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      He knows this to be a- He . It is moreover a wicked and malicious lie ; ixtekded sikplt to indicate that TFE HOTJKBED OK THE GOVEBXMEXT TO THE ABHESTS . He knows that ** the Government had commenced their ' pursuit" , and that the arreste had began three days before the appearance of the 8 t * r . He knows that TITE 5 EB , the printer of the address was arrested , and his types S 8 zed , eren while the Conference was " sitting : he ksowB that Leach was arrested , and ifcaihimself and Campbell and Baibstow , all " ran for it" that Fame night . He knowB that he has been "in hiding" ever since that night . He knows that in the Star succeeding the Conference" that addrsss _ a « A * % 4 B ^ to- ^ . m a a ^ -

      teas iivost named . But he knows also when and where Mr . Hill did denounce it . He knows that when Mr . Hill first eaw it , he denounced it as a " mad mischieTons document "; as an address that could not , nnder the circumstances , be issued without doing more barm than its authors could ever hope to repair during their whole lives . He knows that we thus characterised it to him when we first saw it . He knows also all about the tone assumed by somebody about certain parties doing certain things " on their ows responsibility ! " He knows all about it . And ytt he has the impudence and the " malice" to affirm that y > E put the Govtrnment on their -blood track by denouncing that address in the succeeding

      Star ! Haring thus , in the fee © of his hypocritical disdaimer of" eonnter accusation" ^ ofc up one of the meanest and most dastardly false accusations ever penned by man , he proceeds to found upon it a whining crawling appeal for the " protection" of the Manchester Trades , sgainst the consequences -which he reasonably supposed might follow . Poor thing ! he needs no protection from us ; we would not hurt a hair of his head ; but we shall , eo far asjwe cair prerent his doing further mischief to the movement .

      The twenty-sixth paragraph is a notable effort to combat a " boggle" of his own creation . He will have it that somebody thinks the " Address" caused the Strike . We suppose that there is no man besides himself whose imagination attaches to it so mnch of " the witching power" ! In the twenty-seventh paragraph he says : — tt There are but two ways to blame the address ; Erst , because it did continue the strike , and second because it did not . Mr . Hill is one who blames it for the first cause . "

      Indeed the writer mistakes . Mr . Hill does no s uch thing . Mr . Hill blames it for a cause quite different from either of these two . He blames it , not because it was ever likely to have any effect at all npon the strike , either to continue it or otherwise , but because it was a mess of frothy mouthing balderdash , fitted for no good purpose and calculated only io do mischief . He blamed it because there was Bather sense , nor reason , nor truth , nor discretion , nor anything but rant in it . He blamed it because it made promises and held out expectations which its authors knew could not be realized . He blamed it

      because of its prate about " the machinery being all arranged , " which was well known not to be in existence at alL He blamed it because it told boastful lies to rouse the people to an exertion which the party who wrote it knew must fail . He blamed it because ha saw from the first that the only earthly thing it would or could do was just that which it has done , become the head and front of a government prosecution ; and because he saw it to be sq admirably adapted for that

      purpose that if it had been written and intended for it and if the writer had been well paid for his job , it conld not have served the purpose better . These were just Che Teasona why Mr . Hill blamed " the mad , mischievous document which has been ascribed te the Executive . " We had mnch rather that the trialB had been over before we had been compelled to state them tiros plainly ; it was not M'Doiull ' s pleasure that it should be so ; he had doubtless his own reasons for forcing from us this avowal , and he may now make of it what he pleases .

      "We Bee nothi ng more worthy of notice , save the threat that be will be among us again * ' Booner than we dream oL" We beg him - to undeceive himself ; he cannot make any movement that will surprise ns . If he suppose that we ever thought him out of England , his suppositions are little akin to some of his assertions . B But come he soon , or come he Blow , " lie -wiD in * U probability fln <* « s «« U « pon the watch tower ' that so much annoys him .

      We snppose that by this time the whole country must be as skk of this nasty mess as we are ; and we again remind the people that the thing they have to look to is the prevention of future , rather than the iem » dy of past , grievances . Without organization out movement is powerless for good . We can have no effective organization withont a directing head ; but the head is useless without brains and heart . We again press upon the people the indispensable duty of taking up the matter , and of doing so immediately . We warn them against Buffering themselves to be persuaded that it i 3 a personal matter between ua and the members

      of the Executive . We declare solemnly that we have no personal feeling against any of them ; we have done our duty in calling the people ' s attention to the matter , on principle , and on principle alone . The simple question is , whether we axe to have an Organization in fact or in name only ; whether tlie cfficera of our Association have ot have not specific duties , or whether they are to be invested with absolute power to do what they pleas * . This is the whole matter , and to this matter the people must confine their attention . We presume that the whole country will agree with us in opinion that it is necessary to have an Organization , and that it i 3 necessary for that Organization to be adhered to .

      If ibis be Becuredfor the future we are satisfied ; we care not how or by whom . We have no wish to Eeethe present Executive punished for their past misconduct ' , we hare no wish to see them displaced , if they can satisfy th « people that they will hereafter act in accordance with the organizatien , and carry out their own principles in their own conduct . We have never asked for more than this , and we think the people ought not to be content with less . We give our own opinion honestly , both upon the merits of the question and upon the men . We think th&t the present system affords too much temptation , and too many facilities for the abures whieh seem to us to haie been hitherto rife .

      We think that their recurrence will be best prevented by the appointment of an efficient and bnsiness-like Secretary who , being well paid , shall be absolutely required io devote kis whole time to it ; and that with such an o&cer there is do need of any other paid Executive ; but that our work would be , in all probability , much better done by a stasding committee , acting from a love of the cause , than it has hitherto been done by mercenaries . These are our opinions ; we ask foi them no othar influence than that to which they are entitled ; we submit them , not as a guide , bnt as a help to publie

      deliberation . We give them as the opinion of ONE MAN , " founded upon much observation , long experience in public matters , means of information more extensive than those of most men , and arising out" of , and animated by , an ardent love for principle , and for the cause . They will find in our present paper the opinion of another man upon this matter—a man whose opinion is well deserving their attention—Thomas Cooper . We advise them to read his communication carefully ; to consider how far it may or may nofc be practicable ; and to give the whole subject most deliberate attention with a view to its speedy settlement . 'Tis a matter of universal

      interest , and of vital consequence ; and we suggest that when the people have made up their minds on the matter , they Ehould instruct their delegates to the forthcoming Conference at Birmingham , so to revise , amend , and consolidate our Organisation , as to secure its official working hereafter . ISo subject cedd be more proper to be taken up by the delegates of that Conference ; if there be anything at all of honesty in the Complete Suffrage party , it may sffird a happy opportunity of amalifansaUDg and tonioiiGa-ici : the two At-soeiauofcS imo cue , and thas ^ fcTur-rulinga temporary evil for a lasv . n * good . *¦

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      THE APPEOACHING CONFERENCE . Ik a portion of the last week's impression of the NorthernSlar we commented at considerable length npon an article that appeared in the Nonconformist newspaper of Nov . 23 d , in which the writer , speaking on behalf of the Sturge party , openly expressed hL > surprise and At ARM at the result of the Birmingham Election of Delegates to the Conference on the 27 ih , and in which he also made a foul and malignant personal attack upon Mr . O'Connor . In concluding those comment ? , we intimated that our reply to that attack , lengthy as it was , was far from being concluded ; that we had several of the false charges of the Nonconformist to rebut and expose ; and that in all probability , we should return to the subject , and complete the answer this week . ~ . _ _ _ — _

      The demands upon the space of our present nnmber prevent us from fulfilling that expressed intention . The Conference it 6 elf is just at hand . The eleotions are now gotog » n . Where the people have not Btirred , it is time they did . Upon their exertions much depends . Where apathy prevail , it is time that a working spirit was infused . To perform our part in the work of making this Conference that which it should be—an instrument for good and not for evil—needs all ihe time , and space , and attention we have at disposal ; and , therefore , the further defence of Mr . O'Connor from the lying accusations of the storgeite organ must be deferred till another opportunity .

      -We regret this the less , because we perceive that the Nonconformist , in the current week ' s number , just receired here , has not dared to notice , in any manner , that portion of our reply which appeared on Saturday last . He has . net ventured to show the reasons he had for expressing ALARM at the return of TTnivebsal Suffrage Delegates to a Universal "Suffrage Conference 1 He has not dared to reiterate his vile and slanderous personal charges

      against Mr . O'Connor , or to reply to our flat and unqualified contradiction of them . To accomplish cla » 3 acd party objects , he circulated a deadly poison . We furnished an antidote : but his love of right and fair-play dictates not to him the necessity of showing those whom his misrepresentations have misled tkat what he advanced was calumnious and false 3 No . The answer is unnoticed . As far as he is concerned , the poison is still left to work where it may .

      The time for holding the Conference is near ! Wherever delegates are not yet elected , it is time that the working people were en tke alert , and arranging for public meetings to elect them . That Conference is to decide whether there shall be a oneness of purpose is oce . owj » sia : se . s , or two objects of pursuit ! On the exertions ef the people themselves depends that decision ! The Conference is called to prepare a Bill to secure the just representation of the people . A Bill for that purpose has been long prepared , and acknowledged by millions of tho people ! That

      Bill is known by the name of the People ' s Charter . That Bill , and that name , has been the ralljingpoint for the people ' 3 forces . To accomplish its legislative enactment , unshorn , and unmutilated , they have banded themselves together in a strong union , and shown themselves capable of moral exertions unsurpassed by any people npon earth . To seduce them from the position they have hitherto occupied in reference to the Charter , every means that could be devised have been used . A movement here , and a movement ( hire , have besn started , to draw off a portion of the

      working bands , and introduce division and feuds . Bait after bait has been exhibited ; tub after tub has been thrown to the whale . The good sense and firm determination of the people have hitherto defeated the stratagems and wiles of the decoyera . Whenever there has been a deposition shown to nibble , the people have raised the alarm ; and the gaping fool with the big-swallow has either timely retreated back again into the ranks , or gone clean over ( but by himself !) to the new camp , where he has become the despised of his new associates , and the laughing-stock and scoua . of his old ones !

      So fax the people have done well their duty . This is not the time to slack it . They know our opinion of the Sttbgb movement from beginning to end . They know our opinion of the parties with whem it originated , and by whom it is oonductod . We have never cloaked nor dissembled that opinion . We have always believed their object to be , the destruction , by their poisonous embraces , of the Charter Movement . The more close our observation of all passing circumstances and of their whole policy , the more rooted and settled that opinion becomes . Their plans are deep-laid . Their resources are

      extensive . Their purposes for mischief we believe to be deeply settled ; their consciences by no means scrupulous in the use of means ; and their power such as cannot Bafely be despised . All these things are proved conclusively by their mode of going aboat the * getting-up of this Conference . Jt is a great card , and they are playing for a great stake . Never were more skilful adepts in tfee art of shvffimg ; and if the people be not wide awake they will find their packing powers to be quite as mischievous . From the first they have aimed to destroy the Movement by rendering it a mere waiter on the Corn Craik

      club . Hence the first dodge from which we beat them , of making one-half of this National Conference the representatives of ten-pounders . This they knew would secure them a sweeping majority of Corn Ciaiks , and therefore they tried hard for it . u Friend" " NO" gave it up very reluctantly ; but was forced , from mere shame , to provide , in the long-run , that the election meetings should be open and public ; though this wa 3 done so ambiguously as to leave open still a loop-hole for the former project , if the people should , by slumbering on their post , permit it . This did not escape our notice any more

      than that of the Stcbgb organ , the Nonconformist . We wear spectacles . We called the attention of the people to the appearance of fair-play that was now afforded ; and to the chance that now lay in their hand 3 of making this a National Conference for useful purposes . They took up the matter in the right spirit . Birmingham , the stronghold of " Suffragism , " took the lead , and did its work . The Glasgow lads" have followed up in gallant style . So far , so well , But let us not be lulled into security by this appearance of success . There is an old proverb , that ** the first blow is half tho

      battle ; " but we never think the battle done till the last blow has been struck . There are many elections yet to come . Let not the people think that Birmingham and Glasgow can do the work alone . Their example must be universally followed , and their hands universally strengthened ; or their exertions will be lost 1 The struggle m * st be at the elections : not in the Conference . The Conference , if it is to do any good , must be a deliberative body ; not a fight between antagonistic parties . ThiB can only be secured by sending to it

      men pledged to like measures , not only in principle but in detail . The Sturge men have two points in view ;—to make the Conference an engine for the frustration of the Charter ; or , failing that , to destroy its usefulness by causing it to do nothing at all . The people have only one way to preclude snecess in one or other of these objects ; and that is , to send theis own ken ! to listen to no compromise ! to reject all overtures , however specious or seeming ; and to sekd theib own xsn ! or , at all events , to submit them to the fair chance of public acceptance or

      rejection . ' . There are a kind of " silly bodies" who talk of democratic principle teaching us to permit others to share fairly with us the Representation . We don ' t understand this doctrine . To us there seems neither senEe nor consistency in it . We understand democracy to mean Government by the people ; and democratic principle to include deference to ihe public voice . So far , then , from seeing any violation of the democratic principle in submitting four Chartists to the acceptance of the people in asy town from which four members are required ; and letting these four Chartists take their fair ch&nce agains ; any other men that may be

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      put ap , this seems to us to be the onSj ^ Bttorse in which the democratic principle is honestly recognised . To burke the expression of public mind npon our principles by withholding candidates , because other parties wish to be represented , may pass with some for democratic good-feeling : we have only two names for it , —the parties may take which they like , —short-sighted gullibility , or treachery . The Sturge men know better the value of the stake they play for . They neither offer , nor listen , to any compromises , except where they know themselves to be powerless . Did they offer any compromise at Birmingham ! " NO ! " Strong as they knew the

      Chartist body to be there , they calculated their own strength , and hazarded the straggle . The reBul took them aback a bit ; and they have in some other places looked a little before they leaped . But whereever they thought themselves strong enough to carry their men , "no compromise with Chartists" was their policy . In proof of this we refer to | Glasgow ; and that our readers may know that we represent the matter fairly , we don't giye the story from our own reporter . We do not take it from any newspaper , or from any public document , or from any source of which there could bd the least suspicion that a party purpose was entertained . We poiut them to the following letter , written without the remotest notion that it

      was ever to be published , by a working m Glasgow , to a private friend , and by him forwarded * . o us , simply for our own perusal : — Glasgow , Dec . 1 st , 1842 . Dear Friend , —I write in baste to inform you of the results of a great publio meeting held iu the City Hall , Glasgow , on Tuesday evening last , Not . 2 » th , to elect delegates to the Birmingham Conference . It wag one of the most complete victories ever I saw achieved by one party oter another . There could not be less than from 5 to 6000 present ; and although the Complete Snffragists mustered all their forces , backed by the Irish Repealers , they were put to the rout

      You must understand that a depu'aiion from ihe Chartists tvaiUd upon ihe Directors of the Complete Suffrage Association ; for the purpose of making arrangements for the election of Delegates to Birmingham , but THEY WERE TREATED WITH CONTEMPT and $ C 0 RS , and informed that they ( the Directors had drairn out a line of policy for the delegates to act upon ; and thai unless they got six delegates ^ elected at the public meeting totbideby THEIR instructions , that they would not pay a farthing to the delegates to Birmingham . The Drputation having acquainted the Chartist body with the overbearing conduct of the Complete Suffrage party , it was resolved to attend the

      public meeting , whenever called by the Complete Snffragists , and see , if public opinion would put them right upon the subject Accordingly , on Tuesday evening last , the great gathering took place- The doors were thrown open at about half-past six o ' clock , and by eight , itbe time at whieh the chair was to be taken ) the hall was crammed fulL Mr George Ross -was elected to the chair by an overwhelming majority , in opposition to Dr . Donelly , -who was proposed by the Complete Suffrage party . Mr . Adams , en the part of the Chartists , moved " That this meeting elect six delegates , and that they be instructed to abide by the principles contalnedjin that document called the People ' s Charter ; " and after

      being seconded Mr . M'Rirlane on the part of the Complete Suffragists , moved an amendment to the effect that this meeting send six delegates pledged to the Six Points , but that they be at liberty to support any measure brought forward at the Conference to repeal the Corn Latrs , or any other monopoly . Both motions having been spoken to for nearly three hours , the amendment was put , when about three or four hundred held up their bands for it immediately ; but upon the motion being put it was carried by an overwhelming majority , followed by unbounded applause , the noise of which was like the sound of ton thousand drums ; and truly at such a sight and such a sonnd the Complete Suffrage men were sorely dismayed . After the meeting had fettled into a calm , Mr . Samuel Kidd moved , " That the delegates be further instructed to abide by

      the Charter , name and all , " which was also carried by a sweeping majority . The next business was the election of delegates , which fell upon the following Individuals , the whole of them out-and-out Chartists—Mr . Molr , Mr . Anderson , town councillor , who was lately elected by the Cnartuts for the first ward ; Mr . Adams , Mr . Ancott , Mr . Kidd , and Mr . M'Colquhoun . Each of the above was elected by triumphant majority . The proceedings did not end until near one o ' clock in the morning . Thua ended ene of the most giorions meetings I ever attended / It has put new life Into the Chartist movement here , and has taught those trimmers betwixt the factions and the working ; classes a lesson which they are not likely soon to forget A few more such , conquests and the people ' s cause will be brought to a triumphant issru . Hail . ' hail . ' the happy time .

      Dear friend , should the late news from China have given an impetus to your trade , and any bands should be wanted , 1 hope you will nave the goodness to let me know , I remain , yours , In true friendship , John Miller . Mr . William Daniels , Lisswade , Near Edinburgh . We prefer giving this simple statement to any

      technical " report" of the meeting , just because it is a plain , unsophisticated matter , and shows the true state of things , without twist or colouring . Let the people read it , then ; and let them notice specially the part we have printed in italics ; and see the Sturge-men ' s policy and animus . We don't blame that policy . We think the Stcege-men consistent and right . They have an end to gain ; and they take all fair means and advantages for its obtainment . They do right : LET THE ChaBTISTS DO LIKEWISE ill OVer !

      No compromise ! Ho two-and-two , or oneand-one , or three-and-one ! But in every place let as many Chartist candidates be started as there are members wanted . This is the only way to give Chartist principles fair-play . This is the only true exhibition Of democratic policy . Any trimming deviation from it is a base sacrifice of principle ; and whoever practices or recommends it , has some end to serve , other than that of furthering the cause ! Let the people rest assured of that : and let them watch well their local leaders , their councillors , and those who usually " manage matters" for them . If these desert their posts , or slumber at them , they must do

      the work themselves . We warn them to be wary of placing too much confidence iu local leaders . They are not always to be trusted implicitly . Many circumstances operate to sway them of which the people know nothing . But if the people keep their own eyes open , the cause is always safe . What they have to do is this : to attend in their full strength all meetings for the election of delegates ; to watch the proceedings carefully ; to recollect that all these are public meetings ; that no clique of persons have any right to their ' * management ; " and that every mau there has aa much right to speak and to nominate a candidate , as any other man .

      Let them , then , watch the proceedings . Let them ascertain how many members are to be elected ; and the exact character of a % the candidates proposed . If there bo not among them the full number of outand-out , known , earnest , Chartists nominated , let them take care that the nominations be completed then and there . If , for instance , four delegates be wanted for Bradford , or Huddersfield , or any other town ; and if at the publio meeting for election , the "lads" find that two Chartists and two Complete Suffragists , or three Chartists and ; onc Stckgite , arc nominated , let them rest assured that in this case their councilmen have played them false : they have either neglected their duty or

      deserted it . And let the people instantly proceed to rectify the mischief , by nominating the required number of Chartists on the spot . There will surely be some man present who knows men fit to serve . Don't stand higgling , stammering , and waiting for somebody else to do it , until it it be too late ; but let the thing be done I Remember the importance of the struggle . It is for life ! It h for the honour , and value , and efficiency of our Movement ! No temporising policy ; no calculating coquetry , nor worse kind of treachery must be permitted now to work . The people must awake to their own business . They must open their eyes and rub them , and watch all points 1 There is more mischief at work than , many of them dream of !!

      The Sturoe-men play tfieir game desperately . They mean to have a majority by hook or by crook ; and they don't stick mnch at means . They do not all act like the Glasgow Stcbgk-men . It is only where they are strong that they show any thing like fair play . Where they are weak , they try compromise : and , if that fail , they fly to subterfuge ! From Donoaster a Charlist brother writes us thus : — . " The council cf the Complete Suffrage Association eent the beilman round the town to call a meeting in their association room , to take into consideration the propriety of sending delegatea to the fonhcoraiLg Conference . I immediately called our council together and we went to the meeting . We were rtcognizsa by the

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      party as soon as we entered the room , and particularly by Mr . Mllner , town councillor , and great gun of the Anti-Corn-Law party , who declared the Chartists should notWioMy part In that night ' s proceedings . Mr . Halts , their secretary , was called to the cnalr . He said the first business of the meeting was to adopt some plan to raise the means to send two delegates to the Conference ; and if they thought they could n « t send two -from thla town , two gentlemen of Birmingham , whom he had corrended withwould ¦ h ¦

      spo , ^ . 7 ^ . ^ v ^ v ^ r ^ m ^^ v ^^ p * ^ r w ^ w ^ P ^^ V ~ * ^ B 1 W ^ . ^ y * * ^^ M — ^ V nave great pleasure in representing Dancaster in the forthcoming Conference . Mr . Bloomer rose and asked the chairman if the Conference was a national one " ? ^ ne thonght this was an unjust , as well f * iiu ***" to el 6 ct tnem at ¦ hofoarid-corner meeting like thia , instead of a public meeting ; upon which me chairman rose and protested against the Chartists interfering . The chairman then called on those who were in favour of those two gentlemen representing Dowaatw to hold up their hands . The motion was Q - - ^^^^ - ^^^ m MH ^ M *^ mjw ^ M MV "A ^^ vA ^ r * 4 VI'WW

      ^^ P . S . I forgot to state that ; the bellman started to call the meeting at six o ' clock in the evening , to take place at eight ! The name of the delegate ia Clark Brothers . We shall call a public meeting to elect two , and protest against the others sitting . " This shows their determination . It is to have a majority at all hazards ; or , at all events , to secure so strong a party as shall make the Conference useless , if they cannot make it a tool for their own ends . Why are they thus determined ? Why thus reckless , persevering , and overbearing I It would puzzle any man to assign any other reason than that

      which we have all along aBBigned . Their purpose is to aid the enemy 1 to uphold class-legislation by weakening the opposition to it . Theold maxim " dividfrand conquer , " is their motto . The avowed object of the Conference is to draw up a Bill in opposition to the People ' s Charter ! and so to divide the Universal Suffrage forces into two distinct bodies . This has not yet been done . Hitherto the Complete Suffragists have passed as " Chartists , but not O'Conkob Chartists . " The seeming

      approximation has been wilily used to lull suspicion as to their ultimate purpose i and has been artfully combined with the charitable overflow of " friend " "NO's" generosity . He wished the Chartists and Complete Suffragists to think kindly of each other ; he had no wish to destroy or injure the Chartist Association ; he did not wish the Chartists to leave their own body and join his new union . No '¦! no ! That would have put a stopper npon all his projects . The end could not then have been wrought out—of a " complete"division of the UNIVEHSAL SUFFRAGE

      ranks . It was necessary to proceed c&utiouBly , that a body might be formed , seemingly working in juxtaposition with the Chartist body , before that could be wisely attempted . The body has been formed ; its limbs ba ? e been appended ; its heart of evil has been well supplied with the blood of dissimulation and falsehood ; and the only thing now wanting is the head which this Conference is to put on , that the body may be •' complete . " An opposition Bill here drawn , and afterwards introduced into Parliament ; and the " complete'' disunion will be effected . The Corn Crqiks will carry after them the blinded and the interested brawlers ; while the honest and Bincere Suffrage men will be left at a " complete" distance to admire the adroitness with which , by "Union , " their strength has been destroyed !

      The people have now the whole thing before them . They know their work . It rests with them "to do , or not to do" ! There is one subject on which perhaps some difficulty may arise . Many of our frienda are poor , and many localities would , in all probability , gladly send delegates who cannot pay them . This may be obviated by a little management . It is at all times better that the delegate should , if possible , go from the place whence he ia delegated . But where this cannot be done , "Complete

      Suffrage" principles certainly do not contemplate the exclusion of the parties from the right of representation by others who may reside elsewhere . We believe this is to bo the practice of all representative bodies . We never knew or heard of any representative body whioh made it imperative upon Us members to be resident respectively ia the places which they represent . And we are happy to fiad that this much of justice Is recognized , not only by the principles , but by the practice , of tho Sturge-men themselves . Ia their official organ , the Nonconformist , we find the following paragraph : — .

      " Sound Advice . —The Rev . P . Bretrster , in a short address to the Complete Suffrage Associations of Scotland , recommendB them to hold their meetings for the election of delegates on the same ( lay , at the same hour ; and reminds them that , in the event of their not being able to send to the Conference their full complement of representatives , they may appoint the rest from persons residing In Birmingham , without any additional expense . " Now this ia " sound advice ; " and it ought not to be lost upon our Chartiat friends . Let every locality which can , send its own men , as delegates ; but where the expense interferes and becomes a serious

      obstacle , the matter may be easily arranged by getting some good and true man , or men , » f Birmingham , to represent them . The general Councillors of Birmingham would , we are quite sure , lend their assistance id arranging the matter . Letters for them may be addressed to Mr . George White , 38 , Bromsgrove-street , stating the number of delegates that will be required ; and we have no doubt that there are enough of good men in Birmingham ready to serve all such localities as may require them ; and that the parties will receive all necessary and satisfactory information . When elected , the instructions to the delegates may be forwarded to them through the

      same medium ; and thus every plaoe may have its full complement of members . None need be short : and this should , by all means , be specially attended to . It is of great importance ; the more especially if the suggestion contained in our other "leader" of the week be entertained by the people . Nothing can be more clear than that if the consolidation of the Chartist movement , and the final settlement of our Organisation in reference to the Executive and other matters , come be fore this Conference , its members should be Chartists ; not nominal , but heabt-men ; mon who are really interested in the supporting and enhancement of our cause , and not in its

      destruction . . . . ¦ ^ ¦ :. ¦ ¦ .. ' - . ;; ' : . : ' ¦ : ' - , ¦ ¦ ' . . ¦ On the whole it is a grave matter . It will require the people ' s whole energies , the putting forth of their whole strength , and tho exercise of their whole pru dence . It is a great card ; and must bo well , vigorously , and skilfully played . Finally , ' for the holding of meetings and the election of delegates . Let the people see that the business is done in a decent , orderly , and legal manner . We give the following from the Sturge oiroalar calling the Conference . It will be necessary for our friends to note it v—

      " Tbe meetings to elect delegates must be of a strictly legal character . Wherever it is practicable and usual , let a requisition be sent to the local authorities , requesting them to convene the meetings . If this cannot be done , let the Complete Suffrage Union of each district convene ita own meeting . In both cases the meetings must be public to all the inhabitants in the town or ditrict , " It is absolutely necessary that the names and addresses of the delegates who are appointed to attend the Conference , accompanied by a copy of the minutes of the meeting at which they were elected , under the signature of the Chairman of the meeting , should be transmitted to the Council on or before Friday , the 23 rd day of December , in order that the extent of accommodation required may be known , tickets prepared and other arrangements made .

      •• Each delegate is requested to call at the office as soon as possible after bis arrival in Birmingham . " They will gee from this , that there is so time to lose . Let tho Sturge men call meetings wherever they are disposed to call them ; and in every such case every publio meeting to elect delegates must be well attended . The people must take care to be early that the Chairman be not unfairly chosen . Almost all the good of a publio meeting may be frustrated by the Chairman , if he be disposed to do so . Let the people see to this therefore ; let no Chairman be allowed to aof who has not been elected by the meeting . If auy attempt be madeas in all probability theie will—to call meetings at an hour whea $ he working peoplo can not attend , and when , therefore , the middle men can have U all their own way ; let a representation be instantly

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      made to the Complete Suffrage Committee , or whoever else have the " getting op" of themeeting ; and if this be unheeded , let a publio meeting on some other evening be called to elect delegates ; let the delegates be elected ; and let a letter stating the whole facts , be forthwith transmitted to the Complete Suffrage Council at Birmingham ; Let this letter be written in the moat inoffensive possible manner ; short and precise , merely stating facts , but yet so full as to give every necessary information ; and let a copy of it be given not merely to the delegate elected by the people at the fair * publio meeting , ' but also to some honest delegate whose election is undisputed ; and 1 st him bring the matter before the Conference at its meeting , if the Council shall not

      have previously done justice in ihe matter . In every ease the eligibility to sit of every candidate elected at an unfair meeting should be ^ protested against ; the protest ; ehould be transmitted te the Council at Birmingham , with the same letter containing a statement of the facts on which it is grounded . The same plan mast be adopted if any dishonest means are resorted to for smuggling a Chairman at any public meeting for the election of delegates . This may be done , either by obtruding a Chairman without election , or by electing him before the time announced for the meeting . To all these and many other " dodgeB , " the Bhoy-hoys" are well " up . " They will need watching ; but with ewe they may be eo watched as to bo unable to avoid doing some good whether they like it or not .

      All that the people have a right to require is that every meeting to elect delegates shall be & fair , honestly conducted , publio meeting . And if any delegates be received who have not been thus elected or any excluded who have been thus elected , it will be the duty of every other honeet delegate at once to protest against the whole thing as a fraud upon the public , and come away and leave it . Where the SiUBGEmen do not call meetings for the election of delegates , the Chartists must call the meetings themselves ; remembering carefully that

      every delegate sent to this Conference must be elected at a publie meeting . Not a public meeting of the Chartist or any other Association ; but an open publio meeting—a public meeting of the inhabitants Of the place , ca / ferf / or the purpose . This must be particularly attended to . Any man going there merely as a delegate from any particular body would render the whole proceedings illegal , and every member of the Conference liable to imprisonment . Every place sending a delegate , must call a publio meeting for his election .

      Two representatives are to be sent from the smaller towns and boroughs , having less than 5 , 000 inhabitants , and four from the larger ones , excepting that Edinburgh , Birmingham , Manchester , Glasgow , and Liverpool may send six representatives , but no more . London ia specially provided for . Let every meeting called by the Chartists for the election of delegates , be called by requisition ; of which the following may be the form : —

      ¦ ' We , the undersigned , inhabitant householders of —— —" , do request you to call , at an early day , a meeting of the inhabitants of —— , for the purpose of electing a delegate to a Conference of delegates , to be holden at Birminekam , on the 27 th day of December , 1842 , to determine on the essential details of a Bill to be presented to Parliament , for securing the just representation of the whole adult male population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . "

      Let this requisition be signed by seven or more inhabitant householers , each giving thereon bis name trade , and residence ; let it be presented to the Mayor , Chief Constable , or other principal authority of the place ; and if he refuse to call the meeting , let the requisitors then call it on their own responsibility ; and , above all things , let every such meeting be conducted with as much order and decorum , as the service of a parish church .

      The next matter for consideration will be the character of the delegates to be sent to this Conference . The people should consider deeply the importance of the deliberations to come before that assembly . Do not let it be deluged with ginger beer bottles ; with mere spouting , frothy , Bpeeoh makers . Men of stem sense and solid judgment—men uot easily gulled or blinded , and yet open to conviction from fair argument , and not bull-headed and bull-necked , are the men the people want—men who understand the Charter , not only as to its principles , but as to its details—who are proof against

      all the Bophiatry of the Free-traders and Extension men , and ready with plain common , eense answers to all their fallacious statements , and yet men void of factious dispositions—ready to hear reason and to give reason its due weight by whomsoever urged . Let them in every place look out for such a man—no matter whether "leading" men or not ; no matter whether speakers or not . . ¦ ¦ ; ¦ - . "¦¦ . . . . . ' . - ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ¦ .. . " : / ' ;' . ' ' ; ; When the delegates axe eleoted , let the credentials be made out , and signed by the Chairman of the public meeting in the following form : — " To all whom it may concern , " I hereby certify that , at a publio and open meeting of the inhabitants of .., ' . ¦ ¦ /; , t held this——day of —— - — , 1842 , at- ———S Mr . ———• was duly elected , by . a majority of the persons then and there present , as their delegate to a conference of delegates , to be holden at Birmingham , on Wednesday , the 27 th day of December now next , to determine on the essential details of a Bill to be presented to Parliament , for securing the just representation of the whole adult male population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . "Witness my hand , this -day of ——1852 . : . ; ¦ '¦ '¦' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ - , . . . . . . ¦¦ ¦ ; ¦ " : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ " Chairman of the said meeting . " Let the exertion be made generally and rationally . Let ever ; place which can send a delegate send him . Let every place which can not afford to pay delegates write instantly to White . Let us have ¦ ¦ ¦•• a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull all together , " for the Charter , and " no mistake , " and no surrender . "

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      Thomas Dickehson , the Manchester Packer , is requested to communicate Ms address io Mr . George Bloome , St . Thomas-street , Doncaster . Union Coffee House , Nottingham , —The Chartists here have not given the residences » f their ¦ Council the list cannot be inserted . Lambeth Yodths . —We really cannot read the writing they have sent so as to make out the : names of the parties nominated . The Bath Chabtists will see that their tea meeting is reported . Thanks to the gentleman by whose courtesy the report was furnished . Thomas Smith , Stockingford , Nuneaton . —No . Thomas Tattebsall mistakes , there is no dispute between the Editor of the Northern Star and the

      Executive , nor is there any " party squabbling " in the case . The matter is a very plain one , and the people can have no difficulty in wider ¦ standing and dealing with it . fie writes that he has been , since he left his friends in NorthLancashire , for two months in Scotland , where he is well received , and is still engaged to lecture for some time . He calls upon the men of North Lancashire to follow up the glorious example of the men of Birmingham and Glasgow . H . Kemplay , 10 , Gbeen Walk , F ' olly Bridge , Bbbmondbet , complains thai her son was employed to post the dills for the Great Demonstration in April last , and has not yet been paid . Thomas Withebly , Coventry . —If he be a reader

      of the Northern Star will know that we suffer no small amount of vituperation for the very mild and gentle m inner in which we do occasionally exercise that public censorship which we , with him , believe to be the duly of every honest journalist * It does not , however , prevent us when we u satisfied of the incapacity of any of the lecturers to perform their duty with propriety and effect"from , immediately ^ as watchmen of the interests of the Chartists , cautioning our readers of the injury the cause may receive by his addresses ; " but w » have known the lecturer he names a little too lortg to be "satisfied of his incapacity" bytheutisupportedletter ofoneioho is to us a perfect stra ? igcr , andwfio is evidently smarting under his castigaCions .

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      J ; MaRPLES , SHEPPlEtD— We never trouble ourselves with impertinent questions . . General ^ Council—ListsojCouncil rectwedat the . office ofter ^ Wednesday morning are toe late for the current week . We mention this to prevent - disappointment in numerous places , whose lists toe onlp received on Thursday morning . James S . Fieijw . —We never do acknowledge poetical pieces : we might fill the paper with such acknowledgements . Such as are accepted appear induecourse . ¦ John Reid — We shall attend to tte matter , but are

      this week full . - William Coopeb , Weldon , Northamptonshire , recommends the Ballot in the election of delegates ' ¦ ' ¦ far the Birmingham Conference . He also enquires : — " What is the smallest number of person * that will constitute a council or locality ?" Upon this subject the organization makes no jrro-¦ ' - vision , nor do we well see what provision could be made : it must be left in a great measure Io the good sense , judgment , and honedy of the people then selves . He expresses his individual ceru > ure of the Executive ' s conduct . H . D . Ghiffiths . — Tie are no more surprised at the mattet than he is : the man writes for paHy and for pay . Henbv Holland . —Thanks for his kindly letter . If all professing Chartist leaders evinced a like spirit with Mr . Holland and the North

      Lancashire delegates , not a word of " denunciation' * ' would ever have appeared in the Star . Mr . Thomas Dickenson . —This gentleman , who is known in many localities as a Char list lecturer by the name of the Manchester Packer , has , we are given to understand , \ been lately made the subject of slanderous imputations , severely effecting his moral and general character , by parlies who , when required to do so , lacked either honesty ... orco ifage to substantiate accusations . He gave notice some time ago . through the Star , of the time when : he would be in Manchester to meet - hisaccusers , and requested that the matters . ¦ , ' charged against him might be then and there investigated . He presented himself accordingly to the South . Lancashire delegate meeting , by whom the whole matter was investigated , and from whom he received the following certificate : —'

      " To an whom it may concern . " This is to certify that , after listening to tbe statement of Mr . Thomas Dickenaon , better known aa the Manchester Packer , in defence of his character , and there being no evidence to disprove any of the statements so made , we have come to the unanimous determination of acquitting hfm from all blame , and fully exonerating him from charges which have not been substantiated by the appear-&nce o ? the person ¦ who made them . " The following is the copy of the resolution , carried without a dissentient : — " ' That Mr , Dickenaon be exonerated from all blame , as there ia no evidence before us to render Mr . Dickeiison disreputable in the estimation of the Chartist body .

      "Signed , on behalf of the Council , John Murba" * , chairman . WH . GROCOTT , trob-secietaTy . ¦ . « Manchester , October 24 , 1842 . " The original of this certificate has been handed to us for our inspection . He received , also , from the same meeting , lecturer ' s credentials , which we have also seen . We are very glad to congratulate not only Mr . Dickenson , but also the country , upon the honourable position in which \ > these circumstances place him . Mr . Dickenson is , we believe , an eloquent and talented lecturer , and these are not times when we can afford to lose such men upon the breath of idle slander . Will Mr . W ^ m . Jonfs , of Liverpool , late North and East Riding lecturer , furnish his address loMr . Wm . Brooke , 2 \ , Kirkgate , Leeds ?

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      R . Rothwell . —A private letter has been sent , addrtssed to him at Staliiland , near Halifax . W . ( JBAY . Dumfries . —At 7 ! d-each . ' F . W . Simeon , Bristol . —The parcel was forgot when packing up Mr . Cleave ' s parcel ; but it was forwarded in one that would reach London on Wednesday last W « S . Lyndon . —We cannot account for it : each received according to hia number . James Sau . ndebs . —Yes . MiCKLETHWAirE—Apply to A . Heywood .

      FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ " :. . ... ' . -. ¦ : . - . - . ¦ - ., ¦ . - £ b . d Frem the Chartists of Swansea , per ft . Cud-Kpp ... ... ... ... ... I 8 « „ Yentnor , Isle of Wight , per W . Norman ' .., ... ... ... ... 0 2 „ the Chartists of Stataland ... ... 0 10 0 „ a poor woman , Leeds ... ... ... 0 0 1 •' , *»; , the Chartiata of Yew Green , pet Mr . Thornton ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 ^ a few wotting men , Hough Eod , Bramley ... ... ... ... 0 5 0

      FOR MR . ELLIS . From Uppe » Wortley , per P , Shann ... 0 3 0 ^ the Chartists ofLeeds ... .., ... 0 7 7 „ tnree frlendB at Coxhoe ... ... 0 3 0 .. Quarrington Hill ... ... .. 03 2 : ¦ ¦ „ Caasop ... ,.. ... ... ... o 14 2

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      " . ' Conlxnuei from our stxlh page . SUBSCRIPTIONS UEOSIVBD BY MB . CLEAVE . . ... - ¦ - ¦ . •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ... ' £ b . d Previously acknowledged ... ... 146 2 0 Cordwainers , Star Coffee-boose , Goldenlane ... ... ... ... ... 0 .-10 .-0 Weavers , Norfolk Arms ... ... 0 4 0 A few friends to exclusive dealing , NorfolkArma ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Banbury ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 3 Hr . M ' o Kenzie ... -. ;¦ ... ... 0 0 6 Mr / Lawrence . ... ... ... ... 00 9 Proceeds of raffle , at Flora Tea hardens , Batnsbury park , Islington , of waistcoat given by Mr . Jarvis ... ... 1 0 0 Hackney flints , fourth subscription ... 0 6 * 0 Friends , Union Arms , Panton-street , Haymarkot ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Chartists , Mitoham ... ... ... 9 5 0 Ryde , Isle of Wight ... ... ... 0 6 8 Norwiob . ' ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0

      ; £ 153 4 11 * Mr . Vincent lectured recantly at Norwich , in favoi of the principles of the Complete Suffrage Union , and the Chartists present perceiving a tolerable muster of Middle-class men , availed themselves of the occasion to test their sincerity as applaudefs of Mr . Yincent , by proposing an immediate subscription for the political victims . A collection amounting to £ 2 Os , 7 d . was the result . The Chartists of other towns should follow the example set them by those of Nor-¦

      wich . ¦ : . " . ' . ' .- " ; ¦ -.: ¦ : ¦ ¦ : " -. - . . ' ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ' Note . —Mr . Cleave had last week a practical illustration of the homely proverb , " moie has . e , worse speed . " In an attempt to "save "he "lost post , " by neglecting to add ieeds to the direction "Northern Star Office . ' The letter ( with the eubacription list of lastrweek ) was therefore retnrned to Shoe-lane , and after being properly direoted and ire-posted , was not received at the Star office until the paper had gone to press .

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      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , will bt holden before Thomas Floweb Ellis the Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds , on Wednesday , the Twenty-eighth day of December instant , at Two o'clock in the Afternoon , at whioh time and place all Jurors , Constables ,. Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses ,

      Persons bound by Becognizanccs , and others having business at the said Sessions , are required to attend . And Notice is hereby also Given , that all Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard at tho opening of the Court , on Thursday , the Twenty-ninth day of December instant , and that all proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on the first day . of the Sessions . By Order , Jambs RicHABD ? o ? r , Clerk of the Peaee for the said Borough . Leeds , £ th December , 1842 .

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      On Tuesday , the 29 cb ult ., at Weldon , Mr . Frederick Allen , parchment dresser , of Weldon , to Miss Mary Gilby , dress-maker , of the same place . On Saturday , the 3 rd inat , at Drifficld , Mr . David Matthew Collinson , farmer and pig jobber , to Grace , the eldest daughter of Mr . Jones , of Skexne , an * late housekeeper to Mr . Atkinson . On Thursday , the 1 st inat ., at Great Givendale , by the Rev . W . R . Giiesbaob , A . M ., vicar , Mr . R . Carlton . of Youlthorpe , to Elisabeth Newby . ^ of

      Great Givendal «; also , at the same time , Mr . £ dmund Brigham , of Pooklington , to Miss Jane Newhy , daughter of Mr . James Newby , farmer , of that place , ¦¦ "¦ •" ¦ . ¦ -. - ' -- " ¦ ¦•¦ : ' Same day , at the church of the Holy Trinity Hull , by his father , the Rev . C . R . Rowlatt , M . A ., rector of North Benfleet , Essex , Thomas- Mashiter RoBslatt , Esq ., of Magdalen Hall , Oxford , to Julia Honora , eldest daughter of William Dryden , Esq ., of Hull . Same day , at the parish church , Leeds , by the Rev . W . F . Hook , D . D ., vicar , Andre w Faulds , Esq ., of Dariey , near Barnsley , to Mary Anne , eldest daughter of Richard Jack&on , Esq ., of Parksquare , Leeds , "¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . ' " : ¦

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      . : ¦ , ; ..... DEATHS . -. . . On the 1 st inst ., Mrs . Mary Brown , in he 91 st yeaf , at Weldon , Northamptonshire . " On Monday , the 5 h inst ., after a ehbrfc bat severe illness , in tho 51 st year of his age , Mr . Samuel Rhodes , of the F-iTn-ritin ftTTTj ^ Tjvnj JIiiAiIlilIIlI j , dedervedly respected . ' ¦ ¦ ' ' j&fji-™ - AFyv Wtk ^^ K ^ VfrA

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 10, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1190/page/5/