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      HULXh C TPEDIE ^ CY QUESTION-IMPORTANT ** DISCUSSION . ^ Mnr ttm holden in the Freemason ' s Hill , on JZZlZtB *** - ^^^^ f ^^^ r ^^ urtoi uububob

      . J *^ j » m « ia BoiBB mb n vtiubuj H ^ asSoa d ^ adTiMablenas , or otherwise , < rf * «^ iB « cU se * yielding any part of their demand £ ? a « eati » Garter , for the oonriliattng and earing ^^ Lnr «* ti « n of the middle classes . Mr . Samuel gJ ^ K xtfled to the chair . « T csiTBif aK stated the subject of the diacussfon I ** meetini . together with his own opinion , that the *|? Ljnl > e 5 Bg one of importance , would be more f * \ a ¦ & fully argued , if other disputant * should be & -JiA to the irena , than if the controversy shoa \ j " ^ ned to the two individuals between whorj ^ ^ JzZnaiiteitiJ arranged . After lome convention **?> »«**• it " ¦ ranged th * t each , speaker * w v BliDTed fifteen minutes ; and tb » t , after a *"\ -Metin » J * 4 been « | TEB * ° M' ^» Burns and £ *^ ^ discussion should be . opened to other

      P * £ s xtbss , in opening the discussion , observed that i- bid been hitherto a iind of passive agent in ttie CLjjess . He would premise some explanatory remarks VtfcgpreTention of misapprehension or misrepresenta-• . be did s 5 because he had been often abased ^ L it complaiBi » S- He " was Ter ? indifferent either Cerise or censure , while occupied in the search after jj atbe teueved to be truth ; but when statements I = reffisde , which were calculated to impede the de ~ IS pemest , an 3 prerent the eliciting of truth , lie teMbt hi * duty to the cause required that he should Sjfcto set biinself right , and hence he felt com-Std to notice a statement which had been made by vTpresent opponent , Mr . Worsdell , and which was « jcnl& » d to place him in an uafair position in the at the It had

      L ^ t disesssson very outset . been L ^ th » i b" ittended the Leeds demonstration as a behold SnSrage delegate : this assertion be utterly s ^ j ^ y iTocallj denied . He had gone there in no » nch jkujeta . ' Hear . ) There was another falsehood -j ^ jd ia the Northern Star , which he must notice : tlad besa sUted that he had challenged the Assogtgjon ; that he also distinctly denied . The question bek-K them for discnssion , wm not the question ¦ gjnaiieiicT . Tcs discussion arose out of circumstances ,-iStdint npon » meeting holden there about s month be 'Mi- Bens' was at tfeat meeting * pes . king of q . J T ~ g £ Ztii 02 suffrage of Mr . Hume , which he rganed to te" otij another name for Universal

      Snfjrj-e , or u sex it a 5 might be . It was an instalment rflSiin ibe poand , and he would taie it gladJy ss . ^ msmi of obtsining thi other two . This had lest dissented from by Mr . Worsdell , who interrupted tia with » cry of " Xo , no , oo , " to which he responded , " Te , jes , jar * ° the Tesult was the arrangements fg . Re present meeting . That was the point in dispute . jjj hs shea-d no » suffer himself to be led away from ft , The qaesaon wm , whether th = y should accept the js ^ eee : of lsi in the pound upon the full imount £ g : n w £ s no : a question of expediency : it wu cot j nsstion of whether they should go over to the Wh gs a '^ g ia thty shoul d . succumb to the middle classes : terissteiit were sot wise to accept the ISs . ; and

      }»>> rtfcd iey -rcnld no ; be led away from it by aay jasascsl ircrdJ abent " Universal Suffrage , and no f ~ 3 SS . " Yfb&t were they required to surrender ? was did the " no Eqpender" mean ! Was it not larKsd thsy were slaTes , that they were serfs ; that fejTei ? humbled U the middle class , who were in jafcy li * 5 i t » st-im » £ tcrs ; and Trould they not surj © c tteir serftliips ? Would thej not soirender £ sr jSstett ? " Was theii miserable condition sa dear t Sisa , thst they were determined to adhere to it £ r as or twenty year 3 loDger , because they had a j-s » * mss : certain portions of society , to whom they bit ^ ai heard the terms " scoundrels" and " shopoeyr" ipp ! : ed . ' And must they , therefore , for fear

      ( E ten ? le-3 away by the middle classes , determine fc ^ e et lbs 1 Ss . without acy prospect of getting the isannrg two ? Be trusted they would exercise more fesnoa : he hoped they would not be misled by eaa iiterested parties , who coniicuilly laboured to kiscp a direct hostility between class and c' . ass , betisa Bdghbour and neighbour , and to oppose the prspts of Cbristiaiiity by uncharitable denunciations . BuiTrtaicfrd that if they were duly sensible of their taSdp , sod if they Lad the offer of the assistance of UE&sr class who had the power to make the laws , aniwbo woald giT * them within two shillings of the fcl amonnt of thtir dsmand , that they ought t » bt TS 7 thmtM to that da& 3 for helping them to get it

      Ki toey not percevve wbat must be the effect- of dnaioia amongst then ^ elres ? Did they not know tts&e iniddie classes were now their masters ? Had tisjnt't been proTed to be so ? Where were all the isLts that were proaii&d to them from Chartism ? Tti Charter was to hsre been the law of the land loitg Uhre this . Wiere was tie determination of purpose if is woriiag classy ? 'vrcen the . Manifesto of the Cxnz&a hid been issued , refuiricgeTiiience of their rJhty to hare the Ca&rter , in their abstintnee from teain hkhly tsxed articles of luxury , did they comply r ± these rrguiatiocj of tie ConrentloR ? Xot they , basil Whsre was all the Tapouricg about physical fas ? Where were the physical force Chartists of

      EC when a single soldier , strolling to tie loggings he hi been billeted to , frighteaed away fr ^ f the meeting oc 3 xfc Qrtsz ? Here wa « a tremendons burst « f diss ^ &Stti-Da—many T-iiets crying " False , false ; " " It's l " , - ^* soo n as the excitement cooled , that he axe be &DoTed to go on , ilr . B . contiuo ecLi He gaTe ttsssj uie had heard it . He would not Touch fur fe josser , bat had yet reason to btlkTe it true . fezriBg ar&Sn to the war cry of " rniYersal Suffrace , ¦ si & sarrender , " he asied of what use would " tcTsssi SuSrage , had thi-y it aJone . ' Without Vote

      fcrMoi , tiey were better without Tniyersal Suffrace fa -nsh it He had seen the " No Enrrender " K 2 JK in or-eracon ; be had seen the " > "o snrrender - KSa ^ e at Praton , where , excepting Hunt , they had Ki 3 tat ac . nh . ing but a Tory icto the House . He » stered bow Mr . Cobbett had been treated bj the is snreiirr" Suffrage men of CoTentry ; and , if ess tiiKs ^ gre t 0 be taken as samples of the work-Biitis " >" o snrresder" principle , he would say that £ * aa ? h tzz ?> : was surrendered . Mr . Burns's time R »» cp , and to

      fe ^ GEjDELL rose rep . was but a young fsss ~ ' ^ prtUEde 4 neither to the information »» ae tsiet : of his opponent ; ' but he ha 4 yet no fsrf * the ^ resul : of this discussion . Trush was ! 7 a itilf , and n ! -edt j no ^ ^^ extrlnsie aid of v v !! ^^ ' = » iable : it was enough that it *** = plaiUy , si =: ply , and from the heart . He ^*? m a kigi degr-e of ucportance , if not to this r ^ r ^ - ravi tbe d : sput 3 n a engaged before it , to the { = fp £ « into Trhich they were to examine , and wZJcb ^« the hs . pp . Ees 3 uf minions . Mr . Baras bjid ^^ Tcrr stn > ng ] r that TniTersal Suffrage alone - ^ be taprojnrcvr of biHiSrial effect ; they did bTvL ersa ! S ; ufri S a ' -one , and no one ought to , , V ^* s iaa : ber . er than Mr . Burns . They sought ^ Kaillased of justice contained in , and set forth i , . — . ' " * j ^ iite cj ^ iauieu lu , 3 kOU eew luriu 163 of

      ia SL ?™ ^ ^ he Charter ; and the question * - rt ** " ^ shon " snTTe 2 d « r aay one particle of > a = ry sought for rniTersal Suffrage , Annual ^^ 'sa , Tcte fey BsJlot , Equal Representation—• -. i ^ n ' s ^ pereoa to be at ones his title deed as a ^ , iaa hit qualification as a representative—and for £ j ajffiE 8 of all public serrants ; that thepnbi ; ca 5 pj j ^^ n might rightly exercise the jusi power of ^ ri iW ^ E& 6 ess ^ 7 ° f dismissal Mr . Bam 3 had j- j ^ j ^ " ^ *" question before them w& 3 a question of Ss ^ tj " t 0 ° deaied i : for himself , but contended ^^^ Bams in hh whole speech tad made it , and tjjs . CJ ? ^ ^^^ iion uf expediency . What was hb t > y « Q instalment of 1 ^ 3 . in the pound ? Were ^^ aiaaas right or wtre ihey not right ? Were » Jt " 5 I sf the Charter the nrincir ^ es of instice .

      S ' ctP ^ p 6 Op ' therein &ii moretiian equity accorded ? S-JeK ?^ " re 1 | roIll d be no qaeition on this point . l ^^ Tv Ml ' Barn 3 wOHld admit as rtadily as himy ^ . ^ people were entitled to the whole Charter , ** T ° n Iaie of teeping tip the metaphor , he fcH fcT * s whole 20 s . If , then , the whole 20 s . was ^ ^ faa . ^ Vi : K called upon to accept 19 s . li ^ L ^ ~ caa that a substitution of expediency for f ^ sfe ^ ^ ** ^^ iUustrattd : —A debtor ' ^ barr , "* > ^^ ^ ^^ reason to belieTe , that " ^ " C" ^ - ^ " ^ ere snch as that he could not pay the a ^~ Esght then be inclined to make a Tirtue of ** l Ki * r Ute "What ** co ^ d - get . What m ^ n ** s « f as ° Sei of an instainient , knowing it to Jjeis ^^ P ^ ert y but from dep ra-rity ef priccip . 'e , * 5 fr ^ ^ naB ds the power of compelLing payjk ^ tat debtor ? Were the GrOTernmeat able to CDan the amount

      r ^ fitosii " ^ ta of their tj ^ fJ . Were they able to aToid it , if the people ^^^ ~ m theil demailds ? And if so , why tt-ys ^? ^ fent themselTes with Mr . Burrs ' s ISs . in * ^ ~ le whole sum being equally within their kiapsdV eKf 0 Te " " onld withhold his support , and Sf toj . fc !* fnends ^ ore him would withcold their * 9 oaT athw 3 Ir- Hume , or CoL Thompsen , or ^ pa J ? 3 ' offered to them any point ef *» ^ " » , v tbit coataiEed in the Charter ; he was ^ iauiJS bos" for UniTers » l Suffrage . Mr . * ?* » af ^ npon the desirablenets of a union bei ^^* middle and wo rking elites ; he had no " ^ etito , » union ' P r 0 Tided » t were not eSected ^¦» ^ SS ? w *""" « cU ! 5 e 8 - ^ workiB 8 •^ K , 7 : r only f « what was right ; if the udddle « ame

      ^ ^^ h- wish . Jet them come to nj ud join S& fi «» . »»* to « classe ., at aU erente , 5 * W » K \? ^ ^^ moTem ent ba » ed npo n JWJ % » a » n those of rifht Mr . Bumi had ** i »» i u f P ** 51 rf the middle clas . es , to make ^ L ^ ' ^ they ehould be conciliated , ^^ atr ^ ™ * on 5 bt for b 3 ^ iaMon « , It l ^ o hWv f ' 6110 ^ te the laws ; how lad w ^ eiaSLk ; & « o exercised , acd what warranty 5 * «* ewrt ? ° : v &fford > f 01 ^ 7 reasonable expec-^* iw ! ^ WorkiB § cksse ., as the iasnrof £ ?• 3 SSiT * , - jostioe ? To what p ° * S *** feecST ? » _ lfegis ^ on should lheir » kten-^ tslde afr , ; ^^ ttem fall bo far in Iotb with J ^ oTl ^ T ^^ *""*> « to acrifi « to theii 5 ^ - ' Sire ? , ? «^^ edged principles »• catef ^^ ^^ ^^

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      c' ^ aseB legislated for the benefit of the -working classes , and &s a reason why they should be zealously supported in their moTements by the working classes . » After some further observations on the Poor Lavs , Mr . Woadell concluded by expressing his hope and confidence that the people would perseTere in their demand for Vni-Tersil Suffrage , and that we should , ere long , behold a junction with them not only of the middle classes , bnt of all classes , for the attainment of the fire points of the Charter , ant erery other point neceasary for personal , social , and political freedom ,

      Mr . Bvrxs tom to reply . He fully coincided with the last remark of his opponent ; he , with him , was earnestly desirous to see a junction of all classes for the five points , and any other point that should peittt to political freedom . He protested , howeTer , against the corert manner in which Mr . Worsdell had sought to identify him with the New Poor Law . He was tolerably quick at the perception , of these mauceuTres and insinuations , and he Bhould expose them as he went on . He begged the meeting , therefore , to note that he would not sufftr himself to be coupled , by . Vr . Woradell or anybody else , with the concocters and suppoiters of that law . His reprobation of that law was not less strong than that of Mr . WorsdeU or any other man-What he would like to do with a ! l the adTocates of the Poor Law -was this : he would hare a bwge Bastilw

      built for them , and keep them there npon Poer Law diet for seven years . It was really amusing to hear people talk of their anxiety for the co-operation of other classes , while they refused to etir au inch from ttieir position for the securing of that co-operation . It was like a beggar being inyited by a man with a good coat to sit down with him in more comfortable circumstances , and replying , "No , 1 wont ; if you want my company , coin& over to me . I won't come an inch to you . " It was preposterous : it was ridiculous . Only imagine the working classes setting to ameliorate their condition , confessedly in a state of almost indescribable wretchedness and misery , the middle classes offering them 18 s . in the pound , and they rtfusing it . Only see the poor ragged fellow running away from the man in a good coat , who offered him money , and saying " 2 s " o , no , no , I went have it . "

      Here the meeting , whieh had been getting exceedingly impatient for a leng time , interrupted the speaker with hisses , and various exclamations , at almost every sentence , and became perfectly uproarious and determined to hear him no longer . The CHaihha . \ rose , and for some time vainly insisted on a hearing for Mr . Burns . He reproved the meeting in strong terms for their disorderly conctaet , reminding them that they had a person on that platform who represented their sentiments wht > would rcp ) y on their behalf .

      Order was , in some degree , restored , by a person in the body of the metting mounting a f » ra , and rt questing permission to ask a question . He h * d come there ¦ witn the expectation of receiving gome information , bat he had been disappointed . When he was told thai the propriety of conceding something to the middle classes , for securing their co-operation was to be disco--sed , he expected to have learned that some disposition had been manifested by the middle classes to co-operate ; but as yet neither of the speakers Lad given them any evidtnee that there was any real disposition . He thoniht it quite time enough to consider the propriety of acceding to the conditions of the middle classes , when the middle daises were disposed to effer conditions to them . He wished to ask , therefore , if the middle cla--ses , as a body , had made any proposal * of concession , or shown any disposition to cooperate with the working classes , for as yet he had not It-rned that such was the fact .

      ilr . BURNS thought the question a very proper one , and had that gentleman been present a month ago , when the disc-assion was arranged for , he wyuld have learned something upon that subject : he would have heard him Mr . Barns ; giving a description of Mr . Hume ' s Registration Suffrage scheme , which provided for the tnjoying of the elective franchise by every resident of a dwtlling-house , or any part of a dwelling-house , qualified only by some ' three or six months' residence , and which , in his ; Mr . Barns ') opinion , amounted so nearly to rniversal Suffrage , that he thought it wonld be madness to refnse it . -This was what he had denominated the instalment o / j&s . in the pound , and what we secuf ed wonld make the other 2 s . easy to be obtained .

      The speaker in the-crowd retorted that this was altogether beside the mark ; the qaestion was not what Mr . Hume , as an individual , might be disposed to do . Was there any evidence that Mr . Hume had the sanction of the middle classes for this 1 S 3 . instalment , or that he h ; wl their support in it ? If there -was , he bad not yet learned it ; they were not there to deliberate about the movements of Mr . Hume , or of Daniel O ' Connell , or ^> f FuX Stansfeld , but of the middle classes , and he hoped the speakers wonld keep that ciearly in view , and not delude the meeting by representing that as the measure of the middle classes which was only the measure of these individuals . ( Applause . 1 Mr . Burns , somewhat excited , appealed to the Chairman . He Would be obliged to that gentleman to sit down till other people had done . Then , if the meeting wished for him , they would send for him . ( Great uproar . )

      Mr . WORSDZLL thought that as the arrangement had been co m * to that other speakers sh « uld have the opportunity cf expressing their opinions , the meeting ou ^ ht not to interrupt Mr . Burns . He intreated them to allow him to make his own statements , and if he ' Mr . Worsdell ! should be unable to reply to them , then some other person might supply his deficiencies . The uproar having subsided , Mr . Burns continued . He had always thought the objects sji the Chartists to be the amelioration of the condition—the assuagement of the sufferings—and the elevation , socially and politically , of the working classes generally f but he bad not yet heard from his opponent , nor had he been able to learn from others , how it was tj be done . His oppone&t weuld Dot accept the

      instalment : he -wonld have nothing to do with the 1 Ss ; nay , so rigorous and nice was he iii his demands , that he would not even take ISs . 11 } d . This was an uncompromising spirit , and he thought it an unwise and impolitic one . They were unable to make laws without the middle classes , for the middle classes bad the pjwer of law making ; and without their assistance how did they propose to get the whole of their demands ? Were they aware of the condition of thousands upon thousands of their fellow sufferers ? If they would read Richardson'a Black Botk , they would learn of thousands in a state of suffering perfectly indescribable , without half a sufficiency of food , almost in a condition of . nudity , without a bed to lie upon , and utterly destitute n&t only of the luxuries , but of most of the absolute necessaries of life . ( Deep sensation in the meeting . ) And would they , with this

      catalogue of suffering before them , and with preten- sions to humanity or feeling , refuse to accept any means ' by which the condition of those might be ameliorated ? j Ought they not to be thankful to the middle classes , \ or to any other classes , who would help them to lift ] these oat of this horrible slough of misery . ' ( Great , excitement and much uneasiness in the meeting . Various , exclamations of *• Fa ! se , false , " " question ,, qcestion , " " keep to the point , " " what better would they be for Household Suffrage ? " &ci Mr . Burns continued , amidst much uneasiness , to say , that with such a picture before them , he hoped the people would not be bach fovls as to be led away by those who raised the cry of opposition to the middle classes , and who would meet their proffers of assistance with " We'll never cjme to you : come to us . '' It was absurd . Here again the meeting broke into confusion , in the midst of which

      Mr . Bi'RNS exclaimed that h « had ever understood that , in a discussion , people should hear both sides ; and as he had learned that a great portion of the Hull Chartists had become teetotallers , for wkich he heartily thanked them , he did expect them te have come to this meeting with clear heads ; but he was rather pleased than otherwise in behalf of his principles for this confusion . Better evidence ef their truth eould not have been afforded to him , than the fact , that those to whom they were unpalatable would not hear them . Mr . Burns here set down . The Chairman -must correct the impression likely to be produced by Mr . Burros last remarks . As a member and oMeeT of the Hull Chartist Temperance Society , personally knowing all its m * mberi , he would undertake to say , that no interruption had been offered to Mr . Burns by any member of that Society . ( . Much applausein which Mr . Bums joined . )

      , Mr . Worsdell wm sorry that his opponent had been so much interrupted , and would be glad that the meeting should afford him longer time to make up for the interruption . He liked fair play : he had no desire to monopolise the meeting ; and as he had no fear * for the force of Mr . Bonn ' s argument , he wished him to be heard- He would wish both to be heard , and heard fairly . Mr . Burns had given him little to reply to . He had repre » ented him a * rigid in bis exaction ! u refusing 18 * . and even 19 a . Ujd . m an instalment : he was rigid and unflinching . Why ihould he not be so , asking no more than right ? He wm de * irou » to guard of the full principle

      the people against yielding anything of right . Enjoying the franchise himielf , he wa » desirous to extend it to every man , and he felt confident that if they permitted the insertion of the cloven foot at all by any deviation from the fulness and entirety of their demand , they would be made the victim , of duplicity . The question limply was , whether they would haTe the fife points , 01 be content with less . ( Much applause , manifesting an enthusiasUc determination for the Charter by the people . ) Mr . Bumi bad refused to be coupled with the Poor Law , and yet b * coupled bbuelf with it , by going with ttioM who ooncocted , sanctioned , and mpported tbat law . < Cne * of

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      " Aye , aye , "— " Brown bread Joseph , " — " Joey Hume , " fcc . ) Whatever might be said of Mr . Burns ' i Registration Suffrage , it was still Household Suffrage . The vote was still to be had because ef the house , and not because of the man . It waa bad on principle , and it could , by Mr . Burns's own statement , be only received by the people on the principle of expediency . Besides which , there was no expectation , nor could he suppose Mr . J . Hume bad any expectation of its passing in the extensive form spoken of by Mr . Burns . It would doubtless be mutilated , and made

      quite a different thing . Mr . Burns had alluded very feelingly to the sufferings of many of their fellow-subjects . Poverty and suffering might , as a general rule , be traced to bad legislation , and he believed that if Mr . Burns would consult the sufferers themselves , as to the most likely mode « f alleviating their distresses , he would tiad their opinion to be very decidedly expressed in favour of the suffrage being vested in their own hands , rather than in any mode of extension short of the full recognition of their rights . ( Great applause , amidst which Mr . Worsdell oat dewn . )

      Mr . Berks tose , apparently to reply . He said he must again begin with setting right misrepresentations There was no difference in principle betweem him and the strictest advocate of " Universal Suffrage und no surrender . " He held the suffrage to be every man a right , and his person his title-deed . The only question was , how were they to get it ? Tke Chairman here reminded the meeting of their determination , in the early portion of the meeting , that the whole discussion should not be occupied bj Mr . Burns and Mr . Worsdell—that these gentlemen should first state their sentiments , and that , then , the discuision would fee op « n to other parties . Those gentlemen had now spoken each of them twice , and he would put it to the meeting whether they should go on , or whether any person , desirous of speaking on the question , should now have an opportunity .

      The question being put to the vote , the meeting decided that the discnssion , so far as concerned Messrs BurnBand Worsdell , should now close , if other speakers would take it up . The-Chairman stated that as Mr . Worsiell had been tho last speaker , the meeting was now open to any speaker who might choose to take Mr . Burns ' s side of the argument . Having waited some time , and no speaker on that side having presented himself , Mr . WEUSTtn came forward . Knowing that other gentlemen were in the room , who held similar opinions with Mr . Butob , he would rather that some one of those should follow Mr . Worsdell than himself . He was sorry to iind their courage at a discount , butcuuld not help it He expected the meeting to hold fast by the principle

      of " Universal Suffrage and no surrender ; " and aaid ha shtmid have some difficulty in rec « guuing as Chartists persons vebo held back their adhesion from the National Charter AiSociatieD , the only associated body having for its object the attainment of the five p lints . He illustrated his position by reference to the associated body of Odd Fellows , who required all parties pursuing the same objects to conform to their rules , or disclaimed association with them . He gave Mr . Burns credit for wit , talent , and information , but he doubted his principle . As to the middle clissts , they bad always shewn themselves hitherto to be the enemies of the people ; and whenwei vbey might munilest a disposition to co-operate with the people , the people were ready to oo-operate WHll lhelll .

      M r . B i' R N s—U pon vrhat terms ? Ti . e Speaker— -in r ^ p ' . j;—Upon our own terms . We oik n * jUnug more than is right , and of course will take nothing leas . They would not accept the co-operation of the middle classes , for anything shart of the whole Charter . Mr . Bl'K . ns—( in reply )—was at a Joss to know in what school ihe last , speaker had learned his notions of rijjht . He seemed to consider the right of defaming and depreciating the character of others , on account of supposed motives , to be exceedingly valuable to Chartibts . Mr- Burns hail not hitherto understood this to be a Chartist principle . Jf it was , he was not so far a Chartist- ( Some interruption , in 'which the term Fox" was applied to Mr . Burns . )

      Mr . Bt'R . NS— My friend there calls out " Fox . " I am afraid I mu ^ t cail out " tiooae" In return . Toe doctrine of th « last speaker would be that of denunciation against all , tho calibre of whose understanding was not of precisely the same bore , ( Interruptions . ; This waa not thy doctrine or practice vf the \ rofession of Christianity at the outset In the establishment of that great measure , which , was to Work a change in the murals , and comfort , and happiness of all mankind , the principle of expediency was a valuable principle . Tiie New Testament would show them how it was ac ' . ed upon by Paul , and bis coadjutors in the same great work , but we were now wise above what was written . We were now to stand up . in triflts , and denounce as devoid of principle every man who tlored to uitfer from us : such proceedings were preposterous , and he would tell them that until they learned to govern themselves by reason , and not by the impulses of passion , they were unfit for the exvitise of power .

      Mr . Woksdell , having misunderstood some of Mr . Burns ' s remarks , as being personal to himself , rose to reply . Mr . BFB > S explained , after which Mr . WoksUELL proposed that Mr . Hill , being present , should be rt queued by the meeting to address them . Ttiis was instantly seconded , and carried by vociferous acclamation . Mr . Hill briefly addressed the meeting , stating that he apprehended his sentiments upon this subject to be 80 well known by every person present , that his verbal enunciation of them wt \ s altogether unnecessary . The working classes of this country had the beacun light of experience for their guidance ; they had tasted the

      sweets an » i felt the benefits of class legislation for a Ion ; i «; rie 3 of years . For a loi : g time the cry was , that tht : direct power and inairtct influence of the " upper " classes , negtttived all the principles of justice , and destroyed the comforts of the poor . The Keform Bill transferred , or , at all events , extended the power to tue middle classes . Had the condition of the poor lieea iiiiproved thereby ? Was their serfdom less certain , or their slavery less galling , under middle class , than under " upper" class domination ?• Wu * the condition of those whose sufferings had been bo vividly pourtrayed before them , more likely to l . e effectually relieved by placing the power of legislation in their own hands , or in the bands of otaera , with the promise that it should be exercised fur their benefit . ' Had tney yet

      fouml middle class promises to bo deserving of their confidence ? He pointed to experience for the answer , and the answer would be " no . " Reasoning , then , from that which is past to that which is to come , they would treat warily the parties by whom they had been heretofore deceived , nor leave the high road of principle and r ight to founder in the bogs of expediency after any meteor light by whomsoever holden . Even supposing Mr . Hume ' s Registration Bill , which he admitted to be a vtry large extension of the Saffrage , to be honestly intended , and honestly prosecuted ; supposing it to have , which it would not have , the support of the middle classes generally ; was it in the power of the middle classes to secure its enaction without &ueh & concentrdtion of the force of public opinion , embodied in and expressed by the people severally , as should be abundantly sufficient to carry not merely that but any other measure they might choote . The very fact of the

      mi . idle classes set-king the co-operation of the working classes proved that this was so . Why , then , should the . , palter with instalments , when the same power which was necessary for enforcing tbe instalment , was able to enforce the full payment ot ihe debt ? To do so would be tantamount to an admission that their demand * had been unrighteous and that slavery waa their natural and proper portion . If so they thought , so let tkern act ; but if they deemed themselves men let them demand the rights of men , and yield nothing of the fullest recognition of those rigkts If the middle-classes chose to give a portion of the right , or chose to ask for au extension of ttie Suffrage , so let them ; but let tbtm do it of and by themselves , —while the people kept right on , the mark of freedom tally ia view , swerving neither to tba right hand nor to the left , but pressing on to its entire accomplishment . Mr . Hill was loudly cheered on rising and on retiring .

      Mr . Thomas Wilde presented himself and attempted to address the meeting . There teemed , however , but little disposition to hear him . He was assailed by many opprobrious epitheUand personal allusions , during the whole of the few minute * he spoke . He said he bad been a Chartist in principle ever since 1816 . He admitted every thing contained in the People ' s Charter , and he had been waiting to uight to hear the development of some plan by which they might get it He had not heard such a plan ; he felt quite sure that without tbe co-operation of tbe middle-claaiea he should not live to see the Charter obtained . He concluded by proposing to the meeting the following resolution : —

      " That it is the opinion of thia meeting that a anion between the middle and working claueiia indispensibly necessary , to obtain a Parliament that will do justice to the ina&see , and this ineetiDj pledge * iUelf to uae every effort to indmce the present constituency to return such Members to Parliament , as will make the Peoples Charter the law of the land . " Mr . Walkee seconded the resolution in a ahert speech . * Mr . Websteb moved an amendment to the effect , that the middle classes have been always known as the enemies of the working clasaei ; tbat it wm ujelssi to seek any union wltk them ; and thai tb « meeting

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      pledged itself to unceasing exertion for the obtaining of the People ' s Charter . , The amended resolution was handed to u » , but through some mistake was left in the room . The above , as far as memory serves - « a , ia something like the spirit of it . The amendment having been seconded , tbe Chairman was about to put it to the meeting , when Mr . Hill again rose . He said he could not allow these resolutions to go to the meeting without expressing his dissent from both of them . Tbe first resolution affirmed a onion between the middle and working classes to be indispensably necessary ; this he denied . All power centred in the working claases . both iocial and political . It required only that they should

      know that , and that they should bear in mind and act upon the knowledge of it , to enable them to obtain every and any measure of justice they might seek , not only without the aid of any other class , but in spiteof the opposition of every other class . While , ot the same time , it was bad policy to permit their consciousness of this to induce them needlessly to provoke uncalled for opposition . This he conceived to be done by the spirit of the amendment , which denounced the middle classes as the enemies of the people , and deprecated a union with them as useless . He could not agree with that sentiment . A union of the middle classes would be very useful and was very desirable , if

      sincere , and based upon right principles . It waa quite clear that the Charter could be had only one of two ways ; it must either paqs through the legislative forms of legislation , or itrmust be received as the phoenix of liberty , rising out of the ashes of the present order of things , and springing forth from ruin and desolation , consequent on the confusion of universal anarchy . This he was sure ne Chartist wished for , and therefore he should base his amendment of the amendment already before them on the terms of the original resolution , expung i ng from it only the affirmation that a union of the middle aad working classes was i 7 td-i $ pensuble . He should submit to them the resolution in this form : —

      "That , in the opinion of this meeting , it is indispensably necessary to obtain a Parliament that will do justice to the nuitssea ; and taut meeting pledges itself to use every effort to induce tbe present cousiitnencj to return such members to parliament us shall make the People's Charter the law of the land . " Tue mover and seconder of the original resolution here stated that they were quito satisfied to submit the resolution as altered by Mr . Hill ; and to expunge that portion of it to which , he objected . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . WonsDELt was not satisfied with either of the amendments . He should therefore propose another : — ' That this meeting pledges itself not to join with any cliws or party for any thing It us than the whole Charter . "

      Mr . Hill said , that 03 the uiOYor and seconder of the original resolution had adopted his resolution , he was now at liberty to second Mr . Worsdell's amendment , -which ha did very cordially , because it was a stronger mode of expressing the same thing . Mr . TiTE ; hou came forward to propose a third amendment , to the effect that an intiro change of system is necessary for the benefit of the whole people ; and that the sooner such change is effected the better . Mr . Br jin's seconded the amendment of Mr . Tate . Mr . Webster withdrew his amendment . The chairman tu « n proceeded to read over the original 1 esolution , with tbe alterations suggested by Mr . Hill , and adopted by its movor and seconder ; the amendment of Mr . Worsdell ; and the amendment of Mr . Tate , before uutting them in the ordinary form .

      On Mr . Tatc * amendment being put to the mcutiug , very few bands were bolden up for it . For Mr . Woradell ' s amendment there was a large show of hands , much clapping and cheering . For the original resolution many hands were holden up ; but not nearly so many us for Mr . Worsdell's amendment . The Chairman declared Mr . WwsdelPs amendment to be carried by a large majority , after whicu the cheering continued for several minutes . The Chairman thun vacated bis seat , and claimed the right , as an individual member of the meeting , to make an answer to several remarks , which , during the evening , had been made by Mr . Burns , and what ho considered to be personally applicable to himself . He spoke at some length . Mr . Burns did not reply . The meeting gave three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , three cheers for the Charter , three cheers for the Editor of the NorUiern Star , and then separated .

      The hall was crammed during the whole evening , and the must intense interest seemed to be manifested by the audience . Several speakers were cheered repeatedly ; aud tbe hisses , groans , and disapprobation of the audience , were very freely bestowed on the expediency advocates throughout the whole evening . We have not noted in the report tbe exact point of their occurrence , save on those occasions where , assuming the shape of confusion , they interrupted the cjurso of tbe proceedings .

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      *•¦ CAITHNESS . —The glorious causo progresses here beyond the expectations of its most banguine advocates , Mr . G . M'Bean has delivered , in all , tfrentj-oeren iectures on the principles of Chartism . He is now about to proceed on a mission to tho Highlands and Scottish isles , to preach the truths of Chartism to the mountaineers in their native language . J £ C 3 URGrH . —A soiree has been lately holden here in honour of Dr . M'Douall . Delegates ironi Ilawick and Kelso were in attendance . About three hundred persons were present , and tho proceedings were highly gratifying . K . ENDAL . —Dr . M'Douall lectured here on the 26 ih ult . with good eifect . A Chartist Temperance Society was formed the same night . SHEFFIELD . —At the usual weekly meeting , an address to Feirgus O'Connor waa agreed upon .

      PLYMOUTH . —Au enthusiastic meeting has beon held hero against the Poor Law ; spirited resolutions were passed , and excellent speeches made . OO 3 EBUBN . —Mr . Mason lectured here on Sunday morning to % crowded audieaco and with great uii ' eet . After the lecture Ilr . Sinclair said , that in accordance with the request oi'Mr . Lowery , ne came there to give all the publicity he could to a note sent to tbe Newcastle Council , last Tuesday evening . H was then resolved , that tbe business of the

      Council ou Tuesday , and of the Discussing Club , on the 2 nd und 3 rd iusi . be postponed to Thursday , the 4 th , to leave tho members at liberty to attend to the attack upon their principles and organ , by Mr . Lowery . Au amendment was proposed , but could find no seconder . It was then resolved unanimously , " That , the members of this Association place the most implicit confidence in the Northern Star , and that they aro determined to defend it against all its acsailauis , so loug as it continues to advocate the people ' s cause , as it has done hitherto . "

      BAUNSLEY . —The Chartists met as usual at Peter Htey ' s , when the usual business was being gone through , aud the merits of the new movemeuts in iavour of the Charter descanted upon . The following resolutions were agreed to : —Kesolved , ' Thai wo , th i members yf ihe Natioiial Charter Association of Great Britain , do fully concur with the amendments made in the general rules of the said association , by the delegates assembled at Manches . er , on the 2 ( kh ult . We , therefore , pledge ourselves to use our utmost efforts to carry the said rules into effect . Resolved , That a public meeting

      bo hoivieu ia Barusiey to petition parliament to memorialize her Majesty lor the liberation of Messrs . Ashton , Hoey , and Crab tree , and ail other impriaoneii Chamsts . " A committee was appointed to carry this resolution into effect . Trade it still getuug worse , and unfortunately we are losing the very best members of our society , and all going to the New World . The pithy reply of one who is ftiing , aud with whom we conversed was , " If he once cleared the British channel the union jack should never wave over his head , unless it was when taken a prisoner fighting against tyrannical laws . "

      LIVERPOOL . —The Chartists of thiB town held a public meeting in the Large Room , Preston-street , to petitiou the House of Commons on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , O'Connor , O'Brien , and all the incarcerated victims of Whig tyranny , and the immediate dismissal of Ministers , ou Wednesday evening , the 24 : h ult . ; Mr . Roberts in the chair . Mr . Bernard Al'Cartney , in a speeoh of powerful effect , moved the following resolution : — " Tkat wo , the Cnartists of Liverpool , are , and ever have been , of opinion that Frost , Williams , and Jones were illegally expatriated from tkeir nativ « land ; and that we pledge ourselves to continue our exertions until they are restored to the bosoms of their bereaved aad sorrowing families : and we ar »

      further of opinion , that her Majesty ' s present Ministers , having violated every pledge made to the people , * nd having exhibited » utter incapacity in tke governing of the country , we deem them worthy of dismissal from office . " Seconded bj Mr . John Kobineon , and carried nem . eon . Mr . William Jones , in a speech replete with sound and energetic argument , moved the petition , which waa somewhat the same in spirit and substance as those adopted on like occasions . Seeonded by Mr . Thoa . Askwath , and carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . W . J . Magee , seconded by Air . David Farquhareon : — " That the petition be entrusted to T . S . Dunoombe , Esq ., for presentation . " Carried . The petition has since been signed by the Chairman , and transmitted to Mr . Dunoombe .

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      BURfcUanr . —On Thursday evening , February 26 th , Mr . Lenny , one of the persecuted Chartists , delivered a lecture in the Chartists' Room , New Town , . Burnley , to a crowded audience , on the principles of the Charter , the deprivations of the different martyrs in the cause , and the fallacy of the Household Suffrage gnestion , which caused a great impression on the minds of the members then present . ' Although an hour had only to elapse for calling a meeting , a crowded audienca was assem bled ; snoh ia the spirit of Chartism in this town . The Chairman , Mr . Henry Cleeg , a young man of

      promising talents , rose and substantiated the necessity of following the advice of Mr . Lenny , f jr the obtaining of the people ' s Charter . OTACCLE 8 FIELD . — The Chartists of this town are beginning to bestir themselves ; they have taken a large and ooiamodious building , and intend joining the National Charter Association . They had a very numerous meeting on Sunday evening lasit , whenan address was delivered on "The importance of acquiring sound political knowledge . " The members seemed to be reanima ed , and highly pleased .

      NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met here as usual , at the house of Mr . Gibson , King George on Horseback , Gregory ' s Buildings , on Monday last . A library has been formed , and every other exertion made to carry os the a juation with effect . Eubuc Mketin * . —At a public meeting held last night , in the Chartist Chapel , Rice Place , Barker Gate , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the conduct of the noble-minded Editor of the Northern Star , and its noble proprietor have ever merited our unqualified confidences and approbation , and that the same be forwarded to the Northern Star for insertion , together with the rules now agreed to for the govercment of this association which are a 3 follows : —1 st . That this association , meet in this chapel every Monday night , at seven o'clock , at which time a chairman shall be chosen .

      2 nd . Any person being elected on the council , or to any other office in this association , shall bo in future by ballot , and any person not signifying his acceptance of office within fourteen days of his election , or having accepted office , shall neglect to attend for fourteen days , the council shill declare the office vacant , and call a mseting within tea days to fill up the vacancy . 3 rd . Minutes shall be taken of all proceedings of the aesociaion by the Secretary , and be read at the next meeting for approval . 4 th . No collections shall be allowed for any pcrhon unless notice shall have been given to the council previous , aud received their consent , and such collection be then disposed of in such manner for tie benefit oi such person as the council shall see fit . 5-h . A general warning , in at least Beven days before the election of tho council , or the election of a delegate , shall bo given as far &b practicable . "

      PONTYPOOI .. —A petition ou behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , has been got up by tho inhabitants of Pontypool ; aud is in eourso of bignaiure at the following places : — Mr . Thomas Parry , Cranestreet , Mrs . Shellard , George-street , Mr . John Godwin , and Mr . Richard Lewis , Bhoemakers , High-street , Mr . Thomas Charles Barber , Crancstreet , Pontypool , Mr . Jordan , shoemaker , Frosaatu , Mr . Hinder Taylor , High-street , Pontypool , Mr . Watkins , Aberrychan , shoemaker . It i » earnestly requested that such of the inhabitants of Pontypool aud the vicinity a * have uot signed iho petition will come forward , aud sign for ; hwith . The petition has already got about 2 , 000 signatures . The committee anticipate double that number .

      HAWiCK . —At a public meeting , held in th ^ Subscription Rooms , eu Saturday last , it was resolved to petition Parliament on behalf of tho Welsh martyrs , and all political prisoners . After the business of the meeting was over , Dr . M'D . juall addressed the meeting on " the rights of labour" for nearly two hours . On the following Monday , the Dr . lectured on * ' the wronga of labour , " to a , numerous and attentive audience . BRADFORD . — At tho usual weekly meeting , holden in the Chapel , Long-croft place , after the routine business , a letter was read from Mr . Martin stating he would bo in Bradford on the lUh March . The following resolutions were moved , seconded , and unanimously carried . First , " That a public meeting be held on the 15 th iuet ., to adopt memorials on

      behalf of Feargus O'Conuor , Esq ., and Mr . Robert Peddie . " Second , "That a tea party and ball be held the same evening , in honour of Messrs . Martin aud Hol < l » wortb , " Third . *• That a committee ot nine persons be appointed to make an necessary arrangements . " Fourth , " That the tickets for the tea party and ball be limited to four hundred . " Fifth , "That a committee of . four persons be chosen from the ceuuc . il to draw up a plan similar to tkose of the religious sects , for local agitation . " Sixth , " That one hnndred and fifty tracts , What is a Chartist 1 and one hundred and fifty of Vincent ' s Temperance Address be sent for , to be distributed gratis . They may be had at the council meetiugs . " Seventh , "That this meeting be adjourned to Saturday evening next , to commence precisely at eight o ' clock . "

      Temvkrance . —The cause of temperance is progressing rapidJly in this town . A Chartist Temperance Society has been established , which holds its weekly meetings on Wednesday evenings , at the house of Mr . Ellis , opposite Dcad-lane-top , Goodmansend . Public Meeting , Tea Pabtt , anp Ball . —The Committee appointed for making all necessary arrangements for the public meeting , tea-party , and ball , met on Sunday last , at the Temperance House of Mr . Ellis , Goodmausend . After some business of minor importance had been transacted , the following resolutions were moved , seconded , and carried — 1 st . * ' That the public meeting be hold in the open space of ground in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday , the 15 th instant , the chair to be taken precisely at half-past twelve o ' clock at noon . '' 2 nd . ¦

      " That the tea-party aud ball be held in the Social Institution , tea to be on the table at halt-past six o ' clock . " 3 rd . " That a full and efficient quadrille band be engaged , for the purpose of playing at the ball . " 4 ch . " That Mr . Tatietsall , from Coine , be written for to attend and take part at the meeting , and deliver a short address after tea . " 5 th . " That the tickets be one shilling each , aud be given into the hands of the following individuals for disposal " . — Mr . C . Wilkinson , news-agent , Tyrrell-street ; Mr . George Ellis , Goodmausend ; Mr . Hodgson , Quoenstreet ; Mr . Burnett , 13 , Reform-street ; Mr . Hopper , Hope-street ; Mrs . Smith , Thompson ' s Houses ; Mr . Goidsborough , Goodmansend ; Mr . Edwards , New Leeds ; Mr . Riley , White Abbey ; Mr . Alderson , Manningham ; Mr . Turner , Lid ^ et Green ; Mr . Hird , Bowling Back-lane ; Mr . Burrows , llorton ; Mr . Smith , Wupping ; and Mr . Croft ,

      Kingstreet . " MannikghamV—Chartism continues to increase in this spirited little village . The Association meet once a week for the transaction of business , aud ihe enrolment of members . They have formed a Chartist Co-operative Establishment , and which is in a nourishing condition . The opponents of the miscalled Poor Law Amendment Act held & public meeting on Monday evening last , to adopt a petition , to be presented to the House of Commons against the motion of Little Finality John .

      HAMLET ( PoTTEBiES ) . —Mr . Wm . Dean Taylor delivered a lecture here to a numerous audience of working men , with a sprinkling of the middle class . The lectures of this genilomaa are of a talented kind , and do credit to the Birmingham friends who hate made choice of him ; in thorc , Mr . Taylor promises to become a popular lecturer , and aiready his lectures hare made very great impressions 00 the minds of the men of the Potteries . WORCESTER . —A Chartist Ball waa held , last Monday evening , in the large room , Pheasaat-court , New-Btreot , which was attended by upwards of 30 couple . The evening ' s amusements were interspersed with patriotic songs , recitations , &c . The company broke up highly delighted with the evenin& ' B entertainment .

      LEICESTER . —The Mayor ( in answer to the requisition mentioned in the last number ) has granted the use of the Guildb&ll for next Monday nigbt , the 8 th ihst . We hope to have a rattling demonstration for setting our beloved O'Connor free ! We have lately got up a little weekly publication , of the unstamped class , called ' * The Midland Counties Illuminator , " in which the principles of Chartism are boldly and broadly advocated . Several of the Whigtings and Whig-Radicals are eagerly inquiring after it ; and there is no doabt but that it will be highly serviceable to our cause . Tincent is expected among us in the course of another fortnight ; and after the delivery of his addresMs , it is intended to keep

      up the excitement by a weekly lecture , for ¦ which , we believe , we can furnish speakers and materials amongst ourselves . We are confidently looking to the meeting f « r the liberation of O'Connor , as the commencement of a fiesh era of activity . When we have succeeded im arousing the town , by that meeting , to a state of earnest attention towards Chartism , we do not intend to let the excitement flag . It may be safely aftinned , that theae are not mere " words of wind : " a strong under current of feeling has existed among Chartists in Leicester , tor some time , relative to the necessity of making a series of energetic and sustained efforts ; and it is seldom that snch a state of mind , on the part of a body of lefltctiag men , ends in nothing . —Cerrm

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      , / ,-f y f £ & * . * ^<* t-. ^ : . LONDON . —The Sunday meeting at the Work * ing Man '; Chapel , Dock Head , Bermondsey , was last Monday evening crowded by an attentive congregation , when t-wo discourses were delivered from these words , " The spirit of the I * ord is upon . ma , beca . ii 86 he hath sent mo to heal the . broken heirtedto preach deliverance to t he captives , to set ai liberty them thtt are bruised , and open the prison to them that were bound . " Also on the duty of mutual distribution from these words , " Admouiahv intone an other . "

      Toweu HAMLBTS . —At the weekly meeting holden at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , Bethnal Green , on the 23 rd ajt ., the sum of 33 . 4 d . was voted for the assistance of the delegate . On thr 28 th , a discussion took plaoe ou th « best means of securing universal happiness . The subject was well handled by Mr . Thomas Spencer and other speakers . The discussion was adjourned until next Sunday evening . SHEFFIELD . —Chartism is steadily progressing here . A committee has been chosen to couduct , as far as may be necessary , the operations for scouring the recall of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Martin i » to have a triumphant entry into Sheffield .

      OLSBAK . —Sunday lectures are regularly delivered in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , and the attendance is , generally speaking , most encouraging to the labourers in , the cause of benevolence and truth . Much of the good seed , thus sown , xvc hops to behold bvingii )* forth abundantly hereafter . Tia coal miners of this district have begun to set them about the work of politics in earnest . A leoture was recently delivered to them by Mr . Davisu of Oldham , at the conclusion of which many enrolled their names as members of the National Charter Association , and expressed an earnest wish thai their example should be followed by their brother miners throughout the kingdom .

      CHESTERFIELD A » l > BBAXCPTON —Mr . Skevington , of Loughhorough , paid the Chartists of these places a visit on his return from the Manchester Delegate Meeting , on Thursday last , and in the evening , several of the Council had an interview with , him-, when he gave a very interesting account of his mission , and ur ^ ed upon his hearers to persevere in their agitation ; for nothing short « f the principle contained m the People ' s Chatter will ever make this country prosperous and happy . A vote of thanks waa given to the worthy gentleman , who aoknowle-iged the same , and vhe company bruke up ^ highly entertained with the evening's disoubsio / j .

      ASHTOMT-UNDES-LYNE . —The Frost , Williams , aud Jones ' s Committee have called in the petition sheets , and there are six thousand sit , r ; arure attached thereto . There ia also about £ 1 3 s . of a balance , after paying ail eipences , which tboy intend to forward to the Central Committee of Birmingham . They have forwarded a memonaf to the Birmingham Committee some weeks since . The National Charter Association is getting ou vapidly here ; there is an addition of members itlmosi every week ,-although , taking into consideration the number ot professing Radicals of this town and neighbourhood , the association is far below what it outbt to be . ¦

      HANLEY . — ( Potteries ) . —On Shrove Tues . lay , the teachers ana scholars of the Sunday School appertaining to the Tabernacle Chapel , in this town , took tea together in the school room . As is customary on such occasions , the superiuteiident bad prepared a few of the Bcholars with pieces selected from different -authors , which were recited aftor tea ; and 1 must say gave geueral satisfaction . Amongst the rest , was a httle boy , who r » . ; ited a piece called the " Factory Bell , " with most excellent effect , and was highly applauded by the numerous assembly . This piece I afterwards ascertained , had been selected from a little work ot Mr . Hkk ' s . the

      Chartist , which the Rev . Chairman of the evening ' s festivities , a reverend Master Fletcher , the son of one Dr . Fletcher , had not previously examined When he closed the book , and was about to return it to the little boy , he found to his astonishment it was the production of a ChartiBt ! He immediately called the boy , and questioned him as to how he came by it ; the boy aid not auswer hig reverence to his satii-faction . The Superiuteudsnt was next called to account , and alter a good deal of wrangling the reverend swiping rose from his seat an < i wit the school room astounded at the enormity of the crime .

      RADCLIFFE BRIDGE— Mr . Littler , of Salford , delivered a Teetotal Chartist lecture on Sunday the 28 th February , in Mr . Walker ' s school-room , Radcliffe Bridge , near Bury , Lancashire , to a crowded audience , who were pleased beyond measure with his pointed arguments . ' WEST BSXSTOZi ANT > CKFTON . —A » thoir weekly meeting , herd last Tuesday , the Chartists of this district resolved to enrol themselves in the Natioual Charter Association , under the new plan of organization , to nominate their councillors aud send tkeir names to the Provisional Executive irisianter . They also passed a resolution , calling upon every town ^ viliage , and district to do likewise , that the Executive may send the list of the council to the whole of the society for due ejection , previous to the nomination of the Executive Committee , upon the first of Aprii next , that all things may be < tona in due order .

      CITY OP XiONDOK . —At the -weekly most ing , held at the Dispatch Cuffce House , Bride Lane , i"J « ft Street , officers were nominated for the ensuing quarter , and a reauiufcion was passed cordially agreeing with the Recommendation of the National Delegate Meetiug at Manchester , in reference to the General Penny Subscription on Easter Monday , for the benefit of the political victims . BOCKDAIJG . ~ LECruRES .-0 n Sunday last , Mr . Bell , - of Saiford , delivered two lectures , one in the afternoon , and the other in the evening , t * a good attendance of members . Subjects— "The origin and duties of Government , " and " Monarchy and aristocracy the ruling curse of Britain . "

      MANCHESTER . —Lectures were delivered in the Tib-streev Room , in th « afternoon of Sunday , by Mrs . Parkinson , of Oldham ; and in the evening , by Mr . Butterworth , who proved , in eloquent and flowing , tbough deeply sarcastic language , that his tima in prison bad not been wasted . The audience was overflowing and dulighted . Mrs . Parkinson lectured in the evening , in the Brown-street Room ; after the lecture , a resolution was adopted , highly complimentary to the fair lecturer . On Monday evening , Dr . M'D'juall lectured at Tib-street

      SUTTON-IK-ASHFIELD . —Some time ago the crver went round to announce that a petition was lying for signature at the shop of a Tory , in the Ma& ket-plice , againBt the New Poor Law . Three p ' rsoni were deputed to apply to' the above place to know how it originated , when we found it to be the production of the autkurities of the town ; we remonstrated with them upon the impropriety of not calling a public meeting , and informed them that the vrorking classts did not intend to let any movement go ¦ n without them having a finger in the pie , as they had done , and that , if they did not call a public meeting , we should see that tho workies did nut sign it , and if they did , to let us ki ; ow and we would attend , and thai we could get a full ineetiux in less than an hour ; on

      which one of the authorities went to Unwin 101 the 12 th of August notoriety ) aud told the matter to himj and he said " let thorn have one ; " they sent to let uc know , and we waited upon them again , aud the overseer applied to Unwin for the National School ; it wa * granted ; we got up a good meeting , of five hundred ai least , of the workies . We expected the middle men to take part in the proceedings , but not one of them made thair appearance in the place . A police-man was outside the door , and Uuwin went past twice . W « had the petition which O'Connor recommendtd ; it wag adopted , with resolutions embracing the Charter Spliitad gpeeehes wae given ; three cheers for o Connor ; tkree for the Welsh patriots ; they were at the top note ; and the meeting broke up highly delighted with

      the triumph we had achieved . Also on the 23 rd , we Lad a tea party for the benefit of the old King , Hichanl Oostler , when eighty persons , mostly females , sat down to a good tea , after which 2 d . each was taken for all who came . We had a good meeting . Toasts . for Oastler , the Sovereignty of the People , the People ' * Charter , and may it soon become the law of She ) and . Frost , Williauis , and Jones , Feargus O'Connor and the incarcerated Chartists , and the Northern Star , which were all responded to with great spirit . There were patriotic ana sentimental songs , and recitations , and dancing . Three cheers for O'Connor and the Northern Star , and the meeting broke up much delighted with Ihe nights entertainment . Hast night , March 1 st , we held a public meeting , to petition the house of incurs bits for the immediate release of Feargus O'Connor ,

      Esq ., and all incarcerated on political charges . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " That it is the opinion of- this meeting toat the trea ^ ment of Feargua O'Connor , Esq . i » illegal , unconstitutional , and unprecedented . " That this meeting deeplj sympathises with Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in hi * unme . Hted sufferings , and therefore pledges itself to us * every legal means to obtain his liberation , aud chat th * following petition be adopted , for presentation to the House of Commons . " The petition was here reaa . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , Mr . Joseph Alvey , and the business of the evening ended . A subscription was entered into for poor Edwards , 1 » Oakham Gaol , whom we have learnt Is quite dupirite * . The cause is going on Veil here . Our uotto : is- tb * Charter and no surrender , and no middle class humbug . Hurrah for the Charter . — Corrmpondmt .

      tOWGHBOROUOH . —The Chartists met on Sunday , February 28 tb , when Ur . J . Skefington gave a report of the proceedings at Manchester , and explained the plan of organisation . His statements gave great satisfaction . A vote of thanks was then unanimously given to him for his services . After other matters had been considered , Mr . Skevington brought under their notice the subject of tbe funeral sermons for the mao tyred Clayton , on the 14 th , and on his suggestion , arrangements were made to have sermons preached in the various villages , when collection * are to be made : on * half to be given to the victim Edwards , at Oakham ; the other half to be sent to Sheffield , to be devoted to the funeial and the widow ; when it hoped t \ i « frienda will subscribe liberally , and show that they have heart to f eel fpt otiiers . ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1099/page/1/