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      UISS MARY AN 3 WALKER ON THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . * crowded and most respectably composed meeting convened by public advertisement , was held ? St Monday evening , in the spacious and elegant vTriof iho haiional or Complete Suffrage Associaf £ « High Ho " it «» rn , for tne purpose of hearing Miss * r * z _ Ann Walker deliTer a lecture on the social rils which sffiict the Slate , and on the People ' s teeter , as tbe rempdy , and the only remedy , for the ~ j « oTxi of those eTils , and restoration of the happi-« ig and ladependance of Great Britain and her

      de-^ % n ° seeling was convened for eikht o'clock , and s » ii after that h-wr the hall began to fill rapidly in S piris . Tne meeting at this time began to manifest imo&tieBce to hear Miss Walker , by londly raping on the fl * or , as a signal to ha , ve the chair Zfi-m . Among the mass of persons present , wa 3 a we proportion of Tery elegantly dressed ladies , ^ jbj of -whom were of the superior classes of ^ ^ f about ten minutes past eight o ' clock , a simultja ^ oas bars : of applause from all para of the meiiffiC , announced the presence in the hall of ML-s Viier . She was attended by numerous -friends , xmons . il whem we were glad to see the encouraging Hid sapporrir . g presence of many ladies ; and as she idvuiced up the body towards the platform , the

      ap-T , liu = e coE _ -:-t : Eg of cheering , clipping of hands , mrs % of handkerchiefs , milled with the load "Bern , " and other demonstrations of welcome , ieesme marked and enthn . M . u-iic , almsst beyond descripiioa- There were a few bad spirits in ihat part of the f allery to the ri ^ ht of the platform j but their cjstaiiuu Toice 3 or rather , ai d the more to their ^ rice— hiises . '—were over whelmed in the reverbera ' -iEg i ; in of aeclzunaticn . On reaching the platform , Misa Walker was again and again loudiy cheered , a compliment which the acknowledged by inclining repeatedly to the audience . £ he was fctsi ^ d ' * n Eoarning , a habit rrhich it is her calamity to wesr f-.-T ihe death of her faiiu-r , of wbr . m she has

      jot been very many jnombs bereaved . Tae body of l » r ditii VTis porualiy and beamingly low , < ii * - p laving a very graceful bu »; , and tencmg to Set off to gre&ier interest a fi ^ ore and form of interesting proportions , she appeared more than usually wan in countenance , the tff-CE , doabdpss , or her anxiety to d-jj ^ tice lo her subject , and conrej instruction xai salisracdoa U » her audience . She wtreaJi ^ ht son of crape r-e&rf , or rug-isle , attached graccfuHy to , and t&ngitJg drawry-iike from , her arms , the elect leidiug to set cn * h « r costume , enlivening and contracting wi : h the black , material . A jet nekiace , saspeEuiSM a ** Cross , "

      "Which Jews nnjhtkiss , and InSdels adore . " adoraed her bosom , giving a finish to her COntODT . lae anxiety and excuenient of the audience was bow wound up to the highest pitch to have the proceedings commence ; and , on the motion of M r . OTerioii , &e < 5 un ^ ed by Mr . CufLiy , Mr . Balls was n aislE-jusIj ciiied to the chair . Hj coula not , he observed , but feel honoured at hincg been called upon to take the chair on this interesting occasion ; interesting , because they ¦ were issembled that night to hear the great , the fundamental principles of The People ' s Charter" deSned lad sJTOcatfcd by one of the softer aad better sex-( Applause- ) He considered , as u Tae People ' s Gantr" was to remove the misery which uffl cted

      jud bore down the people of this country , that the female class cai-ht to be hailed in the cau ^ e as tbe kij of " propagators . " ( Mueh laughter . } He con-BiiTcd . also , thai great praise was dne to Mis = Wi-ker aaa Jl . ss Inge , for having come forward in the cause of their country , and of humanity . ( Hear , heir , and applause . ) Mifs Walker had se ^ n the Bsiftry , and it was creditable to her to come forward ina : ti of its aiievinnon , and to show that it v ? &s solelj tie effects of corrupt " Class Legislation . " ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) She had come forward to assist iiie Fec-aie in advancing w The People ' s Coiner' ( Cheers ) He therefore claimed their indaltfesce in her favour . ( Hear , hear . ) It was hi MTU time—he might almost say her first—of

      adcrcaiug a great pubbe assembly , and he , therefor" , Loped they would hear her without interruption . At ice conclusion of the address , Miss Walker would uswer any questions wh . ch n . ight bs put to her . Es would not longer detain them than lo express the very grea : pleasure which he felt in introducing to their noiice . Miss Mary Ann Walker , ( Loud acd kag continued cheers ) , amidst winch Miss Waleeb l&e « id £ & : c , &he deeply felt the difficulty of her a ^ iu on on that evening , bnt feeling , at tbe same tine , most deeply on the subject of her great and krek country a wrong ? , and of her fellow-conntrysai ' s and women's aiSeriEgR . she had no apology to make for presenting herself before the meeting vx eTenin-i . It was & bold , thing , she admitted ,

      for woman to st < p oat of aer retirement ; and ot tcarse there would be always l ' ennd persons who tssld pat foal constructions on her motives in order Kdeieraadthrowherback . ( He * r , lieaT . ) And if there irsre any in that assemMy who a ? ked why fhe ( Mi ? s Fticj ) came out , to him she answered , ** Sha etme fcre at her country ' s calL" If the human misery « iU »_ ii . ^ nirvc ^ . l 2 LllC pCVfMC \ f ? tilis ^ XC « ftS-- TsVZXUll J TT a 2 > Kjond the pv'wer of man to control—if it was tbe p siEaiion of Providence , then would it be man ' s bzy to snbmit ; bat Trhen snch w&s not the case , inris time , she would say , that man aroused himself , nd onght to resist its cause . ( Hear , hear , and load cheers- ) Therenever was a time when England poaessed such abundance as at present . ( Hear . )

      How was it , then , she wonld ask , that two-thirds of ie popaistion were , ia the face of such a fact , wsbons food ! { Hear , hear , hear . ) How was it tki tLey could not take up a paper , bat they were locked and startled to read some frightful and ikcring snieide ! ( Hear , hear ) How was it tbii ra »» fewcsy 3 a « o , a young girl , of about fourteen Jan of age , committed snicide ! And , be it remeni-«» ed , she was of a respeciable family , but had dis-« Hged her father—bow , bet bt cause she could not pj employment . Kow was it that the women of Itgzsd were rednced to make shirts for one D € nnj Oi , IDd had lo find thread ont of that T ( Indig-Mfil cries of" Shame ! " from ail parts of the hall . ) ww was h that Mr . Comyn , a snrgeon , for whose

      e - »» cter £ ce ( Miss Walser ) entertained tbe highest fi-speet , had reoemly called a meeting on behalf of fese poor shirt makers * How came he lo know of « er circumstances and most deplorable condition ! A 2 »* . ' throngh Ii 3 vjng been cal ' ed in to oae of bob , wLo to pnt an end to her miseries , had taken TSaoL ( Deep tefl 5 a : ion . ) That poor creature had * oied for sixteen fours a day / or sixpence ! ( Horfe , Kcompanied by cries of " Shame , Shame 1 " J * rridtd and ran through the metting . ) This had W to ifcfct gentleman sayiDg . tLose poor shirt-SaterF , " would bf satisfied with one penny more /' «• £ « . she Ollss Wafer ) did no : agree wish him . iaoiepoor cr ^ atEriS should lave a fair reicunerat - ^ t prte for the ' : r labour . ( Hear , hear , and apr ^ si . ) She icguired at a shop-keeper ' s , an emt'lijer in tLis way , on the subject of the "penny a 5 ^ " remuneration , and was informed by him the him to

      ^ taxes obliged give tens little , ^ a she then ret herself to woik to learn *? o ^ gained by ifcose tax- ? . - The Black * - * : wh : th ? he held in her hand , wonld answer , iffar , tear . ) And she wonld acvise every poor , eTtrj vojkJEg-maB to possess himself of that list . lir 3 , then . let them take the income of £ 470 , 000 a-^ or £ 1287 12 s . a day . -Then there was the ^ e of Cumberland , now King of Hanover , with * f » Palace . . 'Groans . ) She ( Miss Walker ) would ***> » bj should they keep him , zr . fi give him one ™ a twenty thousand a-year . or £ 57 103 per dsy . " * = « , hear , groans for his " Hanoverian" Maj- > iy , 111 ( 1 Cfiem for ili ? s Walker . ) Then , there -was ** « te- King pensioned on ihem , Leopold of S * xe "Boarg , ( D 0 W Xing of the Bvlg ; , anr . ) with Clare-®™ ' Palace ; why was he receiving £ 50 , 000 a year R ^ m jh s ooDressed eonntrv . fHear . he&rA Whv .

      * " * would further ask , trere the people of this *® ztry ground down as they were , taxed to keep a Vwsen Dowager—Queen Adelaide ? who , besides the % al Manor and Palace of Hampton Conrt , the ^ k acd domains of Bushy , also Marlboroc ^ h "TO 58 , in Pill Mall , two parks , and three Rove ? ^ cesj ^ drew from the taxes of England £ Wj 000 * -jear . or i 2 / 4 per day . ( Shame , sh&me . ) Why *» s tlat T Aid she ( iiiss Walker ) wonld atk how ** old lady" con ] d spend it . ( Hear , and cheers . ) U voice—She gives it in charity ! ( Commotion ) -ot -Hiss " Walker ) Tery much < juestlone . i ti « at . How . m * b . * b « -R-ccid a .-fe , could tist " old lady" Ejtnd i- 'ia day , from the time she gets np till tie time sLe gwa to bed ! iLauchter in ibe meeting , and much of in

      ^ notion anjong a section Tories the gaEery on « er . 4 hti Si : e ( Mm Walker ) did not qnarrel wkh tbe « * n DowsjreT for -what fibe got ; but she thought thst » Jtariv Misry to tttp her comfortable wonld be mffieent , t&& tbkt ^ before *>» in much -was giren her , the *« sea of Ergfand ought to be paid bfctttr fci tnei ? •****¦ ( He «; hear , and -sheers . ) But toe geutlfciuan ™ «* ga- 'lery had fiaid that the Qneen Dowager bad P » m ausy her iiiccEe in charity ( Laugbter . ) It vres jr ^ tterietic of EEgliahmen to be generous ; bnt then , J fitted , nettrtipletx , to see the montj tfcty give (^^ "icolar purposes tamed . ; Hear , fceai . ) She * f *» ^ ElitTi came there to explain national abuses ~ ° » ocial grievarcea ,: and the -srsia resolred to explain Q expese tL « n . in tmhlie and iriTate . and on all

      Iir ? * fCriwof mBmto ! Miss Walkeir "Hear . " rf < C" * ' ma WelJter thui referred the attention p ^ « tiug to tbe abuses in tbe New Poor Law q £ Z *> ar-d Mirated , e » sn innarce of it » inhumanity , to r ^ 6 b * ^> OOT ' onian whom the sair reduced to go Sl-T ^ f « h- She iMiss Walker ) ktew bet . She bad kt ^ r ^™ from 'wocm she -was separated . [ Much ^^ rTEpticn to tie proceedings fro m " a lacerated knot t » U S ^ r m tte SaUery , trbi ' caiued tbe chairman to » i » 1 rt a " " ^ tbreaten to torn any one ont who Jj « cisturb Use proceedtocB ; and Sir . Cnffay to ^» 6 that a better *» y wonld be for tbe party to ^ T ^»« d at the tnd of ttt lecture . ] Mia Walker WjVTsw ? eBtlem « * ho thus interrupted her ^^^^ . Jaglishmen- —isbame , sbsne )—and if tb ' .-y ta " zzcovrssiTB Bnch Ictra k = woold rive their

      tr ^^ trywemen siipaicc for fuuriun hours a dan , Cim ^ * ****> » kne Qi- * n Adeh :. c get ove fcun-^ ttsand ponnda a-yesr , they vcre cot worthy hit

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      ( Mug Walkers ) notice—( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) The poor woman to whom she had referred , was dragged and separated from her children , sent to Nor * wood , and not allowed to be present to close the eyes of one ef them at its dying hour . She ( Miss Walker ) hesitated not to say that a law , -under which cruelty was practised , was a most inhuman , a most bai » barons law —( Oft-repeated cries of hear . ) But let them look at the provisions of the vile law , and the expences of working it —( Htrfir , bear . ) £ . b . d To Three Commissioners &t £ 2 , 000 per annum each ... ... ... 6 , 000 0 0 ( " Shame I" ) ToSecretary ... " ... ... 1 , 200 0 0 To Assistant . Secretaries , one at £ 700 , and so forth ... ... ... 1 , 259 0 0 To Assistant Commissioners , eighteen

      at £ 700 . each ... ... ... 12 , 600 0 0 Travelling expenses those eighteen Commissioners , and salaries to their Clerks ... ... ... 15 , 318 1 1 Contrast , she w ^ uld say , this and other ptcflujate expfcnditure of tbls oppressive law , with the workhouse dietary for "' the able-bodied pauper , " and take as an example his Sunday fare : —

      - Breakfast Dinner . Bread r cz .-Gtuc 1 l * pt Bicon 2 ^ cz , potatoes lib .

      And as to eupper , it just amounted to a few ounces of bread and one oiu < ce of cheese . There , she repeated . ¦ was " Sunday fare "' for an '' able-bodied pauper . " But in th ' . s shameful way was it that the poor of England ¦ were treated , while the commiss ' . ontrs of the law drew tbtii thcrtiBane . s , and from thousands to millionsilauchttr ;— from -the rates levied on the people for '" relief of tba poor . " Obi it was too bad ! In this way they went on , "while tha poor infirm persona , and t : u BS tbove seventy years of a ^ e , Were to be aiiowed one cilice of tea , with miik . stVMi hunces of sugar , and three ounces and a half of batter , instead of gruel , ¦ wee kly . ( Shame . ) Thtrc ' s . fcr yuu , continued Miss Walker , a "man of seventy years of a ^ e , should be in very good conaitiun to live on that—( hear , bear ,

      and latlfihttr . ) _ Divide , ( or instance , the one ounce of tea into fourteen parts , and em how for that wonld co —( hear , hear , and lautbt ?? . ) Bat afttr all tLat , the Commissioners , perhaps , . a the exercise of their econoruy , carefully c » llecj "the 1 . uves , " and Bfnd tkem back again to th . lr grocers , to Va dried and reissued—( lond and long c . ntinaeti laughter ) . Yet , wish all the inhumanity of these workhouse regulations , such as their tearing husband from Wife , anil partv < t 8 from ehiiJrea , tbosa Commissioners called them " Unioni " —( great laughter ) . N jw , a greater misnomer was never heard of —( hear , hear , chet rs , and laughter ) . Tarning back a ^ ain to the K : > ysl palaces , aart contrasting these doings to . the poor , with those within the Royal menant . they found tbe expences "f the Lord Stswara for one

      year , for the item tf trine alone , £ f 350 ; for liquors , £ 1 S 43 ; and for ale and beer , j £ 2 SH . Now that was pretty well i " - > r one year ' s work—( laughter ) . When she ( Miss Waiker ) retd those things , she was not at all surprised at the ro } al nurse being uiscuvered in a stafce of "intoxication "—( great and continued laughter ) . Bat she wculd ask , how it nt that these things were permitted ? How it was that this system was carried on ? —ibear . hear ) . She found tbst it a'l arose from " cHsa legislation , " and that of all the persons sent to the House of Commons , not one was smt to represent the -working-men "—( aear , h ar , and cries of " shauia !") MuuopoVy of all binds had its pj-otcction in that House — : tesr ) . "The Army" hal its protection , "the Xavy , " "the landed irjt * T = - -st . ' * " the Capitalist . " ar . d uo- forgeUing " the Church "—iriuehter )—all had

      tuuir protection , except labour ; and tbe House itself in tict , -was " the Tery ' key-stone" of monopoly "—( hesr , bear , hear , cheers , and much laughter ) . It was . because « hc felt that the People ' s Charter wouM reiEedy those and all ether social evils , that she stood before that great meeting to enriesvour to explain it in all its pointi Miss Wtik ? r ihtn went over the six points of the Charter , in consecutive order , commencing with Universal Suffrage , then proceeding onward to Tote by Ballot , Bribery at Elections , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , and Equal Electoral Districts , each of which she elucidated in a vtry abie and comprehensive manner , infinitely to her own credit , and greatly to the edification of fctr audience . Were tiiat document the law of the land , she s&M , soldiers acd sailors would have a Tote us well as otter men . ie

      the Ttpitstntauon of the country , and for her ( Miss Walker ' s ) part , the did not ste ^ hy tbose two elates of men , the defenders of their country , tne fighters of the battles of their country , shoui . i not have a Tots—( bear , hear > and applause , ) SSe felt that they ou ^ ht to haTe ; aud she buprd th ^ y would Devtr rest content uctil tbty compsl the Suffrage to be extended to them—E- ?!> , nsin&tic cheering . ; If the country , the repe ^ t-.-d . had the Charter , it would no lonirer r-e dipgractd by the nha of " bludgton" and " bayonvf * law it elections , drinkinz , treating , * c , for the ballot wonld cure all that ; liribtry , UEQtr it , "with TJziiv ^ rwal SuBLra $ <* Trouid l >» impc-ssu . ie ; for to buy a tote in that case , would be like " bnving a pig in . 1 potc . ' —( tt ^ ch laugh ' cr )—and

      mch wen as Mr . Feargus O'Coduot would be in Parliament ss represtntatives of the f-cople . Thit gentiercaE , w { : o hid done much service in the cause of the cauatry , a ; d who was so faithful to the pet-pie , had been . ekcted , but was declared disqualified to sit , because it waa allecel be had not tufacient " Property Qaki-acanoa . " Could anything , tbo would ask , be more absurd than that ? ( Hour , Lear . ) And ¦ wh&t relation there was between the standard of " jtold" and ' intelligence" she was quite at a loss to know . In other words , was gold to be made the standard of intslliner . ee ? ( Ciieera . ) She wculd illustrate the ab-£ nrdi ; y of this property qualification still further , by a reference to the election of Mr . Hall , of Marylebone Tfcit gcntUman ' s qualification was derived from his

      wife . He was elected in the morning , ehe died in the cortt-e of . the-day , and ha was net s memper of the " Honourable Hcusfe" in the erening . She then referred thd attention of the meeting to Lord Abia 2 rr ' 8 conduct at the late Special Commissions . She was sure , she said , if the C . irter was adopts 'I , they would not have such a jad * e as that—such " a modern Juries' "—on tbe judic ' al bench . ( Hear , bear , hear , great hi ^ S'iig at tie mention of his I ^ ordsbip ' s name , and crWs of ' ¦ Gi ^ o it him . Miss Walker ' •"> No , sach conduct &s he was gnilty of vroold not , were that document the law at th ^ jacd , be allowed to pats with inn-unity—( hear , bear , —and the- Bsncfa wculd be thoroughly purided from > iach ctaracttis . And tbe Magistrates , would tbc-y

      bt aho'Wfcd , iir > cifcT that document , to pl » y such pianka bb tb-y . had lnf-erly been indnhring in ?—( Hear , hear , an < i cries cf biavo !> On this subject , she alluded to the extraordinary and culpable decision of the magiatrate Lome few days back , in the ease r . f the girl " Morgar , " who tvus , she said , eo shamefully acd unjustly cuniicitted 6 oriie days back , by a country justice :, ft > r having been guilty of the cffriice of ohj = cting to pass through the men ' s bed-room while they were in tbeir beds . This allusion produced great groaning r . fsinst the migirtratt ! in question , which was followed up on > ius Walker ' s very just critkiwns on the committal of tht poor girl to pribon , snd tfce really dtmvralz ' i : ? as Wtll as ruiuccs effect on her prospects in life , which such incarceration , connected with the poverty it be

      miiiht Ie 3 d to , mi ^ bt productive . She then referred to the church , and to tkose holy paseages in the Bible which pronounce destruction to tbe suicide , and commented on that spec es of conduct of clergymen of the Established Church , and magistrates , which brings poor creatures down to poverty , and thus leads them to self destruction , the guilt of which , ana tbe peril of tieir " Haul ' s salvation . " sb © charged on the beads of those magistrates and parsons . She pelt alluded to the crusade of the Ktv . Mr . Robinson , cf Holboin , against his parishioners , Sf-. me cf whom he has thrown in Cbanctry , aud exposed to heavy cxpence ii > that most expensive court , in pursuit of fciB tithes . She handled the Rev . Geatlemaa Tery scYcrcJy . She dwelt on the oath he bad taken at his

      ordination , on the Holy EvangaUF . tE , to the effect , " Toat it was not yon 01 y « . nrs be soueht , but you only , " and uiged that he ought to be prosecuted i . n perjary , for violation of that most solemn ostb , as in tbe csjs-b cf throwing bis psri&hu-ctn into Chancery ( The r ^ cxrumtsdatioa Wie loudly cteered . ) Then , wUfe rnjarri to the great FxpeBiivmess of that Court of ChiEitry , she Etrrated the resrut of an interview « hch tte had had wiih tbe Iiord Chancellor on tee subject of aRtsticg a bill of sale in the case of an aged . frictd cf hers , named Jacobs , who had been most oppmsively dealt with by a ilr . John Dent , of Crawforditreei , acd eaid that his Lordship ' s aJvice to her vras to fi . V c bill , ' the first step in which weald cost £ 20 . Her ai . eu frifcDd-was a poor widow , scd bad lived fvr

      many years in Montague-square . The brutal treatment wcich she had received was almost btyonU beliet ( Hear , hear . ) For three days she had been kept a close prisoner in her bouse , almost iu a state of fcUrvntion , und tbtn dragged therefrom by a policemac , and ail under the sanction of class made lavr . She Kccmniended these considerations to the notice of the Times , if the reporter from that paper were present The l ^ rration of the cruelty practised in the above case , the minute particulars of which press of other matter now otligus us to omit , excited mingled feelings of sympathy end disgust in the meeting . Referring to tbe boast made by % gentleman in tbe gallery of the " Queen Dowager ' s Charity , ' Miss Walker put it to tbe gentleman whether tfce ( the Queen Dowager ) wculd visit that

      poor widow with her charity . She alluded , in a very ludicrous vtin , to these " gosling' * officers of the army , who put a handsome uniform , with gold epaulets , on thtHiEfcivts , rtmt into drawing room ? , and through the Parks ; End said she would not have arjy objection to their bectming Field Marshals , provided they *• fought tberr w ; . y up to them , " on tbe principle of " "win your lauteis and wear them , " bat thoss green creatures , who purchase their way up over the heads of " brave men , " and -who never tmtJitd powder , Ehe bad no patience with . Such a sjEtem was another of the bad effeeta of " Cliss Lefcitlation . " iLoud chetrs and much laughter foiio-R-ed tti 3 graphic sittcb cf the prtstnt state cf cui army . ) Sbe explained ttatT . Qcn ghe'WR 8 fiKt drawn out in ilr . s sgitation , she had cot thocght of puttieg hsrieif beferc the public ; but sae bad oa that cvtuiug

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      been reading of the conduct of Lord Abingerin his judicial capacity on the Special Commissions , ( Groans ) and being in the Chartist Hall when the subject of tbe Charter was discussed , her excited etate of mind and sympathy with her suffdrlng fellow creatures In that commission , tbe " " Political Victims , " led her to speak on the subject . The Times , on that occasion , made ber the subject of its leading articles , covering her with ita scoffs and gibes ; but where it meant to do harm , ahe -waa glad to say it had done much good . ( Great cheering . ) Miss Walker then stated

      that she was receiving letters from all parts ef the world , encouraging her to go on , and at that moment held one in her hand , which emanated from a public meeting in Perth , signed " Jobu Shannon , secretary , " and highly complimentary to her . She concluded by assuring the meeting that if she were satisfied that her coining out had the effect of alleviating tbe trouble of even one poor fellow creature , she would feel herself for life repaid , and would g » on in that virtuous course , let the obloquy and the consequences that would attach to her be what they might- ( Loud and enthusiastic Cheers , amidst which Miss Walkei resumed her

      seal ) Miss Emma Miles then moved , and Mrs . Watts seconded , that the thanks of the- meeting be given to Miss Walker , which were accorded with great acclamation . A young gentleman named Foster , here put two questions to Miss Walker , namely , whether in her attacks on I > ord Abinger , she meant to include the whole judicial bench ? and whether ia her strictures on the Rev . Mr . Robinson , she meant to attack the whole of the clergy of tbe Church of England ? ( Great confusion , and cries of "Order ! order ! " " Spoke ! spoke " The Meeting ia over , ' &c ., followed Mr . Foster ' s questions . )

      Miss Walker , bewever , came forward , and having assured the meeting that she had uo thought or intention of making a sweeping charge , observed , with recard to Lard Abinger , that inasmuch as one diseased * sheep spoils a whole flock , and as one diseased limb will contaminate the whole body , to prevent which the skilful surgeon wonld at once amputate sach limb , 80 , fji the honour and purity of tbe Judicial Bench , and of the clergy of the Established Church , she would have Lor-1 Abinger cut off . by removal from the one body , and tbe Rev . Mr . Robinson from th 9 other—fgreafc and long-continutd cheering , amidst which Captain Acherley proclaimed tb . it . Miss Walker bad nobly done her duty , and protested against auy moro questions bring put to her . ) Mr . Foster said that he was satisfied with Miss ¦ Walkers answers , though be bad nothing else to thank her for —( laughter ) j

      Tbar . ks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , higMy delighted , an 4 much edified With the proceedings . —Evening Star .

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      BATH . TEA MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE "NORTHERN STAR . " On Monday wetfc a Tea Meeting was held in the Chaitist Rooms , No . 4 . GallowajrVbuildlnga , for the purpose of commemorating the establishment of the Northern Star , and to sympathize with the late political victims . The meeting was one which bore ample testimony to the fact that Cturt-mi is Hot dead in Bath , for the crowded room contained many a trua Chartist and tried , and the hereditary genias of democracy showed itself in its proudest and truest bearing , from the grandfather to the granduon ; aud tne smiles cf the Boany ladies , true democrats , who were there , showed that the patriotic Epirit still held a high station amongst them , as well as ia the breasts of their f . thers and their brothers . Tea commbneed at six o'clock , and true social conviviality abounded ; end at length , on tne removal of the rattling apparatus btgan in true

      earnest " The feast of reasen and the flow of soul . " On the motion of Mr . Hopkins , seconded by Mr . Twite , Mr . Phillips tbe father of Chartism in B . ith , was appointed President ; Mr Hcpkina officiated as Vice President . The President then , instating the object of their assrm ^ Uug that evening , sate , they were met there as Chartists—as men , and as wo » en who ha 1 the interest of thair fellow creatures at heart , and who were endeavouring to obtain for all their rightful BQare of power in tba : Government whose laws they were called upon to obey . They were met for a double purposeof comwiemorating the establishment of the Northern Slur , that upholder of the people ' s rights , wl / ich had so

      ably r . eferdtid . them from their enemies , and piloted th-. m through the atonn for tbe last five years : and also to expr ^ Ba their sympathy with these persecuted patriots crho had been made the Tictims of a tyrannical Government and of a partisan Judge—( cheers ) . It was too true many had beun taken from their ranks , had be ^ n tjrn from their domestic circles , and cait into tbe cells of prisons ; ytt thera was another circumstance which was calculated to do more harm to their cause than this ; he meant , if they allowed themselves to bo divided ; for as the Government had imprisoned their boft men , all they had to do was now to l ) v hont » t to themseives , and to sympathise with , the snflVrtrg for their cause by every means in their power , and they

      would thereby alleviate in some measure , the sufferings of those who were undergoing the sentence of their tyrants , and the c . U 3 e of the people mu » t become victorious . He believed the present Government bad do e much to forward the Ciiartist causo by tbe late prosecutions—ihe « r , hear ; . . Maty who btfore were waTerini ; in their opinions were r . o ^ r be"bcliev :

      Soj : ? , " Irf-t liberty ' s flag be spread over the Wfjrld . " —ilr . Hopkins , Sentiment , ' ¦ The Peop ; e^—the source of all legitimate power . " Mr . Boi-WEt . in responding to tbe sentiment said he believed iiot only that the people were the source of all legitimate pow-r , from his merely baviag heard so , but he was an observer of msa and of things , and fro-n long experience and deep uoaervation be was convincedhe ' bid no doubt on the matter—he knew that they were so , and that the time was not far distant when it would be realised in the truest sense of tiie word—( hear , bear ) . Jt was but a question of tinia He wonld rot flay it would occur during bis life ; but that it would be realised was certain . It gratilied

      him to see so many happy countenances there to-night —so many patriotic spirits met around tbe social board who were striving for their rights : end not only for tbe ' r own rights , Lut Tor the rights of nil . Ha would tpurn the man who sought only for right for himself . They were social beings ; they bad shotrn themselves to be so tp-nisht They possessed reasonable faculties , and virtuous affections peculiar to their ci ; iPL : , which made them so , and v . hich set them infiniU'ly above tb . 6 reat of creation . A sacred duty devolved on them all , and esptcisiiy the female portion of the community , to do what they could for the advancement of the moral and political dignity of their fellow-creatures He bad said the females especially , because ef the moral degradation of so brse a number of their ttx :

      Let them look to Bath , and to the nianufacturirg districts , : md they could not but be struck with the tmtb of his assertion ; let them turn their attention ti > London—tbe city in which the Queen resided , in which the aristocraey resided , aje , and in which bo many of the bishops resided , too , who receive so much money tor the purpose ot proniotiiig morality and religion ; and there , tbty were told , by calculations o : the enbj . ct , were to be found no less than 80 , 000 females living by prostitution . Tha clerpy tell us this is for want of education , but why did they not educate the people ? He would observe that it was not the education xrhich taught passive obedience and non-resistsnee that would temedy this state of things ; but they must bave that learning which elevated the character and showed man in the form of his Mafetr . He believed there were souls present who made it a practice to read , mark , and iawardiy < 5 iee ? t , and ic was tbe knowledge gained by this means

      which fitted a rtan far a citizsa of the world . Mr . Bolwell then pictured tbe intellectual stats of tLd workins ; classes in this country piteous to thu Chartist agt * ation , and showed the progress of intelltctual improvement and political intv . ligtnce aincethat . period , despite the formWjibW array of p ^ wer against it Mr . BMwell sIbo exhibited the advantaseous state of the Chartist body now to what it v ? a 3 five yeas ago , and thought , when it was considered what : tbey had to contend with , there was no cause to despond that they bail not yet obtained tbe Charter . The system wbiUi the Charter proposed to reform bad existed for ages , and was supported by the bigc-try of cuvtoro . It was not , therefore , to be supposed that it was to be altered in a moment . They must be more unitert before tbey could txpe « t to gain tbeir object , for he was convinced that nothing but the firm determination of the people to be free , would ever shake the pteeent system to its foundation . Mr . B . urged those present to unite for the Charter , and attend the meetings of the Association , and sat down

      amidst great Applause . After a v patriotic song by Miss Bolwell , " Tbe Departed P » tmts , " was given aa a sentiment , and acknowledged in deep silence . Mr . Twite , an old veteran in the cause of Chartism , in responding to this sentiment , spoke witti much feeling , and in true democratic spirit , of the worth and good quElit ^ s of those patriotic ChartUta who had departed this life since the commencement of the agitation , and dwelt upon the loss which the Bath Association more particularly bad experiecctd in the deaths of Messrs . Meelinff and Bartlett . Several patriotic and social songs , duets , and glees were sung , and sentiments given and responded to by tbi « e present . Upon " Tbe ncflinchh . ; Friend of the People , T . Dnncombe , E ^ q-, M . P ., " being given , the President Called upon W . P . Roberts , Ei-q .. to ni 3 ke a response .

      Mr . ROBKitTS said he was happy to find that though they Wbie nut fur a sccial turret , yet they bad serious thoughts , Ee thought Lo might , therefore , be allowed

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      first of all , to say a few wordB with regard to the late trials . His serrlces In defending the prisoners in the north had stowed him many painful scenes ; but even in the midst of these he had cause to be happy , for he had thereby become acquainted and bad opportunities of convening with many good aud bonest Chartists , whom he should probably have never seen . Mr . R . related a conversation which took place between himself and Mr . Cooper upon the subject of the sectional differences which so unhappily divided the Chartist body , wherein he portrayed the folly of division , and the great necessity of Union amongst the working classes With regard to the aentimeut before them , he ( Mr . B . ) most heartily agreed with it . He was not what might be termed well acquainted with Mr .

      Duncombe ; but be conld say thia of him , —that be was no section man , but a real Chartist ; and was , in fact , wherever Chartism was to be found ; and as long as Chartism was the subject of discourse , he believed he eared not whether it was from the lips bf Mr . Stur / je , or from those of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Qeo White , or any other man . He seemed equally delighted from whatever quarte r it came ; and , though Mr . Dancombe was one of the aristocracy , yet it was not anrprising to find the name of Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., in any proceeding of Chartism . Mr . Roberts then gave a vivid description of the Crown and Anchor meeting , and gave a very interesting account of the late trials , in which he explained ' Uie-reasons " for being so for

      axious separate trials for the prisoners . Mr . Roberts thought tha subject of defence ought to be taken up more warmly , A great battle wm to be fought , and a large portion' of that battle was-to-be fought with money . The mere traverses would amount to £ 1 , 500 . Ha hoped those who were out of prison would make larger Sacrifices than heretofore , for what , he would ask , was a few shillings , when compared with tvro years ' . Imprisonment ? und they were all striving for one causu ,. and were as much implicated as those who were . undergoing terms of imprisojinient and transportation . For himself be should be happy in passing his whole Ufd In defending his poor and oppressed fellow-Chartists . Mr . Roberts Bttt dOWQ amidst groat aud unanimous applause .

      A vote of tbauka to W . P . Roberts , E . q .., for hia conduct in defending the prisoners at tUe late trials was then agreed to by acclamation . After which a reoitation upon the desolating effects of war was given by a little boy , and responded to In some very suitable remarks by the grandfather . Mr . CHAPEL aaid , © ne of the purposes for which they bud met . that evening , was to commemorate the establishment of the Northern Star newspaper . He felt well pemuded of the great benefits to be derived from tbe press , and tru y grateful for the assistance which had been afforded to the cause of Chartism by that excellent democratic paper the Northern Star . They had now another paper , which bid fair to become a powerful organ to thoir cuune , iind harbinner of good things—he alluded to the Evening Star . ( Great chewing . ) He wonld , however , read th « following resolution , and leave its support to those more itblo than himself : It was as follows : —

      "That in commemorating the establishment of the Northern Star , this meeting bails with satisfaction the general character and tone of that flble advocate of the people ' s rights , and hope that it may long continue the pilot of the people ' s cause , aided by its contemporary the Evening Star . " Mr . Twite , in responding to the above , said be had at the commencement bailed the appearance of the Northern Star with the utmost gratification ; he had observed its progress during the five years of its establishment , and be could now say that it had always been the unflinching advocate ef tbe Charter and tb » people's tigUU , &cd the pvotectot of tub oppressed from tbe stroag band of the oppressor . It had been tua only true and lasting defender of tbose noble vatriots who

      were now suffering for their advocacy bf the cause- of the people ; and for thia it deserved the warmest considerations of the working c ' asaas He wished he could ' see tbe young men of this country come forward more generally and unite with their elders iu endeavouring to obtain those rights which the Star had continued so ably to advocate . It was a disgrace to them that they did not do so . It was the young men ana the young women who wonld hava to suffer most from the present state of things , and if tbty did not come forward now to assist those who had been sacrificed In advocating their rights , they would deserve their sufferings , le-t them come as heavy as they may . He longed to see the day when the bright light of liberty would find ita way into every corner of the globe , ami tyranny should be

      heard cf no more . Thefr intentions had been falsified , and calumny after calumny heaped upon them by their opposers , but they had foui-ii a noble defender in the Northern Star . Mr . Twite then related an instance of a poor man—a Chartist , at DcTZis—who had been insulted , and ; even whipped by one farmer , for the sole reason that he was a Chartist ; and who bad had a small tenement which be bad built entirely destroyed , and the materials scattered over different parts of the common by those very persons who bft " ve been pleased to . stigmatise the Chartists as " destructivce . " Xbe man had placed the matter in the hands of an attorney , and was likely to make tue ^ e persecutors ( who hud expressed a desire to compromise the affiir ) repent their diabolical

      outrage . ; . ..- ,.-Mr . TV . J . ENGLAND , In rising to support the motion ' before tueni , said , that "the freedom of the press" ' was at the present time but a byword in this king , dom ; for it ooald scarcely be said such a thing es freedom of the press existed . Though the press iu this country was not so immediately shackled by the Government us in some count-its , yet it bore bonds more stout , and which made it more injurious to the interest of the people . Tlie great nitjonty of the press of Great Britain , instoad of bein ^ the advocates of the freedom of the msny , were the base and pandering slaves to party spirit of the most rancorous description , ami the upholders of tyranny nnd oppression in its worst shape , against the oppressed and

      illused working classes . Many portions of the press , too , were to be found pandering : to the sinister motives of individuals in direct opposition to tbe public good . This was a deplorable state of things , a- ; d it grieved him to tha heart that that which-was of so much importance to the prosperity of any country—the independenca of . the . pressshould be found in so low ami grovelling a state , as was at present the case in Great Britain . It seemed so inconsistent too , that . thoso of the press ' who were cvntinua'ly maUing such loud outeries of tliuir devotion to their country and Ub government , should . be Bucb deadly enemies to any and every thing , the object of ¦ which is to raisa the cucumstances of the working population , wbo are the source of all the wealth and

      all tho power of the country , and tbat they should centinually seek to destrey those without whom tbeir boasted constitution could not exist . Had it not been for the falsified statements of ths press at the time of the trials of Frost , Williams , and Junes , those noblo spirits would never Iiava been banished from the shores cf their native country . And did the press possess but a slight share of true patriotism , the present Government would nevir have dared to exhibit their persecuting spirit in the late unjust proceedings at the trials in tee north . The press , which , when conducted rightly rouat be the bari > iDger of the greatest benefit to the people , and the mighty protector of their liberty from the tyranny of their governors , must also , when basely applying ita Influence , be Ihe

      destruction of every social tie , and of every political right , and tbe most certain Instrument in making a f : ee nation a nation of slavts . But though the great majority of the press of this country may be said to bo opposed to the rights of tbe people , yet there were ft few , would to God there were more , exceptions to this , and foremost in these exceptions stood that paper which the motion he had tbe honour to support referred to—the Northern Slar . When Chartism first dawned in this country it was a dark time ; black clouds filled the moral and political atmosphere : but a slight breaking took place , and iliscovirtti to the si « ht a small portion of clear blue sky , and this was Chartism . In tbe midst of thia bright spot tppetred the Northern Star , -which had realised in

      its services the truth of Its name . for it bad indeed been tbe polar star of Ciiartisra ; it had nobly defended the working men from the malignantly averted falsehoods of their enemies ; it bad piloted them through the storm ; and had been the means of saving Chartism from spitiing upon the quicksands of the many internal divisions amongst themselves' Yes , had it not been for the watchful eye of the Northern Star , which had cautioned tbe worftin !? men of the sophistries ot their enemies , he believed Cbartists wauhl have now became < -Xticct hs ; i body , and been divided into a hundred different sections and piirtiea . In reference ty the late movement of tbe Complete Suffrage party he would . abk if they had showed thoruseivts to be honest men ? ( no ) : He thought not For if they were truly desirous of

      obtaining tbe Charter , aa according to their professions they were , why not have joined the Associations already formed for teat purpose , instead of forming a separate one for the same object ?—( hear , hear . ) They had now , he was happy to say , also a raofat valuable acquisition to their cause in tbe Evening Star , which , like ita contempoiaiy in the North , bad for its sob object , the people ' s rifihts , and if properly supported by the working millions , would be a means of further enlightening tbe public mind , and of firmly establishing the truth of tbeir cause in the public estimation j and eventually making tee cause of tee people to be proclaimed victorious . Mr . E . then impressed upon them the importance of rallying round these standards of the Charter , and sat down amidst great cheering .

      Several Bongs , &c . were afterwards sung , and three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the rest of the suffering CbartistR ; and three cheers for Feargus O'Connor and the Northern and Evening Stars having been given , a vote of thanks was returned to the Chairman , tbe meeting separated at a late bom-, highly gratified with the evening's entertainment .

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      ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PROPOSED AMENDED PLAN OP ORGANIZATION TOR THE NATI 0 NA 1 CHARTER ASSOClATInN , BT W , COOPER , SECRETARY OF THE SHAKSPEABIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEICESTER CHAR-: -- - ¦ TISTS . . ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ - ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦'¦ ¦ . - . -: ' ¦ ¦ ' ;;

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE N 0 RTUEE . N STAR . BiR—A few hiuts given by you in tbe Northern Star of to-day , and a letter of a correspondent on the subject Of OUT Olganizition —• impel ma to lay before the general body an outline of an amended plan of organisation which I have already broached in substance to Dr . M'Douall ( during our brief companionship at the Sturge contest for Nottingham ) , to yourself ( during my first interview with you at Leeds ) , to Mr . OO ^ nnor ( in several conversations ) , my beloved friends . Baustow , Julian Hamsy , George White , and Skevington , and to my own brigade , on various occasions . The fact of the outline having been approved , ia whole or for the greater part , by overy oae to whom-1 have described it , inclines me still more to offer it to the consideration of my brethren at a time when bo important a subject seems likely to claim their serious attention .

      1 . The government of the general body tobe vested in an Annual Convention , to be assembled In London , Birmingham , and Manchester alternately , in the flrat sreet of April , in each year , and to dose Its sittings at the end of tne third week in each year , or earlier , if convenient- . . ' ' -. -.. - - .- ¦ ' ¦ ' ' -. ,.-.: .- '¦ • . ¦ ; 2 ; The Said Annual Convention to be oomposed of delegates from Cbartista districts , the districts tobe arranged by the first annual convention ; and rearranged , as need may be , in succeeding conventions . * 3 . The first business of the said Annual Convention to be the election of a president , secretary , and treasurer ; and its last busmeaa to be the uppointment of an Executive Committee to be CjHiposhd of tbs president ot Convention , the secretary of Convention , the treasurer of Convention , and two other members of Convention then and tUere chosen . ;

      4 . The said Executive Committee of the Annual Con veniion to assemble toother in Lonnon for one weak during the month of July , —ia Birtningbatn for one week uuring the month of October—unl ia Manchester for one week during tbe month of January . 5 . Th-j Secretary of Convention to be the only annual officer occupying hla whole time with the general business of tne Association , and receiving from Us funds a fixed weekly salary ; other members of the Executive Committee to occupy themselves with ths general business ot the Association , and to receive from its funds an ( illowauce only for the three weeks of meeting mentioned . in article 4 , with travelling expencas to and from , &c .

      6 . The said Secretary to furnish each Chartist locality in . England and Wales , with a yearly class-hook and monthly ciass-papets—annBgtd on an uniform plan , from time to time , by tho Annual Conventions , or the Executive Committees , at their sittings , and also with cards of membership of tae National Charter Association , and the fiiud Secretary to receive a monthly accouut of the number of members in bis locality , from the Sub-Secretary in each locality , and to publish the same for tue information of the genural body . 7 . T » w General Funi of the National Charter

      Association , from which the expences of the Annual Conveiitione and of the Executive Committees , as well as the salary of the Seoretary , the coat of cards of membership , uniform class-books , &o ., shall be defrayedto be raised by the collection 01 ° one peony , on the first Monday of each calendar month , from each member of the Association who can afford the same , by the charge of one penny for each card of membership , and by tbe payment 00 the part of the localities , of such a sum for the class-booka as shall be agreed upon by the Annual Convention , or Executive Committees . -. : . ' " .. '

      8 . The local funds of the Association to be Taised by the collection of one penny on the remaining Mondays in each calendar month , from each member of the Association who can affotd the same , —and by such other means as the aiambers of the CUneral Council resident la ench Chartist locality may ddvise . Without goiug into the details of election of general councillors , sub-secretaries , &o . iio , the fore-going may suffice ,- ' 'Mr . Editor , to show the drift of my proposed amehdmenta—if my brethren think my hints deserve that name .

      But what would be the advantages of the proposed alterations over usages which now prevail ? I answer : First , the assembling of an Annual Kepresentative Body would give an established and imposing character to our agitation , in tbe public eye , and would train the unenfranchised class in the important practice of legislation . The government of the Association by such a body would , also , be essentially a government by representative democracy , while tne government by a directory of five may , in its very nature , De termed an oligarchy .

      Secondly , the election of an Kxccutive Committee by the great representative body , could not fail to issue iis . tho appointment of five men of manifest fitness for office :. —th 6 'men ' of . real business , of energy , of prudence , would be sure to " atand out on the canvass" tf each picture of the Convention ; they would be marked by their fellow delegates . Thus , the mockery of selecting five ruun , in the dark , according to present custom , would be avoided . 1 say in the datk , tot it is rxtftAng better to circulate lists of a aeoro of namoB aijuonc the members , and to request them to mark five fit

      men , whereas many of the members have not seen or hoard five men , of auy kind , out of the BCora So much for the mode of eiectlng the Executive : an * then the office of the Executive would be freed , at once , of much of its present irksome character ta themselves , anct also of all its praseut apparent irreapoiisibilities , inasmuch aa the Executive would be merely the Committee of the Annual Convention , instead of a Government appointed by the people , and would have restricted powers , leaving all weighty questions that could conveniently be so life , for the decision of the enbulnc annual Convention .

      Thirdly ' , the association of tue treasurer with the Executive would tend to % 'ive that officer something like his proper alme of opportunity for giving advice on the affairs of tho general body , arid for becomint acquainted with its condition . At present . this highly important officer seems to be a mere name . Fourthly , the furnishing of each locality with uniform yearly class- books for the use of the sub-Secretaries—in other words , witfc registers of tha members , describinif their names , residences , trades , ages , amount of family , franchise , &c , ( These books to be of various dimensions , so aa to be adapted for large or email localities . )

      and also With monthly class-papers , ruled and prepared for containing a d ' . ziu or . more , names to be visited by collectors ; the act of regularity and punctually famishing each locality with these materials for sound local organization could scarcely fall to secure it . I need scarcely remark that tbe proposed monthly account from each sub-secretary , of the number of members in his locality ( that account to be a classified one , —describing the proportion of memberp of either sex , of what age , &c , to . ' ,, accordintto a mode fixed by the great Representative body ) -r-would-also promote the same desirable object .

      Fifthly , the collection of the primary monthly penny , distinctly tot the General fund of the Association , would bring the a § ilation as a whole constantly before the mind ,-of each individual member , giyiug it value and Importance then , proportioned to its real consequence . The grand National bond arising from this perpetual presentation of the movement in its universality—In its .. giant ' wight—to the . thought ef each individual memb . r would , —or I am a sanguine dreamer , —speedily render us politically omnipotent Petring that I bave already tresspasfled too largely on your limits , . : -, . . ., .. - ' ¦' ; ¦ ¦ . Iam , Sir ,. ' - - - .... - . : ¦ Youte , most respectfully , Tuouas Coopek .

      Leicester , Dec . 3 , 1842 r ¦ * The CbartUt delegates to the approaching Sturge Conference to be empowered by the people to make a temporary arranpement of districts for the election of delegates to the First Annual Convention .

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      ESSAY ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM . PART VI . Feeling that Government oppressed instead of protecting them , and that society had grown most unsocial to them , the working classes were compelled , in self-defence and for self-preservation , to form unions such as trade unioDS , benefit clubs , &c . To support thes 8 , they ha- » e to tax themaelves in addition to tbe taxes which they pay to support Government , and it is a question whether the good done outbalances the sacrifices of time and money . We should be inolined to bay not , when we see men who are z-ialous supportera of the system , patronise some of these unions . Witnoes Colonel Sibthorp , who , I believ * . is an Odd Fallow . Besides these , partial remedies arising from the necessity of the cose , some disinterested and some

      self-interested men have proposed others of a more speculative character . There is Robert Owen , but the best advice which he has to offer a starving population is to go and buy land I He tells us to enter into community—to leave off competition . The great error of Owen's scheme , as of most other schemes is , that it lets Government alone ; it does not meddle ¦ with politics—it shrinks , as Wesley did , from any contact with the great fountain-nead of all our miseries , and thus it renders itself non-effective , for a watchmaker might as well think of setting a watch right by re-constructing or remodelling some of the Bmaller wheels , and leaving tbe mainspring unregulated—the great fly-wbeel that sets all the rest agoing . We might aa well endeavour to-repair a mill dam without ; first

      turning off the stream . Why , as fast as we stopped np one bole , the water would burst out at another , aud overwhelm ub even at out / wpsfc Community 1 what availB it to ' pen tlie sheep in tbe fold , ft the wp ' if can ltap the fence ? If the hawk sits upon the highest perch in the dovecot , can be not make a prey v / hen he , pleases ? Nor is it advisable to do away with competition—enly with this excess of it . Comuetition is : a principle in human nature that excites to emulation—to noble deeds . There la ' not a boy ' s game but derives its zsst from competition . Next follow the teetotallers , who go upon the assumption that all the vice and misery in the world is caused by intemperance ; but what causes intemperance ? I hesitataEot to say , it Is thesystsni wbJch driyes many a man to drink , and tewpts all

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      others . Are not-gin-shops licensed and built with an alluring front ? Does not Government derive an Immense revenue from intoxication , even as the Pope does from prostitution ? Now it is of no use dealing ¦ with effects -while the grand cause of all ia left in Cull , in free operation . No partial remedy can soffise to cure a general evil . We must go to the root—it matters not lopping eff the branches . Others talk of a npeal of the corn liiws , of tbe poor laws , of regnlatirg infa : ; t labour / of taxing machinery , of emigration , ana I kaow not what ; but none but the ea ^ le-e ycd Chartists cun look the real remedy in tbe face , and that ia the aunuke Charter . F « r » t , UuiverBil Suffa ^! Have we not a Universal Father ? are not all equal in his eyes ? do not even the bishops tell us that Christ died

      for all ? that all may inherit heaven . How ia it then that snch distinction should be made on earth ? God is no respecter of persons—he suffers all—he showeishia g-fta alike on all . Nature is a great republic ; nor does it require more than » year for the earth to make ita revolution—for the sun to do all the business of all tbe seasons . It is said that the planet Saturn takes seven years to circle the sun , and that the climate tbere is ia consequence too cal «* . for life . We find that our senators , who tiike seven years at a time to do tbo people ' s business , grow very cool about it—leave it undone—do eniy their own—fall into a stupor . If we have no prop tty qualification , we must have payment of members .

      The gentlomtn that at present serve ub in Parliament have no oth « r qualificatiou but a property qualification . Oue would think they must have a great love for us , for they profuss to serve us for nothing , but we find that they are serving themselves '' all the while , and serving us very scurvily . No ; let us bave a personal , iu place of a property qualification— kt us pay our servants—let each , man have a voice In their election , and choose whom he likes , whether by ballot or cot . This is the People's Charter—by this the people would regain the rights which haVe been filched from , themwith tbeir rights they would regain power to prevent wrong , and to justify themselves . ( To be concluded in onr next . )

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      THE EXECUTIVE . Brother Chartists !—We have gone through many shocks , . and survived them all ; bat thL . If 16 shock upon our credit v . 111 be the most difficult to recover from . I have often observed that the thing which , above all others , keeps men from joining an Association , is their want of confidence in each oiher , and tbeir fear that the funds will be misapplied . I was in hftpas that those whom we appointed to the highest place of trust , and whom we liberally paid , would n » t have dect * iveil us ; and yety aotryl aai £ 0 find that they , even they , have not k # pt their " tougu' 3 from lying , and thfcir fingers from steuliug . " Oh , it ia a sore reproach—the treason of the " new movers" wt 3 nothing to this . It is encugh to deRtroy all confidence in us , and to keep all support from us .

      As far as I can se ^ , the Executive bad no exeuse for this peculation I wonder at Dr . ; M'Douall to Set such an exaiuple . He must have known that the " receive ' ia aa bad as the thief , " and that the ten shillings a-week extra , was atolea out of tne funds wanted for better purposes . The money spent in flying is sadly misapplied , but its sppearn that money has also been misappropriated in other ways by the Executive , abd tba suspicions of oihbezzk'tiienfc raised by eevera ! items in the halnnceshtos havo been converted to certainty by tbe manner in which the secretary refused to answer inquiries for explanation . Trusts very bad , and worse when we consider that many who subscribed to the fun « l pinched

      tnemsfIvea to do' it . . Surely £ 1 10 s . a-week is wage enough for doing nothing—it is three times aa much as the labourers who subscribe to pay it get for hard days' works ' all-the ; week . .- It is now very evident that the Exi-cutive are of no use , except as leeturers , and that they could be , without being an Executive . We waut no sinecures ; neither in Government , nor in Cbartistu . It segma that , in addition to tbeir pay as an Extjcutive , they were getting as much .-and more for lecturing at the samj time ; ami appear to have been actuated by the desire of getting all tney could . We don't blame them for this , if only tbey got it honestly , and not by fraud and deception . But thty have iuaue us pay dear for their advocacy of the cause .

      Upon the whole I am of opinion , with the Editor of the Star , that an unpaid Executive would be best . We ahould then aee -who would serve the cause for lovo of it . and not because of the loaves and fiabes . Something must be done difiertnt from what has been done , or Chartism , will sink . I don't see any great use for a parmanent Executive ; if they bave nothing to do they will do mitcli'IeT—because they think they must do something to earn their salariea . The Firach republic had an Eitwiutive-Directory ; but tliat was not before .

      but after , the republic was gained , and then they had the " . . Government' of the country to administer . ' The Secretary and the Treasurer should not be one person , because then there is no check upon him . How the enemy scoff at us for this affair of tbe Executive ! They say , we dp not deserve the Suffrage because we cheose men that cheat us . Any man may be once deceived . They ought to clear their characters or resign for the good 01 the cause . : , ¦ YoarBf : : A CHAHTIST COVXC 1 LIO& . london , Deo . 7 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brother Chartists , —Mr . L «? ach , at the Delegate Meeting nt Manchester , in his defence of the Executive , having epoken of , a plot or plots against thai body , ia which my name " is mentioned , 1 deem it a < iuty * to mysflf to state , that I have had no connection with , nor knowledge of , any plot , and It is tbe first word I have heard of-my-name being put forward as a candidate ! for a . new Executive , or of such a body being in csntemplation . It is true , having observed-what T considered improper proceedings on the part of the Executive of 1841 , 1

      joined , with rcy brother delegates at Leicester , in expressing my disxpptobatlon of the aime , and consider that it was my . 'duty so to do ; for how could I consistently condemn the couduct of tbe Government , and connive at similar conduct in the bead of our own body ? but it is not ne « sssary for me to enter into any detail , as the whole subject has been laid before you by tbe Editor of the Northern Slar . who . I consider , is entitled to the tbanfes of the people . Thus much I may say , that , as one of the delegates when the plan was reconsidered , that I have a perfect recollection that Manchester was fixed as the place of its sittings . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦' . •¦¦¦ " ;• '• . - - . ¦' . '' . ¦ . ; . - : ' . -. : ' •' .

      Han . the subject been a mere personal affkir , . 1 should certiinly not Jiava interfered , as I would moat willingly . bear anything myself , rather than cause strife , which I bave not done , though I have b « ea connected with the Movement previous to tbe first Convention '; was a member of that body and of the one ia 1841 ; have represented my own locality in four national delegate hieetlngs , besides local oi : es ; have given them my- BunriceB as lecturer , generally bearing jiiy own expeucts , in visiting the villages , and doing my beat to keep the cause agoing , — -and can say I never Hiked : an individual for a vote , or ever sought , to get myself put forward as candidate for any office , which I know has been practised by others , nevevtheless , thp people here h&ve generaliy put me in nominfition , —the last time without asking my consent ; and I believe I have their confidence in a greater degree now than when fiist chosen to represent them . Trueting that those who seek to destroy corruption will eschew the former and practice tbe latter , Jam , brethren , Yours in the cause of right against might , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. . John Sksvingtow . Loaghborougb , Dec . 5 , 1842 . : P . S . The friends here suggest that eucb of the delegates at the Birmingham Conference the * may happen to be members of the General Council sbonld . bave the power to investigate and decide upon tho iubjeet .

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      Schkduebs have been sorved on the managers of dissenting con ^ rt' ^ atiouBj requiring return * of the 6 cat-rcnt 3 of chapels , vyith a view to impose a prop . ' ny tax on them . ¦ . Compassionate Jt : dge in Texas . —A very learned and compa . ssioua . te jadtje in Texas , on passing sentonOt '! OU one Jolui-Joaca , who had been convicted of murder , concluded his remarks as follows : — " The fact ; is , Jones , that the Court did not intend to order you to bo executed before next spring , but the weather is very cold—our gaol , unfortunately , is in a

      very bad condition—much of the glass in tae windowa la broken—the chiinniea are in such a dilapidated state that no fire can oe made to render your apartments comfortable ; besides owing to the great number of prisoners , not more than one blanket can beallowed to each—to sleep soundly and comfortably , therefore , wil 1 be out of the question . In consideration of these circumstance , and wishing to . lessen , your sufirringa as much as possible , the Court in the exeroise of its humanity and compassion , do hereby order you to bu executed to-morrow morninR , as « oon after breakfast as mav be convenient to the eh « r 2 BSBa

      agreeable to you . "— Quebec Gazette . Railway Accidemt . —On Tuesday evening last an attrocious attempt-was made to throw tbo Londos mail train off the Birkenhead and Chester Railway , by placing a large beam of wood , called a sleeper , about cine feet in length , in such a position as to come in contact-with the engine ; and it had niu ~ . ; penetrated the tnginf , but lius the boiler , or it Bigot have burat . The injury was not so extensive as to prevent The train from passing to itys destination . A man of the name of Morton is in , custody on the charge of having been guilty of this wicked act .

      ROBHEBY OF THE CaSILECOMBEB MAIL . On Wednesday morning last , as the post-boy was proceeding irom Castlecomer to Eallyraggett , with the Durrow and Ballyraggett mail-bags , he was stopped by two-men , about mo miles from Castlocomer , and deprived of the bags . The baga were subsequently fcuui on a limekiln near the spot . One bag wa » in touched and the other opened , bat the letters sustained no injury—Carlow Sentinel ^

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      Robbery at Norwood End . —On Thursday night five men with their feces blackened , forced au entrance into the residence ) of the book-keeper of the C .-esterfield Canal Company , at ivorwood End , and with pistols in their hands demanded the keys ci the boxes , desks , < fee . Having thus obtained possession of the keys , they proceeded to Koarch for money , and obtained a sum of about £ ' 200 , with wliich they got clear off . The officers of justice are , we hear , in pursuit ot these daring burglars , and we hope inev veil ! soon tuoo . ei in oapturiug them . .

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      I ^ ______ . THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 10, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1190/page/7/