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      WATKINS'S XEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . LXCTEBE IV . —CONCLUDED . We have seen that trades' unions , even if general , trould afford but an inefficient protection against the granny of capitalists , BtUl less against the capital tytanny of Government For supposing that masters gave 3 fair day's ¦ wage for 3 fair day ' s "work , what would it avail ¦ while Government can tax at -will ? Working men feave need to unite for mntaal protection , for mutual support and information—bnt they have greater neea to unite not merely as fellow-working men , bat as fellow -men—not only to protect their interests aa labourers bat to gain their rights as freemen ^ tbey should join their fellow men of whatever trade or deoomination ; yea , all trades should unite in one gr&n& national union—they shonld chip their trade-shell * and take a flight for freedom , then would they gain power to protect themselves , to defend themselves , and to do themselves good in spite of the evil which others tronld do them .

      Oh , but say Bome we have nothing to do with politics , we have a mMrim not to meddle with politics —yea and "what has been the consequence , politics have meddled with you and meddled with a vengeance . Such a maxim was fit for slaves alone to adopt , and the worst kind of slaves too—willing slaves—it was a blindfolding of yourselves and offering yrnr necks to the yoke—a gagging of yourselves ; and was just what y © ur oppressors ¦ wished . Government wonld look with an eye of favdur , the eye cf a hawk after a sparrowupon all trades who bound themselves by such a Teso-Intien , for by it they gave up their rights , including the Ejostimportant right ; the right of free inquiry—they gave them up without a word , without being asked to do it—« "fl submissively resigned tbemselres to -whatever wrongs Government had a mind to inflict on them . It ifi a wisynn in foil accordance with the maxim of tyrants , namely , that the people have nothing to do with the laws bet to obey them .

      2 f ot Discuss politics ! If we wont diBcnss politics ; they will leave us nothing else to discuss—if we won't see them or hear them , they will make us feel them . "We are bound by tyrant *—let us not likewise be in bondage to ourselves . Politics are now a question not jnerely ef liberty , bnt cf life—they are the question of all questions—they should be the Alpha and Omega , ¦ the first and the last . He who says we have nothing to do with politics migbt as well say we have nothing to do with eating or drinking , nor with wherewithal we shall be clothed—that we have nothing to do with work and with wages—for politics affect all these vital interests—politics xnle or ruin them , make 01 HIST ihem . Can fcmth be found if we refuse to search for it ? —evil be cured without inquirine into its cause ?

      Wist ! -were we made to be blindly led by the nose as asses are—to work and be beaten for it ? Are we to go like horses in a mill , the same dull round , and know no other—not allowed to see even that—but guided by the very engine which we turn roundslaves to the very system which our labour upholds ?—for know that it is tie working men who keep Govern , meet agoing . Left to itself the mill would stand still ; but what comes of the corn which they grind ?—the firsts is aBoted to the higher classes , the seconds to the middle classes , and the coarsest of all , the mere refuse of the others is considered good enough for those who do the work—nay , it is reckoned too good , for we are told that the working classes shonld be taught to live on coarser diet—on mere bran . Alas I many of them bow would be glad to get even that .

      Not discs 33 politics I and when the men are out of Work they must tramp or beg from trade to trade , whereas , ii they had properly discussed politics , they ^ fould alwsys have had work and good wage ; bnt they forbid themsfclvEs to discuss politics . Who would have thought that they could have been so simple ?—for their masters , mind ye , are always discussing politics ; and the masters live luxuriously on the profits of the men ' s work , and laugh at the poor men , who never having discussed politics , have to go a' begging—have to -wander aWut a burthen to eack other , weakening the strength of their unions . Tes . ' the masters have discussed politics , and they have wine to discuss—while the men have not so much as potatoes and salt

      The metiTe for not discussing politics might originally be a good one . I believe it was thought that politics Trould introduce difference of opinion , dissension , and division amongst them , and they wished to discuss their piste and pipes in peace . This might be the case formerly , when politics were more a matter of speculative opinion ; bnt now they are becoming the bread c-f life Itself—they axe maiing all working men cf one TnjT > a—tHey are consolidating unions , concentrating opinions , and laying all on the true scent We are all seeing the necessity—the absolute necessity there is for the Cn&rter , and all are going fall cry for the Charter . The Charter is a rallying point for all who differ on other points ; all must meet in that centre : the Charter is a grand national standard hoisted by Britannia herself , and she stands with her shield of defence , her spear of attack to guard it—the British lion at her feet ready to arise and proclaim , with a voice of thunder , the Charter and no surrender ]

      Yes , we'll discuss politics—we will not forbid ourselves , nor shall any » ne else forbid us . Politics aie Incoming the breath of oar nostrils . I am glad that the jnasons are resolved to discuss policies—that the masons have come out—that yon are the first of the "trades in the field- Tes , masons , you have led the way —yon have won an hononr of yonr brethren—yon are the vanguard , the foremost for freedom . Tours is the post of honour , though not of danger z teep it , masons ; the other trades must follow you , or lose the name of men . Must , did I say ? They have followed . Have

      not the coppersmiths followed ? they are no longer as stranding brass , &c- Have not the shoemakers followed ? —are not the tailors rising ?—the pipemakers awaking ? —the carpenters girding up their joins ? and ail the ethers stirring ? all are on the move . If any one should remain behind—should refuse to come out—to go up to tie struggle in this goodly cause , let that trade be cursed as Mercz was by Deborah , who said— " Curse je , Mercz , curse ye the men thereof ; for they came ret np to the help of the Lori , to the help of the lord against the mizhty . "

      2 fow , I would ask , what avails a man ' s strengthwhat avails his skill—what avails it that he has served a seven years' apprenticeship to a trade and made himself a complete workman at it—what avails all this , if Ga 7 erc : ment be suffered to paralyse hij strength—to render his skill useless , by depriving him of work , and finding no other work for him but in & Sasiile—at the treadmill ? How many carpenters are there , men capable of m «^ - " ng or building ships and houses , who nevertheless are compelled to mike nothing but matches and EO absut the streets to sell - th&vo . ?—how Biany coppersmiths must make toys fer a living ?—how many weavers sing hymns for bread ?—how many tailors live on . scup ?—how Eiany working men of all trades are forced to take their famishing children in their armB , and with a pining wife and naked offspring must traverse the streets in cold or wet , to move eompassion for their wants by exhibiting their woes ?

      Had govenuntnt turned these men ont of work , and if th = y beg the braad ih&y are prevented from earning , & bad gOTfcnmitllt Cisps thfem up in prison ; if they steal it , t £ ey are tracsporttd . They cannot bay it , they cannot borrow it—government says , starve . Shall they starve ? Hew ezn they help themselves ? When in work they thought not of these things ; they cared not for thera ; they would not discuss politics , and bo long as they it " : t not T ? snt thtmselves , they felt not for those who did . AH , therefore , who have foresight , who have filing , wili join the National Association of Chartists .

      BIztlz :: : > the Qaeen . " There is a power behind tie thr ^ se greater than the throce itself ; " nor are the dOitria ak- £ 5 to blame ; in many cases they can do no other ; zz . -l wLen lie ? could-do right , they are tempted , they are encouraged , they are supported in wrong by the powers above them . Witness tee masons * strike . Well , - therefore , uocs it become the masons , acting frex the -wisdom gained by experience , to come forward fa the cause of ChartisHi , which is the cause of good government . They wonM be told , and "would , perhaps , belitTe that the Chartists vrould only lead them tLto danger , would lead them into trouble ; and some , p ^ rLaps , ^ ay have kept back from fear ; others

      " ° . . t ^ -fcing it impossible to obtain the Charter . HaidEh kll such unworthy thoughts ] Let men think for th-nselTts , and s&e wkat their fellow men do in the eiase , and they will find no cause for fear nor for aaght bnt fatkfaction . A Chartist knows that -When he i 3 s&skiag -srhat is right , he is doing "what ia light , ana his couaciocsufess of tbis makes him that was a slave feel Eke a man . The masons are winning for themselves the title of fretraasuns ; not free in the Elsviih sense of the word , free in name only , but free in reality . They are vindicating their right of thought , of thinking for themselves . Oh ! if we lose all else , 1 st us keep that ; far by that we may gain back all else .

      Kothing is impossible to Go& , nor to the people . By union they can render what is possibleprobable , and what is probable certain . Rethinks I have now said sufficient to shew the intScacy of a mere trade-union to do more than temporarily , or imperfectly , benefit the members . A union of all unionists for the Charier would procure a lasting bentfit , and this is the assistance that each and all should seek and give to each other—this is truly to EffpDCTI and strengthen esea other , not to -weaken each other—thja weuld render trades-unions needless—all frould be swallowed op , as the lesser serpents we » by Aaron ' s—all would merge in one with Uie power of all to protect each . Aye , get the Charter , and it will do l&ore for us than all besides . What makes trades unions ineffectual ? Because all in the trade do not }< xjl Wbatalone can make Chartlnn ineffectual ? All

      Wodang men not joining . But I would not wish it to be inferred that when you come out of your trade onion you are to abandon it No , keep it up as a harbour of * efuge , should the storm of persecution drive you back . Keep it up as a hive or a nest to settle in , after your flightin tbeopen air . Keep it up as a BmaU benefit to belpyoutoget a greater with . Come out , but come out as trades , with the signs of youx own callings , in the colour of your clan * . You have hitherto been sailing in a 'bounded river , now launch boldly forth into ihe limitless ocean—you have been wading , now strike oat and swim . A bold Chartist is the best Chartist . Come out , but come out as trades ; you will do more good to the carae ; you will be more likely to bring the other trades out . None but trades can do it Do not mingle nnfli « ffngni « hftri among the mass of Chartists Let it be said , " -There go the Masons ! they were the first to move , the first to draw the ethers out *

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      The Masons have come out , and with their rule of right , their plummet of justice , they will measure and mete , and fit and fashion the outwork of the great temple of liberty . The carpenters will do the woodwork , and the rest of the trades will all do according to their trade . Competition increases trade , and it will increase Chartism . Let ene trade vie with the other , and each strive which can bring most men into the field . Let each make a muster of their moral force , and by that overcome physical force , as evil is overcome by good . Cwrrj Landon , and the country Will beeamsd—the Charter i « iu fee carried , Itia a shame to leave the work of the many to be done by a few ; what is hard work for a few , would be rendered easy by the many . We want more hands , bnt they must be

      h % nds with Hearts in tbem—hands directed by good heads . Come , then , ye who have not already come . We are working for you as well as ior ourselves . It is hard not to have you with us—to have you against us . We have worked the ship through Btorms and tempests , in spite of adverse winds and contrary currents ; we have steered clear of rocks , and Bhoals , and qukksands ; we have beat back the pirates that would have boarded us ; and refused to listen to the syrens that would have tempted us . We have now com 6 in sight of port with our glorious freight of freedom ; but we are few and alinort exhausted . Let us net be driven back to sea again ; let us not perish in right of land . Throw us a rope ! tow us in ! Ona or two can't do it Let all lay hold—all lend us a hand , and see how easily they will walk the good ship up to the mooring post . '

      I need not at this time enter into the principles of the Charter , nor describe the plan of organization . Those who wish to become acquainted with these things can have them , explained by the intelligent Secretary of this Association . But I wouli wish it to be \ aOyrn that tbo 3 a who do not join will be thought to have less spirit or less intelligence than their brethren . Intelligence gives a man spirit Yet I would advise no one to join hastily , lest he fall away as hastily . Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind before he suffers hiuibelf to be personated . Imbibe the great principles

      ef freedom , and they will make new and better men of us . It is great principles that make great men . They enlarge the mind , they expand the heart , they make giants of us common men . How else is it that working men can confront Lords or Bishops and dumbfound them . How else happens it that working-men without any education bnt self-education—which to be sure is the best—that unlearned mechanics , with no advantage on their side but every disadvantage , can rise and refute the sopliiams of college-taught masters of art ? AJ 8 , they may be -masters of art , but not Of nature—the nobles cf nature are their masters there .

      Masons , let us lay hold of the Chartist plough , and not look back—let us not stop , but go the whole length of the land . Follow not custom , which l"n led you into a barren pasture , but follow those who break through the hedge of custom , and get into a field of plenty . Ye would b « mure silly than sheep if yo remained behind . He who engages in this cause has more reason to be proud of himself than if he had fought at Waterloo—and the Chartist medal of victory will , be far more honourable . This is a fight , not to pat down , but to raise np freedom . Ah ! had our forefathers not aided the stream of corruption—had they resisted it before it grew to a flood—bad they stemmed it at first , it might easily have been turned ; and now , instead of struggling for our rights , we might have been enjoying them ; bnt we shall gain them for ourselves , or for our children . The stream cannot be

      turned except by the tide of the people—by the undercurrent of tk-e millions—individuals will etrive in vain —the work must be done by the masses . For my part I feel mere jale&sure in struggling for my rights , than I should h 3 ve done in eDjoying them—if won for me by others—for there is more zest in the enjoyment of ¦ what we gain for ourselves , and more honour too . Many old men "wish themselves young again , that they might Join in thi 3 glorious cause—many women wish thenrseives mea , that they might s-tand forward to vindicate it—nay , many women , and even children , have stood forward ; and shall we lack the spirit that is found in old men , and women , and children ? No j I answer for " ye—no ! We-will all be ChartiBta . As for myself , I wish no better name—no nobler title than that of Chartist—let me be known as a Chartist , or known not it all—let my epitaph be— " Sacred to tie memory of a Chartist "

      is ow masons , now for the Charter ! Lean on it , as Hope leans on her anchor—hold it up as ^ Faitb holds np , her cross—give of its benefits freelji 88 Gn&rity gives to all her children . The world is deluged with crimes and miseries of every description , resulting from class legislation . The Charter ia our ark—the dove with the olive branch—a life-boat to serve us when the ship is sinking . The Charter is the angel that troubled the waters—that agitated them to give them a healing property ; it is the rainbow that bespeaks a calm after % storm -. it is &od * s covenant with his people . Let it be written on our hearts and bound round our brows . The ground has bsen cleared for you masons , the

      foundation dug ; be it yours to build—to lay on the corner stone , and we will have niches for the statues of the champions of Chartism all round the edifice . The Goddess of Lib * rty—the free Britannia shall be placed at the top : in the one hand the scales of true justice , in the other the Charter . Her spear shall be rendered pointless by the cap of liberty ; and a nation saved—a people glorified will uplift the universal song of praise and thanksgiving to the God of freemen . Yes , Great Britain ¦ will then sit enthroned on her rock the Osean Qaetn , and a kneeling wo * ia shall beg of us to make all nations free . J . W . Battersta , Surrey .

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      TO SIR ROBERT PEEL . LETTER II . Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present unparalleled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " If political society , in whatever form , has still made the many the property of the few ; if ifc has introduced labonrs . unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it abridges the lives of millions , and renders those of millions more utterly abject and migenbJe , shall we still troxship so destructive anillol ? ' Lord Bolisgbroke ok Societt .

      Sis Robert , —If the gaiety and sorrow , the grandeur and wretchedness , the pomp and pennry , the waste and want , the pampered luxury and the squalid misery , the ill-paid toil and the profusely gorged idleness , the lounging ennui , and the harrowing death-beds of slavery and starvation now so prevalent in our richly ruined country , te 3 tifieth to the truth of the above propositions of the honourable writer , how can you as a prufessed Christian , " as the Premier of a professed Christian < ji ) Vemmeilt , preside over such an inhuman , nnchrlEti&n Btale of things , "without applying those remedies which are abundantly in yonr possession , which the starving have an undeniable right unto , being the gifts of nature to all , even our common country and its increase .

      ' The mines are" the people ' s , the land ia the -people ' s , the cattle is the people ' s , the corn too and v \\ vegttation is the people ' s . Nature laid forth : M before them , and for them , publishing in its passive invitations , Its snbsrrvknee to their will . Who bath taken it from the people ? far the people toil and starve . Whoever they be , let them come forth and answer for their criuits . They have transgressed against the God of nature and his children , in that they have robbed their feJlowraen of their inheritance in his gifts . Whoever these impious criminals are , I shall leave to yon , Sir , and for the present , the punishment of their counties crimes . Leaving for a -while the question of justice and restitution , let me proceed to lay before you the means whereby ample provision may be made for our starving fellows , "without proceeding to a measure so wounding to the pride of the legal constitutional plunderers as justice demands ,

      In my letter of last last week I drew your attention to the parks of the aristocracy whereon to employ the starving "thousand / i to obtain their daily bread , but fearing teat yon through the atunted feelings of corrupt education and -training should have more consideration for the pride of the rich , than the lives of the wealth producers , and that you should have no excuso for your apathy , I here draw your attention to other land . The road sides throughout our country are edged with from three to nine feet of , at present , almost unprofitable waste ; in many places there are Equare and angle patches , of Eeveral lugs ; this land will pay well fox cultivation . Let the poor » nd starving operatives be set to work thereon ; they will rear their own food , and a surplus to pay for the ourlay . Give them the means , aiid they will rear their own dwellings , and every other necessary ; they would keep the roads well eleaued , as the dirt would b * good manure for their

      corn gardens -, they would save the counties the expense of a rural police ,- for were the roads thus lined "with a contented , because a well-fed peasantry ; there would be no chance for robbers to carry on their depredations ¦ without detection . I assert , without fear of proof to the contrary , " that the land by the road sides ttmragbout Britain would , if . cultivated by them , producs a sufficiency of food for the present starving operatives . Then there are the yet open commens ; let these be added to the roadside farms ; the filth cf the towns near some of them would make them good com fields , if hauled on to them . Then there are the moors and forz 3 grounds of the landed , game , and hunting gentry , mere burrows for foxes , harbours for blrda , of which the wretched unwilling idlers may say , in the werds of Jesus , " TLe ' fbxea have boles , and the birds of the air have nests , but the sons of men have not where to lay their heads . "'

      Sir Robert , the country is filling with unwilling beggars . Your Government must do something for them , or they will become unwilling though desperate thieves : no , not thieves , for they have a right to food in the land " of ' their birth ; and if the rich have taken from them their land , they are justified in taking back s portion of the produce to prevent themselves and their little ones dying of hunger . Bnt if yon , Sir , through yonr criminal callousness , ahould leave them to this only alternative , then woe to the . rich when the poor man , goaded to desperation by hunger and the cries of famishing children , becomes the rover for food , hazarding ti » life &gftinst the . Jawa and the . murderous

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      weapons of the rich , the contemplation of his hazards , and their power , will make him much more desperate ; and in i » hat scenes of horror the conflict betweenplundered poverty and bearded wealth will end is sickening to contemplate . But , in the hope that you will make , ere it is too late , proper provision for tbe wide-spread and spreading distress , seeing you possess abundant means in the plans I have directed your attention to , and thus prevent the day of horrore , I remain , In the cause of my suffering fellows , Your humble servant , Homespun .

      P . S . Sir Robert , I have sent you the Northern Star of last week , per past , to the Home Office , as I shall this , that you may be in possession of the humble , yet homely and honest plans of national economy for national distress , Of your humble servant , H .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Glasgow , July 11 , 1842 . Fbiend op my Suffring Countrt , —Your Inser tion of the following outrage on religion and tbe com mon rules of decency and decorum will oblige , Your much injured brother , Coy Mvrsay .

      TO THE IRISHMEN OF CAMESLE . Mr Dear COUNTRYMEN , —I wiah , through the columns of the people ' s paper , to lay before an enlightened public , one of the grossest acts of tyranny that has for many years found its way into a newspaper . In doing so I will content myself by a simple statement of the facts , leaving the toiling millions to supply the comment . You are aware that I delivered a lecture in the ChartiBtHall of your village on the evening of the 2 nd inst Subject—Chartism : its past history , present position , and future prospects . You are aware , also , that my n marks on that occasion—as at all other times when I appear publicly—were purely political : not in the least possible degree mixing them up with any theological question , and not giving offence to any religious b ? df .

      So well were you convinced of this , of the truth ef my statements , and my-devotion to our unfortunate country , that many of your number there and . then pledged yourselves to the principles contained in the People ' s Charter by joining the Campsie Charter Association . I invited discussion . None appeared te dispute the correctness of my ideas . In a meeting crowded almost to suffocation all was harmony and good will . We separated that night with the firm determination never more to foster the accursed spirit of national and religious prejudices which so long separated the miserable slaves of Ireland and Scotland . One might thick that this brotherly feeling would cheer tho heart of every Christian man who longod for the regeneration of our fallen country ; but the sequel vrill prove that such was not the case .

      On the foliowinj ? day , Sabbath , I went with two of my brothers to our house of worship , the Catholic chapel , under the guidance of the Kev . Charles Green . I had just knelt down to offer a short prayer previous to the commencement of divine oeivice , "when I was seizsd by the collar from behind , and gruffly asked what brought me there . Surpr ised and confounded at such an . interruption and in such a place , I turned round , when who should present himself to rdy astonished eyes , but the above Rev . Gentleman in tbe

      physical attitude of pulling me to the door . It was in vain I asked him to allow me to remain until the conclusion of the service , as tbere was no other church in the town where I could conscientiously worship tbe God of my fathers : he told me I should r . either pray nor worship there , at the same time pulling me out as if I were a dog . It was in vain I asked his reasons for this extraordinary conduct ; he would give no explanation further than that I had published lies , and that I went about the country telling lies and gaining a livelihood thereby .

      Now , my countrymen , with a pleasing satisfaction I refer you to all my lttters in the late Scottish Put riot , and to all my lectures ; if you find one single wilful or malicious lie , I will submit to be branded with the above charge ; and with regardto gaining a livelihood by my politics it is equally untrue ; if uny person doubt me , Jet him ask Mr . Alexander Davie , treasurer to the Chartists of Campsie ; he can teil that I refused the money voted by the Committee t-j defray my txpences . Nay mare , be can testify that I furnished the bills , calling the meeting , from my own hard earnings . Ask the men of Gorbals , Rutherglen , Bridgeton , Baarhead , Ayr , KirkintiJlock , and numerous ether districts ; they will also tell yon that I have not been a political pedlarthat the little I could do in support of our holy cause has been done gratuitously . No , my countrymen , so far from ' gaining a livelihood by Chartism , I have , like all those who have taken a leading part , injured myself to a considerable extent in a pecuniary point of view .

      In c # Dclusion , my friends , I cannot loek on Mr . Green ' s conduct in any other light than a following up of the Corn Exchange calumnies for the anti-Christian purpose of injuring the poor Chartists . It is to me a painful task to be thus compelled to bring any dispute bsfore the public where a Catholic priest forms a party . I have been driven to it in aelf-dtfencd , for this case is only one of the many attempts made by the blind followers of the apostate Dan to stop me In my bumble advocacy of the rights cf labour , but my persecutors litUe know with whom they are contending , for never until that hour when my Creator stall call me from

      the cares and troubles of this life , will I cease to demand for my native Erin , the restoration of her rights and privileges as a nation , by tbe enactment of the People ' s Charter , and a Repeal of the act of Union as tbe basis ot all her Jaws ; and standing as I do , on the firm rock of democracy , I hurl defiance at the -roomies of my order , and tell them to their very teeth , that the day is not far distant when the moleskin jackets shall teach the drones that God made of one flesh all the nations of the earth , that he in his wisdom , made man after his own image and likeness , and gave him the earth for his inheritance .

      In your hands , then , I leave the treatment I have received from Mr . Gretn , relying on th&t sense of justice -which nature has planted in your h&artsj and in the meantime I will subscribe myself what my respected father has made me , A true and real son of ould Ireland , A Catholic—a ChaTtist , And a real democratic Repealer of the Union , CON Murray .

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      " ?¦ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The insertion of the following in this week ' s Star , will oblige the members of the National Chuitor Association of Stoke-ucon-Trent . To those "Who arc inclined to observe the golden maxim , *« By doing unto others as they would tbat men should do unto thtm .- "This is to certify tbat a brother - Chartbt of the Stoke Association , in consequence of over exertion in the cause cf Chartism , has been ordered by his medical attendant to the Isle of Man for recovery of health , and as he is tut a working man , and has a wife and fonr children depending on donations from those "who may feel inclined to assist him in his present extremity . The following persons are appointed to receive subscriptions for him : —William Garratt , Berry-btr % tt , Stoke-upon-Trent ; Tfco : uos Yernon , Boothea-road , ditto ; George Evans , Honey Wall , ditto ; John Johnston , North-street , ditto ; Thomas Starkey , Liverpool-road , ditto , Treasurer .

      N . B . Tbe person who is the subject of this call is tbe man , Samuel Robinson , who was mentioned by Mr . O'CoDDor after his visit to tbe Potteries . All donations vrill be thankfully received and duly acknowledged . By order of the Association , J . O'Connor , sub-Secretary . Stokc-upon , Trent , July 12 th , 18 J 2 .

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      « i » TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR ., DEAR Sm , — In the columns of your journal of yesterday ' s date appear statements relative to mjself in conjunction with a ball and concert held in the Temperance Hail , Lower George-street , Sloane Square , Chelsea , on the 3 rd of January last . There is also another statament , a sort of prelude to the foregoing , in which I am charged with asserting that a struke from-my pen would hinder the insertion of anything detrimental to myself in the Star . I beg leave to assure you I never mi : ' . e use of any such assertion . All that I have ever said in this matter , upon the many threats of publishing ia the Star , was that I should reply to it . But to the statements .

      No . 1 . That Mr . Stall wood did appropriate the whole profits to bia own use until the 28 th of April . Not true , inasmuch as the monies were not paid that constituted the profits nntil a long time after the ball . One of the witnesses , Mr . S . "Ford , corroborated this by admitting he paid one stalling , the balance of his account , during the sitting of the Convention . Statement No . 2 . Balance-sheet . A tissue of fabrications ; not true , inasmueh as it never was put forth as a correct and true account of the affiir of tbe 3 rd of January , such a correct and true account being rendered a matter of utter impossibility—impossible * because the Committee neglected their duty .

      Tbu 3 , on the evening of the ball , Mr . Ford and myself went to the hall , carrying between as a portable stove , to warm the arena ; by the bye , one we had borrowed for the occasion . "When we arrived at the door ( four miles distant from my bouse ) we found the door locked , no one there , and the time for opening the doors just at hand . Then I had a walk of about a mile iu quest of the key : one of the members had by this time arrived . When spoken to on the matter , "Oh ! he thought it was all a hoax ; he did , indeed ! " The doors being opened , the Hall was found in a dirt ; state ; the Avenue leading thereto contained great heapf ef filth ; what was to bo done ! Why , Mr . Stall woe ,, became scavenger—procured shovels , brooms , fee ., f . m , cleared it away ; while Mr . Foid lit the fire , deeor ate < the hall , && Well , persons began to arrive . V / ho i to sell tickets ? Ob , Mr . Stall wood ; but Wb / , is t ( take cheques } oh , Mr . Stsllwood ; who Is to be door

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      keeper ? oh , Mr . Stallwood . Time arrives to commence the merry dance ; no master of ceremonies arrived ; what is to be done ? ohi Mr . Stallwood you must see to it ¦ ¦¦ - . "¦ -. ¦ ; , ¦; ¦¦ ¦; . - ; ::. ; . - . : . .. . v : . ; . : " . "¦ - '"' / V-. ' ..: Now , Sir , this is no random statement of my own ; the witnesses , one after the other ; called by the accusing party , affirmed this , Admitting ; in addition to all the above , that I was secretary , tieaaure * . printer , and bill distributor ; theui Sir , I ask any rational man , how is it possible that I should or could # ve a correct balance sheet after all this ? ifayt what rational being would expect it ? Besides all , the accusing pariy

      were fully aware that ; up to the sitting of the Convention , nothing of the / sort had any existence ; that the statement drawn up was from recollection , after a period of something like thirteen or fourteen weeks ,-after a-tour through the counties of Berks , Gxon , Warwick , Stafford , Worcester , Gloucester , &c . by me . They also knew that I offered in a letter to explain anything they niight wish explained , if they would commit it to writing ; but instead of committing anything to writing , and forwarding it to me for my explanation , the following morceauwais transmitted to Mr . John Cleave , who most honourably transmitted it to me forthwith

      "Stallwood charged four shillings mora than he paid the musicians tbat played at a ball for the benefit of the political victims at the the Teetotal Hall , Georgestreet , Chelsea . . ( Signed ) " William Matthews . " " 88 , Westbourne-street , Chelsea . '' But I am chaTged With robbing the Victim ' s Fund of four shillings . Mr . Ford engaged the musiciaua at 16 s ., how was it they received but 123 . ? because the hall was but thinly attended ; that was the cause of the reduction . The balance sheet , as it is caned , contained the lGs . simply because I asked the question what it ¦ was they were engaged at , and was told 163 ., and did notknow until afterwards , or , in other "worila , did not recollect , until reminded , that I had beat them downi to twelve . So much for the so-called balancesheet ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;

      Statement , No . 3—refused to attend meetings of the Broinpton locality . Yes ; ample reasons for so doing . First , they did none of the * labour Jn getting up the ball and concert , and , consequently-,., 'I ! could not conceive they bad-any ¦ business to call me tO aCCOUIlt respecting it . Secondly , I was moat grossly insulted in the Convention Hall , by one of their deputies . ' Thirdly , in the letter sent to Mr . Cleave , after the courtesy I bad displayed , I felt myself grossly illtreated . Fourthly , I thought it my dnty to give my services , in aid of the cause , to large bodies , instead of going to meet a few individuals : in personal squabbles . Statement No 4 . —That after a patient investigation , and every privilege of defence , I was found guilty .

      Not true . I had no such privilege . I had not the privileges allowed at the Old Bailey , or at Sassions of Oyer and Tenniner . First , r had no list of the Jury supplied me . Secondly , I bad no ' ebargeor charges put before me , until the moment of the investigation . Thirdly , I bad no list of the witnesses supplied me , nay , it -was the result of accident ; : the whole affair , SO far aB the London Daiega ^ e Council are . concerned , was ezparte— a portion actually having transpired in my abuence , viz . that portion transacted at the Three Doves , Berwick-street , having taken place . during my visit to Herts , Bedfordshire , Bucks , and Northamptonshire , without tho possibility of my knowing anything about it . J , M . Wheelei-, in his

      letter , statea , ' It is reported you are gone into the country , but I am requested to send it No doubt Mrs . S . will send it you immediately )' " . . Mr . W- wrote on the Monday ; it arrived at Hatuinerfloiith too late to be transmitted by that evening ' s post . It was posted on Tuesday , arrived at Bedford on Wednesday morning . I was then at Northampton , and consequently did not receive the letter until my arrival in : town , a fortnight from the time i % . was ¦ written . Hai I the privilege allowed to a prisoner at ' . the Old Bailey , the jury would not have been constituted us it was . One of the accusers would not have been in . the box—neither would one of the persons , who admit eil he took < 'H ticket ) and owed fo » it at that time ; noHber would thoso who bad proviously made up their minda on the matter : and .

      Sir , I humbly aubmit tbat when a person is charged wich robbery , if anothur aets with him , be does riot generally appear as evidence , but is placed at the bar aa an accomplice , which would have been the case had the investigation taken place at the large building opposit 1 : 55 , Oid Bailey ; neither , Sir , under such circumstances would one of the jury have been allowed to get up , and make a virulent speech , agaiust the accused , after having admitted , as a witnens , that he refused to act on tho committee for getting up the ball and concert , because he believed it would be a failure . Further , Sir , when I called two witnesses , one of the most disgraceful scenes , I think , ever witnessed occurred . One < -f the witnesses being a member of the Council

      for the accusing locality , said , if Mr . Stallwood persisted in calling him , he would complythen abusing tho Council for not throwing their shield of protection around him , by refusing to allow him to give tho evidence . During this time Beveral witnesses and others V / eio declaiming against his being allowed to give evidence ; then a member of the council told defendent he ought to be ashamed of himself—the confusion was all his fault , by calling the witnesses . To conclud . ethe scene a nienlber . of the council , at the end of the defence , made a most virulent speech , mixing Up the affair that took place on tho 3 rd of January last , with the death of Holberry , that had just taken place , and bis wife and the victim ' s wives 8 tarv 5 ng in their huts .

      Now , Sir , if I , by ray exertions and' labours , gained an overplus of five shilling's and ninepence , was the cause of starving them to tienthi what must those be doing who professed so much kindness and sympathy for them up to that time , and have not raised tfaem a single farthing . Sir , I cannot , under such proceedings as these , allow it to go forth to the public , that I have robbed the political 'Victim Fund , when at the same time I conceive I am their benefactor . If it shall bo thought fit I am ready to let the matter go to a fair and impartial jury—six appointed by my accusers , and bix by myself . If they conclude tbat I am guilty , then , and hot till then , shalll acknowledge or bow to the decision , or believe that the matter has been before an 'impartial tribunal . ' '

      Sir , you in a note state that if Mr . Stallwood confine himself strictly and soteiy to the matters in this statement , he will be at liberty to reply . . I have done so , and thertfore claim and expect the proffered liberty . Sincerely and faithfully , Yours , in the cause of democracy , Edjiumi Stallwood . Sunday , July 17 th , 1842 .

      Dead Cows, Dead Horses, And The Plague!

      DEAD COWS , DEAD HORSES , AND THE PLAGUE !

      We know wo shall distress the philanthropic sympathies of the Holy League (?) by recounting a -little , aneclote which occurred in this neighbourhood Ia 3 t week , and w !' . ich we are sure will cause bursts of in * digirttionfrom Brown ' s Hotel , Pa lace-yard , the Elysium or Pandemonium tf the Conference , and suffuso with teais the cheeks of tender-hearted Gobderi , and deepen into n more fearful blua tha noso or proboscis of Billy . In the North , the merits : and exertions of Billy may be unknown . In the South , he is the > right-haud ilia i and chief it u- of the Corn Law Leaguers . He collecta information from the agricultural districts , and laya before his masters in the Hotel the various devices and means

      by which the people are deprived of bread , and dying in . heaps for want of it . He was a cidevaut butcher in this city , but as a "knight of the cleaver" failed in gaining more celebrity than attached to him by appearing in the Guxetie . But he had a soul beyond inarrowbencB , and for several Yeais since has entered the arena , of politics tinder the denomination of . a liberal . He now receives thirty shillings a week , with some few ' snaps and scrapings frem the worthies of Bro * m ' B Hotel . He bas been sent down here for more infoimation ( they are not glutted yet ) j and it wiU . fce cooked up to nauseate the stomach of Sir TRobert Peel , frighten him into ; concessions , give ua free trade , " " extension of commence , " " a total repeal of the Corn Laws . " Give their advocates more ni '/ ney and power ,

      and " stove off the Charter , " TaaB ft you kindly , Mr . Acland—you are a Chartist and -meant well—did'bt you ? But v ? e grieve to say Billy is only a liberal . But as he is occupied in the Pala < y 3 yard , we have taken the libsriy oi sending to the Sice ¦ this jHt | e account of agricultural distress . His , per naps , might not meet the North , so we give it in'f ) j ^ Wor ds , —^ " At Ciockio Hill , the residence of the brot her of a -worthy magis- , trate of . this city , by the W irae of Freeland , a cow chanced to die . This was ^ ^ chance not to fee met ¦ with every day , to obtain , »• mong the labourers , a taste of butcher ' s meat . The jlr : j-tiding ¦ were beard with jey amongst the homestead / 4 of the cottager ?; whose caska , oftub ' s * ' were in want of pork , and whose chiinneynooks were devoid of bacon flitches . They had a conference ( like ;\ t league ) and the result was an application to Mr . ' Freeland to allow them to have the dead cow and par t ^ e of its spoils . They were permitted to do w-1 ? it ttey pleased ^ with it . Gratefully arid an

      thankfully the * ^ acknowledged such unlooked-for boon , and pM ceeded to skin anddissect secundem aricin , the horned * nimal , In a manner that would not have disgracftdi J himself . Ode man ^ congratulated himself oa i » - ? ing obtained fourteen poundfl weight of the meat , a * _ & £ & it would last ila family a fortnight , and glad «*> ongjj they were of it Fortune » 1 bo ' Bh 6 d her bew : J in this fortunate neighbourhood , and a dead k 0 ** a had yielded up hie breath somewhere near . Bui ^ - owner was amah of scruples , a hard-heartedChiis-^ an , and not like the true-heatted corn-repealing Mr . ' Oobden . He refused the carrion to flU tbe bellies of I Englishmen , and on the pretence of its being on the Sab' bath-day , te put it away and sent it tesome hounds in tha vicinity 1 There , gentlemen of the North , what think yen of the condition of tiie agriculturista i of the Senth , within a few : miles of the Lords of Goodwood and Tetworth , the Lennoxes and . Wynd-, hams ? In this city we are so completely . priest-riddeu , ! landlord -ridden , and middle class-ridden , that the

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      working classes : dare not have a , room to hold their meetings in * or form any complete association for the Charter , but we are bold to say that bolter pr more determined Chartists , ( and in no very small number ) are not to be found throughout the length of the kingdom . " , They want a littleflre to keep up the bltzs , and they wonld rally around O'Connor ip thousands . A lecturer is much wanted , and would be hailed most heartily . Leaving dead cows , dead horses the Plague , Bflly , and other carrion , for the present , we must look about for other information , and it Bball be forwarded in due time ; and wishing every cuckoo bawler about a big loaf may be choaked by a dumpling , or fed upon doughboys for the remainder of his life , washing down the same with a draught ot acqua pura , we take present leave of the Northern Star , its worthy Proprietor , and indefatigftUe Editor . A Woolwich Capet . Chichester , July 18 th , 1842 .

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      ' ' : ' -. — ? ' - TO TEfE EDIT 0 R OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Honoured Sir , if the following address is worth printing , its insertion will oblige , Tours , respectfully , Caroline Maria Williams a few words to my chartist sisters every-WHERE . Sisters ,- —A few thoughts have just occurred to my mind which I am anxious to eoHiinunicate ; there are a few things I would suggest , and press upon your most serious consideration , tvhicb ; if acted upon , and fully carried out , would , I am fully convinced , in every way , aid on our glorious movement , and would more speedily put us in possession of our birthright , the Charter . . . . . ¦ ¦'¦ . .. .. . .- ' . . '¦¦ ¦ - . . . . Sisters , I will reveal to you a secret , but let it be such no longer ; spread it through the length and breadth of the land , that echo may vibrate and revibrate the sound ; for time will substantiate the fact , that it depends upon us women whether the Chatter is to be had or not I repeat it , the Charter will never become the law of the land until we women are fully resolved that it shall be bo . But in order to bring this about , we must be up and doing ; we must not merely " talk great things but dp them . "

      Sisters , do not let those -who ignorantly deem themselves our betters have any just canse to accuse us of inconsistency t de not let them point at us the finger-of Bcoin and say , " Look at those poor wretches ; what a fuss they make j they talk , talk , talk , and that is all they can do ; they say but do not" No , my friends , but let us by God ' 3 help resolve that front this moment our apathy shall cease ; tbat from thia moment we will arouse © nrselves froni bur ' ... . lethargy ,- and with untiring z ^ al begin not only to talk , but to work out our political salvation . Ba it understood I am taking it for granted thai you are all out and out Chartists , whom I am now addressing . I would not give a straw for five thousand half and half , luke-warm-dead-all-but-name-Gbartists .

      Believe me , Chartism is all , or nothing . . Take it for better or wisrse , or have nothing to do with it , I say . Well , then , to you , my unflinching Sisters , I would say let ua prove that wo are what / we call ourselves—unflinching—let us not awerve from our duty . Permit me to suggest a . few -ways and means , which I believe Would assist us greatly , in the attainment of our rights . I will just draw yea out a line , ¦ which I doubt not your zealous philanthropic minds will . fill up , and act upon quickly . It ia this— let us each resolve that we will do what we can ; and let all strive to find out what that is . Perhaps some of you are saying , " Oh . I am sure , any thing I can dp for the furtherance of the cause I will most gladly , t have long thought I should like to do something , but I didnpt kaow whatr- ~

      Per-Iiaps you will pjiut out in whaVway I might be useful ?" Certainly I will , with the greatest pleasure . Permit mo , then , to ask you a few plain questions . Dj not all of you know how to use your needle ? Cannot many of you make fancy articles ? Cannot same of you draw and paint ? If so , I have only to say that we ought not to ask what we enn do until we have tried every means l > 7 , some or all of these acquirements , to get something for the Charter . Cant iny ' sister '' there who says she knows nothing of ornamental work—can't she make an irou-holdcr ? Can't my sister that saya sha knows nothing of making fire-screena , wafcfcguftrdj ; , watchrpaperfl ^ chimney ornaments ,. and such like ^ can't she make a few doll'd bonnets , and Bell them to . aid the

      cause ? Oh , you may find a thousand ways to help on the cause , if you really wish to do so . And some of us can make pin-cushions , needle-cases , and drawings . If we can , let us do it—do it cheerfully and promptly , and do it now . Ds'pehd upon it , the very poorest of us can do something in this way . Should we be so poor as not to be » olo to cast even a mite intd the treasury , We may , if we will but be in earnest about the matter , be the means of sending many ai shilliKgtherp . Cannot wa urge others to buy ? I repent it , only let us be resolved that we will each do our best , and we shall find the work half done . Oh yes , in spite of all the demons in hell , arid in defiance of all the incarnate ones on earth , we must , we shall

      conquer . Sisters , it Is of no use to mitice the matter . Itia folly ta'tho extreme for any of us to flitter ourselves that we ate free-born Englishmen ' s daughteits ; we a » e not . I ami you are slaves * "white slaves , in bur father-land . Oh ! it is very pretty reading ' slaves cannot breathe in England , " and the Queen and all the Cuurfc may sing it ; but to tell us of its bsing a land of freedom , is to insult our misery . A land of liberty , indeed ! What stuff—what nonsense . ' Talk of freedom , whilst tbe laud is reeking with oppression , might wake a devil blush ; but it would take much more to make our tyrants do bo . .

      Poor . slave ' s 1 the fetters cf taxation were put upon our tiny limbs the hour we were born ; they have been increasing ever since . Are we not bound , hand and foot , with these cursed taxation chains ? Are not Government ; tools perpetually forging new onea for us , whilst they plainly perceive those we already wear are unbearable ? So oppressive are they , that thousands , unable to live under thei " weightj arc continually \ trying to throw off the infernal fetters , by setking in foreign climes the liberty denied them in their own . Are these thiDgs so ? Who daresay they are not ?

      Sisters , it ia for us to say whether or no this state of things is to remain . I tell you , and I laugh to scorn all who wickedly would frighten ua into the belief that our efforts ate vain , that if we do but unitedly , z ? aloualy , persevcringlyi one and all , resolve to break our chains , the thing is done . Remember this , and in heaven ' s name let us dp our duty ; any thing and every thing that we can do to hasten the day of freedom , let us unflinchingly do it ; by any and by all the ways and means that we can get an honest penny to break off our fetters , let us be instant in season and Out of season , irt looking after it . Kemeinber that we ; are slaves , and that ; the Charter is the only way to freedom . Let us vow , by all that is good , never to rest till we have it . L « t us briug our talents , our ail , to the attainment of our rights .

      Sisters , let us provoke each other to love and good works . Let usench act so that it may be said of all" she hath done what she could . " Whilst well-fed , well-clothed hypocrites , are trying by their-cant- ' of " heathen darkness abroad" to drag the little money , or whatwiUfeteh money , from you , to send to thosa whom theyafftict to pity , w ) ilist th « y ^ 'ill seo you perish at their dpora without offering to relieve you , do you look at home ; let us look to buraelvea , and resolve that , from henceforth , not one farthing of our hardearned money shall be given to foreign charities , whilst the white slaves at home , unheeded , are starving , whilst pur best friends , in prison , are left to perish , and others of thein to languish in exile ? No , no ; we will now look at home , and help ourselves ; and let us see

      what we can collect from this saintly board , -who would have us believe their hearts o ' trfiow with the miik of humanity . Let us have missionary boxes , and collecting books , and let ' usf visii those pious souls , and ask them to perform their duty at home . I am fally convinced that if we did but patiently , and in a straightforward manner ^ seek to get money to aid ourse ( vea , half w zsalonsly aaOtbara strive for one charity ami .-mother ^ -we shonia get handreds , if not thoTiBanaB of pb > ihda in a year ,, to help on our cause ; only be resolved that you will give not afarthing to anything else whilst in a state of elavexy , and oniy let us in right down , earnest set about doing and gettiug all we can for ourselves , and we shail be truly surprised to see in a very short time what we &haU ba able to acobmplish .

      Lat us begin now , be ^ in well , and never grow weary m well doing . Let us gei all wecan to help on our glorious cause—from our parents , our brothers * our sisters , our husbinda , our sweethearts , our kindred , ourfriends , yea , and from our eneriiiea , for let them give what they will , it is only oar due . Dpn-t 1 st us feel ashamed of our cauBe , or care what we may be called upon to suffer for it ! > Think of what good the money you get will do the familea of Government victims . Think of thpae who counted not tUeir lives dear unto them , so that they might emancipate iis from our shackles . Think of a Hunt , a Cbbbett , a Clayton , a Holborry , and , alas , top many others . Think of those who now pine away in prisons , for merely striving to break asuudcr bur fatter 3 . Think ot frost , 'William ' s , and Jones , who lancufsh in exile for nobly atanding up for Our rights .

      Think of the very many others who are suffering for us . Oh ! think of those bra ye , those truly noble , those right down honourable ?/ and then say if we ought ever to grow weary in well doing . ; Remomber the eyes of the men are fixed on ua , and if they can but eee we are ia real earnest about the matter , there ( stibfc a inan of them who would not rather die to attain with us our freedom , than turn aside inglorlously . Bemeajher , : « . ? they coEquer who believe they can . " Let useach ' ^ come up to the help of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against the mighty ;'' and depend upon it , women , our influence and exertions will soon pull oppression down . tTriity is strength . Our tvid added to the snoii ' s , will soon make f-ur tyrants yield to us our rights , or periai . Oh ! yies , if we will , we isust and shall prevail , ' ..- •'" . ¦' . ' . " ' ¦¦ ' ¦; ' V ' .- ' ¦ ' .. - '• - ' !; ; - ''" v ' -v . i ; -: K '

      My sisters , let neither of us rest until it can besaid with truth of us , -each and all , " Many daoghiers have done virtuouslyi bufc thou excelleafc them all . " " '¦ •'•¦; - ' - ; :- Yours sincerely , : '¦ ¦¦' . . ¦' . ' . ¦; . '¦ : " - .-In the great cause , Caroline Mabia WihUAUS . 46 , CollegeTlow , Casiborne , JuJy 8 tti , l 8 i 2 .

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      XiOWOOJf .- —Globe Fields . —ZIt . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday eyempg j four members were enrolled . Air . Maunder cf Kingston , addreEsed tbe meeting at the close of the lecture . The chair was occupied by Mr . Wilson . Mr . Coope * leported fiom the Co-operative Store , stating ; that they were willing to devote 11 s . of their funds towards getting up a pubUc . meeting on Stepney Green , on Monday , August 1 st Mr OCbnnorbad pledged himself to attend . Mr . Pickersgill reported from the delegate meeting . Other buBiaess was then transacted , and Mr . E . Picfcersgill waa vmanimously elected to serve on the new delegate meetiDg . ; -

      KrXGSTQy-irpOiVTilABiES . — -r-Pn Tuesday evening , Mr . Maunder from L !> udon , read portions of the Northern Star to the company , acd elcquently addressed them on behalf of the Stiffordshire victims , and excited much compassion for thtm amongst his audience . He then urgently entreated them to join tbe National Charter Association , as the only remedy to remove the many evils which sffliot society . Mr . Payey moved , and Mr . Wyeth seconded , in an Jibie muir . rr , ' that a subsc , iption of one penny per month from each member of tbs locality should be raised to assist in maintaining their wives and ' r children , and shield them from the horrors of . want , " An amendment was moved that ii ho a penny per week ; but after some conversation , the original faotiotfwas unanimously cariied , and the sum of 2 s . 8 d . was imniediatsly collected . The meeting then adjourned , -with a vote of thanks to Mr . ftfauniter ..

      LONDON DELEGATE COUNCa>—T-. This body met to wind up its accounts , & . !¦ .,, previiius to its dissnlution , en Sunday . aftbynoon , Mr . Salmon in the chair ; the committee appointed to audit the account money , received , for the Conventiun , reported its cprecitnc-ss . r Mr , Wheeler laid before the Councii the balance sheet for the portion of the quarter ; auditors wets appointed who reported its correctness . A deputation was appointed to wait on . the Three Crpwijs locality regarding fifty-one cards : due by that body . The Finance Committee was authorised to receive all monies duo to the Council , and dischargo : the debts connected with the same . The balance sheets were erdered to be inserted in the Northern Star , A ceitiucate of abilty and intf grity

      was given to Huffy Ridley as a lecturer . Mr . Wheeler m&ved anci iilr . Cuffay seconded the : follOTOing resolution : — ?• That previous to the dissolving of this council ( in order to fdrin a central united coaucit ior the metropolitan .. ¦ counties ) we cahhot avoid expressing our gratitude ' to the editor and proptietor of : tbe £ » p / i ?/ Chartist Gircidar for the ^ assistance they have furnished them by insertiHg their addresses &c ,, in that talented little periodical ; and they earnestly recommend to their brethren throughout the kingdom , the propritty of ensuring by their patronage the triumphant succtS 3 of this cheap , yet able and ( filclent advocate of the democratic cause . "' Carr ' . ed unanimously . A vote of thankB was given to the Chairman , and the Council dissolved .

      Hammersmith . —A numerously attended public meeting waa htld on Moariay evening , at . tho Black Buirinn , HaTU'mCTSHiith-road , at which th < 3 following re 8 plution waspassed : —" That thisineeti :: ? view with alarm , the awful distress nowprevailJiif tbrcu ^ hout tie length a'ld breadth of the land , and are fully convinced that it will never be permanently remoyeil uatil such time aa the people . shall be fully represented in Parliament , and therefore renew their pledge never to cease ngitation until the People ' s Chatter shall become the law oftheland . " ' . ¦ ¦ . ' - . ' : : Mr . Jones of Liverpool , delivered an elcquent lecture upon the evils of the prtserit Vsystbm-.- on Sunday evening , at the Working Man ' s Hail , Civtus-street , MaTylebone . ¦

      An Open-air . Meeting was neld on Monday evening at the terniinuaof the Oreat Western Kail way , Paddington , to petition pjriiaraent and memorialise the Queen in favour of the liberation of Brouks , Ptiddie , and the . other political prisoners . The met-tini > was very numerous ; and a petition and memorial were unanimously adopted , fiEYWOOD . —Mr . James Cartledge , of Mar . chester , delivered a lecture upon the land , to a Inrse and respectable audience , in the Charter Associat ; o : i Koom . The lecture cave great BatiBfaction ,

      ABBROATiJ .--There wa 3 a lar ^ e puhlic meeting held on Monday night , in the Chartist Pavilion , when Mr . AbraniDuncan gave a lecture upon the " Factions . " In a clear and masterly nianner he . showed up their tinholy-workings in both Church and Stnt ? . Trie lecturer was listened to with the greatest enthimjjsm for about an hour and a half . At the close of the lecture the followini ; resolutions were proposed by Mr . William Lundie , " and aecpuded by Mr . Aiexsn . ier Crighton : " That this meeting having taken into consideration the many incitements addressed to the people by the Vyhig press ,, for tho purpose of creating an outbreak among those people for the purpose ef restoring this faction to

      power , declare that they will stand by their present organization , founded upon the priiicipk's of peace , law , and ' order ' , for the entire Charter name and . all" . " That we , the Chartists of Arbroath , will give ho-countenance t 6 any of those " 'deceivers who talk of going tothe death for the Charter , but who at the- earns time do not belong to apy Charti 8 S Association . " " That we , the Chartists of Arbroath , place our entire confidence in tho Northern Star , as the only paper at pivu » nt standing firmly by the ' . principlcB of the Charter , and tho r-eople ' s prganizvi . ion , and will do everything in our power to increase its circulation- "in thia place ami elsewhere , as we shall . have opportunity . "" ; . '• ¦'" . ' .

      CAUtlSIiE . —A meeting of the Council of the Carlisle ChaTtist Association , was held at 6 . John-street , Caldewgate , oa Saturday evening last ;' ; ' Wr ^ John Arm - Btrpbg in the chair . Collections were paid in to the treasurer , Mr . James Arthur -after which some other routine busineaa was transacted . ROCiRDAiE .-rOn Sunday last , accoTding to preyioua announcement , a large meetiiJi , ' : was held on Biackstone Edge . Mr . Magson opened the proceedings by giving out a hymn from the Chartist Chcular , which waa enthusiastically sung by the : aaseiubled . thousand ? . Mr . Sutcliffe . frbm-Ha ' . ifax , theh delivered an ?¦ xtiellent discourse , addressed chitfly to profeasora of Christianity . Mr . John Leach waa next introduced , who spoke at consiaerafeJe length , shewing the existing . -- - abuses in Chiirch and State , the causea of their ( the people ' s ) distress , by being excluded from . political power , and

      the total iueffieacy of a' repeal of tho Corn Laws to permanently bentfit the people ; a « d concluded by energetically appealing to the meeting to stand by tbe Charter , which would give a full measure of justice to the ^ whole people . Mr . Heliiwell , of Todmorileii , sgofce on tbe pointa of the Charter . Mr . Whet-I bright , of Mytholmroyd , then addressed the iue < itiug in a spaech of somo kngt ' i , replete with sound reasoning . tntl canvinciivg argument , which was well r ad from Mr . Bairstow , atating the reason rf hia nonattendance at the meeting . Mr .: Poutefi-act , from Saddleworth , then- wound up -the ' - " . proceedings ; m a brief but excellent speech . There were a large number of females present , ; and not a druafeen or disorderly person to be seen during the day > the n-jinbers were compubed from 15 , 000 to 20 , 000 .

      BliOCKIWOOB . —Mr . Linnsy ieclured in a lar ^ e room belonging to tho Rock Inn , on V / edacsiiay eyeninsf , to a crowded audience . The laotuve gave general saUafaction . ABERpARS . —A public meeting ¦ was . held here on M ^ onday evfcnius ; last , the Ilth day «< " Juiy . o « Hirwain CoHinvpn , opposite the Meunfc Pleas .-itivcalleii by requisition to the Chitf ebnstabie , for tb « purpose of ailopting the remoastrince to tho P 5 ouse of Coiti : u . o is , and the memorial to . the Queen . About six ; ocioak , Mr .

      Jenkin Reea was called una ' uiiu 6 us ! y . to the chair , ¦ who , after reading tha requisition , called upon Mr . Wm . Miles , who . then addressed the ' -meeting at great length . The meeting was further addressed by Messrs . Piigh , Thomas . John , jun ., © old . and Williams , from Merthyr Tydvil , " who- ' . made excellent speeches . The remonatrance said memorial beini ? put by Mr . Morgan Williams , were carried UEsaninicusiy . After a vote of thanks being given to the- chairman , aud chsers foe Frost , WilUiwns , and Jones , an 4 for Fergus 0 Conner * and the Charter , the meeting peaceably separated . about

      nine o ' clock . \ - ' ' ' BRlSUOIi . —At a sermon preached hy Mr . Biirstow in JBear-liine ChapBl , Bristol , on Sunday , July 3 rd , on the death of Samuel Holberry , tho sn : p of fl fteen shi ? - lings , clear oieipensss , was collected in beuaU of the ' WidOW . ¦" '¦'¦ ¦ . ' - ¦ . ¦ - " ¦ . '¦ .. ' ' y : . '"¦ ' ¦¦ '¦ . ' - ¦ . ' ¦"' . '¦ ¦ : '' . ' ' BPADPORD .-i-FUNERAL Seujion —On Sunday last , an impressive sermon was preached by Mr . B . Rushton of jSalifix , on the death of Samuel Holberry , who died a mattyi to liberty in . Yotk Castle . He apoke

      for upwards of an hour with thrilling effect on the Charter of cut liberties , and advised them to unite for tha acceropliahiuent of their object , and never rest satisfied , but be determined at all hazirds to inako it the law of the land . Ths hymn , composed by Mr . Coopci o ! Lavce ^ ter , and inseited in ; tbe Chartist Circu . * far , and tho one sung at the grave side of our departed brother , were Uied on the occasiOJ ) . A collection of upwards of £ 2 waa made at the close of the £ ervic 3 for the bereaved widow . Tho copgregation was vory large

      and attentive ; - '¦ . - _ .. ¦ Councii Meeting . —On Monday evenih ' i this body met aaj usual in the Council room , Buyerwortb ' a-buildinKS ^ The meeting was a numerous one ; Mr . Hurley was called to the chair . After receiving tbe contributiona cf several localities ,- arrangements were made for Mr . O'Connor ' a lecture on Thursday evenipg , after which was brought before the ineeiing by Mr . vV hitehead , the notice he had given the previpuB week , '' Tnaft a delegate Bhould be Bent to Manchester to represent the Chartistaof thia locality « n the 16 th of August / which was confirmed , and Mr . H . Hodgion was Be . lected . / " ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦' '¦' : ¦ .- - ' ¦ . ' : ' : '¦¦ - V ¦'¦ " . ¦• - " ¦• ' ¦ " ¦ '¦' " ; - ' :

      BcxTERWORTH > EuiLDlNGS . -Mr . Bu 8 bton preach ^ in the evening at six o ' clock , in t ^^ a ^^ lffepF . which Waa filled to overflowing . . Mr « &WWa bis subject in a masterly manner , and ^ c » 8 ciSd&l Ms ** V . dress with an enetgeUo appeal tQ ^ e ^ S ^ QniK' ^ ft ^ JVA , united and demand tieir rights jfcsyjA&j ^ tfjg ^ iwk ^ .-. be iiisunderatood , . !^(~> ' ' £$ * ¥ '' ^ K ^ ^¦ "* ¦ '• >' " " ' ' ¦¦¦¦ •' - ' the- ' * ' ^ NationAt " B ^ moiiBfrty ^^^ OTvESwi ^ il *' . Association—not the Natipcal © h ^ r ^ r ^^ ffoni' **** ¦ been withdrawn by it * cominitt ^ ej' 1 ^^ % ^^^ 8 ^? ' \ . of Patiiamenti ¦ " . ' ¦ ¦ " . ¦ - "; - ' -. - . ^ wfi sLl ^^^ •'" : ' ^ I ^ CclVdS ^^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1171/page/7/