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      THE CONTENTION OF MINISTERS . TO THE EDIT * S OF TOE KOBTHERS STAB . Sib , —On Sunday eraring , tbe 8 th instant , there was verbal notice giTen in two or three of the dissenting rfiapels in this town , stating that » meetiog trould be beld on the folio-wing morning , ( Monday , tie 8 th , ) at ten o ' clock , in the vestry room of Mr . Gays chapel , College-lsae , for the propose of electing a delegate to kbe conTention of ministers , -which is to meet in the Bisuing week , at Manchester . When I entered the room , at a quarter part ten , there tu only a doz * n persons assembled , and at bo time of the meeting did the number exceed thirty-two . But what surprised me the most ma the thin attendance of ministers ; for though there are twelve dissenting congregation * in Ifartbampton , there were only four or five pastors

      present ; -whether the others had notice of the meeting or not I cannot say ; but if they had n&tdoe it showed that the majority were either apathetic respecting the question , or did not agree in the objects of the meeting and if they bad not notiee giTen them , it snows that the few wished to hate it all to themselves . At the time I entered the room , those present -were eonversing with , and asking each other , as to -what the real object ~ wsa ; whether the delegate wss to be elected by and ' to represent the opinions of the ministers , or the dissenters of Northampton in general ; and when the Ber . Mr . Gray assumed the chair , I pnt the above question through him to the meeting , stating that if the delegate was supposed to represent the dissenters in general , of the town , I should protest agsinBt one going from that meeting .

      A verbal resolution was then proposed by the Rev . Jlr . miner , Independent minister , to the effect" That two delegates be elected to represent the dissenters of Northampton , at the convention of ministers about to be held at Manthaatei . " I moved aa amendment : — " That if any delegates were sent from that meeting , they would merely represent the opinions of the Ministers present , or that this meeting do now adjourn until proper notice should be given to the Dissenters of the town in general . " But , Mr . Editor , that would not do ; so the Rev . Mr . Phillips , Dissenting Minister of Earb Barton , and bookseller , in Nottingham , moved as a second amendment : — " That at a meeting of Ministers and a few friends , esQed by verbal notiee , it was resolved that two delegates be elected to attend the Convention of Ministen , shortly to be held at Manchester . "

      jLs the last was near the truth , I consented to withdraw my amendment , if Mr . Milner agreed to withdraw his motion which he consented to do , and Mr . Phillips then moved his amendment as an original motion and it was carried . It -ras then moved " That Messrs . Bennett and Milsa , both Independent Ministers , should be the delegates elected . " But this would not suit Mr . Gray , who is a Baptist , i « ad -who perhaps expected to have the honour of being one of the delegates ) and he suggested that the delegates should not be both of one denomination , bat that one should be an Independent and the other a Baptist , or so .

      'Well , how was this to be ordered ; one gentleman suggested that three delegates should be sent , \ that would have been one out of every eleven that there was at the meeting . ) I remarked that the meeting bad just decided that the number should be two , and it would not be very tusiness-like to undo what they had just done , -when Messrs . Bennet and Phillips seeing thattteir proceedings were the most ridiculous that could possibly be imagined , charged me with attempting to upset their meeting , and questioned my right to attend or take any part in the business . My right I vindicated and established , and repelled their charges by challenging Mr . Benrett or any other inhabitant of the town , to meet ice in public meeting and discuss the question of the Coed Is its , telling them that I was opposed to the repe&l cf these laws without other remedial measures ; end if Bennett did not think my talents good enough and snEciently respectable for Mm , I would find him soother man , but the advocate of free inquiry did not * ccet > t the challenge .

      As they could not agree as to who should be the delegates , the meeting rescinded their former resolution and separated -without doing anything , Mr . Piullips teiliBg them to go , as they had allowed Jil 'F ^ rlane to mpses their meeting . Mr . Editor , what must we think of the Convention , if its members sxe elected at such hole and conti meetings as tht above was evidently intended to have been . Yours in the cause , J 0 H 5 M'FiRLA > "E . Scarlet Well-yard , Northampton , August Hit , ISil .

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      TO THZ SD 1 T 0 S OF THE JtORTHE £ > " STAB . Sir , —is the Pont-y-Ty-Prydd Provision Company experiences much diSculty in obtaining -what th = y "want from the wholesale dealers , for ready mowy , will you be so good u to make the fact known in the columns of the Star , in order that Eome of your Chartist correspondents may refer us to some houses " who do not consider it their interest to make a political distinction between the money of Chartist companies , and that of tht factions . To remove all doubt on this point , I beg to transcribe a copy of one of these invidious distinctions . Tours , < fcc , Wh . Pfiicz , Porth-y-glo . " To VTm . Price , Pisrth-y-glo .

      " , —We are in receipt of your favour , and are much obliged for the preference cf your order , but had rathsi decline the accvunt altogether , as we are only in the habit of doing business with regular grocers , and net companies of the description you represent " * We are , Sir , your obedient servants , "Jos . Teav £ S 5 4 = o > " 5 . " Lcniion , « th May , ISil . "

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      EIGHT OF WAT THROU&H WESTBOm ^ E GROTE . TO THE EDIIOB OF THE KORTHEJLN STAB . Sis , —Permit me , through the medium of your journal , to call the attention of the inhabitants of Paudicgton sad Marylebone to the stoppage of a right of way , at the end of Westbource Grove , a Eew road running in the direction of the Western Railway terminus to Nettinghili- £ elds , and which , until lately , ( wben the " improvements" were extended a field ' s length , ) was free to every class of pedestrians who had occasion to pass that way . 1 have spoken to Mr . Jones , the builder , of "Westminster , on whose premises ( last Louse in the Grove I considered an opening ought to be made , but he objects to it for Several reasoi-s—the chiefest 'and

      most iirroicus . of which is , that it would defeat Ms intertk'HE oi keeping tbe road " select ' " If , " said he , " a thorocgLfare wcre to be made , the poor people ( nai thiiC ye labouring classes ; would pass this way ; Snd icark , again . , they do destroy eTerjthing so . " I told hlra I knew Ujo much of the induitrLus classes to believe that But even aiimitiicg hJ 3 assertion to be true , I believed they < . lhe industrious classes , paid for everything , and m&ee the rich wh ^ t they are . " Yes , " S 2 id he , bat I should not lite them to pass this way ; you know one likes to keep the place as select as one ess . " And so the poor are to go " all ruund Rjbm { Hood ' s Biro , " as the saying is , tccmse one man has ' taken it into his head to make what should be a most ' necessary thoroughfare " select . " TTpoa my word , what

      n * xt . ' Are eo ; the industrious classes mmipied upon sad spurted enough already , tha ; this " Select" " reni-E * £ ic-f mortality" must needs add additional reproach ap : n their honour , by calling them " destroyers of everything , " and representing them as rot even fit to paa do-sra s road . I appeal to tie inhabitants oi this peal nietropoiis , to know if they "Bill aii&w inch an in-Eiit to pars -unnoticed- I appeal U > the parish authorities , to every member of the Piddineton Ytstry , to kecw if they—who are arpoint-ed as guardians of tie people's rights , and redressers of the people ' s wrongswiii EiLction such a stigma on the characters of their is < rc £ tricu 3 poor , as they most assuredly will , unless they sivuse thciasfciTfcs as cue man , and insist ¦ upon an CPSnicg btine Hide for their acecminodatkii .

      TrastiEg that you will icsert the above on the eariifcst occasion , 1 remain , A foe to every species of oppression , Henkt Do ^ eli Gr . iypiTES , >' o . 21 , Winchester , RuF , Eugware Kcad . Lcnd ^ n , Acrust ICzh , lfeil .

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      THE TEX HOrKS BILL . "O TES £ DI 70 a 07 THE ^ OKTHEE ^ STAR . SIS , —Some of year cotemporaries of the Whig and Whig-Kadieal schools have , wiibin the last few wee 3 :. > -, J ^ iEifested their chserin in c-ccsequecce of the Chartists siding in the overthrow of theur Christian and ininic ^ n ^ T ^ era Trl- ' ch obtains in tfce mills ard factories cf civilized Britain . '_ ' The bead acd front of * ur offeEdiEg" appears to be En inactivity on our part in reference to the repeal of the Cora Laws , while at the same time Tre labour to

      deliver the victims of M 2 hheoe from their horrid state ° f thialdcm . I have locked over their lucubrations ic the hope of findine seme thin ? approximating to argu-** & ! yet I find not the least scintilla of that nec € E-* &ry commodity ; acrimony and dedamstion are . alene ttfi componeut ingredients of their incoherent reveries ; 'tis being the case , I am Baved the trouble of analysp ? the coHipound prepared by Dr . Smiles and Co . 2 oTTever , as they are evidently ignorant of the views * £ . d oV ; . ects cf the Chartists , allow me , through the e ^ 2 n : s of yc-ux journal , to tell those murky-brained PnyEcians .

      1 st That we ara opposed to , and wai against every £ I * cies of Els-very , whether irflicted vpon the rising feceation , or upon the adnit ; and moreo-rer , that eni ^ ^ ali ^ - JS EOt circumscribed to our native soil , but ettcads w every clime , tribe , and creed ; we dtaie the kfcedem , and consequent tappings ? , of the "fil ^ l- ; to&an race ; therefore we act not iEeonBistently . 2 ^ . That we have invariably denounced tie ^ ° * employing children in factories to that proga «< = < l p « ricd whicii the most eminent of the faculty « £ Te declared their nature to be unable to sustain with "EFaritj-. _ RetQlutioi V condeamatory cf the tvil .

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      havB repeatedly fimanatftd from the varieus pnblifl meetings convened by the Chartists ; the subject has employed the p « ns of our ablest writers , and it has arrested the attention of the convention of Chartist delegates assembled from different quarters of the empire . Therefore it is no new doctrine engrafted upon Chartism for expediency sake . Srd . That the benefits to be derived from a repeal of the Cora Laws is merely ideal , while those which will accrue from a restriction of machinery will be real and substantial , b « th in respect to the physical , moral , religious , and political -welfare of the present aad succeeding gener&tiens . Therefore we pursue not an airy ' phantom to divert the attention of the people from the pursuit of intrinsic rood .

      4 th . ' We have not advocated the utility or necessity of the Com Laws ; we have only questioaed the motives of the " League , " "who have , perhaps nnintentionaDy , shewn the cloven foot , by declaring it to be impossible for the English manufacturer to compete wiUi his foreign ri-ral except by a redaction of wages , which they find it impossible to effect without a repeal of the Corn Lairs , which they say , -would produce a reduction in the price of the workman ' s lo&L We have received no guaranteefrom the'' League" that the continental manufacturer will , in case of a repeal of the Corn Laws , oonvert his bleach grounds into corn

      fields , his mills into barns , and his machinery into implements of husbandry . We have not yet been shewn how the agricultural labourers will be provided for , and that an influx of the tillers of the soil into otrr manufacturing towns will not affect the operatives theretofore resident These things are left unnoticed by the " League "; therefore we shonld be inconsistent , nose-led , purblind dolts to co-operate with the " League ; " seeing that we seek the vital interest of all , and consequently , cannot desire to see our oppressed "brethren in the agricultural districts thrust into bastiles , starved off the land of their birth , or transported to the wilds of Australia .

      Dan is the pet of the ' League . " This " Moses of Irela-VD . '" sold the factory child ' s cause for £ l , « 00 , and in connection with the tale , the Priests of Mammon imagined that the cause -was slaughtered ; however , they have found out their mistake—the cause still lives in spite of the " Moses" and the bloodmoney . This is the sore . Yoars truly , W « . RlDIR . Leeds , August 17 th , 1841 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOKTHEBN STAB . Sib , —Will you permit me to acknowledge having received from Mr . William Russell , of Nottingham , 2 S 0 Xorihern Stars , 70 Chartist Circulars , 70 Illuminators , and about 50 Miscellaneous Tracts and other Journals , 30 Extinguishers , and 60 Chartist Rushlights , to light our way out of the meshes the Whigs have laid for as , and oblige , Yours truly , Joseph Macdoxald . 122 , High-street , Newry , Ireland .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE KORTHER ^ STAR . SiB ., —I take the liberty of troubling yon on a subject which our association thinks is of the most vital importance to the whole Chartist body , and which we conceive that you should , in the Star , notice as promptly as yon possibly can , in order to put every real Chartist upon his guard , so as to enable us to put down the nuisance which 1 now lay before you . Soon after the last Northern Political Union commenced , a few xcould-be-lhought midd' . e-class men , shopocrate , at Newcastle , thrust themselves into the council ; leaders of it they would be ; its funds they kept at their almost sole disposal ; nene but themselves would be allowed to hold office , either as president , treasurer , &c , they seeking to gain a popular name , in order to get a run to their own shops . They kept the Union in a state of turmoil , and brought it to the close it had , Bolely through their own incapacity .

      After the close of the Northern Political Union , a spiriV of apathy and distrust was felt by the working population here , uati ! the present organization of the >" ai : onal Charter Association comruenced , when the association here gathered strength , and at the present moment every prospect of success appears ; when lo ! the parties alluded to , finding , no doubt , their tills rather low , and seeing the people beginning to move , think it a good time for them to be stirring , and to swamp the Charter Associations by getting up a Northern P litical Union again ; they , of course , to be the sole managers and directors , as before , of its funds .

      In order to get their political union brought about , and thus swamp the Chartists , they held a meeting at the Clarendon Arms , the other day , to unite , as they said , all classes of Reformers—for the Whig cheap bread budget no doubt—as they , having the elective franchise , invited " Brown Bread Joseph ; " whilst our associations were bringing forward Broaterre O'Brien They have now at their shops , I assure you , a list , or prosptctus , for the reorganization of the Northern Political Union , which , ou any known Radical coming in , they present to him to sign , inteading , aa soon as they can get as many signatures as will enable them to pack a part of a room , to call a meeting , and raise ihemBelvesin head and chief , and bring money again to their tills , now getting very low .

      Tee Chartists determine to resist the attempt with all their energies , and no doubt they will be able to upset them . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , J . H . Oaseburn , August 17 , 1541 .

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      The Chairman addressed the meeting in a sensible speech , and at some length ; after which the . tracts presented by Mr . Watkins were distributed , members were enrolled , and the following gentlemen were nominated to form » portion of the General Council : —Mr . Ivai H . Ebbedsen , Sub-Secretary ; Mr . Thomas Dullam , Bab-Treasurer ; Messrs . Dawson , Balls , Wynn , Phillips , Harvey , and French .

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      DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their UbUal weekly meeting at thir great room , No . 14 , North Anne Street , on Sunday last , Mr . William Woixitrsrd in the chair . Mr- Brophy , tfce secretary , rea < A the minutes of tbe last meeting , which was confirmed ; he also read letters from . Mr . John Rielly , of Navan , and Mr . T . M'Douall , of Newry containing eleven names te be enrolled as members ; he a ! so read letters from Mr . W . Russell , of Nottingham , and fiom Messrs . Wright and Clarke , oi Stocfcport , all of which were recuved with loud applause . Twentyfive new members were enrolled , and notices for the admission of as many more were handed to the Secretary , after which the Chairman introduced Mr . Peter

      Hoey , late student in her Majesty ' s College at Wakefitld . M . r . Hoey said it gave him infinite satisfaction to see so orderly and wtll conducted a meeting as that he was then addressing . The time ( be said ; had come when the working millions ought to be united , and he was delighted to see that the threats and machinations of a loose and perfidious party had not had the effect of damping the spirit of true patriotism . He concluded an eloqutnt sp ~ jtch by describing tbe treatment he received at the bands of the Whigs which called forth the sympathy of the meeting and their disapprobation of the conduct of Whigs and their supporters . Mr . M . Graves said that he agreed with Mr . Hoey that the

      people of England were not the enemies of Ireland ; they were a people suffering the same privations as the Irish , and all these privations arose from class legislation . With regard to Repeal , he could wish that every county in Ireland had , like the states of America , a government of its own ; but Repeal without au extension of the Suffrage would only keep them in their present state . Mr . T . Wood said that if ever he felt proud it was on reading the Rev . Mr . Ryan ' s letter . Although a Protestant he never bowed to the idol of the " Orangemen ; " nor did he ever drink " the glorious , pious , and immortal memory ; " but he hoped he would have the honour of bowing to tbe Rev . Mr . Ryan , the

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      Catholic priest , and of drinking the health of so good , so pious , aad to patriotic a man . Mr . O'Connell ( not Dan ) rose and said , that as a Roman Catholic and a Repealer , he conld see nothing ille gftia being a member of tne Irish Universal Suffrage Association , nor did he see any thing contrary to tbe dictates of his religien . Mr . O'Higgins rose to propose ihe admission of some members , of whom he had given nbtfee on the previous Sanday . fie said that while he -was on hia legs , he would take that opportunity of mentioning a fact which had come to his knowledge in a manner that could leave no doubt upon his mind as to the authenticity of the information , and he was sure that the members of the Irish Universal Association would be delighted to hear it Some persons who were kind enough to honour their meetings with their presence had carried tkeir

      good intentions so tat as to give a pretty accurate report of their meetings to Mr . O- 'Ferrall , the Chief Commissioner of Police . Now , he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) hoped , and he was snre that every member ot this society would join him in tbe hope and the wish , that their proceedings would be regularly reported , and not only laid before the Commissioners of Police and the Irish Executive , bat before the Throne itself . ( Hear , hear . > He might venture to say , thatIn the event of Her Most Gracious Majesty being made fally and fairly acquainted with the objects , rules , and proceedings of this Association , she would not only patronize and encourage it , but declare , as no doubt she will do one day or other , that the members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Associa , tions , and the British Chartists , are the only men upon whom she can rely In the time of need . Thanks were carr ied to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      BELFAST . —The Chartisteof thU town held their quarterly meeting on Tuesday , the l » th instant , Mr . T . Hebblewaite in the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by reading the rules of the society and « xplaiping its objects . The books of the society being audited by two members appointed at the last meeting , a balance sheet was laid before the meeting and adopted . The members then proceeded to the election of a committee and officers for the ensuing three months . Mr . Donald M'Pherson was unanimously appointed Treasurer , Mr . James Hebblewaite , President , and Mr . P . Mellon , Secretary . After the election of the committee ,

      several letters from England were read , which gave the lie to the assertion that the working classes of that country are enemies to Irish liberty ; a letter was also read from Armagh , requesting some . S 7 ar # and Tracts to be sent The Chartists of this town have much to contend against , but opposition only makes them more zealous and determined in the cause they have espoused . Mr . Francis Mellon has received from our friends at Hollingwortb , a parcel containing 27 Stars , 70 Glasgow Circulars , 10 copies of Mr . M'Douall' fl Chartist and Republican , accompanied with a letter from Mr . John Campbell , of that place .

      SOUTHAMPTON . The National Temperance Association have dissolved , and the members thereof have joined in the struggle for the Charter . LEICESTER . —Names of new members are being received daily . The Sunday night discourses in the market-place have resulted in the deep conviction of hundreds , that Chartists are right , and numbers are coming forward to confess it . A new train of circumstances seems likely to increase the excitement Chartists having so often been twitted with a neglect of " education , " Mr . Cooper gave notice that he would commence a series of familiar lectures on science , and made respectful application to the Mayor for the use of the Guildhall . HU Whig Worship , however , had not yet digested his mortification at Chartist

      electioneering movements , and refused to grant the Hall , but without condescending to give a reason for his refusal . The room ab- AU Siints' Open was , therefore , resorted to , last Monday evening ; and while scores were compelled to go away , the crowd of working men that remained , and wedged the room , sat or stood to hear a lecture on geology , from the lips of one ot their order who baa devoted his nights and days to self-cultivation . That audience would have put many on assembly of the higher orders" to the blush , and thoy remained for well nigh two hours , an assembly of working men and women , old and young , with the sweat pour ; ng down their earnest faces from tbe heat of the room—their eyes beaming with eager and gratified intelligence—their attention never drooping , to the last , although they had passed the day at labour—and

      their firm and fixed look testifying that , notwithstanding tho malicious taunts of their enemies , they have minds of their own , and can comprehend subjects that involve even the weightiest thoughts . The pleasure experienced by the delivery of this introductory lecture has led to the framing of another requisition , which , after it has been signed as numerously as possible , it is intended , again , to present to the Mayor , for the use of the Guildhall . These splenetic displays of the mortified Whigs , thus serve , not to strengthen their own drooping cause , but to cement working men in their efforts to master the tyranny of class-rule : —the event will be , either that Mr . May « r will be foiled , and be compelled t » grant the room , or he will raise such a noise about his ears as will lastingly annoy not merely himself , but bis party .

      STROUPWATER . —The Chartist Association held a general meeting , at their Association-rooms , on Monday , the 9 th instant , when the circular from , the Executive was read , and the route through the districts that the Executive : intend taking was also read , when it was unanimously agreed to open collecting books , and solicit subscriptions and donations to . assist in defraying the expenees of the Executive in their lecturing teur . Subscriptions will be thankfully received by the committee . MANCHESTER . —Last week the anti-Corn Law party issued placards calling upon the working classes to assemble and form themselves in procession and proceed te the field of Peterloo , to celebrate the ever memorable event of 1819 . About eight o ' clock on

      Monday evening , according to announcement , a large number met at the Old Cross , who formed themselves into procession . The band struck up and tbe flags and banners which were exhibited at the late meeting , in Stevenson ' s-square , were Hying , -when the procession , headed by Finnigan , proceeded through the various atreeta , to the field of Peterloo , having , in their way thither , obtained a great accession of numbers ; these added to the people already assembled to await the arrival of the procession , would make several thousands . Mr . Moore , an operative , -waa called to the Chair , who called upon Mr . Finnigan to move the first resolution , which was soflonded by Mr . Cnrarn ; and , after a faw pointed remarks by the veteran Wheeler , upon the conduct of both Whigs and Tories , it was put and carried , Chartists and Repealers voting fer it Mr . M'Gowan was called upon to more the second resolution , in doing which , ho avowed himself to be favourable to every principle contained in the Charter , but

      while he did so , he would assist any body of men who wiBhed to abolish any one monopoly . Mr . Daley , another of the Corn-Law lecturers , seconded it Mr . Doyle moved as an amendment : — " That the Corn Laws are obnoxious ; but justice will never be obtained for the working classes , only by a law based upon the principles of Universal Suffrage . " This was received by loud cheers from all parts of the vast assembly . Mr . Linney seconded the amendment . The Chairman took a shew of hands for the amendment which was followed by tremendous cheers . He likewise put tbe resolution , and without the least hesitation declared the amendment carried by a large majority . The resolution being made known , the meeting commenced entering for Feargua O'Cennor and the Charter . The conclusion of thia meeting was the same as it would have been at former meetings , if fair discussion had been allowed , without intimidation or physical force .

      MOSSLEY . Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the large Room , Fleece Inn , Mossey , on the principles of the People's Charter , to a large and respectable audience . Mr . John Mason occupied the chair . The lecturer exposed the inconsistancy of contending for any thing less than the Charter . The lecturer gave great satisfaction to the uieating , after which several were enrolled . This clearly proves that the people of Mossley are no longer t , o be kept from asserting their rights . The members of the association wish to know if Dr . P . M . M'Diuall can deliver a lecture here on his way to Yorkshire ? if so , thoy wish him to acknowledge it in the Starot Saturday next , together with the time he can come .

      BRIDGETON . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgeton was held in the Chartist Hall there , on the night of the 10 th instant Mr . James Black was called to the chair , after which Mr . Donald M'Murphy tried to make an impression on the meeting in favour of the Whig eight shilling duty on corn , and their curious new plan of reducing the price of sugar . He was followed by Mr . Bodgtrs , who , in reply , proved from documents drawn up by Mr . M'Culloch , the celebrated Whig Malthusian Scotch philosopher , that the eight shilling duty would raise , instead of reducing the price of corn . He was followed by Mr . Cameron , who produced document * , and made an eloquent speech , which for sound argument and clear reasoning , baffled the corn

      question advocates . The house was crowded to suffocation , while the crowd outside and round the windows evinced , by their conduct , the deep interest which they had in the proceedings inside . In fact , the Whig ten pounders , namely , Messrs . Nimo , Blue , Wilson , &c gave the corn part of the subject up , and stuck to the sugar affair with all the tenacity of flies in * a treacle can , the feet of their understanding sunk deeper and deeper , until the winga of their imagination were totally besmeared , while their effoits to defend the Whig ministry were met with jeers and laughter ; consequently , the sugar agitators gave up in hopeless despair-, votes of thanks were then given for . Messrs . Cameron and Rodgtrs , and cheers for Mr . O'Connor and the Charter , when the meeting dissolved .

      Chartist Church . —Mr . Roy delivered his lecture on the necessity of first gaining the Charter before Teetotalism could be triumphant The house was a bumper and the audience well satisfied with the powers of the lecturer j consequently , Mr . Roy has passed the college . A very keen discussion took place after the lecture ; Mr . Roy summed up , when the meeting dissolved . —These meetings are now becoming a general topic of conversation , while men and their wives , young men and their sweethearts , attend for the purposo of hearing the Chartist students pass in review before their respected professor * . Mr . Currie has received a number of invitations from various districts , a proof that hia lecture was appreciated .

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      R 0 THERGI . EN . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Kutherglen wa « held in their Hall , on the 9 th instant , Mr . M'Nain in the chair , when -it-was unanimously agreed that they should meet weekly , and receive lectures from the Students of the Chartist College of Glasgow , and that a discussion should take place after every lecture . Mr . GUIes and several others spoke on the subject ; after which a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , when tbe Butherglenonians dispersed , resolved to co-operate with their brethren in Glasgow .

      NEWPORT ( Monmouthshire ; . —On Tuesday evening , the 10 th inaUnt , a council of twenty-one persons assembled at the house of Mr . Jonah Williams , Llanarth-street , for the purpose of enquiring into the conduct of Mr . W . Edwards , at the late election . Ou the previous day , the Secretary and two of the council casually met Mr . Edwards lathe stieet , who appeared very angry at the insertion of the notice In the Star of the 7 th instant , at the same time expressing a desire to meet U 3 if we would allow him nine persons on the council who were not Chartists nor belonging to the body . This was of course objected to . He then intimated his intention of being present , and that he should not bring more than two or three friends with him . At eight o ' clock , the time appointed , Mr . Edwards entered ,

      as did the whole of the investigators . After making some preliminary arrangements , Mr . Benjamin Francis , merchant , was called to the chair . He opened by calling on the person who intended to prefer the first charge against Edwards to come forward , when Mr . Cronin presented himself , and said that he had two charges to make . " First ( said Mr . Cronin ) I charge him With acting in coalition with the Whigs . " Here Mr . Cronin detailed what took place from , the time that Dr . Price was first proposed , up to the nomination at Monmouth . He laid the cose bo clear , that it was selfevident that the charge was established . Hereupon Mr . Edwards stood up , and asked if he should be allowed to reply to each charge separately . The Chairman replied that he was at liberty to do so if he

      thought proper . Edwards then said that Cronin ' s charge should be proved before it was allowed to operate on their minds . Mr . W . James came forward , and proved that charge in a clear , distinct , and unanswerable manner ; after which , Mr . Edwards rose to reply . He said : " Mr . Chairman , I have nothing to say to this charge . Every word that Mr . Cronin has said is true . I own I have acted wrong ; and it was nothing but ambition that led me to do it 1 I have ( said he ) sustained a great loss ; therefore I am willing to forgive , if you will do the same . " The Council replied— " No , we will not be sold again . " Mr . Cronin then proceeded to the second charge : "I charge him with accusing Mr . Feargua O'Connor with treading in the same steps as Daniel O'Connell , and that he only

      wanted to get popular with the people , and drag a long tail after him , and then he would sell the people , as Don did . " Here Mr . Edwards called on Mr . Cronin to prove this charge ; and Mr . Cronin named Mr . Jonah Williams . Mr . Williams rose , and substantiated the statement Mr . Edwards replied , that he thought Mr . O'Brien ' s plan was preferable to Mr . O'Connor ' s ; that it was on that ground he differed with , and accused , Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Charles Grove brought forward the third charge . He said he saw Messrs . Edwards and Dickinson , on tbe evening prior to the nomination , go into Mr . Blewitt ' s bank . Before going in , he saw them in company , and secret conference , with Sir . Desmond , clerk to the bank ; that Dickinson went into the bank first , and Edwards walked up and down for a time outside , and then darted in also . Here Edwards rose and declared , that "he was not in 'that bank but once since he came from prison , " and that was

      abeut three weeks after . Mr . John Morris was called on to prove this charge . He said I cannot tell whether he went into the bank or not , but I saw him go inside of the door passage . I did not go to the door to look after him up the passage or entry . Mr . Edwards would not stay any longer ! We requested him to stay and hear the decision , but he declined . The Chairman summed up , and the following resolution was drawn up by the Secretary , and signed by nineteen of the Council , viz : — " That this Council ere of opinion that Win . Edwards is guilty of the charges prbferred against him this night , und we , the undersigned , do now warn the country to be aware of Messrs . Eilwarda and Dickinson let them go where they will . " Two of Mr . Edwards ' s friends refused to sign for some reason , but said he was certainly guilty . Mr . Dickinson , conscious of his guilt , did not attend the investigation . W . H . Cronin , secretary ; Benjamin Francis , chairman .

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      GLASGOW . —Glasgow is a mass of agitation ; political and misery meetings now occur every day , and hundreds of plans of peace and violence are regularly proposed , discussed , and rejected , for the amelioration oi the people ' s condition . This day , ( Monday , the KJih inst . ) a large meeting of the unemployed hand-loom weavers of Glasgow and neighbourhood assembled at Nelson ' s Monument , Glasgow Green , for the purpose of devising some measures of relief . Poor fellows ! they were in a sad pitiful condition—covered with rags , without tho means of existence , many of whom had not

      tasted a morsel of food that day . They agreed that a memorial should be drawn up , setting forth their forlorn condition ; but who was to be , and where wero they to find , a writer \ As I happened to pass , as I regularly do , from Bridgeton to the Gorbals , where I work , it being at the breakfast hour , and many of them knew that the correspondent of the Northern Star did pass that way , wero on the watch —consequently , I was hailed . I shortly addressed my fellow tradesmen , and retired with a deputation to my own house to write the memorial , while another deputation was dispatched to my manager , in order to let him know what I was about . The

      memorial was written , and we were back at the meeting within three quarters of an hour . I read the memorial , which waa universally adopted , while I retired to my work amid the cheers of the meeting . At the outskirts stood their starving wives and helpless children ; their exclamations of ' God bless you ! " were more congenial to my mind than all the lofty expressions and sinister rewards of tho rich and the powerful . They appointed a deputation to carry the memorial to tho authorities , aud , I have since heard , were successful . —Correspondent .

      A Meeting of the active leaders of the hand-loom weaverB of Glasgow aud corresponding villages in Lanark , Dumbarton and the Renfrewshires , was held in the Chartist Church Session-house , on Saturday , the Uth , Mr . Charles M'Gregor , of Pollokshaw . Renfrewshire , in the chair ; Mr . Johu Wilson , of Calton , acted as seoretary . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs . Clelland , from Toll-Cross ; Mr . Adam Smith , from Pollokshaw ; Mr . John Allan , of Parkhead ; Mr . M'Kay , of Bridgeton ; Mr James Black , Mr . J . M"Ne : sli , of Laneside ; Mr . M'Gavany , of Black-quarry ; Mr . Wm . Hozg , or Belshill ; aud a number cf others , upon the painful and miserable condition in which they were placed , the griuding nature of their employers , and the accursed nature of the Government , and the absolute

      necessity and paramount importance of acting in concert with the friends of the Charier , in behalf of the principles of that celebrated document . It was then agreed upon on the motion of Mr . Clelland , seconded by Mr . M'Kay , in ralher lengthy speeches , which were loudly cheered , " That an address be drawn up , setting forth their past and present condition , and calling upon the 800 , 000 hand-loom weavers of Scotland , England , and the North of Ireland , to unite in a great and glorious union , and struggle for their rights , and at the same time oppose the pitiful conduct and merciless oppressions of their employers . " Messrs . M'Kay , of Bridgeton ; Clelland , of Toll-Cross ; and Wilson j of Calton , wore then appointed to draw up the said address . A vote of thaiiks was then given to their old veteran Chairman in three loud claps of weavers' thunder .

      BaiDGETON . —A public meeting of the hand-loom weavers , was called by tuck of drum , and held in the Chartists ' -hall there , which was crowded to suffocation . A long discussion took place , after which they agreed to adopt energetic measures for their general amelioration . CARLISLE . —Another Victim of Whig vengeance , or BAREFACED PARTIALITY OF TWO OF THE BOROUGH Magistrates . —On Saturday last , Wm . Blake , was brought up at the Town-Hall , charged with a violent assault on a policeman Darned William Johnston , on the 29 th of June last . This was another case arising out of the late election . We had thought that Whig vengeance would ha \ e been satiated with the sacrifices made at the late assizes .

      One young man of good character , and who was the sole support of an aged father , upwards of seventy years of age , whose only misfortune was having been at the late election , and whose only guilt was having struck a policeman a blow in return for two which the said policeman aimed at him , transported for fifteen years . Five others imprisoned for terms varying from six to two months , aud required to find heavy sureties to beep the peace for two years , bail , which we are much afraid their friends will naver be able to procure ; but the monsters seem never to be satisfied . In the case before us , tho most disgraceful and disreputable means have been adopted to obtain evidence , both by the police and the magistrates . George Boyle , a boy fifteen years of age , who is in the habit of going up and down gathering rags and bones , deposed as follows—( or rather , -we should say ,

      answered questions put to him by tne LlerK to tne Magistrates , who has a happy knack of so dictating his questions as to make out a case against the prisoner)— " I rememember the 29 th of June . There was a disturbance that evening . I was amongst the crowd . It was about twenty minutes past nine o'clock . I was standing close to Mr . Chambers ' warehouse . I Bavr W . Blake , the prisoner , there . A police officer was going up behind the walls . He was going quietly on , and not striking at any one . He was dressed as a policeman ; but had ho stick in his hand . The orowd were vtrj riotous . The prisoner eame behind the policeman , he put his hand in his breast , aad took something out like a piece of cane with a head on it , with which he struck the policeman on the head , and he fell down . I saw blood oome out of his head . " Cro ^ -fxaffliaed by . Johjj S ^ uJ , Esq ., golicitor , in

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      behalf of the prisoner . — " I liaye fceea in Carlisle since the 29 th . I have nerer mentioned the circumstance before . I know John Armstrong . I recollect the last Assizes . It was before that I saw John Arm-Btrong . I told him that Kent , the police officer , said he would give me a sovereign if I would give eviden . ee against this man . Kent also promised I would get fifteen shillings further if I would civo evidence . T know that several men were tried for rioting on the 29 th of June . Kent came to me and said . " * I heard you were at the eleotion at the not-He said , ' Did you see a man felled rand I said « Yea I I saw No . 9 . ' Kent then said , ¦ ' . If J *" . W

      tell me the man who felled the policeman , ill give yon a sovereign . ' I told him I did not know tn » man ' s name , but I told him what clothes he ^ had on . Kent said , « he would give me his hand for a sovereign . ' I understood it was closing the bargain , and that I would get a sovereign if I gave the evidence . Two night watchmen fetched me dnt ot bed this morning at three o ' clock . " [ We cannot refrain from remarking , in this place , that while Mr . Saal was cross-examining the witness , and likely to elicit answers in favour of tke prisoner , he was most unfairly interrupted by tne magistrates . ] • * . sub

      Cross-examination resumed—I mentioned the - ject to John Armstrong , and John Marker , Mr . Cockbnrn ' s foreman . John Armstrong said " Don't tell of tho loan , " and I said "No . " He said , " For fear you may get killed . " By the Magistrates—It was in consequence of those threats that I did not give evidence before . [ What threats t What docs Mr . Salkald mean by construing a simple observation into threats U William Johnston , the officer , deposed to his being knocked down , but he could not tell by whom . He stated most distinctly that his number was 15 , and not 9 , aa the boy had stated . Mary Robinson , a girl of thirteen years of age , was then called .. She simply deposed to having seen the man knocked down , but couid not swear to any one . She stated that her mother had said to her , last Monday , that she was not to swear against any one , as they were two lone women , and might ba murdered . She meant another woman aad herself .

      Notwithstanding the disreputable character of the evidence , the magistrates committed the prisoner till the Sessions , to take his trial , or find bail , himself in £ 25 , and two sureties of £ 26 each . This man must be defended ; but where are the means 3 Our appeal in the Star has only been aaswered in two instances . The Crops . —The weather for some time back has been very broken , and fears were entertained of a complete failure in the corn crop . Potatoes are selling at from 4 d . to 4 jjd . per stone . Mb . James Arthur , of Carlisle , bega to acknowledge the receipt of 7 s . 2 d . from William Martin , of Bradford , collected around Little Horton and Manchester-road , to aid the defence of those young men , who wero tried , at the late assizes for murder , riot , and assault .

      HAWORTH . —The Rev . Mr . Winterbottom , late minister at the Baptist Chapel , West-lane , Haworth , preached his farewell sermon in that place on Sanday . BARNARD-CASTLE . Odd Fellows . —The United Brothers Lodge , No . 883 , of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows , held their seventh anniversary , on Saturday last , at the house of Ann Barker , Ship Inn , Bank . 109 of the brothers dined . The dinner gave general satisfaction .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , August 13 . BANKRUPTS . George Auton and George Duncan Mitchell , Marklane , corn-factora . ' to surrender Aug . 21 , at half-past ten , Sept 24 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-8 treefc . Selicitora , Messrs . Amory , Sewell , and Moores , Throgmorton-street ; official assignee , Mr Cannan , Finsbury-square . James Newham and George Pearson , Byde , Isle of Wight , linen-drapers , Aug . 23 ; at three , Sept . , at twelve , at the Pier Hotel , Kyde . Solicitors , Messrs . Hanlwick and Davidson , Cateaton-street ; and Messrs . Randall and Eldridge , Southampton . Joseph White , East Cowes , Isle of Wight , shipbuilder , Aug . 24 , at eleven . Sept . 24 , at four , at the Fountain Hotel , West Cowes . Solicitors , Mr . Lambert , Raymond-buildings , Gray ' s Inn ; and Mr . Hoskins , G « sport and Portsmouth .

      George Newton , Martock , Somersetshire , builder , Aug . 31 , Sept . 24 , at ten . at the George Inn , Ilminster . Solicitors , Mr . Cragg , Harpur-street , Bcd-lion-sqriare ; and Mr . Vining , Yeovil . Henry Clifton , Worcester , proctor , Aug . 23 , Sept . 2 < , at twelve , at Messrs . Hydes and Tymbs ' , solicitors , Worcester . Solicitors , Messrs . Hydcs aud Tymbs , Worcester ; and Mr . Hall , New , Boswell-conrt , Lincoln ' s Inn . . James Smith , Thomas Edgley , and Bryce Smith , Manchester , Scotch and Manchester -warehousemen , Aug . 28 , Sept . 24 , at two , at the Commissioners'Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Sale and Wortbington , Manchester ; and Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . Abraham Foster , Bridgewater , Somersetshire , draper , Aug . 23 , Sept . 24 , at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol , Solicitors , Messrs . Jenkins and Abbott , New Inn : and Messrs . Clarke , Bristol .

      William Loeh and John Losh , Manchester , calico printers , Aug . 31 , Sept . 24 , at two , at the Commissioners' Hoonis , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Abbott aad Arnev , CbarJotte-street , Bedford-square ; and Messrs . Bennett , Manchester . Gaorge Thompson , South Shields , victualler , Aug . 80 , Sept 24 , at eleven , at t ! : o . Bridge Inn , Sunderland . Solicitors , Mr . Hodgson , Broad-street-buildings j Mr . Wilson , or Mr . Watm , South Shields .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . G . Thompson and E . Cresswell , Manchester , attorneys —D . ArthurandR . B . Topham . Maachesttr , packers— -H . Ashtou a ;; d W . Withr . tll , Liverpool , merchants . —B and T . R . Chappeil . Manchester , fustian-manufacturers . —D . Haigh r . nd J . Staiiiieid , Wakefield , woolstaplers . — M . Wilkin and M . and A . Wilkin , Liverpool , shipagenta . —J . Smiih , R . Beacock , T . Tannet , R . Taylor , S . Fletcher , and A . Archer , Leeds , machine-makers ; so far as regards R . Taylor , S . Fletcher , aud A . Archer . —P . Gar . ter , J . Ganter , M . Weildoogle , M . Ganter , K . Imbrey , J . Tritschier , L . Brugger , and A . Zepfel , Huddersfield , German clock-makers .

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      ? From the Gazette of Tuesday , dug , 17 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Howson , grocer , Leeds , to surrender Aug . 26 , at ten , and Sept . 28 , at two , at the Commissioners ' - rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mtssrs . Battye , Fisher , and Sndlow , Chancery-lane , London ; Mr . Shaefcleton , Leeds . Benjamin Wright , draper , Madeley , Salop , Aug . 26 , and' Sept . 28 , at eleven , at the Crown Inn , BridgMiorth , Silop . Solicitor , Mr . Bigg , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , London ; Mr . Potts , Salop . Anne Casacuberta , merchant , Manchester , Aug . 27 , and Sopt 21 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , Biirtlett ' s-buildlngs , Holborn , London ; Mr . Norris , Manchester .

      John Dircy and Richard Dierden , alkali manufacturers , Sutton > Lancashire , Aug . 27 , and Sept . 28 , at one , at tke Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Norris , Liverpool ; Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , BartMt's-feuildings , Holborn , London . Charles Trapps , victualler , Abridge , Essex , Aug . 28 , and Sept . 28 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Whitmore , Basingall-street , official Assignee ; Solicitors , Ling and Harrison , Bloomaburyfqiiare .. ' Nathaniel Claughton , fulling miller , Dixon-mill , Yeadon , Yotk , Aug . 24 , and Sept . 28 ,-at twelve , at the Coniraisaionera' -ro . omg , Commercial-buildings , Leeds ; Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher , and Sutllow , Chancery-lane , London ; Mr . Higham . Brignouse , Halifax . Jamea Crutchett , pawnbroker , Stroud , Gloucestershire , Aug . 28 , aud Sept . 28 , at eleven , at the George Hotel , Stroud . Solicitors , Messrs . Shearman and Evans , Gray ' s-Inn-Bquare , London ; Mr . Herbert , Painswick ; Mr . Paris , Stroud , Gloucestershire .

      William Fawcett , manufacturer , Manchester , Sept . 8 , and 28 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' -rooniB , Man-Chester . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensman , Basing-lane , London ; Mr . Bennett , Manchester . Thomas Nutter , brewer , Paul-street , Finsbury-square , Aug . 26 , at half-past eleven , and Sept 28 , at half-past twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Cannon , Finsbury-square , official Assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs Taylor , Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bediord-rew . Thomas Atkinson , grocer . Lancaster , Sept . 10 and 28 , at eleven , at the King ' s Arms Inn , Lancaster . Messrs . Robinson and Dodson , Lancaster ; Messrs . Mafcinson and Sanders , Elm-court , Temple , London . Henry Medley and William Backhouse , oil merchants , Leeds , Aug . 24 , and Sept 28 , at ten , at the Commisaioner ' s-rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mr . Lambert , Raymond-buildings , Graya-inn , London ; Messrs . Snowden and Preston , Leeds ; Mr . Smith , Leeds .

      Edward Sturchfleld , horse-dealer , Church-street , Paddington-green , Aug . 25 , at half-past eleven , and Sept 28 . at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy Mr . Whitmore , Baslnghall-street ; , official Assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Bicknella , Manccester-Btreet , Manchester-Bquare . William Henry Lamport , silversmith , Plymouth , Aug . 25 , at half-past one , and Sept . 28 ; at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-atreet , official Assignee ; Mr . Lloyd , CheapBide . Fredererick Jones , draper , City-road , Aug . 25 , at one , andSe ^ t . 28 , at twelve , at the Court ot Bankruptcy Mr . Cannan , Firisbury-square , official Asajfnee ; Solicitor , Mr . Humphreys , Queen-street , Cbeapside .

      John Frederick Lewis , woollen-cloth manufacturer , Ebley , Gloucester , Aug . 28 , at half-part twelve , and Sept 28 , at two , at the Court ot Bankruptcy . Mr . Canaan , Finsbury-square , official Assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Yenning , Nf tvlor , and Robins , Tofcenbouaeyard , Itfthhury .

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      LONDON . ( From ot oicn Reporter . J On Friday last , the Braziers and Coppersmiths held taeir first meeting aa members belonging to the Ciiartist body . ilr . Ebbesen vrza called to the ehair . A deputation from the masons , consisting of Messrs . Wilson , Hogg , acd Walton attended . Mr . Walton was called upon to address the meeting . He said be hoped he should not be trespassing on the patience of the company present , if he -were to describe tbe principles of the Charter , and the manner of uniting to carry its principles out- Mr . W . proceeded at great length to expatiate on the Charter , and then proceeded to review the system which now holfo

      sway in England ; he beld that a system Which pernu ' . ttd five eaters to live on the produce of one worker re us t be rotten 4 o the core . 'Hear , fctar . ) The CoartiiU had been accused of wishing to injure their fellow man . > "ow , their ithe Chartist ; motto was , justice to all , aad injustice to no person . The workmen of England bad been for some time united in Trade Societies . He knew those societies bad been prodnctiTe of no small amount of good ; jet , had they succeeded to tbe extent which had been expected from thtni ? He would say boldly , no ; and why bad they no ; done ail the amount of good they might , produce' : Simply because tbe power was w tbe hands ot their oppressors . Every interest wns protected and represented ia the Cannons' House save the working

      UitertEt , and all classy but tbe working men had members to protect their interests , and was it rot , therefore , time tfcat they , the workies , should obtain that control over their own affairs , ic , as to prevent ibeir liberties from being at tbe mercy of a Bet of tyrants ? ( Hear ard cheer 3 i We : e not the trades and those connected ¦ with them treated shamefully ? He would only take the condition of tbe trade be now iwldittoed , and be would ask whether tbe coppersmiths and . braziers were not risbt in seeking to keep up tbeir body , by not allowing persons who had not served their time , to be placed on tbe same footing as those who had ? Why , the surgeon , the Ia-sryer , ami other professionals were not allowed to practise until they bad gone tlrcugb their decrees . ( Hear . )

      Mr . Hogg said he had a few words to address to the meeting . He found them in a melancholy situation , baving to depend on tbe public , and why , because they iiad struck against an act of tyranny—( hear )—and , yet , be could not heip asking what a few strikes ef that kind could do ; why , tbfy might be called in to perform some necessary work for the masters , and , then , in a little time be thrown upon tbe wide world aeain , whereas if they would make an universal strike for tbe Ctan «? T , » they would not be afterwards subjected to the law > s it now stood ; tbey would then be protected from the provisions of the Combination Act , which subjected them at any time , ( when it pleased tbe powers tLat be to put them in force ) to transportation . Instead of baving a Chi . Sibthcip to represent the people , they wouiu , if they would but unite , have men from their own racks who would protect their interests ; bnt till thi-y cine forward determinedly to obtain the Charter , bo ehasjje in tLeir cenditioa would be achieved . ( Hear , btar . i

      Mr . "W . ilsc-n sa ' . u be was clan to find , tbit so many of the coppersmiths and briziers bad enrolled themselves members of the Ch a nisi body . Too long bad the people been trampled on—too long bad a system which ground tbe pjor and gave to them nothing but poverty , been pursued . Tes , they heard of deaths through st&rvatioD , at , d ytt the parliament which would inquire into their condition , so us to remove some of their evils , granted £ 100 , 000 s-ytar to an elderly lady . A system was supported by which men , wbo bad Eever Been each other , were brought into the field to slay each other , under the idea of figbxing for the glory of their country , aud by this means a debt bad been contracted so as a number of persons should live on the industry of others . When Were those principles of bad government to be exploded , tnd the principles of industry , love , and virtue , to supplant them ? >* ever , he would say , till the people were fconcursbly represented , and that would never be till tbe Charter was gained . < Cheers . )

      Mr . I > ullsan said that they ought to fee much obliged to tbe gentlemen for their attendance there , and he must bsv he hart beard more truth spoken in the short time tie gendeinen bad been spenkinsr , than he ha < i teaid for a lon ^ time . ' Jtey bad proved , indeed , that there was a moral feeling amongst Chirtists which be bid been ied to bsli-.-ve they , tbe Chartists , did not possess ; bat he found them leasonab ' . e , nay , most reasonable , ilr- 35 . then tcc-k a view of the circumstances onier which the biaziers and cepptr .-miths were sufferirg . nod concluded by ad vising jail present to become Chr-tiiUfc

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      Masoks Body . —On Saturday evening last , the Masons beld their usual weekly meeting at their room , the Craven ' s Head , Drury-lane . The chair waa taken at half-past eight , when the minutes of tbe last meeting having been read were confirmed . Five hundred copies of the address were ordered to be printed for circulation amongst the trades . It was resolved , " That the three trades now organised , be called upon to form a committee , so as to make arrangements for waiting on the various trades . " Mr . Watkins delivered a spirited and excellent address , -wherein he pointed out tbe reasons of the failure of trades societies to keep up a beneficial state of society for the working classes . Mr . Wall was announced to lecture here on Saturday ne *! L

      MaRTLEBonk . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Watkiss delivered a lecture here ; bis subject being " In perils amongst false brethren . " Bo commenced by stating that nothing could be worse , or more fatal , than false brethren . He then divided false brethren into three classes , the treacherous , the timid , and tbe mercenary . He considered that Chartism had nothing to fear fro-n persecution , bnt all from false brethren ; for persecution had bern tried , and failed ; 4 t was the treacherous , fake brethren , who , when victory is in our favour , leaves us , or strives to put us in the power oi

      others ; but the olass they had to fear the most from -were tbe parties who wished to live upon agitation , and to keep up that agitation for the Bake of lucre . After the lecture , a vote of thanks was proposed and seconded , when several questions were put to Mr . Watkins , who replied to them ; and in answer to Mr . Powell , stated that he was willing to meet Mr . Watkins , according to tbe plan he ( Mr . Watkins ) had proposed . Mr . Neeaom then put a question to Mr . Watkins , relative to the authorship of a letter in a late number of the Star , which Mr . Watkins avowed . A vote of thanks was then carried , and the meeting separated .

      Fissbubt . —The members held a meeting here , at Lunt ' s Coffee-house , on Monday evening last . Mr . Fussin was called to the chair . After the enrolment of several members , the minutes were read and confirmed . Mr . Culverhouse rose , and addressed the meeting as to tbe propriety of becoming members of the Political Institute . After some conversation , in which Messrs Wall and Watkins took part , the subject was dropped , and Mr . Spurr rose for the purpose of complaining of the conduct of Mr- Campbell , which he described as tyrannical towards the electors and himself , and destructive to the principle of Universal Suffrage . He declared

      he would throw himself npon the country for them to take up the case . Mr . Hogg moved , and a member seconded— " That a public meeting be held relative te tbe affair . " Mr . Watkins moved— " That the question be determined in that assembly , whether Mr . Campbell was censurable or not" The amendment being put , was carried . A resolution was then proposed — " That Mr . Campbell be not censured , he having acted up to the laws of tbe Association ; " to which an amendment was moved— " That Mr . Campbell is censurable for his conduct , inasmuch as Mr . Spur had never given up his card . " Tbe amendment being put , was lost ; and tho original motion carried . Tower Hamlets . —On Sunday last , Mr . Preston continued hia lecture .

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      Dbptford . — The Chartists met as usual , on Sunday last , when the bye-laws for tbe society were confirmed . Mr . O'Bryan delivered his first lecture . Subject : — " The Charter , its objects , utility , practicability , and means of obtaining it . " After some further business the meeting broke up . A subscription has been entered into here for tbe purpose of aiding the funds of contested elections , as also for tbe banners , 4 c Toweb Hamlets . —The female Chartists held their second meeting on Monday last , Mr . limmons in the cbair . On tbe nomination , tbe following members were elected on tbe council : —Mrs . Downs , Mrs . Icome , Mrs . Newley , Mrs . Gray , Miss Sellers , Mrs . Slater , Mrs . Wm . Simmons ; treasurer , Miss Simmons ; secretary , Mrs . Simmons . Tbe council will meet every Monday . The monthly meetings on the first Monday in every month , when the balance sheet will be ready for the inspection of the members .

      Westminster . — Ou Sunday , Mr . Stallwood delivered a most powerful and argumentative lecture on the People ' s Charter as a means of remedying the present unnatural artificial state of fodety . and completely demolished all the gpeciouB counter agitations which have been set on foot for the purpose of distracting the attention of the people from the grand remedy . The lectnrer , in the course of his address , alluded to Teetotalum , as a means to assist in carrying out the agitation for tbe Charter . In this view , be was supported by tbe Chairman , Mr . Dowling , which brought on a

      friendly discussion , in which Messrs . Hogg , Ridley , Wilson , Wheeler , and other members took part . The decision come to waa , that though teetotalism -was very good in itself , yet it was imprudent to mix up any other ism with Chartism . The sum of S 3 . waa sent to the Victim Fund , several members joined , and an excellent spirit was exhibited . A vct « of thanks was given to the chairman and lecturer . Mr . Ridley was announced to lecture on the ensuing Sunday evening , at the same place , and Mr . StaUwood at tho Political and Scientific Institute , Old Bailey , on Sunday evening , August 22 nd .

      Chelsea . —On Monday last , at a public meeting of the Chartists « sf Chelsea and its neighbourhood , Mr . Whiteborn in the chair , after the usual business connected with the locality and the delegate meeting wss transacted , it was resolved that a public festival should be held on Monday , August 30 th , at the place of meeting , United Coffee House , George-street . Chelsea , in aid of the Election Fund for seating O'Brien and Binns in the C-jmmons House of Parliament . Mr . Ford announced bis intention of making the Association a present , to be raffled for in aid of the same goed purpose . Dr . Webb not being able to attend , in consequence of a circumstance connected -with his professional duties , Mr . Wheeler was requested to supply his place , and addressed a very numerous and enthusiastic audience on tbe evils of a standing army , stowing the ill effects it produced , both in a political

      and moral point of viaw , demonstrating in a ( satisfactory manner that a standing army was only necessary under a despotic and tyrannic form of Government , and that under an improved system of legislation , based on tbe principles of the People's Charter , the standing army Riight be reduced to a merely nominal amount . Tbe lecturer waa highly applauded throughout , aud sat down amidst nniTersal approbation . Several new members were enrolled , and much enthusiasm was evinced at the prospect of the -whole of the trades of the metropolis speedily enlisting themselves under tbe banner of our glorious Charter . The Secretary stated that be bad remitted 18 . 9 . to the Star for the political victims , 13 s . being from Chelsea , and 5 s . from Westminster . The meeting then adjourned , with a vote of thanks to the lecture * and chairman . Dr . Webb will lecture on Monday evening , the 22 nd inst ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

      Camberavkli . and WALWonTH . —The Chartists of this locality beld their usual weekly meeting on Monday Hight , when the following resolution -was passed : —" That a vote of thanks be given to Mr . YT&ite , for his persevering conduct in the cause of tbe National Charter Association , and that wo consider such men as Messrs . Collins and O'Neil as beneath our notice . ' The Eastern Division of the Boot and Shoemakers' Charter Association , met on Sunday evening last , at tbe Bull and Bell , Ropemaker ' s-street , Moorfields , when several new members were enrolled , and eight persbns -were appointed to meet sixteen of the stonemasons , on Wednesday evening , to form deputations to wait on the West End body of shoemakers . Tbe meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next , to tbe Star Inn , Xo . 1 , Golden Lane , BarbicaD , City , for the transaction of business .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1123/page/7/