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      Akdover —Lord Huanngiower , a Tory , has » 6 dre 3 ie 4 the electors as an anti-Poor Law candidate . AsGLESsr . —It is rumoured that 5 Ir . Merrick , the late candidate , will contest the county with either the Hon . W . O . Stanley or Colonel Frederick Paget . the Whigs . AsHTO 5-trjrBEB-Lf 5 E . —Mr . Hindley is canvassing to ensure his re-election . Atlbsbubt . —Mr . Hickford having withdrawn , Mr . Bice Clayton stands with Mr . Hamilton . B-UfBERr . —Vincent is in the field here , and has Issued a very pithy and straightforward address to the Electors . The Oxford Chronicle has been lately trying to be witty , at the expense of Vincent ; we advise him to look out , for assuredly his thick h « ad

      ¦ will ring if it be not too much cracked . * v e learn try a communication from Banbury , dated Monday , that Mr . Vincent m&de a glorious entrance into Banbory , on Friday , with bands , banners , and flags , ¦ with which , and thoasaucb of the people , hs was met a mile and a half en the road , and as he n ^ ared ibe town , the concsarse of people became immense . On their first meeting Mr . V . he was saluted by the greetings and welcome of the muintude , ted \ ht mr resounded with their cheers . M . r . V . fpoke a few words to them ,-and the procession marched into town , the bells ringin ? , music playing , and ihe people catering , till they arrived at the Market Place , where , from the steps of the ilarke : Hall , he addressed ihe mass amidst universal shouts of

      * j > plaase . An active canvass is going on , with ewry prospect of success , althongh the cunning Wh ; gs are doing their best to prejudice the liberal and nore Radieal of their neighbours against him , by stating that he is an advocate for phjsieal force , exclusive dealing , & . c Sec . ; but at prc . «

      Harris acd Cobb addressed the meeting . Mr . Tiseeot was not allowed to speak . At the close of this meeting , Mr . V . invited the electors to meet him , sad he would address them from the window of Lis © wn Commiitce Room , and also invited Mr . T . and challenged discussion . The people assembled at eight o ' clock—somewhere about the number of 4 , 000 or 5 . , and listened with breathless attention to a full disclosure of all Mr . T . ' s sophiEtry ; and also to a statement of his own views oh politics , after which they quietly dispersed . He was to meet the Electors on Tuesday evening last , in tee Theatre , to which meeting he invited his opponent , Mr . Tancred , that their principles may be mutually stated , explained , and submitted to the audience for approval .

      Beveklet , at present represented by Mr . Lane Fox and Mr . Hogg , will continue to return two Conservatives . Bbadpoud is at present represented by Mr . E . C . lister and Mr . BusSeld , two Ministerialists . Mr . Lister retires in favour of his son . Mr . Hardy will Biard again on the Conservative interest , with a moral certainty of success . BamGfWATER . —Mr . Co » rtenay , " who > e son was one © f the passengers in the unfortunate President , retires . Mr . Broadwood , the other sitting Member , has again offered himself to the electors , with Mr . f ormin , a stanch Conservative . Bath . —Lerd Dancan has consented to stand with Mr . Roebuck , as the second Liberal candidate . , He joined his fellow-candidate last week .

      Bedford CocTrry . —Lord Charles Russell has issued an address signifying his intention of resign ing his seas for the county in the event of a dissolution . A Conservative , says the Northampton Herald , will be pat forward in the person of W . Astell , Esq ., f Everton House , many years a Director of the East India Company . Btaxisghax . —No names of Tory candidates are ¦ jet fixed upon to oppose Mr . Muntz and Mr . Scholefield ; bnt Mr . Richard Spooner , an anti-Poor Law man , is the favourite of the party ; and Mr . "W . C . Alston , Mr . Whateley , Mr . Staple ton , Mr . Barker , and Mr . James Taylor , the banker , are all mentioned for bis coadjutor .

      Boltos . —Mr . Cobden having accepted the requisition from Stockpori , does not Btsn'd for Bolton ; the only candidate , therefore , in the field is Mr . Ainsworth . Mr . Boiling , it U said , will retire , and two Conservatives will be brotfght forward . Mr . Edmnnd Ainsworih and Mr . Andrew Snowies are the only Liberals at present talked of as likely to b « invited . —' Manchester Guardian . —During the past week , many electioneering squit > 3 have bern displayed on the -wails of this town , amongst which the most worthy of notice was one headed " A Voice from O'Connor ' s Dncgeon , " in which a ]¦ Eg rstract from mt . O'Ciuqot ' s letter , " To those" who love freedom aad Late slavery , " is given , in which be protests against a compromise being made wwh the Tories to obtain his liberty . This is the first

      time the Whigs have made honourable mention of their victim since his incarceration ; bat the Charti sts were determined n < -t ; o allow any portion of his writings to b 3 used for unworthy purposes by the Whigs ; and , accordingly , another placard , headed " Trvenry-six voices from Manchester Infirmary , " giving the Whigs credit : or the late unconstitutional and brutal doings in that town , was placed in juxtaposition with the above . The Tories promise to bring two good men and true into the field , bat have not yet named them . The anti-Corn Law party , after the Jo ? s of Cobden , experienced some difficulty in Ending a man wbo would stand a chance of receiving ; he support of all parties of Reformers ; but iLey at ieugih

      succeeded . On Thursday , the electors were apprised by circular that on that evening Dr . Bowrius ; would offer himself for thtil suffrages in the Temperance Hall . A resolution was passed , pledging the meeting to support him . From this meeting the Don-eiectors were carefully excluded by the precautions of the " Leaguers , " which being protested against by some of the electors -, it wa 3 afterwards agreed at a private meeting of lha Doctor ' s friends to call a public meeting , and oa Saturday , a public meeting having been called , ihe Doctor addressed the inhabitants of the town , elec tors and non-electors , in corfession of his political faith . He declared himself favourable to tiniveraai Suffrage , ihe Ballot , and Annual Parliiinema , and .

      m answer to various questions put by Mr . Doyle , he stated his readings to vote for the " People ' s Charter , ha ha-nuj ? beea one of the ten who drew up that document ; but he would cot say , with a great number of the people , that be would have the who ' e Charter and nothing less . He would take less if he could get it . If they were offered an £ 8 qualification he would take it ; and then a £ 6 ; a £ 4 ; un ' . il no property qualification remained at all . Be-. wx . asked if be would endeavour to reform the factory system , and -rote for a ten hours' b'll \ ( Hear aad cheers . ) Dr . Biwring thoagnt it a nice question to decide upon . He did not think is right to say to the pareau of children tha \ tbey should be

      pre-Tenied from putting them to work where and when they pk-ase-J . Bni he would nevertheless vote for every msasure calculated in his opinion to ameliorate the erudition of the factory workers . He "Woald not agree io any proposition for wiping off the national debt ? The Doctor also said he should Tote against all useless places , pensions , and sinecures . —A motion approving of the Doctor , as a Si and proper person to represent tbo borough of Bolton , was proposed , seconded , and carried . — Thanks were al ^ o voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , after a grand scramble for about half a can load of Ana-Corn Law trash , which the repealers threw amor . gst the people .

      Bkakbeb a-vd Shokkham . —Lord Edward Howard hae met the decors . Bbtdgsokih . —An active canvass ha 3 been personal ? instituted by each of the three candidates : Mr . Whitmore and Mr . Pigor , the present two Tory members , and Mr . Frederick Howard , a liberal . Bristol . —The correspondent of the Brighton Gaxeiie names other candidates besides Sir James Graham ; Mr . Herries , Mr . Tiadal Bruce , and Mr Bailhe , son of Colonel Hughe !> u&can Baillie , the member for licniton . The ia .= t z ? supposed to be ih « candidate selected . Mr . C . Blisset and Mr . Tripi are the Tory Candidates . Buckingham ( CornTT . ) - ^ Mr . Scott Murray succeeds Mr . Harcourt , in coiijucction with Sir W , L . Young and Mr . Dupre . Bcckisgham ( Cut . )—Sir Thomas Freemantli and Sir John Chetwode are tha Conservativi candidates .

      Cabdigassuibe . —Mr . PrjBe , the present Whi * member , does not intend to offer himself for this town again . —Standard . Cablisie . —On Saturday last , an emphatic address tras issued by the Chartists . It has ereatad a considerable sensation torough . oat the town and has Bivcji rise io » lopg leader in the Carlisle Journal , which , frankly admits the truth of the statements therein set forth . Shoeld a Tory eondidate be woMfhi into the field tiiere b a great probability of nia being returned , as nearly all the old freemen woald Bappoxt him . though it will be a difficult matter to nnseat Mr . P . H . Howard one ofthe present ttembera , for he is very generally respected for the many favours he has obtaiaed for individual electors . As for Mr . Marshall , the other member , he is one of the most useless members that sits in the House of Commons , capable of nothing bat discusaing wine and walnuts .

      Cheshihe , Nohth . —A subscription has been opened at Stockport , to defray the cost of Mr . E . J . Stanley ' s re-electioD , and defeat the coalition of the Tory candidates , Mr . Tauon Egerton , the present member , and Mr . Cornwall Legh

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      Cabn-abvox Bokocghs . —Mr . Bulkeley Ho ghea ¦ will be opposed by a brother of one of the Q , s * en b Household , Lord George Paget . rnELTETHAM . —Mr . John Batler has is £ rf 9 d an address in which he states his intention ¦ af con testiDg the borough with the Hon . C . F . ~ B erkeley He stands forward as " an independent Codf ervative , and unconnected with anj petty clique or ; party . " The nephew of Lord Korthwick will be opposed to Mr . Berkeley . Cornwall , West . —Sir Charles Lemon has announced hi 3 intention of retiring .

      Cambbidge . —Tbe Hon . H . Manners Sutton and Sir Alexander C . Grant are ia the field as the Conservative candidates . CiREJiCSSTKB . —Mr . Joseph . Cripps , the present Conservative member , retires . W . Cripp 3 , Esq ., his son , and a barrister of great Ulent and respectability will , it is understood , etaud id the room of his father . Colchestol—Mr . Sanderson and Sir C . H . Smyth have addressed tbe electors , announcing their intention to come forward again . Denbigh Couktt . —It is rumoured that Mr . Myd-< 31 ? ton Biddnlph will contest this county . The Hon . Mr . Cholmondely will retire , to make room for his cousin , Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , who recently airained hi 3 majority .

      De . vbigh Boroughs . —Should Mr . Wilson Jones decline seeking the honour of again representing this district of boroughs , Mr . Towasend ManiTraring will be the candidate on the Tory interest . He will be opposed , we learn , by Capt . Mj ddleton Biddulph , of Chirk Ca ? tle . Detby . —The friends of Mr . Strutt and Mr . Ponson ^ y , the present EiemberB , are actively canvassing in their behalf . Derbyshire , South . —Lord Waterpark and a son of Mr . Gisborne are named as the Ministerial candidates ; and Mr . ColviUe and Mr . Mundy on the Tory interest . Devon , Kobth . —Mr . Buller , who was defeated in 1839 b y a majority of 480 , will be brought forward by the Liberals , in opposition to Sir T . D . Adaadand Mr . Buck .

      Due-ham , Nohth . —There is some talk of Mr . Spearman being brought forward for the Northern i > iviaion ; but -whether it be as the colleague of Mr . Lambton , or that Mr . Lambton intends to resign , ( ivhieh is the prevailing opinion , ) is yet unknown . Durham , SorTH . —It is rumoured that Mr , Peate retires ; and Lord Wiiliam Poulett , a Conservative , and brother of the Earl of Darlington , will be returned in his stead . The Morning Chronicle announces Mr . Henry Yace , a relative of the Duke of Cleveland , to stand with Mr . Bowes on the retirement of Mr . Pease . Durham ( City . ) The Tory candidates are Mr . Fi ; rroy and Mr . Shepherd . Mr . Grange , a barrister , will contest with them for the Liberals . Exeier- — Lord Loraine , a Conservative , ha 3 -announced himself a candidate to represtnt this citv with Sir William Follett ,

      Fbomh . —An opposition to the return of Mr . Shepherd , the present Conservative menber , is spoken of , but as yet no person is named as his opponent . Falmouth . —Mr . Freshfield and Mr . Hutchines withdraw . The only candidate in the field is Dr . Bo wring . ' Flintshire . —The Honourable E . M . Lloyd Mostvn opposes tbe present , Tory member , Sir Stephen Glyiine . Flint Bpeghs . —Sir Richard Balkeley has addressed the electors in the Liberal interest . Mr . Dandas , a Whig candidate , retires .

      Gloucester . —Ihe Liberals have announced one candidate , Captain Frederick Berkeley , who was rejected some years since ; and have also forwarded a requisition to Mr . Phillpots , the present Member , who has aunounc ? d his intention to stand again . Grantham . —Sir Montague Cholmley , Bart ., a Liberal , -will contest this borough . The Tory not named . Harwich . —The Globe announces " one of the Secretaries of Her Majesty ' s Treasury , " and Mr . John Bagshaw , as candidates for the borough . Hastings . —A Free-trade and electioneering dinner hs = te-. il g : v ? n to Mr . Robert Holland , the Liberal ^ Member . 3 Ir . Pianta , the old Tory Member , is

      canvas ^ Eg . - Hertford Cocntt . —Mr . Hale has declined to staud for ihe Tories , on account of ill health . The Hosourable Dudley Ryder has consented ; and a subscription of £ 10 , 000 has been made to return him free of expense . The Liberals have invited a second Reformer to stand with Mr , Rowland Alston , the Honourable T . Brand , in opposition to Mr . Ryder . HertfordBoRotGH . —In thb borough an attempt , it seems i « to be made to turn out Mr . Co svper ; and it is suid that Sir M . Farquhar is to stand with Lord Mahon . At present nothing decisive is . known . Jedbcrgh . —Mr . J . M . Balfour comes forward against Mr . Robert Steuart . Ipswich . —Mr . Wason has addressed the electors .

      " Kidderminster . —Mr . God .-on attended a public meeting of the electors on Monday . He spoke with great confidence of deJeating the Liberal candida e , Mr . Rennie . Knaresborocgh . —Mr . Ferraad is the popular candidate . B ^ th Mr . Laugdale and Mr . Rich have relinquished their pretensions ; and Mr . Ridley Co'borne having ascertained by a cont-ass that a ministerial candidate has no chance , has also retired . Lo . vdos City . —The Conservative Association for the City of London have fixed upon four candidates to represent the City in Parliament . The four candidates are Mr . Gcoree Lyall , Mr . John Masierman , Mr . John Pirie , Mr . Wolverley Attwood .

      - Lancaster . —Mr . F . Da ? hwood is convas ^ ng Lancaster as a Freetrader . Mr . P . M . Stewart , a former Member , is also spokca of . LicnyiELD . —A Captain Dyott , rumour says , will undertake to spend some money in opposing Lord A . Paget . All Ench opposition will be fru tless . Liverpool- —Lord Palmeriton and Sir Joshua Walmsley will oppose the present sitting members , Lt-rd San ' don and Mr . Cresswe )! . Malto . n will still return two ministerialists . It is complf •*•!>• a nomination borough in the hands of Eari Fi-zwiJ 3 iam . Mr . Childer .=, it is expected , will continue to be one of its representatives , and the orher seat will be a refuge for Lord Milton or Lord ' . rorpeih , after their defeat in the We ? t Riding , or rerhsps , it may be occupied by the Hon . W . Went worth .

      Mai . * F . 5 BcraY . —The Whfg 3 have put forward Mr . Jaines Howard to oppose the TGry candidate , Mr . L . A . Burton . ' Marlow . —Mr . Hamden of Little Marlow is the Cpnrervatiye candidate for this borough , iaopposuion to Sir WiH ^ am Clayton . Merthtr—Sir John Guest will be opposed by . Mr . H-mfrry , a large ironmaster , and a stanch C ^ nscrvatite . Midhcr ; t . —Colonel Sir H . Seymour is mfr . tioned a 3 likc-. ' y ; o srand on the Conservative interest . . Middli srx . —Mr . Byng and Lord Edward Ri : ? seH are < poteu of" a 3 the Liberal caadidates . Ccloiiel T . Wood s .-.: d Mr . Henry PovrnaU have taken thfidld in g ^ od earnest ; it is extremely doab : ful whe-her the liberals will start two candidates .

      MoxMorrn and Newport Boroughs . —Mr . Rolle of Hecdra is tbe Conservative candidate . MoRPi-TH . —Major Hodson Cadogan , a Conservatbe aftain . opposes the Honourable Mr . Howard . >* otttnghaJi . —Mr . Walter has issused an address to thp elcc : ors . in which he declares himself in favour of a fixed duty on com . lie will be accompanied by a son of Sir Francis Hurdett . Sir J . C . Hobhouse and Mr . Larpent are to come forward in the Liberal interest ! the latter gentleman appears to possess a iarce-share of fortitude ; for be will certainly again berpjected , and that , too , by a large majority . Sir J . C . Hobbciuc rhould be also sent to the right about . Isorthallkrton vvill be gained by the Conservatives , and Mr . Wrghtson will be superseded by Mr . Edward Lascelies .

      Newcastle . —Mr . Ord has again offered himself to the electors of Newcastle . Newport , Tsle ot Wight . —Mr . Gisborne , the Member ior Cariow , l : a = been 7 )^ med by the Liberal electors to sta . nd with Mr . Biake . , Northahpton . —Mr . Payns is mentioned as a Torj candidate . Dr . M'DuuaU , the Chartist , alsc intends to start for the borough . NrwcASTLE-UNDER-LiME . Mr . Buckley

      announces himself as a candidate on Conservativt principles , in conjunction with the present re 3 pectec Member , W . H . Miller , E .-q ., M . P ., in the room oJ S . Ds Horsey , Esq ., who retires at the ensuing dissolution . Oldhaji . —George Barlow , Esq ., a large manufacturer , and Elijah Hibbert , Esq ., a magistrate ct' th < borough , have been spoken of on the Tory sitie ; bul nothing cartain has as yet traBspired , £ ave that one candidate will be brought ont .

      PiMRROK * . —Mr . J . M . Child has addressed the electors as a candidate who is an advocate for ao " abolition of all xiooopolj . " PETEKBoaoceH . —Mr . Thomas Gladstone , Jatt M . P ., for Leioester , and brother to the Members foi Newark aad Walsall , will stand for this boraugh , with every prospect of sueoew . ! Phe Whig candidates are expected to be Mr . George Jitrtriluam and Sir Robert Heron . Po . vtepract . —Mr . Milnes , the pi'esent Conser vative Member , is sure to be elect « d » and Mr . Massey Stanley has consummated his disgrace with the electors of iLi 3 borough by his vote oi ' confidence in the Ministers . Lord Pollington , a Col servative , will replace him . —Herald .

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      Richmond will of course return two Whigs . Sir George Strickland , it is said , will'find refuge here ' . Sir R . Dundas retires ; and there is to be some chopping and changing between Mr . Wentworth and Mr . J . Dundas , who , if not elected for the Orkneys , will be returned for Richmond ; but , should he succeed , Mr . Wentworth will probably retain his seat . Ripon will again return those two eminent lawyers and stanch Conservatives , Sir Edward Sudden and Mr . Pemberton .

      Reading . —Mr . FyBhe Palmer ' s age and infirmities have induced him to retire ; and the Radicals , say 3 the Times , have partly succeeded in persuading Mr . Pigott , of Heckfield , eldest son of Mr . Pigott Conant , of SherSeld , near Bssingstoke , to stand . Mr . Charles RusBell , who formerly sat for the borough , is one of the Conservative candidates ; the other is Viscount Chelsea , eldest eon of Earl Cadogan . Rochdale . —Mr . Shaman Crawford , invited by a requisition , entered the borough in procession , and issued an address . He wa 3 well received by the Reformers , and the Chartists give him their support . Mr . James Fenton is carrying on an unostentatious but very successful canvass . Rochester .. —Should Mr . Bernal not come forward again , it is said that Mr . Ricardo will offer himself .

      Rutlandshire . —The couaty will witness a oonfest for the first time these eighty years . A correspondent describes the celebrated electioneering agent Croucher as having been busy since Monday last , engaging inns and public-houses at Oakham , and making other due preparations to return a good Tory , the Hon . W . H . Dawnay , a Bon of LordDowne ; who is mfrodnced to the constituency by Mr . Fineh of Burley Park . Salford . —The prospects of the Conservative candidate are highly satisfactory . Scarborough . —Sir John Johnstone , a son-inlaw of the Aruhbishop of York , and -Rho at the last election waB only nineteen behind Sir Charles Style , is considered to be safe . Sir F . Trench is ul ; O certain . Shaftesbury . —Lord Howard , eldest son of the Esri of Effingham , is named as a Liberal candidate .

      Sheffield . —The Tories announce two Tory candidates , Mr . Da ? id Urquhart , " the celebrated Eastern diplomatist , " and one of his followers , Col . Taylor . Shrewsbury . —The Tory Member , Sir Winifred Jenkiiis , and Mr . Slaney , the Liberal member retire . Mnjor General Sir Love Parrs is the Liberal candidate . Mr . D'L-raeliand Mr . Tomline have signified their acceptance of the invitation conveyed in a requisition from the electors . Staffordshire , North . —The Hon . Mr . Baring , retires from the representation , but will be succeeded by Mr . Watts Russeil and Mr . Charles B . Adderley , two Tories . Stafford Borough . —Two Conservatives are promised : Mr . William Holmes , the Tory Whipper-in , and Captain Carnegie , nephew of Lord St . Vincent .

      Stockpobt . —Mr . Anti-Corn Law Cobden has accepted a requisition signed by six hundred of the electors of Stockport , requesting him to come forward as a candidate at the approaching contest . Somerset ( West ) . —The Radicals intend to put Mr . Charles Tynt « in nomination in th « room of Mr . Sandford . Southampton . —The canvass of the Conservative candidates , Charles Cecil -Martyn , Esq ., and Lord Bruce , hai Been entirely successful . Bets are freely offered , but universally declined , that they head the poll by a majority of l # 0 . Stroud . —It is expected that Mr . Symons will staud in the room oi the ' ¦ little" Lord John . Sussex—Mr . John Cobbett , who appeared on two former occasions , refuses to come forward unless by a requisition of 300 voters , which , it is said , he cannot obtain .

      Tamworth . —Captain is coming forward to oppose th 5 present members , Sir R . Peel and Capt . A'Court Thrisk . —Sir Simuel Crompton ( ministerialist ) retires in favour of Mr . Harland , now member for Durham , who will be opposed by the Hon , C . S . Wortley . Tiverton . —Should Lord Palmerston be again brought forward for this borough , the Conservatives will show fight , and in all probability with two such guod Candidates as will shake him from his seat .

      Tower Hamlets . —( From our London Correspondent . )—On Saturday , the Chartists in this borough , started Mr . E . PerronetfThompson ^ he son of Colonel Thompson , in oppoaifion to Colonel Fox , the nominee of the Wt . igs . A moat numerous meeting of the electors was holdcn on Monday evening at the Greenland Fishery , S ' . cpaey Green , Mr . Fr ^ ser in the chair , fer the purpose of hearing Mr . Thompson . Mr . Thompson commenced by staiiu « that the honour of representing the Tower Hamluts had noc been sought tot by him , and , indeed , when first asked , he felt astonished that one so unknown as himself should have been selected , but he could feel

      that the reason why he had received so numerously a signed a requisition , was on account of his relationship to one of the oldest and staunchest Reformers . As a young speaker , they would forgive him if he did not express himself so fully as it was wished . He would state that in his opinion the first essential Tar good Government , for permanent good Government , was the extension of the suffrage . He would go for no half measure . He would support the measure of Universal Suffrage , for he considered nothiug short would content the people . The voter required protection from aggrandised wealth ; the Ballot was in his opinion the best means to remove the difficulties under wliinh the

      voters labour . He was against legislating for the agricultural interest alone , or the commercial or manufacturing , but for all . The representation should then be given not to boroughs , or dues ; but to electoral districts . As in the ordinary course of life people took care to have an annual review of their affairs , he thought therefore there should be annual lection of members , which ho was convinced would not have the effect which some supposed ; viz ., that of depriving a good man of his scat , but would act in the contrary way , that of securing him his seat for life ; indeed it would be quite sufficiently long for any member to learn las business . He considered the New Poor Law unfair in principle and harsh in detail ; it was for the supporters of that mt-asuro to prove that any paii , cf that bill waa good in any point ; he was for the total annihilation of the bill . ( Cheer ? . )

      He was against that principle which obliged ouo man to pay for the use of the church which another man used—( hear , hear)—and in connection with this he would vote for the destruction of these oppressive courts called the Ecclesiastical Couvts . ( Cheers . ) Tlie opinions of hia revered relaaon as to free trade were well known . In those opinions he participated and would carry them OUt ^ In conclusion , he would state that he was the advocate of freedom of conscience and the political liberty of all . ( Cheers . ) In answer to a question , Mr . Thompson stated that he should vote , if returned , for the liberation r-f all political prisoners . A resolution in favour of Mr . Thompson was unanimously passed . The men of t " i : 3 Tovrer Hamlets have proved by bringing forward Mr . Thompson , that they huvu courage , and t ' r . t- position winch he now holds is aloue owiug to the working Chartists of the borough , though backeii bv none of the ieaders .

      SVakefifld . —The Hon . W . S . Laseelles will nov be unopposed . A requisition , numerously signed , has b-eu presented to Joseph Holdsworth , Esq ., who has agreed to stand on the liberal interest . Walsall . —Mr . J . N . Gladstone has announced his intention of again offering himself for this borough . Warwickshire—It is said that Mr , Bracebridge iriteuds to contest the Northern division of the county with Mr . Du ^ dale and Sir Eardley Wilmot . For South Warvrickshire the present members will be re-eiecled . Westminster . —We understand a requisition , most rcsi--etubly aud numerously signed , has been prepared lor the airival oi' Sir Willoughby Cotton , entreating tiiit distinguished officer to cou-ent to be put in nomination for Westminster at the approaching election .

      Wetmouth . —Lord Villiers and Mr . G . Hope are up : they will probably be unopposed . WoRctSTtBSHHiE ( East ) . —At present the two conservative members , Mr . St . Paul and Mr . Barneby , are the only candidates . Whitby . —Mr . A . Chapman ' s re-election is certain . Winchester . —Mr . East and Mr . Escott havo issued addresses , and together commenced an active canvass . It is said that iXr . Mildms » y will not again offer . Wtcombb . —Mr . Bernal , a son of Mr . Ralph Bemal , has come fur ward in conjunction with Ml . D&shwood , on the Whig-Radical interest . Mr ! Freshfield and Mr . Alexander are the Conservative candidates .

      Yorkshire ( East Ridikg ) . —This Riding , at present represented by iwo stanch Conssrraiivea Messrs . Bethett and Broadley , will evince its sense of their consistent services by again returning them to Parliament . No opposition is at present expected . , Yorkshibb ( W £ ST Riding ) . —The Ministerial candidates , Loids Morpeth and Milton , are to be opposed by the Hon . J . S . Wuraey aud Edmund Btckctt Denison , Esq . A good Chartist wiii , ii is expected , be put in nomination . Yobil . —The return of the present Conservative member , Mr . Lowther , is certain . Mr . Dunda * , tao present Whig member , retires . Mr . Strgcanfc Atcherley , on the Conservative side , ai :: i Mr . H . R . Yorkc , Ministerialist , will contest the sccaad mut .

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      SCOTLAND . Abgymshibb . —Mr . Campbell , of Monzie , again comes forward on the Conservative interest ; and as Jet he is without au opponent . Mr . Campbell , of slay , the sitting Member , does not stand ; and we do not think any other will be hardy enough to do so . ¦ ' ' . - ... " - ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' " ¦' ¦ ' .. ¦ Atbshirb . —Here there will be no contest ; , and Lord Kclburne will be allowed to walk the course . Bbbwick . t-IVo Ministerial candidates , it is said , will be returned here . Mr . Hodgson , a Conservative , will , however , contest the borough with them .

      Edinburgh ( City ) . —It is whispered in certain circles that Sir James Forrest has . indicated a wish to contest the represntation ef Edinburgh with the clique candidates , Sir John Campbell and Mr . Macaulay . Haldington Bbr » hs . —The old hack of the Treasury , Mr . R . Steuarfc , is to be opposed in the Hadddington and Jedburgh burghs , by Mr . Maitland Balfour , of Wittinghame , a stanch Conservative , who ha ? made a moat successful canvass of the electors .

      Lanarkshire . —A highly influential and respectable meeting of the Conservative Association of this conntv was held at the Black Bull , Glasgow , when Captain Lockhart , of Milton Lockart , was proposed as a candidate on the Conservative side , in room of the sitting member , who retires . A requisition , not numerously signed , but from the liberal clique , has been forwarded to Buckingham Palace , beseeching the Queen ' s Master of the Household , the Hon . Mr . Murray , to stand as the Radical candidate . It ib supposed he will accept , and if he do so the contest will be keen , although there is uo doubt whatever of the success of Mr . Lockhart . Renfrewshibe . —P . M . Stewart , Esq ., has arrived , aud is to start for the county of Renfrew on the Liberal interest . The Conservative candidate is Wm . Mure , Esq ., Caldwell .

      IRELAND . Bandon ( Borough , )—Capt . Stuart , of Limerick has been invited by some of th « electors to offer himself ; but his coming to the poll will not disturb Mr . Sergeant Jackson ' s return . Cashel ( Borotjgh . )—Mr- Waldron , a Dublin calico-printer , is epoken of for this borough . Ccrk ( Count ? . )—Lord Bernard , ( son of the Earl of Bandon . ) and one of the Leader family , are the Conservative candidates for this county . Dublin ( Citt . )—Mr . J . B . West , Q . C ., and another gentleman of Conservative principles , will fight the battle of tho constitution in the metropolis with the great agitator . Dundalk ( Borough ) . )—Lord Jocelyn is canvassine thin borough on the Conservative interest .

      Kilkenny ( Borough . )—Mr . Smithwick , a repealer , puts out Master John O'Connell ' s candle . It is said he is provided for . Kinsale ( Borough . )—A "liberal of great eminence" is announced for this borough , but the name is as yet a secret . Louth ( County . )—Mr . J . Chester and Mr . R . M . Bellew Etand on the Radical interest , and will be opposed by Mr . Fortescue , of Stephenstown , and Major M'Clintock . Mato . —The Earl of Altamount has 6 ent circulars to the electors of this county without expi easing any political opinions . It is rumoured that Mr . Brown will be provided for in the colonies , and Mr . Blake will retire , it is said , because his father does not consider the honour worth the expense . Tho Honourable Mr . Dillon has kept silent on his politics as yet .

      Mallow ( Bobough . )—Sir Denham Norreys will net allow his personal ambition to endanger the liberal cause . He declares himself for tho Ballot , a fixed duty , and freedom of trade . Newrv . —Viscount Ncwry and Mourne will bejthe candidate for this Borough on the Conservative ' interest . Mr . Ellis retires . Queen's CouNir . —The Hon . Thomas Vesey and Sir Charles Coot will oppose Mr . Fitzpatrick . Ross ( Borough . )—The Radicals have touched the £ 1 , 000 on nomination , though they know Mr . Tottenham mast be returned . They hare abandoned repeal ! Tea lke . —Maurice O'Connell is th « only candidate as yet in the field .

      Westmeaih ( Coukty . )—Mr . Pollard , of Castle Pollard , comes forward with another eminent laudlord to rescue the county from the priests .

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      SOUTH LANCASHIRE . —Delegate Meeting . —The above meeting took place on Sunday . June 14 th , In the Chartist Room , Brown street , Eaat Manchester , when delegates were present from the following places : Mr . Thomas . Davies , for Tib-street , Manchester ; Mr . John Cartlei . ' ge , Brown-street , Manchester ; Mr . John Joy son , Hardman-street , Manchester ; Mr . Jaa . Holmes , Hume and Cborlton-npon-Medlock ; Mr . J . F . Craig , Salford ; Mr . Henrj Chappell , Oldhara ; Mr . William Watchera , Shaw ; Mr . Joseph Eokersley , Unsworth ; Sir . Robert Ttnder , Newton Heath ; Mr . Jonah Schofield , Opensbaw and DrnyJsden ; Mr . Josbus Briggs , Pilkiugton ; Mr . Thomas Dootson , Rooden Lane and Prestwich ; Mr . Thoa . Lowe , Warrington ; Mr . James Cariletfge , Liverpool ; Mr . James Bower , gtaleybridge ; Mr . John Butter worth . Milnrow : Mr . John Leech ,

      Hyde ; Mr . Thomas Stoner , Ashton ; Mr . Martin Ireland , Bury . [ The Council wish most reapfcc ' .-fally to rtquest that theix friends at Bolton , Rochdale , Mottram , Middleton , Heywood , Failsworth , and Katcliffe , will not neglect to send a delegate to the next meeting , which will be held in the same room on that day month . ] Mr . John Car Hedge was called to the chair —The minutes of tho last meeting were read and confirmed . The financial accounts were examined and found correct , and < ach man tendered in his quota of money from his constituents , towards the support of tha South Loncaahiro Lecturer . Every delegate then proceeded , in duo order , to give an account of the progress of the cause in his district , in doing which they ail declared that their constituents were disguBted with tbe Whigs of Manchester for their late conduct , and

      pledged themselves to assist the Manchester Chartists by every means which lay in their power . They considered it a national question , and that the insult offered to the Chartists of Manchester ought to be ct'jisidered an insult to every Chartist in the Association . The Whigs began at htad quarters first , fancying that if they succeeded there , they eouVrt take every other town afterwards . They gave great credit to the Chartists of Manchester , and conceived they Lad achieved a moral victory in shewing that they only wished fair discussion to promote their cause , instead of the bludgeon , &c . which hod been resorted to by their adversaries . They were aware that were the Chartists , to make the least resistance , they would have to beat police j-oldiers , and all other force which could be arrayed ueainst them . The following resolution was then

      carried without a dissentient : — " That -we the delegates present conceive it to be our duty—a duty which we are determined to fulfil—tocall public meetings in every to wn and village around Manchester forthwith , at which collections shall be made towards defraying the cxpenc

      uinount of tateat to come out ; therefore he could not havo any objection . Mr . John Leech , was next proposed to bo added to tho plan . He rose and wiut he felt honoured at being chosen to be put upon tbe plan as lecturer . He could assure them that though he might not have the talent of some men , he had , he trubled , ' spirit arid determination second tr > none iu his capacity . There was a uian of his nanso who had ga . ' . u < . * d the -respect . of tho Chartists of this kicgiiom . He ( . Mr . Leech ) would follow in his footsteps . His lectures should be his motto , aud his namesake ' s priaciples his princip . ' ea . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Storer , Mr . Raukin , Mr . Roberts , and Mr . G , were also carried as fit and proper persons to be added to the plan . The following protest against the proceedings of the Cora Law Itepealers of Manchester

      was read and adopted : — " Wo , the Chartist Delegates of South Lancashire , wish to euter eur protest , collectively , ugainst the cru < sl , unfair , and atrocious conduct ofthu Manchesteri' bloodies'assuinblcd in Stophenson " s Square , on the 2 nd of Juno ; for the mean , low , anil cowardly manner * in which , ttiey acted to arrest thtt progress of free discussion . It is our firm conviction that the Manchester authorities are highly culpable for not preserving the peace of the town , instead of laughing while their fellow creatures wete being helplessly bludgeoned . We consider tae man , or men , who could maliciously , and , no doubt , for the worst of purposes , circulate falsehoods to cause jealousy , as was dona on that occasion , amongst the working classes , to be our must direful enemies—and we took with , utter contempt upon tha conduct uf tho individuals who attacked tho Chartists at Carpenter ' s

      Hail , when about U » meet to censure the conduct of the parties to the Stepheneou s Squnre butchery . Although those ignorant and deluded persons have nearly murdered poor old Wheeler , cut and wounded Mahon , and nearly killed Cairns , besides brutally beating many others of our best friends ; yet are we determined to persevere in / propagating our just and sacred principle , until even those mtu , who then acted so brutally , shall see their folly aad our sincerity , and ultimately be induced from a sense of justice and self protection , to join us in contending for their and our rights , immunities , and privileges ; and which are laid down in the document called the People ' s Charter . Fuithirnioire , we particularly enter our prateat against th © conduct of Sir Thomas Potter and Charles Walker , Esq ., magistrates , who were on the fcustiDgs of the Corn Law Repealers ; and also that of Richard Cobdcu , Esq ., Cliairman , on the occasion in

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      sanctioning such unlawful and outrageous conduct . Having had a true specimen of Mr . Cobden ' s conduct towards working men , we call upon the people of Stockport to reject him at the approaching election , and never allow a man who could preside overa meeting where such barbarities were committed to misrepresent them in the Commons' House of Parliament . The proceedings of the anti-Corn Law League during the past week have proved them to be the advocates of their own particular interests , to the destruction of all others : it has shewn that they are not favourable to , bat that tbey flinch from , open and fair discussion , and that they have resorted to all means , however unfair and despotic , to silence the real advocates of the peoples rights , and to gain their ends , either at packed meetings in doors , or

      what has been wrongfully termed public meetings out of doors , and thus give an hireling press an opportunity of misrepresenting the sentiments of the people ef Manchester and its vicinity . " Mr . Leech was re-elected as the lecturer for South Lancashire for the next month , he having given satisfaction during the last . A vote of thanks was given to the Chalrtnin , Mr . John CartlecJge , and to the Secretary , Mr . James Cartledge , for their unpaid end voluntary services in the cause of the peoplo . The delegates aat upwards of seven hours , every one wishing to do what he could to forward the cause in which ho was engaged , and to give satisfaction to his constituents . Instead of having their spirits in the least damped by the late occurrence , they appeared more enthusiastic . Two shilliugs and ninepeuce was collected and given to Cairns .

      MANCHESTER . —On Sunday evening last , the Tib-street room was filled to overflowing with an enthusiastic amUence by half-past six o ' clock / which was composed of English , Irish , and Scotch people of both sexes . Tbe attack made upon the Chartists in this town by the anti-Corn Law party has caused a great excitement in the public mind and raised the sympathy of many who looked upon the Chartists with contempt before , but who are now amongst their most zaloua friends aud supporters , who have given tokens of their sincerity by joining the association , and axe willing to subscribe towards the expenses incurred , and tbe support of tbe victims of the " bloodies . " Mr . Joseph Linuey was called to the chair , and , in the course of his remarks reprobated the parties who calumniated

      the Chartists by representing them to be in the pay of the Tories . He said the sore place consisted in the working men being able from taking & retrospect of both Whiga and Tories , to come to a common sense conciusion , which was , that neither were tlie friends of the working classes . ( Cheers , ) TLe only difference was , that tho one wa 3 a professed friend but always proved an . inveterate enemy , while the other was an open fue and stuck to his profession . Mr . Mahon rose , and was greeted with a burst of cheers , but no sooner did he lift his hat off than the tune was changed to execration for the Whigs , at seeing the plasters on hia bead and face , placed to cover and heal the wouuds which he had received whilo in the discharge of his duty , peaceably and

      constitutionally . At this time , a still worse sight presented itself . Poor Cairns came into the room , and shewed his face , which had been dreadfully mangled and disfigured ; a murmur and a thrill of horror ran through the whole meeting . Mr . Mahon said , the Charman had told them that he would tell them how he got his beating , but he could only tell them that ho had been dreadfully beaten , and that was all ; but served as he had beeu , it ilid not deter him from crawling to tho meeting on the following day . He then went on to exhort his hearers to still more determined perseverance , and he would say , let no man be considered a Chartist unltss he would have his name upon the books as a member , and subscribe towards carrying on the work— ( chters)— and bye and byfithey would out

      number all the fictions put together , which would be the best way to prevent his head being broken again . He could not allow the excuse of poverty for joining . He knew something about the books , being once the secretary , and from his own observation he conld say , that the weavers had always paid better than any other brauch of arlizana , though getting less . He then compared the commttees and the Executive to the Parlianient , who was weak if not well supported from without . So it was with the committee wiieu not supported by the menders of the society . After touching on many other points , he told the people they never could expect redemption ou ' y through thoir own exertions , and the medium of political power , and gave notice that the five rooms would be filled shortly to hear lectures ;

      after which collections would bo made towards defraying tbe expenses—for , notwithstanding all the money they bad received from the Tories , he believed they would have to pay it themselves . The Chairman , after making a few remarks , said he would then introduce Mr . Leech , who had baen appointed to lecture that evening . Mr . Leech rose , and said that , notwithstanding the rows , riots , and tumults , the many beads that had been broken , the blood wKich had been spilt , it appeared they could have a good meeting in Tib-street yet—indeed , he believed it almost as possible to cov « r the Sun with a blanket as to stop the people from meeting , to demand those rights which they have been deprived of by factions who have trampled them under foot by the Iron heel of despotism and tyranny . Tho

      parties who had been inacosTering last weak labour to prove to the people that if their designs were carried into execution , . namely , a Repeal ef the Corn Laws , the wages of the working classes would rise . This was , indeed , fine logic from the very parties wbo had more than any other been the nitJans of bringing wages down . ( Cheers . ) He had been in conversation with a gentleman who had observed that it was not in the power of tbe masters to raise wages . Mr . Leech asked him why they did not prevent them falling when they were double what they were at thu present time . The fact was that the wasters , cotton , lords in particular , would not care how small thy wage * were so long as they could keep them in servility , and make them into slaves . ( tfear . )

      After so much misery , starvation , and want which had existed in the land , and the people had been hambo , zled and cheated for nine years , it had resolved itself into tha question as to who should have office O , said some of the Whigs , you must kotp in our friends . ( Laughter . ) Mr Leech considered it a worthless question as to who should hold orSca with tho working classes . It was a question at tiny rate which had not sufficient merit about it as to justify one party of working men to breuk the heads of another party . ( Hear , hear . ) Those very men ihat had been the instigators of the blooiiy affair in Manchester would bring tbe charge against the working men , and plead it a » a sufficient reason , as sulficient evidence , that the working classes were not qualitied to possess the political

      franchise , that they were too ignorant , as fully exemplified in their conduct towards each other , i Ciiesrs . ) Mr . Letch then -went through , a detail of the persecntions . prosecutions , and imprisonment which the Chartists have suffered for tl . eir endtaveurs to achieve justice not only to themselves but to those who had been persuaded that they , tho Chartists , were their greatest enemies . It had been said that the Chartists were enemies to a repeal of tho Union , but would Sir Thomas Potter , Captain Sligh , or Gibson give them a repeal of the Union ? ( No . ) These men had by falsehood and calumny stimulated them to break the heads of their only friends , and would afterwards turn round and laugh at them . But had it forwarded the cause of the repeal of the Corn Laws ? No , he maintained the

      Whigs have given themselves a fine slap in the face . ( Cheers and hear . ) Nor bad it done any good to ttia agitation for the repeat of the Union . He did not lay blame to the reasoning poition of tbe Irishmen , because ho knew that they were as much opposed to such like conduct as the Chartists . Tbe parties who had perpetrated those acts of cruelty weie men who cared little about anything but a glass of whiskey and a stick . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sorry to say that it had injured a many j . oor men who had to go into the villages to pick up a living by selling a few things . It bad caused great hostility against them , he had been in a village where a great many hud declared

      they would not purchase things from men who had committed sueh deeds as tbosu in Mnuchesler . Those men who were upon the hustings in Stepbenson's-pquare would make merchandise of England and Ireland had they the power . A man had toJd him that the manufacturers of England would never be s : itUrled Until they could compete with the foreigner . What did competition mean ? Why , the very word itself means sorrow , tears , aud blood . ) ( Hear , hear . ) It meant that the people of France must starve the people of England , to satisfy the avaricious appetites t > f a si-t of grjsping moiieymongers , or that the peeple of England must starve tlie ( . eopie of France , that was tbe real

      definition of competition . ( Cheers . ) But it was not co much competition that , even themselves had in view , in trying as they were at the present time , to shake society to its centre , but it was the last kick of a withering , graceless , and rotten faction . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Leech said that they , the people of Ettgland , could not do with three parties . There should at all events be one destroyed , and if the people could bring them together and set one to destroy the other , the one remaining would be a target for the people to fire at . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Leech then went into a detail of the principles and effects of the competitive system , and stated the wages obtained in countries against which the English people had to compete , giving at the same tirue , the price of

      provisions in those countries , as campared with the price in England and the rate of house rent , &c . He glanced at countries where they hod Com Laws , and at those which were -without , and drew the inference that where they wore cursed by claw legislation , the same evils existed ; and where the people enjoyed more liberty , they whexo more happy . Why was it that the operatives of those countries could do better with five shillings , than the people of this with fifteen or twenty f simply because they havt not £ 29 , 900 . 000 of interest to pay for a national dekfc-£ i 6 , « 0 § , 00 « for the oiYil ; £ 50 , too . OOO local taxes ) ~/ 1 *! \ * to * oler SJ to « pout the moat horrible speciea f bl

      oasphemy , iu proclaiming to the world that all the poverty and wretchedness which existed , woa in accordance with the will and pleasure of Deity . It mattered not to Xhem—the workint ? classes—what law was repealed so long as labour was unprotected , and so long as a privileged class had the power to numopolise all the benefits which mightaccrue from repealing a bad law . Those men who had been blrzing forth tho goo 1 sense of the working classes one day , and tolling the country , through an hireling press , that the working classes had scaled the doom of the Corn Laws , and that the fiat of the intelligent i p ? ratives has cone- forth , -a-nf that their uiol < po ' y waa kinking—would ttll a working man to

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      bis teeth , that he was too ignorant to possess tfi « franchise . ( Hear , neanl Conld they bnt see tha * men ' s hearts , they were as black as sin ; and the whoiA of their scheme was , thafc they wanted the woritinw classes to assiat them to obtain a Repeal of the Cora Laws , while they ( the working classes ) nrasTh . content to be alaTea ( Hear , hear , and loud feheer « L » The speaker continued that the middle classes nevw would ; concede to the people their just rights until th « were forced . Then , racn being the case , tbe workw men should not make themselves into tools at th * £ bidding , and hia word for that , they would soon berfZ * to join them for Universal Suffrage . As a steikW illustration ot the consistency of a mlddle-d ^ o « T * '

      SI / tlufeH «« W Mm th « t ho « nnM ... * - _ n - ... m 9 a , Cobden told him that he would not allow himself f « be put in nomination for any town , and the very nw * week wrote an address to the electors of Stock ™* and again , when they found they had been beaten er ™ at meetings called at eleven o ' clock , when a * rear m ™ ber of slaves wonid be « lmt up and could not m * ^ v « te for freedom , and when they had been cluLt . watched in the surrounding districts , and further th knew that tho Chartists could carry a resolution for or Suffrage at Ashton , Droylsden , Newton H eath Fail worth , Stockport , Eccles , and Warrington Prenti « £ favourite walk , they hit upon a knack of packtoe tw meetings , eo that a sufficient number could « t r . uni the rostrum and pwwnMhe working class * « etHn . k

      near . * maing mat iney got severely exposed tli » then resorted to physical force , and being too hi . cowards themselves they were compelled to hira i body of working men to break the heads of anothet body of the same class . And these ganttemen those who cry out against the cruel and abominable Corn Laws , ; and who have so very ranch compassion for the poor that they would actually wish to aiv » them * , large loaf and high wages , in order to comL ' fe with the foreigners . Ah , the base h ypocrites ! tb £ would not care the toss of a button if all the artiz » w ef Manchester were upon an emigration ship if the . could only ranke the machinery do the work . iCheersi He would promise them that their kind acts nhoiM not be kept in the dark . They must not think that it would end thera have

      They settled Mm question as to their motives in the out-townships . Ho- | Miv Leech ) would promise them when he . met any of them in discussion again , he would take the liberty cf jajt bringing it to their memory . It would not last loo * * the men they had made tools of would soon twin "t > see through their policy , and seeing their " error would join the Char tists in declaring liberty , not only for Englishmen , but Irishmen likewise . ( Cheeia . 1 In allusion to the pitiful cry of " Tery gold , " the speaker said , he , could tell them that they , the Repeal < n , the Whigs , offored to pay him ; he could tell them that the Tories offered to pay him to go into tbe agrf . cultural districts to counteract tke statements of the Kepealers ; but he treated them both with * cobtemni

      Ho belonged to the woiklng men , and they adhered i > principle , sod he and they would go together . | Cheers . ) He could have gone into the agricultural districts with a good grace ; but when the question was put to him he wished to make the agreement withthem , that while he denounced the cottoa lords , he should be at liberty to denounce the landlords , and every other class of socfety who prevented the people from obtaining their rights . ( Hear , hear . ) O , said they , that was Chartism , they could not allow that . He , Leech , said it was . and he was glael to heat them form such . an estimation of it tCheer * ) Mr . Leech then argued that labour was th « foundation of all wealth , and asked how it W 3 S that a Rothschild c « uld realize in profits no less than S : 0 « 6 or 6 , 000 per week , and Baring and Company-s . oof . GIOccr

      yearTThey had net produced it , and those who produce nothing Lad notbfag to give . It was simply because labour was anprotected , and thus every man wlo wished to gamble and speculate was at liherty . Eycry encouragement was given to the profit mpnserg . ( HeaT , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . Leech then showed how much cheaper the ]? eopl « of Salford were obtaining theii goods , and playing the d——1 with the shopkeeper * . As much as 2 d . 3 d . a » d 46 . per pound was saved out of some articles—and said , that shortly there would be a similar shop opened in that district , as the Salfoid one was doing gloriously . Another instance of tbe dis . tributioss of wealth . He , not long ago , was at ; HudV dersfif Id , and while there he inquired the price , of a waistcoat-piece for bis own information . He was told

      that it was three shillings per yard . He came to Manchester , went to a shop in Market-street , and inquired what they sold it at ( the very same quality ) and ha was told seven shillings and sixpence . He was not surprised at that , because he knew they had larj ? e renta to pay and high taxes . They had to pay £ 29 , 000 to police . They , would go worse every week . Why , because " when those shops were built , wages were better , and the people were enabled to purchase the goods . Therefore , taking off the wages had , as a matter ef course , taken away the money which formerly found its way into their tills . ( Cheers , and "well done Leach . " ) It did not matter whether this law or that was repealed , tka whole system must be changed , and the people most have political power to protect themselves , and when

      that was done , away would go the influence of both cotton lords and landlords , this could and would be done , and up will rise the people from long-bound slavery and bjndage . When the people have the will they have the power . ( Cheers . ) Had the surplus population ( Whig phrase ) been put upon the land to cultivate for themselves , as they left the factories , the soil of England and Ireland would have been like a beautiful garden . The masters had ruined each other by their competition with ea « h other , when they found that by double-decking an * self-acting , they could not come into the market and carry the same profits , they , madman-like , lowered the people ' s wages , and by so doing very much lowered the market and there tliey found themselves in the pit ; da < for o'hers . Mr . Leech then drew a woeful picture of

      the wrongs and sufferings of the people « f Ireland , and shewed why the produce of that country was consumed by the non producers , whilst those who produce cannot get enough to supply their physical winta . He glanced at the clap-trap of Lord John Russell , for endeavouring to increase the revenue by bringing down taxation , and concluded by exhorting every man to be at his post , assuring them ( his hearers ) that a great crisis -was at band . The speaker was loudly cheered In retiring frim . the rostrum . A question was pat wtich was satisfactorily answered . A gentleman from Chester , an tloquent speaker and a netrUonvert afterwards addressed the meeting , giving a detail of the opposition he has met with since joining the Chartists , yet he was determined to proceed . The people were excessively crowded and the room was like a bath .

      BROwn-sxaEET . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Whittaket gave a very feeling address on the necessity of la ; . ing aside all religious prejudices , and uniting together for the purpose of gaining our political freedem . As a Roman Catholic , he was determined to denounce the . men professing the same religion as himself , but which men were a disgrace to any religion , f * r the . conduct they had exhibited in Stevenson ' ssquare , ar . d at Carpenter ' s Hall , the week before . The Chairman then called upon Mr . James Cartledge to address the meeting , who , in a humorous style , opened a fire upon "the Whigs , which raked them fore and aft , till they , were fairly " cleaned out "

      STOCKTON . —The " plague" have had a private meeting hero to agree upon a pubtie petition fur the repeal of the Corn Laws . Tbe Chartists were on the look out , bat did not bear of the meeting till it waa over , so seeret had they been in their movements There were not more than eighty persons present , and these , our correspondent observes , " the most inconsistent men in the town . " They boasted loudly that thef would not support any candidate who would not pledg » himself to vote for a repeal of the Corn Laws , while , at the same time they agreed to support Lord Harry Vane anil Mr . Bowes , neither of whom will promise to support their humbug policy . They threaten , » i-ubi : o meeting after this ; they had better try it on . The Chartists are ready .

      KSRRUttUXI ? . —At a public meeting h »! d here , * few days ago , we had tae pleasure of hearing for toe first time an explanation of the- glorious principles ** the People ' s Charter . A goodly number were assem bled undet the dear canopy of heaven , at tbe time of ui » meeting , eight o ' clock in the evening . Mr . J . ( ri ^ on , jun ., took the chair , and introduced Mr . John W'iis ^ n . a most indefatigable advocate , who delivered a raw * excellent . and spirit-stirring address , which lasted neany an hour and a half , and which gave great satisfaction - at the conclusion , cheera were given for the Charter , and a vote of thanks having been carried tu J ^ steeturer , the meeting separated .

      KENSINGTON . —The fustian jacketed masons , bearers cf tho national petition , determined not w slacken in their exertions for the good cause , got no , a thur own expense , a public meeting in York-street , Westminster , on Thursday week , and invited poetor M'Douall U lecture on the rights of labour &nii tut ia « roads made upon them during successive goveromeii * The'place , was crowded with hundreds of » nxk'U » listeners , and many were compelled to leave for waM of accommodation . Mr . Ridley late M . C . wa » caina w the chair , and opened the proceedings in an exseAent address , and was followed by Dr . M'Djuall , in an excellent and energetic lecture which occupied an hour an * a half in itfl delivery . At its conclusion , Mr . Wilson movedand MrWheelerseconded the ad option oi *

      , . , , JIVU UUU ««!• IV * A «« AV * y OWWUUVWJ »—— —— * - , petition to tho House of Commons , denouncing the aw atrocious bludgeon attack made upon the Chart !* soi Manchester , and praying for an inquiry into the « s ™ ™" otanceg conneettd with tha same . After the \ ° l the masons , Dr . M'DouaU , and other friends , sdjouroea to the Blue Anchor inn , where arrangement s were entered into for the purpose of bringing out the trade * » the metropolis ; it U confidently believed that w » whole body of masons will join the National Cbv «» Association , and that their example wiU be foUowea ^ several other trade * The proceeding * coneludeu ww * & variety of excellent songs and reciUtioM , and sn * a

      dress from Ihe Doctor describing hit tour in the So «» CHELTENHAM . —Mr . Henry Vincent pw «« through this town , on his toad to Banbury , to < * *" that town , when , by request , ho addressed th e m « mbe » of the Meeh »» i » ' Institution , in theii "P ^ " ™ rooms . Mr . * William Holies in the chair . ¦ A » ™ J conclusion of Jlr . Vincent ' s address , It was ' ' * S ; — " That » subscription be commenced towarw defraying the expences of the Banbury election , . on » Vincent's behalf . " The subscription was entered ww . and a good collection was made in the room . **\ r ^ conclusion , three cheers were given for Mr . »»<• * Yincent ? three for Feargus O'Connor ; three »* " " *! Peun Oaskell ; and three for the Charter .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1114/page/6/