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      T 0 THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . jfV Dea ^ My Okly Friends , t am s « ing lo write you the history of \\ : | l OWN T * MES : uot of the Edwards , he Henrys , the Jameses , the Charleses , or the jeoises- ^ Ptft useless BLOCKHEADSdo se « ! mies are P « erveA as pegs to hang , ] ie cve « t s of their times upon—stop-gaps , lest . jertfsliouU beau empty space in the country ' s

      j have chosen tliis subject for the purpose , f aiatting > 'imr attention to the fact , that the people and "ot monarchs or their rulers , have \ gaseA every important change noted by historian * ; and to prepare you for the greatest Ian" *' . " a ^ whIcU is now cuniing—1 say the latest « f all , because it will he universal . 1 lajjn with the American revolution , and shall omfine myself to events of which historians PARE uot yet write in their real character Xbe . American Revolution was the origin of

      die French Revolution , and was the recruiting servant of the ^ IRISH VOLUNTEERS ? ^ revolutionists of France were all-powerful , as were the Irish volunteers , from the terror that combination struck to the heart of the Eng lish Cabinet and the English oligarchy ; tut both revolutions—the physical revolution of France and the moral revolution of Ireland-foi led to confer the anticipated benefit jpou the SOLDIERS , although the officers j , ad more than their full share of plunder . Be revolutionists of France did undoubtedly d « trov some great grievances , but they failed

      to confer upon the people that political power which could alone preserve the advantages achieved , aud the result was the creation of a military despot , whose first aim was the suppres sion of the very form of government , to support which power was conferred upon him . SAPOLEON destroyed every Republic that he found in existence " , depopulated the fields to recruit his armies , and wade the women of France work in the fields and be guardians of the homestead ;; , while their husbands were triumphing over the very principles for which France was roused to contend .

      In Ireland , CHARLEMO * T , > d his gaug of p lunderers , sold the * soldiers * when they had frightened the English Cabinet into those terms which gave to their order the representation and entire patronage of the country - ar . d when the Catholic soidiers asked CHARLEMONT to march forward for the FULL , FREE . AND FAIR representation of the whole people in the COMMONS' HOUSE , the answer of the TRIUMPHANT PROTESTANT chief , who had . made his terms with the English Minister , was— " I WILL

      CONTEND FOR XO CHANGE WHICH DOES NOT RECOGNISE PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY AS THE BASIS OF THE COXS 11 TUTION . " Now , what think-you < . f the rep ly of the PROTESTANT GENERAL to " his . CATHOLIC SOLDIERS ? and always bear in mind that the Irish ••««« beUi' was PROTESTANT OPPRESSION of the CATHOLIC PEOPLE ; and yet the poor Irish have been told , over and " over again , that CHARLEMONT

      was a name to CONJURE WITH—Yea , verily , it would call up DEVILS . The French Revolution led to the Irish Rebellion , and Arthur O'Connor and Lord Edward Fitzgerald were deputed by the Irish Directory , to make terms with the French Directory , not , as the English Crown lawyers interpreted the act , for the invasion of Ireland by a foreign army , but lo assist the Irish in destroying the power of the English oligarchy in Ireland , and to destroy the tvrannv of the Protes

      tant church in Ireland , and above and before all , to secure lor the whole people a full , free , and fair representation in the Commons' House of Parliament , Thegovernnient , of course , had their spies , and your gold was lavished to precipitate the revolution , before Ireland was prepared for it . However , to take the rebellion as a fact , it injured rather than served the Irish people . But now . mark the results . The success of the Americans led to the French Revolution . The French Revolution compelled the English Cabinet to make some slight concessions to the Irish Catholic voters The Irish Rebellion led to a union with England , upon the understanding

      that , in St Stephen ' s alone , away from angry pas-ions , could the grievances of the Irish Catholics be . calmly discussed , upon the pledge of the English Minister that one of the first acts of fte United Parliament should be Catholic Emancipation ; and there were also eight Articles of Union agreed upon , every one of which has been violated over and over again , and what was called Emancipation was deferred for twenty-nine years , and then only conferred honours and " places on the rich , and left the p oor precisel y where they were , with this difference , indeed , that they were saddled with two sets of plunderers ; they were compelled to carry double .

      But I am showing you , not the good that has been done , but the terror out of which changes have sprung , and that the good invariably stopped at the leaders' doors . Lord Grey struggled for the Reform Hill for forty-one rears , but it would not have passed even ivht-n it did , hut for the THREE GLORIOUS DAYS jis they are culled , when the French deposed a FOOL , and substituted a KNAVE .

      I now turn to the events which circumstances promise , and that right speedily . The Republicans of France ' are once more in the field , and the King of the French is preparing his soldiers fur the struggle , and the press of the King is ^ ireparing the public mind for the action which the King is resolved upon . If he can preserve peace at home , and if the repub . licaus em be made a successful FEINT or buggahoo , he will have his camps of domestic observation while he is smoothing the way for his son

      to _ the throne of Spain , and , as 1 told you in 184 s , this is the commencement of the struggle of tie LEAGUE OF KINGS against the LEAGUE OF PEOPLE , and I write this letter te warn you of the FUTURE by the PAST . You must be noodles if you are not convinced that your rulers will have a finger in the pye ; and you must be dolts , if you do not feel assured that French diplomacy , which is based upon the FOUCHE SPY " SYSTEM , will be set to work here in ENGLAND and in IRELAND , to attract MINISTERIAL AT

      TENTION to DOMESTIC CONFUSION , while the FOX of FRANCE is playing his old gaire . A change , and a jrre ; it change , * will , e ' er long , come from : broad . FRKNCH MONEY and FRENCH SPYS , RUSSIAN MONEY , aud RUSSIAN SPYS , will be the agency b y which LOUIS PHILLiPE and NICHOLAS will fight the English minister ; while I , the REVOLUTIONIST and DESTRUCTOR , am tlie first to caution you against the secrel eueniy . Nay more , some of ouv quondam friends will he found in the FRENCH and RUSSIAN RANKS , and HIGH

      PERSONAGES WILL BE ENLISTED . BIT YOU , THE CHARTISTS , MUST ADM 1 T 0 F NO FOREIGN QUESTION , OR QUARRK S OR DISPUTES , BEING MIXED UP WITH YOUli CAUSE . IF YOU DO , YOU ARE RUINED , UNDONE , AND DESTROYED . THINK OF HOME , AND ONLY HOME , AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT

      MAY IIAPPEX ABROAD , BUT GIVE THE LAW AND THE PERSECUTOR NO HANDLE TO ASSAULT YOU . % professions of -WAI'l'IiliS upon PRO VI DUNCE , who sire »' - l readvto pledge themselves to the CHARTER to OBTAIN SEATS , stauld convince you of the terror of OUR

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      ARMS . In God s name , then , do not allow the ? Xr , ™ * raved the BATTLE and the qp ? £ S& Ae DUNGEON and the tp ™ ° LD ' 1 o be SULLIED bv INTEMPERANCE and FOLLY . ' Have NOTHING WHATEVER TO DO WITH ANY FOREIGN MOVEMENT . Lei englishmen , and Irishmen , and Scotchmen , work together for England , Ireland , and Scotland—let Frenchmen work for France , Russians for Russia , and Prussians for Prussia . I WILL WORK ONLY FOR « HOME , SWEET HOME , " AND ACCURSED BE THE DESTROYER WHO SHALL AlLnTTi . 1 * „ . \ ? ? od 5 name > tften , do not allow the

      ATTEMPT TO BAULK US OF OUR VICTORY . Can you not learn a lesson from the press of the factions ? Do you not see that the' Time * ' is fearful of letting the world know that we are up and doing . In its MARKET NOTE of candidates , all space is devoted to LITTLE JOHN and LONDON , while for Blackburn , we are told that Hargreaves and Pilkington are the only two candidates who have offered , though Roberts ' s

      splendid address is on the walls . Not a word about Halifax , the nest of the EXCHEQUER CHANCELLOR ; not a won ] about Nottingham , the REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE ; not a syllable about Derby . 0 no , it would not do to show even the shadow of our might , but yet it will be seen . Now you should glory in " this neglect , or , rather , insolence of the press , and rest assured that its power , except for advertising

      and BEGGING ALMS OF BUTCHERS , is fast fading away . The people are now all politician ? , as the ' Twits' and its masters will learn when next we meet . When exploded Whiggery and blooming Chartism meet upon the hustings , before the people . I should not be at all astonished if , faffing a HOME CRY . the Whigs were even yet to raise a

      FOREIGN HOWL . But , poor men ! men who live upon the sweat of your OWN BROWS Shear me from 11 My cold quiet home—•' STAND FAST BY YOUR ORDER . AND LET NOTHING SHAKE YOU . I bad intended to extend my remarks , bin a friend has just sent me the DAILY NEWS of tbe 19 th , asit is called , though it should be called the DAILY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER , and I must say a wovdin reply . Your faithful Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Thb Impending Elections . —It is important to know that county elections cannot take place earlier than the 10 th , nor later than the 16 th day from the time of the proclamation , which must be made within two days after the receipt of the writ . In boroughs , four days' notice of the election is required , and the election must not he deferred longer than ei ght days after the receipt of the precept , which is issued hy the Sheriff to the various returning officers within their respective boroughs Sun .

      CHARTIST CANDIDATES . JvATiONAL Registration and Central Election Committee . —At a meeting of its members held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 . Dean-street , Solw , on Tuesday evening , July 20 , Mr John Simpson in the chair , Messrs Stallwood and Grassby reported that Mr Ilniae had aareed to present the Derby petition to the Hnuseof Commons . It was announced that Mr M'Grarli had resolved tu contest Derby at the cumin" general election . A letter was also read , setting forth that the people of Sheffield were making arrangements to take . Mr Thomas Clark to the poll for that boroagii . On the motion of Mr Stallwood , it was resolved that Mr Julian llarncy be requested to comply with the wish of themen of Tiverton , and offer

      iiimscli a candidate for the representation of that borough in Parliament . A letter was read from theChairman of ( he Halifax Election Committee , setting forth the moral certainty ot Mr Ernest Jones ' s return , in conjunction with Mr Mian , and requesting the supunrt of the committee . A sum of money was imme-• liately voted fur that purpose . A letter was likewise read from the 'fcTetary of the Nottingham Election Committee , stating the increased and increasing prospect of Mr O'Conuor . The secretary was instructed to writcconsratulating the men of tNottingham , and assuring tiiem of the Central Committee ' s best support . Is was then resolved , " That as it was already determined to contest Nottingham , Halifax .

      and Derby to the pu . l , in the persons , of Feargus O'Connor , Ernest Junes , and Philip M'jSraih , that an earnest appeal be made to the country far pecuniary support , in order that those gentlemen may be returned to the Commons llouse ol Parliament , free of _ expense . A letter , was a ! .-o read from Mr John Williams , stating that lie had accepted an invitation to contest a manufacturing town , on the principles of 'be People ' s Charter , with the b > i < JiteEt prospect of success . It was also resolved that the following gentlemen having pledged themselves to the principles ot the People ' s Charter our friends in the several cities and boroughs for which they are candidates , are requested to give them an earnest and cordial support : — Finsburt . —T . S . Duncombe , T . Wakley . Olbham . —J . Fieraen , llalnday . Rochdale—W . S . Crawfoid . Ci . VK . mY . —W . Williams . Nottingham . —F . O'Connor . Blackburn . —W . P . Roberts . Marylkbone . —D . \ V . Harvey . Tower Hamlets . —Ge'rgo Thompson . Halifax . —E . Jones , E . Miall . i Dkkb ? . —Philip M'Graik . Braufird . —Colonel Thompson . Lekd- ! . —Joseph Sturgc . Shiffibld . —Thomas Clark .

      Tiveo to . v . —G . Julian llarney . Ip swich —Henry Vincent . Worcester . —J . llariiy . Norwich —V \\ Simpson . Boltos . —Dr Bowrins-Birmingham . —G . F . Jluntz , W . Schofield , and John Williams . The committee after receiving the following sums : — Mr Etrich , Is ; G . R ., Od ; MrOakloy Is ; Brighton , per Mi * Flower , £ 1 ; Mr Wilkinson , 6 d ;

      Baitman I ) . White , 6 d ; Mr Pike , Is ; Henry Badman , 3 i ; "Croydon , 5 s ; Manchester , per Mr llarncy , £ 10 ; Sialvbri ge , ditto , £ 5 ; Committee of John-street Institution , 10 s ; Alonsfield , per Linney , Is 6 J ; Mottram , l 0 s 6 d ; WilliamCattees , Is ; John Dibb , 3 a 8 d ; Manchester , per John 0 ' llea , £ 5 ; Mansfield , h Gd ; Michael Sulivan , 2 i Gd ; Horncastle , 12 s 6 J ; Torquay , £ 2 10 s ; Bermondsey , 6 *; Whittington and Cat , 5 s ; Worcester , 17 s 3 d ; Leamington , £ 1 Is ; Bury St Eimunds , 8 s 5 « l ; B . rkenheau , 10 i ; Birmingham , par Goodwin , Si ii ; Chelmsford . 6 d . Total , £ 30 6 i 2 d .

      Jas GRASSBr , Sec . adjourned until Tuesday evening nest , July 27 , at 8 o ' clock precisely .

      BLACKBURN . At the land weekly meeting held in the Temperance Hotel , Whallcy-bank , Mr O'Connor ' s letter in the Star was taken into consideration , and means adopted to f' * ward Mr RoberU ' s election . _ The town was divided iuto 20 districts , and a committee of 7 in each district was cbo = cn . In the meantime , a request has been sent to Messrs Roberts and O'Connor to visit Blackburn , and address the electors and non-electors , to show to the public we are in earnest .

      DERBY . At the meeting of Mr M'Grath ' s Election Committee , it was resolved , that each member of the Derby branch of the National Land Company , be solicited to pay not less tkau one shilling , towards the Election expenses . The meeting of the members of the Laad Company is pojtpened from Monday evening , till Tuesday evening next . HALIFAX . On Thursday evening the 15 th inst ., Mr Ernest Jones addressed an immense assemblage from a window of the Ball's Head- Inn . There could not

      have been less than 10 . 000 present . Mr Gaukroger was called to the chair , » nd in a brief but forcible speech , introduced Mr Jones , who was received with enthusiastic cheering , and spoke for above an hour en thu all-absorbing topic , the election . The audience greeted his remarks with loud applaute , and at the conclusion three hearty cheers were given for Messrs Jones and Miall . On Saturday , Mr E . Jonet addressed another meeting from the window of his committee room . Royal Hotel , and though the afternoon was rainy , the assamblage was not inferior to the preceding ones . The utmost enthusiasm characterised the . proceed ings , and after this , as after the previous meeting , several electors pledged for Mr Jones .

      The town is in a complete state of excitement , — and Chartism has done wonders . Electors ot all parties are forgetting their prejudices , and rallying in support of a cause that is at once just , moderate and beneficent . The Tories look bluer than UBual , and tin Whigs turn yellower ; -already a great triumph iia > been achieved - one of tho Whigs is beaten froni tlit field , Mr i ' ratheroe has retired from tAe contest . 11 »« Whigs under the Chancellor of the Exchequer , —auo the Tories , are now coalescing—making their las ' eff irt , but oven they themselves speak without confidence as to the

      result-On Monday evening , July 19 th , a public meeting of non-e ' ectors was held in Cadnoy-croft , when Mr B . Riishtonwas called upon to preside . The meeting wa 3 v / cil alt-.-mled , and powerful addresses were delivered by Messrs Ambler , Fox , Webber , and Bowden , in favour of Exclusive Dealing . Each speaker was warmly applauded by the meeting . A meeting of non-electors , will be held in Cadney , cioft , Halifax , on Monday , July 20 th , at half-pas t seven in the evoninj .

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      GREENWICH . " " ** " TO THE ELECTOBS AND NON . EIKCTOSS iltpsi WWmm aSrffiT '^ ' ^ i-ft-ss ? » w , •— -

      Icon ider this reform ncc « sary to preventfcriWy „„ ,, corruptum monopolyand fraud , over-taxation and on preSBion Of the industrious classes ; and in every „„ suited to fom tbebash of a mmenU ghtcned find just domestic and foreign policy-to secure a bitter and more equitable disiribution of wealth nt home , « n . l a more permanent prospect of peace with all the uations of the earth . Voott LAws . -. Kfclicving the employment of the people , and the full devolopcment of the national resources , to be the surest proofs of national greatness , I WOu 1 d support a tall to provide allable-bodied labourers , lequmngvohef effij . ! jmenton tlrato lands ; whleMceorflnrf w ^ L ^ "W' ^ the B * terati » n Committee of the ffo ^ . of ComntDns , amount in England , ( under thetitle ZtZZ " \ * " \ CapaWe of ™«« wtion » ) ,- to 3 , 454 , 600 . acres ; and in Wah-s , to 530000 acres

      , T > eunfortunate poor-wboby Bn and infirmity are usfutedto labour—should be comfortabl y supported by a sjstom of out-door relief , the tux for the support .-f the game to be proportionately levied from all electors- the taxation to be regulated by n graduated scale , relative to the income ot the parties taxed . I am the strenuous opponent of the eristinc Poor Law -conceiving the « M hwto bt unsound in principle , opp . eis . ve to tbe middle-clasaes , by forcing them to pav burthensome poor-rates ; inmanyca . wa punUhinBvirtuou . povert , as a crim ., and in no wny calculated to promote the morals or happiness of the peoplff Chubch and STATE . _ Religion is a subject upon which there is a great variety of opinions-each sect claiming for itself priority in point ol belief—and nil

      sects possessing many intelligent and worthy citizensexercising their rights , and entitled to all the privileges of freemen—they , in my opinion , ought not to bo compelled to contribute towards the maintainance of a clergy , from whose belief they dissent , and whose spiritual advice they do not desire . I am oppo 8 edto all church establishments , and grants of money from government to support religious Viodie » and I would recommend that » 1 » glebe lands , and other sources of income of the pre # W mis . named National Choech Establishment , should revert to the State , and become public property ; and that the members of the said Church Establishment be considered on a level with other religious denominations . My Nonconformist brethren will find in me a sincere supporter of volontoryism upon puro principles , and I will erer be at my post to declare their principles , and defend religious as well as political fivedom

      Pbimogehitdbe and Entail .-England , though a monarchy in name , is un aristocracy in fact , by the barbarousandfeudallaws of Primogeniture and Entail . A privileged order command tuechfcf power of the State . They cannot but rule in the spirit of an order , and possess but little sympathy with the mass of the people . They cannot feel that for the people government chiefly exists ; and thit for them the uobleman holds his rank in trust , and that to them he fsindeked fur all tho wealth hs possessee . Such an aristocracy , secure of a monopoly mlandnnd power—making class laws , protecting the interests of the rich , and sacrificing th « interests of the poor—has a direct tendency to neutralize tbe power of the Democracy , and are antagonistic to the progressive nature of the age , devouring the national resoureen . to

      support the younger branches , of their / amines , supporting iniquitous Game Lawa , profitless colonial possessions , oxpeHaive naval and military arnammts , costly police establishments ; to ensure rent and power for themselves , and check the growth of civil and reli gious liberty in Europe . The law of primogenture , regulating the dissent of properly , calls aloud for refor m , and soioo idea of tlie good effects likely to fellow by an abrogation of the laws of primogeniturs , and entail , may be formed by the following quotations from Sismandi , tuppoi ted by theniOStintelllgent minds of the » ge . « It is computed that there tire at tlw present day , three millions of families in France , who arc absolute masters of the soil which they live upon , and this , supposo fifteen millions ot'indivi . duals ; tuos there t& more than half of the na .

      TIOH PERSONALLY AND ON IT 8 OWN ACCOUNT , INT £ BESTED IN ALL THB MOHTS O » THE COMMUNITY . Tlie multitude and phjsical force are on the same side with order ; and if the present government should fall to piteos , tbi masses tueinselves would hasten to establish another that would protect property and order . " The cli .-u . ge in the laws of succession was tffocted in France fifty years ago , it becomes England to follow so wise an example . Promgoeniture is a princi pal source and permanent cause of that excessive opulence which so unduly augments tbe power of the aristocracy , and decimates the poor classes of Etcietr ,

      Education , —I am the friend of both voluntary and national education . The managunent ' of schools under the voluntary system may be safely entrusted to the supporters of such sclioolB , and require no government supervision . Dut I think the poor have as good a right tu be educated as to be fed when hungry ; and that health and well-directed minds are no requisite to national greatness as well directed physical energies . In many case * partnts are too poor to provide education , and tho rich few too niggard to provide proper instruction for them . I would support a system ef purely secular education open to all sects , allowing religious instruction to be administrated as parents and guardians think best .

      CiPWAt PcuisHMENTe . —I will support all judicious retorms bearing on tho treatment of criminals , having a tendency to check vise and prevent crime . I consider public strangulation to bo murder , and I am convinced that public executions have an immertal tendency on the public miad , capital punisnnients therefore meets witli my most unqualified opposition . In a few days I shall have the pleasure of being in your borough , and will then aore fully explain my opinions ; meantime I b ? g to remind you that 1 ask no favour at your hands , based upon claims of local influen e or personal associations . I solicit your suffrages on the ltighast moral ground of ju 9 t principles , such principles as if understood and practised by the commoners of England would I sincerely beliew , spread intelligence , devalope the national resources reduce taxation , wiiely distribute wealth , and in every way be conducive to the best intcresth of the commonwealth .

      Gentlemen , 1 have the honour to be , jour obedient servant , July 23 rd , 18 * 7 . Sakoil Kidd

      IPSWICH . There is no doubt that Mr Viuceut will be elected for this borou » h . He ia pledced to vote for the Charter , and the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . —Correspondent . STOCKPORT . Mr West has issued tho following address : —

      TO THB ELECTORS AND KON-EliCTORS OF IBS Bonouon op stockport . Gentlemen , —Having been honoured with an invitation to allow myself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the representation of your important borough , in parliament , at the approaching general election , I most cheerfully accept your invitation , and take this , the earliest opporlunity , of laying belore you an exposition of my political principles , and the grounds on which I claim your suffrages and support .

      As lam thorouglyconvinced by long experience and deep reflection , that the presenta nornalous state of society is the result of a selfish and i gnorant system ^ legislation , the inevitable consequence of a defective system of representation , I shall vote for a full and effHeut measure of Parliamentary Reform , on the broad basis of Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Lqual Electoral Districts , and Payment of Members , us laid down and embodied in the document known as " The People ' s Charter , " principles too well known and appreciated amongst you to render it necessary that I should here enter into a lengthened explanation in detail . 1 will vote for tho abolition of the Laws of Primogeniture and Entail , which renders it necessary to maintain a disgraceful number of useless places and sinecures , to provide

      for the younger branches of aristocracy . A friend to religious Irecdum in its most extended form , and , believing that all State religions are calculated to corrupt the pure source of Christianity , I will vote for a total separation at tho Church and Stato ; leaving Ministers of religion lo be supported by the voluntary contributions of their people . I will vote to :-the abolition of Tithes and Church-ratea , and the restoration of all Church Property to it » rightful owners—the poor , for whoso uso and support it was originally intended . I will vote for a total abolition of the present Poor-law , and the adoption of a system which shall afford reliet to the indigent and needy , in accordance with Christian humanity and the eiilinhtencd spirit of tho n « c . I will vote for the abolition of tho Game Laws , being convinced that thty arc merdy intended to preserve destructive vermin for the brutal ipovfc of the

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      idle and the profligate . I will support and advocate a voluntary system ( if hducatioii , which will enable all classes of the community , lo f-ive tlieiv children religious arid secular instruction in accordance with their conviction and without any government interferance and control . ( I will vote for the abolition of all unmerited pensions and grants , all useless places and sinecures , all secret service , money , and other corrupt sources of government patronage ; and , also , for a thorough vevision of our prosent system ot taxation , and the snli .

      stitution of a direct , ' for our present indirect one , bv which property shall be made to bear its ledtimato share of the burdens which the exigencies of the Stato may require . I will vote for an equitable adjustment of "the thing" called our "National Debt . " in such a manner , as shall secure equal justice to'debtor and creditor . Twill support the abolition of capital punishments , and such an amelioration of our Criminal Code as shall temper justice with mercy and humanity . Opposed to a I wars of nn aegressive character , 1 will vote lor the abolition of a standing ' army .

      l will support a thorough reform in our present iKS eta V 1 Q s -yRU ' m ' the repeal of PetVs acts of lfc > 19 and 1844 , and ahall endeavour te place our currency on such a looting as shall prevent a recurrence ¦ % V i ? . T . e J ust '& through , and in parts are st . ill suilenng from , and by affording remnneral ing wages to the working classes , restore to the manufacturing and trading classes their best customers iq . the home market . As a friend to IRELAND , while imperial legislation exists , I will support all measures calculaiedf ogive equal rights and privileges to our Irish fellow-subjects , whilst I am prepareil to grant them the rights of self-government on the most popular basis , being convinced that they are the boat judges of their own affairsand that it is

      , impossible they cou'd bring about a worse state of things in that unhappy country , than English legislation has already ' entailid upon them , on all questions calculated to elevate tlie moral , social , and into lectual condition of the people . I shall ever bo found the steady and consistent friend of progress , and I shall take the-earliest opportunity of appearing amongst you to explain to you more fully my views . Should the advocacy of these principles meet with your approbation , and you should confer upon me tho distinguished hoBour of being your representative , I shall lalioiir mest sedulously to promote the local intere 8 t 8 ofyour borough , and shall present mj self annually to tender an accouat of ray stewardship , and resign my trust into vour hands .

      I have the honour to be , gentleman . Your obedi' -nt servant , Macclesficld , July 14 , 1847 John West . On Monday evening , Mr West addressed a meeting of not Im than 14 . 0 U 0 persons , and was received with the utmost enthusiasm . Mr West has since then been busily engaged m canvassing the electors by day , and addressing public rocetiniis each evening . God bless Cofcden when honest John West ^ ets a lair hold of him . _ SOUTH SHIELDS . Mi * Dickensoahas issue .- ! ths following address : TO THE ELKCTOH 8 AND KON-ELKCTOHS Or TUB B 0 K 0 UOH OF SOUTH SHIKLD 9 .

      GBKmiH £ N ,--IIaving been invited by a number of your body to alow myself to be pui in nomination as a candidate for the honour of representing you in parliament ; I hereby declare my willingness to bo come a candidate for that important trust , and lay before you the outline of my political creed : — 1 . The lawsof Primogeniture and Entail should be abolished . 2 . An Income and Property tax instead of all other taxes . 3 . The abolition of the Game Laws . 4 . Perfect Free Trade in Commerce , Navigation , or Land .

      5 . 1 lie constitution of any country is injured by an admixture of theology amongst its laws ; the business of u ttate is with men and things on earth Therefore , I support a separation of Church and State , the abolition of " Holy Inquisitions , " otherwise called Ecclesiastical Courts , also Tildes , Church Hates , Fees to Priests and Eastc-r Dues ; and the appropriation of all Church Property to the relief of the poor , instead of Poor Rates ; or the Education of the young , instead of Government Grants . C . The restoration ef Ml Public Property to Popular U « Gg . ¦ 7 . The abolition of all Sinecure- Offices and undeserved Pensions .

      8 . The abolition of Hereditary Legislation . 9 . The reduction of our trained flghting-men , and their employment in some more useful and humane occupation . 10 . The abolition of Capital Punishments . 11 . Perfect Religious Libei ty to all men . 12 . Equal Rights to Ireland , or a Dissolution ol the Union . IS . An Extension of the Circulating Medium , and a thorough Reform in the state of the Currency . To attain the above objects , I advocate—1 . The right of every man who has arrived at tho age of Tweuty-one , ol sound mind , to vote for Members of Parliament . 2 . That the N Voter ahoold bo protected by the Ballot . 3 . That no Qualification of Wealth or Property eliall be required for Members of Parliament .

      4 . Payment of Members for their Service , and Annual Parliaments , and Equal Electoral Districts . Here is an outline of my Political Creed , which I am ready to support and defend te the utmost of my ability . For eighteen years I have advocated moat of these views , and after having spent more than half my days in the cause of Justice , Truth , and Freedom , 1 can with confidence throw myself on your judgment and discrimination , feeling " quite certain that on the day of Nomination I shall not stand the least in your estimation . Yours truly , Thomas Dickbnson . Coronation-street , Sunderland , July 13 th , 1847 .

      TIVERTON . The Chartist Candidate is in the field . The address of Mr Julian Harnly U the Electors and Non-Electors of this borough will be found in tlie last column of this page .

      ENGLAND . Bradford . —The election of Messrs Busfield and Thompson for this borough is now all but certain —all differences now being at an end . —Leeds Her airy . Brighton . —There is every appearanceof this town being agitated very shortly b . r a strong contested election . There are three candidates in the Held , the two sitting member . - ' , and a gentleman named Coningham , an untried man , who c > . mes forward upon extreme Liberal principles . —( Surrey standard . Durham ( North ) . —Tlie lion . II . T . Siddell has retired . Lord Seaham , son of the Marquis ot Londonderry , is to be brought forward . GasGOW . —Mr DixOli , ot Governhiil . a great iron and railway proprietor , one of the candidates for this city , has duelared bimseU' ia favour of Universal Suffrage !

      Hull —In compliance with a requisition from the electors of Hull , Mr Talbot Baincs , the recorder , has consented to become a candidate for the representation of that borough in Parliament . Mr James Clay is tbe only other candidate that has hitherto presented himself to the constituency . Lambem . —A Mr Leaver , of Camherwell , has announced himself , by the issue of circular letters to the electors , as a candidate for this borough . He professes Liberal principles . Leicester . —Mr Wynn Ellico has announced his retirement . * MAim . KTWNE . —The ballot to decide between Lord

      Dudley Stuart , Mr Daniel Whittle Harvey , and Sergeant Shee , took place on Monday , at Captain Hall ' s Riding-rooms , Albany-street . At eight o ' clock the doors were closed , aud the ballot-boxes removed to undergo the scrutiny of Messrs Birkbeck , Everest , and Ridge , who had been appointed as independent parties . Four hoars were occupied in this , during which several hundred electors waited with great anxiety inside , while the street was crowded with hundreds more , who were temporarily excluded . At twelve o'clock the candidates and committee entered , and Mr J . Williams ( chairman to the committee of Mr W . D . Harvey ) having been called totheohair , the following result was announced amidst tremendous cheers : — Sergeant Shee 410 Lord D . Stuart 1 , 250 Mr D . W . Harvey 3952

      , Mr Harvey subsequently addressed tho assembly and was followed by Lord Dudley Stuart who signified his retirement . Mr Sergeant Shee has since made a similar announcement . NoRTiiAMPTON .-DrE pps has announced himself as a candidate and . in a long address dated from the 1-ree-lrade Club , states that he is an advocate for complete suffrage , thei ballot , an equalisation 0 ? icSmpn « A « i , v ° TS ti » o duration of parliu-Z } Lt ° r of the Property qualification lw I g '" . T . the Payment of members elected to Bcrwin the House of Commons , and civil and religious liberty , and that he ia opposed to governmental education . Rip » N . -Sir James Graham has come forward i the place ot Sir George Cookburn , who has retired

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      The Mormon Temple at Nauvoo has been sold to the Catholic Church for the sum of 73 ,

      TO'WK RECTORS AND ' SOS . BI . E 0 TOHS OK THE BOJUiUXill OP TIVERTON . _ Fklmw CouNrimn vx .-A general election being about to take place , 1 ventm-c to announce to you , my intention of . uiicinng the honour V Vu . r iuflrn es for the reiii-wfuiaiion of Volir | ) orou ., f , iu the ensuing jiailiamtnl . : ¦ ' °

      Factious partisans have laboured to impress the public mind with the i , | ea tlmt u ,,, " forthcoming election will ha merely an 'insi gnificant contest of ^ ' iudividiials , in which ootuesc " principles" will Ami ^ | no place . / , on the contrary , am determined-at '"\\ x least so far ' as Tiverton is concerned—to make the V ^ struggle purely <• a war of priiiciplrs ;"—the war of f " popular right against exclusive mi g ht , of justice and ^» Ireedbm against privilege and class , domination . ^ That a thorough , radical reform of the ' existing - . ^ 1 § system i imperativel y necessary , is abundantly '" , ~ proved b y fte condition of the people . Throughout Great IJritatn , enclosure acts , game laws , -poor l

      aws ,-and other wicked enactments have wducert the tillers of the soil to a worse p hysical « . >\ cjmfoio . 1 than that of Russian serfs or Cuban \ A waves . Iu t ! ie raauurKi : turhlg ( , istriotS | and t owng x \ f uu vu n ? ^ ° - ofboth skilled ailfl \ l all \ U T Oni % bll = ' ' »( 1 "me cted to > ^ a tm depm-adons m \ humiliations of « the \ , ofS ? -T '' '" irCland the trill »* ™*™ ^ > the ^ V IrV ° !( : eS " ^ Pt-tongued" against the present ^ system , n » d combine to declare the incompetence of our prettllt « rmers ^ . ^ govern that land . . 3 & ^

      Jhe . fore . gu ollev cf lhe . presenta tliniui 8 tration as been ruinoiw-to the cause oflfrcedbm , and dUgjaceful . to-the characterof this count , y . By basely crouching before the- confiscators' of cracow / and trampling upon the independence of Portugal , Lord Palmcrstoi . ( one of your present members ) and his colleagues have successfull y laboured to win for England the contempt of tyrants , and thelatred the opon pressed of every Jand . Our fathers knew not such dishonor when Cromwell held the reins of power , and Blake commanded Old England ' s wooden walls . Lastl y and principally , a Radical reform is rendered urgentl y ucedfi . 1 by . the existence of that

      monster evil , from which has flowed all other evils , the exclusion ofsix-sevenlhs of the adult makpopu lation from all partkipiiion in the appointment of ike members of the fso-ealled ) " Common ? " House of Parliament . Electors and Non- electoiis op Tiverton . - I shall appear before you as the advocate of the fid ad free representation of thepeop lein Parliament as the great means to tlie many reforms absolutely

      necessary for the elevation of the masses and the safety of the State . This reform of the rcpresenta . tion I hold to be of the first importance , not only as a measure of right , the want ot which is the giant-wrong of theijay , hut because , also , bitter experience has convinced all honest Reformers that without this salutary change all other reforms must he imperfect or delusive ; of little or no benefit to the people .

      For these reasons I ara for the thorough and immediate reform of the House of Commons , by the enactment of the great principle of UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE j together with those neces . sary aids , —Annual Parliaments , the Abolition of the Property Qualification Payment of Members , Equal Electoral Districts and , ( as being necessary in the present state of society , ) Secret Voting by Ballot . I consider it unnecessary to set forth n this" Address , " arguwnta in support of these principles , —principles which have been advocated through tribulation and pprsecution , by the noblest patriots of our country . They are the principles which were long ago expounded by Muir and Gerald , Cartwright and Hardy , Hunt and Cobbett ; and which embodied in the document known as

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , have , within the last Jew years , received the sanction of millions of the inhabitants ef the United Kingdom . On the day of nomination I shall he prepared to prove the superiority of each and all of these principles over every nostrum that may be brought forward by quack politicians and counterfsit legislators . I shall be prepared , on personally meeting you , to set forth in explicit terms my views on the minor questions of the day :- "Education , " the "State , Church , " "Taxation , " the "Poor Law , " the "Game Laws , " Diminution of the Hours of Labor , "

      "Sanitary Reform , " the Standing Army , " and the " Condition-of-lreland Question . " On all these questions I shall be prepared to advocate such reforms as will ensure to the people the fullest political freedom , mental cultivation , religious liberty and social comfort ; combined with the strictest economy and responsibility on the part of the Government . On one question , however , at present attracting public discussion , I think it well to , at once , state my views . Op " posed , on principle , to Church Establishments of every description , I would , of course , give my utmost opposition to any scheme having foi its object the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church .

      Repudiating the views of the advocates of" permanent and universal peace , " which in the present state of the world I think visionary and impracticable , I would nevertheless oppose all wars and " interventions , " except those which the voice of the people might pronounce absolutely indispensable for self-defence , or tlifi protection of the weak against the powerful . I would labour to put an end to the alliance of this country with despotic governments ; and I should consider it my bounden duty to urge the claims of the people of Poland , with the view of promoting the speedy restoration of the nationality and freedom of that cruell y persecuted and long suffering race .

      I would labour in all things to make JUSTICE the one object of this country ' s legislation and public policy : " Do unto th y brother man as thou vmMest thy brother man should do unto thee , " should be the rule of every act , legislative and executive , of this country ' s government . By this principle I will stand or fall . By it my principles may be understood , and every reform in Church and State I advocate measured . Whatever is in

      accordance with this principle of ETERNAL JUSTICE , let it be preserved ; whatever is opposed to this principle , let it perish ; whatever is needed to make this principle the reigning ' power of society , let it be established . ' The " bit-by-bit reforms " . ' and pretended " philanthropic ameliorations " hawked about by trafficking politicians should be scouted by the people . For my rauch-wron ged countrymen , the working classes , I ask simple JUSTICE . I wish no more , and I will be satisfied with no less .-

      Electors op Tiverton , —The majority of you being dependant upon the prosperity of the working classes you . will best consult your own interests , a « well as perform your duty as citizens , by recording your suffrages on the sidfc of principle as opposed to privilege . * Non-Electors of Tiverton , — I have every reason to believe that my principles are yours ' , as , clearly , it is your interest they should be . 1 depend upon the exercise of all the ligitimate influence allowed you under the present electoral system , to promote on the day of election the triumph of those principles .

      Inhabitants op Tiverton I am well aware of the difficulties I must encounter , from the fact of being a stranger to ymirtown , and totally unpossessed of that influence which personal intercourse , wealth , aristocratic rank , and official patronage , have conferred upon your present principal " representative , " whose fitness to represent you it is my puruesc to dispute . But , strung in the justice of my cause , and encouraged by the assurance that I shall find you willing to lislen to the truth by whomsoever spoken , 1 shall present myself before you in the cQiiudeui faith that

      " Thrice is he arm d who hath his quarrel juit , And he but naked—though lock'd up in steel—Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted . " GEO . JULIAN I 1 ARNE \ London , July 20 , 1847 . 16 , Great Windmill-street , llaymarkct .

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      TO Mr . CROW , THE EDITOR OF THE " DAILY NEWS . ' Sir , —As I am not acquainted with your Christian name , I will take the liberty of styling you "Jim . " J I here reprint a bit of what you doubtless intended as a "LEADING ARTICLE in your THREEPENNY GO of the 19 th . Once for all , let 113 make the matter plain by . a reference to facts , which our friendg in the Irish popular party cannot deny . We need not go beyond Jhe Southern Reporter ' s own locality , the county of Cork . What kind of representatives , we ask , have the repealers of that great county sent into

      Parliament since 1 S 32 . ' By a great majority they elected the fantastic adventurer , Fcarpu 3 O'Connor ! Thev selected aim in preference to liberals of tried character and knovtn worth . For his colleague they selected a gentleman of excellent private character , but without any public talents , aud with a fortune as moderate as his abilities—a most respectable man in his own sphere of life , but utterly ridiculous when dubbed "knight of the shirs "—Mr Standisli Barry . For nine ycirsthat gentleman was member for the largestcounty in Ireland , aud those acquainted with

      ibe House ot Commons can testify that he was a mere nonentity . lie sat in Parliament for a series of years , and never exerted himself fnrihsr than i « say * yea" or " nay / ' A gentleman who considers it a mark of social di tipction to ca ; l himself ?• Doctor , " who feels that his personal rank is increased by that prefix , has now been returned by the Cork repealers as member for the first county in Inland ! Feargoi O'Connor , Standisb . Barry , ) octor Maurice Power—are these , forsooth , the kind of public men best suited to the exigencies of surh a country as Ireland !

      L 3 t us not be told by the repeal apologist * th . it we are exacting too aristocratic a standard lor the Irish members . We huve no arist'icratic pipjudice 3 to gratify on such a subject If a man of rank and fortune , without ability or public virtue , aspire to tbe senate , he onaht to be strenuously opposed , in our opinion . Thehrge estates and the ancient pedigree of Mr Edmund Burke Roche , one of the members for Cor ]? Co , by n : > imans atone for that Gentleman ' s indo leace and want of talent . Mr Roche was absent from parliament during nearly ah the session in this eventful year . Tlie dying O'Connell made an iffortt'i attend tlie legislature , while his young and

      heatiy ciileagueremaineom Ireland attending to his own affairs . Mr Roche ( Kdmuud Burke—save the mark !) at the end of this session delivered himself of an attack on the "Irish party" in terms sa unjust , that he was rebuked in the House of Com mans by one of his own party . Now , just as we ob ject to a firebrand like Feargus O'Connor , or a mere cypher like Standish Barry , so do we demur to the election of a notorious political sluggard like Mr Edmund Burke Roche . The famous patronymic of this gentleman , bornebyone of such feeble abilities , presents as ludicrous a combination of ideas as if we heard of William Shakspeare Sibthorp , or Isaac Newton Ferrand !

      Sheridan once said that "be was too poor to afford dressing shabbily , " and in the same way Ireland cannot afford sueh a class of representatives as the Fearsns O'Connors , Standish Barrys , Burke Roches , et hoc . genus omne . If Ireland were a country with a self-reliant population liko the Scutch , she might be comparatively ii .-. j . i :. rcut as t'j her mere political re r"rcsi : aia : hc 5 , ba * , ialrr present pisition if . is ; i mati-rr nf t ! w ! a ? t itn [» ortnr « i to give pMitfai ! oOTcrt-TV ^ -v . ^ H-A men qualified to \ T « eM it ' f <> r tlw a'lTnr . f njc of Ikt people , and to reflect « p .-dit on th- * ir 0 lUinry by laeir intellect ami couuuol .

      Now , sir , you came out as a liberal to edit the Experimental Press of Bradbury and Evans , two stationers , and here I give you a bit of your liberalism . In the paragraph preceding those I have republished you say , " We have no faith in tlie quantity of acres or gold a candidate may possess , but , as SOCIETY is CONSTITUTED , it is almost a matter of necessity THAT MEMBERS OF

      PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE INFLUENTIAL CLASSES . " Now , then , friend Jim , what will the world think of your liberalism . Acres and gold confer influence ; you don ' t care for the acres or gold : ; but you must have those who possess them , Man alive ! go back to where you have picked up a smattering of what you believe to be political knowledge , or confine yourself to the counter of Bradbury and Evans , hut don't , Mr Crowbecause you

      , happen to have a gilded goose quill put into your hand , write yourself down for au ASS . What do you know about the county of Cork , of Ireland , or Irishmen ? You upstart knobstick ! who Is the " fantastic adventurer ? " the man who refuses gold , place , and honours for his convictions ? or the man who sits placid , aud hears and obeys the following orders ?—Bradbury-. . "Grow , our politics won ' t answer , the people are too poor even for threepence a « lav . "

      Crow : " Well , what ' s your wish ; shall we he less liberal , or what think you of moderate conservatism ?" Bradbury : " Well , really I ' ve not made up my mind , but I'll consult !" Crow : " Well , let me know the result and I ' ll act accordingly . " Now . Mr Crow , barring acres or gold , is that the description of INFLUENTIAL MAN vou want lor an M . P .. J

      You lately said that Mr O'Connell regretted having forced me upon the constituency of the County Cork . Booby ! I made the constituency , and , on my second " election O'Connell and all his relatives worked heaven and earth to throwfrne out . In 1833-4 I gave him a taste of nsy INFLUENCE and independence , and in 1835 his bosom friend , Major Macnamara , was on my committee , and voted black was white to unseat me . I'll tell you a fact , Jim . In October . 1832 , I met O'Connell at dinner at Dr Baldwin ' s . I had never seen him before , and he then said , " Well , Mr O'Connor , you have undertaken a task that no other man in Ireland would attempt . You can ' t succeed , but you'll give the aristocracy a tremendous shake . " You lately said that Mr OTnnnoll wmWf . tad

      Now , that was O'Connell ' s aid to me . In the same month he was invited to a public dinner , got up to assist my election , but he refused to attend . . Was that help , Jim ? I returned his son John against all hope for Youghal , and Jacobs against hope . whenO'Connell despaired , for Dungarvan . And hear this , JIM-FOOL CROW , I never took even my TRAVELLING EXPENSES from any man whose principles I approved of , and 1 never worked for any other , and when O'Connell offered me a huge bribe to go over to Carlow as counsel for Raphael . I declined the GOLD and the HONOUR , Jim ; BUT THAT ' S NOT THE MAN YOU WANT . You poor stationers ' tool ! mind your clipping and your prostitution

      and allow MEN TO DO MEN'S WORK Yours , Jim , Fbakgus O'Connor ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1428/page/1/