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      TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . GENTLEMEN , ~ A Requisition has been presented to me from a large and influential Body of the Electors of Leeds , calling upon me to become a Candidate , iu conjunction with Lord Jocelyn , for the Representation of the Borough in the event of a Dissolution of Parliament . The character of the Appeal with which I am honoured , whether I regard the number or respectability of the parties who make it , is such as will not permit mo to hesitate between the inclination of private feeling aud the dictates of public duty ; I , therefore , Gentlemen , respectfully announce to you my intention of complying with its request .

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      TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OP LEEDS . p ENTLEMEN , —The honour you have done meia Uf presenting to me the flattering Requisition I have just received , proposing that I should offer myself as a Candidate for youi Suffrages as er . e of your Represent *! ives . in Parliament , demands ray most cordialthar . ks . lam fully sensible , likewise , of the additional value which is stninped on that Requisition by your having associated my va-y . e with that of your honoured Townsman , Mr .-William Beckett ; and , with such a call and suchu co !!* : « 'ie , I cannot hesitate to accept sour invitation , and to

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      44 3 ALBI 0 F STKEET , LEEDS . [ N CASES of SECRECY consult the TREAT 1 S » i . on every Stage and Symptom of tho VLNE « REAL DISEASE , in its mild and most alarming forms , just published , by Messrs . PERRY ana CO ., Surgeo . ns , No . 44 , Albion-street , Loed » , Private Eiurar . ce in the Passage ; and 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , and given g' -itig with each Box of PERRY'S l » UR : FYlN « SPECIFIC PILLS , price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lls . per Box , containing a full description o ! ' tho above complaint , illustrated by Engravings , slewing the difforeut stages of this deplorable ; iad often fatal disease , as well as the dreadful eif-. cts of Mercury , accompanied with plain and practical directions for an effectual and speedy cure , . ^ ith ease , secrecy , and safety , without the aid of Mciioal assistance .

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      ^ jgi as suck , to whatever country , creed , or calling fc ev belong . ( Jin tne fools longer " remain blind to the villany . $ e Repealer , ^ i" > now tackles a bead-piece and pockei-p iece together , to meet the present crisis , , ad goto neutralise , nay , destroy , the whole that has ^ gea d one for Bepeal ? Thus we find Dakik , O 'Cosssi-l , pauper and repealer , wedded to Hattos , jich Ou and anti-repealer , for the city of Ihiblin ; DaKiez . O'Cossbll , Jan ., panper and repealer , tied to the parse-strings of Ashtok Yates , anti-repealer and rich man , for Carlow county I So , well may the Liberator exclaim : — •¦ Cadow county and repeal , hurrah ! For repeal and Carlow county , hurrah . = _ t A . .-. « 4 « lh M ? A ^^ M ^ AflllTI t VIV nA&i 4 . A ^ J ^ Jk I 1 1 ^ M

      Whit nonsense ! but can it last t and all this jft& 3 honest Shasmas Cbawfoed is obliged to fly * 5 x Lancashire borough , rottenness having eloeed Ireland against him ; while Ashton Yates , who would jot be tolerated by a constituency of independent gw » j& , is foisted upon Carlow . Wonld Ckawfokd be tolerated at Rochdale , even now , by the Orange gortists , if he was to say one word against the josh Catholic people \ lio ; not for a moment , ^ re O'Cos sob , O'Bhibh , Host , Maktis , White , pjyyrr , Dkegas , Doyte , and Campbell less dear to the English people , whose cause they serve , bejjase they are Irish 1 No ; but dearer and more fceloved ; as it is a rare thing to find English and Irish working for the one common object .

      Mr . U'Coxsell has had a moral-force temperance exhibition in Gr&eechureh-street , and his friends ixre b * d a physical force shindy in Manchester ; jad with these , their mora' aud physical exhibitions k » d better terminate ; for , let him and his blind followers be assured , that the Chartists will allow of 50 more interruption to their proceedings , or physical ex position to their forces . Chartists of the empire 1 Ye wao have done bo

      path to silence , crush , and annihilate all anti- Irish prejudice ! the blood of your brethren has beea freely and wantonly spilt in the streets of Ma » - jjjjgjgj ;_ your body has been designated " miscaxxsTS , " "Orasgehes , " " H akovkrixkb , " and " i > esrsorEEi , " by the sales-master of the factory child ; lj the oppressor of Canada ; by the rottenest link ia the rotten chain of Whiggery , and the gaoler of pnr prisoners , for whose release above two aiDions prayed in vain .

      Yon are now upon the eve of a great crisis , and wi » t is your exact poation ? It is this—You are thx balasct op power ! and as such , the Political Lords who are to farm out power upon the approaching leasing day . If yoa re-let to the former tenants they will pay in future as they have paid hitherto ; in blood , in tears , in toil , in rreat , in chains , in persecution and bondage ; and to them yon must LET FOR SEVEN YEARS ; while , upon the other hand , if you let to the Tories &ej become mere TENANTS AT WILL , AND REMOVABLE AT PLEASURE ; and nrttr , never never , can the ** Bloodies" be taught reason , except in the school of adversity , which is kept at the sign of the bleak tide of the Treasury Benches .

      Get a house of WhigB , and , for seven long years wDl they cling to office and multiply abase ! Gei a ; boas * of Tories , and then , bnt not till then , can Whig ! courtship of ihs Chartists be relied upon . Then we j shall be the amiable , the lorely , the heaven-born Chartists 2 So Down with the " Bloodies , " hurrah ! hurrah ! ! Hurrah ! and down wiih the Bloodies , " hurrah ! j

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      "PUBLICOLA" AND THE CHARTISTS . Oca readers will not have forgotten the severe punishment that we were reluctantly compelled to inflict upon " Pablicola , " the " crack" writer in the Dispatch , some months ago , when , in his attempt to throw new light upon the question of a Repeal of the Union , he east a cloud round the subject which cost us some trouble to dispel . : In commencing that controversy , we spoke of Publioola" and -the Dispatch as they , up to that period , deserved ; bnt from the period of the opposition given to Mr . Alderman Harjlee ' s elevation to one of those ancient and barbarous honours now M much decried by " Publicola , " we have observed a gradual weaning from principle , acd a Terr perceptible leaning to Whiggery .

      It is very lamentable to witness the perversion of ingenuity and talent , and to find both directed by a public writer of no ordinary capacity , to the pitiful i purpose of multiplying " the sorrows of a poor old i Ban . " ! " Publicola" always professes a kind of parental \ loTe for the Chartists , and generally approaches ; every subject connected with that body with a very ' ¦ patronising air . He writes as though he was far in ; advance of a party , whose means to catch up the I ipaee between him and them he invariably decides ;;

      while , like ihe man with the bundle of carrots running before the hungry as 3 , he cries out , " per-, ' uasion is belter than force . " Yet , we are always j frovg , "Pablicola" is always right ; and till Saturday j last , and the week before , we never had a word of \ advice from this intense Mentor . When we were j weak and houseless , he joined in the general deri- ; « bn ; now that we are strong and powerful ' he damns us , by telling na what he is , and showing ! the manifest difference between the Chartists and : 6 Pnblieola . " ¦

      We placed some of hk confused notions of extreme ' liberality before our readers last week , and we now proceed to comment upon his more recent and far more foclish prodnction . After about half a column of self-adulation , he ¦ commences his courtship of the Chartists thus : — I " Snbdne the Whigs , and plaee the Tories in power , i * t the approaching elections , and you -will be crushed j fcv both with the almost ease The Torie 3 "will annihi-j Iks you from tbeix innate leve of tyranny , and from : tteir long experience of their advantages in misrule , i * cilr . the Whigs -vrill assist them out of resentment , j * sd from a hopelessness of guiding , or eren advising , a ' P * ny m perverse- Chartists , this is your crbis . Tn = re ' ¦ is a tide m political affairs , and it is for yon now to "

      we it at ihfc flv « d . If yon neglect it , yunr course * iU be through fl _» is and shallcws to a degraded ? . t ' i ttiseretfe > x : iDc : "; c > n . Let yonr poi ; cv be to ricejy bakne-r parties , and to take advantage of tne ' : r divi >; oas ' ^ j i ! onsit-5 . Abhor the Turir g , but give tha Whigs K » > ma 1 ai ; d precarious a majority , that that they mus ; be seusitiTe to pubnc opinion , and yield to the pressure from iriihotit . Vote fcr the candidate that I'pproxi- ; Eiit-s the ncartst to you , and pn . ss his approximation ' »» clcseiy as possible . Tolerate n » Tory concession , ; eonSde in no Tory ple d , for Teries are the vermin of < pledges , and all the curses they have irflicte < i on our ] eonntry , and erpecially in Ireland , have keen effn . t ; d : by insinrere professions , and by pledges meant to be \ iosoientiy violated or insidiotis ^ y tvade-i- A Tory ] pledge is as virtaonj as a dic « r " s tath . '

      " Cnarrists , y « n seem not aware that the progress o fber&iLsm is slow and " limited . Your own Charter is Ssrrow and mi * er £ biy confintd , and yet you denounce HI that will D-Jt maie it their creed . I lite it as / ai *» it gots , bnt I despise it for not goin * farther . It is * oittd to the ignorant present . As a final measure nottiog can be more tame , pusilianimi / us , and even ridicn-^ ° Bi ; as a stepping- ! . tone to further things I accept it . * Kow , - vras tbere ever stuff and nonsense equa ] to the above ? And what a distinct and beautiful

      c&iracttr " Pnblicoia" gives of the parties fur * iiO 5 e faToar and paironsge we are to sue . He » JE , "The Tories will annihilate you , from their auate love of tyranny , and from their long experience of their advantages in misrule ; tch ' U&t the m&gs triil assist them out of resentment , and from a hopelessness of guiding , or even advising , a partj * Perverse . " This is what the pedant calls EUcky fced— adhesive , " to much so , that -we really know ** how to get out of it .

      Aa Irishman was once asked how he wished to we his body disposed of a'ter his execution , tc * hieh he replied , Wisha by gorra , I can't tell tili * sees how I feels » fter it . " h ' ow , we imagine , k * ' when the Tories have " annihUaUd" us , that *« re will be but short commons fur the hungry WIu ks ; and we have , therefore , the le-: s cause to 641 tr : eir resenimeEt . HoffcVer , it is btcause we ^^ cipi- . e the latter tareat of V \ hig rcstiiiDjUit to ** Stursi : the reality that we must cia-. r the ^ ta of biting Watery , if by chaLce wc should * 5 Cipe Torj attiiiiiiation . ^ ai what a picture the hater of " Old M-: riali : y " « r * irs of these whose patronsge we are to coun . It

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      you oppose the Whiga , says " Pablicola , " they wOl assist the Tories in destroying you , for spite , N ^ w « imagine that the lover of nothing new , - ^ ^ hater of everything old , will sea , in h ^ admis . Bion , ywk caus * not for mat ching the two destroyers merely by balancing them so that the Chartists may hi tbi shuttlecock , bat for annihilating t hose whose immediate resentment we are taught to expect . Again , he Bays , " Give the Whigs so small and precarious a majority , that they must be sensitive to public opinion , and yield to the pressure from with-WAn n ^^ . ^ A . — — ^\— - TTTA * K r ^<« *«> a - ^_

      out . " What saperlative nonsense I Whj , here is *• Mask" in disguise , actually drawing the real character of the Whigs in order to gull us . This man is positively laughing in our face . What , then , have not their majorities been email enough to render them sensitive and amenable to pressure '" from with , out ! " Or are we to have a few tailorB in the house to reduce them to a portion of a man ! They have hung upon the Ekirts of 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 , and have looked upon a small minority against them as a comparative triumph , and yet have they been deaf to all appeals from without .

      " Publicola' ! should not have launched such a sentesce while the majority of ONE still rings in the ears of the victims of Whig "RESENTMENT . " The time to court a widow may be on her return from her husband ' s funeral ; but the time to woo the Chartists is not just while they are Bmarting under the lash of Whig cruelty , treachery , brutality , and deceit—and "while their best friends are , many of them , in felon ' s prisons , and many more In infirmaries , wounded by Whig " hesektmsxt . "

      Has not the pressure from without pressed , and pressed , and pressed ; and has not the effect been a more close and intimate courtship of the " natural enemies" of | he people by the Whigs ! And" what now remains for the Charlisls , but to be bottleholders for the one faction while they " annihilate " the other , whose " resentment" we shall then no longer dread , as a dead cock can ' t crow . After discharging nearly a column of rubbish , similar to that we have quoted above , "Publicola" enters upon new ground , and arraigns the Chartists upon thirty-nine articles of faith , which , in compliance with the request of a Mr . Shoedeb , were allowed to be published as approved of by a Committee of the few members of the Convention who

      assembled after the 12 th of August , every word of which we gave for its proper purpose , from tbe Beveral authorities , in several numbers of tbe Star , previous to their presentation to the Convention . Nothing can be more weak and silly than the assumption of " Publicola ; " that the thirtynine articles of Mr . Suoedkr , belongs to , or has any connection with the Charter . However , he proceeds thuc : — " . The Charter ( of the Chartists ) advances little or nothing upon principle . It estimates everything by f recedent , and precedent drawn from extremely barbarous times can have little application to an age of very advanced refinement "

      how , the very thing of which Publicola complains , is the very thing of all others which the Chartists do not acknowledge—namely , the' folly of following precedent , - and applying the rule of barbarous ages to the present state of society ; but the foolish man goes on labouring away through another column , commenting upon " Kings , and Queens " , and " precedents " , and " racks , " and " tortures " , and thirty-nine articles " , with which the Chartists have nothing to do . We shall now give a few sentences from " Publicola ' s " letter , and then leave him .

      " If a part or parcel of a Constitution be defective or insufficient for tbe altered state of society , they immediately set about altering it ; whilst -we , ^ rith worse than s Drnididal superstition , would put np with any evil rather than change or reform this most sacred and revered of invisible , { intangible , and unaacertaiaable documents . " Fudge ! We don ' t say ; the Charter don ' t say ; the Chartists don ' t say , one word in commendation of old institutions .

      " My letter has reached to such a length that I am usable to show the very unsatisfactory nature of more tfriTt * -very few of the articles in the Chartist declaration of rights . You lay down that ' the sovereigsty of the United Kingdom is monarchical . ' Be it so ; but does it follow that it may not become republican or democratic ? You speak of the ' duties of allegiance and protection , ' being ' reciprocal . Here , again , we have the whole object of the long and rambling letter admitted to be an exposition of some thirty-nine articles of political faith , about which not one Chartist in England ever bothered his head for a single moment . Now , hear what the Republican says about the right of arming : —

      "Asa jneans of self-defence against felons , the right becomes of less value , as society contrives a better police and a better administration of justice—and as a means of an armed resistance to constituted authorities , the right is ridiculous tnd beneath contempt A bowand-axrow -jrers essential to every man in the marauding banditti times of Ed card the Confessor , or an English c « lonist ; but of what use wonld either be to an inhabitant of London or Westminster ? The great fauit at the Chartists is , their attaching a necromancy , a sort of witchcraft or magic , to antiquity . "

      This i 3 a very tame sentiment from a fierce Republican , and the paragraph he concludes thus : — " The great fault of the chartists is , their attaching a necromancy , a sort of witchcraft or msgic to antiquity . " The necromancy is in the brain of " Publicola f for every Chartis- of sound mind in the kingdom laughs at nothing more heartily than the i ' oIIt of the present generation being governed by the laws of barbarians , fools , idiots and despots . Their motto is , " Let the living make laws for themselves . " Tb ? y say with Btbok : — " Oat . upon time , forit ever "will leave But enough of the pa « t for the future to grieve ;

      Oui upon time , for it Iwnis no more Of the things to come than the things before . What vre have s . en , and our sons » haU * ee , Remnants of things tkat have passed away , Fragments of stonr reared by creatures of clay . " " Pub ' . Icoia'' ends his Srsi-love exercise thu 3 : — ' Thus , my feUow-countryzcen , the Chartists , I have done rur ntmust to cltttx away jour tirurs , and to wean you fjom yoiir f ^ til c « ur e at tbe appending elections . I trust I have inspired you wiih more eu-1-iTged and iLorc nobii ; vi ^ frs of liverty , and that you wiil fee ! at tbe diss-Iu-ion of Parliament , tiiat by iappLrlifie Tory cRmiiaziee , j : > u will f : i : aiiv obstruct

      : hr proj'reis of uii Kcforui , and iifl : ct cruel sim ^ rin ^ s en the working classes , Ir ^' . n "winch t :. e prupufceQ firuicial measures of the Government would infallibly relieve thi . ni . "" L * : us no-x , at the close of " Publicola's" first complimentary vish , paiJ for the purpose of wooing the Ch&ri ' : s : s , ~ iasi place ths wore b 2 uiii John Bo ) j language of Easthope in contrast with Pubiicola ' s " clumsy lump = of lore thrown at us . The Chronicle of Tiiisday has the two following passages ; the first mth reference to a"fjee discussion" meeting held at Swansea , the second tho treatment which a Chartist received at Slateford . No . 1 from the Chronicle

      = ayB—•• Two or three attempts at interruption were made , bnt these were instantly suppressed , and the intruders were rather ronthly handled and glad to make their escape . One of these intruders was a Cn&ni-st , who attempted to move an amendment for a petition for the iiberation of , Fro 5 t , Jones , Williams , and « H tie Chartist prisocrrs -, but no person being found to second this amendment , the proposer was pnUed off tbe platform , carried out of the Market-place , and thrown into the stTeet . where ha was soon covered with mud -whilst effecting his basty retreat " Iso . 2 from the Chronicle says" Tbe motion being seconded by Mr . Louel , was put from the chair .

      At this moment , one of the Chartists got up and fonnd some fault with the manner in which the meeting was conducted . Attempts were made to put him down , but ^ the rest of the Chartists maintained his right to be heard . A scene of great confusion and uproar then ensued , which ended in a hearing being allowed to the speaker alluded to . His speech consisted mostly of abuse of Ministers , and misrepresentations of the pendency of ths proposed alterations of the Corn Liwe .

      " The dishonesty of tha line of argument adopted by the Chartistc-rators ¦ was well exposed by several speakers . The netting sgain became uproarious , and mueh impatience was evinced at the persevering attempts which ¦ were made to defeat tne objects for -which it had been assembicd . At length the indignation i-f the people was thoroughly roused , and tbe more turbulent of the Ciiart sts were naceremunL .-usly turned out of the chnrch . Indetd , it appeared that these disturbers of the peace- oriy escaped r . very rough handling in consideration of the sserednfcis of the place . "

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      This mode of courtship very forcibly reminds as of the catterwanling which precedes the happy nuptials of ilias pass and hex turbulent Ram cat spouse . We regret that we have not room for the whole of " Publioola ' s" prodnction ; it is quite unique in its way , and the only apology that oan be charitably offered , is , that the writer intends well , but has not scope of mind to comprehend the whole subject upon which he undertakes to write . A -

      "Pablicola" charges the Chartists with a want of practical action , while he has recently told as that because he is enamoured of Annual Parliaments , the Ballot , Equalizition of Electoral Districts , and the Abolition of Property Qualification ; he is the more opposed to Universal Suffrage , and Payment of Members . He might , with « qual propriety say , I delight in the perfume of the rose , and , the more so , because I have lost the power of smelling .

      * ' Publioola" is a Republican ; and while he reviles the Chartists for their want of distinctiveness , he has never condescended to submit his Republican standard of franchise . The oritio who wishes to find fault will make one , rather than bestow praise where censure is aimed ; like the architect who was resolved upon building the squire ' s house upon a particular site , while the squire was resolved that he should not . The architect for a length of time contended against the prudence of adopting the Squire ' s recommendation ; however , there was an old fox cover in view of the

      proposed Bite , which view the Squire was determined should not be shut out from the dining-room windows ; when all other excuseB had failed , the architect very knowingly observed ) " 0 , but Sir , that large hay-stack will obstruct tbe view . " u Aye , aye ; by G—d , " said the Squire , " I never thought of that "; and thus where reason failed folly succeeded ; the house was built , and in the following spring the Squire had the mortification to stand where the immoveable hay-stack stood for a season / and from thence to enjoy bisfavourite prospect . Now such is precisely the position of our friend

      and monitor ; reason , he thinks , baa failed in convincing us , and nowhe would induce us to change the site of out house , as the hay-stack which now obstructs the prospect will remain there for our time ; but , with more wisdom than the squire , we will remove the nuisance , and then we oan see our favourite object—the tower . Bat for the moral . " Well , Sir , " observed the foreman of the architect , "I could ' nthelp laughingatthe squire and the haystack . " ' 'Aye , aye , " said the architect , "but the house is to

      be built upon contract , and the difference of carriage of timber , stones , lime , slates , and sand , and other materials between the two sites will pay for the joke . " Perhaps there may be something of that telling thing called interest at the bottom of " Publicola ' s" letter ; and we are willing to make any excuse , though a bad one for a friend in distress . We conclude with a recommendation to "Pablicola" to try and remove the hay stack rather than vainly hope to change the site of the " Charter House . "

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      THE FUSTIAN JACKETS . We are authorised to communicate the gladtidings , that the Noble Fustian Petition Carriers have resolved themselves into a Committee to carry not only the Petition , but the Charter , the spirit of the Petition in the House ; and to state , that next week they will be prepared to submit , through our columns , their addresses to their Brother Trades throughout the kingdom . This is as it ought to be ; as they express it , " a firm determination to do their own work . "

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      POST-OFFICE ORDBRS . —All persons sending money to this Office by Post-office Order , ar& especially requested to make their orders payable to Mr . Jonn Ardill , as , by a recent alteration in tbe Post-office arrangements , any neglect of this wonld cause us a great amount of trouble and annoyance . Charles Keku . —His notice of the meeting of Lambclh Chartists for Wednesday teas received at our office Jifteen hours after our last paper had gone to press . Ail such notices should be in the office on Tuesday , or , at the very latest , on Wednesday , but if possible always on Tuesday . Ct'PiR r 1 FE . We received the notice of Mr .

      Lowery ' s lecture , delivered on the Monday evening , on Friday , fourteen hours after the Scotch papers had been ptsied . Wm . Cook . —His communication is an advertisement , and must be paid for as such if we insert it : we should have to pay for it . H . Mitchell . — We have received a letter with this signature , referring to , and animadverting on , some portions of a speech delivered at Manchester , on the \ 6 th ult ., by Mr . Harney , and published in the Northern S ' . ar of the 22 nd . The writer says : — " /< is true that Mr . H . gave notice of a motion respecting Mr . O'C ' s speech . It is untrue that the association directed Mr . H . to write to Mr . O'Connell , or knew of his

      intention to do so ; he however did write . He goes on to complain of the language of Mr . ff . ' s letter to Mr . O'C . as disgraceful and intemperate . Hr then says : — " The A ssociation felt , as I feel , that the intemperate conduct of Mr . Harney had p ' accd us in a wror . g position ^ and given to Mr . O'C . the vantage ground ; they , therefore , refused to suffer the correspondence to be published . In reference to Mr . H . ' s corroboration of Mr . Rider's stnemrnt , that " the members of the London Working Men ' s Association are anything but woiking men , " the writer assrrfs , that , with very trivia ' / exceptions , such as Hetherington , Wat .--on , end Cleave , they are , and were , all men who get ( heir living by hard labour . Robert Wild . — We cannot insert his letter . The

      less publicity given to these things the better . K . M . W . —IIis verges are declined . Antonco Nebo . — We have not room . J . S —His charade has not enough of poetic merit for publication . Jonn Phillips . — We have not room . Wm . WooDaoFFE . — Thanks : our information is pretty extensive . Bradfoud Chartists . — We received a placard , by pist . on Monday evening , ah . ul ten o a rlock , info mine / uso / a meeting Co be ho / den at Bradford , at seven the same evening , and de-iting our reporter ' s attendance lt ' tai / iy have sent a reporter h-i't we known of the meeting in time ; but our fiends v : i : t see ih / ii there was no

      tue in sending one after the meeting vcusovsr . W . Barret itcri / f . v . — " / think if Measts . Smart and M ^ 'DouaU will ionk np thfir accounts , once more , belonging to the Convention , then wd find their rfceipls to be £ 36 16 s . tJd . and their expenditure £ 34 Is . \\ d , so that £ 2 Us Id . will remain on hand ; and the sum due to the country hy tke Convention will be £ 3 7 s . lid , instead of £ i 5 s . Hd Jihes si . nclai » . —The report for the 27 ih of May is rather t'io late or publication now . James Dvffkt . — He hate not ro » m for his letter : we advise him to take no notice of the stupid fellow . A Cjxsijmi Rhadkb ihinks pvblic demonstrations ill calculated to facilitate the attainment of the

      Charier ; advi-es every working man to give one day ' s wooes into the hands of a naiionul treasurer ; arid then to deposit , every pay-day , such sum as he can spire , however small , for twelve months . The money thus accumu'ated to be sacredly devoted to the attainment if the Charter . And then , he says , will the time he come for the people to prepare their petition , ui . d appoint another Convention to attend to it . Then will the people be prepared to wat / , to witch , to strike terror , and compel tht Legislature to puss the Charter into law . Philip Platt . —Let the twenty Radical voters ef the neighbourhood reserve themselves . There wilt be a candidate—most probably a polling one —or , if there should not , then let them vote for

      the Tory . Republican . —We have not room . James Whitk . —May tee Mr . O'Connor any day on application at the Castle , between nine and ten , a . m ., or between two and four , p . m . He must inquire for Mr . Noble , the governor , and make his application to him . The answer to the second question depends upon the rout he pursues . If he go by way of York that will be his nearest point , and the distance by railway is ninety mves : if he go by Kay of Leicester and Derby . Sheffield will be his nearest point , from which p ' ace the distance is about thi- 'iy rnUes . A SlXCKRK CHARTiST , AND MtMBKR OP THE National Charter Association . —Dr . M'Douatl is a mentber of the Genera ^ Council . If his name

      be oTTiitted in the puUhhed li-t , it is by mistake . Morgan Williams , of Wains , and Gkcrgk UrNNS , of Sunderland , are requested to send their address to Mr . Campbell , Secretary to the Executive .

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      John Moork , . Trowlridge , writes u * that much dis satisfaction exists among ilie Wiltshire Chartists in reference to the non-insertion or curtailment of their reports . The dissatisfaction ought to be vn ' th themselves . We have now received , on Thursday , a report of their meeting held on Sunday , and which , to insure insertitn , should have been with us on Tuesday . They know that we have scores of times given notice that we cannot guarantee the insertion of ant / thing which reaches us after Wednesday ! If parties will not takes the least trouble to study our necessities , they cannot expect that tee should outrage the who ' e country for their gratification . G . W ., Broughton-road , Salford has sent us an

      account of an act of cruelly and magisterial injustice which , t f true , deserves ( he severest and most signal reprobation . —A ytung man was cut ' ting timber with our informant , in a wood , near to Wimslow , in Che hire , early in the morning of the Wh of May fast , when another young man came out of a neighbouring farm yard with a bag under his arm . Two of Lord Stanley ' s gamekeepers immediately spiungout of a plantation close at hand , seized hold of the young men , and handcuffed them together . Upon searching the bag they found no game , but a few potatoes . ' The poor fellow said , that being » ut of work and having no lodging to go to , he had slept in the farm ' er s barn during the night , and had taken a few

      potatoes J or his breakfast . Our informant s companion declared he had nothing whatever to do with the affair . The two poor fellows were given in charge of a policeman , and taken to Macclesfield , and were committed to Knutsford Sessions . Our informant travelled Jif teen miles to the Sessions , to clear his comrade , and after wailing all day , when nearly every bpdy wat gone , the parties vere b , ought up . In reply to the magistrate , the young man who had the bag confessed that he had taken the potatoes , and the other said he had not had ant / thing to do with them . " Well" said the magistrate , '' there is no witness , neither against you nor for you , therefore , your sentence is four calendar months hard labour in

      Knutsford House of Correction . Our informant very justly asks , " was there ever such justice ( qu . injustice ) heard of , as to give an industrious young man four months in one of the worst hells of England , for no crime whatever , or without a trial , or the least chance of clearing himself . " These facts only prove that until the people elect the magistrates , and make the laws by which they are governed , they will always be exposed to eruelty , injustice , and oppression . The Projected Butchehy at Manchester . —We have received a letter from some person , signing himself Edward Watkins dating from 26 , Highstreet , Manchester , and describing himself as a member of the Committee of thle \ Manchester

      Anti-Corn Law Association , impugtiing the accuracy of our report of this " ever memorable demonstration ? and professing to give a report , to ths truth of which the writer is ready to swear . He charges the commencement of the fight upon the Chartists , and affirms that the Daniies and Cobienites stood only on Die defensive . He takes credit to himself for making some exertions to preserve the peace , but forgets to inform us why police and magistrates wade no such exertions . We know nothing of this Mr . Edward Watkins , but had his letter , which is somewhat long , come earlier , tee should probably have published it ; and , had we done so , we should probably have made the writer wish he had not been so silly as

      to send it . He concludes by challenging us to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with another committee , to be appointed by the promoters of the meeting , to enquire into the whole proceedings . We refer his * ' challenge" to the Manchester Executive , who , if they know mnything of him , will deal with it as to their judgment may be most requisite for public good . Glasgow . —The R ' ivax Reporters . — We have received from Mr . Malcolm , the reporter of the Scottish Patriot , a letter in reference to some expressions in a paragraph received from our Glasgow Correspondent , a week or two ago ; this letter was published in the Scottish Patriot oj last week ; and we have also received from our letter to it

      Glasgow Correspondent a xn reply . — We donU like these personal bickerings ; they tend to do our cause much harm . We wish all our correspondents to avoid , as far as it is consistent with their public duty , alt matter that may be personally offensive to any one . We regard the Scottish Patriot as a valuable help-mate in the good work of Chartism , and should be sorry to do anything to injure it . As we could riot , in justice , insert Mr . Malcolm ' s letter , without inserting Mr . M'Kay's reply , we shall decline to insert either . The Glasgow Chartists are best able to determine . on the matter in dispute—they know the parties and can estimate them . If Mr . Malcolm know that the accusation of being " Whiggish , " which Mr . M'Kay brings against him is unfounded , he need apprehendno mischief

      from it , because , in that case , it can injure no one but his accuser . Mr . Skevington wishes to correct « statement made by the reporter in his speech at the Crown and Anchor . It tea ' s not the ma < ., istvate , butthe High Constable of the hundred , that raninto the brook . At the same time , he wishes to acknowledge the following sums as received by him towards bearing his ex pence s to London and back : —From the Nottingham friends , meeting at the King George ¦ on Horseback , 5 s . ; Sheepshead , hs . ; Mr . Davenport , Hathern , \ s . & / ., Is . of which was from a friend at Sutton ; a Friend at Loughbro ' , 3 d . Mr . W . Martin . —Mr . O'Connor has requested us to state that he has received a letter from Mr , W . Martin , which had no address ; and had Mr . M . stated to where the reply was to be directed , he should have had one .

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      To Agents- —We cannot place any money received by Agents for defenctn to the account of those Agents receiving it : they must send the money , and when received it will be noticed , and not before . If any Chartist residing in Newry , Ireland , will forward his address to Mr . Rudge , Rms , Herefordshire , he will receive the Noorlhern Star regularly . G . Gheenwood . —Yes .

      FOR MRS . PKOST . £ . s . d . From Nottingham , per W . Bilbie # 39 „ a few Chartists at Chichestbr 10 0 „ a friend at Bnicy ... 0 6 0 ^ LondoD , per R . MarJuy 0 10 0 „ Manchester , per A . Heywood © 10 POR J . bI o ' brien . From a friend at Batley 5 0 „ Dunfermliiie 0 1 * „ Manchester , per A . Heyweod ... ... 0 1 0

      FOR MH . HOET . T . S . Brook ' s subscription 0 » llj From an EDgliuh patriot abroad , per Mr . W . Cook a 10 0

      FOR MRS . CLAYTON . From Shelton , por J . Yates 3 0 „ London , per R . M . irley 0 2 0 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Rincliffe Anns , Nottingham ... SO ^ the National Charter Association , Lambeth 110 POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION FUND . From Aberdeen , per J . Smart ... .. 0 10 0 „ the Working Men of Tiilicoultry , near

      AUoa 0 5 0 Nuneaton Chatter Association ... 0 10 0 Ktijjhley 0 is s ^ Cononly 0 4 2 i Dumbristle 0 5 0 Crossgates ... .: 0 4 0 Rippwj'len , per P . Piafcts 10 0 Ousfcburn , per J . Hall ... ... ... 0 2 6 Newton Heath , per A . Heywood ... 0 5 0 Manchester 0 10

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      Wednesday Evening , June 9 th . Suffering from the effects of a severe attack of illness , your Correspondeiitbas this week been but little able to perform any kind of work , bnt , nevertheless , is now nearly recovered . He asks no favour but to be engaged every moment in behalf of tbe cauw , for this purpose he hopes that whenever his presence ia required he may receive a Iftter addressed to him at No . 15 , Little Clarendon-street , SSomors Town , or at Mr . Cleave ' s , 1 , Shoe-lane , and he will attend thereto . All trades societies or meetings he will be most happy to attend , only let him have a few hours' notice . The Ministry have been defeated but still cling to office . They have thrown over their Corn Bill and alt the agitation in iu favour amounts to just this , nil .

      London and tbe Metropolitan Boroughs ore now the scenes ot active election proceedings . In the Tower Hamlets and the Borough of Maryleboae , Chartist candidates are in the field , and the men seem determined to fight with thorn . Petition Committee . —This body of real good " workies" held their weekly meeting at the Dispatch Coffee Home , Bride-lane , Mr . Simpson ia the chair . A number of petitions were handed in by Mr . Balls , the secretary , which were ordered to be sent to Mr . Duneombe for presentation . The Committee adjourned till Friday , June 18 th , when it is particularly requested that every member will attend and bring their patition Bhf » -tjL

      A most numerous meetmg of the inhabitants of the parish of St . Pancias , wua holden at the Vestry Rooms , on Tuesday last , Mr . Chalk , ohuickwarden in tho chair . A resolution in favour of her Majesty's Ministerial measures wm proposed and seconded , to which an amendment was proposed in favour of the Charter by Mr . ( Jjodfellow , seconded by Mr . Peat . The show of bands being so very nearly equal , a division was called for , upon which the chairman declared the amendment luitbyasmaU majoritr .

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      Thb Tower Hamlet hen have opened a new room for the purpose of carrying on the agitation . Their numbers ate daily increasing . At tub weekly meeting of the St . Pancras men the following resolution was unanimously carried : — " That at all coffee-houses , beerehops , pu lie-houses , and hair dressers the members use , they insist upon the Northern Star being taken in . " The Pbide of London apprentices and the joy of grown up citizens and their wives has disappeared , the veritable ground of enchantment has passed away . Aatley ' s is no more I it baa been destroyed by a fire which broke out on Tuesday morning at four o ' clock . The loss of the " President" steam ship gave rise to much and general uneasiness , but the feeling , however intense , with regard to that unhappy vessel and her voyagers , is , I am sorry to say , outbid by the nonarrival of the " Britannia , " for the safety of which vessel few hopes are now entertained .

      The Bears and Bulls of the Stock Exchange are wonderfully quiet ; indeed , Corn Laws and Cora Law Repeal , together with Sugar Duty and Timber Doty , do not appear to disturb the serenity of money gamblers , the stocks remaining firm .

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      Heckmondwike . — -Mr . Clisset will preach a sermon in Heckmondwike Market-place , on Sunday morniug , June tho 13 th , on u the compassion of the Saviour towards the physical wants of the people . " FmsBuar . —On Monday evening , the 14 th inst ., the Finsbnry Chartists will meet at Lunt ' s Coffee House , for the purpose of reorganising new class leaders for the Finsbury district , and earnestly solicit the co-operation of all friends to the cause of democracy . Oldhah . —Mr . Bell , from Manchester , lectures here tomorrow afternoon and evening . Gateshead . —A public meeting is to be held at

      the top of Oak well Gate , on Wednesday evening , for the purpose of nominating a candidate to represent this borough in the ensuing Parliament . Messrs Mason , Cook , and others are expected . It ia hoped the meeting will be well attended . London—On Sunday evening next , June the 13 th , Mr . Richard Spurr will open the following question for discussion , at the Chartist Room , 55 , Old Bailey , —the present position of the Chartis ; body , and the best tactics to be adopted for the advancement of our cause at the forthcoming elections ; when it is hoped every one feeling interested in the suooess of our glorious Charter will attend .

      Sitnderland . —On Sunday afternoon Mr . Williams will lecture at the Life Boat House ; in tho evening he will lecture in the Golden Lion room . Bishop Auckland . —On Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , June the 20 th , Mr . Williams will lecture at Bishop Auckland Batts , and on the following evening on West Auckland Greeu . Debbt . —There will be a delegate meeting held at the Northern Star , Derby , on Sunday , the 21 th of June , 1841 , at one o ' clock in the afternaon , t « take into consideration the propriety of re-electing Mr .

      Bairstow as missionary for the town and county of Derby and outskirts of the county . Each of the following places are requested to sead a delegate : — Duffield , Holbrook , Bolper , Alfreton , Heanor , like 8 ton , Stappleford , Sandiacre , Sawley , Borrowash , Ockbrook , Spon&ra , Breaston , ilolbourn , Castle Donnington , and Burton-upon-Trent , and any other villages that take an interest in the cause of Chartism , A delegate from any such places will be gladly reoeived . All communications must be sent to Mr . Joseph Tamer , at the sigu of the Northern Star , top of Bridge-street , Derby .

      Deptford . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will lecture on Sunday evening next , June the 13 th , in the Democratic Academy , Deptford , Kent , on the Charter , as a remedy for our political disease , its practicability , means of obtainment , &o . Hdddersfield . —On Tuesday evening next a public meeting will be held in the Association Room , " to takeiato consideration the bloody and unwarrantabls conduct of the anti-Corn Law party , aided by Dan ' s party . " Bilstok . —It has been determined to hold an open air demonstration in this important mining district , on the 15 th of June , to which Messrs . White and Taylor have been invited .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct383/page/5/