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      OVuNXOR'S LETTER TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . [ We . were last week obliged to cat Bbort Mr . O'Con-2-or ' s letter ; a mistake in directing of it through tbe Post Office having caused the latter portion of it not to reach ss till after the paper was sent to press . At Mr . O'Connor ' s requert we this vreek give the letter in ita eutire form . — Ed . A . 5 . ]

      My dkab Fkiejtds , —Yoh invited me , after my in-© arc-: aflon , to visit your country for the purpose , as your letters stated , of proving that your affection towards ae had cot abated . In compliance with your wishes , I went to Scotland before I had viated any district of England , and after attending nearly fif ty large meetings I had the heartfelt consolation to fhid that you were a people worth suffering for ; whiie nothing mere increased my affection towards you than the hearty response with which my appeals on behalf of my native land were met .

      F . r seven years I hare laboured in England and Scoihnd in the can ? e of national liberty ; and altfc-.-. - . sh almost exiled from theloved land for which tty family have suffered an unprecedented martyrdom , yet have I at all times , out of season and in sea ? o ; :, brought the woes of Ireland before'you . Whc- I went amongst you in 1835 , 1 foand yon distrac' ^ d betweea the undefined tests of O'Conneli and Durham , as they were called ; and then , for the first lime , did I , in person , unite the whole nf the vrorkiig classes in one great national union . My sabreijaeni visits to Scotland hare been numerous and t xpensive ; and it was my delight to holdyou up ib aH my speeches and writings as the stronghold oi democracy .

      In (> ct 9 ber ana November last , I say , I attended neaiij fifty large public meetings , at each and all of ¦ which the ^ National Petition was unanimously adopu * d , while a distinct pledge to assist Ireland in her sira-a ^ e for redemption was also carried . During iry sojourn , a National Convention of Scottish deleira : e 3 was spokea of , and , without my knowledgt . the good men of Eidersley , the birth place of the immoral Wallace , did me the honour to elect me

      SB tb . ir delegate . Raiberglen followed the example cf E -Ji-rsley , and by its election strengthened my bane * ly ; the increased confidence . While I was in Scot-iLdno opposition , not any , was offered lo the Nat V al Petition . No amendment was moved to its adejt . on—all was unanimous , till those , whose duty i : wa 3 to preserve union , met in Coavention 03 the third day of January ; and to the proceedings of that body 1 shall now apply

      mjseir-1 thiuld hare written to you on the Eubject in last w . ek's Star , but I preferred waiting . till you had ti ~ e whole of the proceedings before you ; and even low , in consequence of the neglect of my reporter , you are in but very imperfect possession of the racts . Nay , I cannot m * ke head or tail of his infernal trash myself , although I was present . I mn * : now relieve the proceedings from the obscurity in which neglect and treachery have en-Telopoi them .

      On-uonday , the 3 rd , the delegates met . I was not pn-sent upon that day , and I have bo reason to regret mj absence , as I learn that Brewster , the old torsient , occupied the whole day in an attempt to sow discord and confusion : he was baffled , however , by the good sense of the delegates . Nothing of toot-.- importance than putting down this firebrand occurred on Monday , beyond the vtry discreditable Biani . er in which one of the Sjnod of Glasgow procured his election . Brewster said that any four or fifr- persons might elect a delegate ; and on the insiaD * off ran Mr . Charles M'Ewin to a few houses

      Oftlled Gavan , tapped at a few doors , which were opeEc--, and on Tuesday their pioss representative presec ed his credentials and was admitted ; thus leaving Gatton and Old Sarom in tbe shade . * - Yon , -hall now hear how the principle of equa repreikstation was practically carried out by the Church- Chartist Synod of Glasgow . Fifty-four dele- " gates was tbe greatest Dumber that voted , and of these Sfiy-four Glasgow alone returned seventeen 3 Aye , .-cvputeen ! and of those seventeen the following wwe Whigs—rank Whigs , and compose the Chartist Presbytery of Glasgow : —M'F&rlaae , he vta said to tw elected for Moatrose , Malcolm , ( for som country district ) , Pattesos , Currie , Jaw , M'Ewin ^

      Dixon , Cassels , Bodgers , and some other whose e name I do not recollect . Now , all these ran about like rate , endeavouring to get a constituency ; and I am balti to assert that altogether they did not represent 5 'K ) of the working classes of any part of the world . Added to these we bad Brewster , and three of his tools chosen by the shopkeepers of Paisley , and » person of the namo of Mitchell , elected at a frwopeuny ticket meeting at Aberdeen , one of the Calton HiD bucks ; and subsequently one of the " new move" gentry . Now , Proudfoot , Ross , Colojiioun , and Meyers , ( the treasurer of the Chartist GiBreh ) , as fine a fellow as lives , and myself were also elected for parts of Glasgow , Messrs . Proudfoot and Kf'sa being bound down by the instructions of

      their coiistitaenis . Thus , there were tea Glasgow preachers , all "Whi ^ s—aot & drop of Chartist blood in their veinsfour Brewaterites and Mitchell , making a total of fifteen ; and will aay man in Scotland tell me that the set represent 500 working men ! and yet we had to contend against them . In consequence of M'Douall ' s very excellent letter in la « week ' s Star , I shall be explicit . That letUr ^ ras written under a misapprehension . It was written nnder the impression that the vote of the Synod , by which we were to have bad two petition ?* remained undisturbed , while , thanks to Lowery , for a very excellent amendment which rescinded the one of the Synod , we were spared the disgrace of a double petition .

      I sHa ' . l now lay before you an that happened of importance during Taesday and Wednesday . Oa Tuesday Jack moved the rejection of the petition aud the adoption of a new petition for Scotland . One of the saints , of coarse , seconded it , and that firm and n » ble fellow , John Wallace WCrcs . moved an amendment for the adoption of the petition as it stwd . To this Lowery moved another amendment , to the effect that all places where the National Petition had been adopted Bhotfd go on procuring signatures ; and that in fntur . \ to prevent disunion , all extraneous matter

      thould be omitted from a National Petition . The vote m ? first taken upon the amendments , when H'Crea ' s was carried by a large majority . M'Crea ' s amendment and Jack ' s resolution were then put ¦ when the numbers were equal , 27 and 27 ; the Chairman haviog voted , and Rodger who was pledged by hisoonstUuents to support the Petition , having refused to vote . In this dilemma the Chairman was called upon to give his casting vote . I with others protested against thiB . as he had voted before ; however , he requested five minutes reflection in tbe vestry room , and at the end of that period , he gave the casting fete against the National

      Petition . EmboWened by their temporary triumph , Patteson , another of the Synod , moved a resolution , deprecating all interference with meetings which fead for their object the removal of what he termed " infamous monopolies "—a most rascally resolution—one calculated to hand us over , bound neck and heels , to the League ; toe Synod to a man , with Brewster and his tools and a few who were looking to the Presby tary for preferment , voted for this ; but we carried aa amendment of Lowery's recommending the old course of explaining our principles and taking tie vote at all meetings , by a sweeping majority .

      On Wednesday morning the committee brought in a new petition for Scotland , and Brewster , who objected to any details , even the mention of Repeal and the Poor Law Amendment Act , opposed it , because there was no mention made of Paisley I Now , Scotchmen , what think you of that man ' s brain ! Did I not always tell you that ke was " daft " - ' However to this petition there was some objection , but ., it was subsequently rescinded by Lowery ' s foraar amendment , which was put as a substantive " resolution , feein £ * arried by a sweeping aajority » &e s » int » protesting against the vote ; but web eattheiypocrites . Aye , ta / y are hypocrites i and w » : « jkT (> cL $ ^ . 2 Cino ! su . " Will from the disgrace « f a Wh » CQ »^ fc 4 >« Bg appended to it .

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      The only other business of importance was the dividing Scotland into six districts , thus clipping the wings of the rotten leaders of Glasgow . Upon this a splendid report was brought up bj Lowery , Rankin , and A . Duncan ; and here , speaking of Rankin , it would appear from my muddle-pated reporter , th&t Rankin seconded the amendment of Pattison , whereas there was not a more efficient , consistent , able , or talented delegate in the Convention than Rankin : he was , indeed , an ornament to " modern Athens . " Would to God all had been such I

      There was £ 35 of a Victim Fund on hand . Ten pounds were voted to Mrs . Frost , £ 5 to Mrs . Jones , £ 10 to the families of the incarcerated victims , and £ 10 allowed to remain in the Treasurer ' s hasds , to discharge the expences of Mr . Ros 3 , who kindly accompanied yeang Frost to his home when his physicians ordered him from Glasgow . Some other minor votes were come to , and at the olose Mitchell proposed a vote of thanks to the middle classes for their co-operation . I moved , as an amendment , a vote of thanks to the working classes who had bravely withstood their oppressors , and only few delegates beiDg present , both were carried .

      On Wednesday evening , that incessant plague , Paddy Brewster , brought forward his humbug " under-no-circumstances" resolutions again , and made an attack upon me , when the audience hissed him and hooted him , and he left the Convention , deslaring that he would no longer co-operate with the Chartists . This was a point gained at all events . Now , Scotchmen , it iB folly longer to disguise the fact from yon , who have shrewdly watched the progress of our glorious cause . Instead of pushing

      onward , watching the fitting opportunity , and taking advantage of all favourable circumstances , and even of accidents , you have seen those who were loudest in the outset , either become timid , as our power increased , or sell themselves , when they presumed that they had attached some value to their persons . Can you confide in any man , or set of men , who are ready to fall back a hair ' s breadth from the adopted national prinoiple , and join anything 3 hort of that principle .

      The time is now arrived whea every man must and shall speak out . / will no longer be the victim of private letter-writers , eaves droppers , cornerwhisperers , grumblers in committees , slabbers in the dark , and all such . I know that I am hated by all who wi * h to ma . ke profit of agitation ; aud I feel th « power which silence would afford to the slanderer u > fritter away my utility , vainly hoping to establish

      fame upon my ruin . 1 defy them one and all ! only ask them to do as I have done , make principle their idol , and their guide ; give praise to whom praise is due , and withhold censure and slander ^ ere its promulgation tends but to weaken and disunite . Good Good , is not the field wide enough , amply wide enough for all , and must not those for whom alone I contend , recognise an enemy in every enemy , ' of mine 1

      Upon the eve of our grand move every engine will be at work to frustrate our efforts , and I hold the lukewarm equally responsible as the open foe . It was the fashion to stamp any &ugg « suon of mine as an aot of dictation ; but since the election of your Executive , with whose every act I most cordially agree , have I not as cheerfully followed on as I previously boldly led ? I have , to the utmost of my power , supported that body , and have rejoiced at finding all suggestions emanating from them , as your recognised leaders , generally approved by the country ; but I tell you that discontent , egotism , weakness , vanity , and insolence , are pouring forth their arrows at them also , because they will not give way .

      Of your synod of Glasgow , I tell yon that they are ^ one and all , humbugs—rank , canting hypocrites who would perpetuate grievances , in order that they m&y have ready access to your feelings . I don ' t mean those who go to worship ia Chartibt churches—no such thing . I like a cheap church ; but I mean those who complain of religious intolerance and commence th # ir own toleration by reproving one of their preachers for preaching in a short jacket , and who threaten to withhold all their immunities and privileges from Mr . Thompson , of

      Greenoc > , if he wonld not comply with their rules , canons , and regulations . Wfcat stuff and humbug 1 and this to be the foundation of a Chartist Church aud these preachers who complain of the Episcopal interference in the House of LordB , to constitute almost a majority of your Convention ! If you bled them all to death you would not sqseeze out one drop of democratic blood . Ever doubt the man who mixes up religion and politics , otherwise than to deduce from the scriptures , man's right to freedom , and the disgrace which slavery attaches to the willing slave , made after the image of his maker .

      I must now have a word with the brave men of the Vale of Leven . I tell them that if they were fairly represented in the Convention , then th « y are not thn same by day-light and torch-light , neither is their delegate . In no part of Scotland was greater enthusiasm evinced for Ireland and the National P « tition than in the Vale of Leven . When going to Scotland , M'Danall said of all places go to

      that ChertUt paradise , the Vale of Leven . Now , I tell them that Thomasoa , their delegate , voted for every Wtig motion brought forward by the Synod . Of course , I have a right to state facts , and to make my comments . If the men of the valley are satisfied , then no harm is done ; but Scotland should know whether or not the people of Leven were consenting parties to Jack ' s motion , and to Pattern ' s motion for non-interference at Whig

      meetings . I unhesitatingly declare that the cause of the working classes is dearer , far dearer , to tse than life itself . I have suffered too much in loss of liberty health , property , and . friends , to dread an encounter with all its foes or pretended friends . I trust that the example set by Glasgow in the late Csnvention will serve as a warning to those districts called upon to send delegates to the forthcoming National Convention . One good fellow can gain

      time , if necessary , for full consideration . Every delegate should be solemnly pledged to total abstin . ence , and to read over his correspondence with his constituents in . Convention . I do not make the observation without a full knowledge of the utility of both ' . I am as sober a man as breathes , yet I pledge my honour net to drink anything stronger than water during the time of my delegation , and not to write a line to my constituents which shall not have been previously submitted to the whole body .

      Scotchmen , perhaps you have never seriously thought of the enormous stake for which we are now playing . It is LIBERTY , LIBERTY ; civil and religious LIBERTY , brave Bons of Wallace ; ft thing worth living for , and worth dying for . For myself , I shall oaly say , that the sneerer , the tattler , the reviler , the good-natured critic , and the open foe shall find me ever ready to take my part and do one man ' s work in its accomplishment .

      Some men abuse both me and the Star . Poor simpletons ! If I must speak out , when did human eye ever behold sach an advocate of pure democracy When before have you had a journal of which for between four and five years it could be said , " Prove its dehr . fuency ' i " It is also the fashion fo abuse the Editor most unlimitedly , and when he ventures a reply he i 3 censured . Again , I say "show me a man on earth who in the capacity of Editor of Buch a paper , haB preserved eo pure ' , so undeviating , so consistent , so polite , so gentlemanly , and so useful a course . You were long looking for such an advocate ; but mayhap " The beauteous toy m fondly sought . Has lost its charm by being caught . "

      Scotchmen , should disunion be sown amongst you , and should you squire my aid , send fos ' eoe , and you shall have % third visit this winter . Scetchmen , stand by your order !—remember the noble deeds of your forefathers and what they achieved ! and wkile you have yet the privilege of placing one . foot on the martyr ' s hallowed grave and ths oth « r npon the land of yenr birth ,

      "Wh » ••• uld fill a traitor ' s grave , Let him turn and tee . " Scotcatnen , sign the National Petition . Every man and woman sign it the more readily beeanse the woes of Englishmen and Irishmen are set forth therein . "Ahouse divided against itself cannot stand . " No two Petitions . Leave that to the total Repealers ,

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      the sliding-scalerg , and fixed-duty men . Let us , at all events , be of one mind , one word , one body , and one spirit . Scotchmen , this night I am to address the people of Kensington . On Monday , I go to Leicester to crush th « head of a faction there ; on Tuesday I address tbe shoemaker * in London ; on Wednesday I appear in the Court ot Queen ' s Bench to defend myself against a charge of libel ; on Wednesday night I address the people of Chelsea . Help me , for I want it : and we will defy all opposition . We are 4 , 000 , 000 , and will make the throne of tyrants shake .

      Ever your faithful friend , Feabgus O'Connor . London , Wednesday . PS . They are betting even at the clubs , that Melbourne will be Prime Minister before tho first of August next . God help their clubbed sense ! F . O'C .

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      TOUR OF MR . DAVIES IN SCOTLAND . JOHNSHAVEN . —Wednesday , Jan . 5 tb , Mr . Davies , returning from his tour of the North , arrived here again the previous evening . A public meeting of the inhabitants was convened by tbe voluntary and gratuitous service of a few members of an Arbroath band , attending an abstinence festival , in the open air . The speaker gava an exposition of the nature , and urged the necessity , of the Chartist movement , introducing to notice the National Petition- Mr . A . Alexander , having read at full length tbe document , moved its adoption , which being seconded by Mr . James Duncan , and the character and policy thereof supported and defended by Mr . Davies , it was passed ««» con .

      M ON those . —Chartism , as a name here , is not yet quite dead : awed by millocracy , hung about with a dead weight cf diffidence , and languishing in apathy , it still survives . On tbe 7 th isst . Mr . Davies gave a short address , at a social meeting , in favour of the principles , preached on the 8 th , and again on the 9 th urged another small assembly to animation , energy , unanimity , aud perseverance . The Chartists of this place , if they would emulate their brethren of the movement , must shake off supineness , and with a spirit becoming the patriotic struggle , shew themselves -worthy the position of freemen : by united exertions determine to attain it , and difficulties vanish , success is sure .

      Fobfab . —On Saturday , the 15 'h , a social meeting was held here to entertain Mr . T . Divies , on his return from the far North , and to hear a lecture "On the philosophical character of Chartism , its present position , and true course of policy . " Two local bauds generously vied with each other in gratuitous service , parading the town , and gratifying a numerous audience by a variety of musical pieces , which , ¦ with recitations and division of the lecture into parts , afforded'the highest gratification . Mr . Davies also preached on tbe Sunday , and gave such , great satisfaction that the next morning a number of friends convened to consider , and make te him proposals for a permanent stay , which we have reason to nope will result in success .

      Rejeal tested at Forfar and fouwd want-1 AG . —Oa Monday evening , the 17 th , a public meeting t » ok place In the Secession Church , to hear a report of proceedings from Mr . J . Adam , delegate to Manchester . Provost Booth was requested , but declined to take the ch » ir , whea his predecessor , John Lawson , Esq ., was unanimously elected . The Chairman , by a few temperate , ' well-timed remarks , introduced Mr . Adam , who -would be prepared to answer any questions , and give explanations , either en the special business , or the observations made in his journey . The latter , with thegrentsst show of candour and courtesy , repeated the statement , and proceeded to bis ck-tiil , in a calm , collected , and business-like manner : the report of the MmUbKler Guardian supplying the material in part .

      Mr . Adam , after feaving eulogised Alderman Brooks , complimented Mr . Linney , a Chartist , for his strenuous efforts to repress tbe nproir of his tumultuous associates at a . public meeting , where the Alderman presided at Manchester , on New Year ' s Day , but reversed th § strain . to the credit of a stonemason , who , we wer » informed , making his way through the immense assembly , banded up ft note to be read . Mr . A . ' s new friend , the Chairman , was represented by him as expressing extreme regret , if it should be imposed upon him , to place in competition two points , buth of whiofc had bis hearty concurrence , and imploring that the amendment should be withdrawn in that form , and submitted as an after resolution , with the advantage of being entered upon our minutes , whether passed or not ,

      but probably with Buccess . The pertinacity of the stonemason , however , much to the regret of every rightminded Cbortut , it was stated , persisted to a dividing of the house . I thought , gentlemen , this was simply taking a vote , n * at home , but I assure you it is very different , a fearful thing , the minority must walk out The Alderman , we are told , extricated himself , by submitting whether the meeting would entertain tbe question as an amendment , whea . out of three thousand , about two hundred were left at one end , when a h » wl and uproar were immediately set up ; but they were compelled to walk oat Mr . Adam was introduced into the Aiderm&B'B Mill Establishment by him , and favoured with every information be sought ; for instance , flax dressing by machine , which with txtra waste , Ac . was

      stuted to cost two Bhilliaga and sixpence per hundred weight , and replied to as being threepence or sixpence higher per cwt . than by baud ; but the Alderman said , notwithstanding appearance , to abolish the machine would be a personal loas too considerable for him to sustain ; from which it was asserted , that the greater cost of machine operations , at once showed they could not depress tbe price of heckling by hand . Thy above explanation was given in reply to a question , as to the effect of machinery upon manual labour . Several other queries were put . and responded to in a similar manner , but Mr . Adam being desired to state whether he represented himself at tbe conference aa delegate from " tbe minority of a publ ' c meeting , or the inhabitants of Forfar ? " retorted " Mr . Davies , being a stranger her * , I

      do not consider myself accountable to him ! " A vote of approbation to tbe delegate , before the meeting , Mr . Davies requested to observe , possibry he bad been longer in Forf * r than many were aware , and would probably remain longer than agreeable to Mr . Adam , notwithstanding whose description of too conduct of Chartists , he hoped the permission to stote , that here or elsewhere , in his experience they need only be treated as men , to rescue from them a manly behaviour ; a fact he was happy to remark so well borne out by the present assembly , and which be assured them should meet no disparagement from him . Mr . Adam was certainly at liberty to reply as be pleased , but after the assurances given at the commencement of proceedings , it would scarcely be out of order to anticipates more cordine . trad

      satisfactory answer . But whatever position the delegate might assume at tbe conference , in Manchester , he could not but appear in the truo one at home . Had be convened an association , or reported to the minority who authorised his mission , an unweleome interference bad been properly avoided , but when public approbation of the proceeding of a party is sought , especially by a formal motion , surely it cannot be wrong to test the merits of tbe claim . I impeach not Mr . Adam , merely as & political partisan , but upon a dereliction of principle , not as a man , but a politician—a Chartist . And , be it observed , in the gathering , portentouB blackness , overspreading the horizon of trade and commerce , the question is important , momentous , to every individual , in every station . The great political

      movement requires to be simple in its nature , and effectual in it * re- 'ulU The elevating , the dignified , tbe truly noble , moral , and virtnous character of real Chartism , need only be understood to be appreciated by overt manly bosom , as adequate to the case . We avail ourselves of the admissions of the various Anti-Corn Law parties , which concede , more or less , tbe position we maintain . We perceive that aver / minor struggle diverts from , and protracts tbe great end in view . We jealously watch-every substitution , and with a conscious , manly , moral bearing , proclaim " Tbe Charter , nothing less , and nothing else—wanting that . " 1 honour " the stonemason , " whose manly stand , and unflinching perseverance , have been characterised as " pertinacity . " I revere the rectitude of principle which resisted the

      Alderman ' s sednctive urbanity , and exposed the wily policy , inflicting injury by success . It succumbs the msjjr to the minor ; nay , by supplanting , seeks , or at all evenis , promotes subversion . True policy seeks the Charter as a means , and repeal u a consequence . The conduct of tbe stonemasons " was praiseworthy , it accorded with his adopted standard ; ' * while that of Mr . Adam , instead of commendation deserves to be reprehended , fcr it was desertion . His conduct repudiates the profession , and disqualifies him for deciding who is , or who is not , a " right-minded Chartist . " The Anti-Cora Law movement is denounced by us , not in defence of the monopoly , but as the struggle of faction . Money-holders against land-holders . The one , it is true , have cat down tbe loaf , and raised up the price ,

      but tbe other have equally pared down the wages , aud taken away the work . Whil « the abolition of small farms has reduced the holders , and impoverished the labourers of the soil ; the sympathy of factory lords has found an asylum , not by the employment of ablebodied labour , except in creeping , crawling , lickspittle sycophancy , and subservient tyranny , but by overtasking juvenile strength with protracted labours , and wasting exertions , till distorted decrepitude cast them a burden offensive upon society , or premature exhaus tion sink them to an untimely grave . Such only , is the release generally , tr « m the relentless cruelty of the

      horrible baeUlea , set up and supported thai " capital may bear interest . " The selfish , grasping avarice of this clats of men is eloquently , and too truly described by Burke— " their ledger is their Bible , the oouutinghouse their temple ; their money their God . " Yes , and bowing at the shrine of Mammon , hecatombs of sacrifices are duly presented , in the poverty , distress , misery , and starvation of the sons and daughters of toiling industry . The chairman apologized for interruption , — found the meeting not with him , when resenting " declamation "—and requested the speaker to be as abort M he could . He ( the speaker ) complimented in return and took occasion to remark , that he and bis friends had

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE . * GENERAL COUNCIL . HANLET , POTTERIES . Mr . Thomas Lloyd , miner , Nettlebank , Smallthornev ¦ ; ' . ¦ ¦ '¦¦ -v . - . . " - - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦' Mr . Joseph Hancox , potter , Nettlebank , Smallthorne . ¦ ¦ - V" ... :- . ;¦;¦ - . . ¦ ¦'¦ ; ¦ -. •; . ¦¦'¦ , ¦ ' ¦ ; .. Mr . John Greatbach , printer , Nettlebank , Smallthorne . Mr . Henry Foster , Bells' -milk-street , Etruria , assistant- Secretary . Mr . Joseph Smith , carpenter , Marsh-street , Sbelton . ' : ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ' ; ' ¦ ¦• • ' ¦ ¦ . •¦ ¦ ; " -. " . - .

      Mr . William Tristram , watchmaker , Slack-lane , Shekon . \ Mr . John Littleton , Bawyer , Etruria New-road . Mr . John Price , clockmaker , Chell-street , Hanley Mr . "JohnHilditch , pottery Northwood , Hanley . Mr . Thomas Mayer , miner , Chell-street , Hanley , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Richards , shoemaker , High-street , Hanley , sub-Secretary .

      STOCKPORT JUVENILE CHARTISTS . Mr . Wm ; Bradbiirn , Diickinfield-place . Mr . George Daven |; ort v Old Gardens , Mr . Wright Royle , Barn-street , Portwood . Mr . Andrew M'Man , Howard-street . Mr . Michael Russell , Lowe-street . Mr . Peter Taylor , CroBS ^ street . Mr . Thomas Hunter , Toll-bar-street . Mr . ' Aarou « Beutley , King-street , Portwood , sub Treasurer . Mr . Mattthew Depledge , Queen-street-west , Bub Seoretary .

      , s . Mr . Henry Wood , block-printer , Old Shop Brigg , Sabden . Mr . Ebeuezer Day , callenderer of calico pieces , Pump Row , Sabden . Mr . Thomas Britcliffi ) , block-printer , Sabden Bridge . Mr . John Wood , block-printer , Old Shop Brigg , Sabden . Mr . Wm . Dewarst , blacksmith , Tom Duerden Row , Sabden . , Mr . Edward Wade , block-printer , Black Hill , Sabden . Mr . William Bolton , block-printer , Sabden Bridge . Mr . John Dobson , block-printer , Head Side , near Saboen .

      Mr . Robert Wilkinson , blook-printer . New Moss , near Padiham . Mr . Richard Wade , weaver , Win ' s Lane , Simonstone . - ¦¦ - ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ ' . . '¦ - . ' - ' v .- ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ "' . ' : ¦¦ ¦" Mr . John HjIworth , block-printer , Dial Row , Sabden , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Pollard , block-printer . Fields , Sabden , cub-Secretary .

      LAMBETH . Mr . William Batoman , builder , 3 . Tyer-streefc , Lambeth . ^ Mr . William Stangroom , tailor , 1 China Walk , Lambeth . Mr . Josoph Rainsley , upholsterer , 2 , Webber ' street ; Blackfriar ' sRoad . Mr . Joseph BurgflssybrushmakerjSl , Elliot ' s Row , St . George ' Road , Southwark . Mr . Charles Thorpe , shoeinaker , 9 , London-street , London Road . Benjamin Rogers , cooper , 1 , China Walk , 'Lambeth , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Moy , tailor , 1 , China Walk , Lambeth , sub-Secretary .

      ¦ WELL 1 NGB 0 E 0 UQH . Mr . William Ghent , shoemaker . Gold-street . Mr . William Robertson , ditto , East-end . Mr . William Parish , ditto , West-end . Mr . James Pebenday , ditto , Gold-street . Mr . Lucas WatkiiiB , ditto , ditto . Mr . James Wilson , shoemaker , Gold-streat , sub Treasurer . Mr . Edward FaJI , joiner , Gold-street , 8 ub-Secre tary . ¦ ; ,-

      CHORLET . Mr ; Joseph Catterall , joiner , Market-street . Mr . Joseph Sharrbck , warper ,. Park-street . Mr . Isaac Blase , cordwainer , Bengal-street , Mr . George Black , ditto , ditto . Mr . John Worsley , spinner , Cowling-bridge Mr . Wm . Yatesj 'ditto , ditto . Mr . James Abbot , farmer , Preston-street . Mr . Thos . i Brindle , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . Wm . Pitfield , sub-Secretary .

      CANTERBUBTr . Mr . R . Hadkness , tailor , / Borough . Mr . S . Webb , shoemaker , Palace-street . Mr . A . Sumner , tailor , Orange-street . Mr . G . Ladd , news-agent , St . Pater ' s-place . M-r . 'H * . Laming , ' - ' tailor ; Orange -street . Mr . J . Badcock , plumber . Stead-street . Mr . W . Viney , baker , Wincheap : street . Mr . G . Kelk , brioklayer , Toy-lane . Mr . S . Oakenfull , turner , Palace-street . Mr . J . Badham , bookseller , Giifflu-lane . Mr . B . B . Addis , currier , Dover-lane . Mr . H . Wilson , tailor , St . Pewr ' s-Friars . Mr . W . Kelk , ditto . St . Peter ' s-pla « e . Mr . George Cole , No . 70 , Broad-street , sub-Secre tary . MANCHESTER ( STRAND-STREET . ) i

      Mr . William Walker , printer , Lord-street . Mr . John Smith , weavtr , Love-lane . Mr . Thomas Kenyon , mechanic , Brown-street , Mr . James Kean ; Back Clay tori-street . Mr . Joseph StaffordjButler-ifetreet . Mr . Johnson , Butler-street . Mr . Thomas Harridge , Back Kirkham-street . Mr . William Acton ,. tinplate-worker , Kirby-street Mr . John C&vanah , spinner , Pollard-street . Mr . John Red km , poner , Baker-street , sub Treasurer .-. ' : ' ' ¦ •¦'¦ -. ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦ - . *' ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦; ' .. .. . ' Mr . John Crichley , Clayton-street , sub-Secretary

      HATTERS , SOUTHWARD . Mr . Matthew R afcliffe , 5 , Mount-street , Wai w 6 rth , sub-Treasurer . Mr . S . R . Kelsey , 5 , Marian Crescent , Bermond sey , sub-Secretary .

      bubt . Mr . Henry Mullhilland , Sex-street . Mr . James Sohofield , Free Town . Mr . Joseph Yates , Free Town . Mr . Peter , Nee , Hornby-street . Mr . James Corbett , North-street . Mr . Daniel Corbett , ditto . Mr . Christopher Cornshaw , jun ., Uhtley Brook . Mr . Christopher Cronshaw , sen ., ditto . Mr . Thoma 3 Taylor , Hornby-street . Mr . Michael Roberts , Cross Keys , President . Mr . Robert Booth , Bolton Road , Treasurer . Messrs . Martin Ireland , and Thomas Wilson Stalker , sub-Seoretaries . SHAKSP £ BEAN ASSOCIATION OF LEICESTER CHARTISTS Mr . J . R . H . Bairstow , Chartist lecturer , ( Mr . Cooper ' s . ) 11 , Church Gate . Mr . William Smith , feUer , Silver-Btreet .

      Mr . J . H . Bramwich , framework-knitter , Pinglestreet . ¦ ' • ¦ . " ' ' ;¦ ¦ . ¦ " . '" ' '¦' - . ' - - ¦ ¦¦' .. . ; Mr . Thomas -Winters , framework-knitter , It , Eaton-street . Mr . Daniel Toon , framework-kniUer , 21 , Brookstreet . ' ¦ . - . ' . " . " :- .. ' - . ¦" ¦ . . - . ¦ "¦ - . ' . ' ¦ '¦' - . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦"¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' ' : ; . ¦ ¦• Mr . William Jones , framework-knitter , 23 , Bridge-street . Mr . John Jenkinaon , framework-knitter , 5 $ , Leestreet . " '" . - ' ¦¦' . ' . ¦'¦ ' -: " ' ... ¦ ' ¦" ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ • "¦' ¦ - ; ¦; :- . . ¦' . Mr . Richard , Brown , framework-knitter , 11 , Luke-street . ¦ ¦ ¦' :.. ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ -::- - \ -- \ ¦ :. .- ¦¦' , ¦ ¦ : . ' - . ¦ - ¦ ¦ Mr . Matthias Norton , framework-knitter , 16 t'Ga 3-gtreet / . -. ' . ¦ ¦' . <• " -:: ' . " ¦/ ' ¦ : '¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ ; V . .: ; . ¦'¦ -- . v Mr- Charles Francis Siddons , framework knitter , theHollow . Mr . John Sutton , cutler , 13 , Upper Charlesstreet . : ' . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ;¦ : V . - •'¦ . - ¦ •¦¦¦' . ¦ '¦¦ ¦ " . : ¦¦'¦ - ' ' . " -V

      Mr . Thomas Beedham , carpenter , « 7 , Barkby lane , flub-Treaflnrer . Mr . Thomas Cooper , Editor of the Commonwealths man , sub-Secretary . , ii ** h * zi .,

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      XONDON . —The sub-Secretaries of the Localities in the above districts are requested to forward the state of the polls of the ballot , for the various candidates for the Convention , to Mr . F . Fussell , district secretary pro tern , on Sunday next , to 55 , Old Bailey . Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture to a very numerous meeting of tailors , ot the Three Cruwns , Richmondstreet , Soho , on Sunday evening , on the principles of the Charter , during which he clearly showed how polities affected trades , and demonstrated the fallacies of free trade . H « wasluudly applauded . . : ¦ " - Mr . K « miHT lectured at the Bed Won , King-street Tailor ' s , on the origin of Government , on Sunday . His audience was much gratified . A discussion arose on the Corn Laws , In which several took part . A vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer .

      Mr . J . FcsSELL delivered an interesting and instructive lecture to the StPaacras locality , at the FuatheVs Tavern , Warren-street , Fitztpy-square , on Sunday ewniug , on church property . London Djblegate CouNcrr .. —The report * froni the various localities continue to be of tb « most cheering description , more deputatationa to open new localities were applied fer than could be supplied at present Globe FiELDs . ^ -At the weekly meetine of tbe Hit , or Miss Inn , 79 , West-street , Globe Fields ; on Sunday evening , the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed , the various reports were given in and received , and Mr . Ruflfy Ridley lectured to a numerous audience on the appropriation of the soil .

      FlNSBUjMr . —Rejection 6 ? NationAL Petition by the .-Scottish Delegates .- — At ' - . the weekly meeting of the Fnisbury Chartists , on Monday in last week , Mr . Watts brought forward the following resolution , which Was , after seme debata on the objections to the National Petition ; carried ^ and ordered to be sent to the S / ar for insertion ;— " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the insertion in tke National Petition of the people of the United Kingdom , of a comr plaint bf the wrongs and injuries of every portion thereof was not onfy politic out expressive of a wise and just sympathy for their fellow men . and farther

      that the people of every portion thereof nro the best capable of judging as to what is to them a source of evil or of good . That the partial rejection of that petition by our brethren the Scottish Delegates , is ; to be attributed . rather to a wish to lessen the popular influenC 9 of English leaders , and a niistaken , though perhaps sincere , desire to avoid the evil of facing top much power in the bands of one man , than to any -well grounded objection to the well knqwn grievances of the people of Ireland being mentioned tUtrein ; and this meeting further opines that many wcH-meaning men have been on this occasion made the dupes , bf men whose ostensible motive was not the real one . "

      M ARTLEBONE —The members of this locality met at their Hull , 5 . Circus-street , New-road , on Sunday last , when Mr . J . Savage gave a very excellent lecturej , aftet which several new members were enrolled . The votes of the members were taken as to their choice of members to the forthcoming Convention , which ; were iu favour ml Dr . Kl'DouaU , Messrs . Behbow and Watkins . After the lecture was over , and the members about to proceed home , a deputatiod from the Surrey CountyCouiiCil , consUting of Messrs . Maynard , May , and Kainsley , arrived in the room , to give them an account of the reception they received as a deputation to the Midditsex County Council , and to request the opinion of the nifchibers of this locality . They stated that they bad waited on the above Council to co-operate with them in the election of members to the Convention , they baing one of the counties included with them , when , after waiting the pleasure of the said Council , they refused letting them have anything to

      dp with it unless they would send tkeir delegates to that Council , and conform to their rules , Which tho Executive , wheu in London , said had nothing ¦ whatever to uo with the plan of organisation as laid down at Manchester , which the men of Surrey , as well as the men of that legality , will nuyer submit to . After the deputation hnd given in their Btateinent , a discussion ensued as to the best way of acting on the present eccasion , in which Messrs . Pain , Cook , Nagle , and Murray took part , when the following resointiono were agreed to : — " That we consider the conduct of tbe M ktdkevx County Council towards the men of Surrey as -unbecoming Chartists , and that we do cooperate with them in tbe return bf members to the forthcoming Convention . " "That nine members of this locality be appointed to mett the Surrey Council , for the purpose of waiting on the various localities in London , and make arrangements for tiie election of meinbern tw eit on the Contention . "

      WALWoRTif and Cambebwell . —The members of this locality nuV as usual at the Montpelier Tavern , on Monday , Mr . Pedley in the chair . It was re »< ilved that next Monday , Jan . 31 , should be the time for the ballotting for the members of the Conveniiioa in this locality , and it is desirable that every member should beprtst-nt to record his vote . COVENTaY . —At a meeting held here on Friday , Mr . Mwn delivered a stirring an « i talented address to a roost enthuBiautic audience ; after which a committee was ai > pointe < l to defray the expences of a public meeting to a * 4 opt the National Petition , and Mr . G ; White was nsm « d as a fit person to be put iu nomination for Coventry to the forthcoming Convention .

      DERETSHIRE . —Belpeb Locaxitt . — Chartism is progressing . At B > nsai , on Tuesday evening last , there was a public meeting for the adoption of a memo , rial on behalf of Frost . Williama , and Jones Mr . Wm , Tomison was called to the chair . He said it was the duty of every nian possessing the feelings of our cornmop nature , to cprhe forward on this special occasion of the baptism of toe Princs of Wales , to exoress their syrnpathies to her Majesty by a memorial in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , that they may speedily be restored to their families , friends , and country . The memorial having been read , the Ist resolution was moved by Mr . Holbrook , seconded by Mr , Prince , and supported at some length by Mr . Yickers : themeiuorial was adopted . Thanks were given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .

      WtNsiEB . ;—A Chartist meeting was held here on Wtdni- » divy la > t . Mr . Jaekson was called to the chair . Mr . Vickers propounded th « principles of the People ' s Charter , in an ible manner . A memorial to the Queen oh behalf of Frost , Williams , and Junes was agreed to . M ATLOCK Bridge . —On Thursday night last a public meeting was held to memorialise the Queen on behalf of Frost , WiJHams , and Jones . Mr . George Smith , seHior , was called to the chair . The memorial being read ; Mr . Henry Smith moved the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Bromley ; Mr . Tickers supported the memorial , which was agreed to .

      HANtEy . —Stafpokdshire Potteries . — The Distriot Council for toe Staftprdnbire Potteries held their sittings at the house ut Mr . Starkey , at Stokeupbn-Treut , on Sunday last , to transact » th « usual business connected with the district , when upwards of twenty delegates from the various localities ,, were , in attendance . Mr . Yates was unanimously called to tbo chair . The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmt ' . d . The necessity of having a printed plan for the better regulatiDg and f tcilttating the efforts of our

      iocal lt > eturerswaH brought bvfore the Council , and duly discusseft , when it wa »! agreed that all the local lecturers should be sunimonei to attend a meeting on Sundny . the 30 th of January , to be held at the house of > lr . T . Starkey , at two o ' clock , and there to devise a more systerhatic plaii for thoroughly agitating the district After other necessary business , it was moved that thw District Council stands adjourned to Sunday , the 30 th of January , to mtet at the house of Mr . T . Starkey . at Stoke-upon-Trent , business to commence at three o'clock precisely . ;

      ST CKPORT .- On Sunday evening , the Association RiKim , Bomber's Brow , contained a numerous , respectable , atd atteDtiveaudiebce . to hear Mr . William Griffin , who exposed the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers * compared all other agitations with that for the Charter , and recommended his hearers not to be led astray by any ciap-fcrap . but remain firm to the Charter . He spoke for two hours , and gave satisfaction , for which he received a unanimous vote of thanks . OLDHAM—The Rev . W . Y . Jacksoni of Manchester preached two sermons here on Sunday ' - . last , on bebalf of the Chartist Sunday School , on which be casioh he bad crowded audiences , who were highly delighted , and showed their attachment to toe principles of democracy by giving liberally at . each collection . -

      DROTrJ"DEV—The Association Boom of this place was crowded on Thurgdiy evening :, Mr . Linney was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Bairstow an 4 Griffin . A discussion was held which ended in favour of Chartism . A large number bf tracts were sold here . ASHTO ?* . —Oa Wednesday , the I 9 th of January , Mr . Bairstow addresBed a numerous meeting in the Association Room . A memorial was passed for the restoration of Frost , WiUiams , and ; Jones . A-vote of thanks wm tendered the speake * . * && chairman . A large number of democratic tracts were sold , and the assembly disparsed with expressions of gratiflcatien .

      © SIPH , Saddlewobth . —On Saturday evening last , Messrs . Griffin and Linney , of Manchester , attended here * expecting a public meeting , the Secretary having sent a letter of invitation , ia which he stated that the meeting wonld be held oh the next Saturday evening , but had forgotten te put any data The result was , these two speakers had come twelye miles under a mlatake > Bat they resolved not to spand their time unproatablyj and therefore requested the Committee to send the beUraMi round the village , which caused a goodly number of people to assemble . Mr ' Pontefraot wa » called to the chair , and the above speakera addressed the meeting nearly an hour each . A vote of thanks was tendered to them and the Chairman and notice given that there would be a meeting to adopt the petition on that aight week . The village is placarded , and * very numerous meeting i » expeeted .

      PRBSTOW . -At our weekly aieetiag on Sunday T , t ! ^ * i T r R Walton if » ve a cheering aocount of the Nurth Lancashire Delegate Meeting , a petition committee wai iormod , and we are forwardiue the signing of the petition ; ispwards of 8 , 000 have already signed . Mr . Richard Mawden was hominated a oonncillor for the Preston CbartistSi in the place of Mr . J . C . Hpwarth , who has resigned , in consequenceof his beinx nominated ou the counoil of the Youth ' s Assoofatioa .

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      NEWTON HEATH . —Mr . Bairstbw visited thta place on Friday evening ; the room w « s well flllecL Mr . B . spoke in his usual eloquent itrain , and delighted his hearers . Mr . Griffin afterwards addressed tbe meeting ; a many tracts were sold here also . DEBBY .---TaiUMPH of DEMOCRACT . —On Friday Jan . 21 « t , a county meeting was held in the County Hall , in Darby , conTen ^ : by the High SaerirT , for the purposeof congratolatingher M » je » ty on the birth of a Prince . There were present most of the aristocracy an * gentry of the country ; amongst whom we noticed tix « Right Ifon . Alfred < SJtrMOrrr ' in . EFatu ^^ . jr 7 p . j —^ Collive , Esq , M . P . ; —— Mundy , Esq ., VLP . and a many other leading Whig" and Tories of the Cpnnty . The High Sheriff , after stating the import of the meeting , called upon the Bight Hod . and Re * . A . Cnwon to propose tiie address to the Qaeeo . After making a few observatlonB , he withdrew to make room for Wm . Evans , Esq ; M . P ., to » econd the oddrsst

      The Sheriff was then going to pnt the address , when Mr , H . Enott , cooper , rose to move » n addition , who , after making a few remarks , showing the right of the people to address her ^ Majesty ^ moved ( the following address , ' * That we , at the same time , most respectfully acquaint your Majesty that there are thousands of virtuous women , your Majesty's subjects , enduring the same natural extremity upon beds of straw , without even a pillow whereos to lay their heads , or sastenance to support them ; that we attribute that state of things to class legislation , from which have sprung" the abominable Corn Law monopoly , the iniquitous Poor Law , sll other bad laws : and we , therefore , pray your Majesty to advise your Ministers to pass a law for the tetal repeal of all laws that that have a tendency to rob the rail ( i » na for the benefit of a few ; and that they will likewise pass into a law 'that every man twentyone years of age , of sane miad , and unconvlcted of crime , be entitled to a vote for members of

      Parliament , and that all votes be given by ballot ; " which was seconded by Mr . James Farasworth , frameworkknitter . Assoea as the reading of the addition was over , the Sheriff and his supporters were filled with consternation , not knowing what to do . At last they agreed to withdraw their address , which waa done by the proposer . After which they ail bolted , leaving the field open to the « workies ; ' when Mr . Thos . Briggs proposed that Mr . Henry Knott take the Sbiriff ° s , place as Chairman , which was seconded by Mr , " John Moss , a / i d carried . Mr . Henry ' Knotfc , on taking the chair , observed , that it was rather an unusual thing to see a man in a fustian jacket filling the place so lately

      occupied by the Sheriff bf bo large a county ; but if they had ta procure their clothes by the sane means as he bad , he was afraid they would be clod in iron-grey and notin good fustian ; bat as they had chosen him to fulfil the post of chairman to so large a meeting , he would do his duty independently and impartially , and give fair play to every speaker , let him be who or what * he-would . Mr . Koberts then proposed the original address , with the addition , which was adopted , and carried unanimously . Mr . Johu Mott then proposed that Mr . S ; ug , Catholie priest , present ; the address to her Majesty . After a few words from Mr . Meakin , of Belper , the meeting broke up . ,

      HOUYIFinTH— PaOGKESi or CHAItTrSM ;— According to arrangenumts previously made , Mr . Campbell attended at the Rose and Crown Inn , Holmflrth , on Thursday , the 20 th fast , to defend his pamphlet sntitted " an examination on the Corn and Provision Laws , " against , the assertions of Mr . G . Tinker , who has said that the work was false . Soon after eight o ' clock , the hoar appointed , the room was crowded to excess , and such was the anxiety to hear the discussion , that hundreds had to go away unable to gain admitanco . Mr . Tinker failing to attend , Mr . Campbell lectured for about an hour on the Corn Laws , after which Mr . James Beardsell , of Holm , addressed theimeeting in favour of repeal , the chairman ( Mr . Cunningham , ) and the meeting gave him the greatest fair play . Mr . Campbell replied to the satisfaction of the meeting ;

      after a vote of thanks V the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke tip . Mr . Campbell addressed the Chartistsof , Holmflrth , in their rcom , on Friday sight , oa the principles of the Charter ; he handled the subject in au excellent manner ; at the conclusion of hia lecture , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — ¦ ' ; That the National Charter Association , located ia Hpliufirtb , repose the utmost confidence in the Executive for their unwearied , consistent , and patriotic efforts in the causa of universal liberty , since that body hma been elected to th ( ir present honourable and responsible office , and are resolved to use every effort in our power to support them for the future . " A vote of thanks being given to the chairman aad lecturer , the meeting broke up . Eight new members joined the associa tion .. : ' ¦ '¦ -. . ., - : . - ' .-. ¦¦ - . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - .- : ¦ ¦' ¦ - ¦ : ¦" : ; . : -. ¦¦ ' ¦ -. ¦ ¦ ¦ . -

      HYDE . —There will be a delegate meeting held at the house of Mr . Wm . Morehouse , Claienden-place , Hyde , pn Snnday , February isth , at tea o'clock in the forenoon . ; The members of the Chartist atsociations in the various localities , are requested to send delegates , as very , urgent and impressive business demands their punctual attention . ; ¦ . : ¦ ''¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ;• . ''¦ : ¦ - ¦'¦ . READING . —A ^ public meeting of the CbartLsta of this place was held at the Lecture Room of the Mechanics' . Institute , on Thursday week , to hear a lecture oa the evils of a standing army , from Mr , T . M . Wheeler , of Lonrfen , which was numerously attended by a respectable audience . The lecture gave universal satisfaction , and several persons joined the Association . ; .-. ROCHDAliE . —Mr . Linney Ieotured here oh Snnday afternoon . He left , after he had concluded , to iio to Ratcliffe-bridge , where he lectured in the evening .- ' : . . ' , - ;; - :-: ' ..-, ; : ¦' ¦ : ¦ . -: ¦ ¦ ; .. ¦ - ;; : .. i " ' r -

      LEIOESTEB . The past week will be long remembered in telceater . On Sunday , an adult school assembled for the second time , numbering 226 scholars and teachers . The day's proceedings were marked hy the most heart-enlivening enthusiasm , scholars and teachers alike entering on their work with a feeling of solid delight As yet , reading alone has been tanght , Cobbett ' s Spelling-book , Ciimpbell on the C « rn Laws , the faract" What is a Chartist . ?• ¦ ChSDning ' s SeltC « lture , and the New Testament being out ciass books . Some of the classes formed on the first Sunday have been divided , because inconveniently large , and several new ones have ! been added . Oar reading classes are timed after OlConnor ,

      O Brien , John Frost , ; WDliams , and Jones , M'DouaH , James Leach , Robert Emmett , Washington , Franklin , Hampden . Algernon Sydney , John Pym , John Milton , Sir John Elliott , William Tell , Cobbett , Henry Hont , Major Cartwright , John Howard , Robert Hall , Latimer , Martin Luther , and William Wallace . At only a charge of one half-psnny each , the pecuniary produce of out school , last Banday , was 12 s . In the evening , Mr . Bairstow delivered a deeply impressive sermon , ia the Shafcsperean Rooms , to a crowded andience . We have taken the style and title of "The Shaksperean Association of Leicester Chartists , " from the circumsiance of our assembling in these spacious and central rooms , as well as in honour « f our immertal dramatic poet . ' ' ¦ ¦' . . '¦" ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ' . ' ¦• : . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ' ; -:- ' . \\ '• " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; . "'¦' . ' •' . ¦ : - : .

      The O'Connor Demonstbation . — -Monday was the most glorious day for Chartism ever experienced in Leicester . We formed oar ' procession in the Market Place at one o'clock ; pnd with two marshals on horseback at bur head , followed by the Mount Sorrel band , our train composed of thousands of working men and women , with a score flags and streamers , followed by the Leicester Independent Band in uniform , and a carriage and four for O'Connor , with a carriage of Chartist women , each surrounded by Coahcil-men and leaders bearing white wands , marched to the Railway Station , where we received the great chief of Chartism punctua , lly at two . The sun shone gloriously , and out

      gallant show , during one hour and a half , passed through the most populous streets of the town . Cooptrt Bairstow , and Skevington , of Longhboroughi -were honoured with a place in O'Connor ' s carriage , and each severally addressed the immense concourse , ; followed by Mr . OConnor , for a few ruinates , from the balcony of the George Inn , at tho termination of the display . O'Connor ' s reception by the thronging thousands wa » truly hearty and enthusiastic , and the whole affair was such a one , as he himself confessed , he had never expected to witness in the Midlands . A tea meeting took place at the Shaksperean Rooms , at four ; and oar greatest regret concerningit is , that , from the immense numbers

      who strove to get accommodated , so great confusion arose as to render it impossible for us to arrange every thing as we could wish . The spacious Amphitheatre , ( perhaps the largest building of the kind in England * except the Opsra House , in the Metropolis , ) was thronged long before eight o ' clock , and when OConnor appeared on the stage the plaudits were deafening , and were again and again reaewed . When a verse ot the Leicester Chartist Anthem had been sung , Mr ] Cooper was appointed to the chair , and very britflr , but pointedly * introduced the busineas of the night Mr . Skevingtonand Mr . Harrison , of Calverton , ( each in a brief bat pointed manner ) , proposed and seconded the following resolution : — " That this meeting pledges itself togtan d by the People ' s Charter , and never to

      give np their demand for the whole of ita principles , nor to agitate for any measure of Reform that falls short of the whole Charter . " This resolution was passed amidst reverberating acclamations . Mr . BairsUw then proposed ( in a speech of his usual eloquence ) and Mr . Beedham ( oar treasurer , ) seconded , " That this meetiiig further pledges itself to sapport the iaconraptible patriot Feargus O'Connor , unswervingly convinced , from a review of his whole political life , that be will never desert Ihi principles of the People ' s Charter , but contend for them to the death , " The loud and prolonged cheering by which this resolution was receive , wh « put by the Chairman , was an nneqalyooal evidence oi the troth that O'Connor and ChartUm are conjoined hi the deepest affections of working men and women .

      O'CorJnor , at length , rose , and for an hour and a half , roused and delighted the hearts of the immense aodlence , dispUying the stratagems of false reformers , the cupidity of raanulactariag phJlajithropists , the selfish spirit of toistocracy , the grasping practices of ^ tbe priesthood ,, and then the broad and indefeasible character of the rights of working men ; again and again , interrapted by bursts of enttiHsiaSm and shoots of approvaL The Chairman then gay © out . three more verses of the anthem , and after three times three had been given for the People ' s Charter , aad the smme number of cheers for OConnor . the brave patriot gave the audience a brief admonitory address by way of farewell , and took If ^ i tbe p ^ ° a ™^* renewed scctaraations . Mr . O Connor returned to London by the midnight ¦ trftUB * . . ... .- . ¦ - . ;; .-. ¦ ¦" ; .- ¦¦ " ;; ¦ ¦ ¦ .

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      heard Mr . Adam , with the most exemplary attention to 'hi * ameni and trusted to meet with a like return ; but he should be brief . Taking a review of the loDg operation of the Com Laws , previous to the interference of the " Laague , " he would press upon the meeting the fact , that bnlf Krhen tiiey felt the pinch on their " ¦ mid ; toes , " they cried out "Oh these wicked Corn Laws ! Down , with the Com Laws ! " He gavea rapid glance at the result of repeal * as a solitary measure , being proflt to tha capVta \ ist—disappointment to all else ; and after ruin to the occupiers ; destruction of the holders ; and transference ot the Jaod to devouring money lords ; and despotism , the most deplorable , as a reward of confiding folly . He would just advert to the

      Alderman ' s machinery lllustoation . Mr . Adam states , that because the actual cost of machine operatioa ia greater than by manual labour , therefore tbe reduetieh of the hecklers wages is hot produced by the former ; but did be not toll us the machine was adopted , in this very instance , because the men were standing out at a price et three shillings , upwards , of conrse from « tteaipteU reduction or insufficient remuneration ! that the Alderman ventured a large outlay of capital rather than yield } that taking his own statement , that irom or steel would work for less than flesh and blood , bone

      and sinew ? Then the competition continues , till , to find employment at all * they must underwork the reduced price by some three or six per cent . And the Alderman , reminded of this * does he abolish , the machine in sympathy ? Oh no ! it would yet subjeet him to loaf of principal , so body and soul may complete the wreck of humanity ! And this is the man whose compeers you are wished to approve as your friends ! You are called upon to thank a / townsman , who has deserted and thus seeks to betray you ! Do as you please . The motion was withdrawn at Mr . Davis ' s recommendation , and with him the mass of tho audience then withdrew .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1146/page/6/