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      MR . O'CONNOR AT LIVERPOOL . ( From our own Correspondent . ) W This Tory ridden town got such a shake on Monday idght last as it has not had for many years . When the Chartists saw it announced inlhe Star that Mr . O'Connor -would be -with as , we Bet to work to make . his reception worthy of his exertions in ^ hisgreat cause . , The Amphitheatre bang occupied , . we could net procure-that building ,- bnt succeeded in jjetting the spacious Assembly Booms , in lord Nelson-street ., ThisJbnilding has a Tery large room , which is surrounded l > y a spacious gallery WUh . a very oommodioas platform in the centre , and was bo crammed . that many who were anxious to gain , admittance were disappointed . At half-past seren o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor appeared upon the platform and was received with several rounds of cheers and-waving of bats . idr . W . Jones , late of Leicester gaol , was nnanimoosly called to the chair , and intrOuUOtd Mr . O'Connor , after » few pertinent remarks .

      - There was a large number of the middle classes present , as well as many hundred Irish Repealers ; and we observed nearly the whole of the Council of the Stnrge party npon the platform . The subject announced in the bills was , the Charter and fiepeal : and after the lecturer had separately analysed those two topics , he srgaed npon them conjointly , faDy satisfying Ms Irish auditors that without the provisions of tie Charter , the accomplishment of Repeal would be a positive injury lo the working classes . In speaking of the Government prosecutaons , bis opinions upon "free" religion , "iree" opinions , and " free * discusson , elicited such general and continuous applause , - that he said , " after £ uch a response from English and Irish

      hearts , it mattered bnt litile what the finding of the Jury Slight be , " He entered into a consideration of the polities ! , religions , and social - power possessed by both landlords and capitalists ; and shewed , from the refusal of the Dukes of Sutherland and Buccleuch to grant sites for building churches npon for . men who would not be driven to worship God after the State-form , the fact that the land gave to its possessors a complete controol over men's minds , bodies , thoughts { or rs&er expression of thoughts ) , lives , and liberties . As a proof that with Repeal without the Charter the franchise would be contracted , he instanced the striking fact , that since the Reform Bill the constituent body of Ireland , notwithstanding an increase in population , had been

      diminished by from tyrensy to twenty-fire per cent , ; tins clsariy shewing that . Protestant landowners ¦ would not allow Catholics to hold their land , if they used ihe franchise which it conferred to destroy their" patronage in Church and State corruptions . He contrasted the present Christmas prospects of the labouring poor , with their condition before all our boasted w improvements" Jbad taken place ; and npon asking the meeting whether their condition was better or worse now , many exclaimed " tcarse , worse ten times worse now / ' " Well , then , " said Mr . O'Connor , * that ' s just what I want-the Charter for ; to make it better . " He gave the League and the Landlords a tremendous castigatlon ; and made a powerful appeal to the sbopocraey , many of

      whom were present , to aid the people in their ' struggle for u a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " Mr . O'Connor then spoke of the partiality of the press , and the manner in which be had been attacked and maligned by all the disappointed of his own political ereed . Xrord Althorp's reason for advocating Free Trade , came in for a most withering burst of sarcasm , which elicited roar 3 of laughter from the audience . The speaker then entered npon a review of ihe Chartist struggle , and explained the furnre course which he thongbt should be followed , and directed the attention of the meeting to the new plan of Organization ; and after a brilliant display of nearly three hours , he fat down amid one general burst of applause , which lasted for several minutes . Mr . H . Jones then

      moved , and Mr . Lloyd seconded , a "tote of thanks to , and confidence in , Mr . O'Connor , " which was « arri ed ~ b y acclamation ; when Mr . O'Connor moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which being seconded , was carried amid lond cheers . JMr . O'Connor then proceed to enrol members , "when he succeeded in disposing of 542 cards' no bad beginningi Of that number many were his own countrymen , while we saw more than half a score of the Complete Sufirage party take out their cards , and request to shake hands with Mr . O'Connor .- A young ! f © ry who has been among our bitterest enemies here , confessed himself converted , and took om his card

      also . Our good old cause i 3 now fairly sfloat again . We took , £ 12 10 s . at the door , which will get ns out of onr difficulties ; and Mr . O'Connor has promised ns another visit , when our mem bers nnmber 1000 . which will be -rery shortly . We iave arranged wiib Mr . O'Connor to send ns a leetnrer to organize this district , eo that we may insure a fair representation in the forthcoming Convention . I send you the Liverpool Times of Tnesday , and request you wDl take the report of Mr . O'Connor ' s ^ speech from that Whig journal , as you . may be sure it -would Iiare abased it if there had been any , the Bliiihtfcst eronnds .

      The following is tbe report of the Liverpool Times referred to by our correspondent : — F-Eaegts O'CojfnoB ih Litebpooi- —Mr . Feargus O'Connor arrived in Liverpool last night , and , shortly before eight o ' clock , proceeded to the Lord Jfebon Assembly Rooms , to delrrer a lecture on the Charter , The house was tolerably well filled by an andience consisting almost exclusively of the working classes , who paid 2 d . or S < 1 . each for admission . "Win . Jones having been called to the chair , read the placard announdrg the meeting , the heading of which was "The Charter and Repeal . " He said that the Charter and Repeal were the two most important questions 'which ocenpied the public mind , and that no one was better able to discuss them

      than Mr . O'Connor—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connor then presented himself , and was vehemently applauded . After some introductory observation ? , he said that if the working classes were socially comfortable , ie doubled whether such a meeting as that which he addressed conldVbe gathered together in all England . The politics of the poor man had for their object the making i > f himself comfortable , whereas the rich jnan looked to politics as a means of aggrandisment . If those who were now subscribing their £ 500 . each for a certain object were really in earnest in their desire to promote the comfort of the working classes , they should have < Jistribnt « d tbeir money among those who were really in need , rather than have expended it in the furtherance of an abstract political

      principle . Notwithstanding the abhoreace with which the Chartists were regarded , they actually asked no more thsn the Whigs promised in 1832 , before the passing of the Reform BUI . The principle of the "Whigs then -was , that representation and taxation should be co-extensive , and iiat was the principle of the Chartiste ; bnt with the former it was the holiday horse , whilst with the latte ' r it was the working mare . The existence of three political parties in the State was incoiap&tible with the existence of peace , law , and order . They < the Chartists ) had destroyed ihe Whigs , and new it was their dnty to destroy the Tories —( loud and continued cheering ) . After having , in b . 13 own way , analysed the theory and conduct of each of those parlies , the lecturer

      "proceeded to observe that their theorke went to limit production , and to cause a bad distribution of that production ; cut the Charter would tend to create a larger poduction , and at the same time a more fgmtable , lot an equal , distribution -of that production . As long a ? the present system of class legislation existed , tins larger production and equitable distribution con 3 dnot take place ; h covla take place only under the Charter . The lecturer then began incidentally to complain , EOt eo much of the opposition of the press , but « f its tyrtemaucally refraining frtm publishing the Fpeechf * of Chartists , and declared his conviction that if the press would but publish i bese speeches , the principles of the Chartists wtuld in a month be in the ascendant . Hesaid

      thattheiwo great classesofthi 3 conn try were thelandowntrsandthemoniedintereEt . and , thoBghiheformer was sow in the ascendant , he had no doubt that the latter-would become so , and that Sir B . Peel was prepart-d to snecomb to it . The Tory psrty did not much dread the accession cf the Whigs to power , because ibai boded nothing evil to the Church , nor to the upholding of the countless offices in the army , navy , &a , provided for the aristocracy , nor to many other akusea equally beloved by both parties ; but they dreaded the triumph of ihe Charter , which they knew , would take away the power of the land , the power of the aristocracy , and transfer it to . the people . Therefore , althonjjh lie Chartists did not help the frte-trsders , the dread of the free-traders

      gon * g ever to the Charrots vrould force Sir R , Peel to carry free trade , for fear he should be obliged to cany the Charter . The triumph of the Charter was a necessary preliminary to ihe triumph of fr ? e trade . The Lea ^ ne had done nothing with us £ o 0 , 000 ; and , thongh it mixht appear paradoxical , he could safely say that its" £ 100 , 000 wonld ao lesB . Be denied that the Chartists were destructives , and defied any one to point OUt what piopetls ltey nan injnrea ^ r to Ehow that they liad hurt a hair of any man ' s head . They did not persecute , but thfcy were persecuted . In illustration of this , le dightly hinted at the prosecution of the ChartiEts , and then referred to the persecution of the 2 v * © n-intrus 5 cni « rty in SeoilaciL more «

      trtienlailyhy the Bakee of Bucdeugh SDQ Sntherland , wlio had , he eaid , refused to give from thai fast estates a single plot of gronnd whereon the Tree Church party might erect a place , in which to worship God aeeordingto their own coasdence . I 3 e was &r a -rolnntary religion and a voluntary church—Cflheers ) . The junction of the Chureh and State had been the ruin of morals and polities in this country . He aext proceeded to assert that the land of this ccuDtry would , if brought into the retail market , produce an increased rental of jCIO . COO OOO aannally ; but that the landowners preferred b eep isg it in the wholesale maiket , and ODtainiBS ihe ISgh po « ible- price there * eo that - they might retain the large holders in political subgerTitneys and thus securo to theaiselvea power

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      and patronage , and the benefits accruing from the disposal of £ 60 . 000 , 000 per annHm . These things , to them , were dearer than the benefits that wonld accrue to the great bedy of the agricultural nopula . tion from small allotments . Mr . O'Connor then went on to nrge that all free-traders who were desirous of seeing their principles successful should join the Chartists , as that was the right mode of obtaining the object they had in view . The Chartists , in fact , were not merely the only freetraders , bnt they were the only parties that conld carry free-trade . The lecturer devoted considerable time in an attempt to prove this proposition . He was frequently rery loudly applauded . —Liverpool Times .

      W 1 GAN . GBEAT EXCITEMENT . —THE JU 11 TABY TODEB ABM 3 .-CHJLRUST nEMONSTRATION SUPPRESSED . — UISCOW STinmONAL CONDUCT OP THE MaTOB , AND TKI UMPHAXT CHABTIST MEETING .

      ( From our own Correspondent ) Your readers are aware that Mr . O'Connor was to be at Wigan on Tuesday last , and when it was made known to the Chartists of Wigan , that indomitable party , —consisting for the most part of Mr . O ' Connor ' s own countrymen , —every exertion was Hsed to make his reception such as we deemed him entitled to . We took the Commercial Hall , a large building capable of accommodating 2 , 00 ft persons , and paid our money to the lady who has always

      acted as agent for the proprietors . We had farther determined upon having a publio demonstration . On Monday , however , our secretary iwefyed a note announcing the fact that we could not have the Commercial Room , though we had paid for it . A Chartist was despatched to Liverpool , to confer with Mr . O'Connor , who at once acquiesed in a proposal that he should reach Wigan at twelve o ' clock , instead of eight in the evening , and have an out-door demonstration , ravher than submit to an inglorious defeat .

      When Mr . O'Connor ' s resolution was made known , the Irishmen shouted " Jso Clomtabp , No CxosTABr' ^ and eo great did the excitement become that our zealous opponents thought ** discretion the bettej- part of valour , " and sent the key of the Commercial Hall to the Chartists . This course being forced npon the rampant authorities , had a considerable effect in allaying the excitement . When Mr . O'Connor arrived at the station , according to appointment , the whole population ef the town appeared to have assembled , and as he drove through the dense mass he was loudly and exultingly cheered by the thousands who had assembled to welcome him . The Mayor had issued orders to the military to be

      under arms ; and the police and military officers with their swords , were in gronps in various parts of the town . Mr . Lord , the present Mayor , is now a rampant ToTy . He has " been all things to allmen " —Whig , Radical , and Tory . He is a solicitor . He gave his best assistance to the persecutors of the people in 1839 ; and is deservedly detested by the working classes , and despised as a politician by his new associates , who nss him for their party purposes . Thronghont the whole day the town continned in an unusual state of excitement ; ' and in the evening the Large Hall at 2 d . and 6 d . admission , was not half large enough to hold all who would have gladly been present .

      [ ¥ rom another correspondent , we have received the following account . 3 The town of Wjgan has been all excitement and booUe for the last fortnight , owing to an announcement through the columns of the Star that the indomitable and untiring champion of the people ' s rights , F . O ' Connor , Esq ., wonld be here on Tuesday , the 5 th instant , and deliver an address to the people on tie principles of Chartism . No sooner ¦ were tbe good men and true of Wigan apprised of Mr . O'Connor ' s intentions , than they determined on giving him snch a reception as hiB untiring exertions and many sacrifices in behalf of the suffering

      and toil-worn millions duly entitled him to . They issned large placards announcing their intention of giving him a public entry into the town , accompanying him in procession . This aroused the ire of the factions . Alarm was sounded , and force collected , to devise plans to prevent the "poor man ' s friend " from having an opportunity of ennnciating the pure principles of political truth . Their first step was to send for two of the _ Chartist Council , who promptly attended his high : mightiness , a certain " Jim Crow" sort of a gentleman , bearing the flaming title of "Mayor of Wigan . " This thing set himself above the law and constitution , and told the councillors that B £ would not allow them

      to have a procession , and wondered at their audacity in daring to announce their intention without asking his highnesses' leave . The poor fellows , not knowing that this pettifofiging qnDl-driving attorney was only the administrater of the law , and not the law itself , gave up the procession . The Chartist council had taken the Commercial Hall , the largest room in the town , for the meetiBgin the evening . Tho next step oi the factions was to prevent them from having the room ; but having ascertained that they had paid the rent a difficulty presented itself that was not bo easy to get over ; but , nothing daunted , they determined to leave no stone unturned to put a stop to the meeting . Therefore a letter was sent to Mr . Sontbport , the lessee of the room ,

      calling npon him to break the contract . This gemleman , although a Whig , felt himself called npon to aid and assist his friends the Tories in preventing so dangerous a person as Mr . O'Connor from entering Wigan . Accordingly he wrote to the agent , who has the lettiDg of the room , to retnrn to the Chartists theii money . The person who took the room was sent ffl » by the agent , who informed him that she had been instructed to return him the rent of the room , as tbe authorities -were against them having their meeting . The man told her ; that the Char tists were not in the habit of making children s bargains , * they had taken the room and paid the rent ; and if the doors were not opened

      at the time appointed , they would consider themselves justified in effecting an entrance by breaking Hem open . This avowal made the agent look rather bine , and she asked tbe man what he wonld take for a me bargain 1 " Ten pounds , " said the man , ** and sot a far thing less . " Things remained in this state until Monday the 4 th , when the Chartists despatched a man to Liverpool , to inform Mr . O'Connor of the condnct of the base factions . That gemleman told him to go back and inform the men of Wigan that he wonld be with them on the Tuesday , at twelve o ' clock ; and if the room was withheld from them , he would hold a meeting in the Market-place .

      At a few minntfs before twelve o ' clock , the Chartist Council , wearing green and white rosettep , went to the terminus of the Bailway to meet Mr . O'Connor with an open carriage for his reception . Tbe soldiers were confined to the barracks , io be in readiness in case the great O'Connor should endeavour to swallow the town and "Lord" John , tbe Mayor . And , notwithstanding the procession was put a stop to , we have seen many stirs in Wigan but never saw anything to equal the numbers and enthusiasm of tbe people on this occasion . The streets , leading to the Railway station , were litterally crammed . It was difficult to make way through them .

      Shortly after twelve o'clock , the train , containing Mr . O'Connor , appeared ; and in a few seconds was at tbe station . Mr . O'Connor alighted , and entered the carriage provided for him . When he arrived in the street , the assembled thousands burst out in one enthusiastic cheer , which made the welkin ring . It was with much difficulty that the carriage moved along , so densely "was the Btreet wedged with living beings . Every available spot frem -whence a sight could be obtained was occupied . The upper windows of the houses was crowded with parties who welccmedMr . O C . by every demonstration of kindness . Cheer succeeded cheer until Mr . O'Connor arrived at his hotel . Here the scene baSed description . Whichever way the eye turned , one eountless mass

      of human beings met the view . When Mr . O'Connor descended from the carriage , and mounted the steps of the hotel , tbe cheering was tremendous . The whole affair told the petty Jacks-in-office , that , despite their puny despotism , the people will give honour to whom honour is due . The factions have learned a lesson that their interference with the rights of the people is most certain to shorten their tenure of office . Their opposition is a convincing proof—if proof was wanting—that the principles enunciated by such men as Mr . O'Connor would ameliorate the condition of the people and for ever annihilate class rule and oppression , and establish the

      immutable principles of truth and justice . This demonstration , congregated together without a single banner or musical instrument , will not be swro forgotten bj the people orWigtn ; i-ad . w think the Major will have learned by it that it is a dangerous thing to mtetf « r « with the popular will . Tk « people hav » also preltei by the opposition they net with froai "Lord" John and his colleagues . They have learned that tkey will never be in ant other position unta they remove from office snch things as the pettifogging ** Jun Crow" Attorney-Mayprof Wi « an . " John , " look out ! at the next municipal election .

      . , The » eetarg in the evening was a bumper ; every part of the spacions Hall was literally cramW , and many had to go away that could not get ad * mittance , In fact , snch waB the crowded state of the room that several people were earned out dead ack during the time that Mr . O'Connor was speak-

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      ing . They had fainted from the pressure- and the extreme heat of the room . , ..: s ^ At a few minutes to eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Richardson and . JVIr ; Pi ^ OP , entered the Hall , and with maoh difficulty " made tijeir way to the platform . Upon Mr . O'Connor jnaking- ^ is appearance , he was received by . the most enlbasiaBtic cheering , which continued for several seconds . ~ ' ¦ On the motion of Mr . Lenegan , Mr . Jas . Smally was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr . Smally was greeted with several rounds of applause He said , Fellow-townsmen , —I thank you for this

      mark of your eateem , To be elected by your suffrages to preside over so large a meeting of my feJU low-townBmen is indeed an honour . And as it has pleased you to put me in so responsible a situation , I truBt that you will render me your assistance in keeping order during the time the speakers are addressing you . It was useless to tell them for what purpose they were met together ; it was to hear an addreBs from the poor man ' s friend , F . O'Connor , Esq ., on the principles of demooraoy He would not trespass further upon their time , bnt conclude by calling upon Mr . Richardson to address them . . '

      Mr . Richardson addressed the meeting in a short and energetic speech , which did honour to his bead and heart . He sat down amid the thundering cheers of the meeting . - ; The Chairman then introduced to the meeting , Mr . Wm . Dixon . who addressed ttt ' ern in a fcwt manner , and concluded by saying that they had often heard him before , and would have an opportunity of hearing him again before he left the town ; therefore it would be ill-advised of him to occupy their time when they were so anxious to hear Mr .

      O'Connor . The Chairman said he now had the pleasure of introducing to them a man who had rendered himself obnoxious to the oppressors of his country , by his manly and straightforward advocacy of the poor man ' s rights , and the denunciation of the rich man's oppressions . He called upon Feargus O'Connor , £ ? q ., to address them . Mr . O'Connor rose amid tremendous applause , waving of hats , handkerchiefs , &o . &c , which lasted for some time .

      It is impossible to give even an outline of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech . It was one of the best that we ever heard him deliver . In fact , he outdid himself . Perhaps the opposition of the Mayor of Wigan had acted as a stimulus , which made him , on this occasion , even exceed himself . Of this we are sure , " Lord" John , the Mayor of Wjgan will not soon forget the castigation he received at the hands of Mr . O'Connor . He lashed him in a masterly manner . He ; kept the people in a continued roar of laughter for upwards of half an hour at poor " John ' s" expence . Mr . O'Connor then went into a concise and minute examination of the policy of both Whigs and Tories , and demonstrated , in a clear and unsophisticated manner , that nothing

      short of the Charter , whole and entire , becoming the law of the land would benefit the working classes . He then entered into a review of the Corn Law agitation , and examined their various sophisms , proving that the repeal of the Corn Laws would only make our condition worse under present circumstances ; and he convinced his hearers that the parlies who make so much noise about the repeal of those laws are as great monopolists , if not greater , than the landlords of the country . He stated that the Chartists were the only tree tradsra in existence . " Gire us the Charter to-morrow , " said Mr . O'Connor , " and in the morning we will send for Frost , Williams , and JoUes— ( tremendous cheers ) , — -

      at noon repeal the abominable New Poor Law , and at night repeal the Corn Laws , and make trade as free as they like . Give us free trade votes , and we will give free trade in corn ; but never till then . "—( . Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Wigan has done a vast amount of good . It has broken down prejudice in quarters where the working men could not enter before . At the close of his lecture he expressed bis determination of viBiting Wigan again in the course of next month . This announcement was received with deafening cheers . Mr . O'Connor then intimated his intention of remaining after the meeting to enroll members , and sat down amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the whole assembly .

      The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . O'Connor , and the Chairman , and the meeting broke up . Mr . O'Connor then enrolled several hundred members , and thus ended one of tbe most glorious triumphs over faction . We hope thai ' the people will maintain the vantage ground they have thus obtained , and never rest until every municipal office be filled with men that will do justice to the people .

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      admission . If these schools prosper , it must be upon the basis of truth , and that alone . jflia strike was brought to a elo ^ Jb ^^ ^ ttW ^ Mfr night , sr the turn-outs getting the "list " raicES , and returning to their work . By the tyranny and obstinacy of the law grinders , thousands of pounds have been lost to the operatives , the shopkeepers , and the comparatively good employers . One fact ia worth mentioning . The shopkeepers are meditating upon some serious oourse of action , by which they hope to stop these repeated assaults of the masters , which periodically subject them to loss and uncertainty . The speech of Mr . O'Connor last night went far to open the eyes of many of that class who were present , and who are

      beginning to make common cause with the operatives . Mr . O'Connor shewed them , that—firstly the monopoly of money by the ateam-owners and truok-shops , lessened the amount of money which would be otherwise spent in the retail market ; secondly , that the hands thrown out of employment by steam were so much custom taken from them ; thirdly , that the monopoly of money by the capitalists render them liable to an Income Tax , as the only means of getting at the locked-up treasurer ; and , fourthly , that the consequent distress made them liable to a large increase of poor rateB to support the steam-made paupers . This exposition has had a very proper effect ; and the hands mean to issue an address to the shopkeepers to invite them to join in a " Labour-Protecting Association . "

      I will give o no act of tyranny , Mr . Editor . Poor Pilling has a son nineteen years of age ; a weaver . He is as good a Workman as any in our town , and as good a character . And , yet , on Wednesday morning , after the men wore in , his heartless , cold-blooded tyrant employer turned him upon the street without a moment ' s warning , assigning as his only reason , " That he was Polling ' s son" I O , Sir , what practical Christians these modern heathens are ; in visiting thessins of the fathers upon the children !!! Can't you point out some means , Sir , by which this poor victimthe chief support of a whole family , may be started in some business . O , Sir , it is a shocking thing to think of the power that masters have and exercise over the lives , the liberties , and the comforts of

      their slaves . When , 0 when , will the millions rise as one man from their long sleep , and say , with one thundering voice , " Fall , thou tyrant monster , and be d—n—d" ! What a country , and what means of improving it , we have , if we were only justly governed and had fair play . The League , Sir , dare not meet us here , notwithstanding our destitution , and their ability to subscribe our honey to perpetuate their own despotism . I hear , Sir , that some more active means than mere political agitation will be resorted to , if something is not done , and that speedily , to arrest those manand-woman-and-child-destroy era in . their hellish course . The heart sickens , Sir , to see idlers living in luxury upon the very sweat and blood of human beings . The man cannot and will not much longer stand it . •• - ¦ *¦ .

      f On this we have but two or three words to say if the operatives of Ashton , in whose service Pilling has so well and so boldly acted , permit Pilling ' s son to be without the means of existence , they ought to "fall , too , and be d—n—dl The remedy is in their own hands , and very simple . They can subscribe a fow pounds , either as shares in a Co-operative Provision Store , of which young Pilling could be manager ; or by way of loan , to start him in business for himself : and when he is so started , either in the oue way os the other , they can buy their provisions of him . They can do this , and they must do it , or consent to be considered ungrateful , and c asscd with the tyrant master who seeks to doom Pillin to starvation , !

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      . ^ i DUMFRIES . —At the last meeting of the Council in this locality , an appointment was read from the General Seoretary , constituting its members a part of the General Council of the National Charter Association ; and the Secretary received instructions to write to that officer for information when and how the monthly contributions to the Executive were required to be sent . A Committee wad also named at the same meeting to distribute the members into classes or sections , on the plan of the old local Society , and an aggregate meeting of the members summoned to nominate leaders . The Chartists are still " the ruling faction" in Dumfries , and likely to continue so , as the town appears to be tabooed to the League , and no other party appears inclined to

      move . Indeed , we are almost in the quandary of the Irish tailor— " blue-moulded for want of a bating "; but , as the floshmongers have announced , at a late gathering , their intention , of sending & deputation to Scotland in the beginning of tbe next year , we shall perhaps get a fling at them then . Chartism , like everything else , thrives most with opposition . BATH . —According to announcement , a meeting was held at the Rooms of the National Charter ABaociation in this City , on Monday evening , to hear a lecture from Mr . Clark , of the Executive . Mr . C Bolwell in the chair . The subject of the lecture was the "Repeal ef tbe Union . " Mr . C commenced by showing tbe subject of

      Repeal was interesting and important to Englishmen as well as Irishmen , Inasmuch as it was the cause of liberty . He then , in slowing but faithful colours , ponrtrayed the wronga of Ireland , and advocated the Repeal as a question of right . He showed that Repeal would be beneficial to both countries , and dwelt upon tbe UBtailB Of this great question with peculiar ability and foice of argument , lu au eloqoent discourse of an hour and a-half . At the conclusion , Mr . C recommended the working men present to provide themselves with " Tbe Poor Man ' s Companion , " by Joshua Hobaon , gome of which he bad brought with him , and proceeded to dispose of . Mr . Clark then proceeded to enrol members under the New Organization .

      Cr&ASGOW . —At a meeting held in the Toung Men's- Academy . College-street , on Monday , Mr . D . Mitchell in the chair , Mr . Duncan Sherrington , on the part of the committee appointed to inquire as to tbe propriety of joining tbe National Charter Association , reported tbafc the committee , after mature deliberation , had come to the unanimous resolution of recommending to their friends the propriety of joining the National Charter Association . He said he was happy t » have it in his power to read to them the opinion of of some of the most distinguished authorities in the land upon the subject . He ( Mr . S . ) said tbis with the greater confidence , inasmuch as that opinion v # a » not obtained on account of the National Chatter Association . ] He referred to a pamphlet published by the

      Complete Suffrage Union . He would also read to them the opinion ot an authority on wblch'some of them appeared to lay considerable stress , namely , the opinion set forth in the leading columns ef the Star , while under the management of Mr . Hill . Having read some of the leading articles above referred to , and also the pamphlet published by the Complete Suffrage Union npon thejsubject of Organization , he said he hoped they had heard enough to satisfy them as to the safety of joining the National Charter Association . Mr . M'Donald moved tbe adoption of the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Brown , and carried , Messrs . Adams and Kerr alone expressing their dissent . It was then resolved that a publio meeting should be held in tbe » ame place , on Monday evening next , to take into consideration the propriety of nominating ( o * recommending } parties to form part of the Cterieral

      Council . A Tote of thanks to the Chairman , coneluded the proceedings ; after which Uiemeettngwaa declared diaaolved . Ut all who feel interested in the saccesaa ^ f the National Charter Association «*« P tor ' ward . f Let the tueatton be what shall be done ?—not who ahall do it ? If the N ational Association is vigorously supported , it is ealcolated to give ait impetus t © the movemeat th « t will teach faction that Governments ' ra made for the people , and not tha people tor Governments ; but if , through criminal indifference , it should be allowed to fail , it will be the greatort Wow the cause has hitherto sustained . The Whigs have tbiir concentrated Organisation tinder the auspices ef the I ^ gweV the Tories have tbeir Carlton Club ; tbe Chu | ipij « ty bave their rallying point ; all parties , from ' mi cjovernment downwards , have their centralift ^ rO ^ nisation . let ub " go and do likewise . "

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      LONDON . —United ^ axwot ^ ' > Bbmbfit ahd Ybovwbhx ltavaj ^< M : 3 < mm m ^ mm ^ m ^^^^ t ^^ Monday evening , ] Deo&mber the 4 tn , in Tillman ' a Assembly Room , ; No . 59 , Tottenham Court-road . There was a very full attendance of the members to receive the report of the Revisal Committee , elect Trustees , appoint auditors , and select bankers . Mr . Harvey was called to the ohair . The Secretary , Mr . Ruffy Ridley , read ihe minutes of the previous meeting which were confirmed . The revised Rules weie read and adopted with the following additions and amendments , ! appointing branches and subsecretaries : —Superannuated members to earn what

      they can , provided it do not exceed the sum of £ 12 10 i . 8 d ., and ; six shillings per week for the relative divisions : jif reduced to a poor-house , still to receive the Bame allowance ; but the minor authorities not to be paid if they make a claim for the same ; an intestate member , if free at his death , to have from fire to seven pounds spent on his funeral , the surplus to go to the nearest relative if claimed within twelvemonths . The floating capital not required , to be placed in the name of the eleven trustees in the London and Westminster Bank ; , the amount of capital required to be decided by the General Committee . The Secretary and Treasurer to convey the same . Any

      member convicted of theft or forgery to be expelled . The patronage , donations , and subscriptions of the benevolent rich and affluent are requested to aid and assist in carrying out this great desideratum . After the usual formal vote adopting the revised code , and repealing the former rules , ihe following persons , being householders , were unanimously elected trustees :-fMessrs . J . Dron , J . Shaw , J . Rawlings , G . Harvey , J . Hodge , R . Mellnish , S . Snelling , W . Mark , R . Barton , J . Paine , W . Park ; the following also as auditors , Messrs . T . M . Wheeler , J > Wilson , T . Wiloox ; and the London and Westminster Bank was selected as the bank of the society . The following votes were then carried by acclamation : " That the thanks of this society are

      eminently due and are hereby given to F . O'Connor , Esq ., for his handsome gift to the society in its infancy ; " and " That its marked thanks are also due and ate hereby given to the proprietors of the Northern Star and Lloyd ' s London Weekly Newspaper , fer the ability and truthfulness with which those journals have advocated the claims of this society . " " That thirty copies of each of the above journals be taken for the use of our country members . " The society is in a most flourishing condition , although only established nine months it now numbers nearly three hundred members . Vote ? of thanks were than passed to the Chairman and Secretary , and the meeting dissolved .

      Mr . Datoc lectured to a nujnlvrous audience in . his usual spirit-stirriag style , on Sunday evening last , at the Mechanic ' s Institute , CirousUtreot .

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      NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Gamrnage , of Northampton , lectured in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Newcastle , on Sunday last in tbe [ afternoon and evening . Subject" The right of the people to the possession of the soil . " Mr . G . in a very able manner , showed the means resorted to by a certain class of brigands to rob the people of their inherent rights , and contended that many of the present landocracy bad no better moral right to the lands he was in possession of ] than a pickpocket has to the plunder of which he rob * the unwary by bis dexterity in picking pockets . He clearly showed that tbe people kad an inheritance in the land of their birth , but he doubted whether ever they Would gain possession of it until the Charter became tbe law of the land , and concluded by exhorting his andience to unite for that

      purpose . The daieshead Observer says that the Free Traders there being ( oiled in their attempts to ram their address down tbe throats of the people in public meeting assembled , ; returned to the corner again , and the seven adopted it as tbeir address . We are bappy to learn that the intelligent portion of the electors of Gateshead are beginning to look around them and to follow up the recent triumph in the Town Hall , with a letter to Mr . Hntt | of whioh the following is a copy . They forwarded it ! to that gentleman by post together with a copy of the Observer , giving an account of the position in which be stood with his constituents . " Gtateshead , December 2 nd , 1 8 43 , —Sir , —A . t tbe request of several of ] oar fellow-townsmen , we beg ; to transmit yon a copy of the Gateshead Observer in which you will find a report of tbe first public meeting of . the Qateshead Free Trade Society . An addition to the

      address to the electors of Salisbury you will perceive was proposed and seconded , whioh , when put to the meeting by the chairman , was carried almost unanimously . Oar object in submitting the proposition to year constituents was to ascertain their opinion as to your past services , j By its adoption we received an answer . The meeting was composed of some of the most icflueHtial of year supporters ; and we trust , even in your estimation , too respectable to be treated with inattention or indifference . As the times are evontf ul and truly alarming , jwe sincerely hope tint yon -wiU see the propriety of convening a meeting of your constituents and giving anj account of your stewardship ; also , of consulting with them as to the line of policy you ought to adopt in the ensuing session of Parliament . We bave tbe honour to be , Sir , your obedient , bumble servants and constituents , Wm . Cook , Jno . Burn . "" To Wm . Hutt , Esq ., M . P . " ;

      Mr . Hutt has returned the following answer . By it , it will be seen that he dart not face his constituents : — " Ctibside , 4 th Dec , ; 1843 . Sir , —I kave just received the tetter atgned by you and Mr . Born , together with a copy of the GatesJiead Observer , to which it refers . The Observer I had previously seen ; and I bad read with regret til * resolution relating to myself which had been agreed to at ( lie meeting assembled in the Tovra Hall on Monday last . I should regret that resolution more if it should appear tba . t the majority by whom it was

      carried were inhabitants of Gatesfwad . On snob occasions it is not unusual for strangers to be present I am , of ' course , not unmindful that ever since my connexion with Gateshead * you have been engaged la zealous political hostility to me . I cannot help thinking , notwithstanding that you take too « anguine a view of your caw , if you conceive that an ; oonuide * aW « number of tbe electors whoigave me their confidence , in 1841 , are now disposed to retract it , my Parliamentary conduct baa been , I think , very much what I promised tbe people of Gateshead that it should , be . X am not pro

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      U- A ^ // jL ^ tsTz ^ tCM ; o Mtog to invite the electors to atfend b&f jJublfe ieeting for the purpose named in your letter , and / da inst not be surprised if I ^ add , that I aJiouJa bstdlfb ? iduced to take such a step by the tepresentatlonB of lose who avow themselves : politically opposed toi sag '

      Mr . Burn was , I conclude , the seconder of your motion on Monday last , be so kind as let him Jmow . that I have replied to bis letter . —Your client ServantV Mr . Wm . Ceofc , , -y ^ m mfrM OLDHABI . —On Sunday last , Mr . J . leach delivered c « e of the most convincing lectures we Java for some ti . vie had the opportunity of hearing ' . It was repleta with sotuid argument The room was crowded to overflowing . A great many bad to go away for ytant of room * . ¦ ¦¦¦ -,.. ¦ .. ; ;

      Bt VCHDA&B . —Mr . James Pontefraot , of Saddleworth , delivered two leotures in this town , according to previous arrangement , and gave general satisfaction to all his hearers . 7 ' -. ¦ -: ' ¦ ¦' HT 6 tosc . —Mr . Charlton , the talented lecturer of Sunde . rland , gave two excellent discourses in this thriving 1 voality , on Sunday last .

      ^Ortfjavmttts Cfjartfet H&Ulfmp.

      ^ ortfjavmttts Cfjartfet H&ulfmp .

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      LosDoif ^— A general meeting o . f the Chutists of the Crown ai \ d Anchor . Waterloo Town , will 1 ) 0 held next Sum foy evening , at eight o ' clock , to take into considera Uon the propriety of amalgamating : with the friends meeting at , the Woodman , Waterloo Town . Every member is requested to attend . : Tower Hamce ts . —The general councillors , residing in the Towe t Hamlets , are requested to meet at the White Homh St . Mary-street , near Whitechapel Workhouse * on Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock . An Harmonic Mebting will be holden at the

      leathers , Warren-strt « t , Tottenhnnvcourt-road , on Monday , Dec . 1 lth , 18 < t 3 , at eight o ' clock . The proceeds to be given to Mas . Ellis . Mr . £ . Srjii . L \ vo 3 DwilI Jeciure at the Mechanics Institute , Circus-street ) Marylebeme , © a Monday evening next . ; U Mjv CoQWBzmW kotow stibilwt City of London Political and Scientific Institution , M SaiMbnr evening next , on the poetry of P . B . Shelley . Feaegus O'CoNWOB * Esq . will address the inhabitants of Chelsea , Brompton , and Enigbisbridgey in a spacious saloon fitted up for the occasion-, at the Roebuck Tavern , Leader-street , Chelsea , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past seyea precisely .

      Somers Town . —A lecture will be delivered at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Tonbridge-street , Cromer-street , at half-past seven o ' clock precisely . St . Luke ' s . —A . Discussion will be holden at the Cornish Coffee House , 66 , Bunhill-row , on-Wednesday evening next , the 13 th instant ,- ^ Subject— - "Will an immediate total Repeal of the Corn Laws and Free Trade benefit the Working Classes . " A deputation from the League will attend . Chair taken afc half-past eight o ' clock precisely . A Tea . Festival &nd Ball will be given in hononr of the opening of the new Chartist Hall , Blackfriara ' - road , corner of Webber-street . Alderman Humphrey , Esq ., M . P ., will preside ; Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will attend ; B . Wood , Esq ., and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., are invited and expected .

      The Shareholders of the above Hall are requested to meet on Sunday next , Deo . IOcb , at six o ' clock , on business of the greatest importance MaccIiEsfield—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Samuel Bentote will lecture in the Chartist Room , Stanley-street . Chair to bo taken at half-past six o'clock in the evening . On Monday evening Mr . P . M'Grath will deliver a lecture in the above room . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock . Thb Ret . Wm . Hill will deliver three discourses in the lecture room , Nelson-street , Newcastle , on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., in the morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , on the Political teachings of the Old Testament ; in the afternoon at half-two , on the example of Jesus as a social and political reformer ; and in the evening at half-past six , on practical Christianity , in its political bearings . Mr . Hill will lecture in the Ridley-court long room , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , on the causes and remedy of national distress .

      Sxockport . —On Sunday afternoon next , a discussion will take place in the Youths' Ante-room , Garnett-street , Lower Hillgate . Subject— "Has Machinery been a blessing or a curse I" Chair to be taken at two o ' clock . « Holunwood . —Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Room * Pew Nook , Hollinwood , on Sunday , the 10 th of December , at six o ' clock in the evening . A collection will be made to defray expenses . Oldhah . —On Sunday ( tomorrow ) Mr . William Miller will lecture in the pbartist Room , Greavesstreet , at six o ' clock in the ovening .

      Halifax . —Mr . Hanson will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Pellon Lane , oa Sunday ( tomorrow ) , at six o'clock in , the evening . Rochdale . —Mr . Joseph Wood will deliver lectures in the Charti 9 t Association Room , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six ia the eveaing . It is bequested that the Shareholders of the Working Men ' s Hall will attend a Shareholders ' Meeting in the Chartist Association Room , Millsstreet , on Sunday ( . tomorrow ) , at ten o ' clock in th& morning . All persons desirous of takiag out shares are also requested to attend .

      Boltot * . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , will preach two sermons on Sunday , the 10 th instant , on the occasion of opening the Sunday School , in the Chartist Room , Cheapside . Service to commence at tvro o ' clock in the afternoon , and six in the evening . Collections will be made ia aid of the 8 ohool . Nottingham . —There will be & < tea party held ai H . Dorman ' s , Temperance House , Clare-street , on Tuesday , the 26 th of December , tickets ninepeocd eaoh . Tea at half-past four o ' clock . Bath . —Mr . C . Bolwell will lecture at the rooms of the Association , on Monday evening next , at eight o'clock .

      Monkwearhouth . —Mr . Dickinson will deliver a lecture at this place , on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , near the -Wheat Sheaf Public- House . —Subject— " The Road to Paradise , " Htlton . —Mr . Monarch will deliver two * lectures at this locality , on Sunday next , at two O ' clock ia the afternoon , and six o ' clock in the evening . Sunderland . —Mr . Thos . DickmsoQ wiS deliver his second lecture on "the INorman Invasion and character of Willliam ( miscalled ) the Conqueror , " on Monday next .

      Staleybridqe . —A lecture will be delivered in tho Charter Association room , back of the Angel Inn , a £ six o ' clock ia the evening , by Mr . Hurgreaves , from Manchester , on Sunday next . —AH communications to be addressed to Thomas Midcalf , No . 13 , Waterloo Buildings . NfcwxoN Heath . —Mr . John Massey will deliver a lecture on Geology , ia the Chartist Association room , on Sunday evening next . —There will also be a Tea Party on New Yearfs Day evening for the > Members and friends of the Association . Dewsburt . —A publio meeting will bu held in the Large Room , over the Co-operative Stores , on Sunday next , for the purpose of arranging for the > liberation of William Sheldrake- from Wakefield House of Correction . Chair to be taken at two o ' clock in the after noon .

      Poitebies . —The Members and Friends of tha National Charter Association of Hanley and Sheltoa . are requested to attend a general meeting pf tho » - Association , on Sunday next , at seven o ' clock in the--evening , on business of importance , at the house of Mr . J . Yates , Miles Bank , Shelton . 7 Mr . Clarke's tour through" Cornwall . —Cam * borne , Monday , 11-th ; Penzance , 12 th ; Hayle , 13 th . Redruth , 14 th ; Traro , 15 th ; again , at iCambome v the 16 th . Mr . Clarke will lecture through Devonshire oa

      his return to ( Bristol . Men of Devonshire , get up your meetings . Sheffield . —On Sunday evening ^ Mr . West yfin deliver , his concluding lecture on "Irelr md ' a Wrongs , " in the Room , Fig-tree Lane . Subf © ot--M Repeal of the Union . " To commence at haf if . n ^ at Bixo ' olook . A publio meeting bu Monday * nightand an harmonic meeting every Tuesday t andSa ^ turday , under the superintendence of the ' Council , for the benefit of the Associationi * ^

      Mr . M'Grath ' s Route for the next for tnfc M . — Sunday , Stockport ; Monday , Maoclesfleld ? TniLilv . Congleton ; Wednesday , Hanley ; Thursd , aV Lonaton ; Friday , Wolverhampton ; Sunds v ^ Bilaton * Monday , Birmingham ; Tuesday , Cow QtW ^ f ed * nesday , Northampton . ' ¦ * CLUHEROB .-A meeting of theme * lber 8 Md ^ those who are friendly to , or anxious to oo . on-.-tfl with , "the good and true * in carry * ng ^ ut ffiadeavourmg to accomplish the regener ation of « n « int » wiU be held in the Chartistlloo * * cUthS on Sunday evemng , Deo . loth , io ta > * * S Sde ? atvoa business of importance , and fr a enrol themselvea under the New Plan of Organizaf jqq Bramord . —The members of the Co-oparativa Store-, are ^ requeated fe > attend tb e meeting to be held in the room over the shop , Chf pel-lane , on Monday evening , at eight o ' olock ; the report of tho ManagingCommitteei will be laid V efOre the meetinjt .

      Thb Chartjst Cotjwoii . v . ill meet in the Council Room , Butterworth ' s-buildt Dgs , on Sunday evening , at Bix o ' clock . A full atte ndanoe is requested as aa auditing committee will b' elected . . The Chartists ot / jfanningbam will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , and at two in the afternoo / a . Card ? will be ready in tho hands of the Secretary . M « . Wk . Bait , ' of Heywood , will deliver a lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) in the Garden-street Lecture Room , at Six o ' clock in . the evening . A Gsnbrai . Misetino of the members of the National Charter Association , residing in the neighbou rhood ot Huddersfield , will be holdeu in the Association room , Upperhead-row , on Taesday , the 12 th iast . * for the purpose ' -of nominating a new Council , under the new Plan of Organization . Tho meeting to oomu > rence at eight o'olock .

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      •New Woollen Cloth And Tailors' Trimming Establishment, \

      • NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , \

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      RECEIPTS FOR CARDS BY SECRETARY . ! s . d . White Horse , Mile-end 4 2 Fox and Hounds , Bethnal Green ... ... 4 8 Redditch ... J 5 0 MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE EXECUTIVE . Cannon Coffee House ... 3 0 White Horse , Mile-end ... 1 4 Golden Lion , Dean-street ... .., ... 2 6 City of London J ... 4 6 Carlisle ... 6 6

      i VICTIM FUND . Redditch ... J 5 6 Mottram , per Stephen Clark ... ... ... % 6 Brother Chartists , the first quarter of our existence , as an Executive Committee , will speedily be brought to a close . During thi s period we have issued nearly 16 , 000 cards ; but from Very few towns have we yet received any regular monthly subscriptions . This must be attended to , for unless we are

      properly supplied ; with the means of Agitation it will be impossible for us te assume that grand position at the ensuing Conference which every true Chartist must desire us to occupy . Renewed oards of membership for the ensuing quarter , will be supplied , free of expence , to those places only , from whence ; at least , a month ' s subscription has been received ; and to those only in proportion to the number of I members for whom they have paid . ' ¦

      Trusting that the Council , sub-Secretaries , and Treasurers , will attend to this important business . ! I remain , yours , I Thomas M . Wheeler , Secretary , N . C . A .

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      PROGRESS OF CHARTISM . —MR . O'CONNOR AT HYDE . ( From a Correspondent ) On Wednesday last , Mr . O'Connor addressed the people of Hyde in the Mechanic ' s Institution , As soon as it was announced that the great foe of tyrants was to come once more amongst us , and that the boor of meeting was seven o ' clock , in order to enable Mr . O'Connor to address the operatives of Ashton at nine the same evening , the mill lordB laid their heads together , and put their griping power into full execntion . They hade thbir

      HANDS "WORK AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE csual time for stopping . From this foul exercise of unjust power , the meeting room , capable of holding about two thousand persons , was not more than half full . This is the more to be regretted , as the proceeds were intended as compensation to Mr . John Leach , League victim , to enable him once more to have such comforts aa the society of hid wife and family could confer npon him . What the meeting lacked in numbers , however , it made up in enthusiasm ; as we never had a more « ordial one in Hyde . Mr . M'Grath , President of the Executive , was the first speaker ; and be delivered a speech of about half an hour ' s duration , upon Free Trade and the tyranny of the present system , that elicited the most rapturous applause . All agree that they have never heard a more eloquent and argumentative propounder of our principles than Mr . M'Grath . His appearance ,

      manner , and voice tell much in his favour , ! while his modest and unassuming manner endears him to all . He concluded amid general cheers , when Mr . O'Connor was introduced , and received with renewed applause . Mr . O'Connor spoke at great length upon the general policy of the several parties ; and was loudly and rapturously cheered at the close , when he commenced the work of enrolment , and added one hundred members to the National Charter Association . More than that , however , his visit has had the effect of making the Chartists of Hyde take the large and spacious Mechanic ' s Institution for Chartist purposes , by the year ; and thus the victory of Chartism has followed where our oppressors bad arranged defeat . We intend to assume our old and creditable position ; bo that the name of Hyde shall not be forgotten in the forthcoming Convention ; or in the futnre struggle for our country ' s regeration .

      At half-past nine , Messrs . 0 Connor and M'Grath started for Ashton , where they found the Chartist meeting room crammed . Upon their arrival they were greeted with hearty cheers . Mr . Aiikin was in the chair ; and Mr . Doyle had kindly undertaken to occupy the time till Mr . O'Connor ' s arrival , which he did to the very best advantage , by delivering one of those sound and useful addresses for which , as a deep thinking man and effective speaker , he has become distinguished . Mr . M'Grath was introduced at the close of Mr . Doyle ' s address , and was loudly cheered . He spoke for about forty minutes and . it was with difficulty he could procure permission to stop , he had eo effectually rivetted the attention of his audience . Mr .

      O'Connor then spoke till nearly twelve o ' clock , taking " Loyett ' s letter" as his text , whioh had been profusely circulated by the Malthusians in hand-bills . A party of Chartists took a bundle of them from the distributers , to the amount of 1060 , and committed them to the flames . They were without a printer ' s name . Of all the cassations ever poor itat got , poor Lovett surely received it at the hands of Mr . O'Connor , amid the loud acquiescent cheers of the meeting . Mr . O'Connor referred to the turnout , and other matters connected with the operatives of Ashton , and our cause ; and finished the evening by enrolling 135 members . It iB curions that the cause of Chartism always prospers in Ashton at and after a strike , owing to the fact , that the working classes , when

      ihej are compelled to think , come to the conelBMon that social grievances are caused by political inequality . Many poor fellowa weTe neither able to pay admission money , or Jake out tbeir cards , which gave them much pain . However , there is not a town in England where Chartism will be , ere long , in a more flourishing condition ., Mr . Aitkin has opened a school ; and haand theJChartists in conjunction , have taken a room for £ 40 a-year . I hope , Mr . Editor , you will use your powerful iriuence and talent in Bupport of this newly adopted mode of educating the rising generation in the true principles of democracy , vad without religions sectarian COmpulaien of any kind ; and that you will watch over the growing mind , and as far as in yon lies , prevent the introduction of any set form of faith ox worship ' becoirang a qualification for

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      YOL- YII . NO . 317 . SATURDAY ^ DECEMBER . 9 / 1843 . " PBK ? , ^ SS 5 p ^ ST " ~

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1242/page/1/