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      ¦ ffATKOSS'S LEGACY TO THE -CHARTISTS . 1 ECXCBE IT . DELITBBED TO THE MASOSS . # ss 0 B-Cfaartists ! Slaves seeking freedom I Yon bare requested me \ rno am not united with you in trade , but allied to yon in the common brotherhood of i jjj ^ i to man—yon have desired me to come and give tob your fi * fit Chartist lecture . I feel prond to do so , jKit shunld have felt more pleasure in listening to one . of yourselves . For I havemore need to learn of you £ an you hare of me to teach you , and there are menamong joa 4 nca& capable of instructing me than me them . Bred in aristocratic ignorance and pre judicetaught to consider ¦ working men as my inferiors , -with vbom ii would be a disgrace in me to associate—having bsd my heart tied np , as it were in its own strings , in class-tsduBiYeness and selfishness—there was much for tub to ualeara before I could begin properly to learn , j and much to learn before I could begin properly to ] ^ _

      ttach—in fact I Hare had to unsophisticate myself , to get a sew heart and mind , and to gather from working men , who are men in thB true sense of the word , what a m an should think , and say , and do . I have sometimes sincerely wished that I had iearnt to labour with my o « rn hands—that I had your practice , your experience—but then I should not have had bo much leisure to study those principles , a knowledge of which may enatile me to advocate your interests . I trust , therefore , that though I am not a working man , a mason , lite yourselves , yon "will not regard me with less confidence on that account ; but that you will receive from me with respect those lessons which I have learnt from the practice and experience of others , and which I am in duty bound to return to them again , evtn as the aimosjJifcie returns in showers to the earth the moisture jrlicb it Bucked up . There is a headwork , or mtntal labour , as arduous , and perhaps as useful , as handwork , . or portal labour , especially when the work of the head is done for and on behalf of those who work -with

      fi > piT hands . To trace our evils to their source , we must go up to the origin of society ; not that society is ia itself an evil , but that it las become one by the abuse of it It is said that we should not argne against the use of a thin ? from the abuse ot it ,- no more we should , no mere we do : the great difference between us and our opponents is this , —they say that we wish to destroy the instimtioEs ef the country , but they know that we wish to destroy the abuses only , and by so doing , to preserve the institutions , to restore them , to renovate them ; for we know that if those abuses are suffered to continue , if they are suffered to increase and multiply as tht-y have done of late years , they will destroy the institutions , they "will corrupt them wholly , and make each institution an abuse , so that the body corporate , instead of beinjr a healthy body , will become a

      diseased b * ay—s rotten body . We , therefore , ¦ would destroy t £ e abuses , and thereby repair and strengthen the true-uses cf society or the state ; but our opponents are endeavouring to conserve the abuses , because they live by them and on them , and their arguments are worth just so much as the arguments of so many black unites would be , if when the owner of a cheese came ¦ with a knife to cut out the ¦ unscaud parts , the mites or mageots were to lift up their puny voices and say , — •» You will spoil the cheese—you will destroy the cheese I" " 2 fo , no , " the owner of the cheese would exclaim , "it is you that I will destroy , or rather I will cut off the corruption you make and feed on—lest it should spread and infect the whole ; I will at least save the sound part of my cheese from you . " So should the people rescue their country . But this is a digression ; let us revert to the origin of our evils .

      Han was born free , the servant , the subject of his Hater alone—the master , the Sovereign of ail other I eresscxes on earth . < n men were bora free and equal ; ? £ reedamsJl&ftQ , ualii 516 mflJi ' abirthright—arigbtbresthed ; into as with the very breath of life itself—born trith ^ us . Liberty is God ' s blessing ; without liberty life * becomes a curse , an evil thing—without liberty thtre ; ean be no virtue , no happiness : liberty is , therefore ,: mme precious than life itself . Man was not only bom : free , but he lived and died free . Of him it was said by the poet Dryden— ' }

      "I am as free as Nature first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran . " Suci was man in his natural state ; but he now exists in an artificial state . He is no longer free—he is bom a { Save , and he lives and dies a slave . The very babe unborn is enslaved ; there are Iaw 3 which reach to the infant in its mother ' s womb—in venire sa mere , as the lawyers express it We are made slaves even before our birth ; we slave through life , and after death our bodies cannot be buried but as some slave law directs . AH this has arisen frem the degenerate state of the social system . When men lived in a natural way they lived a life of great hazard and precariousness . It was soon seen that for the sake of assisting each other in

      sport or "war , man ^ convenience safety would be greatly promoted and secured by herding with his fellow-man , and first families , next tribes , afterwards whole nations formed a social compact or onion of countrymen . Each gave up a portion of his liberty fox the saka of making his life more secure ; individuals bowed to each other rfor general protection , and support . Society was thus formed ; it was farmed upon a mutual and reciprocal basis . Though not quite s # free , yet men were still equal , for none had given up more than another . But as the devil would haTe it ( the notion could come from no gcod being ) , man must needs have a king and priest . He had ali along had something like a king and

      priest , that is , a chieftain and sage , one who had made fo ffPBPlf conspicuous "by the singular services , personal and mental , which he had performed . He was probably the best hunter or fighter , and it was to the interest of the rest fha ^ such an one should be chosen chiefindeed circumstances would make him a leader . Unfortunately , however , the name , the power , the influence of a father slipped by an easy transition to Ms son , who ¦ wa sinvested with the fathers honours , out of a fond hope that he would prove like him . Tfcus hereditary power came into vogue , a curse greater than original sin- The eon , without any of the merits of the father , became possessed of equal power , and not being able , Btai less -willing , to play the patriot , he played the tyrant , and men became " hereditary bondsmen . "

      Prond of his power , the tyrant loved best to exercise it in opposition to the will of the people , for then he seems greatest , then he appears most like a king . " My father / 1 says , Behoboam , " whipped you with snakes , but I will whip you -vrith scorpions . " New a king who is no more tfr »™ man , who is generally less than man , could not act contrary to the will of his people , if he were not allowed to d » so ; tut the mischief is , kings have priests to blind the people , and soldiers to bind them ; they have two great armies , an army of black coats and an army of red coats—we have likewise an army of blue coats—• with , the aid of these armies our rulers can tyrannize with Impunity over a , people donVJy , trebly enslaved . HIels -would not be so bad , had they no % flatterers to mate them worse—flatterers who teach them the arts of oppression that they may share in the

      plunderflatterers "who get themselves invested with rank and power to tax industry for the support of their idleness Tha people are taught te regard these flatterers , not only as needful to the welfare of the state , but as their own best benefactors . These privileged classes who think themselves exempt from the general doom cf mankind—who labour net , bnt live on the labour cf others—these lords , dukes , and earls , or whatever they please tc call themstlves , have gone on increasing , and , consequently , the taxes for their support have gone on increasing—the people have to work hard for less wage , and their comforts are decreased in proportion to the increase of aristocratic luxuries ; for the more power increases in the hands cf the upper classes , the more oppression and injustice increase ; and the plunderers tnow very well that the more the people are ¦ weatened bj Etarrsticn , the less danger there is in a revolt or rebellion .

      Those that are now above the people rose out of the people , cr were lifted up by them—the workman who makes monty may , by means ef money , become a master . Monty is power , and is more than equivalent to rank . The middle classes being more avaricious , are more grinding tyrants than the aristocracy are , who love display more than money . The aristocracy ¦ would , I believe , feel a pride in seeing the people well-clothed and well-fed , provided at the same time list tke people were perfectly submissive . Thus they keep their livery servants and horses in good condition for their o-sni credit ' s sake ; but the middle classes regard the people merely as beasts of burthen , as engines to work for them ; and they get as much out of them at as little cost , and with as little care for their comfort or safety as possible , and when the ¦ workrj ^ n grows old and unable to yield his employer so much profit as formerly , he is cashiered with as UtUe feeling as a worn-out hackney that is sent to the knackers to be killed for docs meat .

      The upper classes having combined together and con-Epired against the lijjMs of tnaw himself , the middle Cl&sstf . combined to conspire against the rights of man ' a labour ; the former made the people slaves , the latter tetS to make as much profit cf their slavery as possible . For this purpose capitalists unite to keep down the ¦ wages of the people as low as zaro , or starvation point ; and if they can get a boy to do man ' s work—nay , ii they can get a woman or a girl to dp it , they employ thpm at ence hi place of men , though they knew that when tasks are disproportioned to the strength or skill of the labouring child or woman , they are tortures te them , crippling them and distorting them in mind and body tin great nature ' s coarse ia made-to ran contrary to itself in moustrouB confusion . Such are the demons Who make their mines or their railli a kind of hells for

      the torture of youth and innocence , till demoralised by pain tber become fit for the place they work in . Yes , we have sow in England what is sot to be found in hell—places of torture , not for the wicked , bnt for the good ; we have mammonites worse than fiendB , who realise the ogres of romacee , and make their bread cf the bones of Englishmen , their wine of their blood , sfid their castle * are the bastiles where their victims are not roasted alive , but put to & more lingering death , gradual starvation—kept expiring for years . While the mill-lord is making millions , and looking to a fine estate with a country Beat , his workmen have nothing in prospect bnt the bastile , and the prospect grows more gloomy "with the progress of machinery , that should indeed be made to lighten his tefl , but not lessen his comforts . la it not high time that the people

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      were looking about them—that they were looking out for themselves ? for , mind you , the ^ more the aristocracy give the people occasion to rise , the more they ¦ will dread them and screw them down . Witness the additions lately made to the ranks of the soldiers and police . Thus asre have ee « n that society , though originally instituted for the benefit of all and each , has been divided into classes , and the npper classes have been armed against the lower , who are deprived of all power of resistance or defence . The useful and industrious have become the slaves and 'victims of the useless and idle , who first duped them . This was the origin of trade-unions , which are a kind of societies within society , -wheels within "wheela , a union of fellow workman

      to counteract the union of their employers . The workmen said to their masters , " You want our work , and we want a fair wage for it ; your money is your own , and onr strength and skill is our own . " If one man alone had said this , his master would have replied , " ( Jo to , you idle fellow , I will employ some one else in your stead , and I will take care that no one employs you for your saucy answer . " But by a trades-nnion the men are as well combined as their masters are , one will not work without the right of all , and as work cannot be done without workmen , the masters are generally compelled to compromise matters , and something like mutual agreement takes place . But see the iniquity of Government see how it loves oppression , because oppression forms its ewn chief feature and support . - laws have been passed not to prevent masters but to prevent men from combining , and the

      Dorchester Labourers and Glasgow Cotton Spinners were sentenced to transportation like felons , because they had acted like men . See too the strike of the masons , of yourselves , which would have been a knockdown blow to trade oppression if the men had all understood their own interests so "well as the masters understand- theirs . Government never seems to "think that brtad is as necessary to the working man as superfluities to Ihe master . Those who make all have the least profit in alL A merchant or employer obtains more for merely selling or contracting a piece of work than the workman himself ; he who has all the toil and trouble ef it is paid next to nothing , while he who has neither toil nor trouble , who springs up and lives and looks like & lily , he takes all that the workman akouid have , and can oppress and intuit him in the bargain .

      Trades unions have done much good ; I should rather say they have prevented much evil . Without them the labourer wonld have been entirely at the mercy of the capitalist , who would soon have driven him towork like a negro . But trades union fall far short of the union that is wanted . Trades unions cannot secure employment when trade itself fails ; without employment unions cannot be kept up , money not meat cannot be had . Trade onions cannot prevent foreigners from putting Englishmen out of -work . In a strike there are those onfc of union and sometimes some of those in union ready to take advantage of , or to betray the rest . And how are strikes supported ? By draining the union and drawing on othfr onions , so that if the masters can bnt hold out till all the union funds are exhausted , they can starve the men into submission :

      they can reduce them , not by fair fighting , but by famine . And when the men have gone to work again , how long may it be before another strike is rendered necessary ? Just so long as the masters please . So that you s * e trade unions do some good , bnt not enough ; they are a shield , but not a sword . They stand on shifting ground ; for trade is alwayB fluctuating ; they are bo Atfence against machinery . We must not build upon the sand , still less upon a quicksand ; we must build upon a rock . What is wanted is a union of all ¦ onions—a union for the Charter . We must get that power into'our own hands which is now in the hands of oat oppressors : that will be the way to command employment and to Becure the profits of it . We must chOOBe a good foundation , a broad basis—we must have Universal Suffrage . ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO " THE ILLTJMINA TOR , " " CHARTIST RUSHLIGHT , " " EX TIN . GUI SHE R , " COMMON WE ALTHSMAN , '

      AND " CHARTIST PIONEER . " JIT GOOD Fbiexds , —For more than twelvs months I have battled with difficulties almost indescribable , under the sanguine hope that I should be able to establish an unstamped ( and ¦ unfetterred . ) assistant to our glorious cause . My JUvrninator was put an end to by Wiiig electioneering malica The Rushlight and Extinguisher were mere half-penny substitutes for a little periedical , which was reaching a prosperousjsale , when the schemes of the hypocritical faction strangled it The

      CommontceaUhsman was started with a view to renewing the existence « f a paper as useful as the Illuminator had been : but the dreadful increase of poverty among our ranks compelled me to relinquish that enterprise also , at the twentieth number . Since then I have again attempted to renew the existence of another halfpenny Chartist organ . The Chartist Pioneer , however , has met with impassible obstacles , in the second week of his march . ; in other words , the horrible poverty which Etares upon us so ghastily on every hand , compels us to desist altogether from further publication ,

      By the kins permission of my friend , Mr . John Cleave , I shall , however , address you frequently , though briefly , through the pages of the Chartist Circular . Thank you—thank yon , my friends , for your kind Enpport of my undertakings ; and now , let me entreat you to devote your efforts towards securing success for the Chartist Circular . Let us be resolved , one and all , that we will , in spite of our poverty , and in spite of the malice of the factions , keep alive one clieap , unstamped , arid unfettered Chartist organ . Trusting that the Editor of the Star will also be kind enough to indulge me with a small portion of his space weekly , I Bhall , frem time to time , through the pages of oat incorruptible leading ergan , beg to make known to you my views on the progress of our movement , and

      on the prineipleB of democracy generally . I regard our position as being singularly critical at the present moment . The defection of a considerable number of of our leaders , once highly valued ; the subtle and serpentine plans , now in covert action , by our real enemies , to overtkrsw or circumvent our purposes , by affecting a one-ness of objects with us ; the distracting influence of poverty , which so often leads men to catch at any alluring deceit , as a temporary relief ; and , above all , the absence of cencentrated and united efforts of an energetic character among us , to diffuse Chartism through the length and breadth of the land ; such facts and their concomitants , press weightOy on my mind , and urge me to tell yon that I think the time ia fnlly

      come when we ongit , one and all , to set about doing something which may give us a substantial earnest that we ahaJl really obtain the Charter we are contending for , and that our efforts shall not end in disappointment . Friends- and Brothers , —are we really nearer to the Charter than -we were twelve months ago ?¦ Judging by my own locality I mi jht answer , without hesitation , " yes . '" for the Leicester Chartists were not more than three hundred enrolled mtmbtrB , at the beginning cf last July , —and now , my own darling ShakBperean brigade , alone , is two thousand and three hundr ^ J . That seems something like an earnest of the Charter . Bnt in what other localities are you progressing with the same . speed ?

      Now , my friends ana brothers , do not be offended at my asking this question . I have put it with no invidious thought or intent . My sole , my ardent wish , is to see us all engaged in an untiring and unceasing effort to obtain the Charter . 1 know not why any man should not do as much as I am doing , —if he have got bnt a common share of talent , and any strength of will within him . As for bodily strength , I possess but a feeble share of it . Of one thing I am certain ; if in fevery Chartist locality the same unremitting exertions were employed as in Leicester , with the electric influence of onr indefatigable O'Connor pervading ,, and animating , and binding together all the localities , the Charter would be had in a few months , in spite of all the craft , aud intrigue , and malice , of the monied classes .

      Chartists , we ought , each and all , to be on fire with the spirit of proselytasm . Organise , organise !—that is the word . Of what use are the nominal Chartists ? How nearer do they bring the Charter ? Let us , unceasingly , assure them that they can only be of real service by "falling in ; " by taking rank in some one of our regiments . Talk of fighting ! pshaw ! who ever heard of an army marching till it was formed into rank and file ? Chartiit 3 , we want numbers—organised numbers ! And then we shall not have to beg for the Gharter : we shall be able to take it By arms ? No ; but by demanding it as the nation ' s right , as the object of its imperial will . Let a tenth of the whole population of each considerable town , ( 5 , 000 for

      Leicester , the same for Nottingham , 10 , 000 for Sheffield ,. 28 , 000 for Manchester , ia , && , < fc& , and 200 , 000 for London , ) walk through the open street , at the same hour of the same day , and cry , "We'll have tbe JPeople ' s Charter !"— pM -what can prevent their obtaining it ? " The soldiers will be sent for , from one town to another , to put them down' 'do you say ? Pooh ! they will all be wanted at home . And the same with the police force . Let that day and hour be the one at which the Houses are assembled to consider of an answer to the Queen ' s , gracious speech on the opening of a Session ; and what can prevent the People ' s Charter from being the primary Act of Parliament of that very Session ?

      Chartists , think of this , and strain every nerve to swell yeui ranks—from the working men I mean . We want real democracy , remember . Let the middle men come if they like ; hut do not court them . The People ' s Charter' is intended t « be pre-eminently the working man ' s boon ; and let us be resolved to make it so . - I am , Friends and Brothers , Yeurs , faiftfnlly , THOMAS COOPER . 11 , Cburcfe . gf ite , Leicester , July 4 th , 1842 .

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      The YiciB of Poetsea has an income of £ 600 a year ; -yet he has ihe impudence to call apon Dissenters \ r } contribute towards the washing of his surplieefj . His churchwarden , one Bnrrill , is so great a blockhead , that at a recent meeting he told tbe people tb /^ y had no right to bo in the church unless the rjinister consented !!

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      TO IHE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAR . Sib ., —In the case of John Hindes , of Shoreham , his letter dated May the 29 th , of undergoing hardships since 1838 in a Tory-ridden place of a population of 2 , 942 , and wants the sum of fifteen oz sixteen pounds . I myself stood the contest in 1819 , was sent to prison , wife and child ; put in the poorhouse , because I took in the Observer paper , in a population of 2 . 800 Toryridden gentry and working people , and still take in the Star paper ever since it began , and shall continue

      ao , with the help of God ; but I never got a farthing from any one , and all my goods and steck of perfumery was Bold , or xatber given away , lor th « y did what they liked with them . The Rev . V . Jaskson , knows me welf . All that I wish ia to be doing all I can for the cause . I should like to be selling the Chartist Breakfast Beverage , but I am short of money to send for an order at present I sold a great deal of Hunt ' s Roasted Cora whea it was in vogue , since then Coffee Aroaia , but cannot get it now .

      I remain yours in tha bond of Chartism , John Butterwokth , Hairdresser , to . Knntsford , 15 th June , 1842 . [ We do not know the writer of the above letter , but but give it just as we received it]—Ed . N . S . : - ? ' - ¦

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      TO THE CHARTIST BRETHREN WHO VOTED < FOR MY SECOND ELECTION TO THE EXECUTIVE . Brethren , —Permit me to thank you sincerely for the approval which you have signified of my services during the last year , as a member of the Executive , by electing me a member of it for the ensuiug one . Having never viBited Yorkshire and Lancashire , and but few of tbe English counties where Chartism Is in a flourishing condition , I consequently am unknown , except by report , to the great body of . my Chartist brethren , and , for this reason , I am doubly sensible of the confidence which you have placed in me , and which I trust you shall have no reasons to . repent of during my term of ofiice . Holding firmly to the principle of the Executive being , in every respect , the servants of the people , I trust our conduct will be , at all times , in accordance with their views and wishes , and that we shall adopt such measures as will promote the advancement of the great Chartist cause .

      Strongly advocating the democratic principle of rotation in office , I shoald have much preferred if the plan of organization had limited the term of office , of the Executive , to one year , so that a proper limit might be placed upon the wishes and designs of ambitious and ofiice seeking men . 1 trust this radical defect will be remedied before another election takes place , and with these sentiments , I remain , Yours in the great cause of the Charter , Morgan Williams .

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      " ^ TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . AN APPEAL FROM THE CHARTISTS OF OLDHAM ON BEHALF OF MR . JAMES DUFFY . 3 > EAn Brethren , —^ Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to appeal to a sympathising Chartist public on behalf of an individual whose consistency , as a political leader of the people , is well known , and we cannot for a moment suppose that this our appeal will be in vain , when we remember that the individual , on whose behalf we are asking your united assistance , ever since his imprisonment in Northallerton Gaol for having defended , fearless of all consequences , tho people ' s cause , has been but very ill fit to exercise himself in your behalf ; but having no other course left him , he has , to bis own injury , continued to advocate the Chartist cause boldly , fearlessly , faithfully , and honestly .

      In consequence of the torture he endured whilst undergoing his severe ssnUnce in Northallerton Gaol , his constitution is broken , and unless timely assistance be rendered , he must shortly follow our martyred brethren Clayton and Holberry , which would be a lasting disgrace to the Chartist body ; and as he , James Duffy , has come to the resolution of settling himself at Derby , to pursue his former calling , if the friends of our and his causa will only- respond to this appeal , and each association and locality send their mite towards establishing him , in a email way , as a commence , ment . We are aware of tho distress that exists in the country ; but do consider it the duty of the Chartist b « ay to rally round those that have been suffering imprisonment , and thereby show our oppressors that the more they persecute the more determined we are to support the persecuted .

      A subscription has been entered into in this town which will be forthcoming next week , and wekope that every locality will respond to thU appeal as early as possible , and transmit the same to the Star Ofiice . Wir . Hajieb , sub-Secretary .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF GLASGOW AND SUBURBS . Fellow Working Men , —After ten long years of the working of the Reform BUI , 1 find that our condition is nothing improved ; and that ii place of receiving any benefit from that measure , our misery is getting more appalling , and our condition in this life more miserable and destitute . Thousands upon thousands of our industrious artisans and tradesmen are walking our streets in a state of starvation and misery , unparalleled In the annals of this or any other country -, our wives and children famishing from the callings of hunger , and we have nothing to give them .

      Think , my friends , on the little innocent of&pring crying aloud to you for bread , and you have none to give it—think what would , fee the feelings of a father in such a case . Cold and callous must that heart be that would not move heaven and earth to procure food for his innocent little babe . Picture to yourselves , my friends , these Bcenes of woe and misery , which daily and hourly kappen in our unhappy land ; and ask yourselves , calmly and deliberately , what is the cause of this , or whence does it arise ?

      The question will naturally answer itself—class legislation . And also , the cool , calculating , and avaricious monopolist , who lives and fattens on your labour—you , the producers of all , the providers for all his wants , who build his palaces and houses , buy his chariots and horses , and give him all the luxuries in life to pamper his proud and ambitious spirit in a life cf indolence and debauchery , while you and your families are pining in want and miBery , with hardly a rag to cover thorn , which is the case of thousands in Glasgow and the surrounding districts .

      . Oh , my friends , what care these grasping tyrants for the wants or interests of the poor ? Taeir whole cry , night and day , is more money ; that ia their God . Gold is their idol ; and when the working man spends all his strength and physical energy in his employ , when he turns old , and not fit to accomplish a certain quantity of work , he is turned off abcut his business to perish of cold anu hunger , in an unfeeling and uncharitable world . My friends , we have tried many plans to better our condition , and to get a fair remuneration for our labour ; we have formed trades uiuols , and have found some small ber . eSt from them ; but the purse-proud monopolists combined am \ destroyed our fond hope , and blasted our fnture prospects in respect to trades unions , aud ultimately made us worse than we Were .

      My friends , we may go on trying to protest our trade and oppose a reduction in our wages , but it is impossible for us to protect ourselves or our labour from the avari- ] cious and grasping monopolists , until we have first destroyed the hydra-headed monster , class legislation , and established instead the just and inalienable rights of every man of maturity to have a voice in the making of tha laws which he is called upon to obey ; for it is I impossible wo can better our condition in this life until j we get labour represented in the Commons' House , of j Parliament , as every other interest is—that of thearisto- ! crat , the millocrat , and the shopocrat , all are represented j except what should be represented , namely , industry . ! Then , how are we . to remedy this evil ., aud pro- j cure the mighty , mass their rights ? By immediately passing into a law tbe People ' s Charter , j Then the next question is , how is this Cburttr to ba i „ _ ^ . . _ , -. .

      made the law of the land ? Simply , by a union of all > the people , of all sects and creeds ; and let the name : of our country be forgotten in the immortal name of j Freeican . Therefore , I call upon the operatives of j GlaBgow , as they value liberty , as they value their ! country , and as they value the trade by which they live , j to come forward , and join the Glasgow Cfcarter Ass&-cietien , and exert all the influence in their power to ; procure members to come forward , and let every one work as if the whole cause depended on himself . liftt a few men in the different shops and factories , get as many names as possible on a sheet of paper , and let ; them receive as much as they can , for one , two , or three weeks , until they get the price of their several cards of membership , and then get their names enrolled on the books . If this plan was wrought out , I think in a short time ne would hare twenty for one that we have now .

      aiy friends , tbis is the advice of one who has long watched the working of the system , and consequent degradation and misery of the working classes for the last sixteen years , and who ia firmly convinced that nothing short of the political rights of the people will ever make the people virtuous , contented , and happy , and make us hold that place in society , which the Almighty , in his wisdom , intended we should holdthiB 1 b the opinion of one who is intending to live on , and nobly die in defence of our lovely Chatter ; but we must bide onr time .

      1 In conclusion , I wculd address a few words te my fellow countrymen , on the question of the Repeal of the Union . Men are-very of ten led away by prejudice , and an improper knowledge of the question at issue . Now as D . O € onnell has told them that it -fs illegal to join the Charter Association , I think no wonder that my countrymen have been backward iu joining us . Look to ourselves ; if Feargus O'Connor would pledge his honour that a certain line cf conduct was illegal , would we not pause before we would have anything to do with it Well , it is the same with them ; but , thank God , the Star has done its duty in Ireland , nnder the pen of Mr . Hill , and ft tas called tbe people to a sense

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      of their duty , as well as the old Northern Star nnder thepen of Samnel Neilson did in his day . And when we hear ttat our cause is progressing In Ireland under tbe bright and luminous rays of the Northern Star , well may we rejoice at \ , the prospect that ia before us . No less than 240 mengWing in « iel * names to be enrolled on the books . I hope before longto see Ireland in the foreground of Chartism , and thertrinmph of truth over the Com Exchange jugglery and humbug ; then , my friends , and not till then , ^ ill you Repeal the Union . You must get the power Into year own hands before yon cau do any good for our once happy country . Any little good that , has been done for Ireland by D . O'Connell has been done for therich , and not fop you . Of what use would a parliament be sitting in Dublin , under the present franchise * None whatever . No , nd ; you must get the power into your own hands , and then will they work for the whole people ; and not for the rioh alone .

      I remain , v A Catholio and Chartist , _ , " . : . ¦ ¦ -- ¦ ¦¦ , '¦>"¦ ¦ ¦' "'¦ D . M'MILLAN Glasgow , June 30 th , 1842 .

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      HAWICK . —a public meeting of ; the inhabitants of Hawick was held in the Chartist Hall , on Monday last , ( the ; meeting was advertised to be held in the Marketplace , but from the wetness of the evening was held in the hall ) , Mr C . Hunter in the chair ; fclr , J , Cairns , ia an animated address , moved the following resell ! - tion : — " That this meeting having directed attention to the . recent tragical occurrence at Ennis , in Ireland , While it expresaea UDfeigned sympathy ; With the unfortunate victims , as also for ttte Btatviug condition of the labourers in that unhappy country , cannot but regard the ferocious attack of a police force , so constituted and organized , as subversive of

      British liberty , and as affording conclusive evidence , if that were necessary , that modernlegislatora , alienated from the peeple , are utterly incapable for just and equitable Government , and exclude all hope of redress for the accumulated wrongs , or amelioration of the present unparalleled distress of the industrious classes , unless by the salutary provisions orthe People ' s Charter . Mr . T . Davies in a speech of great power apd convincing argument seconded the resolution , which wag adopted unanimously . The thanks of the meeting was then voted to Messrs . O'Connor , Hill , Hobson and ArdUl , for the promptitude and alacrity which they displayed in securing bail for poor martyred Holberry ,, After making arrangements to raiae a trifle for the widow of the

      victim , aud thanking the Chairman , &c , the meeting dispersed . OnSunday last Mr . Davles preached a funeral sermon for S . Holberry , in the Chartist Hall , which was crowded to suffocation . ARBROATH . —On Saturday evening Mr . Robert Lowery lectured in the Chartist Pavilion to an audience of between 700 and 800 , on the present . - distressed state ot the country , flaalso preached three sermons in the Eame place on Sunday , to equally numerous audiences , the evening service being a funeral sermon for Samuel Holberry ; the : afternoon sermon was upon the necessity of countrymen and countrywomen abstaining from all intoxicating drinks ; he also lectured on Monday evening to a crowded house . The audience listened with the greatest attention .

      TuLiiiODY . —Mr . Abr . im Duncan addressed a large out-door meeting in this place , on Wednesday , the 29 th June , at which the Remonstrance was adopted , and he was sleeted to meet the English Executive . alva . —Mr . Duncan ; addressed a large public meeting , which was convened upon the Green , on the evening of Thursday , the 30 th June . Mr . David Harrower read the Remonstrance , which being adopted , Mr . Duncan was then elected as a fit and proper person to meet the English Executive . Dollar—Mr . Duncan addressed a numerous and enthusiastic meeting in this place , oh Friday , the 1 st of July , at which the Remonstrance was adopted , and Mr . D . elected to meet the English Executive .

      Blairingoxe . — -Mr . Duncan addressed a crowded meeting in the School room on the evening of Saturday last in this place , at which / the remonstrance was adopted , and he elected to meet tho English Executive . ' - .. '¦ ' . ' ' ¦ ¦'• ¦ . ¦ '"¦¦ .. ' . ¦ Alloa . —Mr . Abram Duncan addressed a large and respectable audience on the eveoiDg of Monday \ s&t , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting viewing the past services of the Northern Star in the cause of the principles of the People ' s Charter , —Us uncompromising devotion to the integrity of the movement , we regard all those covert and open attacks against it from professed friends , as indications on ther

      part of hostility to the principles of the Charter , and we shall do everything in our power to destroy that influence by a strenuous support ofthe Star . " " That we profess our entire confidence in Mr . Hill , and trust tbat he will exercise his vigilance over the publication ' . of . any matter which would compromise the safety'ofthe North ern Star , or the personal liberty or property of its proprietor . This meeting taking into consideration the beneficial effects likely to follow the appointment of a Scottish Executive , call upon their , secretary , David Thompson , to draw up an address to the six centres in Scotland .

      urging to the performance of this duty , and that our secretary be instructed to correspond with Mr . Campbell secretary of the English Executive , according to the form which the statute law prescribes . The remonstrance being also unanimously adopted by the meeting , Mr . Duncan was then elected as a fit and proper person to meet the English Executive ! The meeting then dispersed , testifying their attachment to Mr . Duncan , for the valuable services he has rendered to the country in the cause cf Chartism . Also a vote " of thanks was given to our worthy chairman , Mr . John Stewart .

      WARRINGTON . —This town was visited on Sunday last by Mr . W . D- Taylor who lectured in the afternoon , and in the evening preached the funeral sermon of Holberry the martyr , in which he propounded from the Scriptures the principles of the People ' s Charter , in a style altogether new to us . BOtTON . —This town of toil and misery was vlseted on Monday last by Mr . W . D . Taylor , who delivered a lecture upon the Cbarteri arid the benefits to be derived from its establishment as law ; Several new members were enrolled at the contusion . SONDERLAND—On Sunday afternoon last , Mr Williams lectured on the Town Moor , but in consequence of its beginning to rain heavily , he was obliged abruptly to conclude . He announced his intention of speaking again at the same place on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock .

      BARNStEY . —The Chartists of Barnsley met on Monday evening last , in the School Rooni- under the Odd Fellows' Hal ! , where , after the receipt of contributions and the enrolment of now members , Mr . Frank Mirfield reported the proceedings of the School Council . The business first alluded to was the raising- of funds for the Executive ; the means of doing s 6 suggested by the Council were well received Ly the members , and a determination evinced of carrying them out . ; The next busint-ss brought on was the necessity of doing something for Mrs . Holberry , when a subscription was entered iuto . ''¦¦' . '¦ ' : ¦'¦

      tONBON . —St . PANCRASi—We commenced our Monday evening lectures on Monday last , at the Feathers , Warren-street , when Mr . JoneB , from Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture ; and out of a comparatively few strangers seren new members were enrolled . A lecture will be delivered every Monday evening , at half-past eight O'clock , at the above place . Camberweli and Walwortii . — The Chartists of CamoerweU and Walwortfa " beg to express to Mr ; Hill their confidence in his exertions as Editor of the Northern Star , / the . - organ : of the people . To FearRua O'Connor , Esq ., they wish to renew their pledge of united support . The faithful advocate of the people they deem him , and may he live to see political equality . The resolution was moved by Mr . J . Anderfion , seconded by Mr . Simpson , and carried unanimously . . ;

      Mitcium , Surrey . —About thirty good and true men Lave been enrolled in this new locality already , with every prospect of its' speedily becoming extensive and prosperous . DEVONPORT . —Resolved , " That we , the readers of the Star in Dcvonport , having strictly watched the conduct of the Rsy . William Hill for upwards of four years , do hereby express our firm ; conviction that he has acted ia a manner worthy his high calline ;; and we do hereby assure him that as long as he pursues the same line of conduct as heretofore , he shall receive , as he has deserved , our warmest thanks and support . At the same time , we cannot forbear from expressing out opinion of the individuals who have called forth this

      resolution ; and we cannot tut think that their conduct has been such as to merit the disnpprobatipn of all consistent Chartists ; for to what other ^ conclusion can we come to , when we remember the many times theso gentlemen have . , echoed forth the cry that the middle classes wished to betray us ^ and now find these same men leaving the substance of Chartism and following the airy notions of those they have so often denounced / than that they are no longer to be trusted , and we feel sorry to be forced io acknowledge the justice of the resolution of the Iaeicester friendB , that the once notte Bronterro O'Brien Is no longer worthy of confidence . " Signed on behalf of upwards of sixty readers , JOHN , GiJS , Mount-Btreet , Devonport .. ¦ ¦' ; - '¦ ¦ ¦ : . ' - ¦ ' . ; ¦ : ¦" . ' . ' /¦ /' . ; v / - - . ' ¦ . // ' ¦¦' '" - . ' ¦;¦ ¦ ' ; . ' ¦ ¦

      TODOTOH DEN . —This place now occupies a prdnd petition on the moral map of Chartism ; aBraay be evidenced by the following brief Jettor . from the General Secretary to the resident sub-Secretary : --- •• • ' Dear Brooks ,- ^ - ! received from ¦ Mr- Heywood ~ £ l 8 s . -44 ; and from Mr . leach 6 b . —making a total for this quarter of £ 5 J . S . 3 jd . —placing Toamorden in advance of every other place enrolled in the Association . If erery place acted like Thdjn » rden , the Executive might employ twenty lecturers next we § k . " " Your ' B , in the cause , ; ; " : " John Capmbell . ' Lower Soweuby i HiELM ) . r-6 n Tuesday evening last , the Rev . W . V ^ Jackson , ot Manchester paid UB a twit , arid delivered a lecture .

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      NOTTiNGHAfll . —A spirited and interesting meetingwas holden on Saturday evening , in the ChartiBt Room , Noah ' u Aifc . The memory of Samuel Holberry , and all other martyrs of freedom , was drunk in solemn silence , and responded to with great pathos arid eloquenc > y Mr . E . P . ; Mead . Several other excellent speeches were made , ON Sunday morning , the United Council / met in the Chapel , Rice Place ,, it was agreed to recommend that one halfpenny per month , be paid by each member for thei expences of local agitation . In the evening , air . j . White , from the . Potteries , proacued a vety eloquent and impressive sermon to the ^ largest congregation ever assembled for a long time upon the Forest . At the conclusion ^ twelve new members enrolled themselves . Mr . White ia likely to be located here for some time , and he will be a great auxiliary in the cause of Chartism .

      LANCASTER . —At a meeting of the Council the following resolution was unanimously adopted , " That we have full confidence in the zeal , integrity , and discretion of Mr W . Eeeslcy , district secretary fur North Lancashire , and are datermined to abide by the rules of the association . " KIDDERMINSTER . —The Chartista of Kidderminster beg to ' record their v * te of confidence in the Editor of the Northern Star ; hoping : that he will go forward , neither to the right nor ta the left , heedless of this move or that move , but ouward , and no surrender .

      AS | HTON-VWPE « -LTKE . —Public Meeting . — On Friday evening , the 1 st of July , a public meeting , convened by placard , was held on a large plot of ground near Mr . Thacker ' s Foundry , to take into consideriition the necessity of remonstrating with the Honae ot Cdmmona on their late rejection of the People ' s Petition , and also to memorialise her Majesty to dismiss her present . Ministers , and call to her council men-who will make the Charter a Cabinet measure . Mr . Wilcox was unanimously called to the '' chafe After briefly opening the business , Mr . Aitken , schoolmaster , Was called upon to move the remonstrance . In the course of his speech he alluded to the convulsion existing , and that had existed throughout the whole of aristocratic Europe , showing that so long as the supreme control

      over the laws was invested in the . hands of a few , and that few the most worthless in society , the condition of the industrious classes can nover be any better than it ia . Mir . Aitken also alluded to the affected sympathy of pur soi disant ^ philosophers who ordain ministers to be sent across the Atlantic , to the interior of Asia and Africa ,, but- will do nothing , to mend the state of the sons of toil at home . Ho concluded a lengthy speech by reading ami moving tbe remonstrance to the Houss of Commons , Mr . James Taylor seconded it . The memorial to her Majesty was then read and proposed by Mr . Alexander Challenger , who said he should content himself by moving the memorial , and make way for their excellent friend , Mr . Laach of Manchester . Mr . W . Pilling seconded the memorial in a humourous

      and energetic speech , which elicited the applause of assembled thousands . Mr . Leach from Manchester , was then introduced amidat clapping of hands and other inai'ks of approbation . He addressed the meeting for about an hour , during which time the evil 3 of machinery , as at present used , were pourtrayed in a graphic style . The lamentable condition of the people was displayed in language which at every sentence told well npon the audier . ee . He appealed to the men of Ashton , as did the other speakers to join the National Charter Association , and assist in the great work of national regeneration . Air . Leach v / aa listened to with the greatest attention , and concluded amidst loud applause . Mr . Ge 0 rgefJohn 3 on then briefly iaddresst-d the meeting ; after wbich it was announced that Dr .

      M'Douall would address the people of Ashtori on the Saturday evening , which announcement was received with loud cheers . On tha motion of Mr , Aitken , the meeting -waB adjourned till the following evening at beven o ' clock . There could not be less than from four to five thousand people present , principally of / the male adult population . Tne adjourned meeting took place on a space of ground near the Market : Place . Mr . W . PiUing being called to the chair , Mr . W . Aitken and the Doctor both addressed the meeting , and ii was pleasing to the friends of freedom to . see that , in spite of the machinations of a few sycophants in Aahton , the Doctor was received with all

      that enthusiasm which his honesty , zeal , and integrity deserve . After the meeting was over , the speakers and their frienda retired to the Association Room to enrol members , when nearly fifty took out cards of membership . Our cause now at * nda better in Ashton than ever it did . The working classes being lopg Biiice convinced , and the majority of the middle classes being now tho same , that nothing less than the whole Charter can ever establish a system of Government that will permanently benefit socioty , and make Britain what she ought to be , first amongst the nations of the earth , by the universal happiness and freedom of her industrious sons . '

      BXiAIRCrQWRXE ( Perthshire ) . —A public meeting was held in this village ou the evening of Monday , the 27 th ult ., for the purpose of hearing Mr . John Duncan , of Dundee , deliver a lecture ; upon the people ' s Charter . The object of the meeting being stated by the Chairman , the lecturer , after a few introductory remarks , alluded to the distress which exists at present in many of the commercial towns of Great Britain , in which so many are going idle and enduring no small amount of suffering , arising from the miseries of want . In speaking of the causes which had produced this great and long- continued depression of trade , he said , it could not have arisen from a scarcity ; of 'food in the country , for the ground for a number of years back baa produced an ¦ abundant supply ; but the distress has

      arisen partly from bad legislation : however , our merchants themselves , by Rending an inferior article abroad , have hurt tbe demand from this country . It is well known , that hemp , an Indian weed * fit only for making pack-cloth , has been largely imported , spun into yani , and used for mixing with other yarn . Large quantities of cloth , partly composed of flax or tow , and pattfyof Indiaii jute , have been exported to America , and sold there as cloth , entirely made of fl * x or tow . As the cloth does not stand wet , the fraud was not long in being discovered , and has greatly tended to hurt the sale of our cloth . Mr * Duncan spoke also of the practice of imitating Russian linen , an article which sells readily in America on account of its excellent quality but our manufacturers , more

      eager to produce an article to resemble it externally , than to make one of equal fineness , have gotinto the way of putting cloth through hot rollers , whereby it is singed and acquires a gloss more to be admired for ita appearance than for its durability . The cloth then receives a stamp , to which is sometimes added the initials of a Russian merchant , copied from the stamps the Russian linen bears . It . is then exported and sold for Riissiaii 'linen ; bucU practices as tbose could not fail to hurt our trade . The speaker , in alluding to the means which have been used to old the unemployed , BpoKe of the grant of a uiilliom of money which was asked from Parliament . The request was refused although asked foraa a loan to bo paid back so soon as trade revived . When We think of the money which

      has been given for other purposes , by'Parliunie&t- ; and When we think of the purpose to which the money was to be applied , we may Wonder how the request was refused . Twenty millions of money was granted for the emancipation of the slaves . That sum Went for a good cause ; but surely a single million might have been given aa a loan to a starving people . Mr . Duncan thought emigration not calculated to benefit the people , although America contains a- very great quantity of land jet uncultivated . It would be a number of years before it could be brought to produce food . Emigrantu going thither only tend to reduce the price of labour in America ; Indeed , when a man is compelled to leave his country , 'frost whatever cause , it is not emigration , but transportation . The people do not desire to go abroad for land , if their exertions could be brougnt to bear on the waste land at koine . By a recent statement of a gentleman who has studied the subject ,

      it appears that there is plenty of land not yet broken up , which in a . short time could be Tendered fit for agriculture . But to strike at the root of the evil , Mr . Duncan urged his hearers to continue to agitate for an alteration of the laws of pur country—to agitate for a repeal of . these laws : which tend so much to hurt our trade , and which now threaten to ruin our country Agitation , and a thorough union with the middle classes , are the only means whereby they may expect to gain their object : that union miy be effected ; it was such a union that carried the Reform 'UiJJ , and such a union must be effected ere the working men of this country obtain those "rights for which they are now struggling . Mr . Duncan was listened to throughout with the deepest attention , and on concluding received three hearty cheers from tbe assembly ; about five hundred in number ; after which the meeting quietly dispersed . " . "

      IfEICESTJSB . —The week has been one of varied excitement in the Shakesperean camp . Messrs . Rigby and Summer , two plain , hearty , hand-loom weavers front Cnorley , in Lancashire , addressed an open-air meeting iu Eaton-street , on Friday Be ' Dnight , much to the delight and edification of our people . Knowing that they would do good , they were directed to step on into South Leicestershire the next day ;'' . '' accordingly they reached Earl Shiltoii , and held forth there , and also at Hinckloy , where Mr . Cooper had beea battling With the anti-Corn Law jugglers , the preceding week ; and at Barbnge on the Sunday . Mr . Beeaham delivered an address in Infirmary-sqaare on the Sunday mprning , and at Wigstpn at night Mr . Robert Jackson ad . dressed an audienco in Russell-square in the afternoon . Mr . Cooper preached at Counteathorpe ca Sunday morning , and took down twenty names towards forming an association ; at dadby in the afternoon , and did

      likewise ; and in the evening , occupied his eld favourite position , Leicester Matket-place , where an attentit « audience of 2000 received the broad truths of Christianity and Chartism once more , and a dozen names Were enrolled . On Monday , Mr , Beedham delivered addresses at Shelton a » d Burbage , and on Tuesday at Desford and Markfidd . On Monday and Tuesday nights , Mr . Cooper was at his post in the Amphitheatre , to meet the Social advocate on the question , " Whether is home coloiifzition on co-operative principles , or the enactment of the People ' s Charter into law , the best calculated to remove national distresa . and secure the permanent happiness of Ihe people-. ' Mr . Alexander CampbeU was tiie opponent the flrst night , as Mr . Buchanan was unavoidably delayed arriving from Londontill nearly ten o ' clock . The discussion on the flrst night was conducted , with the most delightful friendliness . ; , ¦ v

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      WINCKCOMBE . —Our monthly meeting took place on Monday night , when a vote of thanks and confidence was given : to Feargus O'Connor , " the proprietor , and the Rev . Wm . Hill ; the Editor of the Northern Star . Mr Millsom attended , but did not lecture , as the authorities have stopped the crier , and it was agjf « sd to ha ^ e-placards printed to announce a future meeting . ¦ . . ¦'¦' . . '" . ; . ; . ; . - ..:- . ' . V ' -: : ;' \ ¦ . ;¦ ' : ¦ HOLLXNGWORTH— A Chartist tea party took place on Saturday evening , which was very numerously attended . Thetest being over tho company adjourned

      into Mr . HampBon'a largest room , when Mr . R . Wild was called on to presidei . The Chairman opened . the evening's entertainment with a very suitable address , and hoped that each and all would avail themselves of the arrangements of the Council . The company amused themselves by singing and dancing , recitations , ; "&c . During the eveping . 'the Chairman and other gentlemen delivered very eloquent speeches , which were well received . , The enteitainraentB were kept up with great spirit till a late hour , when the company parted highly delighted with the evening's amusements . ..-.

      MANCHESTER . —CAnPENTEins' HALtv—On Sunday afternoon theu'ual weekly meeting was hold in the above hall , when a working man wa- ) called to tho chair , who opened the business in a few brief remarks and introduced Mr . Jeremiah Lane to address the meeting . At the close of , his leng and excellent address , which lasted nearly ; two hours ; Mr . Win . Dixcn moved , and Mr . N ' alley seconded the following resolution : —r '' That it is the opinion of this meeting that each member of the National Charter Association do , in tbe course of

      the next eight weeks , subscribe tbr ^ ehalfpence ; each , for the protection of Mr . Mason and his fvilow-ftifferers , who have been committed to prison for a crime committed by a constable at a public nieetiDg . " Carried unanimously . ¦ . A | r . Bropby lectured in the evening to a large and intelligent audience , when the motion in favour of Mason and his companions in bondage , was put to the meeting ,- and was carried by acclamation ¦• ' and likowise a motion ; that Mr . James Leach of Manchester , be the treasurer to the abbva fund . ' :

      SHEFFIEIiD—SrATE of the Tpivx—Progress of ; CuaRxism , —The number of inmatts cf tha Shtifield . poor nouse , on June •¦ 25 th , ;¦• was 465 . The amount paid in money , bread , &c ., to . the rfcnkir ticket poor for the week ending Juno 25 tb , was £ 92 3 s . The amount paid to the casual poor in money , brend , tze ., for the same week , was £ 3 U 8 i (! a ., beiug a total of £ 496 IDs , for that week only ! Cbnrtisni is progressing , we are " going ahead , " as the Yankees say . biuce cur last report in last Week's Star , we , ( Fig Tree Lane , ) have enrolled nearly etehty new . members . On Wednesday evening . June 29 th , Mr . Clark , of Stoekpott , addressed anotber excellent meeting in ParadLse-tquare , at the closo of whicufwenty-eight new members wiire

      enrolled . On Sunday last , Mr . Harney , accompanied by a goodly number of the members , paid a visit to Pitsmoor , and addressed a very good lueetiBg . In tbe evening Mr . Harney addressed a large meeting of the Shifiielrl Chartists in Roscoe-Selds , the weathtr beiDg unfavourable an : adjouniment took plsce before tbe ciose of . the proceedings , to Fig Tree Lane . Sixteen new members were enrolled . On Monday evening , a public meeting was held in Roscoe fleltJa by adjournnierit from Paradise Square . Mr . Hfirney read a letter received froMi Van Diemen " a Land , giving an accountof the suffifiDgs of the exiled Frost . Mr . H . commented at considerable length upon the wrongs of tho banished patriot , ' and his persecuted

      compatriots , ' and concluded by nioywfZ the adoption of ins following resolution : — - " That this mtetiug consider the conduct of the Gayernraent arbitrary and tyrannical &s- regards the treatment to which the exiled Frost and his conipattiots are subjected ; and pledga themselves to agitate for the Charter , and nothing less , as the only means of ensuring the safe atid speedy return of the banished patriots to their native land ; and this meeting also pledge themselves collectively and individually to enroll themselves as members of tha National Charter Association , be-ny : convinced that peace , happineBa , and prosperity can never ba permanently established , until the Charter , whole and entire , shall become the lav / of tho land . " Mr . Edwin Gill , in a brief speech , seconded the resolution / which " was adopted unaniitKUSly . The weather being ; unfavour . alile , an aOjournment to Fig Tiee-lane

      was proposed and agreed to ; the meeting fprnitd threedeep > and marched in procession to tho room ; many hundreds of piirsons yrero congregated in tha streets independent of those who had tak * n part in the meeting . The room was densely crowded . Mr . Harney again addressed the meeting , and detailed ' -, tbe particulars cf the persecution of Edward Joynes , a member of the Association , who has been discharged from his employment for attending poor Hoi berry ' s funeral ; he comniented in severe terms upon ' . : the transaction . A collection f * r thebenefit oi Mr . Joynes was made , - when ten shillings and sixpence was obtained and presented to him .: Mr . Joyhea returned thanks ., Teo Chartist Nationnl An them was then sutp . and with th ree cheers for the Charter , and three for Edward Joynesi and all honest men ; who like him dare to stand by their principles ; the meeting dissolved . Twenty new

      members were enrolled' ; Woodho ^ se . —Mr . Samuel Parke 3 preached twice at Wpodhpuaie , on Sunday last ; - 'the ; suhjecfr- of the afternoon ' s discourse . Was Jehovah ' s controversy with , the nation . Toe subject of the evening's sermon -was , —the Origln / and ^ consequences , - . of- monarchy . Very large audiences were present upon ' each occasion , and rarely has so large a number of persons- been congregated togetheri in Woodhouse , ; as at the evening sermon . All listened ' with deep attention , and hot a

      few . seemed to be impressed w : tn the trutlis proclaimed by the speaker . Oni Monday evening , Mr . Parkes delivered a .. lecture on tbe distress of the country ; eloquently and forcibly picturing the horrible results of claaa-ieRislation . The sermons and speeches of Mr . P . have effectually roused the good people of Woodhouse . A few montha ' ago the Chartists were looked upon with horror by its . inhabitants , now ( toinksto Mr . ParkesJ the prineiplea of our cause , form the subject of daily and universal inquiry .

      Upwards of 15 , 000 persons landed , on -Sunday at Gravesend by the steamers , and more than 50 , 000 persons were conveyed . - . to and from , yariouspiaces between the AdelphJ pier and Woolwich . " . . ¦ Suspected- attack , upon the . Queen .- ^ About a > quarter to twelve o ' clock on Sunday iyreuooh , Her Majesty , accompanied by Prince A bert and the King of the Belgians , quitted Buckingham Palace , with their suite , the Royal cortege being fornned of three of the : Royal carriages , for the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace . While proceeding along the Alall , in . St . ; James ' s-park , and about halt-way between the Palace and the Stanleyard-gato , a youtti of defornafed appearance was ob ? erv--d to present a

      pistol at tho last carrias © of the cortege , whioh contained .. Her Majesty , Prince Albert , aad tho King of the Belgians , ' the person in question being at . tha monfleht slightly in advanco of tho hind-whctil on tha off-side of the carriage . The f ' aci of such an dtteuipt being made , iniist , it ¦ would appear , have been \ unobserved by Her Mij ^ sty or any of her attendants ,, the Koyal foriege pocesdijji ; uninterruptedly on its course ; and tha mutter would most probably have , passed off unnoticed , had not the act been witnessed by a young man , about eighteen vears of age , who observbd the perobn pull the trigger' of the pistol . and distuifily heard tho snapalthough he saw no flash , i . le i ! rs : autly seized .

      , him , as well as the insttument he had in bis nand , and seeing nopoVieeman near , dragged hiai iu the direction the Royal carriages had gout ' , until ho met Police- constable Hearn , A 56 , who had been doing duty at th 6 garden gate leading to the Chapel Royal , through ' . " which her ' .. Majesty had jus * entered , to vvhom . -lie said , " I have taken this young man and brought him to you , because - -I saw--him present a pistol at her Majesty ¦; '' and at tho same time he shewed the policeman tho pistol he had in his hatid . The constable- ( who , it . must be observed , has been bat three , mouths ia the force ) , however , instead of iram . ediatel . y taking the aicused into custody , laughed , believing the charge to be a him

      hoax , and walked on . ( Jloso behind vvas another policeman , named Glaxton , A Vdi , to whom the young rain also spoke , but he treated him in the same raauher , arid sayirig , " Pooh , pooh , iss all nonsease , ' * li . kqwi . se " waiKed on . The young man , therefore , finding that the officers of the Jawy wiiose duty it was to take immediate cognizince of his statement , had . rcfused to-takd charge of the accused , allowed him to cV . psrt ,: retain ' ingj however , posst-ssien of tie pistol . ' The pr . oeeediiigs of the young man fiad _ by that time attracted a crowd of peraOiis arouud him ^ which kept , momentarily increasing as . he related to them what he bad soen ; aud at that jancture another police constable , Partridge , A 130 , an

      expertenced officer came up , and seeing the pistol in his hand , said to him ,. " What are you doing with that pistol X " : Tho young man told him that ho had taken it from a youth who had attempted to shoos the Queen , and whom he had jiHC . ltst go , the two policemen to whom he had taken him hiving refused to tako him into custody . Partridgo immediately tola his inlbrciant that _ ha must accompany him , in order tliat a proper inquiry might be made into the matter , to the Station-house , in Gardiner ' s-line / Westminster ,, whither they instaatly : ' proceeded , followed by a crowd of nearly 3 , ttt ) 0 persons . Qn arriving atthe'Statioahouse the young man waa questioned by Inspectar H ickman , M the A division , who was on duty there , when he stated hia name to be Dussett , rtsidiDg at No . 42 ,

      New Church-street , Portman-mar | cot , Marylebone . Information of the discovery was immediately lorwarded to the chief office in Great Scotland-yard r and from thence by Colonel Itowau , the police commissioner , personally to Sir James Grahanj , tha Home Secretary , at the Home Office , SVtitehaU ; and by direction of Colonel Rowan , a deacnpUon of thesupposed traitor was forwarded to alHhebtationhouses of the Metropolitan and City poUce ^ m . order that an iactivo sp-arch might be made alter htin . Messengers were also instantly Sfflp > i \ W «!^ sideuces , of Her ^^ Majesty ' a Mimstflr ^ rflwdaBCow ^ a of the Crown , -. & <*; , with ; inf 6 nnal ^|^ g ) fttt ^^^ tence . —The youth was taken mMim ^ p ^ W \ night , and after a long examfsMjtea ^^ w Wn ^ y < Office , was remanded till WedORM ^^ iA natt& ^ V , ~ John William Beaii . The P ^ 61 ^ % ^^ i ^ o ^ ohsrged mih ; powde ?_ . § ad * l ^^ M ^^^^^ y . y , ^ ' . .. . " ' ¦ " ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ; : ^ i ^^ S ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1169/page/7/