution , expressed the happiness he felt at seeing that the class to which the cltairman belonged , after a long period of darkness and slavish submission , now beginning to see with the eyes of their understandings , and resolved to have that station in society which their value entitles them to . ( Cheers . ) The Government have discovered that tyinq up Englishmen ' s tongues won ' t answer ; and the daughters and sons of toil have now met to perfoim one of the most affecting duties that ever fell to the lot of citizens . ( Hear . ) The particulars relative to the trial of Frost and his companions are fresh in their memory ; the irresponsible few were the only persons in the land who thirsted for their blood : th » depositions of the

      witnesses were contrary to proved facts ; for , if Frost and his associates were the recognised leaders of rebellion , would they not have acted as other leaderd have done 1 But . so for from this , when the multitude were assembled in front of tho Westgate , John Frost was walk in « -quietly on the causeway as a spectator . Had Frost and his associates been acting ftsjeadera of > w ^ eUioa , thCkBft&guinary boast ef - ^ yi ^ WJb&itxtfi | h » t hi * country men had the honourof > jaugnteriiig Welshmen , never could have beeuinaSfo ' , for the iyuuJful of soldiers would hare been buried in the Weatg&te . ( Loud cheers . )' Yet , even if they could not look at the Welsh patriots as victims of an illegal conviction , they must be viewed as the trae objects of mercy . ( Hear , hear . ) Though tb ^ ey had met to petition the Queen and Parliament tor meroy to these men , it was because

      this course was almost the only mode that the laws of tho country allow ; not that they had any implicit reliance on her Majesty ' s mercy , any more than on that of the law-makers —( hear );—for , amidst the influences of royalty , as well as aristocracy , dazzled by the pomp aad paraphernalia of a Court , and flattered by the base subserviency of a factious press , it is impossible that the Queen can have any conception of the miseries of her people . ( A voice , "No ; but she has for dogs and monkeys " . ) Mr . Cameron next adverted to the memorable declaration of Sir Robert Peel , that u though time and change of circumstances might reconcile him to physical pain , nothing could ever reconcile him to the Reform Bill ; " stating , that successive change *

      must be the inevitable result of the progressive nature of man ; one set of laws being probably as unfit for succeeding generations as the first 6 uit of a boy would be to the grown-up man . ( Cheers . ) . In conclusion , be exhorted them to disarm the animosity of party conflict , by bringing into operation all the proper influences that could promote the attainment of their holy object , and advance the people ' s good . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . Simmon ( wfeo was far more effective during the procession , in the capacity of a marshal , than on the platform as aa orator ) supported the resolution ; but the meeting exhibiting unequivocal symptoms of impat'ence , Mr . S . resumed iiis seat ; and the resolution being out from the chair , was carried unanimously , amid reiterated plaudits .

      Mr . Chapman , in rising to move the second resolution , observed , that , could he have imagined that the persons whom he saw before him , came to bear speeches , he should have refrained from addressing them . But tbis was truly a working man ' s meeting ; and the Committee having adopted the desperate experiment of calling a meeting without even a member of Parliament in the chair , had now veatured oil another equally desperate experiment , namely , that of seeing whether working men could not entertain each other ; and , if they did not perpetrate spleudid speeches , they might , at least , work some good . ( Loud cheers . ) As one of those working men , who came to assist in their present object , ne would endeavour to appeal , not to their

      passions , nor to their sympathies , but to the'realm and nober judgments . They had met to endeavour to vindicate an outrage committed on the laws of the country , in the illegal expatriation of three of their fellow-subjects . ( Cheers . ) These men had beeu tried for high treason ; a crime which was more Bensibly defined by a writer whom he had lately met with , than by all the lawyers and commentators that ever graced or disgraced the judicial bench . That writer had defined treason to be " an unsuccessful attempt at revolution "— ( cheers)—sothat , had the revolution which placed the present royal family on the throne , failed , as it might have , that which was now characterised as the glorious revolution , would ha \ e been stigmatised as treason , and the

      promoters would have been executed by burning , or disembowelling . ( Cheers . ) Preparations had been made by the authorities , to avail themselves of the slightest pretext for falling on the persons who composed the present meeting : in tbis , however , by that excellent conduct which the useful classes uniformly display , when engaged in any great public cause , the Government myrmidons had beeu disappointed ; but , even bad the Whigs lined the roads with police , military , and even the new fashioned instrument of destruction , Congreve rockets , he would , as one , so help him God , have come to this meeting to exercise his constitutional rights . ( Loud cheering . ) What now , then , was to be done I Did they mean to say those men should remain where they were 1 ( Loud shouts of " No

      we 11 die first . ) It Was not enough to say No : it was necessary that they , who had taken up and begun this work , should go on with it , or else Frost , Williams , and Jones would remain in banishment and slavery , and exile . But , what sho aid they do ! Should ther take the pike , the torch , and the musket ! No ; they would leave that , for the Whigs , who boast that they are more skill' / d in the use of these weapons . The working classes would understand their true position , and say *> o their rulers , or oppressors , ( for the term had become synonymous ) , it * not in & voice of thunder , at least in a tone like the murmuring of the mighty o cean , "Give us back Frost , Williams , and Jones ; « are will it , and it shall be so . " ( Tremendous cheery . ) The resolution he had to propose to them war , as follows : —

      * That law , humanity , ynd justice , are clearly out * raged by the incarceratf / ma of the political victims , who are suffering und '^ r an unmerited punishment for attending public v meetings , whioh the constitution of this oountry recognises as the legal means of petitioning for a redrew of grievances and an alteration of the Jaw" .

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      He ( Mr . Chapman ) would advise no man what to do : but he would tell them what he himself will do : he will have his petition ready , and couched in each language that the Attorney-General himself shall not be able to e » rp at ; but it shall " speak daggers , thoosh it use none ;' -they shall have petition * poured in upon them , until they find , that , jf they will not give the people the'r D ^ it ^ , they shall not , at least , giva them wrongs ; and rely upoa it , if the working classes do their duty , firmly and efficiently , they may expect the Legislature , wicked and corrupt astneyare , t (> do then * . ( Mr . Chapman wl ? greeted with muoh cheering as he resumed bis seat ) Mr . Nbesom ( who on rising was very warmly cheered , aud a cry of " Three cheers for Neaaom /

      heartily responded to ) seconded the resolution . There was nothing ( said he ) like feeling the rod in order to know something of the smart thereof ; theory in some cases is all very well but , an ounce of practiceoulweighs , in value , a ton of theory . He had had a practical knowledge during seven months of the year 1840 , of the ingenuity of these men , ' the WhU ; 3 , whom O'Connell once said were ( tremendbod groaning and eq ^ e o ^ ti oD ^ rojifA ^ &dretifitrthaseateiw ^ tflouglMiuJMn a few yards of the speaker . ) * * * * ' ¦ * At a meeting in Abbey-street , Bethnal Green , where the police entered the room with their bludgeons in one hand and their cutlasses in the other , he recommended the people to stand firm and be quiet : for that he was dragged to Newgate , and subjected to worse

      indignities than , a convicted felon ; and afterwards required to fiud £ 1 , 000 bail , while the samo magistrate ( Hall , the Chie f Justice of the Bow-street Star Chamber ) on the same day allowed a miscreant , who had committed a most diabolical offence , to hq at large on merely nominal bail . Nor was this all they were harassed here , and there , and everywhere for months . First , they were Bure to be tried on such a day at the Old Bailey ; then it was put off ; then removed to the Queen ' s Bench , run through two or three terms ; and at last , the Whigs , finding they would not accede to the proposition made through Mr . Hobler ( and a regular hobbler he waslaughtor)—to plead guilty , with the understanding that they would not be called up for

      judgmentaban-, doned the prosecution , and withdrew the record , on the ground that the Government had fouud the working classes not disposed to follow the counsels of such mea . Yet the witnesses , who were ready to swear through thick and thin , ( and two of whom had actually sworn to a conversation through a nineinch brick wall , ) were all paid 10 s . a-day , while he and his companions had been harassed irom day to day , and at leugih , the whole of their little worldly wealth' swept off , under the plea that they ought to have appeared before the Queen , in her Court at Westminster , when there they were , day after day , ready to be tried . From this , as well as from other causes , he had a love for the Whigs like the old woman had for her thievish cat . ( Laughter

      and cheers . ) But , instead of making him and his companions desert the cause of their fellow-working men , they would , with union and strength , determine to follow it up with more energy than ever . Already there have been more than two hundred brave fellows incarcerated for the Charter , and it is not at all improbable there will be more ; but he ( Mr . Neesom ) wouid tell the Government that , in spite of their billets , and bayonets , and bludgeons , the people will have the Charter ; and he would say to this meeting , " Struggle hard ( morally , of course ) , for the word 'Agitate' has gone , forth , " and , with the help of God , they would agitate till there was no resting-place for the soles of the feet of their oppressors . And were tjiese 200

      patriots imprisoned for the evil they had done ? No : for Vincent , in the west , ( cheers ) , saw the working people preparing the fiuest cloths for the aristocracy , while clad in the ragged and repulsive Jefi-off garbs of the common soldiers ; while M'Douall , as a medical man ( loud cheers ) , has often stated at meetings like this that the milk of mothers ( who were compelled to work as prisoners for a certain number of hours in factories , and which should have gone for the support of the child ) had irrigated the factory floor . He would remind the meeting that it was not by meeting together occasionally , that they could hope to accomplish / their object ; they must follow it up by petxthmicifcf , aikd by all other means that the laurtud left o 6 en " to them . In ' all- thre they had one consolation , that , though they personally might be persecuted , the Charter itself could not be imprisoned , nor transported , nor hung : and that it would

      live , when the names of the "Normanbys , and Rusgells , and Campbells—( groans)—would , along with their carcases , rot and pollute the earth . ( Cheers . ) It was uuion , not of numbers alone , but of sentiment , that must accomplish their object ; in furtherance of which , he recommended them to abstain from all intoxicating drink ? , at least , if not altogether , from all exciseable aitides ( hear ); he himself had been a total abstainer for five months , and if he had derived no other benefits than those of a personal nature he was sufficiently rewarded ( hear ) ; but there were higher motives , for as they say practical religion is best , so practical belief is best ; and * acting upon the experience he had acquired , he had pledged himself never to taste another exciseable article , unless absolutely necessary to the preservation of life ) nntil Frost , Williams , aud Jenes , together with all political vie ims , be restored to freedom . ( Lone , loud , and continued cheering )

      Tho resolution was theu put from the chair and carried unanimously . Mr . Pabker rose to move the memorial to the Queen , ( the same as that adopted at Birmingham . ) This being the first occasion of his addressing a public meeting of anything like such extent , the committee ( he said ) had estimated his ability at its proper rate ; for they had given him no time to make a speech , while they had given him p lenty to read , which just suited him , and for which consideration he was grateful . But there was some information which every English father aud mother , every sister , brotheT , son , and daughter , should be made acquainted with ; though he was almost fearful of reading it , lest it should rouse their

      passions rather than appeal to their calm reason and judgment . [ Mr . Parker proceeded to read a letter from Mrs . Peddie , the wife of Mr . Peddie , confined in Beverley House of Correction , for three years , for a political offence , and whose sufferings , as detailed in the letter , were absolutely incredible ; it seems that about a year ago , Mr . Peddie was lecturing in England on behalf of a subscription for the Welsh prisoners ; that he is now subjected to all the horrors of the silent system and the treadmill ; that he had for a long time been suffering most acute illness , yet the inhuman surgeon declare * him " fit for the mill" —( groans and hisses);—that , notwithstanding his illness , he has been denied even a drop of cold water , and has been compelled

      to suck the perspiration from his shirt , to allay his thirst ; that all correspondence with his wife had been prohibited , owing to her having , in a letter to him , communicated some news uf a domestic nature , such as the price of meal , one of the commodities , by the sale of whioh Mrs . P . has to supports heir family during her husband ' s long imnrisonnient . ( Great sensation ) . Mrs . Peddie thus remarks on this abominable arbitrary , and cruel proceeding : —" Our tyrannical rulers 6 eem to think that by tbis severity to those ift their power , they may subdue tho spirit of freedom which is abroad ; but the whole history of Britain bhould teach them that , iu this notion , they are most egregioualy mistaken ; that the inventors of the maiden aud

      shumbikens only produced instruments which afterwards were applied to torture themselves . " ( Loud and long-continued cht « . ing followed the reading of this passage ; cries of " Bravo , Mrs . Peddie ; " "honour to her firmness ; " &c , resounded from all parts of the meeting . ) In another letter , it was stated , that , on the first appearauce of the symptoms which , for twenty- « ight days , kept Mr . Peddie in a state of the most excrutiatmg agouy , he could not work at the mill ; that he was , therefore , thrown into a cold and damp cell , without aay kind of bunch or seat , and there kept for three days , under the charge of being refractory ; that he was threatened to be kept there for thirty days , and even , if that did not succeed , a hiat was given that he might expect the lash to be

      applied . ( Tremendous groaning and execration . ) He ( Mr . Parker ) would leave these letters to speak for themselves ; merely reminding the men of London that , if they were disposed to listen to common sense , and to act prudently , carefully , but determinedly , they might effectually relief all these poor andg oppressed victims . In conclusion , he would make one remark : —out of the entire press of tb « metropolis , not one paper had thought the present meeting worthy the attendance of a reporter , all being determined , if possible , to burke everything at all connected with Chartism ; but he was rejoiced to see . as usual , their friend of the Northern Star

      among them , oue whom they might consider as personally representing Feargus O'Connor , and before sitting down , he would call upon them to give three hearty cheers for that paper and its patriotic proprietor—a paper which had upheld them rather than their upholding that paper . Twice three oheers were accordingly given , with protracted cheering as Mr . Parker resumed his seat . Mr . Wall seconded the adoption of the memorial , as read from the Northern Star . It was said , in the commencement of the proceedings , that they had assembled upon a solemn occasion ; they had met to memorialise the Queen to do her constitutional duty , she having sworn to abide by the statutes of this

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      Wi ^ - ^ - ^^^ 'r ^^^^' j ^ : - ^^^ ' ^^ -- ^ country . He ( the speaker ) believed that tbou * h be M&jesly ' a . hDfband is at present eaid to be engaged m studying the Jaw nnder Selwyn , her Majef-ty is poUro » re that Feost r WilHaitts , and Jones ( even according to the decision of her own Judges ) are at present illegally suffering banishment . He ( Mr . wall ) took his stand on the * ground that the Judges had declared , by t , majority , that Froet ought : never to have been tried } and the declaration of the- ^ ef Justice at Monmouth ,-that whatever the 4 « eia < ra might . be , the prisoners efaonld be placed in precisely the same situation as thonch it had been dteided fa

      their favoar on the trial . HeassertedtkMhatthey ought to have been instantly discharged , and w «» ld bring Blackstone to back him ; and with sach » commentator , he conld beat any big-wig that might be brought against him . -Mr . W . next referred t # some cages that have recently , occurred iu the metropolis , to eluoidate the position which he advanced , thai the peopJe ef thia -country were fast retrograding to that state where their eonq&erors treated them to an iron ri » g round these necks , t © mark their grade , or ttatu * ,. It was a most arbitrary aud tyrannical aot , to sea * . Frost , William * , and Jones oat of the Qftastry ; a * 4 those who gave the benefit of a point of law to , Sfe « tn , the murderer of

      his own ogdprog , witbbetoit from these men , though a majority of the Jndfte 3 bad admitted it was in their favour . ( Bear , hear , bear . ) In assembling to seek justice for these men , tbis meeting had met peaceably , —peaceably too did those men meet at Newport ; and samust the people continue to meet , in their countless thousands , in tithing meetings gnd eoonty meetings , and sot only say " those men shall come back , " but set to work to prove they mean what they « oy . tCheers . ) They must remember that the Bull-ring meeting had also furnished its victim ^ and there are hundreds of othera suffering the greatest misery foirthtfr exertions ra" the MonUfei&ne : ? " llr ..- W « JJ n * xs ' to

      ^ exmitl ^^ em ^ iw ^ y h ^ perfWTeiTgaS ^ GrCoflBoiy argjn ^ 'ttie meeting td bestir themselves , and to direct their efforts to the liberation-of all those who were enduring the oppressors' lash ; remembeiiDg , that , if the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , be obtained , the Charter is as good as gained , and they ( the meetiug ) are once more freemen . ( Cheers . ) " Tne memorial was then put , and carried unanimously , amid general acclamation . Mr . Spu . br rose , amid general applause , to move the adoption of apetition to the House of Lordsin

      , conformity with the resolutions just passed , and in accordance with the arguments adduced in the memorial , to her Majesty . [ We regret that our limits , and the length to which . this report has already run , oblige us to curtail all the remaining speeches , though furnished at length by our excellent correspondent . J Mr . Boggis seconded the adoption of the petition . Mr . Hetheringxon , who was received with vehement cheering , huzzas , waving of hats , &c , lasting lor several minutes , supported tise petition . The petition was adopted unanimously .

      Mr . Ridley came forward to move a similar petition to the Hou .-e of Commons , 'which was seconded by Mr . Wheeler , supported by Mr . Moobb , and carried unanimously . ' Mr . Rainslby moved the following resolution : — " That until Universal Suffrage be obtained , justice to the working classes will never be deait out . This meeting , therefore , calls upon every person who is a well-wisher to his fellow-mon and his couutry to unite . fcr the obtaining of the People's Charter . " Mr . Booth , in an able speech , seconded the resolution , which was carried amid undivided plaudits . Mr . Wall , before the meeting separated , begged to move that a deputation of three be appointed to wait on the Marquis of Normanby with the following memorial : — To the Marquis of Normavby , her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for the Home Depai inienl .

      The Memorial of the inhabitants of London and its suburbs , agreed to at a public meeting , . held Jan . 4 th , 1841 , Sheweth , —That your memorialists have learned with much- astonishment and indignation ; tbat the punishment of Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., now confined in York Castle for a political libel , has been recently so altered , as to become more personally offensive and degrading , on no other plea " than the necessities of the priiroD . "'

      That the indignities consist in his being , even in private conversation upon his own affairs ¦ , subject to the surveillance of one of the officers of -tlie gaoJ . The offensiyeness arises from the room in \ rhich fie ia confined , being subject to continued drafts , together with being so ill calculated to confine heat , that when the fire is lighted , the door arid window * are obliged to be opened to ' dispel the smoke ; whereby Mr . O'Connor ' s health ia constantly exposed to injury , nay , that your memorialists consider that this is purposely done , go that Feargus O'Connor may be slowly murdered .

      That such inhuman and unworthy treatment is unex « ampledin the annals , of our prison ditcipUp * CHI the prnnant fjTn npflr aHn'f ^ immrirliftln ' i » 1 b « w « 'nnni miTnffe ""' York Castle be aota ^ tionfd a « py dungeoofand the treatment pursued therein made the instrument of the worst species of tyranny and punishment . Your memorialists , therefore , call upon yon , my Lord , immediately to order the treatment of Fetrgus O'Connor to be altered ; for , in case of hia dying under such discipline , his death would amount to murder , and those whs inflict the same be justly held to be the murderers . Signed , on behalf of the meeting , by me , B . Peat , Chairman . Mr ; George ( a veteran Radical of three-quartera of a century ) most gladly seconded the memorial .

      Messrs . Spurr , Neesom and Boggis were then elected as a deputation by the meeting , to wait on the Marquis of Normanby with the foregoing memorial . By an oversight , for which we eannot account , the Chairman was allowed to dissolve the meeting without the customary vote of thanks , though cer tainly no chairman ever more merited such an acknowledgment ; for Mr . Peat was throughout firm , prompt , and impartial . The audience remained . till the close of the whole , with unexampled patience , notwithstanding that most of them had been

      exposed to the inclement weather for three hours during the day , and had been now standing in the meeting for six more , without the slightest indication of restlessness or fatigue ; arid eventually separated at half-past eleven , very many of them having to go several miles , in a storm of snow auu rieet that continued without intermission through the night , as it bad done throughout the day . London has now , indeed , wiped away the reproach which hitherto attached to it , of apathy in the oause of the political victims ! Many new members were enrolled for tha Charter , and £ 4 7 s . was cleared for the victims .

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      TROWBRXDGrE . —A great out-door mealing was held in Charter Square , on Saturday last , for the purpose of adopting an address to the Queen on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . At three o ' clock in'tho afternoon , hundreds were sees hastening to the place of meeting ; the Council ,, wishing to give it all the publicity they possibly could-, ordered ( he band to go round the town . At four o ' clock , from a thousand to fifteen hundred persons were present . Mr . Haswell , having been called to the chair , opened the business of the meeting in a neat speech . Mr . Philp came forward and read the address which was recommended by the Birmingham Committee for the people ' s adoption ; and it was seconded by Mr . Hawkins , and ably supported by

      Mr . Bolwell , of Bath . The Chairman then put it to . the meeting , and it was unanimously carried . Mr . Rawlings proposed ihatthe address should be entrusted to the care of the Birmingham . Committee for presentation , which was seconded by Mr . Crouch , of Mere . . After other business of minor importance was gone through , the Chairman dissolved the meeting . Thus ended the firat out-door meeting that has been held in Trowbridge since the first arrest of Messrs . Roberts and Potts , in May , 1839 ; Previous to the meeting taking place , every sort of intimidation was resorted to by the enemies of liberty . At three o ' clock , the inspector of police ,, and a , few of his journeymen , hastened to the place of meeting ,

      telling the people the consequences if V meeting was held ; but , however , the Chartists were not to be frightened . The " blue-bottles" in attendance behaved themselves very orderly , and for so doing the Chartists made them a present of some tracts of " What ' is a Ckartist V At six o'clock , about sixty persons , sat down to an excellent dinner at Mr . Cox's , which was served &p by the Council in a most tasteful manner . The band was in attendant * during , trie evening , and played several patriotic pieces . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Bolwell , PHilp , Moore , and others . ; and at eleven o ' clock broke up , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment . The soldiers were under arms daring th& whole of the afternoon at the barracks I

      Countt Council Meeting fo * Wiltshire . —According to previous announcement this meeting took place at the Democratic Chapel , Trowbridge , on Sunday -morning : The Chairman made a few brief remarksi respecting the objects that they were met upon ; the Secretary then read the minutes of their last meeting * and the amount ef money lie had received from the different places ; there was now in hand 6 s . 6 £ d . Ever ; delegate gave a cheering account of the progress Chartism was making in their different localities . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —1 st . " That an address be got up emanating from the county cenneiL and tbat Mr .

      Philp be empowered , to get it printed , and that the name of each member of the council be Appended thereunto . ? ' 2 nd . " That M * . Philp be appointed as a lecturer for one week , in the agricolnral . districts of && Wilt 8 - ; *?• "That 2 T 1 Q 3 . be Totedto Mr ; Philp Awards defraying his expences for the said week , and that each place accommodate him with a bed and refreshment . " 4 . •» That all tha members of the county council are requested to attend at each of their monthly meetings , or aeud a wtta&ctory note to the county Secretary previouj to the meeting , stating his inability to attend ^ or forfeit li . 5 th ' That the next County Council meeting be held at Mduckton Deveral the flrat Saadaj ia February

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1091/page/1/