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      ENGLISH , IK 1 SH . A * D SCOTCHMEN , WHXTEVEB . HAT B £ TOUIl OPIXIOSS IN POLITICS , OB . CEEED IX Religiojt , — We claim your sysipathy on behalf of suffering humanity . Ton lave heard of the brutal -conduct manifested by a body of infuriated Irishrotu , at tie instigation of the Com Liw repealers , towards your fellow-creatores at the mettingi held in Stepbenson ' s Square , June 2 nd , and the outrageous affair which took place on , Saturday , June oth . Several of the unfortu nate men are dreadfully wonnded , and deprived from following their employment , aiid others arevery severely injured v nnny hare tort their hata . &c .. - .

      Under tfceae circasastanees , it is our painful duty to appeal to you for what support it ia in your power to render them ; sad likewise to assist in bringing to justice , IF scch CaU BB had , the . base perpetrators of these diabolical proceedings—to unmask the cowardly instigators of this bloody attack , upon your peaceable fellow-creatures , and to make some arrangements for the support of the families who hare fallen victims to these humanity-mongers . With the aboTe objects in Tiew , ire are assured that a generous public will not be appealed to in rain . A public account will be giren of all monies received . The country districts are requested to forward tbeii subscriptions to Mr . Gsbril Hargrove * , 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester . By Order op thi Comxittxe . Chartist Room , Brown-street , June 7 th . 1 SU .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN' OF ASHTOX"O'DEB-LYNE . Me > ' of Aehto . v , — It is a doctrine sanctioned by tke wisdom of ages , that the preservation of life , liberty , and property , in peace and safety , is correlative of allegiance , and any government that attempts to destroy , enslave , or designedly to impoverish the Subjects , by unconstitutional , unjust , and tyrannical acts , f jrfehs all claim to the allegiance cf its -people . In doing so , Government puts itself in a state of war against the vsry people i ; is bound to protect , and consequently absolves them from all obedience . Yon know that this Government has impoverished and enslaved us , that it has robbed us of the fruits of our labour , in order that placemen and pensioners , taxgathfring locusts , and tithe eaters , may live in licentious splendour aisd extravagance . Knowing this , -we are surprised you do not come forward , and unite with with us , and the rest of our fellow countrymen , to gain for ourselves and posterity , the imperishable Charter .

      We must know ourselves before "we can gam onr salvation ,- a people knowing its own strength has nothing to fear but itself . " Men of Ashton , —We now call upon ycu to enroll yourselves as members in the association , which is held in the Co-optrarive Store Room , Catherine-street Let no individual say he is too poor to support tie association . Pew people can be so poor ss not to sficni one pesny per "reek towards purchasing their freedom . The cause of right against might never had a more prosperous appearance than at the present ; and a penny a week is a trifle a week indeed if by it you can secure peace and comfort to your families , and bippicess to the nation at large .

      Men of A&hton , —We must be organised . Organisation , when efficient , links men in the bonds of a common sympathy , engenders a mutual confidence , which , divided , you would net feel , and bring to bear , against our tyrants , a power which in their bands is so fatally wielded for oppressing and debasing us ; attended , however , wiih this difference , that like all powers to ba used for good or evil , in our hands it will be a blessing , in theirs an engine of slavery . Hever forget thai organisation is a means to an end . Hoping you will evme forward and redeem yourselves from slavery . We snbscribe ourselves , Yours in the cause of liberty , The Cocscil of the ASHT 05 CHARTISTS . Geosge robebts . Sub-secretary .

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      TO THE POLITICAL SLAVE CLASS AND ELECTORS OF CLACKMANNAN AND Kl . V BOSS-SBiRES . The sheriff of these counties having fixed the 6 th of July for the nomination at Doilar , for s representative to serve in Parliament—important duties devolve upon the electoral and non-electoral bodies . To the electors of these counties my remaiks will be brief . You have now two candiitates before you , one belongs to the aristocracy , and the other to the working classes . As the electoral rights are placed in the hands of the middle class , you wil have opportunity on that day to show which of these has your sympathy , confidence , and support Your decision will decide your character , either for a lore of country , independence and patriotism , or carelessness to your country ' s

      best welfare , and and a mean subseviency to an aristocratic class who have ever grasped at political power for the" double purpose of feeding their own arrogance and sensuality , and degrading , dehMrirtg , and demoralising tae great body of the people . In giving your support to the working man upon that day , you will prove to your country that you bave burst the trammels of prejudice and class distinction—that your love of csantry as 1 iti best interests reign paramount in your minds—that the happiness , comfort and security of the people ought evti to be the great business of Governmeat , and toy bestowing your suffrage upon , a working man , yon will proclaim your convictions that the rightt of labocr ¦ will never be represented in the Soon of OomsuBis , imn ^ working men are sent there to expound ""^ mai ^ Hajn them .

      A few words Utfas slaves—I feel real sorrow in ddreaaing you by such an epithet I am myself a political slave . I have searched into the cocs-itution of nature and can ficd n » sufficient reason why I am so .

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      1 have searched into the constitution of society and find no reason for this condition , except that it is the will of a horde of tyrants who neither upon the ground of mental , moral , noi natural right can claim the superiority . The brand of political slavery which these tvrants bare fixed upon me and the class to which I belong I am resolved to wipeoffor perish in the struggle . I rely upon your active and saalous co-operation upon the Gth cf July , at the hustings of Dollar . I have calculated upon your unanimous , hearty , and decided support I ask you not to do me honour , I claim it upon the distinct consideration that every man . who records there hia voice in my favour is working out a portion , of that struggle which we are all bound to enter upon if we expect a speedy and ultimate triumph to the Charter . Upon that occasion , then , *! expect the support ef . every

      working man in Clackmannan and Kinross-shires , and every elector who is prepared to do his dnty to hia country . Those who obtain this distinction , will undoubtedly be placed in a position of trust and responsibility ; they will be the elected of the people , sanctioned in this election by an officer of the crown . It is necessary , then , that they be men of tried integrity , not trading politicians . There can be no doubt that the factions in their future struggles will be anxious to secure the services of such men for the purpose of tantalising and deceiving the people . In my opinion , then , every Chartist candidate ought to ba pledged before going to , and upon the hustings , that he will countenance and support no other agitation which may arise in the country , except the agitation for the Charter in all its integrity , until it becomes the law of the land .

      Another and immediate duty will dcvolveupon them . Every Chartist candidate after his election "will superintend the getting up and signing of anothsr national petition , which in the present spirit of the ceuntry will be signed in three weeks by two millioas and a half . They will then forthwith repair to London and pour into that city during their fortnight ' s residence a torrent of the lava fire of the discontent of the provinces—get a hold of 3 G of thefustian jackets to carry the people * petition and lay it upon the floor of the House of Commons , be fere the factions ¦ will have time to say who will rule the roast and divide the plunder , they ¦ will first have to answer the demand contained in that petition for justice and freedom . If the new Parliament treat this petition as they did the last , it will place the discontent cf the provinces on such a footing which neither Melbourne , Wellington , Peel , nor Russell , -will dare tamperias vritb , or insult , one hour longer .

      Trusting then to see all in health , and npon every countenance the bfcartiiBg resolution that animated your fathers upon the field of Bmnockbura , where they tranquilly awaited their country ' s foes , resolved to make Scvtland ' free or a pia . ee too hot for Whigs and Tories to dwell in , I remain , My fellow slaves , Yours , in the cause of democracy , Abb Ail Dc scan . Alva , 26 th June , 1 S 41 . j ^^^^^^^ ii in ¦ i _ r . r . f ^ i _ rif

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      ROBERT OWEN'S ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . TO THE ELECTORS Of THE BRITISH EMPIRE , — The old Parliament has ceased to exist ; a new one is called ; and toe election of its Members is in your hands . Never has a Parliament been called under circumstances of deeper interest to the upper , middle , and operative classes . Ibis Parliament will have to decide upon measures that "will perpetuate your adversity , or give you high general prosperity . All parties feel that some great change is at hand , and that it should be directed by sound , thinking , practical men . The time is arrived for all party animosities to be abandoned , and for general principles and practices to be adopted that -will fee productive of progressive national advantages .

      It is for you , by the Members -whom yon elect , to convince the world that yon have advanced beyond the , narrow and most injurious vkws of mere party and personal considerations ; that you desire , as speedily . as possible , to terminate class legislation , and to obtain the rights of humanity ibr yourselves and your child" , that yon may no longer remain the slaves of an ignorant system which is most , injurious to all classes . To secure these rights , and gradually to prepare so'¦ cittj- to abandon class legislation , or the oppression of weaiih over poverty , the following measurts are necessary : — ' 1 ^ A Graduated Property Tax , equal to the necessary expenditure of the nation . 2 . The Abolhion of all other taxes . 3 . Free Trade with all the World . I . 4 . Natiunal Education for all ¦ whe desire it ; 5 . National Employment for all -who require it

      6 . Liberty of Speaking and Writing on all subjects , Civil . Religious , and Political . 7 . Full and complete Freedom of Religion fer Chris-; tians , Jews , Mahornedans , Hindoos , and every other form under every name by which men may call them' .. selves . All these measures are necessary to relieve the nation ' ¦ from the accumulated and accumulating difficulties in ! which an erroneous system has nearly overwhelmed it j Each of thtse measures is just individually , and what ! no good man , -who desires to benefit his country , will re-; fuse to advocate in his place in the ensuing Parliament ¦ They will , therefore , be a correct test to put to candi-; dates for election to the new Parliament ; and their I replies to each will be a * ure proof how far the applii cants for your suffrages are qualified to become your ¦ representatives , and to legislate well acd wisely for the 1 nation , and to abandon all petty clas * interests .

      Any candidate who shall refuse to advocate these measures , is unfit to become a Member of the British Legislature , under the new circumstances in which the progress of science and of practical knowledge among the working classes lias placed the population of Great Britain and her Colonies . These are measures that v ill satisfy all intelligent well-intentioned persons , arj < ' none of this character -will rest satisfied with any measures less jost and bentficial than are those now proposed for the -whole of the popnlation . It is , therefore , strongly recommended that the electors should question every candidate for a seat in the new Parliament on each of these measureB , and that they -trill give their Totos to such only as will consent to bring fotwaitl or ad-rocate these changes iu the present system , that onr country may be saved from poverty , immorality , and ruin . Your Friend ,

      Robert Owes . Home Colonization Office , 57 , Pall Mall , London , 26 th June , 1 S 41 .

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      TO THE ELECTOR AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST-RIDING . " Oar merchants are in the gulph of bankruptcy and onr labourers have eaten their beds . " —Lord Jobs BCSS ELL . Fellow-countrymen , —I find , by a very slight experience , that , in bustling times like these , the ¦ wet-kiy chronicler of events has no slight task imposed upon htm to keep pace witb circumstances , and to record , arid direct the public eye to , all which he tfunks of importance . This must be my excuse , at the present , for not pursuing the subject further , " what part of our institutions it was which the honour , faith , and safety of the nation required that the burdens should be increased of the wretch who bad eaten his bed . "

      As the " mess thickens , " and as , before long , you will be called upon , the one to exercise his franchise , and the other has influence npon that franchise ; I will proceed to urge the great necessity of seeking among a different class of men for those who are to represent your interests in a forthcoming Parliament What claim then , can those have , " who are Lords by the accident of biith , " to make laws which are to dispose of the products of your labour and even life itself . One of them has candidly told you that he was a lord , not by his virtuous actions ; not because he

      had stood in the Thermopylae of his country ; not because he had performed " acts of prowess in council or field ; " he had not repelled the invader , nor framed laws by which its citizens had been raised in the scale of comforts and conveniences ; he had done none of this , but he was " a Loni by the accident of his birth . " The followers of the Norman bastard had some ciaim to riefs and honours ; they had braved the " battle and flood "' forvrhatjtheygot ; but these " things" are perfectly innocent of all claim ; they are only lords by the accident of their birth .

      But , however , not to cavil about the accident of their birth , let us examine into their fitnesB for legislators by taking a cursory glance at the effects of that legislation . There need no proof here that the state of a country is the best comment upon the fitness and wisdom of its law makers . We "will not travel far back on the record , for fear it should be said that we are going " into the dark ages ;'' nor to the times of the war , because that would be pleaded as tha excuse . We will begin , then , when those who " are lords by the accident of their birth , " were in the full zenith of their power -, when they were completely uucontrouled by any thing like democracy in " either of their houses ; " and when they were resolved , too , to pursue the " stern path of duty ; " and when therefore their wisdom and fitness for legislators had full play without either let or hindance .

      Well then , Lord Liverpool , as prime minister , stated in the House of Lords , in the session of 1822 , that the cause of the distress was over production ; the high prices during the war had forced a great portion of poor lands into cultivation , and hence the " produce became too great for the demand ; " and during the same speech he said , that , " the caiue of distress among the manufacturers was a surplus population . " Here , then , we have it , the agricultural labourers starving , because therfa ¦ was too much food ; and the manufacturers staiving , because there were too many mouths ! Is not this a prime specimen of the legislation of those who are Lords by the accident of their birth ?

      But to other specimens in corrobcration of the above . At a meeting of the Southampton magistrates , the following were the prices fixed as the -wages in the shspe of relief for the labourer of the district : — " When a family shall consist of a man and bis wife , and one child , to offer to such man four shillings per week from Michaelmas to Lady Diy , and five shillings per week from Lady Day to Michaelmas , so that he might be engaged to serve the whole year ; and any man refusing that offer shall not be entitled to relief To every unmarried man the Justices recommend the officers of every parish to offer 3 s . per week from Michaelmas to Lady Day ; and 4 s . per week from Lady Day to Michaelmas , so that he may be engaged

      to serve the whole year . To a woman with one child , 3 s . 6 d . per week , and no more . A single woman , 2 s . 6 d . per week , and no more . And the Justices do declare that paupers relieved by their parishes , and able to -work , shall , for the allowance so made them , be compelled to do such work as the parish officers thall direct or require of them . " This was the-wages of the ngricultural districts , -when the country was in great distress through the curse of " over-production , " and under the absolute controul of those -who are " Lords by the accident of their biith . " It may be as -well to state that one of the magistrates issuing this order was "Sir Thomas Bariag , and , I believe , brother to the present Chancellor of the Exchequer I

      In aid of the above enlightened and most humane order , Lord Jobn Russell says , in his " Essay on the English Constitution , " speaking of the distress of the labourers , and what he calls the evils of over-population : — " With respect t » a legislative remedy , there is bet one which can be effectual . It is that of Mr . Maithus , via -. that , after a certain period , labourers who marry should not be entitled to support from the poor rates . " One naturally stands in amaza at statements like these ; and ask how is restraining population to remttiy the distress which was so pathetically lamented by Lord Liverpool ; and which was aserioed by him as arising from too much food ! But whether the distress arose from too much food , or too many mouths , according to Lord John Riusell ; or whether it arose from there being too much feod and too many mouths both at one time as stated by Lord Liverpool , it is sufficiently characteristic of the capabilities for legislation of those who are ' Lor ^ s by the accident of their birth !"

      Then tre have them passing Peel ' s Bill enacting that we shall return to gold in 1823 ; then in 1822 , -we have them extending the time for eleven years ; then we have the prosperity of 1824 ; then we have the "late pEuuic" -which reduced the country , as either Canning , or Huskinson , 1 really forget which said so , within forty-eigh : tours of barter . And , tfcen we had all the choppings and changes which that measure , ( which endeavoured and is still endeavouring to make ns pay high taxes , in low prices , ) and all its concomitants , has brought npon us . A glorious bill this , though of Peel ' s , it has ridden the system like the night bag , and is yet destined to give the people of this country their just share in the representation , if that people be but trne to themselves . But no thanks for this , to those ¦ who are " lords by the accident of birth ; " -what they did , vras in utter ignorance as to the effect of the measure , and completely proves , if proof were wanting , their utter incapacity to manage the complicated lateresta of a great country .

      And more proof I Will give of the utter incapacity of those who are " Lords hy the accident of their birth to legislate for the welfare of the country , and then I will leave them at this time . It is the report of a committee in DuWin to manage subscription * for the starving people . The report says : — " The members of the deputation further offer themselves for examination before the council . The greatest distress prevails in forty-two parishes ; and that in these there are 148 , « 41 perso-. s now suffering the pangs of hunger . Those on the sea coast are endeavouring to preserve existence on sea-weed and shell-fith found along tha shores . A clergyman who doubted tbe accuracy of the reports -which were brought to him , visited families at

      unexpected times , atd thus became a witness of the melancholy meal , where a mother , surrounded by her children , picked out tbe fish trom the shells with a pin , apportioning the scanty morsels to each in its turn , but too slowly to satisfy the crevings of hunger . In other parts of the conntry , the poor are H \ ing on nettles and weeds , from which experience has taught them to extract some nourishment . I can state that a miserable mother , with an infant in her arms , waa found attempting to prolong the existence of her family by sharing with each child the nourishment which her breasts afforded !! ' These thisfs cannot be true . ' I do bat dream . " When will thta fearful slumVer have an end ?"

      These axe some of the effects resulting from the legislation of those who are Lords by the accident of their birth ! And that , too , it must be born in mind , when they had full « nd complete controul of both the Houses of Lords and Commons ; without any of the leaven of democracy , except such as they ch » ose to adroit amongst them to keep np fte appearance of respectability of talent Swh be i ng the case , and their having had such power for centurk ° . s , the inference ia irrefragable that those effucts are tfce natural and inevitable result of such legislation . Such & state of things it was i ' mpoulblo f o bear ; the * t « it of the nation was roiwed tfroHi one end to the

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      other ; and the " iron Duke" having declared that he would not submit to any change ef system , he was driven from power ; and the Whigs came into office , pledged to produce a system of legislation Which flhauld put ft "fowl in every man ' s pot , and a guinea in his pocket . " What that system is , iatoo well known to need any description from me ; I will , therefore , proceed to take A rapid glance at some of the effects of that system , aftfcr it has had a " fair trial" of ten years . Argument I will offer none , but will content myself with statements made by themselves in different important situations . made Lord

      First , ' then , I will take the statement by John Bassell himself , when he said , In his speech on the revision of the Corn BUI , " Our merchants are in the gulph of bankruptcy ; our men of property unable to obtain any rent ; our shopkeepers ruined ; our labourers living seventeen in five yards square ; bur pawnbrokers' shops filled with the furniture and clothes of our artisans ; and our manufacturing labourers havt > eaten their beds . " Vast Improvement this I In corrb '* oration of Lord John , Mr . Scholefleld , Member for Birmingham , on making a motion on the national distress , , said , among other things— " The distress presses as severely up » n the shopkeeper and manufacturer &s the workman ; cruel mortgagees are disposing of property for less than one-third of its value ; the number of insolvents is greater , though the number of bankrupts be less ; the poor debtors are calliDg out make room for us , the prison is too small ; ' tradesmen

      are in jeopardy every hour ; the pawnbrokers have granted loans until they havo no money to lend ; workmen , with large families , are obliged to crowd together in dwellings not fit for hogs . I know places , called chambers , wherein different families , of both sexes , and of all ages , are cempelled to pass the night at the same time . Last week , a young wife died in cbild-birth : she -was not able to bring forth ; a physician said he bad no doubt she had died for want of nourishment A Committee , constituted to inquire- into the condition of th © population , wrote to me ( Mr . Scholefleld ) as follows ;—* They had found forty thousand so miserable as to be grateful—yes , humbly grateful , for a donation of less than one penuy farthing per week ; " some victims of our neglect have foundrefoge in the grave ; no ministration of earthly comfort soothed their last mortal agony j the aid which affection yearned to give , poverty denied . Good God . ' and in a land of bibles too !

      Mr . Labouchere , a minister of the crown too , said he fully agreed with the terms of tbe motion ; and the facts then stated formed the justifisation of the Whig measures proposed by government . Mr . Baines , late M . P . for Leeds , said " it appeared from the investigation which had recently taken place , that there were not less than 10 , 000 persona in Leeds wholly unemployed . The chairman of the operatives ' committee had stated , that if he could not get bread for his wife and children by his industry , he would take it wherever he could find it" These are alarming statements j and if the Hon . 1 I . P . is not endeavouring to presejye the cognomen so long applied to him , gives a fearful proof of the state which his legislation baa reduced the country to .

      But , as tbe climax of the whole , and as a complete proof , not only of their utter want of capacity for legislators ; but also as a proof of utter want of sensibility , and also of want of sympathy with the misery and degradation which their legislation has produced ; as a proof of all these , as the discussion was proceeding , Mr . S . Canning proposed the House to be counted , when it was found that only 24 members , out of 658 , could be found even to take into consideration the distress their legislation had produced . ' Sterne prayed that heaven would be pleased to grant him decent terms to exclaim in , and I must confess that I have much need ef the same assistance here , I dare not trust myself to exclaim , but must leave it to tbe feelings of every husband and father to clothe those feelings in such language as his indignation suggests . " Down , busy devil !"

      Now then , electors and non-electors , could men elected from your own order do worse than both their Houses have done ? Look at the contrast exhibited in the Cloth Hall yard on Tuesday last- See the innocence of all capacity which was exhibited by those who are lords by the accident of their birth ; see the scion of the noble bouse of WtBtwarth , unable to string together half a dczen sentences if it would have saved his soul from perdition . And then see a working man , " an ignorant Chartist , " entering into all the great questions of our national and international policy , and dissecting them with a master's hand ; hear him exhibiting all the folly and blunders of those -who have

      been " trained to legislation ; " hear the whistling of his lash as he flourishes it in drum-major-Hka style over the writhing shoulders of Lord Morpeth ; see and hear these things , and then ask yourselves seriously which is the most proper person for a legislator ? For the comfort of the electors , a gentleman , who was near me in the crowd , and with a large favour in his bosom , observed , " How nicely Lord Milton ' s whiskers are poiBted ,- " but , gentlemen , are nicely pointed whiskers a sufficient qualification for a man who ia to grapple with the difficulties of a nation whose merchants are in the gulpn of bankruptcy , and whose labourers have " eaten their beds . "

      Ponder these things well before yon vote for men of this kind . Yours , &c , A Freeholder .

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      A VOICE FROM THE HELL HOLE . TO MR . WM . MABTIN . NoTtballerton , June 17 th , 1 S 41 . Dear Martin , —I am extremely sorry that I have not been able to receive your letters in consequence of the severe restrictions we are under . It is natural Unit I should choose such letters as contained & communication from my wife ; but , my friends informed me of your persevering conduct in our behalf , I do not know of anything that has given me so much pleasure since I have been in prison , as your manly conduct in confronting the big Beggarinau , at the Crown and Anchor , and charging him with his greBS inconsistency , to his face . I am sure you are deserving of the thanks of all the Chartists in the kingdom , for that one act alone ; but , I have been further informed tbat it was you who titst brought for ward the utility of Petitioning audaPrifoners" Convention ; * nd as an individual deeply concerned in it , I feel it it my duty to return you my sincere and hearty thanks .

      Ana if it has not accomplished all we could wlah . It has been the means of sending the Chartists' musterroll within the walls of St . Stephen's , and proved to demonstration that Chartism is on the increase , in spite of the unparalleled persecution by the Government , and threat and intimidation of masters , and such as think it their interest to keep the industrious millions in a state of political bondage . Sir , I sincerely hope thnt the Chartists will split their votes with the Tories , and where there is no Chartist candidate , they will vote for them solely ; not that I think there is a pin to choose between them ; but to convince the Whig Government that the prayer of two millions of men , who are tho sinews of the country , is not to be treated with contempt , on so slight a matter as the releasement of a few political prisoners , who have been so severely treated . I shall rejoice if you can get them out of office ; all they think of is place , pension , and patronage ; the starving poor are only

      mentioned to serve party purpose . Sir , -when the election squabble is over . I bop « you Will endeavour to get us removed from hera You can scarcely conceive the pain that my legs are to me with , being so much confined , and the quantity of medicine I am oh ! ige < l to take to keep the swelling down ; but yourself has experienced something of close confinement and will , I have no doubt , feel for others . Remember , my friend , that I have two years and nine mouths yet to serve , being nine months longer than the worst f » lon in the jail . Poor old Booker kept with us till he could hardly crawl , and the surgeon ordered him to be in the yard instead of being at ¦ w ork , and gave him extra diet ; but I am sorry to in f orm you that after all , he could stand no longer and has gone to take up Duffy ' s quarters . No wonder on the inactivity of the muscles tlint we are obliged to put up with , is sufficient to break the Strongest constitution , if sulj « cted to it for any length of time .

      I shall be glad to bear of you bringing tbe matter before the public . My wife wijl be in Sheffield at the latter end of this month , and will be sending me a parcel . If you have got a few Temperance tracts 1 should be obliged to jouif you would let her have them to send to me . If you favour me -with an answer , you must send it to Brampton , to be there on or befora the first Sunday in July , to be put in their letter—I cannot receive it any other way . . 1 have not room to say more , sol conclude with my best wishes for your health , that you may be able toad vocate the glorious cause of the unenfranchised millions ; my prayer is , that the Chartists will be true to themselves , that unity will prevail amongst them , and denounce any mau who brings forward any half measures—the Charter , the whole Charter is the only thing that can bring any lasting beato " t to the working classes . . Yours truly ,

      S H 0 LUE 11 Y . P . S . —Let me know if you Iiave heard any thing of Mr . Peddie—be is an hontst man , ani when you write to him , give my Tesuects .

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      THE PETITION CARRIERS . London , June 28 . The address of the eighteen stone masons , who carried tbe petition to the House of Commons has already had its effect ; an Association of their fellow workmen , the operative Btone masons , was formed on the 19 th ; they met again on the 26 th , when upwards of fifty enrolled themselves as members . An excellent spirit was manifested , and they seem determined to go forward in the good cause ; there is a growing conviction that nothing but a government based upon the -wishes of the whole people , asset forth in the Charter , can give real protection to labour , prosperity to the nation , and happiness to the people , and they sincerely trust that the various trades throughout the country -will immediately form associations of their respective bodies , and assist them in working out their political regeneration . DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OP THE CONDUCTORS OP

      THE WEEKLY DISPATCH . A deputation from the eighteen atone masong atttnded att ie WteklyDispatchfJ&cQoa . Juneis . forthe

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      purpose o * obtaining the insertion of their address to the ¦ various trades in its columns , when they were informed that its insertion woald cost Bix guineas , when , after some farther conversation , they replied , that tkat charge was tantamount to a denial , and immediately left the office . The report of the deputation was laid before the Association , at its formation on the 19 th , when it was agreed that a deputation sho ' nld be sent from the body to the Editor , when they accordingly waited upon him on the 22 ndj when he pledged himself tbat their address would be inserted In that week ' s Dispatch , at the same time expressing his regret that it bad hot

      been Inserted the week previous ; he also informed them that it -would have to go before a committee , which he had no doubt would be quite willing and ready to insert it We , however , found , to our nttei astonishment , that not one single word of it appeared in that paper ; whether it was the fault of the Editor , or the committee , wa are at a loss to know ; but this we know , that the Weekly Dispatch is no real friend of tbe people , and cares as much about the extension of the franchise in England as OConnell does about Repeal in Ireland . In short , the Dispatch , although ft would-be Republican journal , is always finding fault with those who take the lead , at the same time taking good care to keep in the back ground itself .

      The subject was broaglit before the Association on Saturday last , when it was unanimously resolved : —< " That the unprincipled behaviour of the conductors of that paper should be made known to their fellow workmen throughout the country , aud the trades generally , through the medium of the Northern Star . " Several members , who had hitherto bees subscribers to the Dispatch , expressed their determination to discontinue it and take the Northern Star . Armstrong Walton . P . S . I was instructed to writ © to the Editor of the Star and request the insertion of the above in its columns , with a short comment npon it , if time and space would admit A . W .

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      m a free and nncorruptea expression of hi * opinion j and with , reference to bribery , he considered thiltthB main who gave a- bribe , and he who received it , were villains in grain . —( loud applause );—lie who took a bribe sold his country , like Judos who sold hut : master for thirty pieces of silver . ( Loud and renewed cheers . ) Mr . Brooker then gave a description of the principles he would advocate , If returned to Parliament as a . member for Brighton , The first thing he wonld most strenuously advocate was , the People ' s Charter . The next was the Liberty of tbe Press . ( Loud applause . ) In fact , he would go as an independent man ; be would utand as no partisan , bnt as an Englishman . Mr . Brooker most feelinglyand patriotically inveighed against the brutal Peor Law .. Mr . B . had seen the werkiugs of the horrid monster , and well knows its cruel effects . After a long address , which lasted two hours and the half , Mr . Brooker sat down amidst tremendous and loDg-coatinued cheering .

      It was then proposed by Mr . Woodward , anC seconded by Mr . Allen , " Tbat this meeting pledges itself to use every cosstitational means to return Mr . Charles Brooker to th * House of Commons . " The resolution was pat and carried with rounds of applause . Mr . John GrtOD proposed , and Mr . Wocdwari > seconded , " Tbat the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Flowers , for hiB impartial and manly conduct in tbe chair . " ' Like the other resolution , it was carried by loud cheering .

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      WORCESTER ELECTION

      DISGRACEFUL , COWARDLY , AND BLOODTHIRSTT CONDUCT OF HER MAG * STT ' S ATTORNBTGENERAL AND HIS WHIO COMMITTEE . In compliance with the pressing invitation of the Chartists of Worcester , Mr . George White , of Birmingham / attended that town on Wednesday evening , and addressed a laTge meeting near the Greyhound Inn , New-strest , in which he showed up the united villan , of Whigs and Tories ; and especially showed up thfl barefaced presumption of the Whigs , in their present endeavour to persuade the people of their goo < l intentions . He was very much interrupted by a knot of Whiglings who were present , and who brought a band of musicians , for the parpose of drowning his voice . He was , nevertheless , heard , and loudly cheered by the assembly .

      On the following day , he addressed a meeting afc th * Weighing Machine , where an official endeavoured tointimidate him by ordering him ofi ' , and taking hia name down , but got laughed at for his pains . Tae people heard him attentively , and the women cheeredloudly at the conclusion . On the following day , ( Friday , ) Mr . White repaired to the same place , for the purpose of addressing the people , and was informed , that Wilde , her Majesty ' s Solicitor General , was canvassing in an adjoining street . He immediately proceeded . lo meet him , and found him , ¦ with three or four-of his committee coming out of the Lord Nelsoa public-house . The following conversation then took place : — Mr . White— " Mr . Wilde , I want to havea few word * with yon . " Mr . Wilde , ( taking his hat off and making a very low bow . )—What do you please to want *

      Mr . White—I want to know from yon , as one of her Majesty's Ministers , why your tyrannical Government persists in detaining the Chartist prisoners ia custody , after the late division in the House of Commons ? Mr . Wilde—Her Majesty ought to be allowed to use her prerogative . Mr . White—You know very well that her Majesty ' s prerogative ia a complete farce ; that the Home Secretary could issue an order for their liberation if he thought proper , and that even a hint from you would procure their release . Mr , WiLDE—Well , supposing that to be the case , I do not think it would be prudent to release them , except it could be shown that there are individual * amongst them who had not endeavoured to incite tho people to acts of violence

      Mr . White—You are well aware that the men have not done any such thing . Your abominable Government ia one of the most cruel and tyrannical that ever existed in any country . Yon have murdered one man and been compelled to discbarge several others , wh » were in a dying state . You have treated political prisoners in such a cruel and inhuman manner as wajs never before practised , or ever heard of . Mr . Wilde—I deny it ; I deny that any of them , have been treated with undue severity ; no man can prove it . Mr . White—I can prove ) t ; tor 1 am one of the men that haa been tortured , and all but murdered , in one of your accursed hell holes . Mr , Wilde—You are one of them , are yon . ' When were you tried ? It seems they have not murdered you , at any rate .

      Mr . white—No , thanks to you for that ; you tried your best to do it . I am one of the men that waa tried at York at the same assizes with Feargo * O'Connor , and I have come here for the purpose of settling accounts with yon . I will show to the people of Worcester that you are one of the greatest scoundrels in the country , and that your Government is oue of th » most tyrannical and blood-thirsty that ever existed in this or any other country . I am determined to meet you on the hustings on the Tery first opportunity .

      Immediately after this , a deputation , consisting of the Chartist Association , and a number of the Conncil , waited on the Solicitor-Genera ' , and asked him whether he would arrange it so as to procure a place for Mr . White . on the hustings , at the time that he addressed the people that evening , and also whether he was prtpari-ed to answer any questions that might be pat to him by Mr . White . After some consideration , Mr . Wilde reluctantly consented to procure a place for Mr . White on the hnstings that evening , in the Cora Market .

      At seven o'clock , the time appointed , Mr . White , accompanied by a few friends , proceeded to the Corn Market , where hustings bad been erected by Mr . Wi ' ido ' s friends . He was proceeding to mount the platform , when he \ raa infomed that four puVic-men , who stood near the steps , had orders not to allow Iiim on the hustings . Mr . White then proceeeed to policeman No . 9 , and asked him if he had received such orders , anct was informed that they had been placed there for the pnrpose of hindering White of Birmingham from getting on the hustings .

      Mr . White then proceeded to Wilde ' s committeeroom , where there were about thirty gentlemen assembled , and asked them whether Mr . Wilde was prepared to keep bis promise ? The cornraitteo , on hearing his name , ordered him out of the room . In about ten minutes after , Mr . Wilde took his station on the hustings , anil was asked by Mr . White , whether he meant to fulfil his promise . Mr . Wild * told him that he promised him nothing . The deputation stood forward , and told him tbat ho had pledged himself to them to procure Mr . White a place on the hustings , and also toanswer his questions . «« I admit that , " replied this specimen of Whiggery , " but then the committee wont allow it . " Mr . White denounced him as a liar and acoward , and was immediately surrounded by the fonr who

      policemen , received orders to watch him daring the whole proceedings . He then went to the front of the hustings , and was followed by the police , who Stood by him the whole time that Wilde was tpeaking . As soon as Mr , WUde had concluded he left the hustings as sudden as his powers of locomotion would admit of , although Mr . White shouted to him to remain , and answer his questions . Mr . White taen attempted to chmb the-hustings for the purpose of addressing the meeting , but was dragged off by the police who commenced shouting , "Clear the road s" and soon raised a crowd of drunken vagabonds , who had no doubt received their instructions fiom WiWs committee ; they rushed at Mr White like so many tigera , but committed no violence at the time . One of the Chartists , seeing the danger that existed , demanded that the police should preserve the peace , when three of them immediately walked off laughing . The hired drunken Whig too ) s then commenced a rush and knocked down several

      men that stood between them and Mr . White , and get up the most discordant yelling and hosting , aome of them shouticg " Damn him kill him . " In this predicament Mr . White endeavoured to walk off ; and was followed by at least 300 drunken fellows , who were encouraged by some respectables Several of Mr . Whites friends were struck and knocked down while endeavouring to protect him . He then i nought to get up a . meeting on the Pitch Croft , and was proceeding thither , thinking that the drunken gang would remain behind ; but it proved otherwise as thoy augmented in numbers , and commenced an atwck «¦ Mr . White and his friends / who , being but few , were unable to r . esistthem . In this extremity , Mr . White , who was the ouly party on whom Whig vengeance was to be wracked , had to get into a house for protection , and ultimately escaped by climbing a wall . Such " Vpec ! n en of Whi * IoTO of free dfceussion . The pubao will now see what WWggery means , and form a ptope ; estimate of their cowardice and brutality . " ~ i- ¦ i II - i i i * i

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF PAISLEY , AXD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . FELLOW-M 1 T 5 AXD BROTHER CHA . RTI 5 TS , —By the time you will be perttsiag the following lines the undersigned will be on their way to the land of liberty and the place of hope—tbe United States of America . Sorry , Borry , are -we to leave the place of our nativity , the soil of our binlmght—that soil which , under a ¦ wise legislation , would have ensured to every honest and industrious man , a fair share of the bensneence ^ -of the Divine Being which yearly oozes from it in such abundance . But we are ten thousand times more

      grieved to leave the great and glorious movement cf the people for their Charter oi Xiberty , and -whose izmijnerabie front baa already brought the pi £ iny Lord Pimality to concede a little . But , although we are removed from you by dittance , believe us , fellow-men , our heart snd soul are in the cause . Every Chartist spirit added to the republic of America will extend and increase the power and itfluence of that great nation , which" is destined , at no distant period , to demolish all the despotic , aristocratic , clerical , and monies powers on the face of the earth .

      C ' . a thousand curses on men who , by their demoniac machinations , are the cause of thus driving us from our native land , and forcing us to tear those near and dt ar affectionate tits asunder which bind man to man . The happiness of the family circle of the working man is all tat destroyed by heartless calculations and dreary foreboding * . The utter hopelessness , despair , hunger , and nakedness of our condition has driven us to a foreign land ; but , thank God , it is a land where the pure air of freedom is fersathed into the bursting hearts of Europe ' s ting-ridden , priest-ridaen , tax-ridden , despised , and toil-trorn sons .

      Bat before taking our leave of you , brother Chartists , we are anxious to impress upon you the necessity of yielding not one iota of the Charter to the -common enemy , in whom is centred Tory , Whig , and shara-Eadical ; and last , though not least , tse Corn La-sr league . On thin ia » t we -would like to be a little more particular , as being the most perfidious party of th- _ m alL Of "what use , then , "will the abolition of tbe Com Laws be without the Charter becoming the law of this tax-devonred land ? In our opinion it would be none at all . The Corn Laws , every right-thinking Eiind must » dmit , are monstrous evils ; bnt to repeal them at present , without the Charter becoming the law of the land , -would be onlv to make what 5 s now the

      landlord ' s profit , pass from his pocket into the exporting proflt-mor . ^ er ' s pocket , and every Cnartist knows full ¦ well what sort of fellows they are . They hesitate not to avo-w in their ipeecbes , not only in tha House of Ctxannor-a bnt in many places besides , that trages are too high and must , be reduced , to enable us to compete "With the Foreigner , bat that wage * will admit of no further reduction unless the loaf be made cheaper . There is an avowal , brother Chartists , that cheapening bread is the prelude to cheapening labour , or in other ¦ words , that tie abolition of the Corn Laws is sought after for do other pnrpose but a reduction of wages .

      These muney-mongers would convert this nation of mountain and of flood" into a large factory -, they irouid confine us for sixteen or eighteen hours per day to inhale a poisonous atmosphere , with a scanty meal , and clctfeed in rags , that they may walk about and level in the abundance of wealth and grandexir , "while we are regarded as the mere beasts of burden ,, fit only to toil for their profit and amusement . Believe us , fellow-men , to abolish the Corn Laws without the Charter of our liberty bting granted , will be only to take the power from tne despotism of land , and place ' in a mere atrocious , heartless , grinding , and insatiable despotism—the despotism of Mammon .

      We now take our leave of you with stating that ¦ no thing but dire necessity has compelled us W adopt *> " « course . We would a thousand times have preferred remaining at home , feut the dovrn-srard progress of our condition renders the &Up -we have taken absolutely necessary . Farewell , then , Brother Chartists , and we fondly hope that your efferts in tke sacred cause of Universal liberty , in a short time , vrill be cro" « Tied with success ; snd that yon may live many years in the enjoyment of the same , accompanied with health and happiness , is the sincere prayer of John Bobestson . GZ 0 B . GS illLLAE . Paisley , 23 rd June , 1 B 41 .

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      MORE LIBERALISM . SUPPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPINION IN CARLISLE . The Borough Magistrates have deemed it expedient to issue the following Proclamation : — " Borough of Carlisle . —In constquence of var ious acu of violence and outrage , both upon persons and property , having taknn place yesterday evening , 24 th June , by an assemblage of persons in the Marketplace : Notice is therefore hereby given , tbs . t no persons ¦ will be allowed to assemble together in the Marketplace ot strvets of tke Borough . And all persons persisting in so assembling and obstructing the free passage of the Market-place and public streets -will be aDprthtEded by the Police .

      " And it ia particularly reccmsended to all persons to prevent their children and apprentic = s from being onr st a late hour in the evening . Dated this 25 th day of June , 1841 . —By order of the Mayor and Magistrates cf the Borough , " Joseph Atkinson , Clerk . " Let us now see what grounds the Magistrates have bad thus to put down pnblic opinion , more especially at the time of an election . On Wednesday and Thursday evenings , June 23 rd and 2-1 th , twe pnblic meetings ¦ were held at the Market Cross , -when the people were addressed by ilr . Jofc ^ h Hanson , a working man , who took occasion to strorwly animadvert on the conduct of the late two represtutatives for Carlisle , Mr . Marshall and Mr . Howard . Tbe meeting * w « re numerous and peaceable , and dispersed without the slightest symptom of a breach of the peace hiving been manifested -, a coniirterable time , however , ( from thirty to

      forty minutes . ) after tbe meeting was over , a number of boys assembled in front of the Town Hall and commenced kicking about an old tin , and slouching one another ; this -was continued for some time , when several persons who came amongst them met vrith the same treatment as tbe boy * were icfiicting on each other ; finally , some more wicked and mischievous than the rest commenced throwing stones and breaking several panes of glass in the Town Hall windows , and some others . One thing is dear , tbat these bojs , for there were no grown-up persons among them , were encouraged and excited to commit this breach of the peace by some designing knave or inures , belonging to either the Whig or Tory { action ; or th « y committed the outrage through wanton mischief . We are inclined to believe ths former , and that it has been done to give a plea to the Magistrate * for patting down all public meetings .

      "On Friday morning , Messrs . Arthur , Hanson , and Bowman proceeded to the Town Hall , underetanding tiat their names had been given in to the magistrates , by the police , u the persons Who took part in the public meefcingi , and who were the cause of the mischief , and that warrants were aboet to be iuced against them ; after waiting for a considerable time , they were sent for by the magistrate *— -who wtre closeted together , along -with Mr . Nans on , thp Town Clerk , and Mr . Atkinsoa , Clerk to the Magiitrateesome conversation then took plaee as to the proceedings on the previous night ; v ? hen tha Mayor stated that he considered it hia duty , frem what had taken place , to pnt down all public meetings in the borough . ' It was urged by Messrs . Arthur , Hanson , and Bowman , that theii meetings were perfectly peaceable , and that they had retired for op . raids of half an hour before tLe outrage had taken place , and that they were not to Le held responsible for irliat might take place after the meeting had broke up .

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      In the case of Mr . Bowman , one of the Magistrates themselves bore testimony to having seen him in Botchergate , at half-past nine o ' clock , and where he joined Mr . Arthur and Mr . Hanson , who were several minutes in advance of-him , and they remained together , as eonld be proved by at least ten or twelve respectable persons , nntil after the tim « of tho outrage . We now leave the public to judge how far the Magistrates have been justified in thus putting down public opinion , by preventing any more pnblic meetings . We have seen the windows of the Bush Coffee-house , and other Inns in Carlisle , smashed to pieces at Elections , under Tory domination , but little did we expect , that the libertyprofessing Whigs wonld have had recourse to suca harsh and tyrannical measures , merely because a few panes of glass have been broken by a few disorderly boys , who might have easily been dispersed

      by the police , had they been inclined to do so ; but we have heard that some of these falsely called preservers of the pnblic peace , boasted at the time that the Chartista should hold no more public meetings—we have now laid before the public the whole facts of the case , aad would call to their recollection the time when some of those very men , at public meetings , daring a time of great excitement , called upon the people to pay no more taxes—and when the Tories were allowed to be bnmt in effigy , at the Market Cross , amidst the discharge of fire-arms , and insulted and annoyed in the most outrageous manner , neither their lives nor property being Becure—these scandalous proceedings were not only countenanced but encouraged by some of our present Magistrates , who subscribed money for the pnrpose of carrying on those nightly confhgrations . By order of tbe Committee of the

      Carlisle Radical association . June 26 , 1841 .

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      , ia said will etand for the city . Lowrey stands for Edinburgh , along with ( it ia expected ) , D ,. Glover : he would addWthe peonle tkJStT ** % , nea ^ , and Dalkeith on Wednesday . The Whigs will lose two counties this election , and that to a dead certainty , namely , Stirling and Edinburgh . Mr , Forbes ( Tory ) wi ! l be elected for Stirling coutty . He is opposed by Sir M . Brace ( Whig ) . For Edinburgh county there is as yet no opposition to Ramsay ( Tory ); indeed , it is confidently said the Whigs will attempt none , there not beinit the least Clianee Of Success . —Correspondent .

      retires from the countybat it _ Scotland . —The election xnoTemento are gola * bravely on m Scotland ; all fa ufc and vigour In th * Caattist ranks . Candidates are already ia the field for toe folio whig boroughs , namely—Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dundee , Perth , Aberdeen , St . Andrew ! GreeS word that onr brethren in Dumfries and Sanqnbar « M about to sfart one . Counties : —Lanwk , Kinroas , Clackmannan Fife , jut Stirling ; ud we are doing all wt can to bnng oneont for tbi « county ( Edinburgh ) to

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      PUBLIC MEETING IN BRIGHTON TO RECEIVE CHARLES BROOKER . Seldom has it fallen to our lot to witness such a meeting as was held yesterday evening week , at the Globe Inn , Edward-street , Brighton , for the purpose of adopting such resolutions as should secure the return of Mr . Brooker to the House of Commons . The room in which the meeting was held was not large enough ( to contain half the number who applied for admission . The entranco to the room and the stairs were completely blocked up , and whenever a cheer was given in tho room it was heartily responded to by those at the entrance , and from them to those on the stairs , and from thence into the street , when the very lit avens echoed with cheers for " Brooker and the Charter . "

      To coninitnce business , it was resolved unanimously that tbe veteran , Mr . William Flowers , do take the chair . After the applause bad subsided , The Chairman related to the meeting the kind exertions of Mr . Brooker on the part of the working man . Mr . Brooker was ready to serve them in another way ; be came forward to seek the Bufirages of the independent electors of Brighton . Mr . Brooker was theirChartist candidate , and it was for them to use every endeavour to secure his return to the people's House . They knew tbat , as at present constituted , that which was nicknamed the House of Commons , was not so ; it was a House of robbers , swindlers , money-mongers , Jew jobbcw , lawyers , and such like craft , not a real House of the people's representatives , but if the electors choosed they might makethat in reality , which was now

      but a name and a bye-word—the House of Commons . The A . niighty God , the giver of all good , sends every thing that man can deaire ; and yet , in a lamt of plenty — in a land of profusion , did they not see starvation and misery every day , at every turn they made ? And why was all this ? what caused it ? and who was to blame ? The cause was class legislation ; the blame laid 1 h the supineness of the people , whereby their oppressors had gradually forged the chains which bound them . Let us endeavour ( said the venerable speaker ) to remove the evils under which we labour ; let U 8 shake oft' the shackles that bind ns , and shew that We are not , as our opponents say , too ignorant to wield the suffrage for the univertal happiness of mankind . The Chairman concluded amidst tremendous cheers , by introducing to the meeting Charles Brooker , Esq . an their Radical candidate .

      Mr . Brookeu rose and was greeted with rounds of applause . He commenced by saying—Worthy and independent electors of Brighton , and worthy and independent non-electors of Brighton , Englishmen , lovers of your country , this is indeed a gratifying sight to me ; it pleases me much , and urges me forward for the great work of redeeming my native country . I thank you for your kind reception , and as we are here associated this evening to carry out the most glorious privilege that is enjoyed by Englishmen , tht choice of their representatives , I will trace my way back to the tim » of our Saxon forefathers , and endeavour to tbew to you the Constitution of Great Britain . Iu the year 47 * the Saxons came into this country in seven tribes , and formed themselves into an heptarchy , or small

      kingdoms . They had certain rules , by which thuy were directed : those rules were liberal . ( Hear . ; This was the mode of governing the kingdom . They formed tithings , and from tbe formation of titbings , came that of parish constable—they had a view of every thing transacted in their district—there was again the shire-mote , or meeting of wise men in the shire ; they had the conducting the whole business ol the shire , the summoning the militia for the protection of the country ; every shire kept its own militia ; lands were provided for the military , so that they might not be a burden to the sbire . One kingdom was formed of seven or eight shires . Thus was tbe business of the nation conducted previousto the reign of the immortal Alfred ; everything was content and

      peace . Alfred having ascended the throne , formed tbe whole kingdoms into one , and never was a monarch so beloved by his people ; he was the noblest monarch tbat ever sat upon the British throne . He divided tbe day as follows : —eight hours ferbltep , eight for conducting the business of the nation , and eight he spent in meditation and prayer . Alfred bad two councils which met twice a year , and ' oftener if need be ; he formed the Witenagtmote , -whereby the people chose tbeir representatives , but alas ! the Norman came , and from then may ba dated the loss of their libertiea . The conduct of the Norman brigand and his followers was such , tbat after 130 years of oppression and misrule , the Barons wrung from King JoUn the Charter , called Mugna-Charta ! proving that there was

      a limit to despotism , and patience will burst into fury . He might be told it wan antiquated , if so , the people were free and happy . A moral government certainly was intended by Ma ^ pa Charta . ' ( At this stage of the proceedings a drunken tool of the Whig party endeavoured to create a disturbance by interrupting the speaker , but it being hinted to him that unless be preserved a . little order , the chairman wonld insist of his being put out of tbe room , he was quieted , and afterwards shrunk like a thief from the meeting . ) Mr . Brooker proceeded ;—he was very sorry that there were parties there wishing for a disturbance , but he could assure them that he would meet them er any of tbeir friends in open discussion , and he feared not the result , for

      truth and justice would prevail . The constitution ei this country was based ou Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments , for where Annual Parliaments end , slavery begins—( loud applause )—don't you be satisfied with a three or a seven year's Parliament , but insist on a one year ' s Parliament , for short reckonings make long friends . In his opinion all the miseries of this country have come from seven years ' Parliaments , aud were the author oi an essay he had in his possession living , he who « ays " where annual Parliaments end slavery begins ; " and contemplating tbe property qualification as to Members of Parliament , connected with a seven years act for the duration thereof , I am persuaded he would denominate , and emphatically so , ftlie present as a

      " Pensioned Parliament , " and probably would aver , that as to Septennial Parliaments , the people have lost the distinguishing character between freemen and slaves ! They have lost what the most tyrannical Kings of England could never force from them ! They have lost all what tbeir forefathers have Ken spending their blood and treasure to defend for these thousand years ! They have lost the greatest jewel tbat ever aoy people possessed ! They bave lost their constitutional liberty ; their birthright and inhtritance derived from God and nature ! They have lost their conBtittttioual means of redress for all their grievances ! They have lost their all , their everything , by that septennial Jaw . which has fettered down the elective power of the people like a dog to a manger ,

      which is only suffered to go abroad once in seven years for an airing ! ( Tremendous cheers . ) In his opinion , a seven years' Parliament is the greatest injury that could be to a nation ; and as to Payment of Members , he was convinced they ought to be paid as well as any mechanic or tradesman if elected by Universal Suffrage . The CUarter specifies that members shall be paid , and be could see no objection whatever to it . With regard to the qualification , it was a usurpation to say that a man if lie happen to be poor , be he ever so talented , ever eo clever , or ever so worthy a seat in the Senate , because he is poor , his services are useless , and he shall , though elected by ninetentha of the people , be excluded from the Senate House : it gives power to the rich to make laws for tlie government of the poor . It is unjust and crue . And now to the grand point of their

      Charter—Universal Suffrage . Every man of twenty-one years of age , of sound mind , and untainted by crime , is completely qualified for the suffrage , —( tremendous applause );—and he who taya differently or denies this right , ia an euemy to his country's weal , and a libeller of his countrymen ' s character . Lst them stand iirm to their demand for Universal Suffrage , and it must ultimately be granted . With reference to the electoral districts , he would be short Hw considered three hundred quite enough for the present constituted House , for six hundred , got iu each other's way . The Ballot— As an Englishman , he must say , that , ul though in his individual opinion he did not * exactly agree with the Ballot , still , when fee saw intoxication , gluttony , and every description of corruption , raging iu tvety borough in England , it compelled him to advocate the vote by ballot , to protect the henest bmw

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      . THE NORTHER ^ STAR . ,

      To The Inhabttaxts Of Manchester And Yiclniry.

      TO THE INHABTTAXTS OF MANCHESTER AND YiClNirY .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct386/page/6/