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      My FMENDS , ~ Perhaps you have seen a report of the attack made upon me by ThosUSOS at half-past eleven on Friday Big ht last , as I was coining from the Houso p f Commons . I met him as I was walking from the turnpike down to my own house , and walked a considerable way with him , reminding him of his" insolence to me , but that , nevertheless , I would render him any service that I could , by publishing his present state in the "Northern Star . " We parted very good friends at nine o ' clock , and at halfpast eleven o ' clock , just as I was going to bed I heard a tremendous noise outside the halldoor , aud afterwards such a knock at the door

      as I thought would have knocked the house down . My landlord came up and asked me if he should have him taken into custody ? I said certainly . He got two policemen , and just as 1 walked out of the hall-door , to go with him to the station-house , he attacked ml put his hand into my collar , and , with a hi * stone in his hand , tried to knock mo down " I hit him however , Ou the side of the head and knocked him down . One of the police tooi out Ins truncheon and was solas to hit him on th e head , but I prevented him . 1 could not describe the riot . There were fifty or sixty people just opposite the door , and the ladies and gentlemen in the adjoining houses looked out of their windows , thinking the house was being robbed .

      I-dare say you are aware that this fellow was imprisoned for two months for smashing the windows in the Land Company ' s Bank ; and he walked np and down in front of the Bank for several weeks , swearing that if lie saw n » e come there he would shoot me . - The police took a carpet bag from him , in which Be had two large hammers , pincers , and a chisel , no doubt for breaking open the door . I dare Bay you aro also aware that this man once lodged with a poor widow in the Vale of

      jjeven , aud after being for several months with her ho said ho was going away for a fortnight or so , and when he returned he would pay her . He left two large carpet bags fall of clothes , as he stated , as security , and , not returning for some months , the poor widow opeued the bags and found that they were full of hay . Uiac or ten years ago I was travelling from Manchester to Leeds outside the coach , and he said that ho had a silver watch which ho was going to pawn , that he would be much obliged to me if I would advance him five pounds upon it ; however I declined .

      This fellow , when outside my door , said that I owed him £ 70 or £ 80 , but when he was brought before the magistrate , he said that he 3 aid no such thing , although the policemen proved it . ; This fellow , in the attack he made opou me , knocked my hat off , broke my watch chain , and broke my eye glass ; however , the magistrate behaved very fairly , and bound him over in recognizances , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 20 each , and fined him a pound ; and he is to bo tried at the next Middlesex Sessions .

      If I had not been a powerful man and able to defend myself , this fellow would have smashed my head with a huge stone that he had in his hand , or , perhaps , with one of his hammers . I will giro you the following accouut , extracted from the "Daily News , " of Monday . Here it is : — Violest Assault cros Mb . Feahoos O'Coxsob , "• P- —About eleven o ' clock on Friday week a disinifonce took place at the residence of Mr . F . O'Connor , 24 , Xotting-hiU-temcc , occasioned by an . attempt being made by a man named Thomason , a tall powerful Scotchman , to commit a violent assnuit upon Mr . O'Connor . Police-sergeant Davis .

      120 , and constable 240 , hearing a great noise in front of Mr . O'Connor ' s residence , went into the front garden , where they found Thomason with a big t ) f housebreaking implements in his possession , and reqnested him to leave the premises . He refused to do so , and said he would not leave till he had seen Mr . O'Connor , who , he said , was a thief and vagabond , and owed him between £ 60 and £ 70 . The sergeant told him he might take legal procee . iiu 2 s for the recovery of his del > t , but he should aot stop there . Mr . ^' Connor came-out of the house , and requested the police to t > ke him away . Thomason then flew upon Mr . O'Connor , and seizing him by the throat , attempted to choke him .

      broke his cye-glas 3 and watch-chain , and it was witu tUe greatest difficulty the police could pull turn off . The bag in his possession , on being searched , was found to contain a large chisel , a pair of pincers , and two hammers , with which he said lie intfiided to break into the house ; and close to him was found a large stone , weighing eight or nine pounds . Ho was taken to Kensington station , and conveyed on Saturday afternoon to Hammer-Binita police-court , before T . Paynter , Esq — Mr . O'Connor attended to prefer the eharge , and said Thomason bad iaid wait for him at the House of Commons , on Friday evening , and had abused him Gere , and then followed him to Netting Hill . —The

      pn oner stated , in defence of his conduct , that the honourable member had inserted a letter in his paper , the Sor' Mrn Star , which had caused him to lose his employment , to the value of £ 60 or £ 70 , and that he had wished Mr . O'Connor to insert a . letter in the paper in contradiction , but he had refused . —Mr . O'Connor said he had not written anything against the man himself , but a letter from a poor widow , whom Thomason had lodged with , and to whom he owed a sum ofmoner , bad appeared in hi 3 newspaper , stating that she had aonlied to

      him , Thomason , for money , and he had desired her to pay herself by selling the contents of two carpet bags he had left at her house , but on examiuing the bsgs , she fonnd them to contain nothing but hay . Mr . Paynter having cautioned the prisoner as to ha future conduct , fined him 203 . for the assault , and ordered him to find bail himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 20 each , to appear at the sessions . — The fine not being paid , the prisoner was taken away in the van . Mr . O'Connor said the prisoner had been confined before for two months , for walking up and down outside his bank in New Oxford-street , breaking the windows , and threatfiaing bis life .

      . ao » I think this will show yon the kindness that I receive from a man that I have been load to myself . 1 declare to you that if I was to fill the " Northern Star " with an account Of the riot that he created , I could not sufficiently describe it ; but although he is a powerful fellow , and a ferocious fellow , notwithstanding the implements in his possession , I knocked him down , and had it not been for the police , I would have given him such a thrashing as no fellow ever got . My throat is

      sfaU very sore , a 3 he put his knuckles into my collar , and thrust tiiem against my throat . I do not think I can give you a fairer definition of the treatment I receive from men to -whom I have been sometimes kind , for , as you are aware , I allowed this fellow to make an appeal to the people in the "Northern Star ; " and when we parted on Friday night , before he appeared at the house , he was most civiL Your Faithful Friend and Advocate , Feakgus O'Coskor .

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      ADDRESS OF THE CHARTISTS AND LAND MEMBERS OF ASHTONUNDER-LYNE TO THE DEMOCRACY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . " He who permits oppression shares the crime . " In consequence of what we and every unprejudiced mind must see in reference to the general bad treatment of Mr . O'Connor , we deem it a dut y we owe to the cause of freedom and a deeply injured individual , to address you on this subject . ADDRESS OF THE CHARTISTS AND

      Every individual amoug you , who has paid attention to the passing events of the last twenty years , has seen foremost in tho van of the progressing army of Democracy the recognised leader of the Chartists of this country , viz ., our mutual friend , Feargus O'Connor . And , however some of you may have differed from the policy he has sometimes pursued , all must admit that his untiring zeal , bis indomitable peraeverauce , and almoBt Herculean labours , are such as few men either can or would go through , to carry out the-principles of government best suited to tho emergencies of the age , and the Social advancement of the working classes of this great country .

      However the people may have slumbered , he has always been alive to a Bense of more than his share of public service ; and it is now the solemn duty of the Chartists of this country to show the unprincipled allottees , the government , and press of this country , together with the Committee of the House of Commons , that Mr . O'Connor shall not lose a single shilling of his money ; that now , in the hour of his greatest trials and persecutions , you will rall y round him with the same tenacity and devotion that ho has clung to the principles of " equal rights and equal laws . " It is well known to all those who attended the Conference at which the Bank was established that Mr . O'Connor was hostile to the

      project ; but true to the principles of Universal Suffrage , he has allowed himself to be governed by a majority ; and , we ask , would it be honest or right to allow him to pay the expenses of carrying on that Bank ? Is it right that those individuals who have paid no rent to the Company , but have drawn rent from the letting of their allotments , should receive com , ' pensation ? And because Mr . O'Connor would not agree to so monstrous a proposition , he is not to receive again the money he has advanced—and proved to be owing to him by no favoured source—namel y , two government actuaries ?

      Mr . Herbert , in the House of Commons , calls those allottees who have paid no rent a part of the " noble people of England . " A greater misapplication oftermsnever emanated from the mouth of senator or fool . But this refusal of Mr . O'Connor ' s claims , and sending him to Chancery for his money , is another exhibition of the kind of justice he has received from the government , judges , juries , the press , and the hosts of cormorants who thrive on the famine of the people , exist on the spoils of a misgoverned state , and would hunt to the farthest verge of the green earth

      any man like Mr . O'Connor who holds up to scorn and contempt the present unjust system , which makes millionanes of a few hundreds , and keeps the millions toiling within a week ' s march of the poor house . We ask , will those hundreds of thousands of- Chartists who have cheered Mr . O'Connor in his denunciations of wrong and his support of right , stand listlessly by and see him robbed aud ruined without any semblance of decency ? Our Sheffield friends whose numerousl y signed invitation attest their respect for tho Chartist Leader , will , we are sure , assist us in settin g an example for the establishment of a fund to repay Mr . O'Connor his money . As the House of Commons has sent him to Chancery ,

      and the chances are that he will never get his money , we suggest the establishment of a fund for this purpose , to be called " THE EQUITY FTJND ; " to which every Chartist iu the empire ought to contribute his share . True , there are many calls on your bounty , but this is an especial case , demands immediate and prompt attention , and gives all an opportunity of showing their gratitude for a life-long service in the cause of freedom and social rights . It will have the effect of relieving on the one hand , your friend from any pecuniary embarrassment , and on the other , of baulking tho enemies of progress in their intention to ruin Mr . O'Connor , for it must be evident to you all such is their intention .

      Let it be done quickly , and let us see by the beginning of August , such a sufficiency of money raised for the emergency and inserted in the " Star " , as shall do credit to the old and young guards , and will be like gall aud wormwood to your enemieB ; and if this be not done the world will know that lip-sympathy is the only kind of support the democracy of this country give to their most devoted friends and advocates . "We now hope , in conclusion , that every Chartist will use his beat endeavours to raise the Equity Fund , and do justice to their old friend , and disappoint his enemies .

      On bebalf of the Land Members and Char tista of Ashton , Samuel Newxox , Chan-man . W . Aitkiu , Hon . Sec .

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      ^*» CHARTIST MISSIONARIES . TO THK EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Very often in your valuable paper we see letters from " almost all parts of the kingdom , principally , ! suppose , from working men , all endeavouring to propound means for their own amelioration , and I must say , that I admire the tone as well as the principles which they embody . I doubt not of the sincerity of these noble champions , who are identified with the army of "fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshorn chins . " I believe that much good ba 3 resulted from their united energies . But still , sir , I thiuk vou will agree with me when I say , that the Cbarti 6 t movement is not at present , and has not bctn for some tune , working as well aa we would like to see it , or as it ought to be . There . are many parts of the country where the inhabitants have a strong desire for the principles of the Charter , but no one is found to introduce the National Charter Association to these places : in

      some parts they want to be enlightened a little ; in others , they want some person to take them by tho hand . After this is done they would be able to conduct their own affairs , under the superintendence of the Executive Committee . Do you think , sir , tbat one of the Executive could not mission the various places , where he would bo likely to meet with success , or any one else whom the Executive might deem qualified to perform the work . The expense of such an undertaking might easily be covered by each of the various localities , in favour of the resuscitation of Chartism , contributing their mite . What is to be done for the people must be done by the people .. The aristocracy will not aid them ; the . middle classes , generally speaking , will not aid them ; therefore they must , of course , do their own work . -1 remain , dear sir , yours truly , Dalston , Cumberland , Xbibob . June 2 nd , 1851 .

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      The "War Medal—Dis Grace the Commander in Chief has extended the period for the reception anainvestigation of claims to the war medal to the end of Jnne - such claims are to be forwarded immediately to the board of general officers , Whitehall , as no further extension of time will possibly take place . —United . Service Gazette .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . A public meeting was held on Monday evening fit the King ' s Arms Tavern , Upper Holloway . 2 Jr . Erlk was called to the chair , and explained the objects of the meeting ; it was tho first meeting that na

      far from this being the ca-e , since tho time of the Conquest they had had eight "ivil wars and nineteen rebellious . This did not say much for tho peace or liberty enjoyed by Britain . They were told that under their niculy-balanced constitution each power was a check upon the other , and all were thus prevented from encroaching upon the rights of the people . He would prove this to bo a fiction . The crown was only a talisman representing the grandeur and dignity of the nation , but it was powerless to effect uuy good to tho masses ; and it was so environed and encompassed with the spirit of aristocracy , that it was almost impossible for it to be otherwise than entirely aristocratio in action The llouso of Lords , composed of peers , spiritual and

      temporal , exercised the real power that governed the nation . The power exercised by the Commons was a niere farce , as far as it professed to be a representation of the middle class . A thousand taxes pressed peculiarity upon the middle classes , which they were powerless to remove Out of 656 members of ihe llouse of Commons , foil were by birth or marriage allied to the aristo . cracy ; they did not . in any way represent either the middle or working classes . If the middle classes were represented would they allow fiftyfour million a year to be levied upon thorn in the shape of taxes ? Would they submit to pay the infamous pensions , sinecures , &c , which they were now compelled to pay ? The speaker then went

      into the claims of the aristocracy to wield this power . Ho illustrated it as follows : —If they agreed to form a society for any purpose , would they elect a man as secretary , simply because he professed to be the son of Greenacre the murderer ? Would they elect anotheras their treasurer because he professed that his mother had got her living by walking the streets ? Yet these were the claims which a . large portion of tho aristocracy had to their present wealth and positions . He then contrasted the expense ef the English government with that of the American , and showed the utter subserviency of the present House of Commons by the manner in which they had acted in reference to the pensions of Queen Adelaide and the Duke of Cambridge , upon their demise . Mr

      Reynolds then showed the manner in which the government misrepresented the doings of the Chartists in 1848 , and that they would carry out the same system in 1851 , if the Chartists gave them the opportunity . He then referred to the treatment of Ernest Jones , as contained in his petition to the House of Commons , and contrasted it with that of O'Connellauri others . Thespuaker concluded by explaining tho six points of the Charter , and showed tue superiority of that measure over every other measure of Parliamentary Reform , and demonstrated that the manner in which the working claBeeshad conducted themselves throughout Eu rope when all power was in their hands , and where oppression had done all it could to brutaliae them , was a sufficient proof that Britons , who were still more favourably situated , would not behave in a less worthy or maguanimous manner than their brethren on the continent during the year 1848 .

      They had also the experience of America demonstrating tbo same fact . Mr . Reynolds sat down loudly cheered . Mr . CoHnELLO next addressed the audience , and regretted that Mr . Reynolds had not been more with them in their late parochial agitation . He differed in some points from Mr . Keyuolda . In the parish the Tories had complete rule ; but , on the late election , the Radicals were but in a small minority . In parochial matters in that parish , a man was compelled to have a £ 20 qualification , whereas , a £ 10 qualification was sufficient for the parliamentary franchise . He believed that Mr . Reynolds's eloquence would have roused the inert and have changed their minority into a . majority ! They now intended to extend their sphere iroiri a parochial to a political agitation . The Vote by Ballot would be a great shield in parochial matters , but he thought it would not be so iu political matters .

      Mr . Re-jkoids explained that it would be open voting iu the llouso-of Commons . Mr . Cordello stated , that with that explanation , he believed the reformers of Islington would be entirely with Mr . Reynolds ' s views . He objected to Payment of Members . lie thought ihnt plenty of middle class men would represent the people without being paid ; it would be an enormous expense for little profit . Air . Rmoios explaiued at some length , combating with great energy the opposing portions of Mr . Cordello ' s speech , and promising them his influence in parochial matters . As far as his exertions could extend , he never would agree that the working classe 3 should be represented by middle class men . Mr . AVhbeibr also supported the views laid down by Mr . Reynolds , and still further illustrated them . Other speakers followed on tho same side .

      Mr . Clark wished to know why some members of the Chartist body advocated the policy of the National Reform Association , and others opposed them ; he believed that a split had taken place in the Chartist body , and that Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Reynolds differed . Mr . Retkolds explained . A vote of thanks wa 9 given to Mr . Reynolds and a locality of the National Charter Association formed .

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      THE " CHARTIST PROGRAMMISTS . " [ From the Leader . ] [ The following is a letter addressed to the Editor of the Dundee Courier . In two hours after the questioned article was issued the writer of the letter went down to the office , but , not finding the responsible editor , Mr . Holyoake appeared before him later in the day , as suddenly as an apparition of the Executive , and demanded to know what the editor saw in him that was " hungry , " that he Bhould publish him as a voracious agitator ; and expostulated generally upon the assertions of the article . The editor said it was

      not intended to bear an imputativo construction . In order that such a disclaimer might be made to the public , the remonstrator forwarded the following letter , "which has duly appeared in the said Courier : —] DEFENCE G $ THE CHARTIST PROGRAMMISTS . To the Editor of tht Dundee Courier . Sir , —Being on a visit to Dundee , I had the opportunity of perusing your Courier of this morning , May 14 , in which I find an article on the " Chartist Programme , " about which it concerns me to say a few words , as I am one of those responsible for that document .

      There is that quality about your article which Lord John Russell ascribes to Thomas Slingsby Duncombe ' s speeches ^ -namely , ' " an agreeable levity . " If one is abused , it is a consolation to be abused well . One can admire the variegated superficies of the panther even while entertaining a profound aversion to his indiscriminate habit ol springing on every person in his way . You tell us you "thought Chartism defunct , " and ascribe your mistake to overlooking that there were "too many interested in keeping "it alive . ' That this "interest" is to be understood as venal , you mark beyond doubt by observing in the next sentence , that" you consider what a flock of hungry patriots have been fed , and how many unattached t

      ngitators have received employment , by means o the Chartist movement ;" and infer , therefore , that " it 13 not wonderful that an effort should be made to perpetuate such ^ profitable concern . " Now , what I wish to ask is , by what right you represent the Convention here alluded to aa composed of hungry agitators and interested patriots ? For myself , what do you know to my disadvantage that you should make no exception ? I have nothing to hope from the' Chartists that I should cajole them . I have nothing to fear from them that I should flatter them . I am simply an independent servant of them and the public , able to live at the bench , by my pen , on the platform , or in the classroom , And the same is true of my colleagues , as

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      THoVntonH ' n mean 3 T ° f existence . There is politicnn Tl ! ' fn 0 ^ 6 igh IIunt P ° et and Be W of SLii me Tt ! ° motl llunfc wh 0 was the fliissgl S Tl \ ° him respect wheroverheis 2 ' ti , ! n « roni " you include Km K & 2 n hui WPilots ? " ' ft the Reverend whom ! * h . " ' ^ Falkirk ' deleSate from P *« ley , SSe of SurT ? t 0 with r 4 ect , ono ? Wh « YVm , M thls . klnd have you to lay at Ms door ? Si I ) Ot l ' , 18 crimo ; for lie ' ' 0 <>« r know-3 icfi ? ^"" nfltaw to what he deemed wS « y - £ edltor t 0 whom J ° u can PO'nt-? S ? Clte Erne > t Jone 8 > w >> ° with the prc ™? w « , f mtIaman » fc" often accepted penury rath , r . th ;* n forego the advocacy he deemed ' most to ,, H . » .. ^ T

      Sfi 81 ktl ° « W nofc > but ««* a » nly to pecuniary ad-« S ?•?? Chartist have been C ( ^ fi » e ( i to paying certain bills as treasurer when , we had a bottomless exchequer . Will you take those of humble station ; Youv townsman James Graham , has no other crime to-answer for , that I ever heard of , than that of being a working man . As he has appeared as a delegate in London , you assume that he has relinquished T ? i " 'honourable calling of a weaver . " How does this follow ? If every man who , by delegation , represents others' interests in a distant city , is to bo held as deserting his honourable vocation , many of your fellow-townsmen amoncr the middle class and

      the religious ministry deserve your instant exposure . Gor sir , through the list of our delegates , and you will in ali ease 3 fail to substantiate your imputations . Some of the propositions you point out as erroneous m our Programme several of us thought so . The columns of the leader have recorded how some of us struggled against them . Expose our want of wisdom whero you find it , and we arc youv debtors But when you deny our integrity— when you paint us as hungry patriots and venal agitators , we be " , respectfully but emphatically , to protest against you ; for if we keep silence in suoh a case we shall appear to consent to the infamy you impute to us . The vice of imputation has been the besetting sin

      of Chartism , but it may be forgiven to us on account of our inexperience and our privations . But should a middle class journal set us the example of continuing what we are trying to forget ? If we should say that any middle class movement you patronise is selfish and interested , you would feel ; ifc once the injustice and rudeness of the accusation . And if your own gentlemanly sense of courtesy does not teach you to restrain your imputations against us , the obscurity and helplessness and sufferings of those who appointed us to represent them ought to protect us from rudeness . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , George Ja . cob IIouoake , Member of the Chartist Executive .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committeo of this body held their usual weekly meeting , as above , on Wednesday evening last . Present—Messrs . Avnott , Grasaby , Holyoake , Jones , Milne , and Reynolds . Messrs . Harney ( through indisposition ) , Hunt ( being engaged to take the chair at a public meeting ) , and O'Connor , were absent . G . J . Holyoako presided , ' Tho correspondence received was read .

      The secretary called the attention of the committee to the letter from the " London correspondent " of the "Glasgow Sentinel , " inserted in that truly Democratic Journal of Saturday last , and which contained several miB-statement 8 relative to the public meeting recently held in St . Pancras . On the motion of Messrs . Jones and Reynolds , it was unanimously agreed , " That the Secretary be instructed to write to the Editor of the ' Glasgow Sentinel , ' in order to correct the mis-statements alluded to . "

      On the motion of Messrs . Reynolds and Arnott , it was also unanimousl y agreed . w That a great Public Meeting bo held , for the purpose of calling the attention of the public to the atrocious and inhuman treatment inflicted on the Chartist prisoners generally , but more especially to support tho case of Ernest Jones , now before the House of Commous ; and that the said meeting be holden on Monday evening , June the lGth , in the most suitable place that cau bo engaged for the occasion . "

      The Chairman then , at some length , reported what he had witnessed of tho progress of Democracy during hiV recent tour in the North . He had much pleasure in statiog that he had lectured on Chartism in Glasgow , Paisley , and other places ; those lectures had been more numerously attended than any he had previously delivered in Scotland . Party and personal antagonism waa subsiding ; the Programme issufid by the late Convention had inspired the friends to the cause with renewed hope ; and although at present there appeared to be a lull as to active organisation , yet he felt convinced tbat the time waB not far distant when wo should see a trul y healthful and progressive agitation .

      After the transaction of financial and other business , the Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , June 11 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Aunotx , Gen . Sec .

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      Crows and Anchor , Cheshvre-street , Waterloo Town . —At a meeting of the Council of the Tower Hamlets , on Wednesday evening—Mr . Hall in tho chair—Messrs . Cummins , West , and Shaw stated what they bad ascertained respecting the malicious demolition of the Sharp and Williams monument . It was proposed by Mr . West , seconded by Mr . Burge , and carried unanimously : — " That this meeting be adjourned to Sunday next , at three o ' clock , at the llall in Golden-lane , when it is expected that all who respect tlio memory of the departed patriots , and especially the original Monument Committee , will be in attendance to receive the report of the delegation , " John-strsbi , Tottenuam-couut-road . —On Tuesday evening * meeting was held in . the Coffee Room of the John-street Institution , for the purpoie of forming a locality of tue National Charter Association . Mr . John Milne was called to the chair , anil briefly stated the objects of themeetine . Tt wa «

      then unanimousl y agreed , " That a locality bo now formed , to be . called the John-street locality . " John Arnott was requested to act a 9 sub-secretary , pro tern ., and several members were enrolled , it was also decided . that discussions be held on every Tuesday evening , and that the sublet for next-Tuesday be 'the rtlative merits of Free Trade and Protection , " which Mr . G . J . Holyoako consented to open . A vote of thanks was given to the Committee of the Institution , and the meeting nrijmmied , Fikbbury .. Democratic . Association . —On Sunday last Mr . Worseldine delivered a lecture on " Ancient and Modern Eloquence , " at the Crystal Coffee-house , Vine-street , North end of Hauon-garden . Ho ashed what wa 3 it that made Greece and Rome so great and polished ! Not the splendour of their courts and the prowess of their , urras , but the thundering eloquence of Demosthenes in the one . and the . wapZ

      ful oratory of . Cicero in the other .. It was the eloquence ot Demosthenes that Philip of Mocedon feared more than the force . of arms , and the eloquence of Cicero ia behalf , of the liberties of his country that made < W and Anthony tremble ; bo that the Greek and Roman ora-\ L > T' ° ' ?\ * yV a 5 e - been admired and wfSttm f r 5- 8 ake 0 { ' lbeir antiquity , but for brilliancy of diction and tomado-liko impetus . llence Leland , speaking of Domosthenra , sayv irom him critics huve formed ttieir rules , and the greatest masters in tho art have thought it an honour , to -imiUte him . " Tho lecturer said that uitiusiveness wan the characteristic of modern oratory , contrasted with which was tho conciseness of the great models of antiquity ; for instance , tho respective orations of Demosthenes and iEschines , although involving matters of paramount

      innertance , migbt be read in less than four hours ; tho respective orations of Cicero , for Archias , Ligariua , and MUo , m thirty minutes each ; and the four orations against Catiline in one hour eaoh , Whereas

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      that of Sheridan , i »; defence of Warren Hastings , lasted five hounand fovtj minutes . Thesnme with Lord Chatham 8 speech on the American war . With the except on of diffusiveness he did not gee any great difference between the Ancient and Modern orators both having trimmed ' their eloquence over the midnight oil . -ft . VT ^ getoaUy ttfougKt thai Socrates , was opposed to-. R het ^ ic ,-but thfit was a Piwf ? ] , 8 IDC ? "is opposition , liko that of Inii £ i ?\ h « ^ y rf ? r , ence 5 ° tllBpervMsionot ifc . < Indeed , the a udy of Rhetoric was cultivated by al the learned of that day , . and was interwoven with their philosophy . For what reason dW oKrSi fno t " o Z ' Olli S t ^ K « mtofitl it not to annoy Socrates , who , so -far from h « n £ deterred , ar ^ cd tho matter wi I " fhaffl ™ Buf WelP Kid miijh ? W » ftried t 0 ' ^ Gorgi " ' . _«! w ' ^ lld so - a ?«« - « aed that- work ( is a ' weiiMH im wiiiBui — = r-

      « o annihilate the ; pnblicfallaevl NnV Zvis ^^^^^^ s ^ After the lMti . " ^ . - e gave ™* ^ tiafaction . s ^ asasffi . jsaooiation be transacted on Sunday n ' i £ TJ at a Loan Society be established for- the ' belfit of Set bevs , and that no motion be entertained having for Us object the union , of ; this asaomtion with any fc . ?^^ - ^ - ' , J * i Leno wu 8 announced to lecture on Sunday nighwiex ^ . r , . ., B » MiH < HMJc ; ' 8 uip Inn—At the weeily meeting on Sunday-- evening last , after the usual I > usiness , correspondence was read from Ernest Jones and G . W . M . R-ynolds , the former of whom

      stated that he would be in Birmingham on the 20 nl inst . A committee was formed to take a place of meeting , and make the necessary arrangements for holding a public meeting on the above day . ToDMoRnKN . —On Sunday kst a camp meeting was held at Basinstone , a very high hill a short distance from Todmorden , which was very well attended and conducted . The meeting was addressed by Mr . T . Dickenson of Manchester , in his usual , original , and convincing style for two hours . After the meeting Mr . Dickenson delivered a lecture in tho Odd Fellows' Hall— -Subieet : " England and Englishmen . " The evening ' s lecture

      was a rich treat to all who felt an interest in the history of old England and her industrious sons After the lecture a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Dickenson for his ardent exertions throughout the day , and tl « s people separated , highly pleased ffith the advice and . information they had heard . Manchester . —On Monday evening June 2 nd . at the weekly Council meeting of tho Manchester Chartist Association , held in the People ' s Institute , the speeches made at the London Tavern by Messrs . Hurne , CobUen , and others , . were read fr « m the daily News , when tho following was unanimously agreed to : — " Ilavinsr heard tho Rnnm ^ s

      of Messrs . Hume , Cobden , and others , and' believing them to be practical men to carry out Parliamentary Reform , wo pledge ouvsulves to render them all the assistance in our power in procuring the greatest possible extension of the suffrage to the unenfranchised working classes . " Manchester . —Mr . Thomas Cooper from London has oehvered a course of su lectures in the People s Institute , to crowded audiences . On Sunday evening , May 25 , he lectured on " Constdntine the Great , and the CotruDtion of nhi-hH .

      anity on its establishment . " On Tuesday evening , May 27 , on " The genius of Shakspero as displayed in bis Hamlet ? ' After the Jeuluro a grand display of dissolving views was given . On Wednesday evening . May 28 , " Life and genius of Milton , with recitations from Paradise ' Lost " dissolving views after the discourse . On Thursday evening , May 29 th , « Life and genius of Burns with recitations , " Tam ffShantcr , " dissolving views , &o . On Friday evening , May 30 th ,

      ' Astronomy , &o . And on Sunday evening , June 1 st , " Washington and the independence of America . " It has been a rich treat to the Chartists of Manchester , and done much good in drawing persons to our hall , who wore surprised at the multitude of people assembled to hear a Chartist lecturer . It has ineroased our number of members , and we are weekly progressing . Our position is far more cheering than it was six months ago . Thanks to the zeal and abilities of the Council .

      Ashton-oi-ndbb-Ltne . —At a meeting of the Chartists and Land members , on Sunday last , an address to the democracy of England was unanimously adopted , which will be found in another place . Islington . —This locality held its usual weekly meeting on Wednesday evening , at the Camdcn Coffee-house , Camdcn-street , Islington-green , when , after the transaction of business , a deputation was olected to wait upon the Executive Committee , with a request that it will aid tho locality by calling a public meeting as early as possible , at the Islington Temperance-hall . The lecture was then ' postponed until Wednesday , the ISth inst ., after which tho meeting adjourned .

      Fiksbuuy Locality . —The usual weekly meeting was held at the Albomarle Coffue-house , Albema \ e-street , Clorkenwell . Mr . Feline in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . O'Connor ' s letter having been read , it was resolved : — " That we , tho members of this locality , cannot agree with Mr . O'Connor in his praise of Mr . M'Grath , considering that Mr . M'Grath has done much to injuro the Chartist cause . " Tho following resolutions were also adopted : — " That we highly approve of the arrangements of the Executive relative to the monthly reports of progress , and the distribution of tracts . " " That we regret the apathy of tho Chartist body on the cause of Louis Koasuth , and agree to present a petition to Parliament , nravine that

      steps be taken to procuro the immediate liberation of tbat patriot , and the rest of the Hungarian exiles . " "That a committee be formed to obtain signatures to a requisition for a public demonstration on their behalf . " " That we recommend tho different localities throughout the country to tako steps to obtain a searohing investigation , by Parliament , into tho treatment of tho Chartist prisoners and exiles , of 1818 . " The meeting then adjourned till Sunday evening noxt , at the Finsbuty Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester Place , St . Peter ' s Terrace , Hatton Garden , at half-past six o clock , to transact the business of the locality , and to make arrangements for the opening festival of tbat institution , which will take place on Whit-Monday , June 9 , with a concertsoireeand ball .

      , , FlNSBURY LlTEBABY ASP SciKSTlFJC INSTITUTION , —We perceive by a circular just issued , that this institution , for the purpose of promoting the cause of democracy , will be opened on Whit-Monday by a grand concert tea party , and ball . It augers well for Chartism when we find localities ( parti cularly in London ) possessing , by their own exertions , a plaoe to meet In for the dissemination of useful knowledge , and iaa sufficient proof that the untiring labours of Mr . O'Connor has not been in vain . Classes for reading , writing , and arithmetic , lectures , discussions , and temperance are opened , subscriptions , books , maps , or the delivery of lectures are earnestly required . Wo also poreeive that the institution will be let to trado societies .

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      Thk Reprrsbntaiion of Bath . —Bath , Wkdsksdat . —On the elevation of Lord Ashley to tho Upper House , consequent on the death of the Earl of Shaftesbury , has caused a vacancy in tho representation of the city . His Lordship has issued the following farewell address to the eleotors •—" To the Electors of Bath , Juno 2 nd , 1851 . —Gonttemen , —By a domestic affliction , which has just occurred , 1 am removed from the representation of the city of Bath . I tako the earliest opportunity of expressing to you my deep senso of the high honour you conferred on mo when I obtainod the 8 <» &tby your suffrages in 1 S 47 , and , I must add , the lasting gratitude I shall feel for the kindness I have ever , experienced at your hands : nor shall 1

      cease to entertain the liveliest interest for your individual and collective welfare . I am , gentlemen with much gratitude , your very faithful friend and servant .-Asnley . " Captain Seobell , R . N ., has offered himself a . candidate on the Liberal interest . A meeting of the Liberal portion of the con « tituenls was . held last night , and it was ^ resolved to adopt the necessary steps to securo the return of the gallant officer . It is stated that Mr . William Sutcliffc , of this city , will be solicited by the Conservatives to contest the representation . National Loas Society . —A-moeting was held on Wednesday evening , at the City Chartist Hall ,

      Golden-lane , Barbican—Mr . Endean in the chair . Correspondence was read from Sheffield RotUerhara , Ecoles , Blackburn , Carlisle , Ashton , Nether Ilauffb , Exeter , Gnlston , Wigton , Morpeth , Brightlingsea , and other places , promising in nearly every instanc , to render assistance to the views of the Society . Several applications for loans were taken into consideration j others whioh had been previously inquired into wero granted . Scrip was given to several of the members who had paid up their £ 1 shares , and instalments paid upon others A considerable number of rules were disposed of Scrip to a large amount was deposited with tho Society , and other business transacted .

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      HEBREW JUSTICE " AND CIIMSTTAti CHAHITY . UU ! 5 UAN L \ s Samubl Ktdd loctu . ed on Sunday ovening <* V ™ Ljturary and Scientific Institution , John-W ^ fTr rt nh : im Court-road . Subject , "Tho S 155 LSS bWVS ' " Th 0 Jecture / commenced stood ffliK J ™ - B 0 D in tllD wor ) d > 8 h > 8 tory Rive ? n ? , 1 " ? romment than Mw « r the Jewish ovsZn . iv * ! ileer was an eventful one '; an fefgaSSs J liaputing iXw ^ JpZ ™ ** *> his doctrines had . bee " fo'C bvTV ^ nation , and that scatteredIn " tj £ Sow ° wi ™ throughout thn worid , tkey . . Uu X ^ iHJ n ., tne ajriprnethed b , * Iff * . The . law 8 of Mo ' eg were admirably adaptedi . to- . tbe purpose and pboola , forwliom they wer » intended , and there was much in : thorn wfcich wn 8 higl ») y applicable to the present phaneof soeiety . 'Wra great olijeet of the laws of

      Si looses was . to put do-Tfiiioi" control the spirit of selfisjinosa . lie was Ware : of tho- fnct , thafselfinterest was tho motive power . of homan action ; Vj ' fip ' W also aware that an ignoraat and jnis'al > B > elf-intoreat was baneful to Hho interests of humanity . -All , BiS-l : iwa were framed to prevent one cftss ofi ' mBn from spoliating anothw , and it was a BJo ^ fetairkaWo circumstance , that tho ' He . brew language contained no word which bore the samgi meaning aa the word " JJeggar" o ? " Pau-^ ' . -, -1 JW wide a . cpnti-ast to tho civilised world of the present day ! TJio great evils of the present day were created , by tho ; unchecked- development SihlS * % , fie |^ - tlie * monopolised the SJ kHP 0 L' 8 ?( 1 mn 1 oh 5 n wj .-totterlj' rocwdlew whether , by so doing' they cont .-ih « fn , l nithn .. *

      , ! , ' S -l f 0 Br astern of civilisation r ° H ^ aRP « art ? T ? splve : uself i the-best mean " llT + 8 S'ng wealth . TUe laws of Moses were framed to counteract this , spirit . To prevent the monopoly of , the soil , andthc " continued enslavement ot the poor , he established every seventh vuav asi jtttetoo , . when' all property wz ^ mXU" £ tsjminal owners , when the land became free , and : thttdebt , or released ftom the claim of his creditors Thia p , e , ^^^ W ^^ b ^ cofliinonweaah'from- exhil . iting the extttmerof- 'wealtli and niisVrv .- of whi

      ch ingtand presented sucli a mournful spoct i ii 11 ! cIovenf 1 ' century the cplubiatcd Jewish Kabbi Maimonides , spent a long life in arranging the ancient Hebrew laws . These laws he was led to believe were in a gi'eat measure followed by the Jews of the present < tay . The lecturer then re .-ui from the works of Mnimonides the belief oi the Hebrews , and expressed his opinion , that though it was erroneous , yet that it was consistent throughout , and the same could not he said of of any other tout of theday . The Jews were too learnofl , too philosophical , too mati-rial a people to fall into the errors and inconsistonces with which modern Christianity abounded . Tho Uebvew LVw im worthy of deep consider * tinn in its treatment of tho "Poor and the Stranger . " It did not acknovrledge the word charity—it declared that the fruit 3 of the whole earth belonged to the people thereofand though it did not inculcate wninlitv . it urn .

      virted lor all receiving a share of earth ' s bounties . 1 he law provided , that when a field was to be reaped that a cei-tiiin portion should be left for the poor - the same rule applied to every description of fruie * Ac . ; this was not charity-it wns the lnw , and couKJ nothe violated wiUtont subjeotiii " the party breaking it to a severe penalty . The lecturer then expatiated upon the laws relative to gleaning , to dividing the portion set apart fur the poor , so that the ; iged and the infirm should be injured .- Thelaws ot Moses , in this particular , were most perfect , no detail necessary to ensure them from evasion was omitted . Tho same law which applied to the poor Jews they extended to strangers . It said " The poor gentiles arc not to ho excluded from these laws , but are to share with the poor of Israel : " lliese laws were not only true , to humanity , but also to sound philosophy . Property was a trust , and not a right . Our greatest lawyers , including

      Ulackstonc and Hacon , held tho doctrine that n » man hud a right , to call tho fruits of the earth his own until the poor were fed . Uut in ow days , when law was made a science , when we looked hack with contempt upon the wisdom of our ancestor * , property was claimed as an absolute right . Ho denied , that such a thing as absolute right existed , all rights were relative , all property was a trust involving certain duties . This might not be the doctrine of the present day , but it was the doctrine of God , and it wns the law of Moses . Wo professed to be a Christian country ; Christ came not to abrogate , but to fulfil the law ; and if they professed to ' be Christian in name , they should show it by their acts . Tho word charity should be excluded from , every civilised conimunity . Charity waa the bastard child of justice ; justice was not blind as it was represented to be . It was far-seeing—it measured the wants of all . If the peowle of this land

      had justice they would reed no Soup Kitchens-they would not need the teaching of M . Soyer to learn the SpiulfieW weavers to-Hiake sonpat one halfponhy per basm ; thoy -would need no Charitable Institutions _ whatever ; such institutions were false in principle and injurious in practice , and he prayed them to rid theoisslves of them as speedily as possible . Amid all our other discoveries we hud found out that marriage waa injurious ; Malthus said that a man should not marry ui-. til ho ascertained whether there was room for him at Nature ' s table This might be correct , but they had first to show that there did not exist accommodation for all , and that those who were seated were so . ii-r . in"ed ns not to injure the coming p-uosts ; that the too- ! was not wasted

      , nor tho few fed to repletion to the injury \> f the many . Tho lecturer then explained the economy » f the Jewish laws relative to the portioning of marriageable orphans , and the delicacy and humanity with which their females were treated , and contrasted this with the conduct of our own landreferring to the case of the Sloanes as an illustration . The Hebrew l . w provided , that if a poor man was posat ssed of a house or vineyard , and poverty compelled him to part with it , that he should nofc bo compelled to sell in the winter season when it was comparatively valueless , but that ho should receive out of the tithes a loan even to tho extent of half the value of his property , in order that I 113 richer neighbours might not bo able to take

      advantage of his necessities . How entirely opposed was this to our " buy cheap and sell dear" system . Under the Hebrew law , a man who got rich by taking advantage of his neighbour was-treated as a orimiual , but with us ho was rewarded with magisterial and legislative honours . The lecturer then contrasted Die effects of the tithe system under tho Jewish and Christian dispensations , and , whilo acknowledging the imperfections of the former , showed that it was immeasurably superior to Uyj system of tho present day . The lecturer then , traced the growth of commerce and manufactures among us , and showed how completely it bad developed the spirit of selfishness , and how necessary it was that we should legislate in the spirit of the ancient Jewish laws , and prevent the wealthy aud the from

      cunning destroying the poor and the ignorant ; that we should cease to treat poverty worse thnn crimo : that wealth without virtue should no longer be deified ; and that to bring about these results we must establish the principle of regulation , instead of that of competition ; that we musfc be guided by the doctrine of proportion , instead of leaving all to the decision of chance . The lecturer concluded a highly interesting and much applauded discourse , of which we have only spiice to give a faint outline , b y defending the Chartist Programme from the criticisms of tho Times and the Chronicle , in relation to ita advocacy of a poor law . After deolwing the land national property , he paid a high tribute to the honesty and earnestness ortho memi UevB , aHd to tbo general correctness of tho doctrines laid down by tho Chartist Convention .

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      Uoum OwKx .-The 81 st birthday of Robert Owen , tho philanthropist , was celebrated on Wod ~ iiesdny , the l-Uh inst . ( May ) , at the " Mount Pavilon Stnton Ialand , where the Social friends dine * togcthor , winding up the afternoon with music and daucing . -AiM York Tribune , ( May 2 ht , ) : Thk RKFuaKKa .- —At a meeting , held in TuvnmilU street , June 3 rd , Mr . Brown reported that five refu « gees had gone to Norwich . He also stated be had engaged a military band of refugees for the excursion to Alperton , on Sunday next , and that a breakfast would be prepared for any friends who called at TurnmiU-atreot , on Sunday at toven o ' clock , before starting for the boats at

      Paddineton ; hoping all would attend who laid claim todemocracy . Tho speaker concluded . a lengthy address by again asking the friends , in the country or London , to take some of the refugees to work ' [ The monies ' will be announced next week , the siitna ' oeing very little . A little mistake occurred hat ' week in the money list . The brushWers should have been Messrs . Hunwickand Back , with friends If ' . Bnowi ] ° > Pef City ' Uwtoa ^ rs , 4 s . fit Co-opeiutive OowKnwcK . -Atameetin » offhV ' - committee , appointed by the Buvv On ««»• VmmmBB ^

      United Patriots' and PaikiarchV Beskfii and Ptotims * 8 ocxm ; -We are informed tbit th » * festival of this soci ety will be bolden i \ t Ulghbuvy . Barn , on Tuesday , July 8 th , wb ' eh ' Mr . John . Smith will take tho chair . By the anmsal return , just published , tho society apprars td bo making great progress , the present . capital being . £ 3 , 154 17 s . 4 id ., showing on inorease a'neo last y « at < tf S 5 S 3 03 , W ,

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      20 TI 1 E EDITOR OF THF N 0 RTI 1 ERX STAR . Snt , —Mr . O' Conner in his letter of last week * eiaarked that I have in my possession a clock *« cli was formerly at the Land Office , but he Created the fact that J lougld it , and that I paid " « outside price for it . I * hold a receipt for the money . Mr . O'Connor remarked that I had sent a copy ot Ui . yd ' s Newspaper to the Parliamentary Commit-« fi ; . aud tbat I am in the employ of the Huanoial ikformera . : . I have only to observe that loth of these stete-Vais are totally '; untrue . -lam , Sir , j - . - Thomas Claek . Office of tbo Xatioaal Land Company , V . Ml , HJgh-Dolborn .

      From whom did JSx . Clark buy the clock ? *[? . Doyle ifnrote to me Btating tliat it was *« G . who sent " Lloyd ' s Paper" to the wmmittoe . F . O'CoxxoK .

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      &eeb for ASstiiER Revolctios . —The Giomale * I'tomx « f , 17 th Bit , publi 3 he 3 a sentence of the -ir 7 u Tr 5 ba nal of the sacred consulta , condemnfe ? ? letr ° Ercoli , aged thirty-four , to the gallsyo w twenty year 3 , for having on the night of the Eh , ; - MaJ attempted to preTCnVone Luigi Gian-**•«* irom lighting a cigar hs wanted tOB » oke . « w calculated that the coal-fields of Sorthumj ^ and and Durham would yield the annual supply ° ff do for a period of eight centuries : ' '

      Cfjartiflt Emfuigcnce.

      Cfjartiflt EMfUigcnce .

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      yOLJgy . P . 709 . LONDON , MBRDAUOiTiM ~~ S—»»»^* 1 » J-~~ " ~ ~ ~— vl ** « hilli"K » ami « ixi > eMc « - per «* nnrt <* i 7 — " ' ¦

      To The Wobki2j& Men.

      TO THE WOBKI 2 J& MEN .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1629/page/1/