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      tO THX KDirOB OF THB SO 3 . THEIL 5 STAS . Sis , —A copy of the enclosed admirable letter m jgrt to £ be Freeaan ' s Journal for publication . The gutter refused to paHiah it ; and stated u Ma reason to the refonl , thai )» did not think it right , or good to Ireland to publish any thing in £ » Te *» of the English rjeople : and this wiie man and enlightened politick 5 ded that tb * English were always oppoaed to Itiib wfcrests , that they wet © a selfish people . It m ia jKSto tell him that there were more English than Irish petitionsT * In favour of Catholic Emancipation , mew jjBgliaJi lian Irish pefcitkmea against the Coercion Act , yid m ore "English , than IrUh petitioners in faror of > aiice te Ireland . ' I aleo told him , bnt to . no purpoae , tot I expected-more English than Irish petitioners ia tT 0 Ur ef Mr . Shaman CraTrford ' s Landlord and r « BstBHL - : -- . ' '" »**^ - I am . - - '¦ - ^

      - Tow obedient ssi-rant , Patrick O * Higgi . vs . Dublin , Sept S , lS 4 i ; " ¦

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      TO THE SDITOB OP THB ^ OBTHEBJJ STAX . Sis , —If you have no objections to pabEih this intelligsice , it msy afford some gratification to many of your rades to hear that Dr . Greed , of this city , in hia lectures throagh the country on the principles of TeetoUlism «> d Hygsnism , is strenuously urging and adrocating Sii erase of the people ' s Charter . VTiih no small degree of pleasure I hare heard h » ra BJ that the crying sin of all ages iras oppression ; and tbs gospel of Christ was given as a directory how to

      Ef ; the oppressed from under the oppressor ; nor could tiii Gospel iiymetioabe obeyed , until the Charter was Jte law cf the land ; therefore , Dr . Greed denounces srey man as a mock Christian or a counterfeit of rmdirg brass and tinkling eymbol , who will not come fcnrsrd faithfully to the battle of the Lord , and assist tte weak against the mighty . I hare heard that gentle-Esu declare these very words in the Chartist's Halls of Paisley , Greenock , aad Ayr , and I have heard he U ptacting the same doctrine in other towns of the exatry . I will conclude by praying msy God prosper £ j efforts , and may others go and do like-srise .

      I am yours , most respectfully , A CHAB . 11 S " Glasgow , 4 th September , 1841 .

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      TO 7 HS iDITOS OP THE 50 BTHEES STAB . Dear Sir , —It is with regret that I write against any las who calls himself a Chartist , but at the same time Then thfy * man puts forth wrong statements , I feel it to U a duty to contradict them . Arthur O'Neil , in his ntech at Manchester , says , " That certain parties in Snningham had used means to force Mm to join the Sidonal Charter Association , which was one reason vty be had not . He would not join the Chartists of Birringhaai so long as the present men in that town took the lead of the management" To the first assertion , " That parties had used means to force him to } is ., ' ' I giTe upon good authority a stout denial , and m to tag second part of his objection , it is altogether a fccSng excuse . The men that he objects to are not on Shs Council , and bare not been for months . They left She Council to try if Mr . O ? feil and others were true isa , md if their presence on the Council did really pr = Ten : ± ese parties from joining , but the result has pjTrd -. tat it was onlv a shufiing excuse , made on

      pur-? Kc lo Diind the eyes of honest men who would hare condemned them long ago had they known the real feth . He says again , " That Vias Chartists of Birmir gba ecald not let their fellow men hold different opisLjls from themselves without denouncing them as ixi : ; rs . " I tMrfr Mr . O' > "eil for the moment forgot Sat scriptural passage which says , " Let him that 5 3 vI ± ge ; fa-ai : rhroir the first stone , " because it is well fccsni to many parties in Birmingham , that he has de-25 sse » d &ecrge White and others as spies , and that too * i"i ^ -t any cause . 2 s ow the Chartists of Birmingham bid Tay good cause to denounce Arthur 0 > "eil and in Collins as traitors , when they saw them make an *~ ez : pt to destroy the National Charter Association , vtith they hare dene more than once , as can be proved . I solid bring rasry charges of falseness against Arthur Erf his colleague , but I do not wush to throw any impe-~—t in the way of a reconciliation . Hoping that T ^ jt I hare said will not be laid to a factious spirit , be

      * - * ^ iTnj a desire that truth should known . I remain , dear Sir , Yours , respectfully , John Wjz-xisso . n , Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . ; ; j > e ? : ~ -i £ rrsee , BeU Bsrn-road , Zi ' . tv , *^~ v *¦ . _ -n **—ijt * I * l * -iX .

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      10 TSS ZDITOS O ? TEE SOUTH £ & > ' ETAU . I ^ indon , August SO , 1 S 41 . _ S : ? ., _ I * that you imagine the following extract , T I rike from a letter I receiyed from an old Ir *^ La Ireland , to be of sny service in forvrarding « c * ue of Chartisin in that country it is st your dispcaal ¦ . if tos think it not woniy of a pla . ee in your P ??«! t-e so kisd as to forward ii back to John Hints , * " 5 , J oha-nreet , Borough . It is as follows : — a " Mi Dia ? . Hi . ne 5 , —I baTe recdTed your letter of -= ---J , acc-: nipasifcd with the Xorihem Star of last * ^' & ' - * ¦ and feel gratified by perceiring the manly ^ - st raight forward manner which our never-ceasing ~ " ~ - > Messrs . Brophy and O'Higgins , haTe judiciously ^ p- ^ scd the v-llanous conduct of Ireland's mortal ^^ 7 , 0 'Connell . _ '" f- ' y " 6 s ? Hines , since you first commenced to send

      vl ' ~~ ^ ' " - " ' & ^ ^ > ^ e XorJiem S : ar , or tee Poor rr ~ ^ - _ - Goard i have watched with a careful eye j'l . "' - *" ci of a ^ parties connected with that glorious ;^ - ~ -7 ^ 'i 1 positiTely do declare , that amongst all £ - % f ^ Z Jouruals of England and Ireland which I t ^ t " , "' ? f ^ ts Kade the least attempt to expose w-s ^ rsui ^ which is daUT practised by the opprtssor ^~ s * . -is oppressed , ic * with the " exception of the frvt- . ' " ^ e Sorir . ern Star , an 4 the glorious vrsr . en ' s Opirr . ivt ~ -aie latter to ' my sorrow has bebkesr eitmci But ere long I hope to read of O'Brien ~ ;/ 9 o : ~ nc'r > - ^ two champions of liberty , once more ?^ " - t = arts of despotic rulers to shake within their »¦ ^ f ! M L' b ' "rote of electricity . i ) saj Hines , the news , the glorious newg , which c ^ t » received as it respects the Rev . Father Ryan Y ^^^ l a meuiber of the Dublin rniTersal Suffrage r & ^ iatioa tas inlnced maav a Koman Catholic in this . o look out for of

      £ J ^ the leading journal tfee Chartist fS }"; and , i may mention here , that maDy who now f ^ to hear the S ^ r read , h 3 Te been , about fire weeks g » , yit greatest enemits of the Chartirt body ; but ^?* " ~ ? ta ^ e heard of one of their pastora joining * & ' v S > 1 ~ ' ^^ EUKl y this society must be good , or ^ the jriest would haxe nothing to do with it , ic ^ --- y I > ear Hines , the persons I mentioned in my FK ^ ota letters are as much reconciled now on hearing "" ^ ' 2 r read as they haTe been enemies preficus to the ^ gi ^ -ons cast cpon O'ConneU ' s conduct by the mem-^ o , t ^ itayiin rniTersal Suffrage Association . i ^~^ to ii . P . Brophy and O-Hirgins . There neTer « s been half so many enquiries made about the Char-« J until the great national bellman commenced his ^ 7 on the public stsge and through the public press « sre u a . present ; and depend upon i $ , that instead

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      of O * Connell and iia mercenary crew ende&Yjonring to prarent . the progress of Chartism in ireianfl , by ' their lying oratorical cobdact , a ? y luTe ;^ tite ft pedr > le of , * n dewMninaHoDfl to pry more than erer into the prlfaSples dt Chartistn . - ; ¦ ' . '" " My Des * Hlnes , T hare auniaged to organise aclasg , « tlttt anS at l » ng ran , cofisisttng of between thirteen aaf sixteen , Catholics and Protestants , intelligent , < t « oent , lionest 'worlcmea . We keep , as they say In Ireland , ourselTes to ooaetTes ; ire meet twice % ireek » t G—— 3—— , there to re * d the Star , * n& dlscws many matters pertaining to the attainment of the Chart « - ' ' „ ¦ / ¦ ; " " . ' ¦*¦'" ' ' De » Hinea , y oa ? old triead , La # rerief R- *— yWts us once a week- He is as full of Irish blood as ererstill panting for uniTersal liberty . . I have seen Mr . 0 ^—m , of . Maryborough , he is well ; also

      and Mr . W . E ., of Ballycarney , they are both well . I hare aent them ten cumbers or ffie'Frna'faaor , one each week , alto two Stan weekly . They are highly delighted with ihe demoentte papers . . Our recruitB are . going ttocmgb a regular course of discipline , and ere long will be qualified to stand or fall beneath the banner of freedom . .-.-. - . - ; . . " We are going on in oar infantstate as majestic and rweet as the blooming lakes of ; Kiilarney . We haye learned to know our friends , from , our enemies , and treat them according to their deserreduass . " In cenclusion , I beg to remind yon never to forget sending the Star , the Star , the Star . " I remain , yours respectfully , " 0 H > C 0 KB 0 T . " Mountmellick , Queen ' s County , , " Ireland . "

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      TO THE EDIT 0 B OF THE K 0 BTHEBN SIAB .-DEiH 8 iB , —I have jast received the following letter from our much-injured friend Iftiffy , along with the certificate of the physician , who gives his advice gratuitously at Harrogate , If you wiil have the kindness to publish them , it is more than probable the amount required to rear this Chartist patient will be forthcoming before' your next . I am sure It will : our friends need only be told to provide- the needful . I leave it with them , And subscribe myself , ; Dear Sir , Yours , affectionately , William Hick . " Harrogate , Sept 6 th , 18 * 1 .

      " M ? deas Fsibjjd , —r have been to Dr . Kennion this morning , and told b » m that I should not be able to stop longer than a few days . His answer was , ' If you leave now , when you are recovering so fast , you may be thrown still further back . My advice 1 b , for you to write to your friends , and tell them . ' The advice he gave me ia the enclosed note , which I thought proper to send yon , my dear Hick , so that if my friends could only help me through for the next fortnight , I could then be enabled to battle with our enemies manfully . " If I am to be left destitute , and neglected now , after they have done so much Tot me , I shall bow with submission . If I- had the sum of £ 1 1 could call my lite yosBg , and myself rich , as it would suffice me while here ; for I assure you that I am not extravagant in my diet , nor have I been able to get any wine ( as recommended ! since I came here .

      " I thank you most kindly for your kind exertions on my behalf , " And believe me to be , " ily dear Hick , " Tour obliged friend and brother Chartist , " JaMZS Dcjpi . " P . S . Write me a few lines , if yon can spare time , to the Post- » ffice . "

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      TO THB EDIT 0 K OP THS MORTHBEJf STAB . Sib , —The Great Creator has , in the arrangements of his wisdom and goodness , bo constituted the human mind as to be capable , in our relative condition , of loTir . e . pitying , and grieving on each other's account Kaw , Sir , I must tell you , that my sister , Charlotte Lowks , who was the subject of mental derangement , had to be confined in Wakefield Asylum . Her parent * bein * peer , yet honest , had to apply to the overseers of the parish to which she belonged , aad , by their instructions , my sister was confined in the above Asylum At different times I made it a rule to go from Nottingham to see her . In accordance with that rule , I left Nottingham , where her father and mother are still living , on August the 29 th , thinking to see my sister .

      When I got to Wakefield , I inquired of the matron of the Asylum , if I could see Charlotte Lowks . The answer I received was she was dead , and has been dead four months . " Dead ? " I exclaimed ! "Yes , " was the reply . Feelings of surprise , gr ief , and indignation , alternately distracted my brain . How was it , I demanded , you .-did not let her friends know of her death ? The answer wa » , " If her friends had placed her here , we should have done so , but the overseers placing her here , we let them know immediately , and they ought to have let you know . " With this answer I was perfectly satisfied . I expressed my disapprobation of the jnTimnun conduct of the overseer , aad the clerk of the Asylum did the same , and said it was not

      the first tima that complaints of the « aine kind had been made , and that the managers of Asylums were often blamed for the wilful neglect of overseers . I then went to Chorlton , near Barasley , to the overseer , to inquire after my sister . He said she was dead . "Dead ? " I repeated . " Yes , " was the cold reply . " How long has she been dead ? " I demanded . " Four months , " the monster replied . " How was it you did not let her friends know ? " I asked- " Because she was a pauper , " he replied , " and the law only allows ene day between a pauper dying and being buried , so I thought it was not worth while to let you know , being , as she was a pauper . " This was all the sympathy the cold-blooded overseer manifested towards the feelings of surviving friends .

      The insertion of ihe above in your valuable paper will much oblige Tour ' s , truly , EdwaBD Lo"svk * . Castlegate , Nottingham , Sept 2 nd ,-1641 .

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      COLQNZL KAPIER A >~ D THE "^ ATI O ^ AL VINDICATOR . " Freshford , near Bath , Sept 3 d , 1841 . Sir , —I have seen with surprise and regret an adTertisemen ! in your paper of the 2 iih ultimo , stating that the Sectional Vindicator would contain an Essay upon the New Poor Law , written by me " expressly for thai paper . " For ibis advertisement you are not re ? ponsible , but it involves a deception , and an invasion of the copyright oi the Editor of a Dublin periodical , called the Dublin Citizen .

      Th Essay wm written by me for a law institution m Dublin , and the members of that institution , to wbu ' . a it was addressed , did , with my consent , give it to the Editor of the Dublin Ciiizen . It was puMishtd by him in his August number ; but he also struck off a number of separate copies , and from one of these copies , corrected and given by me to Mr . Philp , Co-Editor of the Xational Findieaior , the Essay advertised by you ha . s been printed . I cannet consent to have my name mixed up with a deception , aad L therefore rely upon your sense of propriety to gire publicity to this my correction of the error which you have , unintentionally , been the meina of propagating . I remain , Sir , Yu ' -ir obedient Servant , W . Napier , Culunel . Editor of the Northern Star .

      • 'We hold ourselves bound in fairre ? s to give this letter insertion . We have codouU tha : :. ; rre is some mistake . At all events the " Es .-ay , " if it be the sanir Essay , will not be a whit the le ? s valuable to the readers of the Vindicator , for not having been written purposely for that publication . —Ed . N . S . ~ ; After the above was in t ^ ve vre received the Sun of Tuesday , in which we nnd the following letter , addressed to the editor of that paper .: SIE , We find The Sun of Monday contains a complaint frem Colonel Napier of our having advertised the above Essay as written for the Tindicaior . In explanation , permit us to state tbat , whilst the Essay was in the possession of the Dublin Law Institution , Col . Napier promised us the publication of it in our papor ; and when the copy was brought to our office , we found in the Colonel ' s writing , '' For the Vindicator" -written upon it This , we conceive , conveyed the Colonel's permission to us to announce it as " ii-riiten for the Vindicator . ''

      We much regret the misunderstanding upon the subject , and utterly disavow any intention to " deceive " the public Colonel Napier having permitted us to publish the Essay in our paper , it was not a matter of great importance to us whether i : was written for our paper or not . We would on no account wilfully misuse the name of any gentleman so highly respected by us as Colonel Napier . We are , your ' s obediently , Yincest and Philp . 1 , Chandos-Buildings , Bath , Sept 7 .

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      O'CONNOR'S BOUTE IN SCOTLAND . London , Sept . 7 th . My deax Bhcws , —I could not with any degree of certainty eooust reply to yours of the 23 fd of August . I had intended to be with you on the 4 th of October . Monday , but as I mean to ^ challenge Dr . Cooke to a discussion on the Repeal , for six nights , at Belfast 1 have put off my visit to Glasgow til ) Monday , 31 th ot October , when , with God ' B blessing , I shall be with you . Now , my good friend , it is my wish to do as much as I can . and my intention is to spend thirty

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      dayBln Scotland . - F . ? n me flat week I Bhall devote to . Glasgow , GreenooS , Paisley , Hamilton , and Dumbarton , which I presome to mean the Tale of Leven , W which lam pledged . 8 econd week—KUmtenocfc , Cumnock , Irvine , to aee John Brace , and any other two places , making flte for fljafc week . Third week—Aloa , Perth , Aberdeen , and Kewburgb , on my way from Perth to Dundee . Dundee and' Cupar . Fourth week—Edinburgh , Dunfarmline , and any two places were the Athenians shall send me , and Dumfries in the same week , to return the Tint of Andrew

      Wardrope , Hod hear another -astounding tpeech from him I then propose visiting Carlisle , Newce * Ue , Sundwland , an d- # oulh Shields . Then Cob * days rest , * nd oon » plettag Lanttuhiraand Yorhhira . Then Merthyr Tydvil , where the rich repast of 20 , 0 » 0 signatures have been promised . Then Bath , Bristol , Newport , Monmouth , and so on ; and then Ireland to » ee the oatpests there ; add IF thai does not carry the Charter , jomo pee dlaa most try his band . Too will « eo by this arrangement , that I shall hav % performed my whole work almost as aocaaal should have commenced it , had I run my fall thus ia York . ' ¦ ¦

      I-had ft « loriou » warm bath last night at the Crown and Anchor , all done by the teal chaps with the hard isU . I never was so delighted In my lite . Eleven hours' notice and thousands went o £ The good men of themselves crushed all humbugism in London , and now we are all like one large and united family ; thank God for it Let onion be oar watch-word , and let the first man who widens any breach , or ntfts any old sore , be drummed out of the ranks . I go to-night to act the part of mediator between the disputants , Watkinaand Watson , aad I h » pe to be able to put a stop to a discussion , from any result of which oar cause must suffer .

      God bless all Scotchmen till the 11 th of October . Let proper arrangements be made , so tbat I shall not have to go as formerly , backwards aad forwards . I should think that Aberdeen should ba the first place in the third week , but the good men of those places will do for the best . Union , my friends , and the day ts our own . I am as strong as ten bulls , and able to beat the Peel administration single handed . 4 , 000 , 000 signatures , and Ireland with us and no disunion . The land at a fair rent our portion , and the Charter our shelter and sentry-box , and who can stop xu ! Ever faithfully yours , Feabgus O'Comhob .

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      TO THE MEN OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING TOWNS . THE O'CONNOR DEMONSTRATION . Friends , —The 20 th of September is fast approaching ; are you getting ready to do honour to your friend , and give the Birmingham Whigs the horrors , by shewing them you love the man who serves you faithfully ; and that you hate the men who live by plunder and triefcstering » have you , that live by toiling late and early , got your mite ready for the Demonstration Committee ? If not , get it ready ; and give it at the newsvenders or the Committee . The collectors have books for the purpose . Have any go « d and true men got time on hand , why not join the Committee , come and welcome . Is every man getting flags rigged up;—has every town got its delegate elected to come to the demonstration ? if not , go to work , and do it . Has every town got its banners and flags collected ready to send to the Committee—good plain ones , mottos good , with substantial meanings , &c

      Come in from all the different districts around , and show the wretches who roll in riches , you are men and you demand equal rights and equal laws ; and the Charter you will have . Let them not mistake you ; let your motto be : —No rent for the landlords—no taxes for the Government—no peace for the tyrants—until we are enfranchised . GiTe them to learn that neither their ignorance nor their cruelty will avail them . The time is come to show our principles . Let them , if they can , keep us from political power . We are now the third party in the Btate . The Government of Kings , Lords , and Priests must march out of the way . The multitude must on with us or stay behind and perish . I remain , Brother Democrat * , youra truly , T . P . Gbeen . Birmingham , Sept 6 , 1841 .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AND THE CHARTIST CHCKCH RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM . Fbiexds a . nd Fellow-Countkymen , —On Monday the 20 th of September , that noble of nature , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will enter the town of Birmingham , attended by the chosen servants of tke people , ( the National Executive , ) after a long and a trying absence of very nearly eighteen months . On that day you will be called upon to attend and do honour to the individuals who have passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , for having the sourage and the honesty to advocate your just and natural rights .

      Dear friends , my object in addressing you is to call upon you to rally unitedly round the standard of democracy , and do justice to the men who have defended you and your cause . Act upon the following simple plan and you may not only be enabled fcopruducesuch a display of popular feeling as will strike terror to our oppressors , but by prudence and calm deliberation heal the wound tbat afflicts the Chartist body of Birmingham and restore it to that pure and pristine state which It ought to be in , and save the Executive the trouble of doing that which I feel assured you are competent of performing yourselves .

      Let public meetings of both bodies be called , and appoint chosen and tried men to act as a demonstration and grievance committee , whose duty it shall be to superintend the demonstration that is to be given in honour of the brave patriots , and if possible , to unite all parties under one common banner , so that we may act unitedly and present an impenetrable phalanx to our precious Govemmtnt , that will compel them to give us that which 13 our just and inn'ienable right . Hoping that these few words will be taken in the spirit of kindness with which they are given , and that they will be acted upon , I remain , faithfully yours , W . H . Cotton . September 6 th , liil .

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      ADDRESS FROM THE LONDON DELEGATE MEETING . Fellow-Beings , Men , and Women , of Britain , —We , the members of the London Delegate Council , have deemed it to be our duty to address you at this important juncture , opening a new session of the Parliament of the working men of London , we wish to lay before our constituents , and through them before the empire , our vitwa upon the prospects of the nation , our opinion a 3 to the best means of promoting the welfare ef the empire . If we look around us at the present state of British society , what striking contrasts met ; our eyes , what direful admixtures of poverty and wealth , of luxury and indigence ; scarce can we turn our gaze from the gorgeous edifice ere we are met by the hut of misery . The single glance of an eye will show to us the garb of splendour and effeminacy , and the squalid naked wretchedness of abject poverty .

      We have investigated the cause of this deplorable intqualhy—we have analysed the subject , and traced it to its fiv » t elements , to its primary sources , and we have found that the f out tain head of this evil , the spring from whence flows the broad stream of wretche iness and misery , which threatens to engulf and overwhelm thei ^ :. 'l , is bad government—is legislative inequality . We observe that poverty and distress are found in the abodes of the working classes—in the abodes of those who create , who produce all those necessaries , comforts , and luxuries , which minister so greatly to human comfort—we likewise observe that splendour andrfnnence are the lot of luose who labour not , who live in idleness , or at Lest in misapplied exertion ; we

      find that the class who live in splendid ldleness . are those who have bs ^ n entrusted wiih the power of making the laws , whilb the clnss who are enduring misery and toil are those who have no share in the Government , but the penalty of obeying its laws . Here then is the seat of the disease ; here and here only can be applied a sure and certain renje . iy .- this remedy is Universal Suffrage . The cure of thi * disease is the People ' s Charter . This is ihe banner under "which we are fighting—this the cause for which we would enlist your sympathy , would claim your co-operation ; all are suffering from the same common cause—all should unite in effecting a Radical cure . We claim for the working classes of this country that political power—that share in the legislature , which their position , as creators of wealth ,

      their numbers and intelligence so justly entitle tuem to . Grant this our jast demand , and prosperity and comfort would speedily banish discontent and crime from the happy homes of our labouring population . Hitherto this mighty hive cf human industry—this gigantic concentration of the extremes of splendour and >> f misery has been apathetic in the glorious cause—has had no complete organization to draw forth its slumbering energies ; but we are proud to tell you that this is now remedied , * tbat London is awakened from its slumb € r like a " giant refreshed , " that its well-organized and powerful trades have come to the rescue , and with their co-operation and assistance , we shall speedily triumph—we shall be enabled to keep up such a welldirected and incessant fire at the bulwarks of corruption , that they Trill speedily crumble and fall before our united efforts . Everything angnrs well for the success

      of our cause ; the middle class of society broken into sections by the imbecility of the Wbiga , disappointed in the result of the late miscalled " cheap bread" agitation , are already tempted to look deeper for their remedy , to consider the cause rather than fritter their energies upon palliating its efftcts . We have been accused of coalescing with the Tories , on the part of the men of London . We rebut this assertion—we detest the Whigs for their treachery to the cause of the people , Jot thfeiT inhuman and unprincipled treatment of our incarcerated brethren ; ' bat we equally detest the Tories , and with both factions we will continue to wage unceasing warfare , using the one to crush and destroy the other ; but to all honest Reformers we hold out the hand of fellowship , we invite their cooper&Mon—we claim their assistance . Bo they feat the power o ! the Tories , ltt tkem unite with ua . Without

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      public opinion the Tories are powerless , and a onion with us would annihUate them aa a party for erer . Thta U their only , thefr irw policy ? ' JfiHbjL to taU SfS ?! - gone by-we demand the whole . The CharUrt Cause jjtola fa , 4 oo high , too proud a position &K J ? -- **•«***** WewWooVfawetDfi T * i thei firm glomid of r ight and justice , for the quicksands ftniihallowa of expediency : # e wfil combat tyranny ana oppression , under whatever name or whatever form it rearitta Hydra bead . Women of Britain , yon have qver l *» foremast Ja eTery . * o ( d , JjL «» 8 > y noble cause , *» " o ! tnfti ybui f *™* ^ .. ^ " "; Preeminently your , cause , yon have to beat the grea ^ r turdpn—the gneator , uiie of our misery and d&treas . You have to endure tie insults and contumely of a class of avariciou * And&afeeUogahbp keepers , who" prey upon ^ your Indkenoe and , w » ol ; y < mhaw > bear ,. jth 8 thousand varieties of donate Taxations ,, which to thei impatient spirit . ©* , man , would lEen

      Mwxme tnantOA actual distress , ' y ^ u a ^ « T « i more intereated ^ than ouraeltes ' lu procuring a fairday'a wage for a Cab' § &b work . \ Xeud us then your powerful assistance , animate us fa the ilorioua straggle , cheer us by your approbate qaUyen usf . fcy yourpresence and we cannet , we will not fail of access . Men and women of Britain , nobly have ye acted in the past period of our struggle—bravely have y ' o J boroe persecution ,, privation , and distress . Patriot " after patriot has been torn from your ranks , but yet ye have not flinched from the cause . Ye haTe never deserted the principles of your Charter—no counter agitation has led you astray—no false friends haTe beenaye to beguile ye into the enemies ranks t if you have acted thus nobly in the infancy of our cause , what may we not expect of you , now that it hath started Into manhood—now { that we have become an object of dread and dismay to our enemies ; we call upon you in the words of the immortal

      Homer" Be men , be what ye were before , Or weigh the great occasion and be more . " Now is the time for action—now is the period for increased and increasing exertion . Let us shew to our noble champions , whowlU shortly be restored tons , tbat though a Tile Government had incarcerated their bodies , yet their spirit , the spirit of liberty has animated our bosems , and enable us to spread the cause throughout the length and breadth of the land . Onward then in the good cause—slacken not in your exertions—press forward unceasingly to the high prize we have in view , and in no part of the land will you meet with more zealous supporters , more determined adherents than in the Chartists of London .

      J . Fdssell . G . Humphries . C P . GOODPBLLOW . T . Mills . W . Dbake . P . M'GHATH . E . PlCKEBSGILL . J . Smith . J . Knigut , , J . WATKrNS . J . W . Paekeb . RUFFEY RIDLET . G . Matthews . J . WoaTHINGTON . A . Walton . A . Wusox . W . H . WlLKINS . — SIHPSON . — NODDER . G . JORDON . A . Hogg . Thomas M . Wheelbb , sub-Secretary . * See No . 28 of the English Chartist Circular

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      ADDRESS OP THE 'CONNOR AND O'BRIEN DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE . To the Brave Men and Virtuous Women of Man-Chester , and its surrounding Neighbourhood . Fiuends , Fbllow Townsmen and Townswohen ,-The Caged Lion and Chieftain of the brave and good , the champion of universal liberty , and determined enemy to tyranny and oppression , is again at liberty , breathing the free air of Heaven , more determined than ever to break down the unholy system

      of class legislation , which is rapidly spreading ruin and devastation throughout the length and breadth of the land , and preparing England , ( once "the envy of surrounding nations , and admiration of the world "; for becoming a degraded province , or a desolate wilderness . Yes , the single-minded Feargus is again using his mighty personal exertions , for the purpose of overturning this monstrous system , and of establishing upon its ruins that perfect system of equality which can alone be obtained by the adoption of the People ' s Charter .

      Also , the truly noble and uncompromising O'Brien , the schoolmaster of the age , and the dread of tyrants , will , on the 24 th inst , leave the dungeon ' s gloom , again to plead the cause of justice and humanity . We therefore call upon you , brave men and virtuous women of Manchester , immediately to prepare to receive them in Manchester , on Monday the 27 th inst , in a manner that will convince them , tbat the more they are persecuted , the more you love and esteem them ; and show to the tyrants that the millions are coming forth determined to destroy the blasting , degrading , pauperising , and infamous system which has been brought forth in blood , cradled in corruption , and matured in a nation ' s misery .

      Yes , come forward on Monday , the 27 th inat ., in your countless thousands , and demand in a voice of thunder , the total annihilation of class-legislation ; make it a day long to be remembered , a day to be recorded in the annals for the perusal of future generations , as reflecting honour upon you , as being the day which shook tyranny to its fall , and Bent it into the abyss of oblivion . The Committee beg to assure you that with your aid and assistance , no exertions upon their part shall be spared to make this town ' s demonstration such un one as the people of Manchester never before witneu&ed . Signed on behalf the Committee , James Harrison , Chairman . James Wood , Secretary .

      P . S . —The Committee meet every evening at 0 , Whittle-street , Oldham-street , Manchester , where pecuniary assistance to carry out the above object will be gladly received and duly acknowledged , and every information given .

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      SHEFFIELD . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Feargus O'Connor , Esq . —The Chartists of Sheffield have resolved to welcome O'Connor , tho friend of thi people , with a grand public entry and dinner , oe Wednesday , September 29 th . An active committee has been appointed , and every arrangement will be made fitting for the reception of the man whom the people delight to honour . The Glorious Thirty-nine !—At a late meeting of the Sheffield Chartists the following resolution , proposed by Mr . M'Ketterick , was passed unanimously : — "That the sincere thanks of this meeting are given to Sharman Crawford , Esq ., General Johnson ,, Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., and the other

      members of the House of Commons who composed the glorious minority of thirty-nine , who supported the rights of the people . At the same time , this meeth ; ,, ' feels bound to express its indignation at the conduct of Messrs . Roebuck and Leader , who were returned to Parliament , pledged to the principles of Chartism ; and this meeting trusts that the Radical electors and non-electors of Bath and Westminster will not fail to call their misrepresentatives to account for their treacherous conduct . Lastly , this meeting expresses its deep disgust at the conduct of Mr . Ward , the Member for . this borough , promising that gentleman that when he shall a ^ ain appear before tho people of Sheffield , he will not escape that reception his deeds so well entitle him to . "

      Su . ndat Evb . vjng Lecture . —A numerous and respectable audience assembled in the Associationroom , on Sunday evening last . It had been announced that Mr . Barker was to lecture on " The necessity of an abolition of the House of Lords . " That gentleman , however , did not attend ; illnes 3 , we believe , was the cause of his absence . Mr . Clark apologised for the non-appearance of the lecturer , but hoped that Mr . Harney would favour the assembly with an . addresa . Mr . Harney was not prepared to lecture , but would certainly have no objection to address those present . ' "Mr . H . then spoke for about an hour , showing the necessity of a Radical Reform of the House of Commons , if the people would accomplish any other real Reforms . Mr . H . triumphantly argued the right of the working

      class to the franchise , and , in reference to the ignorance of the people , showed that where that ignorance existed , it was the work of the priesthood , who had , in all ages , and all climes , been ever the perpetrators of the ignorance and slavery of the many , and the apologists and upholders of the despotism of the few ; the inimitable manner in which Mr . Harney 6 howed up the hypocrisy and knavery of the priesthood well nigh convulsed his hearers with laughter , and afforded the utmost gratification to all present . —Mr . Gill then addressed the meeting , taking for his text the golden , rule of " Do unto others as you would wish to be done by , " showing

      who showed they had it in their hearts . Those who practised the rule were the scorned , afflicted , despisedv trampled-upon people . Mr . Gill next vindicated iue claims of the female sex to ah equality of right ' s witlr the malej and concluded a lengthy and excellent speech by earnestly appealing to his hearers to labour ta make known the glorious principles of Chartism among their kindred and kind . —Mr . Otley next addressed the meeting , calling their attention to the abominations of the accursed " silent system . " In tho course of his address he touched upon the hypocritical conduot of the humanity-mongers and autislaverv-bawlers , and well exposed their raacality .

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      Public'Meeting . —Ab announced in the last number of the Star , a public meeting was held ifi the Large Room , Fig Tree Lane , on Monday evening , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an enquiry into the working and abolition of the infamous silent system , and also for the liberation of all political prisoners . At eight o ' c ' ock . the room was well filled .. . Mr . John Green was called to the chair . —Mr . Otley movedihe first resolution— " That this meeting having beard statements of orueJtiea the most revolting being perpetrated i& several of her Majesty ' s Gaols and Houses of ^ Correction , is of Dpiflioa that it ia a duty they owe to their country and themselves to petUU > & ~ Parliament for an enquiry into : the irnth of these statements . ;

      that if found correct , the jfiscipltae under which these enormities have been , ' committed may be changed , - . and . the patties who have shown ihemselyes monsters , rather than men wha have ordered or . directed , the barbarous treatment , complained of , may meet with that fast Banishment their mfamoua conduot bo loudly calls for . ** Mr . Oxley upoke at considerable length : in support of thi resolution , showing that misgovernment was the cause of poverty and ignorance , and these were the parents of vice and crime . " The nnfortunafe toiler ( said Mr . 0 . ) denied the employment he sought , withheld the labour by which in ihe sweat of his bcow he was willing to earn the bread of life , having no resource bnt the hated workhouse , in which he

      must be separated from his wife and babes ; shrinking from entering the accursed bastile he flies to the beer-shop , and there meets the poacher , who boasts of being able to make his pound or thirty shillings by a night or two ' s work ; the wretched man . hunger bread ringing in his ears , consents to join the poachers' band ; ' tis not long ere h « is pounced upon b y the satellites of aristocracy , he is dragged to a prison , and there on the tread-mul suffers all the horrors familiar to the publio ear ; he leaves his dungeon a changed man—changed horribly for the worse ; the result is , he ends his career on the scaffold , or drags on awretohed existence on some penal shore . The , system drives the man to the commission of crime ,

      and then punishes by torture and death the unhappy criminal . How different was the lot of the working man in free America ; there , there was little crime , beoause » just government secured . to the working man the fruits of hia labour . True > all was not perfection in the United States ; still things were widely different there and here . ' Mr , Buckingham , in describing in a late work of his , the condition of the farm labourers of America , tells us that the wages of a labourer is a dollar a day , or something like twenty-four shillings a week , in addition they bad three substantial meals a day , at least he should eall them substantial , when for breakfast besides tea ' and coffee , they could have cold roast meat or broiled bam . ( Cheers . ) In hay and harvest-time they had

      four meals a day , with every variety at each . The people mere well fed , well dreesed , and well educated ; there were no beer-shops , every man brewed his own ale . Living thus , and each saving a competence for old age , there was no crime—housebreaking was an offence never heard of ; there was no prosecutions at the sessions , and hence no need of justices , magistrates , clerks , constables , police , informers , and all the rest of the endless tribe of useless and vicious beings that in England fattened upon the labouring classes . Such were the fruits ef good government , and if they would bring to an end the present crimes and miseries , they must struggle to Sut down the system that caused them * ( Cheers . )—[ r . M'Kettbick seconded the resolution in an able

      speech , in which he showed the unjust difference made between the punishment of the wealthy and the poor , citing and commenting upon the notorious case of Medhurst , in support of his argument ; , and stating it as his firm opinion , that the present hellish prison discipline was part and parcel of the fiendish Malthusian system for driving out of existence the unfortunate poor . —The Chairman put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —Mr . Gill moved the second resolution , " That while this meeting have resolved upon petitioning the Legislature for inquiry into , and amendment of the present prison discipline , this meeting cannot separate without expressing its conviction that that system of Government is radically false and bad under which

      the rich reap all the benefits , and the poor meet all the penalties , of the law . And thismeeting , having little hope of class legislators effectually reforming the wrongs and grievances of the toiling many , is oi opinion that only will just laws be executed in righteousness and equity , when that the law-framers are responsible to , because elected by , the whole people . " In support of the resolution , Mr . Gill eulogised the patriots suffering in the dungeons of tyranny for that which was now held to be the greatest of crimes —that of thinking for themselves , and demanding those rights conferrred upon them by the Deity . Mr . Gill concluded an excellent speech by entreating his hearers to do their duty , and struggle until the vile system was brought to an end . —Mr . Buxton

      seoonded the resolution . It had been often said that in this country there was one law for the rich and another for the poor ; of this he had witnessed the proof . He had seen a man—a hard-working , honest man , dragged to the bar to answer for the crime of shooting a partridge . He bore an unexceptionable character , had never before been charged with any offence , yet did the Judge sentence him to seven years' transportation . ( Cries of " Shame . ") The same day , before the same Judge , was tried a man charged with destroying the life of his own son . The youug man had been at a fair , and returned home at one or two o ' clock in the morning : Borne quarrelling took place between the father and the

      son , when the former took down a loaded gun and shot the latter . The young man died in a few minutes : but ere he expired , as he lay weltering in his blood , he stretched his hand to his father , begging his forgiveness : this the wretch refused to give . ( Expressions of horror . ) For this crime he was tried , and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . Why was this 1 Because he was a rich farmer , and not a working man . ( Shame , shame . )—Mr . Parkes , Methodist preacher , supported the resolution in a speech of sterling eloquence . He denounced the devilish cruelties committed in the public gaols of this country , save it was that iu savage Mew Zealand , or barbarous Hindostan . There was uot more atrocious laws than those of the Christian

      land . He declared himself a Chartist who is not to be humbugged by any half-and-half measure of Household Suffrage ; no , he was for the whole hog ; he was for the people ' s rights iu full , and no compromise . ( Cheers . ) The hour was fast coming when the peoplowould no longer bear with these atrocities . O'Connor , on his liberation , had lighted that fliine which would ere long set England in a blaze , bring despotism to the dust , and establish the reijju of universal liberty . Mr . Parkes resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering . The chairman put the resolution which was carried . —Mr . Julian Haruey moved the adoption of the petition . He described tho horrible fiifferings of the unfortunate inmates of Wakefield Hell . Let them bear in minu

      that this treatment was not enforced only upon felons , the viotims of a liberal system . No , their brother patriots were sufferers too . William Ashton than whom a brighter , better man never trod English ground—( cheers)—was subjected to those fiendish tortures ; he would give them an instance of the tender mercies of tyranny's tools . On the day of the West Riding nomination , poor Ashtou , eluding the vigilance of the keepers , contrived to gain the upper part of the prison , where , from a window , he saw the Chartist candidates , with their gallant supporters , enter the town in procession . Poor Ashton saw the loved banners of green , and heard the cheering shouts of his compatriot ? , she noble men of Barnsley , what must have been his feelings ? He ( Mr . H . ) would leave the meeting to

      imagine ; but mark the sequel ; his tormentors came to know that poor Ashton had thus gratified his eyes and ears , and to glut their rage , they , pitiful , spiteful ruffiuns that they are , sent him to the solitary cell , with bread and water for his food . ( Shame . ) Peter Hoey , a man healthy and strong ere he had been consigned to that accursed place , was now , it was to be feared , a cripple for life . Penthorpo was lying in the Sheffield infirmary , a doomed man , speedy death , or a life of disease , it was feared , would be his lot . He should , at another time , call their attention to Holberry ' s case . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . H . ) kuew a little of the silent system from personal sufferings . The meeting would remember that era the Whigs took office , from which , m spite

      of all their craft and villany , they were now , thank God driven —( cheers)—that these same Whi ^ s wero great sticklers for the liberty of tiie press . — "The liberty of the press , said they , is like the air we breathe , if we have it not wo politically die . " Mr . Deninan , now Lord Denman , declared when the infamous six acts wero passing through the legislature , that in vain might the Government try to put these laivs into execution unless they wero prepared to place a dagger at the throat of every man who could use a pen ; yo 6 so soon as these hypocrites were in power , did they oommence a crusade againBt the press ; ihey imprisoned Carlile for two years , they imprisoned Carpenter for six months , they twice for that term imprisoned Hetherington , and in vainly labouring to put down one publication only , the Poor Man ' s Guardian , published in defiance of the law to try the Dower of richt against might . They imprisoned

      upwards of five hundred persons ; he had the honour to bo one of these ; thrice ere he was twenty years of age they had dragged him to their vile duugeons , and in that den of darkness , Cold Bath-fields prison , he had tasted a little of the silent system . But horrible as that place is , it was paradise itself compared with the London Bastile , the hell-hole building at Holloway , in which the unhappy inmates were never to see the human face , or hear the human voice , save that of their tormentors which Could hardly be called human , in which men totally secluded from each other , were to be masked and hooded , and there sent ^ unwept , unknown to their silent graves . At Dawtbury he had asked Lord Morpetn for what dark purposes wis " t&isiReTnm place intended ? He got no answer , but as he told the noble lord at the timo standing side by side with him on the same hustings , he believed , in his soul he believed , that that accursed place was in-

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      tended for a poJitioal'inquisition —( cries of hear)—if so , he laughed the tyrants to scorn , he defied them . ( Cheers . ) Latibft aristocracy , Whig and Tory , not dream that ; by such means they could stifle the voice of liberty , or Btem the on-flowing tideof de » mooracy , for if they did shay wonld find themselves miserably deceived ; the > imbecile monarch and BOomidrelarJstcK ^ tsjrfFrtncetoaBtedinithestrOTgth of their baatile , but the morning ^ - . Runrf the Uth of July rose on a people determined to be tnei . snd ere night fell , the bastilfrWM ofumbled into the dusk ( Great cheering . ) Let : ^( aristocracy remember that , and let them kaoar that the / leaders-of the Chartist movements : ar *> men »; who . having set their

      hands to the plough , will not turn back ; and though their , doom may btoJke jrofc ia ; model prisons , ox drag on barbarous shores the exile ' * chain , or it may be to lay down their lives on the scaffold , no matter , they-have sworn , —and well will . they keep , their oaths—to make the : Charter the law of the land . ( Enthusiastic cheets ^ -Mr . Harrison seoonded the adoption of the petition , which was unanimously agreed to . —Mr . Harney moved "That the petition be signed by the Chairmaa . in name of tie meeting and that it be entrusted td Thomas Dnnoombe , Esqfor presentation , and that Mr . Sharman Crawford and General Johnson be requested to rapport ita prayer . " Carried . The meeting dissolved .

      11 Give ' ek more Chckch P—A circular , of which the following is a copy , was received through the post a few day ' s since by a Sheffield Chartist : — " Sir , —I have ventured to enclose an envelope addressed to myself , presuming that yon will kindly eonsent to forward a small donation , to assist in defraying the expense inounedin the erection of a church , in tha township of Brlerclifle , within the Coapelry of Burnley * for which I am wholly responsible . " The need of it has been most deeply felt , the township now containing above' two thousand people , who , with very few exceptions , are in the greatest poverty , being hand-loom weavers , and In a deplorable state of spiritual destitution . " The nearest point in which there ia any consider able number of inhabitants is about three miles , and the farthest extremity not less than six miles distant from Burnley Chufch . '•

      " The immense benefit likely to accrue from the accomplishment of bo desirable an objeot , will , I trust , be considered' a sufficient apology fox this intrusion . " I hate the honour to he , "Sir , " Your obedient and faithful Servant , " ROBEHT MOSLBT MaSTBE , " Incumbent of Burnley , Lancashire . " Burnley , Aug . 25 , 1841 . " As stated in the foregoing , an envelope ( looking very much like a money bag , ) accompanied tho same , in which the fortunate receiver was to enclose a money-order , or , if agreeable , a few loose bank-notes , to the "Rev . Robert Mosley Master ,

      Burnley , Lancashire . " The best of the joke is , that our friend happens to be a dissenter , and , as may be imagined , bears no great love to Old Mother Church , Really the presumption of the Burnley parson , in "presuming * to send all the way to the " city oi soot" for the"siller" to help him to build his " gospel-shop , " is vastly , amusing . The person who received the circular knows no more about the Burnley parson than he does about the man in the moon . It may be asked , how is it , then , that hia " reverence" came to trouble our friend with " his envelope" i The probability is , that his Clericalshipbas got hold of a Sheffield Directory , and is , at random , inundating the town with his holy missives . 'Tis a pity his " reverence" is not more cautious , as if thus he bids " stand and deliver , " he may happen to burn his fingers , unless he knows hia man . A word to the Burnley parson on the

      " spiritual destitution" of the "Hiiercliffe handloom weavers . " We have been at Burnley , and we , too , can vouch for the poverty of the Reverend Mosley Master ' s flock , and we would recommend to that Reverend Gentleman , that instead of building more new churches , he directs his attention to the temporal wants , and the nhysicaJ " destitution , " of hia charge—what humbug to talk of filling a hungry man ' s belly by ramming a , church-steeple down his throat I Talk of " big loaves" indeed , that would be a " big loaf " and no mistake ! But this is the good old remedy for social ills—give ' em more church—give ' em more parsons—more Bibles—and more bullets—they are the remedies , warranted , like Morison ' a Pills , to cure all popular diseases ! But it won't do ; the days of priestly humbug are numbered— " Othello ' s occupation ' s gone . "

      Association Meeting . —The Association met on Tuesday evening , Mr . John Green presided . Moved by Mr . Harney , seconded by Mr . Weedham , that the price of tickets to the dinner to be given to Feargug O'Connor , Esq ., on Wednesday , September 29 th , be ladies tickets , Is . 6 d . ; gentlemen , 2 s ., agreed to unanimously . Ob the motion of Mr . Bucton , Messrs . Otley and Harrison were appointed a deputation to obtain a place of meeting for Dr . M'Douall , that talented patriot intending to lecture in Sheffield , on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday , September 14 th and 15 th . Moved by Mr . Gill , seconded by Mr . Needham , that a letter be sent to Messrs . Ward and Parker , the members for the borough , requestiug their support to the petition adopted yesterday evening , and thanking them for their past efforts in

      behalf of the Sheffield victims , and soliciting their further help in behalf of the suffering patriots ; agreed to unanimously . Mr . Harney brought the case of Samuel Holberry before the meeting , and read the letter from that suffering patriot to William Martin , published in the Northern Star of Saturday last . Mr . Harney moved that the following persons , with power to add to their number , be appointed a committee to take measures for obtaining the liberation , or , at least , the mitigation of the punishment of the Sheffield viotims , viz . Messrs . Otley , M'Kettrick , Gill , Buxton , Harrison , and Gilby , seconded by Mr . Needham , carried . On the motion of Mr . M'Kettrick , Mr . Harney was added to the committee . The meeting adjourned .

      KIDDERMINSTER . The Chartists of this town held a meeting at the White Horse Inn , on Thursday last , when a fresh Couucil was ohosen , and the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Holloway , and seconded by Mr . Sharp , " That we , the Chartists of Kidderminster , do again join the National Charter Association , and use every legal means hi our power to support the same . " BURTON . —The ChartistB of this place have opened a room at Mr . Tyzack ' s , High-street , for the purpose of lecturing . At the opening , a number of members sat dowu to an excellent supper prepared by tho worthy landlord on the occasion , who is a strong Chartist , aad independent of Whig or Tory . Several members were enrolled , and danciug and singing were carritd on till a late hour , when the health of O'Connor was drunk with three timo three .

      ACCRINGTON . —On Sunday last , a delegate meeting took placp in Blackburn , ibr the purpose of better organising the' . Northern Division of Lancashire , and to take into consideration tho necessity of employing a lecturer to spread the principles of Churtism ' through every town , hamlet , and village , in this division , when delegates from Accrington , Blackburn , Burnley , Colne , Chorley , Clithero , Preston , Lancaster , and Haelingden , were present ; Mr . Baines , delegate for Blackburn , was called to the chair , and Mr . Lund ,, of Lancaster , acted as secretary . The business of the meeting commenced by Mr . Beesley , of Accrin ^ t m , Stating to the meeting , iho object for which i £ was called . He said he had ¦ ' one all he could to sprtad the principles of the

      Ciiarter , and arouse the people to a sense of thoir duty , and to effect a union amongst them ; but he found he could do little of himself , until the towns and villages couid be brought to act in union together . Ho thought it indispensably necessary that a delegate meeting should be called to take into their consideration the propriety of calling out some able lecturer , to " effect a better organization amongst them ; he , therefore , had taken tho responsibility , of calling that meeting , upon himself , and ii' the delegates thought he had been too presumptive in doing so , that they would bear with him , as he had done it in his opinion for the best . Each delegate expressed himself well satisfied withLis conduot , and a discussion enBued . Mr . Beesley moved .

      and Mr . Slater seconded . - That it is the opinion oi this meeting , that lecturers for the Northern Division of Lancashire , is much wanted , and that the delegates now assembled , do agree to engage one . " Moved by Mr . Humphrey Odlieum , and seconded by Mr . John Slater , " That Mr . Richard Marsden be engaged as tho lecturer , if he agree to the terms proposed by the delegates , and that he be engaged for six weeks . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . Slater , "That Mr . Robert Cunliff , of Blackburn , be appointed treasurer . " Moved by Mr . Holgate , seconded by Mr . Sumner , " That the subsecretaries of the different towns immediately inform the district secretary of the most convenient time for the lecturer to visit their respective places ,

      and also to send a dividend of the sum promised towards the support of the lecturer aud the addresses of the sub-secretaries . " Moved by Mr . Lund , and seconded by Mr . Holgate , " That the secretary be empowered to draw up' a list of the places , and the order in which they will be visited , and publish them in the Northern Star , also empowering the secretary to call out the Ieoturer as soon aa a sufficient sum of money has been received for the purpose . " The resolutions were all carried unanimously . After some business had been gone through , a discussion arose respecting the propriety of Chartist lecturers adopting the total abstinence pledge ,

      when thefollowing resolution was passed : — "That it is the opinion of the delegates here assembled , that while £ 50 , 600 , 000 sterling of the produce of tho labour of the industrious classes of this country is expended upon intoxicating drinks , ignorance , slavery , misery , crime , poverty , and destitution , will always , be prevalent amongst us . " The delegates request that those places ' who are desifo ' ua of forming ' this district , and naming the visits of the lecturer , will immediately inform the secretary the sum they will subscribe towards his expences , and the time it will be most convenient for them to have him .

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      '' Bristol , August 2 tth ,. l Ml . " PHas Sib , —Ton Trill please to excuse the liberty yiich a stranger tai « s in thuj jyMiwnng ^ letter , to pa . Bat I am enoonraged ia doing so byjss ^ ing the cotris 5 taad -whicb yon and . y » or little -band « f real tatnots £ ave made against the base , bloody , and 5 & » al factions , both Whig and Tory , alike the foe * of $ &ij . 0 ! it does rejoice me to my yerj heart ' s gae when the thought strikes me that the RngiU ri , Ijisi , Sootch , and Welsh shall one day be united in nM hoi j bond of brotherhood , agitating for one

      com-S object , political liberty aad equality . Tben I . say tie people mast triumph over , their political oppressors initfcer thing I have long wished to see , and , thank $ od , tis coming f&st , ¦ when religious animosities matt 43 to th * ground , and " brotherly lore , and ChRrti&n tzidness , one to another , start up in its stead . Bat , jsirl , this is Trliat oar enemies dread ; they vast to fcs = p up religious iatred , to ieep ua asunder , lest by joining in love and frieadsliip , their crimes and tyranny voold be exposed to tha scorn of a united people . In cj bojhood I was tangit to believe that the Catholics rere a blood-thirsty lot cf men seeking for an opporjeeirj to embrae their hands in the blood of their Protestant fellotr subjects , bat it is long since ny eyes » ere opened ; tis long since I signed petitions for

      Catholic emsjicipation ; tis long sinee I sa \ r that the tot men -who , in my youth , taught me to hate my Catholic neighbour "were the blood-thirsty oppressors of sy poor Protestant fellow countrymen , as tte 31 as of Ihe hard fated Catholics of Ireland . I recollect the £ me frhen your enemies and mine had nothing to do fcst say to the people here in Bristol that the Pope iras piling , -when men , and myself amongst tho rest , felt more lie savages than Christians . We -were savage at tie mere name of ihe Pope . But now , thank &od , I see Catholic and Protestant geing hand in hand for liberty . I ^ oir , I can hear Protestant England crying oci jastioe for Catholic Ireland . Can the voices of tw # Billions one hundred thousand men , all , all shooting hs libertv , be kept mueh longer in slavery ? No , they

      £ sH be heard ; their grievances must be redressed , frsj ire heard in Heaven . I am a Protestant , yet I iroold unfetter mj Catholic fellow subsets as soon and 9 -willing as I wtrali unfetter myself . I say , then , go oc , my friendi , my brothers , aad Gsd Almighty bless pa and crown yom efforts for political liberty -with issoess . Be not daunted at the proceedings of the icpporters of the base WTiigs ; their eyes -srili soon be epeasd to the txeacbery of the perfidious men "who tribe patriots vita fat places ; men who have spent { frmomdn of pounds to destroy the popularity of th » lash leaders . But they cannot crush two mighty natksj saefring for liberty in reality , and no mistake . I bt Kiia go on irith courage , and msy the great God iaaa tout society , and your excellent Christian pastor , J-tier Ryxn , and I remain

      • ' Your fellow Advocate for the " Bights of the Wotking Classes , " the People's Charter , " joh * Cops "IoPatrki O'Higgin * , ^ o . 14 , " North Anne-street . Dublin . "

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      PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE . " Dr . Kennion thinks that a residence at Harrogate for a fortnight longer will be of much service to Jamas Dagy . " High Harrogate , ftept 6 th , ISil . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1126/page/7/